Editing University of Glasgow (section)

===Academic Senate===
The [[Academic Senate]] (or University Senate) is the body which is responsible for the management of academic affairs, and which recommends the conferment of degrees by the Chancellor. Membership of the Senate comprises all [[List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow|Professors of the university]], as well as elected academic members, representatives of the [[Glasgow University Students' Representative Council|Student's Representative Council]], the Secretary of Court and directors of university services (e.g. [[Glasgow University Library|Library]]). The President of the Senate is the principal.

The Clerk of Senate, who has a status equivalent to that of a Vice-Principal and is a member of the Senior Management Group, has responsibility for regulation of the university's academic policy, such as dealing with plagiarism and the conduct of examinations. Notable Clerks of Senate have included the chemist, [[Joseph Black]]; [[John H. D. Anderson|John Anderson]], father of the [[University of Strathclyde]]; and the economist, [[John Millar (philosopher)|John Millar]].