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‘Effective school governance is more than minuting meetings,’ says ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute
The Department for Education’s recognition of academy trust clerks as the board’s ‘governance professional’ is a start in terms of acknowledging the importance of the role, according to ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute. Recognising the broader responsibilities as “…about helping the board understand its role, functions and legal duties and supporting the chair to enable and facilitate strategic debate and decision making” in the DfE’s revised Governance Handbook, the Institute believes that this continued emphasis shows the important advisory and support role that governance professionals play in helping academy boards to achieve success

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Raising the profile of governance professionals serving schools
Over the past decade, the National Governance Association (NGA) has been encouraging academy trusts to look beyond the school sector and embrace their place in the charity sector, absorbing the best of its practice and its debates.

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Professional development remains important even during lockdown, governance body says
The Chartered Governance Institute has today underlined the importance of continuing professional development during the COVID-19 pandemic with the announcement of a virtual training event for trust and corporate service providers which will take place later this month.

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ICSA Guernsey Awards 2019 Winners announced at Annual Dinner
The winners of The Chartered Governance Institute’s ICSA Guernsey Awards 2019, which recognise the achievements of Guernsey’s governance professionals and corporate service providers, were announced at a glittering awards dinner on Friday, 15 November 2019. The academic achievements of the Institute’s local members and students were also celebrated at the ICSA Guernsey Annual Awards Dinner 2019, which took place at the Duke of Richmond Hotel.


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The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland is a division of The Chartered Governance Instititue which is incorporated and governed by Royal Charter. Our Royal Charter was granted in 1902 and continues to signal the vital role that we play in developing and supporting governance professionals.