Graces

Grace submitted to the Regent House on 22 June 2016

The Council submits the following Grace to the Regent House. This Grace, unless it is withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been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, 1 July 2016.

1. That, with effect from 1 October 2016, the Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prize Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1

Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prizes

1. A bequest received by the University, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prize Fund, to accord recognition to the most outstanding results obtained in Tripos examinations or any other examination deemed equivalent by the Managers (‘Equivalent’).

2. The Managers shall be three persons, of whom one shall be the Chair, appointed by the General Board and shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund.

3. Subject to Regulation 4, the income of the Fund shall be used to provide prizes, which shall be called the Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prizes. The Prizes shall be awarded each year by the Managers to the candidate or candidates whom the Examiners of each Tripos Part or Equivalent consider to have achieved the most outstanding results in that Tripos Part or Equivalent. The Managers may in their absolute discretion

(a)determine a formula for assessing the amounts to be allocated to each Tripos Part (or subject within that Tripos Part) or Equivalent; and such formula may be varied in the future as determined by the Managers; and

(b)on the recommendation of the Examiners, award more than one Prize from the portion of the income available for that Tripos Part or Equivalent.

4. The Managers shall in each year, prior to any other expenditure from the income generated from the Fund, add to the capital of the Fund such amount (if any) of the income as shall be calculated as necessary to seek to maintain the real value over time of the Fund in perpetuity and thereafter any remaining income generated from the Fund shall be used to award the Prizes. The Managers may in their absolute discretion provide that part only of the remaining income is expended on the provision of prizes in any year and that the surplus be added to the capital of the Fund.

5. The University shall publish the names of the recipients awarded the Prizes in the Reporter. Each recipient shall receive a certificate recording the award of the Prize.