Common use of Working Together Clause in Contracts

Working Together. Whenever the OU conducts business relating to aspects of the student experience through a project, working group or informal committee, it is expected that students will be represented on the relevant group. The OU Students Association should be contacted to seek agreement on an appropriate way for students to participate in that work. All such meetings, working groups or project/programme groups where there is student representation will include provision for student representatives to physically attend the meetings including the covering of reasonable expenses, unless mutually agreed to be inappropriate. Where the student representative requests remote attendance instead, every effort will be made to accommodate this request. Participation in the meetings will be supported through timely production and circulation of any papers to be considered. The members of staff responsible should also consider using the OU’s student consultative process to seek the views of the student body. Student representatives will be included on all senior executive appointment panels as standard.