King's College London newsletter

SCHOOL SYSTEM APPROVED

The Deputy ecretary outlines the wayforward

The case for and against creating SchoolswiLhin the College has been the subject oflively debate throughout the currentse ion. Finally, the decision was made:on 10 May 1989, a special meeting of theAcademic Board determined that Schoolshould be e tablished according to time­

scale appropriate to each School but witha view LO the process being complete bythe end of se ion.

During the coming months, I shall bedevoting a proportion of my time to theimplementation of this decision andwould welcome any advice or view .

The rationale is that the College is now ofsuch a size and complexity that, unlessaction is taken, decision-making onacademic issues will inevitably becometoo remote from those on whom itdepends to fulfil its purpose of teachingand research. The formation of a numberof manageable units (Schools) will, it iscon idered , both offer greater flexibilityin channelling the initiative and drive ofindividual teachers and researchers andalso provide a more effective interfacewith the centre, for example, in theincreasingly important area of academicplanning.

Each School must be large enough tosupport its own discrete admini trationand, although Schools will be the basicform of academic organisation in thefuture, faculties, departments and divi­sions will continue; and departments anddivisions will remain the budget holders;and they will retain control of their ownfinances. Schools will ensure that theCollege is managed in a locally respon-

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LETTHECVCPBEYOURG IDE

June 8th saw the launch of the OfficialUniversity Entrance Guide for 1990 at asummer celebration in the Council Roomat King's.

Pimms and strawberries were enjoyed bythe many guests including eminentmembers of the CVCP, who organisedthe event, Sir Mark Richmond the Chair­man who gave the official introduction tothe launch, Sir Edward Parkes vice-

chancellor of Leeds Univer ity andChairman Designate and Mr Tom Burgncrthe Secretary. Delegates from King's thepre and sixth form pupils representingtheir schools were also there to mark theoccasion.

The publication is produced every ycar inJune, by the CVCP and is sponsored bythe National Westminster Bank, relating toentry to university in October of thefollowing year. It is written with the

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STAFF NEWSAWARDS

Dr Anthony E E Tbeobald FRPharmshas been designated as a Fellow of theRoyal Pharmaceutical Society of GreatBritain for his distinction in the practiceof pharmacy. He will receive his Fellow­ship Certificate on 16 May 1990.

Dr Wolfgang Mendl of the Departmentof War Studies has been elected Presidentof the British Association for JapaneseStudies for 1989-1990.

Professor Brian B Boycott FRS, Direc­tor of the MRC Cell Biophysics Unit(Drury Lane), has received an honorarydoctorate of the Open University.

ELECTIONS TO THE COLLEGECOUNCIL

As a result of the ballot, the followinghave been elected members of the CollegeCouncil for a four-year term of officefrom October 1989:

Professorial Professor A M McgregorDept of MedicineKCSMD

Non-ProfessorialDr J R S HoultPharmacology GroupDivision of BiomedicalSciences (re-elected)

Non-teaching staffMrDGLawLibrarian

Mrs C SaundersFaculty of Arts and Music

OBITUARY

David Teehan

Davidjoined King's in June 1968. Hestarted work in the old College boilerroom which was then in the main Collegebuilding.

When the new Strand Building wasopened in 1971, David was invited to joina team to work in the new boiler room.

He quickly acquired the skills needed tooperate and maintain the new boilers andplant

With the advance of technology theinstallation of a microprocessor madecontrol of the Strand boilers largelyautomatic. This freed David to serviceand maintain boilers and mechanical planton the whole of the Strand campus andassociated buildings.

David's enthusiasm, generosity andcheerful personality were apparent to allwho came into contact with him. He wasa meticulous worker and believed inleaving plant and tools as he would wishto fmd them.

In later years he did not enjoy goodhealth. Those close to him recognised hiscourage as he kept going though often ingreat pain.

Many of his friends and colleagues fromKing's joined his wife Muriel and familyat his funeral on 1 June 1989.

David Teehan died 23 May 1989.

WHEATSTONE PROFESSOROF PHYSICS

The University of London, from 1 June,1989, has conferred the title ofWheatstone Professor on ProfessorRonald Burge, Head of the Department ofPhysics since October, 1984.

The Wheatstone Chair was created in1914 to commemorate the life and workof Sir Charles Wheatstone who wasappointed Professor of ExperimentalPhilosophy at King's in 1834, a post heretained until his death in 1875. DrBowers, Wheatstone's biographer,summarises Wheatstone's work thus:-

'Wheatstone was a musical instrumentmaker who became a professor of phys­ics. He was a pioneer in electrical scienceand in telegraphy. He invented theconcertina, the stereoscope and the polarclock. He made a linear motor and gavehis name to the Wheatstone Bridge'.

Wheatstone leaves an example of scien-

tific innovation which challenges thoseappointed subsequently to the Chairnamed after him.

Professor Burge was an undergraduate inthe Physics Department at King's andbecame a postgraduate student under theguidance of the late Sir John Randall, thethen Wheatstone Professor. He became amember of King's academic staff at theage of 21, Reader at 28 and left theDepartment to become Professor ofPhysics and Head of Department at QueenElizabeth College London, one year later.

In 1984, Professor Burge was responsiblefor moving the entire Physics Departmentfrom Queen Elizabeth College to theStrand in agreement with Professor Hart,who then held the Wheatstone Chair. Thejoint teaching of physics by the twodepartments which had begun in theprevious autumn was to form the spear­head of the institutional merger.

Subsequently, Professor Burge becamethe first Head of the new and expandedDepartment of Physics, which was furtherenlarged by the addition of 4 academicstaff from Chelsea College in 1985.Consequently, Professor Burge has beenHead of Department over a continuousperiod of 26 years and is currently thelongest serving Professor in King's and inaddition is Vice-Principal with particularresponsibility for research.

Professor Burge's research lies at theinterface between physics and biophysicsand has, over the years, varied in empha­sis between the two. The initial stimulusfor work in biophysics was provided byProfessor Randall, and by ProfessorMaurice Wilkins, during the excitingperiod in the early 50s when fundamentalstudies of proteins and the Nobel-prize­winning work on the structure of DNA,were at the centre of the stage in theDepartment.

The unifying theme of Professor Burge'work has been image science, includingboth theoretical and experimental aspects.The work began with electron microscopyand x-ray diffraction and broadened toinclude microwave (synthetic apertureradar) and optical studies. Latterly, thework has contributed to important ad­vances in soft x-ray microscopy.

The various microscopies have been

applied in biophy ks, particularly to thestructural tudies of fibrous proteins andba teriaJ all components, the (airborne)radar imaging has related to the extractionof information from urban scene and thetructure of the ocean urface, hile the

optical wor has concerned de icephysic ,image analysis and patternrecognition. These aspects form part ofthe work of the 'Image Analy is Group'of which Professor Burge is GroupLeader. The Group currently comprisessome 60 graduate researchers.

Two particular parts of Professor Burge'scurrent research concern imaging withsoft x-rays; in this activity, King's is atthe leading edge of world research. TheflfSt, using synchrotron radiation andunique focu ing elements fabricated atKing's, is directed towards the importantarea of high-resolution imaging of~biological samples, ie, to provide micros­copy intermediate between the establishedoptical microscope and electron micro-cope. The econd, using the x-ray laser

just coming on stream in internationalresearch, is to provide images at highresolution of events on the 100 psectimescale (a psec is one million millionthof a second). Both these pieces of workhave been selected for display at RoyalSociety Soirees in 1989.

Oespite his dedication to and belief in theadvancement of Physics at King's Col­lege, Professor Burge cites gardening,walking and armchair rugby amongst hishobbies. He is married and has two sons.

A APPRECIATIO OF PRO­FESSOR W C PRICE, FRS,FOLLOW G HIS 80THBIRTHDAY

Professor Bill Price, born on 1 April1909, retired as Wheatstone Professor ofPhysics in 1976 but he has retained stronglinks with the Department and the Col­lege. He regularly attends the MaxwellSociety (physics Society) lectures and hepossesses a fund of knowledge of opticsand pectroscopy which he makes freelyavailable to tarf and research studentsnow just as he always has done since hisappointment in 1948 as Reader in Phys­ics; he was appointed to the WheatstoneChair and became Head of Department in1962.

He undertook his secondary education atSwansea Grammar School where heremembers as a prefect giving detentionsto Oylan 1llomas, later to become theWelsh poet of' nder Milk ood' fame.His career in spectroscopy took him to theUSA on a Common calth Scholarship(1932-35), to thePhy ical ChemistryLaboratory at Cambridge, initially ithan1851 Exhibition, (1935-43), to ICl, toChicago and finally to King's. ProfessorPrice recounts with amusement how he,trained as a physici t, had to attendlectures and practicals in chemistry atCambridge one year, to find he wasteaching the same courses the next!Ouring this time he demonstrated in theteaching laboratories to Rosalind Fran­klin, then a student, and consequentlyProfessor Price renewed her acquaintancewhen she carried out her di tingui hedwork on the structure of 0 A in the early1950s after she came to King's to work bythe side of Professor Maurice Wilkins.

Professor Price's principal research workconcerns the vacuum ultraviolet pectra ofpolyatomic molecule in which he wa apioneer. The work besides its fundamen­tal interest in relation to molecularstructure, also had application to theinvestigation of photochemistry andphotoionization of the upper atmosphere,and his predictions were verified muchlater by data collected by rockets andsatellites. He is an international authorityon the ionization energy of organicmolecules and his experimental work ledhim to the development of the importantmethod of photoelectron spectro copy.He set up research in infra-red andvacuum ultraviolet pectro copy at King'swhich has thrived for over 40 years; thiswork within the Department is currentlyin the care of Professor W F Sherman andOr A W POlts who both were ProfessorPrice's students before thcy became hiscollaborators.Professor Price has alway been quick toseek and find new applications of spec­rroscopy. Example occurred followingthe outbreak: of World War II in 1939, andin 1948 when he fIrst came to King's.Ouring the war there was a concern ­which Professor Price showed wasunfounded - that German war planes werebeing built with a very light strong alloycontaining the element beryllium whichwould increase their range, instead of theheavier alloys with magnesium andaluminium; in addition he was involved

with the spectroscopic analy i of fueltaken from crashed German aircraft toestabli h their sources, hich led toacti ity by allied bombers.

He was invited to become Reader atKing' ,after being recommended by (thlate) Professor CA Coulson, because thethen Head of Department, Professor J T(later Sir John) Randall wanted importantnew work done on the spectro opicproperties of proteins and nuclei acid ;Professor Price justified the confidcnceplaced in him and carried out significantspectroscopic work on such large mole­cules, including 0 A. His study ofo A, assisted by the late ProfessorGeorge Wilkinson provided importantevidence in support of Profe or Wilkin '

obel-prize-winning work on 0 A by x­ray diffraction.

Professor Price lectured at King's onoptics and spectroscopy to studcnts,including me, for 25 years and he isknown and respected internationally forhi science and for being one of thc mostpleasant people it is possible to mcct. Hchas made an indclible mark on the historyof science and has had many honoursbe towed on him. His enthu iasm forphy ics is as strong as ever it wa , and hcis a devotee of the science TV programmeby the Open University. He has forgottcnmore spectroscopy than most of us willever know, and he doesn't forgct much!

Bill lives with his wife, est, nearOrpington in Kent, and he will bc the ftrSl

to acknowledge his indebtedncss to herfor her dedicated help and support ovcrthe 50 years of their marriage.

Professor R E B urge

Professor WC Price FRS

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KING'S STAFF IZIMBABWE

Two members of the Division of Bio­sphere Sciences, based at the Kensingtoncampus, were in Zimbabwe earlier thisyear to co-ordinate a three week intensivetraining course on bioproductivity andphotosynthesis. Professor David Hall andDr Jonathan Scurlock made their trip tothe Southern sun in connection with thenew King's College/UNEP Project onEnvironment Changes and GrasslandProductivity (see Comment No 32December 1988).

The ninth in a series of training courses,organised by Professor Hall under theau pices of the United ations Environ­ment Programme (UNEP), was attendedby 16 postgraduate students from Zim­babwe and 5 from other Southern Africancountries. Hosted by the Department ofBiological Sciences, University ofZimbabwe, instruction was given byinvited lecturers from Kenya, Europe,USA and Australia. The leading researchscientists who contribute to this series ofcourses give freely of their time, theironly reward being to make new friendsand contacts overseas.

The aim of the course was to teach anddemonstrate the latest research techniquesfor measuring plant productivity to youngscientists and technologists. Traineesused and learned practical techniques inboth the field and the laboratory, workingon forest and grass species and a range ofagricultural crops.

Professor Hall stresses the importance of

this kind of training for making sustain­able use of biomass resources.

'The majority of the world's peopledepend on plants for their livelyhoodsince they grow them for food, fuel,timber, fodder and many other uses', hesays, 'A good understanding of thepractical factors which govern the produc­tivity of plants through the process ofphotosynthesis is therefore of paramountimportance. We also need to understandthe response of plants to climate changeand their role in fixing the major green­house gas, carbon dioxide' .

Feedback from the trainees of this seriesof courses has been excellent, with manyof them maintaining contact with King'sCollege. Several studentships haveresulted, along with both short-term andlong-term visitors from all over the world,keen to collaborate in both teaching andresearch at King's.

TRAINING COL M

Training needs

This article explains how training re­sources, time, money and effort, can beused effectively and in a manner whichwould involve a wide spectrum of staff.

In recent articles in Comment I havementioned the importance of identifyingtraining needs; in other words providingtraining events which closely relate to jobspecifications. In broad terms thisprocess requires the definition of the

purpose of each job, identifying itscomponent parts and specifying whatneeds to be learned in order to accompli heffective work performance. The leveland quantity of training necessary foreach situation will of course depend onthe extent of relevant skill, knowledgeand attitude possessed by each job holder.Training needs therefore are highlyspecific to the demands created by thejob-related tasks of each member of staff.

I have found that the training eventswhich I have processed since my appoint­ment fall short of departmental require­ments and for the most part are far toogeneral. I circulate and advertise courseswhich are either arranged by me oroutside agencies. Subsequently, individu­als are nominated to auend. The objec­tives for each activity have for the mostpart been set by the course organiserwith liule or no input from the clients.The outcome has been that judgement ofcourse content in relation to usefulnesshas been very varied. Of course, in someinstances criticism has been levelled at theway the course topics have been presenLedor a failure to meet objectives. I make apoint of raising all course criticism withthe course presenLers in order to bringabout improvements.

Whenever I receive poor assessment ofthe course content, I question whether themember of staff should have been en­rolled in the flfst place. What goes into acourse should result from an examinaLionof requirements for job-related tasks andis therefore predictable. In oLher words,training activiLY should be defined bytraining need.

Methods of assessing training needs arenumerous and can be very complex. Atthis stage I would recommend that thosepeople who are responsible for taffdevelopment should explore the use of'Problem Centred Analysis' whichfocuses on the definition of problemswhich have a training solution.

The job holder as well as 'managcrs' playtheir parts in this process. This approachis applicable to situations where thelearning points are required for immcdiaLcor imminent needs and where the jobholder's standards of performance aremostly satisfacLory. *

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hould be c<Xlrdinated throoghout theCollege so that a coherent (and co teffecti e) training plan can be produced.Problem Centred Analy is when appliedon a broad front will result in the follow­ing:-

a) Common training requirementshich include group staff category

training needs to enhance knowledge,kill and attitudes 0 er a number of

topic ,in effect an economy of scale.

b) Indi idual training needs which mayrequire a specialised training topic to befocused on an individual.

c) Advice on how training shouldproceed which job holders, managers andcareer groups would propose to staffdevelopment personnel (includingTraining Officers). This approach wouldtakeaccount of preferred learning styles andfeasibility.

d) Commitment from staff who willrequire training as a result of the analysis.Learning points will have been agreedthrough a process of consultation. There­fore, the trainees would be more likely tosee the relevance of their training in termsof their job, their position within theorganisation and longer term ambitions.Learners will be more likely to look totheir own efforts to meet the demand ofthe training process. This attitude incombination with the College's practicalcommitment to support training needswill be a powerful formula for success.

The validity of the training needs analysisapproach whether at departmental orCollege level is open for discussion.

I would like to encourage groups, forexample, Heads of Departments or seniorsupervisors, to come together to con iderthe effective targeuing of training.

One such group of Laboratory Superin­tendents' is already coming up with ideas(see Comment No 37). It is exploring arange of training topics which are relevantto the role of the superintendents and thestaff they supervise. Likewise themaintenance and workshop supervisorshave pointed me in the direction of theirspecial training needs.

Future Training E ents

1) isual Presentation killsWide intere t has been expressed in ahort course on making effecti e use

visual aids. (See Comment 0 37). Ihave arranged a choice of half dayses ions for 13 Jul in Room 6C in theStrand building from 9.30-12.30, repeatedin the afternoon from 13.30-16.30. Thecourse is designed to improve visualpresentations to audiences whatever theirsize or composition. Many categories ofstaff are required to present information tocolleagues, students or visitors at brief­ings, seminars, lectures and meetings.Anyone who wishes to review or improvetheir techniques is invited to apply to meby 7 July.

The course will be led by MalcolmWelchman, a Training and PresentationDevelopment Con ultant., who advisesdiverse industrie worldwide with specialemphasis on the educational and trainingsphere.

His course will enable participants toidentify and select from different visualaid techniques, create and set up effectivevisuals and introduce novel concepts anddesign features using methods rangingfrom simple manual to the more special­ised computer based processes.

Time wiJl be allocated for participants toquestion the AVU manager Nick Buggabout College provision of visual aidsboth current and prospective.

2) Speaking in Public· 14 JulyThis course will be useful to anyone whomay be required to express themselves toan audience however large or small. Itaims to improve the skill and confidenceof the participants.

3) Committee ServicingThis federal course, scheduled for Sep­tember, is primarily designed for seniorclerical staff and junior administrativestaff who are required to minute meetingand provide agendas and other relevantpaperwork.

4) Dealing with the PublicThis event will take place in late Septem­ber at Southwark College and is designedfor those who staff reception points anddeal with public enquiries about theirplaces of work.

Thi tOpIC I ery important to the Collegebecause fir t impr ions are ery oftengained at the reception d k.

5) tafflnductionI hope all new taff will have their diarifree for 25 September fOT the indu tioncourse taking place in the Gavin Room atthe Chelsea carnpu .

A full day ill introduce people to theCollege, its financial, administrati e andacademic structures, its aims, the variouCollege policies and condition ofemploymenL Plus, there will be anopportunity to meet key College person­nel and trade union officers.

I will circulate details of the courses (seebelow).

Where doe all the information go?

I am frequently told that notification forcourses or training information gets nofurther than the bo s's office. There aresecretaries who know nothing about theexisLence of secretarial courses andsupervisors who have no idea that mana­gerial training courses exisL I am told inno uncertain terms that staff would preferthe opportunity to discuss trainingopportunities with their bos es.

I would welcome your ideas, eitherwritten or telephoned (Ext 2803).

Ken BromfieldNon-Academic Staff Training Officer.

* For further reading, see RosemaryHarrison Training and Development(ISB 0852923929).

TIME FOR REFRESH E T

Do your students give you a standingovation at the end of your lectures? Isyour well-funded research yielding asuccession of exciting results? Arc yousatisfied that the division of your Limebetween teaching, scholarship, researchand administration is optimised? If theanswer to all these questions is yes, then

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read no further.

If, on the other hand, you possess some ofthe usual human limitations you may, attimes feel that you would like to improveyour perfonnance in one or more of theseareas. Training and development coursesand workshops, on a very wide range ofsubjects relevant to academic work areavailable. People working in otherprofessions welcome in-service trainingand see it as a natural method of careeradvancement.

A Code of Practice on academic stafftraining was issued in 1987 by a workingparty of the CVCP (which included tworepresentatives from the AUT and onefrom the NUS). This report comes downstrongly in favour of staff using trainingcourses to gain fresh insights into variousaspects of their work.

FAMILY BREAKS ATROGATE STUDY CENTRE

King's College residential centre in theheart of the Sussex countryside is avail­able for individual or family use byKing's College staff from Sunday 6August to Sunday 3 September 1989. Formost of the year we organise taughtcourses, are hosts to King's staff andstudents or make the Centre available toother universities and colleges. DuringAugust, however, we will be pleased towelcome you, your family and friends tostay with us and sample the many attrac­tions the area has to offer.

Our rates are as follows:Per person (children under 14 half price)

Hollycombe Steam MuseumViables Craft Centre

ew Forest poniesSouth Downs Pony Trekking

HistoricalFishborne Roman Palace and MuseumChichester Roman and Georgian MuseumNational Trust - Petworth and UpparkBroadlands - Stately Home of LordMounlbattenBignor Roman VillaKing Arthur's Round Table, Winchester

CultureChichester Festival TheatreThe Redgrave Theatre, FamhamYvonne Amaud Theatre, Guidford

Nearby attractions:For children and general interest:Queen Elizabeth COWltry ParkNaval Heritage at Portsmouth (MaryRose; HMS Victory)Woods Mill Countryside CentrePortsmouth Sea Life CentreArnberley Chalk Pits MuseumWeald & Downland MuseumThe Watercress LineRoyal Marines Museum, PortsmouthBeaulieu Motor MuseumLongtown Dairy FarmBirdworld, Famham

We offer the following:Clean and comfortable accommodationfor 25 in single rooms or 40 in twin roomsTowels and bedlinen providedChildren welcomeBeautiful location set in 11 acres ofgardenStunning views of the South DownsGood home cooking and a friendlyatmosphereBarbecues on summer eveningsVegetarians catered forTelevision and audio-visual facilitiesTransport from and to Petersfield stationfor a small chargeLarge secure car park

King's College takes a positive view ontraining. I was appointed Academic StaffDevelopment and Training Co-ordinator afew months ago. I see my job as one ofencouraging and facilitating the participa­tion of my colleagues in training activi­ties. One way of doing this is to stateclearly that the College will usually payany costs incurred! Many excellentcourses are organised within the univer­sity and by external universities andprofessional organisations. I shall becirculating infonnation on coursesavailable for 1989/90 when it is available.

It is also intended that training activitieswill be mounted at King's. I shall bedelighted to hear from colleagues whohave views on what areas should becovered. An Induction Course for newstaff was run in May and was favourablyreceived by the participants (a report onthe course is available to anyone inter­ested). A similar induction course will berun next session.

I will be pleased to talk to anyone on anyaspect of training. Many of our col­leagues have found participation in staffdevelopment activities valuable, stimulat­ing and enjoyable.

Robert Poller Ext 81165Department of Chemistry

Bed and breakfastPacked lunchDinner

£10.00£1.50£5.00

NatureThe Hillier GardensExbury GardensKingsley Vale Nature ReserveNew Forest Butterfly FarmBirdworld, FamhamMarwell Zoological Gardens

We stock leaflets with infonnation aboutall of these attractions and many others.We are always available to offer adviceand help with planning your day.

For reservations or further infonnationring Ann Finley on (0730) 80621 or writeto her at:Rogate Study CentreThe Red HouseRogateNear Petersfield GU31 5HN.

Please use Rogate Study Centre when­ever you can otherwise we may lose it!

Mike L1ewellynDirector

ATLANTIC SECURITYTHROUGH AMERICAN EYES

The second annual lecture of the LiddellHart Centre for Military Archives wasgiven by the Honorable Richard N Perle,US Assistant Secretary of Defense for

from courses delivered to outside userswill enable it to continue to offer lan­guage tuition at all levels to King'students. umbers of science andengineering tudents taking half cour ­units in foreign languages are teadilyincreasing, and many more from allFaculties are taking non-degree courses intheir own time. King' graduates shouldbe well qualified to meet the challenge of1992.

Professor orma Rin ler

The Honourable Richard N Perle pictured here at the tea before the lecture between Sirlames Spooner. Chairman of the Council ofKing's College (right). who introduced thelecture. and Professor Lawrence Freedman. Head of the Department of War Studies. SAFETY JEWS

International Security Policy, 1981-87.Taking as his central theme the making ofsecurity policy in the Reagan years,Secretary Perle rapidly made plain that hislecture was to be no comfortable explana­tion of the American decision makingpolicy, but a tough look at why Americanand European policies relating to strategicdefence and burden sharing are often atvariance, and NATO's future tacticalnuclear posture.

He believes many European leaders, are'woefully ignorant' of defence mattersand stated that he had seen enough todoubt that a number of foreign andfinance ministers had ever had' a com­prehensive briefing on the status of

ATO and Warsaw Pact military forcesof the sort that is routinely made availableto members of the American Congress.' Itremained an 'important task of Americandiplomacy to get the facts before thecommunity of allied officials whoseknowledge and judgement are crucial tothe development of joined policies.'

These policies include a greater commit­ment of European resources to ATO,commitment to defence beyond the

ATO countries' immediate territoriesand spheres of influence and a commit­ment to technological research. 'StarWars' technology, he suggested is 'toopromising, and the desire of men toopowerful to expect that as we approach anew millennium we have halted the marchof history with the technology andweapons of the mid-20th century.'

This was not a lecture for doves, but oneintended to provoke. In doing so it poseda number of important questions andprovided a glimpse of how at least someof our American allies see u .

srn DAVID HA COCKVISITS

Sir David Hancock, Permanent Secretaryat the Department of Education andScience, visited the Language andCommunication Centre on 16 June, wherehe met representatives of the Departmentsof French, German and Spanish. MrsDolores Ditner, the Centre's Manager,introduced him to students working withcomputer-assisted language learningprograms. Sir David was much interestedin the software used for the teaching ofSpanish designed and demonstrated by DrJohn Butt, and saw a french teachingprogram which is being developed by MrJohn Taylor with a grant from the Col­lege's Research Strategy Fund. A groupof outside clients had managed to defeatthe unofficial transport strike and werebusy learning English as a foreignlanguage in the seminar room. TheCentre, initially funded by the Universityas a pilot project, is well on the way tobecoming self-financing; its earnings

HazardOUS Substances

ew legislation to control work withhazardous substances, the Control ofSubstances Hazardous to Health(COSHH) Regulation come into effecton 1 October. These legal controls willgovern the use of chemicals, dusts andmicroorganisms throughout the College,in laboratories, workshops, generalcleaning and maintenance.

A central requirement of COSHH will befor risk assessments to be carried outbefore any work with a hazardous sub­stance can be undertaken. The assess­ment must identify hazards and risksarising from the work and determine thesafety precautions necessary to preventexposure. In most cases assessments willneed to be in writing and the College'sSafety Policy Committee has approved aproforma for recording assessment ofresearch and teaching activities with theobjective of simplifying and standardisingour approach to this legal duty.

There will be a general College meetingopen to all interested parties to summarisethe legal and practical implications of theCOSHH Regulations on Tuesday 4 Julyat 11.00 am in 3B.20 Strand Building.Further meetings will be organised on adepartmental basis to deal with the riskassessment requirement and procedures ingreater detail.

RC SladeCollege Safety Officer

CIVIL ENGINEERING DE­PARTME T

October 1838·September 1989

After 151 years in which the staff andgraduates of the Department of CivilEngineering have made a considerablecontribution to the life of the College andmade their mark in diverse areas through­out the world, the Department is closing.To mark the occasion the Principal isholding a buffet reception for graduateson 12 July and many previous staff andstudents who have requested an invita­tion: the oldest indicating a desire toattend is Leroy Beaufoy who joined theCollege as a student in 1928 and laterbecame a member of staff.

The Engineering Faculty at King's goesback to the very early days. The Collegewas founded in 1828, and in October1838 lectures in Civil Engineering andMining were given in the EngineeringDepartment which later became theDepartment of Applied Sciences and thenthe Faculty of Engineering. In 1946Professor A DRoss took over as Head ofCivil Engineering, and under his thought­fulleadership a fine Department wasestablished with the emphasis slantedmore towards engineering science than ondescriptive practice. King's also at thattime became one of the first BritishUniversities to teach the new discipline ofsoil mechanics under Kevin Nash (laterto become Head of Department and alsoVice-Principal). In the course of recon­struction space was allowed for a soilmechanics laboratory and by 1952 thenew laboratories had been decorated andequipped with the most up-ta-dateapparatus for teaching and research,forming a splendid accession to theCollege, and placing it in this respect,amongst the foremost teaching and re­search institutions in the country.

The Department was fortunate to attractmany very able staff and, at the time ofProfessor Nash's death in 1981, it was astrong department bringing in substantialresearch grants with the majority of thestaff being internationally well known.However, in 1987, the decision of theSenate to reduce the number of CivilEngineering Departments in the Univer­sity to three, combined with the fact thatKing's was the smallest Department,

resulted in the decision to close theDepartment. Half of the FfEs weretransferred to Queen Mary College andthe balance went to the EngineeringFaculty. Four of our staff and twotechnicians were invited to go to QueenMary College, one went to BristolUniversity, one to University College; allof them have continued during this year toassist with the teaching of the final yearstudies to our undergraduates and thesupervision of research students, at thesame time as taking up their duties in theirnew colleges. Dc Dixon, Hazel Webb,the departmental secretary, and ErnieRichardson, technician, are all takingearly retirement. Professor Stott will betaking up the Presidency of the Institutionof Civil Engineers. Professor Englandwill remain partly at King's and partly atImperial College, where he is one of theorganisers of the Interdisciplinary Re­search Centre for Materials and theConstructed Environment. Dr Bassett, atpresent, is also remaining at King's.

Ken Andrews has been associated withthe College since 1962 when he joined theDepartment of Civil Engineering as anundergraduate. After working on theVictoria Line Project for Balfour Beattyhe returned to King's and took an MSc inCivil Engineering followed by a period ofresearch. For the past 20 years he hasbeen a lecturer at King's: his research intoenergy dissipation structures; creepeffects in heated, prestressed concretestructures; dynamic loading of structuresand computer aided design has producedmany publications including textbooks onBasic Theory of Structures and BasicStructural Design. He joined the staff ofQueen Mary College in 1988.

Dick Bassett first entered King's as anundergraduate in 1956. He then went onto industrial experience on hydroelectricworks with Binnie & Partners; theEngineering Faculty at Cambridge towork on their fundamental researchprogramme on soils; 5 years on largehydroelectric schemes and then a threeyear contract as a research director atCambridge. In 1972, he became alecturer in soil mechanics at King's and in1984, Reader in Geotechnics. During thelast ten years his research has concen­trated on the detailed deformation fieldswithin soils when loaded. Co-operationwith colleagues in both earthquake

engineering and geotechnical centrifugebrought large grants, although the closureof the Department has prevented theCollege's enjoyment of the WolfsonFoundation Grant for £175,000. Dick hasbeen involved in College affairs and iswell known as a vociferous commentatorat academic board and other committees.He remains at King's.

Adrian Chandler has been at the Collegesince 1978 when he entered the Depart­ment as an undergraduate. His un­equalled performance as a student gainedhim a First Class Honours Degree andmany prizes and an invitation to join thestaff as a lecturer in 1981. The zest andseemingly effortless ease with which hehas taken on a heavy teaching load sincethen, while completing a PhD (in 1986),have evoked the admiration of all whohave been associated with him, not leastfor the modesty with which he carries hisgreat talents. He has established a fmitfulline of research in earthquake engineeringand has already made his mark nationallyand internationally. The invitation to jointhe staff at University College in October1988 has given him a good environmentto continue his outstanding career.

Richard Dixon joined us as a lecturer inCivil Engineering in 1956 having workedwith the Port of London Authority; asInstructor Lieutenant with the Royal Navyand assistant to the civil engineer, Mayand Baker. He has worked unstintingly asa lecturer and administrator for theDepartment, taking leave of absence forone year to attend courses at the LondonSchool of Business Studies to fit himselfto teach Management Studies. In 1981 hebecame Senior Lecturer. He was anactive sponsor in the setting up of theCentre of Construction Law. He hasretained an interest in main-line civilengineering and is now interested inprojects in alternative energy, specificallyoffshore wind power, and has variouspatents granted in this country, USA andCanada, for some novel underwaterconstruction techniques for foundations.As Chairman of the Senior CommonRoom Committee he will be well knownto many of you. Following his earlyretirement, he will be continuing in a part­time capacity giving management lectur­ers to the Department of MechanicalEngineering. (Retirement party for Dickwill be held in room 11A at 3.30 pm on12th July).

George England joined the Departmentin 1954 as a holder of an open scholarshipand walked away with a First ClassHonours Degree and many prizes. Hethen went on to research and obtained hisPhD, and in 1974 was awarded theDSc(Eng). He began as an AssistantLecturer in 1960 and progressed throughLecturer and Reader to Professor ofMechanics and Structures. Apart from hisundergraduate teaching, he has main­tained an active engagement in researchand has published widely in internationalliterature. He has been sought repeatedlyto act as session chairman at internationalconferences. His recent research hasaimed at the development of a rationalcreep theory for concrete which may beused economically and simply in thedesign and analysis of skeletal andcontinuum structures. General computerprograms have been developed at King'sCollege and, with the National Engineer­ing Laboratory, their cost-effective natureestablished. Direction toward practicalapplications of the theoretical work onmoisture migration, permeability andcreep in concrete continues; including theresolution of problems arising in thedesign of tall chimneys, land and sea­based storage structures, bridge andbridge members affected by solar heating,reactor containment vessels of the nuclearpower industry and the safe containmentof nuclear waste. Other research includesthe design, construction and testing ofsafety structures for the nuclear and civilengineering industires. He is currentlyhelping to establish the MACE ResearchCentre at ICL.

Steph JefTeris came to us as a researchstudent in 1968 with an MA in NaturalSciences and Chemical Engineering fromSt John's College Cambridge. In 1971 hebecame a lecturer first in hydraulics andlater in materials. In 1989 he was ap­pointed Reader of Geotechnical Proc­esses. His research interests have beenwide and include slurry trench excava­tion ,slurry tunelling, cement-bentonitecut-off materials, clay mineralogy andcement technology, durability of materialsand radioactive waste disposal and haveattracted national and internationalattention. He has received many substan­tial research grants from sponsors includ­ing the Marine Technology Directorate,SERC, Government Agencies and multi­national companies and currently he isworking on the problems posed by the

redevelopment of contaminated land andthe leachate from land fIlls. Hi researchtearn has developed new materials for thecontainment of toxic wa te and the lastfew years he has safely enclosed moredangerous rubbish than has been gener­ated by the entire academic communityduring his time at King's. 0 mean feat!He is now working on techniques for theprevention of ground water pollution bythe next generation of toxic waste. Hehas acted as consultant on many nationaland international projects, including themetro systems in Hong Kong, Singaporeand Oslo; the salt extraction pans of theDead Sea; the Cairo waste water projectand a number of dams and power stations.During his time at King's he has servedon a number of College committees andexternalleamed societies' commillees.He is continuing his work at Queen MaryCollege.

John Loveless joined the Department in1969 as an undergraduate. He left with aFirst Class Honours Degree, scveralprizes and an AKC. His fLfSt stop waswith Binnie & Partners where he learnthow to be a real Civil Engineer and, oncethat had been accomplished, he obtainedan MSc in Hydraulic Engineering atImperial College before rejoining theDepartment as a lecturer in 1978. For thepast ten years he has taught Fluid Me­chanics, Hydraulic Structures and Designand Communication and has made asignificant contribution in these fields tothe research effort in the Department. Heis continuing this work at Bristol Univer­sity.

William Powrie came to us as a lecturerin 1985 from Cambridge where he wasawarded First Class Honour and anumber of prizes at undergraduate leveland then went on to research, leading to aPhD. He has developed research interestsin applied soil mechanics in collaborationwith other members of the department,obtaining significant research grants withDr Basseu and Dr Jeffreris for the devel­opment of the geotechnical centrifuge,and with Dr White for an investigationinto the design of pore water pressurerelief systems in fine soils. He is continu­ing this work at Queen Mary College.

Peter Stott came to us as Head of Depart­ment in 1983 with a varied career includ­ing Chief Engineer, London CountyCouncil; Director of Highways and

Transportation, Traffic Commissioner andDirector of Transponation and Controllerof Planning and Transportation, GLC andDirector-General, National Water Coun­cil. Currently he is Chairman of theQuality Scheme for Ready Mixed Con­crete and Vice President of the Institutionof Civil Engineers and, internally, theChairman of the College BuildingsCommittee. He goes on to be President ofthe Institution of Civil Engineers.

Jim White came to us as a lecturer in1965 from Oxford where he was awardedhis BA, MA and D Phi!. In 1978 he wasappointed Reader in Civil Engineering.He taught Fluid Mechanics and WaterResources and Hydrology and developedhis research on gate, spillway ,riverintakes, energy dissipators and watertran port costs, modelling hydrologicystems in marine technology and off­

shore structures. He is widely knownboth at home and abroad as a consultantin the field of groundwater control, and hehas been associated with projects rangingfrom the Thames Barrier and CanaryWharf to Water Schemes in Hong Kongand Cyprus. During his 24 years atKing's he has served on many of thecommillees, in particular the Delegacy,Rogate Field Centre, and the SeniorCommon Room Committees. Hecontinues his work at Queen MaryCollege.

Hazel WebbDepartment of Civil Engineering

Hazel Webb, Departmental Clerk in theDepartment of Civil Engineering, will beleaving King' in July after 23 years ofservice. This period spanned the head­ships of Professors A DRoss, J KT L

ash, R E Gibson, G L England and P FStoll.

As Departmental Clerk Hazel acted aspersonal secretary and administrativeassistant to the Head of Department,academic and technical staff, and kept aweather eye open for the well-being ofsome 20 postgraduates and 100 under­graduates. Besides dealing with the hugeflow of paper that this involved, she alsofound time to manage the Department'sfinances and organise conferences,meetings, lectures, lunches and parties.There was no activity in the Department

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These postgraduaLe students join thegrowing number of students and visitorsfrom the People's Republic of China whocame to King's for varying periods ofresearch auaehment. It may be noled thatin 1985 we had only six Chinese studentshere registered for degree courses. By1988 this number had grown to 28.

The College awards five scholarshipseach year to postgraduaLe students fromChina under an arrangement with the K CWong Education Foundation of HongKong and the Foreign and Common­wealth Office. This scheme started in1987, and the present Len scholars in theCollege will be joined in October by fivemore, whose interests range over engi­neering, chemistry and physics. Details of the Royal Fellowship, Royal

Society K C Wong Fellowship and theBritish Academy K C Wong Fellowshipschemes for China may be obtained fromDr Lue.

sphere Sciences.

In the few days since my article on TheChinese Connection was wntLen we haveall been horrified by the events in China,in particular the shooting of unarmedpeople in Tiananmen Square. Thefeelings of outrage which we all sharewill not be eased by the realization thatsubsequent action taken by the govern­ment throughout China will make ithazardous for some Chinese students to

A SoT LueAssistant Principal

Outside funding has brought a number ofdistinguished Chinese cholar to theCollege, but fi e de rYe pecial mention.ProC or John Gorrod has been specta u­larly ucces ful in obtaining two of theprestigiou Royal Fellow hips for theDepartment of Pharmacy. Pro~ sor ZhaoKaicun is already with us, and Or Li

ingyuen will come in October for 12months. Both are from the ChineseAcademy of Medical Science' InstituLeof MaLeria Medica in Beijing. A RoyalFellow hip has al 0 been awarded to MrsHuang Wen of the Chinese Academy ofScience In titute of Oceanology inQingdao, to work with Professor DavidHall in Biology. The other two importantaward came from the Briti h Academyunder their K C Wong Fellow hipscheme. One award was given to Profe ­sor Sheng Yu of the Chinese Academy ofSocial Science Institute of Legal Science,a well-known and di tinguished lawyer,whose host in the College is Mr RavindraTennekoon. The other award is toProfes or Chen Xin of the anjing

orma) University who will spend 12month in the English Deparunent as theguest of Professor Janet Bately.

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that he dealt with so effonle Jy, but alsothe special events such as the Interna-tional Conferences and no 1 important,the Chri unas parties hich heorganised. She will also remember thepeople all of whom, taff and tudentsalike, would agree that they gained fromHazel so much more than they will everbe able to repay. Her trong and generouspersonality will be badly missed and longremembered by all her friend at King's.She has their very best wi he for thefuture

The connection fostered by ProfessorStanley Earles between the EngineeringFaculty and Tianjin University resulted ina formal link between King's and Tianjin,and the establishment in 1988 of afellowship scheme for staff exchanges.The scheme is intended to last five years,and already it has brought to the Collegetwo visitors from Tianjin: Professor FangChengchao to Mechanical Engineeringand Professor Wang Shichang to Bio-

that Hazel did not have a hand in andwhich did not rely on Hazel's input for itsuccess. Remove Hazel and the Depart­

ment stop , which is exactly what i goingto happen!

Hazel's reliability, efficiency and auen­tion to detail is legendary. The highstandard of her work was an example toeveryone he worked with and those whofailed to return the compliment did so attheir peril, whatever their standing. Hercontribution to the focal point of theDeparunent over so many years has beeninvaluable.

/lazel Webb leaving King's after 23 years

Among her activities away from Collegeshe has taught Scottish and Highlanddancing for more years than she cares toremember. As Secretary of the KentAssociation of Scouish Societies, andlately Vice-Chairperson, she and herdancers have entertained people in severalcontinental countries.

o doubt when she no longer ha to pendhours at the mercy of Briti h Rail she willhave more time for her other pa times offlower arranging with the local horticul­tural society, and playing Petanque withher Learn of which, you may haveguessed, she is secretary. Hazel and herhusband Ted have compeled with theirteam at very respectable levels in both.Belgium and France.

She leaves to continue her career in herhome town of Canterbury. When helooks back at her time in King's she willremember not only the ocean of minutiae

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return to their country at the end of theircourses, at least for the time being.

Such students face two immediateproblems: visa extension and funding.The Home Office has already been askedto facilitate visa extensions for those whowould normally have expected to return toChina at this time.

All universities and departments are urgedto contribute towards the support of theirChinese students who, because of thisemergency, find themselves without fundsfor Jiving expenses. In addition a chari­table trust has been set up to help suchstudents, and I shall serve as a trustee. Itis the

Great Britain China ScholarsEmergency Fund15 Belgrave SquareLondon SWIX 8PG

Contributions may be sent directly to theFund, or through me at the College.

AS·T Lue

A YE FORJAPA

destination. Images tended to be ofbowler hatted business men, Beefeatersand Bobbies. In short, we weren'tmaking enough of our gardens, architec­ture, designer shops, restaurants, theatresand galleries. Paris had become the 'in'destination. The message was clear:London had to alter radically its image.

On a recent LTB mission to Japan,together with nine members representingLondon tourism, we promoted the capitalas a value-for-money holiday and busi­ness destination. We emphasised thewealth of new developments as well astraditional attractions. At the same timewe wanted to gain a clearer understandingof the needs of the traditionally travel-shyJapanese.

In 1988, an estimated 330,000 Japanesevisited London, a 25% increase on theprevious year. The Japanese are bigspenders: in 1987 they spent an averageof £80.00 per day in London, comparedwith £70.00 (USA) and £38.00 (WestGennany).

We believe two factors will greatlyincrease travel from Japan this year:* A 50% increase in flight capacity fromTokyo to London;

* The Japanese government's aim todouble the number of Japanese travellingoverseas to 10 million by 1991.

In a bid to make London a more attractivedestination for Japanese visitors, Lon­don's tourism industry has respondedquickly with new initiatives. There arenow 34 Japanese Blue Badge Guides inLondon. Hotels and attractions haverecruited bilingual staff, translatedinformation, and are providing Japanesemeals and welcome services. But wehave to maintain regular face- to-facecontacL Our competitors are doing so,and investing large sums in consumerpromotion.

The visit, assisted by the BTA, was thethird by LTB to Japan. It was timely, andsuccessful bookings are already comingthrough."

Richard Longhurst thought the trip veryvaluable for King's and has made over 70contacts in travel agencies and with onespecial agent who will act as our agent inJapan. Cosmopolilan Japan have recentlyvisited London and King's was includedin this visiL They took many photos, sofingers crossed for a mention in themagazine.

King's recently joined a highly successfulLondon Tourist Board mission to Japan,promoting London and the value formoney accommodation that King's canoffer. London Log, the official TouristBoard Magazine outlines the rationalebehind the visit as follows.

"London's reputation and popularity iswell established worldwide - or is it?Certainly in some markets - such as orthAmerica - London has a powerful imageand strong appeal. But in some develop­ing markets, this simply isn't so. In thecase of Japan, a market that is forecast toproduce close to a million tourists by themid 1990s, complacency nearly made usmiss the boat some years ago. IndeedLondon still has some catching up to doas far as Paris, our closer rival, goes. Westand only eleventh in the destinationpopularity ratings.

Only a short time ago, BTA research inJapan revealed that London - indeedBritain - was perceived as a 'masculine'

Le/I to Righl Tony Marwick - Manager BTA Tokyo. Yoko Hasegawa - Marketing andPR Manager - BTA Tokyo and Tom Webb Managing Director London Tourisl Board

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The Uni er ity of London has the mo tsucce ful sports clubs in the country andeven minority sports flourish. One ofthese minority sports i women's Lacro se

hich has e tablished itself as the trong­e t tudent tearn in the country andamong t the top four senior women'team . It has therefore, been a greatprivilege for me to captain this prestigiousteam over the last season. I have alsorepresented the nationaltearn for the pastthree years and the experience andtraining I have received has helped mecoach the university side. The Englandteam i participating in the World Cupthis August in Perth, Australia along withScotland, Wales, Canada, America andAustralia.

Lacro se, however, as a minority sport,receives very little funding and theplayers are always expected to supportthem elves financially. As the younge tplayer in the team and a student I fmd thiscontribution especially demanding and Ihave to rely on sponsorship. It is going toco t me roughly £1600 to participate inthe World Cup.

Fortunately, however, I have thus farreceived considerable encouragement inmy search for sponsorship and after anappeal to the Principal of King's I canafford to fly two thirds of the way towardsAustralia, and there is also the hope of afew more miles from the Students' Union.

Without so much generous supportminority sports would not survive butwith this sort of help the England team iscloser to winning the World Cup andthereby promoting Lacrosse at home.

Many thanks.

Michelle Reynolds

LETTERS

A very big thankyou to all friends and(ex) colleagues for the wonderful moun­tain bicycle presented to me at myfarewell party. The decision to 'up andmove' to Scotland was not an easy oneand I have been most grateful for thewords of support and encouragement so

many of you have given. After 9 1(2happy years at the College, the tran ilionto a country hotel in Scotland will be aconsiderable one and I confe that I amnot sure if it has unk in yet..!

I hope it will not be long before many ofyou come and sample the warm ho pital­ity and comfort that awaiLS you at theGlenfarg HOleI...(unbeatable preferentialrates available to all KCL staff andfamilies -watch thi space - or phone forbrochure and details).

In the meantime, sincere thanks onceagain and now I'll be off on 'on my bike'.

Best wishesteve Whiting

A a retired member of the technical staffI was interested to learn from your lastissue that five members of the non­academic staff auended a pre-retirementcourse. This I must applaud as a first stepin the right direction for, as the on­Academic Staff Training Officer 0

rightly observes, 'retirement is an impor­tant transition in one's life'.

I am, through my charity activities, indaily touch with senior citizens who haveundergone this transition and am awarejust how much importance many of themattach to being in contact with their ex­colleagues, whether simply via a newslet­ter or by a visit from a personnel officer.Neither of which happens at King's.Having transported such people from allwalks of life to reunions and fellowshipmeetings either in hotels or the premisesof their old employers I see the pleasure itbrings to their faces when they meet andtalk with old friend .

College has a considerable number ofnon-academic pensioners, many of whomnot only gave long and devoted service totheir departmenLS-but made real andlasting contributions to the establi hmentas a whole. For this reason I find itunfortunate, whether the excuse is thetunnoil of amalgamation or a simpleoversight, that most of these people havebeen so totally forgouen, lhatthe Collegethey served so faithfully does not evenbother to maintain a record of theiraddress never mind communicating withthem in any way.

I personally find it very sad, but human,

thatlhis situation has created biuemeamongst a number of these people, and incommon with those I am in contact with, Ifeel sorro that, in recent years, oldaquaintances have died and been buriedbefore the word had reached u ,denyingu even the opportunity of paying ourr peeLS.

I wonder if the time has now come lO putthe situation right and follow the lead ofother institution in the University uch asLSE who, the Training Officer informsme, appointed a visitor from the ranks ofiLS retired to serve as link for them.

In concluding this letter I note that theVice-Principal has reported that theAlumnus Department is steadily buildingup iLS database of past students andi suing another colourful edition of 'InTouch'. I am sure my ex-colleagueswould settle for a regular copy of Com­ment or even a Chri trnas card!

Owen Rowland

Please can you do something about yourrather boring pictures on the front pageof Comment?

Your May issue contained some interest­ing and entertaining photos, and readerwill be aware of the efforts which Com­ment tarf make to satisfy their clientelebut all too frequently the Principalappear on page 1 (and in the May issueon the back page as well!), and he is evenwearing the same tie!

Maybe your photographer can get out andabout a little more, to relieve thi tedium.

Peter BennettoDepartment of Chemistry

COMMENT needs photos and illustra­tions, they are essential: so essential thatwe often have to use some we wellrecognise to be a little dull. and some­times (with apologies to those who havesufferedfrom this!) of very poor quality.

We agree with you -let's improve it.There must be a wide variety ofevents,and people. in College that would providegood photos - let us know. lfwe can'tcover them then perhaps others could.The A V Unit may be able to help. Some­one attending could use their own camera

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NEWS ROUND-UP

The above gives details of the revisedaudio visual services price list. A more

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Here is just a selection of some of themassive savings on the usual pricescharged on some of the most popularlines.

Wednesdays l.OO pm NMHIntro to Keep Fit to music for absolutebeginner

45 minute class £1.00. Participantsshould wear comfortable clothing andtrainers, and should also bring a towel ormat for floorwork.

SALE TIME AT THE U 10SHOP

The Students' Union shop's colossalsummer sale of ill! crested clothing is nowin full swing. Bargains on goods areavailable throughout the store, but stocksare limited, so come early to avoiddisapointmenl.

Anyone with any queries should contactS2624.

Jumpers (all wool)Usual price

owonlySports shirts (Fred Perry)Usual price £15.99

owonly £9.99Also available at reduced prices are chinamugs, wall plaques, key rings, bookmarksand Teddy Bears!

The sale must end on the 5 July and allstocks must go.

Fancy a bargain then come to the Stu­dents' Union shop located on the 1stRoor, Macadam Building. For furtherdetails phone Noreen Higgins, ShopManager on 8367132 Ext 202.

KEEP YOURSELF FIT

comprehensive list is available from theaudio visual department.

KING'S THEOLOGICALREVIEW

LA GUAGEA DCOMMUCATIO CE TRE

Some of the half-course units availableare : Mandarin Chinese, French, German,Modem Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portu­guese, Spanish and English.

For further details, please contact DoloresDitner or Marie-Odile West, on extensionS2890.

From October 1989, the Language andCommunication Centre will be offering alarge number of options to undergraduateswishing to include a language componentin their degrees. If there is reasonablysized group from anyone Department, wewiU be able to create a special courseintegrating the relevant vocabulary andcultural/technical aspects of that particulardiscipline.

The Spring 1989 edition of the King'sTheological Review is now available. Itcontains, among other articles, the first ofProfessor John Zizioulas' three lectureson 'Theology and Ecology', as well asColin Guntun on Salvation in ToLkein'sLord of the Rings. The Review costs£2.50 and can be obtained from theFaculty Office (£1.00 for students ofKing's College).

Rosalind PopeAudio Visual Service nit

Mondays 1.00 pm NMH, StrandBody Conditioning/Fitness Training,beginner/intermediate level

Often thought about getting fit but lackedthe Lime or opportunity? THIS IS YOURCHANCE. For summer vacation staff(and PG) keep fit classes will start from 3July, run by a professional fitness instruc­tor.

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A quantity discount may apply, theminimum charge is £5.00, or £14.00 for'instant slides' .

PS He's changed his tie and rolled up hissleeves for this edition ...

2x2 (35mm) Projector with magazine andremote control £8.00OHP with acetate roll and pens on stand

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rather than miss out a/together onrecording the occasion. As always, allideas and contributions are very welcome.Perhaps we should organise some form of'journalistic photo' competition? Whatdo you think?

GraphicsGraphics charged at £W.OO per hour plusmaterials used. Minimum charge £15.00

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LECTURES MEETINGS AND SEMINARS

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DEP RT T OF HISTORYD PHILOSOPHY OF CI­

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Wednesday 5 JulyTHE MANY FACES OF IRREVERSA­BILITY (pACE HAROLD GRAD)Professor Kenneth Denbigh, King'sCollege London

2.15pm in Room 1806 Strand

CO P TI G CENTREHORTCO RSES

Monday 10 JulyINTRODUCTION

Tuesday 11 & Wednesday 12 JulyWORD PROCESSING (WORD)(pARTS 1 AND 2)

Thusday 13 JulySPREADSHEET (EXCEL)

The above sessions will be held in theMacinto h Room (24AE), StrandCampus, 9.30-12.30

Friday 14 JulyCOMMUNICATIO S (INCLUD G E­MAIL)

Monday 17 & Tuesday 18 JulyUSING DATABASES (INGRES)(pARTS 1 AND 2)

Wednesday 19 JulyDATABASE DESIGN

Thursday 20 & Friday 21 JulyTEXTUAL ANALYSIS

ORDCR CHER) (pARTS 1 AND2)

The abo e ions wiJI be held in thePS/2 Room (24 A), trand campus,9.30 - U.30

Wednesday 19 JulyGRAPffiCS (SIGMAPLOT)

The above session wiJI be held in thePS/2 Room (24AA), trand campus 2­Spm

Participants may register for the course asa whole, or for individual se ions. Thosewishing to follow the whole programmewill be given priority.

Further details from Advisory, Room23AB Tel S2505

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sive fashion because it is planned todevolve to Schools all business that theycan effectively handle leaving a smallercentral administration to deal with mattersof College-wide concern and to monitorand co-ordinate local activity. A realchalJenge for all concerned will be todevise mechanisms which en ure that thecentral tier of the administration and theschools interact sensitively and effcc­tively.

The Schools are:

EducationEngineeringHumanitiesLawsLife Sciences and Basic Medical SciencesMathematical and Physical SciencesMedicine and Dentistry, which willcontinue in its present form

The fIrst stage in the process is theappointment by the Council of the

College of a Head of each School. The?rin ipal is currently con ulting ith allmember of the academic staff as to theperson or type of person who hould bethe Head of School; the deadline for thipart of the con ultation proces i Friday21 July and the Principal hope to be in apo ition, subjcct to the con urren e of thCouncil, to announce name by the end ofJuly.

The administration of each School will beheaded by a Senior Administrati eOfficer (SAO) responsible to the Head ofSchool. The College will proceed to fillthese senior posts in consultation withHeads of Schools. These appoimmentsand those that follow will no doubtinvolve movement of individuals from thecentre, faculty offices and other area ofthe College to School and the procewill need to have regard for and beconcerned with the interests and abilitiesof current staff.

It will then be for Senior Admini trativeOfficers with Heads of School and thecentral administration to develop theirown agreed school admini trative struc­ture and arrangements.

This is a substantial academic andadmini trative re-organisation which it isbelieved will bring great benefits to theCollege in the future.

As I said, views will be welcomed eitherverbally or in writing. I can be found inroom I B on the main corridor of theStrand building (ext 2858).

Harry MusselwhiteDeputy College Secretary.

KG'S COLLEGE SPORTA D OCIAL CLUB

1989 Annual College outing

This year's outing will be to Oxford on2nd August 1989. Tickets are availablefrom the Social Club Bar price £4.00.The coach will leave Surrey Street at9.30am. Please be there at 9.l5am.The coach will leave Oxford at 6.30pm.

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THE FULBRIGHT COM­MISIO

Fulbright Scholarships 1991/92

The Fulbright Commission plans to fund anumber of scholarship awards in 1991/92enabling selected American scholars tospend up to one academic year in thiscountry, engaged in teaching a subject ofrelevant Anglo-American interest. TheCommission are now inviting institutionsto apply.Closing date for applications is 17November 1989.For further details and application forms

contact John E Franklin at the aboveaddress.

Fulbright Colloquium 1990

The Fulbright Commission is planning tosupport one (or possibly two) FulbrightColloquia to be awarded by open compe­tition. An award of up to £5,000 formounting a colloquium will be made tothe successful institution. The theme ofthe colloquium must be significant andimportant to Anglo-American interests.Closing date for applications is 31 August1989.For further details and application formscontact Jenny Hollier at the FulbrightCommission.

Pre-Departure Orientation for the US

The Fulbright Commission's EducationalAdvisory Service is organising an Orien­tation Programme on 10 July for any UKstudent who will depart for a US collegeor university in the autumn. The venue isthe University of London Union, MaletStreet Registration is required by 23June and there is a fee of £3, to be paid inadvance.

For further details.contact the FulbrightCommission

ERASMUSPROGRA~E

1990/91

The new application forms and details forthe next round of programmes are avail­able fTom Professor Peter B Gahan,Kensington campus ext 449.The closing dates for applications are:

Inter-university Co-operation Pro­grammes: 31 October 1989

Vi its for higher education staff and otherfmancial support at least six monthsprior to the project

B: First visits under this new scheme

can take place only from 1 July 1990.

PETER BAKER TRAVELLINGFELLOWSlflP 1989-1990

This Fellowship was established in 1987by his family and friends in memory ofProfessor Peter Baker ScD, FRS, Halli­burton Professor of Physiology, Head ofthe Department of Physiology and Fellowof King's College. The Fellowship willassist a research worker or researchstudent in the Life Sciences who is under35 at the time of holding the award tospend a period of up to three months inanother laboratory, normally outside theUK.

The purpose of the Fellowship is toprovide an opportunity for the holder tolearn a new method appropriate to thedevelopment of his/her research. TheFellowship will normally be of not lessthan £1 ,000 and may be used for travel,maintenance and the cost of the researchat the laboratory visited.

ASSOCIATION OF COMMON­WEALTH U IVERSITIES

Development Fellowships

The College has the opportunity to makeone nomination for a DevelopmentFellowship. These awards are to help theUniversities of the Commonwealth todevelop the Human Resources of theircountries by promoting co-operationbetween them, and between universities,industry, commerce and the publicservices. Applicants should be permanentmembers of the academic or academicallyrelated staff and between the ages of 28­45. Awards will not exceed £5,000 andwill be for a period of 3-6 months.Anyone interested should contact RobertPoller, as soon as possible, (AcademicStaff Development Co-ordinator), exten­sion 1165.

SMALL ADS

TU CA Y on border with Umbria.English/Gennan couple (30s), resident inAnghiari, offer large four-person holidayapartment and seperate double room!shower/wc in their own hillside farm­house overlooking the Tiber valley.For details phone (0243) 575344.

TO LETMill Hill- spacious 3-4 bed house, 1-2reception, fitted kitchen, luxury bathroom,parking and garden - £160 per week - suitsharers.For further details contact 01-328 2385during the day or01-9583184 in the evening.

Self-contained flat, two rooms, kitchenand bathroom, for couple or single person,for the academic year from 1 September1989. Easy reach of British Library andnear to Regent's Park. Non smokers only.Rent £520 per calendar month, inclusiveof central heating; utilities extra.Further details available from David Leatelephone 01-4856519.

HOUSElFLAT WANTEDAn academic family of three is seeking acomfortable family house or large flat tolet between September 1989 and August1990. Central!North London preferred.The family consists of two Americanprofessors on sabbatical leave and theirtwelve year old son. London referencescan be supplied.Peter Lindenbaum, Department ofEnglish, Indiana University, BloomingtonIndiana, 47405 USA. Telephone 812-3368255.(Between July 3-20: c/o Institute ofHistorical Research, Senate House).

FAMILIES EEDEDThe Language and CommunicationCentre are looking for families who arewilling to take a Taiwanese student as apaying guest throughout the calendaryear.Please contact Dolores Ditner on exten­sion S2890 if you are interested.

Sir Mark Richmond launching the Official University Entrance Guide.

The launch was also combined With theunveiling of a colourful display mountedin the Strand windows. The displayillu trate the benefits of Higher Edu a­tion, the I ation of all universitie inEngland, Scotland and Wales as well aadvertising the guide itself.

Copie of the guide are available fromSheed and Ward Lld, 2 Crecchurch Lane,London EC3A 5AQ. Price £10.95 piu£1.95 p&p.

For any further informaLion contactAuriol Steven or Makolm Deerc on 01­3879231

potential applicant in mind as well as forparents and career advisers and providesprofiles of 80 universities and universitycolleges and 13 colleges of higher educa­tion. The guide gives details of coursesavailable, entry requirements and careerprospects as well as guidance on how toapply for entry.

WriLing in the introduction to this years'

guide, Sir Mark Richmond and theChairman of the guide's editorial boardOr David Ingram sugge led that the 'topquality factual information', within theguide, 'which is essential to choosingcolleges and courses to suit individualinterests and ambitions, is all part of theuniversity campaign to open up univer ityeducation to more and more people.'

50 Today! Mr Bill Slade, College Secretary pictured here with the Principal at a sur­prise reception given in honour 0/his 50th birthday. A memorable day and one 0/ thehottest/or years!

Comment is produced by the InformationOffice at the Strand campus. This is thelast edition of Comment for the session.The next edition will be the 'Starling ofSession' issue which provides generalinformaLion about the College andbeginning of term events for new andcurrent staff. It will be published theweek beginning 18 September.

The next full edition of Comment willappear in the week beginning 9 October,with a copy date of Friday 29 September.

Comment will from now on be producedusing Aldus Pagemaker on an AppleMacintosh, (this is our trial run), so copycan also now be accepted on Macintosh 31(2 inch discs, preferably in WORD.

We would like to wish all members of theCollege a good summer and a pleasantlong vacation.