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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 These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 115), will be deemed to have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, 26 March 1999.
1. That the regulations for University Composition Fees be amended, with effect from 1 September 1999, as follows:1
By amending certain entries in the table so as to read:
| Category | Annual £ | Michaelmas Term £ | Lent Term £ | Easter Term £ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home and EC undergraduate, other than Channel Islands and Isle of Man: | ||||||
| A | Band 1 | 1,025 | 342 | 342 | 341 | |
| B | Band 2 | 1,025 | 342 | 342 | 341 | |
| C | Band 3 | 1,025 | 342* | 342 | 341 | |
| N | Law Tripos, Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos and Oriental Studies Tripos, period abroad | 510 | 170 | 170 | 170 | |
| D | Home and EC postgraduate | 2,675 | 892 | 892 | 891 | |
| Overseas students: | ||||||
| E | Band 1 | 6,906 | 2,302 | 2,302 | 2,302 | |
| F | Band 2 | 9,042 | 3,014 | 3,014 | 3,014 | |
| G | Band 3 | 16,734 | 5,578 | 5,578 | 5,578 | |
| M.B.A.: | ||||||
| H | One term in residence | 7,300 | ||||
| I | Two terms in residence | 13,000 | ||||
| J | Three terms in residence | 18,500 | ||||
| M.Ed.: | ||||||
| L | Home and EC | 1,338 | 446 | 446 | 446 | |
| M | Overseas | 3,453 | 1,151 | 1,151 | 1,151 | |
| Diploma in Public Health, part-time: | ||||||
| P | Home and EC | 1,338 | 446 | 446 | 446 | |
| R | Overseas | 4,521 | 1,507 | 1,507 | 1,507 | |
*£510 for clinical medical students in their final Michaelmas Term.
2. That the regulations for the Museum of Zoology be amended as follows:2
Regulation 1.
By deleting sub-paragraph (d) and relettering sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) as (d) and (e).
By adding at the end of the regulation the following paragraph:
The title of Strickland Curator, on the foundation of Miss Frances Strickland, may be granted by the Faculty Board of Biology, on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Zoology, to a person holding a University office or an unestablished appointment on the staff of the Museum. A person to whom the title is granted shall hold it for such period or periods, not exceeding five years at a time, as may be determined by the Faculty Board, subject to the approval of the General Board.
Regulation 2.
By amending the regulation so as to read:
2. (a) The office of Director shall be held in conjunction with a Professorship in the Department of Zoology.
(b) An office of Curator shall be held in conjunction with another University office in the Department of Zoology.
(c) An office of Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator shall not be tenable in conjunction with any other University office.
Regulations 3, 7, and 9.
By amending the regulations so as to read:
3. Appointments and reappointments to an office of Curator, Senior Assistant Curator, or Assistant Curator on the staff of the Museum shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Biology, with the Director as an additional member for this purpose. The tenure of a Curator shall be the same as that prescribed for a University Lecturer by Statute D, XVII, 6 and 7. Appointments and reappointments to an office of Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator shall be for such periods not exceeding five years at a time as the Appointments Committee shall determine; provided that the General Board shall have power, on the recommendation of the Appointments Committee, to authorize the reappointment to the retiring age of a person who has held the office of Senior Assistant Curator continuously for not less than five years. In accordance with the express wishes of the founder of the Hugh Watson Fund, a holder of the office of Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator in Malacology (Watson) shall be a graduate of a university.
7. If a Curator holds a University Lectureship or a University Assistant Lectureship, the performance of his or her duties in connection with the Museum shall be taken into account by the Faculty Board under Statute D, XVII, 11 in determining the amount of teaching that he or she is to undertake.
9. No stipend shall be attached to the offices of Director or Curator. The Director may receive such payments for administrative responsibility as may from time to time be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board.
3. That, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine and with the concurrence of the General Board, the Glaxo Professorship of Molecular Parasitology be reassigned from the Department of Pathology to the Department of Medicine with effect from 1 August 1999.3
4. That, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Oriental Studies, the regulations for the Brotherton Prize be amended as follows:4
Regulation 1.
By amending the regulation so as to read:
1. The Brotherton Prize shall be awarded by the Examiners for Part II of the Oriental Studies Tripos for distinction in Indian Studies in that examination. If there are two candidates of equal merit, preference shall be given to a candidate showing distinction in Sanskrit.
Regulations 3-5.
By deleting Regulation 3, renumbering Regulations 4 and 5 as 3 and 4, and amending those regulations so as to read:
3. The Faculty Board of Oriental Studies shall be empowered, whenever the Brotherton Fund shows a sufficient balance,
| (a) | to make an additional grant to the winner of the Prize if, before the end of the next Michaelmas Term, they have received satisfactory assurance that he or she is engaged in some branch of advanced study or research in Indian Studies, and is making good progress in the subject chosen; |
| (b) | to make other grants for the furtherance of research in Indian Studies. |
4. Any unexpended income accumulated in the Fund may be used at the discretion of the Faculty Board of Oriental Studies for the promotion and encouragement of Indian Studies, with a preference for Sanskrit.
5. That a Hartwell Fund for Islamic Studies be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:5
1. The sum given to the University by the Oakhill Group Ltd shall form a fund called the Hartwell Fund for Islamic Studies, the income of which shall be used for the advancement of Islamic Studies in the University.
2. The Fund shall be administered by a Board of Managers, who shall be:
| (a) | the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman; |
| (b) | the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Divinity; |
| (c) | the Director of the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies; |
| (d) | two persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Divinity on the nomination of Hartwell plc. |
Managers in class (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment.
3. The Managers shall meet at least once a year.
4. It shall be the duty of the Managers:
| (a) | to keep the financial position of the Fund under review; |
| (b) | to decide on the future use of the Fund if the University should cease to be able to make provision for Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Divinity. |
5. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of the holder of a University office in the Faculty of Divinity concerned with teaching or research in Islamic Studies. In making appointments to such an office the appointing body shall be advised by an Assessor appointed by the Faculty Board of Divinity after consulting the Managers.
6. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulation 5, any unexpended income of the Fund may be applied by the Managers at their discretion for the advancement of Islamic Studies in the University.
7. These regulations may be amended by Grace, subject to the approval of the Oakhill Group Ltd.
6. That the regulations for the Paediatrics Prizes be amended as follows:
By replacing the reference to Pharmacia Limited by a reference to Pharmacia & Upjohn Limited, and by retitling the Pharmacia Prize as the Pharmacia & Upjohn Prize.6
7. That, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Oriental Studies, the regulations for the Rapson Fund and Scholarship be amended as follows:7
Regulations 1 and 9.
By replacing the words 'Sanskrit, Pali, or Avestan' by the words 'Indian Studies or Iranian Studies'.
Regulations 2 and 3.
By amending the regulations so as to read:
2. The Scholarship shall be open to any person who is, or is about to be, registered as a Graduate Student in the University, provided that he or she (a) has successfully completed a course of study in Classics or Oriental Studies at this or another university, and (b) intends to follow a course of study or research in a subject falling within the field of Indian Studies or Iranian Studies.
3. Applications for the Scholarship shall be sent to the Registrary so as to arrive not later than the division of the Easter Term.
8. That the Annual Reports of the Council and the General Board be approved.8
9. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 8 of the Report, dated 7 December 1998, of the Council on the construction of a new building for the Computer Laboratory at West Cambridge (Reporter, p. 237) be approved.9
1 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 158. The Secretary of State for Education and Employment has recently announced the fees for home and EC students for 1999-2000; in most cases fees have been increased by 2.5 per cent. An increase of 4.5 per cent (i.e. 2 per cent above the level of inflation) is proposed for overseas students, in line with the policy set out in the Council's Notice of 12 May 1997 (Reporter, 1996-97, p. 691). No information is yet available about the fees to be charged in 1999-2000 for categories U-Y (undergraduate students from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man).
2 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 586. The establishment of a second Professorship of Zoology, to be held concurrently with the office of Director of the Museum of Zoology, has made it necessary to revise the regulations for the staff of the Museum (see Reporter, 1996-97, p. 890).
3 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 665. Recent changes in the duties undertaken by Professor Blackwell, the present holder of the Professorship, make it appropriate to reassign the office to the Department of Medicine. This proposal has the support of Professor Blackwell and of the Heads of the two Departments concerned.
4 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 701. These proposals, which are consistent with the terms of the original benefaction, are intended to widen the scope of the Prize and to bring the Prize into line with the current structure of the Oriental Studies Tripos.
5 See the Vice-Chancellor's Notice, p. 462.
6 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 791. The company supporting this Prize is now named Pharmacia & Upjohn Limited.
7 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 803. It is proposed to open the Scholarship to non-Cambridge graduates, and to widen the scope of the award so as to bring it into line with the current structure of the Oriental Studies Tripos. These proposals are consistent with the terms of the original benefaction.
8 See Reporter, Special No. 8; see also the Council's Notice, p. 465.
9 See the Council's Notice, p. 462.
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Cambridge University Reporter, 17 March 1999
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