Who we are and what we do (Governance)

This section covers information relating to the way the institution is governed. Among other things, it includes information on the legal status of the institution, which individual member of staff or group within the organisation is responsible for specific functions and where they fit in the overall structure of the organisation.

Governance structure:

Governor profiles:

Governer Charity Trusteeships

Dates and Minutes of Board meetings:

The Board of Governors determined (at its meeting on 31st January, 2013) that the minutes of any given meeting of the Board should be published and made available through the University's FOI Publication Scheme 12 months from the date of that meeting. Some items of a commercial or sensitive nature may continue to be redacted under other provisions of the FOIA 2000.

Please click here for the Board minutes.

Please contact Peter Fisher: p.fisher@londonmet.ac.uk to request copies of these, or any previous, minutes. In some instances information from committee minutes will be exempt from disclosure where it contains personal information, information that may damage the commercial interests of the institution or that may threaten the health and safety of specific individuals.

Memorandum and Articles of Association:

The documents below set out the legal basis of the University, its objectives and governance structure, including the roles and responsibilities of the governing body, the Head of the institution and the Academic Board.

Memorandum and Articles of Association (Dec 2006)
Articles of Association (updated 2010)

London Metropolitan University is a charity. It is an "Exempt Charity" but not a "Registered Charity". As an Exempt Charity the University has an HMRC Charities Reference Number: X6880, which demonstrates that the Revenue accepts the University's charitable status.

Required information on our status as an Exempt Charity:

Legal name and correspondence address
Memorandum and Articles of Association (see above)
Names of the trustees (i.e. the University Governors - see above)
Other charity trusteeships held by LondonMet trustees
The most recent Audited Financial Statement

Institutional organisation:
Information relating to the Executive and Senior staffing, with reporting lines and lists of academic and non-academic departments:

London Met Organisational Chart Feb 2013 (as of February 2013)
List of Academic Departments
List of Professional Service Departments

Documents published within operational and quality contexts:

University Mission Statement
Learning and Teaching Strategy
Data Protection Policy
Public Interest Disclosure Procedure
Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
MSCHE Report to the University
Relevant sections of the University's corporate plan. (Hard copies available from the University Secretary's Office.)
Independent Review by Sir David Melville
Report by Deloitte
Final Statement
Responses to the Deloitte Report
Responses to the Melville Report
Audited Financial Statements (FY 02/03, 03/04, 04/05, 05/06, 06/07, 07/08, 08.09)
Eversheds: Summary of Reports to the Governing Body of LMU (Oct 2010)

Academic Board:
Academic Board is the University's senior academic committee and London Met’s Vice-Chancellor is its Chair.
The Academic Board acts upon, and implements, the objectives set out in our Strategic Plan in how the University develops strategically and academically, and in how the institution is managed.
Through its management structures and its committee systems, London Met aims to strike a balance between executive management and collegial deliberation.
Please Click Here for the Academic Board Minutes.

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