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Ire The Principal wn'tes: Further to my letter to staff on 10 February, the group et up by the Secretary of tate for I Iealth to prepare plans for taking forward the plans outlined in her tatement has now held its first meeting.

The College's imention as a member ofthisgroup(whichi chairedbySir Tim Ches ells, Chairman of the London Implementation Group) will be to seek a urance that any propo ed u e of the Guy's site for non-clinical purposes must produce a ubstantial gain for the whole of the 'allege in ensible time.

We are discussing what parts of the Guy's site could be provided, on what time-scale, and with what financial implications. The College need confidence about it future, confidence about the time- cale and confidence about the affordability of any propo al .

I will keep staff informed of option that are brought forward. The deadline for the group to report i June, which should give lJ time thoroughly to evaluate the academic, financial and other implications of any plans.

Judge Marcus Edwards and the Pn'ncipal held a press briefing on 10 February to present the findings of the Judge's report into the College's student discipline procedures, following tne Donnellon case.

widely in Ihe College thal day and are available for consultation in chooloffices, departments and libraries. A copy ofthe report has also been made available 10 the

Copies ofthe Judge's report and the College's press statement were distributed

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CVC? Task Force on student discipline,

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A new item in the Sunda) Times reported on babie born \A ith deformitie in certain c1u ter in Britain. ugge tion ha e been made a to the cause, including radioacti icy.

However, Dr Kyprianos 'icoJaides, Professor of Fetal MedICIne, KCSMD, explained that the c1u ter could ha e ari en by chance and that limb defects occur naturally when a bag of nuid around the unborn baby i torn and then close in on a protruding arm or leg, cutting off the blood upply.

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Dr Sue /lamilton, Lecturer in Indian Religions, was intervicwed by the Today newspaper for a feature on the increasing popularity of Buddhi m among t Wc terner. he at 0 took part in the BBC World ervice World of Faith programme on the hi torical religiou background to recent di turbances in India.

Article in the Independent highlights research undertaken by Ms Sharon Germ/itz, ProfmorStephen Ball. and Mr Richard Bowe, all of the Centrefor Educational Studies. The article examines the problems faced by 'bottom of the league' schools and the difficult deci ions they have to take.

An article in the Daily Telegraph covering the heated debate over consciousness canvassed a number of distinguished scientists, including Professor John Taylor, Professor ofMathematics and Director ofthe Centre for Neural 'e/Works.

The 'ew York Review of Books feature on Freud was recounted in the Independent.

It discu sed the correspondence between James Nopkins. Philosoph)' ucturtrand Profe sor Frederiek Crew, author of the piece and Profe or of Engti h at the Cniver ity of California, Berkeley, regarding Freud' eduction theory.

Mr Midzael Clarkt, Executive Director ofthe Centre for Defence Studies, appeared on Radio 4 's The World Tonight, discus ing the appointment of General Sir y1ichael Rose as Commander in Chief of

L:MPROFOR 10 130 nia. lie was al 0 quoted in a feature in the Today new paper on the future role of the L:. '.

m the debate 0 er the use of egg from aborted foetu e 10 fertility treatment, Professor David Papineau, Professor of Phi/osophyof cience, wa interviewed by the Independent. lie expre ed the view that there wa an important difference between u ing foetal tissue and foetal egg. L: nea e over the i ue accentuated the general dilemma over egg donation generally, whether from live women or aborted foetu es.

.l.heMail on Sunday ran an article about

an army medic who is to sue the MOD after he was told to have an abortion or 10 e her job. Legal experts are divided on whether a pro ecution could be bro ugh t. M r Andrew Grubb, Director ofthe Centre ofMedical Law and Ethics, claimed that an abortion in the e circum tance would probably be lawful.' rguably, you have a tronger case there for showing the di tress caused if she had to 10 e her job over it.'

Profmor Ridzard Ooery, Profmor of Modern Ilistory, appeared on Channel 4's Secret Ilistory programme talking about the Dambusters' raid. He also featured in the Oldie magazine in an article trying to determine the validity of a booklet originally published 1940 entitled I was /litler's Maid.

Professor David /look, lit. d ofSpanish and Spanish-American Studies. wal> interviewed on The John Dunn Programme on Radio 2to answer an enquir about Moori h pain submitted by a listener.

King's expertise i tretching worldwide and we have recei ed cutting from a couple of over ea new papers: Professor Ted Grant, Head of Plrysics, appeared in one of the Canadian qualities about the buzzing some people hear in their ears which could be caused by microwaves from radar establishments. DrClive Page, Reader in Pharmacology, appeared in the ikkei, a Japane e paper.

Apolo le to Dr. ndre'W Wal er 'Who appeared In thl tlon la month: the 'Faith and Rea on' column appear m the In tp I not the limitS

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2- . larch onall Pandya. the eIght year old dau hter 0 'alml Pandya, a member 0 our Pay roll ICe, hit the headline recentl 'When he became the younge t candidate to pa a G I:exam, onali t a GC E m Computer tudie 'WIth her brother unil, who i eleven, and both were ucce ful. onali will appear in the next edition of the Cuiness Book ofRecords. under a newl created category for the you nge t ucce ful GC E candidate. ,\fter the children had 0 much fun uSing their father' computer their ather arranged pnvate tuitIOn for them and their parent could hardly believe It when. after a fc", months, the tutor wanted to enter them or the G I.. exam, vIr Pandya mamtam that, onali I Ju,>t a normal glrl-' he ,>tlll love play 109 with dolls and Lego and watchmg her Ideo of Jungle Book o.. er and over.'

he Colle e'W 11 be celebrating set- (the fir t _ 'a lonal Wee o cienee. En meenng and 1 echnology, rom 1 to _7 . larch), 'WIth manye en open to the public. The v.eek I upported b the 0 fice of ience and Technology and I being organi ed by the Briti h.'\ ociation for the Ad aneement of lence. It.; aim i to bring" ,E and T" to the public through a nationwide programme of un, popular events, and at Ica t 00 organi ation natIOnwide Will be partICipating, ome of the King' event require prc-regi. tration. For further detail contact Anne Roblnson on ext 26 21 \1arch

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seven days plus exploring science, engineering and technology trom 18 March The chool of Life, Ba ic \1edical and Hcalth lence i organising events entitled Whodunnil Corner (about pollen and fibre analy e ; Tackle pollution rwithout getting your hands dirty and All you won/ to knorg; OboUI tropica/ diseases: date . time and venues till to be finali cd when Comm t went to pre .

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not the Automobile A sociation or even Alcoholics non mous but academic audit. The College has received the draft report from the HEQC uditor for comment. Thi gives u the opportunity to tell you how we shaped up under scrutiny.

As you well know changing pattern within the Liniver ity of London have refocu ed much of the responsibility for the monitoring and asse ment of academic standards in the Colleges.

This proce s is a continuing one with the responsibility for the awarding of degree likely to be delegated from the start of the 1995-96 academic year. The College therefore is very much in a transitional phase and the visit of the audit team was particularly pertinent in that it would offer a commentary on the introduction of policies and procedures thus far.

External vi itation are by their very nature labour intensive. The auditors, if they are to do their job properI ,require acces to va t quantities of information/ documentation and these auditors certainly were no exception. The Academic Standards section of the Registrar's Department co-ordinated the visit and collated the documentation which proceeded it. Including such items as prospectuses, video and all manner of minutes of meeting ( uch a those for departmental staff/student committees) a total of 84 document were produced/gathered and then copied - 16 times! Organi ing their delivery was a task in itself. To their credit the auditors had clear! read what had been provided and then a ked for more!

The audit visit itself lasted for three day. During that period the auditor looked at a wide cross-section of the College community. Apart from eeing the Principal and other senior officer the timetable included meetings with representatives of the College Committee, the Standing Committee, the Teaching and Re earch trategy Committees, the Academic Audit Review Group, the Course Approval and Review Sub-committee, the Staffing Policy Committee, the Academic Staff Committee and the 0,

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EqualOpportunitie Forum. taffatall level were een including tho e on probation, a were undergraduate and po tgraduate tudents in both formal and informal setting. The number and variety of the meeting atte ts to the thoroughne of the audit proce s.

What then of the outcome? The draft report is highl complimentary of the College' effort, indeed the College i commended for: the recent establishment of the principle of College-wide quality assurance arrangements and the commitment with which the implications of thi are being pursued, the e tablishment of a Teach ing Strategy Committee reporting to the Academic Board' tanding Committee to compliment the Research trategy Committee, the clarity of procedures for programme and course approval as set out in the Cour e Approval and Review ub-commiuee :"otes of Guidance, the u e of external experts and the quality of the documentation prepared for the "Peer review" process, the work undertaken by the Academic Audit Review Group in conducting audit trail and publishing summary reports highlighting good practice and making recommendation for improvement, the 'buddy' and 'parenting' cheme of tudent induction and support in the School of Law and :vledicine and Dentistry provision for research training for postgrad uates and for research upervi ors especially in the Schools of Education and :vledicine and Denti try, the work of the Personnel Department overall and particularly the staff development and appraisal mechanisms,

the e tabli hment of an Equal Opportunitie Forum and the intention to monitor taff recruitment data in thi re pect the acce ibilit of taff to tuden and the commitment of teacher and tutor to engendering learning at the highe t level. uch commen are very welcome. The report al 0 contains a erie of suggestion for the College to con id er on how it might improve matters further. The e will be evaluated by the variou committees concerned and further proposals will be put before the tanding ommittee for it con ideration.

The College can be well pleased with the auditors' reaction to it efforts and we extend our thanks to all those who were involved in the vi it. I hou Id like to pay particular thank to Kate Quantrell and Loui e ~adal for the work they did both in preparing for and during the visit.

Professor Robert I (ill Chairman, Academic Audit Review Group

Ccncr.1 Rc carch l'lInt! Applications for re earch grants are invited from member of the niversity (other than present undergraduate tudents and tho e registered for a taught Ma ter's degree) who are engaged on specific projects of original research, to a i t with the provision of expen e ari ing from project eg pecial material, apparatus and travel cost.

The clo ing date for application for the summer term i Monday 11 pril.

The clo ing date for applications for Postgraduate tudentship for the 199495 session is ue day I March Forms of application and further particular may be obtained from the ecretary to the Central Research Fund and cholarship Committee, Room 21a, enate House, Ma let treet, London WCI E 7H U. Telephone 071-636 8000 (Research Grants extension 3147) and ( tudentsh ips extension 3042).

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Actl It \\Ithin the European C nlOn on e tabli hlng the Framework 4 Research and Development Programme i gearing up rapidly. The total budget ha now been agreed at 12 billton ecu~ for 1 4""Ith a further one billion ecus In re erve for a mid term asse ment. \110 t o the money will go to funding research programmes and network, with Itfe ~clences and the environment featuring more trangly than In the past.

Ilowe er, 750 million ecus will be made available for training and mobility grants and 420 million ecus to promotion 0 cooperation acro and outside of Europe.

Over 70 King' people attended a recent [~uropean eminar hy '1Im Willl from the Brussel office of the C K Re earch Council and ha e regi tered their interest with KCL Enterprl es. If you have not yet done so, pleasc contact your School Liaison Officer for KCL Enterprises or Sara Kell on 071-872 3321. We now have the European Union working guidelines for most programme under Framework 4. \ hil t the e guideline have et to he flnalt ed and ratified. they proVide a good picture of the area which will gain funding.

Whil t the call for re ar h proposal are till ome wa off (estimate range from. eptember to December), ""hen the do come it will be in a ru hand with very little time to respond. 0 now IS the time to be identifying and talking to potential partners acros the European Cnion and preparing the groundwork for future projects. Abo let u know how we can help.

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La\\' Fair 94

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ing'S Law Fair auraeted more exhibitOrs and student than ever thl ear. Around 1,200 students attcndcd thc Fair, "" hi h wa or 'anized by the areer dVI ory rvice and took place on 1 January and 1 Fehruary. Over 40 firm of oltcitor were repre entcd, togcther with thc ollcge of Law, thc I.aw ommi Ion, thc Crown Pro ecutlon crvice, the Government Legal. rvicc, the European taffing l;nit of the abinet Office and the I nns of Court and General ounci! of the Bar. ExhibitOrs commented on the quality of students they poke to and the Great Ilall venue. tudent, too, appreciated the chance to speak to potential employers on an informal basi . "I he legal profe ion continue to be a popular destination for King's tudents from both law and non-law discipline.

1n 1992, 6 fir t degree grad uate from King' tOok olicitOrs/barn ter final, of "" horn 44 were law graduates and 22 were non-lawyer. There wcre al 0 five King's po tgraduate tak ing the e exam, four of whom had studlcd for the LL:\1. \i1ary 13a1dwin Carcers Adviser

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Dip Ill", in" 'ur in.g The first ceremony for the graduating students from the Diploma in Higher Education in :--: ursing cour e was held at Dulwich College on Friday 26 ovember.

The ceremony, which wa the fir t to be held ince the college' integration into King' , was opened b Profe or Jill \1acleod Clark, Director of thc ~ightingale In titute. Profe sor \1acleod Clark pointed out that the e were pioneer graduates who represented some of the fir t Project 2000 students in the UK and who were indeed the fir t Project 2000 students in the outh East Thames region and expre sed pride in the high tandard of nursing education programme and in the student who had achieved the standard set.

After an introduction by Brian altcr, Academic Regi trar for King's, Profe or Jenifer Wilson Barnett, I lead of Division of~ursing and Midwifery, spoke and said in her address that the reform of nurse education had been almost a revolution. It had been nece sary to change the per pective of nursing and every opportunity had to be taken to reflect on the real contribution it could make. She said that the education hat he gradua e had undergone had given them the wisdom and understanding to influence health.

The Profe sor aw medical care a only one mall factor in influencing the health of the nation and had every confidence that the graduate could meet the challenge of change. She then made the presentations to 162 graduating nurses congratulating each of them personally.

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excellence. 'I heir feedback wa very appreCiative of the I1 istor, teach 109 at ing' ,of the upport for tudents from tudent ervlce and the chaplaincy, and of the breadth of ed ucation offered b the opportunity to take the AKC. It included the comment that Kmg' I1 i tory Department wa the leadmg centre of excellence for the teaching particularly of Imperial and Common\\ealth hi tory - v.hich we all knew an way! Congratulation to Andrew Porter, to the lecturing taff, and to the ecretanes Brenda Turner and \1iranda later who prepared the paperwork.

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he Department was asses ed by an IIEFCE team on 17-19 Jan uary, and was found to be providing 'Excellent' education for its students.

History i one of the di ciplines which ha been undergoing the IIEFCE exercise to assess the quality of education. The department completed a elf-as e sment in \1a and included a claim to be providing excellent education. This claim was originally turned down but, after an appeal by the College, the Funding Council agreed to end a team to visit the department.

The lead As essor made a preliminary visit before Christmas, at which the particular problems of evaluating federal teaching were discu sed and the College was given a list of supplementary information to be provided; this, when assembled, almost filled the I lead of chool's room, which was taken over a the Assessors' baseroom.

After two and a half days with the Ili tory Department, the As essor had no hesitation in upholding the claim to

he Centre ha won the Threlford \1emorial Cup: the In titute of Lingui ts award for the be t performing ollege in the May 1993 examination. The cup will be pre enled to the Centre at lhe In titute' AG\1 in March.

The Language and Communication Cenlre wa onc of 380 centres eligible for the prize.

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r Roger Williamson has been appointed Director of the Council for Arms Control, ba ed at lhe entre for Defence tudie . lie was previoul Director of the Life and Peace In titute, L pp ala, weden and Executi e ecretar, for Peace and II uman Right of the British Council ofChurche .

He has publi hed widely on topic including: the arm tradc; nuclear deterrence and non-proliferation; lhe ethic of war and peace; the role of religion in armed conflict; and human rights.

The Council for Arms ontrol promotes research on arm control and disarmament issues. It wa formed in 19 1 by a group of academics, former diplomat, ch urch leader, military pecialist and politician from all major parties.

funding council, indu try, busine and commerce, local borough council, and to many people connected with the College.

I hope ou will enjo reading the econd edition of the Reporr, and look forward to having your commen Chri tine Ken on Jones Director of Public Relation

Dr Vanessa Davies snowing Professor Lover Ine Lan age and Communicalions Cenlre disploy aline Ilumanilies Researcn FtJlr

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rofessor John La\er, Chairman-de ignate of the H umanitie Research Board of the British Academy, was gue t of honour at the Re eareh Fair ,taged by the School of Humanities in the Great Ilall on 10 February.

The Fair took the form of stalb di playing the research work being carried out in all the major di Ipline" in the choo!' It wa the first eve m of It, kind ever to be held in the l. K. and wa, Imended to raise the profile of re,earch III art -based subjects and, equall ,to give members of the public the opportunity to ee how the _ hool spend the tax-payer 'money. 'ome exhibitor di pia cd ho\\ Illformatlon technology can be u ed to manipulate large data ets, including i ual image; other offered the work of the librarybased cholar and emiced v"ltors to stop and di cu their ideas.

Profe or Laver ta ed for three hours and spoke to all of the exh ibltor . lie remarked that the fair wa enjo able, informative and impre ive, and he hoped other institution wou Id follow the King's example.

The Report he 1994 King' Reporr was published earlier this month.

Thi i the second of our magazine-style annual publications giving what we imend to be a lively, attracti e and above all readable accoum of a cro - e tion of the College' work, both in tea hing and in re earch.

We hope that colleagues will not only fi nd it of interest them elve but will al 0 pa." It on to a wide range of their contact outside King' , in order 10 help publicise the College.

We ha cued the Commenl mailing list to end the Reporr out within the ollege. but we have a ked those who dl tribute it In departments etc if, III tead of automaticall pa ing one copy to ea h member of taff. they ""ould ask staff to hare copies in an appropriate way. Thi will enable ome copie to be kept in the department, unit or office and provided, for example, with research funding applications, to vi itor coming to the College, and to anyone likely to be interested in the ollege' work. We would be most gratefUl if head of department could encourage thl to be done.

Limited numbers of further copies of the Reporl are available from this Office (ext 3202). We have alread distributed It widely within the Govemment, Parliament, Civil Service, pre sand broadca ting media. re,earch council.

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\\ard Professor Anthony Davies Profe or Davie from the Department of Electronic and Elec(f1cal En Ineerrng ha been elected a Fellow of the In titute of Electrical and Electronic Engineer. He has been elec ed for hi 'contribullon to the theo!) and analy i of active network '.

Election to Fellow of the IEEE i a prestigiou honour. bestowed upon a very limited n umber of member who ha e made outstanding contribution to the art and science of electrical and electronic engineering and related di ciplines. In 1994, onl 24 new Fellow were elected from a worldwide IEEE member hipof oyer 300.000.

Professor Conrad Russell Profe sor Rus ell has been e1ccted lO a ir Hen!)' avile Fellow hip at \1erlOn College Oxford for the year 1 94-1 5.

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Dear Eve!)one I am wfIlin to than the Ph)' iolo ~ Department for giving me uch a wonder ul part and 'scnd-o r v. hen I retired rom King' .

It wa lovely to ee 0 many riend a the party on 14 January and I hould like to thank everyonc v..ho contrrbuted so generou I~ to the cheque I received.

I Y.ould al 0 like to thank Profes or Peter \1c.. aughton and 'v1lchael Bradbury for their excellent peeche and the nice things they aid about me.

I hould al 0 like to say how much I appreciated all the help I received from e eryone in Phy lology over the year and to say how I con Idered them my frrend a well a colleagues.

I enjoyed my working life at Kmg' very much Indeed, and after over 2 years I knoY. that I shall mls ou all very much. I Iowever. re t a sured that I hall come in to see you from lime to time.

I'm looking forward to enjoying my retirement and to my trrp to Canada and the Rockie In J unc.

Once again very many thank to you all for everything.

(Everyn was the/omur f)epartmental Secretary in the PhYSIology Department)

he ta Ing 0 the Pre and PublicatIOn 0 lee Will be temporarily chan ed between February and \ugu to cover hri tine Jamle on' maternity leave.

The tr cture 0 the Office will be follow: ex Chrr tine Kenyon Jone 3072

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ur new bankers, the allonal We tmlnster Bank plc, 5 t\ldwych Branch, have indicated that they will be happy to di cu s any aspe ts relating to mortgage facilities, In ludlng competitive rates and offers with any member of staff. whether or not there i a banking relationship With that member of staff.

If interested please contact: \1 r James Rodea Accredited \10rtgage Advi er :"ational Westmin ter Bank plc

1 el: 071-242 6294. ext 222 Davld Ball Deputy College. creta!)

Dr Colin Sin noli at h,s leaving party held at the beginning 0/ February to mark his retirement from the post 0/ Director 0/ the Thameslde C mpus Project After nine years with the Coliege Dr Sin noli wili not be leaving King's, since he has enrolled/or a part-time PhD in the Department 0/ War Studies. Dr SinnOli is pictured with Bill S1ode, the College Secretary.

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7 March Professional Development Evening. an introduction to professional courses offered by CES

Cor wall ouse Annexe, 7.30 to 20.30. Con ac Dr argare Cox on 07 -872 3 25 or u he de ails 24 March set1 Lecture and Seminar Room B22, Cornwall House, 7.00 019.00 Science and thinking: the brain, the mind and learning sCience Martin Mon and Peter Gill

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23 February Institute of Advanced Musical Studies Colloquium Room G01, Departmen of USIC, S rand Campus, 17.00 0 18.30 Fif eenth-century organ music and its performance practice imberly Marshall, Royal Academy 0 USIC

Room 102, onol Building, Strand Campus, 700 PalaeoenVJronments In the Kathmandu valfey, epal Adam Cu is, 109's

1 & 2 March King's College Opera Society ew ea re Purcell's Dido & Aeneas Call 07 -836 5454 e

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2 March Institute of Advanced Musical Studies Colloquium Room G01, Department of Music, Strand Campus, 17.00 0 18.30

Tenors and basses in the Venetian Ospedale ichael Talbot , University of Liverpool

3 March Annual Lecture from the Department of War Studies Room 2B08, Strand Campus, 17.00 British power and European stability: the historical record

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3 March 23 February Centre for Philosophical Studies Lecture Room 1B06, Strand Campus, 17.15 PhIlosophy and artificial intelligence: Simulating real experience: turning Faraday's intelligence into artificial intelligence Dr David Goodong, University 0 Ba h 24 February Department of Music Concert

Room G01, S rand Campus, 13.05 to include music by Brahms. ary Wong, violin; viola player and pianis to be announced 28 February Centre for Hellenic Studies and Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies Seminar Room B6, ClaSSICS Departmen , S rand Campus, 17.00

Embassies and missions, dignified and effIcient: the middle Byzantine period Jona han Shepard, Cambridge 1 March Department of Geography Seminar

Centre for American Studies Seminar Room 27C, Strand Campus, 16.15

Cultural PolitIcs in mid-twentieth century America Dr Douglas Tallack, University of ottingham 3 March Department of Music Concert

Room G01, Strand Campus, 13.05 to include music by Mozart. Hea her

Hunter and Eleanor Meynell, sopranos; Giles Whi e, baritone 3 March Centre for Hellenic Studies with the Greek Archaeological Committee UK Lecture ew Theatre, S rand Campus, 18.00 The Trojan Cycle in East Greek Iconography Dr Anna A Lemos, University of Athens 4 March Theology Conference Great Hall, S rand Campus

A con erence in honour 0 the Rev Richard Coggins and Professor Leslie

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7 March Centre for Hellenic Studies & Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies lecture Reo B6, ClassIcs Oepa men', S rand Ca pUS, 1 7 00 Theodertc In Cons an mople Roman and Go hlc rela IOns m he la e I h century P 0 essor Jud, e fin P'lnce 0

7 March Department of Music Concert Room GO S rand Ca puS 3 05 o nclude 'T1USIC bV a d and S os a ov c Ing's Co ege Orc es a and C ara L ,pia 0

8 March Department of Geography Seminar Room 102, or 01 Building, S rand Campus, 700 Modellmg vegetation-erosIOn competl IOn on abandoned land m SE Spam JoV Obando, King's

8 March Department of Music Concert

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15 March Department of Geography Seminar Roor" 02 oro BUild ng S rand Campus. 700 AdjuS mg 0 peace and mdependence m Ovam o/and, amlbla 0' Pair ca Oa ev, U I ers 'V 0 0 'ord

16 March liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives and War Studies Department Conference Grea Hall, S rand Camous, 1030 0 700 D Day debated What was It Ir e to be here)

16 March liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives Annual lecture

Room GO ,S rand Campus, 305 Concer 0 be given bV he Twen le hCen ry or shoo

Grea Hall, S rand, 800 0 900 DDay 1\;1 a as Ings, Ed' or of The Daily Telegraph

9 to 12 March Department of Classics presents: King's College Greek Play 1994

17 March Centre for Philosophical Studies lecture

Aeschy/us' Agamemnon. per ormed ,n he onglna Gree ew T ea e, S rand Campus 9 & 11 500 and 930, 10 & 2 arc 19 30 TIC e s, £4 For u er de ails el 07 -873 2399

Co m ee Room, S rand Campus, 730 lssues m MedIcal EthICS should we mIx mds) Transgemc engmeermg Pro essor S ephen Clar ,Unrve s' 0 L verpoOI

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Room G01, S rand Campus, 1305 wor s bV J S Bach, Pro of,ev and Messlaen Ann Warner, flu e, and

Fover, S rand Campus, 10 00 0 6 00 Computers and Modern Languages

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14 March Centre of Medical law & Ethics lecture Roo , 00

B04, S ra d Ca""pus, . 3 00 0

Who can consen ) Who can re use) B enda Hoggen, QC, La Co ISS:O

22 March Centre of Medical Law and Ethics & Nuffield Council Gene le Screemng Symposium Sirand Ca'T1o s cons der e pi ca ons 0 ,e 'f eld Reoort on Ge e c Scree Ing 0 be publ shed shor ,v Spea' ers w clude Pro essor Oa e J L oVd, Pro essor an Kennedy, S, Pa liC a,me, Pro essor argot S acev

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28 February Maxwell Society lecture Room 2C, S rand, 4 00 0 5 00 The spy m the s y Or S aJba hs, Ing's

28 February Division of Biomedical Sciences Randa ns: u e Lec'ure ea' e, 7000'800 Chroma m s ruc ure and gene expression Or Gary Felsen eld, a ,0 al ns u es o Hea, h, Be hesda, aryl and USA

7 March Randall Seminar he Randalllns . u e, Oru Lane, 700 E2F an expandmg famtlyof heterodfmertc transcrtptton factors mvolved m cell cycle control Or IC La Thangue, I R, ill Hill

8 March Burton Memorial lecture Room 1B06, S rand Campus, 17.00 Inorganic chemIstry as a source of new physIcs Pro essor P Day, FRS, Royal Ins 't on

9 March Biomedical Sciences Division Open Day Great Hall, S rand,1 .00 014.00

14 March Randall Seminar The Randalllnstitute, Drury Lane, 17.00 Mutants and protein tyrosine kinases in the Interferon alpha beta and gamma signal transduction pathways Dr lan err, ICRF, Lincoln's Inn Fields

21 March set' Mathematics Teachers' Conference Spea ers J G Taylo , Mathema and he mind eill, Changes m VI form mahema ICS A G Gardlner Con ac Dr

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24 March set' Chemistry Teachers' Conference Comac Dr elth Jones, ext 2534 25 March set'

Modern Chemistry - what it has done formankmd Con ac Dr ei h Jones, ex 2534

23 March set1

25 March set'

Hands on public events, 10.00 to 16.00 Matters of life and death Randall Institute (ticke only), DesIgner genes and other molecular matters ensington Campus, Ecosystems and pollUtion: tackle pollution without getting your hands dIrty Contact Reena PateI on 071-3334648 for tickets and further information

IIlus ra ed lec ures on compu ing: 1 Computer crime - a witch's brew 2 Should we trust computers?

3 SCIence, SImulation and supercomputers Comac Dr Richard Overill, ex 2833

7 March The Chelsea Alumni Lecture College House, Chelsea, 18.30 From Aids to ZOVlfax: A selection form the lexIcon of drug discovery Professor Trevor M Jones, Director, Research Development and Medical, The Wellcome Founda ion Limited

Ph " ical Science and Engineering 7 March Maxwell Society lecture Room 2C, Strand, 14.00 0 15.00

Droppmg a clangour: a sCIentIst looks at bell-ringing Dr M T Sprac ling, ing's

14 March Maxwell Society Lecture Room 2C, Strand, 14.00 to 15.00 Microwaves - goodbye to cancer.?

Dr Helen Taylor, Cancer Research Campaign

25 March set'

How engineering helps medical progress and rehabilitation. A series of short talks, demonstrations and tours Contact Dr orman Borrett, ext 2639

25 & 26 March set' Radio Days: The wonder of Radio Communications will be illuminated by in eractlve displays, exhibi sand presentations. An ama eur Radio S ation will be available. Programme de ails from Dr i e Holwill, ex 2715.

Obituarv ~

Alan Hill CBE lan Ilill, council member ofChel ea College before 1 - and of King' for several ear after the merger, died on 17 December 1994. He was elected a r- ellow'Of King' College hort! after the 19 - merger. However, thi was not onl a recognition of hi un tinting contribution to Chel ea and King's; it was also a reflection of his distinction as one of the country's leading publisher.

Alan Hill' outstanding contribution was in educational publishing. lIe was born into a chool teaching family in 1912 and his father became pre ident of the :"ational union of Teacher . Mter graduation and a hort spell in teaching he joined Ileinemann in J936 and remained with them, apart from war ervice in the RAF. Whil t he knew many of their great names - Graham Greene, Jacob Bronowski, Robert Bolt for example, he concentrated on education and founded Heinemann Educational Books. This became famou in school education, producing many work which were outstanding ucce es, not only in thi country but world-wide. He was continually oversea ,and played a special part in the encouragement that Heinemann gave to African writers.

Alan rose to be managing director of the Heinemann group. He was also founding chairman of the Educational Publi her' Council. However, his interests were far wider in scope; witnes his love for the Lake Di trict, where he served on the Council for the Lakes ociety, and his interest in classical archaeology, which led to hi Fellow hip of the ocietyof ntiquaries. There wa al 0 hi interest in politics, for he had sat at Prime Minister Callaghan' table with the Fabian cognoscenti and campaigned, at the age of 80, to help secure Glenda Jack on' succe s at Hampstead in the la t election.

Tho e who knew him per onally could al 0 enjoy hi involvement in London club with dinners at the Garrick and the Athenaeum. More ignificantly, we could also admire and enjoy the affection and devotion that wa apparent after over SO years of

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marrted li e, between himsel and hi e Emd. lan HIli aye much 0 hi ime to helpln the ""or of the. 'u leld Chelsea CUrriculum Tru t. ""Ith ""hlch the Cencre or Educational cudle h been closel, a oclaced. Thl unselfi h con rtbuuon "" 'pical 0 hi character.

He wa generou In I~lng of hi expertence and III wIthout thou ht 0 per onal benefic. At the same Ime, in plce 0 a bu y life with numerou commltmenc long afcer retlremenc, he was alwa' relaxed, thought ul and encouraging. Tho e of u who enjoyed hi company and hi per onal upport will mi him, but we hall al 0 feel privileged that King's College could ha e enJo ed part 0 so dl tlngul hed a bfe and wa able to pay it due honour.

Profe or Paul Black, Cencre for Educauonal • cudle WI

KClA Annual Dinner The Annual Dinner

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London oclauon "" 11 be held on Fnda: 1 . larch in he Great Hall at he uand Campu . The A ocla Ion Will ""elcome those member 0 ta ""ho ""ould li e to a tend enJo: tal In 0 currenc ta 0 he College.

KCL:\ Pre Ident, Dr Helen Hud on, ""ill pre Ide, and the gue t pea er ""ill be Rhlannon Chapman, Dlrec or of The I nd u mal oclety. There"" ill be a recepuon In the Council Room at 1 .30, dinner wdl be at 1 .1' and after-dinner drtnk will al 0 be avadable In the Council Room.

The co t of the dlnncr. Including ..... ine and drin IS £ I Please contact \Iargaret Bro""n, -' mor Common Room, trand Campu ,071- 73 2 7.

May Ball 1994

oticebo rd The Black Sea University The Black a Cnlver Ity, et up in 1992 by a group of cholars and re earcher from the European Culcural Cencre In Buchare t, IS seeking L K leccurers to teach at a ummer. chool In Romania. The Cniversity IS an international cencre for continuing education specialising in shore courses, which has recognised the pres ing need for updating the knowledge of young professionals, enhancing their sense of co-operation and partner hip for joint projects, and developing the Initiative skill required by the modern economy and the values set by dem raClc y cem .

Between May and Occober the Cniver ityorganise a erie of ummer hool in Costine ti-. 'epcun, Romania, and they are inviting lecturers from thc C niver ity of London to run course, which u ually last for one or two ""eeks.

Leccurer will havc co find their own cravel eoses, but accommodation IS provided free of charge. nyone incerested in particlpaClng in the ummer chool programme of the Univer ity of the Black ea should contact Dr Mircea Malitza, 50 Primaveril Blvd, Bucharest, Romania (telephone

401618.50.04, fax 401312. 3.27) or Gabriel Gafita, Cu Itural Counsellor, Embassy of Romania, 4 Palace Green, London W8 4QD (telephone 071-937 125, fax 071-9378069). pa 'e 12

The Cafe Royal, aturday 7 \1ay I 94.

Black TIe rhl year the May Ball i being held In thc magnificent Empire. apoleon Ballroom at the Cafe Royal In PICcadilly.

Reno ..... ned for Its style and elegance, thiS SUite plays host to Royal and elebrit) Galas.

The Ball will follow a similar programme as In prevIous years, of a reception, five course dinner and Wine, and Itve entertainmenc until I am.

KCLSC have managed. despite Inflation, to keep the co t of the ticket at £4', and additionally bar price at the Cafe Royal are comparable to nightclub price. Tickets are on sale from first floor Reception. Macadam Budding.

Wanted to rent Flat or hou e, one or two bedrooms, from pril. Any area con idered. Contact Dr C Boyle on ext 220', or 041-649 02 .

Flat wanted ltaltan profe or of musIc history (35), With Wife and baby eeks cencrally located 2-bedroom flat for research viSit <Warburg In tlcute, Cniversity of London) from 15, prtlto 15 June 1994.

Please telephone Jane on 0 1-9795864 or lAMS, 071- 732576

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