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the College ewsletterr t £.1 1 n d n

I'ice-Prillcipallall Caillsford recei...'es Ihe Braziliall fOOlbal1 ofllip allhe l'IId of1nl'

ronfer{'//ufrolll a /{raleflll ptll1icipf/lll, "alcned 11)'lhe Bmziliall.llllllflssador.

d

n application by [hc College [0

rede\'elop 127 Smrnford Street,

opposite Cornwall House, for

swdcm accommodation was gramedby Lambeth Borough Council a[ [he

meeting of its planning ub-commi[[ee

on I1 January.

The residence will accommodatc

some 500 swdem in elf-comained

!i\'e- and six-bedroom Ila[ with

basemem communal recreation and

swdy pacc.. ome re[ail prO\'i ion willbe incorporated a[ S[fee[ level on

Cornwall Road.

The building wa erected in as

\\'H mi[hs' priming works in 1916

and used by a \aricty of primers umil

1977. The existing building is sui[able

onl~ for [he purpo e for which i[ \\'a

originally built - [0 house ma sive

priming pre ses which modern

[eehnology has nOlI made redundant.

Demoli[ion of [he building, (o[her

than the Smmford [ree[ facade whi h

will remain), will start in ~Jarch and

building in lay J995 with comple[ionfor occupancy in ep[ember 1996.

n architect's drawing of [he

proposed site is hown on page 16,

\Iichael Zander, L. E; [he

Im'e tiga[ion of Drugs Offence and

Burglaries in England and \\'ales, by

Commander John Grie\ e, Head of

codand Yard, and Human Righ[s and

Criminal JuStice, by Dr Conor Gearty,

hool of Law, KCL. Panicipam

commcmed that [hese is ue were al 0

vcry [Opieal in Brazil, whcrc [heir

crime problems arc similar althoughsomewhat larger.

[ [he closc of [he conferencc a

ceremony wa held in [he Grea[ Ilall,

during which [he Brazilian nag was

COlllilllled Oil page ""'-'0

pproxjma[el~ 90 Brazilian

magi [fate ,lawyer and judges

a[[ended a conference of [he

Bra7ilian Bar As ocia[ion a[ King's on 5

and 6 January 1995, on [he d,eme of

Engli~h Criminal Law and riminal

Ju [ice. Three Judges of [he upremeCoun of Bral.il, :-'Iinis[f() Francisco

Rezek, .\Iini [ro Jose, cry da Sil\'eira

and :-'Iinis[ro Claudio, anws, aho [()ok

pan in [he pro eedings.

Panieipams heard Iccwres onwhite collar crime, by Profes or

Leonard Leigh, L E; Police Powers

and the Criminal Proces , b. Professor

I' 'I.: I

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Or Robin Hoult

Pharmacology

(nor forgening rhe parenc and

teachers l ), Tre\'or Jones wenr on to

poinc out that our graduates are ~ening

our on a long seienrifie voyage which

will be notable for the rapidly changing

environmenr in which it rake~ place.

Pharma olo!!:y is ar thc forefronr of

seiencific ad anccs, not only in

de\'eloping new medicines (our

principal raison d'erre) bur also in rhe

undersrandin!!: of disea e, Wc arc

passing through a new age of

bioscience research - the molecular

biology revolution - and arc already

well on course for the geneticre\'olution - a period in which we will

come to under tand the \'ery e sence

of our being at the level of genestfllerure. This will offer unparalleled

opporruniries for under tanding and

rreating all kinds of human disease,

many pre\'iously thought re i tanc to

incef\'encion. Howe\'er. thi power will

bring enormous respon ibilirie interms of sciencific and ethical issues,

\Ye are again vef)' grateful to all our

indusrrial ponsor. many of whom wearc pleased ro welcome again for thi

enjoyable and enrerraining evenr.

•z•

he annual Pharmacology

prize-giving ceremony was

held on Thursday

December in rhe Ga\'in Room at

\Ianresa Road. This \\'as accompanied

by a la\·i. h and buffet pro\ided by the

College catering sef\·ices.\Ve were again espe iall)' fonunate

in being able to welcome adistinguished friend of rhe College,

Professor Trevor Jones, to presenc rhe

prize. He is seen above (Iefr) with

Pamela Towler, Sehar Ta keen, Sanjay

Pate I, Hussan \lujtaba and JonathanPilgrim (rear), who \\ere awarded the

pecial prize for, ef\'ier

Pharmaceutical for their group

pre encation on the second year Drug

Developmenc course.

Professor Jone is vi itingProfes or in the Departmenr of

Pharmacology but also ha rrong link

with rhe Pharmacology Group, having

worked with us for ome years on the

external re\iew panel. He i al 0 a

member of rhe 'ollege ouncil, and is

now Chief Execuri\'e of the

o iation of rhe Briri hPharmaceurical Indusrry. He gave a

~hon ralk before making the

presenrarions, raking for hi~ rheme

":-\ew horizon" new hopes".

~ \\'ell as congrarulating the

~wdencs for their effons and successes

/I

fmlltllllll'd (rolll frollt ptlf!f)

Dr J ulia Fionda

. ehool of Law

pn; enred ro rhe College. The \ ice­

PrinCipal. \Ir lan Gain~ford. gan; a

c1o~lOg Jddn;~~ in whilh he rhanked

rhe Brazilian Bar.\ ociarion for

\ I HlOg King' and rhJnkcd rhe

organi~er~of rhe conference. Dr Juli,1

Fionda, Lecwrer 10 La\\ Jr King'~ and

Dr J()~c.: Eu~raquio0,\\ aldo. Federal

Coun,ellor of rhe BraLilian Bar

\,~ociarion. Gue~rs ar the closing

ceremony abo included the Brazilian

.\mba~~ador, \lr Ruben~ ,\nwnio

Barbo~a, \Ir~ Julia Braggim, J)irecwr

of rhe In~rirure for rhe Srud) and

Trearmenr of Delinquenc) ,lnd \Ir

Jerem) Connor. Sripendiaf\

\ hlgi,rrate ar Bo\\ Srreer.

\lan) gifrs \\ere e,-changed

ber\\een rhe College and rhe

panicipanrs, including the Br3l.ilian

foorball srrip wh ich wa, pre enred {(J

rhe \'iee-Prineipal'Thi~\\'a~ rhe fifrh

such conference held here for the

BraL:ilian Bar As ociarion over the lasr

ren years and many of rhe panicipancs

fondly remcmbered \'isiting King'~ in

the pasr. Or Os\\'aldo commenced that

the Conference ha bccn so successful

that he hoped to rerurn with the

Brazilian Bar As ociarion again in rhe

furure.

( ..areer S r lei 19 (-AO leg

.Ja I~' ir 1}9

he Careet ervice is

organising the ollege Law

Fair \\'hich i taking place on

\londay 30 and Tuesday 31 Januaf)' in

rhe Grear Hall, Srrand Campus,

berween 12.00 and 15.00.

This year there are 25 differenc

exhibitors on each day.They include

all the major City law firms, rhe

General Council of the Bar, the

Instirute of Legal E ecurives, the

College of Law, Governmenr Legal

Sef\'ice and rhe Bar ,\ssoeiarion for

Commerce, Finance and lndu~rf).

e\ef)one is welcome.

III

r1

hcre arc till a e\1 plJLe le t

on the \ledla kll! Luur e

I cc December' Comllll'll/J.

Pcter Hobda\ from Radio 4'

TfJdll\' programme, will take parr to aonc-da~ traintng e Ion talking abotlt

hi work a~ a journali t. hO\1 a nC\I'

programmc i put togethcr and \I hereatademl(; fir into the ne\\ prucc ,.

lie \1 ill rhen conducr inrcn·ic\\., \1 Ith a

number of thc participanr' which will

be played back and analy ed.

The course tarr~ \1 ith Chri

Kenyon jone' and \lelanie Gardner

from rhc Pre" e Publica[lon~ Officc

di't:u,.,ing topic, ,uch a'> ne\\" value"

ho\\ to placc toric." differenr typc" ofmedia and hO\1 to dcal \1 ith journ.tlt.,rs.

Thc cour,c i, open to all

academiC'> \1 ho wanr to become more

familiar \\ ith the wa~ the media \Iork .

Contact \!e1anic Gardncr, Pre ., ePuhlication' Officc on cxt '07.).

n auwmated voice processing

,y,rcm capable of re ponding

to incoming calls pre,ently lostdue ro thc large volume of traffic

handled at thc ~witchboard (currenrly

'ome 12,500 calb a day arc received) i.,

to bc in tailed on the Collegetclephonc nerwork.

The ne\\ 'y tem will an~wer

caller afrer 10 seconds and deal with

rhem auromatically, offering a number

of choice, a\'ailable \ ia the telephone

key pad. It is planned [() be operational

before rhe cnd of February.

Thc sy'tem \I ill also bc cquippedwith \'()ice me'aging faeilitie~, to bc

pha cd in some time after the initial

in tallation. \.oieemail boxes \1 ill be

a\'ailable to all exten ion holders and

recorded messages will be accessiblc

remotely from any standard, tone

generating, relcphone. mall

monrhly charge will be le\'ied [() fund

thi, service. Further details will bc

made available a necessary.

H C Redmond

General Serviee~ \lanager

up J project group m eptcmbcr [hi

\CJr. 1 hi I thc 1-.1 I t.1cnron it:

Information cn KC I prujeu group.

One ut rhe area \\ Ithm th" group i

the Introduction of en in: ba ed on

CD RO\l nct\\orking. It \1 ill be

rargeted mltlally at the net\lorking of

blbliographit: and other tc,rual

databa e'. uch a an on-line \ cr ion of

the Oxford F.II'J//JR Dlr//oIlO!)'. Thc

peed and functionality of the pre enrcomputer communicatlon~

infra'tructure within thc Collcgemean, thar networking multi-mcdia

CO RO\I di,c,>. imohing ~ound.

pj<.rure~, and \'ideo, i, a longer tcrmundertaking.

. 'C\I hard\\are to et up a CD

RO\l net\lorklllg ,cn ice ha~ been

purcha'ed and inirial testing ha' bcencarncd our. It is Intendcd ro conducr

prc1imina~ nemorking trial during

the "pring term. as uming rhe trial are

,>uccc,~ful. an e'perimental scn Ice \1 ill

he Inrroduced m the summer term.1 his ~Cf\ ice \1 ill inirially bc rc,tricted

to thc Strand "itc, but will be cxtendedto otlll;r Collegc ,itcs; hopcfull~ by thc

beginning of the nexr 'e'sion.To acce the CD R()~I scn'ice

will requirc an l13~f compatible P

connccred ro the ollcge\ crh",rnet

communicarion' network. Provided a

member of 'taff ha' "uch a ystcm sctup in hi /hcr office, he/ hc be able toacec~, the 0 RO\l data bases ar any

time. Thc project group i, introducing

a sen'ice based on PC" bcfore\Iacinro h microcomputers because

rhe great majorit~ of '0 RO\l

daraba'e' ha\ e been ,pecificallyproduced for PC, .Furthermore, many

of thcse ha\c been dc\ eloped for use

O\'er a network. /10\1 C\ er, the num ber

of CD RO\l daraba"c' for \[acinrosh

comptlter, is growing and although

there has been much le , experiencc in

net\\ orking thc~c product~, thc project

group hopc to im"c,tigate this area at a

later stage.

Or Jack Fendlcy

Senior ppli arion' An;lIy,t/Advi'orComptlting Cenrre

t

he CD RO\! dl t: ha

pr'" Ided thc pcr una!l:(lmputcr u er \\ Ith J mC.1n

of Jt:LC ,in~ 1Jr~", amuunt 01

in ormation \e~ t:hcapl~ and relJti\cl~

l(ulckl~. One CL RO\!til C(;an hold

6:0 \IB of data \\hlth "'quatc, to

I -U.UOO pagc' of te,t. I n addition to

tc'tual data. imaue . graphit:,. ound

and C\ en \ Ideo an: now a\ ailable on

CD RO\1.

(her the la~t year or u thcrc ha'

hccn a rrcmendou gro\\ th in rhenumbcr of IB\I compatible P _, and

\laClnro h microcompurcr, fincd \\ Ith

CD HO\I dri\'C, and rhc Dcparrmenr

for Educarion intend rhat C\ e~ 'chool

hould ha\c ar Iea't onc. Thc number

ofeD RO\[ ritlc'> i" no\\ pur ar u\crSOOO. Indudcd in rhc c arc man~

applicarion which arc u~cful to rhe

higher cdut:arion "CCtor.

\ rangc of bibliographK daraba'>c"arc no\\ publi'>hcd on CD RO\! and

rhc (;ollegc Libra~' ha" e'rahli,hcd

"y"rem" eomi,ting of ~tand-al()nc pc:"with attachcd CD RO\! dri\ c, at all

Collcgc ,itcs to make a number of

the'c databa'e'> a\·ailable. \!an~

dcpartment~ are al 0 u~ing D RO\ b

for tcaching and referencc.

Thc"e "y"rem~ have pro\'ed to bcpopular, e,pecially with students, bur

each i" limited to om: user at a rime.To inerea'>e acce .,ibili~· and to a\'()id

duplicarion. CD RO\I dri\c'> can be

mountcd on a nctwork ~o that any

computer connected to the network

\I ill be able to acee'>, rhe CD RO\!.

To im'e'tigate how CD RO\lnet\\ ork, could bc exploitcd to

enhance rhe College", teaching and

rc careh. a joint Computing

.cntrc/Libra~ \\'orking Parr~ (\\'P)

\\ a, ,et up. The \yP complcted ir"

reporr earlier thi" year and copic" arca\ ailable from rhe ecrCta~ of the

Computing Centre. Chri~tincSharpe,exr I()~S. ,\n on-line \'er ion of rhe

reporr i, aho a\'ailable and deraib may

bc obtained from the aurhor, email:

J.Fcndley kel.ae.uk.

To accelerate the introduction oranumbcr of ,pecifie electronic

information ~ervices within the

Collcgc, Dcrek La\\', Director of

Jnformation 'crviees and System" ~et

/'

In tnew

e

Since Chri tma\, King's aLademic

ha\'e been in\llhed 10 both '\ide\' of

an important debatc in the prc\ on

the tandard achie\ed b~ A-level

mathcmatic\ tudcnt\. \n artIcle 10 the

Guardiall by Dr Tony Barnard and

Profc\ or Petcr ,'aundcr\ of the

'\Iathematlc\ Department stated that

'there is a strong consensus in the

uni\ersit~ mathematics world that the

mathematical a\lareness, \kills and

understanding of pupih completing

secondary education hal'e deteriorated

rapidly in recent years.' This wa

amplified in an article by the

Guardiall's Education Correspondent,

Donald '\IcLeod, who claimed that

'plummeting standard\ of maths in

\chools have promptcd uni\'crsitie\ to

demand a radical reI i\ion of thc

national curriculum '. Profc or

\Iargaret Brown, Head of the ehool

of Education and Chair of the Joint

'\ lathematical Council of the l'K,

replied in a letter aying that thi

article 'mistakes the nature of the

problem and O\'erstates the sense of

risi " It \\'a\ clearly unrea onable to

blame the national curri ulum for low

university entry tandarcb, Professor

Brown said, ince no Student beyond

the present lower sixth form hadfollowed it. All the participant have

been much in demand for radio and

TV interviews and other press stories

since the end of December.

Ontl1L If

Or Peter Clarke, enior Lecturer in

the Hi tory et ociology of Religion,

has been in great demand, He

appeared on a BBC 1 documentary,

The World~'ide ,I/arch for Jesus and on

Whale 011 on ITV peaking about new

religions and cults. Hi radioappearances included Radio 1 talking

about the olar Temple ect, The

World ervice Religiou

Affairs/Caribbean efl'ice on the

Ra tafarian mo\'ement, and RadioOxford in a discu ion about opening

up the Though! for !he Day slot of the

Today programme to Agno ti and

Atheists,

Fuel for thl: futureLikewise, David Hall. Profes or of

Biology, appeared on Radio 4' Scimce

XOU!' di cu sing biomass energy and his

research on hydrogen production as a

future fuel. and \\'a intefl'ie\\ed at

length on thc Todar programme on the

\ame ubject. He aho took part in

another Radio 4 programme, FamrillK

Todtrl, in \\ hlch he talked about the(;()\ernment's new Renewable Ener~

Programme, 11 hich emph~msed

bioma \ for ener~',

BThe Department of Geography gained

e\.tremely good cOI'erage from the

In titute of British Geographer\'

Conference in both the local and

national press, \\uious members of the

Dcpartment appeared in the

broadsheets for four days running.

Dr \Iartin Fro\t's work on commuting

was highlighted. He discussed his

research which has sho\\'n that thc

number of people deserting public

transport and going to \I'ork by car hasincreased significantly, Chris Hamnet,

Profe\sor of L'rban Geographv, spoke

about the effects and beneficiarie of

the tax cutS made in the 19 budget,

and the creation of a north/ outh

dil'ide, while Dr \Iargaret B~ rontalked about her work on Caribbean

immigration intO Britain and France

and the intention of over 90 percent of

Caribbean immigrant to return to thc

Caribbean onc day.

I ( , f1"~ oj 11 J\ mkulo/1Following the revelation that a dentist

continued to practice after being

diagno ed H IV po itive, ewell

John on, Profe or of Oral Pathology,KC ID, and Re earch Profe sor at

the Royal College of urgeons,

appeared on the ix and Xille O'Clock

Sf'iJ!'S, Sky X~'s, BBC Radio S~'S and

GLR talking about the risk oftransmis ion from an HIV positive

dentist to a patient, whieh heexplained wa extremely low.

P ( BibkGraham tanton, Profe or of. ew

Te tament tudies, took part indi\eu ions on Radio 4 and The World

Service on the 'politically correct'

tran lation of the Bible recently

publi hed in the USA by Oxford

niversiry Press.He also had his letter printed in

The Times in which he disputed claims

made in SCleral article in that paper

rhar rhe papuru fragmt:nt of

\/;tuhcw '~ (;0 pel ar \lagdalcn

(,olle e,O (Jrd, J:He lrom rhe middle

of rhe fir r lC:ntu~ and ha\ e major

Impllcl[Ion, for our under~randin"0

rhe origin of rhc 'C\I 1 e rament

'11 peh.

Conrad Ru ell. Profe or 0 Brm h

HI [On, \HOre an article on de\olU[ion

for Thf I"drpmdmt in whlth he c1aimt:d

rhar Con en ari\ e ha\ t: an

ImpO\erishcd and hi~[Oncal'"

inaccurau: norion of the rarc,

I h medlThe tri,is in medieval hi [()n' wa, rhe

subjen ofa debate on BBC Radio

, uHl.lnd in which Jint~ , 'e1,on,

Profe'>'>or of \!cdie\'allli [(J~, [Ook

pare 'f here I'> ~rcJ\\ in~ concern rhar the

number of ,wdents s[lldyin~medie\al

h is[(J~ ar .\-le\e1 i, lo\\t:r rhan e\ er

bt:fore and rh at \1 ht:re medle\ al

hi,[(Jr~ I'> no longer compul'>o~ in

uni\ er,i~ curricula. rhe number of

,wdent, cho,ing [(J ~wdy it has

dropped dramatically, 110\\ e\er, a~

Professor '-:e1son pointed our, as far as

uni\'ersiries arc concerned. ir hardly

con,riwre, a 'cri is' if half to [\\0­

rhird, of Ili,rory swdent~ arc opring [(J

do medie\'al papers,

Dr Rachel ,ook, Lecrurer in

P,ychology in [he Deparrment of

l\na[(Jm~ and Human Biology, talked

aboU[ rhe auirudes and mori\'arions of

sperm donors on Radio -r, .l/ediri"r.\'0 ",

In an arricle for The Times, Berhan

\larshall, in the hoof of Educarion,

argued rhar far from being a disuacrion

for young readers, relevision can

provide man'ellous rimularion, As she

said, 'Parent can capitalise on rhe

mori\'aring force of re!c\'ision to

encourage reluctant readers into rhe

world of books.'

I I L

t\ quarrerly journal on Isra<.:li i sues ha~

ju,r been launched by Dr Efraim

Karsh, Reader in rhe Deparrment of

War Srudies, He spoke [() The JffJ!:ish

Chm"irle abour i[ aying, 'It is rhe only

Engll h-Ianguag<.: stholarl~ journal

de\ Q[ed [() rhe wd\' of rhc I racll

c,"penenn:, \\'irh [he hddk Ea r

enterin o a ne\\ era \IC \\antcd [(J

encourage rhe ~rud~ of brad and [0

give a balan<.:ed, objet[l\ e \ le\\ of rhe

countn,

l I r I J

The hook rhar ga\e hmh [() \engali

(and rhe \\ ord's ub,cquent adoprion

inro rhe lan~uage), 'Inlll). h~ George

Du \laurier. ha, been r<.:publi hed In

paperback, Ir reil rhe s[{)~' of a wne­

deaf artisr' model, Tnlb~ (YFerrall.

who fall under rhe hypnoric-like

guidance of a German-Polish musician.

\I rs Lconec Ormond. Reader in

English, ha wriuen rhe introducrion

[(J [he ne\\ edirion and \\ as quored in

rhe CltlSKO· Herald as aying. 'Ir

certainly \Ias a ~ood S[()~ and srillls.'

,\ntioxidants, rhe substances belie\ed

[(J neuualise free radical'> \1 hich cau,e

damage w healrh~ cells in the bod~.

were rhe subjecr of articles in rhe

IJlllldrl' f;t'f'IIill~ Tell'f!,mph cf Post, rhe

Oldhtlm f;t'fl/il/f{ Chrollide and rhe

Ut'erpool IJai~I' Prist, l3ar~ llalli\\ ell,

Profe, or of \ ledical Biochemisr~,

explained rhar rhere was no\\' e\ idence

of increased free radical damage in

neurodegenerarive diseases like

Parkinson \ disea~e,

r

In a CI/ardiall review of rhe year of

'The grear, good and green' Barry

Gray, of [he \!cdical ,'chool, wa

mentioncd for his conuibution [() [he

air quali[~ debare wirh hi., re earch

which linked asrhma in children and

vehicle emission.

John \ lacDonald, Professor of

Economic cf So ial Policy in rhe

:'\Ianagement Centre. ha~ rccently

rerurned from \lcxico where he wa~ a

member of a panel ad\'ising rhe newly

elecred go\'ernment on indusuial

policy rcgarding small and medium

~izc manufacrurers. Whilc rhere he

spoke on relc\ ision and was quoted in

rhe paper,

1 he u e 'JfCI -Rom in education \\a

rhe ubJeu under di eu IOn \\ hen \Ir

D.J\ld qUire, Lecrurer III rhe <:hool

of I.... duta[lon. appeJrcd on \u uallan

radiO.

rKlIlg's \\a, a mentioned on Thi. 1\ }'ollr

I.ift \\ hen rhe man \\ Irh rhe red hook,

\lH:hael.\ pell, urpnsed -\rthur C

Clarke, Dcscribcd as rhe world's

grl:arc r sCIence ficrion \\ rirer, \Ii(.had

.\ pcll nored rhar Clatke graduared

from King', College London w irh a

firsr cia s honours degrl:e.

Profe,s(J[ Tom 'ander~ \\a quored in

Timl Oll/ III an article on (.alls [(J

regulare rhc slimming indusr~' Battle

rI{ /hl' BlIl~r.I le srared: "In 19 7, rhe

proportion of women cia sified as

bClllg cJinlcJII~ 0\ l:n\'eighr \\ a 12 per

el:ne By 1991, rhis had risl:n [(J 16 per

cent. 0\ er rhe ,ame period rhe

proportion of men rose from l:ighr per

cent ro 12 per cent."

lIe \1 l:nt on [() sue s a change in

arriwde wwards rhose who arc

o\'emeighr: "To be a lirrlc plump is

nor mueh of a heal rh ri k ar all and

l:\'cn for rhe quire large, rhe risks arc

no greater rhan for heavy ~mokers or

heavy drinkers, While I'm nor saying

ir's ok [(J drink or ~moke a lot, rhose

who do find rhey arc arc far more

rolerared rhan [hose who arc obese,"

p

John :\IavDirector of International Education

L' nit, chool of Education

biolog~, chemistry and physic\. There

were lectures and ~eminars as well a~

vi\its to sitc\ of informal sciencc

education like the Sciencc I\luseum

and the latural HistOry I\luseum. 11

the work was carried our in English

with a team of interpreters, many of

whom were drawn from the rank~ of

King' postgraduate rudents.

On leal·ing. the tudy fellows

commented that they were most

impressed by the politeness of peoplc

in London and the wide "ariety of

cultural and lei ure attraction that

London has to offer.

r

Johll .Ilay, Director ofthe IlIlematioual Edumtioll ('uit iu the School of Edllmliou,

presents a cerlijirate to 0111' ofthe studyfello,",'s. Oll,lfI' • Ilay 5 left is .lJiss Hee-jeouf( Ghoi.

01/1' ofthe tmllSlfltors, ,",'ho is doillf( a PhD. il/ theoretiml microbioloKI' at Killg5. 01/ his

rif(hl is .111' Kflllf(. F.du{'{/tiollfll AI/arM allhl' l'm/Jan:l' ofthe Republic of I\orl'fl.

On 2 December'+S Korean

science teacher\ took their

leave of. taff in the School of

Education and \et off on a return trip

to Korea via Paris and Rome. Theyhad just spent five week\ in the School

of Education studying science

education in England and \\'ale .

The :\Iini try of Education in

eoul financed twO such courses atKing' during 199'+. The first group of

.+0 tudy fellows arril'ed at King's in

July and left in ugu~t after a six-week

stay. The second group arrived in late

Ocrober and left in early December.

Both groups I'i ited chools to ee

science teachers at work. Staff at

King's introduced the study fellows to

aetil'ities u ed to teach selected

\cience topics acro\s the science

1

lcneer Icel I ( 1 )

IediaI ell1

Bill read

he Briti~h .\wJeiation i\

offering a number of

fellowship to cicmi\t\ and

engineer\ - of any discipline - to work

for ber\\een four and eight \I eek\ \I ith

a nell'~paper or magal.ine. or in radio or

telel i\ion.

Fe1lol1 \ will be able to e\.perience

at fir~t hand how the media operate~

and will gain a greater awarene~~ and

knO\\ ledge of the \\orking~ of the

media. The fello\\ \hip~ arc not for

people \\ ho wish to become journali~t~

but for tho\e who want to help in

communicating cienee to the general

public. ~tudent and colleagues.

Fellow~ will hal'e opportunities to

ob~er\'e and take parr in the ne\\ \­

making proce~s and will gain a better

understanding of ho\\' and why ~torie

make the news.

The 199.+ plaeemel1ts were

~l\'ailable at TomorrofJ!.'5 lI'orld. The

World Service. BBC News and

Current Affairs, BBC Pebble f\lill. The

Guardiall. The FiJ1allcial Times. The

Times H if(her F.dll({/tioll Supplemellt and

The Times Edu{'{/Iioual Supplemeut.

It i\ expected that fellow~ wi 11

continue to be paid by their

permanent employers during their

placement. In addition, they will

receive a grant to cover co tS of

accommodation and other expenses.

If you are interested, applications

form~ are al'aiJable ~Ielanie Gardner,

Pres Cl! Publi ation Office, e"t 3073.

Con1n1ent COp "T dateThe Bill which propo~e the

uniting of l ~ IOS 1\ ith King\

was given its first reading in

the House of Lords on 12 January.

The cop)- date for the next i. sue

of Commelll i\ Friday 10

February. Please \upply

articles on 3.5" disks in unformatted

text or as hard copy via internal mail or

fax CO 171- 72 021'+) to the Editor,

Commelll, Pres e Publications.

Corn\\ all House.

Tropl<;al ledlclne, He \\3., a former

Chairman of the ELUnomi t . Panel 0

rhe Fir r Din.,lOn \ Otlarion, He

became a JP tor rhe Om er and Ea t

"enr area In 19 '.', and \\a a member

of rhe Board of \'i~lt()r at CanrerbulJ

Pri on and of thc local parole rc\ic\\

committcc. He had cxhibitcd hI'>

palnnng at rhe Royal .\eademy.

lan Gain~ford

Vice-Principal

condl[lOn. /n IlJn- he \1;1 awarded [he

fir r Ir .\rchlbald Grav medal 0 rhe

Bml h \IedlCal ociarion for

ou [anding conuibunon to

derm.l(olo~ In rhe prenou five years.

lie \\ a rhe ccreralJ and then

Pre luenr of rhe 'eerlOn of

Dermatolog~ at [hc Royal oClery of

\Iedicine. the PreSident of rhe Brirl h

.\ so iation of Dermarologi r~ 1qr/6and held honoralJ' membership of

many o\'er.,ea~ 'ocietlcs.

Da\ id \\"illlam., was \'ice-Dean of

King'., \Ieuical School. member of rhe

Board of Gm ernor of rhe Ho.,pital. a

member of rhe KCH Special Trusree.,.

and of thc Lambeth.. ourhwark and

Le\\ I,ham .\rea I Jcalth ,\urhoriry.

/ lo\\e\ cr, he \\ illundoubredh

remain in the mcmolJ of mo.,t .lIumna

of King'" for hi., tenure ofrheJ)ean.,hlp from 1960 to 1977, lie had a

definite .,t,le reflee[ed in the

memorable partie., he and hi., \\ ife Bim

ga\c for 'tudent., and raff at their

home. or perhap., rhe .,ight of him

driving down Denmark Hill in an open

top .\Iereedes \\earing an immaculare

bowler hat. He was good corn pan) .

",ith a witry and li"ely interest not

only in all thing., King'~ but in much

el e including mu ic and golf. He was

a powerful ad\'ocare for student he

held an open door for them each week

acring a~ a ~upporri\'e father figure for

tho.,e needing help. He wa a munch

.,upporrer of tudenr acti\·ities.

e pecially rugb) and rhe drama

sociery, Sadly, soon afrer he rerired. he

suffered a troke \\ hich limired his

mobiliry and con.,trained him - \'elJ'

fru trating for such an acti\'e person,

Da\id \\'illiams gave loyal and

de\oted .,er-·ice to hi profe sion and

to King'" for \elJ' many years and will

be ~adly missed by hi many

colleague" srudenrs and friends. He

leave a wife, Ethel :'./argaret <Bim)

whom he married in 1939 and who

ga\'e unfailing .,upporr and

encouragement in all his a ti iries.

1111 IIIIII on er h

avid lomerth William FRCP

FKC. who died on 0

1 'o\'ember 199~, wa~ a

di~tingui hed phy.,ieian who gave a

liferime of ser-'ice to dermatology and

to King's ollege Ho~pital :'.ledical

chool. He qualified at King's in 1937

h;l\'ing demon rrated ingular talent as

an undergraduare, He won duce

eparare academic ~cholar hip and

repre cnted the School ar tennis and

Five as well as being SecretalJ' of the

:'.Iedieal, oeiery.

He .,er-ed in the R,\\IC from

19~O - J9~6 ri ing to the rank of Lieur.

Colonel. After the war. D.I, as hc wa~

affectionately known. rcrurned (Q

King's and was appointed con ultant

to the Dermarology Deparrment, a

po r he held until hi, rerirement in

1978, He wa, widely respeCted as an

excellent clinical dermatologisr and a

most able and enthusia.,tic teacher.

His paper on Gml Treflflllellf of

RillK'u!'ol711 w.'ilh Griseofulvill published in

rhe 1.0llfl'/ in 1958 \\'a., the first report

of an effecri\ coral rre3tment for this

J

ohn \\"nghr JP, a Fello\\ ofrhe

Collc<1e and unril 199' a mcmbcr

of rhe College Council and of r\\ 0

o ir commJ[[ce~, dlcd on 2~

Decembcr aged 66. 'Ir \\'nghr. a

former l' nder eercralJ of rhe

O\'cr~ea Dc\'elopmenr

.\dmlnl.,rrauon, Foreign and

Commonwealrh Office. had ~er- cd on

rhe King'" College Council from) 9 ~,

and al 0 on rhe Queen Elizaberh

College Council from 19 2 [() 19 ).

He \\ a., al~() a member of rhe I"lnance

Commirrce (former!\ rhe Finance,

Suff and Gcncral Purp(J"c~

Commirree). and ofrhe 100e rmcnr

·ub-(;()mmitrt:e. from 19 5 to 1993.

\fh:r graduaring from Cambridge,

John \\"right embJrked on J

dl'>tingui.,hed career a., an economic

and financial ad, i.,er. mainl~ \\lthin

the C:i\'il Ser- ice. H I'> career began at

the Organil.ation for European

Economic Co-operation in Pan., in

1951, before ml)\ ing to the Agriculture

and Food Di rectorate and then to the

l'K ,\tomic Energy Authoriry.

1n 1961 he jOined the i\ lini.,rr) of

Defence .,mff of the 'hief cienrific

d"i.,cr and while there was part of the

l' K delegation to rhe 1 -~arion

Di armamenr Conference. He was

rhen appoinred enior Economic

,\d\'iser ar rhe (;ommoO\\ ealth

Relation., Office (now part of the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office).

ri.,ing to become Head of rhe

Economi.,t.,' Departmenr and

ub.,equenrly Director (Economic) at

the FCO. In 197) hc became l'nder

~ccretalJ of rhe O\'er ca.,

De\<:lopmenr .\dmini~tration,a po.,r

he held for 13 years.

Other pom held by :'.Ir \\"right

incluue that of Economic and

Financial Comultant to the EEC

Commission; member hip of the

. 'ocial Security ppeal Tribunal for

Central London. a trusree hip for rhe

Thomson Foundation. and

membcr hip of rhe go\'erning body of

the London. 'chool of Hygiene and

or t'lnt n

rofe~ or Graham 'ranwn ha

been pn:-e!cned Pre idenr ofSllIdlOnlfII .\"{J'(.'; T. Sltlflll'l/I;

SOl;f/tlS. rhe inrernarionallearned

~ocicr~ of ):c\\ Te [amenr ~cholar~.

Thi~ honour come~ rhe \\ ,I\" of a

~cholar ba~ed in rhe t"" only abour

once e\"ery ren ~ ear~. Profe ~or. ranron\\ ill gi\e hi~ Pre~idenrial !cewre ar rhe

Sociery\ annual conference in

Sua~bourg in i\lIgll~r 1996. The

'ocicr~ \\ a~ founded 111 19' in rhe

\\ ake of rhe early ~rage~ of rhe

ecumcnical mo\ emenr: in rhe year~

immcdiarcl~ afrer \,"orld \\'ar 11 ir

hdped [Q bring wgerher . cholar~ in

Germany, in orher parrs of Europe andin. 'orrh ,\meriea. The. ociery \\ hich

ha unusually srringenr requiremenr~

for mcmber~hip now has 1,000

members (four ar "ing's) in :0counuies.

I rofe orRoberBra Yl1lng

nod

allege.OClet

Ing'alf

Dean to

Or "lark Sandler, Reader in

Digiral Signal Proccssing in

rhc Dcparrmcnr of Elecuonic

et Elecuical Engineering" has bcenawarded a Royal ociety Visiring

Research Profeswrship reneable ar the

Technion in Haifa, Israel.

Or Sandler will be working in rhe

Technion Elccuonic Engineering

deparrmenr from 7 January [Q 2.') pril

199'.

I r ark~ andlcr

he Dean. Re\'d Or Richard

Burridge, ha~ been elecrcd

unoppo~ed [Q rhe General

\ nod of rhe Church of England asProc[Qr in Con\'ocarion for rhe

t'ni\'ersiry of London.

Do you play golf and are you

inrerested in joining with

orher colleagues in forming a

GolfSociery within rhe College?If ~o please \\Tire [Q me wirh

derail of your name, deparrmenr,

locarion and relephone e rcn Ion.

ladeOr Rag r

rofessor Roberr Browning,\'i iring Profe~sor in rhe

Deparrmenr of Byzanrine ci"Iodern Greek Swdies, has been

awarded a Gold" Icdal by rhe Ciry ofrhens for conui bU[ion~ [Q rhe rudy

of Greek culrure. Ar rhe ame

ceremony on 19 December, a Gold

:'-Iedal was also awarded posthumou Iy

w rhe lare :\Iadame lelina :'-Iecouri

and was received by her husband Ir

J ules Dassin.

r Roger Slade, afety Ad\'iser

ar King' College. has been

invited [Q se[\'e a a member

of rhe Deparrmenr of Healrh Advi ory

Committee on Dangerous Parhogen .The Commirtee, which was et up

jointly by Heald1 and griculwre

"Iini~rer and rhe Health and afery

Commis ion in 19 I, ad vi e on all

work wirh parhogem dangerous [Q

humans.

taffnew

Gerry H ughes, Bur~ar

Cornwall Hou e

111porar."1011

C I1t

rclicl nha)r like

I'lnn ki

he loum,,1 ofCONtemporary

Religioll, cdited by Dr Peter

Clarke. Direcror of the entre

for :--:c\\ Religion at King' and

EliLabcth Am'ick of King' , is ro be

launched on 13 Fcbruary. The

journal, previou Iy publi hed as

ReligioN Todtl)' by the Centre, will now

bc publi~hed by arfax Publi °hing Co.

Firsr edirion of rhe new journal

will be available ar ir launch in the

Council Room at thc rrand from

16.30 ro 19.00 on 13 February:

anyone interesrcd in attcnding the

launch or obraining a copy of the

journal should contact the Department

of Theology on ext 3796.

Book earl forhalf-ternlpIa,," ch lne

The tudenr' nion will again

be running a half-term

playsehemc for the children

of studenrs and staff of the College.

The scheme is held in the B2

Gym at rhe Strand and is supervised

by a \ esrminster iry Council

approved leader. The cheme will run

from 9.00 ro 17.00, from l\londay 20 ro

Friday 24 February. For staff the

charge will be £10 per child per day, or

£45 for rhe whole week. For tudents,

fee will be reduced ro £6 per day or

£25 for the whole week.

To avoid disappointment, plea e

regi rer your likely intere r early. To

do so please contact lan Franklin in

the tudents' Union 0171- 367132

e t 3" 9.

hi term's chapel card i

a\ ailable from the Chaplaincy

(cxt 2373) gi\ ing detail of

~ef\·ice~. group~ and ocieries and the

King' hri~rian Forum meeting.

Fr Derek Jenning . the Roman

Carholic Chaplain for rhe pa~t live

year~, ha had to retire through ill

healrh. Hi~ replacement i~ Fr Stephen

Weaver, who ha been until recently a

parish prie r in north London.

Fr Phi lip Chester is on sabbarical

~tudy leave until 27 February in the

Unired tares looking ar urban

liturgical formarion. Thi i~ hi last

term ar King'~ before he leave~ at

Ea ter ro become parish priest of Sr

~Iatthew's \\'e~tminster.

anne T

di appear

orn\\ allHOlLe

ow that Cornwall House ha

its own postcode ro

di ringuish ir from the rest of

Waterloo Road, the Principal requests

thar departments and offices based in

Cornwall House and Cornwall House

Annexe hould, \ hen next ordering

tarionery or printing other material,

drop rhe word Annexe or nnex) and

u e rhe following addre s:

King' College London

Cornwall Hou e

\ aterloo Road

London El\\'A

The new addre should now be

used wherever pos ible. There i .

however, no need to order new

tationery olely ro accommodare this

change: exi ting rock hould be

used up fir r.

r ~Iike Yianne~ki~. Head of

the Department of

~ leehanical Engincering. wa~

im ited to attend and participate in rhe

Engineering and Phy ical . eiencc~

Rc~earch Council/lnsritllrion of

i\fe hanical Engineer Expert ~ lecting

on ('lIrer/oillt)' ill computotiollolfluid

{~Vlltlll7irswh ieh was held in

Bournemourh, 27-291 ovember 1994.

The mecting wa ponsored by

EPSRC and I lechE and 40 c pem

from the EC and l K and European

univer me and industry were invited

ro attend.

ournament1995

e\\ earHonour

The porr oeial Club is

holding ir nnual

rournament in rhe nexr few

week. The format will be rhe same a

la t year - ingles and pairs in every

comperition (cribbage, dart, pool and

nooker).

All entries mu r be in by

Thur day 2 February. The draw will

be made on Friday 3 February

The draw for rhe comperirion will

be posted up outSide the rrand lub

room on l\.londay 6 February and the

tournament srarts from then.

Stewart urherland, Principal of

King's from 1985 ro 1990, Vice­

Chancellor of the niver iryof

London from 1990 ro 1994 and now

Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh

niversiry, was knighred in rhe cw

Years' Honours List

John laddox, Ediror of J mureand a Fellow of the College, also

received a knighthood.

Plca~c make cheques payable ro:

Kif/X'S (,'o/lege Creek Play.

PhoncOI71-8732399

Wednc~dJY 15 \Iarch: 1-1.30 and 19.30

Thursday 16 \larch: 19.30

Friday 17 \lJrch: 14.30 and 19.30

• aturday I \Iar h: 19.30

Ticket arc priced at £4.00 (\\ hich

include~ programme) and arc 3\'ailable

from:

The Bu~ine~~ "Ianager

Department of Cla~sie~

King's College London

Strand

\\'C2R 2LS.

he College' -11 t Greek Play

\\ ill be pre enred. 10 the

origlOal Greek. by ~rudenr

from the Deparrmcnr of -Ia,.,lc . 10

\Iarch.

The play for 1<;9- I .\ri rophane

l.ys"lroffl \\ hich, con Idered by many

[{J be the author'., finest and deal> with

\\af and politic\, exual deviation and

cro \-dre ing.

\ lawn Ilarri~, Bu ine~ \ lanager

for the production .,a,d "We are

c.,pr.:L1ally e"uted becau e thl~ will be

our fir~[ produuion of the Ly.mlmla at

KlOg\ .Ind as far a~ I am a\\'an.:. the

fir~t e\ er original languagc production

in London."The .,tandard., of acting and

production ha\e bcen very high in the

pa.,r. allll from \\ hat 1"\ e ~een ~o far. it

look., a., [hough thl\ year's shIm \\111

be JlJ\t J'> good. and quite po.,.,~ibly

better."

The Creek play ha., been a part of

life in the Deparrmenr of Cla~~ic.,

\incc 1953 and hJS won critical acclaim

from both within the circle., of

Clas\ical academia and the ~ecular

world. The Department ha~ also

toured abroad with the play. the mo~t

recent tour rook i\e~chylus' .IKOIf/elllf/Of/

ro Dublin last year.

Performances \\ ill rakc placc on:

l~r

Alien in~berg. R B Kicaj. Jeff. 'uuall

and Huberr Selby Jr.\\'hen Eric \lorrram joined King\

in 1961 he wa~ the fir~t lecturer to be

appoinred to teach American literature

in [he L'ni\er~ityof London and there

was a leader in The Tillles about the

appoinrmenr. He had also bcen the

fir~t to teach Bcat writing in Europc (at

the niver ity of Groningen) and hc

was a co-founder of [he l'ni\er\ity of

London' Institute ofl'nited State

StlIdie in 1963. He publi~hed50book~. including a collection of e~says

on merican culture, Blood Oil Ihe .\'osh

.Imbossodor (19 9), and the fir~t book­

length study of \\'illiam BurrolJgh~'

\\ ork The AIgebm ofSeed (1971 ), as well

as some ZOO arricle .

.I live ill PaltS ofIhis Cellll/I)' ( .9') i

avai lable from book~ellers and from

the publishcr~, j orrh and South, at 23

Egerron Road, Twickenham, :\/ddx

T\ 2 7SL. There arc abo L'SA and

Canada di~tributor~.

t

The follo,':;iIlK i"m had bem slIbmi//edforCommenr before fJi.'( heard of Professor,I/o//rom's sllddell {lIld I/lIlillle~I' dftllh Oil

19 }(II",rlly. illl obiIIlOl)' fJi..'ill oppeor ill Ih,Febmory edilioll.

F.nr .1/o//rtlln (nf!!il) pirlllred ,",ilh K"eslS allhe ItIllllrh ill •\'m:elllb,r ofhis fe.\I.",h,if'

Ne~tschrift for Emeritus

Profes or Eric ~/orrram: ,l/h'e ill

01tS ofIhis Cmlll')': F.nc.llo//rom 01 hJ. wa launched in the

Council Room in :-\ovember. The

laun h \\ a auended by ovcr 60 guests.

including ome who had 110\\ n in from

the L ',-\, and those presenr includcd

thc writcrs Jerome Rothcnberg. lain

:inclair, Tom Raworrh and ,\lIen

Fisher, as \\ell a~ King\ colleague of

Profe~~or \/ottram, former studenr~

and other friends.

The book conrain\ \\ork by over

o friend~ of Professor ~/orrram.

including memoirs, poems.

phorographs, drawings and even a

recipe. Conrriburors include John

i\\hbery. Charles Bernstein, \\ illiam

Burrough\, Thoma~A C1ark, Ilowell

Danieh, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Leslie

Fiedler, Roy Fisher, Sandra Fisher,

I' 'e 10

I ublib

the orld crultrnent.L rtra

\ mentioned in rhe la~r is~ue of

COIl/Il/f/lI. the nc\\ experimcntal

\ cr ion of King'\ Informarion

. cn-iec (Kt '). ba~cd on the World

\\"ide Web (\\'WW). i now a\-ailable wpublic \ ie\\. \\\\"W i an information

~y\tem \\ hich opcratc o\er the

Internet - a global communication

ncrwork. I t can accommodarc borh rcxr

and imagc information, in

monochromc or colour. Texrual

informarion can be formarred in thc

\amc \\ a~ a\ word-procc\\cd

documcnt~. In order ro gain acce\\ ro\\\\'\\' informarion, you need ro kno\\

irs Internet addrc\\ or l'niform

Rc\ource Locaror (L'RL). The L'RL

for rhe home page of KIS is:

htrp://www.kcl.ae.uk/

In order w rake full advamage of

the \\\\,W \'ersion of KI. you will

need ro use a microcomputcr \\'hich

has an e.:thcrne.:t conncction w thc

Collcge network, and which ha a

\\\\'\\' browser programme, \uch a~

, erscape or NC A ~Io aic. If you ha\'c

acce.:ss only ro a computer with a PAD

eonne.:crion w the Colle.:ge.: network,

you will ~rill be able w ha\'e a look ar

rhe cxperimcntal KIS ysrem by using

rhe Lyn ' program, Conneer w BAY or

HAZEL, then rype:

telnct \\ \\'\1 ,kcl.ac.uk

and log in a\ infa. Pre\s rhe.: rerurn kc\

\1 hcn promptcd for a pa word .

O\'e.:r rhe.: ncxr fe\\ \1 cek . the KI '

upporr team \1 ill be contacting KI

Information Pro\'idcr (Ip\) in order ro

cn ure rhar the.:y can \ee and c\plorc

rhc possibilities which arc opcned up

by thc \\\V\\, approach. In some case\

deparrmcnt\ and projecr groups may

\\ ish [() add rheir own page.:\ ro the

ccntral KIS sy tcm; in orhcr\ the~ ma\

wi h ro \Ct up their own local \\\\'\\'

pages .Ind creare.: link\ [() rhe c from

rhe main KIS ~ysrem.

The prima~ objecri\ c\ of rhi

\rage of thc KIS projccr arc for IPs or

potcntiallPs w cxperimcnr wirh rhe

systcm, and w begin w considcr how

rhey mighr usc ir; and for any members

of rhc ollegc ro cxplorc what is

a\'ailable on \\'\\\\" and ro make

suggestions for what informarion

should be madc available on KI .

Comments on KIS can bc left

u\ing thc CO;.. 11\1 E 1'8 facility in thc

main mcnu. To discus any aspeCt of

thc project contact your local K1.'Team member, or Frances Blomeley

(ext 2817), nn Lees (2186), (argaret

Samman (2019), Brian 1\Jeek (2602) or

Harold Shorr (2739).

''T/ltlllk yOIl for Ihe splmdid

fllTflllgell/l'/Ils" "YOII oil lieI'd 10 Ill't"OlI/!TOllfloled 011 0 fall o'l!ollised {'f:ml"

"I sholl ('olllilllle 10 I'II('Olfragl' 0111' si\lh

jomurs 10 Opp~l' 10 J.:CL" "1 t'e,)' /1/l/{h

opprl'riOled Ihe rdllill/!lIess ofso /1/011.1' slaff

10 rise 10 Ihe orlllsiolf"

T hese were JUSt some of rhe

commelH~ recei\'ed by King's

shordy after thc Careers

Teachcr\ cl:' Advisers Conference, an

Cl ent or/!;ani\ed b~ the wdent

Recruitment cl:' Exchangc~ Office winform and up-date this important

/!;fOUP on de\'elopments at the College.

The Office II'ould like w exrend a

big rhank you ro all departmemal

colleague who conuibutcd to the day.

The nexr major event at King's in

thi~ recruitmenr year i rhe College

Open Day on 27 April. which over the

years ha anracted more than 2,000

\·i~iror and arrangement are already

undenl'ay. The wdent Recruitmenr

(!! Exchanges Office is keen ro en~ure

thar deparrmelHs deri\'e the besr

po ible benefit from the day and

colleague are.: invited ro contacr either

Susanne Freneh (3003) or Richard

Claas (3050) with ideas and comments.

Richard Claas, Direcror of. rudeIH

Recruirmem

Di cu ing th ethic of re earch on human

When i it cthical w use Aids

patient a re careh

subjccrs? Should wc cver

conducr rescarch on \'ery young

babie~? Predicrably, di u ion se IOn~

in a ncw thrce-day continuing

education cour e on the ethic of

re carch on human wcre li\'ely and

pro\'ocari \·c.

The cour e \I'as run by Claire

Fosrer, from the Centre of i\ledieal

Law and Ethics, with conuibmors from

the B:-'1A, rhe Health cn'ices

Re~carch 'nit, Oxford L" ni\ ersiry,

\Ic Kenna and Co, ~Iedical tarisric,

haring eros HospiraL rhe

As ociation of rhe Briri h

Pharmaceurical Industry and the

Pharmacy Deparrment, hurchill

Ho piral, Oxford, [t amacted docwr ,

nur es, hospital and health aurhoriry

managers and lay people most of whom

it on re earch erhic comminees, a

well as a pharmaceurical company

scienti t who runs clinical trials.

Tn re\'iewing re earch proposals,

ethic commirree have ro consider the

scientific merir of eaeh propo ai, the

degrec of risk ro which rhe research

subjecrs \1 ill be exposed. and rhe ways

in which rhe re earcher will seck

consem from potential recruit. In ir~

decision, the ethics commitree ha ro

balance different moral claims, for

cxample. the moral responsibiliry wimprove and exrend medical

knowlcdge again t the moral

imperative w do no harm. or act on

someone withour fir~r seeking rheir

con ent ro rake parr in the research.

The course which is w be

repeated in April and June, i de igned

ro give participants the wols they need

ro reach decisions on these difficult

IS ue .

Or Robin ~Iurray

Direcror of Continuing Education

l'.tgC II

Da\ id Ball

Deputy ollege Secreta/)'

(Planning & Re~ources)

011 at

he ('{)lIe~e ha' appOInted a

Dlrcctor of Purcha~In~.John

Harmer. \\ ho ha

n: pon\lhillt~ for en uring that

appro\ cd purtha\lng policie~. prattlcc~

and proccdure\ arc followed

throughout all . 'chooh and

Department. He i currenrl~ engaged

10 a programme of visit; to rde\ am

~taff throughout the College to dl\cus~

purcha~lOg i;;ue~ generJlly, \\ ith J

\ le\\ to c~tabli\hinghow \aluc for

monl:~ can be ma'\lmi ed College-

\\ Ide. I le \\ ill al~o be collJboratlng

\\ Ith thl: Training Office in [he

pro\ i\lon of appropriatc training

cour~e;.

\ (r Harmcr i\ ;upported b~ Jame\

\\ fig/!,. \\ ho \\ ill dl\'ide his time

be[\\cen Purcha;ing and Internal

i\udit, and (;1I\'e Daw , who maintaim

the DJtaba~e for the PI Pricetrak

Sy'tem. Should you \\ i~h to di,cu;s

any purcha\ing issue \\ ith John

Ilarmer. he i~ in temporary

accommodation on the third floor of

Cornwallllou e (room 3.13) and can

be reached on extn 3303.

he fourth edition of the leatlct

11 nal 's 011 at Killg's is

publi hed with thi i ue of

COII/lflml. It covcr; public lecrures,

open days and e\'cnt up umil July

1995. If you require further copies

please ring the Pres~ ct Publications

Officc on ext 3202.

llnatKill

/)fJCS illlfrllal alldil rtll1)' fJlIl I ,tllle jfJr

,1I0/le)' (I'F.lI) sludlesi'

Yes. each audit undermkcn

incorporate a \'F\( clement. There

arc sufficiem audit re;ourcc; to

undertakc a ;eparatc \'F\l programme

of work.

Ilm illlental {llIdlt lire (fJ//Iplele jreedfJ//IlfJ

f\alflillf allY dot((//If/llor I't'mrd alld

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) e;, again thi; i~ a requirement

e\tablJ;hed b\ the \udlt Code of

Practice.

H,/1.. (/1'( IIIdruduol "lIdl! tiffli'd?

LJrgel~ b~ tht: agrt:ement of an

~Jnnual plan appro\ cd b\ \udit

Committee. 'I hert: i room \\ Hhin tht:

plan to LaIT') out ~pecial Im't:~tigatil)n

\\ hethcr of a Iraudulcm or other nature.

WlrOI Irappflls ifaudil repfJrl

recommflldalio/ls liS af!.reed by, ludil

Commillee ore /101 mrried out !Iv lire

malw/(emelll cO/lcemed?

A follow-up audit is undertaken about

ix momh; after reeommendation\ and

the timetable for implementation are

agreed. If no action ha\ been taken it

will be reported to Audit Committee.

The ;ommirree i~ empowered to

require any member of Staff to attend

it~ meeting~,

II'ho rt',,,,,,,s Ih, ri'f!fJI13 (llId

T/'(fJ//I//Imdll/lfJlIS {lri,ill~jf"/)m IIIdit iduol

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• The head of depJrtment or manJger

of the ;el'\ ice Judited

• The Principal and eniormJnagement of the College

• .\udit Committcc, \\hich i\ a

commirree of College Council and

report; direcrl) to It.

Imernal audit can be contacted

over any marrer of concern.

Eddie Robert\, Principal !\udiror

ext 3-M2

John ~lcCormack. Internal Auditor

ext 3-146Jame; Wrigg, Imernal Auditor

ext 3-M5

I

"I mernal audit i~ an independem

apprai~al function within an

organi~ation for the review of it;

activities as a ~el'\'iee to all le\c1\ of

management. I t mea~ure;, evaluate\

and report upon the effecti\ene~\of

imernal comrol and the efficiem u;e of

re;ource~ within an organi;ation".

u.:rnJI audit. imt:rnal audH.

t:m mmmen£al audIt. \ alue for

mone~ audit. academic audit.

manJgemt:m audit . teLhnoll)~ audit.

alct\ audit. rrt:' audit ...

Imernal audIt In unl\ er Hie

lar/!,e1~ owe It con iderabk t:'\pan"on

w the linam:lal debade at t'nl\ er~lt~

College CardIff In the late 1t) '(h. 'I hl~

wa~ the fir~t and onh' example of a

bankrupt l'" higher education

in'tiwtion. 1£ provided a comlderable

~hock [() the [)epartmem for

Education who reali~cd ho\\ lirrle

conrrol they had 0\ er the publicl~

funded acti\i[l(;:~of Indl\ Idual

in tiwtion , The re~ulr \\'a~ the

requiremem for financial foreca't'. the

agreemem of financial memoranda

bemeen the H EFCE and indl\ idual

imtiwtion and the inauguration of

mandaw/) imernal audit 'el'\ Ice"

Which onl~ goc~ [() 'hc)\\ that It u,uall~

require~ a good. old-fa,hioned ,candal

[() concemrate the mind.

11'/101 is "illlfrlloloudil"!

The accepted profe ional definition

I:

Your audit questions answered

King's ha\ an imernal audit of three

raff and the follo\\ ing i\ a brief

que\tion and an~wer ;ection ro comey

~ome idea of how the \el'\'ice operate\,

Is il illdepmdml!

Ye; it is required to be ;0 b~ the

term of the r\udit Code of Practice

agreed between each institlltion and

the HEFCE.

Is illlental alldil jllS! cOllcel7led 'iJ!illr

fillallcialmatlers?

, 0, Internal audit can examine any

activity, financial or othel'\vi\e. The

only exception; would be purely

academic marrer; which would be

covered by other form\ of audit.

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7 February 1995Extradition & human rightsProfessor Paul O'Higgins, EmeritusProfessor of Law, King's College

LondonCouncil Room, Strand 13.00 -14.00Contact 0171-873 2352

21 February 1995International rights of the child - a

personal viewGeraldine Van Bueren, Lecturer inLaw & Director of the Programmeon International Rights of theChild, Queen Mary & WestfieldCollege, LondonCouncil Room, Strand 13.00-14.00

7 March 1995Equality of opportunity - humanright or economic imperative?Susan Atkins, Deputy chiefexecutive of the EqualOpportunities CommissionCouncil Room, Strand 13.00-14.00

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6 FebruaryImaging human thoughtOr Stephen Swithenby, The OpenUniversityRoom 2B08, Strand 14.00 -15.00

13 FebruaryNovel optical structuresMr Patrick Dainty, King's CollegeLondonRoom 2B08, Strand 14.00 - 15.00

20 FebruaryQuarks: top secretProfessor Frank E Close,Rutherford Appleton Lab RI Room2B08, Strand 14.00 - 15.00

Dcp:unl1cnt of Pharmacyrccareh cminar .

All meetings take place at ManresaRoad in Room 18 beginning at16.00

26 JanuaryInteractions of ibuprofen with thebiochemistry of lipidsProfessor B Testa, University of

Laussane, Switzerland

1-.\ cnin u I.1I1J!11.1~e d I l:

16 January - 23 March,8 May - 13 JulyOffered in nine languages at up to

seven levels.Language and CommunicationCentrePrice: staff/students: £75 one term£120 two terms; external clients: '

£150 one term, £250 two terms18.00 - 19.30 Contact VanessaBeard on 0171-873 2890/2485

Centre for L.ltl: \ntique..:t!edie\.1I Stlldic

26 JanuaryAspects of the Beowulf manuscript

since 1731Or Andrew Prescott, BritishLibrary, LondonRoom 1B04, Strand 17.30

J:dueation

Science and Technology EducationUnit, Thursday lunchtimeseminars. G12 Cornwall House13.00 - 14.00

2 FebruaryScience education in a pluralist

societyRevd. Or Michael Reiss, University

of Cambridge

9 FebruaryProgression in Sc. 1: Experimentaland investigative scienceOr Bob Fairbrother, KCL

14 and 28 FebruaryMathematics Education SeminarsVarious lecturersCornwall House (room to beconfirmed) 12.45 - 14.00Contact Or Dylan Wiliam 0171-872

3153

16 FebruarySchool management factorsaffecting the uptake of InsetOr Shirley Simon and Justin DillonKCL '

23 FebruaryTitle to be announced

Lecturer to be confirmedEduca ion Uni

8 FebruaryFrom Brazil to Japan: musicalrelations between Portugal and therest of the world in the period ofthe discoveriesManuel Carlos de Brito,Universidade Nova, LisbonInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies Colloquium6C, Main Building, Strand 17.00Contact 0171-873 2576

11 FebruaryMachaut study daySpeakers will include MargaretBent, Jehoash Hirshberg andChristopher Page. Music will beprovided by The Clerks Group,directed by Edward WickhamInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies event6C, Main Building, Strand 10.00 to1600Contact 0171-873 2576

13 FebruaryThe editing of medieval textsConvener: Karen Pratt withStewart Gregory, Jim Laidlaw, lanShortCentre for Late Antique &Medieval Studies WorkshopCommittee Room, Strand 16.00Contact Dr Karen Pratt 0171-8732360

14 FebruarySt Valentine's Day Concert: Fivenew works by composers in theDepartment of Music: RossLorraine, Joyce Koh, RobertKeeley, Carlos Cabrer and SilvinaMilstein With Jane Manning(soprano) and The English PianoTrioSponsored by the MusicDepartment and the Institute ofAdvanced Musical StudiesGreat Hall, Strand 18.30Contact 0171-873 2576

15 FebruaryObligation, life-chances and theboundaries of societyProfessor John Dunn, University

PI

Cambridge Centre forPhilosophical StudiesCouncil Room, Strand 17.30Con act 0171-873 2340 2585

17 FebruaryThe doctrine of the atonementProfessor Alasdair Heron,University of Erlangen, Germany,Professor Colin Gunton, KCL, DrAlastair Logan, University ofExeter, Dr Elaine StarkeyResearch Institute in SystematicTheology Day ConferenceCouncil Room, Strand 9.45 to16.30 Tickets £9.50/£4.00(unwaged)Contact Lavinia Harvey 0171-8732073

20 FebruaryJean Ockeghem MissaProlationumThe Clerks Group, directed byEdward Wickham with JohnMilson, Oxford and Jaap vanBenthem, UtrechtInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies concert and discussion6C, Main Building, Strand 17.00 to19.00Contact 0171-873 2576

21, 22 and 23 FebruaryF D Maurice Lectures 1995What does the Lord require?Justice, theology and public policyProfessor Duncan B Forrester,New College, University ofEdinburgh Department ofTheology & Religious StudiesPublic Lecture21 Feb: Great Hall, Strand22 and 23 Feb Room 3B20, Strand17.30 to 19.00Contact 0171-836 2339

22 and 23 FebruaryTwo day international conferenceon practical reasoning andartificial intelligenceProfessor Dov Gabbay, ImperialCollege London and otherspeakersCouncil Room, StrandRegistration fee of £150 Thosewishing to attend should contactDr Tony Dale on 0171-873 2585

22 FebruaryA singer's preceptor: the principlesof expressive singing in England1780-1830Robert Toft, University of WesternOntarioInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies ColloquiumRoom 6C, Main Building, Strand17.00Contact 0171-8732576

25 FebruaryVarieties of Reconciliation in lateantiquity and the earlier MiddleAgesConveners: Sarah Hamilton andPaul KershawCentre for Late Antique &Medieval Studies WorkshopCouncil Room, Strand 10.00­16.00For further details please contactSarah Hamilton and Paul Kershawc/o Institute of Historical ResearchLondon (0171-873 2360)

25 FebruaryReligious pluralismDr Gavin D'Costa, University ofBristol, Mr Peter Byrne, KCLCentre for Philosophical StudiesPublic LecturesCommittee Room, Strand 11.00and 14.00 Contact 0171-8732340/2585

15, 16, 17 and18 MarchAristophanes' Lysistrata in theoriginal GreekDepartment of Classics 41st GreekPlayNew Theatre, Strand15 March - 14.30 and 19.30, 16March - 19.30, 17 March - 14.20and 19.30, 18 March - 19.30Tickets £4.00 from the BusinessManager, Department of Classics,King's College London, Strand,London WC2R 2LS. Phone 0171­8732399 (24 hour direct line).Please make cheques payable toKing's College Greek Play

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9 FebruaryTwain and the nineteenth centuryDr Peter Messent, University of

NottinghamResearch Centre for AmericanStudies SeminarRoom 27C, Strand 18.15Contact 0171-873 2360

13 FebruarySocial networks and intra-urbanmigration: Athens during the 1960sLila Leontidou, KCLCentre for HellenicStudies/Byzantine & Modern GreekStudiesSeminar Room 35B, Strand 17.00Contact 0171-873 2360

16 FebruaryComputerized metrical analysis:Dante's Divine ComedyDavid Robey, University ofManchester Research Unit inHumanities Computing SeminarCommittee Room, Strand 18.00Contact 0171-873 2360

20 FebruaryThe Community SupportFramework and its impact onGreek developmentRobert McDonaldCentre for HellenicStudies/Byzantine & Modern GreekStudies SeminarRoom 35B, Strand 17.00Contact 0171-873 2360

23 FebruaryThe romance of words innineteenth century AmericanLiteratureProfessor lan Bell, University of

Keele,Research Centre for AmericanStudies SeminarRoom 27C, Strand 18.15Contact 0171-8732360

27 FebruaryAll Greek to me: Greece andinternational security in the 7990sJames Gow, KCLCentre for HellenicStudies/Byzantine & Modern GreekStudies SeminarRoom 35B, Strand 17.00Contact 0171-873 2360

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crimeRoger Graef, writer and film makerInstitute for the Study & Treatmentof Delinquency SeminarCommittee Room, Strand 18.30 to

20.30Contact 0171-873 2822 - pleasering to confirm attendance

6 FebruaryQAL Ys and ethicsProfessor Alan Williams, Centre forHealth Economics, University of

YorkCentre for Medical Law & EthicsLent Term Public LectureRoom 2C 13.00 to 14.00Contact 0171 873 2382

7 FebruaryRegulation - principle or detail?How can we avoid regulatoryindigestion and make it moreeffective?Sir Sydney Lipworth, QCSchool of Law Public LectureGreat Hall, Strand 18.00 to 19.00Contact Debra Cossey 0171-873

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9 FebruaryThe economic causes of crimeDr Robert WittInstitute for the Study & Treatmentof Delinquency SeminarCommittee Room, Strand 18.30 to

20.30Contact 0171-873 2822 - pleasering to confirm attendance

27 FebruaryThe surrogacy picture: still hazyafter all these years?Dr Derek Morgan, University ofGlasgowCentre for Medical Law & EthicsLent Public LectureRoom 2C, Strand 13.00 to 14.00Contact 0171-8732382

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6 FebruaryLiving off the fat of the seaProfessor Tom Sanders, KCL Chairof Nutrition & Dietetics Inaugural

LectureGreat Hall, Strand 17.30Contact 0171 333 4273

8 February and 8 MarchBiomedical Sciences Division OpenDays - for those applying orthinking of applying for BSccoursesGreat Hall, Strand Campus 11.00 to

14.00Contact Jenny Elsden and DerekDrummie 0171-836 8851

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