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About CUBO

CUBO is the professional association for senior managers in higher education whose responsibilities include the strategic planning, management, administration and development of one or more of the following areas:

  • The university's residential portfolio, whether owned or managed through partnership arrangements.
  • Catering and retail operations (In-house and contracted services)
  • Commercial income generation from business and leisure tourism, including the management of year-round conference and training centres.

Members may also have additional responsibilities in other areas of Facilities Management for example:

Sport & Recreation; Security; Printing; Transport; Cleaning, Customer Services; Maintenance; Timetabling; Procurement etc.

CUBO provides a forum for professionals in senior positions reporting directly to a University Senior Officer such as the Principal or Vice-Chancellor, Secretary to the University, Registrar, Finance Officer, Bursar or a Deputy or Assistant Principal.

One representative from each organisation is accepted as the principal CUBO member, however nominated deputies are welcome to attend CUBO Events.

CUBO ACTIVITIES

  • Two national conferences each year (one including major supplier exhibition)
  • Professional development programme
  • Regional membership networks
  • Use of fast track members surveys
  • Production of CUBO Performance Indicators
  • CUBO commissioned research reports
  • Liaison with UK Funding Councils and Universities UK
  • Liaison with relevant stakeholder groups
  • Liaison with international partners
  • CUBO E-Newsletter

TERMS OF REFERENCE

  • To develop, implement and review CUBO's strategic themes
  • To develop, maintain and evaluate agreed activity plans for CUBO in support of each strategic theme
  • To formulate and monitor CUBO's planning, operational, staffing and financial performance through an effective management approach
  • To promote and ensure an effective interface with the rest of the sector and its stakeholders
  • To implement, develop and evaluate an effective system of performance measurement
  • To inform members about service and business developments
  • To approve applications for expenditure
  • To ensure appropriate control procedures are in place
  • To ensure effective communication processes are in place

Strategic Aims

  1. To harness and disseminate members' expertise, experience and knowledge to help provide solutions to common problems and concerns for mutual benefit.
  2. To promote appropriate quality standards and frameworks that help to enhance the Student Experience and where appropriate demonstrate legal compliance against published codes of practice.
  3. To commission national research into aspects of the student campus experience which are of strategic importance at institutional level.
  4. To collect, analyse and report on financial and non-financial performance measures from members, which enable meaningful benchmarking activities for institutions, funding councils and other stakeholders.
  5. To identify and effectively manage CUBO's relationships with other sector representative and funding bodies to enable effective collaboration and inter-professional learning. In particular to work and partner with ASRA, TUCO, AUDE, BACHE, USHA.
  6. To provide opportunities for training and professional development for members and their respective teams.
  7. To promote the reputation and activities of CUBO and its members regionally, nationally and internationally.
  8. To identify and promote to members appropriate sustainability initiatives, standards and frameworks.

CUBO STRUCTURE

The Executive Committee structure of CUBO comprises the following:-

Chair(3 years tenure), Executive Secretary(3 years tenure), 7 Executive Members(3 years tenure), 1 Coopted Conference Host member (1 year tenure)