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I.ejlto lilf!it: Squadrou I,eader D CradYJ.':e//, Air Commodore Professor A ,Vidto/son (Commalldant), Dr Std/a RoyJ!.1Iollds (Physi%gy), Squadroll Leader H Lupa, Wing Commander Jl Pnor, Profes or} Emsting

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formal as ociation hetween King's and thc RAF School of A\'iation I\lcdicine has been e "tablishcd which will ha\'e great potential for resear h link with many College departments. I n addition a new and unique (Se cour5e in

Aeromedical Re earch, running in parallel with the exi ting ! c in Human and pplied Phy iology, will start in the autumn.

The agreement for the a ociation, signed in January by the Principal and cOlltillued 011 page 2

fllrthcr t\ 0 member\ of the College have been elected Fcllow\ of the Royal Society in recognition of their distingui hed contribution to 5cience. They join Profe~~or Roy Pike of Phy~ics and Profe. sor Colin Reese of Chemistry in holding onc of thc highc t honour the academic and scientific world can be~((l\\ .

King\ twO new FRSs, elected on 9 ~Iarch. are Profe sor Brian Da\ ics.

Professor of :-'Iathematics, and Profc~~or Boh Simmom, Ilonorary ! irecror of the 1\ ledical Re~eareh Council \Iu~clc and Celll\lotilit) nit and Professor of Biophysics.

The citations ay: 'Professor Davie~ i a distingui hed mathematician whose work in analysis has been influential in many area of applied mathematic. and theoretical phy ic , lIe ha5 used analytic technique to give entirely new insights into studies of chriidingcr operatOrs, scattering theory. the dynamic of quantum y tern, and heat equation on general manifolds,' cOlltif/lled 011 page 2

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or c'immon i dl~tinglll hed for hi~ cOIHributions to under~tanding the prOl.:es\ of mu cular contraction, Ili~ experiment to im'e tigate the e\ ent~ re~ulting from contraction of ingle mmcle fibre led to information on the proces~ at a molecular le\el.

Recentl~, in collaboration with colleague at tanford l' nil er~it~. he de\eloped a laser optical trap to measure the di tance mO\ ed and force de\eloped by a single motor molecule. lie ha~ thu~ characreri~ed the unitary e\ ent of muscular contraction and is a pioneer in the emerging field of nanotechnolog~,'

Professor Blioll Dovies

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o\er ten year, The \I.'c course ha gont: from strength to strength and it~ graduate are \\ ell knO\\ n throughout the l'nited Kingdollland abroad, The link \\ ith the RAF Imtirutc (no\\ .'ehool) of \ iation \ ledicine.

Farnborough ha\ been of central importance [(J the \ I. c cour~e. and the ne\\ formal a sociation builds on thi~, An articlc about the work of the ~\F 'chool \\ ill appear in the \la~ edition of COII/II/ml, Thc King's/RAF po~tS arc: • Air Commouorc Tony 0iichobon OBE, QI L , D, c, FR P, FRCPath.

FR:\eS. R..\F (Commandant). \'isiting Profes\or of ,\\ iation Ph\~iolog~ • Wing (;ommanucr And~ Prior \ I13 E, BSc, Ph D. "I B. BS, RA F (I lead of Operational ,\\ iation \Iedicine), \'i\iting Senior Lecrurer in ,\ccderation Phy~iolo~' • Squauron Leader Da\'iu Grau\\ ell 13 c. PhD, \113, BCh, RAF (I lead of ,\Itirude and Breathing S\'stems). \'i~iting Senior Lecturer in Altiruue Phy~iology

• Squauron Leader Henry Lupa BSc, PhD, :'\113, BS, RAF (Heau of ircre\\ Equipment Integration), \'isiting Lecrurer in Aviation Physiology • Air Vice-l\larshal Professor John Ernsting CB, OBE, BSc, PhD,l\IB, BS, FRCP, FFOl\I, FRAeS, RAF retu \'isiting Professor in Physiology at King'~ College, l1l\IDS and Imperial College & , t :'Ilary 's H:'IIS,

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he College re\'iews the membership of Working Group~ and Committees on an annual basis, This is important for t\\'o reasons: fi rst to enable those who hale made major contributions over many years to be rdea ed to mo\'e ontO Other acti\'ities; secondly. to ensure that the College is able to rap the expertise, abilit) and energy of other who mav have ne\\ ideas or a fre h approach which will be of benefit to the College community, The College il1\ ites member of staff with appropriate experti~e in the bu~ine\s COl ered by the range of

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the Direcwr General \Iedical , en Ice 0 the RAf-. \\ III al 0 mean that ~ome of the ~\F peciali t \\ho ha\ e taught Kmg\ tuuent for man~ year \\ ill nOlI ha\ e \ isiting academic appointment~ at the College, and uetaih of these are gi\ en bel()\\, . ince 197 King\ has run a unique \1 'c in Iluman and Applied Phy iology, gi\ ing 'hanu on' practical research training in applied human ph~ siolo~ anu looking at the problems of working in extreme conditions of tcmperarure. altituue and pre~ ure \\ hich are encountered e\ e~ uay in the armed force~ and in indu\t~, Teaching i~ conducted at King\ and \e\ eral other London College~, but an e~~ential and unique fearure of the training i~ the many \\eeks ~pent at Royal.\ir Force, Ro\al :-\a\'al and Defence Research Agency laboratories at Farnborough and h'erstOke (Port\mouth), rudent. pend ten weeks at these \Iini, m' of Defence units for formal group teaching and also ha\'e the opportunity of three months' indi\'idual project \\ ork there.

The l\ISc cour~e \\as set up by Dr Stella RO\\lands of the King' Physiology Departlllent and tbe late Professor J S Wt:iner of the l\ledical Research Council, with the active support of the present l\ISc Course Director Air \'ice- larshal John Ern~ting, a \'isiting Professor of Physiology at King's and L'l\IDS for ~lember

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College committee to make kno\\"n their interest and willingness to pla~ a part in the organisation of College actl\'ltles, regi~ter of inreresteu members of staff will be drawn up and those on it considered for \'acancies a~ they occur. ;\Iember~ of staff should au\'i~e Jayne Booth. Personnel AdministratOr, of their \\ illingne to participate and their area of interest.

For details of College committees members of raff hould refer to the taff\lanual Part 11, copie" are also a\'ailable from Jayne, ext 3475,

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Dotid Ball, Depu/y Coll~r ermar)" (Flllaflre and Reso/m-esl, disnlsses AIfI/(S reCUrTl7I/ fi/lldin u 01loco/ion for /995- 96 from/h/' Higher £dura/ion f IInding CO/wril (H £ FCE/, and /lti' Collrg/"sjinonritt! perfomlOna ogoins//ltr S/rtt/Wr Plan,

Recurrent funding The HEFCE announced earlier rhi momh thc detail of the ollegc' funding allocation and rudem numbers for thc academic year 1995-96.

I n quantifying rhe financial implication of the announced allocations against the College's current ~iruation, as wcll as comparison against cxpectation, it is helpful to considcr recurrent funding in thrce ~pecific arca : teaching fund~, re carch fund~ and nonformula funds. In terms of cxpcctation, it is worrh noting at thc outSCt that the grant announccmcnrs arc almo~t cxacrly in linc with our financial foreca\ts and rl:vised Strategic Plan.

Teaching funds First, the Funding Council has allocated £2,270 million for higher education teaching in England. Thc College's sharc of this allocation is £21.5 million (0.9 per ccnt).For these teaching funds, the Collegc is contracted ro teach 6.726 full time home and EC srudem and 1.316 parr-time home and EC rudems.fn general, by compari. on with 199-l-95, tcaching funds have been increascd in cash terms by approximately 1.75 per ccne. The increa e i cquivalem w an inflation facror of 3.25 per cem and an average 'efficiency gain' reduction of 1.5 pcr cene. In broad tcrm thercforc. on a national ba is, univer'ity tcaching funds havc experienced a real cut in purchasing power. The allocation of teaching funds ro the College closely follow the national scenc, with a decrease in real terms of approximately 1.5 per cene.

Decrease in real terms are of course related ro inflation, and in the evem of inflation rising above the expected 3.25 per cem, the rcduction in purchasing power corre pondingly increa es.

Research funds econdly, research und . The wral gram or re earch in England is 6'6 million, compri ing £600 million for QR (qualiC') re earch), £20 million for GR (generic re earch) and 16 million for DE\'R (de\elopmem re earch).

The GR fund ha\e a yet nor been announced bur are relati\'ely minor and DE\'R fund are confined specifically ro the ne\\ uni\'er ities. We are therefore, only conccrned with qualiC')' research, of which our hare i £1-t million (2. per cem).

The Funding Council ha , in 199596, deparred from the past policy of QR prorection. Although QR ha been increased by £10 million from the 199-t95 allocation of £590 million, \\ hen the cffect of inflation is accommodatcd, there has becn a reduction in real terms of approximately 1.5 per cem, as for teaching funds.

Thi\ n:duction, \\ hcn coupled with unusually high incrcases nationally in thc comparative levels of acti\'iC')' in rcspect of research assi"ranr , re, earch fcllows and re earch swdcm , has produced a quite serious financial anomaly. 'pccifically, thosc instirutions with high quality ratings and high activity reach a ceiling with nowhcre ro go, whilst instiwtions down thc scalc can increase thcir volume facwrs; and, ince all in tirutions sharc a 'POt' which is effectively reducing in rcal terms. the financial effect on high achievers can be no other than loss of quality research funds.

This anomaly, although entirely prcdictable, doe lead ro relatively volatile funding, and the Funding Council, in an attempt to smoorh out unmanageable rate of change in funding, has introduced transitional funding allowances or safcty nets. The e allowanccs come into play if the tOtal tea hing and research funds of any institution fall below a cash increase by com parison wi th 1994 -95, of 0.5 per cent. The ollege's QR allocation for 1995-96 i , mainly because of the twO factOrs indicated above, some 3.5 per cent d wn in ca h terms on 1994-95 level .

The inevitable effect of this situation is that when the teaching and

qualiC') re earch fund are a~~e~ated. nan itional funding of _223.000 i needed to reach the platform of a 0.per cent ca h increa e O\'er 199+9le\e1 .

Safety netting The College ha therefore been' a e[\ netred' along with other quite norable in tiwtion. uch as Imperial ollege and the L'niver i[\' of ),[anche ter. \fany colleague will remember the tigma atrached to afeC')' netting in the pa t, where it wa a ociated with poor performance by comparison with other competing in tiwtion.. [ must stress that thi afeC') netring proce doe nor arise from poor performance: on rhe contrary, it arises from a resource system which condemns high research performer to reducing rcsourcc.

I n this respect I bclieve that the HE FeE's plan to extcnd the existing 5 point QR scale by [\\'0 poinrs (3A and a 5 star) in the ne t re carch selectivity exercise i a belated attempt to correct this anomaly. It is ofcoursc too late for 1995-96.

I t may be worth noting that in term of HEFCE research funding the College is the tenth highest earner within Engli h in titution Non-formula funds [n addition to teaching and research funds, thc College has, or is likely to receive, approximately £5.7 million nonformula funding. This is mainly for additional London cost, initial teacher training (TTT) education and minority subjects. The funding a\ ociated with additional London costs (which accounts for about 80 per cent of the non formula allocation) in keeping with pa t year has not been inflated.

Expectation [n summary the tOtal grant package, although there are 'swing and roundabouts', is almost preci ely in accord with that prcdietcd in the revi ed uategic Plan. In fact, we believe that when all the minor allocations yet to be announced are received, we will be marginally better off than the predicted level of £40.6 million HE FCE grant funding.

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Strarcgic Plan I do nm belie\'e there i~ a need ro the financial objeeri\e~ of the Srrategic Plan again: uffice it [() a~ that the Plan spam eight \ear~. ~rarting in 1992-93. and em'i age not onl~ financing quite izeable re~rrueruring COStS O\'er that period, but aho the generation of significant re\enue ~urplu~e~ in 1996-97 and thereafter.

The major componenrs of the Srrategie Plan \\'ere, of course, ~tudenr growth and a ~ignificanr reduction in ~taffing leve". On currenr <.:\ id<.:nce both ~trands of the Plan ha\'e been aehi<.:\ed and, in the ea~e of the ~taff reduerion programme. arc ahead of ~chedule and under planned cosr.

As a consequence of these achievemenr the College will produce, as planned. an overall revenue ~urplus of some £400,000 in 1994-95 and. in the light of the recem gram announcement, a re\'enue surplus of some £2.0 million in 1995-96. rehear~e

Surpluses Furthermore, given reasonably srable Government policy, there is considerable justification for believing that the resrrueturing COStS of the Strategic Plan will be rapidly recovered, and the College can look forward to the luxury of deciding what it might do with its very sizeable annual surpluses.

I should also add, that when establi hing the Srrategie Plan it was con idered that financing ome 16 million of restructuring co tS could not be achieved without temporary external borrowing. To date we ha\'e not had reeour e to external borrowing and do not now expect to do so, to any significant extent.

In ummar)', therefore, it is plea ing to be able to report that in term of the financial objectives of the rrategic Plan, we appear to be firmlv on track and may look forward to a relatively healthy financial outlook.

DO Ball Deputy College Secretary (Planning & Re ource )

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he Departmenr of Portugue e e' Bra/.ilian . 'tudies ho~ted a

public lectlJr<: followed b~ the launch of Kenneth \1<1'\\\ ell' book

POlllb(J!. Paraoo.\ olthe f;,Jli7htmlllfllt (Cambridge L' ni\ ersit~ Pre~s) on 16 Februarv. After a brief inrroduction by Profe sor Helder \Iacedo, the proceeding \\ ere chaired by Profe sor Sir John Ellimt, Regius Professor of ~Iodern Ili"rorv at Oxford l·ni\·ersity.

POII/oa!. Parr/do.\ olthe EI//ightel/lIlml is the first major

~tudv in English for over half a century of one of Portugal\ 1110st imporranr historical figures, eba~tiao Jose de Can'alhu de ,\Ielo. ~Iarques de Pombal (169917 2). Pombal is be~t kno\\ n roday as the ke~ figure in the re<.:onsrruction of Lisbon after the d<':\'a~tating earthquake of 1755, and was an unusually singleminded and ruthk~s first minister. Yet he was also onc of the 1 th century's most su<.:cessful 'enlightened despots'.

The book i" e emial to a full understanding of the complexities and paradoxe~ of enlightened rulership in a southern European conte .t.

The Royal Society Fellowships he Royal Society invites applications for four vacanr resear<.:h professor hips tenable from I October 1995.

1. At least one Professorship in physical sciences (embracing all branehe' of the physical sciences including mathematics, engineering and technology); 2. At lea:,t onc Profe~:,ur:,hip in biological eicnee, (embracing all branehe of biological sciences including agriculture and medicine);

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3. The Royal Society Napier Research Professorship for research "with the object of ascertaining the cause of cancer including any <.:orresponding or allied disease and the means of its prevention, cure and alle\·iation."

Applications details are available from 1\ IrK A \\'ylde, The Royal Su<.:i<.:t~, 6 Carlron Hou:,e Terrace, London \\'1Y SAG (Fax: 0171-930 2170). The closing date for application is 7 April 1995.

Personal finance his edition of COllllllent includes an ad\'erti ement for tax planning erviees and an insert about a seminar on pensions and inve tments. The College doe not in any way ponsor this ervice or event, but it may be useful for member of

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taff considering seeking professional ad\'iee about their personal financial affairs or planning for retirement.

DO Ball Deputy College Secretary (Planning c1: Re ources)

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Professor Ridlt7rd Prollrlfool JjJeahlll! Ollhe Irl/II/rh ofIhe Ihird edilioll of Ihe Ilrden Shakespeare, Ollhe Royo/ .\'otiollal Thealre Ihis 11701llh rofessor Richard Proud foot was onc of the gue~t speaker'> at the launch at the Royall\'ational Theatre on 9 i\larch of the Arden Shake~peare, of which he is the founder General Editor.

The Arden Shakespeare is the definiti\'e scholarly edition of Shakespeare texts, used by student~, scholars and actors alike. The first ~eries wa~ launched at the cnd of the nineteenth century and a rc ised '>eries of '!'Jew Arden' volume followed it.

Before the :"e\\' Arden wa'> completed, work began on planning a third series of Arden editions, all to be edited from scratch to the highest ~tandards of modern scholarship and published by Routledge. Thi third Arden '>erie was launched at a gathering of scholar and publi hers at the Royal rational Theatre with speeches by the i\Janaging Director of Routledge, Richard Eyre (Presentation Fellow of King's College), Richard Proudfoot

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and Profcs'ior Terence I [awkes of L niversity College Cardiff. The first th ree \'olu mes now on ale are AI7lholl.l' Cleopalra, /-fenfy \. and Tilt's i\ IIdrollirl/s.

Richard Proud foot has been associated with the third Arden for some tweke years and as General Editor i re pon,>ihle for commis ioning the cholars who edit the individual plays, establishing the academic frame\\ ork for the series and ensuring thc quality ofscholarship which goe into it. Each Arden Shakespeare includes a full critical introduction dealing with the play, it sources, hi'itory andtage performance, and a full critical commentary, In hi'i speech, Richard Eyre reminisced on the joy of reading Shakespeare' Coriolalll/s in the rew Arden text, with which he said he had 'fallen in love' and described his idea of heaven as being a page with one line of text and all the rest footnote .

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he work on de\cloping the King' Information el'\ice (1'1 ) on the "'orld \\ ide \\'eb i, continuing, The nnt phil e ill\oh e the community of Jnformation Pro\'ider'>: ome will be ne\\ recruit keen to take ad\'antage of the new tcchnolo~': other will ha\ e been pro\'iding informiltion for KIS ~ I I' [ for tWO year'> and can now mOle 0\ er to the ne\\ sy tem.

To a'>,i,>t the proce'> a 'Starter Kit for Information PrO\ ider,' ha'> becn compiled to explain the different methods available for pro\ iding information for a \\'eb S)'itcm. inc!uuing an IIT~ IL primer, '>of['.\ arc to facilitate the production of IIT~IL documellt'>, way'> in \\ hich document,> can be mounteu on the ","stem, Frequently Asked Quc,>tion,>. and much more.The kit, containing mostly King's-,>pecific information, will supplement a onc-day workshop/ '>eminar to be helu at King\ on 27 i\larch in which Brian Kelly of the LTniversity of Leeds will explain all aspects of World Wide Web Information Provision, Progress is being madc on the implementation of a local CD ROi\[ networking service for KCL. The CD SCf\'er has been et up in the Computing Centre. Work is being carried out on making the server accessible from other segments of the ethcrnet and on order 0 that more database can be added; the care likely to be the Dirtiot/r/lY ofOrgrlJlir

COllljJO/lllds, El/m/am', /-fot/J(Irdand ERiC. \Ve ha\'e receiveu some helpful feedback on the information you the u~ers would like to be mounted on the KIS system but would be interested to hear from anyone who has uggestion on what would be useful to them. The aim is to make it a valuable sen'iec for every academic and admini~trati\'e department.

Franees Blomeley &i\largaret Samman Information Services &' System

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Biological barrcric

Follo\\ing chc publicacion of che Law Commi ~ion Repon on \ Iemal Incapacicy, ,\ndre\\ Grubb, Profe~ or of Healch Care La\\, appeared on che BBC Si\ and Sille (fOod: Sfl:.CS and I\i/my, calking ahouc li\ing \\ ill

Or Peccr Bennccco, cnior leccurcr in Chemi c~, appeared on che Radio of c;cicncc programme. The BiR BtIllR. calking abouc hi~ work on biological ba[[crie~. \\ hich had bcen feacured in che \merican ,'ciencc magaLine. Distf/i..ny,

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The same Reporc endore;cd che nominacion of 'pro:\~ deci~ion-makerc;' co ad\ ise doceors on \\ hac chey belie\'e indi\'idual paciems would ha\'e \\ amed had chey been able co e;peak for chemsches, Jan Kcnnedy, Professor of ~Icdical Law and Echic~ said in che Obsen.:er, ':\ lan) pcoplc do noc havc c;omcone \\ ho is racional cnough co e;cand up for cheir imcresc~ \\ hcn dealing \\ ich doceor~ and ocher healchcarc \\orker~, Buc ic i~ bcccer chan norhing, The currcm law is chac no one can con,em or rcfusc creacmem on behalf of anochcr adule.'

An aniclc blaming poor hou~ing de~ign for ~ocial ill~ in The Big /sslIe feacured Alice Coleman, Profe ~or of Geograph~, \\ ho belie\'ee; chac de~ign flaws in ~ome inner-cicy escacee; are che eau~e~ of problem~ of crime and dclinquency, racher chan social i~~ue~ ~uch ae; uncmploymcm and PO\ erc),

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The ide effccc of [\\'0 drugs could lead co che de\elopmem of a comracepcive pill for men according co rcsearch by Ors Chris Smich and, naemcka Amobi of Biomcdical Scicnccs, reporced in .\'1"ÂŤ" Srielllisl and che Daily .Ilai/.Thc drugs (phcnoxybcnzamine and chioridazinc) prevcnc cjaculacion, alchough men caking ch em say chac chcy scill experiencc orga~m, OW)[ IS known why chcy causc mcn co havc 'dry' orgasms, ic should bc possiblc co develop drugs chac mcn could cake as a afe concracepcivc,

Refugees from R\\'anda The em'ironmemal impaec of rcfugee in Tanzania following chc genocide in Rwanda was che subjecc of a HorizOll programme in which Or Richard Black, leccurer in Geograph~, cook pan ac; a member of chc a ses mem ceam,

Farming our erhics The findings of a Go\ernmem Ad\'isory Commiccec, sec up co consider che echical issues which ha\'e been rai ed by emerging farm animal breeding ccchnologies, were reponed in Farmers \\'eek~l' and che regional press, The Commiccee is chaired by ~Iichael Banner, F 01\laurice Professor of \Ioral and Social Theology,

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Oral KCS\J 0 and Re~earch Profe~e;or a[ chc Roval College of Surgeom, appearcd on Radio of .... rOil alld }'ollrs di~cu~~ing [he ri~k~ of high alcohol comaining mouchwa~hes co hcal[h, parricularl~ in rclacion co oral cancer.

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The rcporr by Conar Geany and John Kimbell (sce page 11) received covcragc in T'i/lll11e, che Belfasl ,\'1"ÂŤ".1 Lellf/'and chc ,JlOl7lillgSlar, plus an arciclc wric[cn by chcm in chc Cllardiall,

Appreciare rhe aged In an ar[iclc on longcvicy in TheSlIl/da)' Times, Anchea Tinker, Professor of Social Gcromology and Oireccor of ACIOG, said of clderly peoplc, 'Wc have ha\'c co srop looking a[ [hem as a problem, They ha\ c a considerable conrribucion co make,'

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Tcacher~ rechnology A SIIIIday Times fcawre on che compucer culrurc quores Chrie; Abbon, e;cnior rcscarch fello\\' in [he, chool of Educacion, as saying chat \\-herea~ ceachere; may ha\'e disliked chis ne\\' cechnology in che past, they are now coming round co ir. He explains chac [hc range of CO-Roms available co school improves almosc daily, co che point whcre he feel chey hould ha\ e chc mulcimedia compucer equipment necdcd [(J rcad chem,

The uurh abour ti h \n irem on heJlrh~ eJrin~ In rhe 7 ifflt'. ~ll Ire "Ion Jnder. Profe Ir of Jrnrion. .I .1\ 1Il~. 'rhe rrJlhrional BrHl h hreJkfa r hJ been de lflbed a en in~ a heJrt Jrud: on a plJre: In Jnll(her Jrtlde In rh.: /),"!i I t~ ItIph. di LU In~ rhe old \I i\.: . rale rhar earin~ li h make ~ uu brJIIl~. he aid.

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\n Jrtllle in I'mi'll!." m.lI~a/lne focu,ed on roorh dela~ In children .. ranle\ (;ell)l(:r. I'rof..:.,.,or of ()enral PUblJL Ilcalrh, cired .,e\ eral pO''>Ible Lau~e, including rhe dcdine in roorhpa,r..: "de., du..: [() Jr~ co~r: rhe laLk of denral chcLk." Jho duc [() cosr. alrhough children do nor ha\e [() pJ~, adulr., do and if parenr., can'r afford rheir (J\\ n rrearmenr. rhe~ mighr be cmbarra.,.,ed [() rake rheir children. Children looked afrer b~ fflend., or relari\ cs ma~ be gi\en more .,\leer, and bi.,cuir., rhan if rhey \\ ere ar home.

Computer error ))a\ id \Iirchell of rhe Compuring Cenrre rook parr in rhe \\'orld Sen ice DisrfJ'i:ny programme di.,cu.,.,ing rhe faulr in rhe Pemium proce.,.,ors in IB.\I PC ;s/com pu rers.

Purccll in r,ib\a Profe.,.,or Curris Price, Ilead of:\ lu.,ic. \\as heard on rhe BBC Wurld Ser\lce In I_ibya, ralking abour rhe sa\ ing of an imporranr Purcell manu.,cripr for l nm:d Kingdom hee page 13).

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of rhe \Iedical !-'chool and Ilospiral b~ \Ir Edward 11()\\Jrd. Con.,ulranr Paediarric Surgcon. ))r Chcn \ isired rhe '\,'eonarall'nir, rhe Childn:n·., Ilcparobilia!) l'nir, rhe Gel1l:ral Paediarric Ward and rhe X-ray Deparrmenr \\ here he sa\\ man~ examples of angIOgraphy in children.

This X-ra~ Dep.lrrmenr ha., rhe la re r equipmenr for angiograph~ and for :\ IR

scanning \\ hich i., eS'>cnri31 for rhe ill\ csriga(lon of compte... surgical problems, includlll/!; major rrauma.

The 'arlon31 Tai\\an l'ni'cr ir\ i rhe leading uni\ ersi!) in Tai\\ an and J)r Chen 's \ i.,ir ro rhe College marked a mile~rone in rhe conrinuing academiL co-operarion ben\ een ;\:arional Taiwan l' ni,er.,ir~ and King's.

Picnm:d. Idi: «) right, are: Or Eugene Chicn, rhc Taipei Repre.,enrari\e in London, The Principal, Principal, Dr Ch en Wei-Jao, Presidenr of rhe :-':arional Tai\\an lTni\er ir\' and :VIr Liu Ding ),ih. Direcror of rhe Bri(ish

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he Press and Publicarions Office i in rhe procc.,., of updaring rhe Direr/on' of J-;\pn1s. Ir i rhe second edirion of rh is publicarion, rhe fir.,r of \I hich \\enr to O'cr a rhou and journalisr , nc\\'>paper.,. magal.incs, radio and rele\ ision programmes erc. and pr<J\'ed highl~ successful in rai ing rhe profile of rhe College rh rough increa ed media coverage. . rhose members of sraff \I ho appeared in rhe fir r edirion will .,hordy be receiving rheir 0\\ n per onal enr!) to updare, For newcomers ro rhe College, and rhose \\ ho did nor rake parr la r

rime, a form \\ ill be .,enr (() you ill\'iring you (ake rake parr.

Inclu ion i emirel~ \ oluma!)', bur rhe more people \\ ho rake parr rhe grearer range of e:-.perrise King' can offer.

For rhose \I ho arc undecided abour raking parr becau e of li(rIe media experience, rhe Pres and Publicarion Office ha., produced guidelines whelp when dealing wirh journalisr , called F..\pef1 OpiniON. If you \\ould like a cOP) of rhi~ bookler or more informa(ion abour raking parr in (he Direcw!)' of E 'pem, plea e call :\felanie Gardner, Pre~ <f'lnformarion Officer on exr 3073.

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\er£180.000 ha~ been allocared [() \\onh~ projen~ b~ rhe King' College London De\ elopmem Tru~r from money rai~ed from rhe ,\nnual Fund in 1994. 'I'm> of rhe man~ projecrs arc rhe ne\\ KCLA Re~earch SwdeIHships and increa~ed compurer faciliries in rhe Libra~.

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he collenion of £90.0000\ er rhree year has enabled rhe funding of rhree research ~[Udemship~. They are rhe firsr e\ er [() be awarded b rhe Developmem Tru~r and arc in Life Sciences and La\\'. The successful candidares began work in Februa~ and an ad\'cn for rhe 1995-96 research ~[Udemhips has alread~ a[[racred o\er 500 applicalHs! "e\ln La\erry is examining rhe role of plea bargaining, a. proposed b\ rhe Ro~al Commi si on on Criminal Jusrice. in reducing problem~ of congesrion in rhc eouns and rhe escalaring co~rs of adminisrering rhe criminal ju'>rice '>y rem. Ilannah Zelig plans ro i()\ e'>rigare rhe impacr of lirerarun.: 0\ er rhe lasr hundred year'> on rhc negari\ e a[[iwde \\'esrern '>ocierie'> ha\ e developed ro older people. The rhird candidare, Lindsey 0:orgrm e \\ ill re~earch rhe oprimal den. iry of crorping w maimain ~oil fenilirv in deforesred [[opieal areas, \\ hich \\ould reduce rhe need for funher defore'>rarion.

Computing faciliric<' he Tnl~r has helped we,,-pand rhe (:ollege'~ compurer faciliries b~ allocaring 0\ er £15.000 [() in~rall PC micro comrurer~ in rhe ne\\ Ilumanirie~ Library. Ir ha'> al~o financed rhe e~rablishmem of a corn purer room ar rhe Ilamp~read Campu~ \\ hich \\ ill be a\'ailablc w swdems b~ Easrer. The room \\ ill hou~e eighr PC comparible microcomrurer'>, \\irh a link w rhe mainframe ar rhe Srrand, and 4 Apple i\lacinwshes.The wral cosr of rh is projecr was £63.000.

Thank you [() all rhose i()\ol\'ed in donaring [() rhc Annual Fund and implemclHing rhc projecrs funded b~ rhe Trust. For funher informarion on rhese or orher rrojecr'> funded b~ rhe Trusr, plea e comacr .10 ,\gne\\. e\r 3007.

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Lame bollk w rhe Colle~c [() gi\ c old\ ice w curreIH ~[Udem . The~ \\ere raking parr In rhe tir r e\ er KCL Career~ Fair. \\ hich \\ as organl~ed b~ rhe KCL. \ Officc and Career, Sen Ice. 11 undreds of currcIH . wdems wo" rhe opporrunir\ w meer rhe ,Jlumni 10 rhc (;rcar IlollI and [() gcr inforn1J1 ach ice on a \ cr~ broad range of C,Heer, . . 'wdeIHs from all years and ,ubjecrs came and \\ ere generall~ \ er~ po~iri\e abour rhe inrur from alumni.

The alumni rhem~ehe, enjo~ed rhe da~ ,lOd found rhc experience useful.

The KCL.\ Careers Fair is parr of a gcneral career, programme: being organised b\ rhe KCL.\ Office. Orher

,"'pens of rh is rro~rolmme include ,erring lip li~rs of 'llumni \\ ho arc \\ illing w gi\ e relephone ad\ ice or otTer summcr placemclH~ w CllrrelH s [lJ d e IHS. The ,>ucce~~ of rhe Fair means rhar rhe KCL\ Office plans w make ir an annual L:\ L:IH, and look, forward \ er~ much w rhc cominued ~upporr of King\ alumni, \\ irhour \\ hom rhis e\ cm could nor ha\ e raken place.

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Dental public health earthq lake or ume 14 ~ear~ Profe or tanle\ Gelbllo:r 0 rhe Depanmem of I)emal Public Ilealrh (:' Communir~ Denml Educarion ha had J relarion hip \\irh rhe (},Aa l'nl\er~ir~ \Iedical . chool.

In 1941 he roured 'I ok~o :lnd cirie of rhe ~ourh of rhe caplral. Included \\ ere o aka. K~o[(), Fukuoka. ~ara amI Kobe. [n 144-1 Profe~ or Gelbier rerurned ro lenure and raur Japan. rhi rime mkin~ in cirie~ norrh of Tokyo. In berween and ~ince, rhere ha\e been a number of Japanese \ i\iwr [(J rhe School of \Iedicinc e I)enri\rry. including Profe~~or KOLO Talara. Head of rhe [)epanmem of Public Ilealrh ar O.,aka. a~ \\ell a~ hi., A.,.,i\GIIl[ Profes\or. I)r Fumiaki Shin\ho and ~Ir Shingo Takaha.,hi. a Rl:~earch A~.,i\ranr. Anorher welcome \ i~i[()r \nl., Profe~\or Ikuma \\'aranabe of rhe Tokyo Denral Collegl: and rhe I)l:panml:nr of (;ero~[()marologyar rhe Tokyo t\lcrropoliran Geriarric llo\piral.

I)r Shin\o \\a., \ewnded from Chaka [() .,pend a ycar (1993--1) ar King'\ a\ \'i~iring I Ionoura~ Senior Lecrurcr. 'l'ogerher \\ irh Profe~\or Gelbier he c 'amined rhe oral healrh and auirude., ro care among.,r Japanese people li\'ing in rhe L1nired Kingdom. Ar rhe .,ame rime. on behalf of Professor Tarara, he made many \'i~ir., around rhe counu) ro find our a\ much a~ po,sible abour nondenral communil)' care for elderly people wirh demenria, In 199-1, t\[r Kenw Yamada, rhe \ la~or of '\.'ankob Town in Sayo Counry. brien~ \'isirt;d England and Sweden in order ro learn more abour communiry facilirie\ in rhe\e [\\ 0 counuies, [r \\a\ a uelighr [() recei\e him anu rcn member, of rhe ;\1ankoh Town Council \\ ho came [() rhe Denral School [() vi\ir Profe,\or (jelbier and [() exchange gifr., \\ hieh broughr back man\' happy memoric\, Thi~ \\'a\ [() remind Profe.,.,or Gelbier rhar I)r Shin,ho and rhen "[ayor Yamada had been \e~ much \rimulared by communil)' care faciliries which Dr Shin\ho had .,een uuring hi\ inirial \'i\ir [() Profe.,.,or Gelbier. [r i~ inrenued rhar rhere will be

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funher inrerchange bel'\ een rhe rwo counrrie III rhe nor wo di mm furure, \ Ii\ Janice Fi\ke. SenIOr Leuurer in Geriarne Domicilia~ Care. \\ illlecrure in O,>aka ar a mcenng of rhe Japanese oeiery of Geriarric Dcnri r~ in . 'cprember.

Reading abour eanhquake i nen:r a happ~ ,>iruarion and eeing on rele\ i.,ion man~ of rhe place~ \ i\ireu de\uo\cd by rhe \hock make\ one \e~' aware of rhe fragile narurc of humanil).

In spirc of rhe rragic lo\~ of life, member,> of King'~ deparrmcnr were \ Cf\ relie\ cd w hear rhar none of rheir frienu~ III O\aka or el cwhere \\ ere hurl.

Dr Shin\ho ha~ been working a\ a \ olunreer \\ orker ar rhe ~i,hin()miya Public I kalrh Cenm; \\'hich i., rhe aumini.,rrarion ba,>c for communil) and en\ ironmenral healrh \ef\'iees, lIe is parr of a ra\k force \\orking [() a policy laid dIm n by Profcs\or 'I'arara for \upporring hcalrh aurhoriric~ in rhc disa~rer area, among'>r orher rhing\ Dr Shinsho ha\ [() organi'>e a dental heal rh pian for rhe refugee\. a\ more rhan half of rhe denral surgeries were damaged and unable [() proviele care for rhe public. The dental ream, \ i\ir each remporary camp carrying portable denral unir\. somerimes using a mobile elenral surge~',

Journal f Contemp rarv Religion n I' Februaf\ rhe launch of rhe JOllnlol ofCOlllemporall Rrlif(ioll rook place in rhe Council Room. The nc\\ Journal. formerl~ kno\\ n a~ Rdif(ioll Today and publisheu from King' College. \\'a\ pre\enred in ir\ re\ i eel formal.

The eeliwr. Dr Perer Clarkc and .\ .,isranr Ediror. Eli\aberh :\f\\ eck of rhc Cenue for ~C\\ Religions. King\ Collegc London, a, \\ ell as Dr Da\ id Grecn. Senior Publi\her ar Carfax Publi~hing, \\cre pre\enr ar rhe launch. a\ \\'cre a number of ill\'ired guesr , borh from rhe Collcge and ourside. In rheir pre,enrarion speeehe.,. borh ediror and publisher expresseu rheir confidence in rhe sueee\s of rhe relaunehed journal. Dr Perer Clarke poinred our rhar rhe joint \'cnrure wirh Carfax Publishing en~ured rhe journal's furure and Dr Da\'id Grecn \aid hc hoped ro cc more projccrs of rhi\ kind ber\\'een rhe College and Carfax, For any furrher enquirie~. please eonracr The As,>isranr Ediwr by relephone on exr 3796, or in \\'riring ro rhe Jolll7lal of COI/If'/l/jJorary Religiol/, Deparrmenr of Theology.

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Obituarie EI.,ic Robcrr l'le Rohert . \I ho II a, a [)ol11e,tic .\....i,ram at King' College llall. died 10 Januarafrer a hort dine". on" a couple of ~ car, 'Ifter retiring. Ehic .Iho u,ed ro clean the Principal\ hou,c ar 50 Champion Ilill.

Ehie Ila, onc of tho,e remarkable per'ion, II ho arc a"I'a), chcerful and II ho can turn their hand ro an~ rhing a,ked of rhe.:m, .\fter rcriring, ,he.: had a fe.:11 ,mall c1eaningjol, and wa, oftl.:n ,een hur~ ing about, hut a"la\, [()ok rime [() greer all\one ,he bumped inw, .\fter an operation la,r ) car. ,he ,pem her la,t fell monrh, I e~ happil~ II irh her famil~ in Ilamp,hire, The funeral [()ok place on .2 Fehrua~,

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Rcnc Shipp ene. hipp 'I'a~ a member of rhe :-'Iathematic, Departmem of Chel ca College from 1961 w 19R 1. She came from the aircraft indu,t~ \I here she I\"(lrked a, a ,ue.... anal)''i£.

She played a unique part in rhe Pulwn Place community, at Fulham Broadway, Although she \\a'i a member of the ~ lathematic, Department, 'ihe mllghr for the Departmem, of PhY'iic'i and Electronics at the Pulwn Place Annexe and in many way'i 'ihe wa'i herrer knOll n a, a mcmber of tho,e departmenr'i, . he wa5 ahle to comhine mathematical rigour with an appreciation of the I'alue of keeping applications clear in 'irudenr,' mind,.

Rene. hipp wa an aceompli'ihed 'iinger and instrumenralist. She had a great inrere t in recorder playing and po'ise ed a fine collection of instrumenrs. . ince her retiremenr, rhere hal'e been a great man\' change'i both in 'iuhjeets and in'itirutions. hur the mathematic offered to 'irudenrs roda) has perhaps alrercd only in derail and not in e~'ienrials from the mathematic'i she taught.

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nglican chaplain for King'

hc ReI d TJmoth, Dirchtield. .r. ha, hcen appointed a Chaplain of King' . llc II ill r.lke up hi, appoimmenr on I .\pril and II ill hc licen cd in the College Chapel on 23 \Ia~ at I·L,O pm. lie repl:lce the ReI d Philip Che,ter II ho i, le;l\ ing w becomc \'JGH of Sr \larrhcll" Chun.h, \\'e,rmin rer Timoth~ Ditchficld i, eurrentl) Curate of St John rhe El angeli t Church, \\'hirrlc·le-\\'ood" and i, Curate-in-Charge.: of Cia) ron Brook Communit~ Church in Chorle.:y, IJanc3'ihire, lie.: aho hold'i the po,r'i of World Del elopment Officer and Dioce,an Dnelopmem Education Re.:pre,e.:nratil'e for the Blackhurn Dioce,c. lie lI'a, Curate of Sr John the.:

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ElangelJ t Illth. t .\ugu,tine Iluncoat. .\n:nngron. from 19., [() 1991. lie graduated from Corpu, Chri rl College, Cambndge 111 19 ., II Irh a B \ (I loll'» in ..... rchaeolog~ Jnd \nrhropolog~, I- 011011 ing tll 0 ~ e,tr, of ~oU[h and communir: Ilork he Ilcnr [() t John", College. Durham, II here he IIJ'i allarded.1 B \ (lIon) in Theolog\ in 19,7 before going on ro obrain hi Certificare in Theolog~ a ~ car I;lter. lie ha, gained II ide c'\pericncc of Ilorking II ith ~ollng pcople: \e.:rring up ~oU[h group" organi~ing \lork \kill, cour'ie\, chairing communit) group, and coun,clling ,rudent,. ,ill 01'11 hich II ill be lerl relel,IIH [() hi, nell pO'>[' lie j, married II ith onc daughrcr and another bab~ c'\pt:ctcd in l\pril.

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abbi Jonathan DOlT. autho. ri'ied by rhe i'\ational Jewi,h Chaplaincy Board a, Chaplain [() Je\l i,h 'irudem'i in London. ha, nO\I been accredited by King\ College London. A'i 'iue.:h he will be coming in[() the College.: [() I'i'iit Jell i,h srudem'i and to ,mend meering of rhe Jell i,h Srudem5 Society. Hi, addre'i and further derail'i arc al'ailahle from the Chaplainc~ Office of the Dean' Departmcnt.

he II elcome dOWll\1 .Ird trend in the percentage of gradu,He, unemplo~ed cominuc,: 6.7'lr ,till 'ieeking Ilork b~ Chri'itma, (compart:d II ith 7.7'lr in 19<.)3). The number, knOll n ro be emering t:mploymenr II ere ,lightly up (-I2.6'Jf) and tho,e going into further ,rud) (26.3'lr) ,lightly dOlI non la_t year\ figure, (-11.1 'lr, 2<.).6'lr. re,pectil'ely), Fullli,t'i 1\ ill be circulatcd ,hardy,

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Copie, arc alailable. price £21 from :'\e\\'man-Ilemisphere, 79 Limer,ron . treet, London S\\'10 OBL. ( ubstract £ 1.3.1 from price if cheque enr II irh order.)

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rudents in the Department of :'\ Iusic no longer ha"c the e'\.cu~c of nOt practising bccall~e they could not get into a practice room, Si'\. nc\\ \tate-of-the art rooms, funded b~ the "CLA ()e,'elopmcl1t Tru\t, ha' e no\\ been completed, bringing the

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total to 10, Located on the ground floor of the :'\ 1usic Department, the~ arc fulk equipped; fi"e \\ ith pianos including onc \\ ith a bab~ grand, Seen here using thc ne\\ facilities are Sarah White.:, third )ear music srudcnt, and J ulia Cheng, first year mu,ic student.

Computer Go Dr :'\ Iichael Reis , Re\earch Associate at the Ccntre for ;\eural 0.'et\\orks in the :'\Iathematics Department at King's is heading a small team \\ hich aims to \\ in the 199- Computer Go \\'orld Champion hips and is looking for spon orship, Go i~ an ancient Chine,e board game, the Oriental equi, alent of chess, There ha, e been man~ competition~ to sce \\'ho can write the be~t computer programme to play the game just as there h,1\e been competitions to cc who can produce the best ches~

playing compute.:r.

The pro!!;rammc de,'c1oped by Dr Reis~ \ team has at onc time or another beaten just about e\'e~ other leading Go programme including previous \\'orld Championship \\ inner, The 199- Computer Go \Yorld Championship~ \\ ill be held in ~o\(;:mber somc\\here in the Far Ea t and the team would be happy [0 hear from an~one \\ illing to spomor them in rctllrn for promotion at this e\'ent.

Contact: Dr :'\Iiehael Reiss, Centre for :\eural :\etworks, ext 223-l,

fllld the Rllft of I,(/Z;.", an IIldepelll.lcnt report on thc t' nite.:d "ingtlom \ Jntite.:rrori\m hl\\ \ b~ Conor (;eart~ and John "imbcll of the Ci\ il Libertie Rc earch t'nit at "ing' ,\\as publi\hcd on \\'cdne\da~ 1 :'\Iarch, \10 .\10\\ lam \ II' and "e\ in \ Ic:\amara :\11', hc.:lpcd launch the Report ,H a rres, conference.: he.:ld at 1 Parliame.:11t Srree.:t.

Publication came a~ the annllal re.:ne\\ al debatc tilr the.: Pre\ cnrion of Tcrrorism I\ct (PTi\)was duc, ()r Gcart~ said: 'Thc Prc\ enrion of Terrori\m ,\ct and the other cmergenc\ 1,1\, s that apply to :\orthern Irelantl ha\ c failed in thcir original purrose and ha\ e.: 0\ er time become part of the problem rather than the solution, The current cea\efire, present us with an unprecedented opporruni~ to take thi, legi\lation out of the 0.'orthern Iri\h conflict for good, Such an initiative \\olJld be in kee.:ping \\ith the spirit of the Frame\\ork Document.' \\'clcoming the publication, :'\10 I\lowlam described it as 'an important input into the gencral re\'icw \\ hich Labour has called upon thc Government to initiate', Some of the.: main points of the Report were: • man) of the provisioll'> of the PTA infringe again\t three of the IXI,ic principle\ of the rule of la\\: equalit~, fairness anti human tlignity tT'fJ17.flll

• the exclusion order and 7 da~ detention powers should be repealed • the PT has been largcl~ \uper\etled b~ changes in rolieing practice and in the ordina~' criminal la\\, The po\\'er of arrest on suspicion of terrorism i\ no longer needetl • the non-ju~' 'f)iplock' court sy\tem is an unjustified infringement of the right to jury trial and ,hould be ended • the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for murder should be replaced by a flexible sentencing power.

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The tli~eu~~ion took place a"> onc of a ~erie~ of cOll\er~ation~ entitletl 'Ill Dia/oKlle ~'iln /ne Rer/or', between the RectOr, him~c1fa former 'King\ man', anti prominent figure~ from a \ ariet~ of tlifferent backgrountl,,>.\\ hich hatl pre\ iou~ly inclutletl the actre~~ \Iaureen Lipman and <'l:nior Cabinl:t \Iini tl:r, Sir Patrick \IJ~he\\.

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Trust to mi~e the £287,000 purchase price, in which Profes~or Price pla~ ed an important part. There were generous grants from the National Heritage ~Iemorial Fund and from record companie<;, foundations and a number of pril',ue individuab. t\ grant from the Wolfson Foundation will enable the manuscript and it~ bindingthe only original onc for a Purcell autograph - [() bl: con'erved.

In ~ol'cmber the manu,cript will go on public di,pla~ as the centrepicce

for scholar to a unique autOgraph music manuscript of llenry Purccll which hc helped to identif\' in 1993.

The manuscript, which includes filT keyboard pieces of the composer\ II'hieh \I·ere IHel iou~ly unknown. ha~ becn purchased for the nation bv the British Lihrary. It first came to light in NOI'em ber 1993 and Profe~sor Price, who i~ Sccretary of the Purcell Society, \I·as th<.: first [() idcntif~ it as Purcell'~.

It \I'a~ pUt up for auction by Sotheby's in :-'lay 1994 and old to a foreign collectOr, but the Secretary of State for \:ational Heritage withheld an export licence in September last year to enable a British national in\titution [() equal thc pureha e price. Thi was the fir~t instance of an <.:xpurt licence for a mu\ic manu~cript being \I ithheld un

bv an appeal mounted jointly Iw the Library and the Pureell Tercentenary

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paper collection will be on 10 April from 9.30 to 16.30. All bags should be delil'l:red to Room 341,

Strand Building. If no one i, in this room when) ou arril'e plea,e go to Room 302 on thc ~amc noor. For further information about thc sen·icc telephone t:xt 201.1.

of a British Librar~ e:o-hibition marking the tl:rcentena0 of Purct:lI's death. A compact disc of all the mu~ic in the manu,cript, played b~ King\ graduate Dal itt ~lorone), has been rel:orded as part of tht.: \'irgin \'erita~ label's Purcell tercentenary celehrations.

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defending thc L'U' Cup tor thc rhird time m a roll and lIon a conI incin : -0, Ban II ere play ing their IJ t match a a epararc rcam. gil cn the fOflhtonlln.! merger II ith 0\1\\ <)\1\\ I tonl incingl~ lIon agam t Km.!' \\omcn' 11 in thc Ladie Plate LOmpCn[lon. rhe final core hem I 7-0 wQuecn \laT", Fmalh. the \kn' 11 fought (Ill[ a match again t L CL 11 (\\ho MC t\lodl\l ions abO\e them in rhe Icagud, \r rhe end of full nme. the core II a 2-2 and an e\cltcment-filled c\ua ri me II a\ pla~ cd II irh rhc final re ult being 'i-. w L CL. In the football final .. the King'\ 1\ Ilere the onh re:lm to makc it. \ftcr e\ua time the score II a\ 3-3 and the~ lo\r in rhe penalr\ ..hoot our.

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his [()ok place from ,20 [() 2-1 FebruaT'. It II'a\ Ilell attended thl\ time II Ith more of the children heing from \wdcnt~ rather than College \taff. Thi\ encouraging \ign may he in part attributed to the reduced fee\ al'ailable for ~wdents this time, It is unfortunate not to be able w accommodate el'eryone all of the time II hich II ill hopefully be corrected next time by earlier direct mailing of \wdent\ known by the L'nion to hale children, ,\nother problem was a lack of swdent I oluIHeer \upport II hich is likel~ to get elen Ilor e II ith exams next term, Othenl i e, the II eek wa~ a great ucces\. Thank hould be gil'en to lan Franklin (KCL. T \'1' Admini uation d:. tudent ffair~) and the swdent I'olunteers II ho helped out.

n awrda\" 17 ~Iareh, three of the four 'LL cup finah Ilere played, All three feawrcd King's hockey team in rhe~e finah.

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Illth"1 ara Jeffer\on (the current KCL 'L' \'1' Finance & ocietie\) II inning her election for L'LL' \'ICC President Finance c' ~ocieties and Gha\san Kari:m (the current KCLSL' President) II inning rhe L'LL Presidency, This mean\ thar ne\r year King\ II ill hold rllo of rhe rhree sahbarical execlHile pusr\ in

L'I.l". :"0 King's s[lldent ha.. held rhe l LLI Pre,idene~ sinee 1%9, \1 irh Ghassan being onl~ the third King\ swdent [() do so ~ince L'LL' as set up in the 192(h, Gha\\an stOod on an agenda of [lIrning l'LL' into a customer-oriented, com m u n ieations dril en anu campaigning L' nion, Tara Jeffer on campaigned on the basis of bringing l'Ll' closer to its students and raking rhe organisarion out to the Colleges, a\ she is a keen federali~t.

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omplaints by female tudent~ to rhe L'nion were raken up II ith the College la 't rerm, There ha, been gro\1 ing eoneern ol'er the lack of provision of II omen' lavawrie, in rhe Srrand main building (e~pecially since the Strand Libra!) was refurbi~hed raking out rhe fir\t noor women \ lavatory,)

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The College ha~ been peruaded by rhe l' nion ro develop new facilirie~ for \\omen - by on\'ening rhe ground noor men' la\'awrie inro \\ omen \ ()ne~ and rhe addirion of ne\\ and berrer \\ omen' la\'arorie on rhe econd, rhird and founh noor . The cosr of rhi de\'elopmenr i esrimared ro be £ 12.000.

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he Union and King' Jewi h oeier":,' organi~ed a Holocausr '\Iemorial Week wirh suPPOrt and ponsorship being given by rhe Ilolocausr Educarion Tru~r.

Some of rhe acri\'iries organised included a Holocau re hibirion which wa~ on show rhroughour rhe week. ralk by a holoeausr survi\·or. \\'alrer Bingham, \\'as also held on Wednesday 15 1\larch. Further \\'ork linked ro rhe is ue is ro be done wirh a discu ion on fighring racism, anri-Semirism and fascism being organised for rhe fuwre.

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he rudenr 'union has long promored recycling and we have gor Wesrminsrer Ciry Council ro insrall a paper bank ourside rhe lacadam Building Basemenr in Srrand Lane. In order for rhe scheme to succeed we need a certain level of use, rherefore we srrongly encourage all departments to rake ad\'antage of rh is,

pdate on Frame ark I irh rhe firsr round of propoah under Framework 1\' dra\\ ing to a close. ir is no\\ rime to con ider applying under r\\'o orher acri\'irie . Acri\'iry~, Training and ~Iobilir: for Re~earcher~ (T~I R). \\ hich is rhe ucces or to the Human Capiral and ~Iobili[y Programme. has r\\o closing dares approaching, I ndi\'idual fellow hips. now known a Research Training Grants has a budger of 3301\1 ECL (approximarely £260 million) and a firsr closing dare on ISlay 1995.

A few lesson~ have been learnr from rhe HC1\ I Programme wilh rhe resulr rhar rhe Commission has alrered lhe condirions to make life simpler for borh rhc fellow and rhc hosr inslilUre, Posr-doctoral fellow coming ro rhe l l :\TITED KI:\TGDO~I can expecr to receive a salary of abour £20.000 and an addirional monthly rax-free allowance of approximately £300. The College and School will recei\'e 10,000 ECL (£ 000) per year for ho ring rhe fellow to be dividcd berween running cosrs and overhead . Ph D srudents are also eligible for fellow hips ar a lower rare, wirh a sripcnd of £ 11,000 tax-free pcr year and rhis rime rhe lengrh of a fcllowship has been exrended from rwo to rh ree ycars.

A furrhcr 3301\1 EC will suppon Research Nerworks under rhe '1'1\ I R Programme. Nerworks are expecred to have from 5-10 partners and ro fund a researcher in each node of lhe

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nerwork. Each parrner in a nerwork can expecr ro recci\'e ar leasr 1-0.000 ECl' O\'er lhree year.. Howe\ er. rhe generou funding doe limir rhe number of porential funded nerworks to abour :'00 '0 ir will be a high'" comperiri\'e programme. The fir r deadline i IS June 1995. The T~l R informarion pack i a\'ailable on rhe Interner. i~ accessible rhrough any of rhe srandard browser packages (Gopher, ]\'erscapc, 1\losaic erc) and can be found ae hrrp://www.cordis.lu/.

Failing rhar, please eontacr me for furrher derail.

Acri\ iry 4, Cooperarion wirh Third Counrries. ha~ al 0 issued a call for fellowships ro be held in Japan or Korea.The call is open to a wide range of disciplines wirh a main closing dare of 15 June 1995. One area, Producrion leehnologies has a much earlier closing dare of 31 larch 1995. The first call for Cooperation wirh De\'eloping Countrie was also i 'sued recently rhe full informarion pack has nor yer arri\'ed bur a derailed work-programme and a copy of rhe call are now a\·ailable. criviry ~ also covers Cooperarion wirh Central and Easrern Europe; rhe firsr call in rhis arc has been delayed until September wirh a possible deadline of early 1996.

Finally, congratularion are due to Prof John Taylor, 1\1arhemarics and Dr 1\.1 ike Yianneskis, Mechanical Engineering who were reccnrly selecred by rhe Commission to be evaluaror of Framework IV proposals in rheir field, We look forward lO receiving valuable rips on proposal submi sion for furure calls!

Cnion, including TulU's 1 ighrclub.

Informalion i al 0 gi\'en abour rhe Lniversiry of London and l'Ll" and alrogerher ir provides an informarive view of living and studying in rhe most exciring capical ciry of Europe.

Free copie, will be made a\'ailable ro all depanmenr , who can use rhem on CAS interview day, open days erc. They will al 0 be di rribured to chools, careers office and rhe Brirish Council. For more informarion, contacr rhe Schools Recruirment & Exchanges Office on exr 3003.

Geraldine Barry, exr 3319 European \Iarkering Execurive KCL Enrerprises Ltd

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new \'ersion of rhe College video has now been complered, Ir gives an excellent picrure to porenrial srudenrs of whar srudying ar King's would be like: showing rhe Library, laborarorie and a rutorial siruarion. The our randing suppon ervice King's offers ro srudenrs are highlighred: rhe a commodarion office, rhe career erv'iee and coun elling faciliries. Ir shows rhe sporting and recrearional possibiliries open ro all ar King's and, probably mosr importantly ro many, rhe facilirie ofrhe rudent'

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rho c \\ hilh arc eonfiuential. bll[ [he amount~ arc incluueu in [hc [()ul for [hc uCflaf[ment or unt[o

phy ic~ laborawry, Total grants: £153,508

Age Concern Institute of Gerontology • Profe~~or.-\ Tinker, Dr J .\~kham, \I~ R Ilaneolk. £2',.'i(J6 (Rcrircmcm Income 1nquif\) W WflflOf[ a rc~carch flrojeu cntideulllrIJlI//' ill nllrlll/l'lIl: Ih, IIIdrudllflts perspnlice.

• Prof<.:~~or \ Tinkcr. 'i9-UJ7'i (I kpaf[m<.:m of Il<.:al[h) W ~uppor[ J r<.:~earch KIIII/I

Classics Total grants: £2,893 Clinical Biochemistry • Profe"lor T J Pt:[cr~ £36.077 (<"ocIC[y for [he ~[lIdy of AuuiulOn [() -\lcohol e O[ht:r [)rug~) contribution [()\\ard~ ,rafT CO,['l incurreu in [he prouuulOn of [he journal -'drlIlIIOIl. Total grants: £36,077

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Total grants: £133,878 Anatomy & Human Biology Group/Developmental Biology Research Centre Dr S L Oick'lon, £5,000 (Phy~iological Socie[y) ne\\ lecwr<.:r'l 'lUflfl0f[ ~chcme.

Total grants: £5,000 Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies Total grants: £745

Developmental Biology Research Centre/Randall Institute • Dr " Dudley, Dr r J \lmh, £199.537 (\IRC) [() 'lUppOf[ a re'lcarch projCC[ enti[led .ll/ll~ysis of IrtllIslfllilJlfal rolllml ill spemlflIOKfIIf.l'i, usillg dliff/flfrir trfll/sgfllfS. • Or L C l\lahadcnlO, .l:6-UJH3 (Cancer Research Campaign) [() 'lUppOf[ a

"mpolls afld Ihe reqllired mlltmlproud"res.

• Dr C Smith, 15,000 (Ford Founua[ion) [0 SUppOf[ a rc,carch

French • Prole Of R ~I Griffi[h~. £12.'.-0 (Rc'leJrLh 'u;,t[e~ F unu) comribmion [()\\ ard'l rc t:arch ~[Jff co,r Total grants: £12,350 Geography • Profc~'lor J B Th{Hnc~. £25.5 I0 (Rc~eJrLh ua[cgy runt!) Lonuibu[ion w\\ artl'l rC'lcarlh e\pen'lt:~.

Total grants: £30,511. $3,072 Haematological Medicine • ()r \1 Laywn• .I: I 0.903 (Chiluren a[ion\\ IUC) [() ~uppon;} rC'lt:arch proJCU cnmlcd Sui'le reil flllI//'IIlIt/.

Total grants: £10,903 Health Care of the Elderly • ProfewH C S\\ ift, £2lJ,706 (Rc~earch Suategy Fund) conuibu[ion [Q\\'ard~ re'learch expen'le'l.

Total grants: £29,706 History Total grants: £4,233

re'learch project entitled Role of aflisolllyrifl-orli'i..'oled hflases p-l5J.\'Kf.S: IPK afldp55J.\'K/S \ PK ifl SiJ{llflllifll!. to

Centre for Defence Studies • Or C Smith. £ I 0,000 (Duherron Trm[) [Q SUflPOf[ a re'learch project entided To eXflmille the pmlijt'llllioll ofliKhl

English • I)r ( fiu h. ;. .1>91 (Rc cafl:h u;}[C~y I'unt! I ulOUlbu[Ion W\\ Jft! re <.:arlh e\IKn <.: .

Total grants: £8,691

IlIIdeosomes (/lId profllo-oflro!4f11e ifldurliou.

Total grants: £283,300 Education • \Ir 0 Squire'l, ~Ir J Dillon. 7,000 Ecu (TE~IPl'S (PIII\RE» W 'luppon a rC'learch project enrirled 1~II'i..iroflmflllol

Immunology • Or ~I Peak man, £-l70AI-l (Bri[i,h Oiabc[ic :\s~ocia[ion) . cnior clinical fello\\'ship.

Total grants: £470,414 Law • Profe sor [) J Ilaywn, £5,000 (John Ellerman Founda[ion [ncorpora[ed) contribmion [Q\\'ard~ funding a re~earch pO'l[ inw Tru~[ La\\'.

Total grants: £16,250

project cntided Semritl'. terhllo/t)f!:.I' fllld flrll/S ({)Iltrol ill South .Isio, Total grants: £14,675. $15,000

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• Or K Jones, £6.000 (EPSRC) W SUPP0f[ a research project en[ided .1

Total grants: £53,706.

7,000 Ecu

0: Parkinson, £54,326 (Oepartmem of

• Dr J F Bli 'l, £51X6 (E 'RC) [Q suppon a research project emirled Empirimlobstrarliou alld {Oflrrele

gflleml flpproorh 10 Ihe sYllthesis of dihydroilldole-bflsed Iloluml prod"cts.

• Dr 11 H Fielding, £69,582 (Leverhulme Trus[) [0 SUpp0f[ a

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Electronic & Electrical Engineering Total grants: £6,720

• Or R J ~Iiie'l, [ r ~[ A Halablab, .\Ir Ilealth) [() ~uppon a research project emitled ,Ilirrobiol rolollisotioll ond sl/reivol 011 ,wrjares.

- Profe~ or R a mmack. £31,000 (Research. trate~y Fund) contribution towards research 'taff COSt. - Profes or R G Price. £6.000 (Oi"i ional trategic Re earch Funds) to support arc. earch project entitled

,I/olemlar pathogenesis of{l/ItOSOll/ft! domillallt PO(l'lystic bdlll'Y disease (PKDIj. - Or R J \Iile , £6,000 (Oi,·j ional . trategic Re earch Funds) contribution toward research expcn e .

- Or RH Emson £32,000 (Re earch trategy Fund) contribution towards research staff COStS and expense .

Molecular Biology & Biophysics Group - Professor H J Gould. Or B J mron. £292.2-13 (\IRC) to support a research project entitled Stl7lctllmlstlldies of

complexes fonned belf,"em IgE fllld its high tlnd loze' flffillity rerepfOIJ CFC RI and FC RII/CD1J. - Dr \lln'in~, £177,976 (\\'ellcome Trust) to upport a research project entitled Stlldy ofthe role ofthe regulatory

dOlllaill of lII)'osill ill fhe lIIed/{/lIislll of musrle contractioll.

- Profes or 0 0 Hall, 130,800 Eeu (European Commission) to suppOrt a rcsearch project enti tied Elemidty {md

- Or fll Peckham, 21,000 Ecu (European Community (Human Capital Programme - letwork») to support a rcsearch project entitled

bioflle/s prDdllrtiollfrom sweetsory/lllm: illtegratioll illto the slIgar illdllSl7ies ill developillg mlllltlil'S alldits applimliollto ElltrJpe.

Total grants: £473,667.

21,000 Ecu

Total grants: £176,426 130,800 Ecu Mathematics - Professor J G Taylor, Or V Beiu (Fellow), 88,753 Ecu (European Community) to suppOrt a research project entitled Programll/able IIeuml

arrays: desigll fllld IIISI implementation of lIettmllle!'l£'orks IIsillg threshold gates.

- Or DC Robinson, £45,000 (Re earch Strategy Fund) contribution tOwards research staff COStS. Total grants: £45,000. 88,753 Ecu

Mechanical Engineering Total grants: £4,737 Medical Education Unit Total grants: £1,000

Biomedirille of fitill.

Music Total grants: £1,642 Nursing & Midwifery Division - i\lrs P Grocott, Profe sor J WilsonBarnerr, £62,551 (South Thames Regional Health Aurhority) research training fellowship.

- Professor A While, £24,039 (Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital Trust) to suppOrt a research project entitled To ellable the

deuelopmellf ofthe Killg's IIl1rse petformalla: smle.

- Or 0 J Gould, £ 11,164 (Research Strategy Fund) contribution tOwards research sta ff costs.

- Professor J \Vilson-Barnerr, £150,176 (Department of Health) to support a rcseareh project entitled Outcolllesbased

=III/ltioll ofNursillg-ledilltenllediate ({Ire ullif.

Total grants: £247,930

Medical Unit - Or P Bath, £5,500 (Joan Oawkins Fund) to suppOrt a research project:

Assessmellt ofplate/et volllme ill aCllte stroke and its potential progllostic value.

- Or I Zachary, £11,450 (Joint Research Committee) research wdenrship.

- Or P Bath, £12,015 (Joint Research Commirree) to suppOrt a research srudentship entitled The relationship

Nutrition & Dietetics Total grants: £6,842 Pharmacology Group - Or P B Nunn, £44,970 (j'vlinistry of Agriculrure, Fisheries & Food) to support a research project entitled Risk

assessmelll ofginseng as a dietm)' supplement.

between megakarycoytegene expressioll and plateletfune/ioll ill acute stroke ill Ilonnal sllbjects.

- Or S 0 Brain, £13,040 (Research rrategy Fund) contribution toward research staff COSts. Total grants: £356,446

- Or A Pozniak, Or A Hay, £11,360 (Joint Research Commirree) to suppOrt a research srudenrship entitled Moleclllar

Pharmacy Total grants: £79,560

Philosophy Total grants: £722 Physics Total grants: £16,826.

3,300 Ecu Physiology Group -I rPA Fra cr,£119.790(\Ycllcomc Tru;t) [() suPPOrt a research project enti tied Study ofthe role of Ca ill the regulatioll ofcerebral '",asmlar pmlleabilit)'.

- Profc sor J 0 Pcarson. Or G E ~Jann, Or Jan is, Profes~or 0 Yudi1el·ich. £13,000 (Wellcome Tru t) to 'uppon a research project entitled Elldofhelial cell {()Is/t/llr'lioll ill diabetes.

- Professor P 1\1 NaughtOn. -I2,85R Ecu (European Community (I-Iuman Capital) Programme - Nctworks) to suppOrt a research project entitled Propenies alld rOlltrol ofiOIl challllel, gated by lye/ic 1I11e/eotides.

Total grants: £252,123.

42,858 Ecu Psychological Medicine - Or A Oavid, Or P A Hayward £ 145,122 (M RC) to support a research project entitled Improving medicatioll

compliallce ill psychotic patil'llts: fl ralldomised cOlltrolled trial ofmotivafiollal illtervi(]'lJ.!)illg.

- Professor R Murray, £28,351 (Research Strategy Fund) contribution tOwards staff cost.

Total grants: £173,473

Spanish & Spanish American Studies Total grants: £2,200 War Studies - Professor L F Freedman, $600,000 (John 0 & Catherine l' MacAnhur Foundation) to suppOrt a research project entitled Regionalsemriry in a

global cOlltext.

Total grants: £51,883. $600,000

Total amount a'l/i.'arded in the quaner £3,824,928

Total l1umber ofawards in the qllal1er (including extensions and supplements) I J2

epidemiology ofnesslia gOllordloea.

Total grants: £40,325

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16 January - 23 March, 8 May - 13 July Evening language classes Offered in nine languages at up to seven levels. Language and Communication Centre.

Price: staff/students: £75 one term, £120 two terms; external clients: £150 one term, £250 two terms. 18.00 - 19.30 Contact Vanessa Beard on 0171873 2890/2485 20 March Minds & morals in antiquity: Are emotions value judgements? Can we believe Galen's Report of Posidonius on Emotions?

Or Christopher Gill, University of Exeter Centre for Philosophical Studies Public Lecture Institute for Classical Studies, 30-34 Gordon Square, 6th Floor 17 .00 Contact: 0171-873 2360

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21 to 26 March Euripides: The Cyclops The Theatre Museum, Covent Garden Workshops: The Cyclops: Ancient drama & satyr play 21,22 and 23 March 11.30 and 14.30,24 March 11.30 Performances: Euripides: The Cyclops 24, 25, 26 March 14.30 and 17.30 Please note 24 March 17.30 performance sold out Tickets £3.00 (workshops) and £4.00 (performances) from the Education Department, Theatre Museum, Russell Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PA Tel: 0171-8367891 For further information contact Chloe Productions, Institute of Classical Studies, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WCl H OPY

The Classical Chinese Database Project Paul Thompson, School of Oriental & African Studies, Research Unit in Humanities Computing Seminar Committee Room, Strand Campus 18.00 Contact: 0171-873 2360 23 March Learning from Laurion: The Open University & Classical Greece Or C J K Cunningham, Head of Art History, Open University Centre for Hellenic Studies with the Anglo-Hellenic League Seminar Room 2B23, Strand Campus 18.00 Contact: 0171-873 2360 24 March The Literature of Colonialism Centre for Twentieth Century Cultural Studies One day conference Council Room, Strand Campus 10.00 to 17.00 Contact: 0171-873 2360 27 March The hortatory chapters of Basil I and the speculum principis in ninth century Byzantium Athanasios Markopoulos, University of Crete, Rethymno Centre for Hellenic Studies/Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies Seminar Room 35B, Strand Campus 17.00 Contact: 0171-8732360 28 March A Register of Sources used by Authors in Anglo Saxon England Day conference organised by Fontes Anglo-Saxonici Contact Professor Jane Roberts 0171-8732185

23 March Problems of ethnicity in American culture Or Arnold Krupat, Sarah Lawrence College, New York, Research Centre for American Studies Seminar Room 27C, Strand Campus 18.15 Contact: 0171-873 2360

29 March The making of Homeric verse in the light of Modern Greek folkverse structures Professor G M Sifakis, University of Thessaloniki & New York University Centre for Hellenic Studies Public Lecture Great Hall, Strand Campus, 18.00 Co ntact: 0171-873 2360

23 March

29 March

King's College Sports & Social Club AGM followed by the traditional charity auction All members are invited to attend.

There will be a bar extension and food available. Please bring goods for auction to the club before Monday 27 March 13.00 30 March Jose Regio e nos: tentar a verdade Eugenio Lisboa, Cultural Counsellor, Portuguese Embassy & Special Professor of Portuguese Studies, Nottingham University, Public Lecture from the Department of Portuguese & Brazilian Studies 17.30 Room 2B08, Strand Building, Strand Campus Contact: 0171-873 3531 31 March Warnings of Genocide - Personal reflections on World War 11 Jan Karski, Professor of Government, Georgetown University, Chairman I D Gainsford, Vice-Principal of King's 10 Anatomy theatre, Strand Contact: 0171-6366032 4 April Poetry reading Franz Wurm celebrates the publication of his correspondence with Paul Celan Room 3B01, Strand Contact Jeremy Adler 0171 873 2090 10 April From Carbocations to New Hydrocarbon Chemistry Professor George Olah, University of Southern California (1994 Nobel Prizewinner for Chemistry) Department of Chemistry Research Colloquium Room 1B04, Strand Campus 14.30 Contact: 0171-873 2699 19 to 21 April Queens & Queenship Speakers include: Janos Bak, Evangelos Chrysos, Paul Crossley, K U Jiischke, Sarah Lambert, John C Parsons, Pauline Stafford, Valerie Wall, Elizabeth Ward Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies International Conference Great

Hall, Strand Campus.

For further details of the programme and conference fees, please write to Dr Anne Duggan, Department of History, King's College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS 25 April Division of Life Sciences Annual Research Day - Highlights of current research Alien Theatre, Kensington, 10.00 16.00 Poster presentations and reception, Old Refectory, 16.30 Contact Professor R Cammack 0171-3334264 26 April Computers: Reasoning & Mathematics: Computers & the Sociology of Mathematics Professor Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh Centre for Philosophical Studies Public Lecture Room 1B04, Strand Campus 17.15 Contact: 0171-873 2360

28 April Iron-sulphur proteins discussion group meeting Alien Theatre, Kensington, 10.30 17.00 Contact Professor R Cammack 0171-333 4264 6 May International Seminar from the Japanese New Religions Project in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies under the direction of Dr Peter Clarke.

Participants will include Professor Helen Hardacre, Harvard, Professor Bryan Wilson, Oxford, Professor David Martin, London, Dr lan Reading, Stirling, Dr Aasulv Lande, Uppsala. Contact: Sonia Beaton 0171-8732292

Maryland Room BC Main Building, Strand 17.00 Contact: 0171-873 2576

7 June New Music between Autopoiesis and expression of subjectivity: an Approach to Luigi Nono Mario Vieira de Carvalho, Universidade Nova, Lisbon Room 6C Main Building, Strand 17.00 Contact: 0171-873 2576

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17 May Special Renaissance Lecture Du Fay's Moribus et genere and his Masses for St James and St Anthony Abbot: works for the Dukes of Burgundy?

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