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No 6288

Wednesday 5 December 2012

Vol cxliii No 11

pp. 191–211

Reports

Second-stage Report of the Council on the restructuring and rationalization of hospital facilities for the Department of Veterinary Medicine at West Cambridge

3 December 2012

The Council begs leave to report to the University as follows:

1. A First-stage Report on the restructuring and rationalization of hospital facilities for the Department of Veterinary Medicine at West Cambridge was submitted to the Regent House on 11 July 2012 (Reporter, 6273, 2011–12, p. 760) and approved by Grace on 26 October 2012. This Second-stage Report is to update the Regent House on further development of the scheme and to seek approval for construction to proceed.

2. Various sections of the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital are distributed across the site creating an unsatisfactory work flow. Toilet facilities are not easily accessible and the Clinical Pathology Laboratories are separated from the main Hospital building. There are no clinical skills laboratories and clinical research facilities are limited.

3. The scheme involves the demolition of an existing restroom, entrance lobby, corridor, and unused spaces between the main Hospital reception and the Small Animal Wards (SAW) that total a gross internal area of 195.  sq. m. (2,104 sq. ft.). These demolitions and the open space between the reception and the SAW provide a significant site area into which it is proposed to insert a part single-storey and part two-storey building. The new build areas are complemented by changes in part to layout of the SAW, surgical suite, and main Hospital building. The Hospital facilities and the new Clinical Skills Laboratories are all contained within the proposed ground floor plan; the first floor area supports the enlarged Clinical Pathology Laboratories.

4. The academic benefits of the scheme will be the provision of: purpose-designed consulting areas to enhance client experience and promote flow of cases through the Hospital; state-of-the-art embedded Clinical Pathology Laboratories to facilitate the rapid processing of samples and ease of communication between clinical pathologists and clinicians; a Clinical Skills Laboratory to enhance the teaching of clinical and communication skills to 200 clinical veterinary undergraduates; clinical research areas to enable investigation of caseload to improve patient outcomes. The improved toilet facilities will benefit all staff and clients, in particular those with disabilities.

5. The new building work will be constructed in two phases and will provide a total additional gross internal area of 860 sq. m. (9,254 sq. ft.). Careful phasing will be required in order that the Hospital continues to fully function during the building works.

6. The estimated cost of the total project is £3.13m with all funding provided by the Department of Veterinary Medicine. No significant incremental running costs are anticipated for the new facilities.

7. A planning application was submitted on 27 September 2012 and approved on 22 November 2012, allowing work to begin no later than February 2013.

8. Drawings of the proposed scheme are displayed for the information of the University at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2011-12/weekly/6273/6273_p762.pdf and in the Schools Arcade.

9. The Council recommends:

I. That approval be given for the construction of part new-build and part-refurbishment of the Hospital at the Department of Veterinary Medicine as described in this Report.

II. That the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Resources) on the advice of the Director of Estate Management be authorized to accept a tender, within the available funding, for the building and all associated works in due course.

3 December 2012

L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor

R. J. Dowling

Robert Lethbridge

David Abulafia

I. M. Le M. Du Quesnay

Mavis McDonald

N. Bampos

Nicholas Gay

Rosalyn Old

Richard Barnes

David Good

Susan Oosthuizen

Charles Bell

Andy Hopper

Rachael Padman

D. J. A. Casserley

Christopher Hum

John Shakeshaft

Stephen J. Cowley

F. P. Kelly

Sam Wakeford

Athene Donald

Vanessa V. Lawrence

A. D. Yates

Report of the General Board on the establishment of two Professorships in the Faculty of Philosophy

The General Board beg leave to report to the University as follows:

1. The Faculty of Philosophy is a small but powerful unit, with a distinguished history and a strong international reputation for teaching and research. Cambridge philosophers in the last two centuries have made outstanding contributions to their own subject and also to the foundations of other disciplines, including F. P. Ramsey to economics and mathematics, and Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell to the foundations of mathematics. More recently, Bernard Williams and Onora O’Neill played leading roles in public debates in ethics and politics.

2. The Faculty has recently had considerable success in replacing four University Teaching Officers who have retired. However, it remains the smallest of the leading philosophy departments in the UK. The Faculty’s long-range strategic plan is for sustainable expansion, not only in terms of staff numbers and a critical mass of strong doctoral students, but also its links with other disciplines in the University. The Faculty is seeking to enrich both its teaching provision and its vibrant research culture by these collaborations. Strong teaching and research links already exist with Classics, Divinity, and History and Philosophy of Science, the latter including the Cambridge Philosophy of Science (CamPoS) network, launched in 2012. The Faculty plans to develop stronger links with Faculties and Departments including Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Law, and Psychology, and to actively develop connections with the Centre for Gender Studies and the Cambridge Language Sciences strategic research initiative. From 2013–14 a philosophy component will be incorporated into the new Psychological and Behavioural Sciences (PBS) Tripos.

3. In order to maintain the Faculty’s strength in key strategic areas and develop the planned interdisciplinary collaborations, the Faculty Board of Philosophy have agreed to propose the establishment of two single tenure Professorships of Philosophy, and this has been endorsed by the Council of the School of Arts and Humanities. The first Professorship will be in political philosophy, ethics, and feminist philosophy, and will consolidate the Faculty’s relationship with the Centre for Gender Studies. The second Professorship will be in philosophy of mind, language, and psychology, and will develop teaching and research links with the Department of Psychology. A research interest in metaphysics and / or the philosophy of law would be welcome in candidates for either position.

4. In order to meet the recurrent costs of the Professorships, the Faculty will suppress the University Lectureships that will be released from abeyance on the resignations of Dr M. S. Olsaretti on 1 December 2012 and Dr F. L. MacBride on 31 December 2012. The Trustees of the Isaac Newton Trust have generously agreed to contribute towards the additional costs of the Professorships for an initial period of five years, with the balance of the costs to be met from funds available to the School of Arts and Humanities. The General Board have accepted the proposal for the establishment of the Professorships on this basis.

5. The Board are satisfied that appointments at this level will be likely to attract a strong field of applicants. They are assured that suitable accommodation is available for the Professors in the Faculty of Philosophy. The Board have agreed that election to the Professorships should be made by an ad hoc Board of Electors and that candidature should be limited as specified in paragraph 3.

6. The General Board recommend:

I. That two single tenure Professorships of Philosophy be established in the University from 1 September 2013, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, and assigned to the Faculty of Philosophy.

28 November 2012

L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor

Martin Daunton

Robert Kennicutt

Philip Allmendinger

Simon Franklin

Sadie Jarrett

N. Bampos

C. A. Gilligan

Rachael Padman

H. A. Chase

David Good

John Rallison

Sarah Coakley

Report of the General Board on the re-establishment of the Professorship of Aerothermal Technology

The General Board beg leave to report to the University as follows:

1. The Whittle Laboratory for Turbomachinery Aerodynamics, specializing in aspects of experimental and computational aerodynamics which relate particularly to flows within jet engines, is one of the main research centres within the Department of Engineering. The Laboratory has made major advances over more than thirty years and is recognized by all the leading jet engine manufacturers in the world as the centre of excellence in this field within the UK. In 1989, a Professorship of Aerothermal Technology was established in the Department for one tenure, of which the full costs were met from funds provided by Rolls-Royce plc (Reporter, 5403, 1988–89, p. 717). The Professorship was re-established for a further tenure in 2000 (Reporter, 5803, 1999–2000, p. 496), but lapsed on 30 September 2012 following the retirement of Professor H. P. Hodson.

2. The Professors of Aerothermal Technology have played an important role in leading the development of teaching and research in this important field and the Faculty Board of Engineering and the Council of the School of Technology have advised the General Board that the re-establishment of the Professorship is fundamental to maintaining the Department’s strength in teaching and research in the field. The holder of the Professorship would be expected to make a leading contribution to further developments in research of aerodynamic design of turbines and compressors which are used to generate nearly all of the world’s electricity production and also to power most aircraft.

3. In recognition of the continuing importance of the role of the Professorship in providing leadership in teaching and research in aerodynamics in the University, Rolls-Royce have agreed to provide funds, on a five-year rolling grant, to support the re-establishment of the Professorship for a further tenure. The Faculty Board of Engineering have warmly welcomed the encouragement and support demonstrated by the willingness of Rolls-Royce to continue their funding of the Professorship. Should Rolls-Royce cease their support the cost of the office would be met by the Department of Engineering through compensating savings in recurrent expenditure for the remainder of the tenure of the incumbent. The General Board have accepted the proposal for the establishment of the Professorship on this basis.

4. The Board are satisfied that an appointment at this level will be likely to attract a strong field of applicants. They are assured that suitable accommodation is available in the Department of Engineering for the Professor, and the Department has undertaken to provide the necessary support and facilities. The Board have agreed that election to the Professorship should be made by an ad hoc Board of Electors and that candidature should be open to all persons whose work falls within the title of the Professorship.

5. The General Board recommend:

I. That the Professorship of Aerothermal Technology be re-established from 1 March 2013 for a further tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, and assigned to the Department of Engineering.

28 November 2012

L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor

Martin Daunton

Robert Kennicutt

Philip Allmendinger

Simon Franklin

Sadie Jarrett

N. Bampos

C. A. Gilligan

Rachael Padman

H. A. Chase

David Good

John Rallison

Sarah Coakley

Report of the General Board on the establishment of two Readerships in Judge Business School

The General Board beg leave to report to the University as follows:

1. Judge Business School is internationally recognized as one of the leading providers of innovative, intellectually challenging, and practical business management education across a portfolio of undergraduate, graduate, and executive programmes. To provide research leadership and develop innovative teaching in two key areas of Entrepreneurship and Operations Management, the Faculty Board of Business and Management have recommended the establishment of two Readerships.

2. Operations Management concerns the design and management of business processes, including both services and manufacturing across operations in the public and private sector. The field includes the traditional management of manufacturing and service operations, but increasingly also supply chain management, logistics, new product development, and project management. The School’s Operations subject group researches risk, innovation, supply chain management, and healthcare operations. The Readership in Operations Management will bring this group closer to achieving critical mass, and will allow it to increase collaboration across research topics and possibly add a new domain of behavioural operations.

3. Entrepreneurship is the study of how new businesses start and grow based on innovative offerings that allow the new organization to enter the market and flourish. The Readership in Entrepreneurship will add depth and quality to on-going activities that support the ‘Cambridge cluster’ of start-up businesses. These activities include a successful entrepreneurship teaching centre, the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, and a new initiative, AccelerateCambridge, which will extend the Centre’s capabilities to not only teach students and researchers the skills of business formation and planning but also support and mentor entrepreneurs who have taken the first step and started a business. Judge Business School also collaborates with Cambridge Enterprise in providing access to funding and managing Intellectual Property.

4. The cost of these Readerships will be met from funds released by the suppression of the University Lectureship released following the election of Professor S. Scholtes to the Dennis Gillings Professorship of Health Management and from resources available to Judge Business School from its M.B.A., Master of Finance, and Executive Education programmes. The Council of the School of Technology have supported the case made by the Faculty Board of Business and Management.

5. The General Board have accepted the Faculty Board’s proposal for the establishment of two Readerships. The criteria for appointment to a Readership through open competition will be identical to those for appointment through the Senior Academic Promotions Procedure. The Appointments Committee will be constituted as specified in the regulations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 743).

6. The General Board recommend:

I. That two Readerships be established in Judge Business School from 1 April 2013.

28 November 2012

L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor

Martin Daunton

Robert Kennicutt

Philip Allmendinger

Simon Franklin

Sadie Jarrett

N. Bampos

C. A. Gilligan

Rachael Padman

H. A. Chase

David Good

John Rallison

Sarah Coakley