The Council submits the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 26 December 2008.
1. That Mr Nigel W. Brown be reappointed a member of the Council in class (e) to serve from 1 January 2009 for two years.1
2. That Lord Simon of Highbury, CAI, be reappointed a member of the Council in class (e) to serve from 1 January 2009 for two years.2
3. That Ms Vanessa Vivienne Lawrence be appointed a member of the Council in class (e) to serve from 1 January 2009 for four years.3
4. That Dame Mavis McDonald be appointed a member of the Council in class (e) to serve from 1 January 2009 for four years.4
5. That the recommendations in paragraph 7 of the Report of the General Board, dated 12 November 2008, on the establishment of a Professorship of Diagnostic Veterinary Pathology (Reporter, p. 183) be approved.
6. That a W. D. Armstrong Fund be established in the University to be governed by the following regulations:5
1. The sum of £1.6m received by the University under the Will of the late Dr W. D. Armstrong shall form a fund, to be entitled the W. D. Armstrong Fund, to encourage the application of Engineering in Medicine in the University.
2. The administration of the Fund shall be entrusted to a Committee of Managers consisting of:
| (a) | the Head of the School of Technology; |
| (b) | the Head of the School of Clinical Medicine; |
| (c) | the Head of the Department of Engineering; |
| (d) | the Head of the Department of Medicine; |
| (e) | the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology; |
| (f) | one person appointed by the Council of the School of Clinical Medicine. |
3. The member in class (f) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following her or his appointment. If one or more of the offices in classes (a)-(f) are held by the same person or if one or more of these offices is vacant or its tenure has expired, the Faculty Boards of Engineering and Clinical Medicine shall appoint one or more additional Managers so as to ensure that there are always six Managers.
4. The income, and under exceptional circumstances the capital, of the Fund shall be applied at the discretion of the Managers in accordance with Regulation 1.
1 See the Council's Notice, p. 350. Mr Brown, Chairman, N. W. Brown Group Ltd, currently chairs the Council's Audit Committee, and, subject to approval of this Grace, the Council has reappointed him to chair the Committee until 31 December 2010.
2 See the Council's Notice, p. 350. Lord Simon is a former Chairman of BP plc, a former Minister of State for Europe, and has served as Deputy Chairman of the Council since 22 September 2008.
3 See the Council's Notice, p. 350. Ms Lawrence is Director General and Chief Executive of the Ordnance Survey.
4 See the Council's Notice, p. 350. Dame Mavis McDonald was Permanent Secretary to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2005 and is currently Chairman of Catalyst Housing Group Ltd.
5 See the Vice-Chancellor's Notice on p. 270. These regulations supersede those published in Grace 4 of 3 December 2008 which has been withdrawn (see p. 359).