It is often said that the role of the Chancellorship is purely ceremonial. In recent years, this has certainly been the case. The pattern was set by the long tenure of the Duke of Edinburgh as Chancellor from December 1976 to June 2011. However, the Statutes and Ordinances support a broader role of engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, it is worth asking: What can the Chancellor of Cambridge University Actually Do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The answer to this question is the same as the answer to: What can the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University Actually Do? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both the Chancellor or the Vice Chancellor have limited individual power. They cannot dictate to the policy-making bodies of the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But both the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor have a lot of influence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In my view, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Deborah Prentice, understands what some of the problems in Cambridge are. She needs more allies to drive through reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So any Chancellor should be looking to work in harness with the Vice Chancellor. Together, they would be a powerful force for good, and could make some of the changes that the University needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Prof) Wyn Evans (Chancellorship candidate)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is often said that the role of the Chancellorship is purely ceremonial. In recent years, this has certainly been the case. The pattern was set by the long tenure of the Duke of Edinburgh as Chancellor from December 1976 to June 2011. However, the Statutes and Ordinances support a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2398"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions\/2406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}