No 6781
Wednesday 30 April 2025
Vol clv No 30
pp. 528–539
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Institute’s Strategic Committee, has agreed to the renaming of the Institute of Continuing Education as the Institute of Professional and Continuing Education, to be promoted to prospective students as University of Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education. The new name has been chosen to more clearly define the Institute’s purpose, distinguish it from its competitors, and present it as a contemporary, accessible and high-quality brand. It is hoped that the new identity will attract new adult learners, especially those from diverse non‑traditional backgrounds, whilst reinforcing the Institute’s value to existing and former learners.
The Board has approved changes to reflect the change in name as set out in the Annex. The Council is submitting a Grace (Grace 1, p. 538) to update references to the Institute in Ordinances.
The Board has approved the replacement of references to the Institute of Continuing Education and its Director with references to the Institute of Professional and Continuing Education and the Director of Professional and Continuing Education in the following General Board Regulations:
General Regulations for the degree of Master of Studies (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 545)
Special Regulations for the degree of Master of Studies (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 548), in the following courses of study:
Applied Criminology and Police Management
Applied Criminology and Police Management (Degree Apprenticeship)
Applied Criminology, Penology, and Management
Architecture (Degree Apprenticeship)
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Society (Reporter, 6777, 2024–25, p. 443)
Building History
Clinical Medicine (Reporter, 6777, 2024–25, p. 443)
Creative Writing
Crime and Thriller Writing
Dental Education (Reporter, 6777, 2024–25, p. 444)
English Language Assessment
Genomic Medicine
Healthcare Data: Informatics, Innovation, and Commercialization
Healthcare Data Science (Reporter, 6777, 2024–25, p. 445)
History
Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment
International Relations
Real Estate
Writing for Performance
Advanced Diploma in Research Theory and Practice in English (Business Management) (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 576)
Diplomas and Certificates open to non-members of the University (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 587)
Diploma (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 592)
Diploma of Higher Education (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 592)
Advanced Diploma (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 592)
Postgraduate Diploma (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 592)
Postgraduate Diploma in Genomic Medicine (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 593)
Certificate (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 593)
Certificate of Higher Education (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 593)
Postgraduate Certificate (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 593)
Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Medicine (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 593)
Postgraduate Certificate in Genomic Medicine (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 593)
Classes of Faculty Board Membership, Elections, and Periods of Office, Schedule III (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 605)
Institute of Criminology (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 628)
Institute of Continuing Education (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 648)
The Council and the General Board have also agreed to update references in the following Notice:
Appointing arrangements for certain academic-related offices (reproduced in Statutes and Ordinances, p. 675).
The Task and Finish Group overseeing the University’s Review of Teaching (Reporter, 2023–24: 6722, p. 197; 6749, p. 782) has produced its final recommendations. These recommendations outline how the University should address the identified issues affecting student workload and sustainability of the supervision system.
There are nine recommendations in total, across three categories: Systemic recommendations, which aim to enable change through infrastructure, culture and policy; Enhancement recommendations, which aim to ensure continued educational excellence; and Communication recommendations, which seek to provide clear and coherent information for students and staff. Each recommendation has a separate timeframe for implementation, with some coming into effect from Michaelmas 2025 and others within two to four years.
The full recommendations are available at: https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/cam-only/reporter/2024-25/weekly/6781/TeachingReviewFinal2025.pdf (University account required). Individuals may submit questions on the recommendations via the Group’s enquiry form, available on the Teaching Review site at: https://universityofcambridgecloud.sharepoint.com/sites/UoC_EducationServicesProjectDeliveryTeam/SitePages/Teaching Review.aspx (University account required).
The Task and Finish Group wishes to extend its thanks to all of those who contributed to the Review, both in understanding the issues and considering possible recommendations and the impacts and implications they might pose.