No 6838
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Vol clvii No 3
pp. 21–37
The Secretary of the Faculty of Divinity gives notice that the Annual Meeting will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, 29 October 2026, via Teams.
The business to be discussed will include the Chair’s report and the election of two members of the Faculty Board in class (c), to serve for four years from 1 January 2027, in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, 2025, p. 597).
Nominations must be seconded, and the consent of the candidate obtained in advance, and should reach the Faculty Manager, Dr Peter Harland (email: pjh42@cam.ac.uk), not later than Monday, 19 October 2026. Notice of any other business to be discussed should reach the Faculty Manager by the same date.
The Chair of the Faculty Board of Mathematics gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 1.45 p.m. on Thursday, 19 November 2026 in meeting room 5 of the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. The Annual Meeting will be followed by a Faculty Board meeting for members of the Faculty Board and invited observers only.
The business of the Annual Meeting will include the election, in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, 2025, p. 597), of:
•One member of the Faculty Board in class (a)(ii) to serve from 1 January 2027 for two years.
•Four members of the Faculty Board in class (c) to serve from 1 January 2027 for four years.
Nominations for these elections, signed by the proposer and seconder, and by the nominee indicating willingness to serve if elected; and notice of any other business, should be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Board (secretary.board@maths.cam.ac.uk) not later than Monday, 9 November 2026.
The Faculty Boards and other authorities concerned give notice that in the following examinations / online assessments in 2026–27, candidates will be permitted to use a designated calculator during their examination / online assessment.
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Tripos, All Parts (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part Ia)
Computer Science Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, II and III
Design Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib
Economics Tripos, Parts I, IIa and IIb
Engineering Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, IIa and IIb
Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb
Land Economy Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib and II
Management Studies Tripos
Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb
Medical Sciences Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib
Second M.B. Examination
Natural Sciences Tripos, Part Ia (Calculators are not permitted in the subject Mathematics. Nor are they permitted in the Introduction to experimental psychology: From brain to cognition paper borrowed from the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos, Part Ia)
Natural Sciences Tripos, Parts Ib, II and III (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos. Nor are they permitted in the subject Mathematics for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)
Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib
Second Veterinary M.B. Examination
Final M.B. Examination
Final Veterinary M.B. Examination
M.A.St. in Astrophysics (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos, Part III)
M.A.St. in Physics (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos, Part III)
M.B.A. Examination
Executive M.B.A. Examination
Master of Finance
M.Phil. in Advanced Chemical Engineering
M.Phil. in Advanced Computer Science
M.Phil. in Advanced Materials for the Energy Transition
M.Phil. in Biotechnology
M.Phil. in Economic Research
M.Phil. in Economics
M.Phil. in Economics and Data Science
M.Phil. in Energy Technologies
M.Phil. in Finance and Economics
M.Phil. in Land Economy Research
M.Phil. in Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence
M.Phil. in Management
M.Phil. in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise
M.Phil. in Nuclear Energy
M.Phil. in Planetary Science and Life in the Universe
M.Phil. in Scientific Computing (Paper 2 and Paper 3)
M.Res. in Photonic and Electronic Systems
M.Res. in Sensor Technologies and Applications
Advanced Diploma in Economics
For the above examinations the following calculators marked in the approved manner are permitted:
CASIO fx 991 (any version)
CASIO fx 115 (any version)
CASIO fx 570 (any version)
The permitted calculators for use in the Land Economy Tripos will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version); the Hewlett Packard HP 10bII or HP 10bII+. Candidates may take only one model of calculator into the examination hall.
The use of electronic calculators will NOT be permitted in any papers set for the Mathematical Tripos. Candidates for Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos who offer Physics from the Natural Sciences Tripos Part Ia will be permitted to use the calculator(s) permitted for that examination (see above).
The permitted calculators for use in the Medical Sciences Tripos and Veterinary Sciences Tripos and Second M.B. / Second Vet.M.B. Examinations will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version), or the CASIO fx 83 (any version) or CASIO fx 85 (any version).
The permitted calculators for use in the Master of Finance Examinations will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the Texas Instruments BA II Plus or the Texas Instruments BA II Plus Professional. Candidates may take only one model of calculator into the examination hall.
The permitted calculators for use in the M.Phil. Examinations in Land Economy Research will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version), or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the Hewlett Packard HP 10BII. Candidates may only use one model of calculator.
Papers from the examinations named above may be taken by those who are candidates for other examinations. The restriction on the use of calculators will apply when any paper or subject is offered from an examination which is the subject of this Notice.
It is the responsibility of each student to equip themselves with a suitable approved calculator as described above. Spare calculators will no longer be available for students to borrow in the exam venue.
Each such calculator permitted in an examination must be marked by the Department in the approved fashion so that they are clearly identified as being permitted during the examination. Departments can request calculator stickers from Exam Operations; it is the responsibility of each Department to ensure calculators are correctly marked.
No other calculator may be brought into the examination venue.
Approved calculators (marked in the approved fashion) may be purchased from the following locations:
Department of Chemistry (Natural Sciences Tripos)
Department of Engineering (Engineering Examinations)
Department of Land Economy (Land Economy Tripos and M.Phil.)
Approved calculators bought elsewhere will need to have the approved marking applied by the relevant Department prior to the start of the examinations.