Cambridge University Council

The Council of the University of Cambridge is, by statute, the principal executive and policy-making body of the University, having responsibility for the administration of the University, for the planning of its work and for the management of its resources. The main constitutional responsibility of the Council is the preparation of Graces for submission to the Regent House, the governing body of the University. The Council is accountable to the Regent House through a variety of statutory checks and balances. It has the right of reporting to the University and is obliged to advise the Regent House on matters of general concern to the University. It performs both functions by authorising notices to be published in the Cambridge University Reporter, its official journal.

Membership

Membership of the council consists of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University (the chancellor, primarily a ceremonial post, is appointed for ten years, while the vice-chancellor is de facto the Chair of the University), nineteen elected members, and four appointed members, divided into classes as follows: ==Present membership==

Present membership

• The Chancellor is not expected to attend meetings By statute the Chair (in law the President) of the Council is the Vice-Chancellor in the absence of the Chancellor, who by convention does not attend meetings of the Council. The Secretary of the Council is the Registrary, the principal administrative officer of the University, who has a statutory duty to keep a record of the proceedings of the University. External members From January 2005, the membership of the council included two external members. The Regent House voted to increase the number of external members from two to four in March 2008, being approved by The Queen in July 2008. ==Meetings==

Meetings

The council normally meets twice per term and twice in the Long Vacation. It now rarely meets in the Council Room at the Old Schools, instead meeting at the offices of Cambridge University Press and Assessment. However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused meetings to be held via Zoom. ==References==

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