Reporter 27/1/99: Graces submitted to the Regent House on 27 January 1999

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 27 January 1999

The Council submit the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 115), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 5 February 1999.

1. That an Alcuin Lecture Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:

Alcuin Lectureship

1. The benefaction of the Right Hon. Sir Leon Brittan, of Trinity College, shall form a fund called the Alcuin Lecture Fund, the capital and the income of which shall be used to provide an annual lecture called the Alcuin Lecture.

2. The appointment of the Alcuin Lecturer shall be made annually by the Vice-Chancellor. The Lecturer shall deliver one lecture in the University on a subject concerning the relationship between the United Kingdom and European institutions.¹

2. That the regulations for the Le Bas Research Studentships be amended as follows:

Regulation 8.

By amending the regulation so as to read:

8. The stipend shall be paid in such instalments as the Electors shall from time to time determine, provided that the Electors may withhold payment of any instalment if they are not satisfied that the Student is pursuing his or her research with sufficient diligence.²

3. That the regulations for the Smuts Memorial Fund be amended as follows:

Regulation 3.

By amending the regulation so as to read:

3. The Managers of the Fund, all of whom shall be members of the Regent House, shall be:

(a)	the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
(b)	two persons appointed by the Council;
(c)	two persons appointed by the General Board;
(d)	one person appointed by each of the Faculty Boards of Archaeology and Anthropology, Economics and Politics, English, History, Law, Oriental Studies, and Social and Political Sciences;
(e)	one person, being a University officer in the Department of Geography, appointed by the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography;
(f)	one person co-opted by the Managers, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Managers to co-opt any person.

Managers in classes (b)-(e) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Managers in class (f) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the following year, as the Board of Managers shall determine at the time of their co-optation.³

4. That the regulations for the Audit Committee be amended as follows:

Regulation 1.

By amending sub-paragraph (a) so as to read:

(a)	eight persons appointed by the Council, of whom at least three shall be members of the Council;⁴

5. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 7 of the Report, dated 7 December 1998, of the Council on the construction of a building for the BP Institute at Madingley Rise (Reporter, p. 236) be approved.

6. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 7 of the Second Report, dated 7 December 1998, of the Council on the development of the Island Site at Addenbrooke's Hospital (Reporter, p. 239) be approved.

7. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 8 of the Second Report, dated 7 December 1998, of the Council on alterations to the Raised Faculty Building (Reporter, p. 241) be approved.

8. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 7 of the Report, dated 2 December 1998, of the General Board on the establishment of a Professorship of Medical Materials (Reporter, p. 241) be approved.

9. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 6 of the Report, dated 2 December 1998, of the General Board on the establishment of a Schlumberger Professorship of Complex Physical Systems (Reporter, p. 242) be approved.

¹ See the Vice-Chancellor's Notice, p. 298.

² Statutes and Ordinances, p. 761. It is proposed to allow greater flexibility in the payment of stipend to Le Bas Students.

³ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 826. The Board of Managers have proposed that they should be permitted to co-opt one additional member.

⁴ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 869. The Audit Code of Practice recently issued by the Higher Education Funding Council for England specifies that the Audit Committee should include at least three members of the governing body, defined by the Funding Council for this purpose as the University Council. The proposed amendment would ensure compliance with this requirement.

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