Technological Universities Act 2018
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Functions of academic council | ||
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17. (1) Subject to this section, an academic council shall control the academic affairs of the technological university, including the curriculum of, and instruction and education provided by, the technological university. | ||
(2) In the performance of its functions, an academic council shall— | ||
(a) have regard to the resources available to the technological university, and | ||
(b) be subject to review by the technological university, in a form and at such frequency as may be required by the technological university. | ||
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the functions of an academic council shall include— | ||
(a) designing and developing programmes for the technological university, | ||
(b) supporting the implementation of those programmes, | ||
(c) promoting the involvement, in a programme, of business, enterprise, the professions, the community, local interests and related stakeholders in the region in which the campuses of the technological university are located, | ||
(d) making recommendations to the technological university on programmes for the development of research, | ||
(e) making recommendations to the technological university relating to the selection, admission, retention and exclusion of students, | ||
(f) making recommendations to the governing body regarding the form and content of regulations of a technological university relating to the academic affairs of the technological university including— | ||
(i) the assessment of students and determination of the results of that assessment, and | ||
(ii) procedures for appeals by students relating to the results of assessments, | ||
(g) making recommendations to the technological university for the awarding of fellowships, scholarships, bursaries, prizes or other awards, | ||
(h) making general arrangements for academic counselling including tutorials, | ||
(i) performing any other functions delegated to it by the technological university, and | ||
(j) implementing any regulations of the technological university relating to the functions of the academic council. | ||
(4) In subsection (3)— | ||
“involvement” shall be construed in accordance with section 9 (8); | ||
“programme” means a programme of education and training. |