The Ordinances contained in this chapter are Ordinances of the General Board

GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR FACULTIES

1. There shall be a Faculty in respect of each of the subjects enumerated in the Schedule appended to these regulations.

2. In October of every year, not later than the first day of Full Term, the Registrary shall publish a preliminary list of the members of each Faculty.

3. Objections to the inclusion or omission of any name may be addressed to the Secretary of the Board of the Faculty concerned, and shall be decided by that Board subject to an appeal to the General Board. Any such decision of a Faculty Board or the General Board shall be communicated to the objector and to the Registrary forthwith.

4. As early as possible in the Michaelmas Term each year, and in any case not later than 28 October, the Secretary of the Board of each Faculty shall send to the Registrary the names of persons who are members of the Faculty under Statute C, III, 3(c).

5. On the fifth weekday of November the Registrary shall promulgate the lists of the Faculties, and the lists so promulgated shall constitute the several Faculties for the purpose of the annual meetings of the Faculties. Those meetings shall be held after the sixth day and before the twenty-fifth day of November. Between the promulgation of the lists and the end of the academical year the Registrary shall not be required to ascertain or to notify any change that may occur in the membership of a Faculty.

6. In each year elections shall be held as necessary of members of Faculty Boards in category (ii) of class (a) and in classes (c) and (f), in accordance with the regulations for the constitution of the Faculty Boards. The names of the members elected shall be reported to the Registrary forthwith.

7. In the exercise of their responsibility under Statute C, IV, 9 for preparing the teaching programme of the Faculty each Faculty Board shall

1. either(a)invite to a conference at least once in each academical year the University officers and Affiliated Lecturers in the Faculty, and, if they think fit, the lecturers whose lectures have in the previous academical year been included in the scheme of lectures under Regulation 8;
2. or(b)delegate to Heads of Departments in the Faculty the responsibility for arranging similar conferences of Lecturers within their Departments. If this alternative is followed, the Faculty Board shall at least once a year receive reports from Heads of Departments on the outcome of these conferences and shall decide whether they give rise to any questions which should be considered by a conference of lecturers in the Faculty as a whole.

8. Each Faculty Board shall be authorized to invite College teaching officers or other persons to give lectures or other instruction on subjects which fall within the province of the Board, and to include such lectures or other instruction in the teaching programme of the Faculty.

9. The General Board are authorized to sanction the announcement of lectures by Professors and Readers in subjects which do not come within the scope of any Faculty Board.

SCHEDULE

Amended by Grace 2 of 22 October 2008

CONSTITUTION OF THE FACULTY BOARDS1

GENERAL REGULATIONS

1. Subject to the provisions of Regulations 2 and 3, the number of members in each category of class (a) and in classes (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of each Faculty Board shall be that specified in Schedule I appended to these regulations.

2. The number of members in each category of class (a) of each Faculty Board shall be determined as follows:

1. (a)all Heads of Departments (if any) within a Faculty shall be members in category (i) of class (a);
2. (b)unless there are more than five Departments within a Faculty, the total number of members in class (a) shall not exceed five;
3. (c)when there are five or more than five Departments within a Faculty, there shall be no members in category (ii) of class (a);
4. (d)when there are less than five Departments within a Faculty, the members in category (ii) shall be:
5.  eitherall the persons eligible for membership of the Faculty Board in category (ii), provided that this would not increase the total number of members in class (a) to more than five;
6.  orsuch number of persons as will bring that total number up to five, elected from among all the persons who are eligible for membership of the Faculty Board in that category by all those eligible persons, or in such other manner as may be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board.

Offices (other than Professorships) specified in Schedule B of the Statutes which qualify their holders for membership in category (ii) of class (a) of a particular Faculty Board shall be those specified in Schedule II appended to these regulations.

3. The number of members in class (b) of each Faculty Board shall be two.

4. The General Board shall determine for each Faculty Board, in consultation with any other Faculty Board or other body concerned, the cognate studies to be represented by members in class (e) and the method of appointment of those representatives, and shall specify the offices by virtue of which the holders shall be members in class (e). Details of the membership of Faculty Boards in class (e) shall be appended to these regulations as Schedule III.

5. The elected members of each Faculty Board in category (ii) of class (a) shall serve for two years or four years, as the Faculty Board shall determine, from 1 January following their election.

Members in class (b) shall serve for two years from 1 January following their appointment.

Members in class (c) shall serve for four years from 1 January following their election.

Members in class (d) shall serve for one year from 1 January following the date of their co-optation or for the remainder of the calendar year in which they are co-opted, as the Faculty Board shall determine.

Members in class (e) who are appointed as representatives of cognate studies shall serve for two years from 1 January following their appointment.

Members in class (f) shall serve from the date of their election until such date in the following year as shall be determined, in accordance with the regulations for the election of student members of Faculty Boards, as the day for the election of members in class (f), or until such earlier date as they may, under the provisions of Statute C, IV, 2, cease to qualify for membership in class (f).

6. For each Faculty Board which includes members in category (ii) of class (a), an election of such members shall be held each year, if necessary, on a date between the sixth and the twenty-fifth day of November. Such an election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 2(d) above.

7. For each Faculty Board an election of members in class (c) shall be held each year at the annual meeting of the Faculty. The procedure for the election of members in class (c) shall be that prescribed in the Single Transferable Vote Regulations, except that the returning officer shall be the Chairman of the Faculty or in the Chairman's absence a deputy appointed by the Chairman subject to the approval of the General Board; provided that, in order to secure the representation of Departments within the Faculty or of institutions associated with the Faculty, the Faculty may from time to time determine that some or all of the candidates for election shall be nominated in accordance with a procedure approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty.

8. If a casual vacancy occurs in class (c), the Faculty Board shall be empowered to co-opt a member to fill the vacancy from the date of its occurrence until the end of the calendar year or, if the vacancy occurs between the annual meeting of the Faculty and 31 December, until the end of the following calendar year; and at the next annual meeting of the Faculty a member shall be elected to serve for the remaining complete years (if any) of the period of tenure of his or her predecessor.

9. For each Faculty Board an election of members in class (f) shall be held each year. Such an election shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations for the election of student members of Faculty Boards and other bodies.

Election of student members of Faculty Boards and other bodies

1. These regulations shall apply to each Faculty Board or other University body whose membership includes student members, except in so far as may be provided otherwise in the special regulations for a particular Faculty Board or other body.

2. A Faculty Board or other University body shall adopt for the election of its student members one of the schemes listed in Schedule IV below. A body which intends to hold an election of student members for the first time shall notify the Registrary not later than 1 October in the academical year in which the election is to be held. A body may subsequently alter its choice of scheme, provided that it notifies the Registrary not later than 1 October in the academical year in which the change is to take effect.

3. If the scheme adopted provides for the electors to be divided into categories according to their course of study or their year of study, the Registrary shall be notified accordingly.

4. For each Faculty Board or other body to which these regulations apply an election of student members shall be held in each academical year on a day in Full Term not earlier than the division of the Michaelmas Term and not later than the last day of Full Lent Term. The persons eligible to vote and to stand as candidates shall be those persons who are certified by the Registrary to be students in the Faculty concerned or, in an election of members of a body other than a Faculty Board, those persons whose course of study or research is similarly certified by the Registrary to be in a subject falling within the scope of the body concerned. Voting shall be by ballot; electors shall give their votes in person. The date and place of the election, the final date for the receipt of nominations, and the hours of voting shall be determined by the Faculty Board or other body concerned; provided that the final date for the receipt of nominations shall not be later than the seventh day of Full Term before the day appointed for the election.

5. The procedure for the election of student members of any University body shall be that prescribed in the Single Transferable Vote Regulations, except that the returning officer shall be the Chairman of the body concerned or a member of the Regent House appointed by the body.

6. Not later than the fourteenth day of Full Term before the day appointed for the election, the returning officer shall give public notice of the date and place appointed for the election, the hours of voting, and the final date for the receipt of nominations.

7. Nominations shall be in writing. Each nomination shall be signed by two persons proposing and seconding the nomination and shall be accompanied by a statement signed by the candidate, consenting to be nominated.

8. Not later than the tenth day after the division of the Michaelmas Term, the Registrary shall send to the returning officer for each body to which these regulations apply an electoral roll of all the persons who on 15 November were eligible, under the provisions of Statute C, IV, 2 and of these regulations, to vote and to stand as candidates in the election. The roll shall be undivided, or divided into sections corresponding to categories determined in accordance with Regulation 3. The returning officer shall make the roll public forthwith and voting shall not commence earlier than the second day after the roll is published. The Registrary shall have power, on the recommendation of the returning officer, to amend the roll at any time before the time fixed for the start of voting. The nomination of any candidate whose name, or the name of whose proposer or seconder, is not included in the roll (or, if the roll is divided into categories, in the section of the roll for the category for which the candidate has been nominated), or in the roll (or the appropriate section of the roll) as amended by the Registrary, shall be declared by the returning officer to be invalid.

9. If at any election of a student member or members the total number of vacancies is not filled, the Faculty Board or other body may fix a date for the holding of a further election to fill such vacancies as are unfilled. Unless the body concerned determines otherwise, the persons eligible to vote and to stand as candidates in such an election shall be those persons who were so eligible in the preceding election; provided that no such person may vote or be a candidate in a further election if the Registrary certifies that he or she is no longer entitled to be included in the relevant electoral roll.

10. If a casual vacancy occurs, the body concerned shall determine whether a bye-election shall be held to fill the vacancy and shall determine the date on which any such election is to be held. Unless the body concerned determines otherwise, the persons eligible to vote and to stand as candidates in a bye-election shall be those persons who were eligible at the time of the last preceding annual election to vote and to stand as candidates in the election to the place which has been vacated, provided that no such person may vote or be a candidate in a bye-election if the Registrary certifies that he or she is no longer entitled to be included in the relevant electoral roll.

11. The General Board, after consulting the Council, shall from time to time make rules in accordance with which:

1. (a)the Registrary shall certify persons as students in a Faculty for the purpose of Statute C, IV, 2, and as persons entitled to be included in the electoral roll for the purpose of an election to any body other than a Faculty Board; and
2. (b)the terms graduate student and undergraduate shall be defined for the purpose of the schemes listed in Schedule IV to these regulations.

Subject to such rules, any question of interpretation of these regulations shall be decided by the Registrary, whose decision shall be final.

SCHEDULE I

The composition of the Faculty Boards

Amended by Grace 2 of 22 October 2008

SCHEDULE II

Offices (other than Professorships) specified in Schedule B of the Statutes which qualify their holders for membership in category (ii) of class (a) of particular Faculty Boards

SCHEDULE III

Membership of Faculty Boards in class (e)

(Representatives of cognate studies and holders of specified offices)

Amended by Grace 2 of 22 October 2008

SCHEDULE IV

Under the several schemes for the election of student members of Faculty Boards and other bodies, the student members shall be as set out below. For bodies other than Faculty Boards the terms ‘student in the Faculty’ and ‘undergraduate in the Faculty’ shall be understood to mean appropriately qualified persons as certified by the Registrary in accordance with Regulation 4 above.

Rules made by the General Board in accordance with Regulation 11 for the election of student members of Faculty Boards and other bodies

1. These rules shall apply to the compilation of electoral rolls for the election of student members of Faculty Boards and other University bodies.

2. The term student in the Faculty 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, in a subject falling within the scope of the Faculty.

3. The Registrary shall not at any time include the name of any person in the electoral roll for the election of student members of more than one Faculty Board, or in such an electoral roll and also in an electoral roll for the election of student members of any of the following bodies: the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate, the Board of History and Philosophy of Science, the Board of Land Economy.

4. Notwithstanding that a Graduate Student may be under the supervision of the Degree Committee for a Faculty, the Registrary may include his or her name in the electoral roll for the election of students to serve on one of the bodies specified in Rule 1 other than a Faculty Board if satisfactory evidence is provided by the Secretary of the Degree Committee or otherwise, showing that it is appropriate to do so.

5. A person whose name is on the Register of Graduate Students shall be eligible for inclusion in the appropriate electoral roll, whether or not registered as a candidate for a particular degree, diploma, or certificate.

6. The Registrary shall include in the appropriate electoral roll the name of any sabbatical officer of CUSU who has, before completing a course of study leading to the degree for which he or she intends to be a candidate, 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 9(a) below and has not commenced any further course of study.

7. The Registrary shall not include in any electoral roll the name of any Graduate Student who

1. either(a)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,
2. or(b)held a Fellowship of a College on 31 October next preceding the election,
3. or(c)was a member of a Faculty at the most recent promulgation of the lists of the Faculties.

8. The Registrary shall assign candidates for the Natural Sciences Tripos and the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos to electoral rolls in accordance with the procedure prescribed below.

9. For the purpose of the schemes listed in Schedule IV to the regulations for the constitution of the Faculty Boards,

1. (a)the term undergraduate shall mean a student whose course of study is one leading to any of the following degrees: B.A., 〈M.A.St.,〉2 M.Eng., 〈M.Math.,〉2 M.Sci., B.Th.;
2. (b)the term graduate student shall mean a student who is not an undergraduate so defined;
3. (c)Affiliated Students whose course of study is one leading to the B.A. Degree shall, in their first year of study, be deemed to be in their second year and, in their second year, shall be deemed to be in their third year.

Procedure for the allocation to electoral rolls of candidates for the Natural Sciences Tripos and the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos

1. Candidates for the Natural Sciences Tripos and the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos shall, subject to the rules set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 below, be eligible for inclusion in the electoral rolls of such of the following Faculty Boards and other bodies as include a class of members elected by students:

2. Subject to paragraph 1 and the rules set out in paragraph 3 below, candidature for the following subjects or Parts shall confer eligibility for inclusion in the electoral rolls of the bodies specified in paragraph 1 as follows:

3. Candidates for Part II and Part III of the Natural Sciences Tripos and for Part Ia and Part Ib of the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos shall be allocated to electoral rolls in accordance with paragraph 2. Candidates for the remaining examinations shall be allocated to electoral rolls as follows, provided that any candidate offering two or more subjects of which only one confers eligibility for inclusion in the electoral roll of a Faculty Board (or other body) which includes a class of a members elected by students shall be allocated to that roll:

Part Ia and Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos. Candidates offering two subjects conferring eligibility for the same electoral roll shall be allocated to that roll. Other candidates shall be allocated at their choice to any one of the electoral rolls for which they are eligible.

4. Any candidates who, in accordance with paragraph 3 above, are eligible for inclusion in more than one electoral roll shall, through their Tutors, communicate their choice of electoral roll to the Registrary not later than the last day of Full Michaelmas Term. The Registrary may exclude from any electoral roll the name of any such candidate who fails to send notification of his or her choice of electoral roll by that date.

DEGREE COMMITTEES

1. There shall be a Degree Committee for each Faculty, and for each of the institutions specified in the Schedule to these regulations. The constitution of such a Degree Committee shall be determined by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other comparable authority and after consultation with the Board of Graduate Studies, provided that no person shall be a member of a Degree Committee who has been admitted as a Graduate Student or who is a candidate for a Diploma or a Certificate or comparable qualification, the regulations for which do not require him or her to be admitted as a Graduate Student.

2. If the constitution of a Degree Committee that has been approved by the General Board under Regulation 1 includes provision for members co-opted by the Committee, the co-opted members of the Committee shall serve for one year from 1 January following the date of their co-optation or for the remainder of the calendar year in which they are co-opted, as the Faculty Board or comparable authority shall determine.

3. Each Degree Committee shall elect one of its members as Chairman of the Committee, and a Secretary.

4. The Secretary of the Committee shall inform the Registrary of any change in its membership.

5. Subject to the approval of the General Board, after consultation with the Board of Graduate Studies, each Degree Committee may determine from time to time how many members shall form a quorum; provided that a resolution that a person be recommended or approved for the award of a degree, or that a person be not so recommended or approved, shall not be valid unless passed with the concurrence of the votes, cast at a meeting, of one-half of the whole number of members of the Committee.

SCHEDULE

Amended by Grace 2 of 22 October 2008

             Department of Land Economy

             Department of History and Philosophy of Science

DEPARTMENTS AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS

1. There shall be Departments within the several Faculties, and Departments independent of any Faculty, as specified in Regulation 3.

2. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 3, the Head of each Department, who shall be a University officer engaged in teaching and research in the Department, shall be appointed by the General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, for a period not exceeding five years at a time, save that in a particular case the General Board shall have power, after consultation with the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, to make an appointment for a period not exceeding ten years at a time.

3. The Heads of the several Departments shall be as follows:

Departments within Faculties

Archaeology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Biological Anthropology  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Social Anthropology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the William Wyse Professorship of Social Anthropology takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Architecture

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

History of Art

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Department of East Asian Studies  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Department of Middle Eastern Studies  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Biochemistry

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Sir William Dunn Professorship of Biochemistry takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Experimental Psychology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Experimental Psychology takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Genetics

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Arthur Balfour Professorship of Genetics takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Pathology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Pathology takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Pharmacology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Sheild Professorship of Pharmacology takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Plant Sciences

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Botany takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Zoology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Zoology (1866) takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Judge Institute of Management  

The Director of the Judge Institute of Management.

Clinical Biochemistry

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Clinical Neurosciences  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Haematology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Haematology takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Medical Genetics

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Medical Genetics (1995) takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Medicine

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1975) takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Oncology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Cancer Research UK Professorship of Oncology takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Paediatrics

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Paediatrics (1978) takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Psychiatry

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Psychiatry (1976) takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Public Health and Primary Care

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Epidemiology and Medicine takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Radiology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Radiology takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Surgery

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Surgery takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Computer Laboratory  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Earth Sciences

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Geography  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Education

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Engineering

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Anglo-Saxon, Norse,and Celtic

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of English, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Elrington and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Institute of Criminology

The Director of the Institute of Criminology.

Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

French

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Drapers Professorship of French takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

German and Dutch

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Schröder Professorship of German takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Italian

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Serena Professorship of Italian takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Linguistics  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Slavonic Studies

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Slavonic Studies takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Spanish and Portuguese

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2, provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, require the Head of the Department to resign the Headship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Professorship of Spanish takes up the duties of the office, so that the latter may be appointed Head of the Department for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance.

Institute of Astronomy

The Director of the Institute of Astronomy.

Materials Science and Metallurgy  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Chemistry  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Physics  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Politics and International Studies  

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Social and Developmental Psychology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Sociology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Veterinary Medicine

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Departments independent of any Faculty

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

History and Philosophy of Science

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Land Economy

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

4. The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, shall appoint a person to be Acting Head of a Department during any period of absence from duty of the Head of that Department, or during any period when there is a vacancy in an office whose holder is ex officio Head of the Department. A person so appointed shall be recognized as Head of the Department for all purposes.

5. The General Board shall have power to establish one or more Deputy Headships in any Department specified by them and, at the request of the Head of such a Department and after consultation with the relevant Faculty Board or other authority, to appoint one or more Deputy Heads of that Department. A person appointed Deputy Head shall hold office for a period of not more than three years at a time, and shall be eligible for reappointment. The duties and powers of each Deputy Head appointed under this regulation shall be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Head of the Department.

SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS

Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

1. Regulations for the use of the Museum shall be made in consultation with the Council of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, members of the Society receiving, as far as practicable, special consideration.

2. The alienation of books and other objects which have come into the possession of the University through the Cambridge Antiquarian Society shall require the sanction of the Council of the Society and the agreement of appropriate conditions between the Council of the Society and the University body directly responsible for the institution in which the objects are housed.

3. The Cambridge Antiquarian Society shall be allowed free of charge, for meetings and for occasional conferences, the use of a suitable room in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology or in some other University building.

4. There shall be the following University offices on the staff of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology:

1. (a)an office of Curator, the holder of which shall also be entitled Director of the Museum;
2. (b)such number of offices of Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator as the General Board shall from time to time determine.

5. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Curator and Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, which may be held concurrently with another University office, shall be made by the General Board on the advice of a committee specially constituted for the particular occasion.

6. The duties of the Curator shall be defined by the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology and shall include the following:

1. (a)to be responsible for the preservation, augmentation, labelling, and cataloguing of the collections; to display and label specimens in exhibition cases in such a manner as will be instructive to students and visitors, and to arrange that unexhibited specimens are readily available for research; and to assist those who desire to consult the collections;
2. (b)to give not more than twenty-four hours’ teaching in each academical year for the Faculty, this teaching to include discussions and demonstrations in the Museum;
3. (c)to be the official Head of the Museum for all administrative purposes.

In the absence of the Curator the Faculty Board shall nominate a Senior Assistant Curator or an Assistant Curator to undertake the Curator's responsibilities under sub-paragraph (c) of this regulation.

7. For the due performance of his or her duties, the Curator shall be responsible to the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology. The Faculty Board may delegate the administration of the Museum to a Museum Committee appointed by them for that purpose. A University officer on the staff of the Museum shall act as Secretary to the Museum Committee.

8. Appointments and reappointments to an office of Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology, with the Curator of the Museum as an additional member for this purpose.

9. The duties of a Senior Assistant Curator or an Assistant Curator shall be defined by the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology and shall include the following:

1. (a)to assist the Curator in the duties specified in Regulation 6(a), and
2. (b)to give not more than twenty-four hours’ teaching in each academical year for the Faculty, this teaching to include discussions and demonstrations in the Museum.

10. The hours of attendance in the Museum of members of the staff shall be determined by the Faculty Board.

11. The Faculty Board shall make an Annual Report on the Museum to the General Board.

12. The holders of University offices on the staff of the Museum shall be members of the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology under Statute C, III, 3(b).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

Constitution and Management

1. The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research shall be an institution within the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology.

2. The object of the Institute shall be to further research into all aspects of the early human past, including the origins and development of the human species, the development of the human mind and its expression, and the variety of early human achievement, customs, and practice in every part of the world. The work of the Institute, which shall include archaeological fieldwork and excavation, shall be interdisciplinary in character and shall involve collaboration with the environmental and other sciences, and with disciplines relevant to the development of the human cognitive faculties, and shall be designed to lead to the collation and publication of data and conclusions. Research conducted by the Institute shall have primary (but not exclusive) reference to the Euro-Asian sector and shall involve co-operation and sharing of knowledge with similar bodies and organizations in all parts of the world.

3. The Institute shall be under the general control of a Managing Committee, which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Disney Professor of Archaeology, or his or her deputy;
2. (b)the Director of the Institute, if not the Disney Professor;
3. (c)the George Pitt-Rivers Professor of Archaeological Science;
4. (d)one person appointed by the General Board;
5. (e)two persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology, one of whom shall be a University officer in the Department of Archaeology and the other a University officer in the Faculty of Classics;
6. (f)two persons appointed by the D. M. C. McDonald Foundation.

Members in classes (d) and (e) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment and shall be eligible for reappointment. The D. M. C. McDonald Foundation shall have power to assign the right of appointment of members in class (f) either to a separate trust or to some official body or to the holder of a particular office.

4. The Managing Committee shall meet at least twice a year, and shall elect one of their own number as Chairman for a period of three years at a time. The Director of the Institute shall act as Secretary of the Managing Committee.

5. The Managing Committee shall make an Annual Report to the General Board on the work of the Institute and such other reports to the General Board as they think fit. Copies of all such reports shall at the same time be submitted to the D. M. C. McDonald Foundation or its nominated successors.

Staff of the Institute

1. There shall be a University office of Director of the McDonald Institute, which shall be held concurrently either with the Disney Professorship of Archaeology or, if that office is vacant or if on a particular occasion the General Board consider it expedient, with some other University office in the Department of Archaeology.

2. Appointments and reappointments to the Directorship shall be made by the General Board on the recommendation of the Managing Committee for the Institute, and shall be for a period or periods not exceeding five years at a time; provided that the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Managing Committee, require the Director to resign the Directorship with effect from the date on which a newly-elected holder of the Disney Professorship of Archaeology takes up the duties of that office, so that the latter may be appointed Director.

3. The Director shall be the administrative Head of the Institute, and shall be responsible for the direction of research in the Institute, subject to the overall control of the Managing Committee.

4. There shall be a University office of Deputy Director of the Institute who shall act under the Director as the executive officer of the Institute. The office of Deputy Director shall not normally be held concurrently with any other University office.

5. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Deputy Director of the Institute shall be made by the Managing Committee, subject to the approval of the General Board.

6. The duties of the Director and the Deputy Director of the Institute shall be determined by the Managing Committee, subject to the approval of the General Board.

7. The Director and the Deputy Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Managing Committee, subject to the approval of the General Board.

Fellows of the Institute

1. There shall be such number of Fellows of the McDonald Institute as the Managing Committee may from time to time determine, subject to the approval of the General Board.

2. Fellowships of the Institute shall be held by persons who have made or are making important contributions to research in archaeology, or who are pursuing advanced work in the subject. A Fellowship may be held concurrently with a University office.

3. Appointments and reappointments to Fellowships shall be made by the Managing Committee for periods not exceeding five years at a time.

4. The stipend, if any, of a Fellow shall be determined by the Managing Committee, subject to the approval of the General Board.

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars from outside Cambridge to take part in, and to contribute to, the work of the McDonald Institute there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who have made or are making important contributions to research in archaeology or who are pursuing advanced work in the subject.

2. The maximum number of Visiting Fellows that there may be in the Institute at any one time shall be determined by the Managing Committee, subject to the approval of the General Board. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Managing Committee for periods not exceeding one year at a time.

3. A Visiting Fellow shall be required under the general supervision of the Managing Committee to take part in the research programme of the Institute.

4. Visiting Fellows shall not hold any University office during the tenure of their Fellowships.

5. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Managing Committee with the approval of the Finance Committee of the Council and the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

6. Subject to the approval of the Finance Committee and the General Board the Managing Committee may make grants to Visiting Fellows to meet travelling or other expenses incurred in connection with their Fellowships.

D. M. McDonald Trust Fund

1. The sums given to the University by Dr D. M. McDonald for the support of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research shall form a Fund called the D. M. McDonald Trust Fund.

2. The Fund shall be held by the University upon trust for the furtherance of archaeological research within the McDonald Institute, in accordance with the objects of the Institute.

3. The Fund shall be administered by the Managing Committee for the Institute who shall regulate their own procedure. They may pay out of the Fund their own expenses and all other expenses, costs, and charges which they deem necessary in connection with the administration of the Fund.

4. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the cost of carrying on the activities of the Institute, including the payment of the salaries of its staff, and the running costs of the Institute and the maintenance of its building. In this connection the Managing Committee may propose the establishment of University offices and assistant posts within the Institute, may provide equipment, and may fund Fellowships, Scholarships, and Studentships. If further income is available after meeting all the above mentioned costs, grants may also be approved by the Managing Committee to the D. M. McDonald Grants and Awards Fund3 or to institutions or organizations in any part of the world having purposes similar to those of the Institute.

5. The Managing Committee shall decide from time to time what part of the Fund shall be available as income and what part shall be invested and used as capital, subject to the need to ensure that sufficient income shall be made available in every year to meet the running costs of the Institute and to maintain its building.

6. The Managing Committee shall appoint an Investment Committee which shall consist of:

1. (a)one of the members of the Managing Committee in class (f);
2. (b)two other members of the Managing Committee;
3. (c)one person nominated by the Finance Committee of the Council;
4. (d)not more than two persons co-opted by the Investment Committee, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons.

7. The Managing Committee shall have power to appoint suitably qualified investment advisers or investment managers of the Fund, subject to the approval of the Finance Committee of the Council.

8. The Fund, or any part of it, may from time to time be invested in such manner as the Investment Committee shall think fit, in the name of the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University, and the Committee shall have power to vary or realize such investment at their discretion.

9. All persons engaged on the staff of the Institute shall for all purposes be employees of the University but, except and in so far as they may be remunerated in respect of any other office or post in the University, their total emoluments shall be reimbursed by the D. M. McDonald Trust Fund.

Institute of Astronomy

1. The Institute of Astronomy, incorporating the Newall Observatory and the Solar Physics Observatory, shall be a Department within the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.

2. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Director of the Institute of Astronomy shall be made by the General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry, from among the University officers engaged in teaching and research in the Institute. Appointments and reappointments shall be for periods not exceeding five years at a time, save that in a particular case the General Board shall have power, after consulting the Faculty Board, to make an appointment for a period not exceeding ten years at a time. The Director shall be the Head of the Department ex officio.

3. The Professor of Astrophysics shall be Director of the Solar Physics Observatory ex officio.

4. There shall be a Departmental Advisory Committee of the Institute consisting of:

1. (a)the Head of the Department, who shall be the Chairman;
2. (b)the Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, and the Professor of Astrophysics, who shall be members ex officio;
3. (c)three University officers in the Institute elected by a body consisting of all the members of the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry who have been designated for the purpose by the Board of that Faculty on the nomination of the Departmental Advisory Committee.

Elections of members in class (c) shall be held annually before the end of the Michaelmas Term and shall be in accordance with a procedure determined from time to time by a meeting of those entitled to vote. One member shall be elected in every calendar year of which the number is odd, and two members in every calendar year of which the number is even. A member elected shall serve for the two calendar years next ensuing, provided that if he or she ceases to be a member of the Faculty he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Departmental Advisory Committee.

5. The Committee shall advise the Head of the Department at least once a term on matters concerning the teaching, research, and administration within the Institute. The Committee shall be the managing body for the expenditure of funds annually available under the provisions of the Sheepshanks Benefaction.4

6. The Secretary of the Institute of Astronomy shall act as Secretary of the Committee and as Secretary of the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry.

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars from outside Cambridge to take part in and contribute to the work of the Institute of Astronomy, there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who have made important contributions to the study of astronomy.

The maximum number of Visiting Fellows that there may be in the Institute at any one time shall be determined by the General Board. A Visiting Fellowship shall not be filled, either by appointment or by reappointment, without the permission of the General Board.

2. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry on the recommendation of the Head of the Department for periods not exceeding one year at a time.

3. A Visiting Fellow shall be required to take part in the teaching and research programme of the Institute.

4. Visiting Fellows shall not hold any University office during the tenure of their Fellowships. A Visiting Fellow who is not a member of the University at the time of appointment shall be required to become a member as soon as is conveniently possible thereafter.

5. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry with the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

6. Subject to the approval of the General Board the Departmental Advisory Committee of the Institute may make grants to Visiting Fellows to meet travelling or other expenses incurred in connection with their Fellowships.

The McClean Fund

1. The sum bequeathed to the University by the late Frank McClean, M.A., of Trinity College, shall form a fund called the McClean Fund.

2. The annual income and capital of the McClean Fund shall be applied for the purpose of providing improved instrumental equipment for the Newall Observatory, in such manner as may be approved by the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry.

3. Applications made by the Professor of Astrophysics and approved by the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry shall be sufficient authority for payments to be made from the income or capital of the McClean Fund, it being understood that in any question of proposed expenditure which in the opinion of the Faculty Board will involve increased charges for maintenance, application shall be made to the University for its sanction.

4. The foregoing regulations shall be subject to alteration by Ordinance provided that the regulations shall always be in accordance with the provisions of Mr McClean's will.

Institute of Astronomy Flower Fund

1. The sum received from Professor Donald Lynden-Bell, Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics in the University, shall form a fund called the Institute of Astronomy Flower Fund.

2. The income of the Fund shall be applied by the Secretary of the Institute of Astronomy to purchase bulbs, Cambridgeshire wild flowers, and/or trees to enhance the beauty of the grounds and especially Adams Walk at the Institute.

The John Couch Adams Astronomership5

1. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of John Couch Adams Astronomer shall be made by the General Board, subject to the concurrence of the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry, for such periods not exceeding five years at a time as the General Board shall determine. Before the appointment is made the General Board shall confer with the Director of the Institute of Astronomy, and the appointment may be cancelled at any time by the General Board with the concurrence of the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry.

2. The stipend of the John Couch Adams Astronomer shall be the income of the John Couch Adams Astronomership Fund, and shall be paid by quarterly instalments.

3. The duties of the John Couch Adams Astronomer shall be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry.

4. The John Couch Adams Astronomer shall be or become a member of the staff of the Institute of Astronomy and, if not Director of the Institute, shall be responsible to the Director.

Department of Biochemistry

School of Biochemistry

The offer of £165,000 for the endowment of a School of Biochemistry, conveyed in a scheme received from the Trustees of the late Sir William Dunn, Bart. (Reporter, 1919–20, p. 1094), was accepted by Grace 1 of 22 June 1920 upon terms which were last published in Ordinances, 1967, pp. 427–8.

Colman Library

Of the sum of £2,000 given to the University by Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., M.A., of St John's College, for a library for the School of Biochemistry, £500 shall be expended in the purchase of the existing library books, the balance being invested in Trustee Securities and kept intact, the income therefrom being held available for the maintenance of the library in perpetuity, the provision of scientific journals and their binding, or for any incidental requirement in the upkeep of the library.

The library shall be called the Colman Library.

Faculty of Biology

Amended by Graces 2 and 3 of 10 June 2009

Director of Medical and Veterinary Education

1. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Director of Medical and Veterinary Education in the Faculty of Biology shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of the following persons:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)the Regius Professor of Physic;
3. (c)the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Biology;
4. (d)the Chairman of the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences;
5. (e)the Director of Medical Education in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine;
6. (f)two persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Biology;
7. (g)two persons appointed by the General Board.

2. The duties of the Director shall be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Faculty Board of Biology.

3. The Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Faculty Board of Biology subject to the approval of the General Board.

Medical Students Register

The Faculty Board and the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine shall maintain jointly through a Fitness for Medical Practice Committee a register of students who are deemed fit to practise medicine and consequently to be admitted as candidates for the Second Examination and the Final Examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. A Fitness for Medical Practice Appeal Tribunal shall have the power on appeal from a student affected by a decision of the Fitness for Medical Practice Adjudication Sub-committee to confirm, quash, amend, or refer back to the Fitness for Medical Practice Adjudication Sub-committee the decision in question.

Veterinary Students Register

The Faculty Board and the Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine shall maintain jointly through a Fitness for Veterinary Practice Committee a register of students who are deemed fit to practise medicine and consequently to be admitted as candidates for the Second Examination and the Final Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine. A Fitness for Veterinary Practice Appeal Tribunal shall have the power on appeal from a student affected by a decision of the Fitness for Veterinary Practice Adjudication Sub-committee to confirm, quash, amend, or refer back to the Fitness for Veterinary Practice Adjudication Sub-committee the decision in question.

Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

1. The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology shall be a Department independent of any Faculty. The Department shall be managed by the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate under the supervision of the General Board.

2. Appointments and reappointments to a University office in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology other than an office of Technical Officer shall be made by an Appointments Committee for the Department consisting of the following persons:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)(i)the Chairman of the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate;
3.  (ii)the Head of the Department;
4. (c)three University officers appointed by the Syndicate;
5. (d)two persons appointed by the General Board.

The Appointments Committee shall have the same powers and duties in respect of the Department as the Appointments Committee for a Faculty has or shall have by Statute or Ordinance in respect of a Faculty; and Statute D, XVII, 5 shall apply to the Committee as if it were the Appointments Committee for a Faculty.

3. University officers in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology shall be members both of the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry and of the Faculty of Engineering.

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate

1. The Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate shall consist of:

1. (a)the Heads of the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Chemistry, and Engineering, and the Director of Biotechnology;
2. (b)two persons appointed by the Council;
3. (c)two persons appointed by the General Board;
4. (d)one person appointed each by the Councils of the Schools of the Biological Sciences, Clinical Medicine, the Physical Sciences, and Technology;
5. (e)three persons elected from amongst their own number by the Professors of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, except for any Professor who is the Head of the Department or the Director of Biotechnology;
6. (f)three persons elected from amongst their own number by the University officers of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, except for the Professors and the Head of the Department and the Director of Biotechnology;
7. (g)not more than two persons co-opted by the Syndicate;
8. (h)two persons elected in accordance with Regulation 3.

2. Members in classes (b)–(d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in classes (e) and (f) shall be elected in the Michaelmas Term to serve for two years from 1 January following their election. The procedure for such elections 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 subject to the approval of the General Board. If a casual vacancy occurs in class (e) or (f) the Syndicate shall co-opt a member to fill the vacancy; a member so appointed and any member co-opted in class (g) shall serve until the end of the calendar year in which they are co-opted.

3. The provisions for the election of members of Faculty Boards in class (f) and for the period for which such members shall serve, which are contained in Statute C, IV, in the regulations for the constitution of the Faculty Boards, and in the rules made under those regulations, shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the election and period of membership of members of the Syndicate in class (h).

4. The Syndicate shall elect annually a Chairman and a Secretary, each of whom shall be a member of the Syndicate in a class other than class (h).

5. Except so far as may be determined otherwise by Ordinance the Syndicate shall have the same powers and duties as are assigned by Statute to the Board of a Faculty organized in Departments.

6. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply as if the Syndicate were a body constituted by Statute and any matter which would, if the Syndicate were a Faculty Board, be reserved business under Statute C, IV, 13 shall also be reserved. These provisions shall apply to any members of the Syndicate in class (h) who are not in statu pupillari as if they were in statu pupillari.

Director of Biotechnology

1. There shall be established in the University the University office6 of Director of Biotechnology, to which appointments and reappointments shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of the following persons:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)two persons, one appointed by the Council of the School of Biological Sciences and one appointed by the Council of the School of Clinical Medicine;
3. (c)two persons appointed by the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences;
4. (d)two persons appointed by the Council of the School of Technology;
5. (e)two persons appointed by the General Board.

2. The duties of the Director of Biotechnology shall be to undertake teaching and research in biotechnology, and exercise such administrative responsibilities as directed by the Head of the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Department.

3. The Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate with the approval of the General Board.

4. The provisions of Statute D, XIV, 10 that apply to a Professor shall apply also to the Director of Biotechnology.

Department of Chemistry

Departmental Committee

1. There shall be a Departmental Committee of the Department of Chemistry consisting of:

1. (a)the Head of the Department who shall be Chairman;
2. (b)not more than four persons holding Professorships assigned to the Department of Chemistry;

provided that

1.  (i)when the Head of the Department is a Professor, the number of persons in this class shall be three;
2.  (ii)when the number of Professorships assigned to the Department exceeds four the Professors shall elect from among themselves members to serve in this class for periods of two years at a time;
3. (c)four University officers in the Department elected in accordance with Regulation 2 by a body comprising all University officers whose offices are assigned to, or established in, the Department and those other members of the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry who have been designated for the purpose by the Board of that Faculty on the nomination of the Departmental Committee;
4. (d)persons co-opted by the Committee to serve until the end of the academical year in which they are co-opted or of the following academical year as the Committee may determine at the time of their co-optation, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons;
5. (e)the Secretary of the Department, who shall be Secretary of the Committee.

2. Elections of members in class (c) shall be held annually before the end of the Easter Term and shall be in accordance with a procedure determined from time to time by a meeting of those entitled to vote. A member elected in this class shall serve for a period of two years from 1 October following his or her election and shall at the end of that period be eligible for re-election for one further period of two years, after which two years shall elapse before he or she shall again be eligible for re-election.

3. The Committee shall meet at least once a term and shall advise the Head of the Department on matters concerning teaching, research, staffing, resources, and administration within the Department.

Faculty of Classics

Museum of Classical Archaeology

1. The administration of the Museum of Classical Archaeology shall be entrusted to a Curator under the direction of a Committee consisting of six members of the Regent House, three appointed by the General Board and three appointed by the Faculty Board of Classics.

2. Members of the Committee shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment.

3. The bequest of Dame Mary Grainger Sandys shall form a fund called the Museum of Classical Archaeology Endowment Fund the income of which shall be applied for the benefit of the Museum of Classical Archaeology in such manner as the Committee for the Museum may from time to time direct.

4. The moneys subscribed in honour of Professor Jocelyn Toynbee shall form a fund called the Jocelyn Toynbee Library Fund, the income of which shall be used at the discretion of the Committee for the Museum to purchase, for the Museum or for the Library of the Faculty of Classics, books and other materials on subjects connected with the art or archaeology of the Roman world.

5. It shall be the duty of the Committee to present a report every year to the Faculty Board of Classics. The accounts of the Committee shall be audited annually and shall be published with the University Accounts.

6. The Committee shall be empowered to frame and submit to the University for approval further regulations for admission to the Museum.

Curator of the Museum of Classical Archaeology

1. There shall be a University office of Curator of the Museum of Classical Archaeology, which shall be held in conjunction with another University office. Appointments and reappointments to the Curatorship shall be made by the Committee for the Museum and shall be for such periods not exceeding three years at a time as the Committee shall determine.

2. The Curator shall act as Secretary to the Committee for the Museum.

3. Under the direction of the Committee, the Curator shall exercise a general superintendence over the Museum and its collections and over the staff of the Museum.

4. The Curator shall be responsible for the maintenance of the catalogues, published and unpublished, of the Museum's collections, and shall undertake such other duties in connection with the administration of the Museum as the Committee shall from time to time direct.

5. The Curator shall be a member of the Faculty of Classics under Statute C, III, 3(b).

Regulations for admission to the Museum of Classical Archaeology

1. Except as provided in Regulation 2, the Museum shall be open to the public on each weekday in the year as follows:

 Monday to Friday: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

 Saturday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

2. The Museum shall be closed on Christmas Day and the day following, and on Good Friday, and for such periods outside Full Term as may appear necessary to the Committee, and of which due notice has been given by the Committee. The Committee may delegate their powers under this regulation to the Curator or to a representative appointed by the Curator.

3. The Committee shall have full authority to direct the exclusion of any person whose admission appears to be undesirable.

4. It shall be within the discretion of the Curator at any time to close the Museum to the public for the purpose of University examinations, lectures, and the like.

Faculty of Clinical Medicine

Amended by Grace 2 of 10 June 2009

1. The Heads of Departments in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine shall submit the annual estimates of their Departments to the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine. The Faculty Board shall be responsible for scrutinizing the estimates, revising them where necessary, and submitting them in a consolidated form to the General Board for their approval.

2. The Faculty Board shall be responsible for allocating to Departments the accommodation assigned to the School of Clinical Medicine by the General Board.

3. The Faculty Board and the Faculty Board of Biology shall maintain jointly through a Fitness for Medical Practice Committee a register of students who are deemed fit to practise medicine and consequently to be admitted as candidates for the Second Examination and the Final Examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. A Fitness for Medical Practice Appeal Tribunal shall have the power on appeal from a student affected by a decision of the Fitness for Medical Practice Adjudication Sub-committee to confirm, quash, amend, or refer back to the Fitness for Medical Practice Adjudication Sub-committee the decision in question.

4. The Faculty Board shall be responsible for recommending to the General Board the number and categories of University offices to be established in each Department, and, notwithstanding Regulation 5 for employment by the University, the number and grades of University assistants to be established in each Department.

5. The General Board shall be authorized to grant, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, the title of Recognized Clinical Teacher to any person, other than a University officer, who in the University, or in such hospital, general medical practice, or other institution associated with the University as the Faculty Board may have approved for the purposes of the regulations for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, makes a regular and sufficient contribution throughout a year of clinical study to the teaching of candidates for those degrees by means of lectures, seminars, or other kinds of demonstration, supervision, or instruction approved by the Faculty Board. The recognition shall be for not more than three years at a time and shall be renewable.

Resources and Planning Committee of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine

1. There shall be a Resources and Planning Committee of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Regius Professor of Physic, who shall be Chairman;
2. (b)the Director of Medical Education;
3. (c)six persons appointed by the Faculty Board from among the holders of University offices in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine or in any Department of the Faculty, of whom not more than three shall be Heads of Departments and at least one shall be an Associate Lecturer;
4. (d)four persons co-opted by the Committee, at least one of whom shall be a member of the General Board.

2. Members in class (c) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (d) 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. (a)to advise the Faculty Board on all matters relating to finance, planning, and resources;
2. (b)to prepare the annual estimates of the Clinical School for submission by the Faculty Board to the General Board;
3. (c)to supervise the administration of the funds of the School;
4. (d) to make recommendations to the Faculty Board on the establishments of the Departments of the School and on the establishment of University offices and of posts for assistant staff in the Clinical School.

4. The Secretary of the Clinical School shall act as Secretary of the Committee.

Director of Medical Education

1. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Director of Medical Education in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine shall be made by the General Board, on the advice of a Committee specially constituted for the particular occasion.

2. Appointment shall be for an initial period of five years. On reappointment, the Director shall hold office, subject to the provisions of Statute U, until the retiring age, so long as he or she satisfactorily performs the duties of the office.

3. The duties of the Director of Medical Education shall be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine.

Regional Postgraduate Dean

1. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Regional Postgraduate Dean in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of the following persons:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)the Regius Professor of Physic;
3. (c)the Regional Director of Public Health (East of England);
4. (d)the Director of Medical Education.

The Committee shall have power to make an appointment or reappointment to the office of Regional Postgraduate Dean conditional on the holding of a post specified by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine in an institution connected with the University. If the Regional Postgraduate Dean ceases to hold such a post he or she shall thereupon vacate the Deanship.

The duties of the Regional Postgraduate Dean shall be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine who shall consult the Directorate of Health and Social Care, Midlands and East of England.

2. No stipend shall be attached to the office of Regional Postgraduate Dean.

Directors and Assistant Directors of Studies in General Practice

1. There shall be such number of University offices of Director and Assistant Director of Studies in General Practice (including not more than two offices of Director) as the General Board may from time to time determine on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine.

2. Appointments and reappointments to a University office of Director or Assistant Director of Studies in General Practice shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of the following persons:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)the Regius Professor of Physic;
3. (c)the Director of Medical Education;
4. (d)three persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine;
5. (e)two persons appointed by the General Board.

3. Appointments and reappointments to a University office of Director of Studies in General Practice shall be for periods not exceeding five years at a time. Appointments and reappointments to a University office of Assistant Director of Studies in General Practice shall be for periods not exceeding three years at a time.

4. The duties of a Director or an Assistant Director of Studies in General Practice shall be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine.

Associate Deans

1. There shall be such number of University offices of Associate Dean in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine as the General Board may from time to time determine on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine.

2. Appointments and reappointments to a University office of Associate Dean shall be for periods not exceeding five years at a time and shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of the following persons:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)the Regius Professor of Physic;
3. (c)the Regional Director of Public Health (East of England);
4. (d)the Director of Medical Education;
5. (e)the Regional Postgraduate Dean;
6. (f)one person appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine;
7. (g)three persons appointed by the General Board, of whom two shall be appointed on the nomination of the Directorate of Health and Social Care, Midlands and East of England.

3. The duties of an Associate Dean shall be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine who shall consult the Directorate of Health and Social Care, Midlands and East of England.

4. An Associate Dean shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine subject to the approval of the General Board.

Certain University offices whose holders have clinical responsibilities in the National Health Service

1. No Professor, Reader, University Senior Lecturer, University Lecturer, Assistant Director of Research, or Clinical Lecturer, who holds an honorary clinical contract in the National Health Service, nor the Consultant Occupational Physician, shall engage in private medical practice for more than one NHS session (one half-day) each working week. All payments for private practice work shall be administered by the Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd. The officer concerned may elect to receive a fee for such private practice which will be calculated after the deduction of administrative and overhead costs. Income remaining after this fee has been paid shall be placed in a fund or funds to be used for medical education or research administered according to arrangements approved by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine.

2. No University officer who receives additional payments for clinical responsibility under the regulations for those payments, nor the Consultant Occupational Physician, shall be a Tutor, Assistant Tutor, Steward, Bursar, or Assistant Bursar of a College, nor shall he or she give instruction on behalf of a College or Colleges for more than six hours a week, or, if a Professor, four hours a week.

Arrangement with the United Cambridge Hospitals7

Centre for Medical Genetics and Policy

Management

1. The Centre for Medical Genetics and Policy shall be an institution within the Faculty of Clinical Medicine and shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management, which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director;
2. (b)one person appointed by each of the following:
3.   the General Board,
4.   the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine,
5.   the Council of the School of Biological Sciences,
6.   the Council of the School of the Arts and Humanities,
7.   the Council of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, and
8.   the Council of the School of Technology,
9.  provided that a person appointed by any one of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine or the Councils of the Schools may also be the person appointed by the General Board;
10. (c)one person appointed by the Directorate of Health and Social Care, Midlands and East of England (or its successor body);
11. (d)not more than four persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

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. Members in class (d) 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.

3. The Committee shall elect one of their members other than the Director to be their Chairman, to serve for three years from 1 January following his or her election. The Director of the Centre shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

4. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)to promote teaching in the field of policy in Medical Genetics and in its public health, ethical, legal, and social implications, and to promote research in those fields and the publication of the results of such research;
2. (b)to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of research in the policy, public health, ethical, legal, and social implications of Medical Genetics;
3. (c)to establish policies and procedures for the administration of grants, endowments, and other resources received for the benefit of the Centre and to determine and agree the respective responsibilities of the various Faculty Boards and University institutions participating in the Centre;
4. (d)to administer funds allocated to them for the purposes set out in (a) and (b) above;
5. (e)to supervise the work of staff at the Centre;
6. (f)to prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board.

5. The Committee shall have the right of reporting to the University.

Director of the Centre

1. The Directorship of the Centre may be held concurrently with another University Office.

2. The Director shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management. He or she shall hold office for five years, and shall be eligible for reappointment.

3. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative head of the Centre and shall be responsible for the promotion of the subject generally.

4. The Director shall be responsible for ensuring appropriate direction of the research in the Centre.

Institute of Public Health

Management

1. The Institute of Public Health shall be an institution within the Faculty of Clinical Medicine, and shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management, which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director;
2. (b)the Regius Professor of Physic;
3. (c)the Head of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care;
4. (d)the Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine;
5. (e)one person appointed by the General Board;
6. (f)three persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, one after consultation with each of the following: the Head of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care; the Professor of General Practice (who may be appointed to serve as the member); and the Regional Director of Public Health (East of England);
7. (g)the Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit, the Director of the MRC Biostatistics Unit, and the Director of the MRC Centre in Cambridge, or their deputies;
8. (h)the Regional Director of Public Health (East of England) or her or his deputy;
9. (i)not more than four persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

2. Members in classes (e) and (f) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted members in class (i) 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.

3. The Committee shall elect one of their members other than the Director to be their Chairman and to serve for three years from 1 January following his or her election. The Director of the Institute shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

4. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)in collaboration with the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine and with any other Faculty Boards concerned, to promote teaching in the field of public health, and to promote research in that field and the publication of the results of such research;
2. (b)to collaborate with outside bodies in the encouragement of teaching and research in public health;
3. (c)to administer funds allocated to them for the purposes specified in (a) and (b) above;
4. (d)to supervise the work of the Institute;
5. (e)to prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board;
6. (f)to make an Annual Report to the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine on the affairs of the Institute.

Director of the Institute

1. There shall be a University office of Director of the Institute, which shall be held in conjunction with another University office.

2. The Director shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management. He or she shall hold office for five years, and shall be eligible for reappointment.

3. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative Head of the Institute. He or she shall be responsible for the direction of study and research in public health in the Institute and the promotion of the subject generally.

Consultant Occupational Physician8

1. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Consultant Occupational Physician in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of the following persons:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)three persons appointed by the General Board, one on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine;
3. (c)three persons appointed by the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
4. (d)one person appointed by the Committee of Management of the University Health Services.

The tenure of the Consultant Occupational Physician shall be the same as that prescribed for a University Lecturer by Statute D, XVII, 6 and 7.

2. The duties of the Consultant Occupational Physician shall be:

1. (i)to act as medical adviser to the General Board of the Faculties and the Council as appropriate on the hazards to health which arise in the course of work in the University, to arrange and maintain a surveillance system of the health of persons who may be at special risk, and to keep such records and to maintain such liaison with medical practitioners, local authorities, health authorities, and government agencies as may be appropriate;
2. (ii)to engage in research, and to undertake such amount of teaching as may be determined by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine;
3. (iii)to act as Director of Occupational Health Services to the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

For these duties the Consultant Occupational Physician shall be responsible

1. (a)as they concern the University, to the Head of the Human Resources Division of the University Offices.
2. (b)as they concern the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to that Trust.

3. The Consultant Occupational Physician shall be required to discharge these duties throughout the year save for a period not exceeding seven weeks, including public holidays, in any one academical year.

4. The Consultant Occupational Physician shall be eligible to receive payments for clinical responsibility under the terms of Regulation 5 of the regulations governing payments additional to stipend.

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scientific Services

Director

1. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Director of PET Scientific Services in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine shall be made by an Appointments Committee constituted as follows:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)the Regius Professor of Physic;
3. (c)three persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine;
4. (d)two persons appointed by the General Board.

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 following.

2. The Director shall be responsible to the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine for the scientific and technical management of the PET component of the Brain Imaging Centre; and shall undertake such other duties as the Faculty Board may from time to time determine, subject to the approval of the General Board.

3. The Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the General Board, after consultation with the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine.

Faculty of Divinity

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2008–09, p. 1045)

A University officer who is a member of the Faculty of Divinity and who under the provisions of Statute D, II, 13 holds a residentiary Canonry of Ely Cathedral shall not be a Tutor, Assistant Tutor, Bursar, Assistant Bursar, or Steward of a College.

Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies

Management

1. The Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies shall be an institution within the Faculty of Divinity and shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director of the Centre;
2. (b)the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Divinity;
3. (c)two persons appointed by the General Board;
4. (d)four persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Divinity;
5. (e)not more than two additional persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

2. Members in classes (c) and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted 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.

3. The Committee shall elect one of their members other than the Director to be their Chairman, to serve for three years from 1 January following his or her election. The Director of the Centre shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

4. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Board of Divinity, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)in collaboration with the Faculty Board of Divinity, to promote teaching in advanced religious and theological studies, and to promote research in these subjects and the publication of the results of such research;
2. (b)to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of research in advanced religious and theological studies;
3. (c)to administer funds allocated to them for the purpose specified in (a) above;
4. (d)to supervise the work of the staff of the Centre;
5. (e)to prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board.

Staff of the Centre

1. The Directorship of the Centre shall be held concurrently with a University office.

2. The Director shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management. He or she shall hold office for five years, and shall be eligible for reappointment.

3. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative Head of the Centre, and shall be responsible for the direction of advanced religious and theological studies in the Centre and their encouragement generally in the University.

4. During any period of absence from duty of the Director, the General Board shall have discretion, on the recommendation of the Committee of Management, to appoint a person to be Acting Director. A person so appointed shall be recognized as Director of the Centre for all purposes.

5. Appointments and reappointments to a University office on the graduate staff of the Centre other than the office of Director shall be made by the Committee of Management but subject to the approval of the General Board.

6. The duties of any graduate staff of the Centre other than the Director shall be determined by the Committee of Management, subject to the approval of the General Board.

7. The Director and any other members of the graduate staff shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board.

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars from outside Cambridge to take part in and contribute to the work of the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who are pursuing advanced work in religious and theological studies.

2. The maximum number of Visiting Fellows that there may be in the Centre at any one time shall be determined by the General Board. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Committee of Management of the Centre for periods not exceeding one year at a time.

3. Visiting Fellows shall be required under the general supervision of the Committee of Management to take part in the teaching and research programme of the Centre.

4. Visiting Fellows shall not during the tenure of their Fellowships hold any University office. If at the time of appointment they are not members of the University they shall be required to become members as soon as is conveniently possible.

5. The stipend of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

6. Subject to the approval of the General Board, the Committee of Management may make grants to Visiting Fellows to meet travelling or other expenses incurred in connection with their Fellowships.

Committee of Management for the degree of Bachelor of Theology for Ministry

1. There shall be a Committee of Management for the B.Th. Degree, responsible to the Faculty Board of Divinity for the detailed administration of the Degree, which shall consist of:

1. (a)three members of the Regent House appointed by the Faculty Board of Divinity;
2. (b)two persons appointed by the Council of the Cambridge Theological Federation;9
3. (c)not more than two persons co-opted by the Committee, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons;
4. (d)two members who are candidates for the B.Th. Degree, elected by all the students who are pursuing the course of study for that degree.

Members in classes (a) and (b) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January next following their appointment. Members in class (c) 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. Regulations 4–7 and 9–10 for the selection of student members of Faculty Boards and other bodies shall apply to the election of members in class (d) as if all members were matriculated students. Members in class (d) shall serve for one year from 1 January next following their election.

2. The Faculty Board shall appoint annually one of the members in class (a) to be Chairman, and the Secretary shall be the Registrar of the Cambridge Theological Federation ex officio.

3. The Committee may also have responsibility for the detailed administration of the Certificate in Theology for Ministry, if the Faculty Board of Divinity so decide.

Certificate in Theology for Ministry10

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2008–09, p. 1045)

Department of Earth Sciences

Departmental Committee

1. There shall be a Departmental Committee of the Department of Earth Sciences consisting of:

1. (a)the Head of the Department who shall be Chairman;
2. (b)not more than three persons holding Professorships assigned to the Department of Earth Sciences: provided that
3.  (i)when the Head of the Department is a Professor, the number of places in this class, subject to a maximum of two, shall be one less than the number of Professorships assigned to the Department;
4.  (ii)when the number of such Professorships exceeds the number of places the Professors shall elect from among themselves members to serve in this class for periods of two years at a time;
5. (c)such number of University officers in the Department as will bring the total number of members in classes (a), (b), and (c) to six, elected in accordance with Regulation 2 by a body comprising all University officers whose offices are assigned to the Department and those members of the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography who have been designated for the purpose by the Board of that Faculty on the nomination of the Departmental Committee;
6. (d)persons co-opted by the Committee to serve until the end of the academical year in which they are co-opted or of the following academical year as the Committee shall determine at the time of their co-optation, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons.

2. Elections of members in class (c) shall be held annually before the end of the Easter Term and shall be in accordance with a procedure determined from time to time by a meeting of those entitled to vote. A member elected in this class shall serve for a period of two years from 1 October following his or her election and shall at the end of that period be eligible for re-election for one further period of two years, after which two years shall elapse before he or she shall again be eligible for re-election.

3. The Committee shall meet at least once a term and shall advise the Head of the Department on matters concerning the teaching, research, staffing, resources, and administration within the Department.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

1. There shall be the following University offices on the staff of the Museum:

1. (a)the office of Director of the Museum;
2. (b)the office of Curator of the Museum or Senior Assistant Curator of the Museum or Assistant Curator of the Museum, as the General Board shall from time to time determine;
3. (c)such other offices of Curator, designated Curator of a specified collection, as the General Board shall from time to time determine.

2. (a) The office of Director of the Museum shall be held in conjunction with another University office in the Department of Earth Sciences.

(b) The office of Curator of the Museum may be held in conjunction with the office of Director, but shall not be held in conjunction with any other University office. The office of Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator of the Museum shall not be held in conjunction with any other University office.

(c) Any office of Curator of a specified collection shall be held in conjunction with another University office in the Department of Earth Sciences.

3. (a) Appointments and reappointments to the office of Director of the Museum shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography, and shall be for such periods not exceeding five years at a time as the Appointments Committee shall determine.

(b) Appointments and reappointments to the office of Curator, Senior Assistant Curator, or Assistant Curator of the Museum or to any office of Curator of a specified collection shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography with the Director as an additional member for this purpose.

4. The Director shall be responsible to the Head of the Department of Earth Sciences for the management of the Museum and for such other duties relating to the Museum as shall be determined by the Head of the Department from time to time.

5. The Curator, Senior Assistant Curator, or Assistant Curator of the Museum shall be responsible through the Director to the Head of the Department for the cataloguing, maintenance, and conservation of the collections of the Museum, for making arrangements for their display, and for making them available for study and research. The holders of other offices on the staff of the Museum shall assist in these duties.

6. If the holder of a University office on the staff of the Museum is a University Lecturer, the performance of the officer's duties in the Museum shall be taken into account by the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography in determining the amount of the officer's teaching work so that the total of that work, together with work in the Museum, is within the limits fixed by the General Board under Statute D, XVII, 8.

7. The holder of an office of Curator or Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator of the Museum shall undertake at the request of the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography, without additional payment, such teaching as the Faculty Board may consider desirable, having regard to the due performance of the officer's duties in the Museum. The amount of teaching given by such an officer on behalf of a College or Colleges shall not exceed six hours a week.

8. The hours of attendance in the Museum of members of the staff shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Earth Sciences.

9. The holders of University offices on the staff of the Museum shall be members of the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography under Statute C, III, 3(b).

Faculty of Economics

Executive Director of Research

1. There shall be an office11 of Executive Director of Research in the Faculty of Economics, which may be held on such terms and conditions as the General Board shall determine. The office may be tenable concurrently with another University office.

2. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Director shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Economics and two persons appointed by the General Board for the particular occasion.

3. The duties of the Director shall be to advance knowledge and to promote and direct research in Economics, to give instruction to students, and to facilitate the research of University officers in the Faculty, subject to the powers of the Faculty Board of Economics. Such teaching as the Director may give on behalf of the University, including the supervision of Graduate Students, shall be given without additional remuneration as part of the duties of the office.

4. The Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Board with the approval of the General Board.

5. The Director shall not be a Tutor, Assistant Tutor, Bursar, Assistant Bursar, or Steward of a College.

Marshall Library Fund

1. The Marshall Library Fund shall be divided into two accounts of which one shall be called the Marshall Library Fund I and shall consist of the capital and income of Mrs Marshall's benefaction,12 and the other shall be called the Marshall Library Fund II and shall consist of the capital and income of Mrs Marshall's bequest.

2. The Faculty Board of Economics shall be authorized to make supplementary payments into the Marshall Library Fund I out of the Faculty Fund.

3. The Faculty Board shall be authorized to provide out of the Marshall Library Fund I the expenses of rent, equipment, purchase of books, attendance, etc., of a research library for the use of students of Economics, to be called the Marshall Library.

4. Payments from the Marshall Library Fund II shall be made by resolution of the Faculty Board, subject to the approval of the General Board, with the exception that the reinvestment of the income of the Fund be conducted as at present.

Faculty of Education

Department of Education

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2008–09, p. 1045)

1. The Department of Education shall have the title ‘The School of Education’, and the Head of the Department shall be the academic head of the School and shall be designated Dean of Educational Studies.

2. The Secretary of the Department of Education shall act as Secretary of the Faculty Board of Education.

[3. The Faculty Board of Education shall have power, subject to the approval of the General Board, to administer courses leading to diplomas and certificates of the Board, to determine the fees to be paid by students attending such courses, whether members of the University or not, to conduct examinations of students who have followed such courses, and to award diplomas and certificates for satisfactory performance in such examinations or for satisfactory attendance at such courses.]13

Centre for Commonwealth Education

Constitution

The Centre for Commonwealth Education shall be an institution within the Faculty of Education.

Management

1. The Centre shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. (a)three members appointed by the General Board, on the recommendation of the Commonwealth Institute, of whom one shall be appointed as Chairman;
2. (b)the Head of the School of Education and the Director of the Centre ex officio;
3. (c)two members appointed by the General Board, of whom one shall be appointed on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Education.

The Secretary of the Centre shall serve as Secretary of the Management Committee.

2. Members in classes (a) and (c) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. No member of the Management Committee, other than members in class (b), shall serve on the Committee for more than eight consecutive years.

3. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Board of Education, the duties of the Committee shall be:

1. (a)to promote research, scholarship, and teaching in Commonwealth Education;
2. (b)to determine the policies, priorities, and strategic plans of the Centre, in consultation with the Director;
3. (c)to review and approve the operational and business plans of the Centre and the annual budget of the Centre prepared by the Director;
4. (d)to receive annual financial reports and audited accounts of the Centre;
5. (e)to transmit documents and decisions on the above matters including an Annual Report to the Institute and the General Board and, where appropriate, to the Advisory Board;
6. (f)to take such other actions as may be conducive or necessary to the furtherance of the purpose of the Centre.

4. The Management Committee shall meet at least once each term. The Chairman and three other members present at a meeting shall constitute a quorum.

Advisory Board

1. There shall be an Advisory Board, which shall consist of:

1. (a)four members appointed by the General Board, on the recommendation of the Institute, of whom one shall be appointed Chairman;
2. (b)three members appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Education;
3. (c)five members, one from each region of the Commonwealth, appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Institute;
4. (d)up to two persons co-opted for specific purposes at the discretion of the Advisory Board; and
5. (e)the Director ex officio.

The Secretary of the Centre shall serve as Secretary of the Advisory Board.

2. Members of the Advisory Board in classes (a), (b), and (c) shall be appointed for a term of four years and shall be eligible for reappointment; provided that no member of the Advisory Board shall serve on the Board for more than eight consecutive years. Members in class (d) shall serve for such specific periods as the Advisory Board may at their discretion determine to be necessary to fulfil the specific purpose for which they are appointed.

3. The Advisory Board shall meet at least once in each academical year. The Chairman and six other members (excluding any co-opted members) present at a meeting shall constitute a quorum.

4. Members of the Advisory Board shall serve as such without remuneration from the Centre, but the Centre may pay them a per diem fee and reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings.

5. The duties of the Advisory Board shall be:

1. (a)to advise the Director of the Centre on ways in which the Centre may efficiently and effectively undertake its purpose and functions;
2. (b)to advise the Director on the financial implications of such activities and potential sources of funding;
3. (c)to assist the Director in furthering the Centre's programmes by promoting co-operation with other bodies concerned with educational research in Commonwealth countries;
4. (d)to receive reports on the policies, operations, and activities of the Centre.

Staff of the Centre

1. There shall be a University Office of Director of the Centre which may be held concurrently with another University office.

2. The Director shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of a committee which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor, or a duly appointed Deputy, as Chairman; and
2. (b)eight members appointed by the General Board, after consultation with the Faculty Board of Education and the Commonwealth Institute, of whom three should not be resident members of the University.

The Director shall hold office for ten years and shall be eligible for reappointment for further periods of five years, as determined by the General Board on the advice of a Committee specially constituted for the occasion.

3. Subject to the duties of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative head of the Centre, and shall be responsible to the Committee of Management for the proper operation and management of the Centre and for ensuring the effective carrying out of the Centre's purpose and functions, including the direction of teaching and research in the Centre. The Director shall:

1. (a)develop and submit to the Management Committee plans for the implementation of the research programmes and operational activities of the Centre;
2. (b)prepare the Annual Report of the Centre;
3. (c)prepare the annual budget of the Centre for submission to the Management Committee for approval;
4. (d)prepare the annual accounts of the Centre for submission, after audit, to the Management Committee; and
5. (e)keep and have available for review by the Management Committee and other appropriate parties financial accounts and other records on a current basis.

4. There shall be two offices of Assistant Director of the Centre, which may be held concurrently with another University office. Appointments to the office of Assistant Director shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor, or Deputy, as Chairman;
2. (b)the Director;
3. (c)two members appointed by the General Board;
4. (d)three members appointed by the Management Committee.

Appointments and reappointments shall be made for periods not exceeding five years to be determined by the Appointments Committee, subject to the approval of the General Board.

The duties of the Assistant Directors shall be to assist the Director in all matters concerned with the work of the Centre. In the absence from duty of the Director, an Assistant Director designated by the General Board shall exercise the authority and perform the functions of the Director.

5. There shall be an office of Secretary of the Centre to which appointment shall be made as prescribed in Regulation 1 of the regulations for Secretaries and Superintendents of Faculties, Departments, and other institutions under the supervision of the General Board. Appointments and reappointments shall be made for periods of up to five years, as determined by the Appointments Committee, subject to the approval of the General Board.

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars from outside Cambridge to take part in and contribute to the work of the Centre there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who have made or are making important contributions to research, or who are pursuing advanced work in the subject.

2. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Director of the Centre for periods not exceeding one year at a time.

3. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Director with the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

Research Affiliates

The Director may from time to time grant the status of Research Affiliate to persons (other than the salaried research staff of the Centre) who contribute to the Centre's work.

Department of Engineering

Director of Research (Administration and Development)

1. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Director of Research (Administration and Development) shall be made in accordance with arrangements agreed from time to time by the competent authority.

2. The duties of the Director shall be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Faculty Board of Engineering.

3. The Director shall be a member of the Faculty of Engineering under Statute C, III, 3(b).

Superintendent of the Engineering Workshops

1. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Superintendent of the Engineering Workshops shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Engineering.

2. The duties of the Superintendent shall be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Faculty Board of Engineering.

3. The Superintendent shall be a member of the Faculty of Engineering under Statute C, III, 3(b).

Senior Design Engineers, Design Engineers, and Electronic Design Engineers in the Department of Engineering

1. Appointments and reappointments to a University office of Senior Design Engineer and to a University office of Design Engineer and to a University office of Electronic Design Engineer shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Engineering. The number of offices of Senior Design Engineer, Design Engineer, and Electronic Design Engineer in the Department of Engineering shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Engineering, on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Engineering, subject to the approval of the General Board.

2. The duties of a Senior Design Engineer, of a Design Engineer, and of an Electronic Design Engineer shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Engineering, subject to the approval of the General Board.

3. The Senior Design Engineers, Design Engineers, and Electronic Design Engineers shall be members of the Faculty of Engineering under Statute C, III, 3(b).

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

1. The Department of History and Philosophy of Science shall be a Department independent of any Faculty. The Department shall be managed by the Board of History and Philosophy of Science under the supervision of the General Board.

2. Appointments and reappointments to a University office in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science shall be made by an Appointments Committee for the Department consisting of the following persons:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)(i)the Chairman of the Board of History and Philosophy of Science,
3.  (ii)the Head of the Department and the Professor of History and Philosophy of Science;
4. (c)three members of the Board of History and Philosophy of Science appointed by the Board;
5. (d)two persons appointed by the General Board.

The Appointments Committee shall have the same powers and duties in respect of the Department as the Appointments Committee for a Faculty has or shall have by Statute or Ordinance in respect of a Faculty; and Statute D, XVII, 5 shall apply to the Committee as if it were the Appointments Committee for a Faculty.

3. The Head of the Department shall be responsible to the Board of History and Philosophy of Science for the preservation, augmentation, and display of the collections in the Whipple Museum of the History of Science and of the books in the Whipple collections. The Head of the Department shall have discretion to delegate any or all of these responsibilities to the Curator of the Museum.

Board of History and Philosophy of Science

1. The Board of History and Philosophy of Science shall consist of:

1. (a)the Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science;
2. (b)the Professors and Readers in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science;
3. (c)the Librarian and the Secretary of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science;
4. (d)the Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science;
5. (e)four persons elected from among their own number by the University officers in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and those persons whose contribution to the teaching programme of the Department is such that they have been recognized for this purpose by the Board of History and Philosophy of Science subject to the concurrence of the General Board;
6. (f)two persons appointed by the General Board;
7. (g)not more than five persons co-opted by the Board provided that in the case of a casual vacancy or vacancies in class (b) or class (e) an additional person or persons may be co-opted to serve until the end of the calendar year in which the vacancy or vacancies occurred;
8. (h)three persons elected in accordance with Regulation 3.

2. The election of members in class (e) shall be held in the Michaelmas Term of every year; 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 Board or a deputy appointed by the Chairman subject to the approval of the General Board. Members in class (e) shall serve for two years from 1 January following their election. Members in class (f) shall serve for two years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted members in class (g) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the following year, as the Board shall determine at the time of their co-optation.

3. The provisions for the election of members of Faculty Boards in class (f) and for the period for which such members shall serve, which are contained in Statute C, IV, in the regulations for the constitution of the Faculty Boards, and in the rules made under those regulations, shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the election and period of membership of members of the Board in class (h).

4. The Board shall elect annually one of their number as Chairman of the Board, and a Secretary; provided that neither of the persons so elected shall be a Graduate Student or a person in statu pupillari.

5. Except so far as may be determined otherwise by Ordinance, the Board shall have the same powers and duties as are assigned by Statute to the Board of a Faculty organized in Departments.

6. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply as if the Board were a body constituted by Statute and any matter which, if the Board were a Faculty Board, would be reserved business under Statute C, IV, 13 shall also be reserved. These provisions shall apply to any member of the Board in class (h) who is not in statu pupillari as if he or she were a person in statu pupillari.

Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science

1. There shall be a University office of Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, the holder of which shall also be entitled Director of the Museum.

2. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

3. The duties of the Curator shall be determined by the Board of History and Philosophy of Science and shall include the following:

1. (a)to assist the Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science in the preservation, augmentation, and display of the collections of the Museum, and in making them available for purposes of study and research;
2. (b)to undertake at the request of the Board of History and Philosophy of Science, without additional payment, such teaching as the Board may consider desirable, having regard to the due performance of his or her duties as Curator.

Department of Land Economy

1. The Department of Land Economy shall be a Department independent of any Faculty. The Department shall be controlled by the Board of Land Economy under the supervision of the General Board.

2. Appointments and reappointments to a University office in the Department of Land Economy other than to an Assistantship in Research shall be made by an Appointments Committee for the Department consisting of the following persons:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)the Head of the Department of Land Economy;
3. (c)three members of the Board of Land Economy appointed by that Board;
4. (d)two persons appointed by the General Board.

The Appointments Committee shall have the same powers and duties in respect of the Department as the Appointments Committee for a Faculty has by Statute or Ordinance in respect of a Faculty; and Statute D, XVII, 5 shall apply to the Committee as if it were the Appointments Committee for a Faculty.

Board of Land Economy

1. The Board of Land Economy shall consist of:

1. (a)the Head of the Department of Land Economy;
2. (b)the Directors of such Research Centres within the Department of Land Economy as approved by the Board of Land Economy;
3. (c)the Professors in the Department of Land Economy;
4. (d)the Secretary of the Degree Committee for the Department;
5. (e)six persons elected from among their own number by the Readers and other University officers in the Department of Land Economy and those members of the Regent House whose contribution to the teaching and research programme of the Department is such that they have been recognized by the Board;
6. (f)one person appointed by the Council;
7. (g)one person appointed by the General Board;
8. (h)one person appointed by each of the Faculty Boards of Earth Sciences and Geography, Economics, and Law;
9. (i)not more than two persons co-opted by the Board provided that in the case of a casual vacancy or vacancies in class (e) an additional person or persons may be co-opted to serve until the end of the calendar year in which the vacancy or vacancies occurred;
10. (j)three persons elected in accordance with Regulation 3.

2. The election of members in class (e) shall be held in the Michaelmas Term of every year; 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 Board or in the Chairman's absence a deputy appointed by the Chairman subject to the approval of the General Board. Members in class (e) shall serve for two years from 1 January following their election. Members in classes (f)–(h) shall serve for two years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted members in class (i) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the following year as the Board shall determine at the time of their co-optation.

3. The provisions for the election of members of Faculty Boards in class (f) and for the period for which such members shall serve, which are contained in Statute C, IV, in the regulations for the constitution of the Faculty Boards, and in the rules made under those regulations, shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the election and period of membership of members of the Board in class (j).

4. The Board shall elect annually one of their members as Chairman of the Board, provided that the person so elected shall not be a Graduate Student or a person in statu pupillari. The Secretary of the Board shall be the Departmental Administrative Officer.

5. Except so far as may be determined otherwise by Ordinance, the Board shall have the same powers and duties as are assigned by Statute to the Board of a Faculty organized in Departments. It shall also be their duty, under the supervision of the General Board, to exercise general control over the Department of Land Economy.

6. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply as if the Board were a body constituted by Statute and any matter which, if the Board were a Faculty Board, would be reserved business under Statute C, IV, 13 shall also be reserved. These provisions shall apply to any member of the Board in class (j) who is not in statu pupillari as if he or she were a person in statu pupillari.

Agricultural Economics Unit

General

1. Subject to the powers of the Board of Land Economy, the Agricultural Economics Unit shall be under the general control of the Head of the Department of Land Economy.

2. In accordance with such general arrangements as may be agreed upon between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the General Board, acting on behalf of the University, the Agricultural Economics Unit shall undertake investigations and provide specialist advice, as may be commissioned by the Ministry.

3. The Agricultural Economics Unit shall, in addition to the work commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, promote and engage in research in agricultural economics.

Director of the Agricultural Economics Unit

1. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Director of the Agricultural Economics Unit shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Department of Land Economy, and two persons appointed by the General Board for the particular occasion.

2. The duties of the Director of the Agricultural Economics Unit shall be to advance knowledge and to promote and direct research in Agricultural Economics, to give instruction to students, and to supervise the work of the Unit, subject to the powers of the Board of Land Economy and under the general control of the Head of the Department of Land Economy. Such teaching as the Director may give on behalf of the University other than the supervision of Graduate Students shall be given without additional remuneration as part of the duties of the office.

3. The Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Board with the approval of the General Board.

4. The Director shall not be a Tutor, Assistant Tutor, Bursar, Assistant Bursar, or Steward of a College.

Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning

General

1. Subject to the powers of the Board of Land Economy, the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning shall be under the general control of the Head of the Department of Land Economy.

2. The Centre shall promote and engage in research in the field of housing and planning.

Director of the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning

1. There shall be a University office of Director of the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning, which may be held concurrently with another University office.

2. If the office is held concurrently with another University office, appointments and reappointments to the office of Director shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Department of Land Economy and shall be for a period or periods not exceeding five years at a time.

3. The duties of the Director shall be:

1. (a)to promote and direct research in the field of housing and planning;
2. (b)to give instruction to students therein;
3. (c)subject to the powers of the Board of Land Economy and under the general control of the Head of the Department of Land Economy, to supervise the work of the Centre.

Such teaching as the Director may give on behalf of the University shall be given without additional remuneration as part of the duties of the office.

4. The Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Board of Land Economy with the approval of the General Board.

5. The Director shall not be a Tutor, Assistant Tutor, Bursar, Assistant Bursar, or Steward of a College.

Faculty of Law

Committee of Management: Joint course in Law

1. There shall be a Committee of Management for the joint course in Law administered by the University of Cambridge and the University of Paris II. The Committee shall consist of:

1. (a)two members of the Regent House appointed by the Faculty Board of Law;
2. (b)two members of the Regent House appointed by the Senior Tutors’ Committee;
3. (c)one person appointed by the General Board;
4. (d)five representatives of the University of Paris II.

Members in classes (a)–(c) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for two years from 1 January next following their appointment.

2. The Committee shall elect annually one of their number as Chairman and one as Secretary.

3. The Committee shall have the following duties:

1. (a)to approve candidates for entry to the joint course, and to consult with Colleges, as appropriate, about their admission to Colleges;
2. (b)to monitor the arrangements for the assessment of candidates following the joint course;
3. (c)to make an annual report on the conduct of the course to the General Board, to the Faculty Board of Law, and to the University of Paris II.

Institute of Criminology

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2008–09, p. 812)

Management

1. The Institute of Criminology shall be a Department within the Faculty of Law.

2. The Institute shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director of the Institute;
2. (b)the Wolfson Professor of Criminology;
3. (c)the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Law;
4. (d)one person appointed by each of the following authorities: the Faculty Boards of Law, Business and Management, and Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies, the Strategic Committee for the Institute of Continuing Education, the Head of the Department of Psychiatry;
5. (e)three persons elected from among their own number by the University officers in the Institute;
6. (f)the Librarian of the Institute;
7. (g)not more than three persons co-opted by the Committee; provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons;
8. (h)two persons elected in accordance with Regulations 4 and 5 below.

3. Members in class (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. An election of members in class (e) shall be held in the Michaelmas Term each year; members so elected shall serve for three years from 1 January following the election. The procedure for such an election shall be that prescribed in the Single Transferable Vote Regulations, except that the returning officer shall be the Director of the Institute or, in the absence of the Director, a duly appointed deputy, subject to the approval of the General Board. Members in class (g) 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.

4. Except as provided otherwise in these regulations, the provisions for the election and period of service of members of Faculty Boards in class (f) which are contained in Statute C, IV, in the regulations for the constitution of the Faculty Boards, and in the rules made under those regulations, shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the election and the period of service of members of the Committee of Management in class (h).

5. The scheme for the election of members of the Committee of Management in class (h) shall be as follows:14

J. The members in class (h) shall be (i) one graduate student elected by and from among the graduate students pursuing a course of study in the Institute for the Ph.D. Degree, and (ii) one graduate student elected by and from among the graduate students pursuing a course of study in the Institute leading to the M.Phil. Degree. The returning officer for the election shall be the Director of the Institute.

6. The Committee shall elect annually one of their members as Chairman, and a Secretary, provided that neither of the persons so elected shall be a Graduate Student or a person in statu pupillari. They may, subject to the approval of the General Board, pay a salary to the Secretary.

7. Six members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

8. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Board of Law, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)to promote teaching and research in Criminology and the publication of the results of such research;
2. (b)to co-operate with other institutions in the University in the encouragement of teaching and research in Criminology;
3. (c)to supervise the work of the Institute.

9. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply as if the Committee were a body constituted by Statute and any matter which, if the Committee were a Faculty Board, would be reserved business under Statute C, IV, 13 shall also be reserved. These provisions shall apply to any member of the Committee in class (h) who is not in statu pupillari as if he or she were a person in statu pupillari.

Staff of the Institute of Criminology

1. There shall be a University office of Director of the Institute of Criminology.15 The Director shall be appointed by the General Board who, on each initial appointment, shall be advised by a committee specially constituted for the purpose. The Director shall hold office for a period not exceeding five years, as determined by the General Board at the time of appointment.

2. Appointments and reappointments to a University office of University Lecturer, Assistant Director of Research, or Senior Assistant in Research in the Institute shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Law as constituted for the particular office in accordance with Statute D, XVII, 3, or, if the General Board have determined that the duties of the office concern more than one Faculty or Department and have specified those Faculties or Departments, by an Appointments Committee constituted in accordance with Statute D, XVII, 4.

3. The Director shall be the Head of the Department of the Institute of Criminology. Under the general control of the Committee of Management he or she shall carry out the duties specified for the Head of a Department in Statute C, V, 3.

4. The Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board.

5. The Director shall not be a Tutor, Assistant Tutor, Bursar, Assistant Bursar, or Steward of a College.

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars and experts from outside Cambridge to take part in and contribute to the work of the Institute of Criminology there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who are experienced in the administration of criminal justice or who have made important contributions to the criminological and allied disciplines. There shall not be more than four Visiting Fellows in the Institute at any one time.

2. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Committee of Management of the Institute for periods not exceeding one year at a time.

3. A Visiting Fellow shall be required under the general supervision of the Committee of Management to take part in the teaching and research programme of the Institute.

4. Visiting Fellows shall not hold any University office during the tenure of their Fellowships. A Visiting Fellow who is not a member of the University at the time of appointment shall be required to become a member as soon as is conveniently possible thereafter.

5. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

6. Subject to the approval of the General Board, the Committee of Management may make grants to Visiting Fellows to meet travelling or other expenses incurred in connection with their Fellowships.

Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law

Management

1. The Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law shall be an institution within the Faculty of Law and shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Law and the Whewell Professor of International Law ex officio;
2. (b)the Director and the Deputy Director of the Centre;
3. (c)one person appointed by the General Board, three by the Faculty Board of Law, and one by the Committee of Management of the Centre of International Studies;
4. (d)not more than two additional persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

2. Members in class (c) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted members in class (d) 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.

3. The Faculty Board shall elect one of their number, other than the Director and the Deputy Director of the Centre, to be Chairman of the Committee, to serve for four years from 1 January following his or her election. The Director shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

4. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Board of Law, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)to promote study and research in international law and to assist in the production of the International Law Reports;
2. (b)to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of study and research in international law;
3. (c)to administer funds available to them for the purposes specified in (a) and (b) above, and to comply with any requirements of the General Board and of the Faculty Board of Law as regards the submission of reports, estimates, and accounts which shall be shown separately from the accounts of the Faculty;
4. (d)to supervise the work of the staff of the Research Centre.

5. Five members of the Committee shall form a quorum.

6. The funds available to the Research Centre shall consist of donations including an annual donation from the Trustees of the International Law Reports.

Staff of the Research Centre

1. The offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Research Centre shall each be held concurrently with a University office in the Faculty of Law.

2. Appointments and reappointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director shall be made by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Law, and shall be for such periods not exceeding four years at a time as shall be determined by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board.

3. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative Head of the Research Centre. The Director and the Deputy Director shall be responsible for the direction of study and research in the Centre.

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars to take part in and contribute to the work of the Research Centre there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who have made or are making important contributions to international law, or who are pursuing work in international law.

2. The maximum number of Visiting Fellows that there may be in the Research Centre at any one time shall be determined by the General Board. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Committee of Management of the Research Centre, subject to the approval of the Faculty Board of Law, for periods not exceeding two years at a time.

3. A Visiting Fellow shall be required under the general supervision of the Committee of Management to take part in the work of the Research Centre.

4. Visiting Fellows shall not hold any University office during the tenure of their Fellowships. A Visiting Fellow who is not a member of the University at the time of appointment shall be required to become a member as soon as is conveniently possible thereafter.

5. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

Judge Institute of Management (Judge Business School)

1. The Judge Institute of Management shall be a Department within the Faculty of Business and Management and shall have the title ‘Judge Business School’. The Director of the Institute shall be the academic head of the School. The Institute shall be under the general control of the Faculty Board of Business and Management.

2. There shall be an advisory board, which shall contain at least four persons who are not members of the Regent House and who have experience of business administration. It shall be the duty of the advisory board to advise the Director and the Faculty Board on policy for the development of teaching and research in Management Studies in the University.

Staff of the Institute

1. There shall be a University office of Director of the Institute which shall be held concurrently with another University office in the Institute.

2. The Director of the Institute shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Business and Management. He or she shall be appointed for a period of five years and shall be eligible for reappointment for a further period of five years. The Director shall be the Head of the Department ex officio.

3. There shall be a University office of Director of the M.B.A. course, which may be held concurrently with another University office.16 The Director of the M.B.A. course shall be responsible to the Faculty Board of Business and Management for the planning, development, and administration of the course leading to the degree of M.B.A. Appointments and reappointments to the office of Director, if held concurrently with another University office, shall be for such period or periods not exceeding five years at a time as the Appointments Committee for the Faculty Board shall determine.

4. There shall be such number of Careers Advisers in the Institute as the General Board shall determine on the recommendation of the Faculty Board. Appointments and reappointments to the office of Careers Adviser shall be made in accordance with arrangements agreed from time to time by the appropriate authority.

Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance

Director

1. Appointments and reappointments to the University office16 of Director of the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance (CERF) shall be made by the General Board, on the advice of a committee specially constituted for the particular occasion.

2. The duties of the Director shall include:

1. (a)proposing research programmes that meet the objectives of CERF;
2. (b)monitoring and reporting on progress in meeting the objectives of CERF, and its constituent research projects;
3. (c)taking a leading role in generating funds for CERF;
4. (d)taking responsibility for operational, financial, and administrative management of CERF.

3. The Director shall be responsible to, and act for, the Managers of CERF in matters concerned with the general policy and intellectual development of CERF and its research programmes.

4. The office of Director may be held simultaneously with other offices in the University of Cambridge.

5. The Director shall be resident in the University during Full Term.

Department of Physics

Rayleigh Library

1. The Library at the Cavendish Laboratory shall be called the Rayleigh Library.

2. Out of the sum received from the Committee of the Rayleigh Memorial Fund, the sum of £600 shall be separately invested in the name of the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University, and shall be called the Rayleigh Library Endowment Fund for Experimental Physics.

3. The income of the Fund shall be paid for the purposes of the Rayleigh Library to the Cavendish Professor of Physics, who shall keep an account thereof.

4. A book-plate shall be prepared, and a copy of it placed in each book purchased out of the Fund.

Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience

Certain University offices in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience

1. There shall be the offices of University Clinical Anatomist, University Clinical Veterinary Anatomist, and University Physiologist in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience. The tenure of these offices shall be the same as that prescribed for a University Lecturer by Statute D, XVII, 6 and 7.

2.  Appointment and reappointments to each office of University Clinical Anatomist and University Physiologist shall be made, in the manner prescribed by Statute D, XVII, 2, by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Biology.

3.  Appointment and reappointments to the office of University Clinical Veterinary Anatomist shall be made, in the manner prescribed by Statute D, XVII, 2, by an Appointments Committee constituted in accordance with Statute D, XVII, 4(b) for an office whose duties concern the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience and the Department of Veterinary Medicine.

4.  The duties of each officer shall be to assist the Head of the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience in the work of the Department as directed by him or her throughout the year, save for a period or periods not exceeding a total of seven weeks in any one academical year as may be agreed between the officer and the Head of the Department.

5.  Each officer shall undertake without additional payment such formal teaching as may be assigned to him or her by the Head of the Department, with the concurrence of the Faculty Board of Biology, being not less than 100 hours nor more than 200 hours of demonstrating in any one year, or an equivalent amount of other teaching.

6.  None of the officers specified in Regulation 1 shall, without the leave of the General Board, engage in teaching other than teaching given on behalf of the University or a College or Colleges. The amount of teaching given on behalf of a College or Colleges shall not exceed six hours a week.

7.  None of the officers specified in Regulation 1 shall, without the leave of the General Board, engage in private practice or other duties involving clinical responsibility.

Department of Plant Sciences

Herbarium

1. There shall be the following University offices on the staff of the Herbarium:

1. (a)an office of Curator which shall be held concurrently with another University office in the Department of Plant Sciences;
2. (b)such number of offices of Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator as the General Board shall from time to time determine.

2. Appointments and reappointments to the office of Curator of the Herbarium shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Biology.

3. The Curator shall be responsible to the Head of the Department of Plant Sciences for the maintenance of the collection entrusted to his or her care, and for making it available for purposes of study and research.

4. The amount of teaching to be given by the Curator shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Biology after taking into account his or her curatorial duties.

5. The stipend of the Curator shall be his or her stipend as a University officer together with such payments for special responsibilities as Curator as may from time to time be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board.

6. Appointments and reappointments to a University office of Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator of the Herbarium shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Biology, with the Curator of the Herbarium as an additional member for this purpose.

7. The duties of a Senior Assistant Curator or an Assistant Curator shall be determined by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board and shall include the following:

1. (a)to assist the Curator in the duties specified under Regulation 3 above;
2. (b)to undertake at the request of the Faculty Board, without additional payment, such teaching as the Faculty Board may consider desirable, having regard to his or her curatorial duties.

8. The holders of University offices on the staff of the Hebarium shall be members of the Faculty of Biology under Statute C, III, 3(b).

Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies

Retitled by Grace 2 of 22 October 2008

Centre for Family Research

Management

1. The Centre for Family Research shall be an institution within the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies and shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director of the Centre;
2. (b)the Deputy Director of the Centre;
3. (c)one person appointed by the General Board;
4. (d)three persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies;
5. (e)not more than two persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

2. Members in classes (c) and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted 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.

3. The Committee shall elect one of their members other than the Director to be their Chairman, to serve for three years from 1 January following his or her election. The Administrative Officer assigned to the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

4. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Board of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)to promote study and research in family life and kinship, and to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of such study and research;
2. (b)to administer funds allocated to them for the purposes specified in (a) above;
3. (c)to supervise the work of staff of the Centre.

5. Five members of the Committee shall form a quorum.

Staff of the Centre

1. The Directorship and the Deputy Directorship of the Centre shall each be held concurrently with a University office in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.

2. The Director and the Deputy Director shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies. They shall each hold office for four years, and shall be eligible for reappointment.

3. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative head of the Centre and shall be responsible for the direction of study and research in the Centre.

4. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Deputy Director shall deputize for the Director of the Centre as required and shall carry out such other duties as the Director shall determine.

5. The Director and the Deputy Director of the Centre shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board.

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Amended by Grace 3 of 10 June 2009

1. The short title of the Department shall be ‘The Veterinary School’.

2. The Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine shall designate as Dean of the Veterinary School an officer who holds an appointment in the Department.

Certain University offices in the Department of Veterinary Medicine17

1. (a) There shall be such number of University offices of University Pathologist, University Physician, University Surgeon, and University Equine Surgeon in the Department of Veterinary Medicine as the General Board may from time to time determine. The tenure of these offices shall be the same as that prescribed for a University Lecturer by Statute D, XVII, 6 and 7.

(b) There shall be such number of University offices of Resident in the Department of Veterinary Medicine as the General Board may from time to time determine. An office of Resident shall be tenable for three years, provided that

1. (i)in exceptional circumstances a Resident may be appointed for periods of not more than one year at a time;
2. (ii)no person shall hold the office of Resident for a total period exceeding five years;
3. (iii)any appointment to another office of Resident shall be regarded as a reappointment of the person concerned.

2. The duties of each officer shall be to assist the Head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine with the work of the Veterinary Hospital throughout the year save for such period or periods not exceeding six weeks in all in any one academical year as may be agreed by the Head of the Department.

3. Each officer shall undertake without additional payment such teaching as may be assigned to him or her by the Head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, with the concurrence of the Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine.

4. None of the officers specified in Regulation 1 shall, without the leave of the General Board, engage in teaching other than teaching on behalf of the University or a College or Colleges. The amount of teaching given on behalf of a College shall not exceed six hours a week.

5. The officers specified in Regulation 1 shall not, without the leave of the General Board, engage in private practice, but they may attend private patients in connection with their work in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, provided that any fees for such attendance are paid to a Clinical Research Fund which shall be administered according to arrangements approved by the Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine.

Veterinary Students Register

The Faculty Board and the Faculty Board of Biology shall maintain jointly through a Fitness for Veterinary Practice Committee a register of students who are deemed fit to practise medicine and consequently to be admitted as candidates for the Second Examination and the Final Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine. A Fitness for Veterinary Practice Appeal Tribunal shall have the power on appeal from a student affected by a decision of the Fitness for Veterinary Practice Adjudication Sub-committee to confirm, quash, amend, or refer back to the Fitness for Veterinary Practice Adjudication Sub-committee the decision in question.

Department of Zoology

Museum of Zoology

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2008–09, p. 855)

1. There shall be the following University offices on the staff of the Museum of Zoology:

1. (a)the office of Director;
2. (b)an office of Curator or Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator, as the General Board shall determine from time to time, of Vertebrates;
3. (c)an office of Curator or Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator, as the General Board shall determine from time to time, of Insects;
4. (d)either an office of Curator, Senior Assistant Curator, or an office of Assistant Curator, as the General Board shall determine from time to time;
5. (e)an office of Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator, as the General Board shall determine from time to time, in Malacology (Watson).

The title of Strickland Curator, on the foundation of Miss Frances Strickland, may be granted by the Faculty Board of Biology, on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Zoology, to a person holding a University office or an unestablished appointment on the staff of the Museum. A person to whom the title is granted shall hold it for such period as may be determined by the Faculty Board, subject to the approval of the General Board.

2. (a) The office of Director shall be held in conjunction with a Professorship in the Department of Zoology.

(b) An office of Curator shall be held in conjunction with another University office in the Department of Zoology.

(c) An office of Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator shall not be tenable in conjunction with any other University office.

3. Appointments and reappointments to an office of Curator, Senior Assistant Curator, or Assistant Curator on the staff of the Museum shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Faculty of Biology, with the Director as an additional member for this purpose. The tenure of a Curator shall be the same as that prescribed for a University Lecturer by Statute D, XVII, 6 and 7. In accordance with the express wishes of the founder of the Hugh Watson Fund, a holder of the office of Senior Assistant Curator or Assistant Curator in Malacology (Watson) shall be a graduate of a university.

4. The Director shall be responsible to the Head of the Department of Zoology for the maintenance of the collections of the Museum, and for making them available for study and research. The Director shall also undertake such other duties in connection with the Museum as may be assigned to him or her by the Head of the Department or the Faculty Board of Biology.

5. It shall be the duty of the other members of the staff of the Museum to assist the Director in the duties specified in Regulation 4.

6. The hours of attendance in the Museum of members of the staff shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Biology on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Zoology.

7. If a Curator holds a University Lectureship or a University Senior Lectureship, the performance of his or her duties in connection with the Museum shall be taken into account by the Faculty Board under Statute D, XVII, 11 in determining the amount of teaching that he or she is to undertake.

8. An Assistant Curator shall undertake at the request of the Faculty Board, without additional payment, such teaching in connection with the Department of Zoology as the Faculty Board may consider desirable, having regard to the due performance of his or her duties in the Museum.

9. No stipend shall be attached to the offices of Director or Curator. The Director may receive such payments for administrative responsibility as may from time to time be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board.

10. The holders of University offices on the staff of the Museum of Zoology shall be members of the Faculty of Biology under Statute C, III, 3(b).

Crotch Fund

Endowments, 1904, p. 536

1. The income of the Crotch Fund shall be placed at the disposal of the Director of the Museum of Zoology for the purchase of books or specimens for the Museum.

2. The unexpended income in any year shall be carried to a Reserve Fund.

3. The Reserve Fund may be used, at the discretion of the Director, for the purposes of Regulation 1 or for the purchase of cases for exhibiting specimens or for special work in connection with the Museum collections.

4. The Director shall make an annual report to the Faculty Board of Biology on the use of the Reserve Fund.

Balfour and Newton Libraries

In addition to the provisions of the regulations for Faculty, Departmental, and other Libraries the following special regulations shall apply to the Balfour Library and Endowment Fund and to the Newton Fund and Library.

Balfour Library and Endowment Fund

1. The Balfour Library shall be under the charge of the Head of the Department of Zoology, and shall be housed in the Department of Zoology.

2. The Library shall also be open to workers in the Department of Zoology who are not members of the University and to such other persons as have obtained the permission of the Head of the Department.

3. The income of the Balfour Library Endowment Fund shall be paid to the Head of the Department of Zoology, to be spent upon the upkeep of the Balfour Library or to be added to the capital of the Fund.

4. These regulations shall be subject to alteration by Grace, provided that no change be made in the name of the Library or in that of the Fund, and that the Library continue to be the Departmental Library of the Department of Zoology.

Newton Fund and Library

1. The Newton Library shall be under the charge of the Head of the Department of Zoology and shall be housed in the Department of Zoology.

2. The Library shall also be open to workers in the Department of Zoology who are not members of the University and to such other persons as have obtained the permission of the Head of the Department.

3. The interest on the Fund bequeathed by the late Professor Newton shall be placed at the disposal of a Committee, consisting of the Head of the Department of Zoology, the Director of the Museum of Zoology, and the Strickland Curator, for keeping up and adding to the Newton Library.

SUB-DEPARTMENTS

General

1. The duties and responsibilities of the Director of a Sub-department shall be as follows:

1. (a)In all administrative and financial matters the Director shall be responsible to the Head of the Department.
2. (b)Within the first fortnight of the Easter Term the Director shall submit to the Head of the Department an estimate of the expenditure required in the ensuing financial year in his or her branch of the subject. After the estimate has been considered by the Head of the Department and the Finance Committee of the Council the Director shall have authority to expend sums not in excess of the amounts approved. All accounts shall be paid by the Head of the Department or by a person nominated by the Head under Statute C, V, 3, and all payments accounted for through the Departmental Account. A statement of the income and expenditure of each Sub-department shall be submitted at the end of each financial year to the General Board.
3. (c)In each Sub-department those departmental demonstrators, assistants in research, and laboratory attendants whose stipends and wages are covered by the aforesaid estimates shall be recommended for appointment by the Director but their appointment shall rest with the Head of the Department.
4. (d)In each academical year the Director shall recommend to the Head of the Department the teaching programme to be given in his or her branch of the subject, for approval and transmission to the Faculty Board concerned.
5. (e)The Director shall be responsible to the Head of the Department for the direction of research in the Sub-department.

2. There shall be Sub-departments of the several Departments, as specified in Regulation 4.

3. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 4, the Director of each Sub-department shall be appointed by the General Board, on the recommendation of the relevant Faculty Board or other authority, for a period not exceeding five years at a time.

4. The Directors of the several Sub-departments shall be as follows:

5. During any period of absence from duty of the Director of a Sub-department, or during any period when there is a vacancy in an office whose holder is ex officio Director of a Sub-department, the General Board on the recommendation of the relevant Faculty Board or other authority shall have discretion to appoint a person to be Acting Director of that Sub-department. A person so appointed shall be recognized as Director of the Sub-department for all purposes.

Botanic Garden

1. The Botanic Garden shall be a Sub-department of the Department of Plant Sciences, and the Director of the Botanic Garden shall be the Director of that Sub-department.

2. There shall be a Syndicate called the Botanic Garden Syndicate, which, subject to the condition that no one shall be a member of the Syndicate who is not a member of the University, shall consist of:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)the Head of the Department of Plant Sciences;
3. (c)eight members of the Senate, two appointed by the Council, two by the Faculty Board of Biology, and four by the General Board;
4. (d)not more than four persons co-opted by the Syndicate, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Syndicate to co-opt any person or persons.

Members in classes (c) and (d) shall be appointed or co-opted in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment or co-optation. The Director of the Botanic Garden shall act as Secretary to the Syndicate.

3. Six members of the Syndicate shall form a quorum.

4. The duties of the Syndicate shall be:

1. (a)to determine the general policy of the Garden and to supervise its finances;
2. (b)to exercise a general supervision over the grounds, buildings, and collections;
3. (c)to advise the Director in matters relating to the amenities of the Garden;
4. (d)to inspect the Garden and its premises from time to time;
5. Annual Report.
   (e)to make an Annual Report to the General Board on the condition of the Garden and its educational and research activities;
6. Rules of admission.
   (f)subject to the provisions of Regulation 10, to make rules of admission to the Garden and to amend such rules from time to time as they may think fit.

5. Except as may be otherwise provided by Statute or by Ordinances relating to a particular University office in the Department of Plant Sciences, appointments and reappointments to the University office18 of Director of the Botanic Garden shall be made by the General Board, on the advice of a committee specially constituted for the particular occasion.

6. The duties of the Director shall include:

1. (a)the care of the Garden;
2. (b)the maintenance of the collections;
3. (c)provision for teaching and research;
4. (d)such teaching duties as the the Faculty Board of Biology, in consultation with the Botanic Garden Syndicate, may consider desirable having regard to the Director's duties in the Garden.

The Director shall be responsible to, and shall act as executive officer of, the Botanic Garden Syndicate for matters connected with the general policy of the Garden and the maintenance of its amenities. The Director shall be an additional member of the Appointments Committee for any office in the Department of Plant Sciences the duties of which the General Board determine also concern the Garden.

7. The Director shall be resident in the University during Full Term and, subject to the proviso that the Syndicate shall have power to modify this requirement in any year, during not less than six weeks of the Long Vacation. The Director shall not be absent for more than two nights in any week during which he or she is required to reside without obtaining the permission of the Syndicate beforehand, if possible, or asking their approval upon return.

8. The Fund of the Botanic Garden shall be a separate part of the Fund of the Department of Plant Sciences in the accounts of the Department.

9. Appointments and reappointments to a University office the holder of which is to be designated Superintendent of the Botanic Garden shall be made by an Appointments Committee constituted in accordance with Regulation 3 for Senior Technical Officers, provided that the Appointments Committee shall include the Director of the Botanic Garden as an additional member, and that the members in class (d) shall be appointed by the Botanic Garden Syndicate.

10. The Botanic Garden shall be open for not less than six hours on each weekday, except that on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and on such other days as may appear necessary to the Syndicate, the Garden shall be closed.

Admission to the University Botanic Garden

Cambridge University Botanic Garden is private property. Visitors are welcome in accordance with the following rules made by the Botanic Garden Syndicate.

Rules of Admission

1. The Garden is open every day throughout the year except for Christmas Eve and the following days up to and including the New Year public holiday. There are two entrances, one in Bateman Street and one in Hills Road.

Times of opening and closing:

The Glasshouses close half an hour before Garden closing time. From time to time, parts of the Garden, including the Glasshouses, may be closed to the public for maintenance.

2. Admission Charges

The charge for admission is determined by the Syndicate from time to time.

(a) Weekdays

A charge is made for admission on weekdays from 1 March to 31 October. Admission is free of charge on weekdays from 1 November to 28 (29) February.

(b) Weekends and Bank Holidays

A charge is made for admission on weekends and Bank Holidays throughout the year. Entry on these days is by the Bateman Street gate only.

(c) Waiving of admission charge

No admission charge is made for the following categories of visitor:

• companions of disabled persons without whose assistance the disabled visitor would be unable to gain access to the Garden;

• all undergraduate and current graduate students of the University of Cambridge upon production of a valid University Card;

• children under the age of sixteen years providing they are accompanied at all times by an adult;

• educational visits by groups from schools, from further and higher educational institutions, and from organizations providing services for special needs persons, providing the visit is pre-booked;

• Friends and Corporate Friends of the Botanic Garden upon production of a valid Friends membership card.

All persons working in the Department of Plant Sciences, and the Botanic Garden may apply to the Director for a card permitting free admission. An admission card is not transferable.

Bona fide researchers wishing to use the Garden or its facilities in connection with their work must contact the Director for permission to do so.

3. Cycles, including children's bicycles and tricycles, must be left in the parking spaces provided for them near the entrances.

4. Children below the age of sixteen years must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Children are allowed on the Limestone Rock Garden or on the Ecological Mound only under the close supervision of an adult.

5. No games, sports training, or jogging are allowed.

6. No radios or sound reproduction equipment, or musical instruments may be played in the Garden by visitors.

7. A permit is required for photography using a tripod or stand, or for any commercial photography. Application should be made to the Director. A charge will normally be made for commercial photography.

8. Refreshments brought into the Garden by visitors may not be consumed in the cafe area.

9. Dogs are not admitted except guide dogs for the blind, hearing dogs for the deaf, or assistance dogs.

10. Smoking is not allowed in any of the Garden's buildings.

11. Visitors may not handle or gather plant material unless permission has been obtained from the Director.

12. All groups intending to visit the Garden must book their visit in advance.

13. The Director, Superintendent, or staff authorized by them, shall exclude from the Garden any person who is considered to be guilty of misconduct.

14. The Director, Superintendent, or staff authorized by them, reserve the right to refuse admission.

Cory Fund

1. There shall be established a Cory Fund, into which shall be paid the sums received by the University under the Will of Reginald Radcliffe Cory, of Trinity College, which provides that his bequest shall be used for the general interests of the Botanic Garden.

2. The Managers of the Fund shall be

1. (a)the Head of the Department of Plant Sciences as Chairman, and the Director of the Finance Division (or a deputy);
2. (b)four members of the Senate appointed in the Michaelmas Term, two by the Council and two by the Faculty Board of Biology, to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment.

3. The Director of the Botanic Garden shall act as Secretary to the Managers.

4. The Managers shall report to the General Board as occasion arises, and at least once in each academical year.

Scott Polar Research Institute

Management

1. The Scott Polar Research Institute shall be a Sub-department of the Department of Geography.

2. The Institute, including its Museum and Archives, shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Chairman of the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences, who shall be Chairman of the Committee;
2. (b)the Director of the Institute, who shall be Secretary of the Committee;
3. (c)the Head of the Department of Geography;
4. (d)two persons appointed by the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences;
5. (e)two persons appointed by the General Board after consultation with the Councils of the Schools of the Biological Sciences, the Humanities and Social Sciences, and Technology;
6. (f)not more than two persons co-opted by the Committee, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons.

Members in classes (d) and (e) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (f) 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 Committee of Management shall meet at least once in each academical year. Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

4. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography, the duties of the Committee shall be:

1. (a)to promote teaching and research in polar studies;
2. (b)to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of research in polar studies;
3. (c)to assess the Institute's needs in respect of staffing and resources and report these to the Director;
4. (d)to make such reports to the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences and the General Board as those bodies may require.

5. There shall be an Advisory Committee for the Institute, which shall consist of:

1. (a)one person appointed by the General Board on the nomination of the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences, who shall be Chairman of the Committee;
2. (b)the Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, who shall be Secretary of the Committee;
3. (c)the Director of the British Antarctic Survey;
4. (d)the Hydrographer of the Navy;
5. (e)the Head of the Polar Regions Section, Foreign and Commonwealth Office;
6. (f)the High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom or a person appointed by the High Commissioner;
7. (g)two persons representative of industry appointed by the General Board on the nomination of the Committee of Management;
8. (h)one person appointed by the Royal Society;
9. (i)one person appointed by the Royal Geographical Society;
10. (j)not more than two persons co-opted by the Committee, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons.

Members of the Committee in classes (g)–(i) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (j) 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.

6. The Advisory Committee shall meet not less than once in each academical year.

7. The duties of the Advisory Committee shall be to advise the Director of the Institute as to the most advantageous lines of education and research, and to promote co-operation with other bodies concerned with polar research.

Staff of the Institute

1. There shall be a University office of Director of the Institute, which shall be held concurrently with another University office.

2. The Director shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Geography and the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences, and shall be eligible for reappointment. Appointments and reappointments to the office of Director shall be for such periods not exceeding five years at a time as the General Board may determine on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Geography and the Council of the School.

3. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be responsible for the direction of polar studies in the Institute and their encouragement generally in the University.

4. The Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Committee of Management.

Scott Polar Research Institute Endowment Funds

Scott Polar Research Institute Endowment Fund I

1. The sums received from the Captain Scott Memorial Polar Research Trust, the Pilgrim Trust, and the British Museum shall form a fund to be called the Scott Polar Research Institute Endowment Fund I.

2. The purpose of the Fund shall be to support the activities of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

3. The Fund shall be administered by the Head of the Department of Geography and the Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

4. Any unspent income in a financial year may be added to the capital of the Fund, or accumulated for use as income in a future year, at the discretion of the administrators.

Scott Polar Research Institute Endowment Fund II

1. The sums received as a result of the Scott Polar Research Institute Appeal shall form a fund to be called the Scott Polar Research Institute Endowment Fund II.

2. The income of the Fund shall be used to support the activities of the Library, Archives, and the Museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the stipend, the national insurance and pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of staff appointed to develop the work of the Library, Archives, and Museum.

3. The Fund shall be administered by a Board of Managers who shall be:

1. (a)The Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute as Chairman;
2. (b)The Librarian of the Scott Polar Research Institute;
3. (c)The Head of the Department of Geography;
4. (d)The Chairman of the School of the Physical Sciences;
5. (e)The Chairman of the Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

The Managers shall make annual recommendations to the General Board concerning the expenditure of any income of the Fund not already committed by their previous decisions.

4. Any unspent income in a financial year shall either be added to the capital of the Fund, or accumulated for use as income in a future year, at the discretion of the Managers.

OTHER INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE GENERAL BOARD

Centre of African Studies

Constitution

The Centre of African Studies shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department but under the supervision of the General Board, and shall be within the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Management

1. The Centre of African Studies shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director;
2. (b)one person appointed by the General Board, and one person appointed by each of the following Faculty Boards; the Faculty Board of Economics, the Faculty Board of History, the Faculty Board of Law, the Faculty Board of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies, the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography, the Faculty Board of Biology, and the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology; provided that a person appointed by any one of the Faculty Boards may also be the person appointed by the General Board;
3. (c)additional persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

If the Director is a member of one of the Faculties specified in this regulation, the Faculty Board concerned shall appoint him or her to be their representative member as soon as a vacancy in their membership occurs.

2. Members in class (b) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted members in class (c) 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.

3. The Committee shall elect one of their members other than the Director to be their Chairman and to serve for three years from 1 January following the election. The Director of the Centre shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

4. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Boards concerned, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)in collaboration with the Faculty Boards concerned, to promote teaching in African subjects, and to promote research in these subjects and the publication of the results of such research;
2. (b)to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of research in African subjects;
3. (c)to administer funds allocated to them for the purposes specified in (a) and (b) above;
4. (d)to supervise the work of the staff of the Centre.

5. The Committee of Management shall prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board.

6. The Committee shall have the right of reporting to the University.

7. During any period of absence from duty of the Director, the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management shall have discretion to appoint a person to be Acting Director. A person so appointed shall be recognized as Director of the Centre for all purposes.

Staff of the Centre

1. The Directorship of the Centre shall be held concurrently with a University office.

2. The Director shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management. He or she shall hold office for five years, and shall be eligible for reappointment.

3. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative Head of the Centre, and shall be responsible for the direction of African Studies in the Centre and their encouragement generally in the University.

4. Appointments and reappointments to a University office on the graduate staff of the Centre other than to the office of Director shall be made by the Committee of Management but subject to the approval of the General Board.

5. The duties of any graduate staff of the Centre other than the Director shall be determined by the Committee of Management, subject to approval by the General Board.

6. The Director and any other members of the graduate staff shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board.

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities

Constitution

The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department but under the supervision of the General Board.

Management Committee

1. The management of the Centre shall be the responsibility of a Management Committee, which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director;
2. (b)the Deputy Director;
3. (c)the Chairmen of the Councils of the Schools of Arts and Humanities and of the Humanities and Social Sciences;
4. (d)one person appointed by the General Board, who shall be Chairman, provided that the General Board shall have power to appoint as Chairman a person who is already a member of the Committee in one of classes (c), (e), and (f);
5. (e)six people appointed by the General Board, of whom one shall be appointed on the recommendation of the Council of the School of Arts and Humanities and one on the recommendation of the Council of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, and at least two of whom shall not be resident members of the University;
6. (f)two people appointed by the Colleges’ Committee;
7. (g)four people co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

2. Members in classes (d)–(f) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. A co-opted member in class (g) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which he or she is co-opted or of the following year, as the Committee shall decide at the time of co-optation.

3. The Deputy Director, or failing whom the Director, shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

4. The Committee shall meet at least once each term.

5. Subject to the powers of the Council and the General Board, the duties of the Committee shall be to:

1. (a)promote research in the fields of the arts, humanities, and social sciences and the publication of the results of such research;
2. (b)co-operate with individuals and bodies inside and outside the University to encourage research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences;
3. (c)administer funds allocated to them for the purposes specified in (a) and (b) above;
4. (d)supervise the work of the staff of the Centre;
5. (e)prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board;
6. (f)make an Annual Report to the General Board and to the bodies mentioned in Regulation 1(e) and (f) above.

Staff of the Centre

1. There shall be a University office of Director of the Centre, which may be held concurrently with another University office and shall be held on such terms and conditions as the General Board may from time to time determine.

2. The Director shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Management Committee.

3. Under the general control of the Management Committee the Director shall be the administrative Head of the Centre, and shall be responsible, subject to the advice of the Policy Committee and the approval of the Management Committee, for the choice of topics for the Centre's programmes.

4. There shall be a University office of Deputy Director of the Centre which may be held concurrently with another University office. If held concurrently with another University office, appointments and reappointments to the office shall be made by the Management Committee for periods of not more than five years at a time, provided that no person may hold the office for a total period exceeding six years.

5. The duties of the Deputy Director shall be to assist the Director in all matters connected with the work of the Centre and to serve as Secretary of the Management Committee.

University Biomedical Support Services

Staff of the University Biomedical Support Services

1. There shall be the University offices of Director, Deputy Director, and Assistant Director of University Biomedical Support Services in the School of the Biological Sciences.

2. Appointments and reappointments to the office of Director of University Biomedical Support Services shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of the following:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)the Chairmen of the Councils of the Schools of the Biological Sciences and Clinical Medicine;
3. (c)the Head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine;
4. (d)three persons appointed by the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences, one after consultation with the Council of the School of Clinical Medicine and one after consultation with the Medical Research Council;
5. (e)two persons appointed by the General Board.

Members in classes (d) and (e) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for two years from 1 January following their appointment.

3. Appointments and reappointments to the offices of Deputy Director and Assistant Director of University Biomedical Support Services shall be made by the Appointments Committee for the Director of University Biomedical Support Services, with the Director as an additional member for this purpose.

4. Appointments to the offices of Deputy Director and Assistant Director shall be subject to the same provisions as appointments to the office of Director.

5. The duties of the Director of University Biomedical Support Services shall be as follows:

1. (a)to ensure that the duties assigned to the holder of the certificate of designation for the University under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 are satisfactorily discharged;
2. (b)to give advice about the care of laboratory animals throughout the University;
3. (c)to undertake such other duties as the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences may from time to time determine.

The Director shall be responsible to the Chairman of the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences.

6. The duties of the Deputy Director and the Assistant Director of University Biomedical Support Services shall be as follows:

1. (a)to ensure that the duties assigned to them as the named veterinary surgeons for the University under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 are satisfactorily discharged;
2. (b)to assist the Director in giving advice about the care of laboratory animals;
3. (c)to undertake such other duties as the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences may from time to time determine.

7. The Director, the Deputy Director, and the Assistant Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the General Board, after consultation with the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences.

Centre for Business Research

Constitution

The Centre for Business Research shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department but under the supervision of the General Board.

Management

1. The Centre shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management, which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director;
2. (b)the Assistant Directors;
3. (c)one person appointed by the General Board, who shall be Chairman;
4. (d)the Executive Director of Research in the Faculty of Economics, the Director of Judge Business School, the Heads of the Departments of Geography and Land Economy, and the Chairmen of the Faculty Boards of Economics, Engineering, Law, and Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies, or in each case the elected representative of the Board;
5. (e)not more than two persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

2. The member in class (c) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following his or her appointment. Members in class (e) 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 Committee shall appoint annually one of their number to act as Secretary.

4. The Committee shall meet at least once in each year. Five members present at a meeting shall constitute a quorum.

5. The duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)to promote business research and the dissemination of the results of such research;
2. (b)to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of business research;
3. (c)to administer funds allocated to them for the purposes specified in (a) and (b) above;
4. (d)to supervise the work of the staff of the Centre;
5. (e)to make an Annual Report to the General Board.

6. The Committee shall prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board.

7. There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting of the Director, who shall be Chairman, and the Assistant Directors. The Committee shall advise the Director on matters concerning the staffing, resources, and administration of the Centre, including the setting and revision of project budgets. The Committee may co-opt not more than three additional members to serve for such periods as they think fit.

8. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once each term.

9. There shall be an Advisory Board consisting of:

1. (a)the Director;
2. (b)two of the Assistant Directors elected by the Executive Committee;
3. (c)at least twelve persons appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Director.

Members in classes (b) and (c) shall be elected or appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their election or appointment. A member in classes (b) and (c) shall at the end of that period be eligible for re-election or reappointment, respectively, for one further period of four years, provided that the General Board may exceptionally allow a member to be eligible for a second further period of four years, after which two years shall elapse before he or she shall again be eligible for re-election or reappointment. The members in class (c) shall include at least nine persons who are not resident members of the University.

The General Board shall have power, after consulting the Director, to appoint two persons to attend meetings of the Advisory Board as observers.

10. The duties of the Advisory Board shall be:

1. (a)to advise the Director on lines of business research, their financial implications, and potential sources of funding for such research;
2. (b)to assist the Director in co-operation with outside bodies in furthering the Centre's programme of research;
3. (c)to receive reports of research conducted within the Centre and an annual statement of the Centre's financial position.

11. The Advisory Board shall elect one of their number, other than the Director, to act as Chairman each year, and a Secretary. The Board shall meet at least twice in each year.

Staff of the Centre

1. There shall be a University office of Director of the Centre which may be held concurrently with another University office.

2. The Director of the Centre shall be appointed by the General Board. If held concurrently with another University office, appointments and reappointments to the office of Director shall be for such periods not exceeding five years at a time as the General Board may determine.

3. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative Head of the Centre and shall be responsible for the direction of research in the Centre.

4. There shall be such number of University offices of Assistant Director of the Centre as the General Board may from time to time determine. The office of Assistant Director may be held concurrently with another University office.

5. If held concurrently with another University office, appointments and reappointments to a University office of Assistant Director of the Centre shall be made by the Committee of Management, subject to the approval of the General Board, and shall be for such periods as shall be determined by the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee.

6. The Assistant Directors shall be responsible to the Director for:

1. (a)the development and efficient conduct of groups of research projects allocated to them by the Director;
2. (b)the provision of annual progress reports to the Director on their groups of research projects.

7. During any absence of the Director, or when the office of Director is vacant, the General Board may, on the recommendation of the Committee of Management, appoint one of the Assistant Directors as Acting Director on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine.

8. There shall be such number of Junior Research Fellowships, Research Fellowships, and Senior Research Fellowships as shall be determined from time to time by the Committee of Management on the recommendation of the Director. Such Fellowships may be held concurrently with another University office.

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars from outside Cambridge to take part in and contribute to the work of the Centre there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who have made or are making important contributions to business research, or who are pursuing advanced work in the subject.

2. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Director of the Centre for periods not exceeding one year at a time.

3. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Director with the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

Research Affiliates

The Director may from time to time grant the status of Research Affiliate to persons (other than the salaried research staff of the Centre) who contribute to the Centre's work.

University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership

Retitled by Grace 4 of 14 January 2009 and amended by Grace 4 of 4 February 2009

1. The University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership shall be an institution under the supervision of the General Board, and shall be within the School of Technology.

2. A Management Board for the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership shall be responsible for the management of the Programme. The Management Board shall make an Annual Report to the Council of the School of Technology.

3. The Management Board for the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership shall consist of:

1. (a)a member of the Regent House, appointed by the General Board, as Chairman;
2. (b)a member of the Council of the School of Technology appointed by the Council of the School of Technology;
3. (c)the Director of the Programme, ex officio, who shall be Secretary of the Board;
4. (d)not more than six members of the Regent House appointed by the General Board on the nomination of the Council of the School of Technology;
5. (e)not more than three persons co-opted by the Board, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Board to co-opt any person or persons.

4. Members in class (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for two years next following their appointment. Members in class (e) shall serve for two years from 1 January next following their co-optation. Appointment of members in classes (d) and (e) shall be staggered such that half of the Board membership is appointed each year.

5. The Management Board shall have authority

1. (a)to approve the Programme’s strategy and business plans, in line with the Programme’s mission;
2. (b)to establish advisory bodies including persons who are not resident members of the University, representing interests and activities associated with industry, business, and government;
3. [(c) to award certificates of the Programme for satisfactory performance in such examinations in subjects approved by the General Board which may include a mark of distinction if the candidate deserves special credit;]19
4. [(d) to award other qualifications, within categories approved by the General Board, to those who have followed the Programme’s courses and whose work on those courses has been assessed by criteria determined by the Programme, operating within University academic quality guidelines.]19

6. There shall be a quorum of five members of the Board for the award of qualifications and for the proposal of changes to the constitutional arrangements of the Programme and its Management Board.

7. There shall be a University office of Director of the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership. The Director shall be responsible to the Management Board for the conduct of the Programme.

8. There shall be an Appointments Committee for the Cambridge Programme for Industry constituted as follows:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)the Chairman of the Management Board;
3. (c)three members of the Management Board appointed by the Board;
4. (d)two persons appointed by the General Board;
5. (e)(except for the appointment of the Director) the Director of the Programme.

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 Board shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Appointments Committee.

Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute

Constitution

The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department but under the supervision of the General Board, and shall be within the School of the Biological Sciences.

Management

1. The Institute shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Chairman of the Institute;
2. (b)the Vice-Chairman of the Institute;
3. (c)the Head of the Cancer Research UK section of the Institute;
4. (d)the Head of the Wellcome Trust section of the Institute;
5. (e)one person appointed by the General Board after consultation with Cancer Research UK;
6. (f)two persons appointed by the General Board after consultation with the Wellcome Trust;
7. (g)two persons appointed by the General Board, one of whom shall be appointed Chairman of the Committee by the Board;
8. (h)two persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Biology and one person appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine;
9. (i)not more than one additional person co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

2. Members in classes (e)–(h) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. The co-opted member in class (i) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which he or she is co-opted or of the year next following, as the Committee shall determine at the time of the member's co-optation.

3. The Chairman of the Institute shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

4. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Boards concerned, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)to promote research in the fields of cancer and developmental biology and the publication of the results of such research;
2. (b)to co-operate with the Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK and with other institutions within the University in the encouragement of research in the fields of cancer and developmental biology;
3. (c)to administer funds allocated to them for the purposes specified in (a) and (b) above;
4. (d)to prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board;
5. (e)to make an Annual Report to the General Board, the Wellcome Trust, and Cancer Research UK.

5. There shall be an Institute Administrative Committee consisting of the Chairman of the Institute, who shall be Chairman of the Committee, and the other principal investigators. The Committee may co-opt additional members for such periods as the Committee shall determine. The Committee shall be responsible for the internal allocation of space within the Institute, for advising the Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK, as appropriate, on the selection of new principal investigators, and for advising the Chairman on other matters concerning the administration of the Institute.

Staff of the Institute

1. There shall be a University office of Chairman of the Institute, which may be held concurrently with another University office.

2. The Chairman of the Institute shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management. Appointments and reappointments to the office of Chairman shall be for such periods not exceeding five years at a time as shall be determined by the Board on the recommendation of the Committee.

3. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, and subject to the powers of the Institute Administrative Committee, the Chairman of the Institute shall be the administrative Head of the Institute.

4. The duties of the Chairman of the Institute shall be determined by the Committee of Management, subject to the approval of the General Board.

5. The Chairman of the Institute shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Committee of Management, subject to the approval of the General Board.

6. The Chairman of the Institute shall designate a member of the staff of the Institute as Vice-Chairman to serve for a period of one year at a time. The duties of the Vice-Chairman shall be determined by the Chairman.

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars from outside Cambridge to take part in and contribute to the work of the Institute there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who have made or are making important contributions to research in the fields of cancer or developmental biology, or who are pursuing advanced work in either of these subjects.

2. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Chairman of the Institute for periods not exceeding three years at a time.

3. Visiting Fellows shall not hold any University office during the tenure of their Fellowships.

4. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Chairman of the Institute in consultation with the relevant sponsoring body and subject to the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

5. Subject to the approval of the General Board the Committee of Management may make grants to Visiting Fellows to meet travelling or other expenses incurred in connection with their Fellowships.

University Computing Service

The University Computing Service shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department, but under the supervision of the General Board. The Service shall be under the general control of the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate.

Staff of the University Computing Service

1. There shall be a University office20 of Director of the University Computing Service.

2. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Director of the University Computing Service shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of the Vice-Chancellor and ten other persons, of whom four shall be appointed by the General Board, four by the Information Technology Syndicate, and two by the Senior Tutors’ Committee. Five of these persons shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term of every second year to serve for the four calendar years ensuing, two being appointed by the General Board, two by the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate, and one by the Senior Tutors’ Committee. One at least of the four persons appointed by the General Board, and one at least of the four persons appointed by the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate, shall be persons who are not resident in the University nor officially connected with it.

3. The duties and responsibilities of the Director of the University Computing Service shall be as follows:

1. (a)The Director shall be responsible to the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate for all aspects of the work of the University Computing Service including the maintenance and operating of the equipment in the accommodation occupied by the University Computing Service, and of such other equipment accommodated elsewhere in the University and associated with the University Computing Service as the General Board may from time to time determine. He or she shall act as the executive officer of the Syndicate in respect of their responsibilities for the University Computing Service.
2. (b)The Director shall perform, in relation to the University Computing Service, the duties assigned to the Head of a Department by Statute C, V, 3(b) and (c).
3. (c)Such teaching as the Director may give on behalf of the University, other than the supervision of Graduate Students, shall be given without additional remuneration as part of the duties of the office.

4. The Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate with the approval of the General Board.

5. The Director shall not, without the consent of the General Board, give instruction on behalf of a College.

6. There shall be such number of offices of Deputy Director of the University Computing Service as the General Board may from time to time determine.

7. Appointments and reappointments to a University office of Deputy Director of the University Computing Service shall be made by the relevant Appointments Committee for Senior Computer Officers and Computer Officers.

8. The duties of a Deputy Director shall be determined by the General Board after consultation with the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate.

Institute of Continuing Education

Amended by Grace 4 of 4 February 2009 and by Notice (Reporter, 2008–09, p. 812)

1. There shall be an Institute of Continuing Education, which shall be an institution under the supervision of the General Board. There shall be a Strategic Committee for the Institute of Continuing Education which shall consist of:

1. (a)a member of the Regent House, appointed by the General Board, as Chairman;
2. (b)six members appointed by the General Board on the nomination of the Councils of the Schools, to include a representative of each School;
3. (c)the Director of Continuing Education;
4. (d)three members of the academic staff of the Institute, elected in the Michaelmas Term by such staff to serve for three years from 1 January following their election;
5. (e)not more than four persons co-opted by the Committee, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons.

Except as otherwise provided, members of the Committee shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. The Director of Continuing Education, or a University officer designated by the Director, shall be Secretary of the Committee.

2. There shall be the University office of Director of Continuing Education Appointments and reappointments to the office of Director shall be made by the General Board, on the advice of a committee specially constituted for the particular occasion. The duties of the Director shall be determined by the General Board on the advice of the Strategic Committee.

3. There shall be such number of University offices of Senior Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and Junior Assistant Secretary (in Grades I, II, and III) as may be determined from time to time by the General Board on the recommendation of the Strategic Committee on the advice of the Director of Continuing Education. Appointments and reappointments to an office of Senior Assistant Secretary or Assistant Secretary or Junior Assistant Secretary shall be made in accordance with arrangements agreed by the General Board from time to time. The duties of each office shall be determined by the Strategic Committee on the advice of the Director of Continuing Education.

4. The office of Director may be held concurrently with another University office.

5. There shall be such number of University offices of Senior Staff Tutor and Tutor as may be determined from time to time by the General Board on the recommendation of the Strategic Committee on the advice of the Director of Continuing Education. The duties of the offices shall be determined by the Strategic Committee on the advice of the Director.

6. Appointments and reappointments to an office of University Lecturer or University Senior Lecturer or Senior Staff Tutor or Tutor in the Institute, shall be made by an Appointments Committee for the Institute constituted in accordance with Statute D, XVII, 3.

7. The Strategic Committee may designate, for a period not exceeding five years at a time, one of the officers in the Institute as Deputy Director.

8. The Strategic Committee shall be responsible to the General Board for the government of Madingley Hall. The General Board, on the advice of the Strategic Committee, shall designate a University officer as Warden of the Hall and may establish a committee for management of the Hall. The Warden shall be the principal officer in the Hall responsible under the direction of the Strategic Committee for the administration of the Hall and for presenting the annual accounts of the Hall to the Strategic Committee.

9. The Warden shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the stipend of her or his University office, a pensionable payment for responsibility as Warden at an annual rate determined by the General Board after consultation with the Strategic Committee.

10. The duties of the Strategic Committee shall be:

1. (a)to determine academic policy for the Institute and the Hall and to report accordingly to the General Board;
2. (b)to make an annual report to the General Board;
3. (c)to act as an administering body in accordance with the Ordinances for the Master of Studies Degree;
4. (d)to act as an administering body in accordance with the Ordinances for Diplomas and Certificates open to non-members of the University;
5. (e)to co-operate with other University institutions and outside bodies in the development of continuing education;
6. (f)to establish such advisory bodies, representing interests and activities associated with continuing education, as it sees fit;
7. (g)to receive reports from the Director of the Institute and the Warden of the Hall on the deployment of funds allocated for the purposes set out in (a)–(f) above;
8. (h)to appoint managers, on the advice of the Director, to administer the following funds;
9.  (i)the Churton Collins Prize Fund,21
10.  (ii)the Hargood Memorial Fund,21
11.  (iii)the James Stuart Endowment Fund.21

Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2008–09, p. 812)

1. The Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department, under the supervision of the General Board.

2. The Centre shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management, which shall consist of:

1. (a)a member of the Regent House appointed by the General Board, who shall be Chairman;
2. (b)the Director of the University Computing Service ex officio;
3. (c)the Director of Continuing Education ex officio;
4. (d)one member of the Regent House appointed by each of the Councils of the Schools;
5. (e)not more than two members of the Regent House co-opted by the Committee.

Members in classes (a) and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in class (e) shall be co-opted in the Michaelmas Term to serve for one year from 1 January following their co-optation.

3. Five members of the Committee shall form a quorum.

4. Subject to the powers of the Council and the General Board, the duties of the Committee of Management shall be:

1. (a)to determine the general policy of the Centre;
2. (b)to advise the Director on matters arising from the work of the Centre;
3. (c)to advise the General Board on matters relating to the activity of the Centre;
4. (d)to make an annual report to the General Board on matters related to the Centre;
5. (e)to constitute an Advisory Group comprising three resident members of the University and at least three persons who are not resident members of the University to meet at least once a year to advise on the broader strategy of the Centre and related activities of institutions within the University;
6. (f)to receive reports of the Centre's activities;
7. (g)to receive regular accounts, and approve annual management accounts.

Staff of the Centre

1. There shall be a University office of Director of the Centre, which shall be held on such terms and conditions as the General Board may from time to time determine. Appointments and reappointments to the office of Director shall be made by the General Board.

2. The Director shall be the administrative Head of the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies, and shall carry out the duties assigned to a Head of a Department in Statute C, V, 3.

3. There shall be such number of University offices of Assistant Director of the Centre as the General Board may from time to time determine, on the recommendation of the Director. The duties of the Assistant Directors shall be to assist the Director in all matters connected with the work of the Centre.

4. During any absence of the Director, or when the office of Director is vacant, the General Board may appoint an Acting Director on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine.

Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics

Constitution

The Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department but under the supervision of the General Board, and shall be within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Management

1. The Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director;
2. (b)two persons appointed by the General Board, two by the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, one of whom shall represent the Department of Linguistics, one by each of the Faculty Boards of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Education, and English, and two by the Local Examinations Syndicate;
3. (c)additional persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.
4. (d)one person elected in accordance with Regulations 3 and 4 below.

2. Members in class (b) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted members in class (c) 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.

3. Except as provided otherwise in these regulations, the provisions for the election and period of service of members of Faculty Boards in class (f) which are contained in Statute C, IV, in the regulations for the constitution of the Faculty Boards, and in the rules made under those regulations, shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the election and the period of service of the member of the Committee of Management in class (d).

4. The scheme for the election of the member of the Committee of Management in class (d) shall be as follows:

I. The member in class (d) shall be a graduate student elected in the Easter Term, to serve for the following academical year, by and from among the graduate students in the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics. The returning officer for the election shall be the Director of the Centre.22

5. The Committee shall elect one of their members other than the Director or the member in class (d) to be their Chairman and to serve for three years from 1 January following his or her election. The Director of the Centre shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

6. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Boards concerned, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)in collaboration with the Faculty Boards concerned and with the Local Examinations Syndicate, to promote the teaching of English as an international language and to promote research into the development and use of English as an international language and the publication of the results of such research;
2. (b)to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of research in English as an international language;
3. (c)to administer funds allocated to them for the purposes of (a) and (b) above;
4. (d)to supervise the work of the staff of the Centre.

7. The Committee of Management shall prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board.

8. The Committee shall have the right of reporting to the University.

Staff of the Centre

1. There shall be a Director of the Centre who shall be the Professor of English and Applied Linguistics.

2. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative head of the Centre, and shall be responsible for the direction of the study of the English language and its relationship to applied linguistics in the Centre and its encouragement generally in the University.

3. Appointments and reappointments to a University office on the staff of the Centre, other than the office of Director, shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)the Director of the Centre;
3. (c)the Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Centre;
4. (d)three persons appointed by the Committee of Management;
5. (e)two persons appointed by the General Board.

Members in classes (d) and (e) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for two years from 1 January following their appointment.

4. The duties of the staff of the Centre, other than the Director, shall be determined by the Committee of Management, subject to the approval of the General Board.

5. The Director and any other members of the staff of the Centre shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board.

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars from outside Cambridge to take part in, and to contribute to, the work of the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who have made or are making important contributions to the study of the contemporary English language.

2. The maximum number of Visiting Fellows that there may be in the Centre at any one time shall be determined by the General Board. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Committee of Management of the Centre for periods not exceeding one year at a time.

3. A Visiting Fellow shall be required under the general supervision of the Committee of Management to take part in the teaching and research programme of the Centre.

4. Visiting Fellows shall not hold any University office during the tenure of their Fellowships. A Visiting Fellow who is not a member of the University at the time of appointment shall be required to become a member as soon as is conveniently possible thereafter.

5. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

6. Subject to the approval of the General Board the Committee of Management may make grants to Visiting Fellows to meet travelling or other expenses incurred in connection with their Fellowships.

Centre of International Studies

Rescinded by Grace 2 of 22 October 2008

HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies

Management

1. The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies shall be an institution under the supervision of the General Board and shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. Chairman.
   (a)the Chairman of the Council of the School of Arts and Humanities who shall be Chairman;
2. (b)a representative of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies;
3. (c)the Director of the Centre;
4. (d)no fewer than two other members appointed by the General Board including one on the recommendation of the Council of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences and one on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies;
5. (e)up to three persons nominated by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal;
6. (f)up to two additional persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee, provided that it shall not be obligatory to co-opt any person.

2. Members in class (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve from January following their appointment for two or four years as the General Board shall determine at their appointment.

3. Co-opted members in class (f) 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.

4. The Assistant Director of the Centre shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

5. The duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)to meet the aim of the Centre being to foster deeper understanding between the Muslim world and the West through the twin paths of high quality research and effective outreach;
2. (b)to meet the objectives of the Centre being:
3.  (i)to create, on a self-sustaining basis, a world-class cadre of researchers at the postgraduate and postdoctoral levels by providing studentships and fellowships designed to feed into the next generation of academics as well as the public and private sectors;
4.  (ii)to develop an energetic public outreach programme helping to ensure that public policy and debate is based on an informed understanding of Islam in today’s societies;
5.  (iii)to advance tolerance, mutual understanding, and cross-cultural dialogue between Islam and the West;
6.  (iv)to act as an active partner with other national and international centres in promoting an informed understanding of Islam and Muslims in the contemporary world;
7.  (v)to engage with Muslim organizations and members of the Muslim community in the United Kingdom and Europe;
8.  (vi)to develop the activities of the Centre around the overarching theme of Islam in the Global Age and sub-themes of Islam in Europe and the United Kingdom, and Islam and the media, but so that the Centre should evolve over time (as approved by the General Board) to meet contemporary needs;
9. (c)in collaboration with the Faculty Boards concerned, to promote teaching in Islamic subjects, and to promote research in these subjects and the publication of the results of such research;
10. (d)to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of teaching and research in Islamic subjects;
11. (e)to create programmes and communications accessible to the wider community which encourage informed discussion on contemporary issues in the study of Islamic subjects;
12. (f)to administer funds allocated to them for the purposes specified in (a) to (e) above;
13. (g)to manage the distribution of income from the HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies Fund between the activities of the Centre;
14. (h)to supervise the work of the staff of the Centre;
15. (i)to appoint at their discretion an advisory group comprising eminent persons who can assist in the development of the Centre and whose membership shall include representatives of HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal.

6. The Committee of Management shall prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board and shall submit written reports at least twice a year to HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal.

7. The Committee shall have the right of reporting to the University.

8. During any period of absence from duty of the Director, the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management shall have the discretion to appoint a person to be Acting Director. A person so appointed shall be recognized as Director of the Centre for all purposes.

Staff of the Centre

9. The Directorship and Assistant Directorship of the Centre shall each be held concurrently with a University office.

10. The Director and Assistant Director shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management. The Director shall hold office for five years, and the Assistant Director shall hold office for four years. Each shall be eligible for reappointment.

11. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative Head of the Centre, and shall be responsible for the direction of Islamic studies in the Centre and their encouragement generally in the University.

12. Appointments and reappointments to a University office in respect of the graduate staff of the Centre other than the offices of Director and Assistant Director shall be made by the Committee of Management but subject to the approval of the General Board.

13. The duties of any graduate staff of the Centre other than the Director shall be determined by the Committee of Management, subject to approval by the General Board.

14. The Director and any other members of the graduate staff shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board.

HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Visiting Fellowships

15. In order to enable scholars from outside Cambridge to take part in and contribute to the work of the HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who are able to make important contributions to the objectives of the Centre.

16. The maximum number of HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Visiting Fellowships that there may be in the Centre at any one time shall be determined by the Committee of Management of the Centre. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Committee of Management of the Centre for periods not exceeding one year at a time.

17. A Visiting Fellow shall be required under the general supervision of the Committee of Management to take part in the teaching and research programme of the Centre.

18. Visiting Fellows shall not hold any University office during the tenure of their Fellowships. A Visiting Fellow who is not a member of the University at the time of appointment shall be required to become a member as soon as is conveniently possible thereafter.

19. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

20. Subject to the approval of the General Board the Committee of Management may make grants to Visiting Fellows to meet travelling or other expenses incurred in connection with their Fellowships.

HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Postdoctoral Fellowships

21. The Committee of Management shall decide upon the number of HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Postdoctoral Fellowships to be awarded each year always provided that at least one Fellowship is held in each year. Appointments to these Fellowships shall be made by the Committee of Management upon the recommendation of the Director of the HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies.

22. The Fellowships shall be tenable for periods of up to five years.

23. The annual stipend of a Fellow shall be within a range determined by the Committee of Management, to be approved from time to time by the General Board.

24. Additional research support grants may also be awarded to HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Postdoctoral Fellows.

25. Subject to the approval of the General Board the Committee of Management may make grants to Postdoctoral Fellows to meet travelling or other expenses incurred in connection with their Fellowships.

HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Postgraduate Scholarships

26. The Committee of Management shall decide upon the number of HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Postgraduate Scholarships to be awarded each year, always provided that at least one Scholarship is held in each year.

27. The Electors to an HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Scholarship shall be the Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, the Director of the HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, and the Assistant Director of the Centre provided that if the Director of the Centre and Head of the Department are the same person the Committee of Management shall appoint one other teaching officer in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies to serve for two years from 1 January following his or her appointment.

28. In order to be eligible for a Scholarship, a candidate must have been admitted, or be seeking admission, as a student studying towards the Ph.D. Degree in the field of Islamic studies, within the Department of Middle Eastern Studies.

Language Centre

Amended by Grace 4 of 4 February 2009

The Language Centre shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department, under the supervision of the General Board.

Committee of Management

1. The Language Centre shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management, which shall consist of:

1. (a)three persons appointed by the General Board, one of whom shall be Chairman, provided that the General Board shall have power to appoint as Chairman a person who is already a member of the Committee in one of classes (c), (d), (e), and (f);
2. (b)the Director of the Language Centre;
3. (c)one person appointed by each of the Faculty Boards of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and of Modern and Medieval Languages;
4. (d)one person appointed by the Council of the School of Arts and Humanities, one 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;
5. (e)one person appointed by the Senior Tutors’ Committee;
6. (f)the Professor of English and Applied Linguistics;
7. (g)two members of the University in statu pupillari, one appointed by Cambridge University Students Union and one by the Graduate Union.
8. (h)not more than three persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

Members in classes (a), (c), (d), and (e) 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 in the Easter Term to serve for the academical year next following their appointment. Members in class (h) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted.

2. Seven members of the Committee shall form a quorum.

3. Subject to the powers of the Council and the General Board, the duties of the Committee of Management shall be:

1. (a)to determine the general policy of the Centre;
2. (b)to advise the Director in matters arising from the work of the Centre;
3. (c)to give guidance to the Director upon request on matters relating to language learning or teaching in the University;
4. (d)to assist the Director in promoting the teaching in modern languages;
5. (e)to approve an Annual Report to the General Board on the work of the Centre prepared by the Director.
6. [(f)to award certificates in subjects approved by the General Board to those persons who have followed courses of the Language Centre and whose work on those courses has been assessed by criteria determined by the Language Centre.]23

4. The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply as if the Committee were a body constituted by Statute and any matter which, if the Committee were a Faculty Board, would be reserved business under Statute C, IV, 13 shall also be reserved. These provisions shall apply to any member of the Committee in class (g) who is not in statu pupillari as if he or she were a person in statu pupillari.

Staff of the Language Centre

1. There shall be the University offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Language Centre.

2. Appointments and reappointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Centre shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy) as Chairman;
2. (b)the Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Centre;
3. (c)three members of the Committee of Management appointed by the Committee of Management;
4. (d)two persons appointed by the General Board.

3. The duties of the Director of the Language Centre shall be as follows:

1. (a)to be responsible to the Committee of Management for all aspects of the work of the Language Centre. He or she shall act as Secretary to the Committee of Management and shall also act as the executive officer of the Committee in respect of their responsibilities for the Language Centre;
2. (b)to perform, in relation to the Language Centre, the duties assigned to the Head of a Department by Statute C, V, 3(b) and (c);
3. (c)to arrange the provision of facilities for oral language teaching and examinations;
4. (d)to provide advice and assistance in matters relating to language teaching and learning;
5. (e)to be responsible for the direction of study and research in the field of language teaching and learning;
6. (f)to prepare and submit to the General Board, in accordance with arrangements determined by Ordinance, the annual estimates of the Department for consideration by the Board in accordance with Statute C, I, 1(b);
7. (g)to be responsible for the proper application of the funds available to the Department, and to ensure that the approved estimate of expenditure is not exceeded and that the accounts are correctly maintained.

4. The duties of the Deputy Director shall be to assist the Director in all matters connected with the work of the Centre.

5. There shall be such number of University offices of Language Adviser and Senior Language Adviser as the General Board shall approve on the recommendation of the Committee of Management.

6. Appointments and reappointments to an office of Language Adviser or Senior Language Adviser shall be made by the Committee of Management, excluding for this purpose the members in class (g), subject to the approval of the General Board.

7. The duties of the staff of the Centre shall be determined by the Director, subject to the approval of the General Board.

8. The Director and any other members of the staff of the Centre shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the General Board, after consultation with the Committee of Management.

Centre of Latin-American Studies

Constitution

The Centre of Latin-American Studies shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department but under the supervision of the General Board, and shall be within the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Management

1. The Centre of Latin-American Studies shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director;
2. (b)one person appointed by the General Board, and one person appointed by each of the following Faculty Boards: the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, the Faculty Board of Economics, the Faculty Board of History, the Faculty Board of Law, the Faculty Board of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies, the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography, the Faculty Board of Biology, and the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology; provided that a person appointed by any one of the Faculty Boards may also be the person appointed by the General Board;
3. (c)additional persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

2. Members in class (b) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted members in class (c) 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.

3. The Committee shall elect one of their members other than the Director to be their Chairman and to serve for three years from 1 January following the election. The Director of the Centre shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

4. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Boards concerned, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)in collaboration with the Faculty Boards concerned, to promote teaching in Latin-American subjects, and to promote research in these subjects and the publication of the results of such research;
2. (b)to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of research in Latin-American subjects;
3. (c)to administer funds allocated to them for the purposes specified in (a) and (b) above;
4. (d)to supervise the work of the staff of the Centre.

5. The Committee of Management shall prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board.

6. The Committee shall have the right of reporting to the University.

7. During any period of absence from duty of the Director, the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management shall have discretion to appoint a person to be Acting Director. A person so appointed shall be recognized as Director of the Centre for all purposes.

Staff of the Centre

1. The Directorship of the Centre shall be held concurrently with a University office.

2. The Director shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management. He or she shall be appointed initially for five years, and shall be eligible for reappointment for a further period of five years. The maximum tenure of the Directorship shall be ten years, provided that in exceptional circumstances the General Board, on the recommendation of the Committee of Management, may approve an extension of tenure for a further period or periods.

3. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative Head of the Centre, and shall be responsible for the direction of Latin-American Studies in the Centre and their encouragement generally in the University.

4. Appointments to a University office of member of the graduate staff of the Centre other than to the office of Director shall be made by the Committee of Management. A member of the graduate staff of the Centre shall be appointed for a maximum period of tenure of four years.

5. The duties of any graduate staff of the Centre other than the Director shall be determined by the Committee of Management, subject to approval by the General Board.

6. The Director and any other members of the graduate staff shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board.

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars from outside Cambridge to take part in and contribute to the work of the Centre of Latin-American Studies there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who have made or are making important contributions to Latin-American studies, or who are pursuing advanced work in Latin-American studies.

2. The maximum number of Visiting Fellowships that there may be in the Centre at any one time shall be determined by the General Board. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Committee of Management of the Centre for periods not exceeding six months at a time.

3. A Visiting Fellow may be required under the general supervision of the Committee of Management to take part in the teaching and research programme of the Centre.

4. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

5. Subject to the approval of the General Board, the Committee of Management may make grants to Visiting Fellows to meet travelling or other expenses incurred in connection with their Fellowships.

University Library

Constitution

The University Library and the four dependent libraries (the Betty and Gordon Moore Library, the Central Science Library,24 the Medical Library, and the Squire Law Library) shall jointly constitute an institution under the supervision of the General Board.

Library Syndicate

1. The Library Syndicate shall consist of:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy), who shall be Chairman;
2. (b)two persons appointed by the Council, who shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for two years from 1 January following;
3. (c)eight persons appointed by the General Board, who shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following;
4. (d)two persons elected from among their own number by the holders of University offices in the University Library, who shall be elected in the Michaelmas Term to serve for two years from 1 January following;
5. (e)not more than four persons co-opted by the Syndicate;
6. (f)not more than two members of the University in statu pupillari co-opted by the Syndicate.

Members in classes (e) and (f) shall serve until 31 December of the year following that in which they are co-opted, provided that if a member in class (f) ceases to be in statu pupillari he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member in that class.

2. All meetings of the Syndicate shall be summoned by the Vice-Chancellor; there shall be at least one and normally two meetings each term.

3. No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless at least four members are present.

4. Under the provisions of Statute K, 20(c), the appointment of members of the Board of Electors to the office of Librarian, the appointment of members of the Appointments Committee for the University Library, and the co-optation of members of the Syndicate in class (e) shall be reserved business.

5. (a) The Syndicate shall supervise the management of the University Library.

(b) There shall be a Science Libraries Sub-syndicate, a Medical Library Sub-syndicate, and a Law Library Sub-syndicate. Through the agency of these Sub-syndicates the Syndicate shall supervise the management of the four dependent libraries, viz. the Betty and Gordon Moore Library, the Central Science Library, the Medical Library, and the Squire Law Library.

(c) The Syndicate shall supervise the management and administration of the Agency for the Legal Deposit Libraries and the custody and arrangement of the University Archives.

6. (a) The Syndicate shall do all such things as in their opinion are necessary or expedient for the regulation, security, and improvement of the University Library and the dependent libraries. They shall exercise a general oversight over all matters relating to the administration, staffing, and financial resources of these libraries, and shall be empowered to make recommendations to the General Board about the staff, accommodation, and equipment needed for their proper functioning.

(b) In the exercise of their power of making rules for the management of the Library, the Syndicate shall have power to approve, through the agency of the Sub-syndicates, rules for the use of the dependent libraries. In the case of the Central Science Library these rules shall be consistent with the provisions of the agreement between the University and the Philosophical Society.

(c) The Syndicate shall also be empowered to sell or exchange duplicate books, to deposit on loan in any library belonging to the University such books upon such conditions and for such periods as they shall think fit, to participate, subject to the provisions of Regulation 12 of the regulations for the use of the University Library, in national inter-library lending schemes, and, in the exercise of their powers and duties, to make such contracts and charges as they shall think fit.

7. The Syndicate shall make an Annual Report to the General Board, and such other reports to the University as they shall think fit.

8. The Science Libraries Sub-syndicate shall consist of:

1. (a)four persons appointed by the Library Syndicate;
2. (b)two persons appointed by the Council of the Cambridge Philosophical Society;
3. (c)two persons appointed by the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences;
4. (d)two persons appointed by the Council of the School of Technology;
5. (e)two persons appointed by the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences;
6. (f)one person appointed by the Medical Library Sub-syndicate;
7. (g)not more than three persons co-opted by the Sub-syndicate, provided that it shall not be obligatory to co-opt any person or persons;
8. (h)one member of the University in statu pupillari, normally a graduate, co-opted by the Sub-syndicate.

Members in classes (a)–(f) shall serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in classes (g) and (h) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the following year, as the Sub-syndicate shall decide at the time of their co-optation, provided that if a member in class (h) ceases to be in statu pupillari he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member in that class.

9. The Medical Library Sub-syndicate shall consist of:

1. (a)four persons appointed by the Library Syndicate;
2. (b)one person appointed by the Science Libraries Sub-syndicate;
3. (c)three persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine;
4. (d)not more than three persons co-opted by the Sub-syndicate, provided that it shall not be obligatory to co-opt any person or persons;
5. (e)one member of the University in statu pupillari, normally a graduate, co-opted by the Sub-syndicate.

Members in classes (a)–(c) shall serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in classes (d) and (e) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the following year, as the Sub-syndicate shall decide at the time of their co-optation, provided that if a member in class (e) ceases to be in statu pupillari he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member in that class.

10. The Law Library Sub-syndicate shall consist of:

1. (a)four persons appointed by the Library Syndicate;
2. (b)three persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Law;
3. (c)not more than three persons co-opted by the Sub-syndicate, provided that it shall not be obligatory to co-opt any person or persons;
4. (d)not more than two members of the University in statu pupillari co-opted by the Sub-syndicate.

Members in classes (a) and (b) shall serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Members in classes (c) and (d) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which they are co-opted or of the following year, as the Sub-syndicate shall decide at the time of their co-optation, provided that if a member in class (d) ceases to be in statu pupillari he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member in that class.

11. (a) Each Sub-syndicate shall elect a Chairman from among those of their own members who are members of the Library Syndicate.

(b) No business shall be transacted at any meeting of a Sub-syndicate unless at least four members are present.

(c) The provisions of Statute K, 20 concerning reserved business shall apply to each of the Sub-syndicates as if it were a body constituted by Statute; the election of the Chairman and the co-optation of members of each Sub-syndicate shall also be reserved.

(d) The Librarian shall act as Secretary of each Sub-syndicate.

12. In respect of each of the dependent libraries the relevant Sub-syndicate shall have the following duties:

1. (a)to co-ordinate policies between the University Library and the dependent library;
2. (b)to submit recommendations to the Library Syndicate concerning the location in the dependent library of library material received under the Copyright Act;
3. (c)on behalf of the Library Syndicate, and subject to their approval, to make rules for the use of the dependent library;
4. (d)to submit to the Library Syndicate statements of needs for the dependent library. In the case of the Medical Library and the Squire Law Library such statements shall be submitted after consultation with the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine and the Faculty Board of Law respectively.

13. The Library Syndicate shall give advice, at the request of any Faculty or Departmental Library, or of the General Board, on the co-ordination of the holdings of periodicals in libraries within the University.

Staff of the University Library and the dependent libraries

1. The staff of the University Library, including for this purpose the dependent libraries (the Betty and Gordon Moore Library, the Central Science Library, the Medical Library, and the Squire Law Library), shall consist of the Librarian, the Deputy Librarians, the Senior Under-Librarians, the Under-Librarians, the Assistant Under-Librarians, the Assistant Library Officers, the Graduate Trainees, the holders of such other offices as may be established in the Library from time to time, and the University assistants.

2. (a) This staff shall include officers designated by the Library Syndicate, on the recommendation of the Librarian, as follows:

1. (i)two officers designated respectively Keeper of Manuscripts and University Archives and Deputy Keeper of the University Archives;
2. (ii)three officers designated for duties in the dependent libraries, who shall be responsible for the management of those libraries.

(b) In addition to the officers specified in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) above, the Library Syndicate, on the recommendation of the Librarian, may also designate other officers for duties in any of the dependent libraries.

(c) The Library Syndicate may make appointments to such University offices of Curator as may be approved by the General Board, and may appoint such Honorary Keepers as they themselves think fit.

3. The number of University offices of Deputy Librarian, Senior Under-Librarian, Under-Librarian, Assistant Under-Librarian, Assistant Library Officer, and Graduate Trainee shall be determined from time to time by the General Board on the recommendation of the Library Syndicate, provided that there shall not be more than two offices of Deputy Librarian. The number of University assistants shall be determined from time to time in accordance with the regulations for employment by the University.

4. Appointments and reappointments to a University office on the staff of the University Library, other than the office of Librarian or an office of Curator, shall be made in accordance with the arrangements agreed from time to time by the competent authority.

5. Appointments and reappointments to an office of Graduate Trainee shall be for such periods as shall be determined under the arrangements in Regulation 4, provided that the total tenure of the office shall not exceed three years.

6. The Librarian and the Deputy Librarians shall be in residence in the University during term and for four weeks in the Long Vacation, and shall not be absent for more than two nights in any week during Full Term without obtaining the permission of the Chairman of the Syndicate.

7. The Syndicate shall have power to appoint a Deputy Librarian to be Acting Librarian during any period of absence from duty of the Librarian, or during any period when there is a vacancy in the office of Librarian.

8. It shall be the duty of the Librarian:

1. (a)subject to the direction of the Library Syndicate, to be responsible for the acquisition of books, manuscripts, periodicals, microfilms, and other materials appropriate to the University Library and the dependent libraries, for their cataloguing, classification, arrangement, and safe custody, for their binding, repair, and conservation, for making them available to users subject to any safeguards that may be desirable, and for the provision of such other services as may be appropriate;
2. (b)to perform, in relation to the University Library and the dependent libraries, the duties assigned to the Head of a Department by Statute C, V, 3(b) and (c);
3. (c)to act as the General Board's principal adviser on matters relating to libraries.

9. The holders of other University offices on the staff of the University Library and the dependent libraries shall assist the Librarian and shall carry out their duties in accordance with such directions as may be issued from time to time by the Syndicate or the Sub-syndicate concerned, as the case may be.

10. The stipend, if any, of a Curator appointed under Regulation 2(c) shall be determined from time to time by the General Board on the recommendation of the Library Syndicate. The tenure of such an office and its duties shall be determined by the Syndicate.

11. Subject to the approval of the Syndicate, the Librarian shall assign to the University assistants their several duties.

Use of the University Library25

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2008–09, p. 1045)

1. Except on the days on which it is to be closed under Regulations 2 and 3, the Library shall be open for at least four hours on Saturdays and at least six hours on other days. Subject to this regulation the hours of opening may be determined from time to time by the Syndicate.

2. The Library shall be closed on the following days:

Sundays throughout the year;

Christmas Eve and the following days up to and including the New Year public holiday;

Good Friday and the three following days;

the August Bank Holiday.

3. The Library shall be closed for seven working days, beginning on 16 September or the first working day thereafter, for the purpose of an annual inspection and the preparation of lists of missing books. No books shall be taken out of the Library during this period.

4. The Library shall be open to all members of the University on the production of either a University Card, which has been registered by the University Library, or a valid Reader's Card, which shall be issued on request. Use of these cards shall be recorded, when readers enter and leave the Library, to provide statistical information on the use of the Library by different categories of user. These cards are not transferable and must be shown on request to any member of the Library staff in the proper discharge of her or his duties. In addition the Syndicate shall have power to determine by rules what other persons may be admitted and upon what terms. The Syndicate shall have absolute discretion to direct the exclusion, either indefinitely or for a specified period, of any person whose admission is considered prejudicial to the interests of the Library or its users.

5. (1) Not more than ten volumes may be borrowed by the following persons: members of the Senate; University officers; Fellows of Colleges; honorary graduates of the University; Bachelors of Medicine and Bachelors of Surgery; students, other than Affiliated Students, who are graduates of this or any other university and who are following a course of study leading to a Tripos examination, or to a degree, diploma, or certificate of the University.26 The Syndicate may grant permission for more than ten volumes to be borrowed if they are of the opinion that sufficient reasons have been advanced.

(2) Not more than five volumes may be borrowed by students who are graduates of any university and who are resident members of Ridley Hall, Westcott House, Westminster College, or Wesley House.

(3) Not more than five volumes may be borrowed by (a) undergraduates of at least six terms’ standing, including those qualified under Regulation 5 for Homerton College, and (b) Affiliated Students.

(4) Not more than five volumes may be borrowed, under such conditions as may from time to time be laid down by the Syndicate, by the following persons if they have been approved by the Syndicate on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Faculty Board, Head of the Department, or Head of the College or Approved Society concerned:

1. (a)graduates of any university who for the time being are engaged in teaching, research, or administration in the University, or in a College or Approved Society, or in an institution connected with the University which has been recognized for this purpose by the General Board in consultation with the Syndicate;
2. (b)visiting scholars and others who for the time being have been allocated working facilities in a Faculty, Department, College, or Approved Society.

(5) In exceptional circumstances the Syndicate may grant to other persons the privilege of borrowing books under such conditions as they think fit.

6. (a) Any volume borrowed under Regulation 5(1), 5(4), or 5(5) shall be returned not later than eight weeks after the date of borrowing, provided that the Librarian shall have power to demand its return earlier.

(b) Any volume borrowed under Regulation 5(2) or 5(3) shall be returned not later than the fourteenth day after the date of borrowing, provided that the Librarian shall have power to demand its return earlier.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulation 6(b), any volume borrowed under Regulation 5(3) between the Monday and Friday of the last week of either Michaelmas or Lent Full Term may be retained until the first day of the following Full Term, unless the Librarian has demanded its earlier return.

7. Any user of the Library who requires a volume that has been borrowed by another person may give notice to the Librarian that he or she requires the volume. The Librarian shall then notify the borrower that he or she is required to return the volume to the Library. The borrower shall comply with this requirement within seven days of the date of such notification.

8. Volumes borrowed and returned shall be noted in the Library borrowing records by the Library staff in the presence of the borrowers or their representatives. When loans are renewed online the amendments to the Library borrowing records shall be recorded via the Library catalogue.

9. (a) No volume borrowed from the Library may be taken or sent outside the British Isles except with the written permission of the Syndicate.

(b) No volume borrowed from the Library may be used for commercial purposes except with the written permission of the Syndicate.

10. Any person who fails to return a volume in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 6 shall be liable to a fine. The level of the fines that may be levied under this regulation shall be determined from time to time by the Syndicate, subject to the provisions of Regulation 15.

11. A fine of not more than £175 may be imposed by the Syndicate on any person who removes a book or other item of library material from the Library without following the borrowing procedures laid down by the Syndicate, or who, having borrowed such a book or other item, is unable, without showing good reason, to return it, or who wilfully damages such a book or other item. The imposition of such a fine shall be without prejudice to the University's right to obtain, in addition, compensation for any loss or damage suffered by the University.

12. Manuscripts of special value or importance, other items of great rarity, and materials from collections to which special conditions apply, shall not be borrowed from the Library except with the approval of the Syndicate who shall specify the conditions and the period, which shall not exceed six months, of the loan.

13. Exercises and dissertations which are deposited in the Library by candidates for degrees shall be available for consultation, unless the Board of Graduate Studies or other comparable authority determine that a particular exercise or dissertation shall, for a specified period, be available only to the author or to those who have the author's written permission to consult the work. Exercises and dissertations shall not be borrowed.

14. Rules made from time to time by the Syndicate shall be posted within the Library.

15. A fine of not more than £175 may be imposed by the Syndicate on any person who wilfully infringes any of these regulations or any rule made by the Syndicate. A person from whom any fine is due that has been imposed under these regulations shall not be admitted to the Library or allowed to borrow books until such fine has been paid.

Borrowing from the University Library:27 Notice

The General Board have announced that they have recognized the following institutions whose members may borrow books from the University Library under the conditions specified in Regulation 5(4)(a) of the regulations for the use of the University Library.

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council institutions

Babraham Institute.

National Institute of Agricultural Botany.

Institute of Plant Science Research.

Statistics Group.

Natural Environment Research Council institutions

British Antarctic Survey.

Institute of Terrestrial Ecology.

Other institutions

Animal Health Trust.

BirdLife International.

Cambridge Group for History of Population and Social Structure.

Commonwealth Bureau of Plant Breeding and Genetics.

European Bioinformatics Institute.

Medical Research Council institutions in the Cambridge area.

Needham Research Institute.

NHS Authorities and Trusts in the Cambridgeshire County Council area.

Quadrant Research Foundation.

Strangeways Research Laboratory.

Tyndale House Residential Centre for Biblical Research.

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Veterinary Investigation Centre.

West Suffolk Hospital.

Betty and Gordon Moore Library, Central Science Library, Medical Library, and Squire Law Library

1. Regulations 10, 11, and 15 of the regulations for the use of the University Library, relating to fines, shall apply also to the Betty and Gordon Moore Library, the Central Science Library, the Medical Library, and the Squire Law Library.

2. The rules made from time to time for the use of each of these libraries, in accordance with Regulations 6(b) and 12(c) of the regulations for the Library Syndicate, shall specify the arrangements for the opening and closing of the library, for admission to the library, and for borrowing from the library. Such rules shall be posted within the library concerned.

Faculty, Departmental, and other Libraries

The following regulations shall apply to all Faculty and Departmental Libraries (except the Squire Law Library) and to the libraries of the Centres of African Studies, Latin-American Studies, and South Asian Studies.

1. The authority responsible for the Library of a Faculty, Department, or other institution under the supervision of the General Board, shall be the Board, Syndicate, Committee, or other comparable body, provided that the responsibility may be delegated, wholly or in part, by the Faculty Board or other such body to the Head of a Department or other University officer or to a committee. Each authority shall be empowered to do such things in accordance with these regulations as are necessary for the management of the library, and in particular to authorize the purchase of books, provide a catalogue, and defray other expenses, from the funds at their disposal.

2. The authority responsible for a library shall make rules, in accordance with these regulations and subject to the approval of the General Board, for the use of the library, including rules for borrowing if it is decided to permit borrowing; and they shall display in the library a notice of all the rules.

3. Unless the General Board on the application of the authority have agreed otherwise, the authority responsible for a library shall admit to it, in addition to those members of the University for whom it is primarily intended, any member of the Regent House or registered Graduate Student wishing to use it for purposes of scholarship or research. Other persons may be admitted at the authority's discretion. Borrowing may also be permitted at the authority's discretion, and may be restricted to such classes of user as the authority may decide.

4. The authority responsible for a library shall have power to accept gifts of books and other library material. The authority shall seek the approval of the General Board:

1. (a)if acceptance of the gift would involve additional expense falling on general University funds; or
2. (b)if any condition is imposed by the donor which would prevent the disposal of the books or other material that are found to be no longer required for the purposes of the library.

5. An authority responsible for a library wishing to dispose of any book, pamphlet, or periodical shall be at liberty to do so by sale or otherwise, provided that, before it is disposed of, it shall, unless the General Board agree otherwise, observe the procedure set out from time to time by the General Board which includes the requirement to offer such item to the Syndics of the University Library, for transfer to that library (including the dependent libraries), and to the authorities responsible for other libraries in the University. Before the authority disposes of any literary, historical, or scientific manuscript, paper, microform material, or other archive, it shall first be offered to the Syndics of the University Library or the Keeper of the University Archives for transfer to that library or to the University Archives as may be appropriate.

6. The authority responsible for a library shall, on first subscribing to any periodical, inform the Periodicals Department of the University Library of the placing of the subscription. The authority shall obtain the approval of the General Board before an existing subscription to a periodical is cancelled.

Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Constitution

The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department but under the supervision of the General Board, and shall be within the School of the Physical Sciences.

Scientific Steering Committee

1. There shall be a Scientific Steering Committee, which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director;
2. (b)four persons appointed by the General Board, three on the recommendation of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and one on the recommendation of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council;
3. (c)two persons appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the London Mathematical Society;
4. (d)six persons appointed by the General Board after consultation with the Councils of the Schools of the Physical Sciences, Technology, the Biological Sciences, Clincial Medicine, and the Humanities and Social Sciences, and those national scientific bodies listed in a Schedule to be approved from time to time by the General Board for this purpose;
5. (e)one additional person co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

2. Members in classes (b), (c), and (d) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. A co-opted member in class (e) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which he or she is co-opted or of the year next following, as the Committee shall determine at the time of co-optation.

3. The General Board, in making their appointments to the Committee, shall ensure that at least seven of its members are not resident members of the University.

4. The Chairman of the Committee shall be appointed by the General Board from among the members in classes (b), (c), and (d). The Chairman shall be appointed for a period of not more than three years and shall be eligible for reappointment for a period or periods of not more than three years at a time.

5. The Director of the Institute shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

6. The Committee shall meet at least once each year. Six members present at a meeting shall constitute a quorum.

7. The duty of the Committee shall be to advise the Director on all aspects of the scientific work and policy of the Institute.

Management Committee

1. The management of the Institute shall be the responsibility of a Management Committee, which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director;
2. (b)the Deputy Director;
3. (c)the Heads of the Departments of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics;
4. (d)one person appointed by the General Board, who shall be Chairman, provided that the General Board shall have power to appoint as Chairman a person who is already a member of the Committee in one of classes (c), (e), and (f);
5. (e)five persons appointed by the General Board, of whom one shall be appointed on the recommendation of the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences, one on the recommendation of the Council of the School of Technology, and one on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Mathematics;
6. (f)one person appointed by St John's College and one person appointed by Trinity College;
7. (g)one person appointed by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;
8. (h)one additional person co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

2. Members in classes (d)–(g) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. A co-opted member in class (h) shall serve until 31 December of the year in which he or she is co-opted or of the year next following, as the Committee shall determine at the time of co-optation.

3. The General Board, in making their appointments to the Committee, shall ensure that at least two of its members are not resident members of the University.

4. The Director shall serve as Secretary of the Committee unless there is a Deputy Director, in which case the latter shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

5. The Committee shall meet at least once each term.

6. Subject to the powers of the Council and the General Board, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)to promote research in the field of the mathematical sciences and the publication of the results of such research;
2. (b)to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of research in the mathematical sciences;
3. (c)to administer funds allocated to them for the purposes specified in (a) and (b) above;
4. (d)to supervise the work of the staff of the Institute;
5. (e)to prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board;
6. (f)to make an Annual Report to the General Board and to the Councils of the Schools and the other bodies mentioned in Regulation 1(e), (f), and (g) above.

Staff of the Institute

1. There shall be a Director of the Institute who shall be the N. M. Rothschild & Sons Professor of Mathematical Sciences.

2. Under the general control of the Management Committee the Director shall be the administrative Head of the Institute, and shall be responsible, subject to the advice of the Scientific Steering Committee and the approval of the Management Committee, for the choice of topics for the Institute's programmes.

3. There shall be a University office of Deputy Director of the Institute, which may be held concurrently with another University office. Appointments and reappointments to the Deputy Directorship shall be made by the Management Committee. If the office is held concurrently with another University office, appointments and reappointments shall be made for periods of not more than five years at a time, provided that no person may hold the office for a total period exceeding six years.

4. The duties of the Deputy Director shall be to assist the Director in all matters connected with the work of the Institute, to serve as Secretary of the Management Committee, to engage actively in research, and to carry out such teaching duties as may be required by the Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics or of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, as the Director agrees are compatible with the other duties of the office.

Rothschild Visiting Professorships

Amended by Grace 5 of 10 June 2009

1. The sum donated by N. M. Rothschild & Sons shall constitute a fund called the Rothschild Visiting Professorships Fund from which the stipend, travelling expenses, and subsistence allowance of Rothschild Visiting Professors and the honorarium, travelling expenses, and subsistence allowance of Rothschild Distinguished Visiting Fellows shall be paid.

2. A Rothschild Visiting Professor shall be elected under the authority of Statute D, XV, 1(c)(iii) by the General Board on the recommendation of the Management Committee. The tenure of a Rothschild Visiting Professor shall normally be for a period of not more than six months but may, exceptionally, be for a period of not more than one year, and shall be determined by the General Board on the recommendation of the Management Committee on the occasion of each appointment.

3. A Rothschild Distinguished Visiting Fellow shall be appointed by the Management Committee for a period of not more than six months, provided that the Management Committee may, exceptionally, make an appointment for one year.

4. It shall be the duty of a Rothschild Visiting Professor and a Rothschild Distinguished Visiting Fellow to participate in the Institute’s research programme.

5. The stipend of a Rothschild Visiting Professor shall be determined by the General Board on the recommendation of the Management Committee.

6. A Rothschild Visiting Professor and a Rothschild Distinguished Visiting Fellow shall be required to reside in the University.

7. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulations 1 and 5, such further payments may be made from the Fund in support of the work of a Rothschild Visiting Professor and a Rothschild Distinguished Visiting Fellow as may be approved by the Management Committee.

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars from outside Cambridge to take part in and contribute to the work of the Institute, there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who have made or are making important contributions to research in mathematical sciences, or who are pursuing advanced work in the subject.

2. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Director of the Institute for periods not exceeding one year at a time.

3. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Director with the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

Senior Fellowships

1. The Management Committee shall have power, subject to the approval of the General Board, to grant the title of Senior Fellow of the Institute to any person associated with the Institute (other than a member of the staff of the Institute) who has made or is making important contributions to research in mathematics.

2. A person to whom the title of Senior Fellow has been granted shall hold that title for not more than five years at a time. At the end of any such period the title may again be granted for a further period of not more than five years on each occasion.

Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis

Director

1. There shall be a University office of Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis28 in the Department of Chemistry.

2. Appointments and reappointments to the office of Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis shall be made by an Appointments Committee consisting of:

1. (a)the Vice-Chancellor, or a duly appointed deputy, as Chairman;
2. (b)the Director of Industrial Liaison;
3. (c)the Head of the Department of Chemistry;
4. (d)two persons appointed by the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences;
5. (e)one person appointed by the Council of the School of Technology;
6. (f)three persons appointed by the General Board.

Members in classes (d), (e), and (f) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term of each year of which the number is even to serve for two years from 1 January following their appointment.

3. The duties of the Director shall be to engage in research in polymer synthesis and to manage the Melville Laboratory so as to promote polymer synthesis within the University, under the supervision of a Committee of Management consisting of:

1. (a)the Chairman of the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences, who shall be Chairman of the Committee;
2. (b)the Heads of the Departments of Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Chemistry, Materials Science and Metallurgy, and Physics; provided that each Head may appoint a deputy to attend any meeting of the Committee;
3. (c)one member appointed by each of the sponsors of the Melville Laboratory, as defined in the agreement with the University;
4. (d)the Director of Industrial Liaison;
5. (e)not more than three persons co-opted by the Committee to serve for two years from the date of their co-optation;
6. (f)the Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, who shall be Secretary of the Committee.

The Committee of Management shall meet at least twice in each academical year.

4. The provisions of Statute D, XIV, 10 that apply to a Professor shall also apply to the Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

5. The Director shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the General Board, after consultation with the Committee of Management.

Centre of South Asian Studies

Constitution

The Centre of South Asian Studies shall be an institution independent of any Faculty or Department but under the supervision of the General Board, and shall be within the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Management

1. The Centre of South Asian Studies shall be under the general control of a Committee of Management which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Director;
2. (b)one person appointed by the General Board, and one person appointed by each of the following bodies: the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, the Faculty Board of Business and Management, the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography, the Faculty Board of Economics, the Faculty Board of History, and the Faculty Board of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies; provided that a person appointed by any one of the Faculty Boards may also be the person appointed by the General Board;
3. (c)additional persons co-opted at the discretion of the Committee.

2. Members in class (b) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment. Co-opted members in class (c) 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.

3. The Committee shall elect one of their members other than the Director to be their Chairman and to serve for three years from 1 January following the election. The Director of the Centre shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.

4. Subject to the powers of the Council, the General Board, and the Faculty Boards concerned, the duties of the Committee shall be as follows:

1. (a)in collaboration with the Faculty Boards concerned, to promote teaching in South Asian subjects, and to promote research in these subjects and the publication of the results of such research;
2. (b)to co-operate with outside bodies in the encouragement of research in South Asian subjects;
3. (c)to administer funds allocated to them for the purposes specified in (a) and (b) above;
4. (d)to supervise the work of the staff of the Centre.

5. The Committee of Management shall prepare annual estimates for submission to the General Board.

6. The Committee shall have the right of reporting to the University.

7. During any period of absence from duty of the Director, the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management shall have discretion to appoint a person to be Acting Director. A person so appointed shall be recognized as Director of the Centre for all purposes.

Staff of the Centre

1. The Directorship of the Centre shall be held concurrently with a University office.

2. The Director shall be appointed by the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management. He or she shall hold office for five years, and shall be eligible for reappointment.

3. Under the general control of the Committee of Management, the Director shall be the administrative Head of the Centre, and shall be responsible for the direction of South Asian Studies in the Centre and their encouragement generally in the University.

4. Appointments and reappointments to the University office of Secretary-Librarian of the Centre shall be made by the Committee of Management, subject to the approval of the General Board.

5. Appointments and reappointments to a University office on the graduate staff of the Centre, other than the offices of Director and Secretary-Librarian, shall be made by the Committee of Management, subject to the approval of the General Board. The maximum tenure of a holder of this office shall be five years.

6. The duties of the Secretary-Librarian, and of any graduate staff of the Centre other than the Director, shall be determined by the Committee of Management, subject to approval by the General Board.

7. The Director and any other members of the graduate staff shall conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board.

NOTICE BY THE GENERAL BOARD

Reporter, 2008–09, p. 426

University Research Ethics Committee

1. The General Board have agreed to establish a University Research Ethics Committee which shall consist of:

1. (a)the Chairman of the Human Biology Research Ethics Committee29;
2. (b)the Chairman of the Psychology Research Ethics Committee;
3. (c)a member of the Cambridge Local Research Ethics Committee;
4. (d)one person appointed by the General Board who shall be Chairman, provided that the General Board shall have power to appoint as Chairman a person who is already a member of the Committee in one of classes (a), (b), (e) or (f);
5. (e)two persons appointed by the General Board who shall not be resident members of the University;
6. (f)up to four persons appointed by the General Board on the nomination of the Councils of the Schools to ensure appropriate representation of areas of research involving human participants or personal data;
7. (g)one member of the University, in statu pupillari, appointed on the nomination of the Graduate Union;
8. (h)not more than two persons co-opted by the Committee, provided that it shall not be obligatory for the Committee to co-opt any person or persons.

2. The appointment of members in classes (d)–(f) shall be made in the Michaelmas Term for periods of four years from the following 1 January. Members shall be eligible for reappointment. 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 Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), the Academic Secretary, the Director of the Research Services Division, and the Director of Human Resources shall have the right to attend meetings of the Committee. The Secretary of the Committee shall be the Academic Secretary or a duly appointed deputy.

3. Six members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The Committee shall:

1. (i)devise a University policy for approval by the General Board for the consideration, approval, and monitoring of research projects involving human participants or personal data, including the establishment of specialist sub-committees, where appropriate, to cover specific areas;
2. (ii)monitor the implementation of this policy, establish associated procedures, and recommend to the Board any changes that are considered necessary in the light of experience;
3. (iii)consider and decide on any application for approval of research involving human participation or personal data which is referred to the Committee by one of its sub-committees or by any other relevant body;
4. (iv)establish, implement, and keep under review a procedure for considering appeals against decisions made by sub-committees to withhold, suspend or withdraw approval of a research project which it considers to contravene University policies or procedures on research involving human participants or personal data;
5. (v)consider and advise on training provision for those involved in considering applications for research projects involving human participants or personal data and for those undertaking such research;
6. (vi)receive and consider annual reports from the ethics subject sub-committees;
7. (vii)report annually to the General Board on (i)–(v) above.