Council, Committees & Congregation
GPC regulation changes
- Regulations Governing the Hall, Hall-Houghton and Houghton Prizes (change to use of funds)
- Kirby Memorial Fund (inclusion of MBiol course)
- Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain Laudian Professorship in Arabic (inclusion of research in duties)
- Professorship of Modern History (inclusion of research in duties; change to electoral board)
University Notices
Encaenia Garden Party
As detailed in an all-staff email from the Vice-Chancellor, unfortunately there will be no Encaenia Garden Party in 2021. Next year’s event will be held on Wednesday 22 June 2022. Details of this year’s Encaenia ceremony, which has been postponed to late September, will be announced in the coming weeks.
Expected phasing out of the University’s COVID-19 crisis management framework
There will be significant steps in the coming months towards phasing out many elements of the temporary COVID-19 crisis management framework as the impact of the pandemic recedes. Silver Group has agreed the temporary governance structures should remain in place for Trinity term to allow the University to respond to the gradual lifting of restrictions set out in the government’s roadmap.
Redundancy Panel
A Redundancy Panel convened in Hilary term 2021 concluded that the case for compulsory redundancy had been made and authorised the issuing of a redundancy notice by the Head of Department.
Exams & Boards
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DPhil viva voce exams
Examination Regulation changes
Social Sciences Board
Elections
Reminder: a call for nominations has been announced for vacancies to the following bodies (full details are available on the Elections website). Published nominations are listed alongside the relevant body. Nominations close at 4pm on 13 May.
Council
- MPLS/Medical Sciences faculty member (1 vacancy)
- Humanities/Social Sciences faculty member (Professor Cecile Fabre; 1 vacancy)
- non-divisional member (1 vacancy)
Committees reporting to Council or one of its main Committees
- Nominating Committee for the Vice-Chancellorship (Dr Tristan E Franklinos; Professor James H Naismith, Professor D J Paterson; 3 vacancies)
- Buildings and Estates Subcommittee (Professor Andrew Martin; 1 vacancy)
- Curators of the University Libraries (1 vacancy)
Other Committees and University Bodies
- Pool for constituting Panels under Statute XII (1 vacancy for Social Sciences faculty members; 8 non-divisional vacancies)
- Delegacy for Nomination of Candidates for Ecclesiastical Benefices (2 vacancies)
- Panel for constituting the Visitatorial Board under Statute XII Part C (3 vacancies)
Divisional Boards
- Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board (Thomas A A Adcock; 6 vacancies)
- Medical Sciences Board (8 vacancies)
- Social Sciences Board (2 vacancies)
Faculty Boards
- Board of the Faculty of Classics (6 vacancies)
- Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature (4 vacancies)
- Board of the Faculty of History (4 vacancies)
- Board of the Faculty of Music (2 vacancies)
- Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies (3 vacancies)
- Board of the Faculty of Theology and Religion (3 vacancies)
Lectures
University Church
Bampton Lectures
- 18 May, 10am: The Revd Canon Dr Jessica Martin, California Institute of Technology, ‘The Eucharist as theatre: place and space’
- 18 May, 11.30am: The Revd Canon Dr Jessica Martin, ‘The Eucharist in time’
Oxford Martin School
- 18 May, 5.15pm: Professor Chris Dye and Professor Salim Abdool Karim, Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa, ‘The great health dilemma: is prevention better than cure?’
Oxford Institute of Population Ageing
The following seminars will take place at 2pm on Thursdays via Zoom.
- 13 May: Professor Matthew Kaplan, Pennsylvania State, ‘Intergenerational contact zones: a conceptual framework for generating novel ideas for developing intergenerationally enriched settings’
- 20 May: Professor S Jay Olshansky, Illinois at Chicago, ‘Inconvenient truths about human longevity’
- 27 May: Dr John Beard, Global Centre for Modern Ageing, ‘Capacity, ability, frailty and geroscience – towards a cohesive paradigm for healthy longevity’
- 3 Jun: Professor Lene Juel Rasmussen, Copenhagen, ‘Interdisciplinary approaches to healthy ageing’
- 10 Jun: Professor Merril Silverstein, Syracuse, ‘Preferences for long-term care among older adults in China’
- 17 Jun: Professor Isabella A G Aboderin, Bristol, ‘Ageing in Africa’
St Cross
- 4 Jun, 5pm: Professor Carlo Rovelli, Aix-Marseille, ‘Scientific thinking across the centuries and the foundations of physics’
Job vacancies
University vacancies
- Saïd Business School in association with St Anne’s; BT Professor of Major Programme Management; noon, 25 June
- Faculty of Oriental Studies in association with St John’s; Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain Laudian Professorship in Arabic; noon, 27 August
College vacancies
- Christ Church; 1-yr Warden; £3,500 plus benefits including free accommodation; noon, 27 May
- Harris Manchester; Admissions Office and Academic Office Deputy; £29,176–£34,084; 27 May
- Magdalen; Head Gardener; £32,817–£44,045; noon, 1 June
- Pembroke; 1-year Events Coordinator; 24 May
- St Catherine’s; stipendiary Lectureship in Materials; noon, 27 May
Cambridge & other vacancies
- King’s College, Cambridge; non-stipendiary Research Fellowship in Biological and Medical Sciences 2021; 7 June
- Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge; College Teaching Officer in Law and Fellow; £36,057 plus benefits; 8am, 7 June
- Selwyn College, Cambridge; 5-year Admissions Tutor (Arts and Social Sciences) (from 1 September 2021); 9am, 1 June
- Selwyn College, Cambridge; 5-year Spencer-Fairest Teaching Fellowship in Law (from 1 October 2021); 5pm, 1 June
- Trinity Hall, Cambridge; 4-year Walter Scott Fellowship in Physics (from October 2021); £29,176; noon, 4 June
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