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CONGREGATION 20 January

Notice

The meeting of Congregation is cancelled. The sole business comprises a question to which no opposition has been notified and in respect of which no request for an adjournment has been received, and Mr Vice-Chancellor will accordingly declare the preamble adopted without a meeting under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. iii, cl. 11 (Statutes, 1997, p. 8).

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CONGREGATION 10 February 2 p.m.

¶ Members of Congregation are reminded that written notice of any opposition to the following resolutions, signed by at least two members of Congregation, must be given to the Registrar by noon on Monday, 2 February (see the Guide to Procedures in Congregation cited in the note at the end of `University Agenda').

Voting on Special Resolutions approving the conferment of Honorary Degrees

(1) That the conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Civil Law, honoris causa, upon THE RT. HON. THE LORD MACKAY OF CLASHFERN, KT, PC (BA Cambridge; MA, LLB Edinburgh), FRSE, Honorary Fellow of Girton and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge, Chancellor of Heriot- Watt University, formerly Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, be approved.

(2) That the conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Civil Law, honoris causa, upon SADAKO OGATA (BA Sacred Heart, Tokyo; MA Georgetown; PH.D. California), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, be approved.

(3) That the conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, upon MARGARET ATWOOD, CC (BA Toronto; AM Radcliffe College), FRSC, writer, be approved.

(4) That the conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, upon NEIL MACGREGOR, MA, Honorary Fellow of New College, Director of the National Gallery, be approved.

(5) That the conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, upon PROFESSOR SIR JAMES MIRRLEES, MA (MA Edinburgh; MA, PH.D. Cambridge), FBA, Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor of Political Economy, University of Cambridge, formerly Edgeworth Professor of Economics, be approved.

(6) That the conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, upon PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER RICKS, B.LITT., MA, FBA, Honorary Fellow of Balliol and Worcester Colleges, Professor at Boston University, formerly University Lecturer (CUF) in English Language and Literature, be approved.

(7) That the conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, upon SIR MICHAEL ATIYAH, OM, MA (MA, PH.D. Cambridge), FRS, FRSE, Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College, Fellow (and formerly Master) of Trinity College, Cambridge, formerly Royal Society Research Professor in Mathematics, be approved.

(8) That the conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, upon PROFESSOR ROBERT HINDE, CBE, MA, D.PHIL. (MA, SC.D. Cambridge), FRS, Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Fellow (and formerly Master) of St John's College, Cambridge, formerly Royal Society Research Professor, University of Cambridge, and Honorary Director of the Medical Research Council Unit on the Development and Integration of Behaviour, be approved.

¶ If the Special Resolutions are approved, the honorary degrees will be conferred at the Encaenia on 24 June 1998.

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CONGREGATION 19 February

Election: Buildings Committee

Vacancy: one

Retiring member: Dr M.R. Airs

Period from TT 1998: 4 years

Nominations in writing by two members of Congregation will be received by the Head Clerk at the University Offices, Wellington Square, up to 4 p.m. on Monday, 26 Januayr, and similar nominations by six members of Congregation up to 4 p.m. on Monday, 2 February.

Council has decided that nominations should show for each signatory the name and college or department in block capitals. Any names which are not so shown may not be published. At least one nomination in respect of each candidate must be made on an official nomination form. Copies of the form are available from the Head Clerk (telephone: (2)70190, e-mail: Philip.Moss@admi n.ox.ac.uk.

Note on the body concerned

The Buildings Committee is responsible to Council and the General Board, taking account of university policies and priorities, for formulating the University's programme for all building works, for the execution of all building projects, for maintaining university buildings in a satisfactory condition, and for allocating space within them. These responsibilities include making recommendations to Council and the Board: (a) on the choice of architects and the design, planning, and elevations of all major building projects; and (b) on the acquisition and allocation of new sites. The committee has control of a substantial budget.

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