Governance

The Charter (PDF download) is the founding document presented to the College by HM The Queen when it acquired its present status as a higher education institution in 1990. 

The Statutes (PDF download), which determine the basic framework of the College's governance structure, form the Second Schedule to the Charter. This model is common to virtually all those universities in the UK, which, like the University of London, were founded before 1992.

View a full list of committees including Terms of Reference and minutes: 

• Committees
• Committee Diagram

Ordinances are approved by Council, which is the College's governing body. They contain provisions for decision-making bodies (mainly Academic Board and Departmental Boards), staff employment and research.

The Regulations in force at Goldsmiths are defined by the Ordinance relating to the Procedure for the Creation and Maintenance of Regulations:

• General Regulations
• Assessment Regulations
• Student Accommodation Regulations
• Financial Regulations
• Student Regulations

View a full list of the College's policies and the suggested governance code of practice (published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England) for British HE institutions to which we adhere:

• Policies
• Code of practice
• Employers and public liability insurance 

The information that we, as a public instituton, are required to publish under the Freedom of Information Act (2000):

• Publication Scheme
• HEFCE Wider Information Set
• Financial reports and Statements

View our Retention Schedule, copyright licenses, CCTV Policy and Data Protection Policy:

• Freedom of Information
• Data Protection
• Copyright
• CCTV
• Retention Schedule Implementation

The College's Quality Office manages and oversees policies and procedures to assure the standards of its awards and the quality of learning opportunities and to support the enhancement of learning and teaching.

The Appeals & Complaints Team deal with student matters relating to academic appeals, formal complaints, student conduct, fitness to practise, mediation, and unsatisfactory academic progress.