Comment 070 June 1993 by King's College London

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College. i\~ \ome ~taff may know. the College Committee ha recently been giving attention to the i . ue of internal communication in King\ We commis ioned the Director of PubliC RelatIOns to ~eek taffvlcw ahout thl> issue, and dlseu \Ions about the paper he 'MOte have brought forward ,ome important Issue of prineq)le and practice which I ~hould like to air here. Key among the e is the two-fold propo itlon that ta havc a nght to know a much a po ible about Ii~hat IS going on in College, and that the al\o ha ea dut to keep them\elve\ informed. \o\'e recogni e that there are some ~enou ob tacles in the way to aehle~ Ing a climate of openness. For exampk:. change from a 'collegiatc' to a mainly 'executiVe' mode of deel Ion-making havc led to ome people feeling that they have been di posse,ed ofsome source of information and Influence. There are occasion In which the concept that 'knowledge is plmer' ha, been an unnecesarily prominel1l feature of management style at all

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level,. 'I he dlfrlcullle ut communlc tlon ha~e also undoubtcdl been compou nded b, ,plit->Jte operation. and an iellc, about the College', e,tate and future po "ble change, of lo<.allon have Increased the perception that communi atlOn 1 not a, effectlvc a It might be. Ilo~\elier, thcre arc many rea,on, to feci pO>Jtilie about our abilit) to overcome the,>e ob'Laclc,. The establishment 0 the Col1<:ge Commlttec

ha, prov Ided a clcar ttll.U for c ecutlve de I Ion-making In King's, and cn bled all area, of the College - both academiC and adminl,trallve - to he repre\cnted III thl'> proce.,.,. \\'e ,hall be ISSUlllg a monthly summary of College Ct mmlt cc blJ"ness to I lead of <'chooh. and revieWing the best means of d I seminating thl'> Information (probabl) by mcans of - In ome ca cs more frequclH - School newsletters) through the <'chools them elves. 'I he OJnlmued on page 2

40 )/!an of JI!

ILl! 10 Ihe Gfdlege. (from nghl If) It/I) Jzm I'ox, Ih" /'nnczpiJl and J~flke

Gut/zano - unffJrlunald) du, 10 a r. cenl accid, nl. Prole fir !Jal,,> . aJ unab/P If) a//md Ihe pholO kfSlon (Ut iJrlldl! on pagt: <'J/.

advent of ea ier and more u er-friendly electronic communication, including e-mail, open up great po ibilitie for acce to all kinds of information, particular! committee agenda and minute, and we are looking at \.\a of u ing the e mo t effectively - not lea t in order to avoid the continuing consumption of forest -worth of paper in the College. We are also reminding committee members of their respon ibility for communication with those they represent. Central to the principle of freedom of information is the proposition that all information that doe not need to be confidential i made available for communication. The College Committee ha therefore agreed the following criteria governing the control and retention of confidential information, with a view to making thi~ category of material a limited a possible: 'In keeping with the encouragcment of a cu lture of open management within the College information about the College, its activitie ,and it~ management shall be freely acce\sihle to member of the College. _ome information shou Id, however. remain confidential: the classe~ of information falling into thi category will be: i) Personal information, including information gained through appointments, promotions and appraisals; ii) Information relating to the formu lation of policy or management optIOns, the premature di closure of which ma be prejudicial to: â&#x20AC;˘ the elaboration of such option ,or â&#x20AC;˘ members of the College iii) Information disclo ed to or gained b the College in confidence; iv) Information which i commerciall en itive 'In addition, v) Information falling within the scope of reserved business as defined in tatute 16 hall not be accessible to students. 'Information initially falling within classes (ii) and (iii) above will be made accessible to member of the College a

~oon as the particular conditions governing its confidentiality are sati fied.' All the e move to ma e II1formation more open and to Improve the mean of its communication place a concomitant re pon ibilit upon taff at all level to make u c of what i a ailable to inform them elves and to help inform other and I belie e that this i~ an important. active re pon ibilitÂˇ that all of u hould take ver) eriousl . A electronic communication is more widely used, for example, we hall need to learn how to receive information thi way in our own workplaees and make ure we have the technical experti e to u~e the system effectively. jfwe wish individually to influence the way the College develops we hall need to be prepared to participate fully in the decision-making ~ystems that arc open to us. To maintain and enhan e the trength of crossdi ciplinar; research \\ hich i a particularly succes\ful feature of King's. we shall need to maintain an active Intere~t in our colleagues' re~earch in other :choob and department~ and be ready to pursue potentially fruitfu I opportunities. The communication of information I too important to be left to manager - although heads of Schoob and department~ ohvlou,>ly have a crucial role to play - and there i much that departmental secretaries, superintendcnt~. and others can do [() encourage and activate better communication. An member of staff who has ideas which would help [Q communicate information more effectively is asked to ~hare them with appropriate colleague~ -line managers or committee members for example. The College Committee ha asked the Director of Public I elatlOns to review the situation in a year' time. I am confident that by then we hall have made significant progre~ toward Improving communication in the College by variou\ managerial, technical, adminl\trative and practical means. I al 0 hope and expect that we \hall have moved ~ome way toward changing the climate [() onc \\-here active openne\~ is encouraged, and where all of u share hoth in the duty of keeping our~elve informed, and in the responsibility for working to promote effective communications within the Collegc, while being sensiti e to the effects of premature dl clo urc.

Professor tewart utherland, IceChancellor of Cn iver ity of London and Chicf Inspector of School, recently announced his intention to quit both jobs in Scptember 1994, to become the Principal of Edinburgh Lniversity. Profe~sor utherland. who grew up in cotland, tolj John Patten, the Secretary of tate for Education. that 'in the end it ha to do with root '. lie was the Principal of King' from 19 5 before tak ing on the role of \'ice-Chancellor of C ni er ity of London.

David Loosemore, currently in his first year at King's, recently won the British l;niver~ities tennis title by beating his opponent 7-6,7-6 in the final which was held at Worthing. lie i studying Maths and 'vlanagemcllt StlJdie~.

l As from friday 30 July 1993 the udio i~ual Services L nit will no longer be able to accept the following type of work: software work, including dubbing audio and ideo tapc ,duplicating lides or the u e of computer graphics to produce lides and po ters. Phototypc etting for publications, poster di plays and other type of darkroom work will also no longcr be acceptcd. If staff require any of thcse facilitie for conference' in the summer they arc urged to finalise their arrangcmcnts with .'\VSL as soon as pos 'ible in time for completion bcfore 30 July. r: or further information plcasc contact :"ick Ilugg on extension 2356.

Thc G' r.

n rcponcd hc pccch by

Dr.1f '. 'e . r: (Dulcl Corona~

~n,

I L<.!

w he

,nal Forum or

Ilean D ea

Pre enllon.

I . '~er-Opcr

\lohl hhc

Re cnt deci Ion b) t" 0 ho pitals hfe- '10

Influ

d much

,Pro/mo C e,

enco'

o cf\loelj!ht children at a,.:c 11 \lo III be o en\el'Th at hea·eo'Z.1 010 '

tJ loo at obe It. and ppreclate

c fe t on health \loC nced to do el) earl

In he

hool career.'

appeared on BIlC Il e

fJr Anne Gre L«lu t:r In lite Dep rim I 0/1' rcnch appeared on Wom n's Flour to dl cu'> the ne\\ IIm of Flaubert' novel

the Gu r.

Professo :lla. U

IIcop

1010

f, Pr,,!/!, '"r of •

KC 1D.

fi ,I. er:;'S and 10 n to lau nch a ne\lo cd ucation campai n for health pro'c slOnals highllghllng I,'cr dl case in children. At pre cot children an.: d 109 needle Iy 0 liver dl~ea e bccau~e It I;' not being dete tcd early enough by doctor and health I Itor I le aid. '\\ care (,;ontlOu 109 to '>ec bable'> \\Ith lI'er d,sca e "ho have been referred too late or optimum treatment. I he~e patlenc 'ace the pru,pen of early death. a lifetime 0 handicap ( r the need for a I,'<.:r tran,>plant.' I

1 he.

Peter Ilobtl.

,0/ RadIO 4 's

7oda)

programme and John O'I.ea'} help st medi

rfI at King's 'In

0/ The 11111e'S

'gel to gnps fG;ilh the

lively nd In/omlatl<.e J.71Ilnar

chaired bj Professor Barry Ife.

tlOn I Pharmaceutical

.\ OClatlOn recencly held a \1alaria \\\arene, Day and DrLorT) Cooti)er,

l..eCluror in Cltmc. I PhannaC) , explalOed on R dlO 4's 'I ud. ) programme ho", malana \loa;, concracted. lie stre ,ed the Importance

taking antl-malanal

tablet., c en "hen feel 109 perfcctly ",cll and to c rry on taking them or a monch a ter re luning home. lie also advi. cd u'>lng n.:pellcnt., to aVOid gettlOg bitten 10

In a fcature

me Ill//-

the fir'>t placc.

the f)arl) I rlegraplr about

Ic t- and n 'ht-handed ne\'> (ch lrallt)

\ Sunda) 11mes article about rapid

"hl<.h \\ent urthcr than explorlOg the

\\clght galO follo\\ed thc revelallons that

human a'>I)(;(;[ and discu'> cd earthly

\landy

Lhlrahty and the ongln'> ofchirallty

Rolling Stone 13111 Wyman) had put on

mlth (model and cx-wife of

a'>y mmetr), IJrojes.wr S1t7Jh.n Mason FRS,

451b In a matter of weeks. Dr Peter

/)eparlmltT/f 0/ Chemist'}. discu'>'>ed the

F.me'}. LI!Clurer in .'\'utrition and DietetICs,

vanous theorle,> ,urrounding thi,

,tre"ed how dangerou th i eould be,

phenumenon. fie reJe ted the 'accldental theorie,' belieVing that the

'Putting on weight quickly i. not

ehiral weak force ha, been around "nce

a IlklOg for ovcr-eatlng and find your. elf

the tir

unable to stop.'

three minutes of the nig Ilang

healthy - thc dangcr i that you develop

'It ha, operated at all time and place and

docsn 't rely on any "special"

Dr Sue Ilamtlton, Lecturer in Indian

Londltlon needed by he "aCCidental"

Reil 'ons, appeared on Radio 4 to di cu

theorie'>..

'I Ibctan 13uddhl m and the role and '>igniticance

the Dalai Lama, during

hi'> recent "''>it to this couotry. /)I~ine Implratlon,

a new LWT rehglOu

panel game ha., bc 'un on lunchtimes and

unda

chaired by tirst year

theolog student and ex-Communard, Richard Cole Correction Dr John. 'Ichol on wa wrongly de'>cribed by the Independent (and In the ,!\'£y&;s in ~1a ) as a Visiting Lecturcr in

the Chemistry Departmcnt. lie is in fact a \'j,lting LectUrer in V1aterial at thc Dental S hool.

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71zree nlTJjJ Present lion Fellows oflire Co/lege Irove bun announced. TIre Fellowslrips will be conferred 01 lire Presenlallon Ceremonlls on 13 Sepllmber 1993, 20 September 1993 and 17 lanuary 1994

ir Richard Attenhorough ha~ been awarded a Presentation Fellow hip in recognition of hi outstanding contribution to the world of theatre and film in a remarkable career which spans over 50 years and began as a

Sir Richard Allenborouglr

17 year old Leverh ulme cholar attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Ilis first stage appearance was in 1941 in Air Wilderness, With his West End debut

more recent work has included Gry Freedom and Chop/in. This year he

in the followlIlg year when he appeared in

acceptcd his fir t acting role in 13 year

/I woke and \ing at the :\rt Theatre. 1942

in Steven Speilherg' lurassic I'ark.

also saw the bcginnlllg of his film career \\ hen he appeared in

~ocl

Coward's In

Wlrim We Serve. lie pent the next three

11 i~ intcre ts tretch beyond the tage and film ,>et: he was onc of the founder of Capital Radio and its Deputy Chairman from 1972

1992, and was

Chairman of Channel 4 Televi. ion from 19 7 to 1992. In recognition of his outstanding career, Sir Richard has received many honours and award, including his Knighthood in 1976. the \i1artin Luther KingJr Peace Prize, India's Padma Bhusan in 19 3, and he has been made a Chevalier of the Legion d'llonneur. J le

has held numerous prestigious

posts both in the acting world and the years in the R!\F and after demohilisation rc umed p3rallel eareer~ on ~tage and in film. I le wa~ one of the original members of the cast of Tire Mouselrap in 1952, which i~

now the longe t running play in theatre

hi tory. ir Richard has

~tarred

commun ity at large: he is Vice-President of the British Academy of Film and Television

rts, Chairman of the British

creen Advi ory Council and RADA, Life President of the Actors' Charitable Trust. President of the. luscular

in more than 50

film including Rriglrlon Rock, Morning

Dy troph Group and Pro-Chancellor at the Lniversit of ussex.

Drparlure, I'm M/ Riglrl lock, Tire Dock I1rief, TIre Greol I:scape, and Guns 01 110[asi, The Sand Pebbles and /)rl)oo/i"/e, for which he received award. At the cnd of the 1950 hi~

career took a new turn and he bcgan

producing film, resulting in innovative work such a Wlrislle f)ofIUn Ihe Wind and

The L-Slraped Room. The highly acclaimed avant garde musical Oh.' Whala Lovely War establi hed him as a director too. . Sir Richard is perhaps be~t known for

Ghandi, an outstanding ucces~, which he produced and directed and which won five Briti~h Academy Awards and eight O,>car~ - a record for a Briti~h film. I lis

he Archhishop ofCantcrhury ha been connected with King's College I.ondon for over 30 years and, in recognition of this, has been elected a a Pre entation Fellow. Or Care) was a student at King's and 路raduated as a l3achelor of Divinity in 1962 before going on

study for a

'P'

Dr Gtorge Gort)

\In h,

A~ an external wdem of the L niver Ity of London he \\a~ \\arded a PhD 10 I 71 In 1 1 he \\a\ appointed College \'1 ILOr LO Ktng'., by the l'rlvy Council on the recommendallon of College Council.

Before jOlntng Ktn~' , Dr C:m;~ \\-orked for the London 1'.le trl It\ Board and completed hi two ye.:ar' . 'atlOnal Service. ·\fter graduallng he wa., ordatned and hi\ fir t r)()\t \\;1\ that of A., I.,tant Curate.: at ~t ~lary'., In '~Iington \\ohe.:re.: he remained for four years. For the next 10 year., he Icltured,

first at Oak Ilill Thcological College In 'outhgate and then in . 'otllngham at ~t John's Theological College, In 1975 he became \'Icar of ~t 'ichola.,' Church in Durham for ,cven ear before taking up the l'rlnclpahhlp of Trinity College, Bristol. a po.,t he held for five ear, lie was then ordatned a~ Hi hop of 3ath and Well In 1<) 7, and ,\rchbi.,hop of Camerbul) 10 19<; I Dr are ha publl hed \\ Idcly and I' the author ofeveral book tncludtng God Inca m le and Th Greal (,od RIIMeT) and ha., contributed to nUmertlll, journal, and periOdical.

and hi PhD from the Lnlver\lt~ 0 London In I C I. f)r S:1l: \\:\, In talle.:d a., the '>Ixth ChiC Ibbbl of the Lnited Ilcbrew COl1gre '3tltln 0 the (.tlmmon\\-ealth 111 I <;CJ I, the plO n.ILle 0 a d I tingu I~hed Ibhhllllc al1d 1,ademll areer. \ftcr re'>Carvh pO't\ at both Cambmtge al1d Oxford, he embarked upon hI'> teachtng career In 1971 at \llddle~e.:, Polytechnic a~ a Lecturer 111 \Ioral Philo~ophy, From the.:re he JOined ]e\\,>' Collcge, London, In IC 73, whe.:re he enjoyed a remark hie can.:er rI\lng to hecome l'rll1clpalll1 19 4, Other academiC apprllntmem., Include \ "Itlng I'rofe'>\or of Philo.,ophy at the l.nlver,ityofi'.S'>ex (19 9,gOl,and member~hlp of

'>Cvcrallloards ofStlldies or the l; 11IVer It of I.ondon and the

Council for '-allonal :\cademlc Award.,. lie\\- a., ordained a, a Rabbi In I 76

and \\a, Ibbbl of the Golders Green 'iy nagoguc rom 197 ' to 1 _ and then of the \brhle ,\rch S nagogue unlll 1990, I)r. alk'> ha been a prolific \\-rlter ,md author 0 a numher 0 hook 111 IIHill1' 1'1'. /lion In n '/nlradillflnol lW. I k I~ al,o the orme.:r editor of !J!'!'.1. aJlluml1/ojJu Im'lodo},lle

111' made frequent appearance on radiO Ind telc\o I Ion and \\a., the I C 90 Iklth

lit "

l.eclllrer. taklllg a,

I'tr'I'lcm, (Jj I' /lh'.

he Chief Rabbi i., being honoured for hi work 111 the Anglo'Jewish \\-orld and for hI'> connection with King's, lie gallled hi" first degree In \Il oral !->clence from Gonville and CalU~ College, Cambmtge

hl~

theme 'The

I:R i \ ~fC\ If H/'C BIIJ'I .' stm • 'IJ 3 I I'~ /993 '" \\-a a Cvl e e.: London, or a thr c month L~R \ _ 1L' BIOlogy programme. 'mm J n uary to June I 2. I attended wo cour'>C and pa~\Cd the rela ed exam, ER \ '\1 L • finance co\ocred ani abou a quarter 0 the ',ur\ i a!' cxpen>e and the greater part o the 'travel expen e~'. The unl er Ity pro\'ided ome aeilltle or obtaining accommodation Within the campu , \\-here Ili\ed, \1) ER. ~lL experience \\a., extremely po Itive, I sa\\ a dif erem \\-a) of conceivlllg and or 'anl.,in J a univer Ity from didactiCS to la!Joratorlc,. from bureaucracy to admlnl.,tratlon and In the.: human relation, amon teachers and ~tudent'>, I mct dlf ercnt pcople. dl crellt menulltle and \\3 ' 0 "fe, and all thi \\a u~eflJlln opening my mllld, J

On arn'al at King's College. m) Engll\h \\a~ already good, although for the rlr~t t\\O \\cck~ I had difficult In under'tandlng qUI k peaking, After that, all \\oa, well. and ohviously I greatly improved my L~ngll h, L nforlunate.:ly, London is a really expen,ive city, so living co ts ab~orbcd much of the alue of the ERA, :vi l~S grant. The,e \\-ere Imo.,t enough to ju.,tlfy the E It\

~llS

operation, but

the malll dcfect wa that finances were gi\oen or only the three months of le'> ons; the nece ary period of study umJl the exam wa not foreseen. , did not suffer lonelJne

during thl first

experience of "vlllg in London. and after ,ome time I was quite integrated into ".ngllsh "fe. I pa""ed part of m free time looking at London and 1',n,11 h "e. 0 I \\a never bored, Gcnerally, the great part 0 m time ,pent In the L K \\a, Intcre.,tlllg, u eful and happy,

'I here were ome problem before lea ing Italy, and In fact I left without kno\\olng "hi hand ho\\ many courses I hould h3lie to attend, a the answers to my axes arnve.:d very late, The orgalu.,ation of my accommodation wa quite good, e en if I had omc prohlems With the English managers in arranging a contract for a limited period, as an E RAS\ll, student."

e'i

r 1 1 II t hi

ion, the College ha

been repre ented at recruitment fair in I long Kong, Ylalaysia. ingapore, Indone. la, Taiwan, Kenya, Cyprus, Greece. Bru el, Lisbon and Oslo. The. tudent Recruitment and Exchange Office al 0 arranged for Professor Garth â&#x20AC;˘ wan~on to take part in a Briti h Council \1i ion to Pakistan where there is perceived to be a strong intere t in Engineering, and Professor Harold Baum has been to Taipei to further our formal taff exchange link with the :"atlonal Univer ity of Taiwan. For the fiN time we have participated in a tour of European International chool~, vi~iting 11 schools in nine countrie~ in 12 day And the traffic is b no mcan~ all one way: visitOrs from man countrie~ including Singapore, Taiv.an. the nited State and twO group., chool councillors - one from. ingapore Junior Colleges and Polytechnics and onc from European International. choob - have been entertained by us at King' . Increasingly, we are involving staff acros the College in our activities: certain markets are trongly bia~ed tOwards specific subjects and it make sen e for stafffrom those di ciplines to repre ent the College: eg Law and Engineering in \1ala sia and 'ingapore. The article below give a flavour of the diverse activities organised by the SREO: if you are interested in finding out more about how we might he able to help you with our over ea ~tudel1t recruitment, please get in touch!

I t

I Tour of European International hool 1993. Our mi Ion wa to vi it international chool all 0 er Europe, to promote higher education in Britain and to recruit the be t European and high fee students to our institution. The nag wa that wc had to cover nine cities JI1 twelve day, including a weekend in the middle, which meant a flight a day, a different hotel room e ery night and an extremely hectic programme. \1oSt of the students that attended our prcsentations were taking the IB or other E uropean qualirlcation~ and many were of an exceptionally high standard. \11 were a delight to talk to. There Ilere the tres~ful times,. uch :I the day lIe had a morning presentation in Rome andan e ening presem3tion in ;\thens. Fini~hing at 22.45 was bad enough but to top it all we discovered that the buffet laid on for u had been eaten by the student parent ! Then there were the preciou~ moments of relaxation: our unny weekend in Vienna was a tonic of Strau ~. opera, good coffee and apple strudel. The tour was abo memorable for all the citie~ we visited but didn't see - Milan, Rome, Dusseldorf, J lamburg, to name but a few. Ilowever, useful col1tact~ with schools were made and it was alw3y gratifying to find King's was held in such high e~teem. It was exhausting, exhilarating and profe ionally rewarding; a tllO Ileek inten~ive recruitment exercIse whIch hould be wcll worth the effort and one which wc hope to continue In coming years.

Jennifer Anning (\1r ) International Liaison Officer

Sally Pumford Recru itmcnt

n IS March in the departure lounge at Ilcathrow I met with the nine other representatives from CK higher ed ucation institutions who were to be my constant travelling companlon~ for the next two weeks. Together we formed the ECIS British L niversitics

I.iai~on

Officer

ssiduou Iy nurtured bAbe Lue, and ~uh.,eCluently hy I3arrie \1organ, now Director of External Relations, the College maintain strong academic links with Taiwan. The~e are fostered through the !\nglo-Taiwane~eCultural In tiwte, and partieularly involve an academic

ex han 'e arrangement \\ ith their foremo t Cniver it), the. 'ational TaIwan L..: niver ity (:"TC). La t :"ovember, the Pre ident of :''IT. and abo the President of Taiwan'~ tOp tea her-training in titute, :"ational Taiwan :"ormal univer ity (:"T:"L..:), i ited the College and, learning that I would be examining in \1alaysia in i\pril/May, invited me to vi~it them. The official object of the visit was to discu~~ who our next senior visiting Fellol\ from :"TC would be, it having been agreed that th is time the link \Iould be v. ith my â&#x20AC;˘ chool. The su h-text II a., the general furtherance of friend Iy relations \1 ith both L..: niversitie . I n this respect the hospitality I received was !avi.,h: only the polluted air and maniacal motor scooter~ ofTaipci detracted from the trip. !\t the same time, links were fo tered; v.e are close to nominating the vi iting Fellow, (who will he from one of the biomedical science departments of their excellent ;v1edical . chool). and have already identIfied other potential areas of collaboration with :'-'TL..:. Also, our very warm welcome at :"T:"L..: augers well for futllre links there, too. There was some potential embarrasment in my trip. :"either of the two Pre idem who formally invited me retain their po ts there; one has been tran ferred to a key government committee, the other is now the \1ini ter for Defence. Ilowever, ea h made generous contact whilst we were there, and, till retain a keen interest in our link~. Everyone wants a foothold in Taiwan, and :"TL i elite and highl seleetiveour warm welcome there i partly due to Chine~e ho pitality, but mainly because King'~ i already v.ell known there a a prestigious institution - thanks largely to the ro ing amba adors from our International Offiee. Profes~or Ilarold Bau m Ilcad of chool of l~ife, Basic Medical and Health Science

Pa i tan were mo tl, educa cd in the ~ - ,r e rc arch n ,. e r ar) I

IlC

Bn i h Co n JI

n a an

In cr It

ml Ion

that countr). The al

raise the pro lie

0,,", 0

the L ' h. 'her

educa Ion - stem and rncrea

eacher

lonal

tClT'lhe

pr', 'ramme about edu allon

I3r ta n I'>

hern cJn Idered b, pro ramme

I lamabad, Pe ha\\ar, Lahore and

planner -or the RUC

Karachl. Each meetln

Se let

wa \\ell

attended, re cctrn the 'reat Intere t that undoubtedl) eXI

10 ~tud III

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Wc d I covercd that thc rca.,on w h)

\\ h i1e lUd) 109,

greatcr cour.,e flcxlblllty and the po

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m) trip a

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contac

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111

Indee

II1gapore, eight 111

tream

enquJrlc

the con tant

rom pro pectlve

well a, informallon bout contacts In

student"" b.

particular

",e\\ from a fellov.. natl"e. The Alumnl

Professor J Garth ~,,",an.,on

,wdenr about lO tart their stud at

'1\111'

an ex.King'

tudent

pro\ Id . :In exccllent ad Ice ervice for :Ingapore I

[)cp rtmcnt of L: Iccrronlc and Electrical

King'., and \1 hilst I \o\a

Engllleering

dlscu,>,>ed the po iblllty of extendll1g

ibllll of remain 10 , lherc J ter\\ rd ..

111

thl aClI"lt) to rccrultmcl1lll1thc fir t \nOlher topiC v..e discu~sed

- and lhe ml'>concepllon that education

In lancc

there wa alwa) cheaper \\'e trlcd to

\1 a., the Ide:I

recllf) thl., impres.,lon by ur"ln • more careful ompan'>on bCl\\cen t) pc'>

enablc

'!r:lalIllJn

peoplc preferred to tud) in the l;. ,\ v..ere the availabillt) of cholar hips. the

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Inter"a lonal air no

nu e cuntac \0\ ith a rl.:c 0- op wdcn , b t

hlch broadca t lO, oUlh [:a t

,>uppl) cople of the detail

in Britain.

possibillt) of wor in

unrlal

Ion 'or a re,! lar h rt

studcnt", to the L.\.

V;e conducted public mcctrn.,

en :Incc

onl. allow

'cneratln' a scholarsh Ip

und \'>Illt: rom thc ob" IOU., benefits

unlver"lty and duratl<m of eour..e,> and

he h"'h '>wndarth of

reLrultll1g '>lIIdcl1l'>, a pre enee at

pOlntcd OUl how reccnt chan/o;e,> In lhc

educ1llon 1t King's College

Intcrn tion:I1 air,> abo .,crvcs to 'clin h

LK \\111 enhancc fleXible "lIId),

I,;Onllnuc to JurJ<:llhc wp

the de:II' \\ Ilh student., holdll1g offer'>

'I he majom) 10

wdclll In[(:rc,>t wa,>

I.aw, Bu,>rnc,>., 1\dmlni.,tralion and

\1cdlclne and there \1 a'> a 10l

Intcre'>t

'>lIJdcllt'> trom \lala)'>la and ~In 'aporc.

from u'>. Rcprc\enwtl\ c'> \Vere ahle to

It I'> e~tlmalcd th:ll up to 4,000 ~lUdenlS

rea",>llrC ,ludcms aboul any anxictle., or

flock

c.onccrns, lhu,> enabling them [() confirm

Brlwin from the'>C counUle

:Innually, :lnd the compCtlllOn for thc e

their deel,>lon [() llld) at K II1g's. I am

abroad, eg pendrng the first parl of a

~llldelH~

sure that King's College Will continue to

dcgree programme lhcre and coming to

not ju,>t confincd to other Bmi\h

the l; K for the lasl two ycar.,.

unl"cr~ille

In way., of reducrng the co.,t of ,>wd

111/0;

One programme lhat i alrcad) operating is the splil PhD programme funded by the I'aki.,tani govcrnmcnt

IS InereaslI1g. Competition i~

e.,rahli.,hmel1ls In \u~rr:Ili:l. America and

I)r \i1 iehael I' Clode

Japan.

Dcpartment of ;v1cchanleal Engineering

Klng'\ Collegc was repre'>cnted at the

v..herc students spend their fir.,t )e:H 111

British Educalion I· air 1993 by staff

Paklsu n and come [() the LK or

from Engincenng, l.a\1 and External

betwecn onc and two year." relUrnlng

1{c1atlon,>. l.a\1 and !'.nglneerlng are

home agarn to completc their the c.,.

lr:tdltionally popular ~ubject In the Far

There

1'.a,>[. The Collegc .,r.1nd dcall wilh 712

a preference for Ph f)

programme with a tau ·ht componcnt

undergraduatc and 74 pO,>lgraduate

which allo\1 students to gain. broader

enqulrll.; o"er lhe three dayS

knowled 'e as well a expcnencc

'llllgaporc :IIOlle. Runnll1g concurrently

researc.hrng

111

depth; lhl'> wa JnOlher

reason why the l Our" I'>it

L nlVer'>ity

to III

.\ \IJ .. prefcrred.

the Quad I :\/.1m

111

11th the cdu allon air \Icrc .,emrnar., on .111 a pcer'> of Ilmall1 nd Il., education '> .,lcm. I played my p:1rl In rcpre cllting

I slamabad pro" Ided the

Krn ' \ b) Lhalrll1' the ",ngll1ccrlng

opporlUnit) lO meet an ex-King'.,

Semll1:Ir,>, \Ihl h pro"ldcd:In exeellcnt

slUdenl, Dr, 'aquvl, who I" eenlO

llpporWnlt) to expo'>e the acti"e

partiCipate in the plit PhD '>c.heme \o\lth

dc\ c10pmclH

the Dcpartment of Electronic. :Ind

m:Illltcn:tncc of our cd Ilcatlonal

Electrtcal Engineering In lhe field

signal proces ing. Our Physlc,> Department has an academiC vi'>llOr.

our COllr'>CS and the

'>tandard . The hcncfit'l of the !'.c!ucalion Fair were nlll onl 'confined lO the .,et e"cnl.

Profe .,or Iqhal, from the .,amc

'1 hc repre,>enr.1tl"cS rom King' took

univer.,ity.

advantagc of being inlhc locality by

The academiCS that wc met In

benefit from lhe e acti"itles,

but eXlend., to educational

"I\iling local school'> and gl"lng hort

In addition to a mall but, wc hope, welcome cheq ue the award winners recei cd a card sho\.\ ing the celebrated Wellington Duel and a Oartington gla bowl en -raved \.I ith thc College coat of arms. (See pholo on Ihe fronl p 'Ke) Peter Gilbert As I tant creta£)

ir James Black FR ,the ~obel Prize-winning King's pharmacologist, has been cho en as the first scientist to have his portrait commissioned by the Royal ociety and the National Portrait Gallery a part of a eries contributing to the public awarene and understanding of scien e through portraiture. Sir Jame has agreed to sit to \I1r Martin Yeoman this summer, and it is hoped that the resulting work will be foil 0\.\ cd hya steady series of new portrait. financial assistance is being provided by copes and, for this portrait, by ICI.

n 29 March the Principal presided at a party to honour those members of staff who were to receive long service awards. Before presenting the award, Professor Luca referred to the deep sense of commitment of so many staff to King's College and to the institutions with which it had merged, King's College Ilospital :'v1edical chool, Queen Elizabeth College and Chel~ea College. Thirty three members of staff received awards for 25 years' ervlce whilc thrce members of taffhad each aehie cd 40 years' service. Receiving his 40 years' award wa Profe sor Ted Decl , Profe sor of Electronic and Electrical Engineering who has heen at King's, first as a student and then as a member of staff for virtually the whole of his working life. Jim Fox, al 0 with 40 years' service, tarted as an apprentice electrician and worked his way up to a senior po ition in the College Engineer's Department. Mike Giuliano started as office boy in the old Collcge Office and now, 40 years later (and without one day off in sick-leave), is head of sales ledger in the Finance Department.

the Standard \....·orking Group of the ~atlonal Computer L: er ' Forum. Thclr next project I to produce a erie of practical guide or u er on ho to ope with tandard. Royal Geographic Society The Royal Geographic ociet has pre ented a Back Award to Or Linda ~ew on for out tandingeontribution to geographical di co ery and cience. Selected writings of Julian Brown

Professor Brian Gardiner On 24 :'v1ay 1993. Profe sor I1rian Gardiner (Oivi ion of I.ife Science) was voted President-elect of the I.innean Societ . lie will become its 43rd President. The Societ ,wh ich takes its name from the cekbrated 'wed ish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-177 ), was founded In 17 and i the oldest extant scientific ,>oeiety in the \\orld devoted to natllral history. In the 205 . cars of iLS existence there has never previou Iy been a contested election for the position of President. Ilrian's opponent was Professor Ilrian Campbell C1arke FRS. Professor Norma Rinsler Professor Rinsler has been awarded a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship, for tWO years from October 1993, to enable her to complete a research project on Louis i\ragon as Surrealist writer and art critic. Professor Helder Macedo

At a ceremony at the Portuguese Embas~y on 20 :'v1ay, the Ambassador of Portugal. Senhor !\ntcinioVaz-Pereira pre en ted decoration~ to Profes or Ilelder :Vlacedo, I lead of Portllguese and I3ra'l.ilian ,'tudies and Profes. or I.ui Rebelo. who both re ell/cd the honour of Commander of the Order of St James of the, \ ord.

Profes or Janet Bately, Profes or Jane Roberts from King' English Department, along with \11 ichelle Brown, Curator of :'v1edieval \1anuscript at the British Library, are the editors of A Paleogropher's Viewseluled wnlings ofJulion Rrf)fj;}n. publi hed by Ilarvey :'v1iller Publishers, priced at £4 . The selection of published and unpublished papers reveal many facets of J ulian Bro\\ n' \York wh ieh have had such an influence on recent palaeography and the ·tud of Insular and Earl English manuscript. Power and Possession Profe sor Averil Cameron attended a conference with the above title, from 3 to 5 June in I.eiden, the ~etherland , where she was onc of eight international speakers on State, Society and the Church during the fourth century 1\1). Professor Cameron spoke on Christianity and Communication in the Fourth Century: the problem of diffusion '. What was particularly notable about the event, Profe sor Camcron say. i that it was organised by a student ·ociety. 'Quite hone tl it was the best organised and mo t enjoyable symposium I have been to for aver long time.' she comments.

Professor Cameron ha. abo been intervie\.\ed for nBC Television's r~veryman programme on the theme of elibacy. The documentary will be creened on 25 J uI .

Brian Meek

Ilrian \1eek. A sistant Director of the Computing Centre, is the co-editor of User needs in infomlolion lechnology slondords, which ha recently been published b Ilutterworth-Ilcinemann. llrian and the other two editors, CO Evans and RS V,alker, arc members of

The wedding of ukai ~'Oure (Computer ~entre) to Jimi Ogun'>ola took place in the College Chapel on Saturday I \11 ay.

I r ..,re lOt CC lahll hmclllo"a De elop en 0" I e \lthlO tne Ext rn I Rclallon ()cp:1rl en ha mo cd a tcp rther \lth e appolOtment 0" I Jo \ 7ne'" the Developmen 0 re tor th ~ m, nth Jo ha extcn~1 e cxpenen\.c n poli lcal mar em. public relatl n advertl 10 10 .\u tralla. fler la t

po Itlon w~ on thc la 0 the Premlcr ofWcstcrn Au tralla mana~lOg PR and marketlOg Governmenr polKy 10 a preelectIOn enVironment. Also. over the year he ha~ done a lot of", ork In the political undrai ing area. '\lIthc'>e '>k i1h will be put to good u e a'> ~he I~ charged

Equal opportunity? nee'"

red t.Jt oppon OIt. ()a IC In.o r I tl'> ue(\\her an: hc'" men'). Oppor nit I not cql a at 'lOg '>, any more hanatan. nthero'thehundred o ademlc IOstitutlon In IlnlalO.

arc a

I...''''fl('

r~ne

....dlerll cmcnr re rUltln 7 ne" la pro<..lalm cc uallt 0" opponunlt : b t

on III IOn

ml~h

\IC draw rom thl '

In re Cnt _car I ha e been much In I cd a n d l'>Cr on I ue 0 c ual opponunlt. 10 the mu Ic.al pro e slon. It I,> le r to me that chan e come about II hen IOdl Idual people hale the

thl~

OIJr 'C to land up or their view. The ,\ ademle 1ale ha not trUC me a a

\Iy IntUllHlO IS that Ilomen at Km "s have reason to be C3UtlOU I optimIStic: not becau,>c the College has Introduced eqllalopporlUnlt. monltonng(llhlch I

panlclllarly Cl)lIra"eOll creature during thc'>e 1a.,t dl flcult year; I tru t KlOg's I not gOing to bc short on courage when it come to implementlOg equal Upp0rlU nit) in practice a \Iell a theory.

"ill be brought about by 01101110 the pint of the la\\. not JU t the letter.

Dr III I I.c Fanu '>cnlor I.ccturer 10 CompoSItIOn and .\LtIO).: I kad of Departmcnt

'Culture' ? I

Cl))

olHft.:r If I'eter. aundcr'> (letter, \1ay \I

III for 'IVC mc If I ml'>reprc'>ent him

Just. "ttlc' Do "'e really want to bu rdc n ou r '>tudel1l 1\ Ith more complll,>ory lecwrc'>? :\nd would wc reall) dc" 'ht In thc schodenjreude of wate/un ' their discomfort as they ace even more lectures from the likes of :'vir, Stoppard \10 hcn thcy go to theatre?

10 Agnew with firstly e lablishing an .\nnll:d 1'lInd and laying the ground work to launch a

10 Itsclf no '1l3ranrcc of an) change \Ihatsoever to thc SlaWs qllo) hilt

Capilal Gift Campaign In the next fell

bccalhe IthlOk thcre IS a genulOc dcsire amongst dC<:l'>lon-makcr,> at the College

year. Thl challenging la k can not bc donc alone and any suece,>s II ill hc dcpendcnt on the ull support and aetll It) of '>taff and students alike. I will he taking Jo around thc College over the next fell weeks to Introduce her to as many staff as po SI hie. he \\111 hc \Iorklng \\lth you all to achieve a common gOJI 0 Increasing the Colic 'e"s financial independence. Dr Bamc \lorgan Director of External Relations

ec more \Iomen In scnior and policy"

ma mg roles. If I am nght 10 bClng optlml'>tlc. then Ithlllk \IC '>hollld e. pc t to scc the Colic 'C 1l1trodllcln '. ppropn3tc tralllll1g: the 'm:lll:lgcr'>' at thc Colic 'e, :lIld other ,>cnlor sta f need to debate thc

I WfIlC a'> a fully qualified visitor to thl'> country (with 50 ycar of careful ob'>crvatlon to my credit) who now shares the natives' in,>tinctive dislike of thc \Iord

Ilure

(\1

hieh, I felt,

hou Id not the ideal be

havc

tlJdent'> '>It voluntarily at he feet of 1>r1lliam sc..hol3rs 1\ ho can CXpla1ll what the arc dOing and Imbuc thc'>e students With enthu'l. '>m and re~pcct for learning rather than orcc them IIUO compul>ory Iccture,' Ilc\lare 0 kullur. . It \1 ill rum you If It eler becomes compuhor)!

I'>slle 0 'pO'>ItIVC d I'>cnmlnatlOn': thcy need to JlIstlfy their adherencc to the l nlverSlt) of I.ondon policy of 'the hcst

â&#x20AC;˘ 'e\ver) n Chomet

m:ln or the joh' In cxpl:llnll1g their

[)cpartmel1l of Ph) ,ics

CfIlCn:l for Âˇbe,>(. \rc the 'ohJectlvc'

wa~

thc tiP of Petcr's tOn 7uel).

hi i~ Comment's eeond repon of rc~ arch grant re eived b ' member of the College. The grant. are tho e li ted a recci cd b the Research Grant Office in I· inance in the quarter v. hieh ended on 0 April. Oetaib of grant under 5.000 arc not gl en, nor are exten ion of exi ting grants or those which arc confidential, but the amounts for the e grant~ are included in the total for the departmcnt or unit.

Age Concern Institute of Gerontology Prof A Tinker, £71,001 (Dacorum & St .'\Ihans Community :'\1 IS Trust) to ,uppon a re earch project entitled 'a ,trateg: for ~er ice~ for elderly people in "orth We~t Ilcrtfordsh ire - re~earch & practice'. I'rof /\ Tinker, £ 15,9 0 (I.ondon Borough of I.ewi~ham Social Ser iccs) to 'iuppon a rC'iearch project entitled '~upport and ad ice for vulnerahle elder, - S/\VE'. I'rof A Tinker. £6.930 \E.\ Technolo!,'Y I.td) to >upport research on heating controls for elderly people. Total grants, £97.799.

to D:'-./\ and protein '. Dr P . ·unn.II7, 70 Ecu (£ 4.000 approx) (I·.uropean Commi IOn) to support re earch on 'Impro II1g the quality of gra'i~-pea, a rich crop for malnoufl hcd people in the developing world'. Prof I' Quinn, -,064 (British Council). Research student hip. TOla I gra n[s, £2 16, 463.

Biology Total grant reccived . ,0 O.

Biophysics Dr R K I'atient, £142,301 (Wellcome Trust) to 'iupport research on the sequence 'pecificity afGATA-l binding and its alteration by phosphorylation.Or 'vi Peckham. Dr G Jones, £49,019 (:'v1 u~cular Dystrophy Group) to support research on targeting the dystrophin gene by homologous recombination in a no\'el mammalian m ogenic cell line. Total grants. £ 192,770.

Business Ethics Research Centre I'rof J \1ahoney, £5,000 (Anonymous Charitable Tru~t). Contriblltion toward research expen ·es.

Centre for Educational Studies Professor I' Illaek. £5,000 (Schools Examinations and I\ssessement Council). Supplement to the I\pe Science :\rchive. Total grants, £7,000.

Chemistry Dr CD Ilall. £11,23 (Jown Protective Coatings). l{csearch tudentship. Dr F

Anatomy and Human Biology Dr'vl 'vIaden. Dr J Pizzey, £92,552 (.i\ction Ik~earch) to support a research ,>tudy on 'the stimu lation of neurite outgrowth by retinoic aCid '. Dr i\ 1I Bittles. ~2.117 (Wellcome Trust) to ~upport re'iearch on the asse~smcnt of ertillty and prereproductive mortality and morhidity in consanguineous marriages. Dr R F Brooks, £26,534 (Canccr Research Campaign) to support research on the identification and characteris:ltion of iI1tracell ular factors responsible for Initiatln ' the S pha~e of the cell cycle.

Biochemistry Dr .'\ E bri nger, £ 12,750 ('vi ati Ida Poolc Foundation). Contribution towards research staff costs. I'rof B IIalliwell, £22,970 (Asta :'v1cdica AG). Research .>wdentship. I'rof B I falli\ ell, £ 1,679 (British Ileart Foundation) to support research on 'free radical reactions in human athcrosclcrotlc leSion : damage

Ilibbert, I)r K Jones, £280,703 (SL::RC) su pport research on the identification,synthesis and mechanistic swdies of the luminescent chromophore in pholasin. to

Classics Totalgrant'i.£I,59.

Computing Dr 0 Ilerkman, Dr K Park, £69.258 (SE RC) to support re~earch on 'highly parallel algorirhmic '.

Dental Sciences (Royal College of Surgeons) I)r I) Ilcighton, '29.404 (lvoclar. g of l.iechtel1~ein). t\ longitudinal study to determinc the effects of cer itcc on the microflora of root carie~ and cxposed

rOOL

English Total grant·, £72

Electronic & Electrical Engineering Total grants, £8,793

Food Science Research Group !'rof. II l<o~s-'vI urphy, £59,737 (I\FHC) to purchae equipmcnt to support

research on novel procedure

the

rheological characteri ation of food gel , tabilizer and thickener.

Geography Prof J Thorne , 531,590 Ecu (£425,272 approx) (EC) to support a project entitled ':v1edalus 11: re earch and polic interfacing in selected region Total grants, - 7,505.

Haematology Dr :v1ufti, £16,100 (Glaxo). udit on antibiotic in the department. £45, 49 (SETRIIA)' investigation of T-eell-' receptor arrangement in mycosi funcoide using PCR.

Human Environmental Sciences Dr A W 13ark, £15,695 (13rian Colquhoun and Partners). Contribution towards the cost of producing a final report and en iron mental statement on the A33 13ickton to Ib le improvement. Total grant, (including extension; worth £3,28 ) £31,735.

Immunology Prof ergani,£65,195( ETRII ..\). Prevention and abrogation of diabetes: a tudy in an animal model of insulin dependent diabetes.

liver Unit Dr Portman, £6,240 (EEC). To identif hi tological featLJres which m:lY correlate with the aetiology in chron i hepatitis due to hepatitis virus B, D and/or C. and in autoimmune cases.

Mechanical Engineering Dr M Yian nesk is, 77,000 Ecu (£63, J 40 approx) (European Commission) to support research on numerical ;cale-up and design of high efficiency mixers for the control and optimil'..3tion of the yield and the selecticit in chemical reactors. Or L enevirarne,:v1r I3 R Tilbury, Dr :v1 Pellegrini (Computer Science), Or ' Vcla tin. Mr D Fra er (Electronic Electrical Engineering), £42,366 (Academic Development, Rc earch Equipment & Re earch • trategy funds) to support research on semor-guided automated path planning for robot manipulator. Total grants, £151,1 2.

Medicine Dr Banga, £6,240 (EEC). Immunogical and structural studie on human th roid peroxida e, the target antigen in autoimmu ne th roid diseases.

Microbiology Prof R K Poole, £115,765 (SI~RC) to support research on the navohaemoglobin H:v1 P of escherich ia;

I it an oxygen en or?

£7 .790) 261,935

Music

Physiology

Dr :v1il tein, 96 (Re earch EqUipment Fund) toward the purchase of equipment to be u cd for re earch purpo es.

Prof J Pear on, £44, 0 ( nhriti & Rheumatism ouncil) to upport re earch on 'cell and molecular biology of c tokine action on endothelium'. Dr P A fra er, £17.103 (Wellcome Tru t) to suPPOrt an inve tigation into the role ofarachidonic acid in the regulation of cerebral micro a cular permeability,

Nursing Studies I)r Redfern,' 6,000 (Engli h '-'ationallloard for. 'ur ing, Midwifef) and Ilcalth Vi iting) to upport a research in estigatlon into the changing pre- and po t-regi tration educational need of mental health and learning disabilit nur es. M A l3ergen, 20,000 (Queen :"ursing In titute). A study to identify the current and potential relevance and value of case management to community nursing. Total grants, £ 11 0,340.

Nutrition and Dietetics Dr:v1 "elson, £ 10,000 (Jo;eph Rowntree Foundation) to ;upport a re"eareh project entitled 'Family 13udget l nit: Development Phase I', Or I' t\ Judd, £17,272 (Mini try of Agriculture Fisherie; and food) to support a research ;urve of!\ ian foods and their nutritional content. ()r M :"c1son, Ji12,376 (Department of Ilealth) to support research on the iron Status of ;chool children.

Portuguese & Brazilian Studies Total grants, 4, 00.

Psychological Medicine Or

David, 40,616 (:v1 RC). Improving

medication compliance in psychotic patients. Dr We sely, £31,856 (Linbury Tru t). E nq uirie into chronic fatigue syndrome.

Public Health & Epidemiology Prof:'-'oah,£2 ,6 2( ETRIII\}. Lecturer in Public Ilcalth :v1edicine.

Theology and Religious Studies Prof \1 A Knibb,£42,968 (British cademy).Research readership awarded to Dr F Hardy.

Thoracic Medicine Dr Costello, £6,240 (EEC). Diagno tic fibroptic bronchoscopy.

nlcndrncnr to I{' . nch ,nn f· tlIr'd III the 1

Pharmacology I)r 5 Brain, £6,630 (In;titut de Rcchcrehes Internationales) to ;upport an investigation into the effect of Servierpiribedil (dopamine D2 agonist) In the mici'U-circulation Total grant;, £9,130.

Pharmacy Or 5 Illonmfield, £36,179 (OTI & various indu trial bodies) to uppon the development of methods for preparing bacterial and fungal te t uspen ions with repeatable and reproducible re istance to anti eptic; and disinfect:lnts. Total grants. £44,179.

The a ward of 380,664 Ecu (£304,531 approx) from the EEC to support the devclopment of on-stream biosensors for pesticide detection was jointly awarded to Or I Lewis and Dr P l3ennetto of the Chemistry Deparment, and Or J Mason of the :'v1icrobiolo!,'Y Section, Divi ion of Life Sciences. Or \1 Yianneskis, from Mechanical Engineering, received 128,00 Ecu which is approximately 102,400 and not £12,400 as stated. The total for grants received in Mechanical Engineering, therefore, was 239.5 3.

Physics Or J Boyce, £35,000 (Defence Research Agency). upplement to purcha e equipment for u;e In the 'neuriel development' project. I)r C Gabriel, 64.367 Eeu (£51.494 approx) (European Commi; ion) to ;upport research on 'dielectric properties lInd the water status of plant;'. Prof R Ilurge, £,)3, 151 (Defence I~e earch Agenc ). I{e;earch on 'rough urf:lce scattering for maritime radar (pha;e 11)', Total grants.(including extension. worth

1J) I c earc...h ,fan

The following researclr grants received in tne quarter ended 3/ January /993 by staffat KCSil-fD w re accidentally omimdfrom tne ."4a Comment.

Clinical Biochemistry Prof Peters, £49.107 (LORS, SETRIIA). A%e;;ment of mu culo skeletal protein and I{"t\ turnover in cardiac failure and related disorders by non-invasive technique.

ell

Clinical Biochemistry/lnstitute of Psychiatry Pro Peter. Or Ed"ard. 4 . (EEC). E~alu tlon 0 the hcalth and lal con-equen e of alcohol ab -e "Ith peclal re erence to ethO! 'anablllt.

Dental Public Health Prof Gelbler.

,727 ( 1::1

I1 \ I,

De 'elopmeOl \\or 10 denul public health. Toul ran,

13,727. (. IRC).

PartlClpallOn in \lRC clinical trial In Aids and H [V. Or Eru allm ky,' ,46 (I3ritish Ileart Foundation). Induction of growth faetOr~ and growth regulation gene b)- hypOXia 10 va cular mOOlh mu cle cell in VI 0 and 10 ~ IUO.

Psychological Medicine Or Wes eley, £4 . 36 (Department 0 Ilealth). The pattern 0 dcla) In mental health review tribunal.

Public Health and Epidemiology Prof .oah, 32,000 (Departrnc nt

r 1t

Ilealth). Di uibution of fllm!\ for the development of tralnlOg in public health medielOe.

Grants transferred with Royal College of Surgeons, Department of Dental Sciences Or 13clghtOn, £14,000 (Smith-Kline fleecham). Anti-microbial effeCl" of a CPC-conuining mouthwash; £5.000 (Vivadent/LlIYlC). The short-term effects of cervitcc on the mic.r<l-nora of root caries le ions rcquiring re\torallon: 3 ,29 (LOR ( I:.TRIIt\)/l;'vm~/ L11\1C). Diagnosis of econdary caries; ,500 (LOR (. ·\\'TRII.'\)/Parkslde Ill\). Effects of a ch lorhexidlnc conuining varnish on theall\ary level of muuns streptococcI in handicapped chtldren; £430,000 (Lnllever/L1I'vlC). Yllerobiologlcal and clinical actor\ associated with roOt caries.

Ithier r

n n add I ion to he 'r n mentioned on pa"c I 1, Pro c or Ronald fluwe ha al 0 re elved a rant 0 - - or urther wdle 0 Imulatlon

r ne

nthellc aperture radar lma e and

~er

either partlclpan

ortud,eo

o'tX-ra.imain

nd holography u in' thc '-ra)- laser. The e have also been pro Ided b the

Medicine Or Poznla ,£ 3,1

r I

700 deleg te ..... ho vvere 10' 10

o arlan cancer reenlng tu d)- or their relative. attended a

De ence He earch .\ 'ency and the \llOlStr of Defence. lIe ha al 0 recel ed a new contract for the development of high-re olution zone platcs or the E llropean Synchrotron Hadlatlon Factllty at Grenoble "hlch \\ III enable the lO~tallallon of a state-ofthe-art reactive Ion ctchlOg machlnc 10

con erence or 'ani cd b) Kin' College 110 pltal and KC . 1D 10 WestmlO ter on 24 I\pril. The main objective of the conference"" a to update them on the pro're made,o ar With the King's creenlngand Rc earch Pro ramme or earl) o~arlan cancer. Pro e '>or. wart Campbell, Ilead of

the I'hy IC~ Department. Profe or I'.d \\ ard Llghto.... It.:r . Dr

the De partme nt of Oh tetric and G)naeeolog) at KlI1g'3, opened the

\Ian ColllO\ and Pro e"or Gordon Davlc 10 the olld ~tate I'h)- ICS

proceed 109> by empha"\lng that early detection of 0 arlan canCl:r IS Critical,

Re carch Grou p have been a~\arded t~vO ncw grams b) the I·.I{C A sum of \:264,316 ha\ bee n a\\ arded for thc developmcnt 0 cr)ogcnlc eathodolumlnc\cencc Imaging and \peetro\cory of defect\ In thlO diamond. ~dlcon and \t1lcon-germ nlum alloy\ and hetero\trucwre\, and a \um of£135.191 has been a.... arded for the develorment of a lo~\ temrerawre \pectrometer to extend the range of photoluminescence

and i1hl\tratlOg the King'> findll1 ''> that health \\oOmen .... Ith a amily hiStory of ovarian cancer have a ten times greater ri\k of dcveloplng It than tho e in the popu lallon at large. Dr Joan :Iack, Con\llltant Geneticist at the Royal Free II0spltal, -.aid that the King'\ \tIJdy learly p<lInted to the need for prl:ventative \creening in familic\ where there IS a sll1gle ca\e of ovarian cancer in a first-degree relative (mother,

>pectroscopy applied to \emiconduccors.

si ter or daughter). Dr Tom Bournc, I lead of King's Screening Clinic, explained the hypothesis behind the creening programme that by using Doppler colour Imaging it would be pOSSible co identify Increased and di ordered blood nO\V In the ovary. Three cohort of 500 women had been tested, six of whom had cancer. The abllit)- to make a correct diagno i had been greatly improved b applying criteria learnt from the earlier cree n 111 g,. Professor William ColllO, 0 arian Cancer Research Co-ordinator at King's, outlined thc team' future re earch goal\. The\e Include a laboratory-based test which, once the predi\posing gene ha'> been found, will be able co recogni e all abnormal ells in blood, saliva or cerVical mears, and - in due course - the dc elopment of a simple urinary dipstick for elf-testing. I'rofe or Campbell and Shirley

Farmer, Director of the King' Appeal. outlined plans for the establishment at King' of a national Research Centre or Women' Ilealth, and of the fund-ral in); project a ociated with thi . 0 er one million pound ha alread been donated b a leading indu triali t, and the final £500,000 i now being ought. • ince the conference, man women have offered to 'do their bit' for women' health. \light there be a Women at King' Women' fundraising e ent for thi project? llelp, advice, ideas and upport arc all a ailablc from the King's Appeal at Denmark Ilill. London E5 9RS, tel 071-97 4. Lynn Roberts Assistant Appeal Director The King' Appeal

Scholarships for postgraduate studies in Commonwealth Countries 1994-95

Application hould reach the Centre before the 27 Augu t I 3; award will be notified two months later.

Commonwealth ' holar hip are offered

\pplication forms and further dctail ma) be obtained from the cretary, Ir Robert \lenzies Centre for u tralian tudie5,2 Russell quare. London WCI B 5D '.

annuall)' for tud at \la ter' or Doctorallevcl and provide return fare. fees, maintenance and other allowances. Candidates must be permanently resident in the CK, under 35 year old and C K citizen or British protected persons. As a minimum qualification ou should hold, or expect to obtain in June, a first or upper second clas honour degree. For further information contact: the Joint. 'ecretary, Commonwealth ~cholar hip Commi ion (OveLea \wards) (PO), :\~~ociation of Common\\ealth Lniversities. 36 Gordon Sq uare. London \\'C III OPF, tcl 071· 3 7 572. ext 204.

Postgraduate scholarship awards for study in Canada 1994·95 he Arts Council ha' renewed the grant for Modern I'oetry in Translation for a further car, which means that two issues will be produced in 1993. The fir~t ofthe~e will have a ~pecial feature on Anna Kamien5ka, the Polish poet, and will include other poets from Poland and from Europe generally, together with ~omc essays on translation. The econd i~~ue will feature the recent Imernational Poetry Festival held in Jeru~alem. Profe ~or 00rma Rinsler Y10dern Poetry in Tran lation

Thcse awards are offered annually for Briti~h student,> or graduates wishing to pur~ue either a research programme or a postgraduate cour~e at a Lni ersityor other appropriate institlltion in Canada. I'enahlc for onc) ear only, the awards \\ ill cover air fares. fees, maintenance and other allo\\an('es. Candidates should normally be under 30 years old and CK citizen re ident in the CK. They ,hould hold or expect to hold a first or upper second c1a5s honours degree. For further information write to the Deputy Secretary General (PO/CY1 F) Common\\ealth Award and :\ppoimment , 1\ 50eiation of Common\\ealth Cniver itie., 36 Gordon 'q uare. London WC II1 OPF, tel 071.> 7 572, ext 204.

Northcote graduate scholarships o\pplications are invited from student re ident in the Cl' who wi h to undertake a higher dcgree at an o\ustralian univer ity for a period of up to three car. :\pplieant5 mu t a~eertain their ciJgibilit) for an Australian graduate programme. There arc no limitation a, to the field of study.. rhe ,cholarship \\ ill provide an econom) class rctllrn airfare to .'\ustralia and an all Il1clu ive allowance of:\ 17,427 per annum huhJect to review). l\pplicam5 ,hould be under the age of30.

The Institute of Education i runn ing the above course, over two year period for lecturers to learn and improve their 5kill on various a pects of their work. The cour~e aims to cover the full range of tasks a lecturer i faced with from impro ing teaching method; tudem as es ment; student selcction; way of coping \\ ith 5tudents in difficulties; to making recommendations to a committee They offer to set up practice interviews. seminars. lectures. and offer advice on writing course objectives, entries for prospectuses and even reassessing a whole course. The COSt of the programme i £669 pcr annum. Cnfortunately the, taff Development and Training Cnit is unable to help with the fees. For further information please contact: Roy Cox, The Centre for Higher Education udies(CIIE ), - --9Gordon quare, London \\'C I H O:'\T. Te1071-612 63 3/6363.

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a t month the Pre~~ and Publication Office held eminar at the Ken Ingcon and trand campu e to Introduce taff to the re entl) publi~hed r;uld. Int. Jor Publze Irons. The~e hort tal h y John Ru h\lorth of Penta ram "ere IntelHkd a~ an introductIOn to the ba. Il Lonu.:pt' behmd the r;ulddznes. orne of the follo\1 In' pOint' aro~e that It might be u e ul to clarl y "r the benefit of tho~e unahle to attend the semln rs: aslon and L n 1\ er~ are the recommended t)peface~ for publicatIOns. I [owe\ er. '[Ime~ and Ilelvetica, which arc available to nearly all computer u~er in the College, (':In be used a~ very acceptable ~ub~tl ute~. Times :"ew Roman I. a cla~'lc, elegant newspaper typeface. developed In the 1930,. which can achieve the many of the effects of Cas Ion if the 'lame guidelines are applied.

. taff do not need to U'>C Ca~lon as the t) pe ace or t) pin' their 0\1 n letter~. It I'> Imended onl or the printed part 0 the letterhead layout or 'or u,e In I' Iblic3tlOn,. I you are producln' a layout on . our \Iac or I' _ by mean 0 de 路top publl~hll1" It \Iould be \Iorth outputtll1g thc mal result to bromide rather than \Ing Ia,er (;01' a, final artwork. '1 he re olutlon 0 the l[Tu~e I ten time ~reater. 'I he I're" and I'ublll.:atlon, () fice can ,uppl) )OU \llth det311, of lutlel' th3t prol Ide th" 'crI Ice

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intere ted io ueh an arrangement please contact me as oon a possible before the cnd of J u I)' so that that I on as,c;,s the demand within thc College

The price of a licence i usually calculated by the number of printer on each site that will be using these fonts regard le s of whether they are

and obtain a more precise quotation. Thc (;uiddint's have now heen distributed to all departments and extra <.:opics are available for anyone that

connected to Macs or PCs.. ·aturall).

reqlllrc. them. If)ou have a particular

the arrangements for operating such

typesetter/designer who does a lot of publications work for you it might be

agreement are heavily policed. Recently Penguin Book and the I~oyal College of Art have been fined for breaching the copyright conditions, and Adobe and Monotype Corporation (\I'ho hold the copyright for most fonts) are keen to make examples of such offenders to d troth rs. It would appear that if there were ufficient numbers of interested parties at each campus who \\ ished to obtalll

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copie of the recommended fonts th~n we could achieve reasonablc cconomlc of cale by purchaing a licence. This would be a once-off pa) ment. "'c would fir t need to ascertain how man) pcople would be interested in bu) ing the follts and what they would be prepared to pay. (for example, 10 printers used In one site (regardless of how many computers they were linked to) could obtain a licence for approx £ 1.200 to use Ca Ion and Cnivers. for 50 printcr thl would beapprox£2.100).lfyouare

Department of Geography

Institute of Advanced usical Studies Special Renaissance Lecture 1993 Monday 28 June • 30 =ioo"-' GO' .• 52 S:'a c,

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Monday 28 June 305, Room GO

King's College London Association Soiree Musicale o be eld on Sa rday 0 J Iy 993

Group from 'e SIC Depar ment, C, y Unlvers y Scnoenberg's P,erro! Luna/{e

In he Grea Hall on the S rand Camp s at 6 OOpm 011 owed by re eshmen In he Council Room at

Tuesday 29 June 3 05, Grea Hal race Chadwe" soprano, and 0 n recorders, 0 Incl de Da Id _u sda ne's or 0/ Song Boo

~ urner,

Wednesday 30 June 305. Grea Hal Sharon Choa. 0 n, and rends 0 nclude USIC b ozar and Geo rey

3 s

730pm P'o'essor Cur ,s Price, mg Edward Pro'essor 0' 'SIC, and Dr e,en Hudson, C PreSident, have p'easure In nv' ,ng you 0 a conce g, en by stu en so he jo'n ,ng's Co ege London/Roya Academ 0 SIC Ce . e 'or Ad anced Pe ormance S:udes e programme WI Include wor s b Haydn. Pucc'n a d oza, ~ e :,cre price 0' CO per person Includes a Inger bu e a d a 9 ass 0 Ine or 'rul J Ice A cash bar 'I a,so

I rJ

be pro Ided C eques should be ma e pa ab,e 0 mg's College

Friday 2 July at 13,10

London RSVP r Davld Po er,

Preacher Pro essor Leslie olden All members 0 sta f are warmly mVI ed 0 is seNlce There will be a recep Ion a er the service In he Pnnclpal's 0 'Ice 0 say arewell 0 e Dean, who re Ires a he end 0 erm, p

c/o The CLA Of Ice, ing's College London, Cornwall House, Wa erloo Road, London SE 8 Telephone 071-872 3052

In hI> aprroach to cience and In hi Wider intellectual intere ts. lie and hi

1 ltll n

"'Ife Dorothy "'ere enthu ia tic i iror to museum. art galleries and

Gordon Alien

J951 to hecome a Re earch 0 ficer \\ Ith

Gordon Alien, Deputy Catcrin Manager at the Ken IOgton Campu

ICI at Billingham. 1nl 5_ he -..a

died on 7 :VIa 1993, after a Icngth

awarded a D Phi!. supervl cd b) Profe sor C Domb. In 19- 4 he wa

illne . at the age of 45.

appolOted to a Lecture hip

Gordon joined Chel ea College

September 19 3 as ~1anagcr for Catering Ser iees at 552 King's Road. He al 0 worked at Manrea Road before his appointment to Deputy Catering M anager at Kensi ngton. The College and Department has seen many changes during the years that Gordon worked for us, and hi~ willingne s to adapt to the change," and take on ncw

dutie~ and

pon'>lhdltle~

reading in hi tOr) and art ne er cea cd ro urpn e. FollowlIlg hi formal retirement In I ' and the death of hi 11'1

\1athematics at L:vI I. T, follo .... ed b a Reader hip in Applied \1athematie at Chelsea College, in I 63 and a "rofe ~orship in 1965. In 1967 he was elected a Fellow of the I:vIA and in 1974 he beeamc editor of the \1athematic and its Applications Serie~ for Ellis Ilorwood I,td. Although he had no great liking for adminimation, George Bell ,"erved as Ilead of the [)cpartmcnt of

e In 1 90 he continued to lecture and

do re;,earch. :\t the time of hi

udden

death he wa in 01 ed in the writing of a Joint book and he wa till an active serie editor for Elli I Iorwood. Tho e of u who worked with him and knew him at Chel ca. King" and in the wider scientific community will remember him with great resrect and affection. I)a\ id I,avis Department of ~1athematics

\lathcmatic. at Chel ea for two periods.

wa much appreciated. Mild in manner, alway plea,ant and cheerful. attributes he maintained throughout hi illne~. he will he ~adl) missed. and our deepe t mpathie~ go out to his family. Peter Hoffman College Catering Officer

George Bell George MacDonald l3ell, Emeritus Professor of Applied :vIathematic., at King's died on 14 April, at the age 01'67. F or more than forty years George Bell was a distingui~hed re earchcr in tatistical mechanics. Ilis intcre~t was in the development of reali~tic modcl., for eomplicarcd ystem. Extracting re ult~ for uch models entails the kind of physical insight and mathcmatlcal IOgenult 10 which he excelled. Ill'> exten~ive collaboration with Dr S Le ine on electrical double la) cr theor) and colloidal tability was of great interest to physical chcmi~ts and he \\ a, appointed as a Consultant

archaeological Ite and the depth of hi

the Ba,ic

Research Divi ion of L nile\'er in I 63. J le al 0 made important contributions to the theory of phase tran ition , mo t notahl for complex sy tems. like water. with a rich variety of phase transition.,. George l3ell wa educated at Bournemouth. ehool and ~1erton College, Oxford, where he obtained a degree in Phy ics in 1946 and in Mathematics in 194 . After three year~ as a Junior lecturer he left Oxford in

Thc sccond of these ..... hlch followed the udden death of Profes or J L B. Cooper 10 1979. coincided with a time of

Or Philip Boyd

great urhea\al for the College. In this difficult context George Bell rerformed hi. dutie., with great distinction. Threatened with the substantial contraction or pos ible clo ure of the \Iathcmatics Department, he acted with

P.,ych iatri t and a member of the Student Ser\'ices Counselling! P,ychotherapy team, died suddenly and very unexpectedly on 4 \1ay 1993. Ili death wa a tremendous shock ro all of u, in the department. Philip joined

detcrmination to preserve the interests both of h is colleague~ and of mathematics. Thosc of us who were

Queen Elizabeth College in 1984 and \Ia onc of the founding mcmbers of the ne\vly integrated counselling!

Phihr Ral,ron l3oyd, Con ultant

member., of the Dcpartment at the time

rs)'chotherapy service when the three

know ho\ much wc owe

colleges merged in 1985. lIe had taken

his skill. lie

was not the kind of person who was able to

make emoti e contributions in

committee meeting.. lie preferred to pursuc the intcre.,ts of the Department by per.,onal contact, in letters and on the telephone. In this he \Ia, at his most formidable. When the mcrger became a possibilit he played a major part in the negotiations which led to the combining of the three \l:lthematie, l)erartments. It is in rart due to hi., e fortS that a

early retirement from the :"IIS and from the :vi iddlesex Ilospital where he had been Consultant Psychiatrist in charge of :\dole'oeellt Lnit for many years. I'hilir's \Iealth ofexrerienee in his work with young rcorle a well a hi 'rccialist knowledge in the field of drug addiction, cn,ured that he wa well路 rlaced to deal \1 Ith the man) and difficult problems pre 'ented to him not only by the tudents of King' but at the

Department has heen built in the

vanou rublic school where he al 0 \\orked: Eton, t Paul's and The King's

merged o liege. George Bell wa a modest man whose

remembered by his colleague and I am

'>ucecssful and harmonlou.

,hy exterior

di"gui~ed a

~1athematics

,harr mind, an

lI1ei"i\ e wit and great charm. J'hroughout hi" career he was wellkno",n for the care and clarity with hich he rrer:m:d and delivered his lecture,. and a .,uccession of re;,earch ,tudenr, would aekn<)\\ ledge the debt \1

which they owed him for the skilful and ,ympathetie \~ay in \\ hich he provided '>upen !'>Ion. George .... a, a '>cholar, both

chool. Canterbury. Philip will be 'ure by the very large numbers of student'> .... ho were helped by him during their time at King's. as someone who \\ as incredibly generous with hi time, who rook infinite trouble and went to great lengths to give, and when nece"ary find. the appropriate treatment for anyone who ought his help. Ili .... isdom, experti e, kindne s and helpfulnes will be greatly missed

b all

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nand \v lr

him. :\. lemonal

, Ith

n.1 e \\ 11 be held

a 'ard 'd the Commonwe Ith fcllo \ hip an

\\ nt to J ,hn 11 Jp

n L nl er I ,

the Chapel.

13al Imor' \\ here he wa, av. r 'd 4) he -r tv-hi t [) PhD. 0

Ann Conlon

ret mtol',n·1 ndhehe meth'l -1 nlur ['.'(hl it ncr t Camhrid can

on Thur da, 2 Jun

Director

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III

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r him or hi

ncann,

no\led co·ph. I .butmorethan an, hlll 6 r hi indnc and 10 air. \ - er he retired, in I I , rom rh

Tnnlr, Colle'e \11 Ion h conrmued hi re arches intO \acuum ulrra ·Ioler

\\ heat ron Ch Ir 0 Ph~ 'c ( 0 IV hleh he \la appOint d in 1 2). v.e \lere all

>pearos op 'a III m" hi second PhD m the proce J. lit v.or on the

h pp to see him at the wee I

prevlOu I, v.or ed at Blr hee and for

pho ocheml r) and photolOnl atlon o·

alwa) remembered member

the BP Research Centre. lie died rom

the upper air d rm' thl> period \Ia

former,(J

lung cancer on 22 \-1 ay In Lev.1 ham

>ub,equentl) lenfied by satellire nd

famdle .

Alan Day 1

lan JOined the Colie e In 0 e mher as a teChnician In Pharm ), h In

Price pe nt the earl) part

the

helpin'

his job wa to provide mo,t of the

German aircraft shot dO\1 n over Brltam, and 11'>111;; ,pectro cople method'> to obtalll u,cful information abolH German 3\ 1:ItIOn I cl . lie le t Cambridge III

audIO-visual en. Ices. Alan wa a cheerful and con ClentlDu worker \\ ho did hi he t to c:lrr) out hi

anal

student at \Ianresa Road, \, here one of

1943. joinm • ICI at Billll1/.;ham \\here

not m good health. IllS thlrp, pre enu:

he ,ct

in the tearoom I' sadl) m,,'>ed b~ the dep:lrtment.

peLtro'I.Opl t'>. lie pent a year In Chicago in 1(J4(" 111 e'>tlgatlllg problems

'I welve member of staff auenekd hi

III

a "rollp to tralll

In rared and ultra\lolct .. pectro'Lop~. \nd then. In 19

memonal ervice at:\1I Saints' Church, ydenham, on Fnday 2

IJp

, "Ir John Randall,

the then head o!" ph\'>!L'> at

mad, rhe

happ~

dlOlLe

Kill '\,

appollltlng

Doug Grant

Ildl Pnce to a reader,llIp In a

Supenntendent. Pharmacy

deparrment that wa, to embark on onc of the mo,t ,ueLe.,., III planned (pace \1r. \\ aldegrave!J on la light on a ,peclfic problem III ,clence. namely, the

W C Price, FRS FKC There IS nothIng more deSlrahle In a university en ironment than a departmental head who comhlllc'> grc:1t but unohtru ive personal allthort(

v.lth

widely acknowledged academiC distinction. Bill Pnce was a man made In this mould. He ran the

I'h~,,(',>

Department at King\ \v ith env lable tyle and clear succe s. lie let h" 'tal' , who were also hiS friends, get on \11th

,truewre of de(Jx~ nbollllelele aCId I)

phy'>iC' 3 ne! of ehe rnl'>try (he wa, rnfer "It 3 FellO\I of the Royal In,titlJle of Cheml,>tryJ \Ia' <lnlmPOrt3llt l.omponcllt of Jbndall's ,tratcg). Pricc \13'> 'the man \\ho ne\1 abom the

arrow. But then he led the department

boner.

·\fter the I)

their job v.hil t he tned to ab,orh mo t of the Ine ltahle extraneou ,ling, :lnd

i\ for ,hort and nov. UhlqllilOll'>

aCre>" the printed page,. Pnee\ inwltlve and expert kno\1 lee!/.;c of

h~ drogen

\ tnumph (the fortieth

annl er,ar) of\1 hI h \\111 be celebrated In College th". eptemberJ, Pnce hc 'an hudd a !loumhll1g ,pectro>copy

m an age v. hich , Ir John Ilac ell

described. in hi Principal' Oration 0 1974, as being free of a 'n t between

rc,earch 'roup that rapldl~ earned Illternational rce(wnltloo or It. expertl'>e

academIC and adminIstrative ,taff

In huddll1g nc\\ ,pectromctcrs and

sometime found el cw here '.

acqlJlnn' extensl e ne\\ re,ult

William Charles Price was born on prill. 1909 in, wansea where he

Itravlolet and

the

laxv.ell, OCICry. 11

III

the

rared range; lie

vlrtllally Illvented the nc\\ and

attended the local grammar school

Import3nt ,>ubJcct of photoelectron

before entering the Lniverslty College

,pectro copy (initially. on Su nday

of Wales from which he graduated \llth

mornlllg, In room 2Sc just above C

a Fir t in physics in 1930. lie continued

l:Clrrldor!). It \\a, commonly helleved at

there a a postgraduate student of

the time that he ml."ed the

molecular spectro ·copy. In 1932 he \1 a,

hya whi,ker on a couple ofocca;iom.

~ohel

Prize

nd enquired about rheir '(Jrel~

ml s a good and

tru ted ncnd.

e alloys ound m

dutle to the cnd. even thou 'h he \\a, IIln

\\·c hall

roc Ct mea urement .

PIt31. He wa \\ell- nov.n to t:l- and

1(0

mcer'n"

_e\ver) n Chornet Department or Ph) Sic,>

"en he Ke,-,-King' Phytochemical Re earch Group held It fir t official meeting on _3 pril

eneral di ea,e and dysentery. The e u e u "e ted a po ible antimicrobial a tion b the extra ts. 1\ ,tembark

1993, at the Jodrell Laboratorie (Royal 130tanic Garden. Kcw). The Group \\a,

cxtract sho\\ed marked acti\1 yagam t

formed a a mean of formali mg

Extracts of the bark were also found to inhibit the gro\Hh of melanoma cell in

exi ting link between re earch group~ working at King's and at Kew, and [0

bacterial and fungal te t orgalll m .

encourage future collahoration betwec.n

vitro. which uppons to ome extent their u~e in 'outh :\frica for the

the two institutions. :v1ember hip comprises staff at the J odrell Laboratories and at King's who have an interest in natural product \ ith

treatment of kin cancer. The con 路tiruents responsible for the e activitie~ are not yet known, but arc being inve tigated. Dr IIoughton

biological activity. The Jodrcll Lahoratorie are renowned for their studies on the phywchemi,try of economically important plalH~. :\t

stressed the importance of con idering the traditional method of preparation 0

King' , the Pharmacogno I' ,eC[lon m the Depanment of Pharmac ha had a

plant n:medics as a guide to selecting the appropriate extraction solvents for phywcheml,'al wclie,.

long tradition of re,carch inw mcdlclnal plants. There are al. 0 a number of group ba ed in other depanmeIH, \\ ho arc involved in imdar \\ork.

I he IkpanmcIH of I'harmacy \\e!comc, I,inda h; 11 0\\ , as a \'i iting

The first meeting of the gwu p hegan with a lecture b Profe~sor ,\rthur lIell and Or Peter :"unn, both from th' l3iochemistry DepartmeIH, entitled :"euroroxic Amino i\cid~. Profe.,.,or lIell wa a particularly appropriatc choice of first speaker as he has linh '-' ith both Kewand King's - a former Profe~;or of

Profe,sor. I'rofe""or FeIlO\\ al,o ha, a connection \\ Ith Ke\\ a, until recently ,hc \\a, I lead of the llioehemi"try

Plant Sciences at Kings, and later

and chuacteri"ing nmpounds with

Director of the Royal Botanic Garden, (Kew), he is now back at King', carrYing

clinical potential. I'erhaps onc of her key achievements over this period wa~,

out research in the l3ioehemi,try

together \\ ith Dr Stan Ty ms of St \1ary', J 10;pitalPaddington to discover

Department. In their joint lecture, Professor 13ell and Or :\'unn described the phenomenon of lathyri~m, a neurological disea~e brought on by the consumption of seed from certain species of Lo/lz)'fUS (t pe 0 pea). Over 60/.o/Iz)'fUS pecie ha e been

tlIdied. and neurotoxic amino acid~ i'olated. The mechanism im'olved arc bemg tudied a. they may yield information

Scction there, but i, no" \1anager of the Plant I'rogramme for Xenoa Ltd. Over the past t\\O decade Lincb ha~ made many contribution, In the field of phy [Ochemistry, in particular isolating

the anti-I 11\' effects of certain alkaloids - a derivative synthe;lsed by Dr George Fleet at Oxford L niversit i~ currently 111 clinical tnal in the CS!\. Linda 1\ om: of the founder members of the Kew-King' I'hywehemical I~cseareh (jrou p. The next meeting of the group \\ ill be held at Ken ington on Friday , October at 15.00. Derail; of the

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on the cause of other neurodegenerative discase,.

pro 'ramme \\ be annou nced at a 'uture date. Anyone requiring further

The second lecture intriguingly entitled Tale of a ausagc Trce wa,

information about the Group or next meeting should contact Dr Petcr

given b Or Peter I lough ton, Pharmacy Department, in which he described hi,

Iloughron on ext 4775.

research into the constituents and biological activity of the Kigelia pinna/a tree. Th is tree is found in many part; (lf Africa, and its tem and root bark have been u ed traditionally for 'ouch condition a wou nd and ab,ee,,"e,.

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ubject-grou p ""'Ith repre entatl"e, rem King' and staff in the G \ Q hool and college to a IIit3te dl'>Cu Ion about G '\'Q cour,e and, where appropriate, di u<,;lon about applll:'1t1on, from tudents to wd at King", Currentl~ 3, 5 ,tudent, are regl tered for pilot G '\'Q at le.. el3 One G, '\'Q le..el 3 I ""'orth t\, 0 \ level, as,ummg a ,tu dent can manage three A-le els working full-time for t\'O years. Grade d I tinction IS rou,gh I) equivalent to AII3 at A le.. el, mCrlt I'> C

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Sadler's Wells' Tango para Dos Sac er s e s a'e 0' er,ng a "1I'ec '1urT'be' 0' bes: sas sea s i O' E7 50 'or 0 e da or. on eSday 22 "une a 930, 0 see' e ea anc pass 0 s mer co ea' e Ir Tango para Dos Sorre 0 Argen,lra's' nes:

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and pa s, D. \1em at G, '\ Q level I' needed to sati f the general entrance requirement of the Cnivcrslty of 1,(lI1elon. The Government wishe to ,ec cxpansion to 1,500 chool, and college, b 199 so that the take-u p I'> then 25%

:ne rea e dance-d amas 0 pros lues and pimps The p ogramme runs rom 22 June July and IS dedlca ed 0 one 0

out tripping upply, peaker, at the seminar expressed the vie\\ that their

Argen ,na's mos popu'ar na lonal neros, Carlos Gardel. who has recorded over 900 ango songs and appeared In he Irs 0 he a ospherc ango movies To a..:e advan age 0; n s 0 er e1ep one tne

stlldents takmg G, \'Q'> and \-Icvcls were enjoying the G:"VQ our,e, mort;

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among I year old,. GilIJan Shepherd reported as describing G '\'Q a, 'a runaway ucces ' with demand

assoc,a; 0 • :'le Un ers'y 0' So... ,~ar1p'on Soc e: . ana s see ng an Sou hampton 9 adua es 0 c,,"en' 0'1 e all' n ......a ng I s For 'ur he In'orma ,on. please con'ac e A u nl O"lce. nl ers t 0'

than the A-levels. /'\. meeting will be arranged for late

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October for staff in department \, here student> normally offer :\ level ,clence

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and/or mathematics. Dr Da\ Id

Co pr ses 2 douo e bearoomS, 'ecept,o Good s.zed rooms InC,,,dlng

Waddoup , Kingston College 0 " E. ha' kindly agreed to take part and cxplaln the current situation in the G:"\' ) clence pilot which will then he running, This may al 0 be of intere t to taff in the chool of Life, Ba ic \1ed lcal and Ilealth cienees where student' may offer the Ilealth and oeial Care G:""Q but will need additional units In

a ac I e mode ed c en/ area 'as: room and ba hroom Good decora', e order hrougho Os ree par ,ng 5 mln es war ro Imbledon own ce:l e good public transpor (Br Ish Rail and O.IS nc Ine ube) and snoppl 9 'aclli les Red ced 0 [72,000 or

chemistry and/or physic and

qUlc sale Please call Carollne Ooyle

mathematics to enter King'., cOIJr'>e'>. The External Relations Department

on extn.2301