Chapter I

THE GENERAL BOARD OF THE FACULTIES

1. (a) Subject to the powers of the Regent House, and subject to the responsibilities of the Council under Statute A, IV, 1, the General Board of the Faculties shall be responsible for the academic and educational policy of the University, and shall advise the University on questions relating to such policy.

(b) The General Board shall consider the estimates of annual expenditure submitted by Faculty Boards and other authorities and, if it approves them, shall transmit them to the Council. The Board shall allocate the funds made available to it for the support of teaching and research.

(c) The General Board shall oversee the teaching and research work undertaken by the Schools, Faculties, Departments, and other institutions placed under its supervision; it shall ensure, in respect of those institutions,

(i)that the University officers assigned to those institutions are satisfactorily performing the duties and fulfilling the conditions of tenure of their offices;
(ii)that adequate facilities for teaching and research are available;
(iii)that appropriate courses of study and instruction are provided and that the teaching given is of the highest standard;
(iv)that research of the highest quality is conducted.

(d) The teaching programmes proposed by Faculty Boards and comparable authorities shall be submitted to the General Board. The Board shall either approve them or remit them for further consideration, and shall publish them to the University when approved.

(e) The General Board shall keep under review the regulations for such University examinations as are specified in Schedule K and shall ensure that they are properly observed.

(f) The General Board shall be accountable to the Council for its management of the University's academic and educational affairs. It shall make an Annual Report to the Council on the discharge of its duties under this section.

2. Subject to the provisions of the Statutes, the General Board shall have power, after consulting other bodies, as appropriate, to enact Ordinances and to issue Orders relating to

(a)the administration and management of the institutions under its supervision other than the Schools and the Councils of the Schools;
(b)such University examinations, and such degrees, diplomas, and other qualifications as are specified in Schedule K;
(c)such other matters as may be delegated to it from time to time by Grace of the Regent House.

The University may make alterations in Schedule K from time to time by Grace.

3. The General Board shall appoint all Examiners other than ex officio Examiners, except when it is otherwise provided

(a)by Ordinance of the General Board, in the case of examinations specified in Schedule K;
(b)by Ordinance of the Regent House, in the case of examinations not specified in Schedule K;
(c)by any Trust binding for the time being on the University.

4. The General Board shall consist of the following members:

(a)the Vice-Chancellor;
(b)eight members of the Regent House appointed by the Councils of the Schools in accordance with arrangements determined by Ordinance;
(c)four members of the Regent House appointed by the Council, subject to the requirement that of the whole Board not fewer than three members (including the Vice-Chancellor) shall be members of the Council, provided that if a member of the Board ceases to be a member of the Council he or she shall not thereby cease to be a member of the Board;
(d)two members elected by and from among the students of the University, of whom one shall be from among those certified by the Registrary to be undergraduate students, and one from among those certified by the Registrary to be graduate students. The term student in the University and graduate student shall be as determined under Statute A, IV, 2, and the term undergraduate student in the University shall mean any student in the University other than a graduate student so defined.

5. The Vice-Chancellor shall be Chairman of the General Board, provided that, if the Vice-Chancellor is unable to be present at any meeting, the Chairman for that meeting shall be a member of the Board appointed by the Vice-Chancellor to act as his or her deputy, or in the absence of such deputy some other member of the Board chosen by the members present.

6. Members of the General Board in classes (b) and (c) shall serve for four years, half the members in each class being appointed at the same time as, or shortly after, each biennial election of members of the Council. Changes of membership shall take effect from 1 January next following. Members of the General Board in class (d) shall serve for one year and shall be elected by students in the University in accordance with section 4(d) of this Statute and in a manner determined by Ordinance, in each academical year on a date determined by or under Ordinance.

7. If any member of the General Board in class (b) or class (c) becomes Vice-Chancellor, his or her seat shall thereupon become vacant.

8. When the General Board intends to discuss a proposal put forward by any Faculty Board or other body, it shall give that body an opportunity, if in the General Board's opinion it would assist the conduct of business, to send a representative to attend the meeting at which the proposal is to be discussed and to take part in the discussion.

9. The General Board shall meet at least twice in each term, provided that the Chairman shall have power to cancel any meeting if there is insufficient business. No business shall be transacted at a meeting unless five members at least are present.

10. Under the provisions of Statute K, 20(c) the appointment (or nomination for appointment) of Examiners, Electors to Professorships, members of Appointments Committees, and members of Degree Committees shall be reserved business; and the provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to any member of the General Board in class (d) who is not in statu pupillari as if he or she were in statu pupillari.

11. The Registrary or a University officer designated from time to time by the Council after consultation with the General Board shall be Secretary of the Board.

Chapter II

THE SCHOOLS

1. On the recommendation of the General Board the University may at any time institute one or more Schools, and may combine existing Schools, suppress any School, change the scope of any School, or divide any School into two or more Schools. There shall be placed in each School such Faculties, Departments, and other institutions as the University may from time to time determine.

2. There shall be a Council of each School. The composition of such a Council, the number and manner of appointment of its members, and, subject to the provisions of section 3 below, its powers and duties shall be determined by Ordinance.

3. Subject to the provisions of section 2, the duties of the Council of a School shall include:

(a)the preparation of such academic and financial plans, and reports as the General Board shall determine;
(b)the allocation of the funds made available to it by the General Board amongst the institutions comprising the School;
(c)working with the institutions which comprise the School to ensure institutional and School academic plans are consistent, realistic, and affordable;
(d)consideration of any matter referred to it by the General Board.

4. There shall be a Head of each School who shall be appointed and hold office on such terms as may be determined by Ordinance.

5. The Head shall be Chairman of the Council of the School and shall be the principal academic officer of the School and shall be responsible to the Council of the School, the General Board, and the Vice-Chancellor for the overall running of the School, including the use of the funds specified under 3(b) and the implementation of the approved plans referred to in 3(a).

6. The Council of each School shall have the right of reporting to the University.

Chapter III

THE FACULTIES

1. The term Faculty shall denote a body of persons associated in accordance with the Statutes for the purpose of furthering the study of a subject or subjects.

2. On the recommendation of the General Board the University may at any time institute one or more Faculties, and may combine existing Faculties, suppress any Faculty, change the scope of any Faculty, or divide any Faculty into two or more Faculties. Each Faculty shall be assigned to one or other of the Schools.

3. The members of each Faculty in any year shall be

(a)those persons, giving instruction in a subject falling within the scope of the Faculty, who belong to any of the following classes, namely,
(i)University officers;
(ii)persons whose lectures or other instruction the Faculty Board has approved as part of the teaching programme of the Faculty for the current academical year, if they are (1) Heads or Fellows of Colleges or (2) persons employed by the University to undertake teaching or research;
(iii)persons who occupy in a College or in an Approved Society, as teachers of subjects falling within the scope of the Faculty, the position of Praelector, Lecturer, Assistant Lecturer, or Director of Studies;
(b)other persons or members of classes of persons approved for this purpose by Ordinance; and
(c)any other persons who may be appointed by the Faculty Board to be members of the Faculty until the next promulgation, or the next promulgation but one, of the list of the members of the Faculty.

The Faculty Board concerned shall have power to decide whether a subject falls within the scope of the Faculty for the purpose of subsection (a) above, and whether the instruction given by a person is of such nature and quantity as to entitle him or her to be included as a member of the Faculty under that subsection. An appeal on any such question shall lie from the Faculty Board to the General Board, from whose decision there shall be no further appeal.

4. A list of the members of each Faculty shall be promulgated in each year on a day prescribed by Ordinance of the General Board. Objections to the inclusion or omission of any name shall be decided in such manner as may be prescribed by Ordinance of the General Board.

5. Nothing contained in the Statutes shall prevent any person from being a member of two or more Faculties at the same time.

6. The Chairman of each Faculty shall be the person elected Chairman of the Faculty Board.

7. There shall be an annual meeting of the members of each Faculty for the election of a member or members of the Faculty Board.

8. In addition to the annual meeting, the Chairman may summon a meeting of the Faculty whenever he or she thinks it desirable to do so. The Chairman shall summon a meeting without delay upon receiving a written request signed by at least ten members of the Faculty.

9. At any election by a Faculty of a member of the Faculty Board nominations shall be made in writing and votes shall be taken by ballot.

10. At the annual meeting, and at any other meeting, of a Faculty there may be a discussion of any matter connected with the work of the Faculty that may be raised by any member of the Faculty after notice given to the members, or at the discretion of the Chairman without notice. No resolution of a Faculty shall be binding on the Faculty Board.

Chapter IV

THE FACULTY BOARDS

1. There shall be a Board of each Faculty, which shall oversee the work of the Faculty.

2. Every Faculty Board shall include members in each of the following classes (a), (b), and (c):

(a)members in one or both of the following categories:
(i)Heads of Departments within the Faculty;
(ii)holders of Professorships assigned to the Faculty or to a Department within the Faculty and of other offices specified in Schedule B of the Statutes which have been approved by Grace as qualifying their holders for membership in this category of a particular Faculty Board;
(b)members appointed by the Council after consultation with the General Board;
(c)members elected by the Faculty.
The General Board may make provision by Ordinance, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board, for the addition of members in the following classes:
(d)members co-opted by the Faculty Board;
(e)representatives of cognate studies and holders of specified offices;
(f)members elected by and from among the students in the Faculty in a manner to be determined by Ordinance of the General Board; provided that a member in class (f) shall cease to be a member if he or she ceases to be a student in the Faculty.

3. For every Faculty Board the number of members in each category of class (a) and the number of members in classes (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) shall be determined by Ordinance of the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board; provided that

(a)the number of members in class (f) shall not be more than three, and
(b)if there are three, at least one shall be a graduate student.

4. For the purpose of this Statute the terms student in the Faculty and graduate student shall be defined by or under Ordinance.

5. For every Faculty Board the General Board shall determine by Ordinance the period of membership of members in category (ii) of class (a) and of members in classes (b), (c), (d), and (f) and of representatives of cognate studies in class (e).

6. Each Faculty Board shall elect annually one of its members as Chairman and, unless for a particular Faculty Board it is provided otherwise by Ordinance of the General Board, a Secretary; provided that no Board shall elect either as Chairman or as Secretary a person who is a student in any Faculty.

7. A Faculty Board may make recommendations to the General Board for any changes which it considers desirable in the Ordinances for those examinations with which it is concerned.

8. Each Faculty Board shall submit to the General Board nominations of such examiners as it is required by Ordinance of the General Board to nominate.

9. Each Faculty Board shall be responsible to the General Board for ensuring the provision of appropriate instruction and adequate facilities for research in the subjects of the Faculty, for preparing the teaching programme of the Faculty, and for ensuring that the teaching given is of a high standard. For the discharge of these duties it shall be empowered:

(a)to make representations to the General Board concerning the resources needed by the Faculty for the support of its activities in teaching and research;
(b)to prescribe the subjects in which instruction is to be given in the teaching programme of the Faculty;
(c)to authorize courses of lectures and other instruction to be given by persons not holding University offices, under such conditions of remuneration as may be approved by the General Board;
(d)to report to the General Board if any University officer in the Faculty is not performing satisfactorily the duties of his or her office or is not fulfilling the conditions attaching to it.

10. The Secretary of each Faculty Board shall be responsible for the proper application of the funds available to the Faculty, other than those for which Heads of Departments are responsible under the provisions of Statute C, V, 3(c), for ensuring that the approved estimate of expenditure is not exceeded, and that the accounts are correctly maintained; provided always that if the General Board so requires these duties shall be assigned by the Faculty Board to some other person approved by the General Board.

11. Each Faculty Board shall submit to the General Board, in accordance with arrangements determined by Ordinance, estimates of annual expenditure for consideration by the Board in accordance with Statute C, I, 1(b).

12. A Faculty Board shall prepare any reports on the work of the Faculty which the General Board may require.

13. Under the provisions of Statute K, 20(c), the election of the Chairmen and Secretaries of Faculty Boards, the co-optation of members of Faculty Boards, and the appointment (or nomination for appointment) of examiners, electors to Professorships, members of Faculties, members of Appointments Committees, and members of Degree Committees shall be reserved business; and the provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to any member of a Faculty Board in class (f) who is not in statu pupillari as if he or she were a person in statu pupillari.

Chapter V

DEPARTMENTS

1. On the recommendation of the General Board, the University may at any time constitute one or more Departments within any Faculty, may constitute Departments independent of any Faculty but under the supervision of the General Board, or may suppress any Department.

2. There shall be a Head of each Department. The manner of appointment and the period of service of Heads of Departments shall be prescribed by Ordinances made by the General Board.

3. Subject to the powers of the Faculty Board or comparable authority and subject to such regulations as the University or the General Board may make from time to time, it shall be the duty of the Head of a Department:

(a)to organize the teaching and research of the Department;
(b)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);
(c)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;

provided that the duties specified under subsections (b) and (c) may be assigned by the Head of a Department to some other person approved by the General Board.

Chapter VI

DEGREE COMMITTEES

1. There shall be Degree Committees for such Faculties and other institutions as may be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Board of Graduate Studies.

2. Each Degree Committee shall be constituted in accordance with arrangements determined by Ordinance of the General Board.

3. Subject to the powers of the Board of Graduate Studies, it shall be the duty of each Degree Committee to exercise such functions as may be prescribed by Ordinance of the General Board in respect of the approval of students as Graduate Students and the supervision of their work, the award of degrees, diplomas, and certificates in respect of graduate study or contributions to learning, and other cognate matters.

In this Statute