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 These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 23 January 2009.
1. That a William Mills Library Acquisitions Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1
1. The sums subscribed in honour of William James Mills, M.A., of Emmanuel College, Librarian of the Scott Polar Research Institute from 1989 to 2004, shall form a William Mills Library Acquisitions Fund.
2. The income of the Fund shall be applied for the purchase of books, periodicals, and maps, in any format, for the library of the Scott Polar Research Institute.
3. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Director and Librarian of the Institute and one person appointed by the Committee of Management of the Institute to serve for three years from 1 January following her or his appointment.
4. The Managers shall meet at least once a year to consider the needs of the Institute's library collections and to apply the Fund's income in furtherance of its objectives.
5. Any unexpended income in a financial year may be added to the capital of the Fund, or accumulated for use as income in a future year in accordance with these regulations.
2. I. That a Polonsky-Coexist Fund for Jewish Studies be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1
1. The sums received by the University from the Polonsky Foundation and the Coexist Foundation to support teaching and research in Judaism, with special reference to the relations with the other Abrahamic faiths, namely Christianity and Islam, shall form a fund called the Polonsky-Coexist Fund for Jewish Studies.
2. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs payable by the University in respect of the Polonsky-Coexist Lectureship in Jewish Studies in the Faculty of Divinity.
3. The administration of the Fund shall be under the control of a Committee of Management consisting of:
| (a) | the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman; |
| (b) | one person appointed by the Council of the School of Arts and Humanities; |
| (c) | the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Divinity; |
| (d) | two other persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Divinity. |
4. The members in classes (b) and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment. If one or more of the offices in classes (b)-(d) are held by the same person or if one or more of these offices is vacant or its tenure has expired, the Faculty Board of Divinity shall appoint one or more additional Managers so as to ensure that there are always five Managers.
5. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulation 2, the income of the Fund may be applied for the support of teaching or research in Jewish Studies in the University, with special reference to the relations between Judaism and the other Abrahamic faiths and more generally to support the study of the Abrahamic faiths and their inter-relations, as shall be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Managers.
6. Any unexpended income in a financial year shall either be added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for use as income in any one or more subsequent years, as the Managers may determine.
II. That the regulations for Endowed University Lectureships (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 715) be amended by adding the following entry:
| Fund | Subject | Faculty or Department |
| Polonsky-Coexist Fund for Jewish Studies | Jewish Studies (Polonsky-Coexist Lecturer) | Divinity |
And that Regulation 8 be renumbered as 9 and that a new Regulation 8 be added so as to read:
8. The Polonsky-Coexist Lecturer in Jewish Studies shall provide such teaching in Jewish Studies, with special reference to the relations with the other Abrahamic faiths, for students offering the relevant papers under the regulations for the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos, as determined by the Faculty Board of Divinity.
3. That a Manmohan Singh Bursary Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1
1. The sums received by the University from the Eranda Foundation and Bharti Airtel Limited at the request of the Bharti Foundation, and other donations received for the same purpose, shall form a fund to be known as the Manmohan Singh Bursary Fund.
2. The income of the Fund, and that portion of the capital that has not been specified as permanent capital by the donor or donors, shall be applied only to provide one or more bursaries, to be called Manmohan Singh Bursaries, for persons only of Indian citizenship who demonstrate financial need in order that they may follow courses leading to a degree or other qualification of the University.
3. A person who is not already a member of the University shall become such by being matriculated before the end of the term next after her or his receipt of a Bursary provided that for good cause the Managers may allow a recipient to defer matriculation until a later date.
4. The Fund shall be administered by four Managers who shall be:
| (a) | the Vice-Chancellor, or a duly appointed deputy, as Chairman; |
| (b) | three persons appointed by the Council. |
Managers in class (b) shall serve for three years from 1 October following their appointment.
5. Any unexpended income, in any one year, may be retained and used as income in subsequent years.
4. That, on the recommendation of the General Board and with effect from 1 January 2009, Regulations 1 and 2(a) for the School of Technology be amended by replacing in each case the reference to the Cambridge Programme for Industry by reference to the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership.2
5. That Regulation 3 for the Anthony Dorrell Prize and Regulation 3 for the Olga Youhotsky and Catherine Matthews Fund be amended in each case so as to read:3
3. The value of the Prize shall be the annual income of the Fund.
6. That PricewaterhouseCoopers be appointed, in accordance with Statute F, II, 5, to be the qualified accountants for the audit of the University's financial statements for the financial year 2008-09.4
1 See the Vice-Chancellor's Notice on p. 386.
2 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 612. See the General Board's Notice on p. 393.
3 Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 765 and 939. These Prizes currently consist of books selected by the prize-winners for which the approval of the Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies must be obtained. The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages have recommended that it would be more efficient for the prize-winners in each case to receive the Prize in the form of a cheque.
4 The Audit Committee have recommended the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as External Auditors to the University for the current financial year.