The Ordinances - Part 1 Officers of the University
1.1 Appointment of the Chancellor

  1. The Chancellor of the University shall be appointed (or re-appointed) by the Court on the nomination of the Council. The Council shall not make any nomination (or re-nomination) without having considered a report from a committee charged with responsibility for seeking a suitable person for the office of Chancellor.

  2. The Chancellor shall be appointed for a term of five years and be eligible for re-appointment, but shall not normally hold office for periods in excess of ten years.

1.2 Appointment of the Pro-Chancellors

The Pro-Chancellors of the University shall be appointed (or re-appointed) by the Council after consideration of a report from a committee charged with responsibility for seeking a suitable person for the office of Pro-Chancellor. The Council shall not approve any initial appointment recommended by this committee until the Senate has been given the opportunity to comment on it.

1.3 Appointment of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors

  1. The Deputy Vice-Chancellors shall be appointed by the Council, after consideration of a report from the Senate, from among the Professors of the University or those members of the academic staff holding (or having held) the office of Dean of a Faculty in the University.

  2. The arrangements for the tenure of office by the Deputy Vice-Chancellors shall be: an initial appointment for a normal period of three years, with the possibility of reappointment for a second period of one, two or three further years.

  3. One of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors shall act for the Vice-Chancellor during his or her absence or during a vacancy in that office.

  4. The Deputy Vice-Chancellors shall assist the Vice-Chancellor in such matters as the Vice-Chancellor may from time to time decide.

1.4 Appointment of the Deans of the Faculties

  1. The Dean of each Faculty shall be appointed by the Council from among the Professors, Readers and Senior Lecturers in the Faculty, for periods not exceeding five years at a time, after consideration of a report from the Senate and the Board of the Faculty concerned.

  2. The Dean of each Faculty shall be eligible for re-appointment.

  3. If the office of Dean becomes vacant before expiry of the period prescribed by the Council, arrangements shall be put in hand to appoint a new Dean in accordance with these provisions.

  4. During any such vacancy and pending the appointment of a new Dean, the Board of the Faculty may appoint an acting Dean from among the Professors, Readers and Senior Lecturers of the Faculty.