Cambridge seeks new Chancellor

[Vile Consort]

since the electorate is huge (al MAs)but I think you have to turn up in person (are gowns still required?) it shows some commitment (rather like R3 audience of old)

The electorate is the Senate of the University. The Senate comprises those with higher degrees (most of whom will hold the degree of Master of Arts) plus the members of Regent House, who are the academic staff and senior administrators.

The statutes of the University require that voting be in person. Members of the Senate are indeed required to wear gowns in the Senate House, where the election took place. However, the University arranged a very efficient system to provide gowns for those who did not have one of their own.

Turnout among the Regent House was high - they did not have far to travel, of course. The non-resident members are scattered all over the world. I am not sure how far people can be expected to travel at their own expense in order to vote.

I am sorry, but I find LateralThinking's comments so far-fetched and confused that it is impossible to know where to begin to discuss them.

[Lateralthinking1]

I was at York. That is the one that has recently built across the green belt. They are all ripping out their souls.

[Flosshilde]

Actually an uncle or cousin - need a bit of time to work it out. But certainly a donation of the grocers


PS A cousin of David Sainsbury, Chancellor of the Univ of Cambridge. That Ld Sainsbury and his siblings are the Conservative branch.

Ah - the Sainsbury Wing came to mind as I was typing my post, & I didn't check on who had donated.

Which Lord Sainsbury do you mean by "That Lord Sainsbury"? The cousin, or David?

[french frank]

Ah - the Sainsbury Wing came to mind as I was typing my post, & I didn't check on who had donated.

Which Lord Sainsbury do you mean by "That Lord Sainsbury"? The cousin, or David?

Oh, yes, they're all Lord Sainsburys these days, aren't they?

Sir Robert's brother, Al, was a Lord Sainsbury, as was that noble Lord's son, the nephew of Sir Robert and donor of the Sainsbury Wing, John. Sir Bob's son, Dave, is also a Lord Sainsbury. He didn't donate the Sainsbury Wing but is the new Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

[Flosshilde]

Factually correct. For the sake of balance, Wikipedia also states:

"In July 2006, he became the first government minister to be questioned by police in the "Cash for Peerages" inquiry. On 10 November 2006, he resigned as Science Minister stating that he wanted to focus on business and charity work.He categorically denied that his resignation had anything to do with the "Cash for Peerages" affair, stating that he was "not directly involved in whether peerages were offered for cash",although this was contradicted by subsequent press reports attributed to "Labour insiders", which suggested that that his resignation was indeed a direct consequence of the affair".

Oh, and the turnout in this election was 2.5%.

I took my information from the Sainsbury Centre's website, rather than Wikipedia, & offered it as a suggestion that David Sainsbury, & his parents, had a history of donating to cultural causes. I don't know if there were any planning applications for Sainsbury supermarkets pending in Norwich at the time.

[Flosshilde]

Oh, yes, they're all Lord Sainsburys these days, aren't they?

Sir Robert's brother, Al, was a Lord Sainsbury, as was that noble Lord's son, the nephew of Sir Robert and donor of the Sainsbury Wing, John. Sir Bob's son, Dave, is also a Lord Sainsbury. He didn't donate the Sainsbury Wing but is the new Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

Well, that's clarifed matters!