Reporter 14/11/01:: Graces submitted to the Regent House on 14 November 2001

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 14 November 2001

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 These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 113), will be deemed to have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 November 2001.

1. That the regulations for the Selwyn Divinity School and Lecture-rooms (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 575) be rescinded.¹

2. That the regulations for the Director of the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies (CARET, Statutes and Ordinances, p. 610) be replaced by the following new regulations for the staff of the Centre:²

Staff of the Centre

1. There shall be a University office of Director of the Centre, which shall be held on such terms and conditions as the General Board may from time to time determine.

2. Appointments and reappointments to the office of Director shall be made by the General Board. Appointments and reappointments shall be for periods not exceeding five years at a time, as the General Board shall determine on each occasion. The maximum tenure of the Directorship shall be fifteen years, provided that in exceptional circumstances the General Board may approve an extension of tenure for a further period or periods.

3. The Director shall be the administrative Head of the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies, and shall carry out the duties assigned to a Head of a Department in Statute C, V, 3. He or she shall seek to facilitate the conduct of applied research in educational technologies and shall make an annual report on the work of the Centre to the General Board.

4. There shall be such number of University offices of Assistant Director of the Centre as the General Board may from time to time determine. An office of Assistant Director may be held concurrently with another University office. Appointments and reappointments to the office shall be made by the General Board for periods not exceeding five years at a time as shall be determined by the General Board on the recommendation of the Director.

5. During any absence of the Director, or when the office of Director is vacant, the General Board may appoint one of the Assistant Directors as Acting Director on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine.

6. The duties of the Assistant Directors shall be to assist the Director in all matters connected with the work of the Centre.

3. That the regulations for Librarians of certain Faculties, Departments, and other institutions be amended by adding the following entries:³

to Schedule I, the entry 'Faculty of Philosophy,'

to Schedule III, the entry 'Centre of South Asian Studies'.

4. That the regulations for the John Winbolt Prize (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 884) be amended as follows:⁴

Regulation 3.

By inserting after the word 'Entries' in the final sentence the words '(limited to one paper per candidate)'.

Regulation 6.

By amending the first sentence so as to read:

In any year the award may be made for an entry (limited to one paper) submitted jointly by two candidates giving an account of research that they have carried out in co-operation.

5. That the recommendations contained in paragraph 8 of the Joint Report, dated 11 June 2001 and 23 May 2001, of the Council and the General Board on new arrangements for determining the initial place on the scale of stipends on appointment in respect of non-clinical academic and academic-related officers and unestablished staff (Reporter, 2000-01, p. 811) be approved.⁵

6. That the statement of the University's mission and core values set out in the Council's Notice of 12 November 2001 be approved.⁶

¹ Following the move of the Faculty of Divinity from the Divinity School to a new building on the Sidgwick Site these regulations are redundant.

² Because of an increase in the number of staff in CARET and the extensive commitments of the Director as a representative of the University on e-learning activities both nationally and internationally, it is proposed to establish the offices of Assistant Directors in the Centre.

³ Statutes and Ordinances, p. 697. It is proposed to constitute Appointments Committees for Librarians in these institutions according to the relevant Schedules.

⁴ It is proposed to clarify the entry requirements for this prize.

⁵ See the Council's Notice, p. 227.

⁶ See p. 226.

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