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Constitution and Powers of the Faculty Board
A. Constitution 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)
B. Functions of the Board
- The functions of the Board
are defined in Statute XVI:-
- The Board of each School
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 School including curricula and examinations.
.2 To consider the progress and conduct of Students
in the School 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
.6 abandonment of studies
.7 special undergraduate admissions
October 2002
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