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the College Newsletter
Follo""illg ill his/0/7efootsteps: The College's lieu:: Deal/, the Ret:d Dr Richard Burridge(Iefr) p/(/lIred ill/he COllllllil1ee RoolII before his ills/alla/ioll al/d lieellsillg seroice, with /hl!Righ/ Rl"i:d Dtn:id Hope, I.ord Bishop ofLOlldoll al/d the Prillcipal.
o elopm otru t pro p r
T he 199~ Annual Fund ha~
n.:eei\ cd over £3~5,OOO in
donarion~ from ~raff,
graduare~ and friend~ of rhe College
rhi~ i~ an our~randing ~rarr ro our
Annual Fund. Gifr~ arc conrinuing ro
be received from graduare~ who were
approached by direcr mail; in facr 5%
have responded which i way above
normal direcr mail re_ponse of 2%.
There is a furrher £~7,OOO, promi ...cd
on rhe relephone, rhar wc hope will
come in before rhe ycar cnd ....
The Tru~r has had rwo meerings
and made a number of dcci ion ... [()
alloeare fund (har will have a real
impacr on rhe College communiry.
summary of rheir deci~ion follow~:
• Threc K ,LA Posrgraduare
'rudenr hip compri ing a ...cholarship
of £6,300 pa and a £2,000 bursary ro
commence in January 199 .
• £30,352 (Q purcha e collecrions on
CD RO I for re earch purposes (sce
li ... r arrached).
• £ 12,000 ro purcha'e hjgh-u~e books
for undergraduare s(udenr~.
• £3,200 for CD RO I player~ for use
in (he ledical and Denri'rry, i\lu~ic
COI//il/ued 011 page 1Yz0
T he .ollege\ new Dean, rhe
Re\d [ r Richard ,\Ian
Burridge was imralled and
licen cd wirh due pomp by rhe Righr
Revd Da\'id Hope, Lord Bi ... llOp of
London, in rhe College hapel on
Thursday 13 Ocrober. Before rht:
~ervice Or Burridge and rhe Bishop
garhered wirh rhe Principal in fronr of
rhe painring of rwo former Deans of
rhe College.
The Dean \ duries include verall
respon ibiliry for rhe worship of (he
College hapel; over iglu of rhe
Chaplaincy ream; pro\'i ion of mU ... lc In
rhe Chapel; organi ing cour es for (he
KC: a pecial re pon ibiliry for (ho e
ceking ordinarion; invoh'emen( wirh
rhe general pasroral care of sraff and
rudenr , and eonrriburing ro rhe wider
life of rhe church and communiry. [n
addirion Dr Burridge, who is a qualified
reacher and c1assi al scholar, will be
reaching a fir r year rheology cour con
rhe Gospels.
An inrerview wirh Or Burridge
appears on page live of (his i sue of
COlIJllletI/.
e opm nt ru t p 0 per 01 medal
ame Elizabeth utler- 10elected lce- hair of ollege
ounCI
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nglneerlnger Ice
uLanne Price. who graduated
from King' Di\'i ion of Life
eiences thi year with a fir t
cia s honour degree, has been
a\\ arded the Ronald \\'illiam Gold
\lcdal by the 'hartered In tirute of
El1\ironmenral Health a the best
en\'ironmenral health graduate in the
CK. The sih'er medal wa awarded ro
a rudenr from Salford Cni\'ersity and
the bronze ro a tudenr from L'lsterLTniversity.
ngineering ervlces arc
available from the cienrific
workshop at the In tirute of
Ophthalmology.
The work hop specialises in the
de ign. con truction and en'ieing of
instruments and appararus.
ervice arc a\'ailable ro academic
staff, technicians and research
srudenr. Further information from
Paul Johnson, enior re earch officcr
on 0171-608 6809.
he copy deadline for the next
issue of Commellt i Friday
ovember 18. Don't forget ro
send in phorographs a well if pos ible.
• Le Ro/Jen f.letrolliqlle ( 79.-)
• 19, 1 Sl1Iall.1rea Cmslls ( 1,7: 01• 1991 Cmsus (£2. -(0)
• Cluuml Rheumalology ( '691 )
• Dmlol Dl''i.;elopl1lf'lll ( :21)
• COloloKue ofPrillled .l/usir ill the BritishIjbrory 10 19(1() (£3,500)
• Biblioleros sill frolllem.r (£ 1,450)
• Hflllsord 19 -199-1( 3,750)
Fi\'e year pre-paid subscription ro the
followinl?; dictionaries:
• Dirliollol)' ofNfllllml Pror!urls
• Dirfiollflry ofOrgflllir Compoullds
• Dirliollary of1110rf!:(/Ilir COII/poulld,
(£10,000)
Toral: £30,352
Jo gnew, Developmenr Direeror
and was the chairman of the inquiry
inro alleged child scx abu e inCleveland in 1990. She was made a
Presenration Fellow of the Council in
199\ and became a member of the
ollege Council la t year.
'ir Jame Spooner has been re
elected as Chairman of the Council,and ir Brian Pearce as Treasurer.
(mmilllled/rom paKe olle)
and Old Libraries.
• £ 15.200 for computing equipmenr In
the new H umanities Libra~.
• £1,140 for an exrra work sration in
the \Iedical and Denri t~· Libra~.
• 62,,'00 ro link the Hampstead hall
of re idence with the main frame in
the College and in rail \ 2 workstation
• £32,000 ro pro\ ide equipmenr for the
new I?;ym ro be built on the roof of theSrudenrs' l'nion building - ubject wbuilding approval (see page If'II).
CD R01\1 collection w be
pureha cd:
• PaIJ1ler~'i IlIdex 10 Ihe Times, 1790 -19(15
(.IvUOO)• Bodleillll I,illrory pre-19Z0 Calaloglle of
Prillled Books (£995)
ame Elizabeth Burler-Sloss
ha been elected Viee
Chairman of the College
Council, following the stepping down
of Sir John Cadogan from this po tin
July.Dame Elizabeth is a highly
respected member of the judiciary. the
counrry's first woman Lord of Appeal,
ing's studentcho ar hip
In national Pharmacolog
he British Pharmacological
• ociet;' ha again awarded onc
of its pre tigious BPS
Inrercalated B c wards ro a sccond
year preclinical medical rudenr atKing's. Thi year they ha\'e made ju t
eight of these awards throughout thc
l K from a large group of applicants of
a \'e~' high calibre. Our deservingrecipienr was Daniel coffing (right)
who wa the out tanding rudenr of theyear, coming rop in the overall
preclinical \IBBS rankings.
Daniel will be taking courses
il1\'oh'ing cell and neuropharmacology
during his inrercalated B c as well a
performing a research project. TheBPS as e or were particularly truck
by his plans ro work with Or Jon
Robbin on a cell culrure project
involving the rudy of poras ium
channels u ing patch clump
techniques. This i an in \'ogue area in
which the Pharmacology Group atKing' is making imporranr
conrributions.
Or J R Hoult. Pharmacology
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KII/!?:'s Hefl//nrOrl'; Projl'ssor,ldritll/ r,dd/eslOl1e, Dl'fll1, Fflm/Iy ojC/il1iro/ ,lIedimll'
KGSI/D. ol1d.!!r Jficnae/ Cross. Cnief Pnfll7l1fllis/, A'il1g's H('{///nrore, p/rll"e i/ems il1lo a
/illle mpslI/e "nien ff'i// be bllried ill/ne joulldmiolls ojMe 1If'iJ.!' G/a\'(/ Pnfll7l1f/{)' a/ Killg's
CO//i'Ke Hospi/ftl. !':lIob/illg ff'orks Irflt.'l' a/reod)1 slarled fllld 1nl' buildill!?: is due to be
comp/fled ill/ne /a/e flulullIlI oj /995.
r a formal garhenng at the
Porwgue e -\mba ador'
Rc Idel1l:e 111 eptember, and
in rhe pre ence of rhe Amba ador anu
other im ited gue r , rhe Presiuenr of
rhe InStI[lItc1 Camoes. LlIf Adao ua
Fonseea. presenred a cheque to the
Principal of King's College Lonuon for
£100.000 to complemenr rhc
cnd(l\\menr or rhe Prince Henr. the
'a\ igaror Chair of Porrugucse Histcl~
ar rhe College.
,................ he Centre for Defence
Sruuies in conjunction \\ irh
prcss (Programme ~ r POSt
Communist. 'ccurity Srudies) has JlI r
completcd thc admini rrarion f onc of
rhc European l nion\ PI IARE
programmes, running a '>eries of four
inrernational seminars in The Ilague,
Arhens, Ljubljana and. ofia for a
group of Easr European scholars.
Following rhe success of this
programme the European L'nion has
named rhe Cenrre a~ one of rhe
winners of the TA I. (Technical
Assistancc ro the I) competirion,
and the 'DS is ro run a comparable
programme durin(!; 199-, again in
conjuncrion with the PP ", in
London and Tiblisi, in Georgia. ome
rwent)- swdcnr from the Cl.
counrrie will be ekcrcd ro
parri ipare in these cour es, which will
rake place during the spring and
summer of 1995.
ensures thar rhe clinical rcsponsibilities
for rhe posr covcr a hospiral based
deparrmenr and links with rhe
Depanmenr of Clinical Pharmacology
as well as complemenring rhe research
inrere r of rhe l'nivcrsiry's Pharmacy
Practice L' nir.
The time capsule marks the carr
of rhe e cxciring plans. 1 he capsulc
will ha\'e irems of hisrorical and
conrcmporary ignificance relating to
pharmaceurical sen'ice ar borh King's
ollege Hospiral and Glaxo Holdings
plc. It will also conrain exrra tS from a
projecr on rhe pharmaceutical
applicarions of planrs which has been
undcrraken by biology pupils from
Bi hophalr School, l'xbridge as parr of
Glaxo' Indusrry and Schools Liaison
Programme. The capsule is specially
eonsrructed our of non-perishable
plasrie and is scaled by welding. Irs
final position under the new pharmacy
will be marked by a plaque.
On 27 'eptember, Sir Paul
Girolami, hairman ofGlaxo
Holding plc, visited Denmark
Hill for a ceremony [0 mark rhe srarr of
\\ ork on a four floor pharmacy projecr
sired ar rhe hean of the h pica!.
Pharmacy i a kcy supporr sen'ice,
respomible for upplying six million
doses of medicarion each year ar a eosr
of £7 million. The new pharmacy,
who e completed cosr is e rimared ro
be £2.1 m, has recei\"cd a mo r
generous gifr from Glaxo whose rotal
upporr has amounred ro £I.Tm. Ir
will operate from a pecially designed
building meering the needs of all
parienrs cared for in King's. Iso
included will be a rerail unir and an
cademic Pracriee uite [()
ac ommodare Jecwres, meerings and
privare swdy.
The first joinr appoinrmenr
bemeen the Ho. piral and the
deparrml:nr of Pharmacy at King'
n the newsAlgae - one solution to globalwarming?Pr fe or Da\'id Hall of rhe Di\'i ion of
Life ' ience appeared on The SilleO'Clock XffJrS in an item about a ne\\
way of rackling global warming. He
explained how the u e of algae could
be one method, linked wirh orher , by
which carbon dioxide level in rhe
armosphere could be reduced, Algae,
like orher plant, need carbondioxide
to grow, and a coiled structure in which
the algae were kept was hown wirh
carbon dioxide being bubbled through.
Profcs or Hall wa also interviewed for
German and Swiss television, and his
colleague )'0 hitomo \\'aranabe will
present detail of their re earch to the
econd International Conference on
Carbon Dioxide Removal in Kyoto,
Japan. ar the end of October.
HaitiJohn lacDonald, Professor of
International Business, and a specialisr
on Latin- merica, ha been
interviewed many time' by S/':v Newsabout rhe situation in Hairi, comparing
rhe governments in Cuba and Haiti,
Library update
Aanyone who vi ited the trand
building during the ummcrwill know, a major enlargement
and refurbishment of the Library
entrance area on the fir r floor has
raken place, finishing ju t in rime for
the rart of se ion. Alrhough ir i only
part of the work nece ary for the
crearion of the planned unified Library
erving rhe H umanitie , rhe addirional
shelving, ear and cireularion space
ha\'c already improved rhe 'en'iee the
Library offer.
An Informarion Sen'ice Room is
now available for the use of rhe
exi ring CD-RO~I collection, and
thank to the generosity of the
Development Fund (see page /wo), there
will be se\'en new Humaniries 0-RO I products, improved faciliries for
their use, and a number of
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their relation hip with the L' nited
. rate. and i uc concerning refugec
from the twO countries.
Observing electionsThe Guardiall had a feature on
academics which included ~I ue
Willert, Re earch Fcllow in the entrc
for Defen c rudies. ~(s \\'illcrt i
currently in ~(ozambique, acting a a
C. obsen'er for the elections there.
Glad to be greyThe Education upplement of TheGuardiall had a section on senior
citizen to coincide with ge Concern
week. Profes 'or Anrhea Tinker,
Professor of ocial Gerontology,
featured in everal article discus ing
uch issue a the increase in the
clderly population which will occur
over the next 20 years, and older
people being wooed back to work.
Knowing the way outAn article on euthana ia in TheEcollomist featured Professor lan
Kennedy, Head of the School of Law
and Professor of ledical Law and
microcomputers for public use.n enclo. cd area i also available
where the Library is offering extra help
in using LIBERT S, fore 'ample, and
which may be booked by an 'one
wishing to hold eminar using Library
material. t other time5 the room i
available for 'noi y' u ers, such a small
groups who wish to work together.
New opening hours for StrandHumanities libraries
The Embankment and trand
Building Libraries are now open from
09.00 until 20.00 I nday to Thur day,and 09.00 until 19.00 on Friday - a small
compensation for the delay in
completing the building work in
Embankment Library. It is a pity that
we were not able to go ahead with the
consolidation of the humanitie librarie.
Ethic. Talking about legi lation and
the burden on doctor \\ ho ha\'e to
make deci ions alone and without
knowing what con equencc they face,
he aid:·It cannot be fair to doctor to
pre ent them with a ituation in which
they have to gue whether people will
ubsequently endor e what they have
done or whether, if they gue s wrong,
the law will be applied in all ir rigour
and they will face a charge of murder.'
Mapping to match boneA new technique using -ray sources
to locatc the mall, grirry particles
which cau eo teoarthriti wa the
ubject of a re earch item in The Higher.Or Chris Buckley of the Department of
Phy ics, talked about the newe t
aspect of rhe technique called chemical
stage mapping to develop a alcium
pho phate which i more compatible
with bone.
Buddhist boomOr Sue HamiltOn, lecturer in Indian
Religions, was interviewed by the Dai~v
Mail for an article on the growing
popularity of Buddhism in Britain.
New members of the King'sL1BERTAS consortium
ers of the King's LIBERT S
cataloguc may have di covered that
three new librarie now record their
holding on our LIBERTAS. They are
1 ormanby College (part of rheightingale [n titute of Tursing), the
Courtauld In titute of Art and TheInstitute of P ychiatry. i ormanby i
part of King' , so it tOck i available
to King' user. but the Courtauld
[n titute and the Institure of
Psychiatry material is not generally
available (though we hope to agree
limited acce to the Courtauld'
collecrions soon).
Ann LeeInformation ervices Librarian
fof eIn [he fir [ut:l Cflt.: 0 inrcn ic\ ith member 0 (oll-ue t I . (O!lllll 11/ mlk w hc Re d
Dr Ri hard Burridgc, ne\\ I, -in [,lie I [ c no Kin!!'
Hnl"lI drdyou joill Kil1KS?
On the fir t of Augu t 199-t\1 'hal "1"1'1" )'OU doillg beforehand?
I wa Chaplain at the L'niver i~' of
Exeter and I al 0 lectured part-time in
theology and cia ic. Before that I wa
in pari h mini [J~: in Bromle)' Pari h
Church in I\:ent and prior [Q ordinationI taught clas ic for five year at
evenoaks chool.
Why didyoll deride 10 bemflle ordained.?It i n't omething you decide; it'
omething you are called [0. In manywa s I ran from it for eight year. While
I was a swdent at Oxford e eral
people ugge ted that I might be being
called [0 ordination and the idea
terrified me. A a teacher I wa5
involved in the Church, preaching in a
lay capacity and I wa rather hoping
that God would be happy with that,but in the end he put hi. foor down
and [Old me it wa time [0 get rev'd up!
When did you discover yourfailh.?While I wa at Oxford swdying
clas ics I wa investigating que tionsuch a what is uuth, why is there
beauty in the world and what i ju tice.
In the course of my wdy of fir t
cenwry records about Jesus ofazareth I became convinccd that
uuth, ju tice and beaury could only be
found in the concept of God and that
Je u of azareth was God' revelation
of himself [0 the human race.
So ill sOllle ways it was all empitiraldiscovery':>
Yes, bur an empirical di coverywith an experiential dimcnsion, in the
en e that you can do all the empirical
work and look at the hi wrical records
and try and a e s who Jesu was, butyou move on [0 an experiential level
when you ay, well God, if you'rethere, how abour lerting on? That wa
when I reali ed that in many way God
had been active in my life since mybapti m a a baby. The difference was
that od had been commirted [0 me
while I wasn't committed [0 him.
Did that moke yOll feel lucry?• '0, becau eT think that God i
commined [0 everybody and Je u
want u ro re pond [0 him. member
of staff said omething w me last week
310n tho e line - ho\\' fonunate I wa
[0 have a belief when mo t peoplewould like [0 believe in omething, I
think the current earch through new
religion, new philosophie , new ideas
i a ymprom of the fact that the oldwe tern cientific rational belief that
ciencc is going [0 olve all our
problem has broken down, cience
answers the questions it ets out [0
an wer - it will tell us how the univer e
work5 bur it won't tell u fe'hy, One of
the mOSt e traordinary things in
contcmporary intellecwal thought is
the way in which many leading
cientist arc active, practising
Chri tians. John Polkinghornc at
ambridge i an ob iou example.What (Ire your duties as Deall.?
According [0 the College Srawte
the Dean i charged with ensuring that
the religiou purposes of the college
are carried our. ecording [0 the
current mi ion tatement that i seenin various way, in particular helping [0
create a caring ethos in the community.
I would hopc [0 be involved in caringfor everybody, irrespcctive of belief or
background, staff and swdent alike. Ihave specific responsibilitics for the
wor hip of the chapel and over ight of
the chaplaincy team. There is al 0 the
unique and very important
qualification, the KC which function
out of the Dean' office. I 0 pan of
the Dean' re ponsibilitie i the
relationship between the ollege and
both the wider church and the wider
community. I ee thi in term of being
able [0 interpret what' going on in
higher education a it relates [0 the
Church and, I would like [0 ugge t,
what the Church might have [0 ay [0
education, panicularly when education
policy seems hell bent on aping
monerari t value,
)'ou "ouldll't agrel" that hi '/reI' education
and thl" church are both I"qua/~v cOllcemedto pUI bums 011 seats':>
I am anxious about the pu h fornumber in higher education a
colleagues are asked ro teach morewdent with fewer re ouree ' The
intere ting thing about the mini try of
the Church of England as the
e rabli hed hurch of the COUntry i
that we are there regardle of whetherpeople park their bums on a pew or
nor. People ome and want [0 talk
regardle s of whether they believe or
not - the hurch i not a 'member ..only' club,
Hnat ore your hopes (IS 1I~' Deall?That I might be able [0 play my
role alongside the rest of thc College ingoing forward intO the new
opportunities that are confronting the
College in a way that i in the best
intere t of ociety at large, of the
Church and the ollege it elf and in away that enables the maximum benefit
to the individual staff and tudents. I
would hope that a dean I could raise
tho e que tions of truth and value,
here in the heart of an institutionwhich is committed to the pursuit of
exactly tho e thing.
How do Yolt relax outside work.?The mini -try i not a nine-to-five
job. I have a wife and two little girl ;
we live in Highgate and enjoy goingcycling as a family, I al 0 enjoy
swimming, reading and mu ic. I u ed
to play a bit of golf when I wa in
Exeter but I ha en't managed to get around in here, 0 if anyone want to
give me a game ...
Ifyou were especially prone to 0111" oftheseven deadly sins, which one might it be?
For most clergymen who are calledto the role of helping people, which i a
tremendous joy and privilege, the great
temptation i to think thatyolt have to
be doing everything all the time - the
sin of pride.
D1 ntl t
94 brint g ther at In
uropean pace
Con truction La\\conference
Pauline GaleCentre for Construction Law
- ......-he Cemre for Construction
Law in the chool of
Engineering held its sevemh
Annual Conference ar King' on 16
Seprember.The ,ubjecr was RisJ', llfollagelllflll
allr! ProC/lrell/eIIl ill GOllslmC/ioll and this
ycar's sponsor was the Construction
Industry Rescarch and Informarion
As ociation (Cl RIA). The conference
amacted approximarely \ 80 delegares
from as far away as Canada andGreece all of whom were either in rhe
con uucrion indusrry or lawyer. OrPeter Bran by, rhe Direeror General of
CIRI chaired rhe conference and Ir
i\1 ichael Latham gave rhe ke note
address.s in previou year rhe papers arc
now being updated and will be
publi hed in book form by the Cemre.
L<.:fc 1Ii'11/I I'o~ l.jonlli'r ElatrrJlllr eElf'{tnml f:lIgillunllg.l1 C sllldelll &c'ilh
Ihe DiKilol Sigllol Processor lesl bedforIlIlId II/obile sOlellile romll/lJlIiroliolls lIllhe-Ilh IlIlemlll/ollal Europeoll Spore .igellf','(ES. \) Workshop olllhe oppliollre ofdigilal processillg lechlliqlles 10 space
Call/Ill 1111iraliolls.The U"od.'shop, a joilll 'cmlllre be~'fell
Ihe ESA, Hollallr! Ollr! IheGOlIIlIIUlliroliollS Resl'flrrh Croup al Killg'slook pit/et illlhe Greol HoIIfrolll 261028
Seplell/ber.The sof~'are forlhe DSP lesl bed
projl'lt U"os produred by Ihe Dfparlml'lll of
EleClrOllic & Flerlnrol EI/gillfl'lillg alKillg '.\.
et?
John Pear onDcparrmem of Electrical Engineering
uni\'er irie and commercial
organi ations. wirh 30 parricipamsfrom rhe UK including eight from the
BBC World er.·ice.ocially. the highpoims of rhe
e\'enr were a rwo-hour river crui e in
ideal weather and the formal dinner.
In addirion many parricipams enjoyed
their own extra-work hop acrivitie
uch a theatre and concerr visits.
The 1996 ESA workshop will take
place in Barc<.:lona.
some popular products, the expan ion
of KIS. rhe campu informarion
ysrem, including rhe developmem ofa '\'irwal Library' ba ed on World
Wide Web technology, the pro\'ision of
irem from back runs of chemi uy
journals electronically, and con idering
how King' mighr be involved in the
propo ed Arr and Humanitie Dam
Cemre.Fuwre i sue of COII/menl will carry
arricles on each of rhese projecrs and
how rhey are developing.
~!argarerSamman
Strand Building Library
the electronic library here
0, nor quire yer - bur the nexr
ix ro nine momhs will sec
King's inve tigating ome of
rhe po ibiliries.Information. er.·ice and
Sysrem , rhe Library and Computing
entre inrend (Q runix projecrs
relaring (Q electronic information
during rhis academic year, and hope ro
make a significam impact on
information provi ion in rhe College.
A number of raff have been secondedfrom their usual duries (Q work on a
review of the mediared online search
er.'ice offered by the Library; the
insrallarion of a CD-Ra!'! network for
hi~ c~ ptie ~(fIng uenote the
~th Imernational European
'pace Agenc~ (ES\j
Workshop on the Application of
Digital Signal Proce ~ing T<.:chnique'w . ·pae<.: Communieatiom, held in the
Great Hall at King' from 26 lO 2 '
Seprember. It was jointly organi~ed by
memb<.:r' of the Communication,
Re earch Group from within the
D<.:partmem of Eleeuical Engineering
at King's, and the ESA in Holland.
Thi, bi<.:nnial ev<.:m brings
rogether lOp European re,earch
worker~ and applicarion~<.:ngineers, in
an informal atmo~phere (() learn abour
th<.: latest de\'c1opmem~ in ,oftware
and hardware reehniqu<.:s within rheir
uad<.: and at the ame rimc pro\ ides an
opporruniry for them (Q ger (Q know
each orher bener. The evem was
sponsored by EL:TEL T and
INi\! RSAT, the major uans
European organi arion conccrned
which gave rhe proceeding a ~trong
satellit<.: communication flavour.Further inpUl camc from I TELSAT,
Asua and thc Canadian Space Agency
Almost 100 people anendeu all or
parr of rhe workshop which comprised
22 papers and four dcmonstrations.
One hundred and rwem coumrie'
were repre emed with a good mix of
Pag<.: 6
As it's a Mercury service, theyAVE money on their calls
into the bargain, which ishappy. Thanks to MERCURYCALLI G CARD bother omecoins and credit cards are oldhat. ow everybody wantto be like Gray on andCholmondeley-Warner andtheir social diaries are frankly awhirl.
M ore and more moderntypes like Grayson andCholmondeley-Warner arediscovering the CLEVERMERCURY CALLI G CARD.
When they are out and aboutor having a HOOT onrollicking outings, it letsthem charge the call theymake to their home.
FreeCall 05 0 2 99For information and to applyfor your Kings ColJege MercuryCalling Card call Bob Redmondon Ext 2 37 or call into thegeneral ervices office, room130 Strand building.
• A 'mall numbu of payphonu (maInly onruuJ. marnqulrr COlnt or cud,.
Card?
"Not witchcraft, MrCholmondeley- Warner, aMARVEL OF MODERNSCIENCEI Now we canuse almost ANY phone
I:.§~~AWAYFROM HOMEwith just one card."
Prof or onald Tai mirh
Sta fews
Profe~~or Donald :-Jaismith wa~
pre ented with a gla~~ bowl byfriend~ and colleagues from the
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
ro mark hi. retirement at the end of. eptember after 28 year~ at QueenElizabeth College and King' .
The bowl was ~pecially
commissioncd and engraved in
Edinburgh by \Irs :\Iison Geissler. Itdepict aspcct~ of Profes or. ai,mith·sacademic and personal interest~.
Pictured \I ith Professor. ai~mith
are (left) Or Da,·id Richardson, a
former PhD student and now GroupChief Scientist at. estlc CK Ltd, and(rif;hl) Or Peter Baillie of the Di, ision
of Biomedical Sciences.
Or 'like Tindal
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Friend and colleagues gatheredin the Committee Room rocelebrate the retirement of Or
like Tindal of the lechaniealEngineering Department on 30September. Dr Tindal ha been atKing' for thirty-three year, alecturer, senior lecturer and for a year,
as head of hi department.To mark the occasion Or Tindal
was presented with a crystal decanter,a pint beer mug and a cheque which heplans ro invest in a hi-fi y tem.From lefllo right: Professor Stanley
Ear/es; ,1/rs Delia Tinda/; Dr ,11ife
Tindal; Dr ,Ifichael Yianneskis.
r'
riend and colleaguefare' ell toa t to or
raI e aIn n1an
1 chanical. .ngIn rIng
Teaching in Higher Educationhort course and work hop
I vor Kingman and partner. Joan,
enjoy a celebratory drink at the
parry ro mark his retiremenr from
the POSt of Cellar I\lanager, on 29
September. [vor, an a~piring arrist, was
T he LTniver ity of London
[n tirute of Edu ation
provide a range of II ork~hop~
and cour e which offer thc
opporruniry ro meet colleague from
other departmenrs and college :
One day courseDei.:eloping high quality teaching andleoming ill departments - for head of
departmenr or deputie
Two day coursesExtended reading skillsDeveloping and monogillg distollceleoming coursesProblem-based leomingTeochillg study skillsResearch supervisioll
presenred with an easel and sel'eral
canvases by the College Catering
Officer, Peter Hoffman, as well as an
engraved KCLA tankard as a reminder
of hi' 27 year~ at King's.
Three day courseCoursefor experienced lecturers
The In tirute also offer~ an ~I 10
Higher and Profe ional Education,
and Advanced Diploma in Higher
Education rudie and a Ph O/~IPhil
programme.
If you would like more
information on any of these course or
po tgraduate tudies. please ring or
write ro:
Or Roy Cox or Janet Harding,
Cenrre for Higher Education rudie,
"9 Gordon 'quare,
London WC I HOT.
Tel 0171-612 63 'or 0171-612 6362.
Or ~I Ylannc.:~ki , [lead of the
Deparrmc.:nr of ~Ie<.hanilal
Engineering, Wa\ elected J
Felloll of the In tirution of
\Iechanical Engincer\ on 21
September 199~.
Dr Jame F \\'hidbourne II ill join
dlC Dcparrmcnr a\ Iccrurer in
:'o.lechanical Engincl:fing from
1 Ocrobcr 199~.
Profe orndrew Grubb
Profe\\or ,\ndrew Grubb,
prel iou\l~ reader in ~ledical
Lall in the School of Law. has
been promorc.:d ro Profe \or of Health
Care Law at King\ with effect from
1 October. He i~ the joinr author with
Professor lan Kennedy of the standard
text-book ,llediml Lore (Bunerworrh),
and an experr on medical law and
ethic, the law relating to docror5 and
their patienrs, and the health service.
lU'iic in Am~terdam
Professor Laurenee Dreyfu ,
Direcror of the Cenrre for
Advanced Performance rudies,
ha reeenrly appeared at the
Coneerrgebouw in Amsterdam ague t
arrist of the Van Wassenar
Competition for Early I\lusie, where
he was featured in a recital a well a
giving ma tcr c1a'i'ie and a lectUrc
drawn from hi forthcoming book. Bachand the Pal/ems ofll1f.:elllion.
Promotion to 'eniorLecrurer
T he following member of taff
have been promoted ro enior
Lecrurer:
Or lark Peakman, Deparrment of
Immunology, KC 1\10.Or Paul Booron, Oeparrmenr of
General Practice et Primary Care,
KC 10Or nne tephenson, Oeparrmenr of
General Practice C! Primary Care,
KCS 10.
Pagc l)
lumni cne\\ tud
ntribut t fund fornt 01 n ?n1n lUtn
Students'•nlon
news
Aoon J plJnning permi ion i
granred, onc of the mo t
e,\uting de\ c1opmenr., 0 the
la t fe\\ \ear \\ III be undef\\a~ on the
wp ofTuru' ,
KCLA provide £32,000 for newgym equipment.King' . rudenr.,' l'nion i., .,et [() plug a
lonp; apparenr gap in port'> facilitie.,
thank. [0 the p;enero.,ir~ of former
~rudenr." The con~rrunlOnof J roof
[Op ~ m on the \Iacadam Building i.,
W be financed b\ KlOg'" College
London .\Iumni ,\.,.,ociation,
The gym. \\ hlch onglOalh ran IOW
planning difficultle,. ,hould ger the go
ahead bv '\;0\ ember and bulldlOj; \\ III
be completed by \larch. h \\ ill be a
con.,iderable e'\ten,ion of the "porrlOg
faeilitie., eurrenrl~ a\ailablc [() King'"
'>rudenr.,.
Key figure'> \\ ho petitioned the
[)e\'elopmenr Tru.,{, \\ hich ra..,e.,
fund., for \\ ork and proJen., {hrougholJ{
{he College, included {he College
Principal. Profe.,sor .\rrhur Luea." Lay
:-'lember'> of {he College,
repre.,enrari\e., of {he KCL,\, and {he
Scudenr.,' l nion.
La.,{ year {he Tru.,{ rai.,ed c)\'er
£300,000 mainly from former mcmber~
of {he college, keen {() aid the
education of {heir .,ucee,>,>or.,. The
L' nion'" bid for £32,000 of {hi., mone\
[() pro\'ide (he gym and "pon.,
equipmenr wa., .,ucce.,.,fully
negotiated, The rru.,{ aho agrel.:d [()
prc)\ ide £63,000 for CD Rom
equipmenr in the ne\\ 'rrand Library,
and another £63,000 for rwehe ne\\
computer (ermlOa)., \\ I{hin {he
Hamps{ead campu.,. The rru.,{ i., .11.,0gi\ ing £24,000 {() fund pCJ'>{gradua{e
re.,l.:arc..h. (See p{/~es fll/e e r..:o for rt'porl,j
rudenr ' l-nlun Prt: .denr
Gha an KJnan aid '"Th., I a grc.:at
de\elopmenr for rudenr, at KlOg' ;
the: imprc)\ e:menr 0 porr,facllltle •
an importanr pan of en uring that
rudl.:nr gl.:{ {he be.,t from {heir collcge:
and rude nr., , L'nlOn. I{ I~ realh great
tha{ pa ( rudenr of King.., \\l.:re able
to conrrlbu{e in uch a gcnerou \\ ay."
Thc ~ m \\ ill di play a plaque
reeogl1l,ing the generosity of the
College De\dopmenr Tru [.
The reasons and processesbehind the development.~ orry-.,e\en percenr of srudenr., a{
King'" re,ponded {() ex{eJl'>I\'e market
rc earc..h undl.:rraken by Gallup on it.,
hehalf, To gauge the aerual demand
for a gym, .,cudenr., were a.,ked
\\ hc{her {he\ would bc \\ IIling [() IM\
£25 pc.:r {crm {() U.,C a . 'cudcnr.,' l' nion
multi ~m/fi{J1e.,.,cenrre a{ {hl.: Hand
.,nc. I· orty-one per cenr responded {()
.,ay {hat {hey \\ ould be \ery \\ illing copay {hi., .,UIll. The eonrrac{ ha., been
awarded {() The RIce Group, the .,amt:
company that buil{ Turu'" on the
founh and fifth OO()f'> of the \Iaeadam
Building. The expected eo.,{ of {hc
enrire projec..r \\ ill be in e ....t:c.,., of
£200,O(JO, \\ ith {he College financing
{he major parr of {his by a loan {() be
repaid over fi\e year.,.
.\ member~hip fee of around £50per year for .,rudem., i., amicipa{ed, It
i., el1\i.,a~ed {hat {he joining fee for
.,raff \\ ould be 111 {he region of £ 0, and
£100 for pa.,{ .,rudem and {he general
public. The Srudenr.,·l'l1Ion bclie\c.,
(hat neighbouring eompanie., would be
imere.,{ed in /?;ym member.,hip,
therd)\ allcm ing {he ~'m [() bc opencd
throughout {he year and .,rreng{hcning
link., with {he local community.
omen' Safe Trao port er Ice
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The Women's t;afe Transport
.,eryiee will eonrinul: {() run
and i., a\'ailable {() all female
.,rudem., of King"'.
The minibu., .,y'tem \\ hich \\ as in
operation la.,{ year ha., been replaced
by {he u~e of minicab." as rhe .,eheme
originally jnrended. The sen iel.: will
run durin~ all major e\'ems {hroughoU{
{he year.
The Reach
Sedia
Guardian/tudent
ard
aterfront bar- ne paint andcheaper drink
T he Waterfront bar has been
de orated o\'er the ummer
and i no\\' fre hly \'arnished,
re-carpeted and re-painted. The bar
ha abo been to ked with new beer,
biner , wines and cider and e\'eral
reduction have been made in the
price of drinks.
T he hortli t for the
Guardian/ US Sw dent
Media award was recently
released with judges "particularly
impre sed with the overall
improvements in tandard ," The
award, which are being presented at a
ceremony at King's, will be judged by
a variery of media luminaries,
including the former Daily Mirror
Ediror Roy Green dale, Channel
Four's Swan Cosgrove and the
Education Editor of The Guardifll/,
James 'leikle,
Among the nominee are Phillip
shworth of ROAR and Sam Faulkner
of the LOl/dol/ tudfllt in the
Photographer of the Year category,
long ide the winner of the Be t
College ew paper for the last twO
years, the LOl/doll Student, King's Bel/ch
ha also been shortlisted for College1agazine of the Year. The
presentation will take plaee on
Sawrday 22 Ocrober.
forter
rohip
Hipgroo
hi\ year ha een the tart of
'Loo e' a new Sawrda) night
\'enue in Tuw'. dmis ion
4 :'T.' or£5 normal admi sion, andrun from L,OO til 02.00, The e\ening
i advertised in the London press a
being a night of 'hip groo\'e for
groO\'y hip\ter ' and i al 0 open to
non-swdent , Riverman Promotions
arc the brains behind the scheme
which i packing the crowd in on
aturda nights; the. are working withDan and, usan from Hazard ,ounry,
the regular Thur day night at The
l 'nder\\'orld, The popularity of the
cvening seem due to the va t mix of
music played, the eheap price of
drink in the Waterfront and Tutu' ,
and the casual dress code.
Reggie' bar atKensington
T he Reach is the name of a
new bar that ha been built on
the fifth floor of the lacadam
Building over the ummer vacation.
Overlooking the Thame , the bar will
provide another alternative to the
Waterfront and the lower bar in Turu's
and ca e pressure on staff. The Reaeh
is the first stage of the proposed multi
gym POrt faciliry that is to be built on
the roof of the Macadam Building.{See
article 01/ previous page),
T he Kensington ite has een
the development of the area
in the hall behind the bar.Entitled Reggie' after the K L
concrete lion ma COt, the area will be
u ed as a coffee lounge during the dayand a gig/parry venue in the evenings.
It will al 0 provide a new wdent
study faciliry and house the nion site
office, Reggie' will serve bOttled
beer, a new election of wine andpirit and health drinks,
lan Franklin, Vice-President
Representation & wdent ffair
·rtlng outme t r
Bi~arre thing, thesc scme ter ;
they eem ro have crept up on
e\'eryone in a nasty way, Pan~
of College didn't eem quite urc
when e\'eryone wa due back, Tho e
\\ ho \\ ere in the know, kept their
wisdom to them elve. and appeared ro
refer enquiries ro an un~u peeting areathat didn't have a clue, The wdent'
llnion had a couple of week le s ro
prepare (like gening a bar built in a
maner of days) and you had less time
ro \wan around your re~pective corners
of the globe. ow that it' happened,
what do you think of it all?
The system ha mixed origins.
Onc way ro cope with more swdents
in a tighter space i ro modulari e
coursc·. This had happened for a
while, with course broken mid-way by
long holidays. An extreme solurion
would be ro have thrce fifteen-week
terms, with swdents choosing ro
anend two per year. Alternatively,
maybe degrees could be earned within
two ycar . Easy ro ee how problem
with this led ro the twelve-thineen
five nifry compromi e now at King's.
This is not without it hiccups.
Somc LE s have problems
administering funding like this. Somc
depanments have exams straight after
the Chri tmas holidays, Some,
awarding the same degree, don't.
Whatever the experience thisear, don't expect the twelve-thineen
fi e formula ro be a la ting olution.
Having one College . tem in i olationro anOther can be asking for trouble,
How desirable is it for courses ro beginbcforc Clearing i over, for example?
It would be a huge ta k to bring
rogether so many independent
componenrs, namel the entire
education infrastrucwre and all itspin-offs. Everything from A-levelre ult , to the same stan date forcour e and exams, would be a
ignificant breakthrough,
If you think that thi on of
interference is desirable, or pos ible,
dream on ...
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an1'nd h
Ti~ n: rart di
1a
In th pr ntI n fbr a t cancer
Dr Ht/m lrismlOn, leC!urtr in lireDepanml'fll o/Xulnl/on andDfl'M/rs Iras rtr. 11/~\ PUblf Ired {/
book m/ltledTamoxlfcn: :".Iolecular
ba i of u e in cancer treacmem and
prel·cmion. Hert sire desrnbl'f ruml orkon Ilris dntK.
urremly chere icon iderable imere c
in che pocential use of che drug
camoxifen noc only co crcac brea c
cancer bue al 0 co prevent it. Thc
po sible role of camoxifen a a major
chemopreventacive agent ha actracced
comroversy relacing co che po ibiliry
of harmful long-cerm ide effecc of
cherapy wich chi drug. Howeler, ic i
becoming apparent chac che finding of
tamoxifen is a D.' damaging agent
cau~ing liver cancer in racs I noc
u ually che ca e in humans.
Endomerrial cancer and recinopachy
may scill be a problem in some ca e
and clearly individual involved in
prophylaxi~ require careful monicoring.
In addicion, po sible beneficial side
effecc of camoxifen chcrapy, ~uch as
proceccion again c cardiova cular
l'ni\ er"ir\ of Lonuon Tru~t
fund~ for rec.;earch "rant ...
APplication are inviced from
members of che niver icy
(ocher chan pre ent
undergraduace wdent and chose
regiscered for a caughc lascer'
degree) for re earch grant co as isc
peeifi projecc of research wich che
provi ion of expense such as pecial
macerial ,apparaw and travel coses.
The 10 ing dace for applicarion will
be Friday 16 December 1994.
pplicant hould noce rhar rhe
omminee will noc award grants
retrospeccively i.e., for expen es
incurred before che ouccome of che
ommiccee is known.
pplicacion form and further
particulars may be obcained from che
Admini traCOr of Re earch Grant ,
niversicy of London, enare Hue,
Room 21a, Malec Streer, London,
W lE 7HU. Telephone: 0171-636
8000 exr 3147.
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di e e and 0 reoporo i (bone 10 and
chinning) are emcrgin~. The e
beneficial e er, in particular rhe
ardloproce nl e accion 0 camoxl en,
may be ke~ facror in predlcclng che
likely n k:benefic ranon of
prophylacric ramoxifen treacment in
orherwi e healchy women. hee
women have been alculaced ro be ar
ri k of del'eloping breasc cancer and
following rhe identificarion of a brea r
cancer u cepribilicy gene rhi i likely
w be decermined in rhe future b
generic creening rechniques.
The benefi ial effe r f
ramoxifen on 0 ceoporo i and hean
di~t:a e are re laced w ir abilicy ro
mimic rhe accion of natural oestrogens
co lower blood chole rerol le\'els.
Tamoxifen is an effecrive antioxidant
and can prore r human low den icy
lipoprorein (LOLl parcicles again c
che oxidacive damage cau ed by free
radicals chac is a ociaced wich
achero c1erosi . The oestrogenic
accion of camoxifcn arc in addicion wics well characceri cd abilicy co block
che growch- rimulacing accions of
Conference on Rcscan:h In
Cancer ursing
T he Department of ur ing
scudie i holding a
conference on 23 l\larch 1995
entirled Researclr in Cancer J ursing. The
aim of rhe conference is ro enable
nur e interesred in chi ubjecc ro
meec rogecher and exchange idea .
Re earch i ues in cancer nur ing will
be addre ed and a number of scudie
which have been compleced or are
currencly being undertaken by nur e
will be pre ented. Topic include: che
panern of facigue in pacient receiving
chemocherapy; finding from che
Macmillan Praccice Development OIr
Delphi urvey on re earch prioririe ;
che experience of deach and dying
from che per peccive of fellow
pacient .
The venue will be che Grcac Hall,
rrand Campu and further
informacion i available from andra
Peros: 071-872 3024 (exc 3024).
oe trO en in brea r cancer cell (ic
annoe rrogen acnon). An Imp rtant
area of re earch for che mure I che
del'elopment 0 new denl'arjl'e of
camoxifen aimed ac ol"ercoming che
problem 0 rhe del elopment of
el'entual re I can e ro ramoxifen char
frequendYoccur durin ramoxi en
trearmenr for brea r cancer, Finally. Ir
i of grear Inrere r rhar certain plant
produces (e.g. rho e derived from oya)
concain compound rhar acr a weak
oe trogen (phyco-oestrogens) and
appear co compere wirh and block rhe
growrh promoring effecr of
endogenou oestrogen in brea~r cancer
ell , In a imilar manner ro ramoxifen
icself. These phyro-oestrogens may be
narure' I'er ion of ramoxifen and
tudie on rhe mechani m of a rion of
rhe e compound in relarion ro dietary
approache co rhe prevention of brea~r
cancer arc also likely ro be of grear
value in rhe future.
Tallloxifen: ,lloleclllarbasis o/lIse in canarIri'almml and prroffllion, i published by
John Wiley, Chiehe rer.
I·.SRC eminur unudi~Cll Ion
illiam olesbury, che
ecrecary of rhe Economic
and ocial Research
ouncil (E R ), will be paying a vi ir
co rhe ollege on Thur day 17
, ovember; rhe firsr for some year. 1\lr
ole bury will pre ent a seminar on
rhe current policies of rhe E R co be
followed by a di cu ion e ion and
buffer lunch.
All raff arc welcome co chi event
which will cake place in che Council
Room ac rhe crand ampu. Pica e
re pond co Loui e adal, Academic
candards eccion, ornwall Hou e by
londay 14, ovember if you wi h co
anend 0 rhac cacering arrangements
can be finalised in advance.
European Cnion funding Framework 1\ update The Walk of H pe
F ramework 1\' i now under way
with ad\'ance call for propo al
published on 1- eptember
1994 for borh ACT ( dvanced
Communication Te hnologies) and
I\[T (Indu trial '\[aterial and
Technologie ) programmes. Both
programme will call formally on 15
December 1994. On 29 eptember the
following programme were formally
arproved by the Research ouncil:
• Telematics• Standards, 1\[easurements ei Testing
• [arinc Sciences and Technologie(1\1 T)
• griculture & Fisherie (AI R)
• Informarion Technologie
• on-nuclear Energy ontrollednuclear fu ion (jOl LE (£ THER.i\[IE)
This means thar rhe first call for
propo als for each of rhe above
programme i \'ery likely ro be on 15
December 1994, with a closing dare of
1 1\[arch 1995. The closing date for
this call will rherefore be 15june 1995.
The ommission has finally
revised its application form ro a much
more u er-friendly document! In rhe
past. the Commi ion ha been
tronglyeririei ed for rhe unwieldy and
exten i\'e derail required on irs
tandard form . The new form is much
horter, clearer and an ea ily be
phoroeopied or faxed. An electronic
formar i currenrly being on idered
bur ir i unlikely ro be ready for the
fir t call for propo als. Plea e contacr
Geraldine Barry (ext 3319) or ara
Kelly (ext 3321) for a drafr of the form.
eminar on the forthcoming
BI01\[ED programme has been
arranged for 9 November from l·tOO ro
16.30 in the Old Medical 'chool at
Denmark Hill. Or Liam O'Toole from
the Internarional Office of the IR
will pre ent the latest informarion onBIO,\[ED. His talk will be
upplcmented by David Brin (I3rirish
Council) who will advi c on making
succe ful contracts. If you would like
ro anend bur have nor already recei\'ed
a regi trarion form, pica e contact ara
on exr 3321 a oon a' po sible.
Geraldine Barry
KCL Enterpri e
Two ecuri[\' taff from
Li\ erpool L nJ\'er 1£)' will be
ropping off at King' in
. o\'ember during rheir charicy walk
from Edinburgh ro London ro rai e
fund for rhe Roy Ca £le Cau e for
Hope ppeal, for the con trucrion of
an International entre of Excellence
in Li\'erpool to combat lung can er.
john Collins and Ray Pullen will
pend rhree day ar Imperial ollege
bcfore \'i iting King' on 10nday 21
o\'ember between 14.00 and 15.15.
There will be a table in rhe foyer of
rhe Strand from where they will issue
covenant form. ponsorship forms are
also a\'ailable from rhe main de kat
the rrand.
john and Ray hope King' sraff
will pon or them direcrly or upporr
their walk in ome orher way: if ou
would like to do this, please contact:
Roy Ca £le Causc for Hope Appeal
PO Box 107
c/o Barclays Bank
4 \ ater Street
Liverpool.Tel: 0 1-1-2273636.
ontinuing education figures 1993 - 1994
School No of courses No of students Student hours FTEs*
92/93 93/94 92/93 93/94 92/93 93/94 92/93 93/94Education 41 48 804 912 35,522 15,796 118 53
Humanities 87 147 576 1,662 12,010 86,335 40 288
Law 39 16 726 931 18,025 12,099 60 40
Life Sciences 23 166 1,430 2,175 51,182 14,625 171 49
KCSMD 22 45 435 944 11,383 26,467 38 88
Physical Sciences 14 16 379 564 3,079 4,698 10 16
Non-school 25 - 607 - 64,926 216- -
Total 251 438 4,957 7,188 196,127 160,020 654 533
• One FTE = 300 student hours. Totals may not agree due to rounding. Table prepared by the Continuing Education Unit.
There ha been a decline in
FTEs, despite the increa e in
cour e run and number ofstudent anending. However. the drop
in the chool of Life cience, i due
in large parr ro a rechnical change, in
thar the I ursing 5tudie , parr-rime
degree srudent are now included in
the individuali ed record. , and not in
rhe continuing education record.
The e tudenrs accounted for 44.695
rudent-hour in 1992/3.
There have al 0 been decrea e ,
albeir much smaller one, in rhe
rudent-hours rerurned by gerontologyand life cience. These decrea e
have been parrly off er b increa e in
rhe !v[edical School return - ,439 from
ob retrics and gynaecology, and 6.218
from medical phy ics, neither of which
returned anyrhing la t year. The
increa e in rhe chool of Humanirie i
due to rhe inclusion of rhe English
Language nit., (65,705 student-
hour ), which was in rhe on- chool
category la tear. \ hile rhe chool of
Education ha increa ed borh the
number of courses and rudent, the
cour e have become shorter, due ro
rhe financial constrainrs on chool ,thus reducing rhe tudent-hours.
oncinuing Education Unir
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•otlces
1 c\\ from (he Kin u ' ~I ble
The Strand Campus'olleaj!;ue \\ ill rt.:ad cl cw here in (hi
i ue of (hc rc(in:mem of h or
Klngman. who for ?7 year ha heen
lookln af(cr (hc drink requirement
of our uand ha cd t.:U wmer .
AI(hough h or will nor be dlrecd~
replact.:d, wc imcnd (() con[lnuc (()
offer a comprehen,i\ c dnnk, cn ice a(
(he (rand and cu (()mcr an: a kcd (0
contact Dennl .\lIen or Pc(cr Duranton 234ljJI 057 In fuwre. Cu,tomt.:r arc
a ked (() gne (hem a, much notice a
po ible for 't.:n Ice, and arc poh[d)reminded (ha[ credit .,ale~ requirewflnen order.,. I\()f\ re[iremt:n[ doc,.
howe\·t:r. nece""J(a[e a thoroughre\ iew of (ht: drink, t.:n ice provided
b~ [he Ca(cring l)epaHmem. and
de[aib of an~ change., will bt: wiot:!)
circula(t:d once [ht: rt:\ it:\\ i, comple[c.
Cornwall HouseThe King\ Table I'> plca.,t:o w
announct: (ht: Imlnlnem opening of a
ne\\ Coffee Bar in [he main huildlng
of Cornwall Ilou,t:. Sirua(ed in Room
\!BZ 19, i[ will be open from 10.00 w
15.00 during [t:rm (imt:.
,\ new range of produc(., including
cappuccino coffec and filled bagucue.,
will. toge[her wi[h old favourite"~ bcavailable from (hi, outle( and wa(eh
Oll[ for exciting inrroducwry offer.,!The King\ Table i., aware (ha[
capacity in [he new oude( is limi[cd [Q
,ome 50 ~ea(s. and (herefort: a
cakeaway .,ef\'ice I'> available for all
produc(~.
Chelsea CampusThc uadi[ional Chebea Chri.,(mas
Iunch, onc of [he t:vem., of (he year,
will (akc place on Tue day, 20
December.pre-Iunch gla.,~ of wine, or .,of(
drink will be erved a[ 12.00 in (he
A sembly Hall, with a Carverv s(\. lelunch served a[ 12.15 in (he \'Iai~Refecwry.
The price is £6.95 per head, andhooking form, will be circula[ed
shordy. FUHher decail, can be
obcained from (he Chelsea Catering
Office on ex(ension~ 4907/49
P J Hoffman
Catering Officer
<.h em arol b~ c ndlelighr
The popular .\d\em aral en ICe b\candlellgh( wIII be held on (hree .
e\"enin' : '(J on:mber. I and ZDecember a( 17. '0. Ticke( ( recl arc
a\ ailabk from [he Chaplainc~ a( [he. uand from 1 ./)\ ember.
\11\ mt:mber of (.lff who would
hke w read a( one of (he t:nice'> i.,
a kco [0 conrat:( (he Chaplain. Fr
Philip Chc (t:r on 071- r 2373.
(Idem en ice confert:: nee
'f ht: Coun elling! P~ychQ[herap)
'ct:(ion of wdem. 'enice, i~ holding
J(, \nnual Conference on ~5
. '0\ embc.:r In (he Council Room from
10.O(J (() 16.00. The (ide of [his year'"
con ference 1'>: Sf/ldell! sl':\/lo/itl' ill fI
l"h{I/l~II/j!t'll'urolll//mf - I1l1pltr~f/fJ'" for
(I)/It'Kf 5/(/ff.Tht: ,>pcaker, arc \Iargarc(
Gardincr (Lt.:uurt:r and Tu(()r. CEl.),
King\ College London). Or RobenHale (Con,ulranc P,ychiaui,(
/p,>yt.hoanah,(, Ta\ i,wck and
POHnum ClII1IC'), ,\nn Ilc: no (I kad
of Coumcllll1g and Ad\ I'O~ Scn ICC'.
l' nivt:r,i[) of We,(mi",,(er).
\lcmber, offacul() and ~raff who
wish (() a((cnd ~hould appl~ a~ ,oon a~
pos.,iblc [() Cclia Cockburn, 2C SEB,
t:X( 2530. There is no conference fee
for King\ ~ollege scaff bu( anvonc
wishing [() have lunch/ refrc h:nencs i,
asked (0 concribu(e £12.
ome and join (he gho.,dy going,-on
in (he spooky ,urroundings of (he
College. 'ocial Club hallowe 'en PaHvon 2 Ocwber. Doors open a[ 19.00,'
admi((ancc is frce and food will be
available
ant:) dre, is op(ional bur (here
will be a prize for (he scarie (coswme!,\11 members of scaff and (heir gue,(s
are warmly invited. oman Lenyllllg on CX( 3354 for de(aib.
The (hird edition of (he leafle( IlnOf's
0" of Ki"g's covers public lecwres,open day~ and evems up uncil January
1995. If you require copies plea.,e ring
Pres~ and Publica(ions, CX( 3202.
ave ber even s18 NovemberThe Trustees of the HockerillEducational Foundation inviteacademic staff to attend the 1994Hockerill Lecture entitled:
A vision for the future of educationProfessor Tim Brighouse, MA(Oxon), Chief Education Officer,City of BirminghamNew Theatre, Strand, 20.15Tea and biscuits in the CouncilRoom, 17.15 to 18.00
RSVP 0 J Newman Esq., 51 PoleBarn Lane, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex,C0139NQ.
22 NovemberThe Halliburton lecture inPhysiologyEgg into embryo: ethics, cyclesand ionsProfessor Martin H Johnson MAPhD, Department of Anatomy,University of Cambridge17.30 in Lecture Theatre 3B20.Tea will be available beforehand,at 16.45 in the main entrance hall.
la 'well ociery Lecture.
14 NovemberGlassy metals, proteins, soapbubbles and the Giant's Causeway:making sense of disorder incondensed matter and materials.Professor John Finney, UniversityCollege, London.Room 2B08, Main Building14.00 to 15.00
21 NovemberThe arrest of time: thedevelopment of high speedphotographyOr M E J Holwill, King's College,Room 2B08, Main Building,14.00 to 15.00
, chool of HllmanitieDepartmem of ~lll ic
21 NovemberMusic by Purcell and Birtwistle tocelebrate the appointment of SirHarrison Birtwistle as first holderof the Henry Purcell Chair ofComposition.18.30, Great Hall.For admission to this concertplease apply to the School ofHumanities, telephone: 071-8732360.
5 DecemberKing's College Orchestra: works bySchubert, Cherubini and Weber.19.30, Great Hall.
8 DecemberRosalind Aden, piano.13.05, Room 6C.
Admission is free.
DBRC emmar at Drlll)Lane
2 OctoberSpecification of cell fate inDictyostelium developmentOr Rob Kay, LMB, Cambridge13.00
4 NovemberSignalling through the sevenlesspathway.Professor Ernst Hafen, Universityof Zurich13.00
9 NovemberSub-dividing the DrosophilaembryoOr Peter Lawrence, LMB,Cambridge13.00
16 NovemberMolecular mechanisms of celllineage choice.Or Tony Ford, Institute for CancerResearch13.00
23 NovemberRetinoic acid and regeneration inlower vertebratesOr Patricia Feretti, Institute of ChildHealth13.00
30 NovemberSry-related genes, Sox-l and Sox2, in early neural developmentOr Robin Lovell-Badge, NIMR13.00
Randall seminars at DruryLane
7 NovemberModelling cystic fibrosis: fromgene targeting to gene therapyOr Bill Colledge, Wellcome CRCInstitute, Cambridge17.00
14 NovemberSignals, signal reception andmorphogenetic cell movement inDictyosteliumProfessor Jeff Williams, UniversityCollege London17.00
21 NovemberAntibodies: Templates for drugdesignProfessor Tony Rees, Dept ofBiochemistry, Bath University17.00
28 NovemberScreening for inhibitors of tyrosinekinases for breast cancerchemotherapyOr Martin Page, WellcomeResearch Labs, Beckenham17.00
5 DecemberMolecular genetics and Psychiatry:The beginning of the end?Or Steve A Whatley, Institute ofPsychiatry, London17.00
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e ha\'e been ad\'i cd b~ the
Royal '-lail that in ordcr to
e'\pedlte the delj\'e~' of
mall it imend to allocate a 'Iarge u er'
po tcode for the cxclu ive u e of
Cornwall Hou;e. From 1 • ·o\cmber
the ne\\' po~tal address for all
department ~i{lJated at Corn\\all
I10u e/Corn\\all Hou e Annex Will be:
The Ro~ al mail will continuc to
run the e\i;tin~ po~tcode (. El TX)concurrentl~ \\ ith the nc\\ onc for a
perIod of 12 month\ from I 'm'ember
1994.
.\lcmber~ of staff respon~ible for
(;()mmis~ioning publications and
departmental stationery should en\ure
that all tho~e bearing the Cornwall
Ilou~c Annex address include the ne\\
po tcode at the ne t priming. I t may
be cOOleniem to make the change; a~
and when amendments are made to
reflect the new British Telecom 'TOcode which ha\ e been in u e since 1
.\ugu~t and \\ hich \\ ill become
obligarory from 16 April 1995.
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coa ral rown, ;lceps six. Stunning
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Telephone: 0734 867292.
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Full dctails and br<)Lhure~ arc a\ allable
from the Carcer~ en·ice.
Wednesday 9 NovemberScience, :::ngineering &Information Technology Fair11,00 to 16.00Finance Fair - 11,00 to 16,00Orgonrsoflons offmdlf/f( II1dude: . Inil}
Offirer; Arthur :lnde fII; LOf(/({J ('K l.td;
fondord 14l'; TOl/rl1l' Ross.
seminars on specific media topics).Ofj!OfWOflOfr ortmdrn'-' II1dud. . In/ond
Ref:mul'. IflIl'nloflono/ Hou'l'. rso,InJlllfJll' oPubIJr Rl'/oflons; AOf(on Po"l'
Vd; I.ondon Co/I. l' of Pmrrrn' ,
nformation Fair 199are r
Tuesday 8 NovemberGeneral Fair - 11.00 to 16.00Arts and Media Fair - 12.00 to14.30 (including a programme of
he King' areer In ormation
FaIr, organ! ed b~ the Career
en Ice, wIll be held on
Tue day and \Yedne dJ,9
'o\ember in the Great Hall. uand
Campu . On both day employer.
cour e pronder and prok IOnal
in munon \\ III be on hand {() an \\ er
que tion about their I fJ<r \ aLanlle~.'tudent \\ ill be able to find OUt \\ hat
Ort of graduate; the e organi~atlOns
require. training, prospect, number of
vacancies. etc. E \'em are a; follow~:
Plant
InglngLe onProfc~ ional ~inger with con~idcrable
performing and teaching cxperience
offer; private tuition {(J all abilitie~.
vailable at l'niversiry College
London, omacr S Coombe~, ALC~I.
afrer 19.00. Telephone:071- -+46 6 72
. ofthearred gardener \\ ill not have a
vegetable patch left ne t year unle~s
good homes are found for nearly
unlimited number of the following
pia m;: foxglo\'es; forger-me-nots;
eampanula; Chinese lanterns;
~Iichaelma dai ies; coltsfom; lemon
balm. Hou e pace i becoming
;everely restricted by population
explosion from pider plams.
Please ring 2029 (l\lusie
Departmem) if you would like some of
these plams. They would have to be
collected from the Strand ~ite. 0
charge, donation ro Oxfam
appreciated.
~ommem i~ willing to car~
advertising at thc Ediwr\ dl~cretion
for goods or ~en'ice~ that would be of
imerest ro King'~ staff. The co t~ arc
a follows:
Full page advert: £250Half page advert; £125Quarter page advert: £62.50Small ads (not more than 50words) are free to all staff.
Plea. e contact rhc Pre~s and
Publications office on e t 3202 if you
have an queries about advertising or
Comment in general.
GT H ughes, Bur~ar
CoIllllleIJIComment is the College'sregular newsletter, issued by thePress and Publications Office(ext 3202, fax 071-872 0212)each month during term time.Contributions for the nextedition should be received byFriday 18 November (if possibleon a 3,5" disk).Please note that the editorreserves the right to cut oramend articles as necessary,
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