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Results of ballots

22 February 1999

Grace 7 of 25 November 1998: Recruitment incentive payments to University officers in non-professorial grades

The results of the voting on this Grace are as follows:

This Grace is therefore approved.

Grace 8 of 25 November 1998: Supplementary payments for Professors, etc.

The results of the voting on this Grace are as follows:

Option (a) approval of the Grace unamended.
Option (b) approval of the Grace as amended.
Option (c) rejection of the Grace.

Number of valid votes: 1068 (Quota: 534)

This Grace is therefore approved in unamended form.

Grace 9 of 25 November 1998: Office of Senior Lecturer

The results of the voting on this Grace are as follows:

Option (a) approval of the Grace unamended.
Option (b) approval of the Grace as amended.
Option (c) rejection of the Grace.

Number of valid votes: 1084 (Quota: 542)

The Grace is therefore approved in amended form. The results of the voting on the proposed Amendments A to E are as follows:

The following are the Amendments which have been approved:

Amendment C

That Recommendation IV be amended so as to read:

That approval be given in principle for the introduction of the title of Senior Lecturer within the Cambridge system, that the criteria for conferring that title be those outlined in paragraphs 49-51 of the General Board's Report, and that the salary structure be that outlined in paragraph 62; but that conferment of the title be not considered as promotion to a separate office requiring a new contract, and that the mechanisms by which the title is conferred be the subject of a further Report to the Regent House.

Amendment D

That the proposed arrangements for appointments to Senior Lectureships, as specified in Recommendation IV, be amended as follows:

Paragraph 55 of the Report currently provides that College teaching undertaken by University officers should not be taken into account as part of the evidence for promotion to Senior Lectureships. It is proposed that College teaching (including direction of studies) should be taken into account for this purpose.

Amendment E

That the proposed arrangements for appointments to Senior Lectureships, as specified in Recommendation IV, be amended as follows:

Paragraph 49 of the Report lists the criteria on which candidates for Senior Lectureships are to be assessed. Criterion (a) reads:

Sustained excellence in teaching (in contributions to the development of courses, and in at least one of lecturing, conducting seminars, and supervision of postgraduate students).

It is proposed that that this criterion be amended so as to read:

Sustained excellence in teaching (in contributions to the development of courses, and in at least one of lecturing, conducting seminars, and supervision and direction of studies of students).

Grace 10 of 25 November 1998: Discretionary payments to University officers in non-professorial grades

The results of the voting on this Grace are as follows:

This Grace is therefore approved.

Grace 7 of 9 December 1998: That approval be given to the procedure proposed by the General Board in their Report, and in the Annex to the Report, for the consideration of applications for promotion to personal Professorships and Readerships in 1999 and future years

The results of the voting on this Grace are as follows:

Option (a) approval of the Grace unamended.
Option (b) approval of the Grace as amended.
Option (c) rejection of the Grace.

Number of valid votes: 1069 (Quota: 535)

The Grace is therefore approved in unamended form.

Grace 8 of 9 December 1998: That the General Board be given authority to make such changes in the procedure as they consider necessary from time to time for the proper management of the promotions exercise

The results of the voting on this Grace are as follows:

Option (a) approval of the Grace unamended.
Option (b) approval of the Grace as amended.
Option (c) rejection of the Grace.

Number of valid votes: 1056 (Quota: 528)

The Grace is therefore approved in unamended form.

The results of the voting on the proposed Amendments 1 to 21 to Grace 7 of 9 December 1998 (see p. 431) are given below for information only. Because the option (b) in the voting on this Grace was NOT APPROVED, the results DO NOT take effect.

T. J. MEAD, Registrary

END OF THE OFFICIAL PART OF THE 'REPORTER'

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