The GENERAL BOARD beg leave to report to the University as follows:
1. In their Report on the establishment of certain fixed-term Professorships (Reporter, 2002-03 p. 519), the General Board proposed, inter alia, the establishment of a Royal Society Professorship of Astronomy in the Institute of Astronomy for Professor A. C. Fabian for the period 1 October 2002 to 30 September 2007. The Professorship was established for a fixed term to coincide with the availability of external funds supporting the Royal Society Professorship held by Professor Fabian. The recommendations of this Report were approved by Grace 2 of 12 March 2003.
2. The Royal Society have renewed the funding for Professor Fabian for a further period of six years to 30 September 2013. The School of Physical Sciences have agreed to meet the cost of the Professorship for the remainder of Professor Fabian's tenure, for the period from 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2015.
3. The General Board accordingly recommend the re-establishment of a Royal Society Professorship of Astronomy in the Institute of Astronomy from 1 October 2007 for the duration of Professor Fabian's tenure.
4. The General Board recommend:
That the Royal Society Professorship of Astronomy, established by Grace 2 of 12 March 2003, be re-established from 1 October 2007 for the tenure of Professor Andrew Christopher Fabian, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, and assigned to the Institute of Astronomy.
| 10 October 2007 | ALISON RICHARD, Vice-Chancellor | WILLIAM BROWN | D. W. B. MACDONALD |
| NICK BAMPOS | PHILIP FORD | MELVEENA MCKENDRICK | |
| GRAEME BARKER | RICHARD FRIEND | PATRICK SISSONS | |
| JOHN BELL | RICHARD HUNTER | I. H. WHITE | |
| TOM BLUNDELL | |||