Comment 069 May 1993 by King's College London

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wo of London" most famous college for educating nur e and midwivcs - :"Ightingale and Guy' ollege of Ilealth and . 'ormanby College - are to be amalgamated within King' to form the new. 'ightingale In titute. The 'outh 'a t Thame Regional Ilealth uthorit, ( ETRIIt\) and King' have agreed to the amalgamation, which will bring together the profe sional expcrti e and caring trad Itlon of the pre eOl colleges of health with the academic trengths of nur 109 at King's. The [n titute will form part of a new Divi ion of .. urslng tudies, alongside the existing Department of. 'ur 109 and \1idwlfery, within the School of Life, l1asic :v1edical and Ilealth lences. The student nur es and midwives will gain by being located within a multi-disciplinary learning environment in the School of Continued on page 3

The new Principal, Professor Arthur Lucas, is ofcourse no stranger to the College, and Mrs Paula Lucas (above) will now also be a frequent visitor to King's. Forfurther details see page 4. page I

1th the long break between the previous edition of Commml and thi one, combined with the Ea ter break, there ha been a huge accumulation of entrie for thi column - here I a na our of ome of them.

I n the aftermath of the Warringron bombing, Dr Conor Gear/), mior Leclurer in Ihe School of Low, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Today programme talking about way of combating terrori m and the need for the public' help. Ms Sue Willel, Researclz Officer, Cmlrefor Defmce Sludies, appeared on a recent Panorama programme di cu sing the Implications of cut backs in the defence budget.

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The release of new Ilome Office figures showing a decrea e in crime in inner city areas but an increa e in rural area. wa explained on Radio 4's PM by Dr Keilh Iloggarl, Senior Leclurer in Ihe Geography Deparlmenl. The piddock' fame ( ee January' Commml) has extended further. In the run up to a QED programme devoted to these tiny, lumine cent creatures, and the work being carried out by Dr Frank lIibberl, flead oflhe Chemislry Deparlmml, there have been several articles written on the subject including one in The Times magazine. Professor Margarel Brown, Ilead ofIhe School of Educalion appeared on the Channel 4 News di cus ing the teacher' boycott of te ts for 14 year olds and whether I lead Teachers and hool Governor would upport them. Dr James Gow, Research Officer, Centre for Defence Sludies, appeared on The Cook Reporl, talking about the ituation in the former Yugoslavia.

Following the banning for life of athlete Ben Johnson Professor John Gorrod, Professor of Biopharmacy, appeared on Sky ews to discuss this and the problems involved in testing for drug abuse. Dr Marlin Navias, Leclurer in Ihe War Sludies Deparlmenl, has been in great demand recently, like so many in that Department. I1 i appearances include

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the Channel 4 .'\'ews, talking about outh Africa\ nuclear bomb, and the military ltuation III rbia on Gltf7V. M( Ann Sakage, Research AssoClale, Age Cone. InsliluleofG onlolog), was fcaturcd III Scolland on undO) outlining the effe t on elderly pcople of the Chancellor' dcci ion to impo e VAT on fuel bill . Professor Frank Cox, Professor of Parasile Immunology. took part in Radio 4's Seience .'\'0fIIJ programme diseu ing the future prospects for vaccinating children againt malaria following a promi ing trial for a controversial vaccine in Colombia.

Lady Penelope (of Thunderbirds fame) has been attacked for etting a bad example to children for her smoking by ProfflwrhhnMomam, Professor if Thoraeic Medieine, KCSMD, in the Today newspaper. Dr Chn'slOpher Dandeker, Senior l.eClurer In Ihe War Sludies IJeparlmenl, contributed to an article in the Sunday Telegraph on how to cut the dole queues, in which he considered the option of :"ational Service. Professor Mark Sainsbury, Subbing Professor of Philosophy, contributed to the Sunday Jj'mes 4-part magazine on literacy with his view that literacy is also about the development of a oph i ticated level of thought and ideas and maintain ing an intellectual heritage. Dr Margarelllill. Food Seiences, explained vitamin loss during the process of cooking and chilling food for ready-meal in the BBC' Good Food magazine. Dr Ivtargam Cox, Senior Leclurer, Cf:S, appeared on Radio 5's Formula 5 programme di cusing the Energy Expert urrieulum Paek ( ee :vtarch' Commenl). Professor David Ilall, Profmor oflIiology, featured in an article in the Guardian describing a scheme for producing 'clean' energy from the cynara cardunculus - a relati e of the artichoke - in Spain. The Big lIoly One is Radio I 's newest programme and its remit is religious

a al m the broade t sense D W Ilff, S IQr Wlu In T, eo " E tlQn. too part m a dl u Ion

conducted m the li h the \\'a tra edy. to explain the ociolo , and heolo : 0 modem millenanan movement.

1 he problem 'oun people, includin scientl ,going abroad to ""or ('the bram dram ') and not rewrnm ""a the ubJecto'd, u lonml3l3 2' RqJortage programme m which D ....., et /lolder, D,rector, De'Velopmental BlOlo Researdt C tre, took part.

Professor John Taylor, Professor of Mathematics explained the relevance of neural network to the exchange rate mecham m, u mg pauern of prevIOus trad mg to pred ICt the next day' currenq data in the Cu rdl n. Fads, I· ash Ions and Cults, the ,econd hook hy Jfr Ton) Thorne, D,rector ofthe f:ngllfh I.an age Unit (see page 10), ha received a good deal of covcrage mcludlng a two·page pread m the Dally Mat!. 'Ihe (JrIglns of the great I3mlsh pmt ""ere examined h f)r John .'\'icholson, Visiting Lecturer In the Chemistry Department, in an article m the Independent who has di eovcred that the ancient umerians were probabl the first hrewers in the world.

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The Public Relations ub-commlttee has a ked us to try to ensure that the collectIOn of pre s cUUlngs concernmg the College and ome i ues m higher education - which we cl/culatc oncc a wcek to I lead of' hool and. orne enior officcr - I available for con ultation b a. man people a pOSSible. The current and ome past cutting should be kept in cach _ hool Office, and we have alerted I leads of • hool to the fact that taff may a k to see them from now on. We hall also be ending a et of the cutting to the ollege Archive and to the libraries of KC. MD, helsea and Kensi ngton. Christine Kenyon Jones Director of Public Relations

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L,'e lence ""ell ab, ha" m acce to the facilitie 0 the College and the Cnlerslt) of London The final IZC of the ne"" [n tlwte I et to be determmed, bu It I expected that it ""ill edu te ome 1.2'0 wdent nurse and mid i e and pro Ide a substantial element of eontmum education for regl tered practitioner. The In tiwte will admit its fir t intake of wdents in auwmn 1 3 and will provide educational opportunltie for nurses and mldwlve at both diploma and degree level. :\ programme of po tgraduate wdle leadin to the \1 c or PhD will be available ""'thln the Dlvi Ion of . ur Ing. wdles. Itwill therefore be po Ible to pur ue further profelOnal qualifications at man different levels through the Instiwte at an tage in the nur Ing or midWifery career The taff and swdent of the 'Ightlngale In tlwte will 0 cupy the exi ting teaching accommodation at King' College Ilospital, Guy' Ilospital, Lewi ham Ilospital, . t Thoma ' Ilospltal and Farnborough Ilospltal. Student will al 0 continue to benefit from the wide variety of acute and community clinical placements available m these geographical locations. Peter Rankin, Director of I Iuman Resource for ETRI 11\ commented: 'Our hospital and community ervices need to know that they can rely on a skilled, flexible and educated work force to meet the changing need and priomles of healthcare ,n the 1 Os. One of these change IS the recognition that nur e and midwife education fits nawrally withm higher education, opening up new honzon for both swdent and potential employer, and we are delighted that this amalgamation will bnng about opportunities to fulfil these needs 0 effectivel .' Profes or Arthur Lucas commcnted: 'King' is proud to be one ofthc leading univerSity in. titutions for thc swdy of hcalth cicnces and we believe that the new Institute will not only bencfit from this rcputation but will al 0 cnhance it. We look forward to welcoming the e

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ne"" wdent into our Li'e clence hool. mto he Colic e and into the Cni 'er It, of London.' 'J he Project 0 Icer for the \1erger I J ud y talght m the 'r hame Ide Campu Project 0 lice, Corn""allllouo;e (exrn ).

I· utllrl: of the t· ni\ l:r it\' of London will be aware that there ha been a long debate about the future relationship between the Fedcral Cnlver Ity and Its con t1tuem college. 'ow that there are a number of, chools of the Lnlver it who ha e 'dllcct aces' to the Fundll1g Jouncal, the debate ha , In one way or another, been about the power to award degrees. , hool offices in King's now havc a copy of the VIcc-Chancellor' papcr rehear ing a number of options. There i general upport among mo t of the head of the chools of the University for the proposal that the U niver ity should devolve its degree-awarding powcr to individual chools of the Cniversity, at least tho e which have direct funding. There will be a di cussion at the College's cademic Board on 16 June and then at the Univer icy nate in July. Plea e read the papers, and ensure that your view are known to Academic floard member.

Profe or Arthur Luca Prll1clpal

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everybody mu t now be aware, Profe sor Arthur Luca ha been appointed a Principal of King . Downing treet made thc official announcemcnt on J 9 Ylarch and ir James pooner, Chairman of College Council commented: 'The College is delighted that her Maje ty The Queen has approved the appointment of Profes or Arthur Lucas. The Council had very strongly recommended to the Prime Ylinister that he hould put forward Professor Lucas's name to the Palace in the knowledge that he had great support from both within and outside the College, and also a a resu It of the exemplary way in which he had conducted the affair of the College during his time as Acting Principal.' Professor Lucas had been A i tant Principal of King's since 19 ,llead of the School of Education since 19 9. and Vice·Principal since J991. lie joined Chelsea College in J980 as Profe sor of Science Curriculum tudies. Ilis full official biography can be een in the June J 992 issue of Comment, when he was elected a Fellow of the College. He was born in 1941 in Moe, Victoria, the elder son of dairy farmers May and Val Luca . They lived in the isolated community of Coalvi lie when he was still very young and he started hi educational life learning through a correspondence course under the guidance of his mother. When he did attend formal chool two year later his form of transport wa hor eback, along a track he 'helped' his father cut through the bush· the chool then had the required 12 pupils aged from S· I J! Ilis econdary schooling began at Warragul but switched to Ylirboo :"orth Iligh School when the family moved to a new farm at Delburn. Arth ur Lucas played a full part in the life of M irboo . orth High School: writing for the magazine, raising money, undertaking the duties of a prefect, and leading the School band as Drum Major. Excerpts from the hool magazine (sent to Comment by the current ActlOg Principal, who is delighted by the

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ucce of the chool's former pupil) reveal that, even in thi early stage in hi life, Arthur took a healthy intere t in the importance of a trong corporate vi ual identity, contributing an positive article on the new school badge and motto ('Strive to erve'). After completing hi schooling he went to the niversity of \IIelbourne where he graduated with a BSc in Zoology and Genetic in 1963 and gained hi BEd in I 68. lIe wa awarded his PhD four ear later from Ohio State Cniversity for his re earch on environmental education. Profe or Luca now lives in Ylorden with hi wife and two children. \IIrs Luca work part·time as the Archivi t for the Royal Geographic ocictyand also part·time with Profes or Lucas (funded by an Au tralian Re earch Council grant) on the correspondence of a nineteenth century Australian·German botanist, ferdinand Von YI ueller. Their most recent joint publication (with collaborators in Melbourne) is Why explore Antarctic'? Australian discussions in the 1880s, which appeared in the Australian Journal of Politics and llistory. The other members of the Lucas family are I3eth, 19, who is in her first year studying l3iological Sciences at Edinburgh University, and David, J 7, a trainee in a banking oftware company and studying part-time. Profes or Lucas ha pointed out to Comment that those who speculate on the probability of an Anglo-Au trailian being a descendant of people 'given free transport by Ili \!laje ty' Government' can obtain a copy of a teaching exercise based on hi family tree from John Barker, in the Centre for Educational tudie !

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he Pre and Publication Office are holding two eminar CO introduce taffto the GUIdelines for publicatIOns, nerr;slelle and invitations. The trand eminar will be ho ted by the Principal on Tuesday 25 May in the Council Room between /2.00-/4.00. The Ken ingcon eminar will be hosted by Professor Barry Ife Chairman of the Corporate Identity Working Group on Monday 24 May in the Physiology Lecture Theatre, Main Building between /2.00 and /4.00. A copy of the Guidelines will shortly be distributed to all departments and further copie will be available on reque t. Thi~ document i the second in the guideline ~eries produced by the Pre and Publication Officc and i an Important tool in thc implementation strategy for the College' ncw corporate vi ual idcntity. It aims to explain. in a user·friendly style, how to produce a variety of publications in the new identity and can be u ed byanyonc wi hing to produce a publication whethcr they are completely inexpericnced or whcther they arc a profe sional de igner needing guidance on how to follow the correct King'~ style. \!lany staff at King' now find them elves having to prod u e a variety of material for publication, from student and department handbooks to recruitment material for new cour cs, within a wide range of budgets. These guideline should help such pcoplc. To help explain the broad concept of 'corporate vi ual identit 'wc havc in ited John Rushworth of Pentagram De ign to introduce the Guidelines to the College. \1an of you will remember that John gave a er useful and enjoyable talk on the dc ign of the College logo to staff of the th ree main campuse la t ear. The seminars arc not intended to be a technical training e ion, but if taff have particular queries on the Guidelines they are welcome to di cuss them at the cnd of the eminars. Both of the e eminar~ are open to all members of staff, and we would particularly like to welcome staff with direct respon ibility for production of publications for their departments.

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ello ..... hip 0 he olle e I the hi he t honour ' 109 can be [0 ..... and It I awarded [0 those IOdl\idual .... ho, in thejud emem o the ommluee of Re Idem I' ello.... , have dl tlO ui hed themselve by ma ing a major contflbutlon 10 academic or public li e, The following ha e been elected Fellow of the College for I and their biographical detail are gi\en below, ir Peter Oald .... in Reverend Richard CogglO Profe or .'tanle) Earle; Dr :V10hammad Ilablb Pro cl. or Barry I fe Dr .\braham ek-'I ong Lue Profes or Roy Pike

Sir Peter Baldwin, KCB, MA Chairman of Delegacy, mg's College School of edlcme and Den IS ry Sir Peter ha been Chairman 0 the Delcgac) ;lOce I I and I; an ex-o fi 10 member of College CouncIl. lie enjoyed a dl;lingul;hed career In the Civil ervi e with po;t; at the Foreign Office, the Trea Uf) and the Cabinet Office. lie ro e [0 ach ieve the highest po ition a eivil ervant can hold. that of Permanent Secretary, at the Department of Tran port in I 7 and remained there until 19 2 when on retiring from the Civil, ervlce. he [Ook up the Chairmanship of the • outh I~ast Thames RegIOnal Ilealth i\uthorlt), a post he held untd 1991. ir Peter' concern with publi affair; i well reflected in the organisation 10 which he holds offi e, as halrman of the tatutory Di abled Per on. 'I ran port Advisof)' Committee, and the Executive ommittee of the I{oyal ASSOCiation for Di abilit and Rehabilitation. ice-Chairman of the Automobile ASSOCiation and a trustee of the Charitie Aid FoundatIOn.

Reverend Richard Coggins, MA, BD Semor Lecwrer m Old Testamem Studies, Kmg's College London Reverend Richard Coggins jOined King's 30 year; ago as I,ecturer In Old

re tament tudle.:\ 10,'al member 0 In . , he h a i ely partiCipated in College life. I"-lOg on a number 0 eomml tee • includin -\ demlc Board. lie ha proved [0 be a very popular and much appreciated teacher amon the tudents. lie wa promoted to enior Lecturer 10 Old Te tament tudie In 19 I. Between graduatlOg from Exeter College. Oxford...... ith a degree 10 \1odern Ili [Ory and a Diploma 10 Theology. and JOining King' . he undertook a number of appointmem at Oxford. I r Cogglns I a well re;pected authority In hi pccialist area, Biblical interpretation, and ha; \\ f1tten wide I) on the ubje t. I le gained a Bachelor of Dlvlnlt) mD) from Oxford in I 75 and wa elected PreSident 0 the. OClety for Old Testament 'tudy earlier thiS year.

Professor Stanley Earles, PhD, DSe(Engl, FEng, FIMeehE, AKC Head of he Depanmenc of Mechanical Engmeermg and Professor of Mechamcal Engmeenng. Kmg's College London Profe or Earlcs rejoined King's in 1976 when he took up the appointment of Professor of \1echanical Engineering and I lead hip of the Department. lie had been at the ollege ome two decades earlier as a student and had out. tanding ucce . achieving a fir t cia, honour degree and being awarded the Jelf \1edal. For a number of year he trained and worked a a production engineer in the automobile IOdu try and for a hort time wa with the Admlralt Engineering Laboratof) as a lentlfic Officer. Profe sor Earle jOll1ed Queen V1af) College a a Lecturer In 1955 and left 20 year later a a Profes or. ince rcturning to King' he has al 0 held the po t of Dean of Engineering of the Cniversity of London, was the first Ilead of the chool of Physical ciences and Engineering. and has erved on many College committec including as Chairman of the Estate Polic Committee.

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Dr Mohammad Habib, MSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC Chairman and anaglng Dlrec or 0 I eflcome (Pa 'S an) L d Or Hablb I a former tudent 111 the Chemi tf) Department at ing'. After gaming hi fir t degree from Punjab Lniver It)' Lahore, he studied for hi Ph D 111 Ileterocyclac hemi try at the Colie e 111 the late 1 -0. lIe till retall1 hi tiCS With the Colle e and i a member of KCL (The Kmg' College London:\ oelatlon) and -\KCC. ('I he '\; OClatlon of "lI1g' College Chemist ). .\fter leavlI1g KlI1g' he returned to Pakl tan and ;mcc I I has worked for Wellcome (Paki tan) Ltd, one of the large t manufacturers 0 pharmaceutical 111 Pakl tan lie began hI career 111 the research laboratofle and ro e to become Production Director in 19 . lie ha been halrman and V1anaging Director mce 19 2.

Professor Barry Ife, BA, PhD, ALCM Cervantes Professor of Spanish and Head of the School of Humanities, Kmg's College London Professor Ife is also a graduate of King' , gaining a first cia s honour degree in • pani h in 196 . lie was awarded hi Ph D by the C nlvcr ity of London. After holding Iccture hips at . 'ottlngham Cnlver It and at Blrkbeck College. he returned to King' in I as Cervante Profe or of. panlsh and I lead of the Dc partment of pan ish and pani h-American tudics. Ili research II1tcre t are in the literature and music of Golden-Agc pain, literary and lingui tiC computing and the histofiography of the . 'e\\ World. lie gave the 1992 Ta IOfian Lecture in Oxford to mark the quincentenary of Columbu ' first voyage to America , II1ce appoll1tment a the first J lead of Ilumanitie 111 1989, he ha played a major ad mini trative role in the ollege.

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Or Abraham Sek-Tong Lue, MBE, BSc, PhD,

Professor E Roy Pike, BSc, PhD, CPhys, CMath, FIMA, FlnstP, FRS

Former Assistant Prmclpal, Kmg's College London Or Lue as a tudent, Lecturer, and i tant Principal was a dedicated and loyal member of taff who contributed immea urably to the life of the ollege. He came to King' in 1%0 to tud for his PhD in Algebra and joined the taff of the Mathematics Department two years later as an Assistant Lecturer. lie rose to become a Senior Lecturer and in 1986 was appointed As istant Principal. He was actively involved with KCLA (King's College London Association) and was Honorary Treasurer for 10 years. Or Lue will be pecially remembered for hi tireless work in the recruitment and welfare of 0 ersea tudents. It wa hi negotiations which establi5hed 22 scholarship for students from Ilong Kong and China. Away from King's. he ha been for many years a muchre pected leader in the field of community relation. In addition to his work in setting up Saturday chools for Chinese children, he served for even years on the Home Secretary' dvisory Council on Race Relations, he was the founder of the Chinese Community Centre in London and remains its Chairman, and he was until recently Chairman of the Westminster Community Relations Forum. lie continues to work in promoting UK educational and cultural link with China and Taiwan.

Head of the School of Physical SCiences and Engmeenng and Cler Maxwell Professor of Theoretical PhysIcs. mg's College London Profe or Pike joined King' in 19 6 from the Ro al ignal and Radar E tabli hment where he wa Chief ientific Officer. ppointed to the Clerk \1axwell Chair of heoretical Physics, he became Ilead of the School of Physical ience and Engineering in 1991. A highly re pected figure in the world of physics, he has held many prestigious post. He wa Vice-President of the Institute of Physics, has served a a Council \1embcr of the European Physical ociet and was a Board \1ember of the European Phy ical Societ Optics Divi ion. lie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 19 I. Profe or Pike ha written extensively in his own pecialist ficld of quantum optics and superconductivity. He has also been the recipient of several major prize including the Annual Achievement Award from the Worshipful ompanyof cientific Instrument Markers and the \1acRobert Award of the Confederation of Engineering Institutions.

her . re the I11Cn he following table i m analysi of the recently i ued taff Ilandbook. It include onl academic taff in academic departmen . All error are entirely mine and I apologize, particularly for an mi -reading of the ex in names unfamiliar to me. ince we are as ured that opportunity is eq ual, I can on Iy assu me that it is the women at King's who are unequalunequal to the men in the qualifications and/or experience needed to fill the senior po t . The handbook doe not contain sufficient information to be able to carry out a imilar analysis for non-academic taff, but we do know that the ecretary, the Director of Finance, the Regi trar..... This means of course that women are severely under-repre ented in the policy-mak ing groups of the Collegethere is only one woman on the College Committee. I am well aware that there are other relevant variables, (eg. age, length of service), but I do not have the requisite information and have no idea whether it would mitigate or exacerbate the situation. Valerie Davics Director, Continuing Education Unit

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nt he Colic council It rneetln on 25 larch approved the Wor m Part recommendallon to e tabll h a Development 0 Ice. The 0 lice. ~ hlch ~ ill be located m the I~ ternal Relation Department. ~ ill be mltiall licer, tarred by a De elopment i tant Development Officer and a crew I I tant. The King' ollege London De elopment Tru t ~ III be reacti ated LO collect and di bur e development fund . Briti h univer itie ,and the li e of their taff. have changed out of all recognition incethe 19 O .. 'otonly doe Kmg' now have LO compete for it fundmg from a maller national pat, but the IIEFCE limits our freedom of action through its unding formula to an extent which would have been unlmagmable even ten ear a 10. Only b IncreaJ 109 ignlficantly our source 0 pn ate lOCO me will It be po slble LO increase our autonom . Onc by onc I3f1ti h unlversltie~ have set out on this path. The vast maJority, contrary to TIll! /ligher lead sLOry In December, have made solid if slow progre LOward theIr goal. ,ome, notabl Oxford, with a powerful and rich contact network but al 0 with the courage LO resource their Development Office properly, have achieved spectacular results. King's has been slow LO join the field. La t year a Working Party wa formed LO advi e the then Acting Principal on development. lhi included Chn topher :v1ann (an alumnu with hi o~n fundraising con ultancy, who had agreed LO givc hi time LO advi e the College on development), a econd profe ~ional fund-rai er, :v1rs hirley farmer, who is Director of the King' 2000 Appeal, and :v1r John Willlams. the Chairman of K L who also ha a background In public relations. The Working Party recommended that development a tlvitie initially focus on three activitie : an annual fund. assisting department LO obtain externally funded posts, and laying the foundation for legacy income. I\n annual giving programme is the clasic fir t step LOward a major gift campaign. The College has a ba e of active

up ner ~ho are mtroduced LO "I 'in a fir t tep to~ard developing the habit 0 philanthropy. Potentlallar e~Ie donors need to be Identified and brou ht LO the pomt ~here the a '~hat are ~e gom to do?' not 'what are you gomg to do?' Lar e if rarely come from those who have not had Ion and po Itlve hlSLOne of annually supportm an 10 titution. \1an colleague have Id LO me 10 the la t 'ear that they believe we hould be developlOg new source of external funding. Ilowever, the deci ion LO seek pnvate mcomc i not an ca y option, from which \~e can It back and enjoy the frul : It put a particular re pon Ibillty on us all a member 0 the College. It Will be difficult LO convince alumni. major philanthropis corporations. and fou ndatlOns that we are worthy of their support unle we, the taf. who, along With the College' tu den t.!>, tand LO gain most from their generosity, have madeome finanCial commItment to impro e our own futllre . There are ground LO be optlml tiC that taff will accept this re pon ibillty. Thc gencrosity of taffgiving was one of the succe sLOrie of the King's 150th nnlversary campaign; taff at Chelsea College also gave generously in the early J 980s. Succe s cannot Simply be Judged in terms of the amount rai ed; the percentage of taff ~

prepared LO upport the fund is another important indicator. taff al 0 have a crUCial role LO pia in opening door LO key IOdlvidual in their contact network and In bnnging funding opportunities to the De elopment Office' attention. An appeal for funds by the academic most closely concerned, after the padework ha been done b the Development Office, I on many occasions the route to ucce . In ummary, we must not look on de elopment a the ole province of Development Office taff. but omething which I done hy us all with the help of profe sional taff. On the degree LO which this attitude takes root will the succe s of this new ventllrc tand or fall. 13arrie S :v1 organ Director of External Relations

Ro\al\llt hIS year' annual :"atlonal Conference of Registrar and Secretarics of thc univer ItlCS was hosted by King' and hcld at the College from 5 LO 7 April. The onference was last held in London In I 49. The conferen e dinner In the Great Ilall wa attended by Iler Royal Ilighnes The Prince Royal, as hancellor of the C niver ity of London, accompanlcd by her husband Commander Timothy Lawrence. Iler Royallllghne hown (above) chatting to College, ecretary Rill lade with :v1lchcle Parson, theadmini trative organiser of the conference, beh ind them The thrce-day onference pro ,de a forum for the heads ofadmlOi tration in the univer itle to meet together LO di cu s policy is ue led by eminent key-note peaker, and to consider matter of mutual interest. Among thi year's speaker were Or David J Jarri on, Chairman of the CVCP, \1r Jim Donaldson, Director of Quality ssurance at the cotti h Iligher Education Founding Council, and Profe or I3rian fender. Vice-Chancellor of the C niversity of Keele.

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, chool Office reorg.mi 3rlon rhe Life cicncc

uring the latter part of last year the chool Office Resource Working Party, under the Chairman hip of Professor I Iider, considered the organi ation and resourcing of the central activitie of the School of Life, Basic Medical and Health Sciences. As an outcome of that review, there have been a number of changes to the tructure and management of the School office. With a School the ize and complexity of our, and in its present state of evolution, it was agreed that a team management structure would provide the most flexible and functional approach. Essentially the School office management team will comprise the following: Dilys Carter, Academic ervice Officer; Christine Crewe, Personnel Officer; Management Accountant, to be appointed; Jeremy Mason, Industrial Liaison Officer; Peter Butterworth ub-Dean. For communication/liaison purpose, responsibilities will be a follows: lIead ofSchool Strategic policy issues Academic Services Officer. Teach ing, research and external relations Personnel Officer. Human resource management and staff development, health and safety and ethical matter Indus/rial Liaison Officer. Re earch contracts, liaison with industry, continuing education Sub-Dean: Policy and advice relating to the admission of student and their progress Managemen/ Accoun/ing: to be agreed Professor Harold Baum Head of School

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e \ Portugue e Uuir

hi academic year has seen the endowment of a new chair in the Department of Portugue e and Brazilian tudies. Manuel Villaverde Cabral has been appointed as the first Prince Henry the :" avigator Profe sor of Portugue e 1I istory. At Profes or Cabral' inaugural lecture on 23 February, the Principal, Profe or Arthur Luca ,and Professor Helder Macedo took the opportunity to thank the many spon oring institutions in Portugal and Britain (many of whom were repre ented on the night) for their continuing enthusia m and generous financial support.

Coloured Diamond.

t a lecture entitled Thear/ijicial coloura/ion ofdiamond by radio/ion damage, presented to the Gemmological Association of Great Britain on 8 March 1993, Or Alan Collins of the Physics Department of King's explained the origins of colour in natural and man-made diamonds and described how the colour of gcm diamonds can be improved by radiation (in an accelerator or nuclear reactor) followed by heat treatment. Because the elling pricc of a gem diamond is greatly influenced by the colour it is important for a gem testing laboratory to be able to decide whether the colour of so-called fancy-coloured diamond i natural, or whether it has been produced, or enhanced, by /rea/men/. Or Collins explained how tudie of the optical propertie of diamond in hi research group had produced information which allowed treated yellow and treated pink diamonds to be detected unambiguously. Establi h ing the origin of colour in a pale green diamond is more difficult, and research is continuing in this area. In the meantime Or Collins has proposed that uniformly coloured green

diamond hould not be regarded a naturall coloured unle the inten ityof the green colour is le than that of the Dresden Green - a 41 carat diamond for which the green colour is known to be natural. erewyn homet Phy ies Department

(;oou ne\\,> for Biochemi"rry graduare

n analysi of the destinations of ingle honours Biochemistry graduates from King's for the la t five years ha recently been made by Or Mike Perry of Biochemistry and hows that employment prospects for the e graduates are far from bleak. Over the last five year, 35 per cent have gone on to further biochemical training; 22 per cent have used their biochemistry in their first job training (including those who have gone to train for teaching); just under 15 per cent have found employment outside biochemistry; 15 per cent have continued with studie other than biochemistry (usually in other sciences); eight per cent have either returned home oversea' or arc British nationals going to work overseas, while under five per cent are unemployed or their whereabouts are unknown. There are no ignificant change in the proportion of tudents in each category over the five-year period. Or Perry comments: 'Our students receive unremittingly bad news from television and the pre s ahout employment prospects and, not urpri ingly, are deepl concerned. The true statistics, however, present a more po itive picture and should serve to reas ure tudents. On a more po itive note till, of the 33 single honours Biochemistry graduates who have included an extramural year in their degree, 23 are now undertaking PhD training.'

r l-.IIzabchDo\\de ~ell. the ne\\,l appolO ed Executive D,rec or 0 the Lnlted a Ion [n"lronment Programme n; 'EP)and a l Lnder cretary-General. I pictured herc \\ Ith Profe or Pcter on. Director 0 1 \RC. dUring her VI it in :>.1arch to the :'Y10nitorin17 and. e ~ment Re earch Centre (\1.\RC) at Ken in ton. Ylr Dowdc \\ell. who beforc hcr C. 'EP appointmcnt on 1 January 1993 was '\s istant Dcputy \lInl\tcr at Envlronmcnt Canada and Ilcad of Canada's ;\tmo pherlc En Ironment ServICC. ~pent half a da at \1\ RC dl cU%lng thc 'entrc' current cO\'lronmcntal re earch and mcctlng taf. Kmg' has a longa.\\ latlon With l 1':1' through \1 ..\I~ which. a a dC\lgnated l; I'ol'-CE 1S \\\c~~ment C<.:ntr<.: and a World Ilealth Organl7.:mon Collaborating Centr<.: or I~nvlronmental lonltorlng and t\\\e~\ment, play\ an Important role 10 \cveral L 'EP aCtlVltle~, notably th<.: programmcs on air; watcr and food quallt . DUring her" iSlt:'Y1 r Dowdewell dl cu ~ed Yl I~C' ... work on the as,essment of urban air pollution and strc sed the importancc of C 'EI' working with countrie to evaluate urban air quality and devise \\ays in \\hich human exposure and con equcntial health effects, for example re\plratory dlsea\e ,could be reduced. The recently publl hed C. 'El' \'110 report produced by YlI\RC entitled er. on iltr PollullOn In MegaCJties ofthe World clearly hlghllght\ such need. Ylrs Dowdes\~ell also dl used vL\RC' \\,ork on global watcr quality and on food contamination

chool and con1puter

omputcr\ In the cia \room definitcly do aid chlldrcn's learning, the fir t C K-wldc \tudy (carned out at King's) has found. But thc benefits are only felt if pupils regularly use omputer. in an appropriate way and teachers are committed and ultably trained 10 the u e of n (lOformatlon technology). Ihi is the conclusion of The ImpaeT Project (The Impaet of Information '1 eeh nology on Ch IIdren 's \chievement ) undertaken by the Centre for Educational. tudics for the Department for Ed ucation, The Study involved 2,300 children In 7 clae divided into three age group, -10.12-14, and 14-1 â&#x20AC;˘ In I local education authorities.

The Project i the re ult of a threeyear ~tudy examining the impaet of IT on children's achievement in primary and econdary chools. acro a range of national curriculum subject - English. mathematic. clence and geograph . The cla\ses were grouped in 'matched pairs'. One of each pair planned to be a regular user of IT, whilst the other planned lmle or no IT u e. Information provided b pupils about their n u~e was u~ed to quantif the validity ohhe ongoing matched pair, and the con equent asc. ment results. 'I he re earch methodology was monitored and the re ult endor ed b the independel1tcon ultants. KPYlG Peat :'Y1arwick :'Y1cLintock. The Directors of thc ImpacT Project are ()r :'Y1argaret Cox, â&#x20AC;˘ enior Lecturer and Profe ~or David John on. hell Profe or of Ylathematic Education. '1 he Ca e Stud o-ordinator and Report Editor i Yl r Deryn at on. enior Leeturer in C' ,

with It\ conseq uentlal Impact on health and implication or world tradc,

(left to nght) Dr Frank Iltbbert and Professor Robert Ilills with Dr Sed Rnffm (0 former King's student now orklng 01 I~SSO Ruearch), Professor I,utm, John I'nce (1lead of f~SSO Research) and I)r f)avld Malcolm-I,aws atlhe founclz of the new I~SSO micro-computer laboratory In the Department of Chemistry founded fJ1;t1h money won under the f.SSO Iligher Fducat;on Support Scheme. page 9

Fad, Fa hion &Cults

on Thorne Director of the English Language Cnitat King's, ha written Fads, Fashion A nd Cults, a dictionary of po twar Anglo axon culture, published by Bloom bury (拢20). The dictionary deals with almost 50 years of craze, vogues and trends to produce a study of the minutiae of modern history. The book has received interest from 17 local radio tations and the pre . Articles have appeared in the Sunday Times, the International Herald Tn路bune the Doily Mail, the Financial Times and several local papers. Here are some edited highlights: "inky boots: women's knee-or thighhigh leather boots as worn in Britain from 1962 to 1965. This kind of footwear, inspired by feti h istic style~, was considered daring at the time and emblematic of the winging Sixties. The leather repertoire, of which kinky boots were a part, was one of the fir t examples of a deviant or underground mode being recognised by mainstream fashion. Indie pop: the Indie abbreviation started to be used in the 1970s by the music press and music industry to describe an independent record label (ie not one affiliated to any of the big business conglomerates, known as the 'majors').

imby: i someone who oppose controversiallegi lation (typically on en iron mental or ocial i sues) only in case where !he is directly affected. It is an acronym for the catch phrase ':"ot In:vty Backyard!' coined in the USA during the 19 0 to de cribe a s ndrome whereby a person who in principle upport a potentially harmful move or policy, opposes it in practice for selfish reasons. Byexten ion, a per on in unqualified opposition to the same is ues i known as :"amby, from ':"ot In Anyone's Backyard!' G.'obal Village: a term coined by :vtarshal McLuhan to describe the world in the age of information networks, a world in wh ich individ uals have access to virtually instantaneou communication, rendering previou notions of time and space obsolete. The phrase became a cliche of the '1lippie era', appealing both to a desire for a common consciousne and to the wi h for a convergence of primitivism and technology. School of London: a school of painting of the 1950s made up of five of Britain's most influential post war artists whose reputations, temporarily eclipsed by abstraction and 'pop art', were firmly ree~tablished in the 1980s. The five central figures were Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, :vtichael Andrews and Leon Kossoff. Tony has also contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of Business English to be published in May.

Water Lilies In the ile

espite the extensive archaeological excavati~ns of the civilizations of AnCient Egypt, surprisingly little is known of the vegetation and environment in which these civilizations aro e. Is it possible, for example that woodland once grew where the Great Pyramid now stands in the sands of Giza? Papyrus swamps are well represented in the surviving art, but papyrus is now virtually extinct in Egypt, so we know that great changes have occurred. What part did past human land use play in these changes? Ilow has the area been affected by climate change' page 10

In the Divi ion of Life iences at Ken ington. Or Peter :vtoore and collaborator from Egytian C niversities, including Or kina yyad (Cniver ity of:vtan oura) and He ham El Fayoumi (Cniver it of Cairo) are applying the techniq ue of pollen analysi to the investigation of uch question. It is po sible to identify micro copic fo il pollen grains with a considerable degree of preci ion and such remains are abundant in the archaeological sediments of Egypt and aloin the mud bricks that were used p until now, as building materials. however, such a rich re ource of archaeological and environmental information has been almost completely neglected. One project associated with this re earch programme is the study of water Iilie in the ancient Nile - plants that are very well repre ented both graphically and in stylized form in the statues and jewelry of pharaon ic times. Two species are involved in these representations, a bl ue-flowered species (~ymphaea caerulea) and a whiteflowered one (:". lotus). A third water lily, the true Indian lotus (:"elumbo nucifera) wa probably introduced from the east during the Persian Period (525332 B.C.). Both of the ancient native water lilies evidently played an important part in the cultural life of ancient Egypt, judging by the way in which their flowers were enclosed with embalmed mummies (including Ramases 11) and used in religious representation of the the king emerging from an opening water lily (as with one bust of Tu tank ham un). l3ut we know nothing of the ecology, biogeography or past distribution and history of the e species in Ancient Egypt. The first task for the King's group has been the development of an effective way of identifying the two specie on the basis of their pollen grains, and thi has now been achieved using a combination of phase contrast and seanning electron microscopy. The pollen grains of the two species are closely similar and resemble tiny hamburger buns, just 1/500th mm in diameter. Their separation can only be achieved by the microscopic detection of sin uou ridges beneath the surface of the blue variety. This technique for identification has been tested on muds, continued on back page

Review of the Central Adlninistration

owards the end of last year the College Committee commissioned a review of the Central Administration. The Review Group consisted of David Ball (Deputy Secretary-Planning and Resources), David L1ewellyn (SAO Laws), Timothy Si mons (Physiology) and Bill Slade (College Secretary), with myself as Chairman. The purpose of the review was to make recommendations about appropriate staffing levels in the central admin istrative departments - and in some cases to re-define the roles of those departments - in the light of the College's policy of devolved administration and the staffing levels envisaged in the Strategic Plan. The Review Group re-affirmed the thrust of the Priestley Report, which argued in 1987 that the administration needed to be more responsive to the academic activities which it existed to serve, and that this could best be done through a policy of devolution. The enormous changes which have taken place in King's and in higher education as a whole over the intervening five years have proved the wisdom of that advice: a centralised system could not have coped with the size and the complexity of the problems we have had to face. The changing patterns of administrative support associated with the establishment of Schools have, of course, left a question in many people's minds: if we have local adminstration, why do we need central administration~ The Review Group has attempted to answer this question in its report by

defining the roles of the central admini tration - many of which have changed very considerably in the last two or three years - in terms of corporate accountability. We are a single entity, albeit large and heterogeneous, and we have to be able to co-ordinate and control our activities as well as take legal, financial and academic responsibility for them. These planning, co-ordinating and accounting tasks are best done centrally - indeed, some of them can only be done centrally. The other question we had to answer was - how much should we be spending on adminstration? We made national comparisons, of course, but the main task was to scrutinise the staffing levels proposed in Appendices K I-M I of the Strategic Plan. These tables, adjusted for changes which have taken place since the plan was published, proposed an across-the-board cut from IIB.I fulltime eq uivalent posts in 1991-92 to 93.1 in 1994-95 - an overall reduction of nearly 25%. The problem here was that these reductions had been formuladriven, and had not been derived from a detailed consideration of needs, as had been the case with academic departments. The Review Group looked carefully at the staffing needs of each of the departments in the light of their responsibilities and work-load. The result has been a series of detailed recommendations which have reduced the cuts in the Strategic Plan by 4.1 fulltime equivalent posts. In addition, the College Committee has recently approved

CENTRAL ADMIN1STRATION 1991-92

1994-95

aclual

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recommended

Cost centre

(adjusled)

Bursar Finance & Personnel Academic Regislrar's Depl Principal & Secretarial External Relation Development Office

10.5 58.1 23.0 10.0 16.5

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the establishment of a Development Office, which brings the final recommended staffing level for 1994-95 to 100.2, as detailed in the table below. Copies of the full report, which has been approved by the College Committee, may be consulted in School offices, or in the offices of central administrative departments. Professor Barry Ife Head of School of Humanities

King's Report 1994

he feedback from the King's Report, published in January, has been extremely positive. We are now beginning to plan the next edition, to be published in January 1994, and therefore need to collect ideas for features as soon as possible. These should be similar in type to the ones used last year: ie about projects that show King's as active in the world, contributing in interesting and useful ways to knowledge or to the quality of life, preferably capable of illustration with striking images (although this is not essential - the designers will find ways of illustrating most things!). We would like to include interesting teaching and consultancy ideas or projects, not just research ones. We are not looking for finished articles, but for copies of existing papers describing the project, or for brief accounts (about 100 words) and photocopies or notes about any illustrative material. This will enable us to make a choice which will give a balanced spread across the College's work. Please send material as soon as possible, before the end of May, to me in the Press and Publications Office at Cornwall House. Christine Kenyon Jones Director of Public Relations

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Promotions in Humanities 1 he 11," n~ ta ha e bee n

recommended or romotlon t eOlor Le urer 10 thc hoolo IlumaOltle , r m ( to er I 3: Dr Da dear . De part me n 0 ~ rench;

Reorganisation in Finance 1 he F lOa nee Department h been

Heads of Department 1 he 0110.... 10 appolOtmen and re-

Dr Ph I P b n, Department udle . ( hn topher \\ ntle,

diVided In 0 our dlvl ion: FlOanclal and '\ccou ntlO rv Ice - mana ed b, n hna I\lrpllaOl; PlannlO and orporate \1anagement - managed by Brian Oldham' chool :Y1ana ement and I ntema! -\udit - managed by RoblO honfield and lndu trial Collaboration managed b :Ylerv n Maharaj <Financial Accountant and Compan ecretary-

appolOtmen 0 llead Department or 01' I Ion .... ere agreed by Cou ncillO \larch. -\11 the appolOtmen tart ram 1 Augu t I 3. and are for three year

Department of 1u IC Dr DomlOic Rathbone ha been made Re derlO \nclent Ili tory

unks

Honours

KCL Enterpnse Ltd.) A a re ult of thl rcorganl atlon the Job title and remitS of ~everal of the manager have al 0 altered nd arc explalOcd below: Knshna Klrpilanl I the Collcge'" Chief 路\c ountant, responsible for all finan lal accounting ervlce ,lOcludlng thc, hool of Medicine and Dcntlstry and the rclated services, ic payroll. supplier, debtors and cashlenng. Robin Shonficld "Ill a ~ume the role of Assistant Director of finance, essentially helping Da Id Ball 10 the management of hool and elffinanced or trading actlVltlCS, as well as having control of the I nternal Audit function. Brian Old ham will become the Collcge's Corporatc Planner, and will contlnuc to provide the Collegc'" Executive :v1anagcment with appropriate management report~, lOeluding financial plans, budgcts and management account.

New Council member Profes or lan Cameron. former Pnnclpal of CM 0 " has become a mcmber of the College Council. Professor Camcron was nominated b the L nlver Ity of

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A a a d an Profe or Kelth Web ter, Biology Group ClaSSICS Professor :v1 ichae I , ilk Compu er SCience Professor julian Lllmann cnglsr Prafe sor janet Bately c ec r,ca Engineer ng Professor 路\Ian Roger., French Profes or Richard ,riffith German Professor Roy WISOCY (until 31 7 4) Hea SCiences 0 VISion Profes or Bob 11 ider a hema ,cs Dr Davld RoblOson (Deputy I lead Dr Alan Pears - untlI3!.7. 5) urs,ng S ud,es Professor jenifer Wil on Barnett In Ion and Die e ICS Dr Catherine Geis ler Pharmacy Profe or hris :v1arriott Ph"osphy Professor \1ark ainsbury Po uguese and Brazilian S udies Or Patriek habal Theology Professor Colin Gunton ar S udles Professor La""rence Freedman

Visiting Professorships

London 'enatc and will erve for thrcc

:v1r C R Ker e has been appointed for

year.

two years to the Law. hool.

Vice-Principal

appointed for three cars to the Centre

Profes or Richard Griffith ha been appointed by Council to the post of Vice-Principal for a further two years from I Augu t 1993.

of\1cdical Law and Ethic. :v1r F:v1 Pope ha., been appointed for

Professor :v1 jefferys ha., been

three year to the Biochemistry. ection in the Life eienee Division. Or W B Grat7..cr has been appointcd for three ears to the Division of Biomedical. ienees.

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Profe or La Hen..:e Freedman, Ilcad of thc Dcpartment of War. tudie , ha becn appolOted Chair of the Committee on I nternatlOnal Peace and ecuntyof the l;nlted tate ocial cience Re earch Council. lie I the fir t nonL Itl70Cn to hold thi'> position. I)r Anthony \\ POtt ha., been cleeted ,. cllow~hlp of the II1'>tltute of Phy ICS.

Or Abraham Lue The Extcrnal Relations Dcpartment is pica cd to announce that Dr \hraham I.ue, who retired a \,.,,,stant Pnnclpal last Septcmbcr. ha., agrecd to act a., an advl ory con.,ultant for the Collcge With Immediatc effect. King' will particularly hcnefit from :\be's help with tudent recru Itment and 10 tilUlIonal lial~on in The People's Republic of Chin , Ilong Kong and Taiwan, and in

opening doors in the City and el~ewhere for the benefit of thc Collcgc's devclopment campaign. The KC Wong cholarshlp sehcmc, undcr the auspices of which 15 PhD tudent study in the College. I testamcnt to i\be's kills. We arc delightcd that hc IS prepared to parc the time from hIS husy hedulehe IS 10 no ,ense of the word retired - to give u., thc advantage of hi unrivallcd knowledgc of the Chlllcse world and bUSlne

acuman.

Bamc \1 organ Director of I~xternal Relations

New Assistant Registrar for Academic Standards Katc Quantrell is the new Assistant I~cgi trar for eademic Standards. hc will be ba.,ed at the, trand on ext 211 .

Rcmis ion of tuition fee for College taff he regulation about the remi ion of fee to College staff their spou e and ch ildren, in respect of cour e taken at King' ha e been lightly amended. The courses that are covered by th i provi ion are those leading to a degree qualification, and the staff covered are the full-time members of King' College taff other than those employed as nooIIEFCE funded taff. The fee are remitted to the extent that the members of staff would otherwise be liable to pay them. The College may al 0 at its discretion meet the cost of other course undertaken by members of the College taff, provided that the course i directly related to the member's employment and ufficient funds are available. I3rian alter Academic Registrar

Australian \'i, it

n Ylarch, Harry Rajak, Director of the Insolvency Re earch Unit in the Law school, attendcd a conference in Melbourne and read papers at Monash University and at the Melbournc office of Mallcson tephen ]acques, the largest law firm in Australia. lIe took the opportunity to visit the Law chool of Melbourne, Mona h and La Trobe niversitie and also the Law Schools of Sydney and New South Wales Universities. There was a tremendous enthusiasm among member of these law facu Itie for exchanges with the King's ollege Law hool of both teacher and students. A report is being prepared for con ideration by the Law School at its next meeting. The College has a draft exchange agreement with the University of 'ew outh Wales and a member of the foreign programme di ision of Sydney niver ity - whom Harry met on his vi it there - made clear how enthusiastic all School would be to develop exchanges with all corresponding departments at King' .

rofessor E Brian Davies of the Department of Mathematics, has been awarded a Royal ociery Leverhulme Tru t Senior Research Fellow hip for the J993-94 academic year. The fellow hips provide an opportunity for cienti ts in an ubject to be relieved of all teaching and administrative duties for a year to do full-time research; even awards were made in 1993. Professor Davies will be ucceeded by Dr David C Robinson, Readcr in Applied athematics, as Hcad of Department and the College will employ an academic under the age of thirty to take over hi teaching duties for the year. Profcs or Ibrecht Frohlich, FKC, PR ,formerly Head of the Department of\llathematics until his retirement in 19 3, ha been awarded the De Morgan Ylcdal by thc London Mathematical ociety. The medal, presented triennially, is the most prestigious award ofthe national mathematical society and marks a career of di tinguished contributions to mathematics. Profes or Frohlich has also been awarded a Re earch Prize by the H umboldt foundation to enable him to make research visits to univer ities in Germany.

\1arathon taff

ongratulation to those members of taff who lOok part in the recent London Ylarathon. We're not sure how many of you out there took part but would like to congratulate those competitors that we have heard about: Mike Clorke, the Executive Director of the Centre for Defence tudies, who completed the course in three hours and 27 minute; Co/in Chown, a new member of the trand portering team, who completed the cour e in four hours and 17 minutes; and John Thomas, from the Estates Office, who completed the course in two hours and 56 minutes.

n order to keep in clo er contact with users on other ite ~ick Bugg will be calling at Ken ington on Wed ne days and Chelsea on Thursdays, and will be available from .45 until 10.00. Yles age should be left on ext 2356 or with Alan Rowland or Bill Colwell at Kensington, or John Worn ham at Chel ea.

Central London Training and Emcrpri e Council (CE. 'TEC)

aleric Davies, the Director of the Continuing Education Unit, i a member of CE 'TEC Higher Educaton Forum and ha ju t been a ked to join the Council' Education and Training SUb-group. She would like colleagues entering into negotiations or dealings with CENTEC to keep her informed so that she can su pport their cases.

I lalf-term play chcme

he next half-term play scheme will take place from 31 Mayto4]une 1993. Itis available for children of staff and students from 9.00 to 17.00 at ÂŁ7 a day, and will be held in Room 132, the Gym. To re erve a place please contact Su ie Gentleman on ext 1245 as soon as possible, as they need ten children per day to enable the scheme to fund itself.

ur cry prO\"1 IOn

he College has made a grant to KCLS to support two places for students' children in the niversity of London nlon nursery. The College Committee has also made a proposal to provide a number of nursery places for staffs children at another nursery, and further details will be given in Commenl as soon as they are available.

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ward cover fellow and their amilie and IOclude return fare, living expense , fellowship cos ,extenSive travel I.\<lthlO the C and medical In urance. Tenure i from even to twelve month, beginning in August 1994. Applicant hould be Bfltish citizens aged between their late 20 and earl 40 and hould alread)' have ub tantlal profc slOnal expeflence. They 1.\<111 be selected for their qualitle a leader and opinion former, the qualit)' and relevance of their project propo~al, (10 one of three main ubJect area of common concern to the L K and the LS). The ubJect areas are: I/uman r(\()urct In

Ihe 2/sl cenlury: impro

109 the cducatlon system, tralOing and emplo ment practices; People In CJMs: ImprovlOg the quality of life in urban complexes by addre ing contflbutory factors eg Cflme, hou ing etc; Promoling good heallh. improving health ervlces and relevant activities In order to maximize the good health of the community. hort-listed candidatc will be interviewed in London in January 1994. further information and application forms may be obtained from The I larkness Fellowships, 2 Bcdford • quarc, London WC! B 3EG. Request for application forms must be re elved by 14 October 1993 accompanied by a 10 x 7" E, carrying 34 p postage. Completed form hould be rcturncd b edneday 20 October 1993.

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on (omputl:r

joint project funded by the Department of Ilealth has brought together a team from the Centre for Educational tud,es and the Department of Paedodontics at the Dental School to develop computer software to help train dentists and other taff in dental surgeries. The research has also been asses ing what kinds of existing training materials denti ts prefer, how much they use computers, and how u eful they find this kind of training. p ge I

The 0 I.\<are I.\<a de i ned for dentl t to u unas I ted 10 their 01.\<0 practice to learn more about the dla no i and treatment 0 ·pulpall. compromised deciduou teeth' (,e children' fir t teeth that are diseased or damaged). It comblOe text, diagrams, clinical photograph, radiographs, narration and Video material. The user are presented Jth a sefle of option on the screen, enabling them to control the learning route through the programme themselvc . Thl hould enable the mateflal to meet a I.\<Jde range of dentl t ' need, depending on their prevlOu nOl.\<ledge and expcflenee. 'r he evaluation of dcntists' computer u e and need wa based on an anal) I of 76 return from dental practitIOners. It wa found that half the dentl t had 101.\< knowledge and skills with computers, and less than ten per cent were ery expeflenced computer users. !\fter trials, 95 per cent of the dentists rated the software at three or above (on a eale of five) and there were many appreciative eomments on ItS uscfu Ine . \:inety per cent would be willing to pay over £200, and 25 per cent over £500, to haveuch a sy tem installed in their practice, and nearly all dentists said that it would be useful not on Iy to them but al 0 to surgery as iStant~ and receptionists. It is hoped that this pilot project will provide the foundation for a more exten Ive Investigation of the role of computer a Isted learn Ing for practl Ing dentl t . F or further details contact Dr Peta 'mlth i1lead of the School of Paedodontic); VIr "'ndrew Could I Paedodontic~) or Dr \.1argaret Cox (Centre for Educational. tud,e ).

Re arch grant recel cd

omment is aiming 10 carry regular reporlS ofresearch granls received by members ofIhe College. The deloils ofgronls whicJr are con/tdenlial are nOI given, nor ore Ihose for

Age Concern Institute of Gerontology Pro -\r n er .000 (E RC) ta pursue and define the heme "or new research Into ageing. Dr J\.~kham. £-,000 (The \.1edlcal ollege of t 8artholomew' 110 pltal). Contflbutlon toward research expense . 1 otal grant (including exten ions worth ,77 ), £24, 02. Anatomy & Human Biology rotal grant (ll1c.1udll1g exten. IOns). ~-(.2 2

Biochemistry Pro R Cammack, 102.971 Ecu (approx upport research on the e Iu IdatICll1 of the caral) tic me hanl,m of hydrogenase en/Y me, b) electron paramagneti resonance S pectroscopy. Total granv (including extensions worth 11, 5), £95.662. ~0.3171 (l.. EC) to

Biology Pro DOl lall, 132,000 Ecu (£102,960 approx) (U~C) to ,upport re carch on blocthanol prod uction from sorgh um. Total granls (including extensions worth 6.< 0), £114.860.

Biophysics Dr B J Suttan, £74,234 ( E RC) to upport research on the development of novel IGG binding proteins. Dr VI Irvll1g, £140.652 (VI RC) to support research on the molecular mechanl,m of force generation in mu c1e: time resolved X-ray diffraction \vith Isolated Il1tact fihrc . J)r VI ~andcrson, J)r B J Sulton. £5 - ,3 -0 (VI RC) to purchase a rotatll1g anode- ora generator for protein crysrallography. Prof I I Gould, £7,500 (. mlthklll1e Beecham) Research student hip. J)r l~ Jordan, 5,37 (Wellcome 'I ru t) toupport research on gene structure and autOantibodies to nucleoli. Total grants, 313,114.

Centre for Educational Studies Dr J Bliss, £9,000 (I~. RC) to support research on the current academic concerns in the areas of cognition and communication. Total grants (including extensions worth 12,711 ). £21 ,711.

Chemistry

Nursing Studies

Dr K lone, - ,000 ( mithkline Beecham). Contribution LOward

Prof 1 Macleod-Clark, 0,000 ( E Thame Regional Ilealth Authority). Research fellow hip and tuden hip. Total grants, £64,19-.

research cxpense .Dr K lonc ,£9. 00 ( mithkline Beecham) ase re earch tuden hip. Dr [ Lewi ,3 0,664 Ecu ( 04,531 approx) (EEC) LO upport the development of on- tream biosen or for pe ticide detection. Total gran ,£319,431. Electronic & Electrical Engineering Dr W Chambers, £110,064 ( E RC) LO support rc earch on hybrid prcad spectrum technique for cellular mobilc communication. Dr S A ela tin, £22,075 ( ERC) LO support a pilot study on aULOmatic data capture and analy i of crowd in confined arca u ing image processing. Total grants (including extension worth £5.200). £173,727. German Prof R Wi bcy, £37,657 (Leverhulmc TrustlI3riti h Academy) . cnior Re earch Fcllow hip awarded LO Dr D G M Ro ler. History Total grant (including extensions). £1,500 Human Environmental Sciences Prof P 1 Peter on, $40,000 «£25.000 approx) ( IEP). upplcment to the Gem MoniLOring and s es ment Rcscarch Project. Prof P 1 Peter ·on. $14.000 ( ,917 approx) (WIIO) LO support the Gem Water Research Programme. Prof P 1 Pctcrson. $26.000 (£17.177 approx) (WHO) LO support a research project entitled "concern for Europe' tomorrow." Total grant (including extension~ worth £ 190.322). £241,416. Mechanical Engineering Dr M Yianne ki . 128,000 Ecu (£12,400) (EEC) LO upport research on the effccts of fouling on the efficiency of hcat exchanger in lignite utility boilers.Dr M Yianne ki ,£137,1 3 (inc £37,670 overhead )(Ford MOLOr 0) LO support re earch on flow pattern in 2-~troke engine cylinders and ports. TOlal grants. £147,544. Microbiology Prof M I3azin, £12,647 (RITE) Re earch studentship Dr 1 Heale. Dr 13 I3ainbridge,77,42 Ecu (£60.394 approx) (EEC) LO upport re earch on pathotyping of isolates of ascochyta rabiei cau ing blight of chick pea. Total grant, £73.04 I.

Nutrition & Dietetics Dr M :"elson, 23,343 (MAFF) to produce tandard food phoLOgraphs for u e in dietary urvey. Total grants (including exten ion worth ). £25.843. £1. Pharmacology Dr S Brain, £4 ,700 (Wcllcome Trust) LO u pport research on the use of venom and toxins LO elucidate inflammaLOry mechanisms with pecial relevance to neuropeptide release. Prof 1 LittleLOn, Dr 1 Tucker, Or 1 Pizzey (AnaLOmy). £122,646 (Wcllcome Trust) to u pport re carch on cc lIu lar adaptation in adrenal cell culture a a model for chemical dependance on benzodiazcpine and opiate. Dr Brain. ,50 I (Fisons PLC). Research student hip. DrCPage.£15,975 (Biogen). Contribution LOwards research expense. Total grants. £239.473. Pharmacy Prof R Ilider, £25,000 (Ciba-Geigy AG) LO support research on novel aluminium chclaLOrs for neurobiological application. Dr Bloomfield, £6,000 (Unilever Research). Contribution LOwards the disin fectant evaluation project. Total grants (including extension worth £13.714). £51,685. Philosophy Dr L iorvane, £10,000 (I3riti h Academy). Exten ion LO a research project entitled, the dictionary oflIeo-

platonic terms. Physics DrG :\10rrison, £12 ,00 (. ERC)LO ~upport research on direct imaging of growth proce c in ilica gels and zeolite precur or. Prof E R Pike, £101.919 ( ERC) LO upport research on inver e problem theory & quantum monte carlo imulation in high TC superconductivity. Prof R M Ilill, £3 ,630 (The :"ational Grid ompany plc) LO upport research on modelling of electrical degradation and breakdown. Or T Ilall, 90,000 Ecu (£70,200 approx) (EEC) to upport re.earch on parallel optical processor and memories. TOlal grants, £432, 64.

Physiology Prof L Howell, £11,250 (British Diabetic A sociation). Supplement LO Group uppOrt. Prof 1 Pear on. 142,697 (Wellcome Tru t) LO uppOrt research on the mechani m of anti-inflammaLOry action of gluco-corticoid on endothelium. Total grants (including exten ions worth £1 ,64 ),£177,097. Physiotherapy Or D :"ewham.

-,235 (The Arthritis

and Rheumati m Council) LO uppOrt research on the muscle function and rehabilitation of the osteo-arthritic knee. War Studies Prof L Freedman, £47,099 (Ministry of Defence). Extension of support for foundation tudie for higher command and taff cour e, and resident hi LOrian. Prof L Freedman, £30,000 (Ministry of Defence). Extension of hisLOrical research inLO air-LO-air combat. Total grants. £77.099.

:\dditional award made after janual) 31 Dr Martin avias has been awarded a grant of $7000 by the Social Science Research Council in l'ew York LO conduct a work hop on the subject of the West European Arms Trade. Sally Redftm, DirecLOr of the Nursing Research Unit and Ion Norman and Ted White, both lecturer in Mental Health J ursing in the Department of Nursing Studie , have been awarded £86.000 from the Engli h National Board for 0: ur ing, Midwifery and Health i iting LO inve tigate the changing educational need of mental health and learning di ability nurse following implementation of the Community Care Act. The Department of War tudie ha just been awarded a new grant by the MacArthur Foundation, U $94000 to support a project entitled Post-Soviet

Europe: relations among the former Warsaw Pact allies. The project is part of a collaborative project with the SLOckholm International Peace Research Institute LO explore Europe after the Russian withdrawal. The project leader in the War tudie Department is lane Sharp, already a enior Research Fellow. The duration of the grant is two years from) March 1993.

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Department of Pharmacy research seminar programme

Cen1re for Philosophical Studies Issues in Medical Ethics (ne 0 n

· 8,

JLl'lC" 0"

ed ca La

Cer e f O

20 May • 7 30- 930, goo 27C, S: a'lO a Idg e (orme' 0 e cas e I ers· ) How big IS blo·-e hlcs?

Cen1re for Philosophical Studies Culture and the State: subsidy or paternalism., 21 May 6 00- 8 DO, Council Room Pro essor Jo n S orups I (Unlvers o S, An rews) - CuI ure, SCience and he State Jr 0 e Le' n (ConseNa ve Par amen ary candida e or a ps ead) - The S a e and CuI ure do's and don' s

Event

Illlr

Physiology and Vascular Biology Seminars Held on Wednesdays between 16 30 17 30 In the PhYSiology Lec ure Thea re, enslngton Campus

""ee: n9S • :ao(e p ace ~oo ",'~ 'e"eS""':1er.:s oe' ee n ' 6 00· 6 '5 ana se 'la's De' Nee • 6 • 5· 7 00, C e sea Ca o....s a esa ~oao, Sv' 6

20 May

::> ""0

9":0

IDeoa~rr'e": 0

P a'mac, g's) On no ,ea mg Ii 0

e sna e

27 May Or (Drug P e'ormula ,on and De e ,Ctba-Ge 9 Pharmaceu IcalS) The oral de" ery of human calcl onm

3 June Pro essor P do ( , e SCle ces, '1gs on U'" ers I ) Smo mg and endo heltal mjury/artertal disease

10 June P 0 essor Barber (T e School 0 P armac ,U Ivers. y 0' London) Surveying ward pharmacIsts' m erven Ions

17 June Or T Te ley (Chamg Cross and es mJns er Medical Schoo ) Hole-y smoke I (smo mg and the lung)

26 May Or S eve Wa son (Depa men 0 Pharmacology, Ox ord UniverSity) Phosphorylatton even s m platelet acttvalon

2 June Or Pe er obbs (Depa men 0 P YSIOIOgy, Unlversl y COl ege London) The phYSiology of re mal ghal cells

Department of Philosophy Seminars in the History and Philosophy of Science ee ,ngs will held on Thursdays a 14 5 In Room 1B22 n il 27 ay and n Room B06 rom 3 June, S rand

20 May Pro'essor A ce G B er eu en (Indiana Un'vers y, BlOOming on) Chronoscopes dynamIcal ools for emporal reasonmg

9June Or Davld Bec er (Depa men 0 Ana omy, Unlversl COl ege Londo The role of gap Juncttons m mouse embryOniC developmen

27 May Or Douglas Ehr'ng (Sou ern J'v1e hodls Unlversl y a Dallas) Pre-emp Ion and eel/s on 0 en causa IOn

16 June Or Trevor Hallam (Roche Produc s L d, Welwyn) Functtonal slgnlftcance of PKC acttvatton m human T-cells, neutrophllls, and endothelIal cells

3June Pro essor S even Rose (Open Unlversl Y) The study of memory between molecules and metaphors

10 June (wi h Cen re for Philosophical S udles) Pro essor Alan Richardson (Unlve Slty o Penns I ania)

From epistemololgy to phIlosophy 0 sCIence. Rudolph Carnap and the emergence 0 logical empmCfsm 17 June

Professor Phillp Allport (University 0 Cambridge) Are the laws of phvslcs 'economIcal with the truth'?

Randalllnstitute Seminars Seminars s art 17.00 at he Randall Institute, 26-29 Drury Lane, WC2B 5RL. Drinks are 0 ered af erwards in he re ec ory 24 May Or Tim Hun (lCRF, Clare Hall) Cvc/in-dependent kmases and the regulatIOn of the cell cvcle 7 June Pro essor ay Davies (lnstl u e or olecular Medicine, Ox ord) Comparative analvsis of Dystrophm and Utrophm 14 June Or Mary Coli ins (Chester Beat y Laboratories, London) Cytokines and Death

Randalllnstitute Developmental Biology Seminars To be held at 26-29 Drury Lane, WC2B 5RL. As it is occasionally necessary 0 change he times 0 seminars, please phone on he day (af er 9.30) to con irm that no change as been made, el 071-8368851. Seminars usually start a 17.00 26 May Or John urphy (In ec Ion and Immuni y Research Group, ing's College London) Earlv response gene expressIOn m human B lymphocVte activation 2June Or Roger Morris (Department of eurobiology, IMR, ill Hilll Role of Thv- 7 m Itmitmg axonal growth over astrocytes

9 June

26 May, 13.05

Or Andrew Par er (Departmen 0 Blochemls ry, Unlversl y 0 Ox ord) Targeted mantpula IOn of genes and chromosomes m human cells

onl a S ache, soprano, and Giles I e, barl one 0 Include music by Purcell, oza and Faure

16 June Or Clare Isac e (Departmen 0 Biology, Imperial College) Regulation of the extracellular matrtx receptor, CD44, m normal metastlc and embryontc cells 23 June Or David Hartley (Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College) From ectoderm to excitation: formation of the Drosophila central nervous system

27 May, 13.05 USIC by Composi ion major s uden s 1 June, 13.05 Ann arner, lute *7 June, 17 .30 Grea Hall, Lincoln's Inn (to be confirmed) icolas del Grazia and the King's College London Orchestra music by Mozart and Stravinsky

G\'. -Q - nc\\' cntrance qual i fication cminar Colloquia Ins itu e of Advanced Musical Studies Wednesdays a 17.00 In RoomG01, Department of Music. Admission is ree, withou IC et 26 May Philip Weller (Universi y of o lIngham) French dramatic representation: the musical and rhetorical portrayal of character (7670-7740) 2June David Pountney (English National Opera) with Christopher Wintle (King's College London) David Pountney will discuss his production of Jonathan Harvey's new opera Inquest of Love in the con ext o his recen wor or E 0

Concert. Sum er Term 993 All conce s excep â&#x20AC;˘ will a e place in Room GO USIC Depanmen . Please chec wi the Music Department for confirmation, el 071-873 2029. Admission is ree. 20 May, 13.05 Music by Composition major students

20 May, 10.30-14.00, Room MB07 Cornwall House Last summer a series of seminars was organised by the Registrar and the Schools Liaison Office to assist admissions utors in assessing UCCA applicants. This year, the first applicants with he new General ational Vocational Qualification (G VQ) level 3, will be applying through UCAS for entry to King's in 1994. In view of the short lead-time for this course, which is being piloted in schools and colleges now, Or Venetia France has organised a seminar 0 inform admissions tutors and other interested members of staff abou the qualification. It is expected hat numbers of students offering G VQs will rise significantly in future as BTEC quail ica ions are replaced in mos schools and colleges by G VQs. The seminar will involve an address by a senior 0 ficer from the ational Council or Voca ional Quali ications ( CVQ). a series 0 short alks and discussion and G VQ co-ordina ors rom several insti utions are expected. A sandwich lunch will be provided. If you wish to at end, please contact Susanne French, Student Recruitment and Exchanges Office on ext 3003.

25 May, 13.05 aomi Hillman, lute, and Sarah Icolls, piano

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Obiruarie

Inall. laid to re t bac home m L' an a.

ch urch: a I 'me that had -0 ndatlon 0 - pra. er.

Bill Colwell. ce 1ana ,er, •en Ington

In J unc 1 37 he jOll1ed hc t.1 of LII1 oln I heolo lcal CollcJ!;c and eight

Bill Hutchison

ha ea

retirement from Bntl h 1 elecom. but dunng hi ~rvlce he had endeared himsel to hi colleague. A cheer ul and willing gentleman, popular "'- Ith all who came Into contact With him, he will

memoir ,and when he began v.mlng It ;everal years ago he aid to me: You

'ear later e me Icc urer in thc Phll orh. 0 RellJ!:lon. at Ox. ord enl er I and a tudt:nt 0 Chn t Church. Il hi tlmc he "'-a alrC4d ma JnJ!: a mar In theological Circle and had pubh hcd hi fir t boo ,Ill ~nl) Is 1 hi tud) In radltlonal thCI m', thc concept 0 - God. was grounded 111 an exten Ive no\\ledge and deep

may wonder why I am doing thiS. I am not 0 vain as to thin anyone v.ould be

appreciation 0 the v. riting of 't '1 homa Aqull1a . I hough he alwa .

be adly ml ed. Our deepe t ympathles go OU[ to hi Widow, 'yl.. la,

particular! mtere ted m m life, but I

preferred not to be lahelled as a neo-

have kno"'-n a number 0 Imere tlng people and 1 may be able to bnng them to life in my recollection of them'. It wa a characten tiC tatemem: genUinely -.elf-effacing; and the book turned out to be exactly a he des ribed It. \\ e learn a good deal about what It; author did; we learn even more - and often hilarioul '-

1 homi ,there i no doubt that bic

about v. hom he met and how he viev.ed them; but v.e learn almo;t nothmg about hi own opinIOn of hlm;clf, There is no

much ngour and humility a any philo,>ophllal or mathematical '>tlJdy. Ill'> ,teady defence of the Catholic faith and hI'> theological tradltlOnali;m aro'>c out

Bill 11 U[chl on, a !>',rter at the trand ampu . died recently 0 leu 3:mla onl, dlagno!>Cd a fe"'- m }nth pre.. u Iy 13111 had wor ed for the olle e for a relaw:ely hort lme, a ter La ng early

and their on Paul and lan "'-ho tOgether "'-ere aver: clo e knit f mlly. Rob Redmond rvlces \1anager. _ trand

Kl:n in on (l:ntr.1

Cl\ICC

\ltarch wa a very '>ad penod for the Cemral Service Department here at KenSington. In that month "'-C lo;t two much valued members of

tafh~ho dlcd

Within a week of each other Both wdl be ml%ed by taff and ;tudent,> alike.

Abslam El Hannachi Absalam joined the College In 1986 as a Porter! Cleaner in the Atklns Budding. J le maintained a cheerful and ;mart disposition at all time. Even throughout hi last illness, he reullned a pride in hiS work and did hi be;t with

Eric wonel Mascall rofllltn rheolo~at rom I 2 to 1 73, died on 12 f-ebruar: I aged 7, only a ew mon hater the publicatIOn o' hi la t boo r. b, nd It I a collection 0 Prcfe

,.s

;elf-scrutiny, no parac1ing of inner connicr or emotional di;turhance . no p ychologlcal ;elf·analy;is. Enc 'v1ascall would have con'>ldered It bad manners to di'>Cu s hi; per;onallife In public. 'I he reader has to deduce from the cool, humorous reCital of the facts what manner of man this was. By tempcrament and training he was a ciemi r It always amused him that although he became famous for hiS theological work, It wa not until he was

\1ascall became one of the most dl tingul,>hed exponents ofl homl m 111 the tv.entleth century everal book~ followed. all 0 them demonstrating the acuity o'hl mll1d and the clarity of his thll1kll1g. I le hclieved 111 theology a a rational dl'> ipline, to be pur ued with as

of II1tellectual conVictIOn; not out of an II1nately Lonservative temperament. lie could he ;c.. ere 111 hI'> expChure of ImpreCise thll1kll1g and he detested pretentiou;ness; but he was never illnatured and never, consciously, humiliated anyone. The late, ydney Evans, Dean of King's from 1956 to 1977, persuaded him to move from Oxford and accept the Chair of Ilistorieal Theology at

regard to his duties. I le wa finally laid

mature that he took hiS Iirt dcgree in

King' . It wa a move he never regretted.

to rest back home in \10rocco.

that disci pi me. J le had begu n as a

There may till be some members of the

mathematiCian and haviog distingui;hed

College

Emanuel Nsubuga

him elf at Pembroke College,

humorou pre;ence

Cambndge a a mathematical cholar he went on to teach mathematiCs at a

Common Room, and other.. ""ho ;tlll pos e s cople'> of the many v.ltty verse

school m Coventry m 192 . I1I carcer a a schoolmastcr did not last long. Ilc was

parodiC he produced over the year.

never ashamed to confc that he ""as not a succe;s as an in truetor of recalcitrant choolboys and he wa;

Dr Brlan Ilorne Dept of'! heology and ReligiOUS Studies

\ltanny, Porter Receptlonl'>t at the

orth

Entrance to the Atkins Building, was b contra t a very quiet, pnvate man, totally reliable, dependable and con;clemious at all times. J le had only been With u; for two year, but in that t1rne had made many friends. I Its intere ts were Wide and varied: a gold medali t (on several occasIOn) for ballroom danCing, a holder of the 'Alex Moore ward', Part I Bar

ordained in 1933, not becau e he had ailed a a teacher but because b this

\~ho

remember his benign and 111

the Lpper, enior

C Northcote Parkinson ortheote Parkln~on, the 'di coverer'

Exam qualifications and qualificatIOn m LogiC and Economics and World and

time he had become profoundly convinced that he wa called to the ;acred ministry. It was ineVitable that he

Public Affairs, made him a most

would not remam long in parish work,

before the War. The famous law holds

interesting man to converse with. any members of staff were ahle to attend a memorial ervice for Emanuel on aturday 27 March at t Mary of Angeles Church, London WII. lie was page 18

of Parkinson'~ Law, ""ho died on 11 'v1arch 199 took hIS PhD

111

at KlI1g's

though he alway believed that as an

that all work expands to fill the time

academic theologian he needed to be

available for its completion. Parkinson

rooted In a commun ity of worsh ip and pastOral care. J le always saw his writing

wrote more than 60 books including eight novel and Imaginary biographies

and teaching as ways of serving the

of J lornblower and Jeeves.

:\ tribute to Luf RebdoFer'chrift The long and distin ished career of Portu /!Se sclzolor and . iting Professor

UtS de Sousa Rebdo (whiclz includes 36 years with King's College] was celebrated in Februo . Colleagrus andfriends gathered at the Institute of Romance Studies for the presentation ofa volume ofessays published in his honour. tudies in Portugue e

Literature and History in Ilonour of Lui de ousa Rebelo, edited by "elder Macedo and published by Tamesis Books, includes contributions by on international group ofleading specialists on Portuguese literature and history. Professor Macedo recalls: I first met Luis de ou a Rebelo in 19"7. I was 21, had ju t publi~hed m fir t book of poem and wa reading Law at Lisbon . niver ity. Portugal was till having its collecti e soul reduced by Salazarism and I had come to I,ondon on an extended visit vaguely hoping to gain ome per pecti e on the life that lay before me. I returned to London three years later a a voluntary political exile. and on e more found in Lui. Rebelo a true companion, this time of the shared refusal which for him, although pos ibly les public than mine. was certainly no les deep and went back much further. In both these phascs of my life thc Luis Rebelo I knew wa a tea her of amazingly vast erudition and contagious intellectual enthusiasm who e classe I had the privilege to attend when I enrolled at King's College London as a mature 路tudent to tud the literature. of my own di tant language. Luis Rebclo alway managed - and I think alwa wanted - to keep hi life in eparate compartments. He gives people only what they ask of him, but then doe so with un urpas able genero路ity. The more I asked of him, a a student, the more he gave, and there wa alway a little more for me to a k that he could give. This is till true today. I became his colleague and, later, the last of the three Camoens profes or who have benefitted from his collaboration. When, five years ago, Lui Rebelo reached official retirement age his colleague, tudent and friend joined him to mark the occa ion. It wa onc of the mo t heart-warming public

ceremonies I can recall. I wa able to announce that hi farewell wa al 0 'a welcome back' ince he would be returning to King's College a enior Calou te Gulbenkian fellow. five year I al 0 the time thi volume has taken to be publi hed. Even the mo t deserving homage are not alway ea to turn into material form. I am grateful to all those who, through their contribution and upporc, have made it po ible for me to hare in thi collective homage to Luis de Sousa Rebelo. Ilelder Macedo Camoens Profes or of Portuguese

Letter Have we got it right? /\ few i ue back, Profes or Luca suggested that the page of Comment would be a suitable place to begin a general discus ion on teaching. 0 I thought I would use the opportunity to describe a couple of incidents that have led me to the view that we ought to have a fre h look at what we are doing. The fir t occurred while I was teaching elementary tati tics to a large class. 1 thought it wou Id be helpful to use the opening lines of Tom Stoppard's RorencranlZ and Cuildenstern ore Dead to introduce the idea of testing hypotheses. /\s the play begins, Guildenstern is to sing coins. Rosencrantz picks each coin up, looks at it, and announce '1 lead '. After this ha gone on for a while, everyone in the audience i aware that there is omething wrong. The point was to how that many stati tical te ts are basically ju t common en e, with ome mathematic added for precision. I was a bit disappointed when I found that no one in the cia had een the pia, but I wa quite taken aback to di cover that none of them had any idea who Rosencrantz and Guildenstern might be.. ince thcn, I have been onducting my own privatc urvey, and I have yet to find a King's science undergraduate edueated in England who ha read or seen Ilamlet. I dare say there are ome, but I haven't found them. I thought I had, once, but it

turned out he wa from

otland.

ome time later, I had to gi e a few lecture on ecology to a cia of I\meriean tudent. The ranged from one who had almo t completed a degree in ph ic at y! IT to other who had done onl the fir t ear of a liberal arts program at a mall but reputable college. Lecturing on thi course was a lot ea ier than it ound becau e I knew that if I wrote down a differential equation, everyone would have some idea of what was going on. I didn't mind that hardly any of them could remember how to olve it; what mattered was that they knew the language. A similar group from this country, even many with degrees in biology, would have been totally lost. It ha traditionally been as umed that Engli h tudents receive all the general ed ucation they need in chool and 0 can afford to concentrate on on Iy one ubject at univer ity. That may have been true in the past; it certainly isn't true today. American college, who expect le of their tudent on entry, consider it their respon ibility to do omething about it. fre hman Calculus and fre hman English are often compulsory, and other subjects outside the 'major' are u ually requ ired as well. nd it's not omething you find only at State Colleges with a large entry of poorly qualified tudent: Harvard too has its 'core curriculum'. Everyone seems to agree that graduates should be both literate and numerate. I'm not at all convinced we are doing enough to make sure that they arc, or that they are as well educated in general as their contemporaries in other countrie . I have also found that even those who do go on to become speciali t in the ubject they tudied a undergraduates are placed at a di advantage by the narrownes of their background. I realize that there are all ort of obstacles in the way, and I agree that the existing structure has some advantage which we would want to keep. l3ut are we really doing the best we can for the majority of our tudent ? Peter aunders Department of Mathematics

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\\ r ilhe Ifi he 1 ' conlln / IJm p ~ 10 rom an rchaeolo I Ila:er beneath the ancient capital ci ,0 1cmphl and It ha pro~ed mo t e "cCtlve, 0 the >roup

no'" In a po Ition 0 appl) hi '" or to the tud, 0 "the pa t dl tflbullon and hi tolle 0 the t.... o pccle ,

dlmen 0 Egypt till h ~e many Important thing to re 'cal about changing en .. ironments In on:h.\ Ilea and the Involvement of human actlvlt In these change, The pollen tudie at King' \~ dl undoubtedly contnbute much to the unravelling of a continuing tory,

1 he

Dr Peter \100re Divison of Life

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Presentation Fellows It has jU,t been announced thc thrce.: Pre cntatlon I ellow for thl ~ear \\ III be: Sir Richard Attcnnorough, film dllcctor; 'f he 'v10 t Re..ercnd and Ih lion Dr George Carc), Ar hlmhop of Cantcrbury; Dr Jonathan , ac.hs, Chief RabbI. BIOgraphies wdl appear In the next cd it ion of Commenl Lightfoot and Malcolm Gavin Hall The deCISion to dispose of LIghtfoot Ilall/College Ilou e and 'v1al olm Gavin Ilall (reported In the la t edition of Commenl) has been deferred. The College Council in 'v1arch ratified the finance Committee's deCISion to defer the dl posal becausc of the formation of the, Ightlngale Instltute of urslOg ( ee page I),

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flI \,itl rh Iedia he Pre and PublleatlOn Office. organ. ing a pecial lecture n \\edne day 2 \1ay in the Councd Room at 12.1- for member of taff"'ho may have dealing "'Ith the media in the course of their wor It IS hoped that It wdl be an informative and relaxed way of undcr tandlng the working of the med.a and "'Ill prOVide an In Ight into how to dcal "'Ith the media more comfortably, There Will be tWO prominent peakers from the "'orld of journaltsm, John O'Lcaf)', Education Corrc pondent of The T,mes and Peter Ilobday, Preenter of the RadllJ 4 Today PrlJ omrru, Both spcakers Will talk for about 20 minute in which time the \iqll attempt to dcmy lIfy thell own area of the media, explalO how thell jobs work and offer useful gUldeltnes for dealing with the pres . There ",dl be an opportunity for discus Ion and question afterwards, "umbers are limited so please could 'ou let the Pre sand Publtcations Office know as soon as pos ible whether you Intend to come along ext 073,

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Tit inking oboul coming 10 King's -Ihe Opm Day on 23 April was a greal success and allracted opproxlmalefy 1,900 pOlenllol sludenls 10 Ihe College. Tltere was increased intereslln 011 subjeC/s, in particular In Ihe Schools 0/ Physical Sciences and l.ife Sciences In addillon 10 programmes run by each School o/Ihe College Ihere were conln'bulions from Ihe Language and CommunicallOns Cenlre, Ihe Compuling Cenlre, Ihe Library, Ihe College Organisl and Ihe Sludenls' Union.