Oct. 89

CIPAL

In the months before he officially takes up the Principalship Pro­fessor Beynon wiB be getting to know King's through a series ofinformal visits and discu sion . Further details and a profile ofthe new Principal will feature in future editions. In the meantimethe College extends a warm welcome to Professor Beynon andgreatly looks forward to the future.

John Beynon was born in 1939. A pupil ofPontywaun GrammarSchool, Risca, Gwent, he tudied Phy ic at University College,Swansea and then took an MSc in Electronics at SouthamptonUniversity. In 1962 he joined the then Radio and Space Re earchStation, Slough, as a Scientific Officer. In 1964 he returned toSouthampton University as Lecturer in Electronics, being laterpromoted to Senior Lecturer then to Reader. In 1977 he was ap­pointed to the Chair of Electronics in the Department of Physics,Electronics and Electrical Engineering at UWIST Cardj[[ beforemoving to Surrey in 1979. He is married, with twin sons at uni­ver ity and a daughter who has graduated and is currently inAustralia.

Profes or Beynon is currently Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor at theUniver ity of Surrey, a po t he has held ince 1987, having previ­ously been Pro Vice-Chancellor since 1983. He has been a Pro­fe or of Electrical Engineering at Surrey ince 1979 and wasHead of Department betwecn 1979-83.

On Tuesday 10 October Downing Street announced that HerMajesty the Queen was pleased to appoint Profes or J D EBeynon as Principal of King' College London, in succession toProfes or S R Sutherland. Professor Beynon will take up theappointment formally on 1 September 1990, when ProfessorSutherland leaves to become Vice-Chancellor of the Univer ityofLondon.

EWPRITSAPPOIEEKing's College London newsletter

OPPORT ITY OCK!

The Principal, Professor Stewart Suther­land, in his customary annual speech totaf£, welcomed everyone back after the

summer break to what he believed wouldbe a lively year. The underlying themerunning through the address was one ofcreating opportunities and using them tothe best advantage - a feature which hadbeen much in evidence in College lifeover the past year. The Principal talkedof how King's has continued to build on

its trengths over the la t five years,creating and developing a wide range ofacademic opportunities. The figures forthe number of academic posts filled overthe last year reflect this, with 51 postsbeing filled: 10 Chairs and 41 Lecture­ships. Success has occurred, he sug­gested, because of the College as a wholemaking sacrifices and withstandingdifficulties, thus making it possible formoney saved through the use of stringent

policies, to be reinvested. An equilibriumhad now been established, a remarkablefeat for a restructured College, probablyunparalleled anywhere else in the Univer­sity of London. There had also been anumber of internal promotions: 2 titularChairs, 11 Readerships and 5 SeniorLectureships - another sign of the qualityof the College and of staff taking the

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STAFF NEWSAW RDS Council for a further se ion.

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The Principal, Prof or tewartutherland has been appointed an

Honorary Fellow of Corpu Chri tiCollege Cambridge.

HE D OF CHOOL

The following have been appotnted Headsof Sch I a from 1 Augu t 19 9:

Euan 1 Ro ,ME, ChB, DCh, MD,FRCP, has been appointed to the Chair ofCommunity Paediatrics from 4 September1989. His former post was ConsultantPaediatrician in the Child DevelopmentCentre of Charing Cros Hospital.

Robin Murray, DSc, ME, ChB, MD,MPhil, FRCP, FRCPsych, has beenappointed to the Chair of P ychologicalMedicine, joimly tenable at King'sCollege London and the Institute ofPsychiaLry, from 1 October 1989.

Keith 0 Ewing, LLB, PhD, has beenappointed to the Chair of Public Law. Hejoins King' from the Univer ity ofCambridge where he was a Lecturer inLaws.

orman oah, ME, BS, FRCP, FFCM,has been appointed to the Chair ofCommunity Medicine at King's CollegeSchool of Medicine and Denti try from 30October 1989. HejoinsKing's from thePublic Health Laboratory Service Com­municable Di ease Surveillance Centrewhere he was Consultant Epidemiologist.

APPOI TME TS ATKE SINGTO

Two staff appointments have recentlybeen announced at the Ken ingtoncampu

Mr William Colwell has been ap­pointed as Campus Services Managerand is re ponsible to the Bursar forcustodial and general services, includingsecurity, portering, post and telecommuni­cations on the Kensington campus. Hisoffice is located on the ground floor of theMain Building adjacent to the receptionde k, and he may be contacted on exten­sion K499.

Miss Lind ay Elliott has been promotedfrom Deputy Residence Manager toResidence Manager. The Residenceoffice is on the ground floor of the MainBuilding, extension K255.

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Profe or Harold Ba urn ha beenawarded the medal of the University of

agoya, School of Medicine for hisignificant contribution to their re earch.

PROMOTIO TO CHAIRS

Jill Martin, LLM, promoted from Reader

in the Department of Laws to Professor ofLawPeter Quinn, DDA B Agr Sci, MSc,PhD, DSc, promoted from Reader in theDepartment of Bi hemisLry to Professorof BiochemisLry

APPOI TME T TO HEADOF DEPARTME TThe following have been appoimed Headof Department for a period of 4 year :Professor A Lucas in the Centre forEducational Studies.Professor M A Knibb in the Departmentof Theological Studie .

PROMOTIO TO READERancy Abbott, MA, PhD, from Lecturer

to Reader in Phy iology.Alan Bittles, MA, PhD, FIBiol fromSenior Lecturer to Reader in HumanBiology.Donald A GilIies, MA, PhD, fromLecturer to Reader in the History andPhilosophy of Science.Lawrence Landau, MA, PhD, from Lec­turer to Reader in Applid Mathematics.Janet elson, MA, PhD, from Lecturer toReader in History.Clive Page, BSc, PhD from Lecturer toReader in Pharmacology.

APPOI TME T TO B-DEAOr P A ByrneFaculty of Theology and ReligiousStudiesOr J F ChampFaculty of Theology and ReligiouStudieOr A GibsonFaculty of Life Sciences

COU CIL CHAIRMARE-APPOI TEDSir lames Spooner has been re-ap­pointed a Chairman of the College

School of HumanitiesProfe or B W He

School of EducationProfessor A Lucas

School of LawProfessor I M Kennedy

School of Life Sciencesand Basic Medical ScienceProfessor H Baum

School of Mathematicaland Phy ical SciencesProfe sor M Green

School of EngineeringProfessor W E Earles

HO 0 RS

Profe or Michael A Knibb Head of theDepartment of Theological Studies, andProfessor Richard R K Sorabji from theDepartment of Philosophy have beenelected Fellows of the British Academy.

Sir James Black, Profes or of AnalyticalPharmacology, has been awarded anhonorary Doctor of Medicine from theUniversity of Edinburgh.

Profe or Brian Boycott Director of theMedical Research Council Cell Biophys­ic Unit was awarded an honorary degreefrom the Open University.

PROFESSOR PIRT HO ­o RED

It is a great pleasure to report that Profes­sor S John Pin, who retired last year asHead of the Departmem of Microbiology,has been elected an honorary member ofthe Society for General Microbiology.Such honorary membership is open onlyto very distinguished microbiologists andi limited to a total of 20 world-wide.Professor Pin is distinguished for his

great conuibutions to British mi robiol­og , in particular in fermentation ien eand microbe and cell cultivation. Otherhonorary member of the S iety in ludeDr P D itcheD FRS, Profe or J RPo tgate FRS and Sir icha I Stoker. Iti ith great pride that the member of the

icrobiaJ Phy iology Research Group inthe Bio here Scien e Divi ion makethi announcemenL

R K Pooleo-ordinator icrobial Phy iology

Re earch Group

OBIT RY

Mr B W Brett, who had been steward forthe phy ic and biophy ics departmentsfrom 1946 to 1970 died on 8 Augu t, atthe age of 84, after a long illne s. Hisearlier experience as a representative ofthe scientific equipment company ofGriffin and Gcorge gave him a wideknowledge of the requirements of aresearch department and this wasenormou Iy valuable in the developmentand subsequent achievements of biophys­ics at King's. Among his many activities,he ran classes for younger technicians andhe will be gratefully remembered for theadvice he readily gave to administrativeas well as academic staff.

Professor R E BurgeHead of Department of Physics

exceptional performan e and to recruit orretain exceptionally scarce or aluabletaff. '

In order to secure the release of uchfunds, we mu t fITSt atisfy the UFC thatour proposals for disuibuting the urninvol ed conform to exi ting machineryand criteria follo ing local con ultation:in our case, with the College branch of the

sociation of Uni er ity Teacher . Thicon ultation proce as included at ameeting on 29 September 1989.

The propo als are:1 Funding will be allocated into thefollowing three categorie of staff onthe basis of the cost of each groupa) Lecturers A & B

Senior Lecturers/Readerb) Professorsc) Academic Related Staff

Awards will be allocated on a discretion­ary basis recognising need to rewardexceptional performances and to recruil/retain exceptionally scarce and valuablestaff. Emphasis will be on discretionaryincrements and acceleration. Incrementsmay unu ually be awarded singly, but inorder to give reasonable reward to staff,awards would normally be equivalent tothree increments. Awards will becomepart of normal salary payment and willcount towards superannuable salary.2 The awards will be effective from 1October 1989.

3 Heads of S hools/Departments!ection will be in ited to nominate taff

for reward on the abo e basi ,folio ingcon ultation within the SchooVDepart­mentlSection. The awards may beapplied to taff upported by externalfunding, including Research Councils,ubject to the external funding body'

ability or wi h to fund the rele ant co t.

4 Recommendation from Heads ofSchools/Departments/Section will becon idered by ub-group of the Commit­tee for Academic Staff and the AcademicRelated Staff CommiLlee.

5 The proposals above assume that the1989 discretionary award represents a'one off ituation. To continue it in 1990and thereafter will depend upon similarfuture provi ion.

Papers are now in preparation for circula­tion to all Heads of Schools/Departments/Sections 0 that the process of con ulta­tion on appropriate recommendations cancommence.

Finally, I should like 10 make it clear thatthis exercise is entirely separate from thenormal Annual Promotion Reviews,which are similarly about to take place.

Professor S R utherlandPrincipal

o CL ICAL ACADEMIC& ACADEMIC RELATEDSTAFF SALARIES

Members of the Staff in the abovecategories will be aware that the recentpay award included provision for thefunding of discretionary awards tomembers of the academic and relatedstaff. The relevant paragraph in the 24thReport from Committee A, reads'subject to the UFC releasing it to each

institution, from I October 1989 therewill be a further 1% of the salary bill fornon-clinical academic and related staff toenable institutions to give further in­creases to individuals at the discretion ofthe management locally, to reward

A splash of colour (here in black and white!) provided by Billy Cleary, one of theporters at the Strand site over the summer months. Next stop Chelsea Flower Show!

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GEORGE RA DALL WILKI 0PRIZE

George's friend will be pleased to knowthat the memorial fund set up in hi namereached a alue of £3500. Thi amounthas now been paid into the College toe labli h a trust fund, the intere t fromwhich will be u ed to uppon the annualaward of two fir t-year prize for tudentswithin the Department of Phy ic .

AVS - STAFF CHA GES

Rod Witkin on is now the site upervisorfor the Strand exlCn ion S2386.

Alan Rowland ha taken over from RcxI atKen ington and hi number is K456. MrMichelle Bird the graphic arti t at Ken­sington has left to look after her babieswhil t the wonderful Mrs Pope oursecretary has also recently left for theRoyal College of ursing. Both the eposts are now vacant.

The vacancies and the staff movementsoutlined above may well result in ourunits being under some 'stress' at the startof term. I apologi e for any inconven­ience and assure you that things will getbetter.

Nick BuggManager AVSU

RESE RCHSTR TEGYCCESSESS

The following have made succes ful bidsto the Research Strategy Fund.o. 12 month categoryI Centre for Hellenic Studies

(professor Cameron)7th - 8th Century Greek PolemicLiterature.

2 HumanitiesA number of mall projects.

3 Liver Unit(Or Gove)A contribution to 0 A researchretraining grant.

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4 Research StrategyResearch Review/Publications List

ew database

13 - 24 month category1 Centre for Philo ophical tudies

(Profe or Sorabji et al)E tabli hment of a Centre

2 Biomedical cience(Profe sor Howell)Provi ion of RA to a ist new Professorof Physiotherapy

2S - 36 month categoryI Spanish and Spanish American

Studies(professor Ife and Or Butt)Computerised corpus of contemporarySpanish.

2 Chemi try(Or Malcolme . Lawes)High perfonnance liquid chromatog­raphy.

3 Physics(Professor Burge et al)Image Science.

4 Biomolecular Sciences(Ors Cammack and Wrigglesworth)Structure of transition - metal proteins.

5 Obstetrics and Gynaecology(Or Farzaneh)'Responder trap' for oestrogen-con­trolled gene.

The following have been recommendedfor suppon from the Academic Develop­ment Fund 1989-90 by the SelectionCommittee.

Range I bids1 Music

(Professor Price and Or Everist)Music Processing

2 Biomolecular Division(Professor Gould)D A protein interactions

3 Liver Unit(Or Gove)D A research re-training grant

Range IT bids1 Centre for Late Antique and Medie­

val Studies(Professor Wisbey)

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Inauguration of CLAMS

2 Centre for Medical Law and Ethic(Professor Kennedy and Dr Botro )Parliamentary/policy forum

Biomedical Sciences3 (Drs Pedley and Howell)

Digital imaging fluorescence micro­scope.

4 Biomedical ciences(Dr Mann)Internal sabbatical support costs.

5 Medical Engineering and Physics(Mr Roberts)Amputee Rehabilitation: DistanceLearning package.

Range III bids1 Christian Doctrine and History

(Or Schwobel, Prof Gunton andDr Home)SyslCmatic Theology: internationalconference.

OUR BUILDING MOVES 0

Professor Stott outlines the achieve­ments of the summer as he prepares tohand over to Professor Earles

When the hush of summer fell on thecorridors of our many buildings thebuilders once more moved in. This yearand last have probably seen the peak ofchange until the central campus has beencreated; the work has cost the Collegedear but it has been worth it.

Major departmental moves are under way.Pharmacology has moved from the Strandand Professor lenner's research unit fromDenmark Hill to unite with the Chelseaunit at Manresa Road; Immunology hasmoved to Kensington and the ElectronMicroscopy Unit will follow. At the sametime work has started on the transfer ofbiophysics and the MRC muscle researchunit from Drury Lane to Kensington.

Space vacated is soon filled: at DruryLane the MRC Cell Biology IRC will takeover, on the Strand site the eager benefici­aries of the move of Pharmacology areComputing ( who will now be able to

a ommodate lheir lhird cohort oftud nts); Ph)' iolherap} (ju t being

e labLJ hed) and lhe Computing Centre(whi h will no be able to create twolarge tea hing terminal rooms).

t lh ame time lh re has been a myriadof maller task completed or put in handon th Strand: lhe conversion of lheBriti h Rail hop for lhe InformationOf I e; lhe adaptation of lhe Garda cafeand i L 0 mall neighbouring buildingfor English and Hi LOry; lhe creation of aCentre for anagement Studie ; officesfor Mechanical Engineering and WarSLudie ; and 0 on. In addition lhe faceliftof public place i continuing wilh lhecompletion of A corridor and lhe majorrefurbi hment of lhe Great Hall and lheCouncil Room.

I feel very pleased to have been part ofthese and olher forward hopes for King'while Chairman of lhe Building Commit­tee. But I know better lhan most lhatLhe e jobs depend for lheir success on lhedevoLed and skillful work of Keilh Priceand his team. I Lake my leave now wilhLhank LO colleague generally for lheirpatience and forebcarance and wilh goodwi he for lhe continued academicuccess for which alllhis work provides

no more lhan the physieal framework.

TRA I TG COLUM

Training eeds urveyThroughout lhe summer I have receivedencouraging feedback at meetings wilhlaboratory superintendents, maintenancesupervisors and senior secretarial andclerical staff on training need in all areasand I have also organised two trainingneed surveys.

In one I asked all heads of departmentsand ervice units to detail their stafftraining plans for the aeademic year 1989- 90 and have received fourteen repliesout of over 50 requests sent out. 12 ofLhese have let me know positively aboutdemand for a range of courses for allcategories of non-teaching staff. On lhebasis of lhis survey, only time manage­ment, interviewing kills, counselling

kiU and special iU courses formaintenance taff would attra t enoughupport for in rvice training enture.

In parallel with lhi I ha e made anolherimilar reque t to senior clerical and

retarial taff. The 20 response ha eidentified ufliclent demand for me toarrange in-house events in recruitmentand lection iIJ, effecti e writing,handling lhe public, problem solving,commitLee ervicing, time management,tre management, as ertivene kills,

word proce ing and seminar for secre­tarial taff. I will be re erving places onlhe Federal Training Programme to co ersome of lhe e topics.

Bolh urvey ugge t lhat lhere is a widedifference in training needs percei ed bymanagers a di tinct from lhe iew of lhetaff lhey upervise. One prime example

of this was hown in regard to tresmanagement. The secretarial taff urveypicked OUL a ubstantial demand for a'coping with tress course', lhe returnsfrom heads of departments and ectionsugge t that Lhi topic is not required at all

for nonteaching staff*.

I will base my detailed training budget onlhe re ults of lhe surveys. May I lhankeveryone who has re ponded.

* I have received a Training Plans Surveyreturn from lhe Biosphere SciencesDivision since collating lhe main data.The training needs were presentedaccording to staff category. Clearlydetailed djscu ions had Laken placeamong lhe staff. Consequently, theinformation is complete and u eful.

tafflnduction ProgrammeTwenty five staff attended lhe Septembercourse held in the Gavin Room at Ch­elsea. Participants were introduced to lheCollege management structure, how lheCollege i funded and where lhe moneygoes, academic lructure and aim ,facilities, staff training opportunitie ,safety policy and practice and lhe role andservices of lhe Per onnel Department.

The course will be repeated near Easter.hope all new staff will be positivelyencouraged to Lake this opportunity tomeet senior College Officers and find outat first hand what lhey do.

Seminars for Technical taff

T hnical taff have responded well to lhereque t to arrange hort ills minar forthe ni er it Federal Tr mmg Pro­gramme. Three were a epted as part ofthe programme, half the ni ersity total.

Vi u I Pr ntation killThe work hop led by al olm el h­man, a training and pre emation develop­ment con ultant, dealt mainly with lhed ign and manufacLure of OHP lid . It

a attended b over 0 taff. Thecontent and pre ntatjon were eryimpr ive, receiving high core on thea se sment return .

Training ProgrammeFour in-hou programme have beenarranged during ovembcr

i) A Counselling Approach to People atWork, ovember 7 and .This ha been organised as part of lheFederal Training Programme. It idesigned for manager and supervisorswho arc re pon ible for lhe job perform­ance and career development of otherand who may be approached for lheir helpwilh per onal and work related problem.

ii) lIandling Discipline at work, Novem­ber 15.Staff absenteei m, latene ,alcohol abuse,failure to respond to instruction, verbal orphy ical abuse, pilfering, exual harass­ment are all examples of problems whichthe average supervisor has to countenanceat some point or olher. The cour e willenable participants to deal wiLh the eproblems effectively.

iii) Managing Stress, November 29Stress affects many people during theirworking lives. The consequences can becatastrophic to lhe individual and family.Everyone should be aware of what stre si ,it ymptom and how to manage it.All staff are welcome to apply for Lhiscourse which will be led by Or GuyClaxton.

iv) Microsoft word beginners workshop.A beginners workshop will be arrangedfor a morning of lhe week commencing

ovember 20 for the IBM pc users. Thisis in response to requests from clericalstaff in the recent survey.

I am in touch with several consultants tocover identified training need. Watchthis space!

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The programme details beyond Februaryare included in the prospectus which has

FEBRUARY8 Assertiveness skills9 Manual staff supervisors

course15-16 Development course for

secretaries20 Simple statistics

HOW CA HAZARDO S B-TA CE E TER YO R BODY?

Inhalation. This is the most commonroute of entry. A particles enter themouth and nose some of the larger onesare filtered off in the nose. Others setl1eon the walls of the upper respiratory tractor throat where they can be coughed up orwallowed. The smallest particles can be

inhaled down into the lungs where theymay cause local damage or are absorbedinto the bloodstream.Aero ols, fumes, vapours and gases maycause harm anywhere in the respiratorysystem and be absorbed into the bloodstream.

1) it only applies to new ubstances,2) mainly deals with acute, not long termtoxicity3) does not include mixtures

HOW DOES YOUR BODY RESPONDTO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES?Irritation of skin, eyes, lungs. Thisincludes bums.Sensitisation. Some substances eg thechemical isocyanates may cause sensitisa­tion of the skin, lungs so that furtherexposure causes an allergic reaction. Thereaction may occur several hours afterexposure.Long term effects. A major long termeffect Cancer. It is known that in somecases exposure to two carcinogens mayconsiderably enhance the probability ofCancer occuring. For example the risk ofCancer increases many times for personsworking with Asbestos if they alsosmoke.Reproductive disorders. These mayinclude loss of sex drive, infertility andfoetal damage.

Skin absorption. The thickness of theskin and its covering of grease and sweatprevent some chemicals being absorbed.

otable exceptions are solvents andphenols. Any cuts or abrasions of theskin will allow chemicals to enter.Ingestion. This is the most likely whencontaminated fmgers are placed in themouth or used to handle food or ciga­rettes.

TIMESCALE.The effects of a Hazardous substance maybe Acute or Chronic. An acute responseto a hazardous substance is an immediateone eg Chlorine gas inhalation irritating

EWSU 10

There are 8 to 20 thousand deaths eachyear from occupational ill health, manydue to dust/fumes.COSSH stands for CONTROL OFSUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS TOHEALTH. It should more accuratelystand for the Control of EXPOSURE toSubstances Hazardous to Health.

All enquiries about training and careerdevelopment for non teaching taff houldbe directed to me on extension 2803.

been circulated. I will include the daleand topic in future editions of Comment.

COSSHThe COSSH regulations have arrived!!'What? Who? How? So what? may beyour response. If you are an MSFmember you are (hopefully!) beginning tounderstand the What? Who? and How?But if you are thinking, if not actuallysaying, 'So what?' This article hopes togive you the answer.

Ken BromfieldTraining Officer non-academic staf

Under the new regulations such sub­stances are;All substances listed under the classifica­tion, packaging and labelling regulationsie they are irritant, toxic etcAll substances listed in EH40, a publica­tion setting exposure limits for manysubstances.Micro-organismsAny dust - above the 'nuisance dust'limit.Any other substance which creates a'COMPARABLE' HAZARD.Asbestos, Lead and Radiation Hazards arealready covered by separate regulations.

So why new regulations for these sub­stances?Dust. This is a collection of fine particleswhich may be chemical, allergen or evenradioactive in origin. Therefore many ofthe comments to be made about chemicalsalso apply to dust.Chemicals. Some toxicity testing ofchemicals is undertaken by variousinstitutions. This is limited because;

Fir tline mangerial skills.Managing work and time

Topic

Technician seminar ­Micropipelte maintenanceand CalibrationSelection skillsCounselling skills (adminis-

OVEMBERI Technician's seminar - cnc

Milling MachinesFirst line managerial skillsCounselling approach topeople at workSupervision for secretariesEffective writing (administrators)Employment law updateTime management (administrators)

Date

Course list:

OCTOBER16-2026

16-1724

6-107-8

DECEMBER4-8 First line managerial skills6-7 Workshop for secretaries

and their managersAppearing on cameraRapid reading and memoryskillsFinancial management(administrators)

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London niver ity Federal ProgrammeI have circulated the prospectu oftraining cour e to all Head ofDepanments. J hope that time will befound for all stafT to look at this pro­gramme in detail with their bo . I amfrcquenLly in touch with Judith Taylor, theFederal Training Co-ordinator whore pond con tructively to ideas aboutfre h topic for the programme.

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Pages 22 & 81Cowan, Dr 1 W is now on K331

Page 10 & 76Bloomer, M S should read Blomer, Mr S

Back coverQueen Mary College is now on 975 5555

Back coverLibrary Depo itory is now on (0784)434560

Delete from the alphabeti allist53 olloth, ir C

(Se retary)2.320, Clark Building

lion nitC 5taight, ir 1

Page 8Burley, Mr S should be titled 'RecordAs i tant'

Page 35Halt, Mi Y K hould be litled (Secretaryto Prof 1 A S Smith)

Page 33Project on GCSE Cro s CurricularAs es mentPacchter, M C is now on S3093

IterationsIn ide Front CoverEMERGE CY telephone number at552 King' Road i now 3333

Page 100

Page 82 Add to alphabetical listing

C2369 Devitt, Miss P BRDepartmental Lobby, Manre:saRoad

Page 53 Add to Language and Communi­cation CentreS2800 Dirner, Mrs Dolore(Manager) 2B 11, Strand Build­ing

Page 54 Add to LawS2644 Close, Mr D (part-time)Old Watch Hou e

Mathe:matic ProjectS3 Ca dron, t1rs E (Secret-ary) 2.320, Clark Building

Page 79 Add to alphabetical listingS3860 Cawdron, Mrs E DE2.320, Clark Building

Page 85 Add to alphabcticallistingS2493/1032 Frascr, Dr L lA4FA/25D, Main Building

Page 52 Add to Hi tory and Philosophyof Science

C2369 Logoreci, Mr D (part­lime), Departmental Lobby,Manresa Road

Page51 AddunderTE PORARYSTAFF

S2462 Bo yer-Bo er, is T453, 4th Fl r orfolk BuildingS2577 E an , Mr D 54, th

Fl r orfolk Building (Also addthese name:s to the alphabeticalli Ling with the code - AR)

Much i unknown about many of thechemical you come into contact with,particularly their chronic effects. There ieven le known about mixture ofchemicals.The HSE ha thi to say about mixture:'Exposure to addilional ub lance, eithersimultancou Iy or sequenlially, could giveri e to greater hazards to health.'

Marion P MurphyManufacturing, Science and FinanceHealth and Safety Officer

the re piratory tracL A chronic rea tion imu h 10 er and often cwnulati e.Protecting again t one type of effect maynot ontrol the hazards of the other.

ow that you know some of the ways inwhich chemical ,dust etc can affect yourhealth you will think about way toprevent, and if that is impo sible, to limityour exposure to them. This is what theCOSSH regulations are designed to do.

o longer think 'So what?' but think'COSSH'!

Some e ample; inyl Chloride. 1L has ana ute effect of dro ine:. Chroniceffects at le el lOO 10 to cau an a utere n may cause li er damage, nedamage and Cancer.Carbon monoxide. Acute effec includeheadache ,asphyxia and death. Chroniceffects due to repeated exposure at lowconcentrations is associated with heanproblem and nerve damage.

LTER TIO /ADDITIOTO THE EW TER LTELEPHO E DIRECTORY

To my great satisfaction there are rela­tively few amendments to be made to thenew Internal Telephone Directory, whichyou all should have by now. I would bemost grateful if you could amend yourcopy as follows:

AdditionsPage 33 Add to uffield Secondary

DeletionsPage 30 DelelC from Centre for Educa

lional StudieS3164 Logoreci, Mr D (Part­time)2.106, Clark Building

Page 33 Delete from uffield Second­ary Mathematics ProjectS3860 olloth, Mrs C (Secre-tary)2.320, Clark Building

Page 46 Delete from Continuing Educa-

Page 42 & 85Fraser, Mr D A is now in room 34AB

Page 46Continuing Education exts hould beprefixed with S not C

Pages 47 & lOOOldham, Mr B i now on S 2263 and inroom 334, 3rd Floor orfolk Building

Page 51Gardner, Dr R A M is in Room 454

Page 51Lawrence, Mr G R P also available onS2641

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In order to provide a service which more

Page 51Freeman, Miss K E is now on S2243

Page 51Shaw, Mr J i now on S2243

RC RedmondGeneral ervices Manager

Micro oft Works - an integrated word­proce ing, database, spread heet andcommunication package.

Reduced Price SoftwareThe principal activity of CHEST is tonegotiate deals with software supplierswhereby their products may be madeavailable to the academic community atvery favourable rates. One result of this ithat there is now an extensive range ofproducts for which there are special edu­cational prices. They are listed in theCHEST Directory which is publishedannually in printed form; a copy may beconsulted in the Computing Centre libraryin 23A at the Strand or in the KensingtonAdvisory office (A209, Main Building).

A full one-year return for repair warranty.Special offer of thi kind often comewith strings attached. In thi case, it is arequirement that orders be placed with theupplier for at lea t five at a time. One

order ha already been placed and themachines have been delivered. A furtherorder will be placed as soon as five moreare wanted. If you want to know moreabout the offer, or you want to place anorder, please get in touch with HushangBalyuzi (ext S2652)

CHEST also makes deals whereby, forcertain products, the Computing Centremay take out a site licence on behalf ofthe College. At present the Centre holdslicences for the following software forIBM (and compatible) microcomputers:EMU-TEK, a Tektronix 4208/VTlOOterminal emulator; SPSS-PC+, themicrocomputer version of the well knownstatistics package; the AG workstationlibrary; Ingres, a database package. Inmost cases, the Centre makes a charge for

However the current edition of thedirectory is nearly a year old and much ofthe information is out of date so you mayprefer to consult the electronic form ofthe directory. This is available on theNISS (National Information on Softwareand Services) bulletin board, to whichaccess is gained by typing CALL ISSon any computer terminal which isconnected to the College's data communi­cations network. (If you have difficultiesin doing this, please seek assistance fromthe advisory office.) Once connected tothe bulletin board, the CHEST directorymay be found in section D3D.

For the sum of £999 + VAT, you maybuy the following:

A Tl200 HB Portable PC with 1Mbof RAM, a 20 MB hard disk and a3.5" nOKb diskettedrive.A nylon, heavy-duty, carrying case.

The Computing Centre ewsletterThe October issue of the ewsletter wadistributed to all regi tered (non-under­graduate) users of the VAX computers.In addition, further copies were sent todepartment secretaries with a request thatthey be sent to those academ ic andacademic-related staff who do notnormally receive them. If you are not aregistered user but you received a copyand would like to continue to do so, youare reminded that there was a slip toreturn to request that your name be addedto the mailing list. If you did not receivea copy, you can pick one up in theadvisory offices at the Strand andKensington, or you can phone theCentre's secretary (ext S2813) and askfor one to be sent to you.

Toshiba Portable Computers - ASpecial OfferThe Combined Higher EducationSoftware Team (CHEST) has negotiateda deal with Toshiba under which theirT1200HB portable personal computermay be sold to members of the College ata large discount on the recommendedretail price of £2395 + VAT. This model,which is based on the Intel 8OC86proces or, is roughly equivalent to anIBM PC-XT.

closely meets the need of our users, theAdvisory office (23AB) i now openingan hour later at 11. am, but the overalllevel of upport has been increased bythe introduction of a second adviser whoi on duty in the office each day fromI 1.30 am to 12.30 pm and 2.30 pm to3.30 pm. The additional advi er's role iprimarily to improve the support weprovide for the users of the Centre'smicrocomputers in the PS(2, Macintoshand Humanities Computing rooms on themezzanine Ooor, and of the new imbuPC-386 network in 16A. He/ he, whomay be contacted in per on or bytelephone on extension S263 I , is able ifnecessary to leave the office to go to themicrocomputer of a user who is experi­encing problems.

Sinnott, Dr C (Director)Staight, Mrs J (AssistantDirector)Kerrigan, Ms F (AdminAssistant)FAX number

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Strand Advisory Service.From the start of the Autumn term therehave been some changes made to theComputing Centre Advisory service at theStrand.

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Page 95Change ext for Logoreci, Mrs D toC2369, Dept code to BR and location toDepartmental Lobby, Manresa Road

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Unfortunately no incidents came to lightduring thi period and !he urveillan eoperation came to an end. The Collegeom er , con in ed that !he burglars wouldreturn and knowing !hat !he police wouldnot be able to mount a second exercise,began planning an alternative operation.Their worst fear were confirmed when onthe 6 May 19 9 the burglar returned and!he fourth theft in the serie wa uffered.The planned, alternative operation was ini­tiated as oon a po sible after thi burglaryand night time and weekend urveillan e,by a peciali t profe ional group, began on12 June 1989.

would be detected and ub quently ar­r ted. (It i orth noting that thi efforta ouoted for the total monthly overtimr ource for all police operation mountedby !he Bo Street force and the College imo t grateful for !hi ub tantial com-mittmenL)

After four week no burglarie had takenplace and !hi operation was terminated onthe 8 July 1989, in orderlo minimi e costs.Almo t unbelievably the burglar returnedon !he 11 July 19 9 and the fif!h !hcft wauf ered. Thi was a remarkable coinci­

dence but it wa known for certain that theurveillance operation had not been com­

promised in any way. With thi certainknowledge the urveillance operation ware-activated and a few day later on the 19July 1989 two men were secn lcaving thetunnel at Surrey teps carrying four largenylon suitca e. Our agent respondedimmediately and in the en uing fracas wereable to apprehend one of the burglars whowa ubsequently arrested by the police.

A a result of police questioning of thearre tee further arrests were made, thelcading to the recovery of avery substantialamount ofcomputing equipment. Informa­tion already made public tells that eighteenpeople were arre ted and over 800 ma­chine recovered from variou location.around !hecounLry. (It is clear from !his andother information that the College initiativewas directly re pon ible for uncovering anational, highly organi ed group who hadbeen tealing computer equipment frommany environments.) The current positionis that is that five of the eighteen arresteehave been charged wi!h a number of thefts,among !hem tho e uffered by the College.

It would be easy, but extremely foolish, tobelieve that uch occurrence will never

Excel (a spread- heet) and ordCruncher(a texwal analy i pa kage). At Ken ing­ton there will be lecture on Stati ti alCon epts, ith practical se ion u ing

initab on !he AX, hile Word will betaught on !he imbu mi rocomputer .

THE COMP TER THEFT

A course to tempt non-computer-enthu i­asts, 'Every!hing You Wanted to Knowabout Getting Started in Computing butWere Afraid to Try ..... ', is run from timeto time in the vacations.

Dr Jean DaveApplication and nalyst! dvisorComputer Centre

A booklet has been produced by theComputing Centre with details of all !hecourse ,booking procedures and atimetable for the Autumn term. Copie ofthe booklet are available from the Com­puting Centre Advisory Offices at theStrand (room 23AB ext S2505) orKensington (room A209 Main Buildingext K261).

Later in the year caur will be a ailableon Unira graphic, AG routin ,the

nix operating y tem, advanced Fortran,ISO Pascal and the 'artifi iaJ intelligence'language Prolog.

Staff will be aware that the College suffereda serie of computer !hefts between Easterand the 19 July 1989, indeed reports of !hethefts have appeared in !he national andcomputer press and have been broadca tonbo!h local radio and televi ion tations.Further to the Principal's nece sarily briefstatement of the I A ugu t 1989 some addi­tional information can now be released whichmay be of interest.

Immediately after the third burglary whichoccurred on !he 20 April 1989 senior Col­lege Officer met with high ranking policeofficers from !he Bow Street police stationto determine a course of action to preventfurther !hefts. At thi meeting, under pres­sure from the College Officers, the policeagreed to mount a night time and weekendsurveillance operation for one month, dur­ing which it wa hoped that the burglars

The new ses ion begins with 'Gettingtarled on !he VAX': !his i a basic

introduction to the mainframe y tem fornew users and the only pre-requisite i aregistered username on one of !he CollegeVAXes. The course la ts for two half­days (usually 2.00-5.00 pm) and isrepeated several times during !he year.The first onc at the Strand will be onTuesdays lO (part 1) and 17 (part 2)October, the fir t at Kensington onThur days 12 (part 1) and 19 (part 2)October.

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distributing !he e products. For furlherinformation a ut!hese deal ,ando!her potential one, please refer torent i ue of !he ComputingCentre' ew leuer or get in tou hwith Hushang Bal uzi (ext S2652).

Hu hang Balyuzicience and Engineering

i tant DirectorComputing Centre

Computer edge !heir way into moreubjects every year, creating new needs

for equipment and teaching inHebrew as well as Mathematics, in Musicand Law, in Biology no less than Physics.The King' College Computing Centreendeavour to meet thi challenge byproviding high quality mainframe andmicrocomputing equipment, piu a rangeof hort cour es designed to help taff andtudents exploit these facilities. Many of

the courses la t for only two half-day butprovide sound introductions to all theystems and their most widely used

applications. O!her course, such as !ho eon the programming languages Fortranand Pascal, are longer and more intensive.

During the Autumn term, at the Strandthere will al 0 be VAX courses on Fortran77 and on !he tati tics package, SPSSX.For microcomputer users there will beintroductions to the Apple Mac and theIBM PS/2, plus courses on Word (word­processing), Ingre (a relational database),

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American Indian language ha been asubject of tudy in the Univer ity ofLondon.

The project will be carried out over athree-year period starting in October1989. Its purpose will be to de ign anddevelop courseware for the study ofQuechua language in its social andculLural context, and to test the use ofthese materials both in the classroom andas a tool for independent study.

Dr Rosaleen Howard-Malverde, currenLlyRe earch Fellow at the Institute of LatinAmerican Studies, will join the Depart­ment for the duration of the project andwill work with John Butt and WilliamRowe. Her task will be to compile anarchive of audio-visual material to becollected during fieldwork in Ecuador,Peru and Bolivia, and to develop class­room and self-tuition materials usingCALL and interactive video.

The teaching programme will be designedto renect the complexities of spoken

While she is at King's, Dr Howard­Malverde will provide cour es inQuechua to undergraduate students on theBA Hispanic Studies, MA HispanicStudies and MA Area Studies pro­grammes, and to outside users in relatedfields such as ethnography and anthropol­ogy.

Brochures for holidaymakers, printed inJapanese, are available from RichardLonghur t, King' campu VacationBureau, 552 King's Road. Chelsea.

Following a visit to Japan earlier thisyear, (see Comment 038) RichardLonghurst hosted a visit by a journali tand photographer from CosmopolitanJapan, which resulted in an article appear­ing in a large supplement on the joys ofholidaying in London. A photograph ofQueen Elizabeth Hall was included, andon the first day of publication fiveenquiries were received by our represen­tative in Tokyo whose telephone numberappeared in the text.

A YE FORLO DO

All smiles! Lindsay Ellio/l Hall Manager of Queen Elizabeth flail proudly presents ourvisitors with King's College designer sweatshirts.-------------

QUECHUA AT KG'S

The Department of Spanish and Spanish­American Studies has been awarded asubstantial grant by the LeverhulmeFoundation towards the development ofnew technology in the study of theQuechua language and culture.

Quechua is the first language of some13.000,000 people in the Andean regionof South America. This will be the firsttime that this widely-spoken South

IL turned out to be double congratulationsfor the two as they later learned that theyhad obtained first class degrees

RC RedmondGeneral Services Manager

King's Law students have once againproved their excellence - this time bywinning the Observer ational Mootingcompetition, the country's most prestig­ious mooring event.

MOOTI G AWARD FORKING'S

The bottom line is that the College has aduty to protect its assets and has demon­strated that it is not prepared to sit back andallow any indi vidual to steal those assets butin tead will pursue vigorously those thattreat it as a "treasure chest" to plunder atwill.

These events have led to a review of manyof the College security arrangements, inorder to improve our defences againstcrimi­nals. It is hoped that staff will appreciate therea ons for changes already made and thoseyet to come, however inconvenient theymay bc, and that co-operation will be total.

concern us in the future. in fact they havealready happened again in other establi h­ments, 0 complacency mu t not prevail.Although it is hoped that it will never benece sary to carry out further urveillanceoperation the College Officers recognithe po ibiJity and maintaining a degrec ofsecrecy will allow for a rapid and effectivere pan e to any "copycat" or other burgla­rie on our premi es. For this reason moredetailed information concerning the sur­veillance operation will not be made public.

Third year students Ivan Hare and DavidCavender fended off over 40 other lawschools to win the Observer Mace at theUniversity of East Anglia on 5 July. Inthe final they faced Huddersfield Poly­technic with a moot (a discussion bystudents on a hypothetical legal caseheard on appeal) concerning a propertylaw problem. Adjudicating the final wasLord Justice ourse. a Lord Justice ofAppeal. who commented after the compe­tition that mooting standards in thecompetition had increased by leaps andbounds over the years.

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Academic Related Research staffand on-Academic Staff for the schools:-

School of HumanitiesSchool of Education

Professor Barry IreHead of the Department of Spanish andSpani h American Studies.

He gave a deep sigh and then came a longan unintelligible stream of rapid Spanishin which I thought I heard the word'enfermcdad' (sickness).

'Tres cafes con leche completo, porfavor,' I requested, without much hope.

mumbled omething in Spani h, which Ipre umed to be our room number, andimmediately went back to leep in hichair. For ome unknown rea on we hadbeen given a large r m with three inglebed . Thi seemed to be of little impor­tance, until later that morning, when Itried to telephone for breakfa t to bebrought to our room. It was eight 0' I kand the night receptioni t was till onduty. As he had no Engli h I had to usemy 'menu' Spanish, which i all I have.

, 0 tres,' I insisted, 'dos cafes - not three,two,' I added in English.

There was a long silence at the other cnd.

I was puzzled. Why should the two of uswant three coffees?

A short while later a chambermaid arrivedwith breakfast for two and while we ate iton our balcony we discussed my madconversation with the receptionist. Wecame to the conclusion that as we wereoccupying a triple room, the receptionisthad assumed that there was a thirdmember of our party who wa too unwellto eat breakfast.

, 0 do cafes,' he said, 'tre cafe .'

'Do cafes con leche completo, porfavor', I requested, which I hoped meant'breakfast for two with white coffee.'

He rang off.

For everal mornings the fru trating 'Dos,tres' conversation was repeated. Al­though he had no English and I had noSpanish, I evenwally persuaded him toaccept the fact that we only wantedbreakfast for two, and for a week thingswent quite smoothly. That is until ourdaughter arrived unexpectedly. As shewas unable to find any accommodation,the hotelier agreed that she could occupyour third bed for the few days that sheintended to stay. The next morning Ipicked up the telephone with greattrepidation.

VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE OFTHE DESK

Due to the combination of many adversecircumstances we arrived at the smallSpanish hotel at four o'clock in themorning. The place looked completelyclosed, but by peering through the glassdoor my wife and I could discem a manfast asleep in a chair beneath the pale lightof a green-shaded bulb.

REPAIRS A D MAl TE A CE ATKE SI GTO A D CHEL EA

Central Administrative Departments& Central Service UnitsMiss Audrey GreenExtS2362

I thumped on the door for several minutesand eventually, with great reluctance, helet us in. I announced my name and inreply he thrust a key into my hand and

School of LawLibrary and Computer CentreMr Karen KiddExtS2301

Please note that the following informationin the opening of Session Commentshould have read as follows:Kensington campusRequests for repairs and maintenanceshould be referred to:Mr W Lockyear - electricalMr B Andrews - mechanical servicesincluding plumbingMr R Denne - building services includingcarpentryAll the above staff can be contacted onK309

School of Mathematical &Phy ical ScienceSchool of EngineeringMr ic BeechExt2765

Chelsea campusAll requests for repairs should be referredto Mr J Kersey, Site Engineer, EstatesOffice, 552 King's Road, exten ionC3002.EL OFFICEPERSO

Correction.The opening of Session Comment informa­tion for the Personnel Office should haveread as follows:Academic & Related AdministrativeLibrary & Computer StaffMr GeoIT CuthbertDeputy Personnel OfficerExtS2288

Quechua from both a linguistic and ialpoint of view. Students will learn torecognize a number of dialect varietie ,will be introduced to historical form ofthe language, and will become familiarwith the ocio-cultural contexts ofQuechua u age and its intera tion ithSpani h in Andean daily life.

School of Life Sciences andBasic Medical SciencesMiss Christine CreweExtS2521

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Cl IL E °GI TEER 'G CLO RE - THE E OD OF ER .There w a ery long ilence while hethought about it., '0 tre cafe, Senor,' he said with greatindignation, 'do cafes'.

'Tre cafe,' r in i ted, 'nott 0 three,' Ihouled in Engli h in exasperation,

'three!'

The clo ure of the Depanment of Ci viI Engineering lOO pia e on the 13 July 19 9 ona 'Warm ummers evening. Despite the last minute re- heduling of the 'Final Gather­ing'. due to the Briti h Rail Strike, many tuden and member of talT, both p t andpre nl, ere till able to altend and made it a u ce ful and enjoyable occasion.

Earlier in the day a pre ntation was made to Dr R Dixon, (see photograph below) andalso to Hazel Webb to wish them well on their retirement.

He rang off.

Students and members ofstaff, past and present, enjoying the evening sunshine and thecompany ofold friends

To all my friends and colleagues here atKing's please let me wish you well in thefuture and hope you go from trength tostrength.

Hazel WebbFormer Departmental Secretary for theDepartment of Civil Engineering

Although it was not my original plan totay at King's for so many years and

commute uch di tance , I enjoyedworking with the Civil Engineers 0 muchthat I could not bring my elf to leave.They were/are a great collection of peoplewho helped to make a really dynamicdepartment. I would always look forwardto getting to work and even returning afterholidays.

rwould like to express my deep apprecia­tion to all those who attended my retire­ment party, sent their good wi hes andcontributed towards my retirement Dr and Mrs Dixon at the presentationpresent. I have chosen a set of whiteenamelled garden chairs and table and thebalance of the money is to be u edtowards a canopy for my inglenookfireplace.

Don MindelAtkin Receptionist, Ken ingtoncampus

Later - much later, two breakfasts arri ed.He had beaten me at la t and my daughterhad to have breakfast in the dining r m,renowned throughout the Balearic for itslow ervice and deaf waiter .

ILETTER

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LECTURES MEETINGS AND SEMINARSTHE REVOLUTION IN MICROSCOPYProfessor A Howie, FRS, CavendishLaboratory, Cambridge

ADVA CE OTICE OFMAJOR COLLEGELECTURES

Tuesday 7 ovember 1989CHELSEA LECTUREKING'S WELCOMES W1SE WOMEN!Baroness of Platt of Writtle5.30 pm, 552 King's Road Chelseacampus

Monday 4 December 1989COMMEMORATION ORATIONTitle LO be announcedLecture to be given by Lord Briggs ofLewes5.30 pm, The ew Theatre

INAUGURAL LECTURES

CENTRE FOR PIDLOSOPHICALSTUDIESMonday 16 OCLOber 1989HOPEProfessor Stewart Sutherland, Principal ofKing's College5.30 pm, Room 2B08 Strand Building

DIVISION OF BIOSPHERE SCI­ENCESTuesday 17 OctoberMICROBIAL RESPIRATION FROMKEILIN TO CLONING, AND BACKProfessor Robert K Poole, Professor ofMicrobiology5.30 pm, The Alien Theatre Kensingtoncampus

KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL OFMEDICINE AND DENTISTYMonday 23 October 1989IT'S A SMALL WORLDProfessor David C A Candy, Professor &Head of Department of Child Health.4.30 pm, Main Lecture Theatre,Medical School

DEPARTMENT OF MUSICTuesday 31 October 1989ITALIAN OPERA AND E GLISHCULTURE IN THE LATE 18TH CE ­TURYProfessor Curtis Price, King EdwardProfessor of Music and Head of Depart-

ment5.30 pm, The ew Theatre, Strandcampus

AGE CO CER INSTIT TE OFGERO TOLOGYMonday 13 ovember 1989WHY THE SUDDEN INTEREST INAGEING?Professor Anthea Tinker, Director of AgeConcern Institute of Gerontology andProfessor of Social Gerontology5.30 pm, The New Theatre, Strandcampus

PUBLIC LECTURES

CENTRE FOR SYMBOLISM ANDIMAGINATION IN LITERATUREThursday 26 October 1989THE SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OFSYMBOLS AND CULTURAL IDEN­TITYOr Jose Gabriel Universidade Nova deLisboa5.30 pm, Room 1B06 Strand campus

FACULTY OF LAWSThursday 2 November 1989WORKING ON THE CROWN OFFICELISTRt Hon Lord Justice Mann5.30 pm, Room 3B20, Strand campus

MAXWELL LECTURESMonday 16 October 1989WHAT IS PHYSICS?Mr M Ebison, Institute of Physics

Monday 23 OCLOber 1989EFFICIENT SOLAR ENERGY CON­VERSIONOr M G Hutchins, Oxford Polytechnic

Monday 30 October 1989STRUCTURE OF THE NUCLEUSOr 0 K Butt, Birkbeck College

Monday 6 November 1989THE LIFE AND WORK OF SADICARNOTOr M T Sprackling, King' CollegeLondon

Monday 13 November 1989

All lectures to be given in Room 2C,Strand Buiding from 2.00 pm-3.00 pm.

SEMINARS

DEPARTME T OF HISTORY A DPHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCEWednesday 11 October 1989LECTURERS ON NATURAL PHI­LOSOPHY IN LO DON IN THE MID­18TH CENTURY: ONE ANTECEDENTFOR KING'S COLLEGEOr Alan Morton, Science MuseumLondon

Wednesday 18 October 1989THIRTY YEARS OF BRITISH LOGIC,1960-1990Professor Wilfred Hodges, Queen MaryCollege.

Wednesday 25 October 1989RATIONALITY, CO-ORDINATIONAND CONVENTION: VARIATIONSON A THEME OF DAVID LEWIS.Professor Margaret Gilbert, University ofConneticut and Wolfson College, Oxford.

Wednesday 1 November 1989HALDANE'S PART IN THE CONTRO­VERSY OVER OXYGEN SECRETIONIN THE LUNGS.Or Steve Sturdy, University of Manches­ter.

Wednesday 8 November 1989A COMPARISON OF THREE STAGESIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSI­CAL THEORY: THE ARISTOTELIAN,CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM.Or Helena Barroco, Universite Calholiquede LouvainAll seminars held at 2.15 pm in RoomIB06, Strand campus

Wednesday 15 November 1989One day conference:PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM ME­CHANICSProfessors Vigier and Hiley10.00 am-4.00 pm, Room 2B23 Strandcampus(arranged in conjunction with theCentre for Philosophical Science fortheir seminar series Philosophy ofAnimals and the Environment)

Simon Croftednesday I ovembcr 19 9URAL fETWORKS FOR SPEECH

RECOG TIOGuy BunkerColloquia ~i11 begin at 1.15 pm inRoom G02.

B The above (j t i provi ional pleasetelephone for confirmation.

Wednesday 15 ovember 19 9SOME FURTHER THOUGHTS 0STYLE-MODULATIO I 20THCENTURY MUSIC.Professor Peter Dickinson, London.Both colloquia begin at 5.00 pm inRoom GOI, Strand campus

COURSES

, TIT TE OF 0 A CED 1 I·C L T DIWednesday 8 I ovember 1989BREAKING THE SHACKLES: 0VERDI FORMS VERDI'S TIMEProfessor Roger Parker, Comell Univer­sity

CO RTA LD I TIT TE OF ARTSOMERSET HOUSE I AUGURALLECTURES HO OUR OF FR KDAVISTue day 14 ovembcr 1989TWO FRE CH PORTRAITS I THE

ATI0 AL GALLERY, LO DO :THE MARQUISE DE SEIGNELAY

D MADAME DE POMPADOURNeil MacGregor, Dircctor, NationalGallery.

Tue day 21 ovember 1989THE GENESIS OF EASEL PAl TI GProfessor Hans Belting, University ofMunich.5.30 pm, Courtauld Institute of Art

omerset House

Friday IO ovembcr 1989RESPO SE ELEME TS, FACTORS

D MUT TS IN THE CONTROLOF INTERFERO -INDUCIBLE GENEEXPRESSIODr lan Kerr, ICRF, 'Lincoln' Inn FieldsAll seminars are held at 1.15 pm in theBasement Lecture Theatre of theDepartment of Biophysics, 26/29 DruryLane unle otherwise stated.

COLLOQ lA

DEPARTME T OF COMP TI 'GWednc day 18 October 1989FUNCTIO AL PROGRAMMING FORARRAYSOFTRANSPUTERSHugh Glaser, Southampton

Thursday 16 0 ember 19 9OPTO-ELECTRO C 10D ATIOSPECTROSCOPY

Dr J G Swanson King' College London11 minar held at 1.15 pm· 2.15 pm

in Room 11 , trand campu

Friday 27 October 1989RIBOSOMAL R A AS THE TARGETSITE FOR ANTIBIOTICSDr Mike Cannon, King' College London

Friday 3 ovembcr 19 9CHAOTIC BEHAVIOUR SI GLE

URO ES D SMALL RVETWORKS

Professor Arun V Holden, CenLIc for non­linear Studie & Physiology Department,University of Leeds.1.15 pm Room IB04, trand campus

DEP RTME T OF BIOPH ICFriday 20 October 1989ARE EXCITOTOX S A CA SE OFMOTOR fEURO DISEASE?Dr Peter unn, King's College London

What Philo ophers Say About (a serieof lecture for the public on Science,Human Rights and Language)Thursday 2 ovember 19 9SCIE CEProfcs or M Redhead6.00 pm in Room 6C

Thursday 23 October 19 9DECISIO THEOR Y B SI SSProfe or Adam onon

DEPARTME T OF ELECTRO ICA 0 ELECTRICAL E GINEERI GTh ursday 12 October 1989ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OFMUSICAL I STRUMENTSDr M Sandler, King's College London

Thursday 9 ovember 1989I TER ATIO AL E IRO­

E TAL LAWDr Philippe Sand

Philo ophy and Busine (a ri ofminar

Thursday 19 October 19 9I TROD CTIO TO B S SSETHICSProfe or Ja k ahoney

E. 'TRE fOR PHILO OPHIC LT DI

Thursday 19 October 1989INTRODUCTIO TO HIGH ELEC­

TRO MOBILITY TR SISTORS(HEMT's) AND HETEROJUNCTIOBIPOLAR TR SISTORS (HBT's)Jim Luck, King's College London

Thur day 16 0 ember 19 9BUSI SS RESPO SIBILITY FORTHEE VIRO E TProfes or Jack Mahoney

11 eminars to be held at 6.00 pm inRoom 6C, Strand cam pu

Thur day 26 October 1989DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBRESE SORSR Thomas, King' College London

Wedne day 25 October 1989HOW TO MULTIPLY MATRICESFASTRichard Overill

COMP TI G CE TRE HORTCO R ETuesdays 10 & 17 October 1989GElTI G STARTED 0 THE VAX(pARTS 1 & 2)

Thursday 2 ovember 19891 TRODUCTIO TO NEURAL ET­WORKSD A Frascr, King's College LondonThursday 9 ovember 1989DIGITAL IMPLEMENTATIO OF M­QAM MODEMSP Fines, King' College London

Wednesday 1 ovember 1989SOME ASPECTS OF PROGRAMVERIFICATIOMalcolm Bird

Wedne day 8 ovember 1989PARALLEL ARCHlTECTURES ANDTHEPARLECONFERE CE

Wednesdays 11 & 18 October 1989GETTING STARTED 0 THE VAX(PARTS 1 & 2)

MICROSOFT WORD 0 THE IBM PSI2 (pARTS 1 & 2)

Wednesday 18 October 1989

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INTRODUCTIO TO THE APPLEMACINTOSHWedne day 25 October, 1,8, 15,22,29

ovember & 6 December 19 9FORTR 77 (pARTS 1 TO 7)

Wedne day 25 October 1989 & 1 0­

vember 1989MICROSOFT WORD 0 THE APPLEMACINTOSH (PARTS 1 & 2)

Wedne day 25 October 1989I TRODUCTIO TO OOS

Wednesday 1 ovember 1989ADVANCED OOS

Wednesdays 8 & 15 ovember 1989INGRES (pARTS 1 & 2)

Wedne day 8 ovember 1989EXCELAll cour e to be held 2.00 pm ·5.00 pm,Strand campus. Further details fromAdvisory Room 23AB extension S2505.

Thursday 12& 19 October 1989GETTING STARTED 0 THE VAX(pARTS 1&2)

Fridays 13 & 20 October 1989GETTING STARTED ON THE VAX(pARTS 1 & 2)

Wednesday 25 October 1989STATISTICAL CONCEPTS

Wednesdays 1 & 8 November 1989MINITAB (pARTS 1 & 2)All courses to be held 2.00 pm . 5.00 pmKensington campus. Further detailsfrom Advisory, Room 209 extensionK261

FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPAWARDS 1990/91

Fulbright/British Council HigherEducation Link AwardsA number of grants will be awarded forapproved collaborative projects, includingfaculty exchange and joint research,between institutions of higher education inthe USA and the UK. Applications must

STAFF KEEP FIT

Keep Fit to Mu ic and Body Conditioningcia ses took place throughout the summervacation on the Strand campus. Pleasesee picture for evidence! However, nomale member of staff joined in. Doe thismean the male taff of the College thinkthey are fit? Could this be a challenge ?!!AJI those who did participate felt thebenefits of it. So much SO that they werekeen to continue throughout the autumn.

Body Conditioning/Fitness Trainingclasses for staff will restart on WEDNES­DAYS from 18 October 1989 at 1.00 pmin B2, Main Building Strand campus(next to reprographics). 45 minute class£ LOO.Wear comfortable clothing and trainers.Any queries contact extension S2624.

be made initially by the UK participantand the closing date for 1990m is 31October 1989.

Fulbright Fellowships for ResearchLibrary StaffThe Fulbright Commission will offer oneaward to a UK Research Librarian tospend a minimum of three months at arelevant library in the United States. Theaim of the award is to promote theexchange of ideas between library staff inthe two countries and to enable partici·pants to acquire knowledge and experi­ence of library work in a transatlanticsetting. Closing date for receipt ofcompleted application forms for 1990/91is 31 December 1989.

Fulbright Fellowships for AcademicAdministratorsThe Fu1bright Commission will offer, inassociation with the British Council, up tofour awards to UK university/polytechnicadministrators to enable them to gainprofessional experience in the UnitedStates over 1990/91. Applicants must besupported by their home institutions tospend a minimum of three months at oneUS institution of Higher Education. Theclosing date for awards in 1990/91 is 31

Body Conditioning at the Strand. Whereare the men?

January 1990. Further details can beobtained from either the Fulbright Com­mission 6 Porter Street, London W1 M2HR, tel 01 4867697 or, where appropri­ate, the British Council, OEAD, 65Davies Street, London W1Y 2AA, tel 019308466.

KI G'S A D THE ROYALACADEMY OF MUSICKing's and the Royal Academy of Musicintend to create a joint Centre for teachingand research in Music, while remainingseparate legal entities.

The Centre will provide opportunities forresearch, postgraduate studies andeducation and training at the highcst level,combining both performance and theoreti­cal aspects of music. A comprehensivedegree programme will be created tocombine both performance and theoreticalstudies operating alongside the existingKing's College BMus degree.

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Professor Barry lfe and D%res Ditner at the London Language Show at the BarbicanCentre.

Dolores DitnerManager of the Language and Commu­nication Centre

We intend to take a stand again next yearand will be pleased to display and pro­mote any degree or hort course ,recentpublications, journals and anything thatlanguage departments wi h to promote.

TTHE

There was a teady now of vi itors to theland throughout the three days and we

had a very positive feedback from thevariou people we poke to: they wereimpre sed by our stand and our presenceat this first international show in London.

The picture to the left i of the Languageand Communication Centre land at theLondon Language Sho ,held at theBarbican Centre from 13 - 15 June.Profe sor Barry He and Dr John Buttcame to help allend to all kind of querifrom teachers, pro pective students,people in industry and ju t plain spiesfrom the educational sector looking atwhat competitors were doing in the fieldof courses and of CALL (ComputerAssisted Language Learning).

L G GE HOB RBIC

visitor spacious, self-contained fiat inquiet square near King's Road site.Bedroom, living room, hall/dining room,kitchen, bathroom. Easy access to publictransport to West End/Strand. AvailableJanuary-April 1990. £125 per week plusbills. Contact Guy Claxton on 01 87231500r013524741.

SMALL ADS

TO LET

Quiet, secluded, 2 bedroom cottage,Sydenham, SE London (cI820), 20minute train to Charing Cross and Victo­ria. To let fully furnished. Gas centralheating, garden and parking. Suitable forvisiting academic couple. £400 percalendar month plus electricity, gas andphone bills.Contact 016998574 (day or evening).Any queries regarding this advert pleaseaddress to Lindsay ElliotL ResidencesManager Queen Elizabeth Hall, Kensing­ton site.

A delightful 3 bedroom semi-detachedfamily house in the London NW9 area tolel. Suit Academic visitor to the Univer­sity. Please ring Andriana Antonion on014857875 during office hours or 01 2058322 in the evenings.Further information available from DVaidya (Computing Depl.) on ext S2725.

VACA CY

RESEARCH OFFICERCentre for Heat Transfer and Fluid FlowMeasurement, Department of MechanicalEngineering.

Applications are invited for the post ofResearch Officer in the Centre, which isbeing established with support from theCollege. The activities of the Centreinvolve both long-term fundamentalresearch and short-term contract work. Awide range of experimental facilities areavailable including laser-Doppler ane­mometry, liquid crystal thermography,video image processing and refractive­index matching. The person appointedwiLl be involved in all aspects of the workand will have to liaise closely withindustrial sponsors.

equivalent in Mechanical Engineering,Physics or a related discipline. Previousexperience with some of the measurementtechniques will be an advantage but is notessential as training wiLl be provided.Initial salary will be in the range £11,466- £12,738 per annum, including Londonallowance (Research and Analogous StaffRange 18).

Applications in the form of a curriculumvitae with the names of two refereesshould be sent to Dr M Yianneskis,Department of Mechanical Engineering,King's College London, Strand, by 15October. Informal enquiries are welcomeand should be directed to Or M Yianne­skis or Dr M J Tindal (Tel 8365454 ext52428,2431. Direct line 873 2428).

Perfect for a Spring Term sabbatical

16···· ...Candidates should have a degree or

Mr G J H BakerCommunications and Research Group

The Communications Research Grouppent the first week of September at the

19th European Microwave Conferen eexhibiting ome of their re earch to thedelegates and visitor . The tand was agreat ucce .with a great deal of interestbeing hown by a number of potentialresearch sponsors as well as by pasttudents and friends of King's College.

KI G' COMM ICATE

NEWS ROUND UPJohn Pearson discusses the CRG's work with researchers/rom RACAL and LeicesterUniversity.

PLAYS IN THE EWTHEATRE

Plaza Suite by eil SimonL10yd Bank Amateur and OperaticSociety25,26 & 27 October 1989New Theatre 7.30 pm

A Chorus of Disapproval by AlanAykboumeStock Exchange Players8,9 & 10 ovember 1989

cw Thcatre 7.30 pm

Robert and Elizabeth. A musical by RMiller & Ron Grainer

ational Westminster Bank Players.22,23,24 & 25 ovember 1989

ew Theatre 7.30 pm

For further information on the aboveplay, please contact Mr John Brand,Theatre Manager on ext S2158/2386.

ST CATHARINE'SCO FERE CE

Between Friday 3 November and Sunday5 November a residential conference istaking place which is hoping to draw

participants from universities and othersectors of higher education. The title ofthe conference is 'Autonomy in theUniversities' .

This confercnce is the latest in a numberof St catharinc's Conferenccs that havebeen conccmed with educational issues.

The conferencc is taking place at Cumber­land Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Wind­sor, Berkshire which is the King GeorgeVI and Queen Elizabeth Foundation of StCatharine's, a Christian Educational Trust.

Further details are available from theconference organiser: Dr Geoff Williams,St Catherine's Foundation, CumberlandLodge, The Great Park, Windsor. Tele­phone (0784) 43231/434893. FAX(0784) 38507

EW TELEPHO E UMBER

The telephone number for all MedicalCollege Departments, of the MedicalCollege of Saint Bartholomew's Hospital,on the Charterhouse Square site is now:9826000. Thc telephone number for theMain Administration Offices on the WestSmithfield site will remain the same.

ALLCHA GEATTRE T

On 25 September Trent Polytechnicchanged its name and is now to be knownas Nottingham Polytechnic. Changeshave also been made to the telephonenumber which is now (0602) 418418.

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opportunities available to them.

Finance

The Principal turned his allention to thefinancial affairs of the College, remarkingupon its growing stability and progres­sion. The College had more than brokeneven, producing a modest surplus overthe last two years, a trend set to continueover the current three year plan - anothersign of effective policies being used withsuccessful results. King's is still carryinga long-term deficit from the time of themerger but this is gradually being eroded.

Buildings

Comwall House

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th bigge t opportunity of all, has enpur h ed and work has begun, with theannex being gutted and refurb' hmentbeginning hortly, so it ill be ready nextummer when 552 King' Road i acated

prior to le. The cash raised from thele will pro ide the funds for the refur-

b' hment of the re t of Cornwall Houseand hopefully the Strand campus.

We tfield

Plan to acquire a large pan of theWe tfield campu for student residenceare in hand. Initially this provide 550place for students at Westfield coveringthe number to be 10 t in the eventual saleof cenain of the College's current resi­dence provision. It was hoped eventuallyto extend the number of place beyond550 up to 00 and provide a more imagi­native range of services, looking into thepo ibilitie of accommodation forpostgraduate and overseas students, whomay have different need and for vi itingfellow and academics. There wereopportunities at Westfield that had to becon idered and eized he said.

Sports field

A new sport ground at ew Maiden hasbeen purchased together with an extra 12acres of land. Adjacent to the College'sports field is LSE's, providing anopportunity of pos ibly developingfacilities together. Another example thePrincipal believed, of how an opportunityhad been created and must now be used.

Strand campus

Mention was made of the refurbishmentof various areas of the Strand campus andaloof the propo ed plan for the whole ofthe ite. The Principal stated that ifanyone had particular opinions about theproposal • there i till time to expresthem.

Recent Highlights

The Principal outlined some of the pastsuccesses.

Sir lames Black's Nobel Prize wasobviously a great triumph with Sir lamesnow carrying out world clas research atHalf Moon Lane. The opportunity forhim to use these laboratories wa created

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a number of years ago v, hen the Collegemerged - if they had not, the ite ouldnot ha e been there to exploit - and nov,there is a po ibility that more of thebuilding Jil u d for re earch pur-pose.

The Pre ntalion Celebration held inSeptember the Principal hailed a a greatsucce and delightful occa ion. Attendedby 750 graduates and 2,000 gue ts it wasa grand event which pro oked a goodresponse from parents and friends. Thedate for next year i Monday 10 Septem­ber. (See the special supplement in thisedition/or a record 0/ the day).

The Department of Physiotherapy de­served a special mention a it had beenfunded entirely from outside source - amo t remarkable achie ement Profe sorSutherland declared.

He noted al 0 the con olidation that hadrecently curred on the Strand campuswith the installation of the new computerand the telephone y tern and mentionedthe achievements of the Vacation Bureauwith an annual turnover of £1,500,000through conferences, lettings etc. whichhelps in turn to keep student rents down.The College, due to its location in CentralLondon, had a special advantage which ithad used well.

Research Rating

The Principal turned then to the UFCratings and extended congratulations tothose areas and departments that had donewell, in particular, Education, Arts andMusic, Theology, Laws and the pre­clinical departments. Overall, he be­lieved, that the College had movedupward, a good achievement consideringthat the College had been assessed at adifficult stage in its life, ie during the timeof the merger. However, clearly furtherconsideration of research policy in certainareas would be nece sary.

College Council

The Principal reported that workingparties had been set up on the instructionof the Council to look into two areas ofparticular imponance:-

1) A day nursery - this working party

v, as being led by Lady 1ayhe ,a Lay1ernber of Council.

2) St 1ary-Le-Strand Church - thibuilding i no redundant to the dioceseof London and they had asked if King'would be interested. The orking panywould loo into the po ibility of theCollege u ing iL

Both working panie ould be happy toaccept corn men from members of taff.

The ev p

Professor Sutherland concluded hisaddre to staff by discussing the recentevcp annual meeting in Leeds whichaddre sed the lack of money in theUniver ity y tern aused by Governmentpolicy and the need to find fund fromelsewhere to survive.

There are variou option open to univer-itic for rai ing extra finance; a tudent

voucher ystem or students paying fortheir place i ju t one of them. Theevcp ha commi ioned a study of theimplications of thi type of sy tern and ofwhat real co ts are to educate students andwhether they could be applied consis­tentlyacro s the country. It is only whenthis study has been made that the CVCPcan argue from strength with the Govern­ment about the sysLCm of Univer ityfunding.

The Principal stressed that there are arange of views within the CVCP and thatthe recent newspaper reports concerningthe meeting were not strictly accurate; thecvep had not decided to charge the fullco t of fees to students. It is not withintheir power to do so. (Sec the cvepreport below).

Profe sor Sutherland ended by lookingforward to the opportunities that would becoming up in the following year and tohow the College could create and capital­ise upon them.

EXPA DI G THE U IVERSI­TIES

A report from the annual meeting of theCVC? held last month in Leeds.

The leaders of the UK's univer ities were

meeting against the background ofGovernment policy - fir t announced inJanuary 1989 and reiterated by the newSecretary of State for Education, Mr JohnMacGregor in his speech to the Vice­Chancellor - to double the number oftudents in higher education in the next 25

year . The Universitie wholly supportthis policy.

The Vice-Chancellors' di cussion concen­trated mainly on:

StudentrecruitrnentQuality controlFinance for expansion of teaching

tudent recruitment

The Vice-Chancellors di cussed the kindof cour e developments and admis ionarrangements that will be needed to makeuniversity education attractive to familieswho are so far unfamiliar with highereducation. Credit transfer such as alreadyoperates between the Open University andother universities and between some FEcollege and their local universities areexpected to develop further. Studentswith B TEC qualifications can expect awarm welcome. Mature students andpart-time students will be admitted inincreasing numbers.

Quality control

The Committee accepted in principle aproposal from its Academic StandardsGroup, chaired by the Principal, Profes orSutherland, that an Academic Audit Unithould be set up to monitor universities'

own quality control mechanisms. Thedetailed arrangements and costings for theAudit Unit will now be worked out andbrought back to the CVCP's Council.

Financing expansion

It has now become clear that the Govern­ment will not pay for the expansion itde ire at a level which will protect highquality. It has also become clear duringthis meeting that the universities see theUFC's plans to channel such Governmentmoney as there is to universities through acomplex bidding system as potentiallycumbersome, intrusive and an impedi­ment to efficient management.

The CVCP were unanimous in supporting

the need to identify and publicise the fullco ts of all university course. TheCommillee were also agreed on the needto tudy a range of options as to howthese costs would in future be met in theab ence of adequate Government funding.One possibility which will be explored, incon ultation with the CDP and others, isbased on charging full cost fees for allundergraduates, these fees being met inwhole or in part by scholarships derivedfrom the continuing Government fundingof Higher Education and from othersources.

In making this move Vice-Chancellors areaware of the concern that students andparents might feel at such change. Vice­Chancellors are detennined that a rapidlyincreasing population of Universitystudents be offered a high quality educa­tion. Should a change to full cost fees beintroduced they would appeal to presentand prospective students, parents andemployers for help in persuading theGovernment to provide a generous levelof scholarship provision.

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Commenl is the College's regular staffnew letter, issued by the InfonnationOffice (ext 2179) three times a tenn, withspecial editions if required. Contributionsare warmly welcomed from any membersof College. For example, profiles ofspecific people or areas of activity, newsof events, views on College matters,photos, cartoons, items for sale, puzzlesor quizzes. Comment is sent to all staffand made freely available through theStudent Union. Copy dates and publica­tion dates are included at the end of eachedition.

The copy date for the next edition is 3ovember for publieation the week ofl3ovember.

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