Comment 043 February 1990 by King's College London

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ments as to the College's financial po ition.

From the Principal, Profe or tewart utherland

In this respect, I thought it might be

Members of the College may be aware of the article which appeared in The Times Higher Education Supplement on 19 January.

helpful, particularly in light of this article, if the text of my response to the Clerk of the Court was published in Comment.

The article in question drew attention to the warning issued by the UFC's Chief Executive, ir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, to Lord Flowers, London University Vice-Chancellor, that the UFC may send Management Con ulrants into the University of London, following concern about the University' growing financial problems. Atlcast 15 of the Federation's constituent Colleges were apparently giving the UFC cause for concern, eight of which, including King's, were cited as being in serious trouble. The article went on to identify the extent of each College's financial situation contributing to an overall £46 million deficit for the University by July 1993. The Clerk of the Court. in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor, passed on to me the UFC's concern about the overall London financial position and sought specific com-

The text of my response is therefore as follows:-

Dear Peter, Thank you for your letter dated 22 December 1989 concerning the London cost ubmission and, more specifically, the financial position of the University as revealed by the 1989 financial forecasts. You ask for specific comments on the financial position of King's College London, in the light of the UFC's Chief Executive's particular concern, and the Annex dealing with the forecast total general reserve position of the ColJege during the five years ending 1992/93.

1. First, 1 would like to comment on two matters of principle:-

1.1 The financial forecast exercise is regarded by the College primarily as a management tool. Long range forecasting, which has long been the practice at King's has been utilised to determine financial management strategy well in advance of perceived difficulties. In this sense, anned with detailed short term projections, the College's Finance Committee has maintained a tight financial rein on the College's activities. Baroness 1I00per, The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health (left) talking to students taking the MSc in Gerontology course, before giving The Annual Age Concern Institute of Gerontology Public Lecture. The topic for this year's lecture was 'The organisation of community care for older people'. ....::;

The factlhat an annual surplus had been achieved in 1987/88 and 1988/89, and is continued on back page

STAFF NEWS APPOl TME TS Dr Timothy Simons has been appointed as acting Head of the Department of Physiology in the Biomedical Sciences Division. His appointment commenced on 1 January 1990. Angela Cole has been promoted to the post of Accommodation Officer, replacing Felicity Hopkin, from 5 February 1990.

Half Moon Lane, where he retired as Chief Technician/Gardener in 1973. The garden of his family home in Morden demon trated hi kills and was admired by neighbours and passers by. He shared that home with two of his sisters, orah and Tilly, until his death on 28 December 1989, aged 82. He was buried at St Lawrence Church, where hi family had worshipped for more than 80 years, on 10 January 1990. JFox Strand campus Site Engineer

AWARDS Stephen Weiss, a student in the Department of War Studies at King's, was recently awarded 'la medaille d'honneur' by the town of Saint-Pcray in France, for the part he played in its liberation over 45 years ago when he was a 19 year old soldier.

Professor R J S McDowall R J S McDowall, Halliburton Professor of Physiology at King's College London between 1923 and 1959,diedon 12 January 1990. He was appointed at the

At the award ceremony the town paid tribute to the many young American soldiers who helped in the liberation of France. Stephen Weiss recalled the role played by the local people, to whom he and his fellow soldiers owed their lives.

I OBITUARIES Tom Moody It is with sadness that I repon the death of Tom Moody. He joined King's College in 1946 and worked in the Botany Department at Champion Hill and later at

In addition to animal demonstrations, he introduced a mechanical working model of the circulation for such displays. It included moving blood, veins, heart, lungs and capillary tubes, the heart being composed of bicycle inner tubing which could be compressed with moving plates. I am informed by Mr Mick Fordom, who joined the Department after the war as an Electronics Technician and later became Chief Technician, that it was generally and affectionately known as 'the tin cat'. The health of this animal was of great concern to the Department when a demonstration was imminent. A modern series of computer models of the circulation, respiration, body fluids, ete are called MacMan, MacPuf and MacPee. One wonders if Mac's early initiative had an influence on the present terminology. In those years the College had open days and the Physiology Department included a Conversazione at which current experiments were demonstrated to friends from the public. Each member of the staff helping was rewarded with one wee dram of whisky in a beaker. Fortunately Mac's memory was flexible enough to allow those who dared to repeat the sampling several times.

NEWS OF ALUMNI Dr Derek Evered, Emeritus Reader in Biochemistry (Chelsea) has continued to exercise his secondary skill. The Mayor of Runnymede presented him with a Certificate of Merit for Services to Sport. This honour was given for founding Egham Fencing Club thineen years ago. He is still the senior coach there, in age and experience, teaching the practical mysteries of fencing with the foil, epee and sabre.

remembered by doctors, who did their preclinical studies at King's College, all over the world. By all accounts his style was flamboyant and interest was always maintained at a high level. For such practical demonstrations before students he always wore a highly distinctive red laboratory coat.

Professor McDowall, Professor of Physiology 1923-1959 very early age of 31 and held the Halliburton Chair for 36 years. With his contemporary, Professor Thomas (Tom my) icol of the Anatomy Department, he had a profound influence on the development of basic medical sciences at King's both between the wars and in the years after the Second World War. Some of his scientific and teaching accomplishments have been described in his obituary in The Independent (20 January 1990), written by Profes or Wilfred Widdas, who worked with him at King's during the last four years of his exceptionally long tenure of the Halliburton Chair. His practical demonstrations of animal physiology are

My wife and I had the good fortune to live within 250 yards of Mac and his wife Jean for some 15 years of the latter part of his retirement. They entertained most graciously at their charming house and garden near Golders Hill Park in northwest London. The garden contained exotic plants and shrubs which he brought back to examine from his trips in many overseas countries. He will be especially recalled by many for his book on 'The Whiskies of Scotland' (first published by John Murray in 1967; 3rd edition 1975; 4th edition, revised and enlarged by William Waugh, his son-inlaw, 1986). This work is the standard one on this important subject and has no serious competitors. William Waugh provides the following story in his Preface

to the current edition:-

he is kno n 10 his ide ir le of friends, had a ery large collection of mal and hi di emment i recogni by many seriou drinkers. This i well illustrated by a quotation from a paper b Sir lame Howie, an eminent microbiologist: 'In 1967 I met a 1952 allan,ju t ready for drinking. It wa marvellou . In 1970 I met a Macallan I did not like - nor did my wife. 1 reponed to ProC sor Dowall. ' ot po sible', he said, 'unle you both have colds, or un1es it's 1954.' It wa 1954.' Thi plendid example of whisky oneupmanship wa publi hed in the British Medical Journal (24-31 December 19 3) and the relevant paper are discussed in Chapter 12.' It was indeed a valuable and most enjoyable experience to be tutored by Mac in the selection and use of thi mo t delectable of fluids. The tutorial would u ually tart with a lucid description of the fundamental differences between malt and grain whisky. This would be followed by an actual blending of the different and appropriately aged distillates in the very glass of the initiate or tutee. An alternative would be a sequential and lucid practical comparison of the characteri tics of different single malts. In either ca e, the recipient would depart a happier and wiser man. Hopfully, he would not have far to travel home, as in my case! I never saw a member of the fairer ex in this learning role. My elder son ha now gone native on the West Coast of Scotland. I like to feel that his entry into that good way of life was made easier by Mac' kindly indoctrination. Eight years ago, Mac most generou Iy establi hed a fund for providing a biennial McDowall Lecture in Physiology at King's College. This has enabled and will continue to allow us to bring mo t distinguished lecturers from far afield to the College. The first McDowell Lecturer was Professor S Weidmann of the University of Bern, Switzerland, in 1982. The most recent was Professor E M Wright of the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1988. Mc Dowell wa warm-hearted and ;:::"

odern olourful in all his undertaking. society and indeed the College are impoverished, compared to those of hi day, by the la k of chara ter u h a him.

and the helpful comments. Any appraiser ho has not been trained and has not conta ted me hould do a soon as po ible. anaging ork and Time Thi popular one day COUT , presented by Peter Guildford, was heavily over- ubscribed when offered by the University last term. I ha e therefore arranged that it will be repeated h re on Thursday 22 arch 1990 for King's tarf. Details will be sent to all tarf who have already expres ed intere t and 10 anyone else ho contacts me.

As the chill philistine winds blow across the market place onto our particular Grove we can con ole ourselves by considering ome po itive developments. The fir t of these is Appraisal. Thus, you can now write a tatement about your elf, your aspirations and future plans secure in the knowledge that your head of department (or other senior colleague) will read it and pend some time discus ing it with you.

Inter iewing and election of tudents If there is sufficient demand 1 will be arranging a one day course on this subject early next term. I will be pleased to hear from anyone interested.

Then there i the fact that universities, realizing that their staff are their mo t important asset, have recently allocated budgets for in- ervice development. King's College is no exception and any member of academic staff who would like to participate in a training/development activity should contact me as this can usually be funded from central College resources.

EQ L OPPORT POLICY

Finally, those of us who are interested in raising teaching standards will welcome the coming ational Audit of teaching achievements in Universities. After the many research audits which have recently occured this may be a welcome tep toward recogni ing and rewarding excellence in tcaching. More Effective Teaching Day . More than 100 staff took part and I am mo t grateful to the large proportion of these who returned completed evaluation forms. There were some critical remarks but., overwhelmingly, there was a very positive reaction. A frequent comment was how much staff enjoyed discussing teaching methods with colleagues from other departm en ts. Appraisal Training Almost all appraisers have now received training. Many thanks for the completed feedback sheets

Robert Poller Academic taffTraining and Development Co-ordinator

ITIES

In respon e to enquiries from Staff, the University of London policy statement on Equal Opportunities which has been adopted by the College is given below. 'The University of London was established to provide education on the basis of merit alone and without regard to race, creed or political belief, and was the first university in the United Kingdom to admit women to its degrees. This tradition continue into the field of employment and the University affirms its opposition to unfair discrimination. Therefore, the equal opportunities policy of the University is that the only con ideration in recruitment, training, appraisal and promotion of employees must be how the genuine requirements of the post are met or likely to be met, by the individual under consideration. These requirements, including retirement at the appropriate age, being met, no regard should be taken (except where legally required) of that person's race, sex, age, marital status, number of children, physical disability, or beliefs or lawful preferences, privately held, on any matter, including religion, politics and sex.'

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An in itation to comment Ju t over a year ago the College Council learned that there might be an opportunity for the College to acquire the use of the church of St Mary-le-Strand. The Diocese of London had made no ftrm offer, but some kind of arrangement with the College seemed a real possibility. After the future retirement of the present incumbent, the Rev Edward Thomp on, it was anticipated that the church might not be maintained any longer as a pari h church. Since the acquisition of the u e of St Mary-le-Strand was felt to be a singular and important opportunity, the College Council set up a Working Party with the following membership: Mr Mark Atkin on, Professor J M Bately, Profe sor F E G Cox, The Rev Professor J L Houlden, Professor I M Kennedy, Lady Jean Mayhew, Mr J V Muir (chairman) with Mr Peter Gilbert as the secretary. The Working Party's terms of reference were as follows: To consider proposals for the acqui IlIon 'of the Church of St Mary-le Strand, and options for the future use of the Church and the present College Chapel, having regard to: i) the likely consequences for the corporate life of the College of such propo als ii) the financial and space implications of such proposals iii) the architectural merit of the pre ent Chapel, of the War Memorial and of other memorials iv) the views of members of the College and other interested parties

Secretary therefore ought professional advice and though thi did not amount to a full structural urvey - which would ertainly be nece ary before any ftnal deci ion was taken - the opinions which were received toward the end of ovember were ufficiently encouraging to make it sensible for the di us ion to proceed. The Principal and chairman of the Working Party therefore vi ited the Bishop of Fulham who, would act on behalf of the Bi hop of London and had a preliminary talk which conftrmed the readines of the Diocese of London to consider negotiations over the future use of the church. At this point the Working Party was convened, and, since it wa recognised from the first that di cuss ions about the acquisition of such a remarkable building would involve many considerations, some of which concerned the present College Chapel, it was felt best that there should be at the start as open an opportunity as po sible for all members of the College to think about the issues and to make their views known to the Working Party. It was therefore resolved that this article hould be published in Comment and Casey-L with an invitation to anyone to submit their views in writing, and that the article with an accompanying letter should be sent to a selected group of those who so far seemed to be most closely involved in the options proposed with a request for their views. This is not to say that other views will not be sought or welcomed - indeed it is hoped that the next few issues of Comment and Casey-L will contain~bslantial contributions to the debate. 'The Worki~t is especiall anxious that the . s not ~me a matter for campaigns or crusades lor the tend to over-simplify the possibilities and to remove some 0 em -from rational consideratio . there are obvIOUS y several options which need serious examination even if some are to be rejected later.

v) the views of the Diocese of London To report to the Council. The first thing to establish was that there were no obvious barriers to acquiring the use of the church (if, for in lance, the College were to be faced at once with a major share of the costs of very expensive building and repair works that might put the matter out of court.). The College 4

First, a few facts. The present church of St Mary-Ie-Strand was begun in 1714 and finished in 1724. The architect was James Gibbs, who had studied in Rome with the Papal Architect and who also designed amongst other things the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Radcliffe Camera at Oxford and the Senate House in Cambridge. The fine interior includes an elaborate plasterwork ceiling in the

Italian style and a number of the original eighteenth century fittings. The floor area i 2,368 square feet (as compared with 3,744 in the present College Chapel). Both outside and in, it ranks among London's mo t beautiful churches. It al 0 has its links with the famous: the 'Young Pretender' was here received into the Church of England in 1750 and Charles Dicken ' parents were married in the church in 1809. Today the church is the official church of the Women's Royal aval Service, the Women's Royal aval Re erve and the Association of Wrens in addition to its parochial activities. There are two main possibilities which have so far been proposed (and these are not in order of priority). The first is that we should adopt St Mary-le-Strand as the College Chapel and seek appropriate uses for the present Chapel. This would be a break with the past, for a Chapel at the centre of the College was plainly the intention of the founders and early benefactors, and has been very much a part of the history of the College. The Chapel remains a place of wor hip for several denominations at the heart of the College, and undoubtedly has an affectionate place in the minds of many present and past members of staff and students for all kinds of reasons (not least among them its music and the King's Singers); a decision to relocate would be no Hght one. However, the Chapel now shares the problem faced by many churches throughout the land: it is, for most of the year, used regularly by a small number of people. Granted that the opportunity may present itself of acquiring what could become one of the most beautiful College Chapels in Britain, located in a nationally renowned building and smaller in size than the present Chapel, ought this not to be seriously debated? If this solution were adopted, it might also be possible to conceive of St Mary-le-Strand as a place where recitals and small concerts could be given; this would be a facility much needed by the Department of Music and, with minor and unobtrusive changes to the seating, it could be quite compatible with use as a Chapel. Recitals are in fact given there already. As to appropriate uses for the present Chapel in this event, it would be impossible to conceive of fundamental alteration to the structure or conception of the building. It is much admired as a rather special example of Gilbert Scott's work and any attempt to ";::

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reshape it would rightly arouse prot 1. The mo t Likely use that could be foreseen might be in connection with the College Library. everyone in College knows, the Library faces problem of space hich can only become worse, and a dignified area for boo and readers in close proximity to the Old Library would be a real asset. The second main po ibility i to retain the present Chapel and to I k for other proper uses for St Mary-Ie-Strand. Here again there could be no question of altering the fabric or doing violence to it architectural character. The Library again comes to mind and it has been suggested that the building might be a quiet and suitable home for some of the College's specialist Library collection and that, if a harmonious scheme were produced, it could become a very good place for reader and researchers (it would obviou Iy be less suitable as a working library for undergraduates). The conver ion of a church in this way might appear to be difficult but at least two Oxford colleges and the London Hospital have apparently achieved good re ults with the aid of sensitive architects. The Working Party will be looking at these conversion and their implications. In this event the present Chapel could of cour e remain and the past tradition of the College would be maintained. Some thought has already been given to whether the Chapel could serve more than one purpose, not by large-scale conversions or changes of character but by making certain areas available for certain purposes when the Chapel is not required for services, provided that these purposes do not conOict with the need for a place for quiet thoughL The presentation of these two pos ibilities already polarizes the issues, and there will certainly be mid-way points and compromi es which may offer beuer solutions. One technical maller of great importance concerning St Mary-Ie-Strand has not yet been mentioned: the likely costs of maintaining a beautiful, historic building in such a place. As yet these arc unclear and will be so until a proper survey is undertaken. An appropriate attribution of responsibility will be a maller for negotiation between the College and the Dioce e. It is, of course, always possible that the College will be unable to afford the likely costs but, before that stage of decision is .::::.

reached, the College Council needs to take a iew on whether the College can find a en ible and appropriate use for St ary-Ie-Strand hich an wers some of the College's mo t pr ing needs. In order to help it to do that, the Council has set up the orking Party and now the orking Party see the iew of member of taff and tudents, p t or presenL If you ha e an opinion or a sugge tion, please write and make your vie s known. The option 0 far proposed are not the only one ,and the Working Party is looking for comments and ideas at the start of its discu sions; imaginative and reali tic schemes are welcome. Please send your comments to me:

J V Muir, Vice-Principal, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS. The Working Party would be grateful to receive your views by Friday, 16 March, if possible.

Mr J VMuir Vice-Principal

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peaking in Public, 2 arch This course is designed 10 help people improve their speaking technique in front of an audience, however large or mall, for example, at staff meetings, seminars or training courses. If the demand i large enough, I will repeat this federal course at King's. Electrical Leads, 7 March Details about the morning seminar have been circulated to all superintendents. The seminar, which will be led by Reg Webb from the Electronics Unit at Kensington, i part of the 'Seminars for Technical Staff co-ordinated for the Univer ity of London. The topics include the following: Power Lines; Analogue and RF Signal Connections; Digital Connection. The course will be useful for most technician grades. Micro oft word (IBM), 12 March The survey of training needs among secretarial staff has enabled me to plan a

Dr Kuk Bon - Shin. President of the Korea National University of Education. visited King's in January to sign a Statement of Intent. The statement is the possible beginning of an academic collaboration between King's and the Korea National University for an exchange in research and teaching in Education. Dr Kuk is pictured receiving a print of the famous Wellington cartoonfrom the Principal

special one day course which will include some of the more advanced features of the programme, for example, merging procedures and style sheets. There will also be an opportunity for participants to bring problems to the workshop which wil1 be dealt with by the course leaders from 'Delta Dimensions', a commercial WP training company. The venue is the Strand Computing Centre. Preparation for Retirement, 4 April I have reserved la places on the Imperial College course. It wil1 be useful for anyone who contributes to a superannuation scheme and is within 18 months of retirement. Personal finance, pensions and health and fitness are included in the programme. Skills for Job Training and Instruction, 27 April & 4, 11, 18 May The course is for everyone who has a training function as part of their job. It will be particularly useful for supervisors. The course includes the following: Planning a Training Topic; Analysing Skills; Teaching a Skil1; Effective Teaching; Teaching Techniques. This highly participative course will be led by Arnold WaIters, a wel1 regarded instructor in this field. StaffInduction Course, 23 April This one day session is a must for al1 staff who have joined King's in the last six months or so. It is an excel1ent opportunity to find out more about the College and to question our Senior Officers including the Principal, the College Secretary, the Director of Finance and Staff, the Personnel Officer, the Safety Officer and, of course, the Training Officer. All participants are assured of a warm welcome and a palatable lunch. I would welcome applications from supervisors on behalf of new staff, now and gladly accept enquiries directly from people who would like to join the course. Reading Efficiency, 26 April This course is designed for administrative staff who feel they may be overwhelmed with 'essential' reading matter. The course aims to teach participants to read faster and with greater comprehension. The courses scheduled for February arc all fully booked. I wil1, however, be glad to receive applications which will enable

me to determine demand and to plan repeats. AI1 the above courses wiIl take place either at King's or at other University of London venues. Details of courses are sent to heads of departments or other senior staff within the College. A synopsis of available courses also appears in PLUTO which everyone at King's should have access to. Looking Ahead The details for a course for security staff have been finalised: the venue wil1 be the Strand on la May. Writing skills, committee servicing, staff selection and interviewing (two levels), an advanced course in handling discipline at work, including the techniques of giving and receiving criticism, care and maintenance of oxygen and pH electrodes, and the Microsoft Word workshops are in the advanced stage of preparation. These courses are as a direct result of proposals from staff and supervisors, throughout the College. I have sent out a circular to enquire about arranging a meeting of senior secretarial staff in early April. Please telephone me on S2803 if you wish to raise anything about your professional development or training in general.

Ken llromfield Training Officer, non-academic staff

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SAFETY NEWS

Who is a Departmental Safety Representative? Safety Representatives may be appointed by a recognised Trade Union. They are usually personnel who have been employed long enough to have sufficient expertise or knowledge of their type of work to enable them to make a responsible and practical contribution to health and safety in their employment Where? Within King's ColJege a Safety Representative is usually elected by the members of each Trade Union within a department to represent them. When? Safety Representatives may be called upon by the employees they represent to investigate hazards, problems, accidents relating to the health, safety or welfare at work of those employees they represent. Training In order to fulfil a Safety Representatives role, information, instruction and training is provided by their union regional office and the TUC. OK. We have a Safety Representative and a list of hazards we're concerned about. How do we get them sorted? As departments are now cost centres, it should be possible to resolve many hazards at a departmental level. When the Schools are set up it is proposed that each School has a Safety Group which alJ Safety Representatives within that School may attend. (If you do not think that this is sufficient let your Trade Union know). Each Trade Union is also entitled to send a representative to CoIlege committees concerned with health and safety eg The Safety Policy Committee, Genetic Manipulation Committee. If you would like to know more. Contact your Trade Union.

SAFETY REPRESE TATIVES

What is a Safety Representative? The person in your department with a larger mound of paper than anyone else and a telephone permanently in use! Seriously, Safety Representatives exist to co-operate in the promotion and development of measures to ensure the health and safety at work of employees, and to check the effectiveness of such measures.

Manufacturing, Science and Finance have 27 departmental Safety Representatives within the 3 campuses.

Marion P Murphy, Colin Chinnery Manufacturing, Science and Finance Safety Representatives Committee

LIBRARY NEWS The Library has recently taken deli ery of a new Bell & Howell reader/printer for microforms. This model is smaller and easier to use than the older models, and produces high quality prints from film or fiche. It is sited in room 11 C of the Old Library, ain Building, Strand campus. Anyone wishing to use it should contact the [ssue Desk ( S2675, direct line 873 2675). There has been a recent flurry of notices sent to Library readers asking them to return books issued manually from tho e parts of the Strand campus libraries not yet using LIBERTAS to record loans. LIBERTAS has also been sending out messages to readers with overdue items, as well as more welcome news of reserved items awaiting collection. One way to make sure you know as soon as possible is to use the •Your Own Use' option on any public terminal in the Library, or when 'calling in' via the College network. As soon as you type in your Library barcode and Personal Identification umber, you will be informed of any books waiting for collection, if another reader has asked us to recall a book you have on loan, and if any books are overdue. The record of books on loan includes the •due date', by which you should renew or return the item. If you don't know your PIN number, just ask at any Issue Desk, on presentation of your Library Card.

two discs to complete the set hould appear within the next twelve months. At present., the Library's copy of the catalogue may be used by arrangement ith Margaret Samman, Bibliographic Service Librarian, S20 19. Enquiries welcomed!

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Here is an update of changes in room numbers and telephone extensions in the External Relations Department: Jennifer Jack on, External Liaison Officer has now moved to Room 13IA Strand Building. Her extension is still S2291. Jennifer's secretary, Sabina Schiglod can be contacted in Room 2B, Strand Main Building and on ext S2063. Or eviJle Mar h, the Alumnu Relations Officer, has also moved headquarters to Room BIB, Strand Building and can be contacted on S2031. His assistant Caroline Bartholomew, is based i~ Room 2B, Main Building her extension being S2083: Any enquiries for the Continuing Education Unit should be directed, prior to the 1 May, to Professor Barry Cox at the Kensington campus on ext K316 or K324. Also based at Kensington is Francis Darwin who takes care of the Special Entry Scheme (ACCESS). For anyone wishing to contact him he is based in 126AS ALkins Building on ext K336.

You may have read or heard about a new catalogue from the British Library, the General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975 on CD-ROM. While the catalogues were available in multivolume sets and microfiche, the new CD-ROM version not only holds all those entries in much less space, it allows you to search the catalogue as a computer me, by author, title words, publisher, place of publication, year of publication. So tracking down some of those incomplete references should be much less painful, and subject searching based on keywords is at last possible.

The AKC Examinations will be held on the following days: Friday 16 March 19902.00-4.00 pm AKC Examination for Theologians

At present only the fust disc is available, representing A-England (some 100 volumes in the printed version), but the

Saturday 17 March 1990 10.00-12.00 noon AKC Examination for non-Theologians

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EWS FROM THE DEA ' OFFICE Monday 21 May A Study day will be held for the Clergy of Westminster Deanery on the doctrine of the Ascension, 10.45-2.00 pm

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edicaJ emergencie may arise through illness or injury at work which are of ufficient se erity to require prompt treatment by medically qualified staff or trained fLC'St aiders. These notes describe the courses of action which hould be followed in such an eventuality. Option 1 Assistance can be obtained most quickly by contacting one of the trained first aiders on site. Lists of first aiders, their location and telephone extension, are published in Comment, displayed on departmental notice boards and receptions. If a list is not immediately available contact a College telephone exchange operator using the campus internal emergency number and request auendance by a fLrst aider giving the precise location of the casualty. The first aider will decide what further action is necessary and make the required arrangements. Option 2 Assistance can be obtained by taking the casualty to the site Medical Centre subject to medical staff being available at the Limes advertised throughout College. Option 3 In the event of a serious accident or injury sufficient to be life threatening, contact a College telephone exchange operator using the campus internal emergency number and request immediate auendance by a fust aider, Medical Centre staff and Ambulance. Give the precise location of the casualty and a brief description of the symptom(s). The operator will make the necessary telephone calls to emergency services. Option 4 At Halls of Residence; in the event of injury or ill-health, contact the duty staff who will arrange for treatmenL

Roger Slade College Safety Officer.

CES PLAYS HOST CES Educational Computing Unit will be playing host to two senior educationalists from Sri Lanka for the next six months. Mr Thilak Fonseca and Mrs Sharma Jayasingh from Sri Lanka's ational Institute of Education will be attending a special training programme for Senior Personnel in Educational Computing. The course will focus on the design, development and evaluation of educational software. Mr Foneska and Mrs Jayasingh are Director and Assistant Director of a project to introduce computers to all Sri Lankan GCE Advanced Level courses. Both are experienced science and maths educators with substantial computing expertise. Further information from Peter Williams telephone C3ll 0/3175

KING'S COLLEGE METALLOPROTEINS GROUP

School of Medicine and Dentistry and in Pharmacy. In the Biomolecular and Biosphere Divisions, attention is focused on the iron and copper-dependent enzymes that are involved in electron transfer and oxygen reduction. King's College is currently well-equipped to study the functions of metals in proteins. The presence of metals can initially be detected by atomic absorption speclroscoPY. These metal centres can be further probed by the advanced Ultraviolet/Visible spectroscopic techniques employed by Professor Poole (Biosphere Sciences) and myself (Biomolecular Sciences). State-of-the-art electron paramagnetic resonance techniques which Professor Cammack (Biomolecular Sciences) has recently acquired with SERC funds can then be used to study paramagnetic centres. The three-dimensional fine structure of the proteins can be determined by X-Ray crystallographic studies, as employed by Dr Sutton (Biophysics). Expertise is also available from the Chemistry department where the role of transition metals in biology has been of long-standing interest. Already the information of the metalloproteins group has resulted in novel, interdisciplinary grant applications to the UK research councils. With the increasing recognition of King's College as a centre of excellence in metalloproteins research, the group also intends to attract EEC funding in the future.

One of the happiest consequences of the merger of King's College, Queen Elizabeth College and Chelsea College was to bring together many distinguished metalloprotein workers. The recent reorganisation of the Life and Basic Medical Sciences School has further enhanced the possibilities of inter-disciplinary research on metalloproteins at King's. To this end the College has supported the formation of a centre for the study of the chemistry, molecular biology, and structure of transition-metal proteins with money from the Research Strategy Fund. This has resulted in the appointment of Dr Chris Cooper as the Metalloproteins Group co-ordinator.

Dr John Wrigglesworth ,Division of Biomolecular Sciences

The group hopes to use an inter-disciplinary approach to solve biological problems. Studies allied to medicine include the effects of transition metals in medicine (particularly their importance in the formation of free radicals), the role of iron-containing cytochrome P-450 systems in the detoxification of drugs, mechanisms of iron uptake and the pathology of iron overload, especially in patients with thalassaemia. These studies are a collaboration with colleagues in the

KCL Research Enterprises provides briefs and information to mem bers of the academic staff on all the 'Sectoral' programmes of the EEC. The programmes are announced periodically with infrequent calls for applications. Resulting from this information Research Enterprises has received a significant increase in the number of enquiries from staff. The College has achieved a 600% increase in its EEC grant funding in the last year.

Your attention is now drawn to the Science Programme. There are no published 'Call Dates' for applications. Decisions are made throughout the year. The following summarises the programme. If you need further details contact Ken Groves or Brid McDaid on ext K394. SCIE CE· Stimulation of International co-operation and interchange needed by European Researchers. The SCIENCE plan consists of a range of activities selected on the basis of their scientific and technical development quality, which will gradually be extended. The overall objective is to improve the efficiency of scientific and technological research in all the Member States and to contribute thereby to the reduction of scientific and technical development disparaties between the different Member States of the European Community. It covers all fields of science and technology (the exact and natural sciences). Three forms of support are being used: 1) Research grants (minimum six months) These cover the cost to the laboratories concerned with the transfer or secondment of a research scientist from one Community country to another. 2) Twinning of the laboratories in different countries This enables researchers who are working in isolation in an advanced field in several Community countries to pool their efforts. 3) Development of multidisciplinary, multinational operations

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This would, by virtue of the financial resources made available, enable the associated research teams to have enough resources (including equipment) and bring together the best expertise available in different countries and disciplines. In 1988 a total of 448 proposals for the support of twinnings and operations were received, representing more than 160 million ECU. Of these, 114 were accepted for a total of 36 million ECU. Applications for the various SCIENCE schemes can be put forward at any time.

LECTURES MEETINGS AND SEMINARS

British section of Amnesty International 1.15 pm-2.15 pm, The New Theatre, Strand campus

IPUBLIC LECTURES

- MODER METEORITE RESEARCH Dr J A Edgington, QMC

CENTRE OF MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS Monday 19 February EMBRYOLOGY: A REVIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS Dr John Habgood, Archbishop of York

Monday 12 March HlSTORY OF SCIE CE LECTURE: THE AETHER AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY Professor C W KiImister, KCL

CENTRE OF BRITISH CONSTITUTIONAL LA W AND HISTORY Tuesday 27 February THE POST-WAR MOVEMENT FOR A NEW BILL OF RIGHTS Professor Michael Zander, Department of Law, LSE 1.15 pm, Room LI01C, Strand campus

Monday 5 March THE LEGAL STATUS OF FROZEN HUMAN EMBRYOS Mr Andrew Grubb, Fellow of Fitzwi11 iam Cambridge

Monday 19 March RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY FROM MICROHERTZ TO MEGAHERTZ AND BEYOND Professor R M Hill, KCL 2.00 pm-3.00 pm, Room 2C, Strand campus

Thursday 8 March THE CONSTITUTIONAL CODE OF JEREMY BENTHAM Dr PhiIip SchofieId, Research Fellow of the Bentham Project, Department of History, UCL 1.15 pm, Room LI0IC, Strand campus

F D MAURICE LECTURES Thursday I, Tuesday 6 and Thursday 8 March THE IDEA OF A NATIONAL CHURCH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE REFORMATION AND ITS SEQUEL Patrick CoIlinson, Regius Professor of Modem History, University of Cambridge 5.30 pm, The New Theatre, Strand campus

DEPARTMENT OF PALAEOGRAPHY Thursday 15 March AUTOGRAPH AND WORKING COPIES OF MEDIEVAL LATIN CHRONICLES Dr Patrick McGurk, Emeritus Reader in Medieval History, Birkbeck College 5.30 pm, Room IB22, Strand campus

Monday 12 March IS THERE A FUTURE FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE? Mr Trevor Clay, ex-General Secretary Royal College of Nursing All lectures 1.05 pm.2.15 pm in Room 3B20, Strand campus

DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH Thursday 22 February FLAUBERT: CIVILISATION AND ORIENT Dr Anne Green, Lecturer in French, KCL Thursday 1 March MIRCEA ELIADE: MYTH IN THE INTER-WAR YEARS Dr Vanessa Davies, British Academy Research Fellow Thursday 8 March ROGER CAILLOIS: MYTH AND MODERNISM Mr Martin Davies, Lecturer in French and German, University of Leicester All lectures 1.15 pm in Room 6C, Strand campus

MAXWELL LECTURES Monday 26 February MAGNETS, MICROCHIPS AND MEMORIES: FROM SPIN GLASSES TO THE BRAIN Professor D Sherrington, Theoretical Physics, Oxford Monday 5 March MESSENGERS FROM OUTER SPACE

DIVISION OF BIOSPHERE SCIENCES Monday 5 March ENERGY AND CLIMATIC CHANGE Professor David Hall, KCL 4.00 pm, Lecture Theatre M20, Atkins Building, Kensington campus

CENTRE FOR HELLENIC STUDIES Monday 5 March MR SEFERIS'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL PICNIC: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL POEMS OF GEORGE SEFERIS Professor George Savidis, Thessaloniki and Harvard Universities 6.00 pm, The New Theatre, Strand campus

BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS Tuesday 6 March AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S WORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Ms Marie Staunton, Director of the

CENTRE FOR LATE ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES Monday 19 March SOME OBSERVATIONS ON A FOURTEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN PSALTER Dr F W RatcIiffe, The Librarian, University Librarian, Cambridge 5.30 pm, Room IB06, Strand campus

ROYAL HOLLOWAY AND BEDFORD NEW COLLEGE Thursday 15 February THE SMALLEST PARTICLES ...THE BIGGEST MACHINE Dr MichaeI Green Wednesday 28 February (Inaugural lecture) 'JOURNEYS AMONG THE DEAD' IN MODERN FRENCH DRAMA Professor David Bradby Wednesday 7 March THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 1789 FRENCH REVOLUTION

Dr Pam Pilbeam Thursday 15 March (Inaugural lecture) WHAT ARE WAGES FOR? Professor Hilary Land AIJ lectur 5.30 pm, The ain Lecture Theatre, Founder's Building, Royal Holloway and Bedford ew College, Egham HiIJ, Egham, urrey TW20 OEX. Tel 0784 434455

THE ROYAL SOCIETY Thursday 15 February (The Bakarian Lecture) NEW MICROCRYSTALLINE CATALYSTS Professor J M Thomas Further information available from the cientific Meetings Secretary, The Royal Society, 6 Carlton Hou e Terrace, London SWl Y SAG. Tel 01 839 5561 ext 278/277

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Thursday 15 February OPTICAL BIOSENSORS Danny McStay, KCL 1.15-2.15 pm, Room 3B20, Strand campus Thursday 22 February DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING Professor Cain, Polytechnic of Central London Thursday 1 March OSCILLATORS: THEORY AND DESIG Micheal Cheng, KCL Thursday 8 March USE OF HARDWARE DESCRIPTIO LANGUAGES, SIMULATION AND SYNTHESIS IN DIGITAL ASIC DESIGN Simon Davidmann, Cadence/Gateway 1.15-2.15 pm, Room HA, Strand campus

DIVISION OF BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES Friday 16 February UNLOCKING CHROMOSOMES FOR

EXPRESSIO Dr R K Patient, Biomolecular Sciences Division, KCL Friday 23 February ODELL G FLAGELLA Dr M E Hol ilJ, Physics Department., KCL Friday 2 arch INTRACELLULAR PROTE DEGRADATIO - IMPLICATIO S FOR AGE G AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Dr A Hipkiss, Biomolecular Sciences Division, KCL 1.15 pm, Basement Lecture Theatre, Department or Biophysics, 26/29 Drury Lane Friday 9 March ADVANCES IN CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY Dr T H Connors, MRC Toxicology Unit, Carshahon 1.15 pm, Room IB04, Strand campus Friday 16 March HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN - ITS ROLE I VIRAL PATHOGENESIS Dr R Daniels, Virology Division, NIMR, Mill Hill 1.15 pm, Basement Lecture Theatre, Department of Biophysics, 26/29 Drury Lane

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES Monday 5 March DIET AND ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Dr Alan Ebringer, Department of Biochemistry, KCL Monday 19 March SE SORY ANALYSIS OF FOODS Dr John Piggott, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Food Science Division, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow 4.30 pm, Physiology Lecture Theatre, Kensington

CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONAL STUDIES Tuesday 20 February Research Training Seminar OBSERVATION TRAINING Joan Bliss 10.00 am-4.30 pm, Room 2.224,552

King's Road, Chelsea campus Wednesday 21 February All day Centre Research Day Supervision of Research Students (Details to be announced) 10.00 am-4.30 pm, Room 3.020,552 King's Road, Chel ea campu Wednesday 21 February Assessment Discussion Group 4.30 pm, Room 5.208 Thursday 22 & Friday 23 February Research Training Seminar ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS Stephen Ball 10.00 am-4.00 pm, Room 2.103,552 King's Road, Chelsea campus Wednesday 28 February CAL seminar 4.30 pm, Room 3.020, 552 King's Road, Chelsea campus Wednesday 7 March General seminar LABOUR'S PLANS FOR EDUCATION IN THE 1990's Andrew Smith, MP, Labour Opposition Spokesman on Higher Education Chaired Stephen Ball 4.30 pm, Room 3.020,552 King's Road , Chelsea campus Monday 12 March Maths Education Research Seminar INVESTIGATING THE MATHEMATICAL THINKING OF FIVE YEAR OLDS John Price, King's student 4.30 pm, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Wednesday 28 February RESISTANCE TO THE INFINITESIMAL CALCULUS IN THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY Dr Paolo Mancosu, Wolfson College, Oxford Wednesday 7 March THE ROLE OF LOGIC IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Professor Robert Kowalski, Imperial College Wednesday 14 March THE 'SCIENTIFIC' EVALUATION OF

PSYCHOANALYSIS James Hopk.ins, KCL Wednesday 21 March BODIES, SCLE CE AND POLITICS IN FRANCE cI800: WHAT IS TO BE EXPLAINED AND HOW? Dr John Pickstone, University of Manchester 2.15 pm, Room IB06, Strand campus

CENTRE OF MEDICAL LA W AND ETHICS Thursday 15 March CONFLICT AND DECISION-MAKING IN DIFFICULT PREGNANCIES Dr ElIen Stein 5.30 pm, The Committee Room, Strand campus

CENTRE FOR PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES Thursday 1 March THE IDEA OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE Professor Roger Scruton Thursday 8 March A Retrospective Meeting Professor David Wiggins to open 6.00 pm, Room 6C, Strand campus

CENTRE FOR LATIN AMERICAN CULTURAL STUDIES Tuesday 6 March THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH: TEXT AND CULTURE IN ORTEGA, AND POETICS OF CHANGE Vivian SchelIing 5.30 pm, Room 314, Spanish Department, Strand campus

MEDIEVAL GERMAN STUDY GROUP Tuesday 6 MARCH HASSLICHE FRAUENFIGUREN IN DER DEUTSCHEN LITERATUR DES MITTELALTERS Professor Ingrid Kasten, Freie Universitat Berlin

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINARS Wednesday 21 February MIGRATIO OF CORPORATIONS Professor Kenneth Simmonds, London

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Wednesday 28 February TELECOMMUNICATIO S AND INTERNATIO AL BANKING Dr Col in J Bell, formerly Chief Executive, AT&T UK Ltd

Wednesday 14 March FUNCTIO AL LANGUAGE COMPILERS Simon Croft 1.15 pm, Room G02, Strand campus

Wednesday 7 March FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE SOVIETUNlO Vladimir V Ivanov, Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of the USSR Wednesday 14 March THE KOREANS ARE COMING Dr Brian Bridges, Director, Jati International 4.00 pm-5.30 pm, Room S.53, $t Clement's Building, LSE Co-chairmen: Professor John Stuart MacDonald, Management Studies Centre, KCL and Dr Michael Hodges, International Relations, LSE

ICOURSES COMPUTING CENTRE SHORT COURSES Tuesdays 20 & 27 February & 6,13 March UNIX (pARTS 2,3,4 & 5) Wednesdays 14 & 21 February INGRES (pARTS 1&2) Wednesday 28 February EXCEL Wednesdays 28 February & 7 March PROLOG (pARTS 1&2)

ICOLLOQUIA INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MUSICAL STUDIES Wednesday 28 February AN INTRODUCTION BY THE COMPOSER TO HIS SECOND STRING QUARTET Jonathan Harvey, University of Sussex Wednesday 7 March SOME ANAL YTICAL APPROACHES TO THE MUSIC OF DOMENICO SCARLATTI Dean Sutcliffe, University of Cambridge Wednesday 14 March DEBUSSY'S PIANO MUSIC: THE SKETCHES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE Roy Howat, University of London 5.00 pm, Room G01, Faculty of Music, Strand campus

Wednesdays 7 & 14 March PAGEMAKER (pARTS 1&2) Wednesdays 7, 14, & 21 March UNIRAS (pARTS 1,2 &3) Wednesdays 14 & 21 March WORDCRUNCHER (pARTS 1 & 2) All courses 2.00 pm-S.OO pm Strand campus. Further details from Advisory, Room 23AB ext 2505 Tuesday 20 February WORD (pART 2) Tuesdays 13 & 20 March WORD (pARTS 1& 2) All courses 2.00 pm-5.00 pm Kensington campus. Further details from Advisory, Room A209, ext 261

IMEETINGS DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING Wednesday 28 February THE CINGO GO PROGRAM Jeff RoUason Wednesday 7 March GENERALISED HOUGH SPACE COMPACTIFICATION BY SUPERIMPOSED CODING

KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL PRACTICE AND PRIMARY CARE Wednesday 14 February PRfMAR Y CARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECfS Judy AlIsop, South Bank Polytechnic

Wednesday 14 arch GP REFERRAL RATES Professor Brian Jannan, Sl Mary's Medical School 12.15 pm, The Board Room, King College Ho pital For further information, or if you would like to go plea e caU And rea Bard ley-Ball on 01 3263016

THE ROYAL SOCIETY Wednesday 14 & Thursday 15 February Discussion Meeting Followed by the Bakarian Lecture. (See Public Lecture detail) INTRAMOLECULAR MOTIO AND CHEMICAL REACTIO Dr M S Child Professor RA Marcu and Professor I M Mills Wednesday 21 & Thursday 22 February Discussion Meeting TECHNOLOGY I THE THIRD MILLE rUM: THE ENVIRO MENT (Approaches to the handling and treatment of wastes) Professor A D Bradshaw, Sir Richard Southwood and Sir Frederick Warner Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 March Discussion Meeting QUANTITATIVE THEORY I SOIL PRODUCTIVITY AND E VIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Professor Greenwood and Dr A Walker For further information please contact the Scientific Meetings Secretary, The Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SWl Y SAG. Tel 01 839 5561 ext 278/277.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY KI G'S COLLEGE WOME 'S ETWORK The dates and venues for this term's meetings are: Tuesday 13 February, Room 228, Strand, 1.15 pm: Women's Studies at King's ways forward Monday 26 February, Committee Room,

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Every March, the Cia ics Department puts on the only annual production in an ient Greek in the country. The King' Greek Play has maintained its standing with audiences in London for nearly 40 year . and more recently, on five tran at· lantic tours, with univer ity audiences in Canada and the USA. The play this year is ArisLOphanes' Clouds.

Wedne day 2 arch, Commillee Room, 1.00 pm: Social event All women are welcome - please tell any other women you know who may be intere ted. Volunteers to help with publicity, sending oul circular, organising meetings etc are urgently required, and we are al 0 looking for suggestion for next year. It's up to you - please come along, or if you can't come to meeting please send in your ideas and uggestions. Telephone 92 8930. Flora Kerrigan Thame ide campus Project

Clouds is one of the be t-known, and one of the most surprising, of all ancient comedies. Known: for its hostile treatment of the philosopher Socrates who, in the play, runs a sinister academy· the Brain-house - peopled by corrupted students and two arguments, Right and Wrong, and complete with its own special

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Shake them off at Staff Keep Fit with general toning and stress relaxation. Wedne days, 1.00 pm, Room B2, Strand campus (next to Reprographics). Wear comfortable clothing and trainers. 45 minute class £1.00. Any queries S2624.

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Friday 23 February 1990 Members of staff are invited to attend the KCLA Annual Dinner, to Lake place in the newly refurbished Great Hall at the Strand on Friday 23 February 1990. The Guest Speaker will be the Right Reverend Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford. The evening will start with a sherry reception in the Council Room from 6.30 pm onwards. Dinner will be served at 7.00 pm and the proceedings are expected to come to an end at approximately 10.15 pm. The price of £22.50 includes sherry, a three-course meal, a choice of wines or oft drinks and coffee. Fish or vegetarian alLernati ves to the meat course can be ordered. Please contact Caroline Bartholomew in the Alumnus Office at the Strand (S2083) if you would like to allend

goddesses, the Clouds. Surprising: because the hostile treatment of Socrates culminates in the vengeance Laken against him by an earthy old countryman, father of one of his pupils, who bums down the Brain-house with· maybe - its occupants as well. From the aetherial all-singing Clouds to the arson and possible murder of the denouement, the play's range is unique. But will I understand a word....? For all Greek drama there is no substitute for the authenticity of the original words. At the same time the language need not be a barrier to comprehension. Over the years, King's productions have developed a style of performance that caters for those with no Greek, as well as those who can follow the text Our programme (provided free) also contains a full

synop is of the action - while thi year, in addition, the production itself will complete the understanding of all present by the use of 'a bit of Engli h on the ide...' Performance will take place in the ew Theatre on 14-17 March (Wednesday to Saturday) at 7.30 pm, with two matinee at 2.30 pm on Wednesday 14 March and Thursday 15 March. Tickets are £3.00 can be obtained from the Business Manager ext S1020 between 1.00 pm and 6.00 pm.

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the College award ,and 31 March 1990 for the Univer ity awards.

COURTAULD INSTIT TE HAS MOVED!

Liz Auden·Davie istant Registrar (Academic ervice )

A reminder to all those who had forgouen that the Courtauld Institute of Art has moved. For anyone who has the Institute on their mailing list or who wishes to contact them the address and telephone number are as follows: Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R OR . Telephone 01 872 0220. Any post from the College is however collected on a daily basis by a representative from the Institute. If anyone wishes to use this service please leave your post at the Post Room.

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Dr Cecily Partridge of the Centre for Physiotherapy Research has received a grant of £75,000 for a project on the role of physiotherapy in the care of adults with mental handicap. The project will involve a country wide survey of work done in Britain and ome in-depth work with units which specialise in adult with a mental handicap.

SMALL ADS The School of Engineering is to hold a Research Open Day at the Strand on Wednesday May 30 1990, and will be pleased to show the work that i going on to anyone who is interested. For further details contact David Fraser, ext S2368, (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) or Mike Yianneskis, ext S2428, (Mechanical Engineering).

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TRA VEL AWARDS The College annually offers five tudent travel awards - the Mary Clarke, Lacey, Lightfoot, Lily Hamburger, and Sargeaunt Awards - all aimed at helping students to finance vacation travel. The University also offers two travel awards - the Vacation and Dunsheath Expedition Awards. The awards are currently being advertised throughout the College and application forms may be obtained from the Academic Registrar's Office or the Kensington Registry Office. The closing dates are 21 March 1990 for

E JOY A EASTER BREAK AT ROGATE STUDY CE TRE Over 50 King's College staff and their families took advantage of the 'Summer Breaks' offered at the College's residential country house in West Sussex during 1989. We are keen for staff to visit Rogate both to enjoy its peace and tranquility and to consider whether this College facility can be further u ed for academic, training, management and social functions. We are offering bed and breakfast accommodation from Monday 9 April to Friday 20 April inclusive. The cost is £10.00 per per on per night with a reduction for young children. The Centre is situated in the village and two pubs, within walking distance (lOOm), serve excellent evening meals. Petersfield is only 10 minute away by car and offers several places to eat which are suitable for children. Midhurst has several quality restaurants. The Study Centre has a wide range of information on local attractions and we are always happy to help you plan your stay. Bookings can be made through Anne Finlay and she can be contacted by telephone on (0730) 80621.

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SALE OF APPLE MACI TOSH COMPUTERS Looking for a cheap Apple Mac Plus? The College has three second-hand ones for sale, recovered from a theft last year. They are five years old, upgraded a year ago to 1Mbyte RAM, and have no hard disks. For more information and to put in your bid, contact Marijke Vonck, Computing Centre, 52819.

TO LET Riverside house for holiday/sabbatical rental in picturesque Brantome, the Dordogne, France. Available accommodation consists of 2 self-contained units which sleep 7/8 upstairs and 2/3 downstairs. Many historic places to explore and restaurants to sample. For further information telephone ext 3223, Senate House, or evenings 351 0925.

FOR SALE Amstrad PPC640 Portable Computer. Little used. Comes complete with double disc drive and MODEM. Plus all Amstrad supplied accessories and software. A bargain at only £475.00 Contact Vivien Fletcher on S2313. . ;:

continued from front page expected in the current financial year, bear witne to this control. Furthermore, the 19 7 ituation has been a hie ed again t a background of a predicted annual deficit ithin the College' 1986/ 7 fi e year finan ial forecast exercise, in exce of £2.0, p.a. e do not fmd that indicating baJan ed annual revenue accounts, e en though Finance Committee sets such a con traint, helpful in setting the climate within which financial pressure can be brought to bear to achieve the College's stated financial objective. 1.2 The second matter of principle i more fundamental and relates specifically to the merger. A you know, the amalgamated College not only inherited significant cumulative deficits, projected to increase dramatically from merger date, but also the problems of operating on 14 major sites. Conservative estimates of the increased recurrent cost of multi- ite operating indicate that the College has to accommodate a burden, in exces of £1.5M annually. In this re peet the lengthy delay at all levels in reaching a decision as to the College's single ite capital submission, raised in early 1984 and formally proposed in June 1985, has inevitably extended the tirnescale in which the College has to carry such a burden. In the face of these financial difficulties, the fact that the College's cumulative revenue deficit has been reduced bear witness to the management determination to exercise proper fmancial control etc.

2. Turning to the projected figures indicated within our fmancial forecast, I would offer the following comments. 2.1 Salary and wage awards are built into the forecasts at a consistently higher rate than is appropriate to gram income, and in general terms, it is the element of unfunded pay awards which account for the projected deficits for the years 1990/91 onwards. Leaving aside the possibility that the adoption of prudent assumption may not be comparable with other institutional submissions and the lack of comparability of forecasts is in itself a problem, if unfunded pay awards materiali e, the College intends to take the

management action clearly set out in section 5 of the financial commentary alla hed to the forecasts. In this respect p t performan e d montrat our ability to acme e our financial obje tive . 2.2 The fman ial trategy ith regard to total elimination of the inherited cumulative deficit i re-iterated within section 2 of the finan ial commentary. In this respect it hould be noted that the financial trategy, a indicated in section 2 wa clearly Stated within the financial commentary attached to the 1988 financial forecast exerci e.

Officer and the i e-Chancellor, myself and other University Officers, I belie e that King' College has been remo ed from the 'li t of concern'. Thi doe not nece sarily mean that the College i not fa ing a difficult financial future, or for that mauer London' Federal problem are not ignificant. It doe mean, howe er, that the College's ability to n ibly manage its own financial affair and its o eraU financial trategy are recognised and accepted.

The College has ucces fully carried a cumulative deficit in excess of £5.0M without recourse to external borrowing. Given that the cash flow a pects of maintaining such a significant cumulative revenue deficit can be managed, the College's Finance Committee see no rea on to depart from tated policy, namely that the cumulative deficit will be recovered as a flf t call on the revenue surplus generated by economie effected by site consolidation, and the consequential amalgamation of cost centres et.e. 2.3 The forecasts as ume a significant fall off in high fee recruitment. Although such a prediction demonstrated prudent judgement, 1989/90 recruitment levels indicate that such a prediction was pessimistic. We believe that the established mechanisms now in place for active recruitment of all students will enable the College to maintain current level of recruitment, both in high fee and low fee students. 2.4 Similar comments apply to the level of contract overhead recovery. We believe that given the adoption of the CVCP Guidelines a to Costing of Re earch Projects in Universities, and the general awareness of the need for realistic cost assessment in application for reearch funding, the projected level of overhead contributions will significantly improve. I hope these comment are helpful.

As a result of thi response and a meeting between the UFC Chief Executive and

Comment is the College's regular staff newsletter, i sued by the Information Office ((ext 2179)) three times a term, with special editions if required. Contributions are warmly welcomed from any member of the College. For example profile of people or area of intere l, news of events, views on College matter , photos, cartoons, items of sale, puzzles or quizzes. Comment is sent to all staff and made freely available through the Swdent Union. Copy dates and and publication dates are published at the end of each issue. The copy date for the next i ue is Friday 2 March for publication the week beginning Monday 12 March.