No 6532
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Vol cxlix No 14
pp. 282–305
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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105) will be deemed to have been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, 18 January 2019.
1. That Professor Mary Fowler, Master of Darwin College, be reappointed one of the Septemviri to serve from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2020.
2. That Dr Robert Henderson, EM, be appointed one of the Septemviri to serve from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2020.
3. That Mr John Dix, DAR, be appointed one of the Septemviri to serve from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2020.
4. That Professor Richard Prager, Q, be appointed a member of the Finance Committee in class (e) to serve from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2021.
5. That Professor Evis Sala, G, be appointed a member of the Finance Committee in class (e) to serve from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2021.
6. That a William Lamb Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1
1. The bequest received from William George Percival Lamb, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purposes, shall form an endowment fund called the William Lamb Fund to support the Strangeways Research Laboratory (or its successor body) in the study of special diseases1 and the furtherance of scientific research in its various branches.
2. The Managers shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund and the application of its income and shall comprise the Head of the School of Clinical Medicine, the Head of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, and a member of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine who shall serve for such period as the Faculty Board shall determine.
3. The income of the Fund shall be used to provide awards in the form of research grants, studentships, or fellowships to support the Laboratory’s research. The number and the tenure of the awards made in any given year, the expenses to be covered by an award, the application process, and the selection criteria to be applied, shall be at the discretion of the Managers.
4. Any unexpended income may, at the discretion of the Managers, be added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for use as income in accordance with Regulation 3 in any one or more subsequent years.
1Under the terms of a scheme concerning the trust governing the Strangeways Research Laboratory, which was approved by the Charity Commission on 30 July 2010, ‘special diseases’ is defined as ‘some of the more important diseases the pathology and treatment of which are at present undetermined’.
7.That the ARUK Professorship of Rheumatology be retitled the Versus Arthritis Professorship of Rheumatology and the Fund for the Professorship be retitled accordingly (Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 756 and 777).2
1See the Vice-Chancellor’s Notice (p. 283).
2The Council, on the recommendation of the General Board and the Head of the School of Clinical Medicine, proposes these changes to reflect the change in name of the donor charity which endowed the Professorship.