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

FUNDS, STUDENTSHIPS, PRIZES, LECTURESHIPS, ETC.
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3. The Prizes shall be adjudged by two Examiners nominated by the Faculty Board of English.
Before the division of the Lent Term each year the Faculty Board shall nominate one Examiner for
appointment to serve for two years.
4. The examination for the Prizes shall be held in the Easter Term each year on a day appointed
by the Faculty Board. The names of candidates shall be sent to the Registrary by their Tutors not less
than fourteen days before the day of the examination.
5. The examination shall be confined to reading, in public, passages:
(a) of classical English prose and poetry;
(b) of the Old and the New Testament and the English liturgy;
(c) of a work or portion of a work of some standard English divine, to be announced by the
Examiners at the conclusion of the preceding year’s examination.
6. The Examiners shall be at liberty to institute a preliminary trial in all or any of the foregoing
subjects, and to admit only such candidates to the examination as shall have satisfied them in that trial.
7. The sum available for the Prizes shall be determined by the Faculty Board within a range
approved from time to time by the Council. The Examiners shall have discretion, if candidates of
sufficient merit present themselves, to award either a First Prize and a Second Prize or two Prizes of
equal value.
8. Each Examiner shall receive from the income of the Fund such sum as the Faculty Board may
determine within a range approved from time to time by the Council. Any expenses incurred in
conducting the examination shall be defrayed from the income of the Fund.
9. The winner of a Prize shall not be eligible to compete a second time.
10. After provision has been made for the award of the Prizes in accordance with Regulations 7
and 8, the remaining income of the Fund shall be applied by the Faculty Board for the purpose of
promoting elocution or good reading among the students of the University. The Faculty Board may
delegate their functions under this regulation to a committee not necessarily consisting wholly of
members of the Board.
11. Any unexpended income in the Fund may be added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated
for use as income in subsequent years, as the Faculty Board may determine.
12. The University shall have power from time to time, by Grace, to vary and alter the foregoing
regulations as to the method of conducting the examination and awarding the prizes, and to make such
new rules as may be necessary for rendering the Prizes efficient in promoting elocution or good reading
among the students of the University: provided, however, in compliance with the wish of the donor,
that the reading of the Old and New Testament, the English liturgy, and a work or portion of a work
of some standard English divine, shall under all circumstances form part of the examination.
Examiners.
Date of
examination.
Subjects of
examination.
Preliminary
trial.
Value of
prizes.
Payments to
Examiners.
Other uses of
Fund.
Unexpended
income.
Power of
alteration;
proviso.
WINTON FUND FOR THE PHYSICS OF SUSTAINABILITY
Grace 2 of 17 November 2010
1. The sum of £20m given to the University by the Trustees of the David Harding Foundation shall
form a fund called the Winton Fund for the Physics of Sustainability.
2. The purpose of the Fund shall be the promotion and support of a programme of innovative
fundamental research in physics and other associated fields called the Winton Programme for the
Physics of Sustainability which shall be designed to help meet the need for sustainable use of natural
resources including in particular energy generation and use.
3. The Managers of the Fund, who shall also be the Committee of Management of the Winton
Programme for the Physics of Sustainability, shall be:
(a) the Head of the Department of Physics;
(b) the Cavendish Professor of Physics;
(c) the Pro-Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for research;
(d) one suitably qualified person who is not employed by the University, appointed by the General
Board on the nomination of the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences for a period of
five years;
(e) one person appointed by the General Board on the nomination of the donor for a period of five
years.
Should either a single person hold more than one of the positions named at (a), (b), and (c), or any of
these positions be vacant, a further Manager or Managers shall be appointed by the General Board, on
Name.
Purpose.
Managers.