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No 6500

Wednesday 21 March 2018

Vol cxlviii No 24

pp. 456–464

Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 21 March 2018

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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105) will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 30 March 2018.

1. That in regulations for the Form and Conduct of Examinations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 251), in Regulation 1(a) the word ‘Ordinances’ be replaced with the words ‘Ordinances or General Board Regulations’, a new Regulation 3 be inserted, and existing Regulation 3 be revised and renumbered, as follows:1

3. Unless otherwise determined by Ordinance, General Board Regulation, or Notice published by the Faculty Board or other body concerned, all examinations shall be conducted in English and any coursework, essay, or other exercise for assessment shall be submitted in English.

4. In these regulations the term examination shall include any coursework, essay, or other exercise specified in the Ordinances or General Board Regulations governing that examination.

2. That a Genomics and Bioinformatics Support Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:2

Genomics and Bioinformatics Support Fund

1. The benefaction of £500,000 received by the University, via Cambridge Enterprise, from the sale of shares held on behalf of the Mammalian Molecular Genetics Group, Department of Pathology, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the Genomics and Bioinformatics Support Fund to advance research in the field of pathology and support the work of the Department of Pathology.

2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Managers of the Bluegnome Molecular Genetic Pathology Fund.

3. Subject to Regulation 4, the income of the Fund shall be used as the Managers shall from time to time determine for any one or more of the following purposes:

(a)the support of the Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility through the purchase and repair of equipment for genomics and bioinformatics research;

(b)the payment of staff costs, including the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of posts or offices at the Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility or in the field of pathology;

(c)the development of the application of genomics and bioinformatics to understanding disease mechanisms through the support of awards to research students and postdoctoral scientists.

4. Any unexpended income of the Fund in any financial year may be carried forward for use as income in accordance with Regulation 3 in any one or more subsequent years, as determined by the Managers.

3. That the Crausaz Wordsworth Fellowships be established in the University, supported by funds held as endowment in the Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 863), to be governed by the following regulations:3

Crausaz Wordsworth Fellowships

1. The benefaction received from an anonymous donor to be held as endowment in the Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities Fund, shall be used to support Crausaz Wordsworth Fellowships at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (or a successor body).

2. The income arising from the part of the endowment of the Fund representing the Crausaz Wordsworth Fellowship benefaction shall be used to provide awards to enable the release of one or more Crausaz Wordsworth Fellows from their teaching commitments in such manner as the Managers of the Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities Fund shall determine. The Fellowship shall be open to University Teaching Officers and College Teaching Officers with the exception of members of the Faculty of Philosophy. The value of an award to the University institution and/or College of the Fellow, any further conditions associated with the Fellowship, and the procedure for selection, number, and tenure of Fellows shall be at the discretion of the Managers.

3. Any unexpended income in any financial year may, at the discretion of the Managers, be carried forward for use as income in accordance with Regulation 2 in any one or more subsequent financial years.

4. That Regulations 4 and 6 of the regulations for the A. J. Pressland Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 929) be revised to read as follows:4

4. The members of the Committee of Management nominated by the Schools of Clinical Medicine, the Biological Sciences, the Physical Sciences, and Technology shall have particular regard to the use of the Pressland Fund income.

6. The languages to be taught in any particular course shall be decided by the Committee of Management in accordance with the needs of the Schools of Clinical Medicine, the Biological Sciences, the Physical Sciences, and Technology. The Committee of Management shall have authority to restrict admission to the courses in the interests of effective teaching.

Footnotes

  • 1The Council, on the recommendation of the General Board and its Education Committee, proposes the above changes to confirm that the English language shall be used in all examinations of candidates, unless otherwise determined, for example, in order to examine competency in languages other than English. The opportunity has also been taken to acknowledge that some provisions concerning examinations are now in General Board Regulations. 


  • 2The Council, on the recommendation of the General Board and the Faculty Board of Biology, proposes the establishment of the above Fund.


  • 3See the Vice-Chancellor’s Notice (p. 457).


  • 4The Council, on the recommendation of the General Board and the Committee of Management of the Language Centre as the body entrusted with the administration of the Fund, proposes these changes to confirm the interest of the School of Clinical Medicine in the distributions of the income of the Fund, which is used to provide instruction in modern languages without fee, primarily for science and medical students, and to provide bursaries for such students to attend language courses abroad. A sentence on advertising courses in the Reporter has also been removed, as alternative means of publicizing courses are now used.


Graces to be submitted to the Regent House at a Congregation on 24 March 2018

The Council has sanctioned the submission of the following Graces to the Regent House at a Congregation to be held on Saturday, 24 March 2018.1

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

9. Jonathan Gregory Guy Ackers, Senior Advisory Officer in the Estate Management Division of the University Offices.

10. Kenneth Andrew Armstrong, Fellow of Sidney Sussex College and Professor of European Law in the Faculty of Law.

11. Kate Elizabeth Carreno, Assistant Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

12. Anthony Peter Dangerfield, Assistant Registrary in the Academic Division of the University Offices.

13. Christopher Rees Gooding, Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine.

14. Helen Louise Thérèse Maffin, Administrative Officer in the Finance Division of the University Offices.

15. Michael Lennard Nicholson, Professor of Transplant Surgery in the Department of Surgery.

16. Helen Rosemary Parker, Administrative Officer in the Finance Division of the University Offices.

17. Lucia Prauscello, Fellow of Trinity Hall and Reader in Greek Language and Literature in the Faculty of Classics.

18. Jonathan Richard Settle, Administrative Officer in the Office of External Affairs and Communications.

Footnotes

E. M. C. RAMPTON, Registrary

END OF THE OFFICIAL PART OF THE ‘REPORTER’