Elections
- Council
- Other Committees reporting to Council
- Other Committees and University Bodies
- Divisional Boards
- Faculty Boards
- Thursday 22 March 2012
- NO. 4984
- VOL. 142
Elections7 June
Nominations for the elections below will close at 4 pm on 10 May.
Council
One member of Congregation elected by Congregation from members of the faculties in the divisions of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences and of Medical Sciences:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Professor S C Cooper, St Catherine's |
MT 2016 |
One member of Congregation elected by Congregation from members of the faculties in the divisions of Humanities and of Social Sciences:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| Dr E J Garnett, Wadham | MT 2016 |
One member of Congregation, not necessarily being a member of any division and not in any case being nominated in a divisional capacity, elected by Congregation:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| The Very Revd C A Lewis, Christ Church | MT 2016 |
Note: full details of Council's remit, composition, functions and powers can be found at: www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/783-121.shtml. For further information, please contact the Head of the Council Secretariat (emma.rampton@admin.ox.ac.uk).
Other Committees reporting to Council
Continuing Education Board
One member of the Department for Continuing Education elected by and from among the members of the department:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Dr M A Smith, Kellogg | MT 2015 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (peter.gambles@conted.ox.ac.uk).
Curators of the University Libraries
One member of Congregation elected by Congregation:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| Professor L M McDowell, St John's | MT 2016 |
Full details of the committee's remit, composition, functions and powers can be found at: www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/520-1220.shtml. For further information, please contact the Secretary (charles.shaw@admin.ox.ac.uk).
Buildings and Estates Subcommittee
One member of Congregation elected by Congregation:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Dr B T Huffman, Lady Margaret Hall | MT 2015 |
Further information on the subcommittee can be found at: www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/520-122d.shtml. For further information, please contact the Secretary (ellen.hudspith@admin.ox.ac.uk).
Other Committees and University Bodies
Delegacy for the Nomination of Candidates for Ecclesiastical Benefices
Two members of Convocation elected by Congregation:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Dr E D H Carmichael, St John's |
MT 2018 |
| The Revd Dr M J Piret, Magdalen | MT 2018 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (gary.crocker@admin.ox.ac.uk).
Visitors of the Botanic Garden
One member of Congregation elected by Congregation:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| Dr J M A Ashbourn, St Cross |
MT 2015 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (timothy.walker@obg.ox.ac.uk).
Committee for the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art
Two persons holding teaching posts in the Ruskin School, who shall be elected by all those holding such posts except the Ruskin Master of Drawing under arrangements as per Council Regulation 19 of 2002:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| Professor B D Catling, Linacre | MT 2015 |
| Professor M Chevska, Brasenose |
MT 2015 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (mark.hathaway@ruskin-sch.ox.ac.uk).
Committee for the Nomination of Select Preachers
One member of Congregation elected by Congregation:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Dr M D Chapman, Ripon College | MT 2016 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (gary.crocker@admin.ox.ac.uk).
Curators of the Sheldonian Theatre
One member of Congregation elected by Congregation:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Professor D A Hills, Lincoln |
MT 2018 |
Full details of the committee's remit, composition, functions and powers can be found at: www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/181-084.shtml#_Toc86825837. For further information, please contact the Secretary (lisa.hofen@admin.ox.ac.uk).
Visitatorial Board Panel
Three persons elected by and from Congregation:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| Mr J M Fopma | MT 2016 |
| The Revd Canon Dr J D Maltby, Corpus Christi |
MT 2016 |
| Dr K J Morris, Mansfield | MT 2016 |
Further information on the board can be found at: www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/353-051a.shtml and www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/248-062.shtml. For further information, please contact the Secretary (max.todd@admin.ox.ac.uk).
Divisional Boards
Humanities Board
One person elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of Classics:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| [new post] |
MT 2016 |
One person elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of English Language and Literature:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| [new post] | MT 2016 |
One person elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| [new post] |
MT 2016 |
One person elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of History:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| [new post] | MT 2016 |
One person elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of Music:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| [new post] | MT 2016 |
One person elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of Oriental Studies:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| [new post] |
MT 2016 |
One person elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of Philosophy:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| [new post] | MT 2016 |
One person elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of Theology:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| [new post] |
MT 2016 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (divsec@humanities.ox.ac.uk).
Mathematical, Physical And Life Sciences Board
One person elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of Mathematics:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| Professor A S Dancer, Jesus | MT 2016 |
One person elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of Physics:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Professor N Thatte, Faculty of Physics | MT 2016 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (saira.shaikh@mpls.ox.ac.uk).
Social Sciences Board
Two persons elected on a rotational basis by and from academic members of the following units of the division, with each person serving a two-year period of office: (i) the Institute of Archaeology and Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art and (ii) the Blavatnik School of Government:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| Dr C E Harris, Magdalen | MT 2014 |
| Professor P Montgomery, Green Templeton | MT 2014 |
Three persons elected on a rotational basis by and from academic members of the following units of the division, with each person serving a two-year period of office: (i) the Department of Economics; (ii) the Department of Education; and (iii) the School of Geography and the Environment:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Dr K L Blackmon, Merton |
MT 2014 |
| Professor Y F Khong, Nuffield | MT 2014 |
| Mr D P Nolan, Worcester |
MT 2014 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (rachel.meyrick@socsci.ox.ac.uk).
Faculty Boards
Board of the Faculty of Classics
One person elected by and from among the members of the Sub-faculty of Classical Languages and Literature:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Dr P Probert, Wolfson | MT 2014 |
Three persons elected by and from among the members of the Sub-faculty of Ancient History:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Professor R C T Parker, New College | MT 2014 |
| Dr J M C Quinn, Worcester | MT 2014 |
| Professor R R R Smith, Lincoln | MT 2014 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (administrator@classics.ox.ac.uk).
Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature
Five persons elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of English Language and Literature:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| Dr A Klevan, St Anne's | MT 2014 |
| Dr N A Halmi, University College | MT 2014 |
| Professor L C Mugglestone,Pembroke | MT 2014 |
| Dr S P Perry, Balliol | MT 2014 |
| Professor D J Womersley, St Catherine's | MT 2014 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (katie.routh@ell.ox.ac.uk).
Board of the Faculty of History
Two persons elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of History holding posts on the establishment or under the aegis of the board:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| Dr J J Sexton, Corpus Christi |
MT 2014 |
| Dr M Whittow, Corpus Christi | MT 2014 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (administrator@history.ox.ac.uk).
Board of the Faculty of Law
Four official members elected by all members of the faculty and from the persons qualified to be Official Members as per Regulation 19.7:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| Professor M R Freedland, St John's |
MT 2014 |
| Professor J B Gardner, University College | MT 2014 |
| Professor I S Loader, All Souls | MT 2014 |
| Professor S R Weatherill, Somerville |
MT 2014 |
Seven ordinary members elected by and from all members of the faculty exclusive of the persons qualified to be Official Members as per Regulation 19.7:
| Current/Retiring Member | To hold office until |
| Mr N W Barber, Trinity | MT 2014 |
| Dr M F Bosworth, St Cross | MT 2014 |
| Dr J A Dickson, Somerville | MT 2014 |
| Dr P Eleftheriadis, Mansfield | MT 2014 |
| Professor T A O Endicott, Balliol |
MT 2014 |
| Dr A Ezrachi, Pembroke | MT 2014 |
| Dr J E Morgan, St Catherine's | MT 2014 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (elizabeth.ogden@law.ox.ac.uk).
Board of the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics
Three persons elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Professor M E Dalrymple, Linacre | MT 2014 |
| Dr S R Parkinson, Linacre |
MT 2014 |
| Mr J C Smith, St Catherine's | MT 2014 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (lindsay.rudge@humanities.ox.ac.uk).
Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies
Five persons elected by the members of the faculty of Oriental Studies:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| [new posts] | MT 2014 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (oriental@admin.ox.ac.uk).
Board of the Faculty of Philosophy
Three persons elected by and from among the members of the Faculty of Philosophy:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Dr E M Fricker, Magdalen | MT 2014 |
| Professor T H Irwin, Keble |
MT 2014 |
| Professor S J Mulhall, New College | MT 2014 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (tom.moore@philosophy.ox.ac.uk).
Board of the Faculty of Theology
Two official members elected by all members of the faculty and from the persons qualified to be Official Members as per Regulation 19.7:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
| Canon Professor G L Pattison, Christ Church | MT 2014 |
| Professor G G Stroumsa, Lady Margaret Hall | MT 2014 |
Five ordinary members elected by and from all members of the faculty exclusive of the persons qualified to be Official Members as per Regulation 19.7:
| Current/Retiring Member |
To hold office until |
Dr P M Joyce, St Peter's |
MT 2014 |
| Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, Kt, St Cross | MT 2014 |
| Dr J D S Rasmussen, Mansfield | MT 2014 |
| Professor C M Tuckett, Pembroke |
MT 2014 |
| Dr J Zachhuber, Trinity | MT 2014 |
For further information, please contact the Secretary (frances.jenkins@theology.ox.ac.uk).
General notes:
Nominations in writing for the elections on 7 June, by four members of Congregation other than the candidate, will be received by the Elections Office at the University Offices, Wellington Square, up to 4 pm on 10 May.
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 obtainable from the Elections Office website (www.admin.ox.ac.uk/elections/oxonly/forms/index.shtml).
Candidates are invited to include with their nomination forms a written statement of no more than 250 words, setting out his or her reasons for standing and qualifications for the office being sought. In the event of a contested election, these statements will be available online at www.admin.ox.ac.uk/elections and published in the Gazette dated 24 May. Voters may wish to wait until they have read these statements before returning their ballot papers.
Ballot papers will be sent out to members of Congregation as soon as possible after the closing date for nominations. Completed ballot papers must be received by the Elections Office not later than 4 pm on 7 June.
For further information, please contact the Elections Officer (shirley.stacey@admin.ox.ac.uk).