Regulations for conduct

The University, like any other society or collective body, must have rules to be observed by its individual members and these must include sanctions against their infringement. The maintenance of the standards of scholarship, personal integrity and communal life essential to the existence and good name of the University must, however, depend mainly on the responsibility accepted by its members for organising their academic work, their personal lives and their participation in the University community. It depends in particular on their accepting and where necessary helping to enforce the decisions taken by the University as a whole and upon their cooperating with those authorised by the University to take action to ensure that good standards of behaviour are maintained.

Students residing outside the University in rented accommodation or in halls operated by other providers have a responsibility for maintaining a proper regard of their neighbours in the local community and should ensure that they and their guests behave in a considerate and seemly manner in order to maintain the good reputation of the University. Where students share such accommodation this responsibility is both an individual one and a corporate one. The University depends in particular on students accepting and where necessary helping to enforce the decisions taken by the University to take action to ensure that good standards of behaviour are maintained.

Freedom of discussion is basic to a university and all its members must tolerate and protect the expression of unpopular opinions. The right to freedom of speech must not, however, be exercised in ways which adversely affect the rights and freedom of others. The University has adopted a Code of Practice relating to the Freedom of Speech which has the force of these Regulations and to which the same sanctions apply.

The Regulations for Conduct which apply for 2011-12 and the penalties for breaking the rules can be found in Section G of the Calendar. In addition there is a Code of Conduct for those residing in Halls of Residence which supplements these Regulations and which is available to all students in Halls.