Notices by the General Board

Assistant Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Notice

With immediate effect

The General Board have approved, on the recommendation of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, the establishment of the office of Assistant Curator at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, following a review of staffing in the School’s museums. The appointment of a subject matter specialist at the Museum will supplement the work of the Director and enhance access to the collection through teaching and research. The General Board have therefore approved consequential amendments to the regulations for the Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 617) as set out below.

By rescinding Regulations 1–3 for the Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science and replacing them with the following:

Curator and Assistant Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science

1. There shall be a University office of Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, the holder of which shall also be entitled Director of the Museum.

2. There shall be a University office of Assistant Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, the holder of which shall report to the Curator of the Museum.

3. Appointments and reappointments to the University offices of Curator and Assistant Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

4. The duties of the Curator shall be determined by the Board of History and Philosophy of Science and shall include the following:

(a)to assist the Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science in the preservation, augmentation, and display of the collections of the Museum, and in making them available for purposes of study and research;

(b)to undertake at the request of the Board of History and Philosophy of Science, without additional payment, such teaching as the Board may consider desirable, having regard to the due performance of her or his duties as Curator.

5. The duties of the Assistant Curator shall be determined by the Board of History and Philosophy of Science and shall include assisting the Curator in her or his duties under Regulation 4 above.