The Council at its meeting held on 14 October 2010 approved revisions to Regulation 9.5 governing the constitution of Boards of Examiners for the MB ChB, on the recommendation of the Senate.

At its meeting held on 14 October, the Council, on the recommendation of the Senate, approved for a second time amendments to Ordinance 7 on Boards of the Faculties and Ordinance 10 on departments.

The revisions established the Warwick Manufacturing Group as an  academic department within the Faculty of Science and to formalise representation from the School of Life Sciences on the Board of the Faculty of Science.

A number of revisions were required to the University's governing instruments to reflect the recent change in legal status of the Students' Union. Within the governing instruments, the constitution of the Students' Union is now referred to as the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Amendments were made to Statues 14, 16, 21 and Ordinance 23 following approval of the Council at its meeting held on 14 July 2010. Amendments to the statues are pending approval of the Privy Council and are marked accordingly within the Calendar.

Further to revisions approved by the Senate and the Council in March and May 2010 respectively, the Chairs of the Senate and the Council, on behalf of the Senate and the Council, have approved amendments to Regulation 8 to clarify the position of credit achieved via resit examinations under the new University assessment conventions.

In addition, the removal of some obsolete courses from Regulation 8 was approved - namely,

BA with Qualified Teacher Status (post 1996 entry)
BA with Qualified Teacher Status (pre- 1996 entry)
BEd
BPhil(Ed) (Part-Time)

At its meeting held on 14 July 2010, the Council approved, on the recommendation of the Senate, revisions to Regulation 12 governing the procedures relating to Absence for Medical Reasons from a University Examination for First Degrees.