SENATE
Origin: Secretary
There shall be a Senate of the University (in this
Our Charter called “the Senate”) which shall, subject to this Our
Charter and the Statutes and to the general control and approval of the
Council, be responsible for the academic work of the University, both in
teaching and in research, and for the regulation and superintendence of the
education and discipline of the Students of the University.
The Senate shall exercise full responsibility over
the academic work of the University and shall, subject to these Statutes, take
such measures and act in such a manner as shall appear to it best calculated to
promote the academic work of the University both in teaching and research and
for the regulation and superintendence of the education and discipline of the
students of the University. Subject to the Charter and these Statutes, the
Senate shall, in addition to all other powers vested in it, have the following
functions:
(i) To regulate and control
all teaching, courses of study and research and the conditions qualifying for
admission to the various titles, degrees and other distinctions offered by the
University.
(ii) To regulate the admission of persons to
courses of study or research.
(iii) To appoint members of the Court as
provided for under Statute XII.
(iv) To elect members of the Council as
provided for under Statute XIII.
(v) To review from time to time the duties of
all members of the Academic Staff.
(vi) To recommend to the Council
the establishment of new academic posts in the University and if it thinks fit
to recommend that any vacant post be not filled.
(vii) (a) To
appoint Examiners whether internal or external.
(b) To regulate all University
examinations.
(viii) To terminate the studies
of any student where the work of the student is found to be unsatisfactory.
(ix) To confer Degrees and grant
other academic distinctions to persons who shall have pursued a course of study
or research approved by the Senate, who shall have passed the examinations and
satisfied any other conditions prescribed in the Ordinances or Regulations.
(x) To grant Diplomas,
Licences, Certificates or other distinctions to persons who have pursued a
course of study or research approved by the Senate under conditions prescribed
by it.
(xi) To accept such examinations
and periods of study or research at such Universities or other places as the
Senate may determine as equivalent to such examinations and periods of study or
research in the University as the Senate may determine.
(xii) To accept courses of study
or research in any other institution which in the opinion of the Senate
possesses the means of affording the proper instruction for such courses as
equivalent to such courses of study or research in the University as the Senate
may determine.
(xiii) To determine what
formalities shall attach to the conferment of Degrees and other distinctions.
(xiv) On what it shall deem to be
good cause, to deprive persons of any Degrees or other distinctions conferred
on them and to revoke any Diplomas, Licences, Certificates or other
distinctions granted to them by the University and to withdraw all privileges
connected therewith.
(xv) To be responsible for the
general administration of the University Library and other general academic
services.
(xvi) To recommend to the Council
the institution of Fellowships, Scholarships, Studentships, Exhibitions,
Bursaries and Prizes and other aids to study and research.
(xvii) To prescribe, subject to
any conditions made by the Founders and to any directions of the Council, the
terms and conditions of competition for Fellowships, Scholarships,
Studentships, Exhibitions, Bursaries and Prizes and to examine for and award
the same.
(xviii) To supervise the extra-mural work of the
University.
(xix) To make recommendations to
the Council on any matter of interest to the University.
(xx) To regulate the use of academic dress in
the University.
(xxi) To promote research within
the University and to require reports from time to time on such research.
(xxii) To regulate the discipline of the
University.
(xxiii) To take such steps as it
thinks proper for regulating organisations of Students.
(xxiv) Subject to the provisions of
Statute XXIII, to expel any Student who having been suspended or excluded by
the Vice-Chancellor appears to the Senate after consideration of a joint report
from the Vice-Chancellor and at least two members of the Senate appointed by
the Senate to have been guilty of grave misconduct.
(xxv) Except as otherwise provided,
to appoint representatives of the University on other bodies.
(xxvi) To report to the Council
from time to time as to the expediency of the establishment and dissolution of
organs of academic administration and to make recommendations as to their
constitution and functions and the modification or revision thereof.
(xxvii) To review, amend, refer
back, control or disallow any act of any such organ of academic administration
and to give directions to any such body.
(xxviii) Generally to exercise all
such powers as are or may be conferred on the Senate by the Charter and these
Statutes including the power to make Regulations in the exercise of the powers
expressly set out in this Statute and of all the other powers of the Senate.