General Purposes Committee

The General Purposes Committee (GPC) advises Council on policy in respect of issues or activities which are University-wide and transcend the remit of the other main committees of Council or other specialist committees as appropriate. Its remit includes responsibility for strategic issues relating to risk management. Its remit is set out in regulations and it also operates according to standing orders that are reviewed annually.

Due to its responsibilities around matters of a reputational or ethical nature, GPC considers requests from the Development Office to name posts, scholarships, buildings etc in recognition of donors. It also considers requests to name buildings for a person (whether living or deceased) that are not related to a donation by the person to be honoured by the naming, or where a building is high-profile (for example, the naming/re-naming might attract media interest, locally and/or nationally). In such cases, please contact the secretary for advice.

If you wish to request an amendment or addition to legislation, please contact the secretary for advice. Information on legislation, including  process and timescales for changes is published on the legislation webpage.