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UNIVERSITY PREACHERS
Hilary Term 1997
Thursday, 16 January, at 8 a.m. THE REVD DR
JOHN BARTON, Oriel and Laing Professor of the
Interpretation of Holy Scripture, Fellow of Oriel
College, Emeritus Fellow of St Cross College, Celebrant,
Holy Communion (Latin). At St Mary's.
Sunday, 19 January, at 10 a.m. THE REVD
RICHARD SMAIL, Chaplain of Brasenose College.
(Latin Litany and Sermon.) At St Mary's.
Sunday, 26 January, at 10 a.m. PROFESSOR
KEVIN CATHCART, Professor of Near Eastern Languages,
University College, Dublin. (Macbride
Sermon.) At Hertford College.
Sunday, 2 February, at 10 a.m. THE REVD DR
MAURICE WILES, FBA, Emeritus Student of Christ Church,
sometime Regius Professor of Divinity. At the
Cathedral.
Sunday, 9 February, at 10 a.m. THE REVD DR
IAN KER, Tutor in Theology at Campion Hall. (Sermon
on the Grace of Humility.) At St Mary's.
Sunday, 16 February, at 10 a.m. SISTER
BENEDICTA WARD, SLG. At St Mary's.
Sunday, 23 February, at 10 a.m. THE VERY
REVD DOMINIC MILROY, OSB, sometime Headmaster of
Ampleforth College, sometime Prior to the International
Medicine College at Sant'Anselmo, Rome. At St Mary's.
Sunday, 2 March, at 10 a.m. THE RT. REVD
PETER VAUGHAN, Bishop of Ramsbury. (Ramsden
Sermon.) At St Mary's.
Sunday, 9 March, at 10 a.m. THE RT. REVD
LORD HABGOOD, sometime Archbishop of York. At St
Mary's.
*Sunday, 16 March, at 10 a.m. THE RT. REVD
RONALD GORDON, sometime Bishop of Portsmouth, sometime
Canon and Sub-Dean of Christ Church. (Sermon for
the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.)
At Oriel College.
*On this day Doctors will wear their robes.
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BODEN PRIZE 1996–7
The Prize has been awarded to JUSTIN MEILAND, Magdalen
College.
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PAVRY AND WINCHESTER THESIS
PRIZES 1996
Dasturzada Dr Jal Pavry Memorial Prize: DR
JAMES J. BUSUTTIL, Linacre College
Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester Prize:
DR BASILIOS TSINGOS, Magdalen College
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PROCEDURES IN CONGREGATION
Congregation approved on 3 December 1996 Statute (1)
which was promulgated on 19 November 1996, concerning
elections in Congregation (Gazette, pp. 401,
433). Para. 21 of the informal Guide to Procedures in
Congregation (Statutes, 1995, p. 25;
Examination Decrees, 1996, p. 1078) is
accordingly amended to read:
`21. The members of many university bodies, including the
majority of the members of Council and the General Board,
are elected by Congregation. Such elections are normally
held in Full Term, and notice must be published in the
Gazette at least twenty-eight days in
advance. Except in the case of casual vacancies, which
are dealt with ad hoc, elections are traditionally held
on the Thursday of Fifth Week, so that notice is
published not later than the Thursday of First Week.
Candidates may be nominated by two members of
Congregation up to 4 p.m. on the twenty-fourth day before
the election (on the above timetable, the Monday of
Second Week), and by six members up to 4 p.m. on the
seventeenth day before the election (e.g. the Monday of
Third Week). Nominations must be dated and signed by all
the members submitting them, whose names are then
published in the Gazette. At least one
nomination in respect of each candidate must be made on
an official nomination form (copies of which are
available from the Head Clerk at the University Offices).
In the case of a contested election, voting is by postal
ballot; any vacancy for which no valid nomination is
received may be filled by an appointment made by the
Vice-Chancellor and Proctors jointly.'
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COMPOSITION OF ELECTORAL BOARD
The composition of the electoral board to the post below,
proceedings to fill which are currently in progress, is
as follows:
| Appointed by
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| Savilian Professorship of Geometry | |
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President of St John's (Chairman) | Mr Vice-
Chancellor[1]
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Warden of New College | ex officio
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Sir Michael Atiyah, Cambridge | General Board
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Professor P. Bayer, Barcelona | General Board
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Professor M. Broué, Paris | Council
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Professor Carlos Kenig, Chicago | Mathematical
Sciences Board
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Professor S.K. Donaldson | Mathematical
Sciences Board
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Professor D.G. Quillen | Mathematical
Sciences Board
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Dr W.A. Sutherland | New College
|
[1] Appointed by Mr Vice-Chancellor under the provisions
of Tit. IX, Sect iii, cl. 2 (Statutes, 1995,
p. 63).
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LINGUA ASSISTANTSHIPS IN EUROPE
Posts are available for periods of between three and
eight months for graduate and undergraduate students to
work as teaching assistants in many European countries.
Taking part in the LINGUA programme would improve the
participant's knowledge of the host country, as well as
providing experience of teaching and developing the
command of another language.
Places are not limited to modern linguists
or those intending to teach at secondary level.
Application forms and further details are available from
the Assistants' Department, Central Bureau for
Educational Visits and Exchanges, 10 Spring Gardens,
London SW1A 2BN (telephone: 0171-389 4596/4955, fax:
0171-389 4594). The closing date for applications is 1
February.
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WIDOWS OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE
UNIVERSITY'S PENSION SCHEMES
From time to time the attention of the University is
drawn to individual cases of financial hardship among
widows of former members of the Federated Superannuation
System for Universities (FSSU) and the University of
Oxford Employees Pension Scheme (EPS). Limited resources
are available to alleviate proven cases of hardship and
any enquiry should be addressed to the Superannuation
Officer, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford
OX1 2JD. All cases are dealt with in the strictest
confidence.
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LIBRARY OF THE HOUSE OF ST
GREGORY AND ST MACRINA
This library, at 1 Canterbury Road, contains books and
periodicals on the Eastern Churches, and is open on
Wednesdays, 2–5 p.m., during full term, or by
appointment with the Deputy Librarian, Mr D.
Yatromanolakis, St Gregory's House, 1 Canterbury Road.
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CONCERT
St John's College
IMOGEN COOPER will perform the following piano works by
Schubert at 8.30 p.m. on Friday, 7 February, in the
Garden Quadrangle Auditorium, St John's College:
Six Moments Musicaux (D780), and Sonatas in
A minor (D845) and D major (D850).
Admission is free but subject to the availability of
space, and may be reserved by obtaining a programme from
the Porters' Lodge at St John's. Programmes will be
available from Saturday, 1 February.
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BODLEIAN LIBRARY
Closure of Duke Humfrey's
Library 1998–9
Amended notice
Owing to circumstances beyond the control of the Library,
major repairs to Duke Humfrey's Library have had to be
postponed. The room is now scheduled to close from
1 September 1998. It is anticipated that this work
could take nine months to complete.
Alternative arrangements for readers who would normally
use Duke Humfrey's Library are under discussion, and will
be announced as soon as possible. The Library aims to
maintain a service to readers throughout the period, but
it may be limited.
The Library regrets the inconvenience both this closure
and the change of schedule will cause, but undertakes to
publicise details of dates and alternative arrangements
as soon as they become available.
More information can be obtained from the Superintendent
of Duke Humfrey, William Hodges, by telephone (Oxford
(2)77150), by fax (Oxford (2)77182), by e-mail
(william.hodges@bodley.ox.ac.uk), or by post (Bodleian
Library, Oxford OX1 3BG).
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Oxford English Dictionary:
freelance editorial appointments
Applications are invited from those interested in
undertaking part-time freelance pre-editorial work to
assist in the preparation of the third edition of the
Oxford English Dictionary. Successful applicants will be
asked to undertake work in one of two areas: (a)
researching etymologies in a major academic library, so
as to provide OED editors with information from the
principal historical and etymological dictionaries of a
number of languages and from various other scholarly
reference works; or (b) restyling OED
etymological information in accordance with the
principles of the third edition and researching and
revising lists of variant forms.
Candidates should have some experience of the procedures
and methodology of historical philology, and for task
(a) should also have a good working knowledge
of the major languages of scholarship (as a minimum,
French and German). Candidates, who may be asked to take
a brief aptitude test, are invited to apply by sending a
full curriculum vitae and handwritten letter
of application (referring clearly to this advertisement)
before Monday, 27 January, to: Edmund Weiner, Deputy
Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary,
Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford
OX2 6DP.
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