Notices

Calendar

25 March, Thursday. Lent Term ends.

27 March, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 11 a.m. (see p. 680).

4 April, Sunday. Easter Day. Scarlet Day.

10 April, Saturday. Easter Term begins.

20 April, Tuesday. Full Term begins. Mere’s Commemoration, 11.45 a.m. in St Bene’t’s Church. Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr Christopher Lewis, CC, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford.

21 April, Wednesday. First ordinary number of the Reporter in the Easter Term.

24 April, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 11 a.m.

Notice of a Discussion on Tuesday, 27 April 2010

The Vice-Chancellor invites those qualified under the regulations for Discussions (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107) to attend a Discussion in the Senate-House, on Tuesday, 27 April 2010, at 2 p.m., for the discussion of:

1. Report of the Council, dated 15 March 2010, on amendments to Statute A (membership of the Senate and election of student members of the Council) (Reporter, p. 660).

2. Report of the Council, dated 15 March 2010, on the construction of a new Student Resources Centre building for the Department of Veterinary Medicine (Reporter, p. 662).

3. Report of the Council, dated 22 March 2010, on the construction of a lift in the Old Schools (Reporter, p. 676).

Charter of Incorporation for Homerton College: Notice

The Registrary has received notice from the Principal of Homerton College that the College has received the Royal Charter of Incorporation under the name and style of ‘The Principal, Fellows, and Scholars of Homerton College in the University of Cambridge’. The Charter came into effect on 12 March 2010.

The amendment to Statute K, 3(a) approved by Grace 3 of 28 January 2009 and by Her Majesty in Council on 8 July 2009 takes effect from the same date. The amendment recognizes Homerton College as a College of the University.

The regulations for the College as an Approved Society (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 1013) are rescinded with effect from the same date.

Retention of academic staff after the normal retiring age: Notice

The employment Equality (Age) Regulations came into effect on 1 October 2006. Under these Regulations employees have the right to request continuation of their employment beyond the normal retirement age. The Council and the General Board have approved procedures set out by the Human Resources Committee with respect to members of staff in the University. The policy is available on the Human Resources Division website at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/policy/retirement/. Under the procedures approved it was agreed that the University would be advised of the names, posts, and durations of contracts of academic officers who were retained. The following officers who were due to retire during 2008–09 have been retained.

Name	Faculty/Department	New post	New date of retirement
Professor M. Ashburner (Professor of Biology)	Department of Genetics	Director of Research	30.09.2012
Professor Sir Tom Blundell (Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry)	Department of Biochemistry	Director of Research	30.09.2012
Dr N. O. A. Bullock (Reader in Architectural and Planning History)	Department of Architecture	Principal Research Associate	30.09.2010
Professor M. J. Hatcher (Professor of Economic and Social History)	Faculty of History	Director of Research	30.09.2010
Professor S. W. Hawking (Lucasian Professor of Mathematics)	Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics	Director of Research	30.09.2012
Professor D. P. McKenzie (Royal Society Professor of Earth Sciences)	Department of Earth Sciences	Director of Research	30.09.2012
Professor E. B. Keverne (Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience (1998))	Department of Zoology	Director of Research	30.09.2010
Professor M. Schofield (Professor of Ancient Philosophy (1998))	Faculty of Classics	Director of Research	30.09.2011
Professor J. F. Scott (Professor of Ferroics)	Department of Physics	Director of Research	31.08.2012
Professor A. Windle (Professor of Materials Science (1998))	Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy	Director of Research	30.09.2012

Election of Student Members of the Council: Notice

16 March 2010

In the election held on 11 March 2010, the following persons were elected to be student members of the Council in class (d) category (i) (all eligible students):

First elected: Mr R. Mansigani, R

Second elected: Mr S. Wakeford, TH

Details of the poll are as follows:

Class (d) category (i) (all eligible students)

Total number of valid votes: 883 Quota: 295 No. of places: 2

	First Count	Second Count (excluding Mr Ramahi)		Third Count (transfer of Mr Mansigani’s surplus)
R. Mansigani, R	* 373		373	-78	295	1st Elected
A. Mumtaz, LC	194	+48	242	+21.80	263.80
N. Ramahi, EM	* 110	-110	0	0	0
S. Wakeford, TH	206	+37	243	+56.20	299.20	2nd Elected
Non-transferable		+25	25		25

Total	883		883		883

* Transfer of Mr Mansigani’s surplus deferred, in accordance with Regulation 8(d); Mr Ramahi excluded, in accordance with Regulation 10(b) (Statutes and Ordinances, 2009, p. 119).

In the election held on 11 March 2010, the following person was elected to be a student member of the Council in class (d) category (ii) (all eligible graduate students):

Mr A. Andrews, SID