Comment 075 January 1994

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The 1992-93 ccount and the trateglc

Plan DO'Uid Ball, Deputy College Secretary (Planning and Resources) reports on t/ze accounts for t/ze year w/ziclz ended on 3 J July J993 and t/ze College's performance in lerms oft/ze Stralegic Plan.

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he) 992-93 financial year how the College's performance 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 environment of high quality research, scholar hip and teaching, arose from the College' respon e to a combination of factor.

These factors were related mainly to national policies affecting higher education in general, and to student growth at a lower teaching unit of re ource, and increasingly elective allocation 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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T/ze Arc/zbis/zop ofCanterbury, Dr George Carry, is congratulaled by Sir James Spoon", Cltairman ofCouncil, on receiving Itis Presentation FellOffÂťsltip at tlte College's Presentation Ceremony, on Monday J 7 January. page I

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The key componen of the trateglc Plan were tudent growth In area of acknowledged trength, allied to a hort programme of taff rationali allon. In order to achIeve the nece ary taff reduction, the trategic Plan mcorporated a total of ome £ 12 million to meet the co ts of everance 0 er the three year ending on 31 July 1995, and a further £4 million a ociated with developing 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 ome lippage in terms of student recruitment and a minor lengthening ofthe time cale for achieving taff reduction targets, the College can be reasonably ati fied with progres . The cumulative deficit as at 31 July J 993, wh ich i in the region of .8 million, may - if taken in i olation to a planned target - appear at fir t glance to be quite alarming. It is, however, consistent with the trategic Plan and i therefore entirely to be expected.

However, Government rcductions in art -based tuition fee level ,and the removal of the I ligher Education Council (11 EFCE)'s safcty net grant in subseq uent year, have given cause for concern, particularly in relation to the ultimate achievement of the planned objective. Thi ituation, which ha been cxacerbated by the future changes in higher education policy announced by the hancellor of the Exchequer in the i'."ovember Budgettatement, is being addressed, and di cus ion are taking place with the IIEFCE a to formal acceptance of the College' overall strategic aim and objectives.

In e tment In the meantime, it should be clearly tated that the College ha , and will in the next few years, incur quite izeable revenue deficits - albeit planned onesa it drives through its planned taff reduction and development programme. In this respect, the cumulative deficit is expected to peak at ome£17 million in 1994-95 and

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thereafter reduce rapidl . The main point to note I , however, the fact that the cumulative deficit doe not arise from normal operation ,but olel as a re uIt of the 'one off in e tment in the trategic Plan and pecifically the taff rationalisation and infra tructure refurbi hment programme. The purpo e of drawing attention to thi information i imply to po t a warning that deficits of thi magnitude will inevitably auract external mtere t, even though they are planned and carry I IEFCE approval.

With regard to thi point, there i one further quite specific i sue within thi ear' financial account which may also become the focus of external interest.

The eternal auditor have drawn attention in their report to the fact that wc have not, in this ycar's expenditure, providcd committed co t a sociated with staff everance arrangements effected in future years. In our opinion these co t are better written off to the revenue account in the year in which the occur. To do otherwise imply creates an artificially high deficit in the fir t full year ofthe trategic Plan and, a uch, distorts future performance comparisons. We have therefore opted for a techn ical qualification of the accounts rather than adopt an approach which in our opinion i misleading.

General Funds I should also draw attention to one further point of financial intere t. The ollege ha at present some £22 million 'free' General Fund, resulting in one of the more healthy financial strength ratio in he country's higher education institutions. The e funds, which primarily accrue from sale proceeds of ports grounds, have until now been utili ed in a general sense, a cover for the co t of purcha ing Cornwall House and it Annexe, and the as ociated refurbishment co ts. We have always maintained the tance that the co ts of the'Thame ide Campu 'would be met from sale proceeds of existing estate, and as uch the co ts of purcha ing and refurbi hing Cornwall Hou e and its Annexe would be a first call on tho e proceeds. In this respect it is of cour e open to us to utili e our 'free' General Funds to fund the Cornwall I louse costs, a it is equally

open to u to utilise these Fund to meet the co t of the trategic Plan speCifically taff rationalisation and refurbi hment co The intere ting point about the latter course of action i that, if taken, it wou Id re ult in removing totally the planned revenue deficit and as uch the College could, with con iderable ju tification, claim to have a balanced revenue account. The down ide of taking uch a cour e of action is that external finance would be needed to fund the costs of Cornwall I Iou e and its Annexe, with the direct re ult of reducing available fund for relocating to the St Thomas's or Guy' 110 pital ites.

Capital e, tate This lead on to the College' capital e tate i sues, and in particular to the achievement of the longer term aim of unifying the College on a ingle ite.

Thi aim effectively remain on hold pending deci ions as to the merger between King' and the "nited Medical and Dental Schools ( "MD ), and the po sibility that either the St Thomas's Hospital site or the Guy's Hospital site may become available for College activities.

The Annual Accounts do, however, reflect action on a number of capital e tate issues; in particular the funding of the final stage payment for the Hampstead Campus. This funding requirement arose from the decision to defer di posal of two outlying halls of re idence, mainly as a resu It of the depre sed property market, but al 0 from a need to accommodate increased residential demand.

QIS The funding problem has been resolved by a long term borrowing arrangement through the vehicle of a Qualifying Indexed ecurity (QIS). This arrangement, which i ecured on the Hampstead estate, will provide a sinking fund to repay the loan in the year 2017.

It should be noted that the balance of funding for the purchase of the Hampstead Campus has been effected

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

with a requirement to redeem hare (and there ore a re-financing need) In 1 and I

Rc carch incomc up Turning to more detailed matter' the 1 - 3 nual Aceoun , \,\:hlch are available rom departmen or he Library i required, indicate a total Income 0 ome million, - per cent of which I derived from government grant and tUition fees, and 2 per cent from grant and contract income.

Research grant and contrac income at £27 million - 50 per cent of which wa earned from research council and charitable bodie - rose b more than 10 per cent from 1 1- 2 level. In term of expenditure (which exceeded income by ome £4.3 million, primaril a a re ult of trategic Plan re tructunng co ts) 65 per cent was expended in suPPOrt of primary academic aCllvitie , including re earch.

Other items worth of comment were: • The College' Inve tment performance. It was pleasing to note that the market value of the College's wider range inve tments ro e during the year in line with the FT 11 hare Index increase of 32 per cent. In overall term the total Fund' market value at the year end ( 13.16 million) represented a 64 per 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 average for Kequitie of4.0percent; • Thefalling-offofindirectco t recoverie , when expre ed as a percentage of non-dual upport re earch contract direct co . In 1992-93 the percentage 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 recovery of indirect costs is achieved, the acceptance of non-dual uppOrt re earch contract not meeting the agreed criteria will in future be increasingly difficult to justify; The College's self-financcd activities.. rhese activities - namely

re ectorie , the Field Centre at Rogate, the por ground and the tudent re idence - in general terms operated on a brea -even b I. Cl en that thl area 0 actl ity has a total annual Income o ome 7.1 mllhon, Including - 0,000 dl pensation upport ran from the College, a brea -even ituatlon I no mall achievement.

Chanccllor' Budp'ct Finally, earlier in thi commentary the effec of the policie outlined in the recent Chancellor' Budget tatement were referred to. ince a yet we only ha e information relating to the national scene, it i too early to comment with any conviction on how the national pohcie will be implemented at in titutionallevel, and therefore how the may affect the College's overall financial situation. What i clear, however, i that we face yet more difficulties. The IIEFC', in re ponding to the hancellor' requirements, ha given a preliminary indication that student Intake In October 1994 will be cut by at least 5 per cent in re pect of in titution with a student intake growth of 7 per cent or more between tober 1993 and ctober 1992. The ollege had an overall intake growth in thi period of approximately 12 per cent. We may also expect a further cut in tudent intakes in October 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 tudent intake cutback, we now learn that 'efficiency gain' (a government term for the reduction of teaching resource) will be increased from an average of2 per cent in 1993-94 to 4 per cent in 1994-95.

The financial effect of an additional 2 per cent reduction in teaching resource, if applied uniformly acro all ubject categorie ,i again very evere.

The College Committee is of course carefully examining the situation and will be in a po ition to re pond rapidly when the preci e detail of the cuts, and how they effect the College, is announced by the IIEFCE.

omination for Fellow and Prc emation Fellow for 1994 he College i about to begin the pr e which lead to the nomination of Fellow and Presentation Fellow for 1994. It had pre iou Iy been the practice to re triet the call for nomination to a group comprised largel of the Resident Fellow and Head of hool I Departmen lDi isions. Howe er in order that the whole College can participa~e in what i essentially the nomination of their Fellows, the opportunity to make a nomination has been extended to all member of this College.

The election of Fellow is governed by 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 the opinion of the Council, become eminent in academic or public life."

The tatute allow for the election of up to ten Fellows per (calendar) year.

Traditionally, up to four awards have been set aside for the award of Presentation Fellowships which are the College's equivalent of Honorary Degrees. Presentation Fellowship nomination do not have to be drawn from those who necessarily have any previous connection with the College, they may be individual who the College wishe to honour in recognition of their ach ievements and who may 'Jring their influence to bear for the benefit of the College.

The election of Fellows is the responsibility of the College Council acting 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 of those Fellows currently working in the College. They receive and consider nominations from members of the College and advise the Council on who should be elected. The electoral body for Presentation Fellowships is the Continued on page 16

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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 from di mis al or di crimination are ineffective 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

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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 of middle-cla profe sionals looking for home in rural France. Articles appeared in the Doily Mail, the Independent, 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 in terms of iron intake and vitamin 1312, but I wouldn't recommend eating it every 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 to newne 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.'

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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 from environmental microorgani m and how we 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 muscle contraction, giving rise to cramp and possibly to vomiting. Dehydration i another reason for that morning-after feeling 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 interviewed on London Tonight (Carlton TV) about the successful prosecution of Briti h Rail under 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 of the Independent. Professor William Rowe, Professor of1 atin A merican 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.'

Profmo 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 urated coo in oil or health reason ma' not be a healthy a first belie....ed because they ~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.

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Jfr Robcrl.lbraltam, l.Lclurer In lite Dep rim I ofCo ~ I DenlZSlry, contributcd to an articlc 10 f mtf) Ctrcle about 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.

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I in Pro e or in the hool o Law has made legal hi tory by becoming the first High Court 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 reform group ",ho have complained that the High Court judicial)' I drawn from too narrow a ba e. Until thl ear, when the first solicitor was appointed to the bench, all Iligh ourt judges had been

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practlclOg barri ter . he i an expert on family la ,and at the La Commi sion she pearheaded changes 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 Authority which i re pon ible for inspecting and licen ing the J20 or 0 centres which carry out in uiJro fertilisation treatment and research.

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 for and against the po sibilit of miracle.

Juliel Aubrq, wlto ploys ltu J~ading roJ~ of Dorotlua in BBC TdMsion 's currenl prodUClion of C~org~ Eliol's Middlemarch, is a gradualt of King's. SIt~ gradualed in 19 in ClossicaJ Ardta~oJor:J and gained expmenCt ofacting in tlt~ 1987 King's Cre~k Ploy, wlten site pJay~d Tecmma in Sopltocles' Ajax.

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or research tudent (under r ) in the hool of Life, Ba ic Medical and Health Science at King' to pend a period of up to three month in another laboratory, learning or applying a new method appropriate to the development of hi /her research. The alue of the Fellow 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 a curriculum vitae and a letter stating how the applicant would use the Fellowship to further his/her re earch.

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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 all members of the College who have acces to any machine which is connected to the network. When logging into BAY, user should type 'I:"FO' at the Username prompt to acce sKI . It is therefore not necessary to 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 creen to read any of the topics available.

The Re earch :"oticeboard hold upto-date information on all research grants and funding opportunitie , including European Community, Re earch Council, charity, ind u trial and College fund.

There i also an E-:viail prompt facility available for interested parties, who should contact Louise Nadal on extension 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 detail they may hold of grants, prize, fund, etc In relatIOn to either teachmg or research.

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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 haping Government policy for information technology (IT) in chool ,the chools Mini ter Eric Forth:viP has confirmed.

The Minister twice referred to the report, published la t pring ( ee Commenl, :viay 1993), in an important peech to the tenth British Education

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Training Technology (8 ETT) exhibition at 01 mpia earlier thi month, 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 use computer in an appropriate way and teachers arc committed and suitably trained in its use.

ng' is one of the academic institutions involved in Parallel Opto-Electronic Telecommunication ystems (POETS), which is being funded by the DTI and the ERG The large collaborative project also involves Cambridge L niversity, niversity College London, Bell Torthern Research Europe and BT Laboratories.

The project will consider the impact of parallel free-space optics on future telecommunications ystems and networks. Grants totalling £518,000 have been awarded to the academic partners and 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-optical elemen to inve tigate the design of wavelength space witches using wavelength selective fanout optics and ATM switches using image replicating optics.

Peter Baker Travelling Fellow hip 1993-4

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his Fellowship was. established in 19 7 by the famJly and friends of Profes or Peter Baker, ScD, FRS, Halliburton Professor of Physiology, Head of the Department of Physiology and King's Fellow. The Fellowship will assist a research worker

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he 1994 competition for the Over eas Research Studentship (OR ) Award Scheme is now open. The Scheme is open to oversea postgraduate tudents who, in the ession 1994-95, are commencing full-time study for a higher degree a a registered re earch student within the College, or who are already undertaking such a programme and do not 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-time research programme being taken by an award-holder.

Applications must be made on an official form (ORS/1), copies of which are 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 March 1994. Application received after this date will not be accepted.

Further information on the central administration of these award can be accessed via the Research. oticeboard on KIS, or by contacting Louise on ext 3386.

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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.

Report of (hc _ .a(i0!1al Librar: \\'eck 1-7 _ o\'cmber 1993

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he week was u ed at King' to help promote our library facilitie and tho eo fered natIOnally. The Library OClatlon wanted the week to be a celebration of the pivotal role which librarie play in societ 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 exactly what wc offcr. We had around 30

en ran 0 whom about 15 scored full mar . 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 because one hear the quiet word of the wi e which are more to be heeded than the shou of fool (Eccle la tes 9 v 17).'

Third prize went to a \1athematics LUdent 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 \1onda 22 _'ovember where Patflcia Rigby, Director of Library ervlces, awarded the 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.

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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 Higher Education 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 tender for the College's banking bu iness in mid-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.

DOBall Deputy College Secretary (Planning and Resource )

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The College's Media Relations 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 know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep a ing it long enough it will be true' Tire Title by Arnold l3ennett

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any people have a deep suspicion of the pre s generally and journali ts individually. They worry about talking to them: fearing mi quotation or the exi tence ofa hidden agenda. This hould not have to be the case (unless your name is John Majorl). There is plenty the College can gain from po 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. -_., .- .."

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\40 t member of the College will be aware of the exi tence of the Pres and Publication Office through i work in producing. for example, Comment, the Pro pectuse and King's Report. ome, however, may not be 0 familiar with its other work, including that in media relations. 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 ely through 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 ,ensuring that we hear of work and event within hools, Departments and entres in which we can intere. t the pre .

Remember, new i not only for external con. umption, good torie are al 0 needed for Comment. We al 0 have to promote the College to taff: good internal communication are vital before we can begin to promote ourselve, to the outside world.

\ hy do we need to have contact with the pre ?

There are obviou benefits that can accrue from enhancing the College profile and promoting King's as a centre of excellence. For example, coverage in the media could result in an increa e in student application, better public perception. more re earch grants, and higher 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 bodie to adopt new technique and bring the full force of publi opinion behind i ue, uch as higher education. recent survey by Loughborough niver ity found that politicians aequire nearl all of their information from the pre - not academic publication.

What form do current media relation take?

The Office providc the following service: • media enq uirie are dealt with by this Office. We either answer them our elves or refer them to the appropriate per on keeping a record of action taken.

• contact with the pre . regular contact i maintained with the pre s, either directl or in the form of pre release 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 mid 1993, 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 for staff 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. a gu ide for staff to press, rad io and televi ion interviews • media training. one ses ion of training for enior staff ha been held and it is hoped to run more • pre cutting ervice - the major newspaper are canned daily for items about King' or higher education and a pres cutting agency monitor everything el e. Important cutting are circulated on a weekly ba i to Heads of hool and enior Officers and are available for con ultation in the librarie .

What is news?

What con titute 'good new' in the ollege's terms is not nece arily the ame a a 'new story' to a journalist!

Among the qualities which make up a news 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 new development 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 be improved? \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 Supplmunt are 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 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: 111

pecialist papers • • • •

tradc Journals local press feature articlcs the BBC World Service (the College particularly well placcd for this, since the. trand Campus i o 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

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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.

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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 Pres 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. page 10

\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 C nlver i 0 Pre 0\ In lova ia.. I obel Benne , a member of the C nl 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 C nit 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.

Tony Thorne Director, English Language Lnit

College, lide Pre. entation Pack available

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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

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:

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hool of research and teaching General 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 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

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Two 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 will et 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 attend the 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 Staff De elopment Officer appointed

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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 worked a 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 of the Di abled

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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 get their full hare of the job available, or the job in which their abilities can be u ed, and may also lose out on training and promotion opportunities. The rea on for thi i that many people confuse disability with inability.

The College i committed to • ensuring 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 in shortlisting and selecting job candidates may have little or no experience of working with disabled people. As a consequence, 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 Young Director 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 Society The 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 let Furni hed, self-contained, second floor studio flat with separate kitchen and bathroom in period building. Free offtreet 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.

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Furnished flat to let I -contained, compnsin wo large roo . lochen and bathroom on fir t In Bound oor In purpo e-bullt bl Green. '11, two minute wal rom l nderground (Piccadilly Line). Doubleglazing, W hlng machine, telephone, par Ing In courtyard. uitable or Ingle per on or couple at 400 per montha ailable end of February. ontact Profe or \' \10 e . Di i Ion 0 Life lence on 0 1-45107 (evening / weekend)

Provence Self-catering apartment in an 1 th century Provencial style country house with large private garden and wimming pool. 10 e to Avingnon. For further 0 I. detail phone 0742-

Special rates at The Strand Palace Hotel The 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 ion able. 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 needed The 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

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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 Department funding for career

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ing' College tudent will benefit from a new career education initiative for which the Department of Emplo ment ha awarded ÂŁ 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 undergraduate 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.

Humanitie 2 February Institute of Advanced Musical Studies Colloquium Room GO ,Department 0 usic Strand Campus, 17.00 to 18.30 ' Judith Weir, University of London: The composer will discuss her forthcoming opera, Blond Eckbert, in the context of her work

3 February Centre for Philosophical Studies One Day Conference Council 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 February

Events

Department of Music Concert Room GO 1, Strand Campus, 13.05 Works by J S Bach, Prokoflevand Honegger Naomi Hillman, flute and Sarah Nicolls . ' piano 3 February Centre for American Studies Seminar Room 27C, Strand Campus, 16.15 'A different language down here', the twentieth century cultural landscape of New Orleans.

Dr Helen Taylor, University of Warwick

3 February Centre for Hellenic Studies Lecture New Theatre, Strand Campus, 18.00 Third Runciman Lecture Byzantine Thessalomki: a unique city?

Professor R Browning, University of London 8 February Department of Theology & Religious Studies Great 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 February Department of Music Concert Room G01, Strand Campus, 13.05 to include R Vaugham Williams On Wenloc Edge Leontine Hass, soprano, Justin Olden, tenor, instrumentalists to be announced 9 February

Inaugural lecture Department of Classics Great Hall, Strand Campus, 17.30 LanguaQe, poetry and enactment Michael Silk, Professor of Greek Language & Literature 10 February Humanities Research Fair Great Hall, Strand Campus, 12.30 to 19.00.

For further information tel 071-873 2360 12 February Centre for Philosophical Studies One Day Conference Committee Room, Strand Campus Epistemology and religious experience 11.00 Professor Anthony O'Hear, University of Bradford 14.00 Professor Paul Helm, King's College London 14 February Centra for Hellenic Studies and Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies Seminar Room B6, Classics Department, Strand Campus, 17.00 Theodore the Studite and Iconoclasm Andrew Louth, Goldsmiths' College 15 February Department of Theology & Religious Studies Great Hall, Strand Campus, 17.30 to 18.45 The F 0 Maurice Lectures (lecture 2)

What did the Buddha say? The textual evidence Professor Richard Gombrich, Boden Professor of Sanskrit, Oxford University 16 February Institute of Advanced Musical Studies Colloquium Room 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 enas S ste â&#x20AC;˘ 'g's Co ege 0 0

28 February Centre for Hellenic Studies and Byzantine & Modem Greek Studies Seminar Roo B6, C ass cs Deoa e t, Sad CampuS '7 00

17 February Department of Music Concert

Roorl"' GO' S ra 0 Carno"s 3 05 or s b J S Bach and Bee ho en A a C aug¡on. ce 0 0 a S' to oe a 0 ncea 17 February.

Centre for American Studies lecture Roo 27C, S rand Campus, 6 5

The paradox 0 power, Eisenhower's foreIgn poliCy m the 1950s Dr Ca u acDona'd, Unlvers y 0 arwlc

EmbaSSies and mlSSKms, d'gm ed and e middle Byzan me penod Jo a a S eoard, Ca 0 dge 21 February Centre for Hellenic Studies and Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies Seminar Room B6, ClaSSICS Depa men, S and Ca pus, 700 The marble pas m he poe ry of George Sefens P 0 essor Dls In Ca , Du e Unlverlsty

22 February 17 February Centre for late Antique & Medieval Studies lecture Room 2C. S rand Campus, 6 5 The problem of he enemy m he Old French chansons de ges e Dr Sara ay, University 0 Ca or-age 17 February Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies lecture Room 1B06, ClaSSICS Depar men, 1730 019.00 Bureaucracy and cosmology modern Gree cIvil admInistration and the constructIOn of natIOnality Pro essor ichael Herz eld, Harvard Unlversl y, Depa men! 0 An hropology

Department of Theology & Religious Studies G ea a' , S ra d Campus, 17 30 0 845 The F 0 Maunce Lec ures (Iec ure 3) What did he Buddha say? Some POSI Ive conclUSions Pro essor Richard Gombnch, Boden Pro essor of Sans n , Ox ord University

23 February Institute of Advanced Musical Studies Colloquium Room G01, Department of USIC, Strand Campus, 1700 0 1830 Fdteenth-century organ musIc and ItS performance practice Klmberly arshall, Royal Academy 0 USIC

17 February Centre for Advanced Performance Studies (CAPS) Encounter, Henry

23 February Centre for Philosophical Studies lecture

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

Roo B06, S rand Campus, 7 15 Philosophy and artdlclal m elligence: slmula mg real expenence urnmg Faraday's mtelllgence mto artdlclal mtelligence Dr Davld Goodong, Unlversi y 0 Ba h

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

18 February Centre for Twentieth Century Cultural Studies One Day Conference Grea Hall, Strand Campus, 9,30 Colonial armies and indigenous

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24 February Department of Music Concert Room GO ,S rand Campus, 13 05 to mclude musIc by Brahms

ary Wong, violin; viola player and pianist to be announced

7 February Centre for Medical law & Ethics lecture Room 804, S rand Campus, 300 0 400 Who shall lIVe ? Who shall die? The Oregon expenmen Dr Fran Ho Igsbaum,

8 February The British Institute of Human Rights lecture ew Thea re, S rand Campus, 13 00 01400 Human nghts m medical care

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16 February Great Hall, Strand Campus, 18.00 to 20.00 Fraud m the CIty - policmg the nations's capItal markets m the 21st century Dr Barry Rider, Jesus College, Cambridge 21 February Centre for Medical law & Ethics lecture Room 1804, Strand Campus, 13 00 to 14.00 Ethical lessons from he NaZI expenence r Jona an Glover, ew College, Ox ord 22 February The British Institute of Human Rights lecture ew Thea re, S rand Campus, 13 00 o 4.00 Access to Justice Lord Willtams of Mostyn QC, Recorder of the Crown Court, Chairman of the Bar 1992

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1 February Inaugural lecture Department of Pharmacy Grea Hall, S rand Campus, 18. 5 Drug delivery 0 the 8Irwaves: per aspera ad astra Ch'ris arrio, Pro essor 0 P armacy

2 February Grea Hall, Strand Campus, 11 .00 0 14.00 BiomedIcal Sciences Division Open Day For those applying or thin ing 0 applying for BSc courses Contact Dere Drummie on 071-836 8851 for urther details

7 February Maxwell Society lecture Room 2C, S rand Campus, 14.00 0 15.00 String theory: a unified theory of physics?

Professor P Wes, ing's College London

14 February Maxwell Society lecture Room 2C, Strand Campus, 14.00 0 15.00 Isotopes, thermodynamics and semiconductors Professor G Davies, King's College London

Developmental control of globin gene expressIOn Dr Gary Felsen eld, a lonal Insti u es o Heal h, Be hesda, aryland USA

24 February Division of Biomedical Sciences ew Thea re, S rand Campus, 7 00 018.00 Genetic control of celllmeage and cell death during development of the Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans Professor Robert Horvitz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

28 February Maxwell Society lecture Room 2C, S rand Campus, 14.00 to 15.00 The spy in the sky Dr S Tajba hsh, ing's

28 February Division of Biomedical Sciences Randalllnstitute Lecture Thea re, 17.00 to 18.00 Chromatin structure and gene expression Dr Gary Felsenfeld, ationallnstitutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland USA

Phy ical Science and Engineering Department of Pharmacy Research Seminars Held in Room 18 between 16.15 and 17.00 with refreshments at 16.00.

21 February Maxwell Society lecture

27 January

Room 2C, Strand Campus, 14.00 to 15.00 Brtdges, bloodflow and bioengineering Pro essor VC Roberts, CSMD

Professor C R A Catlow, Royal Institution

21 February Developmental Biology Research Centre Randall Ins itu e Lecture Thea re, 17.00 018.00 Chromatin Structure: an introduction Dr Gary Felsen eld, ationallnstitu es of Heal h, Bethesda, Maryland USA

23 February Division of Biomedical Sciences Randalllnstitute Lec ure Thea re, 17.00018.00

Applications of molecular simulations

3 February Long wavelength fluorescence: a novel technique for Immunoassay Or D Palmer, Department 0 Chemis rv, Loughborough University o Technology

10 February The professional relationship between community pharmacists and general medical practitioners - issues of boundary encroachment

s N Bitten, UMDS Department of General Practice

17 February Prescrtptlon momtormg by commumty pharmacists Dr D Greene, Departmen of Pharmacy, King's

24 February If it moves, radiolabel it Dr S Ma her Departmen of Pharmacy,

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4 March Department of Theology Conference 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, Modernity and 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 contact Mr 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 open mind: there is no required statement of belief.

All meetings are held in Room 5e, please feel free to bring lunch to the meetings.

1 February Faith and society at the crossroads Michael Marshall, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Adviser on Evangelisation

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King' Law Fair

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he Career's Office will be holding a Law Fair in the Great Hall from 31 January to 1 February at lunchtimes between 12.00 to 14.00. Law and non-Law students are wecolme.

Agamemnon at King' Aeschylus' Agamemnon will be the 1994 King's College Greek Play. The Department of Classics ha been performing plays in Greek every year ince 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, with answering machine).

C. D. Curling (1923·1993) Claude Curling, a former ub-Dean of the Facul of ience at King' died on 3 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 C nit at King' ,and was one of the first to obtain electron images of biological material.

Curling had a deep under tanding of the fundamentals of physics and derived much plea ure from communicating his enthu ia ms for the subject to undergraduate. 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 physicistphilo opher Donald McKay, a contemporary of his in the Physic Department. Weil's dictum that 'scientific investigation is simply a form of religious contemplation' encapsulated the philo ophy ofthi modest, dedicated and well-liked man.

Claude was appointed Lecturer in Physics in 1950 and Senior Lecturer in 1972. He retired in 19 2.

_'omination for Fellow and Pre emation Fellow for 1994 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 from Marcella Scanlan in the Academic Registrar's Office on extension 3371. If you wish to discuss a potential nominee or 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.

Masks used in former productions of Greek plays at King's

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

by E-mail (alias Comment). Please note the editor reserves the right to amend items as necessary.

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