CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
REPORTER
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CONTENTS
Notices
Calendar293
Conferment of Honorary Degrees: Notice
293
Notice of a Discussion on Tuesday, 22 January
2013293
Flying of the University Flag and ‘scarlet days’
in 2013: Notice
293
Preachers before the University in 2013–14:
Notice294
Annual Reports: Notice
294
Vacancies, appointments, etc.
Electors to the Professorship of Hypoxia
Signalling and Cell Biology: Notice
295
Vacancies in the University
295
Election296
Events, courses, etc.
Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.
296
PU BLISHED B Y AU T H ORIT Y
Obituaries
Obituary Notice
Acta
Approval of the Grace submitted to the Regent
House on 12 December 2012
Approval of Graces submitted to the Regent
House on 19 December 2012
296
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End of the Official Part of the ‘Reporter’
College Notices
Elections297
Vacancies297
Other Notices
297
External Notices
University of Oxford
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NOTICES
Calendar
15 January, Tuesday. Full Term begins.
19 January, Saturday. Congregation of the Regent House at 2 p.m.
22 January, Tuesday. Discussion at 2 p.m. in the Senate-House (see below).
24 January, Thursday. End of first quarter of Lent Term.
3 February, Sunday. Preacher before the University at 11.15 a.m., Dr A. Rowlands, G, of the Margaret Beaufort Institute
of Theology.
Discussions at 2 p.m.
22 January
5 February
19 February
5 March
19 March
Congregations
19 January, Saturday at 2 p.m.
16 February, Saturday at 2 p.m.
23 March, Saturday at 10 a.m.
Conferment of Honorary Degrees: Notice
7 January 2013
The Vice-Chancellor wishes to remind members of the University that, in accordance with Statute A, VIII, 2, a
Congregation will be held on Tuesday, 18 June 2013, at 2.45 p.m., for the conferment of Honorary Degrees (see Reporter,
6284, 2012–13, p. 109). Further details will be published in due course.
Notice of a Discussion on Tuesday, 22 January 2013
The Vice-Chancellor invites those qualified under the regulations for Discussions (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107) to
attend a Discussion in the Senate-House on Tuesday, 22 January 2013, at 2 p.m. for the discussion of:
1. Second-stage Report of the Council, dated 3 December 2012, on the restructuring and rationalization of hospital
facilities for the Department of Veterinary Medicine at West Cambridge (Reporter, 6288, 2012–13, p. 206).
2. Report of the General Board, dated 28 November 2012, on the establishment of two Professorships in the Faculty of
Philosophy (Reporter, 6288, 2012–13, p. 207).
3. Report of the General Board, dated 28 November 2012, on the re-establishment of the Professorship of Aerothermal
Technology (Reporter, 6288, 2012–13, p. 208).
4. Report of the General Board, dated 28 November 2012, on the establishment of two Readerships in Judge Business
School (Reporter, 6288, 2012–13, p. 208).
5. Annual Report of the Council for the academical year 2011–12, dated 26 November 2012 (Reporter, 6289, 2012–13,
p. 214).
6. Annual Report of the General Board to the Council for the academical year 2011–12, dated 28 November 2012
(Reporter, 6289, 2012–13, p. 222).
7. Reports and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2012 (Reporter, 6289, 2012–13, p. 227).
8. Report of the Council, dated 10 December 2012, on the demolition of the former Madingley Cricket Pavilion,
Madingley, Cambridgeshire (Reporter, 6290, 2012–13, p. 279).
Flying of the University Flag and ‘scarlet days’ in 2013: Notice
The Vice-Chancellor publishes for information the following list of dates in 2013 on which it is expected that the
University Flag will be flown from the Old Schools:
6 February
Accession of HM The Queen
21 April
Birthday of HM The Queen
23 April
St George’s Day
10 June
Birthday of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
15 June
Official Birthday of HM The Queen
18 June
Congregation for Honorary Degrees
27, 28, and 29 June
General Admission to Degrees
1 October
Address by the Vice-Chancellor and Election and Admission of the Proctors
14 November
Birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales
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‘Scarlet days’
Members of the University may also find it convenient to be reminded of the days appointed by regulation for the wearing
of festal gowns, which are also days on which the academical dress of other universities may in general be worn. In 2013
these are:
31 March
Easter Day
9 May
Ascension Day
19 May
Whitsunday
26 May
Trinity Sunday
27, 28, and 29 June
General Admission to Degrees
1 November
All Saints Day
3 November
Commemoration of Benefactors
25 December
Christmas Day
Under the same regulation, the Vice-Chancellor has also designated as a ‘scarlet day’ in 2013:
18 June
Congregation for Honorary Degrees
Preachers before the University in 2013–14: Notice
The following persons have been appointed in the manner prescribed by Ordinance to preach before the University during
the academical year 2013–14.
Michaelmas Term
20 October 2013
The Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, formerly Fellow and Dean of Clare College, member of
Clare Hall and of St Edmund’s College, Canon Emeritus of Westminster Abbey and Whitelands
Professorial Fellow, University of Roehampton
3 November 2013
Dr Jennifer Barnes, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for International Strategy and formerly President of
Murray Edwards College (Lady Margaret’s Preacher at Commemoration of Benefactors)
Lent Term
9 February 2014
The Reverend Professor David Wilkinson, of Fitzwilliam College, Principal of St John’s College,
Durham
9 March 2014
The Reverend Professor Oliver O’Donovan, Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology,
University of Edinburgh (Hulsean Preacher)
Easter Term
4 May 2014
The Very Reverend Dr Frances Ward, Dean of St Edmundsbury
25 May 2014
Dr Clare Amos, of Girton College, Programme Executive for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, World Council of Churches, Geneva (Ramsden Preacher)
University Sermons are delivered in Great St Mary’s, the University Church, at 11.15 a.m. on the Sundays stated.
Members of the University are reminded that they should wear academical dress at University Sermons. All are welcome
and those attending are invited to take refreshments with the Preacher at Michaelhouse after each Sermon.
Annual Reports: Notice
The following Annual Reports have been received by the Council and the General Board during the Michaelmas Term
2012, and are available on the websites indicated:
Annual Report of the Health and Safety
Executive Committee for the year 2011
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/safety/publications/hsd139m/
Annual Report of the Information Strategy
and Services Syndicate 2012
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/committee/isss/annualreports/201212.pdf
Annual Report of the Local Examinations
Syndicate for the year 2011–12
http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/ca/digitalAssets/205293_
Cambridge_Assessment_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2011-2012.pdf
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VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, E TC.
Electors to the Professorship of Hypoxia Signalling and Cell Biology: Notice
The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Professorship of Hypoxia Signalling and Cell
Biology as follows:
Professor Jeremy Sanders, SE, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy
(a) on the nomination of the Council
Professor Edwin Chilvers
Professor Paul Luzio, ED
(b) on the nomination of the General Board
Professor Adrian Harris, University of Oxford
Professor Randall S. Johnson, PEM
Professor Gillian Murphy, W
(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine
Professor Patrick Maxwell, T
Professor Kenneth Smith, PEM
Professor Moira Whyte, University of Sheffield
Vacancies in the University
A full list of current vacancies can be found at http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/.
Professorship of Empirical Macroeconomics; tenure: from 1 October 2013; informal enquiries: the convenor of the
Board of Electors, Professor Giancarlo Corsetti (email: giancarlo.corsetti@gmail.com or tel. (01223) 335235); closing
date: 11 February 2013; further particulars: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/academic/secretary/professorships/;
quote reference: JH24462
Professorships (two posts) or Lectureships / Senior Lectureships (two posts) in the Faculty of Philosophy; tenure:
from 1 September 2013; closing date: 20 January 2013 for Professorship posts and 31 January 2013 for Lectureship posts;
further particulars: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/academic/secretary/professorships/ for Professorship posts or
http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/job_apps_online/ for Lectureship posts; quote reference: GV24232
Readership in the Faculty of Economics; salary: £55,908; closing date: 15 February 2013; further particulars: http://
www.econ.cam.ac.uk/; quote reference: JG24422
University Lecturer in Radiology in the Department of Radiology; salary: £74,504–£100,446; closing date: 4 February
2013; further particulars: http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/jobs/?p=2275; quote reference: RQ00774
Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology in the Department of Medicine; salary: £30,992–£53,663; closing date:
4 February 2013; further particulars: http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/jobs/?p=2285; quote reference: RC00814
Tenure-track Lecturer in the Faculty of Economics; salary: £37,012–£46,846; closing date: 25 January 2013; further
particulars: http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/; quote reference: JG24032
Director of Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction in the Department of Engineering; salary: £54,283–
£62,906; tenure: three years, fixed-term, in the first instance; closing date: 8 February 2013; further particulars: http://
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/admin/jobsinfo/Director_CSIC; quote reference: NA24142
Finance Manager in the Department of Physics; salary: £37,012–£46,846; closing date: 3 February 2013; further
particulars: contact Charlotte King (email: clk35@cam.ac.uk or tel. (01223) 764816); quote reference: KA24412
Faculty Librarian in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages; salary: £37,012–£46,846; closing date:
10 February 2013; further particulars: http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/; quote reference: GJ24452
Curator of the Museum of Classical Archaeology; salary: £27,578–£35,938; closing date: 24 January 2013; further
particulars: http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/faculty/vacancies/; quote reference: GE24432
The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
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Election
The following election has been made:
Dr Garth Lowther Fowden, M.A., D.Phil., Oxford, Research Director, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens,
elected Sultan Qaboos Professorship of Abrahamic Faiths and Shared Values, with effect from 1 July 2013.
EVENTS, COURSES, ETC.
Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.
The University offers a large number of lectures, seminars, and other events, many of which are free of charge, to
members of the University and others who are interested. Details can be found on Faculty and Departmental websites,
and in the following resources.
The What’s On website (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/whatson/) carries details of exhibitions, music, theatre and film,
courses, and workshops, and is searchable by category and date. Both an RSS feed and a subscription email service are
available.
Talks.cam (http://www.talks.cam.ac.uk/) is a fully searchable talks listing service, and talks can be subscribed to and
details downloaded.
Brief details of upcoming events are given below.
Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Weekly seminars on Wednesdays at 3 p.m.
http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/seminars
Fitzwilliam Museum
Quentin Blake: drawn by hand
China’s white gold: contemporary
porcelain from Jingdezhen
Higher ground: prints by Gerhart Frankl
(1901–65)
Sculpture promenade
Glittering prizes: schools and their medals
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Kettle’s Yard
Aid & Abet
http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/
exhibitions/2013/artist_led_spaces/
index.php
OBITUARIES
Obituary Notice
Reginald Arthur Green, B.Sc., London, Ph.D., JN, Fellow of St John’s College, sometime Tutor, and University
Lecturer in Veterinary Anatomy, died on 13 December 2012, aged 95 years.
ACTA
Approval of the Grace submitted to the Regent House on 12 December 2012
The Grace submitted to the Regent House on 12 December 2012 (Reporter, 6290, 2012–13, p. 280) was approved at
4 p.m. on Friday, 21 December 2012.
Approval of Graces submitted to the Regent House on 19 December 2012
The Graces submitted to the Regent House on 19 December 2012 (Reporter, 6291, 2012–13, p. 290) were approved at
4 p.m. on Friday, 28 December 2012.
J. W. NICHOLLS, Registrary
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COLLEGE NOTICES
EXTERNAL NOTICES
Elections
University of Oxford
Murray Edwards College
Elected to an Official Fellowship from 1 November 2012:
Victoria Ruth Neale, M.Math., M.A., Ph.D., T
Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages: King John
II Professorship of Portuguese; closing date: 4 February
2013; further particulars: http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_
university/jobs/fp/
Vacancies
Merton College: Fixed-term Fitzjames Research Fellow
in Ancient Greek; salary: £28,065; closing date:
8 February 2013; further particulars: http://www.merton.
ox.ac.uk/vacancies/index.shtml
Clare College: Bursar; closing date: 5 February 2013;
further particulars: http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk
The Queen’s College: Stipendiary Lecturer in French;
closing date: 1 February 2013; salary: £24,520 plus
allowances; further particulars: http://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/
about-queens/vacancies/
Other Notices
Darwin College
DARWIN COLLEGE LECTURE SERIES
Darwin College will host its annual public lecture series
in the Lent Term on the theme of Foresight. Lectures will
be held on Fridays at 5.30 p.m. Further particulars are
available at http://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/lectures/index.
shtml.
Stipendiary Lecturer in Philosophy; closing date:
1 February 2013; salary: £16,347 plus allowances; further
particulars: http://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/about-queens/
vacancies/
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