Council News

• The following degree changes have been announced by council:

There is to be a new stage I unit in philosophy, History of Philosophy.

Three new specialist units, French III (additional) German (additional) and Russian III (additional) are to be introduced.

A new B.A. unit, General Geology, is also to be introduced.

The number of papers in pure mathematics III is reduced to two. Statistical Mathematics III is to be renamed and a further change is to be provided in that subject.

• The university council has turned down a request to waive the foreign language reading knowledge requirement in the case of science students who have received a specific mark in School Certificate French or German.

The request was made by the New Zealand Post-Primary Teachers' Association. The P.P.T.A. alternatively requested that sixth form pupils be eligible to attempt the reading knowledge exams before entering the university.

The science faculty considered the requested changes to be unsatisfactory and some members of the council felt that School Certificate was an unsatisfactory qualification.

• Professor S. N. Slater retired as dean of the faculty of Science at the end of last term and is now assistant vice-chancellor. The new dean is Professor R. H. Clark.