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e­Senate: January 2012
The University of Edinburgh
Electronic Senatus
17 ­ 25 January 2012
Agenda
Electronic Senatus business will commence on Tuesday 17 January 2012 and close at noon
on Wednesday 25 February 2012.
A. FORMAL BUSINESS
1.(a) Minutes from the Ordinary Meeting held on 5 October 2011
(b) Special Meetings and Graduation Ceremonials on 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26
November 2011 (available from Registry)
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2. New Members:
Professor M Aspinall, Personal Chair of Politics and International Relations
Professor C Breward, Personal Chair of Cultural History
Professor A Gordon, Chair of Computer Security
Professor D Johnson, Personal Chair of Biopolitics
Professor I Rudan, Personal Chair of International Health and Molecular Medicine
Professor U Zachmann, Handa Chair of Japanese­Chinese Relations
3. Conferment of the title of Professor Emeritus:
Professor I Lapsley, Business School
Professor J Simpson, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
4. Notice of Election of Senatus Assessors on the University Court A2
B. ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
1. Special Minutes B1
C
COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS
1. Communications from the University Court from its meetings on 7 November and
12 December 2011
2. Report of the Central Management Group from its meetings on 11 October and 14
November 2011
C1
C2
3. Report of the Central Academic Promotions Committee C3
4. Resolutions – Chairs C4
5. General Statement on Student Discipline C5
D
CLOSED BUSINESS (circulated to Senate members by email)
1. Report of the Honorary Degrees Committee D1

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The University of Edinburgh
Electronic Senate
17 – 25 January 2012
Minutes of Senate meeting held on 5 October 2011
Brief description of the paper
The paper provides the minutes of the Senate meeting held on 5 October 2011.
Action requested
The Senatus is invited to approve the minutes.
Resource Implications
Does the paper have resource implications? No
Risk Assessment
Does the paper include a risk analysis? No
Equality and Diversity
Not relevant.
Freedom of Information
Can this paper be included in open business? Yes
Any other relevant information
A comment need only be submitted to raise an objection/ suggest corrections. If no
comments are received the minutes will be deemed approved. In this context any comments
on this paper should be e­mailed to Senate.Support@ed.ac.uk quoting “comment on A1”.
These comments will be added verbatim at http://tinyurl.com/36revsy
Originator of the paper
Senate Secretariat
January 2012
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MINUTES OF AN ORDINARY MEETING OF THE SENATUS ACADEMICUS held in
St.Cecilia’s Hall, on 5 October 2011 at 2.00 pm.
Sederunt: Professor Sir T O’Shea, the Principal (in the Chair), Professors Allshire, Ansell, S
Bates, Branigan, Breward, S J Brown, N Brown, E Cameron, C Clarke, Corcoran, Burt, Fisher,
Harmar, Haywood, Hounsell, Jackson, McAra, McLachlan, Melia, A Murray, Pearce, Pickering,
Pirie, I Power, Pulham, Rappsilber, D Robertson, Siegert, A Thompson, Tudhope, Turk, Ward
Thompson, Zachmann, Dr M Bailey, Dr T Bailey, Ms S Cannell, Dr J Christy, Dr S Djokic, Dr M
Donaldson, Dr T Harrison, Dr D Laurenson, Dr G McDougall, B MacKay, Dr H McQueen, Dr P
Midgley, Dr S Morley, Dr C Phillips, , Dr W A Reid, Dr S Rigby, Dr J Shek, Dr A Souhami, Dr T
Squires, Dr S Trill, Dr P Walsh,
Associate Members: Mr M McPherson, Mr M Williamson, Ms C Rackley, Mr A Adamski, Ms S
McCallum, Mr M Haywood, Mr M Shaw, Mr A Walker­Smith
In attendance: Ms R Watt, Director, Academic Registry, Ms I Bruce, Academic Services, Mr F
Gribben, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr J Turner, Director, Institute for
Academic Development, Ms S Welham, Academic Services
The moment of reflection was delivered by Dr Sue Rigby, Assistant Principal.
PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION
Strategic Plan 2012­16
Strategic
Plan 2012­16
The strategic theme for the autumn Senate meeting was the Strategic Plan
2012­16. The discussion aimed to give the Senate an early opportunity to
contribute to the development of the next Strategic Plan, which will inform
university activity and help drive our success.
. 1. Introduction – 10 year horizon scanning
The Principal outlined the context in which the University will operate over the
next ten years. This drew on a presentation he had given at a recent Court
seminar on the development of the Strategic Plan 2012­16. He highlighted
various factors facing the university: technological changes, research
massification, course diversification, delivery of teaching, support of learning,
the student as customer, entrepreneurial education, institutional mix, institutional
stratification, demand and funding and institutional autonomy. It is critical for the
University to have a clear concept of its strengths and the challenges it faces.
. 2. Student experience
Mr Matt MacPherson, EUSA president, welcomed the opportunity to contribute
to the formation of the next Strategic Plan. The challenges facing the university
provide the opportunity to do good things. He encouraged Senate to make the
Strategic Plan ambitious and forward thinking, while recognising the good work
which has already been achieved. It will be important to manage students’
expectations, particularly in the developing fees culture. Issues such as
feedback to students, graduate employability and widening access will continue
to be important. Further developing a holistic approach could improve delivery
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of activities and foster stronger links in the university community and within the
city of Edinburgh.
. 3. Concentration, collaboration and competition
Professor Nigel Brown, Senior Vice Principal, posed questions to the Senate,
asking whether the university should remain comprehensive or should
collaborate on issues such as learning and teaching, research and knowledge
exchange. Does the University have the correct balance of teaching at
undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research postgraduate levels? How do
we demonstrate the added value of the four­year Edinburgh degree? How do
we meet the increased expectations of students? How do we promote and
reward interdisciplinary research?
4. Developing our next Strategic Plan
Dr Alexis Cornish, Director of Planning, outlined the steps that will be taken to
develop the next Strategic Plan. The structure will remain similar to the previous
Strategic Plans of 2004­08 and 2008­12, with the strategic goals largely
unchanged. The strategic themes and targets will change. A successful
Strategic Plan needs to be succinct, high­level and manageable. Enablers are
what need to be delivered in order to achieve our goals. The Court has asked
for a new enabler of financial sustainability, reflecting changes in the economy.
Court encouraged the University to be more ambitious in the Strategic Plan and
for it to reflect our desire to be big, fast and excellent. The Strategic Plan should
promote the four­year degree and look at enhancing working with other higher
education providers to develop flexibility on degree entry and exit points. There
will be widespread consultation and the Court will approve the Plan at its last
meeting of the 2011/12 academic year.
. 5. Discussion
There was a positive, wide­ranging discussion of the presentations and the aims
for the Strategic Plan 2012­16. Senate welcomed the chance to contribute to
the development of the Strategic Plan at this early stage.
(i)
Senate agreed that students are not simply consumers; they also have a
role in the creation of their educational experience and are learner
researchers. How the university articulates its relationship with students
has an impact on the relationship. Key to this is the strong collaborative
partnership the university has with EUSA.
(ii) Many universities will aim for excellence in research and learning and
teaching. The Strategic Plan needs to describe what is distinctive about
the University of Edinburgh experience. We need to be aspirational,
creative and aim to make a difference for students and staff. The
university dares to think beyond what we know and envisages new ways
to be.
(iii) The University should be comprehensive by broad subject areas. Within
subject areas there are other drivers, like research poolings and the cost
of necessary technology for research, which leads universities to
collaborate and to specialise. It is important that learning and teaching
co­providers can provide students with the University of Edinburgh
experience.
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(iv) The University should consider its benchmark institutions. It is not always
the most appropriate to use Russell Group comparators. This is
particularly relevant for four­year degrees, which the Senate views as a
flagship model. The Principal had attended the Scottish Parliament the
previous day, along with two other Scottish Principals, to deliver a robust
defence of the four­year degree. This had received unanimous crossparty
support.
(v) Taking a holistic view of student learning and the student experience, in the
Strategic Plan 2012­16, could provide greater synergy and scope to deal
with emerging factors in education, such as location, delivery and modes
of student study. If we want to be an agile, fast university we need to
consider different student pathways: fast track, slow track, never here,
sometimes here, always here, and a variety of entry and exit points. The
flexibility of the four­year degree provides a good structure for continuing
this debate.
(vi) The University should use evidence of student progression and attainment
of those entering directly into second year when reviewing the flexibility in
entry and exit routes. Currently many students given the option of entry in
year one or two chose year one. Flexibility of entry points could provide a
means to offer more specialised or broader degrees, aimed at students’
interests, preparedness and abilities.
(vii) The University needs to focus more effort on online delivery of education
and on the expansion of postgraduate student numbers and these should
be reflected in the Strategic Plan. Increasing the number of postgraduate
research students has implications for the support and facilities they need.
(viii) Projects on lecture capture and open online access to educational materials
raise intellectual property issues. The University needs to engage with
the steps our competitors are taking on this and encourage staff to make
further use of technology. However, technology is not a solution of itself:
we need to know what we want to do with it.
(ix) The University could foster its relationships with other educational providers
to develop the opportunities for 2+2 degree models. This could contribute
to internationalisation and to widening access.
(x) The Office of Lifelong Learning delivers a core aspect of the University’s
community engagement mission, with 15,000 people studying on their
courses annually. Students also have a role in the local community and in
volunteering. The Strategic Plan could emphasise community and
volunteering activities.
(xi) The Strategic Plan should reflect the regulatory environment and
Professional, Regulatory and Statutory Bodies. The requirements of
these have an impact on the level of curriculum and delivery flexibility that
is possible but the University is developing support across different
professions.
(xii) Parents and families of students have a significant influence on students’
educational decisions, particularly when these are viewed as an economic
investment. This could be reflected in the Strategic Plan.
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(xiii) The Plan will place emphasis on the university’s approach to student
bursaries, scholarships and financial support. It also needs to focus on
employability and preparing students – undergraduates, taught
postgraduates and research postgraduates – for their future careers.
Using industry, alumni contacts, placements and PSRBs provide
opportunities to maintain the currency of curriculum content, design and
delivery.
[NOTE: Members of Senate are reminded that copies of the presentation
materials are available on the Senate wiki at http://tinyurl.com/6v32a9n (EASE
login required). An audio recording of the presentations and discussion will be
available from the same location in due course.]
FORMAL BUSINESS FOR CONSIDERATION
Report of the Electronic Business Conducted from 13 ­ 21 September 2011
(Appendix B1*)
Approval of
Report of E
Business
The report was approved. Senatus congratulated Professor Harmar who was
elected unopposed as Senatus Assessor on the University Court.
National Student Survey 2011 ­ Update
(Appendix B3*)
NSS 2011
Vice Principal Hounsell updated Senate on the University’s performance in this
year’s National Student Survey (NSS), the results of which were released in late
August. The results had been discussed across the university. They had been
greatly assisted by the rich presentation of the data by Governance and
Strategic Planning. The data was much more accessible and framed around
common baselines. The University has done very well in a number of areas,
such as overall satisfaction, teaching, employability, staff motivation of students.
However, improvements still need to be made in the assessment and feedback
section. A task group, chaired by the Senior Vice Principal and including
Professor Hounsell and the EUSA President, is working with identified Schools
to see how they can strengthen their actions and attain significant
improvements. Appendix B3 outlines the range of actions being taken in
Schools. The University is keen to foster opportunities for feedback to be given
at a time when it has greatest effect and impact on the student’s future learning.
Support for students, and for staff supporting students, is being reviewed. The
University is exploring the scope to introduce a personal tutor system, which
would be central to advising students, possibly in small groups.
A number of points were raised in discussion:
(i)
(ii)
In any personal tutor system the university will draw on the best aspects
of the Director of Studies system and the support systems which are
working effectively in some Schools. The work needs to relate to the
University Standards and Guiding Principles on academic and pastoral
support, which Senate adopted in June 2009. Heads of Schools and
Directors of Teaching Organisations will wish to contribute to these
developments.
Any system depends on the individuals operating it appropriately and
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complying with requirements in a timely manner.
(iii)
(iv)
It will be helpful to consider the timing of feedback in the curriculum and in
course and programme delivery in a more holistic way, bringing key
aspects forward in students’ university experiences.
Reward and recognition for teaching; staff­student ratios; and workload
allocation models all have an impact on staff time. We need to ensure
that staff have sufficient time for assessment, feedback and for supporting
students. The consultation needs to consider the number of students
supported by individual members of staff.
The Principal welcomed the contributions to the debate and noted that this was
the start of an intensive consultation process. The aim is to improve the
academic and pastoral support system for students and the support for staff who
undertake this role, by 2012/13.
Communications from the University Court
(Appendix B2*)
Communications
from the
University
Court
Senate noted without comment the content of the report from Court of its
meeting on 19 September. The Principal welcomed Professor Christopher
Breward, the new Principal of Edinburgh College of Art, to the Senatus.
CLOSED BUSINESS
Conferment of Degrees
(Appendix C1*)
Conferment
of Degrees
Senate approved the recommendations as presented in Appendix C1.
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Next Meeting
The next meeting of Senate will be on Wednesday 8 February 2011 at 2.00 p.m.
at ECA. The discussion theme will be ‘Widening Participation’.
*Any papers having been circulated are not attached.
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The University of Edinburgh
Electronic Senatus
17 – 25 January 2012
Notice of Election of Senatus Assessors on the University Court
During its electronic business in May 2012, Senatus will elect from its membership two
Assessors on the University Court. Two Assessors will serve from 1 August 2012 to 31 July
2016.
Senatus Assessors on Court
The vacancies for Senatus Assessors on Court arise from the completion of the periods of
office of Professor J Ansell and Dr M Aliotta. Members of Senatus that will continue to serve
as Assessors are Professor D J Finnegan and Professor A Harmar (to 2012).
Nominations
Nominations for the vacancy as a Senatus Assessor, proposed and seconded by members
of the Senatus, must be in the hands of the University Secretary by noon on 2 May 2012.
Those nominated must be members of the Senatus.
Members of the Senatus are reminded that of the four Senatus Assessors on the University
Court, at least one must be a professor and at least one must be a non­professorial member
of the academic teaching staff.
If more than two candidates are nominated, candidates will be invited to supply brief
biographical details for consideration by members of the Senatus.
Action requested
This paper invites members of Senatus to consider and make nominations for these
vacancies.
Senate Secretariat
January 2012

University of Edinburgh
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are eligible to nominate and be nominated.
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Nominations must be in the hands of the University Secretary by noon on Wednesday
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The University of Edinburgh
Electronic Senate
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Special Minutes
Action requested
The Senatus is invited to adopt the Special Minutes for the Professors listed below:
Professor Z Bankowski
Professor P Bennett
Professor K Boyd
Professor R Carter
Professor J Cox
Professor W Easson
Professor F G R Fowkes
Professor J Green
Professor C Hall
Professor C Himsworth
Professor L Hurtado
Professor A Illius
Professor P Jeffery
Professor D Ladd
Professor D McCrone
Professor D Rankin
Professor L Tett
Professor A van den Broek
Resource Implications
Does the paper have resource implications? No.
Risk Assessment
Does the paper include a risk analysis? No.
Equality and Diversity
Not relevant.
Freedom of Information
Can this paper be included in open business? Yes.
Any other relevant information
A comment need only be submitted to raise an objection/ suggest corrections. If no
comments are received the Senate will adopt the Special Minutes for each of the above
professors. In this context any comments on this paper should be emailed to
Senate.Support@ed.ac.uk quoting “comment on B1”. These comments will be added
verbatim at http://tinyurl.com/36revsy
Originator of the paper
Senate Secretariat
January 2011

Special Minute
Professor Zenon Bankowski LLB
Born to Polish parents in 1946, Zenon Bankowski was educated in law and philosophy at the
Universities of Dundee and Glasgow. After teaching for three years at the University of
Wales, he joined the then Faculty of Law at Edinburgh University in 1974 and remained
there – first as lecturer, then as senior lecturer and Reader, and finally, from 1994, as
Professor of Legal Theory ­ until his retirement in 2011.
Professor Bankowski has a considerable reputation as a legal theorist. His main early book
was Images of Law (co­ authored with Geoff Mungham in 1976). This book was an
innovative investigation of the ideological quality of law and of legal dispute settlement in a
socially diverse and economically unequal society. Its influence was so novel and farreaching
at the time of its publication and its impact was so sustained that it attracted a
special collection of essays in a leading journal on the 25 th anniversary of its publication. His
main later book, Living Lawfully (2001), was equally innovative and just as well­received in
the academic community. It showcased his longstanding interest in the intersection between
personal ethics and legal morality through a number of applied studies of the dilemmas and
tensions of living in a manner properly, but not excessively, ‘according to’ law.
These two books were only the tip of the iceberg. Professor Bankowski was a prolific writer
on a wider range of subjects, ranging through law and Marxism, the nature of the jury, nonstate
legal orders, the relationship between law and religion, the attitude of law towards
markets, and – a typically innovative late interest – the relationship between law and
embodied knowledge and the importance of moving ‘beyond text’ in the communication of
legally relevant knowledge and understanding.
In these various intellectual projects Professor Bankowski has often collaborated with other
Edinburgh colleagues. This is but one indication of his highly collegiate attitude to the
development and sustenance of Edinburgh as a centre of excellence in legal theory and
sociological jurisprudence over almost 30 years. Alongside his late friend and colleague Sir
Neil MacCormick, and with the assistance of various younger generations of scholars and
doctoral students, he set a tone of serious and wide­ranging scholarly engagement which
has contributed much to the standard and reputation of Edinburgh Law School. Professor
Bankowski’s support for legal theory in Edinburgh and beyond was also reflected in more
formal responsibilities, including many years as Director of Edinburgh’s Centre for Law and
Society and various periods as an elected office­bearer in the leading British and global legal
philosophy associations.
Zenon has made and sustained many friendships both within the Law School and across the
University. He was a much loved colleague. An accomplished long­distance runner, a
patriotic and culturally engaged Pole, an avid follower of literature and the visual arts and an
ever curious traveler, Zenon also has many interests beyond the Law School. These and his
continuing social and intellectual connections with the Law School will enrich his retirement.
So too will his close family bonds with his Glasgow family, in particular his mother, sister and
two nieces of whom he is immensely proud.

Special Minute
Professor Philip Bennett BA; MA
Professor Philip Bennett is one of the longest standing and most distinguished members of
the French Section at Edinburgh. Over a career of almost 40 years he has shaped the
discipline of French Studies and has made a significant contribution to the teaching,
research and development of a large and popular subject area. Philip was appointed to a
lectureship at the University in 1972 joining a Department with an international reputation in
medieval French whose curriculum was still largely dominated by the Middle Ages and the
early modern period. Trained as a philologist in the Romance languages tradition, he began
by working on courtly narrative, but soon turned his interest to epic poetry, especially the
chansons de geste of the cycle of Guillaume d’Orange. He has published numerous
studies, scholarly translations and critical editions on the chansons de geste, including a
masterly recent monograph, Carnaval heroïque et écriture cyclique dans la geste de
Guillaume d’Orange (Paris: Champion, 2006), drawing on modern theory and social
anthropology. Philip is an all­round medievalist whose research interests have branched out
from Old French to Middle French writers such as Jean Le Bel and Froissart and who has
been consistently concerned with building bridges between the medieval and the modern
periods. Amongst his most innovative work of recent years informed by this overarching
vision of French and European literature are articles on memory and the image in Froissart,
Proust and Thomas Mann as well as on Debussy and the Middle Ages.
A constant feature of Philip’s career is the service he has given to French Studies
internationally: he has held Visiting Professorships at College of William and Mary, Virginia,
USA, Carleton University, Ottawa and, most recently, at the prestigious École Nationale des
Chartes, Paris. He was appointed to Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh in 1990, to Reader in
1997 and to the Chair of Medieval French Language and Culture in 2008. In recognition of
his distinguished service to French Studies he was appointed Chevalier dans l’Ordre des
Palmes Académiques in 2010. As well as making invaluable contributions to the
International Arthurian Society and the International Courtly Literature Society, he has been
a pillar of the Société Internationale Rencesvals, first in his capacities as Secretary,
Treasurer and President of the British Branch, then as International Vice­President and
International President. In Edinburgh, he has been a tireless defender and promoter of
French Studies and other Modern European Languages. As Programme Director of the
MSc in Medieval Studies and Convener of the Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies
Programme he has been instrumental in the creation of the Centre for Medieval and
Renaissance Studies and the development of successful trans­disciplinary postgraduate
programmes which attract students from all over the world. His profound knowledge of
Medieval Literature and Culture and innovative research have inspired generations of
students and have contributed to establishing the University of Edinburgh as an
internationally reputed centre for Medieval Studies. He continues to supervise PhD students
(on topics ranging from “The Scribal Fingerprint” to “The Symbolism of Colour and Costume
in Froissart”) and to contribute to the thriving research culture of the French Section.

Special Minute
Kenneth Mackenzie Boyd MA, BD, PhD
Kenneth Boyd retired as Professor of Medical Ethics in the College of Medicine and
Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh on 30 September 2011. Kenneth received his
schooling in Invergordon and studied arts and divinity at the University of Edinburgh from
1960 to 1972, gaining the degrees of MA, BD and PhD. He joined the University in 1969 as
an Associate Chaplain before working as a Research Fellow in Medical Ethics and
Education. After further periods of chaplaincy with the National Health Service and the
University of Edinburgh he became a Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics in the Faculty of
Medicine in 1996 and was appointed to a Personal Chair in Medical Ethics in 2002.
Kenneth has played a key role in integrating teaching and learning about ethics into the
medical curriculum at Edinburgh, where it is now a strong component with learning and
assessment running through all 5 years of the programme. He has contributed to other
relevant programmes such as the BSc in Medical Sciences.
At a national level his main role has been with the Institute of Medical Ethics, where he has
worked as Secretary and Director of Research and was recently elected Vice­President.
Linked to this is his long­standing work on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Medical
Ethics.
His work on local and national committees and working groups has been of tremendous
significance. For example, he chaired the Boyd Group on the use of animals in science from
1992 and the Gengage Scottish Healthcare public engagement network from 2008. He has
made major contributions to ethical review of research, with particular emphasis on the use
of animals. He has developed new ethical review processes for undergraduate student
projects in Lothian, served for many years on the Committees which review and regulate
medical research, and has advised the Scottish Government on a number of related topics.
Unusually for a man of the cloth, Kenneth is an active Fellow of the Royal College of
Physicians of Edinburgh and has served on several of their key committees. He has also
worked for the Royal College of Physicians in London. He has attracted significant grant
funding for studying ethical issues; this work spanned the life cycle in that it was particularly
related to the care of new born infants and to the care of the elderly. He has published nine
books and 65 articles and continues to make significant contributions to the field of medical
ethics.
Overall, Kenneth’s greatest contribution has been in helping to establish medical ethics as a
recognised academic discipline which students see relevant to their future career and which
is integrated into professional curricula. The University of Edinburgh, in particular, has
benefited massively from his work in this field over many years. In his retirement he plans to
continue his work with the University and with various national bodies, and also to spend
more time on his own research into the history and philosophy of science and literature.

Special Minute
Professor Richard Carter BSc PhD FRSE
Richard Carter graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry (1967) and a PhD in Genetics (1971),
both from the University of Edinburgh. His postgraduate and postdoctoral studies at the
University of Edinburgh involved the early Mendelian and population genetic analysis of
malaria parasites. Richard genetically characterised and classified the large collection of
strains and species of rodent malaria parasites that was being assembled for this purpose at
the University of Edinburgh. This work has served ever since to provide an Edinburghbased
global resource for genetic and other analyses of malaria parasites.
Moving in 1974 to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the USA, Richard began the
series of investigations upon the sexual stages of malaria parasites in their mosquito vectors
that founded the concept of malaria transmission blocking vaccines. His work covered basic
cell and molecular biology of these stages of the parasites at a time when this area of
malaria biology was largely neglected. Also during this time, his laboratory established
genetic crossing with human malaria parasites, leading to large advances in understanding
of the major human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, including the discovery of
genes for antimalarial drug resistance in these parasites.
Returning to the UK in 1986 with an MRC appointment at the University of Edinburgh,
Richard continued molecular and cellular studies on the sexual stages of human malaria
parasites. He also established a research collaboration with the University of Colombo in Sri
Lanka on aspects of the transmission, biology and pathology of human malaria in Sri Lanka.
Notably this has led to improved awareness of the significance of spatial aspects of malaria
transmission.
In the past decade Professor Carter’s research at the University of Edinburgh has focussed
upon the development and application of a system for high throughput genetic analyses of
malaria parasites integrating genomic technologies and advanced bioinformatics. This work
has exploited the methods of genetic analysis and has used the collection of strains and
species of rodent malaria parasites that he helped establish as a PhD student in Edinburgh.
The work on malaria transmission begun by Richard at the NIH has become an international
field of research. It is the object of major interest by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
for which he serves as consultant on working groups towards the production of malaria
transmission blocking vaccines.
Richard has edited journals in parasitology and tropical medicine and served on national and
international advisory committees in these fields. Outside of scientific research his interests
include writing, community gardening and sustainable development. He served on the
Steering Committee, which led to the establishment of the Edinburgh Centre on Climate
Change in 2008.
In 2000 Professor Carter was appointed Senior Professorial Research Fellow at the
University of Edinburgh, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Colombo in 2002,
and Professor of Parasite Genetics at the University of Edinburgh in 2008. He received the
Chalmers Medal of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1985) and is a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2007).
We would like to thank him for his long and distinguished service to the University of
Edinburgh and wish him and his family a very happy retirement.

Special Minute
Professor James L. Cox BA, MDiv, PhD
Jim Cox joined the Faculty of Divinity as a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for the Study of
Christianity in the Non­Western World in October 1993 and he retired from the Chair of
Religious Studies in the School of Divinity in September 2011.
A native of the American Midwest, Jim received his BA degree in Philosophy from Witchita
State University in Witchita, Kansas, in 1968. He then proceeded to an MDiv degree in
World Religions in 1972 from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. Travelling
to Scotland, he earned his PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Aberdeen in
1977, working under the supervision of Professor Andrew Walls. From 1981 to 1984, Jim
served as Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Alaska Pacific University in
Anchorage, and from 1989 to 1993, he served as Senior Lecturer in the Department of
Religious Studies, Classics and Philosophy at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare.
On his arrival at the University of Edinburgh, Jim was initially heavily engaged as Director of
the African Christianity Project within the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non­
Western World. This was a major research project funded by the Pew Charitable Trust in
conjunction with eight African universities and Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Jim not
only directed the collaborative research project, but also coordinated research fellowships
between the University and our African partner universities, as well as organizing seven
international conferences in Africa and Europe. As the African Christianity Project drew to a
close, Jim became increasingly involved in developing our growing Religious Studies
Programme. After a year’s teaching at Oxford University, his research and teaching
excellence was recognized in 1999 with an appointment to a Readership in Religious
Studies and then in 2006 with appointment to a Chair in Religious Studies.
Jim has been a popular and well­loved teacher of Religious Studies. He describes himself
as a ‘phenomenologist of religion with a specialisation in the study of indigenous religions’—
that is, someone who studies the nature and content of religion in its broadest sense, and
who has a particular interest in the religions of the original inhabitants of a region. In his
teaching, he has not only introduced students to many of the indigenous religions in the
world and what these beliefs and practices tell us about the human condition, but he has
also inspired his students with a sensitivity to the richness and diversity of other cultures. He
has sought to rescue indigenous religions from condescending attitudes and reassert their
inherent value. His teaching, however, has also embraced the larger world faiths, including
Christianity, Islam and Hinduism, and it has also been enriched by his social conscience and
his extensive experience with other cultures, especially those of the ‘two­thirds world’ outside
Europe and North America.
Jim’s research achievements have also been impressive. He combines his broad
knowledge of indigenous and world religions with a profound understanding of theory and
methodology in Religious Studies. This has enabled him, as one of his colleagues has
observed, to ‘demystify phenomenology of religion for a new generation’, helping develop
accessible methodologies for the practical study of religion in the field and in texts. He is the
author of seven monographs, including Rational Ancestors. Scientific Rationality and African
Indigenous Religions (1998), A Guide to the Phenomenology of Religion: Key Figures,
Formative Influences and Subsequent Debates (2006) and An Introduction to the
Phenomenology of Religion (2010). His vital contribution to the theory and methodology of
his discipline was reflected in a major work, From Primitive to Indigenous: the Academic
Study of Indigenous Religions (2007). In addition to these monographs, Jim is the editor or
co­editor of five books, and the author of nearly forty learned journal articles or contributed
book chapters.

Jim’s reputation as one of the world’s leading scholars of religious studies has been
recognised in a variety of ways. He served as General Secretary of the African Association
for the Study of Religions, 2000­2005, and as President of the British Association for the
Study of Religions, 2003­2006. He is currently Depute General Secretary of the European
Association for the Study of Religions. He has been invited to lecture widely around the
world; and in 2011­2012, he is serving as de Carle Distinguished Lecturer at the University
of Otago, New Zealand. He will continue his field work, his travels and his lecturing in his
retirement, and we also hope that Jim and his partner, Valerie, will have more time for those
activities they enjoy together.

Special Minute
Professor William J Easson, BSc, PhD, CEng, FIMechE
William (Bill) Easson was born on the 10 th March, 1954. He graduated in Mathematical
Physics from the University of Edinburgh in 1976. After 3 years as a school teacher in Fife,
he returned to Edinburgh as a Research Associate working on offshore wave mechanics at
the height of the North Sea oil boom. In addition to studying the fundamentals of the flow in
waves, he also undertook a wide range of studies for oil companies and the Health and
Safety Executive and regularly chaired sessions of the International Society of Offshore and
Polar Engineers.
He was appointed as a lecturer in Fluid Mechanics at the University of Edinburgh in 1987,
when he led the Mechanical Engineering Fluids Group and developed an interest in twophase
flows with particular reference to particulate transport in coal­fired power stations.
Working closely with several companies, he developed methods that improve the efficiency
of plant and reduce NOx output. He became academic representative on the UK Coal
Research Forum and joined the organising committees for several international conferences,
notably expanding the UK CRF meeting to become a European conference and hosting its
first meeting in Edinburgh. During this period he also managed a start­up company, Optical
Flow Systems, selling advanced laser flow measuring techniques to industrial and academic
research laboratories.
In 2001 his work took another twist and after the unexpected departure of a colleague, he
took over the engineering aspects of a Biomedical Engineering grant collaborating with the
School of Medicine. This was a major award, modelling and measuring blood flow in human
arteries to provide an integrated approach to imaging and disease diagnosis. His work in
this field continues. He was founding Secretary of the UK Society of Bioengineering from
2008­2011.
In 1997 he became Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and was Head of the
Institute for Materials and Processes, in the School of Engineering, from 2003­2009. He has
served on numerous School, College and University committees. He was appointed
Professor of Fluid Mechanics in 2002 and elected a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers in 2006.
Bill has therefore contributed strongly and with commitment to every aspect of the life of his
Department, then Institute and School. His scientific/engineering skills and deceptively
humorous approach to academic life has endeared him to colleagues and students alike.
In addition to continuing his research, Professor Easson is now devoting more time to the
challenging task of improving his golf and spending time at his holiday home in Spain, with
his wife, Rosalind.

Special Minute
Professor Gerry Fowkes, BSc, MBChB, PhD, FFPH, FRCP(Ed)
Gerry Fowkes graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Edinburgh in 1970,
having obtained an intercalated BSc (Med Sci) in 1967. He completed his Diploma in
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the University of Liverpool in 1972, having spent a year
studying medicine in developing countries, including stints in both Transkei and Nigeria.
Following more conventional SHO and Registrar jobs in Aberdeen, Gerry became a member
of the Royal College of Physicians(UK) in 1974, before turning to community health and
academic medicine. He worked first as assistant professor in community medicine in
America, then as lecturer and senior lecturer at the Universities of Edinburgh and Wales, the
latter providing the setting for his PhD which he obtained in 1985. He was promoted to
Reader in Epidemiology at Edinburgh University in 1989 and was awarded a personal chair
in 1994. Gerry is a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and of the Royal College of
Physicians (Edinburgh), as well as of several distinguished societies, including the American
Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology.
Gerry has made outstanding research contributions, especially in the field of Peripheral
Vascular Disease. The vast majority of Gerry’s numerous publications are on vascular
disease, especially peripheral vascular disease, and he can be credited with raising the
profile of this highly clinically important yet under­researched area of medicine. In 1990 he
set up the Wolfson Unit for the Prevention of Peripheral Vascular Diseases at Edinburgh
University, funded initially by a grant from the Wolfson Foundation. Amongst a raft of other
projects, Gerry completed two seminal studies on peripheral arterial disease and venous
disease (the Edinburgh Artery and Vein Studies respectively), which are two of the most
highly cited epidemiological studies in this area worldwide. He also founded the Cochrane
Collaborative Review Group on Peripheral Vascular Diseases at Edinburgh University, a
Group which he successfully steered until shortly before his retirement.
Gerry is highly regarded and respected by senior and junior colleagues alike, and by the
very many collaborators with whom he has worked closely over many years. Many PhD
students, junior researchers, public health professionals and epidemiologists owe him a
great debt for his teaching, mentoring and unswerving support throughout their careers.
Always encouraging yet rigorous, he has ensured that the very best epidemiological
principles have been employed in the design and performance of research which can
therefore be used to inform the prevention and treatment of vascular disease in the general
population.
We wish Gerry well in his future, look forward to continued intellectual engagement with him,
and hope that he enjoys all the new opportunities that retirement brings.

Special Minute
Judith Green BA, DPhil, AKC, FRHistS
Judith Green is one of the United Kingdom’s most distinguished medievalists, and is a
leading authority on the government and politics of Norman England, in particular the life and
reign of King Henry I. She retired from the chair of Medieval History at the University of
Edinburgh in August 2011, having served in that position since her appointment in 2005.
Professor Green was educated at King’s College London and Somerville College Oxford,
from where she won her DPhil. She held a Junior Research Fellowship at the Institute of
Historical Research, University of London in 1970­71, and then worked as an Assistant
Editor on the Victoria County History. Her first lecturing appointment was at the University of
St Andrews, where she worked between 1972 and 1974: from there she moved to the
Department of Modern History at Queen’s University Belfast where she held a lectureship,
and was subsequently promoted to reader in 1991 and to a personal chair in medieval
history in 1998.
Her outstanding reputation as a medievalist is founded principally on three significant studies
– the Government of England under Henry I (Cambridge University Press: 1986), The
Aristocracy of Norman England (Cambridge University Press: 1997) and her Henry I: King
of England and Duke of Normandy (Cambridge University Press: 2006). Her recent essays
and articles have complemented her work on Henry I, focusing in particular upon court and
aristocratic culture during his reign. Her current work continues to concentrate upon power
and change in England between the 10 th and 13 th centuries, with a particular emphasis upon
forests and forest law, the duchesses of Normandy and Archbishop Lanfranc and the
pacification of England after 1066. Her work has been published in an array of leading
journals, including the English Historical Review, the Scottish Historical Review, Historical
Research and History.
Amongst her many professional distinctions have been her membership of the editorial
board of the English Historical Review, and her membership of the council of the Royal
Historical Society. She has been awarded Research Fellowships from the (then) Arts and
Humanities Research Board and twice from the Leverhulme Trust.
Professor Green provided wise and strategic leadership to the medieval section of the
History Subject Area at Edinburgh throughout her six years in the chair. She was an
architect of the successful taught MSc in Medieval History, and was a co­founder of the
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in the University. Under her successful
direction, Edinburgh has strengthened its standing as one of the key centres in the United
Kingdom for the study of medieval history.
Judith plans to further develop her work on Norman England, dividing her time in retirement
between Edinburgh and the Cotswolds. She carries the School’s deep thanks for her very
significant contribution to our community’s life and work: She and her husband Ian, an
honorary fellow of the School, carry our best wishes for the future.

Special Minute
Professor Christopher Hall, MA, DPhil, DSc, CEng FRSC FIM, FRSE
Christopher Hall read chemistry at Oxford. He then undertook research on nuclear magnetic
resonance with Sir Rex Richards at the Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford, obtaining a
DPhil in 1970. He joined UMIST in 1972 as a lecturer in building engineering. It was there
that Hall started to work on water transport mechanisms in porous materials. This proved to
be a rich field in which Hall's contributions over many years are recognised throughout the
world. He realised that much of the fundamental content of soil physics could be applied to
water transport in built structures. This provides what is now the standard model. In
Manchester he also developed an innovative course on fire theory and wrote an influential
textbook on polymer materials for engineers.
In 1983, Hall joined Schlumberger as Head of Rock and Fluid Physics in their new research
centre in Cambridge, to work on the processes of heavy oilfield engineering, especially
drilling and well construction. In 1989, Hall moved to the Dowell Schlumberger R&D Centre
in France as Head of Chemical Technology, responsible for new product development in
well cementing and reservoir stimulation, and also for world­wide technical support of these
field operations. In 1991 he moved back to Cambridge as Scientific Advisor. He developed
this role by identifying university research of value to Schlumberger and working closely with
academics and students. He was particularly interested in the fundamental hydration
chemistry of cement materials and collaborated with Paul Barnes's group at Birkbeck in
devising synchrotron methods for observing rapid hydration reactions under hydrothermal
conditions. He was a pioneer of atomic force microscopy for the study mineral surface
reactions and established a powerful molecular modelling group in Schlumberger, the first in
oilfield engineering.
In 2000, he was appointed to the University of Edinburgh as its first Professor of Materials.
He played a leading role in establishing the integrated School of Engineering in 2004, and as
the Director of Research worked closely with Peter Grant as Head of the School of
Engineering until 2009. In extending the reach of materials research across the University,
he played an important part in setting up EMMAC, the Institute for Materials & Processes,
and the Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions. In particular the Leverhulme Trust major
grant for CSEC was won against fierce competition from all the established UK materials
departments and marked an important recognition of Edinburgh materials. In his own
research he pursued his interests in the hydrothermal behaviour of cements, and in water
transport in construction materials, increasingly in relation to long­term processes of
damage, for example in heritage building. He was awarded the first Senior Brian Mercer
award by the Royal Society in 2001 for his work on water transport. He was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2010.
At all times in Edinburgh, Chris Hall has been (and continues to be) a respected researcher,
a committed educator and an inspiration to his colleagues – senior and junior.

Special Minute
Professor Chris Himsworth BA, LLB, Solicitor
Professor Chris Himsworth was educated at the University of Cambridge, graduating BA in
1967 and LLB in 1972. After a short period as an Articled Clerk and then Solicitor with
Lancashire County Council, he commenced his academic career in 1970 when he was
appointed as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland at
Roma, Lesotho. Chris joined the University of Edinburgh in 1974 as a Lecturer in Law, with
subsequent promotions to Senior Lecturer (1986), Reader (1996) and to a Personal Chair in
Administrative Law (which he held from 1999 until his retirement in 2011). Throughout his
career Chris undertook series of senior management roles within the Law Faculty and the
School, from a deep sense of duty and loyalty, performing these roles with great dedication
and distinction. He contributed in important ways to the development of academic policy
and led a number of major changes to the structure of the former Faculty and now School of
Law. In particular he served as Head of Department under the old Faculty structure (from
2000 to 2003) and as Director of Teaching in the newly constituted School of Law (from
2004 to 2006).
Chris Himsworth was born in 1946 and grew up in Cumbria. He has retained a love of
hiking and hill­walking and of outdoor pursuits more generally. A very familiar sight to
anyone working in Old College is of Professor Himsworth arriving early and leaving late on
his bicycle, undertaking the steep climb from Stockbridge to Chambers Street every day. He
has lived in the north side of the city for many years where he and his wife raised two
children and where Chris has been an active member of the community.
Chris’s early experiences in Lesotho as well as cementing his interest in, and dedication
towards, constitutional law and practice, also reinforced his strong opposition to the
apartheid regime in South Africa. Throughout his career his work in law has been suffused
with a commitment to social justice and fairness in the treatment of citizens.
Over the course of his career Chris developed specializations in administrative law, judicial
review, housing law, local government law and environmental law and he has taught and
published widely in these areas. Chris has an unrivalled expertise in the new devolution
settlement contained in the Scotland Act 1998. This expertise resulted in two annotated
volumes published with Colin Munro ­ Devolution and the Scotland Bill and The Scotland Act
1998. The latter remains the definitive guide to the Act. In a similar vein he wrote
Scotland's Constitution: Law and Practice with Christine O’Neill in 2003. Now in its second
edition with Butterworths, this is the leading textbook on Scottish constitutional law and one
which filled a very large gap in the literature with the depth and breadth of its coverage. His
specialist work also led to two other books: Housing Law in Scotland which by 1994 was in
its 4 th edition with Butterworths and Local Government Law in Scotland (LexisNexis 1995).
This work in local government law led Chris to offer expert guidance to a number of other
countries including Italy and the former Yugoslavia and also resulted in the important work
with Neil Walker, The Scottish Community Charge (Greens, 1989). In addition he has
written a range of seminal articles and book chapters.
Chris remained throughout his career a scholar who could bridge the gap between the
academic study of law and its practical application. He faithfully attended School seminars
and lectures and also participated in many events organised by the legal profession, central
and local government. He has always been committed to law as an agent of change and
has brought to it an eye that was both critically engaged and highly sensitive to the
importance of detail. His support and encouragement for students and for younger
colleagues has been a highlight of his time in the School and the integrity and good nature
which he has brought to all aspects of his work has made him a universally respected and
loved figure who, throughout his long career, has embodied the very idea of collegiality.

Special Minute
Professor Larry W. Hurtado, BA, MA, PhD, FRSE
Larry Hurtado joined the Faculty of Divinity as Professor of New Testament Language,
Literature and Theology in August 1996 and he formally retired from his Chair in September
2011.
A native of the American Midwest, Larry earned his BA in Biblical Studies from the Central
Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, in 1965, and his MA in New Testament from Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, in 1967. He proceeded to doctoral work in
New Testament and Christian Origins at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland,
Ohio, where he received his PhD in 1973. Larry taught at Regent College, Vancouver,
Canada, from 1975 to 1978 and at the University of Manitoba, Canada, from 1978 to 1996.
At Manitoba, he served as acting Head of the Department of Religion, 1983­84 and 1991­92,
and he was the founder and first director of the University of Manitoba Institute for the
Humanities.
On joining the University of Edinburgh in 1996, Larry immediately made his presence felt.
He founded the University of Edinburgh Centre for the Study of Christian Origins in 1997,
and served as its Director until his retirement. Under his leadership, the Centre has
promoted research at the interface of New Testament studies and early Church history. In
his teaching in New Testament, he brought fresh approaches and new directions. His
teaching has been characterised by a profound learning in languages, theology and history,
combined with a relaxed manner, an avoidance of academic jargon, a warm sense of
humour, and what can only be described as direct, ‘down home’ language. He has
supervised exceptionally large numbers of PhD students over the years, many of whom are
developing distinguished academic careers.
He has also demonstrated exceptional gifts as an academic leader. He served very
effectively as Vice­Dean of the Faculty of Divinity in 2001­2002, Deputy Head of the School
of Divinity, 2002­2003, Director of Postgraduate Studies in the School of Divinity, 2006­
2007, and Head of the School of Divinity, 2007­2010. As Head of School, he oversaw a
number of initiatives, including new efforts and achievements in fund­raising, new links with
China, and the re­development of the New College Garden. Above all, he helped to
maintain confidence amidst a global economic crisis. Many in the larger University will recall
his regular contributions to discussions and debates at University Senatus. Cogent,
frequently critical, but always well­mannered and collegial, these contributions did much to
preserve the influence and authority of the Senatus within University governance. He also
served the University on numerous committees and working parties.
He has made a significant international impact through his research activities. He is the
author of nine solely­authored books, another five edited books, and nearly ninety
substantial learned journal articles and contributed book chapters. Among his major works
are his lengthy Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity (2003) and his
God in New Testament Theology, which appeared in 2010. His books have been translated
into a number of languages, and he has been invited to lecture widely around the world,
including, most recently, a number of lecturing visits to China. He has served on editorial
boards, selection panels, and governing committees of learned societies. One of Larry’s
particular strengths as a scholar has been his openness to new technologies. Not long ago,
he established a personal blog, on which he can expound on his ideas and muse about his
discipline. In his first year, his blog received a staggering 160,000 hits, meaning that over
400 people a day read his latest thoughts. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Edinburgh in 2008.

Larry will continue his research and writing, and will continue to lecture widely. We do not
expect him to slow down much in his retirement, but we do hope that he and his wife,
Shannon, will have more time to do the things they enjoy together, and we wish them all
happiness.

Special Minute
Professor Andrew W Illius BSc PhD FRSE
Andrew Illius read Agriculture at Edinburgh University, graduating with First Class Honours
in 1972. Agriculture, then, offered an admirably broad education in the Scottish tradition,
and formed the basis for his interests in plant and animal physiology, ecology, economics
and business management. Edinburgh gave him a life­long commitment to the University’s
ideal of disinterested intellectual enquiry and a profound belief in universities’ role as cultural
guardians of this ideal. He went on to PhD research at Sutton Bonington, University of
Nottingham, on endocrinology and behaviour, followed by postdoctoral research at the
Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria. He found his way back to Edinburgh in
1978, becoming Lecturer in Animal Production at the Edinburgh School of Agriculture, where
he started work on the management and ecology of grazing systems. He was promoted to a
Personal Chair in Animal Ecology (2000) and elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of
Edinburgh (2006).
Andrew is a systems ecologist who combines experimentation with mathematical modelling
in the study of herbivore­plant interactions. Together with collaborators, he helped to
introduce a theoretical, mechanistic and experimental approach to investigation of herbivore
nutritional ecology, replacing the largely descriptive approach that preceded it. One of his
research goals has been to develop a predictive ability in his area of ecology, based on an
understanding of underlying mechanisms. Predictive ability is acknowledged to be the next
major challenge if ecology is to become a mature science. Successes in accurate prediction
in a number of areas (eg, modelling digesta kinetics and nutrient intake; population
modelling in herbivores) made considerable progress towards this goal.
Born in Durban, Andrew developed strong academic links in southern Africa, and gave
service by co­ordinating a Royal Society programme to establish a centre of excellence in
savanna­livestock interactions at University of Fort Hare, and an EC­funded research and
teaching link between Edinburgh and the Tropical Resource Ecology Programme, University
of Zimbabwe. Andrew’s work on savanna grazing systems largely settled the ‘rangeland
debate’ over the interplay of forces driving the dynamics of climatically­variable systems.
Professor Illius served as Head, Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology 1999­2003
and subsequently Head of the School of Biological Sciences 2003­8, challenges he found
varied and fulfilling. His period as Head of School coincided with an exhilarating period of
change and expansion. He created a new Institute structure to give sharper focus to the
School’s core strengths, and laid out the strategy for cross­disciplinary research via a
number of research Centres, to exploit new opportunities in, eg, systems and synthetic
biology, and in the evolutionary biology of infectious disease.
Andrew found university management to have much scope for thoughtful intervention in the
service of others. Following this, he found the call of the wild to be irresistible, and he now
pursues his interests in both the theoretical and practical aspects of herbivory. With his wife,
Dinah, he farms in the Borders.
The University is very thankful for his long service and distinguished career. His leadership
of the School during a period of significant transition was dynamic and visionary. We wish
him and his family a very happy retirement as he settles in to his new life as a Borders
farmer.

ooks in the 1950s. We look forward to the results of this research as much as we have
enjoyed her past work, and hope she will long continue to be active not only intellectually,
but as a faithful listener to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s Queen’s Hall concerts and
physically, as a keen hill walker.

Special Minute
Professor D. Robert Ladd A.B., M.A., Ph.D.
Bob Ladd joined the lecturing staff of the Department of Linguistics in January 1985, and
formally retired from his Chair in Linguistics in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and
Language Sciences at the end of July 2011.
He was educated at the Phillips Exeter Academy, founded in 1781 in Exeter, New
Hampshire, and at Brown University, where he graduated in 1968 magna cum laude with
highest honours in linguistics. After two years of army service, he began postgraduate study
at Cornell University, receiving his M.A. in 1972. He then worked as a Lektor in English and
linguistics at the University of Heidelberg, before returning to Cornell to undertake doctoral
work on the ‘meaning’ of intonation and prosody – the grammatical and discourse­level
factors that influence accent placement and tune choice.
After receiving the Ph.D. in 1978, he left to spend a year as a Fulbright lecturer at the
University of Cluj, Romania. That same year he published his first article, in Language, the
journal which then as now was reckoned to be the most important and prestigious in the
field. As it happens, the last article he published prior to his retirement was in the same
journal.
The first half of the 1980s saw Bob focus his research activity on phonology, in particular on
the evidence for the existence of localised pitch targets in intonation, on the question of how
such targets are scaled relative to the speaker’s voice range, and on the temporal
coordination of such targets with the segmental string. This work was conducted at
universities on both sides of the Atlantic, before he finally settled into a post at the University
of Edinburgh, his home for the remaining quarter­century of his official career.
On arriving in Edinburgh, one of Bob’s major projects was to apply the theoretical work he
had been doing to problems of intonation in synthetic speech, in collaboration with others at
the Centre for Speech Technology Research. He produced a model for synthesising
natural­sounding pitch contours from simple linguistic specifications. In 1989 he was
promoted to Reader in recognition of his research achievements, and in 1997 he was
awarded a personal chair, following the publication of his book Intonational Phonology by
Cambridge University Press in 1996, and his appointment as Co­Editor (with Ellen Gurman
Bard) of the journal Language and Speech, a responsibility he held through 2000.
Bob has been principal investigator or co­investigator on successful applications to research
councils totalling approximately £1 million. He served as Head of the Department of
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from 2000 to 2003, the period in which the University
was restructured. Bob took a central role in the creation of the School of Philosophy,
Psychology and Language Sciences, and later, from 2008 until 2010, served as Acting Head
of the School.
As one of the most respected and influential figures in the study of intonation and prosody of
his generation, Bob has been called upon countless times to serve as external examiner of
theses, to referee publications and to give specialist seminars across the UK, Europe, the
USA, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. His linguistic interests too are global, and a 2007
paper entitled “Linguistic tone is related to the population frequency of the adaptive
haplogroups of two brain size genes” (co­authored with Dan Dediu) received world­wide
press coverage for its controversial finding that speakers of tone languages of Africa and
Asia that were never previously thought to be historically related share a distinctive genetic
trait.

The years ahead promise to see Bob remaining involved with linguistics at Edinburgh,
particularly with Bilingualism Matters, a Europe­wide bilingual education consultancy
spearheaded by his wife, Professor Antonella Sorace; and at last perfecting the baking skills
for which he is already legendary. This, of course, in addition to a hectic schedule of
researching and writing about the phonological topics on which his curiosity remains
undiminished even after such a full professional lifetime of investigation.

Special Minute
David McCrone, MA (Hons), MSc
David McCrone was born in Aberdeen and started as an undergraduate in the Sociology
Department at University there, but transferred to the new Department of Sociology at the
University of Edinburgh, where he was to remain for the rest of what has proved to be an
illustrious academic career. A Masters in Planning at Edinburgh led to his first research
project, with Frank Bechhofer and Brian Elliott, on small shopkeepers in the city, followed by
a grant from what was then the Social Science Research Council to study landlords,
resulting in the books The City: Patterns of Domination and Conflict (1982) and Property and
Power in a City: The Sociological Significance of Landlordism (1989). His next project, also
with Frank and Brian, looked at the rise of the new right and middle­class movements in the
1970s, followed by a study of the social structure of Scotland, along with Steve Kendrick.
From the start David’s research used quantitative methods, and it is easy to forget that in
those days computer runs meant punching cards which were delivered overnight to the
agricultural research station in Invergowrie!
He then collaborated with Michael Anderson, Brian Main and Bob Morris on the ESRC’s
Social Change and Economic Life Initiative. This was followed by a study of the landed and
arts elite in Scotland, which formed the basis for Scotland ­ The Brand: The Making of
Scottish Heritage (1995). Next came a study of identity in Berwick­upon­Tweed, Eyemouth
and Alnwick along with some villages along the Scottish border.
When not creating the sociology of modern Scotland from scratch, David, who had gained a
lectureship in the department, devoted his energies to starting a new Sociology course on
Scotland as well as reviving and revising the Scottish Politics course which had been started
by Henry Drucker, teaching with Lindsay Paterson and Alice Brown. Along with these
colleagues and John Curtice he then became involved with the series of Scottish Election
Studies, leading to a string of books and publications from Politics and Society in Scotland
(1996) to Revolution or Evolution?: The 2007 Scottish Elections (2009). With Alice Brown he
founded the Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland, which was to become what we
know today as the Institute of Governance. He also found time to establish the Scottish
Government Yearbook, which later became the journal Scottish Affairs. Meanwhile he
became a Reader and then Professor in Sociology, as well as the headship of the
department. Hardly pausing to draw breath, he established the successful Masters
programme in Nationalism Studies which continues to run (the only course of its kind in the
UK apart from the LSE) and found the time to write a key monograph on The Sociology of
Nationalism: Tomorrow’s Ancestors (1998).
His continuing research on Scotland led to yet more books publications casting a critical eye
over modern Scottish society. The Making of Scotland appeared in 1989 followed by the
pathbreaking Understanding Scotland: the Sociology of a Stateless Nation (1992), Living in
Scotland: social and economic changes since 1980 (2004) Creating a Scottish Parliament
(2005) and National Days: Constructing and Mobilizing National Identity (2009).
David was heavily involved with the Scottish Constitutional Convention and became an
influential figure in the discussions that led to the establishment of the Scottish Parliament.
His interest in national identity in Scotland and the UK led to a large research programme,
funded by the Leverhulme Trust, bringing together sociologists, political scientists,
psychologists and anthropologists to look at national identity and constitutional change. This
led to a further wave of publications including National Identity, Nationalism and
Constitutional Change (2009).

David’s work has been remarkable in three ways. It has drawn its inspiration in part from the
Sociology Department's founder, Tom Burns, whose maxim was that it was the business of
sociologists to conduct a critical debate with the public about the equipment of its social
institutions. How fitting then, that his work has been so closely bound up with the
resurrection of perhaps its most important one. The public that David has addressed has
always been Scottish, as much as British; not in any parochial sense, but, on the contrary as
part of a most prescient exploration of the multi­national character of the United Kingdom.
Finally, the extremely long list of his collaborators, across a wide spectrum of academic
disciplines, tells us a lot about his commitment to collegiality and inter­disciplinarity. His
work has been recognized by Fellowships of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and British
Academy.
It will come as no surprise to learn that retirement for David could hardly mean and end to
research. His current project, Heat and the City explores sustainability. We do not yet know
what his next project will be, but look forward to it, while wishing him well for a happy and
fulfilling future.

Special Minute
Professor David Rankin, BSc, PhD, FRSE
Professor David Rankin obtained his first degree from the University of Cambridge, followed
by research under the supervision first of Evelyn Ebsworth and then George Sheldrick. In
1969 he obtained his PhD with a thesis entitled “Germyl Derivatives of the Elements”. His
initial research on the synthesis of germyl compounds paved the way to spectroscopic and
structural studies, including an introduction to the technique of gas electron diffraction in
Manchester. Following his PhD, David moved to Edinburgh University as a temporary ICI
Research Fellow. This move reunited him with Evelyn Ebsworth who had been appointed as
the first holder of the Crum Brown Chair in Chemistry at Edinburgh in 1967. David remained
in Edinburgh for the rest of his scientific career, being promoted to a Personal Chair in
Structural Chemistry in 1989. After moving to Edinburgh, the focus of his synthetic work
shifted to fluorophosphine derivatives, but the structural emphasis remained with the
establishment of a gas electron diffraction laboratory in Edinburgh in 1977. The initial gas
electron diffraction apparatus (imported second hand from the USA) served David faithfully
over the years and has now been moved to the University of Canterbury in New Zealand,
where it will continue to contribute to the determination of molecular structures under the
care of Sarah Masters, one of David’s former students.
David’s name has been synonymous with gas electron diffraction research in the UK for
more than three decades and is to be found on many an undergraduate reading list thanks
to the “Structural Methods in Inorganic Chemistry” book he co­authored with Evelyn
Ebsworth and Stephen Cradock. He is currently working towards preparing a third edition
(with Carole Morrison, University of Edinburgh, and Norbert Mitzel, University of Bielefeld),
which will be published by Wiley in the Spring of 2012. In an academic career spanning
more than 40 years David has published almost 500 papers. He was the most cited electron
diffractionist for over nearly 20 years and the most cited chemist in the University of
Edinburgh over the same period. He received the Royal Society of Chemistry Award for
Structural Chemistry (1990), was awarded a Tilden Lectureship (1996) and was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1991. More recently he has been a recipient of
the International Barbara Mez­Starck Prize awarded annually for outstanding contributions in
the fields of experimental structural chemistry and molecular physics.
David held many important posts in the School including Head of Inorganic Chemistry and
Head of Department (on two occasions). In the years before his retirement he was the
Chairman of the Board of Examiners. In this role, David has received the highest praise
from External Examiners and greatly alleviated colleagues in the School of time consuming
tasks by streamlining the processes and procedures. One of his duties was to oversee the
preparation of exam papers. His abhorrence of split infinitives and incorrect punctuation is
legendary!
David has many interests outside structural chemistry. He has e.g. accrued an international
reputation as an expert on rhododendrons. His studies of the relationships between metals
in plants and soils are accompanied by biennial trips to hunt rhododendrons on Chinese
limestone mountains! His wonderful garden in Lasswade has been enjoyed by many
colleagues and the gardening hobby he shares with his wife Stella has developed into a
thriving nursery business, Kevock Garden Plants. Having dominated the Best in Show
category at Gardening Scotland for the last few years, David and Stella exhibited for the first
time at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2011 and were awarded a silver gilt medal. David
continues to contribute to the life of the School but now has the opportunity to devote much
more time to his love of plants and garden design. We wish David and Stella a long, happy
and busy “retirement” with lots more Garden Show success.

Special Minute
Professor Lyn Tett, BA, MEd
Lyn Tett is an internationally renowned educational researcher. She was educated at Rose
Green Grammar School, Bristol and returned to education as an adult through the Open
University where she studied part time whilst her children were young. Lyn began her career
as an adult literacy organizer in the Argyll and Bute Division of Strathclyde Regional Council
and then went on to become Assistant Director of the Scottish Community Education Council
with responsibility for Adult Education and Training. She moved into higher education in
1992 when she was appointed Director of Community Education at Moray House College of
Education and was awarded a Personal Chair of Community Education and Lifelong
Learning in 2002 after the College had merged with the University of Edinburgh. She made
a significant contribution to the administration of the School as Director of Research and
Knowledge Exchange from 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2011.
Lyn has given extensive service to the academic, professional, and policy making
educational communities. She has attracted substantial research funding of well over £1
million from a range of bodies, including the Scottish Government (and its predecessor
bodies), Health Scotland, local authorities, and charities. She is a member of the editorial
boards of a number of academic journals and regularly reviews articles and grant
applications in the UK, Canada and Hong Kong.
She has always sought to combine her academic research interest in factors that lead to the
exclusion of adults from post­compulsory education, including class, gender and disability,
with a focus on policy and practice. Examples of her theory­informed applied research and
advocacy include the development of: the Curriculum Framework for Adult Literacy and
Numeracy in Scotland; materials enabling community activists to work on health issues and
advice; and guidance to the Scottish Government on the development of adult literacies.
Lyn also has a strong commitment to campaigning about violence against women and has
been a member of the board of the Zero Tolerance Trust since 2003.
Lyn continues to contribute to Moray House School of Education in a variety of ways,
including postgraduate supervision and support for staff in writing for publication. She also
continues her involvement with community education more generally through her
membership of the Standards’ Council for Community Learning and Development and in her
role as Chair of the Scottish Government’s Working Group on Professional Development in
Adult Literacies.
In her retirement Lyn looks forward to having time with her five grandchildren, exploring the
long­distance walks of the UK and further afield and climbing more of the Corbetts if she
gets fit enough. Friends and colleagues across the University will wish her a very happy and
well­deserved retirement.

Special Minute
Adri van den Broek BVSc PhD DVD FRCVS
Adri van den Broek qualified (BVSc) from Liverpool University and spent three years in
general practice before becoming a lecturer in clinical medicine in the Small Animal Practice
of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (R(D)SVS). Here he worked alongside
some outstanding clinicians such as Dr Peter Darke and developed his interest in veterinary
dermatology, obtaining his Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons with
Dermatology as his specialist subject.
In 1986 he documented the first cases of canine zinc­responsive dermatosis seen in the UK
and published a number of original research articles on this subject. This research led to
alterations in the composition of commercially produced canine diets that resulted in the
virtual elimination of this disease. This interest in clinical research led to collaborative
studies with colleagues in the Pre­clinical Sciences and the publication of many research
articles such as those on cutaneous and hepatic glucocorticoid receptors in dogs and cats
that are cited in standard veterinary endocrinology texts. Later he worked alongside
Professor Hugh Miller and Dr John Huntley of the Moredun Research Institute on sheep
scab, a disease with serious economic and welfare implications. He was first author on a
number of seminal papers documenting its immunopathogenesis and demonstrated the
potential for developing a vaccine against this disease. This work established his
international reputation in research. He has also been actively involved in research on
canine atopic dermatitis and canine staphylococcal pyoderma. He has been invited to give
papers on these different areas of research at a number of international conferences.
Since his appointment to the University he has been committed to teaching and clinical
practice. Undergraduate teaching has been a particular interest and he was the first
convenor of the R(D)SVS Teaching, Learning and Assessment Committee and as such
heavily involved in organising seminars on different aspects of learning for undergraduates
and postgraduates at the R(D)SVS as well as seminars on teaching for lecturers. He has
been actively involved teaching and supervising the research projects of several postgraduate
students working for national and international Diplomas in Dermatology, as well as
PhD students. In addition, he has shared responsibility for the referral Dermatology Service
of the R(D)SVS establishing its international reputation for teaching and research. As a
clinician he has, if appropriate, provided in­patient and ‘on­call’ care for dermatology cases.
His interest in teaching and his clinical reputation have led to requests for the publication of
articles on various aspects of veterinary dermatology and to him acting as chairperson of the
Board of Examiners for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Certificate in Veterinary
Dermatology.
At present, although officially retired, Professor van den Broek enthusiastically continues his
clinical work and his teaching of undergraduate and post­graduate students. However, he
hopes to find more time to pursue his other cultural and theological interests.

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C1
Brief description of the paper
The University of Edinburgh
Electronic Senate
17 – 25 January 2012
Communications from the University Court
This report deals with certain matters considered by the University Court at its meetings on
7 November and 12 December 2011.
Action required
Senate is invited to note the report.
Resource Implications
Where applicable, as covered in the report.
Risk Analysis
Where applicable, as covered in the report.
Equality and Diversity
Where applicable, as covered in the report.
Freedom of Information
Can this paper be included in open business? Yes.
Any Other Relevant Information
A comment need only be submitted to raise an objection/ suggest corrections. If no
comments are received the Court Communications will be deemed approved. In this
context any comments on this paper should be emailed to Senate.Support@ed.ac.uk
quoting “comment on C1”. These comments will be added verbatim at
http://tinyurl.com/36revsy
Originator of the paper
Dr Katherine Novosel

Head of Court Services
January 2012

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE UNIVERSITY COURT
7 November 2011
1 APPOINTMENT OF CHANCELLOR’S ASSESSOR
Court welcomed the appointment of Sheriff Principal Edward Bowen to the position of
Chancellor’s Assessor with effect from 17 October 2011 for an initial period of four
years until 31 July 2015.
2 DESIGNATION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
On the recommendation of the Principal, Court approved the designation of three new
Assistant Principals:
Professor James Smith, Global Development
Professor Sue Welburn, Global Health
Professor Mark Rounsevell, Global Environment and Society.
Each appointment to be with effect from 1 November 2011 for an initial period of
three years until 31 October 2014.
3 EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART – UPDATE
Court noted the significant and satisfactory work undertaken over the last few months
following the merger with the Edinburgh College of Art to take forward detailed
operational arrangements and to familiarise ECA staff with the University’s practices
and procedures. The Post­Merger Working Group continued to monitor progress and
ensure integration; some areas were proving more complex than anticipated and
actions were being progressed to resolve outstanding issues. It was noted that the
Scottish Funding Council would be undertaking a visit to monitor progress at the
beginning of December 2011 and Court approved the remit and membership of a
University Working Group to undertake a formal review one year after the merger as
set out in the paper subject to the inclusion in the membership of two student
representatives: an ECA student representative as well as the EUSA President.
4 BURSARIES/SUPPORT – SCOTTISH DOMICILED STUDENTS
It was noted that there had been previous discussion on improving the support
currently provided to Scottish domiciled students in light of the provision agreed for
RUK­domiciled students; there had also been discussion on utilising part of the
surplus that the University was anticipated to record for 2010/2011 to support
undergraduate and postgraduate students. On the recommendation of the Finance
and General Purposes Committee, Court welcomed and approved the proposals set
out in the paper to utilise the balance of the general investment fund established in
2007 which was in the order of £10m and anticipated to deliver £340k income per
annum to provide support to Scottish domiciled students. The additional access and
accommodation bursaries which this level of income could sustain were noted by
Court.
5 ANNUAL REVIEW 2010­11
Court approved the articles to be included in the 2010/2011 Annual Review.

6 ACADEMIC REPORT
Court noted the report from the Senate meeting and on the business conducted by
the electronic Senate. In particular Court welcomed the debate on academic and
pastoral support systems for students and that this important matter was being taken
forward by Senior Vice­Principal Professor Brown and Vice­Principal Professor
Hounsell, working closely with EUSA colleagues.
7 RESOLUTIONS
Court approved the following Resolutions:
Resolution No. 52/2011: Foundation of a Personal Senior Research Chair
History
Resolution No. 53/2011: Foundation of a Chair of Computer Security
Resolution No. 54/2011: Alteration of the title of the Chair of Psychiatry
Resolution No. 55/2011: Alteration of the title of the Chair of Visual Theory and
Scottish Art
8 ORDINANCE 210
Court noted that Ordinance 210: Election of Chancellor and General Council
Assessors and Chairing of General Council Meetings had been approved by the Privy
Council on 12 October 2011 without any further amendments to that approved by
Court on 20 June 2011.
9 EUSA CONSTITUTION
At its last meeting, Court had approved, in principle, changes to the constitution of the
Students’ Representative Council and Court noted that the proposed changes had
now been ratified by the student body and that the new structure would be
implemented in full after the March 2012 EUSA elections.
10 DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
Court was pleased to note the donations and legacies to be notified received by the
University of Edinburgh, Development Trust between 15 September and 31 October
2011.
12 December 2011
1 DESIGNATION OF VICE­PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
On the recommendation of the Principal, Court approved: the proposals to take
forward the process to identify successors for the separate functions of Senior Vice­
Principal and Vice­Principal Planning, Resources and Research Policy on the
retirement of Professor Nigel Brown in late summer 2012; the extension of the current
remit of Assistant Principal Dr Sue Rigby and to revise her designation with immediate
effect to Assistant Principal for Student Progression and Taught Postgraduate
Programmes; and the extension of the term of office of Assistant Principal Professor

Asif Ahmed until 28 February 2014.
2 STRENGTHENING THE ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH HERIOT­WATT
UNIVERSITY
Court was very supportive of the proposals to strengthen the already existing
collaboration arrangements between the University and Heriot­Watt University and it
approved the establishment of a joint high­level Strategy Group to take this forward
including the membership and remit of the Group. It was further noted that this Group
would report back to both institutions in July 2012.
3 UNIVERSITY'S DRAFT RESPONSE TO THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT'S
'LEARNERS AT THE CENTRE' CONSULTATION PAPER
Court welcomed and approved this well drafted document noting that EUSA would be
submitting a separate response.
4 DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
Court was pleased to note the donations and legacies to be notified received by the
University of Edinburgh, Development Trust between 1 and 30 November 2011.

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The University of Edinburgh
Electronic Senate
17 – 25 January 2012
Report from the Central Management Group
Brief description of the paper, including a statement of relevant to the University’s strategic
plans and priorities
Report from the Central Management Group meetings of 11 October and 14 November
2011.
Action requested
Senate is invited to note the report with comments as it considers appropriate.
Resource implications
As outlined in the paper.
Risk Assessment
As outlined in the paper.
Equality and Diversity
None.
Freedom of information
Can this paper be included in open business? Yes.
Any Other Relevant Information
A comment need only be submitted to raise an objection/ suggest corrections. Any
comments on this paper should be emailed to Senate.Support@ed.ac.uk quoting “comment
on C2”. These comments will be added verbatim at http://tinyurl.com/36revsy
Originators of the paper
Dr Alexis Cornish, Director of Planning and Deputy Secretary
Dr Katherine Novosel, Head of Court Services
January 2012

Central Management Group
Tuesday 11 October 2011
1 ANTI­BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION POLICY
CMG fully supported and endorsed this important Policy noting the workshops and
training to be provided to staff across the University to take this Policy forward.
2 EQUALITY & DIVERSITY STRATEGY & ACTION PLAN
It was noted that this Strategy had been prepared in response to the Equality Act 2010
which brought together previously separate pieces of legislation and created a
framework covering nine areas and with an expectation that bodies would go beyond
compliance levels to advance equality. The action plan replaced the previous
separate plans on race, disability and gender and should be regarded as a working
document which would be amended as appropriate. It was also noted that there would
be resource implications in taking forward the plan and that specific initiatives would
be presented to CMG for consideration. CMG endorsed the Strategy and Action Plan
subject to the caveat on resource implications.
3 PERFORMANCE & DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
CMG approved, in principle, the Annual Review Policy Statement pending final
agreement with the Combined Joint Consultative and Negotiating Committee
(CJCNC). The development of on­line reporting arrangements and that guidance
documentation would be prepared and training provided to cover all areas of the
review process including interactions with other current HR policies was welcomed. It
was noted that there would be resource implications in taking all these aspect forward.
4 FEES STRATEGY GROUP
CMG approved the proposals in respect of two Scholarship agreements.
1 CHANCELLOR’S FELLOWSHIPS
Central Management Group
Monday, 14 November 2011
The proposals were fully supported and welcomed by CMG.
2 REPORT FROM STAFF COMMITTEE
CMG noted the report and welcomed the intention to convene a meeting of the Staff
Committee early in the new year to focus on discussion on the people aspects of the
new Strategic Plan. The Group further noted the information on taking forward a
University wide mentoring scheme and progress on the development of a REF Code
of Practice particularly welcoming the consultation with Colleges and Schools on the
draft Code and recognising the importance of ensuring that the proposed process was
robust. In terms of the new Appeals process the Group noted the number and
outcome of appeals lodged from 1 April to 30 June 2011.
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3 SENATUS RESEARCHER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE TASK GROUP REPORT: A
STUDY OF PG CONVERSION RATES (CLOSED)
CMG was very supportive of the review undertaken by this Senatus Committee Task
Group and commended and approved the excellent recommendations to improve the
current conversion of an offer of a postgraduate place into acceptance and
matriculation. It was noted that these recommendations were subject to appropriate
resources being available.
4 UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CENTRE OF EXPERTISE (UN RCE) IN EDUCATION
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The proposal to progress to the next stage of the United Nations RCE
application process was approved, noting the intention to bid for the status of
Scottish Regional Centre and the support of external stakeholders.
5 NPRAS SPACE RATES FOR 2012­2013
CMG approved the revised NPRAS space rates to be applied for 2012/2013 planning
and budgeting purposes which reflected the uplift required to meet building
maintenance costs and increases in utility prices.
6 HIRING AGENCY WORKERS
It was noted that the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 had come into force on 1
October 2011 and that this Policy had been developed in light of the requirements of
this new legislation. CMG approved the Hiring Agency Workers Policy to be applied
across the University which would be challenging in those areas such as
Accommodation Services with currently high levels of agency workers.
7 PRINCIPAL’S CAREER DEVELOPMENT PhD SCHOLARSHIPS
CMG fully supported the proposals.
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The University of Edinburgh
Electronic Senate
17 – 25 January 2011
Report of the Central Academic Promotions Committee
Brief description of the paper, including a statement of relevance to the University's strategic
plans and priorities:
This paper is report of Out of Cycle Personal Chair recommendations of the Central
Academic Promotions Committee.
It is important to be able to periodically review Out of Cycle Personal Chairs to fulfil the
University Strategic Plan Quality People Objectives to recruit, reward, develop and retain
high­performing staff.
Action requested
For information.
Resource implications
Does the paper have resource implications? No new implications.
Risk Assessment
Does the paper include a risk analysis? No.
Equality and Diversity
Does the paper have equality and diversity implications? Not directly.
Freedom of information
Can this paper be included in open business? Yes.
Additional Information
Draft Court resolutions to enable the establishment of the relevant personal chairs are set
out within Paper C4.
A comment need only be submitted to raise an objection/ suggest corrections. If no
comments are received the Report of the Central Academic Promotions Committee will be
deemed approved. In this context any comments on this paper should be emailed to
Senate.Support@ed.ac.uk quoting “comment on C3”. These comments will be added
verbatim at http://tinyurl.com/36revsy
Originator of the paper
Denise Boyle
University HR Services
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REPORT FROM THE CENTRAL ACADEMIC PROMOTIONS COMMITTEE
Since its last report on the 2010/11 academic promotions the Committee has awarded two
further out of cycle Personal Chairs.
Personal Chairs
Dr I Rudan, School of Clinical and Community Health, Personal Chair of International Health
and Molecular Medicine with effect from 1 November 2011
Dr M Aspinwall, School of Social and Political Science, Personal Chair of Politics and
International Relations with effect from 1 November 2011
Dr D Johnson, School of Social and Political Science, Personal Chair of Biopolitics with
effect from 1 January 2012
Denise Boyle
HR Partner Employee Relations
University HR Services
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The University of Edinburgh
Electronic Senate
17 – 25 January 2012
Resolutions ­ Chairs
Brief description of the paper, including a statement of relevance to the University’s strategic
plans and priorities
This report is presented to Senate in accordance with the procedures for the creation of new
chairs, renaming of existing chairs and the process for personal chairs.
Action required
Senate is invited to make observations on the draft Resolutions.
Resource Implications
Where applicable, as covered in the report.
Risk Analysis
Where applicable, as covered in the report.
Equality and Diversity
There will be equality and diversity issues in the appointment to chairs which will be taken
into account in accordance with HR processes.
Freedom of Information
Can this paper be included in open business? Yes.
Originator of the paper
Dr Katherine Novosel
Head of Court Services
January 2012

Senate
Resolutions – Chairs
Personal Chairs (Appendix 1)
These Personal Chairs require to be created as a result of the deliberations of the
University’s Central Academic Promotions Committee:
Draft Resolution No. 1/2012: Foundation of a Personal Chair of International
Health and Molecular Medicine
Draft Resolution No. 2/2012: Foundation of a Personal Chair of Politics and
International Relations
Draft Resolution No. 3/2012: Foundation of a Personal Chair of Biopolitics
Court at its meeting on 20 February 2012 will consider all the above Resolutions in final
format.
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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Appendix 1
Draft Resolution of the University Court No. 1/2012
Foundation of a Personal Chair of International Health and Molecular Medicine
At Edinburgh, the Xxx­xx day of Xxx, Two thousand and twelve.
WHEREAS the University Court deems it expedient to found a Personal Chair of
International Health and Molecular Medicine:
THEREFORE the University Court, after consultation with the Senatus Academicus
and in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Section 3 of the Universities (Scotland)
Act 1966, with special reference to paragraph 5 of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Act, hereby
resolves:
1. There shall be a Personal Chair of International Health and Molecular Medicine in the
University of Edinburgh, which shall be established solely for the period of tenure of the
Professor appointed, and on the Professor ceasing to hold office, the provisions of this
Resolution shall cease to have effect, and the said Personal Chair shall thereupon cease to
exist.
2. The patronage of the Personal Chair shall be vested in and exercised by the University
Court of the University of Edinburgh.
3. Notwithstanding the personal nature of this Chair, the terms and conditions of
appointment and tenure which by Statute, Ordinance and otherwise apply to other Chairs in
the University shall be deemed to apply in like manner to the Personal Chair of International
Health and Molecular Medicine together with all other rights, privileges and duties attaching
to the office of Professor.
4. This Resolution shall come into force with effect from 1 November Two thousand and
eleven.
For and on behalf of the University Court
K A WALDRON
University Secretary
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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Draft Resolution of the University Court No. 2/2012
Foundation of a Personal Chair of Politics and International Relations
At Edinburgh, the Xxx­xx day of Xxx, Two thousand and twelve.
WHEREAS the University Court deems it expedient to found a Personal Chair of
Politics and International Relations:
THEREFORE the University Court, after consultation with the Senatus Academicus
and in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Section 3 of the Universities (Scotland)
Act 1966, with special reference to paragraph 5 of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Act, hereby
resolves:
1. There shall be a Personal Chair of Politics and International Relations in the University
of Edinburgh, which shall be established solely for the period of tenure of the Professor
appointed, and on the Professor ceasing to hold office, the provisions of this Resolution shall
cease to have effect, and the said Personal Chair shall thereupon cease to exist.
2. The patronage of the Personal Chair shall be vested in and exercised by the University
Court of the University of Edinburgh.
3. Notwithstanding the personal nature of this Chair, the terms and conditions of
appointment and tenure which by Statute, Ordinance and otherwise apply to other Chairs in
the University shall be deemed to apply in like manner to the Personal Chair of Politics and
International Relations together with all other rights, privileges and duties attaching to the
office of Professor.
4. This Resolution shall come into force with effect from 1 November Two thousand and
eleven.
For and on behalf of the University Court
K A WALDRON
University Secretary
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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Draft Resolution of the University Court No. 3/2012
Foundation of a Personal Chair of Biopolitics
At Edinburgh, the Xxx­xx day of Xxx, Two thousand and twelve.
WHEREAS the University Court deems it expedient to found a Personal Chair of
Biopolitics:
THEREFORE the University Court, after consultation with the Senatus Academicus
and in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Section 3 of the Universities (Scotland)
Act 1966, with special reference to paragraph 5 of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Act, hereby
resolves:
1. There shall be a Personal Chair of Biopolitics in the University of Edinburgh, which
shall be established solely for the period of tenure of the Professor appointed, and on the
Professor ceasing to hold office, the provisions of this Resolution shall cease to have effect,
and the said Personal Chair shall thereupon cease to exist.
2. The patronage of the Personal Chair shall be vested in and exercised by the University
Court of the University of Edinburgh.
3. Notwithstanding the personal nature of this Chair, the terms and conditions of
appointment and tenure which by Statute, Ordinance and otherwise apply to other Chairs in
the University shall be deemed to apply in like manner to the Personal Chair of Biopolitics
together with all other rights, privileges and duties attaching to the office of Professor.
4. This Resolution shall come into force with effect from 1 January Two thousand and
twelve.
For and on behalf of the University Court
K A WALDRON
University Secretary
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For Approval
The University of Edinburgh
Electronic Senate
17 – 25 January 2011
General Statement on Student Discipline – Amendment
Following merger with ECA, the University’s Student Discipline policies apply to ECA
students. Therefore a change is required to the General Statement on Student Discipline to
delete the paragraph on page 4 referring to the degree of M.A. (Hons) Fine Art in the
Edinburgh College of Art. The paragraph to be deleted is the first one under the heading, IV.
Relationship of the Disciplinary Code to students of other institutions:
“In the case of students following courses leading to the degree of M.A. (Hons) Fine Art,
offences alleged to have been committed within the precincts of either the Edinburgh
College of Art or the University shall respectively be dealt with under the Edinburgh College
of Art and University Codes of Discipline. When the site of the alleged offence is elsewhere,
the Vice Principal of the Edinburgh College of Art and the Head of the University's College of
Humanities and Social Science shall consult and decide whether the case shall proceed
under the discipline code of the University or that of the Edinburgh College of Art.”
Link to the General Statement on Student Discipline:
http://www.docs.sasg.ed.ac.uk/AcademicServices/Discipline/GeneralStatementDiscipline.pdf
Resource implications
Does the paper have resource implications? No
Risk Assessment
Does the paper include a risk analysis? No
Equality and Diversity
Does the paper have equality and diversity implications? No
Freedom of information
Can this paper be included in open business? Yes
Additional Information
A comment need only be submitted to raise an objection/ suggest corrections. If no
comments are received the minutes will be deemed approved. In this context any comments
on this paper should be e­mailed to Senate.Support@ed.ac.uk quoting “comment on A1”.
These comments will be added verbatim at http://tinyurl.com/36revsy
Originator of the paper
Susan Hunter, Secretary, Discipline Committee
January 2012