No 6525
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Vol cxlix No 7
pp. 105–113
9 November, Friday. Michaelmas Term divides.
20 November, Tuesday. Discussion at 2 p.m. (see below).
24 November, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 2 p.m.
29 November, Thursday. End of third quarter of Michaelmas Term.
30 November, Friday. Full Term ends.
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Discussions (Tuesdays at 2 p.m.) |
Congregations (Saturdays unless otherwise stated) |
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20 November |
24 November, at 2 p.m. |
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4 December |
The Vice-Chancellor invites those qualified under the regulations for Discussions (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105) to attend a Discussion in the Senate-House, on Tuesday, 20 November 2018 at 2 p.m., for the discussion of:
1. Report of the General Board, dated 31 October 2018, on the establishment of certain Professorships (p. 110).
Further information on Discussions, including details on format and attendance, is provided at https://www.governance.cam.ac.uk/governance/decision-making/discussions/.
The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has received from the Governing Body of Fitzwilliam College, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(2) of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1923, the text of proposed Statutes to amend the Statutes of the College. The current Statutes of the College and the proposed amendments are available on the College’s website: http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/about/official-information
Paper copies of the amendments may be inspected at the University Offices until 10 a.m. on 23 November 2018.
The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has accepted with gratitude the following benefactions:
•a benefaction of £3m from the Huo Family Foundation, payable over three years, as endowment to support Ph.D. students studying Physics in the University. The Council is submitting a Grace (Grace 3, p. 111) to establish regulations to govern the P. C. Ho Fund;
•a benefaction of £2.5m from the Yusuf and Farida Hamied Foundation (acting by its trustee, Mayfield Trustees Ltd) as endowment to support the Professorship of Chemistry established by the University in 1702. Between 1990 and 1995, British Petroleum plc donated £1.5m to endow the Professorship and support teaching and research in Chemistry. The University established the British Petroleum Chemistry Fund in 1991 for this purpose and, in recognition of the donation, renamed the Professorship the BP Professorship of Chemistry. British Petroleum plc has confirmed that it is content for the Professorship to be renamed after a donor who provides additional support for the Professorship so that additional funds are available for the support of teaching and research in Chemistry. The Council is submitting a Grace (Grace 4, p. 111) to amend the regulations for the Fund;
•a benefaction of £400,000 from Mr Gavin Boyle as endowment to be held in the Kavli Institute Fund to support Gavin Boyle Fellowships in Cosmology and Exoplanetary Research at the Kavli Institute for Cosmology. The Council is submitting a Grace (Grace 5, p. 112) proposing regulations to govern the Fellowships.
Further to the Notice published on 31 October 2018 (Reporter, 6524, 2018–19, p. 87), a second vacancy has arisen on the Council’s Finance Committee for a member of the Regent House, elected by representatives of the Colleges, to serve with immediate effect until 31 December 2019.
The election is conducted in accordance with the Single Transferable Vote regulations. Voting is by postal ballot.
Nominations should be made in writing to the Head of the Registrary’s Office, University Offices, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, and must include a statement by the person nominated that he or she is willing to serve on the Finance Committee. Nominations and statements should be made by 12 noon on Wednesday, 21 November 2018. Nominations should be supported by the signatures of two members of the Regent House.
If a ballot is necessary, papers will be dispatched by Monday, 3 December 2018, for return by 12 noon on Friday, 14 December 2018.
The Discipline Committee met on 18 September 2018 to consider two separate cases where charges were brought by the University Advocate against student members of the University.
The Committee consisted of Dr L. A. Merrett, T (Chair), Dr D. Wood, ED, Ms F. Duncan, Dr S. Siklos, JE, and Dr N. White, EM. Ms S. d’Ambrumenil, EM, acted as Secretary to the Committee, with Ms G. Parker, R, assisting. On the application of the charged student, the Committee consisted of senior members only, and sat in private.
The student was charged with two counts contrary to Regulation 7 of the General Regulations for Discipline, namely use of unfair means in two tasks within an assessment as part of an examination for an undergraduate course. The student submitted a guilty plea, which was accepted by the Committee. The University Advocate outlined the circumstances of the case and the student's representative addressed the Committee on matters relating to the circumstances of the case and mitigation in relation to penalty. The student and the College Tutor also each made a statement.
The Committee considered the case. The Committee noted the significant percentage of plagiarized material, the fact that the relevant modules accounted for 14% of the overall marks, as well as the student’s guilty plea, remorse, and personal circumstances.
In relation to penalty, the Committee considered the points of mitigation. Taking all factors into account, the Committee determined, in accordance with Special Ordinance D (ii) 3, that the student should have their mark for the relevant assessment reduced to zero but that the amended mark should have no impact on the classification that the student was awarded.
The Committee consisted of Dr L. A. Merrett, T (Chair), Ms N. Blanning, JN, Mr T. Mayer, Q, and Mr Ruben Nijk, W. Ms S. d’Ambrumenil, EM, acted as Secretary to the Committee, with Ms G. Parker, R, assisting. On the application of the charged student, the Committee consisted of a Chair, one senior member, and two junior members, and sat in private. The proceedings were held, with the agreement of the student and the University Advocate, in the absence of a second senior member whose circumstances prevented them from attending the meeting.
The student was charged with one count contrary to Regulation 7 of the General Regulations for Discipline, namely assisting a candidate to make use of unfair means within a written assessment for an undergraduate course. The student submitted a guilty plea, which was accepted by the Committee. The University Advocate outlined the circumstances of the case and the student addressed the Committee on mitigation in relation to penalty. The student’s representative and College Tutor were also present.
The Committee considered the case. The Committee took into account that the student had not academically benefitted from assisting the candidate, but was aware that assisting others was not permitted; as well as the student’s guilty plea, remorse, and personal circumstances.
In relation to penalty, taking all factors into account, the Committee determined, in accordance with Special Ordinance D (ii) 3, that the student should be responsible for the organisation and delivery of a workshop on plagiarism and following the workshop should produce a report explaining the work he had undertaken and outlining the impact of the workshop both on him and the participants.
Agreement has been reached on the salary arrangements for clinical academic staff with effect from 1 October 2018. Following a recent meeting of the Board of the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association, the Clinical Academic Staff Salaries Committee has agreed to translate the award of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration into the salaries of clinical academic staff. The increase, from 1 October 2018, is one and a half per cent (1.5%) on the scale points for Consultants and two per cent (2%) for Clinical Lecturers.
The values of National Clinical Excellence Awards (CEAs) and Local CEAs under the previous scheme, discretionary points, and distinction awards remain unchanged.
In accordance with the principle that the remuneration of clinical academic staff in Cambridge should be broadly comparable with that of equivalent staff in other UK medical schools, the General Board has agreed to approve revised stipends and scales of stipends for clinical appointments in Cambridge.
The figures currently shown in Schedule II to the regulations for Stipends (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 691) are replaced with effect from 1 October 2018, and are as follows:
For Clinical Lecturers on the equivalent of the NHS 'new' 2016 pay system:
Clinical Lecturer £27,146 by four nodal points to £47,132
For Clinical Lecturers on the equivalent of the NHS Specialist Registrar
scales (pre-2009):
Clinical Lecturer £32,569 by eleven increments to £56,394
Senior Lecturer / Reader scale £52,200 by six increments to
£73,841
For Clinical Lecturers on the equivalent of the NHS Specialty Registrar
scales (post-2009):
Clinical Lecturer £33,127 by eleven increments to £58,593
Senior Lecturer / Reader scale £52,200 by six increments to
£73,841
The offices of Clinical Sub-Dean in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Director and Assistant Director of Studies in General Practice are part-time and stipends are determined by local agreement, with reference to the appropriate full-time Consultant salary.
The Board has also approved the following basis for calculating rates of payment for clinical responsibility for University officers with honorary NHS contracts as Consultants:
New (2003) Consultant contract:
If the integrated job plan and the honorary Consultant contract agreed with
the NHS covers not less than ten Programmed Activities a week, the annual pensionable
payment for clinical responsibility will amount to the difference between the officer’s
prime stipend and her or his notional place on the NHS full-time Consultant salary
scale.
That scale is: With effect from 1 October 2018: £77,913, £80,352, £82,792, £85,232, £87,665, £93,459, £99,254, £105,042.
Pre-2003 Consultant contract:
If the honorary Consultant contract agreed with the NHS covers not less than
six NHS sessions a week, the annual pensionable payment for clinical responsibility will
amount to the difference between the officer’s prime stipend and her or his notional
place on the NHS full-time Consultant salary scale.
That scale is:
With effect from 1 October 2018: £64,689, £69,318, £73,948,
£78,576, £83,855