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T/ze Arc/zbis/zop ofCanterbury, Dr George Carry, is congratulaled by Sir James Spoon",Cltairman ofCouncil, on receiving Itis Presentation FellOff»sltip at tlte College's PresentationCeremony, on Monday J 7 January.

the CollegeThe 1992-93

ccount andthe trateglcPlanDO'Uid Ball, Deputy College Secretary(Planning and Resources) reports on t/zeaccounts for t/ze year w/ziclz ended on 3 J

July J993 and t/ze College's performance inlerms oft/ze Stralegic Plan.

T he) 992-93 financial year

how the College'sperformance in the first full

year of operation of the long-term

tratcgic Plan, adopted in March) 992.

This Plan, which aims to achieve a

financially robust academic environmentof high quality research, scholar hip and

teaching, arose from the College'respon e to a combination of factor.These factors were related mainly tonational policies affecting highereducation in general, and to student

growth at a lower teaching unit ofre ource, and increasingly electiveallocation of funds for basic research in

particular. They left the College facing

the prospect of a growing imbalance

between its future income and

expenditure: a situation which, if not

redressed, would rapidly have led to

severe financial difficultie .

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The key componen of the trateglcPlan were tudent growth In area ofacknowledged trength, allied to a hortprogramme of taff rationali allon. Inorder to achIeve the nece ary taffreduction, the trategic Planmcorporated a total of ome £ 12 millionto meet the co ts of everance 0 er thethree year ending on 31 July 1995, anda further £4 million a ociated withdeveloping the infra tructllre to

accommodate plan ned student growth.

atisfactory progre

The 1992-93 re ult, in general term,achieves what wa et out in the

trateglc Plan and, apart from omelippage in terms of student recruitment

and a minor lengthening ofthetime cale for achieving taff reductiontargets, the College can be reasonablyati fied with progres . The cumulative

deficit as at 31 July J993, wh ich i in theregion of .8 million, may - if taken ini olation to a planned target - appear atfir t glance to be quite alarming. It is,however, consistent with the trategicPlan and i therefore entirely to beexpected.

However, Government rcductions inart -based tuition fee level ,and theremoval of the I ligher EducationCouncil (11 EFCE)'s safcty net grant insubseq uent year, have given cause forconcern, particularly in relation to theultimate achievement of the planned

objective. Thi ituation, which habeen cxacerbated by the future changesin higher education policy announcedby the hancellor of the Exchequer inthe i'."ovember Budgettatement, isbeing addressed, and di cus ion aretaking place with the IIEFCE a toformal acceptance of the College'overall strategic aim and objectives.

In e tment

In the meantime, it should be clearlytated that the College ha , and will in

the next few years, incur quite izeablerevenue deficits - albeit planned ones-a it drives through its planned taff

reduction and development

programme. In this respect, thecumulative deficit is expected to peak atome£17 million in 1994-95 and

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thereafter reduce rapidl . The main

point to note I , however, the fact thatthe cumulative deficit doe not arisefrom normal operation ,but olel as are uIt of the 'one off in e tment in the

trategic Plan and pecifically the taffrationalisation and infra tructurerefurbi hment programme. Thepurpo e of drawing attention to thiinformation i imply to po t a warningthat deficits of thi magnitude willinevitably auract external mtere t, eventhough they are planned and carryI IEFCE approval.

With regard to thi point, there i onefurther quite specific i sue within thiear' financial account which may also

become the focus of external interest.The eternal auditor have drawnattention in their report to the fact thatwc have not, in this ycar's expenditure,providcd committed co t a sociatedwith staff everance arrangementseffected in future years. In our opinionthese co t are better written off to therevenue account in the year in whichthe occur. To do otherwise implycreates an artificially high deficit in thefir t full year ofthe trategic Plan and,a uch, distorts future performancecomparisons. We have therefore optedfor a techn ical qualification of theaccounts rather than adopt an approachwhich in our opinion i misleading.

General Funds

I should also draw attention to one

further point of financial intere t. Theollege ha at present some £22 million

'free' General Fund, resulting in one ofthe more healthy financial strengthratio in he country's higher educationinstitutions. The e funds, whichprimarily accrue from sale proceeds ofports grounds, have until now been

utili ed in a general sense, a cover forthe co t of purcha ing Cornwall Houseand it Annexe, and the as ociatedrefurbishment co ts. We have alwaysmaintained the tance that the co ts ofthe'Thame ide Campu 'would bemet from sale proceeds of existingestate, and as uch the co ts ofpurcha ing and refurbi hing CornwallHou e and its Annexe would be a first

call on tho e proceeds. In this respect itis of cour e open to us to utili e our'free' General Funds to fund theCornwall I louse costs, a it is equally

open to u to utilise these Fund tomeet the co t of the trategic Plan ­speCifically taff rationalisation andrefurbi hment co

The intere ting point about the lattercourse of action i that, if taken, it wou Idre ult in removing totally the plannedrevenue deficit and as uch the Collegecould, with con iderable ju tification,claim to have a balanced revenueaccount. The down ide of taking uch acour e of action is that external financewould be needed to fund the costs ofCornwall I Iou e and its Annexe, withthe direct re ult of reducing availablefund for relocating to the St Thomas'sor Guy' 110 pital ites.

Capital e, tate

This lead on to the College' capitale tate i sues, and in particular to theachievement of the longer term aim ofunifying the College on a ingle ite.Thi aim effectively remain on holdpending deci ions as to the mergerbetween King' and the "nited Medicaland Dental Schools ( "MD ), and thepo sibility that either the St Thomas'sHospital site or the Guy's Hospital sitemay become available for Collegeactivities.

The Annual Accounts do, however,reflect action on a number of capitale tate issues; in particular the fundingof the final stage payment for theHampstead Campus. This fundingrequirement arose from the decision to

defer di posal of two outlying halls ofre idence, mainly as a resu It of thedepre sed property market, but al 0

from a need to accommodate increasedresidential demand.

QIS

The funding problem has been resolvedby a long term borrowing arrangementthrough the vehicle of a QualifyingIndexed ecurity (QIS). Thisarrangement, which i ecured on theHampstead estate, will provide a sinkingfund to repay the loan in the year 2017.It should be noted that the balance offunding for the purchase of theHampstead Campus has been effected

by Business Expansion Scheme (BES)arrangement ecured on other free­standing halls of residence. Thesearrangements are by nature hort term,

with a requirement to redeem hare(and there ore a re-financing need) In1 and I

Rc carch incomc up

Turning to more detailed matter' the1 - 3 nual Aceoun , \,\:hlch areavailable rom departmen or he

Library i required, indicate a totalIncome 0 ome million, - per centof which I derived from governmentgrant and tUition fees, and 2 per centfrom grant and contract income.Research grant and contrac income at£27 million - 50 per cent of which waearned from research council andcharitable bodie - rose b more than 10per cent from 1 1- 2 level. In termof expenditure (which exceeded incomeby ome £4.3 million, primaril a are ult of trategic Plan re tructunngco ts) 65 per cent was expended in

suPPOrt of primary academic aCllvitie ,including re earch.

Other items worth of comment were:

• The College' Inve tmentperformance. It was pleasing to notethat the market value of the College'swider range inve tments ro e during theyear in line with the FT 11 hare Indexincrease of 32 per cent. In overall termthe total Fund' market value at the yearend ( 13.16 million) represented a 64per cent increa e over book value.

Furthermore, the average dividend yield

of 4.5 per cent for equities held within

the College's investment portfolio

compared favourably with the averagefor Kequitie of4.0percent;

• Thefalling-offofindirectco trecoverie , when expre ed as apercentage of non-dual upport re earchcontract direct co . In 1992-93 thepercentage recovery fell to 11.4 per cent(in 1991-92 it had been 15 per cent).

Bearing In mind that, under the term of

the lIE FCE financial memoranda, it i

now a condition for payment of

govcrnment grant that a proper recoveryof indirect costs is achieved, the

acceptance of non-dual uppOrt re earchcontract not meeting the agreed criteriawill in future be increasingly difficult tojustify;

The College's self-financcdactivities.. rhese activities - namely

re ectorie , the Field Centre at Rogate,the por ground and the tudentre idence - in general terms operatedon a brea -even b I. Cl en that thlarea 0 actl ity has a total annual Incomeo ome 7.1 mllhon, Including - 0,000

dl pensation upport ran from theCollege, a brea -even ituatlon I nomall achievement.

Chanccllor' Budp'ct

Finally, earlier in thi commentary theeffec of the policie outlined in therecent Chancellor' Budget tatementwere referred to. ince a yet we onlyha e information relating to the nationalscene, it i too early to comment withany conviction on how the nationalpohcie will be implemented atin titutionallevel, and therefore howthe may affect the College's overallfinancial situation. What i clear,however, i that we face yet more

difficulties. The IIEFC', inre ponding to the hancellor'requirements, ha given a preliminary

indication that student Intake InOctober 1994 will be cut by at least 5per cent in re pect of in titution with astudent intake growth of 7 per cent ormore between tober 1993 and

ctober 1992. The ollege had anoverall intake growth in thi period ofapproximately 12 per cent. We may also

expect a further cut in tudent intakes inOctober 1995. It goe without aying

that the financial effec of a cutback on

a Plan ba cd on significant growth will

be severe.

In addition to the proposed tudentintake cutback, we now learn that'efficiency gain' (a government term forthe reduction of teaching resource) willbe increased from an average of2 percent in 1993-94 to 4 per cent in 1994-95.The financial effect of an additional 2per cent reduction in teaching resource,

if applied uniformly acro all ubjectcategorie ,i again very evere.

The College Committee is of course

carefully examining the situation andwill be in a po ition to re pond rapidly

when the preci e detail of the cuts, andhow they effect the College, is

announced by the IIEFCE.

omination for Fellow andPrc emation Fellow for 1994

he College i about to beginthe pr e which lead to the

nomination of Fellow andPresentation Fellow for 1994. It had

pre iou Iy been the practice to re trietthe call for nomination to a group

comprised largel of the ResidentFellow and Head of hool IDepartmen lDi isions. Howe er inorder that the whole College canparticipa~e in what i essentially thenomination of their Fellows, theopportunity to make a nomination hasbeen extended to all member of thisCollege.

The election of Fellow is governedby tatute 14 which states as follow:

"those eligible to be eleeted as Fellows

shall be:(a) the Principal;

(b) :v1ember of staff of the College;(c) Per on who have, in the opinion of

the Council, erved the College in

a con picuou manner;(d) Former tudents or members of

staff of the College who have in theopinion of the Council, becomeeminent in academic or public life."

The tatute allow for the election ofup to ten Fellows per (calendar) year.Traditionally, up to four awards have

been set aside for the award ofPresentation Fellowships which are theCollege's equivalent of Honorary

Degrees. Presentation Fellowship

nomination do not have to be drawn

from those who necessarily have anyprevious connection with the College,they may be individual who theCollege wishe to honour in recognitionof their ach ievements and who may'Jring their influence to bear for thebenefit of the College.

The election of Fellows is the

responsibility of the College Councilacting upon advice from two different

electoral bodie. 'ominations to the

Council for this award of Fellowships is

undertaken by the Committee of

Resident Fellow which is a meeting ofthose Fellows currently working in the

College. They receive and considernominations from members of the

College and advise the Council on whoshould be elected. The electoral bodyfor Presentation Fellowships is the

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'In theNews'

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n analy i of the unday Trading Rill

produced by Professor Keith EfJlJing,

Professor of Public Low (and Or imon

Deakin of Cambridge Cni er ity)

featured in an article in the Financial

Times on retail worker forced to work on

unday . The Report tared that

clau e in the Bill protecting workers

who refu e to work on unday fromdi mis al or di crimination areineffective and would be difficult to

enforce. Profe or Ewing also addres ed

MPs and journali cs in a I-louse of

Commons Committee Room about the

Rill.

Dr Keith Hoggart, Lecturer in Geography,

ha been the subject of much media

coverage following the publication of hi

report about the growing number of

British families leaving to live in France.

lie found that teacher led an exodus ofmiddle-cla profe sionals looking for

home in rural France. Articlesappeared in the Doily Mail, theIndependent, the Cuardian and the Doily

Telegraph, and there was an interview on

Greater London Radio.

Meat eating versu vegetarianism wa

the subject of an article in the Financial

Times. Dr Michae/ fe/son, Lecturer in the

Department of utrition and Dietetics,

agreed that there were some health

benefits to eating meat - but not many:'There are probably some advantages interms of iron intake and vitamin 1312,

but I wouldn't recommend eating itevery day.'

Ferdinand Mount bemoaned the

devaluation of reference books in an

article in the Daily Telegraph. He felt

they were becoming le learned and

more ob e ed with novelty, citing the

':':ew Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

Dr David 'ohs, Reader in English

Literature, confirmed thi : 'It's in the

choice of quotation that the ew SOED

demonstrate it clearest commitment tonewne s. Out go mo t of those

canonical authorities of the old-style

English Literature yllabus: Chaucer

and Spen er, Donne and Milton,

Addison and Bacon. In their place, we

find Len Deighton and Keith

Waterhouse, ]illy Cooper and Catherine

Cook on, the Sun and the Doily Mirror.'

Following a tory in the Evening

Standard about an archeologi t

contracting Farmer' Lung disea e, after

participating in a dig on a ite in

London, Dr Mahmoud Haloblob, Lecturer

in Microbiology, took part in Views and

Etxnts for the Middle Ea t section of the

BBC World ervice. He di cussing the

po sibility of contracting di ea e fromenvironmental microorgani m and howwe can protect ourselves again t them

Overindulgence in alcohol at Chri tma

was the ubject of an article in the

Sunday Mirror. Professor Timothy Peters,

Head ofthe Deportment and Professor of

Clinical Biocltemistry, explained that the

morning after feeling was due to the

narrowing of the blood ve sel which

cau ed blood pre sure to ri e and thu

triggered migraine-like headache. It

can also cause intestinal musclecontraction, giving rise to cramp andpossibly to vomiting. Dehydration ianother reason for that morning-afterfeeling a alcohol increases the amount

of fl uid the bod excretes.

Drugs from plants was the subject of

Back to Roots, a Radio 4 programme on

which DrClive Page, Readerin

Pharmacology, appeared.

M r Norman Parkinson, Lecturer in

Environmental Health, was interviewedon London Tonight (Carlton TV) about

the successful prosecution of Briti h Railunder the Environmental Protection Act

1990. British Rail had caused a noi e

nuisance by carrying out work on track

at North Kensington during the night

over a period of weeks. The case was

described as a landmark victory for local

re ident and Ken ington and Chel ea

Council.

An article welcoming the return of the

poncho featured on the fashion pages ofthe Independent. Professor William Rowe,

Professor of1 atin American Cultural

Studies in the Deportment ofSpanish and

Spanish-American Studies and the Centre for

Latin American Cultural Studies,

described the benefits of the garment: 'a

really good poncho is so th ickly woven

you can survive a rainstorm, go walking,

riding and then sleep in it.'

a ademic breakProfmo B H l ir:::~/1, P tjessor of

.',{~ I Bt iSI 's, peech to d or

In In ... erne about oXldan and

antioxidant was reported in. berdeen'

P ss n Journ I. He warned that

changin 0 'er to polyunsa uratedcoo in oil or health reason ma' notbe a healthy a first belie....ed becausethey ~ere much le table \~ hen heated

than monounsaturated 011 uch ~ olive

oil and rapeseed oil, or aturated fat Ii e

lard and butter. O....erheatlng cause

chemical change leadin to the creation

of harm ul . ree radicle', un table

molecule hat can set off a chain

reaction wIthin the body' cell ,

damaging the wall of blood e el.

Jfr Robcrl.lbraltam, l.Lclurer In liteDep rim I ofCo ~ I DenlZSlry,contributcd to an articlc 10 f mtf) Ctrcleabout blca hlOg teeth. following

information given out by the I3riti h

Dental \\ociation he explained what

treatment \~as a ailable, ho", patient

could oot:lln It and which hospital

would carry out such work.

f)r ,1ndr= Walker, Semor Lt!clurer in

7/uolo cal r~duCalion, wrote the 'Faith

and Rea\on' column in Tlte Times

critically evaluating the miraculous

claim of the Chari matlc ~lovement

and IOvitlng variou people to argue forand against the po sibilit of miracle.

AVI I in Pro e or in the hoolo Law has made legal hi tory

by becoming the first HighCourt judge not to have been a

practicing law, er. I3renda Hoggetl,and prevlOusl . one of the law

commi ioners, has been a Vi iting

Profe or at King's since 1990. he will

be ittin in the Famil Court a ~1r

ju tice Hale.

Her appointment has been welcomed

and goe ome wa to answering

critici m from legal and law reformgroup ",ho have complained that the

High Court judicial)' I drawn from toonarrow a ba e. Until thl ear, when the

first solicitor was appointed to thebench, all Iligh ourt judges had been

the legal

practlclOg barri ter .he i an expert on family la ,and at

the La Commi sion she pearheadedchanges which led to the J

Children' Act and last month'

propo al for divorce on demand with a

one- ear waiting period. een

advocate of divorce mediation, a ke

element of the propo als, she i

chairwoman of :"ational Family

. 1ediation, the umbrella group for

mediation services.he is also a member of the Human

Fertilisation and Embryology Authoritywhich i re pon ible for inspecting andlicen ing the J20 or 0 centres whichcarry out in uiJro fertilisation treatment

and research.

Juliel Aubrq, wlto ploys ltu J~ading roJ~

ofDorotlua in BBC TdMsion 's currenl

prodUClion of C~org~ Eliol's

Middlemarch, is a gradualt ofKing's. SIt~

gradualed in 19 in ClossicaJ Ardta~oJor:J

andgained expmenCt ofacting in tlt~ 1987

King's Cre~k Ploy, wlten sitepJay~d

Tecmma in Sopltocles' Ajax.

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ResearchThe Re earch ..oticeboard

T he cademic tandard

ection of the Regi try ha

e tablished a Re earch

:"oticeboard on the King's Information

ystem (KI ).

Thi facility, which can be found at

menu item 5, can be accessed by allmembers of the College who haveacces to any machine which isconnected to the network. Whenlogging into BAY, user should type'I:"FO' at the Username prompt toacce sKI . It is therefore not necessaryto have a username to be able to acce

the sy tem.KI i a general information database,

and new u ers should simply follow the

in truction at the bottom of the creento read any of the topics available.

The Re earch :"oticeboard hold up­

to-date information on all researchgrants and funding opportunitie ,including European Community,Re earch Council, charity, ind u trial andCollege fund.

There i also an E-:viail promptfacility available for interested parties,who should contact Louise Nadal onextension 3 6, or E-Mail via

DXX294, for more detail.

We are anxious that all funding

opportunities are publicised on the

Re earch ~oticeboard, and colleague

are invited to send Loui e any detailthey may hold of grants, prize, fund,etc In relatIOn to either teachmg orresearch.

Impact ofL'v1P CT

T he Centre for Educational

tudies' IMPACT report, on

the effects of computer in the

classroom to aid children' tudy, is

playing a major part in hapingGovernment policy for informationtechnology (IT) in chool ,the chools

Mini ter Eric Forth:viP has confirmed.

The Minister twice referred to thereport, published la t pring ( eeCommenl, :viay 1993), in an importantpeech to the tenth British Education

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ewsTraining Technology (8 ETT)

exhibition at 01 mpia earlier thimonth, reiterating the finding of the

King' tudy that IT has had a po itive

impact on children' achievements,

particularly in mathematic, geography

and primary English, but the benefits

are only felt if pupils regularly usecomputer in an appropriate way and

teachers arc committed and suitablytrained in its use.

King' and POET

Kng' is one of the academicinstitutions involved in Parallel

Opto-ElectronicTelecommunication ystems

(POETS), which is being funded by the

DTI and the ERG The largecollaborative project also involves

Cambridge L niversity, niversityCollege London, Bell TorthernResearch Europe and BT Laboratories.The project will consider the impact ofparallel free-space optics on futuretelecommunications ystems andnetworks. Grants totalling £518,000 havebeen awarded to the academic partnersand the industrialists are contributing

£917,000 to the project.The scope of the research ranges from

understanding the network

requirements and network topologies, to

consideration of tech nology i sue and

system demon trator .King' part of the work will be to

design and fabricate micro-opticalelemen to inve tigate the design ofwavelength space witches usingwavelength selective fanout optics andATM switches using image replicating

optics.

Peter Baker TravellingFellow hip 1993-4

T his Fellowship was. establishedin 19 7 by the famJly and

friends of Profes or Peter

Baker, ScD, FRS, Halliburton Professorof Physiology, Head of the Departmentof Physiology and King's Fellow. TheFellowship will assist a research worker

or research tudent (under r) in thehool of Life, Ba ic Medical and

Health Science at King' to pend aperiod of up to three month in anotherlaboratory, learning or applying a newmethod appropriate to the developmentof hi /her research. The alue of theFellow hip will not be more than £1 500

which may be u ed for travel living

expense and the cost of re earch at the

laboratory to be vi ited.

Application for travel in 1994 hould

be made by 31 January to Profe sor P

McNaughton, Ph siology Group,trand. There i no application form,

but the application should include acurriculum vitae and a letter stating howthe applicant would use the Fellowship

to further his/her re earch.

Over eas ResearchStudentship (ORS) wardScheme

T he 1994 competition for the

Over eas ResearchStudentship (OR ) Award

Scheme is now open. The Scheme isopen to oversea postgraduate tudentswho, in the ession 1994-95, arecommencing full-time study for a higherdegree a a registered re earch studentwithin the College, or who are alreadyundertaking such a programme and donot hold, nor have ever held an ORS

award.The award will be the difference

between the 1994-95 tuition fee for a

home postgraduate student and the rate

chargeable to an overseas po tgraduate

student for the particular full-timeresearch programme being taken by anaward-holder.

Applications must be made on anofficial form (ORS/1), copies of whichare obtainable from School Offices.The e should be submitted via Heads of

Department/Division to Louise Nadal,

Academic Standards Section, Regi try,

Cornwall House by 17.00 on 3 I March1994. Application received after this

date will not be accepted.Further information on the central

administration of these award can beaccessed via the Research. oticeboard

on KIS, or by contacting Louise on ext

3386.

Report of (hc _ .a(i0!1alLibrar: \\'eck 1-7 _ o\'cmber1993

DOBallDeputy College Secretary

(Planning and Resource )

hange of Banker

he College has ermlnated a

long landing relatIon hip

with I Ban ers, Cou Co,

to place all the College' ban ing

arrangemen with the. 'ational

\\'e tmin ter Ban plc, d ch Branch.

The re on or the change arose from

the need to effect' alue for mone 'in

re pect of the provision of profe ional

service to the College.The' alue for mone requirement is

of course a condition of the HigherEducation Funding Council' Financial

Yfemorandum, which came into force on

I ugu t 1 93 and which sets out the

conditions governing the College's

financial affair, including conditions

precedent for the pa ment of

Government grant.

The College' Finance Committee,

recogni ing the 'value for mone 'need,

and being aware of the impending

Financial \1emorandum, invited tenderfor the College's banking bu iness inmid-I993...ational We tminster Bank

plc were successful in their tender,

effectively contracting to provide a

similar service to that previously

provided by Coutts & Co., but at

approximately one-third of the price.

It is hoped that the change of

Bankers, which was effective I January

19 4, should not cau e any significant

difficulty for any member of staff or

department, but if there i a need to

discuss banking arrangements, please

contact the Chief Accountant - Mr K

Kirpalani.

Library Wuk pri=inn~r.r:

(from left 10 nghl) Calhy M=ell (151

pn'u), Palricia Rigby (Dir~clor 0/ LibraryScroius), Moira Mal/hew (STA Travel),Rosann~ Alien (3rd pn'u) and FionaCampb~1I (2ndpriu).

Ilelen Jone

enior Library Assistant

trand Building Library

en ran 0 whom about 15 scored fullmar . We selected three prize winner

on he basl 0 their tie br er an wer .Ca hv _lax.... ell. a tudent 0 _ 'ur ing

LUdie _clalfned a Ir t pflze 0 150

worth 0 A Travel vouche for her

entry. 'Librarie are Important because

boo are tOO excitln 0 eep to

onesel .' Iona Campbell, another

_'ur in LUdent, claimed econd pflze

(a year' ubscnption to Tim~ OUI) for her

entry: 'Librarie are Important becauseone hear the quiet word of the wi ewhich are more to be heeded than theshou of fool (Eccle la tes 9 v17).'

Third prize went to a \1athematicsLUdent Ro anne Alien, for her entry:

'Libraries are important because they

provide ea il acce ible timulu

material for furthering study and areas of

Intere t to improve our mind and hence

ociety.' Rosanne won five books

donated by Dorling Klnder le of

ovent Garden.

A pre entation ceremony was held in

the Library \1eeting Room on \1onda22 _'ovember where Patflcia Rigby,

Director of Library ervlces, awardedthe winner their prize. \1oira \1atthew

from Travel, spon ors of. 'ational

Library Week, came along to enjoy

chee e and wine with the prize winners

and the staff responsible for organising

. 'ational Library Week at King's.

Hum

T he week was u ed at King' to

help promote our libraryfacilitie and tho eo fered

natIOnally. The Library OClatlon

wanted the week to be a celebration of

the pivotal role which librarie play insociet and the library at King' did Its

be t to help in thi national campaign.We had a week long exhibition in the

main entrance at the trand and maller

display 10 the librarie at Cornwall

I Iou e, helsea and Ken ington. These

di play covered a wide variety of topics,

including famou ex-librarian, librarie

and librarian in films and book, what

Iccturcr at King read (including the

Principal's choice of reading matter),

plus picce on the Britj h Library and

thc Library of Congres .

Wc also had a compctition during the

wcek which aimed to encourage our

u er to find out more about exactlywhat wc offcr. We had around 30

r-......r-, he hoolo Humanltle i

holding a howcase Research

Fair or all hat I be t 10 the

humanllJe . There will be dl pIa rom

the 14 departmen ran in rom

Archaeolo )' to War LUdle:>.

It will be held on Thur day 10

February In the Great Hall, be Inning at

12.30 pm nd continuing until 7. 0 pm.\1ember of taff are warmly invited to

come along.

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TheCollege'sMediaRelations

Melonie Cardner, Press and Information

Officer, descn'bes the media relations work

ofthe Press and Publications Ol/ice and

asks for your help in publicising tire College.

'Journalist say a thing that the knowisn't true, in the hope that if they keep

a ing it long enough it will be true'Tire Title by Arnold l3ennett

M any people have a deep

suspicion of the pre sgenerally and journali ts

individually. They worry about talkingto them: fearing mi quotation or theexi tence ofa hidden agenda. Thishould not have to be the case (unless

your name is John Majorl). There isplenty the College can gain frompo itive relation with the media. And,

a mueh a we need them, they need us

too. Each day thousands of journalists

are eareh ing for tories to fill their page

and programme. .." -'-' '-1\:-_., .- . PurCl: s___ little In ever-

S hand ~~~ had a•AS soon a thele5S

• feelingcunous Wlld-

f "nnle aboUl thesethe ax u;u." 100\(.lng pa~

S .-nus dldn' f1knew 1wa r e the ~g~

l,; at someone out mUSic-lOOl'.lng co~~e\oo\(.ofan'l It ~ now frorna PurceL ~e compos-

h' qwcldy. stratghtautograp :to the paper." she

- l;lst wee f__-----:- . rolessor °- phofled curtis 1'n~ London,

npl. the ottly mUSIC al King's ~Id'S foremost,11, wnnen ~ and one of the He tal<es up thesplranon and p,uoeIl authonnes.••~ \(.eybOlLr 'be down,_.. Sl~' k.ed Lisa to desert~ [thethat Usa Cox I ~ne what the k.ed \ilte

he was a the-"_I handwriting\ 100 hand orUl s of mu",!said: is it a lar.g\nown to'fs ~%u1d ~~ Pufcell'S har: ~he said 'it'Sre sum· . be large and..scedr~:r detailS~!:~~e1hey

lot beUlg 1;U1!e'. I as.. . 'well tt'S WUU'

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page 8

\40 t member of the College will beaware of the exi tence of the Pres andPublication Office through i work inproducing. for example, Comment, thePro pectuse and King's Report. ome,however, may not be 0 familiar with its

other work, including that in mediarelations. Thi article outline y, hat we

do. ho we do it, wh we do it and what

ou can do in thi area.

To promote the ollege effecti elythrough the media (ie, televi ion, radio,

new paper, magazine ete), it i

e ential that a good flow of information

develop between ou and u ,ensuringthat we hear of work and event within

hools, Departments and entres inwhich we can intere. t the pre .

Remember, new i not only for

external con. umption, good torie areal 0 needed for Comment. We al 0

have to promote the College to taff:good internal communication are vital

before we can begin to promoteourselve, to the outside world.

\ hy do we need to havecontact with the pre ?

There are obviou benefits that canaccrue from enhancing the Collegeprofile and promoting King's as a centreof excellence. For example, coverage inthe media could result in an increa e instudent application, better public

perception. more re earch grants, andhigher standing amongst academie peers.

The media ha an enormous impact,

and can, in the most ueces ful cases,

make governments recon ider policies,

per uade bu ine e and public bodieto adopt new technique and bring the

full force of publi opinion behindi ue, uch as higher education.recent survey by Loughborough

niver ity found that politicians aequirenearl all of their information from thepre - not academic publication.

What form do current mediarelation take?

The Office providc the following

service:

• media enq uirie are dealt with bythis Office. We either answer them

our elves or refer them to theappropriate per on keeping a record of

action taken.

• contact with the pre . regularcontact i maintained with the pre s,either directl or in the form of prerelease or in itation to pecific even

• the publication of the Directo of

Expms - thi li t over a half of our

academic. Between 1992 and mid1993, thi helped to contribute to a rise

of over -0% in the number of mention

of King' in the pre .

• media event . uch as the lecture forstaff held la t May with Peter Ilobday,

Presenter of the Today programme, and

John O'Leary, Education Corre pondent

of the Times

• the publication of Expert Opinion. agu ide for staff to press, rad io andtelevi ion interviews

• media training. one ses ion oftraining for enior staff ha been held

and it is hoped to run more

• pre cutting ervice - the majornewspaper are canned daily for items

about King' or higher education and a

pres cutting agency monitoreverything el e. Important cutting arecirculated on a weekly ba i to Heads of

hool and enior Officers and areavailable for con ultation in the librarie .

What is news?

What con titute 'good new' in theollege's terms is not nece arily the

ame a a 'new story' to a journalist!

Among the qualities which make up anews story are:

• uniquene

• human interest

• topicality

• novelty• surpri e or the unexpected

• con trover y

In College terms thi could mean:

• a breakthrough, di covery or newdevelopment in re earch

• an opening or launch

• a meeting or conference

• a new book or journal

• profile of per onnel

• anniver aries

• science in action

• work in progres• technology transfer

• a research paper

How can media coverage beimproved?

\1 ue h ha already heen achieved. and

we would now like to ake a more

proactive tanee and J'!:ain more coverage.

I low can \'ve do thl : \\e mu t

iden ify Item that could be promoted.a

poten ial good new tones for King' .

but v"lth the large, di parate nature of

the College wc are reliant on colleague

for thi information. \Vc have a contact

person, a . tringer', In each. hool, who

endeavollr to spot uitable tories for

u . nut wc would ask staff to keep us

Informed of their work or events. V.'e

will give YOU our profeSSIOnal advlcc as

to whether the media will be Interested

in the tor> - . ome times the best news

In College terms, docs not have thc

CJllalitle outlined above

Once wc have a stor, we feel wc can

Interest the pre s In, there arc a number

of ways in \\hlch it can be approached:

• preH re/fase - has the advan age of

reaching a lot of Journali t and provide

all the essential information, but I'> not

alwa s succe ful, a newspapers et can

receive literally hundreds of pre

releases a day. Examples of IIse: \\ hen

The Prince Royal visit the College

• prfSJ cun/frena - these have to be vcr

trong stories usually of a major

announcement. Examples of lie: when

Vlaleolm Rifkind announced change. In

Britain's nuclear defence strategy at a

Centre for Defence Stlldies event at

King's

• pre. s bnefing - a few scle tcd

journali t. are Invited In and givcn

information exclu ivelv, cg. for

ed llcation correspondcnts before

Profesor v1argaret Brown ga've her

lnaugurallecLUre

• press exclusive· onl onc Journali t i

offered a tof), eg, Professor Curti

Pri e's erification of a previously

undi covered Purcell manu cript wa

offered to the Times onl and they ran a

filii-page article.

• plroto OppfJrtunity - a picture tells a

thou and word. If an event or piece of

research IS Visually interesting, It could

be appropriate to et up a photo

opportunity rather than IS ue a relea e.

Tlte Times Iltglter Education Supplmuntare alway on the look out for good

phoLOs, eg. the Advent arol ervlce.

.0 If you discover a foolproof cllre for

a hangover or are awarded a £1 million

to invctigatc the privatc life of \.1 P ­

Ict tJ know'

Timing can be crucial. We need a

certain amount of warning to plan and

prepare \\hlchever \\a we plan to

handle a s(Of), 0 plea e let u know If

po slble, eve raJ weck before ·ou want

to puhli h your tof) I here are good

and bad time to contact Journalists, in

tcrm of their deadline, other event

going on, the time of week or year, etc.

It pay to take advantage ofthClf quieter

time .

• ome acadcmlc constantly appear in

the media a. expert. on a particular

subject and build up their own contacts.

We are intcre tcd to hear aboUlthem

but would not expectLO be involved

un less ou a ha ing a major event in

\\hich case wc would appreciate being

kept Informed.

Type of media coverage

overage doe not just mean an article

111 the 7i'mes or a slot on the ine O'Clock,\'i?WJ. There are other outlets which

need good stories or want experts to

comment:

pecialist papers

• tradc Journals

• local press

• feature articlcs

• the BBC World Service (the College

particularly well placcd for this, since

the. trand Campus io clo e to Bush

I (ou e)

• thc Times IIiglte,. I';ducation Supplement(the 11iglter)

• London mcdla• speciali t radiO and television

programme

It I \\orth rcmembenngjournali t

can learn of a wry by hearing or seeing

It via another medium. piece in a local

paper could be picked up by a national

newspaper or TV or radio programme.

Controver ial topic

If you have a particularly tricky issue

and would prcfcr not to deal with the

press directly on, for example, animal

right or politically en itive issue, we

are alway prepared to handle calls and

deal with journalist. We will do this by

finding out what the journali t want to

Elections for majority n

ANC's arlbrains an(

AUSON UTlEY

know and the background to the tory,

and will then consult the member of

staff concerned and agree an appropriate

tatement. For thi we do, of course,

need to be fully briefed. Matters

concerning College policy, per onnel

i ue and any controversial i ue

affecting the College'S organisation

should be referred to the Press Office

immediately. In all case, it i be t to

refer difficult call to us without trying

to respond to them first. Unfavourable

coverage can be mitigated, either in its

extent or content (although it is a

mi take to think that journalists can be

bullie.:l into not u ing a story, even if it is

not helpful to the College).

Media monitoring

If you do appear on a programme or are

quoted in a newspaper, give the Office a

ring and let us know. We like to keep

track of the coverage King's receives

and we are currently setting up a sy tern

to log thi information more efficiently.

Contact information

The Pre and Publication Office, part

of the Department of External

Relations, is ba cd in Cornwall House

nnexe. If you have anyth ing you wi h

to publici e contact either Melanic

Gardner (Press and Information Officer)

on 071-872 3073 or Christine Kenyon

Jone (Director of Public Relation) on

07]-872 3202.

Copie of the Directory of Experts

and Expert Opinion are available from

the Office cxtension 3202.

page 9

T he Engll h Language Cnlt ha

moved - geographically. to the

At In BUildIng on the

en ington Campu , where It now

enJo a elf-<:ontained ulte of room

With computIng facilitle and language

lab - and'a demicall·. to become part

of the hool of Humanitle . The maIn

activitie of the Cnit are till the Pre-

s ional and In- essional cour e

offered to over eas tuden (the latter

programme has expanded dramaticall

to include ubject-specific cia e

arranged for Individual department and

participation on departmental

workshop. etc). It may be ofintere t

that the L nit i now workIng in the area

of language. teaching and tudy-skill

for native speaker 0 Englih. too.

In keepIng with its new role in

Ilumanltle. the Cnit i workIng With

academic department to provide full or

halfcour e uni on ome undergraduate

programmes: cour e under di cus Ion

Include one on rhetoric, language and

style to be offered a an option acros

humanities programme and a cour e

dealing With applied linguistiCS and the

teaching of Engli h a a foreign

language for the English BA. A future

contribution to a BAtpGCE in Nlodern

Languages is al 0 under discussion.

The C nit i intere ted, too. in etting

up non-degree courses in English and

communication kill which may benefit

Briti h tu dent . It is hoped to offer a

series of remed ial work hop to

counteract' tudent illiteracy' in all

ubject area, and to give other students

the opportunity to gain the R

uni er ity of Cambridge Certificate in

EFL - the initial qualification for

teaching Engli h internationally.

Ou ide King' ,member of the Cnit

have been acting as peech tutor on

cour es for lecturers and doctors

co-ordinated for the L:niver ityof

London by Or enetia France of

External Relations.

April 1994 hould see the beginning

of a pre-Nlaster's language programme

designed especially for Japanc e

student going on to postgraduate work

in a number of different department

at King's.

•

•

•

••

examples

Clearing

Colour lide include: ome views of

the Strand ite; the general vicinity of

the Strand campus; a hall of residence; a

study bedroom; the Language &Communication Centre; a tutorial group;

the tudents' Union. Sports facilities;

the Wellington duel cartoon.

[fyou would like to borrow any

transparencies or slide please contact

John 0.'icholas or Jennifer Anning in

External Relations (ext 3050, 3027).

We welcome any comments on the

material we are offering and look

forward to improving upon our fir t

efforts with your help.

•

•

••

•

Jennifer Anning

John. 'ichola

tudent Recruitment & Exchanges

Office

bac ground to a hort tal or part of a

longer dlscu ion. In addition. a

selection of colour IIde might provide

appropna e illu tratlon In orne case .

Initially v.e ha\e prepared material

about Ing'. I degree programmes

and tudent life, and on procedure for

appl in to unlver i . choo ing course

etc.

Tran parencie pecifically relating to

King' Include:

• II1 tor)• hool of research and

teachingGeneral tati tiC (number of

students, number of degree

programme ,etc.)

Year Out (Europe, L A.

Indu try)

tudent cademic upport

tudent Welfare upport

In the second group we have:

l\pplication procedure (broad

urvey)

Choo ing a university

hoo ing a cour e

ource of Information

The LC form (general)

The CC form, photocopie of

College, lide Pre. entationPack available

Tony Thorne

Director, English Language Lnit

\1ean",hile the Engli h Langua e

C nit I pla)1n ho t to wo lan uage

trainer sent by the Cuban government

With he aid of Brltl h Foreign 0 Ice

holar hip, and 0 a \1 ItIng pro e or

rom he Cnlver i 0 Pre 0\ In

lova ia.. I obel Benne , a member of

the Cnl I currently on attachment at

he L niversi 0 Phy lcal Education In

Budape t, advi In on lan ua e lIabu

and material de ign.

On a le s orthodox note, Ton

Thome. the Cnit Director. I embarkIng

on a new tage In hi re earch on slang

and ne'" En Ii h; thi wdllnvolve the

creation of the fir t CK lang archive

and e entually contrtbute to a new

edition of hi Dictionary of

Contemporary lang. Informatlon in thi

largel_ unexplored Ilngul tic area I

being hared With colleagues In the C ,

France and ndlna ia.

·\t the ame time. u an ne Elliotl and

Jennifer JenkIn are researching into

overseas students' academic and cultural

tud_ kill problems, while. tephanie

Taylor. a part-time member of the Cnit

I examining how national Identity is

constructed through language. ( usanne

and Jenny would incidentally be very

grateful for any sample of tudent work

- from British or oversea tudent - to

help them in their research).

The Engli h Language Lnit can be

contacted on 071- 3 4075 and i

ituated in room 129cs on the 1st Ooor,

Atkins Building.

M any ollege taff give talk

at higher ed ucation fairs or

school at home and abroad

- about King, or on general topic

uch a getting to Lni er ity. udience

typically include chool pupils, parents,

teacher or career adviser. The talks

may be given under the aegi of

College's External Relation

Department, on behalf of academic

departments or in a private capacity.

Whatevcr the circumstances we felt that

staff might find it u eful to have

available a serie of overhead-projector

transparencie ,each of which are

provided with a li t of 6-12 head ings, a

nIt

n li hLan

page 10

Staff ewsTwo members of staff have been

presented with research a ard:

Profe or William Rowe, Dcpartment of

pani h, has been awarded one of only

nine two- ear Briti h cadem Re earch

Reader hip (1994-%).

Or Mike Ileath, Department of French,

ha been awarded a British cademy/

Levcrhulme Tru t Senior Research

Fellowship (1994-95).

They are to be warmly congratulated

on their plendid ucce a there were

330 application for the two

competitions.

Gi e Blood

The Blood Transfusion ervice will be

vi iting the College on Monday 2

February and Tuesday 1 :'vIarch and willet up in the Great Hall.

upplies of blood in the London area

are urgently needed as the demand for

blood grows and the number of donor

falls off. If you are unable to make

either of these sessions you can attendthe West End Donor Centre in Margaret

Street, whose hours are flexible and

turnover quick, and at certain time you

get a free pint of beer!

ev Academic StaffDe elopment Officerappointed

M r Roger :'vIayhew was

appointed on 1 t December

1993 to the po ition of

Academic taff De elopment Officer.

He uccced Or Mike L1ewcllyn.

Roger ha extensive experience in the

staff de elopment field. lIe has workeda a training consultant within the public

ector for 12 years, during which time he

pre ented everal course at King's.

Prior to thi he wa Principal Per onnel

Officer at University College London

for nine years.

Roger joins Ken Bromfield, Training

Officer for non-academic staff, and

janine Morton, Training o-ordinator,

in the, taff Development and Training

Cnil. Plea e direct enquirie regarding

the training and development of

academic and academic-related taff to:­

Roger :'vIayhew, Room :-'113308, Main

Building, Cornwall Hou e, ext 34 0/7 .

Policy on the Employment ofthe Di abled

T he College ha recently

produced a Policy on the

Employment ofthe Disabled

and this was approved by Council at its

last meeting. It i intended to how

that:

• nfortunately people with

disabilities in ociety often do not gettheir full hare of the job available, or

the job in which their abilities can beu ed, and may also lose out on training

and promotion opportunities. Therea on for thi i that many people

confuse disability with inability.

• The College i committed toensuring that di abled people are

encouraged to apply for jobs and to

receive as wide a range of training and

career development opportunities as

anyone el e.

• Many of us involved inshortlisting and selecting job candidates

may have little or no experience of

working with disabled people. As aconsequence, there may be a tendency

to reject a di abled person as being

"unsuitable" without giving careful

con ideration to the valuable kills and

commitment they have to offer, and

without knowing very much about the

nature oftheir di abilit or their need at

work.

• With a little imagination,someone' disabilit can often be

accommodated by minor adju tments to

their work place or to the equipment

they need to do their jobs. Government

grants to make uch alterations may be

available.

Copie of the Policy will be

included in staff handbooks and will be

posted on departmental noticeboards.

Whilst the Policy' guidelines are

intended to be a comprehensive as

po sible, they are of nece ity brief. If

you need further information, or perhaps

advice about government grants

available, please do not hesitate to

contact your local Per onnel Officer.

Marjorie YoungDirector of Per onnel and Training

Council New

ew member of Council

Two new member have been elected

to College ouncil. They are Mr T

Michael Rogers, a partner in chartered

accountants Dixon Wilson, and Michael

David Abrahams :'vIBE, a company

director and chairman.

Knighthood for Treasurer

Brian Pear e, the College Treasurer

received a Knighthood in the ew Year

Honour lisl. ir Brian has been

Treasurer of King's since December

1992 and a member of Council since

December 1990. He is Chief Executive

of the Midland Bank plc and currently

President of the Chartered Institute of

Bankers.

Small Ads

The UEA SocietyThe Alumni Society of the niversityof

East Anglia would like to make contact

with any past students or staff. Please

contactjulia Bowen, A1umni Relations

Assistant, niversity of Ea t Anglia,

orwich R4 7Tj. Telephone 0603

593007, fax 0603 259883.

Clapham. flat to letFurni hed, self-contained, second floor

studio flat with separate kitchen and

bathroom in period building. Free off-

treet parking, gas central heating,

dishwa her and washing machine. Less

than five minutes from Clapham

Common tube station. Easy access to

City and We t End. Available to let at

£115 per week. Call David on 0908

347800.

page 11

Furnished flat to let

I -contained, compnsin wo large

roo . lochen and bathroom on fir t

oor In purpo e-bullt bl In Bound

Green. '11, two minute wal rom

l nderground (Piccadilly Line). Double­

glazing, W hlng machine, telephone,

par Ing In courtyard. uitable or Ingle

per on or couple at 400 per month-

a ailable end of February. ontact

Profe or \' \10 e . Di i Ion 0 Life

lence on 0 1-45107 (evening /

weekend)

ProvenceSelf-catering apartment in an 1 th

century Provencial style country house

with large private garden and wimming

pool. 10 e to Avingnon. For further

detail phone 0742- 0 I.

Special rates at The Strand PalaceHotelThe ollege's local pn ilege rate at The

trand Palace has been extended until

31 December 1994 and the rate arc as

follow: Ingle Room 9 per night

Twin/Double Room 77 per night

These rate are inclu ive of Engli h

I3reakfa t, ervice and Tat 17.5%

and are non-commi ionable.

ontact the Reservation Department,

te1071- 36 0 O,fax071- 362077 and

quote 'King' College London, LPR

40541'. Reservation should be

confirmed in writing or fax and hotel

account hould be ett)ed on departure.

Landlords neededThe ccommodation Office i

planning its annual drive to recruit new

landlords to the College' I lead Lease

heme. 'I he cheme has been run for

over year a a elf financing operation

to prOVide affordable, good quality

accommodation for King' tudcnt.

Group of up to five studen are

hou ed in elf-contained, furni hed

properties, in travel zone 1,2 and 3, for

a period, u ually between and 12

months, which is fixed by contract.

Accommodation taff in pect properties

termly, collect rent from tudent, make

payments to the landlord and liai e

betwcen tenant and landlord as

req uired. 'I he Accommodation Office

also holds depo its again t damage to

the property.

Guaranteed rent and vacant

po session are two of the many

page 12

ad anta e of leuin hrou h the

Colic e and, in our experience, the

heme I regarded .... 1 h avour by

in urance companie . The scheme i

popular With tuden and many

landlord let With u year after year

I )' ou are con Iderin letting a pn\ ate

re Idence, or now an one In thl

po ItlOn .... ho ma be Intere ted in the

heme, please contact the

Accommodation Office and as or

ngela eegan or lan 1acLochlainn, tel

071 73 230'(Z724.

Employment Departmentfunding for career

K ing' College tudent will

benefit from a new career

education initiative for which

the Department of Emplo ment ha

awarded £ 147,5000 er two year to the

lntversity of London Career Advisory

rviee (lLC ). King' College

Careers rvlce, which I part of

lLCA , wa a partner in the initial bid

for funding, along With lCL, QMW and

,0 . Other ollege are now asking to

participate in the proJect.

Dramatically Increa Ing number of

students and con tralnt on staffing are

changing the wa in which the Careers

Service operates. In addition, tudents

who leave all career decision making

until their final year or until after

graduation are at a eriou disadvantage

in the current unfavourable employment

market. La t ummer some academic

departments agreed to participate in the

heme which will provide each under­

graduate with up to 12 hour of careers

education during their degree course.

tu dents will be introduced to the

heme during the fir t ear of their

degree cour e and will continue to

develop their awareness and carcer

seeking kill right through to their final

ear. The funding from the

Employment Department will allow u

to develop effective material tailored to

each participating department.

In their first year tudents will be

introduced to the qualitie employer

seek in graduates and the need for

personal tran ferable kills. The cheme

will encourage students to consider how

and where to obtain ummer vacation

work and to write a simple CV.

During their second year tudents will

become more aware of the market for

graduates in their discipline and the

opportunltle or po tgraduate tud as

well as the need or te tlng the

emplo ment ma et throu h relevant

vacation ....or . Their In ervlewlng ill

Will be developed and alumni from their

departmen Introduced as role models to

ible way for their development.

Final 'ear ruden WIll aln further

under tandlng of the wa 'S In which

people make effective career choice ,

the ophl tlcated selection procedures

employer use and the man different

wa of eeklng employment, including

networkIng.

If you would like 'our ruden to

participate in thi cheme, or would like

further detail , please contact Dr ue

Dirmikis, Senior Career dviser on

exten ion26160r4416.

he Centre for dvanced

Performance studie ,an

institute Jointly establi hed

by King's College London and the

Royal Academy of \1 u ic who e

Director IS Prof Laurence Dreyfu ,has

announced the creation of a new series

of In formal discu ion and debate

entitled 'CAP Encounters'.

The fir t of the e Encounters will

discus ' hould there be positive action

as regard gender in music?' and will be

held on Thursday 17 February in the

Ilenry Wood Room at the Royal

Academy of \1 u ic, Marylcbone Road,

:,\WI from 17.15 until 18.30. Invited to

contribute to thi round-table

presentation are Nicola LeFanu,

composer and Profe or of \1 usic at

King's College London, and Rhian

amuel, composer, co-editor of the

GrrJfX Dictionary of Womm Compose and

Head of the Department of \1 u ic at

Reading lniver ity. The discus ion will

be moderated by Kimberly \1ar hall,

Dean of Postgraduate tudies at the

Royal Academy of \1 u ic.

The next C P Encounter will be

held ;>n Th ursday 10 March ( ame

venue and time) and will feature

]onathan Freeman-Attwood, Dean of

Undergraduate Studies at the Royal

Academy of Mu ic, who will di cuss

Bruckner's Symp/:o"y o. I.\1ember of the King's College

community as well as the general public

are warmly invited to join these

discussions and to share a glass of wine.

Events

Humanitie

2 FebruaryInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies ColloquiumRoom GO ,Department 0 usicStrand Campus, 17.00 to 18.30 '

Judith Weir, University of London: Thecomposer will discuss herforthcoming opera, Blond Eckbert, inthe context of her work

3 FebruaryCentre for Philosophical StudiesOne Day ConferenceCouncil Room, Strand Campus, 11 .00

Science in Late Antiquity

Speakers include: Professor Richard

Sorabji, ing's; Dr Vivien utton

Well come Institute for the Histo~ of

edicine, London; Dr Norma

Emerton, Wolfson College, Cambridge

3 FebruaryDepartment of Music ConcertRoom GO 1, Strand Campus, 13.05

Works by J S Bach, ProkoflevandHoneggerNaomi Hillman, flute and Sarah Nicolls

. 'piano

3 FebruaryCentre for American StudiesSeminarRoom 27C, Strand Campus, 16.15

'A different language down here', thetwentieth century cultural landscapeof New Orleans.

Dr Helen Taylor, University of Warwick

3 FebruaryCentre for Hellenic Studies LectureNew Theatre, Strand Campus, 18.00

Third Runciman LectureByzantine Thessalomki: a unique city?Professor R Browning, University of

London

8 FebruaryDepartment of Theology &Religious StudiesGreat Hall, Strand Campus, 17.30 to

18.45

The F 0 Maurice Lectures (lecture 1)

What did the Buddha say?Chronology: the date of the Buddha

Professor Richard Gombrich, 80den

Professor of Sanskrit, Oxford

University

9 FebruaryDepartment of Music ConcertRoom G01, Strand Campus, 13.05

to include R Vaugham Williams OnWenloc Edge

Leontine Hass, soprano, Justin Olden,

tenor, instrumentalists to be

announced

9 FebruaryInaugural lectureDepartment of ClassicsGreat Hall, Strand Campus, 17.30

LanguaQe, poetry and enactmentMichael Silk, Professor of Greek

Language & Literature

10 FebruaryHumanities Research FairGreat Hall, Strand Campus, 12.30 to

19.00.

For further information tel 071-873

2360

12 FebruaryCentre for Philosophical StudiesOne Day ConferenceCommittee Room, Strand Campus

Epistemology and religiousexperience11.00 Professor Anthony O'Hear,

University of Bradford

14.00 Professor Paul Helm, King's

College London

14 FebruaryCentra for Hellenic Studies andByzantine & Modern Greek StudiesSeminarRoom B6, Classics Department,

Strand Campus, 17.00

Theodore the Studite and IconoclasmAndrew Louth, Goldsmiths' College

15 FebruaryDepartment of Theology &Religious StudiesGreat Hall, Strand Campus, 17.30 to

18.45

The F 0 Maurice Lectures (lecture 2)

What did the Buddha say? The textual

evidenceProfessor Richard Gombrich, Boden

Professor of Sanskrit, Oxford

University

16 FebruaryInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies ColloquiumRoom G01, Department of Music,

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S a a Ca'T'p S, 7 00 '0 . 8 30

Sc oenberg as eacher new arc 11 a,ma enasS ste • 'g's Co ege 0 0

17 FebruaryDepartment of Music Concert

Roorl"' GO' S ra 0 Carno"s 3 05or s b J S Bach and Bee ho en

A a C aug·on. ce 0 0 a S' to oea 0 ncea

17 February.Centre for American StudieslectureRoo 27C, S rand Campus, 6 5

The paradox 0 power, Eisenhower'sforeIgn poliCy m the 1950sDr Ca u acDona'd, Unlvers y 0

arwlc

17 FebruaryCentre for late Antique & MedievalStudies lectureRoom 2C. S rand Campus, 6 5The problem of he enemy m he OldFrench chansons de ges e

Dr Sara ay, University 0 Ca or-age

17 FebruaryByzantine & Modern Greek StudieslectureRoom 1B06, ClaSSICS Depar men,1730 019.00Bureaucracy and cosmology modernGree cIvil admInistration and theconstructIOn of natIOnalityPro essor ichael Herz eld, HarvardUnlversl y, Depa men! 0An hropology

17 FebruaryCentre for Advanced PerformanceStudies (CAPS) Encounter, Henry

Wood Room, Royal Academy ofMusic, Marylebone Road, NW1,5.15-6.30pm'Should there be positive action as

regards gender m musIc?' WIth IcolaLe anu ( ing's) and R ian Samuel(UnlverSI y 0 Reading)

18 FebruaryCentre for Twentieth CenturyCultural Studies One DayConferenceGrea Hall, Strand Campus, 9,30Colonial armies and indigenous

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21 FebruaryCentre for Hellenic Studies andByzantine & Modern Greek StudiesSeminarRoom B6, ClaSSICS Depa men,S and Ca pus, 700The marble pas m he poe ry ofGeorge SefensP 0 essor Dls In Ca , Du e Unlverlsty

22 FebruaryDepartment of Theology &Religious StudiesG ea a' , S ra d Campus, 17 30 0845

The F 0 Maunce Lec ures (Iec ure 3)What did he Buddha say? SomePOSI Ive conclUSionsPro essor Richard Gombnch, BodenPro essor of Sans n , Ox ordUniversity

23 FebruaryInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies ColloquiumRoom G01, Department of USIC,Strand Campus, 1700 0 1830Fdteenth-century organ musIc and ItSperformance practiceKlmberly arshall, Royal Academy 0

USIC

23 FebruaryCentre for Philosophical Studieslecture

Roo B06, S rand Campus, 7 15

Philosophy and artdlclal m elligence:slmula mg real expenence urnmgFaraday's mtelllgence mto artdlclalmtelligence

Dr Davld Goodong, Unlversi y 0 Ba h

24 FebruaryDepartment of Music ConcertRoom GO ,S rand Campus, 13 05to mclude musIc by Brahms

ary Wong, violin; viola player andpianist to be announced

28 February

Centre for Hellenic Studies andByzantine & Modem Greek StudiesSeminarRoo B6, C ass cs Deoa e t,

Sad CampuS '7 00

EmbaSSies and mlSSKms, d'gm ed ande middle Byzan me penod

Jo a a S eoard, Ca 0 dge

7 FebruaryCentre for Medical law & EthicslectureRoom 804, S rand Campus, 300 0

400Who shall lIVe ? Who shall die? TheOregon expenmenDr Fran Ho Igsbaum,

8 FebruaryThe British Institute of HumanRights lecture

ew Thea re, S rand Campus, 13 0001400

Human nghts m medical care

Po essor lan ennedy, Ing's

16 FebruaryGreat Hall, Strand Campus, 18.00 to20.00Fraud m the CIty - policmg thenations's capItal markets m the 21stcenturyDr Barry Rider, Jesus College,Cambridge

21 FebruaryCentre for Medical law & EthicslectureRoom 1804, Strand Campus, 13 00 to14.00Ethical lessons from he NaZIexpenence

r Jona an Glover, ew College,Ox ord

22 FebruaryThe British Institute of HumanRights lecture

ew Thea re, S rand Campus, 13 00o 4.00

Access to JusticeLord Willtams of Mostyn QC,Recorder of the Crown Court,Chairman of the Bar 1992

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1 FebruaryInaugural lectureDepartment of PharmacyGrea Hall, S rand Campus, 18. 5

Drug delivery 0 the 8Irwaves: per

aspera ad astraCh'ris arrio, Pro essor 0 P armacy

2 FebruaryGrea Hall, Strand Campus, 11 .00 0

14.00BiomedIcal Sciences Division Open

Day

For those applying or thin ing 0

applying for BSc courses

Contact Dere Drummie on 071-8368851 for urther details

7 FebruaryMaxwell Society lectureRoom 2C, S rand Campus, 14.00 015.00String theory: a unified theory of

physics?

Professor P Wes, ing's CollegeLondon

14 FebruaryMaxwell Society lectureRoom 2C, Strand Campus, 14.00 015.00Isotopes, thermodynamics and

semiconductors

Professor G Davies, King's CollegeLondon

21 FebruaryMaxwell Society lectureRoom 2C, Strand Campus, 14.00 to15.00

Brtdges, bloodflow and bioengineering

Pro essor VC Roberts, CSMD

21 FebruaryDevelopmental Biology ResearchCentreRandall Ins itu e Lecture Thea re,17.00 018.00Chromatin Structure: an introduction

Dr Gary Felsen eld, ationallnstitu esof Heal h, Bethesda, Maryland USA

23 FebruaryDivision of Biomedical SciencesRandalllnstitute Lec ure Thea re,

17.00018.00

Developmental control of globin gene

expressIOn

Dr Gary Felsen eld, a lonal Insti u eso Heal h, Be hesda, aryland USA

24 FebruaryDivision of Biomedical Sciences

ew Thea re, S rand Campus, 7 00018.00Genetic control of celllmeage and celldeath during development of the

Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans

Professor Robert Horvitz,Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology

28 FebruaryMaxwell Society lectureRoom 2C, S rand Campus, 14.00 to15.00The spy in the sky

Dr S Tajba hsh, ing's

28 FebruaryDivision of Biomedical SciencesRandalllnstitute Lecture Thea re,17.00 to 18.00Chromatin structure and gene

expression

Dr Gary Felsenfeld, ationallnstitutesof Health, Bethesda, Maryland USA

Phy ical Science andEngineering

Department of Pharmacy ResearchSeminarsHeld in Room 18 between 16.15 and17.00 with refreshments at 16.00.27 JanuaryApplications of molecular simulations

Professor C R A Catlow, RoyalInstitution

3 FebruaryLong wavelength fluorescence: a

novel technique for Immunoassay

Or D Palmer, Department 0

Chemis rv, Loughborough Universityo Technology

10 FebruaryThe professional relationship between

community pharmacists and general

medical practitioners - issues of

boundary encroachment

s N Bitten, UMDS Department ofGeneral Practice

17 FebruaryPrescrtptlon momtormg by commumty

pharmacists

Dr D Greene, Departmen ofPharmacy, King's

24 FebruaryIf it moves, radiolabel it

Dr S Ma herDepartmen of Pharmacy, ing's

4 MarchDepartment of TheologyConference

A one day conference in honour of the

Rev Richard Coggins and Professor

Leslie lIoulden. At the end of the

current academic session Richard

Coggins and Leslie Houlden will retire

from their po ts at King's after their long

and distinguished service to the College.Their contributions to Biblical and

Theological scholarship have been

recogni ed internationally over many

year.The conference programme will

include lectures by Professor Robert

Carroll, The University of Glasgow, on

Big Book, Big EuilP TIle Bible, Modernityand POSlmodemism and The Very Rev

John Drury, Dean, Christ Church

Oxford, on Imagining His/ory, as well a a

musical tribute to the retiring members

of College. For further details contactMr Lavinia Harvey, Department of

Theology and Religious Studies,London, Strand, London WC2R ZLS.

Register now as numbers may have to

be limited.

King's Christian Forum

The KCF exi ts to encourage unity and

understanding between Chri tians of all

traditions and to promote dialogue

between a wide range of beliefs.

embership is open to any member of

College, all that i needed is an openmind: there is no required statement of

belief.All meetings are held in Room 5e,

please feel free to bring lunch to the

meetings.

1 FebruaryFaith and society at the crossroads

Michael Marshall, the Archbishop ofCanterbury's Adviser on

Evangelisation

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8 FebruaryCS Le IS es erday's man?Andre a er, D rec or 0" e C S

e IS Ce e a d Se lor Lec rer I

eolog1ca, Ed I g's

15 FebruaryLIs enmg 0 0 her cuI ures

Se ° Goodr:oge, P c'pa 0 eSi 0 of C rene - eOlog ca s e

22 FebruaryHas the Chrtstian faith a place forbeauty?Richa d arnes, Bishop 0 Oxford, a

ormer Dean ° Ing's

King' Law Fair

T he Career's Office will be

holding a Law Fair in the

Great Hall from 31 January to1 February at lunchtimes between 12.00

to 14.00. Law and non-Law students are

wecolme.

Agamemnon at King'

Aeschylus' Agamemnon will be the 1994King's College Greek Play. The

Department of Classics ha been

performing plays in Greek every yearince 1953, and this is the first time that

the College has put on a play by

Aeschylus.

The Agamemnon is the greatest of all

Greek tragedies, and the production, in

classical costume, is designed to bring

out its grandeur. As always, although it is

performed in Greek, it is de igned to be

immediately accessible to all, and the

free programme contains a full synop is

of the play.

Performances take place in the ~ew

Theatre of the Strand Campus from

Wednesday 9 to Saturday 12 March at

19.30, with matinees on Wednesday and

Friday at 15.00 (this is a change from

previous years). Tickets are £4 including

programme: call the business office on

071-8732399 (direct line, withanswering machine).

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Obituary

C. D. Curling (1923·1993)Claude Curling, a former ub-Dean ofthe Facul of ience at King' died on3 December, I 3. He was among the

fir t ph ici to apply the methodology

of ph)' ic to biological research. He was

originall appointed b J T Randall to

take general charge of electron

micro cope in the Ph ICS Department

and the M RC Biophysical Research

Cnit at King' ,and was one of the first

to obtain electron images of biologicalmaterial.

Curling had a deep under tanding ofthe fundamentals of physics and derivedmuch plea ure from communicating hisenthu ia ms for the subject toundergraduate. He was an in piring

univer ity teacher, as well as a

distinguished ub-Dean. In his

professional and personal life he was

profoundly influenced by the physicist­

philo opher Donald McKay, a

contemporary of his in the Physic

Department. Weil's dictum that

'scientific investigation is simply a form

of religious contemplation' encapsulatedthe philo ophy ofthi modest, dedicated

and well-liked man.Claude was appointed Lecturer in

Physics in 1950 and Senior Lecturer in1972. He retired in 19 2.

Masks used in former productions ofGreekplays at King's

_'omination for Fellow andPre emation Fellow for1994

Con/in utdfrom poge 3

Chairman and Depu Chairman of the

Council together with the Principal.

imilarly, the recei e nominations and

ad ise the Council on who hould be

elected.

hould anyone wi h to submit a

nomination for either a Fellowship or

Presentation Fellowship, the

nomination forms are a ailable fromMarcella Scanlan in the AcademicRegistrar's Office on extension 3371. Ifyou wish to discuss a potential nomineeor find our if he/she is already a Fellow,

then please contact the cademic

Registrar on extension 3370.

The closing date for the receipt of

nominations by the Academic Registrar

is Friday, 25 February 1994.

Commm/ is the College's regular

newsletter, issued by the Press and

Publications Office (ext 3202) each

month during term time.

Contributions for the next edition

should be received by midday

Friday 11 February, if possible on a

3.5" Mac disc. Alternatively

contributors could send their copy

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note the editor reserves the right to

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