King's College London newsletter

VIS T OF SPO 'S MI ISTER

The Hall Mr Colin Moynihan, Minister for Sport, being shown the results of testing forthe presellce of the hormone HCe in urine, by Jeremy Holden, Senior A nalyst at theDrug Control and Teaching Centre, during his visit on Thursday 1 December.

in Se ul earlier in the year when evera!lf he cum petiror 10 t their medal at ter

failing re r . including the Canadian sprin­ter. Ben J nhn, on.

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La t DeLember Her Royal Highnes. ThePnnl:e' Royal. Chancellor of the Cni­ver'ity of London vi ited the (entre andunveiled a plaque otflcially inauguratingthe newly expanded premises, The ex pan­ion ensured that the demand for the

Centre' en'ice could be met. Tt handleapproximately 4.000 sample per year.

lIowever, the moment for valediction isnor yet upon u and I want also to assureyou that as Principal of King' the goodhealth and tanding of King' must con­tinue to be my highest priority'.

'Ye terday, the Senate of the LJniver it\·appointed me Vice-Chancellor of the .L niver ity as rom I t Septem ber 19YO.I feel both honour and awe in the ace ofuch a daunting role. and mixed with

both i a real sadnes which Sheena andJ already anticipate at the pro pect ofmm'ing from the very heart of a great

ollege which has hown us 0 mULhk imIne .

The Principal i to su eed Lora rIO' t:l ~

as Vi e- han ellor of the University ofLondon. The appointment wa announc­ed on 7 December nd Pro e or Suther­land ha \\ rilten to olleague a follow .

The \1ini er's vi-it marked the tenthanniver ary of the Centre. The Cen treaims primarily to provide a servi e toport orga nisation to help prevent the

a use of drug. Ir i. an interna ion allyre ogni cd cen tre of ex p rti e in the s i­enulk dete 'tion and control ut drugabuse in port. equipped with the mo,tmodern apparatu for drug IdentifiLationand detection.

Public awarene-s ot drug abu e in portreached a peak. during the Olympi Games

During the hour-long tour the :-'linisterav. hO\\ samples were received. pro e sed

and analy ed in tests for stimulants, nar­otic. beta-blo ker and anabolicteroid

The Hon Mr Colin Moynihan. Minister forSport Vl ited the Callege on I De em ber.He toured the Drug Control and TeachingCentre laboratorie at the Chel ea ampueeing at fir t h nd the equipment and

method used to ombat drug abu inport.

FF NEWS

PRI CIP L 10l\G THO ELECTED TO C CP' . 'E\\

CO ·CIL

The formation of the new Council is panof the reorgani ation of the C CP follow­ing the Flower Report earlier thi year.Reorgani ation was considered necessarybecause of the changes in the funding andsupervi ion of higher education beingintroduced in April 19 9 when the Univ­ersities Funding Council replaces the

niversity Grants Committee. Since theUFC will not be predominantly an acade­mic body it was considered importantthat the univer ities strengthen their ownorganisa tion.

The Council elected by the full CVCP,replaces the Committee's General Purp­oses Committee and will appoint specialistworking groups to deal with major policyarea for the CVCP. Membership for

/89 is as follows:

Chairman: Professor Sir Mark Richmond.

Professor Brian Clarkson (Wales)Professor Brian Fender (University ofKeele)Professor Michael Hamlin (Dundee)Dr David Ingram (Kent)Professor John Ashworth (Salford)Dr Clark Brundin (Warwick)Professor Sir Frederick Crawford (Aston)Professor Graeme Davies (Liverpool)Lord Flowers (London)Dr David Harrison (Exeter)Dr Gordon Higginson (Southampton)Sir John Kingman (Bristol)Sir Patrick eill (Oxford)Dr Ewan Page (Reading)Sir Edward Parkes (Leeds)Professor Stewart Sutherland (King'College London)

EW CHAIR.The College is pleased to announce thatProfessor Averil Cameron has recentlybeen appointed to a newly e tabli hedChair in Late Antique and ByzantineStudies.

AWARD

Profe or Brian Boycott of the Medi alRe ear h Council' Cell Biophy ic unit,ha been awarded an Honorary Doctoratefrom the Open University.

I ITI -G PROFE OR FORE GI EERI G,

Or John Thomp on, Chief EngineeringAdvisor to British Telecom ResearchLaboratories has been appointed asvisiting Professor in the Department ofElectronic and Electrical Engineering,King's College London.

Dr Thompson graduated from ImperialCollege in 1964 with first class Honoursin Electrical Engineering and was awardeda PhD degree from the same institution in1968. After joining the Post Office Rese­arch Department he undertook anum berof senior positions within British Telecomin video systems, cellular mobile systemsand networks leading to his presentappointment in 1987.

He is a Fellow of the lEE and is marriedwith two sons and a daughter..

I IT OF Y GO LC DE IC TO PHY IOLOGYcademician RK Andjus, a seruor re e­

arch cientist from Belgrade, recentlypent two weeks at King's on a Royal

Society Exchange isit.

His period in London was divided betwe­en a seminar programme 'Some prob­lems facing the Life Sciences in the 21stCentury and what might be done aboutthem at the Kensington Campus, his basefor the duration of his stay, and visits toother London Colleges.

It is hoped that his visit will strengthenthe existing links between King's Physio­logy and various Yugoslav institutes.

'BE T BOOK 0 ED CATIO '

Dr Stephen Ball from the Centre forEducational Studies has been awardedthe Standing Committee for EducationStudies book prize for 'best book oneducation' in 1987. The prize forhis book' The Micropolitics of the Sclro­01' will be presented at the SCSE annualconference on December 16th which isbeing held at King's.He has also been awarded £ 1,200 to helphis research from the University CentralResearch Fund.

Profes or D Brunsden of the Departmentof Geography has been awarded TheErskine Fellow hip. This involved thedelivery of the Prestige Lectures in Scien­ce to the universities of Auckland, Well­ington, Massey, Canterbury and Dunedin.He ha also received the 8 / 9 Republiof China Lecturer in Science award invol­ving three Ma ter CIa ses in the ationalTaiwan L'niversity.

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For those ofyou who -didn't know, here's a quick "Who's Who" of the Staffin Studentservices and Accommodation offices.From left to right:Alex Coran (Student Counsellor), Ann Conlon (Snr Student Counsellor/co-ordinator ofStudent services), Lisa Payne ( Information & Welfare oflicn), Stevie Griffths (StudentAdvisor/Counsellor), Felicity Hopkin (Accommodation officer), Angela Cole (Ass Acc­ommodation officer:Head, Leasing), Maria Scicluna (snr Accommodation Asst).Joanne Russell (Accommodation Secretary). Jill Sharp (Accommodation Secretary),Paula Foley (Asst Accommodation ofjicer:Short Life), Kevin Fallon (Accommodationassistant), Maria Lothian (Head Leasing Asst). not pictured.

KCL RESE RCH E TERPRISES

H. _'GE AT OCTH \lPTO.

I E ~BERS FOR SERC

outhampton' lax number i I 0 hang­ing Irom 3 J:muar} 00·0:: _ 3Q.

As a result of the in'tallation of a ne\\telephone y~tem at Polari HOll e. SWIn'don, the main witchboard num ber hachanged and all SERC taJl' can now bereached through the dlrect·dialling in(001) facility.

Should diffi ul y be encountered in est·abli hing the onnection. or hould thedi tant e ten ion numher not be ~nown,

the distant operator may be alled bydialling the relevant acces code ie .-'or '6' followed by the ingle digit '0'.

From Kemington to Manre a Road dial'6' followed by the four dlglt 01 the ext­en -ion you \\ iSh to all. 11 the line arebu y an engaged tone will be h ar allerhe initial a es - digit '6'.

TELEPHO, E PRI TECIRC ITS - KE 'SI 'GTO~t 'RES RO 0

From Manresa Road to Ken ington dIal.:. follo\\ ed by the three digits of thextension} Oll wish to 'all. If the 11l1eare bu y an engaged tone will be heardafter the initial a e s digit '5'.

L 'EWS'010 IS

It would be appreciated if u er wouldnot mo\e equipment around withoutintorming Audio visual a aImo t ertain­ly a third party will be in onvenienced.

Wi h regard 0 eq ipmen repair it hereare problems with he equipment andla ilitie in an> centrally time- bledre om plea e onta t the Audio Vi ualSeni"e nit in the Strand on exten Ion_3 6 or ex en ion 43 a Ken ington,and they will tf}' to sort out an> prob­lems. hel ea u er hould ontact .\irRo alind Pope on ex ten ion 23 6 at theStrand,or end off one of the postcardthat \\ ill be di played in the lecture room

The late t editIOn of the KCL Re earl.hEnterpri e Bulletin is now available(dated. ovember 19 ). It ontainnew on opportunitie for research pon­orship in the following areas·

Each circuit will any only one all at atime and u ers are reque ted to keep on­ver ations brief as po sible 0 thatother do not experience long delaybefore obtaining acce s to the 'ir uit ,

The ne v general num her is wmdon(0793) 411000. Staff can be reahedthrough the 001 by dialling Swindon(0793) 41 + ext number.

EEC

Spon orship for research in predictivemedicine.Opportumtie for research in on-nuclearEnergy (19 9·92).Relallnch of Programme for IndustrialTechnologies (BRITE/EURAM).Statistical Expert Systems R & 0 Prog·ramme.Air and Space Flight Related Technolo·gie - Propo ed Programmes.

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Details of Fellow hips, CollaborativeRe earch Grant, wards for TeachingActivities.

GO ER ME T

S R - Help in Applying for Grantslrutiatives under the LI 'K Programme.

PUBLIC TIO S AVAILABLEFROM KCL RESEARCH E TER­PRISES

B LLETIN EXTRAThe urrent State of the EuropeanCommi sion's 1987-1991 FrameworkProgramme for Science and Technolog}Research.

Bob RedmondGeneral Service Manager

The SERC central fax number ha alochanged to Swindon (0793) 411400.

If you would like a copy of the Bulletinplease contact The Research Enterpri esDepartment at Kensington on extension394.

The Principal pulling the first pint in the new Social Club which he ojficially opened onThursday 1 December. A few finishing touches still have to be made to the new prem·ises but on completion there will be a Grand Opening ight to which all club memberswill receive an inVitation. Newcomers too will be very welcome,

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Archaeology, Philo ophy and Theology.

Further detail ot thi proJel.t are availa­ble from Evelyn Cornell on Strand _132.

Michael Pagerchive

In 1917 RogerPoore, now a Major, wasback on active service. For the first yearsof the war he and his regiment, the RoyalWiltshire Yeomanry were in re erve inEngland but, chafing at this lack of invol­vement he obtained an attachment to theSecond' Battalion of the Royal WelshFusiliers as second-in-command and joinedthe unit in France in February 1917.

Throughout the war he wrote homealmost every day to his wife Margery,whom he had married just before the out­break. Unfortunately, as is so often thecase in the First World War, the lettersfrom the Front are disappointing - a farcry from the detailed and circumstantialdocument from South Africa. Censor­ship was now vigorously enforced and, inany case. Poore seems less inclined tospell out to his wife conditions on theWestern Front and happier discussingevents back in England and the health oftheir infant son. However their verycompleteness gives them value a a chroni­cle of the Battalion for seven months in1917. Sadly there was no happy ending.On 26 September Poore was killed by ashell while discussing tactics with twoother officer.

The Poore papers may be con ulted byprior appointment in the Liddell Hartreading room. Conditions of access areoutlined in' otes for Reader' al 0 obta­inable from the reading room.

Lt Col Roger Alvin Paore.

to Yolkru t and finally to Krugersdorp,from where the letters cease in February1902. Life was clearly somewhat monot­onous if more comfortable, and Boersociet~ less than glittering. Unfortunatelyhe has little to say about his work, muchmore on the desperately slow progress ofthe war.

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One of the most outstanding recent addi­tion to the holdings of the Liddell HartCentre for Military Archive is the archiveof the Poore family deposited by Mr R DPoore. Of particular interest are the papersof Brig Gen Robert Montagu Poore (I 66­193 ) and his younger brother, Lt ColRoger Ivin Poore (I 70-1917).

One of the exciting development po 1­

ble tor the tuture i the addition of TOOL­BO. oftware. whi h an provide tran Ite­ration ot text and also allow the text to

be edited and manipulated.

Both men were out in South Africa at theend of 1899 with Lord Robert's FieldArmy which wa intended to bring theBoers swiftly to heel, and both playedtheir part in the initial victorious progre sand then the demoralising war of attritionwhich dragged on until the middle of 1902.

Roger Poore's view of the conflict i morerestricted but at the same time more imm­ediate. For the first half of 1900 he ervedwith the King's Own Yorkshire LightInfantry in the third Mounted InfantryCorps. His long letter to his parents andsister-in-law, chiefly existing as transcripts,are filled with pa trol, rappy unsoughtengagements, rain, illness and exasperationat the pretensions or incompetence of hicommanding officers. By June 1900 hefelt he had seen enough of the front lineand was transferred to the post of Magist­rate at Heidelburg in the Transvaal, thence

Robert Poore, a Provo t Mar hal to LordRobert's force, could view events from therelative comfort and security of Army HeadQuarters. His position placed him in chargeof the enforcement of discipline and ofarrangements for prisoners, but despite ahuge workload he managed to write regu­larly to his father and his wife Flora. Lat­er his letters were beau tifully bound andcased and typed transcripts produced.They show a remarkable candour and lackof inhibition over discus ing troop mano­euvres, the foibles of his fellow officer(Baden-Powell receives short shrift) andhis opinion of Lady Roberts, and his des­criptions of battles are frequently illustra­ted by sketch map. As the months dragby and the last great victory over theBoers proves elusive, his di illusionmentbecomes ever more evident and the lettersfinally cea e in January 1902 when, as allhis hopes for leave have come to nothing,Flora comes out to join him.

As the re t of the Library's au tomatedsystem comes into use, the proportion ofthe Library's stock accessible via the OPACwill grow and extra facilities, includingreservations and information on your cur­rent loans will gradually be added. Forome time readers will often have to use

both the OP C and the older cataloguesto be sure of what the Library has. Simi­larly, ome of the messages on the OPACscreen may seem confusing at first - pleaselet a mem bel' of library staff explain anydifficulties in using the system or in terpret­ing the messages seen.

To access the catalogue through the net­work, type the PAD command CALL000005141700 (you may need to prefixthi num bel' with the letter A) and thenenter LIBRARY a both username andpas word. To leave the system followthe logging-ou t instructions on thescreen. The network link to the Librarysystem is experimental at the moment,and we should very much like to hear yourreactions. Comments, please, and anyquestion about the online catalogue andnetwork access to Ann Lees on Strand2186 or via email on DYL024 OAK.

The Library's first all-site catalogue, cov­ering both books and periodicals, is nowavailable. The new catalogue has beencreated by merging eight seperate data­bases, a not inconsiderable achievement.All items at Kensington and everythingpreviously recorded in the microfichecatalogues of the Strand and Chelseacampu es can now be checked u ing theOP C terminal available in each Libraryor even from any terminal connected tothe College network.

LIBRARY NEWS

THESAURUS LI GUAE GRAECAEo CD-ROM

The Library i purchasing the late t versionof Thesaurus Linguae Graecae on CD Rom.which contains the text, in full, of all Greekwritings from the beginning until ew Test­ament times. As well a author. title andource indexe, earches can be made for

individual word or linked words. and textcan be printed out or copied to disc. Itis hoped that thi will prove an invaluablere earch tool not only for Clas ici ts butal () for tho e working in Ancien t Ifi tor~.

! LIBERTASI

Miss Angela For ter, Principal of orman­by College replie .

TELEPHONE SYSTEM fORVT:-J\o.f("1I.'GT()j',j ?

ia m in upporting and en ouraginr allparti 'ipating proJe t per onnel ,lI1d oll­abora ting orgal1lsatiun .

In re pon e to a letter in i sue 031 ofCornmellt from Dr Paul Markham conce­rning the telecommunication at theKen ington Campu , under the aboveheading. I would like to make the foll­owing comments:

I appreciate Dr Hall' comment on FrankS Cooksey and in no way have we forgot­ten the tremendous work and u pportthat he gave to the Physiotherapy profe ­ion a well a the School at King's. For

information. there i to be a bookletprin ted 1I1 the near fu ture on the hi toryof King' College Ho pital School of Phy­iotherapy and thi will of cour e pay

tribute to all the pa t founder and dev­eloper of our School.

When plannll1g for the new telecommu­nications began it was by no meancertain that the College would acquireCornwall House yet it had to satisfythe most desperate telecommunicationneed namely that of the modernisationof the Strand system and the provision

Frank C.ooksey i one of the prink lingof the 'ancien . from King's ollegeHo pital till remail1lng wi h u and Ithink hi long hard work de erve a men­tion,

Dr V F Hall

LETTERS

As one of the anCIent. of the MedicalSchool. who read Cumment with greatintere t. I \ a naturally attracted to yourremarks ahout the creation of a BSc forphysiotherap). and about :>.ormanby

ollege, I feel hat I should remind youof another of the ancients - Frank SCook ey. who wa very on iderabl} re ­pon ihle for the great dc,clopment ofthe Ph} io herapl' department at King'College Hospital. a he had lull controlof it from the Second \Var until hi ret­irement in .Jbout 19"0 He workedcIa el. dtll Lt rd 'ormanby during thectting up Jt ~ 'ormanby College. and in

tact the \\ hole idea of u h a Collegeprobably came from him in the fir t place,although obviou Iy he worked very cia ­ell" with Lord 'ormanhy throughoutthe proj eel.

(Divi i n of B10 phcl ~ S"ienc..e . King' )and Te hnic 1Coord1l1ator Or Stc,'e LongI Department of BIOlogy. b ex) houldbe congratulateJ for heir irelc' enthu-

ProJessor DaviJ Hall oJ Kin's if sho\1 n here denwnstrating the measurement 0; phow­synthesis in bamboo leal'es. at the Chinese Sub-tropical [orestr.\' Research Institute inFu Yan~. Zhejiang Province. lie is standing at the top of a tower speciall; constructedfor the L 'l:.P Project, in collaboration with the Shanghai Institute oj Plant Physiology.With thif toll er, anu the portable carbon dioxide analJ ser shown here, Chinese sClentis{Jcan measure photusynthesis at the top oJ the tallest bamboo plants, which mav he upto 1-1 1/ co'es high.

[ARCH \\1PPORT

Kl C' R\1. JOR C.

Project Coordinator. Professor David Hall

Over the la t nine year. thi unique re ­earch and training project ha contrihutedgreatly to the under tanding ot pnmar)production and photo} nthe i in thegras land of tropical region . L: ntH reee­r.tly. the role of uch gras lands in thebioproductivity 0 tropi al region hadbeen largely ignored and undere ima ed.In total, however. these gra land. are'ome ot the mo t productive environ­ments un arth, approa hing or ex cedingtropical forest' in heir annual net prim­ary production. In wetland . the produc­tivity of tropical gra' e' even ex eed hehe t sugar cane YIeld.!

The new project emphasises the re ponseof tropKal grassland to climate hange,and retain' the net work of re earch itein developing countries which were esta­bli hed in earlier project pha e . Re earchworker are encouraged to develop thecope of their inve igation of the natural

gras land in their own countrie helpingto redres the. orth,South Imbalanceimplicit 111 environmental research work.the va t majority of which ha luthertobeen arried out in Europe and 'orthAmerica.

In addition to the re 'ear h element. theproje indude training cour e on re e­arch te hniques in bioproductivit} andphoto') nthesis. aiming to huild uponexi ting experti e in the de eloping coun­trie . Eigh intensive three week cour ehave been held a developing countryin titutions since 1':17 , with a ninth tram­ing course at the Univer ity 01 Zimbabwetaking place in the 'ew Year. A TrainingCour e \1anual. written by the team ofvolunteer resear\..h scienti t. who \..ontrib­ute to the training courses, has been pub­li hed in Britain and translated into Chin­ese. Spanish and Ru ian.

A P rt of the fund-rai ing programmefor the move to omer et Hou e, theCourtauld \\oill pre ent 'The Ro~ all:.lling­ton Concert': being held at the RoyalFe tival Hall on 23 January 19 9 in aidof the Courtauld Institute of Art Fund.

Tic~et~ are available from £7.50-£50.00(pnce lI1clude donation to CourtauldFund) from the Royal Festival HallBooking Office. Telephone number forall bookings including credit cards is01 929 00, For general informationphone 01 928 3002,

The concert is being attended by HerRoyal Highnes the Prince Royal, andfeature the Bob Wilber Big Band, whoWIll be premiering Ellington's 'T he Queen'Suite'. Other musicians appearing areAlan Cohen, Paul Hart, Antti Sarpala,Tony Coe and Mark Shane.

LD I T TITL'TE OF RTDUKE ELU! 'CTOi'

CO -RTPRE E~T

Bob RedmondGE ERAL SERVICES MA AGER

There is no intention therefore to providethe Ken ington campus, or for that matterManresa Roau, with the new' lave' PABunit imilar to the one in talled at 5 - 2Kmg' Road. Hovvever, there will b~ con­iderable improvement in telecommunic­

ations for the Ken ington and ~1anre aRoad ites, with the provision of nineprivate circUlt between the Strand Ken­ington and Chelsea campuses. The fir t

of these, Kensington/Manresa Road arenow operational and Heads of Depart­ments and Sections have been circulatedand requested to draw the fact to theattention of members of taU. Thesenew circuits will eventually providedirect telecommunication links betweenthe three main campu es and will be equ­ipped so that 'a hunt for free line' itua­tion will apply. The number of lines wadetermined by our telecommunicationcon ultants following a urvey of trafficprofiles between campu es using the calllogging equipment which ha cannerssituated on the three campuse .

nience, will en ure continuity of teleco­mmunication for the member 0 staffconcerned.

The new telecommunication system wapurcha ed, with Court approval a a pac­kage pecifically intended to erve, in thefir tin tance, the Strand and 552, KingRoad and sub equently the hoped forThame ide Campus, well into the 1990 .Had the Thameside ampu not becomea reality then nothing would have beenlost - a "head we win tails we don't10 e" ituation.

of adequate facilitie at 552 King'sRoad.

At the ame time it wa apparent that theacqui ition of Cornwall Hou e could onlybe achieved from income generated bythe di po al of properties vdu h wouldbecome urplu to requirement. TheCollege' a ademic plan enviaged the"Thameside Campus" om prising theStrand and Cornwall Hou e and anti­cipated that among t the first majorpropertie for di po al would be 552,King Road. It was important thereforewhen planning for the new telecommu­nications ystem to adopt a flexibleapproach which took account of the uc­cess or failure of the College's bid toacquire ornwall Hou e. That carefullyconsidered forward planning is now com­ing to fruition.

The cast of 'The Gondoliers' in action, May 1988.

Influenced by the immediate mo t urgentneed and the uncertain tie prevailing atthe time the only ensibly planned optionwa to ite the 'slave' unit at 552, King'sRoad. This unit will be transferred to

ornwallllouse at the appropriate tinlC.To summarise the planning and the rea ­ons for it, the mo t salient points are afollows:

i) 552 King Road i the most poorlyserved ite as far as telecommunicationsare concerned. It has no manned PABXof it' own and is served from the ManresaRoad switchboard, to which it is conn­

ected by internal tie lines. Thi meanthat once the Manre a Road switchboardcloses uown at 5.30 pm on weekday. allday at weekend and College closuredays incoming calls cannot be extendedfrom Manresa Road.

ii) A 552 Kings Road had no mannedPABX to remove the engineering co tanu problems associated with thein taJlation of the" lave" P. BX unit wereconsiderably reduceu: Further, the exis­ting telephone cable there i relativelynew, conforms to the late t lEE standardsand can be u ed as it stand with the new"slave" P BX unit.

ill) 552 Kings Road is expected to be thenex t major site to be closed which willentail ome transfers to the CornwallHou e Annexe in the ew Year. Phasedto keep pace with the tran fer out of552 King Road and the occupancy ofthe ornwall House Annexe, the "slave"P BX unit will be re-located there in amanner which, with minimum inconve-

GILBERT A 0 SULLIVA

The Gilbert and Sullivan Society celeb­rates its first anniver ary this month.After the succe s of 'The Gondoliers'the Society, with an en thusiastic eigh'tystrong mem bership, is now preparing itsproduction of 'Iolanthe', which will begiven in the New Theatre from 10-13May 1989. Tickets will be available fromthe Secretary in the new year.

Mem bers of the Society will also becarol singing in central London thismonth to raise money for the Save theChildren Fund.

Any enquirie should be addressed to:R Williams, Hon Secretary and BusinessManager King's College Lontlon Gilbertand Sullivan Society via the Classicdepartment.

LECTURES, MEETINGS AND SEMINARSence organi ed by the niver ity 01Lancaster on the 4th-5th January 19 9.

G RAL LECTURE

5.30 pm, ew Theatre. Strand campu

THE MAXWELL SOCIETY

Monday 16 JanuaryLAS-RSProfessor D Phillips. Royal Institution ofGreat Britain.

Monday 23 January• TRO l HOLOGR PHY

Dr T D Beynon. niversity of Birming­ham.

Monday 30 JanuaryTHE MAG ET1C A lATOMY OF ADOMESTIC TAPE RECORDERProfe sor E W Lee, niversity of South­ampton.

2.00 pm - 3.00 pm, Room 2C Strandcampus.

DEPARTME T OF BIOPHYSICS,CELL A D MOLECULARBIOLOGY SEMINARS

Friday 13 JanuaryDOMINA T CO TROL REGIO S OFH MA BETA-GLOB1N LOC SDr D Greaves, NIMR, Mill Hill.

Friday 20 JanuaryD V LOPME TT, REGE ERATIOA D OpLASIA I THE MAMMAL-IA C SDr M oble. Ludwig Institute, London.

Friday 27 JanuaryA TOIMM E THYROID DISEASE:DE LOpMENTS lOUR U DER-STA Dl GProfes or A McGregor, King's CollegeHo pital, London.

1.00 pm, ba ement lecture theatre, Depa­rtment of Biophy ic , 26/29 Drury Lane.

AGE CO CER INSTITUTE OFGERO TOLOGYSEMI AR

Monday 23 JanuaryOLD AGE A D THE ECO lOMYDr Paul 10hnson. Department of Econom-

ic History, London S hoolo Economic.

4.15 pm - .30 pm. Room 2-109, ClarkBuilding. 552 King' Road. Chel ea cam­pu .

BRITISH I STIT TE OF H MARIGHTS

Tue day 31 JanuarypARLIAME TA D H MA RIGHTSThe Right Hon Sir Bernard Braine, DL,MP, Vice-Cnairman, Parliamentary Hum­an Rights Group.

1.00 pm, New Theatre, Strand campu

HIGHER EDUCATIO : THEEXT 25 YEARS.

Kenneth Baker to addre s confer­ence on future of HigherEducation.Education Secretary Mr Kenneth Bakerwill be the keynote speaker at a confer-

10 VIEW

By the time this article is read AUTmem bers will have voted on whether towithdraw from all aspects of the examina­tion process this year. This would undoub­tedly be the most drastic action everundertaken by university academic andrelated taff, and it indicates the severityof the crisis now facing the universitysystem. There are many interlinkedaspects of this crisis, including proposalsfor voucher systems and student loans,which would drastically decrease accessto university education, and the erosionof academic freedom and the universitiestraditional independence from politicalcontrol brought about by the recentEducation- Reform Act. The dismissal ofEdgar Page, a tenured lecturer at Hull

niversity without good cause is a clearinsight into the shape of things to come.All mem bers of the College are urged tomaintain the academic boycott of Hull

niver ity a a protest against this unnec­essarily vindictive action.

The universities' own managers, as repre­sented by the CVCP, are assisting the Gov­ernment in it declared intention to 'pro­gressively degrade the university system'by refusing to give the issue of academicand related taff's salaries a high enoughpriority. They do not have a lot of moneyto spend but they are not willing to spend

The conference entitled 'Higher Educationthe e t _5 Years'. is being held a thefirst event to commemorate Lanca ter

niver ity' Silver Jubilee and to giveall participant a chance to a se the Go-vernment's long term policie for highereducation. The conference it i hopedwill also give an opportunity to di cu salternative approache and model for pro­vi ion and funding.

The subjects for discus ion are varied andinclude such topi as the role of the newfunding council, the effects of the tu­dent loans White Paper, and the longterm implications of the Education ReformAat.

If you are interested in attending, the con­ference fee is £ 75.00 for non-re idencyand £ 8.00 for residency, (this includesaccommodation for one night). For fur­ther information and enquiries pleasecontact Miss Jeanette Davies, DevelopmentBureau, University House, University ofLancaster, Bailrigg, Lancaster. LA 14YW.TeL (0524) 65201 Ext.4200.

what little they have on salaries to rec­ruit, retain and motivate staff of high aca­demic ability. University academic and reiated staff were due for a salary increase inApril this year, bu t the CVCp refused toopen negotiations until their hand wasforced by the AUT's withdrawal fromappraisal schemes. The 84% majorityin favour of that action demonstratedthe extent of members' anger over thesalaries issue.

It should be noted that AUT is not opp­osed to staff appraisal. Certainly thescheme which has been negotiated forthe appraisal of academic staff in King'sshould be beneficial, particularly ifappropriate resources are made availablefor staff training and development.

A pilot appraisal scheme was run duringthe summer. As soon as the withdrawalfrom appraisal is called off AUT repre­sentatives will be discussing the outcomeof the pilot scheme, together with theCollege's proposals for appraisal of aca­demic related staff (the details of whichwe have been waiting for since April),prior to formally agreeing both schemes.The College has promised to try not toimplement any aspect of the schemes,including training of appraisers, beforethat agreement.

The CVCP has now begun to negotiateover salaries, though they have not yetmade an offer. They have leaked to the

pre a figure of 31~% over two year buwith inOa ion already over 6 per ann mthat an hardly be t 'en -eriou I}. 0

AeT ha epped up it· pre ure b, ballo ­ing on withdra .... al rom ex ina ion. Weare lUlIy ay, are 01 the on equen e thea tion 'ill h ve on our tudents. but wehope that the} will unders nd the rea ­on lor the ac ion and will ee that i isin nobody" long term intere t for heuniver itie to be unable 0 a ra t goodquality sta f. . 'ationally the. 'CS upportour a e and y,e hope that 10 al tudentwill understand our position and willal 0 give their upport. It i anticipatedthat no tudent will u fer more or le'than any other, ince every unh'ersitytudent in the country will be in exa t­

Iy the same po ition.

The recent student demon tration againstloans has reminded u that political actionis traditionally as ociated with tudentrather than their lecturers. Surely ome­thing must be eriou Iy wrong when aca­demICS are driven to contemplate uchdra tic action. The time ha ome for usall - tudents, lecturer and the variougroups of taff who also have theirgrievances - to unite in fighting for thetradaional values of excellence in univ-er ay education in this country.

Or P W EmeryHon Sec KCL A T

The first King's College Postgraduate Carurs Fair was held in the Great Hall Oil 24ovember 19 . lan.~ people attended and the whole event was declared a great

success

Cartoon: Stuart Burley

of toad in the hole (w hich in those daysprobably ontained a real toad) decidedthat it wa a calamity for both the toadand the eater.

Until someone enlightens me J am leftwith these pos ibilities. I am inclined toadopt the final ver ion unless someonecan uggest a better one.

Don MindelAtkin. Receptioni t, Ken ington

The name may possibly date ba k to theRoman occupation of Britain. The Rom-ans when faced with the British delicacy I~

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In the meantime everal highly improbablepossibilities occured to me. Perhaps theold tale was untrue. Perhaps the princesskissed a toad and wa her elf turned intoa toad. Could the biblical plague of loc­usts have been, becau e of a mistranslat­ion. of the original Hebrew, a plague oftoads? Was there ome 10 t Greek mythof the Leda and the Swan type. with atoad instead of a swan?

I'll tell you tomorrow', He didn't.

Will the origin of it name be for everclouded in mystery or will someone, oneday enlighten me?

Or C was more decisive. ' ever thoughtabout it before, but I have a book in myroom. I'll look it up. Be back in a min­ute'. He wasn't.

VIEW FROM THE DE K

Recently I have been troubled by BufoCalamita. It is neither a contagious dise­a e nor a feeling of impending doom, butthe atterjack toad.

Or A was obviously non-plussed. 'BufoCalamita?' he repeated. ' ot quite sure ­not really in my field - try Profes or B'.

The trouble started when I read an articleabout the Bufo Calamita in 'The ewScientist' and began to speculate aboutthe origin of the 'Calamita'. A severalbiologists and zoologist pass my recep­tion de k every day, I did not doubt thatI would soon have the answer.

Two days later I reminded him. 'The bookwasn't in my room, It's probably at home,

Profe sor B's breezy 'Good morning', frozeon hi lips when I mentioned Bufo Calam­ita. 'Ah yes, he said, 'the attefJacktoad - interesting name that - orth Amer­ican, I think'. He stood deep in thoughtfor a moment and then wandered off smi­ling to himself.

1\BIG.t1I~at the beach

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trated by Christine ROche " .:.

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STOCKI G FILLERS?

Stuck for Christmas presents for the child­ren? We have our own talent here atKing's which could solve your problems.

Felix Pirani from the Department of Math­ematics has written two books for child­ren. 'Rosalie, Sidonie et Melanie" whichwas published last year by CenturionJeunesse,is in French and is well illustr­ated with striking pictures and brightcolours.

WERE YO AT YORK?

The University of York is celebrating its25 th Anniversary with a Reunion Week­end for former students and staff fromFriday 30 June to Sunday 2 July 19 9.

Why not come along for either a weekendbreak or a day out on campus and meetup with old friends and former staff? Col­lege accommodation will be available anda full programme of special events andentertainments is being planned.

To receive further details of this weekendand of any future graduate events, pleasewrite to the 25 th Anniversary Office,University of York, Heslington, YorkYO I 5DD giving your name (and previousname, if appropriate), address, department,college and year of graduation.

'Abigail at the beach" is in English andwas published this spring in hardback byCollins and is the story of A bigail's visitto the seaside and her imaginary adventuresthere. Again the book is beautifully

illustrated and costs £4.95 and will be en­joyed by parents and children alike.Other books are in the pipeline.

COMMO WEALTH A SOCIATIOFOR DEVELOPME T - MEMBER­

HIP I VITATIO

The Association is currently looking foraffiliate mem bers whose interests are main­ly in original research. Applicants musthave a record of achievement in, or thepotential to carry out, high quality andoriginal research.

Candidates for membership must be either:

Holders of research degrees (from an acc­redited educational institution)orResearchers with publications in majoracademic and professional journals.

The AD was founded in 1987 by a groupof profe sionals from the Commonwealthwith the aim of:

- conducting re earch on various i uesrelating to Commonwealth countries.and to act as a medium through whichcertain research work of Commonwealthscholars may be published:

-encouraging and promoting new initiatIveand inventiveness within the Commonw~alth;

- assisting in the promotion of intra­Commonwealth direct investments andtrade in goods and services;

providing a forum for constructive deb­ates and policy formation on the signif­icant issues of interest to the Common­wealth.

Research therefore is given a very highpriority in the organisation so that fruit­ful, intellectual exchange can be providedand areas of expertise capable of attractingoutside support from research councils,charitable sources, Governmental and non­Governmental establishments can be dev­eloped.

Benefits of Membership

Members can become involved in CAD'sactivities and keep abreast of developt.ments, through: attendance at occasionallectures and conferences; a free CADjournal published quarterlY, focusing onmajor Commonwealth and world affairs,containing authoritative articles or majorscientific and social developments, bookreviews and notes. Mem bers will be invi­ted to submit their research for publica­tion and mem bers are offered the oppor­tunity to bid for paid research contractsobtained by CAD.

Interested candidates should completean application form obtainable from: TheMembership Secretary, CommonwealthAssociation for Development, Instituteof Commonwealth Studies (University ofLondon), 27-28 Russell Square, LondonWCIB 5DS.and send this together with themembership registration fee of £20 plusan annual subscription of £ I0 (cheque/money order or Postal Order only).

C WMAPLETHORPE PO T­DOCTORAL FELLOW HIPFOR PH RM CE TICALED CATIO A D RE EARCH

Applications are invited for the C WMaplethorpe Postdoctoral Fellowshipstenable from October 1989 for a max­imum period of up to three years.The Fellowships have been establishedunder the Will of the late Mr Cyril WMaplethorpe, for the promotion ofpharmaceutical education and researchat the School of Pharmacy, and Chel ea

Elspe(h explaining (he success of (he BUAC show to ,lssis(an( Principal, ProfessorPeter Gahan.

K GS COLLEGE L

Both April Toner and Dawn Newbrookably taffed the main regi tration de k.

Richard Longhur t. in hi capacity as amember of the BU C Council of Manage­ment co-organi ed the event: incerethank to him.

Prior to the show, King' College ho teda dinner for all B AC member at theKen ington campus. Willie John on,Chairman of B AC expre sed hi appre­ciation to John Bossino and hi . taff onthe excellence of the meal and the service,

El peth M YoundConference Admini trator

CHOW 1988B

The annual British Lnlver iue A commo­dation Con ortlum . how wa held atKensington Town Hall on Tuc day ~5

o toner. The how proved to be the mo t·ucce ful ever. with record attendance.Both pre s and buyer from all over Eur­ope were able to vi. it the tand of the54 univer Hie or 'allege pre ent at theho\\.

Joan Fennell and Ispeth Young fromthe Vacation Bureau represented King'College London. With an unprecedentedlevel of intere t, a number of definitebooking have already been re erved.

The rchive abo have card on sale, ava­ilable from the Information Office, Main

trand de k or from the Ar 'hive direct.

n n.lrtment 0 Phdrma }' at Kmg'

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and the main porter de k.Kel1\ington ' the Administration Offke(ncxt door to thc main reception de kext ~09.

Chelsea - the A si tant Princip,il's officeat 552 King's Road eXl 36S6.

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Comment is produced by the InformationOffice on the Strand ampu. Copy datefor the next edition is Friday 6 Januaryfor publication in the week of 16 January.

1ay we wish all our readers a very MerryChristma and a Happy. ew Year.