No 6736
Wednesday 17 April 2024
Vol cliv No 26
pp. 465–496
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 608)
The General Board gives notice of an amendment to the regulations governing the election of student subject representatives, so as to remove the specified census date of 9 November and replace it with the start of the Michaelmas Term. Student representatives are now aligned more closely to course, rather than specific subject choices, making this restriction unnecessary. Amending to the start of the term will allow more agility in setting election dates.
This amendment was approved by the Board on 21 September 2023, but its publication was overlooked in error.
By amending the first sentence of Regulation 5 of the General Board Regulations for the Election of Student Subject Representatives (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 608) to read as follows:
Not later than the Division of the Michaelmas Term, the Registrary shall send to the returning officer an electoral roll of all the persons who on the first day of the Michaelmas Term were eligible, under the provisions of Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of Faculty Boards and of these regulations, to vote and to stand as candidates in the election.
The following Notices were approved by the General Board on 24 November 2023 but were not published at the time in error.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences, has approved the establishment of a Professorship (Grade 11) of Biotic Interactions for a single tenure from 1 March 2023, to be assigned to a Department or Faculty in the School of the Biological Sciences on appointment. The Chair of the Resource Management Committee approved the funding arrangements for the office under delegated authority on 10 November 2023.
This is one of three posts (see below) that align with the School’s research strategy to foster innovative research across disciplinary boundaries. In line with the School’s Academic Vision, Research Themes have been established across six areas of collective academic expertise, with the aim of enhancing strategic agility, competitiveness and the multidisciplinary nature of research in the School and beyond. An important part of the strategic research vision is to use the Theme structures to facilitate Heads of Departments to work together to identify priority Theme-based scientific areas for development and investment, so that recruitment to University teaching offices can be undertaken more strategically across the School. The focus of the Professor (Grade 11) of Biotic Interactions will be to build a world‑leading research programme, deliver excellent teaching, and to positively engage with academic leadership both in the home institution(s) and across the School of the Biological Sciences. The Professor (Grade 11) of Biotic Interactions will have an excellent track record working on biotic interactions, with a particular interest in animal-plant interactions to build strategic strength in the Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Research Theme.
For all three offices, academic responsibilities include delivering undergraduate and postgraduate lectures, practical classes and small group supervisions, engaging with the Research Theme initiatives, and positively contributing to the inclusive and collaborative ethos of the School. Mentoring and professional development of staff and students is expected as part of the School’s inclusive and supportive community.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences, has approved the establishment of a Professorship (Grade 11) of Integrative and Systems Neuroscience for a single tenure from 1 March 2023, to be assigned to a Department or Faculty in the School of the Biological Sciences on appointment. The Chair of the Resource Management Committee approved the funding arrangements for the office under delegated authority on 10 November 2023.
The office aligns with the School’s research strategy to foster innovative research across disciplinary boundaries (see above). The Professor (Grade 11) of Integrative and Systems Neuroscience will have an excellent track record in integrative and systems neuroscience to engage with and strengthen collaboration across the Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Research Theme.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences, has approved the establishment of a Professorship (Grade 11) of Evolutionary Networks for a single tenure from 1 March 2023, to be assigned to a Department or Faculty in the School of the Biological Sciences on appointment. The Chair of the Resource Management Committee approved the funding arrangements for the office under delegated authority on 10 November 2023.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 609)
The General Board has approved a change to class (c) of the membership of the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography (members elected by the Faculty) on the recommendation of that Faculty Board. Schedule I of the General Regulations for the constitution of the Faculty Boards has been amended to reduce the number of members in class (c) from 10 to 6 and revise the total membership accordingly.