On 16 August 2023 the Vice-Chancellor approved on behalf of Senate revisions to the constitution of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences as set out in Ordinance 7 Academic Bodies, section 7.1(5)(c), to reflect the reconfiguration of five departments (Applied Linguistics, CTE, CLL, CEDAR (CIDD from 1 August 2023) and DES) to form the School of Education, Learning and Communication Sciences (SELCS) with effect from 1 August 2023.

The revisions were confirmed on 21 August 2023 by the Chair of Council on behalf of the Council and the updates came into immediate effect.

On 13 June 2023 the Council confirmed, on the recommendation of the Senate, the proposed revisions to Ordinance 9: Remove section 9(4) relating to Honorary Masters as no longer required.

On 28 June 2023 the Senate approved with immediate effect amendments to Regulation 23: Student Disciplinary Offences, following two legal judgments which had set case law precedents relating to legal representation and testing the evidence, and therefore needed to be reflected in the regulation.

These changes will be noted by the Council on 13 July 2023.

On 17 May 2023 the Council confirmed, on the recommendation of the Senate, the proposed revisions to Ordinance 7: Academic Bodies, to reflect the creation of the roles of Deputy Chair (Education) and Deputy Chair (Research) within the membership of the Board of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

On 26 April 2023 the Senate approved revisions to Regulation 34: Determination of Fitness to Practise to remove references to the Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy which has been discontinued.

These updates took place with immediate effect and will be noted by the Council at its meeting in May 2023.