Minutes of the CPD25 Statutory Requirements & Legal Compliance Task Group held on 6th June 2003 at 2pm in The Courtauld Institute

Present:

Christine Muller (Chair), Tim Davies, Ruth Harrison, Jennifer Nordon, Gerry Power, Robert Atkinson, Caroline Lloyd and Caroline Holebrook (Administrator)

There were no apologies

2. Welcome to new members

Caroline Lloyd was welcomed to the group.

3. Minutes of the last meeting

The minutes were accepted as a correct record.

4. Matters arising

There were no matters arising

5. CPD25 Review Day & Programme for 2003/2004

The votes for events are as below:

Seminar votes
Title Votes cast Disabilities 2 Copyright 3 Data protection 3 Risk management 3 Disaster management 6 (Collaborative event with M25 Disaster Management Grp) New legislation briefings 11 (Breakfast briefings) Widening access to HE 12

Visits

Venue Votes cast
Scotland Yard
6 Metropolitan Police Archives
http://www.met.police.uk/history/archives.htm

Crime Museum
http://www.met.police.uk/history/crime_museum.htm

Book Aid
5 http://www.bookaid.org/cms.cgi/site/index.htm

Large FE institution

2 South Thames College
http://www.south-thames.ac.uk/

City of Westminster College
http://www.cwc.ac.uk/

Other possible events

Seminars:
Maternity and paternity entitlement: a seminar focusing on the new legislation in this area and the "normal" statutory entitlement for women.

The group decided on the following events for the new programme.

Dyslexia Day
November 2003 & June 2004 - event to be run twice. This event will be a whole day. The morning will explore how Dyslexia affects people's perceptions and behaviour. Suggested speakers for this are the Dyslexia Institute. The afternoon session will address practical measures for assisting Dyslexics, such as presentation styles, web page design and signage. The event will be aimed at all levels of staff but will have a focus for staff that deal directly with users. Ruth Harrison and Caroline Lloyd will convene this event. Caroline will attempt to find a Chartership candidate to help them. Action: Ruth & Caroline to contact the Dyslexia Institute or similar http://www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/ Action: Caroline to find a Chartership helper.

Flexible Working
March 2004 In order to consider the new legislation on "family friendly" working the group decided a whole day should be devoted to this topic. JSB will be approached to provide a speaker for this event. The day will be aimed at senior managers and those who deal directly with staff management. Tim Davies and Robert Atkinson will convene this event. Action: Tim & Robert to contact JSB or similar to get costing and give a brief of requirements. http://www.jsbonline.com/index.htm

Breakfast Briefing - Flexible working
In conjunction with this event the group plan to run a "breakfast briefing" in February 2004. The format will be an early morning meeting, 8.30am to 10.30am, with breakfast. JSB could be asked to provide a speaker and supporting literature. This will be an experimental session to see if the format is successful. Action: Tim & Robert to contact JSB or similar to investigate a speaker.

Race Relations Awareness
This event will be a whole day. The morning will focus on the Act itself and its meanings and implications. The afternoon session will focus on facilitated discussion of cultural experience. Areas of discussion might include what kinds of behaviours may not be acceptable in some cultures, the differences in the perception of women in different cultures and what these might mean for staff in the workplace. Christine has a potential speaker whose details she will forward to Jennifer. Other possible speakers are: English Language Institute
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/research.html Directory of Social Change:
http://www.dsc.org.uk/charitytraining.html

This event will be held in March 2004.

Jennifer Nordon and Gerry Power will convene the event.
Action: Christine to email the speaker details to Jennifer & Gerry
Action: Jennifer & Gerry to explore other potential speakers

Legal Research Skills
A reprise of this year's very successful event, Gerry will re-run the event in the Spring term probably in February.

Other Events

E-Copyright European Directive
Ruth will convene an e-copyright legislation event when the European Directive comes into force. The date for this is as yet not definite so Ruth will keep her eye out for it. Action: Ruth to have an eye of the implementation of the new directive

Visits

South Thames College

Gerry who has a contact at South Thames College met the request for an FE college visit. http://www.south-thames.ac.uk/ Action: Gerry to agree a time slot and liase with Caroline

Metropolitan Police Archives
Ruth has a contact here and will make enquiries about a visit. http://www.met.police.uk/history/archives.htm#top Action: Ruth to make enquiries and liase with Caroline regarding a date for visits.

Book Aid
Tim has agreed to organise this visit. http://www.bookaid.org/cms.cgi/site/index.htm Action: Tim to make enquiries and liase with Caroline regarding a date for visits.

6. New Chair for the Group

Christine is leaving the Perry Library over the summer to take up a new post in Student Registry at South Bank. A new chair for the group will need to be nominated. The group decided they would consider it and email Caroline with there responses. The group thanked Christine for Chairing the group during the first year. Action: Group to contact Caroline

7. Any other business

Christine thanked the group for all their efforts that made the programme such a success.

8. Date of next meeting

Thursday 11th September 2003 at 2pm in the Courtauld Institute CH 13th June 2003