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The College and the PrincipalshipProfessor Arthur Lucas, VicePrincipal has accepted the invitationof Council to continue as ActingPrincipal until a new appointment isagreed He has written this letter toexplain the situation to the College.

Dear Colleagues

It is unlikely that a new Principal will becho en for recommendation to the PrimeMinister for subsequent nomination to andappointment by the Crown in time to takeup office much earlier than the beginning ofthe 1993/94 session. It may therefore behelpful if I make some comments on themanagement and development of the Collegein the interim period, which will probablylast at least until Easter 1993.

It is important that the College neitherstagnate nor vacillate while it seeks a newPrincipal, and I believe that it is strongenough and committed enough to carry onits planned redevelopment and growthwithout interruption during the next session.

We have an agreed Strategic Plan; we are inthe process of beginning the first stage of thebuilding works to provide Library studyspace for the additional students expected onthe Strand by the end of the planning period;we have agreed that an interim set ofdepartmental moves will take place byChristmas to ensure that the second phasecan take place and be completed bySeptember 1993; we have agreed with UMDSthat we will proceed with negotiationstoward merger, which will give us a verysubstantial concentration of research andteaching in the biomedical and life sciences;and we are making an appointment to theChair of Performance Studies jointly withthe Royal Academy of Music. The change in

staffing structure is under way with a numberof new appointments being made and manyearly retirement packages agreed. Progess isclearly being made.

Having looked at a number of thesubmissions being made to the UFCResearch Assessment Exercise, I amconfident that there has been a markedimprovement in the objective 'performanceindicators' of many of them, although itremains to be seen whether our improvementsare as great as those in other institutions.When the results are announced we will be inmuch better position to assess theimplications of what I hope will be theenhanced repute of the College.

There are issues of governance that are beingexamined, that will give a greater role toAcademic Board in initiating andcommenting on policy issues at an earlystage; the relationship between the Planningand Resources Committee and the rest of theformal governance structure is being defined,and the management role of the heads ofschools meeting in an enlarged and redefinedreplacement for the Academic Policy Groupis being considered.

The granting of 'direct access' to the FundingCouncil will mean that we need to developour relationship as part of the FederalUniversity, a relationship that will remainimportant for the future, but which will notbe the same one that we have now.

There is no lack of College Managementtasks in front of us; I am confident that wecan achieve the ends we have set ourselves ifwe all pull together, working as a Collegiateas well as School tearns, recognising that allof us will at times experience upheaval asphysical changes take place, and that we will

have to adapt to new external regimes.

In conclusion, please accept my thanks forthe support that I have received in the suddentransition I have had to make, and myapologies for any mistake I have made.

I have cancelled my attendance at a research

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Rifkind addressThe Rt Hon Malcolm Rifkind, QC, MP, thenew Secretary of State for Defence, gave hisfirst public address since taking up office tothe Centre for Defence Studies based atKing's on Thursday 14 May. The address,entitled A decade ofchange in Europeansecurity, received good press coverage onNewsnight (BBC2), The World Tonight(Radio 4) and was reponed in theIndependent, Daily Telegraph, HeraldTribune and the Financial Times.

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conference that would have taken meawayfrom the UK in early July, but I will beattend.ing a research meeting, and then seeingfamily and friends, in Australia from 15 Julyto 8 August.

With best wishes for a restful and/orproductive summer break.

Strand Libraryextension

The College is acutely aware of its presentinadequate provision for library facilities onthe Strand site. Proposals for improving thesituation have been considered for some time,and plans now being brought into effect willseek to consolidate provision into twoenlarged libraries. One will be centredaround the 'Old' Library and will eventuallyhave in it the Laws, Science and Engineeringcollections, while the other will be centredaround the Strand Library and will bedevoted to Humanities.

The flrst phase of this extension is about to

start. By taking in parts of C, D and ECorridors it will add over 1,100 squaremetres to the library space, giving muchneeded additional shelving and reader places,and will allow the Library to developcomputer-based services. The constructionwork will take about six months, with thefLrst part - along C Corridor - beingcompleted by mid-September, and thesecond part - along D and E Corridors - bymid December.

A second phase is currently being planned,and will involve extending the Strand Libraryinto the ground floor of the Strand Building.Also being considered is the necessity for athird phase.

The preparation to bring about theseextensions has and will require disturbingand relocating many of our colleagues, and Iam grateful for their understanding andco-operation.

Professor S W E EarlesChairman, Estates Policy Committee

For further details ofclosures see page 13

CORPORATEVISUAL IDENTITY

UPDATEThree open meetings were held at KCSMD,Kensington and the Strand on 26 May to

introduce the College's new corporate visuaLidentity to staff The meetings were weLLattended and the 'logotype' or 'marque'designed for the College by Pentagram hasmet with abnost universaL appr01JaL, both atthe meetings and in comments andcorrespondence received since. A bookletshowing the basis ofthe new identity isdistributed with this edition ofComment,andfurther details about the technicalities ofits use wiLL be available in due course from thePress and Publications Office. Free 'starterpacks' ofnew-style stationery wiLL aLso beavailable before the launch date for the newidentity, which is 1 September, and detaiLs ofhow to obtain these and ofrecyclingarrangements for any oLd stationery not usedup wiLL foLlow in good time.

Professor Barry Ife, Head ofthe SchooL ofHumanities, has been chairing the College'sAdvisory Group on the project, and here heparaphrases the introduction to the identitywhich he gave at the presentations on 26May.

Revising a visual identity is fraught withdifficulty. It is often said, with reason, thatvisual identity is entirely superficial, butalmost everyone gets upset if an identity ischanged. A good image will not compensatefor a poor product, but a poor presentationcan compromise, sometimes fatally, a goodproduct. The relationship between shadowand substance is not symmetrical, but it is byno means insignificant.

What is most useful about a review of visualidentity, such as we have been undertakingthis session at King's, is that deciding how to

present ourselves can help us to makedecisions about who we really are and whatwe stand for. We cannot not have anidentity, so we might as well do everythingwe can to ensure that it works for us, notagainst us. But to make it work effectivelywe have to have confidence in what liesbehind the facade.

The Advisory Group has approached thevisual identity within the context of theCollege's Strategic Plan. That document

makes a conscious commitment to excellenceas an aim and to selectivity as a means ofachieving that aim It al 0 makes acommitment to long-term improvements inthe physical environment of the College, andin the social facilities and working conditionsfor staff and students. Improving the face weshow to our colleagues and prospectivestudents is one part of that.

The preliminary survey of some 50 staff inthe College showed us that there iswidespread unhappiness with our existingidentity. It was recognised that theabandonment of Reggie in favour of the cresthad been a mistake, but the view was alsoexpressed that to try and put the clock backwould also be a mistake. There was generalsupport for a single identity for the wholeCollege which people would use becausethey felt committed to it.

The Advisory Group gave the account fordeveloping the identity to Pentagram not juston the strength of their record (whichincludes work for Arthur Andersen, Reuters,Nissan, Biba, Lloyds, Faber and Faber, TheGuardian, the V&A and the Crafts Council)but also because the advice they gave us wasclear and convincing: our strength is in ourname. As it came to be summarised: 'Thereare thousands of lions and hundreds of crests,but there is only one King's' (two, in fact, ifyou include the institution in Cambridge ­but 'King's College London' is of courseunique). Crests and lions stand no chance ofmeaning much to the world outside theCollege. If we had a symbol, we shouldalways have to label it so that others couldunderstand what it meant. Pentagram saidwe should have a logotype.

The logotype or marque which has beendeveloped is clear, strong and elegant. Thetypeface, Caslon Old Face, is a traditionalfount designed in the period of King'sfoundation and cut within a mile of theStrand site. The design is flexible and, on avariety of applications, it can suggest bothtradition and progressiveness. We stronglyrecommend it.

The Advisory Group comprised: ProfessorBarry Ife (Chairman); John Muir, VicePrincipal, External Relations; ProfessorSimon Howell, Head of Biomedical SciencesDivision; Jenny Briggs, Assistant Secretary,KCSMD; Brian Salter, Academic Registrar;Christine Kenyon Jones, Director of PublicRelations and Christine Jamieson,Publications OffLcer.

Changes in the School of Life, BasicMedical and Health Sciences

The hool of Life, Basic edical and Healthience currently operates on six sites:

trand. Drury Lane, Cornwall Housennexe, Kensington, Chelsea and Denmark

Hill. In spite of t1li ,the School, through itsfour Divisions (of Biomedical, Biomolecular,Bio phere and Health Science respectively),ha performed astonishingly well, both intudent recruitment and teaching and in

research. evertheless, it became clearduring the discussions leading to theCollege's new Academic Plan that somerestructuring was desirable, albeit as aninterim to the organisation that might bedeveloped for the School's activities whenthey finally unify in Cornwall House.

The decision to withdraw from research intraditional Biology and to reduce overalltaffing in the combined cost centre of the

Biosphere Divi ion was linked to acommitment to support and developenviromentally-related research. For abalanced, frontier-level activity this requireda strong input from the biomoleculardisciplines to work symbiotically with areasof existing strength; some alreadymolecularly-based, such as Microbiology,Biotechnology, Parasitology and PlantSciences, others more obviouslyenviromental such as Environmental Healthand MARC. Furthermore,long-termviability required a larger, critical mass ofacademic staff. These considerations led tothe logic of a merger of the slimmed downBiosphere activities with the otherbiomolecular cientists (Biochemists andImmunologists) already in the same buildingat Kensington. This will constitute a newDivi ion, yet to be named, but reflecting the'Life Sciences' leg of the Life, Basic Medicaland Health Sciences 'tripod'. Its research andteaching will be multidisciplinary, frommolecules to cell, organisms, populationsand the environment, but with anappropriately 'green' flavour.

In parallel, all of the Biomolecular Sciencesactivities at Strand and Drury Lane will betransferred to the Biomedical Division, as itsSubject Group of Molecular Biology andBiophysics. This group will have the main

responsibility for teaching Biochemistry inthe Division's contribution to the integratedcurricula for pre-clinical Medicine andDentistry, which are currently beingdeveloped. oreover, the transfer will placewithin a single Division the Raodall Instituteat Drury Lane, which houses Biophysics, theMRC Research Unit in Muscle and CellMotility and the new Developmental BiologyResearch Centre.

Although still spread over five sites: DruryLane, Kensington (Physiology), Chelsea(Pharmacology), Denmark Hill(Physiotherapy) and Strand (Biochemistry,Physiology, Anatomy and Human Biology),the enlarged Biomedical Division, with totalresponsibility for the Basic Medical Sciences,will now be better placed to make optimaluse of its available resources, including itsspace holding on the Strand.

The third leg of the 'tripod', Health Sciences,is unchanged in the revised structure.However, it is recognised that we are in anevolving situation with regard to medicaleducation in London, and to education in allof the health-related professions. Thesefactors, plus the issue of sites, must prepareus for further restructuring in the future.This doesn't alarm us; we have been in a stateof dynamic change since the 1985 merger, sowe are quite used to it!

Professor Harold BaumHead of School of Life, Basic Medical andHealth Sciences

Dr Whitfield, Head ofthe new Division, gaveComment some details on his background, hiswork at King's and his aspirations for the newDivision.

Dr Phil Whitfield is 48, married to Ruth (ahospital physician) and has three children.He was a senior scholar and then ResearchFellow at Fitzwilliam CoUege Cambridge,obtaining his PhD there in 1969 on thereproductive biology of acanthocephalans - agroup of parasite worms that was obscure in1969 and remains so today! In the same year

he came to the then Zoology Department onthe Strand on a uffield FoundationRe earch Fellowship.

Twelve months later he was appointedLecturer in Parasitology in the sameDepartment, and in 1988, Reader inParasitology - witnessing in the interveningyears the merger of the Zoology and PlantSciences Departments into a BiologyDepartment, the movement of that mergedunit to the Kensington Campus and itseventual incorporation into the Division ofBiosphere Sciences. Since the establishmentof that Division he has been the Head of itsParasitology and Pest Biology ResearchGroup and latterly a member of theDivision' Management Committee. Inrecent years he has been the HonoraryGeneral Secretary of the British Society forParasitology, joint editor, with ProfessorFEG Cox, of the journal Parasitology, and amember of the Academic Board.

Dr Whitfield's personal research interestshave centred on the epidemiology andcontrol of parasitic infections. One strand ofthis activity has fish disease a its subject.Another addresses the global problemscaused by the human parasitic disease,schistosomiasis, which affects some 200million people in the tropics and sub-tropics.His research group, in collaboration withpfizer UK and Ain Shams University inCairo, is searching for secondary compoundsin tropical plants which can form the basisfor new pesticides and anti-parasitic drugs forthe control of schistosomiasis and otherparasitic diseases.

Dr Whitfield is convinced 'that the newDivision will be the location in the Collegefor a distinctive environmental focus. It willcontain a powerful and uniquely broadspectrum of research disciplines which cancontribute in complementary ways to thisfocus' and that the new division 'generatesan expanded connectivity of expertise thatbodes well for both research productivityand teaching success at undergraduate andMasters levels.'

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Reorganisationof ExternalRelationsDepartmentFrom 1 September 1992, the ExternalRelations Department will be transfered tothe Administration, responsible to theCollege Secretary. The 'new' departmentwhich will be headed by Or Barrie Morgan,will be charged with promoting studentrecruitment at home and overseas, mediarelations, publications, and friend-makingwith alurnni and in the local community.The two remaining units in the presentdepartment will be transfered: theContinuing Education Unit to the School ofEducation on 1 August 1992; the EnglishLanguage Unit to the School of Humanitieson ) October 1993.

The External Relations Department underJohn Muir's leadership has fmnly establishedthe reputation of King's for professionalismin the market place, and given the College acompetitive edge. Professor Arthur Lucas,College Officers and the new Director ofExternal Relations will be meeting shortly tobuild on these solid foundations by agreeinga new set of aims and objectives for thedepartment in the light of the Strategic Plan.They will also consider how best to developintegration of the services contributed by theExternal Relations Department with thecomplementary activities of the six Schools,and of the wider College.

Arrendant on these changes, Or A S-T Luewill be retiring from the College on 30September 1992. Mr J V Muir will also beretiring from his post as Vice-Principal onthe same date; he will return to teaching nextyear, in the Department of Classics.

Professor Arthur LucasActing Principal

Calling allmedia punditsMelanie Gardner ofthe Press andPublications Offue and Professor fanKennedy, Head ofthe School ofLaw, explainwhat lies behind a current request for theCollege's experts to identify themselves to themedia.

I hope by now all academics will havereceived from the Press and PublicationsOffice a letter regarding the College 'List ofExperts' and a form to complete if theywould like to be included in such apublication.

What is it?A 'List of Experts' is a publication whichgives the names of academics with a briefdescription of their own particular expertiseand is made available to the media so thatjournalists can use it to find an expert on anysubject they are interested in. They arealways searching for new experts to providean informed opinion.

Why have one?A 'List of Experts' for use by the media willbe an excellent tool for promoting theCollege and raising the profile of King's inthe outside world. With the breadth ofsubjects and experience available in theCollege, we expect to have no trouble inproducing a booklet which reflects theexcellence of King's. Several otheruniversities have already published their 'Listof Experts'.

What does it mean?Agreement to be included in this list wouldnot automatically mean you would beappearing on News at Ten next week! Thelist will be used by all forms of media:national and local press and tv; specialistjournals, popular magazines etc.

Journalists could either approach youdirectly, or the Press and Publications Officewould happily act as a mediator, taking thecalls from journalists and then purring themin touch with you. [A point of interest: asyet media appearances will not be taken intoconsideration in the forthcoming UFCresearch selectivity exercise, but there are

those campaigning hard for it - see TheHigher 1.5.92.J

I would like to encourage all those who feelthey want to be included in such apublication to complete their forms by 20July and return them to the Press andPublications Office. If by any chance youdid not receive a form, call the Office on ext3073. We are investigating the possibility ofoffering short media training courses forthose who feel they would benefit fromprofessional advice.

Some academics within the College arealready contacted regularly by journalists andasked for help. One such is Professor lanKennedy, Head of the School of Law. He isfrequently consulted on his own area ofexpertise - medical law and ethics - and hiscomments can often be read in the papers andheard on the radio. He was an occasionalpresenter of the late night Channel 4

discussion programme After Dark, and lastyear he researched and presented his ownprogramme on BBC2 entitled Death, anOptional Extra: The American HealthcareSystem. Here he offers some thoughts aboutbeing a 'media expert'.

We all know the nightmare. Journalist: OrBloggs, do you use animals in your research?Or Bloggs: No. I do not. Headline: Topboffin denies animal experiments. Restassured. It is only a nightmare. Reality, thereality you and I are concerned with, needhold no fears. We are talking aboutjournalists asking us for help on a story.Remember, it's the journalist who needs you,for background information, for a quote toappear on a programme or just to show theeditor that slhe has done her homework.Ordinarily we should be happy to help. Asteachers we are professional communicatorswho should be delighted to reach anotheraudience. As members of the King'scommunity we should be pleased to do ourbit to raise the College's profile.

If you are approached by a journalistremember to find out first whether you arespeaking on or off the record, or whetheryou are being asked 'for background'.'Background' sometimes means that you arebeing asked to do a researcher's work fornothing, so you may want to think carefullybefore giving up half an hour of your timeand your best jokes. When you speak on therecord ask the journalist if slhe will agree toread back what sihe has written down so as

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to verify it. If the journalist is reluctant toagree, then ou are probably talking to thewrong type of journalist (the 'top boffin'kind!). If you are asked to appear on radio ortv, find out whether it will be live (eg a newsprogramme) or recorded. The nice thingabout recorded programmes is that if youlose track of what you want to say you canalways start again. This looks less good if itis live!

Above all, remember your audience. JoeSixpack wants you to help him understandsomething but you have to do it in terms heunderstands. This does not mean talkingdown to him, it means that you must avoidjargon, speak clearly and concisely and avoidthe academic's love of caveats and qualifyingclauses. Do not be irritated when theinterviewer says that you've only got threeand a half minutes. Regard it as a challenge,not to gabble as fast as you can, but tosynthesise what you want to say into a fewtelling sentences.

Clearly all this needs practice. Training andsimulation exercises are a great help so thatyou are ready when the green Eght goes on.Finally, remember: make sure they alwaysmention King'S.

STAFF NEWS

Confidential waste

The Summer collection of confidential wastepaper will take place on Tuesday, 14 July1992, in Strand room 231 between 10.30 ­12.00.

All members of the College are welcome touse the service and should arrange to delivermaterials, securely bagged or boxed, to theroom. The papers will be finely shredded ina secure environment and then recycled. TheCollege is charged for this service andmembers of the College are asked to makesure that only confidential material isdisposed of in this way. This is not arecycling service.

If you have any problems with the time, dateor deEvery please let us know.

Patricia MethvenCollege Archivist ext 201512187

Juslin Dillon tries his hand at the Gamelan

Letter to the Editor

ice though it is to learn the precise figure ofprofit made from the sale of land on DogKennel Hill to Sainsbury's, the account in thelast issue of Comment is less than balanced.There wa an unprecedented degree of localopposition to the sale, from peopleconcerned at both the destruction of a rareinner-city green space and the impact of thenew megastore upon the string of local shopsdown the road.

The new (and presumptuously named)'Peoples Park' that Sainsbury's have set infront of the store is an ugly little patch thatsets a further distance between it and thelocal shopper on foot - but then the store isdesigned for the convenience of car ownersfrom environmentally protected places likeDulwich Village. -r:he ability of localshopkeepers to survive is so much injeopardy that many are openly calling for aboycott of Sainsbury's. People are verybitter at what looks like the dereliction beingimposed upon the area. They have formed apressure group to help other parrs of thecountry resist Sainsbury's doing the same tothem

Paul KennyDepartmen t of En glish

Coals to Newcastle!

To celebrate the end of their ei ht weekprogramme a group of Indonesian scienceeducation instructors and tutor from theCentre for Educational tudie went to theRoyal Festival Hall to learn to play theGamelan. The Gamelan is a traditionalJavanese form of music played on percussioninstruments. The Royal Fe tival Hall has avery large collection of Gamelan in trumentsand a resident instructor. Lessons can bearranged for groups of up to 2 .

Two of the Indonesian science educationinstructors had some experience but for therest - and for the King's College staff - it wasa new experience. By the end of the twohour lesson some quite plea ant noises werebeginning to be heard.

Justin Dillon and Or Martin Monk, lecturerin CES, are going to Indonesia soon for afour week consultancy as part of a five yeardevelopment programme set up with thegovernment in Indonesia.

John MayInternational Education Unit

King's staff in Rio

Philippe Sands and James Cameron of theCentre for International and EnvironmentalLaw at King's College are attending theUnited Nations Conference on environmentand development in Rio de Janeiro as part ofthe official delegation of the Alliance of SmallIsland States (AOSIS).

Staff Keep Fit

Keep Fit classes continue throughoutthe summer, so why not come alongand tone up? The class is held inRoom B2 at the Strand at 12.15, lastsfor 45 minutes and costs £1.50. Pleasewear comfortable clothing andtrainers.

King's plays hostHeinrich Hertz Medal Presentation

Swedes at the English Language UnitThe English Language Unit played host in May to a group of university lecturers from theuniversities of Stockholm, Lund and Uppsala in Sweden. Due to the influx of non-Swedishspeaking students into courses in higher education in Sweden, more and more institutions areusing the English language as the medium of instruction. The Swedish visitors who came toKing's under the auspices of the National Board of Swedish Universities and the BritishCouncil were given an intensive one-week seminar entitled 'Train to Teach in English'. Thisdealt with the intercultural differences and learning problems faced by overseas students, aswell as updating the teachers' own English. After coming to King's the six Swedes dispersedfor a three-week placement in departments teaching their own subjects before returning to theEnglish Language Unit for a final two-day follow-up session.

Swedish academics attending a course held at the English Language Unit, pictured here with ateacher from the Unit, Susanne Ellioll (jar right)

Professor Tony Davies of King's Departmentof Electronic a.nd Electrical Engineering (left)presented the Heinrich Hertz medal onbehalf of the Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers to Dr James R Wait atKing's on 3 June.

Professor Davies is Chairman of the UK andRepublic of Ireland Section of the IEEE, andDr Wait, former Professor of ElectricalEngineering and Geosciences at theUniversity of Arizona, was lecturing in the

ew Theatre on the Propogation of lcngelectromagnetic waves in the earth­

ionosphere space.

The Heinrich Hertz medal is a prestigiousaward named in honour of the scientistwhose experiments verified the theory ofJames Clerk Maxwell (of King's) and provedthat all forms of electromagnetic radiation arepropagated as waves at a finite velocity - thespeed of light.

ChinesedelegationThe Chairman of the Science andTechnology Commission of the HeilongjiangProvincial Government was the head of ahigh-level delegation from the People'sRepublic of China which visited the Collegeon 28 May. The Commission were in thecountry as part of the programme to open upChinese industry to research anddevelopment being pioneered here and inEurope.

The visit was arranged through ProfessorLucas, as Chairman of the Research StrategyCommittee. The five-strong delegationdiscussed with the Committee the College'sstrategic framework for research funding,both in science and arts-based areas, and thentoured laboratories in Electrical Engineering,concentrating on state-of-the-art microwaveand optoelectronics research. Later, thedelegation were shown round theDevelopmental Biology Research Centre atthe Randall Institute, Drury Lane, wherethey saw a demonstration of three­dimensional computer modelling of geneticmolecules.

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28 ACADEMICS FROM 21 COUNTRIES

Club 552 in CornwaJI House Annexe usually has an internationalatmosphere to it. This was greatly enhanced, however, in Aprilwhen 2 academics from 21 countries met for two weeks for aninternational symposium on science teacher education. Thisymposium, organised by John Head and John ay of the Centrefor Educational studies, was the third in a continuing serie .Earlier symposia have t~en place in 1986 and 1988. Theymposium titled 'Science teacher education: a framework for

profes ional development' was sponsored by the British Councilas part of its extensive programme of courses, seminars andsympo la.

Participants were all experienced science educators, teachertrainers, researchers and administrators including the Director ofthe Federal Ministry for Education and Arts in Austria. Countrierepre ented included Austria and Australia; Botswana, Brazil andBrunei; the etherlands and igeria; and Slovenia and Singapore.

The programme was designed to bring participants up to date with current events in scienceteacher education in the UI(. including recent changes in teacher training. Of particularinterest was the discussion on science education research, much of which has been carried outin the Centre for Educational Studie .

The value of international gatherings goes far beyond the substance of the conferenceprogramme. They serve an important function in raising the profile of King's College abroad;in establishing exchange programmes; and in developing friendships. The goodwill andintere t generated at this symposium augers well for the future.

Nigel Holder (Research Strategy Committee) looks on as Peter Langlois (Electronic andElectrical Engineering) shows an integrated silicone chip constructed by a student to members ofan official delegation from China.

Safety News

All staff arc reminded of the need to initiateand follow College instructions andprocedures in the event of fire. These arcdescribed on the inside cover of the internaltelephone directory.

It is stressed that all activations of the alarmsshould be taken as an evacuation signal unlessvery specific instructions to the contrary aregiven, for example sounding for testpurposes. On a number of recent occasionsstaff failed to activate the alarm from a'break-glass' panel and the Fire Brigade hadbeen called to attend a fire in a fully occupiedbuilding. No member of College is soimportant as to be excused from compliancewith any emergency procedure and seniorstaff in particular should set an example forothers to follow.

Further details of fire and emergencyprocedures will be given in the Start ofSession edition of Comment.

The King's Safety News is returning after abrief lapse caused by pressure of work andmore urgent commitments. Copies areavailable from the Safety Office, StrandCampus, ext 2837.

Roger C SladeCollege Safety Officer

1992 FELLOWS

Fellowship of the College is tbe highesthonour King's can bestow on a person and isawarded to those individuals who, in thejudgement of the Committee of ResidentFellows, have distinguished themselves andmade a major contribution in academic orpublic life. The awards are divided betweencurrent or recent members of staff, andalurnni.

In the last edition of Comment the newCollege Fellows were announced, and, aspromised, here are biographical notes aboutthem

Presentation Fellows

The Rt Hon Lord Justice Bingham,Kt LordJustice ofAppeal and a Member ofCollege Council

Lord Justice Bingham has enjoyed anoutstanding legal career, culminating in hispresent position as Lord Justice of Appeal.He is also an active and valued member ofKing's College Council.

At the request of the Chancellor of theExchequer and the Governor of the Bank ofEngland, he is currently conducting theInquiry into the Supervision of the Bank ofCredit and Commerce International,following the collapse of BCCI last year. In1977-78 he led an investigation into thesupply of oil to Rhodesia.

He entered the legal profession aftergraduating in modern history from OxfordUniversity. He was called to the bar in 1959,became a QC in 1972, a Bencher in 1979, andLord Justice of Appeal and a member of thePrivy Council in 1986. From 1968 to 1972 heserved as the Standing Junior Counsel to theDepartment of Employment, and from 1975

he was a Recorder of the Crown Court. Hebecame a Judge ofthe High Court ofJusticeand a Judge of the Commercial Court in1980.

He is in great demand to serve on committeesand councils. In particular, he is a member ofthe Lord Chancellor's Law ReformCommittee, he was Chairman of the Councilof Legal Education from 1982-86 and he isVisitor to Balliol College, Oxford.

Lord Justice Bingham is also committed tomatters medical: he is Chairman of theSpecial Trustees of St Mary's Hospital;Visitor to the Royal Postgraduate MedicalSchool; a member of the Delegacy of StMary's Medical School; and has recentlychaired a working party into the statutoryregulation of osteopaths.

Mr Maurice WoW, CBEProperty developer and philanthropist

Maurice WoW founded the United RealProperty Trust in 1953, and it became apublic company in 1961. The company,under his chairmanship, achieved greatsuccess in property development, includingthe construction of over 20 important officebuildings in the UK (particularly in the Cityand West End of London) and in Australia.

Mr WoW founded The Maurice WohlCharitable Foundation in 1965. TheFoundation supports, amongst other causes,medical research, education, sheltered homesand the arts. Recently, the Foundation wasinvolved in the restoration of 'The WohlRoom' at The National Gallery. Both theRoyal Postgraduate Medical School atHarrunersmith Hospital and King's CollegeSchool of Medicine and Dentistry have beenrecipients of very generous and substantialdonations for medical research.

At KCSMD, the support of the Foundationhas facilitated the development of theMaurice WoW General Dental PracticeCentre, which opened in 1986. Theprovision of a new student on-call residenceon the ho piul site, and the molecularbiology laboratory in the Liver Unit, havealso been made possible with the help of thethe Foundation. Also he has just received aCBE in the 1992 Queen'sBirthday HonoursList.

In recognition of his considerable charitablework, Mr Wohl was made a Fellow of theRoyal Postgraduate Medical School last year.He is also the recipient of La Midaille ck laVille ck Paris in recognition of services to thecity.

Fellows

Professor Lawrence FreedmanProfessor ofWar Studies and Head oftheDepartment ofWar Studies

Professor Freedman is being recognised forhis enormous contribution and loyalty to

both his Department and the College. AsProfessor of War Studies and Head ofDepartment (since 1982) he has secured theinternational reputation of the Department.He is also Honorary Director of the Centrefor Defence Studies which, since its inceptionless than two years ago, has quicklyestablished itself as a leading research centrein this field.

He enjoys a high public profile through hismany media appearances, and was much indemand during the Gulf War. His highreputation is in part due to this, but in themain because of his sound scholarship andimpressive list of publications.

s an educator, his influence is wide-rangingand reflected in the success of hispo t raduate students; under his leadershipthe Depanment has recently won a contractto provide iaster teaching for the RAF; andlast year aw the first tudents on the BA in

ar tudies course.

Before joining King's, he was at the RoyalInstitute of International Affairs, flISt as aRe~earch Fellow and then as Head of PolicyStudies.

He gained a BA Econ, from anchesterUniversity, a BPhil from York, and DPhilfrom Oxford. He went on to become aResearch Fellow at uffield College, Oxfordfor a year, before joining the InternationalIn titute for Strategic Studies as a ResearchAssociate. He has been a member of itsCouncil since 1984.

Mr John Eliot Gardiner, CBEConductor; Founder and Artistic Dzrector ofthe Engbsh Baroque Soloists, the MonteverdiChozr and the Monteverdi Orchestra

John Eliot Gardiner is one of the mostversatile and exciting conductors of our timeand a key figure in the Early Music Revival.His successes include being the youngestconductor ever of the Henry Wood 'Proms';guest conductor of many of the majorEuropean orchestras and founder of theMomeverdi Choir, the MonteverdiOrchestra, the English Baroque Soloists, theOrchestre de l'Opera de Lyon, aod theOrchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique.

After graduating from Cambridge in Historyand Arabic, he studied musical history andmusicology at King's and was awarded theCertificate of Advanced Studies in Music.

He was Artistic Director of the GottingeoHandel Fe tival from 19 1-90; PrincipalConductor of the CBC ancouver Orchestrafrom 19 - 3 and ni tic Director of the

eneto iusical Fe tival in 19 6. Recent! hehas been appointed the Principal Conductorof the R- infonieorchester, Hamburg.

Famed aI 0 for his pioneering work inrediscovering and reviving baroque and earlyClassical operas including tho e of Hande~Purcell and Leclair, he conducted the worldpremiere of Rameau's ope~a Les Boreades inAix-eo-Provence in 1982. He has made over100 records, ranging from omeverdi andMozan, to Massenet, Rodrigo and CentralAmerican Percussion Music.

Hi outstanding achievements have beenrewarded by numerous honours and prizes,including an Honorary Doctorate from theUniversity of Lyon; nomination as Offzcierdans l'Ordre des Arts et des Leures; winningthe Gramophone Award for the Best Opera;and receiving the Gramophone Award forEarly usic and Choral iu ic records sixtimes; the Grand Priz du Disque five times,and the Edison Award five times.

Professor L Patrick HarveyFormer CerrJantes Professor and Head oftheDepartment ofSpanish and Spanish­American Studies at King's

During Professor Harvey's academic careerhe worked at the Universities of Oxford,Southampton and London, both at King'sand Queen Mary College, where he was for13 years. owan Emeritus Professor, heenjoyed a successful time at King's, joining in1973 as the Cervantes Professor of Spanish,and Head of the Department of Spanish andSpanish-American Studies. He also served asDean of the Arts Faculty for two years. Hetook an active part in the life of the College,and served on a number of committees,including those of the Library and the AUT.

At the forefront of Hispano- rabic studiesin the Eo !ish-speaking world and a world­wide authori on he subject, he is indemand at international gatherings. Hisbook, lslamu: Spam 1250 - 15 0, is a majorcontribution to the suhjecL His uniquescholarly distinction in the leld of IslamicSpain meant that, for several years, he wasone of the Electors to the Laudian Chair 0

Arabic at Oxford.

Profe sor Harvey has been in demandoutside the College too. On a national leve~

he was a committee member of the UGC andits Arts Sub-Committee; he has served on theCommittee of the Society of MediterraneanStudies, the ational Council for ModernLanguages, and the Hispanic and Luso­Brazilian Council. He also chaired theUniver ity of London's Board of Studies inRomance Languages and Literature.

He played an important role on a number ofad hoc bodies, among them the UGCWorking Party on Russian Studies; theSubject Area Committee established torepon on the organization of the Humanitiesin the University of London, and LordCameron's Steering Committee for theCollege.

Profes or Arthur LucasActing Principal

Professor Lucas has been awarded aFellowship for his dedication andcommitment not only to his own subject, butto the College as a whole.

His career has spanned three continents,Australia, America and Europe. Graduatingfrom the University of Melbourne with a BScand BEd, he worked for the EducationDepartment in the State of Victoria. Aftertwo years at FLinders University, SouthAustralia he gained his PhD in the area ofenvironmental education from Ohio StateUniversity, USA, before creating a staffdevelopment unit at Warrnambool Instituteof Advanced Education. Returning toFlinders, he become Chairman of the Schoolof Education.

Joining Chelsea College in 1980 as Professorof Science Curriculum Studies, he became theHead of the School of Education in 1989. Hehas made a valuable contribution to thebuilding up of the School over the last 10years. He was Assistant Principal for theChelsea campus until 1990.

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Professor Lucas has also made a significantcontribution to the development of theCollege since becoming Vice-Principal (in1991, with responsibility for academicplanning), and notably as Chair of theAcademic Policy Group. He is one of thearchitects of the College's Strategic Plan.

He is highly regarded in his own field ofscience education and he recently edited aspecial issue of the InternationalJournal forScience Education, devoted to InformalLearning in Science. In recognition of hisexpertise, he has been made a Fellow of theInstitute of Biology, a member of theAustralian College of Education and servedas a Council Member on the CommonwealthAssociation for Science, Mathematics andTechnology Education. He is a member ofthe Executive Committee of the Fields StudyCouncil, and recently became a member ofthe Council of the Zoological Society ofLondon.

MrJohnMuirVice-Principal and College Orator

John Muir joined the College in 1962 as aLecturer in Education rising to SeniorLecturer and Vice-Dean of the Faculty.During this time he initiated, with Ian Harris,a pioneering and unique teacher trainingprogramme. Together they designed amobile television recording unit with whichthey toured the country, filming teachers inthe classroom. The recordings were playedback to student teachers at King's whogained invaluable information about teachingmethods.

After the merger in 1985, he joined theCentre for Educational Studies and wasappointed Assistant Principal of Chelseacampus

He went on to become a Vice-Principal ofthe College in 19 8 with particularresponsibility for the Department of ExternalRelations. His appointment facilitated thebringing together of the various publ.icrelations activities within the College to forma unified Department. He was appointed asCollege Orator last year.

He has been an active participant in Collegelife beyond his own Department, and has, inhis time, served on every significant CollegeCommittee.

Outside the College he has made a majorcontribution to Classics education in Britain.He has been President of the JointAssociation of Classical Teachers and of theLondon Association of Classics Teachers andhas been closely involved with theCambridge Classics Project and the LondonSummer School in Classics of which he hasbeen Director. He has edited Greece andRome and also published a number of articlesand books.

These activities over the years add up to anoutstanding contribution to the College andthe cause of Education. His unstinting andunostentatious service has gone far beyondthe call of duty, and his wisdom and integrityhave made him a trusted and respectedmember of the College community.

[An interesting connection between two ofour Fellows: back in 1966 John Muir playedin Chelsea Opera Group concertperformances of Tchaikovsky's opera EugeneOnegin with John Eliot Gardiner singing thepart of Monsieur Triquet.]

Miss Sybil RosenfeldTheatre Historian

A former student of King's, Miss Rosenfeldhas made a remarkable contribution, over

almost half a century, to British theatrehistory and has been described as'unquestionably the most eminent livingBritish theatre historian'.

She gained a first class honours degree inEnglish and was awarded an MA withdistinction. She has retained links withKing's and is a supporter of KCLA,contributing to the last magazine.

She has devoted her life to research andscholarship, and to the service of the Societyfor Theatre Research Honorary Secretary forover 20 years before retiring, and continuesbe involved as Vice-President. She was afounding joint-editor (1945-70) of TheatreNotebook, and is now a member of theBoard of Advisers. She was also a drivingforce behind the creation of the BritishTheatre Museum Association and was on theExecutive Committee of the InternationalFederation for Theatre Research.

Miss Rosenfeld has published scholarlyarticles in many of the world's leadingliterary, theatrical and art journals, as well aswriting seven books on theatre history, forone of which she was awarded the RoseMary Crawshay Prize by the BritishAcademy.

A remarkable and unique lady, MissRosenfeld continues to work late into herlife. During the past year she has beenwriting entries on scene painters for the NewGrove Dictionary ofOpera.

Her enormous contribution to the theatrehas been acknowledged by Western College,Ohio, USA, where she has received an HonDLitt.

Dr Roger WilliamsDirector of the Institute of Liver Studies atKing's College School of Medicine andDentistry

Dr Williams, Director of the Institute ofLiver Studies at KCSMD, and ConsultantPhysician at the Hospital, is one of theleading hepatologists in the Western World.Graduating in medicine from the LondonHospital Medical College, junior medicalposts at the Royal Postgraduate MedicalSchool, the Royal Free Hospital and aRockefeller Travelling Fellowship toColumbia University, New York Cityfollowed.

The Liver Unit, which he established onarrival at King's, was recognised as anInstitute of Liver Studies in 1990 and, underhi leadership, has become a leading centrefor liver transplants in Europe. His researchcontributions have made major advances inthe understanding of liver disease, itsdiagnosis and therapy, earning him aninternational reputation, reflected in hiselection as President of both the British andEuropean Associations for the Study ofLiver. His written contribution has beenvast; over 1500 publications.

He has been involved with the work of theBritish Society of Gastroenterolgy, servingas President for a year. He is currentlySecond Vice-President at the Royal Collegeof Physicians, President of the InternationalMedical Club and past President of theHarveian Society of London.

His pioneering work can be measured bythe number of prizes and honours he hasreceived. Elected a Fellow of the RoyalCollege of Surgeons for his contribution tothe development of liver transplantation, hehas been given the Fellowship of theEdinburgh College and that of the RoyalCollege of Physicians of Australasia. Thisyear he was awarded an HonoraryFellowship of the American College ofPhysicians

Mr John WrightFormer Under Secretary, CfverseasDe'lJelopment Administration, Foreign andCommonwealth Office; and a Member ofCollege CouncilMr Wright has served on King's CollegeCouncil, and before that on QueenElizabeth College Council, with greatdistinction and commitment. As member ofthe Investment Sub-Committee and theFinance Committee, his input has been

considerable, and he has alwaysdemonstrated a professional attitude to hisrole as an External Adviser to the College.

After graduating from Cambridge, he wenton to gain a Diploma in Economics beforeembarking upon a distinguished career as aneconomic adviser, mainly within the CivilService. He began his career with spells atthe Organization for European EconomicCo-operation in Paris, at the Economics andStatistics Directorate, and then at theAgriculture and Food Directorate, beforemoving on to the UK Atomic EnergyAuthority.

In 1961 he joined the Ministry of Defence asa member of the staff of the Chief ScientificAdviser and while there was part of the UKdelegation to the l8-Nation DisarmamentConference. He was then appointed SeniorEconomic Adviser at the CommonwealthRelations Office (now the Foreign andCommonwealth Office), rising to becomeHead of the Economists Department andsubsequently Director (Economic) at theFCO. He went on to become UnderSecretary, a post he held for 13 years.

Other posts Mr Wright holds include:Economic and Financial Consultant to theEEC Commission; membership of the SocialSecurity Appeals Tribunal for CentralLondon and trustee to the ThomsonFoundation. He was formerly Chairman ofthe Economists Panel of the First DivisionAssociation.

He became a JP for the Dover and East Kentarea in 1983 and is a member of the Board ofVisitors at Canterbury Prison and of the localparole review committee. He has exhibitedat the Royal Academy.

Higher EducationFunding CouncilThe membership of the Higher EducationFunding Council for England ha beenannounced as follows:

Sir Ron Dearing (Chairman)Chairman, Universities Funding Council!Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council

Professor Colin CampbellVice-Chancellor, University of ottingham

Professor Graeme Davies (Chief Executive)Chief Executive, Universities FundingCouncillPolytechnics Funding Council

Professor Brian K FollettProfessor of Zoology, University of Bristoland Biological Secretary, The Royal Society

Mr Robert GunnChairman-designate of the FurtherEducation Funding Council for England

Professor Kay-Tee KbawProfessor of Clinica.l Gerontology,University of Cambridge

Sir Idris PearceChairman of the Higher Education FundingCouncil for Wales

Sir Robert ScholeyChairman, British Steel

Professor Jack ShawDeputy Governor, Bank of Scotland andChairman-designate of the Scottish HigherEducation Funding Council

Miss Janet TrotterDirector, Cheltenham and GloucesterCollege of Higher Educa.tion

Professor David JWatsonDirector, Brighton Polytechnic

Sir David PhillipsChairman, Advisory Board for the ResearchCouncils

Or Rab TelferExecutive Chairman, BSI Standards

Secretary ofState's representative:Mr JM M Vereker, Deputy Secretary,Department for Education

Alternate: Mr C A Clark

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Co legeOpen DayThere were 122 responses to the '92 OpenDay que tionnaire from visitors to theKing's College London Schools of Law,Humanities, Physical Science and Life, Basic1edical and Health Sciences.

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so the total of responses by department islarger than the number of replies to thegeneral questions.

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The newly elected student committee for1992/3 is pictured in the photo below. Thenew President' winning manifesto i suewere: representation of students on all site ,a commitment to promoting studentparticipation, and an interest in ensuring thatthe Student Representative Council shouldfunction on a more democratic basis. He alsoadvocates that the union works closely withthe NUS to campaign on issues of decreasinggrants, and loss of unemployment andhousing benefits.

Ben Elgar (President), Susan Gentleman(Vice President Welfare and Education) andSimon Forbes (Treasurer). Viq Ahmad

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RecyclingRecycling of aluminium cans, office andcomputer paper now seems to be a regularpart of college life here at Kensington, andwe are pleased at the spread of interest to theChelsea and Strand sites, even if we are wayahead at the moment in terms of what wedo! Interested persons, staff and studentsare welcome to attend the regular monthlymeetings in the Biosphere Common Room,Atkins Building, on the first Wednesday ofevery month.

Payments for recycled paper and cans havebuilt up to more than £100, and £20 hasalready been spent on 'purchasing' one acreof rain forest in Belize, a Central Americancountry where a tremendous diversity ofplants and animals are at risk from forestdestruction. Can crushers (some paid for byindividual departments) have also beeninstalled at strategic places around theKensington campus.

We have recently collected about 25 kg ofold dry cell batteries from our 'battery bins'in the At\Uns building. These have beentaken away by London's one and onlybattery recycling specialist who sends themto France for reclaiming of the chemicals.Old batteries are one of the worst sources oftoxic leakage from rubbish dumps in Britain,and given the amount of lip service paid to'environmentally' friendly batteries by themanufacturers, it seems crazy that nobody isrecycling them in this country.

Or Jonathan Scurlock represented therecycling scheme in the Student Uniondebate held as part of 'Green AwarenessWeek' at the beginning of March. KCLSUhas taken the initiative of promotingrecycling within the College, especially atthe Strand site where space and facilitie arein relatively short supply.

A new direction for the recycling schemehas been the bulk purchase and distributionof environmentally-friendly energy-efficientlight bulbs. These are an effectivereplacement for ordinary 60W and 100Wlight bulbs, using only one-fifth of theelectricity and lasting ten times longer.Many people remain unaware of theirbenefits due to lack of promotion by themanufacturers - too often they are availableonly from expensive electrical shops, insteadof supermarkets. Our scheme buys these

light bulbs at a discount, passing on thesavings to College members. They cOSt£10.72 for a 60W equivalent and £1 1.23 for a100W equivalent, compared with up to £15 inthe shops. Contact Marion immonds inBiosphere Sciences, ext 4280 for more details.For further information on recycling pleasecall: Jonathon Scurlock, ext 4315 or RuthOkine, ext 4329 in Biosphere Sciences; GaryStrickland., Biomolecular Sciences, ext 4257;Sue Holly, Physiology, ext 4229; or RichardBeepat, Stores, ext 4287.

Or Clive Ireland, Or Jonathon Scurlock

Help stop deforestatum like this!

Dual role forVice-ChancellorThe Vice-Chancellor of the University ofLondon, Professor Stewart Sutherland., hasbeen recommended by the EducationSecretary for appointment by the Queen tothe newly-created post of Her Majesty'sChief Inspector of Schools in England.

An agreement has been reached between theUniversity of London and the Departmentfor Education to enable Profes or Sutherlandto continue to carry out the full range of hisduties as Vice-Chancellor concurrent withthose of the new task - which starts on ISeptember. Professor Sutherland will be onsecondment from the University for his HMIduties, and his contract of employmentremains with the University. He expects tospend approximately two days a week onHMI work.

Tailing on the new responsibilities willcoincide with the demise of several other ofProfessor Sutherland's commitments, such asVice-Chairman of the CVCP. ProfessorSutherland had in fact been approached witha view to standing for election to the

Librarybuilding worksThis summer the Old Library will be closedfor extensive building works. A largeproportion of the stock held in that part ofthe Library will be unavailable for the entireperiod. The departments most affected havealready been contacted and the situationexplained to them. However, for membersof other departments who may have reasonto use the Old Library on an occasional basis,the following is a summary:

Monday 29 June - Thursday 2 JulyOld Library open but very noisy as packingof stock begins

Friday 3 July - Sunday 27 SeptemberOld Library closed

Laws periodicals with the titles beginningA-Law Quarterly Review will be unavailablefor the entire period, from Monday 29 June,as will History stock with classificationnumbers DP214-DZ

A fetching service will be operated fromStrand level One issue desk for othermaterial. Requests received before 10.30should be available by 11.00, those receivedbefore 14.30 should be available by 15.00.Requests may be made by telephone (ext2132) to save actually visiting the Library toplace a request. Material available for loanshould be borrowed and returned to theStrand Building Library; material which isfor reference only should be consulted withinthe Strand Building Library.

During the period of closure please telephoneeither ext 3689 or ext 3570 for further adviceor assistance. Prior to the closure, pleasecontact Vivien Fletcher (Sub Librarian ­Reader Services), ext 2313, if you have anyparticular problems with these arrangements.

Chairmanship of the CVCP, which is a half­time post, but he had declined.

Professor Sutherland comments: 'This is amarvellous opportunity which I amhonoured to take on board. What happens inour schools is desperately important for thefuture of our country, including the future ofour universities. I believe the two roles arewholly compatible.'

RESEARCH NEWS

PhysiotherapyResearch SocietyThe inaugural meeting of the PhysiotherapyResearch Society (PRS), held at King'sCollege London on 23 April, was convenedby Dr Cecily Partridge, Director of theCentre for Physiotherapy Research andChair of the PRS Steering Committee.

The formation of the society marks a majorstage in the development of research inphysiotherapy and brings together theincreasing number of physiotherapistsundertaking research and building up aresea.rch base for professional practice.

One hundred and seventy physiotherapistsattended. Invited guests included Dr DoreenRothman from the Department of Health,Dr Michael Ashley-Miller from the NuffieldProvincial Hospitals Trust, Professor TrevorSmith, Vice Chancellor of Ulster University,Ms Trish Phillips, Chair of Council of theChartered Society of Physiotherapy, MsBeryl Steeden from the College ofOccupational Therapists and occupationaltherapist Ms Rosemary Bamitt ofSouthampton University.

There was considerable discussion andexchange of ideas as participants expressedtheir views about the aims and purpose of thenew society. The scientific meeting of thesociety will be an annual event and a meetingin mainland Europe is planned for the nearfuture.

Many thanks are owed to the Porters, AVSUstaff and the Catering Department who allhelped to make the day such a success.

Dr Cecily PartridgeDirector of the Centre for Physiotherapy

Further boost forfood researchA recently announced resea.rch grant of£145,000 awa.rded by the AFRC to Dr PeterEllis of the Food Structure Group,BiomolecuJa.r Sciences Division andProfessor ick Read, Centre for Human

utrition, Sheffield will boost resea.rch intothe relationship between the physio­chemical properties of soluble dietary fibrecomponents in foods such as oats and beans,and their important physiological effectssuch as modulation of carbohydratedigestion and absorption and associatedhormonal responses, such as insulinsecretion. Despite its implications for healthgenerally and for the treatment of metabolicdisorders, such as diabetes mellitus,historically this resea.rch area has been adifficult one in which to win ResearchCouncil support.

The project will be led from King's Collegeby Dr Ellis, assisted by Dr Fiona Roberts,for whom provision is made for a Post­Doctoral Resea.rch Associateship. Thepresent research in fact stems from asuccessful PhD project completed recentlyby Dr Roberts under joint supervision by DrEllis and Dr Graham Low of the AFRC'sInstitute for Grassland and EnvironmentalResea.rch. Scientists from the DanishNational Institute for Animal Science willalso collaborate in the research. Thiscollaboration has been facilitated by an ECMobility Grant awarded to Dr ElLis and DrRoberts in 1991.

AFRC appointmentsProfessor Sirnon Ross-Murphy, who wasappointed recently to the Dairy Crest Chairof Food Rheology in the Food StructureGroup, Biomolecula.r Sciences Division, hasbeen appointed by the Agricultural andFood Research Council (AFRC) to itsnewly-formed Food Engineering ResearchGrants Board and also its Food ResearchCommittee, which formulates policy

concerning food-related research as well asmonitoring the food research carried outunder AFRC support. He was already amember of the AFRC's Post-Doctoral

Resea.rch Fellowship Committee. Theseappointments reflect Professor Ross­Murphy's standing in his a.rea of resea.rch,and should provide the Food StructureGroup with a valuable means ofcommunication with regard to the futuredirections of AFRC policy in the food a.rea.

Central Re earch Fund Award(Spring Term, 1992)Professor David Schofield, Food StruCtureGroup, Biomolecular Sciences Division:£1,7745 towards research on various forms ofglutathione in wheat flour and theircontribution to variation in breadmakingquality.

Professor JD SchofieldHead of the Food Structure GroupDivision of Biomolecular Sciences

Additional AFRC funding has been awardedto Professor JW Bradbeer, Division ofBiosphere Sciences. He will receive £73,300over three years for resea.rch into the controlof metabolic f1uxes through chloroplast andcytosolic phosphoglycerate kinases intransformed plants.

MRC LINK GRANT

The Pharmacy Department in conjunctionwith the Department of Pha.rmacology andthe Centre for Heat Transfer and Fluid FlowMeasurement have recently been awarded£155,000 under the MRC LINK Initiative onSelective Drug Delivery and Targetting. Theproject is concerned with the absorption ofpeptides via the respiratory tract andinvolves the collaboration of a number ofstaff in Pharmacy. The study will makeconsiderable use of the King's CollegePeptide Synthesis Unit which is housed inthe Department.

Over 70 applications were made under thisinitiative and King's received one of the onlytwo awards made. The industrial componentof the grant has been provided by a club ofpha.rmaceutical companies compring ofWellcome, TCI, SmithKline Beecham andCiba-Geigy.

Professor C MarriottHead ofPharmceutics SectionDepartment of Pharmacy

Introductions for Menard books have beenspecially wrinen by distinguished poets andscholars. The artists and cover designers areequally impressive including the presentdesigns by Merlin James.

More than 120 MenCards have also beenpublished, including previously unpublishedtranslation from forty languages of work bySamuel Becken, Keith Bosley, ElaineFeinstein, Ted Hughes, Octavio Paz., VaskoPopa, Daniel Weissbort and virtually all thesignificant names in the world of poetry!translation.

Anthony Rudolf's work includes poetry: TheSame Ri'CJer Twice (Carcanet, 1976) and Afterthe Dream (Cauldron Press, St Louis, 1980);translations of books by Russian poets,Alexander Tvardovsky and YevgeniVinokourov, and French poets, YvesBonnefoy and Edmond Jabes; anthologies:Voices within the Ark (Avon Books, ewYork, 1980); political pamphlets. He isworking on his first novel and is co-editor ofthe Penguin selection of Yves Bonnefoy'spoems.

Wine from Two Glasses (The A dam Lecturefor 1990) by Anthony Rudolf, £6

I'm Not E'CJen a Grown-Up: The Diary ofJerzy Feiiks Urman, edited and introducedby Anthony Rudolf, £6

Red Knight: Serbian Women's Songs, editedand translated by Daniel Weissbort andTomislav Longinovic, with a preface byCharles Sirnic and illustrations by AudreyJones, £9

Quatre Quatuors, Eliot's Four Quartetstranslated by Claude Vigee, with an essay byGabriel Josipovici and an unpublished letterby Eliot, £9

Flow Tide: selected poems and prose byCLaude Vigee, edited and translated byAnthony Rudolf, £9

A Necklace of Bees: poems by OsipMandelslam, translated by MariaEnzensberger with a foreword by ElaineFeinstein, £6

MensagemlMessage by Fernando Pessoa,

bilingual edition, translated by JonathanGriffin, and introduced by Helder Macedo,£9

The above texts (except I'm Not E'CJen a

Grown-Up: The Diary ofJerzy Feiiks Urman)were typeset at King's, and all can bepurchased from Wendy Pank in the Schoolof Humanities Office, Room 8B, Strand.

The Menard Press, founded in 1968 byAnthony Rudolf, has published more thanone hundred books in the fields of poetryand politics. Menard's publications includebooks by Yehuda Amichai, Paul Auster,Yves Bonnefoy, Kim Chemin, EdmondJabes, Max Jacob, GabrielJosipovic~ PrimoLev~ Donald MacKinnon, adezhda andOsip Mandelstam, FT Prince, Jeremy Reed,Sir Martin Ryle, LS Senghor, LordZuckerman and many others. A full set ofMenard publications has been generouslygiven to the King's Library by AnthonyRudolf.

In 1992 the School of Humanities of King'sCollege London in association with theMenard Press published a group of newbooks, as listed belo .

medical research charities, together withothers from pharmaceutical industries withUK-based re earch interests incardiovascular disease, who were keen tolearn more about the new Centre and itswork. In addition, the Centre wasparticularly honoured by the presence oftwO scientific representatives from OnoPharmaceutical Company of Osaka inJapan. Ono have proyided the funding toenable King's to create the chair in VascularBiology, without which the Centre wouldnot have been envisaged, and it was apleasure to be able to show Dr Kawasakiand Dr Miyamoto how their company'scontribution has enabled a major newinitiative within the College to take place.

Humanities/MenardPress Publications

The programme for the day included fivescientific lectures from laboratory headsoutlining the major research interests withinthe Centre, together with a tour oflaboratories to see 15 demonstrations andposters of work in progress. Despite a localpower cut (due to workmen cuning themains cable while digging up Campden HillRoad!), the day was highly successful. Itended with a reception in the OldRefectory hosted by the Vice Principal,Professor Arthur Lucas, seen in the pictureentertaining the representatives from Ono

On 18 May an Open Day was held atKensington to introduce the new VascularBiology Research Centre to invited visitorsto the College. The Centre, co-ordinated bythe laboratory of the new Professor ofVascular Biology, Jeremy Pearson, at presentincludes nine research labs, most within theBiomedical Sciences Division, whosecommon interest is the study of blood vesselphysiology and pathology. The formation ofthe Centre creates a multidiscipLinary groupthat benefits from pooled expertise. Thisranges from electrophysiology, cell andmolecular biology to clinical studies; the lastdue to the inclusion within the Centre ofJohn Martin, the recently appointed BritishHeart Foundation Professor ofCardiovascular Science in the Department ofMedicine at the Medical SchooL With acurrent combined grant income of over £1.5million, the Centre intends to establish itselfas an important contributor to this researcharea, attracting the best graduates andpostgraduates to a well-founded researchenvironment with the critical mass toencourage creative interactions.

The visitors included representatives fromthe Medical Research Council and the main

Launch of Vascular Biology Research Centre

Professor Lucas taLking with Dr Kawasaki(right) and Dr Miyamoto (Left)

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STAFF TRAININGPlease note that full costs will be levied to

departments if enroled staff fm to attend.... ithout reasonable justification. Pleasecontact Janine 10rton, ext 2760 regardinavailability.

Development Programme forecretaries

One of the most exciting ventures for SDruthi ses ion has been the running of amodular programme to encouragedevelopment in the skills of secretarial staff atKing'S. Two one-day modules have alreadytaken place and have proved to be a greatsuccess. We believe there were two mainrea ons for this: one was that the thepre enter, Rose Austen sought the views ofecretaries throughout the college before the

programme, during a seminar held inMarchThe second reason for the success wasthat the current participants agreed to

progres through the complete programme ofthree modules.

The programme focuses on the followingissues: Interpersonal Communication Skills:a sertiveness, constructive criticism (givingand receiving!) and dealing with difficultpeople; Improving Performance: knowingand setting work objectives, setting prioritiesand targets, planning and negotiating themost effective use of your, and yourmanager's time; Presenting a ProfessionalImage - 7July, how to influence the image ofyour department/section as well as your ownimage and presentation.

Rose Austen presents very practical methodsfor re olving a variety of issues andencourages the group to share their owninformation and experiences. Thanks to itscurrent success, this programme will be runagain (and again!) next Session. Details willbe sent to departmental and school managers.

Committee ServicingTuesday 14 July 0930-1730, CommitteeRoom, StrandThi one-day course is designed for thosewho service senior College committees. Thecourse will consider the various functions ofmeetings; liaising with the Chair to draw upthe Agenda; selective note-taking; draftingthe Minutes - language used, reported speech.A highly practical course, with plenty ofopportunity to record and draft minutes of ameeting in the afternoon.

Presentation Skills for Finance StaffThursda 16July 9.30-17.00,CouncilRoom, StrandThis course is for people who have to leadcour es about fmance kills or are required

present mancial data to an audience.

College PurchasingTuesday 3 June 14.00-16. ,Room 22 ,Strand Building (note change)This course includes: ordering, invoicepayment, internal invoice, recommendedsuppliers, ULPG, quotations, maintainingaccounts and handling petty cash.

Seminar for TechniciansTotal Management of EquipmentWednesday 8 July 09.30-12.30, KensingtonThis seminar is for technical staff who mayneed to keep track of equipment informationsuch as inventories, electrical safety testing,repair and maintenance information,technical notes, user lists etc. It will deal withdata base management.

An Introduction to EffectiveWriting techniquesThursday 9 July 0930-16.30, GOS, StrandBuilding.The course will introduce practical guidelinesto achieve clarity in written communication.Participants will be able to give informationin writing, which is easy to read andunderstand; and to organise the logical orderand visual layout so as to ensure clearpresentation of information.

Information TechnologyworkshopsSymphony -Intermediate levelDate t.b.a. PS2 lab, Main building, StrandTwo half-day workshops for those who havemastered the basics of Symphony.

IT Introductory workshopsWhat is a Database, a Spreadsheet, Desk TopPublishing? Could they increase efficiencyand effectiveness in your department? Lastyear a series of three half-day workshopswere run to introduce the concept of storingrecords, doing accounts, and creating leafletsand newsletters with the help of personalcomputer packages to help departments todecide on the usefulness of such packagesbefore buying them! We would like to hearfrom anyone who would like to attend suchworkshops and if there is sufficient demandwe will organise dates as soon as possible.

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Laurel AwardsOn 7 ay ix students from 'ing's wereawarded Laurel ward one of the highestawards given by the Univer ity of LondonUnion for students who have providedexceptional ervice to the union. The awardceremony wa held in the University ofLondon Union Building and presented byProfes or Co an, Chair of Convocation forthe University of London. Ourcongratulations go to the following:-Michael Howgate awarded for his workwith the London Students Skeptic Society;-Rachel Keeling awarded for her part in theBritish Universities Sailing Championshipand her contribution to the Sports Counciland the Student Union; -Jonathon Kohnawarded for his work with the GeneralUnion Council and his commitment tostudents; -Andy Lawrence awarded for hiswork on the London Student; -Ross Spicerawarded for his work as the chair of theSocietie Board, (Ross is due to become theVice-President of Finance and Societies);-Greg Vincent awarded for hi work as theChair of the General Union Council and hiscommitment to student unioni to.

This year there has been an encouragingmovement towards recognition of thecontribution made by individual collegeunion participants as opposed to an emphasison those who have contributed to generalstudent causes.

In addition Earl Russell, Professor of BritishHistory, was awarded the highest accoladeby the Union, I Ionorary Life Membership,for his contribution to higher education inhis capacity as a member of the House ofLords.

Earl Russell

MAY BALL

Thank must go to the

following organisations for

their generous sponsorship

of the Ball: Andersen

Consulting, Barclays Bank,

STA Travel, and of course allat the Savoy, without whose

help the event would nothave been such a memorable

occasion.

Steven Ravenscroft

King's studentin the RugbyStudent WorldCup

Steven Ravenscroft, a second year Law

student, has been selected for the Rugbysquad for the Student World Cup in Italythis year. He spared Comment a few minutesbetween his studies and an ambitious training

programme to talk about the fonhcomingtournament.

The evening began with a

reception in the Abraham

Lincoln Room with musical

accompaniment from pianist

and King's graduate Simon

Ferris. Dinner at the Savoy

lived up to expectations and

the dancing commenced after

the raffle where the mainprize was a £1 SO STA travel

voucher, other prizesincluded a personal stereo

and clock radio donated by

Barclays Bank.

The 1992 May Ball, one ofthe highlights ofKmg's social calendar, took place at the Savoy onSaturday 2 May attended by King's own sartorially elegant students arrayed m pelUock coloursand determined to enjoy themselves.

Leading theway toBarcelonaA second year ursing Studies student,

Mandy Wilsdon, has been chosen to lead a

team of nineteen 18 - 21 year olds to the

International Youth Camp, held in

Barcelona this summer.

International Youth camps have been held

since 1912 during the Stockholm Olympic

Games, their purpose being to fo ter

cultural and sponing interchange among

young people, and to overcome differences

of race, religion, frontiers, ideology and

traditions through tolerance and mutual

respect. The event is usually held at the

same time as the Olympic Games, and since1968 has enjoyed the official status granted

it in the Olympic Chaner.

Mandy responded to a competition advenised

in the Daily Mirror and her 100 word piece on

'why she would like to represent Great Britain

in the Youth camp', was selected out of 500

entries, which led to a selection day at Rayners

Park. Here the 30 semi-finalists were put

through initiative tests, an as ault course,

interviews and a general knowledge quiz.

Mandy, who has just been awarded her Gold

Medal Duke Of Edinburgh Award must haveshone through, and we wish her all the best on

her 19 day adventure in Spain.

Mandy Wilsdon

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The British squad of 26 has been chosen from

Rugby club players all over England. Steven,

who has been playing Rugby since he was

nine, is a member of Saracens, the top Rugby

Club in London and founh in the First

League.

In the flfst round, the British team will be

playing against South Africa, Argentina andTaiwan in aples, Italy. If they areuccessful they will meet the other tearns in

tournaments around Italy. The training

programmes for the team members have beendevised by coaches at Loughborough

University, and Steven's programme includes

intensive weekend sessions, daily weighttraining, aerobics and running, which often

takes him along the Strand and on to theSouth Bank. Although this strenuous

training should prepare the team for the hot

climate of Southern Italy, the team will still

have to cope with the hard ground, an

unusual occurrence in the matches played on

home ground.

We wish him and the British squad the best

of luck.

SMALL ADS

Flat to let in FranceLarge garden flat in St Pair Sur Mer Brittany,near beach. Sleeps maximum of eight from£12 per week. Please phone 05612331 formore details.

Room to letSingle room available in pleasant, centrallyheated Streatham flat; share lounge, kitchen(with washing macb.ine) and bathroom withowner. Very close to Streatham High Streetwith a large variety of shops, restaurants andcinemas. 45 minutes door-to-door to King's.

on-smoker only. £55 per week exclusive(short-let considered).Tel: 081-677 1378 (evenings).

Farmhouse: Northern FranceRestored farmhouse in peaceful countryside.Sleeps 12. Half an hour from Boulogne, fourmiles from beach. Available to let forholidays (not July and August). ContactRobert Hill Tel: 0582 713064.

To letQuiet, secluded, 2 bedroom cottage (c1820),Sydenham, S E London. Fully furnished, gascentral heating, garden and parking. Suitablefor visiting academic couple. £400 percalendar month plus electricity, gas andphone bills. 20 minutes train to CharingCross and Victoria. Available end June 1992onwards.

Contact Lindsay Eltiott, ConferenceAdministrator, Vacation Bureau, 552 King'sRoad Site 071-3516011.

House for sale: E8 oasisVictorian semi-detached house in quiet tree­lined road, Hackney-Islington borders, easyreach of central London. Totallymodernized, gas central heating. Through­living room, kitchen-breakfast room, 3double bedrooms, large bathroom. Yards ofbookshelves, masses of storage. Secluded 60'west-facing garden with roses andhoneysuckle. £149,500 ono.

Contact Jean Aitchison on 071-955 7020(LSE) or on 071-249 3734(Home).

Flat share in IslingtonFlat share in Islington (Zone 1) - thetravelling time to College by bus isapproximately 2 minutes, all amenitiesavailable, and the area has excellent shoppingfacilities

The rent is £6. per week inclusive of bills,with the exception of the telephone. The flatis available from the start of next term. Theideal candidate would be an academic orprofessional person who travels home atweekends. If you would like any furtherinformation please call ext 3009.

Car for sale1983 VW Scirocco 11, 55,000 miles, goodcondition, offers around £1,750. ContactMark Sandler on ext 2365 or at home on 081­8835995

1984 Ford SierraGood condition, 1.6 hatchback GL, eightmonths tax and mot. £ I,500 ono. Please callC J Liew on 081- 458 4433, or 081-520 2348(after 6pm) for more information.

Courses and workshops forteachers in higher education

The Centre for Higher Education Studies(CHES) runs a series of short courses andworkshops to help new and moreexperienced teachers improve their skills.This year we have a general Course forLecturers in two parts, 9-11 September fornew lecturers and 14-18 September for thosewith some experience. Next year we will berunning two or three day workshopscovering many aspects such as lecturing,small group teaching, evaluation, problem­based learning and research supervision.

In addition there are still places on ourDiplama in Teaching and CourseDevelapment in Higher Education whichcovers all aspects of teaching on oneafternoon and evening a week over twoyears.

If you would like more details please contact:Centre for Educational Studies, 58/59Gordon Square, London WCIH aNT.Or call Roy Cox on 071- 612 6383,PavanKohli on 071- 612 6363 or Jeannie Chang on071- 612 6369.

Stirling ReunionThe University of Stirling has asked us to leany Stirling graduates know that theUniversity will be celebrating its 25thAnniversary between August 1992 and July1993 with a varied series of events.

All graduates of the University of tirling arewelcomed back at any time during theAnniversary Year but especially on 29August for the opening ceremony.

If you are a Stirling graduate please write toDr D J Farrington, Deputy Secretary andRegistrar, University of Stirling, Stirling FK94LA with your contact address so that thefull programme can be issued as soon as thisbecomes available.

Colombo AlumniAs part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations ofthe University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, aDirectory is being compiled by theUniversity'S Institute of ComputerTechnology of alurnni of Ceylon MedicalCollege, University College, University ofCeylon, University of Colombo, Universityof Sri Lanka Colombo Campus andassociated institutions. Entry forms for theDirectory are available from the 'Directoryof Alumni', Institute of ComputerTechnology, University of Colombo, PObox 1490, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka

Fulbright CommissionThe Fulbright Commission offers awards in1993/4 for British Postgraduate Students tospend a year of advanced study/research inthe United States of America covering traveland maintenance. The fmal date forrequesting applications is 30 October 1992.For details and application forms send astamped addressed envelope (9 x 13 ins) tothe British Program Administrator, TheFulbright Commission, 6 Porter Street,London Wl M 2HR. Tel 071-486 7697.

Educational Computing Unit:research volunteersVolunteer teachers who use computer-baseddatabases in science are needed to participatein a mini-study. If you are able to help orknow someone who could, please contactK Nikolopoulou, Room LG/9, CornwallHouse Annexe, ext 3839

EVENTS

SEMINARSDevelopmental Biology Research CentreHeld at )7.00 in the Randall Institute LectureTheatre

7 - 9 JulyMeeting - The molecular basis ofdevelopment

15 JulyRegulation ofmorphogenesis inDictyostelium by cAMP dependent proteinkinase

Or Jeff Williams, Imperial Cancer ResearchFund, Clare Hall

29 JulyNeuronal survival in vitro: trophic factors

and their signalling pathwaysOr Cate Nobes, Department of Anatomy,Oxford University

5 AugustControl ofkeratinocyte differentiation: a roleforPKC

Mr Andrew Wallace, Department ofAnatomy, King's College London

History and Philosophy of Science DeptHeld on Thursdays at 14.15pm in Room10C, Strand

25 JuneGodel's theorum from a WitgensteinianperspectiveRay Monk (Author of Ludwig Wittgenstein.The Duty ofGenius)

2JulyParadoxes in the theory ofelections

Or Moshe Machover, King's CollegeLondon

CONFERENCESAgeing Update ConferencesHeld at Canterbury Hall, CartwrightGardens, London WC1H 9EE

Thursday 25 JuneFinancing elderly people in independent sectorhomes - the future

Thursday 16 JulyRecent research on services for black and

minority ethnic elderly people

14 SeptemberLoneliness in old age

Organised by Abbeyfield Society inconjunction with Age Concern Institute ofGerontologyRoyal College of Physicians, Regents Park,London NW1 4LE. To book please contactMadeleine Legg, The Abbeyfield Society,186-192 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, HertsE 61AB

Greek Literature ConferenceTragedy and the tragic, 22-25 JulyThe conference will focus on a questioncentral to Greek tragedy and tragedy ingeneral: how far can Greek tragedy bedefined or interpreted in terms of mood,ethos, feeling, vision?

All sessions will be plenary. First speakersinclude H Foley, TG Rosenmeyer,B Seidensticker, JP Gould, OP Taplin.Respondents inclUde RGA Buxton,PE EasterLing, SO Goldhill, EM Hall.

There will be an additional session whereselected junior researchers, will present anddiscuss some relevant aspects of their work.Proposals for this session should besubmitted as a 500-word summary and a cv,and sent to: Professor MS Silk, Departmentof Classics, King's College London, Strand,London WC2R 2LS.

University of Sheffield alumniGarden Party

The alumni Office of the University ofSheffield is organising a Garden Party tom beheld in the University's Firth Court onSaturday, 11 July 1992. The Vice­Chancellor, Professor Gareth Roberts, willbe guest of honour at this event and allgraduates and friends of the University arewelcome to attend.

Tickets cost £6 each (childrens' tickets arehalf price) which include beverages and lightrefreshments. Please send cheques payable tothe University of Sheffield (indicatingnumbers of adults' and childrens' tickets) tothe Alumni Office, FREEPOST, Universityof Sheffield, 6 Claremont Place, SheffieldSI02TB. Tel: 0742 768 555 ext 4083.

Concert in aid of King'sCollege Hospital Appeal

The Gilbert and Sullivan Society at King's isa student society and has a special affiliationwith the College as Gilbert was a formerstudent here. In order to help King's CollegeHospital in its efforts to raise money for theCaring Intensely appeal the Society will beperforming a special summer charity concert,offering the fmest music from the most well­known G & S operattas.

The concert is entitled Trial by Opera:Githert and Sullivan stand trial, accused ofboring their audiences with inane nonsensicalhumbug. Exhibits submitted by theprosecution and defence are the pair's mostfamous songs sung by a 40-strong choir. It isleft to the audience to decide the true value oftheir Life's work.

The concert dates are: Tuesday 30 June,Thursday 2 July, and Friday 3 July in theGreat Hall, Strand. Performances begin at19.30 and tickets cost £5 inclusive of aprogramme. Tickets are available from ChrisDrew, Producer, Gilbert and SullivanSociety, Student's Union Reception,Macadam Building, King's College London,Strand WC2R 2LS or on 071-9788565 after18.00.

If anyone cannot make the concert butwould Like to make a donation please sendyour cheques to the King's Appeal Office,Main Corridor, King's College Hospital,Bessemer Road, Camberwell SE5.

The Harkness Fellowships·1993 USA AwardsThe programme is designed to attract fellows(20s - 40s) from any field to undertake anindividualized programme in one of the threemain subject areas of common concern to theUK and the USA: human resources in the21 st century; people in cities; and promotinggood health. Short-listed candidates will beinterviewd in January 1993, and selectedfellows will begin their tenure in August1993.

Further information and application formsmay be obtained from The HarknessFellowships, 28 Bedford Square, LondonWC1 B 3EG. Please enclose a self-addressedenvelope (10 x 7 inches), with 34p postage.Forms will not be available after 15 Octoberand completed forms should be in by 16.00on 21 October 1992.

OBITUARIES

Ethnic monitoringquestionnaire

Please contact Caroline Bartholomew in theAlumnus Office, Room MB10, CornwallHouse, eX[ 3052 if you would like to come.

Comment is the College's regular staffnewsletter, issued by the Press andPublications Office (eX[ 3202) threetimes a term, with special editions ifrequired. Contributions are welcomedfrom any member of staff of the College.These may take the form of, for example,news of events or people, views onCollege matters, photos, items for sale.Please note, the Editor reserves the rightto amend items as necessary. If possible,

please send your piece on an AppleMacintosh 3.5" Micro Floppydisk, usingMicrosoft Word programme. This is thelast edition of Comment this term.Comment will be back in the autumnwith a new format for the Starting theSession edition. Contributions for theOctober edition of Comment should bereceived by mid-day on Friday 11September.

For this year's KCLA Summer Event wehave arranged a private viewing 0 theCounauld Institute Galleries.

The evening will begin with a reception andintroductory talk at 18. in the mainentrance foyer of the College. Guests will befree to look around the Galleries between18.30 and 20.30, and our speaker, AnnThackray, will be available to answerquestions. A buffet supper and drinks will beserved in the Great Hall at King's from 19.30.The all-inclusive price is £19.50 per person.

KCLA SummerEventSaturday 27 June

I am very pleased that Professor Keith Ewingof the School of Law will take over as the

College's Equal Opportunities Officer.Professor Ewing has already made animportant contribution to the EqualOpportunities (EO) Forum, and theCollege's EO Policy will be in safe hands.

disadvantaged by their ethnic origin: wesimply need to ensure that records are kept.

He later moved to Cambridge, the ROCand the UK Atomic Energy ResearchEstablishment at Harwell. He was appointedOBE in 1967 and elected a Fellow of theRoyal Society in 1973, and last year receivedthe fltst Grove meda~ commemorating SirWilliam Grove.

Or Bacon was at King's briefly in the early1940s and it was here, with support from theAdmiralty, that he began his full-timeexperimental work on fuel cells, with thebrief of producing the perfect propulsionpower source for submarines.

Or Tom Bacon, the former King's scientistdescribed as 'the inventor of the modern fuelcell technology which enabled man to landon the moon', has died aged 87.

DrTom Bacon

various kinds - for example, he held avarious time the Presidencie of the 1indAssociation, the ristotelian ociety, theSociety for 1etaphysics, and the OxfordSociety for Historical Theology, and wasChairman for over 2 years of the RoyalInstitute of Philosophy. In addition, hedelivered many prestigious series of lecturesincluding the Giffords in Scotland, theWildes in Oxford and the Cadbury Lecturesin Birmingham

HO Lewis held the Chair of History andPhilosophy of Religion in the University ofLondon and in King's from 1955 until 19n.For eight years prior to that he had beenProfessor of Philosophy at the UniversityCollege of orth Wales, Bangor.

By birth and temperament, as well as bytheology, he was a non-conformistWelshman. This gave him a distinctive, andat times highly contentious, viewpoint uponwhat was then a largely Anglican-orientatedFaculty and School of Theology at King'S.Occasionally this made the process offurthering some of his far-sighted aims, suchas the development of a BA degree inReligious Studies, more difficult to achieve,for the course of academic politics seldomconfines itself to good sense and reason.

I lis greatest achievements were, however,through his scholarship. This broughtdistinction both to Lewis and to his College(of which he was made a Fellow in 1963). Ina series of books on fundamental questions ofthe Philosophy of Religion and thePhilosophy of Mind he identified, oftenagainst current fashion, a position which was

recognisably his. This led to recognition of

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H D LewisProfessor Stewart Sutherland, Vue­

Chancellor ofthe University ofLondon,1Lntes:

I should like to thank all those members ofthe College who returned the ethnicmonitoring questionnaire in good time, andto encourage those who have not replied to

do so as soon as possible. Recent tribunaldecisions have made it clear that the Collegemust have full records of its pattern ofstaffing in relation to gender, ethnic originand disability, and it is important that wecomplete the record for existing members ofstaff. No member of staff, now or in thefuture, will be either advantaged or

ing' College LondonU,'IVER I" F LO.·DO,'

ACTI CIPAL

In my notice of 18 May about Dr Beynon's resignation I said that I would set in

train immediately consultation with members of the Council and senior

academic colleagues about the Acting Principalship,

I am delighted to say that there is overwhelming support for Professor Lucas and

I have accordingly invited him to continue as Acting Principal (which I am

equally pleased he has accepted) until such time as a successor to Dr Beynon takes

up post. This outcome will, I am sure, provide the all important stability and

continuity in an uncertain period and I know that he may count upon support

throughout the College in his task.

The Prime Minister has now given leave for the Council to establish a Search

Committee to formulate recommendations for the appointment of a new

Principal by the Crown. I have set that process in hand and the Academic Board

and Council are currently being invited to propose members. Professor Lucas

has indicated to me that he does not wish to be considered as a candidate for the

Principalship,

SIR JAMES SPOO ERChairman of Council

16 June 1992

trand, London C2R 2L . Telephone 071-836 5454

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