Cambridge University Council

The Council of the University of Cambridge is the principal executive and policy-making body, having responsibility for the administration of the university, for the planning of its work and for the management of its resources.[1] Since the Regent House is the governing body of the university, the council must report and be accountable to the Regents through a variety of checks and balances. It has the right to report to the university and is obliged to advise the Regent House on matters of general concern to the university. It performs both functions by authorising notices to be published in the Cambridge University Reporter, its official journal.

Cambridge University is an exempt charity, under the Charities Act 2011 regulated by the Office for Students. Under charity law its trustees are members of the University Council.[2]

Membership

Membership of the council consists of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University (the chancellor, primarily a ceremonial post, is appointed ad vitam, while the vice-chancellor is de facto the principal academic and administrative officer), nineteen elected members, and four appointed members, divided into classes as follows:[3]

  1. Four heads of colleges
  2. Four professors or readers
  3. Eight from the other members of the Regent House
  4. Three students: ex-officio the undergraduate and postgraduate presidents of the Cambridge Students' Union as well as an independently-elected current student
  5. Four external members

Current noteable members

Position Name Term Ending
Chancellor* Chris Smith 10 years[4]
Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice 30 September 2024
Heads of Colleges
Lord Simon McDonald
President of St John's Heather Hancock, JN 31 December 2024
Master of Fitzwilliam Baroness Morgan of Huyton, F 31 December 2022
Master of Clare Hall C. Alan Short, CLH 31 December 2022
Professors or Readers
Daniela de Angelis
Richar Mortier
Garth Wells
Professor in Modern Literature and Culture Jason Scott-Warren, CAI
External members
Gaenor Bagley

* The Chancellor is not expected to attend meetings

External members

From January 2005, the membership of the council included two external members.[5] The Regent House voted to increase the number of external members from two to four in March 2008,[6][7] being approved by The Queen in July 2008.[8]

Meetings

The council normally meets once per month, except August, in the Council Room at the Old Schools. However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused meetings to be held via Zoom.[9]

References

  1. ^ Statute A, IV: Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
  2. ^ "The University as a charity". University of Cambridge. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Council membership".
  4. ^ "Notices - Cambridge University Reporter 6783". www.admin.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  5. ^ Reporter 15/12/04: Annual Report of the Council for 2003-04
  6. ^ Grace 2 of 5 December 2008
  7. ^ Acta in the Reporter, No 6107, publishing Results of Ballot
  8. ^ Reporter 23/07/08, Statutes approved: Notice
  9. ^ "Meeting dates of the Council and Business Committee". www.governance.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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