(1) All members of the Council, the Senate and Heads of Academic and Administrative Departments shall be invited once each year to submit to the Honorary Degrees Committee, through the Vice-Chancellor, in confidence, nominations for honorary degrees, provided that they shall also have the right to submit nominations in confidence to the Vice-Chancellor at any time.

(2) The Honorary Degrees Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘The Committee’) shall be composed as follows:

The Chair of the Council, who shall be Chair of the Committee

The Vice-Chancellor

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor

The Pro-Vice-Chancellors

The Chairs of the Faculties of Arts, Medicine, Science and Social Sciences

Two lay members of the Council appointed by the Council.

The Committee shall meet typically three times in each academic year to consider the names of persons on whom it is proposed to confer honorary degrees.

(3) The powers of the Committee shall be as follows:

(i) To make additional nominations for honorary degrees and seek additional nominations from other members of the University in order to obtain a properly balanced and distinguished list.

(ii) To seek advice confidentially from members of the University on the merits of those candidates under consideration.

(iii) To approve on behalf of the Senate the names of the persons to whom an invitation to accept an honorary degree shall be extended and the title of the degree to be conferred in each case, bearing in mind the purpose for which the honorary degrees of Doctor and Master have been instituted.

(iv) To make confidentially a report at least once a year to the Senate and the Council, including those invited to receive an honorary degree and the awards conferred or to be conferred and to escalate any decisions to the Senate as may be determined appropriate by the Committee.

(4) The whole proceedings in the selection of honorary graduands shall be held to be strictly private, and no communication regarding the proceedings shall be made, without the authority of the Honorary Degrees Committee.

(The Ordinance on Honorary Degrees is Ordinance 14)