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SECTION 9: Governance and Management
9.6 Risk Assessment and Contingency Planning
Risk Register Matrix - Summary Of Level 1 And Selected Level 2 Risks
Low Impact Medium Impact High Impact
Low
Likelihood
33. Failure to establish baseline aims, objectives,
and measures of success in line with existing
colleges' strategic planning
48. Serious breach of discrimination legislation
49. Failure to agree the status of quality standards
ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004
52. Failure to ensure consistent implementation of
revised quality procedures across the College
1. Failure to merge
2. Failure to deliver New Campus Glasgow
5. Failure to establish and adhere to post-merger
implementation timetable
13. Failure to meet TUPE obligations
16. Failure to maintain existing level of services
32. Failure to establish contingency/disaster
recovery plan
35. Failure to ensure the governing body has
appropriate skill set
42. Serious breach of Health and Safety
Regulations
44. Child protection failure
60. Disengagement of students during and
following merger implementation
59. Students confused by dif erent course
regulations, attendance patterns, student
support, student i nance arrangements
Medium
Likelihood
6. Failure to maintain internal communication
11. Failure to manage merger pressure upon staf
12. Failure to manage good employee relations
resulting in industrial action
18. Failure to manage activity and service
relocation
31. Poor media representation leading
to negative impact on reputation
45. Failure to manage decant arrangements
46. Failure to develop co-location synergies
48. Failure to agree continued accreditation
and agreements
50. Disengagement of staf af ecting
the quality culture
52. Failure to ensure equalities impact
assessment is carried out
7. Failure to maintain ef ective, Inclusive, external
communication with stakeholders
9. Failure to maintain the ef ective involvement
of trade unions
10. Loss of key senior staf
14. Failure to establish an attainable staf transfer
implementation plan
19. Failure to manage Due Diligence reportage
and follow-up
17. Adverse Due Diligence reports
21. Insui cient Merger Support Funding from SFC
27. Failure to establish ef ective business continuity
- impact upon student recruitment
28. Failure to establish new College identity
36. Failure to maintain the quality of the student
experience *facilities, support, L&T)
37. Failure to manage i nancial liabilities/viability
38. Failure to follow EU procurement rules
53. Failure to communicate equality related
policies and practice
High
Likelihood
40. Adverse impact
of demographic
changes
62. Failure to establish
ef ective student
representation
8. Failure to establish harmonisation
of staf terms and conditions
52. Failure to ensure equalities impact
assessment is carried out
15. Failure to establish a clear set of prioritised ISLT
requirements and associated timeframes
17. Failure to provide robust and appropriate
technical infrastructure to enable the delivery
of ISLT services
54. Failure to maintain stable operational schedules
for students and staf via fully integrated
timetabling system/failure to prepare for
ei ciencies required for new campus
55. Failure to integrate the additional support
for learning and teaching areas
57. Failure to harmonise business critical systems:
Finance; HR; Bursary; SRS; Timetables