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		Statute No. 21 -- Affiliated Institutions

Statute No. 21 -- Affiliated Institutions

(approved 7/3/86)

1.	For the purposes of this Statute the following expressions (whether with or without capital letters) shall have the meanings respectively given hereunder:
	'Affiliated Institution' means a college or educational establishment that is affiliated or connected with the University pursuant to Section 25(4)(q) of the Act;
	'Institution' means a college or educational establishment that has applied to become, or is, an Affiliated Institution of the University;
	'Recognised unit' means any unit administered by an Affiliated Institution which has been recognised by the Senate as either:
	(i)	qualifying for admission to the University's examinations, or
	(ii)	as a unit in which the assessment of the student by the Affiliated Institution will be accepted by the Senate as meeting part of the requirements for a degree or diploma granted by the University.
2.	Any references to sections and subsections are references to sections and subsections of this Statute unless otherwise stated.
3.	Any college whether incorporated or not, or any educational establishment wheresoever situated, may apply to be recognised as an Affiliated Institution of the University.
4.	Every such application shall be accompanied by evidence of the educational status of the Institution, and of the permanency of its establishment.
5.	The Senate shall obtain from the Academic Council a report on the educational status of the Institution, and, after receiving the report, shall decide whether the Institution shall be affiliated with the University; such affiliation when granted shall in no case be for a period of more than five years, but may be periodically renewed after report from the Academic Council.
6.	If it is desired that any unit administered by the Institution, taken singularly or in groups, shall be recognised by the University, as equivalent in scope and standard to certain units in the University, or as suitable to be included as part of the work required for a degree or diploma granted by the University:
	(a)	the Institution shall supply to the University a full syllabus of any such unit with details as to the amount of lecture, tutorial, and practical work involved, and the names, qualifications, and experience of the teachers, and the standard of assessment in the Institution concerned if these are to be recognised in lieu of corresponding assessment in the University;
	(b)	the Senate, after receiving the report of the Academic Council on the scope and standard of the units for which recognition is sought, shall decide which units (if any) in the Institution shall be recognised as qualifying units for admission to the University's examinations or as units in which assessment of students by the Institution may be accepted as suitable to form part of the requirements for a degree or diploma granted by the University. Such recognition shall in no case be for a period of more than five years, but may be periodically renewed after report from the Academic Council. The Senate reserves the right of inspecting at any time the buildings and equipment of any Affiliated Institution, and of inquiring into qualifications of its Academic Staff, and may nominate any person or persons for this purpose;
	(c)	recognition of any unit shall cease in the event of a change of the Academic Staff in charge of the unit, or of a change in the scope or standard of the unit , unless such changes are approved by the Academic Council;
	(d)	an Affiliated Institution may from time to time apply for the recognition of further units or assessment. Such application shall be accompanied by the same details as are required in subsection 6(a), and shall be dealt with as provided in subsection 6(b); and
	(e)	the Academic Council shall have power to make from time to time, subject to the approval of the Senate, such rules as it may deem advisable for the admission, registration and control of students attending recognised units in an Affiliated Institution as part of their work for a degree or diploma of the University.
7.	The Senate may at any time stipulate that the recognition of an Institution in pursuance of this Statute is subject to the following:
	(a)	a list being provided annually by the Institution containing the names, qualifications and experience of all those Academic Staff at the Institution involved in the teaching of the recognised units or those units for which recognition is sought; and
	(b)	that all proposals for units, both existing and proposed, be reviewed annually by the Academic Council and any other body that the Academic Council nominates from time to time.

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