The Kingston University Corporate Services
Legal: to facilitate and provide access to prompt and responsive legal advice that is high-quality, fit- for-purpose, solution-based and grounded in a robust assessment of legal risk. Insurance: to ensure that the University has appropriate and cost-effective insurance policies and coverage to mitigate the impact of potential claims. Health and Safety: to provide, maintain and enhance a healthy, safe and secure environment for all students, staff and stakeholders and to promote these responsibilities at all levels within the University. We deliver these activities by: • Provision of high-quality and customer- orientated service support, advice and guidance to the University community that reflects best practice. • Designing, deploying and aligning our systems, processes and delivery timescales to ensure that they best meet the requirements and goals of the University. • Ensuring that our staff are helpful and approachable and have the requisite skills, knowledge and expertise to deliver their responsibilities and to provide a high-quality service to stakeholders. • Focusing upon delivery and being realistic and pragmatic in our approach to our work. Our aim is to be recognised as an efficient, accessible and responsive professional service that works in partnership to support and enable the delivery of the University’s mission, strategy and values. We perform these functions impartially and with a commitment to openness, fairness, accountability, trust and collaboration.
The Corporate Services Directorate is led by the University Secretary, Adrian Parry. Its work focusses upon creating and maintaining a robust infrastructure to support good corporate governance, compliance and decision-making within the University; ensuring that the University meets its statutory and legal obligations. Its activities fall within the following broad themes: Corporate Governance: to maintain and improve a robust infrastructure in support of strong governance and good decision-making; with especial attention to the University’s regulatory accountabilities. Information Governance: to establish and deliver comprehensive information governance structures and approaches that encourage and support best practice in the use of information and data and meet the University’s obligations under Freedom of Information and the General Data Protection Regulations. Executive Support: to provide for efficient and effective administrative support by organising and supporting the day-to-day activities of the University’s senior leaders. Risk: to facilitate the identification, assessment, prioritisation and management of risk to support efficient and effective decision-making. Business Continuity: to ensure that the University can continue its business-critical functions despite any incident that disrupts its activities.
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