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University Gazette, 21 February 2008: Notices
CONSULTATIVE NOTICECommittee on Statutes before the Privy CouncilAmendments to the Statutes of Wadham CollegeThe Committee on Statutes before the Privy Council, acting under authority delegated to it by Council, is minded to give consent on behalf of the University to the amendments to Statutes XV and XVII of Wadham College as approved by the Governing Body on 28 November 2007, in so far as such consent is required by Section 7 (2) of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1923. This consent will be effective unless written notice of a resolution, signed by at least twenty members of Congregation, calling upon Council to withhold that consent, has been given to the Registrar by noon on Monday, 3 March. The effect of the amendments is to provide for the adoption of a policy of 'total return' in relation to the investment of trust funds.
GENERAL NOTICESUniversity Gazette: publication arrangementsThe remaining Gazettes of the present term will be published on 28 February, 6 March, 13 March, and 19 March. The usual deadline arrangements will apply up to and including the Gazette of 13 March (ninth week). Publication in tenth week Because of difficulties caused by the date of Easter, the final Gazette of term will be published on Wednesday, 19 March. The deadline for receipt of all items for inclusion in this Gazette will be midday on Monday, 10 March. The Gazette of 19 March will be distributed to university buildings and colleges on the day of publication, and will be available on the Web in the morning of the same day.
Musical EventsSt Hilda's CollegeUnless otherwise indicated the following events will be held at 1.15 p.m. in the Jacqueline de Pré Music Building, St Hilda's College. Admission to all of the events is free. Thur. 21 Feb.: Thomas Foster (harpsichord) and Liam Byrne (viola da gamba) perform works by Christopher Simpson, Orlando Gibbons, and Thomas Tompkins. Wed. 27 Feb.: Ashley Fripp (piano) plays Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Wed. 5 Mar., St John's Church, Iffley Road, 8 p.m.: The Choir of St Hilda's and the Orchestra of St Hilda's and St Edmund Hall: programme to include Beethoven, Coriolan; Fauré, Messe Basse and Pelléas et Mélisande; Vivaldi, Magnificat. Thur. 6 Mar.: Sebastian Stanley (piano) plays Brahms, Klavierstücke, op. 119, Beethoven, sonata 'Les Adieux', op. 81a, and works by Liszt.
APPOINTMENTReconferment of the Title of Visiting ProfessorThe Humanities Board has reconferred the title of Visiting Professor of Music on PROFESSOR JEREMY YUDKIN, MA Camb, PH.D Stanford, Associate Professor, School of Music, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, and Artistic Director, the Lenox Athenaeum, for Trinity Term 2008 and Trinity Term 2009.
ELECTORAL BOARDThe revised composition of the electoral board to the post below, proceedings to fill which are currently in progress, is as follows: Drummond Professorship of Political Economy
Appointed by
The President of St John's Mr Vice-Chancellor [1]
The Warden of All Souls ex officio
Professor P. Klemperer Council
Professor R. Blundell Council
Dr M.J. Spence [2] Social Sciences Board
Professor M. Browning Department of Economics
Professor D. Acemoglu Department of Economics
Professor J. Humphries Faculty of History
Professor J. Malcomson All Souls College
[1] Appointed by Mr Vice-Chancellor under the provisions of Sects. 10 and 11 of Statute IX (Supplement (1) to Gazette No. 4633, 9 October 2002, Vol. 133, p. 108).
[2] Will be replaced by Professor R. Goodman from 1 April 2008.
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