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- ↑ "The University as a charity". University of Cambridge. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- 1 2 "Council membership".
- ↑ Reporter 15/12/04: Annual Report of the Council for 2003-04
- ↑ Grace 2 of 5 December 2008
- ↑ Acta in the Reporter, No 6107, publishing Results of Ballot
- ↑ Reporter 23/07/08, Statutes approved: Notice
- ↑ "Meeting dates of the Council and Business Committee". www.governance.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
