Governance/Legal framework development, University College, Dundee

University College, Dundee

Governance

Legal framework development

Governors

Council

Secretary

The constitution of the college was set up in a deed of endowment and trust dated December 1881, by Miss Mary Ann Baxter of Balgavies and John Boyd Baxter of Craigtay, Dundee. It was modelled on that of a joint-stock company, providing for trustees, governors, council and education board. Responsibility for developing the legal framework of the college rested with the council and the governors, with administrative support provided by the secretary. The ultimate authority to alter or make new regulations rested with the governors as the supreme governing body.

The constitution of the college remained unchanged after the affiliation and partial incorporation with St. Andrews University in 1897. Despite an investigation and recommendations for reorganisation, it remained the same until 1953 when the University of St. Andrews Act dissolved the governing bodies of the college and placed its government in the hands of the remodelled court of St. Andrews. The teachers and students of the college were formed into a society designated Queen's College, Dundee.

Deed of endowment 1881 Ref: GB 0227 UYDC 110
 

Governors' minutes 1882-1952 Ref: GB 0254 UR-UCD 3/2
 

Council minutes and papers 1882-1954 ref: GB 0254 Recs A/98-113
 

Legal papers and correspondence concerning formation of college c.1877-1882 ref: GB 0254 Recs A/261
 

Legal and administrative papers of William Arnot Watterston, (solicitor, Dundee) college secretary 1881-1909 ref: GB 0254 Recs A/727
 

Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889. Draft ordinances with some related papers 1889 ref: GB 0254 Recs A/725
 

Agreement for union of college and University of St. Andrews February 1890 ref: GB 0254 Recs A/260/4/1
 

Letter from J.M. Anderson, Edinburgh to Principal William Peterson, concerning dispute over legal status between University College, Dundee, and University of St. Andrews 12 May 1894 ref: GB 0254 Recs A/726/4
 

Copy opinion of J.A. Clyde and H.P. Macmillan as to provisions contained in Ordinance No. 46 and scheduled agreement with reference to status and powers of University College, Dundee 11 February 1913 ref: GB 0254 Recs A/260/4/8
 

Documents relating to Lord Cooper's inquiry into university education in Dundee (1949) and royal commission on university education in Dundee (1951) 1949, 1951 ref: GB 0254 Recs A/766
 

University of St. Andrews Act, 1953 1953 ref: GB 0254 Recs A/716/1
 

Title of function/activity taken from Elizabeth Parker's Function Activity Model (report compiled for JISC). Function and activity description compiled according to GASHE's Standard for Creating Function and Activity Descriptions.