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No 6478

Wednesday 4 October 2017

Vol cxlviii No 2

pp. 16–38

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Annual meetings of the Faculties

Biology

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Biology gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 15 November 2017, in the Faculty Office, 17 Mill Lane. The main business is to elect four members of the Faculty Board in class (c) in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, 2017, p. 603) via a procedure approved by the Faculty by which one of those elected is nominated by each of the Departments of Genetics, Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Psychology, and Zoology to serve from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2021.

Nominations, for which the consent of the candidate must be obtained, signed by the proposer and seconder, together with notice of any other business, should be sent to the Secretary, Dr Fiona Russell, Faculty of Biology, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX, to arrive not later than 12 noon on Monday, 6 November 2017.

Clinical Medicine

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, 13 November 2017, in the Committee Room, School of Clinical Medicine.

The business of the meeting will include a report by the Chair and the election of members of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine in class (c) in accordance with Regulation 6 of the General Regulations for the Faculties (Statutes and Ordinances, 2017, p. 602) and Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, 2017, p. 603) to fill four vacancies to 31 December 2021. One will be filled by a holder of an NHS appointment at Consultant level, who is certified by the Faculty Board to give instruction to clinical medical students; one will be filled by a junior doctor who is certified by the Faculty Board to give instruction to clinical medical students; and two will be filled by University Officers in the Faculty who are not a Professor or Associate Lecturer.

Nominations for these elections, signed by the proposer, who must be a member of the relevant constituency mentioned above, and by the nominee indicating willingness to serve if elected, and notice of any other business, should be sent to The Secretary of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Box 111, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0SP (or by email to: FacultySec@medschl.cam.ac.uk), to arrive no later than 12 noon on Wednesday, 25 October 2017.

Electronic calculators in University examinations, 2017–18

The Faculty Boards and other authorities concerned give notice that in the following examinations in 2017–18 candidates will be permitted to take a designated calculator into the examination room:

Tripos and qualifying examinations

Architecture Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II

Chemical Engineering Tripos, Parts I, IIa, and IIb

Computer Science Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, II, and III (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from either the Mathematical Tripos, Part Ia, or from the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part Ia)

Economics Tripos, Parts I, IIa, and IIb

Engineering Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb

Geography Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II

Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb

Land Economy Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II

Management Studies Tripos

Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb

Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, 2nd M.B. and 2nd Vet. M.B. Examinations

Final M.B. and Final Vet. M.B. Examinations

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part Ia (Calculators are not permitted in the subject Mathematics)

Natural Sciences Tripos, Parts Ib, II, and III (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos, Part III)

Philosophy Tripos, Part Ia (Paper 3 only)

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos, Part I (Paper PBS2 only)

Master’s and other examinations

Diploma in Economics

M.A.St. in Astrophysics (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos, Part III)

M.A.St. in Materials Science

M.A.St. in Physics (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos, Part III)

Master of Corporate Law (Accounting and Finance)

Master of Finance

M.B.A. and Executive M.B.A. Examinations

M.Phil. in Advanced Computer Science

M.Phil. in Clinical Science (Experimental Medicine)

M.Phil. in Clinical Science (Rare Diseases)

M.Phil. in Computational Biology

M.Phil. in Economics

M.Phil. in Epidemiology and in Public Health

M.Phil. in Land Economy

M.Phil. in Management

M.Phil. in Scientific Computing (Paper 6 only)

For the above examinations the following calculators marked in the approved manner are permitted:

CASIO fx 991 (any version)

CASIO fx 115 (any version)

CASIO fx 570 (any version)

(1) Education Tripos, Parts I and II

Candidates taking papers from the Natural Sciences Tripos will be permitted to use the calculator permitted for that examination (see above).

(2) Geography Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II

The permitted calculators for use in the Geography Tripos will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the CASIO fx 83S or CASIO fx 85S.

(3) Land Economy Tripos

The permitted calculators for use in the Land Economy Tripos will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the Hewlett Packard HP 10BII or HP 10BII+. Candidates may take only one model of calculator into the examination hall.

(4) Mathematical Tripos

The use of electronic calculators will NOT be permitted in any papers set for the Mathematical Tripos. Candidates for Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos who offer a paper from the Natural Sciences Tripos will be permitted to use the calculator permitted for that examination (see above).

(5) Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos (MVST) Parts Ia and Ib, 2nd M.B., and 2nd Vet. M.B. Examinations

The permitted calculators for use in the MVST Tripos and 2nd M.B. Examinations will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the CASIO fx 83 (any version) or CASIO fx 85 (any version).

(6) Master of Corporate Law (Financial Management paper) – in abeyance for 2017–18

(7) Master of Finance Examinations

The permitted calculators for use in the Master of Finance Examinations will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the Texas Instruments BA II Plus or the Texas Instruments BA II Plus Professional. Candidates may take only one model of calculator into the examination hall.

(8) M.Phil. Examinations in Land Economy

The permitted calculators for use in the M.Phil. Examinations in Land Economy will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the Hewlett Packard HP 10BII. Candidates may take only one model of calculator into the examination hall.

(9) Other subjects

Papers from the examinations named above may be taken by those who are candidates for other examinations. The restriction on the use of calculators will apply when any paper or subject is offered from an examination which is the subject of this Notice.

It is the responsibility of each student to equip themselves with a suitable calculator as described above.

Each such calculator permitted in an examination must be marked by the Department in the approved fashion so that they are clearly identified as being permitted during the examination.

No other calculator may be brought into the examination venue.

Sale of approved calculators

Approved calculators, marked in the approved fashion, can be purchased from:

Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building (Computer Science Tripos)

Department of Chemistry (Natural Sciences Tripos)

Faculty of Economics

Department of Engineering (Engineering Examinations)

Department of Land Economy (Land Economy Tripos and M.Phil.)

Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience (MVST)

Department of Physics, Bragg Building, Cavendish Laboratory (Natural Sciences Tripos)

Approved calculators bought elsewhere will need to have the approved marking applied by the relevant Department.

Chancellor’s Medal for English Law, 2018: Eligible papers: Amendment

Further to its Notice of 26 July 2017 (Reporter, 6475, 2016–17, p. 799), the Faculty Board of Law gives notice of an additional paper prescribed for the LL.M. Examination, 2018, which is deemed to be a paper in English Law and Legal History for the purpose of the award of the Chancellor’s Medal for English Law (Statutes and Ordinances, 2017, p. 802):

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Advanced private law