(Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 145 and 146)
Following a review of the management of the Natural Sciences Tripos, through the Strategic Committee for the Natural Sciences Tripos and Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos, the General Board, on the recommendation of the two committees, have revised the membership and remit of the Committee of Management and have agreed to disband the Strategic Committee. This will provide for more focused management of the Tripos and a greater clarity of the role of the Committee of Management and its relationships with the relevant Councils of the Schools and Faculty Boards and Syndicates. The proposed revised regulations for the Committee of Management are set out below.
The Council, on the recommendation of the General Board, has agreed to submit a Grace to the Regent House proposing disbanding the Strategic Committee and revising the regulations for the Committee of Management with effect from 1 October 2008 (Grace 4, p. 623).
1. There shall be a Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos, which shall be responsible, in consultation with the Faculty Boards and other authorities concerned, for co-ordinating the administration of the Natural Sciences Tripos.
2. The Committee of Management shall consist of:
| (a) | two persons appointed by the General Board, one on the nomination of the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences, and one on the nomination of the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences; |
| (b) | eleven persons appointed by the General Board, four on the nomination of the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences in consultation with the Faculty Boards of Earth Sciences and Geography, Mathematics, and Physics and Chemistry, four on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Biology, one on the nomination of the Board of History and Philosophy of Science, one on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Computer Science and Technology, and one on the nomination of the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate; |
| (c) | the Chairmen of Examiners for the Natural Sciences Tripos for the current academical year; |
| (d) | two members of the University in statu pupillari appointed by the Committee of Management from among those students who are candidates for any Part of the Natural Sciences Tripos; |
| (e) | not more than three persons 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 (a) and (b) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for one year from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (e) 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 elect a Chairman, who shall be a member of the Committee in class (a) or (b). The Secretary of the Committee shall be a University officer designated by the General Board.
5. The Committee shall meet at least once in each term.
6. Eight members of the Committee shall form a quorum.
7. The duties of the Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos shall be:
| (a) | to keep under review all student-related administration for the several Parts of the Tripos; |
| (b) | to supervise policies and guidance relating to examinations for the Tripos, and to provide relevant information to the Examiners for the several Parts of the Tripos; |
| (c) | to obtain reports from the Examiners for the several Parts of the Tripos, and to ensure that Chairmen of Faculty Boards and Heads of Departments are informed, as may be appropriate, about matters arising from such reports; |
| (d) | to keep under review the regulations for the several Parts of the Tripos and, in consultation with the Faculty Boards and other authorities concerned, what amendments of the regulations for the Tripos are desirable, and to report to the General Board or the University, as appropriate, concerning proposals for such amendments; |
| (e) | to make, after consulting the Faculty Boards and other authorities concerned, supplementary regulations for the Tripos; |
| (f) | subject to any powers which the General Board may wish to exercise under Statute C, I, 1(d), to determine, after consulting the authorities concerned, the time-table of teaching for the Natural Sciences Tripos; |
| (g) | to exercise with respect to any Preliminary Examination pertaining to the Natural Sciences Tripos, except so far as regards the nomination of Examiners, the powers and duties assigned to Faculty Boards by the regulations for Preliminary Examinations; |
| (h) | to disseminate information about the Tripos within the University and to promote awareness and understanding of the Tripos in schools and other institutions outside the University; |
| (i) | to consider matters referred to the Committee by the General Board, the Councils of the Schools, and the Faculty Boards and other authorities concerned; |
| (j) | to make an Annual Report to the General Board, the Councils of the Schools and the Faculty Boards, and other authorities concerned with the Natural Sciences Tripos. |
8. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to the Committee of Management as if it were a body constituted by Statute.
9. Of the members in class (a) appointed in the Michaelmas Term 2008 the General Board shall appoint one person to serve for one year and one person to serve for three years from 1 January 2009.
10. Of the members in class (b) appointed in the Michaelmas Term 2008 the General Board shall appoint three persons to serve for one year, four persons to serve for two years, and four persons to serve for three years from 1 January 2009.