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No 6429

Wednesday 8 June 2016

Vol cxlvi No 34

pp. 606–633

Reports

Report of the General Board on Senior Academic Promotions

The General Board begs leave to report to the University as follows:

1. The senior academic promotions exercise in respect of promotions to take effect from 1 October 2016 has been completed. The General Board, at its meeting on 1 June 2016, considered recommendations from the Main Senior Academic Promotions Committee in respect of promotion to personal Professorships, Readerships, and Senior Lectureships. With the recommendations the Board received an extensive report, which provided the Board with an account of the procedure followed for the evaluation and comparison of the evidence for all applicants. The Board was able to see how recommendations had been arrived at so that, without repeating the entire exercise, it could either approve the recommendations or, if it so wished, consider the basis on which any of the recommendations had been made.

2. The contents of the report were as follows:

Minutes of the Main Committee and Sub-Committees

Summary lists of Faculty Promotions Committee and Sub-Committee evaluations and bandings, indicating adjustments and any special or non-standard aspects of applications

Summary tables giving names of applicants in priority order by Sub-Committee for each of the senior academic offices

Funding and statistical information

Equal opportunity report on all applications received

Feedback statements

3. The Board now recommends the establishment of 33 Professorships from 1 October 2016, as set out in Recommendation I. The establishment of these Professorships is proposed on condition that in each case where the person currently holds a permanently established office, that office should be placed in abeyance during the tenure of the Professorship.

4. The Board also proposes the establishment of 37 Readerships from 1 October 2016, as set out in Recommendation II. The establishment of these Readerships is proposed on condition that in each case where the person currently holds a permanently established office, that office should be placed in abeyance during the tenure of the Readership.

5. In order to avoid delay in publishing the Report, the Board has put forward their recommendations before the titles of the Professorships and Readerships have been agreed. The Board will announce these titles at a later date, after consultation with the individuals concerned.

6. The Board has also agreed, in accordance with Special Ordinance C (ix) 1 and the special regulation for University Senior Lectureships (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 723) to appoint the 23 individuals listed in the Schedule to this Report to University Senior Lectureships, or an unestablished appointment at the same level.

7. The estimated total additional cost to central funds in the first year of the proposals for promotion to personal Professorships and Readerships and of the appointments to University Senior Lectureships of the persons named in this Report will be approximately £627,448.18.

8. The General Board recommends:

I. That, with effect from 1 October 2016, Professorships be established for each of the following named persons for one tenure, placed in the Schedule to Special Ordinance C (vii) 1, and assigned to the Faculty, Department, or Institution named in each case, as follows:

School of Arts and Humanities

Dr Wendy Pullan, CL, assigned to the Department of Architecture

Dr Emily Gowers, JN, assigned to the Faculty of Classics

Dr Christopher Kelly, CC, assigned to the Faculty of Classics

Dr Richard Rex, Q, assigned to the Faculty of Divinity

School of the Biological Sciences

Dr Julian Griffin, K, assigned to the Department of Biochemistry

Dr Florian Hollfelder, TH, assigned to the Department of Biochemistry

Dr John Doorbar, HH, assigned to the Department of Pathology

Dr David Coomes, F, assigned to the Department of Plant Sciences

Dr Jeffrey Dalley, CTH, assigned to the Department of Psychology

School of Clinical Medicine

Dr Brian Huntly, CAI, assigned to the Department of Haematology

Dr Helena Earl, assigned to the Department of Oncology

Dr Phillip Jones, CL, assigned to the Department of Oncology

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr Alexey Onatskiy, CHU, assigned to the Faculty of Economics

Dr Richard Hickman, HO, assigned to the Faculty of Education

Dr Timothy Harper, M, assigned to the Faculty of History

Dr James Muldrew, Q, assigned to the Faculty of History

Dr Helen Thompson, CL, assigned to the Department of Politics and International Studies

Dr Nicholas Hopwood, DAR, assigned to the Department of History and Philosophy of Science

School of the Physical Sciences

Dr Thomas Spencer, M, assigned to the Department of Geography

Dr Stuart Dalziel, SID, assigned to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Dr Richard Nickl, Q, assigned to the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics

Dr Christopher Tout, CHU, assigned to the Institute of Astronomy

Dr Mark Wyatt, PEM, assigned to the Institute of Astronomy

Dr Markus Kalberer, DAR, assigned to the Department of Chemistry

Dr Zoe Barber, DOW, assigned to the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy

Dr Pietro Cicuta, CC, assigned to the Department of Physics

Dr Ulrich Keyser, CAI, assigned to the Department of Physics

School of Technology

Dr Mark de Rond, DAR, assigned to the Judge Business School

Dr Gabor Csanyi, PEM, assigned to the Department of Engineering

Dr Simon Guest, TH, assigned to the Department of Engineering

Dr Stephan Hofmann, PET, assigned to the Department of Engineering

Dr Ashwin Seshia, Q, assigned to the Department of Engineering

Dr Geoffrey Moggridge, K, assigned to the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

II. That, with effect from 1 October 2016, Readerships be established, as follows, and that the General Board be authorized to appoint to each Readership the person for whom its establishment is proposed:

School of Arts and Humanities

Dr Imre Galambos, R, assigned to the Department of East Asian Studies

Dr Lucia Prauscello, TH, assigned to the Faculty of Classics

Dr James Aitken, F, assigned to the Faculty of Divinity

Dr James Carleton Paget, PET, assigned to the Faculty of Divinity

Dr Nathan MacDonald, JN, assigned to the Faculty of Divinity

Dr Katriona Boddy, F, assigned to the Faculty of English

Dr Robert Grant Macfarlane, EM, assigned to the Faculty of English

Dr Napoleon Katsos, DAR, assigned to the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

Dr Arif Ahmed, CAI, assigned to the Faculty of Philosophy

School of the Biological Sciences

Dr Ross Waller, assigned to the Department of Biochemistry

Dr Ian Henderson, CAI, assigned to the Department of Plant Sciences

Dr Peter Rentfrow, F, assigned to the Department of Psychology

Dr Andrew Welchman, assigned to the Department of Psychology

School of Clinical Medicine

Dr Stefano Pluchino, SID, assigned to the Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Dr Colin Watts, PET, assigned to the Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Dr Yorgo Modis, assigned to the Department of Medicine

Dr Kenneth Poole, CL, assigned to the Department of Medicine

Dr Alison Dunning, assigned to the Department of Oncology

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr Toke Aidt, JE, assigned to the Faculty of Economics

Dr Debopam Bhattacharya, T, assigned to the Faculty of Economics

Dr Nidhi Singal, HH, assigned to the Faculty of Education

Dr Andreas Stylianides, assigned to the Faculty of Education

Dr Augusta McMahon, N, assigned to the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Dr Cameron Petrie, T, assigned to the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

Dr Lorand Bartels, TH, assigned to the Faculty of Law

Dr Louise Merrett, T, assigned to the Faculty of Law

Dr Jens Scherpe, CAI, assigned to the Faculty of Law

School of the Physical Sciences

Dr David Skinner, T, assigned to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Dr Thomas Fisher, T, assigned to the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics

Dr Debora Sijacki, assigned to the Institute of Astronomy

Dr Andreas Bender, K, assigned to the Department of Chemistry

Dr Jason Robinson, JN, assigned to the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy

Dr Nikolaos Nikiforakis, SE, assigned to the Department of Physics

School of Technology

Dr Wah Mak, assigned to the Judge Business School

Dr Andreas Richter, assigned to the Judge Business School

Dr Graham Pullan, TH, assigned to the Department of Engineering

Dr Graham Treece, Q, assigned to the Department of Engineering

1 June 2016

L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor

David Good

Rachael Padman

Philip Allmendinger

A. L. Greer

Richard Prager

Anne Davis

Patrick Maxwell

Graham Virgo

Abigail Fowden

Martin Millett

SCHEDULE

The General Board has agreed to appoint the following to University Senior Lectureships, with effect from 1 October 2016, to the retiring age. The asterisked appointments are to unestablished Senior Lectureships from 1 October 2016, the period of appointment being to the end of the current appointment.

School of Arts and Humanities

Dr Felipe Hernandez, K

Department of Architecture

Dr Donal Cooper, JE

Department of History of Art

Dr John Leigh, F

Department of French

Dr Martin Ruehl, TH

Department of German and Dutch

Dr Timothy Button, JN

Faculty of Philosophy

School of the Biological Sciences

Dr Helen Mott, CAI

Department of Biochemistry

Dr Colin Crump, R

Department of Pathology

Dr Susan Jones, CHR

Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience

Dr David Parker, Q

Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience

Dr Christof Schwiening

Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience

Dr Juliet Foster*, MUR

Department of Psychology

School of Clinical Medicine

Dr Angela Wood

Department of Public Health and Primary Care

School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr Panayiotis Antoniou, DAR

Faculty of Education

Dr Christopher Briggs, SE

Faculty of History

Dr Renaud Morieux, JE

Faculty of History

Dr Thomas Livesey

Department of Politics and International Studies

Dr Pieter van Houten, CHU

Department of Politics and International Studies

Dr Alicia Hinarejos Parga, DOW

Faculty of Law

Dr Helen Curry, CHU

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Dr Stephen John, PEM

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

School of the Physical Sciences

Dr Alexey Shadrin, PEM

Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Dr Michael Tehranchi, T

Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics

School of Technology

Dr Robert Nicholas Maxwell Watson, JN

Computer Laboratory

STATISTICAL SUMMARY

Attached as Annex A to this Report is a statistical summary by sub-committee of the number of successful and unsuccessful applications for promotions by Professorships, Readerships, and Senior Lectureships.

Senior Academic Promotions, 2016 – Annex A

Statistical summary of outcomes by Sub-Committee

Professorships

Sub-Committee

Successful

Unsuccessful

Total

Arts and Humanities

4 (2 M 2 F)

1 (0 M 1 F)

5 (2 M 3 F)

Biological and Medical Sciences

8 (7 M 1 F)

7 (6 M 1 F)

15 (13 M 2 F)

Humanities and Social Sciences

6 (5 M 1 F)

1 (0 M 1 F)

7 (5 M 2 F)

Physical Sciences

9 (8 M 1 F)

3 (2 M 1 F)

12 (10 M 2 F)

Technology

6 (6 M 0 F)

6 (6 M 0 F)

12 (12 M 0 F)

Total

33 (28 M 5 F)

18 (14 M 4 F)

51 (42 M 9 F)

Readerships

Sub-Committee

Successful

Unsuccessful

Total

Arts and Humanities

9 (7 M 2 F)

6 (5 M 1 F)

15 (12 M 3 F)

Biological and Medical Sciences

9 (8 M 1 F)

4 (4 M 0 F)

13 (12 M 1 F)

Humanities and Social Sciences

9 (6 M 3 F)

5 (2 M 3 F)

14 (8 M 6 F)

Physical Sciences

6 (5 M 1 F)

3 (3 M 0 F)

9 (8 M 1 F)

Technology

4 (4 M 0 F)

6 (5 M 1 F)

10 (9 M 1 F)

Total

37 (30 M 7 F)

24 (19 M 5 F)

61 (49 M 12 F)

University Senior Lectureships

Sub-Committee

Successful

Unsuccessful

Total

Arts and Humanities

5 (5 M 0 F)

2 (2 M 0 F)

7 (7 M 0 F)

Biological and Medical Sciences

7 (3 M 4 F)

2 (1 M 1 F)

9 (4 M 5 F)

Humanities and Social Sciences

8 (6 M 2 F)

1 (0 M 1 F)

9 (6 M 3 F)

Physical Sciences

2 (2 M 0 F)

0 (0 M 0 F)

2 (2 M 0 F)

Technology

1 (1 M 0 F)

3 (3 M 0 F)

4 (4 M 0 F)

Total

23 (17 M 6 F)

8 (6 M 2 F)

31 (23 M 8 F)

J. W. NICHOLLS, Registrary

END OF THE OFFICIAL PART OF THE ‘REPORTER’