Cambridge University Reporter


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 2009 has been completed. The General Board, at their meeting on 6 May 2009, 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 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-seven Professorships from 1 October 2009 as set out in Recommendation I. The establishment of these Professorships 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.

4. The Board also propose the establishment of twenty-seven Readerships from 1 October 2009, as set out in Recommendation II. The establishment of these Readerships, with the exception of that proposed for Dr R. C. Preece, 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. In proposing the establishment of a Readership for Dr Preece, the General Board have agreed, in accordance with Statute D, II, 11(b), that it should be tenable for so long as Dr Preece continues to hold the office of Senior Assistant Curator in Malacology (Watson).

5. 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.

6. The Board have also agreed, in accordance with Statute D, XVIII, 3 and the special regulation for University Senior Lectureships (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 709), to appoint the twenty-one individuals listed in the Schedule to this Report to University Senior Lectureships.

7. The estimated total additional cost to central funds in the first year 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 £525,000.

8. The General Board recommend:

I. That, with effect from 1 October 2009, Professorships be established for named persons for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, and assigned to the Faculty, Department, or Institution named in each case, as follows:

School of Arts and Humanities

One in the Faculty of Divinity for Dr JANET MARTIN SOSKICE of Jesus College

One in the Faculty of English for Dr PETER LESLIE DE BOLLA of King's College

One in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese for Dr MARIA MANUEL GABAO LISBOA of St John's College

School of the Biological Sciences

One in the Department of Biochemistry for Dr NICHOLAS JOHN GAY of Christ's College

One in the Department of Pharmacology for Dr JOHN MICHAEL EDWARDSON of Christ's College

One in the Department of Pharmacology for Dr ANNE JENNIFER MORTON of Newnham College

One in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience for Dr WILLIAM HENRY COLLEDGE of Churchill College

One in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience for Dr ANGELA CHARLOTTE ROBERTS of Girton College

School of Clinical Medicine

One in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry for Dr DAVID JONATHAN OWEN

One in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry for Dr ANTONIO VIDAL-PUIG

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

One in the Department of Biological Anthropology for Dr WILLIAM CLEMENT MCGREW of Corpus Christi College

One in the Faculty of History for Dr PETER MANDLER of Gonville and Caius College

One in the Faculty of History for Dr JONATHAN PHILIP PARRY of Pembroke College

One in the Institute of Criminology for Dr MANUEL PETER EISNER

School of the Physical Sciences

One in the Department of Earth Sciences for Dr KEITH FERRIN PRIESTLEY of Queens' College

One in the Institute of Astronomy for Dr NEIL WYN EVANS of King's College

One in the Institute of Astronomy for Dr CRAIG DOUGLAS MACKAY of Corpus Christi College

One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr PAUL BRETT DAVIES of Corpus Christi College

One in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy for Dr SERENA MICHELLE BEST of St John's College

One in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy for Dr RUTH ELIZABETH CAMERON of Lucy Cavendish College

One in the Department of Physics for Dr VALERIE GIBSON of Trinity College

One in the Department of Physics for Dr NEIL CLEMENT GREENHAM of Clare College

School of Technology

One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr JOHN GUSTAV DAUGMAN

One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr ANUJ DAWAR of Robinson College

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr EPAMINONDAS MASTORAKOS of Fitzwilliam College

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr FLORIN UDREA of Emmanuel College

One in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechology for Dr MARKUS KRAFT of Churchill College


II. That, with effect from 1 October 2009, 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

One in the Faculty of Divinity for Dr ROBERT DOUGLAS HEDLEY of Clare College

One in the Faculty of English for Dr LAURA CHARLOTTE WRIGHT of Lucy Cavendish College

One in the Faculty of Music for Dr MARINA FROLOVA-WALKER of Clare College

School of the Biological Sciences

One in the Department of Biochemistry for Dr GUY CHARLES BROWN of Downing College

One in the Department of Biochemistry for Dr SARAH CATHERINE RUTH LUMMIS of King's College

One in the Department of Plant Sciences for Dr JAMES PHILLIP HASELOFF

One in the Department of Zoology for Dr REBECCA MARY KILNER of Sidney Sussex College

One in the Department of Zoology for Dr RICHARD CHARLES PREECE, tenable for so long as he holds the office of Senior Assistant Curator in Malacology (Watson) in the Museum of Zoology

One in the Department of Veterinary Medicine for Dr PIETRO MASTROENI of Darwin College

School of Clinical Medicine

One in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry for Dr ISMAA SADAF FAROOQI

One in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences for Dr STEPHEN JAMES SAWCER of Jesus College

One in the Department of Oncology for Dr PAUL DAVID PETER PHAROAH of Gonville and Caius College

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

One in the Department of Social Anthropology for Dr DAVID ANDREWS SNEATH of Corpus Christi College

One in the Faculty of Economics for Dr SOLOMIS NICOLAOU SOLOMOU of Peterhouse

One in the Faculty of History for Dr JOYA CHATTERJI of Trinity College

One in the Department of Politics and International Studies for Dr DAVID WALTER RUNCIMAN of Trinity Hall

One in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science for Dr ELEANOR ROBSON

School of the Physical Sciences

One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr GORDON IAN OGILVIE of Clare College

One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr JONATHAN MICHAEL GOODMAN of Clare College

One in the Department of Physics for Dr JOCHEN REINHOLD GUCK

School of Technology

One in Judge Business School for Dr KAMAL AHAMED MUNIR

One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr STEVEN MICHAEL HAND of Wolfson College

One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr CECILIA MASCOLO

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr ANDREA CARLO FERRARI of Pembroke College

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr ANDREW JOHN FLEWITT of Sidney Sussex College

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr ROBERT JOHN MILLER of Gonville and Caius College

One in the Department of Engineering for Dr TIMOTHY DAVID WILKINSON of Jesus College

6 May 2009 ALISON RICHARD, Vice-Chancellor PHILIP FORD J. RALLISON
 NICK BAMPOS S. C. FRANKLIN JEREMY SANDERS
 JOHN BELL A. M. GAMBLE PATRICK SISSONS
 TOM BLUNDELL RACHAEL PADMAN I. H. WHITE
 WILLIAM BROWN 

SCHEDULE

The General Board have agreed to appoint the following to University Senior Lectureships, with effect from 1 October 2009, to the retiring age.

School of Arts and Humanities
Department of Architecture Dr JAMES WILLIAM PATRICK CAMPBELL of Queens' College
Faculty of Classics Dr REBECCA ELIZABETH FLEMMING of Jesus College
Faculty of Classics Dr EMILY JOANNA GOWERS of St John's College
Department of Italian Dr ABIGAIL SARAH BRUNDIN of St Catharine's College
Department of Spanish and Portuguese Dr RODRIGO GABRIEL CACHO of Clare College
Faculty of Music Dr SAMUEL JAMES BARRETT of Pembroke College

School of the Biological Sciences
Department of Pathology Dr NICHOLAS JOHN HOLMES of Trinity College
Department of Zoology Dr ANDREA MANICA of Clare College

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Education Dr DAVID GRAEME PEDDER of Clare Hall
Faculty of History Dr ANDREW MALCOLM PRESTON of Clare College
Faculty of Law Dr KATHLEEN MARY LIDDELL of Downing College
Department of Politics and International StudiesDr DUNCAN JOHN KELLY of Jesus College
Department of Politics and International StudiesDr AMRITA NARLIKAR of Darwin College

School of the Physical Sciences
Department of Geography Dr EMMA ELIZABETH MAWDSLEY of Newnham College
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Dr COLM-CILLE PATRICK CAULFIELD of Churchill College
Department of Chemistry Dr PAUL DEREK BARKER of Downing College

School of Technology
Judge Business School Dr PAUL JAMES TRACEY
Judge Business School Dr YIDING EDEN YIN of St Edmund's College
Department of Engineering Dr JAMES MOULTRIE of Selwyn College
Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyDr PATRICK JOHN BARRIE of Emmanuel College
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Dr ALEXANDER FRANCIS ROUTH of Gonville and Caius College

STATISTICAL SUMMARY

Attached as Annex A to this Report is a statistical summary by the Sub-Committee of the number of successful and unsuccessful applications for promotions to personal Professorships, Readerships, and Senior Lectureships.

Senior Academic Promotions 2009 - Annex A

Statistical Summary of Outcomes by Sub-Committee

 

Professorships      
Sub-Committee
Successful
Unsuccessful
Total
Arts and Humanities
3
4
7
Biological and Medical Sciences
7
5
12
Humanities and Social Sciences
4
12
16
Physical Sciences
8
3
11
Technology
5
7
12
TOTAL
27
31
58
Readerships      
Sub-Committee
Successful
Unsuccessful
Total
Arts and Humanities
3
5
8
Biological and Medical Sciences
9
11
20
Humanities and Social Sciences
5
12
17
Physical Sciences
3
7
10
Technology
7
11
18
TOTAL
27
46
73
University Senior Lectureships      
Sub-Committee
Successful
Unsuccessful
Total
Arts and Humanities
6
5
11
Biological and Medical Sciences
2
0
2
Humanities and Social Sciences
5
15
20
Physical Sciences
3
3
6
Technology
5
0
5
TOTAL
21
23
44