Legal and Compliance Services

Welcome to Legal and Compliance Services

Legal and Compliance Services provide a key function in the central academic administration of the University. Led by the Head of Legal and Compliance Services & Secretary, they are responsible for:

Governance: University constitution and principal decision-making bodies (Board of Governors, Academic Board and SLT) and processes;
Information Compliance: matters relating to data protection, data subject access, freedom of information requests and records management;
Policies: Oversight of the framework for policy document and regulation development/management;
Regulatory Compliance: primary contact for compliance with the requirements of the OfS as the principal regulator for higher education in England and for the institution’s free speech duties.
Resilience via Risk Management, Business Continuity and Incident Management;
Student Contention: handling matters on concern relating to students such as complaints, academic appeals and student misconduct.

Legal and Compliance Services provide a key function in the central academic administration of the University. It is responsible for:

Oversight of the University’s constitution, governance framework and application (in conjunction with the Governance team in Vice Chancellor’s Office);
Information Compliance (Data Protection, Records Management);
The University’s Framework for Policy Document and Regulations Development/Management;
Risk Management, Business Continuity and Incident Management;
Handling matters of Student Contention (such as Complaints, Academic Appeals and Student Misconduct).