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Governance and Compliance Division

The Governance and Compliance Division (GCD) is one of the divisions of the Unified Administrative Services (UAS) and oversees the University's governance processes, data and information compliance, assurance, audit, regulatory compliance work, incident management and business continuity planning.

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Assurance, audit, risk and resilience

Information and guidance on the University's assurance, audit, risk management and other resilience processes.

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Compliance

Information and guidance on the University's data protection, freedom of information, Prevent and freedom of speech compliance activities.

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University Committees

Information on the University's central decision-making bodies.

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Governance and the University record

Guidance on decision-making by the Regent House.

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Incident management and business continuity planning

Information and guidance on incident management and business continuity planning and exercising.

Policies and guidance

Definition of a policy and information on the approval process for University-wide policies. Provides links to policies and guidance supported by GCD.

Related sites

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University Committees Hub

Members and attendees of University Committees can find papers and minutes of their committee via this hub.

University Committees Hub

Governance and Compliance Division

Contact Information

The Old Schools Trinity Lane CB2 1TN
GCDEnquiries@admin.cam.ac.uk
01223 332200

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