No 6273
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Vol cxlii No 38
pp. 749–802
The Council submits the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been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, 20 July 2012.
1. That an Edward Ullendorff Semitic Philology Lecture Fund be established in the University to be governed by the following regulations:1
1. The benefaction received from Mrs Dina Ullendorff, in memory of Professor Edward Ullendorff, shall form a Fund called the Edward Ullendorff Semitic Philology Lecture Fund. The income from the Fund shall be used to provide an annual lecture called the Edward Ullendorff Semitic Philology Lecture.
2. The Fund shall be administered by a Board of Managers who shall be the Regius Professor of Hebrew and two other persons from among the teaching officers in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies appointed by the Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies.
3. If the Regius Professorship of Hebrew is vacant, the Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies shall appoint an additional Manager to ensure that there are always three Managers.
4. The appointment of the Edward Ullendorff Lecturer shall be made annually by the Managers. The Edward Ullendorff Lecture will be delivered once per year during term.
5. Any unexpended income may either be added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for use as income in future years or be applied for the benefit of study in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies in the field of Semitic Philology as the Managers may determine.
2. That Regulation 2 for the Broodbank Fund and Fellowships (Board of Managers) be amended by replacing in line 4 of the regulation the words ‘the Director of the Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, and four other persons’ with the words ‘and one other person’.2
3. That Regulation 3 for the Suzy Paine Fund be amended so as to read:3
3. The Managers may make grants from the income of the Fund to members of the University in statu pupillari who are or intend to be candidates for the Economics Tripos and to Graduate Students undertaking advanced study or research in Development and Asia in the University, with priority given to those who apply for travel costs and help towards conducting primary research in a country in Asia.
1See the Vice-Chancellor’s Notice on p. 750.
2Statutes and Ordinances, p. 743. The Managers of the Fund have proposed that their number be reduced to simplify the administrative arrangements for the Fund.
3Statutes and Ordinances, p. 867. The Managers of the Fund have proposed that the field of study and research which may be supported by the Fund should relate to Development in Asia. The donor has been consulted and has agreed to the proposed amendment.