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No 6422

Wednesday 20 April 2016

Vol cxlvi No 27

pp. 463–477

Notices

Calendar

23 April, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 11 a.m. (see p. 476).

27 April, Wednesday. End of first quarter of Easter Term.

1 May, Sunday. Preacher before the University at 11.15 a.m., R. Kirkpatrick, R, Emeritus Professor of Italian and English Literature.

5 May, Thursday. Ascension Day. Scarlet Day.

Discussions at 2 p.m.

Congregations

10 May

23 April, Saturday at 11 a.m.

24 May

14 May, Saturday at 10 a.m.

7 June

15 June, Wednesday at 2.45 p.m. (Honorary Degrees)

5 July

22 June, Wednesday at 10 a.m. (General Admission)

23 June, Thursday at 10 a.m. (General Admission)

24 June, Friday at 10 a.m. (General Admission)

25 June, Saturday at 10 a.m. (General Admission)

15 July, Friday at 10 a.m.

16 July, Saturday at 10 a.m.

Discussion on Tuesday, 26 April 2016: Cancellation

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that the Discussion announced for Tuesday, 26 April 2016 will not take place as there are no Reports ready for discussion.

The Report published in this issue (p. 474) will be discussed on 10 May 2016.

Honorary Degree Congregation: Wednesday, 15 June 2016

18 April 2016

The Vice-Chancellor reminds members of the University that a Congregation will take place on Wednesday, 15 June 2016, at 2.45 p.m., at which the Chancellor will preside and is expecting to admit the following persons to the titular degrees approved by the Regent House at a Congregation on Saturday, 20 February 2016:

Doctor of Law

The Baroness Grey-Thompson

Paralympic athlete and gold medallist, Chancellor of Northumbria University, President of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations

Ms Helena Morrissey

of Fitzwilliam College, Chief Executive Officer of Newton Investment Management, Founder of the 30% Club, business leader and gender champion

Doctor of Medical Science

Professor Sir Keith Peters

Honorary Fellow of Christ’s College and Clare Hall, Regius Professor of Physic Emeritus, physician and immunologist

Doctor of Science

Sir Jonathan Ive

Chief Design Officer at Apple Inc., designer

Doctor of Letters

Sir Nicholas Hytner

Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, formerly Director of the National Theatre, director of theatre, film, and opera

Sir Nicholas Serota

Honorary Fellow of Christ’s College, Director of the Tate, art historian and museum director

Doctor of Music

Professor Joanna MacGregor

Honorary Fellow of Murray Edwards College, Professor of the University of London and Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music, pianist, conductor, and composer

With sadness and regret the Vice-Chancellor must report that another person approved on 20 February 2016 for admission to an honorary doctorate at this Congregation, the renowned architect Dame Zaha Hadid, D.B.E., R.A., has since died. Admission to the degree concerned can therefore no longer occur.

ADMISSION AND TICKETS

Admission to this occasion will be by ticket only.

All members and staff (including retired staff) of the University and the Colleges are eligible to apply for tickets to attend the Congregation and Reception. In order to allow the greatest possible attendance by such applicants, requests for guest tickets will not be accepted.

Applications should preferably be made online at: https://www.cam.ac.uk/HD16Reporter

Those who prefer may apply on paper or by email, stating a postal address and their qualifying University and/or College affiliation. Postal applications should be sent to Honorary Degrees, The Vice-Chancellor’s Office, The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, or emailed to HonDegsRSVP@admin.cam.ac.uk (which can also be used for queries relating to the Congregation).

The deadline for applications is Friday, 20 May 2016. If demand for places exceeds capacity all applications received by that date will be balloted. Successful applicants should expect to receive their ticket in the week beginning 6 June and further details about the day will be included on the tickets.

Applicants who discover at any stage that they can no longer attend are asked to inform the Vice-Chancellor’s Office promptly so that their application can be deleted and the place offered to others. Tickets already sent should be destroyed as they are issued to named individuals and are not transferable.

TIMETABLE

Ticket-holders who are not processing will need to be in their places in the Senate-House not later than 2.30 p.m. The Congregation is expected to end at about 3.35 p.m.

RECEPTION

There will be a Reception on the lawn in Senate-House Yard after the Congregation for all those attending. Refreshments will be served and there will be a marquee to provide cover.

ACADEMICAL DRESS

Members of the University attending are reminded that they are required by regulations in Ordinances to wear academical dress (although by custom others present do not).

The day of the Congregation will be a ‘scarlet day’, so Doctors are requested to wear their festal gowns. Graduates are requested to wear hoods. In accordance with the regulations and with the exception of the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, High Steward, Deputy High Steward, Commissary, Proctors, Registrary, Esquire Bedells, Orator, and the Honorary Graduands, other members of the University present who hold non-Cambridge degrees may wear the dress of those degrees on this occasion if they prefer.

PROCESSIONS

Provided that the weather allows, a procession will form in the Schools Arcade at 2.25 p.m. Those specified below who wish to process are asked to state this clearly in their application. Only holders of Cambridge Professorial Chairs or Cambridge Higher Doctorates, i.e. D.D., LL.D., M.D. (if conferred before 2014) or Med.Sc.D., Sc.D., Litt.D., and Mus.D. are eligible to process as Professors or Doctors. Processional tickets will be issued up to the maximum number of seats available to seat the procession.

After consulting the Proctors in accordance with the relevant regulation, the Vice-Chancellor has prescribed the following order of processions prior to this Congregation:

The Vice-Marshal

Heads of Colleges

The Regius Professors of Divinity, Civil Law, Physic, Hebrew, Greek, History, Botany, and Engineering

Professors who are Doctors of Divinity, Law, Medicine (if conferred before 2014) or Medical Science, Science, Letters, or Music

Doctors of Divinity, Law, Medicine (if conferred before 2014) or Medical Science, Science, Letters, or Music

The Librarian

Other Professors and the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Members of the Council

The Pro-Proctors

A second procession will form and proceed immediately after the first:

The Esquire Bedells

The Chancellor

The Chancellor’s Train-bearer

The University Marshal

The Orator   The Vice-Chancellor    The Registrary

The Proctors

(University Constables)

The High Steward

The Deputy High Steward

The Commissary

The Pro-Vice-Chancellors

The Honorary Graduands

The Deputy Proctors

The Pro-Proctor for Ceremonial

Stern Review of the Research Excellence Framework: Response submitted

Further to the Notice published on 17 February 2016 (Reporter, 6415, 2015–16, p. 365), the University’s response to the call for evidence in the Stern Review of the Research Excellence Framework has been submitted and may be viewed at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2015-16/weekly/6422/CambridgeSternReviewResponse2016.pdf.

University Composition Fees

18 April 2016

In the following Notice the Council proposes amendments to the fees for certain categories of students.

Fees in 2017–18

The Council proposes that fees for Overseas undergraduate students in 2017–18 increase by 5% over the 2016–17 rates. The Council gives notice that, subject to further discussion, it intends to implement an increase of 10% in 2018–191 for new entrants.

Regulated Home/EU undergraduate fees for 2017–18 have not yet been announced by the government and a further Notice will be published in due course.

The Council proposes a general increase of 3% on Home/EU postgraduate fees over the 2016–17 rates.2 Fees for ELQ (including M.A.St.) students, except those to whom the Regulated fee applies, have also been increased by 3%.

The Council also proposes a general increase of 6% on Overseas postgraduate rates.

For each entry from 2015 onwards the fees for the Ph.D., Eng.D., M.Sc., and M.Litt. Degrees have been fixed at the same cash value for each year of the course. The increases therefore only apply to the fees paid by new entrants in 2017. All postgraduate fees have been fully consolidated with the College Graduate Fee since 2015.

There are some variations from the general rates of increase to reflect course-specific proposals. The proposed fees are set out in the Schedule.

The Council is accordingly submitting a Grace to the Regent House (Grace 1, p. 476) for the approval of the fees set out in the Schedule attached to this Notice.

Footnotes

  • 1The 10% is on the current fee structure. Further discussions include the possibility of fixing the fee for the duration of the course, in which case the differential with 2017 rates may be greater than 10%, but followed by zero increases for the remainder of the course.


  • 2The fees for the P.G.C.E. and for the M.Phil. Degree in Architecture and Urban Design are at the Regulated undergraduate rate and will be included in the Notice when those rates are announced.


Schedule

Table 1: Undergraduate overseas and certain other fees in 2017–18

* Home/EU Regulated fees for 2017–18 have not yet been announced. Only overseas rates can be set at present.

Qualification

Home / EU

Overseas

Home / EU

Overseas

2016–17

2016–17

2017–18

2017–18

£

£

£

£

B.A. Degree:

Courses leading to Tripos, preliminary, or ordinary examinations in

Group 1

9,000

15,816

*

16,608

Group 2

9,000

17,640

*

18,522

Group 3

9,000

20,697

*

21,732

Group 4

9,000

24,069

*

25,275

Group 5

9,000

38,283

*

40,200

Year abroad 1

1,350

50% full fee

*

50% full fee

B.Th. Degree

9,000

15,816

*

16,608

Medical and Veterinary Degrees:
M.B., B.Chir. Degrees, Vet.M.B. Degree

9,000

38,283

*

40,200

M.Eng. Degree and M.Sci. Degree

9,000

24,069

*

25,275

M.Math. Degree

9,000

17,640

*

18,522

M.A. St. Degree:

Courses leading to examinations in

Astrophysics

9,486

24,069

9,771

25,275

Materials Science

9,486

24,069

9,771

25,275

Mathematics

9,486

17,640

9,771

18,522

Physics

9,486

24,069

9,771

25,275

Footnotes

  • 1The fee applies whether the student is studying or working abroad.


Table 2: One year (and some part-time) courses

* Home/EU Regulated fees for 2017–18 have not yet been announced. Only overseas rates can be set at present.

Annual fee (£)

Annual fee (£)

Qualification

Home / EU

Overseas

Home / EU

Overseas

2016–17

2016–17

2017–18

2017–18

LL.M. Degree

15,000

24,549

15,300

25,200

M.C.L. Degree

27,999

27,999

28,500

28,500

M.Ed. Degree (two year part-time course)

Students who commenced in 2016–17

5,250

10,557

5,250

10,557

Students who commenced in 2017–18

5,400

10,800

Ed.D. Degree (five-year part-time course)

Students who commenced before 2014–15

4,305

4,305

Students who commenced in or after 2014–15

5,250

10,557

5,250

10,557

Postgraduate Certificate

Education (P.G.C.E.)

Students who commenced before 2012–13

3,465

*

Students who commenced in or after 2012–13

9,000

23,808

*

25,200

M.Mus. Degree

9,828

21,753

10,800

23,061

M.Phil. Degree:1
Courses leading to examinations in

Advanced Chemical Engineering

11,175

28,308

11,391

29,769

Advanced Computer Science

11,175

28,308

11,391

29,769

African Studies

13,200

20,535

13,500

21,600

American History

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

American Literature

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Applied Biological Anthropology

13,200

23,808

13,500

25,200

Archaeological Research

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Archaeology

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Architecture

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Architecture and Urban Design

  Year 1 Students

9,000

24,963

*

26,463

  Year 2 Students

4,500

12,483

*

13,233

Architecture and Urban Studies

9,468

24,963

10,800

26,463

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Research)

9,468

20,535

9,753

21,768

Assyriology

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Astronomy

7,176

23,808

7,392

25,239

Basic and Translational Neuroscience

10,158

23,808

10,464

25,239

Biological Anthropological Science

13,200

23,808

13,500

25,200

Biological Science

7,176

23,808

7,857

25,239

Bioscience Enterprise

11,175

24,309

11,391

25,770

Biotechnology

11,391

25,770

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

7,176

24,309

7,392

25,770

Chemistry

7,176

23,808

7,392

25,239

Classics

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Clinical Science (Experimental Medicine)

7,176

29,181

7,392

30,933

Clinical Science (Rare Diseases)

7,176

29,181

7,392

30,933

Computational Biology

9,468

23,808

9,753

25,239

Conservation Leadership

9,468

23,808

9,753

25,239

Criminological Research

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Criminology

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Development Studies

15,000

24,549

15,300

25,200

Developmental Biology

7,176

23,808

7,392

25,239

Early Modern History

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Earth Sciences

7,176

23,808

7,392

25,239

Economic and Social History

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Economic Research

18,000

24,000

20,001

25,200

Economics

18,000

24,000

20,001

25,200

Education

10,500

21,114

10,800

23,400

Egyptology

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Energy Technologies

9,468

25,674

9,753

27,216

Engineering

7,176

24,309

7,392

25,770

Engineering for Sustainable Development

9,468

24,309

9,753

25,770

English Studies

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Environmental Policy

13,200

20,535

13,500

21,600

Epidemiology

9,468

23,808

9,753

25,239

European, Latin American, and Comparative Literatures and Cultures

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Film and Screen Studies

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Finance

12,177

24,309

12,390

25,770

Finance and Economics

18,000

24,000

20,001

25,200

Financial Research

7,176

24,309

7,392

25,770

Fluid Flow in Industry and the Environment

7,176

23,808

7,392

25,239

Genomic Medicine

12,000

29,181

12,360

30,933

Geographical Research

7,176

18,891

7,392

20,025

Geography (Arts)

7,176

18,891

7,392

20,025

Geography (Science)

7,176

23,808

7,392

25,239

History of Art and Architecture

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine

13,200

22,461

13,500

23,400

Human Evolutionary Studies

10,500

23,808

10,800

25,200

Industrial Systems, Manufacturing, and Management

9,591

26,751

9,879

28,359

Innovation, Strategy, and Organization

9,468

24,309

9,753

25,770

International Relations and Politics

15,000

24,000

15,300

25,200

Land Economy

13,200

20,535

13,500

21,600

Land Economy Research

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Latin-American Studies

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Machine Learning, Speech, and Language Technology

11,433

26,751

11,778

28,359

Management

24,309

24,309

25,770

25,770

Materials Science and Metallurgy

7,176

23,808

7,392

25,239

Mathematics

7,176

18,891

7,392

20,025

Medical Science

7,176

23,808

7,392

25,239

Medieval and Renaissance Literature

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Medieval History

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise

9,468

23,808

9,753

25,239

Modern British History

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Modern European History

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Modern South Asian Studies

13,200

20,535

13,500

21,600

Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies

10,500

20,535

13,500

21,600

Music Studies

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Nuclear Energy

9,468

26,982

9,753

28,602

Philosophy

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Physics

7,176

23,808

7,392

25,239

Planning, Growth, and Regeneration

13,200

20,535

13,500

21,600

Polar Studies

7,176

18,891

7,392

20,025

Political Thought and Intellectual History

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Primary Care Research

7,176

23,808

7,392

25,239

Public Health

9,468

23,808

9,753

25,239

Public Policy

27,999

27,999

28,500

28,500

Real Estate Finance

18,000

24,000

18,300

25,200

Scientific Computing

9,468

23,808

9,753

25,239

Social and Developmental Psychology

8,388

20,535

9,468

21,768

Social Anthropology

15,000

24,000

15,300

25,200

Sociology

13,200

21,900

13,500

23,400

Strategy, Marketing, and Operation

9,468

24,309

9,753

25,770

Technology Policy

24,309

24,309

25,770

25,770

Theology and Religious Studies

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

9,468

20,535

10,800

21,600

Veterinary Science

7,176

23,808

7,857

25,239

World History

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

M.Res. Degree:
Courses leading to examinations in

Biological Science

7,176

23,808

7,857

25,239

Future Infrastructure and Built Environment

7,176

24,309

7,857

25,770

Gas Turbine Aerodynamics

7,176

24,309

7,857

25,770

Graphene Technology

7,176

24,309

7,857

25,770

Integrated Photonic and Electronic Systems

7,176

24,309

7,857

25,770

Management Studies

7,176

24,309

7,857

25,770

Medical Science

7,176

23,808

7,857

25,239

Physical Sciences

7,176

23,808

7,857

25,239

Sensor Technologies and Applications

7,176

24,309

7,857

25,770

Social Anthropology

15,000

24,000

15,300

25,200

Ultra Precision Engineering

7,176

23,808

7,857

25,770

Diplomas:
Courses leading to examinations in

Conservation of Easel Paintings

9,468

23,808

10,800

25,239

Economics

13,200

20,535

13,596

21,600

International Law

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Genomic Medicine

7,200

17,508

7,416

18,561

Legal Studies

10,500

20,535

10,800

21,600

Theology and Religious Studies

9,468

18,891

10,800

20,025

Footnotes

  • 1The fees in this table for one-year full-time courses are the fees for the course for part-time students studying for the same qualification. The fee payable in each of two part-time years is half the full-time fee chargeable in the year of entry. 


Tables 3a, 3b, 3c Home / EU and overseas Ph.D. and certain other fees 2017–18

Table 3a: Home / EU fees

2016–17

2017–18

A

B

C

A

B

C

D

Home/EU students who commenced before 2015–16

Home/EU students who commenced in 2015–16

Home/EU students who commence in 2016–17

Home/EU students who commenced before 2015–16

Home/EU students who commenced in 2015–16

Home/EU students who commence in 2016–17

Home/EU students who commence in 2017–18

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Eng.D. Degree

7,176

7,362

7,626

7,176

7,362

7,626

7,857

Ph.D., M.Sc., and M.Litt. Degrees, and Certificates of Postgraduate Study (C.P.G.S.):

Group 1 Arts

7,176

7,362

7,626

7,176

7,362

7,626

7,857

Group 2 Science

7,176

7,362

7,626

7,176

7,362

7,626

7,857

Group 3 Clinical

7,176

7,362

7,626

7,176

7,362

7,626

7,857

Table 3b: Overseas fees

2016–17

2017–18

A

B

C

D

A

B

C

D

E

Overseas students who commenced before 2014–15

Overseas students who commenced in 2014–15

Overseas students who commenced in 2015–16

Overseas students who commence in 2016–17

Overseas students who commenced before 2014–15

Overseas students who commenced in 2014–15

Overseas students who commenced in 2015–16

Overseas students who commence in 2016–17

Overseas students who commence in 2017–18

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Eng.D. Degree

22,632

22,941

23,889

25,104

22,632

22,941

23,889

25,104

26,613

Ph.D., M.Sc., and M.Litt. Degrees, and Certificates of Postgraduate Study (C.P.G.S.):

Group 1 Arts

17,991

18,300

19,017

19,989

17,991

18,300

19,017

19,989

21,189

Group 2 Science

22,632

22,941

23,889

25,104

22,632

22,941

23,889

25,104

26,613

Group 3 Clinical

39,339

39,648

41,430

43,521

39,339

39,648

41,430

43,521

46,134

For part-time students who commenced before 2015 the fee payable is 60% of the full-time rate applicable to the year they commenced; for part-time students who commence in and after 2015 the fee payable is 60% of the full-time fee charged in their year of entry.

Table 3c

2016–17

2017–18

£

£

M.D. Degree

Fee for the course

7,362

7,855

(annual fee)*

1,473

1,571

* The annual fee is payable over five years. Any outstanding balance is payable before submission of the dissertation.

Table 4: Undergraduate ELQ fees in 2017–18

Qualification

New Regime Home / EU ELQ students

New Regime Home / EU ELQ students

2016–17

2017–18

£

£

B.A. Degree:

Groups 1–5 (except Architecture and Medical and Veterinary Sciences)

9,486

9,771

Architecture

9,000

*

Medical and Veterinary Sciences

9,000

*

B.Th. Degree

9,486

9,771

Medical and Veterinary Degrees:
M.B., B.Chir., Vet.M.B. Degrees

9,000

*

M.Eng., M.Sci., and M.Math. Degrees

9,486

9,771

M.A.St. Degree

9,486

9,771

Certificates (excluding P.G.C.E.)

9,486

9,771

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (P.G.C.E.)

9,486

9,771

Year abroad

4,743

4,886

Year abroad (ELQ exempt)

1,350

*

* ELQ students on courses in Medical and Veterinary Sciences leading to the B.A. Degree, as defined in the Regulations, to the M.B. or B.Chir. Degrees, the Vet.M.B. Degree, on courses in Architecture, or the Postgraduate Certificate in Education are exempt from the ELQ policy and pay the Regulated fees. Regulated fees have not been announced for 2017–18.

Proposed Table of Fees