1. There shall be Departments within the several Faculties, and Departments independent of any Faculty, as specified in Regulation 3.
2. (a) Subject to the provisions of Regulation 3, the Head of each Department, who shall be a University officer or University officers engaged in teaching and research in the Department, shall be appointed by the General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, for a period not exceeding five years at a time, save that in a particular case the General Board shall have power, after consultation with the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, to make an appointment for a period not exceeding ten years at a time.
(b) If more than one University officer is appointed as Head of a Department, (i) the arrangements for sharing the appointment shall be as determined by the General Board, and (ii) any provision in Ordinance or Regulation making reference to the Head of that Department in the singular shall be construed in accordance with those arrangements.
3. The Head of each Department shall be a person or persons appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, except in the cases where an alternative arrangement is listed below:
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Faculties and Departments |
Head of Department |
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Faculty of Architecture and History of Art |
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Department of Architecture |
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Department of History of Art |
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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies |
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Department of East Asian Studies |
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Department of Middle Eastern Studies |
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Faculty of Biology |
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Department of Biochemistry |
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Department of Genetics |
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Department of Pathology |
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Department of Pharmacology |
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Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience |
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Department of Plant Sciences |
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Department of Psychology |
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Department of Zoology |
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Faculty of Business and Management |
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Judge Institute of Management (Judge Business School) |
The Director of Judge Business School |
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Faculty of Clinical Medicine |
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Department of Clinical Biochemistry |
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Department of Clinical Neurosciences |
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Department of Haematology |
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Department of Medical Genetics |
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Department of Medicine |
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
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Department of Oncology |
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Department of Paediatrics |
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Department of Psychiatry |
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Department of Public Health and Primary Care |
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Department of Radiology |
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Department of Surgery |
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Faculty of Computer Science and Technology |
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Department of Computer Science and Technology |
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Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography |
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Department of Earth Sciences |
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Department of Geography |
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Faculty of Engineering |
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Department of Engineering |
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Faculty of English |
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Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic |
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Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science |
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Department of Archaeology |
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Department of Social Anthropology |
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Department of Sociology |
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Department of Politics and International Studies |
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Faculty of Law |
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Institute of Criminology |
The Director of the Institute of Criminology |
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Faculty of Mathematics |
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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics |
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Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics |
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Faculty of Physics and Chemistry |
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Institute of Astronomy |
The Director of the Institute of Astronomy |
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Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy |
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Department of Chemistry |
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Department of Physics |
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine |
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Department of Veterinary Medicine |
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Departments independent of any Faculty |
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Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology |
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History and Philosophy of Science |
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Land Economy |
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4. The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, shall appoint a person to be Acting Head of a Department during any period of absence from duty of the Head of that Department, or during any period when there is a vacancy in an office whose holder is ex officio Head of the Department. A person so appointed shall be recognized as Head of the Department for all purposes.
5. The General Board shall have power to establish one or more Deputy Headships in any Department specified by them and, at the request of the Head of such a Department and after consultation with the relevant Faculty Board or other authority, to appoint one or more Deputy Heads of that Department. A person appointed Deputy Head shall hold office for a period of not more than three years at a time, and shall be eligible for reappointment. The duties and powers of each Deputy Head appointed under this regulation shall be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Head of the Department.