Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 17 February 2010

The Council submits the following Graces to the Regent House. In accordance with the provisions of Regulation 7 of the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), the Council has determined that a vote shall be taken by ballot on Graces 1 and 2 (see the Council’s Notice, p. 552). The remaining Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have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, 26 February 2010.

1. (For approval by ballot; includes proposals for different redundancy procedures for University Teaching Officers listed in Schedule J and other University officers.)

(i)That, subject to the approval of Her Majesty in Council, the Statutes and Ordinances of the University be amended as indicated in the Appendix to the Council’s Notice dated 15 February 2010 (p. 546), and

(ii)that the amendments of Statute be submitted under the Common Seal of the University to Her Majesty in Council for approval, and

(iii)that the changes to Ordinances be effective from the date of approval of the amending Statute by Her Majesty in Council; but the changes to Ordinances shall not apply, and the former Ordinances shall be effective, in relation to any disciplinary, dismissal, or grievance procedure concerning a University officer where the trigger date for that procedure occurs before the date of approval of the amending Statute by Her Majesty in Council. For that purpose the trigger date shall have the meaning ascribed to that expression in Statute T, 58, and the disciplinary, dismissal, or grievance procedure, as the case may be, shall be taken to extend until the determination of any appeal made under that procedure.

2. (For approval by ballot; includes proposals for the same redundancy procedures for all University officers.)

(i)That, if Grace 1 is not approved, and subject to the approval of Her Majesty in Council, the Statutes and Ordinances of the University be amended as indicated in the Appendix to the Council’s Notice dated 15 February 2010 (p. 546), but with the words ‘No University officer shall be removed from her or his office by reason of redundancy otherwise than on the authority of a decision by the University’ replacing the words ‘No holder of an office specified in Schedule J shall be removed from her or his office by reason of redundancy otherwise than on the authority of a decision by the University’ at the beginning of Statute D, IA, 2, and

(ii)that the amendments of Statute be submitted under the Common Seal of the University to Her Majesty in Council for approval, and

(iii)that the changes to Ordinances be effective from the date of approval of the amending Statute by Her Majesty in Council; but the changes to Ordinances shall not apply, and the former Ordinances shall be effective, in relation to any disciplinary, dismissal, or grievance procedure concerning a University officer where the trigger date for that procedure occurs before the date of approval of the amending Statute by Her Majesty in Council. For that purpose the trigger date shall have the meaning ascribed to that expression in Statute T, 58, and the disciplinary, dismissal, or grievance procedure, as the case may be, shall be taken to extend until the determination of any appeal made under that procedure.

3. That PricewaterhouseCoopers be reappointed, 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 2009–10.1

4. A. That a J. M. Keynes Fellowships Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:2

J. M. Keynes Fellowships in Financial Economics

1. The gift of £5m to the University from The Pyewacket Foundation shall form a fund to be called the J. M. Keynes Fellowships Fund the income of which shall be used for research into all aspects of finance, financial institutions, and financial markets, and their relationship with micro-economic behaviour and macro-economic performance, including public policy issues relating to financial markets.

2. The Managers of the Fund shall be:

(a)The Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed Deputy) as Chairman;

(b)one person appointed by each of the Faculty Boards of Business and Management, Economics, Law, and Mathematics;

(c)three persons, including two persons external to the University, appointed by the General Board;

(d)William Janeway in his personal capacity or such person as he may designate as his successor.

Members in classes (b) and (c) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment.

The Managers shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund, for the promotion of work in financial economics, and for encouraging collaboration between cognate Faculties and Departments in the areas specified in Regulation 1.

3. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the emoluments of such number of J. M. Keynes Fellows in Financial Economics as the Managers shall determine and shall be elected by the Managers of the Fund. The stipend of a Fellow shall be determined by the Managers within a range determined by the General Board.

4. The duties of a Fellow shall be to further interdisciplinary research and study in the general area of financial economics, in accordance with Regulation 1, on the basis of a proposal approved by the Managers at the time of election. A Fellow shall give an annual lecture on her or his work during the tenure of the Fellowship and shall submit an annual report to the Managers on the activities subtended by the Fellowship.

5. A Fellowship shall be tenable for up to five years and shall not be renewable.

6. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulation 3 the remaining income of the Fund may be applied at the discretion of the Managers for the following purposes:

(i)to make grants as they consider appropriate in respect of expenses incurred in connection with the research undertaken by a Fellow,

(ii)to make grants in support of other research programmes in the fields specified in Regulation 1.

7. Any unexpended income of the Fund in a financial year may be either added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for use as income in future years, as the Managers may determine.

B. That, not withstanding Regulation 2,

(i)of the members in class (b) two persons shall be appointed in the Lent Term 2010 to serve until 31 December 2011 and two to serve until 31 December 2013,

(ii)of the members in class (c) the General Board shall appoint in the Lent Term 2010 one person to serve until 31 December 2011 and two to serve until 31 December 2013.

Graces to be submitted to the Regent House at a Congregation on 20 February 2010

The Council has sanctioned the submission of the following Graces to the Regent House at a Congregation to be held on 20 February 2010:

That the following persons be admitted to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by incorporation:

1. Denis Burdakov, Fellow of St John’s College, Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Oxford (2005).

2. Anthony Kevin Cheetham, Fellow of Trinity College and Goldsmiths’ Professor of Materials Science, Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Oxford (1972).

That the following persons be admitted to the degree of Master of Arts under the provisions of Statute B, III, 6:

3. Paul Bertone, Fellow of Churchill College.

4. Georgina Emma Mary Born, Fellow of Girton College and Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Music.

5. Jens Martin Scherpe, Fellow of Gonville and Caius College and University Lecturer in the Faculty of Law.

6. William James Nuttall, Fellow of Hughes Hall and Senior University Lecturer in Technology Policy in Judge Business School.

7. Mirca Maria Madianou, Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College.

8. Anat Scolnicov, Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College.

9. Catherine Mary Ashbee, Director, Cambridge University Press.

10. Paul Robert Thomas Atkinson, Associate Lecturer in the School of Clinical Medicine.

11. David Andrew Lott, Assistant Treasurer in the Finance Division of the University Offices.

12. Ravindran Mahadeva, Associate Lecturer in the School of Clinical Medicine.

13. Stephen John Middleton, Associate Lecturer in the School of Clinical Medicine.

14. Syed Muhammad Shuaib Nasser, Associate Lecturer in the School of Clinical Medicine.

15. Adrian Popescu, Senior Assistant Keeper in the Fitzwilliam Museum.

J. W. NICHOLLS, Registrary

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