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K1 G'SCollege
LO DOFounded I 829
the College Newsletter~un Ing
tL ent nun1bcr1<) 4- )David Roll, Deputy College .Secrelary,
Planning and Resources, commenls on Ihe
Colltge's financial oul/ook for Ihe nexl
financial year.
arlier th is year we were
concerned with the effects of
the policies outlined in the
autumn I 93 Chancellor' Budget
tatement, and pecifically how the
national policy with regard to cutbacksin studel1l recruitment might beimplemented at in titutional le el. An
early indication from the IIEFCE
sugge ted that tho e institutions with
an overall tudel1l intake growth
between 0 tober 1992 and October
I 9 of more than seven per cent could
expect to bear the brunt of the
cutbacks. Since the College's growth
pattern over this period was
approximately 12 per cent. the
financial situation looked fairly serious
and, more importantly, the delivery of
our trategic Plan appeared to be at
ri k. In parallel with comidering
contingenc plam to manage the
financial e fects of possible student
Continued on page 3
Commandos wailing 1o beach. CUllingfrom the Evening Standard, June 1944. Taken
from Ihe I.idde// Ilarl archives. See SlOry on page I .
I'
• • compo er, wa born in ccrington,
Lanca hire, In 1934 and tudied at the
Royal :V1an he ter College of :VI u IC and
the Royal Academ of~ u ic, London.
lIe was:\ ociate Director. :V1 u ic, at
the :"atlOnal Theatre, London from
1 76 to 1 ,and hi opera Caf&;aln wa
recentl re I ed b the Royal Opera
Hou e ovent Garden, to univer al
acclaim. lIe i pre ently fini hing
another opera, The Second M Kong, to atext by Ru ell Iloban, which will
recei e it~ premiere in the newGI ndebourne Opera Hou e in thc
autumn. I le wa knighted in 198 .
While the King's appointment will
be his fir t large-scale commitment to
un iversity teach ing, he has held
previou iSlting profe or hip and
fellow hips In everal American
universitie , including Princeton, the
tate Cniver ity of. 'ew York at
l3uffalo, the Univer ity of Colorado at
Boulder, and warthmore College,Pennsylvania.
Sir Ilarrison lJirtwistle
ing' is set to welcome the
leading Briti h composer Sir
Ilarrison Birtwistle a it first
Profe sor of Composition. TheCollege's newl -created Ilenry Purcell
hair IS the only permanent!
e tablished profe orship of
composition in the country, and the
mo t pre tigiou position for a compo er
that the Briti h academic world can
offer. The acceptance of the po t by one
of the world' greatest living composer
confirm the position of theDepartment of Music at King' a the
leading univer ity department of musicin Britain.
ir Ilarrison said of hi appointment:'I have done a con iderable amount of
compo~ition teaching over the year,
I'
especially in the nited States, but
never for a long period. The King'sChair will gi e me the chance to u e my
experience for the benefit of youngcomposers and to develop a composition
c1as in the heart of I,ondon.'
ir Ilarri on will teach mainly
postgraduate tudents at King's from
eptember and will be head of the
Divi ion of ompo ition within the
Department of M usie. He i al 0 the
Compo er-in-Re idence for the London
Philharmonic Orche tra ba ed at
London' outh Bank, and the two
appointments e tablish hi pre ence atthe centre of musical life in London.
Sir I Iarri~on. who is particularly
well-known a an opera and theatre
Or Clive Bu h
Engli h Department
he. panl hand Engll h
departmen have jointly
inaugur ted a ne" degree
programme 10 I:nlted tate and Latin
;\mencan lUdie,.\ pdot IOta e of
nlOe tudem ha JU t 101 hed It fir t
)ear 0 the our-year programme. The
programme Itself which will invol e
third year erne ter 10 the Cnited
-'tates and Latin America, wa
officially launched b the Principal in
ollege on Tue day 10 May. The
Prmcipal prai ed the re ourcefulne
of the department in finding new
ways In ",hich to emplo exi ting kills
in radicall new direction, and hi
remark'> prefaced two lecture on
L nlted State and Latin Amenca given
by eminent academiCS in the field.
Enc \10ttram, Profe or Ementu
in the I'.nglish Department and a
dl>tlOgulshed pioneer of ,\menean
tudle~ In Bfltain, gave a paper on
American Studies In Bntain and F.urope,and he was followed by Professor Jean
Franeo of Columbia LJniver Ity, . 'ew
York who~e paper wa entitled: Shifting
Boundan'es: Latin American Cultural
Studies and Unittd Staus Hegenomy.
The two peaker ralked to a
re ponsive audience in a well-filled
lecture hall, and their lectures were
followed by a rcception in the
ommittee Room which wa attended
by, among others, the Councillor and
Third. ecrerary of the Peruvian
Emba , the Fir t Secretary of the
Mexican Emba y, Professor Bulmer
Thoma of the In titute of Latin
,\merican tudies, Profe or Gordon
Brother~toncof the niver ityof
Indiana, Profe or Janet Batel and
David Ilook of the English and
panl h Departments, and Profcs or
Harry Ife, I lead of the hool of
11 umanltles.
The C or ull-tlme tudents
10 ubject area \\hich hen
Councd-determined IOta e tar et i
he number of tudent eligIble or
Council funding a de "ined 10 the 1
I1 E E urvey enroled in I . For
medicine, den I tc) and IOI1Ial teacher
rrainin , he C . are de ermined by
re erence to the agreed IOta e target.
The. 1 \ or each 10 ltution
relate only to tudem 10 re pecr of
whom publici -funded ee are paid,
and is set 0 that 10 aggregate aero all
in titution the do not e ceed the
total number for which the Council ha
received lUition-fee compenatJon for
Council-funded in tllUtlOns. The
:VI :'\ i therefore the total number of
award holders for" horn tUition fee
compen atlon I' payable.
In respon e to repre entatlon
about difficullle In managing the
recruitmem prace s the 'ouncd has
agreed to allow a margin above the1:\. , . of 1. - per cent, \\ hich
Institutions may recruit but in re pect
of which lUltlon fee compen atlon \... dl
not be raid. RecrUitment beyond thllevel will give flse to a penalty at the
level of the reSidual fee which an
In.,tltutlon \ dl gam 10 respect of each
student recruited higher than the
MA. :'\. Th u . excess tudent will
yie1d no net mcome, 10 addition, the
Councdlmends to reduce the grant for
1995-96 in respect of those institution
which over-recruit In 1 94-95.
In general terms, given lUdent
recruitmem up to target, the financial
outlook for the urrem year and 199 - 5
i., likely to be preci,ely in accord with
the rrategic Plan. It I fairly clear
now, that given the ab,ence of further
radical policy change b Go ernment,
the. trateglc Plan finanCial objective
srecificall . a manclally robu t
mstllUlIon - wdl beachlcved. In this
rc pect It IS plea Ing to report that the
detailed budget for 19 4-95 indicate
Significant operating urpluse for most
'chool and although these are of
eour e ab orbed by restruclUring co ts,
ince 19 4-95 is the last year of the
re tructuring programmc, the outlook
for 1 5-96 and be ond i a planned:
le fairly healthy.
, formal
In p ace with
o "icer 0 the f undlOg C. lIncd with
re ard to acceptance 0 the College'
[fate IC Plan.
.\Ithough the HEFCE doe not 10
pracllce formally accept lO,titutional
plan , 10 ca e where the man lal
a pee of the plan breach the term
and condition ofrhe Financial
\1emorandum formal con IrmarlOn I
required, In ourca e, bccau co the
slgnlficam lOve tmem in taff
ratlonall atlon and refurbl,hmelH. our
"trateglc Plan doe, brea home of the
I manclal 'vlemorandum condlllOns and
,0 the I· undlng CounCil'., reclfil
clearance was required. Perversely, the
ne~otlatlon with the I' undmg Council
for acceptancc of our ~trateglc Plan had
a major beaflng on the FundlOg
Council's rollc toward, King',
College with regard to Implememlng
the student cutback progr mme.
In effcet, the Funding Councd ha.,
recognised that the Collcgc'> long-term
financial health dcpend upon
delivering its rrategic Plan and, ince
one of the major components of the
Plan IS student growrh, con tram ing
lIJdem recruitmem would ultimately
have had qUite erious repercu .,ions,
'I he Fundmg Council ha therefore
allocated to the College a student
target \\hl(;h - at lea t for 1 4-( 5 - wdl
enable the growth plan [0 be u ttuned,
'I he prace 0 studem number
control, \\ hich is contained in the
College' Funding funding agreemem,
IS determlOed by the allocation of two
sets of number:
a set of Contract tudent
:'\umbers (C . 's) based on the 1993
Illgher Ed ucation tudents Early
tatlstics (If ESE ) urvey;
• a Maximum ggregate tuden. 'umber (M :'\) up to which fee
compen atlon will be payable,
Page
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The. 'orth Korean' refu al [0 allo\\
inspection of their nuclear facilitie by
the We t wa reported on Radio 4'
Today programme and Channel 4 't!fI:!S
in which DrMartin ' 'as, Lecturer in
the Deparlment of War Studies, appeared.
He al 0 poke on the World ervice
about outh African arm trade.
ollowing their paper in the Lancet, JohnMartin. Professor ofCardiovascular Scienceand Stuart Campbell, Professor ofObstelrics,KCSMD, were in great demand. Their
research had shown that drug-releasing
kin patehe , similar to those u ed by
smoker to help wean them off cigarettes,
could help prevent premature births.
They found that applying the patche to
the abdomens of women in premature
labour rapid I stopped their contraction.l1etween them they appeared on
.\'ewsnight, Today, and in The Times.
Professor Roger Wi/liams. DireClor ofliteInstitute ofUver Studies appeared on
Wooldn'dgeon Whisky on BBC2 diseu ing
the effects of alcohol on the liver.
Professor William tressed the dangers
of exceeding afe limits, particularly so in
women who, because of various
genetic/metabolic differences, can be
very suseeptible to the effects of even
. ocial drinking' levels. The fact that
some alcohol protects against heart
disease is only one plus again t the many
negative that could result from rai ingthe presently e rablished safe limits.
An article in Bello magazine examined
the case of a young woman who was
diagno ed a having Munchau en
yndrome by proxy, the same illness
from whieh the nurse and child
murderer, l1everly Allitt, uffered. In
trying to explain the condition, in
which adult - u ually mothers - harm
children in their care, mainly to get
attention, Dr Simon Wessdy, SeniorLecturer in Psychological Medicine.KCSMD, aid,' ometimes the mother
has a hi tory of abu e herself, wh ichleaves her feeling deprived. Makingher child ill is one way to receive
warmth and attention from the medical
profe ion without admitting to herown emotional problems.'
An article In the Independent on Sundayhighlighted the mi ery adole cents canuffer at the hands of their peer if
they gro\\ up the 'wrong' hape or ize:
too rail or too short, too fat or too thin.
The ef ect of teenage ob e. ion with
body hape are borne out in the
increa ing number of girl who develop
eating di orders uch as anorexia
nervo a or bulimia. The article cited
the urvey conducted by Jane Thomas.Lecturer in the Department of. 'utritionnd Dietetics. It howed that among 12
to 13- ear olds, a fifth of boy and two
fifths of girl wanted to 10 e weight.
Anthea 7i'nker, Professor ofSocial
Gerontology and Ilead ofthe Age Concern
Institute ofGerontology, appeared on the
Today programme commenting on the
Royal College of Physician Report,
Ensuring equity and quality ofcare forelderly people.
An article in the European looked at the
'de erti fication' of outhern Europe
\\ h ich ha been caused by 0 ergrazing,
intensive agriculture, poor irrigationand se eraI years of 10\ rainfall. John
Thornes. Professor of Physical Geography,and Co-ordinator ofthe EC's Medalusproject to revirali e Europe' de ertified
pa ture ,explained the problems pain
was having and how they could be solved.
Dr Clive Page, Reader in Pharmacology,
recently gave a lecture in Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island, Canada, which
led to an appearance on CBC Televisiondiscussing his researeh on asthma.
Dr Conor Gearly. Reader in Law andDirector ofthe Civil Liberlies ResearchUnit, was much quoted following the
Chinook helicopter crash which killed
Z- people involved in anti-terrori m
operations in . 'orthern Ireland. He
commented in the Guardian on the
e erity of the security etback,
pointing out that the con equences of
the death were even more shattering
than if the RUC' top bras had been
on the ill-fated night. 'The e men will
have been at the cutting edge of antiterrori t operation '. He wa al 0
quoted in the Daily Express, the
Birmingham Evening Post and appearedon ewsbeat, the Nicky Campbell ShOfJ))on Radio 1 and on C~ '.
go\ernmental organisation, bu ine
and IOd u tT). rel>Carch orgal1lsation .
local authon le and health authonlle .
to ether .... 1 h a number 0 King' ta
and ruden . Wor 10 group
identified current I ues and priori tie
durin the conference .... hlch formed
the ba loa report presented to the
ommi ion on u tainable
I evelopment at I meeting late In
\lay, The Con erence on Ilealth and
the EnVironment I part of a continuing
programme of actl It related to the
RIO Conference - tho e Intere ted
hould contact John Jackson at ~f RC
ext 433 ,fax 071- 3753 6).
If
h
money adviee and credit control
in itution, and b, member of he
FB C I cl (IlermlOne Par er. Direc or.
Or, fichael , 'el on, hair. and
Profe or Jonathan Brad ha",
(Cnl\,erslt ofYor ), It a tracted
imere t rom Parliament and local
governmen orgal1l lion in olved
with eon umer credit and deb ,
voluntary. group and health
profe ional. and genera ed li el)
debate on health and the problem of
people in debt, and the Implication 0
budget tandards for health and
financial management.
Further information on the work
of the Family Dudget Cnit n be
obtained from Or Mlchael el on or
Charlotte Town. end at the
r epartment of, 'utntlon and
Dietetic. Kensington,
he Monitoring and
Asse sment Research Centre
(MARC) was jointly
re pon ible with the C:" En ironment
and Development Committee for the
CK for organising a conference on
Ilea/lit and l!ul!nvironmen/ on 9 May in
the Old Refectory, Kensington
Campu , The conference focused on
the activitie of the Government and of
non-governmental organisations with
respect to the current L K agenda on
health and the environment and to the
commitmems made in re ponse to the
L 'Conference on I',n ironmem and
Ikvclopment In Rio de Janeiro in
1 92, I.ord Ennab chaired the
lonference and ke note presentations
\vere given b Profesor John ,\ hton
(Liverpool I nlverslty) on the urban
environmem, by • Ir Donald ,\cheson
(former 'hlef \lcdical Officcr) on the
new agenda on health and the
environmcnt and hy Dr. ocrates
I,ltSIOS of \-\'110 on the International
agenda. Dawn I'rimarolo :VfP and '1Im
Yeo ,\Ill' presented different Views of
pnorltle~ and future action,
'I he onference wa attended b)
almost 100 representallves of non-
1
Ii "r Ilchael, 'el on 0 the
Department 0 , utntlon and
Dietetic ....eleomed gue t
and pea er to a one-da~ eminar
entitled 110 Mu DOls tI Gos//o I.z'U.:which wal> held at the, . u leld
Foundation on 2 Ma) to publiCI e the
work of the Family Budget Cnit (FBL)
on li Ing co t and living tandard .
The origin of the FD go back to
I 5. ",hen a group of 0 ial lemi t
came together at the London School 0
I~connmlc to dl cu the po l>lbdlt) ofreVI ing budget tandard .
methodolog in the Cl'. In I 7. the
FBl became an edu aLlonal c.harit}
and pm.ate limited compan~. \\ nh
three obJective:
'10 advance the education 0 the
public In all matters relating to
comparative living tandard and
the co ~ of liVing throughout the
Lnlted KlOgdom
') 0 carr out re earch IIHO the
economic requiremem and
consumer preferences of families
of di ferent composition. for each
ma in component of a t)- pica Ifamily budget
• To publi. h the useful result of
such work,
From the e mall beginning a
complex, multi-di clplinary enterprise
requiring structured inputs from
nutrJtlonit!>, home economist,
hOUSing. fuel and uan port speCialists,
oClal policy analyst and computer
programmer, ha been reated: and
the validlt)- of bUdget standard'
methodnlog) has been re-e ..tabli hed
In the I 1',I, undamental re car h undertaken
at the LnlverSlty of York, . hcfficld
I bllam L niver Ity and hcre at King'
In the I epartmem of. 'utrition and
DletCtlcs culminated in the fir t
budgets bei ng completed In ovember
1992 and published in 1
'I he seminar wa addressed b)
\Ill's (jlm Lester, Archy Klrkwood and
Donald f)ewar (Shadow SCCrCt r) for
Social. ecurity», lead ing members of
medical, legal. hou Ing, finanCial,
ain thru t
Drionalnan Morn's and Kusnbinder
Mandair in Ine new KMRTfunded cell
and molecular biology laboralory (Ro)ne
Inslilulej
Profe or Irving Benjamin
I lead of Academic Department
of urgery
Biology Group, at which research
worker from everal department
presented their on-going programmeand thl proved a valuable forum for
the exchange of idea. Or Farzin
Farzaneh' propo ed programme for
immune gene therap ,de cribed in\la ' Commenl, i one uch inter
departmental collaboration, and the e
exciting and innovative programme
hould keep King' in the forefront of
basie and applied cancer research.
commenced a PhD. tudent hip in the
Department, funded by the. outh Ea t
Thame Locall Organized Re earch
Programme, to examll1e hormone
receptor in pancreatic and biliarycancer, while Doctor \10rri and
Crook plan to earch for fundamental
genetic alteration in the e tumour.V;ith regard to brea t cancer, King'
has a multidi ciplinary team in olved
in creening and therapy: a new
consultant urgeon will be appointed in
the autumn to work principally in thi
area, who will al 0 develop joint work
with the urgical Oncolog Laboratory.
The capital co t of etting up this new
laboratory within the Department of
urgery in the Ra ne In titute wa
generously upported b a donation of
£100,000 from the King's Medical
Research Tru t. This is only the
. econd time such a large capital
inve tment has been agreed by the
Trust, and mark the recognition by
the Tru tee of the importance of thi
new development for the Medical chool.
One of the main aim of the e
appointments i to facilitate
ollaborative work among~t everal
department. in the Medical chool and
between the Medical chool and the
chool of Life, Basic Medical and
Ilealth ciences, and a number of joint
~tudiesarc already planned ith the
Departments of Molecular Medicine,
Ilaematology, G naecology and Oral
urgery. In January I chaired the
inaugural meeting of a new ancer
r. tr
ancer re earch at King' was
highlighted in the May i ue of
Commenl, following the
opening of the gene therap laboratory
in the Department of Molecular
Medicine in the Rayne In titute."1 hi
programme has received a further
boost, with the recruitment of two new
basic scienti ts to the Department ofSurgery. In an initiative led by
Professor Adrian Eddleston, Dean of
the Faculty of Clinical Medicine, two
non-clinical lecturer po t 'Were
established to replace a retirement
within the Department of Surgery, andthe _chool wa able to altract Dr
Jonathon Morri and Dr'llmothy
Crook from the Ludwig In~t1tute for
Cancer Research. The two have
collaborated for a number of ear~ at
the Ludwig, and are working at the
leading edge of research in signal
transduction in mitogenesi ,and in the
interaction between viral oncoprotein
and the tumour suppres or gene 1'53.
They will continue to develop their
previous work on human papilloma
virus and cervical cancer, an interest
which will produce collaboration with
the extensive work on gynaecological
malignancy which is already well
established in the Medical School.
Funding has been granted by the Joint
Research Committee for a Ph 0tudent hip to carry out work in thi area,
which will commence in the ummer.
The mai n thru t of oncological \\ ork
within the Department of Surgery
itself are in cancer of the pancrea , liver
and bile ducts and aloin breast cancer.
Cancer of the pa ncreas remai ns one of
the major killers in the C K, and most
conventional treatment prove
ineffective. I have an international
referral practice for the much le s
common tumour of the bile ducts:
these small but lethal tumours are
extremely difficult to manage, and
little i known about their cause. \11~s
Ku hbinder Mandair ha ju~t
P , f
D It/I ItJ of Ihe Dt WM ()f Life S u
reports on reSl'" looking I fi 111t/ r
p 0 fi (} I glt
he Bml h are aid to be a
nation of animal lover and
do 10 er In particular. om
e en million dog are kept a pet, yet
each ear more than 140,000 dog are
10 t, abandoned or tray .. 1any of these
cnd up in shelters where they are often
kept in rows of pen within enclo cd
building. imilar faeilitie are u cd to
house dog in kennel for other
rea on , for example during training or
u~e a ~uide or 'hearing' dog~ or \\ hile
belngared for following ~urgery or
medical treatment.
.\ major problem for u h kennel~
I~ the high nOI e level cau~ed by the
dog~ barking. Indi idual do'~ can
produ e bark With sound level~ In
exces of 100 dB :PL (eqUivalent to a
road dnll at 5m). Although the exact
nature of the bark vane With breed,
levels ranging from 5·122 dB have
been measured In kennels hOUSing
groups of dogs.
'I he mammalian ear IS damaged
Irreparably by prolonged exposure to
high sound levels. For humans
exposure to sounds of over 0 dB for
eight hour can cause damage and so
permanent hearing impairment.
Workers exposed to ueh conditions
ha ve to be offered ear protection. In
the past therefore, the problem of
nOise In dog kennel ha been
addre sed mainly from the human
POint ofvle\v. Effort. have been made
to reduce the nuisance of ound to
surrounding areas b buildln' earth
bank around kennel compounds and
by planting hedge and trce . Where
nece sar kennel staff may be I'>sued
\V Ith ca r prote tor .
Ilowever the problem al 0 needs
to be rack led from 'the dog's pOint of
view'. Dogs are generall very en Itlve
to sound; their auditory ensivity is up
to four time greater than that of
humans. It therefore seem likely that
their hearing could be damaged by
prolonged exposure to loud sounds just
as human hearing i . The dogs cannot
rk r h· Ie cape from the noi e In ennels and
.... hile the' ma adapt 0 such hi h
ound le\ el there al 0 the p ibility
that they may u er a ute or prolon ed
tre .
Or \ll1l1gan, rom he
Department of Ph)' iolo and I, in
collaboration WI h Or Robert 11 ubreeht
o the Cni\er Itle Federation or
Animal V'elfare (CF \\\) and Dr B
hield from the Cnl\'er It) 0 the
outh Ban ,are Inve tlgatlOg the
animal welfare a pecLS 0 noi e le 'el
In dog kennelling. FundlOg from
CF Wand from the Dog' Ilome,
Batter ea ha provided or a po t
doctoral worker - Dr .\ Peyvandl, an
expert on building acou tic and de ign
- who IS underraklng a surve of ound
level In a varlet' of dlf erent dog
kennelllOg faeilltle . Dog can al 0 hear
to much higher freq uencies than the
human ear; frequencle'> that arc not
covered by mo,>t '>ound level meters.
f)r Pey vandl IS there ore measunng
sound level at frequency ranges both
\\lthlO the human hearing range and
also extending beyond It. lie I
Inve tigatlOg the preel e nature of the
sounds to which the dogs are exposed
from barking and from husbandry
pro edures by making derailed
analy cs of rape recordings and he imonitoring the actiVities of dogs and
staff and studying kennel con~truetion.
A major aim of the project I'> to
provide guidelines on the care and
housing of dogs to promote a quieter
environment that is beneficial to
kennel raff, neighbours and especially
to the dogs themselves.
It i hoped that comparing kennel
with high and With low noise levels will
give some indication of the factors that
stimulate high levels of barking and
contnbute to the high degree of noi e.
Doctors Sales and Vlilligan would
be pleased to hear from other member
of the College who have an Intcre tin
ound and particularly 10 sound
mea urement and anal)'sl .
The Universities Federation forAnimal Welfare (UFAW)The Lniversitie Federation for
Animal Welfare (UF W) has a long
association With King's, It was fou nded
in 1926 as the University of London
Animal Welfare. ociety and its first
president was the Pnncipal of King's.
Their logo \\a de Igned by Fou a e,
.... ho al 0 dre .... Regglc the lion or
109' me ocle rapldl expanded
to IOclude other unlversitie and
be ame the L niver i ie Federation in
..... Ithough It I no'-" independent
o the Lniver Itle (It I entlrel'
unded b ·oluntaI) contributIon ), it
draw it member hip rom graduate,
tudent and people '-"Ith imliar
qualification. L:F \\' fund re earch
Into animal .... elfare through vacation
tudent hip and grant to re carch
worker IOcludlOg those In uni er jtie
and college ...... 0 King' tudent
have reccived vacation tudenrship.
Through it re!>eareh work and
publ ication L: FAW promote better
live for anlmal~ In zoo, laboratorle ,
helter and in the wild a well as for
pet and farm animal. I raff al 0
give ralk to undergraduate Including
King's undergraduate'> In the Olv",ion
of Life, Clences,
Anyone Interested in the work of
LF!\\\' or In becoming a member
should conract me on ext 453 .
p
ellow hip of the College i thehighe t honour King's can
be toW, and it is awardcd to
those individual who, in the
judgement of the ommitlee of
Resident Fellows, have distinguished
themselvc by making a major
contribution in academic or public life.
t'ltl ]
1994's Presentation Fellow5 havc becn
announced and the will be conferrcd at
thc Presentation Ceremonie on 12 and
19 September 1994and 16January 1995.
Lord Alexander of Weedon
Lord Alexander of Weedon, QC,MA, FRSAChairman of ational Westminster Bank
Lord Alexander wa appointed
Chairman of Kational We tmin ter Bank
in 1989. Preceding that he had pur ued a
very successful career in the legal
profession, gaining a reputation as one of
Britain' most succes ful barristcrs,
chairing the Panel on Takeovers and
Mergers for two year between 1987 and
19 9. In 1988 he was created a life peer in
recognition of his work.
I'
At King' College. Cambridge. heread Engli h and Law. lie wa called to
the Bar (\1iddle Temple) 111 1961 and
made a Queen' Counsel in 1973. ince
1983 he ha al 0 been a QC in :-Jew
South Wales. lie was Chairman of the
Bar Council from 1985 to 1986.
Lord Alexander wa appointed
Deputy Chairman of the Securities and
Investment Board in January of this
year, and ha\ erved as a non-exe utive
director of RTZ since 1991. lie i also a
\1cmber of the Go crnment's Panel onSustainable Development which wa;
launched carlicr thiS ear. From 1991 to
1993 he wa. a non-cxe utive director of
the London tock Exchange.Hc is a trustee of The Economist.
and served a a tru tee of the :"ational
Gallery (19 6-93). lIe i Chairman of
the Council of J • '1'1 E, the all-party
organi ation for law reform, and also of
CRISL , the charity for the singlehomelc;s.
Richard Eyre, CBEArtistic Director of the Royal National
Theatre; Theatre, Film and Television
Director
Richard Eyre read Engli hat
Peterhou e, Cambridge before
embarking on a di tingui hed career
panning theatre, film and television.
Ilc directed his first play, The
Knack at the Phoenix Theatre.
Leice ter. lIe then moved to the Royal
Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, first as
As ociate Director and then as Director
of Production, where hi productionincluded Uncle Vanya and Macbeth. For
three years running he won the STY
Awards for the Best Prod uction inScotland. lie also directed for the
Edinburgh Festival.From 1973 to 1978 he was Artistic
Director at Nottingham Playhouse,
with production including: The
Comedians a nd The Cherry Orchard. In
19 1 he was appointed an Associate
Richard Eyre
Director of the National Theatre and
ha since directed over 15 productions,
including Guys and Do//s which won the
SWET and the tandard Award forBc t Director; Futun'sts, which won the
Time Out Award for Best Director, andThe David IIare Trilo/{j.
Richard Eyre began his television
career in 1978 when he joined the BBCas producer of Play for Today and
produced and directed over 10 plays.
They include TIre Insurance Man, which
won the Tokyo World Television
Festival pecial Prize in 19 6, and the
highl acclaimed Tumbledown which
won the ltalia R I Prize, the BAFT
Be t Televi ion Single Drama Award
and the Ro al Televi ion ociety
ward for Be tingle Drama.
Ili films include: The Ploughman's
Lunch, which won the Standard Be tFilm ward; Loose Connections, and
Laughterhouse, which won the enice
Film Festival Award for Best Film.II is fi rst book, Utopia and Other
Places, wa publi hed last year.
Lord Porter of Luddenham. OM.FeD. LLD. FRS
n
I.~
(j IluRI.Ij
Lord Porter v.a created a "-e pcer In
1 0 m recognition of hi out tandlng
contribu Ion to clence. 1nl 7 he
jomtl v.on the. 'obel Prize for
Chemistf). I liS research mtere ts are In
the field of fa t reaction,
photocheml tf), photo) mhe I~ and
olar energ).
lie gained his doctorate from
Cambridge and pem the next five
ears a I)cmon trator and then
.\ I tam Director 0 Re earch In the
PhySical 'heml U) Department. In
I 55 he \ as appolmed Pro e sor of
Ph 'sleal Cheml try at the L nlver It n
"he Icld, and I lead 0 the ChemJ'tf)
Department In 1 62. From ~hefficld he
JOined the Royal In t1tutHln as Director
(I'J(, - 5), before becoming Prc Idem ()
the Ro)al "OCICt) (19 - -90).
I.o,d Port"r
lie has lectured Wldcl) at home
and abroad and received many honour
and award\, lI1c1udlng thc Order of
\!lent. and the Dav , Rum ord,
I-arada) and Copley :v1edal. 0 the
I{oyal Society. lie holds over 0
honorary degrees from other
unlversitlcs, a number of Ilonorary
Professorships and Fellowships and IS
an honorary member of many foreign
academiCS.
Lord Porter is Interested in
\clentlfic education and the
presentation 0 cle nce to non-
pecia" t and ha ta en par in man.
BBC tele I ion pro ramme . includm
10 lecture on T I uf Duu e and
the popular Youn clen I t -the 'tear
lIe has been Pre dent 0 he
Chemical oClet) 0 London. the
'atlOnal \ oclation or Cl ed
hlldren, the.\ OClatlon r C1encc
fo_ducatlon, and the Brltl h \ oClatlon
or the .\dvancement 0 clen e. lie
ha erved a a tru tec 0 thc Bml h
\1useum, on the. clen e Re earch
Council, ad"l or committees to the
. 'ational Callef) , the cience \lu eum,
the Cabinet Ad i ory Council on
lence and 1 echnolog), and the
Ilou e of Lord elect Committee on
• lence and Technology.
1- ell ) \'I he follo\\ Ing have been clected
I' cllo" \ of the College for 19()4:
Professor Harold BaumSir Louis Blom-CooperProfessor Leslie HouldenProfessor Trevor JonesMr Harry MusselwhiteProfessor Curtis PriceMr John Williams
Professor Harold Baum. BSc. PhD.CChem, FRSC, CBiol. FIBiolIleod of Ihe School of I.ile, BoStc Medical
and lIeollh Seunces, King's College London
Professor Ilaum joined Chel'>ca College
In 196 a\ the first Profe or of
Blochemlstf) and Ilead of the
Ikpartment 0 Blochemi try.
When Chel ea College merged
With KlI1g's and Queen Elizabeth in
I 5 he v.as appointed a Deputy
Ilead of the Department, becoming
I lead and the Dean 0 Life. clenees in
19 7. lIe "a\ appOinted as I lead of the
newly formed ,'chool 0 Life, BaSIC
\1edleal and Ilealth S lenees in 19 9, a
po t he has he Id or five years.
lie IS an aetl c member of the
Biochemical Soelct : Chairman of its
Profcssional and blue tional
Committee; member of the Council
and the longest-servi ng memher of the
I·.xecutive Committee. lIe is a member
of the Council of the Institutc of
Biology; the Parliamentary AffairS
Committee 0 the Ro 'al OClct) 0
Cheml try; the [~ ecutlve Committee
he European. OClatlon 0 lean
o lence, and the Council 0 the
Cl. nn Re earch Foundation. lie I on
the edl ooal b rd 0 a number 0
pre tl IOU clentlfic journal. and I a
I irector of he di ingui hed Clentl IC
publl hlng eompan " Tay lor ci f- rancl
Pro e or Baum ha trong
Interna IOnallmk .. and \.. ill hortly be
pendll1g hi abbatl I ear travelling
\\ Idel) In order to develop world-\\ide
collaboration m re ear h. Thl \\ill
include a tay In I rael, where he I a
Governor 0 Ben-Curion C nlver ity.
lie may be be t known to many
members of College for hi \\orld
famous book The BlOchemisls Songbook
( cc \larch Gummenl) In \.. hich he \et
metaboliC pathways to musIc to make
remembcrlng them Simpler and more
fun.
Sir Louis Blom-Cooper. Kt, QC.FRSAIndependenl COmmlJJlOn for Ihe !Iuldlngs
Cenlres, .\'orlhern Irel. nd; 0 Judge ofIhe
COUr!J ofAppeal, J si!'] and Cu msi!']
'ir I.ouis I'> Internationally renowned
for hi work in the area of public law
and 111 the field of public adminl,>tration.
Ilis range of activities are reflected in
hIS variou'> appointment.
I le gained hi 1.1 -13 from King's
College London in 1952 and in the
ame year wa called to the Bar
(:v1lddle Temple). lIe wa made a
Queen's Counsel in 1970anda
Beneher 111 197 . For 12 ear, from
1966-7 ,he wa a member of the
I lome. ecretary's ,\dvi ory ouncilon
the Penal S) stem.
_ ir Loul has led numerous public
enquirle., commi sion and
committees. II1cluding the Panel of
InqUiry IntO the toddler, Jasmine
Beckford' ,death (19 5); the
Committee of Inquir into complaint,>
about Ashworth 110 pital (1991-1992);
the CommISsion of Inquiry into
allegations of arson and political
corruption in the Turks and Caicos
blands (19 6). Ili'> Chairmanships
include the I ndependent Committee
for the 'upervision of Standards of
Telephone Information ervices (1986
93); the :vlentalllealth Act ommission
(19 7-94), the Commission on the
I'
future of Occupational Therapy (199) and the Pre ouncil (l 9-90).
He i ice-President of the
Howard League for Penal Reform,
having erved a chairman for 10 year,
and wa chairman of the BBC London
Local Radio Advisory Council in the
early I 70. He ha enjo ed clo e link
with the academic world a Director of
the Legal Re earch unit at Bedford
College (1967- 2), and i iting
Profe or to Queen \Ilary College,
U niver ity of London (19 3- ).
He has publi hed exten ivelyon
various a peets of the law and
contributed to many learned journals.
The Revd Professor LeslieHoulden, MAProfessor of TheoloJ':) and ACltng Dean
Profes or Iloulden joined King' in
1977 a Lecturer in :"ew Te tament
tudie . lie went on to become a
enior Lecturer and then Profe or of
Theolog in 19 7. He was Dean of the
former faculty ofTheolog and
Religious tudies (19 6- ) and I-leadof the Department of Biblical tudie
(1988-89). This is his third period aActing Dean.
He has published widely and is
author of 14 books and numerou
articles. lIe was Co-editor of Theology
(1983-91) and was joint editor of the
Diclionary of Biblical Inlerprelalion
( 1990), wh ich has become a sta ndard
work of reference; and co-editor of The
World's Religions (1991), with
re ponsibility for Christian it and
judai m.lIe is one of the leading figures in
the world of academic theology and in
nglican theological education in this
country. He was a member of the
Theology and Religious tudies panel
in the last HEFCE Re earch
Selectivity Exercise, and ha been a
member of nglican Liturgical and
Doctrine Commi sions.
The publication of a Fest chrift in
his honour later this year confirms the
high standing in which he is held.
Page 1
Professor Trevor Jones, BPharm,PhD,FPSExeculive Direclor, The We//come
Foundalion; Member of King's College
Council
Profe or Trevor lone ha enjoyed a
ery di tinguished career in the
pharmaceutical industry. fter five
ear lecturing in pharmaceutic at the
Univer ity of l'ottingham, he joined
Boots as their Head of Development
and then moved to Welleome, firstly a
Director of Technical Development
and then as Director of Research
Development and Medical, responsiblefor all R & D activitie outside the
SA.In recognition of hi contribution
to the pharmaceutical world he ha
been awarded a rellow hip of the
Royal Pharmaceutical ociety, the
Ilarri on Memorial \Iledal and a Gold
\Iledal from Comeniu Lniver ity and
honorary degree from the L ni ersities
of Athens and trathclyde.
For 12 years he was a member of
the Medicine Commission of the
Department of Ilealth and now serveson the Cabinet Office Advi ory Group
on the Human Genome and the:--Juffield Council of Bioethics Experts
Group on Human Tissues.
Profe sor jones has a 30 year
association with the College, beginning
when he joined Chelsea College as an
undergraduate. He gained hi BPharm
and then went on to study for his PhD
which he was awarded with two year
later. He retains his strong connections
in his role of Visiting Professor to the
Department of Pharmacy, as one of thenew King' Trustee, and as an active
member of ollege Council.
Mr Harry Musselwhite, BA, AKC,Barrister\'ecretary of the United Medical and Dental
Schools ofGuy's and St Thomas'
Ilospitals, andformer Deputy College
Secretary of King's and SecretoryofKCSMD
Mr Mu elwhite's a sociation with
King's College London began in 1962
when he joined the Department of
Spanish as an undergraduate. He hasenjoyed a di tinguished career withKing's College chool of Medicine and
Dentistry, which he fir t joined in J968
as an Administrative Assistant. After a
ear pent as Assistant ecretary ofThe enate of the Four Inn of Court
and the Bar, he returned to KC \Il D a
jOll1t Dental dmini trator. lIe wa
appointed Deputy ecretary of thechool in 19 J and ecretary two year
later. lIe wa appointed a Deputy
allege eeretary in 19
Jle pia ed an important role in the
de elopment of KC \Il D over nearly
20 year and he i credited for effecting
a mooth merger of the chool into
King' since the amalgamation of the
two institutions in J983,
Hi recent appointment aseeretaryof MD will mean he will
play a vital role in negotiations about
the merger of King' and UM D .
Immediately prior to taking up hi
po ition at \Il D on I Apri I 1994, he
acted a ollege ecretary to the
London Ilospital \Iledical College and
wa involved in the early merger
di cussion between that College and
t Bartholomew's Hospital and Queen
\Ilary and Westfield College.
Professor Curtis Price, BMus. MA.PhDKing Edward Professor ofMusic and
Head ofthe Deparlmenl ofMusic, King's
College London
Professor Price is Head of the leading
Department of Mu ie in the country
and in hi own right i acknowledged
to be a world-class musicologist. He is
a leading authority on English and
Italian music and the Engli h stage in
the eventeenth and eighteenth
ccnturie .
Jle began his academic career atv'a hington uni er it ,US, before
coming to King's in 19 2 a a lecturer.He rose to become Reader in 1985 and
King Edward Professor of M usic and
Head of Department in 19Hi out tanding cholarship has
earned him world-wide recognition and
many honours and awards, including
the Alfred Einstein Award from the
American Musicology Society and the
Dent Medal from the Royal Musical
A sociation. Professor Price i a
Governor and Director of the Royal
Academy of M usie; Chairman of theMendelssohn Scholarship Foundation
and lifetime Vice-President of the
Royal Mu ieal Association.
lie is the Honorary Secretary of
n ~10nday 16 May I 94, the
journal Diologos: /lel/mic
StudIes Revi(!'lfl) was launched
With the kind a i tance ofthe
Ilellenlc Foundation and the London
Ilellenic ociety.
Diologos i the only journal of itS
cope in English. ItS purview i Greek
language and litcrature, Greek hi tory
and archaeology, Greek culture and
thought, present and past. It will be,above all, a journal of dialogue and
debate in Hellenic tudies. The first
issue includes a previous unpublished
paper by the late RP Winnington
Ingram entitled The Unity 0/the
Phaedru a well a article by Robin
Cormack. Peter Mackridge. Robin
Os borne. Ruth ebb and :vIark
:vIazower, review by Graham Gould
and tephen Ilalliwell. and tran lation
by Edmund Keelly and Dimitri
Gondica of Yanni RitSo. and of
Ilomer by Oliver Taplin. The editors
are Professor :vi ichael ilk, Classic.
and Or David Rick, Byzantine and
:vi odern Greek, and the busine editor
is Dr Graham Gould. The editorial board
draw on expertise in the K and abroad.
opies of Diologos can be
purcha ed by subscription from Frank
Cas, ewbury Ilouse, 890-900
Eastern Avenue, ewbury Park,
Ilford, Essex IG2 7H 11. Subscription
rate: Institution: £40, Individuals: £22.
n
( ( lie 'e ( I
hi eptember will be the
econd anniver ary of the
launch of King' new
corporate identity. I am ure you will
agree that the new publication and
tationeryare ery dlstlnctl e, and that
it would be good to tart the new
academic year in eptember with all of
the College adopting the College's
Identity and tyle for all their
stationery and publi ation . If you
need any as istance In the above
mallers the Pre s and Publications
Office, ext 3202 will be plea ed to help
you.
Professor Arthur Lucas
The Principal
n 2 :viay , the Centre for
Phdo ophlcal • LUdiewelcomed the respected
Imgul t. philo opher and political
activl t, Profe or 'oam horn k to
King' . Profe or Chom k ,who is
based at the :vias achu ett In titute of
1 echnology, delivered his lecture,
L.inguistics from on inltmolist perspective,
to a full house in the. 'ew Theatre.
The event proved so popular that it
was neces sary to turn many people
away.
the Purcell ociet and wa
re pon Ible or authentica 10 a
pre.. lOu I. undl co\ered manu npt
b\ Purcelll t .'ear.
\.1 r Wilham • connection .,.,ith KlOg'
go back over 30 year, starting \\Ith hi
undergraduate day 10 the Department
o panl h where he obtained hi B.\10 panl h \\ ith French.
I1I working life has been pent in
the world ofadverti ing. Ili carecr
began a~ a COP) \\-lIter, n 109 to
bc omc a Creati e Upcl'-Isor and
workmg in. ew York for even year.
lie Jomed \1c ann-Enckson a
reatlve Dllector before Joming
'trcets Communications a their
Creative Director.
lie ha been mvol ed with K 'L ....
at a mo t crucial tage of Its
development with the mergers of
King' , Queen L~li7..abelh and Chel ea
College and the general ralsmg of
awarene~ and enhanCing of actl illes.
lie redesigned the aociation's
newsletter and edited it for a numbcr
of ycars. lie is a very active Challman
and gl es generou Iy of hi time and
hospitality In keeping past students in
touch with their old College. Ili
dedicated leader hip has contributed
significantl to the increa em
membership of KCLA and alo to the
success uI start to the Development
Campaign,
Mr John G Williams, BA, MIPACh rml ,King s Colleg~ 1.0 on
.1,so tlon nd M ber 0/ Ing s Colkge
(,oun I
I'
'( he following promotions and ne~
appointment ha e been announced.
They are effective from I October
1994, unle ·otherwi e tated.
Appointments to Chairs
Professor Jeremy Adler has heen
appointed to the Chair of German and
as Ilead of the Department of German,
effective from I September 1994. I le is
currently Professor of Modern
European Language and Literaturc~
at Queen Mary and We tfield College.lie replaces Profe sor Roy Wisby \\ho
i retlri ng.The Rev Dr Miclzae/ Banner has
bccn appointed to the F D \1auricc
Chair of Moral and ocial Theology
and will take up his appointment on I
January 1995. lie is currently Dean of
Chapel at Peterhou e and Director of
. tudies in Philo ophy and Theolog ,
Cambridge. lie replaces Profes or Jack
Mahoney who left to take up the
Dixon' Chair of Business Ethics and
Social Responsibility at the LondonBusiness choo!.
Professor Paul lie/m was appointed
to the Chair of Ilistory and Philosophyof Religion in October 1993. Profe,~or
I (elm joined King's from the
niversit of Liverpool where he wa, a
Reader in Philosophy. lie replaccd
Profes or Keith Ward who i no\\
Regiu Profe or of Dlvinit at
ChrlStchurch College, Oxford.
Professor Juditlz Herrin ha been
appointed to the Chair of Late ntique
and Byzantine tudie. he is currently
at Princeton niver ity where he is
the tanley J Seeger Ilellenic FundProfe sor of 13 zantine Ili tory.. hereplaces Professor Averil Cameron \\ ho
is leaving to become Wardcn of Keeble
College, Oxford.
Dr Tom Sanders, Reader in
Nutrition in the Department of
i\:utrition and Dietetics at King's, has
been appointed to the Chair of
:" utrition and Dietetic. lIe replace
Profes or Donald :"aismith who isretiring.
Lord Quirk
Profes or ir Charle Randolph Quirk,
former Vice-Chancellor of the
Gniver ity of London and onc of
King' first Pre entation Fellows,became a life peer in the Queen',Birthday Ilonours.
)uccn'3irrhda
I!< nourKen Bromfield, MBE
The Queen' 13lrthday Ilonoururprlsed one member of the College.
Ken Bromfield, Training Officer for
non-teaching taff in the. taff
Development and Training Gnit of
the Personnel Department, learnt that
he had been awarded a n M nE for
servi e, to Iligher Education.
Ken has been ba. cd in the
Personnel Department for five years
and in that time has developed and co
ordinated a comprehensive training
programme for non-teaching taff.Before joining Per onnel, Ken wa
the Departmental Superintendent forthe Dcpartment of 13iochemi try, a
poition he held for many years and
carricd out to extremely high standards.
While in that role, Ken\ intere. tin
trall1ing broadened and developed. lie
wa Chairman of the Liniver ity of
London Tcchnical. tafTTraining
Committec and a Member of the London
Lniversity/paddington College Liaison
Committee. lie assi ted the I1ritish
Council for Iligher Education Over5Cascontribllting to technical projects andtraining at un iversities abroad.
Unfortunately Ken i in hospitalafter an operation and wc wi h him a
speedy recovery. Ken conta ted
Comment specially from hospital to
thank hi friends and colleagues at
King's for all their help and support.
Promotion to ReaderThe following havc bccn promoted to
Reader.f)r David Beiglzton to Reader in Oral
M icrobiolog .Or Robert Blackburn to Reader in Law.
f)r Trevor Clarkson to Reader in
Communication tem .
Dr Mark Evenst to Readcr in II i torical
Musicology.
Mrs Clzar/olle Roueclzito Reader in
Classical and 13yzantine Greek.
Promotion to ProfessorThe following have becn a\\ardedper onal chair:
Dr Ilarold Camsu, Reader In
. 'eonatal Paediatric, ha heen
promoted to Profe or of:" eonatology.
effecti e from I January 1994.
DrCatlzen'ne Ceissler, Ilead of the
Department of. 'utrition and
Dietetics, has been promoted to
Professor of l\ utrition.
Dr Donald Cillies, Rcadcr in
Ilistory and Philosophy of Science, has
been promoted to Profe'>Sor of
Philo ophy of. cien e and\1athcmatic,.
Dr Wal' r Crar.ur has beenappointed as Profcs or of Bioph sical
Chemistry. lie is a senior member ofthe taff of the \1 RC ba,ed at the
Randall In titutc.
Dr Trevor IIall. Reader in Phy ics,
ha bcen promoted to Profe sor of
Optoelectronic .
Dr Cio ina Mie/i· Vergani, enior
Lecturer in the Department of Child
llealth, has been promoted to
Profes. or of Paediatric Ilepatology.Dr Linda Newson, Reader in the
Department of Geography, has beenpromoted to Profcssor of Geography.
DrClive Page, Reader in
Pharmacology. has bcen promoted to
Professor of Pharmacology.
Dr Roger Williams, Director of the
In titute of Liver Studies, ha been
promoted to Professor of Ilepatolog ,
effective from I I May 1994.
nc\\
taff e
,indol Icachin I rllt:
Dr Jerem) 13roadhead, cnlor
Rcgl trar at the \laud Icvand
Ilcthlem Royal 110 pltal . ha bcen
a\.\arded a teaching pnze b thc
In uwte of P ychlatr}. In ugatcd b)
Profeor Robin \1 urra of the
Department of P yehologlcal
\1edicine the prize aim to rcward the
mo~t notable and appreciated
contnbution to medical wdcnt
teach ing b a member of the In~titute
of P~ chiatry'~ junior medical taff
during the academic car.
Or Broadhead wa~ elected
through consultation with ,enior
memhers of the Department together
\I Ith eedback from medical ,wdent,
of the College. The £500 prIZe wa,
,ponored by andoz Pharmaceutical.
I krck Lcl\\Professor Robin MUTTO) (right) presents
t/re pn'zt tf) /)r Broodlzeod.
Derek La w, 0 irector 0 In formation
Services and stems. has been
elected a Fellow of the In tlWtc of
InformatIOn 'cienti t . The a\\ard i. in
recognition of Derek 's contribution to
Information cience, particu larly in
the area. of information technology.
nctworking, information sy~tem~
management and the management of
change. The citation for Fellowship
refcr~ particularly to hi~ work in
academic librarie and his involvement
at a "!ationaJ, European and
Illlernational level in initiatives 'ouch
as the European Commi.,.,ion\
'1 clcmatics Programme and the
EIJropean Library Plan as well a, his
member hip of the Ilighcr Education
Funding Council' Joint Information
'y. tem~ Committee. The award will
be pre ented to Derek at the nnual
General \leeting of the In titute on 15
• eptember.
Juhn'l.l lor
John G 'I a 'Ior Profe or 0 Applied
\1athematlcs and Director of the
Centre for :"eural . 'ct\ ork<" ha, been
elected "re ident of the International
"'eural "!etworks So iety for 1995. In
addition to the Presidency. ProfTaylor
wi 11 be involved with the work of the
Society during 19 4 and 1996. Prof
Taylor IS currently Presidcnt of the
)·.uropean '-'eural 0.'etwork Society.
["i\\ fCIllC Frcl:dm, n
"rofe sor La\ rence Freedman from
the Department of War .wdies gave
the annual Erasmus Le ture of the
Academia Europaea in Parma. Italy on
23 June. The title of his lecture was
Power ond insecurity in I~urope.
Jcrusalen1CoIl0 qui U 111
During the Easter va ation
Graham Stanton. Profes or of
:"ew Testament. tudie .
Theology. led a group often LK 0:ew
Testament cholar (including Dr
Judith Lieu from King's) on a tudy
LOur of Israel. The tour began with a
colloquium entitled Toleronceand
Inloltronce in F.orfy Judoism and Eorly
Clzrislionity, with I raeli cholars in
Jeru alem;thccolloquiumpaper \\ill
be puhli. hed as a book.
Illghlight of the tour mcluded
recent excavation~ in old Jeru alem.
Qumran, \1asada. Capernaum, and
current excavation at Bet hean
(Scythopoli ) and epphori (near
"!azareth). King's 0:ew Testament
tudents are already benefiting from
the tlld tour, which wa~ spon ored
by the Academic. tudy Group. a
British organisation wh ich seeks to
promote acadcmic contacts
bet\\een LK and I raeli cholar.
Thi was the fir t time cholar in
Theology or Religiou Swdie had
bcen invited to participate in this
scheme.
"age I
Valeric Davie
Director, Continuing Education Cnit
I Ijuql
he continuing education
record forms for 1993-4 ha e
now been ent to all chool.
ThiS year the 'niver itie
tatlstlcal Records has a ked for them
by I October, rather than 1 . 'ovember
a 10 the past. \ ill ou therefore plea e
ensure that thcy arc all returned to thc
ContinUing Education Cnit a soon as
possible, and certainly no later than
Friday 2 eptember.
If you ran a hort course, or any
non-degree course, or a conference,
provided there was an attendance fee
the odds are it hould be included in
the Continuing Education Record. If
in doubt contact the Continuing
Education Cnit on ext3055.
These record arc not only
req u ired for the niversity tatistical
Records, they al 0 form the basis of
re ponse to the HEFCE monitoring of
contin ulOg education.
If we do not want to sell ourselves
hort we must make them as
comprehen ive a po ible.
crltena are pnnted 10 the new editiono Continuum. ucce will not be ea y.
I ugge t that 109' i unli el to
produce propo al v.hlch are economic
b. compari on v. ith he nev.
CniV"er Itie . and that v.e hould
there ore concentrate on hi hi
specialized course not ea il:
obtainable el ev.here I hould li e to
recelV"e outli ne propo al b 30 June at
the late t 0 that there I time to
con Ider" hat, if any. collaboration we
hould ee ,and time for pre-
ubml Ion di cus Ion with theadVisors, in order that we may present
our bid In the mo t ad antageou lIght.
J will of cour c be happ to dlscu
any Idea at a preliminary tage.
ueat} }
~alcolm im
K L Enterpn e
Re earch on Tran ml ion and
Enhanced \-lultl-GI abnInterconnection by oliton
( RTE:vl1 ). The prOject bnn
together Plrelli, \lca I. B1. the
L niver ity of Athen . the .Oilo'er Ity 0
outhampton. and 1 nnlt ollege
Dublin ~Ith '10 10 a \\o.ear
collaboration.
..Ion tin 11n
Stop pressThe Human Frontier clence Pro ram
ha put out a call for propo al for
research grants, fello" hips and
network in Brain Function research
and Biological Functions through
:vlolecular Level pproaches. Grant
(up to three years) require a
partner hip between research teams of
different countrie . whil t fellow hip
(up to twO year) are for po tdoctoral
research for young re earcher in a
country other than theIr origin. inee
the UK is an eligible country our
partners or fello~ can be from any
other country. The deadline IS I
ptember 1994. Further InformatIOn
from, ara Kelly on ext 3321.
he Iligher Education Fundtng
Council for England has
announced that It will be
inviting bid for development fundtng
for continuing vocational education for
the pe'riod 1995-6 to 1 -9.
Documentation has not yet arrived, but
we expect to have to ubmit our bid 10
October.
In the previou round King's
received £261 K for the years 1991-92 to
1993-94, and the equivalent of £24K at
19 9-90 prices for 1994-5. (The
departments of Electronic and
Electrical Engineering, l\.' ursing
tudies, Education, and the Language
and Communication Centre have been
beneficiarie .).
Full details of the a sessment
f h.J If P nn n
I undinIr tthe ood ne~ ~ Folio" 10
ormal approval 0 the
Framewor IV R ~m Budget or
(reponed In the la t i ue). the
European Parliament ha pa sed
ele en of the peclfic re earch
programmes. These are:
• Information technolog)
• Communication technologyTelematlc
Indu tnal and material
technologie
~easurementand te tlOg
technologie
• ~anne cience and technologIes
• Agriculture and fi herie
• 'on-nuclear energy'oclo-economic re earch
J ralOlng and mobility of
re earcher
ooperation with Third World
Countne
Detailed programme for the e areas
should be IS ued hort! .
Theoretically, first call for propo al
could come in mid- eptember. The
Industrial and :vlaterial Technology
Project Office is definitely aimIng for
this. Ilowever, it i expected that most
call for proposal will be in December.
:'-iow for the not so good news!
Five peclfic programme will not bc
dl cu ed by Parliament until the next
se ion In the utumn. These arc:
• Environment
• BiotechnologyBiomedicine and health re earch
• Tran POrt• DIssemination/application of
technology
Thi mean that call for proposals
10 these area will probabl be delayed
until early 1995. Ilowever. It gIves U a
little more time to prepare and identify
suitable partner.
And finally ome very good news.
Congratulations to Profe or Alan
Roger and Dr Vincent Ilanderek of
the Department of Electronic and
Electrical Engineering, who have
recently been appointed coordinators
of a 2 million EC advanced
communication project under
Framework III entitled, Advanced
I'
he Combustion Engines
Group of the In ticution of
\1echanical Engineers cho e
King's for their meeting on
Wedne day I May which was held in
the Council Room. The group
comprises about 20 member fromindustry and academia including OrMike Yianneskis of the Centre forIleat Tran fer and Fluid Flow
Measurement.
( ombu tion meeting
tatoplacith the approach of the longvacation, it may be that
members of taff have
visitor during the months of July,
August and September and arc unable
to accommodate them in their own
residences. The Vacation Bureau is
able to offer vi itors single and twin
rooms on a bed and breakfa t ba i inanyone of seven hall of residence incentral and inner London, and will be
pleased to make reservations on yourbehalf.
It may be that members of staffliving out of town will need to come
into the centre and stay overnight and
again accommodation i readily
available from 2 July to 19 eptember
inclu ive.
A coloured brochure and price list
i available from:
Graduale recruilers, staffand studentscelebrated IIle opening oftire new StrandCampus Caree Service offices, wlric/z arenear tire Creat flail. Additional space tlrererepresents a significant improvement overtire previous location.
th
he tran fer of the Principal'
Office to Cornwall Hou e ha
brought about the need to
provide an alternati e facility at the
trand in which to 'meet and greet'
and entertain VI P and other VI itor to
the College.
To thi end room 28A, the formcr
office of the Collegc Secretary situatcd
in 13 Corridor trand Main Building,
ha been set a idc for the use of
members of the Collcge who from
time to timc may need to entertainvisitor in di crete urrounding and/or
ho t a serviced lunch/dinner for a mall
number of per ons for which other
College dining facilities may not be
appropriate. The room will eat
comfortably a maximum of twelve
per ons in a formal dining
arrangement.
Room 213 will be known a 'The
Principal's Dining Room' and may be
reserved through the General Service
Manager, Bob Redmond (ext 2037).
Catering arrangements should be
made through the Collegc CatcringOfficer, Peter Hoffman (ext 23"9).
Although the Principal's Dining
Room i now available for u e there
are ome refinements and minor
decorations to be carried out wh ich arc
intended to be completed during the
su mmcr vacation.
Please note that the Principal's
Dining Room is an entertainment
facility which is not intended to be u cd
for committee or other meeting
purpo e .The College Bur ar, Gerry
H ughe , (ext 3309) would be plea ed todi cu s an queries concerning thi
matter.
King's Campu Vacation Bureau
King's College London,552 King's Road, London, WIO OUA
Tel 071-3"1601 J. Fax 071- 352 7376
e rGeographyProf J 'I home, 7,000 (E E~n.r)\
\ la C m"er I y ~ Bn tol».
Contnbution to~ard research taco ; 2 2, - r~cu ( 21 -.
appro (EE:C) th uppOrt a research
project cn i led de ertlficauon
proce 10 the \ledl erranean area
and heir IOterltn ~ Ith the global
climate 10tal rant, £2 ,543.
HaematologyDr. 1u 1I,£I-,OOO (\mgen-Roche) to
support a re ean.. h project entitled 'the
use of r-hl 1.-610 PI3PCtransplantatIOn', .. )2 ,ODD (The ·\re~..
. erono Group) to upport a research
project entitled' the u e of r-hl 1.-6 in
the mobilt atlon and engraftment of
PBPC In haematologlcal maliganeles
£1 5,01- (Elimination of Leukaemia
Fund) to support a re earch project
entitled 'mlOlmal re idual di ca e
detection in leukaemia and
lymphoma'. 'I otal grants, £ 3 ,015.
History'I otal grants, £1,163.
Humanities Research CentreProf ,\ Cameron, Dr I) Short
(Computing Centre), £20, 35
IRe earch ~trategy and Re earch
EqUipment Funds) to support a
research proJe t entitled 'publication of
machine readable texts on CD-RO'v1'.
Total grant, £20, 35.
ImmunologyProf \'erganl, £65,195 (LORS) to
upport a research project entitled
'prevention and abrogation of
dlabete '; £5,300 (SELl lA) to support
a rescarch proje t entitled 'immune
activation and) IIV infection in
,\frlean '. Total grants, £73,215.
LawProf t\ G Guest, £35,910 (EEC
ER '\.H':) tudent bursaries In
re pc t of the ' nglo-French Law
Programme 19 -1993'. Total grants,
£ 2,410.
Life Sciences DivisionPro [) 0 Ilall, 39, 36 Ecu (£30, 2approx)(EEC (\.larie Curie
Fello\\~hip») to support a re~eareh
project entitled 'photohydrogen
production by immobilized cyano
bacteria and photo ynthetic bacteria'.
Dr 0 II Davie , Or JJ :Y1 urphy,
£91,857 (Leukaemia Research Fund)
to su pport a re eareh project entitled
'development of t-cell mediated
immunotherapy of leukaemia'. Prof I)
ehemO<Jd. '2 .-r Departmcnt 0
Health) to uppOrt a re'>Carch proJcct
into he 'cval uatlon 0 cry thropoietll1
i '. Or BJarn on, £22 -( ( I R ) to
upport a re earch proJcct entitled
'inte lInal function in 1(1\ Il1 eeted
patlen '. Profl Pc er . £1-6.000
(Lambeth, • outhwark and Le~ I ham
Ilealth uthorlty) to support a re earch
project entitled 'alcohol abuse -
propo al for coun ellll1g Il1 medical
ward '. Total gran ,£264,966.
Community Dental HealthProf S Celhler, 4 6.206 (Lambeth.
_outhwark and l.ewl ham Ilealth
\uthority) to uppOrt a rcscarch project
entitled 'dental public health adVice'.
I otal grant, £436,206.
Com puter Sciencefotal grants. £) ,400.
Conservative Dentistry\.1r _ 13 Parker, 2 ,6 7 (\ctlOn
Re earch) to support a research project
entitled 'de"e1opment of intra-oraltongue operated remote control'. Total
grants, £33, 87.
Dental SciencesDr l3elghton, £13,4 6 (,\etlon
Research) to support a re eareh project
entitled 'isolation of eancs and caries in
pre-school children'. Total grants,
£13,486.
Diabetes[)r \1 Edmond ,£60,000 (t\mgen
Roche) to support a research project
entitled 'Infection In cbabetlc foot and
re ponse~·. '1 otal grants, £60,000.
Electronic and ElectricalEngineeringDr V f\ Ilanderek, £ 1- .000
(Department of Transport) to support a
re careh prOject entitled 'optical fibre
en ors and their application to
highway lructure '. 'I otal grants,
5,193.
General PracticeJ)r P 13ooton, £ 10,67 (Committee
Postgraduate \1edical Education).
Contribution cowards a pilot study on
non-principal CP . [)r J Dale, £40,900
(Bromley Ilealth Authority) to support
a re earch project entitled 'evaluation
of accident and emergency service'
Total grant, £51,57 .
he gran 11 ted belo\.. ~erc
recei\ed 10 the quarter endlO)?
o \pnl ) . Detail 0
gr m under - ,000 are no gl"en. nor
are exten Ion of exi tin rant or
tho e which are confidential, but the
amoun arc Included In the total or
the department or unit.
Age Concern Institute ofGerontologyTotal grant, £24,320.Anatomy and Human BiologyGroupDr \1 \1aden, £25, < 0 (V,ellcome
I ru~t) to ~upport a research project
entitled IS retinolc aCid a chemotactic
agent in the cemral nervou~ stem?'.
Dr I. C \1ahadevan, £36,49
(\\ ellcomc '1 rust) to support a research
anal I of chromatln-a oClated
slgnalltng respon es concomltam \\ Ith
Immediate-early (I E) gene activation
Jl~lOg a plasmld-ba ed model. '1 Olal
~rants, £62,17
Centre for Educational StudiesDr [) Ilam, ,ODD Ecu (£6,0 7
received)(EE ). Contribution towards
the costs of providing human nghts
courses for entral and eastern
I~uropean student.. Prof S J Ball ,
£73,015 (Joseph Rownlree Foundation)
to support a research project entitled
'local ed ucatlon au thoritics:
accountability and control'. !'rof . JHall, [)r " Cnbb, £66,777 (Can er
Hellef'v1acmillan Fund) to upport a
research project entitled 'families after
cancer - the psychological context of
sur I ing childhood cancer'. Total
grant, £162,205.
ChemistryDr C t\ Koh, £10,000 (Royal Society).
ontnbutlon towards research
expen e . ProfC B Ree e, 3 , 36 I~cu
(£30, 23 approx)(EEC('v1arle Curie
Fellowship» to support a research
project entitled' ymhesl of
nucleoside analogues'. Total grams,
£257,2 0.
Clinical BiochemistryOr R Simpson, £36,472 (MRC) to
support a research project entitled 'the
regulation of iron metaboll m In
inte tinal epthelial cells'. Dr R
Page 1
o Hall, 7,500 Ecu (£2 ,5
approx)(EE ) to upport a re earch
project entitled 'novel technologie for
the treatment of indu trial effluen
u ing immobilized microalgae and
aquatic plant '. Total gran . I 07.
Management Centre
Total gran ,£14,326.
MathematicsProf R F treater, 30,909 Ecu (£23,523
approx)(EEC) to upport a re earch
project entitled 'dynamics stocha tic
complexity - theory and application' '.
Dr Y afarov (SERC Advanced Fello\ )
£9,443 (SERC) to support a re earch
project entitled 'microlocal analysis and
its applications to spectral theory'.
Total grants, £ 2,966.
Mechanical EngineeringTotal grant, £2,176.
MedicineDr Zachar ,£97,129 (I3riti h Ileart
Foundation) to upport a re earch
project entitled 'regulation of p 125
focal adhe ion kinase in va cular
~mooth mu cle cells'; £234,175 (I3riti h
Ileart Foundation) to uppOrt a
research project entitled 'role of
protein tyrosine kinases in vascular
mu cle cells'. Dr ~ Robin on, £62 690
(flritish lleart Foundation). Re earch
fcllowship. Total grant. £393,994.
Molecular Biology:vIichelle Peck ham, £74,000 (Human
Capital and Mobility) to support a
research project on the role of the
m osin binding protein, protein-x, in
muscle.
Molecular and Biophysics GroupDr R K Patient, £194,330 (MRC) to
u pport research on 'the ignal
ontrolling Ci\Ti\-2 expres ion and
blood formation in the earl ertebrate
embryo'. Dr B J unon, £ ,119
(Arthritis and Rheumatism Council) to
upport a re eareh project entitled
'three-dimen ional trueture of human
rheumatoid factors and their complexe
with IgC Fe'. (Thi grant was jointl
awarded to Dr M J Taus ig, Dr A
Fein tein, FRC Babraham In titute
and Dr B J unon, King' ). Prof R :vi
, immons, $110,000 (£72, 4
approx)(lnternationallluman Frontier
SCience Program) to upport a re earch
project entitled 'international
collaborative program', Dr B J utton,
Dr M R ander on, Dr S D Dover,
£72,560 ( ERC). Contribution toward
theco tofequipmentand
consumables for a research tudy
entitled 'computational upport for
biomolecular tructural tudie '. Prof H
Could, £119,57" (Leukaemia Re earch
Fund) to upport a re earch project
entitled 'the mechani m of erythroid
cell determination '; -5.4-- (Wellcome
Tru t) to upport a re earch
tuden hip entitled 'a tudy of the
regulation of the Bcl-2 gene in normal
human 13 cell '. Dr B Cratzer,
£3 ,934 (Muscular D trophy Group)
to support a research project entitled
'conformation and function of
dystrophin'. Total grants, £6 2,571.
Nursing studies (including thenursing research unit)Or owley, £76, 47 ( outh Ea t
Thames Regional Ilealth uthority) to
upport a re earch proje t entitled
'Primary Care Oevelopment Fund'.
Prof Redfem, Mr I, 'orman, Mr T
\1 urrell , £221,120 (Department of
Ilcalth) to support a re earch project
entitled 'external review of nur ing
development unit '. (Thi grant was
jointly awarded to Prof Redfem, M r I
~orman. and :vir T :vIurrell C'\ursing
Research Unit/Department of Nursing
'wdie , King's) and ProfC i'.'ormand
(Department of Public Ilealth &
Policy, London chool of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine». The total amount
awarded was £270,113. Total grants,
£297,967.
Nutrition and DieteticsDr P Ellis, £14,630 (Scientific Ilospital
Supplies) to support a re ear h project
entitled 'medium term effect of wheat
bread containing partially hydrolysed
guar gum on the metabolic control of
non-insulin dependent diabetic
patients'; £5.19 (, cientific 110 pital
.'upplie ). Re earch on ultaney. Total
grant, 53,632.
Obstetrics and GynaecologyOr V Bolton, £47,17 (J RC) to upport
a re eareh project entitled
'implantation in human-conceptu
endometrial interaction '. Total grant ,
£47,17 .
Pharmacology GroupDr 0 Brain, £5,252 (F Iloffmann La
Roche AC) to support a re eareh
project entitled 'effect of REA/OOl on
the oedema formation in the rat paw
induced by saphenou nerve
stimulation'. Prof J :vi Linleton.
£45,174 (\1 RC) to upport a research
project entitled 'excitotoxicity induced
by repeated ethanol withdrawal in
vi/ro'. Prof P Jenner, Dr alvage,
44,7 J6 (M RC) to upport a re earch
project entitled 'pathological role of
nitric oxide in the ba al ganglia in
relation to Parkin on' di ease'. Or H
ambridge, Or 0 Brain, 4 64
( rthriti and Rheumatism ouncil) to
upport a re earch tudy of' ynovial
blood flow in the rabbit: the effect of
inflammation on the respon e to
va oactive mediator '. Prof P Jenner,
94,157 Ecu (£71,559 approx)(E EC
(Human Capital and Mobility» to
upport re earch on 'the effect of drug
treatment and neurotoxic insult on the
urvival and function of dopamine cell
tran plant '. Prof P Jenner, £39,652
(M RC) to support a research project
entitled 'the role of superoxide
dismutase in protecting again t
nigro triatal degeneration'. (This grant
wa jointly awarded to Or V Clover
(Queen harlolte' and hel eaHo pital) Or A low ( niver ityof
\ estmin ter) and Prof P Jenner
(King' ». The total amount awarded
was £125,256. Prof P Jenner, £55,455
(Wellcome Trust) to support a re earch
tudent hip entitled 'involvement of
brain cytochrome P-450 in the toxicity
of MPTP and its analogue '. Total
grants, £544,253.
PharmacyProfC Marrion, £9,800 (Farhang)
re earch stlldentship. Prof J W Corrod,
100,000 OM (£39,565 approx)(Verum
Foundation) to support research on
'the biological formation, di tribution
and reactivity of iminium lone and
their contribution to nicotine
metabolism', Total grants, £80,842.
PhilosophyTotal grant. £ 10.655.
PhysicsTotal grant, 599, 49.
Physiology GroupOr 0 Tonge, Or J P Colding, Or P R
Cordon-Week (Anatomy & Human
Biology Croup), £29,3 9 (\1 RC) to
su pport a research project entitled 'role
of protein kina es during the growth of
adult en ory axon '. Or C E ann,
£151,353 (Wellcome Trust) to support
a re earch project entitled 'dysfunction
of the human endothelial cell L
arginine tran porter and nitric oxide
syntha e in diabetes and
hyperglycaemia'. Or KC Pedley,
,349 (Royal ociety) contribution
I' ge 17
Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke,Chief of the Imperial General Staff5 June 1944It is very hard to believe that In a fewhour the Cro s Channel invasion
starts! [am very uneasy about the
whole operation. At the be t it will fallso very very far hort of the
expectations of the bulk of the people,
namely all those who know nothing of
its difficulties. At the worst it ma well
be the mo t ghastl disaster of the
whole war! I wish to God it was over.
Chester Wilmot, BBC warcorrespondent, 6 June 1944This is Chester Wilmot broadca ting
from a glider bound for France and
invasion. J he fir t wave of the
a saulting troop has already landed in
France. They are the Paratroops·
thou and of British and Americanparatroop who took off from many
'dromes in various parts of England
only a few hour ago... On their seizing
the ground behind the enemy lines,
wc depend for the landing of the e
gliders which form the second wave of
the assault force ... From where I am,
standing between the two pilot of this
glider, I can see the navigation lightS ofthe tug 10 ront of u ,and al 0 to left
and right, the na igatlon li ht of other
tugs, and other glider bound on the
same miSSion. Circling abo e from time
to time, I can ee the ligh of the
fighter creen, which i protecting u .
And looking back down the glider,
there are seated - although I can't ee
them In the half light - twenty ix
officer and men. All laden up with
equipment so heavtly that they canhardly walk. But the' e got to carryWith them the mean by which thecan Ight the moment they land.
They are no doubt wondering
whether the parachuti t have
succeeded In elzlng the ground on
whl h we're gOing to land. But if
the 're ""orned about it they gIve no
igns of It... bove the roar of the air
beating on the ide - on the wooden
Ide of the gl ider - you ean 't hear their
voices, Except occasionally you catch asnatch of a ong. Annie I.aune. The
Mountains 0/Morne. And I even heard
'em singing lAnd o/llope and Glory....We've jut passed over the coast of
France. And all around us from all over
the coast, ack-ack fire is going up, away
to the right, and away off to the left.
But in front of u ,there' nothing
coming up at all. Except immediatelyover about half-right where there's a
fair amount of tracer treaming up from
roughly the area where we're going to
land. '£ he moon i still hiding behind
the cloud, but they've been firing a
fair amount of heavy tuff up away over
near Le Ilavre, where we've got a
d i er ion goi ng on with other bombers.
nd that has attracted mo t of theirattention. I can see no sign of any of
the other tug aircraft. No ign of any
fires on the ground as the re ult of
bombing. omething very heavy bur t
ju t above u and brilliantly lit the
cockpit.
Now the ground below is still
showing no signs of enemy activity. I
can sce away on our right the river
r-Oay ""a commemorated alittle earlier In King' than in
the re t of the country, on 1
March, at a Joint Llddell Ilart entre
for Military Archi e and Department
of War tudle conference which
Included academic debate, \ eteran '
recollection, reading from the
archives and an exhibition. Thi was
followed by the annual lecture, al 0 on
D-Oa ,gIven b Max Ila tlng , editor
of The DaIry Telegraph. The follOWingextra ts give JU t a flavour of thetremendously rich re ources held inthe archive at King's oncernlng
D·Oay, which ha e been extenslvel)
trawled a ba kground for mediacoverage of commemorative eventS.
toward the co t of computer and
oftware purchase for Image anal I.
Or RP Clar , 2-,000 (Ran Prize
Fund . Contribution to .... ard
upportlfig the Thermal 81010
Re earch "nit. Or G . lann, Or J IIwelry, - -, 5 - (Wellcome Tru t) to
support a research tudent hip entitled'modulation 0 nitric oxide nthase
and cular tone b en Ironmentaloe trogemc chemIcal '. Or .. J Abbott.ProfM W 8 8radbury, 7, 32 (:-"'1 RC)
to support a re earch project entitled'tran port of26 I, 67Ga and - Fe in
cultured brain endothelium-role of
complexes with sansferrin & other
ligands'. Total grant, 352,3' .
PortugueseTotal grantS, £1, O.Psychological MedicineProfMurray, 05,9 (YorkshireIlealth Authoflty) to upport a researchproject entitled 'comparison 0Inten ive and tandard case
management'. Total grants, £605,9Theology and Religious StudiesDr P 13 Clarke, £274,240 (I n mute for
Research In Iluman Ilappines ) to
su pport a research project entItled 'the
role of Japane e 'ew Religions In the
creation of new work ethic and the
spread of Japanese cu lture In the West.
Total grants, £27,4790.War StudiesProf L Freedman, Or B Ileuser,
£28,000 (Foreign and CommonwealthOffice) fellowship for overseas
students. Total grant, £114,359.
Total amount awarded in thequarter, £6,659,281Total grants awarded in thequarter (including supplementsand extensions). 138
P
\\ hich i our main guide for coming In
to the landing zone, which I on thc
left of the river. nd there now I can
ee the light which is to guide u in to
our main landing ground. At lea t I
hope it' the light that' to guide u .
[t' come on and gone off again. It'
hard to tell whether the light we ean
ee at the moment are the lights of the
landing zone or the light eOl up from
enemy erey ignal , or even from aek
ack, but we shall very soon know.
Lance Corporal Morris, 6thCommando, 6 June 1944Time wa now approx 0800 hour and
the stand by order was given, though
on looking 0 er the side there eemed
to be a hell of a lot of water between uand the beach. The next move \ as by
the \,'avy; at 0 .15 hours we heard
'Ramp Down' and they began to lide
into the water. \Ne mo ed at theame
time, and we were on the ramp before
it had etded in the water and we were
liding and running down iL We werc
only poised in mid air for a plit 5econd
but the feeling was one of a duck being
held up for a target and all the gun in
creation firing at you. We landed in the
water with a plash, Curly Walker BillDraper, Ginger Caldwell, myself and
the la t of our Bren team, a York hire
lad called Goodyear. I looked around
and could not ee Bill an where, then
up he bobbed; he had gone right
under, Bren and all. V. e then began to
wade a hard a we could. The water
was now che t high and it ""a vcr
hard going with all that kit on. The
water had filled our ru ksack and wa
in our blou e. e began to cur e Jerr
and e eryone el e we could lay tongue
to. oon we began to reach hallower
water and we felt more of a target and
wi hed we were back in deep water
again. We tried to run but it only
'ferry's shelling was gellingfiercer every
second and shells were making large
splashes in the water as they /ell around us '.Lance Corporal C Mom's, 6 Commando.Photograph/rom the BUSH collection,Liddell Ilart Centre for Military Archives.
cau ed pia hing, which we tried to
avoid, even though we were wet
through and soaked.
All around u wa a ma of figure
bobbing up and down, also ome that
didn't bob, but just sagged and were
tossed around by the wave; some had
already paid the price.
We made the beaeh at 0 .20 hours
and all was confusion, or 0 it wouldhave seemed to an spectators, had
there been an ,but actually it wa a
well rehearsed plan going into action,
at least a far a ou r lot was concerned.
We could not make a bee-line off the
beach but had to cut acro the front of
the area where the battalion of the
'East Yorks' had been landed,
upported b tank. Here wa a hell of
a ight, for they had oon run into
trouble, and had suffered heav
ca ualtie . Bodie lay prawled all over
the beach, some with leg, arm and
head mi sing, the blood clotting in the
wet and. Iso nearby some of the flail
tanks had uffered mishaps and were
burning fiercely. All thi and the moansand screams of tho e in agony blended
with the hriek of bullets and whining
of hell and wa a terrifying a pecL
l\.'earby the RAMC lad were doing
their stuff, dragging bodie out of the
water and tending to the wounded on
the bea h. They were brave lads these,
and they called them non-combatants. I
would not have changed place with
them for a fortune. We truggled acro 5
the loose 5and, running, slipping and
dodging, till finally we reached the top
of the beach and clambered into theyard of a nearby house, where we
quickl formed up and a check wasmade. A yet we had suffered no troop
casualtie . We got moving again, forenemy nipers and mortar fire from
acro the treet were getting our range.
Pa c I'
lex Blngh m, altnng PrtSI tnlof
KCLSU, I kts hard look at tltt Collegt'
pnontlts In Iltt Itgltt ofrtanl
devtlopm IS
igher education ha been a
fa t changing entity 0 er the
past quarter of a century, "'ithalmo t a new Education Bill every
year. The Imposition by theGovernment of new limits on student
number and finance ha highlighted
the need lor tight controls. But ha our
philo ophy now mo ed toO far rom
the onglnal concept of higher
education, and are we forgetting the
reason why we are all here: le learning
and the development of human
knowledge and understanding?
:v1 mother actuall attendcd
King's In the 50 ,and her abiding
memory IS that after he had left, (In
fact five years after) the porter on the
Main Entrance till remembcred her
name. The personal touch, and
community, was upremely Important,
and thiS howed in the way the
College approached its tudents and
staff. Ilow that differs with the present
y tern, where many feel a facelc
organisation runs an exam machine
whose sole aim is to pull In as many
tuden (and therefore as much
money) a pos Ible, u Ing them a a
commodity and then processing them
out With a degree. The Importance of
de elopment through educational
expenence has now been relegated. to
have Its place taken by Image,
marketing and outward appearance.
\nd whd t not putting do~~n the c
Important factor, have \lC here at
King's got the balance nght'
Gone are the days of JCRs and
CRs to be replaced by faceless,
characterless refectories that do not
encourage ocial debate, moving all of
us away from personal diSCUSSions and
I'
intellectual development. Only the
mo t dedicated of debater v.ould dare
try ro ic off an open debate in any
of the Ite re ecrorle or ear 0 bein
told to hut up and mo~ e. lIar I .
condUCive to conver atlon.
o where ro from here? Do we
continue to cram people In at the
expense of our aim and objectl es?
Or do we reformulate the higher
education equation giving greater
weighting to ome of the les exam
orientated factor that make our
uni er ities the en y 0 the ~\orld? It
IS not a que tlon we at King' alone
can an wer, hut It doe'> require all
tho e in olved in higher education to
try and make the change. If we don't,
we are slmpl colluding With a policy
that look to turn univerSitieS into
effecti ely grammar chools, but
In tead of -levels, you get a degree.
The introduction of the ridlculou ne\\
league table. Imply focus on exam
related factors as being the only factor
by which we judge our highered ucation. I have not seen one yet that
looks at the quality of students'
union, amount of ocial space per
head, quality of sportsground or
<]uality of pastoral care. For many at
university, these are almost as
important a their degree, and I
believe It I ""rong to influence ixth
former' chOice of universl ""iththe e punou ht, ""hose accurac
dubiou any v.a .
\\'e 111 hi her education, are no
longer the radi I of the 0, but v.e
can till in uence a debate on our
education. Let' et the agenda. Let'
tart to dicta e the be t way to run
higher education. We are the experts
who live It da In, day out. urd ""e
are the one \I ho know be t?
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The Pn'ncipaJ presents Anthony Rokkawith the Burt BroiJsford award a5Sportsman ofthe year.
nPre ne 1
dinner
n 12 May K L C held their
annual 'Pre entation and
Colours dinner' at the
Cumberland Jlote!. Thi event
traditionally give the port men and
women of King' the opportunity to
celebrate the ach ievement of the pa t
porting year; and there wa plenty to
celebrate thi ear.KCLSU fund over lOO different
port club and societie to date,
offering students a wide range ofpur uits to compliment their academic
dutie . Around lOO students attendedthe dinner and received variou award
for their contribution to spon at
King' . The Principal and his Wife
were kind enough to accept the
Union' invitation to be 'guests of
honour' and after a delightful meal
Profes or rthur Lucu pre entedome tudents with 'colours, laurels
and honorary life membership'
respectively. The Burt Brail fordawards for portsman and
port woman of the year were
awarded to Anthony Rakka for
outstanding service to King's Football
and Sarah Jowett for out tanding
service to King's Hockey team. The
night wa a triumph for the Students'
Union and for all student who
attended.
After the formalitie , the rest ofthe night's activitie were geared
towards the time honoured student
traditions of drinking and dancing
(with the Principal and his wife readily
accepting invitations in the lattercategory). :"ext year the Ritz... po ibly!
KCL . would particularly like to
thank the Principal and his wife for
taking time out to support the Union
on thi occasion.
Kathy Banner, a PhD Pharmacologystudent, wa one of six K candidates
to receive a travel scholar hip of£I,-OO
from the UCB Institute of Allergy topresent some of the Pharmacology
Group's work at the American
Thoracic ociety, Boston during \Ilay
th i ear.
Were you a 'Night Owl' atBirkbeck?Birkbeck College. University ofLondon has recently established the
Birkbeck ociety. Membership is open
to anyone who holds a degree, diploma
or certificate from Birkbeck College or
the Centre for Extra-Mural tudies.
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piu our magazine VtnqJOI Is threetime a ear, and member hip i ree.
I you, or anyone you no", "ould II e
lO become a member of the Bir bec
plea e contact the \Iumnu
o Icer, Glenda Dean, on rl· I
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Singing lessons
A allable at Cnl\er Iry ollegeLondon. Please call 0 1-446 72 or
the CCL \1 u IC oclet on 071· 77050.
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Does anyone have an old·fashioned typewriter in good
working order?
I need to get onc for my father who at
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has! Offer , please,
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M u~ic ecretary ext 2029.
Home wanted
For 16 year old Lar ·Erik Amend for a
five week period this July/August ~o
that he can improve his English.
Would appreciate taying in a famil
which al 0 has a teenage on intere ted
in sport. Generous renumeratlon
offered. Plea e contact igurd mend,
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German.
rProfessor Michael Ginsburg Bsc
PhD DSc FIBiol FKC
1923-1994
"1lchael Gan burg, Profe~ or of
Pharmacology at Chel ea College mce
1 6 and at KIng' from I 5 lO 19died on 21 \1ay.
\1lchael wa born an Ed anburghand was educated at Ilerlot School
and the Lnlversit) of I~dlnburgh,
where he obtained an honours degree
In chemistry. After he obtained hiS
doctorate, \1lchael moved to the
Department of Pharmacology at theLJ ni erSlty of Bristol where hc
establi hed hlm~elfas an out~tanding
re earcher. lie devi\cd bioas~ays for
the measurement of plasma
concentration of hormones of the
posterior pituitary gland, and used
these to study the release and
metaboli m of these hormones. I lethen proceeded to study themechanism involved in the torage
and tran port of posterior pituitary
hormone in the hypothalamu , in
particular the significance of hormone
binding protein, neuroph sin. I le
became Reader In Pharmacology at
BrislOl in 19 0, and was awarded a D
m 1964.
fter a year as i Itlng Profe sor
of Pharmacology at olumbia
Cni er ity, :"ew York, Yllehael
decided he needed to extend hiS
Intere ts in pharmacology and al 0 to
become involved in the training of
students in the field. His dedication to
the education of young
pharmacologists remained throughout
his academic career. lIe thus moved to
Chelsea College, which at that time
was the only College that offered a
BSc degree in pharmacology. Michael
e tabli hed pharmacology a an
independent department and built
that department up to the point "'here
it became he major producer 0
pharmacolo graduate in the Cnited•mgdom, a "'ell a;, a centre 0
e cellence m re earch lIe e tended
hI o"'n "'or on protein bandingtudie to the examination 0 theIgn ificance of the teroid binding
protein in the developing brain, and
al 0 led a team tud ing themeehanl m of dependence and
tolerance to opiate drug.
:\ con Clentlou academiC,
~llehael accepted more than hi fair
share of re ponslbilitie . I le wa on the
editorial board of the Journal ofl~ndocnnol01!J for over twelve 'ears and
a council member of the ociety for
Endocrinology from I -73. lIechaired thc Board of tudie inPharmacology, the Workmg Part) on
the intercalated 13 degree formedical tuden~, the Working Partfor the 13. degrce in Toxicology andthe peclal ,\dvlsor Committee on
. ur~mg Studie . lIe was also a
member of nine other committees of
the Cnlverslty, mcluding Senate, and
sat on the Council of liRE and the
Rc earch Committee of the Arthritis
and Rheumatism Council. lIe was
Dean of Basic Medical eienees at
King's from 19 6 until his retirement
in I
Michael will be remembered byhi colleague a a kind and thoughtful
Ilead of Department. lie was alwayspositive and felt that encouragement,
rather than criticism, wa the wa to
achieve a happy and productive
teaching and research unit. lie went to
great lengths to ensure that everyone
wa made aware that he valued their
contribution. A man aloof great
modesty, Yl ichael' friend hip and
example wdl be mi sed by hi
colleague. We extend our mpathy
to hiS Wife \1ajorie and hi children
and grandchildren.
Dr Jack Bolting(Leeturerl enior Lecturer Chelsea
College, King's College London 1959
19 0)
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12 JulyFirst Annual Education lecturefrom the Centre for EducationalStudiesGrea Hall, S rand Ca pus, 8 00
RaIsing standards In educatIonPro essor S ewar Su herland, ViceChancellor 0 the Unlversl y 0
London and Her ajesty's Chle
Inspector for Schools. For de ailscontact Julie Bacon, ext 3189
III rnanltlc
27 JuneDepartment of Musiclecture/Concert and FarewellGrea Hall, S rand Campus, 7.30
Celebra Ion of he wor of icola
Lefanu who IS leaving ing's tobecome he new Head 0 MusIc atYork Universi y
29 JuneInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies ColloquiaRoom 6C, Main Building, StrandCampus, 17 00What does Compere quote? Theriddle of the Chansons de regrets.
Clemens Goldberg, Berlin
30 JuneDepartment of MusicTemple Church, 13.05
by kind permission of the Master ofthe Temple. Choir 0 the Departmeno Music: Heinrich Schutz and hiscontemporaries
5 -13 JulyLondon Summer School inClassicsFor fur her in ormatlon con ac
argare Brown, Departmen ofClassics, ex 2867
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6JulyInstitute for the Study andTreatment of Delinquency FifthEve Saville Memorial lectureCouncd Room, Strand Campus, 18.30The courts and the challenges of themulti-cultural societySir Henry Broo e, Chairman 0 the
Law Commission, the Chairman ofhe E hnic inori ies AdvIsory
Commit ee of he Judicial S' udies
Board and a High Court judge.T is lec ure series commemora eshe con ribu ion made 0 ISTD, and
o he wider ield 0 criminal JUS Ice,by Eve Savdle BE, who died in
986 and served he Ins i u e as its
General Secre ary or hirty years.
There is no charge, but donations 0
the Eve Saville emorial Lec ureFund, which ensures the continuanceo these lectures for the future, willbe appreciated. If you wish 0 attendplease contact Julia Braggins, Tel '
071-8732822. Fax 071-873 2823.
I lit:. Bd Il kdical lfl IIlcllh l'nlC
27 JuneRandall SeminarThe Randalllnstitute, Drury Lane, 17.00Transcription factors in hemopoeticcell differentiationDr Graham Goodwin, Institu e forCancer Research, Fulham
11 JulyRandall SeminarThe Randall Institute, Drury Lane, 17.00
8 Iymphocyte actIVationProfessor Douglas Fearon, Wellcome
Trust Immunology Unit, University of
Cambridge
8-9 SeptemberEuropean Conference on GeneTherapy of CancerFocusing on the latest developments
in gene ransfer systems; antisenseand ribozyme based strategies; herole and use of tumour specifican igens, immune co-stimulators, and
cyto ines in the induction of immunerejection 0 cancer; drug sensitivity/resis ance gene delivery s ra egies;
and adop ive immuno herapy.Contact the Con erence Secretaria :
European Conference on GeneTherapy 0 Cancer, The Rayne
Institute, CSMD, 123 ColdharbourLane, London SE5 9 U. Tel 071-3463126 or fax 071-733 3877.
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Recognition Express, supphers of the
ollege lapel-badge, have opened a
new branch In the City of London.
Their new address i 321 E ex Road,
London. 13P .'f elephone 071- 54
9061;fax071-7042 4.
Thank you to everyone who took part
in the ten-mile fundraising walk III
May, which was in memory of Cathy
Ilealy' eleven month old son,
Lawrence, who recently died in King's
College Ilospital (reported in Commenl
number 7 ). The grand total raised for
thc Children' Liver unit at the
110 pital wa. £\,7 0, which wa over
£1,000 more than anticipated.
A team from the chool of Medicine
and Dentl try will be representing
King' in an early round of the popular
student quiz programme Unive i/}
Challenge, which return to televi ion
later thl year. The King' team effort
wdl be recorded In Jul and is due to
be tran mltled In the autumn on BBC 2.
l
The third edition ofthe \.{,:1 I's On 01
Ing's lea et v. ill be publi hed In
eptember \ 4. If your
department/unit/centre WI he lO
pubhcise even for the next serne ter
plea e send the detad to he Pre
and Publication ffice at Cornwall
Ilou e ;\nnexe
[ckl h Ill.:
Barrie Morga n
Director of External Relations
ucce ful in a variet) of v.alk of life.
mong t tho e we are In touch with,
Deryc \1aughan (Geo raph .) I
Chairman and Chief Executive of
alomon Brother Inc. the
international In e trnent ban ; Laurie
Green (Theology) I BI hop 0 Bo tol;
tephen Wllhams (La\\) IS Compan
ecretary of Cnde er; -\lex arlde
(Law) i Liberal Democrat lember 0
Parliament for Montgomery.
The Reulllon Committee IS
particular! anxiou that a man
member of taff a po ible from this
period attend. The KCLA Office will
be extending a per onal inVitation to
member of taff till in po t, but
would appreciate receivlllg contact
add res es for retired member of taff
\ Ith \\hom colleagues are till in
tOuch. I hope as man colleague as are
able will JOin us for what proml e to
be an enjoyable triP down memor)
lane. More crucially, the day Will al 0
Increa e the bonding with a group of
alumlll, v.ho are now at the apex of
their careers, for the greater good of
the College.
Bob Redmond
General ervice Manager
All area telephone codes will change on
16 April )99S 0 that' l' wi 11 be added
after the initial '0' to all area codes. For
example Inner London's code will
become '017) '. The International
access code will change from '010' to
'00', to bring it into hne with other
European countrle .
From the beglnnlllg of August
both the new and the old code will be
operational.
Please bear these change In mind
when you are ordering College
tationery, preparing publications, etc.
( h 11 <.:
Ilumber
Melanie Gardner
Pre s and Information Officer, ext 307
)~ I CUI11011
, 111
beheve It wa And)' Warhol v. ho
aid that everybod . I amou or
\- minute. I \\ould h e to pro e
thl adage and make orne of our
graduating tuden famou for a fev.
moment, although we hope that ome
ma even 0 on to be famou for a lot
longer.
I am attempting to increa e the
pre coverage we receive for our
graduation ceremonie . At pre ent we
end tudent a press relea e (with the
Registry mailing) encouraging them to
fill in their own particular detail
degree, ubJect, future plan etc - and
to end It to their local new paper We
are actuall) quite succe ful in thiS and
want to budd upon it.
The aim I to find intere tlng or
e pecially noteworthy informatIOn
about our student and to find out
about tho~e who have gained their
degree In unu ual per onal
circumstance. For example, has your
department got identical tWin
graduating with Firsts? Are a mother
and on both graduating at the amc
time? llave you got an octOgenarian
planning to go on and study for a PhD?
Do you get the picture? 11 I nced
you to do i to ring me with your
suggestion and I will ort the rest out.
Also, bear in mind over cas studcnts
bccau e overseas publications
e pecially welcome thi type of story.
reunion for 196 graduate will
bc held on 1 October 1994.
Participants, who will gather
between 15.00 and 16.00, will be able
to choose from a variety of activities in
the late afternoon. They will come
tOgcther at 18.30 for the Principal's
Reception, which is followed at 19.30
by the Reunion Dinner in the Great
Ilall. The guest peaker will be Sir
John Hackett CBE, the then Principal.
Graduates from 1969 have been
I'