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No 6266

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Vol cxlii No 31

pp. 602–610

Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 16 May 2012

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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been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, 25 May 2012.

1. That, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Classics, the regulations for certain Classical Funds be amended as follows:1

A. The Craven Fund and Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 769) Regulations 4, 6, and 7

B. The Charles Oldham Classical Scholarship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 863) Regulations 2, 4, and 5

C. The Prendergast Fund and Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 876) Regulations 6, 8, and 9

D. The Henry Arthur Thomas Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 927) Regulations 9, 11, and 12

E. The George Charles Winter Warr Scholarship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 944) Regulations 2, 4, and 5

By amending the three specified regulations in each case so as to read:

Candidature for the Studentship [Scholarship] shall be open to any person who is or is about to be registered as a Graduate Student in the Faculty of Classics in the University. Election to and tenure of the Studentship [Scholarship] shall lapse if the person elected does not become or ceases to be a registered Graduate Student.

Before the division of the Easter Term each year, the Board shall give notice of the date by which and the manner in which applications for the Studentship [Scholarship] to be held in the next but one following academical year are to be submitted. An election to the Studentship [Scholarship] shall be held during the academical year prior to the Studentship [Scholarship]’s being taken up, on a date to be determined by the Board.

The Studentship [Scholarship] shall be tenable from the date on which the student comes into residence until 30 September of the calendar year next following. A Student (Scholar) shall be eligible for re-election on not more than two occasions.

2. That a KAUST Fund for Biological Sciences be established in the University to be governed by the following regulations:2

Kaust Fund for Biological Sciences

1. The benefaction from KAUST UK Ltd to support work in the School of the Biological Sciences, with a preference for biosciences and bioengineering, shall form a fund called the KAUST Fund for Biological Sciences.

2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Head of the School of the Biological Sciences and two other Managers appointed by the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences for periods of five years.

3. The Fund shall be applied for the following purposes in the School on the recommendation of the Managers and with the approval of the General Board:

(a)the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of the holders of such University offices as may be designated or established from time to time by the University or the General Board as a charge on the Fund,

(b)the funding of Ph.D. Studentships in the School of the Biological Sciences with a preference for bioscience and bioengineering,

(c)other purposes in the School of the Biological Sciences with a preference for the fields of bioscience and bioengineering.

4. In exceptional circumstances the capital may also be spent, on the recommendation of the Managers and with the approval of the General Board, for the purposes outlined in Regulation 3.

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

Footnotes

  • 1The Faculty Board of Classics have proposed that the current stipulation for these Studentships and Scholarships, that applicants should have been in residence for two terms or less, should be removed to allow awards to be made at an early stage in the admissions process.


  • 2See the Vice-Chancellor’s Notice on p. 603.


Graces to be submitted to the Regent House at a Congregation on 19 May 2012

The Council has sanctioned the submission of the following Graces to the Regent House at a Congregation to be held on 19 May 2012:

That the following persons be admitted to the degree of Master of Arts under the provisions of Statute B, III, 6:

1. David John Carter, Assistant Secretary in the Faculty of Education.

2. Rory Emmett Finnin, Fellow of Robinson College.

3. Emma Leah Hood, Director in the Local Examinations Syndicate.

4. Gillian Margaret Magee, Director in the Local Examinations Syndicate.

5. Jennifer Anne Mills-Thomas, Senior Manager in the Local Examinations Syndicate.

6. Lori Anne Passmore, Fellow of Clare Hall.

7. Stuart James Roberts, Administrative Officer in the Office of External Affairs and Communications.

8. Louise Anne Walsh, Administrative Officer in the Office of External Affairs and Communications.

J. W. NICHOLLS, Registrary

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