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he world of higher education I changing with bewildenng ~peed. For King's to be succe sful in thl increasingly competitive world, we need to have a clear. agreed sense of purpose. With this in mind. I asked the College Committee in Apnl to consider a draft mission statement It is difficult to convey the challenge involved In reducing the essence of King's and its a plration to a Imple statement which is distinctive but not c1iche-ndden. The final statement. which was agreed b the ollege Council In July, IS the product 0 eight rounds of dl cu slon and redrafting. his tatement. which IS reproduced on page 3. reaffirms both the ollege' commitment to the pursuit of excellence by setting measurable targets for achievement by the turn of the century and to the maintenance of the upportlve community Splflt which distingUishes King's, We have Significantly improved our research standing in recent years. and I firmly believe that the goals we have set ourselves are achievable. I relish the challenge of working With you to realise them.

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Her Royal IIighne The Princess Royal. Chancellor of the L;niversity of London, is pictured dunng her VI It to the ackler In mute of Pulmonary Pharmacology which she opened on 'eptember. Based In the Department of Thoracic \ledicine at the Y1edlcal 'choo!. the Institute will be the focus of man new and eXciting projects Into the causes and treatment of asthma.

The work of the ackler I nstltute will place particular emphasis on links between basIc and clinical science which have grown out of collaboration between the cliniCians In adult mediCine and paediatnc mediCine at the hospital, and basIc cientists in the pharmacology laboratories at the Chelsea Campus.

PiclUred willl H Ri lore (lejllo nglll) Dr Clive Page (Reader in Pllarmacology), Dr Mortimer Saciler (beneJOCiOrl and Dr John Cosullo (flead o/llIe Departmenl 0/ TlzoratX Medicine).

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Three Kin's staff were featured In a number of wme-up of the British Association for the Advancement of Science's Annual Conference. Professor Peur Jmntr, Head 0/ the Dtpartmmt 0/ Pharmacology, was commenting on the new research Into brain disease which involves transplanting nerve cells from a rat's guts into its brains. He described the findings as 'very eXCiting' especIally as the foetal technique has been overhyped and produced false hope.

Proftssor Bob HideT', Head 0/ the Division 0/ Health Scimas, told the conference of his research team' work on drugs which had been shown to kill the malaria parasite in rats which worked by mopping up Iron atoms which the parasite needs to urvive. Proftssor John Taylor, Professor 0/ Mathematics, spoke on his work on modelling the part of the brain which is involved in consciousness.

He believes that the first glimmer of consciousness has been produced in a computer designed to reproduce this part of the brain.

The number of pupils obtaining higher grades in GCSE exams and the subseq uent debate over whether they reflected rising quality or lower standards was the ubject of an article in The Financial Tirrus. Mr Dylan Wi/iam, Ltcturtrin Educotion, commencing on the standards, pointed out that passes at A to C in mathematics stood at 46.6 per cenL but for English were 57.3 per cent.

'All this means is that wc've historically set an easier threshold for English than for mathematics.'

Dr Amala Raman, LeClurer In Pharmacogno ,was interviewed b.

David Bellamy for his television programme Blooming Btllamy. The series covered the wealth of medicinal plants found in Great Britain and concluded with features on traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda. Or Raman discussed the potential for discovering new drug compounds from plants used in traditional systems of medicine.

Dr L nn Frastr, Rtackr in D/!'Ullopmmtal Blolortj, wa on The London Programme diSCUS Ing the feasibility of sperm selectIOn enabling couples to determine he ex of their child and whether the methods u ed b the London Gender Clinic were Viable.

The expansion of new religion In Eastern Europe and Rus ia and the role of religions (old and new) in the reconstruction process in these terntories was the subject of a programme produced by the Bulgarian Section of the World Service In which Dr Pettr Clarke, Stnior Ltcturer in the Sociology 0/ Rtligion, took part.

Professor Keith Ewing, Professor 0/ Public

Law. appeared in several papers. including The Sunday Tirrus and The Guordian following his ubmission of evidence to the House of Common Home Affairs Committee on the I sue of funding for political parties. He pOinted out that political parties perform important public functions - thus their sources of income are legitimate matters of public interest and concern. (Who saw his piece earlier in the year on the sport'S pages of The Indtpmdmt when he wrote a nostalgic piece on football for the Fan' Eye View column?!)

Dr Keith Hoggart, Senior Ltcturer in Geograplry, featured in an article in The Times concerning an upturn in the trend for the British to buy property in France.

According to his research, it is mainly the middle class who are becoming di illusioned with Britain and leaving to li~c In France.

In June he World ervice carried a Wide range of programmes devoted to 'The Third Age'. Three members of the College, Professor Robert Wheal, Visiting Smior Researclz Fellow, The Age Concern Institute o/Gerontology, Dr Alan Bittlu, Readtr in Anatomy and Human Biology and Dr Alan Hipkiss, Stnior ucturtr in tlze :'>folecular Biology and Bioplrysics Group, were interviewed for two editions of the science programme DiscovlfJ about the causes and effects of ageing.

Torry Thorne, Director 0/ the English Longuage Unit, took part in Radio 4's Opm Mind programme discussing political correctness.

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KlOg s College London I oedl ted to the ad\>ancement 0 no led e. learnlO and under tandlOg 10 the service of oclery. ince it 路oundallon 10 1 Z. In ha come to occupy a leadlO posItion III higher educallon 10 the C K and to eOjo) a ~orld Ide reputation for teachlOg and re earch.

The College's objective IS to build on thIS reputation and, by the start 0 the new century, to ha e all Its research and teach 109 activities judged excellent by peer review. King's, 10 line With Its oundlOg prlOclples. will COntlOue to fo ter the highest ethical tandard 10 a compassIOnate communlry.

This all-embraclOg pur Ult of excellence will touch every part of the College and Its constituencies:

Staff The ollege will contlOue to appoint outstandlOg academiC and uppOrt stalf. ralOlOg and sta f development programme Will help all staff to reach their full potential.

COntlOUOU programme of improvement of all College faClhtles will underplO research of the highest standard.

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TheColee.o:capltali 10 onl position. Vvll brin 10 'ormed 10 ence to bear on nat onal and 10 ernatlOnal eCISlon路 ers. It 'WIll also meet Its obhgatlons 0 s let) \ un erta 10 nO dl emlOatln the re ul~ o路 researcn. no b . produclO alance and 'Well-educateo graduate .

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nder the Education Reform -\ct 1 Parhament established a body of C nl\>erslry Comml lOner With po'Wer o amend the statutes of unl er Itle 10 relation to redundanc and dismissal of academiC stalT The College was allowed to comment on Its draft tatute but the final decl Ion re ted with the CommiSSioners. he Order 10 ouncll creating the new tatute was made on 31 \1arch 1 93 and now form part of the Statutes of the College. I t applies to:

Students King's will contlOue to encourage apphcatlons from student of all backgrounds, selecting only on grounds of academic merit and potenllal. tudents will study in a research environment which values scholarly enquiry and IOdependence of thought, and will enjoy high level of taff contact, free and open di cusslon. and fleXible course structures. All students will be encouraged to follow an additional course. the oClateshlp of King's College, which further challenge them to think y tematlcall. about their values and beliefs.

London The ollege's locatIon 10 the heart of the capital Clry bnng special advantages and responsibilities. King' will utilise Its location to promote the exchange of ideas and skills with government. the buslnes community, the profeSSIOns, the arts and the world of education.

(a) Profes ors. Readers, Senior Lecturers and Lecturers (b) The Dean and the Chaplain (c) Research Fellows. Research A sistants and other staff holdlOg academiC related posts being posts recognised b the Council for the purpose of the tatute. (d) The PrinCIpal to the extent and 10 the manner set out 10 an annex to the tatute.

The tatute covers the follo'Wlng malO areas:

Redundancy Redundancy relates to a po t rather than to the holder of a post. I t can apply to any post created after 20 March 19 7 or to a POSt the current holder of whIch wa appolOted aiter that date. DeCISions on the need for redundancy are taken by the ouncll which IS required to appoint a Redundancy Comrruttee to recommend the selection of posts or redundancy.

discipline, dismissal and removal from office PrOVISion made or sclpllOe and for ISrru al "or good cause in the e\'ent of con\>lc Ion "or an 0 fence. conduc IOcompatlble .,., Ith the dutIes of office. "allure to perform duties or phySIcal or mentallOcapaclty flOor dlsclphnary matter are to be ealt 'WIth b 'oral or 'WTltlen v,amlO at epartmentallevel. .\ senou diSCiplinary matter I con Idered IOltlall b. the Pnnclpal who deCide whether to eal With It himself or whether to report It to a rnbunal appolOted by the Council.

Removal for incapacity on medical grounds The College has power to terminate the employment of a member of academiC taif for reasons of phv ical or mental health. When the member doe not accept the view of the College that hIS or her appolOtment should be termlOated the Principal refers the matter to a board With a medlcall qualified chairman to review all the eVIdence and to make a recommendation.

Appeals ProvIsion IS made or the hearing of appeals again t dismissal for redundancy or good cause, dlsclphnary measures or dlsmls~al on medical grounds. The person appolOted to hear appeals mu t either hold JudiCial office or be a barnster or soliCitor of at least 10 years tandlOg. The person appointed may Sit alone or With a lay member of Council and a member of the academic taff nomlOated by the AcademiC Board.

Grievance procedure The aim is to ettle or redress IndiVidual gnevance promptly, falrl and If pOSSible Within the hoolor Department. If a gnevance cannot be resolved IOformally the Council will appolOt a Gnevance Committee to conSider the matter. conllnUld on pagl 4

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uring the summer, under the title pecial I nitiatives to Encourage Widening ParticipatIOn, the HEFCE invited proposals for funding for 1993-94 in twO areas: improving access to higher education for students with pecial needs, and increasing the participation of students from ethnic minorities In teacher education. The Centre for Educational tudies was successful with its bid in the second category and received ÂŁ12,740 to support peclal initiatives during the year.

King's has been involved In the preparation and further professional development of teachers in London for over 100 years. The Centre or Educational Studies within the School of Education has particular expertise in the challenges of inner ciry school and runs a Masters in Urban Education which includes a particular focus on both pupils and teachers with ethnic minority backgrounds. The majoriry of our PGCE students, many of whom are mature students, take up posts in inner London schools which have a broad ethnic mix, having carried out their teaching practice in such schools.

We attract a large number of applications from ethnic minorities students for our initial training courses (24% for the 1992-93 PGCE course).

However, it was clear from our figures that while we do not have a particular problem in attracting applications from ethnic minoriry students their entry and subsequent uccess rates could be improved.

Our proposal focused on the areas of communication skills and cultural issues, initially with the one-year PGCE students but we will combine this with a careful monitoring of students on our undergraduate course (with whom we have a much longer period of time) to identify the particular areas of difficulty and stress that are experienced. and to provide appropriate support as part of the programme.

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Communication skills

We proposed an Induction cour e In early September in which concentrated langua e and communication work would be tailored to the partlcu lar problems of ethnic mlnoriry tudents.

This will be followed up by tutorial support throughout the year, closely linked to relevant contexts In the cour e and students' experience and development. The follow-up work will aim to involve closely education professionals (Inspectors, advi ors, teachers with special responsibility and education welfare workers) who have great experience of ethnic minortty and communication work in the schools where our students carry out their school practice.

Cultural issues \\'e were conscIous of both cross-

curricular and subject specific considerations relating to students' cultural background which can make for difficulties when working In British schools. The school ethos may be quite alien to that oi the student's own community and our objectives for this area are to develop students' selfconfidence in their roles in the chool community and their own ethnic community. Additional tutoring and seminar suPPOrt will aim to provide a forum for raising these problems (which can in itself be a difficulty), improving ;l\vareness and for providing practical tructures and adVice on the issue. This will be followed by specific support in chools.

Monitoring and evaluation

tudent progress will be monitored as a natural part of our asses ment procedures. uccess will necessarily be measured by both the success rate and the level of competence and confidence of the students completing the course. ome time in the project is allocated for interviews to provide qualitative as well as q uamitative data.

Future developments

\\'e recognise the difficulties of such wor and that the project can make onl a small contributIOn to pOSSible solution. We hope that the work done ... ill form the basis of a longer term and larger project and will seek funding for uch work making use of our finding. . leg Maguire and I are co-ordinating the work and will be happy to upply further Information.

Barry Blakeley Centre for Educational tudies

u Conltnuedfrom page 3 Professors, Readers and Recognised Teachers Professors and Readers though formall appOinted by the lniversity a,e governed by the College's Statute.

However, in the case of Professors and Readers the Tribunal for the hearing of disciplinary matters i extended by the addition of two members nominated by the lniversity. The Universiry also has power under its own Statutes to Withdraw the status of Professor, Reader or Recognised Teacher from any member of academic staff found guilry under the disciplinary procedure.

The above is only a summary of the new Academic taff Statute. A copy of the full Statute can be obtained from Peter Gilbert, Assistant Secretary, Room 213.

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1I /lh tilt! ppolnlm~nl of .1f ng Dt alor D .# kolm tm (sa pog~ 6J - KCL Enlnpn"u LI l j 0 full) si ifftd Fltrt D ims d~v:nlxs Ihe It m ndho he sas rrenl n fUlure di!IJdopmenls In Ihe Comp n).

KCL Emerpnse no" ha a complete tcam and we are read ro upporr the academic community of the College In i re earch endeavour. I and the central team will be moving to Cornwall Ilou e horrly, \\hen the telephone exten Ion li ted belo" "ill become operative:

f)r .11 kolm S,ms \I1anaglng Dlrecror, cxt 3322 "rI 1l h r. r; Financial .\ccountant, ext 32 ~"ljnuo Cunnlngh m Contract> Officer, exr 3323.

7ht KCL Enlerpnses le m (/eft 10 nghi) SIi!'l. Robinson, Robrn MurrOj, fako/m Sims.

Jt/rem) ....1 son, ~ifonzc Cunmngh m, John Tlromes nd Me n M h r. rj (Pmjesso Colm Rob. 15 nd Ann Shtpti;n ftl < t bunIfrom th~ pltot aph)

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Ilowe er, we al 0 have a liaison officer in each chool, charged with developing close links between the company and the academic communlt These arc: EdlKolion Dr Robin Murray, ext 3090 II umanilits Prof John Thorne ,ext 2571 l.ow Prof Adrian 'hipwright, ext 2279 l.ift Sciences Dr Jerem :vtason, ext 4421 Physical Sciencts and F.n necnng Or teven Robin on, ext 2004 M dt ne nd f) IIJI Profe or Colin Robert , rhe alms of the company, which ha "on pump-priming financial support from the Department of Trade and Indu try, are:

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promoting the ollege' Intellectual as et In the marketplace through collaborative re eareh, technology tran fer and licensing;

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applying profes ional managemem practices to all research contract

negotiation, e peclally" Ith regard ro priCing, Intelle lUal property and liability matter.

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pro Idlng a vehl le to mitigate or aVOid potential tax liabilities re ulting from contract research and other trading actl Itle .

I am delighted to he jOining a College that is 0 well known for the excellence and diverSity 0 ItS academic pursuits.

Ihere I an increasing need for universities al 0 ro become more commerciall oriented, and It is my aim to achieve a high level of recognition for KCL Emerpri es Ltd a the busine arm of King' . I am already convinced that there arc great opportunitie for suPPOrting the tran er of Idea and research outcomes from the College to benefit the health and "ealth of ociery.

En unng the availability of ufficlent unds for re eareh at King' will have a high prionty. J\ number of Inltlati e have been planned \\ ith the hool liai on officer, including 'open-house' group to increase awarene of the variou funding ource. and hare be t practices to increa e our ucce s rate.

Thc European omml sion will be a particular target area. since such funding offer the opportu nity to collaborate with re earcher in the re t of Europe in sub tantial programmes (the average E

contributIOn per partl ipam IS 13 000 I-:.CL). Pre-normatlve research IS partl ularly Important, as EC Icglslation ro cope \\ Ith cro -border problems such as safety, health protection and environmental safeguard rcqulre a common SOCial baSIS, and the breakdown of trade barrier is conditional upon the development of uniform technical standards, many of wh Ich require additional re earch In their own right.

Wc are particularly fortunate ro have John Thornes' experience in winning EC funding availahle ro u : he is curremly the Project Co-ordinator of the :vt E DALL '(\IIediterranean Dc ertificatlon and Land Cse) Envlronmem Programme. trengthening the ollege' link \\Ith ommerClalorganisation will al 0 be a key activity for KCL 'nterpn e . .\Imost half of our research Income comes from Industrial, publJc sccror and oversea clicm .. 'everthele ,we need ro put more effort Inro the ucee sful transfer of our ideas and technologie Into the wealth- creating e tor. Judging by my expenence in the fir t two month in the job, during which over 10 reque ts for upport on patenting and commercialisation of developments have been received, King's has a lot ro

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industry. Again. KCL Enterprises IS fortunate in that all of the' hoolliaison officer have experience of working with industry and mo t have spent part of their careers in the commercial or government sectors.

KCL Enterprises IS very much open for business: whether it is gUIdance with research grant/contract application ; advice on patenting, copyright or registered designs, or negotiating exploitation routes with third parties. we are here to help. Please contact our School liaison officer or a member of the cenual team at an early stage to a SiSt you with your plans.

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rims, who has been appointed the new :vIanaglng Director of KCL Enterprises Ltd, joined King's in July from BP Research where he was Head of Chemicals and Catalysis. with experience in technology transfer, new bu Iness generation, licensing and management of change.

Or Sims graduated from Queen :vIary College London in 1967 with a first class degree in Chemistry. His PhD in Physical Chemistry three years later was also from the University of London. In 1970 he joined BP and held positions including: Manager, Physical Sciences BP Research; R & 0 Planning Manager - BP Group, and General Manager, [nnovation Centre - BP Ventures.

He attended the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts In titute of Technology and gained a Masters degree in the :vIanagement of Technology in 1987. He has lectured at Brunei Cniverslty and Q:vI and IS the author of a number of scientific publications and patents. He was awarded the Fellowship of the Ro al ociety of Chemistry in 1985.

111 he first edition of a new serie of. earbook entitled Best of

BntISlz Mm and Best of BnllSh Womm, b L 'Ie Publication, feature a number of King's staff and alumnl.

King's nutritionists are particularly well represented and those mentioned include Or Catherine Geissler. Head of the Department of:"utrition and Dietetics, Or Tom anders. Reader in :-':utrition and Dr Roger Whitehead CBE. who is currently a visiting professor. uuition alumni include Or John Cummings, a specialist in gastroenterology, usan FairweatherTait- who in 1991 wa elected to the merican iery of Clinical i':uuition and Elsie Widdowson who is the Honorary Pres dent of the British ~utrition Foundation. Other categories feature King' personages such as Professor tewart utherland, former Principal and current Vice-Chancellor of the Cniversitv of London. and Sir Hermann Bondi. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics.

Several notable King's alumni were also mentioned in this serie ; Oena Coleman, who gained her PhD on Science EducaJion in Victorian Times. IS now deputy head teacher at Hasmonean

High chool in BarneL [n J992, the scnool was top of the unday Times league table of A level results in state school. T 0 prominent figures In the media limelight who graduated from King' are ue Carpenter. whose :viA in English led her to present major news programmes for [Th until ~ovember 1992. and Kathryn Flett. who progressed from being features editor on the style maaazine. The Face, to becoming editor of the men's style magazine, Arma.

There is an opportunity to nominate pOSSible cand idates for the 1994 Bm of Bn'tish books, although, of cour e. nomination will not guarantee inclu ion.

If you wish to nominate a colleague, please complete and return the form below to the Press and Publications Office by Wednesday 6 October 1993.

The categorle for nominations include: Environmentalists Nutritionists Business Physicists Lawyers Educationalists You may wish to include a new category, if necessary.

Nomination Form [ would like to nominate the following person for inclusion in the Best of British Guides 1994: lame

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In s hool of Law tarred In the first round of quality asse ments b, the HEFCE, whose results were announced In Jul Of29 unl erslty departments conSidered by the assessors. King's hool of Law was one of six judged to be excellent. ubmlsslons made b the hool to the HEFCE covered the

prize. In recent vears. Kin'" tudents have also achieved mootlng success on he world Sta e b" '" 10 OIng the Commonwealth. loot 10 . 'ew Zealand (I 0) and the Jessup International Law \Iloot In WashlOgton DC (I 92). In lew of these periorrnances. K109' can Justifiably claim to be the country' outstanding mootlng unrverslry.

prinCiples of education follo"'ed. tudent suPPOrt mechanisms, examples of student e say. examination scnpts and student assessments of leachers.

Assessors VI Ited the chool for three day In Apnl and saw teachers In actIOn as well as diSCUSSing With tudents. former tudents and their employer their impre slons of the quality of education prOVided by the choo!.

The as essment team revealed that the were extremely Impre ed With the quality of education In Law offered at King's. Particularly praised was the attractive range of the chool' curriculum. the use of relevant and upto-date research in teaching, the commitment of staff to tudents, and the upport received by students dUring their time at the College. pecial mention was also made of the high quality of the tudents met by the assessors. and the employers' view that students In the School receive a well-

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'British universities offer individual supervision - Successful exchange programme' Ing's has once again emerged rom the Observer . 'ational ~lootlng Competition. Graeme Keen and tuart Armstrong represented the Law School in the final of the Competition, held In July of this year in the presence ofl lis Ilonour Judge Alan Taylor, and gave an accomplished mooting performance to gain the judge's verdict and win the coveted Observer Mace. This is the second time in five years that King's has won the country's premier mooting

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hile the politiCians on the InternatIOnal stage squabble about how far European union IS to go, British univerSitieS are selling ever more and ever faster an example 0 internatIOnal partnership: in the current academiC ear ,000 German students have registered at British univerSitieS alongSide students from many other countries.

That' tWice as many a only three year ago. Is It the Images of puntlng-

entice German tuden acros the Channel' 'Of course not.

'Patrlc Flea er. law t dent on an exchan e :'rom Heldelberg. 'The wa of tudlO I~ ollTerent here. The lecturer now ~ou 10 I Iduallv, roup are smaller. and onere you learn more too.' Accord 10 to Statl tiCS. Bntlsh lecturers are respon Ible or 11.7 tudents each. and that s a reat deal fewer than 10 German . ''''''hen we meet our tutor. once a wee . there's on Iy three 0 us 10 the group,' Fledler stresses.

Glna Wenze!. from GipplOgen [near tuttg;artl, IS In her second year at KlOg's College London. tud. 109 German and History. Apart from the small-group teach 109, she regard ano.ther aspect of her study 10 BritalO as Important. 'It loo s better 10 your CV If you've studied abroad. And If you've studied German and I IIStory there ha to be some piu factor. like tud abroad, If you want to find a ood job later.'

Bfltta Baron. director of the London office of the German AcademiC Exchange rvlce (DAAD) sees above all In that latter argument an explanation for the success of the EC-funded Erasmus programme. Out of a total of 11.500 reCipients of Erasmus grants.

3.500 pent a year in Great Britain in 1992 alone.

Katharina Ledersteger from Berlin. tudylng architecture at Cniverslty College London. sees et another positive aspect: 'You can really concentrate on our tudies here. For one thlOg, you don't have to worry yourself Sick about accommodation dUring the term.' For e en in expensi e London students are guaranteed-for the first year at lea t-accommodatlon 10 a hall of reSidence.

The number of students who come to the CK for a complete degree course IS also vlslbl growlOg. A Ms Baron observes, 'German students are fleemg from the anonymity of the German mas -universities.' In her view the German government is encouraging thiS trend. 'It's cheaper of cour e to export the excess students than to create new acilities in one's own country.'

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Onel.ilslHhtteHo e- ne\\ pr du [ton ing's Theatre was the venue for a recent week-long workshop for students on the MA Text and Performance course, on Dermot Bolger's play Ont LaSI Whiu Horrt.

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in King's Theatre on the final day to see the performance and chat afterwards With students and staff. He felt that the text had been communicated with Impressive understanding and skill One upshotofthis valuable experience was the decision by the tudents who initiated the workshop to et up a company, known so far as '.-\cross the Water.' to present Irish plays in London and English plays in Ireland.

It is hoped King's will provide one of the venues for the touring circuits now being planned and that the company will maintain a creative connection with King's and the MA Text and Performance course. Enquiries, adVice and contributions of any kind should be addressed to: Marie Kelly, (9A tock Orchard Crescent, London 79SL. Katharine Worth Professor Emeritus, Co-director Text and Performance MA

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David Byrne of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, the dIrector responsible for the first performances of almost all Bolger's plays. The \IA Text and Performance course (taught in association with RADA) attracts many students with professional theatrical experience. and a remarkably hIgh level of thearrical effectiveness was achieved in the final demonstration la performance with scnpts) of this major play (not yet seen in London) by one of the leading contemporary Irish playwrights. The excitement of the event was intenSified \\ hen Dermot Bolger himself joined u

Ph ring the ummer he Department 01- ElectrOnic and Electrical En Ineenn .... ere represented at two hi hi prestlglOu exhibitions. held b. the Ro. al le and the Ro al Academv o路 En Ineerln ,re pectl eI .

Or Jeremy Everard and. Ir \1lchael Page-Jones were selected by the Ro 'al oClety to exhibit at Its annual Set:lI Fronturs In tuna exhibition which IS held to demonstrate recent advance In ba IC research and is part of Its programme to raise public understanding and awarenes of science and technology. Their exhibit. All路 ()p/lCOI 'Ildus for communI拢l1ll0n and compullng S)sums, presented a new method of WItChing which IS entirel Optical.

Professor Alan Rogers. Or Ince Ilandere , 'vir Ikan Cokgor and ~1r Alan Kent were inVited to attend the Royal .\cadem ot Englneenng's 1 3 SOiree ExhIbition With the theme of Tlu conlnbullon of unrveml'j mgrnunng r~s~ardr 10 InduslnaJ succ~s. Their dl play, OpluaJ-fibr~ smsorJ for 1Iz~ d,slnbuled mmsuronml ofSlrarn, complete With a model railway engine running along a track (sa pholograph belOfIlJ), demonstrated the sensing of POSitions of vehicles moving along tracks and also the sensing of fixed disturbance causing sues on the optical fibre.

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Best presentation award Janine Bra "er, a PhD tudent In he Department 0 - Pharmacy. won an award or be t presentatIon at the annual meeting oi he C nited In dom Ass latlOn 0 - Pharmaceutical lentlSts (L aps) hel at Exeter C nlversl .'

Her comolned oral/po ter presentation as entitled RLdox pOlmllaJ a factor Influmang azo-r~duC/lon and he co-authored the work With Professor C MarnotL Or G MartIn and Or Bloomfield. The stud IS part of the drug delivery research programme, which is currently in estlgatlng the means by wnlch tnggered release of orally administered dru s In the large intestine can be achieved.

Janlne received 100 In prize mone and free regIstration for next year's CKaps conference to be held at Leicester C n1verslty.

e would be grateful If ou will ou please ensure that all the Continuing EducatIOn Record for 3 reach the Contlnulng Education L nit as soon as poSSible. and certalnl no later than F rlda 15 October.

If you ran a hort course, or an non-degree course, or a conference, prOVIded there was an attendance fee the odds are it should be included in the Continuing Education Records. If in doubt contact the Continuing Education C nit on ext 3055.

These Records are not only reqUired for the C niversity tatistical Records, they also form the basis of response to the HEFCE monitoring of Continuing Education. If we do not want to sell ourselves hort we must make them as comprehensive as pos Ible.

When is a herb not a herb?

Valerle Oavles Director, Continuing Education Unit

Innovations often come eastwards across the AtlantiC but In July Or Peter Houghton and Or Amala Raman, the pharmacognosy staff of the Pharmacy Department at :'v1anresa Road, ran a course which IS not available in the CSA. In response to the increasing demand from the public for plantderived medicines and at the request of the British Herbal :'v1edlcine Association the course was devised to look at the ways In whIch medicinal plants can be evaluated prior to being used as medicines In conventional or complimentary treatments. EC le Islation IS being Introduced to set the cntena for good quality material and therefore many manufacturers and suppliers are seeking training In the quality testing technique.

The course was practlcall based and conSIdered the methods available to measure the amount of actIve constItuents. level of purity and Identification of a substance. The feedback from the course was very pOSitive and we envisage re-staging It in the iuture.

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eries of lectures was held in mid-June by the Centre of Con truction Law and ~fanagement on the theme of American construction law, the main speaker being Professor Justin Sweet, Boalt Professor of Law at Berkeley, California.

The Chairmen were Professor I " Duncan Wallace QC, Sir Phillip Otton, Jud e of the High Court, London and Professor John ffQC, the Director of the Centre. The series featured a number of eminent speakers and about 100 delegates attended on each even ing. /\. reception was held for Professor weet on 16 June, which the Principal, Professor Lucas, attended.

1路II:.LD The F ou ndation for International Evironmental Law and Development (FI ELD) is leaving King's this September and will be going to the School of Oriental and African Studies.

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ouncil hree member of the Council - . Ir John right. Dame Josephlne Barnes and ir Thomas Bingham - retIred at the end 0 the last session. The three new members who have been appointed are Dame Elizabeth Butler- loss (Rt Hon Lord Justice Butler- 10 s OBE, Lord Justice of Appeal. who became a Presentation Fellow of the College in 1991); \1 rs Joan Olivier, Head mistress of Lady \1argaret School. Fulham (nominated bv the College Visitor) and

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\11 r Hayden Phillips cn, Permanent Secretary at the Department of 1" ational Heritage since 1992. Professor John Thornes, Head of the Department of Geography, is the new profe sorial representative on Council (in succession to Professor McGregor); Or Jcremy \llason of Life iences is the nonproiessorial representative (in succession to Or Hoult), and \1r Bill Causon of KCS\t1D and \lr \1alcolm 0 mundson of Physiology are the non-teaching representatives (succeeding Derek Law and Christine aunders).

fellow hip. Thi brings the number of FBAs In the College to ten: eight in Humanitie and two in Law.

onour were conferred upon two member of the College in the Queen's Birthda Honours Li t: Or Roger Williams.

Director of the I nstltute of Liver tudles, wa awarded a CBE; and Proiessor Albinia De La \t1are, Professor of Palaeography. was awarded a CBE.

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Professor A J Bellingham has been elected President of the Royal College of Pathologists with effect from 17 ;-":ovember 1993.

e\ Dean appointed he College Council has approved the appointment of the Revd Or Richard Alan Burridge as Dean of King's from 1 September 1994. Until then Professor Leslie Houlden ofthe Department of Theology will be Acting Dean.

Or Burridge is currently at the niversity of Exeter where he is Lazenby Chaplain and part-time Lecturer in the Departments of Theology, and of Classics and Ancient History. He is 38, married with two daughters and gained a first class honours degree in Literae Humaniores at University College, Oxford in 1977 followed by a PGCE at the University of Nottingham in 1978.

He was Classics Master and House Tutor at Sevenoaks chool from 1978 to 1982, and then returned to Nottingham to undertake ordination training at St John's College, followed by the post of curate at St Peter and St Paul, Bromley Parish Church, from 1985 to 1987. In the mean time he undertook a PhD with the University of ottingham, and his thesis, COSfXis, Cef,"and Croet:O-Romon Biogroplry, was completed in 1989. He moved to the University of Exeter in 1987.

Or Burridge has published several books and papers, and has written and lectured extensively on subjects ranging from youth culture and pop music, to the ethical considerations of sex therapy, and the literary character of the Gospels.

A new book, Four Gospels, One Jesus? is due to be published by SPCK in 1994.

The role of the Dean of King's is to ensure that the religious purposes of the College are effectively maintained and carried out; to take overall responsibility for the services in the College Chapel; to advise and guide those students intending to seek ordination; to organise the Association of King's College CAKe) course, and to carry out a general pastoral function.

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rigadier G Y1esservy-Whiting, Military Adviser to Lord Owen, will be joining the Centre for Defence tudies on a service fellowship for the Autumn term. He will be

working on a project writing up his ideas regarding the political approach to peace-keeping and peace-making operations, following his experience in Lord Owen's personal office during the last 15 months of the crisi in former Yugoslavia

Ilead ot In ormatlon er\'lce rem and Derek Law, previousl the College Librarian, has been appointed Head of Information Services and Systems. He took up his new post on 1 uguSL In his new capacity he is responsible to the Principal for the planning, development and management of information services and systems including the Library and computing and educational technology services, and for integrating the academic service resources of the College in ways which enhance the quality and effectiveness of teaching, learning and research by co-ordinating and providing effective storage, retrieval. analvsis and delivery of information. He will be a member of the College Committee and the heads of the Library and Computing services will be responsible to him Derek Law was born in Arbroath and was educated at the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, taking his first degree in Y1ediaeval History. He worked in the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrew's and in the Erskine Y1edical Library before coming to King's as Librarian-designate just before the KQC merger.

He has been involved in information technology for over 20 years and was Director of Library Automation in Edinburgh. He was a member of the King's Computer Board and is now a member of its successor, the Joint Information Systems Committee, whose Information Systems Sub-committee he chairs.

He holds or has held a number of research grants from bodies as varied as the Spanish Ministry of Education and the European Commis ion, all in the general area of networked in formation.

He lectures regularly in the UK and abroad and has written over 50 articles and book-<:hapters. He was involved in drafting the Telematics Chapter of the 4th Framework Programme for the European Commission and won the

1993 Cyril Barnard Prize for Medical Informatics, recognising the year's greatest contribution to medical librananship.

He is much involved in national policy-making: he is a member of the Follett Review of Higher Education Libraries, of the E RC Research Resources Board and of the Royal Society's Scientific Information Committee. He chairs the teering Committee of the U K Office for Library ~etworking and the Executive Committee of the Library Association.

He is married with two daughters, and describes himself 'in real life' as a naval historian and bibliographer. He is Secretary of the Society of Tautical Research.

ward for Denys Brun den embers of the College and the Department of Geography will be delighted to learn that Professor Denys Brunsden has been awarded the prestigious 0 L Linton Award of the British Geomorphical Research Group.

This award has special associations with King's College since Linton worked with Professor S W Wooldridge, a former Head of Geography, on the structure, surface and drainage of south east England.

This award is made to Denys Brunsden for outstanding service to the discipline of geomorphology as a writer, teacher and advocate for the discipline.

His excellent research on landslides has eamed him a worldwide reputation, but his work in promoting the discipline through contacts with other professions, through the Geographical Association and ational Curriculum Committees and. above all, through the International Association of Geomorphologists has assisted all his colleagues.

. taster hip for King' alumnu rofessor Lord Plant of Highfield, a King's alumnus and currently Professor of Politics at the University of Southampton and a working peer representing the Labour Party in the House of Lords, has been pre-elected to the mastership of St Catherine's College Oxford. He will assume office in September 1994.

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Sadie Hall die HalUfar le t) ho retired at the end of Jul after some Z6 ears .... Ith the Colle e Catenng Department IS hown here With Pnncess nne at an earher e em In the ear. he has written the follOWing than ou letter: I ~u/d l/ielo say a very btg thanK 010 10 ltIeryOnl lll'';o come 10 my farllll'dl party In I';e Counal Room 01 tJu md ofJuly and made i/ such a memorabk and ';appy oaasion. II rIlJas lovely 10 Sll so marry frimdJ. I was particularly louded 10 recm.Je Iou of kllers and cords from pasl membtn of slaff &'';0 f!lJeren '/ able /0 be

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Thank you all very much.

Sheila Ford hella Ford, Departmental Secretary of Byzantine and Yiodern Greek tudles, IS pictured at her leaving party back In July. Sheilajoined the College In 19 1 as a secretary in the Department of Geology and when It closed she moved to Byzantine and Yiodern Greek.

During her time at King's she successfully completed her Open niverslty course. gaming an honours degree m History and Literature. We wish her all the very best.

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Mike Harrington Mike Harrington left King's in July thiS year after 28 years. He joined the Department of Mechanical Englneenng as a workshop techniCian and rose to become uperintendent. He was actively involved In College life. working hard on behalf of others In hiS unIOn, \11 F, on matters of health and safety, and serving on the committee of the College oclal Club. We WI h him a very long and happy retirement.

Cannon Reggie Askew The Dean, Cannon Reggie Askew, retired at the end of the last sessIOn after five years in the College. He is hown here receiving gifts from the Chaplaincy, staff and students at a party on 2 July.

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The Per onnel and Training Office moved to Cornwall Hou e at the end of August and the Estate Department Offices move there on 23 eptember.

E tate work hop remain at the trand.

The Principal and hi Office, the cretar and the ecretariat, the Regi try and the Finance Department will move to Corn wall Hou e in :'-.'ovember.

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Olher Bank Holidays Yfonday 2 May (Yfay Day Holiday) Yfonday 30 May ( pring Bank Holiday) Monday 29 August (Late Summer Iloliday)

traml There have been a number of burglaries at the Strand Campu during the la t year and in an auempt to prevent further criminal activity, additional, covert urveillance operation have been put in place. During the night of the 4 and 5 June 1993 thi initiative wa rewarded.

Four uspec entered the trand ampu via the Macadam Building, made their way to the Central Regi try and broke into three room there.

Before the were able to teal an th ing night security staff approached them and were able to arre t two of the suspect. UnfortUnately the other two managed to escape.

The two u pects were taken to Charing Cross Police tation where they were interviewed and subsequently charged with a number of offence.

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he Human Frontier ienee Programme i a recentl e tablished international organi ation which award competiti e grants in the area of biomedical cience.

Most of the money emanates from Japan but there are minor contributions from other countrie including Britain, France. Germany and the S . The programme fund po tdoctoral fellow hip and major award for collaborative re earch projects involving groups from different countrie . The award are ery competitive with a reported ucce rate for the la t rou nd ofaround 12%. A mall numberof award were made th i year to application invol inggroup in BritaintWO of them involved research teams at the Randall In titute; adding to a third award which was made la t year.

The two new award are for work at very different level of cellular organisation - both are for over $700,000. The first involves a collaboration between Professor Bob Simmon ,directoroftheMRC\ilu cle and Cell Yfotility nit, and two laboratorie at Stanford univer Ity in California and aims to use biophysical in trumentation to inve tigate the structUre and fu nction of individual biological macromolecules. The team will u e the optical tweezer techniq ue, ba ed on the abilit of a focu ed la er light beam to manipulate individual macromolecule. to examine the force underlying interaction between the proteins actin and m 0 in which generate movement during mu cle contraction and to te t model offolding of the genetic material D:"A. The second award involve Profe sor :'\igel Holder's laboratory in collaboration with a group at the :"ationallnstitute for Medical Research in London and teams in Basle and Tokyo. The thrust of the grant i to anal e the function of the protein growth factor acti in during the earl development of the vcrtebrate

embryo. Thi protein has been implicated in the important proces of me oderm formation during earl embr ogene i and its function will be analy ed b. molecular biological and genetic method u ing the zebrafi h embryo.

The third award, for $530,000, has already been running for a year and involves the laboratory of Or Michele Peck ham, a Royal ociet fellow at the Randall Institute working in collaboration with group in Bri tol, I Ieidelburg and :"aple . The intere t of thi team i to elucidate the function of two very large proteins, titin and nebulin, which are found in pecific place in mu cle cell. C ing a multidi ciplinary approach they hope to analy e the tructUre and function of these proteil1s wh ich appear to pia crucial role in the way mu cle cell contract and generate movement.

The ueces of the e application very encouraging - not only from the financial point of view but, more importantl . because they indicate that the cience being done i intcrnationally competitive.

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the end of J Iy. an In tematlonaJ p<:(:lallst Wor shop on'. on-Imear o namlc of Electronac tern'. or anlscd bv 'm ' and the Technical C naver.my 01 Dresden. toOK pia at hlo Ec ber , an Immaculatelv re· urb. hed nco-gothiC chateau built on a high pomt 0 erloo 109 the RI er Elbe and the City of Ore den. There y,ere over fifty parttclpants, ""Ith representation from many countne IC prus. Denmark, Ireland. (tal, Japan.

Poland, Romania. Ru Sla. cotland. pain. wltzerland. CSA. and. 0 course.

En land and Germany) 0 ullv Justlfymg the title 'International' ""hlch wa cho en when I first propo~ed the Workshop less than a . ear ago. The programme mcluded three contnbutlon from Kmg's College, and man of the 'famou name' of the subject were present.

There \va agreement b the participants that an annual workshop on this ubJect m Europe would fill a real demand and stimulate research and applications m thl rapidly developing area. As a result. a second workshop IS planned for Krakow. Poland m 1994.

The Workshop m Dresden developed as a by-product of Jomt research work of the Department of Elecuonlc and Electncal Engineenng of Klng'~ College and the Institute for the Foundation of Elecuonlc and Electrical E nglneenng of the Technical L: nlverslty of Dresden.

This re earch I partially funded b the Bml h-German AcademiC Research Collaboration ( RC) programme.

Prof. Anthon C Da les Department of Electronic & E lectncal Engmeenng

TIllS pllOlograplt, laim by Dr SII!f-I Wtlson a/lite Drollopmtnlal Biology ReSlordt Cmlre, fIVas uSld reuntl by SERC as a pnnapal tlluslrallon In Iltttr lallsl annual reporl and by lite DTI in a gOfJernmml sponsored communll:ollOn almld al Sllling Bnlislt rlseardt 10 IIIl JapanlSl mariti. 1I sltOlll'S lI1r1y dif/trmllallng neurons In lite brain 0/ a ubrafislt embryo Idtnlifild lIl'IIIr an anllboOy. page I

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hc compet tlon -or Research [fate· mmlt ce nd for projects commencm m !>C slon I I now open. fhe 'olloy, n monae re a 'adable 'or I tnomlon m tOl ro nd: Rese.:Jrcn trategy Fund . 40.000 Researcn E Ipment Fund £200.000 Junior Rc!>Carcn tudentshlps -5,000 IX tudentshlpsl All bid should be ubmltted la 'hool Re earcn Committee. and. ote~ o GUidance booklets. offiCial applicatIOn forms and m ormatlon on I I clo 109 dates for submiSSions are adable from chool \dmlOl uallve o Icers.

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Researcn OppOrtUnities . 'otlceDoard IS now avadable for consultation on the King's Information :,ystem(KI ). The .otlceboard gIVes up-to·date mformatlon on gram opportunitieS for eachmg and research mcludlng EC funds. Research Council grants and undlng available from commercial and charitable ources.

Colleagues \\Ishlng to access thiS ,CfYICe should c.:I1I or connect to 'I. TO' at the V.\X prompt. The Research Opportunities :'-!otlceboard IS Item 5 on the 1'1 malO menu.

.\ ....ee I E-. lall 'promptm . service I al 0 avadable 0 remind those With access to he Colie e net....or to loo at e. 'otlceboard re ularly o\nybody nm to receive thiS servICe should contJ either 0 - he 'ollowmg m the .\ aemlc tandards' ctlon o' the Re I tr\. . ate

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Emeritus fellowships, for those recently or about to retire, aged 59 or over at the age of retirement; •

tudy abroad students hip for graduates under 30.

Further details are available from The ecretary, Research Awards Advisory Committee. The Leverhulme Trust, 1519 f CW Fetter Lane. London EC4A I. R. Clo 109 dates are in :'>.ovember and January

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Obituarie Dame Joyce Bishop Dame ]oyce Bishop, who died in June aged %, was an Honorary Fellow of King's and a former upervisory Tutor in the College's Faculty of Education between 1963 and) 973. She was famous as the Headmistress of Holl Lodge High chool. Smethwick, from 1924 to ) 935 and of Godolphin and Latymer School for girls in Hammersmith from 1935 to 1963. She was also Chairman of the Association of Headmistresses in 1950, and a member of the niversity Grants Committee in the early 1960s.

Les Foster Les was recruited from the portering staff in 1953, by the late Or :v1ary Locket. who was Head of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the time, to begin his career as an Animal House Technician at Chelsea College. He became a tremendous asset to teaching and research at the College, and his animal house was a model of care and excellent management.

Ken Bromfield has written this tribute to him: 'I am among many people who were at Chelsea who can testify to Les's kindness and down to earth wisdom. He helped me immensely when I joined the College as a teenage technician and I learned one key lesson from himthere need not be barriers to progress; he had made the grade from porter to chief technician by giving everything his best shot, an attitude which continued until he died. We remember Les with warmth and gratitude and our hearts go out to his family.'

Mr Desond Fitzwilliam Lewis. OBE. FRPharmS Mr Lewis who died recently at the age ofn served for several years on the Poisons Board, on the Council of the School of Pharmacy at the niversityof London and also on the Council of Chelsea College.

Peter tott'S asSOCiation with King's College was relatively short, a mere IX ears out of an extreme! ull and distinguished career. He came to the Ke 10 . 'ash Chair ofCi il Engineering in 19 3 and retired in 19 9. Soon after hiS arnval it became clear that King's could no longer support a viable department of Civil Engineering without the mjectlon of sub tantial resources which were not available.

Professor tott had the unenviable task of closing the department he had so recently joined. That his colleagues were able to find posts in other colleges of the L niverslty says much for his negotiating skill and diplomacy.

Peter 5tott began his career as an engmeer in private practice and e tablished a reputation as one of the world's leadmg bridge engineers particularly in the field of pre- tressed concrete. He was responsible for the design ofa number of bridges in ..... ustralia and also of the Hammersmith Flyover.

In 1963 with his reputation firmly established he accepted the post of Deputy Chief Engineer of the LCC becoming shortly thereafter Chief Engineer. Following the reorganisation of London's government in 1965 he became Director of Highways and Transportation of the newly formed Greater London Council. His ach ievements there were to create the Department of Planning and Transport of the GLC which combined these two functions for the first time in local government and to draw up the Greater London Development Plan which introduced the concept of "dynamic balance" between road provision and traffic restraint. Only now are tott's ideas on road pricmg coming to be fully appreciated.

He left the GLC in 1973 to become Director General of the 1\'ational Water Council: a challenge which he could not resist. Although the Council was abolished by the Government in 1983 tOtt could look back on solid achievements including a short but incisive report providing for the first time a complete per pective of the whole industry.

Peter tott's proudest achievement was to be elected President of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the year I 9-90. where typically he initiated a major reorganisation.

I n retirement he continued as active as ever. As Chairman of the Quality heme for Read M ixed Concrete he was 10 trumental in gaining acceptance by the mdustry and its customers of a truly independent quality control system.

He was a member of the College Council appointed after consultation with Westminster City Council from 1992.

L tter Equal Opportunities forum Dear Editor How good to see icola Le Fanu's letter last issue) following up the statistics provided about women at King's by Valerie Davies. We now have an Equal Opportunities Forum, which I understand is proposing to hold regular Open Meetings for the expression of general opinion. I hope profoundly that it will take an active role and not merely a monitoring one. How about King's joining Opportunity 2000 for instance?

We always seem to be the last in line on issues like this, only moving when forced (eg by the Academic Audit) but if Oxford can join and fifteen other universities during this year (Indtpmdml 24.6.93), so can we. There are so many important issues here. from working conditions to appraisal and promotion, none of which has even been addressed as yet. I do hope those women at King's who think along the same lines will make their views felt to the Equal Opportunities Forum (the Chair is Richard Griffiths). veril Cameron Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies

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15 November, 17.30 Problems m he genes probmg and orognosls Common gene IC olsorders will be oescr oed ano examOles given 0' a s In W IC pa IC lar genes and gene oroo c s con nou e 0 ese olsorOers ec nlques or e 11 aen , ica 0 0 oe ec Ive genes be OISC sseo

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Replacmg defec / e genes "''le POSSlbl1i ,es 0 replacing ne de'ectlve genes will be discussed e prob ems, age er WI some 0 bo prac Ical ano e nlcal, I ely 0 be el"coun ered

In ugur Centre for Educational Studies Wednesday 20 October Grea Hall, Strano, lime tbe Pro'essor argare Brown, Pro essor o a hemal/cs Eduea Ion Clashmg epiS emologles. he battle for control of he nat/onal CUrriculum and s assessmen

Department of Physiology rsoay 28 Ce:ober ew I ea e S:ra 0, e be P o'essor Jere y Pearson, Pro essor o ase lar B o'ogy A man /s as Cid as hiS artenes

Department of Byzantine and Modern Gredt Studies 22 October, 17.30 -he Comm: ee Room, S rand Fee admiSSion, all welcome 0 a end DlmJ ns Angela os, (Departmen 0 L. era ure, Unf erslty 0 Cre e, Rethymno) The PolyphonIC novel m Gree flc Ion smce 1960

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Eacn lecture las s or one hour and IS held In he Chapel a he Strand In e Irs ns ance a 12.00 on Mondays en a Video 0 he lec ure IS screened on Tuesdays a enslng on n e P ySlology Lec ure Thea re a • 6 DO, and again on eonesoays a o 00 In Room 2C at e S rand, and a 3 00 n he PhYSiology Lecture rea re a enslng on The Videos 0 :re ec res are shown a Chelsea on rsdays a 6 00 n Room 20

11 October Dr Graham Gould The ongms of Chnst/an consciousness

18 October Pro'essor Avenl Cameron Chnst/amty and empire m the later Roman world

25 October Dr Bnan Gould Theology and the creeds m the fourth and fifth centunes

Age Concem Institute of Gerontology research seminars

Seminar by e Lo don edlcal Sociology Group Room 4/24 (4 h loor) Depa en 0 ursing S dies, Cornwall ouse Annexe. Admissio ee 50p 800 0 9.00 13 October Phil Strong (London School 0 Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) The public debate over AIDs Special Management Seminars These will be held on Thursday evenings, 17.30 to 19.00 21 October John R McLellan, General Manager (Personnel) Panasonic

Managmg at a Japanese company m the UK: the myths and realities anagement Seminar Room 1, ensington 28 October J Andrew Couns (Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Management, Shef ield University School of Management) Calendar effects in the London Stock Exchange FT-SE indices Management Seminar Room 1,

Kensington 29 October

Senator Mark 0 Hatfield, US Senator (Republican) at the centre of US Policy to Extend Moratorium on Nuclear Testing. Free admission Defence and disarmament priomies: a view from the United States Great Hall, S rand, please note time 17.30 020.00. Free admiSSion Geography Research seminars, All seminars will ta e place a 17.00 In the Departmental lounge (room 102), orfolk Building, Strand Campus.

19 October Or Peter Moore (Chair, Human Environmental Sciences, ing's)

Pollen analvsls, plants and people m the South East 26 October Or Davld Simon, Department 0 Geography, Royal Holloway College The world City h vpo thesIs: reflections from the penphery

5.40. Se I ar Hoom ( Ird loor-3/B) o e Cor wall ouse Annexe.

25 October Or aria E a aro (Departmen 0 EOlae lolog a d P blic eal , LJ I ersl Cc, lege 0 aon) The manclal position 0 tnformal carers Science and Technology Education Unit Seminars Thursdays (t roughout erm- Ime), 3.00 0 4.00. Cornwall House Annexe, Room G12. Admission ree.

Con ac Dr artln Mon on 07 -872 3100 for urtner In orma Ion.

Centre for Hellenic Studies, Byzantine and Modern Greek Research Seminars 1993-94 18 October Room B6, ClaSSICS Depa me S rand Campus, 7.00 0 8.30

a es Pe J er Greece, Albania and he Bal an oasIs 25 October oom B6, ClaSSICS Deoartmen , S rana Camp s. 7 00 0 18.30 P o'essor Roger Sco t Ma tng the past conform m Theoohanes' Chronicle Centre for American Studies Research Seminars 1993-94 14 October

Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Seminars.

Room A, S;ra d, 3:00- 4:00 5 October Dr Aubrey Sanaman (Department 0 ectronlc ana electrical Engineering) Very low dlstorvon ampldiers (some novel approacnes Will be describedl.

Room 2C, S rand Campus, 18. 5 Dr Richard Gordon, University of eele Faul ner's 'Absalom, Absalom: Haiti and Labour History': reading unreadable revolUtions

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14 October Or R Grunene 'elder (CIT-Alcatel)

28 October Room 12C, S rand Campus, 18.15 P 0 essor Eric Mottran, Department of English, ing's Pound's Performance

Software for me CIT-Alcatel communlcatton networ 5 26 October

Oavid E Kren ()epartment of Elec ronlc ana Electrical Engineering) ew hetero/unctlon bipolar transistors for hIgh power applications Department of Pharmacy All meetings wtil a e place in Room 8, WI n re reS'1men s between 6.00 - ; 6. 5 and seminars being held betwee 6 - 5 - 7 00 21 October r Evans, (Gi iiesearch Unl , London ,0Spl al ea,cal Collegel

Motlltty and tntraluminal factors relattng to GI a:seases and their treatment 28 October Or D Sarlow IJepartmen of Pnarmacy, ing's College London) PeDtlde drug aeltvery - the nonsense continues

COIIOqUl Institute of Advanced Musical Studies Wednesdays, 17.00-18.30. Room GO , Music Department, Strand Campus. Free admission For Information contact Christopher Wintle on 07 -836 5454 ext 3527 13 October Pro'essor lan Ben. Columbia UniverSity ew Yor MUSical analvsls and hermeneutlcs in

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27 October Mic ael Schrelder, oscow University Threads m RUSSian musIc from the tenth to the sIxteenth cenrury

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Department of Computer Science Colloquia Hea 0 ea esaa s 00 3).

S' ana ese ee: gs a'e pro so a. p ease ca e 'S 28~2 2588 'or co ;Ir~a 0 13 October

a c so 5 n hes/smg programs rom proo,s and Harrop or ufas fa er 5 e ano Berard/J 20 October A.an Pears An ouellne 0 language

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27 October alcolm Sir Program ven lea Cion uSing Program Chee er Humanities Research Centres 13 October Grea ail. S ra a Campus. 11 00 '0 800 Ichael ana ary Gough Colloo I m Forty years of la e Roman and early ChnsClan researen

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27 Se::ne""ce' - . Oc:oce - ~ s s a D'ac: ca o'og'al"'1 rn "g cov'se ~ s:a~oa'a ::cnra 77 Co"""p s ~g 0: ec:_'es a":! :e r a casea ulO' a sess Of'S ::c-:'a S Sv :ao e 'or :~e SOulO o'sce 'cand, COf'ce ralO" 0 be g e 0 _"ee's'ar::: "g :roe s VCl 'e a"o vse O' l"'e a....g...age 'or o'oa er apo ca ,0 s I--e co rse ~a er,a De n erac: e ;:0 ran 77 (second ea. on) 0 a Cnl ers al'lO _a e Slelg o,me a d p bllsl'lea 0'/ C IS orwood, 990 Wl'l'C Sa alia Die In mos local acaeem c OCC<s ops IS s a ore-wee co rse ana Will r n from' 000:0 300, 4 00 0 700 da I Roo"'" t.A C esnam B "ong, S rana Cam::::us pre eo !s les - a sername on one o路 :re CO! ege ,AXen Course B r roa' c or:o e A:XN SI Boo I gs S:,ano aavlsory (23ABI eXl 2505 ens ~g:on aa ISOry (A2091 ex

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. 0 - celebration on_ September Will mar the Colle)!;e part In the discovery nd publication of the tructure 0 0 .-\ o \earsa o. \ plaque will be un clled In the trand quadrangle b) the President 0 the Ro al oclery, naming the five In' taff who worked on D. A structure: R E Frankltn; R G Gosling; A R tokes;.\1 H F Wilklns and HR WII on. Four of the e people, including :-"obel PrizeWinner Profes or \laurlce Wil Ins. Will be among tho e lecturing to an audience Including everal hundred school pupils In the . 'ew Theatre that day on subjects related to the discovery.

Further details are available from the Phvslcs Department.

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( our e language Courses The Language and Communications Cen re will be 0 fering a vanety 0 evening language courses, In up 0 ive levels, sublect 0 demand, In Frenc ,German, Spanish, Italia , Japanese, Portuguese, Gree and Arabic. They Will also be o路 enng e ollowlng co rse. BA Language Training odules; French/German!

Spanish for Lawyers; B slness RUSSian; Franco-German Rela Ions, French or ar e Ing, Frenc or Insurance, Con emporary Frenc C Iture; Scientl ic and Technological French/German ana In enslve Language Course Further In orma Ion on all 0 he above IS available In e Centre's current brochure which can be obtained rom Vanessa Beard on ext2485

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Departure times for the new service are: Morning \lanresa Roaa .00 5 -2 King's R d .15 KenSington trand (catenn~) trand I postroomJ Drury Lane trand Ipo troom) Cornwall House Annexe Denmark Hill Aftemoon trand (Po troom) Cornwall I louse Annexe 552 King's Rood

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Fannv Lau, a \1aths and Computer ience student at King's. has been cho en as the \1ost Enterprising hell Technology Enterprise Programme (STE P) Student for. orth London for her work for at a Finchley based .ccunty sy tem firm, Caretrend Securlry ystems.

During her eight week work placement scheme at the firm she computerised the company's administration by re-designing their database, produeinga manual and ralnlngallthe taff.Asaresultofher e fortS the compan Inve ted in four new computers.

Two other King's students, Tarquln Purdle. a Management student and Wendy Yau. a Computer Science tudent. also made it to the local finals.

Fanny won a cheque for 拢 150 and will go on to represent the area in the forthcommg regional finals.

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Own room eaulred. Please pone Ana Escalona on 07 -836 5454 ' ex 1260, 9.30 0 730.

Rat to sell

Second floor st dio lat in radltlanal Victorian bloc in SWl . ew fit ed itchen and bathroom with shower.

Low outgoings. Good decorative order. Close to public transport (Pimlico, St James's Park and Victona) and shopping 'acilities. ReSident's parking available. £55,000. Please call Kate Quantrell on ext 2 18.

To let Quiet, secluded 2 bedroom co age (c1820), Sydenham, South East London. Fully urnls ed, gas central heating, garden and parking. Suitable or visiting academc couple. £400.00 per calendar month plus electricity,

gas and phone bills and Council Tax (presently £46.00 per monthl. Twenty minute train to Charing Cross and Victoria. Available now.

Contact Llnasay Elllott Smith Conference Administrator, V~cation Bureau, 552 King's Road Campus on 071-351 6011 (day) or 071-266 2066 (evel.

For sale

Wimbledon £149,950. Spacious Victorian semi comprising four bedrooms, study, sit ing room 5'7' x 2' 4", dining room with small conservatory, I c en/break ast room u r1ity room, cellar. Sunny patio W1 h ' large south acing leafy garden. Enjoy being ou of own but within 45 minutes of he College. Phone Wendy on ext 3034 or 081-540 7522.

To let Large, very at rac Ive room 0 le In 36c Champion Hill. Very near King's College and Maudesley Hospitals.

Own telephone, share Itchen and bathroom. Suitable for doctor or person or s udy purposes. Rent negotiable for SUitable applicant.

Tel 071-737 5289 after 19.00 or 0923 239211 during day.

To let

A hree oearoom r IS ed 0 se In al hams ow C 7 very close 0 Blac orse La e Nictona line and Bri is Rail s a on) S I able or vlsi ing academc WI amrly or 2/3 adul s willing 0 live communally or 0 e year from Sep e oer. Con ac Ez a ext 3 65 or 08 -527 92 6 Share your daughters P 0 esslonal ;: ench amlly 0 0 r returning to Pans rom Singapore see s Englis 'amily also wi daughters about 10 and 4 with ~hom 0 alte nate holidays. Lovely International amily nown to advertiser ab Initio. If you or someone you know Ig t be interested, con act Pro Ronald Jownt (Food SCience enslng on) on ext 4487.

Oxfam Ox am ing's Moad needs valun eers!

Come and enlOY wor Ing In a un and rewarding a ,osphere. Four hours minimum per wee (Mon-Sa),

expenses palo. Con ac Jackie on 071351 6863.

Wordprocessing I can provide a service for the typing o scientl ic reports, heses, dissertations. ;:JroJects, curricula vitae let ers etc. I have available the latest' word processing software Including TEX. Printing WlrI be done on a laser pnnter of he Ighest quality. For urther information and quotation

please contact me on ext 2216 or on 07 -87322 6.

For sale PC ac, call ext 3773.

For sale Varian Vista 500 HPLC With uv/vis and ai ferentlal re'rac ome er or detection. Columns, syrrnges, manuals and otner accessories included. 0 ers over £1,000 please to Professor P ice or Or Richardson, in t' e Biochemistry Department on exts 4451,4412 or 2497.

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s from the beginning of October the English Language Unit will be situated in the Atkins Building in Kensington. Our new telephone numbers will be as follows: Tony Thorne, Director: 071 - 333 4073 Susanne Elliott, Deputy Director: 071 ·333 4074 Sabine Schiglod, Secretary:' 071 - 333 4075 \ e shall continue to hold In-Sesssional English support classes on the trand Kensington and Ylanresa Road sites. if you know of any students who might be interested/benelit from those classes, please ask them to attend our initial testing sessions: Strand Campus: Ylonday,4 October, 17.30, room 2C Manresa Road: Tuesday, 5 October, 17.30, room 56 Kensington: Wednesday, 6 October, 17.30, Old Refectory

Of even greater benefit are 'dedicated' in- essional classes for groups from particular departments. The nit is happy to arrange these, but lecturers' fees and room charges must be borne b departments.

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Sabine Schiglod (extension 3049 until the end of September).

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Commnrl v. 11 be rep rtIn on he _ ptember ceremonies m It..!> OctOber ue

he Government s propo I 'or pre entmg compul ory student union member hip and the use of public funds for all but a restricted ran~e of student aCtlvltle were described as 'perver ely c1um m a report to Council m July. fhe prinCipal purpose of the proposal recently published by the Secretarv of '>tate for the enactment of le~lslatlon wa to 'outlaw' the use oi public und or political purp0!>e . It wa reported.

But smce political campal~nJn~ v.as such n mSlgnlficant component of union aCtiVities the propo Is seemed perversel, clumsy. me dlstmctlons between 'allowable' and 'disallowable' actiVities were at first Sight Judged to be unworkable. The CounCil heard that the matter was bemg con Idered by the CVCP.

Per anal Finance ou ""ill have seen from the insertion 10 thiS editiOn of Commnrl that J Rothschild have arranged emmars In the Council Room. on :v1onday I . 'ovember and Wednesday 'ovember I at I .30.

Whll t the College does not 10 an: way ponsor these event..!> or WI h to associate Itsel With personal finanCial plannlO~, the mlnars could be useful for member of staff who are conslderlnJ; seeklOg protesslOnal adVice about their per onal finanCial affair or plannlOg or retirement.

new ;-<le I ne Colle _e '01 er s nov. m t at the tatlonen 0 Ice at the moae t price .": pence per cOP:~ the Ider I pnn'e n ne egant matt red carQ as Illustrated.

These are ultaole ior a "arlet\- o' use and v.e II pe t ey Will be particularly e Tec I"e 'or peclal e"ents at the College.

The" are supplied flat. I f you ""I h to order oulk copies. for example for a conference. please alert Carmel In ~tatlonery as oon as pOSSible a he may need to order more tocks which are currently tored at the printer.

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nclosed In thiS editiOn of Cllmmnrl you Will find a copy of a new leaflet glvmg details of free events at Kmg's open to the public thiS term. me Press and PublicatIOns Office IS planning to pUblish thl tWice a year, In late eptemoer and January. Please pass your cop. of the leaflet on to a fflend or contact outSide King's v. ho might be mterested m the e"ents mentioned (limited numbers of further copies will be a"allable rom thiS Office). We shall be clrculatln . copies to local employers and busme es. to L n I er Ity of London Intltutes and pUblic libraries. to London secondarv schools and further education colleJ?es. to Journalists. and to other appropnate lists.

Please contact the Pres and Publications ASSistant. Shelley immons. on extensIOn 3:02 If you have an queries.

another ucces ful sea on thiS year. me Side won more games than u ual and missed surprl Ingly few game to poor weather.

The team plays against the other unlver lues In and around London on Wedne day afternoons during :v1ay, June and July and covers the full spectrum of abilities. -mce we are competing against other aCtiVities such a meetlOgs etc we require a large squad In order to ral e a full team throughout the eason.

I f you are Interested In playing next season pica e contact Richard EWIn. eXl 1156 or Bnan Ca kmg, ext 7 204.

DO Ball Deputy College Secretary (Planning and Resources)

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