No 6774
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Vol clv No 23
pp. 394–410
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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 111), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 14 March 2025. 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 Regulation 2(b) of the Ordinance for Forms of Admission to Degrees (Statutes and Ordinances, 2024, p. 175) be amended by the addition of the following words at the end:1
provided that exceptionally and after consulting the Proctors, the person conferring degrees may also use these shortened formulae for admissions to doctoral degrees.
2. That Regulation 9 of the Ordinance for the Jebb Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, 2024, p. 884) be amended to read as follows:2
9. Any graduate of the University shall be eligible for a Studentship. A Student may be re-elected for a year at a time, subject to a maximum tenure of four years in all.
1The Council is submitting this Grace to allow for the more rapid conferment of doctoral degrees in certain circumstances, such as those following a significant delay or if a Congregation cannot be delivered otherwise within an acceptable timespan.
2The Council, on the recommendation of the General Board and the Electors of the Fund, is proposing this amendment to remove an age limit from the criteria for the Jebb Studentship. The age limit was inserted by the Council when proposing regulations for the Fund in 1931 and therefore is not part of the trust terms governing the use of the Fund. Its removal will enable the Electors to consider a wider pool of applicants for the Studentships.
§See https://www.governance.cam.ac.uk/governance/key-bodies/RH-Senate/Pages/RH-Petitions.aspx for details.