Council Member responsibilities
- To receive the Trustees’ Annual Report
- To review and give consent to the LSIS corporate plan
- To provide a flow of communication between LSIS and the sector
- To appoint a Performance Review Panel from Council Members, who will review and assess the impact of LSIS on a quarterly basis and report back to the sector, Council and the Skills Funding Agency.
- To approve funding from the Skills Funding Agency
Annual commitments
Members are required to attend four meetings a year, usually held in London. Meetings last half a day and will involve approximately half a day of reading preparation prior to each meeting. In a typical meeting the Council will hear a presentation on an aspect of LSIS’s work, followed by a plenary discussion
The Council elects a number of its Members to sit on the Performance Review Panel. The Panel’s role is to monitor on a quarterly basis, the impact of LSIS's services. Members of the Performance Review Panel are required to meet up to four times a year in addition to the above mentioned Council responsibilities.
Membership of the LSIS Council is a voluntary position. However, travel expenses to meetings will be reimbursed.