King's College London newsletter

COLLEGE AGAIN WELCOMES PRINCESS ROYALThe ollege wa ver> honoured to receivea econd visit in les than two month fromHRH The Princess Royal, Chancellor ofthe niver ity 0 London. On thi occa­ion, the afternoon of' ednesday 15 Feb-

ruary, he visited the Strand campus toinaugurate the new Computing Centre.

The Director of the Computing Centre,Or ndrew Byerley, conducted the Chan­cellor on a guided tour of the MachineRoom and the work tation where hewa able to ee at fir t hand 'the e ten ivecomputlng fa ilities that have recentlybeen lOstalled and meet y tems taff andmember of the omputing Centre.

I n the tour, which la ted Just over an hourhe aw how the new provisions are able t~

meet the academic computing require­ment of the College, both enhancing anddeveloping research and teaching. Shewatched a number of demonstrationsincluding one of de ktop publishing, 'which is becoming increasingly importantto academics, both for the publication ofpapers and the production of teachingaid.

Interactive Video Disc was also demon­strated to the Chancellor, who was inform­ed how the development of optical discrecording offer new opportunitie fortoring, transmitting and creating knowl­

edge. Academic application range fromvi ual databa e in Archaeology or rtHistory to the demon tration of urgicaltechnique in medicine. Simulation area particularly effective u e of the mediumone di c, in the Faculty of Law, offerstudent the chance to play the role of aolicitor faced with an unfolding problem.

The tour then moved on to the new lab­oratorie dedicated to graphical andhumanities computing.The graphic laboratory has been et up toenable user to run highly interactivecomputer graphics oftware. Currently, thearea of particular intere t in the Collegeare Df M, image processing andmolecular modelling. The harrcellor awa number of demon trations including:

omputer ided Design, Quantum hem­istry Topology and Molecular Graphics

in Biolog ,indi atlOg how a revolution inre earch method i taking place throughthe visualisation of scientific data u ingcomputer generated graphi s. Computergraphic allow the re earcher to intera twith dynamic, three-dimen ional modelin real-time giving novel in ight into theunderlying mechanism 0 the model.

The area of humanitie computing is onethat the College is particulaly keen to de­velop and the Chancellor viewed a coupleof demonstration which highlightedKing's expertise in thi area. She washown a computerised pro opography (aWho's Who) of Roman Egypt, entriefor individual summari e what is knownabout them (name, date, family, place andcareer), and li t reference in ancientsources and modern tudie 0 that theu er can find out more about them. Shesaw the Fontes Anglo-Saxonici Bibliography

Project - the aim of which i to producean annotated bibliography of work pu b­lished on the sources of Old Englishwriters, and tex t canning ma hine .

Follo\ ing the tour. the Chan ellor had theopportunity to meet students informally.She wa e corted by the Principal to theChapel where she listened to part 01 arehearsal by the King's College Singerunder the guidance of Mr Ernie WarrellCollege organi t and choirmaster. Fron'tthere the Royal part} moved to 6C toee the Theatre Workshop in rehear al

before proceeding to the oun il Roo:nfor tea, where he met several of the S tu­dent nion sabbaticals piu repre entative'of over ea , porting and recreationalgroup. Before she left, a pre 'en tation ofrugby hirt for the Royal children wamade to the hancellor by lison ROb­ertson of the Department of Pharmacy.

STAFF NEWS

New Caterer for Senate House

The College i plea ed to announce thefollowing appointments, effe tive fromI October 19 ,unle s otherwise tated.

ET: TABLE OF

18 AprilHandling the Press and Radio

25 AprilStaff Induction

The Computer Unit have organised courseson the following topics, to be held duringMarch and April.

College Events

17-19 AprilBuilding Course - Sheffield (CVCP)

Details will be circulated when it arrivesat the College. Further news in 'PIu to'.

16-21 AprilAcademic Management Programme

13-15 AprilCUA Conference - Brighton

II AprilSelection Skills I: I

4-6 AprilInterviewing Skills

3 March1anaging Work and Time

13-17 MarchFirst Line Managerial Skills

3-6 AprilIntroductory Course for Admini trators(CVCP)

Central niversity ctivitie

I G OFFICERcademic laff)

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The new College telephone directory willshow the name Ken Bromfield againstStrand extension 2 03. I hope that thiswill be the most u eful public announce­ment in this my introduction as the newlyappointed College Training Officer for nonacademic staff. To many of you the term'introduction' may be a misnomer becauseI have been involved with College trainingactivities for many years as the Superinten­dent of the Biochemistry Department.

The creation of my role is in part a resp·onse to the twin challenges of competitionand change which feature evermore strong­ly in university life. King's College's rela­tive position in the university league willdepend on the highest level of skill andexpertise being in place at the right time.The reputation of the College to enable itto attract research funds and the brighteststudent will rise or fall according to thecompetence of its staff whether they areinvolved directly in academic activity orprovide other vital services.

My new job i to liai e with all Collegedepartments and services to identify train­ing needs and then to apply the approp­riate training action for present and newmem bers of non teaching staff.

The College and indeed universities in gen­eral have recogni ed that it is becomingincreasingly difficult to meet our skill ne­eds by simply dipping into the marketplace. Our retained staff and our recruitswill require varying degrees of training inorder to meet the twin challenges.

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David Leonard okes has been promotedfrom Senior Lecturer in the Departmentof nglish Language and Literature toReader in English Literature.

v V Kakkar, Profe sor of Surgical Science,has had this title extended to include thelational Heart and Lung Institute in res­

pect of his being Director of the Throm­bo is Research Institute. As from I Janu­ary 1989.

Mr John Ba hford has been appointedatering Manager to Senate House after

spending 20 years at the Medical Schoolof King's College, and 2 years at theInstitute of Psychiatry. He moved toSenate House on the 1st December wherehe hopes to develop the catering ervicesin particular, the luncheon club held in 'the small refectory.

Stephen John Ball, has been promoted fronReader in Sociology of Education to theChair of Education (starting date to befixed).

Peter George Jenner. has been appointedto the Chair of Pharmacology. He willjoin King's from the Institute of Psychia­try, niversity of London as soon a possi­bleafterJune 19 9.

Fixed Term Contracts

The use of a waiver clause in respect ofredundancy for members of staff on fixedterm contracts, has been reviewed, andfollowing a recommendation to the Finance.Staff and General Purposes Committee, it Ihas been agreed that the use of such a clauseshould be discontinued for members ofstaff with five or more years of continuousservice. In this context, continuous serviceis defined as ' ervice on one or more con­secutive fixed term contracts without abreak'.

The Personnel Department will monitorthe new arrangements, and apply them asappropriate.

The development and co-ordination of theCollege training programme will be design­ed in a collaboration which will involve me,departments and individual staff. I hopethat the initiative will be two way - hencemy telephone number at the head of thisintroduction. I intend to be available tostaff whenever required to talk abouttraining whether in the context of Collegeneed or career development. I will be con­tacting leaders of departments and sectionsto open the dialogue on training needs andprovision.

Finally, training news and reports will bea feature in all future editions of Comment.

Ken Bromfield

Micro oft WordUniras GraphicsIntroduction to UnixProgr:!mming in LispIntroduction to DatabaseProgramming in ISO Pa cal

Full details can be obtained from theComputer Centre.

CBE HO OUR!

Many congratulations are due to ProfessorAG Guest (Laws) who received a CBE inthe lew Years Honours List for his workwith the Department of Trade and Indu­stry.

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Profe or, roold

Pro e or lun Hugh ,fado Arnold JomedKing' rom the. 'ationa! Physical Labora­tOr} in 195 -. He .... a appomted a Readerm Electri 011 Engineering and later to Pro­fe or m 19_ .

He wa an expert m th ield 01 mea ure­~ent and had pUbli hed numerou paperm the Journal of the In titution of Electr­i al Engineer. Within the Depar ment.

he \\01 re pon ible for all aspect of tUden1mta -e, including all interview. and hebe arne Dean of the Faculty of EngineeringHe was a much re pected and liked colle­ague and wa a regular supporter of the Senior ommon Room and its functions.. Out-ide the College. he was an enthusiastic

flute playing member of an amateur orch­e tra.

Profes or Arnold retired in 1969. He leave'a wIfe and son.

uncompromising in their holar hip, oldin tens 0 thou and in this oun ryandabroad, He had a een eve for visual evid­en' and explained he Conque t [0 tele­vi Ion udien e in ran e a well a Eng­land and \\ a ever willing to addre Histo-ri..al so i tion br n h meeting and 10 alhistori al 0 'ietk .

Though he gloried in being an 'old-fa hionedhi torian, Allen also reated tradition.From 19 9, the annual Battle Conferencehe organi ed, and the en uing volume heedited, have pu t nglo-.' orman Studie ona new and in ternational footing attracting

holars from we tern Europe and mericaas well as Britain: an a hievement justlyrecognised when the Fren h Governmentonferred on him the title of Chevalier de

rOrdre des rts et de Lettres.

The volumes of Suffolk Charter publishedunder his general editor hip revealing theintimate link between medieval aristocratsand the religiou houses they patronised,are ignificant ontributions to European:IS well as regional history.

He became leading member of the ILE ,hortly after it formatlOn, m . ing parll\;­

ularly important onlnbution in he area.of sta ling and urther and higher edu a-ion. tanley also pla:ed a major pan a

a governor 01 numerou educa ional In 0­

LUtion, econdaI} and pecial hool,\, very Hill ollege. ou h Bank Pol) te h­nic, and hel ea College. It is in thi I tcapacity that he will be well rem m beredby many pa t and pre enl member ofChelsea and King' College.

t nley was appointed as ILE memberto the College Coun il in 1965, and beca­meit vice-chairman from 1972-19 I.His contributions to the affairs of ChelseaCollege were unique. He was particularlyinvolved in finance and staffing matters,and whenever there was a difficult problemto tackle he would be called upon be au eit wa known that he would willingly giveup his time to re olve the matter. In allhe did, his courtesy, thoroughnes , anddeep under tanding were apparent.

When he retired from the Chelsea CollegeCouncil in 1984 he was made an Honor­ary Fellow of the College for the outstand­ing service he had rendered to it.

!though Stanley had been confined to awheelchair for a number of year, hi mindremained a active as ever, and until hideath, he kept him elf fully informed abouCollege affairs.

George' friends throughout the Collegewill be interested to know that a memor­ial fund that i being set up in his namehas so far raised over £ 1500. This is alread)enough to ensure that a significant awardan be made annually in his name to an

undergraduate studying within the Phy icsDepartment. It would be helpful to havea slightly larger sum, in order to providesome protection for the award from theinevitable effects of inflation. Thus anyof George's friends who feel that theywould like to be associated with this fundshould send their cheque (payable toKing's College London) to Professor W FSherman, Department of Physics.

Profe or R Allen Brown

R lien Brown Profes or of MedievalIlistory at King's College London. died onI February 19 9, at the age of 65. A uf­folk man, he went up to University CollegeOxford in 1942. From 1943 to 1946 heerved in Italy and in the Middle East as

an officer in the 1st King:s Dragoon Guards.On return to Oxford he completed his BAsecuring a Bryce Resear h Studentship,and began his doctoral thesis on Angevinroyal castles. He became an AssistantKeeper at the Pu blic Record Office in1951 moving in 1959 to King's CollegeLondon and 30 very full years of univer­sity teaching and research.

His life and academic work formed a rem­arkable unity. He believed passionatelyin the value of History and especially ofMedieval History, in educating (as he putit 'the whole man'. In his view, warfareand religion 0 upied equally importantplace in a seamle s medieval web. Stud­ent visiting the Temple Church with himwere shown the essential of crusading

knighthood. and with him as guide, awthat the Tower of London's till centre\ a the onqueror's chapel. For manyyears, Alien' Special Subject was amongthe mo t popular in the London HistorySchool, and the required visit to ormandyincluded Bec as well as Falaise.

Allen spread the historical word throughmany media. He was largely responsiblefor the medieval section of the definitiveHi (ory of the King' Work. His bookon medieval castles, and on the ormans,

To generation of tudents at King's Col­lege, lien's grea te t gift has been hi tea-c.hing. ndergraduates could acquire a~felong appreciation of medieval civilisa­tion. Many were in pired to pursue post­graduate work: through former tudenthi influence has reached far beyond theUniversity to college and chools.

Alien liked to quote the opening words ofSt B~ne.?ict's Rule: 'Ausculta, fili, praeceptGmagIstn. ('Hark en, 0 son, to the master'precepts'.) His students and colleaguesat King's will not forget. Auscultavimu ­et au cultabimu .

Service of Thanksgiving will be held onTuesday 14 March at 5.30 pm in the Col­lege Chapel.

tanley Mayne

nyone reading the obituarie to StanleyMayne in the national pres may be excu­sed for believing that his activities ceasedin 1961, when he retired as general secre­tary of the Institution of Profes ional Civ­il Servants. It was only after his retire­ment that Stanley was able to develop tothe full his lifelong interest in education.

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'earer home, during October, ElspethYoung hared the London Tourist Board

tand at an exhibition in Manchester forcomputerised American agents and in earl}February Elspeth and Richard will marketat a trade how at the ictoria and AlbertM I eum. Thi will be a unique showde igned to attract some 2,000 schooltea-

Residential large groups & conferences:Joan Fennell

College and other student travel awardsare being advertised throughout the Col­lege this term.

Joan Fennell

on Re idential day meetings and un ­tion

Richard Longhurst

Individual holidays, students & mallresidential groups:

Elspeth Young

The College offers three awards (SargeauntLjghtfoot and Lacey) which are open toall students and one (Mary Clarke) whichis open to women students only.

The niversity offers Summer Vacationaward and Dunsheath award for expedi­tion .

Plea e contact us if you require brochuredetail of any King's College facilitie orinformation on any of the other 53 mem­ber of the Briti h Cniver itle commo­dation on ortium. We now have the 19 9B holiday and conference publicationsTelephone 35 I 6011 or Fax 352 7376 .

Further details are available from theacation Bureau. Meanwhile, if you

need additional accommodation duringthe Easter Vacation for that extra gue t ­or even a coach load of relatives arrivingunexpectedly - we'll do our best to booktheir bed and breakfast.

We just have to per uade them to come toKing s !.

Richard Longhurst and loan Fennell in their regalia at the Belgian Travel Fair.

cher re pon ible lor hool vi its toLondon and will include many exhibitorfrom major visitor areas in the capital.

The College' link with Normanby Collegehave provided a further option which ishoped to be of mutual benefit. Normanbyintends to market its range of modern tea­ching room, which include a fully equip­ped 150 eat lecture theatre, on an all­year-round basi . Their close proximity toKing's College Hall gives an opportunityto offer residential vacation facilities aswell as providing a wider teaching spacecapability for groups booking into King'sCollege Hall.

--:early all of London's College let theirfacilitie throughout the year. in ludingmost polytechni sand te hni al ollege.The London conferen e or group vi itorcan choo e to dine at many unusu I venuefrom a catamaran on the Thames, to theLondon Toy and Model Museum or thefunction uites of the Honourable ArtilleryCompany.

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The how wa held at the Brus els ExhibI­tion entre, venue of the Bru sels WorldFair and home of the now famous HeiselFootball Stadium. There were two enorm­ou exhibition hall, filled with a patch­work of national, regional and individualattractions from nearly every country in theworld. We walked a lot - and talked a lot -Ia we were on how from 10.00 am to7.00pm from Thur day to Saturday to cap­ture a many visitors as possible. The UKsection was organi ed by the British TouriA.1thority, and featured London in a choiceof operators including orth Sea Ferries,British Airways and the Scotti h TouristBoard - who boasted a tand completewith miniature working model of a whi kydistillery.

The travel trade marketing ea on i uponu , and in late ~ovember the a ationBureau exhibited at the Belgian TravelFair. held in Bm el. Together with rep­re entatlve from Madame Tu saud' ,Guinne World of Record and Greenwich

ounci!, Richard Longhurst and J haredin the London Touri t Board Stand at thimajor tourist exhibition, bringing King

ollege facilitie to the attention ofeveral hundred European travel agents

and operator, mindful that in the Conf-erence and holiday world, 1992 is almosttomorrow.

In the dignified atmosphere of the UK Isection our mock academic regalia comparebneatly with kilts and tartans of our Scottishlneighbours, but once into the body of thehall, there was considerable competitionfrom a whole rainbow of costume. Wewere in the company of the mUlti-frilledSpanish flamen 0 team. furry blue andwhite Belgian' murfs' (from the newStroumpf Theme Park), Texan buckskinand Swis mountain maidens - while comp­ared with the plume and carefully placedequin of the Pari Folie Bergere. we feltlightly over-stated. By 7.00pm each day

everything aches of course. from the feetto strangely - num b cheek bone tiredfrom continually smiling at visitors, butalready there are re ults, and bookingenquirie are coming in from several con­tinental contacts made during the how.

ppli ation orms for all these wards areavailable rom the offi eo th Deputy

demi Registrar or from Chel ea andKensin ton Registry f i es.

Clo ing date re:! ~lar h or Collegeawards and 31 ~Iar h or Cmver ity a a­rd .

Or MS SilkTour Director

la lair PelligreDepul. ca emic Regi trar

10GE CO R EG

I T T FOR PRE­GLI H L

We are looking for an admin{clerical a si ­tant to work on the College's Pre-Session­al English Language course this summer.I deally the succe ful applicant will havesome experience of working with over-ea students and also possess word pro-

cessing and book-keeping skills. !thoughthe work is demanding, the contact withthe staff and tudents on the course is re­warding and the post would possibly suita mature student or a postgraduate stud­ent. Dates: 26 June - 22 September incl­usive. Hours: 9.30 am - 5.00 pm.Salary: generou . For further detailsapply to Mrs Jennifer Jackson, ExternalLiaison Officer, xternal Relations De­partment, Strand campus, Telephoneextension 2291.

Professor Richard Sorabji has been appoi­nted Director of the Centre for Philoso­phical Studies at King's College for theperiod 1st January 19 9 to 30th Septemb­er 1992.

The Tour Programme. Frogs in America II

The groups in the Centre make up one ofthe largest and most wide ranging philo­sophical bodies in the country. The aimis to promote advance study and researchand to bring together philosophical groupwithin the College and from differentcolleges in new interdisciplinary and inter­collegiate activitie .

Professor Richard Sorabji ha been appoin­ted Director of the Centre of Hellenic

Professor Richard Sorabji has been appoi­nted Director of the Centre for Philosoph­ical studie

CE TRE OF PHILO OPHIC LT DIES

RIC. 1988FR

The rog tour wa the CIa SI S Departm­ent's fourth Greek Play Tour of 'orth

merica in eight year and ertainly themost am bitious to date. During Septem berand early 0 tober 19 . a party of fifteen

in luding eleven performers, took quite anelaborate produ tion of ristophanes' mo tcomplex comedy to a record number ofuniversitie on both coa ts of the A.

The chedule in luded a mixture of full Iperformance and theatre workshops. fteradvance performances in London, we ope­ned at Browrr University in Rhode I landand travelled down the Ea t Loa t lO

Connecticut ollege, ew London, andHaverford ollege in Penn ylvania. Wethen went wc t to California. There wehad engagement in anta Cruz ( S)in Los ngele ( S and LA), and in

the San Francisco area at Stanford Univer-sity in Berkeley ( B). In all, our hecticfour week schedule involved even teenengagements at nine different univer itiesand about 16,000 miles of travel. Well over2 000 people saw us perform, and manymore thousands heard about our activi­ties in the variou venues, notably from aTV interview in Los Angele. Both theplay and the workshop were recorded onvideo at Berkeley, and there and elsewh­ere we were applauded for the imagina­tivene s of the production, the perform­ers' command of Greek, and the professionalism of the whole show. We think wewere good adverti ements for our ubjectand our ollege.

On the financial side, as anticipated, thetour wa more costly than any of itpredece sor , while a weakened dollargave erious cause for concern, given thatmost of our income was to be in dollarsin the form of subventions from host 'univer ities in the USA. everthele s, wesucceeded in breaking even. On the otherhand, tringent economies kept the costsfrom exceeding £ I 1,000; and on the oth­er we were helped enormously by institu­tional grants and individual donations inthe K, which together produced the p­lendid sum of £4,700. To all tho e whosupported u in this and in other ways wesend our grateful thanks.

LIBRARY NEWS

Should you wi h to contact LIBERTASfrom outside the College, the mnemonicis: call kcl.lib

Good ne"" for your typing finger is thata mnemonic has been established forLlBERTA's call number: call lib

strongly evocative of the pirit of the lIe-ert. en e of immediacy is achieved thro-ugh live film footage howing Lawrencein action during the Revolt. More poig­nantly there are cenes from Lawrenceottage, Cloud' Hill, where he ought

refuge after the war, arid the motorbikeon whi h he wa eventually killed.

A more analytical, though les vi ually stunning, approach to Lawrence can be foundin the corre pondence of Basil Liddell Hartheld in the entre for Military rchive,

fter Lawrence' death in 1935, publicintere t in his life escalated considerably.In a harp \~erve from the widespreadhero-'.' or hip of Lawren e, ome of thebooks and article now published went toofar the other wa and sometimes degenera­ted into currilous attacks. Lidllell Hartwas instrumental in rallying Lawrence'sfriend, from Robert Grave to Win tonChurchill, to the defence of Lawrence'character and achievements. In their let­ters they trive for an under tanding ofthe chari matic man who enjoyed a uniquefellowship with the Arab people whilst rep­resenting an Imperial Power: a multi-talent­ed man capable of evolving a guerilla strat­egy and translating the Ody ey, but aboveall, one who roused intense personal loyal­ties in those who met him. As time passesand scholar hip take a more dispas ionateview of Lawrence, thi correspondence isbeing extensively used in the on going sea­rch for the truth.

We now have 3 CD ROM di c for use inthe Library on the 1bycu cholarly compu­ter.

The Theasaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)disc ha sample, in Greek from the Greecla ical writers. The Pa kard HumanitiesInstitute (PHI) dis s have a ele tion of

Latin clas ical writing; biblical material(in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, rmenian,Coptic, and English); mi cellaneou texts

(in English, French, Danish, Sanskrit,Turkish and Arabi~and a selection ofPapyru volumes.

In both ca e you will be asked to give au ername, which both librarie have veryoriginall de ided hould be LIB R RYand from then on it' JU t like home.Happ LIBERT. Sing!

CD ROM I THE LIBR RY

The discs are demonstration models tohow the capabilities of the y tern which

can search texts and print out the results.Consequently not all the texts are printedin full. However the sy tern is very u efulto earch for parti ular words or wordpattern used by a particular author.Search results can be stored and wordprocessed to produ e a de ired printedformat.

If you would like to ee a fullli t of mate­rial available on the discs, or if you wouldlike a demonstration of the system, pleasecontact Evelyn Comell at the Embank­ment Library, Strand, or on extension 2312.

PD TELIBERT

The comment received so far from read­ers who are calling up LlBERT S fromterminal out ide the library have beenfavourable. Some difficulty has been exp­erienced due to confusion over the 'user­name/pa word' prompts - please remem­ber that you are talking to a compu terwhich i entirely independent of theCollege' Xcluster, and which will notrecogni e your V X username and pas ­word.

Adding on the UK.AC. prefixes makes itpossible to contact us anywhere in the(computing) world.

This may become more relevant as thecirculation (issue/return, etc) part of theautomated system i intrOduced at moresites in the Library - no more nasty over­due notice when you come back fromyour research trip to the Bahamas!Ken ington Library and Coleridge Libra­ries are now using the new system; it willtake a few weeks for all their activitie totransfer, but it is now possible for u ers tocheck which ltooks they have borrowedrecently and the progress of any reserva­tions they have made, by entering thebarcode num ber prin ted on the reverseof their library ti keto

We hope to begin using the automatedcirculation system at the Strand duringthi session, but as it will be the firstsuch automated system here, lt will besome time before it is fully operational.

It is now pos ible to call up the the cata­logues of the British Library of Politicaland Economic Science (LSE) and ofQueen Mary College, who also use LIBER­TAS systems. The num ber are:BLPES: call 000005132900QMC: call 000005121011

LAWRE CE OF AR BI : THEFA Cl ATIO CO TI UES

The ational Protrait Gallery is currentlyholding an exhibition to commemoratethe centenary of the birth of Lawrence ofArabia. Among the items on display aretwenty vintage photographs loaned by theLiddell Hart Centre for Military Archives.These photographs are from the papers ofCaptain Sir Basil Liddell Hart who wasboth a friend and admirer of Lawrence(see- photo). They include some strikingviews of Syrian castles, built by the Crus­aders and visited by Lawrence whilst hewas a postgraduate student at Oxford.There are also photographs of the ArabRevolt 1916-18, in which Lawrence playeda key role and portraits of Arab leaderssuch as Emir Feisal.

The Exhibition provides a visual recreationof Lawrence's life and achievements fromhis early archaeological research at Carche­mish, through the First World War and itsdiplomatic aftermath, to his final questfor anonymity as Aircraftman Shaw. Hisbejewelled dagger, white apphire ring andArab robe are displayed in an Arab tent,richly hung with mats and tapestries and

T E Lawrence and Basil Liddell Hart

at Southampton.

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LECTURES, MEETINGS AND SEMINARS

Thursda 9 March:\ P T OF ALCOHOL ABL EPr lte or T J Peter. Pro e or 0 lini alBiochem' try. KC ~lD.

4.30 pm. Main Lecture Theatre. Medi alShoo!.

T OF BIOPHY IC

Wednesday 22 MarchDIRECT MA IPUTATION I TERFA ESFOR EO CATIONAL ENVIRONME TSOr Claire O'Malley, Reader at the Inslit­ute of Education Technology, The OpenUniversity.

CAL SEMI ARS

Friday 3 MarchPSI TEGRI RECEPTORS A 0DROSOPHILA DEVELOPME TOr M Wilcox, LMB Hills Road, Cambridge.

1.00 pm, basement lecture theatre, Dep­artment of Biophysic .26/29 Drury Lane.

Monday 13 MarchCL S 03. THE PROBLE~ POS 0BY REL!GIO S ST DIES (or beginningfrom Religious tudie)

oncluding las as above.

Friday 10 MarchMOLEC LAR CLONI lG OF THE CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS OF ADH RE-RE S J CTIO SOr 0 Critchley, Department of Biochemi­stry, niversity of Leicester.

5.15 pm, Room 2e. Strand campu .

Friday 17 MarchHOW TIBIOTIC-PRODUCI G ORG-A ISMS A OlD SUlClDEProfessor Cundliffe, Leicester Biocentre,

niversity of Leicester.

CE TRE FOR EOT DIE

Monday 2 FebruaryCL S .'02. TART!.'G FROM THETRADITIONAL lDE OF HRlST1A, °

ITY (or beginning from Philo ophySecond 0 three classes led by Profes orsWard and HouIden. exploring the differ­ence between their respective discipline.

nder the general title 'Discu ion betwe­en 1 r e\ Testament and Philo ophy: Mak­lI1g Connections',

Wedne day 22 FebruaryVAG EOBJECTSOr Mark Sainsbury, King's College London

Monday 27 FebruaryDVICE ON MI RO- UTRIE T I 'TA­

KES: A REQUlREME T. A RECOMM­E DATIO ,OR A ALLOWA CE?FOLATE A 0 VITAMl COr Cbris Schorah, Department of Chemi­cal Pathology, niversity of Leeds.

Monday 13 MarchBEVERAGES A 0 PL SMA L!PlDSOr Tom Sanders, Department of Foodand utritional Sciences, King's CollegeLondon.

Wednesday 1 MarchPHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF UN­BOU 0 CO STRUCTIONSProfessor Goran Sundholm, University ofLeiden.

All 2-5 pm, Strand campu . Detail fromdvi ory (Room 23 B) e«t~n ion 2505.

2-5 pm, Ken ington campu . Detail fromAdvisory (Room A209) exten ion 261.

Wedne day 22 February and 1 MarchMICROSOFT WORD (PARTS 1 and 2)

U. 'IR S GRAPHICS (P RT 2,3)

Wedne day 1 and archI TROD CTIO TO DATABASES (PA­RTS I and 2)

Wedne day 15 and 22 MarchSP S (PARTS 1 and 2)~ICROSOFTWORD (PARTS I and 2)

Wedne 'day 22 FebruaryI TROD CTIO, , TO DOS

LECT RE

Friday 31 MarchALL PROP RTYISTHEFTOr M Yates, Department of Geography,King's College London.

5.30 pm, Room IB04, Strand campu .

P BLI LECT RE

ThUI day 9 MarchA C ERVES A 0 THE E DOTHEL

I L 0 RIVED RELAXA T FACTORProfessor J S Gillespie, Department ofPharmacology, University of Glasgow.

Monday 27 FebruaryWH T IS WRONG WITH KILL! G THEODD P TIE 'T? - THE BMA 0 E TH-

ASIAMr Peter Byrne, Centre of Medical Lawand Ethics.

Monday 6 MarchRESO RCE ALLO ATIO A 0 THE

HS: OMME IT 0 THE WHITPAP RMr Caroline Miles, Director of the IanRamsey Centre, Oxford.

ThUI day 2 MarchC MOES 0 MODER 'ISMO BR SlLE­1RO (Lecture to be given in Portugue e)Profe sor Maria Helena Ribeiro da Cunha,

niversidade de Sao Paulo.

5.30 pm, Room 1B04, Strand campu .

6.00 pm, Room 3B20, Strand campus.

Thur day 9 MarchSO AS FACES DO ADAM STOR

(Lecture to be given in Portuguese).Professor CIeonice Berardinelli, niversid­ade do Rio de Janeiro.

Lecture 1.05-2.15 pm, Room 3B20,Strand campu .

2.00- 3.00 pm, Room 2C, Strand campus.

THE MAXWELL SOCIETY

Monday 20 March(not yet known)

Thur day 9 MarchCL STER COMPO OS: A EW ASP-ECT OF I ORGANIC CHEMISTRYSir Jack Lewi . The Bakerian Lecture

4.45 pm

Thursday 16 MarchEW MAG ETIC MATERIALS

Or 0 Hadfield. Evening Technology Lect­ure.

5.30 pm

Monday 13 MarchlCA DER I THE LIGHT OF MODER

PHARMACOLOGYDr Paul L F Giangrande

LECTURE FOR THE PUBLIC

Monday 6 MarchGE ETIC FI GERPRI TI GProfessor A J JeffreysThis lecture is one in a series of 'Lecturesfor the Public'. The aim of these lecturesis to interest members of the public whoare not actively involved in science.Admission is free and tickets are not nec­essary.

All interested are welcome to attend.There is no charge. Registration is requir­ed only for Discussion Meetings. Advancenotice of attendance at lectures is notrequired. Programmes, registration formsand other information on all meetings inthe Society's programme are available fromthe Scientific Meetings Secretary, TheRoyal Society, 6 CarHon House Terrace,London SW I Y SAG. Telephone 839 SS61, extension 278/277,

I STITUTE OF CLASSICALSTUDIES

GREEK A D LATI DIDACTICPOETRY

Monday 6 MarchEOPTOLEMUS ULLIFIED: POETRY

A 0 THEORY IN THE ARS POETICAOr Graham Anderson

MOLECULAR CHl:.MlSl RY FOR ELEC­TRO:\ICSDi cus ion meeting organi ed by Or P Day,Professor 0 C Bradley and Professor 0Bloor.

5.30 pm

Monday 27 FebruaryTHE POETRY OF ICA DERMr AS Hollis

Tuesday 7 MarchWHY EVEN I THIS WAS HEAVENORDl A T: DIVI E PURPOSE ANDHUMAN PERCEPTIO I GREEK TRA­GEDYProfessor David Kovacs

THE ROYAL SOCIETY

1.00 pm, New Theatre, Strand campus.

Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 February

MICROBIAL MEMBRA E TRA SPORTSYSTEMSDiscussion meeting organised by SirHans Kornberg and Or P J F Henderson

Tuesday 28 FebruaryTHE EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTERProfessor Paul O'Higgins, Professor of LawKing's College London.

7 pm, National Institute of Social Work,5-7 Tavistock Place, London WC1. lSTDmembers admitted free. on-members£ 1 at the door. Prior booking unnecessaryDetails from: Martin Farrell, Dir?ctor,lSTD, King's College London, ManresaRoad, Chelsea campus. Extension 2500.

BRITISH I STITUTE OF HUMARIGHTS

5.00 pm, Room G01, Faculty of Music,Strand campus.

Wednesday 8 MarchMESSA PER ROSSI I A DITALIASACRED MUSIC OF THE 19th CE TURProfessor Pierlujgi Petrobelli, niversityof Rome

WNfne day I MarchSTR CTURE A 0 EXPRESSIO I T

MUSICAL PERFORMA CEOr Eric Clarke, City University.

Wednesday 1 MarchTHE ST MARY'S CE TRE - WORKI GTOGETHER TO HELP VICTIMS OFSEXUAL ASSAULTPresented by Or Raine Roberts, ClinicalDirector of the Centre. Chair: DonCamp bell.

Wednesday 15 MarchMEA I GAD INTE TIO I MUSICAnthony Pryer, Goldsmiths' College.

I STITUTE FOR THE TUDYo TREATME T OF

DELINQUE CY

I TIT TE OF AD CEDM IC T DIE COLLOQ lA

6.00 pm

Wednesday 8 March and Thursday 9March

Tuesday 7 MarchSELF TOLERANCE: THE KEY TOAUTOIMMUNITYProfessor A Basten. The Florey Lecture.

T DYEDIEV L GERMAGRO P

6.00 pm, Room G05, Strand Building,Strand campus.

3.30·4.30 pm, Room 2B08, Strand Build­ing, Strand campus.

Monday 6 MarchDEFECTS A D DlFFUSIOOr A B Lidiard, UK AEA, Harwell.

Tuesday 28 FebruaryGLAUBE 0 MYSTIZISM SI DERDlCHT G UM 1200: PROBLEMEEl ER A TO OM- WELTICHE POE­TOLOGIE?Professor Peter Stein, Universitat Salz­burg.

Friday 24 February - Sunday 26 FebruaryCUMBERLA D LODGE WEEKE 0WHAT'S THE USE OF PHYSICS?

Wednesday 15 MarchA EXPERIME TALLY BASED MULTI·ZO E COMBUSTJO MODEL INCORP­ORATI G RADIATIVE A D CO VEC­TIVE HEAT TRA SFER

Or H Fu, Postdoctoral Research Assistant,Mechanical Engineering Department.

4.30 pm, Room 3.020, Hud on Building,CES 552 King' Road, Chel ea campu .

Monday 27 FebruaryTHE RACE FOR ROOM-TEMPERATURS UPERCOND UCTIVITYOr S J Rogers, University of Kent.

Monday 13 MarchTHE USE OF POLARISED LIGHT IE GI EERI GMr K Sharples, Sharples Stress Engineers.

CENTRE FOR HEAT TRANSFER ANDFLUID FLOW MEASUREMENT RESE­ARCH SEMINAR

DEPARTME T OF MECHA ICALE GI EERI G

ERVICEOVIET I FORM TIO

The 26th year of the International Sum­mer Ses ion at the Univer ity of ppsalain Sweden takes place from 11 June untilI ugu t. The programme is the oldestof it kind in Sweden and provide anopportunity for participants to pendfrom 4 to 10 weeks in Sweden.

The type of information being storedranges from names addresses. and tele­phone number of oviet in titute to rec­ent developments in science and technol­ogy in the USSR.

nyone intere ted should contact J an­Gunnar gren, Director, ppsala Univer­sity, International Summer Session, Box513,S-751 _0 ppsala Sweden.

The cour e include Swedish at a varietyof levels, po t-war Swedish literature,

wed ish history and Scandinavian litera­ture.

Although many participants are collegestudents a good percentage of older stud­ents attend: teachers, researcher, admin­istrators and people with a Swedish back­ground.

The Royal Society is now operating anInformation Service on Science and Tech­nology in the USSR.

The aim is to give students a unique opp­ortunity to learn Swedish in a Swedishenvironment: to teach student about thecultural political and ociallife in Swedento give tudents the chance to meet 150student from 30 different countrie .

A computerised database has been estab­lished using information derived from rep­orts written by British scientists visitingthe SS R, supplemented by informationextracted from published directories, news­papers, journals and other source.

nquiries are welcome from any individuaor organi ations who are intere ted in coll­aborating with the SSR in the field ofcience and technology.

Subjects covered by the Information Ser­vice include all the natural sciences, math­ematics, engineering, agriculture, non-elini·cal medical research and the scientific res­earch aspects of psychology, archaeologyand geography.

Full details can be obtained by writing to:Mrs Sharon Campbell, The Royal Society,6 CarHon House Terrace, London SW I YSAG. Telephone 8395561, ext 314. Fax930 2170. Telex 917876 ROYSOC.

I ER ITY

L CO FERE CEHEF

The aim i to provide a useful opportunityfor colleague in univer ities to hear aboutcurrent development in the chool curri­cula, and to share with staff in the schoolstheir idea on the implications and conse­quences.

Anyone interested in attending shouldcontact SC E for further details and anorder form by IS March. The address isSUE, 29 Tavistock Square, London WCI H 9EZ. Telephone 3 7 9231.

The Standing Conference on niver ityEntrance together with the sociation ofPrincipals of Sixth Fonn ollege. are.tohold two eminar - the fir t at the IllV­

ersity of London on Wedne day 19 April.and the same seminar will then be held atthe Univer ity of Leed on Wedne day 26April.

What challenges do those value facetoday?

What are the central value of higher education?

The Higher Education Foundation annualconference i to be held from 17-20 March.at its u uaI venue, St nne s College, Univ­ersity of Oxford. This year's conferenceis entitled The Value of Higher Education,and will be chaired by Sir J ames Munn.

The general proposition underlying thisconference is that higher education offersboth personal fulfilment and a social con­tribution. In other words higher educationcan both do justice to the development ofthe individual student and provide an eco­nomic and a social benefit.

Among the themes covered will be:

Details are a ailable from Or John Gay,Secretary, Higher Education Foundation,Culham College In titute, 60 East SaintHelen Street, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 5EB.Telephone 0235 20458.Fee: £133 (resident), £84 (non-resident).There i a £ I 0 reduction for current HEFmembers.

What are the link between them andthe wider society?

I Paper.; will be given by Sir Ron Dearin?,I Or D.wid George. Sir Roy Shaw. Mr Mike

Featherstone, Or David Watson, Or RalphJohnson, Or David Cook, Mr David Barlow:and Mrs Beverley nderson.

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L S ICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Thur day 9 MarchMO S L DIA' S - SITER I THE ESTER 0

GYPTOr Waiter Cockle.

PROBLEMS I

Wedne day MarchORI TAL INFL E C 0 ETRCA ! ICO OGRAPHY lITHE AR H IPERIOD: F ;-.lEARY SYMBOLISM 01

l 01 0 HOE FROM SATRI MBirgitte Ginge

4.30 pm. Room 612.ICS. 31-34 GordonSquare, WCIH OPY.

4.30 pm. Room 612. ICS 31-34 GordonSquare. WCIH OPY.

4.30 pm. Room 612. ICS, 31·34 Gordonquare. WCIH OPY.

Thursday 23 FebruaryPROCURATE RS D'ASIE SOUS SEPT­IME SEVERE: APROPOS D'U El SC­RIP-TIO DE HIERAPOLIS 0 PHRY­GIEProfe or S Demougin, Paris.

Thur day 2 MarchIl LLE (SATIO 1 ,0 LIT R CY I.

RLY HELLE ISTIC THRACEOr Zo ia Archibald, London.

Wedne day I MarchP - RSIA GOLD AGAIM J Price

Tue day 7 MarchOMP TI:-lG THE MEDIEVAL CHART­

ERProfe or Michael Gervers. Uni ersity ofToronto.

Wedne.day 22 FebruaryOT! ISM I EAST G R EC

FABLE AND FACTirginia Webb

3.30 pm. Room 612, ICS. 31-34 Gordonquare, WC I H OPY.

\ edne day IS MarchlOOK ATTHE HRO 'OlOGY OFRlY GREEK PHOl\ETI 0 ElOP­

MEl TS A 11 FERRED FROM THLI E R B EVLDE CDrJoe 1elena.

MYCE

4.30 pm. Room 612. ICS. 31-34 Gordonquare, CIH OPY.

After a year 0 phoney negoti tions, itppe r that the T a tion on examina-

tion has at la t stirred the C CP into a t­ion. The i e-ehan ellors have now ub­mitred to the government detailed bidor more mone to fund t larie .

.\Ieanwhile the students h eh d their weeof action again t the government' propoto introduce student loans. Governmentpoli y toward higher education is presum­ably motivated by the desJIe to ave taxpayer money and to make sure it i spent inthe mo t effe tive way pos ible. If we inthe university ommunity are going to winthe argument for more publi funds to bemade availa ble for higher educatiolj, wehave to show that the accumulation of cutover the la t decade has been a false econ­omy, which, if continued, will leave univ­er itie una ble to fulfill their social func­tion.

In particular, we have to argue that marketforce can only be of marginal relevan e tothe accountability of universities becausewe are in the bu iness of laying the basisthrough our teaching and research, for thelong term development of society. Marketforces have a too short time horizon. Fur­thermore, it has become increasingly obvi-ous that arguments are not enough. ctioni required to how the depth of feeling,and the different groups within the univ-r ity community - students, academics,

technical and other staff university mana­gers and the CVCP - who all have theirdifferent grievances, need to support oneanother in their various actions. The AUTha pledged upport to the stUdents, andthe tudents have expressed their supportfor the A T action, even though they arelikely to uffer more in the short run thananybody. What about the university mana­gers and the CVCP - where do they stand?Have the vice-chancellors seen a new lightafter a year of apparent inaction?

In a recent letter to the Education Secre­tary, the Chairman of the CVCP Sir MarkRichrrond, drew attention to the evereproblems of recruiting and retaining topquality academics and technicians and alsoto the fact that ince 1979 alaries haddeclined by over 20% compared with aver­age earnings. In fact, university em ployeesare one of the few groups whose pay buysless in goods and services than it did in1979 - and this at a time, according to thegovernment, when the economy ha madea major recovery.

In spite of all tha t, the CVCP has a ked thegovernment for funding for a 7% salaryincrease only - and none at all to restorecu ts in other areas. This seems a very oddway to conduct negotiations - make con­cession (on our behalf) even before thebargaining begins. That is not the end ofthe tory. The vice-chancellors want to

make further on es ion to the govern­ment" supposed ree mar et p~osoph.by introdu ing bJe t di rent! Is. Thismeans that some a ademi and relatedt 'ould be p i Oil 'derabl>' more than

other domg e sentially the me J b simpl}be ause their subje t h ppen to be indemand in the e onomy t I ;ge. "" t thevi e-chancellor should be arguing (on ourbehalf) if they trul} are bout a ademistandards and the quality of re ear h inBritish univer ities is that the salarieacademic a ountants (sa an ommandout ide uni er ities repre ent the goingrate for pro es ionals at th t level of train­ing and experience, and that is what allacademic of equivalent standing shouldbe paid.

In saner times, we used to have propercomparability studies to determine whatthe alary cales of a ademi and techni­cal staff should be. Thi recognises thefact that in most subjects transferability toother professions once a -ademi emplo­yees have embarked on their career path.

is normally quite limited. I am sure weall know of former students who after afew years are able to command higher sal­aries than academics, and no doubt areworth it. They are worth it presumablybecau e they have accumulated the app­ropriate experience for their profe sionwhich is in demand. The type of experi­ence academic accumulate i not nece -arily appropiate for other profes ions so

that the extent to which academics inparticular discipline can 'sell' themselvesoutside higher education is not a verymeaningful mea ure of their value.

In short, starving the univer ities of fundsis a false economy. It provides no basisfor recruiting and retaining the top thinkersand researchers of the country who eitherdo not consider entering the profession orwho drift to others or leave to work in oth­er countries where their worth is valued.It generates disillusionment for those whoremain a they increasingly find themselves

diverted away from their academic funct­ions towards the time-con uming ta k ofscratching around for fund. nder su hconditions, universitie cannot fulfill theirrole.

Student loans are likewise a false economy.The government ha found almost no sup­port for the proposal,not even from thebanks. It has been estimated that it wouldcost an average of £ I 00 per student peryear to administer loan repayments. Assu­ming an average repayment period of 15year, by 2005 the cost of administeringthe loans would be around £250 millionper year. A recent Swedish Royal Comm­ission on their loan cheme concluded thatits admini trative costs were so high thatit would have been cheaper simply to havegiven the students the money. The AUThave always maintained that loans would

place an additional burden on the taxpayerhil t making the tudent or eo f. ,lean·

while ome of th most able tu ent willha e been put off higher edu ation altoge­ther thu greatly reducing the contributionthe ould have made to 0 iety.. .s notedby the B.\1 ,its future membe will bedrawn from the ran' 0 tho e who ana ord to pay for the pri ilege 0 a medi-

I edu ation rath r than tho e be t uitedby their abilit and enthusia m to benefitrom if.

Jerry loneistant Secretary, KCL T

W FRO KCL RE E RCHE TERPRI E

During Jan uary the College received newthat the European Commission had awar­ded two major research grants totallingover £300,000 to the College. Congratu­lation are due for the awards given underthe DRIV programme to Or Tony WarneDepartment of Geography and Or AndrewTollyfield, Department of Electrical andElectronic ngineering and, under the Sci­ence and Technology for Development programme to Or Anne Wozencraft of theImmunology Section of the Departmentof' Biophy ics, KCL Re earch nterpriseswas actively involved in the developmentand submission of these applications to the

C. Ruth Bishop in Kensington (ext. 39 :holds up-to-date information on all comm­unity programmes and maintains contactswith key officials in Brussels and Govern­ment Departments. Do not hesitate to getin touch to determine whether your resea­rch intere ts could command Communitysupport.

Ken GroveDirector, KCL Re earch Enterprises

( ee article entitled 'EEC study of elderlydrivers')

IEW FROM THE DE K

Had I listened more carefully to CaptainShackel in my youth, I would not haveas umed that the 'calamita' of BufoCalamita meant calamitous.

Captain Shackel was my Latin master atschool. We disagreed about almost ever­ything, the only exception being that weboth agreed that I would never masterLatin.

He was an interesting character and hadretained his army rank becau e he was notonly the Latin master, but also the omm­ander of the school army cadet battalion.

He would glare at u through his mall)teel-rimmed gla ses and bark Latin at us

as if he was giving command on the para­de ground and we, in turn would bark itback at him when reading allowed ordeclining.

If I were to say Bufo Calamita aloud, itwould ound like a military commandso perhap it i better left unsaid.

I found the letters of Messrs. Gardiner,Walsh and Gaunt (Comment issue 33)very interesting and informative. Theirletters, a large photograph of the toad byLord Snowdon donated by Chris Thurstonand a ature Conservancy Council pamph­let entitled The attedack Toad' ent meby my conservationist daughter have tau­ht me more than I had ever hoped to kno~

about the wee beastie and its name.

My knowledge having previously beengleaned from Kenneth Graham's 'Windin the Willows; I obviously had much tolearn.

But enough of this dallying. I must returnto Brian Gardiner's idyllic grounds ofHolly Lodge, sit by the toad-thronged J(wine dark?) rushy, pool and listen tothe click of croquet balls on the lawn bef­ore my peace is disturbed by the arrivalof some carton marked, 'Radioactive','Corrosive', 'Toxic', or perhaps only'Flammable'.

Don Mindel.Atkins Receptionist, Kensington.

LETTER

The atterjack Toad cont ...

Surely I cannot be the only one of yourreaders to find the origins of the wordnatterjack' transparent? On the basis of

the now obsolete English word 'atter' inthe sense of venom', we have one wordfor a nasty creepy-crawly: 'attercop', anold name for the spider. ( )atterjack isanother formation of the same sort. ('Jack'rather than smallness as Professor Gauntsuggests, denotes masculinity and size!)

This problem has arisen because our mod­ern zoologists no longer believe that thetoad is a poi onous creature. Any medie­val schoolboy could have told you other­wise.

Pat HarveyEmeritu Profe orSpani h & Spani h American Studie

I am most heartened to read the interest­ing correspondence in your columns onthe ase of the atterjack Toad', worthysurely, of the best traditions of 'The Times,The thought of croquet being played onthe back lawn of Holly Lodge conjures upsome wonderful images in the mind. Myown favourite memories are of descendingthe snow-covered slppes by sledge in thecold winters of the early 60s.

However, even from my antipodean view­point, I note that Brian Gardiner is slight­ly awry with his sense of space and time.Had Don Mindel and his desk been trans­ported back to Macaulay's day, he wouldnot have had 'a clear view of the Thames'but would have found him elf facing east­wards on the front gravel carriage way ofThornwood Lodge, much to the annoy­ance, I suspect, of the then owner, the4th Earl of Glasgow. In order to get hisview of the Thames, Don would have hadto swivel through 90 degrees in his chairand teleport himself some 150 feet in asouth westerly direction. He would thenfind himself in the Long Library of HollyLodge, much admired by Lord Macaulayfor the views of the river and beyond.

Brian may wish to peruse his copy of 'TheHistory of Queen Elizabeth College' andrefresh his memories of these grand build­ings demolished in the name of progressover 30 years ago.

Best wishes.

eviUe MarshAlumnu Officer

LOCKERBIE DIS STER

For many years now, Queen ElizabethHall has played host to some 250 Syra­cuse University students for one week in

September. The students stay at the Hall,on arrival from the USA, whilst arrange­ments are made for their year's study inthis country.

The lives of thirty two of these studentswere tragically lost in the Lockerbie air dis­aster as they returned home for the Christ­mas recess.

A letter of condolence was sent to theSyracuse niversity London Centre, on

behalf of the College, and I have recentlyreceived this reply.

Steve WhitingManager. Queen Elizabeth Hall

Roy S ott has asked me to write on hibehalf and thank you for your kind letterof sympathy at the 10 s of our tudents atLockerbie.

I t has been such a shock to us all to thinkthat these young people, who so recentlywere so active and happy on our program,will never ee their homes or parents again.We appreciate that your contact with ourprogram or students has led you to offerus your support.

Forgive us for not having written earlier,but you can imagine how busy we havebeen trying to get the new semgster offto a solid and happy start.

Cathune CapeStudent Support Service

TR MI I TER CO ETO MARC

The ustrian Minister for the Environ­ment, Dr Marilies Flemming, paid a visitat the end of January to the Monitoringand Assessment Research Centre (MARC)at its new offices in Kensington. The Min­ister was accompanied by Dr Heinz Schre­iber, Director General, Federal Ministryfor the Environment, the Austrian Am bas­sador, His Excellency Dr Waiter Magrutschand the Minister's team of advisors. Alsopresent to cover the meeting were a groupof journalists and an Austrian televisionfilm crew.

The Minister was met by MARC's DirectorProfessor P J Peterson; Dr P Williams ofBiospher Sciences welcomed her on be­half of the College. Professor Peterson andMARC staff described the current activi­ties of the Centre, focusing on its role inthe nited ations Environment Progra­mme s global networks monitoring pollu­tion in air water and food. MARC is res­ponsible for the assessment of the resultsgenerated by these long-standing program­mes. The work of the Centre involvesexamination of pollution monitoring datasubmitted by over 50 countries world­wide. Particular attention is paid in theseevaluations to the health significance ofthe pollutant levels reported. The U EPnetworks thus provide a unique globalpicture of pollution and human health.After MARC's presentation, Dr Flemmingdescribed the major environmen tal issuesfacing her own country and a useful ex­change of views took place on the subjectof acid rain and forest damage.

Dr M Flemming, the Austrian Minister for the Environment (second right), examines aprint-out from the MARC environmental database. Ann Wilcocks (seated) is demonstrat·ing the results from Austria of the European Forest Damage Survey. Also in attendance(from left to right) Dr W W"agrutsch, Professor P J Peterson, Dr li Schreiber, Dr G Caliceand fan Chivers.

KI. 'C W1.' IT CO. 'TR CT

TO LE DC CPEWT

Sir Edward Parkes, Vice-Chancellor of theUniver ity of Leeds has been elected asnext Chairman of the Committee of Vice­Chancellors and Principals.

Sir Edward who is currently a vice-chairmaof the CVCP will take over the Chairman­ship from Professor Sir Mark Richmondon June 30 1989. He will be the first per­son to have been both Chairman of theUniversity Grants Committee (197 -83)and Chairman of the CVCP.

Sir Edward Parkes, Chairman Designate,

CVCP, 1989.

Mr Baker aid: 'This project will greatlyimprove our knowledge of the impact thatIT is having a ross the curriculum in scho­ols and will help with the development ofour IT in schools strategy'.

Building on current knowledge the re earchwill look at the impact of IT on childrens'achievements, the conditions under whichIT is most effective and the extent to whicinvestment in IT in schools represents valuefor money educationally. The re earchconclu ion will also help local authoritiesand chools with the delivery of nationalpolicy and the formation of local trategies.

Edu ation retary Kenneth B' 'er hasapproved a three year re ear h contr et to

e the impa t of Information Te hnol­ogy - IT - on hildren' achievements. There ear h ontra t has been placed withKing's in a 0 iation with Peat Marwi k1cLintock.

A particular interest of the EEC DRIVEprogramme is to evaluate the implicationsand effect of 'road transport' infrastructurinnovation " many of which will be developed by other projects within the programmeThe first period of the King's College pro- .ject will set up the laboratory equipmentand questionnaire instrument and prod­uce preliminary findings. In consultationwith the DRIVE Secretariat, RTI innova­tions will then be selected for evaluationamong elderly drivers. It is also hoped todevelop recommendations concerned withdriver education and (re)training to prom­ote both safety and mobility. There willbe many opportunities for widening andextending this field of research not leastbecause of its European and industry con­nections.

will be given to the age-relationship, withconfidence, risk-avoidance, safety and thecurtailment of driving, as at night or inbusy traffic conditions. A new group hasbeen formed at King s of information,social and behavioural scientists with aspecial intere t in improving the quality oflife of elderly people. One feature of thestudy will be the formation of panels ofdrivers in London and Groningen: theywill be the subjects for measurements inthe laboratory and through personal inter­views. Exchanges of staff, research instru­ments and methodologies between Groni­ngen and London is also planned.

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An interesting new cross-disciplinary bridgis being forged by the research, which willinvestigate elderly people's driving capaci­ties, skills and problems. Special attention

The EEC has awarded 272,000 ECU(£ 180 000) for a new research projectwithin it 'DRI E' programme into 'Fac­tors Influencing Eldery People's Driving

bilities'. This will be carried out by twoteams within King's supervised in theDepartment of Geography by Or TonyWarnes and in the Department of Electri­cal and Electronic Engineering by Or

ndrew Tollyfield. The researchers willbe collaborating with the Age ConcernInstitute of Gerontology and behaviouralscientists at the Traffic Studies Centre,University of Groningen, etherlands.

EEC T DY OF ELDERLYDRIVER

Before leaving for the Department of theEnvironment, Or Flemming was presentedwith a range of MARC publications.

Following the e di cussions the Ministerwas given a demonstration of M R 'scompu terized environmental databasewhich included a pre entation of the r~s­ults from the recent survey, supported by

EP, of forest damage in Europe. TheMinister wa also shown a poster displayof MARC's activities, including its workin developing countries where the Centreruns workshop in environmental moni­toring and assessment.

The 1989 May Ball is to be held at TheSavoy on Saturday 6 May. Receptionwill begin at 7.00 pm. There will be afour course dinner in the Lancaster Ball­room and music will be provided by theJohnny Howard Band who return by pop­ular request.

£55, and in paperba kat £ 4.50. Foreach book posted in the UK, a charge of£1.00 will be added and a charge of £3.00for each book posted elsewhere. Copiescan be obtained from Alison West ThePromotion Department, Chapman andHall, 11 Fetter Lane, LO DO EC4P4 E. Cheques sllOuld be made payableto Routledge, Chapman and Hall.

•

Mr Tom Burgner, a Trea ury nder Secre­tary and currently Head of the Treasury'Industry. griculture and EmploymentGroup, ha been appointed to the new po tof Secretary of the Committee of ice­Chancellors and PrincipaLs. He will take upthe po ition on pril 10 L9 9.

Mr Burgner spent 10 years in industry bef­ore joining the Treasury. From 1976-19 Che wa seconded to be Secretary of the

ational Economic Development Councilreturning to the Treasury in 19 0 to headthe Public Enterprises Group concernedwith policy for the nationalised industries,including privatisation. He took up hispresen t position in 19 5. Mr Burgner said:

'Thi is a very exciting time to begin workon behalf of the universities. 1 greatly lookforward to the challenge'.

how collaborations develop and changeover time: communication: intellectualproperty arrangement; and the overallbenefit accruing to each partner.

For full details and an order form pleaseconta t SEPSU Publication Sales Depart­ment, 6 CarIton House Terr ce, LO -DONSWIY SAG. Cost: £16.00 (UK addresses)£ 17.00 ( on-UK), inclu ive of postage andpacking.

King's Coun el

Issue 37 of 'King's Counsel' is now avail­able from local bookshops (price £6) orat a special price for mem bers of the Col­lege (£4), from the Laws Faculty or thePorter Lodge at the Strand.

THE B LL

Mr Tom Burgner, New Secretary of the

cvcp from 10th April 1989.

P BLIC TIO S

Policy tud 0 2

A new report from SEPSU (Science andEngineering Policy Studies Unit) is nowavailable. Commissioned jointly by theCabinet Office and the UK-Japan 2000Group, it is a review of current practiceand experience in collaboration betweenthe K and Japan in science and technol­ogy. It covers all sectors - industry, univ­ersities and polytechnics, GovernmentDepartments, learned societies - and analy­ses information from organizations andindividuals concerning their research activi­ties in collaboration with Japanese part­ner .

Subjects covered include: the motives forcollaboration: how collaborations are ini­tiated, structured and financed' what isshared or exchanged between partners;

Contributors to this issue include RichardHarries (formerly Dean of King's) writingabout 'Human Rights in Theological Pers­pective ; Robert Maclennan on 'Parliamentary Representation: What is Wrong withthe British Model?'; and Gareth Jones on'Tracing CLaims in the Modern World'.

'King's Counsel' was founded in 1936,and is published annually by the Facultyof Laws.

Rehabilitation of the PhysicallyDisabled Adult

Regarded as the standard textbook onRehabilitation, 'Rehabilitation of thePhysically Disabled Adult' was initiatedby C J Goodwill, Consultant Physicianin Rheumatology and Rehabilitation atKing's College Hospital, who also co-editethe book with M A Chamberlain of the

niver ity of Leeds.

Consisting of over fifty chapters coveringthe major disabling condition - musculo­skeletal problems, sen ory and communic­ation disorders, neurological disorders,cardiac and respiratory disease etc - andcare and treatment of patients with theseconditions, the book is written by an in­terdisciplinary team of doctors, nursesand speech therapists, occupational thera­pists, physiotherapists and others concern­ed with the welfare of handicapped peo­ple.

The book is an achievement to whichmany King's staff have contributed, alongwith fellow professionals from aroundthe country.

Published in 1988, it is 96 pages longand is available in hardback at a cost of

Double tickets are priced at £76.50 andcan be obtained from the Principal s Secre­tary, 5C Main Building, Strand campus.

Carriages at 1 am. Black tie requested.

Q EE ELIZABETHCO MER TIO D ER

The Queen Elizabeth Commeration Din­ner will be held in the Old Refectory,Kensington campus on Tuesday 7 March.A four course dinner will be served withcoffee and wine and music will be provi­ded by 'The OriginaL Victoria Jazz Band'.

Reception begins at 6.30 pm and dinnerat 7.30 pm. Carriages at L2 midnight.Dress: lounge suit.

ickets cost £16.50 and are avaiLablefrom Ms P D'souza, Administration Sec­retary, Main Building, Kensington,(officenext to Reception).

Please purchase tickets early to avoiddi appointment.

OCIAL CL B EW

Annual General Meeting

This will be held on Tuesday 21 Marchat 1 pm in the ew Rooms.

Easter Dance

Friday 7 April, from 6.30 pm in theelson Mandela Hall. Tickets only £2

per head.

Evening Opening

OUR FUTURE IS SEALED!I the Thame ide ampu a realit).

An historic moment: the Principal displays the lease documents Jor Cornwall House,affixed with the College Seal and formally witnessed by the Secretary. Bill Slade. andProfessor lanet Bately.

The deed is done - the official CollegeSeal ha been set on the lea e documentof Cornwall House - it' ours.

Tuesday 14 February was the historic day

The Bar is now open regularly on Tuesday,Wedne day, Thursday, and Friday even­ings from 5.30 pm to .00 pm.

Tournament

At a recent Committee meeting, it wasagreed that the snooker table should, asplanned, in the. 'ew Rooms. However,rebuilding \\ ill take ome time, and il willnot be po ible to hold a tournament thiyear.

Andrew TathamHon Club Secretary

MALCOL GAVI HALL

If you need to send any mail to MalcolmGavin Hall via the internal post system,please note that there is only one po taldelivery per week to the Hall.

which saw the much detailed and delicatenegotiation come to fruition. The sealingof the document is the final legal tagein the College' acquisition of the lea eand we can now really get on with making

P.ost must reach Manresa Road (Chelsea)site by Thursday morning to ensure that~t is delivered to the Hall by Friday morn­Ing.

If any post is to reach the Hall urgently.plea e send it via the external postal ys­tern to the following address' MalcolmGavin Hall, Beechcroft Road, TootingBec, London SW 17 70S.

F Richard onHall Manager

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ccommodation wanted

Furnished accommodation (flat or house)is required for a visiting academic from!apan and his wife (no children) for a per­IOd of approximately one year from 6March 1989. Please call the DepartmentalSecretary in the Department of Electronic

Th n ere due to man} lor th inten eh rd \\ or that had been require to getu· this tar. In mentionin ome 01 thopeople, he thaned Colm innotl andPeter Gilbert lor the complex preparation01 the ca e made to all the variou govern­ment agencie and lone Lang \\-'ooton.the College' urveyor. tor their con tantprole sional advice and detailed work inpersuading the GGC and other that theproject was viable. Particular thank weredue lo the ecretary. In the mid t 01 man­aging a new admini trative structure lorthe merged College. Bill Slade had carriedthe burden ot the Cornwall House negoti­ations succe full} through, overcomingnot a le\\ hurdles on the Vva}. 11 thisVvork \\a of immen e importance tor\\ ithout it the College' future on Thame­ide simply would not have come about.

People in the city, Profe or Sutherlandsaid, have their own wa} of describingucce s and failure. If there i a plan for

the future. with effort and resource alloca­led to it, and it fails, it' called peculation.if it succeeds, it' called inveslment. There Iwere many, he said, who viewed CornwallHou e and the Thameside campu as specu­lation. Today was proof thallt wa a maj­or inve tment and one that marked a turn­ing point in the history of King's College.

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For SaleWho' \ ha 19S6,£45. Please contactWar Sludles on extension 2193.

Comment is produced by the InformationOffice on the Strand campus. Copy datefor the next edition is Wednesday 8 Marchfor publication on 20 March.