King's College London (KQC) newsletter Opening of Session issue

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS IN THIS ISSUE ...

Monday 5 October

Wedne day 7 October

ue day 6 October

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This i ue 01 Comment has been prouu cdro mform both new and eXl ring :tudentand member of t ff of the fa ilities anuervice aV3ilable to them lhroughou t the

College.

The nex t edition will be the first fu II b ueof the ne\\ e ion, and \\ ill be publtsheuIn the week of 12 October (copy-date 2Septem ber). ny item for inclu ionhould be ent to the Information Ollice

on the Strand campu .

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Admi ion to the reception for new tudents will be by ticket only. which will be avail­able at registration.

guide to ome of the event taking place throughout the College during the fir t t"'oweek of tbe new e ion.

The 26th Wiltshire Memorial Lecture"THE CO TRIBUTIO OF PLA T S lE CES TO MEDICI E"Professor E A Bell, PhD, FLS, C Chem, FRSC (Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens,Kew)4.30pm, Medical School Lecture Theatre, Denmark HiIJ campuAdmission free

THE OPE I G OF SESSIO SERVICE: Preacher - The Revd Canon Leslie Houlden,the Acting Dean of the CollegeIO.OOam, The College Chapel, Strand campu

Coffee will be served after the ervice in the Dean's Room.

THE PRI CIPAL'S RECEPTIO FOR EW STUDE TS T THE TS.30pm, The Great Hall, Strand campu

THE PRl CIPAL S ADDRESS TO THE ST FFI.OOpm, Alien Theatre, Ken ington campu

THE ASSISTA T PRINCIPALS' RE EPTIO FOR EW ST D TS AT THEKE SI GTO A D CHELSEA C MP SES5.30pm, The Old Refectory, Ken ington campus

THE PRl CIPAL'S ADDRESS TO THE STAFF1.30pm, The As embly Hall, Manresa Road Chelsea campu4.30pm, ew Theatre, Strand campus

THE PRl ClPAL'S RECEPTIO FOR EW STUDE TS AT THE STRA D CAMPUS12 noon, The Great Hall Strand campus

THE PRl ClPAL S RECEPTIO FOR EW OVERSEAS STUDE TS5.30pm, The Great Hall, Strand campu

Tuesday 13 October

Joint Christian Forum Introductory Meeting"THE SEVEN AGES OF M : CLOSET CHRlSTlA S"Arranged by Clare Sealy, London Regional Secretary for SCM1.10pm in 6C, Main Building, Strand campus

It is planned to issue a Staff Manual to allmembers of the academic teaching staffand senior non-teaching staff early inMichaelmas Term. Copies will al 0 beavailable in departmental offices. TheManual will be in a loose leaf form andwill contain information on committeemem bership, the administrative and finan­cial tructure of the College, services avai­lable to staff and tudent, standard con­tracts of employment and similar refer­ence material. A amendments becomenecessary, individual sections will be rep­rinted and circulated to the holder ofmanuals so that they can insert the newsections in place of the old. In thi waythe Manual can be kept up-to-date with­out the need for a total reprint.

\\>edne day 14 October

Department of Mechanical Engineering Re earch Seminar'PREDJCTIO A D MEAS REME T OF D AMIC STRUCT RAL RESPO, 'SE

OF A LIGHT COMMER IAL VEHICLE TO SIMULATED ROAD I T"Dr B R Aurora, ICL Ltd3.30 - 4.30pm, Room 280 . Strand campus

A ervice of Thanksgiving for the life ofIR PETER SCOTT OBLE. MA, LLD, October I 99 - May 19 7

S.30pm, The College Chapel, Strand campusThere will be a reception after the ervice in the Council Room.

ME S GE FROM THE DEOFFICE

you \\,iJl know, the position of Dean Iof the ollege is to be- taken over b} CanonA kew a from I t January 19 . L nlllthen, the re pon ibility for the formaldutie of the Dean, and for the Dean'Office. wlll be a umed by Revd CanonJ L Houlden, from the Department 0

BIblical Studie .

U 10 FRESHERS' WEEK TIMETABLE

ADVA CE OTICE

Thur day 19 NovemberThe 2nd Rosenheim Lecture"I OSITOL LlPlDS I MEMBRA ESIG ALLI G"Professor R H Michell, FRS.Plea e contact the Dept of Biochemistry,Ext.2400 for further information.

DAY

Sunday 4 October

Monday 5

Tuesday 6

Wedne day 7

Thur day 8

Friday 9

Saturday to

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ALL HALLS

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CHELSEA

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Tue day 8 DecemberThe Music Department is presenting aConcert, which will be held in the GreatHall and will include Stravinsky's Symph­ony of Psalms. Students and staff arewarmly invited to join the chorus or theorchestra. Plea e write to icola LeFanuin the Music Dept for a copy of the rehe­arsal schedule.

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U 10 REP MEETI G FRESHERS' &PUB CRAWLS (EVE I G)

FRESHERS' FAIR lOam - 4pmFRESHERS' FAIR 9.30am - 5pmHAPPY HOUR (EVE)DJSCO I THE COOLER (EVE)

FRESHERS' FAIR lOam - 3.30pmHAPPy HOUR (EVE)BA D (EVE)FRESHERS' FAIR lOam - 4pm

SPORTS TRIALS (PM)SPORTS TRIALS (PM)SPORTS TRIALS (PM)DJSCO (EVE)

BA D (EVE) - DELTO ES & MIGHTYMIGHTY

MEGA HUGE DJSCO (EVE)IRISH FOLK IGHT (EVE)BARN DANCE WITH TRAITORS GAIT (EVE)

SPORTS TRIALS (PM)SPORTS TRIALS (PM)SPORTS TRIALS (PM)FRESHERS' BALL (EVE) - KATRI A &

THE WAVES+ SUPPORTS+ DJSCO+ LATE BAR

CHAPLAI CY

The Chaplain are generally involved in allaspects of College life and are availa ble toall members of College, tudent and staff,to discuss any matters of p rsonal concern.So please do not he itat to contact anyone of us if you feel we can be of anya i tance.

There i a team of Chaplain working onall the College sites and Chri tian meetingsand services take place throughout the

ollege. The College Chaplain, Chri toph­er Moody, works full-time on the Strandcampus and can be contacted in his office(68) or via the Dean' Office (7C). Theother chaplain working on the Strandsite are:

Father Alexander Fo tiropoulo -.Ortho­doxRevd Kevin Swaine - URC, representingother free churchesFather Bob Style SJ - Roman atholicCatherine Murphy - Roman Catholic laychaplain

The Chaplains on the Kensington campusare:

Revd Bill & Revd Gi ela Raine - AnglicanFrancoise Griffin - Roman Catholic laychaplainFather Alexander Fostiropoulos - Ortho­doxRevd Kevin Swaine - URC, representingother free churche

On the Chelsea campu the Chaplains are:

Francoise Griffin - Roman Catholic laychaplain

Mes ages for the Chaplain on the Kens­ington or Chelsea campuse can be leftwith the Main Building Reception, Ken­sington campu .

COLLEGE EUCHARIST

Due to the pre sure on time-tabling, thetime of the main College Eucharist habeen changed. It is now at I.IOpm onWednesdays. All are very welcome. TheEucharist is followed by a light lunch inthe Dean's office. The choir are present

Ken ington Campus

REGISTRY; Ground Floor, RegistryHut

THE EXAMINATIO S OFFICE: Room16BB

Regi try Admini trator - eil Me rthur(until end of October 19 7)

In addition, tudent tau 1I are preparedby the Student Record OtlJce and quen­es regarding the e hould be dire ted here.

Regi try Administrator· Ken ChurchillRegi try Assistant - Eva Harte

dmini trative A i tant (Examination) .Le ley Din daleExamination i tant - Marc BenJamm.David Davie , lan Shaw

ecretar - Jane Young IThe E amlnallon Office of the depart­ml;nt i re pon,ible for the organIsatIon ofall exammation Within the College whichinclude the production of examinationque tion paper, the booking of examlna­tio~ room. the preparation of examina­tion timeta ble and the provi ion of eat­ing plan. and tationery within examina­tIOn room 'on the day'. All regl trationfor examinations is done through this of­fice both for the Arts and Theology ba ed

niver ity examinations and the SCIence,Medical and Laws based oLlege examina­tions. It you have any problems a ociat­ed with your examinallons, please contactthi office as oon as pos ible.

REGISTRY: 2125/2126 Clark Building,552 King' Road

The Campus Regi try Office will deal withany type of Regi try enquiry, whether itconcern dmission, xaminations or

ugge t . 'eep a re "ord of all tudentregl tered with the College for either deg­ree or non-degree 'our e. It I the re p­on Ibilll, of all tudent to en ure that theOlli 'e I mlormed 01 any inac ura ie ,-on­tamed 10 heir record. partlcularl~ theirhome and term-time addre e and nyhange 10 name or ta u. nrolment I

organi d by hi 01 I"e and all problemregarding regJ tration with the College or

niver I y hould be due ted here tthe beginnlOg of ea h term penod. 01 llmeare allocated lor the ollecllon of grantcheque and the ollice i In conta ·t withall Lo al dU'a Ion uthoritJe. 0 I1 youhave problem with your grant, the Re '­ord. tat f wJll be happ} to try and helpoul.

OFFICE; Room 3B

THE SruDE T RECORDS OFFICE;Room 8B

The Admis ion Office is also initially re ­pon ible for determining the fee tatusof tudent and for the admini tration ofthe pre- essional Engli h Language cour e,de Igned to help tudents from over eato improve their knowledge of the langua­ge before commencing their tudle here.

opie of the various College, Faculty anddepartmental pro pectu e are also avail­able from thi office.

The Student Record Office. as its name

The Admi Ion Office deal with all ad­011$ Ion to the College at both degree andnon-degree level. At undergraduate levelthiS i done in liai on With CCA to whomth College is !Jnked by computer and 0the progre of any app!Jcation to the Col­lege or other U01ver~ltle can be determi­ned at any stage. DetaJl of app!Jcationtati tiC to particular cour e. can al 0 be

prepared by the dmis Ion Office. tpo tgraduate and non-degree leveL appIJ­callon forms hould b obtained lrom andreturned to departm nt In the Ir t in ta­nce. ub equently, succe . ful apphcatlonare forwarded to the Admi sion Office inorder that a formal letter of acceptanceby the ollege can be de patched and thenece sary student record created. Appli­cations for Re earch Council grant arealso channelled through the Admi sionOffice together with those for pecial aw­ard schemes: application form are avail­able on request.

A i tant Regi trar (Student Records) ­Chri tina DevereuxAdministrative Assi tant (UndergraduateJanet VoLkAdmini trative As i tanl (Postgraduate)­J anet RodgersRecord A si tant - Susan O'Dwyer, Stu­art Burley, Pauline LeeSecretary - A manda Ree

THE

. tant Regi trar (Admi ion) - lenniferlac onSenior dOli ion i tant - 10rri Berg

dOli ion i tant (Po tgraduate ) -dnenne Chant

Admi ion i tant ( ndergraduate)-'S teven Sa chem, Helen Jone, GeorgJnaHarn onSecretary - Da\'id Mortlock

REGISTR R'

THE REGISTRY

al 0 gomg 0 be.l u han ona .00am .hi h Will be RI e B

horal ven ong vdllta -e plal..e on ~10n­

da, at ':,30pm.

Thi office deal with all matter 01 acad­emic policy. including the ervicing of theAcademic Board and Standing ommittee.Brian Salter i al 0 Honorary Secretary 0th old tudents' a sociation K L . Ifyou have any general enquuie about Uni­ver ity or College Regulation, StudentLoad, AcademIc Planning, Vi iting Prof­es or etc, or, a mentioned above, youare 10 any doubt about which section ofthe department you hould seek advicefrom, plea e contact thi office.

lastair Pettigrcw i Head of the Regi tryection which include the Admi ions,

at the Eu hari t and the ervi e end by1..1': pm. ~lember 01 ollege tall takeit in urn 0 preach a (very hort) ermon.

Deputy Academic Regi trar - AlastairPelligrew(Room 27B)

Academic Regi trar - Brian SalterPrivate Secretary to the Academic Regi ­trar - J ane ParryA i tant to the Academic Registrar ­Liz uden-Davie

THE ACADEMIC REGISTRAR'SOFFICE: Rooms 4B and 5B

ror lull detaIl 01 he hapel enl e .plea e he hapel .. anJ.

THEDEP

A bnet ummary of the type of work forwhIch each of the e ection i re pon IbleI gIven below, together with that of the

cademlc Regi trar olfice it elf. How­ver. if you are un ure a to whom youhould addres with a parll ular problem.

the cademlc Regi trar's ecretary will behappy to help in the first in tance oreither 01 the Registry office at Ch I eaor Ken IOgton, whichever IS the most con­vement.

The A.:ademic Regi trar' Departmentdeal with the admlOl tration of academicmaller WllhlO the College and I dIvidedIOto three malO eCllon ; the Regl tr)-.the [nformatlOn Office and tudent Ser­vice. The department i al 0 repre ntedon the Chel ea and K n IOgton campuse .

Strand Campu

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FORM TlO A D DYICE

COLLEGE MEDICAL SERVICE

The ollege has a Medical Officer, Dr FBavetta. He or his partners Or ElizabethLee and Or Helen Murphy will be availableas follows:

lChel ea Campus

The College requires all student to regis­ter with a local doctor upon arrival inLondon. Thi i the only method of gua­ranteeing medical treatment in the caseof an emergency.

elia el on, Student Adviser, Room 3E,he ham Building, ex~. S_530 offer ad­

vice and information on a variety of ub­Jects uch as managing money, how tostudy effectively and manage time, grantproblem and how to transfer course orwithdraw from College. She al 0 providesinformation for overseas students includ­ing social facilities in London. Varioushandout on these and other topics areavailable from Kathleen McCann, Room5E , Chesham Building.

coun llor psychotherapl t Will be avai­lable on two day a week, Monday and

riday. all day. Contact the Medical en­tre. Ground Floor. Main BUlldlllg. Manre. aRoad. ext. C~300.

The Accommodation Office team is:

Accommodation Officer - Felicity Hopkin(Strand and at lea t Thur days, Kensing­ton)Assistant Accommodation Officer (Admi­ni tration) - Angela Cole (Strand)A i tant Accommodation Officer (Short­Life) - Cate F olland (Ken ington)Senior Accommodation A i tant - MariaScicluna Strand)Head-Lea ing A i tant - Clare BeddoeHousing Assistant - Olga Rowe (Kensing­ton)Secretary - (Strand) VacantSecretary· Pam Grey (K n ington)

and tho e whil.h provide breakfa t and anevening meal during the week with fullboard at weekend. A centralised waitingIi t for all college hall and tudent hou e ,exten ive II t of rooms. flat. hou e , f1at-hares, hostel and accommodation agen­

cie are malntallled at the Strand. TheHad-Lea e Scheme (pnvatel owned fur­l1Ished propertie~ managed by the College)i operated from the Strand.

Staff at Ken ington, a well a dealing withgeneral enquiries, manage the 'Short-Life'accommodation cheme unfurni hedflat and houses, u ually obtained fromlocal authoritie and hou ing a sociationsavailable for period of ix month andmore while awaiting refurbishment by theowners).

Plea e al 0 ee 'S tarting the Se ion', aguide to General and Student Servicewithin the College, which i di tributedto every student and member of staffduring the fir t week of term.

STUDE T SERVICES

Strand Campu (Tel Exl. S2334/2759,& Ex!. 2305 for Head - Lea e enquirie )

Student Service ha been developingapace to meet its responsibility to adviseand assi t st':dent with any matter affec­ting their well-being at College. It ibroadly divid d into three sections:­Accommodation, Stud nt Coun elling andP ychotherapy Service and Generallnfor­mation and Welfare.

ACCOMMODATlO OFFICE

OPE I G HOURS FOR PERSO ALCALLERS

Studen t Records. They will either be ableto solve the probl m at once or can con­ta t the relevant ection at the Strandcampu. Grant cheque are available at allcampue at pre-arranged time and regl ­tratlOn I al 0 conducted on all campu e .Detail are available from either the Cam­pu r gl tne or the Record Office at theStrand campu .

I O.OOam - 4.30pm (Term time)IO.OOam - 4.30pm (Vacation)

Kensington Campus (Tel Exl. K480/485)

9.00am - 5.00pm (Term time)9.00am - 4.30pm (Vacation)

The Ken ington Office is clo ed for lunchbetween I pm and 2pm. The Strand Off­ice clo es for lunch from ovember on­wards in th Michaelmas Term and theLent Term from 12.30pm until 1.30pm,but is open throughout the office hoursli ted above during the Summer Term andVacation and during October.

In addition. the Strand Office i open onSaturdays during September from lOamuntil 1_.45pm for per onal callers.

The olleg Accommodation Office iituated on the I t Floor of the Macadam

Building, Strand campu and in the Reg-i try Building, Kensington campu .

Both offices give information, advice andas istanc with accommodation enquiriesand problem.

The staff at the Strand deal with the allo­catiort of the 14~0 places in King's sevenHall of Re idence, which range from theelf-catering to those providing breakfa t

Counsellors work within Student Serviceand the Medical Centres on all three cam­puses. Their aim is to enable students tomake the most of the opportunities off­ered at College by helping them to copewith any problems or difficultie of a per­sonal or emotional nature which may ari e.There are three full-time counsellors:Ann Conlon, Mr Alex Coren and Celia

elson. Ann and Alex are qualified psy­chotherapists and Celia's work covers in­formation and advice a well a coun ell­ing. In addition, there are two part-timepsychiatrists. Or Patricia Hughes and OrPhilip Boyd.

Strand Campu

There is someone available every day.Contact either the Medical Centre - 3rdFloor, Macadam Building. exl. S2613/5or Celia elson. Room 5EA, CheshamBuilding. ext. S2530.

Kensington Campu

A counsellor/psychotherapist will be avai­lable two days a week, Tuesday and Thur­sday. all day. Contact the Counsellor'sRoom. Ground Floor, Main Building, exl.K419 or Angela I or-J ones in the Registry,exl. K24~.

Strand Campus

The main College Medical Centre is on the3rd Floor, Macadam Building. Surgerieare held on Monday, Wednesday and Fri­day. Appointments can be made via Sister0' eill who is in attel1llance daily from9.30am- 5.00pm. Tel exl. S2613/2615.

Kensington Campus

The Medical Centre is located in betweenthe quash court and the Registry Hut.Surgeries are held on Tuesday, 1.30pm­3.00pm and Thursday 12.30pm - 1.00pm.Appointments can be made via AngelaIvor-Jones in the Registry Hut, ext. K14_.Sister Harrison will be available followingthese surgeries until 4.00pm.

Chel ea Campu

The Medical Centre is on the Ground Floor,Main Building, Manresa Road. Surgeriesare held on Tue day 11.00am - 1.00pmand Thursday I O.OOam - 12noon. Appoin­tment can be made via Sister Harrison.exl. 2300. Sister Harrison is availableMonday, Wednesday and Friday 9.00am ­4.30pm, Tuesday and Thur day 9.00am ­12noon.

Full detail of the College Medical Servicecan he obtained from Student Service orthe Students' Union on any campus.

The SLO would welcome discus ion withcolleague about activitie-s propo ed forthe coming se sion. The e include:

D COLLEGE'SCHOOLS'LI ISO

_'e\ memb r of slaft are reminded thalthey are required to conta t the approp­riate Per onnel ectian on taking up theIrappointment to provide the adm1l1i trat­ive details nece sary to en ure payment ofalary.

The School' and olleges' Liaison Officeis now Room 2B in the main bUJldlllg ofthe Strand. A reception area IS avaJlableby arrangement, for mall groups of ch­001 teacher or pupil to meet memberof academic staff. Prospectuses are ondisplay: other publicity material from dep­artments can be offered to visllor If it isent to the secretary. Miss Wendy Pank.Or Venetia France, who has taken overfrom Mr Peter Lawrence as Schools' andColleges' Liaison Officer ( LO), i avail­able for discussions about schools' liaisonwith any member of King's on Thursdaysand Fridays.

The 0 Ice 1 located in the. nol BUIl­dwg on he lrand ampu .1I1d pro Idea range at servi e and advi 'e IQ all mem­ber 0 tall. Initial onta't ma\' b madea tollov. . .'ir G A Cuthben - e"t 2~6- (lor member01 the'" ademi' and Re earch tall)~i s L Hughe - ext 22 (tor mem erof the dmim trallve. Library. Comput­ing, lencal and Manual tafnMJ s Crev.e - ex!. 2300 (for member 01the Techm al stat f).

Head Teacher' ConferenceA conference entitled 'The Idea of the

niversity" will be held from 5 - 7.30pmon 1 October. Six hundred Head ortheir nominated Head of I Year havebeen invited. The keynote speech will begiven by Mr Kenneth Boardman Head­ma ter of Bredbury Comprehen 'ive Sch­ool, Sto kport. The Deans of Arts andLife Science. Professors Rinsler andBaum will reply: a panel discu ion wiJlfollow. The Principal has agreed to chairthe conference and he will attend the re­ception and faculty exhibition 111 theGreat Hall afterward.

King's College Open Day 16 December1987The aim of the fir t College Open Daywill be to increase uptake of offers madeto UCCA candidates for entry in 19The Principal wishes departments who

vie\\ , promotional laun he and me tingand are alwav olea ed to re ...elve 111lOrma­tlon from lI1dlVldual" on pre~ oppor UI1l­

tie or nev. con a L Help 'an be glv nm the orgal1l tlon ot eminar. le-.rure .'onler n e and e hlblllon .

The OffJce al 0 handle all day-to-daadministratIOn and enquiries relallng tothe College's alumni. The College ha athrivmg alumni a oClation, KCLA (King's

ollege London s ociationl. and mem­bers 01 staff are encouraged to Join andbecome involved .... ith a growll1g range ofocial a tivity.

Both event commence at 12.00 noon andclo eat 6.00pm. Further detail are avai­lable from the Careers Office in the Mac­adam Building (3rd Floor).

regular aff nev. letter. O\I~I • T. 1

I ued by the Ollil:e three time a term.\\lth peclal editIOn 1 r qUlred. ontri-bution' from any memb r at College arewarmly wel omed - pro ile at pecif!cpeople or areas of activity, new of event ,viev. on College matter, photo, cart­oons, item tor sale. puzzle- or quizze .OM~1E. 'T is sent IQ all talf and copy

date and publi ation dates are in ludedat the end of each edition.

Or eiJ Harri , Senior Careers Advi er

Librarie on all three campu site.

The Offi e is located in the Ea t wing ofthe main Strand bulldwg, Room 22 170Strand. ex!. 2179/2796. Do get In touchIf you need any publicity ervlce or havene.... to give.

Deputy Information OfficerMelanie Gardner

'Careers Fair' will be held in th GreatHall on ovember 3rd and 4th, organisedby the Careers dvisory Service.

CAREERS '88

On 3rd and 4th November a 'Career Fair'will be held when employers and graduatesfrom King's are available to discuss a widerange of careers.

Several employers will be in the Great Hallon 4th ovember when they will discussthe opportunitie they are offering tograduates in 19

Graduates of the College who are now est­abli hed in their careers are returning on3rd ovember to di cu with undergrad­uate how their careers have progres ed.They represent both a wide range of car­eer and also of degree disciplines.

The areers Advisory Service offers adviceand information on all aspects of what atudent can do after completing or leaving

their degree course. We try to help notonly those who are successful bu t alsotudents who, for whatever reason, fail oreek to change course.

Careers Information Library i main tai­ned on each of the three campu e andCareers dvisers are available for consul­tation throughout the year.

The College Careers Advisers are Or eilHarris, Mr Bernard Philpot, Mr John ich·olles, Mrs Wendy English and Miss PatriceWare. ar ers Information Officers. MisOorothy Sarson and Mi s Angela Ivor-J ones service the Careers Information

CAREERS ADVISORY SERVICE

During the year a series of lunch-time lec­ture by invited peakers, evening presen­tations by employers and recruitmentvi it of employers to campus - 'TheMilk Round' -are arranged. The CareerService ha extensive contacts with Per-onnel and Training Manager in Industry.ommerce and Public Service.

areers S taff:-

The College Informallon Off! e over allg neral College public r lallon . mediarelallon and pubb ation. talf are avaI­lable to ad i"e and a i t an member 01

College in the pubIJ ity and promotion ofa pect of theIr work at individual or dep­artmental level.

The Office i re ponsible for all ape t ofthe productIOn of major College publica­tions, uch as prospe tu e and annual re­port, and is happy to help and advi e onany individual publications, such as pa­rate cour e leaflet or departmental prom­ollonal bterature. Anyone wanting toproduce publJcity literature for externalcirculation is a ked to ontact the Infor­mation Office a it not only can offer ad­vice and Pl'!)erti e but ha a central co­ordinating role in mainc-atning allege pu­blication tandards. Comprehen ive mediadata I held and regular contact with thepress .nall1tall1ed by the Office. Staff areavailable to organi e pres relea e . inter-

Information OfficerSarah Leigh

Student living in halls of re iden e v. ill begiven 111 tru tion on regi tenng with a 10­

al do tor by the Hall Warden .1anager.

are below target to have an opportunityto promote them elv'e vigorou Iy at thlopen day.

The Open Day will be held from I pm ­5pm at the Strand. It is hoped that therewl1l be arol in the foyer to welcome thevi Itor . art event in the 'ey. Theatre.mu ic in the h<.lpel, "hand -on" compu­ting, 'cience and engineering demon tra­tions, library di play, a law Moot andtudent activitie~ in the Macadam building.

Departments have been invited to nomi­nate a school' liaison member of staff tocoordinate their activities for thi andother event.

King' College ew letterA ew letter for Schools, aimed primar­ily at Heads of VI form and Careers Advi­ser is propo~ed for distribution nextMay. The ewsletter will provide an opp­ortunity for advertising exciting develop­ments in research and teaching in the Col­lege. Short articles of about 400 words,good graphics and photographs, from a!ldepartments are required to make this aucce s in promoting academic achieve­

ment in King' . Copy should be sent tothe SLO by I February 19 8.

Visits to School and LEA Career Con­ventionWe are e tablishing a li t of schools andcolleges where departments have con tactand the SLO would like to have more in­formation, plea e. Mrs Jennifer Jackson,Admi sions Officer, coordinates visits tocareers conventions and schools on behalfof the College. She welcomes discussionswith taff who have an interest in makingvisits to represent King's. Reports on suchvisits are useful to schools' liaison andReport Forms are available from Mrs Jack­son or the School' Liaison Office.

Promotional Video projectA new promotional video i to be madefor the College. Filming is expected to

E GUSH L GUAGE TEACHI GPROGRA ME FOR OVERSEASSTUDE TS

The College' Engli h Language TeachingProgramme i provided free of charge forall those student from overseas whowould like some additional help with theirEngli h.

The course includes tuition in both spokenand written aspects of the language andlays particular emphasis on academic Eng­lish, ego tudy skill, note taking and writ­ing e say and reports.

The CIa se will be held on the ollege'sthree main campuse for two hours duringthe Michaelmas Term. There will be ep-

take place dunng the coming wmter. TheLO Ideo group would welcome idea

about material for inclu ion in the video.

School' Event CalendarThe School' Calendar for the Mi haelmaTerm i hown below. vent to be in lu-ded in the 19 Calendar covering theLent and ummer term should be nt toOr France by I December. The School'Liaison budget includes a urn for uppor!of departmental initiatives in organizingschools' event. Application, with detailof the event, hould be made to the Sch­ools' Liaison Officer.

V M France

SCHOOLS' EVENTS CALENDARMichaelmas Term, ] 987

October J tHEAD TEACH RS' CO FERE CE:"The Jdea of the niversity"Head Teacher /Vlth Year Advisers by in­vitation. Enquirie to the SLO.

October 26th"THE STUDY OF RELlGIO : a seriousoption for the 1990s?"Conference for RE advisers, RE teachersand careers teachers.(Organiser: Dr Judith Champ, Dept. ofTheology and Religious Studies, to whomenquiries should be addressed)Fee: £ I 0 to include registration, coffee,lunch and tea.

December J6thKI G'S COLLEGE OPE DAYFor UCCA applicants to King's for entryin October 198 .Applicants will be invited to visit theStrand when their application form is re­ceived from UCCA. The visit will be fromJpm - 5pm and will include Christmasmusic, student events, 'hand -on' micros,arts and science demonstrations.

arate provision for undergraduate andpostgraduate tudent and every effortwill be made to cater for the specific requ­irement of individual students.

An initial meeting for all those wishing tojoin c1as e will be held on Monday 12October in the Council Room, Strandcampus, at 5.30pm. Arrangements willbe made at that meeting for c1asse in theMichaelma Term, taking into accountthe other commitments of those seekingtuition.

If you have any querie on the Engli hlanguage teaching programme and the av­ailability of help for students from over­seas in this area. please contact the Assis­tant Registrar (Admis ions), on ext.26 5.

DIPLOM A D TAUGHT M ST­ER'S COURSES

brochure li ting Diploma and Taughta ter' cour e which are available to

over ea tudents has been prepared andcopie may be obtained from the sis-tant Regi trar dmi ion).

All suggestions for updating and improv­ing the material presented in the brochureare welcome and hould be sent to Dr

SoT Lue, ssistant Principal. Dr Luewould al 0 appreciate receiving the nameand addre ses of key contact personsabroad to whom this and future Collegepublicity material may usefully be ent.

ALL STAFF

Anyenquirie or problems concerningIncome Tax hould OT be directed tothe Finance Office: member of taff areadvi ed to end any querie directly toHM Inspector of Taxes, London Provin­cial ] 5 Di trict at the following addreCloister Hou e

ew Bailey StreetSal fordGreater ManchesterM38ANTel: 06] 83]7222You hould also quote the following KCLRe£. O. with any correspondence ­910/K725.

THE COLLEGE MAP ROOM

The Map Room, with a stock of over"75,000 maps, provides the College witha full cartographic reference ervice.Some map are also available for loanand for teaching requirements.

Maps are available for most parts of theworld and to suit most requirement.Additional resources are al 0 availablethrough co-operative arrangements withother map collections within the Univer­sity.

Advice can also be given on map purcha ­ing and on other map-related enquiries.

The College Map Room is located inRoom 4BB, Chesham Building, Strandcampus (ext. S2599). It is normallyopen during the following hour (althougha prior phone call is advi able):

Term

Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5.30pm

Vacation

Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5.00pm

THE OllEGE LIBRARY

The allege Llorar} has a oook:.tore 0100,000 volume. mo t of whi h are avai­

lable for loan, and currently ub cnbe to::!, '90 penodical title. full library er­VI I.' IS provided at each campu , the book-tock being allocat d to the campus" here

there is likely to be mo t demand for It.Broadly speaking, Life Science materiali hou 'cd at Ken Ington: Educallon and

ursing Studies at Chel ea (55::! King'sRoad). Pharmacy. Pharmacology, andJI istory and Philo ophy of Science atChelsea (Manre a Road): and the remaln­ingubJect at the trand.

Once regitered with the Library, anymember of ollege may borrow from anypart ot the LIbrary, although It may bene<;c 'sary for hi Iher ticket to be amen­ded.

Reading list items which are in heavy de­mand are kept in the Re tricted LoanCollectIOns in each branch, and issued forshort periods. Library taff always wel­come uggestions for inclusion in thesecollection.

On-line earche of bibliographic data ba-e can be performed for users at each

campu. n explanatory leaOet and app-lication form is availa ble from all bran­ches.

The re ource of the niver ity Libraryare avaJla ble to all mem bers of the Coll­ege. We have al 0 set up reciprocal arr­angement with certain other librarieand details of the are available on a~pli­callon. I tem which are not in tock orreadily available el ewhere may be reque-ted on Inter-library loan.

ene ot information heets is producedto as I t readers in making best u e of thefacilities offered by the Library. Librarystaff are always happy to give advice andto arrange cour es of instruction for stu­dents at all levels.

Library opening hours during term forthe se sion 19 7-8 will be as follows:Strand (ex!. 2132)Laws Library and Old LibraryStrand Building Library (levels 1-4)

Monday - Friday 0900-1900

mban menStrand Levd 5

,10n. Wed Fn 0930-1730Tu .Thur OlJ30-1900

Iu IcLibrar}~10n, Wed - Fn 0930-1-30Tu dai 0930-1 00

french L! brar)\10n, Tue . Thur 0930-1730

edne day 0930-1330

The La\\> Library and Old Library are al 0

open on Saturda}, 0930-124-.

Ken ington (e t. 37 )

Monday-Fnda 0930-1900

Chel ea

Manresa Road Library (ex!. 1354)Monday 0900-1900Tue day 0900-1 00Wedne day 1200-1900Thur day 0900-1 00Friday 0900-1700

Colendge Library, 552 King' Rd(ext. 3759)

Monday 0900-1700Tuesday 1100-1930Wednesday 1000-1900Thur day 1200-1930Fnda} 1200-1700

The outlying branch at the BiophysicDepartment ( 368 51) i open at alltime the Department is open (approxim­ately 0900-1800).

There is a small library at the RogateField Centre which provides support mat­erial for field cour es.

THE COLLEGE RCHlVES

College Archivist - Mis Patricia Methven(Room 302. Strand campus. tel ext S21 7)

The College rchive offer ecure andconfidential torage for the records of theCollt'ge which are of enduring intere t anduse. Records held include the signed min­ute and/or copy minute of the govern­ing bodie and major board and committ­ee of King's, Queen Elilabeth and

hel ea Colleges together with tho e ofthror predeces or bodie . The careupplemented by calendar, report ,

accounts. pro pectuse and publicationsand photographs reflecting the life andresearch of the College. The Archivesalso include records of tudents from1831 to 19 5, excepting those of QueenElizabeth College, ub equent to 1968,past personnel record, policy files,account book, deeds of title and therecord of anum ber of Faculties andDepartment and individuals connectedWith the College. ond ition of acce

to he material are explained In a'. '0 I.' tor Reader' a\'ailable trom heCollege Ar hi\i t. Cer ain 01 he re ordare 10 ed tor an e tended penod 0year to prote' the pri\'acy of namedindividual,

tall ot the. will alwa bpleased 0 b on ulted about 'the dl po ­itlOn 01 re ord , mduding pho ographand tape. and will prOVide guidance aboutthe elel.:l1on 01 materials uitabh: forpre ervallon in the an.hlve . Thev "'dllma e the nece r} arrangement ior thetran ler to and hou wg of material in theArchive and vhere ne<;es ar-y, the d! po al01 <.;onfidentlal \\a te paper. .-'. an mtro­duction to the e proc.edure t vo leaflethave been prepared entitled 'How todepo it re ord In the archive .md how toget them back' and 'Faculty and Depart­mental Checkli t'.

LlDDElL H RT CE TRE FORMILlT RY RCHl ES

The Centre for Iihtary Archive scrve asa repo itory for private paper bearing onBritain's defence policy In 'e 1900 and itsstrategy in the two world war. Thecollection is de cri bed in a COllsolidatedList of Accessions, 19 6 (available fromthe Centre at £.3.50). Staff of the 'cntreal 0 admimster the Library Manu criptscollection which reflect the work andresearch of member of the College andcompri es a wide variety of matenal ofliterary. hi toric and scientific interest.It is de cri bed in ,11anuscriflts and PrivatePapers:aSclectCuide, 19 2(£1.00).

Consultation of material is by prior app­ointment in the Liddell Hart reading roomStrand, level 3. The Centre i open bet­ween 9.30am - 5.30pm, Monday - Fridayin term and 9.30am - 4.30pm, Monday­Friday in vacation.

THE COMPUTER CE TRE

The Centre provide a full range of com­puting and data communication faciliteand a comprehensive ad vi ory and upportservice. omputing equipment rangefrom microcomputers through to centralmainframe and mini ystems on all threecampus sites. The College data commum­cations network has a high speed link tothe supercomputing facilities at the Uni­versity of London Computing Centre andconnection can al 0 be made to manyother facilities or< national and internat­ional networks. The Centre is at pre entignificantly under re ourced but thi

Service on offer:

AudioStrand

Type ettingChelsea

ITSL SERVICE

GraphicChel ea and Kensington

VideoStrand and hel ea

PhotographyKensington and Chelsea

Each nit differ in the range of ervi eundertaken but work can be accepted atany of them. For the time-heing we areonly offering a limited ervice at Kl'n ing­ton. It is planned 10 rectif thL as oona fund become availahle.

In the Computing entre we run servicecourse throughout th academic year.We start off with an afternoon Demon t­ration of the software and facilities whichare available on our mainframe and microcomputers. The Demonstration i on Mon­day 12 October (repeated on Tuesday 13October for those who mis ed it) and isfollowed by a number of short courses onWednesday afternoons. We also run one­week intensive programming courses(Fortran and Pascal) after the end of eachterm.

The local omputer entre ha a directlink to the niversity of London Compu­ter entre. There 1 no formally time­tabled advisory ervice, but queries aredealt with as they ari e.

King' College School of Medicine &Denti try (2746222 ext. 2675)

Chel ea (351 248 ext. 3669)King' Road

Term:14.00-17.00(Monday)10.00 - 13.00 (Wedne day)

Ken ington

The list of available software is too largeto give here. Details are availabl fromthe Advi ory Offices on each campus.

D C 20 (20 simultaneous user );op ratJng sy tern, TOPS 20

11/7 5 (40 imultaneou u er );operating y tern. MS

Microcomputer

VA 11/750(20 imultaneou users);operating y tern, VMS

Hard are (Mainframe and Mini)

Reference collections of recommendedmicrocomputer and associated softwareand peripherals are kept on all three cam­pu e .

Terminal Rooms

Software (Mainframe and Mini)

Strand

problem wilJ be remedied in the Springof 19 wh n it will undergo a major com­puting and communications enhancement.

Open acce s terminal rooms lire availableon all ites at the following times, Mondayto Friday:

Strand09.00 - 19.00Kensington09.30 - 21.00ChelseaKing's Road: 09.00 - 19.00Manresa Rd: 09.00 - 20.00

The Wednesday afternoon courses coveruch topics as Introduction to the Vax

Computer, Introduction to Micro Compu­ters, Word processing and Programming inBa ic, plus Introductions to Programmingin Fortran77, Statistical Packages (MI 1­TAB, SPSS-X), Graphics (MAPICS, Gl 0)and Databases.

Courses range from those for the completebeginner to those for the more sophistica­ted user.

At all sites there is a pool of AV equip­ment.

Please contact:

Chel eaRod Wilkinson ext. C2502/1548

Strandick Bugg ext. S2386/2356

KensingtonRod Wilkinson ex!. K438 (Tuesday andThursday am)

Advisory Services

Consultancy services in many specialistareas, for example, statistics, graphicsnumerical analysis, text processing andd ltaba e management, are available byappointment.

For further details and dates please pickup a course booklet from your nearestadvi ory office. Strand:- Rm 16AA (SEBlock) ext. 2505 Kensington:- RmA209 (Main Building) ext. 261.

We are no longer concerned with repra­graphy, and all enquiries should be direc­ted to Roy Ma on, Reprographic Unit,ex!. S2538.

General advisory ervices are available onall ite as follow

KI G'S CAMPUS VACATIOBUREAU

of the Clark Building (Tel: 35 I 60 I I ­direct line and an aphone). The office isopen from 9.30am - 5.00pm.

Strand (836 5454 ext. 2505)

Term and Vacation:10.00 - 13.0014.00 - 17.00(M on days open 10.30 - staff training)

Kensington (9375411 ext. 261)

Term and Vacation:10.00 - 13.0014.00 - 17.00(Mondays open 11.30 - staff training)

The Vacation Bureau is the central book­ing agency for re ervations and co-ordina­tion of all bookings for residential confe­rences, holiday accommodation, daymeetings and receptions, whether inter­nally or externally organised. The staffof the Bureau are always happy to helpwith initial enquiries, and give advice withregard to suitable locations for specificrequirements allied to conferences, inclu­ding halls of residence, teaching rooms,catering, audio-visual services, functionSUites, etc.

The Bureau is located on the Chelsea cam­pus at 552 King's Road, on the top floor

A full colour brochure pack is availableon request.

The following staff may be contactedwith specific inquiries:

Joan fennell - Residential conferencesand large group accommodation

Elspeth Young - Small residential groupsand individuals holidays and studentaccommodation during vacation

Richard Longhurst - Day meetings, funct­ions and non-residential bookings includ­ing those for the Hamilton Suite.

Joan Hirons - Office Manager

THE SE IOR COMMO

Strand Campu

Pre ident: The Principal

Chairman: Or R K Dixon

Hon. Secretary: Mrs M M Brown

Hon. Trea urer: Mr S P Harrow

Hon. Social Secretary: Mrs S Gee

Membership of the Strand campus Seniorommon Room is open to all members

of staff (including those based on theKensington or Chelsea campuses) in thefollowing categories:

academic staffacademic related administrative taffclerical staff in grade 3 and abovelibrary taff in grade 3 and abovetechnicians in grades 6,7 andcertain post-doctoral research staff

Members based on the Strand campu paya ubscription of £ 14 per annum: thoseba ed elsewhere pay a subscription of £7per annum. Fully paid-up members ofthe Kensington Campus Senior Staff Ass­ociation are automatically members ofthe Strand Campus Senior Common Room.

ew member are requested to pay theappropriate fee for the year 1987/8 bycheque in the first instance. Payment maybe made by deduction from salary at sour­ce from October 1988 if so requested onthe Application Form.

Member have the exclusive use of threeplendid rooms at the southern end of the

Main Building overlooking the river. Agood selection of daily papers and periodi­cals i provided. Morning and lunchtimecoffee, sandwich lunches and afternoonteas are erved. Prices are comparatively10\ as part of the service co timet fromthe ub cription income. limited barervice is al 0 available.

Social events are arranged from time totime. These include Senior CommonRoom Dinners, Joint Buffet Supper withthe King's College Ladies Club, Wine Tas­ting evenings and Wine Auction. Forthi Session, SCR functions have been ar­ranged a follow :Tue day 13 October - Wine and heeseparty to welcome new Olem bers of staff.Tuesday 17 ovember - DinnerMonday _5 January - Burns ight DinnerTuesday I March - Wine Ta tingTue day 3 May - Dinner

Formal notice of the e and other eventwill be sent to members.

SOCI L FACILITlES

If you are eligible and wi h to apply formember hip, plea e complete the Applic­ation Form in thi newsletter and returnit to the Membership Secretary as soon aspossible: preferably before 30 ovember19 7.

SE IOR STAFF SSOCIATIO

Kensington Campu

Chairman: Dr Bryan Winchester

Secretary: Dr Peter Butterworth

Assistant Secretary: Or Peter Ellis

Treasurer: Mr Judy Staight

The Senior Staff Association exist in theCollege to provide amenitie centred on thethe Senior ommon Room and to promotethe interest of its mem bers. Mem ber hipof the Association Will, among other thingsentitle mem ber to u e the facHitie of theCommon Room for tea, coffee and lunchwhere a wide election of new papers,periodical and journal i available forreading. The bar i also open to memberson Friday evenings during term time andit is customary to hold a party both atChristmas time and at the end of theacademic year.

The subscription to the Senior Staff Assoc­iation becomes due at the AGM and thenormal method of payment is an annualdeduction from salary. The present sub­scription i £ 12 per annum.

Reciprocal arrangements between theSenior Staff Association at Kensingtonand the Strand gives paid-up members ofeither Association the right to use theCommon Room facilities on both cam­puses.

SOCIAL CLUBS

Strand Campu

Open to all ...

* Would you like to play competitivedart in a local league?

* Do you enjoy social evening ?

* Would you care to 'pot black' on anewly re-covered snooker table?

* Could you help organi e similaractivities for others?

* Do you under tand the rules of crib?

* Can you play cricket?

* Or would you ju t like to join yourcolleague for a relaxing lunch-timedrink or chat?

If the an wer to any of the e i-Ye " oreven 'Pas ibly', then ·the Club' i foryou. King College Sport and So ialClub wa formed over thirty year ago.MembershIp i open to all member of the

ollege taff and, in addition to providingthe facilitie mentioned above. memberarrange both the College Outing and theCollege ew Year Dance on behalf of the

ollege.

The Club rooms are situated in 33 SurreyStreet on the Strand campu and there ia conce ionary rate of mem bership forthose working on other campu e , all ofwhom are welcome to join the Club andto make full u e of the facilities whenvi iting the Strand.

The current membership i £2 per annum(£ I for tho e not based at the Strand),and thi i deducted from the March alaryby the Finance Department.

A a pecial bonu , tho e joining after 1sto tober will not have to pay a penny untilMarch!

If you wish to apply for membership ofthis thriving Club, please complete theback page form, and send it to theTreasurer, Brian Oldham, Finance Dept.,Strand campus.

Kensington Campus

The Social Club is situated on the groundfloor of the SJA Building and is approach­ed via the South Entrance. Membership iopen to all employees of the College aswell as postgraduates and the annual su b­scription i , at present, SOp. The bar isopen between 1.00pm and 2.00pm and inthe evenings from S.30pm to 8.00pm a aminimum, with a longer evening openingbeing at the discretion of the person doingbar duty. During both lunchtime andevening sessions the bar is staffed by volunteer club members, working on a rota,which usually means a lunchtime dutyonce a month and/or an evening dtty onceevery ix woeks.

The bar is well stocked, offering a rangeof keg bitter, lager, spirits, soft drinks,fresh orange juice and coffee. Sandwichesand hot pies are available as well as crisps,and nuts etc. The bar has eating forapproximately sixty people and ha a dartsboard, a nook er table and a videomachine. Several board games are availablbehind the bar.

The ommittee organises evening eventsat four to six week intervals. Over thepa t year there have been various discosand live bands, cabarets, a firework

display and a quIZ evemng. IJan andnooker mat 'he have been orgam ed and

the lub operates a nooker ladder.

_'owe of the Club' .-\G~1. whl hi heldin October. will be maikd to memberand po-ted In the Social Club bar. ~Io 1

of the Club' ommitlee are retiring tromotfice at lhe end at thi year. 011 anyonei intere ted In helping to run lhe Club, v.e"ould be mo 1 plea ed to hear from lht:m.

I 0 if anyone ha any \'Iew on lhe y peof aCliyitie~ the lu b olfer , we would bevery plea ed lO hear them.

If you v. ould like la Join the Clu b, plea cconta('l 10hn Sapier. ~1ember hip Secret­ary, Departmen t of Biology. Kenslflgtonampus(ExtK3 ).

LADIES CLUB

The Club i open to women member andwives of the academic and admini trativestaff of the College, both pa t and pre ­ent. Its aim is to provide opportunitiesfor meeting and keeping in touch withone another, to welcome new mem bersof staff and their spouse in a social set­ting and to promote the well-being ofthe College.

Day, evening and lunch meetings are heldin an informal utmo phere and co ts arekept to a minimum. The annual program­me normally includes buffet lunches andsupper held in College followed by illus­trated lecture, outside meetings to placesof interest, in addition to a Christmas anda Midsummer party (held jointly with theSenior Common Room). Member' guestsare welcome at most meetings.

You are invited to a Pot-luck lunch onWednesday 2 I October 1987 at 12.30pmin the Committee Room, Strand campus(which will be followed by the AnnualGeneral Meeting). If you would like toattend the lunch and/or join the Club,

(the one is not dependent on the other),please complete the back page form andreturn it to Mrs Margaret Brown, Dept.of History and Philosophy of Religion,Strand campu .

EW SHOP FOR STUDE TS'U 10

Over the summer extensive work ha beencarried out on the Students' Union Shopon the first floor of the Macadam Build­ing. The old counter service system hasbeen replaced with a walk-in self-selectiontyle system.

A warm welcome to all new, and return­ing, taff and students. The Catering dep­artment hope you will enjoy u ing ourfacilitie which are described in full in the'Catering Services' leanet available throu­ghout the allege, and from the sile Cat­ering 0 ffices.

552 KJ C'S ROAD

Customers at 552 King's Road are inVitedto visit the newly refurbished ThomasMore Bar/Refectory offering:- Beverages,Hot and Cold nack, plus Hot and Coldlunch dishes, a alad bar and alcoholicbeverages.

There is a well-furni hed, twin-beddedGuest Room availa ble with private bath­room (previously part of the Principal'saccommodation) on the Kensington cam­pus. This is available for the u e of aca­demic vi itors to the College.

The charge for the use of the room i £23

The interior -of the shop has been repain­ted, and all the old shelving has been rem­oved to make way for styli h 'state of theart' units, displaying the shop's wares intheir full glory - and tastefully lit LOO!

This i all capped by a beautiful new car­pet to match the new decor.

The Shop frontage is now an eye-catching

STRA D CAMP S

\'iltors la GO I M cadam sna k barlounge \\ill find lhal a major turnlturerepla ement and renev. al programme ha.been I,;ompleted hi h \ ill make thibuy oUllet more comfortable. Cu tam­er are a ed LO treal the furn' htng inthe room With re.pecl (PL A KE PFEET OF E T I. for lhi co tly retur-bi hment cannot be repealed yearly.

ST FFCHA CE

I1 i \\ Ith regrel thal we ay goodbye toOwen John on v. ha ha JU t retired fromCollege. Owen wa appointed CaterIngOfficer al Chel ea College in 1anuarr 19-

. and tollowing the merger remaIned mcharge ot atering at the Chelea campuand undertook many additIOnal dutiefor the College Catering department. HIexperti e. professionali m and dedIcationwill be much mi ed, and colleagues willI am sure join me in wishing him. hiwife and family happine sin th future.

A number of other staff change have, orshortly will be, taking place in the depar­tment and will be fully detailed in a fut­ure issue.

BOOK EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS!

Christmas is alway a busy time for theCatering department: plea e book yourChristma lunches, receptions, and giveus your party requirements a soon aspossible to avoid being disappoin ted.

Peter Hoffman, College Catering Officer

per night per person. The maximum tayfor anyone person is seven nigh t . Theroom is very pleasant and is much less ex­pensive than putting up your visitor in anhotel. Breakfa t is not included in thecharge, but IS available on the Campus onweekday.

For further information and to make yourbooking, plea e contact Mis Lind eyCoules on ex!. 209 at Kensington campus.

ex panse of wood and glass which helpcreate a fresh bright image for the firstnoor.

This welcome refit makes the hop faster,more efficient and welcoming, and thefriendly staff will be happy to sell you avast range at products from stationery,sweatshirts, t- hirts, ties, jumpers and

carves, to toiletnes, food and drink allat competitive pnce . Why pay more!

The Shop will be open from JOam - 5pm,Monday to Fnday.

For tho e at other ite, the tudent'nion al 0 provide shop at the hel ea

(Manre a Road) and Ken ington campu e ,both open from 12 - 2pm enquire at theStudents' Union office.

travecomes to Kings!

Further refreshment can be obtained atthe Student' nion Bar, where improvedproduct lines and, at the Kensington cam­pus, long overdue refurbi hment willincrease the pleasure of spending a lunch­time or evening e ion at the e e tablish­men ts. Opening hours are:Strand: 12 - 3pm and 5.30pm - 9.45pmChel ea and Kensington: 12 - 3pm and5.30pm - II pm.A good range of soft/alcohol free drinksare tocked at each site.

STUDE TS' U 10 STAFF

Ms R Birch - Senior Admini tratorM M-A Kyne-Lilley - Admini trationOfficerMr D Mc artan - Service OfficerPosition Vacant - Finance OfficerPo ilion Vacant - Events OfficerMrs E Wilkin - Strand Site SecretaryMrs R Briggs - Strand Site Shop Mana­geressMis 1 Higgins - Strand Site A si tantShop ManageressPosition Vacant Strand Site Bar Stew-ardMr 0 McDonald Strand Site Bar Cell-armanMrs K Jenkins - Chel ea Site SecretaryPosition Vacant Kensingto.n Site Sec.Position Vacant - Kensington Site BarSteward

SABBAT1CALS

Ali tair Steger-Lewis - CommunicationsSabbatical (Cross-Campu )lan Soffe - Finance & AdministrationSabbatical (ero -Campus)

ick Hopkins - Strand Site SabbaticalPenny Chalton Chelsea Site SabbaticalTim Mackley - Ken ington Site Sabbati­cal

NO -SABBATICALS

Rob Causey - Publications EditorPaul Boulton - External Affairs Officer

- Chelsea Site Pu blicityOfficer

Jan Daw on - Election Officer- Strand Site Rag Officer

Joanne Weymouth Wil on - WelfareOfficerTim Haile - Strand Site Repre entative

- Secretary to Strand SiteCommittee

Heather Magrill - Womens OfficerJonathan Ely - hair of GMs

I

Macadam BuildingFirst FloorKings CollegeSurrey Street, WC2

The world's greatest student travel organisation

Travellers among you need look no fur­ther ... than the first floor of the Maca­dam Building where ULU Travel is open­ing its first on site office this term.

UL Travel is a service division of STATravel the worldwide specialist organisa­tion f~r independent travellers. They'venegotiated a range of pecial low costdeal on flights around the world - all ofwhich are open to academics and studentsalike. And many of their deals are opento everyone so it doe n't matter who youare travelling with.

David Mc eaney - hel ea Site DiscoOfficerChris Burnham - hel ea Site Sub-EditorLynda King - Chel ea Site Sport OfficerS S enkatranga - Strand Site OverseasStudents OfficerJohn Waters - Strand Site Sports OfficerSusan Davies - Strand Site StudentCommunity Action OfficerFrances Pearson - Strand Site Sub-EditorJenny Alcock - Strand Site PublicityOfficer

rrSrREE\Get yoursNO""

OPEN SEPT '87

• Worldwide flights.

• Special faresfor studentsand academics.

• Tours andshort breaks.

• Ski holidays.• European trains.• Group bookings.

A service of

STA\TheWor1dbeaters

,40.

ULU Travel will fix you up with morethan just flights alone: whether you wantnow and ski or an all inclu ive package

in the sun; accommodation around theworld or internal transport in far flungcountries; European trains or a weekendbreak to one of the continental capitals ­they'll arrange it all for you. Ask abouttheir special ra tes on insurance too.

Alastair Lennox will be managing the newoffice from lOam - 5pm, Monday to Fri­day - caU in soon or give him a call on3794 56.

Heather Innes - Strand Site AcademicAffairs & Welfare OfficerDevikka Majundar - Strand Site DiscoOfficer

Ruth Morris - Strand Site DiscoOfficerPierre Chang - Kensington Site Sub­EditorPaulOng - Kensington Site OverseasOfficer

SAFET I FOR\1 TIO'

STRA 0 CAMPUS

DEPARTME T

Anatomy & HumanBIOlogy

BlOphy IC

Chemistry

Elect. Eng.

Estates Office

French

Phy IC

Phy ics

Phy iology

E EXTE SIO LOC no

o Farr S 26 I J 0 F MalO Buuding

o Back 36 5 I Drury Lane

R Tye S 226 06 nand Building

P Webb S 2256 Q 54/54 Quad Lab.

L yling S 2303 Room J 33 Surrey St.

Mi s M [ ling S 2404 15 S W Block

J Greenberg S 2~69 9a MalO Building

Or M Holwill S 2 1- Q 123 Main Building

B Taylor S 2476 2 G MalO Building

D E.\1ERGE

In the event of any emergency the lollo­\\ 109 numbert I should he dialled. The e\\ III give you an Internal priority xten­ion whl\.h \\ll1lmmedlately onnect you

\\ith qualified a i tance.

Strand Campu

Dial: _222

Ken iogton Campu

MalO Building and atter -.OOpm in AtkinBuilding: Dial: 222

tkin BUilding until -.OOpm: Dial 444

After 1O.00pm: Dial: 24:

Chel ea Campu

Manre'a Road: Dial:552 Kmg's Road: Dial: 7

King' College School of Medicine andDenti try

The office i respon ible [or advising onG Main Building all aspects of health and safety and for

coordinating afety activitie and arrange-A227 Main Building ments within the College. Any member

of ollege is welcome to eek advice orBasement Atkin Bldg. di cuss afety problems.

KE SI GTO CAMPUS

Biochemi try

Biochemistry

Biochemistry

Biology

Biology

Chemistry

Food Science &utrition

Food Science &utrition

Food Science &utrition

Food Science &utrition

Library

Microbiology

Physiology

Physiology

Workshop

A hcroft K 337

Mi F Shanahan K 381

G Strickland K 417

C Daw K 331

P Saunders K 334

W Gunn K 341

Mr R K 434Calokatisa

R Eggett K 475

C John ton K 479

Mukherji K 357

Ms Harman K 37

Mrs P Adams K 411

Ms S Holly K 229

R Stoughton K 467

R Homer K 479

413 Atkins Building

Atkins Building

413 Atkins Building

, Atkins Building

230 S tkins Building

B4 Main Building

17 Main Building

Main Building

Main Building

16 Main Building

532 tkins Building

Fire: Dial: 2222Cardiac arrest: Dial: 2333

REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS

Mem bers of the College are required toreport accidents which result in personalinjury whether to tudents, staff or vi i­tors, and other incident such a fires,spillage of harmful ub tance . etc.

Report forms are available from depart­mental office , the Per onnel Office orthe Safety Office.

S FETY OFFICE

The College Safety Office will shortly berelocated in Room 'lE, Chesham Building,Strand, Tel. ex!. S2654.

Safety Officer Or Roger SladeAssistant Safety Officer Mr John May-nard.

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Main School Buildings8.00am - 9.00pm Monday to Friday8.00am - I .00pm Saturday

Rayne Institute8.00am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday

Staff wishing to come into the Ray.neInstitute outside these hours, should ignin and out at the Rayne InstituteRe-ception.

Pulton Place - 30 places for staff alloca­ted on a fir t come ba i .

King's College School of Medicine andDenti try

Hortensia Road7.00am - .00pm Monday to Friday

In addition, a limited numer of pacemay be available for vi itor to Manre aRoad and 552 King's Road by prior arr­angement with Mr J Wornham (ext. C23­23) or Mrs Harper (ext. C3763).

SECURITY

AME EXTE SIO LOCATIO

C Hemming 3731 Stores, 552 King's Rd

M leffr y C 369- 5.111 55_King'sRd

B Perry C 3 2- 5.212552 King's Rd

I Holtam 736 1244 DA Pulton Place

G Baker PP 2 6 A 101/ 104

F Engli h pp 293 E01/2

D Fraser pp 24 D207

A Ginman C 3822 305 Hortensia Rd

R Reed C 3826 407 Hortensia Rd

Miss A Monkcom C 3695 Manresa Rd

W Dunne C 2427 B 26 Manresa Rd

D Grant C 2590 9A Manresa Rd

Miss P Vince C 2442 230 Manre a Rd

lectronics

lectronic

omputer Centre

Pharmacy

Pharmacy

Pharmacy

H..S.

Library

.s.

H.E.S.

C.E.

C..S.

CH ELSE CAMPUS

DEPARTME T

Take care of your per anal property!

ACCESS TO COLLEGE

HOURS OF OPE ING

Strand Campus

Term Time9.00am - 9.00pm Monday to Friday9.00am - 1.00pm Saturday

Vacation9.00am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday9.00am - I .00pm Saturday

The Macadam Building clo e at 5.00pmdaily during vacation.

Staff wi hing to come into the buildingout ide these hours are required to sign inat the Porter' Lodge, Strand Main GateEntrance.

Ken ington Campu

Main Building: 6.00am - 11.00pmAtkin Building: 6.00am - 6.00pm

The e hour apply to term time and vac­ation .

Chelsea Campus

PARKI G

Strand Campu

Parking is on the basi of once a week,Monday to Friday, for all members of thefull-time academic staff. Written applica­tion for a permit should be made to MrA Tofield, Clerk of Works, giving yourname, and the make and registration num­ber of your car. Some 20 places are avai­la ble for staff and a further limited num­ber for visitors, College vehicles and dis­abled drivers. For single day parking,please contact the porter to make ar­rangements.

Ken ington Campu

Parking is by permit only. Anyone wish­ing to obtain a permit should contactLindsey Coules (ext. K209). In addition,there are four visitor's paces in the MainBuilding car park and twelve spaces in the

tkins Building car park. Reservations<or these space are not essential but areldvi ed. '

Chelsea Campus

It is an unfortunate fact that thefts dooccur. Purses briefcases and coats shouldnever be left lying around. The Collegecannot be re ponsible for the theft ofunattended property and you are advisedto insure any personal valuables againstloss or theft. Please remember to LOCKUP when you leave rooms unattendedeven for a short time.

LOST PROPERTY

If you have left any personal property inthe College by accident or find any accid­entally left by other people, pleasecontact:

Strand Campus - Mr A Tofield. Clerk ofWorks (ext S23ll)

Kensington Campus· Mr S Whiting,Residences Manager (ext K255)

Chelsea Campus -Manresa Road - Mr 1 Wornham, Securityand Domestic Services Supervisor (extC2323)552 King's Road - Mr Keith Hill, Care­taker (ex t C36l2) or Security Personnel(ext 3635).

Manresa Road7.00am - 9.00pm Monday to Thur day7.00am - 7.00pm Friday

552 King' Road(Academic Area andAd m inistra tion)7.00am - 9.00pm Monday to Thursday7.00am - 7.00pm Friday

552 King's Road (Ingram Court)24 Hour acces

Car parking spaces on the various sitesare allocated in the following ways:

Manresa Road - 30 places for staff, allo­cated by department.552 King's Road - 40 places for staff, all­ocated on a first come basis.Hortensia Road - 9 places for staff, allo­cated by department.

REPAIRS AND MAINTE A CE

Strand Campus

All electrical and heating repairs are dealtwith by the Services Engineer, Mr W LClark. Other repairs should be referredto Mr A Tofield, Clerk of Works. Requ-

TER-C ~1P S M IL

I TER-COLLEGI TEMAIL SERVICE

11.40

AM PM

9.10 2. I "9. 0 ::'.3:9."0 ::'.45

10.00 3.0010.40 3.2:I 1.00 4 001 t()

Manre a Rdonl,)

11.10Manre a Roadtrand. Drury Lane/

Strand

KCSMD

As thl leads to delays it is advi able topo t urgent mail with the GPO ervice.

Ken ington Campus

There is also a daily Univer ity 01 Londoninter-collegIate mail service, which collel.:tfrom each main site.

Departure Time

".1anre a RoadKmg' RoadHortcnsiJ RoadPulton PJa cKen Ington campuKwg's Road

Requests for tationery should be Ubmit-,ted in advance. Odd items of tationerymay be collected direct from the storeduring the normal opening times but allsta ff are requested to keep these items toa minimum. A large range of stationeryand sundries is available from the contract­ed supplIer and any speciali ed itemsthat you may need could well be readilyavailable. Please consult Central Servicewho will be pleased to give advice andhelp in respect of any requests.

Strand Campu

The tationery store is open during termtime from 10.00am - 12.30pm and I rom1.30pm - S.OOpm. During vacations thestore clo es half an hour earlier, at 4.30pm

There I pre 'enlly no direct delivery bet­ween Denmark Hill and the Strand camp­u. Internal mail now ha to be sent viaSenate House.

Orders or all item of stationery houldbe ubmitted, in writing, to the Residen­ce Office.

Chelsea Campu

All stationery is ordered through depart­ment.

Letter betv.een e -h campu hould blearl} mar cd In the tollowm v.a}:

I. 'ame 01 per on to ~ hom letter ibeIng ·cnt

~ Dt.par ment

3 C.ampu nJme clearl.' marked

In he ae 01 po t to Chel ea "ampu .plea'", <11'0 in lude the rcle\ nt ite 01 thedepJrtmcnt lor ea c 01 orting when heletter arrl\<:: at Lhd ea' po room.

All mail will be ent econd clas unles itis absolutely nece ary that it goes firstclass.

11 post will be ent econd class unlesotherwise reque ted. Plea e do not do 0

unles it i absolutely necessary.

Letters are collected at S.30pm from theMain Building Entrance Hall. Only letterand small packets are accepted for frank­ing centrally. Larger parcels must he dealtwith by the department concerned.

Letter are olle ted from the 01 I i iaJboxe at 11.00am. 2.30pm and 3 30pm.If brought per-onall} to the Po t RoomI 19BB. Main Buildmg) they hould rrive. '0 LATER TH .'" .00pm in term tune.and 4.4 - pm In vacation. 11 at all po Iblethey hould be brought earlier 0 thatPo t Room staft are not fa ed with a la tminute ru h. Plea e en ure that Internalmail is not ac identally tamped for fran­kmg: department could be harged unne­ce sarily.

Kensington Campus

Regi tered and recorded mail hould reachthe Po t Room by J.00pm.

GPO POST

There i also a Po t Office box for letteralready tamped which I cleared at 5.30pm, Monday to FrIday. Thb is in the lob­by between the trand Building and theMain Building on the ground floor. ThereIS also a stamp machine there. Mail whichi too large for the box hould not be lefton top but either po ted out ide or leftwith the Post Room tan.

Strand Campus

Parcels are despatched once a week andhould arrive no later than 2.00pm on

Thur day.

Chel ea Campu

Letters and parcels are collected from theChelsea Campus S52 King' Road bet­ween 5pm and S.30pm. II mail shouldbe left by Spm.

All mail is sent se ond class. Any mailbeing sent by fir t lass, recorded orregistered post must be organi ed by theindividual department concerned.

King's College School of Medicine andDentistry

Post should reach the Reception Desk nolater than 4.30pm. Po t will be collectedfrom the Rayne In titute at 4.1 Spm eachday. All post is ent econd cia unlessotherwise marked.

Office keys should be obtained from therelevant departmental technician.

Chel ea Campus

All office and door key are obtainablefrom the Clerk of Work Office onlyRoom 2 , outh We t Block, ext. S2311.

The O1Jin switchboard operates between9.00am - 6.00pm. Calls are put throughto Queen Elizabeth Hall extensions onlybetween 6.00pm and 10.00pm on week­day and from 9.00am at weekends.

Strand Campus

SWITCHBOARD OPE ING HOURS

KEYS

Strand Campus

The witchboard operates between 9.00amand 6.00pm during term-time and 9.00amand S.30pm during vacations.

Ken ington Campus

II reque t for repau hould be referredto the E tate Oftice, S52 Kmg' Road(ext. C3 11).

Chel ea Campus

Key are obtained from Mr J Wornham,Secunty and Dome tic Services Super­vi or, ext. 2323.

II ele tri~al repau -hould be referred to~1r Watt· on ext. K30 (an wenng ma h­ine), 309 or 4 - 5 ~fr Le ter (ext. K30 /30':} hould be onta ted it an~ otherkind of repaJr i required.

e t for repaJr work hould be made inwriting.

Kensington Campus

Ken ington Campus

The Manresa Road switchboard is openbetween .30am and S.30pm Monday toFriday and then switche to a night serviceJfter 5.30pm, at weekends and duringperiod of College clo ure.

Chel ea Campu

King's College School of Medicine andDenti try

The Pulton Place switchboard provides a24 hour service at all times.

The switchboard provides a 24 hourervice at all times.

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SE IOR COM 0 ROOStrand Campu

I wi h to apply for ull-fee/reduced-fee* member hip of the enior ommon Room (Strand campu ).

I under tand that the ub ription for the se sion 19 7­revision at the Senior Common Room GM.

£ 14.00 for full-fee and £ .00 for reduced-fee member hip, ubject to

I en 10 e my cheque for the urn of £ in payment of thi year's ub ription (payable to King College Senior Common Room)

I agree that the ub cription hould be deducted from my salary from 19 and ucceeding year until further notice.

* please delete a applicable

Signed Date .

NAM .

PPOI TME T (Full-time - Part-time) .

DEPARTME T CAMPUS .

Plea e return this form to: Mrs M M Brown, Hon. Secretary Senior ommon Room, c/o Dept. of History & Philo ophy of Religion,Strand ampus, by 30th ovember 19 7.

LADIES CLUB

I wish/do not wish to attend the lunch on October 21 st 1987*

I wish/do not wish to apply for membership of King's College London (KQC) Ladies Club. I enclose a subscription of £ 1.00 for thesession 19 7- 8.*

* Delete as applicable

Cheques should be made payable to KING'S COLLEGE LADIES CLUB

NAME .

ADDRESS .

TELEPHO E O .

OW /H SBA D'S DEPT A D CAMPUS ..(If retired, please state year of retirement) .

SPORTS A D SOCIAL CLUBStrand Campus

Please complete in BLOCK CAPITALS, sign and sent to the Treasurer, Mr Brian Oldham, Finance Department, Strand campus.

I , ( full name) of

............................................................................................................................................................. Department

..............................................................................................................................................................Campus

wi h to apply for member hip of the King's College Sports and Social lub. If elected, I agree to the annual subscription beingdeducted from my alary each year in March and to abide by the Constitution of the Club.

Signed Date ..

FOR CLUB

pplication Received

Member informed DMembership category Committee approved Added to Check

r

E JOR O~1MO ROO~1

LADIES CLUB

SPORTS D SOCIAL CLUB