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Result of ballot on Grace 4 of 24 July 2019 and on an amendment (governance of postgraduate and graduate student matters)

2 December 2019

The Registrary gives notice that, as a result of the ballot held between 19 and 29 November 2019, Grace 4 of 24 July 2019 as amended by paragraph (1) of the amendment (implementation from 1 October 2020) was approved.

The Grace reads as follows:

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 (Reporter, 6557, 2018–19, p. 841) be approved.

The amendment which has been approved reads as follows (Reporter, 2018–19: 6558, p. 882; 2019–20: 6561, p. 20; 6565, p. 76):

(1) In Recommendations III and IV of the Report, that the text ‘with effect from 1 October 2019’ be replaced by ‘with effect from 1 October 2020’.

The results of the voting on this Grace and the amendment, conducted under the Single Transferable Vote regulations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 114), are as follows:

Number of valid votes: 554 (no invalid votes) (Quota: 277)
	First count		Transfer of option (a) and (d) votes		Second count	Result
(a) In favour of the Grace in its original form	70		-70
(b) In favour of the Grace as amended by paragraphs (1) and (2) of the amendment	179		+27		206
(c) In favour of the Grace as amended by paragraph (1) of the amendment only	242		+32		274	Approved option
(d) Against the Grace, whether in its original or amended form	63		-63
Non-transferable			74		74
Total	554				554

The fly-sheet received in relation to this ballot is reprinted on p. 162.

Result of ballot on Grace 5 of 24 July 2019 (student representation on Faculty Boards and other bodies)

2 December 2019

The Registrary gives notice that, as a result of the ballot held between 19 and 29 November 2019, Grace 5 of 24 July 2019 was approved.

The Grace reads as follows:

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 (Reporter, 6557, 2018–19, p. 846).

The results of the voting on this Grace are as follows:

Number of valid votes:	522 (no invalid votes)
In favour of the Grace (placet)	294
Against the Grace (non placet)	228

The two fly-sheets received in relation to this ballot are reprinted on p. 163.