Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 29 May 2014

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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 103), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 6 June 2014.

1. That Regulation 3 for the Dr Amanda Perreau-Saussine de Ezcurra Law Prize Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 906) be rescinded and Regulation 4 be renumbered 3 and amended so as to read:1

3. The Prize shall be awarded annually by the Examiners for the LL.M. Examination for outstanding performance in:

	(a)   the subject Foundations of International Law or such paper as the Faculty Board may announce;
or	(b)   an LL.M. thesis submitted in lieu of the written examination in that paper, so long as the Examiners consider that the thesis falls within the scope of the Prize’s title;
or	(c)   a combination of (a) and (b).

2. That Regulations 2–4 for the Alexander Pike Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 909) be amended so as to read:2

2. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the provision of a prize called the Alexander Pike Prize. The Adjudicators for the Prize shall be the Head of Department of Architecture and two persons appointed by the General Board on the recommendations of the Faculty Board of Architecture and History of Art. The Prize shall be awarded annually by the Adjudicators to the graduate student of the Faculty, or group of such students making a joint submission, who in the judgement of the Adjudicators has or have submitted the best design, written work, or research on a subject connected with the philosophy and practice of sustainable design as part of their course-work in subjects for the degree of Master of Philosophy or for such other degree as determined by the Adjudicators.

3. The value of the Prize shall be such sum as shall be determined by the Adjudicators within a range approved from time to time by the Council.

4. After the provision of the Prize, or if for any reason the Prize is not awarded in any year, the second charge on the income of the Fund shall be the provision of an award, called the Alexander Pike Award, which may be made each year by the Adjudicators for the Prize to any member of the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art on the basis of a proposal related to the delivery of lectures, research, designs, exhibitions or publications dealing with the philosophy and practice of sustainable design, the value of which shall be determined by the Adjudicators within a range approved from time to time by the Council.

3. That the Sindall Prize (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 943) be retitled the ‘Morgan Sindall Prize’ and Regulation 3 be amended so as to read:2

3. At their final meeting of the year the Examiners for the degree of Master of Philosophy in subjects for that degree or for such other degree as determined by the Adjudicators shall identify the three best designs submitted by graduate students for those examinations as part of their studio-work. These designs shall be referred to the Adjudicators, who shall award the Prize for the design which in their opinion gives the best evidence of attention to the mode of construction, the selection and use of materials, and the likely behaviour of the building fabric over a period of time.

J. W. NICHOLLS, Registrary

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