Faculty
Board Constitution and Powers:
A. Constutution of the Faculty Board: Regulation X
The constitution of the Faculty Board is laid down in Senate Regulation X
as outlined below.
1. Senate shall determine for the purposes of this Regulation to which
Faculty each Academic Department of the University shall be assigned.
2. The Board of each Faculty shall consist of:
Ex-officio Members
(i) The Vice-Chancellor
(ii) The Dean of the Faculty who shall be Chair of the Board
(iii) The Heads of the Academic Departments of the Faculty
(iv) The Associate Deans of the Faculty
(v) The Faculty's student representative on Senate, as prescribed by
Statute XIV para 1 (iii) (c).
Appointed Member
(vi) One student of the University, normally from the Faculty, appointed by
the Students' Union Council such that one of the two student members of the
Faculty Board, either the appointed member or the Faculty's student
representative on Senate, shall be a postgraduate.
Elected Members
(viii) Members of the Academic Staff elected by the Academic Staff of the
Academic Departments of the Faculty. One member shall be elected for every
eight members of Academic Staff excluding ex officio members of the
Board as specified in paragraphs 2(ii), 2(iii) or 2(iv) of this Regulation, except
that each Department in a Faculty shall be entitled to elect at least one
member of the Board and no Department in a Faculty shall be entitled to elect
more than three members of the Board.
Co-opted Members
(ix) Not more than eight members of General Assembly of whom not more than
three shall be drawn from amongst staff of the Academic Departments of the
Faculty.
3. (i) Ex-officio members shall hold office only so long as they continue
to occupy the positions by virtue of which they became members.
(ii) Appointed members shall hold office for a period of one year and shall
be eligible for re-appointment once only subject to the provisions of paragraph
2 (vi).
(iii) Elected members shall hold office for not more than three years and
shall normally retire on 31 July next following the second anniversary of their
election. They shall not be eligible to serve for a further period as elected
members of the same Board until the expiration of one year from the end of a
previous term of office in a similar capacity.
(iv) Co-opted members shall hold office until 31 July following their
co-option and shall be eligible for further co-option.
4. No person except the Vice-Chancellor shall be a member of more than two
Faculty Boards.
(remade November 1998)
At its meeting in July 2007, Senate agreed to accept a recommendation
made by Research Committee that each Faculty Board should co-opt a research
student.
The current membership reflects this decision.
B. Functions of the Board
1.
The
functions of the Board are defined in Statute XVI:-
2.
The
Board of each Faculty shall have the following functions:-
1.
To
advise and report to the Senate on all matters relating to the organisation of
education, teaching and research in the subjects of the Faculty including
curricula and examinations.
2.
To
consider the progress and conduct of Students in the Faculty and to report to
Senate thereon.
3.
To
recommend to the Senate examiners for appointment.
4.
To
deal with any matter which may be referred to it by the Senate
C. Dean's Action
The Deans and Associate Deans are authorised as a matter of routine to take
action on behalf of the Boards of Studies in the majority of matters affecting
individual students requiring action at Board level, on the understanding that
they will refer any problem cases to the Board for discussion and decision.
Action taken by the Dean will be reported to the Board at the next meeting.
Such matters include:
1.
approval
of non-standard qualifications for admission to postgraduate study
2.
research
registrations
3.
changes
in registration arrangements
4.
notice
of intention to submit a thesis
5.
appointment
of examiners for theses
6.
abandonment
of studies
7.
special
undergraduate admissions