No 6201
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Vol cxli No 5
pp. 113–138
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 These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have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, 12 November 2010.
1. That a Raymond and Beverly Sackler Fund for the Physics of Medicine be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1
1. The sum of £2m given to the University by the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation shall form a fund to be held in perpetuity as the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Fund for the Physics of Medicine.
2. The purpose of the Fund shall be the promotion and support of a programme of activity under the auspices of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Research Centre in the Physics of Medicine located within the Centre for Physics of Medicine in the Department of Physics.
3. The Managers of the Fund shall be:
(a)the Head of the Department of Physics;
(b)the Herchel Smith Professor of Physics of Medicine;
(c)the Director of the Centre for Physics of Medicine;
(d)one person appointed by the School of Clinical Medicine;
(e)one person appointed by the General Board on the joint nomination of the Heads of the Schools of Clinical Medicine and the Physical Sciences.
Managers in classes (d) and (e) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment. Should either one person hold more than one of the positions named at (a), (b) or (c), or any of these positions be vacant, a further Manager shall be appointed by the General Board, on the nomination of the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences, so that the number of Managers shall always be five.
4. The income of the Fund shall be used to promote and encourage research in the Physics of Medicine by:
(a)initiating studies into innovative new research ideas in the Physics of Medicine;
(b)supporting student training and exchanges of staff at all levels in the field of Physics of Medicine, including international exchanges, internal secondments to the Centre for Physics of Medicine, summer schools, and enabling persons studying or working in other institutions to visit the University;
(c)providing Graduate Studentships in the Physics of Medicine which may be awarded to any persons who are or are about to be registered as a candidate for the Ph.D. Degree in the University;
(d)furthering scientific discussion and exchange both among persons carrying out research in the field of Physics of Medicine in the University through seminars, early stage project development, international exchanges, and collaboration;
(e)supporting carcinoid research as set out in (a)–(d) above;
(f)any other means as may be agreed by the Managers.
5. Any unexpended income may be either added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for use as income in subsequent years, as the Managers may determine.
2. That a Ukrainian Studies Endowment Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1
1. The income of the Ukrainian Studies Endowment Fund shall be applied for the benefit of teaching and research in the field of Ukrainian Studies.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, the Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies, and one other person appointed by the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages in the Michaelmas Term to serve for five years from 1 January following her or his appointment provided that, if the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages is an officer in the Department of Slavonic Studies, the Faculty Board shall instead appoint one additional Manager who is not in that Department. The Managers may co-opt up to two more Managers as required. Co-opted Managers shall serve until 31 December of the year following that in which they are co-opted.
3. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of a University Lectureship in Ukrainian payable by the University; the second charge shall be the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of a Lectureship in Ukrainian payable by the University; and the third charge shall be the support of teaching and research in, and public understanding of, the history, languages, and cultures of Ukraine, at the discretion of the Managers.
4. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulation 3, the income of the Fund shall be applied to support related activities in the Department of Slavonic Studies, at the discretion of the Managers.
5. Any unexpended income of the Fund in a financial year shall be either added to the capital of the Fund or retained for use as income in future years, as the Managers may determine.
3. That the regulations for the review procedure for examinations for undergraduate and certain other qualifications be amended as follows:2
Regulation 4.
By amending the regulation so as to read:
4. No representations under Regulation 6 shall be considered if (a) for those relating to 2(a) above, they reach the Registrary later than one month after the date upon which the list of successful candidates is signed or (b) for those relating to 2(b) above, they reach the Registrary later than one month after the date upon which the Faculty Board or comparable authority reaches its decision. In exceptional circumstances the Registrary may allow an extension of these deadlines.
Regulation 19.
By amending the second sentence of the regulation so as to read:
The same power of delegation may be exercised by a Faculty Board or comparable authority or its Chairman for complaints falling within Regulation 2(b).
4. That the recommendations in paragraph 6 of the Report of the Council, dated 11 October 2010, on the Cycle for the nomination of Proctors (Reporter, 2010–11, p. 56) be approved.
5. That the recommendations in paragraph 6 of the Report of the General Board, dated 11 October 2010, on the establishment of a Sultan Qaboos Professorship of Abrahamic Faiths and Shared Values (Reporter, 2010–11, p. 57) be approved.
6. That the recommendations in paragraph 4 of the Report of the General Board, dated 6 October 2010, on the re-establishment of a Professorship of Biostatistics (Reporter, 2010–11, p. 58) be approved.
1See the Vice-Chancellor’s Notice on p. 114.
2Statutes and Ordinances, p. 239. By Grace 2 of 19 May 2010 (Reporter, 2009–10, p. 881), the review procedure was amended to include students who had been successful in an examination, but who wished to challenge a decision by the relevant authority not to permit the student to progress to the next stage of her or his intended qualification. The amendments now proposed set a deadline by which such challenges must be made, and enable the relevant authority to delegate consideration of them.