General Regulations 2010-11

These General Regulations are approved by Council and have effect from 1 September 2010.

Following the abolition of the post of Academic Registrar, General Regulations which previously referred to the duties of that post now refer to a schedule of administrative tasks designated for particular duties by the Registrar and Secretary. A link to the schedule will be published at the bottom of this page during the Summer vacation 2010, together with the corresponding schedule of the tasks of the Pro-Wardens under this Regulation.

The descriptive annotations against the title of each Regulation are merely an editorial aid to navigation, and do not form part of the approved text of the General Regulations.

1 Definitions

2 Students  

3 Admission and enrolment
- including reference to special fitness to practise vetting for programmes preparing students for registered professions

4 Associate Graduate Students

5 Associate Research Students  

6 Fees and charges
- including definition of student categories for fees purposes, students' responsibilities for payment (including payment of fees by instalment) and special charges for such services as late examination entries

7 Debt and Hardship (formerly "Indebtedness to the College")
Normally students who are in debt may not be entered for an examination and may be excluded from the College; in addition, if a final year student they will not receive formal certification of degree results 

8 Withdrawal and refund of fees
This draws the attention of students and others to the formal procedures for withdrawing from a programme

9 Attendance and absence
Outline of the way in which attendance and absence are formally recorded

10 Changes to and interruptions of programme
This draws the attention of students and others to the formal procedures for making a change to or interrupting a programme, including the financial consequences, in terms of fee payments, of failing to follow the prescribed time limits

11 Tutorial system
The personal tutorial system is intended to support all students on award-bearing programmes and to promote their academic and personal well-being 

12 Student progress review and appeals
Students may be dismissed or suspended for unsatisfactory academic progress or examination performance, or required to repeat a year of study.

13 Student discipline (with links to procedures for Disciplinary and Appeals Committees)
This relates to the action to be taken by the College against students whose behaviour prejudices good order (eg disruption to teaching)

14 Student complaints (linked to Complaints Committee procedure)
This covers both informal and formal levels of complaint by students, of both academic and non-academic nature

15 Communications by students  
- including the obligation of students to notify changes of address since last enrolment to the appropriate office of the central administration (currently the Student Records office in the Student Services Department)

16 Legislation  

17 Computer misuse

18 Copyright
- including permitted and prohibited photocopying

19 Information Compliance and Records Management  (formerly "Data Protection and Freedom of Information")
On joining the College, all new students and staff must formally acknowledge the various ways in which Goldsmiths routinely processes staff and student data: this Regulation gives authority to the policies which define staff obligations, as well as protecting the legal rights of both staff and students

20 Drugs
- concerning use of prohibited drugs on Goldsmiths premises

21 Freedom of speech
- concerning arrangements to ensure that freedom of speech is not denied unlawfully to individuals or groups

22 Health and safety
- concerning obligations for both staff and students

23 IT Services
- concerning obligations for both staff and student users of IT systems (see also the Regulation on Computer misuse)

24 Library
- concerning obligations for both staff and students

25 Student accommodation
- refers to the separate Regulations for Student Accommodation and the means by which they are approved

26 Prizes

27 Examinations
More specific information can be found in the Programme Regulations, and in information published by the Assessments Office in the Student Services Department

28 Student reports and references

29 Graduate employment

30 Determination of term dates  

31 Communications with Student Applicants

32 Intellectual property
- which applies mainly to staff, but may have occasional relevance to students

33 Limits on the College's obligations to students
- including the implications for the College's obligations in cases of force majeure (ie disruptive events outside the control of the College), and responsibilities in the event of closure of advertised programmes

Announcement by the Warden:
Pro-Wardens' Tasks under Regulations 2010-11

Announcement by the Registrar and Secretary:
Administrative Tasks under Ordinances & General Regulations 2010-11