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he 199~ Annual Fund ha~ n.:eei\ cd over £3~5,OOO in donarion~ from ~raff, graduare~ and friend~ of rhe Collegerhi~ i~ an our~randing ~rarr ro our Annual Fund. Gifr~ arc conrinuing ro be received from graduare~ who were approached by direcr mail; in facr 5% have responded which i way above normal direcr mail re_ponse of 2%. There is a furrher £~7,OOO, promi ...cd on rhe relephone, rhar wc hope will come in before rhe ycar cnd .... The Tru~r has had rwo meerings and made a number of dcci ion ... [() alloeare fund (har will have a real impacr on rhe College communiry. summary of rheir deci~ion follow~:

• Threc K ,LA Posrgraduare 'rudenr hip compri ing a ...cholarship of £6,300 pa and a £2,000 bursary ro commence in January 199 . • £30,352 (Q purcha e collecrions on CD RO I for re earch purposes (sce li ... r arrached). • £ 12,000 ro purcha'e hjgh-u~e books for undergraduare s(udenr~. • £3,200 for CD RO I player~ for use in (he ledical and Denri'rry, i\lu~ic

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Follo""illg ill his/0/7efootsteps: The College's lieu:: Deal/, the Ret:d Dr Richard Burridge (Iefr) p/(/lIred ill/he COllllllil1ee RoolII before his ills/alla/ioll al/d lieellsillg seroice, with /hl! Righ/ Rl"i:d Dtn:id Hope, I.ord Bishop of LOlldoll al/d the Prillcipal.

he .ollege\ new Dean, rhe Re\d [ r Richard ,\Ian Burridge was imralled and licen cd wirh due pomp by rhe Righr Revd Da\'id Hope, Lord Bi ... llOp of London, in rhe College hapel on Thursday 13 Ocrober. Before rht: ~ervice Or Burridge and rhe Bishop garhered wirh rhe Principal in fronr of rhe painring of rwo former Deans of rhe College. The Dean \ duries include verall respon ibiliry for rhe worship of (he College hapel; over iglu of rhe

Chaplaincy ream; pro\'i ion of mU ...lc In rhe Chapel; organi ing cour es for (he KC: a pecial re pon ibiliry for (ho e ceking ordinarion; invoh'emen( wirh rhe general pasroral care of sraff and rudenr , and eonrriburing ro rhe wider life of rhe church and communiry. [n addirion Dr Burridge, who is a qualified reacher and c1assi al scholar, will be reaching a fir r year rheology cour con rhe Gospels. An inrerview wirh Or Burridge appears on page live of (his i sue of

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e opm nt (mmilllled/rom paKe olle) and Old Libraries. • £ 15.200 for computing equipmenr In the new H umanities Libra~. • £1,140 for an exrra work sration in the \Iedical and Denri t~· Libra~. • 62,,'00 ro link the Hampstead hall of re idence with the main frame in the College and in rail \ 2 workstation • £32,000 ro pro\ ide equipmenr for the new I?;ym ro be built on the roof of the Srudenrs' l' nion building - ubject w building approval (see page If'II). CD R01\1 collection w be pureha cd: • PaIJ1ler~'i IlIdex 10 Ihe Times, 1790 -19(15

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Fi\'e year pre-paid subscription ro the followinl?; dictionaries: • Dirliollol)' ofNfllllml Pror!urls • Dirfiollflry ofOrgflllir Compoullds • Dirliollary of 1110rf!:(/Ilir COII/poulld, (£10,000) Toral: £30,352

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ame Elizabeth utler- 10 elected lce- hair of ollege ounCI ame Elizabeth Burler-Sloss ha been elected VieeChairman of the College Council, following the stepping down of Sir John Cadogan from this po tin July. Dame Elizabeth is a highlyrespected member of the judiciary. the counrry's first woman Lord of Appeal,

ing's student cho ar hip he British Pharmacological • ociet;' ha again awarded onc of its pre tigious BPS Inrercalated B c wards ro a sccond year preclinical medical rudenr at King's. Thi year they ha\'e made ju t eight of these awards throughout thc l K from a large group of applicants of a \'e~' high calibre. Our deserving recipienr was Daniel coffing (right) who wa the out tanding rudenr of the year, coming rop in the overall preclinical \IBBS rankings. Daniel will be taking courses

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and was the chairman of the inquiry inro alleged child scx abu e in Cleveland in 1990. She was made a Presenration Fellow of the Council in 199\ and became a member of the ollege Council la t year. 'ir Jame Spooner has been reelected as Chairman of the Council, and ir Brian Pearce as Treasurer.

01 medal uLanne Price. who graduated from King' Di\'i ion of Life eiences thi year with a fir t cia s honour degree, has been a\\ arded the Ronald \\'illiam Gold \lcdal by the 'hartered In tirute of El1\ironmenral Health a the best en\'ironmenral health graduate in the CK. The sih'er medal wa awarded ro a rudenr from Salford C ni\'ersity and the bronze ro a tudenr from L'lster LTniversity.

nglneerlng er Ice ngineering ervlces arc available from the cienrific workshop at the In tirute of Ophthalmology. The work hop specialises in the de ign. con truction and en'ieing of instruments and appararus. ervice arc a\'ailable ro academic staff, technicians and research srudenr. Further information from Paul Johnson, enior re earch officcr on 0171-608 6809.

Comment copy deadline he copy deadline for the next issue of Commellt i Friday ovember 18. Don't forget ro send in phorographs a well if pos ible.

In national Pharmacolog il1\'oh'ing cell and neuropharmacology during his inrercalated B c as well a performing a research project. The BPS as e or were particularly truck by his plans ro work with Or Jon Robbin on a cell culrure project involving the rudy of poras ium channels u ing patch clump techniques. This i an in \'ogue area in which the Pharmacology Group at King' is making imporranr conrributions. Or J R Hoult. Pharmacology

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r a formal garhenng at the Porwgue e -\mba ador' Rc Idel1l:e 111 eptember, and in rhe pre ence of rhe Amba ad or anu other im ited gue r , rhe Presiuenr of rhe InStI[lItc1 Camoes. LlIf Adao ua Fonseea. presenred a cheque to the Principal of King's College Lonuon for £100.000 to complemenr rhc cnd(l\\menr or rhe Prince Henr. the 'a\ igaror Chair of Porrugucse Histcl~ ar rhe College.

Sir PflU/ Giro/flllIi, C/lflil7l1fll/ ojC/fI\O Holdil1~s plc; ,lIrSlflltley KfI/IlIS, Cnflil7l1flll, KII/!?:'s Hefl//nrOrl'; Projl'ssor,ldritll/ r,dd/eslOl1e, Dl'fll1, Fflm/Iy ojC/il1iro/ ,lIedimll'

n 27 'eptember, Sir Paul Girolami, hairman ofGlaxo Holding plc, visited Denmark Hill for a ceremony [0 mark rhe srarr of \\ ork on a four floor pharmacy projecr sired ar rhe hean of the h pica!. Pharmacy i a kcy supporr sen'ice, respomible for upplying six million doses of medicarion each year ar a eosr of £7 million. The new pharmacy, who e completed cosr is e rimared ro be £2.1 m, has recei\"cd a mo r generous gifr from Glaxo whose rotal upporr has amounred ro £I.Tm. Ir will operate from a pecially designed building meering the needs of all parienrs cared for in King's. Iso included will be a rerail unir and an cademic Pracriee uite [() ac ommodare Jecwres, meerings and privare swdy. The first joinr appoinrmenr bemeen the Ho. piral and the deparrml:nr of Pharmacy at King'

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ensures thar rhe clinical rcsponsibilities for rhe posr covcr a hospiral based deparrmenr and links with rhe Depanmenr of Clinical Pharmacology as well as complemenring rhe research inrere r of rhe l'nivcrsiry's Pharmacy Practice L' nir. The time capsule marks the carr of rhe e cxciring plans. 1 he capsulc will ha\'e irems of hisrorical and conrcmporary ignificance relating to pharmaceurical sen'ice ar borh King's ollege Hospiral and Glaxo Holdings plc. It will also conrain exrra tS from a projecr on rhe pharmaceutical applicarions of planrs which has been undcrraken by biology pupils from Bi hophalr School, l'xbridge as parr of Glaxo' Indusrry and Schools Liaison Programme. The capsule is specially eonsrructed our of non-perishable plasrie and is scaled by welding. Irs final position under the new pharmacy will be marked by a plaque.

,................ he Centre for Defence Sruuies in conjunction \\ irh prcss (Programme ~ r POStCommunist. 'ccurity Srudies) has JlI r completcd thc admini rrarion f onc of rhc European l nion\ PI IARE programmes, running a '>eries of four inrernational seminars in The Ilague, Arhens, Ljubljana and. ofia for a group of Easr European scholars. Following rhe success of this programme the European L'nion has named rhe Cenrre a~ one of rhe winners of the TA I. (Technical Assistancc ro the I) competirion, and the 'DS is ro run a comparable programme durin(!; 199-, again in conjuncrion with the PP " , in London and Tiblisi, in Georgia. ome rwent)- swdcnr from the Cl. counrrie will be ekcrcd ro parri ipare in these cour es, which will rake place during the spring and summer of 1995.

n the news Algae - one solution to global warming? Pr fe or Da\'id Hall of rhe Di\'i ion of Life ' ience appeared on The Sille O'Clock XffJrS in an item about a ne\\ way of rackling global warming. He explained how the u e of algae could be one method, linked wirh orher , by which carbon dioxide level in rhe armosphere could be reduced, Algae, like orher plant, need carbondioxide to grow, and a coiled structure in which the algae were kept was hown wirh carbon dioxide being bubbled through. Profcs or Hall wa also interviewed for German and Swiss television, and his colleague )'0 hitomo \\'aranabe will present detail of their re earch to the econd International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Removal in Kyoto, Japan. ar the end of October. Haiti John lacDonald, Professor of International Business, and a specialisr on Latin- merica, ha been interviewed many time' by S/':v News about rhe situation in Hairi, comparing rhe governments in Cuba and Haiti,

their relation hip with the L' nited . rate. and i uc concerning refugec from the twO countries. Observing elections The Guardiall had a feature on academics which included ~I ue Willert, Re earch Fcllow in the entrc for Defen c rudies. ~(s \\'illcrt i currently in ~(ozambique, acting a a C. obsen'er for the elections there.

Ethic. Talking about legi lation and the burden on doctor \\ ho ha\'e to make deci ions alone and without knowing what con equencc they face, he aid:路It cannot be fair to doctor to pre ent them with a ituation in which they have to gue whether people will ubsequently endor e what they have done or whether, if they gue s wrong, the law will be applied in all ir rigour and they will face a charge of murder.'

Glad to be grey The Education upplement of The Guardiall had a section on senior citizen to coincide with ge Concern week. Profes 'or Anrhea Tinker, Professor of ocial Gerontology, featured in everal article discus ing uch issue a the increase in the clderly population which will occur over the next 20 years, and older people being wooed back to work.

Mapping to match bone A new technique using -ray sources to locatc the mall, grirry particles which cau eo teoarthriti wa the ubject of a re earch item in The Higher. Or Chris Buckley of the Department of Phy ics, talked about the newe t aspect of rhe technique called chemical stage mapping to develop a alcium pho phate which i more compatible with bone.

Knowing the way out An article on euthana ia in The Ecollomist featured Professor lan Kennedy, Head of the School of Law and Professor of ledical Law and

Buddhist boom Or Sue HamiltOn, lecturer in Indian Religions, was interviewed by the Dai~v Mail for an article on the growing popularity of Buddhism in Britain.

microcomputers for public use. n enclo. cd area i also available where the Library is offering extra help in using LIBERT S, fore 'ample, and which may be booked by an 'one wishing to hold eminar using Library material. t other time5 the room i available for 'noi y' u ers, such a small groups who wish to work together.

New members of the King's L1BERTAS consortium ers of the King's LIBERT S cataloguc may have di covered that three new librarie now record their holding on our LIBERTAS. They are 1 ormanby College (part of rhe ightingale [n titute of Tursing), the Courtauld In titute of Art and The Institute of P ychiatry. i ormanby i part of King' , so it tOck i available to King' user. but the Courtauld [n titute and the Institure of Psychiatry material is not generally available (though we hope to agree limited acce to the Courtauld' collecrions soon).

Library update anyone who vi ited the trand building during the ummcr will know, a major enlargement and refurbishment of the Library entrance area on the fir r floor has raken place, finishing ju t in rime for the rart of se ion. Alrhough ir i only part of the work nece ary for the crearion of the planned unified Library erving rhe H umanitie , rhe addirional shelving, ear and cireularion space ha\'c already improved rhe 'en'iee the Library offer. An Informarion Sen'ice Room is now available for the use of rhe exi ring CD-RO~I collection, and thank to the generosity of the Development Fund (see page /wo), there will be se\'en new Humaniries 0RO I products, improved faciliries for their use, and a number of

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New opening hours for Strand Humanities libraries The Embankment and trand Building Libraries are now open from 09.00 until 20.00 I nday to Thur day, and 09.00 until 19.00 on Friday - a small compensation for the delay in completing the building work in Embankment Library. It is a pity that we were not able to go ahead with the consolidation of the humanitie librarie.

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Hnl"lI drdyou joill Kil1KS? On the fir t of Augu t 199-t \1'hal "1"1'1" )'OU doillg beforehand? I wa Chaplain at the L'niver i~' of Exeter and I al 0 lectured part-time in theology and cia ic. Before that I wa in pari h mini [J~: in Bromle)' Pari h Church in I\:ent and prior [Q ordination I taught clas ic for five year at evenoaks chool. Why didyoll deride 10 bemflle ordained.? It i n't omething you decide; it' omething you are called [0. In many wa s I ran from it for eight year. While I was a swdent at Oxford e eral people ugge ted that I might be being called [0 ordination and the idea terrified me. A a teacher I wa5 involved in the Church, preaching in a lay capacity and I wa rather hoping that God would be happy with that, but in the end he put hi. foor down and [Old me it wa time [0 get rev'd up! When did you discover yourfailh.? While I wa at Oxford swdying clas ics I wa investigating que tion such a what is uuth, why is there beauty in the world and what i ju tice. In the course of my wdy of fir t cenwry records about Jesus of azareth I became convinccd that uuth, ju tice and beaury could only be found in the concept of God and that Je u of azareth was God' revelation of himself [0 the human race. So ill sOllle ways it was all empitiral discovery':> Yes, bur an empirical di covery with an experiential dimcnsion, in the en e that you can do all the empirical work and look at the hi wrical records and try and a e s who Jesu was, but you move on [0 an experiential level when you ay, well God, if you're there, how abour lerting on? That wa when I reali ed that in many way God had been active in my life since my bapti m a a baby. The difference was that od had been commirted [0 me while I wasn't committed [0 him.

Did that moke yOll feel lucry? â&#x20AC;˘ '0, becau eT think that God i commined [0 everybody and Je u want u ro re pond [0 him. member of staff said omething w me last week 310n tho e line - ho\\' fonunate I wa [0 have a belief when mo t people would like [0 believe in omething, I think the current earch through new religion, new philosophie , new ideas i a ymprom of the fact that the old we tern cientific rational belief that ciencc is going [0 olve all our problem has broken down, cience answers the questions it ets out [0 an wer - it will tell us how the univer e work5 bur it won't tell u fe'hy, One of the mOSt e traordinary things in contcmporary intellecwal thought is the way in which many leading cientist arc active, practising Chri tians. John Polkinghornc at ambridge i an ob iou example. What (Ire your duties as Deall.? According [0 the College Srawte the Dean i charged with ensuring that the religiou purposes of the college are carried our. ecording [0 the current mi ion tatement that i seen in various way, in particular helping [0 create a caring ethos in the community. I would hopc [0 be involved in caring for everybody, irrespcctive of belief or background, staff and swdent alike. I have specific responsibilitics for the wor hip of the chapel and over ight of the chaplaincy team. There is al 0 the unique and very important qualification, the KC which function out of the Dean' office. I 0 pan of the Dean' re ponsibilitie i the relationship between the ollege and both the wider church and the wider community. I ee thi in term of being able [0 interpret what' going on in higher education a it relates [0 the Church and, I would like [0 ugge t, what the Church might have [0 ay [0 education, panicularly when education policy seems hell bent on aping

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monerari t value, )'ou "ouldll't agrel" that hi '/reI' education and thl" church are both I"qua/~v cOllcemed to pUI bums 011 seats':> I am anxious about the pu h for number in higher education a colleagues are asked ro teach more wdent with fewer re ouree ' The intere ting thing about the mini try of the Church of England as the e rabli hed hurch of the COUntry i that we are there regardle of whether people park their bums on a pew or nor. People ome and want [0 talk regardle s of whether they believe or not - the hurch i not a 'member .. only' club, Hnat ore your hopes (IS 1I~' Deall? That I might be able [0 play my role alongside the rest of thc College in going forward intO the new opportunities that are confronting the College in a way that i in the best intere t of ociety at large, of the Church and the ollege it elf and in a way that enables the maximum benefit to the individual staff and tudents. I would hope that a dean I could raise tho e que tions of truth and value, here in the heart of an institution which is committed to the pursuit of exactly tho e thing. How do Yolt relax outside work.? The mini -try i not a nine-to-five job. I have a wife and two little girl ; we live in Highgate and enjoy going cycling as a family, I al 0 enjoy swimming, reading and mu ic. I u ed to play a bit of golf when I wa in Exeter but I ha en't managed to get a round in here, 0 if anyone want to give me a game ... Ifyou were especially prone to 0111" ofthe seven deadly sins, which one might it be? For most clergymen who are called to the role of helping people, which i a tremendous joy and privilege, the great temptation i to think thatyolt have to be doing everything all the time - the sin of pride.

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ptie ~(fIng uenote the Imernational European 'pace Agenc~ (ES\j Workshop on the Application of Digital Signal Proce ~ing T<.:chnique' w . 路pae<.: Communieatiom, held in the Great Hall at King' from 26 lO 2 ' Seprember. It was jointly organi~ed by memb<.:r' of the Communication, Re earch Group from within the D<.:partmem of Eleeuical Engineering at King's, and the ESA in Holland. Thi, bi<.:nnial ev<.:m brings rogether lOp European re,earch worker~ and applicarion~ <.:ngineers, in an informal atmo~phere (() learn abour th<.: latest de\'c1opmem~ in ,oftware and hardware reehniqu<.:s within rheir uad<.: and at the ame rimc pro\ ides an opporruniry for them (Q ger (Q know each orher bener. The evem was sponsored by EL:TEL T and INi\! RSAT, the major uansEuropean organi arion conccrned which gave rhe proceeding a ~trong satellit<.: communication flavour. Further inpUl camc from I TELSAT, Asua and thc Canadian Space Agency Almost 100 people anendeu all or parr of rhe workshop which comprised 22 papers and four dcmonstrations. One hundred and rwem coumrie' were repre emed with a good mix of

uropean pace L<.:fc 1Ii'11/I I'o~ l.jonlli'r ElatrrJlllr e Elf'{tnml f:lIgillunllg.l1 C sllldelll &c'ilh Ihe DiKilol Sigllol Processor lesl bedfor IlIlId II/obile sOlellile romll/lJlIiroliolls lIllhe -Ilh IlIlemlll/ollal Europeoll Spore .igellf',' (ES. \) Workshop olllhe oppliollre of digilal processillg lechlliqlles 10 space Call/Ill 1111 iraliolls. The U"od.'shop, a joilll 'cmlllre be~'fell Ihe ESA, Hollallr! Ollr! Ihe GOlIIlIIUlliroliollS Resl'flrrh Croup al Killg's look pit/et illlhe Greol HoIIfrolll 261028 Seplell/ber. The sof~'are forlhe DSP lesl bed projl'lt U"os produred by Ihe Dfparlml'lll of EleClrOllic & Flerlnrol EI/gillfl'lillg al Killg '.\.

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uni\'er irie and commercial organi ations. wirh 30 parricipams from rhe UK including eight from the BBC World er.路ice. ocially. the highpoims of rhe e\'enr were a rwo-hour river crui e in ideal weather and the formal dinner. In addirion many parricipams enjoyed their own extra-work hop acrivitie uch a theatre and concerr visits. The 1996 ESA workshop will take place in Barc<.:lona. John Pear on Dcparrmem of Electrical Engineering

the electronic library here et? nor quire yer - bur the nexr ix ro nine momhs will sec King's inve tigating ome of rhe po ibiliries. Information. er.路ice and Sysrem , rhe Library and Computing entre inrend (Q runix projecrs relaring (Q electronic information during rhis academic year, and hope ro make a significam impact on information provi ion in rhe College. A number of raff have been seconded from their usual duries (Q work on a review of the mediared online search er.'ice offered by the Library; the insrallarion of a CD-Ra!'! network for 0,

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some popular products, the expan ion of KIS. rhe campu informarion ysrem, including rhe developmem of a '\'irwal Library' ba ed on World Wide Web technology, the pro\'ision of irem from back runs of chemi uy journals electronically, and con idering how King' mighr be involved in the propo ed Arr and Humanitie Dam Cemre. Fuwre i sue of COII/menl will carry arricles on each of rhese projecrs and how rhey are developing. ~!argarer Samman Strand Building Library

Con truction La\\ conference - ......-he Cemre for Construction Law in the chool of Engineering held its sevemh Annual Conference ar King' on 16 Seprember. The ,ubjecr was RisJ', llfollagelllflll allr! ProC/lrell/eIIl ill GOllslmC/ioll and this ycar's sponsor was the Construction Industry Rescarch and Informarion As ociation (Cl RIA). The conference amacted approximarely \ 80 delegares from as far away as Canada and Greece all of whom were either in rhe con uucrion indusrry or lawyer. Or Peter Bran by, rhe Direeror General of CIRI chaired rhe conference and Ir i\1 ichael Latham gave rhe ke note address. s in previou year rhe papers arc now being updated and will be publi hed in book form by the Cemre. Pauline Gale Centre for Construction Law

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Donald :-Jaismith wa~ pre ented with a gla~~ bowl by friend~ and colleagues from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics ro mark hi. retirement at the end of . eptember after 28 year~ at Queen Elizabeth College and King' . The bowl was ~pecially commissioncd and engraved in

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Edinburgh by \Irs :\Iison Geissler. It depict aspcct~ of Profes or. ai,mith路s academic and personal interest~. Pictured \I ith Professor. ai~mith are (left) Or Da,路id Richardson, a former PhD student and now Group Chief Scientist at. estlc CK Ltd, and (rif;hl) Or Peter Baillie of the Di, ision of Biomedical Sciences.

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riend and colleagues gathered in the Committee Room ro celebrate the retirement of Or like Tindal of the lechanieal Engineering Department on 30 September. Dr Tindal ha been at King' for thirty-three year, a lecturer, senior lecturer and for a year,

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as head of hi department. To mark the occasion Or Tindal was presented with a crystal decanter, a pint beer mug and a cheque which he plans ro invest in a hi-fi y tem. From lefllo right: Professor Stanley Ear/es; ,1/rs Delia Tinda/; Dr ,11ife Tindal; Dr ,Ifichael Yianneskis.

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vor Kingman and partner. Joan, enjoy a celebratory drink at the parry ro mark his retiremenr from the POSt of Cellar I\lanager, on 29 September. [vor, an a~piring arrist, was

presenred with an easel and sel'eral canvases by the College Catering Officer, Peter Hoffman, as well as an engraved KCLA tankard as a reminder of hi' 27 year~ at King's.

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he LTniver ity of London [n tirute of Edu ation provide a range of II ork~hop~ and cour e which offer thc opporruniry ro meet colleague from other departmenrs and college :

One day course Dei.:eloping high quality teaching and leoming ill departments - for head of departmenr or deputie

Two day courses Extended reading skills Developing and monogillg distollce leoming courses Problem-based leoming Teochillg study skills Research supervisioll

Three day course Coursefor experienced lecturers The In tirute also offer~ an ~I 10 Higher and Profe ional Education, and Advanced Diploma in Higher Education rudie and a Ph O/~IPhil programme. If you would like more information on any of these course or po tgraduate tudies. please ring or write ro: Or Roy Cox or Janet Harding, Cenrre for Higher Education rudie, "9 Gordon 'quare, London WC I HOT. Tel 0171-612 63 'or 0171-612 6362.

rofe\\or ,\ndrew Grubb, prel iou\l~ reader in ~ledical Lall in the School of Law. has been promorc.:d ro Profe \or of Health Care Law at King\ with effect from 1 October. He i~ the joinr author with Professor lan Kennedy of the standard text-book ,llediml Lore (Bunerworrh), and an experr on medical law and ethic, the law relating to docror5 and their patienrs, and the health service.

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rofessor Laurenee Dreyfu , Direcror of the Cenrre for Advanced Performance rudies, ha reeenrly appeared at the Coneerrgebouw in Amsterdam ague t arrist of the Van Wassenar Competition for Early I\lusie, where he was featured in a recital a well a giving ma tcr c1a'i'ie and a lectUrc drawn from hi forthcoming book. Bach

and the Pal/ems ofll1f.:elllion.

Promotion to 'enior Lecrurer

he following member of taff have been promoted ro enior Lecrurer: Or lark Peakman, Deparrment of Immunology, KC 1\10. Or Paul Booron, Oeparrmenr of General Practice et Primary Care, KC 10 Or nne tephenson, Oeparrmenr of General Practice C! Primary Care, KCS 10.

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lumni c ntribut t fund for 01 n ?n1n lUtn ne\\ tud nt oon J plJnning permi ion i granred, onc of the mo t e,\uting de\ c1opmenr., 0 the la t fe\\ \ear \\ III be undef\\a~ on the wp ofTuru' ,

Students' • nlon news

KCLA provide £32,000 for new gym equipment. King' . rudenr.,' l'nion i., .,et [() plug a lonp; apparenr gap in port'> facilitie., thank. [0 the p;enero.,ir~ of former ~rudenr." The con~rrunlOn of J roof[Op ~ m on the \Iacadam Building i., W be financed b\ KlOg'" College London .\Iumni ,\.,.,ociation, The gym. \\ hlch onglOalh ran IOW planning difficultle,. ,hould ger the go ahead bv '\;0\ ember and bulldlOj; \\ III be completed by \larch. h \\ ill be a con.,iderable e'\ten,ion of the "porrlOg faeilitie., eurrenrl~ a\ailablc [() King'" '>rudenr.,. Key figure'> \\ ho petitioned the [)e\'elopmenr Tru.,{, \\ hich ra..,e., fund., for \\ ork and proJen., {hrougholJ{ {he College, included {he College Principal. Profe.,sor .\rrhur Luea." Lay :-'lember'> of {he College, repre.,enrari\e., of {he KCL,\, and {he Scudenr.,' l nion. La.,{ year {he Tru.,{ rai.,ed c)\'er £300,000 mainly from former mcmber~ of {he college, keen {() aid the education of {heir .,ucee,>,>or.,. The L' nion'" bid for £32,000 of {hi., mone\ [() pro\'ide (he gym and "pon., equipmenr wa., .,ucce.,.,fully negotiated, The rru.,{ aho agrel.:d [() prc)\ ide £63,000 for CD Rom equipmenr in the ne\\ 'rrand Library, and another £63,000 for rwehe ne\\ computer (ermlOa)., \\ I{hin {he Hamps{ead campu.,. The rru.,{ i., .11.,0 gi\ ing £24,000 {() fund pCJ'>{gradua{e re.,l.:arc..h. (See p{/~es fll/e e r..:o for rt'porl,j

rudenr ' l-nlun Prt: .denr Gha an KJnan aid '"Th., I a grc.:at de\elopmenr for rudenr, at KlOg' ; the: imprc)\ e:menr 0 porr,facllltle • an importanr pan of en uring that rudl.:nr gl.:{ {he be.,t from {heir collcge: and rude nr., , L'nlOn. I{ I~ realh great tha{ pa ( rudenr of King.., \\l.:re able to conrrlbu{e in uch a gcnerou \\ ay." Thc ~ m \\ ill di play a plaque reeogl1l,ing the generosity of the College De\dopmenr Tru [.

The reasons and processes behind the development. ~ orry-.,e\en percenr of srudenr., a{ King'" re,ponded {() ex{eJl'>I\'e market rc earc..h undl.:rraken by Gallup on it., hehalf, To gauge the aerual demand for a gym, .,cudenr., were a.,ked \\ hc{her {he\ would bc \\ IIling [() IM\ £25 pc.:r {crm {() U.,C a . 'cudcnr.,' l' nion multi ~m/fi{J1e.,., cenrre a{ {hl.: Hand .,nc. I· orty-one per cenr responded {() .,ay {hat {hey \\ ould be \ery \\ illing co pay {hi., .,UIll. The eonrrac{ ha., been awarded {() The RIce Group, the .,amt: company that buil{ Turu'" on the founh and fifth OO()f'> of the \Iaeadam Building. The expected eo.,{ of {hc enrire projec..r \\ ill be in e ....t:c.,., of £200,O(JO, \\ ith {he College financing {he major parr of {his by a loan {() be repaid over fi\e year.,. .\ member~hip fee of around £50 per year for .,rudem., i., amicipa{ed, It i., el1\i.,a~ed {hat {he joining fee for .,raff \\ ould be 111 {he region of £ 0, and £100 for pa.,{ .,rudem and {he general public. The Srudenr.,·l'l1Ion bclie\c., (hat neighbouring eompanie., would be imere.,{ed in /?;ym member.,hip, therd)\ allcm ing {he ~'m [() bc opencd throughout {he year and .,rreng{hcning link., with {he local community.

omen' Safe Trao port er Ice

he Women's t;afe Transport .,eryiee will eonrinul: {() run and i., a\'ailable {() all female

.,rudem., of King"'. The minibu., .,y'tem \\ hich \\ as in

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operation la.,{ year ha., been replaced by {he u~e of minicab." as rhe .,eheme originally jnrended. The sen iel.: will run durin~ all major e\'ems {hroughoU{ {he year.

路 out rtlng me t r i~arre thing, thesc scme ter ; they eem ro have crept up on e\'eryone in a nasty way, Pan~ of College didn't eem quite urc when e\'eryone wa due back, Tho e \\ ho \\ ere in the know, kept their wisdom to them elve. and appeared ro refer enquiries ro an un~u peeting area that didn't have a clue, The wdent' llnion had a couple of week le s ro prepare (like gening a bar built in a maner of days) and you had less time ro \wan around your re~pective corners of the globe. ow that it' happened, what do you think of it all? The system ha mixed origins. Onc way ro cope with more sw dents in a tighter space i ro modulari e coursc路. This had happened for a while, with course broken mid-way by long holidays. An extreme solurion would be ro have thrce fifteen-week terms, with swdents choosing ro anend two per year. Alternatively, maybe degrees could be earned within two ycar . Easy ro ee how problem with this led ro the twelve-thineenfive nifry compromi e now at King's. This is not without it hiccups. Somc LE s have problems administering funding like this. Somc depanments have exams straight after the Chri tmas holidays, Some, awarding the same degree, don't. Whatever the experience this ear, don't expect the twelve-thineenfi e formula ro be a la ting olution. Having one College . tem in i olation ro anOther can be asking for trouble, How desirable is it for courses ro begin bcforc Clearing i over, for example? It would be a huge ta k to bring rogether so many independent componenrs, namel the entire education infrastrucwre and all it spin-offs. Everything from A-level re ult , to the same stan date for cour e and exams, would be a ignificant breakthrough, If you think that thi on of interference is desirable, or pos ible, dream on ...

lan Franklin, Vice-President Representation & wdent ffair

Hip ro for groo hip ter h i\ year ha een the tart of 'Loo e' a new Sawrda) night \'enue in Tuw'. dmis ion 4 :'T.' or拢5 normal admi sion, and run from L,OO til 02.00, The e\ening i advertised in the London press a being a night of 'hip groo\'e for groO\'y hip\ter ' and i al 0 open to non-swdent , Riverman Promotions arc the brains behind the scheme which i packing the crowd in on aturda nights; the. are working with Dan and, usan from Hazard ,ounry, the regular Thur day night at The l 'nder\\'orld, The popularity of the cvening seem due to the va t mix of music played, the eheap price of drink in the Waterfront and Tutu' , and the casual dress code.

The Reach

he Reach is the name of a new bar that ha been built on the fifth floor of the lacadam Building over the ummer vacation. Overlooking the Thame , the bar will provide another alternative to the Waterfront and the lower bar in Turu's and ca e pressure on staff. The Reaeh is the first stage of the proposed multigym POrt faciliry that is to be built on the roof of the Macadam Building.{See article 01/ previous page),

Reggie' bar at Kensington

he Kensington ite has een the development of the area in the hall behind the bar. Entitled Reggie' after the K L concrete lion ma COt, the area will be u ed as a coffee lounge during the day and a gig/parry venue in the evenings. It will al 0 provide a new wdent study faciliry and house the nion site office, Reggie' will serve bOttled beer, a new election of wine and pirit and health drinks,

aterfront bar - ne paint and cheaper drink

he Waterfront bar has been de orated o\'er the ummer and i no\\' fre hly \'arnished, re-carpeted and re-painted. The bar ha abo been to ked with new beer, biner , wines and cider and e\'eral reduction have been made in the price of drinks.

Guardian/ S tudent edia ard

he hortli t for the Guardian/ US Sw dent Media award was recently released with judges "particularly impre sed with the overall improvements in tandard ," The award, which are being presented at a ceremony at King's, will be judged by a variery of media luminaries, including the former Daily Mirror Ediror Roy Green dale, Channel Four's Swan Cosgrove and the Education Editor of The Guardifll/, James 'leikle, Among the nominee are Phillip shworth of ROAR and Sam Faulkner of the LOl/dol/ tudfllt in the Photographer of the Year category, long ide the winner of the Be t College ew paper for the last twO years, the LOl/doll Student, King's Bel/ch ha also been shortlisted for College 1agazine of the Year. The presentation will take plaee on Sawrday 22 Ocrober.

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a oe trO en in brea r cancer cell (ic annoe rrogen acnon). An Imp rtant area of re earch for che mure I che del'elopment 0 new denl'arjl'e of camoxifen aimed ac ol"ercoming che problem 0 rhe del elopment of el'entual re I can e ro ramoxifen char frequendYoccur durin ramoxi en trearmenr for brea r cancer, Finally. Ir i of grear Inrere r rhar certain plant produces (e.g. rho e derived from oya) concain compound rhar acr a weak oe trogen (phyco-oestrogens) and appear co compere wirh and block rhe growrh promoring effecr of endogenou oestrogen in brea~r cancer ell , In a imilar manner ro ramoxifen icself. These phyro-oestrogens may be narure' I'er ion of ram oxifen and tudie on rhe mechani m of a rion of rhe e compound in relarion ro dietary approache co rhe prevention of brea~r cancer arc also likely ro be of grear value in rhe future.

urremly chere icon iderable imere c in che pocential use of che drug camoxifen noc only co crcac brea c cancer bue al 0 co prevent it. Thc po sible role of camoxifen a a major chemopreventacive agent ha actracced comroversy relacing co che po ibiliry of harmful long-cerm ide effecc of cherapy wich chi drug. Howeler, ic i becoming apparent chac che finding of tamoxifen is a D.' damaging agent cau~ing liver cancer in racs I noc u ually che ca e in humans. Endomerrial cancer and recinopachy may scill be a problem in some ca e and clearly individual involved in prophylaxi~ require careful monicoring. In addicion, po sible beneficial sideeffecc of camoxifen chcrapy, ~uch as proceccion again c cardiova cular

di e e and 0 reoporo i (bone 10 and chinning) are emcrgin~. The e beneficial e er, in particular rhe ardloproce nl e accion 0 camoxl en, may be ke~ facror in predlcclng che likely n k:benefic ranon of prophylacric ramoxifen treacment in orherwi e healchy women. hee women have been alculaced ro be ar ri k of del'eloping breasc cancer and following rhe identificarion of a brea r cancer u cepribilicy gene rhi i likely w be decermined in rhe future b generic creening rechniques. The benefi ial effe r f ramoxifen on 0 ceoporo i and hean di~t:a e are re laced w ir abilicy ro mimic rhe accion of natural oestrogens co lower blood chole rerol le\'els. Tamoxifen is an effecrive antioxidant and can prore r human low den icy lipoprorein (LOLl parcicles again c che oxidacive damage cau ed by free radicals chac is a ociaced wich achero c1erosi . The oestrogenic accion of camoxifcn arc in addicion w ics well characceri cd abilicy co block che growch- rimulacing accions of

John Wiley, Chiehe rer.

l'ni\ er"ir\ of Lonuon Tru~t fund~ for rec.;earch "rant ...

Conference on Rcscan:h Cancer ursing

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he Department of ur ing scudie i holding a conference on 23 l\larch 1995 entirled Researclr in Cancer J ursing. The aim of rhe conference is ro enable nur e interesred in chi ubjecc ro meec rogecher and exchange idea . Re earch i ues in cancer nur ing will be addre ed and a number of scudie which have been compleced or are currencly being undertaken by nur e will be pre ented. Topic include: che panern of facigue in pacient receiving chemocherapy; finding from che Macmillan Praccice Development OIr Delphi urvey on re earch prioririe ; che experience of deach and dying from che per peccive of fellow pacient . The venue will be che Grcac Hall, rrand Campu and further informacion i available from andra Peros: 071-872 3024 (exc 3024).

r Ht/m lrismlOn, leC!urtr in lire Depanml'fll o/Xulnl/on and Dfl'M/rs Iras rtr. 11/~\ PUblf Ired {/

book m/ltledTamoxlfcn: :".Iolecular ba i of u e in cancer treacmem and prel路cmion. Hert sire desrnbl'f ruml ork

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Pplication are inviced from members of che niver icy (ocher chan pre ent undergraduace wdent and chose regiscered for a caughc lascer' degree) for re earch grant co as isc peeifi projecc of research wich che provi ion of expense such as pecial macerial ,apparaw and travel coses. The 10 ing dace for applicarion will be Friday 16 December 1994. pplicant hould noce rhar rhe omminee will noc award grants retrospeccively i.e., for expen es incurred before che ouccome of che ommiccee is known. pplicacion form and further particulars may be obcained from che Admini traCOr of Re earch Grant , niversicy of London, enare Hue, Room 21a, Malec Streer, London, W lE 7HU. Telephone: 0171-636 8000 exr 3147.

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illiam olesbury, che ecrecary of rhe Economic and ocial Research ouncil (E R ), will be paying a vi ir co rhe ollege on Thur day 17 , ovember; rhe firsr for some year. 1\lr ole bury will pre ent a seminar on rhe current policies of rhe E R co be followed by a di cu ion e ion and buffer lunch. All raff arc welcome co chi event which will cake place in che Council Room ac rhe crand ampu. Pica e re pond co Loui e adal, Academic candards eccion, ornwall Hou e by londay 14, ovember if you wi h co anend 0 rhac cacering arrangements can be finalised in advance.

The Walk of H pe

European Cnion funding Framework 1\ update ramework 1\' i now under way with ad\'ance call for propo al published on 1- eptember 1994 for borh ACT ( dvanced Communication Te hnologies) and I\[T (Indu trial '\[aterial and Technologie ) programmes. Both programme will call formally on 15 December 1994. On 29 eptember the following programme were formally arproved by the Research ouncil:

• Telematics • Standards, 1\[easurements ei Testing • [arinc Sciences and Technologie (1\1 T) • griculture & Fisherie (AI R) • Informarion Technologie • on-nuclear Energy ontrolled nuclear fu ion (jOl LE (£ THER.i\[IE) This means thar rhe first call for propo als for each of rhe above programme i \'ery likely ro be on 15 December 1994, with a closing dare of 1 1\[arch 1995. The closing date for this call will rherefore be 15june 1995. The ommission has finally revised its application form ro a much

more u er-friendly document! In rhe past. the Commi ion ha been tronglyeririei ed for rhe unwieldy and exten i\'e derail required on irs tandard form . The new form is much horter, clearer and an ea ily be phoroeopied or faxed. An electronic formar i currenrly being on idered bur ir i unlikely ro be ready for the fir t call for propo als. Plea e contacr Geraldine Barry (ext 3319) or ara Kelly (ext 3321) for a drafr of the form. eminar on the forthcoming BI01\[ED programme has been arranged for 9 November from l·tOO ro 16.30 in the Old Medical 'chool at Denmark Hill. Or Liam O'Toole from the Internarional Office of the IR will pre ent the latest informarion on BIO,\[ED. His talk will be upplcmented by David Brin (I3rirish Council) who will advi c on making succe ful contracts. If you would like ro anend bur have nor already recei\'ed a regi trarion form, pica e contact ara on exr 3321 a oon a' po sible. Geraldine Barry KCL Enterpri e

wo ecuri[\' taff from Li\ erpool L nJ\'er 1£)' will be ropping off at King' in . o\'ember during rheir charicy walk from Edinburgh ro London ro rai e fund for rhe Roy Ca £le Cau e for Hope ppeal, for the con trucrion of an International entre of Excellence in Li\'erpool to combat lung can er. john Collins and Ray Pullen will pend rhree day ar Imperial ollege bcfore \'i iting King' on 10nday 21 o\'ember between 14.00 and 15.15. There will be a table in rhe foyer of rhe Strand from where they will issue covenant form. ponsorship forms are also a\'ailable from rhe main de kat the rrand. john and Ray hope King' sraff will pon or them direcrly or upporr their walk in ome orher way: if ou would like to do this, please contact:

Roy Ca £le Causc for Hope Appeal PO Box 107 c/o Barclays Bank 4 \ ater Street Liverpool. Tel: 0 1-1-2273636.

ontinuing education figures 1993 - 1994 School

No of courses

No of students

Student hours

FTEs*

92/93

93/94

92/93

93/94

92/93

93/94

92/93

93/94

Education

804

912

35,522

15,796

118

Humanities

147

576

1,662

12,010

86,335

288

Law

726

931

18,025

12,099

Life Sciences

166

1,430

2,175

51,182

14,625

171

KCSMD

435

944

11,383

26,467

Physical Sciences

379

564

3,079

4,698

Non-school

607

64,926

216

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251

438

4,957

7,188

196,127

160,020

654

533

• One FTE = 300 student hours. Totals may not agree due to rounding. Table prepared by the Continuing Education Unit.

here ha been a decline in FTEs, despite the increa e in cour e run and number of student anending. However. the drop in the chool of Life cience, i due in large parr ro a rechnical change, in thar the I ursing 5tudie , parr-rime degree srudent are now included in the individuali ed record. , and not in rhe continuing education record. The e tudenrs accounted for 44.695

rudent-hour in 1992/3. There have al 0 been decrea e , albeir much smaller one, in rhe rudent-hours rerurned by gerontology and life cience. These decrea e have been parrly off er b increa e in rhe !v[edical School return - ,439 from ob retrics and gynaecology, and 6.218 from medical phy ics, neither of which returned anyrhing la t year. The increa e in rhe chool of Humanirie i

due to rhe inclusion of rhe English Language nit., (65,705 studenthour ), which was in rhe on- chool category la tear. \ hile rhe chool of Education ha increa ed borh the number of courses and rudent, the cour e have become shorter, due ro rhe financial constrainrs on chool , thus reducing rhe tudent-hours. oncinuing Education Unir

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The Strand Campus 'olleaj!;ue \\ ill rt.:ad cl cw here in (hi i ue of (hc rc(in:mem of h or Klngman. who for ?7 year ha heen lookln af(cr (hc drink requirement of our uand ha cd t.:U wmer . AI(hough h or will nor be dlrecd~ replact.:d, wc imcnd (() con[lnuc (() offer a comprehen,i\ c dnnk, cn ice a( (he (rand and cu (()mcr an: a kcd (0 contact Dennl .\lIen or Pc(cr Durant on 234ljJI 057 In fuwre. Cu,tomt.:r arc a ked (() gne (hem a, much notice a po ible for 't.:n Ice, and arc poh[d) reminded (ha[ credit .,ale~ require wflnen order.,. I \ ( ) f \ re[iremt:n[ doc,. howe\·t:r. nece""J(a[e a thorough re\ iew of (ht: drink, t.:n ice provided b~ [he Ca(cring l)epaHmem. and de[aib of an~ change., will bt: wiot:!) circula(t:d once [ht: rt:\ it:\\ i, comple[c.

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Cornwall House The King\ Table I'> plca.,t:o w announct: (ht: Imlnlnem opening of a ne\\ Coffee Bar in [he main huildlng of Cornwall Ilou,t:. Sirua(ed in Room \!BZ 19, i[ will be open from 10.00 w 15.00 during [t:rm (imt:. ,\ new range of produc(., including cappuccino coffec and filled bagucue., will. toge[her wi[h old favourite"~ bc available from (hi, outle( and wa(eh Oll[ for exciting inrroducwry offer.,! The King\ Table i., aware (ha[ capacity in [he new oude( is limi[cd [Q ,ome 50 ~ea(s. and (herefort: a cakeaway .,ef\'ice I'> available for all produc(~.

Chelsea Campus Thc uadi[ional Chebea Chri.,(mas Iunch, onc of [he t:vem., of (he year, will (akc place on Tue day, 20 December. pre-Iunch gla.,~ of wine, or .,of( drink will be erved a[ 12.00 in (he A sembly Hall, with a Carverv s(\. le lunch served a[ 12.15 in (he \'Iai~ Refecwry. The price is £6.95 per head, and hooking form, will be circula[ed shordy. FUHher decail, can be obcained from (he Chelsea Catering Office on ex(ension~ 4907/49 P J Hoffman Catering Officer

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The popular .\d\em aral en ICe b\ candlellgh( wIII be held on (hree . e\"enin' : '(J on:mber. I and Z December a( 17. '0. Ticke( ( recl arc a\ ailabk from [he Chaplainc~ a( [he . uand from 1 ./)\ ember. \11\ mt:mber of (.lff who would hke w read a( one of (he t:nice'> i., a kco [0 conrat:( (he Chaplain. Fr Philip Chc (t:r on 0712373.

(Idem en ice confert:: nee 'f ht: Coun elling! P~ychQ[herap) 'ct:(ion of wdem. 'enice, i~ holding J(, \nnual Conference on ~5 . '0\ embc.:r In (he Council Room from 10.O(J (() 16.00. The (ide of [his year'" con ference 1'>: Sf/ldell! sl':\/lo/itl' ill fI

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/It'Kf 5/(/ff. Tht: ,>pcaker, arc \Iargarc( Gardincr (Lt.:uurt:r and Tu(()r. CEl.), King\ College London). Or Roben Hale (Con,ulranc P,ychiaui,( /p,>yt.hoanah,(, Ta\ i,wck and

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POHnum ClII1IC'), ,\nn Ilc: no (I kad of Coumcllll1g and Ad\ I'O~ Scn ICC'. l' nivt:r,i[) of We,(mi",,(er). \lcmber, offacul() and ~raff who wish (() a((cnd ~hould appl~ a~ ,oon a~ pos.,iblc [() Cclia Cockburn, 2C SEB, t:X( 2530. There is no conference fee for King\ ~ollege scaff bu( anvonc wishing [() have lunch/ refrc h:nencs i, asked (0 concribu(e £12.

ome and join (he gho.,dy going,-on in (he spooky ,urroundings of (he College. 'ocial Club hallowe 'en PaHv on 2 Ocwber. Doors open a[ 19.00,' admi((ancc is frce and food will be available ant:) dre, is op(ional bur (here will be a prize for (he scarie (coswme! ,\11 members of scaff and (heir gue,(s are warmly invited. oman Len yllllg on CX( 3354 for de(aib.

The (hird edition of (he leafle( IlnOf's 0" of Ki"g's covers public lecwres,

open day~ and evems up uncil January 1995. If you require copies plea.,e ring Pres~ and Publica(ions, CX( 3202.

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18 November The Trustees of the Hockerill Educational Foundation invite academic staff to attend the 1994 Hockerill Lecture entitled:

A vision for the future of education Professor Tim Brighouse, MA (Oxon), Chief Education Officer, City of Birmingham New Theatre, Strand, 20.15 Tea and biscuits in the Council Room, 17.15 to 18.00 RSVP 0 J Newman Esq., 51 Pole Barn Lane, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, C0139NQ. 22 November The Halliburton lecture in Physiology Egg into embryo: ethics, cycles and ions Professor Martin H Johnson MA PhD, Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge 17.30 in Lecture Theatre 3B20. Tea will be available beforehand, at 16.45 in the main entrance hall.

la 'well ociery Lecture. 14 November Glassy metals, proteins, soap bubbles and the Giant's Causeway: making sense of disorder in condensed matter and materials. Professor John Finney, University College, London. Room 2B08, Main Building 14.00 to 15.00 21 November The arrest of time: the development of high speed photography Or M E J Holwill, King's College, Room 2B08, Main Building, 14.00 to 15.00

, chool of Hllmanitie Departmem of ~lll ic 21 November Music by Purcell and Birtwistle to celebrate the appointment of Sir Harrison Birtwistle as first holder of the Henry Purcell Chair of Composition. 18.30, Great Hall. For admission to this concert please apply to the School of Humanities, telephone: 071-873 2360. 5 December King's College Orchestra: works by Schubert, Cherubini and Weber. 19.30, Great Hall. 8 December Rosalind Aden, piano. 13.05, Room 6C.

Admission is free.

DBRC emmar at Drlll) Lane 2 October Specification of cell fate in Dictyostelium development Or Rob Kay, LMB, Cambridge 13.00 4 November Signalling through the sevenless pathway. Professor Ernst Hafen, University of Zurich 13.00 9 November Sub-dividing the Drosophila embryo Or Peter Lawrence, LMB, Cambridge 13.00 16 November Molecular mechanisms of cell lineage choice. Or Tony Ford, Institute for Cancer Research 13.00

23 November Retinoic acid and regeneration in lower vertebrates Or Patricia Feretti, Institute of Child Health 13.00 30 November Sry-related genes, Sox-l and Sox2, in early neural development Or Robin Lovell-Badge, NIMR 13.00

Randall seminars at Drury Lane 7 November Modelling cystic fibrosis: from gene targeting to gene therapy Or Bill Colledge, Wellcome CRC Institute, Cambridge 17.00 14 November Signals, signal reception and morphogenetic cell movement in Dictyostelium Professor Jeff Williams, University College London 17.00 21 November Antibodies: Templates for drug design Professor Tony Rees, Dept of Biochemistry, Bath University 17.00 28 November Screening for inhibitors of tyrosine kinases for breast cancer chemotherapy Or Martin Page, Wellcome Research Labs, Beckenham 17.00

5 December Molecular genetics and Psychiatry: The beginning of the end? Or Steve A Whatley, Institute of Psychiatry, London 17.00

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e ha\'e been ad\'i cd b~ the Royal '-lail that in ordcr to e'\pedlte the delj\'e~' of mall it imend to allocate a 'Iarge u er' po tcode for the cxclu ive u e of Cornwall Hou;e. From 1 • ·o\cmber the ne\\' po~tal address for all department ~i{lJated at Corn\\all I10u e/Corn\\all Hou e Annex Will be:

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