Gazette - 1 October 2020

Council, Committees & Congregation

Rules Committee

Non-sports clubs now need to submit annual, rather than termly, financial statements to the Proctors

Schwarz-Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature

This post has been renamed from the Taylor Professorship to the Schwarz-Taylor Professorship
The electoral board for the post has also been updated

Oration by Vice-Chancellor (noon, 6 October)

The Vice-Chancellor will address the House in the Sheldonian. Registration at https://bit.ly/3kgnBdc required by 3pm, 1 October to restrict numbers and for track & trace purposes. Entry will be refused to those who have not registered
Admission of Pro-Vice-Chancellors (C Bountra; R Easton*; P Grant; D Prout; AE Trefethen; M Williams; E Angiolini; GW Duff; R Goodman; R Hobbs; J Shaw; RM Surender; L Tarassenko; I Tracey; R Trainor; KJ Willis*)
Admission of Clerks of the Market (J Hackney; CP Thompson)

*these names were accidentally omitted from this issue; a corrigendum will be run in the issue of 8 October

University notices

University Sermons

Listing of this term’s sermons and arrangements for listening as podcasts via www.universitychurch.ox.ac.uk/content/university-sermons

University Calendar

Publication delayed until later in term due to problems obtaining timely updates during COVID-19-related shutdowns

Vice-Chancellor’s Open Forum

The Vice-Chancellor held an Open Forum on 14 September on planning for Michaelmas term. The transcript and slides are now available online at https://staff.admin.ox.ac.uk/open-forum#collapse2202311 (single sign-on account required).

MSc in Clinical Embryology

Research dissertations are to be submitted to the Examination Schools by noon, 6 August 2021

MSc in Neuroscience

Examination dates have been set for 2020–21 (qualifying exam: 9 Dec; posters: 4 Mar; dissertation submissions: 14 Apr & 18 Aug; oral presentations: 4 & 5 Aug; vivas: 15 & 16 Sep)

People-related notices

Statutory/senior appointments

Richard Blackwell Pharsalia Professorship of Colorectal Surgery

Simon Buczacki has been appointed to the professorship with effect from 2 November; he will also be a fellow of Linacre

Other personnel notices

Appointments/reappointments

MPLS

H Christensen
C Haase
J Kwan
M Langton
I McCulloch
M Pasta
D Sejdinovic

Social Sciences

T Schwanen

Visiting Professorships

MPLS

G Collins
L Dolan
G Harrison
D Nowell
R Perrot
S Uchida

Medical Sciences

S Baylin
S A Costa Clemens
J Crain
G Lunter
C Parry
A Schilder

Electoral Boards/Selection Committees

College obituaries:

Exeter (including IDL Michael, former fellow)
St Hilda’s
St Hugh’s
Trinity (including PJ Fitzgerald, former fellow and tutor)
Worcester

Student prizes awarded

Humanities

Classics: Ancient History Prize
Philosophy: Gilbert Ryle Prize; Conington Prize

Medical Sciences

Jill & Herbert Hunt Travelling Scholarship

Social Sciences

International Development/Anthropology & Museum Ethnography: MSc in Migration Studies (Examiners’ Prize & Best Dissertation Prize)

Events

Lectures & seminars

Oxford Martin School: public book talks

Musical events

Merton organ recitals: 1.15pm on Thursdays in the chapel. More details: www.merton.ox.ac.uk/organ-recitals
Queen’s choral evensong: 6.30pm on Wednesdays and Fridays in the chapel. More details: www.queens.ox.ac.uk/chapel

Exams & Boards

Examination Regulation changes

Education Committee (General Regulations for: Research Degrees, DPhil, MSc by Research & MLitt)
Humanities (Classics & Modern Languages; European & Middle Eastern Languages; History & Modern Languages; Modern Languages; Modern Languages & Linguistics; Music; Oriental Studies; Philosophy & Modern Languages)
Medical Sciences (Precision Cancer Medicine (corrigendum))

Supplications for higher degrees

(NB - these notices can only be read if you have a University of Oxford Single Sign-On account)

Supplication for degree of DLitt

DPhil/MPhil viva voce exams