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(0) the Vice-Chancellor, who shall be the Chairman;

(b) the Pro-Vice-Chancellors;

(c) the Head of each College;

(ch the Dean of each Faculty and of the Graduate School;

(e) the Secretary;

( the Registrar; and

(g) the Bursar.

The Secretary or his deputy shall serve as secretary of the Committee.

1. Subject to the Ordinance and the Statules, it shall be the duty of

the Administrative and Planning Committee –

(a) to assist the Vice-Chancellor in the performance of his duties; (b) to initiate plans of University development;

(c) to assist the Vice-Chancellor in reviewing and co-ordinating the annual and supplementary estimates of récurrent and capital ex- penditures of the University, before transmitting them to the Finance Committee of the Council;

(d) to review or propose academic and administrative appointments that are at and above the level of Tutors and Demonstrators or their equivalent before these appointments are made; (e) to deal with other matters referred to it by the Council,

3. The Administrative and Pleoning Committee shall report to the Council

through the Vice-Chancellor.

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THE SENATE.

The Senate shall consist of

(a) the Vice-Chancellor who shall be Chairman;

(6) the Pro-Vice-Chancellors;

(c) the Head of cach College;

(d) the Dean of each Faculty and of the Graduate School;

(e) the Professors, or the Reader in respect of each academic subject

in which there is no professor;

( the Directors of Studies if not a manter under paragraph fek

(x) 6 Fellows, 2 being elected by its Assembly of Fellows from

cach College:

(2) the Registrar;

(0 the Librarian or, where applicable, the Acting Librarian.

Members of the Senate (other than Fellows) shall remain members of the Senate for so long as they hold the office or appointment by reason of which they became members of the Senate.

Fellows elected under paragraph 1(g) shall hold office for 2 years from the date of their election and shall be eligible for re-election provided that they shall cease to be members of the Senate if they cease to be assigned to the College by whose Assembly of Fellows they were elected. Should an elected member die or resign from the Senate or cease to be a Fellow within the College by whose members he was elected a successor thall be duly elected who shall

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be a member of the Senate for the unexpired period of membership of his predecessor.

4. Subject to the Ordinance and Statutes, the Senate shall have the

following powers and duties—

(a) to promote research by members of the University;

(8) to regulate the admission of persons to approved courses of study and their attendance at such courses; and to assign students to Colleges with due regard to the preferences of both the students and the Colleges:

(c) to direct and regulate the instruction and teaching in approved courses of study and to conduct the examinations leading to degresa, diplomas, certificates and other awards of the Quiversity: (d) to consider, upon the advice of the Assembly of Fellows of each College, measures necessary for the condues of student- orientated teaching, and to consider also measures necessary for the conduct of subject-orientated teaching:

(e) to make, after report from the Faculties concerned, ail regulations for giving effect to the Statutes and decrees relating to approved courses of study and examinations;

(A) to appoint internal oxaminers after report from the Boards of

Sudies concerned;

(g) to recommend after report from the Roards of Studies concerned

external examiners for appointment by the Council;

(A) to recommend the conferment of degrees tother than degrees honoris causa) and to award diplomas, certificates and other distinctions;

(i) to fix, subject to any conditions made by the donors and accepted by the Council, the times, the mode and the conditions of com- petition for University scholarships, bursaries and prizes, and to award the same;

(i) to recommend to the Council the institution, abolition or holding in abeyance of all teaching posts and the assignment of teachers to a College after consultation with the Assembly of Fellows of the College concerned:

() to recommend to the Council external experts to serve as mem-

bers of Boards of Advisers;

() to report to the Council on all Statutes and Decrees and proposed

changes thereof;

(m) to report to the Council on any academic matter;

(4) to discuss any matter relating to the University and to report its

views to the Covacil;

(o) to report to the Council on any matters referred to the Senate

by the Council;

(p) to consider estimates of expenditure prepared in respect of the

University, and to report thereon to the Council;

(g) to formulate, modify or revise schemes for the organization of Faculties and to assign to such Faculties their respective subjects; also to report to the Council on the expediency of establishing at any time other Faculties or as to the expediency of abolishing. combining or sub-dividing any Faculties;

() to establish, modify or abolish any Board of Studies and to

determine its functions:

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