On 22 May 2024 the Council confirmed, on the recommendation of the Senate, revisions to Ordinance 8 to reflect the establishment of non-academic posthumous awards (Institutional Bachelors Award, Institutional Integrated Masters Award, and Institutional Masters Award) with immediate effect.

On 7 February 2024, the Council confirmed, on the recommendation of the Senate via Chair's Action, revisions to Ordinance 7: Academic Bodies to reflect the revised constitutions of the Faculty Boards with the addition of the newly-created role of Deputy Chair (External Relations) on each Faculty Board with immediate effect.

On 16 August 2023 the Vice-Chancellor approved on behalf of Senate revisions to the constitution of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences as set out in Ordinance 7 Academic Bodies, section 7.1(5)(c), to reflect the reconfiguration of five departments (Applied Linguistics, CTE, CLL, CEDAR (CIDD from 1 August 2023) and DES) to form the School of Education, Learning and Communication Sciences (SELCS) with effect from 1 August 2023.

The revisions were confirmed on 21 August 2023 by the Chair of Council on behalf of the Council and the updates came into immediate effect.

On 13 June 2023 the Council confirmed, on the recommendation of the Senate, the proposed revisions to Ordinance 9: Remove section 9(4) relating to Honorary Masters as no longer required.

On 17 May 2023 the Council confirmed, on the recommendation of the Senate, the proposed revisions to Ordinance 7: Academic Bodies, to reflect the creation of the roles of Deputy Chair (Education) and Deputy Chair (Research) within the membership of the Board of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine.