No 6343
Wednesday 19 March 2014
Vol cxliv No 26
pp. 442–456
19 March, Wednesday. Last ordinary number of the Reporter in the Lent Term.
22 March, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 11 a.m. (see p. 454).
25 March, Tuesday. Lent Term ends.
29 March, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 11 a.m. (see p. 455).
17 April, Thursday. Easter Term begins.
20 April, Sunday. Easter Day. Scarlet Day.
22 April, Tuesday. Full Term begins. Mere’s Commemoration. Sermon in St Bene’t’s Church. Preacher, The Reverend Jeremy Davies, CC, Canon Emeritus of Salisbury Cathedral, 11.45 a.m.
24 April, Thursday. First ordinary number of the Reporter in the Easter Term.
The Vice-Chancellor invites those qualified under the regulations for Discussions (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 103) to attend a Discussion in the Senate-House, on Tuesday, 29 April 2014, at 2 p.m. for the discussion of:
1. Report of the Council, dated 17 March 2014, on the governance and management arrangements for sport within the University (see p. 452).
The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has accepted with gratitude the following benefactions, of which both the capital and the income may be used:
(i)a benefaction of £2m from the Wolfson Foundation, payable over two years, to support the construction of laboratories for high specification imaging in the new building for the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (Reporter, 2012–13; 6294, p. 325; and 6299, p. 384);
(ii)a bequest of £300,000 under the will of Dr Brigitte Askonas to fund awards, to be known as the Ita Askonas Bursaries, to postdoctoral researchers* in the fields of infection and immunology at the University, in order to enable those researchers* to pursue specific research projects or networking opportunities at another institution;
(iii)a benefaction of £26,500 from the Walters Kundert Charitable Trust to support the Chemistry Open Day at the 2014 Cambridge Science Festival, bringing to a total of £186,300 the Trust’s support for the Cambridge Science Festival since 2004;
(iv)a benefaction of £6,000 from Mr Howard Covington to support the Isaac Newton Institute, bringing Mr Covington’s donations to the Institute since 2007 to a total of £152,981 under the Gift Aid Scheme.
* This notice was originally published with an error: the notice incorrectly referred to postdoctoral students, instead of researchers. This notice was amended on 13 November 2014.
This Notice provides information on bye-elections for members of both the Council and the Board of Scrutiny.
The Vice-Chancellor gives notice of an election of a member of the Council in class (b) (Professors and Readers) in place of Professor Athene Donald, to serve from 1 October 2014 until 31 December 2016 (see Special Ordinance A (ii)).
The Council is the principal executive and policy-making body of the University. It has general responsibility for the administration of the University, for defining its mission, for the planning of its work, and for the management of its resources. The Council deals with relations between the University and the Colleges, and conducts negotiations with outside bodies on many matters (other than those relating directly to the educational and research programmes of the University, which are dealt with on its behalf by the General Board of the Faculties). It is responsible for the appointment or nomination of certain members of internal and external bodies, and for many student matters (excluding the selection of entrants, which is a College concern). Further information about the Council can be found in Statute A IV and is available to members of the University on the Council website (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/committee/council/) and questions about its work can be addressed to the Registrary by emailing registrary@admin.cam.ac.uk.
The Vice-Chancellor gives notice of an election of members of the Board of Scrutiny as follows, in place of Dr Brian Sloan and Mr Paul Warren, to serve from 1 October 2014 until 30 September 2015:
(i)one member in class (c)(i): a person who has been a member of the Regent House for not more than ten years on 1 October 2014;
(ii)one member in class (c)(ii): a member of the Regent House.
The Board of Scrutiny scrutinizes on behalf of the Regent House the Annual Report of the Council, the abstract of the accounts of the University, the allocations Report of the Council required by Statute F I 1(b), and any other Report of the Council proposing allocations from the Chest. Further information about the Board of Scrutiny can be found in Statute A VII, on the Board’s website (http://www.scrutiny.cam.ac.uk/), and obtained from Dr Ruth Charles (email rc118@cam.ac.uk), Chair of the Board until 1 October 2014.
Under the provisions of Statute A VII 4 no person may be a member of the Board of Scrutiny who is a member of the Council, the General Board, or the Finance Committee of the Council, or who holds any of the University offices of Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University Advocate, Deputy University Advocate, Registrary, Assistant Registrary, or Secretary of a School. The Ordinances for the Board (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 113) further exclude Directors and Deputy Directors in the University Offices (Unified Administrative Service) and Assistant Treasurers.
The nomination and ballot timetable for both elections is governed by Regulations 1–7 and 15 of the regulations for the election of members of the Council (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 110).
In order to be eligible, a candidate must be nominated on a paper sent to the Vice-Chancellor at the Old Schools so as to reach him not later than noon on Friday, 9 May 2014. The paper must contain (a) a statement signed by two members of the Regent House, nominating the candidate for election and (b) a statement signed by the candidate certifying that he or she consents to be so nominated. The candidate should also submit a curriculum vitae by the same date (see below).
The Vice-Chancellor would be obliged if nominations could be delivered to the Registrary in the Old Schools during office hours. Envelopes should be clearly marked as Nomination papers. Nomination papers may also be faxed to 01223 332332 or scanned (showing signatures) and sent by email to registrary@admin.cam.ac.uk. Nominations will be published as they are received. The complete list of nominations will be published in the Reporter on Wednesday, 14 May.
Each person nominated for election is required to send to the Registrary, not later than noon on Friday, 9 May, a statement of her or his curriculum vitae for distribution to members of the Regent House with the voting papers. It is suggested that such a statement should be of not more than 500 words in length, and that it should cover the following points:
– the candidate’s present position in the University
– previous posts held, whether in Cambridge or in other universities, or outside the university system, with dates
– a note of the candidate’s particular interests within the field of University business.
If there is an election, it will be conducted by postal ballot under the Single Transferable Vote regulations, and voting papers will be distributed, together with the statements provided by candidates, not later than Monday, 19 May. The last date for the return of voting papers will be 5 p.m. on Monday, 2 June.
Regulation 2 for the election of members of the Board of Scrutiny (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 113) provides that, if at any election insufficient nominations are received to fill the vacant places in either class (c)(i) or class (c)(ii), the Council shall appoint as many members as may be necessary.
The following Annual Reports have been received by the Council or the General Board during the Lent Term 2014 and are available on the websites indicated:
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Institute of Continuing Education Annual Report 2012–13 |
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Annual Report of the Kettle’s Yard Committee for the year 2012–13 |
http://www.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/information/annual_reports/ |
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Cambridge University Library Annual Report 2012–13 |
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Annual Report 2012–13 of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences |