Examples of Department Council in a sentence
The Head of the department determines —after hearing the opinion of the Department Council and on the basis of the academic year calendar determined by the UAS Board— the programme calendar with the layout of the academic year, the dates of special activities, exam periods, days without teaching activities in preparation and follow-up of exams, and days on which the examination results are published.
The exam schedule of an exam period is drawn up under the responsibility of the Head of the department, after consultation with the Department Council, and shall be presented to the Ombudsperson for advice at least ten days before being announced.
Before the start of the academic year, the Head of each study programme can supplement these general examination regulations with specific rules and criteria to the extent that they are not in conflict with the law and the general examination regulations, and after advice from the Department Council, and subject to approval of the Director of Education, Research, and Student Policies.
Before the start of the introduction days, each Head of a department can supplement the general education regulations with special rules and criteria, insofar as they do not conflict with the law and the general education regulations, following the advice from the Department Council and subject to approval by the Director of Education, Research, and Student policy.
Department Council: Joint representative body composed of elected students and staff members from a department under the Chairmanship of the Head of the department.