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he College held two

pre entation ceremonies forthe first time this year, and

for the first time u ed the Central Ilall,Westminster instead of the Royal

Festival Hall. More graduate - 1,400­

than ever before were presented to the

Chairman of Council and the Acting

Principal, Professor Arthur Lucas.

They were watched and applauded by

some 3,400 family members and friend.

The new venue provided an

appropriately grand euing which was

enhanced by the addition of

architectural 'tubes' sporting the new

College logo, and contributed an

excellent backdrop for official andunofficial photographs. I t was,

however, uncomfortabl crowded at

ome points, and the College IS

currently looking at ways to alleviate

this problem.

Two Presentation Fello\\ were

admitted, with College Orator John

Muir providing eloquent tributes to the

life and work of Sir Thomas Ilingham,

Member of Council and the new

Master of the Rolls, and Mr Maurice

Wohl, property dealer and

philanthropist, and a particularly

generous donor to KCSM D.

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PresentationDayat King'Opposiu: Proftssor Arthur Lucas, SIr

Jamts Spooner (Chairman ofCounc:l),

John Muir, (Colltge Orator) and

Prtstntation Ft/lows, Mr Maunct \.\loM

(left) and Lord Justice Bingham

Bt/ow: the ctremony in full swing with

backdrop specially created by Pentagram,

who desigrud the n('ffl) College marque.

BOl/om: part ofthe procession waiting to

enter the hall.

P e

n 1 September senior

officer of the College

braved the height and the

element [0 climb ontO the roof of

Cornvvall House Annexe and raise a new

College flag, bearing our marque. This

vI-as to celebrate D-Day - the day when

the College' new corporate visual

identity wa Introduced. After months of

planning and consultation the College

went public and proudly displayed its

new marque to the outside world, with

the two flags specially commissioned for

the trand Campus and Cornwall

Hou e, new stationery, a host of leaflets,

brochures, newsletter, posters,

advcrtlsement , display stand, followed

shortly after by the Postgraduate

Pro pectus. Later in the month we used

the opportunity of the Pre entation

Ceremonies to splash our identity boldy

acro s We tminster Central Hall.

Reaction to date has been very

positive from all staff, but there is still a

lot of work to be done. The next

undergraduate prospectus, our principle

recruiting [001, will have to be

developed in the new style. Work i in

progress with the College's annual

report. Many more publications have

to be re-styled. A manual of guidelines

for those who wish to produce their

own artwork for simple publications is

being developed and we will keep all

who are interested in this area

informed as to it progress. The

College's exterior signs are being

looked at.. 'ew van livery will have to

be commissioned.

A [0 bc expected With such a major

exerCise, there are a few teeth Ing

problem. We are still working on

computer templates and while we can

offer a current version of the stationery

template on a :vIAC disk, we would

like to improve it further. We still have

to solve the problem of recreating these

for PC u ers with in the College. As

soon as we have these ready we will let

all readers know. In the meantime if

staff have any particular querie about

the new identity please contact the

Press and Publications Office on

exten ion 3202 who will try to assist.

hnstine jamleson

Publications Officer

COIJl1JleJl!

tell uu

In he

hh n t ar e.

p\'a bra dl.

ren ind 0-

'f here \\ 're no 'er, clear me~sage~

"or u t ta C on'anJ in edl m

Comm t and In commi >Ionmg the ne\\

de~1 'n I he general le el of

alls "action with the ne\\~lctter seems

Isurprl m I) ?!) high and. \\here there

\'a~ critici m, one set 0 "Iew \\a~

o t n balanced out b another. for

cxampk. four people thought \\le

lhdn't arr nough from thc. lence

choob, "hd- three thulJ"ht \\e didn't

ha 'e enough rom IllJmanltle~and

La", and fi e peopl"~ plea to have

more about the ,>oelal li e 0 the

Colkge \\a 0 I-"ct b) another i c

people m,t1nwinm' the. \\ould likc to

~ce Ic~., of thi., in the nc".,lcttcr. So on

the~e count we reckon \le may be

getting it about right.

There \\a , ho\\c\er. a .,ubst:lntlal

moan ( rom 10 respondcnts) that the

material In Gomment \\'a~ out-o -date by

the tlmc the) reccl\led It. mee we arc

vcr) careful only to Include event on

dates that arc a ter the dispatch date

from the printer's, \\C thll1k the delay

In '>ome people' rCCl:I"ing the

ne\\'~letter must be caused by Internal

factors,o wc arc sending a request

"\lith thi editiOn to departmental

ecr rle and -hers \-\I ha di tnbute

Co.m t ado oa.,qulc I as

the an.

While \e do pe lally commission

some rt I "'hlch \-\le thlll ill be of

u e or lot re t to mo t readers, or fun

to read, \\le Impl do not ha e time to

\\fite m ch oursehe and our malO

ore I., material \-\I hi hi submitted to

u~. \\ ch we edit 0 try to mamtalll a

balan e e"eral responden as ed for

more new about re eareh projee , and

\\le \\ould be happ) to earr more in

thiS line, pro",ded It I reasonably short

and bear m mind the interescs of the

non-specialist reader.

I people thought that Comment was

'tOO e tabll~hment orientated', This is

difficult to Judge. beeau e It depend

on your stand pomt, and on where the

balance lie between mforming people

o College policy In articles that are,

me"ltabl.,likel to be wrmen b

cnlOr College staff, and allowing

others to ha 'e their sa). We ery rarely

get an. thing ~ettlng out alternative

pomt of View, but we are happy to

carT) these a~ pieces by named

individuals or as letters to the Editor.

'I here were al 0 several reque cs for

profiles of academiC departmencs or

group of non-academic staff, and we

agree that the e would be u eful. We

think thi needs to be done on a more

organised baSIS, 0 we will aim to

eomml~Slon these specially, tarting

with those units that are of interest to

most members of the College.

\10st people were not keen on the

idea of more advertisements, and

claimed not to read them anyway. We

" ill continue to take small ads free, and

display advert",mg on a covering-our­

cost baSIS. :\ rate card for the latter is

available from the Pres and

Puhllcatlons Office on ext 3202.

Chr"lIne Kenyan Jone

Director of Public Relation

Pro/lSSo Arthur Lucas and Barry I/e

raISe the College's new flag on the ro%/

Cornwall /louse Annexe on J September,

The flag bears the logo designed byPentagram and was commissioned to mark

the introductIon 0/the Colleges new

corporate visual idenoty (see update on

page Z)

Page

':'vIanagement Group' has been

en hflned in the new College

Committee, prOViding a clear! visible

Inter ace bet\i\een office-holder and the

committee )stem.

Wc con Idered the operation of the

AcademiC Roard and ItS tanding

Committee, and came to the conclusion

that the tandll1g Committee had

functioned rea onably well. We have,

however, recommended that Standing

Committee papers should be made

more accessible by full copies being

lodged in chool Offices and the

Librarie ,and that - in order for

members of the 130ard to have a stronger

influence on the affairs of the College ­

the Academic Board should meet termly

to debate substantive issues and thus

inform ub equent policy-making

processes.

The Working Group recommended

that greater cffort hou Id be made to

enhance lay participation in the work of

the Appointed Committee of the

Council, and that the appointment of lay

membcrs to chair for the Amenities

Committee, the Estates Policy

Committee, the afety Policy

Committee and the Staffing Policy

Committee should be considered. On

the same lines, we considered there was

a need to synthesize the business of the

Appointed Committees, and the new

ollege Committee, for the benefit of

the Council (particularly its lay

component, and especially with regard

to major policy is ue such a the

Strategic Plan, the structure of the

academic year and the intended merger

with C:'vI D ); the formation of the new

tanding Committee of Council is

intended to meet this purpo e. For

Imilar rea on it ha been agreed that

the chairs of Appointed Committee

who are not members of Council hould

be required to attend Council meetings.

In considering our recommendations,

the Council agreed that the President of

the Student' union should receive

unre er ed paper of the College

Committee and, although he or she will

not be a member, the President and

other member of the College will be

in ited to join meetings of the

Committee on occasion. The papers of

the College Committee - other than

reserved bu iness - will be made freely

available, but it i expected that these

will normally be in the form of action

notes rather than full minutes.

and taffing Policy Committee), the

Prlllcipal (or Vice-Pflnclpal), one

academic taff member of the Council,

one non-academic member of the

Council, and the President of the

'tudents' Cnion, plus the College

Secretar as secretary of the Committee.

The Committee will meet twice a year

with the College Committee to re lew

major poli('y deci ion; It will act for the

Council \1 hen It IS not practical or a full

meeting of Council to DC called. and will

In general considcr business referred to

It by the Council.

'I he Council has nO\1 agreed these

recommendation and. a. a re ult, the

Planning and I{esourcc Committee and

the AcademiC Policy Group have been

dissolvcd.

One of the Working Group's main

criticisms of the previou~ structure was

that the P1:Inn ing and Hcsources

Commlttce - formed In rcsponse to the

College merger and the Jarrett tudies

of 198-, to help reconcile the conflict

between academic aspiration and

resource availability - had in practice

proved eumhersome and less-than­

effecti\e, mainly because of its size.

The Working Group pointed out that

mo t of the planning for the Strategic

Plan had in fact been carried out by the

'\cademic Policy Group.

We abo drew attention to the fa t that

informal management group, in our

case the I\cademle Policy Group, are

II1crea. ingly ommon In higher

education a institution see the need to

re pond swiftly to external demands and

opportunities, to define and te t policy

options and to prepare Implementation

trategies against a background of

competing demands for limited

re.ource. Ilowcver, the fact that these

groups are not part of the formal

committee tructure can create tenSion,

and the duality of decision-making

through a mixture of formal and

informal systems can be a source of

frustration and confusion. C nder the

new system, therefore, the concept of a

eett

The Council 01 ils July meelmg agreed 10

some imporlonl changes 10 Ihe commiflee

struclure ofthe College. Bill SI. de, Ihe

College Secretory, here describes the changes

and Ihe Ihinking Ihotled 10 them.

The Planning and Resource

Committee in June commis ioned a

small Working Group - consisting of

Professor Ife, Professor Kennedy, the

Deputy ecretary (Planning and

Re ources) and myself - to con ider and

make recommendations on the

governance and committee structure of

the College.

The major recommendation of our

report to Council in July was the

formation of two new committees and

the dissolution of two others:

- a College Committee compfl ing the

Principal, the Vice-Principal, the Ilcad

of chools and the enior Officers.

This Committee will be accountable

both to the Council and to the Academic

Board through its Standing Committce.

Its terms of referencc will be policy

formulation (as distinct from policy

determination which will rcmain within

the remit of the Council and thc

Academic Board), planning, monitoring

performance, resource distribution, and

superintending the day-to-da

execution of the College's bu iness.

The Committee will meet weekly in

hort e ion to upcrintend and co­

ordinate day-to-day College bu ines ,

and monthly in longer ses ion to

deliberate more substanti e i sues.

The Chairman of Council or hi

nominee will have ex officio right of

attendance and will receive Committee

papers.

- a Standing Committee of Council,

whose members will be the Chairman

(or Vice-Chairman) of Council, the lay­

Chairman (or, if the Chairman is not a

lay -member, another lay-member) of

each of the six Appointed Committees

of the Council (being the Delegacy of

KCSMD, Amenities Committee,

Estates Policy Committee, Finance

Committee, afety Policy Committee

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Council, but a replacement is being

sought for Profes or L .'v1 Bethell, who is

leaving the Cniversity. Professor P F

tott ha been appointed as a member

of Council after consultation with

Westminster City Council. Professor

L llowell and Or P J Whitfield have

been elected a new professorial and

non-professorial representatives on

Council. The new Student members of

Council are Ben Eiger (President of

KCL C); Susie Gentleman (Vice-

Pre ident, Welfare and Education) and

imon Forbes (Treasurer). Viq Ahmed

(Publications abbatical) will be an

observer.

Council membershipThe follo\\ing members of Council have

retired" ith effect from the end of the

1991-92 ses,ion:

'ir Robin :\uld

Profe sor I .. I Ilethell

vIr J \' \lulr

Professor, 'orma Rimier

Profe~~or F E G Cox

Or \1 J Laird

and chairn1cnrffii1:

Sir James pooner

Sir John Cadogan

Chairman

he Council at its meeting on

1 October re-elected the

existing Chairman, ice­

Chairman and Treasurer to scrve for the

1992-93 sess ion:

Vice­

Chairman

Finance Mr P C Macnamara

Safety Policy Professor R NI 11 ill

Estates Policy Professor S W E Earle~

he three new divisions in the

chool are as follows:

Biomedlcol SClI!rlCI!S (now expanded to

include BiophySICS and the Strand­

based 13 iochem is try);

Heolth Scil!rlCl!s (which remains the same

as before);

LifeScil!rlCl!S (which includes the old

Bio phere Division, Immunology and

Ken ington-based Biochemistry).

Studt1lt members

Jonathon Kohn

John Ilouchln

'ick I-Ia) monds

Susle Saar)

. ir Jarne~ Spooner and \lr J K Wright,who completed their term~ of office at

the end of the last eS~lon, have been

reappointed: Sir James for three years

and VIr Wright (at hiS request) for one.

VIr John Williams, Chairman of KCLA,

replaces Sir Robin Auld as a member of

Council. Professor C :vi Kauffman

continues to represent the enate on

.'v1rJV.'v1ulr

.'v1r P C .'v1acnamara.

taffing Policy Professor R .\11 Griffiths

Amenitie

Treasurer

Council has elected the follo\\ ing

Chairmen of Committee:

Pa c:

The Hampstead Campus

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Cerry Ifuglres, lire College Bu ar, rwn"tesabout the College's n c mpus

O n 1 'eptember King'

ac U1red the major portion of

the Hamp tead Campus

formerly o\Vned by Queen Y1ary and

We tfield College, containing

residential accommodation for ome 550

tu dents. An agreement for King's to

have exclUSiVe use of about 60 per cent

of the accommodation in an adjacent

hall of residence, wh ich for the

immediate future will remain in the

ownership ofQY1W, will bring the tOtal

nu mber of residential places on the

Campu avail:Jble for King's students to

~ome 600.

The College Council appro ed plans

to acquire the Campus for long-term

development in 19 9. Council's

deci ion \\a ba<;ed on the need to

maintain the College's 0 erall

re idential capacity, following the

intended disposal of the Kensington and

Chelsea Campuses and their integral

halls of residence, tOgether with

Y1alcolm Gavin Ilall and Ilalliday Hall

(di posed of in 1991)-allplannedas

part of the College'S development of the

Thameslde ampus.

Through circumstances which were

unforeseen in 1989, thc acquisition of

Ilampstead Campus has occurred in

advance of the disposal of other

properties. Th is ha se erely trained

the College's financial situation, but the

Immediate benefit to student is an

increase of some 30 per cent in the

number of re Idential places a ailable in

properties managed by the College.

Therefore, until such time as market

conditions are conducive to the disposal

of properties, the increa ed provision of

bed pace is a ery welcome but

temporary bonus. There is, however,

cope for longer-term development of

residential facilities at Hampstead, and

to this end the Finance ommittee ha

approved funds for a tudy to determine

the feasibility of new build at the

Campus.

The Hampstead Campus is situated

at Kidderpore !\venue, 'NW3. The

residences divide almost equally north

and south of the Avenue and are

contained in a mix of propertie built

bet\Veen I 90 and 1970. .ntil now the

Campus ha provided fully-catered

accommodation, but work will start

shortl on a rollll1g programme of

refurbi hment which among other

improvement, will pro ide kitchen and

dll1ll1g facilities on each floor of

Il1dl Idual re Idences to enable residents

to cater for themselve . The first phase

of the work, which will cOSt some 2

million, will concentrate on the older

building and is due for completion in

1994. In the meantime, a pay-as-you-eat

cafeteria \ViII be available to residents to

u pplement the existing self-catering

facilitie and provide ervices for visitors

during vacations.

Included in the premises acquired at

Ilampstead is the Library building, with

an area which totals 2,7 0 square metres

on even floor. It will immediately

provide much needed space for book

stOrage and, a the Campus develops,

will pre ent the opportunity to increase

stud and ocial space for residents.

Y1 iss Susan James had been appointed

re ident Campus ervices Manager, and

he is re ponsible to the Bursar for the

admini tration and day-tO-day

management of the Campus. She is

assisted by Y1 is J i11 owray.

Y1 iss Angela Cole has been appointed

resident Warden, and she is responsible

to the Bursar for the pa tOral care and

welfare of residents.

The official address of the Campus is:

The Ilampstead Campus

King's College London

Kidderpore Avenue

London. I'W3 7ST

Telephone 071-4353564.

Once the .\IIichaelmas Term has settled

down, we intend to arrange a

familiari ation visit to the Campus for

staff: in particu lar, those who have a

College or departmental responsibility

for the admission and/or welfare of

students. Details will be published in a

future ed ition of Comment and circulated

to Heads of chools and Departments.

In the meantime, any queries concerned

with Hampstead Campus should be

addressed to Susan James at Hampstead

or to Gerry H ughes at the Strand

Campus (tel 071-873 2377).

'Igelllolder

Director of the Dc clop mental Biology

Ccntre

- a Join re ear h proposal on 'Crowd

de ectlon and anagement in an

under<>ro nd ) tern using Image

proce 10 prese nted to

CO 'ICYT;

- C A H, onda Ltda. KCL and the

antla<>o Ln erground Will continue

collabor tion In the use of Image

proce ing ·or the management and

control 0 underground trains. Joint

re earch programme on transputer-

ba ed parallel y tems \ ill be explored

betw -en L' ·\CII and KCL

- a JOint research programme on

transputer applications was established

at LTF .1 ('\Igorithmic paralleli ation

through me ge passlllg). Further

collaboration In the area of Digital

Ignal Proce Ing will be explored.

Thi wdl Include work to be based at

KCL on high performance computing

s stcms for modelling load in rotatory

giant mdl , real-time computing

system~ or digital control of vector­

controlled AC dnve and Image

proces IIlg and pattern recogllltlon

applied to mineral proces 109.

KCL \\i11 be a ked to participate in a

C. 'IDO-funded proJect on indu trial

robotiCS III hazardous environments.

ReCiprocal Visits to KCL by CTF ~

academiCS wdl be organised.

- collaborative research work on

Computer Aided oftware Engineering

( A. E) or real-time systems will be

explored further with CACH.

ReCiprocal viSIts to KCL by CACII

academiCS will be organised.

Or Vela tin has been appointed

Visiting Professor in the Institute of

Informatlc to trengthen and formalise

"nks between the two institutions.

Other area of potential collaboration

With the e unl er ltIe include

multimedia for computer-assi ted

learnlllg, blOengllleerlng, remote

senslOg, Ind ustrlal quality control,

regional state administration. For

further detad please contact Or

cia tin on ext 2665, E-mail: .velastin.

L Jeml

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1- h It 'alonget~ n, \\orse 'ERC

\\0 Id con Id re bli hlO re :lr<.h

10 itute 0 heir 0\\ n \\ h Ich wo Id

:1110 n Co n iI to e. ert he nee I)

control nd :I--ord more con Idence in

he re urn) on their in men, In m

le \ 'lOg" College \\0 I 0 \\ell to

heed ch \\ rnings an create a senes

o re ear h centres \\hl hare well-

und d, ha e clear and cx:u)ed remit

an \\ hlch C' n be een b the outside

world a) pl:l es \\here re~arch money

would be \\ell spem. It IS our hope that

the Dcvelopmental BlOlog'y Re ear h

Cen re lone uch cen re and that Its

,uccesses will help totlmulate the

ormatlon of other centre) In our clence

chool at King' which have Similar

ambitions.

- at l;Sf\CII an Image I'rocessing

LaboratOry wa established with

financial backing from a local computer

'>ystems su ppl ier (~onda Ltda);

r ~erglO \c1a'>tln (Vision and

RobotiC Lab, Dcpartment

o Electronl<. and l:.lectncal

Engineering) recently VISited three

Chilean univer)itles In a programme to

explore potential academiC links With

King's College London, funded by the

Royal ~uclcty and the Chilean. 'ational

')clencc and '1 echnology /{e'>earch

Council (CO ·ICY'!').

-I he tour, which lastcd four week

IIlcluded the department,> of Informatlc

EngineerlOg (l;nlverslty ~antlago de

Chile, L. ACII), Electronic

Cl cchnical Cnlver~lty Fedenco anta

v1aria, CTF \1),lnformatic

Engllleenng (L'I F 1) and the

In titute of Informatlcs (Lnlver~lty

\ustral d' Chile. L \CI I) \\here Or

Vela,>tln gavc tcchnlcal talk to

;ludlence~of morc than 50 academiCS

and ,wdents.:\ number ofmecung to

c plore academiC collaboration werc

hcld at each host In tltutlon, rcsultlllg

III the followlIlg preliminary

Jgreemcnt :

he De 'elopmental l3iolo

Reseach Centre \\a ormall,

opened b Ir. 1ar RlChmon

head of the ERC, on 7 Jul), The

opening ceremony \\as attended no

only b the member~ 0 the Centre but

al 0 b 'member 0 the College

IOlere ted 10 re earch management. It

provided an excellent forum or the

discus Ion of key Issue 10 the current

climate of re earch funding 10

uni erslties. 'We were honoured to have

presentation from both te\\art

utherland and \!lark Richmond, [\\00

the mo t influential vOices 10 unlverslt)

management in BritalO toda , Both

trongly emphasised the need or

flexible structures for the management

of re earch; both IOdlcated that, in the

clence , the traditional departmental

structures may be mappropriate for the

neces ary concentration 0 e ort 10 more

focu ed area of re earch Intere~t during

a time of limited resources. ~parattng

the management and fundtng of

re earch and teach 109 was me itable and

nece sary; a situation which demanded

innovations in staff management.

Several suggestions were made ranging

from making up part of sta f alary from

research grants to novel career paths for

teaching orientated staff to ensure

appropriate recognition and staff

development. rood for thought!

ir \!lark concentrated his remarks on

the type of university en ironment he

wi hed to see created to ensure the be t

and most efficient use of ERC money.

With the breakdown of the old dual

upport ystem and the tran fer of fund~

to the re earch council E RC will

become even more picky about where it

put its money. That money \\ ill go

preferentially to in titutions which ha e

developed the necessary research

support infrastucture to en ure that

effective research can

be done.

ir Mark was clearly worned by what

he ha een in many universitie which

have not yet shed the trad itional

departmental ethos of support for a

broad range of research intere ts and are

not sufficiently discriminating about the

support and funding of research. lie

reluctantly went as far as to suggest that

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kept clo ely informed of the progre s of

the dl cu ion, and Acting Principal

Profes or Arth ur Lucas reported to the

College Council 10 July that ir Bernard

had expres ed support for the merger 'as

a model for others to follow'. A report

publi hed b the King's Fund (no

relatIOn!) on the uture of medical

education In London had quoted a

figure of200 a the annual medical

tudent intake for a merged chool, but

ir Bernard told Profes or Lucas that he

accepted that thi was too low, although

he was not prepared to hazard a guess as

to what the appropriate figure might be,given that some loss of places in London

was seen as inevitable.

L' \1 DS was formed in 1982 from the

merger of t Thomas's Hospital edical

ehool and Guy' Ilospital Medical_chool. 't Thomas's Ho pital (which

ha it root in a religious house founded

in the eventh century, and was named

after t Thomas a 13ecket in 1176) ha

been in eructing medical student since

1553. Guy's I lospital (which was

originally an offshoot of St Thomas's)

ha bcen teaching medicine ince the

early eighteenth century.

Like the current King's College

chool of \1edicine and Dentistry, the

new ehool will be one of six Schools

within King's. The realisation of the

aims of the merger is dependent upon

the pre-elinieal and biomedical eienees

of the merged institution being

physically integrated in a mixed

environment, and it is hoped this can be

achieved at Cornwall House. Council

heard in July that ir Bernard

Tomlinson had expressed his concern

about the fall-back position for the

merger if the conver ion of Cornwall

Ilouse for Life Sciences proved

impo sible, and that he had mentioned

the campu of t Thomas' as an

alternative.

The union ha been agreed in

principle by the L niversity of London.

It \-\ ill be progressed by a Joint Policy

Committee which will comprise the

chairmen of the governing bodies of

King' and of L\1 DS, and the Principals

and senior staff of the two institutions.

The Committee will appoint ad hoc

working parties on subjects such as Pre­

clinical Studies; Clinical Medicine;

Clinical Dentistry; Legal aspects

(including staffing, estates and

constitutional matters) and Finance.

Jomt pre release Isued b

KlOg' and the LllIted \1edleal

:lnd Dental. choo!> of G y's

and t'1 homas' 110 pltal (L 1D ) 10

Jul) announced that L \11) pl3n to

unite \\Ith KlOg' .

The CounCIl 0 King's and the

CouncilofC,ovcrnorso L\lD have

agreed in prlOclple to the union, which

will be progr<:s cd through a Joint polic)

committee.

DI cu ion began 10 1990 between

the two IOstitution With a view to

enhancing medical education in

London. The major alms were:

- to ensur<: that more medical and

dental students ar<: educated In a multi­

facult) environment (rather than in an

In,tltUtlOn dcdlcated onl) to medical

and dcntal education), and to promote

opportllnltl<:'> for colla!Jor:ltIon bet\\een

the medical and dcntal school and the

other biomedical and scientific

disciplines J\ailabl . In King' ;

- to brmg together t\l'O very trong

biomcclic3.1 and pre-clmical science

bases, and unparalleled clinical

re our es \\ ithin the. outh East Thame

Region. to form one of the country's

largest medical and dental teaching

centres, and to prOVide the trongest

pos ible ,>clencc base for teaching

3.nd rc'>c:lfch.

Plans for the union wcre \-\ell under

way befor<: th<: Governmcnt set up, in

October 1991, The London Inquiry into

the provision of health s<:rviees in

London. chaired by Sir llernard

Tomlinson. The Committee, which is

expected to r<:port thiS month, has been

omerger

Lord BUllerfield (left), Chairman ollhe

Council ofGovernors of Ihe Uniltd Medical

and Denial Schools of Guy's and SIThomas's Hospilals (UMDS) and Sir

lames Spooner, Chairman ofIhe Council ofKing's, drink a loasl on Ihe lerroce ofIhe

House ofLords to plans to unile their Iwo

institutions.

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· 'at onal Library, and author of man

boo • e!>a and articles onPOrt ese i tOf) and contemporary

"ocre

· b 'T onl Huberman i the new

permanent. full-lime Departmental

ecretary.

On I .\ugu t the Department of

Palaeography became part of the

Department of Engli h.

The Department of History and

Philosoph of cience has now merged

with the Department of Philosophy,

and from 1 August will be known as

the Cnit for Philosophy and eienee.

\ I C iC\\!edit: I I

he 1 93 Medical Law Review

will be published three times

a year by Oxford University

Press in a soeiation with the Centre of

:vledlcal Law and Ethics, at King's and

i edited by Profe sor lan Kennedy and

Andrew Grubb. The Review is a

cholarly journal intended for academics,

lawyers, legal practlOners, law students

and others interested in health care and

law. Each i sue will contain an

extensive commentary on recent

developments in medical law in the K,

and one I sue each year will contain a

commentary ection on recent

de elopments in the Commonwealth,

the Cnited tates of America, or

Europe.

Article are InVited on any aspect of

medical law and should be between

4,000 and 10,000 \\ords. ubmissions or

any correspondence on editorial matters

should be ent to the editors at the

Centre of Medical Law and Ethics,

King's College London, Strand, London

WC2R 2L . Tel 071-873 2382.For further informa/ion and a free

sample copy, please con/aCl: journals

Marketing Department, Oxford Uni'Ui!rsity

Press, Pinkhill House, Sou/hfield Road,

Eynsham, Oxford OX8 Uj.

· Ir. bdool aflm \ a d ha been

3ppolnted Lecturer m Ponugue e

HI tor,. He I a ormer tudent of

Kln l1 College London, and JOin the

Department following a Lectureship at

Leed Lni er i .

Pro e sor P J• l:mhall, Rhodes Pro es or

o Imperial I Il>tOf) , h been elected a

Fello\ o'the Sri I hA adem.

rom I OCtO r 1 2

Pro e or'\ Porter (Ilistory) ha been

appointed to the Rhodes Chair of

Imperiallli tOry from I OctOber I 3.

PrCJfe,sor _ t vart utherland, \ Ice·

Chancellor 0 - the C nlVerslt 0 London

and former Principal of King's, has also

been elected a Fellow 0 the British

Academy.

I) ·p.lrtnl om () IJ Htu ut.: t: \..

Br:1I.11 I.l n ud le

[)r Jane l{ohcrtS ( English) has h cn

made pplfe" or uf Engli h rom I

OCtoher I 'J'J2.

Professor I ony Davle, \Uectronlc

Electrical I~nglneenng)was made an

honorary member of the preSidency at

the graduation ceremony of the Faculty

of Electrical Engineering of the

Technical LnIVer Ity of Budapest on

I Jul .durlngwhlehhega eashort

speech (in English!). ThiS i believed

to be the first occasion at which there

has been International repre cntatlon at

thcir gradLJJtion ceremony. 'I he

C nlversity claims to he the olde t

'Technical L'nIVerslty' In Europe.

Professor Davies al 0 participated as an

OfficlJI Examiner 111 the defcnce of aDoctOral') hesls at the'f echnlcal

Cnl er Ity of Dresden In August. Such

an in Italion rom a LnlVersity in East

Germany would have bcen Virtually

Impo Ible pnor to German Lnlfication.

Dr l3ernhard V. el" has JOined the

Centre or Philosophical tud,e as

.\sslstant DirectOr for 1992 3.

New staff as of 1 October

V1anuel Villa erde Cabral, Prince

Henry the :"avigator Professor of

Portuguese History. Professor Cabral i.

a former DirectOr of the Portuguese

Several King's staff have received

notable academic honours in recent

months.

Profes or F E G Cox has been

appointed Gresham Profes or of Phy ic.

Profes or Cox is the first biologist to

hold this office, which date back to the

eventeenth century and has been held

by many eminent men of ciencc

Including ir ChristOphcr Wren.

Or M M Mackenzie (Philosophy) has

been appointed a Reader in Philosphy

1 -Pr n 1

On the recommendation 0 the Ac 109Principal, the College Council ha.-,

appointed Professor Richard \1 Gn Ith

as ice-Principal from 1 August 19 2 or

a year In the first instance. Profe sor

Grimth was born in Wales and

educated at Lancing College and King'

College Cambridge. He was a Fcllo>\ of

Iwyn College Cambridge for IX years.

a Fellow of Braseno e College Oxford

for ten years, and Professor of French at

the University of Wales College 0

Cardiff for 13 year.

He took up the Chair of French at

King's in 1990 and I al 0 Director of the

Re earch Centre for Twentleth-Centur

Cultural tudie. He ha er>ed on a '

number of public bod.e including the

Welsh Arts Council, the Central Bureau

for Educational i It and Exchange

and the General Ad I ory Cou nCI I of the

BBC. He is currently a memher of the

Iligher Education founding Council for

Wales. He wa recently made a

Freeman of the City of London.

Professor tanley Earle of the chool 0

Physical Science and Engineering wa

elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy

of Engineering at its July meeting.

Profes or ir John Cadogan, Ice·

Chairman of Council has al 0 been

elected a Fellow of the RAE.

John Mark, Senior Lecturer in

Economics in the King's Management

Centre, has been elected a foellow of the

Royal Statistical Society, London.

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1· tal rPettiAlaslair's It/e and work were remembered

al a mosl moving memorial service in lire

Colkg/! Clrapel on 7 Oclober, aI/ended byAlaslair's wife and Iris mOlher, Ihe

Principal, and many ofA laslair's friends,

colkagues andfonner colleagues. Tire

service included ekmenlS of several faiths: il

was kd by lire Dean and included Anglican

Irymns and ended wilh Ihe Colkge prayer,

bUI il also rejkCled Alaslair's links wilh Ihe

Friends (Quakers), and Ihe address was

given by Professor Harold Baum who Irad

jusl come from lire synagogue where he had

been involved inlheservice for Yom

Kippur.

The lexl of Professor Baum 's

address was as follows:

, 'Alastair would have been wrylamused to have known that he

would be the cause of my

speaking in this Anglican Chapel which

he loved, in a Quaker-inspired service

on, of all days, Yom Kippur, the JewishDay of Atonement. He would also have

been amused that I am reading this

address, since I always boast that I speak

better without notes. Frankly, I don't

trust my emotions today; given free flow

they would embarrass you, and prevent

me from doing justice to his memory. Ihave come here from my Synagogue,

where we have just completed thatsection of our day-long service when we

remember our dead loved ones, a

section which opens with 'This day we

remember those who enriched our lives

with love and beauty, with kindness and

compa ion, with thoughtfulne and

understanding'. And it is in that way

that we remember Alastair today.

"He was born in Renfrew, cotland

on 16 May, 1946, went to school in

Paisley and took an MA in English

Language and Literature at Glasgow

niversity in 1968. There he developed

his life-long interest in Anglo-Saxon and

Medieval literature, and there he met

his wife, Sarah, working on her the is in

Middle English. He joined King's

College as an Administrative Assistant

on his graduation in 1968 and spent his

entire working life either here or at

Chelsea College; working his way up,

through being Academic Registrar at

Chelsea and Deputy Academic

i'age 1v

Regl trar in King's College after the

merger, to being the Admlnistratl e

Officer of the chool 0 Life, Basic

:v1edical and Health cien e from the

time of its setting up.

"I3y that time I had already known

:\Ia tair well for well over ten years,

(indeed we were virtual academic twins,

ince I joined Chelsea College in theyear when he first joined King's), and I

had no qualms about head-hunting himfor my chool as soon a the pOSt wa

establi hed. I already was \ ell aware of

his total expertise in everything from

L'niver it I{egulations to Registry

procedures, from rules for home

students to personnel management. Ialso had per onal knowledge of his

limitles energ , his analytical capacity,

his total il1legrit and above all his

courte y, helpfulness, kindnes and

genero it). I believe that the

ubsequel1l success of our _chool show

how right I was in that choice.'·On Yom Kippur I frequently reflect

on the nature of free will and the humanspirit that wc call mind. As a s ientist, I

see the mind as operating within the

physical world but according to laws far

outside of simple :"ewtOnian

determinism; I also believe that the

mind evolved, and am intrigued at the

hypothesis that the original selective

advantage i:l in one creature being able

to think about what another might do. If

that is really so, then the mind has been

selected for empathy; and by that

criterion Ai:l tJ.ir's was truly a highlyevolved sou I.

"He was brought up in the

Presbyterian tradition, but became a

Quaker. In both senses he was a good

friend. nd his ensitivity and gentle

humoureds mpath were not just

reserved for his close associates. He was

a wonderful student coun ellor and his

work for the tu den t creche is sti 11

warml reml.:mbered, as is his role in the

LT."Bur AlastJ.ir wasn't just a nice

bureaucrat. lie was a man of many parts;

a cultivated man, a 10 er of literature,

music and Scotch whiske and an

extraordinary conversationalist. In the

early '70s a collcague in the Registry, in

desperation at Alastair's appalling

scrawl, gave him a Puffin book on

handwriting. His scrawl did not improve,

but thus began his passion for

calligraphy. I le became a Member of

the ocietyof cribes and Illuminators,

and taught an adult class in that subject

and his immaculate craftsmanship today

adorn man a proud certificate from

thiS College.

"On the Da of AtOnement we say

'You open the Book of Remembrance

and it speak for itself, for every man has

signed it with his deeds'. Look atAla tair's wonderful calligraphic picture

o the first er es of the Book ofGenesi ,and ou will see the man, in

the tyle, sentiment and perfection of all

he tried to do.

"You may be su prised to learn that at

school and niversity he was very

involved in the Boy co ut movement. In

that connection he climbed most of

Scotland' major mountains and was an

acknowledged expert and instructor in

the t ing of knot. He was a keen

cyclist, and Sarah paints a charmingly

ludicrous picture of Alastair, cycling

through I lolland on a bright yellow

:v1olton bike with 16 inch wheels and

drop handlebars. I n recent years hedeveloped a passion for the language

and culture of China, and through his

visits there had already established

himself a an important College link

with that country. Truly one can say that

the elements were so mixed in him that

:"ature might stand up and say to all the

world, "This was a man".

"13 ut the state of man is not always a

happy one. On Yom Kippur we say 'On

this day it is sealed, who shall be atpeace and who shall be tormented'.

Alastair tragically had his inner torment

and, to our sorrow, sought and made his

own peace. But to the extent that the

empathetic oul imprints itself on the

minds it interacts with, he is still with

us. As we say: 'His soul is bound up in

the bond of Iife. The death of the one

we now remember leaves a gaping hole

in our lives, but we are gratefUl for the

gift of his life'.

"The condolences we received at the

chool Office on the news of Ala tair's

death were as if we ourselves has

uffered a family bereavement. Well, we

were a kind of family. But our truecondolences must go to his closest loved

ones, arah and particularly his mother.

:v1ay the su pport of their faiths and their

clo e friends, and the deep sympathy of

this congregation sustain them as we all

remember our friend, Alastair

Pettigrew."

t 'L L hThe Vision and Robotics Laboratory

( ignals, Circuits and y tems

Research Group, Department of

Electronic and Electrical Engineering)

has recently taken delivery of

DIADEM a powerful multi-processor

system containing up to 36

asynchronously-coupled processors,

serial communications and analog!

digital conversion facilities. This is a

novel computer architecture

developed by British Aerospace

Defense Ltd. (Dynamics Division) and

is on a long loan to Professor A C

Davies and Or S A Velastin to tudy

real-time system architectures and

high-level hierarchical control sy. tems

for multiple-agent robotic en ironment .

PhD student Xia Fei will de elop

various 'demonstrators' starting with

the simulation of sensor-based path

planning algorithms for multiple (20 or

more) non-cooperative mobile robots

that have to avoid objects and each

other (this study also has application

to SE RC-funded work by the above

academics on image processing

techniques for automated detection

and analysis of crowds in confined

areas). Work will then culminate with a

scheme for high-level task sharing

between two or more assembly robots

co-operating in a single task (eg lifting

and placing a heavy object). I t is

expected that this collaborative

research programme between British

Aerospace Defence Ltd and King's will

improve the College' tanding in

robotics and formal design methods for

real-time computer ystems. For

further details, please contact Or

Velastin on ext 2665, E-mail: s.velastin

C\\ C Larc.h gm. \\ If ,cJThe Centre for Heat Tran fer and Fluid

Flow Measurement has received

notification that the award of the

following grants has been approved:

1 DrYianneskisandDr uen:£92,710

from the Process Engineering

Committee of SERC, for the

experimental investigation of flow

patterns and mixing characteristics of

stirred ve sel .

2 Or ianne kis: 12 ,657 ECL: from

the EC for a JOuLE 11 Programme

Project concerned with the effects of

fouling on the e ficiency of heat

exchangers in lignite utility boilers. The

project is in collaboration with the

Aerodynamics Lab of the :"ational

Tech nical niversity of Athens and the

Public Power Corporation of Greece

(Total EC contribution to all partners is

2 5,977 ECL:s).

3 Dr Yianne k,s: 0,000 ECL:s from the

EC for a JOL: LE I I Programme Project

concerned with the optimisation of

>tirred chemical reactors.. fhe project is

in collaboration with ten other European

Cniversities and three companies in

Germany, France, Ilolland, Portugal,

Uritain, Greece and Italy (Total EC

contribution to all partners is expected

to bc about 700,000 ECL:s).

Division of Engineering

Or:vl I' Clode and Or IJ :-\ Fenner have

received £30 I ,59 from the Teaching

Company Scheme ('reS) for a

theoretical and experimental

investigation of the Conform extrusion

process.

Or:vl P Clode has received funding for a

continuation of involvement in the joint

European Project, TE\1PlS The EC

funded project is conccrncd with the

e tabli hment of an In ·titute of Y1etal

Forming at the u ni er ity of ibiu,

Romania. The project i also in

collaboration with the L ni ersit of

Stuttgart, Germany, L ni ersityof

Ilannover, German and Cniversity of

Leuven, Belgium. (Total I::C

contribution equal> 72,000 ECl).

Ccmral Re. earch FundThe Central Research Fund has been

instituted for the purpo e of making

grants to members of the niversity

(other than present undergraduate

student and those registered for a

taught :vIaster's degree) cngaged on

specific projects of research, to assist

with the provi ion of pecial materials,

apparatus and travel costs. Applications

are con Idered or each term and the

next closll1g date for applications is

7 December 1992. Forms of application

and further particular may be obtained

from the Central Re earch Fund

ectlon, enate Hou e, Room 21a,

:vIalet treet, London, WCI E 7H . Tel

071-636000,ext3147.

(;ran In uppOrt of publiJ Ju ( niL, of licnc:c

Grants are available for new or

continuing activities or initiatives

directly concerned with the promotion

of the public understanding of science.

Over one hundred grants have already

been awarded for projects including:

science in theatre, dance and art;

travelling shows; science workshops and

eq uipment grants.

Applicants are asked to show clearly

how their proposal relates to the public

under tanding of science and if

uccessful, will be required to submit a

brier written report on how the grant

was used.

All applicants must be resident in the

UK. The maximum sum available for

an individual grant is £3,000 and

allocations will often be less than this

amount. The closing date for

applications are 31 March and 31

October each year, late applications will

be considered at the next round.

Application forms are available from Or

Ali on Evans, The Royal Society, 6

Carlron House Terrace, London SWIY

SAG. Tel 071-839 5561, ext 219.

LIB \-Cd·.I(J) I-cllow hipTru

Ciba-Geigy •Ace' Awards 1993­

1995

The e awards will be made to research

groups to stimulate collaboration with

re earch group at Continental

European institutions in the fields of

chemi try, biochemistry, chemical

technology, chemical engineering and

biology. The awards will be made to

as i t the cost of short visits in each

direction between the collaborating

institutions by members of either of

the two research groups involved.

aluc of the Awards: £1,500 per

annum.

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tI) left nd Cltn/re tn /he ph%

the r meetln ',.

John Pcar,on, ('l'Inl/KCL Llal,on)

rote, or 1de Dlmltrovski of

the L n.\er'l . of kOPJe

\ !'>Ited the Centre for Ileat

'I rans er and )'Iuld flow :'vleasurement

tram 15 to I July. 'I he ISlt wa

ponsored by an EC I EY1PL grant

and helped to establish collaboration

bet\\een the re earch actl 11Ies of

KlI1g's and <';koPJe in the field of

rcclproGatlng engines. Also vi iting the

Ccntre wa, 1)r Zhen<.pang Liao,

/\ .. ,OClale Professor of the East Ch Ina

Institute of Technology from 25

ovember I')91 to 24 September,

,ponsorcd by the British Council. It

provided an excellent opportunity for

the cstabli hment of an academic link

and the completion of two projects

related to the nO\\ 111 reciprocatll1g

engine manifold

nat,on\\lde sGheme for oung

people to rend a ycar \\or Ing

in Indu,tr) be 'ore t rring their

UI1l\er It. GUIH <:. S aned It,. outh

l:a t'rn D, I Ion opcrCltlon 'rom an

office n King, I· le r n \" nd )·.Ie\..trlul

"n 'lnccnng Ikp' rtment In I . \fter

It cu nti full. e r 01' oper tion, a

Pre ·ntJ.t1on Ihy leas held 111 the

COIJl1 II Hoom, on 30 J I IH: I ')2, to sho\\

pro pec I e employers and other ho\\

w ce si dl. the schcmc h:l' been

wor 1O/!. \t thl' meell'lg, \\ hiGh \\:1

.lttendcd b. 0 cr 50 pcoplc, se\cn at the

,tudent'ln thc photograph \\ere c ch

Introduled lJ thclr sllpcr\ "or, and then

~a\c a I' mlllutc talk on the work they

11:Id done d Urlllg the year. \n eighth

,tIJdcnt calkcd on hOle thc tralnmg had

helped them.

.\11 the,e prese nratlons \\ ere

excellently prepared and de hvered \\ Ith

high qualit overheads and, 10 one case.

,lldes. \1uch ofthc \~ork deSCribed leas

computer-b:l,ed but \"mercu a \\ide

vanet) of tOpics rom :l\Sc:ssmcnt of old

:lite lan well In I.ondlln to library

facilities in Leatherhc:ld 1hey \\orked

for a range of eompanle, lIldudlng

Continuing EducationProgramme 1992-93The Continuing Education Programme

for J992-93 has now been pnnted and

some copie have been sent to each

School. Being the fim of its kind there

are bound to be errors and oml ions, or

which your Indulgence i craved, but to

some extent It should be regarded as a

pilot run for something bigger and

better next year and your comments and

suggestions will be welcome.

Where courses took place at the

beginning of eptember they have been

omitted, because we knew we could not

publish by then; our apologies and wc

hope to do better next time. llowever. If

your course does not appear, and IS not

in the above category, it cou Id just be

(

Continuing Education Records1991-92Thl I po Itlvel the la t call f.,r the

above records, the dreaded purple

forms. If you ran a short com e, or an

non-degree cour c, or a conference,

provided there was an attendance ee

the odds are it hould be included In the

Continuing Education Record. If III

doubt contact the Contlnu Ing I',ducatlon

C nit on exten ion 3055,

The I ligher Education Funding

Council has juSt announced that In

re pect of 1991-92 the CE Returns \\ ill

again form the ba IS of the Ir own

monitonng of continuing education

activity in the universitie ; this mean,

that whether we indicated for 1993/4

will be materially affected by our

showing in this exercise.

Senior CIBA-GEIGY Fellowships

These ellow hip are a a a' e to

lecturer, enior lec urer or reader In

the field of chemlstr). bio eml t .'

chemical technolo,,:. cheml

engineering and biolog ,p:l I tar) 10

It relation to cheml tf). I e

are made orapeno 0 0 rto12

month. for the amount 0' ~ 12,000 per

annum piu tra 'elhng expcn e

Application forms are 0 umablc

from: The ecretalJ, The CII3 \.

GEIGY Fellowship rrus . Hll e.

Road, . 1acclesfield, Che h re K 10

2. X Tel 0625421 33. 'I he clo ing

date I unday I . 'ovemocr 19'J2.

P gc 12

IcePen IOn PI

E very year the University of

London awards PURPLES to

its distinguished sportsmen

and women.

,. qual Opporwnitic

This year the following students of

King's College have been awarded a

full Purple for distinction in their

respective Sports whilst representing

the University

he College has recently

arranged a 'topping up'

pension scheme with Allied

Dunbar to run alongside the University

u perann uation Schemes.

The scheme, which under current

legislation may prove to be more

beneficial than free standing AVC

pension plans, although administered by

the College, is entirely funded by

employee contributions.

In conjunction with the pension

cheme, for those staff wishing to pursue

the possibility of enhanced pension

benefits, Allied Dunbar are offering a

Pension Planning Service. This Service

is pro ided free of charge and without

commitment, by M r Alister H unter­

Blair, a Financial Planning Consultant

representing the Allied Dunbar Group

of Companies.

1f any member of staff is interested in

taking up this service and it may be of

particular interest to staff who cannot

achieve maximum pensionable service,

further details can be obtained from the

Deputy College Secretary (ext 2556).

.\\\.lrLl of l"niH:r It) Purple

G J Conroy (Engineering) for Assoc

Football

T:\ harp (Physics) for Assoc Football

M [larry (french) for Athletics

B .sher (E ngi neeri ng/B us Studies) for

Cricket

J Collyer (\ilaths) for Fencing

K chmitt (Law) for Fencing

1'! Parker (Physics) for Hockey

(Women)

Professor Keith Ewing has accepted an

appointment as the College's Equal

Opportunities Officer.

It has been drawn to my attention that

my article on the restructuring ofthe

chool of Life, Basic ~edical and

Health eiences. in the last i ue of

Comm I, implied that. natom and

Human Biology is ba cd only at the

[[and. That i certain Iy not the case.

Whilst the bulk of the teaching of that

Group, to both pre-clinical and science

students, does take place there, a

significant number of staff are based at

Drury Lane. Indeed, the

Deve lopmen tal Biology Research

Centre largely evolved from the research

staff from Anatomy and Iluman Biology,

and the Centre's Director. Or :'\'igel

Holder, is one of that group. Thi

physical separation between the

research ba,e of academiC staff and

where they teach is a feature of how our

chool has to operate. En possonl, it can

lead to misunderstandings as to the full

extent of our teaching commitments.

Profes or Harold Baum

I lead of 'chool of Life, Basic \iledical

and Health Sciences

((er

Dear King's College

I reali e that this may seem like an

un usual start to a letter. Perhap the rest

of this note might explain why I would

want to address everyone at King's.

Being told by doctors at Charing Cross

Hospital that I had contracted

Icukaemia was not eas . It did cast a

shadow over me and the rest of my

family. Howevcr, since then, the

concern and love of friends has been a

great boost to our morale.

In this re pect wc could not ha e

wi hed for a morc uplifting re ponse

than that frcel given by staff at King's.

I have continucd to receive cards, letters

and good wi he from people I know

and some I don't. Someone once told

me about the community spirit at the

College. I have been work ing at the

'trand for just a few weeks. The

kindness from so many of you has made

me feel like I have been part of the

College for years. More importantly, I

am sure that the King's community has

helped me to keep my chin up. I am

ure that this will help my recovery.

Bless you :111.

haplainc.,\

he taff Discu sion Group, an

informal group that nnee

fortnightly 0 er lunch, with

occasional speakers, to share concern

on any issue will be starting on

Thursdays from 15 October

There is a distinguished line-up of

preachers for the College Eucharist on

Wednesdays at 13.10, taking the title' If

( only had one Sermon to preach'.

During the term there will be three

lunch time open seminars with guest

speakers Anthony Bloom, Helen

Alexander and Eric James on 20 and 27

October and 3 :'\.'ovember respectively.

Choral Evensong has been

rescheduled to Tuesdays this year, at

17.30. In addition to this service the

choir will sing Solemn Vespers on 27

October, there will be a equence of

Readings and Music on 17 ~ovember,

and Compline with the er ice of Light

on I and 8 December.

There are two Organ Recitals on 12October and 16 l ovember and the

Annual Requiem Mas for All Souls is

on Monday 2 ovember at 18.00. Once

again you are invited to send in names

of departed friends and relatives you

would like to be remembered at the

mass. The setting is the rarely heard

Misso pro dejunc/is by Duarte Lobo.

The Advent Carol Service will be

held over three evenings during 2, 3 and

4 December. Free tickets are available

from 9 ovember, and they can be sent

to you on request.

(fyou are thinking of getting married.

or producing offspring (or great

offspring), please remember that the

Chapel is available to any member of

staff for family weddings, baptisms, or

services of anniversaries. Incidentally

the Chapel has just been decorated.

The new Chaplaincy Assistant is

Shaun Richards, replacing Jenny Rogers,

he will be with us for a year before

training for the priesthood. Do call in

and say hello.

Philip Chester

College Chaplain

Bill I (utchin on, Main Desk Porter

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he Ken I gton Campu

Rec cl ng cheme y,.elcome

the ne'" that Ken ing on

"Co nC11 re to auncholle Ion 0 - recyclable

m:lterJaI m. pnl I 3. All local

a thontles \\ere required to present

rec, c1mg plan to the Department of

the ['.nvlronment b -\ugust thl year,

but the Ro. al Borough seems

determmed to go one step better by

becoming the Irst local authOrity 111

London to introduce door-to-door

collectl no recyclable waste, B 19 6

It expect to be recyclmg 15,000 tonne

o rubbish a year out of a total of 0,000tonnc (at present the loluotar)

~chemc recycle about 1500 tonne ).

0' he Government urget I for all local

authontlcs to rcc}c1e 25% of their

v.a te b. the 'car 2000.Ken IIlgton and Chebea claim that

thclr s heme will run at a profit.

mainl} due to the high price which

London boroughs have to pay for

dumpll1g rubbish in landfill outlde

London Door-to-door collections will

bc based on household putting out

rubbi~h In twO contamers - one for all

recyclable materials (paper, glass, can ,

pla,>tic . textile) and one for all the

other 'dirty' rubbish. Recyclable

materials will be dumped in one half of

the ~peclally-adapted"dustbin lorries"

and subsequently sorted at the

recycling depot at Cremorne Wharf,

Chel ea. Companies and institutions

such as Kmg's College will receive

mformatlon m .ovember about special

arrangements for their rubbi h

collection, and council officers will be

Vi iting the Kensmgton Campu to

a~certaln need. Kmg's will have the

option of separate collection of office

papcr, new~papers, plastiCS, glass,

textile and can, for which rebates will

be offered agamst the cost of waste

collection

Although thiS v.ill result in the loss of

mcome for the Ken~mgtonCampu

Recycling Scheme (we have collected

about £1 0 so far from the sale of office

paper and can~), we are delighted that

recycl ing IS now 'official' and likely to

bccome part of dai Iy King's College

practice at Kensington, as well as the

Chcl~ea Campus. Ilaranguing the

Council over Its slowness in providing

rer 1

Information sourcesIl} -ar th • rr ,t Imf Jrtan urce of

m Jrmat: n \la, the general

pro'pec.tu' It I\as used hy more than

OC'{; Jf:l I re,pundent , :\t a 10\ler

le d, :lItho gh 0 Interest m terms of

recru Itmc nt str:ltegie" arc

departmenul materials, e peclally m

Geography, and tal Ing to nlver Ity

students. King' Open Day I\as

gratifylngh "f,nlficant:h a ,ourct: 0

mformatl)n . j were local Iligher

[·.d ucation faHs e~peLI:llly or I1I tor)

With a ~peclallnitiatlve 111 Kent last

ycar. Campus tour" will probably

Improvc in u"efulne~~ a'> the Open Day

ha" done over the last "urvcy two years

ago. 'I he College Ideo i~ a small but

neces ary tool. \'islt~ by King's sta f to

'>chool bring intangible benefits belied

by the ir low ratmg. 'I hey arc an

mfluence on ,>ubJect te:lLhers (sec

above, ad~ i~cr ) which ~hou Id not be

dicollnted.

Advisers' influence

Gcne'" s bJe t teac.hcr are seen a

more 1\ n I I han are'r t :l hers,

13 t net In ome non-s hool bJ Cs

uch a RadIOgraph}, Pharmac., Lall

and European tudie~ where careers

ad iser Ilcre more Important P rents

were :It I ast as important a, school

frlcnd b t ,tudent already at

unl cr,lty Ilcre often more Influential

than clther >chool riends or parent .

Further Information

Chart~ i1lu~tratlng the re~ults of the

'>urvey m more detail arc available rom

the 'tudcnt RecrUitment and

Exchange Office. If thl analy IS"

U eful to, chools and department, the

tudcl1t Recruitment and Exchange

o ficer \\ould valuc comment" and

sugge~[Jon; for further ~urveys.

. ndit Kino-e

o

Dr VtTU/IO F r. nu offne ~fudenf

Rtcrulfmmf and EuI: n I!J OffiCI!

,ummarius flu fin I gr of Hi of 60

tnfl!fVl candid. fI!S f; omfour S oo/s nd

/5 departmmfs oftlu Co/kgt pp )tngfor

mfT) fO King's in /992 flu 'Uf'C.1:) e:. s

cond ud by tUparfmtnfS f fht:lr

Infl!fVltf11)S belWeen aUfumn / 9/ and

spn'ng /992. The home fOfJ:;n of respondenfs

has been noted bUf not, as jet, Inc/u I!d in

any analysis.

Educational background

The ratio of indepcndent hoe I to

further/higher educational background

varie between Humanltlc,> and the

clence . Laws and Engincering have

apparently the highe~t rccrultment

from FE, with Geography and

Pharmacy the lowe t. 1 he I' E ,ector

probably repre en~ an area for

mcreased targettlng by most "c.he ob.

The questionnaire did not separate

out mature student~ from those t:lkmg a

year out, and we aim to do till in future,

It is clear that there was some confusIOn

over 'tertiary colleges'; sometimcs thcsc

were included with sixth form collegc

and sometimes with FE.

Why choose King's7

There is agreement between chools

and departments that King's academic

reputation and the reputation 0

departments are thc mo t ~Ignlflcant

factors influencing thesc intcn iell

candidates' cholcc of Kmg's. The

chool of Law might be ~ll1gled out for

special mention in this context. The

choice of courses offcred is the ncxt

most significant factor overall;

departmental variation is worth noting.

. 'ext, King's central location followcd

by 'London Life' and entrance

requirements.

Trailing these are, interestingly,

availability of accommodation, the

multi-faculty nature of thc College and

finally proximity to home. It is clear

from comments that Londoners are

often glad to be near home while

candidates from further afield arc

hoping to get away.

unlnt 1\ 1

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London accommodationwanted/American exchangeoffered Jan-Aug 93

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They would like ei her 0 ren or too er In exchange heir own spaciousNew England house ( 3 bedrooms, 2studies, compu er and prin er!) ont e edge of the lovely Smith campusat No hampton, ass; part 0 heFive College consortium in theConnectlcu Valley. Smith 0 lice andextensive library facilities could also

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Pep our elf up for winter by

coming along co the Staff Keep Fit

es lon~ at the trand. The

sessiOn> arc on Wednesdays at 12.15

111 Room B2 next to the

I~eprographicsCnit. Please wear

comfortable clothing and trainers

when you come along. The elasses

last for 45 minute and cost £1.50

per ses~ion. Everyone is welcome,

3 To 0 er the de.. elopmen 0 closer

1111 s bet\\ee chool and

nel h rill HI her Education

e~t:.tbli~hmcnt co their mutual beneflLI ntcre ted students would be

all ,(;ated a uper... or from the

DIVISion 0' LI e lences and a teacher

at a co-operating school, preferabl in

the'" Inicy of the rudent's term-time

10dgll1gs. rhese link~ would be

mediated b~ colleagues in our chool

0' Education, \.. ho will also be involved

In the team monicortng the educational

as \\cll a cientllc validity 0 the

proJcctThc pnJect to be undertaken would

II1vol .. e the development of

expeflments or cia u e todemumtrate important scientificpfl nel pie and/or co acq uIre speCificski 11.,

The I' ndtng of the project will be

suffiCient or up co fi e tu dent per

year from the College co enter the

scheme, and will cover travel and

consumable items as well as ineVitable

COSt., at thc collaborating schools. The

funds hould al~o cover the costs of

mectings of all of the chool and

College participants co exchange idea,

diSCUSS progress and present final,develuped material. An annual meeting

With the corresponulI1g group from

\1anchester might also be arranged,

and everalldeas are being discussed

for the di emination/publication of the

ncw teaching re ources developed by

participating students.

Watch thl space.

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'ram the Pro es~ional and

E u allon Comml tee 0 the

Biochemical oClety, I~hlch I chair),

our DI I Ion of LI e 'Ience (tOgether~Ith colleagues at the Lnlverslt of

\.1anche er) ha~ won a three-year

l. mtra t rom the D 'partmcnc for

l'.d (;atlun r mount a pilot cheme of

iinal ~car und 'r~rad at' proJecr aliled

to >chool t'adllng.'f h objective ot the scheme are:

1 'f 0 allo,", fin I year IJndergraduate> In

BJOchcml>tr), \\ho are l.OJlSIdeflngteachll1g a., a career, to g:lI11 first-hand

cxpcm:nce In "huuls o' the technique

:lnd urganl')all(Jn I' ppro.lches 0

teachll1g, partlulbrl. at a practical

level. (For the purpo>e 0 the contract,

an) student of a laboracor) -based'mulecular Id'c >ciellce' \\uuld be

eligdJlc. Indeed, the Department for

Edueatioll ,",ould also be keen, If

pas Ible, to recru It Chemi~try >cudents

into the scheme, and cui leagues ,n

Il hy51cal SCiences,", ha might \\ Ish topursue such an idca >hould cuntact me).

2 'j 0 develop wpport mateflal for the

use of practl.,lllg teacher> III illustrating,

by mean> of expeflmellts. selected

. peees uf the cUrrlcul m. Over a

period of tim<.: . .,uch material could bc

111 orporatcd illto a 'bank' 0

'xperimcntal protocols \\hich could be

made availablc to other tcachers, not

dlr etl) participating 111 the pilot

.,chcme.

a: :'on:e~,o~se a

Documents relating to King'sThe L'brar has se era spare cop es

0' Documents refaCIng to mg sCollege London 2 d Ed ,on 1933which depa e s or n eres edsa /s uden s ma e 0 a eCopies are ava ,ab e b ; e'e oea c arge or ex erna! pos ageI anyone wou'd e a copy, D easecon ac s J Canning, L brary,

anresa Road, ex 4858/4852

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Insititute of Advanced MusicalStudies

Yo are cordia 'y n I ed 0 a end heo 0 Ing co loq ,a 0 be ela d ring

the Icnae as TerrT' 1992 onednesdays a 17 00 ,n Roo G01,

Depa men 0 M SIC, ' Ing's College,152-153 S rand London C2.Admission IS ree, WI ou lIcke

28 OctoberSusan Ranktn (Emmanuel CollegeCambridge)Tenors and lheir mOlets

4 NovemberRobert Sam els (Lancas erUnl ersl y)

Schubert's double' reflections on DerDoppelganger

18 Novemberiels rabbe (Un, erslty 0

Copenhagen)

J C Bach's symphomes for doubleorchestra Gp 78 (Nos 7,3 and 5)

25 NovemberMalcolm Willlamson (Master 0 theQueen's MusIc)The composer will discuss his operaEnglish Eccentrtcs in the con ext ofhis work for the stage

2 DecemberArnold Whi tall (King's CollegeLondon)

A tale of two SISlers' Brunnhilde andWaltraute rn ACl I of Wagner'sGOt erdammer ng

Department of ComputerScienceColloquia will ake place In room 3DIn he Main Budding on Wednesdays,beginning a he new Ime 0 13.30

28 OctoberAlan u chlnsonAdjusClng bIas for rnductive rnference

4 NovemberRichard Overlll

ComputaClonal complexIty rn musIcanalysIs

11 Novemberar Plumbley

Information theory and neuralnetworks

18 Novemberarco Pellegr nl

Compu mg ormulas In Euclideanspace

25 NovemberRichard Overill

How 10 use a hypercube

These de ails are provisional. Pleasetelephone 071 -8732842 or 071 -8732588 or con irmation.

[ .L'lrun:

Victorian Society lecturesThe Vic orian Society is to hos aseries of lec ures on Victorian Churcharchl ec ure at King's. The aim is 0

look a church and chapel building inhe contex 0 he 19 h Century as a

W ole. The lec ures will take placefrom 7 Oc ober - 2 December.Ticke s are available from theVic orlan Society, 1 Priory Gardens,London W4 1n

Inaugural LectureKing's College School of Medicineand Den istryTuesday 17 November 1992,16.30

Professor I S Benjamin, Professor ofSurgeryLangenbuch to Laparoscope: thegrowth of a speciality

Main Lec ure Theatre,Medical School,Bessemer Road, London SE5 9PJ

The British Insitiute of HumanRightsPublic lunch Ime lec ure

17 November

Pr essor Rein A My liessonHuman rights during the transitionfrom cotallCarianism to democracy inthe former Soviet Union

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25 NovemberLord Co on-Da s. Cons ... :a :, S ...Be & CoT, e en ronmen pos - aas (lC

O'ga Isea 0

1800 eS rand

Columbus and his ages a se es 0 ec' res 0 De g e"

by Pro'essor Barry I'e to ar t e500 ann, ersary 0' COl MDuS'S' rs'oyage 0 A erica T e ec res are

open 0 all members 0 he College,and I IS hoped ha any COl eag eswill Ind hem 0 In erest 0

k owledge 0 Span sh s req IredThe lec ures are s aged ncollabora ion WI he Cont n ngEd ca Ion Uni and are open'O epublic or a ee 0' £40 or he courseAd he lec ures I be a 18 00 In

Room 3B20, S rand Bu d f'g

26 October1492 - the Firs Voyage

2 November1493 - he Re urn Voyage and I sImpliea Ions

9 November1493 - the Second Voyage

16 November1498 - Paradise Gained

23 November1502 - the inal Voyage

30 NovemberT e repercussions 0 e d sco e y

7 DecemberThe Old World and t e New

Centre for New ReligionsDepartment of Theology andReligious StudiesSaturdays, 09.30 0 1730, StrandCampus

21 NovemberRound Table: Islam In BrI aln

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Centre for Hellenic Studies29 - 31 0 :ooer Co ... ":: =1oorpS:'a ....o Ca p"s

T 1'0 or S'10P la e an qUi yandearly ISlam s a es. resources andarmIes

:cendance m ed p ease con acProfessor A er Carperon Cen"re 'or..,e er) c StUD es. 071-8732330

Mathematics21"0 Congress a: ema: cseo,-,cat on In So",: Ame' ca, 18-22Ju y 199 Santa Cata'llna, 8raz ~or

: r: e' nio, at 0 con act Ez aB onoel, Roo G8, ext 3165

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P /S olog Research Sem ars

sponsored by 'he Ph so oglca

Soc e

INTER TERM 1992On ednesdays 16 30 - 17 30 In hePhYSiology Lec ure Thea re

28 Oc oberDr Peter Adamson (King'sCollege London)Subcellular locaiJsatlon and post­translatIOnal modlflca Ions of the P21

pro ems

4 NovemberDr Lea Pos on ( DS SThomas's Camp s)

Studies m Isolated hurran reslStanceartenes

11 NovemberDr Rob ason ( ot ,ng a

Unlversl y)

Visual entramment of the clfcadianclock from neurotransmitter signal to

gene expression

18 NovemberDr Andy Ramage (Royal Free Hospl al

Developmental BiologySeminars::.. ec- .. 'es:a :19 0 ace a: 17 00~ec .. 'e T.... ea:'e. :1a"lca Ins "e

"9'S CO ege _ondor 26-29 Dr_a e, 0 co C2B 5R_ Te 071-8368851

4 Novemberna YSls 0 cardiac gene regulation

Dr ge BrandDepar:(T'Ien 0 Card 0 noracicSurgery a ,ana ear & L ngInst lute

11 NovemberExpreSSion analySIS of he Axial geneIn wild i pe and mu an zebrafJshembryosD e Stra eImper a Cance' Researc F nd.Ox;oro

18 NovemberHomebox genes and the evolution ofer ebra e embryogenesIs

Dr Pe er HOI andDepar"men 0 Zoology. Ox ord

Randall Seminars at Drury Lane

26 OctoberRegulation of the actin cytoskeletonby the small GTP-bmdmg protems

rho/racDr A,an HaIns e 'or Cancer Research.

C es e' Bea y Labs

2 NovemberStruc ure 0 gelsoiJn segment 1- acemcompleDr Paul cLaug InLabora ory for Molecular Biology,Cambrloge

9 NovemberRetlnolc ACId' A morphogen in thedeveloping embryo?

Dr Malcolm MadenDB Re, Randall Ins itu e

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16 November

Scanning probe mlcroscopv ofblOmolecules' Current status andfuture potential.Dr Manyn Davies

Departmen 0 Pharmace IcalSciences, No ingham Unlversl y

23 November (Please note thiswill take place at 13.15)Mvogenesis in the mouseDr Margaret Buckingham

Ins itute Pasteur, Paris

30 November

Intracellular targeting of signaltransduction proteins bV lipIdmodifica tions.Dr Tony Magee

National Institute or MedicalResearch, Mill Hill

The seminars all ake place a 17 00except on 23 November 1992in the Lecture TheatreThe Randall Ins itu e, for address seepage 18.

Department of Byzantine andModern GreekMondays, 17.00, Room B6, ClassicsDepartment, Strand Campus

26 OctoberRichard Black (KCL)Europe's soft underbellv? Current

refugee movements to Greece

2 NovemberPamela Armstrong (Oxford/Belfast):Literature and religion in twelfth­century Constantinople

9 NovemberErik Golds ein (Birmingham)The New Europe Group and the NewGreece, 1977-22

Centre for Late Antique andMedieval StudiesThursdays,17.30, Room 1B06

29 OctoberDr Jeff Opland (Honorary Pro essonalResearch Associate, SOAS)Scop and imbongi: reading praisepoems

12 NovemberDr L nda Pa erson ( ar IC)

arcabru

Department of PhilosophySe rnars ,n HIs ory and Pnilosophyo SCienceT ursdays at 14 15 rn Room 3801,S rand Ca p s

29 OctoberPro essor Brlan GoodWin (OpenUnl erslty)

A new approach to evolUtion: realismand generative processes m biologV

5 NovemberDr Roberto Garigliano (University ofDurham)

LOUTA' a computer sVsrem forhandlmg narurallanguage

12 NovemberA one-day con erence eld Join lywi h he Centre for PhilosophicalS udies and Gresham College,10.00 to 17.00, In the Grea Hall,S rand Admission ree without aleket

The three spea ers will bePro essor Sir Michael Atiyah,PreSident 0 the Royal Society,Professor Roger Penrose, Uni ersityof Oxford and Professor SirChristopher Zeeman Principal ofHertford College, Oxford andGresham Professor of Geometry

Blood Wedding - Opera

26 October to 7 November,19.45 at Jacob Street Sudios,Mill Street. London SE1.

The opera, rom he celebrated playby Fedenco Garcla Lorca, has beencomposed by Nicola LeFanu, SeniorLec urer in t e Depar men 0 usicat King's. The Depar ment isorganlzrng block bookrngs orst dents at he reduced ra es 0 £8and £14. Any student Wishing 0

make use 0 his 0 er should signhe notice on the first floor of he

M sic Department

bitu'lriSir Richard FrancisThe College learned with deep regret

In June of the death of ir Richard

Francis. Director General of the British

Council and a Presentation Fellow of

the College. ir Richard was awarded a

Pre entation Fellow hip in 1991 in

recognition of his work at the British

Council and also at the BBC, where he

rose from an Assistant Editor of

Panorama to :vtanaging Director of

BBC ({adio.

Bishop of ChelmsfordJohn Trillo, Bishop of Chelmsford from

1971 to 1985, was educated at King's

and later became a Fellow of the

College. He studied in the evenings

for his 130, but this did not prevent

him from achieving first-class honours,

and he went on to take his MTh and to

teach at the College from time to time.

He was Principal of l3ishop's

(theological) College, Cheshunt, before

becoming SUffragan bishop of Bedford

and then of Hertford, before being

elevated to Chelsmford. He was co­

Chairman of the English Committee of

the Anglican/Roman Catholic

Il1ternational Commission.

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From top to bottom, left to fight:Keith Pnu rellru as Estates Officer, after

25 )ea at the College. Betl) Calbr. ah,

Did Haroey and Nonnan Slmmons retIre

from Finance after a colleClIt/e 66 years of

service un Wilson from the Post Room

retires after 20 yean service. Registry sa}

goodbye to Christina Kune, Df1VId Dat/us

(retin'ng after 23 years) and l.esley

Dinsdale. Finally External RelatIons lose

the invaluable seroius ofJOhn MUlr and

Dr Abe Lue, who retires after 32 years at

King's. They are pictured here at Dr Lue's

farewell presentation in the Council Room.

John Muir, who is standing down afterfour

yean as Viu-Principal in charge of

External Relations, can now befound In

the Department ofClassics. We wish them

good luck (and happy retirement) in their

futures.

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