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The Academic Council was established in 1973 by direction of the Scottish Education Department.

The Academic Council had responsibility for academic development, maintenance of standards and proper conduct of courses. To some extent, this was a change of title for the Board of Studies which, for many years, had advised the Director on the discharge of such tasks on behalf of the Board of Governors. The Council's main responsibility was the overall planning, co-ordination, development and supervision of the academic work of the School. It discussed major matters of policy and approved the recommendations of its committees.

The Academic Council comprised thirty members: 18 ex officiis including the Director, Deputy Director and heads of departments, four co-opted members including the Senior Tutor and the president of the Students' Representative Council and eight elected members. The full Academic Council met at least once a term. It had various committees and working parties for dealing with matters in detail. The main ones were the General Purposes Committee, the Finance Committee, the Student Progress Committee, the Appointments Committee and the Director's Advisory Committee.

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Authority record created according to the National Council on ArchivesRules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names (NCA Rules)1997 and International Council on Archives: Ad Hoc Committee on Descriptive StandardsInternational Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (ISAAR) CPF1995.

Corporate name authority record compiled by Victoria Peters, research archivist, 18 December 2003.