Notices

Calendar

8 June, Saturday. End of third quarter of Easter Term.

11 June, Tuesday. Discussion at 2 p.m. in the Council Room (see below).

14 June, Friday. Full Term ends.

Discussions at 2 p.m.	Congregations
11 June	18 June, Tuesday at 2.45 p.m. (Honorary Degrees)
9 July	27 June, Thursday at 9.30 a.m. (General Admission)
	28 June, Friday at 9.30 a.m. (General Admission)
	29 June, Saturday at 9.30 a.m. (General Admission)
	20 July, Saturday at 10 a.m.

Notice of a Discussion on Tuesday, 11 June 2013

The Vice-Chancellor invites those qualified under the regulations for Discussions (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107) to attend a Discussion in the Council Room, on Tuesday, 11 June 2013, at 2 p.m., for the discussion of:

1. Report of the Council, dated 20 May 2013, on the financial position and budget of the University, recommending allocations from the Chest for 2013–14 (Reporter, 6308, 2012–13, p. 555).

2. Report of the Council, dated 28 May 2013, on the Technical Review of the Statutes (Reporter, 6309, 2012–13, p. 579).

The Report published in this issue (p. 616) will be discussed on Tuesday, 9 July 2013.

Notice of benefactions

3 June 2013

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has accepted with gratitude the following benefactions, of which both the capital and the income may be used:

(i)a benefaction of US$60,700 from Google Ireland, to support the research of Dr Richard Turner, University Lecturer in Computer Vision and Machine Learning at the Department of Engineering;

(ii)a benefaction of £100,000 from The H. B. Allen Charitable Trust to support the development of new diagnostic tools for the early detection of oesophageal cancer at the University. The benefaction will be used to purchase equipment to further the research of Dr Rebecca Fitzgerald in the Department of Oncology.

Ballot on Grace 1 of 22 May 2013: Notice of an amendment

3 June 2013

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has received a proposal for an amendment to Grace 1 of 22 May 2013 (Reporter, 6308, 2012–13, p. 576).

The Grace reads as follows:

That the recommendations in paragraph 8 of the Joint Report of the Council and the General Board, dated 6 and 18 March 2013, on IT infrastructure and support (Reporter, 6302, 2012–13, p. 418), as amended by the Council’s Notice, dated 20 May 2013 (Reporter, 6308, 2012–13, p. 547), be approved.

The recommendations put forward by the Report read as follows:

With effect from 1 October 2013:

I. That the University Information Services be constituted as an institution under the supervision of the Council, replacing the University Computing Service and the Management Information Services Division of the University Offices and that the office of Director of Information Services be established; and that regulations for the University Information Services set out in Annex I to this Report be approved, the regulations for the University Computing Service rescinded, and references to the Management Information Services Division deleted from the regulations for the Unified Administrative Service (Staff of the University Offices).

II. That the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate be suppressed and replaced by an Information Services Committee, reporting jointly to the Council and the General Board, and that regulations for the Information Services Committee set out in Annex II to this Report be approved.

III. That two University Offices of Director be established, with responsibilities and duties to be determined by the Council, for Mr P. Dampier and Dr I. Lewis.

The amendments put forward by the Council’s Notice dated 20 May 2013 read as follows:

1. That the date for the initial merger of UCS and MISD be 31 March 2014 or such later date as the Director of Information Services takes up post in the University.

2. That the Council and General Board establish with immediate effect an ad hoc appointment committee for the post of Director of Information Services modelled on the composition for the appointment committee proposed in the regulations for the University Information Services (Annex I of the Joint Report). For this ad hoc purpose, the three members to be appointed by the Information Services Committee would be appointed by the Council. The ad hoc appointment committee would advertise and embark on a full and open search without delay. This process will replace the arrangements set out in the Joint Report for appointing an interim Director but not for protecting the current offices held by Mr P. Dampier and Dr I. Lewis.

3. That the new governance and management arrangements, including the abolition of the ISSS and the establishment of the new Information Services Committee, be effective from the new date for the initial merger of UCS and MISD. Until that date, the existing governance arrangements will continue to be effective and the reporting lines of the Directors of UCS and MISD unchanged and as currently set out in the relevant Ordinances.

4. That the implementation group referred to in the Joint Report be established by the General Board and the Council under the leadership of a senior professor with significant experience and knowledge of academic computing and the provision of IT services. The implementation group will carry out the tasks assigned to it in the Joint Report and the other recommendations of the review panel, working closely with the two current Directors and, for a period to be agreed, with the Director of Information Services after that Director has taken up post.

Amendment

The following amendment to the Grace has been proposed:

That Council's Grace 1 of 22 May 2013 be amended such that amendment 4 of the Council’s Notice, dated 20 May 2013 (Reporter, 6308, 2012–13, p. 547), be replaced, in its entirety, with the following:

That the implementation group referred to in the Joint Report be established by a further Grace which shall determine its membership, remit and operating procedures.

This amendment was proposed by the following members of the Regent House:

A. I. Altaparmakov, CHR	R. Haynes	D. W. McBride
P. R. M. Badcock	E. W. Holberton, G	A. E. R. Moseley
C. P. Bartlet, DAR	S. J. Ison	J. W. Nairn
M. B. Beckles, K	C. J. Jardine, K	S. Page
K. J. Boddy, F	K. M. Jeary	C. Quy
R. L. C. Charles, N	M. A. Johnson, CHU	S. C. Rogers, DOW
S. M. Flood	J. P. King	A. D. Stone
L. T. Foot	F. E. R. Lahr	C. E. Thompson, T
R. C. Franklin	M. Leggatt	W. D. Trotter, CAI
J. L. Gluza, CHU	J. M. Line, SE	P. T. Warwick, HO
P. Gopal, CHU	M. V. Lucas-Smith	S. D. Wenham
N. J. Harwood	I. W. Mackey

Ballot timetable

The Council has considered the proposed amendment. A ballot has already been called by the Council on this Grace (Reporter, 6304, 2012–13, p. 468) and therefore a vote will be taken on this amendment in accordance with the timetable for that ballot.

Election to the Nominating Committee for External Members of the Council: Notice

31 May 2013

The Vice-Chancellor announces that he has received the following nominations for election in accordance with the regulations for nomination of members of the Council in class (e) (External Members) (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 116) to serve as members of the Nominating Committee, and that it has been certified to him that each candidate has consented to be so nominated in the class shown:

Class (c): one current member of Council in class (a), (b), or (c)

Dr Rebecca Julie Lingwood, HO, nominated by Professor J. M. Rallison, T, and Professor H. Griffiths, CL

Class (d): two members of the Senate

Professor Ann Patricia Dowling, SID, nominated by Professor J. M. Maciejowski, PEM, and Professor K. A. Steemers, W

Professor David John Ibbetson, CC, nominated by Dr S. Palmer, G, and Dr J. M. Scherpe, CAI

No other candidates having been nominated, the Vice-Chancellor declares that the persons named above are duly elected in the classes shown above to serve as members of the Nominating Committee for four years from 1 October 2013.

First-stage Report of the Council on the construction of the Maxwell Centre on the West Cambridge site: Notice in response to remarks made in Discussion

The Council has received the remarks made at the Discussion on 28 May 2013 (see p. 620) concerning the above Report (Reporter, 6306, 2012–13, p. 507) and is publishing a Grace (Grace 1, p. 617) for the approval of this Report.

First-Stage Report of the Council on the construction of a new annexe building for the Department of Engineering at Scroope Terrace: Notice in response to remarks made in Discussion

The Council has received the remarks made at the Discussion on 28 May 2013 (see p. 620) concerning the above Report (Reporter, 6306, 2012–13, p. 509) and is publishing a Grace (Grace 2, p. 617) for the approval of this Report.

Senate-House Yard and the University Combination Room: Notice of closure on Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Both the Yard and the Combination Room will be closed on 18 June 2013, on the occasion of the Honorary Degree Congregation. Access to the University Offices will be from Trinity Lane.

Only those with admission tickets for the Congregation and other authorized persons will be allowed to enter the Yard during the closure.