You may well find that the practice in the "old" universities was/is for the
Registrar or similar to sign degree parchments. CNAA certs were signed by
Chief Exec & Chairman of CNAA but once delegated authority was granted,
Directors' signatures were also used (if memory serves me correctly). When
we received our own degree awarding powers, some followed the route that the
Director (later VC) should sign as (s)he was chairman of the Academic Board
which is the body conferring the awards. Some deliberately prevented their
Registrar's or secretaries from being a signatory. Ex-poly VCs were in some
cases paranoid about their own 'status' and so on. Other's have sought
'guidance' on this topic in the past. Personally, whilst I think it right
and proper for the Registrar/Secretary to sign in addition to the VC (as
Chairman of Academic Board) -the former confirms due process has been
followed and the later that the award has been approved- I have found it
remarkably easy to live with the fact that my signature does not appear on
our certificates!
-----Original Message-----
From: Deakin, Graham <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 21 September 1999 12:21
Subject: Award Certificates
>We are contemplating a re-design of our award documents and I would be
>interested to know whose signatures other institutions have on their
>certificates
>We currently have the Vice Chancellor and Chairman as signatories but I
>would be interested to know if anyone has the Registrar or even the Head of
>Department as signatory.
>GRAHAM DEAKIN
>Team Leader (Awards, Conferments & Exams)
>Registry
>The Nottingham Trent University
>Burton Street, Nottingham
>NG1 4BU
>Tel(Direct) 0115 8482103
>e-mail [log in to unmask]
>Fax 0115 9486063
>
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