Membership
Membership of the Council consists of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the University (the office of Chancellor, which is held for life, is mainly ceremonial, while the Vice-Chancellor is de facto the principal academic and administrative officer), nineteen elected members, and four appointed members, as follows:
- Four Heads of Colleges,
- Four Professors or Readers
- eight from the other members of the Regent House
- three students, of whom at least one is a graduate student
- four external members
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