TIle College wa greatly saddened tohear of the tragic death of Profe orPeter Baker, Head of the Departmentof Phy iology, on 10 March. The fun­eral, at which the Principal will bepre ent, will be held on Thursday19 March.

PROFESSOR PETER B KER

An appreciation will appear in thenext edition of Comment.

In the meantime, our ta k I to cure thehort-term in order that the long-term

go I are reached. Be in no doubt aboutthe seriou ne ~ ot our current po it ion.The fman ial proje tion are quite unpal­atable and we mu t put ever)- effort intothe cost-cutting programme before u .

Events in the Cornwall Hou e i ue tooka disappointing turn on March 4 when theCollege received news from Kenneth Bak­er that fund were not available to upponour development plan. He tated that hewas not mclined to pre s the PSA to ext­end the March 31 t deadline and that thelease could not be acquired in advance utfurther d tailed con ideration of the co t­ed propo al the College ha prepared"at I a t not with funds lhat have to beaccounted for to Parliament". 11, how-ever, i not 10 t. Certain a pect of the

ecretary of State's letter indicate a po s­ible mi interpretation of the true natureof the College's proposals and the Princi­pal hopes to have an early opportunity toclarify these point. More dramatically,Profes or Sutherland wa able to announcean immediate respon e to the bad news.The College is in discussion with privatebacker and will now urgently pursue thisavenue of self-help in an attempt to go ah­ead with the purcha e of the CornwallHouse lease within the March 31 t dead­line. Member of staff have already hadcirculated a recent tatement made to thepres and will be kept fully informed offurther development as and when theyoccur. To let the Cornwall Hou e optionpa s would gravely diminish the College'sability to provide the powerful contribu­tion to future teachlJlg and research ofwhich it is so obviously capable.

Planning for consolidation till goes on,and with increased urgency. We have nointention of losing sight of our long-termaims for Cornwall Hou e: it is the mostsensible way to recover financial stability,a the Finance Officer's figures clearly ind­icate. A note in thi edition will bring youup-to-date with the latest news on thatfront.

I shall be asking tho e for whom early ret­irement is a possibility to consider theirposition and discu the matter with my-elf or the College ecretary on a "no pre­

Judice" basis. Equally important is the ab­ility of individuals to "earn" part or thewhole of their salary from ex ternal sour­ces. There are anum ber of options here,including re-training and re-deployment.We have a talented and flexible staff whowill have their own suggestions about howto help the College through this very diffi­cult period. I shall be writing to staff fur­ther about this.

taff on all ampu e '. Everyone' help iimportant and I want to ensure that det­ailed and con tru tlve discussion can takepIa eat all level throughout the College.

King's College London (KQC) newsletter

I have already poken with union repres­entative and intend to talk widely with

Thi edition of COMME T contains a clear explanation from the Finance Officer of theperilous financial tate which face us now, and into the forseeable future. Earlier thise ion we had already identified a erie of co t-cutting mea ures nece sary to financialtability: mea ure that are now totally inadequate a we contend with payment of the

recently agreed academic salary award.

It i an undeniably depressing picture andwill hold implications for every sectionof the College. I t will not be easy to findareas of reduction and it will pre ent uswith ome very difficult decision. Theseare, however, decision we literally cannotafford to hirk. The package of cuts isnot an ideal olution, it is an essential anda coherent one. Failure to meet any ofthe targets et will mean cuts in otherplace: we have to make it work.

The Government' contribution rowardsthis works out at well under 50% and outof a total co t of £3.3M incurred by thipay award, King' will have to find £2M.All univer itie will encounter significantdifficulties in implementing this etUe­ment: King's particular ituation meanthat we will have to borrow money nowto pay the rise. The Finance Committeewere in no doubt that a package of addi­tional and drastic cost-cutting mea uresmu t be implemented immediately andthe Finan e Officer's article itemises themain target.

PRINCIPAL SPEAKS OUT ON

FINANCIAL CRISIS

Sir Yehudi Menuhin OM meets Miron Crindea before delivering this year's AD IAt lecture.

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CIAL PROSPECTSthis respect King's College tarts from aweak financial base.

TWO OPTIO S CO SIDERED

Finance, Staff and General Purpo es Committee at it recent meeting con idered two fi­nancial projections covering the ten years ending 3 I July 1996.

The Thameside Campus option involves maintaining the Strand Site including DruryLane and occupying a refurbished Cornwall House in 1993/94, with the consequentialdisposal of all other sites.

The multi site option involves the maintenance and occupation of all existing site withthe exception of Half Moon Lane and the Chemi try Block at Manresa Road. The recur­rent cost of maintaining these two sites is assumed to cease by the end of July 1987.

COST REDUCTIO PROGRAMME NOWESSENTIAL

On the que tion of external borrowing, atthe pre nt the College i financing thecumulative revenue deficit, ome £4.5M,by manipulating its own cash re ources.The extent to which uch a practice imanageable is limited and by the end ofthe current se sion, given the implementa­tion of the fir t tage of the 'academic aw­ard in March 19 7, the College will be ina hard core overdraft situation of around£ I.OM. In fact, because the Government'ssupplementary funding for the academicsalary award is not payable until the newfiscal year, borrowing fa ilitie of ome£ 2 .OM will have to be rai ed to fund theMarch payment.

CIAL PROJECTIO SCE OFFICER A ALYSES TE YEAR FTHE FIN

The projections set out the re urrent financial situation of the College in two polarisedoption. The option were a 'multi- ite' option, or 'stay a we are now' ituation and acon olidated ite situation known a the Thame ide Campus' option.

The projected annual deficits, which are alarming and are before the cost of financingexternal borrowing, are set out below.

19 6/8719 7/ 819 8/8919 9/901990/911991/921992/931993/941994/951995/96

REASONS FOR FINANCIAL CRISIS

MULTI SITE

£K

(lI2:l)(24 2)(2421 )(2146)( 1972)(2055)(2157)(2252)(2359)(2469)

THAMESIDE CAMPUS

£K

(1123)(2582)(2525)(2254)(2084)(2172)(2279)( 1118)( 655)( 91)

Such a severe financial situation demandsdrastic action. Finance, Staff and GeneralPurposes Committee has therefore resol­ved that payment of the academic salaryaward is conditional upon the implement­ation of a cost reduction programme whichwill not only enable the nece aryexternalborrowing to be secured but will bringabout rapid financial stability.

The cost reduction package involves 7main features:-

i) The loss of approximately 70 academ­ic posts.

ii) A vacancy freeze designed to reducethe exi ting non academic establishmentby approximately 30 posts within twoyears.

There are two basic reasons for the seriousness of the College's projected financial predi­cament.

iii) The closure of Pulton Place and Hort­ensia Road by the summer of 1988.

First, the College's starting financial position is extremely poor. At the beginning of thecurrent e sion the College had a cumulative revenue deficit of some £3.7M and with anormal academic and related salary award of around 5%, expected a deficit in the cur­rent session of some £900K. It was primarily in response to this financial situation thatthe Planning and Resources Committee had embarked on an academic rationalisationprocess designed to reduce the academic establishment.

iv) The rationalisation of Academic Serv­ice Units including Library.

v) The rationalisation of administration.

vi) The rationalisation of sports grounds.

Secondly, the recent announcement of the agreed 'pending April 1986' academic and rel­ated staff salary award has dramatically exacerbated the financial situation. The award,which is payable in two instalments - 16% from I December 1986, and 7% from I March1988, is to be only part funded by the Government. The estimated gross costs of imple­menting the award to the College in a full year is some £3.3M. After upplementary Gov­ernment grant and the normal inflationary funding element built into annual block recur­rent grants are taken into account, the College will have to find from its own resourcesapproximately £ 1.5M per annum in a full year.

The two factor when corn bined produce a financial predicament which is clearly notviable.

Even in the Thameside Campus option, where the deficit situation significantly improvesfrom 1993/94 onwards, the consequences of financing and repaying the external borrow­ing needed to survive until 1993/94 in reality puts the Thameside Campus in the sameshort term context as the multi site option.

Ba ed on the limited information that is available, the College is not alone in facing sucha severe financial outlook. However the ability to absorb the 'pending' academic salaryaward depends very much on the underlying financial strength of each In titution. In

vii) Appropriate economies at the Schoolof Medicine and Dentistry in respect of themedical deficit element.

Furthermore, Finance, Staff and GeneralPurposes Committee has also resolvedthat if the targetted savings of each featureof the cost reduction package are not ach­ieved, for whatever reason, immediatecomparable economies are to be effectedelsewhere, designed specifically to meetthe relevant shortfall.

The machinery and operational aspectsfor effecting the cost reduction packageare still under discussion but FS & GPCsee wift decisive action as an essentialpart of the programme. There is thereforelittle time for manoeuvre, if we are to av­oid the prospect of rapid decline into a

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tions 0 'tai and expeni e already pre ­ent within the College and the a ult}.and via the ~f e hani al Engineenng JointS hool with L nner It} College London.

THE

The po ibillty of a m rger bet ween King'-and e t ield i agam bemg cxplon:d. In­formal meeting have been taking pIa eand the Prin Ipal ha been to talk to \ e t­field ta f. The propo al tor a total mer­ger of the two rt Fa ullle ha been re­afftrmed by King' and the Pnn Ipal hawrllten ormally to Pro essor Varey, thePrincipal of We tfield ollege, with fulldetail of the ignificant opportunitiesu h a merger would pre ent. We tfieldare also in serious discussion with QueenMary ollege and at their next council,on March 17, will be reviewing their opt­ions for future alliance.

(ill) U h diversificatIOn .... ould ertamt·develop in the field of Inlormallon Te h­nolog}, involvmg lini h Ph> SI andCompuung, and would devdop CAD la i­titie lread)" pre ent withm he awlt}.

. 'B. 0 her link are bemg examined in-­ludmg: Edu ation, La.... , 1anagementStudie ,Biotc-hnolog}. Medl al Engln cr­ing and Food S ience. The award of fundor a Lecture hip m Optoel trom' Bio­

sen or by the ni 'er- it)" Court ha ad\'­an -ed further the exi tlng co-operationbetween the Facultie of Life S iences andEngineering.)

Su h a plan would be the basis of the Prin­cipal' paper to the JOInt Planning Com­mittee and would be conditional upontwo factor:

The Publi auon Wor 'lOg Group hd beennomma ed to ondu t rev le .... 01 pro p­e tu pro\lslon -or the College and to ad­vi e on the tuture pob -. lor College pro­pe tue' m term 01 number. ontent dndo t. The Group aim to ·ompkt· thl

revi .... by th end of .-\pril and VIII ubmitIts Repor to the Planmng and Re our'eCommittee.

Deans have been a ked to conult .... ithHead 01 Depanm nts and to provid theGroup with mformation and view on theontent and tru ture of pro pe -tu mat­

erial. I any individual mem ber ot Collegehas a view they would wish put bdore th •Group, please either a k >our Head ot Dep­artment to communicate thi. to yourDean or, alternatively. put your commentin wnting 10 the Information Oltlcer, toarrive by Monday Mar h 30 at tht: late l.

IDS D THE COLLEGE

FETY

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FROM THEER

Member of the ollege are reminded ofthe need to report accident which rc ultin per onal injury whether to tudents,'taf[ or Visitors, and other incident suchas firt: , spillage of harmful substance orfailure of pre sure ve el.

It is impossible to be unaware of the cur­rent public concern about cquired Imm­une Deficiency Syndrome. The Depart­ment of Employment and the Health andSafety I:.xecutive have jOintly issued abooklet AIDS A D EMPLOYME T whichaddres es ome of the m<\ior problems con­cerning the employment a pect of thiS ill­ne . (Photocopies of the booklet are av­ailable from the College Safety Officer.)

The booklet stresses the poin I that a pot­cntial risk arises only when the body Ouids(eg. blood, semen) of an infected pcrsoncan entcr another person's body by wayof an open wound, cut or accidental injec­tion. In due cour e the Collegc's SafetyPolicy Committee will consider what add-

Reporting forms arc available from depart­mental office, the Per onnel Office, theSafety Office or from Site dministrators.Plea e complete the form as soon as po ­ible after the incident and forward it tothe appropriate campus office Jj ted on theform. The College is legally obliged to re­port certain incidents and in addition fail­ure to report an incident may have reper­cu ion if a compensation claim i su bse­quently lodged again t the College or anyother person or organi ation.

Summary of the Croham Report ­issued 10/2/87Revised guidelines on the application ofVAT issued 13/2/ 7Briefing pack on AIDSis ued 17/2/87A ote on Academic Standardsissued 9/2/87

TWO FACT SHEETSMPs and the House of Commons: pointsof contactThe State of Universitie : The Brain Drain

The Information Office on the Strand rec­eives a variety of paper from the CVCPand a regular note will be placed in COM­ME T indicating what i available eitherfor reference or copying. ontact theInformation Office if you are interested.

CURRE TLY HELD

CVCP PAPERS HELD BY1 FORMAno OFFICE

(ii) That a significant proportion of there ource currently a 0 iated with ivilEngineering should be retained within theCollege for these purposes.

(i) That the dl u ion 0 thc conclu i­on of the Muir-Wood Working Partyhould now be terminated and a a conse­

quence King' Faculty of '.... ngineeringshould be regarded a in a table conditionwith a firm development plan for the fut­ure:

The J PC agreed that the e proposals for­med the basis for an l1l1portant trengthen­ing and stabilisation (If engineering in theUniversity and have recommended to theMarch 18 meeting of Senate that the dev­elopment of engineering be pur ued onthis basis.

THE PLANNING AND RESOURCESCOMMITTEE PROPOSAL

(c) It hould aim to retain within the Col­lege and th Faculty a much of the re •ource currently allocated a pos ible.

(a) It hould result in future stable devel­opment for the Faculty free from unacce­ptable outside pressures:

(b) It should protect, a far as was reason­a bly possible, the interests of individualmember of staff in the Civil EngineeringDepartment;

(i) That the Faculty of Engineeringhould be re-structured to provide a strong

Faculty of adequate viable ize centringinitially upon the present Departments ofElectrical and Electronic Engineering andMechanical Engineering;

(ii) That the Faculty be encouraged todiver ify from this base with a view totudent recruitment and strength in re ­

earch, in way which build on concentra-

It was agreed that any policy adoptedmust conform to certain criteria:

Aftcr seriou and lengthy debate the ca­demic Board endor ed a recommendationfrom the Planning and Resource Commit­tee aimed at ecuring the future of engin­eering within the College. The detail ofthi recommendation are given below andwere presented to the March 5 meeting ofthe University Joint Planning Committee.

A ter extended discu ion the Committeeagrecd the following proposal:

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A PERSO AL CHALLE GE - from Vera Ro e in the Department ofComputing

itional pret:autions may be nece ary intea hing and research activities involvingblood or other human tis ue and in deal­ing with bleeding emergencie .

The booklet ad vi e tha t the u ual goodhygiene practi es adopted to prevent thepread of infection generally will also pre­

vent infection by the AIDS viru . and thatfirst aider hould wear dispo able gloveand aprons when mopping up blood orbody fluid, and that the spillage areahould be disinfected with a bleach:water

mixture of I: I 0 concentration. The disp­osable item and mopping-up disinfectantwill be made available to first aiders andelsewhere throughou 1 the College.

By follOWing the e imple step YO canreduce the opportunitie for the thievesand improve the quality of life in COlleg'e.

REMEMBER - GI E THEM A ' INCHD THEY'LL T KE

YO R BAG.DO T LET THEM GETAW Y WITH IT.

Bob TroworidgeCrime Prevention OfficerBow Street Police

General Sir John Winthrop Hackett,Principal of King' from 196 to 19 5,was recently awarded an honorary degreeof Doctor of Laws by Buckingham

ni er ity at their graduatIon ceremonyon Saturday 1 February.

The College would like to extend itscongratulations to him.

I STRUCTIO S: Each "Equation" below ontains the initial letters of word that willmake it correct. Find the missing words. ego 12= M in aY: 12 = Months in a Year.

This test does not measure your intelligence, your fluency with words, and certainly notyour mathematical ability. It will, however, give you some gauge of your mental flexi­bility and creativity. In the many years since the lest was devised, few people have beenfound who could olve more than half of the questions at the first try. Many, however,reported getting answers long after the test had been et aside - particularly at unexpec­ted moments when their minds were relaxed - and ome reported olving all the que t­ions over a period of a couple of days. Take this as your personal challenge.

Yet again King's College has been the tar­get for opportunist thieves. There were65 reported theft in 19 5, and 70 repor­ted in 1986. The items stolen have mostlybeen bags, wallets and purses, and theworst hit venues have been the library andoffices. There were also a few more eri­ous crime reported during 19 6, whichis a di turbing trend.

The opportunist thefts will never go awayunle YO take a few simple teps tosafeguard your own property. Some ofyou who were here in 1985 have alreadytaken notice of the advice given then andthe problem has reduced in certain areas,particularly cycle thefts.

For thc benefit of new mem bers of theCollege (and those of you who missed itla t time), I repeat the advice below:-

DON'T leave bags or other items unatten­ded for even one second.

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DO lock your office when you leave it un­occupied, or at least lock valuables awayin drawers.

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3 B. M. (S. H. T. R.) .

1000 = W that a P is W .

DO 'T leave coats unattended. If youmust leave them, empty the pockets ofvaluables.

DO u e the lockers and cloakrooms provi­ded by the College.

DO 'T bring with you more money thanyou need for the day.

DO keep your cheque book and chequecard separate.

DO 'T advertise how much cash you havewith you.

DO secure your bicycle with a trong lockand/or chain.

DO have your bicycle postcoded.

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DO 'T be complacent and think it willnever happen to you!

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Answers in the next edition.

OBITUARY

STAFF NEWS

The aim of the seminar i to presentinterim result and then to widen thesubject in to a general discussion. It ishoped that the seminar will provide theAlvey team with feedback on whatthey have done so far.

The seminar being held by the Compute)Centre on Wednesday 18 March i thework of the A lvey Project team. TheProject has been set up jointly by King'sand BSI and is concerned with qualityevaluation of programming languageimplementations, with particular ref­erence to Pascal Modula 2 and Prolog.

Thl programme focusse on leaching.course design and course management.It i open to applicant holding academicor academically related pots in universi­ties or polytechnics, college or institutesof higher education or who teach at leasthalf-time on degree level courses in otherinstitutions. The programme is in its 7thyear and ha been completed by bothenior and junior staff from a wide range

of disciplines.

DIPLOMA IN TEACHI GADCOURSE DEVELOPME T FORACADEMIC STAFF I HIGHEREDUCATIO : LO DO U IV­ER ITY 19 7-8

working with over eas tudents and is goodat organi ation but i al'o prepared to turna hand to anything from advI mg students,arranging outings and t ping to photocop­yIDg and form filling.

The po t could suit a research tudentlooking forummer employment or a newgraduate

Date : 3 ugut - 25 September 1987Salary. by arrangementFurther detail. contact Jenl1lfer Jack on,As i tant Regi trar, Tel Ext 26 5.

Profe or Helder Macedo

STAFF HO 0 RED

Dr H P Bennetto, Chemi tryDr G L Claxton, EducationDr R K Colegrave, MathematicDr R B Harri on, GermanDr I Roy, HistoryDr T J B Simon , Physiology

Congratulations to the following. who epromotion to enior Lecturer wa announ­ced at the last meeting of the cadcmicBoard:

Lodge in Surrey Street. Famou for likinga bet he wa even better known for anopen and friendly per onality whi h ena­bled him to claim that he 'knew every­body", a claim Justified by the Wide circleof friend from Temple to Fleet Streetwho will mi him.

PROMOTIO S

The College would like to congratulateHelder Macedo, Camoens Profe sor ofPortuguese and Head of the Departmentof Portugue e and Brazilian Studie , whohas recently been elected a Fellow of thePortugue e cadem y.

G SEM-COMPUTER LA GI R

Part of the team's work is to inve tigateerror and exception handling capabilit-ies. !though the detailed result arefrom the three languages mentionedabove, many of the techniques andgeneral characteristi s are largely lang­uage-independent, and detailed famili­arity with these languages will not beassumed of tho e attending the seminar.

Profes or S J Pirt

BUSK MEDAL AW RD

Fee: The cour e is free to London Uni­versity Staff. Enquiries should be direc­ted to The Centre for Staff Developmentin Higher Education, 2 Taviton Street,London, WC lH OBT Tel: 3 00599.

The course is normally part-time over 2years, but can be for one year full-time.It i designed so that problem can be di ­cu ed as they occur, and any advice canbe immediately put into practice. Atexam times, student assessment, th~ryand practice will be discu ed. A t studentelection time, practice interviews will

be arranged. Enough modern theory willbe introdu ed to encourage incisive think­ing about what you are trying to achievethrough your course and to analyse pro­blem that arise with the teaching prog­ramme.

. NEWS ROUND-UPT

Congratulations arc aI-cl extended toProfessor S John Ptrt of the Departmentof Microbiology, who has been elected aFellow of the World Academy of Art andScience.

ADMI ISTR noWA TED

Professor W B Morgan i pleased to ann­ounce the award of the Bu k Medal toMi Alice Coleman for her contributionto academic work in Geography. It is oneof the few gold medals of the Royal Geo­graphical Society and a considerable hon­our.

DEREK WAITS

Mem bers of the College will be saddenedto learn of the sudden and tragic death ofDerek Watts, porter in the orfolk Build­ing. Derek, who was 53, came to theCollege from the Law Courts in March1979 and spent four years in the MacadamBuilding before moving to the orfolk

An Administration/Clerical as istant isneeded to help with the organisation andrunning of the College's PR SE SIONALE CLl H LA GUAGE COUR E thisummer.

The po t will provide intere tll1g and stim­ulating work for omeone who enjoys

The Computer Board of the Universitiesand Research Councils acting togetherwith the niver ity ha accepted thatKing's strategy for academic computingde erve exceptional funding. Accord-

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LECTURES, MEETINGS AND SEMINARSDEP RTME 'T OF ~ECH , IC LE G EER G RESEARCH SEM AR

COMPUTER CE TRE SEM AR

ELECTRO MICROSCOPE UNIT

THE BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY

Tuesday 2 prilJomt meeting with the Cybernetic 0 let)"Denni Gabor Memorial Lecture

QU 'T M DEVICE A 'HIE [WH T A TURf. G 0 E C 'NOT?Profe or R Penrose, 'niverstiy of Oxford I6,OOpm, Room CID, Birbeck College

3.15-4.1 pm. Room 280 , trand campu

'."ednesda) 29 prilEFFECT OF 10. I.IPL\ 'T TIO . 0THE L RF. CE OF PROPERTIE OF~tET:\L

P \1atth"v, . Re ear"h tudent

ome Problems of Spe imen Prepara ionin Htgh Resolution Blo10g1 al SEMOr M 0 borne, Birmingham L'niver It)'

Lo,. Temperature in BIOlogi 'al El tronMi ros OP) - The Future!Or A Robard York Universll

Ipm, The New Theatre, Strand campu

Cr) 0 em and EmulsionOr if Harris, KCL

S nning La er Mi ro copyOr Oixon, La er harp BIO-R d Dt\l ion)

BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMARIGHTS LECTURE

9.4Sam - RegistrationLightfoot Hall, Chel ea campu

6.00pm, Room 2B08, Strand campus

Tuesday 28 AprilPATIE:'-lTS, DOCTORS , '0 HUMA.RIGHTSlan Kennedy, Profe or of Medical Lawand thics

THE AGE CO CER I STlTUTE OFGERO TOLOGY LECTURE

Tue day 28 AprilHOUSI G LTER TIVES FOR ELD-ERLY PEOPLERobert Katz, University of Illinois andVisiting Fellow, ClOG

(Above) Yehudi Menuhin delivering the Adam Lecture, Tolerance. /1/1 introduction wasgiven by Professor A mold Whittall of the Music Dept. (Top) Miron Grindea, founder andeditor of ADAM in conversation with Bernard Levin.

CED M SIC LSTI TE OF DS DiES

3.00-S.00pm, Room IB29, Strand campu

Wedne day 1 MarchERROR • 0 E CEPTIO.' HA 'DU GI PROGRAMMI G LA GUAGESBnan Meek, Martin Davie and others fromthe Alvey project team

CE TRE FOR EDUCATIO AL STUD-IES SEM R

4.30-5.30pm, Room 3.020 Hudson Build-Iing, Chelsea campus

Wedne day 25 MarchMICHEL FO C LT: POWER,K Ow­LEDGE, TilE HUMA SCIE CES A 0EO CATlOProfe or J D Marshall, University ofAucklandChaired by Tony Mansell

6,OOpm, The Great Hall, Strand campu

Tuesday 1 ~iarch

DEPARDtE. T L CO, TERT orT E, 'TI TH~E. 'TLR ~tLSIC FORCHOIR .. '0 ORCHESTRAMu I by Gerhard, Elizabeth Ma on hy(in c;elcbrallon of her Oth birthday),David Lum daine (staff member) and bypo tgraduate 'ompo er .

Wednesday 8 April

1.00pm, Room 228, Ken ington campu

o E DAY MEETl G AND EXHIBITION

DEPARTME T OF BIOLOGY SEM­INARS

Colloidal Gold: An Effective MarkingSystem for Electron ImmunocytochemistryOr J Beesley, Wellcome Research Labora­tories

Friday 3 AprilECOLOGI L SEPARATIO OFSHREWSDr Sara Churchfield, KCL

Friday 27 MarchSOMA CLO I G U DER STRESSOr Sinclair Mantell, Wye College

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ingly, the Board has awarded the ollege£ I .5M to which the niversity has add­ed 0.2M making a total capital grant of

I.7M. Thi repre ents an increa e ofapproximately £0.5M on what would bethe ollege's standard allocation.

The :)[0 urement exerci e for the newcomputer system began on 23 February19 7 with the issue of an OperationalRequirement to pro pective suppliers.It i hoped that in tallation will be poss­ible in late 19 7 or early 19

COLLEGE SERVICES

unable to ju tify the pending of such alarge um of money on an evening of ent­ertainment. The high cost of this eventeffectively excludes a large proportion ofthe people for whom it i intended.May I uggest that if the lavish urround­ings of the Sa oy Hotel were to be repla­ced by omething more modest ego TheGreat Hall and the college catering serv­ice , then the ub equent reduction inprice would attract a much wider cross­section of people who work and study atKing' College.Yours incerelyColin Chinnery, Department of Biochem­istry

the Royal ational Lifeboat In titution,of which £8920 was raised in 1986.Stamp can either be ent to Senior Offi­cer Blake, Stamp Collection, HMP Dart­moor, Princetown, Yelvenon, DevonPL 20 (preferable now that individual dep­artments pay for po tage!), or to me forforwarding.

David Green Department of Geography

KING'S COLLEGE SPORTS DSOCI L CLUB PROUDLYPRESE TS:-

THE EASTER BU NY HOP!

OVERSEAS STUDENTS

(Fees for 1986-87 are shown in brackets)

HOME A D EUROPEA COMMU ITYSTUDE TS

RECOMMENDED TUITIONFEES FOR 1987-88

£[730 (£1680)

£ 556 (£ 536)

Postgraduate coursesFirst degree anddiploma courses

on

Friday 10 April 1987, 7.30-ll.30pmin theNELSO MA DELA HALL (Strand)featuring"MA TlLLA' and DISCOplusBUFFET, RAFFLE, SPOT PRIZES

Recommended tuition fees for the acade­mic year 1987-88 for students on furtherand higher education courses were ann­ounced by Education Secretary Mr Ken­neth Baker in the House of Commons on27 February.

The College will charge the following feesfor overseas students on undergraduateand postgraduate courses in 1987-88 (UGCrecommended minimum fee levels are inbrackets) .

Members of the College can obtain onedouble ticket each for £ I, or additionalsingle tickets for £2, from France Douse(Human Environmental Science, Chelseacampus), Peter James (Biology, Kensing­ton campus), Mike Harrington (Mechani­cal Engineering, Strand campus), BrianOld ham (Finance Department, Strandcampus), or the Social Club Bar (Strandcampus).

Dear Colleague

I have just read the very moving article in'Comment' from Mark Bailey. It is weourselves who hould thank him. Silly asit may be, my fir t thoughts were that Iwished I had been thoughtful and caringenough to have sent him a Christmas card.Imagine how great it would have been ifwe had all done just that. For him to havereceived a pile of card from well-wishersat the College would have been better forhim than winning a fortune on the foot­ball pools.

His article, which must have taken a greatdeal of his energy, was to say the leastvery thought provoking. What a very int­elligent, nice young man he must be. Idid not know him when he was at the Col­lege, but somehow feel that his need is notjust money, but a semr of belonging stillto a community uch as ours, and al 0

knowing that his frien.ds and colleagues atthe College are still concerned for him.The old saying that 'every cloud has a sil­ver lining' perhap is true, as the 'Wheel­chair Appeal' run last year by Ken Brom­field in Biochemistry appears to have beena resounding success. Perhaps the Collegecould start a new fund 0 that anyonewho wi hed could contribute by sending,maybe, books, records ca settes, etc. toMark and any other colleague who is pre­vented from working here because of ill­ness.

IN REPLY TO MARK BAILEY'SLETTER TO HIMSELF - FOR OTHERS

The BE EFICIARY, to my mind, is our­selves, who can help in such a small way.

Jean Hunt, Finance Department

DARTMOOR PRISON STAMPS

END OF TERM SERVICEWednesday 1 March, 12 noon.Preacher: The Dean of the College

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The newsletter of King's College (motto:Sancte et sapienter) last month carried onsucce sive pages the information (I) thatdouble tickets for this year's May Ballwould cost £ 70, and (2) that over £3,000had been collected to help a colleaguetricken with multiple sclero is. The ec­

ond item truck me as evidence of activesanctitas and sapientia; the fir t, a evid­ence of the opposite. I n the late 19 0 sKing's hould stick to it principle, ratherthan start aping the more ludicrously ana­chronistic aspects of Oxbridge's conspic­uous con umption.I found Mark Bailey's letter very moving.Is the Appeal till open? To whom can Isend a con tribution?Your sincerelyJinty elson, Department of History

Dear Editor

BEGI I G OF TERM SERVICE,SUMMER TERMWednesday 22 April, lOam.Preacher: Canon Eric lames FKCCanon J ames, a former tudent of the col­lege is Director of Chri tian Action, Prea­cher at Gray's Inn, and a most distingui h­ed writer and preacher.

COLLEGE CO FIRMATIO SERVICEWednesday 29 April, 1.10 pm.Baptism, Confirmation and ~uchari t,taken by the Bishop of Fulham. All arewelcome. Lunch will be held in the Dean'soffice after the service as usual.

Dear Editor

This year's May Ball to be held at theSavoy Hotel at a cost of £70 per doubleticket is, no doubt, good value for money,but I am sure that there are many people,both staff and students, who would be

Thankyou to all those who are now send­ing me stamps for the Dartmoor Prisonscheme. At least one parcel gets despat­ched each week! Since it was started in1984 the scheme has raised £24,849 for

Arts coursesScience coursesClinical courses in med­icine, dentistry andveterinary science

£3800 (£3690)£5000 (£4840)to bedeter-mined (£8960)

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s well a the exhibition we also vi itedsome chool , made numerous telephonecall to other e tablishments and, we hope,provided some potential students fromHong Kong with enough information forthem to apply to us with confidence.There were per onal bonu es to us in theopportunity to meet colleagues from otherBriti h colleges, to ample various formsof Chinese cuisine and to experience a fewdays of the warmest winter in the SouthChina area for 40 years!

TIYE

omination are now invited for the 19 7Michael Faraday Award, ominationForm are available from Ms J ulia Sewell,The Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Ter­race, London SW I Y SAG. The clo ingdate for all nominations is I May 19 7.

The College's bids to the niverslty underthe Academic Initiative Scheme have beensuccessful in two instances and we havebeen granted two lectureship: one inOpteoelectronic Bio en ors and the otherto develop teaching and resean.:h in MedI­cal I::.thics. The money awarded i regard­ed as "pump-priming" funding and there-fore only covers 19 7/ after which tImeIt will be subject to review.

MICH EL FARAD Y AWARD1987

The Michael Faraday Award was establi­shed by the Royal Society in 19 6 to en­courage practising scienti ts to do more topresent their science to the general public,recognizing that cientists them elves hada major re pon ibihty to communicatewith the pu blic the nature and purposes oftheir work, and of science generally. TheAward is made annually by the Council ofthe Royal Society to the cienti t or scien­tists who have done most to further, in theUK, the public under tanding of science,

The first Michael araday Award was madeto Professor Charle Taylor, niversityCollege Cardiff, for hi ou tstanding pres­entation of phy ic and applications ofphysic , aimed at audiences from six-yearold primary school children to adults.

Stuart ThomePeter Lawrence

The King's College stand was run by DrSlUart Thome (Food Sciences, Kensing­ton) and Peter Lawrence (School and Col­leges Liaison Officer). The stand had beenprepared in the Geography Departmentby a team led by Dr Andrew Tatham andMi s R Beaumont and the photographywas by Peter Howard, As will be apparentfrom the accompanymg pictures, visitorsin thi quantity provide a daunting pro ­pecl! Fortunately we had just aboutenough copies of a specially prepared leaf­let (we took 10,000 of them) but we cameback with long lists of su bject where ourstock of pro pectuses failed us.

The Brill h Education Exhibition thereforeprovided a " hop-window" in Hong Kongfor pro pective tudent to ee what I off­ered by British e tablishment . It wa ext­ensIvely advertl ed in the pres , by freebookmark, pocket diarie anti by po ter .

a re ult, ome 66,000 mem ber of thepublic came to the EXhibition, held in theHong Kong Exhibition Centre in the ChinaRe ources Building. Those who camewere rewarded with the ight of over 200British academic manning a series ofstand featuring the course and campusesof virtually all British univer ities andmany of the polytechnic, examinationboard ,etc.

There are only three higher edui;Jtlon e t­abli hment m Hong Kong (the L:mver lty.the Chme e Lm\'er ity and the Po!yte h­mc) for a population of well over 6 millIon.There I inten competition for plac:e atthe e e't bli hmcm and al 0 a world ide"education dr m" - to Britain, Europe,Au trala ia and. 'orth merica, The greatneed for higher edu ation of studentsfram Hong Kong was hIghlighted by theBriti h Council m arranging a Bntish Edu­cation Exhibition in Hong Kong from I~­

15 ebruary. There are already tranglink between King' College London andHong Kong with ome 170 students spreadamong tour Facultie and ites.

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IRESEARCH ENTERPRISEBULLETINS

One aim of KCL Research Enterprises isto trengthen relationship with ResearchCouncils, the European Commission andgovernment departments with an interestin research funding. As part of this, theDirector, Mr Ken Groves proposes to issuea serie of bulletins reporting on the curr­ent state of different funding programmes.The first of the e ha been widely circula­ted. If you haven t seen a copy and wouldlike to, or have general related questions,please contact Ken Groves directly at theKensington campus.

CONFERENCE OF THE SRHE

The Society for Research into Higher Edu­cation is holding its Annual Conference1987 from 16-18 December 1987 atBirmingham Polytechnic.

The Conference will be examining recentchanges in policies in higher education ­the ways in which policies have evolvedand the extent to which they have beenimplemented. It should be of interest toteachers, researchers and administratorsin higher education, and also representat­ives from relevant public and private sec­tor organisations.

Contributions to the Conference in theform of research papers, workshops, sem­inars or case studies are welcomed. Suchcontribution should be presented as anoutline proposal of 200-300 words to:­Ms Heather EgginsC AA344-354 Grays Inn RoadLondon WC I Y 8BPand should arrive not later than 6 May1987.

For more information please contact theConference Organisers:-Diana Eastcott and Bob FarmerEducational Development UnitCity of Birmingham PolytechnicPerry BarrBirmingham B42 2SUTel: 021-356 69 1 I Ext. 360

UNIVERSITY ACCOMMODATESVISITORS

The University has a small number of flatsin the Central Precinct which are set asidefor the accommodation of senior academicstaff from any overseas country who havebeen invited by a School, College or Insti­tute of the University to undertake acourse of study or research or to teach.The flats are normally available for periodsof between three months and a year, al­though shorter lettings of between oneand three months would be considered.

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The flats are modestly but comfortablyfurnished with most facilitie , including atelevision and a telephone. Rents are cur­rently £623.54 per month inclusive of gen­eral and water rates gas and electricitybut will be subject to increase for the1987/88 session. Telephone charges areraised on a monthly basis. If further infor­mation is required, please write to:­Estates OfficeSenate HouseMalet StreetWCIE 7HUor contact Mr T Walsh on extension 3472.

"BEYOND THE LIMELIGHT" ­CONFERENCE OF UNIVERSITYADMINISTRATORS

"Beyond the Limelight" is a collection ofessays published to mark the Silver Jubi­lee of the CUA. It is written by and main­ly for Registry folk, however most of theessays have a wider constituency in mind.It aims to help those interested in univer­sities to understand more fully their com­plexity and their strengths as well as theirweaknesses, at a time when universitiesare being forced by governmental pressu­res to re-examine all aspects of their pur­pose and performance.

The volume, which is edited by StuartBosworth, is priced at £6.95 (CUA mem­bers £5.50) plus £ 1.65 for postage andpacking. A discount of £1 per copy isoffered for all orders received by 31 March1987. It is available from:-CUA Publications OfficerRoom 206Whiteknights HouseThe UniversityReading RG6 2AH

TWO ROOMS TO LET

A Fellow of King's College has two largerooms which are available to let in a Chel­sea flat. One room will cost £75 per weekincluding the use of a garden. The otherhas its own balcony facing the river andwill cost £55 per week. The accommoda­tion would be ideal for an academic male.Please phone 35285 11.

CALIFORNIAN EXCHANGE

An American couple are offering the useof their house and car in Palo Alto, Cali­fornia, in exchange for a similar home inor around London. The house has 2 bed­rooms, a family room, separate diningroom,2 bathrooms, kitchen and garden.It is located 10 minutes from Stanford

IUniversity campu . The most suitabletime for the exchange would be from Sep­tember 19 7 - June 19 . Profe ors orcholars who de ire a year of tudy in the

USA would be the mo t likely candidates.Please contact:-Shirley Douglas931 Elsinore DrivePalo AltoCalifornia 94303Tel: 415 56-7927

ACCOMMODAnON REQUIRED

A visiting professor, with his wife anddaughter, wishes to rent a 2 or 3 bedroomfurnished house or flat. A preferred loc­ation would be within half an hour's com­muting distance from the Central PublicHealth Laboratory, ColindaJe and the Am­erican School in London, St. John's Wood.The rental period desired is from I Sept­ember 1987 - 1 August 1988 or I Sept­ember 1988. Please contact:-Dr C Richard DornDept. of Veterinary Preventive MedicineOhio Stale University1900 Coffey RoadColum bus, Ohio 43210 USATel: (614) 422-1206

WARWICK COMES OF AGE!

The University of Warwick is 21 years oldin 1987, and, as part of the anniversarycelebrations, there will be a three day re­union for graduates on "] 0 - 12 July thisyear. If you are a Warwick graduate andwould like to attend the reunion, thencontact Warwick (0203523523 ext. 2714)for your invitation.

Coinciding with its anniversary, the Uni­versity has launched the Warwick Gradu­ates' Association, plus a magazine, "War­wick Network", written by and for itsgraduates. The magazine is issued termly,and contributions are welcome from allgraduates. Further details of both theassociation and the magazine can be ob­tained from the University of Warwick.

A.D.S.S. SEMINAR

Adolescent Development and SchoolScience is an international seminar to beheld at King's College Centre for Educat­ional Studies from 13 -17 Septem ber1987. The purpose of the seminar willbe to explore the relationship betweenresearch in adolescent cognitive and pers­onality development and the science cur­riculum. About 70 participants are exp­ected from Finland, Sweden, orway,Denmark, GermanY,France, Portugal, it­aly, Greece, Australia, Canada and the

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L: nlled tate a well a rom the L K.Further details an be obtaUled t rom:­PhIlJp dey. Room 5.~ I . Chel ea ampus- - _ King' Road.

COLOGY

~I F Shertzer (Depar mental Secretary)E ·ten Ion S262 (not 249)

Mr D H CartwTlght (and Mr J G Wilklns)ExtensJOnS2650(notS 62 )

SCHOOLS LlAISO OFFICE

The S hools Liaison Offi e now has itown number. eparate from the rts Fa ­ulty Offi e. [t can now be reached onExten ion S2 70.

We t Glamorgan County CouncIl are alsoinvllmg applIcations from persons re id­ent in or near the area of the former Cou­nty Borough of Swan ea for as i tanceduring the 19 7/ academ ic year to pur-sue higher degree course (ie. ma ter anddoctorate) and certain po tgraduate dip­loma cour es excluded from the local au­thority discretionary award cheme.

Application forms and further details areavailable from the Director of Edu ation,County Hall, Swansea, and the closingdate IS again 29 May 1987.

P L PHILlP RElTLI GERPRIZE 19

The Paul Phllip Relllinger Prize 19 ­yalue 100. i 0 fered In Philosophl alStudle tor the be t e --a} on the 'ollowUlgIOPI .-.. L:BJECTI E . -D OBJECTI E"

Candid te mu t be udent of th niv-ersity 0 not more than 25 year of age onI 0 tober 19 who have not proceededto a degree, or pa ed the examUlationsrequired for a degree, in thi or an} otherUnlyer Ity_

E ay which would normally be expe tedto extend to no more than about 5,000words must reach the Secretary to theScholar hips Committee. Umver ity ofLondon, Room 21 ,Senate Hou e, MaletStreet, WC lE H not later than 1 Octo­ber 19 7, and must be a ompanied by aCertificate from the candidate's Teacheror other respon ible person to the effectthat the research work forming the subject01 the E say i substantially the work ofthe candidate pre enting the E ay.

WILLI

Application are invited for post-graduatescholarships from Univer Ily graduateswho have either been l'duc:"ted or reSid­ent for at least two yedTS immediatelypreceding the date of application, within:(a) the area comprising the former Bor­ough of Loughor, or

(b) the ar a of e t Glamorgan CountyCoun 11, or

) he geographl al area of M Id Glamor­gan and South Glamorgan County Coun­'il .

The held of tud} I not retn ted, ndthe award will be enable tor one yearonly.

Further detail can be obtained Irom theStudent Re ord Offi e, Strand campu ,and from the Direl.lOr of Edu atJOn, \ e tGlamorgan County Coun tl. ounty Hall.Sw n ea. Completed appli atlon formmu t be returned by 29 May 19 -

COMME T is produced by the King's Col­lege London (KQC) Information Office onthe Strand campus.

TEXT EDlTlO : Copy date Wednesday15 April for pu blication in the week of27 April.

Richard Harries would be delightedif you were able to be present at hisConsecration as Bishop of Oxfordin St. Paul's Cathedral onThursday May 28th (Ascension Day) at 11 am

He and Jo are grateful for the prayers lrhich hare been offered,the need for which will not grow less.

If }'OLl are able to come please let him know at King's Col/ege,The Strand, London WC2R 2LS how nUlIIv tickets VOLl would like.Tlze enthronement is in Christ Church Catiledral. Oxford OilTuesday June 30th at 7.30 p.l11. pace for this is rather lil11itedbut there is plel1ly of room in St. Paul's.

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