Uniac - May 2021

1 Introduction Who we are, and what we do We are here to make a difference to our universities. We work in partnership with them to promote effective and efficient controls, strategies and solutions. We offer: • objectivity, integrity and constructive challenge, • drive, innovation and creativity, • confidence and diligence and, • detailed and specialist knowledge of higher education. We pride ourselves on the knowledge and experience of our staff who are empowered and encouraged to deliver high performance for a diverse range of higher education providers across the UK. Our flexible approach works for large and research intensive universities and for niche specialist providers too. Annual internal audit reports are no longer mandatory, so we are working with our clients to explore alternative approaches, better suited to a radically changed sector. We are approachable and engage with clients throughout the audit process. Apart from a small number of regulatory areas, we don’t have a black and white definition of what’s right or wrong. We will debate with you, we’ll listen, we’ll make some suggestions and we’ll listen some more. If our audit report suggests any changes, we aim that by the end of the audit you will understand, agree with and are committed to making changes. Director’s Foreword Richard Young In addition to the delivery of the internal audit programmes across institutions, we also produce regular, topical briefing notes – aimed at boards, audit committees and senior management. This brochure contains a few of those from the last twelve months. If you’d like to know a bit more about Uniac and our services, please do get in touch.