Notices

Calendar

20 July, Friday. Congregation of the Regent House at 10 a.m. (see p. 834).

21 July, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 10 a.m. (see p. 835).

1 October, Monday. Michaelmas Term begins. Congregation of the Regent House at 9.30 a.m.: Vice-Chancellor’s address, and the election and admission of the Proctors.

2 October, Tuesday. Full Term begins.

The last ordinary issue of the Reporter for the 2017–18 academical year will be published on 25 July 2018. The first ordinary issue of the 2018–19 academical year will be published on 26 September 2018.

Discussion on Tuesday, 9 October 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, 9 October 2018 at 2 p.m., for the discussion of:

1.Report of the Council, dated 16 July 2018, on the period of membership of external members of the Council (p. 833).

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

Notice of benefactions

16 July 2018

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that he has accepted with gratitude the following benefactions, of which both the capital and the income may be used:

•a benefaction of US$20m from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous, payable over five years, to establish a centre engaged in the research, diagnosis, and treatment of the neurodegenerative disorders classified as Parkinson-Plus Syndromes and related cognitive and movement disorders, to be known as The Cambridge Centre for Parkinson-Plus, and to fund scientific discovery programmes and clinical translational programmes at the Centre;

•a benefaction of £2.5m from Chris and Sarah Field, for the purpose of the development of two hockey pitches at the Wilberforce Sports Ground (see Reporter, 6490, 2017–18, p. 293);

•a benefaction of £2m from Mr Fadi Boustany, payable in three instalments, to support the construction of the Simon Sainsbury Centre within Cambridge Judge Business School, in recognition of which a lecture theatre in the Centre will be named The Fadi Boustany Lecture Theatre;

•a benefaction of £1,340,000 in the first year and up to £6,700,000 in total, payable over ten years, from Invesco, to support the Invesco Research Initiative during the same period, with funding going to the Centre for Endowment Asset Management (CEAM), the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), and the Psychometric Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School;

•a benefaction of £1m from Mr Humphrey William Battcock, to support College Development projects;

•a benefaction of £1m from the Ningbo Institute (Ningbo Economic Development Zone Sino-British Entrepreneurship Research Institute for Advanced Equipment) to support Cambridge Judge Business School’s Entrepreneurship Centre for a period of three years and to increase the Centre’s ability to support start-up ventures in the biotechnology and medical technology fields;

•a further benefaction of £1m from the Philomathia Foundation to support the Philomathia Social Sciences Research Programme for a period of five years (see Reporter, 6315, 2012–13, p. 661) including supporting five Philomathia Postdoctoral Research Associates and costs for research and project dissemination and outreach;

•a bequest of £629,584 under the will of Mrs Patricia Isabel Margaret Playfair-Woodward to support the University Library and Kettle’s Yard in equal amounts;

•a bequest of CAN$789,727.96 under the will of Mrs Elizabeth Lillian Fiddess via The Cambridge Foundation, which will be used to support the Vice-Chancellor’s Endowment Fund;

•a benefaction of US$470,178 from the Dr Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation, to support collaborative research across the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and Department of Paediatrics, of which $339,898 is to support collaborative research by Professor Robin Franklin on the effect of ageing on remyelination potential, and $130,280 is to support collaborative research by Professor David Rowitch on cellular diversity and age-related repair efficiency in Multiple Sclerosis;

•a benefaction of £300,000 from Mr and Mrs Chou to support the capital costs of the Simon Sainsbury Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School;

•a benefaction of £250,000 from Mr Brian Buckley, payable in four instalments, to support scholarships for graduate students in the Faculty of Classics, to be named the Buckley Scholarships (which will replace the previous pledge of £200,000 which was announced in Reporter, 6493, 2017–18, p. 354);

•a benefaction of £250,000 from Cambridge in America, following a donation from Mr Stanley P. Gold, to support a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Institute of Public Policy, and Studentships in Public Policy, within the Department of Politics and International Studies;

•a further benefaction of £236,571 from Ms Claire Barnes to support Ph.D. students in the Department of Zoology, including two additional four-year studentships to be named The Claire Barnes Studentship in the Biology and Ecology of Asia and The Claire Barnes Studentship in Marine Biology (see Reporter, 6356, 2013–14, p. 760; 6419, 2015–16, p. 420; 6443, 2016–17, p. 95);

•a benefaction of £223,722 from The Kavli Foundation, payable over five years, to support three Newton-Kavli Junior Fellowships in Cosmology and Astrophysics at the Kavli Institute for Cosmology (KICC);

•a further benefaction of £210,000 from the Reuben Foundation, payable in three instalments, to support the work of the Cambridge Bursary Scheme in awarding additional bursaries to at least 40 undergraduates, to be known as Reuben Bursaries and awarded annually over three academical years (Reporter, 6369, 2014–15, p. 286);

•a benefaction of £200,000 from Google, to support Dr Stephen Cave’s research related to interpretability of AI systems in the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence;

•a bequest of at least AUS$350,000 under the will of Miss Ray Neilson, for the purposes of supporting graduate students undertaking scientific research, with the funds to be managed by the Cambridge Commonwealth, European, and International Trust;

•a benefaction of £195,000 from Hogan Lovells International LLP, payable over three years, to support a new Ph.D. studentship in English Private Law for the same period, starting in October 2018, to be called the Hogan Lovells Studentship in English Private Law, and the Squire Law Library’s subscription to the LexisNexis service for the same period starting in October 2018, with any excess funds used to support, in full or in part, further Ph.D. studentships in English Private Law;

•a benefaction of US$252,291 from Cambridge in America, payable in two instalments, following a philanthropic grant from the Miami Foundation, to support the work of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence on interpretability from a technical and legal perspective, including support for a postdoctoral researcher and a series of workshops;

•a benefaction of £151,637 from Education Sub-Saharan Africa (ESSA), payable in two instalments, to support the Faculty of Education’s Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre for a period of sixteen months;

•a benefaction of £150,000 from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous, payable over ten years, to support a University Teaching Officer in Latin American Studies within the Centre for Latin American Studies in the Department of Politics and International Studies (or any successor Department in which the Centre is based) over the same period;

•a benefaction of £150,000 from The Mikheev Charitable Trust, payable in three instalments, to support a Studentship in the Department of Engineering, to be named the Michael E. Fisher Studentship in Machine Learning;

•a further benefaction of £150,000 from Winton Philanthropies to be added to the Winton Fund for the Physics of Sustainability (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 1013) to support a Winton Research Programme in High Temperature Superconductors under the leadership of Professor Judith Driscoll in the Department of Material Science and Metallurgy for a period of three years;

•a further benefaction of £142,047 from Google, which will be used to support the Cambridge-Tübingen Ph.D. Studentships in Machine Learning in the Department of Engineering;

•a further benefaction of £140,000 from Dr Darrin Disley, payable in two instalments, to support the Christopher R. Lowe Carpe Diem Enterprise Programme in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology; specifically, these funds will support Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE), Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC), and bursaries for students undertaking the M.Phil. Degree in Bioscience Enterprise (Reporter, 6356, 2013–14, p. 760);

•a further benefaction of US$170,000 from Microsoft Corporation to support the work of the Microsoft Cloud Computing Research Centre, which is a collaboration between the University’s Department of Computer Science and Technology and the Cloud Legal Project at Queen Mary University of London;

•a philanthropic grant of £120,000 from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, payable in three instalments, to support a Project Co-ordinator for the Open House: Evolving City programme at Kettle’s Yard;

•a benefaction of £90,000 from the Philomathia Foundation, to support the Philomathia Africa Programme within the Centre for African Studies for a five-year period, by supporting the costs associated with an annual conference on African justice and transformation, and an annual lecture from a pre-eminent African speaker;

•a further philanthropic grant of £75,000 from the Arcadia Fund to support open access initiatives at the University Library.

University Composition Fees

16 July 2018

In the following Notice the Council proposes amendments to the fees for certain categories of students as set out in the Table of Fees attached to the regulations for University Composition Fees.

A. Home and EU Undergraduate and certain other fees in 2019–20

Cost of an undergraduate education

1. Ordinances provide that recommendations for the University Composition Fees to be charged to Home and EU undergraduate students be accompanied by an analysis of the cost of an undergraduate education agreed by the General Board and the Council following consultation with the Colleges (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 152; Grace 13 of 26 May 2011). The outcome of the agreed calculation for 2016–17 is an average cost per student of £19.4k (showing an increase over the 2015–16 calculation, which was £18.5k) as follows:

2016–17	£k/UG FTE
University expenditure	14.8
Less: College fee	(4.5)
Net University expenditure	10.3
Plus: College expenditure	9.1
Total cost	19.4

Details of the analysis are provided on the Planning and Resources website.1

Home and EU undergraduate students subject to the regulated maximum fee (Table A in the attached Schedule)

2. On 2 July 2018 the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research, and Innovation confirmed2 that for the 2018–19 academical year, the maximum tuition fee caps will be maintained at 2018–19 academical year levels. The maximum tuition fee for full-time courses will remain £9,250 in 2019–20. The Minister also confirmed that EU students who commence courses in 2019–20 will remain eligible for Home fee status for the duration of their courses.

3. The Council therefore proposes that Home/EU students admitted on or after 1 September 2017 will be liable for a fee of £9,250 in 2019–20. The cap and fee may be increased for those students and for new entrants in future years.

4. Although on certain conditions the cap might also have been increased for continuing students starting before 1 September 2017, no increase was applied and the Council again proposes that Home/EU New Regime students admitted before 1 September 2017 be liable for a fee of £9,000 in 2019–20 and that the fee be similarly fixed for any remaining Old Regime students.

5. Table A in the Schedule sets out the fees subject to the cap, including the fee for the year abroad. Although a higher rate of fee is permitted for non-Erasmus students on work placements abroad, the Council has agreed for the present that the lower figure that applies to Erasmus students be charged to students on both work and study placements.

B. ELQ students (Table B)

6. Fees for ELQ students on ‘non-exempt’ courses in 2019–20 were approved by Grace 1 of 10 January 2018 and fees for 2019–20 proposed for ELQ students on exempt courses are in line with the regulated fees as described above.

7. The regulated fee continues to apply to Home/EU students on ELQ exempt courses (Architecture, Medicine, and Veterinary Medicine, and the P.G.C.E.).

C. Postgraduate Fees (Table C)

Fees for certain other postgraduate courses in 2019–20

8. Fees for the courses in Table C in the Schedule shall be as set out in the table.

9. The fees for the M.Phil. Degree in Architecture and Urban Design are regulated, and are in line with the regulated fees as described above.

10. The fees for the M.St. Degree in Healthcare Data: Informatics, Innovation, and Commercialization were omitted from earlier schedules.

The Council is accordingly submitting a Grace (Grace 1, p. 834) for the approval of the fees set out in the Schedule attached to this Notice.

Schedule

Home / EU undergraduate and certain other fees in 2019–20

TABLE A Regulated rates	Annual fee (£)
	Home and EU students		Home and EU students
	Old Regime		New Regime
	Continuing students who commenced before 1 September 2012		Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2012 but before 1 September 2017		Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2017***
	2018–19	2019–20	2018–19	2019–20	2019–20
B.A. Degree:
Groups 1–5	3,465	3,465	9,000	9,000	9,250
B.Th. Degree	3,465	3,465	9,000	9,000	9,250
Medical and Veterinary Degrees: M.B., B.Chir., Vet.M.B.	3,465	3,465	9,000	9,000	9,250
M.Eng. Degree and M.Sci. Degree	3,465	3,465	9,000	9,000	9,250
M.Math. Degree	3,465	3,465	9,000	9,000	9,250
Certificates (excluding P.G.C.E.)	3,465	3,465	9,000	9,000	9,250
P.G.C.E.	3,465	3,465	9,000	9,000	9,250
Year abroad*	1,725	1,725	1,350**	1,350**	1,385**

* These fees apply whether the student is studying or working abroad, but do not apply to a student on an Erasmus exchange.

** This fee is payable by all year abroad students including those under the Erasmus scheme.

*** In the case of EU students, provided that UK law continues to permit such students to be charged at a lower rate than is charged to other International (overseas) students.

TABLE B* Home / EU ELQ exempt	Annual fee (£)
	Continuing Home / EU ELQ students		New Regime Home / EU ELQ students
	Continuing students who commenced before 1 September 2012		Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2012 but before 1 September 2017		Students who commenced on or after 1 September 2017
	2018–19	2019–20	2018–19	2019–20	2019–20
B.A. Degree:
Architecture**	3,465	3,465	9,000	9,000	9,250
Medical and Veterinary Sciences**	3,465	3,465	9,000	9,000	9,250
Medical and Veterinary Degrees:** M.B., B.Chir., Vet.M.B.	3,465	3,465	9,000	9,000	9,250
P.G.C.E.**	n/a	n/a	9,000	9,000	9,250
Year abroad (ELQ exempt)*	1,725	1,725	1,350	1,350	1,385

* The above rates apply to Home / EU students commencing a course in 2009–10 or later years leading to a qualification which is equivalent to, or at a lower level than, a qualification they possessed when they began their course (ELQ students). Students who have proceeded to the B.A. Degree but have been given leave to read for another Tripos ‘not for honours’ are deemed to be ELQ students for the purpose of their fee liability.

** ELQ students on courses in Architecture, or courses in Medical and Veterinary Sciences leading to the B.A. Degree, as defined in regulations, to the M.B. and B.Chir. Degrees, to the Vet.M.B. Degree, or courses leading to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education are exempt from the ELQ policy and pay the regulated fees set out above.

N.B.: An error in the Undergraduate Prospectus may have misled ELQ students to believe the fee remained at the level of that charged to a publicly-funded undergraduate. The addition to the fee in 2015–16 (and 2016–17) for students admitted in 2014 or 2015 will be waived so that the University fee charged will be the publicly-funded rate applicable for that year.

TABLE C	2018–19	2019–20
M.Phil. Degree in Architecture and Urban Design:
Old Regime Home / EU students, Year 1	3,465	3,465
Old Regime Home / EU students, Year 2	1,725	1,725
Home / EU students for whom the Old Regime rate does not apply, Year 1	9,000	9,000
Home / EU students for whom the Old Regime rate does not apply, Year 2	4,500	4,500

	2019–20	2020–21
M.St. Degree in Healthcare Data: Informatics, Innovation, and Commercialization: (two-year, part-time course)
2019 entry Home / EU	7,500	7,500
2019 entry International (overseas)	13,500	13,500

Office of Pro-Vice-Chancellor

16 July 2018

The Council gives notice that, after consultation with the General Board, and on the recommendation of the Nominating Committee for the appointment and reappointment of Pro-Vice-Chancellors (comprising the Vice-Chancellor as Chair; Professor Ross Anderson, Professor Michael Proctor, and Ms Sara Weller (members of the Council); and Professor Abigail Fowden and Professor Martin Millett (members of the General Board)), it has agreed to reappoint Professor Eilís Ferran, CTH, as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Institutional and International Relations) for three years from 1 October 2018 and Professor Chris Abell, CHR, as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) for three years from 1 January 2019.

Topic of concern to the University (Universities Superannuation Scheme): Notice in response to Discussion remarks

16 July 2018

The Council has received the remarks made at the Discussion on 20 March 2018 (Reporter, 6501, 2017–18, p. 483) regarding the topic of concern to the University on the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) (Reporter, 6497, 2017–18, p. 412). It apologizes for the delay in providing this response.

In the period since the Discussion, the Regent House has endorsed the Council’s decision to withhold authorization of a Grace initiated by members of the Regent House concerning the USS1 and has also approved Grace 1 of 2 May 2018, which repeated paragraphs (i)–(iii) of that initiated Grace and also included new commitments in paragraphs (v)–(vii). These commitments address some of the points made by the speakers in their remarks at the 20 March Discussion, including recognition of the value of adequate pension provision, and acceptance of the level of risk implied by the Trustee’s proposals and assumptions in its September 2017 valuation.

The Council wishes to acknowledge its agreement with the speakers on a number of issues including:

•the high value placed on defined benefits by the University’s USS members;

•the importance of good lines of communication; updates, including copies of emails forwarded to staff members, access to relevant documents, and recordings of open meetings are available at https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/subjects/pensions;

•the care that needs to be taken to assess the impact of any changes to pension provision on different groups within the University’s USS membership, including but not limited to women and lower-paid staff.

A briefing dated 26 June 2018 notes that the Joint Expert Panel, composed of seven members (three appointed by UCU, three by UUK, plus an independent Chair), has now been formed. The principal terms of its remit are to make an assessment of the 2017 valuation, looking in particular at the assumptions and associated tests that formed the basis of the valuation, and to agree key principles to underpin the future joint approach of UUK and UCU to the valuation of USS. It is expected to report in September 2018. The Council intends to publish a Notice on its consideration of the Panel’s report as soon as practicable.

Joint Report of the Council and the General Board on Professorships established for a fixed term: Notice in response to Discussion remarks

16 July 2018

The Council has received the remarks of Professor Evans made at the Discussion on 19 June 2018 (Reporter, 6512, 2017–18, p. 750) concerning the above Report (Reporter, 6509, 2017–18, p. 678). The Council has consulted with the General Board in preparing its response.

The Council has put forward the proposed changes to address serious concerns that have arisen in relation to the lack of flexibility in determining the terms of Professorships where they are funded externally, such as those to which the Directors of Medical Research Council Units are appointed, or where an honorary contract from an NHS body is needed to enable the holder of a Professorship to practice clinically. A coterminous appointment would enable the University to terminate the contract of the holder of the Professorship on the happening of a specified event, such as the ending of an interdependent appointment with an affiliated institution, or the withdrawal of an NHS honorary clinical contract.

The Council believes that the potential financial exposure for the University acquired by accepting the liability to fund such a Professorship for the balance of an individual’s career after a necessarily-linked position has ceased to be held, is unacceptable and an inappropriate use of the University’s charitable funds. The only other alternative to maintaining the status quo would be not to offer Professorships to such individuals, but this would be unacceptable to some of the University’s most valued funders and likely to deter the best candidates from applying.

The Council is therefore submitting a Grace (Grace 2, p. 834) for the approval of the recommendations of this Report.

Report of the General Board on Senior Academic Promotions: Notice in response to Discussion remarks

16 July 2018

The Council has considered the remarks made at the Discussion on 26 June 2018 (Reporter, 6513, 2017–18, p. 795) about the above Report (Reporter, 6510, 2017–18, p. 694). The Council has consulted with the General Board in submitting this response.

The Council notes the comments of Dr Morgan concerning the question of budgetary restraint. The Council agrees with Dr Morgan that, as stated in the Report, the cost of the promotions announced will be £722,479 in the first year and comments that a majority of unsuccessful applicants met the criteria for promotion but were not promoted because this is a competitive exercise and there are budgetary constraints. However, the Council comments, as stated in the Board’s Report on arrangements for senior academic promotions (Reporter, 6505, 2017–18, p. 556), that making appropriate budgetary provision so that deserving candidates receive appropriate recognition and reward is a key principle which is proposed for the next stage, when moving to implementation of an Academic Career Pathway (ACP) Scheme. Also, as stated in the Council’s response to remarks made on that Report (Reporter, 6511, 2017–18, p. 707), the evaluative criteria to be proposed when taking forward full implementation of an ACP Scheme should aid transparency and fairness concerning the required standards for promotion, aided by examples of excellence which reflect faculty norms.

The Council is submitting a Grace (Grace 3, p. 834) for the approval of the recommendations of this Report.