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T Colleg LO DO Founded I 829 The 1992-93 ccount and the trateglc Plan T/ze Arc/zbis/zop ofCanterbury, Dr George Carry, is congratulaled by Sir James Spoon", Cltairman ofCouncil, on receiving Itis Presentation FellOff»sltip at tlte College's Presentation Ceremony, on Monday J 7 January. DO'Uid Ball, Deputy College Secretary (Planning and Resources) reports on t/ze accounts for t/ze year w/ziclz ended on 3 J July J993 and t/ze College's performance in lerms oft/ze Stralegic Plan. page ITRANSCRIPT
KI G'Colleg
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ewsletter
T/ze Arc/zbis/zop ofCanterbury, Dr George Carry, is congratulaled by Sir James Spoon",Cltairman ofCouncil, on receiving Itis Presentation FellOff»sltip at tlte College's PresentationCeremony, on Monday J 7 January.
the CollegeThe 1992-93
ccount andthe trateglcPlanDO'Uid Ball, Deputy College Secretary(Planning and Resources) reports on t/zeaccounts for t/ze year w/ziclz ended on 3 J
July J993 and t/ze College's performance inlerms oft/ze Stralegic Plan.
T he) 992-93 financial year
how the College'sperformance in the first full
year of operation of the long-term
tratcgic Plan, adopted in March) 992.
This Plan, which aims to achieve a
financially robust academic environmentof high quality research, scholar hip and
teaching, arose from the College'respon e to a combination of factor.These factors were related mainly tonational policies affecting highereducation in general, and to student
growth at a lower teaching unit ofre ource, and increasingly electiveallocation of funds for basic research in
particular. They left the College facing
the prospect of a growing imbalance
between its future income and
expenditure: a situation which, if not
redressed, would rapidly have led to
severe financial difficultie .
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The key componen of the trateglcPlan were tudent growth In area ofacknowledged trength, allied to a hortprogramme of taff rationali allon. Inorder to achIeve the nece ary taffreduction, the trategic Planmcorporated a total of ome £ 12 millionto meet the co ts of everance 0 er thethree year ending on 31 July 1995, anda further £4 million a ociated withdeveloping the infra tructllre to
accommodate plan ned student growth.
atisfactory progre
The 1992-93 re ult, in general term,achieves what wa et out in the
trateglc Plan and, apart from omelippage in terms of student recruitment
and a minor lengthening ofthetime cale for achieving taff reductiontargets, the College can be reasonablyati fied with progres . The cumulative
deficit as at 31 July J993, wh ich i in theregion of .8 million, may - if taken ini olation to a planned target - appear atfir t glance to be quite alarming. It is,however, consistent with the trategicPlan and i therefore entirely to beexpected.
However, Government rcductions inart -based tuition fee level ,and theremoval of the I ligher EducationCouncil (11 EFCE)'s safcty net grant insubseq uent year, have given cause forconcern, particularly in relation to theultimate achievement of the planned
objective. Thi ituation, which habeen cxacerbated by the future changesin higher education policy announcedby the hancellor of the Exchequer inthe i'."ovember Budgettatement, isbeing addressed, and di cus ion aretaking place with the IIEFCE a toformal acceptance of the College'overall strategic aim and objectives.
In e tment
In the meantime, it should be clearlytated that the College ha , and will in
the next few years, incur quite izeablerevenue deficits - albeit planned ones-a it drives through its planned taff
reduction and development
programme. In this respect, thecumulative deficit is expected to peak atome£17 million in 1994-95 and
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thereafter reduce rapidl . The main
point to note I , however, the fact thatthe cumulative deficit doe not arisefrom normal operation ,but olel as are uIt of the 'one off in e tment in the
trategic Plan and pecifically the taffrationalisation and infra tructurerefurbi hment programme. Thepurpo e of drawing attention to thiinformation i imply to po t a warningthat deficits of thi magnitude willinevitably auract external mtere t, eventhough they are planned and carryI IEFCE approval.
With regard to thi point, there i onefurther quite specific i sue within thiear' financial account which may also
become the focus of external interest.The eternal auditor have drawnattention in their report to the fact thatwc have not, in this ycar's expenditure,providcd committed co t a sociatedwith staff everance arrangementseffected in future years. In our opinionthese co t are better written off to therevenue account in the year in whichthe occur. To do otherwise implycreates an artificially high deficit in thefir t full year ofthe trategic Plan and,a uch, distorts future performancecomparisons. We have therefore optedfor a techn ical qualification of theaccounts rather than adopt an approachwhich in our opinion i misleading.
General Funds
I should also draw attention to one
further point of financial intere t. Theollege ha at present some £22 million
'free' General Fund, resulting in one ofthe more healthy financial strengthratio in he country's higher educationinstitutions. The e funds, whichprimarily accrue from sale proceeds ofports grounds, have until now been
utili ed in a general sense, a cover forthe co t of purcha ing Cornwall Houseand it Annexe, and the as ociatedrefurbishment co ts. We have alwaysmaintained the tance that the co ts ofthe'Thame ide Campu 'would bemet from sale proceeds of existingestate, and as uch the co ts ofpurcha ing and refurbi hing CornwallHou e and its Annexe would be a first
call on tho e proceeds. In this respect itis of cour e open to us to utili e our'free' General Funds to fund theCornwall I louse costs, a it is equally
open to u to utilise these Fund tomeet the co t of the trategic Plan speCifically taff rationalisation andrefurbi hment co
The intere ting point about the lattercourse of action i that, if taken, it wou Idre ult in removing totally the plannedrevenue deficit and as uch the Collegecould, with con iderable ju tification,claim to have a balanced revenueaccount. The down ide of taking uch acour e of action is that external financewould be needed to fund the costs ofCornwall I Iou e and its Annexe, withthe direct re ult of reducing availablefund for relocating to the St Thomas'sor Guy' 110 pital ites.
Capital e, tate
This lead on to the College' capitale tate i sues, and in particular to theachievement of the longer term aim ofunifying the College on a ingle ite.Thi aim effectively remain on holdpending deci ions as to the mergerbetween King' and the "nited Medicaland Dental Schools ( "MD ), and thepo sibility that either the St Thomas'sHospital site or the Guy's Hospital sitemay become available for Collegeactivities.
The Annual Accounts do, however,reflect action on a number of capitale tate issues; in particular the fundingof the final stage payment for theHampstead Campus. This fundingrequirement arose from the decision to
defer di posal of two outlying halls ofre idence, mainly as a resu It of thedepre sed property market, but al 0
from a need to accommodate increasedresidential demand.
QIS
The funding problem has been resolvedby a long term borrowing arrangementthrough the vehicle of a QualifyingIndexed ecurity (QIS). Thisarrangement, which i ecured on theHampstead estate, will provide a sinkingfund to repay the loan in the year 2017.It should be noted that the balance offunding for the purchase of theHampstead Campus has been effected
by Business Expansion Scheme (BES)arrangement ecured on other freestanding halls of residence. Thesearrangements are by nature hort term,
with a requirement to redeem hare(and there ore a re-financing need) In1 and I
Rc carch incomc up
Turning to more detailed matter' the1 - 3 nual Aceoun , \,\:hlch areavailable rom departmen or he
Library i required, indicate a totalIncome 0 ome million, - per centof which I derived from governmentgrant and tUition fees, and 2 per centfrom grant and contract income.Research grant and contrac income at£27 million - 50 per cent of which waearned from research council andcharitable bodie - rose b more than 10per cent from 1 1- 2 level. In termof expenditure (which exceeded incomeby ome £4.3 million, primaril a are ult of trategic Plan re tructunngco ts) 65 per cent was expended in
suPPOrt of primary academic aCllvitie ,including re earch.
Other items worth of comment were:
• The College' Inve tmentperformance. It was pleasing to notethat the market value of the College'swider range inve tments ro e during theyear in line with the FT 11 hare Indexincrease of 32 per cent. In overall termthe total Fund' market value at the yearend ( 13.16 million) represented a 64per cent increa e over book value.
Furthermore, the average dividend yield
of 4.5 per cent for equities held within
the College's investment portfolio
compared favourably with the averagefor Kequitie of4.0percent;
• Thefalling-offofindirectco trecoverie , when expre ed as apercentage of non-dual upport re earchcontract direct co . In 1992-93 thepercentage recovery fell to 11.4 per cent(in 1991-92 it had been 15 per cent).
Bearing In mind that, under the term of
the lIE FCE financial memoranda, it i
now a condition for payment of
govcrnment grant that a proper recoveryof indirect costs is achieved, the
acceptance of non-dual uppOrt re earchcontract not meeting the agreed criteriawill in future be increasingly difficult tojustify;
The College's self-financcdactivities.. rhese activities - namely
re ectorie , the Field Centre at Rogate,the por ground and the tudentre idence - in general terms operatedon a brea -even b I. Cl en that thlarea 0 actl ity has a total annual Incomeo ome 7.1 mllhon, Including - 0,000
dl pensation upport ran from theCollege, a brea -even ituatlon I nomall achievement.
Chanccllor' Budp'ct
Finally, earlier in thi commentary theeffec of the policie outlined in therecent Chancellor' Budget tatementwere referred to. ince a yet we onlyha e information relating to the nationalscene, it i too early to comment withany conviction on how the nationalpohcie will be implemented atin titutionallevel, and therefore howthe may affect the College's overallfinancial situation. What i clear,however, i that we face yet more
difficulties. The IIEFC', inre ponding to the hancellor'requirements, ha given a preliminary
indication that student Intake InOctober 1994 will be cut by at least 5per cent in re pect of in titution with astudent intake growth of 7 per cent ormore between tober 1993 and
ctober 1992. The ollege had anoverall intake growth in thi period ofapproximately 12 per cent. We may also
expect a further cut in tudent intakes inOctober 1995. It goe without aying
that the financial effec of a cutback on
a Plan ba cd on significant growth will
be severe.
In addition to the proposed tudentintake cutback, we now learn that'efficiency gain' (a government term forthe reduction of teaching resource) willbe increased from an average of2 percent in 1993-94 to 4 per cent in 1994-95.The financial effect of an additional 2per cent reduction in teaching resource,
if applied uniformly acro all ubjectcategorie ,i again very evere.
The College Committee is of course
carefully examining the situation andwill be in a po ition to re pond rapidly
when the preci e detail of the cuts, andhow they effect the College, is
announced by the IIEFCE.
omination for Fellow andPrc emation Fellow for 1994
he College i about to beginthe pr e which lead to the
nomination of Fellow andPresentation Fellow for 1994. It had
pre iou Iy been the practice to re trietthe call for nomination to a group
comprised largel of the ResidentFellow and Head of hool IDepartmen lDi isions. Howe er inorder that the whole College canparticipa~e in what i essentially thenomination of their Fellows, theopportunity to make a nomination hasbeen extended to all member of thisCollege.
The election of Fellow is governedby tatute 14 which states as follow:
"those eligible to be eleeted as Fellows
shall be:(a) the Principal;
(b) :v1ember of staff of the College;(c) Per on who have, in the opinion of
the Council, erved the College in
a con picuou manner;(d) Former tudents or members of
staff of the College who have in theopinion of the Council, becomeeminent in academic or public life."
The tatute allow for the election ofup to ten Fellows per (calendar) year.Traditionally, up to four awards have
been set aside for the award ofPresentation Fellowships which are theCollege's equivalent of Honorary
Degrees. Presentation Fellowship
nomination do not have to be drawn
from those who necessarily have anyprevious connection with the College,they may be individual who theCollege wishe to honour in recognitionof their ach ievements and who may'Jring their influence to bear for thebenefit of the College.
The election of Fellows is the
responsibility of the College Councilacting upon advice from two different
electoral bodie. 'ominations to the
Council for this award of Fellowships is
undertaken by the Committee of
Resident Fellow which is a meeting ofthose Fellows currently working in the
College. They receive and considernominations from members of the
College and advise the Council on whoshould be elected. The electoral bodyfor Presentation Fellowships is the
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'In theNews'
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n analy i of the unday Trading Rill
produced by Professor Keith EfJlJing,
Professor of Public Low (and Or imon
Deakin of Cambridge Cni er ity)
featured in an article in the Financial
Times on retail worker forced to work on
unday . The Report tared that
clau e in the Bill protecting workers
who refu e to work on unday fromdi mis al or di crimination areineffective and would be difficult to
enforce. Profe or Ewing also addres ed
MPs and journali cs in a I-louse of
Commons Committee Room about the
Rill.
Dr Keith Hoggart, Lecturer in Geography,
ha been the subject of much media
coverage following the publication of hi
report about the growing number of
British families leaving to live in France.
lie found that teacher led an exodus ofmiddle-cla profe sionals looking for
home in rural France. Articlesappeared in the Doily Mail, theIndependent, the Cuardian and the Doily
Telegraph, and there was an interview on
Greater London Radio.
Meat eating versu vegetarianism wa
the subject of an article in the Financial
Times. Dr Michae/ fe/son, Lecturer in the
Department of utrition and Dietetics,
agreed that there were some health
benefits to eating meat - but not many:'There are probably some advantages interms of iron intake and vitamin 1312,
but I wouldn't recommend eating itevery day.'
Ferdinand Mount bemoaned the
devaluation of reference books in an
article in the Daily Telegraph. He felt
they were becoming le learned and
more ob e ed with novelty, citing the
':':ew Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.
Dr David 'ohs, Reader in English
Literature, confirmed thi : 'It's in the
choice of quotation that the ew SOED
demonstrate it clearest commitment tonewne s. Out go mo t of those
canonical authorities of the old-style
English Literature yllabus: Chaucer
and Spen er, Donne and Milton,
Addison and Bacon. In their place, we
find Len Deighton and Keith
Waterhouse, ]illy Cooper and Catherine
Cook on, the Sun and the Doily Mirror.'
Following a tory in the Evening
Standard about an archeologi t
contracting Farmer' Lung disea e, after
participating in a dig on a ite in
London, Dr Mahmoud Haloblob, Lecturer
in Microbiology, took part in Views and
Etxnts for the Middle Ea t section of the
BBC World ervice. He di cussing the
po sibility of contracting di ea e fromenvironmental microorgani m and howwe can protect ourselves again t them
Overindulgence in alcohol at Chri tma
was the ubject of an article in the
Sunday Mirror. Professor Timothy Peters,
Head ofthe Deportment and Professor of
Clinical Biocltemistry, explained that the
morning after feeling was due to the
narrowing of the blood ve sel which
cau ed blood pre sure to ri e and thu
triggered migraine-like headache. It
can also cause intestinal musclecontraction, giving rise to cramp andpossibly to vomiting. Dehydration ianother reason for that morning-afterfeeling a alcohol increases the amount
of fl uid the bod excretes.
Drugs from plants was the subject of
Back to Roots, a Radio 4 programme on
which DrClive Page, Readerin
Pharmacology, appeared.
M r Norman Parkinson, Lecturer in
Environmental Health, was interviewedon London Tonight (Carlton TV) about
the successful prosecution of Briti h Railunder the Environmental Protection Act
1990. British Rail had caused a noi e
nuisance by carrying out work on track
at North Kensington during the night
over a period of weeks. The case was
described as a landmark victory for local
re ident and Ken ington and Chel ea
Council.
An article welcoming the return of the
poncho featured on the fashion pages ofthe Independent. Professor William Rowe,
Professor of1 atin American Cultural
Studies in the Deportment ofSpanish and
Spanish-American Studies and the Centre for
Latin American Cultural Studies,
described the benefits of the garment: 'a
really good poncho is so th ickly woven
you can survive a rainstorm, go walking,
riding and then sleep in it.'
a ademic breakProfmo B H l ir:::~/1, P tjessor of
.',{~ I Bt iSI 's, peech to d or
In In ... erne about oXldan and
antioxidant was reported in. berdeen'
P ss n Journ I. He warned that
changin 0 'er to polyunsa uratedcoo in oil or health reason ma' notbe a healthy a first belie....ed becausethey ~ere much le table \~ hen heated
than monounsaturated 011 uch ~ olive
oil and rapeseed oil, or aturated fat Ii e
lard and butter. O....erheatlng cause
chemical change leadin to the creation
of harm ul . ree radicle', un table
molecule hat can set off a chain
reaction wIthin the body' cell ,
damaging the wall of blood e el.
Jfr Robcrl.lbraltam, l.Lclurer In liteDep rim I ofCo ~ I DenlZSlry,contributcd to an articlc 10 f mtf) Ctrcleabout blca hlOg teeth. following
information given out by the I3riti h
Dental \\ociation he explained what
treatment \~as a ailable, ho", patient
could oot:lln It and which hospital
would carry out such work.
f)r ,1ndr= Walker, Semor Lt!clurer in
7/uolo cal r~duCalion, wrote the 'Faith
and Rea\on' column in Tlte Times
critically evaluating the miraculous
claim of the Chari matlc ~lovement
and IOvitlng variou people to argue forand against the po sibilit of miracle.
AVI I in Pro e or in the hoolo Law has made legal hi tory
by becoming the first HighCourt judge not to have been a
practicing law, er. I3renda Hoggetl,and prevlOusl . one of the law
commi ioners, has been a Vi iting
Profe or at King's since 1990. he will
be ittin in the Famil Court a ~1r
ju tice Hale.
Her appointment has been welcomed
and goe ome wa to answering
critici m from legal and law reformgroup ",ho have complained that the
High Court judicial)' I drawn from toonarrow a ba e. Until thl ear, when the
first solicitor was appointed to thebench, all Iligh ourt judges had been
the legal
practlclOg barri ter .he i an expert on family la ,and at
the La Commi sion she pearheadedchanges which led to the J
Children' Act and last month'
propo al for divorce on demand with a
one- ear waiting period. een
advocate of divorce mediation, a ke
element of the propo als, she i
chairwoman of :"ational Family
. 1ediation, the umbrella group for
mediation services.he is also a member of the Human
Fertilisation and Embryology Authoritywhich i re pon ible for inspecting andlicen ing the J20 or 0 centres whichcarry out in uiJro fertilisation treatment
and research.
Juliel Aubrq, wlto ploys ltu J~ading roJ~
ofDorotlua in BBC TdMsion 's currenl
prodUClion of C~org~ Eliol's
Middlemarch, is a gradualt ofKing's. SIt~
gradualed in 19 in ClossicaJ Ardta~oJor:J
andgained expmenCt ofacting in tlt~ 1987
King's Cre~k Ploy, wlten sitepJay~d
Tecmma in Sopltocles' Ajax.
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ResearchThe Re earch ..oticeboard
T he cademic tandard
ection of the Regi try ha
e tablished a Re earch
:"oticeboard on the King's Information
ystem (KI ).
Thi facility, which can be found at
menu item 5, can be accessed by allmembers of the College who haveacces to any machine which isconnected to the network. Whenlogging into BAY, user should type'I:"FO' at the Username prompt toacce sKI . It is therefore not necessaryto have a username to be able to acce
the sy tem.KI i a general information database,
and new u ers should simply follow the
in truction at the bottom of the creento read any of the topics available.
The Re earch :"oticeboard hold up
to-date information on all researchgrants and funding opportunitie ,including European Community,Re earch Council, charity, ind u trial andCollege fund.
There i also an E-:viail promptfacility available for interested parties,who should contact Louise Nadal onextension 3 6, or E-Mail via
DXX294, for more detail.
We are anxious that all funding
opportunities are publicised on the
Re earch ~oticeboard, and colleague
are invited to send Loui e any detailthey may hold of grants, prize, fund,etc In relatIOn to either teachmg orresearch.
Impact ofL'v1P CT
T he Centre for Educational
tudies' IMPACT report, on
the effects of computer in the
classroom to aid children' tudy, is
playing a major part in hapingGovernment policy for informationtechnology (IT) in chool ,the chools
Mini ter Eric Forth:viP has confirmed.
The Minister twice referred to thereport, published la t pring ( eeCommenl, :viay 1993), in an importantpeech to the tenth British Education
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ewsTraining Technology (8 ETT)
exhibition at 01 mpia earlier thimonth, reiterating the finding of the
King' tudy that IT has had a po itive
impact on children' achievements,
particularly in mathematic, geography
and primary English, but the benefits
are only felt if pupils regularly usecomputer in an appropriate way and
teachers arc committed and suitablytrained in its use.
King' and POET
Kng' is one of the academicinstitutions involved in Parallel
Opto-ElectronicTelecommunication ystems
(POETS), which is being funded by the
DTI and the ERG The largecollaborative project also involves
Cambridge L niversity, niversityCollege London, Bell TorthernResearch Europe and BT Laboratories.The project will consider the impact ofparallel free-space optics on futuretelecommunications ystems andnetworks. Grants totalling £518,000 havebeen awarded to the academic partnersand the industrialists are contributing
£917,000 to the project.The scope of the research ranges from
understanding the network
requirements and network topologies, to
consideration of tech nology i sue and
system demon trator .King' part of the work will be to
design and fabricate micro-opticalelemen to inve tigate the design ofwavelength space witches usingwavelength selective fanout optics andATM switches using image replicating
optics.
Peter Baker TravellingFellow hip 1993-4
T his Fellowship was. establishedin 19 7 by the famJly and
friends of Profes or Peter
Baker, ScD, FRS, Halliburton Professorof Physiology, Head of the Departmentof Physiology and King's Fellow. TheFellowship will assist a research worker
or research tudent (under r) in thehool of Life, Ba ic Medical and
Health Science at King' to pend aperiod of up to three month in anotherlaboratory, learning or applying a newmethod appropriate to the developmentof hi /her research. The alue of theFellow hip will not be more than £1 500
which may be u ed for travel living
expense and the cost of re earch at the
laboratory to be vi ited.
Application for travel in 1994 hould
be made by 31 January to Profe sor P
McNaughton, Ph siology Group,trand. There i no application form,
but the application should include acurriculum vitae and a letter stating howthe applicant would use the Fellowship
to further his/her re earch.
Over eas ResearchStudentship (ORS) wardScheme
T he 1994 competition for the
Over eas ResearchStudentship (OR ) Award
Scheme is now open. The Scheme isopen to oversea postgraduate tudentswho, in the ession 1994-95, arecommencing full-time study for a higherdegree a a registered re earch studentwithin the College, or who are alreadyundertaking such a programme and donot hold, nor have ever held an ORS
award.The award will be the difference
between the 1994-95 tuition fee for a
home postgraduate student and the rate
chargeable to an overseas po tgraduate
student for the particular full-timeresearch programme being taken by anaward-holder.
Applications must be made on anofficial form (ORS/1), copies of whichare obtainable from School Offices.The e should be submitted via Heads of
Department/Division to Louise Nadal,
Academic Standards Section, Regi try,
Cornwall House by 17.00 on 3 I March1994. Application received after this
date will not be accepted.Further information on the central
administration of these award can beaccessed via the Research. oticeboard
on KIS, or by contacting Louise on ext
3386.
Report of (hc _ .a(i0!1alLibrar: \\'eck 1-7 _ o\'cmber1993
DOBallDeputy College Secretary
(Planning and Resource )
hange of Banker
he College has ermlnated a
long landing relatIon hip
with I Ban ers, Cou Co,
to place all the College' ban ing
arrangemen with the. 'ational
\\'e tmin ter Ban plc, d ch Branch.
The re on or the change arose from
the need to effect' alue for mone 'in
re pect of the provision of profe ional
service to the College.The' alue for mone requirement is
of course a condition of the HigherEducation Funding Council' Financial
Yfemorandum, which came into force on
I ugu t 1 93 and which sets out the
conditions governing the College's
financial affair, including conditions
precedent for the pa ment of
Government grant.
The College' Finance Committee,
recogni ing the 'value for mone 'need,
and being aware of the impending
Financial \1emorandum, invited tenderfor the College's banking bu iness inmid-I993...ational We tminster Bank
plc were successful in their tender,
effectively contracting to provide a
similar service to that previously
provided by Coutts & Co., but at
approximately one-third of the price.
It is hoped that the change of
Bankers, which was effective I January
19 4, should not cau e any significant
difficulty for any member of staff or
department, but if there i a need to
discuss banking arrangements, please
contact the Chief Accountant - Mr K
Kirpalani.
Library Wuk pri=inn~r.r:
(from left 10 nghl) Calhy M=ell (151
pn'u), Palricia Rigby (Dir~clor 0/ LibraryScroius), Moira Mal/hew (STA Travel),Rosann~ Alien (3rd pn'u) and FionaCampb~1I (2ndpriu).
Ilelen Jone
enior Library Assistant
trand Building Library
en ran 0 whom about 15 scored fullmar . We selected three prize winner
on he basl 0 their tie br er an wer .Ca hv _lax.... ell. a tudent 0 _ 'ur ing
LUdie _clalfned a Ir t pflze 0 150
worth 0 A Travel vouche for her
entry. 'Librarie are Important because
boo are tOO excitln 0 eep to
onesel .' Iona Campbell, another
_'ur in LUdent, claimed econd pflze
(a year' ubscnption to Tim~ OUI) for her
entry: 'Librarie are Important becauseone hear the quiet word of the wi ewhich are more to be heeded than theshou of fool (Eccle la tes 9 v17).'
Third prize went to a \1athematicsLUdent Ro anne Alien, for her entry:
'Libraries are important because they
provide ea il acce ible timulu
material for furthering study and areas of
Intere t to improve our mind and hence
ociety.' Rosanne won five books
donated by Dorling Klnder le of
ovent Garden.
A pre entation ceremony was held in
the Library \1eeting Room on \1onda22 _'ovember where Patflcia Rigby,
Director of Library ervlces, awardedthe winner their prize. \1oira \1atthew
from Travel, spon ors of. 'ational
Library Week, came along to enjoy
chee e and wine with the prize winners
and the staff responsible for organising
. 'ational Library Week at King's.
Hum
T he week was u ed at King' to
help promote our libraryfacilitie and tho eo fered
natIOnally. The Library OClatlon
wanted the week to be a celebration of
the pivotal role which librarie play insociet and the library at King' did Its
be t to help in thi national campaign.We had a week long exhibition in the
main entrance at the trand and maller
display 10 the librarie at Cornwall
I Iou e, helsea and Ken ington. These
di play covered a wide variety of topics,
including famou ex-librarian, librarie
and librarian in films and book, what
Iccturcr at King read (including the
Principal's choice of reading matter),
plus picce on the Britj h Library and
thc Library of Congres .
Wc also had a compctition during the
wcek which aimed to encourage our
u er to find out more about exactlywhat wc offcr. We had around 30
r-......r-, he hoolo Humanltle i
holding a howcase Research
Fair or all hat I be t 10 the
humanllJe . There will be dl pIa rom
the 14 departmen ran in rom
Archaeolo )' to War LUdle:>.
It will be held on Thur day 10
February In the Great Hall, be Inning at
12.30 pm nd continuing until 7. 0 pm.\1ember of taff are warmly invited to
come along.
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TheCollege'sMediaRelations
Melonie Cardner, Press and Information
Officer, descn'bes the media relations work
ofthe Press and Publications Ol/ice and
asks for your help in publicising tire College.
'Journalist say a thing that the knowisn't true, in the hope that if they keep
a ing it long enough it will be true'Tire Title by Arnold l3ennett
M any people have a deep
suspicion of the pre sgenerally and journali ts
individually. They worry about talkingto them: fearing mi quotation or theexi tence ofa hidden agenda. Thishould not have to be the case (unless
your name is John Majorl). There isplenty the College can gain frompo itive relation with the media. And,
a mueh a we need them, they need us
too. Each day thousands of journalists
are eareh ing for tories to fill their page
and programme. .." -'-' '-1\:-_., .- . PurCl: s___ little In ever-
S hand ~~~ had a•AS soon a thele5S
• feelingcunous Wlld-
f "nnle aboUl thesethe ax u;u." 100\(.lng pa~
S .-nus dldn' f1knew 1wa r e the ~g~
l,; at someone out mUSic-lOOl'.lng co~~e\oo\(.ofan'l It ~ now frorna PurceL ~e compos-
h' qwcldy. stratghtautograp :to the paper." she
- l;lst wee f__-----:- . rolessor °- phofled curtis 1'n~ London,
npl. the ottly mUSIC al King's ~Id'S foremost,11, wnnen ~ and one of the He tal<es up thesplranon and p,uoeIl authonnes.••~ \(.eybOlLr 'be down,_.. Sl~' k.ed Lisa to desert~ [thethat Usa Cox I ~ne what the k.ed \ilte
he was a the-"_I handwriting\ 100 hand orUl s of mu",!said: is it a lar.g\nown to'fs ~%u1d ~~ Pufcell'S har: ~he said 'it'Sre sum· . be large and..scedr~:r detailS~!:~~e1hey
lot beUlg 1;U1!e'. I as.. . 'well tt'S WUU'
, she says. cldS. 'ThPuen~~~~ph. ~Y'•at he had 10 be a ,~ _oes anr·· d·arlier. and me a fall of some ......ee had Ihe \un11ano SUlce ....1wluch POl~::rexoenenced onpIS 100\(.ed 01 ,olt that SI'ere some
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\40 t member of the College will beaware of the exi tence of the Pres andPublication Office through i work inproducing. for example, Comment, thePro pectuse and King's Report. ome,however, may not be 0 familiar with its
other work, including that in mediarelations. Thi article outline y, hat we
do. ho we do it, wh we do it and what
ou can do in thi area.
To promote the ollege effecti elythrough the media (ie, televi ion, radio,
new paper, magazine ete), it i
e ential that a good flow of information
develop between ou and u ,ensuringthat we hear of work and event within
hools, Departments and entres inwhich we can intere. t the pre .
Remember, new i not only for
external con. umption, good torie areal 0 needed for Comment. We al 0
have to promote the College to taff:good internal communication are vital
before we can begin to promoteourselve, to the outside world.
\ hy do we need to havecontact with the pre ?
There are obviou benefits that canaccrue from enhancing the Collegeprofile and promoting King's as a centreof excellence. For example, coverage inthe media could result in an increa e instudent application, better public
perception. more re earch grants, andhigher standing amongst academie peers.
The media ha an enormous impact,
and can, in the most ueces ful cases,
make governments recon ider policies,
per uade bu ine e and public bodieto adopt new technique and bring the
full force of publi opinion behindi ue, uch as higher education.recent survey by Loughborough
niver ity found that politicians aequirenearl all of their information from thepre - not academic publication.
What form do current mediarelation take?
The Office providc the following
service:
• media enq uirie are dealt with bythis Office. We either answer them
our elves or refer them to theappropriate per on keeping a record of
action taken.
• contact with the pre . regularcontact i maintained with the pre s,either directl or in the form of prerelease or in itation to pecific even
• the publication of the Directo of
Expms - thi li t over a half of our
academic. Between 1992 and mid1993, thi helped to contribute to a rise
of over -0% in the number of mention
of King' in the pre .
• media event . uch as the lecture forstaff held la t May with Peter Ilobday,
Presenter of the Today programme, and
John O'Leary, Education Corre pondent
of the Times
• the publication of Expert Opinion. agu ide for staff to press, rad io andtelevi ion interviews
• media training. one ses ion oftraining for enior staff ha been held
and it is hoped to run more
• pre cutting ervice - the majornewspaper are canned daily for items
about King' or higher education and a
pres cutting agency monitoreverything el e. Important cutting arecirculated on a weekly ba i to Heads of
hool and enior Officers and areavailable for con ultation in the librarie .
What is news?
What con titute 'good new' in theollege's terms is not nece arily the
ame a a 'new story' to a journalist!
Among the qualities which make up anews story are:
• uniquene
• human interest
• topicality
• novelty• surpri e or the unexpected
• con trover y
In College terms thi could mean:
• a breakthrough, di covery or newdevelopment in re earch
• an opening or launch
• a meeting or conference
• a new book or journal
• profile of per onnel
• anniver aries
• science in action
• work in progres• technology transfer
• a research paper
How can media coverage beimproved?
\1 ue h ha already heen achieved. and
we would now like to ake a more
proactive tanee and J'!:ain more coverage.
I low can \'ve do thl : \\e mu t
iden ify Item that could be promoted.a
poten ial good new tones for King' .
but v"lth the large, di parate nature of
the College wc are reliant on colleague
for thi information. \Vc have a contact
person, a . tringer', In each. hool, who
endeavollr to spot uitable tories for
u . nut wc would ask staff to keep us
Informed of their work or events. V.'e
will give YOU our profeSSIOnal advlcc as
to whether the media will be Interested
in the tor> - . ome times the best news
In College terms, docs not have thc
CJllalitle outlined above
Once wc have a stor, we feel wc can
Interest the pre s In, there arc a number
of ways in \\hlch it can be approached:
• preH re/fase - has the advan age of
reaching a lot of Journali t and provide
all the essential information, but I'> not
alwa s succe ful, a newspapers et can
receive literally hundreds of pre
releases a day. Examples of IIse: \\ hen
The Prince Royal visit the College
• prfSJ cun/frena - these have to be vcr
trong stories usually of a major
announcement. Examples of lie: when
Vlaleolm Rifkind announced change. In
Britain's nuclear defence strategy at a
Centre for Defence Stlldies event at
King's
• pre. s bnefing - a few scle tcd
journali t. are Invited In and givcn
information exclu ivelv, cg. for
ed llcation correspondcnts before
Profesor v1argaret Brown ga've her
lnaugurallecLUre
• press exclusive· onl onc Journali t i
offered a tof), eg, Professor Curti
Pri e's erification of a previously
undi covered Purcell manu cript wa
offered to the Times onl and they ran a
filii-page article.
• plroto OppfJrtunity - a picture tells a
thou and word. If an event or piece of
research IS Visually interesting, It could
be appropriate to et up a photo
opportunity rather than IS ue a relea e.
Tlte Times Iltglter Education Supplmuntare alway on the look out for good
phoLOs, eg. the Advent arol ervlce.
.0 If you discover a foolproof cllre for
a hangover or are awarded a £1 million
to invctigatc the privatc life of \.1 P
Ict tJ know'
Timing can be crucial. We need a
certain amount of warning to plan and
prepare \\hlchever \\a we plan to
handle a s(Of), 0 plea e let u know If
po slble, eve raJ weck before ·ou want
to puhli h your tof) I here are good
and bad time to contact Journalists, in
tcrm of their deadline, other event
going on, the time of week or year, etc.
It pay to take advantage ofthClf quieter
time .
• ome acadcmlc constantly appear in
the media a. expert. on a particular
subject and build up their own contacts.
We are intcre tcd to hear aboUlthem
but would not expectLO be involved
un less ou a ha ing a major event in
\\hich case wc would appreciate being
kept Informed.
Type of media coverage
overage doe not just mean an article
111 the 7i'mes or a slot on the ine O'Clock,\'i?WJ. There are other outlets which
need good stories or want experts to
comment:
pecialist papers
• tradc Journals
• local press
• feature articlcs
• the BBC World Service (the College
particularly well placcd for this, since
the. trand Campus io clo e to Bush
I (ou e)
• thc Times IIiglte,. I';ducation Supplement(the 11iglter)
• London mcdla• speciali t radiO and television
programme
It I \\orth rcmembenngjournali t
can learn of a wry by hearing or seeing
It via another medium. piece in a local
paper could be picked up by a national
newspaper or TV or radio programme.
Controver ial topic
If you have a particularly tricky issue
and would prcfcr not to deal with the
press directly on, for example, animal
right or politically en itive issue, we
are alway prepared to handle calls and
deal with journalist. We will do this by
finding out what the journali t want to
Elections for majority n
ANC's arlbrains an(
AUSON UTlEY
know and the background to the tory,
and will then consult the member of
staff concerned and agree an appropriate
tatement. For thi we do, of course,
need to be fully briefed. Matters
concerning College policy, per onnel
i ue and any controversial i ue
affecting the College'S organisation
should be referred to the Press Office
immediately. In all case, it i be t to
refer difficult call to us without trying
to respond to them first. Unfavourable
coverage can be mitigated, either in its
extent or content (although it is a
mi take to think that journalists can be
bullie.:l into not u ing a story, even if it is
not helpful to the College).
Media monitoring
If you do appear on a programme or are
quoted in a newspaper, give the Office a
ring and let us know. We like to keep
track of the coverage King's receives
and we are currently setting up a sy tern
to log thi information more efficiently.
Contact information
The Pre and Publication Office, part
of the Department of External
Relations, is ba cd in Cornwall House
nnexe. If you have anyth ing you wi h
to publici e contact either Melanic
Gardner (Press and Information Officer)
on 071-872 3073 or Christine Kenyon
Jone (Director of Public Relation) on
07]-872 3202.
Copie of the Directory of Experts
and Expert Opinion are available from
the Office cxtension 3202.
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T he Engll h Language Cnlt ha
moved - geographically. to the
At In BUildIng on the
en ington Campu , where It now
enJo a elf-<:ontained ulte of room
With computIng facilitle and language
lab - and'a demicall·. to become part
of the hool of Humanitle . The maIn
activitie of the Cnit are till the Pre-
s ional and In- essional cour e
offered to over eas tuden (the latter
programme has expanded dramaticall
to include ubject-specific cia e
arranged for Individual department and
participation on departmental
workshop. etc). It may be ofintere t
that the L nit i now workIng in the area
of language. teaching and tudy-skill
for native speaker 0 Englih. too.
In keepIng with its new role in
Ilumanltle. the Cnit i workIng With
academic department to provide full or
halfcour e uni on ome undergraduate
programmes: cour e under di cus Ion
Include one on rhetoric, language and
style to be offered a an option acros
humanities programme and a cour e
dealing With applied linguistiCS and the
teaching of Engli h a a foreign
language for the English BA. A future
contribution to a BAtpGCE in Nlodern
Languages is al 0 under discussion.
The C nit i intere ted, too. in etting
up non-degree courses in English and
communication kill which may benefit
Briti h tu dent . It is hoped to offer a
series of remed ial work hop to
counteract' tudent illiteracy' in all
ubject area, and to give other students
the opportunity to gain the R
uni er ity of Cambridge Certificate in
EFL - the initial qualification for
teaching Engli h internationally.
Ou ide King' ,member of the Cnit
have been acting as peech tutor on
cour es for lecturers and doctors
co-ordinated for the L:niver ityof
London by Or enetia France of
External Relations.
April 1994 hould see the beginning
of a pre-Nlaster's language programme
designed especially for Japanc e
student going on to postgraduate work
in a number of different department
at King's.
•
•
•
••
examples
Clearing
Colour lide include: ome views of
the Strand ite; the general vicinity of
the Strand campus; a hall of residence; a
study bedroom; the Language &Communication Centre; a tutorial group;
the tudents' Union. Sports facilities;
the Wellington duel cartoon.
[fyou would like to borrow any
transparencies or slide please contact
John 0.'icholas or Jennifer Anning in
External Relations (ext 3050, 3027).
We welcome any comments on the
material we are offering and look
forward to improving upon our fir t
efforts with your help.
•
•
••
•
Jennifer Anning
John. 'ichola
tudent Recruitment & Exchanges
Office
bac ground to a hort tal or part of a
longer dlscu ion. In addition. a
selection of colour IIde might provide
appropna e illu tratlon In orne case .
Initially v.e ha\e prepared material
about Ing'. I degree programmes
and tudent life, and on procedure for
appl in to unlver i . choo ing course
etc.
Tran parencie pecifically relating to
King' Include:
• II1 tor)• hool of research and
teachingGeneral tati tiC (number of
students, number of degree
programme ,etc.)
Year Out (Europe, L A.
Indu try)
tudent cademic upport
tudent Welfare upport
In the second group we have:
l\pplication procedure (broad
urvey)
Choo ing a university
hoo ing a cour e
ource of Information
The LC form (general)
The CC form, photocopie of
College, lide Pre. entationPack available
Tony Thorne
Director, English Language Lnit
\1ean",hile the Engli h Langua e
C nit I pla)1n ho t to wo lan uage
trainer sent by the Cuban government
With he aid of Brltl h Foreign 0 Ice
holar hip, and 0 a \1 ItIng pro e or
rom he Cnlver i 0 Pre 0\ In
lova ia.. I obel Benne , a member of
the Cnl I currently on attachment at
he L niversi 0 Phy lcal Education In
Budape t, advi In on lan ua e lIabu
and material de ign.
On a le s orthodox note, Ton
Thome. the Cnit Director. I embarkIng
on a new tage In hi re earch on slang
and ne'" En Ii h; thi wdllnvolve the
creation of the fir t CK lang archive
and e entually contrtbute to a new
edition of hi Dictionary of
Contemporary lang. Informatlon in thi
largel_ unexplored Ilngul tic area I
being hared With colleagues In the C ,
France and ndlna ia.
·\t the ame time. u an ne Elliotl and
Jennifer JenkIn are researching into
overseas students' academic and cultural
tud_ kill problems, while. tephanie
Taylor. a part-time member of the Cnit
I examining how national Identity is
constructed through language. ( usanne
and Jenny would incidentally be very
grateful for any sample of tudent work
- from British or oversea tudent - to
help them in their research).
The Engli h Language Lnit can be
contacted on 071- 3 4075 and i
ituated in room 129cs on the 1st Ooor,
Atkins Building.
M any ollege taff give talk
at higher ed ucation fairs or
school at home and abroad
- about King, or on general topic
uch a getting to Lni er ity. udience
typically include chool pupils, parents,
teacher or career adviser. The talks
may be given under the aegi of
College's External Relation
Department, on behalf of academic
departments or in a private capacity.
Whatevcr the circumstances we felt that
staff might find it u eful to have
available a serie of overhead-projector
transparencie ,each of which are
provided with a li t of 6-12 head ings, a
nIt
n li hLan
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Staff ewsTwo members of staff have been
presented with research a ard:
Profe or William Rowe, Dcpartment of
pani h, has been awarded one of only
nine two- ear Briti h cadem Re earch
Reader hip (1994-%).
Or Mike Ileath, Department of French,
ha been awarded a British cademy/
Levcrhulme Tru t Senior Research
Fellowship (1994-95).
They are to be warmly congratulated
on their plendid ucce a there were
330 application for the two
competitions.
Gi e Blood
The Blood Transfusion ervice will be
vi iting the College on Monday 2
February and Tuesday 1 :'vIarch and willet up in the Great Hall.
upplies of blood in the London area
are urgently needed as the demand for
blood grows and the number of donor
falls off. If you are unable to make
either of these sessions you can attendthe West End Donor Centre in Margaret
Street, whose hours are flexible and
turnover quick, and at certain time you
get a free pint of beer!
ev Academic StaffDe elopment Officerappointed
M r Roger :'vIayhew was
appointed on 1 t December
1993 to the po ition of
Academic taff De elopment Officer.
He uccced Or Mike L1ewcllyn.
Roger ha extensive experience in the
staff de elopment field. lIe has workeda a training consultant within the public
ector for 12 years, during which time he
pre ented everal course at King's.
Prior to thi he wa Principal Per onnel
Officer at University College London
for nine years.
Roger joins Ken Bromfield, Training
Officer for non-academic staff, and
janine Morton, Training o-ordinator,
in the, taff Development and Training
Cnil. Plea e direct enquirie regarding
the training and development of
academic and academic-related taff to:
Roger :'vIayhew, Room :-'113308, Main
Building, Cornwall Hou e, ext 34 0/7 .
Policy on the Employment ofthe Di abled
T he College ha recently
produced a Policy on the
Employment ofthe Disabled
and this was approved by Council at its
last meeting. It i intended to how
that:
• nfortunately people with
disabilities in ociety often do not gettheir full hare of the job available, or
the job in which their abilities can beu ed, and may also lose out on training
and promotion opportunities. Therea on for thi i that many people
confuse disability with inability.
• The College i committed toensuring that di abled people are
encouraged to apply for jobs and to
receive as wide a range of training and
career development opportunities as
anyone el e.
• Many of us involved inshortlisting and selecting job candidates
may have little or no experience of
working with disabled people. As aconsequence, there may be a tendency
to reject a di abled person as being
"unsuitable" without giving careful
con ideration to the valuable kills and
commitment they have to offer, and
without knowing very much about the
nature oftheir di abilit or their need at
work.
• With a little imagination,someone' disabilit can often be
accommodated by minor adju tments to
their work place or to the equipment
they need to do their jobs. Government
grants to make uch alterations may be
available.
Copie of the Policy will be
included in staff handbooks and will be
posted on departmental noticeboards.
Whilst the Policy' guidelines are
intended to be a comprehensive as
po sible, they are of nece ity brief. If
you need further information, or perhaps
advice about government grants
available, please do not hesitate to
contact your local Per onnel Officer.
Marjorie YoungDirector of Per onnel and Training
Council New
ew member of Council
Two new member have been elected
to College ouncil. They are Mr T
Michael Rogers, a partner in chartered
accountants Dixon Wilson, and Michael
David Abrahams :'vIBE, a company
director and chairman.
Knighthood for Treasurer
Brian Pear e, the College Treasurer
received a Knighthood in the ew Year
Honour lisl. ir Brian has been
Treasurer of King's since December
1992 and a member of Council since
December 1990. He is Chief Executive
of the Midland Bank plc and currently
President of the Chartered Institute of
Bankers.
Small Ads
The UEA SocietyThe Alumni Society of the niversityof
East Anglia would like to make contact
with any past students or staff. Please
contactjulia Bowen, A1umni Relations
Assistant, niversity of Ea t Anglia,
orwich R4 7Tj. Telephone 0603
593007, fax 0603 259883.
Clapham. flat to letFurni hed, self-contained, second floor
studio flat with separate kitchen and
bathroom in period building. Free off-
treet parking, gas central heating,
dishwa her and washing machine. Less
than five minutes from Clapham
Common tube station. Easy access to
City and We t End. Available to let at
£115 per week. Call David on 0908
347800.
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Furnished flat to let
I -contained, compnsin wo large
roo . lochen and bathroom on fir t
oor In purpo e-bullt bl In Bound
Green. '11, two minute wal rom
l nderground (Piccadilly Line). Double
glazing, W hlng machine, telephone,
par Ing In courtyard. uitable or Ingle
per on or couple at 400 per month-
a ailable end of February. ontact
Profe or \' \10 e . Di i Ion 0 Life
lence on 0 1-45107 (evening /
weekend)
ProvenceSelf-catering apartment in an 1 th
century Provencial style country house
with large private garden and wimming
pool. 10 e to Avingnon. For further
detail phone 0742- 0 I.
Special rates at The Strand PalaceHotelThe ollege's local pn ilege rate at The
trand Palace has been extended until
31 December 1994 and the rate arc as
follow: Ingle Room 9 per night
Twin/Double Room 77 per night
These rate are inclu ive of Engli h
I3reakfa t, ervice and Tat 17.5%
and are non-commi ionable.
ontact the Reservation Department,
te1071- 36 0 O,fax071- 362077 and
quote 'King' College London, LPR
40541'. Reservation should be
confirmed in writing or fax and hotel
account hould be ett)ed on departure.
Landlords neededThe ccommodation Office i
planning its annual drive to recruit new
landlords to the College' I lead Lease
heme. 'I he cheme has been run for
over year a a elf financing operation
to prOVide affordable, good quality
accommodation for King' tudcnt.
Group of up to five studen are
hou ed in elf-contained, furni hed
properties, in travel zone 1,2 and 3, for
a period, u ually between and 12
months, which is fixed by contract.
Accommodation taff in pect properties
termly, collect rent from tudent, make
payments to the landlord and liai e
betwcen tenant and landlord as
req uired. 'I he Accommodation Office
also holds depo its again t damage to
the property.
Guaranteed rent and vacant
po session are two of the many
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ad anta e of leuin hrou h the
Colic e and, in our experience, the
heme I regarded .... 1 h avour by
in urance companie . The scheme i
popular With tuden and many
landlord let With u year after year
I )' ou are con Iderin letting a pn\ ate
re Idence, or now an one In thl
po ItlOn .... ho ma be Intere ted in the
heme, please contact the
Accommodation Office and as or
ngela eegan or lan 1acLochlainn, tel
071 73 230'(Z724.
Employment Departmentfunding for career
K ing' College tudent will
benefit from a new career
education initiative for which
the Department of Emplo ment ha
awarded £ 147,5000 er two year to the
lntversity of London Career Advisory
rviee (lLC ). King' College
Careers rvlce, which I part of
lLCA , wa a partner in the initial bid
for funding, along With lCL, QMW and
,0 . Other ollege are now asking to
participate in the proJect.
Dramatically Increa Ing number of
students and con tralnt on staffing are
changing the wa in which the Careers
Service operates. In addition, tudents
who leave all career decision making
until their final year or until after
graduation are at a eriou disadvantage
in the current unfavourable employment
market. La t ummer some academic
departments agreed to participate in the
heme which will provide each under
graduate with up to 12 hour of careers
education during their degree course.
tu dents will be introduced to the
heme during the fir t ear of their
degree cour e and will continue to
develop their awareness and carcer
seeking kill right through to their final
ear. The funding from the
Employment Department will allow u
to develop effective material tailored to
each participating department.
In their first year tudents will be
introduced to the qualitie employer
seek in graduates and the need for
personal tran ferable kills. The cheme
will encourage students to consider how
and where to obtain ummer vacation
work and to write a simple CV.
During their second year tudents will
become more aware of the market for
graduates in their discipline and the
opportunltle or po tgraduate tud as
well as the need or te tlng the
emplo ment ma et throu h relevant
vacation ....or . Their In ervlewlng ill
Will be developed and alumni from their
departmen Introduced as role models to
ible way for their development.
Final 'ear ruden WIll aln further
under tandlng of the wa 'S In which
people make effective career choice ,
the ophl tlcated selection procedures
employer use and the man different
wa of eeklng employment, including
networkIng.
If you would like 'our ruden to
participate in thi cheme, or would like
further detail , please contact Dr ue
Dirmikis, Senior Career dviser on
exten ion26160r4416.
he Centre for dvanced
Performance studie ,an
institute Jointly establi hed
by King's College London and the
Royal Academy of \1 u ic who e
Director IS Prof Laurence Dreyfu ,has
announced the creation of a new series
of In formal discu ion and debate
entitled 'CAP Encounters'.
The fir t of the e Encounters will
discus ' hould there be positive action
as regard gender in music?' and will be
held on Thursday 17 February in the
Ilenry Wood Room at the Royal
Academy of \1 u ic, Marylcbone Road,
:,\WI from 17.15 until 18.30. Invited to
contribute to thi round-table
presentation are Nicola LeFanu,
composer and Profe or of \1 usic at
King's College London, and Rhian
amuel, composer, co-editor of the
GrrJfX Dictionary of Womm Compose and
Head of the Department of \1 u ic at
Reading lniver ity. The discus ion will
be moderated by Kimberly \1ar hall,
Dean of Postgraduate tudies at the
Royal Academy of \1 u ic.
The next C P Encounter will be
held ;>n Th ursday 10 March ( ame
venue and time) and will feature
]onathan Freeman-Attwood, Dean of
Undergraduate Studies at the Royal
Academy of Mu ic, who will di cuss
Bruckner's Symp/:o"y o. I.\1ember of the King's College
community as well as the general public
are warmly invited to join these
discussions and to share a glass of wine.
Events
Humanitie
2 FebruaryInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies ColloquiumRoom GO ,Department 0 usicStrand Campus, 17.00 to 18.30 '
Judith Weir, University of London: Thecomposer will discuss herforthcoming opera, Blond Eckbert, inthe context of her work
3 FebruaryCentre for Philosophical StudiesOne Day ConferenceCouncil Room, Strand Campus, 11 .00
Science in Late Antiquity
Speakers include: Professor Richard
Sorabji, ing's; Dr Vivien utton
Well come Institute for the Histo~ of
edicine, London; Dr Norma
Emerton, Wolfson College, Cambridge
3 FebruaryDepartment of Music ConcertRoom GO 1, Strand Campus, 13.05
Works by J S Bach, ProkoflevandHoneggerNaomi Hillman, flute and Sarah Nicolls
. 'piano
3 FebruaryCentre for American StudiesSeminarRoom 27C, Strand Campus, 16.15
'A different language down here', thetwentieth century cultural landscapeof New Orleans.
Dr Helen Taylor, University of Warwick
3 FebruaryCentre for Hellenic Studies LectureNew Theatre, Strand Campus, 18.00
Third Runciman LectureByzantine Thessalomki: a unique city?Professor R Browning, University of
London
8 FebruaryDepartment of Theology &Religious StudiesGreat Hall, Strand Campus, 17.30 to
18.45
The F 0 Maurice Lectures (lecture 1)
What did the Buddha say?Chronology: the date of the Buddha
Professor Richard Gombrich, 80den
Professor of Sanskrit, Oxford
University
9 FebruaryDepartment of Music ConcertRoom G01, Strand Campus, 13.05
to include R Vaugham Williams OnWenloc Edge
Leontine Hass, soprano, Justin Olden,
tenor, instrumentalists to be
announced
9 FebruaryInaugural lectureDepartment of ClassicsGreat Hall, Strand Campus, 17.30
LanguaQe, poetry and enactmentMichael Silk, Professor of Greek
Language & Literature
10 FebruaryHumanities Research FairGreat Hall, Strand Campus, 12.30 to
19.00.
For further information tel 071-873
2360
12 FebruaryCentre for Philosophical StudiesOne Day ConferenceCommittee Room, Strand Campus
Epistemology and religiousexperience11.00 Professor Anthony O'Hear,
University of Bradford
14.00 Professor Paul Helm, King's
College London
14 FebruaryCentra for Hellenic Studies andByzantine & Modern Greek StudiesSeminarRoom B6, Classics Department,
Strand Campus, 17.00
Theodore the Studite and IconoclasmAndrew Louth, Goldsmiths' College
15 FebruaryDepartment of Theology &Religious StudiesGreat Hall, Strand Campus, 17.30 to
18.45
The F 0 Maurice Lectures (lecture 2)
What did the Buddha say? The textual
evidenceProfessor Richard Gombrich, Boden
Professor of Sanskrit, Oxford
University
16 FebruaryInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies ColloquiumRoom G01, Department of Music,
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Sc oenberg as eacher new arc 11 a,ma enasS ste • 'g's Co ege 0 0
17 FebruaryDepartment of Music Concert
Roorl"' GO' S ra 0 Carno"s 3 05or s b J S Bach and Bee ho en
A a C aug·on. ce 0 0 a S' to oea 0 ncea
17 February.Centre for American StudieslectureRoo 27C, S rand Campus, 6 5
The paradox 0 power, Eisenhower'sforeIgn poliCy m the 1950sDr Ca u acDona'd, Unlvers y 0
arwlc
17 FebruaryCentre for late Antique & MedievalStudies lectureRoom 2C. S rand Campus, 6 5The problem of he enemy m he OldFrench chansons de ges e
Dr Sara ay, University 0 Ca or-age
17 FebruaryByzantine & Modern Greek StudieslectureRoom 1B06, ClaSSICS Depar men,1730 019.00Bureaucracy and cosmology modernGree cIvil admInistration and theconstructIOn of natIOnalityPro essor ichael Herz eld, HarvardUnlversl y, Depa men! 0An hropology
17 FebruaryCentre for Advanced PerformanceStudies (CAPS) Encounter, Henry
Wood Room, Royal Academy ofMusic, Marylebone Road, NW1,5.15-6.30pm'Should there be positive action as
regards gender m musIc?' WIth IcolaLe anu ( ing's) and R ian Samuel(UnlverSI y 0 Reading)
18 FebruaryCentre for Twentieth CenturyCultural Studies One DayConferenceGrea Hall, Strand Campus, 9,30Colonial armies and indigenous
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21 FebruaryCentre for Hellenic Studies andByzantine & Modern Greek StudiesSeminarRoom B6, ClaSSICS Depa men,S and Ca pus, 700The marble pas m he poe ry ofGeorge SefensP 0 essor Dls In Ca , Du e Unlverlsty
22 FebruaryDepartment of Theology &Religious StudiesG ea a' , S ra d Campus, 17 30 0845
The F 0 Maunce Lec ures (Iec ure 3)What did he Buddha say? SomePOSI Ive conclUSionsPro essor Richard Gombnch, BodenPro essor of Sans n , Ox ordUniversity
23 FebruaryInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies ColloquiumRoom G01, Department of USIC,Strand Campus, 1700 0 1830Fdteenth-century organ musIc and ItSperformance practiceKlmberly arshall, Royal Academy 0
USIC
23 FebruaryCentre for Philosophical Studieslecture
Roo B06, S rand Campus, 7 15
Philosophy and artdlclal m elligence:slmula mg real expenence urnmgFaraday's mtelllgence mto artdlclalmtelligence
Dr Davld Goodong, Unlversi y 0 Ba h
24 FebruaryDepartment of Music ConcertRoom GO ,S rand Campus, 13 05to mclude musIc by Brahms
ary Wong, violin; viola player andpianist to be announced
28 February
Centre for Hellenic Studies andByzantine & Modem Greek StudiesSeminarRoo B6, C ass cs Deoa e t,
Sad CampuS '7 00
EmbaSSies and mlSSKms, d'gm ed ande middle Byzan me penod
Jo a a S eoard, Ca 0 dge
7 FebruaryCentre for Medical law & EthicslectureRoom 804, S rand Campus, 300 0
400Who shall lIVe ? Who shall die? TheOregon expenmenDr Fran Ho Igsbaum,
8 FebruaryThe British Institute of HumanRights lecture
ew Thea re, S rand Campus, 13 0001400
Human nghts m medical care
Po essor lan ennedy, Ing's
16 FebruaryGreat Hall, Strand Campus, 18.00 to20.00Fraud m the CIty - policmg thenations's capItal markets m the 21stcenturyDr Barry Rider, Jesus College,Cambridge
21 FebruaryCentre for Medical law & EthicslectureRoom 1804, Strand Campus, 13 00 to14.00Ethical lessons from he NaZIexpenence
r Jona an Glover, ew College,Ox ord
22 FebruaryThe British Institute of HumanRights lecture
ew Thea re, S rand Campus, 13 00o 4.00
Access to JusticeLord Willtams of Mostyn QC,Recorder of the Crown Court,Chairman of the Bar 1992
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1 FebruaryInaugural lectureDepartment of PharmacyGrea Hall, S rand Campus, 18. 5
Drug delivery 0 the 8Irwaves: per
aspera ad astraCh'ris arrio, Pro essor 0 P armacy
2 FebruaryGrea Hall, Strand Campus, 11 .00 0
14.00BiomedIcal Sciences Division Open
Day
For those applying or thin ing 0
applying for BSc courses
Contact Dere Drummie on 071-8368851 for urther details
7 FebruaryMaxwell Society lectureRoom 2C, S rand Campus, 14.00 015.00String theory: a unified theory of
physics?
Professor P Wes, ing's CollegeLondon
14 FebruaryMaxwell Society lectureRoom 2C, Strand Campus, 14.00 015.00Isotopes, thermodynamics and
semiconductors
Professor G Davies, King's CollegeLondon
21 FebruaryMaxwell Society lectureRoom 2C, Strand Campus, 14.00 to15.00
Brtdges, bloodflow and bioengineering
Pro essor VC Roberts, CSMD
21 FebruaryDevelopmental Biology ResearchCentreRandall Ins itu e Lecture Thea re,17.00 018.00Chromatin Structure: an introduction
Dr Gary Felsen eld, ationallnstitu esof Heal h, Bethesda, Maryland USA
23 FebruaryDivision of Biomedical SciencesRandalllnstitute Lec ure Thea re,
17.00018.00
Developmental control of globin gene
expressIOn
Dr Gary Felsen eld, a lonal Insti u eso Heal h, Be hesda, aryland USA
24 FebruaryDivision of Biomedical Sciences
ew Thea re, S rand Campus, 7 00018.00Genetic control of celllmeage and celldeath during development of the
Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans
Professor Robert Horvitz,Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology
28 FebruaryMaxwell Society lectureRoom 2C, S rand Campus, 14.00 to15.00The spy in the sky
Dr S Tajba hsh, ing's
28 FebruaryDivision of Biomedical SciencesRandalllnstitute Lecture Thea re,17.00 to 18.00Chromatin structure and gene
expression
Dr Gary Felsenfeld, ationallnstitutesof Health, Bethesda, Maryland USA
Phy ical Science andEngineering
Department of Pharmacy ResearchSeminarsHeld in Room 18 between 16.15 and17.00 with refreshments at 16.00.27 JanuaryApplications of molecular simulations
Professor C R A Catlow, RoyalInstitution
3 FebruaryLong wavelength fluorescence: a
novel technique for Immunoassay
Or D Palmer, Department 0
Chemis rv, Loughborough Universityo Technology
10 FebruaryThe professional relationship between
community pharmacists and general
medical practitioners - issues of
boundary encroachment
s N Bitten, UMDS Department ofGeneral Practice
17 FebruaryPrescrtptlon momtormg by commumty
pharmacists
Dr D Greene, Departmen ofPharmacy, King's
24 FebruaryIf it moves, radiolabel it
Dr S Ma herDepartmen of Pharmacy, ing's
4 MarchDepartment of TheologyConference
A one day conference in honour of the
Rev Richard Coggins and Professor
Leslie lIoulden. At the end of the
current academic session Richard
Coggins and Leslie Houlden will retire
from their po ts at King's after their long
and distinguished service to the College.Their contributions to Biblical and
Theological scholarship have been
recogni ed internationally over many
year.The conference programme will
include lectures by Professor Robert
Carroll, The University of Glasgow, on
Big Book, Big EuilP TIle Bible, Modernityand POSlmodemism and The Very Rev
John Drury, Dean, Christ Church
Oxford, on Imagining His/ory, as well a a
musical tribute to the retiring members
of College. For further details contactMr Lavinia Harvey, Department of
Theology and Religious Studies,London, Strand, London WC2R ZLS.
Register now as numbers may have to
be limited.
King's Christian Forum
The KCF exi ts to encourage unity and
understanding between Chri tians of all
traditions and to promote dialogue
between a wide range of beliefs.
embership is open to any member of
College, all that i needed is an openmind: there is no required statement of
belief.All meetings are held in Room 5e,
please feel free to bring lunch to the
meetings.
1 FebruaryFaith and society at the crossroads
Michael Marshall, the Archbishop ofCanterbury's Adviser on
Evangelisation
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8 FebruaryCS Le IS es erday's man?Andre a er, D rec or 0" e C S
e IS Ce e a d Se lor Lec rer I
eolog1ca, Ed I g's
15 FebruaryLIs enmg 0 0 her cuI ures
Se ° Goodr:oge, P c'pa 0 eSi 0 of C rene - eOlog ca s e
22 FebruaryHas the Chrtstian faith a place forbeauty?Richa d arnes, Bishop 0 Oxford, a
ormer Dean ° Ing's
King' Law Fair
T he Career's Office will be
holding a Law Fair in the
Great Hall from 31 January to1 February at lunchtimes between 12.00
to 14.00. Law and non-Law students are
wecolme.
Agamemnon at King'
Aeschylus' Agamemnon will be the 1994King's College Greek Play. The
Department of Classics ha been
performing plays in Greek every yearince 1953, and this is the first time that
the College has put on a play by
Aeschylus.
The Agamemnon is the greatest of all
Greek tragedies, and the production, in
classical costume, is designed to bring
out its grandeur. As always, although it is
performed in Greek, it is de igned to be
immediately accessible to all, and the
free programme contains a full synop is
of the play.
Performances take place in the ~ew
Theatre of the Strand Campus from
Wednesday 9 to Saturday 12 March at
19.30, with matinees on Wednesday and
Friday at 15.00 (this is a change from
previous years). Tickets are £4 including
programme: call the business office on
071-8732399 (direct line, withanswering machine).
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Obituary
C. D. Curling (1923·1993)Claude Curling, a former ub-Dean ofthe Facul of ience at King' died on3 December, I 3. He was among the
fir t ph ici to apply the methodology
of ph)' ic to biological research. He was
originall appointed b J T Randall to
take general charge of electron
micro cope in the Ph ICS Department
and the M RC Biophysical Research
Cnit at King' ,and was one of the first
to obtain electron images of biologicalmaterial.
Curling had a deep under tanding ofthe fundamentals of physics and derivedmuch plea ure from communicating hisenthu ia ms for the subject toundergraduate. He was an in piring
univer ity teacher, as well as a
distinguished ub-Dean. In his
professional and personal life he was
profoundly influenced by the physicist
philo opher Donald McKay, a
contemporary of his in the Physic
Department. Weil's dictum that
'scientific investigation is simply a form
of religious contemplation' encapsulatedthe philo ophy ofthi modest, dedicated
and well-liked man.Claude was appointed Lecturer in
Physics in 1950 and Senior Lecturer in1972. He retired in 19 2.
Masks used in former productions ofGreekplays at King's
_'omination for Fellow andPre emation Fellow for1994
Con/in utdfrom poge 3
Chairman and Depu Chairman of the
Council together with the Principal.
imilarly, the recei e nominations and
ad ise the Council on who hould be
elected.
hould anyone wi h to submit a
nomination for either a Fellowship or
Presentation Fellowship, the
nomination forms are a ailable fromMarcella Scanlan in the AcademicRegistrar's Office on extension 3371. Ifyou wish to discuss a potential nomineeor find our if he/she is already a Fellow,
then please contact the cademic
Registrar on extension 3370.
The closing date for the receipt of
nominations by the Academic Registrar
is Friday, 25 February 1994.
Commm/ is the College's regular
newsletter, issued by the Press and
Publications Office (ext 3202) each
month during term time.
Contributions for the next edition
should be received by midday
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contributors could send their copy
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