University Calendar 2017/18
Section II: Committees of the Senate



PREFACE
CONTENTS
SEMESTERS
SECTION I
SECTION II
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SECTION VII
SECTION VIII
SECTION IX
SECTION X
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SECTION XII
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SECTION XIV
 
 
Council
Committees/Council
Senate
Committees/Senate
Committees/Other
Senate Appeals Committee

Terms of reference

To consider and determine academic appeals by all students under the regulations governing appeals as approved by the Senate.


Membership

  The President and Vice-Chancellor, or a Vice-President (in the Chair)
  A Dean (from a Faculty other than that of the appellant)
  A member of the academic staff in membership of Senate selected from a panel of eight nominated annually by the President of the Students’ Union
  A sabbatical officer of the Students’ Union appointed by the President

The Chair may also co-opt1 onto the Senate Appeals Committee:

  • an additional independent member of another Faculty or Professional Service;
  • an external representative of the relevant profession where a programme of study is subject to validation by an external professional body.
Members of the Senate Appeals Committee should not have been involved in teaching/supervising the student nor should they have been involved in any previous discussions about the student’s case.

1 The provision for the co-option of not more than two persons applies to each committee or subcommittee of Senate in accordance with its Standing Orders (Standing Order 25). Similarly, Council's Standing Orders (Standing Order 20) make the same provision for committees and subcommittees of Council.  In respect of the Senate Appeals Committee, the scope of such co-option is specified within its membership.

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