No 6241
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Vol cxlii No 6
pp. 102–123
The Chairman of the Faculty Board of Architecture and History of Art gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.15 p.m. on 8 November 2011, in the Board Room of the Department of Architecture, 1–5 Scroope Terrace. Notice of any business for the meeting should be sent in writing to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Architecture and History of Art, 1–5 Scroope Terrace, to arrive not later than 3 November 2011.
The Chairman of the Faculty Board of Economics gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, 21 November 2011, in the Meade Room, Austin Robinson Building, Sidgwick Avenue. The agenda for the meeting will be circulated to each member of the Faculty. One of the items of business will be to elect, in accordance with Statute C, IV, 2(c), two members of the Faculty Board in class (c) to serve for four years, one member to serve in class (c) for three years, and two members in class (c) to serve for one year from 1 January 2012.
Nominations in writing, signed by the proposer and seconder, together with an indication of the nominee’s willingness to serve, should reach the Secretary, Marie Butcher, Faculty of Economics, Austin Robinson Building, Sidgwick Avenue, by 4 p.m. on Thursday, 17 November. It would be convenient if notice of any other business that members wish to be discussed were sent in writing to the Secretary by 10 a.m. on Monday, 14 November 2011.
The Chairman of the Faculty Board of English gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, 17 November 2011, in the Faculty of English, 9 West Road. Elections will be held for places on the following committees:
•Faculty Board: one member in class (c) to serve for four years from 1 January 2012;
•Planning and Resources Committee: two members to serve for two years from 1 January 2012;
•Student Consultative Committee: one member to serve for two years from 1 January 2012.
Nominations for election, and notice of any other business, should reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board, Ms Gillian Weale (email glw33@cam.ac.uk), Faculty of English, 9 West Road, by noon on Monday, 14 November 2011 at the latest.
The Chairman of the Faculty Board of Mathematics gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Thursday, 17 November 2011, in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Meeting Room 5, Pavilion A. The main item of business will be the election, in accordance with Statute C, IV, 2, of one member of the Faculty Board in class (a)(ii) to serve from 1 January 2012 for one year, of four members of the Faculty Board in class (c) to serve for four years from 1 January 2012, and of one member of the Faculty Board in class (c) to serve for two years from 1 January 2012.
Nominations for these elections should reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Mathematics, Faculty Office, Room B1.29, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, not later than noon on Thursday, 10 November 2011.
Nominations should be in writing, should bear the signatures of the proposer and seconder, and should contain a signed statement by the nominee that he/she would consent to serve if elected. Any further items for the agenda should reach the Secretary by the same date.
The Chairman of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages gives notice that the Annual Faculty Meeting will be held at 4 p.m. on Monday, 21 November 2011, in the Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College.
The meeting will be required to elect two members of the Faculty Board in class (c), in accordance with Statute C, IV, 2(c), to serve for four years with effect from 1 January 2012.
Nominations for the election and notice of any other business should reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Avenue (email administrator@mml.cam.ac.uk), not later than Monday, 14 November 2011.
The Head of the Department of Physics gives notice that the following Major Topics, Minor Topics, and types of further work will be available for examination in 2012.
These papers will be taken at the start of the Lent Term. Each Major Topic will be examined by a written paper of two hours’ duration. Each paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight. Candidates are required to take a minimum of three papers. The titles of the papers are as follows:
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Paper 1/AQC. |
Advanced quantum condensed matter physics |
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Paper 1/SMB. |
Soft matter and biophysics |
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Paper 1/RAC. |
Relativistic astrophysics and cosmology |
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Paper 1/PP. |
Particle physics |
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Paper 1/PEP. |
Physics of the Earth as a planet |
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Paper 1/QCM. |
Quantum condensed matter field theory |
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Paper 1/AOP. |
Atomic and optical physics |
Candidates may replace one Major Topic with the paper Quantum field theory (Paper 1/QFT) from Part III of the Mathematics Tripos (taken in June).
These papers will be taken at the start of the Easter Term. Each Minor Topic will be examined by a written paper of one and a half hours’ duration. Each paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight. Candidates who are not replacing Minor Topics by other work, as specified below, are required to take a minimum of three papers. The titles of the papers are as follows:
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Paper 2/AP. |
Atmospheric physics |
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Paper 2/BP. |
Biological physics |
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Paper 2/FSU. |
Formation of structure in the universe |
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Paper 2/FECM. |
The frontiers of experimental condensed matter physics |
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Paper 2/FOA. |
The frontiers of observational astrophysics |
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Paper 2/GFT. |
Gauge field theory |
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Paper 2/MP. |
Medical physics |
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Paper 2/NOQL. |
Non-linear optics and quantum states of light |
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Paper 2/PA. |
Particle astrophysics |
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Paper 2/PTP. |
Phase transitions and collective phenomena |
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Paper 2/QI. |
Quantum information |
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Paper 2/PNS. |
The physics of nanoelectronic systems |
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Paper 2/SQC. |
Superconductivity and quantum coherence |
Each paper or piece of further work listed below may replace one Minor Topic:
•a Long Vacation Project (2/LVP) (based on pre-approved project work undertaken during the previous Long Vacation)
•the Entrepreneurship option (2/ENP), which is examined by course-work
•the paper ‘Advanced quantum field theory’ (2/AQFT) from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos (examined in June)
•the paper ‘Galaxies’ (2/GAL) from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos (examined in June)
•the examination paper ‘Nuclear power engineering’ (2/4M16) from Part IIb of the Engineering Tripos; these candidates will take the same examination paper as candidates from Engineering (examined at the start of the Easter Term)
•the examination paper ‘Nuclear materials’ (2/415) from Part III Materials Science; these candidates will take the same examination paper as candidates from Engineering (examined at the start of the Easter Term)
•the Interdisciplinary papers in ‘Materials, electronics, and renewable energy’ (2/IDP3); ‘The Earth system and climate change’ (2/IDP2); and ‘Atmospheric chemistry and global change’ (2/IDP1) (all examined in the second half of the Easter Term)
Where candidates take more than three Major Topics, the examiners will use the best three results in determining the class; where candidates take more than three Minor Topics, the examiners will use the best three results in determining the class: all marks will appear on the transcript.
The Director of the Institute of Astronomy gives notice that the following courses will be available for examination in 2012:
These papers, from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos, will be taken in June. Each will be examined by a written paper of three hours’ duration.
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46. |
Quantum field theory |
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53. |
Cosmology |
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56. |
General relativity |
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57. |
Advanced cosmology |
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58. |
Black holes |
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59. |
Galactic astronomy and dynamics |
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60. |
Origin and evolution of galaxies |
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62. |
Astrophysical fluid dynamics |
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63. |
Structure and evolution of stars |
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64. |
Planetary system dynamics |
This paper, from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos, will be taken in June and will be examined by a written paper of two hours’ duration.
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61. |
Dynamics of astrophysical discs |
These papers, from Part III of the Natural Sciences Tripos (Experimental and Theoretical Physics), will be taken at the start of the Lent Term and will be examined by a written paper of two hours’ duration. Each paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight.
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Paper 1/PP. |
Particle physics |
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Paper 1/PEP. |
Physics of the Earth as a planet |
This paper, from Part III of the Natural Sciences Tripos (Experimental and Theoretical Physics), will be taken at the start of the Easter Term and will be examined by a written paper of one and a half hours’ duration. The paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight.
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Paper 2/PA. |
Particle astrophysics |
It is recommended that candidates take the equivalent of four 3-unit lecture courses. At least three of these courses should be selected from the recommended list of courses above. One course (of three units or fewer) may be chosen freely from the Part III Mathematics courses and this need not be relevant to astrophysics. The courses offered in Part III Mathematics vary from year to year and may be found in their lecture listing at http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/lecturelists/PartIIIWeb.pdf.
Students should consult the Part III Course Coordinator for guidance about choice of courses.
The Development Studies Committee give notice of the following amendments to the Examination in Development Studies for the M.Phil. Degree, 2011–12 (see Reporter, 2010–11, p. 893).
The form of examination for Subject 1, Development economics, Subject 2, Institutions and development, and Subject 3, Sociology and politics of development (Group 1, core papers) for the examination in 2011–12 has been revised as follows:
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1 |
Development economics: to be examined by means of one 5,000-word essay and one two-hour written examination. |
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2 |
Institutions and development: to be examined by means of one 5,000-word essay and one two-hour written examination. |
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3 |
Sociology and politics of development: to be examined by means of one 5,000-word essay and one two-hour written examination. |
The following half subjects for examination have been withdrawn from the list of Group 2 (optional) subjects for the examination in 2011–12:
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162 |
Rural development and land use policy (EP09 from the M.Phil. in Environmental policy): to be examined by means of a 6,000-word project. |
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400 |
Migration, development, and environmental change: to be examined by means of one 5,000-word essay. |
The following subjects for examination have been added to the list of Group 2 (optional) subjects for the examination in Development Studies for the M.Phil. Degree (nine-month course) in the academical year 2011–12:
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38 |
Migration, development, and environmental change: to be examined by means of two 5,000-word essays. |
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41 |
The contemporary politics of Africa (PA from the M.Phil. in Politics): to be examined by means of one literature review and one 4,000-word essay. |
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43 |
The politics of European integration (from the M.Phil. in Politics): to be examined by means of one three-hour written examination. |
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210 |
Climate change policy and land development (EP10 from the M.Phil. in Environmental Policy): to be examined by means of a two-hour written examination. |
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233 |
Quantitative research methods I (RM01 from the M.Phil. in Planning, Growth, and Regeneration): to be examined by means of a two-hour examination. |
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234 |
Quantitative research methods II (RM02 from the M.Phil. in Planning, Growth, and Regeneration): to be examined by means of a two-hour examination. |
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291 |
Environmental values (EP01 from the M.Phil. in Environmental Policy): to be examined by means of one 4,000-word essay. |
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292 |
Fundamentals of environmental economics (EP02 from the M.Phil. in Environmental Policy): to be examined by means of a 4,000-word project (48-hour). |
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298 |
Rural environment: property, planning, and policy (EP08 from the M.Phil. in Environmental Policy): to be examined by means of a two-hour written examination. |
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299 |
Economic development and land use policies (EP09 from the M.Phil. in Environmental Policy): to be examined by means of two essays, not exceeding 3,000 words each. |
The Committee are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination is adversely affected by these changes.