Comment 054 June 1991

King's College London newsletter

PRINCESS ROYAL'S VISIT The Princess Royal joined in the celebrations for 1 years of teacher education at King's when she visited Cornwall House on Tue day 14 May. The Princess, who is Chancellor of the University of London., also formally inaugurated the College's Thameside campus by unveiling a plaque to mark the official opening of the Cornwall House Annexe. In addition she visited the Age Concern Institute of Gerontology and the Department of ursing Studies, and spoke to staff about their work.

The Prince was greeted on her arrival by the Mayor of Lambeth, and then welcomed by the Vice Chancellor and the Principal.

In the refectory she saw a display of 'before' and 'after' photographs showing the conversion and refurbishment of the building, and an exhibition corrunemorating King's pioneering role in teacher education since its beginning at the College in 1890.

The Princess then met some of the Centre

for Education's research tearns before joining student teachers in a tutorial group on children with special educational needs.

She seemed particularly interested in a class on Computing for the Terrified.

In the Institute of Gerontology, Her Royal Highness joined students in a class on The Eye in Laur Life, and in the Department of ursing Studies she was introduced to four research team and met students from the Midwifery and Corrununity ursing BSc courses.

Back in the refectory, she was served with tea and talked informally to staff, before unveiling the plaque and signing the visitor's book. As the Prince left she was presented with a bouquet by John Braidwood of the porters' staff.

All those who met the Princess commented on how interested and well-informed she was. She probably left knowing more about what is going on in Cornwall House than most of us do!

THE WHITE PAPER AND KING'S The Principal writes on the future of UK higher education and ofKing's.

On 20 May the Government published its most recent White Paper, Higher Education: A ew Framework. The message for the higher education sector, and for universities in particular, may not be what we would have wished for but the signs are clear. In particular I believe there will be i) increased competition for good students as the age participation rises from about 19% to 32% over the next decade. The changing status of polytechnics will undoubtedly increase the competition faced by uruversltles. u) increased diversity in the educational background of students as a) further changes take place in school curicula, b) increasing numbers of 18 year olds of lower ability have to be accepted, and c) increasing numbers of students from other kinds of backgrounds enter higher education. ui) a falling in the unit of resource for teaching as the Geovernment sees room for further 'economies of scale', 'efficiency gains', etc as the system overall expands. iv) a more selective distribution of research funding, as a consequence of the fact that funds for research will not increase in anything like the way that the numbers of students will increase. v) a general move aw:ty from any kind of central planning with each institution being given a block grant (plus fees) and then expected to get on with the job as it sees best.

The Princess Royal on her arrival at Cornwall House. The Vice Chancellor of the University of London, Professor Stewart Sutherland, presents the Principal, Dr John Beynon.

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STAFF NEWS NEW FELLOWS The following have been elected Fellows of the College.

Professor Michael Knibb

Professor Peter Marshal!

Mr Brian Salter

Professor of Old Testament Studies and Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Rhodes Professor of Imperial History

Academic Registrar

Professor Marshall joined the College in 1959 after studying at Wadham College, Oxford. He was made Rhodes Professor in 1980 and was Head of Department from 1984 - 1988. He was a member of the ational Curriculum History Working Group from 19 9 - 1990.

Mr Salter joined the College in 1979 as Assistant Registrar, becoming Academic Registrar in 1985. His career in university administration began after graduating from the University of Leeds with a BSc in 1971, when he joined the Open Univer ity as Admissions Officer. He is Honorary Secretary of KCLA.

Professor Knibb joined the College in 1964 as a Lecturer. He rose through the Department to become Professor of Old Testament Studies in 1986 and Head of Department in 1989. He was also a student here gaining a BD and PhD.

Professor Helder Macedo

Mr George Paraskevaides

Professor Charles Turner

Camoens Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

Architect and Philanthropist

Siemens Professor of Electrical Engineering

After gaining a Bachelor of Architecture from the Polytechnic of Milano in 1940, Mr Paraskevaides founded the civil engineering group of Joannou and Paraskevaides, now a major multi-national corporation. He i a generous benefactor to the College, particularly involved with the KC LA (Cyprus) Scholarship Fund. He has been awarded numerous honours for ills charitable work.

Professor Turner, currently at the University of California, Berkeley on sabbatical leave, joined the College in 1971 as Siemens Professor and Head of Department. He was an undergraduate at the University of London and gained ills PhD at Stanford University, California.

Professor Macedo joined the College in 1969, after a career as a writer and broadcaster, and was Head of Department from 19 2 - 1991. He too was a student at King's and gained a BA and PhD. From 19791980 he was the Portuguese Secretary of State for Culture. He edits the Journal of Portuguese Studies.

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PRESENTATION CELEBRATION 1991 The Present:uion Celebration ha now become firmly established within the College's calendar of events, bringing tOgether as it does the graduating students and their parents and guests with the College community. It is disappointing to have to report that in previous years the interest amongst members of the College has not matched the enthusiasm demonstrated by the students. Hitheno, invitations to attend the ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall have been limited to members of the Academic Board and those who have attended have enjoyed not only the ceremony itself but also the interaction with students afterwards.

For this year's ceremony, to be held on Monday 30 September, the invitation to attend will be extended to all members of the College. Obviously, it would not be practicable to send personal invitations to everybody, instead, a letter of invitation will be sent to each Head of Department/ Division for them to draw the attention of their staff (of all grades), to the Celebration.

The Head will then be responsible for

informing the Academic Services Section of the Academic Registrar' Department of those who wish to attend. Obviously, there i a restriction on the amount of space available to accommodate taff and some selection may be necessary. embers of the Academic Board will continue to receive personal invitations.

For the ceremony on 3 September the Presentation Fellows are: Lord Justice Butler Sloss, first lady Lord of Appea~ Sir Richard Francis KCMG, Chairman of the British Council; and Sir David Lurnsden, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music.

The newly appointed College Orator, John Muir, Vice-Principa~ will present the Fellows.

Lord Justice ButLer SLOH

By way of final comment it is perhaps pertinent to note that as the University intends to abandon the federal ceremonies held at the Royal Albert Hall, there is a prospect that the College will have to hold two, or possibly more ceremonies each year.

Bri3n Salter AC3demic Registnr

Farewell to Professor John Barron At the end of this session Professor John Barron leaves King's to become Master of St Peter's College, Oxford. He has worked in the University of London for over thirty years and leaves a record of intellectual distinction, high office and growing influence at the centre of university planning. He has held the chair of Greek Language and Literature at King's for twenty years and, for twelve, was Head of the Department of Classics.

He read Greats at BaLliol and after a spell of research was appointed, first to an Assistant Lectureship, and then to a Lectureship, at Bedford College. He was soon spotted as a scholar of much promise whose early interest in and writing on Greek sculpture and numismatics was only a symptOm of much wider artistic, archaeological and literary sympathies. He became a Lecturer in Archaeology at University College London in 1964 and within three years was promOted to a Readership. 1971 he came to King's as Professor of Greek Language and

Literature and has since become a wellknown figure in the world of classical scholarship. His scholarly reputation has brought him Visiting Professorships at Vassar College, at Stanford University and Princeton in the United States, and many other marks of recognition.

In addition to his writing, he has always been happy to share his gifts and enthusiasrns more widely and he has given countless talks to branches of the Classical Association and the Association of Classical Teachers, to schools and to conferences and colloquia. He has also been a regular attraction on Swan's Hellenic Cruises and there are legendary stories of his elegant talks - an improvisation on the battle of El Alamein is especially remembered. In 1984 he became Director of the University of London Institute of Classical Studies, an international research centre and library and a familiar host to classical scholars from all over the world. By this time it had become clear that he also had considerable gifts as a

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persuasive speaker and a perceptive planner.

He became Dean of the Faculty of Arts in the Univer ity in 1977, a member of the Academic Council and the Senate, and since 19 7, has been Pro- Vice-Chancellor (Ans).

He has also played an increasingly prominent part in national university planning and ha come unscathed through some of the most difficult days of the UGC and the UFC as a member of both. Indeed the consolidation of university classics in the UK into a smaller number of centres of strength - a painful but salutary processtook place with remarkable speed and was confirmed by the influential report in which he and a sub-committee of the UGC set out a clear plan for the future. He has recently

undertaken the formidable ta k of recovering a sensible and workable system for the collapse of the 'bidding' process proposed for university student numbers.

He is a well-known scholar, and he will be remembered in London as Public Orator to the University, and, for the last two years, as College Orator. Whether he is paying sincere tribute to artists, philanthropists, musicians or great innovators, he has a beautiful way with words and a knack of finding the apt and witty expression which does honour without flattery and delights the hearers. Many remember the evening when, as Public Orator to the University, he asked Princess Anne (with a deferential

doff of the mortarboard) to suppose that she had arrived at the degree ceremony by Tube!

Professor Barron and his wife Caroline have given a great deal to the College and the University and they will be much missed; their cultivated and pleasant hospitality will ensure that the Master's Lodge at St Peter's will be a centre of distinguished company, good entertainment, canny judgement and civilised life. They go to Oxford with our gratitude and best wishes.

John Muir Vice-Principal and Head of External Relations

Long-service awards presentation A reception was held in the Committee Room recently to pay tribute to the achievement of those members of staff who have worked for the College for 25 years. A special mention of Mrs Joan Fennell must be made since she has completed 40 years of service.

Front row - From left to right Miss Janet Cowan (Lecturer in English), Mrs Leonee Ormond (Reader in English), Mrs Ann Katz (Lecturer in Mathematics), Professor Averil Cameron (Director, Centre for Hellenic Studies), Professor Norma Rinsler (Vice-Principal), Mrs Joan Fennell (Conference Administrator, Vacation Bureau), Mrs Elsie Redmond (Technician, Biological Services Unit).

Middle row - From left to right Miss Betty Galbraith (Payroll Supervisor), Professor Bill Bradbeer (Professor of Botany, Biosphere Sciences), Dr Geoff Joyce (Lecturer in Physics), Mr John Muir (Vice-Principal), Mr Peter Stoneham (Chief Technician in Biophysics), Mr Ray Hunt (Superintendent, Division of Engineering), Miss Evelyn Conrad (Secretary of Physiology), Mr Ken Davies (Chief Technician, Electron Microscopy Unit, KCSMD), Mr Peter Redmond (Technician, Biological Services Unit), Miss June Walker (Secretary of History), Dr Mike Holwill (Reader in Physics).

Back row - From left to right Dr Bob Price (Reader in Biochemistry), Mr Clive Daws (Warden, Rogate Study Centre), Dr Peter Butterworth (Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry), Mr Mike Harrington (Superintendent, Mechanical Engineering), Dr Tony Theobald (Deputy Head of Pharmacy), Dr Harold Gamsu (Senior Lecturer in Child Health, KCSMD), Mr Richard Delves (Lecturer in Physics).

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Staff noticeboards , 'oticeboards have recently been pur up in the Colle e which will advertise job vacancie and will display other bulletins rom the Per onnel Office and from Staff Repre enrati es. They are at the followin locations: trand B Corridor, outside the postroom Kensington ourside room 1 , hin Building and main reception area, Atkins Building 1anresa Road main reception area

Annual College outing 1991 Brighton by Rail ...

Yes, it's that time of year again! This year's Annual College Outing, organised by the ocial Club, is to Brighton on Wednesday 7 August, at a cost of only £8.50 per person.

Brighton has been a very popular venue in the past due to the variety of activities on offer. There is the famous promenade to troll along, the Brighton PavLlion (£3.10 entry fee) and the pier. Alternatively, walk through the famous maze-like lane full of old-fashioned, bow-fronted shops with antiques, souvenirs and curios. Why not try your luck in the many amusement arcades?

For those who don't mind taking a short bus ride, Brighton's famous racecourse has a meeting that day (weather permitting!).

There is an abundance of pubs and restaurants to suit all tastes.

A letter has been sent to all members of the College sraff with the travel details and a tear-off reply slip. If you require another form please contact lynne Johnson on S2535.

Lynne Johnson and Kevin Smith

Letter I should like to thank all those who were kind enough to wish me well during my recent illness.

On 1 June, I took up a position at U niversity College to create another language Centre and I look forward to cooperating on several joint research projects with members of King's. I warmly invite all my friends from King's College to come and see me at the new premises of UCl Language Centre at 134-136 Gower Street from 15 October (telephone 071 380 7722).

Dolores Ditner

DEPARTMENT NEWS VICE CHANCELLOR VISITS THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES The Vice Chancellor of the UniverSll), Professor Stewart Sutherland, was the invited speaker at the School ofHumanities General Meeting held on 5 June. This was a timely event as the Stracegic Issues Group Report (McCall Report) on the future ofthe University of London had just been published and the White Paper, Higher Education: A ew Framework, had been ISSued the previous week.

proposals for the University. He was emphatic about the need to change the current system, to get away from the internal wranglings that existed and to make the socalled 'black box' Court system even more transparent in its activities. He felt the University had been a victim of bad press and it was now time to positively promote the strengths of the University in teaching and research.

The Vice ChanceLLor took part in a question and answer session cO'lJering topics including the implications of the While Paper and the future of London's federal university system.

A few of the pomts raised are noted below.

The Vice Chancellor acknowledged the variety of Schools within the University.

More flexibility should be introduced to accommodate the situation. He believed there was room for some of the larger Schools to have more financial autonomy and thus a possible direct link to the UFC bur he warned that only 3 to 6 institutions might fall into this category.

Professor Sutherland described the White Paper as a cleverly written document which had achieved the objective of grabbing the headlines and taking the initiative on education policy. However, there were grey areas concerning the implications for quality and assessment and for research in view of the proposal to remove the binary line. He saw two main dangers for university research in the new system: one, that the available cash would be spread too thinly (and he thought it was essential that the universities should be arguing for a core funding system in order to minimise this); and two, that a single research-council source of funding might be imposed in place of the present dual system.

He did not particularly regret the disappearance of the binary line, feeling it could lead to a whole new variety of exciting academic possibilities. In London it could create a better set of relationships between the twO universities and the various polytechnics in terms of credit tran fer. There could now be multiple points of entry and exit for potential students, allowing talent to be picked up that had been missed before.

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He used the free market economy as a model to describe the relationship of Schools which chose greater financial autOnomy. So, if certain Schools wished to opt out they would have to pay the market rate for services they received from the Centre. Whereas if they stayed in the 'club' they would pay a lower rate.

It was clear however, that the central core of the University was academic - focusing particularly on the award of degrees. Whilst recognising that some Schools may choose not to buy some federal services, he emphasised that Schools were also in a position to offer services to other Schools.

There need not be only one source of services.

Professor Sutherland hoped intercollegiate teaching would grow, and recognised that there was a need for sensible arrangements though not a vast bureaucracy - for transferring funds for teaching from one School to another. He also stressed the importance of the University Library as a major academic resource.

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INSOLVENCY RESEARCH UNIT LAUNCHED

THERMAL BIOLOGY RESEARCH UNIT The Thermal Biology Research Unit has recently arrived at the Kensington campus with an office and Laboratories witnin the Physiology Group. This new Unit, invited to join the Division of Biomedical Sciences

by Professor Simon HoweLl, has now moved from the MRC Clinical Research Centre at Harrow (which is soon to close) where its work has acquired an international reputation and role in the emerging discipline of thermal biology.

The Unit, headed by Or Ray P Clark with Mervyn Goff as the Assistant Unit Director, will be concerned with aspects of basic thermal biology research together with applications of applied environmental physiology.

The Unit is divided into twO sections, thermology and aerobiology. The Thermology Section will continue its investigations into basic physiological mechanisms that determine the observed skin temperature patterns in humans in both health and disease.

Harry Rajak, the Director of the new Insolvency Research Unit Unfortunately insolvency has become a part of everyday life. How insolvent companies and bankrupt estates are administered is, therefore, a matter of great public concern.

Insolvency is a nighly complicated system made up of legal principles wnich influence and are influenced by political, social and economic developments, and as such is not a readily accessible subject.

In order to advance study in this area, the School of Law have launched the Insolvency Research Unit. This specialist unit, which has received strong financial and intellectual support from leading insolvency practitioners, Cork Gully, aims to build a centre of excellence in the field and to encourage and promote appropriate researcn.

Barrister and Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, Harry Rajak, is also the Director of the U nit. According to him: 'Academic institutions can play an important role in promoting general awareness in

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the field of insolvency and bankruptcy, and in assisting in the development of the appropriate principles. We can train the practitioners, legislators and regulators of the future and we can encourage disinterested research so as to learn more about how people and institutions are affected by insolvency and bankruptcy. We can and should collaborate with the civil service, private practitioners, government and legislators to ensure the development of a system which truly identifies and promotes the public interest.'

The Unit has already won two research grants, one awardetl by the Research Strategy Fund (at King's) and the other by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. Research will be conducted into the administration of insolvent companies and into the effect of legislation wnich was designed to protect employees made redundant prior to the sale of businesses by administrators and administrative receivers of insolvent companies.

The Aerobiology Section will be concerned with the thermal interaction of the human body with the environment (both natural and man-made) in relation to the airborne transmission of disease and methods of control. Or David Kennedy from the Medical Devices Directorate of the Department of Health will shortly join the Section as a part-time Research Fellow.

In association with the College afety Officer, Or Roger Slade, the Unit organises courses on containment methods and personnel safety. The first of these took place between 4 and 8 February. This 5 day residential course with an examination at the end attracted a full complement of 15 delegates from a wide range of commercial organisations.

The new Unit, which currently derives funds from the MRC with the generous support of the Rank Prize Funds, will ultimately be self supporting by project and programme grants together with income from teaching and consultancy activities.

Pictured here in the Quad, before a reception given by the British In titute of Human Ri hts at King's, are ix East European po t raduates who recently attended a I day inteni 'e cour e on Human RIghts and Education at the Centre for Educational Studies. The tudent rom Czechoslo ilia, Hungary and Romania too the cour e alon with ten Briti h CE post raduates at the Centre.

Durin their stay in London, the 'i itor met Human Righ parliamentarian, academics and la\\.]er a well as experts rom a variety of London b ed Human Ri hts a encie .

From left to TIght, Dr CatheTlne CelSSler, Head of Department of Ulntion and DietetICS, Dr Paul Matulessy, Senwr Leaurer, Department of utTltwn, UniverSIty of Indonesia and Dr Gill Mackilligm, Department of utrition and Dietetics present results ofa research project, 'The effea offactory-based inteTVentions on the nutTlLLonal status and producLLvity of women workers in Jakarta', at a meeting at the Centre for World Development EducaLIon, London. The study was funded by the UK Overseas Development AdminiSLraLlon and the MmlSLry of Health, Repubbc of IndoneSia.

Back row, left to right, Hon Susan BaTIng (Chairman, BIHR), Victor Masenko (lfungary), Rasvan MoldO'1Jeanu (Romania), Petre Mares (Czechoslo-vakia), Ceorge Serban (Romania), Stanley Hunt (Director, BIHR). hom row, left to right, Orsolya Peter (lfungary), David HarTlS (CES, Course Director), and Carmen Semenescu (Romania).

RESEARCH NEWS UFC RESEARCH SELECTIVITY EXERCISE

LIBRARY NEWS :

Renewals bye-mail

label - then you will know when

It is now possible to request renewal of loans bye-mail. Requests should be add res ed to Library Renewals, and should contain the following information: • Your u er number (the 10 digit number printed above the barcode on the back of your Library ticket) - usually begins 02 and may end in X. • The barcode number of each item you wish to renew (there is a label above or beside the date label) - usually begins 20 and may end in X. • The date on which each item is due for return/renewal.

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You will receive an e-mail message confirming that the books have been renewed, and telling you when they should now be returned. Please write this date on the date

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More news on the moving of the British Library The British Library have made a new version of their video on the move to St Pancras and are sending representatives along to show it to King's staff and students on 26 June. The screening will be at 2 pm in room 10C, Strand campus, and there will be time for questions and comments.

We hope there will be further briefings at the beginning of next session, and at the other sites, if there is enough interest.

Please contact the Library if you would like to come along on 26 June or if you would like to suggest another time.

During his recent visit to the College, the new Chief Executive of the UFC indicated that the next UFC Research Selectivity Exercise will be carried out during 1992-93.

The new Selectivity Ratings will come into force from I August 1994.

Given the considerable progress that has been made in many departments of the College since the last exercise was conducted, I think it is a good thing that the next exercise will take place a year earlier than had originally been planned. It does mean, however, that the academic session 1991-92 will be the last for which activities will count for the next exercise; for activities such as publications (which are required on a calendar year basis) 1991 may be the last year to count.

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Exercises are having an increasing effect on the distribution of research funding through their influence of the judgemental component, JR. The UFC has already expressed its intention of moving the JR:SR ratio from its original average value of 1:1 to an average of 2:1 by 1994-95; it would not surprise me if the ratio were to be increased even further thereafter.

In order to give departments some guidance for the next Selectivity Exercise, I have written some notes, copies of which are being sent to all Heads of Schools, Chairmen of School Research Committees, and heads of department. I hope that, via these routes, all members of staff will have sight of what I have written; anybody wishing for a personal copy is invited to contact my office.

Or John Beynon Principal

SERC GRANT SUCCESS Despite SERC's much publicised financial difficulties, one group at King's has done well in the round of proposals put in last October. This is the East Wing based Communications Research Group of the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department.

Of the six proposals submitted five received and 'alpha' rating without which there is little chance of funding. After much unavoidable delay four of them have now been allocated funds amounting to a total of over a quarter of a million pounds. Details are: A H Aghvami ovel signal processing techniques and hardware architectures for fully digital high bit rate modems GRlG57215 £85,000 T G Clarkson & A H Aghvami Frequency hopping techniques for efficient use of the r f spectrum GRlG57222 £80,000 T G Clarkson, J G Taylor (Maths) & o Gorse (Comp Sci, VCl) Building adaptive probabilistic RAM networks GRlG22657 £43,000

TKoch A new class of CAD tools for the design and layout of integrated optoelectronic devices GRlG56720 £85,000 The Group is most grateful to the twO cooperating departments and expects to be involved in much more broadly based crossdisciplinary proposals in the future.

Despite SERC's spending restrictions (only 15% in the first year) these four 3-year grants will help ensure the continuing growth of this vigorous and successful Group established only five years ago. It now has an established reputation both nationally and internationally which is good for the College as a whole.

John Pearson Communication Research Group

ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES ACU Development Fellowships Tenable for short periods in developed or developing countries of the Commonwealth, the Fellowships will be offered once a year and shall be held in subject areas in which the needs of the developing countries are particularly great. Fellows can come from inside or outside the universities. The Association wishes especially to encourage the movement of staff in both directions between industry/commerce/public service and the universities. The programme has been devised for people of proven quality at a crucial stage of their career. It is not an immediately postdoctoral or degree-earning scheme.

The scheme includes a number of special feIlowships founded by particular sponsors and dedicated to specific purposes, viz: • The Shell Fellowship in Biotechnology including medicine, AIDS, agriculture, energy related topics.

• Thames Television - The Howard Thomas Memorial Fellowship in Media Studies.

• The Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wale - one fellowship open either to professionally qualified accountants or to established members of university faculties of accounting or related fields. Tenable (though not for pursuit of a degree) at a UK university which either provides degree courses approved by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, or provides courses in or closely allied to business education.

These fellowships are tenable in any Commonwealth country other than the candidate's own. At least twenty Fellowships are offered for tenure in 1991-92: Priority subject areas • agriculture, forestry and food sciences (including nutrition and processing) • biotechnology • development strategies • earth and marine sciences (including mining engineering, mineral resources, oceanography) • englDeenng • health and related social sciences • information technology (eg computing, computer assisted learning) • management for change • professional education and training (eg in accountancy, banking, business studies, insurance and law) • social and cultural development Eligibility Applicants when applying must: • be on the staff of a university in ACU membership or • be working in industry, commerce or public service in a Commonwealth country • be of proven high ability • be between 28 and 45 years of age • submit an acceptable programme of work outlining its purpose and scope and the benefits which it is expected to bring to the country, the university and the individual.

Nominations Applications for Fellowships will be considered only if the applicant is nominated by the head of a university in ACU membership. Applicants working in an ACU member university may be nominated by the executive head of that university or of their host university.

Each head ma ma e one nomination each rear and is asked to provide a considered statement of the benefits expected to accrue to the Fellow, the universiry and any other or anisation concerned. In addition, heads mar ma e a nomination for one of the de i nated Fellowships listed earlier.

Tenure Fellowships will be tenable in any Commonwealth country other than that in which the applicant works, for between three and six months, either at a universiry in ACU membership or in industry, commerce or public service. Those working in universities may hold a Fellowship in either another ACU member universiry abroad or in industry, commerce or public service abroad.

Value Up to £5,000, intended to cover.

• international return airfare at the lowest available economy class rate and by the mo t direct route • ground travel to home airport and from airport abroad to final destination • medical and travel insurance • local travel abroad • board and lodging Applications Please apply to the ACU for a nomination form and full details: Secretary General (CAArrA) Association of Commonwealth Universities John Foster House 36 Gordon Square London WC1 H OPF Candidates must enclose with the completed form a list of publications, and written evidence from the proposed host institution(s) that the proposed programme is acceptable to it/them.

Decisions on the 1991-92 awards will be announced in November 1991.

Report Within six months of the end of an award a Fellow must send the Association a repo~ of 1,000 to 2,500 words on his/her tenure of the Fellowship, and at the same time ask that a record be sent in confidence to the Association by the institution at which the Fellowship has been held.

Jane Pacerson at the un'IJellmg oJher painting oJ the College Jrom the Terrace looking through to the Quad. It eompleces a set oJJour 'lJtews of the College on dHplay In the Coundl Room.

UNION NEWS Inspect and survive - electrical testing 25% of all electrical accidents reported to the Health and Safety Executive involve portable electrical equipment. Because of this the 1989 Eleetn·dty at Work Regulations require that a regular regime of inspection and testing should be set up in each workplace. After all how do you know if all your equipment is safe unless you check it?

The College requirements on how, what and how frequently you should test apparatus are contained in the document Arrangements Jar EleeLneal Safety (available from the Safety Office). The dury to test and maintain is set out in Section (6)e, which states: 'Each school, section or unit must make provision for the routine inspection and testing of its electrical equipment'. These tests should then be recorded, Section (6)g says, 'To facilitate the testing procedure schools, sections and units should maintain an inventory of their electrical appliances to include details of inspection and tests; appliances should be marked with a label to indicate they have been tested successfully'. Safery Reps should ask to see the inventory during their periodic safety inspections so they can check that electrical testing is being done.

Although much of the electrical equipment inspection is quite straightforward, checking fuse ratings and for damaged cables, plugs, connectors etc is somewhat more difficult. For instance, a normal test instrument such as a multi meter will not provide sufficient current to check the integrity of earth connections or cable insulation, a PAT (Portable Appliance Tester) should be used. One cautionary note, plug your personal computer or some other sensitive equipment into a PAT and there is a likelihood that you will be left with a pile of electronic scrap! (A PAT is a test set with a normal mains socket into which the appliance under test (AUT) is plugged, an earth clip is then attached to the metal of the case to the A lff, a button is pressed and after a few moments the indicator lights in the PAT and will indicate pass or fail and the nature of the fault).

Further information on electrical testing can be obtained from HMSO guidance notes GS23, GS34 and PM32. The IEElE publishes a book Electrical Safety at Work, ISBN 0 904239 16 price £5.50, available from IEEIE, Savoy Hill House, London WC2ROBS. Glyn Baker MSF Health and Safety Committee

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Forthcoming courses

Training needs survey I have asked all heads of department to help me build up a picture of staff training needs throughout the College. I hope everyone will be given the opportunity to contribute towards this survey. Perhaps you can discuss your training needs, including your career development, with your head, and thereby influence the College training programme.

The Department of Pharmacology has decided on its own approach for dealing with the training survey. The Head of Department and Superintendent have invited me to lead a discussion about training needs with the technical staff. I hope this will raise enthusiasm and awareness among staff and make them better informed about training opportunities.

I am delighted to report that the upsurge in interest in training continues. In fact, it is becoming more and more of a challenge for the Training Unit to keep pace with demand. In particular, the expectation from clerical and related staff has far outstripped my estimate for our training services during the last year.

Specialist requirements 20 hall managers and assistants recently attended a Counselling Skills Course which was specially tailored to their needs. They are part of a growing number of career groups which have identified a training need which is best focussed within their own specialist circle and the feedback suggests that this approach achieves more satisfactory results. I would be happy to join other specialist groups to consider their training requirements.

Training materials The Office has widely circulated a list of training materials which staff can borrow.

These audio cassettes, books, computerbased packages and videos are designed to help people learn at their own pace. We have been inundated with requests. Janine Morton keeps a record which will enable us to meet the demand (eventually). Copies of the list are available on request.

Career Planning for Women Clerical Staff Thursday 20 June This federal course will encourage participants to assess their individual strengths and weaknesses and to analyse opportunities and threats in their work environment enabling them to build up a detailed personal plan for developing their careers.

(An additional in-house course is to be arranged).

Attendants' Training Course Wednesday 26 June A federal course intended to provide attendants, messengers, porters and equivalent male and female staff with practical training in some key elements of their work.

'Mind your Back' Lifting Course Wednesday 26 June The course, which lasts two hours, will take place at the Strand in the morning and will be repeated in the afternoon at Kensington.

It is designed to prevent very common and painful back injuries.

All staff who may be required to move heavy or awkward objects should attend one of the sessions. Supervisors should make a special effort to encourage staff to enrol.

Constructive Criticism Tuesday 2 July Please note the date rearranged from 12 June. There has been a high demand for the course which will be repeated. Further applications will be welcomed.

Customer Care for Catering Staff Tuesday 9 July A one-day course for supervisors and others who are responsible for the work of staff in

As a counterpoint to the Edinburgh International Arts Festival, the city now also holds, in early April, a two week International Science FesitivaL An unscheduled item on the last evening was the Singing Profand author of The Biochemists' Songbook (aka Professor Harold Baum, Head of the School of Life, Basic Medical and Health Sciences) who is seen here leading the audience in some rousing choruses. Apparently no-one in the audience understood a word of what they were singing, although the tunes (from Waltzing Mati/cIa and Men of HarLech) were indeed very well known!

catering departments and who would like to improve the quality of service offered by their departments.

How to Interpret Research Grant Print-outs Monday 15 July A half-day course presented by members of the Department of Finance and Staff.

Induction Course Thursday 19 September This is advance information about the course which welcomes new staff to the College. I hope they will be encouraged to attend. They will meet senior College Officers, learn a lot about King's and enjoy first class hospitality into the bargain.

For all the above courses, please contact Janine Morton, S2760 for details.

Ken Bromfield Non-academic Training Officer

Word Processing Mac Word Intermediate Course Friday 5 July This one-day in-house course is designed for those who have a good understanding of the basics of Word on the Mac system.

Microsoft Word Special Topics Tuesday 9 July A one-day in-house course covering mail merge, directories, style sheets, tabulation and columns. For those who have a good understanding of the basics of Word on the PC system.

For all the above courses, please contact me on S2760 for details.

Janine Morton Training Assistant

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NEWS ROUND-UP The Princess Royal at Cornwall House

The Princess Royal viewing the exhibition commemorating 100 years of teacher education at King's with Professor Arthur Lucas, Head of the School of Education.

The Princess Royal in the Department of Nursing Studies meeting Dr Sally Redfern, Director of the Nursing Research Unit, with Professor Jenifer Wilson-Barnett, Head of the Department of Nursing Studies. She was shown various research projects currently being undertaken, including the Career Pattern ofNurses and the Evaluation of Services for People with H IV/AIDS in the Camberwell Health Authority.

Professor Anthea Tinker, pirector of the Age Concern Institute of Gerontology being presented to the Princess Royal by the Principal.

John Braidwood, a porter at the Cornwall House Annexe, presenting the Princess Royal with a posy offlowers on her departure.

DUCHESS OPENS HOSPITAL LIVER INSTITUTE HRH the Duchess of York isited Kin's Colle e Hospital on 11 June ro open a new Liver Intensive Care Unit and the aurice Wohl Re earch Laborarory for 10lecular Biolo y in Liver Di ease.

The event marked the 25th anniversary of the fir t laboratory for liver disease which opened at King's in 1966. Since then the Liver Unit has established an unparalleled national and international reputation.

HALF CENTURY CELEBRATION In recognition of his 5 year association with the Colle e, a luncheon was held for ir Tony Edwards. Guests celebrating thi achievement included all the living pa t Principals makin it a rare QCca ion indeed.

Before the lunch, Prebendary Or Frank Coventry (College Chaplain rom 194 to 1953) aid a Euchari t of Thanksgiving In the Chapel.

Tony Edwards' as ociation with the College began in 1941 when he joined tbe College a an undergraduate in the Faculty of Science, studying Chemistry. Physics and Mathematic. He is a past President of KCLA. was created a Fellow of the College in 1975. served on the Council of the former Department of Theology and Religious Studies as well as the College Council.

At the end of the last year, the Liver Unit wa recognised as the UK's first In titute of Liver Studie , and it now has a major re earch group of 7S scientists and clinician , who are inve tigating such area as the cau e and treatment of cirrhosis, liver tumours, viral hepatitis and inborn metabolic disorders. During 1990-91 the Institute treated about 1,400 inpatients with liver disorders from all over the UK, and another 250 patients from the EEC, and about 1,000 liver transplants will be carried out this year. Last September, a surgical team performed a combined heart and liver transplant with the Harefield Hospital heart team.

HOSPITAL APPEAL The King's Appeal for a Brighter Future at King's College Hospital was officially launched on 18 April in central London by the Prime Minister (see front page of Commenl 53). He surprised and delighted guests, who included former premier, Margaret Thatcher, by announcing that one of the reasons for his support was that hi daughter had been born at King' nineteen years ago!

The guests, amongst whom were many leading figures from the City and industry, are potentially substantial donors to the King's Appeal and great efforts are now being made to turn their warm interest into financial backing.

The King's Appeal, which will raise £40 million, has been put together to support

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The present and past Principals, together with their host Tony Edwards, and Lord Daimon FRS. Pictured clockwise, Dr John Beynon (present Principal), Mr Tony Edwards, Lord Dainlon FRS, Professor Stewart Sutherkmd, (Principal 1985 -1990), Sir Richard Way (Principall915 - 1980), General Sir John Hackett (Principal 1968 - 1915), and standing is !vor Kingrnan, the College Functions Manager.

aspects of the King's 2000 Development Programme. It is chaired by Sir Ronald Grierson, Vice Chairman of the General Electric Company who, in the short period of his chairmanship, has opened many doors for the Appeal. He is supported by a powerful Appeal Council whose Presidents are Lord Charrington, Chairman of Christies and an associate of a member of the Steering Group, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, who gave out the prizes at the graduating urses' Prize-giving Ceremony held at King's College London in 1990. and Lord Normanby, Chairman of King's Board of Governors from 1948-1974.

King's 2000 has received the enthusiastic

support of the UK Government together with substantial funding from the Health and Education Departments towards the total cOSt of £145 million. King's has an excellent track record in raising funds and i employing these skills to raise the £40 million shortfall towards the overall cost.

Almost a third, £12.5 million, has already been raised or pledged and the results of this are already clearly visible: • The 36-place Day Surgery Centre is almost complete.

• Construction has started on the Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine where

singer Elton John laid the foundation stone on 17 May. • Building will start on the Operating Theatre and Intensive Care Block in late ummer and funds, raised mostly by King's taff, students and people from the local community, are already being turned into equipment for adult and children's intensive care.

• the new pharmacy is in the early design stage.

A week after the central London function, the launch continued on King's home territory when, amidst fanfares from the Grenadier Guards, the massive Appeal Banner at the front of the New Ward Block was ceremonially unfurled, cheered on by local schoolchildren dressed as kings and queens. Carry On star Liz Fraser was guest of honour together with the Mayors of Lambeth and Southwark and the Pearly Kings.

King-'s previous fundraising initiatives have enabled a series of productive and continuing partnerships with individual and corporate donors over a number of years and the King's Appeal seeks to attract support from individuals, the corporate sector and charities and foundations to help to fund its development programme. A multitude of fundraising events are planned for 199] and beyond, ranging from royal occasions to local initiatives, every one of them committed to making the King's Appeal a success. A powerful steering Appeal Council has been formed to raise

funds, by fundraising events, sponsorship, covenants, endowments, gifts in kind and legacies.

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The King's 2 00 Development Plan incorporates: • The most advanced diagnostic equipment available.

• An array of much-needed new buildings - of which those described above are key pans of the first phase.

• An innovative approach towards the education of the healthcare professionals of tomorrow, whereby they will be educated together using shared facilities of the highest quality. Much undergraduate teaching of doctors, nurses and others will take place in the community where people live and work in a move towards the decentralisation of education and an enhancement of the 'team approach'.

• An infusion of substantial funds to forward King's research programmes these include a very major commitment to establish an Ovarian Cancer Research, Screening and Education Centre, for which £] million of the overall cost of £2.5 million has already been raised.

For more information please contact the King's Appeal Office, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SEs 9RS. Telephone 0713263341 or 0719788894.

Lyn Roberts Assistant Appeal Director

The Principal, demonstrating his musical ability, and helping the Choir achieve their target.

At 10 am on 20 May the College Choir began a marathon hymn sing in the Chapel with the aim of singing their way through the entire New English Hymnal, which they successfully did by 6 pm that evening.

The event was organised to raise money for the Choir's forthcoming tour in July to Rome and Assisi. Whilst in Rome they will be going to the Vatican and have been afforded the marvellous opportunity of performing in front of the Pope.

Sponsorship and donations helped the Choir reach their target. Members of the public were invited into the Chapel to enjoy the occasion and in return for their contributions, the choir took requests for particular hymns.

Ernie Warrell, the College Organist, began the event with incredible gusto, playing non-stop for three hours. In the afternoon he handed over to the Principal who played for an hour.

Members ofthe College Choir still in fine voice at the half-way stage of their marathon hymn sing.

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Donations are still very welcome. Please contact the Chaplaincy Office.

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TRUST ESTABLISHED A Charitable Trust to help young people travel abroad was launched at King's College School, imbledon on Thursday 23, ay. The Ryder Tremberth Trust is set up in memory of Jake Ryder and PhiLip T remberth, former pupils of King's College choo~ who were drowned, each at the age of 19, last year while travelling in Central America.

The Trust will provide bursaries to men and women aged 18-25 and educated in SW London and E Surrey to enable them to travel, particularly in third-world countries, to study cultural, political and social systems and to increase their own international awareness.

The Trust, which aims to award at least twO major bursaries annually, will be seeking to raise money for a substantial endowment fund, mainly through charitable donations and a programme of fund-raising events.

For more information about the Trust, write to the Ryder Tremberrh Trust, 18 Winchilsea Crescent, East Molesey, Surrey KT89ST. ( eil Ryder, the father of Jake, is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Educational Studies).

KCLA EVENTS

includes talks from John Muir, icePrincipal and Head of the Oepanment of External Relations, Brian Salter, Academic Registrar and Professor Stanley Earles, Head of the School of Physical Sciences and Engineering and Chairman of the Thameside Campus Project, Saturday afternoon will be devoted to contributions from KCLA Branch representatives and round table discussion. On Sunday morning there will be an opportunity to attend the service at the Queen Mother's Royal Chapel nearby. We have agreed a very attractive price of ÂŁ75 per person for the weekend which includes two nights' accommodation and all meals from Friday dinner to Sunday lunch. A deposit of ÂŁ25 per person is required by Monday 1 July in order to

secure places.

Annual Reunion Saturday 28 eptember Following the very successful ar Years Reunion last September, e propose to centre this year's event around graduates from 1966 and 1981, The event will mark the inauguration of our reunion cycle which we hope will eventually bring students back to the College every five years. The main gathering will be a dinner in the Great Hall, but we hope that former students and members of staff from various subject groups will get together earlier in the day.

Caroline Bartholomew Alumnus Office

PLAY SCHEME Infinitely adaptable as children are, the dozen or so who took parr in the first King's College half term play scheme made good use of their time at the Strand on May 29 and 30. Playing indoor football and tennis, crown making, drawing, colouring and thoroughly enjoying lively stories from the Dean (with accompanying origami models), the two days were soon filled.

While undergraduates toiled over exam papers, the children investigated the temporarily unused micros in 220B, given spontaneous help from other students, happy to forget their projects for an hour.

Outdoor activities were available at Jubilee Gardens, safely reached without crossing busy roads.

The scheme was undoubtedly a success. The children had a good time and parents who collected their children at the end of the day were pleased and relieved to have found somewhere safe and fun for a couple of half term days - not the easiest time to take off.

Those who worked for and created the scheme were delighted with the results, not only the obvious enjoyment of the participants, but also the cooperation around the College from those departments and individuals who gave the time, resources and good will to achieve them Liz Newell Computing Centre

Meeting of KClA Constituent Branches 6-8 September The primary purpose of this weekend gathering, which will be held at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park, is to exchange ideas about ways of maintaining and enhancing the work of KCLA both in the UK and overseas.

The proceedings will begin on Friday with a reception hosted by the Principa~ followed by dinner and talks from Tim Slack, Principal of the St Catharine's Foundation at Cumberland Lodge, and the Rev Roger Royle, a former King's student and a presenter of Songs of Praise on BBC television and Sunday HaLf Hour on BBC Radio. The main working sessions will be on Saturday and the provisional programme

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ASSOCIATE OF KING'S COLLEGE The AKC general course for the next academic session, Ocrober 1991 - March 1992, will be an introduction to Philosophical Theology. In the Michaelmas Term 1991 a series of nine lectures under the tide AtheISm and Belief will be delivered by the Vice-Chancellor. In the Lent Term 1992 a series of nine lectures entitled Reason and Religious Experience will be delivered by the Dean of the College.

The lectures will be held in the College Chapel at 12 noon on Monday each week.

Video-tapes of the lectures will be available for Kensington and Chelsea and for a separate Strand site presentation. for students in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, an AKC course in the MichaeLmas Term 1991 has been devised by the Department of Classics entided The Gods of the Greeks: an Introduction to Paganism. The School of Law has been invited to provide a series of AKC lectures in the Lent Term 1992 under the general tide British Justice.

J osephine Bell AKC Registrar

MUSIC AND GENDER CONFERENCE The international Music and Gender Conference being held at King's from the evening of Thursday 4 July ro the evening of Sunday 7 July has arrracted an enthusiastic response from scholars worldwide. The list of distinguished speakers includes, Philip Brerr, Marcia Citfon, Pozzi Escot, Susan McClary, John Shepherd, Judith Tick and Elizabeth Wood. Topics planned for the wide range of papers and panel discussions include: feminist theory and criticism as applied ro music; studies in music and literature; questions of sexuality and sexual orientation in music; women as performers of music and professional musicians; women and popular music; studies of individual women composers; music and education; the contemporary woman composer.

There will be many opportunities to hear music by women during the conference: two concerts of contemporary music given

by Sounds Positive; concens by the Bingham String Quartet and Gemini; a concert of music for string orchestra given by the new group Venus; various solo recitals; a presentation by the renowned jazz singer Sandi Russell of her show Render Me My Song based on her book on AfricanAmerican women writers.

Day tickets can be bought on the door and will give free admittance to the daytime concerts. For further information about the evening concerts or ro make bookings for the whole conference contact Sophie Fuller, Music and Gender Conference, Department of Music or telephone 071 978 4823.

STUDENTS USE THEIR BRAINS! Geography students, Andrew Ive and Chrisropher Drew, have recently won awards in both the Touche Ross Innovation for Business Award and the Shelll atWest Livewire Business Award 1991 with a unique educational and enjoyable tool called The Brain Game.

Alrhough the game was originally designed and based on the National Curriculum and the new GCSE exams, after many recommendations from teachers and pupils alike, it has been developed as an invaluable and enjoyable aid for pupils aged from 5 to 18.

Winning the game involves answering questions on a variety of ropics. Correct answers fill in a stairway to the centre of the board.

The Brain Game was recently introduced ro a special needs expert and a speech therapist who welcomed it with enthusiasm believing it to have further potential for teaching severely deaf, disabled or mentally handicapped children.

Chris and Andrew have negotiated and signed an agreement with Charles Lerrs who will advertise the game in all further publications while allowing the pair ro market it in schools and shops. The Brain Game will be launched in schools in October and early next year in shops.

WHERE YOU THERE? Were you at Barrersea Polytechnic or the University of Surrey? To celebrate the 1OOth anniversary of the founding of Battersea Polytechnic and the 25th anniversary of the University of Surrey's Royal Charter, a reunion will be held this September.

If you would like to receive further details of this or other graduate events, please write with your name (and previous name if appropriate), address, degree subject, department and year of graduation to: Jane Cohen, Alumni Officer, University of Surrey Society, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XH, or telephone 0483509260

LECTURES MEETINGS AND SEMINARS I INAUGURAL LECTURE I PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Wednesday 26 June HORACE'S R USTfC AND THE PERFECT STA TfSTfC Professor N D Noah, Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology 4.30 pm, Medical School Lecture Theatre, IGng's College School of Medicine and Dentistry

SEMINARS HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Thursday 20 June THE INVERSE SQUARE LAW Dr P Foulkes 2.15 pm, Room 10C, Strand campus

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ELECTRO IC A D ELECTRICAL E GI EERl G Thur day 2 June RECOG'ISI 'G FEATURES OF fAG, 'ETlC DEVICES USI rG • 'EURAL 'Enr.'ORKS o Oyc, 1cGill University, 1ontreal, Canada Thur day 27 June REMOTE PECVD OF SiLl CO ' I 'ITRIDE 0 SILlCO Patrick Dainty Thursday 11 July I VESTlGATlO OF THE PECVD SI) ,-InGaAs I TERFACE Philippa Parmiter Thursday 1 July TRA SIE TA ALYSIS OF LARGE VLSI CIRCUITS Francis Lau Thursday 25 July THE EC DRIVAGE PROJECT David Fra er Thursday 1 August A HIGH SPEED GAAS SWITCHEDCAPACITOR FILTER IMPLEMENTED WITH GaAs INSULA TED-GATE FET SWITCHES Jim Luck Thursday 8 August MULTI-PORT MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS AND AN OVERLA YED MMIC QUADRATURE COUPLER Stefan Lucyszyn The above seminars take place at 1 pm, (except on 2 June, 11 am), room l1A, Strand campus Contact Dr lan Robertson S2523 if you wish to attend

I STlTUTE FOR THE STUDY A D TREATME T OF DELl QUE CY Wednesday 3 July CRI ME.· A POLITICAL ISSUE Robert Maclennan, Liberal Democrats, Barry Sheerman, Labour, and in the Chair, Baroness David JP, ISTD President

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Wednesday 17 July REMA DFORjUVE ILES:WHAT 'EXT? Rob Alien. Head, Ju enile Crime Section ACRO, John Jillings, Director of Social Services, Derbyshire, Alan 1ichael P The abo e seminars take place from 2 - 5 pm, Council Room, Strand campus.

For further information and cost of seminars please contact aron Farrell, Director, ISTD, Chelsea campus on 71 35124 8 ext 25

CONFERENCE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIE CE Friday 20 - Sunday 22 September CAUsATlO I SClE CE Friday 20 September CAUSATlO AND QUA TUM MECHANICS Richard Healey and Michael Redhead.

Chair Jeremy Butterfield 8 -10 pm Saturday 21 September CA USES AND PROBABI L1T1ES IN ECONOMICS Nancy Cartwright and Kevin Hoover.

Chair Mary Morgan 10-12 am PAPERS BY RESEARCH STUDENTS 3-5 pm. (Deadline for submission of papers 31 July) CA USA TlON IN 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY John Cottingham and Galen Strawson.

Chair John Milton 5.3 - 7.30 pm Sunday 22 Septemb~r THE DIRECTlO OFCAUSATlON David Owens and David Papineau. Chair Donald Gillies 10-12am Accommodation available in Lightfoot Hall, where the sessions will be held. For registration and booking forms, write to: Department of History and Philosophy of Science, (BSPS Conference), Manresa Road, Chelsea campus.

COURSES C DE lCA ACADE ICALLY RELATED TAFF Tuesday 2 July ASSERTIVE ESS SKILLS WORKSHOP Thursday 4 July STREsSA D TIME MA AGEME T Wednesday 10 - Friday 12July IMPLEME TI G EQUAL OPPORTU ITlES Friday 12 or Tuesday 30 July IMAGE ANDSELF-PROjECTlO WOME

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Monday 9 - Friday 13 September COURSE FOR LECTURERS Recommended for new lecturers but also suitable for more experienced staff Monday 23 September MA AGING TIME AND WORK

If you would like to attend any of these courses, or if you have any other training and development requirements, please contact Robert Poller, Academic Staff Training and Development Coordinator, SI165

CONCERTS MUSIC Thursday 20 June and Friday 21 June Finalists' Recitals: music for piano, voice, violin, cello and guitar 2 pm, Great Hall, Strand campus Thursday 27 June Mary Stiles and Sarah McCleave: music for recorder and harpsichord 1.05 pm, Room G01, Strand campus

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EXTERNAL EVENTS lVERSITY OF LO DO CE TREFOR CO TlNUI G EDUCATIO Wednesday 26 - Thursday 27 June DEVELOPI G MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Topics include the Health Care Context, Manpower Course Development and Curriculum Planning and the European Dimension.

Cost: University of London members £75, other university staff, £175 and non university £350.

For further information about these workshops and conference contact the Director, CCE, 15 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0 S, telephone 0713235738.

ROGATESTUDYCENTRE Saturday 13 July ECOLOGY OF HEATHLANDS IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND Dr Mike L1ewellyn The day includes lectures and field visits on the origins, ecology and present day conservation and management of heathlands. lOam - 6 pm. COSt inclusive of tuition, laboratory, coffee, lunch and tea is £23.

Friday 5 - Sunday 7 July CHALK DOWNLAND ECOLOGY Patricia E J Wiltshire and Dr Mike L1ewellyn This course will begin by considering the origin and agricultural use of the down lands. The chalk downland flora is modified by grazing and plant surveys will be made in both grazed and ungrazed areas.

The rich flora attracts an equally rich insect fauna and this will be studied in parallel.

Friday 2 - Sunday 4 August INTRODUCTION TO INSECTS Dr Mike L1ewellyn and Dr Stephen Waters The course will commence with consideration of basic insect structure and function as a backdrop to identification and classification. Collecting will take place from various habitats using a wide range of techniques together with subsequent identification.

Friday 6 - Sunday 8 September COUNTRYSIDE WRITERS Dr June Chatfield and Sheila Rainey The course will outline the lives of Rev. Gilbert White, William Cobbett, W H Hudson and Edward Thomas and introduce their work with particular reference to the countryside around Rogate.

Friday 27 - Sunday 29 September PAINTI GAD DRAWl G OF AUTUM FRUITS Christabel King Attention to detail and blending of artistic and scientific skills will be brought to bear on this fascinating aspect of the plant life cycle.

Friday 4 - Sunday 6 October LICHENS Dr 0 W Purvis The course will provide an introduction to the biology and identification of these fascinating organisms that are sensitive indicators of air pollution and environmental change.

The above weekend courses commence with dinner at 7 pm on Friday and end after tea on Sunday. Costs: inclusive of accommodation, tuition, meals and laboratory £70, non-residents £48 and single room supplement £5.

Further details of these courses are available from Anne Finlay on 0730 821621, Rogate Study Centre, The Red House, Rogate, near Petersfield GU31 5HN

CORRECTIONS Professor Keith Ward Apologies to Profesor Keith Ward, whose title we misprinted in the last edition. He is not going to be the·Religious Professor (nor the Reggae Professor, as his local paper claimed!) but Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford

Mistaken Identiy In the photo line-up for the launch of the Centre of Mental Health Services Development, we inadvertently named Peter Searle, Director-General of the Mental Health Foundation as Alan Bacon of the Department of Health. Our apologies.

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SMALL ADS Short holiday breaks at Rogate StUdy Centre The College's residential centre, in the heart of the Sussex countryside, offers bed and breakfast facilities to King's staff and their families during the summer vacation.

The centre is available from 22 July to 4 August and from 12 August to 23 August.

Other dates may be free so please telephone for up-to-date information. The charge for bed and breakfast is £14 per adult per night and £10 for children.

There are two pubs in the village which offer both lunch and dinner. Petersfield and Midhurst are only four miles away and have a variety of restaurants and 'fast food' outlets.

We will be delighted to welcome you, show you around and help plan your activities if you wish. You might like to take this opportunity to consider using Rogate for academic purposes and we will gladly discuss arrangements and possibilities.

Contact Anne Finlay on 0730 821621 for bookings and information.

Flats to let Bloomsbury Bedroom, study, sitting room, kitchen, bathroom. Furnished, all electric and centrally heated, and 24-hour porterage.

Suitable for single person or couple. 2 minute walk from Goodge Street tube.

Available from 7 August to 11 September for £600. Telephone 071 4363293 afternoons or evenmgs.

Sydenham Quiet, secluded, 2 bedroom cottage, (c1820), Sydenham, SE London. Fully furnished, gas central heating, garden and parking. Suitable for visiting academic couple. £400 per calendar month plus electricity, gas and phone bills. 20 minutes to Charing Cross and Victoria by train.

Available September 1991 onwards. Contact Lindsay Elliott, Residences Manager, Kensington campus on 071 333 4255 (day) or 071 3334226 (evenings).

House for sale

Renting in France

Wanted - flat to rent

Owner emi rating. Three bedroom terraced house in East Dulwich. Separate ittin and dining rooms, kitchen, separate toilet and bathroom Double glazing and as central heating. Front and rear garden.

2 minute walk to British Rail and bu e . 2 minute drive to Dulwich Hospital and 4 min tes to King's College Hospital. Super mar ets, post office and banks in close proximity. Freehold ÂŁ79,5 . Contact (day) 71 72 3126 or (evening) 71 733 9 42.

One double bedroom, 1, FF per month in a house, and in the same rounds a villa is also for let. The ilia is for 2 adult and 2 children, 7 FF to 95 FF per wee ".

Female aC4demic, nonsmoker, is lookin for a one bedroom flat to rent, preferabl . from mid August. Compan let pos ible.

Preferred areas of London: Shepherd's Bu h, Hammersmith, Kensington. Please contact EiJeen oss at Hoppendarnm I , 44 1uenster, ( e t) Germany, Telephone 49251 521 36, or School of Law (who will forward).

Situated in St Pair ur 1er, near Granville, France, there i only a 5 minute walk to the beach. Contact Jackie on 2761 or 1 549 7997.

STOP PRESS ... __S_A_B_B_A_T_I_C_A_L_L_E_A_V_E_F_O_R_T_E_A_C_H_I_N_G_S_T_A_F_F_----lII I am writing to draw attention to the fact that certain changes have been made in the procedure for the granting of sabbatical leave, and in particular in the reporting sequence.

Revised application forms are available from School Personnel Officer, or centrally from the Deputy Personnel Officer. Apart from the procedural changes, one important concept will in future carry greater weight than hitherto. Traditionally, the emphasi ha always been that such leave is granted to further the research aspect of the work of teaching staff; r think it important to stress that the periods of leave may .11 0 be used for studying and developing teaching methods and concepts.

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Please note that the Universities Funding Council has moved to orthaven House.

Cold harbour Lane, Bristol 8S16 1QD. Telephone 0272 317317.

This change is in line with the increased emphasis on excellence in teaching as a criterion for promotion or discretionary awards. The College needs innovation and awareness of developments in this area just as much as in reserach, and staff are encouraged to seek leave for projects related to teaching.

Professor Norma Rinsler Vice-Principal

THE WHITE PAPER AND KING'S (continued from front page) situation? I will not attempt to answer this question here - instead I refer you to a more detailed paper that I propose to circulate widely in the near future. But what r would like to make clear is that, as we grapple with the revision of our Academic Plan in order to adjust to the lower level of funding in response to our bid, now is a very appropriate time at which generally to take stock of our overall position and to consider our future role in higher education locally, nationally, and internationally. I very much want as many people as possible to contrib-

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ute to our thinking and I urge all of you to ensure that, over the coming few months, you talk with your colleagues and communicate as effectively as possible both 'upwards' to and 'downwards' from bodies like the Academic Policy Group and the Planning and Resources Committee.

Because while we need such committees for derailed discussion and decision-making. I am anxious that our deliberations reflect as far as possible a much wider concensus across the College. Only in this way can we hope to generate a revised plan which the College at large believes in and supports.

Comment is the College's regular staff newsletter, issued by the Information Office (telephone 52179) three times a term, with special editions if required. Contributions are warmly welcomed from any member of the College. These may take the form of profiles of people or areas of interest, news of events, views on College matters, photo • cartoons, items for sale, puzzles or quizzes.

You can send your piece on an Apple Macintosh 3.5" Micro Floppydisk, using the Microsoft Word programme.

This is the last Comment of the session.

The next edition will be the 'Starting of Session' issue which provides general information about College and beginning of term events for new and current staff. It will be published at the end of September.