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 These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 115), will be deemed to have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, 9 July 2004.
1. That the regulations for Clinical Lecturers be amended as follows:1
Regulation 3.
By amending the regulation so as to read:
3. Appointments to a Clinical Lectureship shall be for four years in the first instance; a Clinical Lecturer may be reappointed for a further period or periods, subject to a maximum tenure for the office of six years, excluding any period of leave not exceeding a maximum of three years, approved without stipend by the General Board under Statute D, II, 6(b) for the purpose of undertaking research.
2. That the regulations for Secretaries and Superintendents of Faculties, Departments, and other institutions under the supervision of the General Board be amended as follows:2
Regulation 7.
By deleting this regulation and renumbering Regulation 8 accordingly.
3. That the recommendations in paragraph 62 of the Report of the Council, dated 24 May 2004, on the financial position of the Chest, recommending allocations for 2004-05 (Reporter, p. 716) be approved.3
4. That the recommendations in paragraph 21 of the Report of the Council, dated 24 May 2004, on certain administrative offices (Reporter, p. 714) be approved.
1 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 701. The purpose of this amendment is to enable Clinical Lecturers to take up, for a period or periods not exceeding a maximum of three years, externally funded, prestigious national research training fellowships such as the Medical Research Council Clinical Research Training Fellowship, the Cancer Research UK Senior Clinical Research Fellowships, and British Heart Foundation Clinical Ph.D. Studentship, while preserving the six-year maximum fixed-term nature of the office.
2 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 705. Recent changes in the appointing arrangements for certain academic-related staff, approved by Grace 2 of 18 February 2004, have made this regulation redundant.
3 See the Council's Notice, p. 866.