What is the Assurance Service?
The Assurance Service is a University-wide function, working to embed an assurance culture and supporting the University community to effectively and efficiently manage its compliance obligations, share good practice and support effective implementation of internal controls. Internally, the Assurance Service works with areas of 1st and 2nd line compliance expertise from across the University. Externally, we monitor and disseminate sector best practice and engage regularly with the ).
We report at regular intervals into the Internal Audit Link opens in a new windowservice and Audit & Risk CommitteeLink opens in a new window and provide assurance, as required, to the University鈥檚 Executive Board Link opens in a new windowand CouncilLink opens in a new window.
Together with Internal Audit, the Assurance Service forms part of the Governance, Assurance & Risk Group.
- See our Compliance FAQs
- Find out who to contact via our Compliance Hub Who鈥檚 Who
- Assess yourself against the Compliance & Assurance Framework: our institutional macro-level structure for approaching compliance and assurance work. Consider have you got all of this in place? Is it operating effectively?
Compliance Hub
Visit our Compliance Hub and discover:
- A 'Who's Who' of compliance at the University.
- Compliance FAQs
- Templates to support implementation of the Compliance & Assurance Framework, using best practice from across the institution (and externally).
Compliance & Assurance Framework
Developed to improve consistency in the management of compliance across different areas, the Compliance & Assurance Framework provides a macro-level structure for approaching compliance institution-wide.
Five key pillars underpin the Framework and support compliance leads to review existing compliance management by asking: Have we got all of this in place? Is it operating effectively? 鈥�