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REPORT

Annual Report of the General Board on the establishment of personal Professorships and Readerships

The GENERAL BOARD beg leave to report to the University as follows:

1. In accordance with the Board's Report on the procedure for the consideration of applications for the establishment of personal Professorships and Readerships of 21 October 1998 (Reporter, 1998-99, p. 106), which was approved by Graces 7 and 8 of 9 December 1998, the Deputy Secretary General sent to the Chairmen and Secretaries of Faculty Boards multiple copies of the procedure document (the orange booklet) which set out the procedure for the consideration of personal Professorships and Readerships, with effect from 1 October 2001, for distribution to eligible officers in their Faculty.

2. The Board have received an extensive report, the Minutes of meetings, and the recommendations for promotion from their Committee on personal Professorships and Readerships. That report and the Minutes provided the Board with an account of the procedure followed by the Committee for the orderly evaluation and comparison of the evidence for all candidates, so as to give the Board the means to exercise surveillance of this delegated process. The Board were able to see how the Committee had arrived at their recommendations so that, without repeating the entire onerous exercise undertaken by the Committee, the Board were able either to approve the recommendations or, if they wished, to consider the basis on which any of the recommendations had been made.

3. The contents of the Committee's report and Minutes were as follows

The ordered list of applicants reported the detailed evaluation of the criteria for each applicant made by the relevant Faculty Promotions Committee and, in the same detail, that made by the Board's Committee. The ordering of the list correlated with the latter evaluations and with the Committee's recommendations. The Board also received the Minutes of the meetings of the Faculty Promotions Committees.

4. The Board now recommend the establishment, from 1 October 2001, of 31 Professorships, as set out in Recommendation I. The establishment of these Professorships, with the exception of that intended for Dr D. W. Phillipson, is proposed on condition that in each case the office which has been held in abeyance during his or her tenure of the Readership should continue to be held in abeyance during his or her tenure of the Professorship. In proposing the establishment of a Professorship for Dr Phillipson, the Board have agreed that it should be tenable only for so long as he continues to hold the office of Curator and Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; they accordingly recommend, in accordance with Statute D, II, 11(a), that Dr Phillipson should hold the Curatorship and Directorship concurrently with the proposed Professorship.

5. The Board also propose the establishment, from 1 October 2001, of 64 Readerships, as set out in Recommendation II. The establishment of these Readerships, with the exception of that intended for Dr C. R. Chippindale, is proposed on condition that in each case where the person to be appointed currently holds a permanently established University office, that office should be held in abeyance during his or her tenure of the Readership. In proposing the establishment of a Readership for Dr Chippindale, the Board have agreed that it should be tenable for so long as he continues to hold the office of Senior Assistant Curator of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; they accordingly have agreed in accordance with Statute D, II, 11(b), that Dr Chippindale should hold the Senior Assistant Curatorship concurrently with the proposed Readership.

6. The Board have ascertained that each of the persons concerned is willing to accept the Professorship or Readership proposed.

7. In order to avoid delay in publishing the Report the Board have put forward their recommendations before the titles of the Professorships and Readerships have been agreed. The Board will announce these titles at a later date, after consultation with the individuals concerned.

8. If the proposals contained in this Report are approved, and if the Professorships and Readerships are held on the conditions stated in the Board's proposals, the estimated cost chargeable on funds available for general purposes will be about £740,000 in a full year.

9. The General Board recommend:

I. That, with effect from 1 October 2001, Professorships be established for named persons for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, and assigned to the Faculty or Department or other institution named in each case, as follows:

School of Arts and Humanities

One in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art for Dr D. J. HOWARD, of St John's College.

One in the Department of History of Art for Dr D. J. WATKIN, of Peterhouse.

One in the Faculty of Divinity for Dr G. I. DAVIES, of Fitzwilliam College.

One in the Faculty of Divinity for Dr N. R. M. DE LANGE, of Wolfson College.

One in the Faculty of English for Dr B. A. WINDEATT, of Emmanuel College.

One in the Department of French for Dr H. S. KAY, of Girton College.

One in the Faculty of Music for Dr R. G. HOLLOWAY, of Gonville and Caius College.

One in the Faculty of Oriental Studies for Dr P. F. KORNICKI, of Robinson College.

School of the Biological Sciences

One in the Department of Pathology for Dr C. HUGHES, of Trinity College.

One in the Department of Pathology for Dr M. A. STANLEY, of Christ's College.

One in the Department of Pharmacology for Dr C. W. TAYLOR, of Downing College.

One in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry for Dr J. P. LUZIO, of St Edmund's College.

One in the Department of Psychiatry for Dr S. BARON-COHEN, of Trinity College.

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

One in the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology for Dr D. W. PHILLIPSON, of Gonville and Caius College.

One in the Institute of Criminology for Dr P.-O. H. WIKSTRöM, of Girton College.

One in the Department of Social and Political Sciences for Dr J. B. THOMPSON, of Jesus College.

School of the Physical Sciences

One in the Department of Earth Sciences for Dr M. A. CARPENTER, of Magdalene College.

One in the Scott Polar Research Institute for Dr P. WADHAMS, of Churchill College.

One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr H. OSBORN, of Trinity College.

One in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics for Dr C. B. THOMAS, of Robinson College.

One in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics for Dr P. M. H. WILSON, of Trinity College.

One in the Institute of Astronomy for Dr R. F. GRIFFIN, of St John's College.

One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr I. PATERSON, of Jesus College.

One in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy for Dr A. L. GREER, of Sidney Sussex College.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr J. A. C. BLAND, of Selwyn College.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr J. R. CARTER, of Newnham College.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr M. WARNER, of Corpus Christi College.

School of Technology

One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr A. M. PITTS, of Darwin College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr R. E. BRITTER, of Pembroke College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr J. ROBERTSON, of Churchill College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Mr K. M. WALLACE, of Selwyn College.

II. That, with effect from 1 October 2001, Readerships be established as follows, and that the General Board be authorized to appoint to each Readership the person for whom its establishment is proposed:

School of Arts and Humanities

One in the Department of History of Art for Dr P. BINSKI, of Gonville and Caius College.

One in the Faculty of Classics for Dr R. B. B. WARDY, of St Catharine's College.

One in the Faculty of Divinity, for Dr J. M. SOSKICE, of Jesus College.

One in the Faculty of Divinity, for Dr D. M. THOMPSON, of Fitzwilliam College.

One in the Faculty of English, for Dr M. ELLMANN, of King's College.

One in the Faculty of English, for Dr K. M. WHEELER, of Darwin College.

One in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic for Dr O. J. PADEL, of Peterhouse.

One in the Department of German for Dr P. HUTCHINSON, of Trinity Hall.

One in the Department of Slavonic Studies for Dr A. M. KELLY, of King's College.

One in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese for Dr A. J. CLOSE, of Darwin College.

One in the Faculty of Oriental Studies for Dr C. P. MELVILLE, of Pembroke College.

One in the Faculty of Oriental Studies for Dr J. D. SMITH, of Christ's College.

School of the Biological Sciences

One in the Department of Anatomy for Dr G. J. BURTON, of St John's College.

One in the Department of Biochemistry for Dr K. M. BRINDLE, of Fitzwilliam College.

One in the Department of Biochemistry for Dr R. W. FARNDALE, of Fitzwilliam College.

One in the Department of Biochemistry for Dr C. W. J. SMITH.

One in the Department of Biochemistry for Dr A. M. TOLKOVSKY, of Christ's College.

One in the Department of Genetics for Dr M. E. N. MAJERUS, of Clare College.

One in the Department of Pathology for Dr V. KORONAKIS.

One in the Department of Physiology for Dr R. H. S. CARPENTER, of Gonville and Caius College.

One in the Department of Plant Sciences for Dr A. G. SMITH, of Corpus Christi College.

One in the Department of Zoology for Dr W. AMOS, of Girton College.

One in the Department of Medical Genetics for Dr J. R. W. YATES, of St Catharine's College.

One in the Department of Medicine for Dr S. J. KENWRICK, of Hughes Hall.

One in the Department of Psychiatry for Dr F. A. HUPPERT, of Darwin College.

One in the Department of Surgery for Mr N. RUSHTON, of Magdalene College.

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

One in the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology for Dr C. R. CHIPPINDALE, of Girton College.

One in the Faculty of Economics and Politics for Dr H. SABOURIAN, of King's College.

One in the Faculty of History for Dr E. F. BIAGINI, of Robinson College.

One in the Faculty of History for Dr R. S. CHANDAVARKAR, of Trinity College.

One in the Faculty of History for Dr J. P. PARRY, of Pembroke College.

One in the Department of Land Economy for Dr I. D. HODGE, of Jesus College.

One in the Department of Land Economy for Dr P. TYLER, of St Catharine's College.

One in the Faculty of Law for Dr C. D. GRAY, of St John's College.

One in the Faculty of Law for Ms J. SCOTT, of Clare College.

School of the Physical Sciences

One in the Department of Earth Sciences for Dr T. J. B. HOLLAND, of Fitzwilliam College.

One in the Department of Geography for Dr P. L. GIBBARD, of Darwin College.

One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr J. R. LISTER, of Trinity College.

One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr F. QUEVEDO, of Gonville and Caius College.

One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr M. G. WORSTER, of Trinity College.

One in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics for Dr A. CORTI, of Emmanuel College.

One in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics for Dr J. NEKOVAR, of Christ's College.

One in the Institute of Astronomy for Dr C. J. CLARKE, of Clare College.

One in the Institute of Astronomy for Dr R. G. MCMAHON, of Clare Hall.

One in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy for Dr B. A. GLOWACKI, of Darwin College.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr M. M. CHAUDHRI, of Darwin College.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr H. P. HUGHES, of St John's College.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr M. A. PARKER, of Peterhouse.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr C. G. SMITH, of Clare Hall.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr E. M. TERENTJEV.

One in the Department of Physics for Dr S. WITHINGTON, of Downing College.

School of Technology

One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr A. MYCROFT, of Robinson College.

One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr P. ROBINSON, of Gonville and Caius College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr P. W. R. BEAUMONT, of Wolfson College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr P. J. CLARKSON, of Trinity Hall.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr E. W. GARNSEY, of Clare Hall.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr S. J. GODSILL, of Corpus Christi College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr T.-J. LU, of Queens' College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Mr F. A. MCROBIE, of St Edmund's College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr R. J. MEARS, of Pembroke College.

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr D. F. MOORE, of Trinity Hall.

One in the Judge Institute of Management Studies for Dr S. SCHOLTES.

Institute of Biotechnology

One in the Institute of Biotechnology for Dr N. C. BRUCE, of Trinity Hall.

One in the Institute of Biotechnology for Dr J. A. H. MURRAY, of King's College.

III. That, if Recommendation I is approved, Dr Phillipson be permitted to hold his Professorship concurrently with the Curatorship and Directorship of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

IV. That, if Recommendations I and II are approved, the General Board be authorized to determine the titles of each Professorship and Readership in due course.

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Cambridge University Reporter, 24 October
Copyright © 2001 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.