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No 6217

Wednesday 9 March 2011

Vol cxli No 21

pp. 585–608

Reports

Report of the Council on amendments to the composition of the Board of Scrutiny and of the Nomination Board

The Council begs leave to report to the University as follows:

1. The membership of both the Board of Scrutiny and the Nomination Board for the nomination of a candidate for the Chancellorship currently refers to categories of members by age.

Board of Scrutiny (Statute A, VII, 3(c)(i))

The duty of the Board of Scrutiny is to scrutinize on behalf of the Regent House the Annual Report of the Council, the abstract of the accounts of the University, and any Report of the Council proposing allocations from the Chest. It consists of the Proctors, the two Pro-Proctors, and eight members of the Regent House elected by the Regent House. Of the latter class of membership two persons are required to be less than 35 years of age in the October following their election.

Nomination Board (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105)

The Nomination Board considers nominations for the offices of Chancellor and High Steward when these offices fall vacant. It consists of the members of the Council and sixteen members of the Senate, four appointed each year by Grace of the Senate. Of these four, one is required to be less than 35 years of age.

The requirement in each case was made to ensure that the views of relatively new members of the University would be represented.

2. The Council believes that the reference to an age-limit is no longer appropriate and proposes that instead reference should be made to the period of time for which a person has been a member of the Regent House or Senate.

3. With regard to the Board of Scrutiny, the Council proposes that the two members in class (c)(i) should have been members of the Regent House for not more than ten years and that Statute A, VII, 3(c)(i) be amended accordingly. It has consulted the Board which has agreed that such an amendment would be appropriate.

4. With regard to the Nomination Board the Council notes that, following the approval on 9 February 2011 by Her Majesty in Council of the change in Statute A, I, 6(c) authorized under Grace 3 of 19 May 2010, members of the University become eligible for membership of the Senate after proceeding to any Master’s Degree, including the integrated Master’s Degrees (M.Eng., M.Sci., M.Math.). It therefore proposes that in this case the reference to the age-limit should be replaced by reference to a period of membership of the Senate of not more than fifteen years.

5. The Council also proposes a timetable for the implementation of the change in membership at the next elections to these bodies.

6. The Council accordingly recommends:

I. That, subject to the approval of Her Majesty in Council, the Statutes of the University be amended as set out below and that these amendments be submitted under the Common Seal of the University to Her Majesty in Council for approval.

Statute A

THE CHANCELLOR AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

Chapter VII

THE BOARD OF SCRUTINY

Section 3(c).

By amending this section so as to read:

(c) eight members of the Regent House elected by the Regent House, as follows:

(i)two persons who have been members of the Regent House for not more than ten years on 1 October next following their election;

(ii)six persons who are members of the Regent House.

II. That, subject to the approval of the amendment of Statutes recommended in Recommendation I by Her Majesty in Council, the change in membership of the Board of Scrutiny in class 3(c)(i) shall first come into effect at the next two elections or bye-elections of persons in that class.

III. That the regulations for the Nomination Board for the nomination of a candidate for the Chancellorship of the University be amended by replacing in class 1(b) the reference to one member being ‘a person who has not attained the age of thirty-five years on the date of the appointment’ by reference to one member being ‘a person who has been a member of the Senate for not more than fifteen years on the date of the appointment’.

IV. That, subject to the approval of Recommendation III, the change in the regulations for the Nomination Board shall first come into effect at the next four appointments by Grace of the Senate of members in class 1(b).

7. Recommendations I and II will be implemented by Graces of the Regent House and Recommendations III and IV will be implemented by Graces of the Senate.

7 March 2011

L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor

R. J. Dowling

R. Lethbridge

David Abulafia

I. M. Le M. du Quesnay

Rahul Mansigani

N. Bampos

Nick Gay

Mavis McDonald

Richard Barnes

David Good

Susan Oosthuizen

D. Casserley

Andy Hopper

Rachael Padman

Stephen J. Cowley

Christopher Hum

John Shakeshaft

M. J. Daunton

F. P. Kelly

Sam Wakeford

Athene Donald

Vanessa Lawrence

Report of the Council on the future of the Reporter and other publications

The Council begs leave to report to the University as follows:

1. In its Notice of 5 July 2010 (Reporter, 2009–10, p. 1031) the Council announced the establishment of three working groups to advise the Planning and Resources Committee on how University-wide cost savings might be achieved in the areas of services and administration, pay, and academic activities. The report and recommendations of the working group were received by the Council at its meeting on 6 December and are available on the Council web pages at http://raven.intranet.admin.cam.ac.uk/committee/council/Council%20Meeting/Forms/AllItems.aspx.

2. The present Report results from the recommenda­tion of the working groups that the Reporter ceases as a print publication and becomes available as a digital publication only, and that the future of other publications be reviewed.

Reporter

3. The Reporter is currently printed and published by the University Press which does not charge the University for this service. The Press has estimated that the cost of this service is equivalent to a donation of about £77,000 a year to the University. Over the last 13 years since the Reporter has been available online the print run has reduced considerably. Approximately 1,600 paper copies of each weekly issue are now produced of which some 360 are circulated free of charge internally within the University (mainly to staff in the Unified Administrative Service), to the Colleges, and to other national and international HE institutions. About 1,200 copies are delivered to subscribers. In comparison, the mailing list for notification of the online edition currently has 2,350 names on it.

4. Since 1997 when the Reporter was first made available online, the use of the World Wide Web has grown exponentially. Much more information is regularly put up on the central University and Faculty and Departmental websites and this includes many of the notices that currently appear in the Reporter. Because of this change the Council, after consultation with the General Board, the University Press, and the Colleges, has agreed that with effect from 1 April 2011 the Reporter should cease to carry the following notices:

announcements of lectures and other events

These are generally available on the host websites, on the ‘What’s on’ page on the University home page (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/whatson/) and on the ‘talks.cam’ page (http://www.talks.cam.ac.uk/). The Reporter will provide links to these sites.

job vacancies

These are listed on the University’s ‘job opportunities’ website (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/jobs/). The Reporter will provide a short list of jobs available in the University and links to this site.

detailed College notices

Instead short notices with links to the College website will be provided.

Annual Reports of various bodies

These are generally available on the relevant websites and the Reporter will carry a notice announcing the availability of the Reports and the links to the websites.

awards information (eligibility, deadlines etc)

Awards websites have been developed for both graduate and undergraduate courses (http://webservices.admin.cam.ac.uk/gradfunds/ and /proxyadmissions/undergraduate/finance/support.html)

orders of examinations for the Easter Term

This information will be made available on the Board of Examinations website (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/exams/).

Reducing the content of the Reporter in this way is estimated to lead to a saving of approximately £28,000 a year in printing and distribution costs.

5. The Council has no plans to stop publication of the necessary legislative activities of the University such as Reports and Graces or to cease publication of Discussion remarks.

6. As a second step, with effect from 1 October 2011, the Council proposes that the Reporter (reduced as set out above) should become available purely as a digital publication. The preparation of the content and management of the web pages would be undertaken by the Reporter Editor in the Old Schools. The proposal has the support of the Press Syndicate who have agreed that any savings made when publication of the paper Reporter ceases will be passed on to the University.

7. Statute K, 7 specifies that publication in the Reporter is sufficient publication where publication of any matter is required by Statute or Ordinance. The Council does not consider that this Statute needs amending as the Reporter will still exist as an online publication.

8. The Council proposes that an enhanced Reporter website, with a more visible presence on the University’s home page, be made available. This could be updated every day as documents for publication were received. The searchability of the web document will be enhanced. The Council suggest that a complete weekly archive copy should be compiled which would be available as a PDF document on the website. This would enable interested bodies to download their own archival copies; paper copies would also be held in the central offices and other relevant sites.

Other publications

Lecture-list

9. The Council, with the concurrence of the General Board, has agreed that publication of the Lecture-list as a ‘Special’ issue of the Reporter ceases from 2011. The current paper copy has a limited period when the information in it is reliable and some Faculties are already referring readers to their web sites. The General Board have agreed that in future there should be a central website containing up-to-date information. Statute C, I, 1(d) states:

The teaching programmes proposed by Faculty Boards and comparable authorities shall be submitted to the General Board. The Board shall either approve them or remit them for further consideration, and shall publish them to the University when approved.

The Council and the General Board consider that the publication of the information on the appropriate website is consistent with the wording in the Statute.

Guide to Courses

10. The Guide to Courses has been published as a web-only document for the last three years (http://www.cam.ac.uk/guide/). It is not well signposted on the University’s web pages and the information is duplicated by the Cambridge Admissions Office, the Board of Graduate Studies, and the relevant Faculties and Departments. The Council has agreed that the Guide be discontinued. The Senior Tutors’ Committee have been consulted and have accepted the decision.

College Accounts

11. The Council has also consulted the Colleges about publication of the College Accounts. The Reporter publication runs to approximately 1,000 pages and is currently published in a very small print-run; the accounts are not included in the subscription price. As the majority of Colleges already publish their accounts on their websites the Council has agreed, with the concurrence of the Colleges’ Committee and the Bursars’ Committee, that in future the Reporter website carries a link to these online documents. If practicable there will be a consolidated PDF document on the website.

12. The Council accordingly recommends:

I. That, with effect from 1 October 2011, the Cambridge University Reporter ceases as a paper publication and that it be made available as a digital publication only.

II. That, subject to the approval of Recommendation I, the regulations for the Cambridge University Reporter (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105) be amended, with effect from 1 October 2011, by rescinding Regulations 3–6 and by amending Regulation 2 by adding the following second sentence:

Publication in the Reporter shall include publication on a University website.

13. Should the recommendations above be approved the Council will submit Graces for approval by the Regent House of further amendments to Ordinances which may be necessary.

7 March 2011

L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor

I. M. Le M. du Quesnay

R. Lethbridge

N. Bampos

Nick Gay

Rahul Mansigani

Richard Barnes

David Good

Mavis McDonald

D. Casserley

Andy Hopper

Susan Oosthuizen

Stephen J. Cowley

Christopher Hum

Rachael Padman

M. J. Daunton

F. P. Kelly

John Shakeshaft

Athene Donald

Vanessa Lawrence

Sam Wakeford

R. J. Dowling

Report of the Council on proposed office space relocations and refurbishments for the Unified Administrative Service

The Council begs leave to report to the University as follows:

1. The 2007 University Estate Strategy (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/em/estate/project/estate_strategy.pdf) recommended the consolidation of the Unified Administrative Service (UAS) on three main University sites: the Old Schools; Greenwich House; and part of the New Museums Site. These various relocations will enable a more integrated and efficient use of existing space and will also enable a reduction in the use of University-owned, former domestic houses, in central Cambridge which are presently used for administrative purposes, as well as the withdrawal from leased accommodation.

2. The project involves a series of proposed reallocations of space or refurbishment which will initiate a phased implementation of the University Estate Strategy as follows:

a first phase to convert space recently released at Greenwich House by the Institute of Continuing Education and the Institute of Astronomy from cellular offices to mostly open plan space to accommodate the transfer of the majority of the Finance Division of the UAS from the Old Schools;

a second phase, planned at a later date, which will relocate further sections of the Finance Division to the second floor of Greenwich House. This second phase is dependent on the University Biomedical Support Services relocating from their current offices at Greenwich House to accommodation yet to be identified.

3. The space released at the Old Schools, previously occupied by the Finance Division, will be refurbished to accommodate other central UAS sections. ‘Hot desking’, meeting rooms, and shared spaces will also be accommodated in this vacated space at the Old Schools.

4. The refurbishment works on the second floor of the Old Schools are, in the main, redecorations with new floor coverings and, given the space was extensively altered in the 1980s, the proposed new refurbishment and alterations are not considered controversial planning issues. It is anticipated that these works will be approved by an exchange of letters with the Cambridge City Council Conservation Officer.

5. The total project cost for the Phase 1 works has been estimated at £736,500. The gross internal floor area of the works is 999 m2. The future Phase 2 works on the first floor of Greenwich House have been estimated at £563,100. The gross internal affected floor area of these works is 455 m2. It is expected that the running costs of the refurbished areas will be similar to present running cost expenditure as there are no planned changes to improve the external building fabric.

6. In addition to the functional advantages of being able to locate cognate groups in close proximity in modern office layouts it is expected that the proposed relocations will bring financial savings as a result of vacating properties previously rented and by the capital receipts from release of University properties for sale with corresponding savings in maintenance and running costs.

7. Drawings of the proposed works are displayed for the information of the University in the Schools Arcade.

8. The Council recommends:

I. That approval be given for refurbishment and relocation works as proposed in the Report.

II. That the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Resources), on the advice of the Director of Estate Management, be authorized to accept a tender, within available funding, for the building and all associated works in due course.

7 March 2011

L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor

R. J. Dowling

R. Lethbridge

David Abulafia

I. M. Le M. du Quesnay

Rahul Mansigani

N. Bampos

Nick Gay

Mavis McDonald

Richard Barnes

David Good

Susan Oosthuizen

D. Casserley

Andy Hopper

Rachael Padman

Stephen J. Cowley

Christopher Hum

John Shakeshaft

M. J. Daunton

F. P. Kelly

Sam Wakeford

Athene Donald

Vanessa Lawrence

Report of the General Board on the establishment of a Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science

The General Board beg leave to report to the University as follows:

1. A review of University arrangements for teaching, learning, and research within the general field of the social sciences, with terms of reference as follows, was launched by the General Board in the Lent Term 2009. The Review Committee’s membership and an invitation to members of the University to comment were published in a Notice of 28 May 2009 (Reporter, 2008–09, p. 802).

Terms of Reference

To review and make recommendations for the future, having particular regard to:

(i)identification of those areas of critical mass where research in the social sciences should be supported and enhanced and the appropriate strategies to deliver research excellence of the highest quality in these fields;

(ii)whether present arrangements for the delivery of teaching, learning, and examination within the social sciences are appropriate (with particular reference to Education, Psychology, and the Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos) and meet training and quality assurance requirements at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels;

(iii)the future development of, and prospects for, work across the social sciences in the University, including consideration of the extent of duplication and, if so, the appropriateness of this in the context of the need to sustain academic excellence and ensure the effective use of resources;

(iv)the resources available to support the delivery of subjects within the social sciences, including academic and support staff, accommodation, and library and IT provision, and giving consideration to future arrangements for the organization, management, and administration of these activities;

(v)the need to meet statutory and other regulatory timescales and requirements.

Membership

Professor Richard Smith (Chairman)

Professor Andrew Harvey

Professor Ian Leslie

Dr Rachael Padman

Professor John Rallison

Professor Mike Savage, University of Manchester

Professor Vicki Bruce, University of Newcastle

Duncan McCallum and Peta Stevens (Joint Secretaries)

2. The Review Committee submitted a first report which was considered by the General Board in December 2009 and subsequently published (Reporter, 2009–10, p. 468). The Review Committee made a number of important and wide-ranging recommenda­tions which the General Board accepted. In addition to appointing a Management Committee, under the Chairmanship of Dr David Good, to take forward the construction of the proposed Social Sciences Tripos, the Board asked the Review Committee to develop its proposals for a new Faculty structure that would bring together the social science institutions within the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

3. This Report, which is based on proposals submitted by the Council of the School, and has been the subject of extensive consultation within the School, proposes a new configuration for the establishment of a Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science. The new Faculty matches closely the aspirations of the Review Committee, and will comprise three academically distinct Departments, replacing the current Faculties of Archaeology and Anthropology, and of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies, and incorporating the Centres of African Studies, Latin-American Studies, South Asian Studies, and the Development Studies Committee.

4. Both the Review Committee and the Council of the School view this proposal as providing a valuable opportunity to augment the many areas of significant academic expertise in fields within the social sciences which are already present in the University. Accordingly, one of the principal objectives of this proposed reform is to provide an enhanced visibility for the social sciences within the University by forming units which are of sufficient critical mass. These groupings, which represent cognate academic interests within the Faculty, should facilitate the growth of research synergies, enhance the existing research environment, foster administrative effectiveness and flexibility, secure economies of scale, and reduce the administrative burden on University Teaching Officers. It is anticipated also that the new structure will also enhance the postgraduate experience across the whole field of the social sciences, particularly at the Ph.D. level.

5. It is proposed that the three new Departments will initially comprise the following current Departments and other institutions:

(i) Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

The Department of Archaeology, the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, the Department of Biological Anthropology, the Department of Social Anthropology, and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

(ii)Department of Social Sciences

The Department of Sociology, the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, and the Centre for Family Research

(iii)Department of Politics and International Studies

The Department of Politics and International Studies, the Centres of African Studies, Latin-American Studies, and South Asian Studies, and a reconstituted Development Studies Committee.

6. Members of academic staff within the institutions identified in the above paragraph will be formally assigned, subject to the approval of this Report’s recommendations, to the Faculty and to the appropriate Department within it. There are no negative implications for the provision of undergraduate teaching: on the contrary, the establishment of the new Faculty should serve to enhance inter-departmental collaborations to provide a solid base for the introduction of a new Faculty-wide Tripos, about which the Board expect to report to the Regent House in the Easter Term 2011. Nor will Master’s courses be affected. Wherever appropriate, routine administrative functions will be transferred to the Faculty Office level to facilitate efficiencies and economies of scale. Academic leadership, strategy, planning, and resource functions will be discharged at the Department level. All members of staff, and the trade unions, were informed about the plans for the new Faculty and ongoing consultation will be maintained, particularly with those whose duties will be affected.

7. The officers in the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences have begun to progress the proposed reorganization by undertaking meetings with institutional groupings as part of the 2010–11 Planning Round. The School has also discussed possibilities for consolidation of administrative support at the Departmental or Faculty level covering such functions as financial operations, human resources, research grant administration, computing and IT support, health and safety. This should lead to increased efficiency, consistency of approach, resilience, and support for the academic staff leading the Faculty and its three Departments.

8. The Chairman of the Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science would be a person external to the Faculty.

9. There will be two Degree Committees within the Faculty, one for the Departments of Archaeology and Anthropology and Social Sciences and one for the Department of Politics and International Studies.

10. A further recommendation of the Review Committee was that there should be a single University Department of Psychology, located in the School of the Biological Sciences. Part of this has been accomplished with the transfer of the staff of the Centre for Neuroscience in Education to the Department of Experimental Psychology (Reporter, 2009–10, p. 1128). It is now proposed in this Report that the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology should form part of the proposed Social Sciences Department, thereby remaining in the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The General Board will review this arrangement within a combined Learning and Teaching Review of the Departments of Experimental Psychology and of Social and Developmental Psychology scheduled to take place in the academical year 2011–12.

11. The Review Committee had recommended also that a Department of Criminology, Social Anthropology, and Sociology be established. In the light of strong representations from the Institute of Criminology and the Faculty of Law, which were supported by the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, the Review Committee now recommends that the Institute of Criminology should not form part of these proposals for the new Faculty.

12. In view of the time that has elapsed since the Review Committee submitted its recommendations to the Board, and being mindful of the uncertainties that this has caused, the General Board consider it essential that the new Faculty is in place as soon as possible. A further Report will be published during the Easter Term on new arrangements for the Centres of African Studies, Latin-American Studies, and South Asian Studies, and for the Development Studies Committee.

13. The General Board have accepted these revised proposals and now commend them to the University for approval.

14. The General Board recommend:

I. That, with effect from 1 August 2011, the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies be suppressed and a Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science be established.

II. That, with effect from the same date, certain regulations be amended as follows:

A. By replacing all references to the Faculties and Faculty Boards of Archaeology and Anthropology and of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies by reference to the Faculty or Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science.

B. Regulations for Schools and Councils of the Schools (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 572)

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences (members of the Council of the School)

By amending Regulation 2(a) to read as follows:

(a)the Heads of the Departments of History and Philosophy of Science and of Land Economy, the Heads of the three Departments within the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science, and one person appointed by each of the Faculty Boards of Economics, Education, History, and Law.

C. Regulations for the constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 578)

Constitution of Faculty Boards

By replacing in Schedule I (the composition of Faculty Boards) the entries for the Faculty Boards of Archaeology and Anthropology and Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies with an entry for the Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science to read as follows:

Faculty Board

Classes

Total

(a)(i)

(a)(ii)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

Human, Social, and Political Science

3

2

2

9

3

7

3

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and by including the following in the list of representatives of cognate studies for the entry for the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science in Schedule III: one person appointed by each of the Faculty Boards of Biology, Economics, Education, and History. The following should also be included in the list of holders of specified offices in the same entry: the Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, and the Director of the Centre for Family Research.

D. Regulations for Departments and Heads of Departments (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 585)

By replacing the entry for the Faculties of Archaeology and Anthropology and Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies with the following entry for the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science:

Archaeology and Anthropology

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Social Sciences

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

Politics and International Studies

A person appointed in accordance with Regulation 2.

E. Special regulations for University Officers

Officers specified in Schedule J (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 684)

By reassigning all Professors, Readers, and University Senior Lecturers currently assigned to the Departments of Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and Social Anthropology to the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology; and

By reassigning all Professors, Readers, and University Senior Lecturers currently assigned to the Departments of Sociology and Social and Developmental Psychology to the Department of Social Sciences.

F. Trust Emoluments

(i)Endowed University Lectureships (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 737)

By transferring the Eric Yarrow Lectureship Fund in Assyriology from the Department of Archaeology to the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology.

(ii)Funds, Studentships, Prizes, Lectureships etc: Special Regulations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 740)

By replacing all references to the Departments of Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and Social Anthropology in this chapter with reference to the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology and by replacing all references to the Department of Sociology or the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology in this chapter with reference to the Department of Social Sciences.

2 March 2011

L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor

Simon Franklin

Rachael Padman

N. Bampos

Andrew Gamble

J. Rallison

William Brown

C. A. Gilligan

Jeremy Sanders

H. A. Chase

David Good

Patrick Sissons

S. Coakley

Maria Helmling

Joshua Ward

Report of the General Board on the establishment of a Professorship of Molecular Physiology and Pathology

The General Board beg leave to report to the University as follows:

1. In their Report on certain fixed-term Professorships and Readerships and future arrangements for awarding the title of Honorary Professor or Reader (Reporter, 2000–01, p. 814), the Board, in accordance with policy and procedure outlined in paragraph 6 of their Notice on appointments to unestablished posts at the level of Professor and Reader (Reporter, 2000–01, p. 552), proposed, inter alia, the establishment of a number of fixed-term Professorships and Readerships, in place of unestablished Research Professorships and Readerships. The Board, in their Notice, also stated their intention to recommend the establishment of Professorships on future occasions when an individual had been successful in a prestigious and external competition, for example, Royal Society and MRC Research Professorships. In a further Report, dated 22 January 2003 (Reporter, 2002–03, p. 519), the Board proposed the establishment of Professorships for the holders of Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowships.

2. The Board have now considered a proposal for the establishment of a Professorship of Molecular Physiology and Pathology for Professor Randall Johnson, currently Professor in the Molecular Biology Section at the University of California San Diego. The award from the Wellcome Trust is for a period of seven years from the date of appointment, is renewable, and as well as covering the full cost of the appointment provides a programme grant. The Faculty Board of Biology have agreed to meet the costs of the Professorship from the expiry of the Wellcome Trust award, for the remainder of Professor Johnson’s tenure.

3. The General Board recommend:

That a Professorship of Molecular Physiology and Pathology be established from 1 July 2011 for the tenure of Professor Randall Johnson, placed in Schedule B of the Statutes, and assigned to the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience.

2 March 2011

L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor

Simon Franklin

Rachael Padman

N. Bampos

Andrew Gamble

J. Rallison

William Brown

C. A. Gilligan

Jeremy Sanders

H. A. Chase

David Good

Patrick Sissons

S. Coakley