The Council of the University of Cambridge is its principal executive and policy making body, having responsibility for the administration of the University, for the planning of its work, and for the management of its resources.[1] Since the Regent House is the governing body of the University, however, the Council must report and be accountable to the Regents through a variety of checks and balances. It has the right of reporting to the University, and is obliged to advise the Regent House on matters of general concern to the University. It does both of these by causing notices to be published by authority in the Cambridge University Reporter, the official journal of the University.
Contents |
Membership of the Council consists of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the University (the office of Chancellor, which is held for life, is mainly ceremonial, while the Vice-Chancellor is de facto the principal academic and administrative officer), nineteen elected members, and four appointed members, as follows:
| Position | Name | Term Ending |
|---|---|---|
| Chancellor | Lord Sainsbury of Turville, K | LIFE |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, W | 30 September 2017 |
| Heads of Colleges | ||
| Master of Gonville & Caius | Sir Christopher Hum, CAI | 31 December 2012 |
| Master of Fitzwilliam | Prof. Robert Lethbridge, F | 31 December 2014 |
| Master of Christ's | Prof. Francis Patrick Kelly, CHR | 31 December 2014 |
| Warden of Robinson | Prof. Anthony David Yates, R | 31 December 2012 |
| Professors or Readers | ||
| Professor of Mediterranean History (2000) | Prof. David Samuel Harvard Abulafia, CAI | 31 December 2012 |
| Professor of Experimental Physics (1998) | Prof. Dame Athene Margaret Donald, R | 31 December 2012 |
| Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (2009) | Prof. Nicholas John Gay, CHR | 31 December 2014 |
| Professor of Computer Technology (1997) | Prof. Andrew Hopper, CC | 31 December 2014 |
| Other members of Regent House | ||
| Dr Nick Bampos, TH | 31 December 2014 | |
| Dr Richard James Barnes, EM | 31 December 2012 | |
| Dr Stephen John Cowley, SE | 31 December 2014 | |
| Mr Robert John Dowling, SID | 31 December 2012 | |
| Mr Ian Mark Le Mercier Du Quesnay, N | 31 December 2014 | |
| Dr David Arthur Good, K | 31 December 2012 | |
| Dr Susan Marian Oosthuizen, W | 31 December 2014 | |
| Dr Rachael Padman, N | 31 December 2012 | |
| Three student members | ||
| Graduate student | Mr Thomas Parry-Jones, JN | 30 June 2012 |
| All students (also elected CUSU President 2011-12) | Mr Gerard Tully, TH | 30 June 2012 |
| All students | Mr Morgan Wild, SID | 30 June 2012 |
| Four external members | ||
| Mr Dominic Casserley, JE | 31 December 2014 | |
| Dr Vanessa Lawrence | 31 December 2012 | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council | Dame Mavis McDonald | 31 December 2012 |
| Mr John Shakeshaft, T | 31 December 2014 | |
From January 2005, the membership of the Council included two external members[2]. The Regent House voted for an increase from two to four in the number of external members in March 2008[3][4], and this was approved by Her Majesty the Queen in July 2008[5].
The Council must meet at least twice per term.
|
|||||||||