Vice-Chancellor's Office

The Vice-Chancellor’s Office is part of the University’s Governance and Legal Services, which brings together Governance, business resilience, legal and contracts, data protection, health and safety, and high-level administrative, policy, and strategic support services for members of the Vice-Chancellor's Executive and the Board of Governors.

Chief of Staff and Clerk to the Board of Governors/Director of Governance and Legal Services – Dr Jodie Anstee.

Contacts and responsibilities

Business Resilience

Developing and maintaining the University’s risk management framework, business continuity planning and major incident response. Providing support for Colleges and Professional Services to identify, assess and manage risk and limit disruption in the event of an incident.

Data Protection

Advising on data processing and handling activities to ensure these remain compliant and meet all regulatory requirements.

Head of Data Protection – James Whitbread

Governance

Responsible for the development, co-ordination and maintenance of the University's corporate governance arrangements. This includes ensuring regulatory and legislative requirements placed upon the University’s Governance structure are fulfilled.

Head of Governance/Deputy Clerk to the Board of Governors – Chris Gledhill

Health and Safety

Providing professional advice and guidance on relevant legislation and implementation of UWE Bristol's Health and Safety policy. Health and Safety includes chemical, physical, biological, fire safety, the work environment, and work-related health and human factors.

Health and Safety Manager – Mark Scott

Legal and Contracts

Providing legal opinion on a range of issues which arise from the activities undertaken by UWE Bristol, as well as specialist advice on research, academic and collaboration agreements and IT contracts and contracting policy.

General Counsel – Aman Hart

Vice-Chancellor's Office

Providing professional and proactive support to members of the Vice-Chancellor’s Executive.

Head of Vice-Chancellor's Office – Holly Davies

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