No 6557
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Vol cxlix No 39
pp. 836–880
The Council submits the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105) will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 2 August 2019.
1. That Dame Fiona Reynolds, Master of Emmanuel College, be appointed one of the Septemviri to serve from 1 October 2019 until 31 December 2020.1
2. That notwithstanding Regulations 1(d) and 3 of the regulations for the nomination of members of the Council in class (e) (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 113), Dr Richard Anthony, JE, be appointed a member of the Nominating Committee from 5 August 2019 until 30 September 2020.2
3. That the recommendations in paragraph 8 of the First-stage Report of the Council, dated 12 June 2019, on the construction of the National Centre for Propulsion and Power and re-development of the Whittle Laboratory (Reporter, 6551, 2018–19, p. 684) be approved.3
4. That the recommendations in paragraph 13 of the Joint Report of the Council and the General Board, dated 17 June and 5 June 2019, on the governance of matters for postgraduate and graduate students (Reporter, 6553, 2018–19, p. 726), as amended by the Council's Notice dated 22 July 2019 (p. 841) be approved.
5. That the organisational structure of student representation on Faculty Boards and other bodies be amended, as outlined in the General Board's Notice dated 22 July 2019 (p. 846).
6. That, on the recommendation of the General Board, the period in which the General Board is required to act under Special Ordinance C (vii) B. 18(a) in respect of the vacancy in the Professorship of Chemical Engineering be extended until 31 October 2021 or until such earlier date as the Board shall determine after consultation with the Council of the School of Technology and the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate.4
7. That in Regulation 9(a) of the regulations for Residence and Precincts of the University (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 175) the text in parentheses be amended to read '(having followed a one-year course of study prescribed by Ordinance)'.5
8. That Regulations 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 of the regulations for the El-Erian Fund for Economics (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 829) be revised to read as follows:6
1. The funds received from the Board of Cambridge in America representing a benefaction from Mohamed El-Erian together with such other sums as may be received or allocated for the same purpose, shall form a Fund called the El-Erian Fund for Economics and Policy.
2. The Managers shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund and the application of its expendable capital and income and shall comprise:
(a)the Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Science or a duly appointed deputy (who shall be Chair);
(b)another member of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, appointed by the Council of the School for such period as the Council of the School shall determine;
(c)the El-Erian Professor (or, in the event the Professorship is vacant, another individual appointed by the Vice-Chancellor for such period as the Vice-Chancellor shall determine);
(d)a member appointed by the Governing Body of Queens' College for such period as the Governing Body of Queens' College shall determine; and
(e)an external member appointed by the Vice-Chancellor for such period as the Vice-Chancellor shall determine.
4. Subject to the arrangements specified by Cambridge in America at the time of receipt for the period ending on 15 August 2019 the income from the permanent endowment of the Fund shall be used to support research into human behaviour and economic policy through:
(a)the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of an El-Erian Professorship of Behavioural Economics and Policy by the University and funding for the research activities of the Professor as determined by the Managers;
(b)a distribution of 4.95% of the income from the permanent endowment of the Fund to Queens' College in each financial year in support of a linked Fellowship for the holder of the Professorship (or, in the event that the Fellowship is vacant, an equivalent payment to the College in support of teaching in economics); and
(c)a distribution of 45.45% of the income from the permanent endowment of the Fund to Queens' College in each financial year in support of Studentships for doctoral research students in the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, to be administered by the Governing Body of Queens' College.
5. The income and (if the Managers think fit) the capital of the Fund not held as permanent endowment shall be used as follows:
(a)the funds so specified by Cambridge in America at the time of receipt shall be used for the support of research in human behaviour and economic policy through the foundation of an El-Erian Institute of Human Behaviour and Economic Policy which may include the funding of research, postdoctoral research fellowships and doctoral studentships, visitor programmes, and conferences and the support of research in human behaviour and economic policy in such manner as the Managers shall determine, provided that, if the Managers are satisfied that surplus funds are available, such surplus may be applied as an accretion to the funds held in accordance with Regulation 4(a); and
(b)the funds so specified by Cambridge in America at the time of receipt shall be distributed to Queens' College for the support of outreach activities for the El-Erian Institute of Human Behaviour and Economic Policy which may include the funding of research, postdoctoral research fellowships and doctoral studentships, visitor programmes and conferences, and the support of research in human behaviour and economic policy in such manner as Queens' College shall determine.
7. The El-Erian Professor shall be elected in accordance with Special Ordinance C (vii) B.1(c)(iii), provided that, on the occasion of an election to the Professorship, the General Board shall invite the Governing Body of Queens' College to nominate a representative to receive papers and to attend meetings relating to the election, including the meeting of the Board of Electors as a nonvoting observer.
9. That Regulation 2(c) of the regulations for the Clive Parry International Law Prize Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 926) be deleted.7
10. That Regulation 3 of the regulations for the Ver Heyden de Lancey Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 999) be amended to read as follows:8
3. The income of the Fund may be used, at the discretion of the Managers, to promote medico-legal studies in the University in memory of the Baron Ver Heyden de Lancey. Permitted expenditure shall include providing public lectures on medico-legal subjects (to be known as Baron de Lancey Lectures), providing scholarships or prizes (to be known as Baron de Lancey Scholarships or Prizes), and making grants (to be known as Baron de Lancey Grants) in the area of medico-legal studies within the University of Cambridge.
11. That in the following regulations, the reference to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Resources) be amended to refer to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for planning:9
Regulation 1 of the regulations for the Joint Committee on Development (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 132)
Regulation 2 of the regulations for the Vice-Chancellor's Endowment Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 1000)
1This appointment is being proposed to fill a casual vacancy.
2There is an unexpected vacancy in the external membership of the Council from 1 January 2020. The process to identify a candidate to serve as an external Council member will start over the summer, so that a Grace making a nomination can be published in the Michaelmas Term 2019. The approval of Grace 3 of 10 July 2019 has enabled the current membership to remain in place once a search for a candidate has commenced. There are two unfilled vacancies in class (d) of the Nominating Committee (members of the Senate elected by the Regent House) from 1 October 2019 following two elections and Professor Dame Carol Black, whose term ends on 30 September 2019, is planning to step down on 31 July 2019. It is therefore proposed that Dr Richard Anthony be appointed to one of the vacancies in class (d). An election to fill the remaining vacancy will be held in the Michaelmas Term 2019.
3See the Council's Notice, p. 840.
4Statutes and Ordinances, p. 718. See the General Board's Notice on p. 849.
5The Council is proposing this change to reflect the changes made to the Regulations for the degree of Master of Business Administration with effect from 1 October 2017 (Reporter, 6475, 2016–17, p. 783).
6The Council, on the recommendation of the Council of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences and with the support of the donor, is proposing these changes to amend the title of the Fund and the Professorship to reflect more closely the research conducted in the El-Erian Institute of Human Behaviour and Economic Policy, amend the membership to include a second member of the School, and to place the El-Erian Institute under the auspices of the School.
7The Council, on the recommendation of the General Board and the Faculty Board of Law, is proposing the removal of a prize for graduates from outside the British Isles with a linguistic disadvantage, which was established before the introduction of language tests for admission and is therefore now rarely awarded. The income will continue to be applied to the two remaining Prizes supported by the Fund.
8The Council, on the recommendation of the General Board and the Faculty Board of Law and with the support of the donor, is proposing these changes under Statute E I 8 to enable scholarships, prizes and grants to be awarded from the surplus income of the Fund.
9The Council is proposing these changes to revise outdated references.