Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 24 March 2010

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 These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have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, 2 April 2010.

1. That a Littleton Chambers Prize for Labour Law be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1

Littleton Chambers Prize for Labour Law

1. The sum made available annually by Littleton Chambers for the study of Labour Law shall be applied in equal amounts as follows:

(a)to provide a prize called the Littleton Chambers Prize for Labour Law, which shall be awarded by the Examiners for Part II of the Law Tripos for distinction in Labour Law shown by performance in Paper 41 of the Law Tripos; and

(b)to fund the purchase of books for the Squire Law Library.

2. If in any year the Prize is not awarded, the unexpended income for that year shall be added to the capital of the Fund. If sufficient income has accumulated in the Fund, the Examiners may award more than one Prize in any year.

2. That a Management Studies Project Prize be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:2

Management Studies Project Prize

1. Of the sum of £5,000 given to the University by Mr Neil Thomason, of St John’s College, the capital and the income shall be used to provide an annual Prize to be shared equally between members of the three-person project team that delivers the best project presentation as part of the Management Studies Tripos.

2. The value of each Prize shall be such sum as shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Business and Management within a range approved from time to time by the Council.

3. The Prize shall be awarded by the Programme Director for the Management Studies Tripos to the team of three students that delivers the best project presentation, as measured by client.

4. If in any year the Prize is not awarded, the income of the Fund for that year shall be added to the capital of the Fund.

3. That Regulation 2 for the Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations be amended by replacing the words ‘on the recommendation of the Director of the Centre of International Studies’ by the words ‘on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies’.3

4. That the recommendations in paragraph 7 of the Report of the General Board, dated 24 February 2010, on the establishment of a Professorship of Management Studies (Reporter, 2009–10, p. 633) be approved.

Graces to be submitted to the Regent House at a Congregation on 27 March 2010

The Council has sanctioned the submission of the following Graces to the Regent House at a Congregation to be held on 27 March 2010:1

That the following person be admitted to the degree of Master of Arts by incorporation:

9. Matthew Robert Mellor, Fellow of Pembroke College, Master of Arts of the University of Oxford (1995).

That the following persons be admitted to the degree of Master of Arts under the provisions of Statute B, III, 6:

10. Stephen William Teal, Fellow of St John’s College.

11. Vilas Umesh Navapurkar, Associate Lecturer in the School of Clinical Medicine.

12. Jacqueline Powell, Administrative Officer, Grade II, in the Finance Division of the University Offices.