Schedule

 Part 37: John Locke Prize
 Part 38: Marquis of Lothian's Studentship in Modern History
 Part 39: Lyell Reader in Bibliography
 Part 40: Macbride Sermon
 Part 41: James Mew Scholarships in Arabic and Rabbinical Hebrew
 Part 42: Newdigate Prize
 Part 43: Oldham Scholarships in Classical Studies
 Part 44: Charles Oldham Shakespeare Prize
 Part 45: Osgood Memorial Prize
 Part 46: Paget Toynbee Prizes
 Part 47: Prendergast Fund
 Part 48: Randall-MacIver Benefaction
 Part 49: Rawnsley Studentships

Part 37: John Locke Prize

37.1. The main object of the endowment given by Mr Henry Wilde shall be the promotion of the study of Mental Philosophy among the student members of the University.

37.2. The endowment shall be administered by the Board of the Faculty of Philosophy.

37.3. The first charge on the net income of the endowment shall be the emoluments of a prize in Mental Philosophy, which shall always be called, in honour and memory of John Locke, the John Locke Prize.

37.4. The prize shall be awarded, provided that candidates of sufficient merit present themselves, after an examination in Mental Philosophy.

37.5. The prize shall be open to:

(1) members of the University who have passed all the examinations required for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, but who shall not take the prize examination later than the tenth term from that in which they completed those examinations;

(2) members of the University working for or having obtained postgraduate degrees of the University who are not included under (1) above, but who shall not take the prize examination later than the tenth term from their matriculation.

37.6. The value of the prize, payable on award, shall be £300 or such greater sum from the income of the endowment as the faculty board shall determine subject to section 37.3. above.

37.7. The prize shall not be awarded twice to the same person.

37.8. The examiners for this prize shall be:

(1), (2) in 2001 and in every second year after that the Wykeham Professor of Logic and the Professor of the History of Philosophy; in 2002 and in every second year after that White's Professor of Moral Philosophy and the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy;

(3) the Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy.

37.9. (1) Each of the professors specified in section 37.8 above may, if he or she thinks fit, appoint some other person, of the Degree of Master of Arts at least and approved by the board, to act in his or her place.

(2) The Professor of Psychology (or his or her deputy) shall act as assessor for such part of the examination as involves a technical knowledge of psychology.

(3) In case of an equality of votes, the senior examiner shall have a casting vote.

37.10. The examiners shall have power to award the sum of £100, or such greater sum from the income of the endowment as the faculty board shall determine subject to section 37.3 above, to the second-prizewinner if and only if they would have judged him or her worthy of the prize had there not been a better candidate.

37.11. The board shall fix the remunerations of the examiners and assessor and shall defray any other expenses arising in connection with the prize from the income of the endowment.

37.12. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the endowment, as defined in section 37.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 38: Marquis of Lothian's Studentship in Modern History

38.1. The main objects of the Lothian Fund, accepted by the University in 1870 from William Schomberg Robert, eighth Marquis of Lothian, shall be the encouragement of the study of Modern History and the perpetuation of the memory of the founder.

38.2. The fund shall, after payment of any charges for administration, be used to maintain a studentship, to be called the Marquis of Lothian's Studentship in Modern History.

38.3. The Board of Management of the Bryce Research Studentship in History shall be the board of management of the studentship.

38.4. Any member of the University engaged on research in Modern History for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy shall be eligible for election to the studentship.

38.5. The board of management shall elect to the studentship on such other terms as it shall see fit.

38.6. (1) Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main objects of the fund, as defined in section 38.1 above, are always kept in view.

(2) Previous notice of any such amendment shall be given to the person or persons entitled to the estate charged with the annuity granted by the founder (being of full age and of sound mind and within the United Kingdom) but the consent of that person or those persons to that amendment shall not be necessary.

Part 39: Lyell Reader in Bibliography

39. Any part of the income from the bequest accepted by the University in 1948 for the election of the James P.R. Lyell Reader in Bibliography which is not required for the furtherance of the purposes specified in the regulations governing the readership shall be applied by the electors with the consent of Council to the furtherance of teaching or research (or both) in one or more of the subjects specified as the field of the readership.

Part 40: Macbride Sermon

40.1. The net income from the fund derived from an anonymous benefaction accepted by the University in 1848, now known as the Macbride Fund after J.D. Macbride, DCL, Principal of Magdalen Hall, shall be paid to the preacher of the annual sermon known as the Macbride Sermon.

40.2. The Macbride Sermon shall be preached upon 'the application of the prophecies in Holy Scripture respecting the Messiah to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ'.

Part 41: James Mew Scholarships in Arabic and Rabbinical Hebrew

41.1. The main object of the endowment shall be the encouragement of the linguistic study of Arabic and Rabbinical Hebrew, and awards from the endowment shall not be made for any other subject.

41.2. There shall be two scholarships, called the James Mew Arabic Scholarship and the James Mew Rabbinical Hebrew Scholarship respectively, each tenable for one year from the day of election.

41.3. The scholarships shall be awarded solely for proficiency in the linguistic study of either Arabic or Rabbinical Hebrew.

41.4. In each year an election shall be made either to a James Mew Arabic Scholarship or to a James Mew Rabbinical Hebrew Scholarship or to both, if candidates of sufficient merit present themselves.

41.5. (1) The scholarships shall be open to those who have qualified for a degree of this or another university and who have on the day appointed for the examination not exceeded the twenty-sixth year from the date of their birth, except that those who have qualified for a degree at another university shall become matriculated members of this University before entering into tenure of a scholarship.

(2) No candidate shall be eligible for election to an Arabic Scholarship whose vernacular language is Arabic, or to a Rabbinical Hebrew Scholarship whose vernacular language is Hebrew.

41.6. There shall be a board of management consisting of:

(1) the Vice-Chancellor;

(2) the Regius Professor of Hebrew;

(3) the Laudian Professor of Arabic;

(4), (5) two persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, and holding office for two years and being re-eligible.

41.7. (1) The board shall every year appoint not more than four examiners, who shall examine candidates and elect the scholar or the scholars.

(2) Each examiner shall be paid out of the income of the fund for his or her services such sum as the board shall determine.

(3) The aggregate of the payments made on any one occasion to the examiners in each language shall not exceed one-twelfth of the net annual income of the fund.

41.8. (1) The examination shall be conducted, after not less than one month's notice, at such place and time as the examiners, with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor, may determine.

(2) It shall be wholly in writing, and shall be occupied exclusively with the linguistic study of Arabic or Rabbinical Hebrew as the case may be and not with questions of history, Biblical or other.

41.9. Every scholar during his or her tenure of the scholarship shall pursue such a course of study or research as the Laudian Professor of Arabic or the Regius Professor of Hebrew, as the case may be, shall approve, and shall for this purpose reside for eight weeks within the University in each of the three university terms, unless he or she desires to study elsewhere with the permission of the board.

41.10. (1) Each scholar shall receive a total emolument of £100 or such larger sum, not exceeding the value of one year's net income of the fund after the expenses of management and the examiner's fees have been deducted, as the board may determine, having regard to any other emoluments accruing to the scholar and to the state of the fund.

(2) The total emolument of each scholar shall be payable in such instalments as the board may determine, and so long as the scholar conforms to the requirements of section 41.9 above.

41.11. Neither of the two scholarships shall be awarded to the same person a second time.

41.12. Any surplus income arising in any year may at the discretion of the board be applied in one or more of the following ways:

(1) for the award, on the recommendation of the examiners for the scholarship, of James Mew Exhibitions in Arabic or Rabbinical Hebrew to candidates for the scholarship (if they are qualified under section 41.5 above) whose work, though not of sufficient merit for the award of a scholarship, is of a standard sufficient to justify an award from the fund; the value and tenure of such exhibitions to be determined by the board;

(2) for the award from time to time, under regulations to be made by the board, of one or more James Mew Prizes for essays on subjects concerned exclusively with the literature of Arabic or Rabbinical Hebrew;

(3) for the award, on the recommendation of the examiners in the Honour School of Oriental Studies, of one or more James Mew Senior Prizes, and, on the recommendation of the moderators in the First Public Examination in Oriental Studies, of one or more James Mew Junior Prizes, to those candidates whose performance in Arabic or in Rabbinical Hebrew the examiners or moderators judge to be of special merit;

(4) for making grants at the discretion of the board, subject to the consent of the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, for any purpose concerned with the encouragement of the linguistic study of Arabic or Rabbinical Hebrew.

41.13. The board of management may from time to time make regulations, not inconsistent with this Part, for carrying any of the provisions of this Part into effect.

41.14. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the endowment, as defined in section 41.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 42: Newdigate Prize¹

42.1. (1) The examiners for the Newdigate Prize shall be the Professor of Poetry and the two members of Convocation appointed by the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors as examiners for the Chancellor's English Essay Prize.

(2) If in any year the office of Professor of Poetry is vacant or if the Professor is unable to act, the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors shall appoint another member of Convocation to act as examiner in his or her place.

(3) No examiner shall vote on any candidate's merits except at a meeting of the examiners.

42.2. A copy of the winning entry shall be deposited in the Bodleian Library.

42.3. (1) The net income of the Newdigate Fund shall be divided equally between the prize and the Master of University College, who shall use his or her share towards the maintenance of the Master's Lodgings.

(2) In any year in which the prize is not awarded, the half of the income due to the prize shall be placed into a Reserve Fund, and the income of the Reserve Fund in that year shall be added to the Reserve Fund.

(3) The winner of the prize in each year shall receive half of the income of the main fund in that year together with the income of the Reserve Fund in that year.

Part 43: Oldham Scholarships in Classical Studies

43.1. The annual income arising from that part of Mr Charles Oldham's bequest which was set aside for the establishment of a prize in the Ancient Classics shall be applied to the provision of not less than four scholarships a year for travel connected with Greek or Roman studies.

43.2. (1) The scholarships shall be open to members of the University reading for Honour Moderations in Classics or for any honour school of which in the judgement of the board of management Classics forms a substantial part.

(2) Preference shall normally be given to candidates who on the first day of Trinity Term in the year of their election have not entered on the twelfth term from their matriculation.

43.3. No person shall be elected twice to a scholarship.

43.4. The Board of the Faculty of Classics shall be the board of management of the scholarships; and shall have power to fix the number, subject to section 43.1 above, value, and tenure of the scholarships and shall elect the scholars, if candidates of sufficient merit present themselves, either without examination or after such examination as it shall think fit.

43.5. The board shall have power to appoint a subcommittee of its members to act for it in connection with these scholarships.

43.6. The board shall have power to defray from the income of the fund any expenses incidental to the award of the scholarships, including the remuneration of the examiners (if any).

Part 44: Charles Oldham Shakespeare Prize

44.1. The main object of the bequest shall be the encouragement and promotion of the knowledge of William Shakespeare's works among members of the University.

44.2. There shall be a Charles Oldham Shakespeare Prize which shall be awarded, if suitable candidates present themselves, after an examination in the knowledge of Shakespeare, on such conditions as the Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature may determine.

44.3. The Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature shall be the board of management of the prize.

44.4. All expenses incurred in connection with the award of the prize, including examiners' fees and expenses of administration, shall be met from the net annual income arising from that part of Mr Charles Oldham's bequest which was set aside for the establishment of a prize in the knowledge of Shakespeare's works.

44.5. (1) The board shall from time to time determine how many examiners are required and shall appoint examiners each year.

(2) The examiners shall receive such remuneration as the board shall direct.

44.6. (1) The examination shall be conducted, after not less than one month's notice, at such time and place as the board may determine.

(2) The subjects of examination shall be fixed from time to time by the board.

44.7. The value of the prize shall be fixed from time to time by the board and shall be announced at the same time as the subjects of examination.

44.8. The prize shall in no case be awarded to the same person a second time.

44.9. Any income of the fund not required for the prize or for meeting the expenses of the examination shall be applied by the board for the award in any year, on the recommendation of the examiners, of an additional prize or additional prizes, of a value to be determined by the board when making the award, or for any other purpose consistent with the main object of the bequest as defined in section 44.1 above.

44.10. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the bequest, as defined in section 44.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 45: Osgood Memorial Prize

45.1. The main object of the benefaction accepted by the University from Mrs June Osgood shall be the encouragement of composition in some form of chamber music, and research in the history and aesthetics of music.

45.2. The prize established from the benefaction shall be called the John Lowell Osgood Memorial Prize, and shall be offered every year; it shall be offered alternately for a composition in some form of chamber music and for a dissertation which involves serious research on some subject, approved by the Heather Professor of Music, dealing with music from the historical or the aesthetic aspect, and which as a whole has not yet been, nor is about to be, submitted for a degree of this or any other university.

45.3. The prize shall be administered by the Board of the Faculty of Music, which shall have power, subject to the provisions of this Part, to make regulations as to the award of the prize and as to the appointment and remuneration of the judges.

45.4. Any surplus income may be used, at the discretion of the Board of the Faculty of Music, either to assist successful candidates in publishing their dissertations or compositions or for any other purpose connected with the advancement of the study of music at Oxford approved by the board and not inconsistent with the encouragement of composition in some form of chamber music or research in the history and aesthetics of music.

45.5. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the benefaction, as defined in section 45.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 46: Paget Toynbee Prizes

46.1. The main object of the bequest shall be the provision of an annual prize for the encouragement of the study of the works of Dante and Old French Language and Literature including Provençal Language and Literature.

46.2. Paget Toynbee Prizes shall be awarded for proficiency in the study of either (1) the works of Dante or (2) Old French Language and Literature including Provençal Language and Literature.

46.3. The Board of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages shall be the board of management of the prizes.

46.4. The board shall have power to make regulations, subject to the approval of Council, concerning the number and value of the prizes, the subjects in which they are to be awarded, the form of competition, and the standing of candidates, subject to the following conditions:

(1) in each of the two fields specified in section 46.2 above at least one prize shall be offered at least every other year; and

(2) the prizes shall be open only to members of the University of not more than twenty-eight terms' standing.

46.5. It shall be the duty of the board to appoint examiners for the prizes and to determine their remuneration.

46.6. No prize shall be awarded unless candidates of sufficient merit present themselves.

46.7. Net surplus income in any year, however arising, may, as the board shall from time to time determine, be applied in the promotion or encouragement of the study within the University of the works of Dante, Old French Language and Literature, or Old Provençal Language and Literature.

46.8. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the bequest, as defined in section 46.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 47: Prendergast Fund

47.1. The bequest of the residue of the estate of Dr J.S. Prendergast shall be used:

(1) for the creation of two bursaries to be held by members of the Order of St Benedict belonging to Glenstal Abbey, Murroe, County Limerick, while they pursue their studies at St Benet's Hall, the maximum value of such bursaries to be set by the board of management for the bequest at its discretion; and

(2) to assist persons born in the Republic of Ireland whose parents are citizens of the Republic of Ireland to proceed to the University for the purpose of either taking their degrees or undergoing postgraduate courses.

47.2. The bequest shall be administered by a board of management of which the constitution shall be determined by Council.

Part 48: Randall-MacIver Benefaction

48.1. The main object of the Randall-MacIver Benefaction shall be the support of junior research fellowships, to be known as Joanna Randall-MacIver Junior Research Fellowships and open only to women candidates, and the net income of the benefaction shall be used for that purpose.

48.2. The fellowships shall be tenable at Lady Margaret Hall, Somerville College, St Hugh's College, St Hilda's College, and St Anne's College, and at such other colleges as Congregation may from time to time by statute determine.

48.3. (1) The fellowships shall be tenable for a maximum period of two years and shall not be renewable.

(2) The subjects in which they may be held shall be the fine art, or music, or literature of any nation in any period.

48.4. The annual value of each fellowship shall be such sum as Council shall determine; and in addition such sum as Council may determine shall be paid to each fellow's college towards the cost of working accommodation and other expenses incurred by the college in connection with the fellowship.

48.5. (1) In Michaelmas Term in each year Council shall consider how many, if any, new fellowships can be offered with effect from the Michaelmas Term following and, after consultation with the colleges specified in section 48.2 above, shall allocate any such fellowships to such of those colleges wishing to receive them as it thinks fit.

(2) The colleges of allocation shall then be entirely responsible for arranging for the selection and appointment of the fellows.

(3) The colleges of allocation shall also be responsible for fixing the conditions on which the fellowships shall be held, but provision shall always be made for the granting of leave of absence to any fellow whose work requires it.

48.6. Any income not required in any financial year for the maintenance of fellowships shall, at the discretion of Council, be carried forward for expenditure on fellowships in a subsequent year.

48.7. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the benefaction, as defined in section 48.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 49: Rawnsley Studentships

49.1. The main object of the bequest of Miss Hilda Mary Virtue-Tebbs shall be the establishment of studentships which shall be named Rawnsley Studentships after Flight Lieutenant Derek Rawnsley, RAF, who died in 1942, and which shall be tenable at St Hugh's College for the study of the Czech or Polish language and literature by Czech or Polish nationals or, should a suitable Czech or Polish national not be available, by some other person whose qualifications are considered suitable, or for the study of the English language and literature by Czech or Polish nationals.

49.2. The studentships shall be administered by the Governing Body of St Hugh's College under the general control of the University.

49.3. The governing body shall make regulations for the award of the studentships and shall have power from time to time to amend the regulations so long as the conditions prescribed by the testatrix in her will are always adhered to (save only that the studentships may also be held by Czech or Polish nationals wishing to study the English language and literature).

49.4. The Investment Committee of Council shall have control of the investments of the trust fund and shall place the net income at the disposal of the governing body.

49.5. The term 'Czech national' shall include any national of either the Czech Republic or the Slovak Republic and the term 'Czech language and literature' shall include all the languages and literatures of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.

49.6. Congregation may from time to time, subject to the consent of the Governing Body of St Hugh's College, amend this Part so long as the main object of the bequest, as defined in section 49.1 above, is always kept in view.

WD354-051d
29.07.02