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No 6197

Wednesday 6 October 2010

Vol cxli No 1

pp. 1-48

Notices

Calendar

12 October, Tuesday. Discussion at 2 p.m. in the Senate-House (see below).

17 October, Sunday. Preacher before the University at 11.15 a.m., Professor J. D. G. Dunn, of Clare College, Emeritus Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the University of Durham.

23 October, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 2 p.m.

26 October, Tuesday. Discussion at 2 p.m. in the Senate-House.

Discussions at 2 p.m.

Congregations

12 October

23 October, Saturday at 2 p.m.

26 October

27 November, Saturday at 2 p.m.

9 November

23 November

7 December

Statute approved: Notice

The Registrary has received notice from the Clerk at the Privy Council Office that Her Majesty the Queen, at a Council held on 21 July 2010, was pleased to approve amendments of Statutes D and E which were submitted under the Common Seal of the University in accordance with Grace 3 of 2 December 2009 and Grace 8 of 10 February 2010. (See the Report of the General Board on the title of the Regius Professorship of Modern History, dated 6 January 2010 (Reporter, 2009–10, p. 478), and the Report of the General Board on the establishment of a Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professorship of Sustainable Urban Design and related matters, dated 4 November 2009 (Reporter, 2009–10, p. 212).)

Amending Statutes for Wolfson College: Notice

4 October 2010

The Vice-Chancellor begs leave to refer to the Notice of 13 May 2010 (Reporter, 2009–10, p. 846), concerning proposed amending Statutes for Wolfson College. He hereby gives notice that in the opinion of the Council the proposed Statutes make no alteration of any Statute which affects the University, and do not require the consent of the University; that the interests of the University are not prejudiced by them, and that the Council has resolved to take no action upon them, provided that the Council will wish to reconsider the proposed Statutes if they have not been submitted to the Privy Council by 4 October 2011.

Notice of a Benefaction

4 October 2010

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has accepted with gratitude a bequest of approximately £43,000 under the Will of Mrs Margaret Green, in memory of her husband Professor Dennis Howard Green, sometime Schröder Professor of German and Fellow of Trinity College, for the encouragement of medieval German studies.

The Council are submitting a Grace to the Regent House (Grace 3, p. 29) for the approval of regulations to govern the bequest.

Notice of a Discussion on Tuesday, 12 October 2010

The Vice-Chancellor invites those qualified under the regulations for Discussions (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107) to attend a Discussion in the Senate-House, on Tuesday, 12 October 2010, at 2 p.m., for the discussion of:

1. North West Cambridge Project: Green Paper (Reporter, 2009–10 p. 1010).

2. Report of the Council, dated 28 June 2010, on the expansion of Kettle’s Yard (Reporter, 2009–10 p. 1051).

3. Report of the Council, dated 28 June 2010, on the construction of an extension to the Whittle Laboratory at West Cambridge (Reporter, 2009–10 p. 1053).

4. Joint Report of the Council and the General Board, dated 19 and 7 July, 2010, on a Combined Equality Scheme on race, disability, and gender (Reporter, 2009–10 p. 1117).

5. Report of the General Board, dated 13 July 2010, on the establishment of a Professorship of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience (Reporter, 2009–10 p. 1128).

6. Fifteenth Report of the Board of Scrutiny, dated 28 June 2010 (Reporter, 2009–10 p. 1129).

Election to the Council: Notice

1 October 2010

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that an election is to be held of eight persons to serve as members of the Council for four years from 1 January 2011. Members are to be elected in the following classes (see Statute A, IV, 2, Statutes and Ordinances, p. 7):

(a) two from among the Heads of Colleges;

(b) two from among the Professors and Readers;

(c) four from among the other members of the Regent House.

The Council is the principal executive and policy-making body of the University. It has general responsibility for the administration of the University, for defining its mission, for the planning of its work, and for the management of its resources. The Council deals with relations between the University and the Colleges, and conducts negotiations with outside bodies on many matters (other than those relating directly to the educational and research programmes of the University which are dealt with on its behalf by the General Board of the Faculties). It is responsible for the appointment or nomination of certain members of internal and external bodies, and for many student matters (excluding the selection of entrants, which is a College concern). Further information about the Council is available to members of the University on the Council website (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/committee/council/).

In order to be eligible a candidate for election in each case must be nominated on a paper sent to the Vice-Chancellor at the Old Schools so as to be received not later than noon on Friday, 5 November 2010. The paper must contain (a) a statement signed by two members of the Regent House, nominating the candidate for election and specifying the class in which he or she is nominated, and (b) a statement signed by the candidate certifying that he or she consents to be so nominated. The candidate is also required to provide a statement of his or her curriculum vitae by the same date (see below). No one may be nominated for election in more than one class. The Council has agreed to make known its view that two periods of four years should normally be regarded as the maximum length of continuous service for elected members.

The Vice-Chancellor would be obliged if nominations could be delivered to the Registrary in the Old Schools during office hours. Nominations will be published on the Senate-House Noticeboard as they are received; the complete list of nominations will be published in the Reporter on Wednesday, 10 November.

In accordance with the regulations governing the election (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 114), each person nominated for election is required to send to the Registrary, not later than noon on Friday, 5 November, a statement of his or her curriculum vitae for distribution to members of the Regent House with the voting papers. It is suggested that such a statement should be of not more than 500 words in length, and that it should cover the following points:

The candidate’s present position in the University.

Previous posts held, whether in Cambridge or in other universities or outside the university system, with dates.

A note of the candidate’s particular interests within the field of University business.

The election will be conducted by postal ballot, under the Single Transferable Vote regulations. Voting papers will be distributed, together with the statements provided by candidates, on or before Monday, 15 November 2010. The last date for the return of voting papers will be Thursday, 25 November 2010.

Board of Scrutiny: Notice of a Bye-election

4 October 2010

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice of an election of a member of the Board of Scrutiny to fill a vacancy in class (c)(ii). The elected member will serve until 30 September 2011. Class (c)(ii) consists of members of the Regent House chosen without limit of age. Under Statute A, VII, 4 no person may be a member of the Board of Scrutiny who is a member of the Council, the General Board, or the Finance Committee of the Council, or who holds any of the University offices of Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University Advocate, Deputy University Advocate, Registrary, Assistant Registrary, or Secretary of a School. The Ordinances for the Board (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 116) further exclude Directors and Deputy Directors in the University Offices (Unified Administrative Service) and Assistant Treasurers.

In order to be eligible, a candidate must be nominated on a paper sent to the Vice-Chancellor at the Old Schools so as to reach him not later than noon on Friday, 29 October 2010. The paper must contain (a) a statement signed by two members of the Regent House, nominating the candidate for election and (b) a statement signed by the candidate certifying that he or she consents to be so nominated. The candidate should also submit a curriculum vitae (see below).

The Vice-Chancellor would be obliged if nominations could be delivered to the Registrary in the Old Schools during office hours. Nominations will be published as they are received. The complete list of nominations will be published in the Reporter on Wednesday, 3 November.

Regulation 3 of the regulations for the election of members of the Council (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 114) applies also to the Board of Scrutiny. Under this regulation each person nominated for election is required to send to the Registrary, not later than noon on Friday, 29 October, a statement of her or his curriculum vitae for distribution to members of the Regent House with the voting papers. It is suggested that such a statement should be of not more than 500 words in length, and that it should cover the following points:

The candidate’s present position in the University.

Previous posts held, whether in Cambridge or in other universities or outside the university system, with dates.

A note of the candidate’s particular interests within the field of University business.

Voting papers will be distributed, together with the statements provided by candidates, not later than Monday, 15 November 2010. The last date for the return of voting papers will be Thursday, 25 November 2010.

Regulation 2 for the election of members of the Board of Scrutiny (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 116) provides that, if at any election insufficient nominations are received to fill the vacant places in either class (c)(i) or class (c)(ii), the Council shall appoint as many members as may be necessary.

Election to the Committee of Management of the University Combination Room: Notice

4 October 2010

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that an election of four members of the Regent House to serve on the Committee of Management of the University Combination Room for four years from 1 January 2011 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 147) will be held in November 2010 at the same time as the biennial election to the Council (see p. 3). The election will be by postal ballot; the electors will be those whose names appear on the Roll of the Regent House which is due to be promulgated on 5 November 2010.

The Council proposes that in the election, the first two persons elected serve for four years from 1 January 2011 and the second two persons serve for two years from that date and is submitting a Grace to the Regent House (Grace 2, p. 29) to this effect.

In order to be eligible a candidate must be nominated on a paper sent to the Vice-Chancellor, at The Old Schools, so as to be received not later than noon on Friday, 5 November 2010, signed by two members of the Regent House who certify that he or she has consented to be nominated. The Vice-Chancellor will publish the nominations on the Senate-House Noticeboard as they are received. The complete list of nominations will be published in the Reporter on Wednesday, 10 November 2010.

Voting papers will be distributed not later than Monday, 15 November. The last day for the return of voting papers will be Thursday, 25 November.

Dates of Full Term and of General Admission to Degrees for the period 2020–21 to 2029–30: Notice

4 October 2010

The Council last proposed dates of Full Term and of General Admission to Degrees in 1997 when dates were approved to 2020 (Grace 1 of 30 April 1997). These dates are published in the regulations for Terms and Long Vacation (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 181).

The Council is now proposing dates up to 2029–30. These dates follow the existing pattern with the beginning of the Michaelmas Full Term being the first Tuesday after 1 October and the Christmas and Easter vacations each being of approximately five and a half weeks. This pattern of dates means that General Admission in the years 2020–21 and 2024–27 will fall entirely in the first week of July. The Council has consulted the Colleges about this proposal and no objections have been raised.

The Council is accordingly submitting a Grace (Grace 4, p. 31) for the approval of dates of Full Term and of General Admission for the period 2020–21 to 2029–30 as set out in the Grace.1

Footnotes

  • 1Should changes be necessary in the future because of alterations in the pattern of activities nationally or in Cambridge, the Council will propose amended dates after consultation within the University, giving reasonable notice.


Roll of the Regent House: Notice

4 October 2010

The draft Roll of the Regent House (i.e. the list of names which it is proposed to place on the Roll when it is promulgated in November) was published in Reporter, Special Number 2, on 1 October 2010.

Members of the Regent House are asked to check the list and to make sure that their entries are correct. They should note that the Roll constitutes the list of eligible voters for the biennial elections to the Council which will occur in November and for any other ballots that may be called during the following academical year. Notice of any corrections or amendments should be sent in writing to the Registrary at the Old Schools as soon as possible; any corrections received by 22 October will be incorporated in the definitive Roll, which is to be promulgated on 5 November 2010.

Retrospectivity concerning the LL.M. Degree: Notice

Notice by the Editor and Publishers of the Reporter

The Cambridge University Reporter appears each Wednesday during Term. Special Numbers are also published from time to time.

Editorial

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Car parking on University central sites: Notice

Car park badges for Departments for 2010–11 shall continue to be issued under the current policy which relates the number of badges issued to current staff numbers and Site capacities.

Details of the criteria for the issue of badges from 1 October 2011 are as follows:

(i)The allocation of badges shall not exceed the ratio of 1·8:1 when measured against the parking capacity of any site.

(ii)Allocations will be adjusted where necessary to conform to the above ratio.

(iii)Heads of Departments will be responsible for the issue of badges according to Departmental allocation. It is suggested that the following criteria should normally be applied in the order specified. It is recognized however that Heads of Departments will use their own judgement in applying the criteria as appropriate:

(a)persons with a registered disability;

(b)persons with other medical or physical conditions which necessitate that they should park in close proximity to their place of work;

(c)family commitments – a need to attend to dependent family members during the day (e.g. taking/collecting children to/from nursery or school, visiting elderly or hospitalized family members) in areas not immediately accessible by public transport;

(d)unsocial hours of work – a requirement to work unsocial hours on a regular and frequent basis, finishing and/or starting at a time when public transport provision does not provide a viable alternative;

(e)persons having a requirement to use a car for work purposes on a regular basis during the working day as an essential part of their duties;

(f)persons who are prepared to undertake a formal car sharing arrangement;

(g)inadequate public transport – applicable to staff who reside beyond a distance where they could reasonably be expected to walk or cycle to work, in areas beyond reasonable reach of public transport.1 [Staff applying on this basis should note why they need to drive into Cambridge rather than use the Park and Ride.]

(h)staff who are willing and able to park their vehicle at the University secure park and cycle facility and cycle, walk or take the University shuttle bus service to their place of work (only those staff working on Central Sites are eligible).

Badges should not be issued to former members of staff or for use other than in connection with current University employment. Undergraduate and postgraduate students are not eligible for a badge except by qualification under (a) or (b) above.

Able-bodied persons who already have adequate parking facilities at a central College should normally be ineligible for a badge. For this purpose the term ‘central College’ excludes those Colleges which are inside the City boundaries but not situated in the central area, that is Churchill, Fitzwilliam, Homerton, Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish, New Hall (Murray Edwards), St Edmund’s, and Wolfson. Girton College, which is outside the City boundary, is also excluded.

Footnotes

  • 1Reasonable public transport provision is defined as follows: a total journey time not in excess of forty-five minutes each way including walking time.


Dignity at Study: Notice

New guidance and information on Dignity at Study matters has been issued by the Standing Advisory Committee on Student Matters, and is published as part of the 2010–11 edition of the Student Handbook (http://www.cam.ac.uk/staffstudents/studenthandbook/welfare/harassment.html).

The Dignity@Study guidance has been developed by the Student Matters Committee on behalf of the Council and has been endorsed by both the Senior Tutors’ Committee and the Human Resources Committee. It is aimed at matriculated students in the University, both undergraduate and postgraduate, and is suggested for use by students and by staff supporting students or working with them. The guidance is intended primarily for:

(i)students who have complaints concerning the behaviour of other students (and who consider that they have been harassed or bullied by another student or students);

(ii)students who have complaints concerning the behaviour of members of University staff (and who consider that they have been harassed or bullied by a member of University staff).

The guidance complements existing complaint and similar procedures, such as the various formal University procedures that are provided for in Statutes and Ordinances and are outlined in the Student Handbook (http://www.cam.ac.uk/staffstudents/studenthandbook/complaints.html). It has also been designed to sit alongside the Dignity@Work policy and procedures which have been developed by the Human Resources Committee (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/policy/dignity/policy.html) and which apply to interactions between University staff and to students who have complaints against members of University staff.

Gender Equality Group

In accordance with a recommendation of the Equal Pay Report 2010 (see Reporter, 21 April 2010, pp. 688–718), the University has established a Gender Equality Group (GEG). The remit of the GEG is to guide and develop the work of the Equal Pay Review Group and, more broadly, to support the work of the University in relation to Gender Equality and Equality Assurance. Membership of the GEG comprises Professor Dame Athene Donald (Chair), Dr Claire Barlow, Professor Mary Beard, Dr Jude Browne, Miss Mary Chalk, Dr Malcolm Edwards, Ms Sue Mehrer, Professor Jeremy Sanders, Mrs Peta Stevens, Professor Koen Steemers, and Dr Joan Whitehead.

Lecture-list 2010–11: Corrections

The following corrections have been made:

NATURAL SCIENCES TRIPOS PART Ia (p. 165)

MATHEMATICS

Course A

PROFS. M. T. DOVE AND E. ARTACHO

Scientific Computing. Th. 12 (not Th. 11)

Course B

PROFS. M. T. DOVE AND E. ARTACHO

Scientific Computing. Th. 12 (not Th. 11)