No 6536
Wednesday 6 February 2019
Vol cxlix No 18
pp. 385–393
13 February, Wednesday. Lent Term divides.
23 February, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 2 p.m.
24 February, Sunday. Preacher before the University at 11.15 a.m., The Revd Dr R. J. Steinke, SE, President of the Luther Seminary, St Paul, Minnesota (Hulsean Preacher).
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Discussions (Tuesdays at 2 p.m.) |
Congregations (Saturdays unless otherwise stated) |
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5 March |
23 February, at 2 p.m. |
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19 March |
23 March, at 11 a.m. |
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30 March, at 11 a.m. |
The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that the Discussion announced for Tuesday, 19 February 2019 has been cancelled as there are no Reports ready for discussion. The next Discussion is scheduled to take place on 5 March 2019.
The Vice-Chancellor reminds members of the University that a Congregation will be held on Wednesday, 19 June 2019, at which the Chancellor expects to confer Honorary Degrees (see Graces 1–8, p. 392). Admission will be by ticket only and details of the arrangements and application for tickets are expected to be published in the Reporter on Thursday, 25 April 2019.
The Council and the General Board have approved the University’s Gender Pay Gap Report 2018, published in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017. The report can be found online on the Inclusive Cambridge webpages at http://www.inclusivecambridge.admin.cam.ac.uk and the figures can also be viewed on the Government’s gender pay gap viewing service at https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/viewing.
The 2017–18 Equality and Diversity Information Report is also now available online at https://www.equality.admin.cam.ac.uk/equality-and-diversity-cambridge/equality-information-and-reports. The Report provides a summary of activities and initiatives in support of the University’s Equality and Diversity Strategy and presents an overview of equality information on the University’s staff and student communities.
Following on from the consultation in Easter Term 2018 (Reporter, 6508, 2017–18, p. 626), the Review Committee on Student Discipline has published draft provisions to implement a new student disciplinary procedure and other supporting materials for consultation within the collegiate University. Further information is available at: https://www.studentcomplaints.admin.cam.ac.uk/consultation.
Responses to the consultation are welcomed from students and staff, members of Colleges, and groups and individuals and should be sent to OSCCA@admin.cam.ac.uk by Thursday, 28 February 2019.
A notice has been published on the University Information Services (UIS) website at https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/news/mcs-software-requests-31-1-19 to all those who currently use or are planning to use UIS Training Facilities or Managed Cluster Service (MCS) classrooms, including MCS computers in Departments and Colleges, to support their teaching, whether for organised courses or for other Departmental or College teaching. The notice is also addressed to those desiring to use applications generally on these computers, and covers applications for all three platforms (MCS Linux, Macintosh, and Windows).
Requests for new applications and the upgrading of existing applications must be submitted using the form found at https://www.ds.cam.ac.uk/software (Raven password required). The deadline for the submission of requests is Friday, 15 March 2019.