Ordinance 1: Constitution of Boards of Studies

1.1

For the purposes of Statute 18 there shall be a Board of Studies for:

each separate subject or combination of subjects in which students are admitted to follow any degree course provided that where the Senate has instituted more than one degree course for the completion of which study is normally required in the same subjects, these courses shall not be governed by separate Boards of Studies by reason only of a difference in the proportion of the several elements of the course;

such other subjects or programmes of study as the Senate may, from time to time, approve.

1.2

A Board of Studies shall consist of those members of the staff appointed to posts established under Statute 11.4.a to teach any of the subjects prescribed for the Board or, if no subjects have been expressly approved by the Senate in relation to that Board, such members of the staff as shall have been designated by the Senate by name as members of that Board and such persons as fall within a category of the members of the staff designated by the Senate to be members of that Board.

1.3

The Senate shall designate each Board of Studies constituted under paragraphs 1 and 2 above as:

a Single Board of Studies; or as
a Combined Board of Studies, the membership of which shall be drawn from two or more Single Boards of Studies.

1.4

The business of Combined Boards may normally be conducted through Combined Board Executive Committees whose membership shall include not less than four nor more than nine academic staff members of the Combined Board; and each Single Board of Studies which is responsible for teaching any subject(s) also prescribed for that Combined Board shall appoint from its own membership an equal number of the academic staff members referred to above. The members of a Combined Board Executive Committee may carry out items of business relating to student progress and, together with an appropriate external examiner, the classification of degrees.

1.5

Each Board of Studies shall have power to co-opt other members of staff appointed by the University, as the Board considers appropriate.

1.6

Each Board of Studies shall have undergraduate and postgraduate student representatives in its membership.

1.7

Each Board of Studies shall include its Academic Liaison Librarian as an ex officio member.

1.8

Each Board of Studies is empowered to decide which items of business should be reserved items, according to a scheme of classes of such items approved by the Senate, and to exclude student members from the Board during discussions of and voting on those items.

1.9

Each Board of Studies shall from among its own members elect its own Chair who shall hold office for a period of two years beginning 1 August in the year in which he/she is elected. The Chair of a Board of Studies shall be eligible for re-election but, except with the approval of the Senate, shall not hold office for more than two consecutive periods of office.

1.10

Each Board shall appoint its Secretary from among its own members.

1.11

Boards of Studies at present constituted shall be listed in the Schedule below, and the Senate may from time to time and subject to the provisions of the Charter and Statutes by resolution add to, amend or reduce the number of Boards of Studies so constituted.

1.12

Schedule

Boards of Studies at present constituted:

Archaeology	English and History of Art
Biology	English and Philosophy
Chemistry	English and Politics
Computer Science	History and Archaeology
Computer Science and Philosophy	History and Economics
Criminology	History and Educational Studies
Economics and Related Studies	History and History of Art
Educational Studies	History and Philosophy
Electronics	History and Politics
English and Related Literature	History and Sociology
Environment	Linguistics and Educational Studies
Health Sciences	Linguistics and Literature
Health Sciences and Sociology	Linguistics and Philosophy
History	Mathematics and Computer Science
History of Art	Mathematics and Economics
Language and Linguistic Science	Mathematics and Educational Studies
Law	Mathematics and Linguistics
Lifelong Learning	Mathematics and Philosophy
Management	Mathematics and Physics
Mathematics	Mathematics with Statistics
Medieval Studies	Music and Educational Studies
Music	Music Technology
Philosophy	Philosophy and Educational Studies
Physics	Philosophy and Sociology
Politics	Physics and Educational Studies
Psychology	Physics and Philosophy
Social Policy and Social Work	Politics and Economic and Social History
Sociology	Politics, Economics and Philosophy
Theatre, Film and Television	Politics and Educational Studies
Women's Studies	Politics and Social Policy
Biochemistry	Politics and Sociology
Biology and Educational Studies	Public Administration (MPA)
Economics and Educational Studies	Social and Political Sciences
Economics and Sociology	Sociology and Educational Studies
English and Educational Studies	Sociology and Social Policy
English and History	Certificate in Social Studies
	Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice

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