Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 5 December 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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been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, 14 December 2012.

1. That the recommendations in paragraph 9 of the First-stage Report of the Council, dated 16 July 2012, on the construction of a Data Centre on the West Cambridge site (Reporter, 6274, 2011–12, p. 811) be approved.1

2. That Professor Stephen John Young, EM, be reappointed a member of the Finance Committee of the Council to serve from 1 January 2013 until 31 December 2015.

3. That Professor Christoph Hubert Loch, PEM, be appointed a member of the Finance Committee of the Council to serve from 1 January 2013 until 31 December 2015.2

4. That Regulation 3(a)(i) of the regulations for Allowances to Candidates for Examinations be amended so as to read:3

Allow the candidate leave to have disregarded such terms as are necessary in order to put the candidate in standing to take the same examination on a future occasion, as specified by the Council.

5. That Regulation 7 of the regulations for Cambridge University Students Union be amended so as to read:3

The offices of President shall be defined, and not more than four other officers of Cambridge University Students Union designated for the purpose by the Council may be defined, as major offices for the purposes of Section 22(2)(d) of the Education Act 1994; the office of Women’s Officer shall not be so defined. The Council shall have discretion to make an allowance under Regulation 1(b) or 3(a)(i) for Allowances to Candidates for Examinations, where necessary, for the President, all or any of the four designated officers, and the Women’s Officer, of Cambridge University Students Union, on the application of a Tutor of the respective College.

6. That Regulation 13 of the regulations for Review of the Results of Examinations for Postgraduate Qualifications be amended so as to read:4

Once the Review Committee have received the comments specified in Regulation 12, they shall appoint a day and time for a hearing at which the complainant shall be entitled to be present and to be accompanied by not more than two advisers, each of whom shall be either an officer of the Graduate Union, a sabbatical officer of Cambridge University Students’ Union, or a member of the Regent House; one of these advisers shall be permitted to act as the complainant’s representative and to speak on her or his behalf. The Committee may, at their discretion, invite the Examiners concerned to the hearing.

7. That a Michelle Ong History Undergraduate Travel Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:5

Michelle Ong History Undergraduate Travel Fund

1. The sum of £30,000 received from Michelle Ong shall form a Fund called the Michelle Ong History Undergraduate Travel Fund, the income of which shall be used to provide grants to undergraduate student members of the Faculty of History to cover travel and research expenses relating to their studies, with a preference for providing grants to students who would not otherwise have the opportunity to visit or access primary source materials, including libraries, archives, and collections across the UK and around the world.

2. The Managers of the Fund will be appointed by the Faculty Board of History.

3. Awards shall be made by the Managers.

4. The value of the awards shall be determined by the Managers.