Regulations for Divisions

 Composition
 Heads of Division

Composition

1. The Humanities Division shall comprise the following faculties, departments, and subjects:

(1) Chinese Studies;

(2) Classics;

(3) Drawing and Fine Art (Ruskin School);

(4) English Language and Literature;

(5) Medieval and Modern Languages;

(6) History;

(7) Linguistics, Philology, and Phonetics;

(8) Modern Middle Eastern Studies;

(9) Music;

(10) Oriental Studies;

(11) Philosophy;

(12) Theology and Religion.

2. The Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division shall comprise the following faculties and departments:

(1) Chemistry;

(2) Computer Science;

(3) Earth Sciences;

(4) Engineering Science;

(5) Materials;

(6) Mathematics;

(7) Physics;

(8) Plant Sciences;

(9) Statistics;

(10) Zoology;

3. The Medical Sciences Division shall comprise the following faculties and sub-faculty:

(1) Biochemistry;

(2) Clinical Medicine;

(3) Physiological Sciences;

(4) Psychological Studies.

4. The Social Sciences Division shall comprise the following faculties, sub-faculties, departments, and subjects:

(1) Anthropology;

(2) Archaeology;¹

(3) Area Studies;

(4) Development Studies;

(5) Economics;

(6) Education;

(7) Internet Institute;

(8) Law;

(9) Management;

(10) School of Geography and the Environment;

(11) Politics and International Relations;

(12) Social Policy and Intervention;

(13) Sociology;

(14) Blavatnik School of Government.

Heads of Division

5. The head of each division shall be appointed by Council on the recommendation of a selection committee consisting of:

(1) the Vice-Chancellor;

(2), (3) two persons appointed by Council;

(4), (5) two persons appointed by the divisional board;

save that Council may appoint an additional member of a selection committee if such an appointment seems to Council to be desirable.

6. A selection committee shall be appointed on, or in anticipation of, each vacancy in the headship to act on that occasion.

7. (1) A member of a selection committee may resign from that committee in order to offer himself or herself as a candidate for the headship, if he or she does so before the published closing date for the receipt of applications, or if he or she is invited after that date by the other members to do so.

(2) If a member resigns in such circumstances, Council shall nominate a person to act in his or her place for the remainder of the proceedings to fill the vacancy.

8. The head of each division shall have such functions and powers as are or shall be assigned to him or her by the statutes and regulations, or by Council.

9. (1) Subject to the provisions of the statutes and regulations, the head of each division shall be appointed for a period of up to five years on each occasion.

(2) A person who holds, or has previously held, the headship shall be eligible for consideration for a further such appointment.