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25-519: (Redirected from General Council ) General council may refer to: Education [ edit ] General council (Scottish university) , an advisory body to each of the ancient universities of Scotland General Council of the University of St Andrews , the corporate body of all graduates and senior academics of the University of St Andrews Medicine [ edit ] General Dental Council ,

50-582: A United Kingdom organisation which regulates all dental professionals in the country General Medical Council , the regulator of the medical profession in the United Kingdom General Optical Council , an organisation in the United Kingdom that regulates opticians and optometrists Politics and government [ edit ] Crow Tribal General Council , a tribal assembly comprising all enrolled members of

75-713: A decision body of the Trades Union Congress which meets every two months General Council (WTO) , the highest decision-making body after the Ministerial Conference in the World Trade Organization Religion [ edit ] General council (Christianity) , a meeting of the bishops of a whole church convened to discuss and settle matters of church doctrine General Council of the Assemblies of God ,

100-548: A dispute between the professors and Edinburgh Town Council, ending in the courts, that led to the Royal Commission on the Universities and Colleges of Scotland , established in 1826. This commission reported in 1831 after exhaustive work and recommended that university courts look after administrative and financial matters, while academic senates would determine matters related to teaching. The conversion of

125-434: A good way to identify potential new members of court. The university is keen to maintain a dialogue with graduates. There is the possibility in future that digital communications may assist members who are spread around the world to contribute. The activities general councils now mainly consider the longer-term future of each university and promote their histories and cultures. University court A university court

150-514: A parliamentary vote for graduates and this indeed came to pass. The Scottish universities elected three members of Parliament up until the abolition of pluralism in the Act of 1948. In 1857 Lorimer was invited to draft what was to become the Universities (Scotland) Act 1858 , which established the court , senate and general council structure. Today, general councils are generally limited in

175-400: A private act of that year, when an earlier act dealing with them and applicable till then only to Oxford University, was extended to Cambridge University. Before 1891, women of 'light character', who had been convicted of consorting with or soliciting members of the university in statu pupillari , were detained in a house of correction called the ' Spinning House ', but in that year a conviction

200-410: Is president of the council. The business of each council is to take into consideration all questions affecting the well-being and prosperity of each university, and to make representations from time to time on such questions to the university court , who shall consider the same, and return to the council their deliverance thereon. Each council elects assessors to the university court. No member of

225-590: Is an administrative body of a university in the United Kingdom . In England 's Oxbridge such a court carries out limited judicial functions; whereas in Scotland it is a university's supreme governing body, analogous to a board of directors or a board of trustees . In the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge , courts of inferior jurisdiction, administering principles of justice founded on

250-418: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages General council (Scottish university) The Act of 1858 established a tripartite structure of the general council ( advisory body ), university court ( finance and administration ), and academic senate ( academic affairs ). The chancellor of each university is elected by the general council and

275-452: The senatus academicus is entitled to vote or take part in the election of any assessor of the general council (the senate elects its own assessors to the court). Under the Universities (Scotland) Act 1966 , new ordinances and resolutions are communicated in draft form to the general council, whose opinion thereon is taken into consideration. The general council s of the four ancient universities in Scotland are advisory bodies to

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300-551: The Privy Council of the United Kingdom , determines the constitution of its court, with members coming from within each university, the local community and beyond. At an ancient university the court is chaired by the rector , who ranks third after the chancellor and vice-chancellor , is elected by all the matriculated students of each university. Members are also appointed by the general council , academic senate and local authority . At more modern universities there

325-516: The canon and civil law , but later defined and limited by the common law . At Oxford University, the judge of the chancellor's court is the vice-chancellor, who is his deputy or assessor; the court has had since 1244 civil jurisdiction, to the exclusion of the king's courts, in all matters and suits wherein a scholar or privileged person of the university is one of the parties, except in actions relating to freehold . It had also, from 1290 downwards, jurisdiction of all injuries and trespasses against

350-463: The 19th century. The universities at that time suffered from varying degrees of difficulty. Glasgow was relatively successful. It was felt that Aberdeen would benefit from the union of its two institutions. St Andrews was slowly recovering from the lean times of the 18th century but still had problems with dilapidated buildings. It was the problems of government at the University of Edinburgh :

375-624: The Crow Nation General Council of Bucharest , the legislative body of the Municipality of Bucharest General councils of France , the legislative bodies of the departments of France, which since March 2015 are officially called Departmental Councils (French: Conseils départementaux, sing. Conseil départemental) General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain , the autonomous institution which governs all

400-411: The commission's report into legislation was much delayed by political expediency. During this time the alumni of the universities, led by James Lorimer , began to push for reforms beyond those of the commission, including giving the graduates some voice in the government of the universities. The creation of a corporate body of graduates would enhance the value of graduation and introduce young minds to

425-593: The formal name of a Pentecostal denomination. General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America , in existence from 1867 to 1918 Other [ edit ] General Social Care Council , a public body which has responsibility for registering and regulating social workers and social care workers See also [ edit ] General Teaching Council (disambiguation) General counsel Topics referred to by

450-497: The issues to which it can competently contribute since its response time is essentially the six months between meetings. The royal commission of 1876 appointed to investigate the results of the act of 1858 found that "the attendance at the meetings of Council is relatively very small," and the same comment is applicable today. The University of St Andrews takes the winter meeting to other venues than St Andrews has been reasonably successful in boosting attendances. These meetings can be

475-610: The judicial instances of Spain General Council of Mayotte , a legislature General Council of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon , a dependency legislature General Council of Scotland , late 14th century - early 16th century, a sister institution to the Scots Parliament General Council (Andorra) , the unicameral parliament of Andorra Grand and General Council , the parliament of San Marino Trade [ edit ] General Council (TUC) ,

500-479: The peace, mayhem and felony excepted, but since the Summary Jurisdiction Acts this is possibly no longer exercisable. The criminal jurisdiction of Cambridge University in cases where any person not a member of the university is a party has ceased, and its jurisdiction over 'light women' (i.e. prostitutes ), which was founded on a charter and statute of Elizabeth, was taken away in 1894 by

525-475: The requirement to "take into consideration all questions affecting the well-being and prosperity of the University" and "make representations from time to time on such questions to the University Court". These activities are carried out by half-yearly meetings whilst a Business Committee prepares the papers put forward to these meetings. The origins of the general council lie in the reforming spirit of

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550-439: The respective university whose membership is all the graduates and academics of the university. The most significant functions of the general council is appointing people to serve on the university court (the governing body of each university), of whom there must be at least four, and of electing the chancellor . The chancellor is the titular head of the university and serves for life. Its terms of reference also include

575-411: The running of the universities. In addition, such a body would, "be a means for inducing those alumni who become prosperous and influential, to promote the interests of institutions with which they had thus all along continued to be connected." By this Lorimer had in mind the endowment of the universities by wealthy graduates. Others, loosely connected with Lorimer's group, saw the possibility of securing

600-427: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title General council . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_council&oldid=1172709517 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

625-521: Was held bad. All jurisdiction over non-university matters was removed from both the Oxford and Cambridge courts by the Administration of Justice Act 1977 . The university courts were first established for the ancient universities by the Universities (Scotland) Act 1858 and they are responsible for the finances and administration of each university. Each university, subject to approval by

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