Terms of reference

  • to exercise the functions prescribed in Regulation 8 in relation to the discipline of students.

Procedural Rules

Membership

  • Normally Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) or Vice-President (Student Experience) (Chair)
  • Four Senate members (elected by Senate)
  • Up to ten other University staff members (appointed by the Vice-Chancellor)

Normally in attendance

  • one student appointed by the Students' Union from a pool of trained students
  • Director of Student Services or nominee
  • other as agreed by the Chair
  • Secretary: Student Casework and Compliance Manager or other member of Academic Governance and Compliance staff

Quorum

The chair plus two staff members, at least one of whom must be a member of Senate. No member of the Committee shall be a member of the Senate Appeals Committee or Council Appeals Committee

Rules for Voting

See Senate Standing Orders

Co-options

See Senate Standing Orders

Alternates

See Senate Standing Orders

Minutes

To Senate, anonymised, in the unreserved section of the Agenda.

The committee shall be entitled to find that a student has committed the offence to which the charges relates on receiving evidence of conviction for that offence in the civil court.

Resources

Appeal process set out in Regulation 8

Version information

Owner: Disciplinary Committee
Version number:
Approval Date: June 1969
Approved By: Senate
Date of last review: 14 October 2019