JISC

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s government relations strategy.

Government Relations Management Planning

The activities involved in formulating plans to implement the institution’s government relations strategy.

Government Relations Management Performance Management

The activities involved in managing the institution’s performance against the plans for implementing its government relations strategy.

Government Relations Management Policy Development

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s policies for the management of its relationships with government departments and agencies.

Government Relations Management Procedures Development

The activities involved in developing the institution’s procedures for the management of its relationships with government departments and agencies.

Government Communication Management

The activities involved in managing communications with government departments and agencies.

Activities include: handling requests for information from government departments and agencies; liaising with government bodies carrying out surveys or consultations; participating in formal inquiries and investigations (e.g. Royal Commissions, public inquiries).

HE Sector Legislation Development

The activities involved in managing the institution’s input to the preparation, development and implementation of legislation affecting the HE sector as a whole or the institution’s individual legal status, mandate or activities.

Activities include: responding to government proposals or consultations on legislation affecting the HE sector, the institution or its staff, students or local community.

HE Regulator Relations Management

The function of managing the institution’s overall relationship with HE regulators.

HE regulators include: government departments, funding councils, inspectorates, standards bodies, research councils and professional bodies.

HE Regulator Relations Strategy Development

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s HE regulator relations strategy.

HE Regulator Relations Management Planning

The activities involved in formulating plans to implement the institution’s HE regulator relations strategy.

HE Regulator Relations Management Performance Management

The activities involved in managing the institution’s performance against the plans for implementing its HE regulator relations strategy.

HE Regulator Relations Management Policy Development

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s policies for the management of its relationships with its regulators.

HE Regulator Relations Management Procedures Development

The activities involved in developing the institution’s procedures for the management of its relationships with its regulators.

HE Regulator Communication Management

The activities involved in managing corporate-level communications with its regulators.

Activities include: conducting meetings with regulators; compiling reports and statistics to meet statutory obligations or regulators’ specific requirements; submitting reports and internal documents to regulators for scrutiny and approval; responding to consultations or surveys by regulators; dealing with ad hoc issues and queries raised by regulators.

Use this section for corporate-level communications only. For working with regulators on specific activities, use the appropriate function and activity section. For example: for working with the QAAHE on specific reviews and audits of the institution’s teaching quality and standards, use 1.6 Teaching – Teaching Quality & Standards Management; for participating in the funding councils’ Research Assessment Exercise, use 2.6 Research – Research Quality & Standards Management; for communications with the Health & Safety Executive about a specific incident, use 25.12 Health & Safety Management – Health & Safety Incident Recording, Reporting & Investigation.

Students' Union Relations Management

The function of managing the institution’s relationship with its students’ union, to fulfil its responsibilities under the Education Act 1994.

Students’ Union Relations Strategy Development

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s students’ union relations strategy.

Students’ Union Relations Management Planning

The activities involved in formulating plans to implement the institution’s students’ union relations strategy.

Students’ Union Relations Management Performance Management

The activities involved in managing the institution’s performance against the plans for implementing its students’ union relations strategy.

Students’ Union Relations Management Policy Development

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s policies for the management of its relationships with its students’ union.

Students’ Union Relations Management Procedures Development

The activities involved in developing the institution’s procedures for the management of its relationships with its students’ union.

Activities include preparing the institution’s code of practice setting out how the provisions of the Education Act 1994 are to be implemented.

Students’ Union Constitution Review & Approval

The activities involved in reviewing and approving the students’ union constitution, other than formal review and approval by the institution’s governing body.

The institution’s governing body is required to formally review and approve the students’ union constitution. For records relating to this process, use 16.3 Governance – Governing Body Management. Use this section for all other activities.

Students’ Union Funding

The activities involved in providing funding for the students’ union.

For payment of funds, use 28.7 Finance Management – Financial Accounting.

Students’ Union Financial Monitoring

The activities involved in monitoring the financial affairs of its students’ union, other than formal monitoring and, where appropriate, approval by the institution’s governing body.

The institution’s governing body is required to formally review and approve the budgets of the students’ union and monitor its expenditure. For records relating to these processes, use 16.3 Governance – Governing Body Management. Use this section for all other activities.

Students’ Union Operations Monitoring

The activities involved in monitoring the operations of the institution’s students’ union.

Activities include: monitoring the conduct of the students’ union’s elections; monitoring the students’ union’s affiliations; monitoring and, where appropriate, investigating complaints against the students’ union.

For records relating to the review of reports and other official action by the institution’s governing body, use 16.3 Governance – Governing Body Management. Use this section for all other activities.

Organisational Development

The function of developing the institution’s organisational structure and culture.

Organisational Development Strategy Development

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s organisational development strategy.

Organisational Development Planning

The activities involved in formulating plans to implement the institution’s organisational development strategy.

Organisational Development Performance Management

The activities involved in managing the institution’s performance against the plans for implementing its organisational development strategy.

Organisational Development Policy Development

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s organisational development policies.

Organisational Development Procedures Development

The activities involved in developing the institution’s organisational development procedures.

Organisational Restructuring

The activities involved in carrying out organisational restructuring plans.

Health and Safety Management

The function of managing the impact of the institution’s operations on the health and safety of its staff, students and others, and ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation, regulations and standards.

Health & Safety Management Strategy Development

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s health and safety management strategy.

Health & Safety Management Planning

The activities involved in formulating plans to implement the institution’s health and safety management strategy.

Health & Safety Management Performance Management

The activities involved in managing the institution’s performance against the plans for implementing its health and safety management strategy.

Health & Safety Management Policy Development

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s health and safety management policies.

Health & Safety Management Procedures Development

The activities involved in developing the institution’s health and safety management procedures.

Health & Safety Audit

The activities involved in conducting health and safety audits of the institution’s activities and operations.

Health & Safety Consultation

The activities involved in consulting the institution’s workforce, either directly or through representatives, on the management of health and safety matters within the institution.

Health & Safety Information, Instruction & Training Provision

The activities involved in providing information, instruction and training on health and safety matters to staff, students and others who use the institution’s facilities.

Health & Safety Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment

The activities involved in identifying health and safety hazards in the institution’s premises or caused by its operations, conducting risk assessments to establish the likelihood and consequences of those risks and implementing appropriate measures to eliminate the risks or to mitigate their consequences.

Hazardous Substance Exposure Control

The activities involved in controlling the exposure of staff, students and others to hazardous substances on the institution’s premises or in other places affected by its operations.

Health & Safety Inspection

The activities involved in conducting health and safety inspections of the institution’s premises and operations.

Health & Safety Incident Recording, Reporting & Investigation

The activities involved in recording and investigating accidents, dangerous occurrences and outbreaks of disease on the institution’s premises, and the reporting of reportable incidents to the enforcing authorities.

Employee Health Surveillance

The activities involved in monitoring the health of employees who are exposed to identified health risks in the course of their work with/in the institution.

Health & Safety Emergency Planning

The activities involved in planning for the handling of health and safety incidents on the institution’s premises which require the involvement of specially trained staff and/or the public emergency services.

Activities include: assessing requirements for fire wardens and first-aiders; appointing and training fire wardens and first-aiders; assessing requirements for fire-fighting, first aid and other emergency response equipment; making arrangements with external emergency service organisations for the provision of first aid, emergency medical assistance, fire-fighting and rescue services.

Environmental Management

The function of managing the impact of the institution and its business on the environment, and ensuring compliance with environmental legislation.

Environmental Management Strategy Development

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s environmental management strategy.

Environmental Management Planning

The activities involved in formulating plans to implement the institution’s environmental management strategy.

Environmental Management Performance Management

The activities involved in managing the institution’s performance against the plans for implementing its environmental strategy.

Environmental Management Policy Development

The activities involved in developing and establishing the institution’s environmental management policies.

Environmental Management Procedures Development

The activities involved in developing the institution’s environmental management procedures.

Environmental Audit

The activities involved in conducting environmental audits of the institution’s activities and operations.

Environmental Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment

The activities involved in identifying environmental risks affecting the institution’s premises or operations, conducting risk assessments to establish the likelihood and consequences of those risks and implementing appropriate measures to eliminate the risks or to mitigate their consequences.

Environmental Management Scheme Accreditation Management

The activities involved in managing the process of obtaining and maintaining the institution’s accreditation under established environmental management schemes.

Environmental Awareness Promotion

The activities involved in raising awareness of environmental issues among the institution’s staff and students, to improve the institution’s overall environmental performance.

Environmental Incident Recording, Reporting & Investigation

The activities involved in recording and investigating environmental incidents on the institution’s premises or caused by its operations, and the reporting of reportable incidents to the enforcing authorities.

Energy Management

The activities involved in monitoring and controlling the institution’s use and consumption of energy.

Waste Management