Content by Subject 2020/21

A problem with pagination arose during the 1 July issue, and page numbers 487–496 were duplicated. Pages 487–8 appeared twice in the 1 July issue, and pp489–96 appeared in both 1 and 8 July issues. Where one of the duplicated pages is referenced below, a note is included to show in which issue the content appears.

Council & its committees

All changes to legislation made by Council and its committees and published in the Gazette during the 2020/21 academic year.

  • Council

    • Audit and Scrutiny Committee, regulations: p167
    • Barnett Fund, removal of regulations: p490, 8 July
    • Buildings and Estates Subcommittee, terms of reference: p510
    • Committee to Review the Salaries of Senior University Officers, regulations: p275
    • Curators of the University Libraries, regulations: p428
    • Education Committee, regulations: p167
    • Environmental Sustainability Strategy: changes to Council Regulations 15 of 2002: p334
    • Ethical Investment Representations Review Subcommittee, regulations: p166
    • Finance Committee of Oxford University Press, changes to composition: p336
    • Financial Regulations: p510
    • Grants under the COVID-19 Emergency Scheme:
      • Round 1, regulations: p112
      • Round 2, regulations: p428
    • Investment Committee, regulations: p428
    • Jenkins Memorial Fund, removal of regulations: p490, 8 July
    • Louwes Fund for Food and Agricultural Research, removal of regulations: p490, 8 July
    • Disciplinary Investigations by the Proctors, regulations: p2
    • Planning and Resource Allocation Committee, terms of reference: p510
    • Procedures for claims for the Return of Cultural Objects: p3
    • Proctors’ Regulations:
      • 1 of 2003: Disciplinary Regulations for Candidates in Examinations: p274
      • 1 of 2005: Administrative Regulations for Candidates in Examinations: p275
    • Rules Committee, regulations: p488, 1 July
    • St Cross College, regulations: p112
    • Social Sciences Divisional Board, membership: p112
  • General Purposes Committee of Council

    • Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain Laudian Professorship in Arabic (inclusion of research in duties): p399
    • Chingiz Gutseriev Archaeology and Anthropology Fund (establishment): p80
    • EP Abraham Professor of Chemical Pathology (updated references): p255
    • Waynflete Professorship of Chemistry (updated wording): p356
    • Richard Blackwell Pharsalia Professor of Colorectal Surgery (trust provisions & alignment of regulations to terms of gift): p222
    • Sheikh Rashid Diabetes Fund (change in board of management): p294
    • Bennett Chair of Evidence-Based Medicine (establishment): p354
    • Schwarz–Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature
      • renaming: p10
      • inclusion of research & definition of German studies: p294
    • Hall, Hall–Houghton and Houghton Prizes (change to use of funds): p398
    • June and Simon Li Graduate Scholarship in the History of Chinese Art Fund (establishment): p82
    • Oxford University Ice Hockey Project Endowment Fund (establishment): p355
    • Harle Bodleian Fund for Indian Studies (establishment): p80
    • Kirby Memorial Fund (inclusion of MBiol course): p399
    • Instruction in Mandarin Chinese Fund (establishment): p81
    • Professorship of Modern History (inclusion of research in duties & change to electoral board): p400
    • Kavli Institute for NanoScience Discovery Fund (establishment): p354
    • Professor of Pure Mathematics (updated form of words): p146
    • Man Professor of (and Man Endowment for) Quantitative Finance (updated form of words): p146
    • Rangoonwala Visiting Fellowships Fund (establishment): p83
    • St Cross College Endowment Fund (establishment): p223
    • Lombard Odier Sustainable Finance Fund/Lombard Odier Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow of Sustainable Finance (establishment): p224
    • Tanner Fund (establishment): p355
  • Rules Committee

    • Financial reporting for non-sports clubs: p10

Congregation/Convocation

All resolutions, legislative proposals, changes to regulations and other business submitted to Congregation and Convocation and published in the Gazette the 2020/21 academic year.

  • Resolutions

    • Conferment of an Honorary Degree: Hillary Rodham Clinton (announced 18 Feb: p276) (carried 4 Mar: p295) (approved 11 Mar: p302)
    • Phasing-out of the Graduate Application Fee (result of postal vote 24 Sep: p3)
      • last year's Congregation procedures on this matter
    • Redundancy panel for one member of GLAM staff (announced 28 Jan: p214) (withdrawn 18 Feb: p276)
    • Space allocation: within 23–38 Hythe Bridge Street to the Finance Division (announced 22 Jul: p523)
    • Space allocation: within 23–38 Hythe Bridge Street to the Saïd Business School (announced 22 Jul: p523)
    • Space allocation: within the Alden Press Annexe to the Gardens, Libraries and Museums Division (announced 23 Jul 2020: p500) (approved 15 Oct: p56)
    • Space allocation: within the Biochemistry Building to the Medical Sciences Division and the MPLS Division (announced 27 May: p434) (carried 10 Jun: p460)
    • Space allocation: within Dartington House to IT Services (announced 18 Feb: p276) (carried 4 Mar: p295) (approved 11 Mar: p302)
    • Space allocation: within Holywell House to the Department of Engineering Science (announced 22 Jul: p522)
    • Space allocation: within IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building to Medical Sciences Division (announced 22 Jul: p521)
    • Space allocation: within Radiobiology Research Institute to Department of Oncology (announced 22 Jul: p522)
    • Space allocation: within the SERS Building to the Bodleian Libraries (announced 23 Jul 2020: p500) (approved 15 Oct: p56)
    • Space allocation: within the St Cross Building to the Faculty of Law (announced 25 Jun 2020: p407) (approved 15 Oct: p56)
  • Legislative Proposals

    • Conduct of business in Congregation (announced 19 Dec: p190) (carried 14 Jan: p194) (approved 21 Jan: p206)
    • Continuing Education Board, replacement with Continuing Education Management Board (announced 27 May: p430) (carried 10 Jun: p460) (correction under slip rule 24 Jun: p480)
    • Degree of Master of Biomedical Sciences, establishment (announced 27 May: p433) (carried 10 Jun: p460)
    • Ellerton Theological Essay Prizes, amendments (announced 27 May: p433) (carried 10 Jun: p460)
    • Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, updated duties (announced 24 Jun: p489, 1 July)
    • Department of Plant Sciences and Department of Zoology, merging into Department of Biology (announced 27 May: p431) (carried 10 Jun: p460)
    • Rhodes Professor of Race Relations, renaming to Professorship of African Studies (announced 18 Feb: p277) (carried 4 Mar: p295) (approved 11 Mar: p302) (correction under slip rule 25 Mar: p338)
    • Schedule of Statutes, Part 6 (announced 22 Jul: p521)
  • Other Congregation business

    • Clerks of the Market, admission of (announced 1 Oct: p11) (admitted 8 Oct: p36)
    • Proctors and Assessor
      • admission of (announced 11 Feb: p235) (arrangements updated 4 Mar: p295) (admitted 18 Mar: p310)
      • Oration by demitting (published 25 Mar: p317)
    • Pro-Vice-Chancellors, admission of (announced 1 Oct: p11) (admitted 8 Oct: p36)
    • Questions and replies regarding the Crisis Management Framework (announced 23 Jul 2020: p490) (meeting arrangements 8 Oct: p37) (report of proceedings 22 Oct: p68) (reply to supplementary questions 12 Nov: p113)
    • Suspension of regulations (partial) re Elections to the Nominating Committee for the Vice-Chancellor (announced 18 Feb: p278) (carried 4 Mar: p295) (approved 11 Mar: p302)
    • Suspension of regulations (partial & temporary) re University Sermons Michaelmas term (announced 24 Sep: p4) (approved 15 Oct: p56)
    • Suspension of regulations (partial & temporary) re University Sermons Hilary term (announced 10 Dec: p171) (carried 14 Jan: p194) (approved 21 Jan: p206)
    • Suspension of regulations (partial & temporary) re University Sermons Trinity term (announced 18 Feb: p278) (carried 4 Mar: p295) (approved 11 Mar: p302)
    • Vice-Chancellor, Oration by
      • 2020 (announced 24 Sep: p4) (reported 8 Oct: p36) (text (supplement) 15 Oct: p47)
      • 2021 (announced 22 Jul: p521)

Register of Congregation

The following is a list of all of the Gazette notices of staff added to the Register of Congregation during the 2020/21 academic year. They are listed in order of the issue in which their name appears. A full listing of the whole Register of Congregation (as it stands at a particular date) is published in Hilary term each year.

Degree by Resolution

The following is a list of all of the Gazette notices of staff awarded an MA by resolution during the 2020/21 academic year. They are listed by the date of the Gazette issue in which the resolution was announced. Single sign-on login is required to read these notices*:

Elections

The following is a list of elections held during the 2020/21 academic year as published in the Gazette. They are listed by category and then by notices of vacancies, nominations published and results. Further information about elections within the University of Oxford can be found on the Elections website.

  • Elections by Congregation

    • Council
      • Humanities/Social Sciences
        • MT: (vacancy announced: p39) (nomination: p100) (uncontested election: p120)
        • TT: (vacancy announced: p361) (nomination: p389) (uncontested election: p419)
      • Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences/Medical Sciences
        • MT: (vacancy announced: p39) (nomination: p87) (uncontested election: p120)
        • TT: vacancy announced: p361) (nominations: p414) (contested election: p414) (result: p472)
      • Non-divisional
        • MT:(vacancy announced: p39) (nominations: p100) (candidate statements: p119) (result: p158)
        • TT: (vacancy announced: p361) (nominations: p416) (contested election: p416) (result: p472)
    • Audit & Scrutiny Committee (vacancies announced: p40) (vacancies lapsed: p123)
    • Buildings and Estates Subcommittee
      • MT: (vacancy announced: p40) (vacancy lapsed: p123)
      • TT: (vacancies announced: p362) (nomination: p404) (contested election: p418) (result: p472)
    • Curators of the University Libraries
      • MT: (vacancy announced: p40) (nomination: p101) (uncontested election: p120)
      • TT: (vacancies announced: p362) (uncontested election: p419)
    • Curators of the University Parks (vacancy announced: p40) (nomination published: p101) (uncontested election: p120)
    • Committee for the Nomination of Select Preachers (vacancies announced: p40) (vacancies lapsed: p123)
    • Delegacy for Nomination of Candidates for Ecclesiastical Benefices (vacancies announced: p363) (uncontested election: p420) (lapsed vacancy: p423)
    • Ethical Investments Representations Review Subcommittee (vacancies announced: p198) (uncontested election: p238) (vacancy lapsed: p238)
    • Nominating Committee for the Vice-Chancellorship (vacancies announced: p362) (nominations: p390) (additional nomination: p403) (contested election: p416) (result: p472)
    • Nominations Committee (vacancies announced: p40) (nomination: p101) (uncontested election: p120) (vacancies lapsed: p123)
    • Panel for Constituting the Visitatorial Board under Statute XII Part C
      • MT: (vacancies announced: p41) (vacancies lapsed: p123)
      • TT: (vacancies announced: p363) (vacancies lapsed: p423)
    • Pool for constituting Panels under Statute XII
    • Socially Responsible Investment Review Committee (vacancy announced: p41) (nomination: p103) (uncontested election: p121)
  • Divisional Board Elections

    • Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board
      • MT: (vacancies announced: p41) (nominations: p89) (additional nominations: p100) (uncontested elections: p121)
      • TT: (vacancies announced: p363) (nomination: p405) (uncontested election: p420) (lapsed vacancies: p423)
    • Medical Sciences Divisional Board
      • MT: (vacancy announced: p41) (vacancy lapsed: p123)
      • TT: (vacancies announced: p363) (uncontested election: p421) (lapsed vacancies: p423)
    • Social Sciences Divisional Board
      • MT: (vacancies announced: p41) (vacancies lapsed: p123)
      • TT: (vacancies announced: p364) (uncontested election: p421)
  • Faculty Board Elections

    • Board of the Department for Continuing Education (vacancies announced: p198) (uncontested election: p238) (vacancy lapsed: p238)
    • Board of the Faculty of Classics (vacancies announced: p364) (uncontested election: p421) (lapsed vacancies: p423)
    • Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature
      • MT: (vacancies announced: p41) (nominations: p90) (uncontested elections: p121)
      • TT: (vacancies announced: p364) (uncontested election: p421)
    • Board of the Faculty of History
      • MT: (vacancies announced: p41) (nominations: p90) (uncontested elections: p121)
      • HT: (vacancies announced: p198) (vacancies lapsed: p238)
      • TT: (vacancies announced: p364) (uncontested election: p421)
    • Board of the Faculty of Law (vacancies announced: p41) (nominations: p106) (uncontested elections: p121)
    • Board of the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics (vacancies announced: p41) (nominations: p91) (additional nominations: p105) (uncontested elections: p121) (vacancy lapsed: p123)
    • Board of the Faculty of Music (vacancies announced: p365) (lapsed vacancies: p423)
    • Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies
      • MT: (vacancies announced: p41) (nominations: p105) (contested election: p120) (result: p158)
      • TT: (vacancies announced: p365) (lapsed vacancies: p423)
    • Board of the Faculty of Philosophy (vacancies announced: p41) (nominations: p105) (uncontested elections: p121)
    • Board of the Faculty of Theology and Religion
      • MT: (vacancies announced: p41) (nominations: p105) (uncontested elections: p121)
      • TT: (vacancies announced: p365) (uncontested election: p421)

Notices

Consultative and general notices published in the Gazette the 2020/21 academic year

  • Consultative notices

    • Employer-justified retirement age (EJRA) review, p490, 1 July
    • Exeter College revised statutes, p235
    • Honorary Degrees and Degrees by Diploma (call for nominations), p490, 1 July
    • Consultation on payments for those with a contractual duty to examine and supervise
      • (announced 14 Jan), p195
      • (postponed 28 Jan), p215
  • General notices

    • Advancing Teaching and Learning course (applications open), p279
    • Botanic Garden, 400th anniversary, p515
    • Brexit update from the Registrar, p159
    • MSc in Clinical Embryology (research dissertation date), p12
    • Clubs Committee: Annual Report 2019–20, p226
    • COVID-19 announcements
      • testing statistics (weekly publication of data), p37
      • results of phase III vaccine trial, p148
      • expecting phasing out of the University’s COVID-19 crisis management framework, p401
    • Digital Education Strategy review, p515
    • Encaenia Garden Party (cancelled for 2021), p401
    • 2020 Encaenia ceremony (postponed to 22 September 2021), p413
    • Environmental Sustainability Strategy consultation
      • (draft strategy and survey), p84
      • (open forum), p296
    • Focus on People programme (professional development tools), p97
    • Gazette publication arrangements, p5
      • print production ended, p195
      • subscription arrangements 2021/22, p515
    • MSc in Integrated Immunology (dissertation submission deadline), p515
    • International Strategy Office (change of name), p279
    • Multifactor authentication for SSO accounts
      • (announcement), p57
      • (for retirees), p296
    • MSc in Neuroscience
      • examination dates 2020/21, p12
      • examination dates 2021/22, p480
      • approval and submission deadlines, p159
    • OUP Annual Report, p515
    • Racial Equality Task Force (launch and Open Forum event), p115
    • Recognition of Distinction exercise 2021 (applications invited), p310
    • Redundancy Panel (one case of compulsory redundancy announced), p401
    • Safety Office (update on international travel under COVID-19 restrictions), p215
    • Staff Employment Review Panels and University Appeal Panels (report), p159
    • University Bulletin (renamed and revamped Blueprint Bulletin), p57
    • University Calendar
      • (publication delayed), p12
      • (publication of online version), p138
    • University Preachers
      • (Hilary term 2021), p195
      • (Trinity term 2021), p358
    • OSPS: University of Oxford Staff Pension Scheme (vacancies for Trustee Directors), p375
    • USS
      • survey (sustainable investment), p97
      • Technical Consultation (University's draft response), p71
    • Vice-Chancellor’s Open Forum
      • 28 Apr (register to attend), p358
      • 4 Nov (register to attend), p71
      • 14 Sep (transcript available), p12

Appointment-related notices

All notices relating to the appointment and recognition of distinction of staff and visiting professors at the University published in the Gazette the 2020/21 academic year

  • Appointments and reappointments

    • Senior Appointments

      • Academic Champion for Women in Entrepreneurship (Kylie Vincent), p413
      • Headship of the Department of Materials (Angus Wilkinson/Hazel Assender), p461
      • Headship of the Department of Plant Sciences (Mark Fricker), p461
      • Headship of the Social Sciences Division (Timothy J Power), p491, 1 July
      • Headship of the Subdepartment of Theoretical Physics (and the Rudolf Peierls Centre) (Julia Yeomans), p207
      • Headship of the Department of Zoology (E-J Milner Gulland from 1 October 2021; Timothy Coulson, from 1 October 2022), p461
    • Statutory Professorships

      • Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Visiting Professorship of American History (Patrick Griffin), p436
      • Richard Blackwell Pharsalia Professorship of Colorectal Surgery (Simon Buczacki), p12
      • Rouse Ball Professorship of Mathematics (Luis Fernando Alday), p115
      • Professorship of Modern History (Patricia Clavin), p492, 8 July
      • Professorship of Molecular and Population Genetics (Simon Leedham), p38
      • Professorship of Materials Modelling (Saiful Islam), p358
      • WA Handley Professorship of Psychiatry (John Richard Geddes), p215
      • Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women's History (Brenda Stevenson), p38
      • Hope Professor of Zoology (Entomology) (Geraldine Wright), p491, 1 July
    • Other appointments, reappointments and conferments of title

  • Visiting Professorships

  • Social Sciences

  • Recognition of Distinction

    • Divisional Committee membership, 2021 exercise, p516
  • Electoral Boards and Selection Committees

    • Electoral Boards

      • Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain Laudian Professorship of Arabic, p387
      • Alexander Mosley Professorship of Biophysics, p58
      • EP Abraham Professorship of Chemical Pathology, p492, 8 July
      • Robert Turner Professorship of Diabetic Medicine, p196
      • Richard Peto Professorship of Epidemiology (Jan, p215) (May, p387)
      • Schwarz-Taylor Professorship of the German Language and Literature, p413
      • BT Professor of Major Programme Management, p473
      • Professorship of Materials Modelling, p196
      • Professorship of Modern History, p473
      • Rouse Ball Professorship of Mathematics, p58
      • Michael Davys Professorship of Neuroscience, p14
      • Brownlee–Abraham Professorship of Molecular Biology, p492, 8 July
      • Barclay-Williams Professorship of Molecular Immunology, p492, 8 July
      • WA Handley Professorship of Psychiatry, p71
      • Professorship of Surgical Sciences, p14
    • Selection Committees

      • Peter Moores Dean of the Saïd Business School, p38
      • Head of the Humanities Division, p516
      • Head of the Social Sciences Division, p303

Lectures

All lecture notices published in the Gazette during the 2020/21 academic year

Events & exhibitions

All notices relating to musical and other events and exhibitions published in the Gazette the 2020/21 academic year

Student-related notices

All notices relating to students published in the Gazette the 2020/21 academic year

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  • Supplications for higher degrees*

    • 1 Oct (DLitt), p15
    • 29 Apr (DLitt), p375
  • Viva voce examinations*

  • Prizes awarded to graduate students*

    • Chancellor’s English Essay Prize (English Language and Literature), p38
    • Eldon Law Scholarship (Law), p226
    • Gaisford Prizes (Classics), p148, p473,
    • Gilbert Ryle Prize (Philosophy), p516
    • Gotch Memorial Prize (Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics), p287
    • International Development prizes, p517
    • Jane Willis Kirkaldy Senior Prize, p359
    • Laurence Binyon Prize (History of Art), p516
    • Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize (English Language and Literature), p38
    • Peter Beaconsfield Prize (Physiological Sciences), p516
    • Sir Roger Newdigate Prize (English Language and Literature), p38
    • Shelley-Mills Prize (English Language and Literature), p38
    • Stutchbury Scholarship (Pharmacology), p58
  • Prizes, grants and funding offered

    • Asian Studies Centre, St Antony’s: Wai Seng Senior Research Scholar in Asia-Pacific Studies, p203
    • Australian National University Exchange, p203
    • Bodleian Libraries: Colin Franklin Prize for Book Collecting, p203
    • Charterhouse Bursaries, p203
    • Chinese Government Scholarships, p283
    • Christ Church: Tower Poetry competition, p19
    • Europaeum: Oxford-Helsinki Study Bursary, p445
    • Europaeum: Oxford-Prague Study Bursary, p445
    • Faculty of English Language & Literature: Matthew Arnold Prize, p45
    • Faculty of English Language & Literature: Chancellor's English Essay Prize, p45
    • Faculty of English Language & Literature: Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize, p45
    • Faculty of English Language & Literature: Sir Roger Newdigate Prize, p45
    • Faculty of English Language & Literature: Shelley-Mills Prize, p45
    • Faculty of English Language & Literature: Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize, p45
    • Faculty of Philosophy: Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics, p94
    • Gibbs Prizes, p478
    • Gotch Memorial Prize, p19
    • Hanseatic and Theodor Heuss Scholarships for study in Germany, p176
    • Hester Cordelia Parsons Fund, p110
    • History of Art Committee: Laurence Binyon Prize, p425
    • Lee Placito Medical Fund, p110
    • Lockey Committee: Lockey Bequest, p110
    • Oxford Travel Abroad Bursaries and Santander Academic Travel Awards (Michaelmas term, p370)
    • Oxford Martin School: Managing Future Shocks, p496, 8 July
    • Peterhouse, Cambridge: Graduate Studentships 2021, p176
    • Philippe Wiener–Maurice Anspach Foundation, p126
    • Queen Elizabeth Scholarship 2021–22, p203
    • St Catherine’s: graduate scholarships, p232
    • St John’s College, Cambridge: research scholarships, p66
    • St John’s College, Cambridge: Harper-Wood Creative Writing and Travel Award for English Poetry and Literature, p300
    • Scatcherd Scholarships, p203
    • Social Sciences Board: Dasturzada Dr Jal Pavry Memorial Prize, p445
    • Social Sciences Board: Bapsybanoo Marchioness of Winchester Prize, p445

College notices

All notices relating to memorial services, obituary notices and the election of staff in colleges, halls and societies published in the Gazette the 2020/21 academic year