Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 2 June 2016

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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been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, 10 June 2016.

1. That the recommendations in paragraph 5 of the Report of the General Board, dated 27 April 2016, on the establishment of certain Professorships (Reporter, 6424, 2015–16, p. 504) be approved.

2. That Regulations 2 and 3 of the regulations for the Council of the School of Clinical Medicine (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 565) be amended so as to read:1

2. The Council of the School of Clinical Medicine shall consist of the following members:

(a)the Regius Professor of Physic, who shall be Chair;

(b)the Head of each of the Departments in the Faculty of Clinical Medicine;

(c)the Head of each Institute/Unit recognized by the Council of the School within the School of Clinical Medicine;

(d)the Chair of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine;

(e)the Deputy Head of the School of Clinical Medicine;

(f)the Director of Medical Education in the Clinical School;

(g)the Director of Organizational Affairs in the Clinical School;

(h)the Head of the School of the Biological Sciences;

(i)the Head of the Department of Pathology;

(j)a person appointed by the Board of the Eastern Academic Health Science Network;

(k)a person appointed by the Board of Cambridge University Health Partners;

(l)the members in class (f) of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine.

3. The following shall have the right of attendance at the Council of the School of Clinical Medicine:

(a)the Chief Executive of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

(b)the Chief Executive of Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

(c)the Chief Executive of Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust;

(d)a representative of the MRC Centre or the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge.

 

3. That a Hatton Philosophy of Life Sciences Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:2

Hatton Philosophy of Life Sciences Fund

1. The funds received from The Hatton Trust, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the Hatton Philosophy of Life Sciences Fund to advance research in the field of philosophy of life sciences by supporting a Hatton Lectureship in Philosophy of Life Sciences in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

2. The Fund shall be administered by a Committee of Management comprising:

(a)the Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, who shall be Chair;

(b)the Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences;

(c)one member of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science appointed by the Board of History and Philosophy of Science for such period as the Department shall determine.

3. Subject to Regulation 4, the income of the Fund shall be applied towards the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of the holder of the Hatton Lectureship payable by the University.

4. Any unexpended income in any financial year, including income accrued during a vacancy in the Lectureship, may, at the discretion of the Managers:

(a)with the approval of the General Board, be applied to support research in the field of philosophy of the life sciences in the University in such manner as may be recommended by the Managers; and/or

(b)be carried forward for use as income in accordance with Regulation 3 in any one or more subsequent financial years.

 

4. That Regulations 1 and 3 of the regulations for the Grace and Thomas C. H. Chan Scholarship Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 766) be amended by inserting the words 'including from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Republic of China' after 'the People’s Republic of China', and by deleting the last sentence of Regulation 1.2