No 6546
Thursday 9 May 2019
Vol cxlix No 28
pp. 526–555
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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105) will be deemed to have been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, 17 May 2019.
1. That on the nomination of Emmanuel College, Karen Ottewell, of that College, be appointed a Pro-Proctor for the academic year 2019–20.
2. That on the nomination of Clare Hall, Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes, of that College, be appointed a Pro-Proctor for the academic year 2019–20.
3. That on the nomination of the Vice-Chancellor and the Proctors Designate, Gordon Chesterman, of St Edmund’s College, be appointed an additional Pro-Proctor for the academic year 2019–20.1
4. That on the nomination of the Vice-Chancellor and the Proctors Designate, Gemma Lucy Burgess, of St Edmund’s College, be appointed an additional Pro-Proctor for the academic year 2019–20.1
5. That a Harding Lectureships in Physics Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:2
1. The funds received from the Winton Fund for the Physics of Sustainability, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the Harding Lectureships in Physics Fund to promote and encourage innovative fundamental research in physics and other associated fields by supporting Harding Lectureships in Physics.
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 Department of Physics, who shall be Chair, the Cavendish Professor of Physics, and a person appointed by the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry for such periods as the Board shall determine.
3. Subject to Regulation 4, the income of the Fund shall be applied towards the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of two Lectureships payable by the University.
4. Any unexpended income in any financial year, including income accrued during a vacancy in the Lectureships, may, at the discretion of the Managers:
(a)be applied to support the work of the Lectureships in such manner as may be recommended by the Managers;
(b)with the approval of the General Board, be applied to support innovative fundamental research in physics in the University in such manner as may be recommended by the Managers, including the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of other offices and posts payable by the University; and/or
(c)be carried forward for use as income in accordance with Regulation 3 in any one or more subsequent financial years.
6. That the Professorship of Clinical Gerontology be retitled the Professorship of Cardiovascular Ageing and that Regulation 1 of the regulations for the Clinical Gerontology Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 713) be amended to read as follows:3
1. The sums received for the endowment of a Professorship shall form a fund called the Clinical Gerontology Fund to support the study of clinical gerontology, to be interpreted in its widest sense, ranging from the fundamental biological aspects to the sociological aspects of ageing, and enabling recruitment of a medical, biological, or behavioural scientist to the Professorship.
7. That Regulations 1–4 for the MAVA Fondation Fund for Conservation Leadership (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 903) be replaced with revised Regulations 1–3 as follows:4
1. The sum of £2.5m received by the University from the MAVA Fondation pour la Protection de la Nature Fund shall form a fund called the MAVA Fondation Fund for Conservation Leadership, the income and capital of which shall be used to support postgraduate study in Conservation Leadership and learning and research in Conservation in general. The Fund shall be established until the depletion of the capital and income to a level at which the Fund can no longer support the programme under Regulation 3.
2. The administration of the Fund shall be under the control of a Committee of Management consisting of:
(a)the holder of the title of Director of the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute;
(b)the Moran Professor of Conservation and Development;
(c)the Head of the Department of Geography;
(d)the person designated as the holder of the post of Director of the M.Phil. Degree programme in Conservation Leadership;
(e)one person who is not a resident member of the University appointed by the General Board to represent the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
The member in class (e) shall be appointed by the General Board in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following her or his appointment.
3. The capital and income of the Fund shall be used to support the design and delivery of a postgraduate course of study in Conservation Leadership, in any manner that the Managers shall determine, including the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs payable by the University in respect of the Director of the M.Phil. Degree programme in Conservation Leadership and other offices or posts associated with the delivery of that programme. It may also be used, at the discretion of the Managers, to provide maintenance payments and payments to meet University and College fees and other costs, such as additional training, equipment, travel expenses, conferences, for students undertaking the course.
8. That the regulations for Lucy Cavendish College (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 1098) be rescinded and replaced with the following regulation:5
Lucy Cavendish College shall be empowered to present for matriculation, to enter as a candidate for any examination leading to the degree of B.A., Mus.B., B.Ed., or B.Th., and to present as a candidate for the degree, a student who (a) has been admitted by the College or (b) is entitled to be, or has been, approved as an Affiliated Student.
1Also nominated under Special Ordinance C (iii) 1 for election as a Deputy Proctor.
2The Council is proposing the establishment of the Fund on the recommendation of the General Board and the Managers of the Winton Fund for the Physics of Sustainability and with the concurrence of the donor. The Fund will be established with a transfer of £3m from the Winton Fund, as permitted under Regulation 8 of the regulations for the Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 1020).
3The Professorship was established by Grace 2 of 4 June 1986 following a bequest from Lord Amulree and a benefaction from the Grand Charity of Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge in England, in association with the Masonic Province of Cambridgeshire. The Council is proposing these changes, on the recommendation of the General Board and the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine during a vacancy in the Professorship, to update the name of the Professorship so that it is more current. It is also proposed that the wording in the Report describing the field of the Professorship (Reporter, 1985–86, p. 496) is added to the regulations governing the Fund.
4The Council, on the recommendation of the General Board and the Fund’s Committee of Management, and with the support of the donor, propose these changes to update provisions concerning the lifespan of the Fund, revise the membership of the Committee of Management in classes (a), (d) and (e) to reflect current academic leadership in conservation, and confirm that the capital and income can be used to cover the stipend and other costs associated with the post of Director of the M.Phil. Degree programme and other offices or posts associated with the delivery of that programme.
5See the Council’s Notice (p. 527).