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Revisions to the Standing Orders of the Council

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:50:00 GMT

Revisions to the Standing Orders of the Council were last approved at the meeting of the Council held on 11 October 2023, with changes taking immediate effect.

Rationale: To reflect the updated size of Council, revised information classifications and updated Committee names.

Updates to Regulation 45

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:33:00 GMT

On 12 September 2023 the Vice-Chancellor approved on behalf of Senate with immediate effect and in advance of the start of the 2023-24 academic year, amendments to Regulation 45 Governing Payment of Annual Fees, Residential Charges and Other Debts, to reflect current processes i.e. that since the Covid-19 pandemic students are no longer required to appear before the Annual Fees (Special Cases) Sub-Committee, rather they are invited to submit a written statement and/or payment proposal for consideration by the Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee has also been renamed to better reflect its role to: “Academic Fee Payments Sub-Committee”.

These changes will be noted by the Council on 11 October 2023.

Revisions to Ordinance 7

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:38:00 GMT

On 16 August 2023 the Vice-Chancellor approved on behalf of Senate revisions to the constitution of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences as set out in Ordinance 7 Academic Bodies, section 7.1(5)(c), to reflect the reconfiguration of five departments (Applied Linguistics, CTE, CLL, CEDAR (CIDD from 1 August 2023) and DES) to form the School of Education, Learning and Communication Sciences (SELCS) with effect from 1 August 2023.

The revisions were confirmed on 21 August 2023 by the Chair of Council on behalf of the Council and the updates came into immediate effect.

Revision to Ordinance 9

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:08:00 GMT

On 13 June 2023 the Council confirmed, on the recommendation of the Senate, the proposed revisions to Ordinance 9: Remove section 9(4) relating to Honorary Masters as no longer required.

Update to Regulation 23

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:28:29 GMT

On 28 June 2023 the Senate approved with immediate effect amendments to Regulation 23: Student Disciplinary Offences, following two legal judgments which had set case law precedents relating to legal representation and testing the evidence, and therefore needed to be reflected in the regulation.

These changes will be noted by the Council on 13 July 2023.

Revision to Ordinance 7

Thu, 18 May 2023 10:00:00 GMT

On 17 May 2023 the Council confirmed, on the recommendation of the Senate, the proposed revisions to Ordinance 7: Academic Bodies, to reflect the creation of the roles of Deputy Chair (Education) and Deputy Chair (Research) within the membership of the Board of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

Updates to Regulation 34

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 15:39:51 GMT

On 26 April 2023 the Senate approved revisions to Regulation 34: Determination of Fitness to Practise to remove references to the Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy which has been discontinued.

These updates took place with immediate effect and will be noted by the Council at its meeting in May 2023.

Updates to Regulation 22

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 15:39:28 GMT

On 26 April 2023 the Senate approved revisions to Regulation 22: Library Regulations to allow for the removal of fines for overdue recalled books.

These updates took place with immediate effect and will be noted by the Council at its meeting in May 2023.

Update to Regulation 23

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:30:44 GMT

On 25 January 2023 the Senate approved with immediate effect an amendment to Regulation 23: Student Disciplinary Offences, to remove section 9.1.2 from the regulation in order to reflect current process and provide clarity to the students navigating the process.

These changes will be noted by the Council on 8 February 2023.

Updates to Regulations 7, 12, 19, 21, 32, 34, 37, 40, and 41

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:25:26 GMT

On 1 December 2022 the Vice-Chancellor approved on behalf of Senate with immediate effect updates to Regulations 7, 12, 19, 21, 32, 34, 37, 40, and 41 to remove instances of gendered language.

These updates took place with immediate effect and will be noted by the Council at its meeting in February 2023.