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Section 17 - Powers of the Council

Subject to the Charter and the Statutes the Council shall in addition to all other powers vested in it have the following powers:-

1. To elect a Vice-Chair who shall hold office for three years and shall be eligible for re-election.

2. To appoint the Pro-Chancellor, Deputy Pro-Chancellor, the Treasurer, members of the Council as provided for under Section 16, Clause 1, Class 3, the Auditor or Auditors and the Honorary Legal Consultant.

3. To appoint the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost, Professors, Heads of Departments/ Schools, Readers, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers, Secretary to Council, Librarian, Director of Planning and Academic Administration, and such other Officers of the University as may be found desirable provided that the Council shall not appoint any Vice-Chancellor or Secretary to Council except on the recommendation of the Senate and after considering a report from a Joint Committee of the Council and the Senate or any Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost, Professor, Head of Department/School, Reader, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, Librarian, Director of Planning and Academic Administration or other Academic Officer except on the recommendation of the Senate.

4. To appoint External Examiners on the recommendation of the Senate.

5. To confer after report from the Senate and subject to conditions prescribed by Ordinance the title of Emeritus Professor or Honorary Professor, Reader or Lecturer or other such title.

6. To make Statutes provided that no Statute shall be submitted to the Council until the Senate has had an opportunity of reporting thereon to the Council.

7. To make Ordinances provided that no Ordinances shall be submitted to the Council until the Senate has had an opportunity of reporting thereon to the Council.

8. To make Regulations and to confirm Regulations submitted by the Senate for any matters in respect of which Regulations are or may be authorised to be made.

9. To govern, manage and regulate the finances, accounts, investments, property, business and all affairs whatsoever of the University and for that purpose to appoint bankers and any other officers or agents whom it may deem expedient to appoint and to cause proper books of account to be kept for all sums of money received and expended by the University and for the assets and liabilities of the University so that such books give a true and fair view of the state of the University's affairs and explain its transactions.

10. To invest any moneys belonging to the University including any unapplied income in such stocks, funds, fully paid shares or securities as the Council shall from time to time think fit whether authorised by the general law for the investment of trust moneys or not and whether within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or not or in the purchase of freehold or leasehold hereditaments in the United Kingdom including rents with the like power of varying such investments from time to time provided that the Council may in its discretion retain as long as it shall think fit any investment given or bequeathed to the University although not coming within the description of investments authorised as aforesaid.

11. To sell, buy, exchange, lease and accept leases of real and personal property on behalf of the University.

12. To provide the buildings, premises, furniture and equipment and other means required for carrying on the work of the University.

13. To borrow money on behalf of the University and for that purpose if the Council thinks fit to mortgage or charge all or any part of the property of the University whether real or personal unless the conditions of any Will, Deed or Gift or other similar instrument are thereby contravened and to give such other security whether upon real or personal property or otherwise as the Council thinks fit.

14. To act as guarantor for the payment of any sum or sums of money or the performance of any contract or obligation by any company, body, society or person if it is in the interest of the University so to do.

15. To provide for the welfare of all persons in the employment of the University or formerly in the employment of the University or of the University College of North Staffordshire and the wives, widows and dependants of such persons including the payment of money, pensions or other payments and to subscribe to benevolent and other funds for the benefit of such persons.

16. To enter into, vary, carry out and cancel contracts on behalf of the University.

17. To review the instruction and teaching of the University both internal and extra-mural.

18. To promote and to make provision for research within the University.

19. To review, amend, refer back, control or disallow any act of the Senate required under these Statutes to be reported to the Council and to give directions thereon to the Senate provided that any act of the Senate which is amended by the Council shall be referred again to the Senate for consideration and report before being carried into effect.

20. To refer to the Senate the names of persons proposed as recipients of Honorary Degrees and to approve or disapprove the names of persons proposed by the Senate as recipients of such Degrees provided that no person shall be admitted by the University to an Honorary Degree whose name has not been approved for that purpose both by the Council and by the Senate.

21. To expel after a report from the Vice-Chancellor any Student deemed to have been guilty of grave misconduct.

22. To consider, adjudicate upon and if thought fit redress any grievance of any employee, graduate or Student of the University who may for any reason feel aggrieved.

23. To provide for the welfare the Students.

24. To select a Seal, Arms and a Mace for the University and to have the sole custody of the Seal.

25. To exercise all such powers as are or may be conferred on the Council by the Charter, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations and to carry the Charter, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations into effect and for this purpose to delegate such powers to officers or constituent bodies of the University as may be necessary or desirable for this purpose.

26. To determine the fees to be payable in respect of courses of study and to regulate their collection.