Cambridge University Reporter


REPORT

Report of the General Board on Senior Academic Promotions

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

1. The senior academic promotions exercise in respect of promotions to take effect from 1 October 2006 has been completed. The General Board, at their meeting on 10 May 2006, considered recommendations from the main Senior Academic Promotions Committee in respect of promotion to personal Professorships, Readerships, and Senior Lectureships. With the recommendations the Board received an extensive report which included the minutes of meetings of Faculty Promotions Committees, and of the Board's Main Senior Academic Promotions Committee and Sub-committees. The report and the minutes provided the Board with an account of the procedure followed for the evaluation and comparison of the evidence for all applicants. The Board were able to see how recommendations had been arrived at so that, without repeating the entire exercise itself, they could either approve the recommendations or, if they so wished, consider the basis on which any of the recommendations had been made.

2. The contents of the report were as follows:

3. The Board now recommend the establishment of twenty Professorships from 1 October 2006. The establishment of these Professorships, with the exception of that proposed for Dr J. A. Clack, is proposed on condition that, in each case where the person currently holds a permanently established office, that office should be placed in abeyance during the tenure of the Professorship. In proposing the establishment of a Professorship for Dr Clack, the General Board have agreed, in accordance with Statute D, II, 11(b), that it should be tenable for so long as Dr Clack continues to hold the office of Senior Assistant Curator of the Museum of Zoology.

4. The General Board have agreed to recommend the establishment of a Professorship for Dr I. D. Hodge with effect from 1 October 2005 following his successful appeal against the outcome of his application in the previous exercise.

5. The Board also propose the establishment from 1 October 2006 of twenty-eight Readerships, as set out in Recommendation III. The establishment of these Readerships, with the exception of that proposed for Dr A. Moffett, is proposed on condition that, in each case where the person currently holds a permanently established office, that office should be placed in abeyance during the tenure of the Readership. Dr Moffett currently holds a senior unestablished appointment. The General Board have agreed to propose the establishment of a Readership for Dr Moffett for a period of five years from 1 October 2006. The Head of the Department of Pathology has confirmed that funding is available to meet the full cost of the Readership for the period of its establishment.

6. 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.

7. The Board have also agreed, in accordance with Statute D, XVIII, 3 and the special regulation for University Senior Lectureships (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 693), to appoint the twenty-eight individuals listed in the Schedule to this Report to University Senior Lectureships (or unestablished posts at the same level).

8. The estimated total additional cost to central funds of the proposals for promotion to personal Professorships and Readerships and of the appointments to University Senior Lectureships of the persons named in this Report will be approximately £503,413 a year.

9. The General Board recommend:

I. That, with effect from 1 October 2006, Professorships be established for named persons for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, and assigned to the Faculty or Department named in each case, as follows:

School of Arts and Humanities

School of the Biological Sciences

School of Clinical Medicine

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

School of the Physical Sciences

School of Technology

II. That, with effect from 1 October 2005, a Professorship be established in the Department of Land Economy for one tenure for Dr IAN DAVID HODGE, of Hughes Hall, and placed in Schedule B of the Statutes.

III. That, with effect from 1 October 2006, 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

School of the Biological Sciences

School of Clinical Medicine

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

School of the Physical Sciences

School of Technology

10 May 2006ALISON RICHARD, Vice-ChancellorM. J. DAUNTONMELVEENA MCKENDRICK
 JOHN BELLRICHARD FRIENDROGER PARKER
 TOM BLUNDELLRICHARD HUNTERPATRICK SISSONS
 H. A. CHASED. W. B. MACDONALDI. H. WHITE

SCHEDULE

The General Board have agreed to appoint the following to University Senior Lectureships, with effect from 1 October 2006 to the retiring age. The asterisked appointments are to unestablished Senior Lectureships from 1 October 2006, the period of appointment being coterminous with the end of the current appointments.

School of Arts and Humanities

Department of History of Art Dr ALYCE ABIGAIL HELOISE MAHON, of Trinity College
Faculty of English Dr CHRISTOPHER DAVID CANNON, of Girton College
Faculty of English Dr PRIYAMVADA GOPAL, of Churchill College
Faculty of EnglishDr RAPHAEL THOMAS RICHARD LYNE, of New Hall
Faculty of English Dr JASON EDWARD SCOTT-WARREN, of Gonville and Caius College
Faculty of Oriental Studies Dr FRANCESCA ORSINI, of Wolfson College
Faculty of Oriental Studies Dr ROEL STERCKX, of Christ's College

School of the Biological Sciences

Department of BiochemistryDr ANTONY PHILIP JACKSON, of Sidney Sussex College
Department of Experimental PsychologyDr KATRINA CAROL PLAISTED, of St John's College
Department of Pathology Dr JAMES WARREN AJIOKA, of Jesus College
Department of Plant SciencesDr JULIAN MICHAEL HIBBERD, of Emmanuel College
Department of Veterinary MedicineDr ALEXANDER WILLIAM TUCKER, of Pembroke College

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of ArchaeologyDr PRESTON MIRACLE, of St John's College
Department of EducationMr EDWIN JOHN FINNEY, of Homerton College
Department of EducationMrs ELAINE GERARDINE WILSON, of Homerton College
Faculty of HistoryDr JONATHAN MARK LAWRENCE, of Emmanuel College
Faculty of History Dr ALEXANDRA JANE SHEPARD, of Christ's College
Faculty of HistoryDr MARY TERESA JOSEPHINE WEBBER, of Trinity College
Department of History and Philosophy of ScienceDr TIMOTHY MARK LEWENS, of Clare College
Department of SociologyDr DARIN THOMPSON WEINBERG, of King's College
Faculty of Law Dr MARK CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT, of St Catharine's College
Faculty of Law Dr DAVID MURRAY FOX, of St John's College
Centre of International StudiesDr TARAK BARKAWI*

School of the Physical Sciences

Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical PhysicsDr STEPHEN JOHN EGLEN*
Department of PhysicsDr CRISPIN HENRY WILLIAM BARNES,* of Girton College

School of Technology

Department of EngineeringDr THOMAS WILLIAM DRUMMOND, of St Catharine's College
Department of EngineeringDr ANDREW JOHN FLEWITT, of Sidney Sussex College
Department of EngineeringDr TIMOTHY DAVID WILKINSON, of Jesus College