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No 6460

Wednesday 22 March 2017

Vol cxlvii No 26

pp. 407–442

Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 22 March 2017

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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 103), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 31 March 2017.

1. That, notwithstanding Regulation 3 of the regulations for the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 581), Professor Philip Michael Allmendinger, CL, be reappointed as Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences from 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020.1

2. That, notwithstanding Regulation 3 of the regulations for the School of Technology (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 582), Professor Richard William Prager, Q, be reappointed as Head of the School of Technology from 1 January 2018 to 30 September 2020.1

3. That, on the recommendation of the General Board, the Professorship of Education (2004) (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 704) be discontinued until such date as the Professorship of International Education becomes vacant.2

4. That Regulation 4 of the regulations for the Diane Middlebrook and Carl Djerassi Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 715) be amended so as to read:3

   4. The income and (if the Managers think fit) the capital of the Fund shall be used to support no more than two Visiting Professors in any one academical year (which shall include payment of approved travelling expenses incurred by the Visiting Professor on her or his appointment, such emoluments as the General Board, on the recommendation of the Managers, shall determine at the time of the election, and the indirect costs to the University of the appointment). If and whenever the income and capital of the Fund shall exceed the amount required for these purposes, the excess of income and capital over that amount may be applied in support of research or teaching in the fields of Gender Studies in such manner as may be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Managers.

5. That Regulation 3 of the regulations for the Ashby Scholarship Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 752) be amended so as to read:4

   3. The Electors to the Scholarship shall be the Head of the relevant Division of the Department of Engineering, and two members of staff of this Division who shall be appointed by the Faculty Board of Engineering, on the recommendation of the Head of Division, in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment.

6. By amending Regulation 2 of the regulations for the Hatton Philosophy of Life Sciences Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 830) so as to read:5

   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 Department of History and Philosophy of Science, who shall be Chair;

     (b)the Chair of the Board of History and Philosophy of Science or a deputy;

     (c)the Secretary of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science;

     (d)the Director and Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science;

     (e)three persons appointed by the Board of History and Philosophy of Science for such period as the Board shall determine.

Footnotes

  • 1The General Board, on the recommendation of the respective Councils of the Schools, wishes to reappoint Professors Allmendinger and Prager for periods outside the terms of the regulations governing the appointment of the Heads of the Schools.


  • 2See the General Board's Notice, p. 434.


  • 3The General Board, on the recommendation of the Managers, is submitting an amendment for the regulations for the Fund, to give effect to the donor's wishes, as set out in a deed of gift dated 21 April 2009, to enable surplus funds to be used in support of research or teaching in the fields of Gender Studies.


  • 4The Council, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Engineering, is proposing these changes to the Electors.


  • 5The General Board, on the recommendation of the Managers, is proposing this amendment to bring the composition of the Managers into line with that of other funds supporting activities in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.


Graces to be submitted to the Regent House at a Congregation on 25 March 2017

The Council has sanctioned the submission of the following Graces to the Regent House at a Congregation to be held on 25 March 2017:

That the following persons be admitted to the degree of Master of Arts under the provisions of Statute B II 2:

1. Michelle Child, Deputy Director in the Local Examinations Syndicate.

2. Mark Leonard Coulson, Advisory Officer in the Estate Management Division of the University Offices.

3. Géraldine Céline Michelle Dufour, of Pembroke College, Principal Assistant Registrary in the Academic Division (Head of the University Counselling Service).

4. Dean Allan James Frear, Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.

5. Peter Alexander Hedges, Assistant Director in the Academic Division of the University Offices (Head of the University Research Office).

6. Patricia Killiard, Senior Under-Librarian in the University Library.

7. Simon Edward Nicol, Computer Officer in the University Information Services.

8. David Andrew Packer, Assistant Keeper in the Fitzwilliam Museum (Museum Registrar).

9. Richard Anthony Silver, Assistant Director in the Local Examinations Syndicate.

Graces to be submitted to the Regent House at a Congregation on 1 April 2017

The Council has sanctioned the submission of the following Graces to the Regent House at a Congregation to be held on 1 April 2017:

That the following persons be admitted to the degree of Master of Arts under the provisions of Statute B II 2:

1. Cristina Branco, Fellow of Newnham College.

2. David De Cremer, Fellow of St Edmund’s College and KPMG Professor of Management Studies in Judge Business School.

3. Fiona Janet Duffy, Fellow of Murray Edwards College.

4. Zoe Elizabeth Wilson, Fellow of Murray Edwards College.

E. M. C. RAMPTON, Acting Registrary

END OF THE OFFICIAL PART OF THE 'REPORTER'