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No 6507

Wednesday 23 May 2018

Vol cxlviii No 31

pp. 577–622

Notices

Calendar

27 May, Sunday. Trinity Sunday. Scarlet day.

29 May, Tuesday. Discussion in the Senate-House at 2 p.m. (see below).

8 June, Friday. End of third quarter of Easter Term.

12 June, Tuesday. Discussion in the Senate-House at 2 p.m.

15 June, Friday. Full Term ends.

Discussions (at 2 p.m.)

Congregations

29 May

20 June, Wednesday at 2.45 p.m. (Honorary Degrees)

12 June

27 June, Wednesday at 10 a.m. (General Admission)

19 June

28 June, Thursday at 10 a.m. (General Admission)

26 June

29 June, Friday at 10 a.m. (General Admission)

10 July

30 June, Saturday at 10 a.m. (General Admission)

17 July

20 July, Friday at 10 a.m.

21 July, Saturday at 10 a.m.

Discussion on Tuesday, 29 May 2018

The Vice-Chancellor invites those qualified under the regulations for Discussions (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105) to attend a Discussion in the Senate-House on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 at 2 p.m., for the discussion of:

1. Report of the General Board, dated 2 May 2018, on arrangements for senior academic promotions (Reporter, 6505, 2017–18, p. 556).

Further information on Discussions, including details on format and attendance, is provided at https://www.governance.cam.ac.uk/governance/decision-making/discussions/.

Additional Discussions on 19 June and 17 July 2018

The Vice-Chancellor has approved two additions to the schedule of Discussions for 2017–18 in order to enable certain Reports to be discussed at the earliest opportunity; the additional Discussions will take place as follows:

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 at 2 p.m. in Room 11, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane;

Tuesday, 17 July 2018 at 2 p.m. in the Senate-House.

Grace 3 of 10 May 2018 (proposed University nursery building): Notice of a ballot

18 May 2018

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has received a request for a vote on Grace 3 of 10 May 2018 from the 29 members of the Regent House listed in Annex A. The signatories also request the discussion of a topic of concern on the Grace.

The Council has agreed that this topic will be included among the matters for consideration at the Discussion to be held in the Senate-House at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 12 June 2018.

In accordance with Regulation 8 of the regulations for Graces and Congregations of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105), a vote will be conducted by ballot. In connection with this ballot the Registrary will arrange for the circulation of any fly-sheet, signed by ten or more members of the Regent House, which reaches her by 1 p.m. on Thursday, 14 June 2018. Fly-sheets must bear, in addition to the signatures, the names and initials (in block capitals) of the signatories (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 110). Documents which are submitted by fax to 01223 (3)32332 or scanned documents containing a signature sent to the Registrary at Registrary@admin.cam.ac.uk will also be accepted. Online voting will open at 10 a.m. on Friday, 22 June 2018 and close at 5 p.m. on Monday, 2 July 2018; fly-sheets will be available online. Hardcopy voting papers and fly-sheets will be distributed not later than Friday, 22 June 2018 to those who opted by 2 November 2017 to vote on paper; the last date for the return of voting papers will be 5 p.m. on Monday, 2 July 2018.

Annex A

B. M. Alcott

M. J. Evans

R. W. Mclellan

J. D. H. M. Vermunt

P. A. Burnard

K. Forbes

L. C. Major

S. Watson

D. J. Carter

S. Hennessy

M. Nikolajeva

E. G. Wilson

J. L. Chiffins

R. J. Hofmann

P. M. Rose

E. J. Winter

H. J. Cremin

I. S. Ilie

R. Sabates Aysa

M. Winterbottom

A. L. Cutts

R. S. Kershner

N. Singal

T. J. Denmead

Y. Liu

A. Sriprakash

P. J. Dudley

C. M.-J. Mclaughlin

A. Stylianides

General Admission to degrees, 2018: Notice of procedure

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that at the Congregations for General Admission to Degrees to be held on 27, 28, 29, and 30 June 2018, tickets will be required for admission to the Senate-House. Admission tickets are issued by Colleges, and prospective graduands should apply to their Colleges for admission tickets for their personal friends whom they wish to invite to the Congregations. Other members of the University who wish to be present are also asked to obtain tickets from their Colleges.

The Congregations will be divided into separate sessions, with intervals between the presentation of candidates from successive Colleges, except candidates from Lucy Cavendish College, St Edmund’s College, and Hughes Hall who will be presented in a single session. Visitors may not leave the Senate-House except in the intervals between sessions.

Members of the University are required to wear academical dress in the Senate-House. Any member of the University who is not acting as an officer at the Congregations and who holds a degree of another university or degree-awarding institution may wear the academical dress appropriate to that degree; save that this provision shall not apply to those presenting for, or receiving, degrees. The days of General Admission are ‘scarlet’ days, and Doctors in the different Faculties are asked to wear their festal gowns.

Timetable for the Congregations

Wednesday, 27 June

The doors of the Senate-House will be opened at 9.30 a.m. The Congregation will begin at 10 a.m. and graduands are asked to arrive by the following times:

King’s College

  9.50 a.m.

Trinity College

10.45 a.m.

St John’s College

12.20 p.m.

Peterhouse

  2.20 p.m.

Clare College

  3.05 p.m.

Pembroke College

  4.25 p.m.

The Congregation will be dissolved at about 5.15 p.m.

Thursday, 28 June

The doors of the Senate-House will be opened at 9.30 a.m. The Congregation will begin at 10 a.m. and graduands are asked to arrive by the following times:

Gonville and Caius College

  9.50 a.m.

Trinity Hall

11.10 a.m.

Corpus Christi College

12.05 p.m.

Queens’ College

12.55 p.m.

St Catharine’s College

  2.20 p.m.

Jesus College

  3.25 p.m.

Christ’s College

  4.45 p.m.

The Congregation will be dissolved at about 5.30 p.m.

Friday, 29 June

The doors of the Senate-House will be opened at 9.30 a.m. The Congregation will begin at 10 a.m. and graduands are asked to arrive by the following times:

Magdalene College

  9.50 a.m.

Emmanuel College

10.45 a.m.

Sidney Sussex College

12.05 p.m.

Downing College

  1 p.m.

Girton College

  2.20 p.m.

Newnham College

  3.40 p.m.

Selwyn College

  4.35 p.m.

The Congregation will be dissolved at about 5.20 p.m.

Saturday, 30 June

The doors of the Senate-House will be opened at 9.30 a.m. The Congregation will begin at 10 a.m. and graduands are asked to arrive by the following times:

Fitzwilliam College

  9.50 a.m.

Churchill College

10.55 a.m.

Murray Edwards College

11.55 a.m.

Wolfson College

  1.35 p.m.

Robinson College

  2.05 p.m.

Lucy Cavendish College, St Edmund’s College, and Hughes Hall

  3.05 p.m.

Homerton College

  3.55 p.m.

The Congregation will be dissolved at about 5.05 p.m.

General Admission to Degrees, 2018: Registrary’s Notice

The Registrary gives notice that the latest time for the receipt of supplicats and any necessary certificates of terms for persons who propose to take degrees at General Admission on Wednesday, 27 June, Thursday, 28 June, Friday, 29 June, or Saturday, 30 June 2018 is 10 a.m. on. Friday, 15 June 2018. No further additions to degree lists can be accepted after that date.

Divestment Working Group Report

21 May 2018

Further to the Council’s Notice dated 23 April 2018 (Reporter, 2017–18, 6503, p. 529), the Divestment Working Group’s Report is now available online at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2017-18/weekly/6507/DWG-Report-2018.pdf. The Council is currently considering the Report and will publish its response in due course.

Carbon Reduction Strategy

The Council and the General Board have approved a new Carbon Reduction Strategy (available online at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2017-18/weekly/6507/Carbon-Reduction-Strategy-2018.pdf), which replaces the Carbon Management Plan 2010–20. The Strategy sets out a series of revised carbon reduction targets and outlines a framework and set of actions to reduce emissions in line with these targets. Development of the Strategy has been informed by extensive consultation with stakeholders from across the University and provides for a step-change in the University’s approach to carbon reduction.

The Council and the General Board have asked the Environmental Sustainability Strategy Committee (ESSC) to oversee the development of plans to implement the Strategy. They have also asked the ESSC to develop an evidence-based approach to refine medium-term targets to ensure these targets are consistent with the University’s commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and to consider whether the date for carbon neutrality can be brought forward.