Board of Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Dentistry

The authority of faculties to establish postgraduate boards of studies is first mentioned in the 1972 Calendar under University By-law Chap VIII, 6. (2)6. (2) (a) Each Faculty may appoint one or more boards of postgraduate studies which shall be responsible for all matters relating to candidature for postgraduate degrees or diplomas.1 (b) Except in the case of a member of the full-time staff, a person who is a candidate for a postgraduate degree or diploma in the Faculty shall not be eligible for appointment to any Board appointed under subsection (2) (a).        a slight change was made to part 6. (2) (a) this and the the new By-laws published in the 1976 Calendar note in Chap VIII 13 (1) that  'Each Faculty may appoint one or more boards of postgraduate studies which shall exercise, in respect of each candidate for a postgraduate degree or diploma, the powers and functions of the Faculty.'With the establishment of the Faculty of Pharmacy from 1 January 2000 the Academic Board at its meeting of 15 December 1999 recommended changes to Senate Resolutions relating to rules governing Pharmacy and faculties and schools the changes impacted on. This included Dentistry. The Academic Board recommended that Senate approve the amendment of the Resolutions of the Senate relating to Faculties and College Boards: Boards of Postgraduate Studies to create a Joint Board of Postgraduate Studies in Dentistry, Medicine and Pharmacy, from 1 January 2000, as set out in the report presented. The amended Senate Resolutions were first published in the 2000 Calendar:5. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) or where the Senate otherwise determines, each faculty or college board shall appoint from its members a board of postgraduate studies which shall exercise in respect of each candidate for a postgraduate degree or diploma the powers and functions of the faculty or college board and shall exercise such other powers and functions in respect of postgraduate degrees and diplomas as the faculty or college board may determine.(2) In the case of the Faculties of Dentistry, Medicine and Pharmacy -(a) a joint board of postgraduate studies in Dentistry, Medicine and Pharmacy shall be appointed which shall exercise in respect of each candidate for a postgraduate degree, diploma or certificate thepowers and functions of each faculty and shall exercise such other powers and functions in respect of postgraduate degrees, diplomas and certificates as each faculty may determine;(b) the membership of this committee shall consist of nominees of the Faculties of Dentistry, Medicine and Pharmacy as determined by resolution of the relevant faculty in consultation with the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Health Sciences);(c) the Chair of the Joint Board of Postgraduate Studies in Dentistry, Medicine and Pharmacy shall be appointed by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences) in consultation with the Deans concerned;(d) postgraduate course advisory committees may be appointed for any or all of the postgraduate courses in each faculty, as the faculty concerned sees fit; and(e) the Joint Board of Postgraduate Studies in Dentistry, Medicine and Pharmacy shall seek the advice of relevant postgraduate course advisory committees before making recommendations to the facultyconcerned regarding curriculum matters.