No 6510
Wednesday 13 June 2018
Vol cxlviii No 34
pp. 689–700
The General Board begs leave to report to the University as follows:
1. The General Board recommends the establishment of a DeepMind Professorship of Machine Learning, Health Foundation Professorship of Healthcare Improvement Studies, Professorship of Theoretical Physics, and the re‑establishment of a RAND Professorship of Health Services Research, as set out in paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 5 below. The funding arrangements for these Professorships, as set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 5, were approved by circulation by the Resource Management Committee on 15 May 2018, whilst the Professorship in paragraph 4 was approved by the RMC Chair on behalf of the Committee on 21 May 2018.
2. The Board has accepted an academic case from the Council of the School of Technology for the establishment of a DeepMind Professorship of Machine Learning, from 1 January 2019, in the Department of Computer Science and Technology. If Recommendation I is approved, an endowment fund will be established with a £3.5m benefaction from DeepMind to support the full costs of the Professorship. The Board has agreed that election to the Professorship should be made by an ad hoc Board of Electors and that the candidature should be open to all persons whose work falls within the general field of Machine Learning, including neural techniques.
3. The Board has accepted an academic case from the Council of the School of Clinical Medicine for the establishment, for a single tenure, of a Health Foundation Professorship of Healthcare Improvement Studies, from 1 August 2018, in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care. The proposed holder of the Health Foundation Professorship of Healthcare Improvement Studies would be Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, the current RAND Professor of Health Services Research. Professor Dixon-Woods and both the funders have given their consent for this change. The Health Foundation has agreed to fund the Professorship in full for ten years, and has indicated that it would be open to making further funding available, after that period expires, to support the Professorship held by Professor Dixon-Woods until she reaches the retiring age. The School of Clinical Medicine has confirmed that, in the event that the Health Foundation declines to renew the funding, the School will underwrite the costs of the Professorship to the retiring age, in which event the title of the Professorship will be amended to the Professorship of Healthcare Improvement Studies.
4. The Board has accepted a case from the Council of the School of Physical Sciences for the establishment, for a single tenure, of a Professorship of Theoretical Physics, from 1 July 2018, in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. The proposed holder of the Professorship of Theoretical Physics would be Professor Ben Simons, the current Herchel Smith Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics. Professor Simons has been awarded the Royal Society E. P. Abraham Research Professorship, which is to be held in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics following resignation from his Professorship in the Department of Physics. The proposed Professorship of Theoretical Physics will be held in abeyance until such time as funding for the Royal Society E. P. Abraham Research Professorship ceases, from which point Professor Simons will hold the Professorship of Theoretical Physics until the retiring age. Both the Departments concerned and Professor Simons have agreed to these arrangements. The full costs of the new Professorship will be met from existing resources available to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
5. If the establishment of the Health Foundation Professorship of Healthcare Improvement Studies as described in paragraph 3 above is approved, the School of Clinical Medicine wishes to re-establish the Professorship that Professor Dixon-Woods currently holds. The Board has accepted an academic case from the Council of the School of Clinical Medicine for the re-establishment, for a single tenure, of a RAND Professorship of Health Services Research, from the 1 August 2018, in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care. If Recommendations III and V are approved, the full cost of the re-established Professorship will be shared between RAND Europe and the School of Clinical Medicine from within its recurrent Chest Allocation. The RAND Professor of Health Services Research will also be appointed Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research. Should the funding from RAND Europe lapse, the School of Clinical Medicine has agreed to assume the full cost of the Professorship, the title of which would be amended to the Professorship of Health Services Research. The Board has agreed that election to the Professorship should be made by an ad hoc Board of Electors and that the candidature should be open to all persons whose work falls within the general field of the title of the office.
6. The General Board recommends:
I.That a DeepMind Professorship of Machine Learning be established in the University from 1 January 2019, placed in the Schedule to Special Ordinance C (vii) 1, and assigned to the Department of Computer Science and Technology.
II.If Recommendation I is approved, that regulations for a DeepMind Fund for Machine Learning, as set out in the Annex to this Report, be approved.
III.That a Health Foundation Professorship of Healthcare Improvement Studies be established for a single tenure in the University from 1 August 2018 for Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, placed in the Schedule to Special Ordinance C (vii) 1, and assigned to the Department of Public Health and Primary Care.
IVThat a Professorship of Theoretical Physics be established for a single tenure in the University from 1 July 2018 for Professor Ben Simons, placed in the Schedule to Special Ordinance C (vii) 1, and assigned to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
V.If Recommendation III is approved, that a RAND Professorship of Health Services Research be established for a single tenure in the University from 1 August 2018, placed in the Schedule to Special Ordinance C (vii) 1, and assigned to the Department of Public Health and Primary Care.
1. The benefaction received from DeepMind, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the DeepMind Fund for Machine Learning to advance research in the field of Machine Learning by supporting a DeepMind Professorship of Machine Learning.
2. The Managers shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund and the application of its income and shall comprise the Head of the School of Technology, who shall be Chair, the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Technology, and one member appointed by the Faculty Board of Computer Science and Technology for such period as the Board 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 DeepMind Professorship of Machine Learning payable by the University.
4. Any unexpended income in any financial year, including income accrued during a vacancy in the Professorship, may, at the discretion of the Managers:
(a)with the approval of the Faculty Board of Computer Science and Technology, be applied to support the work of the Professor in such manner as may be recommended by the Managers;
(b)with the approval of the Faculty Board of Computer Science and Technology, be applied to support graduate students undertaking research in the field of machine learning in the University in such manner as may be recommended by the Managers; and/or
(c)be carried forward for use as income in accordance with Regulation 3 in any one or more subsequent financial years.
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6 June 2018 |
Stephen Toope, Vice-Chancellor |
Patrick Maxwell |
Helen Thompson |
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Abigail Fowden |
Martin Millett |
Graham Virgo |
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A. L. Greer |
Richard Prager |
Mark Wormald |
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Nicholas Holmes |
Susan Rankin |
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 2018 has been completed. The General Board, at its meeting on 6 June 2018, 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 37 Professorships from 1 October 2018, 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 53 Readerships from 1 October 2018, 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 Professorship
5. In order to avoid delay in publishing the Report, the Board has put forward its 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. 755) to appoint the 30 individuals listed in the Schedule to this Report to University Senior Lectureships.
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 £722,479.
8. The General Board recommends:
I. That, with effect from 1 October 2018, 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:
Dr Rosalind Polly Blakesley, PEM, assigned to the Department of History of Art
Dr Barak Kushner, CC, assigned to the Department of East Asian Studies
Dr Nicholas James White, EM, assigned to the Department of French
Dr Emma Widdis, T, assigned to the Department of Slavonic Studies
Dr Clare Baker, PET, assigned to the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience
Dr John Carr,CC, assigned to the Department of Plant Sciences
Dr Andrea Manica, CL, assigned to the Department of Zoology
Dr Simon David William Frost, assigned to the Department of Veterinary Medicine
Dr Folma Buss, ED, assigned to the Department of Clinical Biochemistry
Dr Frank Reimann, assigned to the Department of Clinical Biochemistry
Dr Judy Hirst, CC, assigned to the Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Dr Mark Gurnell, SID, assigned to the Department of Medicine
Dr Michael Patrick Murphy, assigned to the Department of Medicine
Dr Roman Hovorka, assigned to the Department of Paediatrics
Dr Richard Henson, assigned to the Department of Psychiatry
Dr Nora Berend, CTH, assigned to the Faculty of History
Dr Mary Webber, T, assigned to the Faculty of History
Dr Duncan Kelly, JE, assigned to the Department of Politics and International Studies
Dr Lauren Kassell, PEM, assigned to the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Dr Franz Fuerst, TH, assigned to the Department of Land Economy
Dr Ian Farnan, CLH, assigned to the Department of Earth Sciences
Dr Sally Gibson, assigned to the Department of Earth Sciences
Dr Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb, JE, assigned to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Dr Jacob Rasmussen, assigned to the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Dr Jack Thorne, TH, assigned to the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Dr Michael Irwin, CHU, assigned to the Institute of Astronomy
Dr Stephen Jenkins, ED, assigned to the Department of Chemistry
Dr Ramachandran Vasant Kumar, TH, assigned to the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Dr Rachel Oliver, R, assigned to the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Dr Friedrich Malte Grosche, T, assigned to the Department of Physics
Dr Feryal Erhun Oguz, assigned to the Judge Business School
Dr Richard Gibbens, CAI, assigned to the Department of Computer Science and Technology
Dr Pietro Lio, CLH, assigned to the Department of Computer Science and Technology
Dr Joan Lasenby, T, assigned to the Department of Engineering
Mr Frank Allan McRobie, assigned to the Department of Engineering
Dr Garth Wells, JE, assigned to the Department of Engineering
Dr Susan Oosthuizen, W, assigned to the Institute of Continuing Education
II. That, with effect from 1 October 2018, 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:
Dr Ying Jin, R, assigned to the Department of Architecture
Dr Michael Ramage, SID, assigned to the Department of Architecture
Dr Christine van Ruymbeke, DAR, assigned to Department of Middle Eastern Studies
Dr Andrew Milne, CC, assigned to the Faculty of English
Dr Jan Schramm, TH, assigned to the Faculty of English
Dr John Rhodes, CC, assigned to the Department of Italian
Dr Clare Chambers, JE, assigned to the Faculty of Philosophy
Dr Marko Hyvonen, assigned to the Department of Biochemistry
Dr Andrew Firth, T, assigned to the Department of Pathology
Dr Andrew Murray, TH, assigned to the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience
Dr Bénédicte Sanson, assigned to the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience
Dr Matthias Landgraf, JE, assigned to the Department of Zoology
Dr Alexander Tucker, PEM, assigned to the Department of Veterinary Medicine
Dr Adam Butterworth, assigned to the Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Mr Kourosh Saeb-Parsy, F, assigned to the Department of Surgery
Dr Tiago Cavalcanti, T, assigned to the Faculty of Economics
Dr Meredith Crowley, JN, assigned to the Faculty of Economics
Dr Matthew Elliott, JE, assigned to the Faculty of Economics
Dr Michelle Ellefson, CAI, assigned to the Faculty of Education
Dr Linda Fisher, HO, assigned to the Faculty of Education
Dr Arathi Sriprakash, assigned to the Faculty of Education
Dr Carl Watkins, M, assigned to the Faculty of History
Dr Tamsin O’Connell, TH, assigned to the Department of Archaeology
Dr Mathieu Candea, K, assigned to the Department of Social Anthropology
Dr Sian Lazar, CL, assigned to the Department of Social Anthropology
Dr Julie Elizabeth Smith, R, assigned to the Department of Politics and International Studies
Dr Manali Desai, N, assigned to the Department of Sociology
Dr Antje du Bois-Pedain, M, assigned to the Faculty of Law
Dr Anna Alexandrova, K, assigned to the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Dr Jerome Neufeld, CTH, assigned to the Department of Earth Sciences
Dr Helen Myfanwy Williams, JE, assigned to the Department of Earth Sciences
Dr Philip Howell, EM, assigned to the Department of Geography
Dr Nilanjana Datta, PEM, assigned to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Dr Jorge Pinto Da Silva e Conceição Santos, HH, assigned to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Dr Roman Rafikov, assigned to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Dr Alexey Shadrin, PEM, assigned to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Dr Finian Leeper, EM, assigned to the Department of Chemistry
Dr Andrew Wheatley, F, assigned to the Department of Chemistry
Dr Sohini Kar-Narayan, CLH, assigned to the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Dr Siân Dutton, JE, assigned to the Department of Physics
Dr Ulrich Schneider, JE, assigned to the Department of Physics
Dr Pedro Chauffaille Saffi, assigned to the Judge Business School
Dr Robert Harle, DOW, assigned to the Department of Computer Science and Technology
Dr Timothy Martin Jones, CAI, assigned to the Department of Computer Science and Technology
Dr Rafal Mantiuk, assigned to the Department of Computer Science and Technology
Dr Richard Mortier, CHR, assigned to the Department of Computer Science and Technology
Dr Anurag Agarwal, EM, assigned to the Department of Engineering
Dr David Cole, F, assigned to the Department of Engineering
Dr Fumiya Iida, CC, assigned to the Department of Engineering
Dr Richard Eric Turner, CHR, assigned to the Department of Engineering
Dr David Fairen Jimenez, R, assigned to the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Dr Michael Mantle, W, assigned to the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Dr Laura Torrente Murciano, JN, assigned to the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
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6 June 2018 |
Stephen Toope, Vice-Chancellor |
Nicholas Holmes |
Susan Rankin |
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Philip Allmendinger |
Patrick Maxwell |
Helen Thompson |
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Abigail Fowden |
Martin Millett |
Graham Virgo |
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A. L. Greer |
Richard Prager |
Mark Wormald |
1Included under the Sub-Committee for Humanities and Social Sciences in the statistical summary.
The General Board has agreed to appoint the following to University Senior Lectureships, with effect from 1 October 2018 to the retiring age. The asterisked appointments are to unestablished Senior Lectureships from 1 October 2018, the period of appointment being to the end of the current appointment.
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Dr Maximilian Sternberg, PEM |
Department of Architecture |
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Mr Paul Anderson, DAR |
Department of Middle Eastern Studies |
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Dr David Butterfield, Q |
Faculty of Classics |
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Dr Alessandro Launaro, CAI |
Faculty of Classics |
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Dr Rupert Thompson, SE |
Faculty of Classics |
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Dr Hester Lees-Jeffries, CTH |
Faculty of English |
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Dr Timothy Chesters, CL |
Department of French |
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Dr Sheila Watts, N |
Department of German and Dutch |
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Dr Stanley Bill, SID |
Department of Slavonic Studies |
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Dr James Fraser, CAI |
Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience |
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Dr Nicholas Cunniffe, G |
Department of Plant Sciences |
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Dr Andrew Conlan*, SID |
Department of Veterinary Medicine |
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Dr Robert Duschinsky, SID |
Department of Public Health and Primary Care |
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Dr Zoe Jaques, HO |
Faculty of Education |
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Dr Fiona Maine, ED |
Faculty of Education |
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Dr Susanne Hakenbeck, HO |
Department of Archaeology |
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Dr Graham Denyer Willis, Q |
Department of Politics and International Studies |
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Dr Iza Hussain, PEM |
Department of Politics and International Studies |
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Dr Findlay Stark, JE |
Faculty of Law |
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Dr Peter Turner, CTH |
Faculty of Law |
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Dr Richard Williams, CHR |
Faculty of Law |
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Dr Shailaja Fennell, JE |
Department of Land Economy |
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Dr Nicola Morrison, ED |
Department of Land Economy |
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Dr Alice Reid, CHU |
Department of Geography |
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Dr Rachael Padman, N |
Department of Physics |
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Dr Thomas Sauerwald, EM |
Department of Computer Science and Technology |
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Dr Nicholas Atkins, K |
Department of Engineering |
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Dr Dongfang Liang, CHU |
Department of Engineering |
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Dr James Talbot,PET |
Department of Engineering |
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Dr Chander Velu,SE |
Department of Engineering |
Attached as Annex A to this Report is a statistical summary of the number of successful and unsuccessful applications for promotions by Professorships, Readerships, and Senior Lectureships.
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Sub-Committee |
Successful |
Unsuccessful |
Total |
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Arts and Humanities |
4 |
(2M 2F) |
7 |
(4M 3F) |
11 |
(6M 5F) |
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Biological Sciences |
4 |
(3M 1F) |
3 |
(2M 1F) |
7 |
(5M 2F) |
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Clinical Medicine |
7 |
(5M 2F) |
1 |
(1M 0F) |
8 |
(6M 2F) |
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Humanities and Social Sciences |
6 |
(2M 4F) |
0 |
(0M 0F) |
6 |
(2M 4F) |
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Physical Sciences |
10 |
(7M 3F) |
2 |
(1M 1F) |
12 |
(8M 4F) |
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Technology |
6 |
(4M 2F) |
3 |
(2M 1F) |
9 |
(6M 3F) |
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Total |
37 |
(23M 14F) |
16 |
(10M 6F) |
53 |
(33M 20F) |
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Sub-Committee |
Successful |
Unsuccessful |
Total |
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Arts and Humanities |
7 |
(4M 3F) |
6 |
(2M 4F) |
13 |
(6M 7F) |
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Biological Sciences |
6 |
(5M 1F) |
2 |
(1M 1F) |
8 |
(6M 2F) |
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Clinical Medicine |
2 |
(2M 0F) |
2 |
(2M 0F) |
4 |
(4M 0F) |
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Humanities and Social Sciences |
14 |
(4M 10F) |
2 |
(1M 1F) |
16 |
(5M 11F) |
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Physical Sciences |
12 |
(8M 4F) |
1 |
(1M 0F) |
13 |
(9M 4F) |
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Technology |
12 |
(11M 1F) |
5 |
(4M 1F) |
17 |
(15M 2F) |
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Total |
53 |
(34M 19F) |
18 |
(11M 7F) |
71 |
(45M 26F) |
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Sub-Committee |
Successful |
Unsuccessful |
Total |
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Arts and Humanities |
9 |
(7M 2F) |
3 |
(1M 2F) |
12 |
(8M 4F) |
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Biological Sciences |
3 |
(3M 0F) |
1 |
(1M 0F) |
4 |
(4M 0F) |
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Clinical Medicine |
1 |
(1M 0F) |
1 |
(0M 1F) |
2 |
(1M 1F) |
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Humanities and Social Sciences |
10 |
(4M 6F) |
4 |
(4M 0F) |
14 |
(8M 6F) |
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Physical Sciences |
2 |
(0M 2F) |
2 |
(1M 1F) |
4 |
(1M 3F) |
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Technology |
5 |
(5M 0F) |
2 |
(2M 0F) |
7 |
(7M 0F) |
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Total |
30 |
(20M 10F) |
13 |
(9M 4F) |
43 |
(29M 14F) |