Following approval of the Privy Council on 15 October 2009 to make revisions to its Charter and Statutes, the awarding powers of the title of Emeritus Professor or Reader was transferred from the Council to the Senate (change applied to online University Calendar on 01 December 2010).

In October 2009, the Privy Council approved changes to the University Statutes to transfer awarding power for Honorary Degrees from the Council to the Senate. 

The Council approved at its meeting held on 14 October 2010 the associated revisions to Ordinance 14 governing the Honorary Degrees Committee, 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.