No 6732
Wednesday 28 February 2024
Vol cliv No 22
pp. 404–427
4 March, Monday. End of third quarter of Lent Term. Ballot of the Regent House, voting closes at 5 p.m. (see p. 406).
15 March, Friday. Full Term ends.
19 March, Tuesday. Discussion by videoconference at 2 p.m. (see below).
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Congregations (at 10 a.m. unless otherwise stated) |
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The Vice‑Chancellor invites members of the Regent House, University and College employees, registered students and others qualified under the regulations for Discussions (Statutes and Ordinances, 2023, p. 111) to attend a Discussion by videoconference on Tuesday, 19 March 2024 at 2 p.m. The following items will be discussed:
1.Annual Reports and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2023 (Reporter, 6731, 2023–24, p. 298).
2.First-stage Report of the Council, dated 23 February 2024, on the alteration and redevelopment of the Hutchison Building on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus site (p. 419).
3.Report of the Council, dated 23 February 2024, to revise the length of co-opted membership of the Finance Committee (p. 420).
Those wishing to join the Discussion by videoconference should email UniversityDraftsman@admin.cam.ac.uk from their University email account, providing their CRSid (if a member of the collegiate University), by 10 a.m. on the date of the Discussion to receive joining instructions. Alternatively contributors may email their remarks to contact@proctors.cam.ac.uk, copying ReporterEditor@admin.cam.ac.uk, by no later than 10 a.m. on the day of the Discussion for reading out by the Proctors,1 or may ask someone else who is attending to read the remarks on their behalf.
In accordance with the regulations for Discussions, the Chair of the Board of Scrutiny or any ten members of the Regent House2 may request that the Council arrange for one or more of the items listed for discussion to be discussed in person (usually in the Senate-House). Requests should be made to the Registrary, on paper or by email to UniversityDraftsman@admin.cam.ac.uk from addresses within the cam.ac.uk domain, by no later than 9 a.m. on the day of the Discussion. Any changes to the Discussion schedule will be confirmed in the Reporter at the earliest opportunity.
General information on Discussions is provided on the University Governance site at https://www.governance.cam.ac.uk/governance/decision-making/discussions/.
1Any comments sent by email should please begin with the name and title of the contributor as they wish it to be read out and include at the start a note of any College and/or Departmental affiliations held.
2https://www.scrutiny.cam.ac.uk/ and https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/regent_house_roll/.
The Registrary has received notice from the Clerk of the Privy Council that His Majesty the King, at a Council held on 21 February 2024, was pleased to approve amendments to Statutes A V, A VII, E VI, F I and F II, and A IV, A V, A X and B I, which were submitted in accordance with Grace 2 of 8 March 20231 and Grace 2 of 17 May 20232.
The first set of changes transfer references to the Chest and the description of the Reports on the University’s financial position that the Council is to make to the University from Statute to Special Ordinance. The second set of changes correct and remove references that were overlooked when changes were originally presented for approval, and make other minor changes.
Following changes approved in July 2023, members of the Senate can now choose to cast their votes in Senate ballots and elections in person or online. In November 2023, the Council launched a pilot to seek feedback on a process to allow members of the Senate to register to change their method of voting in votes of the Senate and make or support nominations (Reporter, 6718, 2023–24, p. 111). That pilot closed on 26 January 2024 and the Council is grateful to those who tested the registration form and provided comments on the draft process, during which 143 people successfully registered.
A revised form is now available for use on the Senate website1, which also provides further information on membership of the Senate and the voting process. In Senate elections and ballots:
•members of the Regent House who already vote online in votes of the Regent House are automatically opted in to voting online, are already registered to make and support nominations, and can use the form to register to vote in person;
•members of the Senate who are not members of the Regent House are automatically opted in to voting in person and can use the form to register to vote online and/or make and support nominations online;
•any member of the Senate can use the form to check or update their current voting method.
The following ballot is currently open for voting by members of the Regent House:
•Election to the Council in class (c)
Voting closes at 5 p.m. on Monday, 4 March 2024 and members who were listed on the Roll of the Regent House promulgated on 6 November 20231 are eligible to vote. Voting information, including candidate statements and links to the voting portal, is available online at https://www.governance.cam.ac.uk/ballots/voting/.