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No 6253

Wednesday 1 February 2012

Vol cxlii No 18

pp. 422–441

Notices

Calendar

5 February, Sunday. Preacher before the University at 11.15 a.m., Professor M. W. Dube, of the University of Botswana.

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

13 February, Monday. Lent Term divides.

18 February, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House.

Discussions at 2 p.m.

Congregations

7 February

18 February, Saturday at 2 p.m.

21 February

24 March, Saturday at 10 a.m.

6 March

20 March

Notice of a Discussion on Tuesday, 7 February 2012

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, 7 February, at 2 p.m., for the discussion of:

1. Report of the General Board, dated 11 January 2012, on the establishment of an MRC Research Professorship of Biostatistics (Reporter, 2011–12, p. 388).

2. Report of the of the General Board, dated 23 December 2011, on the establishment of a Chong Hua Professorship of Chinese Development (Reporter, 2011–12, p. 389).

3. Report of the General Board, dated 11 January 2012, on the establishment of a Florence Nightingale Foundation Professorship of Clinical Nursing Research (Reporter, 2011–12, p. 390).

4. Report of the General Board, dated 11 January 2012, on the establishment of a Professorship of Statistics (Reporter, 2011–12, p. 391).

5. Report of the General Board, dated 11 January 2012, on future arrangements for the Interdisciplinary Centres in the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Reporter, 2011–12, p. 392).

6. Joint Report by the Council and the General Board, dated 23 January 2012 and 11 January 2012, on student membership of the two bodies (Reporter, 2011–12, p. 405).

Notice of a benefaction

30 January 2012

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has received with gratitude donations amounting to approximately £12,500 in total to date, which have been contributed by subscribers to a Scott Polar Scholarship Fund which has been established to commemorate the centenary of the year in which Captain R. F. Scott and his four companions reached the South Pole and perished on their return journey, to mark their achievements and the scientific legacy of Scott’s Discovery and Terra Nova expeditions to Antarctica.

The Council is submitting a Grace to the Regent House (Grace 2, p. 425) for the approval of regulations to govern the fund.

Election of student members of the Council and of the General Board: Notice

30 January 2012

Student members of the Council

Notice is given that an election of three students to serve as members of the University Council in accordance with Statute A, IV, 2 (class (d)) will be held on Thursday, 15 March 2012. Members are to be elected in the following two categories (Statutes and Ordinances, p.114):

(i)two students elected by and from among all eligible students in the University;

(ii)one graduate student elected by and from among all eligible graduate students in the University.

No person shall be nominated in both categories. Members elected are to serve for one year from 1 July 2012.

Student members of the General Board

Notice is given that an election of two students to serve as members of the General Board in accordance with Statute C, I, 4 (d) will be held on the same day, Thursday, 15 March 2012. Members are to be elected in the following two categories (Statutes and Ordinances, p.117):

(i)one undergraduate student elected by and from among all eligible undergraduate students in the University;

(ii)one graduate student elected by and from among all eligible graduate students in the University.

Members elected are to serve for one year from 1 July 2012.

The elections

The Registrary will publish before 14 February 2012 electoral rolls of all persons who are eligible, under the provision of Statutes A, IV, 2 and C, I, 4 and of the regulations governing the conduct of these elections and rules made under the regulations, to vote and to stand as candidates. Copies of the full electoral rolls will be available for inspection in the University Offices Reception, The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, and appropriate sections of the rolls will be available in the Colleges. The elections are conducted under the Single Transferable Vote regulations.

In order to be eligible a candidate must be nominated on a nomination form sent to the Deputy Returning Officer, Registrary’s Office, The Old Schools, so as to arrive not later than 1 p.m. on Thursday, 8 March 2012. Nomination forms may be obtained from the University Offices Reception, from CUSU, or the Graduate Union; they may also be downloaded from http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/secretariat/general/studentelections.html. The forms contain (a) a statement, which must be signed by eight students eligible to take part in the election in the relevant category, certifying that they nominate the candidate for election, and (b) a statement which must be signed by the candidate, consenting to be nominated and agreeing to serve if elected. Nomination forms should be accompanied by a statement by the candidate for the information of voters. Nominations will be posted on the Senate-House noticeboard as they are received. Not later than the day following the last date for the receipt of nominations, a complete list of nominations will be sent to Colleges and subsequently will be published in the Reporter.

Voting will take place on Thursday, 15 March 2012, in person, in Colleges. The hours of voting in each College will be determined by local College Returning Officers but the polls must be open for at least four hours within the period 8.30 a.m. to 7 p.m., including the hours 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The University Draftsman is the Deputy Returning Officer.

Annual Reports: Notice

The following Annual Reports have been received by the Council and the General Board during the Michaelmas Term 2011 and the Lent Term 2012 and are available on the websites indicated:

Annual Report of the Health and Safety Executive Committee

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/safety/publications/hsd139m/

Annual Report of Cambridge University Library

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/About/annual_report_2010-11.pdf

Annual Report of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate

http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/ca/digitalAssets/199094_ Cambridge_Assessment_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2010-2011.pdf

Scott Polar Research Institute Review 2010

http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/about/sprireview/2010/