Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 6 December 2023*

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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 112), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 15 December 2023. Further information on requests for a ballot or the amendment of Graces is available to members of the Regent House on the Regent House Petitions site.§

1. That the table of fees attached to the regulations for University Composition Fees (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 155) is amended for 2024–25 as set out in the Schedule to the Council’s Notice dated 30 November 2023.1

2. That the recommendation in paragraph 5 of the Report of the Council on an additional office of Pro‑Vice‑Chancellor, dated 23 October 2023 (Reporter, 6715, 2023–24, p. 69), be approved.2

3. That the Schlumberger Professorship of Complex Physical Systems (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 719) be retitled the Alan Turing Professorship of Complex Physical Systems, and the Schlumberger Complex Physical Systems Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 976) retitled the Complex Physical Systems Fund, and consequential changes made to the regulations for the Fund.3*

4. That Regulations 1 and 3 of the Ordinance for the Peter Bayley Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 793) be amended to read as follows:4

1. The benefaction received from Dr Angus Bowie, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the Peter Bayley Fund to support postgraduate students studying French in the University, and to support an annual award to be called the Peter Bayley Prize for best overall performance of an undergraduate student studying French in the University.

3. Subject to Regulation 4, the income of the Fund shall be used to provide awards in the form of bursaries and a prize. Arrangements for awards, including the number, tenure and conditions attached to an award in any given year, the expenses to be covered by an award, and the form of the application and selection processes, shall be at the discretion of the Managers and may provide for applications by persons who are not yet members of the University and for the financial circumstances of candidates to be taken into consideration.