Bulletin Supplement Nov 1965

3. Subject to the Ordinance and Statutes, the Senate shall have the f o l l ow i ng powers and duties— (a) to promote research by members of the Un i v e r s i t y; (b) to regulate the admission of persons to approved courses of study and their attendance at such courses; (c) to direct and regulate the instruction and teaching in approved courses of study and to conduct the examinations leading to degrees, diplomas, certificates and other awards of the Un i v e r s i t y; ( d) to make, after report f r om the Faculties concerned, all regulations for giving effect to the Statutes and decrees relating to approved courses of study and examinations ; (e) to appoint internal examiners after report f r om the Boards of Studies concerned; ( f ) to recommend after report f r om the Boards of Studies concerned, external examiners for appointment by the Council; to recommend the conferment of degrees (other than degrees honoris causa) and to award diplomas, certificates and other distinctions; (h) to fix, subject to any conditions made by the donors and accepted by the Council, the times, the mode and the conditions of competition 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 any professorship, readership or senior lectureship and the assignment of any such post to a College; ( j ) to recommend to the Council external experts to serve as members of Boards of Advisers; ( k) to elect members of the Senate to be members of the Council as provided in paragraph (h) of section 11 of the Ordinance; (l) to report to the Council on all Statutes and decrees and proposed changes thereof; (m) to report to the Council on any academic matter; (n) to discuss any matter relating to the University and to report its views to the Council; (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 central activities of the University, and to report thereon to the Council; (q) to formulate, mod i f y, 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 expedience of establishing at any time other Faculties or as to the expediency of abolishing, combining or subdividing any Faculties; (r) to establish, mod i f y, or abolish any Board of Studies and to determine its functions; ( s) to supervise the central library and laboratories; (t) to require any undergraduate or student on academic grounds to terminate his studies at the University; (u) to determine— (i) the academic year, which shall be a period not exceeding twelve consecutive months and (ii) the academic terms wh i ch shall be part of an academic year; (v) to exercise such other powers and p e r f o rm such other duties as the Council may authorize or require. 4. T h e Senate shall hold at least three meetings in each academic year and additionally at any time at the direction of the Chairman or on the written request of any five members of the Senate. 5. Seven days' notice in w r i t i ng of any meeting of the Senate shall be sent by the Registrar to each person entitled to receive notice of the meeting w i th the agenda therefore and no business not on such agenda shall be tran- sacted if the Chairman or any two members present object. 6. T he Senate may make for the proper conduct of its business Standing Orders wh i ch it may amend or rescind by simple majority at any of its meetings provided that not less than seven days' notice has been given in w r i t i ng by the Registrar to members of the Senate of the proposal so to amend or rescind. 7. T he q u o r um at any meeting of the Senate shall be ten. STATUTE 13 The Convocation 1. T he Convocation of the University shall consist of all persons whose names appear on the Convocation roll. 13