No 6315
Wednesday 3 July 2013
Vol cxliii No 38
pp. 660–712
The Council submits the following Graces to the Regent House. These Grace, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been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, 12 July 2013.
1. That the recommendations in paragraph 45 of the Report of the Council, dated 20 May 2013, on the financial position and budget of the University, recommending allocations from the Chest for 2013–14 (Reporter, 6308, 2012–13, p. 555), be approved.
2. That the recommendations in paragraph 5 of the Report of the Council, dated 28 May 2013, on the Technical Review of the Statutes, as revised by the Council's Notice dated 3 July 2013 (p. 662), be approved.1
3. That Regulation 3 for the Quiller-Couch and T. R. Henn Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 912) be rescinded and replaced with the following new Regulations 3 and 4 and subsequent regulations renumbered.2
3. The T. R. Henn Prize shall be awarded annually by the Examiners for Part I of the English Tripos, to the author of an original composition, or compositions, of a creative nature, who is also a candidate for Part I of the English Tripos in the year in question, and the Quiller-Couch Prize shall be awarded annually by the Examiners for Part II of the English Tripos to the author of an original composition, or compositions, of a creative nature, who is also a candidate for Part II of the English Tripos in the year in question. Each Prize shall be awarded to the author whose work is adjudged to be the most outstanding among the compositions submitted for the Prize concerned, save that, if candidates of sufficient merit present themselves, one or more additional T. R. Henn and Quiller-Couch Prizes may be awarded.
4. The Examiners for Parts I and II of the English Tripos may make such rules from time to time as may be necessary to govern the award of Prizes under Regulation 3.
4. That in Regulation 3 for the Graham Storey Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 955) the words 'each year' be replaced with 'biennially'.3
5. That Regulation 2 for the Harness Prize (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 831) be amended so as to read:4
2. The Prize shall be given to the author of the best English essay on a subject connected with Shakespearian literature, such author being either an undergraduate or a postgraduate student.
And that the first sentence of Regulation 5 be amended so as to read:
An essay for the Prize shall meet the minimum and maximum word limits as prescribed by the Faculty Board of English in the Michaelmas Term each year.
6. That the Norton Rose Prize in Commercial Law be renamed the Norton Rose Fulbright Prize in Commercial Law and the regulations for the Prize amended accordingly (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 894).5
1See the Council's Notice, p. 662.
2This amendment, made on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of English, enables the Examiners to award additional Quiller-Couch and T. R. Henn Prizes and to make rules governing the award of the Prizes.
3This amendment, made on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of English and with the agreement of Christ's College and the testator's representatives, changes the frequency of the delivery of the Graham Storey Lecture. (Please note: a correction to this footnote has subsequently been published - see the correction notice in the Reporter of 17 July 2013.)
4These amendments, made on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of English, enable all undergraduate and postgraduate students to be eligible for the Harness Prize and the Faculty Board to prescribe the word limits for the essay.
5This amendment revises the name of the Prize following a change to the name of its benefactor.