Part of Council Regulations 24 of 2002: Regulations for Academic and Other Posts
1. There shall be a Reader in Plant Science who shall be elected by a board consisting of:
(1) the Vice-Chancellor;
(2) the Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Science;
(3) a person appointed by Council;
(4) a person appointed by the General Board;
(5)-(7) three persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Biological Sciences.
2. The reader shall engage in advanced study or research and shall, under the direction of the Head of the Department of Plant Sciences, lecture and give instruction in Plant Science.