No 6251
Wednesday 18 January 2012
Vol cxlii No 16
pp. 382–399
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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 27 January 2012.
1. That Professor Colin Martyn Lizieri, PEM, be reappointed a member of the Finance Committee in class (e) to serve from 1 January 2012 until 31 December 2014.
2. That (i) the stipends for all non-clinical University staff whose stipends are steps on the Cambridge general stipend and salary scale be increased as set out in the Schedule to the Council’s Notice on University salaries and stipends (p. 383), and
(ii) the stipends for officers whose stipends are not steps on the general scale, except the stipend of the Deputy High Steward;1 be increased by £150 with effect from 1 August 2011, until further notice.2
3. A. That the Table of Fees be amended as follows:3
M.Phil. Degrees
By amending the entry for Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies for overseas students in 2012–13 from £14,061 to £14,361.
M.St. Degrees
By amending the entries for Historic Environment and International Relations to show that the fee quoted is for the complete course.
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Fee (£) |
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M.St. Degree: two-year part-time courses in |
Home/EU/Island students |
Overseas students |
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Historic Environment |
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Course commencing in 2012 (fee for two years) |
6,500 |
14,950 |
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International Relations |
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Course commencing in September 2011 (fee for two years) |
8,633 |
13,365 |
B. That, with effect from 1 October 2012 and subject to the approval of a revised access agreement by the Office for Fair Access, the fee for the course of study for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, for Home and EU students, be £9,000.
4. That the regulations for the Schröder Professorship of German be amended so as to read:4
1. The sum received from Messrs J. Henry Schröder and Company for the endowment of a Professorship of German in 1909, together with funds received for the same purpose in 2011 from the Schroder Foundation and Trinity College, shall form a fund to be called the Schröder Fund.
2. The Fund shall be administered by four Managers, who shall comprise:
(a)The Head of the Department of German and Dutch, who shall be Chairman;
(b)The Schröder Professor of German;
(c)The Chairman of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages;
(d)The Head of the School of Arts and Humanities.
If two or more of these offices are held by the same person or if one or more 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 four Managers.
3. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of the Schröder Professor of German payable by the University.
4. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulation 3, income of the Fund may be applied for furtherance of teaching and research in German Studies, by the Schröder Professor, as the Managers may determine.
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, in such a manner as may be recommended by the Managers and approved by the General Board.
5. That on the recommendation of the General Board, the Glaxo Professorship of Molecular Parasitology be retitled the GlaxoSmithKline Professorship of Microbial Pathogenesis.5
6. That an Ellen Farnell Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulation:6
The sums derived from the Will of Miss I. M. Silver shall form a fund to be called the Ellen Farnell Fund. The income derived from the Fund shall be applied to support medical research, at the discretion of the Regius Professor of Physic, in the following ways:
(i)to support a Fellowship either full or part time in the Clinical School, which Fellowship shall bear the name of Ellen Farnell;
(ii)to provide a bed in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, or in some other Hospital in which beds are under the authority of the University, for the study and investigation of some special disease;
(iii)to purchase necessary materials or apparatus for research.
The name of Ellen Farnell shall be attached to any bed, material, or apparatus supported by the Fund.
7. That the regulations for the D. M. McDonald Grants and Awards Fund be amended as follows:7
Regulation 2 (Advisory Committee).
By amending the constitution of the Committee so as to read:
2. The administration of the Fund shall be under the control of an Advisory Committee consisting of:
(a)the Disney Professor of Archaeology, or her or his deputy;
(b)the Director of the Institute, if not the Disney Professor;
(c)the George Pitt-Rivers Professor of Archaeological Science;
(d)the Deputy Director of the Institute;
(e)one person appointed by the General Board;
(f)two persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science, who shall be University officers in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology;
(g)one member of a Faculty allied in its interests to archaeology, appointed by the General Board after consultation with the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology;
(h)two persons appointed by the D. M. C. McDonald Foundation.
Members in classes (e), (f), and (g) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment.
8. That certain regulations be amended as follows8
A. The regulations for the Browne Fund and Medals (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 745)
Regulations 3 and 4.
By replacing in each case the reference to the Registrary by reference to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Classics.
B. The regulations for the Montagu Butler Prize (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 750)
Regulations 4 and 5.
By replacing in each case the reference to the Registrary by reference to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Classics.
C. The regulations for the Hare Prize (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 801)
Regulation 4.
By replacing in line 1 the reference to the Registrary by reference to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Classics.
D. The regulations for the Ord Travel Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 864)
Regulations 4 and 5.
By replacing in each case the reference to the Registrary by reference to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Music.
Regulation 6.
By deleting the words ‘and shall be payable on application to the Treasurer’.
E. The regulations for the Porson Prize (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 874)
Regulations 4 and 5.
By replacing in each case the reference to the Registrary by reference to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Classics.
F. The regulations for the Smith–Knight Prizes and Rayleigh–Knight Prizes (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 912).
Regulation 4.
By replacing in line 1 the reference to the Registrary by reference to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Mathematics.
G. The regulations for the John Stewart of Rannoch Sacred Music Fund and Scholarships (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 922)
Regulations 4 and 5.
By replacing in each case the reference to the Registrary by reference to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Music.
1By ancient custom the Deputy High Steward receives a nominal stipend of £4 a year.
2See the Council’s Notice on p. 383.
3Statutes and Ordinances, p. 160. It is regretted that the entries for certain M.Phil. and M.St. courses as published were incorrect. Further information about the level of fees for the P.G.C.E. has been received from the Teacher Development Agency. The ability to charge the fee of £9,000 from 2012–13 is dependent on a revised access agreement with the Office for Fair Access.
4Statutes and Ordinances, p. 671. See the Vice-Chancellor’s Notice on p. 383.
5Statutes and Ordinances, p. 682. The proposed change in name reflects more closely the field in which the School of Clinical Medicine wishes to advertise the Professorship, which is currently vacant, in the light of the current strategic priorities of the School. The proposed change has the agreement of GlaxoSmithKline.
6By Grace 6 of 21 July 2010, the University approved procedures to appoint it as sole Trustee of Strangeways Research Laboratory (see the Report of the Council on the appointment of the University as sole Trustee of Strangeways Research Laboratory, dated 31 May 2010, Reporter, 2009–10, p. 938). A revised scheme for the Trust to effect the transfer was sealed by the Charity Commissioners on 30 July 2010. The Ellen Farnell Fund is a fund administered by the Laboratory; regulations to govern the fund are now proposed. These regulations reflect the original objectives of the fund; the capital of which is approximately £59,000.
7Statutes and Ordinances, p. 838. The changes to the regulations for the Fund are proposed to take account of the recent establishment of the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science and the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology (see also the General Board’s Notice on p. 386).
8The regulations have been amended to reflect the current administrative arrangements.
The Council has sanctioned the submission of the following Graces to the Regent House at a Congregation to be held on 21 January 2012:
That the following persons be admitted to the degree of Master of Arts under the provisions of Statute B, III, 6:
1. Nick Bampos, Fellow and Senior Tutor of Trinity Hall and Assistant Director of Research in the Department of Chemistry.
2. Elena Segreevna Doyle, Computer Officer in the Management Information Services Division.
3. Peter Christian Gronn, Fellow of Hughes Hall and Professor of Education.
4. Jonathan Joseph Powell, Fellow of Hughes Hall.
5. Barbara Anna Kinga Könczöl, Fellow of Pembroke College.
6. Olivier Restif, Fellow of Robinson College.
7. Michael Dong Shin, Fellow of Robinson College.
8. Barbara Anne Stevens, Administrative Officer in the Academic Division of the University Offices.
9. Andreas J. Stylianides, University Lecturer in the Department of Education.
10. Marita Jeanette Walsh, Departmental Secretary in the Department of Chemistry.
11. Paul David Whitehouse, Computer Officer in the Department of Engineering.
J. W. NICHOLLS, Registrary
END OF THE OFFICIAL PART OF THE ‘REPORTER’