Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
CHAPTER VIII
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SCHOOLS AND COUNCILS OF THE SCHOOLS

School of Arts and Humanities

Membership.

1. The Council of the School of Arts and Humanities shall consist of the following members:

  1. (a)one person appointed by each of the Faculty Boards of Architecture and History of Art, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Classics, Divinity, English, Modern and Medieval Languages, Music, and Philosophy to serve for one or two years, either from 1 October or from 1 January, as determined by the Faculty Board concerned;
  2. (b)the Director of the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities;
  3. (c)the Director of the Language Centre;
  4. (d)not more than two persons co-opted by the Council of the School to serve until 30 September or 31 December either of the year in which they are co-opted or of the following year, as the Council shall determine at the time of co-optation, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Council to co-opt any person or persons;
  5. (e)one person elected from among their number by the undergraduate student members of the constituent institutions of the School;
  6. (f)one person elected from among their number by the graduate student members of the constituent institutions of the School.
Meetings and quorum.

2. The Council of the School shall meet at least once in each academical year. No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless five of the members in classes (a) and (b) at least are present.

Head of the School.

3. The Head of the School shall be appointed by the Council of the School, subject to the approval of the General Board, to serve for a period of four years from 1 January following the appointment.

Duties and powers.

4. The Council of the School shall perform such duties as are specified in Statute A V 8(a)–(c) and such other duties as may be delegated to them by the General Board under Statute A V 8(d).

Reserved business.

5. The provisions of Special Ordinance A (vii) 5 concerning reserved business shall apply to any member of the Council of the School in class (c) or (d) who is not in statu pupillari as if he or she were a person in statu pupillari.