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As specii ed in the road map, at vesting
day it is intended that the Shadow
Board will become the Board of the
new college. Since the "fusion" model
being used for the merger is a variant
of the more conventional "host" model,
and since Glasgow Metropolitan
College is the host institution, legally
the Board of Management of the new
college is a continuation of the Board of
Management of Glasgow Metropolitan
College. To facilitate the transition, it is
intended that the current members of
the Glasgow Metropolitan College Board
of Management, except for non-staf or
student members who are also members
of the Shadow Board, will stand down
with ef ect from the end of July 2010,
and the Board of Glasgow Metropolitan
College will appoint the remaining
members of the Shadow Board, other
than those who are employees of the
colleges, as Board members taking oi ce
on 1 August 2010. The Principal of the
new college will be a Board member
ex oi cio, [and the staf members of
the Shadow Board will have observer
status and speaking rights at Board
of Management meetings until staf
members of the Board are elected in
the usual way]. These elections will be
held as soon as practical after merger.
The student member of the Shadow
Board, who is also the student member
of the Glasgow Metropolitan College
Board of Management with a period of
appointment ending on 31 August 2010,
will continue as a Board member until
that date [, and (subject to continuing
to be a student of the merged college)
will thereafter attend the Board as an
observer with speaking rights until a
student member is nominated by the
Student Association in accordance with
the 1992 Act. The Student Association has
its planning underway for the enlarged
student body post merger and for the
nomination for 2010/2011 student
member of the Board to be made as
soon as practicable following Vesting
day. Where appropriate legal advice will
be obtained to ensure that the transition
process is conducted correctly.
So far as can be achieved consistent
with the relevant legislation and with
maintaining the Board's ef ectiveness,
all those appointed to the Board of
the merged college who are current
members of the Boards of Management
of any of the three colleges will be
treated on an equal basis in relation to
the length of their periods of service as
members.
In preparation for becoming the
Board of Management for the merged
college, the Shadow Board will devise a
committee structure covering all major
functions, including i nance, audit,
human resources, student matters,
the monitoring of the core academic
business of the College and the quality of
delivery, estates, the performance review
and remuneration of senior staf , and
the search for and selection of personnel
to i ll senior positions including new
Board members. The Shadow Board
will also identify suitable individuals
with relevant skill sets to convene each
of the committees, and will consider
what additional external input may be
required.
Although Central College Glasgow and
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies will
both require to be dissolved post merger
it is recognised that there will be certain
residual responsibilities for the Boards of
each of these colleges to discharge prior
to formal dissolution, such as the signing
of on their i nal accounts.
Please refer to Appendix 1:
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9.2 Proposed Name
of Merged Institution
The proposed name is
City of Glasgow College
A legal search has indicated that there
are no legal impediments to the new
College adopting this name.
The process to select a new name started
on 20 November 2009 with the formal
public Consultation exercise which
specii cally asked for suggestions on
the new name.
The consultation closed on 18 January
but further suggestions were requested
by the Principal Designate and the
deadline was extended by a further
week. Over and above this, and to
ensure a good choice of names, three
creative agencies were tasked with
producing three names, supported by
three straplines with a clear rationale to
support each option.
In total 75 suggestions were received and
were considered by the Shadow Board
on 27 January 2010. The Board selected
a short list of 2 names - New College
Glasgow and Glasgow College. These
names were taken out to market research
with students, staf and stakeholders
between 1 February and 8 February 2010,
over 1,600 responses to the questionnaire
were received, analysed and weighted.
The results of the Market Research were
presented to a workshop of senior
managers and Board members on 10
February 2010. However it was agreed
that the results proved inconclusive
with a signii cant number of the
respondents preferring neither of the
two names. Keen to be as inclusive and
transparent as possible, the Principal
SECTION 9: Governance and Management
9.1 Board of Management / 9.2 Proposed Name of Merged Institution