1. The Cambridge University Reporter shall contain
2. Numbers of the Reporter shall be published at the discretion of the Registrary. If publication in the Reporter of a Report, Grace, Notice, or other matter as required by any Statute or Ordinance is not possible for a period or by a specified date, it shall be sufficient publication for the purpose of the Statute or Ordinance if the Registrary causes it to be posted outside the Senate-House and a copy of it to be sent to the Head of each College and Approved Society, the Chairman of each Faculty, the Head of each Department, and the Director or corresponding officer responsible for every other institution of the University, with a request for its publication within the institution; in such circumstances the Report, Grace, Notice, or other matter shall be published also in the Reporter as soon as it becomes possible.
3. The Reporter shall be published by the Press Syndicate. The selling-price and the charges for unofficial notices and advertisements shall be determined by the Council on the advice of their Finance Committee.
4. Copies of the Reporter shall be sent gratis to Heads and Praelectors of Colleges.
5. A member of the University who is resident within the Precincts of the University or any member of the Regent House shall be entitled to receive copies of the Reporter for a term and the following vacation on paying at the University Press Bookshop, not later than the tenth day of Full Term, a price as determined from time to time by the Council and announced in the Reporter, which shall be less than the selling-price determined under Regulation 3.
6. The excess of the cost of the Reporter over the receipts shall be charged to the Chest.
1. There shall be a Nomination Board which shall consist of
2. The Registrary shall be Secretary of the Nomination Board.
3. When it is known that the office of Chancellor is vacant or, if the vacancy has not yet occurred, that the Chancellor has determined the date on which he or she will resign, the Vice-Chancellor shall give public notice of the matter and of the prescribed date for the purpose of these regulations. If there is a vacancy in the office the date of such notice shall be the prescribed date. If the vacancy has not yet occurred, the prescribed date shall be either the date of such notice or seventy days of term before the vacancy is due to occur, whichever is later. In such notice the Vice-Chancellor shall also invite members of the Senate to submit, within twenty-one days of term after the prescribed date, the names of any persons whom they wish the Nomination Board to consider.
4. Not more than seventy days of term after the prescribed date the Nomination Board shall give public notice of the name of a candidate whom they nominate, and shall certify that they have obtained the candidate's consent in writing to be so nominated; provided that in exceptional circumstances the Council may permit such a nomination to be published at a later date than is here specified.
5. In addition to the candidate nominated by the Nomination Board, any other person shall be eligible whose nomination has been received by the Vice-Chancellor not earlier than the date of publication of the Board's nomination and not later than twenty-eight days of term after that date. Such a nomination shall be signed by not less than fifty members of the Senate, and shall be accompanied by a statement, signed by the nominee, consenting to be so nominated.
6. A candidate who has been duly nominated may withdraw from the election by lodging notice in writing to that effect with the Vice-Chancellor not later than seven days before the first of the days appointed for voting under Regulation 8(b).
7. On receipt of a valid notice of the withdrawal of a candidate the Vice-Chancellor shall give public notice of such withdrawal; and notwithstanding any preceding provision of these regulations, the period within which nominations may be received shall continue for twenty-eight days of term after the day on which such notice is given, and if days for voting have been appointed under Regulation 8(b) their appointment shall be deemed to be rescinded. If the candidate of whose withdrawal the Vice-Chancellor gives notice has been nominated by the Nomination Board, that body shall within twenty-one days of term after the day on which the Vice-Chancellor gives such notice either
8. On the day following the last day on which nominations may be received
9. Voting shall take place between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each of the appointed days. Voting shall be in person, and the method of voting and of counting the votes shall be that provided for in the Single Transferable Vote regulations.
10. If information is received at any time before the completion of the election of the death of any candidate the Vice-Chancellor shall forthwith give public notice of it. All proceedings taken under these regulations before the date of that notice shall be treated as ineffectual, and the provisions of the preceding regulations shall apply as if the date of the notice were the prescribed date.
11. These regulations shall apply to the election of the High Steward in the same way as to the election of the Chancellor.
12. If any day fixed by the application of these regulations is a Sunday, any action to be taken on or by that day shall be taken on or by the following Monday.
1. No person shall qualify for membership of the Regent House by virtue of holding a Fellowship of a College unless he or she is ordinarily resident within twenty miles of the University Church.
2. The list of names which it is proposed to place on the Roll of the Regent House at the next promulgation shall be published on the first weekday in October.
3. The Roll of the Regent House shall be promulgated on the fifth weekday in November.
The categories of membership of the Regent House under Statute A, III, 7(e) shall be:
provided that no person shall qualify for membership in categories (i), (iii), or (iv) unless he or she is also a member of a Faculty, or holds an appointment listed in those categories in a Department or other University institution which is independent of a Faculty.
1. (a) Every Report submitted to the University shall be brought forward for consideration by the Regent House at a Discussion.
(b) If ten members of the Regent House submit a request on paper, by fax or by electronic mail from addresses within the cam.ac.uk domain to the Registrary that a topic of concern to the University should be brought forward for discussion, the Registrary shall report the request to the Council, and shall include the topic among the matters for consideration at an early Discussion.
2. When a Discussion is to be held, either of a Report or of any other matter, the Vice-Chancellor shall invite members of the Regent House to attend by means of a Notice published in the Reporter.
3. The following may also attend Discussions and take part:
4. The Vice-Chancellor or a duly appointed deputy shall preside at a Discussion.
5. The person presiding at a Discussion shall have power to impose a general limit on the length of speeches or to rule out of order particular remarks in a speech on the grounds that they are irrelevant or defamatory or to terminate the discussion of a particular topic.
6. Remarks made at a Discussion shall normally be published in the Reporter, provided that the Registrary, as editor of the Reporter, shall have discretion to omit or, with the agreement of the author, to amend any remarks which in his or her opinion are likely to be held to be defamatory. The Registrary shall not include in the formal record any remarks which are ruled out of order or which are otherwise in breach of a procedural ruling by the Vice-Chancellor or other person presiding. If any remarks are so omitted or amended, the Registrary shall include a note of the fact with the remarks as published.
1. No Grace shall be submitted to the Regent House except with the authorization of the Council. Every Grace, other than a Supplicat for a degree or degrees, whether the Grace is initiated by the Council, or by some other University body, or by individual members of the Regent House under Statute A, VIII, 7, shall be put before the Council for authorization at a meeting, provided that a Grace shall be deemed to have been duly authorized if a copy of the Grace has been sent by the Registrary to every member of the Council so as to reach the member's address not later than the fifth day before the day specified for publication, and if no member has informed the Registrary of an objection to the Grace by 10 a.m. on the day next but one before the day of publication. The submission of Supplicats for degrees may be authorized by the Council in accordance with the procedure prescribed in the regulations for admission to degrees.
2. Graces shall be submitted to the Regent House either by being published in the Reporter or by being read by the Senior Proctor at a Congregation. The procedure in connection with Graces submitted by publication shall be as prescribed in Regulations 4–15 below; the procedure in connection with Graces submitted at a Congregation shall be as prescribed in Regulations 16–30.
3. For the purpose of these regulations the expression ‘term’ shall be deemed to include that part of the Long Vacation during which it is provided by Ordinance that courses of instruction may be given within the Precincts of the University.
4. Except as provided in Regulations 16 and 21, every Grace relating to a matter which under Statute or Ordinance is to be determined by the Regent House shall be submitted to the Regent House by being published in the Reporter.
5. A Grace shall be deemed to have been approved by the Regent House at 4 p.m. on the Friday next but one after the day of its submission unless before that hour
6. A Grace may be withdrawn by the Vice-Chancellor (i) at any time before the hour specified in Regulation 5 for its approval, and (ii) if voting is requested (Regulation 5(c)) or (iii) if amendment is proposed (Regulation 5(d)), within three weeks after the day of its submission. Withdrawal of a Grace under this regulation shall be announced by means of a Notice posted outside the Senate-House and subsequently published. If the Council decide to resubmit such a Grace in its original form they shall either (a) call a ballot or (b) publish an explanatory Notice explaining why in their opinion a ballot is not necessary.
7. The Council shall have power to determine that a vote shall be taken by ballot on any Grace. Notice of such a ballot shall be published in the Reporter when the Grace is submitted.
8. Any twenty-five members of the Regent House may submit a written request to the Vice-Chancellor for a vote to be taken on a Grace by ballot. If such a request is received by the Vice-Chancellor before the hour specified in Regulation 5 for the approval of the Grace, a ballot shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 13, unless the Grace is withdrawn under Regulation 6.
9. A written proposal for the amendment of a Grace which has been submitted to the Regent House may be initiated by members of the Regent House in accordance with Statute A, VIII, 7, provided that the proposal is received by the Vice-Chancellor before the hour specified in Regulation 5 for the approval of the Grace or, if a request for a ballot on the Grace has been received, within one week of the date on which a Notice of the request has been published under Regulation 10 below. In that event, (unless the Grace is withdrawn under Regulation 6), and subject to the provisions of Statute A, VIII, 9 and of Regulation 11 below, a vote shall be taken by ballot, using the procedure prescribed in the Single Transferable Vote regulations; the options to be voted on shall include (a) approval of the proposal contained in the Grace as submitted to the Regent House, (b) rejection of the proposal, (c) approval of alternative proposals formulated in accordance with the amendment or amendments proposed, and may include (d) any further alternative proposal which may be formulated by the Council; provided that the Vice-Chancellor may instead decide that a vote shall be taken by ballot, using the procedure prescribed in the Single Transferable Vote regulations, between propositions that the Grace be left unamended or that it be substituted by one of such one or more alternative forms as may be determined by the Vice-Chancellor to reflect the amendment or amendments proposed. If an alternative form is approved, then that alternative form shall be substituted for the Grace as originally submitted, and shall be treated for all purposes as if it were that Grace. A ballot shall then be taken for the approval of the Grace, in accordance with Regulation 13 below.
10. If a request for voting is received under Regulation 8, or if a proposal for the amendment of a Grace is received under Regulation 9, the Vice-Chancellor shall give notice accordingly by means of a Notice posted outside the Senate-House and subsequently published. The Notice shall include the names of the persons who have requested the ballot or who have proposed the amendment, as the case may be.
11. The Vice-Chancellor shall have the following powers in respect of proposals initiated under Regulation 9 for the amendment of a Grace:
12. If a ballot is to be held under any of Regulations 7–9, the arrangements for voting shall be determined by the Vice-Chancellor, subject to the provisions of Regulation 13, and shall be published in the Reporter.
13. A ballot on a Grace of the Regent House, or a ballot held under the provisions of Regulation 9 above, shall be conducted by post. Voting-papers shall be distributed to all members of the Regent House not later than a day appointed by the Vice-Chancellor, which shall be neither less than fourteen days nor normally more than twenty-eight days of term after the publication of the Notice announcing the ballot; provided that the Vice-Chancellor shall have power to postpone the distribution until a date not later than eighty days of term after the publication of the Notice. The Vice-Chancellor shall give public notice of the day for the distribution of voting-papers and of the latest time for their return, which shall be not earlier than the tenth day after the day appointed for distribution.
14. When a ballot is held in accordance with the preceding regulations, the presiding officer shall be the Vice-Chancellor or a duly appointed deputy. The presiding officer shall
If there is an equality of votes, the Grace or amendment shall be deemed not to be approved. The result of a ballot shall be announced by means of a Notice posted outside the Senate-House and subsequently published.
15. If an obvious or immaterial error occurs in the published form of a Grace or amendment, the Vice-Chancellor may announce a correction by means of a Notice published in the Reporter and for the purpose of Regulation 5 or Regulation 9, as the case may be, the Grace or amendment shall be deemed to have been submitted in its corrected form.
16. The Council shall have power at their discretion to submit Graces on the following matters to the Regent House at a Congregation:
17. Except as provided in Regulation 21, Congregations of the Regent House shall be held in the Senate-House or elsewhere within the Precincts of the University at such times as may be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor by means of a Notice published in the Reporter. If in the opinion of the Vice-Chancellor a Congregation cannot be held at the place announced, the Vice-Chancellor may determine that the Congregation shall be held elsewhere within the Precincts of the University; provided that
If the Vice-Chancellor is not available, the powers of the Vice-Chancellor under this regulation may be exercised by one of the Pro-Vice-Chancellors or by a Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
18. In order to constitute a Congregation the presence of the following officers, or of deputies for them appointed in accordance with the several provisions of the Statutes, shall be necessary: the Chancellor or the Vice-Chancellor, the two Proctors, and the Registrary; provided that, in respect of a Congregation held before the Vice-Chancellor has been formally admitted to office,
19. The two Pro-Proctors who have been nominated by Colleges shall either in person or by deputies approved by the Vice-Chancellor attend all Congregations; the other Pro-Proctors shall attend all such Congregations as the Vice-Chancellor may request them to attend.
20. Except as provided in Regulation 21, every Grace to be submitted at a Congregation, other than a formal Supplicat for a degree or degrees, shall be published in the Reporter before 4 p.m. on the day next but one preceding the Congregation at which the Grace is to be submitted.
21. If any matter should arise at any time upon which in the opinion of the Vice-Chancellor it is desirable that a decision should be taken at once, a Grace relating to such matter may be submitted, without being previously published in the Reporter, at a Congregation held at such time and place within the Precincts of the University as the Vice-Chancellor shall determine; provided that
If the Vice-Chancellor is not available, the powers of the Vice-Chancellor under this regulation may be exercised by one of the Pro-Vice-Chancellors or by a Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
22. A Grace of which notice of submission at a Congregation has been given may be withdrawn by the Vice-Chancellor at any time before it is submitted; provided that
23. If an obvious or immaterial error occurs in the published form of a Grace it may be corrected at the Congregation by the Vice-Chancellor, provided that the attention of the Congregation shall be formally and distinctly called by the Vice-Chancellor to any such correction.
24. All Graces submitted to the Regent House at a Congregation shall be read audibly at the Congregation by the Senior Proctor. Any member of the Regent House who wishes to oppose a Grace may do so by calling Non placet immediately after the Grace has been read. If Non placet is called, a vote shall be taken on the Grace; provided that, if written notice of intention to oppose the Grace has not been received by the Registrary and published in the Reporter before the Congregation, the Vice-Chancellor shall have power to withdraw the Grace. A Grace so withdrawn shall be resubmitted, either at a Congregation or by publication, as soon as convenient thereafter.
25. When in accordance with Regulation 24 a vote is to be taken on a Grace submitted at a Congregation, voting shall take place forthwith in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Regulations 26–29; provided that the Vice-Chancellor shall have power to determine that the vote shall be taken at a later date by postal ballot.
26. If a vote on a Grace submitted at a Congregation is to be taken forthwith, the Senior Esquire Bedell shall once or oftener, as necessary, call in an audible voice Ad scrutinium. Members of the Regent House who desire to vote shall assemble, if they are in favour of the Grace, on the south side of the Senate-House and, if they are opposed to it, on the north side.
27. If in the opinion of both Proctors the result of such a division is obvious, the Senior Proctor shall forthwith declare the result without taking the votes singly; but any two members of the Regent House may in such a case request the Vice-Chancellor to direct that the votes shall be taken singly, and the Vice-Chancellor shall thereupon so direct.
28. Whenever the votes are taken singly, either in consequence of the Vice-Chancellor's direction or because the Proctors do not regard the result of the division as obvious, those members of the Regent House who are in favour of the Grace shall vote on the south side of the Senate-House and those who are opposed to it on the north side. The votes of those who are on the south side shall be taken singly by the Senior Proctor and one of the two Pro-Proctors; the votes of those who are on the north side shall be taken singly at the same time by the Junior Proctor and the other of the two Pro-Proctors.
Each voter shall vote by delivering to a Proctor (or to a Pro-Proctor) a card on which shall be inscribed
29. The Vice-Chancellor shall have power to determine whether the votes shall be counted forthwith or whether the counting shall be deferred until the end of the Congregation. If the results of the voting are ascertained forthwith, the Senior Proctor, after communicating the number of votes on each side to the Vice-Chancellor, shall declare them publicly to the Congregation. If the votes are counted after the end of the Congregation the results shall be published by a Notice posted outside the Senate-House as soon as they have been ascertained.
30. If the Vice-Chancellor determines under the provisions of Regulation 25 that voting on any Grace is to be by postal ballot, the Senior Proctor shall make an announcement to that effect at the Congregation. Such a ballot shall be conducted in accordance with Regulations 12–14 above.
1. In the following regulations the term Grace shall mean Grace of the Senate.
2. No Grace shall be submitted to the Senate except with the authorization of the Council. Every Grace shall be put before the Council for authorization at a meeting, provided that a Grace may be deemed to have been duly authorized under the alternative procedure specified in Regulation 1 of the regulations for Graces of the Regent House.
3. Graces shall be submitted to the Senate by being published in the Reporter.
4. A Grace shall be deemed to have been approved by the Senate at 4 p.m. on the Friday next but one after the day of its submission unless before that hour
5. A Grace may be withdrawn by the Vice-Chancellor at any time before the hour specified in Regulation 4 for its approval, provided that the Vice-Chancellor shall not have power to withdraw any Grace in respect of which a vote has been requested under Regulation 4(c). Withdrawal of a Grace under this regulation shall be announced by means of a Notice posted outside the Senate-House and subsequently published.
6. The Council shall have power to determine that a vote shall be taken by ballot on any Grace. Notice of such a ballot shall be published in the Reporter when the Grace is submitted.
7. Any ten members of the Senate may submit a written request to the Vice-Chancellor for a vote to be taken on a Grace by ballot. If such a request is received by the Vice-Chancellor before the hour specified in Regulation 4 for the approval of the Grace, a ballot shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 10.
8. If a request for voting is received under Regulation 7, the Vice-Chancellor shall give notice accordingly by means of a Notice posted outside the Senate-House and subsequently published. The Notice shall include the names of the persons who have requested the ballot.
9. If a ballot is to be held under Regulation 6 or Regulation 7, the arrangements for voting shall be determined by the Vice-Chancellor, subject to the provisions of Regulation 10, and shall be published in the Reporter.
10. In a ballot of the Senate voters shall give their votes in person. The Vice-Chancellor shall appoint two days, which need not be consecutive, for voting; provided that
Voting shall take place between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on each of the appointed days.
11. The arrangements for presiding over a ballot of the Senate, for counting the votes, and for announcing the result shall be as prescribed in Regulation 14 of the regulations for Graces of the Regent House.
12. The arrangements for the correction of obvious or immaterial errors in Graces of the Senate shall be as prescribed in Regulation 15 of the regulations for Graces of the Regent House.
1. The Council are of the view that a Discussion is likely to be more representative of different points of view, and hence more fruitful, if speakers will regard fifteen minutes as the normal maximum duration of a speech.
2. The Council consider it inappropriate for a speaker at a Discussion to include in his or her remarks a list of the names of persons who support the speaker's views. They have requested the Vice-Chancellor or other person presiding at a Discussion to rule out of order any speaker who attempts to read out such a list.
3. The Council wish to remind those attending Discussions that the Vice-Chancellor or other person presiding at a Discussion has authority to make procedural rulings which must be observed by those present.
4. Remarks should be germane to the topic under discussion. Irrelevant remarks may be ruled out of order by the Vice-Chancellor or other person presiding at a Discussion. A person whose remarks are ruled out of order is expected to respect such ruling and to restrict further remarks to the topic under discussion, or to terminate his or her remarks. Remarks which are ruled out of order, or which are otherwise in breach of a procedural ruling by the Vice-Chancellor or other person presiding do not form part of the Discussion and will not be published.
5. The Council believe that members of the Regent House and others qualified or invited to speak in Discussions will wish ordinary standards of courtesy and restraint to be observed in remarks made in Discussions.
6. To enable members of the Regent House to make known their views on questions which are to be the subject of a ballot, the Council have authorized the Registrary to arrange for the circulation of statements on such issues, provided that any such statement is signed by at least ten members of the Regent House. The University will bear the cost of reproducing and circulating such a statement if it reaches the Registrary by 1 p.m. on a day specified by the Council; each statement must bear the names and initials (in block capital letters) of the signatories. The specified day will be not earlier than the eighth day (or exceptionally the seventh day) following the publication of the Council's Notice announcing a ballot; provided that the Registrary may accept up to twenty-four hours later a statement signed by a representative of the body whose proposal is to be voted on. In order that they may be readily available for reference, all statements which have been issued as fly-sheets will be published in the Reporter after the proposals to which they relate have been voted on. In relation to any statements made in a fly-sheet which may be held to be defamatory, the Council have agreed that the Registrary, after consultation with the Vice-Chancellor, shall have discretion to decide whether such statements are to be included in the fly-sheet as published in the Reporter. The Registrary will inform the Council of any amendment made to a fly-sheet in this way.
7. Arrangements similar to those described in paragraph 6 will apply mutatis mutandis to statements issued by members of the Senate in connection with ballots of the Senate. Such statements will not be circulated as fly-sheets, but will be published in the Reporter before the ballot.
8. The procedure described in paragraph 6 above for the issue of fly-sheets by members of the Regent House will apply mutatis mutandis to fly-sheets issued in connection with ballots of the Regent House by members of the University in statu pupillari. The Vice-Chancellor may, however, determine on a particular occasion that such members may not submit fly-sheets. Fly-sheets must be signed by at least five of the following: the President, the Deputy Presidents, and the Women's Officer of Cambridge University Students Union, the President of the Graduate Union, the three student members of the Council, the Presidents of College Junior Combination Rooms and Middle Combination Rooms (or their equivalents) and, in the case of a proposal from a Faculty Board or similar body, the student members of the body concerned. The Council have agreed that the Vice-Chancellor may, for reasons of economy, limit the number of such fly-sheets to be published on any occasion and that such a limitation may be announced at the outset or when the total number of fly-sheets is known. Fly-sheets signed by persons in statu pupillari will be circulated to members of the Regent House only.
The Council shall have authority to take legal advice, retain solicitors, and bring, defend, or conduct legal proceedings on behalf of the University as they may think necessary or desirable in the interests of the University.
Subject to the provisions of Statute U, the Council shall hear appeals from any person who comes within the jurisdiction of the University Tribunal under Statute B, VI, 3 and upon whom a University authority has, under Statute A, II, 6 and in accordance with an Ordinance or with a rule made under Ordinance, imposed a sentence, provided that such a person has delivered to the Registrary, within twenty-eight days after notice of the sentence imposed by the University authority concerned, written notice of his or her appeal to the Council. The Council shall have power to quash the finding or to vary the sentence within the limits of the power of that authority, and the decision of the Council shall be final.
Under the provisions of Statute K, 20(c) proposals for the conferment of degrees or titles of degrees, and any matter which would for a Faculty Board be reserved business under the provisions of Statute C, IV, 13, shall be reserved business for the Council.
The Council shall establish a procedure for the review of decisions taken by it in respect of individuals in exercise of its powers under Statute B, III, 9 (allowances of terms) and in exercise of its powers under the regulations for allowances to candidates for examinations (p. 229). No person who applies for review under the procedure so established shall be entitled to apply also for review of the same matter under the procedure for determining complaints by members of the University in statu pupillari established under the regulation for complaints by students (p. 209).
1. A student, or her or his Tutor with the student’s consent, may seek review of a decision in relation to that student made by the Applications Committee.
2. A request for review shall be made in writing, stating the grounds of review, normally within three weeks of written notification of the Committee’s decision (unless, in exceptional circumstances, the Registrary or a deputy permits a longer period).
3. The Registrary or a deputy will appoint a reviewer chosen from a panel of potential reviewers maintained by the Council. Exceptionally, a panel of three reviewers may be appointed. If so, references below to ‘the reviewer’ shall be construed accordingly.
4. The reviewer will consider the request submitted, will obtain an opinion if necessary from the Applications Committee, at her or his discretion will hold a hearing (but there is no obligation to hold a hearing), and will issue an adjudication in writing as soon as possible, stating findings of fact, conclusions, and, if any, recommendations, for consideration by the Applications Committee.
5. The Applications Committee shall normally accept the recommendation of the reviewer. If, exceptionally, the reviewer’s recommendation is not accepted a written explanation shall be provided to the reviewer, the student, and her or his Tutor and shall be submitted to the Council.
6. The conclusion of the Applications Committee’s consideration of any recommendation of a review is the normal final point of decision within the University. Any subsequent review would normally be by the national Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education, or exceptionally, if relevant, some other University review (for example by the Commissary under Statute D, V and the rules of procedure (p. 102)) or under Statute K, 5.
7. A reviewer may summarily dismiss an application which seems to her or him to be vexatious or frivolous.
In carrying out their functions as the principal executive and policy-making body of the University the Council will consult the Regent House on questions of policy which in the Council's judgement are likely to prove controversial. They will do this by submitting a Grace to the Regent House for the approval of a provisional decision or statement of intention; where appropriate, such a Grace will allow for the expression of a preference between alternative options. The Council will give consideration to remarks made at any Discussion of such matters and to the outcome of any vote on them.
1. At each election of a member or members of the Council in any of classes (a), (b), and (c) voting shall be by postal ballot. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the Single Transferable Vote regulations. Voting-papers shall be distributed to all members of the Regent House not later than a day appointed by the Vice-Chancellor, which shall be, for an election held in the Michaelmas Term, at least ten days after the promulgation of the Roll of the Regent House. The Vice-Chancellor shall give public notice of the day for the distribution of voting-papers and of the latest time for their return, which shall be not earlier than the tenth day after the day appointed for distribution.
2. In order to be eligible in any class a candidate must be nominated on a paper sent to the Vice-Chancellor so as to arrive not later than noon on the tenth day before the date appointed for the distribution of voting-papers. The paper must contain (a) a statement signed by two members of the Regent House, certifying that they nominate the candidate for election as a member in that class, and (b) a statement signed by the candidate certifying that he or she consents to be so nominated. No person shall be nominated for election in more than one class. On the receipt of each nomination the Vice-Chancellor shall forthwith publish it by causing it to be posted outside the Senate-House. A nomination may not be withdrawn after such publication.
3. Not later than the last day for the receipt of nominations each person nominated for election shall send to the Registrary a curriculum vitae, details of which shall be distributed with the voting-papers for the information of members of the Regent House.
4. There shall be separate voting-papers for each class of members to be elected.
5. An election shall not be deemed invalid owing to the misdirection, late arrival, or non-arrival of any voting-paper.
6. The members of the Council in class (d) shall be in two categories as follows:
Members in class (d) shall serve for one year from 1 July next following the election.
7. The annual election of members in class (d) shall be held in Full Term on a day not earlier than the fourteenth day before the last day of Full Lent Term. The date and place or places of the election, the last date for the receipt of nominations, and the hours within which voting may take place shall be determined by the Vice-Chancellor, subject to any conditions approved by the Council; provided that the last date for the receipt of nominations shall be not later than the seventh day of Full Term before the day appointed for the election.
8. At each election of a member or members in class (d) voting shall be by ballot; electors shall give their votes in person. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the Single Transferable Vote regulations, except that the voting-papers shall list the candidates by name and electors shall express their preferences by number.
9. Not later than thirty-five days of term before the date appointed for the election, the Vice-Chancellor shall give public notice of the date appointed for the election and the final date for the receipt of nominations.
10. Not later than twenty-eight days of term before the date appointed for the election, the Registrary shall make public electoral rolls of all the persons who on the preceding 31 October were eligible, under the provisions of Statute A, IV and of these regulations and of the rules made under these regulations, to vote and to stand as candidates in the election of members in category (i) and category (ii) of class (d). For this purpose it shall be sufficient to make copies of the electoral rolls available for inspection in the University Registry, but the Registrary shall in addition send to each College the appropriate sections of the rolls for inspection by members of the College. Any person may within seven days of the publication of the rolls send to the Registrary a written objection to the inclusion of any name in, or the omission of any name from, either roll. The decision of the Registrary on any such objection shall be final. Unless otherwise determined by the Vice-Chancellor, the electoral rolls or, if amended by the Registrary, the electoral rolls so amended, shall be the rolls for any election in class (d) held at any time in the calendar year in which the electoral rolls were first published.
11. In order to be eligible a candidate must be nominated on a paper sent to the Vice-Chancellor not later than the last date for nominations appointed under Regulation 7 above. The paper must contain (a) a statement signed by eight persons who are eligible to vote and to stand as candidates in the category for which the candidate is nominated, who shall certify that they nominate the candidate for election, and (b) a statement signed by the candidate consenting to be nominated. No person shall be nominated as a candidate in both categories. On the receipt of each nomination the Vice-Chancellor shall forthwith publish it by causing it to be posted outside the Senate-House. A nomination may not be withdrawn after such publication. Not later than the day following the last date for the receipt of nominations the Vice-Chancellor shall send a complete list of nominations to Colleges and shall subsequently publish it in the Reporter.
12. The nomination of any candidate who has suffered suspension or deprivation of his or her degree or membership of the University, or who is suffering a sentence of rustication by a University Court or by a College, or whose name, or the name of any of whose nominators, is not included in the roll for the category in which the candidate has been nominated, or in that roll as amended by the Registrary, shall be invalid.
13. The Council shall from time to time make rules in accordance with which the Registrary shall certify persons as students in the University or as graduate students for the purpose of Statute A, IV, 2. Any question of interpretation of the rules shall be decided by the Registrary, whose decision shall be final.
14. After an election the Vice-Chancellor shall arrange for the counting of the votes and shall publish the result of the election as soon as conveniently possible.
1. These rules shall apply to the compilation of electoral rolls for the election of members of the Council in categories (i) and (ii) of class (d).
2. The term student in the University shall mean a matriculated person certified by the Registrary to be pursuing a course of study leading to a Tripos examination, or a course of study or research leading to a degree, diploma, or certificate of the University.
3. The term undergraduate shall mean a student in the University whose course of study is one leading to any of the following degrees: B.A., M.Eng., 〈M.Math.,〉1 M.Sci., 〈M.A.St.,〉1 B.Th. The term graduate student shall mean a student in the University who is not an undergraduate so defined.
4. The Registrary shall include in the roll for category (i) the name of any sabbatical officer of CUSU who, before completing a course of study leading to the degree for which he or she intends to be a candidate, has been given leave to degrade for the purpose of holding such office, but shall not include any such sabbatical officer who has completed a course of study for any of the degrees specified in Rule 3 and has not commenced any further course of study.
5. A person whose name is on the Register of Graduate Students shall be eligible for inclusion in the appropriate roll whether or not registered as a candidate for a particular degree, diploma, or certificate.
6. The Registrary shall not include in either roll the name of any Graduate Student who, on 31 October next preceding the election, had been registered for his or her current course of study or research for more than four calendar years, or the name of any Graduate Student holding a Fellowship of any College on 31 October next preceding the election.
1. The Council shall discharge its duty of making nominations for appointment by Grace of members of the Council in class (e) on the recommendation of a Nominating Committee which shall consist of:
2. The member in class (a) shall be appointed to serve for two years starting from 1 October in a year when the calendar year is odd, and shall be in the chair. No member of the Council in class (e) shall serve on the Nominating Committee when his/her own reappointment to the Council is being considered.
3. An election of one member in class (c) and two members in class (d) of the Nominating Committee shall be held during Full Easter Term when the calendar year is odd. Members in classes (c) and (d) shall be elected to serve for four years from 1 October next following the aforementioned election. The election shall be conducted in accordance with Regulations 1–5 and 14 of the regulations for the election of members of the Council. If at any election the total number of vacancies is not filled, the Vice-Chancellor shall arrange a further election to fill such vacancies as are unfilled.
4. No person may be a member of the Nominating Committee in class (d) who is a member of the Council, or who holds the University office of Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Registrary, or Director or Deputy Director in the University Offices.
5. If a member in class (d) of the Nominating Committee, or any person nominated for election as a member in that class, becomes a member of Council, or is appointed to any of the offices in Regulation 4, or ceases to be a member of the Senate, that member’s seat shall thereupon become vacant, or the nomination shall thereupon become invalid, as the case may be.
6. The provisions of Statute K, 6(b) shall apply to the initial appointment of a member in class (a) and to the filling of a casual vacancy in class (a), save that no Ordinance may be made permitting the filling of a casual vacancy by co-option. The provisions of Statute A, IV, 6 regarding the filling of casual vacancies in the membership of the Council shall apply to the initial elections of members in classes (c) and (d) and to the filling of casual vacancies in classes (c) and (d).
7. A retiring member of the Nominating Committee in classes (a), (c), or (d) who has served for four or more consecutive years shall not be eligible to serve again as a member of the Nominating Committee in classes (a), (c), or (d) until one year has elapsed after the end of his or her previous period of service.
8. The Registrary shall be Secretary of the Nominating Committee.
9. The Nominating Committee shall make arrangements for:
10. The Nominating Committee shall submit a recommended name to the Council for each vacancy, together with a statement by the person so recommended that he or she consents to nomination and consents to serve, if appointed by Grace, for the period and in the role concerned.
1. It shall be the duty of the Board of Scrutiny to scrutinize on behalf of the Regent House each year the Annual Report of the Council (including the Annual Report of the General Board to the Council), the accounts of the University, and any Report of the Council proposing allocations from the Chest.
2. In carrying out their scrutiny of the documents specified in Regulation 1, the Board shall have the right to examine the policies of the University and the arrangements made for the implementation of those policies, and to report thereon to the Regent House.
3. The Board shall have power, in accordance with Statute A, VII, 6(a), to consult any official documents or accounts (other than those of the University Press) which are relevant to any enquiry that they may conduct under the provisions of Regulation 2; they shall also have power, under the provisions of Statute A, VII, 6(b), to consult such documents or accounts relating to the University Press as have been submitted by the Press Syndicate or by officers of the Press to the Council or to the Finance Committee of the Council.
4. Under Statute A, VII, 4, holders of the following University offices established by Ordinance, which have primarily administrative duties, may not be elected as members of the Board:
Director and Deputy Director in the University Offices (Unified Administrative Service)
Assistant Treasurer
1. The election of members of the Board of Scrutiny in class (c) shall be conducted in accordance with Regulations 1–5 and 14 of the regulations for the election of members of the Council.
2. If at any election insufficient nominations are received to fill the vacant places either in class (c)(i) or in class (c)(ii), the Council shall appoint as many members as may be necessary.
Members of the General Board in class (b) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January next following. Two members shall be appointed by the Council of the School of Arts and Humanities, two by the Council of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, one by the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences, one by the Council of the School of Clinical Medicine, one by the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences, and one by the Council of the School of Technology.
1. The members of the General Board in class (d) shall be in two categories as follows:
Members in class (d) shall serve for one year from 1 July next following the election.
2. The arrangements for the election shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the arrangements set out in Regulations 6–14 of the regulations for the elections of members of the Council.2
In considering any proposal for enacting or amending an Ordinance in pursuance of their powers under Statute C, I, 2, the General Board will consult other University bodies as appropriate. If in the course of such consultation the Board become aware that the matter is likely to prove controversial, they will also consult the Regent House by initiating a Grace enabling the Regent House to express an opinion on the proposed change. The Board will give consideration to remarks made at any Discussion of such matters and to the outcome of any vote on them.
1. These regulations may be applied by Grace to the election of persons for membership of bodies within the University or for other purposes. Any election to which they have been so applied shall be conducted in accordance with the following provisions.
2. Every elector in giving his or her vote:
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3. A voting-paper shall not be valid unless the elector's first preference is legibly and unambiguously expressed.
4. There shall be appended to each voting-paper the following instructions:
Enter against the figure 1 the name of the candidate to whom you give first preference.
You may also enter, against the figures 2, 3, and so on, the names of other candidates in the order of your preference for them, continuing until you are indifferent. The order of your preferences is crucial. A later preference can be considered only if an earlier preference has received sufficient votes to qualify for election or has been excluded because of insufficient support. Under no circumstances can a later preference count against an earlier preference.
5. Counting of votes: the first stage
6. Election of a candidate
If at any stage of the count a candidate is credited with a number of votes equal to or exceeding the quota he or she shall be deemed to be elected, except that, if the number of candidates attaining the quota is greater than the number of places to be filled, the two or more candidates who attained the quota at the most recent stage of the count shall be deemed not to be elected, and the returning officer shall proceed to the next stage of the count.
7. Counting the votes: subsequent stages
Subsequent stages of the count shall be conducted as follows. When a candidate is deemed to be elected, the surplus of his or her votes (if any) above the quota shall be transferred3 to the continuing candidates next in order of the voters’ preference, in accordance with the provisions of Regulations 8 and 9. If two or more candidates have surpluses, the returning officer shall transfer3 all such surpluses, beginning with the largest. When all surpluses have been transferred,3 including any consequential surplus that arises as a result of the transfer of other surpluses, the candidate with the smallest number of votes shall be excluded from the poll, and his or her votes shall similarly be transferred to the continuing candidates next in order of the voters’ preference, in accordance with the provisions of Regulations 10 and 11. If such a transfer creates a surplus, that surplus shall in turn be transferred,3 and so on until the required number of candidates has been elected. Each transfer, whether of the surplus votes of an elected candidate or of the total votes of an excluded candidate, shall be deemed to constitute a further stage of the count.
8. The transfer of a surplus
When a candidate is deemed to be elected, the returning officer shall calculate the surplus of that candidate's votes above the quota, and shall apply the following provisions:
9. A surplus shall be transferred in the following manner:
10. The exclusion of a candidate
If, when all surpluses have been transferred (or when their transfer has been deferred under Regulation 8(d)), one or more vacancies remain unfilled, the candidate or candidates credited with the smallest number or numbers of votes shall be excluded from the poll, as follows:
11. The exclusion of a candidate or candidates from the poll shall be effected in the following manner:
12. The final stages
13. In publishing the result of the election the returning officer shall include a notification of any transfer of votes made under these regulations, and of the total number of votes credited to each candidate after any such transfer.
14. Any candidate or any candidate's representative may, at any time during the counting of the votes, either before the commencement or after the completion of any transfer of votes, request the returning officer to re-examine and recount the papers of any or all candidates (not being papers set aside at a previous transfer as finally dealt with), and the returning officer shall forthwith re-examine and recount the same accordingly; the returning officer shall also have discretion to recount votes either once or more often in any case in which he or she is not satisfied as to the accuracy of any previous count; provided that nothing contained in this regulation shall make it obligatory for the returning officer to recount the same votes more than once.
15. If any question shall arise in relation to any transfer of votes, the decision of the returning officer, whether expressed or implied by his or her acts, shall be final.
16. For the purposes of these regulations the Vice-Chancellor or a duly appointed deputy shall be the returning officer.
17. In these regulations:
1. Unless it is otherwise provided by Statute or Ordinance, members of permanent Boards, Syndicates, and other bodies constituted by Statute or Ordinance shall be appointed for such periods that one or more members shall retire annually.
2. When such a Board, Syndicate, or other body is first constituted the Council shall, unless it is otherwise provided by Grace or by the regulations for the body concerned, determine the periods for which each of the members first elected or appointed shall serve, and the Registrary shall publish a notice of the Council's determination.
3. The Council shall be empowered to make an appointment, or to approve an appointment to a particular body made by the authority specified in the regulations for that body, on a date later than the regulations prescribe when the appointing body have been unable to make an appointment by the prescribed date.
4. If a member of such a Board, Syndicate, or other body is absent from three successive meetings of which due notice has been given, that member's seat shall become vacant at the end of the third of such meetings, unless at that or an earlier meeting the cause of the absence has been declared sufficient by the body of which the person concerned is a member; provided that ex officio members, members in class (e) of Faculty Boards, and any member appointed when not normally resident within ten miles of the University Church, shall be exempted from the operation of this regulation. Any vacancy caused under this regulation shall be reported to the Registrary by the Secretary of the body concerned.
5. A non-resident member of such a Board, Syndicate, or other body shall be entitled to reimbursement of his or her expenses in respect of attendance at a meeting of the body concerned up to a sum not exceeding the return railway fare between Cambridge and the member's normal place of residence or other place approved by the Finance Committee of the Council, together with a subsistence allowance, in accordance with rates to be determined from time to time by the Finance Committee.
The Council or the General Board may require that the Annual Report of any Board, Syndicate, or other body which is responsible to them, or of the Head of any Department which is under their supervision, shall conform to such conditions as they may consider desirable. The Report may be published in the Reporter if the Council or the General Board, as the case may be, are of the opinion, after consulting the body or the Head of the Department concerned, that there are special reasons justifying such publication.
1. The selection for presentation to a vacant benefice shall be made by a Board of Electors which shall be constituted for the occasion and which shall consist of the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) and eight members of the Senate appointed by the Council (four on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Divinity). The selection made shall require the approval of the Council.
2. In general, when any benefice, the presentation to which is to be made by the University, shall become vacant, the Board shall give public notice of the vacancy and of the date by which applications for the benefice shall be made, provided that the Board may in exceptional circumstances determine that no such notice should be given. If no public notice is given the Board shall indicate the fact to the Council when communicating their selection.
3. If the Electors shall be unable to select a clerk for any vacant benefice the selection shall be made by the Vice-Chancellor. If the Vice-Chancellor shall be unable to select a clerk, he or she shall report to the Council to that effect.
4. When a clerk has been selected, the Council shall be empowered to order that the Common Seal of the University be affixed to the deed of presentation.
5. If an Elector shall be a candidate for a vacant benefice, he or she shall be thereby disqualified from acting in the selection of a clerk for such benefice.
6. The Registrary or a deputy appointed by the Registrary shall be Secretary of the Board of Electors.
1. The Board of Examinations shall consist of:
Except for the member in class (d) in statu pupillari, the members in classes (c) and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. The member in class (d) in statu pupillari shall be appointed in the Easter Term to serve for one year from 1 July next following her or his appointment.
2. The Registrary, or a duly appointed deputy shall be Secretary of the Board. The Board shall meet at least once in each term.
3. The Board shall have the duty of assigning lecture-rooms so far as that duty may be delegated to them by the Council.
4. The Board shall be charged with arrangements for the conduct of all University examinations, including those for University Scholarships, Studentships, Exhibitions, and Prizes, as follows:
5. The Board shall make such reports to the Council and to the General Board as those bodies may require.
1. Candidates shall not commence writing at the start of an examination session until authorized to do so by the Supervisor or Senior Invigilator. Candidates shall stop writing at the end of an examination session when similarly instructed.
2. Except with the consent of the Supervisor or Senior Invigilator, no candidate shall be allowed to enter an examination room later or to leave an examination room earlier than thirty minutes after the beginning of a session.
3. A candidate may take a small screw-top bottle of water to his or her desk for consumption during an examination session provided that no disturbance is thereby caused to other candidates. Except with the written consent of the Secretary of the Board of Examinations no other items of food or drink may be taken into an examination room. A Supervisor, Invigilator, or Examiner has authority to deprive a candidate of unauthorized items until the examination session is ended.
4. No candidate shall take into an examination room or have in his or her possession during an examination any book or paper relevant to the examination unless specifically authorized. A Supervisor, Invigilator, or Examiner has authority to confiscate such documents.
5. No candidate shall take into an examination room any electronic calculator or other means of data storage or retrieval unless specifically authorized. A Supervisor, Invigilator, or Examiner has authority to confiscate unauthorized items. Where also specified, an electronic calculator must carry an official mark indicating that it has been approved for use in University examinations.
6. No candidate shall take into an examination room or have in his or her possession during an examination any radio or audio equipment, or mobile telephone. A Supervisor, Invigilator, or Examiner has authority to deprive a candidate of such equipment until the examination session is ended, and to confiscate any cassette or compact disc.
7. Candidates shall not remove from an examination room any paper except the question paper and such books or papers, if any, as they were authorized to take into the room.
8. No candidate shall communicate with any other candidate during an examination session.
9. Candidates shall not leave their places during a session except with the consent of the Supervisor or an Invigilator.
10. Candidates shall be dressed decently and not in a manner that is likely to create a disturbance in the examination room, or to distract the attention of other candidates.
11. A Supervisor, Invigilator, or Examiner shall report to the Board of Examinations any breach of these rules and shall inform the candidate concerned that such a report is to be made. A candidate shall not be dismissed from a session except as provided in Rule 12.
12. A candidate who acts in such a way as to disturb or inconvenience other candidates shall be warned and may, at the discretion of the Supervisor, Invigilator, or Examiner, either be required to change seat or be dismissed from the session.
13. Candidates attending a practical examination must comply with the safety requirements of the laboratory in which the examination is held.
1. The Board of Graduate Studies shall consist of
Members in classes (b), (c), and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January next following their appointment. Members in class (e) shall be appointed in the Lent Term to serve until 31 December of the year next but one after that in which they are appointed.
2. It shall be the duty of the Board:
3. The balance of the annual income of the Board of Graduate Studies General Fund shall be invested, and held at the disposal of the Board of Graduate Studies for the furtherance of postgraduate study and research in the University.
4. The duties of the Secretary shall be:
5. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to any member of the Board in class (f) who is not in statu pupillari as if he or she were in statu pupillari.
1. The University and Assistants Joint Board shall consist of members in the following classes:
Members of the Board in class (b)(i) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment; provided that, if at any time among the members in sub-class (1) there has ceased for any reason to be at least one member who is also a member of the Council, the Council shall have power to replace, if necessary, one of the members in that sub-class so as to satisfy that requirement for the remainder of the tenure of the person so replaced. Members of the Board in class (c) shall serve for such length of time as may be decided by the organization that they represent.
2. The Council shall appoint a University officer to be Joint Secretary of the Board. The members of the Board in class (c) shall appoint one of their own number to be Joint Secretary of the Board.
3. The method of appointment of members in class (c) shall be decided by the organizations that they represent. The organizations concerned shall inform both Joint Secretaries of the names of the representatives whom they have appointed before those representatives take their place on the Board.
4. The duties of the Board shall be:
5. The duties of each Standing Joint Negotiating Committee shall be:
6. No business shall be transacted by any Joint Negotiating Committee, whether Special or Standing, unless there is present a majority of the members of the Committee in each of classes (b) and (c) of the Board.
7. Each Joint Negotiating Committee shall mutually agree on the choice of a person to act as Chairman. The Chairman need not be a member of the Joint Board. Unless the Chairman is a member of the Committee, he or she shall not have a vote.
8. The Chairman shall adjourn or intermit any meeting of a Joint Negotiating Committee if members of the Committee in either class (b) or (c) of the Board so request.
9. A Joint Negotiating Committee shall allow officials from an organization represented on that Joint Negotiating Committee, who need not be University assistants, to attend and take part in the meetings of the Committee if this is requested by those members of the Committee in class (c) of the Board who represent that organization.
10. The rules of procedure of each Joint Negotiating Committee shall be subject to agreements on procedure that may be negotiated from time to time between the Council and the General Board, acting on behalf of the University as employer, and the Trade Unions or other organizations represented on that Committee, provided that
11. Resolutions of a Joint Negotiating Committee shall be transmitted to the Joint Board for submission to the Council before publication. No amendment proposed by the Council or the Joint Board shall be made unless it is agreed by a majority of the members of the appropriate Joint Negotiating Committee in each of classes (b) and (c) of the Board.
12. If there is a failure to agree within a Joint Negotiating Committee the substance of the failure shall be reported to the Board for discussion. If there is still failure to agree after discussion within the Board, the matter shall be referred to the Council, in which case, if the Council are unable to put forward a proposal acceptable to a majority of the members of the Joint Negotiating Committee concerned in each of classes (b) and (c) of the Board, the Council shall then request the members of the Joint Negotiating Committee to reach agreement on the machinery to be used for settlement.
1. There shall be an Accommodation Syndicate, which shall consist of:
Members in classes (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in classes (g) and (h) shall be appointed in the Easter Term to serve for the academical year next following their appointment. Any member in class (i) shall serve until the end of the calendar year in which he or she is co-opted.
2. The duties of the Syndicate shall be:
3. There shall be a University office of Secretary of the Accommodation Syndicate, appointments and reappointments to which shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of the members of the Syndicate in classes (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e).
4. The duties of the Secretary shall be:
5. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Syndicate unless the Chairman and four other members at least are present.
6. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to the Syndicate and to the Appointments Committee prescribed in Regulation 3 as if they were bodies constituted by Statute. These provisions shall apply also to any member of the Syndicate in class (i) who is not in statu pupillari as if he or she were a person in statu pupillari.
7. The Syndicate shall make such reports to the Council as the Council may require.
1. There shall be a Careers Service Syndicate which shall be responsible for the administration of the University Careers Service. The Syndicate shall consist of:
Members in class (b) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (c) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment, four being appointed each year. The order of rotation of Colleges for the nomination of members in class (c) shall be as follows:
Christ's College, Churchill College, Clare Hall, Clare College, Corpus Christi College, Lucy Cavendish College, Downing College, Emmanuel College, Darwin College, Fitzwilliam College, Gonville and Caius College, Girton College, Jesus College, King's College, Hughes Hall, Magdalene College, Pembroke College, New Hall, Peterhouse, Queens’ College, St Edmund's College, Robinson College, St Catharine's College, Newnham College, St John's College, Selwyn College, Wolfson College, Sidney Sussex College, Trinity College, Trinity Hall, Homerton College.
Members in class (d) shall be appointed in the Easter Term to serve for the academical year following that in which they are appointed. Members in class (e) shall be appointed in the Lent Term to serve for four years from 1 October following their appointment.
2. All meetings of the Syndicate shall be summoned by the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy); there shall be at least one meeting in each academical year.
3. The Chairman and four other members shall constitute a quorum of the Syndicate.
4. The duties of the Syndicate shall include the following:
5. The Syndicate shall appoint from their members an Executive Committee and shall delegate thereto such of their functions as they may deem expedient. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chairman of the Syndicate ex officio and four members of the Syndicate chosen from among those in classes (b) and (c).
6. There shall be the University office of Secretary of the Syndicate, the holder of which shall be designated Director of the Careers Service, and such number of University offices of Careers Adviser as may be determined from time to time by the Council on the recommendation of the Syndicate. Appointments and reappointments to the office of Secretary and to an office of Careers Adviser shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of:
Members in classes (c) and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term of each calendar year of which the number is even, to serve for the two calendar years next ensuing. A member in class (c) who ceases to be a member of the Syndicate shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Appointments Committee.
7. For the appointment or reappointment of the Secretary of the Syndicate, the Registrary, or his or her deputy, shall act as Secretary of the Appointments Committee. For any other appointment, the Secretary of the Syndicate concerned shall act as Secretary.
8. The duties of the Secretary or Careers Advisers shall be determined by the Syndicate.
9. The Syndicate shall designate one of the Careers Advisers as Deputy Director.
10. There shall be such number of University offices of Assistant to the Careers Advisers in Grade I and of such offices in Grades II and III as shall be determined from time to time by the Council on the recommendation of the Syndicate. Appointment and reappointment to the office of Assistant to the Careers Advisers shall be made by the Secretary of the Syndicate under procedures to be determined from time to time by the Council after consultation with the Syndicate.
11. The duties of an Assistant to the Careers Advisers shall be determined by the Syndicate and the scale of stipends of each grade of the office shall be determined by the Council, after consultation with the Syndicate.
12. The Secretary and any other University officer on the staff of the University Careers Service shall be resident in the University during term and for four weeks in the Long Vacation.
13. The following shall be paid to the funds of the Syndicate:
14. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to the Syndicate and to the Executive Committee as if they were bodies constituted by Statute.
1. The Information Strategy and Services Syndicate shall consist of:
2. The Registrary, the Librarian, and the Directors of the University Computing Service, and of the Management Information Services Division and the Finance Division of the University Offices, shall have the right to attend meetings of the Syndicate.
3. The appointment of members in classes (b), (c), and (d) shall be made in the Michaelmas Term for periods of four years from 1 January following. An election of members in classes (e) and (f) shall be held in the Michaelmas Term of every year of which the number is even; the procedure for such an election shall be that prescribed in the Single Transferable Vote Regulations, except that the returning officer shall be the Chairman of the Syndicate or a deputy appointed by the Chairman. Members in classes (e) and (f) shall serve for two years from 1 January following their election. Co-opted members in classes (g) and (h) shall serve until 31 December of the year following that in which they are co-opted, provided that if a member in class (g) ceases to be in statu pupillari he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member in that class.
4. The Registrary shall appoint the Secretary of the Syndicate, in consultation with the Directors of the University Computing Service and the Management Information Services Division and the Chairman of the Syndicate.
5. It shall be the duty of the Syndicate:
6. There shall be a Standing Sub-syndicate of the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate on Service Management. The Syndicate shall appoint a Chairman of the Sub-syndicate and the Directors of the University Computing Service and the Management Information Services Division shall be members of the Sub-syndicate, ex officio.
7. There shall be a Standing Sub-syndicate of the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate on Network Management. The Syndicate shall appoint a Chairman of the Sub-syndicate following consultation with the Chairman of the Bursars’ Committee. The Director of the University Computing Service shall be a member of the Sub-syndicate, ex officio.
In these rules the following definitions shall apply. The term IT facilities shall mean the facilities of the University Computing Service, and all other information technology facilities provided by the University, and any in College institutions designated by the appropriate College authority concerned as facilities to which these rules shall apply. The term Authorized Officer shall mean the Director of the University Computing Service in the case of services under the supervision of the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate, or in other cases the relevant University or College officer (in the case of University institutions, the Chairman of the Council of the School, the Chairman of the Faculty Board, or the Head of the Department; in the case of Colleges, a person appointed by the College for the purpose).
IT facilities are provided for use only in accordance with the aims of the University and the Colleges as promulgated from time to time, unless stated otherwise by the appropriate Authorized Officer.
1. No person shall use IT facilities, or allow them to be used by others, without due authorization given by the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate or by the appropriate Authorized Officer, who may impose conditions of use to ensure efficient operation.
2. By means of published documentation an Authorized Officer may designate an IT facility as authorized for use by specified classes of persons and for specified purposes. In the case of facilities not so designated, resources are allocated individually; every such allocation of IT resources shall be used only for the designated purpose and only by the person to whom the allocation was made. Use shall not be made of IT resources allocated to another person or group of persons unless such use has been specifically authorized by the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate or by the appropriate Authorized Officer.
3. No person shall by any wilful, deliberate, reckless, or unlawful act or omission interfere with the work of another user or jeopardize the integrity of data networks, computing equipment, systems programs, or other stored information.
4. All persons authorized to use IT facilities shall be expected to treat as privileged any information which may become available to them through the use of such facilities and which is not obviously intended for unrestricted dissemination; such information shall not be copied, modified, disseminated, or used, either in whole or in part, without the permission of the appropriate person or body.
5. In the case of any information which is designated in a Notice issued by or on behalf of the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate as proprietary or otherwise confidential, every person using IT facilities shall be required:
6. No person shall use IT facilities to process personal data except in accordance with the provisions of relevant legislation, including the Data Protection Act 1998. Any person wishing to use IT facilities for such a purpose shall be required to inform the Authorized Officer in advance and to comply with any restrictions that may be imposed concerning the manner in which the data may be processed.
7. No person shall use IT facilities for private financial gain or for commercial purposes, including consultancy or any other work outside the scope of official duties or functions for the time being, without specific authorization to do so.
8. Any person who misuses IT facilities or who uses IT facilities for private financial gain or for commercial purposes, with or without specific authorization to do so, may be charged with the cost of such use or misuse at a rate determined from time to time by the appropriate Authorized Officer. If any person who has been so charged with the cost of IT resources fails to make reimbursement, any authorization to use IT facilities shall be suspended automatically until reimbursement is made in full, and the matter shall be reported by the Syndicate to the appropriate University or College financial authority.
9. No person shall use IT facilities for unlawful activities.
10. Any person believed to be in breach of one or more of these rules shall be reported by the Authorized Officer to the Syndicate who may at their discretion, after considering the Officer's report and any other relevant matters, impose a penalty or penalties in accordance with Regulation 5(g) for the Syndicate. The Syndicate may also recommend to the appropriate University or College authority that proceedings be initiated under either or both of the University and College disciplinary procedures and any appropriate legislation.
Under UK Copyright Law, the illegal reproduction of software can be subject to civil damages without financial limit and to criminal penalties including fines and imprisonment. Both the person who made the illegal copy and the relevant University authorities would be liable to prosecution for each illegal copy found. The Council and the General Board have accordingly approved the following Software Policy in regard to computer software licensed by the University of Cambridge and its Colleges with which all members of the University are expected to comply:
1. The University of Cambridge and its Colleges use under licence computer software (both programs and data) from a variety of outside companies. The University does not own this software or its related documentation and, unless authorized by the licence, does not have the right to copy it in any way.
2. Whenever and however such software is used (including software mounted on Local Area Networks and multiple machines) University and College staff and students must comply with the licence agreement.
3. The condition in 2 above shall apply not only to software on computers owned by the University and its Colleges but also to software on personal machines owned by individual University and College staff and students insofar as the software is being used for University or College purposes, including student course-work.
4. Responsibility. Heads of institutions are responsible for ensuring that all software used within the institution and stored on computers for which the institution is responsible has been properly obtained and is being used within the terms of the software licence. The following paragraphs recommend the steps which need to be taken to ensure that any reasonable legal challenge can be met.
5. Appointment of a responsible officer. The Head of the institution should appoint a member of staff (the Software Licence Manager) to be formally responsible to the Head of the institution for software licence management and compliance.
6. Software licence inventory. The Software Licence Manager should maintain an inventory of software licences held by the institution. The following information should be recorded for each item of licensed software:
the name, platform, and version number of the software,
the number of copies purchased,
the date purchased and purchase order reference,
the location of the software licence (if a paper licence was issued),
the location (or IP address) of the system or systems on which the software is stored,
any restrictions on the licensed use of the software.
7. Software licence storage. As far as is practical, software licences should be stored in one place in the institution.
8. Software procurement. Institutional purchasing procedures should ensure that the software licence inventory is updated accordingly whenever licensed software is purchased. In a small Faculty or Department or other institution this might be accomplished by requiring all software purchases to be made by the Software Licence Manager. In a large Faculty, Department, or other institution, more flexible procedures may be necessary.
9. Disciplinary procedures. Use of licensed software without a licence or use of software outside the terms of the licence is illegal and must be treated as a disciplinary offence. The Head of the institution is responsible firstly for ensuring that corrective action is taken as soon as an offence comes to light and then for ensuring that appropriate disciplinary action is taken.
10. All users who obtain software from the Computing Service are required to sign a statement which says that they are fully aware of the University Software Policy and agree to uphold it.
11. Users of software for University or College purposes, including student course-work, which has been obtained privately from other sources must also comply with the terms of the agreement under which that software has been obtained. It is the responsibility of such users to ensure that the necessary authorizations for the software are readily available.
12. All users of University computers must comply with the conditions under which they are permitted access to the computers. Where the access conditions prohibit installation of privately obtained software, this condition must be strictly adhered to.
1. The Local Examinations Syndicate shall consist of:
Members in classes (c) and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment.
2. There shall be the post of Chief Executive of the Syndicate. The Chief Executive shall act as Secretary of the Syndicate. The duties of the Chief Executive shall be determined by the Syndicate.
3. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Syndicate unless five members are present, of whom at least three are members in classes (a), (b), and (c).
4. There shall be such number of Advisory Councils as the Council may from time to time approve on the advice of the Syndicate. The function of an Advisory Council shall be to advise and assist the Syndicate in their work. The membership of each Advisory Council shall consist of:
Members in classes (b), (c), and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for two years from 1 January following their appointment.
5. If a member of an Advisory Council in class (b) ceases to be a member of the Syndicate he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Advisory Council concerned.
6. The Secretary of the Syndicate or a deputy appointed by the Secretary shall act as Secretary of each Advisory Council established under Regulation 4.
7. There shall also be a University office of Principal Assistant Secretary. The office shall be suppressed when it next falls vacant. The duties of the office shall be determined by the Syndicate.
8. Appointments and reappointments to the post of Chief Executive of the Syndicate shall be made by a Committee specially constituted on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment. Such a Committee shall consist of:
The Registrary shall act as Secretary of the Committee.
9. The primary work of the Syndicate shall be the conduct and administration of examinations in schools and for persons who are not members of the University, including the fixing of fees, the issue of syllabuses, and the appointment and payment of Examiners.
10. Subject to the approval of the Council, the Syndicate shall be authorized to establish one or more companies registered under the Companies Acts with limited liability, either wholly-owned by the University or, if charitable, of which the University is the sole member, and to transfer part of its work to such company or companies. The Syndicate shall act on behalf of the University in relation to the affairs of such company or companies, except that those members of the board or governing body of each company whose appointment is the responsibility of the University shall be appointed by the Council on the nomination of the Syndicate.
11. Without prejudice to the generality of Regulation 9, the Local Examinations Syndicate shall be authorized to exercise in the name of the University in relation to the affairs of the Syndicate the following powers (being powers which for the avoidance of doubt it is desirable to mention expressly) namely:
12. The Syndicate shall make an Annual Report to the Council to which shall be appended the audited Annual Accounts of the Syndicate.
13. In any year in which the audited accounts show a sufficient balance the Syndicate shall pay over to the University Chest such a proportion of the balance as shall be agreed upon between the Syndicate and the Council.
1. The Press Syndicate shall consist of:
The Press Syndicate shall appoint a Secretary of the Press Syndicate who shall be the Chief Executive of the University Press.
2. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Press Syndicate unless five members at least are present.
3. Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by Statute on the Press Syndicate for the management of the affairs of the University Press, the Press Syndicate shall be authorized in the name of the University to exercise in relation to the affairs of the University Press the following powers (being powers which for the avoidance of doubt it is desirable to mention expressly) namely:
4. All property of the University Press the title of which is capable of registration shall be registered in the name of the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, or of nominees approved by the Finance Committee of the Council.
5. The financial year of the University Press shall end on 30 April.
6. The Press Syndicate shall prepare, and shall publish an abstract of, the annual accounts of the University Press.
7. The Press Syndicate shall provide for the safe custody of the Press Seal, which shall be used only by the authority of the Press Syndicate or of a committee of the Press Syndicate authorized by the Press Syndicate in that behalf, and every instrument to which the Press Seal shall be affixed shall be signed by a member of the Press Syndicate and countersigned by the Secretary of the Press Syndicate or by some other employee of the University Press who has been designated by the Press Syndicate for that purpose.
1. There shall be a Select Preachers Syndicate consisting of the Vice-Chancellor, the Regius, the Lady Margaret's, and the Norris-Hulse Professors of Divinity, the Vicar of Great St Mary's Church, the two Proctors, and four members of the Senate appointed by the Council in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. The Syndicate shall make such reports to the Council as the Council may require.
2. The Syndicate shall exercise the power of the University under Statute B, V, 1 to appoint the days during Full Term on which sermons shall be preached in the University Church. The Syndicate shall in every year not later than the end of the Lent Term publish the days that they have appointed for sermons (including the Hulsean Sermon) to be preached in the University Church during the following year. They shall at the same time submit to the Vice-Chancellor the names of the persons whom they recommend for appointment as Lady Margaret's Preacher and as preacher of the Ramsden Sermon, together with a list of persons (other than the Hulsean Preacher) to be invited to accept appointment as Select Preachers for the remaining days which they have appointed. The allocation of days to the several preachers shall be made by the Vice-Chancellor. If any preacher be prevented from preaching on the day assigned, the Syndicate shall submit to the Vice-Chancellor an alternative name.
3. In addition to the Select Preachers who have been appointed in any year under Regulation 2, the Vice-Chancellor may on the recommendation of the Select Preachers Syndicate appoint a person or persons to preach in the University Church on another day or other days in that year.
4. For every sermon the Select Preacher shall be paid a fee at a rate to be determined from time to time by the Council, on the recommendation of the Select Preachers Syndicate. A non-resident Select Preacher shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the fee, the return railway fare between Cambridge and his or her normal place of residence or other place approved by the Finance Committee of the Council, together with a subsistence allowance in accordance with rates to be determined from time to time by the Finance Committee.
5. The Select Preachers Syndicate, in drawing up the list of preachers before the University, may use such liberty in the choice of preachers as is exercised by Diocesan Bishops in accordance with resolutions of the Convocations of the Church of England.
1. The Senate-House Syndicate shall consist of the Vice-Chancellor as Chairman, the Registrary, the Esquire Bedells, the Proctors, the two Pro-Proctors who are nominated by the Colleges, and eight members of the Senate appointed by the Council in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment.
2. The Syndicate shall be responsible for the management and regulation of public ceremonials taking place in the Senate-House. They shall be empowered to make arrangements for admission to the Senate-House, for its proper preparation on occasions of public ceremonial, for issuing tickets when they think proper, for providing and assigning seats, and for assisting the University officers in the maintenance of order. The Syndicate shall have full control of the Senate-House Yard on occasions of public ceremonial in the Senate-House.
3. The Syndicate shall make such reports to the Council as the Council may require.
1. The Societies Syndicate shall consist of:
2. Members in class (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in classes (e), (f), and (g) shall be appointed for one year from 1 October.
3. It shall be the duty of the Syndics:
4. The Syndics shall have power:
5. There shall be a Technical Committee of the Societies Syndicate which shall consist of:
Members in classes (b) and (d) shall be appointed in the Easter Term to serve for one year from 1 October following their appointment.
6. It shall be the duty of the Technical Committee:
1. The Sports Syndicate shall consist of:
2. Members in classes (b) and (c) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January next following their appointment. Co-opted members shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the following year as the Syndicate shall determine at the time of their co-optation. Members in classes (h) and (i) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for the remainder of the current academical year.
3. There shall be at least one meeting of the Syndicate in each academical year.
4. The Director of Physical Education shall serve as Secretary of the Syndicate.
5. The Syndicate shall advise the Council and the University about policy, facilities, and arrangements for sport in the University. The Syndicate shall seek to ensure that the University's needs in the field of sport are properly provided for by the University sports clubs; for that purpose the Syndicate shall exercise general control and supervision over the clubs which have been approved by them and which appear in the list maintained under Regulation 7(c) of these regulations.
6. The Syndicate shall have general responsibility for the management of the Physical Education Centre, Fenner's cricket and tennis grounds, the Wilberforce Road sports ground, and such other University premises, facilities, and services for sport and physical recreation as the Council shall from time to time assign to the Syndicate. The Syndicate shall make rules for these premises, facilities, and services, shall make such arrangements for their day-to-day running as they consider appropriate, shall appoint a Fenner's Committee and such other committees or sub-syndicates as they consider necessary for effective management, shall exercise general supervision over the work of the staff assigned to the Syndicate, shall advise the Council on the number of staff required, and shall prepare annual estimates for submission to the Council.
7. The Syndicate shall have power:
8. The Syndicate shall make an Annual Report to the Council and such other reports as the Council may require.
9. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to the Syndicate as if it were a body constituted by Statute.
10. There shall be the University offices of Director of Physical Education and Assistant Director of Physical Education and such number of University offices of Physical Education Officer as the Council shall from time to time determine.
11. Under the general control of the Syndicate, the Director of Physical Education shall be the professional and administrative head of the premises, facilities, and services specified in Regulation 6 and, subject to the powers of the Syndicate and of the Fenner's Committee, shall be responsible for their day-to-day management.
12. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Director of Physical Education, to the University office of Assistant Director of Physical Education, and to a University office of Physical Education Officer shall be made by an Appointments Committee of which the Registrary, or a deputy appointed by the Registrary, shall act as Secretary and which shall consist of:
Members in classes (c) and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for two years from 1 January following their appointment.
13. Every appointment or reappointment to a University office by the Committee shall be made with the concurrence of the votes (which shall be given in person at a meeting) of not fewer than four members of the Committee. Statute D, XVII, 5 shall apply to the Committee as if it were an Appointments Committee for a Faculty.
14. There shall be a Fenner's Committee, which shall be responsible to the Sports Syndicate. The Committee shall consist of:
Members in classes (a) and (b) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January next following their appointment. The Director of Physical Education shall act as Secretary of the Committee.
15. The Committee shall have the following duties in relation to Fenner's cricket and tennis grounds:
1. There shall be a University Theatre Syndicate which shall consist of:
Members in classes (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (j) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in classes (h) and (i) shall be appointed to serve for the remainder of the academical year in which they are appointed. Co-opted members shall serve for the remainder of the academical year in which they are co-opted. The Secretary shall be appointed by the Registrary.
2. It shall be the main purpose of the University Theatre Syndicate to endeavour to ensure that the ADC Theatre is available for use and enjoyment as a University theatre, primarily for the production by University and College societies of plays, operas, and concerts, and the showing of films. Subject to any directions made by the Council or the Finance Committee, it shall be the duty of the Syndicate, in consultation with the Societies Syndicate, to determine the general policy of the ADC Theatre, particularly its administration and finance. The Syndicate shall keep under review the other theatrical facilities available in Cambridge, and shall take account of them in determining that policy each year. The Syndicate shall report annually to the Council in the Michaelmas Term on the affairs of the ADC Theatre, and shall in particular report the productions that have taken place there and indicate those produced by University and College societies.
3. There shall be an Executive Committee for the ADC Theatre which shall consist of:
The Chairman shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following his or her appointment. The Secretary shall be appointed by the Registrary.
4. Subject to any directions made by the Council or the Finance Committee, it shall be the duty of the Executive Committee:
5. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Manager of the ADC Theatre shall be made by the Council on the recommendation of the University Theatre Syndicate. The stipend of the holder of the office shall be determined by the Council on the advice of the Finance Committee. The duties of the office shall be determined by the University Theatre Syndicate.
1. The Council for Lifelong Learning shall consist of:
2. Members of the Council for Lifelong Learning, other than ex officio members, shall be appointed to serve for two years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (f) shall be co-opted in the Michaelmas Term to serve for one year from 1 January following their co-optation.
3. The Council for Lifelong Learning shall have the right of reporting to the University. It shall discharge such functions as shall be delegated to it by the Council and the General Board, and as are placed on it by Statute or Ordinance. The Council for Lifelong Learning shall be responsible for advising the Council and the General Board about the future development of continuing education and lifelong learning in the University, whether conducted in Faculties and Departments, or otherwise. The Council for Lifelong Learning shall exercise such functions of quality assurance or general supervision in respect of continuing education and lifelong learning conducted by University institutions as shall be delegated to it from time to time by the General Board.
4. The Council for Lifelong Learning shall make an Annual Report to the Council and the General Board.
5. The Registrary shall designate a University officer to act as Secretary of the Council for Lifelong Learning.
1. There shall be an Undergraduate Admissions Committee which shall consist of:
2. The members of the Committee other than those in classes (a), (b), (c), (h), and (i) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from the date of their appointment. Members in class (i) shall serve until the end of the calendar year in which they are co-opted.
3. Members in classes (a) and (b) shall jointly chair the Committee.
4. It shall be the duty of the Committee:
5. The Committee shall establish a Management Group, not necessarily consisting wholly of members of the Committee, for the Cambridge Admissions Office.
6. The Committee shall have no authority in the consideration of, or decision on, the applications of individual candidates for admission, and they shall so discharge their duties as in no way to diminish the freedom or the responsibility of the Colleges in the admission of members of the University in statu pupillari.
7. The provision of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to the Committee as if it were a body constituted by Statute.
1. The Joint Committee on Development shall be a joint Committee of the Council and the Colleges and shall consist of:
Members in classes (b) to (e) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January next following their appointment. The Registrary, the Academic Secretary, and the Director of the Finance Division of the University Offices shall have the right to attend meetings of the Committee.
2. The Registrary shall designate a University officer to act as Secretary to the Joint Committee.
3. The duties of the Joint Committee shall be:
1. The Development Studies Committee shall consist of:
2. Members in classes (d)–(f) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (h) shall serve until 31 December of the year next following the year in which they are co-opted.
3. The Committee shall elect a Chairman, who shall be a member of the Committee in a class other than class (g), and a Secretary, each of whom shall serve for such period not exceeding two years as the Committee shall determine at the time of the election. The Committee may, subject to the approval of the General Board, pay a salary to their Secretary.
4. Seven members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
5. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Boards and other authorities concerned, it shall be the duty of the Committee:
6. The Committee shall prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board.
1. The Health and Safety Executive Committee shall be a committee jointly of the Council and the General Board and shall consist of:
2. Members in class (b) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January next following their appointment. Co-opted members shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the following year, as the Committee shall determine at the time of their co-optation. The Director of Health and Safety, the Director of Human Resources, and the Director of the Estate Management and Building Service shall have the right to attend meetings of the Committee. The Secretary of the Committee shall be appointed by the Registrary.
3. The Committee shall:
4. The Committee shall make an Annual Report to the Council and the General Board.
5. The Committee shall meet at least once in each term.
1. The Kettle's Yard Committee shall consist of:
2. The Secretary of the Committee shall be appointed by the Registrary.
3. Seven members of the Committee shall form a quorum, except when the Committee meets outside Full Term, when five members of the Committee shall form a quorum.
4. There shall be a Music Sub-committee, responsible to the Kettle's Yard Committee. The Sub-committee shall consist of:
5. The Secretary of the Kettle's Yard Committee shall act as secretary of the Music Sub-committee. There shall be a Music Secretary who may be paid an honorarium, the amount of which shall be approved by the Kettle's Yard Committee.
6. An Honorary Curator of the Collection may be appointed by the members of the Kettle's Yard Committee in classes (a)–(d) and (f).
7. There shall be a University office of Director of Kettle's Yard and such number of University offices of Assistant to the Director as shall be determined from time to time by the Council on the recommendation of the Kettle's Yard Committee.
8. Appointments and reappointments to the offices of Director and Assistant to the Director shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of:
Members in classes (c) and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term of each year of which the number is even, to serve for the two calendar years next ensuing.
9. The duties of the Director and the Assistants to the Director shall be determined by the Kettle's Yard Committee, subject to the approval of the Council.
10. It shall be the main purpose of the Committee to ensure that the Kettle's Yard Collection is available not only to members of the University, especially those in statu pupillari, but also to the public, in such ways as to develop and improve the knowledge, understanding, enjoyment, and practice of the visual arts and to increase their general accessibility.
In particular the Committee shall have the following duties:
11. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to the Kettle's Yard Committee and the Music Sub-committee as if these bodies were bodies constituted by Statute.
1. The Medical Education Committee shall consist of:
2. Members in class (f) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in classes (g) and (i) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term and the Lent Term respectively, and shall serve until they cease to be members of the Faculty Board by which they are appointed. The member in class (j) shall be appointed in the Lent Term, and shall serve for one year from the date of his or her appointment.
3. The Secretary of the Committee shall be appointed by the Secretary General of the Faculties.
4. It shall be the duty of the Committee to keep under review the provision of medical education in the University, with a view to ensuring consistency of standards in different subjects, the integration of core elements of the medical curriculum, and the introduction of appropriate innovations in the curriculum. The Committee shall advise the Faculty Boards of Biology and Clinical Medicine on the following matters:
5. The Committee shall meet at least once each term. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Committee unless at least five members are present.
6. The Committee shall make such reports to the General Board as the Board may require.
7. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to the Medical Education Committee as if it were a body constituted by Statute.
1. There shall be a Military Education Committee which shall consist of:
2. Members in classes (b) and (c) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted members shall serve until the end of the calendar year following that in which they are co-opted.
3. The Secretary of the Committee shall be appointed by the Registrary.
4. It shall be the duty of the Committee:
5. The Committee shall make such reports to the Council as the Council may require.
6. The University shall incur no financial responsibility for the maintenance of the Officers Training Corps, the Air Squadron, or the Royal Naval Unit.
1. There shall be a Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos, which shall be responsible, in consultation with the Faculty Boards and other authorities concerned, for co-ordinating the administration of the Natural Sciences Tripos.
2. The Committee of Management shall consist of:
3. Members in classes (a) and (b) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for one year from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (e) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the year next following, as the Committee shall determine at the time of their co-optation.
4. The Committee shall elect a Chairman, who shall be a member of the Committee in class (a) or (b). The Secretary of the Committee shall be a University officer designated by the General Board.
5. The Committee shall meet at least once in each term.
6. Eight members of the Committee shall form a quorum.
7. The duties of the Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos shall be:
8. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to the Committee of Management as if it were a body constituted by Statute.
9. Of the members in class (a) appointed in the Michaelmas Term 2008 the General Board shall appoint one person to serve for one year and one person to serve for three years from 1 January 2009.
10. Of the members in class (b) appointed in the Michaelmas Term 2008 the General Board shall appoint three persons to serve for one year, four persons to serve for two years, and four persons to serve for three years from 1 January 2009.
1. The Cambridge Committee for Russian and East European Studies shall consist of:
Members in classes (b) and (c) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January next following their appointment. Co-opted members shall serve until the end of the calendar year in which they are co-opted.
2. The Committee shall elect annually one of their number as Chairman and one as Secretary.
3. The Committee shall have the following duties:
4. The Committee shall make such reports to the General Board as the Board may require.
1. The Consultative Committee for Safety shall consist of:
Members in classes (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (g) shall be appointed to serve for one year from 1 October. Members in class (l) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted, or of the following year, as the Committee shall determine at the time of their co-optation. A person appointed in class (e) or class (f) shall cease to be a member if the Chairman is notified in writing that the appointment has been terminated by the trade union which appointed him or her. The Secretary of the Committee shall be appointed by the Registrary.
2. The Committee shall be responsible for advising the Health and Safety Executive Committee on all matters concerning safety in the University.
3. The Committee shall establish the following standing sub-committees: one for Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation Hazards, one for Biological Safety, one for Education and Training (Occupational Safety and Health), one for First Aid Arrangements, and one for Chemical Hazards. The Committee shall determine the duties and powers of each standing sub-committee and may amend those duties and powers from time to time. The Chairman and Secretary of the Consultative Committee for Safety shall have the right to attend any meeting of a sub-committee.
4. The University officer designated as University Radiation Officer shall have access to the records maintained in Departments of the kinds and amounts of radioactive substances used, the methods used for their disposal, and the lists of persons working on radioactive substances, ionizing and non-ionizing radiations, or laser beams.
1. The Staff Childcare Committee shall consist of:
2. Members in classes (a)–(e) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted members shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the following year, as the Committee shall determine at the time of their co-optation.
3. The duties of the Committee shall be:
1. The University Combination Room shall be managed by a Committee of the Council which shall consist of
Members shall be appointed or elected, as the case may be, in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment.
2. The election of members in class (b) shall be conducted by postal ballot, and shall be held at the same time as the biennial election of members of the Council. The arrangements for the election shall be those prescribed in Regulations 1 and 2 of the regulations for the election of members of the Council. If insufficient nominations are received to fill the number of vacancies the Council shall appoint as many members as may be necessary.
3. If a casual vacancy occurs in class (b), the Committee shall have power to co-opt a member to fill it for the unexpired portion of the tenure. The name of any person so co-opted shall be published by Notice.
1. The Veterinary Education Committee shall consist of:
The Secretary of the School of the Biological Sciences and the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Biology shall have the right to attend meetings of the Committee.
2. Members in classes (d), (e), and (f) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment.
3. It shall be the duty of the Committee to keep under review the provision of veterinary education in the University, with a view to ensuring that the preclinical and clinical parts of the course leading to the Vet.M.B. Degree form a coherent whole, that the balance of elements in the curriculum is appropriate, and that standards in different subjects are consistent. The Committee shall advise the Faculty Boards of Biology and Veterinary Medicine on the following matters:
The Committee shall advise the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine on any matters relating to veterinary education which are relevant to that Faculty Board.
4. The Committee shall meet at least twice in each academical year. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Committee unless at least five members are present.
5. The Committee shall make such reports to the General Board as the Board may require.
6. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to the Veterinary Education Committee as if it were a body constituted by Statute.
Under the River Cam Conservancy Act 1922 three of the thirteen Conservators are appointed by the Council in the Michaelmas Term of every third year to hold office for three years from 1 January following their appointment.6
The representative of the University in its capacity of Ordinary Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities shall be the Vice-Chancellor, ex officio.
1. In accordance with the Article of Agreement made between the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, the National Library of Scotland, and Trinity College, Dublin, on 26 October 1979, and as subsequently amended, for the management of the Agency for the Legal Deposit Libraries which is maintained jointly for the purposes of the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003, the University of Cambridge shall administer the Agency on behalf of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Cambridge University Library, the National Library of Scotland, the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, and the National Library of Wales.
2. Subject to the provisions of the Article of Agreement concerning the joint formulation of general policies for the Agency, and on the basis that the costs of the Agency that are common to the five libraries shall be equally shared among the five libraries, the University shall be responsible for employing the staff of the Agency, for maintaining its accounts, and generally for doing all such things as, in its opinion, are necessary and expedient for the management of the Agency.
3. The responsibilities described in Regulation 2 shall be discharged by the University Librarian acting under the direction of the Library Syndicate.
4. The staff employed at the Agency shall not have the status of University officer or University assistant.
1. In accordance with By-law 17 of the Marine Biological Association the University of Cambridge shall become a Governor of the said Association, and shall acquire the perpetual right of nominating annually one member of the Council of the Association to serve for one year, from the annual meeting in one year to that in the following year.
2. The representative of the University of Cambridge on the Council of the Marine Biological Association shall be appointed by the Council of the University on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Biology in the Lent Term to serve for one year from the date of the annual meeting of the Association next following; but it shall be open to the University at any time to modify this arrangement.
3. The University's right of nomination to a table at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association at Plymouth shall be exercised by the Faculty Board of Biology, who may nominate either a member of the University or, if no suitable member of the University has applied, some other suitable person.
These Trusts are established under the terms of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, which has now been superseded by the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003, and came into existence on or after 1 April 1993. The Trusts have a significant teaching commitment within the meaning of paragraph 3(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act as a result of which one of the non-executive Directors of each Trust is appointed from the University.
Where there is provision in regulations made by the Department of Health in the exercise of powers under the National Health Service Act 1977, as amended by the Health Services Act 1980, for the nomination by the University of members of Advisory Appointments Committees for appointments in the National Health Service, such nominations shall be made by the Regius Professor of Physic or a deputy appointed by the Professor.
Two members of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons who may in accordance with the provisions of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1948 be appointed by the University shall be appointed by the Council of the University. One of the two members shall be appointed on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine.
There shall be two Superannuation Schemes: the Universities Superannuation Scheme as provided in the special regulations for the Scheme and as detailed in the rules of the Scheme,7 and the Federated Superannuation System for Universities Superannuation Scheme as provided in the special regulations for the Scheme.8
1. Subject to the provisions of Rule 5 of the Scheme, the following shall be eligible for membership of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS):
2. The following shall not normally be eligible for membership of the Universities Superannuation Scheme:
3. Contributions to be paid by members of the Scheme shall be deducted from their stipends.
4. The Scheme may be so altered from time to time, without the authority of a Grace, as to keep it in harmony with the Scheme as amended from time to time by Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited.
1. The sum bequeathed to the University by the late Reverend Henry Latham, Master of Trinity Hall, shall form a fund to be called the Latham Pension Fund, hereinafter referred to as the Fund.
2. The capital of the Fund shall be invested in the names of the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge in such manner as the Finance Committee of the Council may from time to time direct.
3. Occasional or annual grants may from time to time be made from the Fund by the Council to members of the University who have been engaged in University or College work and have become incapacitated by age or infirmity, or to wives and children of members of the University who have been so engaged and have died without making sufficient provision for their families. Applications for such grants should be sent to the Vice-Chancellor.
4. The accounts of the Fund shall be published annually in the University Accounts.
5. If in any year the whole income of the Fund is not expended the excess of income over expenditure may at the discretion of the Finance Committee of the Council either be carried on to the next year or be invested as an increase of the capital of the Fund.
6. Any sums of money bequeathed or given for the augmentation of the Fund shall be added to the capital of the Fund.
7. These regulations shall be subject to alteration by Ordinance provided that the regulations shall always be in accordance with the provisions of Mr Latham's will.9
1. The University Marshal shall be appointed by the Council in accordance with the regulations for employment by the University.
2. It shall be the duty of the University Marshal to attend on the Vice-Chancellor on ceremonial occasions and to carry out the Vice-Chancellor's orders.
The University of Cambridge is committed in its pursuit of academic excellence to equality of opportunity and to a pro-active and inclusive approach to equality, which supports and encourages all under-represented groups, promotes an inclusive culture, and values diversity.
The University is therefore committed to a policy and practice which require that, for students, admission to the University and progression within undergraduate and graduate studies, will be determined only by personal merit and by performance. For staff, entry into employment with the University and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and by the application of criteria which are related to the duties and conditions of each particular post and the needs of the institution concerned.
Subject to statutory provisions no applicant for admission as a student, or for a staff appointment, or student, or member of staff, will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of sex (including gender reassignment), marital or parental status, race, ethnic or national origin, colour, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or age. For students, ability to meet the requirements of the selection criteria for competitive admission and for staff, ability to perform the job, will be the primary consideration.
If any person admitted as a student or appointed as an employee considers that he or she is suffering from unequal treatment on any of the above grounds in his or her admission, appointment, or progression through the University, he or she may make a complaint, which will be dealt with through the agreed procedures for complaints or grievances or the procedures for dealing with bullying and harassment, as appropriate.
The University will take active steps to promote good practice. In particular it will:
Promote equality of opportunity
Promote good relations between people of different racial groups, between women and men, and between disabled and non-disabled people
Have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination on grounds of race, sex, disability, and all other grounds set out in the statement on equal opportunities
Subject its policies to continuous assessment in order to examine how they affect all under-represented groups, especially ethnic minority students and staff, women, and disabled students and staff, and to identify whether its policies help to achieve equality of opportunity for all these groups, or whether they have an adverse impact
Monitor the recruitment and progress of all students and staff, paying particular attention to the recruitment and progress of ethnic minority students and staff, women, and disabled students and staff
Promote an inclusive culture, good practice in teaching, learning, and assessment, and good management practice, through the development of codes of best practice, policies, and training.
Take positive action wherever possible to support this policy and its aims
Publish this policy widely amongst staff and students, together with policy assessments and results of monitoring
The University will meet all statutory obligations under relevant legislation and, where appropriate, anticipate future legal requirements signalled under EU Directives. The University's policy is guided by:
Equal Pay Act (1970)
Sex Discrimination Act (1975)
Race Relations Act (1976)
Disability Discrimination Act (1995)
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (2001)
Human Rights Act (1998)
Race Relations (Amendment) Act (2000)
EU Equal Treatment Framework Directive (2000/78)
and, in addition, the Codes of Practice issued by the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality, together with the Codes of Practice on Disability and Age Diversity. These Codes are not legally binding (though they are admissible as evidence in Employment Tribunals) and the University supports them fully.
The policy will be amended as appropriate to meet the demands of future legislation.
Further guidance will be issued on the general duty under the RR(A)A to:
Have due regard to the need to eliminate racial discrimination
Promote equality of opportunity and good race relations
and on the specific duties under the RR(A)A to:
Assess the impact of policies on ethnic minority students and staff
Monitor the recruitment and progress of ethnic minority students and staff
Set out arrangements for publishing the results of impact assessments and monitoring
The University is committed, in its pursuit of academic excellence to equality of opportunity and to a pro-active and inclusive approach to equality, which supports and encourages all under-represented groups, promotes an inclusive culture, and values diversity. This commitment is underpinned by the University’s core values, expressed in its mission statement:
freedom of thought and expression,
freedom from discrimination.
The University is therefore committed to promoting disability equality, seeking to eliminate disability discrimination, and promoting the new positive statutory duty for disability (which came into force in December 2006). In pursuit of these goals the University will:
The University will fulfil these duties in relation to all aspects of its work, namely governance, leadership, and management; research and scholarship; student admissions, access, and widening participation; assessment and academic progress; teaching and learning, including curriculum design and delivery; provision and access to support services; staff recruitment, selection, training, career development, and progression; conduct; partnerships and community links. These are functions directly affecting staff and students at work and study.
The University recognizes that all areas of its activities are interconnected and interdependent. Thus all members of the University and all staff share a collective responsibility for these functions, according to their individual roles and responsibilities, and all are expected to have due regard to the duties and goals set out above. The Council and the General Board have a particular responsibility in relation to all these functions, on behalf of the Regent House and the University. Those in leadership and other senior roles, such as heads of institutions, also have special responsibility for many of these functions.
The University is committed, in its pursuit of academic excellence, to equality of opportunity and to a pro-active and inclusive approach to equality, which supports and encourages all under-represented groups, promotes an inclusive culture, and values diversity. This commitment is underpinned by the University’s core values, expressed in its mission statement:
freedom of thought and expression;
freedom from discrimination.
The University is therefore committed to promoting gender equality, seeking to eliminate sex discrimination, and promoting the positive statutory duty for gender. In order to fulfil its duty the University will have due regard to the need:
to eliminate discrimination and harassment;
to promote equality of opportunity between men and women.
The University will fulfil these requirements in relation to all aspects of its work, namely governance, leadership, and management; research and scholarship; student admissions, access, and widening participation; assessment and academic progress; teaching and learning, including curriculum design and delivery; provision and access to support services; staff recruitment, selection, training, career development, and progression; conduct; partnerships and community links. These are functions directly affecting staff and students at work and study.
The University recognizes that all areas of its activities are interconnected and interdependent. Thus all members of the University and all staff share a collective responsibility for these functions, according to their individual roles and responsibilities, and all are expected to have due regard to the duties and goals set out above. The Council and the General Board have a particular responsibility in relation to all these functions, on behalf of the Regent House and the University. Those in leadership and other senior roles, such as heads of institutions, also have special responsibility for many of these functions.
The equal opportunities policy states that the University is committed in its pursuit of academic excellence to equality of opportunity and to a pro-active and inclusive approach to equality, which supports and encourages all under-represented groups, promotes an inclusive culture, and values diversity. This commitment is underpinned by the University's core values, expressed in its mission statement:
The University is therefore committed to promoting racial equality, seeking to eliminate racial discrimination and promoting good relations between people of different racial groups. In pursuit of these goals the University will:
The University will fulfil these duties in relation to: governance, leadership, and management; student admissions, access, and participation; assessment and academic progress; teaching and learning, including curriculum design and delivery; provision and access to support services; staff recruitment, selection, training, career development, and progression; behaviour and discipline; partnerships and community links. These are functions which directly affect staff and students at work and study.
The University recognizes that all areas of its activities are interconnected and interdependent. Thus all members of the University and all staff share a collective responsibility for these functions, according to their individual roles and responsibilities, and all are expected to have due regard to the duties and goals set out above. The Council and the General Board have a particular responsibility in relation to all these functions, on behalf of the Regent House and the University. Those in leadership and other senior roles, such as heads of institutions, also have special responsibility for many of these functions.
The University’s core values are freedom of thought and expression and freedom from discrimination. It therefore respects religious or philosophical beliefs of all kinds, including the lack of religion or belief. It also respects the right of all members of its community to discuss and debate freely issues of religion, belief, and philosophy. So far as is practicable the University will attempt to accommodate requests for adjustments to accommodate religious observance.
The Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003 prohibit discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief in employment and in vocational education. The Regulations define religion and belief as including any religion, religious belief or similar philosophical belief; the Equality Act 2006 extends the definition to make it clear that a reference to religion includes lack of religion or belief. The Equality Act also extends the prohibition of discrimination to the provision of goods and services, and therefore to accommodation, catering, etc. provided to students or the general public. The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 makes it unlawful to stir up hatred on racial or religious grounds. However, the law does not prohibit discussion or criticism of religion.
Discrimination can be direct (i.e. treating someone less favourably because of her or his religion or belief or non-belief) or indirect (i.e. applying a provision, criterion or practice which would put a person of a particular faith at a disadvantage compared to others and which is not a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim). Discrimination also includes harassment of somebody on account of their religion or belief or victimization for having taken action to combat discrimination.
(Covering flexible working arrangements for periods of more than three months)
1. This policy on flexible working arrangements for University staff has been developed bearing in mind the University's commitment to equality of opportunity (in particular that of appointment on the basis of merit) and with the intention of helping members of staff to balance their commitments and interests outside work with their contractual duties and responsibilities. It is recognized that being able to offer flexibility in working arrangements may assist members of staff to return to work after a period of absence or to continue in work or to adjust to retirement.
2. This policy complies with national legislation, including the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, and the Flexible Working Regulations 2002. Staff working flexibly will be valued and respected in the same way as full-time staff. In addition, their contractual benefits will be the same, on a pro-rata basis if working less than full-time, as full-time staff engaged on the same type of contract and performing the same or similar work, unless objectively justifiable.
3. Flexible arrangements offered to members of staff under this policy cover a wide range of different arrangements including part-time or term-time working, job share, compressed or annual hours, staggered hours or flexitime. At all times, the arrangements that are agreed will attempt to balance the needs of the member of staff with the work to be carried out and should be in the interests of the institution10 concerned. Some of these arrangements will be of a permanent nature and, where appropriate, will fulfil the University's obligations under the Flexible Working Regulations. Others will be of a temporary nature, to accommodate a member of staff's need for an adjustment of their working arrangements to balance commitments outside work. However, flexible working arrangements will not be agreed where a member of staff wishes to ‘try out’ employment offers outside the University. In addition, applications to work flexibly will not normally be considered where the member of staff would be undertaking other remunerative employment outside the University.
4. This policy also applies to staff wishing to apply to work flexibly for a limited period in certain circumstances such as:
– career break (for officers and comparable appointments) and family leave (for assistant staff);
– graduated return from maternity or sick leave.
(Study and research leave are covered by separate arrangements outside the scope of this policy.)
5. Details of these schemes are given in the Staff Guide for Academic and Academic-Related Staff and the Assistant Staff Handbook, which can be found, together with more detailed procedural information on these schemes, on the Human Resources Division website (www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/). In all cases, the temporary arrangements must be to the institution's as well as the individual's benefit and the timescales must be clearly defined.
6. Statutory rights to temporary leave, such as maternity, parental, emergency, paternity, and adoption are covered by separate arrangements outside the scope of this policy. Details of relevant policies, notes of guidance, and forms are available on the Human Resources Division website (www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/policy/).
7. In addition to giving serious consideration to any request to work flexibly, Heads of institutions11 and all those responsible for appointing staff are encouraged to consider routinely how certain duties in their department could be covered on a part-time basis, or divided up in different ways when reviewing a job vacancy or assessing the workload of the department or of an individual job.
1. This policy applies to all staff, regardless of length of service, who request flexibility in their working arrangements for a period of time of longer than three months.
2. Requests to work flexibly for periods of less than three months, for example for compassionate reasons or as a graduated return from sick leave, should be reviewed with the member of staff and agreed locally by the Head of institution or comparable authority, in accordance with guidance given by the Human Resources Division.
In the light of the new right from 6 April 2007 under the Work and Families Act 2006 for adult carers to make requests to work flexibly under the Flexible Working (Amendment) Regulations 2006, the Council and the General Board give notice of the existing, more favourable University flexible working policy applicable to all employees (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/policy/flexible/policy.html).
Further details on other family-related leave provisions, including paternity, adoption, parental, and emergency leave, are available on the University’s website (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/policy/).
The Council and the General Board have approved the framework Staff Review and Development Scheme covering all staff which is set out below. Guidance on aspects of the Scheme is issued by the Human Resources Division, who will periodically review the effectiveness of these arrangements, in consultation with the Heads of institutions.
1. The purpose of the Scheme shall be to enhance work effectiveness and facilitate career development. The framework gives institutions the flexibility to adapt their own local schemes.
2. The underlying objectives of the process shall be as set out below. The Scheme involves discussing ways in which the member of staff's work can be developed and ways in which any difficulties or obstacles to progress can be removed. It will ensure that staff are clear about their responsibilities and have a formal regular opportunity (at least every two years) to discuss any help they may need in meeting them.
3. Institutions shall specify in their schemes the preparatory documentation to be supplied by a member of staff being reviewed, how both parties should prepare for the meeting, and how the action plan is recorded afterwards. Their scheme should cover the key stages in the Staff Review and Development process of planning, discussion, and recording, as set out below, and be submitted through the Human Resources Division for approval on behalf of the competent authority.
4. Accountability and responsibility for the operation of the Scheme will rest with each institution. The Head of each institution shall be responsible for co-ordinating the procedure before and after each cycle of reviews.
5. The competent authority shall make such changes in the procedure as they consider necessary in the interest of efficient operation.
The University SRD Scheme is designed to incorporate and extend the objectives set out in the CVCP/AUT agreement of 1987 and the subsequent agreements between the CVCP and MSF and Unison. It is intended to:
• provide an opportunity for reviewing in a positive and constructive way the work of an individual member of staff and how this has been carried out;
• ensure that the individual's contribution to the institution is recognized and to agree specific objectives for the forthcoming review period;
• provide a means of balancing the ambitions and personal needs of the individual with the overall objectives of the institution and university as a whole;
• provide opportunities for the discussion of training needs for the current role and any development for future career opportunities;
• allow for the identification and discussion of difficulties or obstacles which hamper effectiveness.
At the University of Cambridge we aim through the process to:
• provide an opportunity for positive and constructive two-way review of work progress;
• allow agreement of an action plan;
• provide for discussion of training needs for the member of staff's current role and career development;
• allow for identification and discussion of difficulties or obstacles to effectiveness;
• provide a way of balancing personal needs and ambitions with the University's overall objectives.
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Stage one: Preparation (a) Planning Preparing for the discussion |
A confidential review of the previous period and planning for the next period of review. |
The member of staff concerned completes a preparatory review of progress. The reviewer plans for the discussion by completing a similar review of the member of staff's progress. Also, the reviewer specifies what documents the member of staff needs to bring to the review meeting and gathers together information on the University's and institution's objectives. |
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(b) Agenda Setting the agenda for the meeting |
Both the reviewer and member of staff list what they would like to discuss at the meeting. |
The member of staff identifies issues that he or she would like to discuss with the reviewer and lists them. This list may be passed to the reviewer to add additional items that he/she would like to raise, photocopy, and return it to the member of staff. |
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Stage two: Discussion A review meeting takes place |
Reviewer and member of staff discuss the member of staff's progress over the review period, training and development needs, and agree on action plan for the future. |
(1)The formal framework for the meeting is in accordance with the institution's scheme. (2)A constructive, two-way open discussion takes (3)Actions resulting from the review are agreed, to be recorded after the meeting. |
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Stage three: Recording (a) Outcomes Recording the decisions and outcomes from the meeting |
The discussion and/or the decisions are recorded, including action plans and training needs. These remain confidential to the member of staff concerned and reviewer (and the Head of institution if specified in the institution's scheme). |
(1)The documents may be completed by either party so long as they are seen and signed by both. They may be signed by the Head of institution (or his/her nominated representative if the Head is not the reviewer) if this is specified in the institution's scheme. (2)Both the member of staff and the reviewer are given copies of the completed documents. (3)Staff Development Unit may be given a copy of the individual statement of agreed training and development outcomes, if this has been agreed with the member of staff. |
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There are additional processes which may take place at institutional level: |
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(b) Summary Listing and analysing the overall institutional needs |
Reviewers draw together the issues identified in individual reviews. |
Each reviewer produces a summary of the generic issues identified in the review he or she has completed, and passes them to the Head of institution or his/her nominated representative, with suggestions for overcoming them. (This summary must be anonymous and must not refer explicitly or implicitly to any members of staff.) |
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(c) Institutional response Producing an institutional summary |
The Head of institution confirms that the process is completed and identifies any training needs requiring central action. |
Head or designated person co-ordinates all reviewer summaries to produce an overall institutional summary. This may be discussed at a meeting of all reviewers and fed back to staff generally to let them know in summary what issues have emerged and what steps are being taken to address them. Staff Development Unit may be informed of some generic training needs so that it can assist in meeting them and also so that the Unit can plan future University training activity appropriately. |
1. In the regulations for employment by the University unless the context shall require otherwise:
2. Every person employed by the University, unless he or she is a University officer or belongs to one of the classes of persons specified in the Schedule to these general regulations, shall have the status of University assistant. The Council, after consultation with the University and Assistants Joint Board, shall have power to amend the Schedule of classes of persons excluded from the status of University assistant.
3. The Council, after consultation with the University and Assistants Joint Board, shall from time to time publish Rules12 governing the terms and conditions of employment of University assistants.
4. The terms and conditions of employment of University assistants published under Regulation 3 shall be administered by the Council in consultation with the General Board. The terms and conditions of employment of a person excluded from the status of University assistant13 shall be determined by the authority under whose supervision the institution in which he or she is employed is placed.
5. The competent authority shall, after consultation with the Head of the institution concerned, prescribe for each institution in which University assistants are employed a maximum number of assistants who may be employed in each of the several categories specified in the Schedule published in accordance with Regulation 3; and they shall be empowered to specify conditions relating to the continuance, amendment, or administration of any such establishment so prescribed.
6. Any proposal relating to the appointment, within the limits of the establishment prescribed under Regulation 5, of a person as a University assistant, shall be made by the Head of the institution concerned. Every appointment, together with the terms and conditions proposed for that appointment by the Head of the institution concerned, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Rules and Schedules published under Regulation 3 and shall require the approval of the competent authority. Every person to be appointed as a University assistant shall be informed in writing of the terms and conditions of appointment as so approved. No such appointment shall be valid until the appointment has been approved by the competent authority and until the terms and conditions of the appointment have been accepted in writing by the person to whom the appointment is offered.
7. The Council in consultation with the General Board shall have power to arrange or approve schemes or courses of training for University assistants and to determine, in consultation with Heads of institutions, conditions governing the release of assistants from duty in order to undertake training. The competent authorities shall also have power to meet, in whole or in part, expenses incurred by assistants in connection with their training.
8. If an assistant is required to occupy an official residence, his or her occupancy shall be in accordance with the provisions of the regulation for official residences and shall be subject to terms and conditions determined thereunder in consultation with the competent authority.
1. There is and shall be a fund established under the authority of the Oxford and Cambridge Act 1923 under the name of the Contributory Pension Scheme for the purpose of providing, under the rules of the Scheme,14 pensions, grants, and allowances to such assistants and other persons employed by the University of Cambridge, or by an associated Employer, as are members of the Scheme.
2. The Trustee of the Scheme shall be CU Pension Trustee Ltd acting through a Managing Committee appointed in accordance with the rules of the Scheme and shall hold the Fund on trust to apply it in accordance with the provisions of the Scheme.
3. Subject to the provisions of Rule 43 {eligibility and admission} of the Scheme, the following shall be eligible for membership of the Contributory Pension Scheme, provided that their contract of employment with the University, or other Employer, is for a period of not less than one year:
4. Contributions to be paid by members of the Scheme shall be deducted from their salaries.
5. Subject to the restrictions contained in Rule 5 {amendment} and in Schedule 2 to the Rules {contracting-out}, the Scheme may be altered from time to time without the authority of a Grace in order to ensure its continued approval by the Pension Schemes Office and by the National Insurance Contributions Office of the Inland Revenue or any bodies which succeed either of them. Such alterations shall be published in the Reporter.
1. The fee for each degree, other than degrees for which the fees are included in a University Composition Fee, is specified in the regulations for the particular degree.
2. The fee for admission to any degree by incorporation shall be £5.
3. The fee for any examination not included in a University Composition Fee shall be as specified in the regulations for the particular examination.
An unmatriculated student who takes any University examination before coming into residence shall pay a fee of £3 in respect of each such examination.
4. A fine of £5 shall be incurred by a candidate whose entry for any University Studentship, Scholarship, Exhibition, Prize, or Medal is received late, but who is nevertheless admitted to the examination or competition.
5. The Registrary shall inform the several Colleges of any fees and fines that may be due in respect of their members under these regulations. Candidates for any examination who are not entered by a College shall themselves send any fee that may be due to the Registrary when sending in their names; they shall not be admitted to the examination unless the fee and any fine or fines that they may have incurred have been paid.
6. The proper fee, if any, and any fine or fines that may have been incurred must be paid in respect of every candidate whose name has been entered for an examination and whose withdrawal has not been received at the Registry by the latest day prescribed for the receipt of entries. Nevertheless, the Council may in case of hardship remit the whole or part of any fee or fine incurred in connection with candidature for an examination or competition or degree. Applications for such remission must be sent to the Registrary without delay. An application made on grounds of illness should be accompanied, if possible, by a certificate signed by a medical practitioner.
7. Except where it is otherwise provided in any particular regulations all fees and fines payable under Ordinance shall be paid to the Treasurer.
1. Except as provided otherwise in the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student, a matriculated student who is pursuing a course leading to a qualification specified in the following regulations or a Graduate Student not registered as a candidate for any qualification shall pay a University Composition Fee, at the rate specified in Regulation 10, as follows:
2. In addition to the requirements of Regulation 1, a matriculated student pursuing a course leading to one of the following examinations or qualifications shall pay the University Composition Fee at the appropriate rate prescribed for any term or terms in which, as part of the arrangements for the course, he or she has not been in residence:
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos
Chemical Engineering Tripos
Education Tripos
Engineering Tripos
Manufacturing Engineering Tripos
Mathematical Tripos
Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos
Natural Sciences Tripos
Oriental Studies Tripos
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
Final M.B. Examination for the M.B., B.Chir. Degrees (if a student pursues his or her clinical studies in the University)
Bachelor of Theology for Ministry
Doctor of Engineering
3. Payment of a University Composition Fee under these regulations shall entitle a matriculated student without additional fee
4. In addition to paying a University Composition Fee a student shall be liable to pay
5. A member of the University who is not liable to pay a University Composition Fee under Regulation 1 or 2 of these regulations and for whom no provision is made in any other regulation, but who has been given permission by the General Board to attend a course of instruction, shall pay a fee of such amount for each term or year as shall be determined by the General Board from time to time; provided that a graduate of the University who is not reading for a University examination may attend without payment any lectures announced in the Reporter by a Faculty Board with the approval of the General Board as being available to such a person.
6. A candidate who has at no time paid one of the University Composition Fees prescribed in these regulations or in any other regulations for University Composition Fees shall pay a fee of £5 for admission to each degree.
7. The Council shall have power
8. The Board of Graduate Studies shall have power
9. Overseas students shall be as defined in the Appendix to these regulations, and all students thereby excluded from that category shall be home students.
10. Subject to the provisions of Regulations 11 and 12, University Composition Fees shall be payable at the rates shown in the tables to these regulations, according to students’ status as home or overseas students15 and according to their subject of study16 and prior qualifications. A student who is dissatisfied with her or his categorization for the purposes of University Composition Fees shall proceed under the Student Complaints Procedure17 and, for the purpose of that Procedure, the matter complained of shall be taken to have occurred at the time of commencement of the course of study.
11. The Board of Graduate Studies shall have power to vary the category of a particular Graduate Student in consideration of the facilities required by the student in pursuing his or her course of study.
12. With effect from 1 August 2006, the rate of University Composition Fees charged to home and EU undergraduate students beginning courses on or after that date, shall be the amount determined by the Secretary of State as the higher amount under Part 3 of the Higher Education Act 2004, subject to the approval of the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education; failing which the basic amount determined under the Act; provided that
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Annual Fee (£) |
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|
|
Home students |
|
Overseas students |
||
|
|
Channel |
|
|||
|
|
Home and EU |
Islands and |
|||
|
|
students |
Isle of Man |
|||
|
|
(2009–10) |
(2009–10) |
(2009–10) |
(2010–11) |
|
|
B.A. Degree: Students commencing in 2006–07 or later years: |
|||||
|
Courses leading to Tripos, Preliminary, or |
|||||
|
Ordinary Examinations in |
|||||
|
Group 1 |
|||||
|
Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Archaeology and Anthropology |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Oriental Studies) |
|||||
|
In Cambridge |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Abroad |
1,610 |
1,610 |
1,610 |
||
|
Classics |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Economics |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Education |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Education Studies |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
English |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
History |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
History of Art |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Land Economy |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Law |
|||||
|
In Cambridge |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Abroad |
1,610 |
1,610 |
1,610 |
||
|
Linguistics |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Modern and Medieval Languages |
|||||
|
In Cambridge |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Abroad |
1,610 |
1,610 |
1,610 |
||
|
Philosophy |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Social and Political Sciences (Politics, |
|||||
|
Psychology, and Sociology) |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Theological and Religious Studies |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
Group 2 |
|||||
|
Mathematics |
3,225 |
8,240 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
Group 3 |
|||||
|
Architecture |
3,225 |
8,240 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
Geography |
3,225 |
8,240 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
Music |
3,225 |
8,240 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
Group 4 |
|||||
|
Chemical Engineering |
3,225 |
10,498 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
Computer Science |
3,225 |
10,498 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
Engineering |
3,225 |
10,498 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
Management Studies |
3,225 |
10,498 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
Manufacturing Engineering |
3,225 |
10,498 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
Medical and Veterinary Sciences (including for this purpose the Second M.B. and Second Vet.M.B. Examinations) |
3,225 |
10,498 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
Natural Sciences |
3,225 |
10,498 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
B.Th. Degree |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
Mus.B. Degree |
3,225 |
8,240 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
Medical and Veterinary Degrees: M.B., |
3,225 |
23,479 |
23,631 |
26,028 |
|
|
B.Chir. Degrees, Vet.M.B. Degree19 |
|||||
|
|
|||||
|
M.Eng. Degree and M.Sci. Degree |
3,225 |
10,498 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
〈M.Math. Degree |
3,225 |
8,240 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
M.A.St. Degree: Courses leading to examinations in |
|||||
|
Materials Science |
3,225 |
10,498 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
Mathematics |
3,225 |
8,240 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Physics |
3,225 |
10,498 |
12,768 |
14,073〉20 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
Certificates |
|||||
|
Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics |
3,225 |
8,240 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Certificate in Humanities Computing for Languages |
3,225 |
10,498 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
Certificate in Modern Languages |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Postgraduate Certificate in Education |
3,225 |
8,240 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
Diplomas |
|||||
|
Group 1 |
|||||
|
Modern Languages |
3,225 |
6,547 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
Qualification |
Annual Fee (£) |
||
|
|
Home/EU/Channel Isles/Isle of Man students |
Overseas students |
|
|
|
(2009–10) |
(2009–10) |
(2010–11) |
|
Certificates of Postgraduate Study |
|
||
|
Group 1 |
|||
|
Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Economics |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
English |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
History |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
International Relations |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Legal Studies |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Theology and Religious Studies |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
|||
|
Group 2 |
|||
|
Chemical Engineering |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Computer Science |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Engineering |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Natural Science |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
|||
|
Diplomas |
|||
|
Group 2 |
|||
|
Theology and Religious Studies |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
|||
|
Group 3 |
|||
|
Economics |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
International Law |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Legal Studies |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
|
|||
|
Group 4 |
|||
|
Conservation of Easel Paintings |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Management Studies |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
LL.M. Degree |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
|
|||
|
M.Phil. Degree:21 Courses leading to examinations in |
|||
|
Group 1 |
|||
|
American Literature |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Architecture |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Chinese Studies (2 years full time) |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Classics |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
English and Applied Linguistics |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
English Studies |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Ethnomusicology |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
European Literature and Culture |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Geographical Research |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
History of Art and Architecture |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Linguistics |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Medieval and Renaissance Literature |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Musical Composition |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Musicology |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Philosophy |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Polar Studies |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Russian Studies |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Screen Media and Cultures |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Statistical Science |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Theology and Religious Studies |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
|||
|
Group 2 |
|||
|
Modern South Asian Studies |
4,389 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
|||
|
Group 2A |
|||
|
Archaeology |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Archaeological Research |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Assyriology |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Criminological Research |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Criminology |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Development Studies |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Early Modern History |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Economic and Social History |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Education |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Egyptology |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Environmental Policy |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Historical Studies |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science, Technology, and Medicine |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
International Relations |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Land Economy |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Land Economy Research |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Latin-American Studies |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Medieval History |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Modern European History |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Modern Society and Global Transformations |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Planning, Growth, and Regeneration |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Political Thought and Intellectual History |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Politics |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Social and Developmental Psychology |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Social Anthropological Analysis |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
Social Anthropological Research |
4,389 |
10,746 |
11,850 |
|
|
|||
|
Group 3 |
|||
|
Advanced Chemical Engineering |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Advanced Computer Science |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Biological Science |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Bioscience Enterprise |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Biotechnology |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Chemistry |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Computational Biology |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Computer Speech, Text, and Internet Technology |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Conservation of Natural Science Materials |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Developmental Biology |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Earth Sciences |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Engineering |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Engineering for Sustainable Development |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Environment, Society, and Development |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Environmental Design in Architecture |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Environmental Science |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Epidemiology |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Financial Research |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Fluid Flow in Industry and the Environment |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Industrial Systems, Manufacturing, and Management |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Innovation, Strategy, and Organization |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Management Research |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Management Science and Operations |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Medical Sciences |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Physics |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Public Health |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Quaternary Science |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Translational Medicine and Therapeutics |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Veterinary Science |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
|||
|
Group 3A |
|||
|
Applied Biological Anthropology |
4,389 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Biological Anthropological Science |
4,389 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Human Evolutionary Biology |
4,389 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Real Estate Finance |
4,389 |
10,746 |
14,073 |
|
|
|||
|
Group 4 |
|||
|
Economics |
7,386 |
13,350 |
14,715 |
|
Finance |
7,386 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Management |
12,768 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Technology Policy |
12,768 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
|||
|
M.Ed. Degree |
1,815 |
4,872 |
|
|
|
|||
|
Eng.D. Degree |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
|||
|
Ph.D., M.Sc., and M.Litt. Degrees: Courses leading to examinations in22 |
|||
|
Group 1 |
|||
|
Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Archaeology |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Classics |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Criminology |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Economics |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Education |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
English |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
History |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
History of Art |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Land Economy |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Law |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Mathematical Statistics |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Mathematics |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Modern and Medieval Languages |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Music |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Philosophy |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Social and Political Sciences |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Social Anthropology |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
Theological and Religious Studies |
3,390 |
9,747 |
10,752 |
|
|
|||
|
Group 2 |
|||
|
Architecture |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Biological Anthropology |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Chemical Engineering |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Computer Science |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Engineering |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Geography |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Management Studies |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
Natural Sciences |
3,390 |
12,768 |
14,073 |
|
|
|||
|
Group 3 |
|||
|
Clinical Medicine |
3,390 |
23,631 |
26,025 |
|
Veterinary Medicine |
3,390 |
23,631 |
26,025 |
|
M.B.A. Degree |
Annual fees (£) depending on length of course (all students) (2009–10) |
|
|
One term in residence |
|
12,000 |
|
Two terms in residence |
|
22,300 |
|
Three terms in residence |
|
33,000 |
|
Executive course |
1st year |
29,240 |
|
|
2nd year |
13,760 |
|
|
||
|
M.Fin. Degree |
Annual fee (£) (all students) (2009–10) |
|
|
|
31,500 |
|
|
M.St. Degree: two-year part-time courses in |
Annual fee (£) |
|
|
|
Home/EU/Island students |
Overseas students |
|
Applied Criminology, Penology, and Management |
||
|
Course commencing in January 2009 |
2,735 |
2,735 |
|
Course commencing in January 2010 |
3,635 |
3,635 |
|
|
||
|
Applied Criminology and Police Management |
||
|
Course commencing in January 2009 |
3,635 |
3,635 |
|
Course commencing in January 2010 |
3,635 |
3,635 |
|
|
||
|
Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment |
||
|
Course commencing in September 2008 |
5,050 |
5,050 |
|
Course commencing in September 2009 |
5,050 |
5,050 |
|
|
||
|
International Relations |
||
|
Course commencing in September 2007 |
7,875 |
11,550 |
|
Course commencing in September 2009 |
8,250 |
12,150 |
|
|
||
|
Jewish-Christian Relations |
||
|
Course commencing in September 2008 |
1,950 |
1,950 |
|
Course commencing in September 2009 |
1,950 |
1,950 |
|
|
||
|
Local and Regional History |
||
|
Course commencing in September 2007 |
2,342 |
2,342 |
|
Course commencing in September 2009 |
2,475 |
5,081 |
|
|
||
|
Manufacturing23 |
10,500 |
10,500 |
|
|
||
|
Modernism |
||
|
Course commencing in September 2007 |
2,970 |
2,970 |
|
Course commencing in September 2009 |
2,970 |
2,970 |
|
|
||
|
Social Enterprise and Community Development |
||
|
Course commencing in September 2007 |
3,500 |
7,250 (second |
|
|
year: 6,500) |
|
|
Course commencing in September 2009 |
3,500 |
7,250 |
Table 2A: Continuing students
The following rates shall apply to undergraduate student members of the University who started a relevant course before 1 September 2006 or who had deferred entry to the course from an earlier year (continuing students)
|
|
Home and EU |
Channel Islands and |
|
|
students |
Isle of Man |
|
Continuing students: |
Annual fee (£) |
Annual fee (£) |
|
B.A. Degree: |
(2009–10) |
(2009–10) |
|
Group 1 |
1,285 |
5,269 |
|
Group 2 and 3 |
1,285 |
6,850 |
|
Group 4 |
1,285 |
8,958 |
|
Year abroad fees (Oriental Studies, Law, |
640 |
640 |
|
Modern and Medieval Languages)24 |
||
|
|
||
|
B.Th. Degree |
1,285 |
5,269 |
|
|
||
|
Medical and Veterinary Degrees: M.B., B.Chir. Degrees, |
1,285 |
21,077 |
|
Vet.M.B. Degree25 |
||
|
|
||
|
M.Eng. Degree and M.Sci. Degree |
1,285 |
8,958 |
|
|
||
|
Mus.B. Degree |
1,285 |
6,850 |
|
|
||
|
Certificate in Humanities Computing for Languages |
1,285 |
8,958 |
Table 2B: ELQ students
The following rates shall apply to students commencing a course in 2009–10 or later years leading to a qualification (other than the course in Medical and Veterinary Sciences leading to the B.A. Degree, as defined in the regulations, or courses in Architecture or the Postgraduate Certificate in Education) which is equivalent to, or at a lower level than, a qualification they possessed when they began their course (ELQ students).
|
Home and EU undergraduate other than Channel Islands and |
Annual fee (£) |
|
|
Isle of Man: |
(2009–10) |
|
|
ELQ students: |
|
|
|
B.A. Degree: |
|
|
|
Groups 1–4 |
6,501 |
|
|
Year abroad fees (Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Law, |
3,249 |
|
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Modern and Medieval Languages)24 |
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Table 2C: Co-funded students
The following rates shall apply to students commencing a course in 2009–10 or later years, which is equivalent to, or at a lower level than, a qualification they possessed when they began their course and for whom the University receives part-funding (co-funded students).
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Home and EU undergraduate other than Channel Islands and |
Annual fee (£) |
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Isle of Man: |
(2009–10) |
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Co-funded students: |
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B.A. Degree: |
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Groups 1–4 |
3,225 |
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Year abroad fees (Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Law, |
1,610 |
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Modern and Medieval Languages)24 |
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B.Th. Degree: |
3,225 |
An overseas student is a person to whom the University may lawfully charge higher fees than persons not so categorized by virtue of the provisions of the Education (Fees and Awards) (England) Regulations, as they may be amended from time to time.26
1. The Registrary shall issue a degree certificate free of charge to every person proceeding to a degree, but a fee of £4 shall be charged by the Registrary for issuing a copy of a degree certificate or a copy of a Diploma or Certificate.
2. The Registrary may issue on request a degree certificate of an alternative design, bearing the arms of the University printed in colour; a fee shall be charged for such a certificate, of such sum as shall be determined from time to time by the Council.
3. The Registrary may issue certificates attesting matriculation, or the passing of any examination, or the class obtained by a candidate in a Tripos Examination or the degrees or University awards held by the candidate. A fee of £4 shall be charged for each such certificate.
4. In addition to certificates supplied under Regulation 4 of the regulations for the disclosure of examination marks, the Registrary may issue more detailed certificates than the certificates specified in Regulation 3 above to the candidate to whom the information relates. A person who has proceeded to a degree or who has completed a course leading to a University award shall receive such a certificate relating to the examination or examinations for that degree or award free of charge; a fee of £7 shall be charged for issuing a copy of the certificate or for issuing a certificate to a person who has not proceeded to a degree or completed a course leading to an award.
The Finance Committee of the Council shall be authorized to approve payments to Colleges for the use of lecture-rooms or other accommodation placed at the disposal of the University for use for University teaching.
All sums, specified in or determined under Ordinances by way of a payment by the University, which might be liable to Value Added Tax shall be inclusive of Value Added Tax and no further payment by reason of that tax shall be made.
1. If a member of the University or an applicant for admission under Regulation 2 desires to pursue research in the interests of a commercial or industrial undertaking or association, or is not at liberty to publish the results of the research, facilities may be granted by the Head of the Department concerned, with the concurrence of the Council. The fees to be charged in such a case shall be subject to the approval of the General Board.
2. Except as provided in Regulation 1, teachers from other universities, university colleges, or comparable institutions, of subjects pertaining to a Faculty or Department, or persons pursuing research upon such subjects, who are neither members of the University nor employed by the University may be admitted by the Chairman of a Faculty not organized in Departments, or by the Head of a Department, to courses of instructions in that Faculty or Department, or to work in the laboratory of that Department, for a period not exceeding one year from the date of their first admission under this regulation to courses or laboratory work in any Faculty or Department in the University. This period may be extended by the Council.27 Persons so admitted shall be charged such fees, if any, as the Faculty Board or the Head of the Department may determine in each case.
3. In special circumstances persons not coming under Regulation 1 or 2 may, if they could not reasonably be expected to become members of the University, be admitted to courses of instruction organized by a Faculty or Department, or to work in a laboratory. It shall be for the Council to grant or to refuse admission to such persons. Application should be made to the Registrary, specifying the special circumstances.
4. Secretaries of the Boards of Faculties not organized in Departments, Heads of Departments, or the authorities responsible for admitting candidates to courses for Diplomas or Certificates, shall send to the Registrary, by the division of each term and before 20 July, the names of all persons receiving instruction in their Faculties or Departments, or working in a laboratory under Regulations 1–3, and the Registrary shall enter the names in an official Register, from which the Council shall have power at any time, without assigning reasons, to remove any name.
5. A person admitted under Regulation 3 to a course of instruction which consists of or includes work in a laboratory shall pay a fee the same in amount as the undergraduate rate of University Composition Fee (for home students or for overseas students as may be appropriate) for each term or vacation for which he or she is so admitted. A person admitted under Regulation 3 to any other course of instruction shall pay a fee which is one-third of that amount.
6. A lecture or course of lectures announced as free to all members of the University, even if it is not announced as free to other persons also, may be attended without fee by persons who have leave under these regulations, and by other persons also to whom the lecturer gives leave to attend.
7. The Council may for special reason reduce or waive any fee payable under Regulation 5.28
8. A member of the University who has been forbidden by the authorities of his or her College to reside in the University as a member of that College shall not during the continuance of such prohibition attend University lectures or laboratories without the leave of the Council unless he or she has been admitted to another College.
The Council have announced (Reporter, 1930–31, p. 394) that with reference to Regulation 3:
The Council have announced (Reporter, 1951–52, p. 894) that under Regulations 4 and 7 they will give leave to a University assistant to attend courses of instruction, and will remit all the fees incurred, if
Applications for such leave should be addressed to the Registrary.
In accordance with Grace 4 of 18 March 1950, the Council announced (Reporter, 1949–50, p. 1191) that from 1 October 1950 they would not grant facilities in University laboratories for pursuing research financed from outside the University unless the arrangements had been approved in advance by the Council; and that they would not, in general, give such approval unless those arrangements provided that all financial transactions, including any payments that might be proposed by the outside body to a University teaching officer in connection with such research, were made through the University Treasurer in consultation with the Head of the Department concerned. In view of the arrangements for stipends under the Statutes approved by His Majesty in Council on 30 June 1949, the Council gave further notice that any such payments would be subject to the approval of the General Board.
The General Board have agreed that they will be willing to consider a proposal for a non-pensionable payment to a University officer for work in connection with a contract between the University and an authority outside the University, if such a payment is recommended by the Head of the Department concerned and is provided for in the contract.
1. The Great Common Seal of the University shall not be affixed to any document unless authority has been given by Grace of the Regent House.
2. The Common Seal may be affixed to any document within the following classes of documents either in pursuance of an order of the Council or, if the Council have delegated authority to the Finance Committee in relation to any of the following classes, in pursuance of an order of the Finance Committee:
3. The Vice-Chancellor (or a Pro-Vice-Chancellor designated by the Vice-Chancellor, under Statute A, II, 7) and the Registrary, or deputies appointed by them under Statute A, II, 7(c) to be present at the sealing, shall attest under their hands the affixing of the Common Seal. The Registrary shall keep a record of all documents to which the Common Seal has been affixed.