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No 6217

Wednesday 9 March 2011

Vol cxli No 21

pp. 585–608

Notices

Calendar

18 March, Friday. Full Term ends.

22 March, Tuesday. Discussion at 2 p.m. in the Senate-House (see below).

25 March, Friday. Lent Term ends.

26 March, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 11 a.m.

Office of Chancellor: Notice

7 March 2011

Further to his Notice of 22 November 2010 (Reporter, 2010–11, p. 198), the Vice-Chancellor reminds the University that the Nomination Board for the election of the Chancellor will consider suggestions made by members of the Senate of persons to succeed His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh KG KT, who has resigned the office with effect from 30 June 2011.

Following recent approval by Her Majesty in Council of amendments to Statute A, I, 6(c), membership of the Senate now comprises:

the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor

all persons on the Roll of the Regent House

all persons who hold any Doctor’s degree of the University, any Master’s degree of the University, or the degree of Bachelor of Divinity of the University.

The Vice-Chancellor reminds the University that:

1. The Nomination Board for the election of the Chancellor is required to publish the name of a single candidate nominated by the Board by 25 June 2011.

2. Members of the Senate may make suggestions for the Nomination Board’s consideration, by writing to the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN. Suggestions must be received before 5 p.m. on Monday, 9 May 2011.

3. Such suggestions must contain the full name of the person suggested for the office. It would be helpful to the Nomination Board if those making suggestions would also include any supporting information which they would wish the Board to take into consideration.

The Nomination Board (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105) is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor and comprises the members of the University Council, plus sixteen members of the Senate, appointed by Grace of the Senate. The current members appointed by the Senate are:

To 31 December 2011

Dame Mary Arden DBE, G

Professor Sir Tom Blundell, SID

Baroness Mallalieu QC, N

Dr Nidhi Singal, HH

To 31 December 2013

Professor Helen Cooper, M

Professor Barry Everitt, DOW

Dr Richard Samworth, JN

Sir Peter Williams, SE

To 31 December 2012

Professor Lionel Bently, EM

Dr Julia Gog, Q

Professor Susan Rankin, EM

Sir David Walker, Q

To 31 December 2014

Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE, NH

Sir Graeme Davies, CTH

Professor Sir Martin Harris, CLH

Mr Benjamin Parker, JN

Congregation for the conferment of Honorary Degrees: Notice

7 March 2011

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice, in accordance with Statute A, VIII, 2, that a Congregation will be held on Thursday, 23 June 2011, for the conferment of Honorary Degrees (see Graces 1–8, p. 605).

Admission to the Congregation will be strictly by ticket only and further details of the arrangements are expected to be published in the Reporter on 20 April 2011.

Notice of benefactions

2 March 2011

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has received with gratitude a benefaction of £500,000 from Dr Lisbet Rausing and Professor Peter Baldwin, and a similar benefaction from the Board of Cambridge in America representing a donation from Mrs Lini Lipton, both in memory of Professor Peter Lipton, the first Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science. The benefactions will be used to support a University Lectureship in the History and Philosophy of Science. Trinity College has agreed that £1m from the sums donated by the College in support of 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), should be allocated to support a Lectureship in this instance.

Notice of a Discussion on Tuesday, 22 March 2011

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, 22 March 2011, at 2 p.m., for the discussion of:

1. Report of the Council, dated 7 March 2011, on amendments to the composition of the Board of Scrutiny and of the Nomination Board (Reporter, 2010–11, pp. 597–98).

2. Report of the Council, dated 7 March 2011, on the future of the Reporter and other publications (Reporter, 2010–11, pp. 598–99).

3. Report of the Council, dated 7 March 2011, on proposed office space relocations and refurbishments for the Unified Administrative Service (Reporter, 2010–11, pp. 599–600).

4. Report of the General Board, dated 2 March 2011, on the establishment of a Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science (Reporter, 2010–11, pp. 600–03).

5. Report of the General Board, dated 2 March 2011, on the establishment of a Professorship of Molecular Physiology and Pathology (Reporter, 2010–11, p. 603).

Ballot on Grace 1 of 23 February 2011 (amendments to the Grace): Notice from the Vice-Chancellor

8 March 2011

The Vice-Chancellor’s Powers

Under the terms of Regulation 11 of Graces and Congregations of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 107–111), the Vice-Chancellor has the power to rule an amendment inadmissible if, in his opinion, ‘a proposed amendment is in substance and effect incompatible with the main purpose of the Grace to which it refers, or immaterial to that purpose’.

The main purpose of the Grace

The ‘main purpose’ of the Grace promoted by the Council is to confirm the continued effectiveness of an existing University regulation (Regulation 12 for University Composition Fees (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 160)). That regulation already specifies that the Composition Fee to be paid by undergraduates from the UK/EU will be the higher amount in Part 3 of the 2004 Higher Education Act, subject to approval of an Access Agreement by the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education. The ‘higher amount’ is now £9,000.

The timetable

In its Notice, the Council set out a timetable by which a decision on this matter could be taken by vote of the Regent House to be compatible with the deadline set by OFFA for the submission of an Access Agreement. If an Access Agreement is not submitted by that deadline (now confirmed as 19 April 2011), the University will, by default, be unable to charge a fee higher than the ‘basic amount’ specified by the Secretary of State of £6,000.

The amendments

Two amendments have been received with the necessary number of signatures by the deadline of 4 p.m. on Friday, 4 March 2011 (see p. 588). They are similar in content and come in two parts. The first part of the first amendment would require determination by Grace of the fee to be charged to undergraduates beginning courses in the 2012–13 academic year following a Report from the Council ‘explaining in detail the financial case for the level of fees it believes appropriate’. The first part of the second amendment would require that, ‘without impediment to the proposal of an access agreement due to the tight timescales involved’, the Council ‘demonstrates the financial need for a fee level of £9,000 through a detailed Report to the Regent House.’

The University’s regulations for conducting ballots would not permit the process required by either amendment being completed by the deadline imposed on the University by OFFA.

The second part of both amendments would require the University to continue ‘to provide maintenance bursaries of at least the present levels’ suitably adjusted for inflation. The question of the size of maintenance bursaries will be a matter for consideration by the Council at its meeting on 14 March when, as indicated in the Notice published on 23 February, ‘it will finalize its view on the elements of the financial support for students and the provision of funds for outreach work to be included in the Access Agreement in the light of the firmer information expected shortly from OFFA and on the National Scholarships Programme.’ Those decisions will be published in a separate Notice in advance of the deadline for voting on the Grace.

Ruling

I have decided that both amendments are inadmissible as being in substance and effect incompatible with the main purpose of the Grace. With regard to the first part of each amendment, the University would be unable to meet the deadline imposed on the University by OFFA if they were to be voted on in the ballot called for by the Council. With regard to the second part of each amendment, the Council has yet to make its determination on the elements of student support in the proposed Access Agreement. Its determination in this regard will be published as a Notice to inform members of the Regent House before the deadline for voting.

I intend to report these decisions and the terms of the amendments received to the meeting of the Council on 14 March.

Ballot on Grace 1 of 23 February 2011: Notice of amendments

8 March 2011

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has received proposals for amendments to Grace 1 of 23 February 2011 (Reporter, p. 559).

The Grace at present reads as follows:

That approval be given to the Council’s intention to propose an access agreement to the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education, for his approval, pursuant to Regulation 12 for University Composition Fees (Statutes and Ordinances, 2010, p. 160).

Amendment A

The first amendment received reads as follows:

That Council’s Grace 1 of 23 February 2011 be amended as follows:

Replace the final full stop with the following:

‘, subject to the following conditions:

1.That, notwithstanding regulation 12, the actual rate of University Composition Fees charged to Home and EU undergraduates beginning courses in the 2012/13 academic year will be determined by Grace following a Report of the Council explaining in detail the financial case for the level of fees it believes appropriate, making clear its assumptions and providing all relevant data (including the data on which any graphs are based); and

2.That, under the new fee regime, the University continues to provide maintenance bursaries of at least the present levels, suitably adjusted for inflation.’

The amendment is proposed by the following members of the Regent House:

M. Aitken

Elizabeth Guild

Maryon E. McDonald

Rachel Alexander

M. J. Gwiazda

L. McMahon

Anton Altaparmakov

N. Hammond

Silke Mentchen

J. Appleby

Sophie Harrington

R. Miller

D. M. Astill

R. S. Haynes

John Robb

G. Atkins

David Hillman

L. Ruprecht

M. C. Baddeley

C. M. Hills

M. G. Sargeant

J. Barrett

E. Holberton

W. O. Saxton

M. B. Beckles

Theodore Hong

F. E. Sinclair

W. Burgwinkle

J. R. Howlett

M. L. S. Sørensen

Chris Burlinson

M. Hrebeniak

Katherine E. Spence

J. Chamarette

Mary Jacobus

U. Steiner

S. Davis

L. Janik

Simon Stoddart

M. Edwards

C. J. Jardine

S. R. S. Szreter

David Ellis

C. A. Jones

D. Thom

B. Etherington

A. J. Kabla

Isobel Urquhart

Georgina Evans

Ulrich Keyser

Dacia Viejo-Rose

Charles French

L. P. King

C. G. Warnes

C. Gagne

Michael Koehl

Chris Watkin

Nicholas J. Gay

M. Leggatt

Peggy Watson

J. L. Gluza

Pei-Yin Lin

Ruth Watson

M. Goodhand

J. M. Line

Paul White

F. M. Green

M. Lucas-Smith

Stuart Wimbush

Jochen Guck

Jonathan Mair

Andrew Zurcher

Amendment B

The second amendment received reads as follows:

That the Council’s Grace 1 of 23 February be amended so as to read:

That approval be given to the Council’s intention to propose an access agreement to the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education, for his approval, pursuant to Regulation 12 for University Composition Fees (Statutes and Ordinances, 2010, p. 160), subject to both of the following conditions:

That, without impediment to the proposal of an access agreement due to the tight timescales involved, the Council nevertheless demonstrates the financial need for a fee level of £9,000 through a detailed Report to the Regent House that makes clear all assumptions made and provides all relevant data (including the data on which any graphs are based);

That, under the new (2012 intake onwards) fee regime, the University continues to provide maintenance bursaries of at least the present levels – both the standard level and the ‘enhanced’ level for mature students – continuing to adjust for inflation.

The amendment is proposed by the following members of the Regent House:

G. E. M. Abbink

S. Gathercole

David Orton

William M. Adams

M. Gehring

H. Osborn

J. K. Aitken

J. L. Gluza

Robin Osborne

M. Aitken

C. J. Gonda

Ian Parry

J. I. Alcántara

D. J. Goode

Stephen J. Plant

J. Aldred

Emily Gowers

John Pyle

T. Alexopoulou

John Grant

Sarah A. Radcliffe

H. Allen

Mia Gray

P. J. Rentfrow

Lori A. Allen

Cesare Hall

Michael Rice

D. M. Astill

Bart Hallmark

K. S. Richards

H. Azerad

Rotraud Hansberger

M. Rigaud-Drayton

M. Baddeley

V. Harris

Ian G. Roberts

A. Balmford

Mark Hayes

Rachel M. Rowe

J. D. Barber

A. J. B. Hilton

Ian Rudy

Felicitas Becker

John Hopkins

Paul Ryan

Serena Best

M. Hrebeniak

Lisa Saksida

M. Bithell

Hugh Hunt

Simone Schnall

Julie Bressor

E. L. Hunter

W. Schultz

R. W. Broadhurst

D. Jachniak

David E. Scrase

H. M. Browne

C. A. Jones

A. Sharkey

Nuzhat Bukhari

N. Katsos

J. Sinclair

R. Bunce

Neil Kenny

Luke Skrebowski

B. J. Burchell

J. Khalfa

Brian Sloan

Ian M. Burke

L. King

Nigel Spivey

Tim Bussey

T. Krieg

Mary Ann Steane

M. Calaresu

Barak Kushner

Brigitte Steger

J. Carleton Paget

John Latimer

S. R. S. Szreter

E. Chamberlain

J. M. Lawrence

Jeremy Thurlow

Clare Chambers

A. Lever

L. Tillin

Edwin R. Chilvers

Judith Lieu

D. J. Tolhurst

L. Clark

Maria Lisboa

S. Trudgill

N. Clayton

James Loudon

A. Truman

D’M. D. Coffman

M. Lucas-Smith

Vincenzo Vergiani

Sophia Connell

I. J. Maddison

E. R. Wallach

D. C. Crowther

Jonathan Mair

Benjamin Walton

Colin Crump

Peter Mandler

Peggy Watson

J. Dalley

H. Marlow

Penny Watson

Anthony Dickinson

W. Marslen-Wilson

Ruth Watson

Michael Dodds

B. R. Martin

Daniel H. Weiss

E. A. Drayson

Neil Mathur

P. J. Williams

J. Elliott

Leo Mellor

Stuart Wimbush

J. Ellis

Amy Milton

Alan Windle

Dafydd Wyn Evans

Preston Miracle

Tim Winter

R. W. Farndale

Mark Morris

M. Winterbottom

Paola Filippucci

B. F. Musallam

V. R. Woodley

Alistair Fraser

R. O’Bryen

J. A. Zeitler

Albert Galy

K. O’Shaughnessy

Graces for submission to the Regent House under Statute A, VIII, 7

The Registrary has received, for submission to the Regent House under the provisions of Statute A, VIII, 7, the following Graces initiated by 103 members of the Regent House. The Council will consider the Graces at its meeting on 14 March 2011.

Preserving Bursaries and Widening Participation

Under the provisions of Statute A, VIII, 7, we initiate the following Graces for submission to the Regent House:

Grace 1

That, subject to an access agreement being agreed between the University and the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education, the total expenditure per annum on maintenance bursaries, fee waivers and Widening Participation activity be set at a minimum of £14m, instead of the ‘approximately £10m’ figure proposed in the Notice of 23 February 2011.

Grace 2

That, in the event that Grace 1 is not approved, subject to an access agreement being agreed between the University and the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education, the total expenditure per annum on maintenance bursaries, fee waivers and Widening Participation activity be set at a minimum of £12m, instead of the ‘approximately £10m’ figure proposed in the Notice of 23 February 2011.

Grace 3

That, within the total resource limit set for expenditure per annum under the new (2012 intake onwards) fee regime on maintenance bursaries, fee waivers and Widening Participation activity, the final balance struck between the funding of these three elements be subject to approval by Grace.

Grace 4

That, irrespective of any benchmark set as part of an access agreement with the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education within the ‘achievable’ 61–63% range proposed in the Council’s Notice of 23 February 2011, the University sets internally a higher figure for the proportion of UK undergraduates it aspires to be able to admit from state schools or colleges, subject to an annual Report to the Regent House upon progress towards this.

Signed by members of the Regent House:

G. E. M. Abbink

Georgina Evans

S. Owen

William M. Adams

Paola Filippucci

Kate Peters

J. K. Aitken

Alastair Fraser

Stephen J. Plant

J. I. Alcántara

M. Gehring

E. Punskaya

T. Alexopoulou

J. L. Gluza

Sarah A. Radcliffe

H. Allen

D. J. Goode

P. J. Rentfrow

Lori A. Allen

Emily Gowers

Michael Rice

R. E. Ansorge

J. W. Grant

K. S. Richards

H. Azerad

Mia Gray

Ian G. Roberts

M. Baddeley

Miranda Griffin

Rachel M. Rowe

A. Balmford

Peter Guthrie

Lisa Saksida

V. Bhaskar

N. Hammond

W. Schultz

M. Bithell

Mark Hayes

David E. Scrase

H. M. Browne

Edward Holberton

A. Sharkey

B. J. Burchell

Theodore Hong

F. E. Sinclair

D. Burdakov

R. E. Horrox

J. Sinclair

W. Burgwinkle

M. Hrebeniak

Nigel Spivey

Ian M. Burke

Hugh Hunt

S. R. S. Szreter

Tim Bussey

N. Katsos

A. S. Tavernor

Rachel Camina

D. Keown

L. Tillin

J. Carleton Paget

J. Khalfa

S. Trudgill

E. Chamberlain

L. King

A. Truman

Edwin R. Chilvers

Ann-Louise Kinmonth

Benjamin Walton

L. Clark

J. M. Lawrence

Chris Watkin

N. Clayton

A. Lever

Peggy Watson

D’M. D. Coffman

M. Lucas-Smith

Penny Watson

S. M. Connell

Jonathan Mair

Ruth Watson

Colin Crump

Perter Mandler

Daniel H. Weiss

J. Dalley

H. Marlow

Paul White

S. Davis

L. McMahon

D. Williams

Anthony Dickinson

Leo Mellor

Tim Winter

Michael Dodds

C. P. Melville

M. Winterbottom

E. A. Drayson

Amy Milton

V. R. Woodley

M. J. Duer

Iris Möller

Dafydd Wyn Evans

H. Osborn

Grace for submission to the Regent House under Statute A, VIII, 7

The Registrary has received, for submission to the Regent House under the provisions of Statute A, VIII, 7, the following Grace initiated by 68 members of the Regent House. The Council will consider the Grace at its meeting on 14 March 2011.

Grace to change Regulation 12 for University Composition Fees

Regulation 12 for University Composition Fees (Statutes and Ordinances, 2010, p. 160) currently reads:

‘With effect from 1 August 2006, the rate of University Composition Fees charged to home and EU undergraduate students beginning courses on or after that date, shall be the amount determined by the Secretary of State as the higher amount under Part 3 of the Higher Education Act 2004, subject to the approval of the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education; failing which the basic amount determined under the Act; provided that

(i)for such students who are undertaking a required period abroad the rate shall be half the full amount or such other amount that may be determined by the Secretary of State for this category;

(ii)for such students beginning courses on or after 1 August 2009 which lead to a qualification (other than courses in Medical and Veterinary Sciences leading to the B.A. Degree or courses in Architecture or for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education) which is equivalent to, or at a lower level than, a qualification they possessed when they began their course (ELQ students) the rate shall be the fee determined by the University for ELQ students.’

In accordance with Statute A, VIII, 7, we, the undersigned members of the Regent House initiate the following Grace for submission to the Regent House:

Grace:

That the main body of Regulation 12 for University Composition Fees (Statutes and Ordinances 2010, p. 160) be amended to read:

‘With effect from 1 August 2012, the rate of University Composition Fees charged to home and EU undergraduate students beginning courses on or after that date, shall be the amount determined by Grace following a Report from Council recommending an amount consistent with Part 3 of the Higher Education Act 2004 and giving detailed calculations demonstrating the necessity of charging at least that amount; failing which, or if the amount determined does not meet with the approval of the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education, the basic amount determined under the Act; provided that’

with Regulations 12(i) and 12(ii) remaining unchanged.

Proposed by the following members of the Regent House:

M. Aitken

Miranda Griffin

J. M. Line

Rachel Alexander

Jochen Guck

M. Lucas-Smith

Anton Altaparmakov

M. J. Gwiazda

Jonathan Mair

Jo Appleby

Sophie Harrington

Maryon E. McDonald

Mete Atature

R. S. Haynes

L. McMahon

M. Baddeley

Adam Higazi

G. McShane

J. Barrett

David Hillman

Cameron Petrie

M. B. Beckles

C. M. Hills

John Robb

W. Burgwinkle

E. Holberton

J. Scott-Warren

Chris Burlinson

Theodore Hong

F. E. Sinclair

J. Chamarette

J. R. Howlett

M. L. S. Sørensen

S. Davis

M. Hrebeniak

U. Steiner

M. Edwards

Mary Jacobus

Simon Stoddart

David Ellis

L. Janik

S. R. S. Szreter

B. Etherington

C. J. Jardine

Isobel Urquhart

Georgina Evans

Henri Johnston

Dacia Viejo-Rose

Charles French

A. J. Kabla

C. G. Warnes

C. Gagne

Ulrich Keyser

Chris Watkin

Heather Glen

J. P. King

Ruth Watson

J. L. Gluza

L. P. King

Paul White

Priyamvada Gopal

Michael Koehl

Stuart Wimbush

Mina Gorji

M. R. Laven

Andrew Zurcher

F. M. Green

Pei-Yin Lin