Reporter 23/6/99: Graces submitted to the Regent House on 23 June 1999

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 23 June 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 These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 115) will be deemed to have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, 2 July 1999.

1. That, on the recommendation of the Board of Graduate Studies, Regulation 5 of the regulations for the Board be rescinded.¹

2. That the regulations for the Medical Education Committee be replaced by the following regulations:²

Medical Education Committee

1. The Medical Education Committee shall consist of:

(a)	the Regius Professor of Physic as Chairman;
(b)	the Director of Medical and Veterinary Education in the Faculty of Biology;
(c)	the Clinical Dean in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine;
(d)	the Chairman of the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences;
(e)	the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Biology;
(f)	two persons appointed by the Senior Tutors' Committee;
(g)	one person appointed by the Faculty Board of Biology from among the members of that Board in class (f);
(h)	one person appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine from among the members of that Board in class (f);
(i)	one person appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine on the nomination of the B.M.A. Cambridge Office.

2. Members in class (f) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in classes (g) and (h) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term and the Lent Term respectively, and shall serve until they cease to be members of the Faculty Board by which they are appointed. The member in class (i) shall be appointed in the Lent Term, and shall serve for one year from the date of his or her appointment.

3. The Secretary of the Committee shall be appointed by the Secretary General of the Faculties.

4. It shall be the duty of the Committee to keep under review the provision of medical education in the University, with a view to ensuring consistency of standards in different subjects, the integration of core elements of the medical curriculum, and the introduction of appropriate innovations in the curriculum. The Committee shall advise the Faculty Boards of Biology and Clinical Medicine on the following matters:

(a)	matters relating to the education of medical students, including admissions policies, student statistics, and examination results;
(b)	matters relating to resources needed for the provision of medical education;
(c)	proposals for changes in the medical curriculum and in the relevant examinations.

5. The Committee shall meet at least once each term. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Committee unless at least five members are present.

6. The Committee shall make such reports to the General Board as the Board may require.

7. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to the Medical Education Committee as if it were a body constituted by Statute.

3. That the regulations for the Veterinary Education Committee be replaced by the following regulations:³

Veterinary Education Committee

1. The Veterinary Education Committee shall consist of:

(a)	the Head of the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, or a person appointed by the Head of the Department, who shall be Chairman;
(b)	the Director of Medical and Veterinary Education in the Faculty of Biology;
(c)	the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, who shall be Secretary of the Committee;
(d)	four persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Biology;
(e)	four persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Veterinary Medicine;
(f)	one person appointed by the Senior Tutors' Committee;
(g)	the members of the Faculty Board of Clinical Veterinary Medicine in class (f).

The Secretary of the School of the Biological Sciences and the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Biology shall have the right to attend meetings of the Committee.

2. Members in classes (d), (e), and (f) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment.

3. It shall be the duty of the Committee to keep under review the provision of veterinary education in the University, with a view to ensuring that the preclinical and clinical parts of the course leading to the Vet.M.B. Degree form a coherent whole, that the balance of elements in the curriculum is appropriate, and that standards in different subjects are consistent. The Committee shall advise the Faculty Boards of Clinical Veterinary Medicine and Biology on the following matters:

(a)	matters relating to the education of veterinary students, including admissions policies, student statistics, and examination results;
(b)	matters relating to resources needed for the provision of veterinary education;
(c)	proposals for changes in the veterinary curriculum and in the relevant examinations.

The Committee shall advise the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine on any matters relating to veterinary education which are relevant to that Faculty Board.

4. The Committee shall meet at least twice in each academical year. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Committee unless at least five members are present.

5. The Committee shall make such reports to the General Board as the Board may require.

6. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to the Veterinary Education Committee as if it were a body constituted by Statute.

4. That a prize, to be known as the Falcon Chambers Prize for Land Law, be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:⁴

Falcon Chambers Prize for Land Law

1. The sum made available annually by Falcon Chambers shall be used to provide a prize called the Falcon Chambers Prize for Land Law.

2. The Prize shall be awarded by the Examiners for Part IB of the Law Tripos to the candidate who has shown the greatest distinction in the subject Land Law in that examination.

5. That two prizes, to be known as 3 Verulam Buildings Prizes, be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:⁴

3 Verulam Buildings Prizes

1. The sum made available annually by 3 Verulam Buildings shall be used to provide two prizes called 3 Verulam Buildings Prizes.

2. The Prizes shall be awarded by the Examiners for Part II of the Law Tripos, as follows:

(a)	one Prize shall be awarded to the candidate who has shown the greatest distinction in the subject Equity;
(b)	one Prize shall be awarded to the candidate who has shown the greatest distinction in the subject Banking Law.

3. The value of each Prize shall be one-half of the sum made available in each year by 3 Verulam Buildings.

6. That, on the recommendation of the Library Syndicate, the Librarian be authorized to deposit at the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum, from 17 December 1999 to 24 April 2000, MS Mm.5.31, a thirteenth-century illuminated German apocalypse, for display in an exhibition under the auspices of the British Library entitled 'Apocalypse and the shape of things to come'.

7. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 5 of the Report, dated 19 May 1999, of the General Board on the establishment of an office of Director of Medical and Veterinary Education in the Faculty of Biology (Reporter, p. 657) be approved.⁵

8. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 54 of the Report, dated 24 May 1999, of the Council on the financial position of the Chest, recommending allocations for 1999-2000, (Reporter, p. 638) be approved.⁶

¹ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 132. The Board have recommended the rescission of this regulation, which permits funds to be applied by the Secretary of the Board for entertaining Graduate Students, since it is no longer their policy to make funds available for that purpose.

² Statutes and Ordinances, p. 148. It is proposed to reconstitute the Medical Education Committee, and to revise the duties of the Committee so as to give it a more effective role in overseeing the provision of medical education in the University.

³ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 152. It is proposed to reconstitute the Veterinary Education Committee, and to revise the duties of the Committee so as to give it a more effective role in overseeing the provision of veterinary education in the University.

⁴ See the Vice-Chancellor's Notice, p. 766.

⁵ See the Council's Notice, p. 767.

⁶ See the Council's Notice, p. 767.

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