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.

 

The Council at its meeting on 14 July 2010 approved, on recommendation of the Senate, revisions to regulation 8.11(5) to amend the resit examination period for Foundation Degree students and to clarify when final awards may be made.

This revision is effective from September 2010.

At its meeting held on 14 July 2010, the Council approved, on the recommendation of the Senate, a new regulation 37.8 regarding the joint award of LLM and Postgraduate Diploma in Law and Development with Mekelle University.

The Council also approved, on the recommendation of the Senate, a new regulation 40 on collaborative courses which will cover all standard collaborative provision.

 

At its meeting held on 14 July 2010, the Council approved, on the recommendation of the Senate, revisions to Regulation 8.12 on the appeals process against final degree classifications.

The revised process as set out in 8.12(11) will come into effect from the beginning of the 2010/11 academic year.

At its meeting held on 14 July 2010, the Council, on the recommendation of the Senate, approved revisions to Regulation 5 for the Annual Review by the Academic Staff Committee of Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, Lecturers, Senior Lecturers, Associate Professors (Readers), Teaching Fellows, Senior Teaching Fellows and Principal Teaching Fellows and Research Fellows, Senior Research Fellows and Principal Research Fellows.