Comment 096 May 1996

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ENTthe College NewsletterSongbook celebration e Fello

T he College ha, announced

rhe 1996 FcllO\l'>hip,>, "l"he~

arc a'> 1'011011 '>:

• I'rofe.,.,or Brian Bond, Profe"or of

\\':11' Srudie,

• I ,ord Swnle~ (:Iinron-l),l\ i" Labour

Peer. Ilou'>e of Lord, Oppo~ition

Spoke,>man on "l"ran'>port

·I'rofe'>'>or Brian ()alie, FRS.

Profe'l'or of:\ larhemarie, -

• Profe,~or .\drian Eudlc,wn.

I'rofe,~orof I,i\er Immunolog~ anu

l)ean of rhe Faculr~ of Clinical

\lcdicil1l:

T he In~riwre of ,\<.h"lI1ce,'d

:\Iu,ieal Swdie,>:H "ing\

recentl~ celebrared rhe

aequi,irion for ir~ archil e, of rhe

SOllg//f)/j/.' of :\Iar~ \\'iegold \\ ith a

concerr in the Great Ilall or,gani,ed h~

Chri,wpher \\'inrle. rhe .\,~i,>wnt

l)ireewr, The SOllg/l{jf)!.- eompri~e,>

ahour ISO conremporary ,ong~ dra\\ n

from different part, of rhe 11 orld,

Some of the eompmer,

repre~entl:d at rhe concerr 11 ere (from

kfr to right. ab()\e): ,\ndrei, I'an

Ro,~em, Sir Ilarri~on Birr\\ i~tle ("Cl,),

Ro,>,> Lorraine ("CL), Si" ina \liI~rein

("CLl, Roberr "eele\ ("CL) and

John \\'oolrich, The concert. \\ hich lIa,

conducred h~ Brad Cohen and Sir

I Luri"on Birnl i,rle. 11 a,

enrhu~ia~ticall~ receil cd b~ the large

audience,

Chri,>wpher \\'inrle

\lu,ic l)eparrmeJ1(

l/iI1lJ:'islk/A'illg's {f))){l'/1 fll Qlff'I'1I

l-.lizrl/)I'Ih Ilrt//: SI'f' Pfl!!I' It}

• I'rofe~'>()r John Gorrou. Profe,~orof

Biopharmac~

• I'rofe,~or Simon 110\1 ell. Profe'>'>or of

Endoc.:rinl: Ph~ ,iolog~ and Ilcau of rhe

Biomedical Science,> Di\'j,ion in rhe

School of Life. Ha,>ic \lcuical eIlcalrh Science,>

• :\11' Geralu Ilughe~, Bur'>:u

• Sir Brian Pl:ar~e. Collq:?;l: "l"rea,urer

and Chairman of I,uca, 1nuu,trie,

{,'tJlililllll'rI Oil PIIJ!.!' l

I Icad<;hip<; of Academicl' nit:-,

Edinburgh International Science Fe<;ri\ al

T he (:ouneil ha\ apprOl cd the

1'011011 ing appoinmlenr\:

Head of School of EducationDr D~ lan .\p \\'iliam !<If three I ear\

from I .\ugU\t 19<)()

Head of School of LawProfe~\or lan Kenneu~, for tllO ~e~lr\

from 1 Augu\t 1946

Head of Division andDepartment of NursingProfessor .I en ifer \ \'i 1\(1I1-l1a rner. for

three le~lr\ from 1 .\ugU\t 1446

Head of Department of WarStudiesProfes\or Lawrence Freeuman, for

three years from 1 August 1946

Head of Department of MusicProfcssor Larrl' Drefus. for threc ~ears

from 1 August 1996

Head of Department ofPharmacyProfcssor Chris l\larrion for three years

from 1 Augusr 1996

Head of Department ofObstetrics & GynaecologyProfessor Kypros ;\,icolaiues. \I ith

immediatc cffecr umil .,1 .lu" 1999

Head of Group, MolecularBiology & BiophysicsDr Keith Dudlc~, for threc yelr\ from

1 .\ugU\t 1996

Thc Chairman of the Council. on

behalf of thc Council. ha\ apprm cd

the folloll'i ng:

Head of Department of EnglishDr Cli\'c l1ush. for thrcc \'e~H\ from 1

Augu~t 1996

Head of Department ofTheologyProfcssor (;raham Sranwn. for three

) ear~ from 1 August 14<)6

Profc,sor Richard (;riffith\ 11 ill

conrinue a\ Ilcad of the Ikparrmcnr

of French for a further {\I 0 ~ear\.

I n .\pril. the Cemre for \Iemal

Ilcalth Scn ice\ Del c!opmenr

org~lI1i\ed a \eminar on T!t" Bio-

/Ill diml fl/l/l/7J(/{!t III '/111'/11111 illlll'ss' -

.idIJtld: ur.fflllllioll?~1{ the Edinburl!:h

Imernational Science Fc\til al. The

el cm lI:h \pon\oreu bl the \ Iemal

Ilcalth Foundation. Penumbra. anu

the Sconi\h A\\ociation for \ lemal

Ilcalth. and lI~h the brain-child of

Profc\sor Ilarold Baum, 11 ho ha\ a

IOllg-\randing illl oh emenr 11 ith the

Fe\tilal. The dilcr\e p~ulel of expert,

attracted .1 capaeitl audience anu

prOl'ided a renecril·e. respecrful anu

frank uebate on a horl~ -eoll{ested area

in 11 hieh I iell, tenu to polarise.. \fter

an imroducrion b~ Sue Leunaru,

Ilcalth Corre,>pondem of Smlllllld 011

SllIIdlly. Profe\\or Robin l\lurr~ll' of the

In\tiwte of P\~chiarn described reccm

medical adlances in unuerstanuing and

rrcating ,>chil.ophrenia. \holl ing h(m

eorrclation, betllcen the e\perienee of

I oiees and brain acril'iry reI ealcd b~

nell brain imaging techniques 'upporr

rhe hyporhe,>is thar hallueinarions mal

represem rhe mi,imerpre{ation of

one's OInl inner speech.

Dr Ann Rogers of rhe Cenrre for

Primary Ilealth Care Re~eareh and

De\'elopmenr pro\'ided a critical

re\'iew of the eoneepr of seh izoph ren ia,

its link ro trearmcnr ane! ourcome, and

a sociological anail'sis of 11 hI

biomcdical approaches continue {()

prcdominate.

Professor Peter .lenner of King's

gal'e an inspiring aecounr of the

enormous progress that hau been

achiel'ed in understanding the

biological ba,>is of Parkinson's di,>ease

and its relationship (() el1\'ironmenr~d

,rressors, Rc. earch had prOl'ided the

Fell()\\ <; ('()//lil//I(ldfrOIll Pfle:f I

• Professor Roberr Si mmons, FRS.

Professor of Bioph\'sics and Direewr of

rhe Randall Instiwte

• Prokssor (;raham Sranwn, Professor

of Nell Testamem Swdies.

The,e Felloll,hip~ 11 ill be conferred at

onc of the three Pre,>enration

promi,e of b(){h drug treatmenr anu

pn:lematile mea\ure, (() reuuce

Ildnerahilit~.Thi\ 11 ork pn)\ ideu 'I

tempLm: for biomcdical lIork in

'>chifophrcnia .

Profe\\or Rich~lrd Hemall of the

['nil er,itl of Lil erpool gal e a radied

critique of the diagnO'>e\ of

,chil.Ophrenia. and \Ir Ron Colcm~ln of

the llearing \'oicc, :'\ctll ork made a

forceful and per\ua,il e aeeoum of hi\

per,pecril con biomeuical approaches

({) schil.Ophrenia, stre\sing the social

comro! functions of diagno\is and

ph~,ic~d rreatnH;nr. the sociali\atiol1 of

medical ,rafT. the unreali\tie

e\pecration, of genctic rescarch and

the modc\t imprOl clllems gaincd

through currcnr treatmcnr,>, lie callcd

for grcater emph~,i\ on under\tanding

thc pCNlIlal root\ of p" chologic~1

di.,trcss. such as thc cxpcricncc of

childhood \c\ual ahu.,e, thc

dCI clopmellt of ,clf-hclp nctll orks.

and ,>impll t:i1king to sefl'icc US(;[\

about their e\perience of

hallucinations and dclu. ions,

.\mong thc points rai,cd in thc

di.,cuS\ion lIa, the need for

p\ychiatri\t\ to bc bctter

pharmacologi,t\, Thc cxtent of

common ground among thc \pcakcr,

all(m cd for some optimi. m conccrning

a realistic cI'aluation of the currcnt

''>t~lte of thc art' and thc directions for

futurc rcsearch and intcfl'cntion,

StCI'C On~ cn

Scnior Rc,carch Fclloll

Ccrcmonics bcing hcld on 29 and.> 1

.lul~ and Z i\ugu'r.

1\lorc dcrail> about the Fellolls

will appear in the next edition of

(:OIl/IIIl'III,

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,1/11I!;lInl.\'III/II//(1I1

Open Day

Wh~r do \'Oll do \I hen .UWO

\ i,iwr, de'eend on "ing',

College'

You m~~ feel ~n ~ppropriare

re'pon,e i, ro ,ra~ ~\I ~~! 110\1 e\ er

eon,ider rhar \ irruall~ all rhe \ i,imr,

arc rro,pecri\ e uni\{;r,ir~ ,rutlenr'

\I ho \I illle~\ c Kin!!;'" h~\ ing g~ined

n;rr~in impre\'>ion, \I hich rhe~ \I ill

ine\ irabl~ di,cu'>\ \I irh friend,. famil~

and reacher,. The imporrann; of rhe

enrire College communir~ being ,n

rheir di'po,~1 cannor be dcnied

Thi, \clr', annu,11 Open I)~\, rhe

e\ enr \I hich dre\l ,uch cr()\\ t"- \I~' m

all appearance, ~ 'ucce\'>,

The logi,ric, of dealing \\ irh '0

m~n~ \ i,iror,. mo,r of \\ hom ir 'eemed

~rri\ cd in tlood, during rh<.: morning.

all \I irh difTerenr ,ubjecr inr<.:re,r,.

\~ r\·i ng arri rud<.:' a bou r h igh<.:r

educ~rion '"ld \I h~r rhc) e'pecr from

uni\ <.:r,ir~. could nor ha\ <.: b<.:en

reali'<.:d \\ irhour ill\ oh <.:m<.:nr from all

:Icldemic dep~rrmenr,~nd ,urporr

,en i<.:e' piu, ~ brillianr r<.:am of Kin/:(,

,rudenr, \I ho could be idenrified

'porrin!!; blue KCL T-,him.

King'" repurarion tilr being a

'friendh in,rirurioll' \la, cerrainl~

rdlccred in rhc commenr, madc h\ our

\ i,iror,. \\'hihr nor ~II ,rudcnr, h~\ c, ar

rhi, earl~ ,r~/!:e, m~de a commirmcnr ro

a parricul~r ,ubjecr. Ier alone Il~m)\\cd

t!l)\\ n rh<.:ir ehoie<.: of in,rirurion,. rhe

m~jorir~ :He keen [() di,cu\'> cour,<.:

derail \\ irh academic, and gain

impre'>\ion, from cum;nr ,ru<lenr,.

Th<.: Srud<.:nr,· I 'nion'" 'Li\ ing in

I ,on don Forum' arrr,lcred ,ome 200'rLId<.:nr, and rhank, i, due ro ~II

member, of KCLSI' \I ho eonrribur<.:d

ro rhe da~.

Each \ear rbe number of \ i,iror, ro

rh<.: Open 1)'1\ increa,e,. l'nforrunareh

\I <.: ,eem n<.:ar e~p~eir~ ~nd an e\'>enri,11

re\ ie\l of rhe e\ <.:nr ~nd hO\l' w rl~n for

rhe furure \I ill rake place. Ir i,

ine\ irable rhar rhe need, of each

School. and indeed e~eh Deparrmenr.

\ ary and ro ,:ni,l\ e\ eryone i, a

formid~hle ra,k. Commenr, from an~

memb<.:r of ,ralT \I ho \I~, around on 2:1

.\pril. \I herber or nor ~Oll \I ere ~cri\eI~

ill\ oh cd in rhe <.:\t:nr. \I ould heir u,

\I irh ,uch :1 re\ i<.:\I. Plca,e do conracr

Su,~nne French. Srud<.:nr R<.:eruirmenr

C' E ,eh~nge, Office, Corn \I all Ilou'e

(c-mail '.french) \\ irh ~()ur \ ie\l ,.

Su,anne Fren<.:h

.'>rudenr R<.:cruirmenr C' E:\changc,

Prospecting for

Or Alien Penlerosl uf Ihe Di'i.:isiuII

ofl.ife Sril'll(('s r!esrrive:; Ihe lalesl

r!e'i.:e/oplllenls ill Ihis film,

Earlier rhis year a conferem:e \\'a~

held ar rhe Cl BA Foundarion in

London on rhe origin~ of life on Earrh

and rhe pros peers for lifc on :\lar~, The

meering \\'as held ar rhe beginning of a

ne\\' era of l\ larrian explorarion - ar

leasr r\\o l\lars missions arc planned

larer rhis year - from Russia and rhc

['nircd Srares, HsucCl:ssfuL derailcd

gcochemi al and geophysical

informarion \\'ill be relan:d back ro

Earrh and used ro elcer landing ~ire~

for a planned 'rerurn ~ample mi~,ion'

early in rhe 21 'r cenrury,

The Cl BA eonfcrcnce addre ~cd

many a~pcer~ of rhe :\ larrian and carl~

Earrh cl1\'ironmenr. Experr~ from a

\\ ide range of disciplincs ga\'e rheir

opinions on rhe mo~r likely place~ ro

~eareh for early life, 1\lueh prominence

\\'as gi\'en [() hydrorhermal ~y~rem~,

The early Earrh \\'as cerrainly horrer

rhan ir is no\\' and cireuir~ of \ cry hor

\\'arer musr ha\'e permeared rhe cru~r.

lartian life

Some of rhc mo,r primiri\ e kno\\'n

microorgani~m" rhe 'h~ perrhermophile,'

gro\\ abm e 70 C, and occur in hor

~Ixing, and ~ubmarinc 'black ,moker,'

\\'orld\\ ide, :\Iincral depmir, form

around mo~r hor ,pring, and microbe~

frequenrly become rrapped and

pre~ef\'ed \\ irhin rhem, Thermal

\\'arer~ arc u~uall~ a~~ociared \\'irh

\ uleani~m and rherc i~ much e\'idcncc

of \'olcanie acri\'ir~ on lar,. Olympus

Ions, \'isible from Earrh \\ irh a good

releseopc, is rhc Ltr,gcsr \oleano in the

Solar S\'srcm ~Ind may ha\'c been acri\ e

for billion~ of ycar~. Imagc~ from

pre\ ious ll1i"ion~ ha\'e rC\'ealcd

porenrial sircs for hor ~pring deposir~,

An inrriguing \\'hire '~ll1udge' occur, on

Apollinari~ Parem \\'hich ma~ repre,cnr

~uch a depo~ir.

\Iodelling of rhc \\'arer-rock

inreracriom of a \\'armer :\Ltr~ by ['S

,cienrisr, suggc,r rhar lime~[()ne, ma\'

be presenr in rhe cru~r. On Earrh,

rhe. e reacr \\ irh hydrorhermal ,olurion~

[() form deposir~ kno\\'n a~ rra\ errine,

Terresrrial rra\'crrinc, arc exrremely

rich in microbial life and arc a potenrial

rarget for exploration. I ha\'e been

in\'c,rigating ,C\ eral a~peer~ of

rra\ errine formation ()\ er the \'ear~ and,

\\ irh t\\O colleague, from the :'\ASA

E:\obiology Group, \\'e arc tarring to

look at a range of hot 'Ixing

perrofabric, to ,ec ho\\ the microbial

biofabrie is im[1rimed upon them, 13\'

dct~ilcd examination of rhe cry~ralline

strucrure, cmploying l11ulri\'ariare

analy~i~, it is po~sible [() cla~sir\' rhe

f~bries and relar<: rhem to their original

biological componenr. The \'iking

lander experimcnb showed that life on

\Iars i~ unlikely at pre~enr, bur it may

h~l\'C e\'o" ed in the e<Hly hisrory of the

planet. a, ir did on E.mh, If hor-~pring

depo,it, are found on !\Iar" and if life

e\'er cxi,ted thcre, then the pro~peet~

of finding microbial fos ib in

h\ drothermal depo~it~ are good, and

rhe rerurn of <:xtraterresrrial samples i~

eagerlya\\'aited,

Aeromedical research & teaching ('Ilr!{'/:\!(/IIr1illg /l/(lIlff!l rights

L asr year COllllllelll reporred on

rhc formal associarion signcd

bcr\\'ecn King's and rhc RAF

School of A\'iariun l\lcdicine (R F

SAl\I) Farnborough. Thc link ber\\'een

rhe r\\o insrirurions, \\'hich originally

~rarred almo~r 20 Year~ ago for

po~rgraduare reaching. i~ no\\' being

furrher ~rrcngrhened b\' rc,ean:h

~,,~ociarions,On 22 April. an

.\eromedical Re~earch Forum \\a~ held

ar rhe Srrand. in order ro gi\ e ~raff

from I~\F SA\L King\, KCS\I!) and

['\1 DS a chance ro mcer and ro hear

more abour each orhers' re'earch \\'ork.

The meering \\'a~ opened b~ rhe

Commandanr of RAF SA:\L .\ir

Commodore Ton\' J\.'iehobon ~lI1d rhe

llead of King's Biomedical Science~

Di\'i,ion, Profes~orSimon Ilo\\ell, \\ ho

~poke of pa~r and furure linh ber\\een

rhe insrirurions. Speakers from RAF

SA1\I, rhe deparrmenr of Thoracic

:\lcdicine of KCS]\lD and rhe

Ph~ ,iology group~ of bmh King', and

['1\10S rhen ga\'e ~horr prcscnrarion~

of rheir currenr research. The research

me<:ring \\ .IS chaired by Air \'ice-

\Iar hal Profe~sor John Ernsring, a

former Commandanr of RAF SAl\1 and

long-~tanding\'i~iring Profe~sorof

King'~ and l':\IDS,

t\ reception ro mark th<:

inauguration of rhe nc\\ joinr

I(ing'~/RAFS.\!\I :\ISc eour,e in

.\eromedical R<:~earch follm\(;d the

re,earch mceting and thi, \\'a~

~\t[ended by the Principal. the Dean of

I(CS\ 1D, the Prineip.tl of [':\1 DS and

abour SO gue't,.

Furrher deraih of the aeromedical

re~eareh \\ ork can be obrained from

Profe~,or John Ern,ting; and of the

:\ISe Aeromedical Re~eareh COlme

from Or Srelht Ro\\ land~, borh of the

Ph\'siolog\ group,

Iris \\'irh pkasure rhar \\'e

announcc rh'l[ {'IIr!el'SlrlJldillg

Hlllllflll R~e:hts \\'as published on 27

:\I~rch, The book i~ ba~ed on the

proceedings of thc Ilart \\'orkshop on

the same ,ubject \\'hich \\'a~ held at

the In~tirute of Al" .Inced I.egal

Srudie~ in Ju" 199-t It is edircd b~

Conor C;carr~ and Adam Tomkin, and

[1ubli,hed b~ :\Ian,ell,

'l'ho,e of you \\ ell \ erscd in rhe

mod<:rn realirie, of uni\ er~it~ life \\ ill

under,rand rhe ,ignific~neeof

publication in rhe la~t \\ cek 01':\ larch,

In order 1'0 c<:lcbrate this timing a,

\\ <:11 a, the conrenr of rh<: book therc

\\'as a launch parr\" on 27 :\Iarch in rhe

Council Room,

Alan Bralhha\\'

School of I,a\\

Centre of European La\v

KCSMD elective evening

'I'lte ('mIll' of 1~'lImp/'rllll,a'lC'Semillal", COn'>tirutional Reforms in Ct:ntral and

Ea,tt:rn I~uropt: and Ru~~ia and !Il[ernational Lall', 11)()i' plall' 1)1I.!9 IlI/rl3() .J/auR

SlljJ/)(}/11,rI IJI' Ihr Bl"ilish ..1((Irlem)', Pirllll"t'rI,fmml/f/ 10 I"if{hl al"e ,I/rld" lllrl/'lIas. IJil1'1101",

{''ellllf' of 1':lImpl'rll/ l.afJ!', Sir {<'nll/I.-lill Rel7l/(///, I.egal.lrli..·iser, {<'ol1,igll Offia'. I'mfessol"

Reill ,I/MI/noll, Killg's, 11is F,\ldl('((ly, "S \'ereshr!Jr-lill. J/lr~f!,e of the IlIlel7laliollal COIlI1.

IIIIW((', HrI' F:.I('eIlrlll)'. /)(//111' Rosall'lIll~I!l!.ills. Jllrlge o/Ihl' 1/lIel7lflliolllJ! (:01111, Hag/II'

nglo Saxonattitude

Professor janc Robef[\ of thc

1':nglIsh Ikpartmcll[ and i)r

Ly nn<: Grund~ of thc R<:st::Irch

('nit in Ilumanities Computing ar<:

c<:l<:br;lting th<: r<:c<:J1[ public;ltion of

th<: first compr<:hensil <: the,aurus of

Old English, of 11 hich they arc the

compikrs, tog<:th<:r 11 ith Christian Ka~

of the llnil usit~ of Glasgoll . .I7'I/f'.wlIl1lso/0Id l.lIglish. publishcd in

the King's \lcdit:1 al StlIdit:s S<:ries,

offers a unique nell rt:sourcc to

'U1dcJ1[s of ,\nglo-Sa\on languagt: and

culrure, and ord<:r, for the tIl'O-loIUI11<:

11 ork ha\ <: bet:n r<:c<:il'ed from a'> far

afjt:ld a\ japan, !\u\tralia, th<: (l n it<:d

Statcs and Finland,

Th<: thesauru, contain, somt:

50,000 words, arrang<:d according to

their l1lt:anings, (lnd<:r th<: set:tion for

fish. for ill\tan<:e, st:holars can find

ha<:ring (ht:rring); tmht (mlllt); mtre

(oyster); kax (salmon) and 11 <:oloc

(11 ht:lk), and also usd"ul guidant:e as to

\I h<:tht:r a word is 'rarc'. 'found in

po<:try onl~ '. 'glossed' or

'q ut:stionable', Profe'>'ior (;eorgc

Ilardin Broll'n. of Sra n ford L' ni\,t:r,it~,t:ommented: 'Although th<: '1'1tf'S(//II7IS I~/

Olr! Fllglish has thc layout of Rogel. thc

Old English I'ersion prol'ides a far

l1lore important scn ice than a l110dern

English on<:, bet:ause beside~ gil ing

s\'nonYI11'i and 11 ord-c1u~ter\, it is realh'

an in~idt:-out dictionary. I r<:comm<:nd

tht: lolul11t:s to all lIbraries, \\'<: Oil C

jane R{)bt:rt~ ,Ind ht:r colleagues our

thanks and congr~l[LJlationsfor thi\

il1l aluable 11 ork.'

tho\e in the second clinical \ ear 11 ho

,hould be 'tarting to think about and

plan their oll'n elccrin:s,

Sbehzad Khan wa\ tht: fir,t pri/.<:

lI'innu thi\ yt:ar lI'itb hi, rcport on

Gu\"an~1 and the Remote ,\rt:a

\'ulull[t:cr Corps. I Ii\ pri;:c lI'a,

spon,ored joill[ly by Glaxo who

prt:scJ1[cd him lI'ith a cheque for £200and Keeler Limitt:d 11110 donated a

Keelcr Diagnostic Set.

The quality of all thc

pn:sentations this I ear 11 a, extrt:mt:l~

high. The lidt:, gal t: us a brief insight

inw the types of condition~ - both

<:11I'ironmcnw! and physical, that tht:

\rudeJ1[s faced during tht: time abroad.

Second pri;:e 11 <:J1[ to Ramc\h Sarma

II'ho IHJIl £ J SO for hi\ prest:ntation on

his e1ccril'e in Atlall[a, Third priz<:

1I'<:nt to Anita I)t:sai \I ho sp<:1l[ ht:r

t:kctil'e year in Brazil.

E\t:r~ ~ t:ar all final ~ ear medit:al

\rudents hal t: to ~pcnd a

pt:riod of up [() eight week, ar a

hospital or clinic in a COUJ1[r) of thcir

own choo,ing in order [() gain

cxperience of di,ea,es and hcalth

systt:m, in ()[her t:oull[rie,. i\lany

choo,t: ksst:r dt:1 eloped countries,

panit:ularly tho\c in tht: Tropic\. a~

thi\ alloll s them [() e\plore medical

pracrit:e in an t:1l\"ironmcll[ that i~

I'astl\ difft:rcll[ to our 011 n, \\'h<:n tht:y

<:ome haek the\' ar<: e\pt:ctt:d to

prodUCt: a repon of tht:ir I'i~it and the

bc\t thrce ~tre ,>t:lecred to be prt:'>ell[t:d

at the I-:Iet:til'e elening.

The t:1 t:ning is I t:ry kindly

\pon\(Hed b~ Gla)o.o \\'t:llcomc and

Keelt:r Limitcd who prm'ide both

judges for the p~ulel and the pri;:es,

Tht: t:\'cning i\ opcn [() srudell[s from

all year\ [() aw:nd but partit:ularly

Research grants for the quarter ended 31 January 1996

The <Yrant~ li~ted bclc)\\ \lere

ree:i\ cd in the quartcr ended

.,1 .Ianuar~ )<.JC)6. Ikwil~ arc

not gi\ en of e"ten'>iol1\ [0 e,i~ting

gr~lnt'>. of ne\\ grant~ under £5.000. nor

of tho~e \\ hich arc confidential. but the

amount,> arc included in the [Otal for

the derartment or unit concerned.

School of Education

• i\lr'.1 .lones. 5. I<.JO Ecu (I':uropc<ln

Commi,sion) supplement to the

L1NGlI project: OXYi\IORO '

Total grants: 5,190 Ecu

Total amount awarded in thequarter (School of Education)£4,237Total number of awards in thequarter (School of Education) 1

School of JJunlanitic~

Cla..,..,ic"• Professor GB \\"ay\\ell, £16.776(British cadem\" (Ilumanities

Re eareh Board» to ~upport a re,earch

project entitled lJaidaloJ rllllaOaSI'

phflSe 1Total grants: £16,776

Gcograph)• I)r i\ Tugsa\'al-Bro\\'n. .'i.OOO(International A(()mic Energy Agency)

to support a research project entitled

Geodll'llliml alld lI/i/ll'mloK,iml IlIIalysis of

swlill/I'I/I .wlI/pll'sfmll/ Ihl' Irish sm IlIId

I':am SMS. IIsillg Ihf .\rd IlIId.\·rtlllllillg

r/erlIVII lI/irrOSmpl' IfrhlliqllfJ

• Prufe,>,or .I B Tbornc,. 2<.J0.000 Ecu

(Europcan Commission) to ~upport a

re,earch project entitled COlln'l1fd

al1ioll Oil dl'.If/1i{imlioll IlIId il.\ 17'lf"i.·II//f{' 10

mllll'lI/portl/Y rlli."irOIlIl/I'I/IIJ! prob!rll/s ill

Ihe ,l/l'dilt'ITfI/If'tIIl

• Profe~sor .I B Thorne~. HI I. 745 Ent

(I~uropcan Commi,~i(}n) to ~upport a

research projcct cnticlcd .llrdill'ITfIllI'llIl

rleS1'I1ijimlioll alld It/lid liSI'.. 111'."1),1/./ 'S

I I I: pmjl'f1 -Il'phl'lI/f//J! (hll/lllf';'" fllld

l'ic'I'I:,

Total grants: £8,350 $8,0721,101,745 Ecu

Philo oph)• Dr C Ilocrl. Profc~~or D Papineau.

£34.<.J20 (l'ni\ cr it~ of London

<J:lcob~cn Tru~t Fund)) .lacob en

Fello\\\hip a\l ardcd [0 I)r C Iloerl.

• Profewlr R R K Sorabji. £10.000 (c,

Le\ enti~) [0 ,upport a re'>careh project

entitled .\/If"il'lIl COII/II/I'lIlflIOI .... 0/1. !/"islolIl'

• Profe"or R R K Sorabji. £ 146.1 02

(British AcadcJl1\" (1Ium<lnitie,

Re'eareh Board)) IIEFCE/IIRB

Institutional Fellc)\\ships A\\ard

I 995Nf>: .llIril'lll COlIl/llf'IIlfllOI:l

• Profe..sor R R K Sonlbji, £ 12H.6<.J3

(Briti~h AeadcJl1~ (1Iumanitie~

Rc~eareh Board}) Briti,h i\eadcmy

\\"olfson Re,earch Profcs~or~hip

• Professor R i\ I Saimbur\', £5.71 <.J(Le\'erh LJ Ime Trust) Re,carch

Fello\\'ship: IIIIII/I'~I' ideas ofI'MIif)'

Total grants: £327,384

Portugue"c e Bra;;ilianSrudic"Total grants: £2,338

War Srudic"• Dr B .Iasani. £<.J,732(Forscbung'l.entrum .lulieh Gi\IBH) to

sUPJ10rt a research project entitled

Ellhllllrill[[ I. \ I·:A '.1' SII/f'[[lIllfds IIsillg

Slllf,llilfS

·Dr B .Iasani. £9.309(ForschungsLentrul11.1ulich G:\1811) to

suPPOrt a research project entitled

OIJSI'!V..'llliolls OJ.WIIIl' Gemlll/I I/l/Iklll'

f{/{ililil'J by (i61 ObJel't.'lIlioll salelliles alld

1..\ I~.1stifeWlllfds

• Dr B .lasani. £10.000(Forschung'l.entrul11 .lulich G~I BH) to

support a re,earch projcct entitled

Oosl'I,:alioIlJ oflllldl'llrfllel Iydl' 01' ri'i.'il

opliml alld mdl'I' obsfI,."alioll Jalr/liles

• I)r 8 .Ia~ani. £17.355(Forschungsl.entrul11 .lulich G\IBII) to

~upport a research projcct entitled

SpI({'I'-bflSl'd 1'1'11/011' Sl'IIsill[[ 10 IIIOllilor Ihl'

SPI'l'flt! of ~'l'lfPOIIS f~f II/flJS dl'J/mNioll


Total amount awarded in thequarter (School of Humanities)£1,301,488Total number of awards in thequarter (School of Humanities)

22

. chool of L~l\\

Total amount awarded in thequarter (School of Law)£65,417Total number of awards in thequarter (School of Law) 2

School of Life, Ba"ic \kdicale Jlcalth Science'>

I,if{' Sritl/{'{'s !Jif,'isiol/ (i nclude"\ionitoring e '\""C""l1lentResearch Centre)• Profe,sor I i\ Stainc.. , \Ir 1:.1 Ward.

£42,195 (Arthriti, and Rhcumatism

Council) Contribution to\\arlh the

purcha\e of a IIPLC systel11 and

automated peptide ~ynthesiscr

• Profe~~or I) 0 I htll. 11<.J.933 Eeu

(Europcan COl1ll11i"ion) to ,uppOrt a

rc~earch project entitled TOlal (0.1'1.1 flllt!

Vf'IIf'{iIS of l,iOll/flSS ill Sekf1f't! I'l'giolls oflhe

FllroPf'{//1 /'lIioll

• Dr A Ebringer. £12.653 (Fricnd, of

"ing's College (L lSA)) donation

to\\arlls re~eareh pro,grallllllc

• Profe~sor \. i\losc,. £5.000 (Royal

Society) contribution to\\ ards rcsearch

c"penses

• Profe,sor P.l \\'hitficld. £20,691 (Sir

Ilallc~ Ste\\,:m Trust) to support a

research project to in\'estigatc Ihl'

pham/{{l'f)lof!J' fllld Ihtmpl'lllir tf{if,(({)' of

Ihl' Ilf/ldoglll'J o/Alallille

Total grants: £87,840 222,243Ecu

Hiolll('(liml Sri"fm's fJh:isiol/,\natol1l\ e JJul1lan BioJog)Group (~ncludc"Dc\ clopl1lcnral Bio!og)Rc'>carch Centre)• Dr \1 :\Iadcn (DBRC). £143.33<.J(\\'clleol11e Tru~t) to ~upport a re~earch

projcct entitled 'I 'hI' gl'lleli( Jpl'(ijimlilJlI

of (,'.\'S t!f"i.'l'lopll/f'IIl: 1If'lfIVllld flllrI IImml

07'.1'1 phl'llfJl)'pe ill Ihe drc'r/opillK, hilldomill

• Profe,sor L R Fra~er, £157,363(\\'cllcollle Trust) to support a re'>carch

project elltitlcd ,1/1'I1/(lI/iSII/S offlrlifJlIl~r

.fnlili,\fIlioll !JfYllllfJlillg pl'plidf'. a TRH

17'III!l'd II"ipeplit!e. illlllflll/II/ldirll/

SPl'l'llllfIOZOII


\IokudJr Biolo!.';\BiOph\\il (Jrot;p

• J)r \ R J)lu/.:\\">ki. Profc..,..,,,r R \1iIl)Il)oJl">. !i,'S,,'2() (\\'cIlcomc Tru r) [()

">urporr J rc">carch proJCU cnml.:dIltltlllolll" f/Jlllrol 0/ //I,,1'1/11t1 III'JI."fJII

Total grants: £87,120 $82,000

Plurm,llolo!.';~ Group• I'rofe ">or (: I' I'agc, £ 17)J)~(Purduc Fr.:uerick Comp.ll1\) [()

">upporr ~l n:,,>clreh proj.:ct enrirkd 'In/'mk III IJ/)Il ;SO;;YII/I'S fl/ld 1/11t;1I;101:\ III

tlllo:r!:;1" ;11(1(/111/11,,1;011 fllld ".(/It//lll

• I'rofc..,..,or./ \1 I ,inlcwn, £,;':; ..:;"()

(\\'ellcoIl)c Tru,,>r) ro ">upporr ~I rC">':.lrch

proj.:cr cnrirkd S/m;(il" !III'IIt(/lI/.\//IJj;JI

/II'/I/oflmlnlioll fllll,itd /Ir flrillr I '/JfI.lIIn-lo

11;1011//1

• I>rofe..,..,or ./ \ 1 I.irrkron, £2.:;,OO()

(;roupc Lipha) conrriburion [() ">upporr

r.:">.:arch on alcohol ckpcndcncc

• I'rofe..,..,or I' (; ./cnncr. :MOO,OOO

('\.ltlonall'arkin">on Foundarlon incJ..,,)

w ">llpp"rt rc">carch on Parkin">on'

di">ca">cTotal grants: £474,502$400,000

Ph~..,iolog~ (;rollP (include\'LI\ll"~lr Biolog~ Re..,earchCenrrc)• J)r J) E \1 J)olman. I)r:--' ./ .\bb()[r.!i IS.L:; 19 (\\'elk:olllc Tru,,>r) w">upporr

~I r.:">.:arch fdl()\\,,>hip enrirkd lOll

IllIII.lf)()/1I1y Iltl' Il!'fIill mdolltrl;ml (/I/(I ;/.1'

!IIodlll"I;OIl: sllId;l's IJII ;II";lm //11)(11'1., 0/

11t" lI/ood-II!'fI;1I Otl/T;I'r

• J)r C PI) \\'heckr-./one"> (\'BRC),Profc..,..,or J I) I'ear...<ln (\'13RC),

!i126,,',B (Briri,h 1karr FOllnd~l[ion)

Inrcrlllnliare Re">earch FellO\\">hip:l\\ardcd W J)r c: P I) \\·hccler-Jon.:,

• Profe..,..,or'/I) Pear,,>on (\·BRC).

li.)O, 147 <.\rrhriri.., anu Rhcumari..,m

Council) ,upporr for rhc chairlllan of

rh.: re">earch ">ub-coIl)lllirr.:c

• \ I r P C.:,are. Profc..,..,or P\ Ic'\aughwn. HO,036 Ecu (European

C:olllllli,">ion ('1'\1 R I'rogralllmc)) w

">upporr a rc..,carch ">wcknr,,>hip cnrirkd

SI'IIS01')' Intllsd,/lI;OIl ;11 fltl;II-SI'II.,;I;':/'

1If//rOIlI'S

• I)r J) Ikglcy. 11,000 ECII (I'\'L\S)

c"nrriburion w",ard,,> re">earch co">r"> fora Rll..,..,ian ..,cicnriq\, i..,ir (I)r

,\Iya II ru in)

Total grants: £424,61091,036 Ecu

Ph~ i()(lll:rap~ Group• J)r \1 \ Ilurk~. £IS,'..'i(>2 ( 'ourh and\\'c,,>r RC~l(lIul I kJlrh \urhorir\) wupporr :1 rc,,>c.lrLll proj':Ll .:nrirlcd

,\'II \ ,""Imllfll Pit \,S/IItI (/I/(/ (fJlllplt.1

(h,'fllf;I,III' R L /) I'm'.!.mlll/III:

,,1t((11;1;lflIIIJII 0//11111'"1.• ,,,"lIlt lit, lI//Ifllo;d

11/11tnl/'


·YII/xill'.!. .-" .11ir/u:'iklT f)ici.,·i/JII(include.., 'j"hrinlr,lk,..., ,...,r!1'>ri(lJrc)• I)r J \ kl .:r. £99.9:;" <I kparrm.:nr orI kalrh) rf' ">lIpporr:1 rc">carch proj.:cr

entitkd Hili/dill!!: PflI1I1uxlt;/H'/IJI'SI/lI/'.i.i:

mlll/llllllil\' I/(/( tlt...·t-!Opllll'/II pmgllllJl/llt'

• Profc~,,>or J \ Lllkod-( :Iark ('\1).

~ I ,'.O()O (I kalrh Education \lIrhorir~)

ro ">upport .1 pilm ,,>rlld~ .:nrirkd

1)/"L'I'Io/l;m: ;lItI;mllll:' pm/Ill: Itl'lllllt

,'i..;IIJI:'. 1IJ1I1/1I1111;/r 11111:\1.\. P/¥/lI;f/ IIl1l:1n'


Hm/rh Sm'l/r{'i f);'[ iiioll

\gc Concern In..,riwrc of(;cron(()log~

• I)r J E I'rc">wn. ~9.99H (t.;ir -'ult:">Thorn Ch:lrit:lhk Trll">n to ">upporr .1

re">carch proj.:ct .:ntirled 'In/'Irn'IJlYJ.I'/l;lIf1lj/lI;d IlIJd .\ /;;1t';III/'I':' 11

IIIJ!\'lo;tI pmli';1I 1!'fI1I"'/l011

• I'rofc~"'or.\ Tink.:r. Dr C Jan i">,!i24.62() (ES!<C) to ">lIppOIT a rc">carch

projccr entirlcd /'tl.I/, pn'sl'lIl Itlld

pmjl't'll'flltmd';1I fllr/ "g/' II/f)//I;d;!r

• I'rof.:~,,>or ,\ Tink.:r. I)r J ..\,,>khalll. \1,R Ilancock . .!is,OO() (\!arional Cooncil

"f\\'olll.:n ofC;rcar 13rirain) w'lIpporr

a r.:">careh projecr cnrirlt:d WOII/l'II fllltI

pO~'I'11y ;11 old "gl': <.!·;11t ,lfl"f;,,1 nIonll'!' 10

fld/'llllllllfillflmitll pm,';s;oll


(:cnrre for \knul llealrh~Cf\ ilc.., rk\ elopmcnr• \Ir t.; On~.:((, .!i.E.7-l6 (\lenwl .\frcr

Car.:.\ ~ociarion) to ..,upporr a rc..,carch

projccr .:nrirlcd ;"~·,,ItIllI;IJII II(lit/'

1.I';a'.iltl'pl7,1'1)1//'I)' IIItlllttllt/'lllllt lan'

jllfllIlI;lI,!! pmjnl


lIrririon e Dicrcric• I'rof<: or (: Gci"> ler. Dr C Can alh/)

Illnh. I)r" Da' ic~. £37.600 ('\lIrriciJ

Rc~cJrch !-'ounu.Hi"n) [() ">lIprorr J

r.:~cardl projecr cnrirku tnl Iflitl 0/1/111111< IlfllIl/lI/1I1/1I1 Iltlmjlfl/i 1II1'lIltll;111I 1111

tlllIJl/l/lt ({lid IlJZII/I;, t '/1111(/1011 IJI old, I'

/>mp/i


Pharmal'\• J)r . J \larher. .'\9..)7.'\ ELlt (Europcan(:olllllli",ion) \ulanccd Ea,rcr School

in Ibuiopharlllaccllric,


Total amount awarded in thequarter (School of Life, BasicMedical and Health Sciences)£2,530,668Total number of awards in thequarter (School of Life, BasicMedical and Health Sciences)48

, 'ore.\ ~rant of !i,'i 1.22'1 awarded [() Dr

Dick">on ..\nawlll\ cllld 1IIIIllan Biolo~~

Group. 'I<" reported in the qllarr.:r.:ndcd 3\ Ocwbcr \99S,

Thi, granr \\a, jointl~ awarded b~

rh.: \IRC to Dr S L Did"on. King',

Collegc London and I'rofe..,..,or G L.:ng.l'nil cr,,>ir~ of I~dinhllrgh,

The total amount awarded was£176,816.

School of \lcdicinc eDcnri..,u\

( :ardiac• I)r P J Richaru">on. £22.S20 (Briri..,hllearr Foundarion) [() ,upporr a

r.:">carch projccr enri tlcu ,1/oll'mlflr

IIIldlllll;SIIIS IJ/!>UX;JII'JIll'lIll'1vi'im,i

;1I!i'rl;l)I/ ;11 1t"tI/1IIl/lst-!e d;sl'tlsl'. '/Ints o(

1II\'I)('f/I'f/;"I/tIJlII;OIl fllld flolml;,,1for

fl17U'JII;flll


Child I k.t1rhTotal grants: £4,000

(:linical Biochcmi'>rr\Total grants: £19,000

mlll;lIl1l'd 1111 fI't~(, .\'

I',I~L 7

Rl:"earch gram" for rhe quarter ended J I .lanllar~ 1<)96 (,{)J/tiJllfcdjimll page 7

CRC Clinicll Trial" Cl:nrrl:• \Ir, J 1lough ton, £.E,.E, ('.;1 IS

E"ecutin: (:-:ational Cancer I{ '" D

Programme» to ,upport a re,earch

project entitleu Riflt//{lIIiml IIItldos of

n'spOIISi 10 IIrljllf:t/ll1 Itllllf)\ifi'lllltrmpl' ill

Itn'lIsf (,(11110'


I Iaelllaro\ogical \kdicinl:Total grants: £104,011

\ kalrh Care of rhe Elder"• Dr Jack,on, 1..'i60 Ecu (European

Commi"ion) Contribution to\laru,

research e"pen~e~

Total grants: 1,560 Ecu

] IllIllU no Iogy• Professor D \'ergani £ 1O,z, 797 (Briti,h

Diabetic i\''iociation) to ,uppOrt a

rl:'icarl:h project enritleu Tlte trill' of

111011'1'111111' lIIilllioy lli'/~'e{'l/ .1/1IC IIlId

tllllOllllliWllir Pi'jJlidl's ill Iltl' plllltO[{I'lIesis of

IIlIloillll/lIl1ll'dilllteles

• Prof<.:"or D \'ergani, £3(U,ZH

(Chiluren's Li\ l:r [)i'l:a~e Founuation)

to ,upport a rcseareh project entitled

1':SI{(b/isltlllelll of(Ill il/lIl/lIl1ojJr{'(ipilfllioll

IISSflY ~'illt 1If1lit'i'tyIOt!II"01111' P-I5£1l/)S If)

/l1l'{(SIII't' lit'er /:idlllT lIIirmst)//wl (I.A·,II I)

tIIlfilto(!r ill pfllimls U"illt (1I110il/lll1l1l1e

Itl'pfllilis (,1 I H) t/lld ltl'jJ(llilis C L'ims

(HCI 'j ill(l't'/ioll


\Jcdicinc• Profl:"or B r-.I 1kndry. £ I·Hl,OOO(Bl'P;\ \Il:dical FoumJation

Limiteu \'elton Foundation/King\

\kdil:al Rl:sl:arch Tru,t) to 'iUPPOrt a

re,carch project enritlcd . I sllIdr ofIltt'

fI(,/ioIlS f)/ t'l/df)lltelill Oil Imtd tdl mkilllll

• Dr I' \1 \\' Bath, £79.771 (:-:1 IS

E"ecutil<:(R e I) Programme» to

'iUpport a rl:,earch project l:nritlcd

I':m!)' PIHlil'/if)// of rl'ltfll)ililfllioll lIe('(A

/olloU"il/[{ flmll' ,i/rol..e

• Dr P Banga, £ 112,K27 (British

Diabl:tic A"ociation) to ,upport arl:,earch projl:ct entitled. I 1l00:d 1//11111111

of[{IIII/III/it, IIrid d/,('fII!)f),\l'!II.il' 65 Iltlll

Im-l:s l'/I:::'YIIII' m'/it'ilY fI/ld l('m'/iz-ill'

• Dr PE Ilarri" £'zUH~ (King\I kalthcare(Joint Re,earch Committee»

to ,upport a re'l:arch projen l:ntitlcdOllmgelles ill IIt.l'mid /tllllf)lIr'

Total grants: £354,382$156,290

\ \okud.1f \ Icdicinl:• ()r F Faruneh. £10,000 (King',

Ilcalthcarl:l to wpport a re,earch

projl:ct entitled (;oll'lltrmpy ti.L11/.


curolO lr \h.

• I'rofewlr Cl) Binnie, £100.000

(Tru't Fund for Epilcp'i~) to support arc,earch project entitled Trtll)silf)!"y

mgllilit,(, illlpllim/{'1I1 (Fr:/) il/ tlti/r!J7'II


. 'lIclcar \lcdicineTotal grants: £40,000

Ob"rerric" e G~ naecology• Profe"or S Call1pbell. £9.H50(\)(lSCOII I\kdical t\cadcl11~) Rc,earch

sruuenrship,


Oral e \Iaxillofaeial SlIrger~

• Profes'ior J I,angdon. Dr \ IPartridge, £79,991 (South Thame~

Regional I kalth ,\urhority) to 'upport

a re'iearch projl:ct entitled .llokm/or

gmetit:l'/o/" IIt(' 1II()1I()l'ellll'lll 0/pllliel/IS ""illt

omllllfllif!:II(/l/{y


SurgeI'')Total grants: £12,000

'l'horacic \1cdieine• Dr D Spina, £10.9~0 (BBSRC) to

,uppOrt a re earch projl:Ct entitled .·111

illusliKfllio/l f)f Iltl' mic off(f'olllelrir/(/(101:i

SI'//so))' I/{')'['es tll/d CDl3 ill Itrol/rlti(/I

Ity/H'I7't'Sj)OliSit'i'lIess


Total amount awarded in thequarter (School of Medicineand Dentistry) £1,053,204Total number of awards in thequarter (School of Medicineand Dentistry) 23

School of Ph\ "ical Science"e Engineering

Chemi"rnTotal grants: £53,032

Ekcrronic e ElcuricalEn~ineering

• Profe, or C \\' Turner, .".200 Ecu(Socrate, e Youth Technical

.\"i,tance Office) contribution toll aru,

,upporting the technical admini,tration

of the Socratl:' and Youth for EuropeI11 programme,

• I)r I () Robert'>on. Dr ,\ ,\

RCla/adl:h, £2~.H6~ (EPSRC) to

,upport a rl:,earch project enritku

!J/"of'{'ssillg O{IIO"r/ dir/n'/rir sll7(('/tIl"l's/or

lIIif'm",'(),'{' e lIIilli)//etn'-'u."fli..'(' illlcgmll'd

linllils

• Dr S i\ \'ela'tin, Profe"or 1\ C1)~II'ie,. 12S,237 Eeu (European

Commi"ion) to ,upport a rl:,earch

project entitled CmU"d )//fI)/(I/[I'II(('1I1 U"illt

lelmllllir illlllgillf!: fllld mlll)//llIIif'flliol/s

fI.I'SiSI(I)/(Y'

• Prof<.:"or .\ J Rogl:r,. J)r \' ,\Ilanderek, 'z~5,460 Ecu (European

COl11Illi"ion) to ,uppOrt a re,earch

project l:ntitlcd .111I11~!!~l!fll)il illlt/7fl1I1I1'f1i(1II

IIsillg displl:fioll f'OIllPI'I/,J"{Ilioll fllld

IIdc'(I)w'd ,wlilioll fl'l"ltl/ifjlll's

• J)r \. ,\ Ilanderl:k . .100.700 Ecu

(European COlllllli"ion) to support a

re,earch project l:ntitlcd Film' oplit'

slrflilllllollil",illg fll l'!t"i.'III('{1 Il'IlIpemllll"l's


~larhemaric"

• I)r G \1 T \\'am, £103.'z5'z (EPSRC)EPSRC ,\chanced Fl:llo\l,hip


\lcchanical Engineering• Dr L J) Senel irarne. Dr \ I

Yianneski" £ 1'z.OOO (EI'SRC) to

'iU ppOrt a re,earch project enri tied

.l/ot/1l1t ill/lmltfllmllir pmdl/{,/ dl's~1!1I


Pin "ic"• Profe.,-,or E R Pikc, I)r S Sarkar,£131,911 (I·:PSRC) to ,upport a

rl:,earch project entitled DYI/(I)/liml

pmpn'/il',\' oflti[{1t 7(' .I'lIpeITOlldllt'/()IJ fllld

slmllgl\, ("()l7dflll'd dl'f'lroll .1')',1'1('111,1'

• Dr i\ T Collins. 1.000 Ecu (INT,\S)

contribution t(lII ard, research e"pcn,e,

for an all'ard to prol11ote cooperation 11 ith,cienti,t, frolll the forl11l:r SOl iet llnion

King' Re cJrch Gram e Swdcm hip,> Ocwber 1996 wOcwber 19Y7

• Dr " Jaurt:gui. Proft:"or J Jl:ffer,on.91.~~4 Ecu (European Commi, ion

<'1'\1 R Programmt:)) to Upport.l

re,ear<.:h ft:llo\\ ,hip entirlt:d Tilt

slroll!!.l\, (l)/Tl'!{Iltd dulroll pro/J/III1.)1IJ1I/

till nlll1ll(lrrl II/odl! 10 '11/1111111111 dlJ/.f

Total grants: £181,113 92,224Ecu

Total amount awarded in thequarter (School of PhysicalSciences and Engineering)£1,188,128Total number of awards in thequarter (School of PhysicalSciences and Engineering) 22

Grand total amount awardedin the quarter £6,143,142Grand total number of awardsin the quarter (includingextensions and supplements)118

.\nnllal CollegeConfirma(jon Sen ice

T he ,\nnllal Collt:gt:

Confirmation Sefl ict: at

\I hit:h tht: Right Rt:\t:rend

and Ri,ght Ilonollrablt: Richard

(:hartre,. Hi,hop of I,ondon. prt:,idt:d.

took plat:t: on \\'edne,da~ ~~ \/ay 1996

in tht: Chapel. Strand Campu,. The

't:fI ice \\'a, foIIO\$:d b\ a rt:ception in

Tutll\.

l\'int: "ing', ,tlIdt:nt" \\t:rt:

eonfirmt:d on thc day and a ,pt:ciall~

t:ommi"ioned ·!t:on oftht: Trinit~ '.

madt: by Pat,y Fo,>tiropoulo" ont: of

the vt:ry ft:\\' it:nn paintt:r, in tht:

country. \\'a, rt:cei\ t:d by tht: C:ollt:gt:,

T he C:ollt:ge di,trIbllte, ,ome of

it, re,Ollr<.:e, on J ,tratcgie: and

t:ompt:titi\ t: ba i, \ la tht:

Re t:arch . trateg~ Fund. "ing',

Rt:,t:arch. tlIdcnt hip, <formt:r!\

knO\\n a the Junior Rt: t:arch

~tlIdt:nt.,hip . chcmc) and tht: Rt:,t:arch

Equipment Fund. The "ing\ Collt:gt:

London, \,>,>ociation ("CL $ Rc,t:arch

~tlIdent,hlp,are fundt:d a, a rC'IJlt of

,Jiumni .,UppOft for tht: "ing\ C:ollt:gt:

IAlIldon Alllmni Fund, but art:

allocated b\ tht: Re,carch Stratcgy

Committcc. Thi, articlt: .gi\ e'> derail, of

grant, and ,tlIdent,hip, a\l arded by

tht: C:ommittt:e for tht: yt:ar from

October 1':196 to October 19':17,

Tht: ,tratq!;ic u,e of funding, oftt:n

largt:r in .,calt: than can bt: afforded

\1 ithin a co,t centrt:\ ,tandard budget.

i, de,igncd to enhance the

performance of the College in re,earch.

The C:ollt:gt: e\pt:ct, rt:'t:arch

application, to e\tt:rnal funding bodie"

publication, and thc recruitment of

rt:,carch ,tlIdcnt, to tlcm from thc

al\ ard of the,e grant, and ,ucct:"ful

applicant, art: monitored ac<.:ordingly.

Research Strategy FundTht: Rt:.,earch Smltl:g\ Fund i,

primarily intendt:d [() pay for pcoplc

and 'Cfl ict:, and not for cquipment.

Thc follc)\\ ing membt:r, of \taff I\'t:rt:

a\larded grant, frolll thi, Fund,

School of EdllCHion

• Dr f) ,\p \\"ilialll. £~I,11 for a

proje<.:t on 'fItl' 1lI(llIfllrl' ,~(. \hilil)'

Grollpilll! Pmrli,l'.1 Oil SIIIr/ml,I" I,/'{/milli!

ill .1/{lI!tl'II/{Ilil)·

School of llumani(ic'>

CIa..,..,ic..,• ProI' (; \\"ay \I t:11. £S.OOO for thc

Splll/({ (Irmpoli.l 1'\('({ClllioIlS

Spani..,h• Prof 13 Ift:. £9.607 for tht: SIIOIIII

S!tip'i!!'I"/'ds projt:et

• ProI' I) Ilook. £S.OOO for KCL

mt:dic\'al,tlldit:,

\\Jr wJic• ProI' I, J'rt:t:dlllan. £3,·.176.~O for.l

prograllllllt: on I :--.. pt:ace opt:ration,

• \I Lllnt:y. £~.si.- for.l project on

{'lIilal SIIIIt'," 1011 Ill',,: III pr{lilllf'

• Prof ,\ .\,Il\\Orth. ~.1A6' for a project

on 1nl' rtnil;\" '1pm"'l'mlill~ flllr/ rlt:/i'lIr/i/~f!

rrilllill(/I C11"'1',1

• l)r I{ Bb<.:kburn. £22.H76 for the

11111111111 Rilill... III(()lpOrflliIJl/ Projtll

Life.; Science.;..,

Life.; Science..,• Dr.\ Bark . .1:.11.214 for thc prO\ i,ion

of,1 full-timt: applit:d cm'ironmenwl

rt:'t:arch dirt:ctor/liai,on ofTict:r for KES

I ,if<.: Scie.;nlT..,/Gc()graph~

• Dr JSt:urlock. Prof D Ilall. Prof JThornc,. .I: 16.000 for a projeet on

Slmll1!ir dl"i,'doplll('l/I 'j({/ /k\ihl/'. Ilj~'-msl

d~f!illrl tr'lI/oll' sl'lI...ill~ I{'(fllli'lll/'/or

'-'lgl'lfllioll IIIOllillj/'l·II,!!. f/lld lIIoddlill{!

Geronw!ogy/I Ical(h Science..,• Dr E (; ru ndy. £ U.S30 for a projt:ct

on Ilmll!t/nO/fSI'!tljlr!s {/lId/rllllill'

n,,,,pl)//sihililil's ill If/II' lIIiddle IlK/': II

Ilrilis!t/{'S ("(jlllPlll"iW/f

Pharmac\'• Dr P I lough ton. £.'0.000 Centrc for a

project Oil Iliolfllh:ily Il'.aillg O/"(lllIml

fJmd/fll...

KCS\ll)

• Dr (; Proctor. Dr D Shori. pror D"t:Illt:ny. £~.)A71 for a projt:C[ on '/'It/'

mlllllill('(1 roll' 0/ I/{ Ir'l'S IlIId r)'lol.-illl'''' ill

nXlllfllill1! 1nl' l'\fJl¥,......ioll 0/po~rlll('/ir

illllllllllogloh/flill Inl'fJlor f/lld .l"l'o¥'lioll I~(

...Ig.\ Ill' .wlh:11I1' 11'1/."

P..,~ch()logical \lcdicine• Dr S \\'t:'>\t:ly, \h R Churchill. J

\Ioncrift:. £20.S2H for c\tahli,hing the

Cochrant: Re\ ie\\ Group for dt:prt:,>,>ioll

and nt:uro,i,

J-.:ing\ Re ... earch (;rant" eStu den ["h ip" ({)lllillll{'djiYJIII

P(f(f{' 9,-'

PIn "ical Science... eEngineering

Ph, ... ical Science ... eEngineering/Life Science"• J)r.\ \Iiche.:m:. ~7().()O() for a proje.:u

on . \pplimlillll IJ fllo/llir./fJ/?(· /IIilmsmpl'

I1I rl IWIf'1 o(ftll/r!(//lIflIl,,1 pmlllll/IS ill IIt,

plt.\'siml Sfil'lll'(·s. Iltl' lik ,\lil'lI('(',( flllr!

1~·t'Jll!.ill('(II'iIll!.

Chemisrr\'• J)r ,\ Ilill. ~,'i7.2()1 FitI' l1io,(\,IIIItI',(i,( 0/Sompltfll ,\ I

Elccrronic et' ElecrricalEngineering• J)r P \\'arbllrton. ~~(),37H for a proje.:e.:t

on Jill/NI/;/r /IIi{'m'U',(/~'I·.fIlln:rftJ/'

If'!n'(J/lll1ll1l1il'flliOlls

1\ la [he ITW [ics• Or :\ Roge.:r.,. £<) ..'i<)~ for a proje.:ct on

.Ipplimliol/S 0./ /IIet/sllrillg rrl(l~e:ellms

Research Equipment FundThe 1'0110\\ ing membe.:r., of ~taff \I ere

awarded grant."

IIumani[ies

Cla ... sics• Or J) Rathbone. !is.OOO for editio!l'>

of docllment., on pap~ rll., (and o~traka

and in~cription.,) from (;rae.:co-Roman

Eg\pt

Geography• ProI' J Thorne~ . .£ 19.622..'i0 for an

airbornc digital photographic ~y.,tem

German• Dr D Ye.:andle. £3.311,1.1 for a Pc.

la.,er printe.:r. .,canner. for an RSF

linked proje.:ct entitled lJillliof{mpltiml

f)fllfI/;f/S{' 0/ \\'Olft'"1I 'L'fII1 F,(lltntllflrfl',(

ParLi\'al

Life Science ...

• J)r (; Sale.,. ~3.<)OI,2S for a \'ide.:o

camera and recorder \I ith infr.l-rcd

lighting for long-term .,tlllh of

beha\ iour

I'a~e.: 10

• I' \Iaro,h. 'i~().OOO for .In .11Itomate.:d

()'\; \ .,e.:qllcnccr \HI ."77• ProI' HI Ltlli\lcll. ~.'iO.OOO for .In

indllcti\ e.:1\ -COli pled pL"ma e.:mi",ion

.,pe.:ctromctcr

Ph, "ical Science ... eEn'gineeringfl ,ire Science ...• J)r c: BlId-.lc\ . .£ 12A2() ((lr :'\-ra~

diffraction ,~r'ltin~

King's Research StudentshipsKing'., Re.:.,e.:'lrch Studcnt.,hip.,

(formcrh kno\l n a., the.: JlInior

Re.:.,e.:arch StudcIlt.,hip ,"cheme) arc

illtcnde.:d to .,lIpport the.: n1O"\

OIIt.,t,ll1d ing gr.ld 1I,lte" to lInde.:rt'l ke.:

po.,tgradllate.: re.:,.,e.:arch in am di.,cipline

or to pr()\ ide a po.,tgradllate .,tude.:nt to

.,lIpport a proje.:ct application m'lde to

the.: Re.:.,c.:clrch Str,m:g\ Fund or an~

mhe.:r granting bod\,

The.: 1'0110\1 ing 13 .,tude.:nt., \le.:re

a\larde.:d King'., Re.,carch Stllde.:nt.,hip.,

(the dcpartmcnt 'll1d .,pon.,or ,Irc in

bracket.,):

(,'f"iJY' ,Ifr'. \'11II\'

(In.,titllte of I.i\ er Studic.,. J)r

Homford)

l'i(10rifl POl'fH l

(Life Scie.:nce.:.,. Dr Sale.,)

ROllfl SI/(/'L'il

(Ed uca tion, Profc~sor Ba 11)

Jfl/;iflS I\illg

(Ll\\, Profe~.,or \llIllcro,on)

RilflfllYl Gmtlr!

(Ge.:ography, J)r (1" ant)

.llilflflf'! 1'101'/:::;

(War Studies. J)r Ilcll.,er)

I '1'llIppillfli .l/rll/i/lloltml

(Electronic C' I~lectrictl Engine.:ering)

Pflrci:::; Fllmllgltirll/

(\Iath.,)

RoII/'ll f)lr,all

(Randall In.,titutc)

, IglI il'J:::;ltl (;ogoll'U!'JI.tI

(War Stlldic.,)

Cltl'islilltl AIIIIJPtll¥11I

(\Ioleclllar \lcdicinc)

1.11111 Sflllill

(1.'1\1 )

1,IIty /'('I'Iy

( Engli.,h)

The KCLA ResearchStudentship FundThe KCL.\ Rc.,carch Studcnt.,hip

Fund i., inte.:nded [Cl pa\ for itcm., of

e.:quipme.:nr.

The follo\l in~ three.: .,tudcnt.,

\le.:re ~I\\arde.:d Kin,~·., C:olle~e London

,\"'ociation (KC:I ~,\) Stuuent.,hip.,:

SllfImll.lll'U"ill

( I .'1\1 )

.I11Nm SlIdl

( I ,,1\1 )

Nllllilltl ,III1!1(1/IIII/('r!

((;eogrclpll\ )

SOll[h Bank fcarures J-.:ing'scomposer...

A~ part of it., current Hi([\\,i.,tle

Retro.,pecti\'e ~GI.,on, SI'I'/('/

'!'Itl'tllres: lit/' f-IflITiJOII Birt"02'i.itll'

Nl'II'OSj!l'Iliu', the Purcell Room held a

concert on le) ,\pril ar \lhich c\ef\

item on the programme \I," 1)\ "

compo~er from King'." [n addition to

nujor \I ork., by Sir Ilarri~on (the

llenry Purcell Profe~sorof

Composition in the :\lllsic

Department), the.: concert featured

\lorKs II\' Ie.:cturero, Sih'ina l\lil.,tein

and Robert Keele\ and h\ 11\ e

po.,tgraduate .,tude.:nt., of compo.,ition,

The performero, \I ere Lontano. a

con.,ort \I ith an internatonal

repuurion.

The concert \la., \er~ \\'e.:11

attcnded anu\\,a., fa\ oumbl\' re\ ie\l ed

in Tltl' 7/l/Il's, prOl iding a clc.:ar

indic<lrion of the ~trength'i in

e.:ompo.,ition \I hich the De.:partment of

\ 11I.,ic ha., de.:\ eloped m cr the la~t fi\ e

\ e.:aro, or "0,

In thenews

Bcncfir.., of caring ..,o~ prorcin()r I lekn \\ I,Cl11eln. Lt:uurcr In

'-utrltlon C ()1t:tt:tIC,. \la, in ~rc.1t

tkl11elllU f"lltl\l IIlg hcr It:UUrt.: to tht:

Bllltht:mlc.t! OCIt:t\ \let:[ing. I ler

n.':'Clrt h heh ,hml n th,1t Ilomcn mel\

bl: abk to a\ oid brt:cl t c.tIlct:r b\

t:.lting (:hlllC'C food. 0\ prmt:in "'l:U

in oricntal cooklllt.: colltelin chcmical

compound, that .Ippt:elr to mimic thl:

.Iuion of thc brcel,t Celnn.:r urug

·I·amo\ifen. <"'ht: II.h illtl:t\lc\lcd Oil

thc .\'im (Xr/od: .\'ru.··.'. SiT .\'1.....·.1 allt! tht:

\\orld ~ct\ ICt:. C,)\cragc of her talk

'Ippcarctl In thc nationet! and rl:,gional

Ill: \1 'papt:r,.

Onc man"" poi..,on.\[ thc ,amc conkrcncc. Tom <"'anucr,.

I lead of thc I kp'lrtmt:1lt and I'rofe"or

01''- lmitlon .'" I)It:tl:tic,. ga\ c thl:

kt:\ nott: kctllrc on bioelcti\ t:

compollnd, in food \1 hich \Ia, al,o

\1 itk" rcportt:d ellld 1'0 11 m\ cd lip \1 ith

11ltt:t\ iC\I' on tht: .flll/II/l' ) ·flllllt!.

I'rtI,!:.l'fllllll/l. (:I.R .\'10.".1 and SI irl//l .\'Oi'C·.

lit: talh.l:d abollt ri,h., and bt:nt:lit, of

natllral foot". anu concllldt:d th'lt food

procc"ing m.ldl: foou ,afcr 11\

rl:ntkring to\IC l11atl:rial harmlt:" and

that ,o-ctlkd natllral Ilnl)[OCt:"t:u foou

cOllld ha\ l: n'I't\ ,idl: effect, on ht:ct!th.

Thi, \I ch tah.cn fllrtht:r in a f)llill'

'Idr!!mpll artick in \1 hich harmful

ht:alth food, \Ia' dl:batcd. I le l\Ch al,o

qllott:d in 'I fecltllrl: abollt nwdt:rn

farming tl:chnolo,g\ in 'I'h(' 1·;/'IJI/olI/isl.

Fanra..,ricoThc King', \Iicrogrc" it~ E\pcriment

l\Ch fccltlltl.:d on tht: Clobo Ilra/ilian

'-t:t\lorh. progral11me FIII/llIslill/. \1 hich

ha, an audicncl: Ore)!) million. Tbai,

RII"onuno. a Bta/i1i.1I1 doctor dOlllg a

I'h() in .\cn"pClcl: I)h~,iolo.g\ undcr

thl: 'Upt:t\ i'lon of I'roft:"or John

I·.rn,ting. \\.1' intct\ il:\It:d. Sht:

'trt:"t:d thl: iIl\ l:,ti g,ltion, of III nt.:

fllnctlon In a grollnd-behcdmicrogrc" it~

"muLltlon no\\ in progrt:". \n articlt:

ahout .grCl\ It\ III thl: I'II/III/filll ·!lII/I.1

,t!,o madl: rt:ferl:ntT to ht:r \1 ork.

I Al\\ income cS' poor dicrI)r \Iichacl '-cl,on. St:nior I,t:cturt:r in

""tritlon. c1uirt:d thl: I.ml Incoml:

Projecl Tt:al11 'l:l up 11\ the

Ikpanl11t:nl of 11t:C1lth 'h part of the

'-lIlntlon'l 'hI,. l·orCl:. Ili, rcporr.

11 hlch 'tlldll:dlht: link, bt:t\\t:l:n 1""

incomc. poor dit:t ellld poor he.llth.

tetlkd for a nationall~ co-ordinatcu

,tratcg\ to ht:lp 1",\ income familic,.

.tIld \I eh fc.ltlIrcd in man\ of tht:

n.ltion,t! uail~ elnd rcgional nC\l 'pelpcr,.

Inlticlt" t:, Incluuc tht: e,rabli,hment

of lotet! food p.trtnt:r,hip, het\l el:n

loc.tI gO\ ernmcllt planning. food

rl:tat!l:r,.•tIld tht: commllllitil:'

tht:m't:" t:, .•Ind cl nt:t\l ork and

d,ltaheht.: of Cflllll11Unit\ food project'

,uch a, cheap food chemt:'. food co

0pl:rati\ t:,. cooking c1a"t:' and

communit\ caf~,. The tir,t 'tep in thl:

dt:\ t:lopmel1t of tht: national"

coordinatt.:d '>tratt:g~ took plact: at tht:

Ro~ C11 Socit:t~ of \Iedicint: Forum on

Food C" Ilt:alth .H .1 mt:cting attt:nded

b\ rt:prt:'t:ntclti\ t:' of national anu local

Cm crnml:1lt dt:p.lrtmt:I1t" tht: food

indu,tr~. communit~ projt:t:t leauer,

.tIld aClut:mic,. \ programme of action

ha, bt:en t:'tabli,hl:d and \la, ui,eu"l:d

b\ ()r "l:hc)fl in an illtet\ ie\1 on Rllllio

.'I.i;,·{'.

Educarion di..,cu..,..,cd\ largaret Bro\1 n. I'rofc"or of

\Iathl:matie, I':ducation anu Ilead of

thc School of Education. took part in a

di,eu"ion on II'OIl/III/'S f!1)//,.on the

tl:'lching and 'h'l:"mCIlt of ~t:\'cn ~ ear

old, in the ligbt of the late't OFSTE()

rt:port.

Book rc\ le\\'

.llidlll('1 {)/lhsho/l. 'I'hl' PI/lilil's 0/ Failh

IIIII! Ihl' PlllililS II(SI1'plilislll. edited by

Timoth~ Fullt:r. \la, rt:\ ie\l'l:d hy

(;onr"d Ru,.,ell. I'rofes~orof Briti,h

Ili,tory and Liheral Dcmocrat peer. in

tht: /)lli~1' Tdlgmph. The book \la,

\I rinen in 1952 bur pllbli,hed

po,thumou,l~ .lIlu. accoruin~ to

I'roft:\'>or RlI"cll. ,tano tht: te,t of

timc. although curiou,I~. tht: hi,tor~ "

f"r mort: uatt:d than the politic,.

'-.lining in judgcmcnrThe role and background of thc

countr~', judl!;e, Ila, e\amint:d in an

'lrticle in the 1I/I!Ip('//l!ml. Ci,t:n their

pri\ ile~t:d b'lckgrollnd and education.

arc tht:~ 'lble [Cl carr\ out their dut~

f"irl~' I)r (:onor (;t:art~. Rt.:adt:r in

I.a" . .,aiu the i"ue \I a, onc of hll\\

politic,i1 pO\lt:r \\,,' c\erei.,ed. It doe,

not mattl:r hml rt:prt:'t:nwti\ t: jud~t:,

arl: if 11 h,1t thc\ do undermine, tht:

dt.:mocr~ltic pn,cc\,>.

( III/Iil/I/1'I1 Ill/ f!1Ir,:I' I.!

I'el~e I1

In rhe ne\\'" mlllilllltt! /iYIIII!Jagi' // .

Life ~UPPo[(

.\n article in the )'or!:shin Po.../on the

ethie\ of treating coma patienr\

diKus~cd the GI'>e of tho'>e patienr\ in

per~i~tenr I egetatil e ~t;lte. The

deci,ion to allO\I the 11 ithdrallal of

artificial life ~upporr ha'> to be referrcd

to court. II-hcrea\ the '>\1 itching ofT of

I enrilarors doe~ not. .\ndre\l Grubb.

Professor of Ilcalth (:are f ,a\l, \aid that

courr inn)" emenr prO\ ided protection

for all parties.. \Iso con'>ulting the

patienr's relaril'es \\'a,> I'iul became

they ,penr more time with the patienr

and can ~pot ihome recO\er~ i, raking

place.

Staying healrhyPeople arc lil'ing longer. but if the\ arc

to enjoy the benefit~ of groll ing older

the emphasi~ i, on mainraining good

health. Dictar: anrio'\idanr\ arc much

in \'ogue. but according to Dr Oke/ie

ruoma, enior Re,>e;H<:h Fellow in

Pharmaeolog\-. in an article in Chfllli...IIY

ill Brilaill, exten il'e reliance on

supplemenr~ is not the '111'11 er.

Lisrening friendsA counselling sen'iee for pharmaeist\

running high street chemi,t ,hop, ha~

been set up in respome to the growing

pressure the\' arc incn:asingly

suffering, The Tillles reported. Thi'>

,tres~ i, due to a drop in income G\lI\ed

by nell- bw,iness trend~ and

gm ernmenr policy, The 'cheme.

called l.islel/ill~Flil'llds. is actually

al'ailable to all pharmaci, t~. not ju,t

those highlighted b\ 7'!Je Tilllr.... It 1\;1,>

set up b\' \Ir Abn :"athan, Lecturer in

PharmaC\ Practice and the Direeror of

Legal StlIdie~ at the Ro~al

Pharmacological Societ\'.

RabbirsThe BBC 2 programme. . \11 O/J...essioll

~'ilh ... RI/bbi!.i featured Clile Page.

Profe\~orof Pharmacolog~.

:\ lulrimedia educarionAn article in The EmllfJllli..., examined

the gro\l th of textbook, on CD-ROi\ I.,ugge,ting that multimedia in

education i\ better for college 'tlIdenrs

than for ,;chool children. I)r :\Iargaret

Cox, Senior I,ecturer in Education.

,aid that tht: problem II'a\ that pupil,

often get dilt:rtt:d or Ila\bid and

tt:acher'> nced to do lot'> of preparation

to m;lkt: ~urt: that tht:~ an..: u,t:d

dTceri\el~.

(;~Hden curc~

\n article in tht: /),"1- 1"lpn·s.... \1 hich

claimt:d that thc g;mkn could hold the

kt:~ to 0\ t:rcoming ~ome illne,>,>t:'.

quotcd I)r I't:ter Iloughron. St:nior

Lectllrt:r in Pharmacogno'>\. lie

de,cribt:d hlm planr t:'\tract,> had bt:t:n

u,ed to trcat di,t:a,e~ ,inn; prehi~torie

time\ and in the hl,t SO ~t:ar, plant

compound, hal t: bt:t:n u'>ed to makt:

cancer-t:uring drug\.

[J uman rc~ourcc managmcnr.\n Open l'nil t:r\it\ confert:nct: on

Iluman Rt:,>ouITe \Ianagemcnr \la,

\I rirren up in the maga/ine Pmplt

.11(l/wgl'llltlll. Rt:'Glrch on tht:

perception of the differt:nce bet\l een

per\onnel and human re~ource

managemenr. carrit:d out b\ Dr Dal id

Granr and \ 1r Cliff 0'>\1 ick of the

\ lana,gemt:nr C:enrre. \la~ pre\enrt:d,

The Resurrection\Iike Poole, I i'>iting Research FellO\I

in Scicnee Education. took parr in a

di\cu~,ion on tht: Re,urreerion on

n Y\ Chal!:,' 'l'1///" broadcl,t on E.1'>tt:r

Sunda\' morning.

.\s old as you feel,\nrhea Tinkt:r. Profe"or of Social

Gerontology. took parr in a di,eu~,ion

on 1I'Olllel/·.\' /Iollr about \I hat an elderly

person\ 'real' age i~: can \OU judgt:

,omeone pureh b~ chronological age or

arc there other criteria?

The Pas"ion e rheRes urrecrionThe Dcan. Rt:1 Dr Richard Burridgt:,

gal'e a ~t:rie,> of ~i'\ talk, for the \Yorkl

Scn'ice II'Qr!f, of FI/ilh programme

during Lenr on the Pa~~ion ofChri~r.

lit: also appeart:d on BBC Z\ '\'~'Sll~~hl

\I ith Dal'id jenkin" the former Bi'hop

of Durham. on '>ome recenr

archaeological finding, in Jerll"liem

and the implication, for idea, about

tht: Re,urrt:ction, lie abo rook parr in a

special programme for Easter Sunday,

7'hl'I';m/l'l' FlliWI/II, \I ith Sir Dal id

Fro~r. a'> part of a pant:1 of t:'\pert'>

di~cu~,ing tht: Rt:~IJrreetion. Thi\ \Ia\

al,o reI it:\I cd in 'I'hl' ,\'I/I/r/{ly '111111'.1',

Triburc (() StadlcnChri,topher \\·inrle. St:nior Lt:ctllrer in

\Iu,ic. paid tribute on Radio y,> I/I/.iil'

.1111//11:\ [() Pcter Sradlen, \I ho died in

Januar~, ,'tadlen \la\ a \'it:nnc,>e

piani,>t. nlll'>icolo!!;i\t and t:ritic \I ho

!!;al t: tht: lir~t pt:rform'lnce of ont: of tht:

Chl'>\ic\ of tht: modcrn piano lireratllre:

.\nton \\'t:bern \ \·arialiol/s./iJr Pi(l/{(J.

under thc compo,er\ guidance, Ili~

publit:ation of the markt:d cop~ he

u,t:d i\ ont: of the landmark~of modcrn

mu,ical pt:rformanct: practicc.

Definirion of cool\1,> Ikthan \lar~halJ. 1,t:t:tul't:r in

Education. \I rort: an ,trticle for the

'IIIIII',i I·;r/llmliol/lt! SI/PP/I'IIII'III in \I hich

,ht: t:'\amined local authorit\ mOl e'>

and ,chool initiatil C' to ,ubI ert bo\ ,>'

notion'> of \I hat kind of achit:1 emeIH i'>

·ul1eool'.

Frcderic LcighronTht: Frederic Leighton C'\hibition kd

toa number ofinrt:n ie\l'> for\lr'>

I,eonet: (hmond. Reader in E ngl i,h,

Sht: appt:art:d on Radio 3\ .lllIsir

,1/11//1'1:>': t;likt:d on Iklgian Radio about

Lt:ighton and hi'> \lork: and \la,>

iIHcn ie\l cd on I.ollr/oll .\'~'slll/l and

Hlilish SI/M/ill' .\'{"o!',\'.

I ,anguage e culrureThe tcaching of Briti~h cultural srudie,

ro non-Briti~h people was the subjcct

of a BBC \\'orld Service programme,

SpmJ.-iIlK of1';lIg/ish. ~ Ir Tony Thorne,

Director of thc Engli~h Language

Cenrre. \la, inrt:n ie\led and madt: the

point that analy,ing languagt: \I-a, ,till

the key to unlocking the comple'\itit:,

popular culture, lie \la, also quotcd in

an arriclt: in the I';'i.:l'llill~SIIII/dllld about

the negatil e effect of ne\l tt:chnolog~.

partiudarl) the Inrernet on pt:ople',>

abilit~ to bt:hal'c inrelligenrly. in

.\merica.

Project Vietname e Orphans

'fin")' (,'ollgh:, r/flllght>1" .II/I/({ (fJ.'WII";lIg SIII/ glfl.ISI'S) ;.1' pitlllll'r/ ti:';lh Olhtl"YOIIII/! pf!Jple al/r/lhl' 1/1111.1' fJ.,·!to ml"er/fOI" Ihell/ 1 I ynl/)' ago.

A hO in rhe Ilt:\\'~ recenrly 11 ~l~

Profe~~or Terry Cough of

Biol11edical Sciences, \\ ho~e

roil: in arranging rhe airlifr of

\'iername~echildren and in a rccenr

opporruniry for rhem ro \ isir rheir birrh

counrr\. \\a~ gi\ cn c,rcn~i\c CO\ crage

in rhc /)aill' . Ill/if.

Z1 ~ ear~ ago ar rhc hcighr of rhe

brural \'icrnal11 War. 99 ill and

maln()uri~hedorphan~ \\ ere air lifrcd

ou[ of rhc counr~ ro rbc ~afcr~ of rhc

\re~r. Thc children. eirhcr abandoncd

b\ parcnr~ or orpbancd a~ a rc~ulr of

rhc fighring. \1 ere bcing carcd for b\

nun~ in orphanage~ in ~e\cral

\'iernal11c~e ro\\ n~.

Piriful rele\ i~i()n ricrure~ of rhe,e

childrcn in~pired a rc.,cuc l11i.,~ion

11 hich Ilas rhe 11 ork of a charir~ called

Projccr \'iernal11 Orphan~ ;}nd rhe /)flill'

.III/il, \\ hich paid ro charrcr rhe plane

ro rake rhcll1 ro frccdol11.

Earlier rhis year 17 of rhe \'(lung

people 11 ho \\ere adoprcd by Llmilic.,

in Brirain 11 ere rakcn back ro rheir

counr~ of origin for rhe firsr rime.

Thi~ \\'a~ arranged again by rhc ~anlC

[\10 group". Thc ~oung people li,ired

rhc ~ire, of rhe orphanagc~ \1 here rhc\

spenr parr of rheir earl\ li\ es and some

cried ro find relaril e, and fricnd~.

The pn:" arricle., dc~cribt:ll bO\l

Terry (jough. Profe.,~orof Foren~ic

Scicncc. and Secrera~' of rhe pro,

pla\'ed a pi\ oral role in borh rhe

original ll1erc~ airlifr and rhe

,ub~cquenr rcrurn I i~ir. I-Ie and his

\I'ife al~o adopred rll 0 of rhe rescued

children.

The charir~ ~rill conrinue~ ro help

depri\ ed children under rhe namc

Chrisrian Ourrcach.

Students'nlon ews

The London mararhonundJ\ 21 \pril \\.1' .1 !!:Ioriou d.I~. Im,

of un Jnd OJrln!!: t<:mp<:r~l£ur<: {()

match - nm th<: id<:.d condl£lolh to run

a mJrathon in. \\ hllh inud<:lHh I

<:,acth \\ h.1£ thr<:<: of the I nllll1

abbatiul., did. ~llong \\ ith thou and

of nJl1ner, \\ ho !!:~I£h<:r<:d .It BIJekh<:ath

to b<:gin the Ion!!: trek to BllLkJl1ghJm

l'~lIJc<:'

I' nlit ~lI1d ()\ <:r-tired. Roh 1lal\.

"ick Laing. L<:lgh Tem Jnd

e,ecutiH: member Kenl1\ Robert'. ran

a gruelling 2llmilc., lin thi, \ear', Rag

charitie.,: \Yhil/ Kid., and \\ In:r \id

(th<: 1~l[[er of \\ h ich \\ .I., gr<:J th needed

b\ th<: four aft<:r th<: lir.,t mile!)

Roh. the more e,peri<:nc<:d in the

art of marathon running. lini,hed lir't

in thr<:c hOIlr' ~lI1d 4,' I11lnll£<:'. 0111<:

\\a~ from hi., p<:r.,olul b<:,r. ~e,t in

came nur,ing ,tIIdem \nnJ dc Ilalperr.

clocking thre<: hour., and ~7 minlltc,

for ~t John', Il.lI1dil~lppl:dChildrl:n.

Cro.,.,-l:ountr\ runn<:r and .,ahharilal

eku Kenn~ Robert.,. \\ l:m ()\ <:r the

linl: in four hour, and J() minure,.

fo\lOl\ ed 1)\ '.,ilk \\ ho linl.,hl:d In li)ur

hour., and :1.) minutl:'. 1.l:lgh . .,utT<:ring

from ill health. ran th<: rJce ag~un.,t all

odtl-,. Jnd e\ en reached th<: fini.,h linl:

in a re"'l<:ctabk four hour., Jnd 4(,

mlnll£l:.,.

If\"ou mi"ed the chanc<: [()

"pon.,or an~ of th<: fi\ <: runner, and

\I ould likl: to donatl: mone\ to onl: of

the abOle charitil:.,.l:olHJct th<: ['nion

\ ia Rob 11.111, on l:,tl:n.,ion 1221l.

l' conferenceI hl: ;lnnll,iI '., I e., confl:rl:IK<: ;1£

BI-IlkpolI1 \\.1'.1 doubk .,uce<:" I'll[hC I. I : tir tl~. the ,,<:\\ IIlutlon,

pohn ,upp"rt<:cl 1)\ hll1g·., \\ a., p.1 'l:d

Cl\ cm h<:lllllngh. ;lI1d <:eondl~ hlllg·.,

'tUllent Jt:ni Rt:ed \\ .1' \ IIt<:d OlHO thl:l:,t:ul£i\ e both of'., 1 . \ former

ml:lllhl:r of thl: <:'l:luti\ <: t<:Jm .It

KC I. 1 .Ind curr<:lH ";lbh'l£ieal offic<:r

for thl: I{c.,\;. Jl:ni \\ III uk<: oflicl: 111

Juh thi., \t:ar. \., .,he h<:gln, h<:r 111:\\

rok \I ith "l . Ikn EI!!:l:r. fOrll1l:rprl:.,idl:J1[ (If King'., anu '.,;l£ionJI

. t:cretar~ for '\;1 <;. \I ill bl: ka\ ing th<:

\\orld of.,tudt:nt politic., [() t'lke: up a

place: at ll:Jr ~choo\. KC :1.<;1 \\ i.,he.,

hoth thl:1ll th<: b<:,t of lue:k.

Pia' '>chcmcThe: n<:,t pla\'>ehe:me: i., chnlul<:d for

2, -,I \1.1\. If~ou \\<Hild likl: to hook 'I

pl.1l'l: lilr \our child. pk~I"l: COlHact1.e:lgh 'I crr\ on l:,ten.,ion 121l() or

1e~1\ <: .1 111t:'''lg<: \\ ith rCl:q1tion Oill:,tCI1.,lOn 11, .~. I'LICe, arc lillll£ed and

tcnd to hc takcn quickh. ) ou arc

aeil i,et! t1H:reforc to hook a., .,0011 'I

pO\,ihle.

Sramford Serccr g~ mI'l.ln, for thl: /!,\ m at e.,tamford ~trcct

arl: \IL:II untler \\ a\. Thl: I' nion i,

currl:ntl~ In nl:/!,miation" \I ith plann<:r"-Illore inli)rm;l£ion Gill he found in thl:

11l:,1 <:clition of (oll/II/ml.

III

J~

!ngh 111"11' IIllhl 111I11)IIII'.ldll'lI/l 'U.,·ith !'lIddlllgloll IJI'III

The Department of Electronic er Electrical Engineering at ITeC'96

The Engineering and Ph\~icd

Science Re ...earch Council

(EP<;RCl held rhe IT anu

(:ompurer Science Progr~lmme'~

conference ar Leelh l'ni\(:r~ir\ on 17

.lJ1d 1X \pril. Thc conference

compri ... ed ~I pro.~rammeof high-Ie\ cl

ralk ... ro~erher \\ irh an e,hihrion of

currenrl~ funded EP<;RC re ...earch

projeu....

In rhe e'hibirion rhe Ikp~llTIllenr

of 1':lcuronie e Elccrricil Engineerin~

di~pla\ed nine projeer.... \\ hieb \la" rhe

1~lrge"r 11IImher of di~pl~I\" h\ far from

~l ~ingle deparrmenr or uni\ er~ir\. '1'\1 0

of rhe "ing\ ~rand ... included

compurer demon ... rrarion" \I h ich added

[() rheir prominence.

(:hri~ Chri~rououlouand

Si\ a~ubram~lIliam Ibmanan \\ ere

pre~enring 'Oprimal Repre~enrarion~

ofCla\\ Srrucwre ... l'~ing pR.\\1 :"er~'

(principal il1\ c"rigaror. Profe\\or

Tre\ or Cbrk ...on) anu \\ ere reloeared

direcrh behind rhe regi~rraroll de~k a~

rhe\ necded audirional di"pl~l\ ~pace.

.\ number of ill[erc~ringcon\ er"'trioll~

rook place ~'" a result. Thi ... n: ...earch

~Iho eonrribures [() rhe research of rhe

Cell[re for :\cur~i1 :\er\\ork~ ar "ing· ...

College.

Profe ......or Ton\' f)a\ ie ... pre ... ell[ed

hi ... and I)r Chambers \\'()rk on a 'Srud\'

of eh~lOrie and pseudochaorie signal~

from d iscrere-rime eleuronie ~) ...rem~ '.

Parricular cmphasi ... i... placed upon

()\crflo\\' oscillarion~ in recur i\·e

digiral filrer~. Thi ... re ... earch i dircucd

r()\\ard~ ~Ipplicarion~ in ... ignal

proce\\ing anu eommunicarion ... ,

e ... peciall~ for p~eudorandom ~equenec

generarion and coding.

Orher ~ranlh from rhe

Ikparrmell[ \\'ere prm'ided h\ I)r lan

Roherr~on H disphl\· ... ), Profe ......or...

Tre\or Ilall and \Iark Sandler.

.\ddirionall), rhe EPSRC wok ro

rhe e,hihirion rhe marerialu ...ed for

rheir reccll[ Ser 46 e"hibir ar Warerloo

~rarioll \\ hieh fearured an()[her of rhe

I)eparrmell['s research programme ...

funded Il\' rhe Council (... ee

ph(J[ograph).

The conference \\as a pre~rigiou ...

C\ ell[ aimed ar rhe pre~ell[arion of rhe

eurrell[ ... raws of re ...earch in a range of

ke\ reehnolo.~ie... and rhe

idenriticarion of imporranr i\\uc ... for

,,0u· ....... /n,vers'''''

I'IF of B

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100...

.I/,.Jitl HOII,!! ) ·ill. Nesmrrh .I.\·j·i.l'/IIIII ill lite f)ejJtlI1/1/m/ ol j':kt/rollit e Fjet/rim/

j·:lIgilli'crillg. 'U,"i/It lit/' J-.'I'SN(: nlti/lil Oil II'tlli'lif)O s/fI/ifJlI./O" SI'/ 96 'U'·cl'!.. fJ.'.·ltilh illdllrl/'r1

lite J)ejJfIl1JJ1/,III'S '('iYJ'U,"r/l" jJrr~il'f'/.

rhe fuwre direuion of re ...earch in IT

and compurer ...eiellce in rhe l·".

"ing· ... College gained cOl1\iderahlc

\ i... ibilir\ from rhi ... e\ cnt.

Tre\ or Clark ... on

Communicarion" Re"earch Croup

[)eparrmenr of Elecuical e Elecrronie

Engineering

Senior Common Room G 1

T ilt /ol/tJ"U:'illg is {/II ({liltd ~', rsioll

ollht' Rt'pol1 prC,lWltrllo tilt

/996,\(;,1/ flf Ih,.. Slmllrl SI/Iior

(.0111/11011 Room by Ihl' CI/{/inllll/I oflhl

(.fllIl/llllla, SI,..pht'1I H{/rm"U:',

Inre.:gral to the burge.:oning poru);jrit~

;lmong colle;lgue, of the.: (Lower)

Scnior Common Room i\ the cbullie.:nt

and e.:nrrcpreneurial pn;,e.:ncc of our

,tc\\"lrd. Bill~ Clear\, Bill~ and thc

Se.:nior Common Room are no\\'

\ irtllall~ ,ynonymou\, Among hi, many

,kill,. for e.:,;ample. i, brcad-making. a

cr,lft hc fa,hioned and pcrfccte.:d in hi,

time.: \\ ith the Shaw Sa\ ile Shipping

Line.:, If I pa~ a \pecial tribute [() Bill~,

it i, onl~ bccau,e Bill~ i, a \cr~ ,pccial

pe.:r,on, \\'hile the Se.:nior Common

Room e.:ontinue.:, to be 'e.:ned b\ thelike.:, of our lIon Se.:erctar~. :-'Iargare.:t

Bro\\'n. and Bill~ Clcar~. ~ou ma\ be,ure.: that it i, in good hand"

It i, ne\ erthele." bim;r\\ ironic

that, in the year \\ hcn thc SCR ha\

e,perie.:nced grO\\ ing ,UppOrt for ,ome

of the.: ke~ \e.:n ice, \\ e prOl ide.:. \\ carene.:\ e.:rthc.:le.,., to lo,e a ,ignificanr

,onH': might \av crippling - proportion

of our ,pace: on any calculation. \\'e arc

to be cut back by -Hl pe.:r cenr net. e.:\ en

afte.:r the compcnsato~ ,pacc of 21S\\'B and the lobbv out,ide 20 S\\'B

ha, been accounrcd for. I ha\'e writtenmuch about thi, gric\'()u, 10.,.,

cl,e\\ hcrc: {\\ 0 articlc\ in (.'01//1//('111 and

a round robin to member, (for \\'hich I

\\a, roundl~ taken to ta,k in ,omc

ljuarte.:r,). I do not therc.:forc intend ro

\I rite a gre.:at deal more about it here.

e,;ce.:pt to \a~ that the .\nnual Re.:port of

the.: Chairman ne';t \ e.:ar \\ ill record. I

imagine. thc concerted effort' of thcCommittee to manage the ne.:\\

circum,tance.:\. to nuke.: the po,iti\ c

be,t of an apparenrl~ negati\ e.:

'itllarion. and ,e.:t the.: SCR in a nc\\direction. on a fre\h footing.

Truth to tell, the inte.:n'it) \\ ith

\\ hich \\ e.: had of late been u,ing the.:

llppcr Senior Common room had

unaccounrabl~ dimini\hed, de,pite thebc,t cndca\'our\ of the hl\\'ver, for

\\ hom 1H 5\\'13 had be.:comc the.:ir in

hou,e Chamber,. and the.: bnl\'e.:. but,hort-li\'(;d re.:-e.:,tabli,hme.:nt of full

lunch-time.: coffce 'e.:n ice in the l SCR,

It remain ro be ,een h(m \\ e.: hall

cope in thc nc\\ tircum,tance,.

Dcmand for eatln' in thc (L()\\ e.:r)

, e.:nior Common Room LW \\'(3) at

peak time\ ha, on c\ cral occ,t,io!1\ in

recenr momh, be.:cn tlo'e.: to thcorctical

capacit~, :"01\ that the.: afet\ \ ah e ofthe l', 'CR ha, bee.:n ,hut off. and gi\ cn

that thc rcplacemenr Glp,lcit~ of 21

S\\'13 i ,0 much Ic.,.,. \\ ill \\e.: 'cc

colleague, ,impl) unable to find a

,uitablc ,pace at lunch-timc, and

con,equcnrl~ retreating in fnl,tr,ltion'

It \\ ill no doubt make.: a te.:lling polirical

poinr ifrhar be.:come.:' a routine.:occurrence. but \\ ill hardl~ do an~ rhing

to inerea,e.: rhe artracri\ ene.:", of thcCommon Room to our mcml)(,:r, or the.:

aggregate.: \alue the.: in'tirution offe.:r' rotho,e \\ ho ,upport it b) ,ub,cribing.

During rhe ye'lr. a\\ arc of the

coming probabilit) of a ,e\cre 10\' of,pace. \\e.: unde.:rrook (for the.: tir,r time

in my recollection) a full. ,y,te.:maric

,un Cl' of me.:mber,hip opinion. \\'hile.:

the anah-,is of re.:'pon,e.:, rold u, little

that wc did nor alre.:ad~ kno\\ or

,uspecr. take.:n a\ a \\ hole.:. rhe.:re,pomc, ha\'e bee.:n \ e.:r\ \'aluable in

helping rhc (;ommirre.:c ro unde.:r\rand\\'hat a,pecr, of the.: Common Room

(borh the.: in,titU[ion and ir, ph"ical

manifestation) colleague.:s mo,r

appreciare and \\ ant [(J ,ee.: de\ doped.

and eon.,equenrl~ to plan rarionall~ to

gain maximum be.:nc.:fit from the.: nc\\

configuration of our accommodarion,'I'hc rc,p<>n,C\ ,ho\\ cd. for

e,amplc.:. rhat thcre i, ,till a

mea,urable and \\ orth\\ hile dcmand

for \\ hat I might call rhe e';tra

curricular ,ocial compone.:nr. I,e.:.,., clear.

hcmc\ cr. from the Sun e.:\ i, \\ hat kind

of ,ocial compone.:nt. \\ hat pattcrn of

acti\ itic, - hcm man). hOl\ oftcn. \\ hat

r~ pc. how price~ - i, thc,e thl~' likel)to arrract mo,r ,upport and ,0 ju,tif\

rhe inpur of organi,;ltional effort \\ hich

i, rhe ine\ imble.: coro 11 ,I 1'\ , The.:

,uccc"ful planning and promotion of

any funcrion. from a 'imple.: buffe.:r

suppe.:r to a full-scalc.: formal dinncr. i,

quire labour-inren,i\ e.: and time

con,uming.. \' m~ predece",or. \IikcDockrill. ob,en'ed in hi, Report hl,t

~ e.:ar. labour i, bccoming ,carcer and,career. in dire.:cr proportion [() thc

;Jmount of time.:. it,elf a u\\ indlin~

re,ource. colleaguc arc prepared to

dc\ otC to non-co, ential ;lcri\ itie,

be.:~ ond \\ ork and a\\ a~ from home.:.Collegialir~ i ,uffering: ;Jnu the.:

purpo,e.:, Jnd \ alue of rhe Common

Room are.: being unde.:rmincd b~

pn:.,.,ure, \\ hich ,en e onl~ to

demon,tf;lrC ho\\ important it i, for

,anir~ and balancc that \\e defend andimprc)\ e.: ci\ ili,ed and ci\ ili,ing

ill\[irurion, like the SeR.

For rhe rccord. J formally reportthat rhe ,ub,cribing Common Room

mcmber,hip ,rand, ar 2~9. \\'e.: ha\e.: IX

Ilonorar~ \ kmber, and IOS Ilonorar:I,ife \Ielllber~. During the \ear. \\e.:

\\ ere.: ,;Jddcned ro Ic.:arn of rhe de.:ath, of

n\ 0 membe.:r,. Profe.:.,.,or :-'1 C Scrutron

(I\iochemi,tr~) and f)r H Fatmi

(Ele.:crrical Engineering).

I conclude m~ .\nnual Report \\ ith\ome thought, and ljuc,tion, for the

con,iderarion of member, ari~ing from

the.: ne\\ ,hape of the Common Roolll.

.\' I ha\ c el,e\\ here ob,en cd. rhe

COlllmon Roolll i, both a place and an

i1l'>ritlltion. It i, quite probable that if

the place. rhe.: geographical

manife,tarion. alter" then thein'titlltion \\ ill a... \\ ell. in \\ay ... \\ hich

are.: nor predictable in adnlllee, The.:

me.:mber... hip may change, both in ,i;:e.:

.Ind eharacre.:r. Pattern ... of usage may

change.:: indeed. ir i, nl\' aim thar to a

dcgre.:e.: thc~ shoulu. \re Illu,r makemore and be.:rte.:r u,e of our ne\\ ,pace

prm iding. of cour... e.:. that greater

inre.:n,it~ of U'e.: doe, not interfcre.: \\ iththc CU,[()lllar~ ,e.:n ice, and purpo~e,of

our (:omlllon Room. 110\\ ,hould the

ne\\ Coml1lon Room pre.:,cnr it,elf [()

the Colle.:ge.: (;()mmunit~ at large' I...

the.:re.: am longer a ,mmg ju,tification

for retaining in our title the arguabl~

pa[roni ... in~ and mi,leading aujecri\ e

'Senior'? \\'hH u,e. if any. in furure

,Imuld \\e make of the old name

'I-llack\\ ell'. \ eneratcd by ,Ol11e. bur

Illeaninglc.,., [() many? The<,e arc

ge.:nuine <jlle,rion, about \\'hich the

Comlllitte.:c ha\'e collle [() no clear

con,en'I". You, the member.... are.:

in\ ited to help u,. on your be.:half.

come.: [() a con'en,u,. In \hort. reil us\\ h,lt ~ Oll rhink,

FootnoteIn I iC\l of rhc rcducrion in faciliric~

al'ailahlc [() mcmbcr~, and in rhc lighr

of a hroadly fal'ourahlc financial

siruarion. rhc" R Commirrcc

rccommcndcd to rhc AG:-'I rhar

u bscriprion rarc~ for 1990/<)7 ~hou Id

bc cur. from £22,00 pCI' annum to

£1 .00. )..'on . rrand-ha'>cd mcmhcrs

and parr-rimc mcmhcrs of stafT \I ill

pal £9.00, insread of £11.00.

l·murprisingl~. rhc mcmhcrs I(HCU for

rhis alrcrarion in rarcs, which is

prohably wirhour prcccdcnt in rhc lasr

50 ycar or so.

Srcphen Harrow

Albanian swdenr

Ardino Bejlcri i~ a 16 I'car old

boy anending high ,ehool in

Tirana, Albania. Ilis farhcr i, a

pril'arc uentisr. formerly Chicf Denral

Officcr of Albania, I lis morher \lorks

for .-\Iiralia. Ardino is fond of book,.

music and foorball. Hc ha~ bccn

arrenuing English coursc~ in Albania

bur would I'Cf\' much likc to pracrice

rhc languagc, Is rherc anyonc ar King\

who has a son or uaughrcr ofa similar

age I1 ho \I'ould bc intcresrcd in Icrring

him stal' wirh rhc family ar an~ rimc

bcrwccn 15 Jull' and IS Scprcmbcr? If

so plcasc conracr Profcssor Sranlcy

C;clbicr in rhe Dcparrmcnt of Ikntal

Public Ilcalrh and Communiry Dental

Educarion ar rhc Dcnmark Ilill

Campus (exr 34H I).

Paper rec~ cling

Wirh rhc cI:cr increasing focu,

on recycling. partlcularh' of

papcr, and rhc global

conccrm of u,ing I'irgin pulp (rrees).

Sel crll'lidc Rccl'cling ha . in an

innol'aril'c mm c. joincd forces wirh a

major pulp producing mill. The firsr of

ir'> kind anY\I hcrc, rhc mill u,e5

I irruall~ cmission-frec proccsse, ro

produce pulp from many gradcs of

prcI'ioll'>ly considcrcd '10\1' gradc

\I'asrc' into high qualiry paper, wirhour

rhc usc of any hlcaching agcnts.

Scvcrnsidc havc offered ro scr up

a collccrion scn'icc ar rhc Collcgc,

provide any number of office size,

hcxagon~i1. cardhoard rccl'cling hins

and, if I'olumc' allow, pay rhe College

for irs wasrc papcr. A successful

. chcmc would also rcducc Collegc

cosrs for wasrc compacrion and

collcerion as \I cll as demonsrraring a

commirmcnr to improl'ing rhe

cnl'ironmcnr.

In ordcr to e. rablish rhc number

of office bim rcquired please ler me

knoll' if you wish ro house onc in I'our

officc or group of offices and I \I'ill

makc rhc ncce 'sary arrangcmenrs for

I'OU to hal'c onc. Thc whire bin liners

in rh em will bc rcmol'cd by cleaning

. raff, when full. to a cenrral collecring

poinr and subscqucntly collccrcd by

Sevcrnsidc.

Courier e mcs~cngcr sen'iccs

Some difficulrics have arisen wirh

mc'scngcrs from couricr

companies hcing unablc to

locarc deparrmcnrs, '>cerions. offices

crc. wirhin College prcmises.

parricularly ar rhe Srrand Campus. Ir

would bc morc pracrical ro ask cou ricr

[(J colleer from a central point. ic your

nearcsr Collcge Posr Room. normally

siruarcd I'ery close ro rhe main

entrancc to your sirc. Ircms to be

carried away can safely be lefr in rhe

Collcgc Posr Rooln5 unril collecrcd Lwrhc courier company and any reccipr

rransmirrcd [(1 rhe dcparrmcnr

illl'oh'ed I'ia rhe inrern~lI mail.

Bob Rcdmond

Campu, SCfl icc~

Golf Societ

Thirr~ -rhrcc members and

guesr~ rook parr in rhc

Socicr\' meering on 29

~ larch. On a brighr day. bur wirh a

keen n()rrhcrl~ \I ind blo\l·ing.

cl-crl'one found rhc Blcrchingley Golf

Club course a bir differcnr from la,r

Scprembcr \I hcn rhc ground \la, hard

and dry, a, rhcre was nor rhc samc run

on rhe ball and rhc course played

cOl15iderahh' longer. Ilo"'ever,

everyone h'ld a mosr enjoyablc dav.

Prize winncrs werc as follows:

PSS Trophy

Ron Parrison (firsr)

Dal'id Ball (second)

Rogcr Paricnr (rhird)

Longest Drive at the 15th

~Iichacl Gcorge

Nearest the Pin at the 12th

Kim Johnson

Afrer a rarhcr lare lunch Caprain

Bill 'Iade welcomed Principal rrhur

Lueas, other guesrs and omc

memhers playing for rhc fir r rimc. Ir

was ccrrainly nicc to sce rhc I rincipal

and wc rhank him for raking rhe rimc

our to come and I'isir us. The pri/.c

giving was followed by rhe now

tradirional 'Fining 'ession'. To mosr

member,' dclighr, fines wcre I'ery rhin

on rhc ground cxcepr for rhe Dcan,

Richard Burridge, Pcrhaps rhar's all

rhar, hould bc said abour ir, rhough.

The ncxr mecring of rhe Socicr~

will be ar Sonning Golf Club on

\\"ednesday 26 June.

~Iarrin I IaZl.a I'd

I',IL:C 17

rt in the Chapel

0111' (iSm// Royle's paill/il/gs, m/it/etl Righr Iland,

(:ompurcr clllimarion a" .1 rraining wol

Arri'Og~ of luinring, cnmkd

lit/udr! /111 1/((11 I'> ro bt:

nhlhirt:d in rhc (.hapel from

21-2lJ \ IJI 'lI1d e\ ery' lnt: - rht:ologlam

,lnd non-rht:ologIJn, ailke - I' 1111 Ill:d

ro comt: ,donI.( ,lnd I ICII,

The ,\[[I'>r. l)CO[[ Rm It: i, J former

Tht:olog\ ,rudt:nr 11 ho 'lIId icd 'H

King', from 1991j9-t Since kal in!!; ht:

h'l' dt:1 med him't:lf full-rime ro

painrinl.(.

The p'linrln!!;" t:,lch ,i'\ foor b~

rllo foo!. ,Ire almo,r builr from a ,oie,

of rin\ compo,nion, ro form a

compk'\ image. Thc ,qu,He,

rhem,c"l:' arc In,pirt:d hy rhc

land,capl: and arc held rogerher in .1

!!;comt:mc flt:ld ilkt: parrern ro form an

ima!!;t:, \'pl:l'!' of rt:larednc,>,> ,Ire

e:-.plort:d,

1k'>lribin!!; hi, influence" rht:

arrl'>r "lid rhar rhe\ 'come from man\

difft:renr dirt:crion,: from rhl:

Tht:olo!!;lul (jut:,r ro arriculare

l11eanin!!;flllly abour J 'Crt:aror', ro rhe

Ct:lrie and p'lgan m\ rhological helid

",rt:m, of rhe grt:t:n man; I find ir,

ima!!;t: ofrht: t:arrh a, a 'malt:-I iolcnr'

ht:ing rhar jlld!!;e, u, from rht: rrt:t:

,omt:rhing rhar lie ignort: ro our Oil n

and our homt:\ dl:rrimenr.'

I' I~l' I

T he CI:"E (Carroon Ima~e, for

:"e[\\'()rk Educarion) projt:cr

,rarred on I i\pril. CI:"E i, a

projt:cr funded for onc year under rhe

Ekcrronic Librarie, (eLib)

programme. j, ba,ed ar King\ Colkgt:,

and aim, ro produce rluet: module, of

carroon animarion, for di,>,>t:minarion

aero'>'> rhe J \:"ET nerwork, The

primary delil ery lehide 11 ill bt: rhe

\\'orld \\'ide \\'cb,

Tht: purpo't: of rht: animarion, i,

ro makc u,e of rhe medium ro conI ey

,omt: of rht: ba~ic principle, of

nerwork-rclart:d ropic" The undcrlying

moril'arion for rhe projt:cr camc from

rht: bclit:f rhar animarion can hold rht:

arrt:nrion, can u,e I'i,ual meraphor for

complc'\ concepr" and can illu,rrarc

rhe dy namic nOlI of informarion.

The dClelopmenr of\\'\\'\\,

animarion rechnolo~y i, one of rhe

mo,r I olarile in a generally fa,r

changing COl ironmenr. and ,ome parr

of rhe projecr efforr 11 ill be del orcd ro

an a"e'>'>menr of rhe mo,r appropriare

mt:rhod, for eon,rrucring and

delil'ering rhe mareri,l!'>. In rht: proee'>'>

,ome of our e.'\perimcnr, 11 ill bc

alailablt: on rhc C1:"I': \\'\\'\\' page,; ar

rhe rimt: of 11 riring lie hale an

anim,Hed logo (11 hieh requirc,

~t:r.,cape 2 ro di,pla\ rhe animarion).

The \\'\\'\\' p.lge al,o conrain,

informarion abour rht: projccr ir,clf.

and can bt: reacht:d from rht: King',

\\'\\'\\' hOI11t: page: 1'011011 rill: link ro

" 'arional Projt:er, ba,ed ar Kin!!;',',

France, Blomt:!e\

Compurinl.( Cenrrt:

1nforma[Jon "t:[\ ice, e Sy ,rt:111

I nren ... in: ,>ul11l11cr language cour..,c,>

Scientist of the YearYoung Lif

j or/?:e \lembrillo Ilernandu

(Di\ i,ion of Life Science,) ha,

been ~elected by thc Socict~ for

General \Iierobiolog\ a, onc of th.:

candidate \\ ho will compctc for thc

Young Life, cienri. t of thc Year .\\1 ard

,pon,ored b~ Promega t'K. At the

recenr meeting of the the Socict\ at

the llni\'ersity of\\'am ick, Jorg.:

pre.enred a paper enritled 'The

Escherichia coli. fb\'ohaemoglobin:

links \\'ith oxidati\e ~trcs~·. Ili~ oral

presenration was judged [() be the best

of any' oral or poster communication ,If

the mt:etin/?:- He ha~ been ,Iwarded a

pril.e of £200 and ha, auromatit:ally

been enrered for the Young Lift:

T he Language cl:Communication cenrre i~

running inrt:nsi\'e langua/!;t:

courses on Thursda~ e\·ening~. srartin/!;

from 23 1'lay.

Courses will be offered in Frt:nch.

German. Spani~h and lralian. at up [(J

fou r le\'els: begi nnt:r. lowcr

inrermediate, higher inrermediate and

advanced. The courses will run for four

and eight week blocks, from IS.OO [()

21.00. with a [wenr\, minute brt:ak. All

t:lasses will take place on the Strand

Campus. The fee for the eoursc is at a

special'" reduced rate for all (;ollc/!;e

~raff of £60.00 for four weeks or £ I00for eight weeks.

Or Overill

Or Richard Overill, Senior

Lecturer in Computer

Science, \\',IS elct:ted a FcIIO\\

of thc British Computcr Sot:iety in

1'lart:h 19%.

Ilis whole professional t:areer of 20years has been spent at King's, initially

in the Computing Cenrrc and lattcrl~

in the Deparrmenr of (;omputcr

Scienri,t of tht: Year .\\lard \\ hich \\ ill

be judged in Deccmber 1996. .Iorge

\Iembrillo Ilt:rnandt:1. i, a tinal \car

Ph D ,tudenr \\ orking under the

,upef\'i,ion of Profes,or Roben "

Poole on the extraordinary E. coli

globin-like prorein. Profe,~or Poole',

group i, conducring researt:h on the

srructurt:. function amnd rq;ulation of

...~ nrhc~i ... of this protein \\ ith ... upporr

from BI3SRC.

Robert " Poolt:Di\'ision of Life Scicnces

In addition. there will also be

inrensi\'e busint:ss languagc courses on

Tuc~day evening from 18.00 to 21.00.The~e cla~ses havc been 'pecially

designed [() meet the increasing

professional demand for modern

language training \\'ithin a bu~iness

framework. The teachers all lecwre at

the London Business t:hool on the

1'IBA Language pro/?:ramme. French.

German, ' panish and Japant:se will be

a\'ailable at lower inrerrnedi:He. higher

inrermediate and advaneedle\·c\. The

co·t of the~e courses for College staff is

£75.00 for four \\'eeks or.£ 125.00 for

eight wt:cks.

Please contact Sophie Chambets

(t:Xt 2890) for rq;isrration detail,.

Science.

lit: has published somt: 40

research paper,. researt:h re\·it:\\·s and

tllrorial articles on compuring-rdated

subjects, particularly parallt:1

computing and computational

quanrulll chemistrY.

Science essacompetItIon

T he \\'t:llcome Cenrre for

\ It:dical Seit:ncl:. in

conjunction \\ ith thc .\'1"'..:'

Sr;l'lll;sl maga/inc. i\ running a \cience

eS\ay compt:tition that i, opcn to all

postgraduate students in ~cit:nee.

enginet:ring and technology.

The challengt: i~ for the srudt:Jl[

ro write an t:Jl[crraining t:s~a~ in

English about their rese,]ft:h in no

mort: than HOO words. suitablt: for

puhlit:ation in tht: Forum section of

the Xfrl!' Sr;f//II~>I. The judgt:s will bt:

looking for inreresting research ropic ....

...cientifie accuracy, e1arit\· of

t:xpression and a lively writing ~tylt:.

The nall1t:s of tht: winners will be

published in the 19 October issut: of

,\'(";c' Sr;enl;sl.

For further derails and an entry

form eonract Dr Paul \\'ymer. at The

\\'ellt:Oll1t: Cenrre for 1'ledical Scienct:.

210 Euston Road, London N\\'I 2BE.

The e10 ing date for enrries is 17 .I une

1996.

Foo(ball players

T hose sraff and srudt:nts \\'ho

,Ire bast:d on the 1'lanrt:sa

Road si[e and play foothall on

Tuesday e\'enings would like to [hank

Dr Cowan, Professsor Jenner and

Professor ~Iartio[[ for their financial

support.

Dr Co\\'an, Director of the Drug

Control Centre, Proft:ssor .It:nner.

Head of Pharmacology and I rofessor

1'larriott. Ilead of Pharmacy: each

conrributed £60.00 re help eO\'er the

cost of hiring an all \\eatht:r fomball

pitch during tht: winrer Illonrhs.

II' an\'one is interested in playing,

summer or \I'inter, they should contact

Richard Calth\'ell on ext 4SHOHH91.

Richard Caldwell

Senior Anal\'st

Drug Conrrol Cenrre

Obituaries

Profc'>'>or I'C\ in I'cohJl1c

T ho,e \\ ho km~\\ Ke\ in

Keohane \\ ill h,l\ e enJo~ ed

hi cheer~ rre,ence on hi,

frequenr \ i,ir.. [() Corn\\ all Ilou e In

rhe ra r k\\ \ e,lr,. Thar he kepr

conracr \\irh people \\ I[h \\ hom he la r

\\ orked a, a colleague in 1976 i, r~ plC,11

of hi, friendline ..... 'J en of rhe ,ratT ,rill

a....ociared \\ irh rhe Kin~', "lhool of

Educarion fir,r came ro Chehea under

hi, Ieader'hir.

KC' in \\a, Profe"or of Ph~ ,ic, in

Chebea College \\ hen he ,a\\ a need

for gi\ ing ,cience and marhemarie,

educarion a ,raw, ar uni\ er,ir~ Ie\ el

\\ hich e,i,ring deparrmenr, of

educarion could nor meer. There \\ a,

narional ~upporr becau,e of concern

rhar the tlO\\ of candidare, for degree

,wdie~ in ,cience and en.E~ineering \\ a,

in ,eriou~ and .,tead~ decline a.,

empha~i,ed h\ rhe Ihinron rerorr in

196H, So. \\ irh rhe rhen Principal of

Chehea. \Ialcolm Ga\'in. he con\ inced

rhe l' ni\er,ir~ of IAlIldon ro e,rahli,h

rhi, country\ fir,r chair in ,cicnce

eduearion ar Chcl,ea and rhen. on

c1ecrion [() thar chair. mO\'ed ro

become direcror of a ne\\ deparrmenr.

rhe Cenrre for Science Educarion ar

Chel~ea. He then gathered the ,taff

and cleared all the formalitie, to

enable the Centre to open it, door, to

peeE ,wdenr, in I96H.

Suprort \\'a, al,o ,ecured from

Shell for the countr\'" fir,t chair of

mathematic, education, «) \\ hieh

Geoffrc\' \Iatthe\\', \\"a, appointed in

196 . Kc\ in had alread~ been made

director of the :-\uftield Foundation'"

,cience teaching rroject. \\ hich mO\ cd

[(J a new ba,e in rhe Chel,ea

Deparrmenr. To add [(J the pracrical

in\"()h-emenr that rhi, ,ecured.

de\c1opmenr of re.,earch led to one of

rhe Social Science Re,earch Council'"

largest grant, - for rhc project on

(,Ol/{'('P/J il/ SemI/rimy ,I!((/hell/((/it.\' (/IIrI

Sr"if/lc(', There i., a direcr line of

de\'elopment from that project to

recent \\ork in the Facult~. b) I'hilip

Adey and \lichacl Shayer in ,cience

and by \Iar/!;aret Brown and Da\ id

John,on in mathemaric"

When Ke\ in left Chel,ea in 1976

it was a flourishing academic

deparrmenr. lie \\ ellt ro be fir,t rector

of the ne\\ I~ formed Roehampron

In.,titurc. \\ hcre he had ro \\cld

rogerher four erarate college. Tho,e

\\ ho e,penenced the ine\ irable

rraum,1 of our 0\\ n merger in 19 .- lan

onh imagilH: hO\\ difficult a ta k thar

\\ a." That he Iefr behind. on hi.,

retlremcnt afrer t\\ehe ~ear in rhe

r0.,t. a tloutl,hing IIhtiwtion . .,peak,

\olume.

,. ornul retirement \\ a., no more

rhan a n:-direuion ofener~. for

in:lcrlon \\a" quite forcign w hi,

remperament. \, onc of hi, ,taff ,aid

of him :It Chehe:1. \\ orking for Ke\ in

\\;1, like bcing tied ro rhe tail of a

rocker. Ill'> earl~ career. :1'> a phy,ic.,

graduate. a, an R.\F Flighr Lieutenanr

\\orking in mdar during \Yorld War

'1'\\ O. :1'> a ph~ ,ic., re.,earcher on the

optics of the e\ e. then in pO,t, a, a

lecturer in anarom~ at Bri.,wl. and a,

reader in bioph\.,ic., follo\\ed b\ a

chair in phy,ic, ar Chel.,ea. had gi\ en

him a hroad background of intere,r in

the ,eience" So he continued [() ha\e

ne\\ idea' about the communiearion of

'cience. both ro ,chooh through a

conti n ucd Ieader,h ipin the;\' uftie Id

project' and to a \\ ider profe.... ional

and public audience through hi, \\ork

a" \ ice-chairman of the board of rhe

pllbli.,hillll, firm ofTavlor and Franci,.

1100\c\ er. hi, range of acri\ itie,

\\;I'> \\ ider ,till. The II'ho'J II'ho entr~

li,r, 0\ er.10 in,titution, to \\ hieh he

made eonrrihution,. "otable amon/!;,t

the,e \\'a, his \\ ork a, chair of

/!;O\ ernor, of ,e\eral Catholic school'>

and a., chair of the \hTrh Trw,t. which

ran tr:linin/!; cour,e, for unemployed

~oun/!; reople in depri\·ed re/!;ion, of

London. n()(abl~ Bri"ton and

Pcckh:lm. Joining the tru,t in 19H6 he

had ,uppo[(ed the \\'()rk for the pa,>t

ten ~ear.,. helpin/!; ir \\ith a relentle ....

oprimism \\ hich could not be blunted

b~ ,etback,. to reem er from \'irtual

clo,ure \\hen :lcee.... to central fund,

\\a, \\ irhdra\\ n. lie led a ,ucce,.,ful

.,earch for ne\\ pri\";](e funding /!;i\ ing

rhe charit\ a rene\\ cd basi, for 'lIpPO[(

\\ hich ha, on Iy recently been

accompli,hed.

It i, hard to do jll'>tiee here wKe\ in Kcohane's extraordinary

combination of imagination, dri\ e.

oprimi,m and care for people. i\hlll)

people, like 11l~ ,elf. had come to

dcrend Oil hi, liveliness, hi, talent and

re,ource in helping other." hi, lack of

ego and pride and his exrraordinary

range of personal conracts in all walks

and areas, He \\'a a dynamic

admini. rraror - a mo\'er and shaker

rarher than a \Hirer. A fitting obiruar~

mighr be drawn from onc of his own

joke" abour a ~uirable inseriprion for an

academic's tombstone - Gone to

anorher meering

Paul Black

School of Ed lIcation

i\!arianne i\!errs

Ir \\ as \\ ith a grear sense of sadness

rhar members of rhe I\lathemarics

Department and her friends

rhroughour rhe College learned of rhe

dearh of I\larianne lerts on lH I\larch

J996; she was ~5. Ir had become clear

during the latter halfof J995 rhar

I\larianne was unwell but ir still came

as a gre,lr shock to her colleagues

when, earlY in 1996, her doctors

diagnosed rhe inoperable cancer which

was ro rake her life so soon afrerwards.

1\ larianne 1\ largarerha 1\ Ierrs held

Durch narionaliry and \\'as educared ar

schools in Zirren and Arnhem. When

shc \\'as 16 she met rhe Englishman

whom she was to marry rwo years larer.

In the long term rhe marriage was nor a

success and larred 1\ larianne reverted

ro her maiden name.

On arriving in England she had a

brief spell in rhe personnel department

of llnile\'er before spending a number

of years as a house\l'ife and in bringing

up her daughters Anita and Carol, to

whom she was devoted, Subsequently

she returned to secrerarial work,

holding a varierv of positions in the

I nin:rsiry of London until, in 19H8,

~he mo\'t;d from Scnate House [() rhe

posr which she was to hold until rhe

rime of her dearh, Senior

dministrarive Secretary in rhe

Department of I\larhematics at King's

College.

I\luianne possessed a sharp well

ordered mind \\'hieh she applied \\'irh

great vigour to rhe runnin:;; of rhe

departmenral office and to rhe

administrarion of rhe department. She

was a whole hearted . upporrer of

compurerisation and confidently ser

abour learning rhe mysteries of TEA"

and orher mathematical sofrware,

showing a degree of enthusiasm which

surprisedlcss eompurer oriented

colleagues wirhin rhe department. Nor

a few of us can resrify to spending an

hour rrying to discover how [() do

somerhing in TEA" or \Yard 6. anI\' to

discover rhar a 30 second consulrarion

with :'Iarianne would resoke rhe

problem. Her efficiency as an

administraror wa' well kno\l'n lI'irhin

rhe Dcparrmcnt, and indeed

throughour rhe College; the

Department's repurarion for being

efficiently run is surely artriburable in

no small measure to her skills.

Oeeasionallv. when rempred ro remind

her abour snmerhing which I knew had

ro be done. I would approach wirh a

degree of rrepidarion, only to confirm

what 1 expected, thar she did indeed

have rhe marrer in hand. or rhat ir had

alread\' been dealr with,

It is rrue thar 1\ larianne did not

suffer fools gladl\', and ar rimes could

express her displeasure in quire a

forccful \I'ay when she was confronted

wirh what she regarded as

incomperence or impropcr conduct.

She had a strong sense of fairness and

decency and expected others co

conform co the standards \\'hich 'he ser

herself. She had a very genuine

concern for students or colleagues who

were experiencing difficulrie. in rheir

li\'es, and rhey would be assured of her

symparhetic ear.

I\larianne's time in rhe

Departmenr lI'as marked by an

increase in social activiry. Staffsrudent

parries. end of rerm parties and. abO\'e

all, rhe Chrisrmas part\' beeamc e\'enrs

to which rhe wholc Department looked

forward, At Christmas I\larianne and

her colleagues in the office. wirh rhe

a id of one or r\\'o aeadem ie sra 1'1', \\'ould

lav on a magnificent spread in an

arrraerively decorared Room 521 so

that the departmenr could relax after

thc rigours of a hard term. These were

mcmorable occasions and rhe

Deparrment rcmembers wirh grarirude

all that I\larianne did in this area. The

lathemaries Department has recently

csrablished a prize co be awarded [() a

srudent who has made an oursranding

contriburion to the life of rhc

deparrment; hall' appropriate rhar the

prit:e should be named rhe I\Jarianne

I\lerts prize. therebY commemoraring

I\Jariannc's pascoral role \I'irhin rhc

Dcpartmenr.

Having spenr several years in a

1\ lathemarics Departmenr 1\ larianne

hegan co de\'elop an inrerest in

mathemaries as a discipline and was

considering reading for a degrec in the

subject. To that cnd (encouraged by

Alan Pears) she lI'as working rhrough

'CountdO\I"Il rol\larhematics' - rhe

recommended texr for srudcnts

inrending to read I\Jathematics ar rhe

Open L ni\'Crsit)', I\larianne was \'ery

able and certainI\' had marhemariC'~1

abiliry, as the following anecdore will

show, Afer she had compured the

square and the cube of (a+b) from firsr

principles Alan suggesred rhar she rrv

the fourth power; somewhar rcluctanrlv

I\larianne acceded, I Jail' abour rhe

seventh power, Alan proposed. That

was toO much. and brought an

emphatic negarive response, Then

Alan showed her rhe firsr few roll'S of

Pascal's triangle and in a flash

I\larianne had dealr \\'irh his challenge,

!\Iarianne was raken in the prime

of her life; she still had much to do and

so much co gi\'e, !\ larianne recei\'ed the

news thar she was suffering from

cancer bravelv and philosophically and.

alrhough she was nor a religious

person. would probablv have

subscribed to the words of Solumon:

Till/e alld till/lire /wjJjJl'llelh 10 Ihell/

{(I!. For 11/(11/ also I:lI0ill'elh 1101 his lill/e: (IS

Ihefishes Ihal {(re lahll ill (11/ I"l.:i/ 111'1. a/lfl

flS Ihe birds Ihal fin' mllght ill Ihe Sllflre: so

fire lite SOilS of II/l'I/ slIflred ill fill {'vii lill/e.

rdm il fallelh SIIdrlmly IIjJolllltell/,

Sah'e atque \'ale, I\larianne; we

mIss \-ml.

Hamish Rac

Department of I\Jarhematie

Events

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30 MayMemorial service for Philip

SherrardCollege Chapel, Strand 17.30Centre for Hellenic Studies

14 and 15 JuneAlexandriaTwo day colloquium Departmentof Byzantine & Modern GreekStudies Conveners: ProfessorJudith Herrin, Mrs CharlotteRouecheCouncil Room, Strand time tbc

21 JuneThe Prince of Homburg. HansWerner Henze in conversation withArnold Whittall and ChristopherWintle.The English National Opera arestaging this work on 22, 26 and 28June and 1 and 5 July at 19.30 Thiscolloquium will be followed by arecital at 19.00 Moritz Eggert(piano) Piano music by HansWerner Henze St David's Room(formerly 6C, opposite the Chapel)Main Building, Strand WC2Contact Christopher Wintle,Assistant Director, Institute ofAdvanced Musical Studies 01718732576

21 and 22 JuneThe European impact of theSpanish Civil WarTwo day conference Centre forTwentieth Century Cultural StudiesCouncil & Committee Room,Strand 10.00 to 17.00

20 June - 4 JulyPhilosophy of architectureSeminar series in collaborationwith the LSE

20 Junetitle tbcRichard SenettRoom 3B01, Strand Building 17.00to 19.00

27 JuneThe restoration of architecture andthe lamp of memoryAnthony SavileRoom T206, Tymes Court, LSE,

Portugal Street 17.00 to 19.00

4 JulyArchitecture and traditionAnthony O'HearRoom T206, Tymes Court, LSE,Portugal Street

27 JuneDerivatives, the legal andregulatory challengeOne-day conference organised bythe Centre of European LawGreat Hall, Strand 9.15 to 17.00 Fee£125.00.Contact Liz Haigh, Centre ofEuropean Law, tel/fax 0171-8732387. Bookings should be made nolater than 18 June. Law Societyaccreditation 5 CPD hours: level S

6 JulyCommunity Law in English CourtsOne-day conference organised bythe Centre of European LawChaired by Sir Thomas BinghamMRGreat Hall, Strand 9.00 to 18.00Fee £100.00. To make a reservationplease contact Liz Haigh, Centre ofEuropean Law, tel/fax 0171-8732387. Bookings should be made nolater than 14 June. Law Societyaccreditation 7 CPD hours: level S

16 SeptemberReception: House of LordsLord Clinton-Davis, a graduate ofthe School, has kindly agreed tohost an early-evening reception forformer students and currentfriends of the School of Law andguests.The terrace of the House of Lords.Tickets: £30.00 single, £50.00doublePrior booking essential. ContactAlan Bradshaw, Assistant Dean,School of Law, tel 0171-873 2324,fax 0171-873 2465,email [email protected]

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30 MayTowards the Millennium; Debateof the AgeAge Concern England collaborateswith the College in managing theAge Concern Institute ofGerontology. As a result of thecollaboration, staff from AgeConcern England have beeninvited to visit the College topresent their plans regarding theMillennium Debate of the Age tosenior College staff and to invitediscussion of them. SallyGreengross, Director General ofAge Concern England willintroduce the subject and speakerswill be: Terri Banks, Director ofStudies and Hilary Kates, NationalCo-ordinator of Development forthe Debate.Room MB138, Cornwall House17.00Contact Laura Lock, ACIOG, King'sCollege London, Cornwall House,London SEl 8WA Telephone 0171872 3035.

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26 JulyVascular permeability in theairwayDr C Persson, University of Lund

20 SeptemberRegulation of airway smoothmuscle proliferationDr S Hirst, St Thomas's HospitalMedical School

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School of Iedicine c?Denrisuy

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so classical physics andmathematics in exploring thedynamics of human and animalminds.

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