S.L. 327.88 Art. 49

(1) Members of the University Assessment Appellate

Board shall be appointed by Senate. Such members shall not be academic members of staff at the home Faculty of the student concerned. They shall declare any interest in or involvement with

(i) the student, or (ii) the accusation prior to the commencement of proceedings, or (iii) both the student and the accusation.

(2) The student shall also, prior to the commencement of proceedings, have the opportunity to challenge the appointment of any member on the University Assessment Appellate Board. Any such challenge shall be made at the latest by the time the student appears before the University Assessment Appellate Board and the student shall be required to provide reasons for such challenge.

(3) Upon any such challenge, the remaining members of the University Assessment Appellate Board shall determine whether the member who was so challenged should continue to sit on the University Assessment Appellate Board. Should the challenge be successful, having consulted with the Legal Office of the University, the member so disqualified from the University Assessment Appellate Board shall be substituted by another person from the list of Substitute Members referred to in paragraph (6) of this regulation.

(4) For the purposes of these regulations, the term ‘Member’ includes a chairperson.

(5) There shall be a Secretary to the University Assessment Appellate Board, appointed by the Rector, to provide all necessary support to such Board.

(6) Senate shall nominate a list of substitute members for the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation, referred to hereafter as ‘Substitute Members’.