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Structure regulations

(as referred to in Article 3, paragraph 2, of the Statutes of Stichting Katholieke Universiteit)

Established for the first time by the Board of Trustees of Stichting Katholieke Universiteit by resolution on 5 January 1978, amended in the interim, as stated in the appendix to these regulations, last amended by a resolution of the Board of Trustees of Stichting Katholieke Universiteit, ratified by the Supervisory Board of Stichting Katholieke Universiteit in a resolution dated* 2021.

CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Article 1

  1. Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen shall bear the name uu77 Nijmegen.
  2. The university shall perform its tasks in accordance with the agreements set out in Article 2 of the Statutes of Stichting Katholieke Universiteit, hereinafter referred to as the Statutes.

Article 2

  1. In these regulations, ‘the Act’ shall be understood to mean the Higher Education and Research Act (WHW).
  2. The provisions under or by virtue of statutory provisions that apply to the university as conditions for funding shall apply, or apply mutatis mutandis, insofar as not provided otherwise in these regulations.
  3. Where these regulations refer to persons in the masculine form, this should also be read in the feminine form.

CHAPTER II THE MANAGEMENT AND STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY

Section 1. The governance of the university

 

Article 3    The Executive Board

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the Statutes, the Executive Board is charged with managing and administrating the University in its entirety and is the head of the faculty, without prejudice to the Supervisory Board’s statutory authorities.

Article 4    Composition of the Executive Board/appointment and termination of Executive Board members

  1. The Executive Board is comprised of three members, including the Rector of the University. The working method, composition, appointment (term), suspension without pay and dismissal of the Executive Board is regulated in Title II.1 of the Statutes.
  2. Before the Supervisory Board appoints or dismisses a member of the Executive Board, it shall confidentially consult the Executive Board, the Board of Directors of Radboud university medical center, the deans of the faculties and the University Joint Assembly. Hearings shall be conducted at such a time that they can have a significant effect on decision-making.
  3. The Executive Board meetings shall be behind closed doors.

Article 5    Accountability

The Executive Board is accountable to the Supervisory Board and provides it with the information it requests to that end.

Article 6    Management and Administration Regulations

To further regulate the administration, management and organisation of the university, the Executive Board shall adopt Management and Administration Regulations. These regulations include further rules regarding the appointment of the dean and vice dean, the manner of nomination and appointment of the Rector Magnificus, and further regulations regarding the task, composition and manner of appointment of the Doctorate Board.

Article 7    Guidelines for deans

The Executive Board may adopt guidelines with a view to the organisation and coordination of the exercise of the powers referred to in Article 14, paragraph 3 and Article 15, paragraph 1 of these regulations.

Article 8    Internal regulations and disciplinary measures

  1. The Executive Board may issue regulations and take measures with respect to the proper conduct of affairs in the buildings and on the premises of the institution. Such measures may include denying the person who has violated the said regulations access to all or part of these buildings or grounds for a period not exceeding one year, or terminating their enrolment for the same period.
  2. If the person violating the regulations referred to in the first paragraph causes serious nuisance inside the buildings and on the grounds of the institution and has not ceased this nuisance even after a reminder by or on behalf of the Executive Board, the Executive Board may permanently deny them access to the institution or terminate their enrolment.

Article 9    Council of Deans

  1. The Council of Deans is the Doctorate Board, as referred to in Article 9.10 of the Act and Article 6 of these Regulations.
  2. The composition and duties of the Council of Deans are laid down in the Management and Administration Regulations.

Section 2 The faculties

 

Article 10    Education and academic practice

The provision of education and the practice of academia shall take place within the faculty. At the head of the faculty is the Faculty dean.

Article 11    Faculties

The university includes the following faculties:
a.    the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, of which the Faculty of Theology is a part,
b.    the Faculty of Arts,
c.    the Faculty of Law,
d.    the Faculty of Medical Sciences,
e.    the Faculty of Science,
f.    the Faculty of Social Sciences,
g.    the Nijmegen School of Management.

Article 12    Degree programmes

  1. The Management and Administration Regulations set out the degree programmes established in the faculties.

Article 13    Special provisions for Theology

  1. The Faculty of Theology is subject to special regulations as referred to in Article 3, paragraph 2, under c, of the Statutes, which shall be adopted and, if necessary, amended by the Grand Chancellor at the proposal of the dean of this Faculty, to whom the proposals shall be forwarded through the intermediary of the Executive Board.
  2. Insofar as no special provisions referred to in the preceding paragraph apply, the provisions laid down in or pursuant to these regulations shall apply without prejudice with regard to said faculty.

Article 14    Dean, duties and powers; Faculty Regulations

  1. The dean is charged with the general management of the faculty. The dean shall also be charged with the administration and organisation of the Faculty in terms of its education and the practice of science.
  2. The dean shall contribute to the administration of the university by, among other things, consulting with the Executive Board regarding the preparation of the institutional plan and the budget.
  3. Without prejudice to Article 7, the dean shall adopt Faculty Regulations to further regulate the administration and organisation of the faculty. These regulations require the approval of the Executive Board and the prior consent of the Faculty Joint Assembly referred to in Article 40. The approval of the Board may only be withheld on the grounds of violation of the law or the general interest.
  4. If, within a period of time determined by the Executive Board, the Faculty Regulations have not been adopted or not fully adopted, the Executive Board shall adopt the regulations or the missing portion thereof.
  5.  Notwithstanding the provisions of the third paragraph, the administration and organisation of the Faculty of Medical Sciences shall be included in the Administrative Regulations of Radboud university medical center. These regulations shall be adopted by the Board of Directors of Radboud university medical center, subject to the prior approval of the Executive Board with regard to university matters.

Article 15    Other duties and powers of the dean

The dean is further charged with
a.    establishing the Education and Examination Regulations as well as their regular appraisal,
b.    establishing the general guidelines for the pursuit of scientific practice,
c.    establishing the faculty’s annual research programme,
d.    supervising the implementation of the Education and Examination Regulations and the annual research programme, as well as regularly reporting on this to the Executive Board,
e.    setting up the Examining Boards and the committee referred to in Article 7.29, paragraph 1 of the Act, as well as appointing the members of these committees,
f.    implementing Articles 7.8b and 7.9 of the Act, except for the designation of the degree programmes referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 7.8b and paragraph 1 of Article 7.9 of the Act.
g.    establishing further rules regarding the manner in which exemption, as referred to in Article 7.25, paragraph 4, 7.28, paragraphs 2 to 4 and 7.29, paragraph 1 of the Act, can be obtained,
h.    implementing Article 7.30c of the Act,
i.    concluding a joint regulation for the benefit of one or more study programmes with one or more deans from other faculties, all subject to the provisions of Article 36 of these Regulations,
j.    adopting procedures and criteria for the recognition of acquired competences,
k.    the nomination of a doctorate honoris causa to the Doctorate Board.

Article 16    Vice deans

  1. The dean shall be assisted by at least one and not more than three vice deans.
  2. The Faculty Regulations shall govern the replacement of the dean by a vice dean.
  3. The vice dean is accountable to the dean.

Article 17    Appointment of a dean/vice dean

  1. The Executive Board appoints, suspends and dismisses deans and vice deans.
  2. The key tenets of the appointment procedure of deans and vice deans are regulated in the Management and Administration Regulations.

Article 18    Administrative Director

The dean shall appoint an Administrative Director with the prior approval of the Executive Board.

Article 19    Faculty Board

  1. The dean, together with the vice deans and the Administrative Director, shall constitute the Faculty Board.
  2.  Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 21, the Faculty Regulations govern the duties and powers of the Faculty Board.

Article 20    Student assessor

  1. The dean shall appoint a student assessor on the recommendation of the faculty student council, each time for a period of one year.
  2. The student assessor attends the meetings of the relevant Faculty Board and may express an advisory opinion on them.

Article 21    Accountability and duty to report and inform

  1. The dean is accountable to the Executive Board. They shall provide the Board with the information requested pertaining to the Faculty.
  2. The dean, upon request and of their own accord, shall advise the Executive Board on matters concerning the faculty.

Section 3.    The Faculty of Medical Sciences

 

Article 22    Management and administration of the Faculty of Medical Sciences

  1. The general management of the Faculty of Medical Sciences is assigned by the Executive Board to Radboud university medical center’s Board of Directors with the exception of (the direction of) education, research and the organisation of the examinations.
  2. In accordance with university regulations, the dean manages the faculty and is responsible for education, research and the organisation of the examinations, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 26.1 of these regulations.
  3. The Board of Directors shall perform the tasks arising from the assignment referred to in the first paragraph of this article with due observance of the provisions of Article 2 of the Statutes of the Stichting Katholieke Universiteit.

Article 23    The collaboration between uu77 and Radboud university medical center concerning the Faculty of Medical Sciences

  1. The Executive Board and the Board of Directors shall establish a Joint Regulation pertaining to the Faculty of Medical Sciences.
  2. The Joint Regulation provides for the establishment of a joint policy body, the Board of Executive Cooperation (CBS).

Article 24    Obligations of the Radboudumc Executive Board

In particular, the Executive Board shall:

  • draw up and implement a multi-year policy plan for the faculty; components concerning education, research, the organisation of examinations and themes directly related to them are drawn up at the initiative and under the responsibility of the dean; the policy plan is submitted by the Board of Directors to the Executive Board for adoption;
  • draw up a separate (draft) budget and the faculty’s (draft) annual financial report in a timely manner each year;
  • implement personnel policy and management

 

Article 25    Duties of the Executive Board

For the purpose of carrying out the assignment referred to in Article 22, the Executive Board makes financial resources available to the Board of Directors each year, in addition to the resources passed on to the Radboud university medical center for the purpose of the workplace function, in accordance with the budget approved by the Executive Board as referred to in Article 24 of these regulations.

Article 26    Decision-making on education, research and the organisation of examinations

Administrative orders concerning education, research and the organisation of examinations shall remain reserved for the dean and shall be taken by the dean in concert with the other members of the Board of Directors.

Article 27    Intellectual property, valorisation and publications

  1. Unlike copyrights, intellectual property rights arising from scientific research are property of the university.
  2. The manner in which uu77 Nijmegen and Radboud university medical center deal with the results of scientific research and the distribution of revenue from the exploitation of patents is set down in the ‘General rules for the protection and exploitation of knowledge of uu77 Nijmegen and Radboud university medical center’ and the ‘Subregulation on the distribution of patent revenue’ respectively.
  3. The part of the valorisation revenue referred to in the ‘General rules for the protection and exploitation of knowledge of uu77 Nijmegen and Radboud university medical center’, as well as in point 4.3 of the ‘Subregulation on the distribution of patent revenue’, benefits the faculty rather than the general university funds. When the net result of the valorisation revenue is exceptionally high, it will be mutually agreed whether part of this result will be spent in another way within the university. Valorisation revenue that benefits a research group or the faculty will be accounted for in the faculty’s annual financial statements.
  4. Publications resulting from scientific research are offered with the reference ‘uu77 Nijmegen Medical Centre’, the name of the research institute concerned and, if desired, one optional addition.

Article 28    Spin offs

The Executive Board and the Board of Directors shall make further agreements concerning the policy and organisation pertaining to spin offs and under what legal entity (or entities) the spin offs shall be accommodated.

Article 29    Students

  1. The university handles the recruitment of students.
  2. Students register with the university for a study programme at the Faculty of Medical Sciences.

Article 30 Staff working for the faculty

  1. The uu77 Medical Center Foundation is the official employer of all staff working at Radboud university medical center, including staff working for the faculty.
  2. Analogous with Article 12.16 paragraph 5 of the Act, the Board of Directors, in agreement with the Executive Board, shall draw up an action statement for the faculty’s academic staff, which shall at least determine the manner in which the mutual powers shall be exercised with regard to these persons.
  3. The Executive Board shall appoint and dismiss tenured professors with due observance of the provisions of paragraph 1.

 Article 31    Accountability

  1. Without prejudice to the relevant provisions elsewhere in these Regulations, the Executive Board or the dean, as the case may be, are accountable to the Executive Board with respect to the provisions of Article 22.1 or Article 22.2 of these Regulations.
  2. The Board of Directors shall give an account of the funds spent or received on behalf of the university in the execution of its mission to the Executive Board and shall render an account of the manner in which it has completed this mission.
  3. The Executive Board and the dean, together with the other members of the Board of Directors, shall consult at least twice a year regarding the budget, financial statements and achievement of agreements from the preceding year.
  4. The dean shall provide the Executive Board with all data and information necessary for the execution of its tasks in the fields of academic higher education, research and the organisation of examinations.

Section 4 The organisation of the education and research

 

Article 32    Educational institutes

  1. The study programmes within a faculty shall be housed in one or more educational institutes.
  2. The management of an educational institutes rests with a director to be appointed by the dean. As a general rule, the director shall be a professor. The director cannot simultaneously be dean and director of a research institute, or member of a programme committee.
  3. The director is in charge of the organisation and coordination of education within the institute and advises the dean with respect to educational policy.
  4. The duties and powers of the directors and the setup of the educational institutes are further regulated in the Faculty Regulations.

Article 33    Programme Committee

  1. Each study programme has a programme committee. Notwithstanding the above, a single programme committee can also be established for a number of study programmes together.
  2. Each programme committee is responsible for the following tasks:
    a.    issuing advice on the Education and Examination Regulations, as set out in Article 15,
    b.    assessing annually the method for implementing the Education and Examination Regulations and
    c.    issuing upon request or at its own initiative, advice to the dean and the director of the relevant educational institutes on all matters concerning teaching in the relevant study programme(s).
  3. Any deviation from the advice of a programme committee will be justified with reasons. The programme committee may request the relevant body to reconsider the administrative order in question.
  4. The Faculty Regulations set out the composition of the programme committee as well as how the members are appointed, with the proviso that half of the total number of committee members are enrolled as students in the relevant programme(s).

Article 34    Examining Boards

  1. The dean sets up an Examining Board for every programme and guarantees the independent and expert functioning of this Examining Board. Notwithstanding the above, a single Examining Board can also be established for a number of study programmes together.
  2. The Examining Board is responsible for the organisation and coordination of the examinations within the study programme or group of study programmes concerned.
  3. The dean appoints the members of the Examining Board after consulting the other members of the board.

Article 35    Research institutes

  1. As a rule, research within a faculty is carried out in one or more research institutes.
  2. The management of an research institute rests with a director to be appointed by the dean. As a general rule, the director shall be a professor. The director cannot be simultaneously a dean or director of an educational institute.
  3. The director is in charge of the organisation and coordination of research within the institute and advises the dean with respect to research policy.
  4. The duties and powers of the directors and the organisation of the research institutes, as well as the way in which research not housed in a research institute is coordinated, are further regulated in the Faculty Regulations.

Article 36    Collaboration between faculties

  1. In order to promote cooperation between faculties, a dean, together with one or more other deans, may establish units, by joint regulation, to which certain tasks and powers in the field of education or the practice of science are assigned. The joint regulation shall require the approval of the Executive Board.
  2. For the purpose of cooperation between one or more faculties of the university on the one hand and one or more faculties of other universities on the other hand, units may be established by joint regulation, entered into by the Executive Board, to which certain tasks and powers in the field of education or scientific practice are assigned.

Article 37    Educational and research institutes outside the faculty structure

The Executive Board may establish educational and research institutes within the university that operate outside the faculty structure in whole or in part. The administration, management and organisation of these institutes shall be regulated in the Management and Administration Regulations.

Article 38    Professors

  1. The professor is primarily responsible for the development of the field of science assigned to him and for the content of the education to be offered in that field, without prejudice to the powers of the director of a educational institute as referred to in Article 32.
  2. The decision appointing the professor shall specify the field of academia in which the professor carries out their teaching and research tasks.
  3. Honourably dismissed professors shall retain the right to act as PhD supervisors for a period of five years after their dismissal.
  4. Professors are entitled to use the title of Professor. Former professors whose appointment has ended as a result of reaching the age limit for the position, resignation for health reasons or voluntary early retirement remain entitled to use the title of Professor.

CHAPTER III    PARTICIPATIONAL STRUCTURE

Article 39    Participational bodies at the central level of the university

  1. Employee participation within the university is exercised through a Works Council as referred to in the Works Councils Act, a Student Council and a University Joint Assembly composed of the Works Council and the Student Council.
  2. The Executive Board shall adopt the regulations of the Student Council. The regulations require the prior consent of two-thirds of the members of the Student Council. These regulations lay down the Council’s duties and powers, as well as the rules and procedures governing elections and dispute settlement.
  3. The Executive Board adopts the regulations from the University Join Assembly of the Works Council and the Student Council. The regulations require the prior consent of two-thirds of the number of members of the University Joint Assembly. This regulation sets out the tasks and powers of the University Joint Assembly, as well as a dispute settlement procedure.

Article 40    Participational structure at the faculty level

  1. The participational structure within a faculty is exercised by (a subcommittee of) the Works Council, a Faculty Student Council, and a Faculty Joint Assembly of (the subcommittee of) the Works Council and Faculty Student Council.
  2. The Executive Board shall adopt the regulations of the Faculty Student Council. The regulations require the prior consent of two-thirds of the members of the Student Council. These regulations lay down the duties and powers of the Faculty Student Councils, as well as the rules and procedures governing elections and dispute settlement.
  3. The Executive Board shall adopt the regulations for Faculty Joint Assemblies of (the subcommittee of) the Works Council and the Faculty Student Councils. The regulations require the prior consent of two-thirds of the number of members of the Joint Assembly. These regulations set out the tasks and powers of the Faculty Joint Assemblies, as well as a dispute settlement procedure.

Article 41    Participational structure at the Faculty of Medical Sciences

Employee participation within the Faculty of Medical Sciences is exercised by the Faculty Student Council and the UMC Council of Radboud university medical center. The Board of Directors of Radboud university medical center adopts the regulations of the UMC Council. The regulations require the approval of the Executive Board, after having heard the advice of the Joint Assembly.

Article 42

In the regulations referred to in articles 39 and 40, the provisions of Chapter 9, Title 2 of the law shall be observed.

CHAPTER IV SUSPENSION AND ANNULMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS AS WELL AS PROVISIONS IN CASE OF NEGLIGENCE BY THE BOARD

 

Article 43    Suspension or annulment of a decision by a dean, or a decision of a dean, vice dean and/or Administrative Director, jointly

  1. An administrative order by a dean, or by a dean, vice dean and/or Administrative Director jointly, that is contrary to law or to the university’s interest may, after hearing the dean concerned, be suspended or annulled in whole or in part by the Executive Board following a reasoned decision.
  2. A decision by a director of a service or company that is contrary to law or to the university’s interests may, after hearing the director concerned, be suspended or annulled in whole or in part by the Executive Board following a reasoned decision.

Article 44    Suspension or annulment of the administrative order establishing Doctorate Regulations

The decision of the Council of Deans to adopt the Doctorate Regulations may be suspended or annulled by the Executive Board by a reasoned decision due to violation of the law or of the university’s interest.

Article 45    Suspension

  1. Suspension immediately nullifies the effect of the suspended provisions.
  2. Suspension may not last longer than six months.
  3. An administrative order or part of one that has already been suspended may not be suspended anew.
  4. An administrative order that still requires approval or consent cannot be suspended or annulled.

Article 46    Annulment

  1. Annulment shall entail the nullification of all effects which may be attached thereto, to the extent that the resolution to annul does not stipulate otherwise.
  2. An administrative order on which a court has made a ruling or against which an appeal has been lodged and which has been declared unfounded may not be annulled on legal grounds which conflict with those on which the ruling or binding opinion is based or partially based.
  3. The body that has annulled an administrative order may stipulate that the authority which made the annulled order must remedy the situation, which ought to have been earlier remedied, within a given period of time.

Article 47    Negligence of managerial duties by a dean, vice dean or Administrative Director

The Executive Board may, in the event of improper functioning or neglect of managerial duties by a dean, vice dean or Administrative Director, withdraw or transfer all or part of his powers to a body to be designated or to one or more persons to be designated. The Executive Board shall hear the dean or vice dean on this matter. The Executive Board shall immediately inform the Supervisory Board of such a provision, stating the reasons.

CHAPTER V    LEGAL PROTECTION OF STUDENTS

Section 1 Central Complaints Office

 

Article 48    Central Complaints Office

  1. A party may submit a complaint as referred to in Article 7.59b of the Act, an appeal or objection concerning a decision by an administrative body of the university or pertaining to the absence thereof, to the Central Complaints Desk.
  2. The Executive Board shall adopt regulations governing the manner in which reports received by the Central Complaints Office are dealt with.
  3. The time limit for submitting an appeal or objection in writing as referred to in the first paragraph is six weeks.

Section 2 Examination Appeals Board

 

Article 49    Appealing to the Examination Appeals Board

A person whose interests have been directly impacted by a decision as referred to in Article 51 may lodge an appeal with the Examination Appeals Board.

Article 50    Composition of the Examination Appeals Board

  1. There is an Examination Appeals Board. The Board consists of:
    a.    a chair and a deputy chair, to be appointed by the Executive Board, after consulting the Council of Deans,
    b.    one member of the academic staff of each faculty and a deputy member for each member, to be appointed by the Executive Board on the recommendation of the dean of the relevant faculty,
    c.    four student members and three deputy student members, one member or one deputy member from each faculty, to be appointed by the Executive Board on the recommendation of the dean of the relevant faculty.
  2. The members referred to in paragraph 1 under a and b shall be appointed for a term of five years, while the members referred to in paragraph 1 under c shall be appointed for a term of two years.
  3. The chair and the deputy chair must meet the requirements for appointment as a judge of a district court.
  4. The Examination Appeals Board shall deliberate and decide in a room with three or five members to be appointed by the chair of the Examination Appeals Board.
  5. The members and deputy members of the Examination Appeals Board shall be dismissed by the Board at their own request, or if they have ceased to possess the capacity which was the basis for their appointment. On reaching the age of seventy, their resignation shall be granted with effect from the following month. They shall be dismissed if they are unfit to fulfil their role on account of illness or disability.

Article 51    Powers of the Examination Appeals Board

 

The Executive Board is authorised to rule on decisions as referred to in Article 7.61, paragraph 1 of the Act.

Article 52    Procedure

  1. The deadline for submitting an appeal is six weeks. If the appeal is submitted after that deadline, it will not be declared inadmissible on that ground if the appellant shows that he submitted the appeal as soon as this could reasonably have been required.
  2. Before dealing with the appeal, the Examination Appeals Board shall send the appeal to the body against which the appeal is directed, inviting it to examine, in consultation with the parties involved, whether an amicable settlement of the dispute is possible. If the appeal is directed against a decision of an examiner, it will be forwarded, as referred to in the preceding sentence, to the Examining Board in question. The body in question shall inform the Examination Appeals Board within three weeks of the outcome of the deliberations, with submission of all relevant documents. If an amicable settlement proves to be impossible, the appeal will be considered by the Examination Appeals Board.
  3. The Examination Appeals Board shall decide within ten weeks, calculated from the day after the day on which the deadline for the submission of the appeal has expired.
  4. If the Examination Appeals Board considers the appeal to be well-founded, it shall annul the decision in whole or in part. The Board is not authorised to take a new decision to replace the decision which was annulled in whole or in part. However, it may order that a new decision be taken or, if the decision has been reversed, that the case be decided again or that the examination, the entrance examination, the supplementary examination or any part thereof be retaken under conditions to be laid down by the Board. To the extent necessary, the body whose decision was annulled will rule on the case again with due regard for the Board’s decision. The Board may set a time limit for this.
  5. If immediate urgency so requires in view of the stakes involved, the appellant may apply to the chair of the Examinations Appeals Board for a temporary injunction by means of a reasoned petition, pending the decision in the primary case. The chair will decide on this request after having heard or at least summoned the body or examiner concerned.

Article 53    Standing Orders

  1. The Examination Appeals Board shall adopt Standing Orders in which further rules are laid down with regard to:
    a.    the size and composition of the room as referred to in article 50, paragraph 4,
    b.    the procedure referred to in article 52, paragraph 2, and the cases in which this procedure may be omitted,
    c.    the manner in which the Board’s secretarial office is arranged,
    d.    the manner in which the chair is replaced, as well as
    e.    the legal procedure within the Board.
    The Standing Orders shall require approval from the Executive Board.

Article 54    Duty to report and inform

The bodies, staff members and examiners must provide the Examination Appeals Board with the information the Board deems necessary for the execution of its duties.

Section 3 Handling other disputes
 

Article 55    Handling other disputes

  1. The Executive Board shall adopt a dispute resolution procedure for dealing with objections concerning decisions other than those referred to in Article 51 of these Regulations or Article 7.61(1) of the Act, on the grounds of the Structure Regulations and regulations based thereon, or the absence of such decisions. This shall in any case regulate the composition of a dispute advisory committee and the cases in which the disputes advisory committee advises the Executive Board on a decision to be taken.
  2. Before taking a decision, the Executive Board shall have an investigation conducted into whether an amicable settlement between the parties is possible.
  3. The Executive Board issues its decision within 10 weeks of receiving the objection.

Section 4 Examination Appeals Board special education

 

Article 56    Appeals Tribunal for Higher Education

Anyone whose interests are directly affected by a decision as referred to in Article 51 or Article 55 may lodge an appeal with the Appeals Tribunal for Higher Education in The Hague, as referred to in Article 7.64 of the Act.


CHAPTER VI MANAGEMENT OF RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN FUNDS

 

Article 57

The Executive Board shall manage the university’s funds in such a manner as to ensure the proper operation and continued existence of the university.

CHAPTER VII    FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

 

Article I

Amendments to the provisions of Chapter 2, Section 3 of these Regulations shall be made in and after agreement with the Board of Directors of Radboud university medical center. The Executive Board shall inform the Board of Directors of any amendments to the other provisions of these regulations.

Article II

Article II Regulations, guidelines and other administrative orders contrary to these Regulations shall remain in force until they have been adapted to these Regulations.

Article III

In all instances where these Regulations are insufficient, the Executive Board shall decide.

Article IV

These Structure Regulations will come into effect on 1 January 2021.

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