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The COUNCIL beg leave to report to the University as follows:
1. In 2001, the Leverhulme Trust awarded the University a grant of £2.1m over ten years to support new posts and an associated programme of research and teaching in the general area of human evolution and development to be undertaken within the Department of Biological Anthropology by the Leverhulme Centre for Evolutionary Studies. The primary purpose of the Leverhulme Centre is to establish a world-class research centre focusing on the integration of different approaches to recent human evolution. The Centre will combine the management of the University's human biological samples (the Duckworth Collection) with the establishment of research laboratories within a dedicated building.
2. The conservation conditions of the present accommodation, and the insufficient laboratory space, for the Duckworth Collection have long been a cause of concern within the University. Furthermore, the expansion arising from the establishment of the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies could not be accommodated within the Department of Biological Anthropology's present building in Pembroke Street. Accordingly, the University submitted a bid for funds under the Joint Infrastructure Fund (JIF) initiative for alterations and extensions to the accommodation in the Fitzwilliam Street Annexe that will be vacated by the staff of the Department of Biochemistry in July 2002 on the completion of the renovation works in their main building (see the accompanying drawing). Although the bid was top-rated, there were insufficient funds available for it to be funded through JIF. However, under the Science Research Investment Fund (SRIF), the Wellcome Trust have allocated £2m towards the cost of the Centre. This has been augmented by a further £1.1m from the University's formulaic allocation from the Government's provision to the SRIF initiative. The General Board have agreed to underwrite the outstanding balance of £1.3m of the overall cost of £4.4m for this accommodation against prospective donations.
3. A scheme has been drawn up to alter and extend the existing Fitzwilliam Street Annexe to provide 710 sq.m. of useable space on four floors as described below:
| Basement | Duckworth Egypt Collection and Plant area |
| Ground Floor | Duckworth London and Europe Collection Duckworth Paleopathology and Primates Collection Duckworth Collection/Archive Seminar Room |
| First Floor | Office Laboratories Meeting room Duckworth Africa, Pacific Rim, America, and other collections |
| Second Floor | Imaging Laboratory Academic and administration offices |
4. It is estimated that the running costs of the building will amount to £30,000 a year and that these costs will be a charge on the Department under the Resource Allocation Model.
5. Drawings of the proposed scheme are displayed for the information of the University in the Schools Arcade.
6. The Council recommend:
I. That approval is given for alterations to the Fitzwilliam Street Annexe currently occupied by the Department of Biochemistry to create a building for the new Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies.
II. That the Treasurer be authorized to accept a tender for the works in due course within available funding.
| 10 June 2002 | ALEC N. BROERS, Vice-Chancellor | GORDON JOHNSON | JAMES MATHESON |
| PAV AKHTAR | DONALD LAMING | G. A. REID | |
| TONY BADGER | IAN LESLIE | JEREMY SANDERS | |
| JOHN BOYD | A. M. LONSDALE | M. SCHOFIELD | |
| PETER GODDARD | D. W. MACDONALD | LIBA TAUB | |
| D. A. GOOD | M. D. MACLEOD | R. E. THORNTON |
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Cambridge University Reporter, 12 June 2002
Copyright © 2002 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars
of the University of Cambridge.