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GOVERNANCE
As a registered charity, Jesus College is governed by its Trustees, known as the Governing Body. Over the last few years we have increased student and sta representation on our committees and at Governing Body itself as a means of improving the transparency of our management of the College.
Our focus now is on the balance between trustee responsibilities and the smooth running of the College.Academic priorities remain at the heart of all our decision-making and for this reason, we will:
Retain the full participation of academic
Fellows in the governance of the College whilst keeping under review ways in which certain responsibilities and decision-making could or should be delegated to College Committees
and Of cers to improve the management of
the College’s affairs. In doing this we recognise that there are legal constraints on the powers of Trustees to delegate their responsibilities;
Extend our arrangements for formal training in trustee duties to existing and new members of Governing Body and offer annual training in the nancial affairs of College;
Invite a Research Fellow to attend Governing Body to represent Research Fellows and lecturers; Invite an additional Governing Body member to attend College Of cer meetings;
Review current Senior Common Room arrangements to ensure that they meet the needs of today’s Fellowship; and
Continue to implement best practice risk management procedures and action plans.
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Our focus now is on the balance between trustee responsibilities and the smooth running of the College
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