Oxford
University Gazette, 25 June 2010: University Acts
COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY
Changes in Regulations
Council has made the following changes in regulations, to
come into effect on 10 July.
(a) Establishment of Blavatnik School of
Government
(new regulations)
In the Gazette of 17 June, Council proposed
regulations to establish the Blavatnik School of Government
(p. 1222). Since publication, Council has been notified of a
proposed amendment to those regulations and has agreed to
withdraw the original regulations and publish new regulations
to replace them, with the words 'questions concerning'
inserted in regulation 2 (3) and the addition of new
regulation 8.
Explanatory Note
Mr Len Blavatnik and trusts associated with him have
agreed to donate £75m to the University and Americans
for Oxford, Inc. over the next ten years. The regulations
below record the treatment of the £29m which will be
paid directly to the University.
Text of Regulations
In Part 2 of Council Regulations 25 of 2002, concerning
trusts (Statutes, 2000, p. 598, as redesignated
as regulations by Decree (5) of 11 July 2002,
Gazette, Vol. 132, p. 1461), insert new §
34 and renumber existing §§ 34–117 as
§§ 35–118:
'§ 34. Blavatnik School of Government
1. In addition to other donations, Len Blavatnik and a
trust associated with him ('the Benefactors') have agreed to
make a total direct donation of £29m to the University
over the next ten years. This direct donation to the
University is intended for the establishment of a School
within the University which shall be named the Blavatnik
School of Government (the 'School').
2. The following shall be the aims of the School.
(1) The School shall exist to serve the public good, by
enhancing governance, in both the public and private sectors,
through the provision of advanced education and training of
the highest quality to future leaders from all quarters of
the globe, and through the promotion of the study of public
policy and its administration.
(2) The principal emphasis of the School shall be placed
on providing such education and training to the highest
academic standards, complemented by research activities of
equal distinction. In working with its students, it shall
give priority to practical and current tasks facing
governments throughout the world.
(3) The School will include within its field of research
and teaching questions concerning the principles of the free
market, and of democratic and accountable government; the
just liberties of the citizen; the right of citizens to work
and enjoy the fruits of their labour; and the rights of
sovereign states, lawfully constituted, to live at peace
within their borders, and to participate freely in the global
economy.
(4) The School shall strive (to the extent that this
activity fulfils an educational purpose) to promote
international co-operation in the understanding and solving
of shared problems, including in areas such as conflict-
resolution and the building of bridges between different
cultures and faiths, and with special reference to
transatlantic relations and the contribution of Europe to
global peace and prosperity.
3. The academic direction and day-to-day management of the
School shall be entirely and exclusively the responsibility
of the University.
4. The School's day-to-day direction and running will be
undertaken for the University by a Dean, supported by (among
others) a Chief Financial Officer and a Director of
Development. The Dean will have responsibility for all
aspects of the School's administration, teaching, curriculum
and development. The appointment of the Dean shall be made by
Council, with the approval in writing of the Blavatnik School
of Government Foundation (the 'Foundation'), such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld.
5. The University shall comply with the obligations
concerning the accommodation for the School, its manner of
operation, and the use of the Benefactors' name which are set
out in clauses 2.1.9 to 2.1.20 and 2.2.3 to 2.2.5 of the Gift
Agreement between the Benefactors and the University.
6. The commitments by the University in these regulations
are conditional upon the receipt by the University and
Americans for Oxford, Inc. of the payments to be made by Len
Blavatnik and trusts associated with him over the ten year
period.
7. These regulations may only be amended with the prior
written consent of the Foundation (for so long as it remains
in existence) and, subject to any such consent, under the
provisions of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act,
1923.
8. For greater certainty, and notwithstanding any other
provision made in these regulations, the School shall have a
duty to preserve and protect the academic freedom of its
academic staff. For these purposes, 'academic freedom' has the meaning that it does in
Statute XII Part A.'
(b) Continuing Education Board
Explanatory Note
These changes, made on the recommendation of the
Continuing Education Board, remove references to obsolete
positions on the Continuing Education Board.
Text of Regulations
In Council Regulations 15 of 2002 concerning committees
reporting directly to Council or one of its main committees
(Supplement (2) to Gazette No. 4628, 26 June
2002), in the regulations concerning the Continuing Education
Board (amended on 23 March 2006, 7 June 2007 and 29 May 2008
with effect from 1 October 2008, Gazette, Vol.
136, p. 836; Vol. 137, p. 1254; Vol. 139, p. 192, 16 October
2008), delete existing regulation 3.43 and substitute:
'3.43. The Continuing Education Board shall consist
of:
(1), (2) one or two members appointed by Council from
among its own members (as determined from time to time by
Council, bearing in mind the desirability of there being
strong representation of the board on Council and its
committees, particularly the Education and Planning and
Resource Allocation Committees), of whom one shall be
designated chairman of the board by the Vice-Chancellor after
consultation with the Director of the Department for
Continuing Education;
(3)–(6) four persons of whom one shall be appointed
by each divisional board;
(7)–(9) the Director and Deputy Directors of the
Department for Continuing Education;
(10)–(12) three other members of the Department for
Continuing Education elected by and from among the members of
the department.'
(c) Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and
Resources)
Explanatory Note
The following changes correct the titles of the
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Resources) and the Pro-
Vice-Chancellor (Personnel and Equality) in various
regulations.
Text of Regulations
1 In Council Regulations 15 of 2002
concerning the committees reporting directly to Council or
one of its main committees (Supplement (1) to
Gazette No. 4634, 16 October 2002, p. 226), in
regulations 2.14 (2), 3.12 (2), 3.16 (1) and 3.123 (1) delete
'Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Resource Allocation)' and
substitute 'Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and
Resources)'.
2 Ibid., in regulation 2.9 (1) delete
'Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Personnel and Equal Opportunities)' and
substitute 'Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Personnel and
Equality)'.
Corrigendum: Investment Committee
When the regulations concerning the Investment Committee
were updated on 1 March 2007, numbering was not applied to
one of the regulations.
1 In Part 3 of Council Regulations 15 of 2002, delete
existing regulation 3.68 concerning the Investment Committee
(Supplement (1) to Gazette No. 4634, 16 October
2002, p. 235, as amended on 1 March 2007 and 18 March 2010,
Vol. 137, p. 814; Vol. 140, p. 746) and substitute (new text
underlined):
'3.68. The Investment Committee shall consist of:
(1) the Vice-Chancellor;
(2) at least five external persons appointed by Council,
all of whom shall bring recent and relevant expertise of
investment management to the working of the committee, and
one of whom shall be appointed by Council to serve as
chairman of the committee;
(3) at least two other members appointed by Council who
shall have recent and relevant expertise of investment
management.
3.69. All members of the committee shall serve for
five years and shall be re-eligible for reappointment.'
2 Ibid., renumber existing regulations
3.69–3.134 as 3.70–3.135.
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CONVOCATION 18 June
Election of Professor of Poetry
On Friday, 18 June, the following was duly elected as
Professor of Poetry, to hold office for five years from
Michaelmas Term 2010:
GEOFFREY HILL [The votes recorded were: for Michael
George Gibson, 34; for Seán Haldane, 214; for Geoffrey
Hill, 1,156; for Michael Horovitz, 353; for Robert Lacey,
101; for Stephen Larkin, 138; for Roger Lewis, 167; for
Christopher Mann, 183; for Stephen Moss, 81; for Vaughan
Pilikian, 28]
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CONGREGATION 23 June
1 Honorary Degrees
The following degrees, honoris
causa, approved by Resolution of Congregation,
were conferred:
Doctor of Civil Law
STEPHEN GERALD BREYER, LL.B Harvard, BA Oxf, AB Stanford,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,
Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College
DAVID JOHN SAINSBURY, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, BA Camb,
MBA Columbia, HON. FRS, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary
at the Department of Trade and Industry (Minister for Science
and Innovation), Honorary Fellow of Nuffield College
Doctor of Letters
DAME EILEEN ATKINS, DBE, Actor, Guildhall School of Music
and Drama
GEOFFREY HILL, MA Camb, MA Oxf, FRSL, FAAAS, Poet and
Critic, Professor-elect of Poetry, University Professor
Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Literature and Religion,
Boston University, Massachusetts, former Professor of English
Literature, University of Leeds, Honorary Fellow of Keble
College
SIR IAN KERSHAW, BA Liv, D.PHIL Oxf, FBA, FRHS, Historian,
Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of
Sheffield, Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Honorary
Fellow of Merton College
ARTHUR GEORGE WEIDENFELD, Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea,
Publisher, Honorary Fellow of St Anne's College and St
Peter's College
Doctor of Science
BRIGITTE A. ASKONAS, B.SC M.SC McGill, PH.D Camb, FRS,
Immunologist, Visiting Professor, Leukocyte Biology Section,
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,
former Head of Division of Immunology, National Institute for
Medical Research, London, Foreign Associate of the National
Academy of Sciences
ROALD HOFFMANN, BA Columbia College, MA PH.D Harvard,
FAAAS, FAPS, FNAS, Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor Emeritus of
Humane Letters, Cornell University, Foreign Member of the
Royal Society
2 Encaenia
THE PUBLIC ORATOR delivered the Oration 'in Commemoration
of the Benefactors of the University according to the
intention of the Right Honourable Nathaniel, Lord Crewe,
Bishop of Durham'.
¶ The texts of the speeches made by the Public Orator
in introducing the recipients of Honorary Degrees at the
Encaenia, and of the Creweian Oration, are published as
Supplement (2) to Gazette No.
4923.
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COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY
Register of Congregation
Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the following names have
been added to the Register of Congregation:
Hodson, L., Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and
Metabolism
Janes, D.A., Computing Services
Noton, A.J., Ashmolean Museum
Pryce, T.O., St Hugh's
Schlackow, I., Pembroke
Vakonakis, I., Department of Biochemistry
Wrightson, J.M., Nuffield Department of Clinical
Medicine
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DIVISIONAL BOARDS AND BOARDS OF FACULTIES
For changes in regulations for examinations, to come into
effect on 10 July, see 'Examinations and Boards' below.
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