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KCL/UMDS ll1ergerNews ofrecent developments, January 1996

tltdellt /lumbers at LondoJl Bridge ~ CorJlwal1 HouseProfessor Arthur Lucas,Prillcipal of King'sCollege Londoll, illrites: London Bridge Corn\\'all Hou e

'Life C:! Health Srimce'progmlllllleStudent., (fte.,)

b\ Or L~ nn Carlisle of L'~IOS on behalf ofboth college "

\ 'e,,' ,oon. a series of \\ orking group" willbegin work to ensure that the acauemic (bothteaching and research) financial. per.,onnel.,ocial. legal. logi~ric. and student .,upport

",tem., cOl1\erge in an equitable. timel~ andintegrated way, Some \I ill ha\ e ro bl: in placeat the date of legal merger: other., \\'ill ha\ e to

h,1\ e a \I ell-defined cnd. with a ckar path\\a~

and time ,cale for implementation during themerger proces~, \Ye must plan so that theani\ ities of all parts of the emerging ne\1

King\ College can continue \\ ith minimalinterruption during the next ten years, Staff

from both lll\ID. and KCL. together withcolleagues from the Institute of P,>ychiatry,will be a,ked to join working groufls [Q raketasks forward, Some will be highly technical;other, will need to explore broad policy: all\I ill need imaginarion and skill. Some reports\\ ill ha\ e technical 3spectS that \\ ill be

T he tir't t\l 0 \ICxk, of 1996 '>Cl\1 u,reach [\10 ,ignificant mih.:,>tont:,> inour joint endea\ our to neatt: major

intern'ltional re,earch and teaching group'> inthe biomedical and health ,cience,> b~ amerger of KCL and l'\ I DS, On.') Janua" \1 ei,>,>ued project documentation and illl itedmore dewiled propo':ll,> from ,i'\ con,orti,t,>elected from a longer li,t 11 ho replied to ourOctobt:r alh erti,ement: on 1() Januar~

planning COJl',ent Il<l'> granted b~ the Planningand (;on,enation Commim:e of the Royal

Horou,gh of Kemington and Chel'>ea for thede\ elopment of .:;.')2 King\ Road (Jar!!;eh

re,idential but including ,>ome officede\ elopmel1t). Thl: latter \I ill benefit theCollege in term, of the markl:tabilit~ of the,>itl: and reali"lble pricl:.

The ,>igniticance of thl:'>l: l:\ l:nt,> i, thatthe contillence \I ith \I hich \1 c can 1l()\1 \ il:\1the timhcoming mergl:r. the redel c!opment

project tilr London Hridgl: and Corn\l'11IIlou'l:. and the moderni,ation of the StrandCampu'>. i, grl:atl~ imprO\ cd.

\Ye arc nO\\ p'lrt \lay through a proce,>,>begun in the e,l[I~ I99(h. and \1 ill continue tilr,>ome \ e,lr,> after leg,i1 merger of the corporatebodie'>. Indeed it \1 ill be ,ome time after thl:phI ,>iell rc-location,> take plaCl: before \I e can

claim that the proCl:'>' i,> complete, I \1 ill notcbim 'completene",' until gr'lduation ofrhe"I,>t cohort of medical and dental ,tudel1t,admitted to the ,eparate l'\II)S and King\

clJrricuLI. probabl~ in 2006. ,inn; it will nm Ixpracticable [() teach a combinl:d cohort of'>tudent, until comflletion of the ph\,ical

mO\ l:' m thl: London Brid,gl: ,>itl:.The c\lTit:k, in thi, ne\l '>letter reflort the

achiel l:mcl1t of ,>ignificant '>ub-goal, in our

'Biomer/iml' progmlllllleStudent,> (ftc,»

,\natom\ 19~

\ lolecuIar Biolog~ e Biopll\',>ic, 17.')

Pharmacolo~ 2<'HPh\,>iolog\ 3~1

Ph\-,imherap~ 160KCI. prl:·c1inical ".')H

l'\ IDS pre-clinical (HOl"\ IDS HSc 130

TOT.\L STl'J)I~:">'TS 2286

(flIIIS Clilliml Om/al flllr/ ,Iltrli("al s//trlm/x)

procc ,>, There arc .,till man~ more to dcfineprl:ei.,eh and to\l'ard \I hieh \I e ha\'c to mapour route." From nO\1 on more and morepeople \\ ill he illl oh cd in derailed \I'ork, It\I a,> he3rtl;ning, but not '>urpri,>ing. to .,ee theeomminnent anu unuer,randing at the fir,tjoint meeting of \I orking p,trtie., engaged inuetailed ,>pecitication of the buildings atI,ondon Briuge and Corn\\'all Ilou.,e.. \ ,>en,eof e\citement - templ:red b\ the reali,>arion

that the interaction., bet\\l;cn different "paceu.,e, \\ ere profound. and that carl: must be

taken tu en.,ure that no ph",ical pro\'ision wasomitted - rl:.,ulted in a li\"Ch meeting,

The planning for the non-phy~ical

clement,> i., nO\l beginning a, \\'e turn our

attention to the mral College. not just thoseacti\'irie,> being rclocateu anu merged. BillSlade i, ue\(lting hi., \I hole time to leadingand co-ordinating the physical andorgani~ationalde\eloflment,>. Thl: planning of

ph\'>ical "pl:cification,> i., Ix:ing co-ordinated

Biochemi ,t,,'Im m u nolo,g:En\'ironmentalGeronmlog;\''.,fur,ing

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imrlt:menll.:d behind rhe ,cene,: orher, \I illrequire \I idl:r ddure. rrobabl~ ireraril ch.

If~ll'ril~He Finance IniriJ[I\e (PFI) tflrmof conrracr i, It:r ir i, rrobablt: rhar ,omefacilirie, m'.1Iugemenr conrracr, \I ill form pJrrof rhe p'lck~lge. In rhe ne\.r k\l monrh, \I e\I ill be con,idering rhe form, of ,uch conrr~Il'r,

ro en,ure prorecrion of rhe emplm menr righr,of our e\.i,ring ,rafC hould ,ome 'en ice, berran,krred. Fin~dh. \I e mu,r keer ourin,rirllrion, oreraring effecril el\ andcfticienrl~ dming rhe rem'lining reriod of rhemerger proee,>,> \I hik [\\ 0 in,rirurion, e,i,r,ide h~ ,ide, hllr \I irh <':1 <.:n morecollaborariol1'> del doping ,0 rhar \I hen rh<.:<.:1 <.:nr of It:galmer,gt:r [;lk<.:' place lherr'lIlsirion \I ill b<.: (almosr!) imp<.:rccprihkinsidc, bllr mak<.: a large rosirilc impacr onrhe ollr,id<.: \I orltl.

I rhank all sraffin borh insrirurion, \I hoh'1\ e \I ork<.:d so hard ro ger us '0 far along rh<.:road. \\ e all look for\l ard ro meering rogerherrhe r<.:m'lining sllb-goals and dc'ldlinc,.

Sir Cyri! Chant/erPrillcipalof UJUDS,ill'ntes:

Fil e or so ~ cars from nll\1 rhe lir,r cohorrof mcdical and denral srud<.:nr' roreccil e rheir cdu<.:arion in rhe n<':\I

building' planned ar London Bridg<.:, (; 1I\ "

Ilo\piml. I,ing\ C:olI<.:ge I-!ospiral. 'Ind SrThom.I'>' Ilosrir.d II ill commence rheircducarion. The~ \I ill benefir from a n<':\Icllrriclllum dCI'<.:loped ollr of rhe pr<':s<':!Hl'\IDS and I-:CSI\ID curricllla, \I irh rh<.:inregrarion and furrher changes r<.:quir<.:dachicI cd more b~ a l)foce,>,> of Cl olurion rhanb\ radical chang<.:, 'I'h<.: cunicul,l \I ill b<.:d<':'igncd \I irh mor<.: prohlt:m-ha'<.:d learningas \ldl ,I'> rr'ldirion,d mcrhOLk Thc <.:mpha,i,\I ill be on .1Il inrc,grared fil e- or si\.-\ carcoursc \I irh rhe rrogr<.:,>,>ile acqui,irion ofskills and re'ronsibiliri<.:' for rari<.:nr,. There\I ill bc morc emph'l'>i, on bch'1\ ioural and'ociJI ,cicnces .1'> \I ell ,I'> on biom<.:dicalsci<.:nee, Bur \le \I ill .llso \I ish ro 1I,e full~ rheoprorruniries rhar c\.isr \I irhin a mulri-Llclllr~

uniler,ir~ for prm iding a full cduurion,For medicJi srudenr, rh<.: clinical

opporruniri<.:s ar I-:ing's Collcge Ilosriral. ~rThoma,', (;U\ \, rhc \laucl\lc~, I ,ell ish'lmand orhcr a'>'>ociarcd unil crsir\ hO\pirals, ~I'>

II ell as in rhe local communir\, \I ill heIln'urpJ,>,><.:d, 11011 Cl cr. II <.: \I ill nccd ro \I or"clo'<.:h \I irh rhe I"triml\ hcalrh cm: trusr, ifrhese opporrunirie, lil[ rcaching and rcse.lrcharc [() he fulh uriliscd,

\Iuch of\l har n1:lrr<.:rs in.luniler,ir\Cduc'Hion comes from c\.rloring id<':'1\ andknOll It:dg<.: II irh fcllOlI ,rudenr,. Time and ~I

collcgi~lrc armo,phcrc .Ire <.:\\cnri,d if rhi,

bendir is ro b<.: rcali cd. \ ne[\\ ork ofresid<.:nccs conI enienr ro rh<.: main campuse'II irh rudenrs from he,drh C,lle di,cirlinessuch ,I'> m<.:dicine, denrisr[\., nursing andrherap~ mi\.ing \I ith srud<.:nr, in other subjcct,II ill r<.:inforce Jnd cnrich rhc <.:dllcarionale\.rcriencc for ~Jil.

Thc nc<.:d for c1me inr<.:grarion ber\l <.:enb'l'>ic scienc<.:, clinical sci<.:nce and pracrice h.lsnCI er been gre~lter. 'I'hc nell , chool ofBiomedical Sciencc, on rhe (;lI~" campu' II illen,lblt: ,cienrisrs froml'\II)S and King\ rocome rogerher in larger departmenrs: anopporrunir~ \I hich i, eagerl~ a\laired.Lik<':\I i,e on rhe clinicll ,ide, Iarg<.:r rescarchgroup, of clinicians and laboraror\ ,cienri,rsII orking rogerhcr arc al,o l::lgerh anricipan.:dand \ueh eo-oreratil e I enrllres arc alreachbeing formcd.

'I 'he ne\l \ Iedic'll and Iknral School ofGu~ \, King's and Sr Thomas' Ilosriral\\I irhin King's College \I ill b<.: managed II irhrhe cmph'l'>is on d<.:cenrrali\:Hion and rheal oidance of blln:allcracl. Ther<.: II ill be,er'lr,lt<.: ,chool, of m<.:dicinc, denri,r[\. andbiomedical science' .lIld rh<.: I lead of e:lCh,chool. along II irh rh<.: Dcan of rhe In'tirutc ofP" chiarr\, \I ill sir on rhc Collcgc Commirrce.Wirhin rhe polic~ paramet<.:rs of King\College. each school II ill man,lge irs OIl nafbir,. ,\s nO\l, rhe re,ourccs for reaehing \I illhe id<.:nrified scrar,lreh from rhe researchsupr0rt and allocared b<.:r\l een rhe schoolsalong \I irh rh<.: ne<.:ds of rhc curriculum.

Th<.: counrr\ srend, a gn.:.H deal of itsciril.ens' monel on mediealeducarion andresearch. Ir is somerimes forgotten rhar rhe\.'1 IS. rhe Research Councib and eharimhlt:rru,rs spend f.lr mo[(.: on mcdical and denraleducation .1I1d res<.:arch rhan do<.:s rhcIIEFCI-:. Themergerofl'\IDS.rheInsrirur<.: of I'"chiarr~ and King\ can onh hl:ju,ritied if ir imprOl l:' thl: qualirl and rhc<.:fticienc\ of <.:dllcation. rl:se,lrch and rhl:Sl:n iCl: \le prOl ide for our p.Hil:nr,. \Ye an.:conliduH rhi, II ill hapren bur it II ill not hl:ca" 'lI1d rhl:rl: arc ri,ks. SlICCC'>'> II ill d<.:p<.:ndahOl l: all on rh<.: l:nrhusiastic co-operation ofsraff and srutknr, \I irhin till: rhrl:l: insrirurion,inl oh l:d and co-opl:r'Hion ,dso her\l el:n rill:l'niler,ir~ and rhc "II~.

The Pri ate FinanceInitiativeDr LYllll Carlisledescribes the PF1process

In \ 1.1\ 1995, a joinr busine'>'> CI'>C II a,suhmirrl:d ro I1 E FCE h\ "ing'~ andl'\IDS, Thi, bu,ine'>'> C;bl: \I as 'lpprOlcd

b\ III-:I:CE in Jul~, subjcct to tl:sring prilate'l:cror inrl:rl:sr under rhc Pril ,Itc Fin.lI1cl:Iniriaril e (p I, I), II hich b :t prl:condirion to rh<.:

release of public funus from borh the "II~

'lnd 1I EFCI-:, Th<.: srr:lt<.:gic I i,ion tkseribcdin rhe busine'>'> C;1Sl: il1\ oh <.:s the del l:lopmenrof the merged School of I,if<:. Basic \ kdiLo'lland 11e"lrh <'ciencl: on t\l 0 sitl:s - Corn \I ,IllI louse :tnd London Bridgl:. Clinical re~llhing

'Ind re,earch \I ill rake placc on rhl: C;U\ '"King\ and ')r Thomas' Ilospiral ,ites.

(:orl1\l'llI Ilou,c \I ill bl: compler<.:hrd'urbi,heu to .lccommou.lre I.ill: 'lI1d I k"lrhScil:ncl:' and rhe Insritllrl: of \.'ursing.,\Ctil iri<.:s cUIT<.:nrl\, houscd in Cornllallllouse.\nne\. \I ill rem:tin. II irh rhc e\.e<.:ption of rhl:I,ibran. \I hich \I ill be incorporar<.:d inro rhcne\l I.ibrar~ II irhin Corml,,1I Ilou'l:. FOllrbuildings on the London Bridg<.: sirl: II illaccommodate Biollll:dic,,1 Scil:nce, includingprl:-c1inil:alllledicine and Lknti,m. llenril:rt<.:Raplwel and Shcrhercl', Ilou'l: II ill b<.:complerel~ refurhished. Ilunr's I louse II ill hedcmolished 'lI1d rc-built. .\n ekllll:IH of ne\lbuild \I ill be 'Idtkd to rill: l '\ ID~ \ led ic;t1School and the balancl: of rh<.: <.:\.isring huilding\I ill bl: r<.:furbished as n<':l:Lled, Tl:aching .lIldr<.:se'lrch accolllmouarion currenrh in rhis\kdical School builuing \I ill rcmain.

110\1 l:1 er, rhe,c proee'>'>es .Hl: opcn to

Illoditic.ltion ro rhe c,renr rhat rhl: pril'I(<.:'l:cror, rhrough rhl: PFI proCl:S'>, oftCr,solilrion, II hich arl: uelllonsrrabl~ morl:ach'lnrageous ro rhc Ill<.:r,gcd (:olkg<.:, ·I·h<.:PFI proceS'> is inrcnded to Sl:cure r\l 0

principal bl:ncfirs: grc,ltl:r lalue for IllOIll:~,

and rhe rransfer of ri~ks a\\oci'ltl:d \I irh rhedl:,ign and con,rrucrion of rhe,e Elcilitie, fromrhl: public s<.:eror ((hc m<.:rgl:d College) to rh<.:pril:ltl: sector, \I Ill:re thcre is more e\.pcrti'ein managing such risks. In a PFI ,chemc rhcIllcrg<.:d Collcge \\'ould cnr<.:r inw partner,hipII irh a consortium of rri,.lte 'l:cror eomp,lnies,lIsu;llI~ con,i,ring of 'I tinancier, a buildcr anda faciliril:s managemenr eompan\', II ho \\ouldrak<.: on rh<.: rl:sponsibilir\ for prm iding rh<.:lileiliril:s requirl:d in retllrn for an agrl:<.:m<.:nrrhar rh<.: consortium \I ould lll'lI1agl: and011\.:rar<.: rho,e facilities on bl:half of rhl:mergnl College for a ,<.:r pl:riod of time,

The del <.:Iopm<.:nr II;'S 'Itll l:rtis<.:d in rhcoftici.t1 journ.t1 of rhe European l' nion inOctohl:r, 'l:eki ng bmh (> F I and conI l:nrionalpublic ,cctor rl:SpOlhe,. Si\. of rh<.: consortiarh'lt responckd h;1\ e bel:n asked ro til:l cloppl:tns for rhe mcrgl:d Collcge, Thcir pl.ln,musr meer rhl: College's requircmcnts 'ISconrainnl in rhe ourpur sp<.:citicarion, hurinnm ,nil <.: solinions rh,lt Ilould prol itkgrc;lt<.:r bl:ncfir, to the ml:rged Collegc ,Ire<.:ncoIJraged. The ,i\. consortia h'l\ e unril themiddk of ,\ larch to suhmit rlll:ir p/;\ns andesrimated cosr,.. \frer rhesc h'll e hc<.:nCl ,t1uared rhl: Projcct Board II ill. \I irh rhe hdpof prok,>,>ionalcon,ul(ants and ath i,ers. 'l:kct,I short-lisr of mo or thrl:l: consortia that II illbe ;Isk<.:d to furrhcr dCI <.:lop lhcir p/;\ns. TIll:final selection \I ill bc made in .lul\,

I·h<.: businl:\\ easc suhmitted to IILI'CI,:

Thc ch~t1lcngc for rhe I· ...cr... · Group ... i, to

pLin h()\\ to crcarc or ad.lpr rhc a\ ailable

Rcsearch provi ionProffssor Silllo/l H O'lJ2,e//, Pro/fssorFm111, 11 {1!.I'h et' Dr ChlYS 7'hlfl:lIO/l

The gcncral ... rriHeg\ for biomedical 'cicnec...in rhc mcrgcd collcgc was ser our in rhcbu ... ines ... plan \\'hich \\ a... appr<l\ cd b~

IIEFCE in :\Ia\" )<)95. Thi ... compri ... cd:

• re,earch ,pacc allocari(lIl'" to be arrangcd ona 'cognarc inren: ... r·. nor a deparrmenraL ba,i ....Thi, philo,opl1\. \\ hich ha, allo\\ cd rheemergencc of rhe ~uccc, ... ful hionH.:t!icalrc'can:h n:nrre ... ar King\. i, acccpred a, rhc\\ a\ fOf\\ art! in rhe mcrgcd Collcge.

Lecture theatrcsTht: Tcaching Space I ' ...cr... · (;nlllp mappcdall rh<.: current Iccwre rheam: prm i,ion inboth collegc,. and ha\ c rc-pr()\ idcd ir on rh<.:ba,i ... rh~H all reelching room, \\ ill bc Illulri­u~cr. and \\ ill h~l\ e occulxlnn of ~Ibour fi\ c­and-a-half hour, ~l da~. ti)ur-and-a-h~t1fd,l~' a\\ eck: ...omc prO\ iding for cOlllbin<.:L1 CLh'C' ofar Ica ... r 500. The nc\\ combincd mcdiulcurriculum ...eem ... certain to bc 'I '" ... rcm,­b~l'>cd cour...e. deli\ <.:red mainl~ b\ rradirion,t1reach in!!; merhod ... but \\irh incrc.I"'<.:Llu'c ofcompurer-aidcd karnine; «(:\1 ,) 'Ind t1lrori.lkrhi ... ha ... been allel\\ cd fi,r.

Indu~uial conuact~

Furrhcr "'pac<.: for C\IXUHkd rc ...carch acri\ ir\ i,bcing idcnrified ar London Ilridgc. Corll\ulIIlm",e and Dcnmark Ilill. and indlNriellconrac.:r... being melde "'0 rhelr rh I' 'Iddirional"'pacc can bc u...ed a.. '0011 a... i... pr~ILtiL~lblc.

Library/lnformation'lechnologyf)r I_pili (''rldis/e

Teaching prcn'isionProkssor Sill/o/l HOfJ.;·f// e Dr [-ho.'·d'7 nOIl/{fS .

'leaching laboratoriesSimi1:lrl~. reaching bborarorie ... h'l\ c becnplanncd on a mulri-u ... t:r ba... i.... bur h~l\ e r~lkLn

account of rhe impracricabilir\ of di ... manrling...omc e\perimenral ,er-up'" on a rcgular b'hi ....Thc predicred inc.:n.:a ...ed u...e of <: \1, h:l' bccnprm idcd for. Tcaching lahoratoric, ha\ c becnpr()\'idcd as '\\'cr' (filr molecul~lr biolo,gic~t1/

biochcmical \\ork): 'damp' (Iilr pracricII,rcquiring Ic ..... rigorou, 'pecificltion ... of", ... rcm ... ph~,iolo,g~ ~tnd pharlll'lcol()!!;~ crcl:~lIld 'dr~' (for human pll\ ... iolo,g~ 'Int!ph\ ,iorherap\. \\ here lar!!;c opcn floor 'HC~I'"

arc c,""enrial),

pre)\ i... ion filr rhi ... ,orr oft~lcilir~ filr rCILhingha ... bcen takcn inro accounr \\ here bmhreachin,g and rc ...earch funcrion Lan bcinrcgrar<.:d.

The :'\ightingale InstituteI'ro\ i... ion fill' rhc '.:ighring~lk In ... ritllrc i, m~tde

in Con1\\all Ilou ...c. ~incc rhc Ilhtltur<.: i...funded on limired-rerm. port:nri.t1 h-rene\\ .Ible conrracr.... rhe pr()\ i",on tilr ir h.l'becn conct:nrrar<.:d on onc noor. '0 dur if rhccontracr i, C\ er lo... r. rhe "'pacc L.ln bc c,hihrc-conligurcd for orher purpo...c,.

T hcrc \\ ill be r\\ 0 Informarlon Sef\ ICC'"C:<.:nrrc'. con ... i,ring of n:ldirion.t1lilmm and IT facilitle .... Incltcd .Ir

Corn\\'all Ilou ...c and I,ondon Ilnd!!;e. BorhElcilirie ... ha\ e becn de\ <.:Iopcd 'IL'cording rorhc "'~II11e ba ... ic hricf. \\ hich \\ ,I' bel'cd on rhcinpur pr()\ ided b~ libr~lri,ln,. I I m,ln,lgcr, .lIld

I Jenricrrc Raphacl e Shcpherd'sHall CThe:\ Icdical School huilding \\ ill be linked toa \'cry sub... ramial clinical skills lahoraror\ inIlcnrierre Ibphacl. and in rurn to ZOOO m" ofreaching and research accommodarion forIluman Ph~ ~iolog~ and Phy~iorherap~ in arcfurhishcd Shepherd\ I louse. The rhrccc,isring building~ \\ ill bc linked wgerhcr bur\\'irh ~c\'cral cnrrancc.... and capable of beingopenltcd a, a ,in!!;k unir. The\ \\ ill al ...o 11OU"'<':

rhe adminisrrarion for rhe School ofBiomedic~t1 Sciene<.:,.

~Iedical , chool buildingThe 1.\lDS \lcdical. 'chool buildin,g \\ illrcn101in in II',e rhroughour and c\rcnded topro\'ide ~In addiri0l1011 2.~() m" of BSI' 'IXIL·C.and .?OO() m" of re,carch laboraroric,.contigured a... in Ilunr', Ilou,c. hur ph~ ... icalhi,ohtrcd from rhc main building \\ irh a...cpararc enrrance. The BSI' already in rhebuilding \\ ill bc ... ub... ramialh C\IXlIldcd tomecr all anriciparcd necd,.

:\'e\\' Ilunt's IlolLeThe I ...er Croup concludcd that thi ... ne\\building ... hould conrain rhc hi,gh-techI~tborarorie ... fi)r rhe molecular biolo!(\ andbiomoleeular ...cicncc, \\ hich \\ould hcdifficult and e\pcll"i\ e to prO\ idc in e\i ... ringhuildin.g,. Ir ,hould al,o conr~linnHl'>tofrhcne\\ rcaching lahoratoric,. ~t11 rhc nc\\' Iccrurcrhcarrc .... ~Ind a biological ...Cf\ ice, unir (BSI'),including rr.1n\genic fi ... h and amphibian,.Research Lihoratorie ha\ e been planned on amodular rwo-. fOl.lr- or cighr-plaec I>a ... is. ro a...randard mccring all currenr and anriciparcdIlcalrh and Safcr~ E\ceuri\C: and othcrrcgularion ....

huilding, to hou ...c ~lll ofrhc c\i ... ting IlomcOffice rcgulared rc ...carch (\\ ithin a ...ccurecm ironmcnr undcr Ilome Officc n:gularion,).

Cornwall HouseThe I·...cr... · Group h~t, ,pecified Iaboraro~

and a..~ociared 'pac<.: for rhe Di\ i... ion of LifeScience... for :\ urririon and Pharmacy. and alab tin G<.:rontolog\ (\\ ho...c orhcr "p~lce i... inCortl\\'allllou,e .\nnc\). Thi ... i, foranour .;~()

re ...e~lrch \\ orker" There arc al ...o School unir...for electron micro cop~. photo!!;rapll\ andbiological ...cn ice Some ,peciticarion, arcindi\ idual. "'Ich a ti,r rhe Drug (:onrrolC:enrre and rhe merabolie suirc (in '.:urririon).bur rhe majorir\ of rhc Iabor~lto~ "'pac<.: ha ...been ... peciticd to pr()\ ide ti,r a... bro~td ~I rangeof fuwr<.: re ...carch a po,""ibk. 'I'hc pro\ i... ionfor as... ociarcd room huch a... cold room,.in~rrumcnr room~ crc) make, up a \cr~

... ub.. ranrial fracrion of rhc reHal "'p~ll·e. ~tnd a lorof rime ha ... been dc\ orcd to en ... uring rhar rh<.:... peeifiearion, from rhe Di\ i... ion ~Ind

Dcparrmcnr... are com plcmcnrar~ ....ha ri ng\\ h<.:re rhi, i, pracriLabk. In 'I ,illliLtr \\ ~l\. rhc

sers'The work of theGroup

\\ ill bc rc\ i'l:ll to rcneer am ch~lI1ge, inrcquiremenr, rhar \\ ere idenrificd a, rheI ,cr,' Group, de\l:lopcd rhc bricf. Thc\\ inning con,orrium" plan fi)r thc capiraldc\ c10pmenr and rhe facilitie, Illanagemenr\\ ill bc compared to rhc publich -fundcdoprion ~t, conrained in rhi, re\'i,ed bu ... ine\\Gl,e. If thc con'ortium·... plan ... arc prO\ en toprO\ idc bcrrcr \'alue for mone~ and rran ... fercon ... idcr~tblc ri ... k to the pri\ arc ...ceror a...colllparcd ro the publicl~-fundcd oprion. rhenrhc con ...orrium \\ ill be a\\arded rhc conrracr.If nor. thc bu,inc, C~hC will be ,ubmirrcd torhc Trca,uf\ for funding. Ir i~ anricipated rharrhc procC\\ \\ ill bc complcre b~ Ocrobcr )496~Ind rhar con ... rrucrion \\ illcomlllcncc in.Ianu~lr\ 1<)97 ilnd be colllplcrcd b~ .Iuh 19<)4.

Thc leadcr of thc \ arioth Joim I \cr':

Group ... dc cribc hO\\ rhc~ ha\ c dra\\ n up

rhc crircria for \\ har nccL].., to bc prO\ ided if

rhe de\ elopmenr i, Gtrricd our ~'" a publieh­funded oprion. Thi ... modcl pro\ ide ... rhc

b~l ... elinc again ... r \\hich an\ PFI propo,al \\ill

hc judgcd..\ PFI propO"'itl ma, differ in

dctaiL hur nlll~r meer rhe gencr~t1 crireria

implicit in rhe Collegc ... · 0\\ n propo"'~lk

• huilding on cxisring ,rrengrh, to prO\ idcc\ccllcnce in arca ... of rc'carch from molecularand dc\ c10pmcnral biolo~ through'inn:grati\ e hiolol0 . (dcfined in rheTcchnolog~ Foresighr E\erci,c ~l'" inregmrcdundcr... randing of rhe rolc of int!i\ idual gencprodllct, in biological ,,,rcm,. ar rhc Ic\ cl ofcell. ri\\uc and organ biolog\. and parholol0')to human pl1\,iolo.~ and human pcrformancc.\\'e ~t1rcat!~ ha\e ,ub,ranrialc\perri,e.commirmcnr and di,rincri\ e ,rren,grh inmcdicine and hcalrh-related ,uhjeer, ,uch ~h

Ph\ ,iorhcrap\. :\ ur... ing and'.: utririon:

.llalkmil 'tall from KC.L al1\.I l \ 1()~.!"Ill: 0\ l:rall ,i/l: of rlK LKllitil:' Jnd r1K

nUll1bl:r Ill' \\lIrk tJtilllh in l:alh Ill' thl: (.l:nrrl:'I ha l:d IIn a rawlllf 1:6 tt1lknr . and thl:numbl:r IIf <:lImplltl:r \\ork,tJtion, I bJ l:d IIn J

ratio 01 1: IO. \t Corn\\ all Ilou'l: thl' tr'IIl,l.ttl:'to 'i, (j tlllh plcKl: piu ';f)(j 1'1 \\ ork utilln :

at London Bridgl: thl:rl: \\ ill bl: ;/)'i tud~

pbcl:' phI'> 240 1'1 \\ ork,t,ltIl1n,. Both ,Wl"pbcc, .lIld 1'1 \\ork,tation \\ ill bl: prO\ lekd\\ Ith nl:t\\ ork plllnr,. and OIl1l: \\ ill h,l' l: 24­

hour,lccl:"".Thc Infi)((l1,ltion 'l:(\ iCl:, Cenrrc ,It

London Bridgc \\ ill bl: locatl:u III \.l:\\ Ilunr\Ilou,e. \\ ith JPIHO,imJtl:l~ 2:; pl:r Cl:nr of thl:,wdcnr,' IT \\ ork,wtion, in cither thl:\ lediGiI '-)lhool Building or SIH.:phl:rll", Ilou l:.Thl: Il1Jjllrit~ ofthl: ,tLIdenr-," IT \\ork,tJrion,\\ ill be locatl:d in tcaching bb, 'It I,undunBridgc: at Corn\\ .111 Iluu,c .111 IT \\ ork,t,ltion,

Jrl: planned (0 bc in thc Jnforll1Jtion ~l:(\ icc,C:cnrre.

Technical Scn'ice,l/a/m/III OSlIIllllr!SOIl

T hi' Croup', re:mit cnUHl1pa""e:d a\\ ide: range of facilitie'. ,uning \\ ithb",ic ,tor,lge re:quircmenr, - for

.ge:ne:r.d ,upplil:' Jnd the ll10re ,peclJI Itcm,,uch ,I'> gJ c~ limier,. bonded .t1cohol.IlJmmable, etl' - mm ing on to ,en il'l:'.including lift" \\'a,te di'po,al. decrric,.piped ,el"\ ice:" \ e:nriIJtion. fUI11e: l'upbo'lrd,and ,.lrct~ cabine:t,. Our final t'l,k \\ ,I'> to

look Jt ccnrral facilitie, for ll1echanicil/electronic/gb"'-blo\\ ing \\ ork,hop,. along\\ ith darkroom Jnd eleCtron ll1icro,cop\(1-:\1) unit,.

\\'t: looked cardull\ at l'urre:nr nl:ed,:Ind. a, far a, \\e \\ere able. wok JCl'ounr ofchanging parrern, in teaching Jnu re:'c:lrch.,uld impending "Ifct~ legi'btion. Ikcau,eour group i Il1pinged on the acri\ itie, of orho[ ,e:r,' Group, \\e maiJltJine:d Cllnr,ll't \\ ith

indi\ idu,d, on the,e Croup, anu \\ ith the\cadell1ic I'lanning Team. anu thu, \\ere

able to borh n.:cei\ e Jnu feed backinform'ltlOn to e:n,ure the ,pecitic,ltlon, \\eput fom aru \\ ere:. \\ e hope. bmhcompre:hen,i\ e Jnu "lti,fieu the need, ofu,er,. \h thank, go to:lll tho,e ill\ohed.

Carcring e Sociall-scr~

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T hi' group i, e:'amining the ll1e:chJnic,and rc:lation,hip, of 'taff Jnu ,tudenr,

\\ ithin thc phy,icJI uper:ltion of thccombined college:. We h'l\ e di,cu",e:d.re\ ie\\ cd. e\'Jluate:u and propmed de:,igntarget, for the ne\\ orue:r. aeh i,ing the Ik,ign

Te:all1 on ,pace: i"ue:,.Cate:ring and bar facilitie:, <ll"e the: Iarge:,t

item unde:r di,cu",ion .uld 'llktJikdque:,tionnaire: ha, bee:n circubted to he:lp

e tJbli h Iikel~ u,e:r prc:ferl:ncl:. Jlllpkre,ult, .m: be:lng e:\Jlu.ltl:d .lIld funhl:r \\orkthl umll1l:r \\ ill gi\ e: .i11 uff anu tUUl:nt anopporrUll1t~ (0 IIltlUl:nl'l: the: luturl: IIf lJte:ringprl)\ i ion. \\ c hJ\ l: paiu ,lttl:Jltllln to J \\ iuer'lnge of I""ue, to l:t thl: ba l: line: critl:ri.1 rlUtha\ l: to bc IllCt. \\ he:thl:r b\ 1'1·1 or traul[)onalprl)\ i ion. The,e include::

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'J 'he other a,pect' of (:oll<:!!;l: lift.: he:ing

con,iut.:rt.:u b~ thi, \\ lue:I~-dra\\ n [ 't.:r,· Groupinclude 'taff cOllllllon roOIll', ,tlIuellt Incke:r,.hic\c1l: ,tor,lgl:. 'l11okll1g roOIll f:lcilitie, l:tl.

Student viewRob Hall, Presidel1t ofKCL Studellts' [ l1i011 e:;TOJ7l nitclzel; President of[ilfDS Studel1ts' Ul1iol1

T hl: trl:lllendou, npportunitil:' offereub\ tht.: Illl:r.gcr of tht.: ,tlIuenr union,ctnnot f:lil to bl: :lppre:ciatl:d. \11 thl:

t.:,i,ting union, are: ke:l:n to ,t.:1"\ iCl: thc ne:eu,

of incrGI,in,g nUlllher, of the:ir 'tlIde:Ilt', :lndthe Illergt.:r coulu \\ l:1I ,upp" rht.: ,pacc andfacilitie, ,0 \ irall\ nl:e:ul:ll. 110\\ e\ er, thl:\ are

.1\\ arc that it Illa\ nor all bt.: plain ,ailing,The ll1erging nH.:uieal chool, ,et.: .1

cO'lllopolitan 'Hlllo'phert.:. eneol11pa ,ing 111,ln\non-Ille:dic, anu non-dellti,t, on ,ite:. a, <I great

pIu" The ne:\\ School \\ ill be ahk to builu onthe fine: reput.ltion, of it, con,titlll:1lt1l1t.:lllber'. anu the bendit, \\ ill ine:\ irabl~ tlo\\

back to thc ,tlIuellt'. ,\\-'0, a ,olid ,tatl:ll1ent of

thc College'" t.:,r,lte, 'tratt.:!!;~ \\ ill allc)\\ theprmpeui\ e [ nion to e,rabli,h it,c1f on long­

te:rl1l ,ite" hdping COIl'><llidation. Thl:incrl:a,ed ,pace \\ ill gi\ e the [ nionopportunitie, to de\ clop ,e(\ iCl: nor

prt.:\ iou," J\ ailablc. ,uch .1' childcare: pre)\ i,ionin Corn\\all Ilou,c, 110\\ e\ cr. tht.: Hol:lnuIlou,e location at I,ondon Bmlge IllU,t 1)(;

rl:taint.:u b~ the Illergeu ['nion for ,tlIUl:1lt,e:(\ ice, thcre: to be acce",ibll: and effl:cti\ l:.

Some King\ ,wde:nt, arc rel:tti\ el~un:l\\are of the: Illogt.:r, hut thml: that do knO\\arc kl:l:n. ['\ II)~ 'tlIdent, and rhme frolll theKing\ Collcgl: Ilo,pital (;lIild h,l\e: fe:ar, ahout

lo,ing idelltit\ and thl: k\ cl of alltonolll~ 'IIlU'tlIuent union rt.:pre'l:lltation to \\ hich the\ .Irl:

accu tlll11l:d ..IIlU concern, Jbout the e'tcnt to\\ hich thl: ,wuellt tf:luition, of thl:lrcon,t1tUl:1lt ho,pltJl \\ ill bl: tJken IIlto

.1l"l"Olll t.tlIdent :lffcul:d b~ thc l1ll:rgl:r ne:e:d to

fl:d CClntilknt th'lt thcir \ IC\\ Jrl: bl:ln~

rl:pre,cnte:d to thc l11erglllg <:olle:ge . It h.1bl:l:n mootl:d that t.: rabh,hing.1 \ ledllal .lIldIknt,d .lbh:ltieaII11J\ bl: thl: bl:,t \\<1\ ofrepre,enrlng thl:'l: \ il:\\ . 'I hi, \\ ould bl: .1

continu:ltion ofrhl: lUrrl:nt 'Itu:ltion Jt [ \11).lI1d \\ould hopcfull~ dl,pel the l11euical 'InddelltJI ,tude:Ilt" concern, b\ allc)\\ ing.1I1al1loum of burt.:JlIu,ltic and finan<:i:ll'Iutonlllll\. Ilm\ l:\ l:L it i, thl: \ il:\\ of ,ol1le.

including "CLS[ . th'lt to e't"hli,h .1"lhbJtict! ,01t.:J~ for l1lt.:uical Jnd dellt,t!'tlIekm, \\ oulu not be a tnll: l1ll:rge:r. .I, thi,\\ oulu conrinul: thl: di\ ide het\\ l:l:n ll1e:dic,<lnu dcllti,t, 'lIld other ,[[Iuellt'. \1'0. 'i",ul:'

h'I'l:u .Ihb'ltiC:ll, .Irl: l1lore dTecti\ e th'ln'll<:p<lrtl1lellt' ba,eu ,abbatic,d,. ,incc

'pl:ciali,t.:d knc)\\ kdge i, e",cnti,t! in lkaling\\ ith thl: prohlel1l' of all ,tudent,. '0 other

llep'lrtlllellt ha 'abb'ltical reprl:,ent,ltion :1'.

hl,tom~t!". ul:partllll:Jlt<l1 repre'l:Ilt<lti\ e, pLI\a \ iral rolc In the ['nion \ Illain dl:ci,ion­

l1laking bod~. thl: '-;wdellt Repn:'l:lltatl\ l:( :ounul.

It I' hopt.:u th'lt thi, ui,cll",ion \\ ill realh .1

n:ltllr:llcoll1prol11i,e ()\ er tinK. ·I'ht.: thrl:egroup, elltl:ring the l1ll:rgt.:r arc looking fi,(\\ .1rd

to becol1llng a l1lulh 'trongt.:r. ,ingl<: [ nlon\\ hich \\ ill bl: Llr l1lore abl<: to 'l:f\ iCl: thenced, of all of it, ,wdellt'.

Related 1 rustdevelopments

T he (;u~', and St Thollla,' 'II.~ Tn"ti, l:ngagl:d in a p:lralklcapital

dl:\ cloplllt.:1lt project. Thl: fiN ph'I"eof tht.:ir projt.:ct ill\ oh c, thc po,t-colltracrl1louification, to thl: Ph:l,e Thrl:e: building(forlllcr" knc)\\n a, Philip Ibrri, Ilou,c:) on the

I,onuon Bridgl: ,itl: ,mu thl: dl:\ c:lopnKIlt of 'ICardi'll (;elltrt.: in the: I-:a,t \\'ing of.·t ThOI1l'.'·

Ilo,pital. Thl:'t.: proje:Ct, are l:,t.:lllptcd frol1lI'FI te ting ,mu art.: .dreau\ undl:r\\:l\.

The b,t!Jncc of the Tru,t \ rl:contiguration

prograllll11l: i, heing handlcd a'.1 PFI project\\ ith a ,il1ltl'lr tillll:table to the (:ollcge', 1'1'1projt.:ct. Thl: l1lain t.:lellll:nt, of tht.: Tru,t\progf:lll1ll1l: include tht.: con,truction 01"1 ne\\\\OI1lt.:I1\ and Children\ Ilmpiul \\ith r<:!'lte:d.Icadell1il and aumini,trati\ e: function,. 'I nc\\Rl:nal ~l"n ict.:, Cl:ntrl:, the re-,iting andl:,pan-.ion of Cance:r St.:n ice,. and thl:rcfurbi,hll1ellt of facilitie:, for the We,t

Lambeth COllll1lunit~ Care Tnl"r. Thc Tru't\1'1:1 projl:ct i, re,rricred to ue\ <:!opl1lent'el1\ i,agcd on tht.: St Thollla,' Ilo,pital ,itl:.