 ug council ug council the university of guyana council in general the council shall be the governing body of the university and shall exercise all the powers described under powers of the council  powers of the council statute 13 subject to the act and these statutes the council shall be the governing body of the university and shall exercise all the powers thereof without prejudice to the generality of its powers the council shall in particular exercise the following powers to make the appointments authorized by the statutes on the recommendation of the academic board to institute confirm abolish or hold in abeyance any professorship associate professorship or other academic office in the university to confer after report from the academic board the title of emeritus professor or honorary professor honorary associate professor or fellow to govern manage and regulate the finances accounts investments property business and all affairs whatsoever of the university and for that purpose to appoint bankers and any other officers or agents whom it may deem expedient to appoint to invest any monies belonging to the university including any unapplied income in such stocks funds fully paid shares or securities as the council may from time to time thinks fit whether authorized by the general law for the investment of trust monies or not or in the purchase of property whether movable or immovable with the like power of varying such investments from time to time by sale or reinvestment or otherwise provided that the council may in its discretion retain as long as it shall think fit any investment given or bequeathed to the university although not falling within the description of investments authorized as aforesaid to sell buy exchange lease grant or take on lease movable and immovable property on behalf of the university tto borrow money on behalf of the university and for that purpose if the council thinks fit to mortgage or charge all or any part of the property of the university whether movable or immovable unless the conditions of any will deed or gift or other similar instrument are thereby contravened and to give such other security whether upon movable or immovable property or otherwise as the council thinks fit to receive from the academic board estimates of expenditure required to carry out the work of the university and to seek to provide the requisite money in so far as the estimates are approved by the council to provide for the welfare of all persons in the employment of the university and the spouses and dependents of such persons including the payment of money pensions or other payments and to subscribe to benevolent and other funds for the benefit of such persons to enter into vary carry out and terminate contracts on behalf of the university to select a seal arms and mace for the university and to have the sole custody and use of the seal to promote and to make provision for research within the university to determine the terms and conditions of service upon which examiners and visiting assessors shall be appointed by the academic board to take into consideration and if the council deems it proper to do so give effect to reports from the academic board on those matters upon which the academic board is authorised or required by these statutes to make reports to award honorary degrees on the proposal of the academic board to dismiss any member of the staff of the university pursuant to the procedure hereinafter prescribed  council members are   name  1 prof edward greene cch university chancellor council member 2 prof paloma mohamed aa university vicechancellor xi council member 3 dr c nigel gravesande university registrar secretary 4 dr troy thomas dean faculty of natural sciences nominee ug academic board 5 dr lawrence lewis dean faculty of agriculture and forestry nominee ug committee of deans 6 professor patsy francis director ugirie nominee university of guyana staff association 7 ms somattie sayrange nominee alumni association 8 dr ivor english nominee guyana trades union congress 9 mr vincent alexander nominee opposition party apnu afc  10 dr laurette bristol chancellor s nominee 11 mr samuel goolsarran chancellor s nominee 12 dr mildred gracia american association of state colleges and universities chancellor s nominee 13 mr paul davidson president executive committee universities canada chancellor s nominee 14 sara bharrat council alternate for alumni  webmaster fri 8182023 1042  