Notices
- Thursday 14 February 2013
- NO. 5015
- VOL. 143
Consultative notices
Consultation on the draft University Strategic Plan
On 5 November 2012, Council approved the draft of the University Strategic Plan, contained in a supplement to the Gazette of 29 November 2012, as a document for wide consultation across the University during Hilary term 2013. Submissions on the draft plan are now invited from all bodies within the collegiate University as well as from individuals. Responses should be sent to strategic.plan@admin.ox.ac.uk by the end of ninth week of Hilary term. Responses will be posted online at https://www1.admin.ox.ac.uk/pras/strategicplan, unless permission is withheld. An electronic version of the draft Strategic Plan has also been posted on this site.
A Discussion on the topic of The University's Draft Strategic Plan (2013/14–2017/18) will take place at the Congregation meeting on 19 February (week 6); see notice in 'Congregation' section, above.
General notices
Guidelines for leave for academic staff
Academic staff are reminded of the guidelines for applying for and taking leave, which were published in full in the Gazette of 15 November 2012 and are published on Personnel Services website: www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/staffinfo/academic/guidelinesforleave.
Appointments
Medical Sciences
Action Research Professorship of Clinical Neurology
Peter Malcolm Rothwell, MB ChB MD PhD Edin, MA Oxf, Professor of Clinical Neurology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences; Director, Stroke Prevention Research Unit; Lead, Stroke and Dementia Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre; Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Oxford University Hospitals Trust; and Senior Research Fellow, Green Templeton, has been appointed to the Action Research Professorship of Clinical Neurology in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences with effect from 1 January 2013.
Professor Rothwell will be a fellow of St Edmund Hall.
Social Sciences
Halford Mackinder Professorship of Geography
Daniel Dorling, BSc PhD Newc, Professor of Human Geography, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield; Visiting Professor, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol; and Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, has been appointed to the Halford Mackinder Professorship of Geography in the School of Geography and the Environment with effect from 1 September 2013.
Professor Dorling will be a fellow of St Peter's.
Barnett Professorship of Social Policy
Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, MA PhD Ludwig Maximilians, Habil Bremen, Professor of Comparative Social Policy and Politics; Head, Department of Social Policy and Intervention; and Fellow, Green Templeton, has been appointed to the Barnett Professorship of Social Policy in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention with effect from 1 February 2013.
Professor Seeleib-Kaiser will be a fellow of St Cross.
Electoral Boards
Composition of Electoral Boards
The composition of the electoral boards to the posts below, proceedings to fill which are currently in progress, are as follows:
Directorship of the Museum of the History of Science
| Appointed by | |
| Professor I Walmsley | Mr Vice-Chancellor1 |
| Professor P Corsi | ex officio |
| Professor P Galluzzi | MHS Visitors |
| Professor L Jordanova | MHS Visitors |
| Professor C Kennard | MHS Visitors |
| Professor P Smith | MHS Visitors |
| Dr S Thomas | Council |
| Dr L Peers | Linacre |
| Professor M Pollard | Linacre |
Laing O'Rourke/RAEng Professorship of Automation in Construction
| Appointed by | |
| The Master of St Catherine's (Pro-Vice-Chancellor) | Mr Vice-Chancellor1 |
| Professor R Mair | Council |
| Professor M Chen | Council |
| Professor A Halliday | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Mr H Shiplee | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Professor G Houlsby | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Professor P Newman | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Professor H Viles | The Provost of Worcester |
| Professor A Blakeborough | Worcester |
Professorship of Mechanical Engineering
| Appointed by | |
| Professor W James (Pro-Vice-Chancellor) | Mr Vice-Chancellor1 |
| The Principal of Harris Manchester | ex officio |
| Professor Dame Ann Dowling | Council |
| Professor C Grovenor | Council |
| Professor A Halliday | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Professor A Keane | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Professor G Houlsby | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Professor P Ireland | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Dr E Eve | Harris Manchester |
Professorship of Sustainable Energy Engineering
| Appointed by | |
| The Principal of Harris Manchester (Pro-Vice-Chancellor) | Mr Vice-Chancellor1 |
| Professor N Brandon | Council |
| Professor P Grant | Council |
| Professor A Halliday | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Dr A Garrad | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Professor G Houlsby | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Dr M McCulloch | MPLS Divisional Board |
| Dr J Ashbourn | The Master of St Cross |
| Dr R Carlisle | St Cross |
Musical Events
Magdalen
Arts of Fugue
18 Feb, 8pm: Phantasm, Consort-in-Residence at Magdalen, perform Bach's Art of Fugue and Mozart's arrangements of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier. Tickets: phantasmtickets@gmail.com or 07952 223218, £10 (£5 students). Directed by Professor Laurence Dreyfus.
New College
Organ Recitals
21 Feb, 8pm: Benjamin Bloor (Organ Scholar): J S Bach and Jehan Alain. All welcome, free entry. See: www.newcollegechoir.com (events).
St Anne's
Music recital series
In a change to the previously advertised programme, the following recital will take place at 6pm in the Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre. Open to all; admission free. Please see www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/about/events.html for programme details.
8 Mar: Daniel Swain, piano, and Laura Virtanen, violin
St Stephen's House
The following events will take place in SJE Arts, S John the Evangelist church, 109A Iffley Road.
22 Feb, 7.30pm: the Adderbury Ensemble will give a chamber music concert. Programme: Mozart's Clarinet Quintet and Dvořák's String Quartet Op 96 (American). Tickets: £15 (£5 students and under 16s).
Sun, 24 Feb, 4.30pm: the A440 Chamber Orchestra. Programme: Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, Britten's Simple Symphony; Warlock's Capriol Suite.
Exhibitions
St John's
Body in abstraction (video art exhibition)
16 Feb–1 Mar: at the Barn, Kendrew Quad, St John's, 11am–6pm. Works by Anna Jermolaewa, Russia; Elisabetta Di Sopra, Italy; Peter Weibel, Germany; Hofstetter Kurt and Barbara Doser, Austria. Opening: 15 Feb, 6pm. See: www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/4243-4889/Body-in-Abstraction-Exhibition.html.