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The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 requires each college in the Further Education sector to have a governing body. The governing body of the college is known as the Corporation Board. It comprises 18 governors with a wide range of expertise and experience who wish to contribute to the local community.The Corporation Board is accountable for the financial solvency of the college, its sound management and the quality of the service that it provides. The Board is also accountable for the proper use of the public funds entrusted to it. It's duties include determining the educational character and mission of the institution and for oversight of its activitiesthe effective and efficient use of resources, the solvency of the institution and the Corporation and for safeguarding their assetsapproving annual estimates of income and expenditurethe appointment, grading, suspension, dismissal and determination of the pay and conditions of service of the holders of senior posts and the Clerk to the Corporationsetting a framework for the pay and conditions of service of all other staff. The Corporation Board undertakes some of its work through the following committees which may be advisory and/or decision making, as determined by the Corporation Board and legislation: Audit CommitteeCurriculum and Quality CommitteeFinance and General Purposes CommitteeHuman Resources CommitteeLearner Support CommitteeSearch and Governance CommitteeRemuneration Committee The Corporation Board has adopted a Code of Conduct to help ensure the effectiveness of the governance process by setting out the standards of conduct expected of Governors.