OUCS Sub-committee – Terms of Reference

1. The Sub-Committee shall normally meet once a term, at 11.00 am on Thursdays of Week 5, and at other times as the Vice-Chairman of ICTC may deem necessary.

2. The sub-committee's membership shall be as follows:

The Vice-Chairman of ICTC (in the chair)
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (ASUC)
One representative from each of the academic divisions
A representative of the Continuing Education Board
A representative of the Conference of Colleges
A representative of the IT Users' Group
A representative of the IT Support Staff Group
The Departmental Administrator on ICTC

3. The representative members of the committee need not be the same as the representatives on the ICT Committee

4. The Director of OULS shall normally be invited to attend. Other members of the ICTC or others may augment the sub-committee from time to time as the Vice-Chairman shall see fit.

5. The Sub-Committee shall carry out the ICTC’s responsibilities under cll. 8 – 11 of its terms of reference, viz

“8. The committee shall be responsible for the strategic oversight of the operations and budget of the Computing Services, which shall include:

(1) advising and instructing the Director of the Computing Services as required in order for the Director to fulfil the duties of his or her office; and

(2) subject to the provisions of any statute or regulation of general application, the appointment and determination of the duties and conditions of service of the Director of the Computing Services, and the determination of the terms and conditions of appointment and level of salary scales which shall be applied to staff of the Computing Services other than the Director.

9. The purpose of the Computing Services shall be to support the provision of ICT in the University both directly and indirectly.

10. The Computing Services may also provide services to organisations not part of the University on conditions to be approved by the committee from time to time.

11. The Director of the Computing Services shall be first officer of the Computing Services, and in that capacity shall report to the committee in the performance of his or her duties.”

6. The Sub-Committee shall report termly to the ICT Committee, and bring to the committee’s attention new policy issues relating to its remit.