Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 11 March 2026

The Council submits the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, 2024, p. 111), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 20 March 2026. Further information on requests for a ballot or the amendment of Graces is available to members of the Regent House on the Regent House Petitions site.§

1. That, on the recommendation of the General Board, a Betty Wu Lee Professorship of Women and the Arts of China before 1900 be established in perpetuity from 1 September 2026, placed in the Schedule to Special Ordinance C (vii) 1, and assigned to the Department of History of Art.1

2. That a Betty Wu Lee Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1

Betty Wu Lee Fund

1. The funds received from an anonymous donor, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the Betty Wu Lee Fund to advance research in the field of Women and the Arts of China (pre-1900) within the Department of History of Art by supporting a Professorship of Women and the Arts of China before 1900.

2. The Managers shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund and the application of its income and shall comprise the Head of the Department of History of Art and the Deputy Head of the Department of History of Art, one of whom shall be Chair, and a member of the Faculty Board of Architecture and History of Art, appointed by the Faculty Board for such period as the Board shall determine.

3. Subject to Regulation 4, the income of the Fund shall be applied towards the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of the Betty Wu Lee Professor of Women and the Arts of China before 1900 payable by the University.

4. Any unexpended income in any financial year, including income accrued during a vacancy in the Professorship may, at the discretion of the Managers:

(a)be applied to support the work of the officeholder only;

(b)be carried forward for use as income in accordance with Regulation 3 in any one or more subsequent financial years.

3. That Regulation 9 of the Ordinance for the Election of Members of the Council (Statutes and Ordinances, 2024, p. 118) be amended to read as follows:2

9. For the purposes of Special Ordinance A (iii), the term ‘student in the University’ shall mean any person eligible to vote in elections for the office of President as governed by the articles of association and by-laws of the University of Cambridge Students’ Union as determined from time to time, or who would be so eligible but who has resigned their membership of the Union, and who is not a sabbatical officer-elect or sabbatical officer of that Students’ Union nor standing for election to such an office.

4. That in the Ordinance for the University of Cambridge Students’ Union (Statutes and Ordinances, 2024, p. 182), the first sentence of Regulation 7 be amended to read as follows:2

[7.] All sabbatical offices shall be defined as major union offices for the purposes of Section 22(2)(d) of the Education Act 1994.

5. That the first sentence of Regulation 5 for the Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prizes (Statutes and Ordinances, 2024, p. 876) be deleted.3

R. B. SACHERS, Director of Governance and Compliance

END OF THE OFFICIAL PART OF THE ‘REPORTER’