Godfrey and Sue Hall Postgraduate Research Student Prize Committee terms of reference

Terms of reference and procedural rules for the Godfrey and Sue Hall Postgraduate Research Student Prize Committee.

Terms of reference
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Terms of reference

Approved by Senate, 5 December 1990.

The committee will judge the nominations for the prize on two elements, the written submission from the student and their Head of Department and an oral presentation by the student. The committee will explore reasons why the students' contribution to their particular research is outstanding and its wider significance.

Procedural rules

Appointment of Chair

A Pro-Vice-Chancellor.

Membership

a professor nominated by the Vice-Chancellor
the Chair of the University Doctoral Studies Committee (or a member of the committee appointed by the Chair), provided that no two members come from the same department

Co-option

The committee shall have the power to co-opt additional members or to invite Assessors to be present at any meeting.

Alternates

See Senate Standing Orders 17(iii) and (iv).

Quorum

One third of the membership (Senate Standing Order 16).

Rules for voting

None specified.

Minutes

Submitted to members and decisions reported to Senate.