| Council approved the following principles
as the basis for the University's religious policy: |
| 1. |
The University is concerned with the spiritual welfare
and needs of its students and recognises that it has a role
in addressing these needs. |
| 2. |
Any funding request for religious purposes, as for any
other purposes, must compete for priority with other identified
needs of the University. In providing funding or space, the
University will take into account the capacity of the group
to obtain support from outside religious or other bodies,
or from the Union or Clubs and Societies Association. The
University will give due consideration to the allocation of
some of the funds paid by fee-paying students to provide for
the spiritual needs of those students. |
| 3. |
In providing for the needs or demands of particular groups,
the University will ensure the development of a university
community based on mutual respect and understanding, and on
social cohesion. |
| 4. |
The University owns and controls all buildings and space
within the University. Any proposal to provide space exclusively
for the use of one group, which would result in other members
of the University being denied access to that space, will
receive the closest scrutiny by the University. However, in
evaluating a proposal, the University will recognise the legitimate
needs of students for space to undertake the normal religious
practices associated with their religious affiliation. |
| 5. |
The University will avoid being used as an instrument
by which any religious group seeks to exercise control over
its members. |
| 6. |
The University will not provide facilities to religious
or other groups whose activities are seriously detrimental
to the welfare of students and to the educational purposes
for which the students are attending the University. |
