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At the annual meeting of the Convocation of the University of London on May 14, a report from the annual committee was presented which recommended closer union and co-operation of the colleges and medical schools affiliated to the University with each other and with the Senate, and also more direct participation by the University in the work of higher education and in the encouragement of mature original work. The following resolutions were carried by large majorities after an animated debate, in which Drs. Odling, Payne, Baxter, Pye-Smith, and Weymouth, and Messrs. Hutton, Carey Foster, R. N. Fowler, and Fitch, took part:-1. That while Convocation recognises the advantages of examinations conducted by a body independent of the teachers of the candidates for degrees, it is expedient that the course of study pursued in those institutions should be brought into closer connection with the Senate. 2. That with this object it is desirable for the Senate to exercise its power under the present Charter of revising the list of affiliated Colleges, and from time to time of admitting to or excluding from this list according to the position taken by these Colleges at the University examinations for degrees, and on such other grounds as the Senate may in each case determine. 3. That it would be desirable that the educating bodies included in the revised list should be invited to communicate, by delegates or in writing, with the Senate, and that facilities should be afforded to such delegates of deliberating together and of communicating with the Senate, especially on the subject of examinations. 4. That it is desirable for the examiners of the University, either in faculties or collectively, to form a Board, one of whose functions would be to consider and report upon any subject connected with the examinations which they might deem of importance to the University. 5. That it is desirable that the University should take advantage of such opportunities as may present themselves of promoting, by the institution of University chairs, or otherwise, the cultivation of such higher or less usual branches of study as can be more conveniently or more efficiently taught by a central body. 6. That it is desirable for the Senate to consider the importance of recognising independent research in the examinations for the higher degrees in such way as the senate may approve.
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University and Educational Intelligence. Nature 18, 82 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018082a0
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