Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 28 September 2011

The Council submits the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, 2011, p. 107), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 7 October 2011.

1. That, on the nomination of the Council, Dr Rosamund E. Thornton, of Emmanuel College, be appointed University Advocate for four years from 1 October 2011.

2. That a Keynes Fund for Applied Economics be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1

Keynes Fund for Applied Economics

1. The sums received by the University from an anonymous donor, and other sums received for the same purpose, shall form a fund called the Keynes Fund for Applied Economics.

2. The Managers of the Fund shall be:

(a)the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research as Chairman;

(b)the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Economics;

(c)two persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Economics, one of whom shall also serve as the Director of the Fund;

(d)one person appointed by the General Board on the nomination of the donor, or such a person as the donor may appoint as her or his successor;

(e)a Manager of the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance (in class (d) of the regulations for that Fund);

(f)one suitably qualified person who is not employed by the University, appointed by the General Board;

(g)one person co-opted by the other Managers.

If one of the named posts is vacant or its tenure has expired, the General Board shall appoint one or more additional Managers to ensure that there are always eight Managers. Managers in classes (c), (f), and (g) shall be appointed for periods of five years at a time.

3. The income of the Fund shall be used to enable the Faculty of Economics to build on the legacy of J. M. Keynes in promoting innovative research and teaching that will help meet the need for practical solutions to economic problems including by way of funding seminars, lectures, Visiting Fellowship programmes, post-doctoral Fellowships, and Studentships.

4. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Managers unless at least five members are present.

5. Any unexpended income in a financial year shall either be added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for use as income in any one or more subsequent years, as the Managers may determine.

6. The Fund shall be administered by the Managers in accordance with the provisions of the agreement with the donor dated 26 May 2011.

3. That a Dr F. Sanger Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:

Dr F. Sanger Fund

1. The sum of £23,500 received by the University from the trustees of the Max Perutz Fund out of donations made at the time of Dr Fred Sanger’s retirement from his post at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology to support attendance at conferences by young scientists shall form a fund called the Dr F. Sanger Fund. This benefaction is in recognition of the many years that Dr Sanger was associated with the Department of Biochemistry.

2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Head of the Department of Biochemistry, the Administrative Officer of the Department of Biochemistry, and the Chairman of the Postgraduate Committee in the Department.

3. The income of the Fund shall be used to offer financial support to Graduate Students in the Department to assist with travel to scientific conferences, if they have no other funding for this purpose from any Studentship, Scholarship, or other source. To be eligible for support from the Fund, students must be presenting a poster or giving a talk at the conference. Graduate Students in the first year of their studies will not be eligible.

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

4. That the fees for overseas students for the Ed.D. and Eng.D. Degrees in the Table of fees be amended so as to read:2

Qualification	Annual fee (£)
	2011–12			2012–13
	Overseas students	Overseas students who commenced on or before 2010–11	Overseas students who commenced in 2011–12		Overseas students who commenced in or before 2010–11	Overseas students who commenced in 2011–12	Overseas students who commence in 2012–13
Ed.D. Degree (five-year part-time course)	6,450	6,762	7,098		7,086	7,437	7,806
Eng.D. Degree	14,073	14,748	15,480		15,456	16,224	17,028