SAD NEWS FOR THE COLLEGE

IT IS WITH THE DEEPEST SADNESS AND

REGRET THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE DEATH

OF MARSHAL OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE

THE LORD CAMERON OF BALHOUSIE, KT,

GCB,CBE,DSO,DFC,AE,HON LLD, PRINCIPAL

OF KING'S COLLEGE LONDON SINCE 1980.

LORD CAMERON DIED PEACEFULLY ON

THE MORNING OF TUESDAY JANUARY 29

WITH HIS FAMILY AROUND HIM. HE WILL

BE GREATLY MISSED.

FUNERAL AND MEMORIAL ARRANGEMENTS

WILL BE MADE KNOWN IN DUE COURSE.

From 10 January until 15 June Mr AnthonySavile will be Acting Head of the Depart­ment of Philosophy during the absenceof Professor Sorabji in the United States.

Appointments3/12/84 Miss A Harvey, Arts Faculty10/12/84 Miss M Skinner, Physics Dept11/12/84 Miss C Peppercorn, Geography

Dept17/12/84 Miss 0 Forshaw, Wellington Hall2/1/85 Miss B Dix, Anatomy and Hum­

an Biology2/1/85 Miss 0 Roberts, Assistant

Refectory Manageress.14/1/85 Miss R Harvey, Pharmacology

Promotion2/1/85 Miss C S Adams, moves from

the Principal's Office to becomePrivate Secretary to the Dean

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineer­ing1/2/85 Or J K A Everard, New Blood

Lecturer

Dept of Computing1/4/85 Mr S J Croft, Lecturer1/1/85 Mr P A Hutchinson, Lecturer

II STAFF NEWS

STAFF APPOINTMENTS AT KING'S

CLERICAL, SECRETARIAL ANDACADEMIC RELATED

j KOC HEAOO OF DEPARTMENT ­FACULTY OF LI FE SCI EI\CES

After extensive consultation within thedepartments concerned, the ManagementCommittee has approved the followingappointments as Heads of Departments­Designate. The Council of the enlargedCollege is expected to ratify the appoint­ments at the first opportunity afterI August 1985, the Appointed Day.

Subject to appropriate provision beingmade for staged retirements, it is intend­ed that appointments shall be for aperiod not exceeding five years in thefirst instance, commencing forthwith.

ANATOMY AND HUMAN BIOLOGYProfessor K E Webster

BIOCHEMISTRYProfessor H R V Arnstein(Deputy Head - Professor H Baum )*

BIOLOGYProfessor C B Cox

BIOPHYSICSProfessor R M Simmons

HUMAN ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCESProfessor P J Peterson

PHAR MACO LOGYProfessor G V R Born(Deputy Head - Professor M Ginsberg)PHYSIOLOGYProfessor P F Baker

OBITUARY

MR K S BASS

For many people in King's, the joy ofbreaking up for the Christmas holidayswas marred by the sad news that MrSid Bass, former Chief Technician in thePhysics Department, died on Wednesday19th December after a long illness.

Mr Bass came to the College in April1957 and was one of the many invaluablemembers of staff who took early retire­ment in July 1984. During his last yearat the College his strength of will andcheerfulness, whilst working often ingreat pain, were admired by many. How­ever, anyone who really knew him wouldnot have expected any less of him.

His funeral on 27th December was attend·ed by many friends and colleagues fromKing's.

Mr Bass leaves a widow and two sons, towhom we extend our deepest sympathy.

DR D IVOR JOHN

A memorial service was held in theChapel on February 18 for the life andwork of Ivor John, lecturer in the Deptof Chemistry who died suddenly beforeChristmas. An appreciation will beincluded in the next issue of Comment

ARRIVALS AT QECMr Frank Tracey, Shift porter/receptionistMr William Witlea, Weekday nightsecurity manMiss Barbara Newell, Evening reception­istMr Ronald Wiggins, Technician, PhysicsDepartmentMr Stephen Prowse, Library Assistant/TypistMr Tim Kenning, Technician, ElectronicsUnit

Mrs Jane Vlitos has become a permanentlecturer on the full-time staff of theNutrition Dept.

DEPARTURES FROM QECMr Andrew James, Technician, Biochem­istry Department

CHELSEA COLLEGE

Appointments1/10/84 Or PS Adey, Senior Research

Fellow, Centre for Science andMathematics Edu ducation

1/5/85 Mrs C Dawson, Research Ass­istant, Centre for Science andMathematics Education

MICROBIOLOGYProfessor S J Pirt

NURSING STUDIESDr J Wilson-Barnett

NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCEProfessor 0 J Naismith

PHARMACYProfessor J W Gorrod

*Professor Baum will assume the head­ship for a two year term with effect from1.8.87 when Professor Robinson willbecome Deputy Head.

An earlier decision to maintain separatedepartments of Plant Sciences and Zoo­logy has been reconsidered and a singleDepartment of Biology will now be form­ed under Professor C B Cox. In all otherrespects the departmental structure is asoriginally proposed.

Pr.ofessor Arnstein will continue as Chair­man of the Life Sciences Group until theAppointed Day when the Faculty will beformally constituted and a Dean elected.

TAX RELIEF AND PENSIONSCHEMES

You may have seen rumours in thepress that the Chancellor of the Excheq­uer is thinking of changing the rules bywhich pension schemes are exempt frommost forms of tax. We have been reassuredby his recent statement in the House ofCommons that he is not contemplatingretrospective action on lump sums, sothat there is no need to retire, perhapsprematurely, before the Budget in orderto be sure of the lump sum benefit youhave already earned. However, the Chanc­ellor has most definitely not denied thegeneral rumour that he is going to taxpension funds. If he does this couldaffect you personally. The University ofLondon Superannuation Officer haswritten to point out that the possibil-ities include higher tax bills for membersand pensioners, loss of future lump sumrights, and most worrying, greatly increa­sed combined contribution rates. Theemployer's contribution rate might evenrise to the point where, if the School isto continue to exist it must either with-

,

draw from the pension scheme orsubstantially reduce the benifits, includ-ing those already earned. Some schemesmight even become insolvent. TheUniversity will be making its own viewsknown in the appropriate quarter. Howeveryou may wish to put YOUR viewsforward, for example by writing to thepress or to your MP. In this respect thefollowing information may be useful.

PENSION FUND TAX RELIEFS

There are 6 areas where pension fundsget some form of tax relief:(a) member's contributions are exemptfrom tax;(b) employer's contributions are exemptfrom tax;(c) members do not pay tax on theemployer's contribution;(d) the pension is taxed as earned income;(e) the lump sum is free of tax;(f) the investment income is not subjectto income tax or Capital Gains Tax.

All these areas are subject to very strictregulation by the Inland Revenue.

sum. which may involve large financialcommitments. The Chancellor has onlyprovided comfort for the lump sumearned up until Budget Day.

REMOVING TAX RELIEF ON I VEST­MENTS is especially serious. All our cal­culations, and actuarial valuations, havebeen done on the assumption that inves­tment income is untaxed. The exacteffect on any given fund would dependon a full actuarial assessment, but thebroad implications are that contribut­ions would need to increase by 60/75%to maintain the same level of benefits.In the case of USS this would mean acombined contribution rate of some40% of payroll, while for SAUL the figurewould be about 30%.

The alternative to paying higher contri­butions is to give lower benefits. Areduction of about 40% of the benefitsoffered would bring USS or SAUL intobalance. This would also apply, at leastin part, to existing pensioners, whosepast contributions have also been assum­ed to earn tax free income during their

remaining expectation of life. Schemeswith a higher proportion of pensionersmight actually become insolvent, butUSS and SAUL could probably surviveby reducing benefits currently in pay­ment as well as those earned in thefuture.

A QUESTION AND ANSWER GUIDEprepared by the National Associationof Pension Funds (NAPF)

Q What has prompted this campaignby NAPF?A There has been speculation thatchanges are going to be made by theChancellor to the tax treatment ofpension funds. NAPF, which representsoccuJJational pension schemes in thepublic and private sectors, is concernedthat ill-considered changes might havea disastrous effect on savings for retire­ment.

Q How do the present tax concessionswork?A Very simply. No tax is paid on contr­ibutions to pension funds, by employer

The cumulative deficit now projected for the end of this financial year is some£4.0m and the associated external borrowing is estimated to be some £900k.

KQC Finance Officer

Total1003473

1476

Total990461

1451

Total

Projected LevelChelsea QEC350 168161 107

511 275

King's485205

690

King's504203

707

King's College LondonChelsea CollegeQueen Elizabeth College

The latest management accounts indicate that the KQC overall results for 1984/85 todate are very much in line with expectations. The budgeted result for the financial yearending July 31 1985 was a deficit of some £663k. Savings in staff costs arising from nonreplacement of vacant posts were expected to reduce this figure to around £500k. Thelatest figures, when projected forward to July 31 1985, suggest than an overall KQCdeficit of around £500k is not unrealistic.

The individual breakdown of the projected deficit in 1984/85 is as follows:

Latest forecast £k(150)(200)(130)

(480)

Academic deptsOther areas

Overall full-time equivalent staffing figures, a prime factor in the control of collegeexpenditure, stand at 1451. This figure is less than the projected number of staff inpost at July 31 1985, but it is expected that committed replacements will close thegap by the end of the year.

The comparison of actual staff in post as at December 31 1984 and the projectednumbers in post as at July 31 1985 is as follows:

Current LevelChelsea QEC323 163154 104

477 267

Academic deptsOther areas

Total

Total

THE KQC FINANCIAL SITUATIONREMOVAL OF (a) might, at first sight,be dealt with by changing to a non-contrib­utory scheme. However, removal wouldchange completely the nature and scopeof Additional Voluntary Contributions,by which many members make up theirbenefits if these fall short of the maximum.

REMOVAL OF (b) would, at first sight,have no effect on non-tax-paying bodies.However, we recall that the lifting ofthe National Insurance Surcharge, whichuniversities did not pay, was accompaniedby an increase in the normal NI contrib­ution rate, which they do. Since a generaleffect of ending tax reliefs will be to dis­courage private occupational schemes, itwill throw more people into the Statesystem with presumably higher NI ratesall round. At all events it will be wise toassume that employers' payroll costswill not diminish.

REMOVING (c) would add substant­ially to members' tax bills. Members ofstaff would presumably be even morereluctant to join a communal plan andto that extent would be thrown back ontheir own resources, or on those of theState.CHANGING (d) would add to the taxbills of those pensioners, a minority,whose incomes lie in the higher rate taxbrackets.

TAXING THE LUMP SUM would seriou­sly impair the only opportunity mostpeople have of acquiring a substantialamount of free capital. It would alsoaffect the plans which many people havemade, 00 .the assumption of the lump

or employee. Investment earned incomeon these contributions is also free of taxto help ensure that they accumulate a sumsum sufficient to meet commitments andpay a decent pension. But don't thinkthat this means that tax is not paid. TheInland Revenue collected nearly £2000mlast year from income tax on pensions ­and this figure is growing.

Q When were the existing concessionsestablished?A It was a direct result of a Governmentdecision to encourage people to providefor their old age out of their currentearnings. This principle was established inthe 1921 Finance Act, has been endorsedby every government since then and hasbeen responsible for the evolution ofoccupational pension schemes over thepast 63 years.

Q So what are the rumoured changes?A Essentially, four fundamental ones ­1. to remove tax rei ief on pension fu ndcontributions2. to tax investment income earned onthese contributions3. to tax the lump sum payable onretirement4 to tax the employee on the employer'scontribution.

Q Would the impact of such changes besignificant?A We think they would be shortsightedand possible disastrous.1. taxing employee contributions wouldeffectively abolish the principle establishedand discourage people from putting asidemoney in favour of more immediate needs.This would mean fewer people withpensions and therefore no benefit to theTreasury2. A tax on employer's contributionswould effectively stifle opportunitiesfor growth and increased employment3. a tax on investment income appearsless damaging but could be as unprofit­able. Our calculations show that a 30%tax on investment income could cutfinal pensions by up to 50% or force anincrease of up to two-thirds in rates ofcontribution4 to tax the lump sum would ignore the'good faith' in which members havebeen paying contributions.

Q Why should a tax on investment incomehave such a disproportionate effect?A One of the keys to the provision ofdecent pensions is to let the fund accum­ulate as much compound interest as poss­ible. A tax on contributions or on invest­ment income will both slow down therate of growth.

Q So you are opposed to any change?

A No, we are as keen as anyone to seethe service improved in any way possible,but think it right to be alarmed by prop­osals that might end up cutting pensionsor causing pension funds to close. Wedon't want to throwaway the 60 yearsput in to creating one of the most effic­ient pension movements in the worldwhich has helped millions to enjoy theirretirement in comfort and dignity.

COMMITTEE ON TRAINING FORACADEMIC STAFF

News Round-Up

Forthcoming courses and seminars ofinterest to members of the academicteaching staff:

Seminar - Postgraduate Training6 February, 2.15pm - 5.00pm, King~s

Departments have already been circulatedbut further details are available from GillSales in Zoology (Strand, ext 2372)

Wor,{shop - Improving Lecturing(arranged by the Centre for Staff Devel­opment in Higher Education)19-21 February, Institute of EducationFurther details either from CSDHE,55 Gordon Square, London WCIH ONU(636 1500 ext 497) or Stephen Harrow,Assistant Registrar (Strand ext 2689)

Workshop - Evaluating Teaching (CSDHE)26-28 February, Institute of EducationFurther details either from CSDHE, 55Gordon Square, London WCIH ONU(636 1500 ext 497) or Stephen HarrowWorkshop - Small Group Teaching (CSDHE12-14 March, Institute of EducationFurther details either from CSDHE,55 Gordon Square, London WCIH ONU(636 1500 ext 497) or Stephen Harrow.

Half-Day Conference - The EmotionalExperience of Learning and Teaching22 March, 9.30am-1.00pm, TavistockCentre, 120 Belsize Lane, NW3 5BAArral')ged by the Tavistock Clinic Train­ing Office, for professionals in the fieldof education. Further details from IscaWittenberg at the Tavistock Centre(4357111) or Stephen Harrow.

Conference - Academic Standards8-9 July, University of SouthamptonArranged by the Society for Research intoHigher Education Staff DevelopmentGroup. Further details either from DrR J D Rutherford, Faculty of Education,Ring Road North, University of Birming­ham, PO Box 363 (021 472 1301 ext 2722)or Stephen Harrow

CTAS can call upon funds to help thoseinterested undertake training activities orattend seminars and meetings like thoselisted above. As a rule, events arranged byCTAS itself (eg the Seminar on Post-

graduate Training) are without chargeto members of KQC. Outside activitiesgenerally attract a course fee or registrat­ion charge but this can normally be met,wholly or in part, from CTAS funds.Contact Stephen Harrow in the Registryor Professor David Aspin (Education,Strand ext 2347) for information.

CTAS also has a small library of books,pamphlets etc which may be of use toacademic staff looking for new ways ofpresenting old truths. Two recent addit­ions to the library, published by Technic­al and Educational Services Ltd are:

53 Interesting Things to do in yourSeminars and Tutorials

53 Interesting Things to do in yourLectures

both written by Graham Gibbs andSue and Trevor Habeshaw. Althoughaimed at the poly market, the 'InterestingThings' suggested are by-and-Iarge quiteapplicable to teaching at university level;the somewhat eye-rolling titles of thevolumes should not deter colleagues fromasking to borrow them for a weekendspeed read. Again, contact StephenHarrow (Registry, Strand, ext 2689)

CTAS hopes to have a regualr column inComment from now on, keeping teacher~

in touch with developments in theircraft.

STUDENTSHIPS SCHOLARSHIPSEXHIBITIONS BURSARIES ANDPRIZES

King's College London offers a numberof awards each year, which are open toapplication by students of the College,some of which are listed below. For thecurrent Session, these prizes refer only tothose students who are registered at King' ';College but for the Session 1985/86 theywill be open to all students of the mergedCollege.

More information about these awards andabout others which are available can beobtained from Lesley Boyd, Registry(Room 5B/Main Building). All applicat­ions should be sent to Mr B E Salter,Academic Registrar, unless otherwisestated.Bursaries for Vacation Travel in FranceThis award is open to undergraduatestudents (other than those in their finalyear) of all Faculties in the College, whohave at least an '0' Level or equivalentqualification in French. The closing datefor applications is Friday 15 March 1985.

Mary Clarke Travel ExhibitionsThese exhibitions are open to women un-

dergraduate students in all Facu Ities whohave satisfactorily completed full·timecourses of study for at least three terms.Preference will be given to students inthe Faculties of Arts, Laws and NaturalScience. The closing date for applicationsis Friday 15 March 1985

Ronald Burrows Memorial StudentshipThis studentship is awarded annually toa graduate of a British university or ofthe University of Athens. Preferencewill be given to a student who has grad·uated with Honours from King's College.The closing date for application is30 June 1985.

Crompton StudentshipsThe object of these studentships is toenable women students of French Lang·uage and Literature to attend a courseof study at a University in France orBel~ium. One or two studentships willbe offered annually to women studentswho are, or have been fu lI·time studentsof King's College, and have lately comp·leted the course for the Honours degreein French of the University of London,or have been registered as research stud­ents in the Department of French ofKing's College for not less than one acad·emic year. Candidates for these student·ships must send their names to the Headof the Department of French not laterthan 30 April 1985.

Berridge StudentshipsOne studentship is offered annually forResearch in Physiology as applied topublic health. The closing date for app­lication is 30 June 1985.

Spackman Prize in MathematicsThis prize is open to any full-time under-

graduate student whose degree coursecontains a major component of mathe­matics. The prize will be awarded to

the winner of a mathematical competit-ion to be held in the Lent Term, under thedirection of the Head of the Departmentof Mathematics. The closing date forapplications is 14 February 1985.

lan Healey Memorial AwardThis award is made annually to an under­graduate student who has shown particul­ar promise in ecology to enable him or herto carry out an approved project on anecological topic during their vacation.Students, who shou Id preferably havecompleted four terms of a BSc course,should submit an application no laterthan the last day of the Lent Term 1985.

Ruggles·Gates AwardThis award will be made to a registeredundergraduate student of the School ofBiological Sciences, who has performedwith distinction during the course andshown special promise for a career oforiginal research, to assist the student tocarry out research or study (eg vacationwork or study involving travel) not in thenormal range of undergraduate study forwhich funds would not be available throu­gh the usual channels. Students, whoshould preferably have completed fourterms of the course, should, after consult­ing their teachers, submit an applicationbetween 15 February and the last day ofterm.

Plumptre Prize for English VerseThis prize is open to regular undergraduatestudents of the Faculty of Theology andReligious Studies in the second or thirdyear of their course. The closing date willbe announced on the Faculty noticeboard.

PRIZE FOR GEe RESEARO-ISTUDENT

Congratulations go to Mark McLellan,a Ph.D. student working in the BiologyDepartment, who was awarded theViviane Maggi prize for the best present­ation by a young biochemist at tAeAnnual Histochemistry meeting of theRoyal Microscopical Society (the UKHistochemistry Society) held on 8January 1985. Mark is currently a hold­er of the Queen Elizabeth College Res­earch Scholarship and is in his secondyear of study for a Ph.D. The title ofhis paper was 'Chilling Damage in Tom­ato Leaf Protoplasts assessed by FlowCytometry', and represents one of theearliest studies of this form of plant cellanalysis which will be crucial to rapiddevelopment in plant biotechnology.The prize will be presented to Mark atthe Annual General Meeting of the R'M.S.in May.

TERMLY ACADEMIC MEETING

Members of the academic staff at DenmarkHill were joined by a number of coll­eagues from the Strand, Chelsea andQueen Elizabeth Colleges on Tuesday 22January when Professor M D Rawlins ofthe University of Newcastle spoke on thesubject 'Who Needs Clil'lical Pharmacology?

We hope that even more will join us forthe next meeting to be held in the summ-·er term; suggestions about possible topicsfor discussion would be most vwlcomeand should be sent to the Dean of theSchool of Medicine and Dentistry.

o G LawThe Librarian

alternative methods of providing the inforrration which our users must have.

funds, to acquire a reasonable amount ofnew material as the real value of thebudget declines. In keeping with this,there must be a greater emphasis on con- Most libraries live in something of a rutserving and then exploiting to the fu 11 the with, at best, a very gradual evolution.resources we already possess. The physical The merger forces the new Library to lookdeterioration of printed material is a problem at every aspect of its operations and in sobeing tackled-at national level, but the age doing allows us an unexpected opportunityof the College ensures that we have more to make a leap forward in providing athan our fair share of books requiring con- modern library service. The next fiveservation, if they are to ;)e of use to reader~ years will br:i ng radical change as an in­

evitable consequence of the merger. TheLibrary's task is to ensure that by takingthe best of our present practices andmerging them with the best of currentlibrary thought, we finish up with a moreeconomic but superior service to thepresent one.

One of the most powerful tools for theexploitation of the library is the computer.We hope to marry the Library's expertise indealing with databases to the technicalexpertise of the new computer centre inorder to explore the whole area of inform­ation provision. The Library should bemuch more than a simple repository ofmore or less well ordered books. We canno longer afford to buy all the books whichreaders require and so we must look to

THE KOC LIBRARY

The merger of the three colleges willcreate on of the larger libraries in theUK, with a stock of around 750,000volumes. However, the different traditionsof the college libraries provides a host ofproblems in reconciling not only differentlibrary practices but different attitudesto library provision. To a large degree theLibrary will have to be redesigned fromfirst principles and every facet of libraryoperation will have to be reconsidered.

With a staff of eighty scattered over four­teen sites and two dozen reading rooms,a great emphasis will have to be placed onmanagement: managing the staff, to keepall the service points open for the longestpossible hours; managing the stock, tomake sure that it is on the appropriatesite as departments move;; managing the

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GENERAL NEWS

MAIL COLLECTION AND DELIVERYSERVICE BETWEEN CHELSEACOLLEGE AND QEC

As from 21 January 1985 there will be anamendment to the timings of the aboveservice and in future mail will be collect­ed from the post room at 11.30am eachweek-day morning.

Will all staff concerned please ensure thatmail reaches the post room in good timeto catch this service.

TYPEWRITER CONTRACTSRENEWABLE NOW

The maintenance contract for the depart­mental typewriters is renewable from1st January each year and listed beloware the proposed prices for 1985. CowperBusiness Equipment will be sending aninvoice to the departments concernedwhich should be paid promptly if theywish to continue with the contract, orreturned with a brief covering note ifthey wish to terminate the arrangement.

Machine Old Price New Price

Manual £18.00 £19.50Portable £18.00 £19.50Electric £40.00 £43.00Adler GolfBall £49.00 £53.00IBMElectronic

DON'T THROW YOUR OLD STAMPSAWAY

The residents of H.M. Prison Dartmoorhave started a scheme to sort and sellused stamps and donate all the proceedsto the Royal National Lifeboat InstitutionThe stamps are sorted on cards and week­ly sales now amount to about £200. Acheque for £1000 has recently been pre­sented to Appledore RNLI. If ~ ClU haveused stamps your department could sendthem directly to Senior Officer BI<..ke,Stamp Collection, M.M.P. Dartmoor,Princetown, Yelverton, Devon PL20, or ifyou only have a few send them to OC'vidGreen, Geography Department, King'sCollege, Strand Campus.

BIOCHEMISTRY ARCHIVES

King's College Archives have properlybecome King's College London (KQC)Archives with a welcome first deposit

of twenty-five years of Chelsea'sBiochemistry Bulletin by Or Derek F.Evered. Chelsea's Biochemistr'J ~,Sc

was initiated by Or Evered in 1965 andhas for many years been the largest inthe UK. The College Archivist, MissPatricia Methven, would \'.elcomefurther deposits of newsletters, photo­graphs, special lecture texts, minutebooks and significant faculty or depart­mental files. She hopes everyone inKQC will particularly bear the Archivesin mind when they are moving office orturning out!

WANTED - ONE MASCOT

Queen Elizabeth College Students' Unionis trying to recover its mascot prior to themerger. This is a cast iron griffon, notablefor its weight (estimates vary from 150kgto 500kg). 'Greg' was last seen a coupleof years ago at Wye College but we canfind no trace of him at Ashford. Anynews of Greg would very welcome.

A HISTORY OF QUEEN eliZABETHCOLLEGE

Neville Marsh, lecturer in Physiology atQEC is writing a history of QueenElizabeth College from 1908 - 1985 andwould be pleased to hear from anyonewho has archive material which might beuseful. It is enVisaged that it will appearas a hardback A5 publication of some200-250 pages and liberally illustrated.If you have any memorabilia, advice orwould like to help, please contact NevilleMarsh (01 937 5411 ext 409). All itemspassed to him will eventually be placedin the Archives, unless otherwise wishedby the owners.

KING'S AUTHORS BOOK DISPLAY

Following our request for details of books

published by members of staff, there isnow a display of books in one of thewi ndows on the Strand.

The display has been organised in assoc­iation with Simmonds Bookshop, whohave supplied the books and it featuresa selection of the titles given to us. Ifthe display proves to be a success it ishoped to continue and expand the displayover the coming months.

RAG WEEK 1985

Last year a total of £2,000,000 was givento charities by the RAG Societies ofBritain, No mean feat, I can assure you!

At the moment I am bogged down withPolice, Lord Mayors and publishers try­ing to sort out street collection permitsand Rag Mags, our biggest source of incomeduring Rag Week.

I have just returned from the NationalRag Conference held in November, whereI learned so much about raising money.the ways and means and hope to imple­ment some of these ideas in bettering the£1,600 given away last year.

Rag Week lies between 2nd and 9thMarch and in next month's CommentI shall give more specific details of ouractivities· a note of warning· The HitSquad is still around. Any enquiriesabout Rag should be sent to me ciaThe Students' Union and I shall dealwith them as soon as possible.

Catherine CharnaudRAG CHAI RMAN

ADDITIONS TO KING'S INTERNALTELEPHONE DIRECTORY

Mechanical EngineeringDr M Yianneskis Rm 338 Norfolk Ext2316

Biblical StudiesDr F Watson Rm 563 Norfolk Ext 2502

Erratum

In the article on Academic Planning inthe first issue of Comment it was statedthat the Faculty of Education will beexclusively postgraduate. In fact, asstated in the Education Faculty prosp­ectus for 1985, units in Education are onoffer to students on the Chelsea site.Once the Faculty is on the same site asthe rest of the College, it is hoped toextend this offer to all students.

Lent Term Postgraduate Seminar inModern Greek Language and Literature

Monday 14 JanuaryTHE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHNMALALAS by Brian Croke, MacquarieUniversity, New South WalesMonday 28 JanuaryHEROES AND KLEFTS by John Camp­bell, St Anthony's College OXfordMonday 4 FebruaryTHEODORE PRODROMOS: THERUSSIAN CONNECTION by SimonFranklin, Clare College, Cambridge.Monday 11 FebruaryGEORGE VIZYENOS AND HISCHARACTERS by William Wyatt,Brown University and Clare Hall,Cambridge.

Thursday 21 FebruaryPOETRY; TIMELESSNESS, AND POWER:THOUGHTS ON CAVAFY,'T S ELIOTAND THE POST-STRUCTURALISTCONTROVERSI ES by Geoffrey Strick­land, University of Reading(Joint Seminar with Dept of English)Room 238, Strand Building, King's at5.30pm.

Monday 25 FebruaryTWENTIETH -CENTURY GREEKDRAMAby Constantine Valakas, Trinity College,Cambridge

Unless otherwise state(j, all meetings willbe held in the Burrows Library, KCL at5.00pm.

Thursday 24 JanuaryPHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY ANDTHE ENGINEERING METHOD by MrM C Duffy, Sunderland PolytechnicThursday 31 JanuaryDUTCH BOOK ARGUMENTS ANDSUBJECTIVE PROBABI L1TI ES byMr R Black, University of NottinghamThursday 7 FebruaryWHAT LOGIC DO WE NEED TO DOSCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS byProfessor N Tennant, University ofStirlingThursday 14 FebruaryCONTROVERSY AND MATHEMATICALDISCOVERY - A HISTORICAL CASEBERNARD NI EUWENTIJDT'S CRITIC­ISMS OF LEIBNIZ'S HIGHER ORDERINFINITESIMALS by Professor GGiorello, University of MilanThursday 21 FebruaryCONDITIONAL AND TRUTH by Mrso Edgington, Birkbeck CollegeThursday 28 FebruaryMATHEMATICAL PHYSICS IN FRANCEISOQ-1830:S0ME HISTORIOGRAPHICALPROBLEMS by Or I Grattan-Guiness,Middlesex Polytechnic

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ROYAL HOLLOWAY AND B- A NEW NAME

At their December meetings thof both Royal Holloway and BColleges agreed that the namecollege which results from theshall be known as Royal HolloBedford New College. It is antthat the new college will comeby I August 1985.

QUEEN MARY AND GOLDSIN MERGER DISCUSSION

In response to the Le Quesne WParty Report The QMC Goverhas indicated its willingness towith Goldsmiths' the desirabilfeasibility of a merger.

Goldsmiths' Delegacy has agreenlarged membership of an adgroup which has been advisingWarden on negotiations with Qconsultation with this group Gmembers on the joint committQMC were appointed. Five mefrom each College have been apas follows:

-QMCPrincipal

Vice-Principal2 academic staffLay member of Go

BodySecretary (in attend

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Professor Randoph Quirk, Vicof the University of London, wKnight Bachelor in the New YList

NEW YEAR HONOURS

UNIVERSITY NEWS

The Vice-Chancellor has expreshope that the Colleges might reconclusion by the end of Februthat a further report might be cby the University's Joint PlanniCommittee at its meeting on Ma

Professor JIG Cadogan, memCouncil and Fellow of the Colappointed CBE in the New YeList.

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AcmEVEMENTS OF SIR JOHN RANDALL, FRSSpeakers:The Lord Zuckerman, OM, KCB, FRS- on SirJobn' invention,with Or H. A. H. Boo!, of the cavity magnetron and Itscontribution to the winning of orld ar lI.Sir evill Mott, FRS, obel Laureate- on Sirjohn's contributionto solid state pbysics.Profes or Maurice illcins, CBE, FRS, obel Laureate - on SIrJohn's contribuuon to biological scien es.

Monday 18 1.05 pm - 2.15 pm Room 3820Centre of Medical Law and EthicsLAW, MORALS AND SURROGATE MOTHERHOODThe Baroness Warnock, DBE, MA, BPhil, Mistress of GirtonCollege, Cambridge

2.00 pm - 3.00 pm Room 2808Maxwell Society LectureBIG BANG RADlATIONProfessor D. H. Martin, Queen Mary College

7.30 pm Room 6CFaculty of Theology and Religious Studies in association withThe Hellenic Cultural CentreTHE ENCOUNTER OF HELLENIC AND HEBREWTHOUGHT IN THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CENTURIESProfessor John Zizioulas, University of GlasgowA series of five lectures

Tuesday 19 5.30 pmFaculty of Theology and Religious tudiesTHE F. D. MAURlCE LECTURES 1985CHURCH AND STATE I FRANCE IN THEEIGHTEENTH CENTURY: Police Procedures andReligious ConformityProfessor John McManners, Regius Professor Emeritus 0Ecclesiastical History, University of Oxford and Fellow of AllSouls College

Wednesday 20 5.30 pmTHE ADAM LECTURE 1985CULTIVATING ONE'S GARDEN - THE STORY OFADAMMiron Grindea, Editor of Adarn lnternacional

Monday 25 1.05 pm - 2.15 pmCentre of medical Law and EthicsIDGH-TECH ID-JACKDr Roger Higgs, MA, ME, MRC:>, MRCGP, Director of theDepartment ofGeneral Practice Studies, King's College Schoolof Medicine and Dentistry

2.00 pm - 3.00 pmMaxwell Society LectureHOLOGRAPHYDr . Phillips, Loughborough University

7.30 pm Room 6CFaculty of Theology and Religious Studies in association withThe Hellenic Cultural CentreTHE ENCOUNTER OF HELLENIC AND HEBREWTHOUGHT IN THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CENTURIESProfessor John Zizioulas, University of GlasgowA series of five lectures

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Monday 11 1.05 pm - 2.15 pmCentre of Medical Law and EthicsTHEJEWISH CONTRIBlITION TO MEDICAL ETHICSSir Immanuel Jakobowits, BA, PhD, DD, Chief Rabbi of theBritish Commonwealth

Monday 4 1.05 pm - 2.15 pm Room 3B20Centre of Medical Law and EthicUNEMPLOYMENT AND HEALTHOr Stephen Farrow, MA, MD, B.Chir, MRCP,Deparunent of Epidemology and Community Medicine, Welsh

ational chool of Medicine

2.00 pm - 3. pm Room 2808Maxwell Society LectureIMAGI G WITH VISmLE LIGHT: THE VERYLARGE, THE VERY SMALL AND VERY FAINTProfessor J. c. Dainty, Imperial College

7.30 pm Room 6CFaculty of Theology and Religious Studies in association withThe Hellemc Cultural CentreTHE ENCOUNTER OF HELLENIC AND HEBREWTHOUGHT I THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CENTURIESProfessor John Zizioulas, niversity of GlasgowA series of five lectures

7.30 pm Room 6CFaculty of Theology and Religious Studies in association withThe Hellenic Cultural CentreTHE ENCOUNTER OF HELLENIC AND HEBREWTHOUGHT IN THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CENTURIESProfessor John Zizioulas, University of GlasgowA series of five lectures

Tuesday 12 4.30 pmDeparunent of Civil EngineeringCOLLOQUIA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING 1985ACCOUNTING FOR HUMAN ERRORR. J. Bridle, Formerly Director, Transport and Road ResearcbLaboratory

FEBRUARY

5.30 pmFaculty of Theology and Religious StudiesTHE F. D. MAURICE LECTURES 1985CHURCH AND STATE IN FRANCE IN THEEIGHTEENTH CENTURY: The General Assemblies ofthe Gallican ChurchProfessor Jobn McManners, Regius Professor Emeritus ofEcclesiastical History, University of Oxford and Fellow of AllSouls College

Tuesday 5 5.30 pmFaculty of Theology and Religious StudiesTHE F. D. MAURICE LECTURES 1985CHURCH AND STATE IN FRANCE IN THEEIGHTEENTH CENTURY: Throne and AltarProfessor John McManners, Regius Professor Emeritus ofEcclesiastical History, University of Oxford and Fellow of AllSouls College

Tuesday 26 5.30 pmThe Joint School of Geograpby KCL-LSEACTS OF GOD

Thursday 14 4.15 pm - 6.00 pm The Great Hall An Inaugural Lecture by Professor Denys Brunsden, J(jng'sMEETING TO COMMEMORATE THE SCIENTIFIC College London

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