The University of Paisley (Scotland) Order of Council 1993

Article 8

SCHEDULE 1 POWERS OF THE COURT

Without prejudice to the generality of its powers in the overall management of the University the Court shall have the following powers.

Administration of the Court

A.—(1) To determine the dates, times and places of its meetings, provided always that the Court shall hold at least four ordinary meetings per year and that at all the meetings of the Court nine members shall constitute a quorum.

(2) To draw up a scheme of standing orders to regulate the conduct of business, the notification of meetings, the transmission of agenda and minutes, and the rules for calling extraordinary meetings.

(3) To make such other regulations, byelaws and standing orders as it thinks fit for the exercise of any of its functions.

(4) To determine the form, custody and use of the common seal of the University.

(5) To determine the arrangements to be made for the execution and custody of all deeds and other documents belonging to it, for the deposit of money and the drawing of cheques.

(6) To make provision concerning vacation of the office of governor, to appoint and remove governors from time to time and to determine the method of appointment and removal from the Court.

(7) To appoint, from time to time, such committees of their own number as it deems expedient and to co-opt from outwith the Court to such committees, to regulate the business of the same, and to discharge and discontinue any committee so appointed.

(8) To delegate to any such committees such of its functions as it may consider expedient from time to time.

Academic

B.—(1) To admit students, and to prescribe the conditions for their admission, to all courses whether or not leading to the award of a degree or other academic distinction.

(2) To grant all such degrees, diplomas, certificates and such other academic awards or distinctions as may be granted by the University pursuant to section 48 of the Act and as the Court deems appropriate and to prescribe the conditions of their receipt.

(3) Subject to consultation with the Senate, to grant honorary degrees, fellowships and such other honorary academic distinctions including the titles of emeritus professor, honorary professor, honorary reader and honorary lecturer as it deems appropriate to such persons as fulfil the conditions which it may prescribe for the receipt of such awards.

(4) Subject to consultation with the Senate, to deprive a recipient of a degree, diploma, or any other academic distinction previously conferred by the University.

(5) To publish, print and provide for publication of any results of or other matter arising from or in connection with research and scholarship, to sell or otherwise supply or provide books, stationery and other goods as it deems appropriate.

(6) To institute, maintain and award fellowships, scholarships, studentships, prizes and other aids and encouragements to teaching and research, and to discontinue all such awards, provided that the name of William Bow shall be associated with one or more such awards.

(7) To frame such codes of discipline and regulations as are necessary or desirable for maintaining good order among the students of the University.

(8) To frame such regulations as are necessary or desirable to maintain the academic freedom of staff and students in the University.

Affiliation

C.—(1) To merge with or to form relationships, associations or affiliations with other educational institutions and such other bodies both public and private as may be for the benefit of the University or necessary or desirable to carry out or further the objects of the University.

(2) To initiate, establish or acquire companies, whether charitable or commercial, alone or in association with any other persons or entities for the purpose of or in connection with any of the objects of the University or the functions of the Court.

Financial

D.—(1) To do any of the acts set forth in section 4 of the Trusts (Scotland) Act 1921(1) in so far as the said acts are not at variance with the functions of the Court.

(2) To invest in terms of the powers of investment conferred upon trustees by statute and the common law, provided always that it shall be in the power of the Court to continue to hold for such time as it thinks fit any or all of the property or investments transferred to it by section 9 of the Paisley College of Technology Scheme 1954, or which may be received by it, notwithstanding that the said property or investments may be outwith the said powers of investment.

(3) To receive donations, legacies, annuities, subscriptions and other gifts for the furtherance of its functions provided such donations, legacies, annuities, subscriptions and other gifts shall be applied in accordance with the directions of the respective testators or donors and in the absence of any specific direction relating thereto it shall be in the power of the Court to add any donation, legacy, annuity, subscription or other gift in whole or in part to the capital of the endowment or to apply the said donation, legacy, annuity, subscription or other gift in whole or in part towards defraying the expenditure of the Court in executing its functions.

(4) To receive and expend recurrent and capital funds, to lend money (with or without security), to borrow or raise money and to guarantee and give security for the payment of money or performance of any contract or obligation by the University, by the Court or by any other person, firm, company or body corporate (including any such person or entity associated with the University or the Court); and in exercising this power the Court shall cause accounts to be kept of income and expenditure and shall appoint auditors annually to audit the same.

(5) To levy and receive fees for all services, including the provision of courses (whether or not leading to a degree or other academic distinction) and each and any of the services referred to in article 5(1).

(6) To pay any of its members such financial loss, travelling and subsistence allowances as it thinks fit.

(7) To establish and maintain pension or superannuation schemes or funds for the benefit of, and to give or procure the giving of pensions, allowances, gratuities or emoluments to, any persons who are or were in the employment or service of the University or in whose welfare the University is or has been interested and the husbands, wives, widowers, widows, families, or dependants of, or others designated by, any such persons.

Organisational

E.—(1) To appoint a Chancellor, a principal, a vice-principal and such deputies as may be required from time to time.

(2) To set up such departments, schools, faculties and other units of organisation for teaching and non-teaching staff and to attach thereto such functions, duties and powers as it deems appropriate.

(3) To institute and prescribe the conditions of service of such offices and positions as it deems appropriate, to appoint staff thereto and to discipline and remove staff both teaching and non-teaching, including the principal, either by suspension from or by termination of employment, and to frame such regulations as are necessary or desirable for maintaining good order amongst the staff of the University.

(4) To approve the constitution of, to maintain and liaise with an association representing the students of the University and to grant such sums of monies as it deems fit to any such association.

General

F.—(1) To provide, equip, maintain and promote the development of catering, residential, social and sports facilities, library and teaching support services for students and staff, and such other facilities of any kind as it may deem from time to time appropriate.

(2) To apply for letters patent, patent rights, copyrights, armorial bearings or other such rights alone or in conjunction with others.

(3) To keep a register of graduates of the University and to establish and maintain an association of the alumni of the University and of the former Paisley College of Technology and of any affiliated institution, and of former students of any institution merged with the University.

(4) To build, maintain, repair, restructure, alter, improve, enlarge or demolish any building or other property as it deems appropriate provided the Court shall retain the name “W B Barbour” in connection with a part of the University’s buildings.

(5) To acquire and dispose in any manner whatsoever of property and assets whether heritable property, including leases of heritable property, or moveable property, including shares or other obligations or securities or interests therein, and patents, licences, rights or privileges.

(6) To appoint such professional advisers as it deems appropriate.

(7) To purchase and maintain such insurance as it deems appropriate.

(8) To conduct legal proceedings.

(9) To provide for the indemnification by the University out of the Court’s funds, of each governor, principal, secretary or other officer or member of staff of the University, as it shall determine, against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers or office and to purchase and maintain liability and indemnity insurance for or for the benefit of such persons.

(10) To provide any facilities and to carry on any activities and to do all things which the Court considers necessary or desirable to enable it to carry out its functions or for the purpose of, or in connection with, the exercise of the foregoing powers, or any of them, and the carrying out of the objects of the University.

(1)

1921 c. 58.