At its meeting held on 14 July 2010, the Council approved, on the recommendation of the Senate, revisions to Regulation 4 regarding the scope of the considerations of the Academic Staff Committee.

At its meeting held on 14 July 2010, the Council approved, on recommendation of the Senate, the disestablishment of the Warwick Graduates' Assocation. The reference to the WGA within Regulation 22 has been removed.

 

The University may now confer the award of Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL) and this qualification has been included in the list of University Degrees and Diplomas set out in Ordinance 13.

The Council approved this revision at its meeting held on 14 July 2010.

Amendments to Regulation 31 Governing the Use of Computing Facilities.  Following recent revisions to the University Information Security Policies, the amendment proposed to Regulation 31 is required to align those senior colleagues able to approve permission for colleagues to access certain material which is necessary to their work but could be deemed unacceptable under the Policy.

The revision was approved by the Senate in March 2010 and the Council in May 2010.

Further to the revisions made to University regulations (see below), the Council approved revisions to Ordinances 7 and 10 at its meeting held on 14 July 2010.

Folllowing the approval of the Senate (March 2010) and the Council (May 2010), amendments have been made to:

­   Regulation 9 governing the constitution of Boards of Examiners;

­   Regulation 15 governing Higher Doctorates;

­   Regulation 22 – Library Regulations;

­   Regulation 30 governing the procedure for appointment of Heads of Joint Schools in the Faculties of Arts & Social Sciences

 

in order to remove references to membership conditional on full-time employment in line with HR legislation.