Regulations as to Honorary Fellows

1. The Nominations Committee of the Court of Governors shall consist of the Chairman of the Court of Governors, the Director, the General Secretary of the Students' Union, three non-Council lay governor members, 1 Council lay governor member, 2 ex-officio academic members of Council, 2 nominees of the Academic Board not on Court and 1 member of the Academic Board nominated by the Academic Governors.
   
    
2. The Court may, on the recommendation of the Nominations Committee and with the concurrence of the Academic Board, elect as an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and Political Science any past or present member of the School who has attained distinction in the arts, science or public life; and, exceptionally, any person who has rendered outstanding services to the School or its concerns.
   
    
3. No full-time member of the staff of the School shall be elected an Honorary Fellow.
   
    
4. Elections may be made annually in the Michaelmas Term. The number of persons elected shall not, save for special reasons considered adequate by the Court, exceed six.
   
    
5. Suggestions for election to Honorary Fellowships shall be invited annually by the Nominations Committee from:
    
   • Each member of the Court of Governors
   • Each member of the Academic Board
   • Each Honorary Fellow
      
6. Not more than two suggestions are permitted from the same person in any one year. If two suggestions are made, one should be the 'lead' suggestion and the other a 'supporting' one. Every suggestion shall be made in writing, shall be signed by the person making it and shall be received by the Secretary not later than the date specified. Unless successful or withdrawn, it shall be regarded as current for three successive years, including the year of nomination, after which it shall lapse; but a fresh suggestion of the same name can be made.
   
    
7. The file of names suggested, past and current, should be open to inspection in confidence by those persons who are invited, in accordance with regulation 5, to make suggestions.
   
    
8. Each year the Nominations Committee shall, in the Michaelmas Term prior to a meeting of the Academic Board, consider the current list of names suggested, and such other names as may be proposed in the course of their deliberations; and the names of persons recommended for election shall be arranged in alphabetical order in the report of the Committee.
   
    
9. The report of the Nominations Committee shall be considered by the Academic Board in the Michaelmas Term and shall be transmitted by the Board, with such observations as they may think fit, to the Court of Governors for consideration at their meeting held in the Michaelmas Term.
   
    
10. After the report of the Nominations Committee has been considered by the Academic Board, and after its transmission to the Court, the Director shall ask those who are recommended for election to Honorary Fellowships whether they would be willing to accept election. No such enquiry shall be made by those who suggest their names.

August 2003

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