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he L1G's proposal would enable King's Life ience activities, Including preclinical medical and dental teaching and re earch, and the In titute of .. urslOg, to be located at the present Guy' Hospital site at London Bndge. The School of Education, now at Cornwallllouse, could also be accommodated at London Bridge, while Humanities, Law and Phy ical Science and Engineering would continue to be based at the trand. The Cornwall I louse, Ken ington, and
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Tlu College CounCIl deCIded on J3 September to accept In princIple proposalfrom the London ImplementatIon Group (LIG) which would enable the College's non-cllmcal activllles to be consolidated on IfJi-O sues -the Strand and London Bndge - by soon after the year 2000 Here the Pnndpal describes the most recent developments on SlU ISSues for the College.
Chel ea site would be dl posed of. The propo al would enable the merger of the C nlted Medical and Dental chool of Guy's and t Thomas's Ilospitals (l~MD ) with King' - already agreed in principle - to be pUt into effect. Clinical teaching in the new merged ollege would continue at Denmark Ilill and would also take place at London Bridge and at the St Thomas's Ilospital ite. Social (including tudent Union) space and library facilities would be on each site. The College still need to determine
where the central administratIOn would be located, and we will need oon to come to a firm oncluslOn about the iting of the chool of Education. Following debate in the AcademiC Board and the I路 inance Committee In particular, everal important caveats coneerning financial provision and arrangements for property tran fer have been built in to the College's acceptance of the LIG's offer. The offer' upon the outcome of public con ultation about the Ilealth Service continued on page three
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he first students on the MA in Defence tudies graduated this summer. The course, which is unique to King' , IS for erving officers in the armed forees and there are three tailor-made MAs: one for the Army, one for the, 'avy and one for Air Force. For further photos taken at both Ceremonies on 12 and 19 eptember see pages 19 and 20.
Pictured Itere attlte Presentation Ceremony on /9 September at Westminster Cmtral Hall ore officers from RAF StaffCollege at BrlKhtell.From left to ngltt: W/Cdrs Jonalltan Lomonu, Cltnsloplter I/arper, Jonatltan Chilly and Tlmotlty Almond.
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