People and Culture Committee

Find out more about People and Culture Committee, including terms of reference, membership, meetings and minutes.

On this page you will find:

 

Overview

Reports to 

University Management Committee

Chair

Donna Dalrymple - Chief People Officer

Secretary

Natalie Connor | n.connor@ucl.ac.uk

For agendas and minutes; apologies for absence

 

Meeting dates

Scheduled meeting dates: 2025-26

The copy deadlines quoted are the latest dates by which the final papers must be received by the secretary. Please use the templates for papers submission.

Meeting dateCopy deadline
Monday 6 October 2025, 2.00pm22 September
Monday 1 December 2025, 1.00pm17 November
Monday 9 February 2026, 3.00pm26 January
Monday 2 March 2026, 1.30pm16 February
Monday 20 April 2026, 3.00pm31 March
Monday 8 June 2026, 3.00pm22 May
Monday 20 July 2026, 3.00pm6 July

Minutes

Minutes prior to 2021-22 relate to UCL Human Resources Policy Committee (HRPC).

*These minutes include a confidential section which is available, through the Committee Secretary, to members of the Committee only.

2025-26

2024-25

2023-24

2022-23

2021-22

2020-21

Terms of Reference

Subject to any general or particular direction that may from time to time be given by the University Management Committee (UMC), the People and Culture Committee is charged by UMC:

  1. To ensure that rigorous and transparent employee policies, procedures and systems, in line with relevant employment legislation, are in place and are kept under review, including but not limited to recruitment, terms and conditions of employment, induction, pay, pensions, promotion, training, grievances, discipline, capability, performance management framework, employee relations and succession planning;
  2. To identify external and internal developments and drivers which are relevant to the University’s success to help inform its strategic people priorities;
  3. To encourage innovation with respect to the University’s employment policies;
  4. To review and develop the University’s approach to the systems for performance management and reward;
  5. To monitor and evaluate the University’s staff development policies and to promote relevant developmental opportunities for staff;
  6. To oversee the staff consultative process with the recognised trade unions and to advise UMC accordingly;
  7. To keep under review arrangements for monitoring staff attitudes and opinions;
  8. In collaboration with the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, to sponsor programmes of action in support of equality, diversity and inclusion;
  9. To oversee effective management of key HR risks and to ensure that they are identified, assessed and managed in line with the University’s risk management framework and risk appetite statement relating to HR risks;
  10. To support UMC in developing and keeping under review the institutional risk appetite for HR risks;
  11. To report HR risks to UMC to provide assurance that the arrangements to manage them are appropriate and effective, and to escalate to UMC any significant regulatory or compliance risks with recommendations for response;
  12. To refer matters to UMC or other committees where they impact on the responsibility of other UMC committees or where the Chair considers the decision to be of strategic importance;

  13. To recommend major decisions relating to the HR portfolio to UMC.

     

Membership

  • [ ] indicates that member’s second or subsequent appearance in the committee’s membership.
  • * indicates that that member is serving on the committee as a deputy or nominee of another member.

Ex Officio members

Chief People Officer (Chair) - Donna Dalrymple 

Vice-Provosts and Vice-Presidents, or nominee:                      

Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience) or nominee - Professor Jennie Shaw

Vice-Provost (Faculties) or nominee - Professor Jennifer Hudson

Vice-Provost (Health) or nominee - Felipe Fouto*

Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement) or nominee - Professor Geraint Rees

Vice-President (Advancement) or nominee - vacancy

Vice-President (External Engagement) or nominee - Martin Wedlake*

Vice-President (Operations) or nominee - Aimie Chapple

Vice-President (Strategy) or nominee - Professor Paola Lettieri

Pro-Provost (Equity and Inclusion) - Professor Alison Koslowski

General Counsel or nominee - Fiona Naughton*

Executive Director, PS Hub - Graham Keel

Director of HR Services - Joanne Wilkes

Director of Equity, Inclusion and Culture - Addeel Khan

Nominated members

Deans’ nominees

Arts and Humanities - Dr Tim Beasley-Murray

Brain Sciences - Professor Peter Fonagy

Built Environment - Professor Neil Strachan

UCL Institute of Education - Professor Victoria Showunmi

Engineering Sciences - Sara Collins

Laws - Professor Kimberley Trapp

Life Sciences - Professor Rob De Bruin

Mathematical and Physical Sciences - Donna Williamson

Medical Sciences - Kate Brooks

Population Health Sciences - Professor Jolene Skordis

Social and Historical Sciences - Katy Hamilton

Secretary

Natalie Connor