King's College London (KQC) newsletter

UGC ACTIO o COR WALL HOUSEing of related di clpline . The Strand waa umed the foeu for rt, PhysicalScien e and Engineering and con ligura- .1tion de i ed to unify Pre- lini al ubjectLife Sciences and Edu ation.

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Configuration Three: Unification of theCollegeThe propo al here examined the cont igur­ation now known as the Thame ide Cam­pus': u ing the Strand a in Con fig. Two,retaining Drury Lane and acquiring anddeveloping Cornwall Hou e for Life Sci~

ence , Pre-clinical Department and du-cation. 11 other teaching site and bUild-ings would be dispo ed of and the re ul­tant revue et again t development andrestructu ring co ts.

ACADEMIC A D FINA CIALIMPLICAno S

Configuration OneAlthough the unification of departmentsis a fundamental necessity, plans based onthi alone would lead to the division otmedical and dental pre-clinical teachingacros London; a more radical remedyalong the lines of Config.Two would be

ot a UGC delegation, but the new Schools Liaison Office secretary: see p.6

The Report present, in careful and con­siderable detail. three configurations forrationali ation.

PHYSICAL RAno ALIS no

Configuration One: Unification of SplitDepartmentI t has already been po sible to bring to­gether the Department of Physics, Math­ematics, omputing and Biology but nole than even department are still oper­ating on two or more sites; Biochemistry,Pharmacology, Phy iology, Biophy ics,Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Eng­ineering and Education. A scheme whichwould bring together the operations ofeach of these department to one or otherof the existing sites was examined andcosted.

Configuration Two: Unification ofCognate Department

Iso examined and co ted was a schemeto allow a more sen ible academic group-

follow academic planning, and our finan­cial planning mu t harmoni e with both.The report submitted to the GC, withthe wholehearted upport of the ni er-ity Court, addre e thi need.

The niver ity Grant Committee (UGC)con idered the College' propo als orCornwall Hou e at a meeting on Decem­ber 11. On De em ber I ,Sir PeterSwinnerton-Dyer wrote to the ice-ehan-

ellor a follow: The Committee a\its immediate ta k a being to a k theGovernment to create the opportunityfor the full propo al to be properly con-idered. There appear to be two alterna­

tive way in which this could be done:

BACKGROU D

a) To dela the deadline for purcha e ofthe lea e until tbe full propo aJ has beenproperlye mined.

The Department of the Environment arekeen to ee progress in this matter buthave indicated that they could be flexibleon the deadline, for the lease purcha e,previou ly et at February I 1. There i ,however, no doubt of the urgency of thematter and the College now await. a res­ponse from the Secretary of State andthe GC.

[ have written to the Secretary of State,drawing his attention to the problem andputting forward these two alternatives.'

hort ummary of the propo als madein the College ubmis ion to the Courtand the UG i given below.

b) To allow King's to purcha e the lea eof Cornwall Hou e, either with moneyobtained by the aJe of other propertieor with money provided by the GC, inadvance of consideration of the full pro­po al.

The niversity of London has carried outa radical and far-reaching re tructuringprogramme, creating a clear pattern ofrespon ibility for cientific teaching andre earch. The need to concentrate effortand re ource in cience and engineeringwas a fundamental reason for the mergerof King's, QEC and Chelsea and presentsto the newly merged College, and to the

niver ity, enormous academic potentialfor growth. To reali e thi potential ratio­nalisation of our buildings and space must

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note from Or Barrie Morgan

[ have been appointed a Director of orthmencan Programme in the newly e tab­

li hed Overseas Student Office to increa ethe num ber of merican tudent tudy­ing at King' College and to advise the estudent during their time on campus. I ambeing assisted by Dr Fred rmitage fromthe Chemistry Department a Senior Adv-i er, orth American Programme.

We are aiming to increa e our enrolment ofAmerican undergraduates, most of whomwill be in their junior (third) year, fromabout 80 to about 200. However, this isa much more daunting ta k than it mightappear, owing to the academic profile ofthe College. Mo t American students wishto tudy the humanitie and social cien-ce : we cannot cater for the latter demandwhile our Arts Facu[ty is relatively sma[1.The bulk of our Junior Year Abroad OYA)students are in three department: Eng[i h,Hi tory and Philosophy. These depart­ments are unable to absorb many morestudents if they are to integrate them fullywith degree student. We are, therefore,looking to expand numbers in science andengineering.

Expansion in the e areas will be difficult.There are not the obvious advantage intudying Comparative Anima[ Physiology

in Eng[and that there are in studying Shak­e peare or British History; science studentsworry (wrongly) that study abroad willreduce their chance of entering medicalchool; science courses are progressive to a

far greater degree than humanities and soc­ial science course, 0 that a student mayhave to pick up very specific 'buildingblock' courses during study abroad. 1 amconvinced that the only way we are goingto expand the lYA pre ence in sciencedepartments is to develop close academiccontacts with selected American depart­ment~. Once members of the academictaff in these departments are aware of our

cour e structure and content, and howthese courses here may be included in thecourse of study for an American degree, [believe an increa e in tudent interest willfollow. But to pursue thi 1 need yourhelp. If you have clo e contacts with a co[­league in a good American science or eng­ineering department, will you please dropme a line with details. A personal approachfrom a respected colleague and researcheri far more likely to pay dividend thanan approach from me.

I would make one other plea for help fromall colleagues. Part of my job is to main­tain contact with study abroad adviser atthe major institution. However, I cannothope to visit and make personal contactwith them all. If you are visiting the nit­ed States and would be prepared to vi itone or two institutions on behalf of the

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College will you plea e let me know. Somemoney i availab[e to 'top up' your travelgrants if we request you to travel to placeother than those you planned to vi it.

A Working Party set up jointly by theAdvi ory Board for Research Council ,the Computer Board, and the niver ityGrants Committee recommended amongother things that a Cray X-MP/4 com­puter at a co t of £[3 million should beobtained for advanced re earch exploi­ting supercomputing techniques not justin cience and engineering but in otheracademic fields as well. After a period ofuncertainty about its export from theUSA, the computer was delivered to theRutherford App[eton Laboratory athort notice on 3 December 19 6. It is

now being commissioned. SERC hopedto start acceptance testing on [2 January1987. While thi i in progress, selectedusers will be invited to adapt their prog­rams for the X-MP computer so that boththey and SERC can gain operationalexperience before tarting a full ervice.If all goes well, they hope to launch theervice on Monday 2 February [987.

The scale of funding for the Cray X-MPcomputer means that this powerful re­search facility must be brought to bearon the problem for which it is intended.The first step in this process is to provideinformation on the ervices which it willfurnish. SERC have issued a first Craynewsletter through a number of channels.Despite distributing this issue widely,they may inadvertently have mis edpeople who ought to be included. If yourequire a copy or want further informationplease contact Bart Fossey at:

SERCRutherford Appleton LaboratoryChiltonDIDCOTOxon. OXll OQXTe[: A bingdon(0235) 21900

UGC ACTIOHOUSE

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needed to rectify this. The net cost ofthis scheme would be £8M with an annualrecurrent saving of £ 1M. The paybacktime is estimated at 9 years with a resul­tant annual deficit of £400K.

Configuration TwoUnification of pre-clinical departments

could be achieved but it would of neces-ity be on the ite furthest from KCSMD,

al 0 eparating their teaching and researchfrom related disciplines in the Life Sci-ence. cademic value for money i nota hie cd. The net co t would be £ 3Mwith an annual recurrent saving of £ 1M.The payback time exceeds 32 year andbring an annual defi it of £500K.

Configuration ThreeThis proposal is the only clear way to realithe niversity's 'five science sites' policyand to reap the full benefits of the federalrestru tu ring exercise; undoubtedly thebe t academic value for money. et costsof £ I0.5 M are balanced by an annualsaving of £2.5K. Payback time i 8 yearswith an annual surplus of £ 1M.

CONCLUSION

The College's belief that the 'ThamesideCampus' pre ents the only way forwardfor academic growth is unequivocallysupported by the detailed investigationsof this Report. Academically and finan­cially it is far and away the best value formoney and the Report proposes that theCollege be allowed to take the first andnow most urgent, steps towards imple­mentation.

FURTHER DETAILS

Full copies of the Report are availablefor con ultation in the Secretary's Officeon the Strand, the Secretary' Office atKCSMD, in the offices of the AssistantSecretaries at Kensington and helsea,in the Information Office and in themain Libraries on each site. Staff con­sulting the full document should bearin mind that, in order to pre ent clearcosted options, models of academic ac­tivity were used; such-illustrative modelscannot attempt to exactly representreality and will be unavoidably nawed.Actual use of pace may be su bstantiallydifferent and will not be determined un­til full con ultation through the College'snormal planning machinery can takeplace.

Colleagues hould also be aware that thedocument i aimed ultimately at autho­rities which will eriously doubt an un ub­stantiated proposition that physical con­solidation is essential to the College'sacademic prosperity: after all, they willargue, several civic universitie do exce[­lent work despite physical disunity. Theca e for con olidation is more powerfullyand per uasively made by comparing arange of apparent possibilities and dem­on trating the costs and benefits whichnow from them: Configurations One andTwo above are neither presented noraccepted by the College a workableoptions.

THE

n initiative by Dean of n and otherrepre entative of the Fa ulty 0 rt

ha led to a propo al or a review of rt

provi ion in the ni er ity. The obje tivei to explore mean by which the m-ver ity' work in the n could be treng­thened, tn luding increa ed co-operationat the In titutional and niver ity level.ThIS would pIa e the nj er ity in atronger po Hion in it dealing with theG and other bodie to protect, and

where po ible enhance, teaching andre ear h in the rt. Su bje t to thecomments of other niver ity bodie ,the study will proceed through reviewof individual subject area by group ofHead of Departments and In tituteDirectors involved with undergraduateteaching; the findings of the e groupwill then be con idered by a Committeeof Dean of rt or their equivalent -a list of member i given below) whowill submit a report to the Joint PlanningCommittee in Spring 19 7. TheJointPlanmng ommittee will wish. to havethe views of S.chool (who will have beenkept informed of progres by theirDeans) and relev.ant niver ity bodie onany propo als arising from the reviewbefore making recommendation to the

ourt and Senate. Con ultation withthe recogni ed trade unions will takeplace.

Of course, some area of tlJdie in theArt have undergone restructuring rela­tively recently, and the review will needto con ider at an early tage whether anyfurther con ideration of these areas ineces ary.

Goldsmith ' CollegeOr F Harcourt, Dean 0 Art. QueenMary CollegeProf CM Kauf mann, Director 0 Cour­tauld In tituteOr I Rae ide, Dean 0 ndergradu teStudle ,School of Oriental and fri anStudiesPro P Ri kett ,Dean of rt, We tfield

ollegeProf ' S Rin Ier, Dean of rt. King'College and ice-Dean 0 niver ityFaculty of rtProf M M WiUcock, Dean of ns, Uni­ver it College London.

On Wednesday 4th February King's Col­lege i to ho t a marathon debating tour­nament: 60 team from all over the ni­versity will do verbal battle from lOamon into the evening. The final debatetake place in the Great Hall at 6.45pm.chaired by the Principal and with LordElwyn-J one and the Vice-Chancellor,Lord Flower. as adjudicator. Thetournament i one of the final eventsheld to celebrate the 150th nniversaryof the niversity and the organi ers areJeremy Maddock and Steven Rhodes.They are still hort uf judge for the manydebate that will take place that day andmem ber of staff are a ked to con tactJeremy.and Steven. via the Faculty ofTheology Office, if they would like tohelp out by doing ome debate adjudica­tion.

Tom GUb, a omputer on ultant wIth aworld reputation visited the college onTue day 13 January to give two pe iallecture to computer clen e tudent andt from the Department 0 Computing

and the Computer Centre. The invitationto the College 0 curred a the erendipi­tou byprodu t from [he triennial worldcongre in Dublin la t September 0 [heInternational Federation for InformationProce ing, when Tom GUb and BrianMeek of the Computer Centre happenedto be scheduled to give successive papersat the same session.

In his morning le ture Tom Gilb chose ahi topic'RE L oftware engineering'.pointing out that what i commonly cal­led software engineering bore a irnilarrelation hip to real engineering to thatwhich bricklaying had to architecture.In the afternoon he poke on ' oftwaremetri s' - the title of his now classicbook which es.tabli hed hi reputation,tre Sing the need in oftware de ign and

development to et mea urable objectivesagain t which ucces or failure can bea e ed including co t .

Tom Gil:b' lively and timulating tylewa much appreciated by the audience;and the tudents of CS6LC, who e nor­mal lecture slots were used to make theselectures pas ible, must have welcomedthi change of diet from their normaldrab fare!

Brian Meek Computer Centre

The niversity wishes to let all it mem­ber know what i propo ed, 0 that theymay take advantage of the opportunitiesto comment that will be available bothwithin School and Institute and throughthe niversity' a ademic committees.

Li t of Member

Prof S Greenhaum ( niver ity CollegeLondon) Dean of the mver ity Facultyof n. ChairmanProf J P Barron, Dire tor, In titute of

la 'Ical StudleProf K Bourne, Con en er, Departmentof International Hi tory, London Schoolof conomicOr P V Brady, Dean of rt, BlrkbeckCollegeOr M Branch, Dire tor. School of Slav-om and a t European StudleRev B Callaghan, Principal. HeythropCollegeMr M J Carter, Dean of rl and MUSIC,Royal Holloway and Bedford ew Col­legeOr J J Goring and Mr P Cre swell, thepresent and incoming Dean of Schoolof Humanitie and Performing Art,

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LECTURES MEETINGS AND SEMINARS

P BLIC LECTURES

Tuesday 27 JanuaryA Public Lecture in the Faculty of L wTHE F T RE OF THE LEG LPROFES 10The Lord Gifford QS.30pm, The ew Theatre, Strand campus

Tuesday 17 FebruaryThe Halliburton Lecture in Phy iologyPOTASSI M CHA ELS A D THCO TROL OF SECRETIOProfessor 0 H Petersen, University ofLiverpoolS.30pm, The New Theatre, Strand campus

KING'S EPIC SEMINAR

Monday 26 JanuaryTilE GREEK HA SO DE G -STE:DIGE ES AKRITESDr R Beaton, KCLS.OOpm, Room 330, Strand campus

POSTGRADUATE SEMINAR IMODERN GREEK LA GUAGE A DLITERATURE

Monday 2 FebruaryGREEK WOM WRITERSChristopher Robinson, Christ Church,Oxford

Monday 9 FebruaryCRETE: THE CE TURIES OFVE ETIA A D TURKISHPRESE CE (with slides)Jennifer Scarce, Royal Scottish Museum,Edinburgh

(This seminar will be held in 3BI8 atS .lSpm)

Monday 16 FebruaryHIS A D HERS: THE Q ESTIO OFGE DERI 0 TEMPORARYGREEK POETRYKaren van Dyck St Anthony's College,Oxford

S.OOpm, The Burrows Library, Strandcampus, unle s otherwise stated

DEPARTME T OF HISTORY ANDPHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINARS

Wednesday 28 JanuaryARE COMP TERS PHILOSOPHIC­ALLY I TERESTI G?Dr P Gibbin , University of Bristol

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Wednesday 4 FebruaryDO ,JOT ADJ ST YOUR MI:\D: THEFA LT IS I . REALITY - THEBIOPOLITICS OF M D ESSProfe or S Ro e, The Open University

Wednesday 11 FebruaryFI ITISMDr J Mayberry, Univer ity of Bristol

Wednesday 18 FebruarySTYLES OF ARGUME T I EARLYMODER SCIE CEDr A Crombie, University of Oxford

2.1Spm, Room IB06, Strand campus

DEPARTME T OF BIOLOGYSEMINARS

Wednesday 21 JanuaryTHE ECOLOGY AND FLORA OFALASKADr A Brown, Westminster School,Lo ndon

Wednesday 28 JanuaryAUTIL S: THE LEGE D OF THE

L1VI G FOSSILProfessor M Wells, University ofCambridge

Wednesday 18 FebruaryADAPTIVE ASPECTS OF RESOURCEALLOCATIO - IMPLICATIO S FORGROWTH, REPRODUCTIO ,STRESSTOLERE CE AND AGEI GProfessor P Calow, niversity ofSheffield

4.30pm, Lower Ground Lecture Theatre,Kensington campus

Friday 23 JanuarySI G GE E TRA TSFER TO STUDY

THE EXPRESSIO D REPLICATIOOF CA LIFLOWER MOSAIC VIR SDr R Walden, niversity of Leicester

Friday 30 JanuaryEXPLOSIVE PARASITE TRA SMISSOI DESERTSDr R Tin ley, Queen Mary College

Friday 6 FebruaryPERFUMES A D FLAVOURS FROMTISSUE C LTUREDr B Charlwood, KCL

Friday 13 FebruaryTHE EXTRACELL LAR MATRIX A. DC LL ADHESIODr G J ones, KCL

Friday 20 FebruaryG E PRESSIO. I THE DE ELOP-1GB RL Y E DO P RDr M Krei Rotham ted ExperimentalStation

1.00pm, Room 22 ,Ken ington campus

DEPARTME T OF FOOD DTRITIO AL SCIE CES

RESEARCH SEMINARS

Wednesday 28 JanuaryWHOLEMEAL FLO R: SE A 0AB SEOr T Galliard, Lord Rank ResearchCentre

Wednesday 11 FebruaryORAL PERCEPTIO A D MASTICA­TIOOr M R Heath, London Ho pital DentalSchool

5 .30pm, Food Science Lecture Theatre,Kensington campus

SEMI AR IN HUMA ITIESCOMPUTING

Tuesday 10 FebruaryA HITCHHIKER'S G IDE TO STAT­ISTICAL PACKAGES FOR THEH MA ITIESlain Liddell, University of Warwick

6 pm, Room GOS, Strand campu

Sir David Smith, FRS, delivering the QueenElizabeth Lecture 1987 at the KensingtonCampus. The lecture, entitled Symbiosis:living together for mutual benefit?, encom­passed both the biological definition oj thesubject and also its application to institut­ional mergers.

DEPARTME T OF PALAEOGRAPHY

12 noon Room 2BI I, Strand campus

Wednesday 4 FebruaryTWELFTH CE. TURY ER ACUL RSCRIPTSProf. lan Short

Wedne day 28 JanuarySCRIPTS I THE BARBARIC.600- 00Dr Patrick McGurk

Wednesday 11 FebruaryBOOKS OF HO RSDr Christopher de Hamel

WEST

Friday 20 FebruaryS lE EA D R LIGIOProfe or J S K Ward, Professor J PoIking­horne and other

Discussion weekend, Cumberland LodgeWind or

CE TRE OF MEDICAL LAW DETHlCSLE T TERM 1987PUBLIC LECTURES

Monday 2 FebruaryDEFE SIVE MEDICI E: MYTH ORREALITY?Mr Arnold Simanowitz, Action for theVictims of Medical Accidents

DEPARTME T OF MECHA ICALE GINEERING,RESEARCHSEMINAR

Wednesday 28 JanuaryLASER ELOCIMETRY PPLIC TIO SI ITER AL COMB STIO E GI EFLOWSOr M Yianne ki

3.ISpm, Room 2B08 Strand campu

STAFF NEWS

A PUBLIC LECTURE IN THE FACULTYOF ARTS AND MUSIC

Thursday 5 Februaryo ROMA CE PORTUGUES CONTEM­PORA EO - PRACTICAS E MODELOSMaria Alzira Seixo, Universidade ClassicaDe Lisboa

5 .30pm, Room I B23, Strand campus

BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMANRIGHTS

Tuesday 3 FebruaryPOLICE POWERS AND LIBERTY OFTHE PERSONProf Michael Zander, London School ofEconomics and Political Science

Tuesday 17 FebruaryWAR AND HUMA RIGHTSProf Lawrence Freedman, KCL

Ipm, The ew Theatre, Strand campus

THE MAXWELL SOCIETY

Monday26 JanuaryMEASUREMENT OF MOTIO BYLASERSProfessor E R Pike, KCL

Monday 2 FebruaryJOBS FOR PHYSICISTSProfessor C H L Goodman, STL

Monday 9 FebruaryOPTICAL FIBRE SE SORSProfessor D E Davies, UniversityCollege London

2.00pm - 3.00pm, Room 2C, Strandcampu

Monday 9 February'AIDS' - THE FACTS AND HOW WESHOULD RESPO 0Dr Charles Farthing, St Stephen"s Hosp.London

Monday 16 FebruaryWOME A D SEXUALITY: THE E 0OF A ERAMs Katherine Whitehorn, The Observer

1.0Spm, Room 3B20, Strand campus

MODERN DRAMA AND POETRY:A EUROPEAN SURVEY

Tue day 27 JanuaryEZRA POU 0 AND T S ELIOT: THEPOLITICS OF MODER 1ST PERSONA­LITYMr Paul Kenny, KCL

Tuesday 3 FebruaryFERNANDO PESSOA: THE POET ANDHIS MASKSOr Luis de Sou a Rebelo, KCL

Tue day 10 FebruaryC P CAVAFY: POET OF TIME RE­GAl EDDr Roderick Beaton,KCL

6.lSpm, Room 3B20 Strand campus

UNIVERSITY OF LO DON - JOHNCOFFIN MEMORIAL LECTURE

Thursday 12 FebruaryTHE PAST IS ANOTHER LANGUAGE:THE HISTORY OF IDEAS IN THEORYA D PRACTICEProf. J W Burrow, Univer ity of Sussex

5 .30pm, Senate Hou e Malet Street

OBITUARY

MR J T COMBRIDGE

Mr J T Combridge, a former Registrar atKing's and Vice-President of KCLA,died on Decem ber 10 last year. He re­tired in 1962, and had been recently wid­owed. The funeral took place on Wednes­day 17 December at 3pm in St Peter'sChurch in St Albans. The College andKCLA were represented by Mr MylesTempany, the Vice-Principal ExternalAffairs.

TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT

OR MACHOVER ha been appointedActing Head of the Department of Hi ­tory and Philo ophy of Science untilSeptem ber 1987, following Profe sorRedhead's move to Reading niversity.

TELEPHO E UPDATES

Please note the following changes intelephone extensions and rooms:-

52628 Miss F Shertzer(Departmental secretary)

10052628 Position vacant

(Asst. departmental secretary)100

S2650 Mr J G Wilkins(Departmental superintendent)

20DB3797842 Prof G V R Born

(direct line) lSEB

Department of Pharmacology

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make your application a oon a po ible.Saturda 14th February ha been re ervedin ca e of e ce demand - plea e tatewhether thi date IS unable a an I( rnat­ive to your ho en mgh .

Ticket co £2.-0 ea h. and 'hould beordered romSPA. 'ISH SO IETYDepartmenr ot Spam hand Spani h- m­encan StudleStrandW 2R _LS

D QUIZ-

I. Leyton tone2. Parson' Green3. Wan tead4. Debden5. Turnham Green6. aling Common7. Mile End

pney or ea den9. Shadwell10. Oval11. Rui lip12. Barking13. Holborn14. mer ham15. Monument16. Stockwell17. Ru ell Square18. Belsize Park19. Hatton Cross20. Theydon Boi21. Ladbroke Grove22. Mansion House ( ee below)23. Wille den Green24. Warren Street25. Greenford26. Park Royal or Queen' Park27. Cockfo ters28. Seven Sister29. Shoreditch30. Manor House31. Blacklriars32. Becontree33. Cannon Street34. Mordcn

THETHE

Tuesday 3 MarchSOME REFLECTIO S 0 THE RELI­GIOUS STYLE I POETRYProf Raymond Chapman, London Schoolof Economics.

Tuesday [0 FebruaryED CATIO . & VOC TIO I '0CRIME DO P DRE M RO' BY ECADE Q EIROSDr Juliet Perkins, Lecturer in Departmentof Portuguese and Brazilian Studies.(The book is available in English trans­lation recently reprinted by Swan Books,or Black Swan, as 'The Sin of FatherAmaro'.)

They will both be in my office at 5.30pmWe end about pm.

I very much hope you will be able tojoin me for the two eminars plannedthis term.

tity of Christianit . It eem comfortingto refle t that. almo t from the tart.Christians have found the me age of thestory impo ible lmply out of practicalne e sity. It original ontext i in (hevery earlie t Chris£lan day. when theKingdom of God wa felt to be Just roundthe orner, a hope not realized directly.Yet it i impo Ible for u to lock Jesuin his fir t-century bo . Where then doethe story leave u ? We have to recognizeour need for 'poverty' before God andour total need for hI grace - but alsoour need to live out our elf-givrng toGod rn every phere of practical life opento u .

KING'S COLLEGE SEMINARS 0RELIGIO & LITERATURE

KCL SPA ISH SOCIETY PLAY19 7

(Will tho e who were at the last seminarkrndly note the hange of date.)

THE DEA 's CO SECRATIO

The ne Iy formed Schools Lial on Offi eha appointed a e retary. who will workunder the School and College Lia onOfficer. Peter Lawrence. This late taddition to the Office (preceding, in fact,her de k, hair and typewriter) i a grad­uate from the Shakespeare In titute.Stratford upon von and Birmingham,and Ii t a her main pastime mem ber hipof the Dark ges Society. Thi nation­wide group i devoted to the re-creationof the late half of the Ninth Century,both through re earch and practical ev­ents. Our School Liaison Secretary habeen carrying a pear for the pa t ixyear (not to mention word, hield andaxe) and is involved in training new rec­ruits to kill, with an eye to histrioniceffect and personal safety. Visitors tothe School Liaison Office need not feara latter day Brunnhilde for M Pankleave her. inth Century alter ego safelyat home most day ... She i ba ed inRoom 223 Strand campu as from 51anuary 19 7.

Following la t term's liaison eminar onthe Strand campu , there will be anotheropportunity for tho e concerned to haretheu experience and idea. this time atKen ington. See the reply slip on theback page for return to Peter Lawrence.Plans are in hand to hold a similar eventat helsea later.

The Dean will be con ecrated Bi hop onThursday 2 May (Ascen ion Day) atI I am in St Paul' Cathedral.

NEWS ROUND-UP

EWS FROM THE DEA 'SOFFICE

There will be plenty of space for tho ewho wi h to come. Ticket will be avai­labk later but tho e who hope to comemight like to note the date now.

BEGI [G OF TERM SERMOWED ESDAY 7 JANUARY 1987'GIVI G UP SELF - AND WEALTH'THE REVD CA 0 J L HOULDE

I The Go pel story of the rich man whowill not give away all his possessions atle us' bidding baffles us. It threatens us,for It catche u on the raw: infuriate us,for we cannot realistically relieve ourguilt on the matter; yet haunt u , for thepomt is 0 bound up with the moral iden-

Encouraged by the ucces. ot their per­formanee of a Spanish- merican play 111

19 6, the Spamsh Society will be produ­cing another Spanish-American work:Mario Varga LLo a's 'La Senonta deTacna·. This will be performed at The. ew Theatre Krng' College on 11th -13 thFebruary.19 7.

Writren in 19 I, thi play portrays a poorPeruvian family and it problem throughthe eye of the centenarIan, Mamae, ahe recalls her childhood. The script em­

braces theme such as family, old age,pride, and individual destiny.

The performance will beg1l1 at 7.30pm,and the Society recommends that you

'ott;;: even Si ter is a en ible an werto no. 22, bu t I 111 tended as the an werto no. 28, each statIOn appearing onlyonce a an an wcr.

lan Fairbourn. Department ofComputing

STRA 0 LITTER BUGSPLEASE OTE!

Last Term aw an increase in the am­ount of litter left lying around the

ALL YEAR

WE HAVE MOVED

SUMMER TERM & SUMMER VACATIO

lOam - 4.30pmPer anal callers

EW STUDENT SERVICES ASSISTANT

Later this month Catherine McCann joinsthe section as Student Services Informa­tion Assistant. Her office will be 5EAChesham Building via 2nd Floor Macadambut she will also be distributing informa­tion and answering queries in the lunchhours Ipm-2pm from the 1st FloorMacadam. Her extension will be 2530.Celia elson (Student Adviser) will movenext door to 3E Chesham Building and

AccommodationThe Short-life section of the Accommo­dation office has also moved from Light­foot Hall to the Registry Huts - Ken ing­ton Campus.Tel: 9375411 ext. 485, 4 0 or 938 45­94 (direct line).

Kensington Office 9375411 ext. 485/4 09384594 (direct line)

EWS FROM ST DE TSERVICES

General Information and Careers;Room 62, ext. 2396

LE T TERM & EASTER VACAno

ACCOMMODAno OFFICE­REVISED OPE ING HOURS

Please note:- If the Student Counsellorsare unavailable please tel: 35 I 2488 ext.2300 for an appointment.

Chel ea Campu Student Service havenow moved from Lightfoot Hall. TheMedical Centre, Student Coun ellor .General Welfare and Career Informationnow occupy rooms in the Main Building- Manre a Road.Rooms: 52-54, Medical CentreTel: 35 I 24 ext. 2300 or 35'2016

tudent Coun ellors Room 59, ext. 2394

Telephone callers 9am - 5pm(NB. Only I line will be open 12.30-1.30)

Personal callers 9.30am - I pm2pm - 4.30pm

Telephone callers 9am - I pm2pm - 5pm

Personal callers lOam - 12.30pm1.30pm - 4.30pm

Telephone callers 9am - 12.30pm1.30pm - 5pm

Strand Office 8365454 ext. 2334/2759

Please draw the attention of overseasstudents in your department to thesedates. It will be helpful if any mem­bers of staff particularly concernedwith the welfare of overseas students cancome along to either or both events.

WELCOMI G OVERSEASSTUDENTS

WED ESDAY 21 JANUARYat 6pmOLD REFECTORYKE SI GTO CAMPUS

Following the success of the Principal'sReception for Oversea Students atthe start of the session, it has beendecided to organise two similar eventsduring the Lent Term.

WED ESDAY 4 MARCHat 6pmHAMILTO ROOM552 KI G'S ROADCHELSEA CAMPUS

They will take place on:

It is felt that these two ocial occasionswill help students from oversea toknow that the college is concerned fortheir welfare and will give them theopportunity to talk to mem ber ofstaff and other students in an informalsetting.

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either can Pharmacology claim the fit­ness prize on the basis of past years'successes, because the Microbiology Dep­artment has also had a team in the atio­nal Fun Run in each of the past threeyear. In each year the Microbiologyteam lla achieved a higher finishingposition than the Pharmacology teamHaving thus et the record traight aboutthe Fun Run (unle s there are further ayet unrecorded team to report) let'slook forward to further running eventsin 19 7. The Sunday Times Fun Runthis year will clearly be hotly contested,but what of other event? The LondonMarathon i to be run thi year on Sunday10th May, and one of the lecturers in theMicrobiology Department, Dr. Paul Mark­ham, is being sponsored for the samecharity as that which the Physiology andMicrobiology Fun Run team supported,Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (S.L.E)or L P S for short, which i a sub-groupof Arthritis Care. Lupus is an autoirnmunedi ease, once thought to be rare but fre­quently fatal, now known to be morewidespread but also more wide-rangingin its effects and severity. Paul wouldwelcome any offers of spon orship orstraight donations for this charity. Moneyraised will be split equally between res­earch and support for sufferers.

PHARMACOLOGY FITTEST?NOT BY A LONG WAY

K IGHTHOOD FOR KI G'SMA

Member of the ollege, both taff andstUdents, are urged to co-operate inmaking King's a cleaner, tidier place.

Antony Victor Driver graduated from theMechanical Engineering Department atKing's in 1946. He went on to becomea Director of BP Oil Limited, from whichhe retired in 19 O. In the Queen's Birth­day Honours li t, he received a Knight­hood for hi contribution to the ationalHealth Service. He is currently Chairmanof the South West Thames RegionalHealth Authority.

Concerning the Fittest Department in theCollege (Comment, December), we notethat members of the Pharmacology Dep­artment consider themselves to be sup­reme. Running afficionados may havenoticed that in fact the PharmacologyDepartment must take third place afterthe Departments of Physiology andMicrobiology. Both these departmentsalso had teams in the Sunday TimesNational Fun Run 1986 and both teamsfinished in higher placings than either ofthe Pharmacology teams. The PhysiologyDepartment takes first position in theCollege rankings with tl)eir team theKensington Campers which finished224th out of a total of 1772 qualifyingteams. This team was led by GeorginaPrice, and starred John Haslam, Sue Holly,Paul orman (all Physiology), Jim Butler(Biology) Lind ay Elliott and arolineGreen (Administration), Fleur Moodie(Microbiology), Ali Nobar (Chemistry)and Gwynn Thomas (co-opted). Theyachieved a total of 2 Golds 4 Silvers and4 Bronzes. The Microbiology team,Marian's Miscellaneous Microbes, came ina reasonably close second at 430th.These placings compare with the 597thand 761 st positions for the Pharmacologyteam.

otice-board are provided for ollegeand nion notices and notices may notbe posted in other place. oticetuck up on walls doors and window

are unsightly and damage paint work.Cleaners have in tructions to removeany notice po ted anywhere other thanon official notice board .

College particularly on the StrandCampu . Litter bins have been providedin all the main areas of the StrandCampu and all users of the Campusare urged to deposit their litter in themand not on the floor.

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CRO CHER FO D no. OFHO.IGKO G

Furnished accommodation is requiredfor an academic vi itor from Japan,(Ehlme nivcrsity), his wife and twochildren aged 9 and 11. The residencewill be needed from October 19 7 toJuly 19 8. Please addre replies in thefirst instance to:Or E M DeeleyDepartment of Electronic and £:.IectricalEngineeringK L

trand campu .

Iimlled num b r 0 'holJr hip arcavaIlable tor po tgradua e tu d11: andr' ear h In clen ~e or te<.hnology. tenablefrom 1st 0 tober 19 ." either in the K01 in Hong Kong. Candidate hould benormally re ident in Hong Kong. andexpecting to graduate with I t laHonour In 19 7. or alread) holding an

Honour degree obtained not earlier than19 -. Imtlally for one year, the l-holar­hip Will arry a tipend of £3 500p.a.

Further Information and form of appli­cation may be obtained from'THE FELLOWSHIP D ISERCROUCHER FO . 'DAno.'2 BEDFORD SQ RELO '00.' WC IB 3EGCompleted forms hould be returned bythe Head of the applicant' Departmentnot later than 3 I t January 198 .

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HOUSE TO LET

semi-detached hou e is available to letin Dulwich. The location i very handyespecially for Denmark Hill. It ha 3bedrooms, full entral heating and agarage. It will be available until July19 7, at a rent of £450 per calendarmonth.Contact:

edric DemaineDept. of Phy iology,Kensington CampusTel: ext. 431/467

LOST STOLE OR STRAYED

Monda - Frida : 9am - 9pmervice end .45pm

Saturday: 9.30am • 1pm( ervice end 12.45 pm

OPE IG HO RS

Folio Ing the ompletJon In the Chn~t­

ma va ation 01 buildIng or del erredfrom the ummer 'a -atlOn. the term-timeopening hour ot he Integrated tr ndBuilding Library (entran e on Level I)are now a' lollow .

I guillotine.Plea e return to the Embankment LIbraryif potted, or con tal:! ex ten ion 2312

For all over eas tudent who are havingdiffIculty with their English, whetherIt be writing e ay and reports or under­tandlng lecture, there will be cIa e at

the campu e and time Ii ted below.

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K SI GTO MP SWednesday 2.15pm-4.15pm Room 19

tkin Buildings

STR D CAMP SThursdays 5.30pm 7.30pm Room 9B

The General Regulation whIch governthe award 0 he e Re earch Fellow hiphave re ently been ir ulated to Heado Depar ment . A lImited number 0

additional copie and the lorm 0 recom­mendation (i.e. applIcation orm) areavailable from the cademi Regi trar'Office.

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Tue day 27 January 1987

12.30/12.45 - 1.45 in the Council Room, Ken ington campus

Sandwiche and coffee available

Please return the slip to Peter Lawrence, Room 223 Strand Building assoon as possible so that we have an idea of numbers. COll11men

AME _ DEPARTME T _ OMME T is produced by the King's Col­lege London (KQC) Information Office onthe Strand campus.

E XT . DIT! O. : Copy date Friday Feb­ruary 6 for publication in the week ofFebruary 16.

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