Faculty Board

Terms of Reference

As advised in Statute 2.3, Section 9 (below) Faculty Board shall:

7.1  meet at least once in every term or when summoned by its Dean or upon the written request of the Vice-Chancellor and President or of one third of its members;

7.2  report to the Council or the Academic Board on any question referred to it by either of those bodies;

7.3  deal with all matters brought before it by the Vice-Chancellor and President, the Dean, the General Manager or the Registrar;

7.4  manage and control, and advise the Council or Academic Board on, all matters relatng to studies within the Faculty's academic fields of interest and responsibility, and in particular matters relating to:

  7.4.1 the teaching of courses in such fields, and, with the assistance of such examiners as the Council may by resolution appoint on the recommendation of the board or the dean, the conduct of examinations in such courses;

  7.4.2 advice to the Academic Board on any application for admission ad eundem statum when such status is dependent on the recognition of any qualifications which in the opinion of the Academic Board falls within such field; provided that the faculty of Medicine shall deal with any application for admission ad eundem statum from any candidate for a degree in medicine or surgery;

  7.4.3 the curriculum for any degree or diploma the courses for which fall within the faculty’s field of responsibility;

7.5 supervise the course of study and subjects within the faculty’s academic fields of interest and responsibility and may as it from time to time thinks necessary, prescribe outlines of the books for such courses and subjects;

7.6 have such powers and duties as are conferred or imposed on it by any other statute or by any regulation or resolution of the Council;

7.7 consider and take action upon any resolution transmitted to it from a meeting of the faculty;

8. Except when the Council resolves otherwise, every report, recommendation, resolution or other matter which faculty or a faculty board wishes or is required to place before the Council shall be submitted to the Academic Board for its consideration and for transmission by it to the Council;

9.1 Where a faculty board or its delegate has in the exercise of the powers or duties of the faculty board made a decision upon any matter, the faculty may in general meeting consider and resolve upon the matter and direct that the resolution be transmitted to the faculty board;

9.2 Where a faculty in general meeting resolves upon a matter pursuant to subsection 9.1, the faculty board of the faculty shall comply with the resolution provided that –

  9.2.1 not less than seven days’ notice in writing of the meeting and of the matter to be considered was forwarded to each member of the faculty and to the vice–chancellor and president and the registrar,

  9.2.2 the resolution was passed by a majority of the members of the faculty entitled to attend and vote at the meeting; and

  9.2.3 the dean of the faculty or his representative, being a member of the faculty board, was given an opportunity of addressing the meeting before the motion was put.