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ASSIVE REDUCTIO TO FUNDS' FACI G U IVERS TIES
GOVERNME T EXPE DlTURE PLA S It i tated in the White Paper on Government expenditure plan 1986/87 to 19 / 9 that 'The Government expect the Univer ities to continue achieving economie in order to maintain tandards within the ca h available'.
The Implication of thIS statement bel:ome clear when the funning for niver~lties, ba ed on the Government's own as umptions regarding inflation, are examined. University recurrent grant over the next three years are scheduled to increase in cash terms by approximately 2.6% per annum. The cash increases when incorporated with the Government' inflation assumptions of 4.5% in 1986/ 7,3.5% in 1987/88 and 3% in 198 /89 in effect imply a 'real' reduction in re ources of 3% over the three year period. Traditionally the Government's inflation a sumptions have proved to be extremely optimistic. In 1985/86 alone, the assumption for the publi sector pay factor was 3.0%, against an approximate overall actual average percentage increase of 5.6%. In real terms therefore, the Universities funding levels may be reduced by at least 8% and possibly more.
WHAT DOES THIS ME TO KJ G'S COLLEGE LO DON (KQC)? King's College London (KQ ) is facing particular financial problem of its own, without considering the impact of such a massive funding reduction. In financial terms the merger has created an environment in which it is difficult to utilise resources in the most efficient
manner. multi- ite operation with its duplicated and in some case, quadruplicated activities, has brought about a hort term escalation in expenditure levels. dd to this the significant salary increase factor arising from departmental restructuring and promotion , etc, and it can be een that the College i faclJ1g a erious transitional financial problem. nother serious financial problem has al 0 emerged in the current e ion. The original po tgraduate student number projections, which were based on offers made and past recruitment levels, have proved to be optimistic. Since the student number forecasts may be directly translated into income, a significant income shortfall has arisen. Whether this situation is a 'one-off' phenomena remains to be seen. Past long term financial projections have correctly predicted reductions in 'real' resource, although it would be true to say that even though the level of reduction prOjected was considered extremely pessimistic at the time, these have proved to be less than the College has experienced in 19 5/ 6 and is likely to experience in ub quent years. A recent ten year financial proJection, incorporating the factors mentioned above, highlights the ituation. On pre ent expenditure levels the next two years represent a serious financial problem and the College financial viability after that depends entirely on its ability to implem('nt co t savings in a site mtionalisation exercise.
The level of deficit now expected in 1985/6 inclUding the School of Medicine and Dentistry i ÂŁ639K, ri ing 10 some ÂŁUM in 1986/87. Thereafter it is projected that the annual level of deficit will gradually reduce until a mall surplus is generated in 1989/90.
Wendy Savage speaking on Women and Medicine 0/1 10 March, in the final Centre of Medical Law and Ethics Lent term lecture. Dr Savage, who is Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the I,ondon Hospital, is currently suspended from duties pending the result of an inquiry into her professional competence. The inquiry has been interpreted by some as a 'trial' of her methods - encouraging active childbirth and both Dr Savage's lecture and the questiuns that followed it indicated that medici/1e is not an easy career for women, whether medical students or at the 'top' of the profession.
The College is mal< ing strrnuou effort to get the niver ity to recognise, in a tangible way, the problems of mulLi- ite operation. IL has al 0 sought assurances from the niversity ourt department that the new GC resource formula, which it is considered will benefit King's, will be applied to London Institute in 19 6/ 7. evcrtheless, even if the College is succe sful in the e two areas, there appears liLLlc alLernative to further 'belt-lightening' exercise in J 9 6/ 7. DO Ball Finance Officer
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A Report on the Seminar on Efficiency Studie on Thursday February 20 Reform from v.-ithin be sele tive, do not create a bureaucracy, fir t-hand knowlodge i power. and re ult matter: key princi~足 les according to lan Bee ley for the efflcie~t management of any organi ation including a university. Mr Bee Icy was peaking at a eminar for academic and adminbtrative staff held here la t month. A. Head of the Cabinet Efficiency Unit, and having been a ociated with over 200 efficiency studie (including Jarratt, Croham and Ball) he feltju tified in presenting university staff with his views an~ advice. Responding in a positive fashion to the rapid changes affecting univer ities and demonstrating 'value for money'; howing what contribution univer ities can make rather than what the country owes to them, were vital issues. Being cffici"nt did not mean being uniform. lan Beeslev was at pains to point out his belief In 'var;ety In excellence' and emphasi ed that he was here because he was truly interested in the success of - not in any way hostile to - the university sy tern. He recommended a programme of crutiny be applied to management processes. a) Asse sment of own performance: we were encouraged to be less defenSive and more prepared to react positively in reviewing our work and responding to the prcssu res on it. b) Lack of cost awareness: a sense. of ~er足 spective should be present in con Idenng what things really cost and overheads should be attributed to these cost. c) Clarity of responsibility: section heads should be given clear responsibilities and helped to execute them properly. ommittees were not necessarily the right way to manage many issues, and he had found that often Heads of Department were not given as much assistance as they could be in carrying out management duties. d) Information and procedures: the problem here was that these often did not match up. Fffective deci ions cannot be arrived at from incomplete data. e) Flexibility: thi, had been elevated to a fine art in governmcnt in terms of people having to be prepared to use their managcmcnt skills in many different fields. Although, if taken to excess, this c.ould bc a disadvantage, a strong clement of nexlblc thinking aided effectivc management. f) Balance of effort: arc our objectives clear? Are we seeking the right goals and are our eff rts going towards the correct priorities?
g) Use of asset : are our resources pro~足 erly allocated? Monitoring the use of time on equipment and reViewing the haring of resource could get more output from the ame input. h) Leader hip: are the aims of the institution widely under tood? It i difficult to follow where there is no dir ction. pplication of uch crutiny would, lan Bee ley believed, place univer ities in a m uch better po ition to assume that positive profile, giving confidence and clarity to a willingness to account. He wondered if some of the pres nt di illusion with Higher Education could tem from a blurring of its origins, roots and functions. Good management would not lead to a quiet life; the bc, t managers were usually the mo t combatative, but it wa vital in achieving the improvements he felt were looked for. Government did not expect u niversitie to slavishly follow J arratt - or any other specific management y tem but rather to how a clear willingne s to rcspond to the s irit of such advice and demon trate po itive approaches to change. lan Beesley held firmly to this line during the period of questioning that followed his talk. Members of staff, raising various points about the very special nature of university teaching and research, indicated that it was not quite a clear cut a problem as he had suggested. The responsive ness that he sought was not casily found in a climate of continued financial contraction and the flcxibility he advocated would be ~uch easier to practice if more money flowed into the system. The willingness to react positively was perhaps already rooted and now needed some positive help from government. Whil t accepting the general nature of such points, lan Beesley left us with the firm im pression that more was cxpected of universities in thcir public attitudc. He felt that there wa a great deal of room for improvcment in the way we expressed our cause and that we had to be more accountable and les defensive about being evaluated. The message that we needed to convey, about the fundamental importance of our tcaching and research to the com m 1I nity at large, now and into in the future, wasjust not, it seemed to Mr Beesley, getting acro .
JARRATT WORKI G GROUP ESTABLISHED To aid the College' re ponse to issues rais0d in the Jarratt Report on Efficiency Studies, a small working group will be set up to identify tho e practice which might be applied to the benefit of King's. A suggested memhership was presented to the last meeting of the cademic Board as follows:
Chairman (appointed by the Principal and hairman of Council from among t the lay mem ber of Council) The Treasurer Two Dean of Faculty (appointed by the Principal) member of the Delegacy (appointed by the Principal after di ussion with the Chairman of the Delegacy) The Secretary The Academic Board were invited to ubmit comments on this proposal to the Principal as soon as po ible in order that the group could get down to work.
HELP AND ADVICE 0 ALL MATTERS RELATI G TO MICROS FROM KING'S COLLEGE MICROSYSTEMS SUPPORT GROUP The Micro Sy tems Support Group is a branch of the Computer Centre which exist to provide help and advice on all mattcr relating to micros. The group currently consists of 5 people, each of whom have a ba e site, but we are prepared to travel to other site as necessary. Martin RyaU is at the Kensington campus. He can be found in the Microprocessor Development Lab. or on extension K394. Martin specializes in using microcomputers in laboratory control application. Phil Cunningham, also on the Kensington campus, i the Computer Assisted Learnmg (CAL) expert. He has a wide expenence with CAL applications for the life sCiences. He is also the leader of a AL research project based around Nimbus microcomputers. His extension is K422. Jane Curry, John Best and Andy Thomas are all based at Pulton Place, Chelsea campus (Tel. 736 1244 ext 257). Jane pecialises in advising on the purchasrng of microcomputers, peripherals and software. She is the IBM Technical Co-ordinatbr for King's College and maintains an extensive filing system on 'matters micro' including high performance CAD/CAM work stations. John also advises on general micro computer purchasing. His main fields of interest are Database Systems, Local Area et works and Concurrent Operating Systems on Microcomputers. Andy' specialist field is the design of hardware and software for scientific research proiect . He is also prepared to advise and assist in circuit design and with the fault diagnosis/repair of computer equipment. The micro facilities available to members of the college consist of: EG7, Main Building, KensingtonCampus The Kensington Microsystems Laboratory contains a wide range of equipment and software to support development work on
microprocc or and mi rocomputer ba ed . tern and th~ con trudion of interfacc ~1icrocomputcr Include ~ BBC micro on~ with a 3~0 16 cl:ond proce or), vanou -bit lP M :t tern and an. m trad P W 156, Burton Library Exten ion, Main Building, Kensington Campus Thl hou C ~ BBC \11l:ro"omputer , cach ~lth dual dl drive and olour monitor. They can bt: u ed tor ordpro"e 109 l WordwlSe PIu) or a termlnab conne\..ted to the IOl.al \ X I I - 0 through a pad.
ma hine that an} one would like to cl' demon trated. plea e OOla 'l u quickly and if e do not havc ample. \\e \\i11 attempt to beg teal borro one for that oc a ion.
lev of the re tn tlOn pia ed on the Union a to the type 0 event whl.:b "an be u ed or this 'ind of lund-r i ing, Jl i e pected that the Unton 'ill on I} achieve le than hall tht: target.
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11 the ur ery were to break even it would need to 11)) all it pla'e all the time. and parent \\ould be required to pi!} the lull C 'onomlc rate of omt: £.60 pt:r t:ek. It alternative preml e an be ound, the converlon co t would be in the regIOn at I: .000 to £.2: ,000, but il preml:>e had to bc purcha cd or leaed, the "Ost ....ould be very much hIgher. Rc..:ent experlenl.e uggest that demand from within the College \\-ould only be generated If the ur er} were ituated dose lO the largest \..oncentralion of lal f and :tudenL .
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16A ,Main Building. Strand Campus The Strand ~1tcroproceor Lab offer support on pplc and BBC microcomputers including the 310 I 6 second prol:es or. D1 03, Pulton Place, Chelsea Campus ThiS house - general purpo e SI 00 based micros which can be used b} all members of the <.;oJlege for programming In as cmbl} language, Basic. Pascal. Fortran and word rroces 'ing uSing Wordstar. DI04, Putton Place, Chelsea Campus ThiS i the re earch and development lab al the Chcbea Site, offenng a Wide range Of equlpmenl to 'upport Z 0,6 Ol}, 650~. o 6 and 6 000 hardware and soft ware developmen l.
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LA ER PRl. lLRS dB SE 11 ~1il.ros communkallOg with eal:h otht:r and with mainframe
ctworking or furthcr dctails. \..ontal:t Jane urryor John Be t at the Chelea campu, on 736 1244 ext ~2~ or, at Ken IOgton. contact Martin Ryall on 937 :411 ext 394.
The ur ery on the Chel ea campus would regrettably have to clo e at the end of the rrl' ent sesSIon.
D 101 , PulLon Place, Chelsea Campu (The Zoo) ThiS currently houses the mi\..rocomputer consisting 01 an IBM-XT, an IBM-AT. an pricot XI, an Apple lIe,a BBC WIth a 32016 econd proces or, a Superbrain, a Duet-16 and a range of pnnters, Including an HP Laserjet printer. We would encourage colleague to c me and try a machine and/or software before pun:ha ing. D5, Pulton Place, Chelsea Campus Thl houses 14 BBC micro. Wc arc al 0 prepdfed lo run l.ourses on tOPICS such as word processing, using database or 'Cetting 10 know the Amstrad pew'. provided there is su I fi\..lent demand Do contact us if you have a problem that you think we may be able to help with. 1I there are no pecific problems but you would imply like to ee what IS gOing on, then come along to the Microlab Road 'how WhICh IS being held on the afternoon ot Thursday _0 March through until Friday afternoon 21 March In the Councd Room at the Kensington He. We hope to have all personnel and most of the e4ulpment on di play there!
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ROADSHOW III The nex t roadshow will be held on the Kensington campus in the Coun<.;J1 Room, starting at 2.00pm on Thur day 20 March and gOing throufh until 4.00pm on Friday 21 March. If there are any pecific
A fter dIscus 'ion the Council resolved that a a maller of principle. the College should provide urer) fa 'ilities for the l:hildren 01 tu dents and staff as and when circumtances hould permit. However, 10 vkw of the undertaklOg given by the Council of hel ea Collegc, it would be unwise to ask th~ Royal Borough of KenSington and he}sea for a further ex lension of planning permllon.
Ster will be taken to en ure that the children of students who were part-way through a Lourse and already using the ur"ery were found accommodation el ewhere \\dthln the Untver ity of London and the future proviSion of a ursery hould he examined 10 relation to the College's overall space planning.
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CLOSURE OF THE
URSERY
The CounCil ha received a report from a Working Party set up to consider the future of the ursery, at pre ent situated on the Chel'ea Campus. The report \\a rrepared in the light of the fact that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea had extended planning permiSSion for the current academic year only on receipt of an undertak 109 given by the former Chelsea College Counctl that the ollege would not arply for a further cx tension. The maximum numher of rlaces <lvailable In the ur 'ery is III but at presen t only ome I I rlaces are filled 1wo by the l:hildren of students, throe by the children of taff and six from ou tside the College. The estImated deficit is 9,500 which the Union of Student has undertaken to meet by raIsing the funds, but in
STUDE TS' U 10 REACTIO TO URSERY CLOSURE The Students' nion wishe to express its dlsap!¥>intment and deep regret that 01lege has found it necessary to close the day nur cry. It will clo e at the end of the academic year after a seven-year existence. We would like to thank the staff of the nursery for achIeving a very friendly and pleasant nur ery and tho e people who worked to keep it open. A battle was fought 10 many previous years to malOtain a nur, ery but this year the notable character were LlOda Rattray (the urcry Officer), Fiona Ross and Jane Slelghtholme (staff users), John Muir (Chairman of the Working Party) and Elaine Roberts (student user). We hope very much that the ollege will provide 'pilce and finances for a nursery in the future when the College is ba cd on more rermanent ites. Michael J. ConnoUy Education and Welfare Officer (Chelsea campus)
p S v C TIO KI G'S C RE CHI G A WORLDBUREA WIDEM RKET Located on the third floor of Clark BuildIng at 552 King' Road (Chel ea Campus) .... e are plea ed to announce that we are no\\ operational with one exception, explained later) and in the mid t of an encouraging book ing sea on for aster and ummer 19 6 ..... ith re ervatlon on the book into 19 9. I ncorporating per onnel previou Iy involved with letting in the constituent colleges, and under the admini tralive control of Mr G T Hughe , the Senior Assistan t ollege Secretary, the Bureau wa consolidated on one site during the Autumn Term and now forms a centraJi ed booking service, re ponsible for promoting the commercial exploitation of ollege facilities. If you are thinking of holding a conf rence, organising a re idential tudy group, arranging a family reception or ju t need extra bed and breakfa t accommodation for your guests during the vacation, we will be plea ed to hear from you. The stairca e to the office is quite formidable and you need climbing boot, but personal visitors are very welcome or we can be reached a follow
Internal Extensions
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3634/376 J oan Fennell (Residential Conference and Large Group Bookings) 3634/3603 Richard Longhurst ( on residential day meetings and Special Events) 3634/3760 Elspeth Young (Residential holidays, students vacations small group) a .isted by:3634/3765 Joan Hiron (Office Manager and enquiries) 3634/3761 Sarah Toulalan (Clerical enquirie )
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We are not quite fully operational a , unfortunately, Elspeth had a serious riding accident in late January and i currently immobile in St Stephen Hospital, Fulham Road (Thos Mc auley Ward). She i plea ed to receive visitor and messages from everyone who wondered where he'd gone! The Bureau has direct external telephone line on 01-35 I 60 II as well as College Switchboard access. Brochures and literature on catering and halls of residence for all college sites are available and there are considerable personal price reduction for members of King's ollege using facilities. Just in ca e you
Richard and loan at work... do not wish to spend your family holidays at King's, we can al 0 supply brochures from the British Univer ities Accommodation Consortium, covering 53 other universities throughout Great Britain and orthern Ireland. King's is a full voting member of the Consortium which links us with other colleagues offering a wide range of amenities from self-catering family flats and full conference venues to all-in golfing facilities at S t A ndrews' all at very rea ona hie prices! The College is registered with the London Visitor and Convention Bureau (previously London Tourist Board) and the British Travel Authority and often assists with housing groups of delegates attending the huge international conferences at the Fe tival Hall, Albert Hall, Wembley Conference Centre and the Barbican. Working very much like a travel agency, bookings enquiries are processed for individual holiday, day meetings, residential groups and formal conferences, 311 with fully co-ordinated catering, teaching and audio-visual facilities if required. There is very brisk business in special events, wedding receptions and all social functions including commercial product launches and locations for film companies. Coach booking and theatre visits can be arranged to order, and you are reminded that Briti h Rail offer a con iderable discount on fares for bona-fide conference delegate to London. Lettings requiring overnight accommodation are only available in vacations, but a considerable proportion of income is possible throughout the year from venue/
catering events using the pecial area such as The Hamilton Suite (Chelsea), The Great Hall/Council Room (Strand) and the Old Refectory/Committee Room (K nsington) which are priced with or without lawns! Ring Richard for further details. Any of our students requiring accommodation throughout vacation are assured of a residential place by making prior reservations during term time and all internal enquiries are welcome. Specific catering enquiries are u ually referred to the relevant Catering anager of each venue aa~d there are specimen wine lists and menus available from buffets to banquets. Re ervations for individuals are on a bed and break fast basis, in a choice of ingle, twin or multiple room, with bed linen and towel provided. All rooms have fitted wa hba in . Private bathrooms are offered at Halliday Hall. With tourism now recogni ed a one of the faste t growth and employment indu trie , competition i very fierce indeed and the College has to compete for business with its fellow mem bers of B AC a well a HEAC (Higher Education Accommodation Consortium) which i compo ed of all the technical colleges. polytechnics and training school with facilitie to offer. Some of these a. v attractively endowed with con iderable assets, such as sports complexe and are often assisted in their pricing structure by different methods of local authority funding, so they are formidable rivals.
Local Authority and Education cut generally over the past few year have made it e sentiaJ to find alternative methods of attracting extra income which i often a lifeline for re idences catering and maintenance and there i an increa ingly high tandard to maintaIn In order to match the rival facilities of town halls, new conference centre and hotels as well a our colleagues in educational venues.
They were from the orche tra that played for the Royal Wedding as well a forming regular guard duty at Buckingham Palace and were found to be near neighbour from Chel ea Barrat:I-.. , 0 King' College now ha acce to a full military band when the 0 asion demands or even a single uniformed Trumpeter complete with bearskin if you need to make the occasional announcement with a fanfare!
USA MARKETING TOUR
ARRIVING THIS YEAR
Marketing is, of neces ity, aggres i e and specifically aimed at those area most likely to be attracted to campus accommodation. To this end, Richard Longhurst and myself joined a recent British Caledonian sponsored marketing tour of the USA. DurimJ 2 I days of January, in company with some 50 other organi ations representing tour operators, regional touri t authoritie British Rail, Orient Express, hotel chains, Madame Tussaud , Leeds Castle etc, King's College was personally presented to over 4000 individual travel agen ts throughou t a series of workshops{roadshows. Visiting a different city for every show, the tour covered fourteen locations from San Diego to ew York, via a big'curve south, taking in Dallas, Houston, ew Orleans, Atlanta, Washington and Philadelphia among others.
Over the wide range of site, this Easter and Summer will find King' ho ting visits from a truly world-wide market. As a small sample, Liglllfoot Hall ha a repeat visit from a group of Soviet teachers, as well a our native Brass Band Conductors conference; Queen Elizabeth Hall will look after a Cuban Ballet Group; Wellington Hall will chaperone a full hou e of Saga holidaymaker from America; Halliday Hall goe mainly Spanish, Ingram Court is home to a Chamber Music Group including Scandinavia and Japan; King's College Hall prepares for Austrians, a Canadian Band and American Cricket and Malcolm Gavin for Italians and the French. I n addition, there is a long calendar of non-residential events at the Strand.
The invitation list was over 6000 - an exposure opportunity that could only be offered by a professional marketing tour such as this, organised from within the travel trade itself. The pace was ex tremcJy hectic, we talked ourselves hoarse and our arms still ache from the weight of brochure, but we were deligh ted to discover that we offered a unique presentation, the response wa very encouraging and there wa an unexpected bonus in finding that the currently nervous A merican travel market decided we were a much more ecure option for European vi its than hotels, under present circumstances. Flanked by stands from Frames Tours and London Tara Hotel, our prices spoke for themselve ! Dressed on the stand in undergraduate gowns and mortar boards, we wore homemade hoods lined with the Union Jack, in keeping with the tour 'theme' and found ourselve quite a crowd-puller. The tour was entitled 'I am the Best of Brit<lin and Europe and was very impressively staged. Each day's tradeshow began with an early morning preparation of red white and hlue stands, opening through to the afternoon with fanfares and musical accompaniment from a section of the regimental band ofl-er Maje ty's Welsh Guard, who proved themselves invaluable as am bassadors porters and general morale Iifters throughout the tour, a well as accomplished musici<lns.
SUCCESS ACHIEVED 0 LY WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS Of course, the successful conclusion to any marketing exercise depends entirely on the staff of the areas that service the product and we remain constantly amazed <It th resilience of colleagues in ... and at play!
catering, reception, audio-vi ual, technical, porters, ecurity, tran port witchboard, hall of re Idence and maintenance. For nearly 20 weeks of the year they live m a Jekyll and Hyde world helping to m<lintain a l400-bed conference and hotel complex and their good humour and nexibility form the front-line for visitor' arrival and care. Past experience ha convinced me that a catering manager's only concern on being confronted with a nying saucer load of beings from outer space would be 'Do they expect waitress-service and how many of them are vegetarian?' Everyone in the Bure<lu is committed to doing their very be t to ensure comfort and convenience for the College and our guests and we hope to continue to attract a teady income for the benefit of the College as a whole, in what is often a very depre ing financial climate for all of us. o doubt many of you will see us in action during vacation but meanwhile, if you need advice or assistance with bookings, or would like any literature, please contact anyone of us. We'll try to help, whether you require two-weeks' re idence and full back-up for a conference of 400 or just a spare bed for Mother-in-law at Easter bu t please book early. And don't forget, if you are travelling abroad, particularly to universities take a few of our brochures with you to leave with anyone interested - thanks! Joan Fennell
STAFF NEWS OBIT
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11 S BETTY WOOD Member of the College will have learned \\.ith much sadnes of the death 0 Bett} Wood in the early hour of Thursda} March 6th at Charing Cross Ho pltal. Over the last two ears through various form of treatment, Betty had been reSIS' tlng with composure and ourage the erosion of her health by an illne's which proved In the end to be unrelenting in its demands. Betty's ervice to the Department of History and Philosophy of ReligIOn over the year gave peace of mind to the three succes ive Heads with whom she worked Profes or H D Lewis, Profes or S R utherland, and Professor Kelth Ward. She was completely dependable on detalls and was an enthusiast for the work of the Department and for the proper care of the students taught Within it. Tho e tu dent in need of advice or sympathy found them in Betty' office, and the occasional stern me sage from the Head of Department was tran lated with an accurate sense of the impact appropriate to the occasIOn. Betty also became known to hundreds of academics throughout the world a. the effiCIent and courteous secretary of the C P Journal Religious Studies, working very closely with Professor Lewls on this from her appointment to the College in 1971, and later with Profes or Sutherland. Betty was a private individual who loved above all to walk in the beautiful countryside of Kent and Hampshire. She cultivated a wide variety of interests including being for a number of years secretary of BUFORA. Her many friends and colleagues WIll miss her very mUCh, and extend their deepest sympathy to her mother, Mrs Wood. SRS
MISS EVE SAVILLE, MBE, BA Miss Eve Saville died last month at the age of 7 . She had been General Secretary of the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency for 31 years. The Institute was founded with FreUd, Jung and Ernest Jones amongst its Vice-Presidents more than 50 year ago. With its publication, The British Journal of Criminology, it has achieved high regard both at home and abroad. In later years this was almost entirely due to the inspiration and dedication of Eve Saville . she was till working on proofs for the latest number of the Journal at the time of her death in hospital.
The ISTD a brought to Chel ea College through the good offIce of Lord Cameron and MlS Sa ille oon be'ame a familiar and much-loved identity at Manre:. Road. Her pIa 'e In the In titute wa more than her title gge ted and had probabl}' become more than tho e who appointed her intended. De 'plle agt: and increasing phy I al frailty her alt:rt pre 'ence and 'een mind dominated <ill meeting of 'ouncil and committee. Her per pi a -it tenacity and i ion led the In titute all the way. .nlike the Howard League and kindred bodle the In t\lute wa never allowed to become a campaigning group. ii Saville maIntained It role of teaching, publication, training and where money allowed, re earch. In dlrectrng thiS work her quiet charm wa the cataly t which brought together men of eminence from law, psychiatry, the Pri on Department, probation and social serVIce, pohce forces and universities, along with student and member of the general public. She dechned a proper lipend and would never countenance talk of her relirement. o illne s mishap or adverSity ever cau ed her courage to falter. generation of Bnti h criminologi l. and penologl t remain in her debt. JCF OSIPHO
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. iT M B Harri , who has re pon iblht} for Fmanc.i I Service Payroll, Ca hienng, Debtor and Creditor et ) and ~ir Ktrpalanl, who ha respon Ibl1lt)i lor Financ.lal Ac ountmg. Re ear h Grants and Self Financing AI.t1\ itie , ha\ie been appOinted a A sist nt Finance Olltcers.
The amalgamation of the combmcd KQ Fmance OffIce has nece itated SOme of ice ratlOnali ation WIth con equentlal relocation, a follow'
Mr D 0 Ball, Finance Officer 1st Floor,. orfolk B Ildmg. Ext 2556 Mr M Jamie on, Secretary to Finance Officer 1st Floor, orfolk Building. Ext 254 Mi L Ryehan. Departmental Secretary 1st Floor, orfolk Buildmg. Ext 254 Mr B Kirpalani. A istant finance Officer 1st Floor, orfolk Building. Ext 2766 Mr M B Harrls, Assistant Finance Officer Room 2, 3rd Floor, 34 Surrey St Ext 25-7 Mr B Oldham, Management A/;.Counting Room IS, Ground Floor, 34 Surrey SI. Ext - to be advi ed Mr K Tan, Management Accounting Room IS, Ground Floor, 34 Surrey SI. [xt - to be advised
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Mr A Sedgewick, Internal Audit and Sy terns Development We were saddened to hear of the sudden death at the age of 37 of Nosipho dungane. Room 0, Ground Floor, 35 Surrey SI. Ext - to be advised Colleague will remember her from her time a a secretary in the Dean's Office Mr C Lant, Internal Audit and Sy terns when her hu band wa working for a BD Development and then an M.Th. degree. Winston and Room 0, Ground Floor, 35 Surrey SI. osipho had recenlly moved to Umata in Ext - to re advised the Transkcl where Winston i Principal of Mr C McCauley, Cashier Supervisor the recently re-opened Theological College, Room 9, 3rd Floor, 34 Surrey St me sage of sympathy from the College Ext - to be advised was sent for the funeral which took place It is al 0 anticipated that the following on March 8th. It also seemed that many members of the Department, currently might wish to contribute to a more lasting based at Chelsea will move to the followmemonal to osipho, and 0 a fund is ing locations at the Strand during the nex t being started to buy books (whIch will be few week. uitably inscribed) for the St Bede College library since the college, books and filling Mr R Harvey, A istant Accountant had been totally tripped during the prevRoom 10, 2nd Floor, 34 Surrey Street ious year during the troubles which have Ext - to be aJvised been affecting South frica. Please end your donation to Sandra Gee, c/o The Mi G Holder, Self-Financing Activitie Principal' Office; by doing so you will Room 11, 2nd Floor, 34 Surrey Street how your respect for a former l.olleague Ext 2 5 and help educational work in a desperately Mrs C Bennett, Self-Financing Activities deprived part of Africa. Room 11, 2nd Floor, 34 Surrey Street RJC Ext 255
TRAI I G COURSES A 0 JOB VACA CIES Following the appointment of Mr J A H Harden as Assistant Secretary at Chelsea Campus, the post of Deputy Finance Officer has been abolished. I nstead the responsibilities and functions of the Deputy Finance Officer have been devolved to Mr M B Harris and Mr B Kirpalani.
There is a regular circulation of the ni路 versity of London 'Opportunities' internal advertisements and training courses to notice boards at each campus. Below are hsted the locations of these noticeboards:-
Strand Campus Main Building - Outside 20B the Post Room
(opposite
Drury Lane - Reception Half Moon Lane - Reception Kensington Campus Atkin Building - Outside Refectory and by the Switchboard Main Building - Reception Chelsea Campus Horten ia Road - Reception King's Road - Outside Refectory Lightfoot Hall - Reception Manresa Road - Ground Floor Main Corridor Pulton Place - Reception
If you have any enquiries about vacancies or training opportunities. please contact the Personnel Office, Strand, ext S22 orS2765
EASTER CLOSURE DATES The College will be closed for Ea ter from the evening of Wednesday 26th March until Wednesday 2nd April.
NEWS ROUND-UP I TEREST EMIC
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Dr Helen Hud on, known to many at King' , will be retiring at the end of thi year from her post as Director of Studies at Cumberland Lodge. The trustees will be looking for a replacement. It i a post that might appeal particularly to an cademic taking early retirement. Cumberland Lodge offers pacious conference fa ilities in magnificent surroundings in Windsor Great Park. It is designed to serve students and in parti ular students of London University. The person appoin ted will need to be able to relate to Univer ities with some au thority and also have the social skills nece sary to enable students to enjoy and make the best of the lodge. umberland Lodge i a Chri tian foundation (implicit rather than militant). Anyone interested in an informal discus ion could contact the Dean of the College.
FEES 19 6/87
For the academic year 19 6/ 7 the Secretary of State ha recommended tuition fee level for home students and for student from other uropean Community countrie as follow: Po tgraduate courses
£ 1680 (£ 1632)
Fir t degree and diploma. £536 ( 520) The fees for 1985/86 are shown in brackets There will now be few if any, student from out ide the European ommunity who began their course before I September 1980 and are therefore still entitled to a subsidised rate of fee. The Secretary of State has therefore decided not to revise the fee maxima for such students further. Accordingly they will remain as follows: Postgraduate
£2148
First degree and other advanced courses
£ 1653
MI ISTERIAL VISIT TO EDUCATIO . L COMPUTI G U IT The Educational Computing Unit was visited by a Minister of State from the Republic of Turkey, Mr Mu tafa Titiz on 27 January. The Minister was accompanied by Profes or Inee, the Secretary General of the Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Institute; Mr 0 Saran, the Senior Engineer and Adviser to the Minister and also officials from the British Overseas Trade Board and the Department of ducation and Science.
The first Chelsea Campus Dinner was held on St Valentine's Day in the bealtiful room which was added to Stanley House by William Hamilton, Secretary to Lord Elgin, to house casts from the frieze of the Parthenon and now known as the Hamilton Room.
The aim of the visit was to ee how the Computers in the urriculum Project has developed Corn puter Assi ted Learning Materials within the Microelectronics in Education Programme, with a view to introducing micro computers into education in Turkey.
Forty-three members of staff and their guest were served a delicious four-course meal which included a magnificent Roast Sirloin of Engli h Beef and a calorie extravaganza of choux pastry, fruit and cream entitled S t Valentine Exotica. A birthday gift was pre ented to Professor Valentine Tyrrell, Vice-Principal, in honour of his birthday/name day.
The party was welcomed to the ollege by the Assistant Principal, John Muir, and Margaret Cox. the Director of the Computer in the .urriculul11 Project duced them to the work of the unit.
The evening was enjoyed by all presen t and particularly appreciated by the guests of mem bers of staff who had never previou ly attended a College function. It is planned that a regular series of dinner will be held.
U IVERSITY SUBSIDIARY I LI GUISTICS
All those present would surely agree with the sentiments of Odys eus in Book ix of the Ody ey, who said:
A course in lingui tic will begin on the Strand Campus in October 19 6. The aim of the cour e, in prep.aration for the University examination (Regulations. pl 16 will be to give an understanding of the human use of language. IL is expected that the course will also have a value of 2 course-units.
' ..... there is nothing more deligh tful than when the festive mood reigns in a whole people's hearts... while the tables before them are laden with food and meat and a steward carries round the wine he has drawn and fills their cups. John Muir Assistant Principal
TUITIO
... in the Hamilton Room
Further enquiries: Dr W Bennett (French Department) extn 2407.
RS G STUDIES .W.THA.\tES REGIO. L HEALTH A THORITY RESEARCH CO FERE TeE On 1- \1a~ at the Chel ea C mpu hen: w III be a one day on eren~e on the theme o h ontnbutlon 01 nur lI1g n: ar~h 0 Itnl al pra 11.. Open to nur e Irom . W Thame' Reg on and members 0 th University, hiS i the Ilf~ conleren eo what.l IS anti ipated, will be ome an annu I event. The day I pon or d by 10In!), ke Ho pltal Produ b, Furth r details Irom ChflStlne Terre~. Tel C3"'~O
CHEMIC L SE SORS CLUB
路1 guest at a reception held on 5 Jlarch in the Committee Room to promote the College s Pre-sessional and Sessional I:ng/ish Language courses. A mong those invited h'ere admmlstrators from other colleges whose work involved them in the recruitment or weljare oj overseas students.
LECTURES, MEETINGS AND SEMINARS BIOTECH LO DO
1986
chemical production by microbe biocataly is
2.00pm - 6.30pm, Wednesday 30 April At Senate House Thi, one-day event, the inaugural UnlVeTity of London Biotechnology Day, will a s'tm ble in one place one of the widest ranges of re earch projects in biotechnology in the UK, showing the range and breadth of expertise in the Colleges, Medi al Schools and Institutes of the niver ity of London. It will give an opportunity for Industrial and academic scientists to exchange views and information and wJll finish with a lecture on 'Protein Lngineering ny Professor Alan ersht. Imperial College.
Further information IS available from Mr Dann, Room 16, Senate Hou e or Jl)r Bainbridge at the KensIngton campus.
CHAPEL SERVICES E D OF TERM EUCHARIST 12 oon, Wednesday 19 March Preacher: The Dean OPENING OF TERM SERVICE lOam, Wednesday 23 April Preacher: Colin Slee, Sub-Dean of S t Alban (Former College ChaplaIn)
Exhibitions will include:
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bioelectrochemistry blOsensors blOfuel cell mathematical modelling enzyme technology drug and antibiotic production environmental biotechnolog~ protein engineering I,;omputer graphic molecular design medical diagnostics genetic engIneering plant tis ue culture and mlcropropagatlOn antIbody production f1occulation mOnitor plant bIOtechnology photobioreactor downstream procesSIng monoclonal antibodies molecular probe fermentatIOn technology
THE F. D. MAURICE LECTURES 1986 Albert Hourani, MA., C.B.E. (Formerly Reader in the Modem Hi tory of the Middle Ea t, Univer ity of Oxford) will give three lectures entitled APPROACH S TO I LA\-1. Thur day 24 April F.D. MAURICE A D THE R LIGIO S OFTHE WORLD Thursday 1 May I LAM I 'TH" HISTORY OF (.JVILlZ ATlO Thur day 8 May LO IS MASSIG, 0 A'D THE SCIE CE OF COMPA SIO 5.30pm, The
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The re ently formed UK ChemH.al en ()r~ Club, which is orgamsed b~ the Labordtor~ 01 the Government Chemi t (Department of Trade and Industry), cater for ompanie~ and nlver ll~ group~, and i de'lgned to en ourage the industrial u e of all types of sensor deVIce. The fir t London meeting of the club wIll be held at the Kensington Campu~ on Friday Apnl I and will be hosted b~ theKmg's Bloelectrochemistry and BIO en or Group. I t will include a lImited mornmg se~sion of talks, followed by demonstratIOns and 'workshop' actlVltle m the afternoon. King' personnel may attend the talk and dl play by invitation only: anyone interested hould contact Dr Peter Bennetto, Department of Chemistry, Ken lI1gton campus
SUMMER COURSES AT BATH UNIVERSITY Summer courses in Drawing, Painting, Pottery, Screen Pnntmg, Sculpture and Theatre Art arc being held at the Arts Barn, Bath niverslty from 9 - J 6 August this summer. fach course welcomes beginners and those with expenence and alms to provide personal tuition suited to mdividual needs. The fee for the courses are 拢 157 per week which include all tuition, accommodatlo" tea, coffee, breakfa t and evening meals. For a brochure with fullmformation, plea e wflte to The Art. Office. Ul1lvcrity of Bath, Bath BA:! AY, Avon. Td: (0225) 61244 ext 208 630
LIBRARY GIFT TO TlA JI 45 volumes of penodical , which the library found, a a result of the merger, they held in duplIcate, have recently been ent to King's 'twin' In titution, TlanJin Univer ity in the Peoples' Republic of China. The periodicals, which were of no financial value to the Collegl" are 111 the general area of mathematiCs.
PUBLIC RELATIO S ADVISER FOR CVCP MISS uriol Stevens. currently a reporter with the Channel 4 televi ion programme 'A Week in Politic " has been appointed public relations adviser for the C CP. She wa formerly Education orre ponden of the Observer and Deputy Editor of the Times • ducational Supplement. She will be working clo ely with the public relations advisory committee under tre chairmanship of Professor Mkhael Thomp on, Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. It is the intention thal she should be particularly involved in setting up and directing the universities information unit. Miss Steven will take up her appointment in April.
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The Hon. Ceorge Walden, MP, Under Secretary of State at the Department o[ Education and Science, and Ciles Radice, MP, Opposition spokesman [or Education. Pictured in the Council Room, they were participating in a Students' Union debate on the subject: This house believes that there is no hope for higher el!ucation under the present government. Labour won the day, and the motion was carried by 15 votes to 10.
STUDENTS' UNION NEWS
There is also onc Site Secretary on each campus. All these positions arc sabbatical.
N.US. REFERENDUM Following a referendum held last month, the S tuden ts' Union of King's College London (KQC) has now joined the ational Union of Students. The result was as follows: Total Number of Votes Total
umber of
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Internal Secretary - responsible for Communications Sports and Societies Secretary
2140 otes
1978
Yes Votes
1190
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788
KEVlN DABBS After his long and severe illness, Kevin is, at la t,beg.i.nning to get better. He is now planning to return to College by May. We wish him a speedy recovery.
STRAND SITE NON-SABBATICAL ELECTION RESULTS The following Strand site Non-Sab batical nominations were accepted as unopposed: Overall Executive Members Robert Cau ey (EJec. Eng I) Michael C Markham (Math I1) Robyn Ros ( at Sci 10 Elections Officer Robyn Ross Rag Officer A.S.D. S teger-Lewis
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Dr David okes, lecturer in the Department of English, has recently been awarded the prestigiou J ames Tait Black Memorial Book Prize for his highly acclaimed biography, Jonathan Swi[t:A Hypocrite Reversed. The James Tait Black Memorial Book Prizes arc given annually to the best work of fiction and best biography published during the previous year and are each worth £ 1,000.
MEDICAL RESEARCH UNDER THREAT This is the title of the fourth publication from the Alliance for Science, a campaign set lip by ASTMS, AUT and IP S which together represent 100,000 workers engaged in research and development in industry, higher education and the civil service. The campaign aims to highlight the achievement of B riti h research and development and to reverse the downward trend in innovative investment. In thi pamphlet, the Alliance looks at the effects of the Government's expenditure cuts on medical research in Britain and calls for a substantial increase in funding for this important area of scientific researc A copy can be consulted in the Information Office.
External Affairs Julie Hawkins (Biophysics 1) Societies Officer Shahin assiri (Med J)
ACCOMMODATlO
A ballot will be held for the contested post of Council Delegate. The remaining posts of Sports Officer, Publicity Officer, Student Services Officer, Secretary and K.O.S.C.A will be contested at byelections next term.
2/3 bed flat or hou e, central, good school wanted hy Toronto Professor, wife and 4 year old daughter from I Aug' 631 June 7. p to £200 per week. Please ring Julian Brown S2203 or 9 6 0692
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UNION ELECTIONS Elections have opened in the Students' Union for the following positions: General Secretary Trading and Finance Secretary
Flat for a family of a VI iting Profe or from I rael, from ~1ay or June throughout Septem ber 19 6. Plea e 'ontacr Profe or S J PIft, Department of 1icrobiology. Ken ington 'ampu ext K277)
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2!3 bed furnished fiat or house for anadlan Profe sor and family required from I ugust' 6 - 30 June' 7. Reference available. Plea e on tact Jlnty elson. HIStory Department, Strand campus.
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Guest Room, Kensington Campus There I nov. a well-furmshed twin-bedded gue t room available with private bathroom, previou ly part of the Principal's accommodatIOn, on the Kensmgton campu . Thl is available for the use of visitor to the College. The charge for the use of the room i £20 per night per per on. The maximum stay for anyone per on will be even nights. The room is very pleasant and is much le expensive than put ling up your vi itor in an hotel. Breakfast is not included in the ch..rge but is available on the campus. Further Informallon I. available, and bookings can be made through M i Lindsey Coule on K20l)
Flat hare, SWl, Pirnlico Own room 111 shared, fully furnished luxury modern Oat. Own bathroom (with ·hower). Access to balcony. Shared kitchen and large living room. Washing machine and turn ble dryer. 10 mins Victoria! P imJico tube. Female, nonsmoker preferred. £65pw excl. Tel:
8343178
OMME T is produced by the King's College London (KQC) Information Office on the Strand Campus. EXT EDlTIO : Copy date Friday J 8 April for publication in the week of 28 April.
Christopher Fry, pictured in the Great Hall on 19 February delivering the second annual 'A dam 'Lecture: Genius, Talent and Failure: the Bronte Family. Christopher Fry is a distinguished playwright and poet, responsible[or the screenplay of Ben Hur, as well as contributions to the Adam International Review, the archives of which are held at the College.