Article 8 Membership of the University Court
The membership shall consist of ordinary members comprising appointed, ex officio and staff governors. The University Court may co-opt up to a maximum of five additional members subject to article 9.
Appointed governors
The appointed governor membership shall consist of not less than nine and not more than thirteen members and shall be persons who have experience of, and have shown capacity in, industrial, commercial or employment matters or in the practice of any profession.
The Secretary of State shall be the appointing authority for the first appointment of appointed governors to be made under sub-paragraph (a) and he shall determine, subject to the limits stated in sub-paragraph (a), the number of governors to be appointed thereunder, shall make appointments accordingly and shall determine the respective term of office of each governor so appointed.
Following the Secretary of State’s determination of the number of appointed governors and his appointments under sub-paragraph (b), the ordinary membership shall thereafter be the appointing authority for appointed governors and shall determine, subject to the limits stated in sub-paragraph (a), the number of governors so appointed.
Appointed governors shall be appointed to serve initially for such a term of office not exceeding four years as the appointing authority shall specify subject to article 11(5).
The appointed governor membership shall remain in overall majority in the University Court.
Governors ex officiis
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The following shall be governors ex officiis:
- (a)
the Principal and Vice-Chancellor referred to in article 22;
- (b)
the Vice-Principals referred to in article 23 provided that their numbers shall not exceed two. In the event of there being more than two Vice-Principals, the Principal and Vice-Chancellor shall from time to time, nominate the two Vice-Principals to serve on the Court; and
- (c)
the President of the Students' Association.
- (a)
Staff governors
Three staff governors shall be appointed as follows:
one staff governor shall be elected by the Senate from among the members of full-time academic staff who are members of the Senate;
one staff governor shall be elected by the full-time academic staff from among the members of such staff; and
one staff governor shall be elected by the full-time non-academic staff from among the members of such staff.
The University Court shall, after consultation with the members of the Senate, the full-time members of academic staff and the full-time members of non-academic staff, as appropriate, make rules for the conduct of elections for the appointment of governors under sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) and may revoke and replace or vary such rules or introduce further rules after due consultation.
The University Court shall be responsible for the holding and conduct of elections for the appointment of governors under sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii).