No 6415
Wednesday 17 February 2016
Vol cxlvi No 20
pp. 363–396
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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been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, 26 February 2016.
1. That PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP be reappointed, in accordance with Statute F I 5, to be the qualified accountants for the audit of the University’s financial statements for the financial year 2015–16.1
2. That, with effect from 1 October 2017, Regulation 15(a) for the Presentation and Admission of Candidates for Degrees (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 179) be amended so as to read:2
(a)except with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor, no degree other than that of B.Th., B.A., Vet.M.B., or the degree of M.Eng. or M.Sci. or M.Math. if conferred with the B.A. degree in a single admission, may be conferred at a Congregation for General Admission to Degrees;
3. That Regulation 1 of the regulations for Dress at Graduation (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 188) be amended by adding ‘Ed.D.’ after ‘Eng.D.’.3
1The Audit Committee has recommended the reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as external auditors to the University for the current financial year.
2See the Council’s Notice on p. 365.
3The Council proposes this amendment to add the degree of Doctor of Education to the list of degrees for which the person presenting a candidate for a doctorate does not wear a cope.
The Council has sanctioned the submission of the following Graces to the Regent House at a Congregation to be held on Saturday, 20 February 2016.
That the following person be admitted to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by incorporation:
11. Lutz Peter Warnke, Fellow of Peterhouse, Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Oxford (2013).
That the following persons be admitted to the degree of Master of Arts under the provisions of Statute B II 2:
12. Sadie Louise Byrne, Administrative Officer in the Registrary’s Office of the University Offices.
13. Mark Anthony Galvin, Senior Computer Officer in the University Information Services.
14. Tara Catherine Grant, Administrative Officer in the Registrary’s Office of the University Offices.
15. Susanne Caroline Jennings, of Lucy Cavendish College, Librarian in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art.
16. Susan Louisa Reed, Administrative Officer in the Academic Division of the University Offices.
17. Keith David Savill, Senior Assistant Registrary in the Health, Safety, and Regulated Facilities Division of the University Offices.
18. Tatiana Zhimbiev, Librarian in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art.