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The Senatus Academicus superintends and regulates the teaching and discipline of the University and has the power to promote research. The Senatus elects four [[Assessors]], of whom at least one must be a professor and at least one a non-professorial member of the teaching staff, to the University Court. | The Senatus Academicus superintends and regulates the teaching and discipline of the University and has the power to promote research. The Senatus elects four [[Assessors]], of whom at least one must be a professor and at least one a non-professorial member of the teaching staff, to the University Court. | ||
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| + | The establishment of a University Court, chaired by the Rector (elected by the students), and consisting of the Principal, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and of Assessors appointed by the Rector, the Chancellor, the Town Council, General Council, and the Senatus Academicus. The Court's functions were to revise, on appeal, the acts of the Senatus Academicus, to sanction the expenditure by the Senatus of University funds and generally to undertake supervision of the professors. | ||
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Revision as of 13:22, 26 February 2015
The Senatus Academicus superintends and regulates the teaching and discipline of the University and has the power to promote research. The Senatus elects four Assessors, of whom at least one must be a professor and at least one a non-professorial member of the teaching staff, to the University Court.
The Universities (Scotland) Act 1858 largely removed control of university affairs from the Town Council of Edinburgh, investing it in the university itself through the following measures: The establishment of a University Court, chaired by the Rector (elected by the students), and consisting of the Principal, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and of Assessors appointed by the Rector, the Chancellor, the Town Council, General Council, and the Senatus Academicus. The Court's functions were to revise, on appeal, the acts of the Senatus Academicus, to sanction the expenditure by the Senatus of University funds and generally to undertake supervision of the professors.