No 6390
Wednesday 10 June 2015
Vol cxlv No 34
pp. 614–631
The Council and the General Board beg leave to report to the University as follows:
1. A student’s fitness to study may be called into question if her or his behaviour and/or physical or mental health or condition is seriously disrupting her or his own studies or the studies of others, or results in unreasonable demands being placed on staff or other students. Currently most Colleges operate a three-stage procedure for dealing with fitness to study, which was developed by the Senior Tutors’ Committee in 2011–12.
2. However, experience of recent cases, and discussion between the Senior Tutors’ Committee, the Council’s Standing Committee on Applications, and the Board of Graduate Studies, suggest that there are shortcomings in the current arrangements. In particular, there are difficulties with the inter-relationship between College and University procedures, and the power of the University to suspend a student from a course of study on the grounds of fitness to study. A College-based procedure is not always effective where concerns about a student’s fitness to study emerge in a University institution rather than a College setting.
3. The Council and the General Board have therefore agreed that it is necessary for the University to establish formal procedures to consider and deal with questions of fitness to study. This Report sets out proposals for such a procedure. The aim is to provide a procedure for the University to deal with the small number of serious and difficult cases where questions arise as to whether a student is fit to study (including fitness to be examined). The proposals include arrangements for a student to seek review of decisions made under the procedure.
4. The proposals assume that Colleges are responsible for the pastoral support and welfare of all their students, undergraduate and graduate, and that College routes for resolution of concerns about fitness to study will usually be followed before the University procedure is invoked. The University procedure is designed to deal with cases which cannot be resolved in a particular College, or which are not suitable to be considered through College procedures. It also establishes authority for the University to require a student to suspend her or his studies temporarily, pending consideration of the case or improvement in the student’s circumstances, or to leave the University permanently. It leaves the question of College membership to the student’s own College to consider under its own procedures.
5. ‘Fitness to study’ as used in this procedure relates to a student’s capacity to take part in life in the Collegiate University, and not just a student’s ability to engage with her or his studies. The University expects students to be able to live and work in harmony with others, and not to conduct themselves in a way which has an adverse impact on themselves or those around them. This procedure is not designed to address academic performance issues (which will be dealt with under the normal academic assessment and monitoring procedures); disciplinary issues (which will be dealt with under normal disciplinary procedures except where they clearly involve a fitness to study issue arising from a physical or mental condition); or fitness to practise for medical and veterinary students. The procedure provides for a power to stay proceedings in respect of cases which have been or may be referred to the police or another external agency.
6. The proposed procedure has been developed in consultation with the Senior Tutors’ Committee, the Council’s Standing Committee on Applications, and the Board of Graduate Studies, and has the approval of the Education Committee of the General Board.
7. The Council and the General Board accordingly recommend, with effect from 1 October 2015:
I. That regulations to govern procedures for the consideration of a student’s fitness to study as set out in the Annex to this Report be approved.
II. That the regulations governing allowances to candidates for examinations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 241) be amended by inserting in Regulation 1 the following new sub-paragraph (c):
(c) to refer to the Fitness to Study Panel under the University’s procedure to determine fitness to study any person in respect of whom an application is made under these regulations.
III. That the Notice of the Council relating to the procedure required by it when dealing with applications for allowances to candidates for examinations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 242) be amended by inserting the following:
(ix) the Council shall authorize its Standing Committee on Applications and its Fitness to Study Panel to agree a procedure for referral of cases from the Standing Committee to the Panel.
IV. That the General Regulations for Admission as a Graduate Student (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 446) be amended by inserting in Regulation 5 the following new sub-paragraph (h):
(h) to refer any Graduate Student to the Fitness to Study Panel under the University’s procedure to determine fitness to study.
V. That the Special Regulations for the Board of Examinations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 127) be amended by including a new Regulation 6 as follows:
6. The Board shall have power to refer any candidate for any University examination to the Fitness to Study Panel under the University’s procedure to determine fitness to study.
VI. That Special Ordinance D (iii) (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 102) be amended by inserting the following wording at the end of Section 7:
The Advocate shall have the power to refer any student about whom a complaint is made under this regulation to the Fitness to Study Panel under the University’s procedure to determine fitness to study and may defer any determination under this regulation pending the Panel’s consideration of the student’s fitness to study.
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5 June 2015 |
L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor |
Helen Hoogewerf-McComb |
Shirley Pearce |
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Ross Anderson |
Alice Hutchings |
John Shakeshaft |
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Richard Anthony |
Richard Jones |
Susan Smith |
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Jeremy Caddick |
Fiona Karet |
Evianne van Gijn |
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R. Charles |
Stuart Laing |
Sara Weller |
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Anne Davis |
Rebecca Lingwood |
I. H. White |
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David Good |
Rachael Padman |
A. D. Yates |
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Nicholas Holmes |
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5 June 2015 |
L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor |
Robert Kennicutt |
Richard Prager |
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Philip Allmendinger |
Duncan Maskell |
Rob Richardson |
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M. J. Daunton |
Patrick Maxwell |
Evianne van Gijn |
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Anne Davis |
Martin Millett |
Graham virgo |
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David Good |
Rachael Padman |
Chris Young |
1. This procedure sets out the formal steps which will be taken by the University when there is concern that a student’s behaviour or health is seriously disrupting the welfare or academic progress of the student, or of others in the academic community, or has the potential to do so. It applies to all matriculated students.
2. The procedure should not be initiated until all avenues of local support have been explored and, in the case of disabled students, all reasonable adjustments1 have been determined and put in place, or declined (in whole or part) by the student.
3. Any action taken under this procedure will be limited to that necessary and proportionate to protect the best interests of the student, and other members of the University.
4. A student’s fitness to study may be brought into question as a result of a wide range of circumstances. These include, but are not restricted to, the following:
(a)serious concerns about the student’s behaviour or health emerge which have not been resolved through College channels, and which indicate that there is a need to address the student’s fitness to study;
(b)behaviour that would otherwise be dealt with as a disciplinary matter, but might be the result of an underlying physical or mental condition which has not been resolved through informal support;
(c)the student’s academic performance or persistent behaviour is considered to be unacceptable and this is thought to be the result of an underlying problem which may mean he or she is not fit to study;
(d)serious concerns arise about the student’s fitness to sit examinations or other assessment.
5. If staff within a student’s College or in any University institution have concerns regarding a student’s fitness to study they should normally first discuss them with the student’s Senior Tutor. The Senior Tutor is expected to try to resolve the matter under the College’s pastoral responsibilities and applicable processes and to ensure that an appropriate record of the handling of the matter within the College is made and retained.
6. If processes within a student’s College have not been successful in resolving satisfactorily concerns about the student’s fitness to study, for example, because of the severity of the problem and/or the student’s lack of engagement with efforts to respond to it, or exceptionally where it is not considered appropriate for the College’s processes to be pursued first, the case may be referred to a Fitness to Study Panel. Procedures will be initiated by the Registrary following a written referral setting out the grounds for concern about the student’s fitness to study:
(a)from the student’s Head of Faculty or Department,2 or Senior Tutor;
(b)from the University Advocate; or
(c)from the Council’s Standing Committee on Applications, Board of Graduate Studies, or Board of Examinations.
The Registrary may designate a deputy to act in her or his place in connection with this procedure, in which event any reference to the Registrary in this procedure shall be deemed to be a reference to such a deputy.
7. A Fitness to Study Panel shall comprise:
(a)a member of the Regent House who shall act as Chair;
(b)a Senior Tutor from a College other than that of the student concerned; and
(c)a medically qualified person.
8. Members of the Panel shall be appointed by the Registrary within 21 days of the receipt of a written referral under this procedure (or, in the case of a Panel being appointed to consider an application to resume study, within 21 days of the receipt of the application) from standing panels appointed by the University Council. No member of the Panel shall have any potential conflict of interest or previous involvement in the case. The Registrary shall also appoint a Secretary to the Panel.
9. In cases where a student’s condition or conduct gives rise to a need for immediate action, the student may be excluded from the University’s facilities and premises, or her or his access to such facilities and premises may be made subject to specified conditions, for periods of up to 21 days. The Registrary, in consultation with the student’s Senior Tutor and the Head of the student’s Faculty or Department, is empowered to make a determination under this provision in the first instance, with subsequent renewals and/or variations of the arrangements being determined by the Chair of the Panel appointed to consider the student’s case. Prior to determining whether arrangements should be renewed and/or varied, the Chair shall invite the student to make written representations and shall take into account any representations submitted by the student. The Chair shall have the discretion to revoke any exclusion under this Regulation.
10. The Panel will give preliminary consideration to any written referral made under this procedure to determine whether a prima facie case has been made to warrant further consideration under this procedure. If the Panel considers that there is no prima facie case it may decline to consider the case further, or may refer it for consideration under disciplinary or other procedures as it deems appropriate.
11. If any person has been or is liable to be prosecuted for an offence under the criminal law in respect of any conduct set out in a written referral under this procedure as giving cause for concern about a student’s fitness to study, or where such conduct warrants referral to an external agency, the Chair of a Fitness to Study Panel may stay all or part of the proceedings under this procedure for such period or periods as he or she may think fit.
12. The Chair will set a date for a formal meeting of the Fitness to Study Panel to hear the case, which date may be changed by the Chair if the circumstances require it.
13. The Secretary of the Panel shall give the student at least 14 days’ notice of the date of the meeting of the Fitness to Study Panel. The student will also be informed of the time, venue, and purpose of the hearing, and will be provided with any documents to be considered at the meeting. He or she will be invited to provide any documentation which he or she wishes the Panel to consider. The Secretary of the Panel will ensure that all parties have access to the same documents.
14. If the student is unable to attend the meeting, or declines to do so, the Panel may agree to proceed in the student’s absence.
15. The student may be accompanied and/or represented (including in her or his absence) at the meeting by a member of the Cambridge University Students Union or Graduate Union, a fellow student, her or his College Tutor or Senior Tutor, or other person approved by the Chair. A support worker may also accompany a disabled student. The student should notify the Secretary of the Panel at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting if he or she intends to attend the meeting and if he or she is to be accompanied and/or represented, and, if so, by whom. Where a student attends the meeting but is represented, the student may still be required to answer questions at the Chair’s discretion.
16. The purpose of the meeting will be to consider the evidence available and to reach an appropriate decision, action plan, or other outcome. The student’s Senior Tutor and Head of Faculty or Department (as appropriate) will be requested to provide relevant written evidence to the Panel, and may be requested to attend at the Chair’s discretion. The Panel may request other specialist opinion, including medical reports or reports from other specialist advisers, and may also request to see documents and records resulting from consideration of the student’s case by the student’s College under its procedures. The Panel may ask the student to attend a consultation with an expert but the Panel may proceed to consider the student’s fitness to study notwithstanding a refusal or failure by the student to attend a consultation as requested. Subject to the express provisions of this procedure, the Chair shall otherwise have the power to regulate the arrangements for the provision of documentation and other evidence, as well as the conduct of the meeting.
17. The Panel shall make such decisions in respect of a student’s fitness to study as it considers necessary and proportionate. These decisions may include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following:
(a)to suspend the student temporarily from the University and to determine the minimum period after which the University will consider an application to resume study, and what conditions, if any, must be met before an application to resume study may be made;
(b)to deprive the student of University membership and exclude her or him permanently from the University;
(c)to provide that the student’s access to University facilities and premises shall be subject to specified conditions;
(d)to refer the case for consideration under the University’s disciplinary procedures;
(e)in the case of a medical or veterinary student, to refer the case for consideration under the University’s Fitness to Practise procedures;
(f)to agree that no further action be taken by the University; and/or
(g)to make such recommendations, including to the student’s College, and/or direct such actions, in respect of the student, as the Panel thinks fit.
For the purposes of candidature for an examination or competition, any terms during which a student is temporarily suspended by the Panel will be disregarded in reckoning her or his standing.
Where a Panel decides that a student’s access to University facilities and premises shall be subject to specified conditions, the Panel shall stipulate arrangements for monitoring the student’s compliance with those conditions and for dealing with any alleged breach of those conditions on the part of the student.
18. The Fitness to Study Panel may make a decision by a simple majority.
19. The student, the Senior Tutor of her or his College, and the Head of her or his Faculty or Department shall be notified in writing of the decision of the Panel, with reasons, within 14 days of the meeting of the Panel.
20. A student who has been temporarily suspended from the University under this procedure may make an application addressed to the Registrary for permission to resume study after such period and subject to meeting such conditions as may have been determined under Regulation 17(a) above. The application to return will be considered at the discretion of the Registrary either by the same Panel who made the decision temporarily to suspend the student or by a differently constituted Panel whose members have been appointed in accordance with Regulations 7 and 8 above. The application shall be heard at a meeting of the Panel, the arrangements for which shall be managed in accordance with Regulations 12 to 16 above, save that, if, having reviewed the student’s application and any documentation submitted with it, the Panel agrees that the student may be permitted to resume study either unconditionally or subject to specified conditions to which the student consents in writing, the Panel may proceed without a meeting.
21. The Panel shall make such decisions in respect of a student’s fitness to return to study as it considers necessary and proportionate. These decisions may include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following:
(a)to permit the student to resume study, subject (if the Panel considers it appropriate) to specified conditions, including in the case of a disabled student defining reasonable adjustments, as appropriate, to support the student in her or his study and examination;
(b)to refuse the application to resume study and to determine the minimum period after which the University will consider a further application to resume study, and what conditions, if any, must be met before such an application to resume study may be made;
(c)in the case of a medical or veterinary student, to refer the case for consideration under the University’s Fitness to Practise procedures;
(d)to deprive the student of University membership and exclude her or him permanently from the University; and/or
(e)to make such recommendations in respect of the student, including to the student’s College, as the Panel thinks fit.
Where a Panel has allowed a student to resume her or his studies, the Panel may, at the request of the student, allow a term of residence, put the student in standing for the purposes of examination, or agree such other academic arrangement as the Panel may think fit.
Where a Panel decides that a student’s resumption of studies shall be subject to specified conditions, the Panel shall stipulate arrangements for monitoring the student’s compliance with those conditions and for dealing with any alleged breach of those conditions on the part of the student.
22. A student may seek the review of a decision in relation to that student made by a Fitness to Study Panel.
23. A request for review shall be made in writing and send to the Registrary within 21 days of written notification of the Panel’s decision (unless, in exceptional circumstances, the Registrary permits a longer period). The request for review shall specify the grounds for review which may be only one or more of the following:
(i)that there was material procedural irregularity in the consideration of the student’s case;
(ii)that there was bias or prejudice on the part of the Panel;
(iii)that the decision reached was perverse in that it was one which no reasonable Panel could have reached on the available evidence; and/or
(iv)that fresh material evidence is available, which was not available and/or presented for good reason at the time of the original meeting.
The request for review of a Fitness to Study outcome should be accompanied by supporting documentation.
24. The Registrary will appoint a reviewer chosen from a panel of reviewers appointed by the Council. Exceptionally, a panel of three reviewers may be appointed. If so, references below to the reviewer shall be construed accordingly.
25. The reviewer will consider the request for review, the documentation available to the Panel, and (where appropriate) the procedure of the Panel.
26. The reviewer, at her or his discretion, may hold a hearing and regulate arrangements for the conduct of the hearing.
27. The reviewer will issue an adjudication in writing as soon as possible, which shall normally be within one month of the receipt of the request for review or (if a hearing is held) within 14 days of the hearing. The reviewer shall have power to confirm, quash, or amend the decision of a Panel or refer it back to the same Panel or to a different constituted Panel (whose members shall be appointed in accordance with Regulations 7 and 8 above).
28. The reviewer’s adjudication is the final point of decision within the University.
29. A reviewer may summarily dismiss a request for review which seems to her or him to be vexatious or frivolous.
1Under the Equality Act 2010 where a provision, criterion, or practice, a physical feature or the absence of an auxiliary aid puts a disabled student at a substantial disadvantage in comparison with students who are not disabled, the University is required to take such steps as it is reasonable to take to avoid the disadvantage.
2In the case of students on inter-departmental courses referral may be by the Head of any of the Departments teaching the student.
The General Board beg leave to report to the University as follows:
1. The General Board recommend the establishment of three Professorships as set out in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 below. The funding arrangements for the LEGO Professorship of Play in Education, Development, and Learning were agreed by the Resource Management Committee at their meeting on 28 January 2015 and for the Janeway Professorship of Financial Economics and the Professorship of Respiratory Science by circulation on 18 May 2015.
2. The Board have accepted an academic case from the Council of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences for the establishment of a LEGO Professorship of Play in Education, Development, and Learning in the Faculty of Education. If Recommendations I and II of this Report are approved, the Professorship will be funded by a benefaction of £2.5m from the LEGO Foundation as an endowment to be held on trust by the University. The LEGO Foundation has also provided funding to support a Research Centre on Play in Education, Development, and Learning (PEDaL) to which the LEGO Professor will be appointed Director.1 The Board have agreed that election to the LEGO Professorship should be made by an ad hoc Board of Electors and that the candidature should be open to all those whose work falls within the general field of the title of the office.
3. The Board have accepted an academic case from the Council of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences for the establishment from 1 October 2015 of a Janeway Professorship of Financial Economics in the Faculty of Economics. If Recommendations III and IV of this Report are approved, the Professorship will be funded by a benefaction of US$25m from Weslie R. Janeway and William H. Janeway as an endowment to be held on trust by the University. The endowment will also support a Fellowship at Pembroke College to be held by the person holding the office. The Board have agreed that election to the Professorship should be made by an ad hoc Board of Electors and that the candidature should be open to all those whose work falls within the general field of the title of the office.
4. The Board have accepted an academic case from the Council of the School of Clinical Medicine for the establishment for a single tenure, from 1 October 2015, of a Professorship of Respiratory Science in the Department of Medicine. The full cost of the Professorship will be met through resources available to the School of Clinical Medicine. The Board have agreed that election to the Professorship should be made by an ad hoc Board of Electors and that the candidature should be open to all those whose work falls within the general field of the title of the office.
5. The General Board recommend:
I. That a LEGO Professorship of Play in Education, Development, and Learning be established in the University from 1 October 2015, placed in the Schedule to Special Ordinance C (vii) 1, and assigned to the Faculty of Education.
II. That regulations for the LEGO Professorship of Play in Education, Development, and Learning Endowment Fund, as set out in Schedule 1 to this Report, be approved.
III. That a Janeway Professorship of Financial Economics be established in the University from 1 October 2015, placed in the Schedule to Special Ordinance C (vii) 1, and assigned to the Faculty of Economics.
IV. That regulations for the Janeway Fund for Economics, as set out in Schedule 2 to this Report, be approved.
V. That a Professorship of Respiratory Science be established in the University for a single tenure from 1 October 2015, placed in the Schedule to Special Ordinance C (vii) 1, and assigned to the Department of Medicine.
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3 June 2015 |
L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor |
Duncan Maskell |
Rob Richardson |
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Philip Allmendinger |
Patrick Maxwell |
Evianne van Gijn |
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M. J. Daunton |
Martin Millett |
Graham Virgo |
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David Good |
Rachael Padman |
Chris Young |
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Robert Kennicutt |
Richard Prager |
1See the Vice-Chancellor’s Notice on p. 615.
1. The benefaction received from the LEGO Foundation as permanent endowment to be held on trust by the University, together with other sums allocated for the same purpose, to advance research in the role of play in education, development, and learning especially in early childhood, by supporting a Professorship of Play in Education, Development, and Learning shall form a fund called the LEGO Professorship of Play in Education, Development, and Learning Endowment Fund.
2. The Managers shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund and the application of its income and shall comprise the Head of the Faculty of Education, who shall be Chair, the Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, and up to three persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Education for such period as the Board shall determine.
3. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of the Professor payable by the University.
4. Any unexpended income, including income accrued during a vacancy in the Professorship, may, at the discretion of the Managers:
(a)with the approval of the Faculty Board of Education, be applied to support the work of the Professor in such manner as may be recommended by the Managers;
(b)with the approval of the General Board, be applied to support research in the field of play in education, development, and learning in the University in such manner as may be recommended by the Managers;
(c)be accumulated for use as income in accordance with Regulations 3 and 4(a) and (b) in any one or more subsequent years.
1. The funds received from the Board of Cambridge in America representing a benefaction from Weslie and William Janeway to support research in economics, together with other sums allocated for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the Janeway Fund for Economics.
2. The Managers shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund and the application of its income, and shall comprise:
(a)the Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, who shall be Chair;
(b)the Chair of the Faculty Board of Economics;
(c)two members of the Faculty of Economics appointed by the Faculty Board of Economics for such periods as the Board shall determine;
(d)an external member appointed by the Vice-Chancellor for such period as the Vice-Chancellor shall determine.
3. The income of the Fund shall be used to support research in economics through:
(a)the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of a Janeway Professorship of Financial Economics payable by the University, and funding for the research activities of the Professor as determined by the Managers;
(b)a payment to Pembroke College of 1/43rd of the income of the Fund in each financial year, in support of a linked Fellowship in Economics for the holder of the Professorship, or, in the event that the Professor is not a Fellow of the College, an equivalent payment to the College in support of teaching in economics;
(c)the support of fundamental research in economics through a substantial and continuing programme of research as determined by the Managers, such support to be provided to the Cambridge-INET Institute (or a successor body within the Faculty of Economics) to fund postdoctoral research fellowships and doctoral studentships, visitor programmes, and conferences, save that, in determining the amount of such support, the Managers shall have regard to other sources of funding available to the Cambridge-INET Institute (or its successor body);
(d)the provision of research studentships in the Faculty of Economics and/or the support of research in economics in such manner as the Managers shall determine.
4. Any unexpended income in any financial year may be carried forward for use as income in accordance with Regulation 3 in any one or more subsequent financial years.
The General Board beg leave to report to the University as follows:
1. The senior academic promotions exercise in respect of promotions to take effect from 1 October 2015 has been completed. The General Board, at their meeting on 8 June 2015, considered recommendations from the Main Senior Academic Promotions Committee in respect of promotion to personal Professorships, Readerships, and Senior Lectureships. With the recommendations the Board received an extensive report, which provided the Board with an account of the procedure followed for the evaluation and comparison of the evidence for all applicants. The Board were able to see how recommendations had been arrived at so that, without repeating the entire exercise, they could either approve the recommendations or, if they so wished, consider the basis on which any of the recommendations had been made.
2. The contents of the report were as follows:
•Minutes of the Main Committee and Sub-Committees
•Summary lists of Faculty Promotions Committee and Sub-Committee evaluations and bandings, indicating adjustments and any special or non-standard aspects of applications
•Summary tables giving names of applicants in priority order by Sub-Committee for each of the senior academic offices
•Funding and statistical information
•Equal opportunity report on all applications received
•Feedback statements
3. The Board now recommend the establishment of 39 Professorships from 1 October 2015, as set out in Recommendation I. The establishment of these Professorships is proposed on condition that, with the exception of Dr Oren Scherman, in each case where the person currently holds a permanently established office, that office should be placed in abeyance during the tenure of the Professorship. In proposing the establishment of a Professorship for Dr Scherman, the Board have agreed that it should be tenable for so long as Dr Scherman continues to hold the office of Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis. The Board have accordingly agreed to recommend, under the provisions of Statute C I 7, that Dr Scherman should hold his current office concurrently with the proposed Professorship.
4. The Board also propose the establishment of 41 Readerships from 1 October 2015, as set out in Recommendation II. The establishment of these Readerships is proposed on condition that, with the exception of Dr Anita Herle, in each case where the person currently holds a permanently established office, that office should be placed in abeyance during the tenure of the Readership. In proposing the establishment of a Readership for Dr Herle, the Board have agreed that it should be tenable for so long as Dr Herle continues to hold the office of Senior Assistant Curator of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The Board have accordingly agreed to recommend, under the provisions of Statute C I 7, that Dr Herle should hold her current office concurrently with the proposed Readership.
5. In order to avoid delay in publishing the Report, the Board have put forward their recommendations before the titles of the Professorships and Readerships have been agreed. The Board will announce these titles at a later date, after consultation with the individuals concerned.
6. The Board have also agreed, in accordance with Special Ordinance C (ix) 1 and the special regulation for University Senior Lectureships (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 755) to appoint the 23 individuals listed in the Schedule to this Report to University Senior Lectureships, or an unestablished appointment at the same level.
7. The estimated total additional cost to central funds in the first year of the proposals for promotion to personal Professorships and Readerships and of the appointments to University Senior Lectureships of the persons named in this Report will be approximately £710,628.00.
8. The General Board recommend:
I. That, with effect from 1 October 2015, Professorships be established for the following named persons for one tenure, placed in the Schedule to Special Ordinance C (vii) 1, and assigned to the Faculty, Department, or Institution named in each case, as follows:
One in the Faculty of Divinity for Dr Catherine Pickstock of Emmanuel College
One in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic for Dr Maire Ni Mhaonaigh of St John’s College
One in the Faculty of Music for Dr Nicholas Marston of King’s College
One in the Department of Plant Sciences for Dr James Haseloff
One in the Department of Psychology for Dr Lisa Saksida of Newnham College
One in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry for Dr Matthew Seaman of Wolfson College
One in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences for Dr James Rowe of Clare College
One in the Department of Haematology for Dr Nicole Soranzo
One in the Department of Medical Genetics for Dr Frances Raymond of St John’s College
One in the Department of Oncology for Dr Anna Philpott of Clare College
One in the Department of Surgery for Dr Ludovic Vallier
One in the Faculty of Economics for Dr Antony Lawson of King’s College
One in the Faculty of Education for Dr Pamela Burnard of Homerton College
One in the Faculty of Education for Dr Keith Taber of Homerton College
One in the Faculty of History for Dr Andrew Preston of Clare College
One in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology for Dr Susan Bayly of Christ’s College
One in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology for Dr James Laidlaw of King’s College
One in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology for Dr John Robb of Fitzwilliam College
One in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology for Dr Marie Louise Sørensen of Jesus College
One in the Faculty of Law for Dr Mark Christopher Elliott of St Catharine’s College
One in the Faculty of Law for Dr Nigel Simmonds of Corpus Christi College
One in the Department of Land Economy for Mr David Howarth of Clare College
One in the Department of Land Economy for Dr Andreas Kontoleon of Darwin College and Trinity College
One in the Department of Earth Sciences for Dr Timothy Holland
One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr Colm-Cille Caulfield of Churchill College
One in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics for Dr Nathanael Berestycki of King’s College
One in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics for Dr Caucher Birkar
One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr Melinda Duer of Robinson College
One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr Tuomas Knowles of St John’s College
One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr Oren Scherman of Jesus College
One in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy for Dr Catherine Rae of Emmanuel College
One in the Department of Physics for Dr Mete Atature of St John’s College
One in the Department of Physics for Dr John Richer of Downing College
One in the Judge Business School for Dr Shahzad Ansari of St Edmund’s College
One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr Alan Blackwell of Darwin College
One in the Department of Engineering for Dr Christopher Burgoyne of Emmanuel College
One in the Department of Engineering for Dr Andrew Flewitt of Sidney Sussex College
One in the Department of Engineering for Dr Matthew Juniper of Trinity College
One in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology for Dr David Wilson of Jesus College
II. That, with effect from 1 October 2015, Readerships be established, as follows, and that the General Board be authorized to appoint to each Readership the person for whom its establishment is proposed:
One in the Department of History of Art for Dr Alyce Mahon of Trinity College
One in the Department of History of Art for Dr Alexander Marr of Trinity Hall
One in the Department of East Asian Studies for Dr Barak Kushner of Corpus Christi College
One in the Faculty of Classics for Dr Renaud Gagne of Pembroke College
One in the Faculty of Divinity for Dr Simon Gathercole of Fitzwilliam College
One in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic for Dr Judith Quinn of Newnham College
One in the Faculty of Music for Dr Samuel Barrett of Pembroke College
One in the Faculty of Music for Mr Richard Causton of King’s College
One in the Department of Pharmacology for Dr Laura Itzhaki of Newnham College
One in the Department of Psychology for Dr Simone Schnall of Jesus College
One in the Department of Veterinary Medicine for Dr Simon David William Frost
One in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry for Dr Frank Reimann
One in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry for Dr Robert Semple of Clare College
One in the Department of Medical Genetics for Dr Marc Tischkowitz
One in the Department of Medicine for Dr Manjinder Sandhu of Gonville and Caius College
One in the Faculty of Education for Dr Sara Hennessy
One in the Faculty of History for Dr Nora Berend of St Catharine’s College
One in the Faculty of History for Dr Mary Webber of Trinity College
One in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology for Dr Jay Stock of Downing College
One in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology for Dr Anita Herle of Queens’ College
One in the Department of Politics and International Studies for Dr Maha Abdel Rahman
One in the Department of Politics and International Studies for Dr Duncan Bell of Christ’s College
One in the Department of Politics and International Studies for Dr Judith Browne of King’s College
One in the Faculty of Law for Dr Albertina Albors-Llorens of St John’s College
One in the Faculty of Law for Dr John Allison of Queens’ College
One in the Institute of Criminology for Dr Benjamin Crewe of Robinson College
One in the Department of Earth Sciences for Dr Marie Edmonds of Queens’ College
One in the Department of Earth Sciences for Dr Alexandra Turchyn of Trinity Hall
One in the Department of Geography for Dr Alexander Jeffrey of Emmanuel College
One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr Stephen Eglen
One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr Eric Lauga of Trinity College
One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr Carola-Bibiane Schoenlieb of Jesus College
One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr Matthew Wingate of Fitzwilliam College
One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr Erwin Reisner of St John’s College
One in the Department of Physics for Dr Claudio Castelnovo of Trinity College
One in the Judge Business School for Dr Houyuan Jiang
One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr Andrew Moore of Corpus Christi College
One in the Department of Engineering for Dr Hugh Hunt of Trinity College
One in the Department of Engineering for Dr Matthew Jones of Darwin College
One in the Department of Engineering for Dr Joan Lasenby of Trinity College
One in the Department of Engineering for Dr Keith Seffen of Corpus Christi College
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8 June 2015 |
L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor |
Robert Kennicutt |
Rachael Padman |
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Philip Allmendinger |
Duncan Maskell |
Richard Prager |
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M. J. Daunton |
Patrick Maxwell |
Graham Virgo |
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David Good |
Martin Millett |
Chris Young |
The General Board have agreed to appoint the following to University Senior Lectureships, with effect from 1 October 2015 to the retiring age. The asterisked appointments are to unestablished Senior Lectureships from 1 October 2015, the period of appointment being to the end of the current appointment.
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School of Arts and Humanities |
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Department of Architecture |
Dr Emily So of Magdalene College |
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Faculty of Classics |
Dr Christopher Whitton of Emmanuel College |
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School of the Biological Sciences |
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Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience |
Dr Andrew Murray of Trinity Hall |
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Department of Zoology |
Dr David Aldridge* of St Catharine’s College |
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Department of Veterinary Medicine |
Dr Gareth Pearce of Magdalene College |
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School of Clinical Medicine |
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Department of Public Health and Primary Care |
Dr Stephen Barclay |
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School of the Humanities and Social Sciences |
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Faculty of Education |
Mr David Whitley of Homerton College |
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Faculty of History |
Dr Natalia Mora-Sitja of Downing College |
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Faculty of History |
Dr William O’Reilly of Trinity Hall |
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Faculty of History |
Dr Sarah Pearsall of Robinson College |
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Department of Archaeology and Anthropology |
Dr Tamsin O’Connell of Trinity Hall |
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Department of Archaeology and Anthropology |
Dr Katherine Spence of Sidney Sussex College and Christ’s College |
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Department of Politics and International Studies |
Dr Tomas Larsson of St John’s College |
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Faculty of Law |
Dr Jonathan Morgan of Corpus Christi College |
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Faculty of Law |
Dr Sarah Nouwen of Pembroke College |
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Faculty of Law |
Dr Michael Waibel of Jesus College |
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Department of History and Philosophy of Science |
Dr Anna Alexandrova of King’s College |
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School of Technology |
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Department of Engineering |
Dr Heather Cruickshank* of Clare College |
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Department of Engineering |
Mr Matthew De Jong of St Catharine’s College |
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Department of Engineering |
Dr Graham McShane of Queens’ College |
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Department of Engineering |
Mr Thomas Ridgman of Wolfson College |
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Department of Engineering |
Dr Paul Robertson of Darwin College |
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Department of Engineering |
Dr Digby Symons of Peterhouse |
Attached as Annex A to this Report is a statistical summary by sub-committee of the number of successful and unsuccessful applications for promotions by Professorships, Readerships, and Senior Lectureships.
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Professorships |
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Sub-Committee |
Successful |
Unsuccessful |
Total |
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Arts and Humanities |
3 (1 M 2 F) |
1 (1 M 0 F) |
4 (2 M 2 F) |
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Biological and Medical Sciences |
8 (4 M 4 F) |
3 (3 M 0 F) |
11 (7 M 4 F) |
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Humanities and Social Sciences |
12 (9 M 3 F) |
3 (1 M 2 F) |
15 (10 M 5 F) |
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Physical Sciences |
10 (8 M 2 F) |
4 (3 M 1 F) |
14 (11 M 3 F) |
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Technology |
6 (6 M 0 F) |
2 (1 M 1 F) |
8 (7 M 1 F) |
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Total |
39 (28 M 11 F) |
13 (9 M 4 F) |
52 (37 M 15 F) |
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Readerships |
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Sub-Committee |
Successful |
Unsuccessful |
Total |
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Arts and Humanities |
8 (6 M 2 F) |
9 (5 M 4 F) |
17 (11 M 6 F) |
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Biological and Medical Sciences |
7 (5 M 2 F) |
1 (0 M 1 F) |
8 (5 M 3 F) |
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Humanities and Social Sciences |
11 (4 M 7 F) |
6 (4 M 2 F) |
17 (8 M 9 F) |
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Physical Sciences |
9 (6 M 3 F) |
4 (4 M 0 F) |
13 (10 M 3 F) |
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Technology |
6 (5 M 1 F) |
4 (4 M 0 F) |
10 (9 M 1 F) |
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Total |
41 (26 M 14 F) |
24 (18 M 8 F) |
65 (43 M 22 F) |
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University Senior Lectureships |
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Sub-Committee |
Successful |
Unsuccessful |
Total |
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Arts and Humanities |
2 (1 M 1 F) |
3 (3 M 0 F) |
5 (4 M 1 F) |
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Biological and Medical Sciences |
4 (4 M 0 F) |
1 (1 M 0 F) |
6* (6 M 0 F) |
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Humanities and Social Sciences |
11 (5 M 6 F) |
6 (3 M 3 F) |
17 (8 M 9 F) |
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Physical Sciences |
0 (0 M 0 F) |
0 (0 M 0 F) |
0 (0 M 0 F) |
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Technology |
6 (5 M 1 F) |
0 (0 M 0 F) |
6 (5 M 1 F) |
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Total |
23 (15 M 8 F) |
10 (7 M 3 F) |
34 (23 M 11 F) |
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*One candidate resigned during the promotions process and therefore withdrew their application.