No 6170
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Vol cxl No 11
pp. 229–252
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 These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have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, 11 December 2009.
1. That the recommendations in paragraph 4 of the Report the General Board, dated 7 October 2009, on the establishment of a British Heart Foundation Professorship of Cardiovascular Medicine (Reporter, 2009–10, p. 211) be approved.
2. That the recommendations in paragraph 6 of the Report of the General Board, dated 4 November 2009, on the establishment of a Professorship of Pure Mathematics (Reporter, 2009–10, p. 212) be approved.
3. That the recommendations in paragraph 6 of the Report of the General Board, dated 4 November 2009, on the establishment of a Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professorship of Sustainable Urban Design and related matters (Reporter, 2009–10, p. 212) be approved.
4. That a Derek Brewer Prize be established in the University to be governed by the following regulations:1
1. The sums subscribed in memory of Derek Brewer, Emeritus Professor of English, formerly Master of Emmanuel College, shall form a fund called the Derek Brewer Fund.
2. There shall be a Prize, called the Derek Brewer Prize, which shall be awarded annually by the Examiners for Part I of the English Tripos for an outstanding performance in Paper 1 (English literature and its contexts, 1300–1550) or Paper 10 (Early medieval literature and its contexts) in that examination.
3. The value of the Prize shall be the annual income of the Fund. If in any year the Prize is not awarded, the unexpended income for that year shall be added to the capital of the Fund.
5. That the title and regulations for the David and Elaine Potter Fund for Human Rights and Governance be amended by replacing at each occurrence the words ‘Human Rights and Governance’ by the words ‘Governance and Human Rights’.2
6. A. That the regulations for the Professorship of Political Science (retitled as the Professorship of the History of Political Thought from 1 October 2010) be amended so as to read:3
1. The sum of 150,000 dollars received from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial for the establishment of a Professorship of Political Science 〈the History of Political Thought〉 shall constitute a fund called the Political Thought Fund.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Faculty Board of History who may delegate any or all of their functions under these regulations to a committee of no fewer than three persons not necessarily consisting wholly of members of the Board.
3. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the payment of the stipend, national insurance, and pension contributions of the Professor payable by the University.
4. The second charge on the income of the Fund shall be the payments determined by the Managers under Regulation 4 of the regulations for the John Seeley Lectureship in Political Thought.
5. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulations 3 and 4, the excess of the income above that amount may, at the discretion of the Managers, be applied for the furtherance of the study of political thought and its cognate disciplines in the University in such manner as the Managers may determine.
6. The Professor shall be a member of the Faculty Board of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies.
7. Any part of the income of the Fund not expended in any year, and any income accruing during a vacancy in the Professorship, may in any subsequent year be expended in accordance with Regulations 3–5.
B. That the title of the John Robert Seeley Lectureship in Social and Political Science be amended to the John Robert Seeley Lectureship in Political Thought and that the regulations for the Lectureship be amended so as to read:4
1. There shall be a biennial course of lectures called the John Robert Seeley Lectures in Political Thought which shall be delivered by a distinguished scholar from outside the University in each year the number of which is odd.
2. The lecturer shall be appointed by the Managers of the Political Thought Fund at least two years before he or she is required to deliver the lectures.
3. The lecturer shall deliver in English a course of no fewer than four nor more than six lectures in Full Term during one academical year.
4. The stipend paid to the lecturer shall be determined by the Managers of the Political Thought Fund.
5. The lecturer shall also receive reimbursement in respect of such travelling and subsistence expenses as may be approved by the Managers.
6. The Managers may at their discretion defray from the income of the Fund any other expenses incurred in connection with the lectures.
7. That a History Professorship Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:4
1. The sum of £1m received from Trinity College to support a Professorship in the Faculty of History, together with other sums donated for the same purpose, shall form a fund called the History Professorship Fund.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Faculty Board of History, who may delegate any or all of their functions under these regulations to a committee not necessarily consisting wholly of members of the Board.
3. 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 of the holder of a Professorship in the Faculty of History designated by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of History.
4. On the occasion of a vacancy in the designated Professorship, the General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of History, may determine that the same or another Professorship in the Faculty shall be supported from the Fund.
5. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulation 3, the income of the Fund may be applied in support of the work of the Professor in such manner as may be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Managers.
6. Any unexpended income of the Fund in a financial year may be either added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for expenditure in accordance with Regulations 3 and 5 in one or more subsequent years, as the Managers shall determine.
8. That a Politics Professorship Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:4
1. The sum of £1m received from Trinity College to support a Professorship in the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies, together with other sums donated for the same purpose, shall form a fund called the Politics Professorship Fund.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Faculty Board of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies, who may delegate any or all of their functions under these regulations to a committee not necessarily consisting wholly of members of the Board.
3. 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 of the holder of a Professorship in the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies designated by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies.
4. On the occasion of a vacancy in the designated Professorship, the General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies, may determine that the same or another Professorship in the Faculty shall be supported from the Fund.
5. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulation 3, the income of the Fund may be applied in support of the work of the Professor in such manner as may be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Managers.
6. Any unexpended income of the Fund in a financial year may be either added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for expenditure in accordance with Regulations 3 and 5 in one or more subsequent years, as the Managers shall determine.
1A sum of approximately £3,000 has been raised through donations to the Faculty of English to establish a Prize in memory of Professor Brewer.
2Statutes and Ordinances, p. 877. The Managers of the Fund have proposed the amendment to the title of the Fund; the David and Elaine Potter Foundation have endorsed the amendment.
3Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 686 and 900. The Professorship was retitled as the Professorship of the History of Political Thought, with effect from 1 October 2010, by Grace 6 of 16 July 2008. The regulations for the Professorship and the Lectureship have been revised to take account of this change in title and to revise the arrangements for the Lectureship.
4Trinity College has agreed that, from the sums donated by the College in support of Professorships in the Schools of Arts and Humanities and the Humanities and Social Sciences, as announced in the Vice-Chancellor’s Notice of 17 July 2006 (Reporter, 2005–06, p. 834), £1m should be allocated to support a Professorship in the Faculty of History and £1m should be allocated to support a Professorship in the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies.