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tl 11 11 he College held two pre entation ceremonies for the first time this year, and for the first time u ed the Central Ilall, Westminster instead of the Royal Festival Hall. More graduate - 1,400than ever before were presented to the Chairman of Council and the Acting Principal, Professor Arthur Lucas.

They were watched and applauded by some 3,400 family members and friend.

The new venue provided an appropriately grand euing which was enhanced by the addition of architectural 'tubes' sporting the new College logo, and contributed an excellent backdrop for official and unofficial photographs. I t was, however, uncomfortabl crowded at ome points, and the College IS currently looking at ways to alleviate this problem.

Two Presentation F ello\\ were admitted, with College Orator John Muir providing eloquent tributes to the life and work of Sir Thomas Ilingham, Member of Council and the new Master of the Rolls, and Mr Maurice Wohl, property dealer and philanthropist, and a particularly generous donor to KCSM D.

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Presentation Day at King' Opposiu: Proftssor Arthur Lucas, SIr Jamts Spooner (Chairman of Counc:l), John Muir, (Colltge Orator) and Prtstntation Ft/lows, Mr Maunct \.\loM (left) and Lord Justice Bingham Bt/ow: the ctremony in full swing with backdrop specially created by Pentagram, who desigrud the n('ffl) College marque.

BOl/om: part ofthe procession waiting to enter the hall.

n 1 September senior officer of the College braved the height and the element [0 climb ontO the roof of Cornvvall House Annexe and raise a new College flag, bearing our marque. This vI-as to celebrate D-Day - the day when the College' new corporate visual identity wa Introduced. After months of planning and consultation the College went public and proudly displayed its new marque to the outside world, with the two flags specially commissioned for the trand Campus and Cornwall Hou e, new stationery, a host of leaflets, brochures, newsletter, posters, advcrtlsement , display stand, followed shortly after by the Postgraduate Pro pectus. Later in the month we used the opportunity of the Pre entation Ceremonies to splash our identity boldy acro s We tminster Central Hall.

Reaction to date has been very positive from all staff, but there is still a lot of work to be done. The next undergraduate prospectus, our principle recruiting [001, will have to be developed in the new style. Work i in progress with the College's annual report. Many more publications have to be re-styled. A manual of guidelines for those who wish to produce their own artwork for simple publications is being developed and we will keep all who are interested in this area informed as to it progress. The College's exterior signs are being looked at.. 'ew van livery will have to be commissioned.

A [0 bc expected With such a major exerCise, there are a few teeth Ing problem. We are still working on computer templates and while we can offer a current version of the stationery template on a :vIAC disk, we would like to improve it further. We still have to solve the problem of recreating these for PC u ers with in the College. As soon as we have these ready we will let all readers know. In the meantime if staff have any particular querie about the new identity please contact the Press and Publications Office on exten ion 3202 who will try to assist. hnstine jamleson Publications Officer

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Pro/lSSo Arthur Lucas and Barry I/e raISe the College's new flag on the ro%/ Cornwall /louse Annexe on J September, The flag bears the logo designed by Pentagram and was commissioned to mark the introductIon 0/ the Colleges new corporate visual idenoty (see update on page Z) Page

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The Council 01 ils July meelmg agreed 10 some imporlonl changes 10 Ihe commiflee struclure ofthe College. Bill SI. de, Ihe College Secretory, here describes the changes and Ihe Ihinking Ihotled 10 them.

The Planning and Resource Committee in June commis ioned a small Working Group - consisting of Professor Ife, Professor Kennedy, the Deputy ecretary (Planning and Re ources) and myself - to con ider and make recommendations on the governance and committee structure of the College.

The major recommendation of our report to Council in July was the formation of two new committees and the dissolution of two others: - a College Committee compfl ing the Principal, the Vice-Principal, the Ilcad of chools and the enior Officers.

This Committee will be accountable both to the Council and to the Academic Board through its Standing Committce.

Its terms of referencc will be policy formulation (as distinct from policy determination which will rcmain within the remit of the Council and thc Academic Board), planning, monitoring performance, resource distribution, and superintending the day-to-da execution of the College's bu iness.

The Committee will meet weekly in hort e ion to upcrintend and coordinate day-to-day College bu ines , and monthly in longer ses ion to deliberate more substanti e i sues.

The Chairman of Council or hi nominee will have ex officio right of attendance and will receive Committee papers.

- a Standing Committee of Council, whose members will be the Chairman (or Vice-Chairman) of Council, the layChairman (or, if the Chairman is not a lay -member, another lay-member) of each of the six Appointed Committees of the Council (being the Delegacy of KCSMD, Amenities Committee, Estates Policy Committee, Finance Committee, afety Policy Committee

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and taffing Policy Committee), the Prlllcipal (or Vice-Pflnclpal), one academic taff member of the Council, one non-academic member of the Council, and the President of the 'tudents' Cnion, plus the College Secretar as secretary of the Committee.

The Committee will meet twice a year with the College Committee to re lew major poli('y deci ion; It will act for the Council \1 hen It IS not practical or a full meeting of Council to DC called. and will In general considcr business referred to It by the Council.

'I he Council has nO\1 agreed these recommendation and. a. a re ult, the Planning and I{esourcc Committee and the AcademiC Policy Group have been dissolvcd.

One of the Working Group's main criticisms of the previou~ structure was that the P1:Inn ing and Hcsources Commlttce - formed In rcsponse to the College merger and the Jarrett tudies of 198-, to help reconcile the conflict between academic aspiration and resource availability - had in practice proved eumhersome and less-thaneffecti\e, mainly because of its size.

The Working Group pointed out that mo t of the planning for the Strategic Plan had in fact been carried out by the '\cademic Policy Group.

We abo drew attention to the fa t that informal management group, in our case the I\cademle Policy Group, are II1crea. ingly ommon In higher education a institution see the need to re pond swiftly to external demands and opportunities, to define and te t policy options and to prepare Implementation trategies against a background of competing demands for limited re.ource. Ilowcver, the fact that these groups are not part of the formal committee tructure can create tenSion, and the duality of decision-making through a mixture of formal and informal systems can be a source of frustration and confusion. C nder the new system, therefore, the concept of a

':'vIanagement Group' has been en hflned in the new College Committee, prOViding a clear! visible Inter ace bet\i\een office-holder and the committee )stem.

Wc con Idered the operation of the AcademiC Roard and ItS tanding Committee, and came to the conclusion that the tandll1g Committee had functioned rea onably well. We have, however, recommended that Standing Committee papers should be made more accessible by full copies being lodged in chool Offices and the Librarie ,and that - in order for members of the 130ard to have a stronger influence on the affairs of the College the Academic Board should meet termly to debate substantive issues and thus inform ub equent policy-making processes.

The Working Group recommended that greater cffort hou Id be made to enhance lay participation in the work of the Appointed Committee of the Council, and that the appointment of lay membcrs to chair for the Amenities Committee, the Estates Policy Committee, the afety Policy Committee and the Staffing Policy Committee should be considered. On the same lines, we considered there was a need to synthesize the business of the Appointed Committees, and the new ollege Committee, for the benefit of the Council (particularly its lay component, and especially with regard to major policy is ue such a the Strategic Plan, the structure of the academic year and the intended merger with C:'vI D ); the formation of the new tanding Committee of Council is intended to meet this purpo e. For Imilar rea on it ha been agreed that the chairs of Appointed Committee who are not members of Council hould be required to attend Council meetings.

In considering our recommendations, the Council agreed that the President of the Student' union should receive unre er ed paper of the College Committee and, although he or she will not be a member, the President and other member of the College will be in ited to join meetings of the Committee on occasion. The papers of the College Committee - other than reserved bu iness - will be made freely available, but it i expected that these will normally be in the form of action notes rather than full minutes.

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Council membership The follo\\ing members of Council have retired" ith effect from the end of the 1991-92 ses,ion: 'ir Robin :\uld Profe sor I.. I Ilethell vIr J \' \lulr Professor, 'orma Rimier Profe~~or F

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Council, but a replacement is being sought for Profes or L .'v1 Bethell, who is leaving the Cniversity. Professor P F tott ha been appointed as a member of Council after consultation with Westminster City Council. Professor L llowell and Or P J Whitfield have been elected a new professorial and non-professorial representatives on Council. The new Student members of Council are Ben Eiger (President of KCL C); Susie Gentleman (VicePre ident, Welfare and Education) and imon Forbes (Treasurer). Viq Ahmed (Publications abbatical) will be an observer.

Studt1lt members Jonathon Kohn Council has elected the follo\\ ing Chairmen of Committee:

John Ilouchln 'ick I-Ia) monds Susle Saar)

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taffing Policy Professor R .\11 Griffiths

. ir Jarne~ Spooner and \lr J K Wright, who completed their term~ of office at the end of the last eS~lon, have been reappointed: Sir James for three years and VIr Wright (at hiS request) for one.

VIr John Williams, Chairman of KCLA, replaces Sir Robin Auld as a member of Council. Professor C :vi Kauffman continues to represent the enate on

he three new divisions in the chool are as follows:

Biomedlcol SClI!rlCI!S (now expanded to include BiophySICS and the Strandbased 13 iochem is try); Heolth Scil!rlCl!s (which remains the same as before); LifeScil!rlCl!S (which includes the old Bio phere Division, I mmunology and Ken ington-based Biochemistry).

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n 1 'eptember King' ac U1red the major portion of the Hamp tead Campus formerly o\Vned by Queen Y1ary and We tfield College, containing residential accommodation for ome 550 tu dents. An agreement for King's to have exclUSiVe use of about 60 per cent of the accommodation in an adjacent hall of residence, wh ich for the immediate future will remain in the ownership ofQY1W, will bring the tOtal nu mber of residential places on the Campu avail:Jble for King's students to ~ome 600.

The College Council appro ed plans to acquire the Campus for long-term development in 19 9. Council's deci ion \\a ba<;ed on the need to maintain the College's 0 erall re idential capacity, following the intended disposal of the Kensington and Chelsea Campuses and their integral halls of residence, tOgether with Y1alcolm Gavin Ilall and Ilalliday Hall (di posed of in 1991)-allplannedas part of the College'S development of the Thameslde ampus.

Through circumstances which were unforeseen in 1989, thc acquisition of Ilampstead Campus has occurred in advance of the disposal of other properties. Th is ha se erely trained the College's financial situation, but the Immediate benefit to student is an increase of some 30 per cent in the number of re Idential places a ailable in properties managed by the College.

Therefore, until such time as market conditions are conducive to the disposal of properties, the increa ed provision of bed pace is a ery welcome but temporary bonus. There is, however, cope for longer-term development of residential facilities at Hampstead, and to this end the Finance ommittee ha approved funds for a tudy to determine the feasibility of new build at the Campus.

The Hampstead Campus is situated at Kidderpore !\venue, 'NW3. The residences divide almost equally north and south of the Avenue and are contained in a mix of propertie built

bet\Veen I 90 and 1970. . ntil now the Campus ha provided fully-catered accommodation, but work will start shortl on a rollll1g programme of refurbi hment which among other improvement, will pro ide kitchen and dll1ll1g facilities on each floor of Il1dl Idual re Idences to enable residents to cater for themselve . The first phase of the work, which will cOSt some 2 million, will concentrate on the older building and is due for completion in 1994. In the meantime, a pay-as-you-eat cafeteria \ViII be available to residents to u pplement the existing self-catering facilitie and provide ervices for visitors during vacations.

Included in the premises acquired at Ilampstead is the Library building, with an area which totals 2,7 0 square metres on even floor. It will immediately provide much needed space for book stOrage and, a the Campus develops, will pre ent the opportunity to increase stud and ocial space for residents.

Y1 iss Susan James had been appointed re ident Campus ervices Manager, and he is re ponsible to the Bursar for the admini tration and day-tO-day management of the Campus. She is assisted by Y1 is J i11 owray.

Y1 iss Angela Cole has been appointed resident Warden, and she is responsible to the Bursar for the pa tOral care and welfare of residents.

The official address of the Campus is: The Ilampstead Campus King's College London Kidderpore Avenue London. I'W3 7ST Telephone 071-4353564.

Once the .\IIichaelmas Term has settled down, we intend to arrange a familiari ation visit to the Campus for staff: in particu lar, those who have a College or departmental responsibility for the admission and/or welfare of students. Details will be published in a future ed ition of Comment and circulated to Heads of chools and Departments.

In the meantime, any queries concerned with Hampstead Campus should be addressed to Susan James at Hampstead or to Gerry H ughes at the Strand Campus (tel 071-873 2377).

presentation from both te\\art utherland and \!lark Richmond, [\\00 the mo t influential vOices 10 unlverslt) management in BritalO toda , Both trongly emphasised the need or flexible structures for the management of re earch; both IOdlcated that, in the clence , the traditional departmental structures may be mappropriate for the neces ary concentration 0 e ort 10 more focu ed area of re earch Intere~t during a time of limited resources. ~parattng the management and fundtng of

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he De 'elopmental l3iolo Reseach Centre \\a ormall, opened b Ir. 1ar RlChmon head of the ERC, on 7 Jul), The opening ceremony \\as attended no only b the member~ 0 the Centre but al 0 b 'member 0 the College IOlere ted 10 re earch management. It provided an excellent forum or the discus Ion of key Issue 10 the current climate of re earch funding 10 uni erslties. 'We were honoured to have

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antla<>o Ln erground Will continue collabor tion In the use of Image proce ing 路or the management and control 0 underground trains. Joint re earch programme on transputerba ed parallel y tems \ ill be explored betw -en L' 路\CII and KCL

,uccesses will help totlmulate the ormatlon of other centre) In our clence chool at King' which have Similar ambitions.

- a JOint research programme on transputer applications was established at L TF .1 ('\Igorithmic paralleli ation through me ge passlllg). Further collaboration In the area of Digital Ignal Proce Ing will be explored.

Thi wdl Include work to be based at KCL on high performance computing s stcms for modelling load in rotatory giant mdl , real-time computing system~ or digital control of vectorcontrolled AC dnve and Image

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re earch and teach 109 was me itable and nece sary; a situation which demanded innovations in staff management.

Several suggestions were made ranging from making up part of sta f alary from research grants to novel career paths for teaching orientated staff to ensure appropriate recognition and staff development. rood for thought!

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o Electronl<. and l:.lectncal Engineering) recently VISited three Chilean univer)itles In a programme to explore potential academiC links With King's College London, funded by the Royal ~uclcty and the Chilean. 'ational ')clencc and '1 echnology /{e'>earch Council (CO 路ICY'!').

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proces IIlg and pattern recogllltlon applied to mineral proces 109.

KCL \\i11 be a ked to participate in a C. 'IDO-funded proJect on indu trial robotiCS III hazardous environments.

ReCiprocal Visits to KCL by CTF ~ academiCS wdl be organised.

- collaborative research work on Computer Aided oftware Engineering ( A. E) or real-time systems will be explored further with CACH. ReCiprocal viSIts to KCL by CACII academiCS will be organised.

Or Vela tin has been appointed Visiting Professor in the Institute of I nformatlc to trengthen and formalise "nks between the two institutions.

Other area of potential collaboration With the e unl er ltIe include multimedia for computer-assi ted learnlllg, blOengllleerlng, remote senslOg, Ind ustrlal quality control, regional state administration. For further detad please contact Or cia tin on ext 2665, E-mail: .velastin.

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have not yet shed the trad itional departmental ethos of support for a broad range of research intere ts and are not sufficiently discriminating about the support and funding of research. lie reluctantly went as far as to suggest that

- at l;Sf\CII an Image I'rocessing LaboratOry wa established with financial backing from a local computer '>ystems su ppl ier (~onda Ltda);

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Jomt pre release Isued b KlOg' and the LllIted \1edleal :lnd Dental. choo!> of G y's and t'1 homas' 110 pltal (L 1D ) 10 Jul) announced that L \11) pl3n to unite \\Ith KlOg' .

The CounCIl 0 King's and the CouncilofC,ovcrnorso L\lD have agreed in prlOclple to the union, which will be progr<:s cd through a Joint polic) committee.

DI cu ion began 10 1990 between the two IOstitution With a view to enhancing medical education in London. The major alms were:

o merger Lord BUllerfield (left), Chairman ollhe Council of Governors of Ihe Uniltd Medical and Denial Schools of Guy's and SI Thomas's Hospilals (UMDS) and Sir lames Spooner, Chairman of Ihe Council of King's, drink a loasl on Ihe lerroce of Ihe House of Lords to plans to unile their Iwo institutions.

- to ensur<: that more medical and dental students ar<: educated In a multifacult) environment (rather than in an In,tltUtlOn dcdlcated onl) to medical and dcntal education), and to promote opportllnltl<:'> for colla!Jor:ltIon bet\\een the medical and dcntal school and the other biomedical and scientific disciplines J\ailabl . In King' ; - to brmg together t\l'O very trong biomcclic3.1 and pre-clmical science bases, and unparalleled clinical re our es \\ ithin the. outh East Thame Region. to form one of the country's largest medical and dental teaching centres, and to prOVide the trongest pos ible ,>clencc base for teaching 3.nd rc'>c:lfch.

Plans for the union wcre \-\ell under way befor<: th<: Governmcnt set up, in October 1991, The London Inquiry into the provision of health s<:rviees in London. chaired by Sir llernard Tomlinson. The Committee, which is expected to r<:port thiS month, has been

kept clo ely informed of the progre s of the dl cu ion, and Acting Principal Profes or Arth ur Lucas reported to the College Council 10 July that ir Bernard had expres ed support for the merger 'as a model for others to follow'. A report publi hed b the King's Fund (no relatIOn!) on the uture of medical education In London had quoted a figure of200 a the annual medical tudent intake for a merged chool, but ir Bernard told Profes or Lucas that he accepted that thi was too low, although he was not prepared to hazard a guess as to what the appropriate figure might be, given that some loss of places in London was seen as inevitable.

L' \1 DS was formed in 1982 from the merger of t Thomas's Hospital edical ehool and Guy' Ilospital Medical _chool. 't Thomas's Ho pital (which ha it root in a religious house founded in the eventh century, and was named after t Thomas a 13ecket in 1176) ha been in eructing medical student since 1553. Guy's I lospital (which was originally an offshoot of St Thomas's) ha bcen teaching medicine ince the early eighteenth century.

Like the current King's College chool of \1edicine and Dentistry, the new ehool will be one of six Schools within King's. The realisation of the aims of the merger is dependent upon the pre-elinieal and biomedical eienees of the merged institution being physically integrated in a mixed environment, and it is hoped this can be achieved at Cornwall House. Council heard in July that ir Bernard Tomlinson had expressed his concern about the fall-back position for the merger if the conver ion of Cornwall Ilouse for Life Sciences proved impo sible, and that he had mentioned the campu of t Thomas' as an alternative.

The union ha been agreed in principle by the L niversity of London.

It \-\ ill be progressed by a Joint Policy Committee which will comprise the chairmen of the governing bodies of King' and of L\1 DS, and the Principals and senior staff of the two institutions.

The Committee will appoint ad hoc working parties on subjects such as Preclinical Studies; Clinical Medicine; Clinical Dentistry; Legal aspects (including staffing, estates and constitutional matters) and Finance.

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On the recommendation 0 the Ac 109 Principal, the College Council ha.-, appointed Professor Richard \1 Gn Ith as ice-Principal from 1 August 19 2 or a year In the first instance. Profe sor Grimth was born in Wales and educated at Lancing College and King' College Cambridge. He was a Fcllo>\ of Iwyn College Cambridge for IX years. a Fellow of Braseno e College Oxford for ten years, and Professor of French at the University of Wales College 0 Cardiff for 13 year.

He took up the Chair of French at King's in 1990 and I al 0 Director of the Re earch Centre for Twentleth-Centur Cultural tudie. He ha er>ed on a ' number of public bod.e including the Welsh Arts Council, the Central Bureau for Educational i It and Exchange and the General Ad I ory Cou nCI I of the BBC. He is currently a memher of the Iligher Education founding Council for Wales. He wa recently made a Freeman of the City of London.

Several King's staff have received notable academic honours in recent months.

Profes or F E G Cox has been appointed Gresham Profes or of Phy ic.

Profes or Cox is the first biologist to hold this office, which date back to the eventeenth century and has been held by many eminent men of ciencc Including ir ChristOphcr Wren.

Professor tanley Earle of the chool 0 Physical Science and Engineering wa elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering at its July meeting.

Profes or ir John Cadogan, Ice· Chairman of Council has al 0 been elected a Fellow of the RAE. John Mark, Senior Lecturer in Economics in the King's Management Centre, has been elected a foellow of the Royal Statistical Society, London.

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PrCJfe,sor _ t vart utherland, \ Ice· Chancellor 0 - the C nlVerslt 0 London and former Principal of King's, has also been elected a Fellow 0 the British Academy.

Pro e or'\ Porter (Ilistory) ha been appointed to the Rhodes Chair of Imperiallli tOry from I OctOber I 3. [)r Jane l{ohcrtS ( English) has h cn made pplfe" or uf Engli h rom I OCtoher I 'J'J2.

Professor I ony Davle, \Uectronlc Electrical I~nglneenng) was made an honorary member of the preSidency at the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Technical LnIVer Ity of Budapest on I Jul .durlngwhlehhega eashort speech (in English!). ThiS i believed to be the first occasion at which there has been International repre cntatlon at thcir gradLJJtion ceremony. 'I he C nlversity claims to he the olde t 'Technical L'nIVerslty' In Europe.

Professor Davies al 0 participated as an OfficlJI Examiner 111 the defcnce of a DoctOral') hesls at the'f echnlcal Cnl er Ity of Dresden In August. Such an in Italion rom a LnlVersity in East Germany would have bcen Virtually Impo Ible pnor to German Lnlfication.

Dr l3ernhard V. el" has JOined the Centre or Philosophical tud,e as .\sslstant DirectOr for 1992 3.

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· Ir. bdool aflm \ a d ha been 3ppolnted Lecturer m Ponugue e HI tor,. He I a ormer tu dent of Kln l1 College London, and JOin the Department following a Lectureship at Leed Lni er i .

· b 'T onl Huberman i the new permanent. full-lime Departmental ecretary.

The Department of History and Philosoph of cience has now merged with the Department of Philosophy, and from 1 August will be known as the C nit for Philosophy and eienee.

On I .\ugu t the Department of Palaeography became part of the Department of Engli h.

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Article are InVited on any aspect of medical law and should be between 4,000 and 10,000 \\ords. ubmissions or any correspondence on editorial matters should be ent to the editors at the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2L . Tel 071-873 2382.

For further informa/ion and a free sample copy, please con/aCl: journals Marketing Department, Oxford Uni'Ui!rsity Press, Pinkhill House, Sou/hfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 Uj. Page

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1路 tal r Petti Alaslair's It/e and work were remembered al a mosl moving memorial service in lire Colkg/! Clrapel on 7 Oclober, aI/ended by Alaslair's wife and Iris mOlher, Ihe Principal, and many ofA laslair's friends, colkagues and fonner colleagues. Tire service included ekmenlS of severalfaiths: il was kd by lire Dean and included Anglican Irymns and ended wilh Ihe Colkge prayer, bUI il also rejkCled Alaslair's links wilh Ihe Friends (Quakers), and Ihe address was given by Professor Harold Baum who Irad jusl come from lire synagogue where he had been involved inlheservice for Yom Kippur.

The lexl of Professor Baum 's address was as follows: , 'Alastair would have been wryl amused to have known that he would be the cause of my speaking in this Anglican Chapel which he loved, in a Quaker-inspired service on, of all days, Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. He would also have been amused that I am reading this address, since I always boast that I speak better without notes. Frankly, I don't trust my emotions today; given free flow they would embarrass you, and prevent me from doing justice to his memory. I have come here from my Synagogue, where we have just completed that section of our day-long service when we remember our dead loved ones, a section which opens with 'This day we remember those who enriched our lives with love and beauty, with kindness and compa ion, with thoughtfulne and understanding'. And it is in that way that we remember Alastair today.

"He was born in Renfrew, cotland on 16 May, 1946, went to school in Paisley and took an MA in English Language and Literature at Glasgow niversity in 1968. There he developed his life-long interest in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval literature, and there he met his wife, Sarah, working on her the is in Middle English. He joined King's College as an Administrative Assistant on his graduation in 1968 and spent his entire working life either here or at Chelsea College; working his way up, through being Academic Registrar at Chelsea and Deputy Academic i'age 1v

Regl trar in King's College after the merger, to being the Admlnistratl e Officer of the chool 0 Life, Basic :v1edical and Health cien e from the time of its setting up.

"I3y that time I had already known :\Ia tair well for well over ten years, (indeed we were virtual academic twins, ince I joined Chelsea College in the year when he first joined King's), and I had no qualms about head-hunting him for my chool as soon a the pOSt wa establi hed. I already was \ ell aware of his total expertise in everything from L'niver it I{egulations to Registry procedures, from rules for home students to personnel management. I also had per onal knowledge of his limitles energ , his analytical capacity, his total il1legrit and above all his courte y, helpfulness, kindnes and genero it). I believe that the ubsequel1l success of our _chool show how right I was in that choice. '路On Yom Kippur I frequently reflect on the nature of free will and the human spirit that wc call mind. As a s ientist, I see the mind as operating within the physical world but according to laws far outside of simple :"ewtOnian determinism; I also believe that the mind evolved, and am intrigued at the hypothesis that the original selective advantage i:l in one creature being able to think about what another might do. If that is really so, then the mind has been selected for empathy; and by that criterion Ai:l tJ.ir's was truly a highly evolved sou I. "He was brought up in the Presbyterian tradition, but became a Quaker. In both senses he was a good friend. nd his ensitivity and gentle humoureds mpath were not just reserved for his close associates. He was a wonderful student coun ellor and his work for the tu den t creche is sti 11 warml reml.:mbered, as is his role in the

LT. "Bur AlastJ.ir wasn't just a nice bureaucrat. lie was a man of many parts; a cultivated man, a 10 er of literature, music and Scotch whiske and an extraordinary conversationalist. In the early '70s a collcague in the Registry, in desperation at Alastair's appalling scrawl, gave him a Puffin book on handwriting. His scrawl did not improve, but thus began his passion for calligraphy. I le became a Member of

the ocietyof cribes and Illuminators, and taught an adult class in that subject and his immaculate craftsmanship today adorn man a proud certificate from thiS College.

"On the Da of AtOnement we say 'You open the Book of Remembrance and it speak for itself, for every man has signed it with his deeds'. Look at Ala tair's wonderful calligraphic picture o the first er es of the Book of Genesi ,and ou will see the man, in the tyle, sentiment and perfection of all he tried to do.

"You may be su prised to learn that at school and niversity he was very involved in the Boy co ut movement. In that connection he climbed most of Scotland' major mountains and was an acknowledged expert and instructor in the t ing of knot. He was a keen cyclist, and Sarah paints a charmingly ludicrous picture of Alastair, cycling through I lolland on a bright yellow :v1olton bike with 16 inch wheels and drop handlebars. I n recent years he developed a passion for the language and culture of China, and through his visits there had already established himself a an important College link with that country. Truly one can say that the elements were so mixed in him that :"ature might stand up and say to all the world, "This was a man".

"13 ut the state of man is not always a happy one. On Yom Kippur we say 'On this day it is sealed, who shall be at peace and who shall be tormented'.

Alastair tragically had his inner torment and, to our sorrow, sought and made his own peace. But to the extent that the empathetic oul imprints itself on the minds it interacts with, he is still with us. As we say: 'His soul is bound up in the bond of Iife. The death of the one we now remember leaves a gaping hole in our lives, but we are gratefUl for the gift of his life'.

"The condolences we received at the chool Office on the news of Ala tair's death were as if we ourselves has uffered a family bereavement. Well, we were a kind of family. But our true condolences must go to his closest loved ones, arah and particularly his mother. :v1ay the su pport of their faiths and their clo e friends, and the deep sympathy of this congregation sustain them as we all remember our friend, Alastair Pettigrew. "

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The Vision and Robotics Laboratory ( ignals, Circuits and y tems Research Group, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering) has recently taken delivery of DIADEM a powerful multi-processor system containing up to 36 asynchronously-coupled processors, serial communications and analog! digital conversion facilities. This is a novel computer architecture developed by British Aerospace Defense Ltd. (Dynamics Division) and is on a long loan to Professor A C Davies and Or S A Velastin to tudy real-time system architectures and high-level hierarchical control sy. tems for multiple-agent robotic en ironment .

PhD student Xia Fei will de elop various 'demonstrators' starting with the simulation of sensor-based path planning algorithms for multiple (20 or more) non-cooperative mobile robots that have to avoid objects and each other (this study also has application to SE RC-funded work by the above academics on image processing techniques for automated detection and analysis of crowds in confined areas). Work will then culminate with a scheme for high-level task sharing between two or more assembly robots co-operating in a single task (eg lifting and placing a heavy object). I t is expected that this collaborative research programme between British Aerospace Defence Ltd and King's will improve the College' tanding in robotics and formal design methods for real-time computer ystems. For further details, please contact Or Velastin on ext 2665, E-mail: s.velastin

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The Centre for Heat Tran fer and Fluid Flow Measurement has received notification that the award of the following grants has been approved: 1 DrYianneskisandDr uen:£92,710 from the Process Engineering Committee of SERC, for the experimental investigation of flow

patterns and mixing characteristics of stirred ve sel .

2 Or ianne kis: 12 ,657 ECL: from the EC for a JOuLE 11 Programme Project concerned with the effects of fouling on the e ficiency of heat exchangers in lignite utility boilers. The project is in collaboration with the Aerodynamics Lab of the :"ational Tech nical niversity of Athens and the Public Power Corporation of Greece (Total EC contribution to all partners is 2 5,977 ECL:s).

3 Dr Yianne k,s: 0,000 ECL:s from the EC for a JOL: LE I I Programme Project concerned with the optimisation of >tirred chemical reactors.. fhe project is in collaboration with ten other European Cniversities and three companies in Germany, France, Ilolland, Portugal, Uritain, Greece and I taly (Total EC contribution to all partners is expected to bc about 700,000 ECL:s).

Division of Engineering Or:vl I' Clode and Or IJ :-\ Fenner have received £30 I ,59 from the Teaching Company Scheme ('reS) for a theoretical and experimental investigation of the Conform extrusion process.

Or:vl P Clode has received funding for a continuation of involvement in the joint European Project, TE\1PlS The EC funded project is conccrncd with the e tabli hment of an In ·titute of Y1etal Forming at the u ni er ity of ibiu, Romania. The project i also in collaboration with the L ni ersit of Stuttgart, Germany, L ni ersityof Ilannover, German and Cniversity of Leuven, Belgium. (Total I::C contribution equal> 72,000 ECl).

Ccmral Re. earch Fund The Central Research Fund has been instituted for the purpo e of making grants to members of the niversity (other than present undergraduate student and those registered for a taught :vIaster's degree) cngaged on specific projects of research, to assist

with the provi ion of pecial materials, apparatus and travel costs. Applications are con Idered or each term and the next closll1g date for applications is 7 December 1992. Forms of application and further particular may be obtained from the Central Re earch Fund ectlon, enate Hou e, Room 21a, :vIalet treet, London, WCI E 7H . Tel 071-636000,ext3147.

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Grants are available for new or continuing activities or initiatives directly concerned with the promotion of the public understanding of science.

Over one hundred grants have already been awarded for projects including: science in theatre, dance and art; travelling shows; science workshops and eq uipment grants.

Applicants are asked to show clearly how their proposal relates to the public under tanding of science and if uccessful, will be required to submit a brier written report on how the grant was used.

All applicants must be resident in the UK. The maximum sum available for an individual grant is £3,000 and allocations will often be less than this amount. The closing date for applications are 31 March and 31 October each year, late applications will be considered at the next round.

Application forms are available from Or Ali on Evans, The Royal Society, 6 Carlron House Terrace, London SWIY SAG. Tel 071-839 5561, ext 219.

LIB \-Cd·.I(J) I-cllow hip Tru Ciba-Geigy •Ace' Awards 19931995 The e awards will be made to research groups to stimulate collaboration with re earch group at Continental European institutions in the fields of chemi try, biochemistry, chemical technology, chemical engineering and biology. The awards will be made to as i t the cost of short visits in each direction between the collaborating institutions by members of either of the two research groups involved. aluc of the Awards: £1,500 per annum.

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Senior CIBA-GEIGY Fellowships These ellow hip are a a a' e to lecturer, enior lec urer or reader In the field of chemlstr). bio eml t .' chemical technolo,,:. cheml engineering and biolog ,p:l I tar) 10 It relation to cheml tf). I e are made orapeno 0 0 rto12 month. for the amount 0' ~ 12,000 per annum piu tra 'elhng expcn e Application forms are 0 umablc from: The ecretalJ, The CII3 \.

GEIGY Fellowship rrus . Hll e.

Road, . 1acclesfield, Che h re K 10 2. X Tel 0625421 33. 'I he clo ing date I unday I . 'ovemocr 19'J2.

( Continuing Education Records 1991-92 Thl I po Itlvel the la t call f.,r the above records, the dreaded purple forms. If you ran a short com e, or an non-degree cour c, or a conference, provided there was an attendance ee the odds are it hould be included In the Continuing Education Record. If III doubt contact the Contlnu Ing I',ducatlon C nit on exten ion 3055, The I ligher Education Funding Council has juSt announced that In re pect of 1991-92 the CE Returns \\ ill again form the ba IS of the Ir own monitonng of continuing education activity in the universitie ; this mean, that whether we indicated for 1993/4 will be materially affected by our showing in this exercise.

Continuing Education Programme 1992-93 The Continuing Education Programme for J992-93 has now been pnnted and some copie have been sent to each School. Being the fim of its kind there are bound to be errors and oml ions, or which your Indulgence i craved, but to some extent It should be regarded as a pilot run for something bigger and better next year and your comments and suggestions will be welcome.

Where courses took place at the beginning of eptember they have been omitted, because we knew we could not publish by then; our apologies and wc hope to do better next time. llowever. If your course does not appear, and IS not in the above category, it cou Id just be

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nat,on\\lde sGheme for oung people to rend a ycar \\or Ing in Indu,tr) be 'ore t rring their UI1l\er It. GUIH <:. S aned It,. outh l:a t'rn D, I Ion opcrCltlon 'rom an office n King, I路 le r n \" nd )路.Ie\..trlul "n 'lnccnng Ikp' rtment In I . \fter It cu nti full. e r 01' oper tion, a Pre 路ntJ.t1on Ihy leas held 111 the COIJl1 II Hoom, on 30 J I IH: I ')2, to sho\\ pro pec I e employers and other ho\\ w ce si dl. the schcmc h:l' been wor 1O/!. \t thl' meell'lg, \\ hiGh \\:1 .lttendcd b. 0 cr 50 pcoplc, se\cn at the ,tudent'ln thc photograph \\ere c ch Introduled lJ thclr sllpcr\ "or, and then ~a\c a I' mlllutc talk on the work they 11:Id done d Urlllg the year. \n eighth ,tIJdcnt calkcd on hOle thc tralnmg had helped them. .\11 the,e prese nratlons \\ ere excellently prepared and de hvered \\ Ith high qualit overheads and, 10 one case. ,lldes. \1uch ofthc \~ork deSCribed leas computer-b:l,ed but \"mercu a \\ide vanet) of tOpics rom :l\Sc:ssmcnt of old :lite lan well In I.ondlln to library facilities in Leatherhc:ld 1 hey \\orked for a range of eompanle, lIldudlng

the r meetln ',.

John Pcar,on, ('l'Inl/KCL Llal,on)

rote, or 1de Dlmltrovski of the L n.\er'l . of kOPJe \ !'>Ited the Centre for Ileat 'I rans er and )'Iuld flow :'vleasurement tram 15 to I July. 'I he ISlt wa ponsored by an EC I EY1PL grant and helped to establish collaboration bet\\een the re earch actl 11Ies of KlI1g's and <';koPJe in the field of rcclproGatlng engines. Also vi iting the Ccntre wa, 1)r Zhen<.pang Liao, /\ .. ,OClale Professor of the East Ch Ina Institute of Technology from 25 ovember I')91 to 24 September, ,ponsorcd by the British Council. It provided an excellent opportunity for the cstabli hment of an academic link and the completion of two projects related to the nO\\ 111 reciprocatll1g engine manifold tI)

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arranged a 'topping up'

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taff Discu sion Group, an

informal group that nnee fortnightly 0 er lunch, with occasional speakers, to share concern on any issue will be starting on Thursdays from 15 October There is a distinguished line-up of preachers for the College Eucharist on

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implied that. natom and

Human Biology is ba cd only at the

pension scheme with Allied Dunbar to run alongside the University u perann uation Schemes.

The scheme, which under current

[[and. That i certain Iy not the case.

Whilst the bulk of the teaching of that Group, to both pre-clinical and science

legislation may prove to be more beneficial than free standing AVC

students, does take place there, a

the College, is entirely funded by employee contributions.

Wednesdays at 13.10, taking the title' If

significant number of staff are based at Drury Lane. Indeed, the

( only had one Sermon to preach'.

Deve lopmen tal Biology Research

During the term there will be three

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pension plans, although administered by

In conjunction with the pension cheme, for those staff wishing to pursue

Centre largely evolved from the research

the possibility of enhanced pension

lunch time open seminars with guest

staff from Anatomy and Iluman Biology,

benefits, Allied Dunbar are offering a

speakers Anthony Bloom, Helen

and the Centre's Director. Or :'\'igel

Pension Planning Service. This Service

Alexander and Eric James on 20 and 27

Holder, is one of that group. Thi

is pro ided free of charge and without

physical separation between the

commitment, by M r Alister H unter-

October and 3 :'\.'ovember respectively.

Choral Evensong has been rescheduled to Tuesdays this year, at

research ba,e of academiC staff and

Blair, a Financial Planning Consultant

where they teach is a feature of how our

representing the Allied Dunbar Group

17.30. In addition to this service the

chool has to operate. En possonl, it can

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lead to misunderstandings as to the full extent of our teaching commitments.

1f any member of staff is interested in taking up this service and it may be of

Profes or Harold Baum

achieve maximum pensionable service,

October, there will be a equence of Readings and Music on 17 ~ovember, and Compline with the er ice of Light on I and 8 December.

of Companies.

particular interest to staff who cannot I lead of 'chool of Life, Basic \iledical

further details can be obtained from the

and Health Sciences

Deputy College Secretary (ext 2556).

Annual Requiem Mas for All Souls is

Dear King's College

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I reali e that this may seem like an

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again you are invited to send in names

un usual start to a letter. Perhap the rest

of departed friends and relatives you

of this note might explain why I would

would like to be remembered at the

want to address everyone at King's.

mass. The setting is the rarely heard

Misso pro dejunc/is by Duarte Lobo.

The Advent Carol Service will be

Being told by doctors at Charing Cross Hospital that I had contracted Icukaemia was not eas . It did cast a

held over three evenings during 2, 3 and

shadow over me and the rest of my

4 December. Free tickets are available

family. Howevcr, since then, the

from 9 ovember, and they can be sent to you on request. (fyou are thinking of getting married.

concern and love of friends has been a great boost to our morale.

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very year the University of London awards PURPLES to

its distinguished sportsmen and women.

This year the following students of King's College have been awarded a full Purple for distinction in their respective Sports whilst representing the University

In this re pect wc could not ha e G J Conroy (Engineering) for Assoc Football

or producing offspring (or great

wi hed for a morc uplifting re ponse

offspring), please remember that the

than that frcel given by staff at King's.

Chapel is available to any member of

I have continucd to receive cards, letters

staff for family weddings, baptisms, or

and good wi he from people I know

services of anniversaries. Incidentally

and some I don't. Someone once told

B .sher (E ngi neeri ng/B us Studies) for

T:\ harp (Physics) for Assoc Football M [larry (french) for Athletics

me about the community spirit at the

Cricket

College. I have been work ing at the

J Collyer (\ilaths) for Fencing

Shaun Richards, replacing Jenny Rogers,

'trand for just a few weeks. The

he will be with us for a year before training for the priesthood. Do call in and say hello.

kindness from so many of you has made

K chmitt (Law) for Fencing 1'! Parker (Physics) for Hockey (Women)

the Chapel has just been decorated.

The new Chaplaincy Assistant is

me feel like I have been part of the College for years. More importantly, I am sure that the King's community has

Philip Chester College Chaplain

helped me to keep my chin up. I am ure that this will help my recovery.

Bless you :111.

,. qual Opporwnitic Professor Keith Ewing has accepted an appointment as the College's Equal Opportunities Officer.

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Educational background The ratio of indepcndent hoe I to further/higher educational background varie between Humanltlc,> and the clence . Laws and Engincering have apparently the highe~t rccrultment from FE, with Geography and Pharmacy the lowe t. 1 he I' E ,ector probably repre en~ an area for mcreased targettlng by most "c.he ob.

The questionnaire did not separate out mature student~ from those t:lkmg a year out, and we aim to do till in future, It is clear that there was some confusIOn over 'tertiary colleges'; sometimcs thcsc were included with sixth form collegc and sometimes with FE. Why choose King's7 There is agreement between chools

and departments that King's academic reputation and the reputation 0 departments are thc mo t ~Ignlflcant factors influencing thesc intcn iell candidates' cholcc of Kmg's. The chool of Law might be ~ll1gled out for special mention in this context. The choice of courses offcred is the ncxt most significant factor overall; departmental variation is worth noting. . 'ext, King's central location followcd by 'London Life' and entrance requirements.

Trailing these are, interestingly, availability of accommodation, the multi-faculty nature of thc College and finally proximity to home. It is clear from comments that Londoners are often glad to be near home while candidates from further afield arc hoping to get away.

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Advisers' influence Gcne'" s bJe t teac.hcr are seen a more 1\ n I I han are'r t :l hers, 13 t net In ome non-s hool bJ Cs uch a RadIOgraph}, Pharmac., Lall and European tudie~ where careers ad iser Ilcre more Important P rents were :It I ast as important a, school frlcnd b t ,tudent already at unl cr,lty Ilcre often more Influential than clther >chool riends or parent .

Information sources Il} -ar th • rr ,t Imf Jrtan urce of m Jrmat: n \la, the general

pro'pec.tu' It I\as used hy more than OC'{; Jf:l I re,pundent , :\t a 10\ler le d, :lItho gh 0 Interest m terms of recru Itmc nt str:ltegie" arc departmenul materials, e peclally m Geography, and tal Ing to nlver Ity students. King' Open Day I\as gratifylngh "f,nlficant:h a ,ourct: 0 mformatl)n . j were local Iligher [·.d ucation faHs e~peLI:llly or I1I tor) With a ~peclallnitiatlve 111 Kent last ycar. Campus tour" will probably Improvc in u"efulne~~ a'> the Open Day ha" done over the last "urvcy two years ago. 'I he College Ideo i~ a small but neces ary tool. \'islt~ by King's sta f to '>chool bring intangible benefits belied by the ir low ratmg. 'I hey arc an mfluence on ,>ubJect te:lLhers (sec above, ad~ i~cr ) which ~hou Id not be dicollnted.

Further Information Chart~ i1lu~tratlng the re~ults

of the '>urvey m more detail arc available rom the 'tudcnt RecrUitment and Exchange Office. If thl analy IS" U eful to, chools and department, the tudcl1t Recruitment and Exchange

o ficer

\\ould valuc comment" and further ~urveys.

sugge~[Jon; for

he Ken I gton Campu Rec cl ng cheme y,.elcome the ne'" that Ken ing on "Co nC11 re to aunch olle Ion 0 - recyclable m:lterJaI m. pnl I 3. All local a thontles \\ere required to present rec, c1mg plan to the Department of the ['.nvlronment b -\ugust thl year, but the Ro. al Borough seems determmed to go one step better by becoming the Irst local authOrity 111 London to introduce door-to-door collectl no recyclable waste, B 19 6 It expect to be recyclmg 15,000 tonne o rubbish a year out of a total of 0,000 tonnc (at present the loluotar) ~chemc recycle about 1500 tonne ).

0' he Government urget I for all local authontlcs to rcc}c1e 25% of their v.a te b. the 'car 2000.

Ken IIlgton and Chebea claim that thclr s heme will run at a profit. mainl} due to the high price which London boroughs have to pay for dumpll1g rubbish in landfill outlde London Door-to-door collections will bc based on household putting out rubbi~h In twO contamers - one for all recyclable materials (paper, glass, can , pla,>tic . textile) and one for all the other 'dirty' rubbish. Recyclable materials will be dumped in one half of the ~peclally-adapted "dustbin lorries" and subsequently sorted at the recycling depot at Cremorne Wharf, Chel ea. Companies and institutions such as Kmg's College will receive mformatlon m .ovember about special arrangements for their rubbi h collection, and council officers will be Vi iting the Kensmgton Campu to a~certaln need. Kmg's will have the option of separate collection of office papcr, new~papers, plastiCS, glass, textile and can, for which rebates will be offered agamst the cost of waste collection Although thiS v.ill result in the loss of mcome for the Ken~mgton Campu Recycling Scheme (we have collected about £1 0 so far from the sale of office paper and can~), we are delighted that recycl ing IS now 'official' and likely to bccome part of dai Iy King's College practice at Kensington, as well as the Chcl~ea Campus. Ilaranguing the Council over Its slowness in providing

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I IS now possible 0 0 er a special pr'ce on: ese energ sa ng 0 Os through Park ield Environmen al SeNlces (PES), he rading co pany 0' Leices er Ecology Tr s • fi in 0 ordinary Ilgh socke s • se one , h o e energy 0 con en ona Iia en obs 0 pro loe eq i alen ill mina ion • las eig Imes as long • give you a re urn on your in es men ar grea-er than any savings accoun • reduce yo r elec nci y bills by 0 er [30 00' and sa e he en Ironmen more than 500kg of C02 dUring their li e Ime "This saving includes the relatively high initial purchase price of the bulbs (usually f7 2-7 6).

The bulbs are more ef lcient because they convert more energy In 0 light than hea . In a conventional light bulb over 95% 0 he elec ncal energy IS converted into heat. Un or una ely he bios are no sUitable or se wi h a dimmer swi ch. They are also sligh Iy longer than con enllonal bibs and ma take a few minutes to reach heir ull bng tness For more details 0 these bibs and other en Iron ental sa ers. vis the Leicester Ecology Trust (LET), Eco House on he Hlnckley Road by Wes ern Park. Admission is free Pone Leices er (05331 856675/854047 or de ails.

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us with bottle banks, etc probabl helped push them in the right direction!

We look forward now to Westminster Council following suit to bring about recycling at the Strand Campus.

Meanwhile, do buy our discounted environmentally-friendly energyefficient light bu Ibs - a direct replacement for ordinary 60W and 100W light bulbs, usi ng on Iy one-fifth of the electricity and lasting eight times as long. They cost £ 10.72 for a 60W equivalent and £11.23 for a JOOW

A ercan academic amily would like o rent 11 -rnlshed ho se or la in ondon, WIth hree bedrooms, cen ral hea Ing, and modern appliances, 'ncl dlng as 'ng achine. Approx 415 mon S' Jan ary - May 1993.

AlSO IlIlng 0 exchange or large ouse In Laramle. yoming.

Please con ac S B Pomeroy, 285 Cen ral Park West, New Yor , NY 10024. USA. Fax 010 212 874 - 2107 Photocopier for sale Rank Xerox 1038, wi h maintenance con rac Very reliable and cheap to run bu unsophistica ed (no doc ment handler, no reduction/ enlargemen acillty). We have ou grown i bu would like 0 see i loved and apprecia ed. 0 fers in the region 0 £200.00. Phone Rachel S uchbury or Rlta Woods, ext 3035 (Age Concern Ins i u e 0 Geron ology).

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For more informalion on recycling, please co": lonalnan Seurlock (exl 4315j, RUlh Gkine (exl 4329j or Gory SI11ckland (exI4257) in Life Sciences, Sue Holly (exl 4229) in Physiology or Richard Bupal (exl 42 7) in Slores.

London accommodation wanted/American exchange offered Jan-Aug 93 Professor Howard Nenner, who leaches British history at Smith College, Massachusetts, and Pamela Whl e, a free-lance edi or and former

Chrlslle's manuscript specialist, are looking or accommodation in the Londo area or pa /all 0 above da es. Would consider one bedroom la bu would prefer wo bedrooms.

They would like ei her 0 ren or to o er In exchange heir own spacious New England house ( 3 bedrooms, 2 studies, compu er and prin er!) on t e edge of the lovely Smith campus at No hampton, ass; part 0 he Five College consortium in the Connectlcu Valley. Smith 0 lice and extensive library facilities could also be provided. For contact and further in orma Ion, please ring Professor Rupert Wilklnson (Sussex University). o flce el 0273 678018, home el 071- 6226757.

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an out(;ome oi an Inll atl 'e 'ram the Pro es~ional and E u allon Comml tee 0 the Biochemical oClety, I~hlch I chair), our DI I Ion of LI e 'Ience (tOgether ~Ith colleagues at the Lnlverslt of \.1anche er) ha~ won a three-year l. mtra t rom the D 'partmcnc for l'.d (;atlun r mount a pilot cheme of iinal ~car und 'r~rad at' proJecr aliled to >chool t'adllng. 'f h objective ot the scheme are: 1 'f 0 allo,", fin I year IJndergraduate> In BJOchcml>tr), \\ho are l.OJlSIdeflng teachll1g a., a career, to g:lI11 first-hand cxpcm:nce In "huuls o' the technique :lnd urganl')all(Jn I' ppro.lches 0 teachll1g, partlulbrl. at a practical level. (For the purpo>e 0 the contract, an) student of a laboracor) -based 'mulecular Id'c >ciellce' \\uuld be eligdJlc. I ndeed, the Department for Edueatioll ,",ould also be keen, If pas Ible, to recru It Chemi~try >cudents into the scheme, and cui leagues ,n Il hy51cal SCiences,", ha might \\ Ish to pursue such an id ca >hould cuntact me).

2 'j 0 develop wpport mateflal for the use of practl.,lllg teacher> III illustrating, by mean> of expeflmellts. selected . peees uf the cUrrlcul m. Over a period of tim<.:. .,uch material could bc 111 orporatcd illto a 'bank' 0 'xperimcntal protocols \\hich could be made availablc to other tcachers, not dlr etl) participating 111 the pilot .,chcme.

3 To 0 er the de.. elopmen 0 closer 1111 s bet\\ee chool and nel h rill HI her Education e~t:.tbli~hmcnt co their mutual beneflL I ntcre ted students would be all ,(;ated a u per... or from the DIVISion 0' LI e lences and a teacher at a co-operating school, preferabl in the'" Inicy of the rudent's term-time 10dgll1gs. rhese link~ would be mediated b~ colleagues in our chool 0' Education, \.. ho will also be involved In the team monicortng the educational as \\cll a cientllc validity 0 the proJcct Thc pnJect to be undertaken would II1vol .. e the development of expeflments or cia u e to demumtrate important scientific pfl nel pie and/or co acq uIre speCific ski 11., The I' ndtng of the project will be suffiCient or up co fi e tu dent per year from the College co enter the scheme, and will cover travel and consumable items as well as ineVitable COSt., at thc collaborating schools. The funds hould al~o cover the costs of mectings of all of the chool and College participants co exchange idea, diSCUSS progress and present final, develuped material. An annual meeting With the corresponulI1g group from \1anchester might also be arranged, and everalldeas are being discussed for the di emination/publication of the ncw teaching re ources developed by participating students.

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Pep our elf up for winter by coming along co the Staff Keep Fit es lon~ at the trand. The sessiOn> arc on Wednesdays at 12.15 111 Room B2 next to the I~eprographics Cnit. Please wear comfortable clothing and trainers when you come along. The elasses last for 45 minute and cost ÂŁ1.50 per ses~ion. Everyone is welcome,

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Yo are cordia 'y n I ed 0 a end he o 0 Ing co loq ,a 0 be ela d ring the Icnae as TerrT' 1992 on ednesdays a 17 00 ,n Roo G01, Depa men 0 M SIC, ' Ing's College, 152-153 S rand London C2.

Admission IS ree, WI ou lIcke 28 October Susan Ranktn (Emmanuel College Cambridge) Tenors and lheir mOlets 4 November Robert Sam els (Lancas er Unl ersl y) Schubert's double' reflections on Der Doppelganger 18 November iels rabbe (Un, erslty 0 Copenhagen)

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25 November Malcolm Willlamson (Master 0 the Queen's MusIc) The composer will discuss his opera English Eccentrtcs in the con ext of his work for the stage 2 December Arnold Whi tall (King's College London) A tale of two SISlers' Brunnhilde and Waltraute rn ACl I of Wagner's GOt erdammer ng

Department of Computer Science Colloquia will ake place In room 3D In he Main Budding on Wednesdays, beginning a he new Ime 0 13.30

28 October Alan u chlnson AdjusClng bIas for rnductive rnference

11 November ar Plumbley Information theory and neural networks 18 November arco Pellegr nl Compu mg ormulas space

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25 November Richard Overill How 10 use a hypercube These de ails are provisional. Please telephone 071 -8732842 or 071 -873 2588 or con irmation.

[ .L'lrun: Victorian Society lectures The Vic orian Society is to hos a series of lec ures on Victorian Church archl ec ure at King's. The aim is 0 look a church and chapel building in he contex 0 he 19 h Century as a W ole. The lec ures will take place from 7 Oc ober - 2 December.

Ticke s are available from the Vic orlan Society, 1 Priory Gardens, London W4 1n

Inaugural Lecture King's College School of Medicine and Den istry Tuesday 17 November 1992, 16.30

Professor I S Benjamin, Professor of Surgery Langenbuch to Laparoscope: the growth of a speciality Main Lec ure Theatre, Medical School, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9PJ

The British Insitiute of Human Rights Public lunch Ime lec ure 17 November

4 November Richard Overlll ComputaClonal complexIty rn musIc analysIs

Pr essor Rein A My lies son Human rights during the transition from cotallCarianism to democracy in the former Soviet Union

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by Pro'essor Barry I'e to ar t e 500 ann, ersary 0' COl MDuS'S' rs' oyage 0 A erica T e ec res are open 0 all members 0 he College, and I IS hoped ha any COl eag es will Ind hem 0 In erest 0 k owledge 0 Span sh s req Ired The lec ures are s aged n collabora ion WI he Cont n ng Ed ca Ion Uni and are open'O e public or a ee 0' ÂŁ40 or he course Ad he lec ures I be a 18 00 In Room 3B20, S rand Bu d f'g

26 October 1492 - the Firs Voyage

9 November 1493 - the Second Voyage

16 November 1498 - Paradise Gained

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P /S olog Research Sem ars sponsored by 'he Ph so oglca Soc e INTER TERM 1992 On ednesdays 16 30 - 17 30 In he PhYSiology Lec ure Thea re

Subcellular locaiJsatlon and posttranslatIOnal modlflca Ions of the P21 pro ems

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7 December The Old World and t e New

Dr Lea Pos on ( DS S Thomas's Camp s) Studies m Isolated hurran reslStance artenes

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Developmental Biology Seminars:

Homebox genes and the evolution of er ebra e embryogenesIs Dr Pe er HOI and Depar"men 0 Zoology. Ox ord

Randall Seminars at Drury Lane 26 October Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton by the small GTP-bmdmg protems rho/rac Dr A,an Ha Ins e 'or Cancer Research.

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2 November Struc ure 0 gelsoiJn segment 1- acem comple Dr Paul cLaug In Labora ory for Molecular Biology, Cambrloge

9 November Retlnolc ACId' A morphogen in the developing embryo?

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Dr Manyn Davies Departmen 0 Pharmace Ical Sciences, No ingham Unlversl y 23 November (Please note this will take place at 13.15) Mvogenesis in the mouse Dr Margaret Buckingham Ins itute Pasteur, Paris 30 November

Intracellular targeting of signal transduction proteins bV lipId modifica tions.

Dr Tony Magee National Institute or Medical Research, Mill Hill

5 November Dr Roberto Garigliano (University of Durham) LOUTA' a computer sVsrem for handlmg narurallanguage

Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Mondays, 17.00, Room B6, Classics Department, Strand Campus 26 October Richard Black (KCL) Europe's soft underbellv? Current refugee movements to Greece 2 November Pamela Armstrong (Oxford/Belfast): Literature and religion in twelfthcentury Constantinople

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Department of Philosophy Se rnars ,n HIs ory and Pnilosophy o SCience T ursdays at 14 15 rn Room 3801, S rand Ca p s 29 October Pro essor Brlan GoodWin (Open Unl erslty) A new approach to evolUtion: realism and generative processes m biologV

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9 November Erik Golds ein (Birmingham) The New Europe Group and the New Greece, 1977-22 Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies Thursdays,17.30, Room 1B06 29 October Dr Jeff Opland (Honorary Pro essonal Research Associate, SOAS) Scop and imbongi: reading praise poems

12 November A one-day con erence eld Join ly wi h he Centre for Philosophical S udies and Gresham College, 10.00 to 17.00, In the Grea Hall, S rand Admission ree without a leket The three spea ers will be Pro essor Sir Michael Atiyah, PreSident 0 the Royal Society, Professor Roger Penrose, Uni ersity of Oxford and Professor Sir Christopher Zeeman Principal of Hertford College, Oxford and Gresham Professor of Geometry

bitu'lri Sir Richard Francis The College learned with deep regret In June of the death of ir Richard Francis. Director General of the British Council and a Presentation Fellow of the College. ir Richard was awarded a Pre entation Fellow hip in 1991 in recognition of his work at the British Council and also at the BBC, where he rose from an Assistant Editor of Panorama to :vtanaging Director of BBC ({adio.

Bishop of Chelmsford John Trillo, Bishop of Chelmsford from 1971 to 1985, was educated at King's and later became a Fellow of the College. He studied in the evenings for his 130, but this did not prevent him from achieving first-class honours, and he went on to take his MTh and to teach at the College from time to time.

He was Principal of l3ishop's (theological) College, Cheshunt, before becoming SUffragan bishop of Bedford and then of Hertford, before being elevated to Chelsmford. He was coChairman of the English Committee of the Anglican/Roman Catholic Il1ternational Commission.

Blood Wedding - Opera 26 October to 7 November, 19.45 at Jacob Street Sudios, Mill Street. London SE1.

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by Fedenco Garcla Lorca, has been composed by Nicola LeFanu, Senior usic Lec urer in t e Depar men 0 at King's. The Depar ment is organlzrng block bookrngs or st dents at he reduced ra es 0 ÂŁ8 and ÂŁ14. Any student Wishing 0 make use 0 his 0 er should sign he notice on the first floor of he M sic Department

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From top to bottom, left to fight: Keith Pnu rellru as Estates Officer, after 25 )ea at the College. Betl) Calbr. ah, Did Haroey and Nonnan Slmmons retIre from Finance after a colleClIt/e 66 years of service un Wilson from the Post Room retires after 20 yean service. Registry sa} goodbye to Christina Kune, Df1VId Dat/us (retin'ng after 23 years) and l.esley Dinsdale. Finally External RelatIons lose the invaluable seroius ofJOhn MUlr and Dr Abe Lue, who retires after 32 years at King's. They are pictured here at Dr Lue's farewell presentation in the Council Room.

John Muir, who is standing down afterfour yean as Viu-Principal in charge of External Relations, can now befound In the Department of Classics. We wish them good luck (and happy retirement) in their futures.

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