No 6542
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Vol cxlix No 24
pp. 447–453
20 March, Wednesday. Last ordinary issue of the Reporter in the Lent Term.
23 March, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 11 a.m. (see p. 452).
25 March, Monday. Lent Term ends.
30 March, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 11 a.m. (see p. 452).
17 April, Wednesday. Easter Term begins. First ordinary issue of the Reporter in the Easter Term.
21 April, Sunday. Easter day. Scarlet day.
23 April, Tuesday. Full Term begins. Mere’s Commemoration. Sermon in St Benedict’s Church at 11.45 a.m. Preacher, Professor Janet Soskice, Emerita Fellow of Jesus College and Emerita Professor of Philosophical Theology.
The Vice-Chancellor begs leave to refer to his Notice of 15 February 2019 (Reporter, 6538, 2018–19, p. 414), concerning proposed amending Statutes for St Catharine’s College. He hereby gives notice that in the opinion of the Council the proposed Statutes make no alteration of any Statute which affects the University, and do not require the consent of the University; that the interests of the University are not prejudiced by them, and that the Council has resolved to take no action upon them, provided that the Council will wish to reconsider the proposed Statutes if they have not been submitted to the Privy Council by 18 March 2020.
The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that, in the elections held from Tuesday, 5 to Friday, 8 March 2019, the following persons were elected to be the student members of the Council and the General Board in class (d):
Parker Humphreys, Edward, JE
Ceccarelli, Alessandro, M
Cockburn, Poppy, R
Hyde, Ali, DOW
Ceccarelli, Alessandro, M
The Vice-Chancellor gave notice on 5 March 2019 that he had withdrawn Grace 1 of 13 February 2019 (Reporter, 6540, 2018–19, p. 434). The Grace sought the approval of the recommendations of the Report of the Council on the age limit on membership of the Regent House and other related matters (Reporter, 6531, 2018–19, p. 278). The withdrawal of the Grace followed receipt of an amendment (Reporter, 6539, 2018–19, p. 424) which sought to revise the Report’s recommendations concerning the service requirement applicable to Research Associates and Computer Associates, Grades I, II and III.
The amendment did not put forward any amendments to the recommendations in the Report concerning the removal of the age limit on Regent House membership, the extension of membership to retired staff members on submission of a written application supported by their Head of Institution, and the transfer of provisions concerning the membership to Special Ordinance. The Council has since considered the matter and wishes to put these recommendations forward for approval by Grace, as described in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Report, and to withdraw paragraph 4. In accordance with Regulation 5(d) of the regulations for Graces and Congregations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105), the Council has decided not to call a ballot on this new Grace, given that the amendment did not seek to change these particular proposals.
The revised recommendations are set out in the Annex below. Recommendation I is unchanged, Recommendation III has been removed, and Recommendation II has been amended so that the Ordinance on membership of the Regent House is retained and only the provisions in Statute are transferred to Special Ordinance.
If the Grace is approved by the Regent House, and the consent of the Colleges and the approval of Her Majesty in Council are obtained, the Council recognises that the probable date of implementation of the changes would be from the promulgation of the Roll in November 2020.
The Council is submitting a new Grace (Grace 1, p. 452) for the approval of the recommendations of the Report, as amended by this Notice.
The recommendations of the Report of the Council on the age limit on membership of the Regent House and other related matters (Reporter, 6531, 2018–19, p. 278) have been revised to read as follows:
6.The Council recommends:
I.That, subject to the approval of Her Majesty in Council, the Statutes of the University, by operation of an amending Statute made by the Regent House on the date upon which the Registrary, as authorised by Grace, attaches the Common Seal of the University for submission to Her Majesty in Council for approval, be amended as set out below, such amendment to come into effect on a date approved by the Council:
That Section 11 of Statute A III (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 5) be revised so as to read:
11. (a) The Registrary shall inscribe on the Roll of the Regent House the names of persons who meet the criteria for membership of the Regent House, as determined from time to time by Special Ordinance and Ordinance.
(b) No provision concerning the membership of the Regent House which affects the members of a College or of the Colleges shall be amended without the consent of that College or Colleges.
II.That, subject to the approval of Recommendation I, the following new Special Ordinance be established, to read as follows, and that subsequent Special Ordinances under Statute A be renumbered and any cross-references updated, these changes to come into effect on the same date as the amendments under Recommendation I:
Special Ordinance A (i):
Membership of the Regent House (Special Ordinance under Statute A III 11)
The Registrary shall inscribe on the Roll of the Regent House the names of the following persons:
(a)(i) the Chancellor, the High Steward, the Deputy High Steward, the Commissary, and (ii) the members of the Council in class (e);
(b)other University officers and persons treated as such under Statute J 7;
(c)Heads of Colleges;
(d)Fellows of Colleges, provided that they conform to such conditions of residence as may be determined by Ordinance;1
(e)any person who applies for membership of the Regent House and meets the following criteria: applicants must have retired or be about to retire from an office or appointment in the University which previously qualified them for membership of the Regent House and have provided to the Registrary by 15 August prior to the promulgation of the Roll each year written confirmation from their Head of institution2 that they are active participants in the University’s affairs;
(f)such other persons holding appointments in the University or a College in such categories and subject to such qualifying periods of service as shall be determined from time to time by Ordinance.
1See Statute A III 11(b) and [p. 175].
2‘Head of institution’ means the Head of a Department, Chair of a Board of a Faculty not organised into Departments, Director or the authorised deputy or designated nominee, as appropriate within that institution.
The independent statutory review of the Teaching Excellence and Student
Outcomes Framework (the TEF), conducted by Dame Shirley Pearce with the support of an
advisory group, held a call for views between 18 January and 1 March 2019. Information
on the review and the call for views is available on the Department for Education
website at:
https://consult.education.gov.uk/higher-education-reform/independent-review-of-tef-call-for-views/
and the University’s response is available at:
https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2018-19/weekly/6542/Cambridge-TEF-Review-Response-2019.pdf.
It is expected that Dame Shirley will report her recommendations to the Secretary of State for Education in summer 2019.
Nominations and suggestions of names are invited for the award of honorary doctorates. Full details about the honorary degree process and eligibility criteria are published online at http://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/processes/honorary-degrees/the-nomination-and-approval-process, where a list of honorary degrees conferred since 1977 may also be found.
The University Council’s Honorary Degree Committee would welcome either full nominations submitted using the published nomination form or, more simply, suggestions of names of national or international distinction for the Committee to consider further. The University is committed to increasing diversity in its honorary degrees, and therefore would particularly welcome applications that are representative of a wide range of backgrounds.
Nomination forms or suggestions of names should be submitted in confidence, and will be treated confidentially by the Honorary Degree Committee. In order for names to be considered at the Easter Term 2019 meeting of the Committee, they should be sent by Tuesday, 30 April 2019 to honorarydegrees@admin.cam.ac.uk.