University of Strathclyde Calendar 009-10 Part General Regulations
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- V The Vice-Principal and Pro-Vice Principal
- VII Appointment of Academic Staff
- XII The General Convocation
- XV The Faculties and the Boards of Study
- XVI The Deans of the Faculties
- XX Periods of Study Before Graduation
- XXII Removal of Certain Officers and Members
- XXIII Academic Staff Part I Construction, Application and Interpretation
III The Chancellor 1 The successors to the first Chancellor shall be elected by the Convocation at a meeting specially called for the purpose, and held as soon as conveniently possible after the occurrence of a vacancy. Not less than four weeks' notice of the date of such meeting shall be given by the Secretary to each member of the Convocation. 2 Voting in the election shall be by ballot, and no person may be a candidate in the election unless he has been nominated in writing for the office by two members of the Convocation. 3 Such nominations must reach the Secretary at least two weeks before the date of the meeting, and the Secretary shall give notice of all nominations received to every member of the Convocation at least one week before the date of the meeting. 4 The Chancellor shall hold office during his life or until his resignation or until his removal in accordance with paragraph 1 of Statute XXII.
IV The Principal 1 The successors to the first Principal shall be appointed by the Court, after consultation with the Senate, at a meeting specially called for the purpose. 2 Subject to Statute XXIII the Principal shall hold office on such conditions as may be determined by the Court. 3 The Principal shall, subject to such rules as may be framed by the Court, exercise general supervision over the University and shall be generally responsible for maintaining and promoting the efficiency and good order of the University. 4 The Principal may refuse to admit any person as a student of the University, and may suspend any student from any class or classes, and may exclude any student from any part of the University or its precincts without assigning any reason: Provided that any such suspension or exclusion shall be reported to the Court and the Senate at their next meetings. V The Vice-Principal and Pro-Vice Principal 1 The Vice-Principal shall be appointed by the Court on the nomination of Senate, from among the members of the Senate, and shall hold office for a period of two years, commencing on the first day of August in the year of appointment. 2 A casual vacancy in the office of Vice-Principal shall be filled by the Pro-Vice Principal (paragraph 4 of this Statute) then in office from the date upon which the casual vacancy arises until the 31 July following, and thereafter for a period of two years. 3 The Vice-Principal may resign by writing addressed to the Secretary.
VI Deputy Principal The Court on the recommendation of the Principal may appoint a Deputy Principal or Deputy Principals from among the members of academic staff of the University and with such duties and (subject to Statute XXIII) on such conditions as the Court may think fit. VII Appointment of Academic Staff 1 The Court may, from time to time, appoint such members of the academic staff as may be required to fill the offices instituted under clause (B) of paragraph 4 of Statute XIII. 2 The procedure for the appointment of members of the academic staff shall be as prescribed in the Ordinances.
VIII The Secretary 1 The Court shall appoint a Secretary to the University with such duties, at such remuneration and (subject to Statute XXIII) upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem fit. The Court, however, shall make such an appointment only after considering a report from a Joint Committee of the Court and the Senate. 2 The Secretary shall be responsible for providing secretarial services for the Convocation, the Court, the Senate, the Academic Congress and under the direction of the Principal for the administration of the University.
IX The Librarian 1 The Court shall appoint a Librarian who shall be a member of the Senate. 2 The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Statute VII shall also apply, mutatis mutandis, to the post of Librarian. X Other Staff 1 The Court may, from time to time, appoint such other members of staff as may be deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the University, with such duties and conditions of service including remuneration as the Court may prescribe. 2 The Court may delegate to the Senate, or to a committee, or to one of its officers, the power to appoint any such member of staff, or any class of such members. XI The Auditors 1 The Court shall appoint an Auditor or Auditors who shall hold office for such period, and on such remuneration, as may be determined by the Court. 2 Every such Auditor shall be a member of a body of accountants established in the United Kingdom and for the time being recognised for the purposes of Section 161 of the Companies Act, 1948, by the Board of Trade, but no person shall be appointed as Auditor who is, or any member of whose firm is, a member of the Convocation, Court or staff of the University. 3 The Auditor or Auditors shall audit the annual statement of income and expenditure, the balance sheet, and the other accounts of the University, and shall make a report to the Court at least once in each year. 4 The Auditor or Auditors shall have a right of access at all reasonable times to the books, records, accounts and vouchers of the University and shall be entitled to require from the officers of the University such information and explanations as may be necessary for the performance of his or their duties. 5 If the office of Auditor or Auditors shall become vacant by his or their death or resignation or any other cause before the expiration of his or their period of office the Court shall forthwith appoint an Auditor or Auditors in his or their place for the remainder of such period.
XII The General Convocation
(1) Officers of the University (A) The Chancellor (B) The Principal and Vice-Chancellor (C) The Vice-Principal (D) The Pro-Vice Principal (E) The Deans of the Faculties
(A) Members of the Council of the Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow, on the date on which the Charter becomes of force and effect (B) The Benefactors of the University named by the Court
(A) The Lord-Lieutenants of the following parts of the Strathclyde Region: The City of Glasgow Districts of Dumbarton, Clydebank, Bearsden and Milngavie, Strathkelvin and Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Districts of Monklands, Motherwell, Hamilton, East Kilbride and Lanark Districts of Eastwood, Renfrew and Inverclyde and the Lord-Lieutenant of the following part of the Central Region: Districts of Stirling and Falkirk (B) The Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin (C) The Minister of the Cathedral, Glasgow (D) The Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow District if not already a member of the General Convocation by virtue of the foregoing provisions (E) The Honorary President of the Students Association of the University elected by the Students Representative Council of the Association (F) Those members of Court who are not already members of the General Convocation by virtue of the foregoing provisions (G) The member of the Commons House of Parliament for the Parliamentary Division of Glasgow in which the principal part of the University is situated (H) The Member of the Scottish Parliament for the constituency in which the principal part of the University is situated (I) The Leader of the Glasgow City Council (J) The Director with responsibility for Education of the Councils of Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire, Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire
(A) Three persons appointed by the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council (B) Six persons elected from their own number by the Graduates and Former Students Association of the University (C) Six members of the staff of the University appointed by the Senate of whom not less than two shall be members of the Senate by virtue of election (D) One person appointed by each of the Courts of the Universities of St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh (E) Three members of the Students Association of the University elected by the Students Representative Council of the Association (F) One representative of each of such Research Institutes, Learned or Professional Societies and other bodies as the Court may from time to time determine but so that the total of such persons shall not exceed ten (G) Two persons appointed as follows: (i) One by the Trades House of Glasgow (ii) One by the Merchants House of Glasgow (H) One representative of each of such Educational Institutions in Scotland as the Court may from time to time determine, but so that the total of such persons shall not exceed five (I) Such Heads of Schools not exceeding four in all, as may be appointed by the Court (J) One representative of each of such Associations and other Organisations in Scotland as the Court may from time to time determine but so that the total of such representatives shall not exceed six
2 Except as may be otherwise provided in paragraph 1 of this Statute, a person who is appointed by a body, or to represent a body on the Convocation, need not be a member of the body which appointed him, or which he represents. 3 (1) The Officers and ex officio members of the Convocation shall hold office so long as they continue to occupy the positions by virtue of which they became members. (2) The members of the Convocation referred to in sub-clause (A) of clause (4) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office for such period as the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council may determine. (3) The members of the Convocation referred to in sub-clauses (B) to (D) inclusive of clause (4) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office for a period of three years commencing on the first day of August in the year in which they are appointed, and shall be eligible for re-appointment: Provided that such members who, in terms of clause (4) of paragraph 1 of this Statute, are required to hold a particular qualification or appointment shall be members of the Convocation only so long as they hold that qualification or appointment. (4) The members of the Convocation referred to in sub-clauses (E) to (J) inclusive of clause (4) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office for such period as may be determined by the Court in each case. (5) Persons co-opted or appointed to the Convocation in terms of clause (5) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office for such period as may be determined by the Convocation or the Court as the case may be. (6) Casual vacancies among the Representative Members shall be filled as soon as conveniently possible by the body which appointed the member whose place has become vacant, and the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a member for the unexpired portion of the period of office of his predecessor.
1 The Court shall consist of the following persons, namely: (i) The Principal and Vice-Chancellor and the Vice-Principal (ii) One person appointed by The City of Glasgow Council (iii) Four persons not being members of the academic staff of the University, appointed by the Convocation (iv) Six members of the Senate, appointed by the Senate. (v) One person to be appointed from among their elected representatives to the Convocation by the Graduates and Former Students Association of the University (vi) The Honorary President of the Students Association of the University (vii) One Student of the University, namely the President of the Students Association (viii) Two persons appointed by the non-teaching staff of the University (ix) Such other persons, not exceeding ten in all, as may be co-opted by the Court.
(2) Voting in the election shall be by ballot, and no person other than a retiring member of the Court may be a candidate in the election unless he has been nominated in writing for the purpose by two members of the Convocation. (3) Such nominations must reach the Secretary at least fourteen days before the date of the Meeting and the Secretary shall give notice of all nominations received to every member of the Convocation at least seven days before the date of the Meeting. (4) The members of the Court referred to in clause (viii) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall be elected by the whole body of the non-teaching staff of the University in such manner as shall be prescribed by a Court Regulation. 3 (1) The members of the Court referred to in clause (i) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office so long as they continue to occupy the positions named respectively. (2) The member of the Court referred to in clause (ii) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office for a period of one year commencing on the first day of August in the year of appointment, and shall be eligible for re-appointment. (3) The members of the Court referred to in clause (iii) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office from the date of the Annual Meeting of the Convocation at which they are elected until the date of the fourth Annual Meeting thereafter, and shall be eligible for re-election for one further period of four years. (4) The members of the Court referred to in clause (iv) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office for a period of three years commencing on the first day of August in the year in which they are appointed and shall not be eligible for re-appointment for a further period immediately thereafter except on the resolution of the Court. (5) The member of the Court referred to in clause (v) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office for a period of one year commencing on the first day of August in the year in which he is appointed, and shall be eligible for re-appointment: Provided that no person shall hold office for more than three consecutive years except on the resolution of the Court. (6) The member of the Court referred to in clause (vi) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office so long as he continues to occupy the position named. (7) The member of the Court referred to in clause (vii) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office so long as he continues to occupy the position named. (8) The members of the Court referred to in clause (viii) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office for a period of three years commencing on the first day of August in the year in which they are appointed and shall not be eligible for re-appointment for a further period immediately thereafter. (9) The members of the Court referred to in clause (ix) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office for such period as the Court may determine in each case. (10) Casual vacancies among the members of the Court referred to in clause (iii) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall be filled by the Court until the next Annual Meeting of the Convocation, when the vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed in paragraph 2 of this Statute, and the person then elected shall be a member for the unexpired portion of the period of office of their predecessor. All other casual vacancies shall be filled as soon as conveniently possible by the body which appointed the member whose place has become vacant, and the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a member for the unexpired portion of the period of office of their predecessor. (11) Any member of the Court may resign at any time by writing addressed to the Secretary. 4 Subject to the provisions of the Charter and these Statutes, the Court shall, in addition to all other power vested in it by the Charter and these Statutes, have the following powers and functions: (A) To accept transfer of all or any part of the property, assets, liabilities and engagements of the Royal College of Science and Technology and its Council (B) To institute, after report from the Senate, Professorships, Readerships, Lectureships and other teaching offices (C) To make provision for research within the University (D) To review, amend, refer back, control or disallow any act of the Senate required under these Statutes to be reported to the Court: Provided that any act of the Senate which is amended by the Court shall be referred again to the Senate for consideration and report before being put into effect (E) To establish, after report from the Senate, Faculties, Schools, Departments, Institutes, Delegacies or Boards, to prescribe their organisation, constitution and functions, and to modify or revise the same (F) To confer, after report from the Senate, the title of Emeritus Professor or Honorary Professor, Reader or Lecturer (G) In consultation with the Senate, to determine all University fees (H) In consultation with the Senate, to institute, subject to any conditions made by the founders, Fellowships, Scholarships, Student-ships, Exhibitions and Prizes (I) To provide for the welfare and recreation of the students and staff of the University (J) To govern, manage and regulate the finances, accounts, investments, property, business and all affairs whatsoever of the University (K) To invest any monies belonging to the University, including any unapplied income, in such stock, funds, shares or securities as it shall from time to time think fit, whether authorised by the general law for the investment of trust monies or not, and whether within or outside the United Kingdom, or in the purchase of heritable property in the United Kingdom, including rents, with the like power of varying such investments from time to time (L) To sell, buy, take on feu, exchange, lease, and accept leases of lands and other property, heritable and moveable, on behalf of the University (M) To provide the buildings, premises, furniture and apparatus, and other means needed for carrying on the work of the University (N) To borrow money from time to time on behalf of the University and for that purpose if the Court think fit, to grant securities over, to mortgage or charge all or any part of the property of the University, whether heritable, moveable, real or personal, and to give such other security as the Court shall think fit (O) To enter into, vary, carry out or cancel contracts on behalf of the University (P) To make provision for schemes of superannuation, pensions or retirement benefits for all salaried officers, and so far as the Court shall think fit for other employees of the University, or their dependants (Q) To give, in respect of employees of the University, financial guarantees to building societies, insurance companies and other similar organisations, whether in pursuance of continuing arrangements or otherwise.
(4) If a vacancy occurs in the office of Convener or in the office of Vice-Convener through death or resignation or any other cause before the expiration of the period of office, the Court shall elect from among its members who are not members of staff or students of the University a successor who shall hold office for the remainder of such period. 7 The Convener of the Court is responsible for the leadership of the Court, for the efficient and effective conduct of its business and for representing the Court within the University’s system of governance. 8 (1) The Court may establish Committees of its members and may appoint as full members or as assessor members of such Committees persons who are not members of the Court: Provided that assessor members shall not be entitled to vote at meetings of any such Committee: Provided also that in no case shall the membership of any such Committee, excluding assessor members, include more than two persons who are not members of the Court. (2) Subject to the provisions of clause (3) of paragraph 7 of this Statute, the Court may delegate to any such Committee any powers or functions which it is itself competent to perform. (3) The Court shall delegate to a Committee of the Court which no students shall be members, or to a person or persons not being students, the power to appoint, promote or dismiss or to determine the powers, duties, remuneration or terms or conditions of office of Officers, members of the academic staff and other employees of the University. Delegation of the above power to a person or persons not being students shall not take place in the case of staff appointed under Statute VII. (4) The Court may establish Joint Committees of Court and Senate to which the Court may appoint members of Court and the Senate may appoint members of Senate. The Court may delegate to any such Joint Committee any powers or functions which it is itself competent to perform. (5) Unless otherwise specifically provided in these Statutes, the Convener of the Court, and the Principal, or in the Principal’s absence the Vice-Principal, shall be ex officio members of all Committees of the Court and of all Joint Committees of Court and Senate. (6) Nothing in this Statute shall enable the Court to delegate its power to reach a decision under paragraph 10 (2) of Statute XXIII. XIV The Senate 1 The Senate shall consist of the following persons, namely: (i) The Principal, the Vice-Principal and the Deputy Principals (ii) The Deans of the Faculties (iii) The Librarian, the Director of Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement and the Director of Lifelong Learning (iv) The Heads of the academic departments as may be determined by the Court on the recommendation of Senate (v) Such numbers of the Academic Staff and Research Staff as may be determined from time to time by the Court on the recommendation of Senate (vi) Such other members not exceeding ten in number as may be determined by the Court on the recommendation of Senate 2 The members of Senate referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), paragraph 1, of this Statute shall hold office so long as they continue to occupy the positions named respectively. The members of Senate referred to in clause (v), paragraph 1, of this Statute shall be members of the staff of the University and shall be elected by and from the Senate Electoral Roll as shall be prescribed by Ordinance. Those elected shall hold office for a period of three years commencing on the first day of August in the year in which they are elected and shall be eligible for re-election: provided that no person shall hold office for more than one further consecutive period of office except by resolution of the Senate. The members of Senate referred to in clause (vi) of paragraph 1 of this Statute shall hold office for such period as the Court on the recommendation of Senate may determine in each case. 3 The Senate shall, in addition to all other powers vested in it by the Charter and these Statutes, have the following powers and functions: (A) To direct and regulate the instruction and teaching within the University and the examinations held by the University, subject to the Statutes and Ordinances, and to the Authority of the Court as herein before defined (B) To authorise the granting of Degrees (including Honorary Degrees), Diplomas, Certificates and other awards to persons who have satisfied the conditions for the award thereof as prescribed in the Statutes and Ordinances (C) On what it shall deem to be good cause, to deprive persons of any Degrees or other awards conferred on them and to revoke any Diplomas or Certificates granted to them by the University (D) To promote research within the University and to require reports from time to time on such research (E) To appoint, remove or suspend examiners under the delegated authority of the Court: Provided that there shall be at least one external examiner for the final examinations prescribed for any Degree of Bachelor and also for the examinations prescribed for any higher Degree (F) To be generally responsible for the administration of the University Library (G) To report to the Court as it may from time to time require on all Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations or proposed changes therein (H) To report to the Court on any academic matter (I) To report to the Court on any matter referred to the Senate by the Court (J) To discuss and declare an opinion on any matter whatsoever relating to the University (K) To report to the Court from time to time as to the expediency of the establishment of Faculties, Schools, Departments, Institutes, Delegates and Joint Boards, and to make recommendations as to their organisation, constitution and functions and the modifications or revision thereof (L) To constitute from the Departments of Study such Departmental Boards or committees as it may deem to be necessary to implement the teaching and other work of the aforesaid Departments (M) To review, amend, refer back, control or disallow any act of any Board, Faculty, Department, Institute, Delegacy, or other Joint Board, and to give directions to any such body (N) To prescribe, subject to any conditions made by the Founders and to any directions of the Court, the terms and conditions of competition for Fellowships, Scholarships, Studentships, Exhibitions and Prizes and to examine for and award the same, or to delegate to the School, Department, Institute, Delegacy, or other Board concerned power to examine for and award the same (O) To establish a Senate/Student committee consisting of five members of the Senate and four representatives of the Students Association of the University elected by the Students Representative Council of the Association (P) To regulate the discipline of the students of the University (Q) To regulate the admission of persons to the University, and to courses of study in the University (R) To prescribe the academic dress to be worn by the various officers and members of the University, and the occasions on which it shall be worn (S) To do such other acts and things as the Court may authorise.
Provided that assessor members shall not be entitled to vote at meetings of the Committee. (2) The Senate may delegate to any such Committee any powers or functions which it is itself competent to perform. (3) The Principal, or in his absence the Vice-Principal, shall be ex officio a member of all Committees of the Senate. XV The Faculties and the Boards of Study 1 Each Faculty shall consist of the Principal and the Vice-Principal ex officio, all members of the academic staff of the Faculty and such other persons whether or not they are members of the Senate, as the Senate may from time to time determine. 2 The Senate shall prescribe which Departments and which Subjects of Study shall belong to each of the Faculties. A subject of Study may, if the Senate so directs, belong to more than one School. 3 The Board of Study constituted for a Faculty shall have the right to discuss any matters relating to that Faculty and any matter referred to it by the Senate, and to convey its views thereon to the Senate. XVI The Deans of the Faculties 1 The Dean of each Faculty shall be appointed by Court on the recommendation of Senate. Senate shall first have received a nomination of the Board of Study of that Faculty from among the members of the Faculty. The first Dean of each Faculty shall be appointed by the Court from among the members of the School. 2 The Dean of each School shall hold office for such period and (subject to Statute XXIII) upon such conditions as to re-appointment or otherwise as shall from time to time be prescribed by Ordinance. 3 The Dean shall be the Chairman of the Board of Study of the Faculty and an ex officio member of all Committees of the Faculty. 4 A Dean may resign his office by writing addressed to Court.
1 The University may, without examination, confer an Honorary Degree of master or doctor on any person whom it may deem worthy of such a distinction: Provided that the holder of such an Honorary Degree shall not be entitled to practice any profession by virtue of the fact that he has been admitted thereto. XVIII Congregations 1 For the purpose of conferring Degrees of the University, there shall be held a meeting of the whole University which shall be called a Congregation. 2 A Congregation shall be held at least once every year at such time and place as shall be determined by the Senate, and shall be presided over by the Chancellor or, in his absence, by the Vice-Chancellor. 3 In the absence of the Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor the Vice-Principal shall preside, failing whom a professor nominated by the Senate shall preside and shall confer Degrees. 4 The procedure for summoning a Congregation, for the presentation of graduands and for the conferring of Degrees in absentia, and all other matters relating to Congregation, shall be determined by the Senate. XIX Academic Congress 1 The Academic Congress shall meet at least once in each year to be addressed by the Principal. 2 The Academic Congress may at any of its meetings (i) discuss and declare an opinion on any matter whatsoever relating to the University including any matters referred to it by the Court or Senate; (ii) communicate directly with the Court or Senate on any matter affecting the University. 3 A Special Meeting of the Academic Congress may be convened at any time by the Principal or on the written request of not less than fifty members of the Academic Staff of the University. XX Periods of Study Before Graduation 1 The period of study necessary to qualify any undergraduate of the University for graduation shall not, except as provided in paragraph 2 of this Statute, be less than three academic years, all of which shall be subsequent to the date on which the undergraduate matriculates in the University: Provided that the Senate may in special circumstances grant a remission of not more than one term. 2 The Senate may, under conditions prescribed by Ordinance, accept attendance at courses of study in other Universities or University Colleges, or in other Institutions specially recognised by the Senate for this purpose, as exempting an undergraduate from part or the whole of the attendance at courses of study in the University necessary to qualify him for graduation. 3 The period of study necessary to qualify a graduate for any higher or additional Degree shall be prescribed by Ordinance.
In addition to the matters which may be virtue of the provisions of the Charter or of these Statutes be dealt with by Ordinances, the following matters shall be prescribed or regulated by Ordinances: (A) The requirements to be complied with by students before qualifying for Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates and other awards of the University (B) The conduct of the examinations or other tests for the Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates and other awards of the University, the admission of students thereto, exemptions therefrom and all other matters relating to examinations and tests (C) The conditions under which graduates of other Universities may be admitted to equal or similar rank in the University (D) The conditions under which a person be deprived of a Degree or other award conferred on him or under which any Diploma or Certificate granted to him may be revoked by the University (E) Such other matters, not otherwise dealt with in the Statutes and Ordinances, as the Court may deem fit to prescribe or regulate by Ordinance.
1 The Chancellor and any member of the Convocation (other than an ex officio member or a member of the academic staff to whom Statute XXIII applies) may be removed from their respective offices for good cause by the Convocation, and any member of the Court (other than an ex officio member or a member of the academic staff to whom Statute XXIII applies) may be removed from office for good cause by the Court. 2 "Good cause" in this Statute means - (a) conviction for an offence which may be deemed by the Convocation or the Court, as the case may be, to be such as to render the person convicted unfit for the execution of the duties of the office; or (b) conduct of an immoral, scandalous or disgraceful nature incompatible with the duties of the office; or (iii) conduct constituting failure or persistent refusal or neglect or inability to perform the duties or comply with the conditions of office whether such failure results from physical or mental incapacity or otherwise. 3 No person shall be removed from office for good cause by the Convocation or by the Court (as the case may be) unless he shall have been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard. XXIII Academic Staff Part I Construction, Application and Interpretation Construction 1 This Statute and any Ordinance or Regulation made under this Statute shall be construed in every case to give effect to the following guiding principles, that is to say (a) to ensure that academic staff have freedom within the law to question and test received wisdom, and to put forward new ideas and controversial or unpopular opinions, without placing themselves in jeopardy of losing their jobs or privileges; (b) to enable the University to provide education, promote learning and engage in research efficiently and economically; and (c) to apply the principles of justice and fairness.
2 No provision in Part II or Part III shall enable the body or person having the duty to reach a decision under the relevant Part to dismiss any member of the academic staff unless the reason for his dismissal may in the circumstances (including the size and administrative resources of the University) reasonably be treated as a sufficient reason for dismissing him. Application 3 (1) This Statute shall apply (a) to the Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers and Lecturers; (b) to the Secretary, the Librarian and such other Teachers and Officers whose remuneration is on academic-related scales and who have been made Members of the University by the Court under Statute II; and (c) to the Principal to the extent and in the manner set out in the Annex to this Statute.
4 In this Statute "dismiss" and "dismissal" mean dismissal of a member of the academic staff and (a) include remove or, as the case may be, removal from office; and (b) in relation to employment under a contract, shall be construed in accordance with section 55 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. Meaning of "good cause" 5 (1) For the purposes of this Statute "good cause" in relation to the dismissal or removal from office or place of a member of the academic staff, being in any case a reason which is related to conduct or to capability or qualifications for performing work of the kind which the member of the academic staff concerned was appointed or employed to do, means (a) conviction for an offence which may be deemed by a Tribunal appointed under Part III to be such as to render the person convicted unfit for the execution of the duties of the office or employment as a member of the academic staff; or (b) conduct of an immoral, scandalous or disgraceful nature incompatible with the duties of the office or employment; or (c) conduct constituting failure or persistent refusal or neglect or inability to perform the duties or comply with the conditions of office; or (d) physical or mental incapacity established under Part IV. (2) In this paragraph (a) "capability", in relation to such a member, means capability assessed by reference to skill, aptitude, health or any other physical or mental quality; and (b) "qualifications", in relation to such a member, means any degree, diploma or other academic, technical or professional qualification relevant to the office or position held by that member. Meaning of "redundancy" 6 For the purposes of this Statute dismissal shall be taken to be a dismissal by reason of redundancy if it is attributable wholly or mainly to (a) the fact that the University has ceased, or intends to cease, to carry on the activity for the purposes of which the member of the academic staff concerned was appointed or employed by the University, or has ceased, or intends to cease, to carry on that activity in the place in which the member concerned worked; or (b) the fact that the requirements of that activity for members of the academic staff to carry out work of a particular kind, or for members of the academic staff to carry out work of a particular kind in that place, have ceased or diminished or are expected to cease or diminish. 7 (1) In any case of conflict, the provisions of this Statute shall prevail over those of any other Statute and over those of the Ordinances and Regulations and the provisions of any Ordinance made under this Statute shall prevail over those of any other Ordinance: Provided that Part III of and the Annex to this Statute shall not apply in relation to anything done or omitted to be done before the date on which the instrument making these modifications was approved under subsection (9) of section 204 of the Education Reform Act 1988. (2) Nothing in any appointment made, or contract entered into, shall be construed as over-riding or excluding any provision made by this Statute concerning the dismissal of a member of the academic staff by reason of redundancy or for good cause: Provided that nothing in this sub-paragraph shall prevent waivers made under section 142 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 from having effect. (3) Nothing in any other Statute or in any Ordinance or Regulation made thereunder shall authorise or require any person to sit as a member of any Committee, Tribunal or body appointed under this Statute or to be present when any such Committee, Tribunal or body is meeting to arrive at its decision or for the purpose of discussing any point of procedure. (4) In this Statute references to numbered Parts, paragraphs, and sub paragraphs are references to Parts, paragraphs and sub-paragraphs so numbered in this Statute. Yüklə 1,07 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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