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. 

Following approval of the Senate in March 2010 and the Council in May 2010, Regulation 8 governing  first degrees has been revised to premit students to carry forward the 40% pass mark achieved via a resit examination.

At its meeting held on October 2008, the Council approved, on the recommendation of the Senate, revisions to Regulation 34 including the Diploma in Person Centred (Rogerian) Counselling and Psychotherapy within the remit of the Fitness to Practise Committee.  The Diploma has subsequently been replaced by a Foundation Degree and BA in Person-centred Counselling and Psychotherapy, noting both new courses were approved by the Board of Undergraduate Studies in June 2009.

The revisions to Regulation 34, as approved by the Vice-Chancellor and the Pro-Chancellor on behalf of the Senate and the Council respectively, provides for the new courses.

The Vice-Chancellor and the Pro-Chancellor have approved, on behalf of the Senate and the Council respectively, revisions to Regulation 23 to permit a Pro-Vice-Chancellor acting on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor to chair the Appeals Committee of the Senate and to also state that the Registrar shall receive and consider in the first instance cases for the Appeals Committee (previously the Deputy Vice-Chancellor).