Reporter 14/6/00: Graces submitted to the Regent House on 14 June 2000

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 14 June 2000

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 These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 113) will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 23 June 2000.

1. That Regulation 1(i) and (j) for the Military Education Committee be replaced by the following:¹

(i)	two persons appointed by the University of East Anglia, one by Anglia Polytechnic University, and one by the University of Essex;
(j)	not more than two persons co-opted by the Committee, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons.

2. That the regulations for dates of examinations and publication of class-lists be amended, with effect from 1 October 2001, as follows:²

Regulation 2.

By inserting in the table the following footnote attached to the entry Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part IB:

Except for the following examinations, which shall be held on the first day of Full Lent Term:

(i)	Scientific, social, and ethical aspects of reproduction and populations;
(ii)	Veterinary reproductive biology.

Regulation 3.

By inserting the following into the list of named examinations:

Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part IB

The first day of Full Lent Term.

3. That a Chuan Lyu Fellowship and Senior Visiting Scholarship Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:³

Chuan Lyu Fellowship and Senior Visiting Scholarship Fund

1. The sum received by the University from the Chuan Lyu Foundation shall form a fund, called the Chuan Lyu Fellowship and Senior Visiting Scholarship Fund, the income of which shall be used for the provision of Chuan Lyu Research Fellowships and Senior Visiting Scholarships for the support of teaching and research in Taiwanese Studies, in areas of study falling within the field of interest of the East Asia Institute.

2. The Managers of the Fund shall be:

(a)	four persons appointed by the Committee of Management of the East Asia Institute, one of whom shall be a Professor in the field of Chinese studies;
(b)	one person appointed by the Chuan Lyu Foundation.

The Managers in class (a) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for one year from 1 January following their appointment.

3. The income of the Fund shall be applied at the discretion of the Managers

(a)	to provide the stipend, national insurance, and pension contributions of a Chuan Lyu Research Fellow who shall engage in teaching and research in the field of Taiwanese Studies;
(b)	to provide the subsistence allowance and travel costs of a Chuan Lyu Senior Visiting Scholar who shall offer lectures and engage in research in his or her area of expertise within the field of Taiwanese Studies.

4. The Managers of the Fund shall select the Chuan Lyu Research Fellow, taking account of the candidates' written research proposals. In considering any extension to the Fellow's original tenure, the Managers shall take account of progress made in the light of the original research proposal.

5. The Managers of the Fund shall have power to determine from time to time the period of tenure of the Chuan Lyu Research Fellowship and the stipend to be attached to each period of tenure, within a range approved from time to time by the General Board.

6. The Managers of the Fund may terminate a Fellowship at any time if they are not satisfied that the Fellow is diligently fulfilling his or her duties.

7. The Managers of the Fund shall have power to determine from time to time the period of invitation of a Chuan Lyu Senior Visiting Scholar and the level of subsistence allowance to be offered.

8. Any unexpended income of the Fund in a financial year may be added either to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for use as income in subsequent years as the Managers may determine in support of the purposes of the Fund as set out in Regulation 1.

4. That the regulations for the Clemoes Reading Prize be amended as follows:⁴

Regulation 3.

By amending the final sentence so as to read:

A candidate should send his or her name to the Secretary of the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic not later than the last Friday of Full Lent Term, together with details of the passage chosen.

5. That the regulations for the Alexander James Keith Fund be amended as follows:⁵

Regulation 9.

By amending the regulation so as to read:

9. Any unexpended income accumulated in the Fund may be applied from time to time by the Electors to make grants to Alexander James Keith Students and to other students engaged in research in agriculture in the Faculty of Biology towards meeting the cost of equipment and other expenses incurred by them in the course of their research.

6. That, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Architecture and History of Art, the regulations for the Kettle's Yard Travel Fund be amended as follows:⁶

Regulation 1.

By amending the final sentence so as to read:

The income of the Fund shall be devoted to making grants, to be called Brancusi Grants, towards the expenses of students of architecture or of history of art to enable them to travel abroad to study architecture or art, provided that, at the discretion of the Awarders, any income not so expended in any year may be used in that year for making grants for travel within the United Kingdom for the same purpose.

Regulation 6(b).

By deleting the word 'abroad'.

7. That the Nevill Mott-GEC Prizes be retitled the BAE SYSTEMS Nevill Mott Prizes.⁷

8. That the regulations for the Smuts Memorial Fund be amended as follows:⁸

Regulation 3.

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

(f)	two persons co-opted by the Managers, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Managers to co-opt any person.

9. That the regulation for the Sir Lionel Whitby Medal be replaced by the following regulations for the Sir Lionel Whitby Medal and Prize:⁹

Sir Lionel Whitby Medal and Prize

1. The Sir Lionel Whitby Medal and Prize shall be awarded annually by the M.D. Committee for an M.D. thesis, which in their opinion is of exceptional merit, and which deals with investigation carried out in the laboratory, preference being given to a haematological subject; provided that if in any year the M.D. Committee declare that no thesis of sufficient merit has been submitted no Medal or Prize shall be awarded in that year.

2. The sum available for the Prize shall be determined by the M.D. Committee within a range approved from time to time by the Council.

10. That, on the recommendation of the Library Syndicate, the Librarian be allowed to lend a Bible (Italian): Venice, Octavianus Scotus, 1481, from the Bible Society's Library to the United Bible Societies Europe Middle East Regional Service Centre for an exhibition 'The impact of the word in the world' to be held in the Teatro dei Dioscuri, Rome, from 14 July until 10 November 2000.

11. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 5 of the Joint Report, dated 31 January and 12 January 2000, of the Council and the General Board on the introduction of a part-time route to a doctoral degree (Reporter, p. 398) be approved.¹⁰

12. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 4 of the Report, dated 15 May 2000, of the Council on the construction of a new research facility for the Departments of Experimental Psychology and Anatomy (Reporter, p. 687) be approved.¹¹

13. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 16 of the Joint Report, dated 15 May and 11 May 2000, of the Council and the General Board on changes to the M.B.A. Degree (Reporter, p. 690) be approved.¹²

14. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 6 of the Report, dated 26 April 2000, of the General Board on the establishment of a second Professorship of Clinical Oncology (Reporter, p. 692) be approved.

¹ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 147. It is proposed to extend the membership of the Military Education Committee to include members appointed by Anglia Polytechnic University and the University of Essex. Students from both universities take part in the University's Officers Training Corps, the Air Squadron, and the Royal Naval Unit.

² Statutes and Ordinances, p. 210. The purpose of this amendment is to spread the examination load in Part IB of the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos by holding the examinations in Scientific, social, and ethical aspects of reproduction and populations and Veterinary reproductive biology at the beginning of the Lent Term rather than during the Easter Term. The teaching for these two subjects is completed by the end of the Michaelmas Term.

³ See the Vice-Chancellor's Notice, p. 774.

⁴ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 684. It is proposed to simplify the procedure for submission of candidates names for the Clemoes Reading Prize, and to bring the deadline for submission forward to before the beginning of the Easter Vacation.

⁵ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 727. Under the present regulations grants may be made to students engaged in graduate studies in agriculture in the Faculty of Biology. The Electors of the Fund propose to extend the eligibility for grants so that they become available to other students in the Faculty who wish to undertake research in agriculture.

⁶ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 728. These proposals, which have the approval of the donor's family, are intended to broaden the area of travel available to the grant holders.

⁷ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 753. The Nevill Mott-GEC Prizes are supported by annual benefactions from the General Electric Company plc. This company has now been taken over by BAE SYSTEMS who have agreed to continue to support the prizes. It is proposed to retitle the prizes accordingly.

⁸ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 799. The Board of Managers have proposed that they should be permitted to co-opt two additional members.

⁹ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 826. The M.D. Committee propose that a monetary prize should be awarded together with the Sir Lionel Whitby Medal. The change in regulations has the approval of Sir Lionel Whitby's family.

¹⁰ See the Council's Notice, p. 774.

¹¹ See the Council's Notice, p. 777.

¹² See the Council's Notice, p. 777.

T. J. MEAD, Registrary

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