King's College London newsletter

DEFENCE SECRETARY PRAISESEWCE TRE

The Centre for Defence tudie waofficial I launched on Monday 29

ctober at King' College London inthe pre ence of r Tom King, ecretaryof tate for Defence.

Attended by a di tinguished audience ofp liti ian , defence chief and enior -ivilervants, proceeding be an in a pa ked

Great Hall with the Centre' inaugurallecture delivered by Profe or LawrenceFreedman, Honorarv Direct r of the entreand Profe~ or of ~r tudies at Kino \.

Entitled Escalators and Quagmires:ExpectatlOm and the Use ofForce, Pr fe orFreedman ffered an a ademic per pectiveon the urrent iruation in the Gulf, sayingthat it had 'become a 'test ca e' of the waywe are likely to react to internationalonflict for many years to come: On recent

event in Europe, he argued that 'thecollap e f communi m will not auto­matically usher in an age of peace andharmony, but could well trigger a . erie oflocal conflict :

In on ludin , Profe or Freedman

r ed that i was vital to anchor militarYre pon e to cri e even more firmly to a 'clear et of reali tic political objecti·ves.'Facin today' complex regional and inter­nati nal cene, defence mu t b c nsideredin the broadet term - and thi i whatyou can now expe t fr m the ruver It)' fLondon' Centre for Defence tudie.

Following the lecture a recepti n w heldin the C uncu R om. Or John Beynon,the Principal, briefly p ke ab ut the newCentre before invitin Or J hn A hwonh,DirectOr of L E and Mr Tom King to say afew word.

The Principal believed the e tabli hment ofthe Centre within the Univer ity ofLondon was important for a number ofrea ons: fir tly it howed that universitiewere not ivory tower but part of the realworld, secondly, the Univer icy ofLondon' federal trueture provided aunique trength which facilitated collabora­tion between two internationally renown ddepanments - War tudies at King' and

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McCALL REPORTReproduced below i a cop of the letterthat the College ha ent in repl to thereque t from enate Hou e for are pon e to the Po ition Paper publi hedinJul.

trategic I ue Group: Po ition Paper

[ am writin to let you have the commenof thi C Ile e on the Group' Po iti nPaper.

Mr McCall and hi colleague are to becon rarulated on the amount f work thatthey have d ne in a relatively hort paceof time, and f r bringing a fre h eye to

me intractable problems that haveplagued me Univer ity for many year .

We welcome the general thru t of thePosition Paper, but regret that the Groupdid not start from the po ition of m reovertly considering why the federalUniver ity hould continue to exi t. Webelieve thi que tion ought to be a ked(and answered) now. There will be many

iew , but we give our very briefly belowin order that our comment on thePo ition Paper may be seen in a propercontext.

Pictured at the reception to mark the La/Inch ofthe Centre for Defence tudies are (from left toright) DrJohn Beynon, Mr Tom King, Professor Lawrence Freedman and DrJohn Ashworth

We believ that the Univer icy of Londonhould continue to exist primarily for

academic reason. Its existence facilitateinteraction and co-operation atundergraduate, post raduate and researchlevels among t the chools who, betweenthem, repre ent a collective academictrength econd to none in the UK and

indeed in the world. But this academiccohe ivene s doe not require a largecentral bureaucracy; it need little morethan an efficient academic regi try, guidedby a central academic committee whichwill, inter alia, establish:

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Internati nal Relation at L E. Thirdly, itwas a model of how academic - not onlywithin London but a ro the country ­intended to collaborate to produce the be tpo ible re earch inve ti ation . Finally, itdemon trated the :.\1ini try of De en e'uppOrt for eriou, independent re earch;

if only other Government departmentwould follow their lead.

Dr john A hworth, in hi peech,mentioned the importance of in titute ,uch a the new Centre, within the current

debate about the structure and co t f theUniversity of London. He aw its creati na a sign that the gaps between governmentand academia can be bridged. He aI 0

thanked the Mini try of Defence for their'inflation-proof' upport for thi newventure!

Guests then heard Mr Tom King give aLivelyand ntertaining peech in which hepraised highly the initiative, and people,who had brought the Centre intoexistence, and the quality of re earch itwouLd produce.

Initially, he confessed, when the sugge tionfor such a Centre wa put before hinl hehad doubted the need for such an in titute,he wondered what 'it would achieve. Butnow, three months into the Gulf cri i , thedefence world had changed out of allrecognition and the world looked verydifferendrom 14-15 months ago: the

o iet Union was no longer the problem,the Berlin Wall had come down, etc.

n a lighter note, he related the story of acolleague who had been to the Berlin Wall(when it wa till standing) and een onlyone piece of English graffiti - 'GeoffreyBoycott we love you'! Upon telling this tohis constituents, a member of the audiencea ked 'Which ide of the wall was it on?'Thi wa the kind of question he expectedthe Centre to an wer!

Ending on a more seriou note, Mr Kingfelt it was a very relevant and appropriatetime for the new Centre to be et up andoffered all involved his be t wishe forsuccess. He believed academicindependence to be important and hoped aconstructive relationship would develop. Itwould be vital for the Government to beable to draw on sensible, intelligentre earch.

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Centre for Defence StudiesBased at Kin ' , the Centre ha been e tab­li hed with a rant from the Mini try ofDefence to a t as a ocu for re earch on awide range of defence and ecurity i ue.Drawin on experti e from throuohout the

niver ity of London, in particular theDepartment of ar tudie at King' andthe Department f International Relationat L E the Centre i intended to be abrid e between poli ymaker andacademic.

The remit of the Centre i to conductre earch on a wide range of relevant is uein order to reflect the nature of academicopinion in contemporary defence andecurity matter. It re earch programmes

cover both imm diate policy-relatedi ue and ome f the more theoreticalconcern rai ed in academic ecuritydebate.

Research project being undertaken by theCentre are encompa ed in a Briti hDefence Policy Progranlme, a EuropeanSecurity Programme, a ecurityPerspectives Progranlme and an ArmsControl Programme. The publications ofthe Centre include the London DefenceStudies eries which are published byBrassey's at a rate of 10-12 a year, an armscontrol bulletin and a number of editedand authored book re ulting fromindividual research programme.

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i a uniform framework for cour es andexamining, thereby encouraging cour e­sharing between chools;

ii a list of expert in each discipline whocan be called upon to erve on appoint­ments boards otherwi e controlled byindividual chool - to ensure someuniformity of tandards;

ill a central focu to encourage andfacilitate the creation of variou 'centre'within the U niver ity as are appropriatefrom time to time.

We aI 0 believe that there are trong non­academic reason for retaining theUniver ity of London. It purchasingpower and property holdings alone make it

a powerful force far greater than any 0 theindividual chool. But once more thidoe not call f r elaborate entralma hin ry.

I now return to the Po ition Paper to makethe followin omment:

i \'(Ie uppon the view that the pre entor ani ational and administrati\'e tru turei both extremely cumber ome andwa teful. Th duplication at the centre ofmany chool procedure engender afeeling that the University doe not belie ethat ch 01 have the ability to actre ponsibly, and au es frustration andannoyan e. The solution which the Groupproposes, namely a unicameral y temwith a Governing Body and three Standing

ommittee i one which we woulduppon. Of crucial inlpOrtanCe will be the

adequate repre entation of academic taffon the major policy-making bodies, but itwill be elf-defeating if there i anexce ively large number ofrepre entanve .

ii The Position Paper reiterate andreinforces the assertion of the MurrayCommittee that 'policy planning on auniversity ba is is the fundamental raisond'etre of the federal system~ We questionthat a sumption. The larger Schools do notneed central direction of pLanning, whichha led in the past to unacceptable delay;their own mechanisms are unque tionablyfully able to anticipate and respond totrategic imperatives. Strategic thinking i

no longer (if it ever was) a monopoly ofthe federal University, and if the centralbody of the University is to continue itmust be within acceptable constraints. Totake an example (albeit from the financialrather than the academic sphere), whilecentral machinery for the management ofthe Bloom bury Estate makes ense, itwould not be acceptable for the U niver ityto eek to direct the property managementpolicy of indi idual School , which are ofcour e separate legal entitie .

iii The Group aI 0 appears to concludethat the larger chool hould continue tobe funded by Court grant; we ee nojustification for that assumption. eitherdo we see justification for most of thecentral input in relation to academicinitiative, some of which con umes vastamounts of time and effort in thedi pensing of relatively mall amount ofmoney.

1\' The Group will need to demonstratewhat tangible bend! will flow from thetrucrure propo ed, W'e wel ome the

review 0 the pre ent ru tur.: of Boardf tudie pecial Advis ry ommirteecademic C uncil and it ubject ub­

Committee, cademie dvi ry Boardand Facultie , whi h in many areas .in.: ·eaive. \\'e ree gni e that manya ademicta are anxious to retain atrucrure that ive them the pp rtunity

t me t colleague rom other cboolworking in the ame ubjecr area; it inevenhele our view that while the federalsy tern can and should facilitate, it i note ential for academic development. Allmechani ms for creatin an academic'community cea e to be effective as onas in titutional intere ts clash, or wherethere i no incentive to e tabl.ish commonground. ome form of central umbrellamay be needed to a sist ollab ration inre earch and to go ern th enateIn titutes, but that doe n t require acomplex bureaucracy. r d emobilisation of re ource for collaborationbetween chool imply the need for centralontrol of re ource allocation,

v It is as umed throughout the PositionPaper that the 'London degree' willc ntinue to exist. We support that viewbut, as we said earlier, we believe that theUniver ity hould simply e tabl.i h criteria,

leavin the procedure to the hoot;periodi monitorin' by the AcademiCommittee would uffice to ensure tharthe riteria were bein met. \'\'e mu t norhowever duplicate the work 0 the C CP'Academi Audit nir, and mo t certainlynor at twO I vel ,

vi eriou weakne s in the Po iti nPaper i that it doe not addre theque tion 0 what i to happen to thepresent bureaucratic tru ture in enateHou e. We belie\'e it to be viral thar the

affm in enare House be drasticallyreduced not only becau e it hould beunnec ary in the new rucrure, but evenmore importantly, becau e only in thi waywill we convince the UFC and the outsideworld thar we have achieved real change.The new Univer ity, if it i to be finer, willneed to be a good deal limmer. The eobservations houJd not be interpreted asniping at enare Hou e taff, many of

whom a the Group point out, areextremely able. A measure ofredeployment to chools would beappropriate a admini trative procedureare devolved,

I hope the e comments may be helpful to

the Group.

Or John BeynonPrincipal, King' College London

STAFF NEWSI

Congratulations

Air Vice-Mar hal, Profe sor JohnErnsting, OBE, QHS, PhD, MRCP, the

ommandant of the RAF Institure ofAviation Medicine, Farnborough, and theHonorary Dire tor of the M c Humanand Applied Phy iology course ar King' ,wa appointed Dean of Air force Medicinein]uly 1990.

Trumpeters from the Royal Military School ofMusic, Kneller Hall, providing a fanfare beforethe Procession leads into the Chapel for the tart ofSession Service.

He has also recently received two awardfrom the USA and ATO for outstandingcontribution to aviation and pacemedicine.

The Aero pace Medical As ociation (USA)pre ented him with the Harry G MoseleyAward 1990, which is given armually forthe mo t outstanding contribution to flightsafety. The A sociation referred to

Professor Ernsting as the 'Western world'leading re earcher in aviation breathingy tern 'and aid that 'hi research on

more efficient and integrated aircrewbreathing equipment had greatly improvedflight afety.'

Profe or Ernsring also received the fir tannual cientific Achievement Award fromA ARD (Advisory Group for AerospaceResearch and Development - ATO) inrecognition of hi ubstantial technical andmanagerial contributions to the Aero paceMedical Panel. The citation continue 'Formany years AGARD has benefitted fromhis extensive profes ional knowledge,

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experience and experti e, particularly in thearea of aircrew protective equipment andre piratory phy iolog:'. He ha ex elled inhi chairman hip 0 the Aero pa e 1edicalPanel' pecial Clini al and Phy i I !!lcalProblem Committee and therefore hahad a ignificam influence on the activitieof the Panel~

In pite of hi many and increa incommitments Profe or Ern ting tillc ntinue to be acti\·e1y involved at King'a the Director of the M c Human andApplied Physiology course. King' post­graduate student are extremely fortunateto be taught per onally by Profe sorErnsting both at the trand and atFarnborough.

Peter Baker TravellingFellowshipThe first recipient of the Peter BakerTravelling Fellow hip i Miss KarinMuna inghe, a re earch tudent in the PlantBi technology laboratory of the Bio phere

cience Divi ion (pictured below). he harecently returned from three month tudyin Mexico, aided by the Fellowship.

A reception wa held at the Strand campuon October, when Miss Muna inghe gavea presentation of her work in Mexico tomember of Peter Baker' family and thePhy iology Group. It wa attended byPeter's widow Phyllis his father, and twOof hi daughters, Lucy and ara.

Mi ~ Munasinghe' re earch is in plant bio­technology. She i trying to increa 'e theamount of an enzyme, hydroxymethyl­glutaryl-CoA reductase, in cultured rootcells from a plant, Fedia cornucopiae. It i

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hoped thi will increa e the yield of a lao comp und ,valep triate , which maybe 0 value a edatives. The root cell willhaw to be ubje ted to eneticmanipulation t a hieve thi and, a a fIr ttep, a 'cD T library' (a et of isolated

gene) has to be con tructed.

The technique and experience for doingthi are a\'ailable at the invertav nidadIrapuato Bioquimica in Mexico. MiMuna inghe wa f rtunate enough to beawarded the Fellow hip which ispecifically intended for graduate to travelabroad to learn new techniques. he wentout in]anuary 1990 but soon after hetarted work there was a technicians'trike, which caused the closure of her

laboratory. Thi allowed her ome freetime for travelling in Mexico, butfortunately the trike wa oon enled. Herwork progre ed well and he has nowreturned with the de ired cD A library,and many exciting experiences of the richcultural life of Mexico. We wi h her everyucces in her future career.

T J B SimonsActing Head of Phy iology

Postgrad climbs for BritainFelicity Butler (M c Human Phy iologypo tgraduate 19 8/9) came first in theBritish Open Climbing Competitionorganised by Bendcrete at Olympia inMarch this year. She was then selected bythe Briti h Mountaineering Council for theBriti h Women's Team.

he has represented Britain in World Cupevent and came 8th in Vienna in April,5th at Madonna di ampiglio in Italy, and20th in difficulty and 4th in speed climbingat B rk I y California. She is due torepre em Britain at three events in

ovember/December in urnberg Lyonand Barcelona.

LETTER

From Mr and Mrs Bailey

Over the pa t few week , Mark hareceived cheques from]ohn and Zoe

Gaffen f r £1 6. 6 al 0 £61.5 from Gantrickland donan n fr m charity e\'ent~

they ha\'e taken part in. Thi i reatlyappreciated by u all, e pe ially Mark,knowing that he i till remembered atK· ,m .

Mark' c ndition remain much the ame,apart from ide effect cau ed by chan eof m di ation from tin,e to time. A newproblem i ul ers cau cd b; long period inbed. Helping to combat thi Mark i nowtryin an air mattre which hould help toprevent tlu happening a ain. He ha al 0

purcha ed a Walkn1an compact di player,and ca e to store disc .

We are al 0 trying to get a hair wash unit,to have this done in bed. Thi will as istmy wife and I greatly fInding it difficult to

get Mark and chair in the bathroom.

We received a letter from Or 0 F vered,who keep in tOuch. AI 0 from KenBromfield a regular enquirer to Mark'shealth. Our incere thank to all tho e whohave given time and effort to make lifemore comfortable for Mark.

Alan and Amy Bailey

OBITUARIES

Clifford Dugmore9 May 1909-25 October 1990Clifford Dugmore, who was a scholar fexceptional range in theological andhi torical tudie, and the founding editorof a journal of international di tinction,was a key figure in the moderndevelopment in Britain of the stud ofchurch hi tory.

The on of a par on, he was educated atKing Edward VI School, Birmingham andExeter College, Oxford where hepeciali ed in Hebrew. He was ordained in

1935 and the fir t edition of hi fir timportant book, The Influence oftheynagogue upon the Divine Office,

appeared in 1944. It has not tood the t tof time, but was an important mile tone inthe subject. Largely on it strength he waappointed to a enior lectureship ineccle iastical hi tory at Manche ter in 1946.

lan HowardBran h e retar)", Y\1 F

MARY JENKINS4 April 1942-18 June 1990, 13r) Jenkin came to London Irom hernative \X'a1e in the middle f the win ,in T

~ ue and J 10ed the entral admini trationoChe! ea Colle e, with re p n ibilitie 'orper onnel matter. he raduated in

ngli h at the ni"ersiry of ~ 'ale beforepro re iye educationalist' re orm hadmade tOO much headway it w uld appear,becau e he knew exactly where to putommas, how to u e apo tr phes, and

how t pell word like occa ion! In AprJ197 he left the King' Road and becameAdmini trative e retan' or cience

du ati n, joining the bunch f ratherzany enthusia ts a embled there by Ke"inKe hane in a convened factOry in ParsonGreen. Irhough he sponed theregulation line in mini kins and pos esseda well developed en e of humour Mar}was nor zany. he brought a firm treak ofno-non eose cl hne into the runnmg ofaffair and whil t 'he wa in s me re peetsa rather private son of person, it oonbecame apparent that he knew h w roempathise with pe plc and to win theirc nfidence.

tOtal commitment and prote nali m intrade uni ni m.

In many way he was a m del of thesenior civJ ervant - a foum of hrewdknowledge and a prop w hara edacademics at all level. Passing her openoffice d or one could often glimp e uchperson, lumped in the chair at the ide ofher de k clutching their forehead whi! the calmly interpreted the implications ofome do umem whjch had landed in their

in-tray that morning. Her knowledgeen ompa ed n t nJy College matter butal tho e concerning education in the

niver ity as a whole. he could even bereljed upon to interpret the labyrinthinemind of the DE ,as it was expre cd in theregulation g verning teacher education!An excellent secretary - of departmental,faculty, ATE and numerous othercommittee - her minutes were m dels ofprecision, distilled with an unerring earfrom the clouds of rhetoric which so oftencharacteri e uch occasion. When acommittee confessed itself rumped oversome fact or point of ub tance, Maryusually had the an wer. There are some

MAURICE GODFREYNovember 1921-23 October 1990~lanr memb r 01 Km ' will be adden clto hear . the udJen dl'arh . lauriLeGodfrey ho wa a lull·time 'I-ial 0 .

T. 1 now. 1 f r mam \'ear . Hedied a ed 6 ,from a heart at~a~k whJeOut hikin .

From time t time he was involved in tradeunion education at the Union c lle 'e inBishop' tortford and wa re p n ible formotivating an arm' f lay branch officialas well as introducing them to the bestpub and bar in rown! Technicians fromall over the c untry will recall happyevening pent in the Rising un atBishop's tortford where Maurice wastreated very much as a 'reg\.llar~

~lauri e repre. ented UrllVet in techruciaosfor mo t 0 hi time in the nion. Hi areacO\'ered mo t Colle 'e m the rllver itv ofLondon, and he wa well-known to boOthmana ement and union bran he in Kin 'and Chel ea and Queen ElizabethColle e , prior to the merger. He wa alsoinvolved in national negotiation and was

ecretary of the U rllver ity Technicians'1 ational ommittcc.

Amon ur fonde t memorie of Mauricewere the countle cca i ns we had a pintwith him, after ome meetin or therdiscu ing important iswc of the day.'

As is often the way with indu trialrelation within college, a full·time unionofficial i called in when an issue ha beendiscu ed at great length and both ideslocally are finding difficulties agreeing oneor two particular point . This meant thatMaurice was u ually faced with a difficultor en itive problem. ith hi dry wit andpragmatic appr ach he usually found away thr ugh these situati n earning therespect of all who knew him. n hisretirement from the Urll n in 19 6, theCollege held a lunch for him in recognitionof hi ervice to King' over the year.

In retirement, Maurice wa still very activein his Union, attendin meetings andconference and becoming involved in theretired members' e tion f M F.

1 am ure that mo t of us will rememberMaurice Godfrey for hi effort on behalfof indu trial relation in universitie and hi

Pr fesor Dugmore did not alwayapprove f devel pmem within thedi cipline he had d ne 0 much w fo terand retained to the end of hi life aprofound scepticism about 'religiou : asoppo ed to 'cccle iastical' hi wry. Hi owndown-to-earth approach was exactlycaptured in the title of his Londoninaugural lecture, 'Ecclesiastical history, nooft option~

Here he made hi maj r COntribution to

holar hip. In the fa eo' ome epnCl mhe had founded TheJourrltl! ofEccleszasticalHIstory in 19~. nder hi magi terialedit r hip o"er a period of 3 year itbecame an imernationally re o· ni edforum f r holarlv work O\'er the wholerange of the hi tOry of Christianity.Pr?~es or.Du 'more wa aI 0 the ~oving.PIrlt behmd the foundation of theEcclesia tical History ocietv whichquickly e tabli hed itself a the principalBritish pomt of contact between cholar 10the field with links w imilar Europeanb die.

In 19- hi other major w rk, The .Uass.znd the Engli h RejoTmf?11, appeared,ar~in T that the En~1i h Re 'ormation hadde 'eloped it tead-un on h .u hari"r m early church and medie\ aI our e _quite independently f ontinentalpro e ami m. He was appointed t thechair in e\. le ia ti aI hi tOn- at Kin'" inthe .:une year. .

He aI 0 po e ed a pa sionate andpractical intere t in tOck breeding, neverI sing hi ta te for farming. A colleaguehelping to pack his books on his retirementfrom King' was asked to leave oneparticular bookca e to Dugmore him elf.Clo er in pection revealed not omepreciou edition of the father but acomplete run of The Pig Breeder's Annual.

Hi ometune abrupt manner overed akind heart and he was a generou andperceptive promoter of the work of friendand colleague.

He is unived by hi wife Kathleen, andby ne daughter from hi fir t marriage, toRuth, who died in 1977.

(Fir t appeared in full in The Times)

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names which carry an aura of c mpetence,dependability, affection and re pect amoncolleague. tary Jenkin wa uch a name.It wa entirely fittin that he hould ha\'ebeen appoint d a chool Admini trati e

fficer of th chool of Education in1 ovember 19 9 - and tra ic that 0 littletime wa left to her and to u to enjoy thefruit of that promotion.

Once, in the 197 he wa tempted toleave u for a lucrative po t at U niver it)'College. The copy of the reference on herper onal fiJe contain the line' he is calmalway obliging, exceedingly capable andnever ill: Tho e who witnessed her struggleto remain at her de k as he fought again tthe inexorable advance of her mortal illneswill appreciate the poignanc)' of tho eword . We who knew her a a colleaguewere privileged to have done so. he hamade an enduring contribution to thework of us all.

Tony MansellCentre for Educational Studie

(First published in Access, the Centre forEducational tudie' newsletter)

DATES FORYOUR DIARY

CHAPEL EVENTSAdvent Carol ServiceWedne day-Friday 5, 6, 7, Decemberat 5.30 pm.

A in previou year, the Advent arolervice will be held on three uccessive

nights from Wednesday 5 December ­Friday 7 December at 5.30 pm in theChapel. Ticket (free) are available fromthe Porters' Desk in the Main Building, orfrom Jo ephine Bell, the Dean's ecretary.Demand i alway trong, 0 please collecttickets soon. If any member of taff wouldlike to read at one of the ervice, plea econtact the ollege Chaplain ( 2373) inthe near future.

College Christmas CarolServiceTue day 11 December at 5.30 pm.

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The College' hristma scnice will be nTue day 11 December at 5. pm.Traditional arol bv candleli ht withmulled wine and min e pie to follow.There are no ticket for thi en-ice, but docome and help make thi a olle e 'family'occa Ion.

Full detail of chapel rvi e can be foundin the term] , chapel card. If you would liketo receive one each term, and are noralready on the mailing, plea e contact me.

Philip Che terCollege Chaplain

Service of ThanksgivingA ervice of Thank giving for the life ofProfes or orman Malcolm, VisitingProfessor and Fellow of King's will be heldon Wedne day 21 ovember in the CollegeChapel at 6 pm. Profe r eorg Henrik

on Wright will give the addre .

NEWS FROMDEPARTMENTS

NUTRITION

Professor Yudkin's80th BirthdayOn Saturday 3 ovember the Departmentof utrition and Dietetic held acelebrator)' dinner to mark the 80thbirthday of it founder, Pr fe or JohnYudkin. Members of his family and around50 past and pre ent staff and students ofthe Department joined in the private partyin the Old Refectory of the Kensingroncampus. Profe or Yudkin was presentedwith a book compiled from anecdote andmemorie of his colleague .

John Yudkin i con idered the father ofNutrition at London Univer ity where heestabli hed the first nutrition degree inBritain and in Europe. It wa King'College, or more preci e1y King' College

chool of Hou ehold and ciaI Science,later to become Queen lizabeth Collegethat gave birth to thi fir t degree. In 1985,

when the utrition off prin wa. m rethan 3 year old it wa drawn ba k underthe roof f King' where it has remained,nor with ut dome tic trauma ,ever in e.

ProfessorJohn Yudkin

The hi tory of nutrition and dieteti atKing' tart in 1913 when EdwardMellanby wa appointed lecturer inphysiology at the college in Ken ingron.It was here that MelJanby carried ut hifamou experiments on puppiedemonstrating that ricket was a dietarydeficiency di ease, the deficient factor laterbeing identified as vitamin D. In 1920 hewas appointed Professor of Physiology butoon after left London for heffield, largely

because he wa forced to di pose of hidogs following complaints by the localre ident about their barking. Mellanbywas ucceeded by eroon Mottram who emain intere t was al 0 nutrition and whogave the fir t lectures in nuturition to B cstudents in London Univer ity and wainstrumental in introducing the U niver it)'of London' Academic Po tgraduateDiploma in Dietetics before he retired in1944.

About this time the Minister of Foodduring the war, Lord Woolton, noted thedearth of nutrition in truction and theab ence of any Profe or of utrltlon inBritain. The Principal of King' CollegeSchool of Household and ocial ciencepromptly a ked the University for a hairIn utrition to be created at the College.

However the Gniver iry dra ed it feetand after month of di cu ion agreed onlyo fill he Chair 0 Phy iolo y with a

candidate 'pr erably "';th qualifica i n in. 'utrition:

It was to thi· hair that]ohn Yudkin waappointed in 1945. He cononued the banlewith rhe 'niver it)' to create an ac.,demicdi cipline 0 • Tutririon and prepared thyllabus f r aB degre in theubject

with a olid bas in the biolocical, ph)' icaland social ien e . It tOok everal year to

persuade the member of the Board of theFaculty of cience that a valid cientificdegree could ever everal of thetraditional di iplines includingbiochemi try, ph)' iology, ciology,anthropology and economics. Howeverthe yllabu was finally agreed and the B c

utrition cour e began in 1953.

In the ame year the name f the collegewas changed to Queen Elizabeth Collegeto arrract both men and women to everalnew courses. The new hair f utrlOonwas in tituted in 1954 and]ohn Yudkinwa the first occupant until he officiallyretired in 1971 to pend more time on hisre earch.

During the 25 years of his app intment atQueen lizabeth College and the a1mo t 20years ince,]ohn Yudkin ha beenexceedingly active in re earch academicteaching, consultancy work, anddissemination of scientific findings to thepublic. The main thru t of hi laboratoryre earch ha been on the relation hipbetween ugar consumption and obe iry,diabete and heart disea e, work that hascaused considerable controversy in thecientific communiry. It also reated wide

public intere t following the publication ofeveral b oks for a lay audience including

Pure, White and Deadly and This SlimmingBusiness. But hi interests were and arewide. He also conducted and fo teredre earch in the Department on the ocialdeterminants of nutrition in b th developedand developing countries and e tablished aforum for economic historian to explorehistOrical hange in food and diet withnutritioni t . Thi was the Hi torian and

utntl ni t Seminar which still flouri hetOday.

During hi tenureJohn Yudkin continuedto expand the teaching of utrition in theCollege by adding PhD degrees and then a

one year om'erion ~1 c degree in 196 .He there ore e tabli hed the Stron ba efor the Depanmen which ontinuedunder the head hip 0 tewart Tru well.

mold Bender. and Donald •.ai mi h andnow CHherine G ...i ler, In theseimtrvenin years the Depanmentmaintained it re earch reno'" n in ludinthat of Derek • tiller in protein and enermetaboli m. The main inno\'ati n oftea hin in nutriti nineJ hn Yudkinretired has been the introduction of anintercalated B c in utrition for medicaltudents in 19 . This \\'a tarted a one

mean to addre the ob\'iou need fordoctOr to be b rrer trained in nutriti n,both preventive and therapeutic.

There are currently about 15 tudents andre earcher in the Depanment comparedto half a dozen a cepted in 1953 for thenew B c. The eight member f academitaH are all active in re earch with the main

area including tudie imo di ea e uch ascancer, heart disea e, diabete , osreop rosisand obe ity. Another important area ofreearch i maternal and child nutrition inthe UK and abr ad.

Mo t of these areas of resear h, tca hingand consultancy are expansions f thetypes of activity e. tablj hed for theDepartment by John Yudkin whoemphasi ed the importance of nutrition f rhealth.

The Department f utrition andDietetic continucs to vigorou Iy developthe academic di ipune e tabli hed in the

ollege by John Yudkin, now within theDivision of Health ciences in the Schoolof Life, Basic and Health Sciences.

Or Catherine Gei lerHead of Department

AUDIO VISUAL

CopyrightThe ollege has paid the fee for theEducational Recording Agency Licencewhich means thar members of ollege maynow record terre trial and cable broadca tmaterials for teaching u e. The erecording may be held indefinitely and

can be made in the Audi Vi ual Vnit or atthe h me 0 the lecturer.

Rec rdin of pen Cnin:r i yand penUt: e are nor co\"er~'d by thi Licence

and the} hould not be re\..orded. It i,po sible to play back onl} extraL ofpro 'ramme f r teachin purpo e • burcdirin) would n t be permirred.

Leafle re >ardin derails of the Licence Lanbe btained from me on ext 2356.

lide made by computerThe i\!ontaOe ftlm reorder i now et upand we are COntinuin to tryout newoftware on the machine. \\'e have hadome ucce - with' lidewrite' which

pr duce quite good graph.

Jack Fendley of the ompUler entre ha'been experimenting with V IRA on the

computer and a paper i shortly to bepublished on the u e of U IRA and theMonta e. The co t per lide is £2.

omputer bookingWc have moved to a omputer bookingsy tem for all our equipment bookings.Thi doe not affect our client but thosemaking a booking will receive a

confirmation of their b king. Bookingcan be made by calling 23 6 or K443 .

ick BuggManager, AVSU

MUSIC

Musical BequestMr Richard Lyttleton, Head of EMlClas ic , has graciously agreed on behalf ofhi company to give the King' CollegeMu ic Library nearly two hundred titlesfrom their current gramophone catalogue.Thi amounts to some four hundred Os.Furthermore, Mr Lyttleton will allow the

ollege in furure to purchase CD fromEMJ at co t.

F r technical reason EMJ was unable to

include VAT in thi gift. Fortunately, theHon olwyn Phillip , a former student inthe Music Depanment and long-timefriend of King' , has gener u Iy agreed to

pay the complete VAT bill of ome several

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ProfessorJenifer Wilson-Bamett (third from the left) welcoming guests to the ursingtudies' Open Evening held recently. To her left are Dr and Mrs Levin from the Wo/fson

Foundation and on the fa,r right is the Principal

hundred pound. loreoyer, he wasin trumental in helping the ollege ecurethi gift. The e generou action will be a°reat help in allowin u to update andrepla e our existin collection of oundrecordin , which has Ion b eninadequate.

Profe or Curti PriceHead of Department of Mu ic

Music and GenderConference 1991In Britain today there i a rapidly growinginterest in the work of women composerin tudies relating to music and gender, andin feminist criticism in general. In the U Athe e ubjects have been tudied in depthfor ome fifteen year, yet very littleinformation i available in Britain and therehas ne er been a British conferencedevoted to exploring i ues arising fromthe e area of interest.

The aims of the Music and GenderConference are to establi h these studie inBritain and generally to raise people'consciousness of women' mu ic. To thiend we are inviting to London a numberof di tinguished American cholars and areproviding a much needed forum for Briti hcholar and musician. Within the aims of

the conference, we should like a wide rangeof papers and we hope that as many menas women will wish to attend andcontribute.

We hould like to draw up a provi onalchedule for the Conference and haveome idea of the number of people

attending by the end of ovember. Pleaseend your ideas, preferably in the form of

an abstract, to ophie Fuller, MusicDepartment, King's ollege London.Mark your envelope Music and GenderConference.

To coincide with the Conference, Womenin Mu ic will be organising a eries ofconcens and workshops celebratingwomen's music past and pre ent.

The Conference will be held from 5-7 July1991 at Ingram Court King' Road,Chel ea.

icola LeFanuSophie FullerRachel CowgillDepartment of Music

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NURSING STUDIES

Open EveningMember of the Department are extremelypleased with their new accommodation inthe Cornwall Hou e Ann xe. It i wellappointed convenient for the trand( ational Theatre and aterloo tation)and decorated to the tandard Staff have

PHARMACY

Staff ChangesThere have been a number of taff changesduring the 1989/199 e ion, including achange of Head of Department and theappointment of a new Professor ofPharmaceuti .

On 1 August, Profes or John Gorrod,Professor of Biopharmacy and Head ofDepartment ince 1984, was appointed to

the post of Re earch Professor. Thisprestigious position (there is only oneother imilar app intment in the ollege)will allow him to devote his effort to theontinuing succe of his large re ear h

come to expect ince the move t 552 ei htyear a o. t an open evening in ctobercolleague from the College and Health

ervice joined u to expre our ratirudeto the Officer of Kin who had w rk do hard t a -hieve all thi . Colin inn tt

andJudy rai ht of the Thame ide campuare to be congratulated. All that i nowrequired i a replication stUdy f r the re tof Cornwall Hou e.

Jenifer Wil on-BarnettHead of ur ing tudie

group and make an even greatercontribution to the re earch output of theDepartment. His successor a Head ofDepartment i Professor Robert Hider,Profe or of Medicinal Chemistry, whojoined the Department in October 1987from the Uni ersity of E sex. Initiallyappointed as Head of the Pharma euticalChemi try ection, one of hi firstaccompli hments was to launch asucce sful verhaul of the then somewhatflag ing Pharmaceutical Chemi tryyllabu . Profes or Hider al 0 to k 0 er

from Profes or David Ganderton as Headof Division 4 of the chool of Life, BasicMedical and Health Science on 1 August1990.

Other change to the Department'sadministration include the appointment ofDr Anthony The bald (formerly ub-

Dean) t the po to' Deputy Head 0

Depar ment.. Ir Gooffrey Demp y, henew enior Tut r, will rake on many 0

Or Tht:obJ.1d' former dutie whileconnnulng Admi ion TutOr.

The Pharmaceutic ection be an the newe Ion under the direction 0 Pr'e rhn t pher. larriott. Pr er. larrion

j ined the Department r m Bri ,htOnPolytechnic in June 199 and took O\'er theHl'ad hip of the Pharamceutl eai nfrom Proieor Ganderton at the be 'nninoi eptember. Prof~ or anderton hasnow fom,ally re i ned from his post butwill continue hi Enk with theDepartment a isitin Profe or.

A number of new member of taff havebeen recruited. In 0 tOber 19 9, MiDeni e H are wa appointed as a Teacher-

NEWS ROUND-UP

THE IMPORTANCE OFTEACHING

Univer itie have been obliged in re emyear to concentrate their efforts largely onimproving re car h, becau e of the fundingimpEcations of the UGCfUFC re carchelectivity exercise.

BeEeving that excellence in teachingde erves at lea t a much anention aexcellence in re carch, and hould earn asmuch credit, the Planning and Re ource

ommittee, encouraged by the Principal,has set up a mall working group to

consider the obje tives of our teaching pro­grammes what we teach, how we teach it,and whether, in order to teach it better, weneed change in cour e content, teachingtyle or methods of tudent as e memo

The member of the group are Profe sorRobert Hill, Profe or Arthur Luc ,Profes or Timothy Peter, Dr RobertPoller, Brian Salter (Academic Regi trar)and Profes or orma Rinsler (Convener).They ee their brief, which has beendeliberately left open, a involving bothhOrt-term action and longer-term goal ,

Pra itioner in Ilnical Pharma y a JOintappointment with Ri\"er ide Heal hAu h nty. Dr ala Raman, 'ormerlya. laplethorpe Po tdoe oral Fellow in theDepartment w appointed Lecturer inPharmacogn y romJanuary 1 :::. Twom re re ent addition to the a ademi taffare Dr ukhi BamJ.1 and Or AndrewJHun, who k up their po n1 eptember, 19 . Dr Bansal, nowLecturer in PharmaceutiLal Chemistry,formerly had a po tdo ral po ition in theDepartment runnin the hool' peptideynth i laboratOri . Or Hun, another

recruit from the taff at Bri htOnPol technic, has been appointed Lecturerin Biopharmaceutical Analy i . Or Hun ia former student of the Department,having obtained hi PhD here ome yearago. Two new Maplethorpe Po tdoctoralRe earch and Teaching Fellow' have aI 0

and expect to c n ider u h related matteras the role 0 external examiner , theinfluence of validating bodies, the procesof app inting taff, and the que tion ofhow to keep enthu iasm and reativethinking alive in bOth tudent and taff.

At the ame time, an informal roup hasbeen considering how we can identifyood teaching and reward staff accordingly;

its members include Profe or Lucas,Professor Rinsler and Dr igel Holder,tOgether with Marjorie Young andGeoffrey Cuthbert from Personnel. This ia matter that concern u all, and we neednot wait for guidance from either theAcademic Audit Unit or the UFC: thefuture ucce of King' may well dependon our ability to offer coherent,adventurou and distinctive cour es thattudent will perceive to be relevant to

their needs; and we hall need to projectour elves as being fully committed to theeducation (in the broadest sense) of ourtuden .

King' has a very good record in teaching,but there is no doubt that we can make iteven better, and it is important that goodteachers hould feel that their work isrecognised. De pite the rather daunting li tof agenda, the main group hop to reportby the end of thi term, and I wouldwelcome comments and ugge tions assoon as po ible from anyone with a viewto express.

Profe sor orma Rin lerVice-Principal

been appointed. They are ~1i Car n\X' and . Ir . lark Helliwell.

Three lon"- en'in member 0 theDepartment re ired durin,., he I t e i n.The e were Or \Xalter Ro Or AntoniCan and Pr 0 r. 'orman B.Pr"e r . Pharma 0 0 y, who nowlx.: me merirus Profes r to theDepartment. The Department plans to

hold a ombined farewell dinner forPro e or Ganderton and the retirin' taffon 2 1 'ovember. olleague from Otherdepartmen at Kin ' will be mo twelcome at the occasion and are invited to

C ntact Dr Theobald if they would Eke to

attend.

Dr mala RamanDepartment of Pharmacy

IAESTE

IAE TE (acronym for InternationalAsso iation for the Exchange of tudentsfor Technical Experience) i an independent,non-political, worldwide organisation. Iteek to provide students with cour e­

related practical experience abroad andthereby offer tOmorrow' cienti ts,engineer, and managers an under tandingof overseas technology and markets.

In 1990, under the au pice of IAE TE,241 tudent in scientific and technicaldegree cour e at ome 55 univer ities andpolytechnic throughout the UK under­took cour e-related training in 31countne.

For example 19 Computer iencestudents worked at companies as diver e asVolvo in weden, the Micro onCorporation in the U , andoz in

witzerland and IBM in Canada, onplacements varying from 12 weeks to a fullyear. Two British architecture studentwere involved in d ign work related to the1992 Olympic site in Barcelona.

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If y u would like to have an over ea.)student working on a project in y urdepartmem or want to find tudent workexperien -e place abroad comact R bertPoller,IAE TE repre emati\ e, Departmemof hemi try.

Every dayEvery day(limjted periodsterm only)Wedne day andFriday pm.(term only)

ext 2300

ext 2613ext 425

NURSERY PLACES

bl od pre ure he k dre sing, healthadvi e and fir t aid. '\ e do how vertrongl)' re omm nd that e\ ery ne regi ter

with a d etor in London as tm i the onlyway of en uring treatment in anemer ency. Or Ba\'ena can now acceptpatien fr m an increased number ofpo tal di tri in London. F r furtherdetails, call any f the Colle e' ;\ledi alemr~:

An outside organi ation has one or twoplaces available for over two at a nur eryin Wesnninster Bridge Road (near tGeorge's Circus). It may be possible toa commodate under two-year old fromnext spring. The co t will be about £100per week. Anyone interested shouldcontact Peter Gilbert on ext 52667.

Jackie Ooneganister - Kensington

In addition to cervical mear the Med1calentres al 0 offer women contraceptive

advice, pregnancy te ting, advice on breastelf-exan1ination, rubella screening, a

general doctor' urgery and other healthinformation.

MEDICAL NOTES

Well women at King'sOid you kn w that cervical mear werea\Oailabl at the College Medical emre onall three campu e to every emale memb rof taff and tudent ? You do not need tobe reoj tered \ ith the olle e do tor tohay thi done. The ervice i fr e andconfidential and the te t i performed by afemale doctor.

The test invol e the doctor making agentle examination and takin a san1plefrom the ervix. Tm is then ent to tbelaboratory for testing, with the resultu ually taking about f ur weeks to comethrough. If you are regi tered with adoctor other than Or Bavetta a copy of thereport will be ent to your own Gp.

The smear test i an early warning mea urewhich ho\ if there i any d1sea e at theneck of the womb (cervix) wm h coulddevelop into cancer if n t treat d in time.It i re ommended that all w men havethi done about every three year .

SYSTEMATICTHEOLOGY

CONFERENCE

A conference to celebrate the inaugurati nof the King' Research Institute inSystematic Theology wa held in allegefrom 25-27 eptember. upponed by agram from the Academic DevelopmentFund, it attracted over lOO participant ,including past and pre ent tuden~, a wellas academic and re earch tudent fromabroad and many pans of Britain. Theconference theme, taking up a topic thatafter year of relative negl ct ha recentlycome back into prominence - partlythank to the work of some member ofthe Re earch In titute - wa 'TrinitarianTheology Today.' The main e sions of theconference were addressed by vi itingspeaker from America, Profes or R W]enson and Germany, Profe or IngolfOalferth, as well as by Profes or ]olmHeywood Thoma of the Univer ityof

ottingham, and Profe sor Coljn Gumon,Or Brian Home and Or Christoph

ch woebel. A ' hart paper' e ionattracted enough papers to require threegroups to run throughout one afternoon.

SCHOOL NAME

To clarify, the name of the chool whichwa form d on I Augu t 199 , followingthe merger of the chool of Mathematicaland Phy ical ciences with the chool ofEngineering is the chool of Phy ical

cience and Engineering. '\ ouldeveryone plea e update their mailing list .

The chool is ba ed in the Main Building,in Room 3IB, 21A and lOA.

Chri tine TerreySchool Secretary

NHS White Paper and theCollege Medical CentresDue to the change in GPs' contractsintroduced in April 1990 the allegedoctor are now unable to write NHpre cnpnon for patient not registeredwith them.

Tm , however hould not cau e toO manyproblem as man con ultations do n tinvolve pre criprion the d ctors can giveadvice about over-the-counter medicationsand can write private pre cripnons (whi hfor ome commonly pr cribed antibioticare cheaper than one ).

The CoIll' e medical centres remain opento all member of taff and tudentproviding m dical on ultations,comracepti n, cervical mear ho pitalreferral , pregnancy testing, bl d te ts

GIFT AID SCHEME

The new Gift Aid cheme, introduced inthi year's Finance Act, came intooperation on 1 October 1990.

Gift Aid i a new tax relief for ingle ca hgifts made to charity by UK re ident .Each gift must be at least £6 , net of basicrate tax and a donor is able to make giJof up to £5m through Gift Aid in each taxyear. Although, in principal, the gift houldhave no strings attached, the charity mayprovide small b nefit to the donorprovided the e are not worth more than2.5 Vc of the net gift or £250, whichever isthe lower.

for corporate donor, the Gift Aid ch meextends the limit for single gin on which

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tax reLi f can be claimed to £5m, (afterdedu non f income tax) in tead of the 300of dividend (before dedut.'tion f in metax) whi h applied previ u ly. For clo ec mpani the Gift Aid rule are imilar toth e whi h appl, to individual donor.

In rder to take ad antage of the hemeindi\'idual hould u e Form R19 ( D) andcorporate donor hould u e FormR24 ( D). The Inland Revenue haspubli hed a brochure, IR 113 Gift Aid:A Guide for Donors and Chanties, whichexplain in more detail how the chemeworks.

COLLEGEINSURANCE

The following report provide a broadindication of the College' in urancepoLicie and the limits which are nowapplicable. It i empha ised that givenavailable pa e, it i impos ible to outline indetail all aspects of the College's insurancepoLicie , it i hoped, however, that theinformation provided will afford a widerunderstanding and knowledge of in urancematter,

1. COLLEGE ESTATE ANDEQUIPMENT

1.1 All RiskIn ures the College buildings and theircontents against loss or damage by fire,Lightning, aircraft explo ion, riot, civilcommotion earthquake, pomaneouscombu tion thunderbolt, ubterraneanfire, flood and burst pipe, malicioudamage.

In ure the content of Collegebuilding, including money and freez rontents against physical 10 or

damage anywhere in the UnitedKingdom. Excess charge of £5 0 formost lainl and 10 limits of £7, 00for freez r content and £500 formoney (other than in approved afe)are applied.

Departments hould note that we arerequired to provide the In urer withdetail of any single item of equipmentpurchased which is worth £25,000 ormore and therefore deparmlent area ked to provide the appropriate

information to the Finance Office whensu h purcha e are made.

taff and tud nt wearin' apparel andper onal effects within the confine ofColle e building are \. red for Fireand Peril (excluding ac 'dentaldamage) and Theft involving for ible or\'iolent entry to a room or premise .1.10ney belon in to taff and tudent. not o\'er d. Lo limit of £5 fortaff claim and £25 for tudent claim

are applied and ther i an exCl'

charge of £100 for all claims.

Th claim incidence at King' is highand unl we can keep our claim ratingat a reasonable level we will be facedwith the prospect of dropping thecover or maintaining a penal exces .You will appr iate that \ e are notanxiou to embark on either option.Also you will appreciate therefore thatwe are not prepared to proce laim ifdepartment have not maintained anacceptable degree of e urity.

1.2 Equipment taken out ide theUnited KingdomIt i nece ary f r the In urer to beinformed of any equipment takenabroad so that cover may be arrangedand therefore the Finance Office shouldbe given details of any such equipment.

2. CONSEQUE TIAL LOSSProvides for c mpensation should anydanlage to premi e result in loss ofincome and/ r additional expenditurethrough the interruption of normalacti iti .

3, E GINEERING IN URANCES3.1 Boiler and Pre sure Plant

Cover explo ion or collapse uddenand unfore een danlage to boiler andpre sure plant and dama e to

urrounding property as a dire t re ultof such events.

3.2 Electrical and Mechanical PlantLift and HoistsCovers emergen y br akdown notdue to fair wear and tear and anydamage to surrounding property a adirect re ult of uch an event.

All claims are subject to an exclusion ofthe fir t 50'0 ubject to a minimum of£50 and a maximum of £100.

4. LIABILITY4.1 ombined Liability

The combined liability cover includeEmployer' Liability indemnifyin ' the

llege in resp et of legal Liability fordeath, di ease or bodily injury toemployee ari ing out of and in thec ur e of their employment.

In additi n, th Public and ProductLiability p Licy provide imiJar coverin r pect f tudent and member ofthe public. The cover is Limited to £15min re pect of anyone 0 currence.

4.2 Fidelity GuaranteeIn ures again t 10 of money rpr perty belonging to the ollege orfor which the ollege i legallyr ponsible, uffered a a re ult offraudulent or dishone t act of anemployee. The indemnity i Im f ranyone employee.

4.3 Profe sional IndemnityIndemnifies the College in respect ofLegal Liability for damage and costincurred a a result of neglect, error orommi sion 10 of document, breachof tru t Libel and lander etc. over iextended to all past, present and futureemployees of the College butpecifically excludes employee who

conduct con ultancies, etc, without theknowledge or authority of the ollege.

The indemnity limit is £2m for anyoneyear, ubject to an exCl' s of £10,000 foreach laim.

S. VEHICLESThe Motor Vehicle Policy is in re pectof any vehicle owned, hired or loanedto the College. It is nece ary for theCollege to provide a Li t of all itsvehicles to the insurer anddepartment should upply the FinanceDepartment with detail of any vehiclepurcha ed or hired in advance of thetran action.

Any eriou motor offences committedby driver mu t be reported to thein urers, who will th n de ide whetherthey will allow the driver to becovered.

The policy doe not offer anyprotection to the employee. It i mo timportant for employee who fromtime to time u e private vehi I on

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Colle e busin to make ure thatcover under their per onal motOrpoli y eX1:ends to bu ine e.

It hould also be noted that anyoneparkin their private vehicles onColle e property does 0 entirely attheir own ri k. The olle e over doenot extend to pri\'ate motOr \'ehicle .

6. TRA LCover all employee of the Colle e upto 75 years 0 a ere ident in GreatBritain whil t travellin on Colle ebusine ou ide the nited Kingdom.Cover include the following:

1. Ac idental death, 10 of limb ordi ablement up to a maximum of£2 0 per claim.

2. Temporary tOtal disablement allowanceof £200 per week up to a maximum of104 weeks.

3. £200,00 medi al expense.

4. Los of money up to a maximum of£500.

S. Loss of baggage up to a minimum of£1,000 (subject to a maximum of £250for anyone article).

6. Loss of air fares from inability to traveldue to illness or injury up to amaximum of £1,000 ubject to anexces of £10. (In many cases it ipo ible to claim back all or part of airfare paid from travel agents whencancellation i due to sickness).

Cover all students of the College up to

75 years whilst travelling on Collegestudie outside the United Kingdom for£200,000 medical expenses.

7. ASSAULT IN URANCE­UNIVERSITY OF LONDOSCHEMEThe Univer ity of London provides anAssault Insurance Scheme for allemployees of the University and itsconstituent institution against the risksof tOtal disablement or death arisingfrom a ault in the course of, or as acon equence of, their employment.

Compensation offered under thescheme i as follows:

1. In the event of

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7.1 Death v.;trun 12 calendar month fromthe date of the as ault: or

7.2 Permanent total disablement fromontinuin in the emplo~ment ollowed

with the institution at the date 0 theas ault.

The equivalent of fi\'e year' 0 S

remuneration at the rate bein re eivedfrom the institution at the date of theassault, or £1 ,5 ,whi h ver igreater.

2. If, after the expiry of 52 weeks'conse uti\'e di ablement, the insuredper on is till totally di abled fromengaging in or giving anention to theemployment followed with theinstitution but medical evidence is uchthat it cannOt be said such disablementis permanent, total or ab olute,payments will be made for as such tOtaldisablement continues for a period notexceeding ten year. uch paymenthall be at annual rate of 1 0J0 of the

benefit under 7.1 and 7.2 above andwill be by half-yearly in talmem inarrears commencing eighteen monthsafter commencement of di ablement.

The scheme i not applicable toemployees beyond the normalretirement date following the 65thbirthday. For the purpo e of thepolicy, the term 'A ault' includeexplo ion, and attack by animal .

Under the terms of the policy theUniversity is required to give writtennotice to the In urer as oon as po ibleafter the event of any incident giving orlikely to give rise to a claim.

Any incident hould be reportedimmediately to the Per onnel Officerext S2125.

ASSAULT COVERIt hould be noted that the abovescheme only provides cover againsttotal disablement or death andtherefore assault resulting in otherinjuries are not covered. Thi iparticularly relevant in connection withassaults that may ari e as a re ult ofaction by Animal Rights or similarGroups. The extent of cover againstdamage to per onal property due toaction of Animal Rights and similarGroups within the confines of Collegebuildings is indicated at 1.1 above.

I hope that this brief outline of theColle insurance' helpful. I thereare any qu tions or furtherinformation required plea e contact theunder i ned.

RDHarveDeputy Financial ervice ManagerFinance Department

GRANTS,AWARDS ANDFELLOWSHIPS

C W MaplethorpeFellowshipsApplications are in ited for C W Maple­thorpe Postdoctoral Fellowship forPharmaceutical Educati n and Re earch,tenable from October 1991 for a maximumperi d of up to three year. TheFellow hip have been establi hed underthe Will of the late Mr yril WMaplethorpe for the promotion ofpharmaceutical education and re earch atthe chool of Pharmacy, and theDepartment of Pharmacy at King' .

Applications must be submitted at latest by31January 1991 on the pre cribed formwhich may be obtained, tOgether withfurther particulars of the Fellowship, fromthe Scholarships Office, enate House,Malet treet, London WOE 7HU,telephone 071-6368000, ext 3042.

The Royal SocietyFellowships and Study VisitsThe Royal Society offer grants to Briti hscientists wishing to visit countrie inNrica, Latin America, the Indian ub­Continent and the newly indu triali edcountries of South East A ia. There aretwo categones:

tudy Visits - u ually for short periods,of two - four weeks, with the aim ofvisiting a number of laboratorie in thehost country.

Fellowships - For longer periods of 6-12months to carry out research projects, orto learn techniques predominantly in onelaboratory, but with provision for shortubsidiary visits to other esrabli hments.

Detail and application form arobtainable from The Executive ecretary(ref FG ) The Royal ociety, 6 CarltonHou e Terrace, London 1Y SAtelephone 71- 395561 (ext 258).

There are at pre ent no closing date forthe abo e hem but appli an houldnote that twO month ma e1ap e betweenthe ubmission of an application andnotification of result . POtential vi itorsunder formal exchange agreements hould,where po ible apply four to Lx month inadvance of travel.

Royal Society University ResearchFellowshipApplication are invited for about 30 RoyalSociety Re ear h Fellowships tenable in theflfst instance for five years from 1 October1991 (or lightly later in the academic year1991/2), with twO possible further renewalsfor three and then two years. TheFellow hip are available in any branch ofscience, including agriculture, medicine,mathematics, engineering and teclmology.

Application details are available (on writtenrequest only) from Mrs U M A Tokle, atthe Royal Society. Closing date 15February 1991.

Royal Society Leverhulme Tru t SeniorResearch FellowshipsApplications are invited from sci mists inany subject, including mathematics andengineering, for five appointments from 1October 1991. The Fellowships have beenestablished through the genero ity of theLeverhulme Tru t to provide opportunitiesfor scientists in mid-career to be relieved ofall teaching and administrative duties for aperiod of between one academic term andone year, to do full-time research.

Details and application forms areobtainable from Mr U M A Tokle. Theclosing date for applications i 15 February1991.

John Murray Travelling Studentship inOceanography and LimnologyApplications are invited for the aboveresearch appointment, which is open toBritish graduate under the age of 35 andto be used for the encouragement of traveland work in oceanography and limnology.

Application, which hould be received notlater than 15 December 1990, should be

made on form to be obtained fromMr U M A Tokle.

Marine cience Research Grantspplication are invited from qualified

research w rker of PhD or equivalenttatus for personal grants from three fund

for marine ciences:

Browne Research Fund: for r earch inmarine biology at a marine biologicallaboratory or elsewhere.

Maurice Hill Research Fund: for re earchin the general fields of phy ical andchemical oceanography, marine geophysicsand geology, either at ea r in lab ratorieand institutes having adequate facilitie .

Mar hall and Orr Bequest: for thesupport of marine biological research.

Application should be made on forms to

be obtained from Mr U M A Tokle, andreturned by 15 December 1990.

Wellcome FellowshipsApplications are invited from postdoctoralworkers to undertake research projects inany branch of the natural and clinicalscience which ha a bearing on human oranimal medicine (except cancer). Thescheme is tenable at academic il1,'iututes inEurope and the Soviet Union. Applicantsmust have been engaged in research in theUK or Ireland for the la t three year . Theduration of the Fellowship is from threemonths to two years.

The closing date are: for full applications23 ovember 1990 and 1 May 1991. ( hort­term Fellows, less than one year, may applyat any time).

Request for application form houldinclude a brief curriculum vitae, an outlineof the propo ed research (twO page ), anda upporting letter from a full-timemember of the host institute. Letters to besent quoting reference (HB) to: The GrantsSection (Europe) The Wellcome Trust,1Park quare West, London 14LJ.

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VIEW FROMTHE DESK

I am nOt at my be t at eight o'clock in themorning and at that time Jam completelyunable to work Out time heets in my sleepbemu ed brain.

Thi mean that I ha e to resort to mycalculator which wa given to me manyyears ago by someone who obviou Iydisliked me. It is a large, early onhKorean model, with many completelymeaningless symbols, a voracious appetitefor batteries and an inability to cope withanything other than imple addition andsubtraction. It wa , I am sure, originallybought as a door-stop or was given awayas a time-share prize for a non-exi tent

panish property.

I was trying to coax it to subtract 0645hours from 1557 hour without themeaningless letter 'XQZ' lighting up withmaddening regularity, when I sensed thatomeone had arrived at my desk unob­

s rved and unheard.

'I've gOt a pome, Guv; he aid.

Hi clothes looked as if they had beenbought at an Oxfam clearance sale andwere covered in a [me layer of grey du t.

His head was shaven, he had several daygr wth of stubble on his jaw, and his barearms were covered in a dazzling display ofmulti-coloured tattoos. evertheless, helooked vaguely fanUliar (a forgotten cousinperhaps?) and while I puzzled over hisidentity I wondered if I should express myympathy or my joy at hi having a pome.

'You have a 'pome'?' I asked with politeintere t.

'Yes, it' on thi bit of paper; he aid, as hesearched the various pockets of his baggytrOusers with dirty hands, unearthing inthe proce several crumpled tissue, somehalf- moked cigarette , a large wad ofbanknotes and a comb with everal teethmissing. Eventually with a grunt of ucce s,he produced several sheets of much creasedand discoloured paper which he placedarefully on my desk and attempted,

unsucces fully, to mooth out with theedge of hi hand.

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SERC VISITOR

then uddenly bri,..,htened, 'I mi ~ht haw a-\0 a 'Bre~.Jer Di"e 'be' re I come ba k:and he do ~.J the d r behind rum.

In umming up his impression of the \ i it,i\lr. lerchant emphasi ed that he is n t ascienti t - although fr m hi penetratingque tions during hi tour of our research,this was not apparent - but he had beenvery impres ed by the high quality of theresearch shown to him and by the evidententhusiasm for their work hown by all theexhibitOr . He coupled his remarks withthe comment that he had been plea cd, andsurpri ed, to see the wide range of fundingsource supporting our research. Finally, he

The re ult of the vi it, from ERC's view­point, will appear in the form of a fullreport which Mr Merchant will cin:ulateto official, ouncil, and <>ram-awardingcommittees at ER . From the King's,'iewpoim, particular attention was drawnto problems related to the transfer offunding for research from the UF to theRe earch ouncils, difficulties in the levelof attraction and the consequential lowtake-up by indu try of LI rK ( ER IDTI/univer ity) initiative, and the anomalouinterface between ERC funding andre L'arch prioritie and paraIJeI re t..'archpon ored by the E . In respeer of applica­

tion for E funding, ivir 1erchant drewattention to the ER - upported re carchsuppOrt office in Bruels.

Ba ic. k.Jid and Health Icnl.:e. n heba i 0 the di pla~' and ov~r a p 'rioc! 0

aim hree hour. the re e-arch \\ lrkcrtnHJ\L'Ii (n ()nI~ \\;th fundin~ fr m

LR t k advamase 0 - indi\ idu.llJj ~lJ ion \\ i h our vi itor, In a numbero in tan~e Ir . lcr",hant promi cd eeJ­ba",k in due ~ ur e on pe i le i Ut: rai edwith him,

Becau co the limited time a\·ailable tor hivi it, . Ir • ler",hant \·i ited only the trandcampu . A con equence 0 thi \\as thatonly brid (on ideration ould be 'lwn to

the re ear h oing on at King' oUe:echool of :-"Iedi ine and Dentistry (particu­

larly that upported by ER ), but thehighli 'hts of thi resL'arch were de cribedwithin the discussion with the Researchtrategy ommittee. A part of the same

discu ion \\ as devoted to de cribin >thedevelopment of King' oUege Re l"an.hData Base, which i~ now about to bebrou 'ht into u e by some CoUege depart­ments on a pilot basis. ~ir Merchant madeclear that King' lead the field inorganising such a data base and he 'raspedimmediately its potential for co- rdinatingand enhancin ' our re L'arch.

indelReception

\\'hen he had 'one I ound une pa~t: . hipoem and hi '" mb on he f1 r. He hasn'bt:en back 0 ·Iaim them, but perhap~ hehasn't no iced that lu p cm ha beenredu ed b~ a hird and, until hi hair ~owhe will ha\ e no need of hi c mb. I awaithi return with considerable tr~1'idation,

but perhaps 'Breeder Dlge t' havenapped up the hortened \'ersion 0 hi

poem and he will never return.

ivir John Merchant, Direeror of ouncilPolicy Adminitration, cience andEngineerin ' R' earch ouncil ( ERC),spent a day at the ollege on 12 ctober.Hi visit was one of a serie by whichenior administrators and Council members

from RC vi it universitic and poly-technics to improve levels of knowledgeand understanding of the p Iicies of ERand to gain feedback on the practi aloperation of thoe policies.

RESEARCHNEWS

Poster di play were mounted forMr lerchant's benefit in Mathematical andPhy ical cience Engineering and Life,

During hi vi it, Mr 1erchant had discu ­ions with the Principal Profe or R E

Burge the oUege ecretary, and also withthe Re earch trategr Committee on theanticipated future pattern of re earch in the

oUe e i fundin, including fundin<>from RC, and it organi ation. The ediscus ion were aided by a sh rt talk,\1r ivlerchant gave on the operation of

ER particularly in re peer to theprovi ion of centrali ed large facilitieboth in the UK at the Rutherford Appletonand Daresbury Laboratories, and inEurope, eg, nuclear physic at ER ,neutron faciJitie at In titut LaueLangevin, Grenoble, etc.

'That' alright, he agreed cheerfully, 'mydaughter can type it at work: He crammedthe 'pome' and the rest of his belongingsinto the sagging pocket of his cardiganand marched towards the door where hepau cd ~ r a m ment. 'How much willthey pay me?' he a ked.

'It' a bit Ion >; I aid.

I no\\ felt that I had to discourage himwithout hurtin ' his feelin' .

'A sort of 'Beowulf Ride Again; in monthlypans; I quipped.

r realized that I w uld have to deal withhim with le s levity. 'Your writing is veryhard to read, it should be typed before theeditor wiU con ider it,' I explained.

'I think what I've caUed it i alright; heaid firmly.

He wa most understanding. 'You couldprint it in tw halve or four quarters; heugge ted help uUy. He became carried

away with the idea, 'or even eight eighth:

'A pome fr' mbat:' he announced.With pride.

I realiz~..J imul ant: u I)' ha he hadpre en ~.J me \\lth a poem ·or (omn.wcand tha he had been a member 0 thedem Ii i n tcam whil.:h had wreckL..J paruf the Atlun Buildinn eH~ral momhearber. en ing that I w uld han~ bediplumatl~, I bru hed aide mv alwlator,\vhich, r ome ob 'ure rea ~n, haddeleted 'XQZ' and w~ now howin"'356 73' and ettled down to read the'pome: Its title wa 'I Knock Them Down:

, othing?' he repeated incredulously,'they won't pay me nOlhin ,?'

He looked crestfallen ,[,IJ get my daughterto type it; he aid with le conviction and

, l orhing; I aid, with dawning hope.

'They don't pay anyone anything:

It began with reat gu to, but apart fr mthe dd couplet it didn't rhyme, it didn'tcan and the pelling and the En Ii h wereomewhat adventurous. It rambled on f r

all of three 4 pa >e , beb>uiling the readerI with emhrallin >detail of mammoth

demolition and hair-rai in 'accident .

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The target staff group i indi ated wherethe ourse organi er have pecified.

ttendant our e (L

taff InduCtion Cour e

Handling Di ipline at

Speaking in Public (LU)

Fir t Line anagerial

Care and amtenance(KIT) (Technician)

Reading Efficiency (LU)

12 December

1 December(KIT)

6 FebruaryWork (KIT)

31 January (9.30 am-12.30 pm)Introduction to Databases (KIT)( ee 24 January for description of detail )

1& 15 February Manual taff uper-visors Cour e (LU)

4-8 February First Line Managerialkill (LU)

17-1 Decemb I' Rapid Reading andlemory kill (LU)

9Januaryof Mir ropipette

15 Januar( lerical taft)

24 January (9.30 am-12.30 pm)rntroduCtion to pread h et (KIT) (Forall taff wh would like m know what theyare, how m a e the right pread heet fora particular task and what their practicalapplication are. This seminar does notrequire participants to have practicalknowledge of the ubject.)

29 January Minute taking (LU)( ecretarial taff)

11-12 De emb I' DevelopmentProgramme f I' dministratOr (

12 De ember Introduction to

'HAZARD; a C HH managementftware pa kage (KIT)

17 April are and Maintenanceof pH electrode (KIT) (Technicians)

12 February Development Pro-gramme for AdministratOrs ( U)

13 February Leadership kill (KIT)

21 February (9.3 am-I 2.30 pm)Introduction to Desk Top Publi hing (KIT)( ee 24 January for description of details)

4-8 March Fir t Line Managerialkills (LU)

April Reading fficiency ( U)

9 April Development Pro-gramme for Admini tramr ( U)

12 April

15-19 Aprilkill (LU)

ecretary with Manager

Team Building (KIT)

s ertiveness kills for

Recruitment and(KIT)

Time Management (KIT)

upervi ion for

Training OpportunitiesThe progranlmc of cvents et Out belowwill enable taff and their mana er to planmeir trainin trate y until the end of April.The list include a election of the oppor­runitie offered b the oumern niver itieAdmini rrative Training Pro2Tamme ( U),the London niver ity Federal Pro ramme(LU) a well as in-h use cour e andeminar (KIT).

A ynop i of in-hou e coursc content ient to departmcnt about ix weeks before

events. FUMeI' detail about federalcour e have been publi hed in a LondonUniver ity Training Pro pecru which hab en di rributed to deparmlents. TheTraining Office welcomes enquiries fromtaff about all matter relevant to their

professional development.

TRAININGCOLUMN

30 ovember

3 DecemberWomen (KIT)

3-7 December Fir t Line Managerialkills (LU). (Current and prospectiveupervisory staff)

5 December Providing a Qualityervice (KIT) ( taff who provide service

and informati n)

28 ovember Time Management (SU)(Admini trative staff)

28 ovember Organisation ofTeaching LaboratOries (KIT) (Technicians)

29 ovember Effective writing (KIT)(Technicians and clerical staff)

4-5 DecemberWorkshop (LU)

11 December Better ProofReadingfor Word Proce ing (KIT)

ER' Human Behaviour and Develop­ment Group, one of its four researchdevelopment group, i in the pro e ofdeveloping ideas for new re earch initiati ewhich if funded, will tart in autumn 1992/spring 1993.

RE BurgeVice Principal and heatstone Profe orof Phy icChairman, Re earch trategyCommittee.

ESRC:RESEARCHINITIATIVES

Peter LinthwaiteHuman Behaviour and DevelopmentGroup

tat d that althou >h hi impre ion ereuperficial and ba ed only on the vi it, he

had me concerns to the amount finter-di ciplinary re earch 0 far devel pedat Kin • and also that more fund mightb ught from E initiative (as well afrom . R ). He felt he had pent a u fulday and w felt imilarly from me olle eideo

To thi end, the Human Behaviour andDevelopment Group would like to canvathe I' earch community for what they feelwill be the most important issues in thesocial sciences in the 1990s and whichE R hould be con idering. It is particu-larly interested in the area of education(higher and tertiary), personal! ocialwelfare, social work intervention , thefamily, child development, sociali ation,and finally language and lingui tic .

If you would lik to make a contributionto me de elopment of me ESRC's re ear hportfolio plea e write to Peter Linthwaite,

ecretary to the Human Behaviour andDevel pment Group, Economic and ocialRe earch Council, herry Orchard a t,Kembrcy Park, Swindon S 2 6UQ by theend of ovember. The Human Behaviourand Development Group will be meetingin December to di cu these idea .

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Word Processing CoursesWord 5 IBM/compatible

Ken Bromfieldon-Academic taff Training Officer

2803

Detailed information about training cour ei circulated to depamnems. Addition tothe li t will be publi hed in Comment.

Apprai er trainin ,trand,

2 . 'Q\'ember9."''' am-1. pm

If you require any more irtfonnation plea econtact your union repre entative fordetail .

3 .'ovember uc essful re earch"ram appli ation in the humanirie ,9.38 am-12.3 pm ( trand)

3- December Fir t line mana 1erialenate Hou e)

13 December . lore effcLtive teaching,9.3 am-5. pm ( trand)

A parksMSF Health and afety Committee

Iany other course are available. I shall beplea ed to provide further information andto di us your individual trainin anddevelopment requiremen

Robert PollerAcademic taff Training andDevelopment Co-ordinator ext 1165

The first 'action level' i at 85dB(A) fordaily per onal exp ure. Theecond 'actionlevel' at which protection mu ·t be pro­vided, i at 90dB(A) for daily per onalexposure. The 'peak action b·c!' i a peaknoi e of 140dB(A) or a peak pressure of200 pa ca! . It is the employer' re pon i­bility ro a ses which employee are goingto be expo ed and thi asse mem shouldprovide information on the imen ity andduration of the noi e.

14 December :\lore effecri\'e teaching9.3 am-5. pm (Kensin on)

17-1 December Rapid reading andmemory kills, 2 day ( OA )

4 January Induction our e fornew taff,9.3 am-3.3 pm ( trand)

Electricity at WorkRegulations 1989In an attempt to help reduce the numberof people killed or injured at work due toelectricity the above regulations came imoforce in April 1990. They upercede thefactOries act ele<'i:rical regulations of 1908and 1944 (which did not apply directly to

the oUege). It is far broader in it scopethan the factOrie act and i open to a fairamount of interpretation. The regulationscover all aspects of design, installation,

UNION NEWS

Health and Safetyoi e level

Do you work in a noi yenvironment?Do you have to shout to make yourselfheard?Did you know that new noise regula­tions came into force on 1January 1990?

Academic and Academically­related Staff Development

ome of the course running thi termand during the Christmas vacation are asfollow :-

Basic 9 1 ·ovember, 12 • 'Q\'emberAdvan ed 3 . 'ovember 6 December

All word proces in cour e are or ani edon a upply-and-demand basis 0 please donOt hesitate to write or telephone me ifyou would like to attend any of the above.I look forward to hearin from you!

\Xord 4 pple . 13 into h

19 ovember Apprai er training,9. 0 am-1.00 pm ( trand)

Sound intensity is mea ured in decibeL(dB) which i a logarithmic call', ie, anincrea e of 10dB means that the noi eimen ity ha increased TE TIMES!So 80dB i ten time higher than 70dB.When noi e is measured at work empha isis given to frequencies that have the 'reatesteffect on the human ear. The call' for thii the 'A' weighted cale: dB(A).

The programme 'or Apple one-day coursis ominuin thi e ion and they arefillin up f t 0 pI e contact meimmediately if you would like to attend:

Janine MortonTraining Office, trand, ext 276

Continuous noise above OdB(A) maycause temporary hearing loss. Prolongedexpo ure over a number of year may leadto permanent hearing I s. The newregulations place a duty on the employer,if reque ted, to provide uitable protectionfrom noise if the level is likely to exceedany of the 'action level ~

raH Induction Cour e

Development our e

kill or Job Trainin 'con inuin I and 15

22. pril(KlT)

2 Apriland In truction:\lay)

25-26 Aprilor ecretan~.

Audio CassettesThe following titles can be borrowed fromthe Training Office. Thi~ form of trainingon car audio sy terns and personal stereois proving ery p pular. Application toborrow the cas eue sets will be dealt within order.

The Training Office has embarked on theorgani ation f afety cour e in onjun­tion with the afety Officer. The fLfSt ofthee will be timetabled for January.

\X' rd proces in ' cour e or non-tea hintaff are or ani ed by Jarune ~lOrton

accordin to demand. Plea e nOte currentprogramme details below.

elf Esteem and Peak Performance

How to Achieve and Set Goals

How to Delegate Work (and ensure that iti done well)

The One Minute Manager

The ecrers of Power egouatlon

How to egOtiate like a Profe sional

How to Deal with Difficult People

A Ba ics cour e on Word 5 IBM!compatible was ucce fully run on22 October. We had a full-house and Inow have a waiting list of people for thenext one! The modular 'Special Topics'one-day course will be held on17 December. Further dates for both the ecour e will be set as early as po sible inthe Spring Term, please watch this pacefor detail.

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con truction u e, maintenance, method ofwork as weU training and up rvision oftaff carr ing our work with or n, any

electrical y tem or equipment. (An ele ­trical y tem as defmed by the regulationsi any electrical circuit that i connected toor contain a ource of electrical energy;the regulations cover anything from adigital watch to the national power grid!).

The regulations lay down certain dutie ,absolute dutie and re ponsibilities to beundertaken by employer, employees andelf-employed per ons with regard to

electrical afety. There are few pecificprohibitions in the regulations, for instan e,there is no clau e stating 'mains cables shallnot be jointed with in ulati.ng tape;although uch a joint would be illegal bycontravening regulation 10 which requireall con.nections to be 'me hanicalJy andelectrically uitable for use: For more

definite guideline a memorandum ofguidance on electricity at work i availablefrom H1\t1 ::. al 0 lEE Wiring Regulationsould be consulted, although the e

do umen do not carry the force of law inthem elve . By not keeping to theirrecommendati n you ould be deemed tohaye broken the new regulation .

It i generaUy accepted that A voltagesbelow 5 and 0 voltag blow 120Vdo not generally present a direct hazard ofele trocution under normal circumstances,although park- and arcing could pre ent adanger of fire, e pecially if you ar dealingwith flammable vapours where any parkcould prove di a trous. uch factorsshould be taken into account when u i.ngelectrical equipment in abnormalconditions for instance an electric drillthat i perfectly afe to use out ide on a dryday could lead to a big flash and a pile of

ash if it begins to rain! Unless the driU wereespe iaUy con tructed to operate afel inwet condition it would now be ill gal (notto mention downright rupid!) to operateit in wet condition .

To delineate the Lxt en r gulation whichapply to the oUege here would beirnpra tical but remember, as an emplo ee),ou are respon ible for the afe u e etcof any electrical equipment or ystemthat is in your control. 0, it is a goodidea to familiarise your elf with the law ­talk to your safety officer or afetyrepresentative. Remember, where e1e -tri ity is concerned if in doubt don't doit, consult a qualified engineer ortechnician.

::·Price £4 ISB 0-11-883963-2

Glyn BakerMSF Health and afety Committee

LECTURES, MEETINGS AND SEMINARS

PUBLIC LECTURES

THE BRITISH INSTITUTEOF HUMAN RIGHTSTue day 20 ovemberTHE EUROPEAN CONVENTIO 0HUMA RIGHTS A 'D BRITISH LAWProfessor Keith Ewing, Professor of PublicLaw, King' allege LondonI pm-2 pm, ewTheatre, Strand campus

CENTRE FOR HELLENICSTUDIES WITH THEGREEK ARCHAEO­LOGICAL COMMITTEE UKMonday 19 ovemberEXCAVATIO 'S ATSPARTA 1987-1989Profe or GB Waywell5.30 pm, Room 3B20, Strand campus

CENTRE FOR LATEANTIQUE AND MEDIEVALSTUDIESThursday l5 NovemberBY2ANTL E WALLPAINTL G/i.AFRiCA: THE MEETL G OF ARTHISTORY, HISTORY ANDA THROPOLOGY

Robin Carmack5.30 pm, Room 2B13, Strand campus

Saturday 8 DecemberOne day coUoquiumMEDIEVAL MARRlAGE A 'D DNORCESpeaker: David d'Avray (UCL) ElizabethWard (QMW),Jimy eI on (K L),Veronica Sekules (UEA), Roy Wisbey(KCL)10.30 am-5 pm, Room 2C, Strandcampu

CENTRE FORPHILOSOPHICAL STUDIESMonday 12 ovemberTITLE TO BE A IOUNCEDOr Kenneth ampbeU6 pm, Room 10C, Strand campus

Monday 26 ovemberDUTY, WAR AND RiGHTSDr Barrie Paskin6 pm, Room 10C, Strand campu

CENTRE FOR SYMBOLISMAND IMAGINATION INLITERATUREThursday 6 DecemberADVERTlSfNG AND FOLKLORE

Jo Hincks, Sociology Department, LSE5.30 pm, Room 2B08, Strand campus

PHARMACEUTICALSCIENCESMonday 19 ovemberTHE SEARCH FOR A TI-TUMOURDRUGS -1 SMALL BEAUTIFUL?Professor Malcolm Stevens, Head ofDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences,A ton University, Birmingham6.30 pm, College House, Chelseacampus (Manresa Road)

THE LIDDELL HARTCENTRE FOR MILITARYARCHIVESMonday 10 DecemberORIG/i. 'S AND VALIDITY LTWENTIETH ENTURY MILITARYALLIANCESThe Hon Nan C1ark MP, Minister of tatefor Defence Procurement. The meetingwill be chaired by The Rt Hon ir FrankCooper, GCB, CMG5 pm, The Great Hall, Strand campus.Admission by ticket only which may beobtained free of charge from TheCollege Archivist, Liddell Hart Centrefor Military Archives or The Secretary,Department of War tudies.

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Wedne day 5 DecemberI EPI TEMOLOGYA BRANCH OFQUANTUM THEORY?Or David Deut ch, University f Oxf rd

PHARMACYThur day 22 ovember

HIROP77CAL PECTRO OPY OFBIOLOGICAL MOLECULESDr Drake, Chemi try Department,Birkbeck olle e

All the above seminars take place at2.15 pm, Room 1806, Strand campu

Thur day 29 ovemberEVALUA770 OF A OVELIONTOPHORESIS SYSTEMMis 0 A yambi, Department ofPharmacy, King's ollege London

HI TORY ANDPHILOSOPHY OF SCIE CEWedne day 21 Q\'emberREAU M AXD REPRES£J\TA770.\' J. .THE PHILO OPHY OF flU DLaura] Bennen University of Warwick

ednc day 2 ovemberPO TJIODERJ\1SM ANDEPI. TEMOLOG YZuzana Paru nikovi, zecho 1 ak

cademy of iences, Prague

Thur day 29 ovemberMOLECULAR MODELLL G OFL/PO OMESMr M Lawrence, Department ofPharmacy, King' ollege London

All th above erninar tak pia eat1.15 pm the ba ment I ture th atreDepartment of Biophy i

ALE G E G\X'edn day 21 , 'ovcmberDESIG. . TECJi\lQL;ES FOR FALLL G­FlUt AB ORBERS)'1r Ibrahim, re ear h mdent3.3 pm-4.3 pm, Room 2B 8 trandBuilding, trand ampu

OF THE P£ lOLL/. . TARGET mDr Peter Reyn Id , Department 0

Bi henu try. Cnm:r ity 0 Cambridge

Wednesday 12 Decembero 'STRUCTTO 'SAND PROOFfN

!J TUI770 'ISMOr Peter Fletcher, Univer ity of Keele

Friday 3 'ovemberA TJVI. AND THRESHOLD!J r

MESODERM FORAtA770 Jj r XE OPUSDr ]ame mith, Lab rarory ofEmbryo ene i, MR ill Hill

Friday 23 ovemberMOLECULAR GE ETJ APPROACHESTO ENESC CE A VIMMORTAL/ZA770Dr Parmjit]at, Ludwig In timte forCancer Re earch, Courtauld Building

Friday 14 DecemberFROM fNTA CT CELLS TO CRY. TAL­LOGRAPHY, FROM SE 'SI77VITY TORESISTAA'CE: THE HA Gl. G SHAPE

Friday 7 DecemberHEAT HOCK GENE A TJVATJO ,

YCL/C AMP Atill HA GES AT THEPLASA-tA MEMBRA El. YEA TOr Peter Piper, Department ofBiochemistry, University College, London

DIVI 10 OFBIOMOLECULAR SCIE CESFriday 16 ovember

EUROTOXI EFFECTS OF THEAlvIPHETAMfj ESProfes or Dick Laverty, Department ofPharmacology, University f Otago

~londar 26. 'ovember1.1/ AXD OBjEC77 \ 'ES OF ER\7CES

FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE \UTH .11£\TALDI. ORDERPro e or Elaine, 1urphy, nited ~ledical

and Dental hool, Guy' Ho pital,London4.15 pm-5.15 pm, eminar Room (RJ/ ),Cornwall House Annexe

Tue day 27 ovemberFUTURE PATTERl\' OF HEALTH A.VDCO.lIMU,\7TY CAREir Roy Griffith ,Deputy hairman of the

NH PoL y Board and author of the tWOgovernment report: 'The ManaocmentInquiry 19 3 and The ommunity CareReport 194 pm-5 pm, emjnar Room (RJ/8),Cornwall Hou e Anne e

Tu day:2 .'ovemberA LOO/\ ATRES£4RCHETHI COJ/ILITTEESRabbi]ulia _'euber~er. Km ' FundIn timte. London~ pm-S pm, eminar Room (RJ/ ),

omwall Hou Anne e

trand ampu

MAXWELL OCIETYMonday 19 ovemberHI. TORY OF OENCE LE TURE:MI 'HAEL FARADAY A A,\EXPERIM rrAU TDr F ]ame., R yal In tiruri n

onday 3 DecemberPROTO DECAYDr T lone ,University olle'e London

Monday 26 ovemberFAKES, FORGERiES AND THE TUIUHROUD

Profes or M Tite, Research Laborat ry forArchaeology, Oxford

SEMINARS

Monday 1 DecemberDIAMO 'D - THE FASa ' TT, 'G

'RYSTALDr A T C lIin ,King's ollege London

11 lecture from 2 pm - 3 pmRoom 2C, trand Buildjng, trandcampu

AGECO CERNINSTITUTE OFGERONTOLOGY

WAR TUDIESThur da 6 De emberTHE LA T LAUGHDr Louis B rgeni ht5 pm, Room 3B2 , trand campu

E DTUDIE

Tue day:2 • 'ovember'X'RlTJXG 1\' OTHER LAXGUAGES­THE QUESTJO, .OF A CA \OSProfe or tephen Reckert, CameonProfe or Emerirus, Kin' ollegeLondon5.3 pm, Room 2C, trand campu

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Thur day 6 DecemberI 'ORGA 'I PHARMACEUTICALSOr P adJer, hemi tr Deparmlem,Birkbeck Colle e

A GE ERIC 10DELLIi. G APPROACHTO REQUlREJ1£l\'TS CAPTUREDa\"id Furb r

trand campuS2 Jf1J\'ITAB (PART 2)Ken ingron campu

aUlrday 24 ovemberCOLLECTED HANDELA concert of music pre erved inmanuscript collections. Music by Handeland Vivaldi. Ruth Holtol1, soprano, TheCarnarvon Baroque Players7 pm, The Chapel, Strand campusTickets: £7.50 (conces ions £3.50) at thedoor or in advance from the Secretary,Music, ext S2029. The concert is given inconjunction with the internationalconference 'Handel Collection and theirHistOry' organi ed by the Handel In tiUlteat King's on 24-26 ovember. Details ofthe conference are obtainable from OrColin Ti.n1ms, Secretary, The HandelIn tiUlte Deparmlent of Mu ic, Univer ityof Birmingham, PO Box 363, BirminghanlB1521T.

SMALL ADS

MUSICTuesday 20 ovemberMUSIC BETWEE THE WARSMusic by: Bela Bartok, Benjamin Brirren,Manuel de Falla, Paul Hindemith,Elizabeth Maconchy, Bohuslav Martinu,Edgar Vare e, Kurt Weill6 pm, Great Hall, Strand campus

Wedne day 5 D cemberLJ FORmA r 77 (PART 7)

trand carnpuG2 U 'lGRAPH (PART J)trand campu

W2 WORD (PART 2)[rand campu

All the above are held between 2 pmand 5pm. Detail from trand Advi ory(nAB) ext 2505 or Ken ingtonAdvi ory (A209) ext 4261.

CONCERTS

Wednesday 28 ovemberHEn 'RiCH SCHENKER AND THEAUTHORITY OF THE URTEXT

icholas Cook, University ofOuthanlpran

COMPUTING CENTREWednesday 21 ovemberL1 FORTRAN 77 (PART 5)Strand campuG2 UNIGRAPH (PARTl)Strand can1pUSD2 EXCELStrand campus 2 pm - 5 pmS2 MINITAB (PART l)Kensingron campu

COURSES

INSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDMUSICAL STUDIESWednesday 14 O\'emberBUSO TSDR FAUST AND THESO 'A7TNA SECONDAProfe or Curt acioppo, Haverford,Penny ylvania

Wedne day 2 NovemberORTfJ 'G ALGORITHM

AndrewWell1.15 pm, Room 425, trand Building,

trand campu

Wednesday 5 DecemberANALYSIS AND P. YCHOANALYSIS:WAG ER'S MUSICAL METAPHORSChri rapher Wimle, King' CollegeLondon5 pm, Room G01, Strand campus

Wedne day 21 ovemberPROBLEMS OF A UTHE TlC/TY ANDTEXT: THE MI. A RORATE COEUDESUPER (BY HAYD ?)Jame Dack, Royal HoLloway and Bedford

ew College

CENTRE FOR HELLENICSTUDIESMonday 26 ovember'HE I THE SUBjECT . .. SHE IS THEOTHER'- WOME ANDREPRESENTATIO [, BY?ANTlUMOr LizJame ,Birmingham

All the above eminar take place inRoom 19, Chel ea campu (Manre aRoad). Refreshments will be availablefrom 4 pm - 4.15 pm and the eminarrun from 4.15 pm - 5 pm.

Monday 10 DecemberMElHANA: A HUMA LANDSCAPE Jj

RURAL GREECEOr Lin Foxhall, London

Monday 3 DecemberTITLE TO BE OU CEDOr Margaret Mullerr, Belfast

CENTRE FOR HELLENICSTUDIES AND THEBRITISH GREEKCULTURAL FRIENDSHIPASSOCIATION(under the auspice of HE the GreekAmbassador, with collaboration of theDepartment of War tudies)Thursday 29 NovemberGREECE AND THE ALBANIACAA4PAIG 1940Chair: The Hon CM Woodhouse. Panel:Profe or John KoliopouJo , Or MichaelDockrill, Or Peter Mackridge. A paneldiscus ion ra commemorate Greece's emryinto the econd World War.6.30 pm-7.30 pm: panel, 7.30 pm-8 pm: discussion, 8 pm-9 pm:reception, Great Hall, trand campu

All the above seminar take place at5 pm, Room B6 (Cia sics Department),Strand campus

COLLOQUIA

COMPUTINGWednesday 21 ovember

Wedne day 28 ovemberLJ FORTRA 77 (PART 6)Strand campusG2 Vi 'lGRAPH (PART 2)Strand campusW2 WORD (PART 1)

US House ExchangeIn PittSford, near Rochester, this colonial­style white wooden house is available forthe Christmas period andlor ummer 1991.

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ba ic minimum hire charge i 1and the co t of drink i on iderablylower than pub pri e. buffet caterinervice is .11 0 available upon reque t.

(~lenu ranve from 4 per head to 1 perhead.) A di 0 and DJ can also be hired foronly 75 wlrh a record collection whichspam from the 6 up to this week'., chart.

Christmas comes butonce a year ...L klO~'or mewhere to hold. 'ourChri mol party? \X'e may ha\"e he a wer.The KCL lJ \\'.1 erfront e and bar areiruatL-d nvenientl: do e 0 Temple and

.-\.IJwYLh ube tati n .. ewly refurbi hed.he L.lie and bolr holw a uruque and ma"ru 1­

cen view the River Thame tr m\Xi.> tmm rer to Tower Brid 'e. The com­'onablt, and phisn ated urr undm'pr \" ide the ideallo<.'.Jnon for a party, be irbirthday, anni\"t'r ary, retirement, en a e­menr or hri tma .

Lind e ElliottRe idence Manager

Beat the hri mu ru h and "et yournow from the Re idt'nces Offi c,Kensin~on Lampu , tel: 333 425 -. endyour cheque payable to Nng' C lleneLondon and we will end out the '0 dsin the inrernal po t.

weat rurt and - hirt. olour and 12e'or all he 'amily!!

" at runs.' 6") 13.-:.14.:;~ (dr p houlder Je.~\"e)

k: blue (pink 10 '0).I 3 "). L 4: . XL (2 1:.99ra~an tyle leeve)

\X'hite (red pocket logo).

T- hi XL (3 ") 7.::;L b ter pink (~reen lo~o)

k blue (pink I ~ )letlow (mau\e lo~o)

Apartment to letPaloma B...a h. Lo hr £lan - ne" 1bedr m lux-ury apartmen le~pin~ 4pe plc. Clo e t the l'a and numeroure taurant and bar . \X'ithin ea " rt.>ach 01the Ii, e1: re rt 0 Playa de la :\meriLas.Tht' apartment ha a bedr m with twinbed ,Ioun e with 2 Z-bed or doubleettee, breakfa t bar fully fitted kitchen.

and bathr m and hower. 2 private patiopen ontO the pooL and garden. \\eekly

charge fr m 5 pcr per on.ther apartments are a! 0 ,lyailablt'.

For more detail, LOntact ~Ir \\'ay on( 7 2) 76613,

Room to rent

3 double bL.Jr m. "ery 1.lr 'e loun~e.

lar e dinin" r m. kitchen. 2 bathroomand an aLle ~arden. U 0 CM,

In re urn: hou e la wi h a I ~ 2 daub]bedroom in 'airh "entralllA-a Ion.e in ere l.J. ontaL ex T9-.

Lar 'e attractive room in family h u'>c to

rent for 2 per month (indu ive).iruated in Hernt' Hill, 1 minute to

ietoria BR and on the 6 bu'> routt'ouit a non- moking profe siona! pt'r on.nc momh\ rent in advance plus depO'>ir.

Pk.-ae contact Robin CromptOn1-674264 ,

CHRISTMASNEWS

Do you find Christmasshopping a bore?We on the Ken ington campus have the

lunon, The 'alternative' Kin ' C liege

The 'alternative' t-shirts and sweat-shirtsbeing modelled by staffat the Kensingtoncampus

ollege Chri tma card will be on saleshortly from the ~ llowing outlets:

Joe May, Head PorterAlumnu OfficePhilomena D' ouza,Campus erviceJohn W, rnham,

ecurity and Domestic. .

ervlce upervl orKeith Hill,Head arctaker

oman Bill Rammell or Le le)" Dixon on71- 367132.

Comment i the College's regular taffnew letter, i ued by the InformationOffi e (ext 2179) three times a term, withspecial editions if required. The copy datefor the next is ue is 30 ovember forpublication in the week beginning 10December.

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