Notices

Calendar

6 December, Friday. Full Term ends.

19 December, Thursday. Michaelmas Term ends.

25 December, Wednesday. Christmas Day. Scarlet Day.

5 January, Sunday. Lent Term begins.

14 January, Tuesday. Full Term begins.

15 January, Wednesday. First ordinary issue of the Reporter in the Lent Term.

Naming of roads on the West and North West Cambridge sites

In accordance with the principles for the naming of roads, neighbourhoods and buildings on the West and North West Cambridge sites (Reporter, 6350, 2013–14, p. 610), the Council, on the recommendation of the West and North West Cambridge Estates Board, has approved the following list of names for roads on the West and North West Cambridge sites, for allocation by the Board. Further information is available at: http://www.nwcambridge.co.uk/consultation-street-naming.php.

People with a strong connection with the University

Anscombe	Geest	Richardson
Ayrton	Grierson	Rivers
Barkla	Gunn	Robinson
Bohr	Hawking	Rushton
Bradbrook	Hibbert-Ware	Shire
Carpenter	Hoyle	Shrubsole
Chamberlain	Leakey	Smith
Chandrasekhar	MacKay	Spenser
Compton	Marr	Watt
Cox	McDonald	Wolfson
Crummell	Mellon	Woolf
Davies	Needham	Zhimo
Edwards	Ramanujan
Franklin	Reece

Physical features of the site

Ash	Walnut
Bramble Furlong	Willow
Observatory	Woodman
Wagtail

Anti-slavery and anti-trafficking statement and policy

2 December 2019

In accordance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the University is required to prepare an anti-slavery and anti-trafficking statement for each financial year, setting out what steps it has taken to ensure that modern slavery is not taking place in its business or supply chains. The University’s statement for the financial year ended 31 July 2019 is published below, together with its policy on the issue.

Anti-slavery and anti-trafficking statement for the financial year ended 31 July 2019 (pursuant to Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015)

Legal status and activities

The University of Cambridge is a common law corporation and is an exempt charity under the Charities Act 2011. The incorporation of the University was confirmed by the Oxford and Cambridge Act 1571, which confirmed its corporate title of ‘The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge’. The University operates in the higher education sector and consists of academic Schools, Faculties and Departments, libraries and other collections, administrative departments and, for the purposes of this statement, includes its wholly owned companies as listed in the University’s Financial Statements.1 Its mission is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence.

Cambridge Assessment (which provides examination services) and Cambridge University Press (which provides publishing services) are departments of the University rather than separate legal entities. Cambridge Assessment is covered by this statement. Cambridge University Press, however, has a different financial year-end and broader supply chains, and consequently has produced its own anti-slavery and anti-trafficking statement.2

Policy

The University has implemented an anti-slavery and anti-trafficking policy (published below) reflecting its commitment to combatting slavery and human trafficking and to acting with integrity in all its dealings, relationships and supply chains. The policy outlines how the University’s various procurement and HR practices, policies and procedures ensure compliance with its policy commitment.

Enhancements to the policy in the year ended 31 July 2019

In order to enhance the University’s policy commitment, the following specific measures were progressed during 2018–19:

•The creation and launch of an online training module on anti-slavery and anti-trafficking for a wide range of relevant new and existing employees, including all Finance Division staff and those in financial or purchasing roles across the wider University.

•The continued operation and refinement of controls within the trade supplier portal (to question potential new suppliers on their compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 as part of due diligence processes) and the trade supplier approval process (so that the University’s Finance Division reviews all new and amended suppliers and re-activation requests).

•Ongoing communications programmes with the University’s Departments, Faculties and other Institutions and with current trade suppliers to maintain the high profile of the issue.

The University did not receive any reports of instances of modern slavery or human trafficking in the financial year ended 31 July 2019.

The University will continue to raise awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking and of the need for proper due diligence and risk assessment processes to be applied by staff and suppliers, in accordance with its policy.

This annual statement was approved by the Council on 2 December 2019.
 

Anti-slavery and anti-trafficking policy

Modern slavery encompasses slavery, forced and compulsory labour, and human trafficking whereby individuals are deprived of their freedom and are exploited for commercial or personal gain as enacted in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The University is committed to combatting slavery and human trafficking and to acting with integrity in all its dealings, relationships, and supply chains. It expects the same high standards from all its staff, suppliers, contractors and those with whom it does business. This policy applies to all employees, workers, consultants and other persons doing business with the University including all its wholly owned companies,1 contractors and suppliers. It applies to Cambridge Assessment though not to Cambridge University Press, which has developed its own policy.2

The University acknowledges the risk that a supply chain may involve the use of a hidden or unknown subcontractor reliant on forced labour. Although the University as a higher education institution considers the risk of modern slavery to be low due to the nature of its supply chains, it takes its responsibilities to combat modern slavery seriously as demonstrated by its promotion and adoption of the following policy measures:

•The prevention, detection and reporting of modern slavery in any part of its business or supply chains is the responsibility of all those working for the University or under its control.

•Appropriate due diligence processes must be carried out in relation to modern slavery which may include considering human rights in a sector or country, the type of sector in which a service provider operates, the countries from which services are provided, the nature of relationships with suppliers, and the complexity of supply chain(s).

•All supply chain lines need to be continually risk assessed and managed in relation to modern slavery and any high-risk suppliers audited. The University’s standard procurement and contract documentation3 addresses anti-slavery and anti-trafficking. Staff working in the central Finance Division and in other finance-focused roles across the University are specifically trained in the importance of these provisions.

•The University encourages anyone to raise any concerns about modern slavery, using its whistleblowing policy4 if necessary, and will support anyone who acts in good faith.

•The University’s recruitment, dignity@work, equalities, and remuneration and reward policies and procedures5 support its efforts to combat modern slavery and human trafficking.

•Cambridge Assessment has equivalent provisions in its separate procurement, whistleblowing and HR policies and procedures.

•The University will continue to develop its commitment to combat modern slavery and human trafficking and will outline such activities within its annual anti-slavery and anti-trafficking statement.

Any breaches of this policy may result in the University taking disciplinary action against individual(s) and/or terminating its relationship with any organisation or supplier.

This policy is managed by the Registrary’s Office and was last approved by the Council on 2 December 2019.