FS&N School Staff Meeting April, 2017

Agenda Apologies Minutes of Last Meeting Matters Arising HoS’s Statement Health & Safety (MR) Items from Student Education Committee (PK) 9. Items from Research Committee (CO) 10. Items from Postgraduate Research Committee (RE) 11. Admissions and Widening Participation 12. Finance (CR) 13. HR Issues (CR) 14. Athena Swan (CO) 15. AOB 16. Date of Next Meeting – Wednesday, 7th June, 2017

4. HoS’s Statement

International Strategy now approved Pro-Dean International for each Faculty ‘Professional Timetabling’ – 2018? Fees Library Space IPE

(£9.25k) £22k £10k £23k £21.5k £9.25 £21.5 FEES – FS&N (2018 Entry) UG Home UG Int PGT Home/EU PGT Int FS&N (£9.25k) £22k £10k £23k University Minimum £21.5k £9.25 £21.5

Library Staff MUST add all publications, abstracts, letters, etc to Symplectic Staff MUST sign up for an Orchid registration – and MUST log the number on to ‘self-service’ There are going to be further cuts in Library Journal budgets – these will be difficult

Chemistry Maths PHAS FS&N 90 3 5 131 87 45 4 12 76 42 10 71 36 Modules Running Modules with Reading Lists Modules with Up-Dated Reading Lists Modules with On-Line Course Reading Total No. of On-Line Course Readings Chemistry 90 3 5 Maths 131 87 45 4 12 PHAS 76 42 10 FS&N 71 36

Space Step 1 – approved Step 2 – hope to get agreement at IPE, but may take longer Step 2 if accepted will bring School together on 2 sites in ~ 4/5 years (after PHAS have vacated EC Stoner) NB: need for major refurbishment Step 2 will propose 2 new areas for investment – Food Microbiology, Food Bioprocessing

IPE 2017 In-Year £k 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 FS&N -184.7 +161.3 +769.6 +1443.0 +1445.0 Chemistry -146.5 +121.8 +962.2 +1545.5 +1836.8 Maths +781.3 +676.9 +1268.2 +1512.8 +1709.1 PHAS -395.2 +347.4 +1605.9 +2195.1 +2957.4 Faculty +34.8 +128.5 +214.6 +70.9 +66.8 Total +89.8 +1435.9 +4820.5 +6767.4 +8015.1

IPE 2017 Cumulative £k +1527.4 +1649.2 +2611.4 +4156.9 +5993.7 +427.8 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 FS&N +1527.4 +1649.2 +2611.4 +4156.9 +5993.7 Chemistry +427.8 +589.2 +1358.8 +2801.8 +4246.8 Maths +7134.2 +7811.1 +9079.4 +10592.2 +12301.3 PHAS +3012.5 +3359.8 +4965.7 +7160.8 +10118.2 Faculty +664.7 +793.2 +1007.8 +1078.7 +1145.6 Total +12766.7 +14202.5 +19023.0 +25790.4 +33805.5

(including a significant amount – again – by FS&N) The much-improved financial position for the Faculty has arisen because savings have been made (including a significant amount – again – by FS&N) Money is going to be very tight…

IPE Submission April, 2017

IPE Submission April, 2017

The Last Group of Posts Approved at IPE 2015, 2016 Frozen July 2016 Approved at Step 1 Capital Meeting February 2017 Approved by Dean March 2017 Frozen by Dean March 2017 Still in our financial plans!

IPE Submission Still in the plan: 2 Chair posts each with 2 Lecturers (but delayed) 1 Lecturer (but delayed) 2 Lecturers (currently being advertised) 1 Technician post 1 Admin post Cuts have been made to planned spending (eg REF support, infrastructure)

Research Income is an ABSOLUTE PRIORITY Now that we have increased academic staff numbers and re-allocated teaching, Research Income is an ABSOLUTE PRIORITY

…and finally… Congratulations to Anwesha Congratulations to Alan and Lisa The School is now in very different circumstances to when I took over I want Alan, Lisa and Caroline to have a teaching workload commensurate with their posts

5. School H&S Committee (MR)

School of Food Science and Nutrition FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES Health and Safety Security Parkinson – Security visit completed – follow up costing for works yet to be received and considered Fire Safety – Parkinson – bins – potential use 2.41 First aid list –text system in place. First aid call 39696 in hours / 32222 out of hours Easter break the University and the School will be closed from 12:30pm Thursday 13th April until 8:00am Wednesday 19th April. Sentinel Accident reporting system all technical staff to be trained how to input incidents

FIRST AID PROCEDURE Ian Blakeley Rachael Fox Chris Pask School of Chemistry Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences School of Chemistry Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences FIRST AID PROCEDURE Calling for First Aid during working hours (9am – 5pm, Mon-Fri): Your first port of call is still your local first aider, if they cannot be found or the situation requires more first aiders then follow the instructions below. Call (0113 34) 39696 You will need to provide the following information: The SCHOOL/BUILDING where the injured person is located The ROOM where the injured person is located The NATURE or TYPE of injury Outside of Working Hours Call University Security (0113 34) 32222. The Duty Officer will contact the ambulance service. If Security cannot be obtained, telephone 9999 for the emergency services directly but inform University Security as soon as possible afterwards. This is essential because the emergency services will need directions from security staff on arrival. FOR EMERGENCY INCIDENTS OTHER THAN FIRE, CONTACT A MEMBER OF THE INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM: Ian Blakeley Rachael Fox Chris Pask Stuart Warriner

‘Out of Hours’ On-Line Resources available on the VLE On-Line Safety Training – please complete (if you haven’t already done so) Prosecutions by the HSE are up significantly in the last 12 months – renewed interest in H&S

6. Items from SSEC (PK)

7. Items from SRIC (CO)

8. Items from SPGR Committee

9. Admissions and Widening Participation

Student Number Plans UG students as before: Increase in Int UG; cut in planned increase in Home/EU UG PGT as before PGR: targets set based on planned studentships, past performance, and increased staff numbers PGR targets about 3 per fte

Admissions – Most Recent Position UG PGT PGR Home/EU Int Applications -1% +14% -31% +10% +133% +40% Offers +20% +36% -46% 0% -75% -24% Acceptances +94% -43% -7% -100% -38%

10. Finance (CR) Spending Budgets 16/17 Spending Budgets 17/18 and 18/19 Bench Fees MSc Projects

Current Refurbishment Colloids Labs Common Room E C Stoner Level 7 E C Stoner Levels 8 and 10 Phase 1 by December 2017 Phase 2 by July 2018

11. HR – New Staff who have arrived in the School since the last Meeting Dr Michael Zulyniak, Lecturer in Obesity started on 1st January 2017 Dr Maria Torcello Gomez, Postdoctoral Research Fellow started on 9th January 2017 working with Professor Alan Mackie Mr Arthur Mercer, Temporary Laboratory Technician, started on the 13th February 2017. Dr Mark Hopkins, Lecturer in Nutritional Physiology, started on 20th February 2017 Dr Robert Little Postdoctoral Research Fellow started on the 20th March 2017 working with Professor Gary Williamson. Miss Amie Lister, Laboratory Assistant started on the 3rd April 2017

New Staff recruited joining later this year (School-funded) Dr Halise Gul Akillioglu joins the School on 1st May as a Postdoctoral Reseacrh Fellow working with Professor Alan Mackie

Currently Recruiting…… 2 Chairs, 7 Lecturers, 3 PDRFS, I Technician and 1 Administrator to recruit and appoint from September 2017 (provided approved through IPE) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to work with Professor Francisco Goycoolea

Leavers Dr Clare Lewis left the School on 31st March 2017 to relocate to the Outer Hebrides. Dr Raied Al-Lashi left on the 31st March 2017 to take up a post at Nottingham Trent University Dr Samantha Gardner started her maternity leave on the 1st April 2017

School Posts Head of School Director of Student Education Research Group Leader in Nutrition and Public Health Research Group Leader in Chemistry and Food Biochemistry

Academic Visitors/Erasmus+ Students SRDS Easter Holidays HR Academic Visitors/Erasmus+ Students SRDS Easter Holidays

12. Athena Swan (CO) 13. AOB 14. Date of Next Meeting: 7/6/2017