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Directorate of Governance and Legal Services

2026-09-16

Item Paper
   

1. Welcome, apologies and declaration of interests

TO NOTE the register of interests for Committee members and attendees

ARC26-01 [PDF 795KB]
   

2. Risk management

a) TO CONSIDER a report on strategic risk and KPIs

b) TO CONSIDER an assurance report on research integrity cases in 2025–26

ARC26/02

ARC26-03 [PDF 184KB]

   

3. External audit

a) TO CONSIDER progress on actions from the 2025 Management Letter

b) TO CONSIDER an update on the 2026 audit

c) TO CONSIDER the draft narrative for the Financial Statements 2026

Oral report

Oral report

ARC26/04

   

4. Internal audit

a) TO CONSIDER progress on actions from previous audits 

b) TO CONSIDER planned internal audit reports (10 mins):
• Data management and retention
• Workforce planning
• Maintenance

c) TO CONSIDER the draft internal audit annual report for 2025–26 and the final internal audit plan for 2026–27

ARC26/05

ARC26/06

ARC26-07 [PDF 454KB]

   

5. Health and Safety

TO CONSIDER a report on a fire in the Engineering Building

ARC26/08
   

6. Policies to approve

TO APPROVE the prevention of tax evasion policy

ARC26/09
   

7. Standing reports

a) TO CONSIDER a report on whistleblowing cases in 2025–26

b) TO CONSIDER cases of fraud or financial irregularities since the last meeting

ARC26-10 [PDF 131KB]

Oral report

   

8. Committee management and reporting

a) TO CONFIRM the minutes of the meeting held on 09 June 2026

b) TO NOTE matters arising from previous meetings

c) TO CONSIDER the Committee’s terms of reference, membership and effectiveness

d) TO CONSIDER the first draft of the Committee’s Annual Report for 2025–26

e) TO NOTE the draft agenda for the next meeting

ARC26-11 [PDF 129KB]

ARC26-12 [PDF 125KB]

ARC26-13 [PDF 393KB]

ARC26-14 [PDF 301KB]

ARC26-15 [PDF 127KB]

   
9. Any other business  N/A
   
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