No 6317
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Vol cxliii No 40
pp. 765–807
25 September, Wednesday. First ordinary number of the Reporter in the academical year 2013–14.
1 October, Tuesday. Michaelmas Term begins. Congregation of the Regent House at 9.30 a.m.: Vice-Chancellor's Address, and Election and Admission of the Proctors.
8 October, Tuesday. Full Term begins. Discussion at 2 p.m. in the Senate-House (see below).
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Discussions at 2 p.m. |
Congregations |
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8 October |
1 October, Tuesday at 9.30 a.m. |
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22 October |
26 October, Saturday at 11 a.m. |
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5 November |
30 November, Saturday at 2 p.m. |
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19 November |
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3 December |
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, 8 October 2013, at 2 p.m., for the discussion of:
1. Second-stage Report of the Council, dated 12 July 2013, on the alteration and refurbishment of the Arup Building on the New Museums site (Reporter, 6316, 2012–13, p. 751).
2. Report of the General Board, dated 10 July 2013, on the establishment of two Professorships in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Reporter, 6316, 2012–13, p. 753).
3. Eighteenth Report of the Board of Scrutiny, dated 5 July 2013 (Reporter, 6316, 2012–13, p. 753).
The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has accepted with gratitude the following benefactions:
(i)an anonymous benefaction of £1.4m, of which both the income and the capital shall be used to support the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme in the Faculty of Divinity;
(ii)donations amounting to £2,700 to date, which have been contributed by subscribers to an appeal to establish the Dr Amanda Perreau-Saussine de Ezcurra Law Prize Fund for the award of a prize for outstanding performance in LL.M. examinations or theses relating to the History and International Philosophy of Law, in memory of Dr Perreau-Saussine de Ezcurra. The Council is submitting a Grace to the Regent House (Grace 4, p. 792) for the approval of regulations to govern the Fund.
The Vice-Chancellor begs leave to refer to his Notice of 3 July 2013 (Reporter, 6315, 2012–13, p. 661), concerning proposed amending Statutes for Robinson 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 22 July 2014.
The Vice-Chancellor reminds members of the University that he will deliver his annual address to the University in the Senate-House, at or shortly after 9.30 a.m., on Tuesday, 1 October 2013. A Congregation of the Regent House for the election and admission of the Proctors and their Deputies and for the admission of the Pro-Proctors for 2013–14 follows the address. The proceedings usually conclude at c. 10.20 a.m. and tickets are not required.
The Vice-Chancellor invites members of the University attending and any accompanying guests to refreshments in the University Combination Room afterwards. It would be helpful in arranging this if both members of the Regent House and other members of the University who plan to stay for refreshments could please give notice, either by letter to The Vice-Chancellor's Office, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, or by email to 1October@admin.cam.ac.uk before Tuesday, 24 September.
Those attending are asked to be in the Senate-House by 9.30 a.m. and members of the University are reminded that they are required to wear academical dress at Congregations. Tuesday, 1 October 2013 will not be a 'scarlet day', so black gowns should be worn and only Cambridge academical dress may be used. Hoods are not required.
The Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with Annex 7 of the Second Joint Report of the Council and General Board on a New Pay and Grading Structure for Non-Clinical Staff (Reporter, 6002, 2004–05, p. 745), and with the assistance of an Advisory Committee comprising Sir Graeme Davies (Chairman), Professor Andrew Cliff, Professor Sir Martin Harris (President, Clare Hall), Professor Susan Iversen (Emeritus Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford), Professor Sir John O'Reilly (Director General, Knowledge and Innovation, Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills) and Professor Sir David Wallace (Master, Churchill College), carried out an assessment of applications for a review of professorial pay received from eligible Professors. The Advisory Group were assisted by School-level Committees* which undertook the initial assessment of applications in Band 1 (the membership of those Committees is noted below). Progression within and between bands is not automatic and is based on contribution, as described in Annex 7 of the Joint Report, and assessed through a biennial review process. The Vice-Chancellor has informed all applicants of the outcome of this review.
The following table summarizes the original distribution of Professorships across the Schools, and within each band, as at 1 October 2012.
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Base |
Band 1 |
Band 2 |
Band 3 |
Band 4 |
Total |
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School |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
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Arts and Humanities |
14 |
4 |
14 |
3 |
17 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
52 |
13 |
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Biological Sciences |
20 |
6 |
16 |
4 |
20 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
66 |
18 |
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Clinical Medicine |
2 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
8 |
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Humanities and Social Sciences |
14 |
5 |
16 |
8 |
29 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
68 |
20 |
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Physical Sciences |
42 |
4 |
37 |
5 |
32 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
133 |
11 |
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Technology |
22 |
1 |
21 |
2 |
28 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
79 |
6 |
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TOTAL |
114 |
20 |
110 |
26 |
131 |
21 |
47 |
7 |
13 |
2 |
415 |
76 |
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% of column Total1 |
27 |
26 |
27 |
34 |
32 |
28 |
11 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
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The number of awards made as a result of this exercise is shown in the table below. Where any individuals were placed in a higher band as a result of the review, the table reflects their new banding.
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Awards |
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Eligible |
Applied |
Band 1 |
Band 2 |
Band 3 |
Band 4 |
Total |
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School |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
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Arts and Humanities |
52 |
13 |
13 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
7 |
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Biological Sciences |
66 |
18 |
23 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
5 |
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Clinical Medicine |
17 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
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Humanities and Social Sciences |
68 |
20 |
21 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
7 |
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Physical Sciences |
133 |
11 |
52 |
7 |
20 |
5 |
12 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
40 |
7 |
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Technology |
79 |
6 |
30 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
28 |
2 |
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TOTAL |
415 |
76 |
143 |
32 |
47 |
15 |
46 |
11 |
15 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
113 |
28 |
* Membership of the School-level Committees comprised:
Arts and Humanities: Professor Franklin (Chairman), Head of School; Professor Duffy, Faculty of Divinity; Professor Rankin, Faculty of Music; Professor Sinclair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Professor Trotter, Faculty of English; and Professor Sir Martin Harris (President, Clare Hall).
Biological Sciences: Professor Gilligan (Chairman), Head of School; Professor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences; Professor Laskey, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre; Professor Robbins, Department of Psychology; Professor Dame Jean Thomas, Department of Biochemistry; and Professor Iversen (University of Oxford).
Clinical Medicine: Professor Maxwell, (Chairman), Head of School; Professor Luzio, Clinical Biochemistry; Professor Danesh, Department of Public Health and Primary Care; Professor Griffiths, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research; Professor Richardson, Institute of Public Health; Professor Sir Stephen O'Rahilly, Department of Clinical Biochemistry; and Professor Iversen (University of Oxford).
Humanities and Social Sciences: Professor Daunton (Chairman), Head of School; Professor Deakin, Faculty of Law; Professor Franklin, Department of Sociology; Professor Hill, Department of Politics and international Studies; and Professor Ogilvie, Faculty of Economics.
Physical Sciences: Professor Kennicutt (Chairman), Head of School; Professor Cheetham, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy; Professor Dame Athene Donald, Department of Physics; Professor Hodell, Department of Earth Sciences; Professor Goldstein, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics; and Professor Sir David Wallace (Master, Churchill College).
Technology: Professor Chase (Chairman), Head of School; Professor Loch, Judge Business School; Professor Dame Ann Dowling, Department of Engineering; Professor Hopper, Computer Laboratory; Professor Slater, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology; and Professor Sir John O'Reilly (Director General, Knowledge and Innovation, Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills).
1Percentage in each band as a proportion of the Total column: 32% of male professors are in Band 2; 9% of female professors are in Band 3.
In its Notice, dated 20 May 2013, in response to remarks made in Discussion on the Joint Report of the General Board and the Council on IT infrastructure and support, the Council proposed, inter alia, an amendment to the Joint Report as follows:
"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." (Reporter, 6308, 2012–13, p. 547)
The Regent House has now decided by ballot to approve the Grace that brings into effect the proposals of the Joint Report as amended by Council's Notice referred to above (Reporter, 6315, 2012–13, p. 678).
Following from the amendment of the Joint Report with regard to the implementation group and in response to the concerns expressed about the implied authority of such a group from its title, the Council has agreed that the implementation group should be renamed the Transition Advisory Group. As proposed in the Notice of 20 May, its remit will be to work closely with the Directors of the University Computing Service (UCS) and of the Management Information and Services Division (MISD) but subject to the authority of the governance arrangements in place through the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate and other senior bodies until those arrangements are replaced by the proposed Information Services Committee at the date of merger of UCS and MISD (on 31 March 2014 or such later date as the Director of Information Services takes up post).
The membership of the Transition Advisory Group, as approved by the Council and the General Board, is as follows:
Professor Ian Leslie, CHR (Chair) Professor Stephen Young, EM (Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor) Dr Rachael Padman, N (member of the IT Review Panel) Professor Stephen Oliver, W (Chair of the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate) Professor Howard Chase, M (Head of the School of Technology) Dr Jonathan Nicholls, EM (Registrary)
The Council has also agreed that the Group should have authority to co-opt additional members, in particular to ensure representation from the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Under the provisions of Statute A, VII (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 10) an election of members of the Board of Scrutiny in class (c) is to be held in the Easter Term of each alternate year. Regulation 2 for the election of members of the Board of Scrutiny (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 117) provides that, if at an election insufficient nominations are received to fill all the places either in class (c)(i) or in class (c)(ii), the Council shall appoint as many members as may be necessary. No person having been nominated in the election for one member of the Board of Scrutiny in class (c)(i) in Easter Term 2013 ( Reporter, 6307, 2012–13, p. 517), the Council was asked to make an appointment to that vacancy. At a meeting on 15 July 2013, the Council agreed instead to re-open nominations. The Council is therefore publishing a Grace to enable an election to be held, notwithstanding Regulation 2 (Grace 1, p. 792). If the Grace is approved, nominations will re-open and a ballot may be held in accordance with the timetable published below.
The Board of Scrutiny consists of:
(a) the Proctors;
(b) the two Pro-Proctors nominated by the Colleges;
(c) eight members of the Regent House elected by the Regent House.
Under the provisions of 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 Statute further prohibits from membership holders of offices with primarily administrative duties designated by Ordinance: Directors and Deputy Directors in the Unified Administrative Service and Assistant Treasurers have been designated as such prohibited offices. A retiring member of the Board who has served for four or more consecutive years is not eligible to serve again as a member in class (c) until one year has elapsed after the end of her or his previous period of service.
Subject to the approval of the Grace, the Vice-Chancellor gives notice of an election of one member of the Board in class (c)(i) (a person who has been a member of the Regent House for not more than ten years on 1 October 2013), to serve for four years from 1 October 2013.
If no nominations are received in accordance with the timetable below, Regulation 2 for the election of members of the Board of Scrutiny (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 117) shall apply and the Council shall appoint a member to the vacant place.
Further information about the Board of Scrutiny can be found in the Statutes and Ordinances (pp. 10 and 116), on the Board's website (http://www.scrutiny.cam.ac.uk/), and obtained from Dr Catherine MacKenzie (email cm517@cam.ac.uk), Chair of the Board until 1 October 2013.
The nomination and ballot timetable for the election is governed by Regulations 1–5 and 13 of the regulations for the Election of Members of the Council (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 114), as amended by Grace 1 of 6 March 2013 with effect from 6 November 2013.
In order to be eligible a candidate for election 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, 8 November. The paper must contain (a) a statement signed by two members of the Regent House, nominating the candidate for election to the Board or Nominating Committee, as appropriate, and (b) a statement signed by the candidate certifying that he or she consents to be so nominated. The candidate should also provide a curriculum vitae by the same date (see below).
The Vice-Chancellor would be obliged if nominations could be delivered to the Registrary in the Old Schools during office hours. Envelopes should be clearly marked as Nomination papers. Nomination papers may also be faxed to 01223 332332 or scanned (showing signatures) and sent by email to registrary@admin.cam.ac.uk. 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, 13 November.
In accordance with the regulations governing the election, each person nominated for election is required to send to the Registrary, not later than noon on Friday, 8 November, a statement of her or his curriculum vitae, details of which shall be published for the information of members of the Regent House. 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 and experience that he or she might bring to the Committee/Board.
If there is more than one candidate, an election will be conducted by ballot, under the Single Transferable Vote regulations. Online voting will open at 9 a.m. on Monday, 18 November and close at 5 p.m. on Monday, 2 December. Hard-copy voting papers will be distributed not later than Thursday, 21 November to those who have opted before 6 November 2013 to continue to receive them; the last date for the return of voting papers will be 5 p.m. on Monday, 2 December. Current members of the Regent House can opt to continue to receive hard-copy voting papers by emailing their name, CRSid, and the address to which voting papers should be sent from a Cambridge email account to ballots@admin.cam.ac.uk.
Notice is given that a bye-election of one student elected by and from among all undergraduate students in the University to serve as a member of the General Board in class (d)(i) (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 117) will be held from 10 to 12 September 2013. This bye-election has been prompted by a lack of eligible candidates standing for election when an election was held in March 2013 (Reporter, 6303, 2012–13, p. 437). The elected candidate will serve with immediate effect until 30 June 2014. The electoral process is being run by the Cambridge University Students' Union and full details of the timetable, nominations process, and eligibility criteria will be published on the Union's website (http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk).
The University Combination Room will be closed for three weeks as from Monday, 9 September 2013, for maintenance works. The Combination Room will reopen at 9 a.m. on Monday, 30 September 2013.