The Council submits 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 These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 109), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 21 March 2008.
1. A. That a Gender Studies Fund be established in the University to be governed by the following regulations:1
1. The sum of £1.1m received by the University to support teaching and research in Gender Studies, together with other sums received for the same purpose, shall form a fund called the Gender Studies Fund.
2. The administration of the Fund shall be under the control of a Committee of Management consisting of:
| (a) | the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography, who shall be Chairman; |
| (b) | one person appointed by each of the Councils of the Schools of Arts and Humanities, the Biological Sciences, Clinical Medicine, the Humanities and Social Sciences, the Physical Sciences, and Technology; |
| (c) | the Head of the Department of Geography; |
| (d) | the person designated as Director of the Centre for Gender Studies in the Department of Geography; |
| (e) | one person who is not a resident member of the University appointed by the General Board to represent the national or international gender studies community; |
| (f) | not more than two members co-opted by the Committee, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons. |
3. Members in classes (b) and (e) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (f) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the year next following, as the Committee shall determine at the time of their co-optation.
4. The Committee shall meet at least three times a year.
5. The first charge on the Fund shall be the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs payable by the University in respect of the University Lecturer in Gender Studies in the Department of Geography.
6. Any unexpended income in a financial year, and such portion of the capital of the Fund as shall be determined by the Committee of Management, shall be applied, in any manner that the Committee shall determine, to support the study and teaching of Gender Studies in the University and to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of gender research more generally.
B. That the regulations for Endowed University Lectureships (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 704) be amended by adding the following entry:
Fund |
Subject |
Faculty or Department
|
Gender Studies Fund | Gender Studies | Geography
|
2. That the recommendations in paragraph 8 of the Report of the Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, dated 22 January 2008, on a new Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos (Reporter, 2007-08, p. 498) be approved.2
3. That the regulations for University Composition Fees be amended as follows:3
By amending certain entries in the table so as to read:
| Category | Annual | Michaelmas Term | Lent Term | Easter Term | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Home and EU undergraduate, other than Channel Islands and Isle of Man:* | |||||
| Continuing students | |||||
| A | Band 1 | 1,255 | 419 | 418 | 418 |
| B | Band 2 | 1,255 | 419 | 418 | 418 |
| C | Band 3 | 1,255 | 419** | 418 | 418 |
| N | Law Tripos, Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, and Oriental Studies Tripos, period abroad | 625 | 209 | 208 | 208 |
| Students commencing in 2006-07 | |||||
| A | Band 1 | 3,145 | 1,049 | 1,048 | 1,048 |
| B | Band 2 | 3,145 | 1,049 | 1,048 | 1,048 |
| C | Band 3 | 3,145 | 1,049 | 1,048 | 1,048 |
| N | Law Tripos, Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, and Oriental Studies Tripos, period abroad | 1,570 | 524 | 523 | 523 |
| Home and EU postgraduate | |||||
| D | (Bands 1-3) | 3,300 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 |
| PA | (Band 4A) | 7,191 | 2,397 | 2,397 | 2,397 |
| M.B.A.: | |||||
| H | One term in residence | 11,300 | |||
| I | Two terms in residence | 20,500 | |||
| J | Three terms in residence | 30,500 | |||
| M.Ed.: | |||||
| L | Home and EU | 1,650 | 550 | 550 | 550 |
| M | Overseas | 4,665 | 1,555 | 1,555 | 1,555 |
| Category | Annual | Michaelmas Term | Lent Term | Easter Term | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Home and EU postgraduate | |||||
| D+ | (Bands 1-3 enhanced) | 4,389 | 1,463 | 1,463 | 1,463 |
| Overseas students | |||||
| 2009-10 | |||||
| E | Band 1 | 9,747 | 3,249 | 3,249 | 3,249 |
| E+ | (Band 1 enhanced) | 10,746 | 3,582 | 3,582 | 3,582 |
| F | Band 2 | 12,768 | 4,256 | 4,256 | 4,256 |
| G | Band 3 | 23,631 | 7,877 | 7,877 | 7,877 |
| S | Band 4 | 13,350 | 4,450 | 4,450 | 4,450 |
* For 2008-09 the rate of £1,255 (or £625 for Category N) shall apply to home and EU undergraduate student members of the University who started a relevant course before 1 September 2006 or who had deferred entry to the course from an earlier year (continuing students); the rate of £3,145 (or £1,570 for Category N) shall apply to home and EU undergraduate student members of the University who start a relevant course with effect from 1 September 2006 and have not deferred entry to the course from an earlier year (students commencing in 2006-07).
** £625 for clinical medical students following a course under the Revised Regulations for the M.B., B.Chir. Degree, in their final Michaelmas Term.
SCHEDULE
Courses leading to examinations for the M.Phil. Degree
By deleting the entry for International Studies.
By inserting the following entry:
| International Relations | D | D | E |
By deleting the entry for Contemporary European Studies.
By amending the following entries as shown:
| Diplomas in | |||
| Economics | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| International Law | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Legal Studies | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| LL.M. Degree | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| M.Phil. Degree | |||
| Courses leading to examinations in | |||
| Archaeological Heritage and Museums | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Archaeological Research | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Archaeological Science | D+ | D+ | F |
| Biological Anthropological Science | D+ | D+ | F |
| Biological Anthropology | D+ | D+ | F |
| Criminological Research | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Criminology | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Development Studies | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Early Modern History | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Economic and Social History | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Education | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Environmental Policy | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Historical Studies | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science, Technology, and Medicine | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| International Relations | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Land Economy | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Land Economy Research | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Latin-American Studies | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Medieval History | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Modern European History | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Modern Society and Global Transformations | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Planning, Growth, and Regeneration | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Political Thought and Intellectual History | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Politics | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Real Estate Finance | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Social and Developmental Psychology | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Social Anthropological Analysis | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| Social Anthropological Research | D+ | D+ | E+ |
| World Archaeology | D+ | D+ | E+ |
By deleting the entries for Clinical Effectiveness, Primary and Community Care, and Public Health
and by amending certain other entries so as to read:4
| Annual | |
| Applied Criminology, Penology, and Management† | |
| Second year | 5,925 |
| International Relations | 7,875 (Home/EU) |
| 11,550 (Overseas) | |
| Latin-American Studies | 1,750 (Home/EU) |
| 4,719 (Overseas) | |
| Local and Regional History | 2,342 |
| Modernism | 2,970 |
| Social Enterprise and Community Development | 3,500 (Home/EU) |
| 7,250 (Overseas) |
† The course commences on 1 January each year.
4. That (i) Regulation 1 for the Unified Administrative Service be amended by removing the reference to the Health and Safety Division and by renaming the Personnel Division as the Human Resources Division; and (ii) all other references in the Ordinances to the Personnel Division be replaced by references to the Human Resources Division.5
1 See the Vice-Chancellor's Notice, p. 578.
2 The Council has received the remarks made at the Discussion of this Report (see p. 588) but does not wish to make any response.
3 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 159. See the Council's Notice, p. 578. No information is yet available about the fees to be charged in 2008-09 for students under categories U-Y (undergraduate students from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man). The opportunity has been taken to include recent amendments to various postgraduate courses (see the General Board's Notice on pp. 423 and 578).
4 The fees shown are for courses commencing in 2008.
5 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 653. The Council, on the recommendation of the Registrary and the Personnel Committee, proposes that the Health and Safety Division becomes part of the Personnel Division and that the merged Division should have the new title of the Human Resources Division. The new title will reflect the future development of the Division's functions. The Head of the Health and Safety Office will have the title of Director of Health and Safety with regulatory responsibility under government legislation for Health and Safety and will retain the right of direct access, as necessary, to the Registrary and the Vice-Chancellor.