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No 6316

Wednesday 17 July 2013

Vol cxliii No 39

pp. 713–764

Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 17 July 2013

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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been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, 26 July 2013.

1. That the recommendations in paragraph 9 of the First-stage Report of the Council, dated 4 June 2013, on the project to fit out additional laboratory space at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute building (Reporter, 6311, 2012–13, p. 616) be approved.

2. That the recommendations in paragraph 8 of the Report of the General Board, dated 12 June 2013, on Senior Academic Promotions (Reporter, 6313, 2012–13, p. 648) be approved.

3. That the recommendations in paragraph 5 of the Report of the General Board, dated 24 June 2013, on the establishment of a Diageo Readership in Management Studies (Reporter, 6314, 2012–13, p. 658) be approved.

4. That the revised Procedures to Determine Fitness to Practise of Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 214), as set out in Annex 1 to the Council's Notice on p. 715, be approved.1

5. That Regulation 8 for Dress at Graduation (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 193) be amended so as to read:2

8. All persons being admitted to degrees wear dark clothes with their academical dress. Persons wearing a dinner jacket or lounge suit wear white ties and bands.

6. That, on the recommendation of the General Board, the Goldsmiths' Professorship of Materials Science (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 700) be discontinued from 1 October 2014 until 30 September 2017 or until such earlier date as the Board shall determine after consultation with the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences and the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry.3

7. That, on the recommendation of the General Board, the Professorship of Mathematical Physics (1978) (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 704) be discontinued from 1 October 2014 until 30 September 2019 or until such earlier date as the Board shall determine after consultation with the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences and the Faculty Board of Mathematics.3

8. That, on the recommendation of the General Board, the G. I. Taylor Professorship of Fluid Mechanics (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 707) be discontinued from 1 October 2014 until 30 September 2017 or until such earlier date as the Board shall determine after consultation with the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences and the Faculty Board of Mathematics.3

9. That, on the recommendation of the General Board, the Professorship of Photonics of Molecular Materials, established by Grace 3 of 20 February 2002, be suppressed with effect from 1 October 2013.4

10. That a Vincent and Brigid Keown Memorial Prize for Medical Law be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:5

The Vincent and Brigid Keown Memorial Prize for Medical Law

1. The sum gifted annually by Professor John Keown, in memory of his late parents, shall form a prize for the study of Medical Law, to be known as The Vincent and Brigid Keown Memorial Prize for Medical Law.

2. The Prize shall be awarded by the Examiners for Part II of the Law Tripos to the candidate who shows the greatest distinction in the subject Medical Law in that examination.

3. The value of the Prize, provided that there is a candidate of sufficient merit, shall be divided equally between the prize-winner and the Squire Law Library for the purchase of books.

4. If in any year the Prize is not awarded, the unspent funds will be retained and awarded in a subsequent year.

Footnotes

  • 1See the Council's Notice on p. 715.


  • 2These amendments, proposed on the recommendation of CUSU LGBT+ and after consultation with the Senate-House Syndicate and the Praelectors of the Colleges, replace a reference to male dress with a gender-neutral description.


  • 3See the General Board's Notice on p. 715.


  • 4The Professorship becomes vacant with the retirement of Professor H. J. Coles on 30 September 2013. The Faculty Board of Engineering and the Council of the School of Technology have previously agreed that the post held by Professor Coles will be suppressed on his retirement to provide recurrent funding for the Professorship of Photonic Systems and Displays (see Reporter, 6186, 2009–10, p. 770), but the Report did not correctly identify the Professorship as the post to be suppressed.


  • 5Professor John Keown, Georgetown University, formerly a member of the Faculty of Law, has offered to sponsor a prize for the study of Medical Law.


Graces to be submitted to the Regent House at a Congregation on 20 July 2013

The Council has sanctioned the submission of the following Graces to the Regent House at a Congregation to be held on 20 July 2013:

That the following persons be admitted to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by incorporation:

1. Gabriel Jose Leon, Fellow of St Catharine's College, Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Oxford (2009).

2. Patrick Henry Maxwell, Fellow of Trinity College and Regius Professor of Physic in the School of Clinical Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Oxford (1995).

3. Susan Jane Smith, Mistress of Girton College, Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Oxford (1982).

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

4. Abdelfatah Abbioui, Computer Officer in the Department of Pharmacology.

5. Lynette Karen Bailey, Librarian in the Faculty of Classics.

6. Daniel Thor Bergstralh, Fellow of Clare Hall.

7. Joseph Cheriyan, Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.

8. Vincent Peter Collins, Professor of Histopathology in the Department of Pathology.

9. David Paul Dutka, University Lecturer in the Department of Medicine.

10. Paul Robert John Ellis, of Hughes Hall, Senior Manager in the Local Examinations Syndicate.

11. Paula Fiona Veronica Frattaroli, Administrative Officer in the Finance Division of the University Offices.

12. Diane Gaskin, Senior Assistant Treasurer in the Finance Division of the University Offices.

13. Vikas Khanduja, Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.

14. Paola Montagnani Morris, Fellow of Murray Edwards College.

15. Peter John O'Donnell, Fellow of Homerton College.

16. Roger Joseph Plantier, Assistant Director in the Local Examinations Syndicate.

17. Carolyn Ann Read, Administrative Officer in the Academic Division of the University Offices.

18. Silvia Maria Rivera Vasquez, Administrative Officer in the Finance Division of the University Offices.

19. Suvi Karoliina Roberts, Administrative Officer in the Office of External Affairs and Communications of the University Offices.

20. Anne Scott, Computer Officer in the Management Information Services Division of the University Offices.

21. Meena Carwen Singh, Senior Manager in the Local Examinations Syndicate.

22. Michelle Dawn Williams, Senior Manager in the Local Examinations Syndicate.