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King's College London newsletter

COLLEGEFI CES: THE L TE T IT TIO ments as to the College's financialpo ition.

From the Principal, Profe or tewart utherland

Members of the College may be aware of the article which appeared in The TimesHigher Education Supplement on 19 January.

The article in question drew attention to the warning issued by the UFC's Chief Execu­tive, ir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, to Lord Flowers, London University Vice-Chancellor,that the UFC may send Management Con ulrants into the University of London,following concern about the University' growing financial problems.

Atlcast 15 of the Federation's constituent Colleges were apparently giving the UFCcause for concern, eight of which, including King's, were cited as being in serioustrouble. The article went on to identify the extent of each College's financial situationcontributing to an overall £46 million deficit for the University by July 1993.

The Clerk of the Court. in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor, passed on to me theUFC's concern about the overall London financial position and sought specific com-

Baroness 1I00per, The Parliamentary Under Secretary ofState for Health (left) talkingto students taking the MSc in Gerontology course, before giving The Annual AgeConcern Institute of Gerontology Public Lecture. The topic for this year's lecture was'The organisation of community care for older people'.

In this respect, I thought it might behelpful, particularly in light of this article,if the text of my response to the Clerk ofthe Court was published in Comment.

The text of my response is therefore asfollows:-

Dear Peter,

Thank you for your letter dated 22December 1989 concerning the Londoncost ubmission and, more specifically,the financial position of the University asrevealed by the 1989 financial forecasts.

You ask for specific comments on thefinancial position of King's CollegeLondon, in the light of the UFC's ChiefExecutive's particular concern, and theAnnex dealing with the forecast totalgeneral reserve position of the ColJegeduring the five years ending 1992/93.

1. First, 1 would like to comment on twomatters of principle:-

1.1 The financial forecast exercise isregarded by the College primarily as amanagement tool. Long range forecast­ing, which has long been the practice atKing's has been utilised to determinefinancial management strategy well inadvance of perceived difficulties. In thissense, anned with detailed short termprojections, the College's FinanceCommittee has maintained a tight finan­cial rein on the College's activities.

The factlhat an annual surplus had beenachieved in 1987/88 and 1988/89, and iscontinued on back page

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STAFF NEWS

APPOl TME TS

Dr Timothy Simons has been appointedas acting Head of the Department ofPhysiology in the Biomedical SciencesDivision. His appointment commencedon 1 January 1990.

Angela Cole has been promoted to thepost of Accommodation Officer, replac­ing Felicity Hopkin, from 5 February1990.

AWARDS

Stephen Weiss, a student in the Depart­ment of War Studies at King's, wasrecently awarded 'la medaille d'honneur'by the town of Saint-Pcray in France, forthe part he played in its liberation over 45years ago when he was a 19 year oldsoldier.

At the award ceremony the town paidtribute to the many young Americansoldiers who helped in the liberation ofFrance. Stephen Weiss recalled the roleplayed by the local people, to whom heand his fellow soldiers owed their lives.

NEWS OF ALUMNI

Dr Derek Evered, Emeritus Reader inBiochemistry (Chelsea) has continued toexercise his secondary skill. The Mayorof Runnymede presented him with aCertificate of Merit for Services to Sport.This honour was given for foundingEgham Fencing Club thineen years ago.He is still the senior coach there, in ageand experience, teaching the practicalmysteries of fencing with the foil, epeeand sabre.

IOBITUARIES

Tom Moody

It is with sadness that I repon the death ofTom Moody. He joined King's Collegein 1946 and worked in the BotanyDepartment at Champion Hill and later at

Half Moon Lane, where he retired asChief Technician/Gardener in 1973.

The garden of his family home in Mordendemon trated hi kills and was admiredby neighbours and passers by. He sharedthat home with two of his sisters, orahand Tilly, until his death on 28 December1989, aged 82.

He was buried at St Lawrence Church,where hi family had worshipped formore than 80 years, on 10 January 1990.

JFoxStrand campus Site Engineer

Professor R J S McDowall

R J S McDowall, Halliburton Professor ofPhysiology at King's College Londonbetween 1923 and 1959,diedon 12January 1990. He was appointed at the

Professor McDowall, Professor ofPhysiology 1923-1959

very early age of 31 and held the Halli­burton Chair for 36 years. With hiscontemporary, Professor Thomas(Tommy) icol of the Anatomy Depart­ment, he had a profound influence on thedevelopment of basic medical sciences atKing's both between the wars and in theyears after the Second World War. Someof his scientific and teaching accomplish­ments have been described in his obituaryin The Independent (20 January 1990),written by Profes or Wilfred Widdas, whoworked with him at King's during the lastfour years of his exceptionally long tenureof the Halliburton Chair. His practicaldemonstrations of animal physiology are

remembered by doctors, who did theirpreclinical studies at King's College, allover the world. By all accounts his stylewas flamboyant and interest was alwaysmaintained at a high level. For suchpractical demonstrations before studentshe always wore a highly distinctive redlaboratory coat.

In addition to animal demonstrations, heintroduced a mechanical working modelof the circulation for such displays. Itincluded moving blood, veins, heart,lungs and capillary tubes, the heart beingcomposed of bicycle inner tubing whichcould be compressed with moving plates.I am informed by Mr Mick Fordom, whojoined the Department after the war as anElectronics Technician and later becameChief Technician, that it was generallyand affectionately known as 'the tin cat'.The health of this animal was of greatconcern to the Department when ademonstration was imminent. A modernseries of computer models of the circula­tion, respiration, body fluids, ete arecalled MacMan, MacPuf and MacPee.One wonders if Mac's early initiative hadan influence on the present terminology.

In those years the College had open daysand the Physiology Department includeda Conversazione at which current experi­ments were demonstrated to friends fromthe public. Each member of the staffhelping was rewarded with one wee dramof whisky in a beaker. Fortunately Mac'smemory was flexible enough to allowthose who dared to repeat the samplingseveral times.

My wife and I had the good fortune tolive within 250 yards of Mac and his wifeJean for some 15 years of the latter part ofhis retirement. They entertained mostgraciously at their charming house andgarden near Golders Hill Park in north­west London. The garden containedexotic plants and shrubs which he broughtback to examine from his trips in manyoverseas countries.

He will be especially recalled by many forhis book on 'The Whiskies ofScotland'(first published by John Murray in 1967;3rd edition 1975; 4th edition, revised andenlarged by William Waugh, his son-in­law, 1986). This work is the standard oneon this important subject and has noserious competitors. William Waughprovides the following story in his Preface

ITIESEQ L OPPORTPOLICY

'The University of London was estab­lished to provide education on the basis ofmerit alone and without regard to race,creed or political belief, and was the firstuniversity in the United Kingdom toadmit women to its degrees. This tradi­tion continue into the field of employ­ment and the University affirms itsopposition to unfair discrimination.

In respon e to enquiries from Staff, theUniversity of London policy statement onEqual Opportunities which has beenadopted by the College is given below.

and the helpful comments. Any appraiserho has not been trained and has not

conta ted me hould do a soon aspo ible.

anaging ork and Time Thi popularone day COUT , presented by PeterGuildford, was heavily over- ubscribedwhen offered by the University last term.I ha e therefore arranged that it will berepeated h re on Thursday 22 arch 1990for King's tarf. Details will be sent to alltarf who have already expres ed intere t

and 10 anyone else ho contacts me.

Inter iewing and election of tudentsIf there is sufficient demand 1 will bearranging a one day course on this subjectearly next term. I will be pleased to hearfrom anyone interested.

Robert PollerAcademic taffTraining and Develop­ment Co-ordinator

Finally, those of us who are interested inraising teaching standards will welcomethe coming ational Audit of teachingachievements in Universities. After themany research audits which have recentlyoccured this may be a welcome teptoward recogni ing and rewardingexcellence in tcaching.

As the chill philistine winds blow acrossthe market place onto our particularGrove we can con ole ourselves byconsidering ome po itive developments.The fir t of these is Appraisal. Thus, youcan now write a tatement about your elf,your aspirations and future plans secure inthe knowledge that your head of depart­ment (or other senior colleague) will readit and pend some time discus ing it withyou.

Then there i the fact that universities,realizing that their staff are their mo timportant asset, have recently allocatedbudgets for in- ervice development.King's College is no exception and anymember of academic staff who would liketo participate in a training/developmentactivity should contact me as this canusually be funded from central Collegeresources.

olourful in all his undertaking. odernsociety and indeed the College areimpoverished, compared to those of hiday, by the la k of chara ter u h a him.

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to the current edition:-

It was indeed a valuable and most enjoy­able experience to be tutored by Mac inthe selection and use of thi mo t delec­table of fluids. The tutorial would u uallytart with a lucid description of the

fundamental differences between malt andgrain whisky. This would be followed byan actual blending of the different andappropriately aged distillates in the veryglass of the initiate or tutee. An alterna­tive would be a sequential and lucidpractical comparison of the characteri ticsof different single malts. In either ca e,the recipient would depart a happier andwiser man. Hopfully, he would not havefar to travel home, as in my case! I neversaw a member of the fairer ex in thislearning role. My elder son ha now gonenative on the West Coast of Scotland. Ilike to feel that his entry into that goodway of life was made easier by Mac'kindly indoctrination.

'In 1967 I met a 1952 allan,ju tready for drinking. It wa marvellou . In1970 I met a Macallan I did not like - nordid my wife. 1 reponed to ProC sorDowall. ' ot po sible', he said, 'unleyou both have colds, or un1es it's 1954.'It wa 1954.'

he is kno n 10 his ide ir le offriends, had a ery large collection ofmal and hi di emment i recogniby many seriou drinkers. This i wellillustrated by a quotation from a paper bSir lame Howie, an eminent microbiolo­gist:

Thi plendid example of whisky one­upmanship wa publi hed in the BritishMedical Journal (24-31 December 19 3)and the relevant paper are discussed inChapter 12.'

Eight years ago, Mac most generou Iyestabli hed a fund for providing a biennialMcDowall Lecture in Physiology atKing's College. This has enabled andwill continue to allow us to bring mo tdistinguished lecturers from far afield tothe College. The first McDowell Lecturerwas Professor S Weidmann of the Univer­sity of Bern, Switzerland, in 1982. Themost recent was Professor E M Wright ofthe University of California, Los Angeles,in 1988.

Mc Dowell wa warm-hearted and

More Effective Teaching Day . Morethan 100 staff took part and I am mo tgrateful to the large proportion of thesewho returned completed evaluation forms.There were some critical remarks but.,overwhelmingly, there was a very positivereaction. A frequent comment was howmuch staff enjoyed discussing teachingmethods with colleagues from otherdepartments.

Appraisal Training Almost all apprais­ers have now received training. Manythanks for the completed feedback sheets

Therefore, the equal opportunities policyof the University is that the only con id­eration in recruitment, training, appraisaland promotion of employees must be howthe genuine requirements of the post aremet or likely to be met, by the individualunder consideration. These requirements,including retirement at the appropriateage, being met, no regard should be taken(except where legally required) of thatperson's race, sex, age, marital status,number of children, physical disability, orbeliefs or lawful preferences, privatelyheld, on any matter, including religion,politics and sex.'

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Italian style and a number of the originaleighteenth century fittings. The floor areai 2,368 square feet (as compared with3,744 in the present College Chapel).Both outside and in, it ranks amongLondon's mo t beautiful churches. It al 0

has its links with the famous: the 'YoungPretender' was here received into theChurch of England in 1750 and CharlesDicken ' parents were married in thechurch in 1809. Today the church is theofficial church of the Women's Royal

aval Service, the Women's Royal avalRe erve and the Association of Wrens inaddition to its parochial activities.

There are two main possibilities whichhave so far been proposed (and these arenot in order of priority). The first is thatwe should adopt St Mary-le-Strand as theCollege Chapel and seek appropriate usesfor the present Chapel. This would be abreak with the past, for a Chapel at thecentre of the College was plainly theintention of the founders and earlybenefactors, and has been very much apart of the history of the College. TheChapel remains a place of wor hip forseveral denominations at the heart of theCollege, and undoubtedly has an affec­tionate place in the minds of many presentand past members of staff and students forall kinds of reasons (not least among themits music and the King's Singers); adecision to relocate would be no Hght one.However, the Chapel now shares theproblem faced by many churches through­out the land: it is, for most of the year,used regularly by a small number ofpeople. Granted that the opportunity maypresent itself of acquiring what couldbecome one of the most beautiful CollegeChapels in Britain, located in a nationallyrenowned building and smaller in sizethan the present Chapel, ought this not tobe seriously debated? If this solutionwere adopted, it might also be possible toconceive of St Mary-le-Strand as a placewhere recitals and small concerts could begiven; this would be a facility muchneeded by the Department of Music and,with minor and unobtrusive changes tothe seating, it could be quite compatiblewith use as a Chapel. Recitals are in factgiven there already. As to appropriateuses for the present Chapel in this event,it would be impossible to conceive offundamental alteration to the structure orconception of the building. It is muchadmired as a rather special example ofGilbert Scott's work and any attempt to

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Secretary therefore ought professionaladvice and though thi did not amount toa full structural urvey - which wouldertainly be nece ary before any ftnal

deci ion was taken - the opinions whichwere received toward the end of ovem­ber were ufficiently encouraging to makeit sensible for the di us ion to proceed.The Principal and chairman of theWorking Party therefore vi ited theBishop of Fulham who, would act onbehalf of the Bi hop of London and had apreliminary talk which conftrmed thereadines of the Diocese of London toconsider negotiations over the future useof the church.

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First, a few facts. The present church ofSt Mary-Ie-Strand was begun in 1714 andfinished in 1724. The architect was JamesGibbs, who had studied in Rome with thePapal Architect and who also designedamongst other things the church of StMartin-in-the-Fields, the RadcliffeCamera at Oxford and the Senate Housein Cambridge. The fine interior includesan elaborate plasterwork ceiling in the

At this point the Working Party wasconvened, and, since it wa recognisedfrom the first that di cuss ions about theacquisition of such a remarkable buildingwould involve many considerations, someof which concerned the present CollegeChapel, it was felt best that there shouldbe at the start as open an opportunity aspo sible for all members of the College tothink about the issues and to make theirviews known to the Working Party. Itwas therefore resolved that this articlehould be published in Comment and

Casey-L with an invitation to anyone tosubmit their views in writing, and that thearticle with an accompanying lettershould be sent to a selected group of thosewho so far seemed to be most closelyinvolved in the options proposed with arequest for their views. This is not to saythat other views will not be sought orwelcomed - indeed it is hoped that thenext few issues of Comment and Casey-Lwill contain~bslantial contributions tothe debate. 'The Worki~t is espe-ciall anxious that the . s not~me a matter for campaigns orcrusades lor the tend to over-simplify thepossibilities and to remove some 0 em

-from rational consideratio . there areobvIOUS y several options which needserious examination even if some are tobe rejected later.

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iv) the views of members of the Collegeand other interested parties

ii) the financial and space implications ofsuch proposals

To report to the Council.

v) the views of the Diocese of London

An in itation to commentJu t over a year ago the College Councillearned that there might be an opportunityfor the College to acquire the use of thechurch of St Mary-le-Strand. The Dio­cese of London had made no ftrm offer,but some kind of arrangement with theCollege seemed a real possibility. Afterthe future retirement of the presentincumbent, the Rev Edward Thomp on, itwas anticipated that the church might notbe maintained any longer as a pari hchurch. Since the acquisition of the u eof St Mary-le-Strand was felt to be asingular and important opportunity, theCollege Council set up a Working Partywith the following membership: Mr MarkAtkin on, Professor J M Bately, Profe sorF E G Cox, The Rev Professor J LHoulden, Professor I M Kennedy, LadyJean Mayhew, Mr J V Muir (chairman)with Mr Peter Gilbert as the secretary.The Working Party's terms of referencewere as follows:

The first thing to establish was that therewere no obvious barriers to acquiring theuse of the church (if, for in lance, theCollege were to be faced at once with amajor share of the costs of very expensivebuilding and repair works that might putthe matter out of court.). The College

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i) the likely consequences for the corpo­rate life of the College of such propo als

iii) the architectural merit of the pre entChapel, of the War Memorial and of othermemorials

To consider proposals for the acqui IlIon'of the Church of St Mary-le Strand, andoptions for the future use of the Churchand the present College Chapel, havingregard to:

Dr Kuk Bon - Shin. President of the Korea National University of Education. visitedKing's in January to sign a Statement of Intent. The statement is the possible beginningofan academic collaboration between King's and the Korea National University for anexchange in research and teaching in Education. Dr Kuk is pictured receiving a printof the famous Wellington cartoonfrom the Principal

KIT Cour e ew

peaking in Public, 2 archThis course is designed 10 help peopleimprove their speaking technique in frontof an audience, however large or mall,for example, at staff meetings, seminarsor training courses. If the demand i largeenough, I will repeat this federal course atKing's.

Electrical Leads, 7 MarchDetails about the morning seminar havebeen circulated to all superintendents.The seminar, which will be led by RegWebb from the Electronics Unit atKensington, i part of the 'Seminars forTechnical Staff co-ordinated for theUniver ity of London. The topics includethe following: Power Lines; Analogueand RF Signal Connections; DigitalConnection. The course will be usefulfor most technician grades.

Micro oft word (IBM), 12 MarchThe survey of training needs amongsecretarial staff has enabled me to plan a

Mr J VMuirVice-Principal

J V Muir, Vice-Principal, King's CollegeLondon, Strand, London WC2R 2LS.The Working Party would be grateful to

receive your views by Friday, 16 March,if possible.

reached, the College Council needs totake a iew on whether the College canfind a en ible and appropriate use for St

ary-Ie-Strand hich an wers some ofthe College's mo t pr ing needs. Inorder to help it to do that, the Council hasset up the orking Party and now the

orking Party see the iew of mem­ber of taff and tudents, p t or presenLIf you ha e an opinion or a sugge tion,please write and make your vie s known.The option 0 far proposed are not theonly one ,and the Working Party islooking for comments and ideas at thestart of its discu sions; imaginative andreali tic schemes are welcome. Pleasesend your comments to me:

The second main po ibility i to retainthe present Chapel and to I k for otherproper uses for St Mary-Ie-Strand. Hereagain there could be no question ofaltering the fabric or doing violence to itarchitectural character. The Library againcomes to mind and it has been suggestedthat the building might be a quiet andsuitable home for some of the College'sspecialist Library collection and that, if aharmonious scheme were produced, itcould become a very good place forreader and researchers (it would obvi-ou Iy be less suitable as a working libraryfor undergraduates). The conver ion of achurch in this way might appear to bedifficult but at least two Oxford collegesand the London Hospital have apparentlyachieved good re ults with the aid ofsensitive architects. The Working Partywill be looking at these conversion andtheir implications. In this event thepresent Chapel could of cour e remainand the past tradition of the Collegewould be maintained. Some thought hasalready been given to whether the Chapelcould serve more than one purpose, not bylarge-scale conversions or changes ofcharacter but by making certain areasavailable for certain purposes when theChapel is not required for services,provided that these purposes do notconOict with the need for a place for quietthoughL

reshape it would rightly arouse prot 1.

The mo t Likely use that could be foreseenmight be in connection with the CollegeLibrary. everyone in College knows,the Library faces problem of space hichcan only become worse, and a dignifiedarea for boo and readers in closeproximity to the Old Library would be areal asset.

The presentation of these two pos ibilitiesalready polarizes the issues, and there willcertainly be mid-way points and compro­mi es which may offer beuer solutions.One technical maller of great importanceconcerning St Mary-Ie-Strand has not yetbeen mentioned: the likely costs ofmaintaining a beautiful, historic buildingin such a place. As yet these arc unclearand will be so until a proper survey isundertaken. An appropriate attribution ofresponsibility will be a maller for negotia­tion between the College and the Dioce e.It is, of course, always possible that theCollege will be unable to afford the likelycosts but, before that stage of decision is.::::.

special one day course which will includesome of the more advanced features of theprogramme, for example, mergingprocedures and style sheets. There willalso be an opportunity for participants tobring problems to the workshop whichwil1 be dealt with by the course leadersfrom 'Delta Dimensions', a commercialWP training company. The venue is theStrand Computing Centre.

Preparation for Retirement, 4 AprilI have reserved la places on the ImperialCollege course. It wil1 be useful foranyone who contributes to a superannua­tion scheme and is within 18 months ofretirement. Personal finance, pensionsand health and fitness are included in theprogramme.

Skills for Job Training and Instruction,27 April & 4, 11, 18 MayThe course is for everyone who has atraining function as part of their job. Itwill be particularly useful for supervisors.The course includes the following:Planning a Training Topic; AnalysingSkills; Teaching a Skil1; Effective Teach­ing; Teaching Techniques. This highlyparticipative course will be led by ArnoldWaIters, a wel1 regarded instructor in thisfield.

StaffInduction Course, 23 AprilThis one day session is a must for al1 staffwho have joined King's in the last sixmonths or so. It is an excel1ent opportu­nity to find out more about the Collegeand to question our Senior Officersincluding the Principal, the CollegeSecretary, the Director of Finance andStaff, the Personnel Officer, the SafetyOfficer and, of course, the TrainingOfficer. All participants are assured of awarm welcome and a palatable lunch.

I would welcome applications fromsupervisors on behalf of new staff, nowand gladly accept enquiries directly frompeople who would like to join the course.

Reading Efficiency, 26 AprilThis course is designed for administrativestaff who feel they may be overwhelmedwith 'essential' reading matter. Thecourse aims to teach participants to readfaster and with greater comprehension.

The courses scheduled for February arcall fully booked. I wil1, however, be gladto receive applications which will enable

me to determine demand and to planrepeats.

AI1 the above courses wiIl take placeeither at King's or at other University ofLondon venues. Details of courses aresent to heads of departments or othersenior staff within the College. A synop­sis of available courses also appears inPLUTO which everyone at King's shouldhave access to.

Looking AheadThe details for a course for security staffhave been finalised: the venue wil1 be theStrand on la May.

Writing skills, committee servicing, staffselection and interviewing (two levels), anadvanced course in handling discipline atwork, including the techniques of givingand receiving criticism, care and mainte­nance of oxygen and pH electrodes, andthe Microsoft Word workshops are in theadvanced stage of preparation. Thesecourses are as a direct result of proposalsfrom staff and supervisors, throughout theCollege.

I have sent out a circular to enquire aboutarranging a meeting of senior secretarialstaff in early April.

Please telephone me on S2803 if you wishto raise anything about your professionaldevelopment or training in general.

Ken llromfieldTraining Officer, non-academic staff

U 10 SAFETY NEWS

SAFETY REPRESE TATIVES

What is a Safety Representative?The person in your department with alarger mound of paper than anyone elseand a telephone permanently in use!Seriously, Safety Representatives exist toco-operate in the promotion and develop­ment of measures to ensure the health andsafety at work of employees, and to checkthe effectiveness of such measures.

Who is a Departmental Safety Repre­sentative?Safety Representatives may be appointedby a recognised Trade Union. They areusually personnel who have been em­ployed long enough to have sufficientexpertise or knowledge of their type ofwork to enable them to make a respon­sible and practical contribution to healthand safety in their employment

Where?Within King's ColJege a Safety Represen­tative is usually elected by the membersof each Trade Union within a departmentto represent them.

When?Safety Representatives may be calledupon by the employees they represent toinvestigate hazards, problems, accidentsrelating to the health, safety or welfare atwork of those employees they represent.

TrainingIn order to fulfil a Safety Representativesrole, information, instruction and trainingis provided by their union regional officeand the TUC.

OK. We have a Safety Representativeand a list of hazards we're concernedabout. How do we get them sorted?As departments are now cost centres, itshould be possible to resolve manyhazards at a departmental level. When theSchools are set up it is proposed that eachSchool has a Safety Group which alJSafety Representatives within that Schoolmay attend. (If you do not think that thisis sufficient let your Trade Union know).Each Trade Union is also entitled to senda representative to CoIlege committeesconcerned with health and safety eg TheSafety Policy Committee, GeneticManipulation Committee.

If you would like to know more. Contactyour Trade Union.

Manufacturing, Science and Finance have27 departmental Safety Representativeswithin the 3 campuses.

Marion P Murphy, Colin ChinneryManufacturing, Science and FinanceSafety Representatives Committee

EWS FROM THE DEA 'OFFICE

Here is an update of changes in roomnumbers and telephone extensions in theExternal Relations Department:

Any enquiries for the Continuing Educa­tion Unit should be directed, prior to the 1May, to Professor Barry Cox at theKensington campus on ext K316 or K324.

EDIC LE ERGE CIE

Option 4At Halls of Residence; in the event ofinjury or ill-health, contact the duty staffwho will arrange for treatmenL

Lists of first aiders, their location andtelephone extension, are published inComment, displayed on departmentalnotice boards and receptions. If a list isnot immediately available contact aCollege telephone exchange operatorusing the campus internal emergencynumber and request auendance by a fLrstaider giving the precise location of thecasualty.

The first aider will decide what furtheraction is necessary and make the requiredarrangements.

These notes describe the courses of actionwhich hould be followed in such aneventuality.

edicaJ emergencie may arise throughillness or injury at work which are ofufficient se erity to require prompt

treatment by medically qualified staff ortrained fLC'St aiders.

Option 1Assistance can be obtained most quicklyby contacting one of the trained firstaiders on site.

Option 2Assistance can be obtained by taking thecasualty to the site Medical Centre subjectto medical staff being available at theLimes advertised throughout College.

Option 3In the event of a serious accident or injurysufficient to be life threatening, contact aCollege telephone exchange operatorusing the campus internal emergencynumber and request immediate auendanceby a fust aider, Medical Centre staff andAmbulance. Give the precise location ofthe casualty and a brief description of thesymptom(s). The operator will make thenecessary telephone calls to emergencyservices.

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Also based at Kensington is FrancisDarwin who takes care of the SpecialEntry Scheme (ACCESS). For anyonewishing to contact him he is based in126AS ALkins Building on ext K336.

Monday 21 MayA Study day will be held for the Clergy ofWestminster Deanery on the doctrine ofthe Ascension, 10.45-2.00 pm

Jennifer Jack on, External Liaison Officerhas now moved to Room 13IA StrandBuilding. Her extension is still S2291.Jennifer's secretary, Sabina Schiglod canbe contacted in Room 2B, Strand MainBuilding and on ext S2063.

Or eviJle Mar h, the Alumnu RelationsOfficer, has also moved headquarters toRoom BIB, Strand Building and can becontacted on S2031. His assistantCaroline Bartholomew, is based i~ Room2B, Main Building her extension beingS2083:

two discs to complete the set houldappear within the next twelve months. Atpresent., the Library's copy of the cata­logue may be used by arrangement ithMargaret Samman, Bibliographic Serv­ice Librarian, S20 19. Enquiries wel­comed!

The AKC Examinations will be held onthe following days:Friday 16 March 19902.00-4.00 pmAKC Examination for Theologians

The Library has recently taken deli ery ofa new Bell & Howell reader/printer formicroforms. This model is smaller andeasier to use than the older models, andproduces high quality prints from film orfiche. It is sited in room 11 C of the OldLibrary, ain Building, Strand campus.Anyone wishing to use it should contactthe [ssue Desk ( S2675, direct line 8732675).

LIBRARY NEWS

There has been a recent flurry of noticessent to Library readers asking them toreturn books issued manually from tho eparts of the Strand campus libraries notyet using LIBERTAS to record loans.LIBERTAS has also been sending outmessages to readers with overdue items,as well as more welcome news of re­served items awaiting collection. Oneway to make sure you know as soon aspossible is to use the •Your Own Use'option on any public terminal in theLibrary, or when 'calling in' via theCollege network. As soon as you type inyour Library barcode and PersonalIdentification umber, you will beinformed of any books waiting forcollection, if another reader has asked usto recall a book you have on loan, and ifany books are overdue. The record ofbooks on loan includes the •due date', bywhich you should renew or return theitem. If you don't know your PINnumber, just ask at any Issue Desk, onpresentation of your Library Card.

You may have read or heard about a newcatalogue from the British Library, theGeneral Catalogue of Printed Books to1975 on CD-ROM. While the catalogueswere available in multivolume sets andmicrofiche, the new CD-ROM version notonly holds all those entries in much lessspace, it allows you to search the cata­logue as a computer me, by author, titlewords, publisher, place of publication,year of publication. So tracking downsome of those incomplete referencesshould be much less painful, and subjectsearching based on keywords is at lastpossible.

Roger SladeCollege Safety Officer.

Saturday 17 March 1990 10.00-12.00noonAKC Examination for non-Theologians

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At present only the fust disc is available,representing A-England (some 100volumes in the printed version), but the

CES PLAYS HOST

CES Educational Computing Unit will beplaying host to two senior educationalistsfrom Sri Lanka for the next six months.Mr Thilak Fonseca and Mrs SharmaJayasingh from Sri Lanka's ationalInstitute of Education will be attending aspecial training programme for SeniorPersonnel in Educational Computing.The course will focus on the design,development and evaluation of educa­tional software. Mr Foneska and MrsJayasingh are Director and AssistantDirector of a project to introduce comput­ers to all Sri Lankan GCE AdvancedLevel courses. Both are experiencedscience and maths educators with substan­tial computing expertise.

Further information from Peter Williamstelephone C3ll 0/3175

KING'S COLLEGEMETALLOPROTEINSGROUP

One of the happiest consequences of themerger of King's College, Queen Eliza­beth College and Chelsea College was tobring together many distinguishedmetalloprotein workers. The recent re­organisation of the Life and Basic Medi­cal Sciences School has further enhancedthe possibilities of inter-disciplinaryresearch on metalloproteins at King's. Tothis end the College has supported theformation of a centre for the study of thechemistry, molecular biology, andstructure of transition-metal proteins withmoney from the Research Strategy Fund.This has resulted in the appointment of DrChris Cooper as the MetalloproteinsGroup co-ordinator.

The group hopes to use an inter-discipli­nary approach to solve biological prob­lems. Studies allied to medicine includethe effects of transition metals in medi­cine (particularly their importance in theformation of free radicals), the role ofiron-containing cytochrome P-450systems in the detoxification of drugs,mechanisms of iron uptake and thepathology of iron overload, especially inpatients with thalassaemia. These studiesare a collaboration with colleagues in the

School of Medicine and Dentistry and inPharmacy. In the Biomolecular andBiosphere Divisions, attention is focusedon the iron and copper-dependent en­zymes that are involved in electrontransfer and oxygen reduction.

King's College is currently well-equippedto study the functions of metals inproteins. The presence of metals caninitially be detected by atomic absorptionspeclroscoPY. These metal centres can befurther probed by the advanced Ultravio­let/Visible spectroscopic techniquesemployed by Professor Poole (BiosphereSciences) and myself (BiomolecularSciences). State-of-the-art electronparamagnetic resonance techniques whichProfessor Cammack (BiomolecularSciences) has recently acquired withSERC funds can then be used to studyparamagnetic centres. The three-dimen­sional fine structure of the proteins can bedetermined by X-Ray crystallographicstudies, as employed by Dr Sutton(Biophysics). Expertise is also availablefrom the Chemistry department where therole of transition metals in biology hasbeen of long-standing interest.

Already the information of the metal­loproteins group has resulted in novel,interdisciplinary grant applications to theUK research councils. With the increas­ing recognition of King's College as acentre of excellence in metalloproteinsresearch, the group also intends to attractEEC funding in the future.

Dr John Wrigglesworth,Division of Biomolecular Sciences

EEC RESEARCH FUNDINGOPPORTUNITIES

KCL Research Enterprises provides briefsand information to members of theacademic staff on all the 'Sectoral'programmes of the EEC. The pro­grammes are announced periodically withinfrequent calls for applications. Result­ing from this information ResearchEnterprises has received a significantincrease in the number of enquiries fromstaff. The College has achieved a 600%increase in its EEC grant funding in thelast year.

Your attention is now drawn to theScience Programme. There are nopublished 'Call Dates' for applications.Decisions are made throughout the year.The following summarises the pro­gramme. If you need further detailscontact Ken Groves or Brid McDaid onext K394.

SCIE CE· Stimulation of Interna­tional co-operation and interchangeneeded by European Researchers.The SCIENCE plan consists of a range ofactivities selected on the basis of theirscientific and technical developmentquality, which will gradually be extended.The overall objective is to improve theefficiency of scientific and technologicalresearch in all the Member States and tocontribute thereby to the reduction ofscientific and technical developmentdisparaties between the different MemberStates of the European Community. Itcovers all fields of science and technology(the exact and natural sciences). Threeforms of support are being used:

1) Research grants (minimum sixmonths)

These cover the cost to the laboratoriesconcerned with the transfer or second­ment of a research scientist from oneCommunity country to another.

2) Twinning of the laboratories indifferent countries

This enables researchers who are workingin isolation in an advanced field in severalCommunity countries to pool their efforts.

3) Development of multidisciplinary,multinational operations

This would, by virtue of the financialresources made available, enable theassociated research teams to have enoughresources (including equipment) and bringtogether the best expertise available indifferent countries and disciplines.

In 1988 a total of 448 proposals for thesupport of twinnings and operations werereceived, representing more than 160million ECU. Of these, 114 were ac­cepted for a total of 36 million ECU.Applications for the various SCIENCEschemes can be put forward at any time.

LECTURES MEETINGS AND SEMINARSBritish section of Amnesty International1.15 pm-2.15 pm, The New Theatre,Strand campus

IPUBLIC LECTURES

CENTRE OF MEDICAL LAW ANDETHICSMonday 19 FebruaryEMBRYOLOGY: A REVIEW OF THEGOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALSDr John Habgood, Archbishop of York

Monday 5 MarchTHE LEGAL STATUS OF FROZENHUMAN EMBRYOSMr Andrew Grubb, Fellow of Fitzwi11 iamCambridge

Monday 12 MarchIS THERE A FUTURE FOR A NA­TIONAL HEALTH SERVICE?Mr Trevor Clay, ex-General SecretaryRoyal College of NursingAll lectures 1.05 pm.2.15 pm in Room3B20, Strand campus

DEPARTMENT OF FRENCHThursday 22 FebruaryFLAUBERT: CIVILISATION ANDORIENTDr Anne Green, Lecturer in French, KCL

Thursday 1 MarchMIRCEA ELIADE: MYTH IN THEINTER-WAR YEARSDr Vanessa Davies, British AcademyResearch Fellow

Thursday 8 MarchROGER CAILLOIS: MYTH ANDMODERNISMMr Martin Davies, Lecturer in French andGerman, University of LeicesterAll lectures 1.15 pm in Room 6C,Strand campus

MAXWELL LECTURESMonday 26 FebruaryMAGNETS, MICROCHIPS ANDMEMORIES: FROM SPIN GLASSESTO THE BRAINProfessor D Sherrington, TheoreticalPhysics, Oxford

Monday 5 MarchMESSENGERS FROM OUTER SPACE

- MODER METEORITE RESEARCHDr J A Edgington, QMC

Monday 12 MarchHlSTORY OF SCIE CE LECTURE:THE AETHER AND SPECIAL RELA­TIVITYProfessor C W KiImister, KCL

Monday 19 MarchRELAXATION SPECTROSCOPYFROM MICROHERTZ TO MEGA­HERTZ AND BEYONDProfessor R M Hill, KCL2.00 pm-3.00 pm, Room 2C, Strandcampus

F D MAURICE LECTURESThursday I, Tuesday 6 and Thursday 8MarchTHE IDEA OF A NATIONAL CHURCHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE REFOR­MATION AND ITS SEQUELPatrick CoIlinson, Regius Professor ofModem History, University of Cambridge5.30 pm, The New Theatre, Strandcampus

DIVISION OF BIOSPHERESCIENCESMonday 5 MarchENERGY AND CLIMATIC CHANGEProfessor David Hall, KCL4.00 pm, Lecture Theatre M20, AtkinsBuilding, Kensington campus

CENTRE FOR HELLENIC STUDIESMonday 5 MarchMR SEFERIS'S ARCHAEOLOGICALPICNIC: THE ARCHAEOLOGICALPOEMS OF GEORGE SEFERISProfessor George Savidis, Thessalonikiand Harvard Universities6.00 pm, The New Theatre, Strandcampus

BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMANRIGHTSTuesday 6 MarchAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'SWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTSMs Marie Staunton, Director of the

CENTRE OF BRITISHCONSTITUTIONAL LA W AND HIS­TORYTuesday 27 FebruaryTHE POST-WAR MOVEMENT FOR ANEW BILL OF RIGHTSProfessor Michael Zander, Department ofLaw, LSE1.15 pm, Room LI01C, Strand campus

Thursday 8 MarchTHE CONSTITUTIONAL CODE OFJEREMY BENTHAMDr PhiIip SchofieId, Research Fellow ofthe Bentham Project, Department ofHistory, UCL1.15 pm, Room LI0IC, Strand campus

DEPARTMENT OF PALAEOGRAPHYThursday 15 MarchAUTOGRAPH AND WORKINGCOPIES OF MEDIEVAL LATINCHRONICLESDr Patrick McGurk, Emeritus Reader inMedieval History, Birkbeck College5.30 pm, Room IB22, Strand campus

CENTRE FOR LATE ANTIQUE ANDMEDIEVAL STUDIESMonday 19 MarchSOME OBSERVATIONS ON A FOUR­TEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN PSAL­TERDr F W RatcIiffe, The Librarian, Univer­sity Librarian, Cambridge5.30 pm, Room IB06, Strand campus

ROYAL HOLLOWAY AND BEDFORDNEW COLLEGEThursday 15 FebruaryTHE SMALLEST PARTICLES...THEBIGGEST MACHINEDr MichaeI Green

Wednesday 28 February(Inaugural lecture)'JOURNEYS AMONG THE DEAD' INMODERN FRENCH DRAMAProfessor David Bradby

Wednesday 7 MarchTHE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 1789FRENCH REVOLUTION

Dr Pam Pilbeam

Thursday 15 March(Inaugural lecture)WHAT ARE WAGES FOR?Professor Hilary LandAIJ lectur 5.30 pm, The ain LectureTheatre, Founder's Building, RoyalHolloway and Bedford ew College,Egham HiIJ, Egham, urrey TW20OEX. Tel 0784 434455

THE ROYAL SOCIETYThursday 15 February (The BakarianLecture)NEW MICROCRYSTALLINECATALYSTSProfessor J M ThomasFurther information available from the

cientific Meetings Secretary, TheRoyal Society, 6 Carlton Hou e Ter­race, London SWlY SAG. Tel 01 8395561 ext 278/277

ISEMINARS

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICAND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGThursday 15 FebruaryOPTICAL BIOSENSORSDanny McStay, KCL1.15-2.15 pm, Room 3B20, Strandcampus

Thursday 22 FebruaryDIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSINGProfessor Cain, Polytechnic of CentralLondon

Thursday 1 MarchOSCILLATORS: THEORY ANDDESIGMicheal Cheng, KCL

Thursday 8 MarchUSE OF HARDWARE DESCRIPTIOLANGUAGES, SIMULATION ANDSYNTHESIS IN DIGITAL ASIC DE­SIGNSimon Davidmann, Cadence/Gateway1.15-2.15 pm, Room HA, Strandcampus

DIVISION OF BIOMOLECULARSCIENCESFriday 16 FebruaryUNLOCKING CHROMOSOMES FOR

EXPRESSIODr R K Patient, Biomolecular SciencesDivision, KCL

Friday 23 FebruaryODELL G FLAGELLA

Dr M E Hol ilJ, Physics Department.,KCL

Friday 2 archINTRACELLULAR PROTE DEGRA­DATIO - IMPLICATIO S FORAGE G AND BIOTECHNOLOGYDr A Hipkiss, Biomolecular SciencesDivision, KCL1.15 pm, Basement Lecture Theatre,Department or Biophysics, 26/29 DruryLane

Friday 9 MarchADVANCES IN CANCER CHEMO­THERAPYDr T H Connors, MRC Toxicology Unit,Carshahon1.15 pm, Room IB04, Strand campus

Friday 16 MarchHIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN - ITS ROLEI VIRAL PATHOGENESISDr R Daniels, Virology Division, NIMR,Mill Hill1.15 pm, Basement Lecture Theatre,Department of Biophysics, 26/29 DruryLane

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD ANDNUTRITIONAL SCIENCESMonday 5 MarchDIET AND ANKYLOSING SPONDY­LITISDr Alan Ebringer, Department of Bio­chemistry, KCL

Monday 19 MarchSE SORY ANALYSIS OF FOODSDr John Piggott, Department of Bios­cience and Biotechnology, Food ScienceDivision, University of Strathclyde,Glasgow4.30 pm, Physiology Lecture Theatre,Kensington

CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONALSTUDIESTuesday 20 FebruaryResearch Training SeminarOBSERVATION TRAININGJoan Bliss10.00 am-4.30 pm, Room 2.224,552

King's Road, Chelsea campus

Wednesday 21 FebruaryAll day Centre Research DaySupervision of Research Students(Details to be announced)10.00 am-4.30 pm, Room 3.020,552King's Road, Chel ea campu

Wednesday 21 FebruaryAssessment Discussion Group4.30 pm, Room 5.208

Thursday 22 & Friday 23 FebruaryResearch Training SeminarETHNOGRAPHIC METHODSStephen Ball10.00 am-4.00 pm, Room 2.103,552King's Road, Chelsea campus

Wednesday 28 FebruaryCAL seminar4.30 pm, Room 3.020, 552 King's Road,Chelsea campus

Wednesday 7 MarchGeneral seminarLABOUR'S PLANS FOR EDUCATIONIN THE 1990'sAndrew Smith, MP, Labour OppositionSpokesman on Higher EducationChaired Stephen Ball4.30 pm, Room 3.020,552 King's Road, Chelsea campus

Monday 12 MarchMaths Education Research SeminarINVESTIGATING THE MATHEMATI­CAL THINKING OF FIVE YEAR OLDSJohn Price, King's student4.30 pm, Institute of Education, 20Bedford Way

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY ANDPHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCEWednesday 28 FebruaryRESISTANCE TO THE INFINITESI­MAL CALCULUS IN THE EARLY18TH CENTURYDr Paolo Mancosu, Wolfson College,Oxford

Wednesday 7 MarchTHE ROLE OF LOGIC IN ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCEProfessor Robert Kowalski, ImperialCollege

Wednesday 14 MarchTHE 'SCIENTIFIC' EVALUATION OF

PSYCHOANALYSISJames Hopk.ins, KCL

Wednesday 21 MarchBODIES, SCLE CE AND POLITICS INFRANCE cI800: WHAT IS TO BEEXPLAINED AND HOW?Dr John Pickstone, University of Man­chester2.15 pm, Room IB06, Strand campus

CENTRE OF MEDICAL LA W ANDETHICSThursday 15 MarchCONFLICT AND DECISION-MAKINGIN DIFFICULT PREGNANCIESDr ElIen Stein5.30 pm, The Committee Room, Strandcampus

CENTRE FOR PHILOSOPHICALSTUDIESThursday 1 MarchTHE IDEA OF VERNACULAR ARCHI­TECTUREProfessor Roger Scruton

Thursday 8 MarchA Retrospective MeetingProfessor David Wiggins to open6.00 pm, Room 6C, Strand campus

CENTRE FOR LATIN AMERICANCULTURAL STUDIESTuesday 6 MarchTHE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH:TEXT AND CULTURE IN ORTEGA,AND POETICS OF CHANGEVivian SchelIing5.30 pm, Room 314, Spanish Depart­ment, Strand campus

MEDIEVAL GERMAN STUDYGROUPTuesday 6 MARCHHASSLICHE FRAUENFIGUREN INDER DEUTSCHEN LITERATUR DESMITTELALTERSProfessor Ingrid Kasten, Freie UniversitatBerlin

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSSEMINARSWednesday 21 FebruaryMIGRATIO OF CORPORATIONSProfessor Kenneth Simmonds, London

Business School

Wednesday 28 FebruaryTELECOMMUNICATIO S ANDINTERNATIO AL BANKINGDr Col in J Bell, formerly Chief Execu­tive, AT&T UK Ltd

Wednesday 7 MarchFOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THESOVIETUNlOVladimir V Ivanov, Minister-Counsellor,Embassy of the USSR

Wednesday 14 MarchTHE KOREANS ARE COMINGDr Brian Bridges, Director, Jati Interna­tional4.00 pm-5.30 pm, Room S.53, $tClement's Building, LSECo-chairmen: Professor John StuartMacDonald, Management StudiesCentre, KCL and Dr Michael Hodges,International Relations, LSE

ICOLLOQUIA

INSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDMUSICAL STUDIESWednesday 28 FebruaryAN INTRODUCTION BY THE COM­POSER TO HIS SECOND STRINGQUARTETJonathan Harvey, University of Sussex

Wednesday 7 MarchSOME ANALYTICAL APPROACHESTO THE MUSIC OF DOMENICOSCARLATTIDean Sutcliffe, University of Cambridge

Wednesday 14 MarchDEBUSSY'S PIANO MUSIC: THESKETCHES AND THEIR SIGNIFI­CANCERoy Howat, University of London5.00 pm, Room G01, Faculty of Music,Strand campus

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTINGWednesday 28 FebruaryTHE CINGO GO PROGRAMJeff RoUason

Wednesday 7 MarchGENERALISED HOUGH SPACECOMPACTIFICATION BY SUPERIM­POSED CODING

Julian U1Imann

Wednesday 14 MarchFUNCTIO AL LANGUAGE COMPIL­ERSSimon Croft1.15 pm, Room G02, Strand campus

ICOURSES

COMPUTING CENTRE SHORTCOURSESTuesdays 20 & 27 February & 6,13MarchUNIX (pARTS 2,3,4 & 5)

Wednesdays 14 & 21 FebruaryINGRES (pARTS 1&2)

Wednesday 28 FebruaryEXCEL

Wednesdays 28 February & 7 MarchPROLOG (pARTS 1&2)

Wednesdays 7 & 14 MarchPAGEMAKER (pARTS 1&2)

Wednesdays 7, 14, & 21 MarchUNIRAS (pARTS 1,2 &3)

Wednesdays 14 & 21 MarchWORDCRUNCHER (pARTS 1 & 2)All courses 2.00 pm-S.OO pm Strandcampus. Further details from Advi­sory, Room 23AB ext 2505

Tuesday 20 FebruaryWORD (pART 2)

Tuesdays 13 & 20 MarchWORD (pARTS 1& 2)All courses 2.00 pm-5.00 pm Kensing­ton campus. Further details fromAdvisory, Room A209, ext 261

IMEETINGS

KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL OFMEDICINE AND DENTISTRYDEPARTMENT OF GENERAL PRAC­TICE AND PRIMARY CAREWednesday 14 FebruaryPRfMARY CARE DEVELOPMENTPROJECfSJudy AlIsop, South Bank Polytechnic

GOT THE FEBRUARY BL ES?

l.OO pm: Health Issue for WorkingWomen

Flora KerriganThame ide campus Project

THE CLO DSHEADS

Every March, the Cia ics Departmentputs on the only annual production inan ient Greek in the country. The King'Greek Play has maintained its standingwith audiences in London for nearly 40year . and more recently, on five tran at·lantic tours, with univer ity audiences inCanada and the USA. The play this yearis ArisLOphanes' Clouds.

Clouds is one of the be t-known, and oneof the most surprising, of all ancientcomedies. Known: for its hostile treat­ment of the philosopher Socrates who, inthe play, runs a sinister academy· theBrain-house - peopled by corruptedstudents and two arguments, Right andWrong, and complete with its own special

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goddesses, the Clouds. Surprising:because the hostile treatment of Socratesculminates in the vengeance Laken againsthim by an earthy old countryman, fatherof one of his pupils, who bums down theBrain-house with· maybe - its occupantsas well. From the aetherial all-singingClouds to the arson and possible murderof the denouement, the play's range isunique.

But will I understand a word....?For all Greek drama there is no substitutefor the authenticity of the original words.At the same time the language need not bea barrier to comprehension. Over theyears, King's productions have developeda style of performance that caters forthose with no Greek, as well as those whocan follow the text Our programme(provided free) also contains a full

ERUALDIKCLAA

Please contact Caroline Bartholomew inthe Alumnus Office at the Strand (S2083)if you would like to allend

Friday 23 February 1990Members of staff are invited to attend theKCLA Annual Dinner, to Lake place in thenewly refurbished Great Hall at the Strandon Friday 23 February 1990. The GuestSpeaker will be the Right ReverendRichard Harries, Bishop of Oxford.

Shake them off at Staff Keep Fit withgeneral toning and stress relaxation.Wedne days, 1.00 pm, Room B2, Strandcampus (next to Reprographics). Wearcomfortable clothing and trainers. 45minute class £1.00. Any queries S2624.

Wedne day 2 arch, Commillee Room,1.00 pm: Social event

Tuesday 13 arch, Committee R m,l.OO pm: 'i omen's I sues: book report

All women are welcome - please tell anyother women you know who may beintere ted. Volunteers to help withpublicity, sending oul circular, organis­ing meetings etc are urgently required,and we are al 0 looking for suggestionfor next year. It's up to you - please comealong, or if you can't come to meetingplease send in your ideas and uggestions.Telephone 92 8930.

The evening will start with a sherryreception in the Council Room from 6.30pm onwards. Dinner will be served at7.00 pm and the proceedings are expectedto come to an end at approximately 10.15pm. The price of £22.50 includes sherry,a three-course meal, a choice of wines oroft drinks and coffee. Fish or vegetarian

alLernati ves to the meat course can beordered.

DATES FOR YOURDIARY

Wednesday 21 & Thursday 22 FebruaryDiscussion MeetingTECHNOLOGY I THE THIRDMILLE rUM: THE ENVIRO MENT(Approaches to the handling and treat­ment of wastes)Professor A D Bradshaw, Sir RichardSouthwood and Sir Frederick Warner

THE ROYAL SOCIETYWednesday 14 & Thursday 15 FebruaryDiscussion MeetingFollowed by the Bakarian Lecture. (SeePublic Lecture detail)INTRAMOLECULAR MOTIO ANDCHEMICAL REACTIODr M S Child Professor RA Marcu andProfessor I M Mills

Wednesday 14 archGP REFERRAL RATESProfessor Brian Jannan, Sl Mary'sMedical School12.15 pm, The Board Room, KingCollege Ho pitalFor further information, or if youwould like to go plea e caU And reaBard ley-Ball on 01 3263016

Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 MarchDiscussion MeetingQUANTITATIVE THEORY I SOILPRODUCTIVITY AND E VIRON­MENTAL POLLUTIONProfessor Greenwood and Dr A WalkerFor further information please contactthe Scientific Meetings Secretary, TheRoyal Society, 6 Carlton House Ter­race, London SWl Y SAG. Tel 01 8395561 ext 278/277.

KI G'S COLLEGE WOME 'SETWORK

Monday 26 February, Committee Room,

The dates and venues for this term'smeetings are:

Tuesday 13 February, Room 228, Strand,1.15 pm: Women's Studies at King's ­ways forward

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synop is of the action - while thi year, inaddition, the production itself willcomplete the understanding of all presentby the use of 'a bit of Engli h on theide.. .'

Performance will take place in the ewTheatre on 14-17 March (Wednesday toSaturday) at 7.30 pm, with two matineeat 2.30 pm on Wednesday 14 March andThursday 15 March. Tickets are £3.00can be obtained from the BusinessManager ext S1020 between 1.00 pm and6.00 pm.

Michael SilkExecutive Producer

RESEARCH OPE DAY

The School of Engineering is to hold aResearch Open Day at the Strand onWednesday May 30 1990, and will bepleased to show the work that i going onto anyone who is interested. For furtherdetails contact David Fraser, ext S2368,(Electrical and Electronic Engineering) orMike Yianneskis, ext S2428, (MechanicalEngineering).

NEWS ROUND UP

TRAVEL AWARDS

The College annually offers five tudenttravel awards - the Mary Clarke, Lacey,Lightfoot, Lily Hamburger, and SargeauntAwards - all aimed at helping students tofinance vacation travel. The Universityalso offers two travel awards - the Vaca­tion and Dunsheath Expedition Awards.

The awards are currently being advertisedthroughout the College and applicationforms may be obtained from the Aca­demic Registrar's Office or the Kensing­ton Registry Office.

The closing dates are 21 March 1990 for

the College award ,and 31 March 1990for the Univer ity awards.

Liz Auden·Davieistant Registrar (Academic erv­

ice )

RE EARCH GR FORPHYSIOTHERAPY

Dr Cecily Partridge of the Centre forPhysiotherapy Research has received agrant of £75,000 for a project on the roleof physiotherapy in the care of adults withmental handicap. The project will involvea country wide survey of work done inBritain and ome in-depth work with unitswhich specialise in adult with a mentalhandicap.

E JOY A EASTER BREAKAT ROGATE STUDY CE TRE

Over 50 King's College staff and theirfamilies took advantage of the 'SummerBreaks' offered at the College's residen­tial country house in West Sussex during1989. We are keen for staff to visitRogate both to enjoy its peace andtranquility and to consider whether thisCollege facility can be further u ed foracademic, training, management andsocial functions.

We are offering bed and breakfastaccommodation from Monday 9 April toFriday 20 April inclusive. The cost is£10.00 per per on per night with areduction for young children. The Centreis situated in the village and two pubs,within walking distance (lOOm), serveexcellent evening meals. Petersfield isonly 10 minute away by car and offersseveral places to eat which are suitable forchildren. Midhurst has several qualityrestaurants. The Study Centre has a widerange of information on local attractionsand we are always happy to help you planyour stay.

Bookings can be made through AnneFinlay and she can be contacted bytelephone on (0730) 80621.

COURTAULD INSTIT TE HASMOVED!

A reminder to all those who had forgouenthat the Courtauld Institute of Art hasmoved. For anyone who has the Instituteon their mailing list or who wishes tocontact them the address and telephonenumber are as follows: CourtauldInstitute of Art, Somerset House, Strand,London WC2R OR . Telephone 01 8720220. Any post from the College ishowever collected on a daily basis by arepresentative from the Institute. Ifanyone wishes to use this service pleaseleave your post at the Post Room.

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SMALL ADS

SALE OF APPLE MACI TOSHCOMPUTERSLooking for a cheap Apple Mac Plus?The College has three second-hand onesfor sale, recovered from a theft last year.They are five years old, upgraded a yearago to 1Mbyte RAM, and have no harddisks. For more information and to put inyour bid, contact Marijke Vonck, Com­puting Centre, 52819.

TO LETRiverside house for holiday/sabbaticalrental in picturesque Brantome, theDordogne, France. Available accommo­dation consists of 2 self-contained unitswhich sleep 7/8 upstairs and 2/3 down­stairs. Many historic places to exploreand restaurants to sample.

For further information telephone ext3223, Senate House, or evenings 3510925.

FOR SALEAmstrad PPC640 Portable Computer.Little used. Comes complete with doubledisc drive and MODEM. Plus all Am­strad supplied accessories and software.A bargain at only £475.00Contact Vivien Fletcher on S2313.

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expected in the current financial year,bear witne to this control. Further-more, the 19 7 ituation has beena hie ed again t a background of apredicted annual deficit ithin theCollege' 1986/ 7 fi e year finan ialforecast exercise, in exce of £2.0, p.a.

e do not fmd that indicating baJan edannual revenue accounts, e en thoughFinance Committee sets such a con traint,helpful in setting the climate within whichfinancial pressure can be brought to bearto achieve the College's stated financialobjective.

1.2 The second matter of principle imore fundamental and relates specificallyto the merger. A you know, the amalga­mated College not only inherited signifi­cant cumulative deficits, projected toincrease dramatically from merger date,but also the problems of operating on 14major sites. Conservative estimates of theincreased recurrent cost of multi- iteoperating indicate that the College has toaccommodate a burden, in exces of£1.5M annually. In this re peet thelengthy delay at all levels in reaching adecision as to the College's single itecapital submission, raised in early 1984and formally proposed in June 1985, hasinevitably extended the tirnescale inwhich the College has to carry such aburden.

In the face of these financial difficulties,the fact that the College's cumulativerevenue deficit has been reduced bearwitness to the management determinationto exercise proper fmancial control etc.

2. Turning to the projected figuresindicated within our fmancial forecast, Iwould offer the following comments.

2.1 Salary and wage awards are built intothe forecasts at a consistently higher ratethan is appropriate to gram income, and ingeneral terms, it is the element of un­funded pay awards which account for theprojected deficits for the years 1990/91onwards. Leaving aside the possibilitythat the adoption of prudent assumptionmay not be comparable with otherinstitutional submissions and the lack ofcomparability of forecasts is in itself aproblem, if unfunded pay awards materi­ali e, the College intends to take the

management action clearly set out insection 5 of the financial commentaryalla hed to the forecasts.

In this respect p t performan e d mon­trat our ability to acme e our financial

obje tive .

2.2 The fman ial trategy ith regard tototal elimination of the inherited cumula­tive deficit i re-iterated within section 2of the finan ial commentary. In thisrespect it hould be noted that the finan­cial trategy, a indicated in section 2 waclearly Stated within the financial com­mentary attached to the 1988 financialforecast exerci e.

The College has ucces fully carried acumulative deficit in excess of £5.0Mwithout recourse to external borrowing.Given that the cashflow a pects ofmaintaining such a significant cumulativerevenue deficit can be managed, theCollege's Finance Committee see norea on to depart from tated policy,namely that the cumulative deficit will berecovered as a flf t call on the revenuesurplus generated by economie effectedby site consolidation, and the consequen­tial amalgamation of cost centres et.e.

2.3 The forecasts as ume a significantfall off in high fee recruitment. Althoughsuch a prediction demonstrated prudentjudgement, 1989/90 recruitment levelsindicate that such a prediction waspessimistic. We believe that the estab­lished mechanisms now in place for activerecruitment of all students will enable theCollege to maintain current level ofrecruitment, both in high fee and low feestudents.

2.4 Similar comments apply to the levelof contract overhead recovery. Webelieve that given the adoption of theCVCP Guidelines a to Costing ofRe earch Projects in Universities, and thegeneral awareness of the need for realisticcost assessment in application for re-earch funding, the projected level of

overhead contributions will significantlyimprove.

I hope these comment are helpful.

As a result of thi response and a meetingbetween the UFC Chief Executive and

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Officer and the i e-Chancellor, myselfand other University Officers, I belie ethat King' College has been remo edfrom the 'li t of concern'. Thi doe notnece sarily mean that the College i notfa ing a difficult financial future, or forthat mauer London' Federal problemare not ignificant. It doe mean, how-e er, that the College's ability to n iblymanage its own financial affair and itso eraU financial trategy are recognisedand accepted.

Comment is the College's regular staffnewsletter, i sued by the InformationOffice ((ext 2179)) three times a term,with special editions if required. Contri­butions are warmly welcomed from anymember of the College. For exampleprofile of people or area of intere l,

news of events, views on College matter ,photos, cartoons, items of sale, puzzles orquizzes. Comment is sent to all staff andmade freely available through the SwdentUnion. Copy dates and and publicationdates are published at the end of eachissue. The copy date for the next i ue isFriday 2 March for publication the weekbeginning Monday 12 March.