Some aspects of individual registration have been put in place for the next elections - people will have to write in and ask for apostalvote, sign for it and give their date of birth.
Though dissident dons can easily outvote the university bosses in a meeting of Congregation, in apostalvote among all its members the likely outcome is the other way round, especially if Mr Hood tweaks his changes to make them seem a choice between stagnation and revival.