Comment 087 May 1995

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Queen's Award for King's

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he ollege ha won rhe Queen's ward for E port chievemenr 1995, a announced on 21 pril. Thc award recognise rheover easearning of£16 million a year which rhe ollege has achieved from re earch for over ea client; internarional tudent fees, and lerring and services provided for over ea tudent and or her clients.

activity, resulring from projects uch as:

...&~.. ?!:.

.lIedilenYlnean desertificalion

King's i leading a group of 20 partner

la.W

from 10 countries in a tudy of rhe cau e of land loss in sourhern Europe.

Advanced communications

King's i working wirh industrial and univer ity partner from five other E member tares on rhe use of very high-

King' over ea re earch income has almo r doubled over rhe la t rhree

speed informarion rran mis ions along

year ro more rhan £6 million in 1993-

oprical fibre.

94. Thi make. rhe

ollege Brirain'

fourth-highe t univer it)' earner from over ea re earch, afrer Imperial ollege Lotldon. and

Em.'ironmental toxins

1995

The vulnerabiliry of children ro roxin ,

THE QUEEN'S AWARD FOR EXPORT ACHIEVEMENT

examinarion ar King' and a number of

ambridgc and

Oxford univer irie . Nearly a quarter of King' re earch earning come from over ea grants and contracr .

Currently over 2,000 King' tudents are from over ea , rheir fees

leading ro kidney di ea e, i under

audio-visual and orher ervice .

The Queen'

orher ire rhroughour Europe.

ward made pecial

Fuel efficienry

mention of rhe e tabli hment in 1992

Wirh collaboraror in Greece, King'

of KCL Enterpri e Lrd, which i

pur uing improvement in rhe

parricularly acrive in Europe, rhe

S

combustion proce e of power tarion

and Japan, negoriaring re carch grants

and indu trial boilers, facilitaring

1993-94. Anorher £1 million came

and contracr and markering the

cleaner and more efficient use of fuels.

from le[(ings and ervices for

inrellectual properry produced by rhe

Hear! attacks

earning rhe

ollege ome £9 million in

internarional students and orher overseas client: including hall fees and residential le[(ings, carering and

ollege's academic communiry.

Re earch funding from rhe European

nion i rhe fasrc r-growing

King' academics are among a group of Europc's rop cardiologisrs who are a e ing generic facrors contriburing Page 1

[() the thickening of anerial wall\ leading [() hean anack .

Clence pa t, pre ent and futur

The e'l.cellence of King' re'l.carch ha'l. al

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led to a \"ariety of inrerna(lonal

collahoration funded

h~

compame

and in'l.tiwtion in the L" .. \. the Far Ea'l.t and in de\eloping counrrie'l..

The e include: - the e,tabli hmenr of daraha,>e'l. on cm ironmemal pollution. narural re'>ouree'>. indu,rrial

aeti\'it~

and \\"a te

di,posal under the aU'l.pice of the l'nited :"ation, En\"ironmem Programme.

-an analY'l.is of the role of Japane'l.e

ne\\ religiou'> mo\emenr'l. in the creation of a ne\\ work-ethic and the 'l.pread of Japanese culrure in the \\'e,>t, I,atin ,\merica and outh East ,\sia.

- a research and rraining programme examining regional security i'>sues

College staffolld '<:isitors pllt their heads together at SET95

acro'>'I. the world in the afrermath of the Cold \\'ar.

- the developmenr of a gold recovery process u ing bacteria ro release the metal locked in ide inrracrable ores.

This led to the launch of a commercial project in

usrralia in 1994.

King's ha a long history of wclcoming inrernational ,>rudenr , with Archbishop Desmond Tuw and Sir Shridath Ramphal among its wellkno\ n alumni from the Commonwealth. The

ollege also

teaches shon professional de\'elopment cour e for teachers and other profes ionals for overseas governmems, the Bntlsh CouncJ! and the Over eas Developmenr The

gency.

ollege believe its currenr

one in five overseas srudenrs

t the end of :\Iarch King\ joined in the count~路-\\ ide activities for SET95 :"ational Science, Engineering ~Technology \\'eek, producing a programme of exhibitions, lecrures, di play and hands-on activitie , including talks on Fenllat"s last theorem and RI'fI/~1' misillg st(lIIdtllt!s; an exhibition on thc iglus and sounds of the world of electronic, and technology in the humanities. The Schools of Education, Humanities and Physical ciences & Engineering, together with depanmenrs at King's College Hospital, were the main pani ipant .

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As part of the week's activitie the uccessful Radio Day, which included commemorating ir Ed\\"ard

ppleron,

\"heat tone Profes or of Phy ic at King

from 1924- 1936, \\ho wa

o\"er one-third of the College'

awarded the :"obel pril.e for hi pan in

o\"er ea swdem population coming

the di

from ELl countries.

plaque wa largely funded by the

cove~'

of the inono phere, The

Instirution of Elecrrical Engineer and the Institute of Physics, and was

displayed by the College for period ofjit'e

ul1\'eiled by Professor 1\laurice

yet/rs. See page IJ for il/stmrtiolls

\\'ilkins; the ceremonv was attended

ref;ordillg its IIsoge 011 stotiollery.

b. the Principal and former colleagues of ir Edward. and also by his

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daughter, :\Irs Rosalind

ppleton

Collin

the ul1\"eiling of a plaque

represenr an appropriate mix of

掳

SET95

Depanment of Phy ic hosted a \'ery

o\er cas and home studems, with ju,>t

The Qlleen 's tI ~:ortl emblem may be

The Appletoll plaque, IIlIveiled dll17l1f; the College '.I prof;ramme ofor/i'(}ities for

A plash of colour wa added by the green-fingered :\Ir Clea~' \\ ho ro e ro the occasion \\ ith a beautiful di,>play of flower in the container beneath the site of the plaque. nne Robin on, School of Physical Sciences <f Engineering

Student profile tatI'tIc for 1994

T

e follo\\ in u i a di,ge t of un oc pre enred [() the College Commmee In larch and drJ\\ n from the College' rew [Cl the Higher Educa[lon uti [lC \genn (HE -\). It \\J complied b\ the wdenr J)J[.j .\nJI\'1 eC[lon of the Re!!.1 tf\. and ... hc)\\ the College (Including the. 'igh[lngale In Iwte) a it \\a In Decembcrl99-1.

Thc wtal wdenr population

\\'3,

11.730,of\\hom ,127 \\ere undergraduatc,. ,'e\ emecn per cent of rud~ ing

under2;rJduJtc : 24 per cent of tudcnt clllllto tht:: 21 to 2-1

Gender

remJlIllllU t' per Lent \\ ere

--I per cenr of JII "CL wdenr \\ere

female ..-\Ithou 'h there \\ ere about

p:m time, and of

S

Thl \\J the lir t ~car in \\ hich the College \\ a required

anention by the intcrnational \\'orld of mUSIC. 'The strongly \'isual po\\'er of hi., mu,ic - he him.,c1f names Paul Klee a, hi., real wwr - eharaeteri.,e., in particular hi., operatic OUtput. If in earlier \\'orks hc took hi., bearing more from medieval music, he no\\ inerea.,inllh prefer., cyclic and riwali.,ed .,equence., a., hi., ornamenral-linear form of expression, revealing the trained c1arineti.,t and his love for Stra\ in.,ky.

The 'par.,eness and preci.,ion of hi., musical language also points at an

collect thi

.,tati tie. and information wa not J\-ailable for about J fifth of thc tudcm

the l' K. Seven per cem \\ere frOIll El'

population. The informa[ion that \\a., a\ailable hc)\\ed 6 per ent of .,tudent \\erc \\ hite and 32 per cent non-\\ hite.

3 per cem of ,wdenr \\ ere under 21. and all but n of the.,e \\ere

\ClTcuit.ltion for the 'lhool of I-.dl I tlClI

affinit~

\\ith .\nton \on \\'ebcrn.

'Hi, uncoO\ cmional manner of

w Rir[\\ i.,r1e\ oeUHe. \\ ith

dc\ c10pment is watched with gro\\'ing

to

coumrie,.

Age

Foundation in :'-Iunieh. Thi, i., referred [() in the German pre'>'> a, the ;'\:obcl Prize for mu,ic. Sir Harri,on rqlfe ...enr, the late,t link in a chain that began \\ ith Benjamin Brinen and include., composers as diverse as Oliver r-.lessiaen, Pierrc Boulez, Ellior Carter, \\'iwld Luwslawski and Leonard Bern'>tein. The citation for Sir Harri,on states:

compo.,er, of our time, \\'ho,e ani,tic

or Cl\ cr.

undergraduate. there \\ere 'iU more

approaching a compo...itional problcm b~

most independenr and original Briti . . h

r

more thJn half of thl bncr

male than female po.,tgraduatl:....

Domicile

ft.:cenrl~ a\\'arded the Ern't \ on Siemen, \Iu,ikprei, b~ the Siemen'>

'\\'e arc thus honouring onc of the

brad..t::(. Jnd thc

group ( 1.4' 1) \\ ere undergraduate.

Ethnicity

International prize for Birt\\ istle ir Ilarri,on Birm i tic. Ilenf\ Purcell Profe.,.,or of (;ompo,ition in the J)epartlllem 01':'- lu.,ic. \\-a ...

-Iightl~

a~e

1.000 more female than male

1 per cenr of the ,wdem, \\'ere from

Student numbers

,rudenr... \\ ere

the e mOft.: than half \\ eft.: po tgraduan.: .

diffcrent routes lend., a crcati\ e unre,t rationalit~

and emotion enrering into a productive '~mbio,i.....

T

he Teachcr Training :\genc~

ha~ appro\ cd "ing's College \ application for accreditation a., a pro\ ider of initial training for chool [cacher,. Sincc the introduction of the ·J~I.\. all imtitutiom have had to appl~

for accreditation in ordcr [Cl prO\ idc cour,e., that lead to Qualified Teachcr Statu., - the agency i., re.,pomible both for a\q1fding accreditation, and in liai~Cln with OFSTED, for en.,uring the cour,e~ meet \\ ith the Secretary of State for Education', critcria.

T

hc quali~ of teaching in the Depanmem of r-.lu,ic was rated 'excellent' after an

assessment \·i.,it b~ the II E FeE between 20 and 23 \Iarch. Among the feawres of the Department' teaching \\ hich the a."e .,or., commended \\ere: • clear aniculation of aim, and

The as.,e~~or., were less impressed \\'ith the physical conditions in the Department. At the cnd of this e.\erci ...e, the College's

tal1~

of asse.,sments \tand.,

as follo\\ s: • Excellent: Geograph~, Hi~[()~, La\\ and \Iu.,ic

objecti\'es at the ,tan of a session

• Sati~facwry: Chemi t~·, Computing

• challenging. authoriwti\ e contem.

Science, Engli.,h, ',fanagement.

underpinned by currcnt .,cholar.,hip

\ lechanical Engineering.

• a \'arie~' of teaching method.,

The Excellent/ .,ati facto~·/

• deft management of acti\ ities,

un.,ati.,facw!"y cla\,ifications \\ere

~ho\\

di.,wntinucd from

ing a wcll-planned agenda

pril. For thc nC'\t

• good dialogue with .,tudents, e\en in

round of as.,c~ ment, there \\ ill be a

relati\'cl) large group.,

,imple a",e'>'>ment of whether an

• clear handout material and good u...e of

institution \ provision is

mu~ic.:al examplc~

not, with a profile of .,e\'cral clement',

• percepti\'e and .,timulating diseus.,ion

each of which will be graded on a scale

of corn posi tion.,.

of I to-l.

satisfac((J~'

or

Black Sea course

Careers education update T

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n aurumn 199.- the L' ni\ er~it~

Physic~

Career~ Sef\'ice

Education Project

embarked on a project funded by the Department of Employment in which career~ coun elling i imegrated into the curriculum. Topics covered depend on the subject and year. but include:

1II(lhllK lite mosl oj)'ollr 1;1111' (1IIIIIk·fI:,;ly. see):;II/( 'i..'({ral;oll 'W·01f:. w.'ltal do WYldll(lleS ;11 111.1' slIbjet! do! resl'({rth;IIK 0P/JOI!IW;I;es. ",.'ltal employers looljor, prodlll";IIK effn!;f..'e job ({ppl;ral;olls, preparillKjor ;lIlffV.:;I"UC·S se~~ion~

on ",,·ltal

employers look jor;1I gradll({les wc ha\'e in\'oh ed employers (alumni, where pos ible) to demonstrate the skills they are looking for and the ways in which these skills can be de\'eloped at uni\'ersity.

It sometimes comes as a surprise to

like \'our

student that many employers arc

less concerned with the subject studieu than with the quality of the euucational experiencc. Many employers explicitly state that the\' expect that certain knowleuge and per onal transferable skills will be fully integrated into the curriculum, such as:

o""'armess ojlite 'a!'{){id oj"':Olf:, elfet!;,,:e rommllll;cal;oll skill, I;me m{III1'1Kemelll let/Ill shl/s. problem SO/V;II/(

thi~

~tudel1[s [()

year. \\'oulu ~ ou

rake part in

1995-6' \\'e ha\e alreauy recei\ ed a number of e,pre~~ion~ of interest and thi~ i~

JUSt a final call for bid.

\I

hich

must be recci\ed by mid-June. If you arc

intere~ted plea~e

call me on ext

2616or4416ordropmealineinthe Careers Office at the Strand

Campu~.

Similarly. please contact me if you \\'ould like

alld ollter selerl;oll pmredllres For example. in

rook part in the Career

copie~

of the

~ort

of

information careers ad\'iser, recei\'e about

employer~' attitudcs

ro

~kills

de\'clopcd in HE. A rele\ant paper i.

Roles jor Gradll({leS ;11 lite Tvullly-F;rsl Cet/IIII)'. This is published by the Association of Graduate Recruiter (AG R) who arc currentl\' preparing

Shl/sjorGmdllales;1I Iltl' 7r,!"f{lly-F;rsl Celllllry \\'hieh \\ ill look at the way HE i . and should bc, responding [() the needs of employers in terms of personal transferable skills.

Ineidentally, the Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Careers Education Programme is Roly Coekman, the Secretary of AGR.

The areas of interest range from Economy &: \Ianagement. Ecolog\' Sea

Resouree~ [(l

e

Ad\-anced &: .\pplicd

Science and Peace Diplomacy. The fee for

mo~t

cour es is L'S 500, \\ hieh

includes meals, lodging, course materials and a trip

to

Dracula's castle

in the Carpathian mountains. The deadline for applications is tWO weeks before the start of each seminar.

The Press

~

Publications Offic<.:

has information about some of the seminars. For further details of courses. please eontact i\larian Pope. cu, 50 Prima\'erii Boule\-ard, Bucharest 1, Romania, tel 401 22241

IH, fax 4012232619.

'ue Dirmikis Senior Careers

he Black ea L'ni\crsit~ Foundation. a nongO\ ernmental. non-profitmaking organi,ation based in Romania, is offering a \'ariery of summer cour cs for pO~tgraduates.

The multinational institution wa~ e~rabli~hed in 1992 and rhe ~hort-term cour~es arc targeted at the pecific need~ of the region.The Black Sea L'ni\er~it\' aim~ to bring tOgether international specialists and the European L'nion, L·l"ESCO. LSE, Cambridge. Columbia, and Tokai LJni\ ersities arc amongst the teaching anti research institutes participating in the BSL' \ummer ~eminars.

d\'i er

Correction

Student from Biological Science Biochemistry, Chemistry, Em'ironmental 'cience, Law and

Kennedy Scholarships ames Thra\'es a third-\'ear student in the Classics Department, studying Classical rudies with -:.ngli~h, ha been awarded a highlysought-after Kennedy Scholarship to enable him to study comparative literature at Har\'ard for a year. In 1993 James won the King's College Scullard Pril.e for C1as~ic~ and Theolog~.

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Christopher Greenwood, a former student in the English Department, now srudying for a Ph D at Trinity College Cambridge, has also bcen awarded a Kennedy scholarship.

n the last is ue of CO{{{{{{l'IIl it \\'as stated that the new practice rooms in the \Iu ic Department were funded by the De\'elopment Fund.

Thi \\"a~ incorrect; the rooms were in faCt paid for out of general College funds.

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cien<.:<.: i\ rhe rheme of the ne'\r edition of The X~·s, "ing\ maga/ine for ,i'\th former. 1n thi, i"ue (publi\hcd in '<.:ptemberl \1 e aim lO communicare the benefit, of \rud~ ing \<.ience al unin:r,ity. Thc maga/.inc" cOlllem i, ue,igned lO appeal ,pecifieall~ lU a 16 and 17 ~<.:ar olu audience.

In parricular lIe wanr [() eliminale

young \rudenr,' mi\conceplion\ Ihat

carl:cr opportunirie~ for ,cil:nce graduale, arc limireu compareu \1 irh tho,e of rheir peer,

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the humanitil:'

anu la\l. 1ri, planneu rhar 'l'h,' .\'~'J \1 ill feawrc profile, of ,wdl:nt, anu alumni 11

Griffiths the Qualit

irh further contriburion, from \mff.

Intere,red colleague\ are rcq lIe'tcd

[() contact Richard Claa, in Exrernal Relation'> on 017 J - 72 3050.

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rofe"or Richaru Griffjrh,. Ileau of the Department of French, ha, been ele(;reu for a further t\1 o-year rl:rm a\ a ~!Cm ber of rhe Iligher Eduearion Funding Council for \\"ale" anu a\ Chairman of ir~ Qualir~ ,\"es,menr Commitree.

In the news Richard O\路ery. Profes or of \ lodern I1 i~tory, \\ rote an article for a Sl/lIdal'

Times upplemem on how Hitler \I a~ defeated by

hi~

own madnes , :lnd

how, if Germany\

force~

had not been

under his comrol. the outcome could

Cemre of \lcdical f.a\\ and Ethic.

the 'uffielJ Council on Bioethics,

ask~

\\ hich proJuceJ the report. He aid

can a woman' body be used for

the ake of another person: 'he quote

that British la\\ \\as opaque at be ton

the case of a \\ oman \\ ho \I"as recently

the legal status of human tissue anJ

forced to ha\e a Caesarean \\ hen it appeared

~he \\a~

going [() die. The

hospital obtained a court order and she was taken inw theatre against her \I路ill.

\\ hether it can be regarded a property. and that \\e are ha\'ing to use \'ictorian precedems about boJy

~tealing w

try'

[() fa hion an understanding of the

hl\\

at the enJ of the 20th centllry,

ha\'e becn \'erY differcnt.

Follo\l ing the lligh Court and Court The meaning of \'icwry in connection \\ith the heads of state meeting in flyde Park was the subject of a discussion on \\'orld Sen'ice Tele\ ision. in which Brian Bond, Profe~sor of

:-'Iilirary Hiswry, [(Jok part.

[0

'W.

\\ hose father sought a court ruling that

An article in the GI/ardiall about ht:althy

the Health. \lIthority should be

eating, (\\ ith special reference to

ordered

prunes). memioned a speech by Dr

to

prO\ idt: resources for the

treatment \\ hich \\ CHild be her last

\Iichael \.'elson, Lectllrer in \.'utrition.

ehance of sun i\ al. fan Kenned\'. Head

in \\ hich he catalogued the appalling

Profe~sor of

\Iedieal Law and Ethies, was

programme marking the 50th anni\ersary included film of King's the end of the \\ar

in 19-15 and parading Reggie dCl\\ n the

inten iewed on .\'{'fC'slIiKh/ and Radio -l's

state of ehildren's eating habits and ugge~ted

that eating prunes could

impro\c it.

The lI'orld This lI'eeJ:md. Kristina tern, Lecrurer in \IeJieal Law, [(Jok part in a

Strand.

lItr1t1on

the 10-\ear old leukaemia sufferer

of the Sehool of La\\ and

Footage of \'E Day shcm non

stlldem~ celebrating

of Appeal judgements relaring

discus~ion

ShOt'::.

on RaJio 2's Brirlll f!ayes

re~ponJing

w members of the

Joctor~'

\'ie\\s on the case.

:\n article on using patches to hclp you lose \leight in CoslIlopolitall maga/.ine \\as gi\ en short thrift by Tom Sanders.

Profe~sor of

Nutrition, who called the

Science Week

publie and

The Radio Day evem was featured on

Andrew Grubb. DirectOr of the

the World Sen"ice's Sriel/{'(' ill ,V/ioll

CJ\ I L&E. and Professor of Health

lie was abo ealled upon to explain the

programme. Or :-'Iike Ho"\ ill, Reader

Care Law, wrote an article for The

grO\\ th in functional, or 'smart'. food in

in Biophysics, explained the Radio

Times on li\'ing wills ('adnlnce

the Dail)' ,lfail. It is defined as food

direeti\'e~' \\

derived from narural ingredienrs \\ hieh

patche, a waste of time and money.

Day activities and the work of former eminem members of taff, \\'heatswne and Appleron. Chief

Re~earch

h ich express a person's

\I ishes regarding medical treatmem

are eaten e\'ery' day and have a

~houlJ

particular function

they become unable [() make deci~lon

) III ad\ ance of a

~uch a~

pre\enrion

of J i~ea ~e, rt:co\ cry. from d i ease or

Technician \Ir Julian Greenberg's

their own

\oice \\"a heard announcing a special

working part\' report consiJering their

conrrol of mental or physieal

radio station at the College.

legal statll .

conditions. He doubteJ the functional food phenomenon and thought it was

The e\'cm and the

Ull\

eiling of a

plaque to Appleron were the

~ubjcct of

an article in the Radio Comllll/llim/ioll maguine.

He was also mentioned in an article in the Yorkshire Post on the first national computeri~ed D\.'. \ database. lie pointed out the ci\ il liberties issues O\er the use of D\.'A databases and the storage of D\.'A samples.

l\Iedieal ethic Following a report that human tissueAn article in the IlIdepf1ldf1l/ examined the ethies of keeping a profoundly brain damaged woman ali\e

Page 6

~o

her

eells. blood and

organ~ - i~

not a

commodity and hould neyer be bought and sold. Professor Kennedy

bab\ could be born. Pat \\路abh.

wa~

Lectllrer in \Iedieal Ethics. in the

national ne\\ spapers

\\ idely quoted in many of the a~

a member of

more of a marketing gimmick. Data had yet

to

be produceJ which showed

hO\\ these fooJs affect d i ease.

The

f)ai~)' .lfail also

reported on the

dangers of slimming drugs and the Go\ernmenr's deeision to ban them.

Donald 0:aismith, Emerirus Professor of ~utrition and Dietetics, welcomed the mo\ e and said that the drugs rarely helped people needing

to

lose weight.

of uni\ 31 under 2' \\ eek are \ Irruall~

() t'1t: u.:m Dr Perer \Io()re. Re:lder In

EClJlo~.

Lero and i 'rhe b3b\ \\ ere

\\ a John [)unn' .:ue r on hI e\ enin~

rhe thance

pro~r:J.mme on

e"rremel~ hl!~h.

3bour l:enr

0

R3dl 2. He ralked

unl\ e

(CJ

h:lndll:ap \\fluld be

0

RadiO

-- dg 'in~

di' erent nC)\\ er g'l\ e clff l:ent ar

I itnL

di "erent f1me of (b~.

The re earth of I)r l-.nlll\ Grund~.

Reader In onal Gef()ntolo~, fearurcd

L\ me dl e3 e. a rick-borne InfeulOn.

1I"01l/(/1I',

Rl'll!m arriclc on li\ ing ro

be WO, Her work ha

ho\\ n rhar

\\ a rhe ubjeu of reatkr .

phy ical firne\ \\ a \ er') much

corre pondence in rhe Dai~\ Telt'f!.mplr.

as oeiared \\ I[h happine\\ and well路

Or LIff~ Good\er. Lecrurer in

being in old age.

Pharmac~.

rhem~el\e

\\ irh a

DEET repellenr and w ruck rheir

1()O

not

Profe~~or of. 'ocial

Geronrology and Direcwr of rhe :\~e

rrou er\ inro rheir ock'l.

Concern I nqirure of Geronrology.

I AI\ t: ll1d m.lrri.l!!,c

appeared on Radio -l\ Todfl.\'

Should rhe 'rare gO\ cm your ICI\ e life:

programme ralking abour centenarians,

Thi\

\\3~

rhe

~ubjecr of an

arritle

She also \\ rore a fearure for

Care on relecommunicarion

\\ nrren b~ Conrad RU'l\ell, I'rofe\\or of

(.011/1///11111)'

Briri~h

rechnology \\ hich she ugge red could

Iliswr'). for Cosl//opoli/all. lIe

ke~

w independent li\ ing for

q ue\rioned \\ h~ rhe GCI\ ernment

be rhe

conrinue\ (() prom ore rhe idea rhar

di\abled people in rhe fururc.

on I) marriage can a\e

Or :'\Ialcolm :'\laden, Reader in

\rilliam Bradbeer. Profe,\or of BoraIl\.'

Experimental Embr')ology, appeared on

wa\ called upon ro comment on rhe

.\'t'Y1!'S

a/ Ten discu\sing hi work on rhe

regenerarion of limb\ and orher organ\ newr~

wafred oyer rhe sourh of England. lIe

of rhe body in

wa\ q uored in rhe Fillflllrial Till/es,

and rhe impliearions for rhe

Dai~1'

of reawakening rhis porential in

and \alamanders,

local newspapers, and was able ro

so rhar in rhe furure ir

reas~ure

ro regenerare human

reader\ rhar ir wa nor harmful

ma~

po~~ibiliry

be

human~

po~~ible

limb~.

and was probably slurry used a, ferrili er by Dureh

Back to (ht: blackboaru

farmer~.

The Engineering Council's reporr on

Prcmawrt: birch

rhe srandard of marhemarics of

The rragic l:ireumsrances of rhe dearh

undergraduare engineers \\"as discussed

of a premarure baby were widel~

on Radio 5\ l-,duca/ioll,lIatlers, in which

reporred. The baby wa\ born -l

hour~

\horr of a 2-l-\\eek gesrarion guideline used by rhe Central 110 piral

(C)

~Iiddle~ex

help doerors judge wherher

a baby i 'viable'.

ruarr Campbell,

~Iargarer

Brown, I lead of rhe School of

Eduearion and

Profe~sor of

:'\ larhemaric Educarion, rook parr. he was aho quored in Tire Times on rhe re\'i\'al of rradirional reaching

Professor of Obsrerrie and

merhod~ in

Gynaecology ar KCS~IO, said in rhe

Commenting on research carried our ar

Daily Mail rhar mosr ho piral have a

King' and rhe In rirure of Eduearion,

policy of nor rrearing babies born

she aid rhar a new culrure

before 23 or 24 week, because rheir

developing, wirh reachers moving away

lung, were generally nor sufficienrly

from child-centred

developed ro

su~rain

life. The chance,

programme Tire En 'Ii Ir

(ad. nre. "'har do modern mU~lt-a1 performer do \\ hen <.la \Ical

rhe~

imprm I e cadenL;l\

concerro~?

III

"'har did

performer of pasr do: \\'har \\ as rhe origin of rhe cadenLa. and \\ har ha

rare primary

Radio 3'5 .Ilusir .lIat/ers. in \\ hich Or Chri\wpher \\'inrle, Senior Lecrurer in ~I u

ic. rook parr.

\Ii..,..,ik p.let :\ ne\\, irem in Tire Tim

~ehools.

wa~

approaehe~ ro

learning, popular since rhe

~'reporred

rhar

\\'esrern intelligence agencie 'luspecr rhar

Lib~ a

and I ran ha\'e agreed ro co-

operare in dc\ eloping long-range balli\ric mi\,ile" Dr :'\Iarrin 0:a\ ias, highl~

\'ulnerable (() a

pre-empri\ e rrike if ir arrempred ro

'-,omt:thing in tht: air

,I/ail, TodflY and a number of

r

Libya \\ould be

I "imb rcgt:ncr,Hion

recenrl~

IC

Leerurer in War Srudie\, aid rhar

~ocicr~.

rarher unplea ant smell \\ hieh

\Iu

were ome of rhe quesrion debared on

OU t

:\nthea Tinker.

III

been ir fare in our own rime: These

ad\ i~ed \\ alker\ in high ri\k

3rea\ ro prorecr

Da\ Id TrendelJ. Le<:rurer

and College Organi\r. comnbured ro

flo\\ er 3nd \\ h\

In a

III iL31 inrcrllldc

1960~.

deploy

mis~ile~

wirh a 600-mile range.

Ilowe\'er, rhere had been co-operarion in rhe pasr berween Iran and Libya.

From grccnhou,>t: gas to flJcl Da\'id Hall, Professor of Biology, commented on a projecr reporred in

,\'e-芦!'Srien/is/ which claimed ir may be possible ro combar global warming by eOIl\'erring rhe main greenhou e ga into a fuel. He belie\'es ir will only have a furure if catalysr, arc de\'eloped ro work \\ irh a broader ~pecrrum of lighr.

, ro"ic

"'pra~

John Gorrod, Re,earch Profe sor and Profe sor of Biopharmaey. wa interviewed on

ky rele\'i ion abour

rhe relarive roxieiry and effeers of rhe use of anti-per~onnel aero ols which arc now being inrrodueed for use by rhe police.

Which school?

Tire Times Educa/ional SU/Jplnnen/ reporred rhar increa ing numbers of urban (parricularly middle-cia ) parents Page 7

In the news

BT dialogue in the dark

(romilllll'd from prf'i.:i()/{.i page)

didn't quite panic but I did ha\e a 'iinking feeling about being left behind. \Ia~' \OIce PH)\ ided me "ith m~ lifeline. I kne\\ thar if I could keep within ear hot of \Ia~ I would be able ro get out. In the bar area \\ hen the group follo\\ ing mine came in. that \\'3 \\ hen I reali.,ed I needed to listen \ er\' carefull~ in order to reaeh the outside. There \\ a'i J lot more noi e \\ ith all the ne\\ \ oice'i, People bru~hed pa.,t me and I \\'a'in't 'lure if thc~ \\ erc in my group. I ,tarted to feel a bit anxiou'i at that moment.

Jre looking [() the uburb, JmJ be\oml econda~

for their children'

.,chool" It

nored that appeal; again.,t allocauon of ,ec()Ilda~

place ha\'e more than

doubled in fi\'e

year~.

Stephen Ball.

Profe .,or of Education, .,aid that \\orking-ehl"~ familie

\\ere concerned

\\ ith .,cnding their children \\ hile

locall~.

middle-cla~se., exploit

parental

preference.

Terrorism

10

The pre\ iou, area \\ e had been in

the lIS

The Oklahoma bombing dominated the new., for in La\\'.

da\'~

\\"a~

and Conor Gearty. Reader

called upon

comment on the po

ibilir~

of it being a

Ameriean~,

home interior. Ilere \\e could

negoriate around the '1'\' \\ ithour

potentiall~

lethal until you had a good

mental model of \\ here e\'erything \\'a plaeed.

Cro~

~eetion

had been a bit of a joke until

ing the road in rhe treet

was lucky that the car

TeleRraph

recommended ignoring what it ays on your birth certifieate - your real age

as it blared a\\ay. \\'e all

one of our group bumped into a car. It

As old as you feel Dai~\'

;1

ageh- agreed that the kirehen could be

to

terrorist attack and the effect that \\ould

An artiele in the

\\ as

difficult~

b~ man~

national and regional ne\\ "paper,

have on

I

i~

a matter of how you feel. Ilarold

wa~

the ok, of our ,hoc: li,tening for a gap in the traffic: \\orking out \\ hlch \\'a~

\\ a 'tralght ahead: crn 'illlg \\ hile

li tening for traffic 'irarring up again would be ok if it \\ ere routine. \Ye had come ro the road through the park. . mell of gra.,."

C\

ergreen and the

fre,hne 'i of the air around \\ ater to enjo~

enabled U'i

the open "pace.

We kno\\ it \\'a., open beeau e \\ e didn't feel the reflected heat from the \\'all., vou get in enclosed spaces.

The

Ro~al

:-':ationallnstirute for

the Blind in conjunction \\ ith Briti,h Telecom

11<1\

e ill'>talled a serie., of

rotally black spaces underncath the Queen Elizabeth Hall. You can \ i.,it the installation between 13.00 and I .00 on :\Iondays and Friday and 10.00 to 1 .00 on .

atllrda~

sand

Sundays up to 1 June. chool of Educarion staff ha\'e contributed to thc projeet.

.,tationarv

and that he bumped into it and nOt the other way round. Fecling the .,ruds on

Dr :\ lartin

~ lonk

School of Ed ueation

the pa\cment at the cros'iing through

Baum, Professor of Biochemistry, is coehair of the Real Age Initiati\'e \\'hieh has been set up to collate the results of test~

- for memory, fitness le\'els, rhe

working of \'ital organs, ete, and put

Continuing Education Programme 1995 - 6

rhem on a seientifie basis. He hope., e\ entually that when applying for a job, you state not your date of birth, but your functional age,

upplemenrs for smoker Profe~

or Baum's speeeh ro the

Edinburgh

cienee Fe'iti\'al \\'as

reported in the Scotsmall, lie said that mokers eould reduce their chanccs of dying from emphysema by eating well and taking supplements and that e\'idenee had shown that anrioxidanr \'itamins may ha\'e a protecti\'e effeet on the lungs.

Page H

T

he Continuing Edueation t'nit i'i planning to publish the 1995-6 programme for the next academic year at the end of June.

Please let me have information

regarding all e\'ents other than undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, (e.g. all

~horr

courses.

conferences, ete.l, pro\ ided rhere is a fee

to

be gi\路en.

Form~

ha\'e been

AdministratOr, and

to

~ent to

Sehool

all D partment,

with entrie., in the current programme. \Ye \\ ould like all entrie by the end of 5 June please.

If there are queries please ring the Continuing Education t'nit on ext

305.- /6

attend. It does not matter if

derails ha\'e not been finalised - e\en

Robin :\1 urray

dates and price'i can be omitted and be

DirectOr of Continuing Education t'nit

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J

\ isiting Profes or in F oren IC Clence

T

ern. Cough ha~ rccend~ been appoimed \'i iring Profe~~or in Foremic 'cience. lie ha~

Committee on Science and Techn(JI():;~ (Foren

ic \,iencel and

come [() rhc Colle,gc from rhl:

rhe Ro\al Comml~.,ion on Criminal

Laborarory of rhe Go\ernmem

J u riLc. Ilc i., a Fell()\\ of rhe R(J~ al

Chemi~r \\

. oclt;r~ of Chcmi.,r~ and a membcr of

hl:re he \\ a Ilcad of rhc Foremic and Cu~rom~ Di\ i~ion. \\ hich

rhe Forcn.,ic . 'cience

prm ide'> sciemific '>upporr [() Cu'>rom'> and Polil:e ,>en'ice." lie rrained a an

ocier\. Hi main

role ar King\ \\ ill he ro en ure rhc cominuing high profile of Foren.,ic

anal~ rical

chemisr and obrained hi., dcgrec from Brunei L'ni\'er.,iry in 196-1, lie complered hi., Ph D rhrcc

Scicncc rhrough rhe exi ring \ISc

fir~r

COli r.,c.

rh rough research and

dc\'c!opmcm acril'irics, by liai'>on with

\ car'> larcr and in 19 0 \\a., a\\ arckd a DSc for hi., \\'ork on rhe dl:rccrion of

appropriare GOI'Crnmem

carcinogenic compound,> in rhe

and orhcr oLJ[.,ide bodie.,. lie hope'> [()

en\ ironmenr.

e,>tabli.,h a netllork of conracr'> wirhin

:\Iueh of hi., career ha'> bccn in gm ernmem '>en ice. borh pracri'>ing

~ciemi.,r

a~

\\ ould bc plea~cd to hear from anyone a'> a

\C,U.,

'>cienrifie ad\'iser ro a major L'K l:ompany and

~ome

rime

0\

King\ in rhe coming momh., and

a

and a'> an

admini.,rraror. He spcm r\\o

deparrmem~

~cienrifie

papcr'>. hold~ r\\ 0 parem.,

and ha'> conrribured [() .,e\ eral rexrbook, on

er.,ea,>.

anal~ rical

chcmi.,rry, He

i., ediror/aurhor of Th/' .llla~\路si.r 01 DI'II~s

parricularly in . ourh Easr Asia and

.l/l11s/' publi~hed

:"orrh America. as ad\'i.,cr ro

\ lore

go\'crnmems.

recenrl~

b~ \\'ile~

in 1991.

inrcre.,rcd in rhe foren.,ic application of rheir \\ ork. Hc can be comacred ar rhe Srrand Campu.,. Room 2C. Che~ham

Building. \IBB or on

e'\rcmion 260 I,

he has gi\'en c\'idence

[() rhe Hou.,e of Lord., Selccr

He ha published mer 100

Danish guests offer reciprocal visit

I

n I\larch King's pla~ed hm,r ro a parry of ,ccrerarial sraff from rhe

L1ni\'ersity of Aalborg in Dcnmark 0, Thc grou p \\'as led by onc of thc L'ni\路er.,irv\ Lecturers in English \\ ho ha'> bccn helping rhe admini'>rrari\c '>taff ar ,\alborg ro dc\ clop rhcir u'>c of thc English language, The group. \\ hich included "raff from thc Recror's Office. rhe Srudem.,路 L' nion. Cemral Adminisrrarion and \'ariou,> academic deparrmcm.,. had

cho~en

ro come ro King\ [() learn

abour rhe work of <;ecrerarial and admini'>rrari\e sraffin a L'K

uni\er.,ir~.

Each \ i.,iror spem a morning in an cqui\alem deparrmem

to

rhcir

0\\

na

\\ ell a, hearing a serie of .,horr prc.,enrarion., abour rhe Collegc. ,\alborg hale i sued an im irarion for a similar group from King\ Denmark. Any inreresr; Janinl: \I()f[on

Pagc I ()

to

li.,ir

Slaff11"0111 ,Ialoor:; ('IIi'L'I'I:fil)' ill Denlllarl: 'fJ!:no rI'(,I'II/~l' spenl 11 fl"iJC' days e.\pl'rifllriIlK life alld &'01'1: (11 Killf(S.

Or Haneef Fatlni organi,ing commirree of rhe annual

I

t wa\ wirh ad ne ~ that rhe Deparrment of Elecrronic e Elecrrical Engineering learned of

rhe death of Haneef Farmi on of April following a rroke on 21 \Iareh.

Haneef \\a, rhe fir\r member of ~raff to be reeruired to rhe Deparrment of Eleerronics ar Chebea College \I hich he joined in 1%7.

I Je recei\ cd hi, fi rsr degrec from

Jnrernarional Congre

miS'>ed. Perhap, his mosr enduring contriburion w hi field \\'as a definirion of inrelligence. '[he abiliry considered (() be disordered'. \\'hich \\'a,> formulared wirh R \\' Young, Jr I\'a, selecred by the Instiwte of Phy ies

rhe L'ni\'ersirvof"arachi in 1951 and

a, onc of [\\ 0 thousand enduring

afrer a period of rhree ) ear\ as a

Sl'IlCment, related (() cienee and

leerurer rhere became a Technical

rechnolog~. There

Liai\on Officer in rhe l' K Ci\ il

a\\ arenc'>\ of the implicarions of thi\

Scr.'ice, lie mOl cd on in 195 to carry

for the design of machines

i., an increa'>ing

our re\eareh ar rhe Deparrment of

ineorporaring intelligent control of

Electrical Engineering ar Imperial

s\ stem,.

Fe\\' of his

colleague~ reali~ed

rh is rime he had al

0

rhar b\'

qualified as a

barrisrer ar Lincoln' Inn. Haneefs PhD research. concerned \\'irh rhc rhcrmionic eon\'crrcrs of hear ro electrical cnergy using auxiliar.路 ion injccrion, led (() a

~

R DC Fello\\'sh ip

at Imperial and rhen (() a fellowship ar

AERE (I Ia 1'\1 ell), An imporrant

to

perceive order in a ,iwarion pre\'iou,l)

Ilis work as a teacher and

College and earned rhe PhD in 1961.

Obituaries

on C) bcrnerie,.

:'\amur. from \\'hich he \I'i11 be greath

researcher led w reeognirion b\ the 1nstinllc of Electronic

e EleCtrical

Engineers as a enior \Jcmber in 1994. \/ore reeemly Haneef broadened his

ill(eresr~

further by completing a

BA degree in t\lodern Languages raken pan-rime ar the l'ni\'ersiry of \\'estminsrcr.

Dr Farmi had rhree grandehiluren

influence on Ilanecf \\'as Profe\sor

and lea\'e\ hi, wife Jffar, a daughrer

Deni. Gabor. rhe Nobel Prize winning

and r\\'o

in\'enror of holography. Ill' \\'a\ his

deepesr symparhy.

~on\ to

whom we express our

PhD supel'\ isor.

Dr Farmi came (() Chelsea College

Profe\'>or Ganh S\\'anson

from Har\\'ell wherc hi\ intere.,[\ rurned ro evberncries. He \I'a\ conspicuousl\ \ucec sful in cnthusing swdenrs b()[h ar undergraduare and po rgraduare le\ cl \\ irh rhi, suhjecr \\ hich

1'1'0\

ided unu,ual in igh[s inw

[he nawre of informarion and [he eonrrol

of~ysrem\,

Hi\ part-rime \1. c

in rhe subjecr ran for man) \'ear\ anraering '>rudenr'> from a \\ ide range of background, and inrere\rs Haneef \\'a\ a \'erv aeri\'e member ofrhc cvbcrnerics communirv and \\'as a founder and somerime President of [he C\'berneries Socierv I\'hich honoured him in 1988 bv naming an annual lecwre The FUllIli '_('{'IlJre ill

Cybemetirs. lIe \\'a, a member of [he

Page J 1

lebratin

Da

Tin

urrey

t

Coml' dUf/{il/l!. (I - r): Bob RolJl'f1J. Jo .lIar. Jam" Stl'i:{~ul'. Gt'Of!Fl' .Ilarllll

T Staff news

he \ E Day celebrarion'> held ar rhe College Social Club In um:y 'rreer on 5 \la\ \\ ere a grear ~ucce~~. \mong~r rhe mam a[[racrion~ on rhe nighr \\ ere beer ar .-0 pence a pim. dancing and ~pam frirrer~..\ ~elecrion of phorograph~ taken ar rhe celcbra[lon arc curremly on di~play in rhe Club.

.\nnual College Dinner

T

he Annual College Dinner will rhi~ year be held on Thur~day 22 June in rhe Grear Hall, Srrand Campus. All member~ of ~raff are imired [() arrend rhe Dinner ro \\ hich colleagues \\ ho have rerired/are reriring during rhe currem aeademi year are in\ ired as gue r .

There ,Ire many orher soci,lI e\em planned for rhis year [() \\ hich all

~raff

arc \\e1t:ome. sce furure i\\lIes

of DUI/mm, for derails.

Sraffdi"clI'l"ion efello\\"hip grou p

T

he Dean, Revd Or Richard BlIrridge. wishes ,er up a

group for member, ofsraff. academic and non-academic. \\ ho arc Chri~rian\ or \\ ho are imere~red in religious or pirirual affair~ and \\ ho arc able [() meer from rime ro rime for discussion and fellow hip.

, herry and sofr drinks will be

A preliminary meering \\ ill rake

er-ed in rhe 'ouncil Room from

place in rhe Senior Common Room.

1 .30; Dinner \\ ill commence ar 19.00.

rrand on Tuesday 20 June ..\

The co r of rhe Dinner, including

~and\\ ich

sherl) and wine is ÂŁ 17.50. \\ hich is a

12.30 \\irh a formal dislu~~ion from

lunch \\ ill be a\'ailablc from

specially subsidised price. f f you \\ i~h

13.00 ro 13.00. The ropie \\ ill be rhe

ro arrend. please comaer \lichcle

\'alues of King's 'ollege London in rhe

Parsons.

dminisrrarive. h~i ram,

College. ecrerary \ Office, Cornwall HOll e by Friday 9 June 1995.

lighr of irs Chrisrian rradirion. nyone who i.

imere~red

in

coming along should comacr rhe Dean's Secrerary, Claire "'addell on exr 2333 ro enable carering arrangemenrs ro be made.

F lIrrhcr derails arc available from rhe Dean exr 2063.

Page 12

,\rden Shake peare (Our

Dr Sail\' Bloomfield rally Bloomfield. ~enior lecturer in microbiolog\ in the Pharmac~ Departmem at KlIlg' College London. ha~ been a\1 arded the I5.000.00D\1 II~ giene pri/e from the Rudolf-. chulke Foundation in German~ for out... randing \Iork in the fic.:ld of microbiology.

D

The a\1 ard ...

eeremon~

\1 ill take

place on 23 June in Ilambllrg.

Catering news

T

he Catering Departmem i... announet: the appoimment of .\Ir Simon Fuller (0 the full-time po t of Clerical Oftict:r. Catering Sen ice . plea~ed to

Simon \\ ill be

ba~ed

in room 25B.

.\Iain Building.. trand Campu ... (e\.t 2359) \\ hieh will in future be kno\1 n

a~

Central Catering. He \\·ill act as my

F

ollo\\ing the laum:h of the Arden . hakespeare reported in the la t t:dition (.'rJllllllflll,

Proft: . . or Proudfo()[ ha '>ub'>equentl\ Jttcnded meeting,> of thc Shakespeare .\ ~ociation of .... merica held in Chicago from the 2,,-26 .\ larch Jnd thc Delltsche Shake,>peare Gescll'>chaft held in \\"eimar from 20 - 23 .\pril.

The Chicago meeting saIl the official .\metican launch of the :'\e\1 Arden .. \t \\·cimar. ProfeS'>or Proudfoot \\a~ onc of a panel of editors \1 ho di'>cussed current i,>~ucs in the editing of Shakespeare. The \\'eimar meeting saw the German Shakespeare. ocier; reunited for the fir,>t time since the reunification of German\.

Portrait

Profe~sor

Tht: Earl Ru~sell of the Departmcnt of History ha~ been appointed a Tru~tee of the :'\ational Portrait Gallery.

P

rofe~~or

...c.:ererar\ and will undertake clerical and admini5trati\'e dlltie ... for the ~Iemorial

Department.

en Ice

Cu,wmers are reque,ted to continue to contact Campus Catering offices for school or derartment hospitality and function rcquests. although Ccntral Catering will of

mt:morial sen ice for Amhon\' Shadrakc will take place on 12 June at 12.00 in the College Chapel. All those who knew Anthony are welcome to attcnd.

A

cour...e be happy ro help and ad\·ise.

Requests for conference catering at the Strand and for college catering ~c.:r\·ice5

,hould be made

to

the ne\1

Central Catering office. ,\bu

plea~c

note Central Catering

can now be contacted by fax 0171-H73 2303.

Peter Hoffman College Catering Officer

College "ideo

T

he \'ideo is nO\1 al·ailable. It is a '>nap5hot of College life. pro\'iding an insight in to studving and li\'ing in London. a~ \I'ell a information about the L ni\'er,ir;' of London. The running time i~ approximately IS minutes.

erek Law. Director of Information Sen ices and y~tems. has been im·jted by the l\linister for 1\ationallleritage to crve as a member of the Library and Information Commi5 ion for three year5, and to be Chairman of the Commission'~ International Su bcommittee.

D

purpo~e

A

lea\ ing parr;' for the formcr College Chaplain. Father Philip Chester, was held on Frida~ 7 April. Philip, Il'ho has left to become \'icar of St .\Ianhe\\ 's Church, \\'estminster. received sel'eral gifts from fricnds and colleagues both at King\ and outside College, including a painting by Theology student, Angu5 .\Ja\·he\I'. \I'hich was pre ented to him on behalf of stlldent at King's.

l e of Queen's Award emblem

A

ll Schools/departmems of the Collegc arc entitled to display the cmblem for a period of five \,ears from the date of rhe award (ie from April 199~ - April 2000).

The cmblcm (shown on page 1)

It is primarily for recruitment

Derek Law

Father Philip Chester

and by now all departmental

should appear in black on the bottom right hand corner of headed paper together \\ ith the Jatc and IegenJ . \\'e recommend that either new stationery i5 ordercd with the emblem or that existing ,>tationery is o\'erprinted by the Reprographics Unit who ha\'e the full pecification for it placement.

Bromide of the emblem and an

admissions tutors should have recei\'ed

imtruction 5heet are a\'ailable from the

their copy. It II ill al\o be sent

Press cf Publication Office if you are

[Q

sclectcd school and Briti~h Council Offices overseas.

If you requirc further copies.

using an external printing company.

For ad\ ice on the u e of rhe emblem in other publications or

please contact the StlIdent

material

Recruitment Cl' Exchange5 Office on

PlIblication~

ext 003,

plea~e

contact the Press cf'

Office, Cornwall house

ext 3071 or 3074.

Page 13

Life after

ark

(lrn ',iall IloUllllli') ;:orJ:; illllrr (flllrw'

unforwnatel~.

a

1:..la'r Deportmml, bUI Iris .par. Itmr i

profit ha\e been made at all! [n

:pen! mallllalllill~ sometlrill(!, qUlle dijferml

to

thou/!;ht member of the College mi~ht be imere ted [() hear about a project I ha\ e been InHJl\'ed in for ome time, panicularly tho.,e \\ ho are \ egemrian or \\ ho ha\'e an imere tin em ironmemal issues.

-

The Hornbeam Emironmemal Cafe/Re~tauram is

Ccmre and Gannet a

communit~

busine

\Yaltham,w\\,

Ea~t

ba.,ed in

London, ] became

imoh'ed about three "ear, a/!;o \\ hen the building \\ hich no\\ hou,e, the Cemre was a \ irtually derelict old \\' I1 Smith \ swre, \Ye negotiated a lea'le from the local council and ,et about doing the place up. It wok nearly t\\ 0 years w get ,eem~

thing~ ~orred

OlH \\ hich

like a long time blH as 99 per

m~

volumeers in their pare time thi,

[O{)

man~

~O

per <.:em \olumeer taft

\\aiting table [()

m~

li,t 0 talem I,

The Centre aim., to offer a,

man~

en\ ironmenral sef\ ice., as po.,.,ible such a an en\'ironmemal library and

0

Engint.:ering ha,

produce a regular em ironmemal

electrics, paiming, tiling, flooring, earpetin/!;, earpemry - you name it, wc

parri<.ipation rate in the College \\ ith 34 propo,als coming from the. lhoo!'

initiati\ e , and are a mailing poim for

Potential

se\'erallocal groups.

technologle., in biomedicine and

lfyou arc imere'ted in finding out more about I [ornbeam or would like

to

get imol\ed in the project, please eomact mc. Or if you

fanc~

a delicious

\ egetarian meal (\\ hether you arc a meat eater or not) then \\ h~ not pop addres~

is:

else w do it then

your~ trul~

458 Hoe Street

public on 23 April 1994.

The Cemre ha no\\ been open for almo t a year and through that time any

doe in its fir t year-

panicularly tho e in the catering trade, ['m

wld,

As a community business, any profits which are not ploughed back into the Cemre are used for other projects in the community and not for the personal gain of those involved, Our idea was that profits made from the cafe would be used to fund the environmemal side of the business;

Page 14

the late,t

th rough of earl~ \ucce.,., swrie\ although [he European Commi.,.,ion will not commit it,clf yCL Suffice

[0

,ay that there \hould bc a fc\\ happy ComplHcr Science' Not all deadlines ha\'e pas\ed -

London El 7

er ~Iobility Tel 0181-558 6880,

to

~etwork

apply for a under the Training

of Researchers (T I R)

Programme which is open

to

most

discipline\, Other programme

to

watch out for over the coming months

hectic pu h we opened the doors w the

so

to

tran'poft. Rumour, are filtering

Re carch

are Biotechnology, T:-.r R Research

weekends and evening, with a final

new bu ine

hcalrh and emironment,

thcre is ,till time

have a go, After working many

a~

range from ne\\

ad\ ance, In tclecommunication'> and

Walthamstow

would

we ha\e had our up and down

project~

e

people in Electrical Engineering and Cafe/Re~taurant

persuaded some poor wul w do it for nothing! If we couldn't find someone

cience~

the highe\t

local council on \ arious cm ironmemal

Gannets

Plastering, plumbing, drainage.

~ho\m

ne\\ letter and work \\ Ith and for the

wa~

no mean feaL

flurr: of aui\ J[~ througholH King' a man~ deparrmem, responded w the first deadline for propo ah. To date. proposal, ha\e been submitted to a \\ ide range of research programme,.

The, chool of Physical

meeting rooms for local groups, We al

1,1<)4 \\ a pem \\ ainng tor the Eurupean C.ommi ion' Rc eart:h and Dc\ elopmem Programme, Frame\\llfk [\' to be launched, In complete t:omra t, 191,1- ha een a

1

fa~L

elf induded Cl" e no\\ added

along, The

cem of the work was done by

not

keep the pla<.:e going ha meam

u.,ing about

I

~ et

funding updar l~

Ho'U!: do you spendyour spare lime?

Training Grant" Telematic and

Ifyou are im:oked ill orlivilies 'U!:hirlr

funding for Central and

miglrl be of illleresl 10 ollrer members oflire

Europe.

College - ft'en

if Ilri')' are 1101 os ambilious

as Ihose desrribed Irere - 'idy 1101 fJ:'rile 01/

Ea~tern

For further details of all the. e programme, please comact:

al1ide for CommenL Geraldine Barr: Europcan \ larketing Executive KCL Enterprises, e t 3319.

The R F School of vlatlon ledicine (S

I)

!I/.llarrh. CO/IJ/lJ1'Il1 nlll/o/II/ud Ihf si/{l/illK

[he Eurofigh[er .2000. A a parr of [he

[he Royal Air Force \[edical Branch.

ofafol7l1o! assorialioll bf!'Ucffll Kil/K'S tllld

programme for adequate protection an ad\anced high G on er human

Their joinr work has had a profound influence on air-crc\\ safety,

centrifuO"e i w be insralled ar rhe , chool in rhe next fe\\ year.

The h,uards of high al[iwde

panicularly on equipmenr concerned wirh re [rainr. escape and sUf\路i\路al.

Once laborawf')' re earch ha been comple[ed ir i \ i[al ro carf')' our in-

Ihf R.\ F Srhoo! of.\r:iolioll Jiedirillf

(S.U!). Here ti,e CO/IJ/IJ(/lIdtllll.. \ir CO/IJ/lJodore TOIIY .\路irhol.wl/. desrri/les Ihe 'U."or!.: of Ihf Srhool.

T

he R.AF ',-\\1

i~

include rrofnund hypoxia and decompres ion sicknes , which occur as a re. ul[ of inadequare protection during a,cenr in aircrafr, 10'>'> of cabin

much

concerned wirh rhc arrlicarion of phy,>iolo~y w

a\路iarion. Ir carrie our acromcdical re,earch for rhc Defence Research A~enc\', and

is also re ronsible for rhe

iO\'e~rigarion of air

accidenrs,

,peciali,ed clinical in\ e,[igarion, of air-crew relared w [heir peculiar CO\ ironmcnr and an ex[en,i\'e po'>rgradua[e educa[ional programme. .\ccclera[ion wirh its associa[cd hal:ards has been a particularlv imporranr aspeer of a\ iarion rc'>carch .,incc rhe early days of manned flighr, and rhe School has al~o had a long

pressurization a[ alri[ude or ejection from a combat aircrafr. Knowledge of [he rhy,iologieal consequences of such exposures is essential co [he de ign of adequarc life '>uppor[ "ys[ems. \Iuch of [he re'>earch is conducred in high rerformanee hypobaric chambers in \\ hich [he subjecrs can be swdied under eondi[ion, of .,imula[ed high al[iwdc. bur [he work of[en iO\oh'es e ... perimenrs in-flighr. Currenr ideas of re. earch include [he iO\'es[iga[ion of [hc re. pirawf') and eirculawry effecrs of high breaching pressures and rapid

A\'ia[ion rhy iolog\' has [() mecr [he

decompre'>sion.

As aircrafr become increasingly ,ophi [ica[ed [he effecriveness of air-

demand'> of a high [eehnology

crews is increasi ngly dependeIH on

hiswry of research ar high al[iwde.

eO\'ironment and

'0

its work

i~

ofrcn ;][

[he leading edge of eO\'ironmell[al physiology, parricularly in rhe realms of high G and high al[iwde.

Since [he 1920s i[ has been kno\\ n [hat exposure w G during a rapid [Urn in aireraf[ could resul[ in loss of vi.,ion and sometime loss of consciousness.

During [he J 930s research wa begun bv rhe RAF Physiological Laborawry inw [he cause and pre\'enrion of [he prubkJl1~ a,~ocia[cJ \\ i[h high G, and a[ [he end of World War 11 [he R F esrablished irs own Ins[iw[e. Since rhen work in rhe area of accclerarion has been broad and ha ranged from research inw cardio\'ascular control mechanisms [() asrronau[ selecrion for rhe Ru~~ian .Ilir pace Programme.

The most recent phase of research relared (0 high G is concerned wirh highlv agile jer aireraf[ which exro'>e air-crew [() sustained accclera[ion' with very high rares ofonser. There havc been a number of accidents duc [() los of consciousne~s. and i[ i., clear [hat currell[ G prorccrion i, in ufficicnr ro prorec[ rhe air-crew of wmorro\\, such a'> [har ofrhe RAF's own agile aircraft,

personal equirmenr which pro\'ides protection against a very hos[ile environmcnr. ensuring safety in flight, adequare pro[ecrion during high altirude ejection and, in [he evenr of crash and survival. during exposure on land or in water. Phy~iologis[s who specialise in rhe eomplexi[ies of aircrew equipmenr musr have an indepth undcrs[anding nor only of

flight wdie. The chool of A\';a[ion \Jedicine is panicularly forruna[e in ha\'ing i[s 0\\ n acl\'anced aircraft for [his: rwo Hawk aireraf[ ba ed a[ an airfield nearby. The pilors work closely with physiologisrs who arc dcveloping [he personal equipment for rhe Eurofigh[er aireraf[ which will be with rhe RAF around [he rurn of [he millenium. \'iarion abo dcmands expenise in rhc central ner\'ous sv rem, panicularly in sleep and wakefulness and in vesribular physiology. \\'irh all physiolo?;isrs in aviarion [he key (() [heir succe s is a growing knowledge of flying and an unders[andin?; of a\'iarors and [heir environmenr.

I[ is in [his eO\'ironmenr [hat rhe po. [graduare srudenrs of King's College swdying human and applied physiology work for four weeks of [heir course. I[ is a demanding period wirh lecrures aimed a[ providing a good understanding of aviation phvsiology and prac[ical work familiarising [he srudenr with [he exrreme environmenrs of aviation. In addition. rhe K LlRAF AI\[ 1\1 c in Aeromedical Research is intended for RAF mcdical graduare who have nor

phvsiolo?;y bur aloof ergonomics.

Currenr work on air-crew equipmem is rhc de\'elopmenr of lightweigh[ helmers; of systems for pressure brearhing: of pro[ecrion in [he evem of high al[iwde ejee[ion : of inregrared head-moumed de\'ice for

had a re.earch [raining.

The association berween KCL and RAF AI\I ha been imponanr for many \'ears. The formal link, now e rabli hed, opens up an even more exciting era. Bo[h KCL and RAF \1 are firmlY of [he view [hat in

nighr \ ision and display s. and of life support sysrems for parachurisrs who

roJl1orrow's world one way ro pro\'ide effective pos[graduare [raining is [Q

hm'e (() be pro[ecred nor only again r hypoxia and dccompre sion sicknes bu[ also againsr cold.

AccidclH iO\'esrigarion has been an imporranr parr of the work of the School for 0\ er 30 ycars and [he chool is sometimes iO\'ired ro inve rigate accidems of foreign air forces. In esrablishing rhc eau,cs of any injury rhe [cam \\orks with pa[hologists of

brin?; rhe kill of academia and pecialised cs[ablishmems such as rhe RAF chool of Aviarion I\ledicine wge[her.

Further information can be obrained from Or Srella Rowlands, Plwsiology Depar[mcnr. Srrand exr:

2474

Page 15

R dn

Profe or Roger lL m <:k book bllnt: h

e day at Han1p t ad

campu

,Ill /JI'II\ V,,"md "1,,11'1'41'. 'ff/ RlI\lIIfil/rI rll"/,IIII/II "I 1111 Ifll/llfh ft! 1111 flJlllf 1/ d /,"fl\,1 oll'mlt 'fll RO'.!.II \hl/( mr/;

n the e\enm~ of Thur,d,l\ 30 \ I m h a parr) \\ a~ held on the \\ atcrfrolH n; tau ram of the trand '>Ite to launch the colleul\c c"a\ "t'the I,ltc Profc"or Roger h,Hrock. Ihe e\ elH \\ J~ org.lnJsed b) I'rotc~ or Ra\ mond (:hJpman, formcrh Profc"or of I·.ngli~h Jt the I,ond"n "ch",,1 of ".conomics, Jnd \\ ,Is Jrrcndeo b\ mcmbcrs ofthc famil\, intluulng \Irs ~harrock. anu by mcmber, of the English Depanmem of the l ni\ er,ity and othcr friends.

'I he book, ,\'/'U" 111.1'11<111.1' OIlI-,lIgIISh ,llIlhorsjrtil1l.III/('i:dl /II1.lId:i" - .111 l:lIglisll l'",il'/V, i publisheu b) Sall.burl': l ni\ ersit\ Studies \\ ith a preface b) Professor Chapman and bibl iograph) of Profc ~or, 'harrock' s publications.

O Rl'd 1I0S/' OI1!.IIII/Srr.i rl ~'lIIilh,

I),

,IIJI:f' //11/1, 1/,,"IIru:' /)",..i/.l,

'~'/(I/II'/I',

(;(//1 Ildlll, Jlli//ll

111/(1: ,1"lfl!}fJIi/:1

A

n c\ cning of cmcnJlIlmcm \\ J~ helu on Thur~uay 16 \Iarch In aid of Reu ~o~t: Da),

Gue~t ~rar

'Saraecn' from the

there \\ a~ an eight plecc Jail hanu.

The e\ cm \\ a~

organl~cu

Commirree anu

b) the

~oeial

helper~ and rai~ed

almost £ !OOO.

(;1((r/i"IO/:' tele\ i~ion programme wa~

'\Ian)

there ro conduct the auction and raffle,

~rudems

81illd D((II' come~t \\'a~ al~o held \\ith

generallv

a free weekend away for the \\ inners

thank~

~i11

w

the sraft' and

\\ ho bought rarnt: tickets anu ~upponeu

There are still

the c\ enr.

~ome

donated by the London \\'cekenu

raffle

Telc\ i~ion Blilld D(llf producer.

llamp~tcad Campu~

pril.e~. Plca~e

unclaimcu

eonrau the [() tlaim them.

Bungee running and lipper) pole fighting were free ro

all-eomer~

and

Campu

rchi e on course for the Internet he Arehive~ ha\e made a successful bid [() the Iligher Education Funding Council for funding from it allocation for ~peeial research collection in the Humanities, for the prestigiou Liddell Harr entre for :'Iilitary Archives, t\ wtal of £6~O,OOO over five years ha~ been awarded.

T

The money \\ ill be u,ed [() put all Page 16

the

catalogue~ of

E

thc I ,Ile\l \ on [()

the Imernet, makmg thcm a\ ailablc [() national and imernational

u~er~.

It

ighteen hing',> ,>tuuenrs, mostly. \nglo-Frcnch, rra\ elled to Pans on 13 '\ la) in order to

panicipate in J Frcnch '1'\' programmc called (,'amp"s \\ h ich \\ ill be shl)\\ n on the France Z channel this summer, Thc programme, \\ hich

consi~ts of

will abo faeilirate the c",rra cataloguing

a com pctltion bc[\\ een European

and edirorial work \\ hich necus [() be

l'ni\ersities -a sot[ of Euro A"YPIOII

carried our and prO\ idc a \'ariety of

F"clor - \\ ill focus on the use of thc

on-line chronological and subject guide for uers.

French language in European eoumri(;~.

KCLSl' E\:ccLltive Elections Thur~da\' 6.

pril sa\I' a

rran~formarion

\wnnin~

of Tuw' s. from a beer-

Elecrion. for rhe 1995 - 96 Exccuti\'e Commirrce rook placc on 9 and 10

\oaked hcal'ing ma s of 600 wearing

~Iarch.

groO\ er ro a superblY decorared dining

sabbatical po tS were unconre 'red with

I'cnue for rhe annual Award Dinncr.

Leigh Terry (Hi wry Ill) winning "P

This be roll' Honorary Life

Administration I:i tudenr, ffair and

~\Iember

"'ick Laing (Cia. i . Ill) winning "p

King'

hips, Laurels and Colour on

wdenrs who hale made an

Finance &

0

ieties. the Pre idency

imporranr conrribmion ro life at King' .

was \'er\, hotlv conre ted.

The Ben Brailsford Award for

candidare srood and after many

porr man of rhe Year \I'as won by Neil I-Iarri., and Sporrswoman of the Year

ix

recounrs and tense nerve, Rob Hall (Law I r I) won by a majoriry of 27

was rakcn by Lucy Edwards.

votes. VP Publications &

Prcsenrarion. were made by the

Communications was won b\' Michelle

College Dean, rhe Rev Or Richard

Roberr 'on (Classics Ill) who i an

Burridgc. who in hi. firsr \,ear ar King'

acrive member of the King' Player.

has been a grear friend of rhc L'nion.

Whilc Colours are a Sporr -only

Over 1400 tudenrs voted, an increa e on the number who \'oted last year.

However, after the conclusion of

award, rhe Union is looking ro

Students' Union news

alrhough rwo for rhc full-rime

inrroduce a similar award for Socieries

the elections several complaints were

inl'olvemenr. "P Finance &Socicries

regi tered with the Union as ro their

Tara Jeffcrson said 'For roo mallv vears

conduct. Ir was claimed by the

rhe efforrs of rhe organisers of Socieries

complainanrs thar ballot boxes had not

have been overlooked and ir is about

been open long cnough during the

timc thc

specified time, people canvassed

nion (and maybe in the

long-run, the College) recognised their

within 10m of the ballot box, that the

ach ievemenrs.'

position of the ballot box had changed during the voting, that the hustings

The Savoy Ball

were not conducted properly, that

Sarurday I April was no joking marrer.

some rellers had nor mainrained the

The most glamorous evenr of the

secrecy of the vote and thar several

KCLSU Enrs programme, the Easter

stlldenrs voted twice.

Ball, rcwrned

to

the Savoy afrer a tWO-

An independent investigation was

year stinr at rhe Cafe Royale. Over two

carried out by NUS staff and it was

hundred srudenrs gor dressed lip for a

decided that a number of the

lavish re eprion, dinner and dance in

discrepancies that had occurred (the

the renowned Lancasrer Room.

incidenrs of people voting twice,

pstairs that night, the Oxford

failures of secrecy and that the ballot

L路niversir. Boat Club Old Boys were

boxes were not open for the minimum

holding rheir commiserations evening

required time) were sufficienrly serious

at their loss

to

Cambridge in the

to

merit a re-ballot. Therefore it wa

Universities Boat Race that day. Their

decided ro hold a re-ballOt for the POSts

enrrv ro rhe King's evenr cau ed

of Pre idenr and Rag Officer, as the

delight among several unaccompanied

margins of those results were small

King's women. Overall a superb

enough ro have been affected by the

el'ening, rruly memorable and worth

above.

el'ery penny as a once a year el'ent. So next ycar, save up and dress up for the 1996 Ball 1

After the re-ballot, Rob Hall was confirmed as Presidenr and Craig Lawrie elected Rag Officer (rcplacing Catherine Walcon who won the first ballot).

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8 July 15.00 to 18.00 This year's KCLA Summer Event will be a garden party in the grounds of Lambeth Palace, SE 1 by kind permission of the Archbishop of Canterbury, a Presentation Fellow of the College.

All members of staff are very welcome. The cost is ÂŁ15 per head, which includes a strawberry tea.

Tickets are available from Jo Crocker, KCLA Treasurer, KCLA Office, Cornwall House, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8WA.

(:t:nm.: tor 'I \\ enrit:thCCIHur <. ultural 'tudle

Events

23 and 24 June Right-wing extremism since 1945 : continuity or change?

A two-day conference from the Centre for Twentieth-century Cultural Studies. There will be papers on the following countries: Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Britain, France, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Russia. 23 June 9.30 to 19.00 and 24 June 9.30 to 17.30.

Further details from the Humanities Research Centre Office, School of Humanities, Strand Tel: 0171-873 2360

l)c, t:]opmt:ntal BIOlolT RC"it:arch Ct:nrrt: Scmi,;ar't All seminars are held at The Randall Institute, 26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RP at 13.00.

24 May Developmental aspects of axon growth and its inhibition Dr Jim Cohen, Anatomy Department, UMDS/Guy's Hospital 31 May Molecular Biology of Epstein-Barr virus immortalisation of human cells Dr Paul Farrell, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research 7 June Mesoderm-inducing factors and Brachyury in vertebrate mesoderm

formation Dr Jim Smith,

IMR

14 June Integrins and the control of keratinocyte differentiation Dr Fiona Watt, ICRF 21 June Spntaneous repair in the Mammalian CNS: why does it fail?

Dr James Fawcett, Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge 28 June PDGF 5upply-and-demand in the developing CNS Professor Bill Richardson, Mrc Molecular and Cell Biology Labs, UCL

In [lWtc of \lh .1IlLt:d lu iL,t1 tudie (o1l0<J1I11I11l 7 June 'New Music' between Autopoiesis and Expression of Subjectivity: An approach to Luigi Nono (19241990) Mario Vieira de Carvalho, Universidade Nova, Lisbon. Room 6C, Main Building, Strand Campus 17.00. Further details ext 2576

Rt:'tcdfch I nit In II1Imaniric (,ol1lpllrinu; \\ork,,/wp.

22 June One-day workshop on Network Resources, Room 12B, Computing Centre, Strand Campus 10.00 to 17.00

Ont: d:.J Lonfcrcnu: in

t,lti~ril':d mechanic (Sr::ltmcch-l1

15 June, (satellite conference 16 June)

Superfluidity Andre Verbeure, Leuven University Non-equilibrium dynamics of phase transitions in the early universe lan Lawrie, Leeds University There will also be short contributed talks of about 20

4

minutes' duration. The Satellite conference on 16 June will consist of talks of a more mathematical nature.

Room 521, Strand Building, Strand Campus. 10.30 - 17.30.

16 June Satellite conference 9.00 -16.00.

Contact: 0 A Lavis, Department of Mathematics (ext 2240/2217; Email: D.Lavis@kcl.ac.uk)

In ·titute of la ~ical . tlldic,> Lecture cf'. emtnar,> July Greek through Greek Philosophical Texts Contact Or M M McCabe, Department of Philosophy, Strand Campus 10 - 14 July Latin Palaeography Institute of Classical Studies Summer School.

Further details available from Professor A C de la Mare, Palaeography, Strand Campus September (date to be confirmed) Greece in the reign of King George 1(7863-7973) Centre for Hellenic Studies, Strand Campus

The In titute of P ychiatry &'The Bethlem Ro al and ~Iaud ley H Trll"st 12 and 13 July Fifth National Conference on Women & Mental Health: Women, Mental Health & The Family Speakers to include Professor Judy Dunn, Or Anula Nikapota, Or Melanie Marks, Or Christopher Dare, Or Catherine Oppenheimer, Or Eia Asen, Or Adrianne Reveley, Or Jane Ussher, Or Toni Bifulco, Or Tara Weeramanthri, Or Cleo Van Velsen, Ms Maggie Mills, Or Charlotte Burke, Ms Sheila Ernst.

Programme includes lectures, workshops, short papers and plenary sessions.

Topics include: The meaning of the family; Working within

different family structures; Refugee and dislocated families; Anorexia Nervosa and the lifecycle; Single parent families and mental health; Assessment of parenting skills; Depressed mothers and their children; Women as carers; Sisters and shared environments; Teenage sexuality; The effect of mental illness on the family; The menopause and the family; Mental health and motherhood; Abuse within the family; Managing a family and a career, and Bereavement in the family.

Fee £150 (£90 for the unwaged) including buffet lunch and refreshments. Further details and application forms from: A MacPherson, Conference Office, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF. Tel 0171-740 5125, fax 0171-703 5796

e earch thic Committee The dates of the meeting may be changed although they are

generall~

held at 16.00 on the fir t Thur day of the month in the Council Room on the Ken 'ingron Campu .

Parer,> (eight copie plea e) for review at meetings should be submitted

to

the office ten lVorking days before the date of the meeting. ~leeting I~

1995:

June

20 July 21 . ertember 190 wber 16 1':o\'ember I~

December

Meetings 1996: 18January 15 February 211\larch I

pril

161\lay 20 June 1 Jul

19 September 170cwber 21 November" 12 December ~ lay

be cancelled if there is

in ufficient bu ine Enquiries about the admini rration of meeting

hould be directed w the

office of the Re earch Ethics Committee tel 0171-333 4268 fax 0171-333 41 5.

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