EMU Charter
CONFERENCE OF
ENGINEERING MANAGERS IN UNIVERSITIES
A PDF version of the charter is available to
download
here
General.
The
Conference of Engineering Managers in Universities (EMU) is a loose
association of engineering managers in universities throughout the United
Kingdom with the following aims:
o
To
foster a corporate spirit across its membership.
o
To enable
sharing of best practice.
o
To act as
a focus for legitimate and common concerns with respect to support to
engineering teaching and research in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
o
To add to
individual and corporate knowledge.
o
To broaden
understanding of the profession from policy directives to implementation of
the same.
2.
Organising
Committee.
This will
be formed from the membership as follows:
o
Secretary (to be elected)
o
Two
members of the EMU (to be elected)
o
Organiser
of the previous year’s conference
o
Organiser
of the coming year’s conference
The terms
of reference for this committee are attached as an annex.
3.
EMU
Conference.
Members of
the group agree to meet for an annual conference to be held at one of the
member’s institutions. The conference location is identified on a voluntary
basis. The duration is agreed at 48 hours i.e. two nights with one day and a
half devoted to EMU business. The conference content aims to achieve the
following objectives:
o
Bring
members up to date with any relevant aspect of high-level policy likely to
have an impact on their part of the parent HEI.
o
Be briefed
on best practice, by an expert in that particular field, in any aspect of
the members' business.
o
Exchange
of best practice through discussion, workshops, techniques and general
networking during the period of the conference.
Funds and
Financial Practice.
The
following rules shall apply:
The EMU
shall not hold funds as a corporate entity but a float with a lower limit of
£1000 and an upper limit of £5000 will be held by the HEI sponsoring the
annual conference, this float being transferred to the next organisation
when all financial transactions pertaining to that conference are complete.
The membership shall be given the opportunity to decide for what purpose
excess funds shall be used though where this is impractical; responsibility
shall devolve to the members of the organising committee.
The
sponsoring institution is expected to manage EMU funds in accordance with
that institution’s accounting policies. On completion of all accounting for
a conference, the organising HEI is to submit a simple balance sheet to the
secretary of the EMU and advise on the transfer of the residual funds when
it occurs.
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