Statutes
1. Definitions
2. The Members of the University
3. The Chancellor
4. The Pro-Chancellors
5. The Vice-Chancellor
6. The Deputy Vice-Chancellors
7. The Deans of the Faculties
8. The Registrar and Secretary
9. The Director of Information Services
10. The Auditor or Auditors
11. The Council
12. Powers of the Council
13. The Senate
14. Powers of the Senate
15. The Boards of the Faculties
16. Powers of the Boards of the Faculties
17. Convocation
18. Powers of Convocation
19. Congregations
20. The Students' Guild
21. University Examinations
22. The Entrance Examination and Matriculation
23. Periods of Study before Graduation
24. Founding of Fellowships
25. Fees
26. Committees
27. Ordinances
28. Removal of Certain Officers and Members and Vacation of Office and Membership
29. Disciplinary, Removal and Grievance Procedures
30. Acts during Vacancies
31. Contracts
32. Interpretation of Statutes
1. In these Statutes
"University" means the University of Exeter
"Charter" means the Charter of the University.
"Council" means the Council of the University.
"Senate" means the Senate of the University.
"Faculty" means a Faculty of the University.
"Academic Staff" means all persons holding appointments as Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers or Lecturers of the University, or other appointments stipulated by the Senate without prejudice to the terms of Statute 37.
"Academic-related Staff" means all persons holding appointments as administrative officers, or the professional equivalent thereof in the Information Services, or other appointments stipulated by the Council without prejudice to the terms of Statute 37.
"Convocation" means the Convocation of the University.
"Statutes" means the Statutes of the University.
"Ordinances" means Ordinances made by the Council pursuant to the Charter or Statutes and includes Temporary Ordinances.
"Regulations" means Regulations made by the Senate and confirmed by the Council pursuant to the Charter or Statutes.
In these Statutes words importing the masculine shall include the feminine and, unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular shall include the plural and words in the plural shall include the singular.
2. Words defined in the Charter or the Statutes shall have the same meaning in the Ordinances and the Regulations unless the context be repugnant thereto.
3. The Interpretation Act 1889, shall, save where the context otherwise requires, apply to these Statutes as it applies to an Act of Parliament.
Section 2 The Members of the University
1. The following persons shall be members of the University: -
The Officers of the University, viz., The Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellors, the Vice-Chancellor and the Deputy Vice-Chancellors, and the Deans of the Faculties.
The Members of the Council.
The Members of the Senate.
The Members of the Academic Staff.
The Emeritus Professors.
The Registrar and Secretary and the Director of Information Services.
The Members of the Academic-Related Staff.
Such other Officials of the University and such other Teachers as shall under the Ordinances or under the Regulations made by the Council be granted the status of Members.
The Members of Convocation.
The Graduates in residence.
The Undergraduates.
2. Membership of the University shall continue so long only as one at least of the qualifications above enumerated shall continue to be held by the individual member.
1. The Chancellor shall be appointed by the Council.
2. The Chancellor shall hold office for life, or until resignation.
3. The Chancellor may resign by writing addressed to the Council.
1. The Pro-Chancellors shall be appointed by the Council.
2. The Pro-Chancellors shall hold office for three years and shall be eligible for re-election.
3. A Pro-Chancellor may resign by writing addressed to the Council.
1. The Vice-Chancellor (other than the first Vice-Chancellor) shall be appointed by the Council after consideration of a Report from a Joint Committee of the Council and Senate. The Committee shall consist of the Chancellor, three members of the Council appointed by the Council and three members of the Senate appointed by the Senate. The retiring Vice-Chancellor shall not be a member of such a Committee.
2. The Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for such period and under such conditions as shall be determined by the Council subject to any provisions in the Statutes or Ordinances.
3. The Vice-Chancellor may resign by writing addressed to the Council.
4. The Vice-Chancellor shall have a general responsibility to the Council for maintaining and promoting the efficiency and good order of the University.
5. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinances the Vice-Chancellor may suspend any student from any class or classes and may exclude any student from any part of the University or its precincts. Every such suspension or exclusion shall be reported to the Senate at its next meeting.
Section 6 The Deputy Vice-Chancellors
1. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor or Deputy Vice-Chancellors shall be appointed by the Council from among the past or current members of the Senate taking office as Deans or Heads of Schools and the current members of the Professoriate, after consideration of recommendations from the Vice-Chancellor, endorsed by the Senate.
2. Subject to Section 29, a Deputy Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for a period of up to five years, renewable for a further period of up to five years, subject to the approval of the Senate and Council.
3. The Deputy Vice-Chancellors shall be appointed in a manner prescribed by Ordinance.
4. Each academic year one of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors shall be appointed Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, in a manner prescribed by Ordinance.
5. The Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor or, in the absence of the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, another Deputy Vice-Chancellor shall act as Vice-Chancellor during a vacancy in the office of Vice-Chancellor or during the absence, inability or incapacity of the Vice-Chancellor.
6. A Deputy Vice-Chancellor may resign in writing addressed to the Council.
Section 7 The Deans of the Faculties
1. Subject to Section 29 the Dean of each Faculty shall be appointed by the Council after consideration of a recommendation from the Senate in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinances and shall hold office for such period as the Ordinances define. The Dean of the Faculty shall be eligible for re-appointment subject to the limitations prescribed by the Ordinances.
2. A Dean may resign from office in writing addressed to the Council.
3. The Dean shall be the convener and Chair of the Board of the Faculty and shall prepare business for it.
4. The Dean shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be determined by the Senate and the Council.
Section 8 The Registrar and Secretary
1. The Council shall from time to time after consideration of a Report from a Joint Committee of the Council and Senate appoint a Registrar and Secretary with such duties at such remuneration and (subject to Section 29) upon such terms and conditions as the Council shall deem fit. The Registrar and Secretary shall have power with the consent of the Council to delegate duties to a deputy or deputies.
2. The Registrar and Secretary shall be responsible for providing secretarial services for the Council, the Senate and Faculties, and for the administration of the University.
3. The Registrar and Secretary shall receive on behalf of the University any money or property payable or deliverable to the University and a receipt shall be sufficient discharge for same.
Section 9 The Director of Information Services
The Council shall from time to time after consideration of a Report from a Joint Committee of the Council and Senate appoint a Director of Information Services of the University with such duties and such remuneration and (subject to Section 29) upon such terms and conditions as the Council after consultation with the Senate shall deem fit.
Section 10 The Auditor or Auditors
1. The Council shall from time to time appoint an Auditor or Auditors. Provided that: -
(a) no persons shall be qualified to be so appointed unless they are members of one or more of the following bodies: -
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales:
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland;
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants;
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland;
Any other body of accountants established in the United Kingdom and for the time being recognised for the purposes of the Companies Acts.
(b) no person shall be appointed Auditor who is, or any of whose Partners is, a member of the Council, or Academic Staff.
2. The Auditor or Auditors shall hold office for one year and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
3. The Auditor or Auditors shall receive such remuneration as may be determined by the Council.
4. The Auditor or Auditors shall give certificates upon all such matters as the Ordinances or Regulations may prescribe.
5. The Auditor or Auditors may resign by writing addressed to the Council.
6. The Auditor or Auditors shall have the right of access at all reasonable times to the books, records, accounts and vouchers of the University and shall be entitled to require from the Officers of the University such information and explanations as may be necessary for the performance of his or their duties.
1. The Council shall consist of the persons who hold the offices set out in or are appointed as provided in the following classes:
Class I. Officers of the University
The Pro-Chancellors, of whom one, if present, shall preside.
The Vice-Chancellor.
Two Deputy Vice-Chancellors one of whom shall be the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and the other appointed as set out in the Ordinances.
Class II. Members Appointed by Council
Nine members, none of whom shall be students or employees of the University, appointed by the Council.
Class III. Members Appointed by the Senate
Three members of the Senate appointed by the Senate.
Class IV. Member of Staff Other than Academic Staff
One full-time member of the staff of the University, other than the academic staff, to be elected from and by those staff by such means as the Ordinances may prescribe.
Class V. Student Member
The President of the Students' Guild.
2. Members of the Council included in Class I shall hold office while they occupy the positions named.
3. One third of the members of Class II shall retire each year.
4. Members of the Council included in Classes II, III and IV shall hold office for three years.
5. All casual vacancies shall be filled by the body which appointed the representative whose place has become vacant, provided that any person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall be appointed only for the remainder of the period for which the person whose place has become vacant was appointed.
6. All retiring members shall be eligible for reappointment for a further term of three years, to a maximum of nine years.
7. Any member of the Council may resign at any time by writing addressed to the Registrar and Secretary.
8. The quorum for a meeting of the Council shall be seven, including at least four lay members.
9. The Registrar and Secretary shall act as Secretary to the Council and shall keep minutes of its proceedings. The Secretary shall not be entitled to vote.
Section 12 Powers of the Council
Save as otherwise provided by the Charter and Statutes the Council shall exercise all the powers and authority of the University. Subject to the Charter and the Statutes and any Ordinances and Regulations made in pursuance thereof the Council shall in addition to all other powers vested in it have the following powers: -
1. To appoint the Chancellor, Pro-Chancellors, Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Deans of the Faculties, Registrar and Secretary and the Director of Information Services as provided in the Statutes; and subject in each case to the consideration of such report or recommendation as is provided in the Statutes in regard thereto.
2. To appoint, suspend or remove all members of the Academic Staff subject to the provisos hereinafter set out and any other relevant provision of the Statutes. Provided that: -
(a) The Council shall not appoint: -
(i) Any Professor or Associate Professor or other Academic Officer in charge of any Faculty or Department without considering the report of a Joint Committee of the Council and the Senate;
(ii) Any other Academic Staff without considering a report from the Senate.
(b) The Council shall not suspend or dismiss any member of the Academic Staff without considering a report from a Joint Committee of the Council and the Senate.
3 To confer after report from the Senate and subject to conditions prescribed by the Ordinances the title of Emeritus Professor or Honorary Professor, Associate Professor or Lecturer.
4. To make Statutes provided that the decision to do so has been approved by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting and that no Statute shall be made without the Senate having an opportunity of reporting thereon to the Council.
5. Subject to the Charter and the Statutes to make Ordinances for any matters in respect of which Ordinances are authorised to be made provided that no Ordinance shall be made without the Senate having an opportunity of reporting thereon to the Council.
6. To govern, manage and regulate the finances, accounts, investments, property, business and all affairs whatsoever of the University and for that purpose to appoint bankers and any other officers or agents whom it may deem expedient to appoint.
7. To invest any moneys belonging to the University including any unapplied income in such stocks, funds, fully paid shares or securities as the Council shall from time to time think fit whether authorised by the general law for the investment of trust moneys or not and whether within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or not (subject to the Charter) in the purchase of freehold or leasehold hereditaments in the United Kingdom including chief rents and ground rents with the like power of varying such investments from time to time provided that the Council may in its discretion retain as long as it shall think fit any investment given or bequeathed to the University although not coming within the description of investments authorised as aforesaid.
8. To sell, buy, exchange, lease and accept leases of real and personal property on behalf of the University.
9. To provide buildings, premises, furniture and apparatus and other means needed for carrying on the work of the University.
10. To borrow money on behalf of the University and for that purpose if the Council think fit to mortgage all or any part of the property of the University whether real or personal unless the conditions of any Will, Deed of Gift or other similar instrument are thereby contravened or give such other security whether upon real or personal property or otherwise as the Council think fit.
11. To enter into, vary, carry out and cancel contracts on behalf of the University, including contracts of employment with the Academic and other staff of the University.
12. To authorise the initiation of legal proceedings or defend or compromise legal proceedings in the name of and on behalf of the University.
13. To review the instruction and teaching of the University.
14. To promote and to make provision for research within the University and to require reports from time to time on such research.
15. To review, amend or refer back any act of the Senate required under these Statutes to be reported to the Council.
16. To refer to the Senate the names of persons proposed as recipients of honorary degrees and to approve or disapprove the names of persons proposed by the Senate as recipients of such degrees provided that no person shall be admitted by the University to an honorary degree whose name has not been approved for that purpose both by the Council and by the Senate.
17. To consider, adjudicate upon and if thought fit redress any grievance of the Officers of the University, the Academic Staff, the Administrative Staff (excluding the clerical staff and University servants) and the Graduates who may for any reason feel aggrieved.
18. To have the sole custody and use of the Seal.
19. To exercise all such powers as are or may be conferred on the Council by the Charter, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations and to carry the Charter, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations into effect and to do such things as are not repugnant to the Charter, Statutes, Ordinances or Regulations.
The Senate shall consist of the following:
(a) The Vice-Chancellor who if present shall preside at the meetings of Senate.
(b) The Deputy Vice-Chancellors, the senior of whom, or in the absence thereof the next senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, shall preside in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor.
(c) The Deans of the Faculties.
(d) The Deans and Associate Deans Education and Associate Deans Research of Colleges.
(e) The Dean of the Peninsular College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD), and two other officers of PCMD, being members of University of Exeter staff.
(f) The Director of Academic Services.
(g) Representatives of the Academic Staff of the University equal in number to the sum of those holding office under paragraphs (a)-(f) of this Section to be elected by such Staff in such manner and upon such terms and conditions of tenure of office as may be prescribed by Ordinance.
(h) The Principals of those Colleges upon which the Senate and Council of the University may from time to time confer affiliated status within the terms of Section 27.1.(16) of these Statutes.
(i) The Registrar and Secretary shall be a member ex-officio of the Senate but shall not be entitled to vote.
(j) A representative of INTO Exeter shall be a member of the Senate but shall not be entitled to vote.
(k) Four full-time registered members of the Students' Guild, of whom two shall be the President of the Guild and the Vice President Academic Affairs of the Guild, and two shall be officers of the Guild elected annually to represent the posgraduate student community and the international student community of the University respectively.
Section 14 Powers of the Senate
Subject to the Statutes and Ordinances the Senate shall have the following powers:
1. To direct and regulate the instruction and teaching within the University and the examinations held by the University subject to the control and powers of the Council as prescribed in the Statutes.
2. To promote research within the University and to require reports from time to time on such research.
3. To appoint three members of the Senate to be members of the Council.
4. To maintain oversight, after receiving reports from the Boards of the Faculties concerned, all Regulations for giving effect to the Statutes and Ordinances of the University relating to courses of study and examinations.
5. (a) To appoint persons to serve on a Joint Committee with the Council to make reports as to the appointment of Professors, Readers, or other Academic Officers for the purposes of Section 12(2)(a)(i) and as to the suspension or dismissal of Academic Staff for the purposes of Section 12(2)(b) and for other purposes provided in the Statutes.
(b) To make recommendations to the Council for the appointment of any other Academic Staff in accordance with Section 12(2)(a)(ii) and for other purposes provided in the Statutes.
6. To appoint Internal Examiners, after report from the Boards of the Faculties concerned.
7. To appoint External Examiners.
8. To make representation to the Council on all Statutes or Ordinances or proposed changes of Statutes or Ordinances and on any academic matter.
9. To report on any matter referred to or delegated to the Senate by the Council.
10. To declare an opinion on any matter whatsoever relating to the University.
11. To formulate, modify, or revise schemes for the organisation of the Faculties, Schools, Institutes, Delegacies, Boards or Departments of the University and to assign to them subjects and also to make recommendations to the Council on the establishment of other Faculties, Schools, Institutes, Delegacies, Boards or Departments.
12. To approve, amend or refer back any act of any Faculty and to give directions to the Faculties.
13. To award Degrees (other than Honorary Degrees), Diplomas, Certificates and other Distinctions.
14. To fix, subject to any conditions made by the Founders and Donors thereof and accepted by the Council, the times and mode and conditions of competition for Fellowships, Studentships, Scholarships, Exhibitions and Prizes and to award them.
15. To make regulations, subject to the Ordinances of the University, for the admission of persons to courses of study in the University and their continuance in such courses.
16. To make Regulations for the discipline of the students of the University.
17. To expel any student guilty of grave misconduct after giving such student an opportunity to appear personally and to be heard.
18. To suspend or remove Examiners for negligence or misconduct during their term of office and in the case of the death, illness, or resignation of an Examiner or in the case of suspension or removal to appoint a substitute who shall have authority to act during the Examination in progress or next ensuing. The Senate may make a Regulation delegating all or any of such powers of suspension, removal and appointment of a substitute to the Vice-Chancellor.
19. To propose to the Council the names of persons to receive Honorary Degrees and to approve or disapprove the names of persons proposed by the Council to receive such Degrees.
20. To exercise all such powers as are or may be conferred on the Senate by the Charter, Statutes, Ordinance and Regulations and to do such other acts and things as the Council shall authorise.
Section 15 The Boards of the Faculties
1. The Board of each Faculty shall be appointed in accordance with the Ordinances.
2. The Ordinances shall, subject to the Charter and Statutes of the University, prescribe the areas of academic responsibility in each Faculty.
3. The Registrar and Secretary or some other administrative officer nominated by the Senate shall be a member ex-officio of the Board of each of the Faculties but shall not be entitled to vote.
Section 16 Powers of the Boards of Faculties
Subject to the Statutes and Ordinances the Board of each Faculty shall have the following powers:
1. To regulate, subject to review by the Senate, the teaching and learning in the areas of academic responsibility assigned to the Faculty and to constitute Boards of Studies.
2. To recommend to the Senate persons for appointment as Examiners.
3. To report to the Senate on Ordinances and Regulations dealing with courses of study for Degrees and other distinctions and on any questions relating to the work of the Faculty.
4. To make recommendations to the Senate for the award of Degrees (other than Honorary Degrees), Diplomas, Certificates, Fellowships, Studentships, Scholarships and Prizes within the Faculty.
5. To consider any matters relating to the Faculty referred to or delegated to it by the Senate and to express opinions on such references or such other matters as seem relevant to it.
1. Convocation shall consist of the following Members:
(a) The Officers of the University.
(b) The Registrar and Secretary.
(c) The Members of the Academic Staff of the University.
(d) The Members of the Academic-Related Staff of the University.
(e) The Registered Retired Members of the Academic and Academic-Related Staffs of the University.
(f) The Registered Graduates of the University.
(g) Those who have obtained Certificates and Diplomas of the University after a minimum of one year's full-time study.
2. All retired Members of the Academic and Academic-Related Staffs of the University, all Graduates of the University and those in class (g) may register on such conditions as the Ordinances may prescribe provided that the holder of an Honorary Degree shall not as such without the consent of Convocation in each case be entitled to register.
3. A Register shall be kept by the Registrar and Secretary containing the names of all persons who are Members of Convocation according to the provision made by the Statutes.
4. The Register shall be conclusive evidence that any person whose name appears therein at the time of claiming to vote in Convocation is entitled to a vote and that any person whose name does not appear therein is not so entitled.
5. The Chancellor if present shall preside at the meetings of Convocation.
6. A Meeting of Convocation shall be summoned at least once in every year and at such other times as Convocation may determine.
7. A Meeting of Convocation may be called by the direction of the Chairman and shall also be called on the requisition in writing of at least twenty members.
8. Notice of all Meetings of Convocation shall be given as prescribed by the Ordinances.
9. The quorum for a Meeting of Convocation shall be thirty. If there is no quorum within thirty minutes from the time fixed for the meeting the meeting shall at the end of that period be adjourned. Voting shall be personal and no proxies shall be allowed save that in the election of representatives of Convocation to the Council voting may be by voting papers in such form and in such manner as the Ordinances prescribe.
Section 18 Powers of Convocation
Convocation shall have the following powers:
(a) To elect a representative to the Council Nominations Committee and to put forward nominations for membership of the Council for consideration by the Council Nominations Committee.
(b) To elect its own Chairman who shall hold office for three years and be eligible for re-election and shall in the absence of the Chancellor preside at its Meetings.
(c) To discuss and give an opinion on any matter whatsoever relating to the University including any matters referred to it by the Council.
(d) To prescribe the mode of conducting and recording the proceedings of Convocation and of reporting the proceedings to the Council or Senate.
(e) To enter into communication directly with the Council or Senate on any matter affecting the University.
(f) Otherwise to conduct its affairs as prescribed by Ordinances without prejudice to the Charter and Statutes.
Congregations of the whole University for the conferring of Degrees or other academic purposes shall be held in a manner to be prescribed by the Ordinances and shall be presided over by the Chancellor or in the absence of the Chancellor by the Vice-Chancellor or in the absence of both by a Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
Section 20 The Students' Guild
1. There shall be a Students' Guild of the University and there shall be a Representative Council of the Guild which shall have a President and a Deputy President.
2. The Ordinances shall prescribe the constitution, functions, privileges and other matters relating to the Students' Guild.
Section 21 University Examinations
1. The Examinations for the Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates of the University shall be conducted by such of the members of the Academic Staff of the University and by External Examiners as prescribed by the Ordinances or Regulations or by directions of the Senate.
2. The Ordinances and Regulations shall prescribe the subjects, time and mode of the Examinations and the Degrees and distinctions to be conferred by the University. Provided always that all examinations for the Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates of the University shall be conducted jointly by External Examiners and by Internal Examiners being Professors, Readers, Lecturers or such other persons as the Senate may approve.
Section 22 The Entrance Examination and Matriculation
The requirements of the University for Matriculation and the conditions and subjects for the Entrance Examination of the University together with the exemptions therefrom and variations thereof shall be prescribed by the Ordinances and Regulations.
Section 23 Periods of Study before Graduation
1. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this Section the period of study necessary to qualify any undergraduate of the University for Graduation shall not be less than three academic years, all of which shall be subsequent to the date at which the student matriculates in the University.
2. The University may under conditions prescribed by the Ordinances accept satisfactory performance in courses of study in the University College of the South West of England or in Colleges or other Institutions that are or may be affiliated to the University or in other Universities or places of learning or in private study at University standard in place of the whole or part of the attendance at courses of study in the University necessary to qualify a student for graduation.
3. Ordinances may prescribe the period of study necessary to qualify a candidate for a degree higher than that of bachelor.
Section 24 Founding of Fellowships
The University may from time to time found and endow and amalgamate at its discretion Fellowships, Scholarships, Exhibitions and other Prizes for which funds or property may, by bequest, donation, grant or otherwise be provided, and the Senate may with the approval of the Council make regulations respecting the same and the tenure thereof, but, except as aforesaid, and except by way of prize, reward, special grant, or remuneration for services rendered or to be rendered, in the past, present or future respectively the University shall not make any gift, division or bonus in money unto or between any of its members.
The University may demand and receive from any student of the University or any other person receiving instruction from the University such fees, fines and other dues as the Council may from time to time appoint.
1. The Council, Senate and Boards of Faculties may from time to time appoint such and so many standing, special, joint or advisory Committees and Boards of Studies as may seem to them fit and may if they think fit place on them persons, not being more than one half of the number of the Committee, who are not members of the appointing bodies. Such Committees may deal with any matters delegated to them subject to subsequent confirmation by the appointing body. Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall enable the Council to delegate its powers to reach a decision under Section 29.
2. Except as provided in paragraph 3 of this Section the Council may make Regulations for the proceedings of all Committees and Boards of Studies but subject thereto every Committee may regulate its own procedure, times and places of meeting.
3. The Constitution and procedure of any Joint Committees of the Council and the Senate shall be prescribed by Ordinance.
4. The Vice-Chancellor and the Chairman of the Council shall be ex-officio members of every Committee of the Council.
5. The Vice-Chancellor and the Deputy Vice-Chancellors shall be ex-officio members of all Committees of the Senate and shall have the right to attend meetings of the Boards of the Faculties.
6. The Deans of the Faculties shall be ex-officio members of all Committees of their respective Faculties.
1. Ordinances shall be made by the Council and may subject to the Charter and Statutes deal with the following matters:
(1) The finances, investments and accounts of the University.
(2) The payment and amount of fees to be exacted within the University or in relation to the enjoyment of privileges therefrom.
(3) The duties and powers of the Senate and the Boards of Faculties.
(4) The duties and powers of Advisory and other Boards.
(5) The admission of students.
(6) The Degrees (honorary, ad eundem and substantive), Diplomas, Certificates and Distinctions to be awarded by the University, the qualifications for the same (inclusive where necessary of examinations) and the means and steps to be taken relative to the granting and obtaining of the same.
(7) The withdrawal of Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates and Distinctions.
(8) The terms and mode of appointment, tenure of and removal from office, duties, emoluments, allowances, salaries and superannuation allowances of the Officers of the University, Professors, Readers, Lecturers, Assistant Lecturers, the Registrar and Secretary, Director of Information Services and any other officers or permanent servants.
(9) Extra-Mural Studies.
(10) The tenure of office and terms and manner of appointment and the duties of the Examiners and Examining Boards.
(11) The provisions and tenure of Fellowships, Scholarships, Exhibitions, Prizes, Rewards and pecuniary and other aids.
(12) Discipline in regard to the Graduates, Undergraduates and other Students of the University.
(13) Halls, Hostels or other premises for the residence or accommodation of students.
(14) The removal or suspension from Membership of the University of Graduates and Undergraduates.
(15) The inspection and examination of Colleges, Schools and other Institutions and the Scholars and Students therein and the grant of Certificates.
(16) The conditions of affiliation and recognition of Colleges and Institutions and of their admission to any of the privileges of the University, the recognition of Teachers of or for the University, and the termination or the modification of the terms of such affiliation or recognition.
(17) The University Library.
(18) The Museums of the University.
(19) All such other matters as are required or authorised by the Charter or Statutes to be prescribed by means of Ordinances.
(20) Any other matters which are not required by the Charter or Statutes to be dealt with by Statutes.
2. Ordinances may, subject to the Charter and Statutes, provide that any of the matters referred to in this Section may be dealt with by Regulations.
3. Ordinances shall be effective and binding when made by the Council.
Section 28 Removal of Certain Officers and Members and Vacation of Office and Membership
Any Pro-Chancellor and the Treasurer and any Member of the Council who becomes a bankrupt or is found lunatic or becomes of unsound mind or is found guilty of misconduct may be removed by the Council.
Section 29 Disciplinary, Removal and Grievance Procedures
1. In relation to the University's staff, Council shall ensure that there are in place procedures for
(i) the handling of disciplinary cases, including the dismissal of members of staff by reason of misconduct and for appeals agaisnt disciplinary action;
(ii) the dismissal of members of staff by reason of redundancy and appeals against such dismissals;
(iii) the dismissal of an employee (following confirmation in post after his/her probationary period) by reason of unsatisfactory performance and appeals against such dismissals;
(iv) the dismissal of members of staff on the grounds of ill health or medical incapacity and appeals against such dismissals;
(v) the handling of grievances raised by members of staff.
2. In determining the procedures to be adopted under paragraph 1, Council shall apply the following guiding principles
(i) to ensure that staff in the academic job families have freedom within the law to question and test received wisdom, and to put forward new ideas and controversial or unpopular opinions, without placing themselves in jeopardy of losing their jobs or privileges;
(ii) to enable the university to provide education, promote learning and engage in research efficiently and economically; and
(iii) to apply the principles of justice and fairness.
3. Any Ordinance made under this paragraph shall be construed in every case to give effect to the guiding principles in paragraph 2.
4. For the avoidance of doubt, any procedure adopted by Council for the dismissal of academic staff by reason of redundancy shall not apply to a member of academic staff whose appointment was made, or contract of employment entered into, on or before 19 November 1987, and who has not been promoted after that date.
5. The provisions to be applied to the Vice-Chancellor will be prescribed in Ordinances.
Section 30 Acts during Vacancies
No act or resolution of the Council or the Senate shall be invalid by reason only of any vacancy in the body doing or passing it or by reason of any want of qualification by or invalidity in the election or appointment of any Member of the body whether present or absent.
Contracts made by or on behalf of the University shall be validly made and binding on the University if made as follows:
(a) Any contract which if made between private persons would be by law required to be in writing and, if made according to English law, to be under Seal may be made on behalf of the University in writing under its Common Seal and such contract may be in the same manner varied or discharged.
(b) Any contract which if made between private persons would be by law required to be in writing and signed by the parties to be charged therewith may be made on behalf of the University in writing signed by any person acting under the express or implied authority of the Council and such Contract may in the same manner be varied or discharged.
(c) Any contract which if made between private persons would by law be valid although made orally only and not reduced into writing may be made either in writing or orally on behalf of the University by any person acting under the express or implied authority of the Council and such contract may be in the same way varied or discharged.
Section 32 Interpretation of Statutes
These Statutes shall not be interpreted in such manner as to conflict with the Charter.
