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The Principal wn'tes:
Further to my letter to staff on 10February, the group et up by the
Secretary of tate for I Iealth to prepareplans for taking forward the plans
outlined in her tatement has now held
its first meeting.
The College's imention as a member
ofthisgroup(whichi chairedbySir
Tim Ches ells, Chairman of the London
Implementation Group) will be to seek
a urance that any propo ed u e of the
Guy's site for non-clinical purposes must
produce a ubstantial gain for the whole
of the 'allege in ensible time.
We are discussing what parts of the
Guy's site could be provided, on what
time-scale, and with what financial
implications. The College need
confidence about it future, confidence
about the time- cale and confidence
about the affordability of any propo al .
I will keep staff informed of option
that are brought forward. The deadline
for the group to report i June, which
should give lJ time thoroughly to
evaluate the academic, financial and
other implications of any plans.
Judge Marcus Edwards and the Pn'ncipal
held a press briefing on 10 February to
present the findings of the Judge's report
into the College's student discipline
procedures, following tne Donnellon case.
Copies ofthe Judge's report and the
College's press statement were distributed
widely in Ihe College thal day and are
available for consultation in chooloffices,
departments and libraries. A copy ofthe
report has also been made available 10 the
CVC? Task Force on student discipline,
chaired by Professor Graham Zellick.
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A new item in the Sunda) Times
reported on babie born \A ith
deformitie in certain c1u ter in Britain.
ugge tion ha e been made a to the
cause, including radioacti icy.
However, Dr Kyprianos 'icoJaides,
Professor of Fetal MedICIne, KCSMD,
explained that the c1u ter could ha e
ari en by chance and that limb defects
occur naturally when a bag of nuidaround the unborn baby i torn and then
close in on a protruding arm or leg,
cutting off the blood upply.
Dr Sue /lamilton, Lecturer in Indian
Religions, was intervicwed by the Today
newspaper for a feature on the
increasing popularity of Buddhi m
among t Wc terner. he at 0 took part
in the BBC World ervice World ofFaith
programme on the hi torical religiou
background to recent di turbances in
India.
Article in the Independent highlights
research undertaken by Ms Sharon
Germ/itz, ProfmorStephen Ball. and Mr
Richard Bowe, all of the Centrefor
Educational Studies. The article
examines the problems faced by
'bottom of the league' schools and the
difficult deci ions they have to take.
An article in the Daily Telegraph covering
the heated debate over consciousnesscanvassed a number of distinguishedscientists, including Professor John
Taylor, Professor ofMathematics and
Director ofthe Centre for Neural 'e/Works.
The 'ew York Review of Books feature on
Freud was recounted in the Independent.
It discu sed the correspondence
between James Nopkins. Philosoph)'
ucturtrand Profe sor Frederiek Crew,
author of the piece and Profe or of
Engti h at the Cniver ity of California,Berkeley, regarding Freud' eduction
theory.
Mr Midzael Clarkt, Executive Director ofthe
Centre for Defence Studies, appeared on
Radio 4 's The World Tonight, discus ing
the appointment of General Sir y1ichael
Rose as Commander in Chief of
L:MPROFOR 10 130 nia. lie was al 0
quoted in a feature in the Today
new paper on the future role of the L:. '.
mthe debate 0 er the use of egg from
aborted foetu e 10 fertility treatment,
Professor David Papineau, Professor of
Phi/osophyof cience, wa interviewed by
the Independent. lie expre ed the viewthat there wa an important difference
between u ing foetal tissue and foetal
egg. L: nea e over the i ue accentuated
the general dilemma over egg donation
generally, whether from live women or
aborted foetu es.
.l.heMail on Sunday ran an article about
an army medic who is to sue the MOD
after he was told to have an abortion or
10 e her job. Legal experts are divided
on whether a pro ecution could bebro ugh t. Mr Andrew Grubb, Director ofthe
Centre ofMedical Law and Ethics, claimed
that an abortion in the e circum tance
would probably be lawful.' rguably,
you have a tronger case there for
showing the di tress caused if she had to
10 e her job over it.'
Profmor Ridzard Ooery, Profmor of
Modern Ilistory, appeared on Channel 4's
Secret Ilistory programme talking about
the Dambusters' raid. He also featured
in the Oldie magazine in an article trying
to determine the validity of a booklet
originally published 1940 entitled I was
/litler's Maid.
Professor David /look, lit. d ofSpanish
and Spanish-American Studies. wal>
interviewed on The John Dunn
Programme on Radio 2to answer an
enquir about Moori h pain submitted
by a listener.King's expertise i tretching world
wide and we have recei ed cutting
from a couple of over ea new papers:
Professor Ted Grant, Head of Plrysics,
appeared in one of the Canadian
qualities about the buzzing some people
hear in their ears which could be caused
by microwaves from radar
establishments. DrClive Page, Reader in
Pharmacology, appeared in the ikkei, a
Japane e paper.
III
hemi try Teacher'
Con erence
Cl d 7i In Ing. e
I ,Ihe mind n
(le ture
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2 ~Iareh
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(tal
Computer me - l/. 's
l!'lZ. Should y;;e /
compulersP
enCl, simul. lion nd
supercompu/erJ (illu trated
lectures)
25 \1arch Howengineeringhdps
medicalprogress and
relz bi/itolion (a erie of
hort tal , demon tratlon
and tours)
25 \!larch Compul and mod
Ion ages (exhibitIOn and
demonstration)
25 & 26 \1arch RadIO days (interaCt! e
dl pia s, exhibit and
pre entatlons).\!lathematl s Teacher'
Conference
BIology do) at the
Randall Institute
(demon tratlons, talks,
display, Interactive
exhibits)
2 \!larch
21 \1arch
he Colle e'W 11 be celebrating
set- (the fir t _ 'a lonal Wee
o cienee. En meenng and
1 echnology, rom 1 to _7 . larch), 'WIth
manye en open to the public. The
v.eek I upported b the 0 fice of
ience and Technology and I being
organi ed by the Briti h.'\ ociation for
the Ad aneement of lence. It.; aim i
to bring" ,E and T" to the public
through a nationwide programme of un,
popular events, and at Ica t 00
organi ation natIOnwide Will be
partICipating,
ome of the King' event require
prc-regi. tration. For further detail
contact Anne Roblnson on ext 26
111LL-
Apolo le to Dr. ndre'W Wal er 'Who
appeared In thl tlon la month: the
'Faith and Rea on' column appear m
the In tp I not the limitS
(
Sono/i Pontiyo piclured here wi/h her
brother, Suni/
onall Pandya. the eIght year old
dau hter 0 'alml Pandya, a
member 0 our Pay roll ICe, hit
the headline recentl 'When he became
the younge t candidate to pa a G I:-exam, onali t a GC E m Computer
tudie 'WIth her brother unil, who i
eleven, and both were ucce ful. onali
will appear in the next edition of the
Cuiness Book ofRecords. under a newl
created category for the you nge t
ucce ful GC E candidate.
,\fter the children had 0 much fun
uSing their father' computer their ather
arranged pnvate tuitIOn for them and
their parent could hardly believe It
when. after a fc", months, the tutor
wanted to enter them or the G I..exam, vIr Pandya mamtam that, onali
I Ju,>t a normal glrl-' he ,>tlll love
play109 with dolls and Lego and
watchmg her Ideo of Jungle Book o..erand over.'
seven days plus exploringscience,engineering
and technologytrom 18 March
The chool of Life, Ba ic \1edical
and Hcalth lence i organising events
entitled Whodunnil Corner (about pollen
and fibre analy e ; Tackle pollution
rwithout gettingyour hands dirty and Allyou
won/ to knorg; OboUI tropica/ diseases: date .
time and venues till to be finali cd
when Comm t went to pre .
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0, not the AutomobileA sociation or even
Alcoholics non mous but
academic audit. The College has
received the draft report from theHEQC uditor for comment. Thigives u the opportunity to tell you howwe shaped up under scrutiny.
As you well know changing patternwithin the Liniver ity of London have
refocu ed much of the responsibility forthe monitoring and asse ment of
academic standards in the Colleges.This proce s is a continuing one with
the responsibility for the awarding of
degree likely to be delegated from thestart of the 1995-96 academic year. The
College therefore is very much in atransitional phase and the visit of the
audit team was particularly pertinent inthat it would offer a commentary on theintroduction of policies and proceduresthus far.
External vi itation are by their verynature labour intensive. The auditors, if
they are to do their job properI ,requireacces to va t quantities of information/documentation and these auditorscertainly were no exception. The
Academic Standards section of theRegistrar's Department co-ordinated thevisit and collated the documentation
which proceeded it. Including suchitems as prospectuses, video and all
manner of minutes of meeting ( uch a
those for departmental staff/studentcommittees) a total of 84 documentwere produced/gathered and thencopied - 16 times! Organi ing theirdelivery was a task in itself. To theircredit the auditors had clear! read whathad been provided and then a ked for
more!The audit visit itself lasted for three
day. During that period the auditor
looked at a wide cross-section of the
College community. Apart from eeing
the Principal and other senior officerthe timetable included meetings withrepresentatives of the CollegeCommittee, the Standing Committee,the Teaching and Re earch trategyCommittees, the Academic AuditReview Group, the Course Approval
and Review Sub-committee, theStaffing Policy Committee, theAcademic Staff Committee and the
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EqualOpportunitie Forum. taffatalllevel were een including tho e onprobation, a were undergraduate and
po tgraduate tudents in both formaland informal setting. The number and
variety of the meeting atte ts to the
thoroughne of the audit proce s.
What then of the outcome? The draft
report is highl complimentary of theCollege' effort, indeed the College icommended for:
the recent establishment of theprinciple of College-wide quality
assurance arrangements and thecommitment with which theimplications of thi are being
pursued,
the e tablishment of a Teach ing
Strategy Committee reporting to
the Academic Board' tandingCommittee to compliment the
Research trategy Committee,
the clarity of procedures forprogramme and course approval asset out in the Cour e Approval andReview ub-commiuee :"otes ofGuidance,
the u e of external experts and the
quality of the documentationprepared for the "Peer review"process,
the work undertaken by theAcademic Audit Review Group in
conducting audit trail and
publishing summary reportshighlighting good practice andmaking recommendation forimprovement,
the 'buddy' and 'parenting'cheme of tudent induction and
support in the School of Law and:vledicine and Dentistry
provision for research training for
postgrad uates and for research
upervi ors especially in the Schools
of Education and :vledicine and
Denti try,
the work of the PersonnelDepartment overall and particularlythe staff development and appraisal
mechanisms,
the e tabli hment of an EqualOpportunitie Forum and the
intention to monitor taffrecruitment data in thi re pect
the acce ibilit of taff to tuden
and the commitment of teacher
and tutor to engendering learningat the highe t level.
uch commen are very welcome. Thereport al 0 contains a erie ofsuggestion for the College to con ideron how it might improve mattersfurther. The e will be evaluated by thevariou committees concerned andfurther proposals will be put before the
tanding ommittee for it
con ideration.The College can be well pleased with
the auditors' reaction to it efforts andwe extend our thanks to all those whowere involved in the vi it. I hou Id like
to pay particular thank to KateQuantrell and Loui e ~adal for thework they did both in preparing for andduring the visit.
Professor Robert I (illChairman, Academic Audit Review
Group
Ccncr.1 Rc carch l'lInt!
Applications for re earch grants are
invited from member of the niversity
(other than present undergraduatetudents and tho e registered for a
taught Ma ter's degree) who areengaged on specific projects of originalresearch, to a i t with the provision of
expen e ari ing from project eg pecialmaterial, apparatus and travel cost.The clo ing date for application for thesummer term i Monday 11 pril.
The clo ing date for applications forPostgraduate tudentship for the 1994
95 session is ue day I March
Forms of application and further
particular may be obtained from the
ecretary to the Central Research Fundand cholarship Committee, Room 21a,
enate House, Ma let treet, LondonWCI E 7H U. Telephone 071-636 8000(Research Grants extension 3147) and( tudentsh ips extension 3042).
Actl It \\Ithin the European C nlOn on
e tabli hlng the Framework 4 Research
and Development Programme i gearing
up rapidly. The total budget ha now
been agreed at 12 billton ecu~ for 1 4-
""Ith a further one billion ecus In
re erve for a mid term asse ment. \110 t
o the money will go to funding research
programmes and network, with Itfe
~clences and the environment featuring
more trangly than In the past.
Ilowe er, 750 million ecus will be made
available for training and mobility grants
and 420 million ecus to promotion 0 co
operation acro and outside of Europe.
Over 70 King' people attended a
recent [~uropean eminar hy '1Im Willl
from the Brussel office of the CK
Re earch Council and ha e regi tered
their interest with KCL Enterprl es. If
you have not yet done so, pleasc contact
your School Liaison Officer for KCL
Enterprises or Sara Kell on 071-872
3321. We now have the European
Union working guidelines for most
programme under Framework 4.
\ hil t the e guideline have et to he
flnalt ed and ratified. they proVide a
good picture of the area which will gain
funding.
Whil t the call for re ar h proposal
are till ome wa off (estimate range
from. eptember to December), ""hen
the do come it will be in a ru hand
with very little time to respond. 0 nowIS the time to be identifying and talking
to potential partners acros the
European Cnion and preparing the
groundwork for future projects. Abo let
u know how we can help.
La\\' Fair 94
\i1ary 13a1dwin
Carcers Adviser
King'S Law Fair auraeted more
exhibitOrs and student than
ever thl ear. Around 1,200
students attcndcd thc Fair, "" hi h wa
or 'anized by the areer dVI ory
rvice and took place on 1January
and 1 Fehruary. Over 40 firm of
oltcitor were repre entcd, togcther
with thc ollcge of Law, thc I.aw
ommi Ion, thc Crown Pro ecutlon
crvice, the Government Legal. rvicc,
the European taffing l;nit of the
abinet Office and the Inns of Court
and General ounci! of the Bar.
ExhibitOrs commented on the quality of
students they poke to and the Great
Ilall venue. tudent, too, appreciated
the chance to speak to potential
employers on an informal basi . "I he
legal profe ion continue to be a
popular destination for King's tudents
from both law and non-law discipline.
1n 1992, 6 fir t degree grad uate from
King' tOok olicitOrs/barn ter final, of
"" horn 44 were law graduates and 22
were non-lawyer. There wcre al 0 five
King's po tgraduate tak ing the e
exam, four of whom had studlcd for the
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~alcolm 'ims
DirectOr, KCL Enterprise
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D r Roger Williamson has been
appointed Director of the
Council for Arms Control,
ba ed at lhe entre for Defencetudie . lie was previoul Director of
the Life and Peace In titute, L pp ala,
weden and Executi e ecretar, for
Peace and II uman Right of the British
Council ofChurche .
He has publi hed widely on topic
including: the arm tradc; nuclear
deterrence and non-proliferation; lhe
ethic of war and peace; the role of
religion in armed conflict; and human
rights.
The Council for Arms ontrolpromotes research on arm control and
disarmament issues. It wa formed in
19 1 by a group of academics, former
diplomat, ch urch leader, militarypecialist and politician from all major
parties.
c\\ Dm::ctorofCouncil tl)r\rm (;ontrol
he Centre ha won the
Threlford \1emorial Cup: theIn titute of Lingui ts award
for the be t performing ollege in theMay 1993 examination. The cup will
be pre enled to the Centre at lhe
In titute' AG\1 in March.
The Language and Communication
Cenlre wa onc of 380 centres eligible
for the prize.
Lm~ul L '""
Com m11 tllc.l[IO!1 Centr e
Trudi Darby
chool Administrative Offi er,
Ilumanltie,
excellence. 'I heir feedback wa very
appreCiative of the I1 istor, teach 109 at
ing' ,of the upport for tudents from
tudent ervlce and the chaplaincy, and
of the breadth of ed ucation offered b
the opportunity to take the AKC. It
included the comment that Kmg'
I1 i tory Department wa the leadmg
centre of excellence for the teaching
particularly of Imperial and
Common\\ealth hi tory - v.hich we all
knew an way! Congratulation to
Andrew Porter, to the lecturing taff,
and to the ecretanes Brenda Turner
and \1iranda later who prepared the
paperwork.
&taee
Dcpartmcnt o! I Ii tor\
he Department was asses ed
by an IIEFCE team on 17-19
Jan uary, and was found to be
providing 'Excellent' education for its
students.
History i one of the di ciplines which
ha been undergoing the IIEFCE
exercise to assess the quality ofeducation. The department completed a
elf-as e sment in \1a and included a
claim to be providing excellent
education. This claim was originally
turned down but, after an appeal by the
College, the Funding Council agreed toend a team to visit the department.
The lead As essor made a preliminary
visit before Christmas, at which the
particular problems of evaluating federal
teaching were discu sed and the College
was given a list of supplementary
information to be provided; this, whenassembled, almost filled the I lead of
chool's room, which was taken over a
the Assessors' baseroom.
After two and a half days with the
Ili tory Department, the As essor had
no hesitation in upholding the claim to
Debbie Bebbinglon receiving her diplomafrom Professor lenifer Wilson Barnell
Dip Ill", in" 'ur in.g
epa t
Cent e
The first ceremony for the graduating
students from the Diploma in Higher
Education in :--: ursing cour e was held at
Dulwich College on Friday 26
ovember.
The ceremony, which wa the fir t to
be held ince the college' integration
into King' , was opened b Profe or Jill
\1acleod Clark, Director of thc
~ightingale In titute. Profe sor
\1acleod Clark pointed out that the e
were pioneer graduates who represented
some of the fir t Project 2000 studentsin the UK and who were indeed the fir t
Project 2000 students in the outh East
Thames region and expre sed pride in
the high tandard of nursing education
programme and in the student whohad achieved the standard set.
After an introduction by Brian altcr,
Academic Regi trar for King's, Profe or
Jenifer Wilson Barnett, I lead of
Division of~ursing and Midwifery,
spoke and said in her address that the
reform of nurse education had been
almost a revolution. It had been
nece sary to change the per pective of
nursing and every opportunity had to be
taken to reflect on the real contributionit could make. She said that the
education hat he gradua e had
undergone had given them the wisdom
and understanding to influence health.
The Profe sor aw medical care a only
one mall factor in influencing the
health of the nation and had every
confidence that the graduate could
meet the challenge of change. She then
made the presentations to 162
graduating nurses congratulating each of
them personally.
P
Dr Vanessa Davies snowing Professor LoverIne Lan age and Communicalions Cenlredisploy aline Ilumanilies Researcn FtJlr
HU111anitieResearch Fair
Professor John La\er,
Chairman-de ignate of the
H umanitie Research Board of
the British Academy, was gue t of
honour at the Re eareh Fair ,taged by
the School of Humanities in the Great
Ilall on 10 February.
The Fair took the form of stalb
di playing the research work being
carried out in all the major di Ipline" in
the choo!' It wa the first eve m of It,
kind ever to be held in the l. K. and wa,
Imended to raise the profile of re,earch
III art -based subjects and, equall ,to
give members of the public the
opportunity to ee how the _ hool
spend the tax-payer 'money. 'ome
exhibitor di pia cd ho\\ Illformatlon
technology can be u ed to manipulate
large data ets, including i ual image;
other offered the work of the library
based cholar and emiced v"ltors to stop
and di cu their ideas.
Profe or Laver ta ed for three hours
and spoke to all of the exh ibltor . lieremarked that the fair wa enjo able,
informative and impre ive, and he
hoped other institution wou Id follow
the King's example.
The Report
he 1994 King' Reporr was
published earlier this month.
Thi i the second of our
magazine-style annual publications
giving what we imend to be a lively,
attracti e and above all readable accoum
of a cro - e tion of the College' work,
both in tea hing and in re earch.
We hope that colleagues will not only
fi nd it of interest them elve but will
al 0 pa." It on to a wide range of their
contact outside King' , in order 10 help
publicise the College.
We ha cued the Commenl mailing
list to end the Reporr out within the
ollege. but we have a ked those who
dl tribute it In departments etc if,
III tead of automaticall pa ing one
copy to ea h member of taff. they
""ould ask staff to hare copies in an
appropriate way. Thi will enable ome
copie to be kept in the department,
unit or office and provided, for example,
with research funding applications, to
vi itor coming to the College, and to
anyone likely to be interested in the
ollege' work. We would be most
gratefUl if head of department could
encourage thl to be done.
Limited numbers of further copies of
the Reporl are available from this Office
(ext 3202). We have alread distributed
It widely within the Govemment,
Parliament, Civil Service, pre sand
broadca ting media. re,earch council.
funding council, indu try, busine and
commerce, local borough council, and to
many people connected with the
College.
I hope ou will enjo reading the
econd edition of the Reporr, and look
forward to having your commen
Chri tine Ken on Jones
Director of Public Relation
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Professor Conrad Russell
Profe sor Rus ell has been e1ccted lO a
ir Hen!)' avile Fellow hip at \1erlOn
College Oxford for the year 1 94-1 5.
Davld Ball
Deputy College. creta!)
\lelanle Gardner 073
Press nd In/ami /Ion Officer
he ta Ing 0 the Pre and
PublicatIOn 0 lee Will be
temporarily chan ed between
February and \ugu to cover hri tine
Jamle on' maternity leave.
The tr cture 0 the Office will be
follow: ex
Chrr tine Kenyon Jone 3072
D,rector of PubJu &1otlons
Iona Lee 074
ACllng Public /tOns O/fre
Karen Fletchcr 3202
Temporaf) Press and PubJzc tlOns ASSIStant
Pr<..: nd Public caffch ngc
helley immon 071
Pr, Hand Pu III:atwnr AHlStant
O ur new bankers, the allonal
We tmlnster Bank plc, 5t\ldwych Branch, have
indicated that they will be happy to
di cu s any aspe ts relating to mortgage
facilities, In ludlng competitive rates and
offers with any member of staff. whether
or not there i a banking relationship
With that member of staff.
If interested please contact:
\1 r James Rodea
Accredited \10rtgage Advi er
:"ational Westmin ter Bank plc
1 el: 071-242 6294. ext 222
Dr Colin Sinnoli at h,s leaving party heldat the beginning 0/ February to mark his
retirement from the post 0/ Director 0/the
Thameslde C mpus Project After nine
years with the Coliege Dr Sinnoli wili not be
leaving King's, since he has enrolled/or a
part-time PhD in the Department 0/ WarStudies. Dr SinnOli is pictured with BillS1ode, the College Secretary.
Le r from E cl n (onrad
Dear Eve!)one
I am wfIlin to than the Ph)' iolo ~
Department for giving me uch a
wonder ul part and 'scnd-o r v. hen Iretired rom King' .
It wa lovely to ee 0 many riend a
the party on 14 January and I hould
like to thank everyonc v..ho contrrbuted
so generou I~ to the cheque I received.
I Y.ould al 0 like to thank Profes orPeter \1c..aughton and 'v1lchael
Bradbury for their excellent peeche
and the nice things they aid about me.
I hould al 0 like to say how much Iappreciated all the help I received from
e eryone in Phy lology over the year
and to say how I con Idered them my
frrend a well a colleagues.
I enjoyed my working life at Kmg'
very much Indeed, and after over 2 years
I knoY. that I shall mls ou all very
much. I Iowever. re t a sured that I hall
come in to see you from lime to time.I'm looking forward to enjoying my
retirement and to my trrp to Canada and
the Rockie In J unc.
Once again very many thank to you
all for everything.
(Everyn was the/omur f)epartmental
Secretary in the PhYSIology Department)
e\\ard
Staff
Professor Anthony DaviesProfe or Davie from the Department
of Electronic and Elec(f1cal En Ineerrng
ha been elected a Fellow of the
In titute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineer. He has been elec ed for hi
'contribullon to the theo!) and analy i
of active network '.
Election to Fellow of the IEEE i a
prestigiou honour. bestowed upon a
very limited n umber of member who
ha e made outstanding contribution to
the art and science of electrical and
electronic engineering and related
di ciplines. In 1994, onl 24 new
Fellow were elected from a worldwide
IEEE member hipof oyer 300.000.
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24 Marchset1 Lecture and SeminarRoom B22, Cornwall House, 7.00019.00Science and thinking: the brain, themind and learning sCienceMartin Mon and Peter Gill
7 MarchProfessional Development Evening.
an introduction to professionalcourses offered by CES
Cor wall ouse Annexe, 7.30 to20.30. Con ac Dr argare Cox on07 -872 3 25 or u he de ails
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I...du non tudic Room 102, onol Building, StrandCampus, 700PalaeoenVJronments In the Kathmanduvalfey, epalAdam Cu is, 109's
1 & 2 MarchKing's College Opera Society
ew ea rePurcell's Dido & Aeneas
Call 07 -836 5454 e 2029 or de ails
2 MarchInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies ColloquiumRoom G01, Department of Music,Strand Campus, 17.00 0 18.30
Tenors and basses in the VenetianOspedale
ichael Talbot , University ofLiverpool
Ij Tent23 FebruaryInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies ColloquiumRoom G01, Departmen of USIC,S rand Campus, 17.00 0 18.30Fif eenth-century organ music and itsperformance practice
imberly Marshall, Royal Academy 0USIC
23 February
Centre for Philosophical StudiesLectureRoom 1B06, Strand Campus, 17.15PhIlosophy and artificial intelligence:Simulating real experience: turningFaraday's intelligence into artificialintelligenceDr David Goodong, University 0 Ba h
24 FebruaryDepartment of Music Concert
Room G01, S rand Campus, 13.05to include music by Brahms. aryWong, violin; viola player and pianis tobe announced
28 FebruaryCentre for Hellenic Studies andByzantine & Modern Greek StudiesSeminarRoom B6, ClaSSICS Departmen ,S rand Campus, 17.00
Embassies and missions, dignified andeffIcient: the middle Byzantine period
Jona han Shepard, Cambridge
1 March
Department of Geography Seminar
3 MarchAnnual Lecture from theDepartment of War StudiesRoom 2B08, Strand Campus, 17.00British power and European stability:the historical record
Dr Zara Steiner, ew Hall, Cambridge
3 March
Centre for American StudiesSeminarRoom 27C, Strand Campus, 16.15
Cultural PolitIcs in mid-twentiethcentury AmericaDr Douglas Tallack, University of
ottingham
3 MarchDepartment of Music Concert
Room G01, Strand Campus, 13.05to include music by Mozart. Hea herHunter and Eleanor Meynell,sopranos; Giles Whi e, baritone
3 MarchCentre for Hellenic Studies with theGreek Archaeological CommitteeUK Lecture
ew Theatre, S rand Campus, 18.00The Trojan Cycle in East GreekIconographyDr Anna A Lemos, University of Athens
4 MarchTheology ConferenceGreat Hall, S rand Campus
A con erence in honour 0 the RevRichard Coggins and Professor Leslie
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7 MarchCentre for Hellenic Studies &Byzantine & Modern Greek StudieslectureReo B6, ClassIcs Oepa men',S rand Ca pUS, 17 00Theodertc In Cons an mople Romanand Go hlc rela IOns m he la e I hcenturyP 0 essor Jud, e fin P'lnce 0
7 MarchDepartment of Music ConcertRoom GO S rand Ca puS 3 05o nclude 'T1USIC bV a d and
S os a ov cIng's Co ege Orc es a and C ara
L ,pia 0
8 MarchDepartment of Geography SeminarRoom 102, or 01 Building, S randCampus, 700Modellmg vegetation-erosIOncompetl IOn on abandoned land m SESpam
JoV Obando, King's
8 MarchDepartment of Music Concert
Room GO ,S rand Campus, 305Concer 0 be given bV he Twen le hCen ry or shoo
9 to 12 MarchDepartment of Classics presents:King's College Greek Play 1994Aeschy/us' Agamemnon. per ormed ,nhe onglna Greeew T ea e, S rand Campus
9 & 11 500 and 930,10 & 2 arc 19 30 TIC e s, £4 Foru er de ails el 07 -873 2399
10 MarchDepartment of Music ConcertRoom G01, S rand Campus, 1305wor s bV J S Bach, Pro of,ev andMesslaen Ann Warner, flu e, and
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Sa'a" co S, iJ a'lO10 MarchCentre for late Antique & MedievalStudies lecture~OOI"" • 306 S'ra 0 Ca 0 s, . 7 30B sops and e ,a;..<. m e ear
,ddleAgesu'Rosa:"!"lo"'c
14 MarchCentre for Hellenic Studies andByzantine & Modern Greek StudiesSeminarRoom 86 C,ass,cs Oepa men,S ra d Ca pus, 7 00Vene o-Cre an drama he reader asspec a orRose ary Bancro . arcus
15 MarchDepartment of Geography SeminarRoor" 02 oro BUild ng S randCampus. 700AdjuS mg 0 peace and mdependencem Ovam o/and, amlbla0' Pair ca Oa ev, U I ers 'V 0 0 'ord
16 Marchliddell Hart Centre for MilitaryArchives and War StudiesDepartment ConferenceGrea Hall, S rand Camous, 1030 0
700D Day debated What was It Ir e to behere)
16 Marchliddell Hart Centre for MilitaryArchives Annual lectureGrea Hall, S rand, 800 0 900
DDay1\;1a as Ings, Ed' or of The DailyTelegraph
17 MarchCentre for Philosophical StudieslectureCo m ee Room, S rand Campus,730
lssues m MedIcal EthICS should wemIx mds) Transgemc engmeermgPro essor S ephen Clar ,Unrve s' 0L verpoOI
25 Marchset1
Fover, S rand Campus, 10 00 0 6 00Computers and Modern Languages
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1 MarchThe British Institute of HumanRights Lecture.e ~rea"e Si'a 0 CafT10 s • 300
'0" 00
C III e",es n he cr m na jUSilCes seP,o essor Ii chae Za de', 0
Sc 00 0' ~co 0 cs e De' o· '~e
Ro a COrYl ss 0 o~ C 'la,.) S' ce
14 MarchCentre of Medical law & EthicslectureRoo B04, S ra d Ca""pus, . 3 00 0, 00
Who can consen ) Who can re use)B enda Hoggen, QC, La Co ISS:O
22 MarchCentre of Medical Law and Ethics &Nuffield CouncilGene le Screemng SymposiumSirand Ca'T1o s cons der e
pi ca ons 0 ,e 'f eld Reoort onGe e c Scree Ing 0 be publ shedshor ,v Spea' ers w cludePro essor Oa e J L oVd, Pro essor anKennedy, S, Pa liC a,me, Pro essor
argot S acev
Life. BI it. kl!lcal noI k.lIth SClcncc
28 FebruaryMaxwell Society lectureRoom 2C, S rand, 4 00 0 5 00
The spy m the s yOr S aJba hs, Ing's
28 FebruaryDivision of Biomedical SciencesRanda ns: u e Lec'ure ea' e,7000'800
Chroma m s ruc ure and geneexpressionOr Gary Felsen eld, a ,0 al ns u eso Hea, h, Be hesda, aryland USA
7 MarchRandall Seminarhe Randalllns . u e, Oru Lane,700
E2F an expandmg famtlyofheterodfmertc transcrtptton factorsmvolved m cell cycle controlOr IC La Thangue, I R, ill Hill
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8 MarchBurton Memorial lectureRoom 1B06, S rand Campus, 17.00
Inorganic chemIstry as a source ofnew physIcsPro essor P Day, FRS, Royal Ins 't on
9 MarchBiomedical Sciences Division OpenDayGreat Hall, S rand,1 .00 014.00
14 MarchRandall SeminarThe Randalllnstitute, Drury Lane,17.00
Mutants and protein tyrosine kinasesin the Interferon alpha beta andgamma signal transduction pathwaysDr lan err, ICRF, Lincoln's Inn Fields
23 Marchset1
Hands on public events, 10.00 to
16.00Matters of life and deathRandall Institute (ticke only), DesIgnergenes and other molecular matters
ensington Campus, Ecosystems andpollUtion: tackle pollution withoutgetting your hands dIrtyContact Reena PateI on 071-3334648for tickets and further information
7 MarchThe Chelsea Alumni Lecture
College House, Chelsea, 18.30
From Aids to ZOVlfax: A selection form
the lexIcon of drug discoveryProfessor Trevor M Jones, Director,Research Development and Medical,The Wellcome Founda ion Limited
Ph " ical Science andEngineering
7 MarchMaxwell Society lectureRoom 2C, Strand, 14.00 0 15.00
Droppmg a clangour: a sCIentIst looks
at bell-ringingDr M T Sprac ling, ing's
14 MarchMaxwell Society Lecture
Room 2C, Strand, 14.00 to 15.00Microwaves - goodbye to cancer.?Dr Helen Taylor, Cancer ResearchCampaign
21 Marchset'Mathematics Teachers' ConferenceSpea ers J G Taylo , Mathema ICS
and he mindeill, Changes m VI form
mahema ICSA G Gardlner
Con ac Dr e Laird, e 2226
24 Marchset'Chemistry Teachers' ConferenceComac Dr elth Jones, ext 2534
25 Marchset'Modern Chemistry - what it has doneformankmdCon ac Dr ei h Jones, ex 2534
25 Marchset'IIlus ra ed lec ures on compu ing:
1 Computer crime - a witch's brew2 Should we trust computers?
3 SCIence, SImulation andsupercomputersComac Dr Richard Overill, ex 2833
25 Marchset'How engineering helps medicalprogress and rehabilitation. A series ofshort talks, demonstrations and toursContact Dr orman Borrett, ext 2639
25 & 26 Marchset'Radio Days: The wonder of RadioCommunications will be illuminated by
in eractlve displays, exhibi sandpresentations. An ama eur RadioS ation will be available. Programmede ails from Dr i e Holwill, ex 2715.
Obituarv~
Alan Hill CBE
lan Ilill, council member ofChel ea
College before 1 - and of King' for
several ear after the merger, died on
17 December 1994. He was elected a
r-ellow'Of King' College hort! after
the 19 - merger. However, thi was not
onl a recognition of hi un tinting
contribution to Chel ea and King's; it
was also a reflection of his distinction as
one of the country's leading publisher.
Alan Hill' outstanding contribution
was in educational publishing. lIe was
born into a chool teaching family in
1912 and his father became pre ident of
the :"ational union of Teacher . Mter
graduation and a hort spell in teaching
he joined Ileinemann in J936 and
remained with them, apart from war
ervice in the RAF. Whil t he knew
many of their great names - Graham
Greene, Jacob Bronowski, Robert Bolt
for example, he concentrated on
education and founded Heinemann
Educational Books. This became
famou in school education, producing
many work which were outstanding
ucce es, not only in thi country but
world-wide. He was continually
oversea ,and played a special part in the
encouragement that Heinemann gave to
African writers.
Alan rose to be managing director of
the Heinemann group. He was also
founding chairman of the Educational
Publi her' Council. However, his
interests were far wider in scope;
witnes his love for the Lake Di trict,
where he served on the Council for the
Lakes ociety, and his interest in
classical archaeology, which led to hi
Fellow hip of the ocietyof
ntiquaries. There wa al 0 hi interest
in politics, for he had sat at Prime
Minister Callaghan' table with the
Fabian cognoscenti and campaigned, at
the age of 80, to help secure Glenda
Jack on' succe s at Hampstead in the
la t election.
Tho e who knew him per onally
could al 0 enjoy hi involvement in
London club with dinners at the
Garrick and the Athenaeum. More
ignificantly, we could also admire and
enjoy the affection and devotion that
wa apparent after over SO years of
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marrted li e, between himsel and hi
WI e Emd.
lan HIli aye much 0 hi ime to
helpln the ""or of the. 'u leld
Chelsea CUrriculum Tru t. ""Ith ""hlch
the Cencre or Educational cudle h
been closel, a oclaced. Thl unselfi h
con rtbuuon "" 'pical 0 hi character.
He wa generou In I~lng of hi
expertence and III wIthout thou ht 0
per onal benefic. At the same Ime, in
plce 0 a bu y life with numerou
commltmenc long afcer retlremenc, he
was alwa' relaxed, thought ul and
encouraging. Tho e of u who enjoyed
hi company and hi per onal upport
will mi him, but we hall al 0 feel
privileged that King's College could
ha e enJo ed part 0 so dl tlngul hed a
bfe and wa able to pay it due honour.
Profe or Paul Black,
Cencre for Educauonal • cudle
KClA Annual DinnerThe Annual Dinner 0 'In' Colle e
London oclauon "" 11 be held on
Fnda: 1 . larch in he Great Hall at he
uand Campu . The A ocla Ion Will
""elcome those member 0 ta ""ho""ould li e to a tend
enJo: tal In 0 currenc ta 0 he
College.
KCL:\ Pre Ident, Dr Helen Hud on,
""ill pre Ide, and the gue t pea er ""ill
be Rhlannon Chapman, Dlrec or of The
Ind u mal oclety. There"" ill be a
recepuon In the Council Room at 1 .30,
dinner wdl be at 1 .1' and after-dinner
drtnk will al 0 be avadable In the
Council Room.
The co t of the dlnncr. Including
..... ine and drin IS £ I Please contact
\Iargaret Bro""n, -' mor Common
Room, trand Campu ,071- 73 2 7.
n
oticebo rdThe Black Sea UniversityThe Black a Cnlver Ity, et up in
1992 by a group of cholars and
re earcher from the European Culcural
Cencre In Buchare t, IS seeking LKleccurers to teach at a ummer. chool In
Romania. The Cniversity IS an
international cencre for continuing
education specialising in shore courses,which has recognised the pres ing need
for updating the knowledge of young
professionals, enhancing their sense of
co-operation and partner hip for joint
projects, and developing the Initiative
skill required by the modern economy
and the values set by dem raClc y cem .
Between May and Occober the
Cniver ityorganise a erie of ummer
hool in Costine ti-. 'epcun, Romania,
and they are inviting lecturers from thc
C niver ity of London to run course,
which u ually last for one or two ""eeks.
Leccurer will havc co find their own
cravel eoses, but accommodation IS
provided free of charge.
nyone incerested in particlpaClng in
the ummer chool programme of the
Univer ity of the Black ea should
contact Dr Mircea Malitza, 50 Primaveril
Blvd, Bucharest, Romania (telephone
401618.50.04, fax 401312. 3.27) or
Gabriel Gafita, Cu Itural Counsellor,
Embassy of Romania, 4 Palace Green,
London W8 4QD (telephone 071-937
125, fax 071-9378069).
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May Ball 1994The Cafe Royal, aturday 7 \1ay I 94.
Black TIe
rhl year the May Ball i being held
In thc magnificent Empire. apoleon
Ballroom at the Cafe Royal In PICcadilly.
Reno ..... ned for Its style and elegance,
thiS SUite plays host to Royal and
elebrit) Galas.
The Ball will follow a similar
programme as In prevIous years, of a
reception, five course dinner and Wine,
and Itve entertainmenc until I am.
KCLSC have managed. despite
Inflation, to keep the co t of the ticket at
£4', and additionally bar price at the
Cafe Royal are comparable to nightclub
price. Tickets are on sale from first
floor Reception. Macadam Budding.
Wanted to rentFlat or hou e, one or two bedrooms,
from pril. Any area con idered. Contact
Dr C Boyle on ext 220', or 041-649
02 .
Flat wantedltaltan profe or of musIc history (35),
With Wife and baby eeks cencrally
located 2-bedroom flat for research viSit
<Warburg In tlcute, Cniversity of
London) from 15, prtlto 15 June 1994.
Please telephone Jane on 0 1-9795864
or lAMS, 071- 732576