| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make further Provision for the good Government and Extension of the University of Oxford, of the Colleges therein, and of the College of Saint Mary Winchester.[2] |
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| Citation | 17 & 18 Vict. c. 81 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 August 1854 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1875 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Oxford University Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 81), also known as the Oxford University Reform Act 1854[3] or the University Reform Act 1854,[4] is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulates corporate governance at the University of Oxford, England. It established the Hebdomadal Council, the leading body in the university's administration, stating that most members of full-time academic staff were to have voting rights over it. In the year 2000, the Hebdomadal Council was replaced by the University Council, which is responsible to the Congregation of staff members.
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978. This short title was previously conferred on this Act by the Schedule to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1877, and by the Short Titles Act 1892.
- ^ The words "and of the College of Saint Mary Winchester" in the title were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1892.
- ^ Culling Eardley. The Rights of the Laity in the Universities. 1856. Page 42.
- ^ Sabine Chaouche. Student Consumer Culture in Nineteenth-Century Oxford. Palgrave Macmillan. 2020. p 231. Associazione per lo studio della rappresentanza proporzionale. Bolletino. vol 1. p 24.