The General Board, on the recommendation of the Committee of Management of the Language Centre, have amended the regulations for the Centre (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 608) with immediate effect. The purpose of the amendments is (i) to amend the constitution and the duties of the Committee of Management, (ii) to introduce the office of Deputy Director of the Centre, and (iii) to revise the duties of the Director. The regulations have been amended so as to read:
The Language Centre shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department, under the supervision of the General Board.
1. The Language Centre shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management, which shall consist of:
| (a) | three persons appointed by the General Board, one of whom shall be Chairman, provided that the General Board shall have power to appoint as Chairman a person who is already a member of the Committee in one of classes (c), (d), (e), and ( f ); |
| (b) | the Director of the Language Centre; |
| (c) | one person appointed by each of the Faculty Boards of Modern and Medieval Languages and of Oriental Studies; |
| (d) | one person appointed by the Council of the School of Arts and Humanities, one by the Council of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, one by the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences, one by the Council of the School of Clinical Medicine, one by the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences, and one by the Council of the School of Technology; |
| (e) | one person appointed by the Senior Tutors' Committee; |
| (f) | the Professor of English and Applied Linguistics; |
| (g) | two members of the University in statu pupillari, one appointed by Cambridge University Students Union and one by the Graduate Union; |
| (h) | not more than three persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee; |
| (i) | the Pro-Vice-Chancellor with Special Responsibilities. |
Members in classes (a), (c), (d), and (e) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (g) shall be appointed in the Easter Term to serve for the academical year next following their appointment. Members in class (h) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted.
2. Seven members of the Committee shall form a quorum.
3. Subject to the powers of the Council and the General Board, the duties of the Committee of Management shall be:
| (a) | to determine the general policy of the Centre; |
| (b) | to advise the Director in matters arising from the work of the Centre; |
| (c) | to give guidance to the Director upon request on matters relating to language learning or teaching in the University; |
| (d) | to assist the Director in promoting the teaching in modern languages; |
| (e) | to approve an Annual Report to the General Board on the work of the Centre prepared by the Director. |
4. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply as if the Committee were a body constituted by Statute and any matter which, if the Committee were a Faculty Board, would be reserved business under Statute C, IV, 13 shall also be reserved. These provisions shall apply to any member of the Committee in class (g) who is not in statu pupillari as if he or she were a person in statu pupillari.
1. There shall be the University offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Language Centre.
2. Appointments and reappointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Centre shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of:
| (a) | the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman; |
| (b) | the Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Centre; |
| (c) | three members of the Committee of Management appointed by the Committee of Management; |
| (d) | two persons appointed by the General Board. |
3. The duties of the Director of the Language Centre shall be as follows:
| (a) | to be responsible to the Committee of Management for all aspects of the work of the Language Centre. He or she shall act as Secretary to the Committee of Management and shall also act as the executive officer of the Committee in respect of their responsibilities for the Language Centre; |
| (b) | to perform, in relation to the Language Centre, the duties assigned to the Head of a Department by Statute C, V, 3(b) and (c); |
| (c) | to arrange the provision of facilities for oral language teaching and examinations; |
| (d) | to provide advice and assistance in matters relating to language teaching and learning; |
| (e) | to be responsible for the direction of study and research in the field of language teaching and learning; |
| (f) | to prepare and submit to the General Board, in accordance with arrangements determined by Ordinance, the annual estimates of the Department for consideration by the Board in accordance with Statute C, I, 1(b); |
| (g) | to be responsible for the proper application of the funds available to the Department, and to ensure that the approved estimate of expenditure is not exceeded and that the accounts are correctly maintained. |
4. The duties of the Deputy Director shall be to assist the Director in all matters connected with the work of the Centre.
5. There shall be such number of University offices of Language Adviser and Senior Language Adviser as the General Board shall approve on the recommendation of the Committee of Management.
6. Appointments and reappointments to an office of Language Adviser or Senior Language Adviser shall be made by the Committee of Management, excluding for this purpose the members in class (g), subject to the approval of the General Board.
7. The duties of the staff of the Centre shall be determined by the Director, subject to the approval of the General Board.
8. The Director and any other members of the staff of the Centre shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the General Board, after consultation with the Committee of Management.