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The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has received requests for voting and proposals for amendments relating to Graces 7-10 of 25 November 1998 (Reporter, 1998-99, p. 188). These Graces are for the approval of the recommendations of the General Board's Report dated 3 June 1998 (Reporter, 1997-98, p. 804).
This Grace is for the approval of Recommendation I of the Report, which is concerned with recruitment incentive payments to University officers in non-Professorial grades.
A ballot has been requested on this Grace.
This Grace is for the approval of Recommendations II and III of the Report, which are concerned with the revision of the scheme of supplementary payments for Professors and of the corresponding arrangements for the holders of academic-related offices in Professorial grades.
A ballot has been requested on this Grace, and the following amendment has been proposed:
Recommendation II currently reads as follows:
That the current scheme of supplementary payments for Professors be discontinued and replaced by the scheme described in paragraphs 29-40 of the Report.
It is proposed that Recommendation II be amended by adding the following proviso:
… provided that
| (a) | supplementary payments be not made at the personal discretion of the Vice-Chancellor on advice alone but be determined by a committee, and |
| (b) | the names of those to whom supplementary payments are awarded, and the level of the payments, be published, in accordance with the principle that the salaries of other University officers are publicly available for scrutiny. |
This Grace is for the approval of Recommendations IV and V of the Report, which are concerned with the introduction of the office of University Senior Lecturer and arrangements for promotion to that office, together with consequential changes in the stipend structure of academic-related offices.
The following amendments of this Grace have been proposed:
That Recommendation IV be amended so as to read:
(a) That the office of Senior Lecturer be introduced in the Cambridge structure of academic offices only after further discussion about (i) the relationship between the career path which leads to this office and that which leads to a Readership or a Professorship, and (ii) the reasonable career expectations of University officers.
(b) That promotional criteria, procedure, and other arrangements for appointments to Senior Lecture- ships be reconsidered alongside the procedures (now under revision) for appointments to Readerships and Professorships, so that the same standards of fairness may be required for all promotions.
That Recommendation IV be amended by adding the following provisions:
(a) That the General Board consider holding seminars open to all members of the Regent House without delay so that members of the Regent House may have direct input into the discussion of the matters referred to in Amendment A above.
(b) That the General Board institute a file in which members of the Regent House may place contributions to the discussion, such contributions to be made available for inspection by members of the Regent House (without attribution to their authors) both in hard copy in the Old Schools and on the World Wide Web or by other electronic means.
(c) That the General Board publish a further Report to the Regent House on revised criteria, procedure, and other arrangements for appointments to Senior Lectureships, Readerships, and Professorships before proceeding with their proposals.
That Recommendation IV be amended so as to read:
That approval be given in principle for the introduction of the title of Senior Lecturer within the Cambridge system, that the criteria for conferring that title be those outlined in paragraphs 49-51 of the General Board's Report, and that the salary structure be that outlined in paragraph 62; but that conferment of the title be not considered as promotion to a separate office requiring a new contract, and that the mechanisms by which the title is conferred be the subject of a further Report to the Regent House.
That the proposed arrangements for appointments to Senior Lectureships, as specified in Recommendation IV, be amended as follows:
Paragraph 55 of the Report currently provides that College teaching undertaken by University officers should not be taken into account as part of the evidence for promotion to Senior Lectureships. It is proposed that College teaching (including direction of studies) should be taken into account for this purpose.
That the proposed arrangements for appointments to Senior Lectureships, as specified in Recommendation IV, be amended as follows:
Paragraph 49(a) of the Report lists the criteria on which candidates for Senior Lectureships are to be assessed. Criterion (a) reads:
Sustained excellence in teaching (in contributions to the development of courses, and in at least one of lecturing, conducting seminars, and supervision of postgraduate students).
It is proposed that that this criterion be amended so as to read:
Sustained excellence in teaching (in contributions to the development of courses, and in at least one of lecturing, conducting seminars, and supervision and direction of studies of students).
This Grace is for the approval of Recommendation VI of the Report, which is concerned with the discretionary payments scheme for University officers in non-Professorial grades.
A ballot has been requested on this Grace.
The following members of the Regent House have requested ballots on Graces 7 and 10, and have proposed Amendment C of Grace 9:
| NABEEL A. AFFARA | M. R. CLARK | ADRIAN KELLY | JOHN RAFFAN |
| J. W. AJIOKA | N. J. HOLMES | ASHLEY KING | REX WALFORD |
| IAN BRIERLEY | A. P. JACKSON | BARRY KINGSTON | JOAN M. WHITEHEAD |
| T. D. K. BROWN | GORDON JOHNSON | DAVID MIDGLEY |
The following members of the Regent House have proposed the amendment of Grace 8:
| R. D. DAWE | ROGER GRIFFIN | CHRISTEL LANE | C. B. THOMAS |
| N. R. M. DE LANGE | J. R. HARVEY | DAVID S. LANE | L. R. WICKHAM |
| D. N. DUMVILLE | D. R. J. LAMING | B. C. J. MOORE | P. WOUDHUYSEN |
| G. R. EVANS |
The following members of the Regent House have proposed Amendments A and B of Grace 9:
| R. D. DAWE | G. R. EVANS | D. R. J. LAMING | L. R. WICKHAM |
| N. R. M. DE LANGE | ROGER GRIFFIN | DAVID S. LANE | P. WOUDHUYSEN |
| D. N. DUMVILLE | J. R. HARVEY |
The following members of the Regent House have proposed Amendments D and E of Grace 9:
| N. A. DODGSON | KEN MOODY | R. J. NEEDS | MARTIN RICHARDS |
| D. J. GREAVES | SIMON MOORE | L. C. PAULSON | PETER ROBINSON |
| FRANK H. KING | A. MYCROFT | A. M. PITTS | M. E. STEWART |
| M. LEVITT |
In accordance with Regulation 9 of the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 115), votes will be taken by postal ballot on these Graces and on the proposals listed above.
In connection with this ballot the Registrary will arrange for the printing and circulation of any fly-sheet, signed by ten or more members of the Regent House, which reaches him by 1 p.m. on Wednesday, 27 January. Fly-sheets must bear, in addition to the signatures, the names and initials (in block capitals) of the signatories (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 119). Voting papers and fly-sheets will be distributed to all members of the Regent House on or before Tuesday, 9 February; the last date for the return of voting papers will be Friday, 19 February.
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Cambridge University Reporter, 13 January 1999
Copyright © 1999 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.