Vacancies, appointments, etc.

Electors to the Prince Philip Professorship of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Prince Philip Professorship of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as follows:

Professor Steve Young, EM, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council

Professor Ottoline Leyser

Professor Duncan Maskell, W

(b) on the nomination of the General Board

Professor Paul Brakefield, T

Professor Nicholas Davies, PEM

Professor Georgina Mace, University College London

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Biology

Professor Michael Akam, DAR

Professor Pat Monagham, University of Glasgow

Professor Stuart West, University of Oxford

Electors to the Van Geest Professorship

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Van Geest Professorship as follows:

Professor Jeremy Sanders, SE, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council

Professor James Fawcett, K

Professor Angela Roberts, G

(b) on the nomination of the General Board

Professor Alastair Compston, JE

Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, University of Edinburgh

Professor Patrick Maxwell, T

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine

Reverend Dr Alasdair Coles

Professor Anne Rosser, University of Cardiff

Professor Maria Spillantini, CLH

Senior Academic Promotions Committee: Appeals 2014

The procedure for senior academic promotions (paragraph 11.1) provides that applicants have the right to lodge an appeal against the decision of the General Board’s Academic Promotions Committee not to promote.

In accordance with the policy that Committee membership for the senior academic promotions exercise be published, the members of the Appeals Committee for the 1 October 2014 exercise agreed by the General Board are as follows:

Professor Lionel Bently (Chair)

Professor Jane Clarke

Professor Susan Golombok

Professor Richard Hunter

Professor Stefan Scholtes

Secretary: Ms Jane Ridley

Vacancies in the University

A full list of current vacancies can be found at http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk.

Prince Philip Professorship of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Department of Zoology; tenure: from 1 October 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter; informal enquiries: contact Professor Michael Akam, Head of the Department of Zoology (email: hod@zoo.cam.ac.uk); further particulars: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/academic/secretary/professorships/ or contact the Academic Secretary (email: ibise@admin.cam.ac.uk); closing date: 30 April 2014; quote reference: PF03005

Professorship of Histopathology (1992) in the Department of Pathology; tenure: from 1 October 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter; informal enquiries: contact Professor Geoffrey L. Smith, Head of the Department of Pathology (email: hod.sec@path.cam.ac.uk); further particulars: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/academic/secretary/professorships/ or contact the Academic Secretary (email: ibise@admin.cam.ac.uk); closing date: 19 May 2014; quote reference: PK03133

Professorship of History of Art in the Department of History of Art; tenure: from 1 January 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter; informal enquiries: contact Professor Jean Michel Massing, Head of the Department of History of Art (email: jmm1001@cam.ac.uk); further particulars: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/academic/secretary/professorships/ or contact the Academic Secretary (email: ibise@admin.cam.ac.uk); closing date: 2 June 2014; quote reference: GD03168

Professorship of Nuclear Medicine in the Department of Radiology; informal enquiries: contact Professor Fiona Gilbert, Head of the Department of Radiology (email: fjg28@medschl.cam.ac.uk); further particulars: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/academic/secretary/professorships/ or contact the Academic Secretary (email: ibise@admin.cam.ac.uk); closing date: 13 June 2014; quote reference: RQ03206

University Senior Lectureship or University Lectureship in Clinical Pathology in the Department of Veterinary Medicine; salary: £37,756–£47,787 (Lectureship) or £50,688–£53,765 (Senior Lectureship); closing date: 27 May 2014; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/3721/; quote reference: PP03177

University Lectureship in Tax Law in the Faculty of Law; salary: £37,756–£47,787; closing date: 28 April 2014; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/3252/; quote reference: JK02785

University Lectureships in Turbomachinery in the Department of Engineering (two posts); salary: £37,756–£47,787; closing date: 19 May 2014; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/3148/; quote reference: NM02691

Early-Career (three-year, fixed-term) Lectureships in Physics (three posts); salary: £37,756–£47,787; closing date: 11 May 2014; further particulars: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/3685/; quote reference: KA03150

The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Elections

The following elections have been made:

Professor Gábor Betegh, B.A., Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, D.E.A., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, Ph.D., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris and Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Professor at the Central European University, Budapest, elected Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy with effect from 1 October 2014.

Professor Gary Lloyd Gerstle, B.A., Brown University, M.A., University of Oxford, M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University, James G. Stahlman Professor of American History, Vanderbilt University, elected Paul Mellon Professor of American History with effect from 1 October 2014.