Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty Board
Constitution and Terms of Reference 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
1. The functions of the Board are defined in Statute XVI:2. 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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