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Alison Marlow,
NAMHE Administrator,
42 Constance Road,
Worcester
WR3 7NF
administrator@namhe.ac.uk
Tel: 01905 455125

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constitution:

(as approved at 1998 Conference and revised at 1999 Conference and 2005 Conference)

1. Nature and Purpose

  • NAMHE is the subject association for all engaged in Music in Higher Education in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  • The purpose of the Association is to identify, articulate and promote the interests and needs of Music in Higher Education and of those engaged in it.
  • In fulfilment of its purpose the Association will:
    • gather, collate and disseminate information on music in Higher Education and on those engaged in it;
    • liaise with related professional associations, learned societies and other organisations concerned with Music and/or Higher Education as appropriate;
    • Present the interests and needs of Music in Higher Education and of those engaged in it, to other bodies (e.g. the Higher Education Funding Councils) as appropriate;
    • Publish and distribute a Newsletter twice a year;
    • Organise a whole-day general meeting once a year on a topic of concern to its members.

2. Membership and Subscription

  • Membership of NAMHE is open to all institutions offering degree programmes in Music or courses that contribute to such programmes.  It is open both to whole institutions (e.g. conservatoires) and to appropriate faculties, departments or other units in universities or colleges.
  • Membership is dependent on the payment of an annual subscription.  The level of the subscription, which may vary according to the size of the member department, is set by the Committee of the Association, reviewed annually and reported to the Annual General Meeting of the Association.  The subscription becomes payable on 1 October each year.

3. Organisation

  • The business of the Association is conducted by a Committee of twelve people elected by and from the members of the Association.  Elections to the Committee will take place annually between September and December.
  • Membership of the Committee is for a period of three years.
  • A member of the Committee approaching the end of his/her period of service may stand for immediate re-election but after two consecutive periods of three years must retire for at least one year.  Members whose Committee service includes a period or periods as a co-opted member must, similarly, retire for at least one year after six years’ continuous service.
  • If, following the Annual Election, the Committee as a whole has no representative from any one of the geographical regions of the UK with its own Funding Council (i.e. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales), then there will be an automatic co-option of a representative working in that region.  In the event of no candidate from such a region having been nominated, Chairman’s action will be taken.
  • The Committee may co-opt additional members if it needs to do so in order to fulfil the purpose of the Association or represent the profession as a whole.  All co-options (including automatic co-options) are for a period of one year only.
  • The Committee normally meets four times a year, but the number of meetings may be increased or reduced in accordance with the volume of business in hand.
  • Each member of the Association is responsible for: nominating a Correspondent to act as a means of communication between member and Committee; giving the Administrator the Correspondent’s name, address, telephone number, fax number and, if possible, email address; notifying the Administrator of any change of Correspondent or related detail.

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