Senate

Subject: Amendments to Ordinance III.1: Substantive Awards

Origin: Academic Registrar

Senate is asked to recommend changes to Paragraph 7 of Ordinance III.1 (relating to conferring substantive awards) to Council. The change is required to bring the Ordinance in line with the new Regulation XXI approved in June 2005 which permits the award of Aegrotat degrees at taught postgraduate level. Additional text is underlined and text to be deleted is struck through below.

1. Substantive degrees, diplomas, certificates, fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions and prizes shall be awarded by authority of the Senate on such conditions as may be prescribed by the Charter, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations.

2. Awards shall be conferred in person or in absentia at the Congregation next following their award by the Senate unless a candidate has requested that his/her award be conferred at a later Congregation.

3. Staff candidates for research degrees shall be presented by the Vice-Chancellor or in his/her absence by some other Senior Officer of the University.

4. Candidates for degrees shall be presented at a Congregation by the Dean of the Faculty concerned or in his/her absence by some other member of the Board of the Faculty.

5. No person shall be admitted to an award in the University unless he/she has paid the fees prescribed by Regulations and has satisfied all other Regulations.

6. Senate shall prescribe in Regulations the conditions under which a substantive award may be awarded to a member of the staff of the University.

7. Aegrotat Awards
If a candidate in the final year of a first degree programme be prevented by illness or other sufficient cause from obtaining a degree, application may be made in writing by the student, or in exceptional circumstances on his/her behalf, to the Senate for an aegrotat degree. The Senate, upon the recommendation of the External Programme Assessor appointed to the student's programme, may deem him/her a successful candidate and grant him/her an ~~aegrotat degree without division or classification~~. In exceptional circumstances, taught students who have been prevented by illness or other sufficient cause from obtaining a degree may be considered by the Senate for the award of an unclassified aegrotat degree in accordance with the provisions of Regulations XX (undergraduates) and XXI (postgraduates). ~~Such candidates~~ Holders of undergraduate aegrotat degrees shall not necessarily be prevented from going forward to a programme for a higher degree in the University where an Honours degree is prescribed by Regulations as a requirement.

8. No award shall be conferred except in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate.

Author – Dr Jennifer Nutkins

Date – March 2005