Chapter XII - 1451k - the University Offices - University of Cambridge

FUNDS, STUDENTSHIPS, PRIZES, LECTURESHIPS, ETC.
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5. The Managers shall take such steps as they think fit to enquire into the qualifications of the
candidates, provided that no Studentship shall be awarded on the result of a competitive examination.
6. Any candidate for the M.Phil. Degree in the Faculty of Classics will be deemed to be an applicant
for the Studentships. An election will be held at a date to be determined by the Faculty Board no later
than 30 September immediately preceding the first term of study. The name of each successful candidate
will be published in the Reporter.
7. Each Studentship shall be tenable from the date of the commencement of the Michaelmas Term
next following the date of the election until 30 September next following such date. No student shall
be eligible for re-election.
8. The emolument of the Studentship shall be such sum, not exceeding the available income of the
Fund, as shall be determined by the Managers within a range approved from time to time by the
Council. The emolument shall be paid in such instalments as the Managers shall from time to time
determine, provided that the Managers may withhold payment of any instalment if they are not satisfied
that a Student is pursuing his or her course of study with sufficient diligence.
9. Any unexpended income of the Fund in any year (whether because there is no candidate in that
year who merits an award, or for any other reason) shall be carried forward for expenditure in
subsequent years.
10. These regulations may be amended by Grace, so long as the main object of the Fund, as defined
in Regulations 1, 3, and 4 above, shall always be kept in view.
Qualifications
of candidates.
Application,
election, and
notification.
Tenure.
Emolument.
Unexpended
income.
DAVID SEXTON FUND
1. The investments representing the sums given by his family and friends in memory of David
James Sexton, of Emmanuel College, research student in the Scott Polar Research Institute, who was
killed on 16 August 1989 on South Inyl’chek Glacier in the Tien Shan Mountains, at that time part of
the Soviet Union, shall form a fund called the David Sexton Fund, for the advancement of the study
of scientific and environmental aspects of polar and mountainous regions and the conservation of such
areas.
2. The income of the Fund and any unexpended income accumulated in the Fund shall be available
at the discretion of the Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute for the purchase of books on
topics relevant to the fields mentioned in Regulation 1 for the library of the Institute.
Fund and
purpose.
Application of
income.
MARMADUKE SHEILD FUND
1. The sum bequeathed to the University by the late Arthur Marmaduke Sheild, of Downing College,
who died on 4 August 1922, shall form a fund called the Marmaduke Sheild Fund which shall be
applied in accordance with the wishes of the donor as stated in his Will as follows:
I GIVE the remainder of my residuary trust fund…to the Medical School of the University of Cambridge to
be applied as follows:
FIRST for the foundation of a Scholarship in Human Anatomy of the value of One hundred pounds to be
called the Marmaduke Sheild Scholarship and
SECONDLY for the general purposes and benefit of the said Medical School and the terms and conditions of
such Scholarship and the general purposes for which the remainder of the residuary trust fund is to be applied
shall be determined in such manner in every respect as the Board of Medical Studies of Cambridge University
shall direct.
For the purpose of fulfilling those conditions the ‘Medical School of the University of Cambridge’
shall be deemed to consist of the Faculties of Biology and Clinical Medicine.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be (a) the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Biology, (b) the
Chairman of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, (c) two members appointed by the Faculty Board
of Biology, (d) two members appointed by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine. The members in
classes (c) and (d) shall be appointed to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment.
The Chairmanship of the Managers shall be held alternately by the member in class (a) and by the
member in class (b), each for one year at a time. The Secretary of the School of the Biological Sciences
shall act as Secretary to the Managers.
3. After provision has been made for the Marmaduke Sheild Scholarship, the income of the Fund
shall be applied from time to time at the discretion of the Managers and, subject to such conditions as
they may decide, for any purpose consistent with the benefactor’s wishes as indicated in Regulation 1.
Fund and
purpose.
Managers.
Application of
income.