The GENERAL BOARD beg leave to report to the University as follows:
1. The senior academic promotions exercise in respect of promotions to take effect from 1 October 2007 has been completed. The General Board, at their meeting on 9 May 2007, considered recommendations from the Main Senior Academic Promotions Committee in respect of promotion to personal Professorships, Readerships, and Senior Lectureships. With the recommendations the Board received an extensive report, which included the minutes of meetings of Faculty Promotions Committees, and of the Board's Main Academic Promotions Committee and Sub-Committees. The report and the minutes provided the Board with an account of the procedure followed for the evaluation and comparison of the evidence for all applicants. The Board were able to see how recommendations had been arrived at so that, without repeating the entire exercise itself, they could either approve the recommendations or, if they so wished, consider the basis on which any of the recommendations had been made.
2. The contents of the report were as follows:
3. The Board now recommend the establishment of twenty-six Professorships from 1 October 2007. The establishment of these Professorships, with the exception of that proposed for Dr W. T. S. Huck, is proposed on condition that, in each case where the person currently holds a permanently established office, that office should be placed in abeyance during the tenure of the Professorship. In proposing the establishment of a Professorship for Dr W. T. S. Huck, the General Board have agreed that it should be tenable for so long as Dr Huck continues to hold the office of Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis and they accordingly propose in accordance with Statute D, II, 11(a) that he be permitted to hold the office of Professor concurrently with the Directorship.
4. The Board also propose the establishment from 1 October 2007 of twenty-eight Readerships, as set out in Recommendation II. The establishment of these Readerships is proposed on condition that, in each case where the person currently holds a permanently established office, that office should be placed in abeyance during the tenure of the Readership.
5. In order to avoid delay in publishing the Report, the Board have put forward their recommendations before the titles of the Professorships and Readerships have been agreed. The Board will announce these titles at a later date, after consultation with the individuals concerned.
6. The Board have also agreed, in accordance with Statute D, XVIII, 3 and the special regulation for University Senior Lectureships (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 699), to appoint the twenty-nine individuals listed in the Schedule to this Report to University Senior Lectureships.
7. The estimated total additional cost to central funds of the proposals for promotion to personal Professorships and Readerships and of the appoint-ments to University Senior Lectureships of the persons named in this Report will be approximately £454,957 a year.
8. The General Board recommend:
I. That, with effect from 1 October 2007, Professorships be established for named persons for one tenure, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, and assigned to the Faculty or Department named in each case, as follows:
School of Arts and Humanities
One in the Faculty of Divinity for Dr DAVID MICHAEL THOMPSON, of Fitzwilliam College
One in the Faculty of English for Dr HEATHER JOAN GLEN, of New Hall
One in the Department of French for Dr SYLVIA HUOT, of Pembroke College
One in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies for Dr JAMES EDWARD MONTGOMERY, of Trinity Hall
One in the Faculty of Philosophy for Dr RAYMOND GEUSS
School of the Biological Sciences
One in the Department of Plant Sciences for Dr ALISON GAIL SMITH, of Corpus Christi College
One in the Department of Zoology for Dr ANDREW PAUL BALMFORD, of Girton College
School of Clinical Medicine
One in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences for Dr MARIA GRAZIA SPILLANTINI, of Clare Hall
One in the Department of Medicine for Dr NICHOLAS MORRELL, of Downing College
School of the Humanities and Social Sciences
One in the Faculty of Economics for Dr SANJEEV GOYAL
One in the Faculty of History for Dr ANDREW JOHN BOYD HILTON, of Trinity College
One in the Faculty of History for Dr ROBERT PAUL TOMBS, of St John's College
One in the Faculty of Law for Mr GRAHAM JOHN VIRGO, of Downing College
One in the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology for Dr MELISSA MARIE HINES, of Churchill College
School of the Physical Sciences
One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr NICHOLAS DOREY, of Clare College
One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr JOHN MARTIN RALLISON, of Trinity College
One in the Institute of Astronomy for Dr PAUL CHARLES HEWETT, of Corpus Christi College
One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr SHANKAR BALASUBRAMANIAN, of Trinity College
One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr WILHELM HUCK, of Gonville and Caius College, tenable for so long as he holds the office of Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis and that, in accordance with Statute D, II, 11(a), he be permitted to hold both offices concurrently.
One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr WILLIAM JONES, of Sidney Sussex College
One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr DAVID KLENERMAN, of Christ's College
One in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy for Dr PAUL ANTHONY MIDGLEY, of Peterhouse
One in the Department of Physics for Dr NIGEL ROBERT COOPER, of Pembroke College
School of Technology
One in the Department of Engineering for Dr NICHOLAS GEOFFREY KINGSBURY, of Trinity College
One in the Department of Engineering for Dr KENICHI SOGA, of Churchill College
One in Judge Business School for Dr DANIEL RALPH, of Churchill College
II. That, with effect from 1 October 2007, Readerships be established, as follows, and that the General Board be authorized to appoint to each Readership the person for whom its establishment is proposed:
School of Arts and Humanities
One in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic for Dr PAUL RUSSELL, of Pembroke College
One in the Faculty of Divinity for Dr CATHERINE JANE CROZIER PICKSTOCK, of Emmanuel College
One in the Department of Slavonic Studies for Dr ALEXANDER ETKIND, of King's College
School of the Biological Sciences
One in the Department of Genetics for Dr MAGDALENA ZERNICKA-GOETZ, of Sidney Sussex College
One in the Department of Pathology for Dr IAN BRIERLEY
One in the Department of Pathology for Dr MICHAEL RONALD CLARK, of Darwin College
One in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience for Dr NICHOLAS BROWN
One in the Department of Veterinary Medicine for Dr JOHN STANLEY GIBSON, of Clare College
School of Clinical Medicine
One in the Department of Haematology for Dr BERTHOLD GOTTGENS
One in the Department of Haematology for Dr JAMES ANDREW HUNTINGTON
One in the Department of Oncology for Dr NEIL GUNN BURNET, of Clare College
One in the Department of Oncology for Dr HELENA MARGARET EARL
One in the Department of Surgery for Dr CHRISTOPHER JOHN EDWARD WATSON, of Hughes Hall
School of the Humanities and Social Sciences
One in the Faculty of History for Dr TIMOTHY NORMAN HARPER, of Magdalene College
One in the Faculty of History for Dr JOHN ADAM TOOZE, of Jesus College
One in the Department of Land Economy for Dr MARTIN JOHN DIXON, of Queens' College
One in the Faculty of Law for Mr RICHARD CHARLES NOLAN, of St John's College
School of the Physical Sciences
One in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for Dr BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER ALLANACH
One in the Institute of Astronomy for Dr MICHAEL JOHN IRWIN, of Churchill College
One in the Institute of Astronomy for Dr CHRISTOPHER ADAM TOUT, of Churchill College
One in the Department of Chemistry for Dr JANE CLARKE, of Lucy Cavendish College
One in the Department of Physics for Dr JOHN STUART RICHER, of Churchill College
One in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics for Dr PETER KARL FRIZ, of King's College
School of Technology
One in the Computer Laboratory for Dr ALAN FRANK BLACKWELL, of Darwin College
One in the Department of Engineering for Dr MICHAEL PATRICK FORBES SUTCLIFFE, of St Catharine's College
One in Judge Business School for Dr MICHAEL IAN BARRETT, of Churchill College
One in Judge Business School for Dr MARK EDMONDUS JAN DE ROND, of Darwin College
One in Judge Business School for Dr CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM HOPE, of Clare Hall
| 4 May 2007 | ALISON RICHARD, Vice-Chancellor | WILLIAM BROWN | D. W. B. MACDONALD |
| GRAEME BARKER | PHILIP FORD | MELVEENA MCKENDRICK | |
| JOHN BELL | RICHARD FRIEND | PATRICK SISSONS | |
| TOM BLUNDELL | RICHARD HUNTER |
The General Board have agreed to appoint the following to University Senior Lectureships, with effect from 1 October 2007 to the retiring age. An asterisked appointment is to an unestablished Senior Lectureship from 1 October 2007, the period of appointment being coterminous with the end of the current appointment.
School of Arts and Humanities
| Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic | Dr RICHARD WILLIAM DANCE, of St Catharine's College |
| Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic | Dr ROSALIND CLAIRE LOVE, of Robinson College |
| Faculty of Classics | Dr CHRISTOPHER MARK KELLY, of Corpus Christi College |
| Faculty of Classics | Dr TORSTEN MEISSNER, of Pembroke College |
| Faculty of English | Dr SARAH MEER, of Selwyn College |
| Department of Linguistics | Dr DAVID WILLIAM EDWARD WILLIS, of Selwyn College |
School of the Biological Sciences
| Department of Experimental Psychology | Dr LISA MARIE SAKSIDA, of Newnham College |
| Department of Plant Sciences | Dr ALEXANDER ARUNDEL ROSS WEBB, of Churchill College |
| Department of Veterinary Medicine | Dr BARBARA ANN BLACKLAWS, of Newnham College |
School of Clinical Medicine
| Department of Paediatrics | Dr CARLO LORENZO ACERINI |
| Department of Public Health and Primary Care | Dr JOHN ARTHUR BENSON |
School of the Humanities and Social Sciences
| Department of Archaeology | Dr AUGUSTA MADELINE MCMAHON, of Newnham College |
| Department of Biological Anthropology | Dr MICHAEL PETRAGLIA, of Queens' College |
| Institute of Criminology | Dr MANDEEP KAUR DHAMI* |
| Faculty of Economics | Dr TOKE SKOVSGAARD AIDT, of Jesus College |
| Faculty of Economics | Dr HAMISH WALLACE LOW, of Trinity College |
| Department of Education | Dr BRUCE DOMINIC WYSE, of Churchill College |
| Faculty of History | Dr DEREK RAYMOND PETERSON, of Selwyn College |
| Department of History and Philosophy of Science | Dr ELEANOR ROBSON |
| Department of Politics | Dr DAVID WALTER RUNCIMAN, of Trinity Hall |
School of the Physical Sciences
| Department of Earth Sciences | Dr ALBERT JEAN BERNARD GALY, of St John's College |
| Department of Physics | Dr DAVID ALAN GREEN, of Churchill College |
School of Technology
| Computer Laboratory | Dr PIETRO LIO, of Fitzwilliam College |
| Computer Laboratory | Dr FRANCESCO MARIO STAJANO |
| Department of Engineering | Dr KEITH ALEXANDER SEFFEN, of Corpus Christi College |
| Department of Engineering | Dr ALEXANDER JOHN WHITE, of Peterhouse |
| Department of Engineering | Dr DAVID JOHN WHITE, of Downing College |
| Judge Business School | Dr PETER FLEMING, of Wolfson College |
| Judge Business School | Dr HOUYUAN JIANG |