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Queen's Award for King's
T
he ollege ha won rhe Queen's ward for E port chievemenr 1995, a announced on 21 pril. Thc award recognise rheover easearning of£16 million a year which rhe ollege has achieved from re earch for over ea client; internarional tudent fees, and lerring and services provided for over ea tudent and or her clients.
activity, resulring from projects uch as:
...&~.. ?!:.
.lIedilenYlnean desertificalion
King's i leading a group of 20 partner
la.W
from 10 countries in a tudy of rhe cau e of land loss in sourhern Europe. Advanced communications
King's i working wirh industrial and univer ity partner from five other E member tares on rhe use of very high-
King' over ea re earch income has almo r doubled over rhe la t rhree
speed informarion rran mis ions along
year ro more rhan £6 million in 1993-
oprical fibre.
94. Thi make. rhe
ollege Brirain'
fourth-highe t univer it)' earner from over ea re earch, afrer Imperial ollege Lotldon. and
Em.'ironmental toxins
1995
The vulnerabiliry of children ro roxin ,
THE QUEEN'S AWARD FOR EXPORT ACHIEVEMENT
examinarion ar King' and a number of
ambridgc and
Oxford univer irie . Nearly a quarter of King' re earch earning come from over ea grants and contracr . Currently over 2,000 King' tudents are from over ea , rheir fees
leading ro kidney di ea e, i under
audio-visual and orher ervice . The Queen'
orher ire rhroughour Europe.
ward made pecial
Fuel efficienry
mention of rhe e tabli hment in 1992
Wirh collaboraror in Greece, King'
of KCL Enterpri e Lrd, which i
pur uing improvement in rhe
parricularly acrive in Europe, rhe
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combustion proce e of power tarion
and Japan, negoriaring re carch grants
and indu trial boilers, facilitaring
1993-94. Anorher £1 million came
and contracr and markering the
cleaner and more efficient use of fuels.
from le[(ings and ervices for
inrellectual properry produced by rhe
Hear! attacks
earning rhe
ollege ome £9 million in
internarional students and orher overseas client: including hall fees and residential le[(ings, carering and
ollege's academic communiry. Re earch funding from rhe European
nion i rhe fasrc r-growing
King' academics are among a group of Europc's rop cardiologisrs who are a e ing generic facrors contriburing Page 1
[() the thickening of anerial wall\ leading [() hean anack .
Clence pa t, pre ent and futur
The e'l.cellence of King' re'l.carch ha'l. al
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led to a \"ariety of inrerna(lonal
collahoration funded
h~
compame
and in'l.tiwtion in the L" .. \. the Far Ea'l.t and in de\eloping counrrie'l.. The e include: - the e,tabli hmenr of daraha,>e'l. on cm ironmemal pollution. narural re'>ouree'>. indu,rrial
aeti\'it~
and \\"a te
di,posal under the aU'l.pice of the l'nited :"ation, En\"ironmem Programme. -an analY'l.is of the role of Japane'l.e
ne\\ religiou'> mo\emenr'l. in the creation of a ne\\ work-ethic and the 'l.pread of Japanese culrure in the \\'e,>t, I,atin ,\merica and outh East ,\sia. - a research and rraining programme examining regional security i'>sues
College staffolld '<:isitors pllt their heads together at SET95
acro'>'I. the world in the afrermath of the Cold \\'ar. - the developmenr of a gold recovery process u ing bacteria ro release the metal locked in ide inrracrable ores. This led to the launch of a commercial project in
usrralia in 1994.
King's ha a long history of wclcoming inrernational ,>rudenr , with Archbishop Desmond Tuw and Sir Shridath Ramphal among its wellkno\ n alumni from the Commonwealth. The
ollege also
teaches shon professional de\'elopment cour e for teachers and other profes ionals for overseas governmems, the Bntlsh CouncJ! and the Over eas Developmenr The
gency.
ollege believe its currenr
one in five overseas srudenrs
t the end of :\Iarch King\ joined in the count~路-\\ ide activities for SET95 :"ational Science, Engineering ~Technology \\'eek, producing a programme of exhibitions, lecrures, di play and hands-on activitie , including talks on Fenllat"s last theorem and RI'fI/~1' misillg st(lIIdtllt!s; an exhibition on thc iglus and sounds of the world of electronic, and technology in the humanities. The Schools of Education, Humanities and Physical ciences & Engineering, together with depanmenrs at King's College Hospital, were the main pani ipant .
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As part of the week's activitie the uccessful Radio Day, which included commemorating ir Ed\\"ard
ppleron,
\"heat tone Profes or of Phy ic at King
from 1924- 1936, \\ho wa
o\"er one-third of the College'
awarded the :"obel pril.e for hi pan in
o\"er ea swdem population coming
the di
from ELl countries.
plaque wa largely funded by the
cove~'
of the inono phere, The
Instirution of Elecrrical Engineer and the Institute of Physics, and was
displayed by the College for period ofjit'e
ul1\'eiled by Professor 1\laurice
yet/rs. See page IJ for il/stmrtiolls
\\'ilkins; the ceremonv was attended
ref;ordillg its IIsoge 011 stotiollery.
b. the Principal and former colleagues of ir Edward. and also by his
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daughter, :\Irs Rosalind
ppleton
Collin
the ul1\"eiling of a plaque
represenr an appropriate mix of
掳
SET95
Depanment of Phy ic hosted a \'ery
o\er cas and home studems, with ju,>t
The Qlleen 's tI ~:ortl emblem may be
The Appletoll plaque, IIlIveiled dll17l1f; the College '.I prof;ramme ofor/i'(}ities for
A plash of colour wa added by the green-fingered :\Ir Clea~' \\ ho ro e ro the occasion \\ ith a beautiful di,>play of flower in the container beneath the site of the plaque. nne Robin on, School of Physical Sciences <f Engineering
Student profile tatI'tIc for 1994
T
e follo\\ in u i a di,ge t of un oc pre enred [() the College Commmee In larch and drJ\\ n from the College' rew [Cl the Higher Educa[lon uti [lC \genn (HE -\). It \\J complied b\ the wdenr J)J[.j .\nJI\'1 eC[lon of the Re!!.1 tf\. and ... hc)\\ the College (Including the. 'igh[lngale In Iwte) a it \\a In Decembcrl99-1.
Thc wtal wdenr population
\\'3,
11.730,of\\hom ,127 \\ere undergraduatc,. ,'e\ emecn per cent of rud~ ing
under2;rJduJtc : 24 per cent of tudcnt clllllto tht:: 21 to 2-1
Gender
remJlIllllU t' per Lent \\ ere
--I per cenr of JII "CL wdenr \\ere
female ..-\Ithou 'h there \\ ere about
p:m time, and of
S
Thl \\J the lir t ~car in \\ hich the College \\ a required
anention by the intcrnational \\'orld of mUSIC. 'The strongly \'isual po\\'er of hi., mu,ic - he him.,c1f names Paul Klee a, hi., real wwr - eharaeteri.,e., in particular hi., operatic OUtput. If in earlier \\'orks hc took hi., bearing more from medieval music, he no\\ inerea.,inllh prefer., cyclic and riwali.,ed .,equence., a., hi., ornamenral-linear form of expression, revealing the trained c1arineti.,t and his love for Stra\ in.,ky. The 'par.,eness and preci.,ion of hi., musical language also points at an
collect thi
.,tati tie. and information wa not J\-ailable for about J fifth of thc tudcm
the l' K. Seven per cem \\ere frOIll El'
population. The informa[ion that \\a., a\ailable hc)\\ed 6 per ent of .,tudent \\erc \\ hite and 32 per cent non-\\ hite.
3 per cem of ,wdenr \\ ere under 21. and all but n of the.,e \\ere
\ClTcuit.ltion for the 'lhool of I-.dl I tlClI
affinit~
\\ith .\nton \on \\'ebcrn.
'Hi, uncoO\ cmional manner of
w Rir[\\ i.,r1e\ oeUHe. \\ ith
dc\ c10pment is watched with gro\\'ing
to
coumrie,. Age
Foundation in :'-Iunieh. Thi, i., referred [() in the German pre'>'> a, the ;'\:obcl Prize for mu,ic. Sir Harri,on rqlfe ...enr, the late,t link in a chain that began \\ ith Benjamin Brinen and include., composers as diverse as Oliver r-.lessiaen, Pierrc Boulez, Ellior Carter, \\'iwld Luwslawski and Leonard Bern'>tein. The citation for Sir Harri,on states:
compo.,er, of our time, \\'ho,e ani,tic
or Cl\ cr.
undergraduate. there \\ere 'iU more
approaching a compo...itional problcm b~
most independenr and original Briti . . h
r
more thJn half of thl bncr
male than female po.,tgraduatl:.... Domicile
ft.:cenrl~ a\\'arded the Ern't \ on Siemen, \Iu,ikprei, b~ the Siemen'>
'\\'e arc thus honouring onc of the
brad..t::(. Jnd thc
group ( 1.4' 1) \\ ere undergraduate. Ethnicity
International prize for Birt\\ istle ir Ilarri,on Birm i tic. Ilenf\ Purcell Profe.,.,or of (;ompo,ition in the J)epartlllem 01':'- lu.,ic. \\-a ...
-Iightl~
a~e
1.000 more female than male
1 per cenr of the ,wdem, \\'ere from
Student numbers
,rudenr... \\ ere
the e mOft.: than half \\ eft.: po tgraduan.: .
diffcrent routes lend., a crcati\ e unre,t rationalit~
and emotion enrering into a productive '~mbio,i.....
T
he Teachcr Training :\genc~
ha~ appro\ cd "ing's College \ application for accreditation a., a pro\ ider of initial training for chool [cacher,. Sincc the introduction of the ·J~I.\. all imtitutiom have had to appl~
for accreditation in ordcr [Cl prO\ idc cour,e., that lead to Qualified Teachcr Statu., - the agency i., re.,pomible both for a\q1fding accreditation, and in liai~Cln with OFSTED, for en.,uring the cour,e~ meet \\ ith the Secretary of State for Education', critcria.
T
hc quali~ of teaching in the Depanmem of r-.lu,ic was rated 'excellent' after an
assessment \·i.,it b~ the II E FeE between 20 and 23 \Iarch. Among the feawres of the Department' teaching \\ hich the a."e .,or., commended \\ere: • clear aniculation of aim, and
The as.,e~~or., were less impressed \\'ith the physical conditions in the Department. At the cnd of this e.\erci ...e, the College's
tal1~
of asse.,sments \tand.,
as follo\\ s: • Excellent: Geograph~, Hi~[()~, La\\ and \Iu.,ic
objecti\'es at the ,tan of a session
• Sati~facwry: Chemi t~·, Computing
• challenging. authoriwti\ e contem.
Science, Engli.,h, ',fanagement.
underpinned by currcnt .,cholar.,hip
\ lechanical Engineering.
• a \'arie~' of teaching method.,
The Excellent/ .,ati facto~·/
• deft management of acti\ ities,
un.,ati.,facw!"y cla\,ifications \\ere
~ho\\
di.,wntinucd from
ing a wcll-planned agenda
pril. For thc nC'\t
• good dialogue with .,tudents, e\en in
round of as.,c~ ment, there \\ ill be a
relati\'cl) large group.,
,imple a",e'>'>ment of whether an
• clear handout material and good u...e of
institution \ provision is
mu~ic.:al examplc~
not, with a profile of .,e\'cral clement',
• percepti\'e and .,timulating diseus.,ion
each of which will be graded on a scale
of corn posi tion.,.
of I to-l.
satisfac((J~'
or
Black Sea course
Careers education update T
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n aurumn 199.- the L' ni\ er~it~
Physic~
Career~ Sef\'ice
Education Project
embarked on a project funded by the Department of Employment in which career~ coun elling i imegrated into the curriculum. Topics covered depend on the subject and year. but include:
1II(lhllK lite mosl oj)'ollr 1;1111' (1IIIIIk·fI:,;ly. see):;II/( 'i..'({ral;oll 'W·01f:. w.'ltal do WYldll(lleS ;11 111.1' slIbjet! do! resl'({rth;IIK 0P/JOI!IW;I;es. ",.'ltal employers looljor, prodlll";IIK effn!;f..'e job ({ppl;ral;olls, preparillKjor ;lIlffV.:;I"UC·S se~~ion~
on ",,·ltal
employers look jor;1I gradll({les wc ha\'e in\'oh ed employers (alumni, where pos ible) to demonstrate the skills they are looking for and the ways in which these skills can be de\'eloped at uni\'ersity. It sometimes comes as a surprise to
like \'our
student that many employers arc
less concerned with the subject studieu than with the quality of the euucational experiencc. Many employers explicitly state that the\' expect that certain knowleuge and per onal transferable skills will be fully integrated into the curriculum, such as:
o""'armess ojlite 'a!'{){id oj"':Olf:, elfet!;,,:e rommllll;cal;oll skill, I;me m{III1'1Kemelll let/Ill shl/s. problem SO/V;II/(
thi~
~tudel1[s [()
year. \\'oulu ~ ou
rake part in
1995-6' \\'e ha\e alreauy recei\ ed a number of e,pre~~ion~ of interest and thi~ i~
JUSt a final call for bid.
\I
hich
must be recci\ed by mid-June. If you arc
intere~ted plea~e
call me on ext
2616or4416ordropmealineinthe Careers Office at the Strand
Campu~.
Similarly. please contact me if you \\'ould like
alld ollter selerl;oll pmredllres For example. in
rook part in the Career
copie~
of the
~ort
of
information careers ad\'iser, recei\'e about
employer~' attitudcs
ro
~kills
de\'clopcd in HE. A rele\ant paper i.
Roles jor Gradll({leS ;11 lite Tvullly-F;rsl Cet/IIII)'. This is published by the Association of Graduate Recruiter (AG R) who arc currentl\' preparing
Shl/sjorGmdllales;1I Iltl' 7r,!"f{lly-F;rsl Celllllry \\'hieh \\ ill look at the way HE i . and should bc, responding [() the needs of employers in terms of personal transferable skills. Ineidentally, the Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Careers Education Programme is Roly Coekman, the Secretary of AGR.
The areas of interest range from Economy &: \Ianagement. Ecolog\' Sea
Resouree~ [(l
e
Ad\-anced &: .\pplicd
Science and Peace Diplomacy. The fee for
mo~t
cour es is L'S 500, \\ hieh
includes meals, lodging, course materials and a trip
to
Dracula's castle
in the Carpathian mountains. The deadline for applications is tWO weeks before the start of each seminar. The Press
~
Publications Offic<.:
has information about some of the seminars. For further details of courses. please eontact i\larian Pope. cu, 50 Prima\'erii Boule\-ard, Bucharest 1, Romania, tel 401 22241
IH, fax 4012232619.
'ue Dirmikis Senior Careers
he Black ea L'ni\crsit~ Foundation. a nongO\ ernmental. non-profitmaking organi,ation based in Romania, is offering a \'ariery of summer cour cs for pO~tgraduates. The multinational institution wa~ e~rabli~hed in 1992 and rhe ~hort-term cour~es arc targeted at the pecific need~ of the region.The Black Sea L'ni\er~it\' aim~ to bring tOgether international specialists and the European L'nion, L·l"ESCO. LSE, Cambridge. Columbia, and Tokai LJni\ ersities arc amongst the teaching anti research institutes participating in the BSL' \ummer ~eminars.
d\'i er
Correction
Student from Biological Science Biochemistry, Chemistry, Em'ironmental 'cience, Law and
Kennedy Scholarships ames Thra\'es a third-\'ear student in the Classics Department, studying Classical rudies with -:.ngli~h, ha been awarded a highlysought-after Kennedy Scholarship to enable him to study comparative literature at Har\'ard for a year. In 1993 James won the King's College Scullard Pril.e for C1as~ic~ and Theolog~.
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Christopher Greenwood, a former student in the English Department, now srudying for a Ph D at Trinity College Cambridge, has also bcen awarded a Kennedy scholarship.
n the last is ue of CO{{{{{{l'IIl it \\'as stated that the new practice rooms in the \Iu ic Department were funded by the De\'elopment Fund. Thi \\"a~ incorrect; the rooms were in faCt paid for out of general College funds.
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con\er\'arioni,r\ from a range of project\ in .\frica, ;\,ia and Europe. J lI't1n Dillon ~chool
of Ed ucation
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cien<.:<.: i\ rhe rheme of the ne'\r edition of The X~·s, "ing\ maga/ine for ,i'\th former. 1n thi, i"ue (publi\hcd in '<.:ptemberl \1 e aim lO communicare the benefit, of \rud~ ing \<.ience al unin:r,ity. Thc maga/.inc" cOlllem i, ue,igned lO appeal ,pecifieall~ lU a 16 and 17 ~<.:ar olu audience. In parricular lIe wanr [() eliminale
young \rudenr,' mi\conceplion\ Ihat
carl:cr opportunirie~ for ,cil:nce graduale, arc limireu compareu \1 irh tho,e of rheir peer,
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the humanitil:'
anu la\l. 1ri, planneu rhar 'l'h,' .\'~'J \1 ill feawrc profile, of ,wdl:nt, anu alumni 11
Griffiths the Qualit
irh further contriburion, from \mff. Intere,red colleague\ are rcq lIe'tcd
[() contact Richard Claa, in Exrernal Relation'> on 017 J - 72 3050.
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rofe"or Richaru Griffjrh,. Ileau of the Department of French, ha, been ele(;reu for a further t\1 o-year rl:rm a\ a ~!Cm ber of rhe Iligher Eduearion Funding Council for \\"ale" anu a\ Chairman of ir~ Qualir~ ,\"es,menr Commitree.
In the news Richard O\路ery. Profes or of \ lodern I1 i~tory, \\ rote an article for a Sl/lIdal'
Times upplemem on how Hitler \I a~ defeated by
hi~
own madnes , :lnd
how, if Germany\
force~
had not been
under his comrol. the outcome could
Cemre of \lcdical f.a\\ and Ethic.
the 'uffielJ Council on Bioethics,
ask~
\\ hich proJuceJ the report. He aid
can a woman' body be used for
the ake of another person: 'he quote
that British la\\ \\as opaque at be ton
the case of a \\ oman \\ ho \I"as recently
the legal status of human tissue anJ
forced to ha\e a Caesarean \\ hen it appeared
~he \\a~
going [() die. The
hospital obtained a court order and she was taken inw theatre against her \I路ill.
\\ hether it can be regarded a property. and that \\e are ha\'ing to use \'ictorian precedems about boJy
~tealing w
try'
[() fa hion an understanding of the
hl\\
at the enJ of the 20th centllry,
ha\'e becn \'erY differcnt. Follo\l ing the lligh Court and Court The meaning of \'icwry in connection \\ith the heads of state meeting in flyde Park was the subject of a discussion on \\'orld Sen'ice Tele\ ision. in which Brian Bond, Profe~sor of
:-'Iilirary Hiswry, [(Jok part.
[0
'W.
\\ hose father sought a court ruling that
An article in the GI/ardiall about ht:althy
the Health. \lIthority should be
eating, (\\ ith special reference to
ordered
prunes). memioned a speech by Dr
to
prO\ idt: resources for the
treatment \\ hich \\ CHild be her last
\Iichael \.'elson, Lectllrer in \.'utrition.
ehance of sun i\ al. fan Kenned\'. Head
in \\ hich he catalogued the appalling
Profe~sor of
\Iedieal Law and Ethies, was
programme marking the 50th anni\ersary included film of King's the end of the \\ar
in 19-15 and parading Reggie dCl\\ n the
inten iewed on .\'{'fC'slIiKh/ and Radio -l's
state of ehildren's eating habits and ugge~ted
that eating prunes could
impro\c it.
The lI'orld This lI'eeJ:md. Kristina tern, Lecrurer in \IeJieal Law, [(Jok part in a
Strand.
lItr1t1on
the 10-\ear old leukaemia sufferer
of the Sehool of La\\ and
Footage of \'E Day shcm non
stlldem~ celebrating
of Appeal judgements relaring
discus~ion
ShOt'::.
on RaJio 2's Brirlll f!ayes
re~ponJing
w members of the
Joctor~'
\'ie\\s on the case.
:\n article on using patches to hclp you lose \leight in CoslIlopolitall maga/.ine \\as gi\ en short thrift by Tom Sanders. Profe~sor of
Nutrition, who called the
Science Week
publie and
The Radio Day evem was featured on
Andrew Grubb. DirectOr of the
the World Sen"ice's Sriel/{'(' ill ,V/ioll
CJ\ I L&E. and Professor of Health
lie was abo ealled upon to explain the
programme. Or :-'Iike Ho"\ ill, Reader
Care Law, wrote an article for The
grO\\ th in functional, or 'smart'. food in
in Biophysics, explained the Radio
Times on li\'ing wills ('adnlnce
the Dail)' ,lfail. It is defined as food
direeti\'e~' \\
derived from narural ingredienrs \\ hieh
patche, a waste of time and money.
Day activities and the work of former eminem members of taff, \\'heatswne and Appleron. Chief
Re~earch
h ich express a person's
\I ishes regarding medical treatmem
are eaten e\'ery' day and have a
~houlJ
particular function
they become unable [() make deci~lon
) III ad\ ance of a
~uch a~
pre\enrion
of J i~ea ~e, rt:co\ cry. from d i ease or
Technician \Ir Julian Greenberg's
their own
\oice \\"a heard announcing a special
working part\' report consiJering their
conrrol of mental or physieal
radio station at the College.
legal statll .
conditions. He doubteJ the functional food phenomenon and thought it was
The e\'cm and the
Ull\
eiling of a
plaque to Appleron were the
~ubjcct of
an article in the Radio Comllll/llim/ioll maguine.
He was also mentioned in an article in the Yorkshire Post on the first national computeri~ed D\.'. \ database. lie pointed out the ci\ il liberties issues O\er the use of D\.'A databases and the storage of D\.'A samples.
l\Iedieal ethic Following a report that human tissueAn article in the IlIdepf1ldf1l/ examined the ethies of keeping a profoundly brain damaged woman ali\e
Page 6
~o
her
eells. blood and
organ~ - i~
not a
commodity and hould neyer be bought and sold. Professor Kennedy
bab\ could be born. Pat \\路abh.
wa~
Lectllrer in \Iedieal Ethics. in the
national ne\\ spapers
\\ idely quoted in many of the a~
a member of
more of a marketing gimmick. Data had yet
to
be produceJ which showed
hO\\ these fooJs affect d i ease. The
f)ai~)' .lfail also
reported on the
dangers of slimming drugs and the Go\ernmenr's deeision to ban them. Donald 0:aismith, Emerirus Professor of ~utrition and Dietetics, welcomed the mo\ e and said that the drugs rarely helped people needing
to
lose weight.
of uni\ 31 under 2' \\ eek are \ Irruall~
() t'1t: u.:m Dr Perer \Io()re. Re:lder In
EClJlo~.
Lero and i 'rhe b3b\ \\ ere
\\ a John [)unn' .:ue r on hI e\ enin~
rhe thance
pro~r:J.mme on
e"rremel~ hl!~h.
3bour l:enr
0
R3dl 2. He ralked
unl\ e
(CJ
h:lndll:ap \\fluld be
0
RadiO
-- dg 'in~
di' erent nC)\\ er g'l\ e clff l:ent ar
I itnL
di "erent f1me of (b~.
The re earth of I)r l-.nlll\ Grund~. Reader In onal Gef()ntolo~, fearurcd
L\ me dl e3 e. a rick-borne InfeulOn.
1I"01l/(/1I',
Rl'll!m arriclc on li\ ing ro
be WO, Her work ha
ho\\ n rhar
\\ a rhe ubjeu of reatkr .
phy ical firne\ \\ a \ er') much
corre pondence in rhe Dai~\ Telt'f!.mplr.
as oeiared \\ I[h happine\\ and well路
Or LIff~ Good\er. Lecrurer in
being in old age.
Pharmac~.
rhem~el\e
\\ irh a
DEET repellenr and w ruck rheir
1()O
not
Profe~~or of. 'ocial
Geronrology and Direcwr of rhe :\~e
rrou er\ inro rheir ock'l.
Concern I nqirure of Geronrology.
I AI\ t: ll1d m.lrri.l!!,c
appeared on Radio -l\ Todfl.\'
Should rhe 'rare gO\ cm your ICI\ e life:
programme ralking abour centenarians,
Thi\
\\3~
rhe
~ubjecr of an
arritle
She also \\ rore a fearure for
Care on relecommunicarion
\\ nrren b~ Conrad RU'l\ell, I'rofe\\or of
(.011/1///11111)'
Briri~h
rechnology \\ hich she ugge red could
Iliswr'). for Cosl//opoli/all. lIe
ke~
w independent li\ ing for
q ue\rioned \\ h~ rhe GCI\ ernment
be rhe
conrinue\ (() prom ore rhe idea rhar
di\abled people in rhe fururc.
on I) marriage can a\e
Or :'\Ialcolm :'\laden, Reader in
\rilliam Bradbeer. Profe,\or of BoraIl\.'
Experimental Embr')ology, appeared on
wa\ called upon ro comment on rhe
.\'t'Y1!'S
a/ Ten discu\sing hi work on rhe
regenerarion of limb\ and orher organ\ newr~
wafred oyer rhe sourh of England. lIe
of rhe body in
wa\ q uored in rhe Fillflllrial Till/es,
and rhe impliearions for rhe
Dai~1'
of reawakening rhis porential in
and \alamanders,
local newspapers, and was able ro
so rhar in rhe furure ir
reas~ure
ro regenerare human
reader\ rhar ir wa nor harmful
ma~
po~~ibiliry
be
human~
po~~ible
limb~.
and was probably slurry used a, ferrili er by Dureh
Back to (ht: blackboaru
farmer~.
The Engineering Council's reporr on
Prcmawrt: birch
rhe srandard of marhemarics of
The rragic l:ireumsrances of rhe dearh
undergraduare engineers \\"as discussed
of a premarure baby were widel~
on Radio 5\ l-,duca/ioll,lIatlers, in which
reporred. The baby wa\ born -l
hour~
\horr of a 2-l-\\eek gesrarion guideline used by rhe Central 110 piral
(C)
~Iiddle~ex
help doerors judge wherher
a baby i 'viable'.
ruarr Campbell,
~Iargarer
Brown, I lead of rhe School of
Eduearion and
Profe~sor of
:'\ larhemaric Educarion, rook parr. he was aho quored in Tire Times on rhe re\'i\'al of rradirional reaching
Professor of Obsrerrie and
merhod~ in
Gynaecology ar KCS~IO, said in rhe
Commenting on research carried our ar
Daily Mail rhar mosr ho piral have a
King' and rhe In rirure of Eduearion,
policy of nor rrearing babies born
she aid rhar a new culrure
before 23 or 24 week, because rheir
developing, wirh reachers moving away
lung, were generally nor sufficienrly
from child-centred
developed ro
su~rain
life. The chance,
programme Tire En 'Ii Ir
(ad. nre. "'har do modern mU~lt-a1 performer do \\ hen <.la \Ical
rhe~
imprm I e cadenL;l\
concerro~?
III
"'har did
performer of pasr do: \\'har \\ as rhe origin of rhe cadenLa. and \\ har ha
rare primary
Radio 3'5 .Ilusir .lIat/ers. in \\ hich Or Chri\wpher \\'inrle, Senior Lecrurer in ~I u
ic. rook parr.
\Ii..,..,ik p.let :\ ne\\, irem in Tire Tim
~ehools.
wa~
approaehe~ ro
learning, popular since rhe
~'reporred
rhar
\\'esrern intelligence agencie 'luspecr rhar
Lib~ a
and I ran ha\'e agreed ro co-
operare in dc\ eloping long-range balli\ric mi\,ile" Dr :'\Iarrin 0:a\ ias, highl~
\'ulnerable (() a
pre-empri\ e rrike if ir arrempred ro
'-,omt:thing in tht: air
,I/ail, TodflY and a number of
r
Libya \\ould be
I "imb rcgt:ncr,Hion
recenrl~
IC
Leerurer in War Srudie\, aid rhar
~ocicr~.
rarher unplea ant smell \\ hieh
\Iu
were ome of rhe quesrion debared on
OU t
:\nthea Tinker.
III
been ir fare in our own rime: These
ad\ i~ed \\ alker\ in high ri\k
3rea\ ro prorecr
Da\ Id TrendelJ. Le<:rurer
and College Organi\r. comnbured ro
flo\\ er 3nd \\ h\
In a
III iL31 inrcrllldc
1960~.
deploy
mis~ile~
wirh a 600-mile range.
Ilowe\'er, rhere had been co-operarion in rhe pasr berween Iran and Libya.
From grccnhou,>t: gas to flJcl Da\'id Hall, Professor of Biology, commented on a projecr reporred in
,\'e-芦!'Srien/is/ which claimed ir may be possible ro combar global warming by eOIl\'erring rhe main greenhou e ga into a fuel. He belie\'es ir will only have a furure if catalysr, arc de\'eloped ro work \\ irh a broader ~pecrrum of lighr.
, ro"ic
"'pra~
John Gorrod, Re,earch Profe sor and Profe sor of Biopharmaey. wa interviewed on
ky rele\'i ion abour
rhe relarive roxieiry and effeers of rhe use of anti-per~onnel aero ols which arc now being inrrodueed for use by rhe police.
Which school? Tire Times Educa/ional SU/Jplnnen/ reporred rhar increa ing numbers of urban (parricularly middle-cia ) parents Page 7
In the news
BT dialogue in the dark
(romilllll'd from prf'i.:i()/{.i page)
didn't quite panic but I did ha\e a 'iinking feeling about being left behind. \Ia~' \OIce PH)\ ided me "ith m~ lifeline. I kne\\ thar if I could keep within ear hot of \Ia~ I would be able ro get out. In the bar area \\ hen the group follo\\ ing mine came in. that \\'3 \\ hen I reali.,ed I needed to listen \ er\' carefull~ in order to reaeh the outside. There \\ a'i J lot more noi e \\ ith all the ne\\ \ oice'i, People bru~hed pa.,t me and I \\'a'in't 'lure if thc~ \\ erc in my group. I ,tarted to feel a bit anxiou'i at that moment.
Jre looking [() the uburb, JmJ be\oml econda~
for their children'
.,chool" It
nored that appeal; again.,t allocauon of ,ec()Ilda~
place ha\'e more than
doubled in fi\'e
year~.
Stephen Ball.
Profe .,or of Education, .,aid that \\orking-ehl"~ familie
\\ere concerned
\\ ith .,cnding their children \\ hile
locall~.
middle-cla~se., exploit
parental
preference.
Terrorism
10
The pre\ iou, area \\ e had been in
the lIS
The Oklahoma bombing dominated the new., for in La\\'.
da\'~
\\"a~
and Conor Gearty. Reader
called upon
comment on the po
ibilir~
of it being a
Ameriean~,
home interior. Ilere \\e could
negoriate around the '1'\' \\ ithour
potentiall~
lethal until you had a good
mental model of \\ here e\'erything \\'a plaeed.
Cro~
~eetion
had been a bit of a joke until
ing the road in rhe treet
was lucky that the car
TeleRraph
recommended ignoring what it ays on your birth certifieate - your real age
as it blared a\\ay. \\'e all
one of our group bumped into a car. It
As old as you feel Dai~\'
;1
ageh- agreed that the kirehen could be
to
terrorist attack and the effect that \\ould
An artiele in the
\\ as
difficult~
b~ man~
national and regional ne\\ "paper,
have on
I
i~
a matter of how you feel. Ilarold
wa~
the ok, of our ,hoc: li,tening for a gap in the traffic: \\orking out \\ hlch \\'a~
\\ a 'tralght ahead: crn 'illlg \\ hile
li tening for traffic 'irarring up again would be ok if it \\ ere routine. \Ye had come ro the road through the park. . mell of gra.,."
C\
ergreen and the
fre,hne 'i of the air around \\ ater to enjo~
enabled U'i
the open "pace.
We kno\\ it \\'a., open beeau e \\ e didn't feel the reflected heat from the \\'all., vou get in enclosed spaces. The
Ro~al
:-':ationallnstirute for
the Blind in conjunction \\ ith Briti,h Telecom
11<1\
e ill'>talled a serie., of
rotally black spaces underncath the Queen Elizabeth Hall. You can \ i.,it the installation between 13.00 and I .00 on :\Iondays and Friday and 10.00 to 1 .00 on .
atllrda~
sand
Sundays up to 1 June. chool of Educarion staff ha\'e contributed to thc projeet.
.,tationarv
and that he bumped into it and nOt the other way round. Fecling the .,ruds on
Dr :\ lartin
~ lonk
School of Ed ueation
the pa\cment at the cros'iing through
Baum, Professor of Biochemistry, is coehair of the Real Age Initiati\'e \\'hieh has been set up to collate the results of test~
- for memory, fitness le\'els, rhe
working of \'ital organs, ete, and put
Continuing Education Programme 1995 - 6
rhem on a seientifie basis. He hope., e\ entually that when applying for a job, you state not your date of birth, but your functional age,
upplemenrs for smoker Profe~
or Baum's speeeh ro the
Edinburgh
cienee Fe'iti\'al \\'as
reported in the Scotsmall, lie said that mokers eould reduce their chanccs of dying from emphysema by eating well and taking supplements and that e\'idenee had shown that anrioxidanr \'itamins may ha\'e a protecti\'e effeet on the lungs.
Page H
T
he Continuing Edueation t'nit i'i planning to publish the 1995-6 programme for the next academic year at the end of June. Please let me have information
regarding all e\'ents other than undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, (e.g. all
~horr
courses.
conferences, ete.l, pro\ ided rhere is a fee
to
be gi\路en. Form~
ha\'e been
AdministratOr, and
to
~ent to
Sehool
all D partment,
with entrie., in the current programme. \Ye \\ ould like all entrie by the end of 5 June please. If there are queries please ring the Continuing Education t'nit on ext
305.- /6
attend. It does not matter if
derails ha\'e not been finalised - e\en
Robin :\1 urray
dates and price'i can be omitted and be
DirectOr of Continuing Education t'nit
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funding.
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to
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\ isiting Profes or in F oren IC Clence
T
ern. Cough ha~ rccend~ been appoimed \'i iring Profe~~or in Foremic 'cience. lie ha~
Committee on Science and Techn(JI():;~ (Foren
ic \,iencel and
come [() rhc Colle,gc from rhl:
rhe Ro\al Comml~.,ion on Criminal
Laborarory of rhe Go\ernmem
J u riLc. Ilc i., a Fell()\\ of rhe R(J~ al
Chemi~r \\
. oclt;r~ of Chcmi.,r~ and a membcr of
hl:re he \\ a Ilcad of rhc Foremic and Cu~rom~ Di\ i~ion. \\ hich
rhe Forcn.,ic . 'cience
prm ide'> sciemific '>upporr [() Cu'>rom'> and Polil:e ,>en'ice." lie rrained a an
ocier\. Hi main
role ar King\ \\ ill he ro en ure rhc cominuing high profile of Foren.,ic
anal~ rical
chemisr and obrained hi., dcgrec from Brunei L'ni\'er.,iry in 196-1, lie complered hi., Ph D rhrcc
Scicncc rhrough rhe exi ring \ISc
fir~r
COli r.,c.
rh rough research and
dc\'c!opmcm acril'irics, by liai'>on with
\ car'> larcr and in 19 0 \\a., a\\ arckd a DSc for hi., \\'ork on rhe dl:rccrion of
appropriare GOI'Crnmem
carcinogenic compound,> in rhe
and orhcr oLJ[.,ide bodie.,. lie hope'> [()
en\ ironmenr.
e,>tabli.,h a netllork of conracr'> wirhin
:\Iueh of hi., career ha'> bccn in gm ernmem '>en ice. borh pracri'>ing
~ciemi.,r
a~
\\ ould bc plea~cd to hear from anyone a'> a
\C,U.,
'>cienrifie ad\'iser ro a major L'K l:ompany and
~ome
rime
0\
King\ in rhe coming momh., and
a
and a'> an
admini.,rraror. He spcm r\\o
deparrmem~
~cienrifie
papcr'>. hold~ r\\ 0 parem.,
and ha'> conrribured [() .,e\ eral rexrbook, on
er.,ea,>.
anal~ rical
chcmi.,rry, He
i., ediror/aurhor of Th/' .llla~\路si.r 01 DI'II~s
parricularly in . ourh Easr Asia and
.l/l11s/' publi~hed
:"orrh America. as ad\'i.,cr ro
\ lore
go\'crnmems.
recenrl~
b~ \\'ile~
in 1991.
inrcre.,rcd in rhe foren.,ic application of rheir \\ ork. Hc can be comacred ar rhe Srrand Campu.,. Room 2C. Che~ham
Building. \IBB or on
e'\rcmion 260 I,
he has gi\'en c\'idence
[() rhe Hou.,e of Lord., Selccr
He ha published mer 100
Danish guests offer reciprocal visit
I
n I\larch King's pla~ed hm,r ro a parry of ,ccrerarial sraff from rhe
L1ni\'ersity of Aalborg in Dcnmark 0, Thc grou p \\'as led by onc of thc L'ni\路er.,irv\ Lecturers in English \\ ho ha'> bccn helping rhe admini'>rrari\c '>taff ar ,\alborg ro dc\ clop rhcir u'>c of thc English language, The group. \\ hich included "raff from thc Recror's Office. rhe Srudem.,路 L' nion. Cemral Adminisrrarion and \'ariou,> academic deparrmcm.,. had
cho~en
ro come ro King\ [() learn
abour rhe work of <;ecrerarial and admini'>rrari\e sraffin a L'K
uni\er.,ir~.
Each \ i.,iror spem a morning in an cqui\alem deparrmem
to
rhcir
0\\
na
\\ ell a, hearing a serie of .,horr prc.,enrarion., abour rhe Collegc. ,\alborg hale i sued an im irarion for a similar group from King\ Denmark. Any inreresr; Janinl: \I()f[on
Pagc I ()
to
li.,ir
Slaff11"0111 ,Ialoor:; ('IIi'L'I'I:fil)' ill Denlllarl: 'fJ!:no rI'(,I'II/~l' spenl 11 fl"iJC' days e.\pl'rifllriIlK life alld &'01'1: (11 Killf(S.
Or Haneef Fatlni organi,ing commirree of rhe annual
I
t wa\ wirh ad ne ~ that rhe Deparrment of Elecrronic e Elecrrical Engineering learned of
rhe death of Haneef Farmi on of April following a rroke on 21 \Iareh. Haneef \\a, rhe fir\r member of ~raff to be reeruired to rhe Deparrment of Eleerronics ar Chebea College \I hich he joined in 1%7. I Je recei\ cd hi, fi rsr degrec from
Jnrernarional Congre
miS'>ed. Perhap, his mosr enduring contriburion w hi field \\'as a definirion of inrelligence. '[he abiliry considered (() be disordered'. \\'hich \\'a,> formulared wirh R \\' Young, Jr I\'a, selecred by the Instiwte of Phy ies
rhe L'ni\'ersirvof"arachi in 1951 and
a, onc of [\\ 0 thousand enduring
afrer a period of rhree ) ear\ as a
Sl'IlCment, related (() cienee and
leerurer rhere became a Technical
rechnolog~. There
Liai\on Officer in rhe l' K Ci\ il
a\\ arenc'>\ of the implicarions of thi\
Scr.'ice, lie mOl cd on in 195 to carry
for the design of machines
i., an increa'>ing
our re\eareh ar rhe Deparrment of
ineorporaring intelligent control of
Electrical Engineering ar Imperial
s\ stem,.
Fe\\' of his
colleague~ reali~ed
rh is rime he had al
0
rhar b\'
qualified as a
barrisrer ar Lincoln' Inn. Haneefs PhD research. concerned \\'irh rhc rhcrmionic eon\'crrcrs of hear ro electrical cnergy using auxiliar.路 ion injccrion, led (() a
~
R DC Fello\\'sh ip
at Imperial and rhen (() a fellowship ar
AERE (I Ia 1'\1 ell), An imporrant
to
perceive order in a ,iwarion pre\'iou,l)
Ilis work as a teacher and
College and earned rhe PhD in 1961.
Obituaries
on C) bcrnerie,.
:'\amur. from \\'hich he \I'i11 be greath
researcher led w reeognirion b\ the 1nstinllc of Electronic
e EleCtrical
Engineers as a enior \Jcmber in 1994. \/ore reeemly Haneef broadened his
ill(eresr~
further by completing a
BA degree in t\lodern Languages raken pan-rime ar the l'ni\'ersiry of \\'estminsrcr. Dr Farmi had rhree grandehiluren
influence on Ilanecf \\'as Profe\sor
and lea\'e\ hi, wife Jffar, a daughrer
Deni. Gabor. rhe Nobel Prize winning
and r\\'o
in\'enror of holography. Ill' \\'a\ his
deepesr symparhy.
~on\ to
whom we express our
PhD supel'\ isor. Dr Farmi came (() Chelsea College
Profe\'>or Ganh S\\'anson
from Har\\'ell wherc hi\ intere.,[\ rurned ro evberncries. He \I'a\ conspicuousl\ \ucec sful in cnthusing swdenrs b()[h ar undergraduare and po rgraduare le\ cl \\ irh rhi, suhjecr \\ hich
1'1'0\
ided unu,ual in igh[s inw
[he nawre of informarion and [he eonrrol
of~ysrem\,
Hi\ part-rime \1. c
in rhe subjecr ran for man) \'ear\ anraering '>rudenr'> from a \\ ide range of background, and inrere\rs Haneef \\'a\ a \'erv aeri\'e member ofrhc cvbcrnerics communirv and \\'as a founder and somerime President of [he C\'berneries Socierv I\'hich honoured him in 1988 bv naming an annual lecwre The FUllIli '_('{'IlJre ill
Cybemetirs. lIe \\'a, a member of [he
Page J 1
lebratin
Da
Tin
urrey
t
Coml' dUf/{il/l!. (I - r): Bob RolJl'f1J. Jo .lIar. Jam" Stl'i:{~ul'. Gt'Of!Fl' .Ilarllll
T Staff news
he \ E Day celebrarion'> held ar rhe College Social Club In um:y 'rreer on 5 \la\ \\ ere a grear ~ucce~~. \mong~r rhe mam a[[racrion~ on rhe nighr \\ ere beer ar .-0 pence a pim. dancing and ~pam frirrer~..\ ~elecrion of phorograph~ taken ar rhe celcbra[lon arc curremly on di~play in rhe Club.
.\nnual College Dinner
T
he Annual College Dinner will rhi~ year be held on Thur~day 22 June in rhe Grear Hall, Srrand Campus. All member~ of ~raff are imired [() arrend rhe Dinner ro \\ hich colleagues \\ ho have rerired/are reriring during rhe currem aeademi year are in\ ired as gue r .
There ,Ire many orher soci,lI e\em planned for rhis year [() \\ hich all
~raff
arc \\e1t:ome. sce furure i\\lIes
of DUI/mm, for derails.
Sraffdi"clI'l"ion efello\\"hip grou p
T
he Dean, Revd Or Richard BlIrridge. wishes ,er up a
group for member, ofsraff. academic and non-academic. \\ ho arc Chri~rian\ or \\ ho are imere~red in religious or pirirual affair~ and \\ ho arc able [() meer from rime ro rime for discussion and fellow hip.
, herry and sofr drinks will be
A preliminary meering \\ ill rake
er-ed in rhe 'ouncil Room from
place in rhe Senior Common Room.
1 .30; Dinner \\ ill commence ar 19.00.
rrand on Tuesday 20 June ..\
The co r of rhe Dinner, including
~and\\ ich
sherl) and wine is ÂŁ 17.50. \\ hich is a
12.30 \\irh a formal dislu~~ion from
lunch \\ ill be a\'ailablc from
specially subsidised price. f f you \\ i~h
13.00 ro 13.00. The ropie \\ ill be rhe
ro arrend. please comaer \lichcle
\'alues of King's 'ollege London in rhe
Parsons.
dminisrrarive. h~i ram,
College. ecrerary \ Office, Cornwall HOll e by Friday 9 June 1995.
lighr of irs Chrisrian rradirion. nyone who i.
imere~red
in
coming along should comacr rhe Dean's Secrerary, Claire "'addell on exr 2333 ro enable carering arrangemenrs ro be made. F lIrrhcr derails arc available from rhe Dean exr 2063.
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,\rden Shake peare (Our
Dr Sail\' Bloomfield rally Bloomfield. ~enior lecturer in microbiolog\ in the Pharmac~ Departmem at KlIlg' College London. ha~ been a\1 arded the I5.000.00D\1 II~ giene pri/e from the Rudolf-. chulke Foundation in German~ for out... randing \Iork in the fic.:ld of microbiology.
D
The a\1 ard ...
eeremon~
\1 ill take
place on 23 June in Ilambllrg.
Catering news
T
he Catering Departmem i... announet: the appoimment of .\Ir Simon Fuller (0 the full-time po t of Clerical Oftict:r. Catering Sen ice . plea~ed to
Simon \\ ill be
ba~ed
in room 25B.
.\Iain Building.. trand Campu ... (e\.t 2359) \\ hieh will in future be kno\1 n
a~
Central Catering. He \\·ill act as my
F
ollo\\ing the laum:h of the Arden . hakespeare reported in the la t t:dition (.'rJllllllflll,
Proft: . . or Proudfo()[ ha '>ub'>equentl\ Jttcnded meeting,> of thc Shakespeare .\ ~ociation of .... merica held in Chicago from the 2,,-26 .\ larch Jnd thc Delltsche Shake,>peare Gescll'>chaft held in \\"eimar from 20 - 23 .\pril. The Chicago meeting saIl the official .\metican launch of the :'\e\1 Arden .. \t \\·cimar. ProfeS'>or Proudfoot \\a~ onc of a panel of editors \1 ho di'>cussed current i,>~ucs in the editing of Shakespeare. The \\'eimar meeting saw the German Shakespeare. ocier; reunited for the fir,>t time since the reunification of German\.
Portrait
Profe~sor
Tht: Earl Ru~sell of the Departmcnt of History ha~ been appointed a Tru~tee of the :'\ational Portrait Gallery.
P
rofe~~or
...c.:ererar\ and will undertake clerical and admini5trati\'e dlltie ... for the ~Iemorial
Department.
en Ice
Cu,wmers are reque,ted to continue to contact Campus Catering offices for school or derartment hospitality and function rcquests. although Ccntral Catering will of
mt:morial sen ice for Amhon\' Shadrakc will take place on 12 June at 12.00 in the College Chapel. All those who knew Anthony are welcome to attcnd.
A
cour...e be happy ro help and ad\·ise. Requests for conference catering at the Strand and for college catering ~c.:r\·ice5
,hould be made
to
the ne\1
Central Catering office. ,\bu
plea~c
note Central Catering
can now be contacted by fax 0171-H73 2303. Peter Hoffman College Catering Officer
College "ideo
T
he \'ideo is nO\1 al·ailable. It is a '>nap5hot of College life. pro\'iding an insight in to studving and li\'ing in London. a~ \I'ell a information about the L ni\'er,ir;' of London. The running time i~ approximately IS minutes.
erek Law. Director of Information Sen ices and y~tems. has been im·jted by the l\linister for 1\ationallleritage to crve as a member of the Library and Information Commi5 ion for three year5, and to be Chairman of the Commission'~ International Su bcommittee.
D
purpo~e
A
lea\ ing parr;' for the formcr College Chaplain. Father Philip Chester, was held on Frida~ 7 April. Philip, Il'ho has left to become \'icar of St .\Ianhe\\ 's Church, \\'estminster. received sel'eral gifts from fricnds and colleagues both at King\ and outside College, including a painting by Theology student, Angu5 .\Ja\·he\I'. \I'hich was pre ented to him on behalf of stlldent at King's.
l e of Queen's Award emblem
A
ll Schools/departmems of the Collegc arc entitled to display the cmblem for a period of five \,ears from the date of rhe award (ie from April 199~ - April 2000). The cmblcm (shown on page 1)
It is primarily for recruitment
Derek Law
Father Philip Chester
and by now all departmental
should appear in black on the bottom right hand corner of headed paper together \\ ith the Jatc and IegenJ . \\'e recommend that either new stationery i5 ordercd with the emblem or that existing ,>tationery is o\'erprinted by the Reprographics Unit who ha\'e the full pecification for it placement. Bromide of the emblem and an
admissions tutors should have recei\'ed
imtruction 5heet are a\'ailable from the
their copy. It II ill al\o be sent
Press cf Publication Office if you are
[Q
sclectcd school and Briti~h Council Offices overseas. If you requirc further copies.
using an external printing company. For ad\ ice on the u e of rhe emblem in other publications or
please contact the StlIdent
material
Recruitment Cl' Exchange5 Office on
PlIblication~
ext 003,
plea~e
contact the Press cf'
Office, Cornwall house
ext 3071 or 3074.
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Life after
ark
(lrn ',iall IloUllllli') ;:orJ:; illllrr (flllrw'
unforwnatel~.
a
1:..la'r Deportmml, bUI Iris .par. Itmr i
profit ha\e been made at all! [n
:pen! mallllalllill~ sometlrill(!, qUlle dijferml
to
thou/!;ht member of the College mi~ht be imere ted [() hear about a project I ha\ e been InHJl\'ed in for ome time, panicularly tho.,e \\ ho are \ egemrian or \\ ho ha\'e an imere tin em ironmemal issues.
-
The Hornbeam Emironmemal Cafe/Re~tauram is
Ccmre and Gannet a
communit~
busine
\Yaltham,w\\,
Ea~t
ba.,ed in
London, ] became
imoh'ed about three "ear, a/!;o \\ hen the building \\ hich no\\ hou,e, the Cemre was a \ irtually derelict old \\' I1 Smith \ swre, \Ye negotiated a lea'le from the local council and ,et about doing the place up. It wok nearly t\\ 0 years w get ,eem~
thing~ ~orred
OlH \\ hich
like a long time blH as 99 per
m~
volumeers in their pare time thi,
[O{)
man~
~O
per <.:em \olumeer taft
\\aiting table [()
m~
li,t 0 talem I,
The Centre aim., to offer a,
man~
en\ ironmenral sef\ ice., as po.,.,ible such a an en\'ironmemal library and
0
Engint.:ering ha,
produce a regular em ironmemal
electrics, paiming, tiling, flooring, earpetin/!;, earpemry - you name it, wc
parri<.ipation rate in the College \\ ith 34 propo,als coming from the. lhoo!'
initiati\ e , and are a mailing poim for
Potential
se\'erallocal groups.
technologle., in biomedicine and
lfyou arc imere'ted in finding out more about I [ornbeam or would like
to
get imol\ed in the project, please eomact mc. Or if you
fanc~
a delicious
\ egetarian meal (\\ hether you arc a meat eater or not) then \\ h~ not pop addres~
is:
else w do it then
your~ trul~
458 Hoe Street
public on 23 April 1994. The Cemre ha no\\ been open for almo t a year and through that time any
doe in its fir t year-
panicularly tho e in the catering trade, ['m
wld,
As a community business, any profits which are not ploughed back into the Cemre are used for other projects in the community and not for the personal gain of those involved, Our idea was that profits made from the cafe would be used to fund the environmemal side of the business;
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the late,t
th rough of earl~ \ucce.,., swrie\ although [he European Commi.,.,ion will not commit it,clf yCL Suffice
[0
,ay that there \hould bc a fc\\ happy ComplHcr Science' Not all deadlines ha\'e pas\ed -
London El 7
er ~Iobility Tel 0181-558 6880,
to
~etwork
apply for a under the Training
of Researchers (T I R)
Programme which is open
to
most
discipline\, Other programme
to
watch out for over the coming months
hectic pu h we opened the doors w the
so
to
tran'poft. Rumour, are filtering
Re carch
are Biotechnology, T:-.r R Research
weekends and evening, with a final
new bu ine
hcalrh and emironment,
thcre is ,till time
have a go, After working many
a~
range from ne\\
ad\ ance, In tclecommunication'> and
Walthamstow
would
we ha\e had our up and down
project~
e
people in Electrical Engineering and Cafe/Re~taurant
persuaded some poor wul w do it for nothing! If we couldn't find someone
cience~
the highe\t
local council on \ arious cm ironmemal
Gannets
Plastering, plumbing, drainage.
~ho\m
ne\\ letter and work \\ Ith and for the
wa~
no mean feaL
flurr: of aui\ J[~ througholH King' a man~ deparrmem, responded w the first deadline for propo ah. To date. proposal, ha\e been submitted to a \\ ide range of research programme,. The, chool of Physical
meeting rooms for local groups, We al
1,1<)4 \\ a pem \\ ainng tor the Eurupean C.ommi ion' Rc eart:h and Dc\ elopmem Programme, Frame\\llfk [\' to be launched, In complete t:omra t, 191,1- ha een a
1
fa~L
elf induded Cl" e no\\ added
along, The
cem of the work was done by
not
keep the pla<.:e going ha meam
u.,ing about
I
~ et
funding updar l~
Ho'U!: do you spendyour spare lime?
Training Grant" Telematic and
Ifyou are im:oked ill orlivilies 'U!:hirlr
funding for Central and
miglrl be of illleresl 10 ollrer members oflire
Europe.
College - ft'en
if Ilri')' are 1101 os ambilious
as Ihose desrribed Irere - 'idy 1101 fJ:'rile 01/
Ea~tern
For further details of all the. e programme, please comact:
al1ide for CommenL Geraldine Barr: Europcan \ larketing Executive KCL Enterprises, e t 3319.
The R F School of vlatlon ledicine (S
I)
!I/.llarrh. CO/IJ/lJ1'Il1 nlll/o/II/ud Ihf si/{l/illK
[he Eurofigh[er .2000. A a parr of [he
[he Royal Air Force \[edical Branch.
ofafol7l1o! assorialioll bf!'Ucffll Kil/K'S tllld
programme for adequate protection an ad\anced high G on er human
Their joinr work has had a profound influence on air-crc\\ safety,
centrifuO"e i w be insralled ar rhe , chool in rhe next fe\\ year. The h,uards of high al[iwde
panicularly on equipmenr concerned wirh re [rainr. escape and sUf\路i\路al. Once laborawf')' re earch ha been comple[ed ir i \ i[al ro carf')' our in-
Ihf R.\ F Srhoo! of.\r:iolioll Jiedirillf
(S.U!). Here ti,e CO/IJ/IJ(/lIdtllll.. \ir CO/IJ/lJodore TOIIY .\路irhol.wl/. desrri/les Ihe 'U."or!.: of Ihf Srhool.
T
he R.AF ',-\\1
i~
include rrofnund hypoxia and decompres ion sicknes , which occur as a re. ul[ of inadequare protection during a,cenr in aircrafr, 10'>'> of cabin
much
concerned wirh rhc arrlicarion of phy,>iolo~y w
a\路iarion. Ir carrie our acromcdical re,earch for rhc Defence Research A~enc\', and
is also re ronsible for rhe
iO\'e~rigarion of air
accidenrs,
,peciali,ed clinical in\ e,[igarion, of air-crew relared w [heir peculiar CO\ ironmcnr and an ex[en,i\'e po'>rgradua[e educa[ional programme. .\ccclera[ion wirh its associa[cd hal:ards has been a particularlv imporranr aspeer of a\ iarion rc'>carch .,incc rhe early days of manned flighr, and rhe School has al~o had a long
pressurization a[ alri[ude or ejection from a combat aircrafr. Knowledge of [he rhy,iologieal consequences of such exposures is essential co [he de ign of adequarc life '>uppor[ "ys[ems. \Iuch of [he re'>earch is conducred in high rerformanee hypobaric chambers in \\ hich [he subjecrs can be swdied under eondi[ion, of .,imula[ed high al[iwdc. bur [he work of[en iO\oh'es e ... perimenrs in-flighr. Currenr ideas of re. earch include [he iO\'es[iga[ion of [hc re. pirawf') and eirculawry effecrs of high breaching pressures and rapid
A\'ia[ion rhy iolog\' has [() mecr [he
decompre'>sion. As aircrafr become increasingly ,ophi [ica[ed [he effecriveness of air-
demand'> of a high [eehnology
crews is increasi ngly dependeIH on
hiswry of research ar high al[iwde.
eO\'ironment and
'0
its work
i~
ofrcn ;][
[he leading edge of eO\'ironmell[al physiology, parricularly in rhe realms of high G and high al[iwde. Since [he 1920s i[ has been kno\\ n [hat exposure w G during a rapid [Urn in aireraf[ could resul[ in loss of vi.,ion and sometime loss of consciousness. During [he J 930s research wa begun bv rhe RAF Physiological Laborawry inw [he cause and pre\'enrion of [he prubkJl1~ a,~ocia[cJ \\ i[h high G, and a[ [he end of World War 11 [he R F esrablished irs own Ins[iw[e. Since rhen work in rhe area of accclerarion has been broad and ha ranged from research inw cardio\'ascular control mechanisms [() asrronau[ selecrion for rhe Ru~~ian .Ilir pace Programme. The most recent phase of research relared (0 high G is concerned wirh highlv agile jer aireraf[ which exro'>e air-crew [() sustained accclera[ion' with very high rares ofonser. There havc been a number of accidents duc [() los of consciousne~s. and i[ i., clear [hat currell[ G prorccrion i, in ufficicnr ro prorec[ rhe air-crew of wmorro\\, such a'> [har ofrhe RAF's own agile aircraft,
personal equirmenr which pro\'ides protection against a very hos[ile environmcnr. ensuring safety in flight, adequare pro[ecrion during high altirude ejection and, in [he evenr of crash and survival. during exposure on land or in water. Phy~iologis[s who specialise in rhe eomplexi[ies of aircrew equipmenr musr have an indepth undcrs[anding nor only of
flight wdie. The chool of A\';a[ion \Jedicine is panicularly forruna[e in ha\'ing i[s 0\\ n acl\'anced aircraft for [his: rwo Hawk aireraf[ ba ed a[ an airfield nearby. The pilors work closely with physiologisrs who arc dcveloping [he personal equipment for rhe Eurofigh[er aireraf[ which will be with rhe RAF around [he rurn of [he millenium. \'iarion abo dcmands expenise in rhc central ner\'ous sv rem, panicularly in sleep and wakefulness and in vesribular physiology. \\'irh all physiolo?;isrs in aviarion [he key (() [heir succe s is a growing knowledge of flying and an unders[andin?; of a\'iarors and [heir environmenr. I[ is in [his eO\'ironmenr [hat rhe po. [graduare srudenrs of King's College swdying human and applied physiology work for four weeks of [heir course. I[ is a demanding period wirh lecrures aimed a[ providing a good understanding of aviation phvsiology and prac[ical work familiarising [he srudenr with [he exrreme environmenrs of aviation. In addition. rhe K LlRAF AI\[ 1\1 c in Aeromedical Research is intended for RAF mcdical graduare who have nor
phvsiolo?;y bur aloof ergonomics. Currenr work on air-crew equipmem is rhc de\'elopmenr of lightweigh[ helmers; of systems for pressure brearhing: of pro[ecrion in [he evem of high al[iwde ejee[ion : of inregrared head-moumed de\'ice for
had a re.earch [raining. The association berween KCL and RAF AI\I ha been imponanr for many \'ears. The formal link, now e rabli hed, opens up an even more exciting era. Bo[h KCL and RAF \1 are firmlY of [he view [hat in
nighr \ ision and display s. and of life support sysrems for parachurisrs who
roJl1orrow's world one way ro pro\'ide effective pos[graduare [raining is [Q
hm'e (() be pro[ecred nor only again r hypoxia and dccompre sion sicknes bu[ also againsr cold. AccidclH iO\'esrigarion has been an imporranr parr of the work of the School for 0\ er 30 ycars and [he chool is sometimes iO\'ired ro inve rigate accidems of foreign air forces. In esrablishing rhc eau,cs of any injury rhe [cam \\orks with pa[hologists of
brin?; rhe kill of academia and pecialised cs[ablishmems such as rhe RAF chool of Aviarion I\ledicine wge[her.
Further information can be obrained from Or Srella Rowlands, Plwsiology Depar[mcnr. Srrand exr:
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R dn
Profe or Roger lL m <:k book bllnt: h
e day at Han1p t ad
campu
,Ill /JI'II\ V,,"md "1,,11'1'41'. 'ff/ RlI\lIIfil/rI rll"/,IIII/II "I 1111 Ifll/llfh ft! 1111 flJlllf 1/ d /,"fl\,1 oll'mlt 'fll RO'.!.II \hl/( mr/;
n the e\enm~ of Thur,d,l\ 30 \ I m h a parr) \\ a~ held on the \\ atcrfrolH n; tau ram of the trand '>Ite to launch the colleul\c c"a\ "t'the I,ltc Profc"or Roger h,Hrock. Ihe e\ elH \\ J~ org.lnJsed b) I'rotc~ or Ra\ mond (:hJpman, formcrh Profc"or of I·.ngli~h Jt the I,ond"n "ch",,1 of ".conomics, Jnd \\ ,Is Jrrcndeo b\ mcmbcrs ofthc famil\, intluulng \Irs ~harrock. anu by mcmber, of the English Depanmem of the l ni\ er,ity and othcr friends. 'I he book, ,\'/'U" 111.1'11<111.1' OIlI-,lIgIISh ,llIlhorsjrtil1l.III/('i:dl /II1.lId:i" - .111 l:lIglisll l'",il'/V, i publisheu b) Sall.burl': l ni\ ersit\ Studies \\ ith a preface b) Professor Chapman and bibl iograph) of Profc ~or, 'harrock' s publications.
O Rl'd 1I0S/' OI1!.IIII/Srr.i rl ~'lIIilh,
I),
,IIJI:f' //11/1, 1/,,"IIru:' /)",..i/.l,
'~'/(I/II'/I',
(;(//1 Ildlll, Jlli//ll
111/(1: ,1"lfl!}fJIi/:1
A
n c\ cning of cmcnJlIlmcm \\ J~ helu on Thur~uay 16 \Iarch In aid of Reu ~o~t: Da),
Gue~t ~rar
'Saraecn' from the
there \\ a~ an eight plecc Jail hanu. The e\ cm \\ a~
organl~cu
Commirree anu
b) the
~oeial
helper~ and rai~ed
almost £ !OOO.
(;1((r/i"IO/:' tele\ i~ion programme wa~
'\Ian)
there ro conduct the auction and raffle,
~rudems
81illd D((II' come~t \\'a~ al~o held \\ith
generallv
a free weekend away for the \\ inners
thank~
~i11
w
the sraft' and
\\ ho bought rarnt: tickets anu ~upponeu
There are still
the c\ enr.
~ome
donated by the London \\'cekenu
raffle
Telc\ i~ion Blilld D(llf producer.
llamp~tcad Campu~
pril.e~. Plca~e
unclaimcu
eonrau the [() tlaim them.
Bungee running and lipper) pole fighting were free ro
all-eomer~
and
Campu
rchi e on course for the Internet he Arehive~ ha\e made a successful bid [() the Iligher Education Funding Council for funding from it allocation for ~peeial research collection in the Humanities, for the prestigiou Liddell Harr entre for :'Iilitary Archives, t\ wtal of £6~O,OOO over five years ha~ been awarded.
T
The money \\ ill be u,ed [() put all Page 16
the
catalogue~ of
E
thc I ,Ile\l \ on [()
the Imernet, makmg thcm a\ ailablc [() national and imernational
u~er~.
It
ighteen hing',> ,>tuuenrs, mostly. \nglo-Frcnch, rra\ elled to Pans on 13 '\ la) in order to
panicipate in J Frcnch '1'\' programmc called (,'amp"s \\ h ich \\ ill be shl)\\ n on the France Z channel this summer, Thc programme, \\ hich
consi~ts of
will abo faeilirate the c",rra cataloguing
a com pctltion bc[\\ een European
and edirorial work \\ hich necus [() be
l'ni\ersities -a sot[ of Euro A"YPIOII
carried our and prO\ idc a \'ariety of
F"clor - \\ ill focus on the use of thc
on-line chronological and subject guide for uers.
French language in European eoumri(;~.
KCLSl' E\:ccLltive Elections Thur~da\' 6.
pril sa\I' a
rran~formarion
\wnnin~
of Tuw' s. from a beer-
Elecrion. for rhe 1995 - 96 Exccuti\'e Commirrce rook placc on 9 and 10
\oaked hcal'ing ma s of 600 wearing
~Iarch.
groO\ er ro a superblY decorared dining
sabbatical po tS were unconre 'red with
I'cnue for rhe annual Award Dinncr.
Leigh Terry (Hi wry Ill) winning "P
This be roll' Honorary Life
Administration I:i tudenr, ffair and
~\Iember
"'ick Laing (Cia. i . Ill) winning "p
King'
hips, Laurels and Colour on
wdenrs who hale made an
Finance &
0
ieties. the Pre idency
imporranr conrribmion ro life at King' .
was \'er\, hotlv conre ted.
The Ben Brailsford Award for
candidare srood and after many
porr man of rhe Year \I'as won by Neil I-Iarri., and Sporrswoman of the Year
ix
recounrs and tense nerve, Rob Hall (Law I r I) won by a majoriry of 27
was rakcn by Lucy Edwards.
votes. VP Publications &
Prcsenrarion. were made by the
Communications was won b\' Michelle
College Dean, rhe Rev Or Richard
Roberr 'on (Classics Ill) who i an
Burridgc. who in hi. firsr \,ear ar King'
acrive member of the King' Player.
has been a grear friend of rhc L'nion. Whilc Colours are a Sporr -only
Over 1400 tudenrs voted, an increa e on the number who \'oted last year. However, after the conclusion of
award, rhe Union is looking ro
Students' Union news
alrhough rwo for rhc full-rime
inrroduce a similar award for Socieries
the elections several complaints were
inl'olvemenr. "P Finance &Socicries
regi tered with the Union as ro their
Tara Jeffcrson said 'For roo mallv vears
conduct. Ir was claimed by the
rhe efforrs of rhe organisers of Socieries
complainanrs thar ballot boxes had not
have been overlooked and ir is about
been open long cnough during the
timc thc
specified time, people canvassed
nion (and maybe in the
long-run, the College) recognised their
within 10m of the ballot box, that the
ach ievemenrs.'
position of the ballot box had changed during the voting, that the hustings
The Savoy Ball
were not conducted properly, that
Sarurday I April was no joking marrer.
some rellers had nor mainrained the
The most glamorous evenr of the
secrecy of the vote and thar several
KCLSU Enrs programme, the Easter
stlldenrs voted twice.
Ball, rcwrned
to
the Savoy afrer a tWO-
An independent investigation was
year stinr at rhe Cafe Royale. Over two
carried out by NUS staff and it was
hundred srudenrs gor dressed lip for a
decided that a number of the
lavish re eprion, dinner and dance in
discrepancies that had occurred (the
the renowned Lancasrer Room.
incidenrs of people voting twice,
pstairs that night, the Oxford
failures of secrecy and that the ballot
L路niversir. Boat Club Old Boys were
boxes were not open for the minimum
holding rheir commiserations evening
required time) were sufficienrly serious
at their loss
to
Cambridge in the
to
merit a re-ballot. Therefore it wa
Universities Boat Race that day. Their
decided ro hold a re-ballOt for the POSts
enrrv ro rhe King's evenr cau ed
of Pre idenr and Rag Officer, as the
delight among several unaccompanied
margins of those results were small
King's women. Overall a superb
enough ro have been affected by the
el'ening, rruly memorable and worth
above.
el'ery penny as a once a year el'ent. So next ycar, save up and dress up for the 1996 Ball 1
After the re-ballot, Rob Hall was confirmed as Presidenr and Craig Lawrie elected Rag Officer (rcplacing Catherine Walcon who won the first ballot).
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8 July 15.00 to 18.00 This year's KCLA Summer Event will be a garden party in the grounds of Lambeth Palace, SE 1 by kind permission of the Archbishop of Canterbury, a Presentation Fellow of the College. All members of staff are very welcome. The cost is ÂŁ15 per head, which includes a strawberry tea. Tickets are available from Jo Crocker, KCLA Treasurer, KCLA Office, Cornwall House, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8WA.
(:t:nm.: tor 'I \\ enrit:thCCIHur <. ultural 'tudle
Events
23 and 24 June Right-wing extremism since 1945 : continuity or change? A two-day conference from the Centre for Twentieth-century Cultural Studies. There will be papers on the following countries: Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Britain, France, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Russia. 23 June 9.30 to 19.00 and 24 June 9.30 to 17.30. Further details from the Humanities Research Centre Office, School of Humanities, Strand Tel: 0171-873 2360
l)c, t:]opmt:ntal BIOlolT RC"it:arch Ct:nrrt: Scmi,;ar't All seminars are held at The Randall Institute, 26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RP at 13.00. 24 May Developmental aspects of axon growth and its inhibition Dr Jim Cohen, Anatomy Department, UMDS/Guy's Hospital 31 May Molecular Biology of Epstein-Barr virus immortalisation of human cells Dr Paul Farrell, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research 7 June Mesoderm-inducing factors and Brachyury in vertebrate mesoderm
formation Dr Jim Smith,
IMR
14 June Integrins and the control of keratinocyte differentiation Dr Fiona Watt, ICRF 21 June Spntaneous repair in the Mammalian CNS: why does it fail? Dr James Fawcett, Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge 28 June PDGF 5upply-and-demand in the developing CNS Professor Bill Richardson, Mrc Molecular and Cell Biology Labs, UCL
In [lWtc of \lh .1IlLt:d lu iL,t1 tudie (o1l0<J1I11I11l 7 June 'New Music' between Autopoiesis and Expression of Subjectivity: An approach to Luigi Nono (19241990) Mario Vieira de Carvalho, Universidade Nova, Lisbon. Room 6C, Main Building, Strand Campus 17.00. Further details ext 2576
Rt:'tcdfch I nit In II1Imaniric (,ol1lpllrinu; \\ork,,/wp. 22 June One-day workshop on Network Resources, Room 12B, Computing Centre, Strand Campus 10.00 to 17.00
Ont: d:.J Lonfcrcnu: in
t,lti~ril':d mechanic (Sr::ltmcch-l1
15 June, (satellite conference 16 June)
Superfluidity Andre Verbeure, Leuven University Non-equilibrium dynamics of phase transitions in the early universe lan Lawrie, Leeds University There will also be short contributed talks of about 20
4
minutes' duration. The Satellite conference on 16 June will consist of talks of a more mathematical nature. Room 521, Strand Building, Strand Campus. 10.30 - 17.30. 16 June Satellite conference 9.00 -16.00. Contact: 0 A Lavis, Department of Mathematics (ext 2240/2217; Email: D.Lavis@kcl.ac.uk)
In ·titute of la ~ical . tlldic,> Lecture cf'. emtnar,> July Greek through Greek Philosophical Texts Contact Or M M McCabe, Department of Philosophy, Strand Campus 10 - 14 July Latin Palaeography Institute of Classical Studies Summer School. Further details available from Professor A C de la Mare, Palaeography, Strand Campus September (date to be confirmed) Greece in the reign of King George 1(7863-7973) Centre for Hellenic Studies, Strand Campus
The In titute of P ychiatry &'The Bethlem Ro al and ~Iaud ley H Trll"st 12 and 13 July Fifth National Conference on Women & Mental Health: Women, Mental Health & The Family Speakers to include Professor Judy Dunn, Or Anula Nikapota, Or Melanie Marks, Or Christopher Dare, Or Catherine Oppenheimer, Or Eia Asen, Or Adrianne Reveley, Or Jane Ussher, Or Toni Bifulco, Or Tara Weeramanthri, Or Cleo Van Velsen, Ms Maggie Mills, Or Charlotte Burke, Ms Sheila Ernst. Programme includes lectures, workshops, short papers and plenary sessions. Topics include: The meaning of the family; Working within
different family structures; Refugee and dislocated families; Anorexia Nervosa and the lifecycle; Single parent families and mental health; Assessment of parenting skills; Depressed mothers and their children; Women as carers; Sisters and shared environments; Teenage sexuality; The effect of mental illness on the family; The menopause and the family; Mental health and motherhood; Abuse within the family; Managing a family and a career, and Bereavement in the family. Fee £150 (£90 for the unwaged) including buffet lunch and refreshments. Further details and application forms from: A MacPherson, Conference Office, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF. Tel 0171-740 5125, fax 0171-703 5796
e earch thic Committee The dates of the meeting may be changed although they are
generall~
held at 16.00 on the fir t Thur day of the month in the Council Room on the Ken 'ingron Campu . Parer,> (eight copie plea e) for review at meetings should be submitted
to
the office ten lVorking days before the date of the meeting. ~leeting I~
1995:
June
20 July 21 . ertember 190 wber 16 1':o\'ember I~
December
Meetings 1996: 18January 15 February 211\larch I
pril
161\lay 20 June 1 Jul
19 September 170cwber 21 November" 12 December ~ lay
be cancelled if there is
in ufficient bu ine Enquiries about the admini rration of meeting
hould be directed w the
office of the Re earch Ethics Committee tel 0171-333 4268 fax 0171-333 41 5.
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cheap WInter and ummer let.
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month: :--Iay
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mOnth piu bill. Co y ingle bedroom.
hree bedroon1 flat required
haring a large lounge. dining area and kitchen with a profe ional female. tudents and moker are welcome but mu t be re pon ible.
To rent from the end of lay; hould
Ten minute from the tube, which
be fully furni hed with central heating
then take 20
and wa hing machine; preferably in
Holborn/CO\'ent Garden. Crouch End
Brix[On or Clapham area.
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Telephone: 0171- 72 316 (da ·time)
Plea e contact \\'endy Gombert at the
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Comment enior Italian Biochemi t urgently
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line tation or convenient for travelling
the extensive gardens.
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ar hire and maid service can
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