Kt L DO FoundedI 29 4 o -------- the College ewsletter Job upturn for 1993 graduate /11£ College Gareers \'I'",-,ce reflfJ! Is fm a elcomt? uplurn m Ihe ptrunla 'r f1 Km, t;raduald known 10 be enhnn mpl"'YmwI m 1993 G raduates m 1992 encounH:n:c1 the m05t difficult Job market the hUlthere ha\ been a mc in the percentage of KlIlg' known to be entering in I • a \\ell a a fall in the unemplomenr rate. and it i hoped till, Improvement may be an earl) o economic 'ational figure for 1993 graduate are not yct available or compan,on. \s thc figure on page 2 or 19 gracluale\ we have even better Information on \\hcre Kmg\ graduates \.\ Cnt than for thc preVIOU\ year. Contrlhutlng factor mcluded help from academiC ,taffwlth 'unkno\\n' de,tlnatlon" thc telephone \urvcy conducted hy the Carccr\ Servlcc \taff and the collection 0 mformatlon rom degrce preentatlClll ccn.:mollics. Il 1\ /) smal Ghana (Ph)slcs) and V'qar Ahm d (!'haml coloiJ) are JU IIf&;O of Ihe 50 sludenl f&;ho h e been f&;orklng fWl/h Ihe Golle e f)r:?df)pmenl Ol/ia our Ihe lasl four tueks m king conlact fWilh alumm Sludtnls h e bem culling some 4,200 alumm If) update Ihem on changes m Ihe Gollege and to ask for Iheir support for Ihe King's Gollege Ifmdon Developmml 'l rusl The contact has been very posilive on Ihe whole, f&;ilh newfn'endships being made across Ihe generatIOns with a common inleresl of Kmg's, On Ihe olher side of Ihe equalion, f,ljls 10 Ihe r und hO'Ve bt?m coming in 01 a good rOle. There to;:1I be a report on Ihe s ess of the camp i m Ihe nexl Issue ofCommenl. becommg mcreasingly Important to have accurate information on grad uate de t1natlOn , Without the telephone urvey the 'unknown' rate would have been at lea,t 2-%. as compared to the figure of 7. % which \\e dId achieve. Postgraduate were le s affected by the re e than fir t degree graduate. Sue Dlrmik i _enlOr Career :\dvi5er 'lee page 2 for lable shof&;mgjirsl deSlmalllJns of graduales page I
becommg mcreasingly Important to have accurate information on grad uate de t1natlOn , Without the telephone urvey the 'unknown' rate would have till, Improvement may be an earl) ~ign o economic recove~ 'ational figure been a mc in the percentage of KlIlg' gracluate~ known to be entering Ihe rundhO' Ve bt?m coming in 01 a good rOle. cmplo~mentin I the m05t difficult Job market ~ince the 1930~, hUlthere ha\ Sludtnls h e bem culling some 4,200 alumm If) update Ihem on changes m Ihe page I 4 19
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Kt IP~L DOFoundedI 29
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the College ewsletter
Job upturn for1993 graduate/11£ College Gareers \'I'",-,ce reflfJ! Is fm a
elcomt? uplurn m Ihe ptrunla 'r f1 Km,
t;raduald known 10 be enhnn mpl"'YmwI
m 1993
G raduates m 1992 encounH:n:c1
the m05t difficult Job market
~ince the 1930~, hUlthere ha\
been a mc in the percentage of KlIlg'
gracluate~ known to be entering
cmplo~mentin I • a \\ell a a fall in
the unemplomenr rate. and it i hoped
till, Improvement may be an earl) ~ign
o economic recove~ 'ational figure
for 1993 graduate are not yct available
or compan,on.
\s thc figure on page 2 ~ho\\, or
19 gracluale\ we have even better
Information on \\hcre Kmg\ graduates
\.\ Cnt than for thc preVIOU\ year.
Contrlhutlng factor mcluded help from
academiC ,taffwlth 'unkno\\n' fir~t
de,tlnatlon" thc telephone \urvcy
conducted hy the Carccr\ Servlcc \taff
and the collection 0 mformatlon rom
degrce preentatlClll ccn.:mollics. Il 1\
/) smal Ghana (Ph)slcs) and V'qar
Ahm d (!'haml coloiJ) areJU IIf&;O ofIhe
50 sludenl f&;ho h e been f&;orklng fWl/h Ihe
Golle e f)r:?df)pmenl Ol/ia our Ihe lasl
four tueks m king conlact fWilh alumm
Sludtnls h e bem culling some 4,200
alumm If) update Ihem on changes m Ihe
Gollege and to ask for Iheir support for Ihe
King's Gollege Ifmdon Developmml 'l rusl
The contact has been very posilive on Ihe
whole, f&;ilh new fn'endships being made
across Ihe generatIOns with a common inleresl
of Kmg's,
On Ihe olher side ofIhe equalion, f,ljls 10
Ihe rund hO'Ve bt?m coming in 01 a good rOle.
There to;:1I be a report on Ihe s ess ofthe
camp i m Ihe nexl Issue ofCommenl.
becommg mcreasingly Important to
have accurate information on grad uate
de t1natlOn , Without the telephone
urvey the 'unknown' rate would have
been at lea,t 2-%. as compared to the
figure of 7. % which \\e dId achieve.
Postgraduate were le s affected by
the re e ~ion than fir t degree
graduate.
Sue Dlrmik i_enlOr Career :\dvi5er
'lee page 2 for lable shof&;mgjirsl
deSlmalllJns ofgraduales
page I
Tlte Pn'me Minister meeling Ion cainsford, Dean of Ihe Medical and DenIal School, when
he visited King's College lIospilalon 23 Februaf) 10 open Ihe new Crilical Care Complex.
he Prime Minister has
opened a new Critical Care
Complex at King's College
Hospital. Costing nearly £14 million, the
Complex consists of 10 operating
theatres and an 1 -bed intensive care
unit, which is one of the large t uch
units in the country. Surgeon will
undertake up to 20,000 major operationsa year in the new facilitie .
The Critical Care Complex at King'complements the Day Surgery entre,
which was opened in 1992 and is the
large t centre for day surgery in the
country.
fI111 lil iterp n 11
oper tl11O"
t 1 atre atIng all
pital---
he folIo 'In 0" table ha vs the first deof King's ColIege graduatc, IOtlfT'''/I"rJ/tom Ptl~{ I
1'1'0/<5501' r a f ra m n, lie ofVuD4J rtm t ofW rSt s. et an
honourable men[Jon In a leader
d. eu ing. 'aw' inaction in Bo n1a In
the Indcpen ent on Sunday for remark
made in an article in the Times, that the
hell that killed people In a araje\'o
market moved. 'aw' humiliation at
erblan hand from ·Io.... -Ie\cl· w 'high
level'.
I he cot Enqull) Into the :'\lacrrx
Churchill affair h , dra .... n much
auentlon and ommem. .~/r At/, m
lomkms. Lecturer m I Il;;, appeared on
Ch nnel4 .\iws dlscu>slng the public
IIHere. t In unity and commenting on the
Government' pO>ltlon.
."-'11' IOn) /home. DIrector ofthe F.nglzsh
I nguage Unit. ha been In demand a~ a
con equence of the publication in
p3 perback of his DIctionary ofModern
Slang and the Dictionary of Popular
Culture. lie has been on chat shows on
Radio 4, Radio 2 and GLR. and he now
also has a regular column in the Sunday
Express entitled lite l..ast Word. in whieh
he discusses terms and thcir origin.
1)1' Tom S nders, Reader m i\'utntion, has
al 0 been much ought after reccntly
follOWing the publication of hl~ book
}"Ju DQn 'tllfJ'IJe to DIet.' .... hlch reaehed
number seven in the diet book best
sellers list. lie is a regular contribuwr wthe BBC 2 Food and /)nnk programme
and hc I author of lite DeJinllive Two-
p rt Cuide to Food Scares, a feature bcing
rlln by the Independent 0:1 Sunday whieh
put~ IntO per pective the relation hip
between food risk and health. with the
aim of helpll1g peoplt; make en ible
decisions about what they eat and drink.
:\n article in the Mo mgSl rexamlne
the boo let .... rit en by Ms iMcCo~ n, uau" In , entitled 1'0')Equlf)-J stU: esforWo ?lnwhieh
he ar ue or a radlcall. ne.... approach
to equal pa) In Britain. he call or the
onu 0 be placed on the emplo 'er to
eliminate d. rlrrunation rather than on
indiVidual employee to prove that the.
are discriminated against.
The emergence of' uperbug " that is,
microorgani ms whieh are re i tant wseveral antibiotic .....ere the subjeet of
the Arabic Open Programme on the BBC
World Scroia in which Dr Mahmoud
Halo lab, Lecturer in Microbiologj, took
part.
An article in the Dail) Telegraph about
the high e teem in which dog are held,
quoted Professor Richard Sorabji,
Professor ofAnCJent Philosoph) and Dtrector
ofthe Institute ofClassical Studies. 'There
IS a very early example of prai e [of
dog I by Ilomer. When Ody eu come
home rom the 'I rojan wars, nobody
recognise him but Argus, hi old dog.'
To mark the lau nch of a campaign wprovide information and advice on
asthma from pharmacies, Mr Alan
Nathan, Boots Lecturer/Practitioner,
Department ofPharmacy, was interviewed
by BJJC Radio Cambridge.
page 3
ARC at theRa ral Saciet ?., .,
T he u:"EP Environmental
Data Report 1993- 4,
prepared for the L nited
:"ation En ironment Programme by
the Monitoring and Asse ment
Research Centre (\ilARC) at King's
College London, was launched by _ ir
Crispin Tickell at The Royal ocietyon
1 March. \ilore than 60 gue ts from
industry, government departments,
NGOs, academic institutions and the
press attended the launch which was
hosted by the Principal, Profe sor Art!1ur
Lucas. He spoke of the importance of
\ilARC' work and the links between
\ilARC and King's College London
before introducing \iI Fran~oise
Belmont. Officer-in-Charge, L:" EP
Regional Office for Europe, Geneva
(repre enting the Executive Director of
U:"EP) who spoke of the exciting plan;
for C:"EP's future.
'C\\ \ OIUnlC
The Environmental Data Report ;erie;
is a cornerstone of L:"EP's
environmental reporting, delivering
timely, reliable information to support
rational decisions on environment and
development. It has been prepared for
U01EP on a biennial ba 'is by Vli\RC
page 4
since 19 7 in co-operation "'Ith the
""orld Resource In mute, \\'a;hington
DC and the l;K Department 0 the
En ironment. The ne\\ volume i thu
the fourth in the eries and continue
the reputation of the rcport a one of
the keyource of accurate inforrna ion
for en\'ironmental elentl;t and policy
maker, all over the "'orld.
Thi role of the report wa tre;'led by
Sir Cri pin Tickell, a former 13riti h
Permanent Representative to the
Lnited :"ations and now, amongst other
po ts, Chairman of the Government's
Advisory Committee on the Darwin
Initiative and Convenor of the
,overnment Panel on Su;tainable
Development. Ilaving given an
overview of the 10 chapter; of the
report, each comprising data cables with
text and graphic; to a;;ist
interpretation. whi h cover
environmental pollution, climate,
natural resource, population and
development, human health, energy,
industry and transport, wa;tes and
wa te managcment. environmental
disaster, and international co
operation, Sir Cri pin emphasized the
increasing importance of environmental
issues and the need for such an
:lIJt!1oritative information source on all
a;pcct., of environ mcnt and
development. lie stated 'This is the
kind of book which I gOlTlg to make a
sub tantlal difference '.
The report wa well received by tho e
pre ent at the launch and generated
considerable pre intere t among t
national ne'" paper and BBC and LBC
radio.
Carol \ilead
\1ARC
set7 update
Arrangements for the ollege's
contribution to et7( ee the
last issue of Comment) arc
continuing apace with the final touches
being put to the various event across the
campuses.
There has been considerable interest
a., a re ult of the leaflet which has been
mailed to all school, librarie and
museums in Greater London, the display
material in the, trand music room
windows and the publicity chool have
undertaken themselves. It i hoped that
not only will there be a good turn out by
chool children and members ofthe
puhlic, but by College taff too, who are
very welcome to view the displays and
listen to the talks.
The \ilayor of Ken ington and
Chelsea will be attending events at the
Kensington campus on Wednesday 23
\ilar h and hopefully participating in the
'hand-on' display..
For more information, contact I\nne
Robinson, on ext 2696.
For details see the Events section on page 14
Sir Crispln Tickell (left) Ms Fran{oise
Be/mont, ProJArthur Lucas and Dr Philip
Whitfteld, Ilead, Division oJ Life Sciences, at
the launch oJ the Uf\'EP Environmental
Data Report 1993-94 at The Royal Society
on I Manh
"p . 11 CICl cet 1 Ii ~
0l11C
1n <rM
Educationtar .,.ecr
to
he King' hra tlan Forum
..... elcomed the Rt lion Mr
John Patten, ecretary of 'tate
for Education, a their gue t peaker on
'I ue day March. 1115 tOpiC for
dl~cu~~ion, Morality In Iliglrer I~ducolion
was ugge ted by Father Jennings in the
ChaplainCy, who had Invited Mr Patten
to peak. Although acknowledging the
value of academle freedom, Mr Patten
aid that tudent had to accept their
respon, ibilities toward their university
and society, 11 i list of ba ic values,
which IOcluded self reliance, self
diSCipline, regard for proper authority
and the readine s to tand up for what
one believes m, were, he aid 'a
nece ary condition and hallmark of a
ci III ed ociet~.'
lie told the Forum that higher
education could build upon the
fo~ndation of empha I on pinrual and
moral development In pnmary and
econdary school, now found in the
. 'atlOnal Curriculum as a re ult of the
Education Reform, cr.
With regard to student loan, M r
Patten aid that it wa 'morally right'
that student hou Id contribute to the
co t of their education, and posed the
question 'wh hould their friend and
ibltngs who gotraight from chool to
work .... meet more than a part of the co t
of su pport(ing) furu re grad uates out of
the UlXe they pay?' Thi 'moral'
que~tion went on to fuel the debate
which follo\~ed :'vi r Panen's lecture.
returnIIobda
The Secrelary ofSI le 11Jct?!mg ProfessorI.ord Russell (It/I; nd lire G!I pI. In
education departnncnt~of VartOUS
unIVer'>ltleS, The. Lien e LlIle I
funded by thc 'Acllcome I rust and the
Royal. oclety, and IS keen to enlist the
support of any organl\attOn v. hlch hare
It aim.
If you would li e to panl Ipate m thi
project, please telephone the Pre sand
Publications office (ext 3202) for a copy
of the form, to be returned to. clence
Line. If you ha e any further question
ahout the prOject please con:act Stephen
Ilolland, Science Lmc, 13.' ,252
Wc tcrn Avenue, London, W3 6XJ.'I elephone: 0 1-99362 I,
P eter Ilobday of RadiO 4' Today
programme. who made a
con iderable hit when he poke
at the (;mlng 10 gnps 'Ifi.l/lr IIr :vtfdlo
lecture In ollege la t \1ay, I~ returning
to take part In a train Ing day for
academic staff on prcss and publication
topiC on I April.
Mr Ilobda will be talking about the
relation hip between unlversltie and
journali ts and advi 1nl': on how to
pre em your work effectivel for
newspapers, radio and televi ion. lie
will provide tips on broadcasting and It
I~ hoped he will conduct ome mock
interviews to how how it's done.
For further detail., please onta t the
Pre ~ and Publications Office on ext
202.
ou h 1an
he Press and Publica Ion
Office h been contacted b~
ience Lme, a ne\.\- service
which amlS to provide authoratatl 'e,
accurate and clear! presented scientific
information to the public b~ telephone.
Over the la t ix month traal of the line
ha e upported selected Channel 4
Equinox programme on ubject from
dinosaur to pace hunle and memory.
On each occasion they an v.ercd around
700 calls from vle.....er acro the
country. From :'vlonda~ 21 \1arch ther
will be operating on a dail~ ba I to
cover any a pect of ciencc, technologr.
medicine and englneerang.
'1 he line I taffed by people \\ Ith a
general cience background, ..... ho will
an~""'er many of the day to day enqulfle
them elve,. There could be occaslon~.
however, when the~ need to call on a
pecialist to discus or explain a
particular POint and they are looking for
volunteers from a wide range of clence
dl elplines who would be prepared to
help in this way. If you become anexpert, they envi age that you would
only be called upon 2-3 time~ a year.
when they will a k you either for
pecific information on a particular topiC
or even to phone the caller back your elf
to dl cu the an wer directl~ with them,
ender no circumstanccs will you get
call directly from the public.
cience Line' link with broadcasting
mcans that the will be supporting
particular cience programme again In
the futurc. When the e arc on your
peclality, cience Line will notif~ you
in advance to ee if you v.ould be willing
to help with the incrcased nu mber of
enquirtes they would expect to receive
Immediately after the programme.
The cience Line' operation are
managed by Broadca ting upport
ervlce , under the direction of a mall
teering group representing Channel4,
the ience Mu eum and The
Wellcome Trust. Other organl~ations
offering upport include The Briti h
As ociation, the 13riti h Library,
C P S, the Ciba Foundation. the
Library As ociation and the continuing
page
Delegates at 'he International conferenCl' on telecommunicationr, IJu/J12I
International conference ontelecol11111unicatiol1 Dubai, l" \9-12 Januar . 1994
~ .~------
T he Communication Re earch
Group of the Electronic and
Electrical Engineering
Department spon ored an internatIOnal
conference on telecommunication for
the fir t time outSide the l K. Both the
Vice Chairman, Profe or 11 Aghvami,
and the Technical Chairman, Dr F
Marvasti, were from the Electronic and
Electrical Engineering Department of
King's College. Other sponsor, were
prestigiou institution uch a, I E I·, and
IEEE and the everalorganizatlon In
Dubai for local arrangements. The
technical committee consisted of well
known scholars and researchers from all
over the world. 130 technical paper
from 23 countrie were received but
onl 0 paper were chosen and
pre ented at the conference. About 200
expert from all o~er the world
participated and the con erenee was a
ucce s both in term, 0 financial
income and the publiCity that it
generated internationally. There wa
one full day of hort cour,e and three
day. 0 techn ical ses,lon consl tlng of
14 sessions. The technical topiC' were
peech and Video Signa I "roce,. ing,
atellite and \10bile Communication.
Optical and \11 ro~\aveSY'tem,. L I) ,
:lnd :"et~\ orklng. Due [() [he ,ucce~s of
[he conference, It ha heen decided that
it \\ ill be repeated on an annual baSIS In
different ountne,. The next onc \\ ill be
In Bali, Indonesia in April 1995.
Dr F \larvasti
Department (l Electronic and
Electrical Englneenng
KinO" sets thecene for
en\" iron 111enta1. .
1110nl torIl1g
O n 17 and) February
King's wa host to the 2nd
European Work hop on
BIO en or for Environmental
\1onitoring. The purpose of the
\\orkshop, which was attended by65
participants from 11 European countries,
was to revie\\ the progress of the EC
funded projects on Technologies for
I',nvlronmental Protection. The
workshop kicked off With a pre entation
by Dr Peter Ben netto (who also
organised the meeting) on Developmtnt of
on-stream biosensors for pestIcide detect/on(an Interdlelplinary project co
ordinated by Dr Le~\ is and Dr Bennetto
from Chemistry and Or \lason from
Life SCiences). There followed twO day
of pre entations covering topic ranging
from advanced OptiCS to immunology.
The meeting in luded a 'brain
storming' sesSion to identify priority
areas for future EC funding. Dr Jurgen
BUsing, the I~C CommiSSion
Environmental programme Co-ordinator
said that 'the meeting had been a great
success, forming a sound basis for
development, in the future '. J le added
that this was particularly timely since
'calb for new proposals under
Framework 4 Research and Development
Programme ~\ere expected as early a,
• eptember ,0 re. earcher hould be
talking to p:lrtner, and developing
projec~s now'.
The Fourth Framework
EnVironmental programme has three
main themes: (I) The natural
enVironment, en ironmental quality and
global change; (11) Environment related
technologie (diagnostic and remedial);
(iii) Earth ob ervation and the
application of space technologies.
The budget for th IS programme over
19 4- wdl be 50 million E C. Further
information can be obtained from ara
Kelly, KCL EnterprISes Ltd, ext 3321.
Jeremy \1a,on
KCL r:.nterpmes
pa e
Helpin to.1 1prO\ eh u in a tIlt
11 . nadan I ~ the nadlan :'-1101 try 0
Extcrnal A air IOvlted re earch
app!Jcation from north I~uropean
national to compare some a5pect J)
Canada v. ith it countcrpart 10 their ov~ n
countric ...~ I have worked In Canada
for three ycar . had tv.o of my book,
offiCIally produced b the Queen'
Printer (thc equivalent 0 H \1 0) and
\\a ub equently IOvlted by the On ario
:'-1101 tcr of Ilou 10 to advI con thc
ueatmcntlleeded to n;deem a eflOU,
problcm hou 109 e tatc, my Canad lan
expeflcncc atl ficd all the conditiOn
laid dOlAn or the anadlan rc,earch
app!Jcatlon , and Dr Davld ero;, and I
thcrcforc decldcd to apply or thc lar~cr
of the av.ard avatlablc from the
1101 try.
I he re,earch propo;,al v.a, a
compafl;,on of prohlem e. tate In
Canada and 13f1taln. Thorough and
large- ale Bmi5h ,tud le had already
been made, 0 thi mcantthatthe \\ holt:
award could bc devoted to work on the
Canadian '>Idc. Work In thl'> ficld
involvcd collaboration with architect
planncr'> and other practitioner of
;,ubjects eligible for the award. 'I he,e
fact,> mu t havc appealed to the
Committee, and the bid wa'>u cc;"ful.
We werc given an officc In the
Gcography and Planning Dcpartment of
the Cni cr ity of ' 1oronto, and
accommodatIOn 10 a hall of re5Jdence
dlrectl oppo ite It. \\"hat a boo to
productlvlt it I v.hen there I no
Journcy to work. \\·c were able to
ach leve record output 10 the form 0
report on thrce problcm c tate,>. lA rth
recommendation5 for de'>ign and layout
Impro cmcnts that would alleViate their
50Clal breakdown qUite ;,ub tantlally.
The three estate provided a nice
ba lance 0 condition'>. as the fir;,t wa;,
entirely house. the ,econd almo't
entirely nats and the third a mixture of
both. Infe5ted b drug pu;,her" lhe all
appeared to be daunting problem arc\'.
but survey;, revealed the preei e caU5e,
of their vulnerability, and each de'lgn
de eC[ could be con idered or hc e
v. a. of elimlOatlO I or a lea t
mlOl I 10 . i in ue n e. v.lthout
IOcurr n" 00 much cxpcn
\\ e v.ere able to per Cl e hav. the
nu mbcr 0 de -ec pc r hOI could c
reduced rom a pernlCIOIJ I cl ran"ln,..
r m- 011 0 r'!Jtt cl
'0 o~. Imtlarl .• he 9 to 12
the l.,Juld be redu cd to 0 to 3 in
almo t e.ery ca .'1 he h nl!' \\ould
ma e thc e tate thorouhhb" un afe or
the dru o ulture. bUl \a, Iy '>3fer for
everyone cl e, a the re ommended
feature lAould promote natural
community ormatlon In a lAay th t I
qUite Impo Ible at pre ent
In each ca'>C our prlOcI plc and re uIts
received an open-minded lAelcome from
the authomle,. and 31 0 rom the
tenant' leader \\ hom v.e eontactcd on
the lAor,t e tate. Simtlar rntere,tlAa,
'>hc)\\ n by people aw: nchng a hou Ing
con erence at which I de!Jvered a paper.
and a rerurn \ i"t to Canada ccm;,
highly 11 ely.
Pro e"or \!Jce Coleman
Dlel·. ProJcct. [>Cpartmenr 0
(jeography
,\ymtnglon PlaCl!, sludtf'd Iry Ktng's College
gt!ographers in ToronlfJ lIs /96 flals create
n almosphere 0/anonyrmty and Ihe lerrace
(Jne floor abt/Ut! Ihe gmund Ihfll's flU lars 10
break tn Ihrough OIr-condtlllmtn 1 nlles lite
Irl't!s. planlt!d lu SO/I IItf'Sane, rt: luu near
l/it! but/dtng and Iltrealm 1(, acl aJ ladders
jr,r (/Kt//' tnlrudtrt
ReallV Rai In a
t ndard
hi I the title 0 a ne\\ boo
due Ollt hordy \\hich 0110,,",
up he re~rch on he
de elopmen 0 children' mtelli ence
lA hlch Dr Phlllp -\de and llchael
hayer 0 the choolo Education. havc
been conductIO for o.er 20 year.
1nl I they publi hed the findmg of
their C.\ E ( ognltiVe AcceleratIOn
through clen e Education) programme
on a"era e puplh' mtelligence and
general a demlc achievement. -I hey
ou nd that pu pll lA ho used the
programme In the fir t year of their
econdary ehoollOg went on to obtam
Ignlficantly higher grade in G E
r-.ngli5h, mathematiCs and clence than
did matched control groups.
Ilo\"evcr. de plte the Wide acclaim
and huge media mtere t their findlOg
attracted. the Department for educatIOn
ha;, ~tlll not taken the method on board.
'I·hc book ,>how~ clearly the potential
that eXI t;, for changing the academl
a hlcvemcnt of a nation, and how that
potential might be realised.
Really R /Slng Slandards i aimed at a
wldepectrumofgroup frompoliey
maker to education profes ionals
through to parent. It relate the
development of higher level thinking 111
oung adole;,cel1ls to eonuover ial is ues
such a;, ;,electlOn, 'treaming, differences
bctlAeen boy' and girl' intellectual
development. and a . 'ational
urrieulum which emphasi cs content
acq ui5ition at the expen e of intellectual
de e1opmcnt.
p c7
Staff ec\\ hee Churl!l Ch lplain
'lite College's nm Free-Church Chaplain, Rev John Ilambrick (nghl), was recenlly
'{J;;elcomed 10 King's,,> the Chaplain, Fr Philip Chester nd Ihe Principal.
Professor WilkinsProfes~or :VI Wilk ins was one of two
Ilonorary Fellow recently elected by
the Royal ociety of Edinburgh.
Professor Wdkins, who became a ,,"obel
Laureate In 1962 for his work on the
structure of D. '1\, i Emeritus Professor
of Bioph sics at King's.
Or F Oliveira-PintoDr F Oliveira-PintO from :vlathematies
~ ill give an inaugural address entitled,
Aims and lools for energy RTV slraleg; in
Ic-urope at the European Congre 5 on
Economies and :vlanagement of Energy
10 Industry in E torit, Portugal on 5April 1994.
Or Oavid NokesOr Oavid ,,"okes. a Reader in the
English Department, has been
commis ioned b publi hers, Fourth
Estate, to write a new biography of Jane
Austen wh ieh is expected to be available
in 1997. Dr '\ okes won the James Tait
Black :vlemorial Priz.e in 19 6 for his
biography of Jonathan Swifl.
to c()\\ hit
( .ongr:ltU I.ltion
Or Hall
J)r Trevor Jame Ilall rom the
I )cpartment of EIc tronlc and Electrical
f·.ngincering ha. been elected a Fello~
of the InstillJtc ofPhysic".
Professor Ilarold Baum of Life
Science, famous (amongst other
things) for hi" "etting of
~ iemific laws and formu lae to mu>ie so
that they can be ea>ily memorized, ha~
had a hit with hi, song, in l{uS'>ia.
Profes or Alexander Boldyrev of the
Department of Biochemistry at.\10scow
• tate L niversity has written to Profes or
Baum: 'Since 19 6. ~ hen I fir>t heard
your Biochemical songs. I have u~ed
them with great succe,~ teach ing my
students. Together ~ Ith Leninger
'I extbook in Biochemistry, your
Biochemi t's • ongbook is the mo~t
important manual in m, course.'
Profe" or Boldy re" ha .. a ked Profes. or
fhum '5 permis ion to use several songs
from hi book, 0 that he can 'popularize
in I{ussia your pleasant and informati ..e
way In teaching modern Biochemi try'.
\rtlHlti (:ouncil.1\\ lrlh
Dam \ard to King'Ph ici
K ing's has been awarded two
out of the ten pre tigiou" and
competitive PhDtudentship
granted by the Arthriti Council in 1994
to encourage outstanding young science
graduate to embark on a re. earch career
in rheumatOlogy. The award are or: the
characterisation of T cell clones reacting with
epitopes oftype II collagen in arthn'tis by
Profe or:" taine and Or LLanehbury from the Infection and
Immunity Re earch Group; and Sitnc
oxide andperoxynitrile: agenls ofdamage in
Ihe inflamed rheumaloidjoinl by Profes~or
13 Ilalliwell from the Pharmacology
Group.
P rofe or Ronald Burge.
WheatstOne Profes~orof PhysIcs
and Or Gary lark, He~earch
Assistant, are members of a Japanese
and Bntl h team who have won an
award of 10,000 from the Dalwa Anglo
Japane e f-oundation which encourage
cientific collaboration between
Japanese and British re earch.
The award wa made at a ceremony
on 2 :vlarch at the Royal In tltutlon of
Great Britain. Onl four projc ts were
elected from 130 applieation~ to win
the prestigIOus award.
Professor Surge and Dr Slark. \\ ith
a i tanee from Or \1ike Bro\\ ne al~o 10
the King' Phy ic Departmcnt.
produced a world fir t in high re>olution
imaging \\ ith an X-ray laser 10 a ~ingle
ubnanosceond pu Ise of soft X-radiation
of incredibly high inten ity. Thl
experti e contributed to a programme of
joint research in imaging with Japanese
cienti ts u ing the X-ray la,er at O"aka.
p ge
[men i\ c Language Cou r eZ~-Z() \larch 1994
T he Language and
Communication entre are
holding an Inten Ive
Language our e on Friday 25 and
aturday 2 March. The objective 0
the cour e I to give all participants the
opportunity to acquire or improve
communication kill in a \AIde range of
modern language.
Cour e will be offered in Prench,
German, • panish, Italian, Portuguese,
Greek, Russian and Japane~e at up to
four level: l3eginner, Lower
Intermediate, Higher Intermcdiate and
Advan ed. The course will run from
10.00 to 17.000n both daY~\lith break~
for refrc~hmenu, and lunch.
The fee for the cour~e ha~ heen
~peclally reduced to £90 for all ~t.1
Plea~e contact \'ane ~a Ilc:ud on e t
24 - for regi tration det:III~.
,!1Jrter and Surure
T he College's Charter and
Statutes have now been
reprinted to Includc the
amendment. made at the time 0 the
merger and the Commiioner~
Statutes (which were made under the
Education Reform Act 19 4 and cover
redundan y and di. mi~ al of :lcademi
~taff for good cau e). opie arc
available for consultation in School.
Division and Department:lI office~.
Peter Gilbert
Assistant, eeretary
Un ure of the j·.lectronic l"nj[
T h.C Electronic Lnll. on 'inall)ormed In I 62 at Quecn
E Irzahcth Collcge to meet the
electronIC need ofdepartmcnt there.
and ~ub~cquentl) mo\ed to thc. trand, "
to cia e m J ul . George \lela~, the last
remalnmg member 0 it~ ~taff. \1111 be
takmg premature retlrcment. In the
I 70 the L: nit e tabli hed a facility for
the deSign and manufacture ofhybnd
thick film circuit, and developed a high
level of expertise in mieroprocc~~or
technolog). data aequl IlIon. proces ing
and control.
Formermember~oftheLnit' ~taff
and those 1\ ho have ontrin uted to its
Illlrk include Cly n Jone~. John Fitch,
Peter Gilyard-Iker, l)r G.\ re). Dr
Rogcr Sladc. l)r I'ctc Ilenncllo and
I'rofes~or .\ I~oger~.
Letter
Dear Editor
I ugge t a College competition for
logan to go on the College franking
maehme. matching the enterprise of our
fnend in L:niver ity College. Their
franked letter ay 'the Original London
L ni er Iry'. Given the centrifugal force
at work in other colleges, could we try
'the Final London L: niversity'? Other
entne to the Editor.
Richard orabj I
Department of I'hilo ophy
1'Iu Greal 11011 wasJilled If) capacity 'fI1,1'lh friends, sludenlS and collea es bolh pasl and
prlsenl, on Ihe occasion of Ihe one da) conference held on 4 March 10 mark Ihe reliremenl ofIhe
RtUrend Rich rd Coggins and Professor Leslie Houlden from Ihe Deparlmenl of Theology 01
Ihe end of IhlS academic;ear
BOlh have ven oUlJlanding Service 10 Ihe College and Ihe Deparlmenl of Theology, Richard
for 32 )earJ and Lesliefor 17 )earJ Richard and Leslie are picluredhere wilh Professor Colin
(,unlon (I I 'Od ofDepOrlmenl) allhe Jlarl ofIhe conference, 01 which Ihe speakers were Professor
Roberl Carroll, Professor of BIblicalSludies allhe Unive ity ofGlasgow, and Ihe Very
RtverendJohn fJrul), Dean ofChml Church Oxford. TIre conference ended wilh 0 Brahms
sonola p/a)td bj I "(/ colleagues, Francis Walson and Alan Torrance, os 0 musical In'bule 10
Ridard and 1,(';/:1'.
p:I C q
echeePro rammc to upport a re rch
projec entitled' ccuri and dcmocra
111 the ne"- Europe' Total granr,
112. 2
Centre for Educational Studies
\Ir DJ qUire. £4 ,720 (I3ml h
Library) to uppOrt a research project
cntltlcd 'u co rr -a i ted II1formation
y tem 111 academiC re earch '. Prof Y1
Bro\\-n. Or imon, 1 ,4-0 (E RC) to
upport a re earch project enllllcd
'pnmary clencc and mathcmatlc ra ks:
pupil' perceptIOn and performancc·.
I otal grant~. 'I - -. 170.
Centre of Medical law and Ethics
\1r.\Grubb,310,310 Ecu (£22 ,'3
approx J IEEC) to support a research
project entitlcd 'the moral and lcgal
IS ucs urroundlng thc treatment and
hcalth carc of patient In per 15tent
vegeratlve ratc '. Total grant,
£229,
Chemistry
Dr C Koh, 14.925 (£ ,970 approx)
(Cornell Lnlver~lty) to '>upport a
spectroscopic study of natural gas
h dratc formation and inhibition. I'rof
\1 t\ Robb, .£25,167 (l)are bury
LaboratOry (SE RC» to support research
on thc 'electron corrclation in molecu lar
wavefunctions for thc CCP I '. Or C D
Ifall, £24,6- (Jotun Paints).
Contribution lOward, re earch sraff C05tS
and consumable'>. Total grant ,
£132,412.
Computer Science
Total grant,>, 1,400.
Electronic and Electrical
Engineering
ProfCW'lurncr. 4,OO(l'aul
In trument Fund) lOward thc cost 0
the comtructlOn of a wldeband optlcall
canned hydrophonc for high rcsolution
phase insen~itlvcdctcction and rapid
mapping of cw and pulsed acou tic field
distribution In quantlrative ·D'I. Y1r P
J Langlol, ,000 (Y1 uItllOne
1'.lectronlc Plc). CA E award. Dr'l J
Ilall, Dr \' :\ Ilandcrek, £204,5 J4
(SE RC) to support a re earch project
entitled 'parallel oplO-electronic
telecommunications ~Y5tcm '. Dr A
\'clastln, £ 4,935 (5ER ) to support
rant ed belo\< v\ere
rccelvcd n hc uarler ended
1 January 1 'H. Detail 0
gran under -,000 are not Iven. nor
arc ex en ion of exi ling rant or tho e
\< hich are confidential. butthc amoun
are Included In thc total or thc
depar ment or unit
Age Concern Institute of
Gerontology
Prof A 'I In cr. ()r J \ ham.2 .s00 Ecu
tU , 3 approx) (J', 11 ro pea n
Foundation or the Improvcmcnt 0
Llv Ing V\ Jrk Ing Condlllons) to
IJppOrt a research project enlllled
. uture pro pect for amily care of older
people In the European Communlt) '.
Prof :\ Tinker. Prof \ \1 \\'arnes. Or J
\skham. 5.000 (.\ I.eadlng Rctailer) to
uppOrt rc carch on 'the ,hop plO '
behav lOur of elderly people - an
exploratory study'. Prof ..\ '[ Inkcr.
£47,062 (Jo eph Hov\ntrce Foundation)
to upport a rcsearch proJcct on 'dlfficult
to Ict ~heltercd hou",ng: a 5wdy of
pre\'alenee poliCy and practlcc'. !'rof A
1 inker, £ 13.300 (E. I~CJ to support a
rcsearch project entitled 'community
care for elderly people: technology for
liVing at home'. 'f otal grants. .£ 0,565.
Anatomy and Human Biology
Group
Prof .. Iloldcr. 240.000 I',cu (£177, 04
approx) (EEC Iluman Capital and
\Iobilit)) to wpport a re earch project
entl led 'molecular ha" of cell
dlfferenllation during development'. Or
L C \Iahadcvan, .£ I') .070 ('\FH ) to
support re earch on 'bactenally
ynthesized translational In hibitor as
agonist of nuclear signalling and proto
oncogene inducllon in mammalian
cell '. Dr J A PIZ7.cy, £65,475 (\\'ellcomc
1 ru l) to support a research swdy of the
alterations In subun It expres,>ion of
receptor proteins as a potential
mechanism for drug dependence &
wlerancc. 'I otal grants, £457,777.
Centre for Defence Studies
\Ir Y1 C1arke, 149,026 Ecu ((£1 12,924
approx ) (EEC. Phare Democracy
n H.:n
c I c erh Im 1 r
n the last edition of Comment ,omc
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instructions we gave on ho\< to
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hould be addres cd to the follo\\ In' In
the AcademiC tandard eClIon of he
cademlc Registry:
Loul e. 'adal on CDXX2 4. cxt33 or
arah Knell on C DX 29 . ext3
he Leverhulme I ru t ha
offered a grant 0 '27 ,7 0 0
the C nlverslC) 0 - Cambndge
In aid of Profe or R E Bur e' re earch,
for the 4-year period starting from)
October) 4 on the Consolid. (IOn oJX
ray microscopy and X-ray hologr. pity In
blOp!rjJUS The re earch be \\ ill ba ed at
the Cavendl h Laboratory In the
Department of Phy IC at the L nlver it)
of Cambndge and the grant prov Ide for
uppOrt to Profe or Surgc In thc form
of a mcmber of sta f, a rc careh a ociatc
and ccrctanal a5 I tance.
Profe sor Surgc I~ \\'heat,>tonc
Profe or of Physic at King's and a 1,1 e
\IIember of Clare Ilall, Lnlver Ity 0
Cambndge.
Kate Quantrell
Academic Registry
p [)
re car h on 'incident detcclIon and data
gathering or crowd in confined area~
u ing image proce sing', Prof \\'
Turner, ,7 Ecu ( ,732 approx )
(EE (Brite-EuRam))to upporla
re earch project entitled 'ultra onic
re onance pectro cop: qualit)
as urance of concrete. aero pace
componen and die-ca t aluminium
components '. Dr A "ela tin. Prof A C
Oa ie , \1r R Bowman, \1r D '\ Fra er,
.000 (l1f1ti h Aerospacc J):naml )
for appliCatiOn of DORI IDI.\DE\1 to
real-time control of multiplc robots.
Total gran, 75.0 1.
GeographyProf 0 Brunsden, 53,000 ECll (£39,265
approx )(EEC (Iluman Capital and
\IIobility) tOupport a re~ear<:.h 1)f0Jell
entitled 'geomorphology and
environmental impact a~sc ,mcnt: a
network of reearch in the I·.llrop<:an
Community'. Dr \1 E Fro,>t, Dr "
Spence. £21,900 (E. RC) to ..upport a
re earch project entitled' hanglllg
labour catchment areas and Ilork force
mobility in Briti h citie '. Or J
Wainwright, £7,615 (:"ERC) to ~upport
a research project entitled 'e kct'> of
extreme climatic events on landform
change In southern France'. (Thl'> grant
ha been tranferred from thc L 11Iver~ity
of. outhampton), 1 otal grant,>. £70,61
HistoryTotal granL", SO
ImmunologyProf N i\ Staines, £111,376 (i\rthritis and
Rheumatism Council) to suPPOrt a
re ear h project enlltlcd 'primary
structure and functional analy I 0
autoantibody \' region eplLOpc '. 'I ot31
gra nts, I 1I.376.
Life Sciences Division
Dr R l3alle . £42,423 (Dar\\ In Inltlatlle)
to su pport an invc tlgation of thc
diver ity 0 fi h fau nas and aq U311C
ecosy tern In the Rwenzofl \!oumaln
Western Lganda. Or RJ \1 lies. £ 6.16
(\1inistry of Agriculture, FI~herie
Food) to UppOrl a re earch project
cntitled 'bacterial decontamination of
food " Or C F Thur ton. £250,469
(:\FR ) to upport research on 'genc
structure and expre ion for
Ilgnocellulolytic cnzymes in the
cultivated mu hroom agaricu bl'>poru .. ·.
Or C ale, £25.772 (Cniver itle
Federation for Animal Welfare) to
..upport a research urle) of no"e III dog
hou~lng. Dr P R EIII~.£8.23')
(I,eathcrhead "ood R\)tl llpporta
re carch ..tlJdcntshlp enlltlcd
'development of rheologlcal methods to
charaClcrt e the nutritional propcrtie of
dletal) complex carbohy drate " Total
rants. 4-3.r .
Management Centre
1 otal grant. 1.000
MathematicsProf JTaylor, 24,000 Ecu ( 17,7 0
approx) (EEC (Iluman _apital and
Mobility)) to suPPOrt a rc~earch project
entitled 'no cl neural netl\ork '. Total
grant. 17,7 0.
Mechanical Engineering
Total grams. £25.000.
Molecular Biology and BiophysicsGroup
Prof 11 Could, Dr B J Sutton, Dr J J
\turphy (Immunolol,') Section),
~')20.14.3 (Wcllcomc 'I ru ..t) to '>llpport a
rc,>carlh project entitled 'role ofCD23
In Beell dc'clopment'. Dr \1 R~andc",on. Dr R K Patl<:nt.£157,741
(, r I{Cl to ..upport a re,earch project
entitlcd ·..truclUral lUdlC\ on the
recognition of O..:\ b) the zinc finger
gata-l '. Dr \ R IIipkl . £ 9.43 • (World
ancer Rc earch Fund) to support a
rc~careh project entltlcd 'inhibition of
;ugar-mediated mutagen production by
dletal)' peptides'. Dr J \1 \1cl)onell. Or
BJ ' utlon. £59.246 (Wellcomc Trust).
Illtchlngs-Elion fell 0\\ ship for a
re~earch "lUdy of biophySical
char:lCtcri ..ation of IgE-nctwork
intcraction ... Dr \11~ Sandc"on, £9,917
(\1 RC) to support a re'>eareh project
entitled 'regulation of IIIV transcription
hy :"F-KB: identification ofpotcmial
target for anti-AI D, interaction'. Total
grant... £970.650.
MusicI otal grants, £7-0.
Nursing Studies1)r S COI\ le). £99,229 (Engl"'h :"ational
Board for:" ur Ing, :'vlldl\ IfCl) and
Ilealth \ 1'ltll1g) to ~u pport a re~earch
lUd) on the Identification 0 thc
changlOg need of comm unit) nur e ,
mid\\ Ife and health vi itor "'ith regard
to need~ a ~esmem taff eo~t'> and
qualJt) of care in the context of the
I Land Communlt) Care Act 1990.
1)r E Carr. !'rof J \\ t1 ..on-Barnetl.
£30.292 (~outh East 'I hamcs Hegional
Ilcalth :\llthomy) to support rcsearch on
'position ing of stroke [Jatl~nts: the
dcvclopment and evaluallon of a
tcachlng [la kagc for nu"e .. '. (I his grant
\la\ JOllltly ;I\\arded to thc de[lartment~
cl IIrslOg 'itudlcs and !'hY"IOlherapy.
Kmg' ). Prof J Wil on-Barnetl. £36,000
(ParklO\on' DJ ease ociety) to upport
re. earch on 'evaluating the role of
pcciali t nur e caring for patien with
Parkin on' di ea e'. Total gran
167.021.
Nutrition and DieteticsDr A R Leed, 23, 00 (Quaker Oats
Ltd). ontribution toward the co t of
undertaking experimental tudie. Or \1
. 'cl on. 17, -0 (I3riti h Council).
ontribution toward the co t of
e tablJ hing an academic link with the
C niver it) of Indonesia. Total grants,
£45,3 2.
Pharmacology GroupDr Brain, £6,900 (Fisons Plc).
Re earch . lUdentship. Prof J Littleton,
£70,903 (Lipha A) to upport research
on al ohol dependence. Prof 13I Ialli\\ell. Or 0 Aruoma, 303,122
(\111115tl) of AgricullUre, Fi herie
1- ood) w support a research project
entitled 'the development of
methodology for mea uring oxidative
damage in the human bod '. Or P K
\100re. £32,7 2 (Wellcome Tru t) to
su pport research on the 'role of nitric
oxide in acute and chronic nociception
and neurodegeneration: use of novel
inhibitors of nitric oxide biosynthesis'.
Total grants, £427,809.
PharmacyProf r~ _11 ider, Or S \1athcr, £40,577
(Imperial ancer Research Fund).
Contribution towards research staff
costs. !'rof RC (Iider, £156,906 (i\FRC)
to su pport a researeh project entitled
'the truclU re/fu nction relations of
FE(III)-phyto iderophore activity &
transport in cereals'. (This grant wa
jointly awarded to Prof R A Leigh,
t\FR -IACF, Rotham ted
Experrmental tation and Prof RC
Ilmer, King' ). Dr GP \1artin, ProfC
\larnotl, £5,000 (Parke Davi and
Company Ltd). Contribution toward
the co t of technique validation. Total
grant, £247.64 .
PhilosophyProf R orabji. £ 10.000 (Briti h
Academy) to upport a research project
entitled 'Creek Commentator '. Total
grant.£11,39.
PhysicsTotal grant, £440,176.
Physiology GroupOr :--.: J Ab bott, £202,951 (:vi RC) to
support a re carch project enlltled
'wx leology of the in'i.1·'ro blood-brain
barrrer: modulatIOn of toxicity by
page I J
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Or R W Ashby
Ron A hby, " ho died hi month aged
n, wa a particular) I'ted teacher and
much loved collea ue 10 the Kin '
Phtlo ophy Department rom 1 ' to
19 ,and then part-time until 1 5,
fter volunteering for ambulance
service in 1 41, he was Impri oned a a
paclfl tin 1942, His belief, In plred by
Gandhi. were carefully thought out, but
toO comple to find avour in court. and
It wa only through the C orts of
\llchael .\ Ippctt that he wa relea ed
after SIX momh and allowed to return to
Jmbu lance \~ork.
I li~ ability to ,tand up qUietly and
rationally for hiS conviction W3 to be
manlfe ted many times again, and not
onl in the context of philosophical
dl CUS,lOns, It wa shown In the late
1,)50s, for example, when he reSigned
from the Cemral Office of' nformatlon,
on being told that hi~ duty wa, w tell
not the lruth. but 'the truth as '!er
\1aJesty' Government sees it', It
appeared in more htlarious guise in his
rcmarkable gift for persuadlOg
policemen by the use of logic alone, that
he had nor committed traffic violations.
lie came late to Philosoph .
completing hi BA in the Birkbeek
Philo ophy Department 10 1 49, and hi
Ph D in l niver ity College in 1 '4,
ome re ult are publi hcd 10 the
Proceedings '1lhe An'sloleltan Society for
1 55- . and he left a number of entries
10 DJ O'Connor's en'/lcal" Iory ofWestern Phtlosop!ry and Paul Edward '
fnC}c1opaedia of Philosoph)
13 ut it wa a a teacher that he made
hiS mark, lie started teaching extra
mural cia es in 19'0, and eame to
King's on a temporary, part-time ba i 10
I 5 ,winning hi Lecture hip only in
1 63, s a teacher, he pos e ed the
great art of never making anyone feel a
fool, and for many KlOg's students he
wa the preferred tutor. Sympathetic,
patient, thorough and lucid, he al 0 had
a devoted following in the extra-mural
system at :'vi orley College, From 1967 he
taught the advan ed c1a\s there, and
encoura cd a serle of tuden to mo e
on to the Lnlver i ,to the con iderable
bene It 0 KlOg' .
'n rewement, he howed hi u ual
comblOatlon of fearle ne and ratIonal
CUrlO ity m learnin electrontCS With the
aim, happily unfulfilled, of making
him el a mlcroltte plane to fly in, lie
al 0 put hi talent for meticulou hard
work to the service of other, who like
him elf had been taught in the Barlow
Clowe finanCial fraud, or les
dramatleally in an expen Ive problem of
rottlOg concrete 10 the flats where he
lived. lie \Vtll be greatly mised b) the
many frtend~ and \wdems who
remember hIm.
Richard orab)1
Department of Phtlo ophy
Alan Fairbourn
The udden death of lan r-airbourn on
5 February wa a great loss to his family,
hi many friends, and his colleagues and
students in the Department of
Computer Science.
Alan first encountered computer as a
re earch tudem in Chemi try at Queen
Mary Collcge, isits to the In tiwte of
Computer cience at Gordon quare for
data processing brought him into contact
with the Ferrami :'viercury computer,
and, IJke man anothcr chemists, hc
never looked back,
I le JOJOcd the lecturing taff of the
Computer Icnce Department at
Wc tfield College, was promoted to
Senior Lecturer, and in 19 5 upervised
their transfer to King's a acting' lead of
Department. For many years he was also
chairman of the Fir t Degree
1I bcommiuee of the Board of tud ie
in Computer cience.
1I is extramural activities incl uded
computcr based genealogy, organising
medieval revel and banquets for the
Fair Isles Society, rebuilding part of a
ruined abbey at Rozct-Combier a a
second home, and the posts of
•ometaboltc demand'. Pro P
\-fc. ·aughton. ,4'7 Ecu ( 71,'75
approx) CE C (Human Capital and
\lobilit) to upport a re arch rant
entitled 'cellular basl of lran ductlon of
painful tlmult in nociceptive neurone '.
Prof Howell, ) 0.000 (\\'ellcome
FoundatIon Ltd). Research tuden hIp.
Prof L) lowell, Dr J Per uad.
7, '4 (Wellcome Trust) to upport a
research tud of the role of protem
inases In In ulin secretion. Total
grants, 4 ,4.
PhysiotherapyMis F Kenney, Dr D :"ewham, 5,02
( outh Ea t Thames Regional Health
Authorit ) to support a re earch project
entitled 'po itioning of tro e patient:
the development and e aluatlon 0 a
teaching pac age for nur e ',n hi gram
wa jOlntl) awarded 0 the department>
of Ph iotherapy and. ' ur 109. LUdic ).
Total grants, ',029.
Theology and Religious StudiesProf Gunton, 40,643 (Bmlsh
Academy), Po tdoctoral fellow hip.
(Thl grant has been lran ferred from
Worcester College). otal grant,
£40,9 2.
Vascular Biology Research CentreDr P A Fra er, £117,2 4 (Wellcome
Trust) to support a research project
cntitled 'mechani ms of 11+ tran port
across single cerebral microve el in
vivo', Dr G E Mann, Prof J D Pear~on,
Dr D Leake ( niversity of Reading),
£212,6 3 (M inistry of Agricu ILUrc,
Fi herie & Food) to support re earch
on the 'dy function of vascular smooth
muscle and endothelial cell nitriC OXide
and prostacyclin production in
inflammation', ProfJ Pear on,£6,012
(Over ea ource (Japan» Research
bench fee for Dr T Kuroka\ a, Total
grants, 35,979,
War StudiesProf L Freedman, £2 ,750 (London
Bu ines hool) to upport a re earch
tudy on security and its implication for
the City of London, Dr E Karsh, £5.000
(British Academy), mall per onal
re earch grant. Dr B Jasani, £ ,042
(For chungszcntrumJuelich G:'viBH) to
support a research project enlllled
'enhancing (AEA's safeguards u ing
satellites'. Total grants, £45,392,
Total amount awarded in thequarter, £6,375,131.Total grants awarded in thequarter, 132.
pa I..
churchwarden, choirman, and latterly
organi t, at t John the Baptist church.
Leytonstone.
From computing to cooking, from
medieval revels to music making, from
re-roofing the church hall to building a
house, Alan u cd all of hi many talents
to the full, but without 0 tentation. He
is greatly mis ed.
Richard Overill
Departmcnt of Computer cience
Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman, the controversial film
maker and gay rights activist, who died
on 19 Fcbruary, was a grad uate of
King's. lie studied Engli h, Ilisrory and
Ilistory of Art, gaining hi~ (kgree In
1963.
Derek Jarman, a King's graduate.
Professor Cedric Masey White DScIEng)
Profe sor C:-'l White, DSc (Eng). who
died on 27 December 1993 aged .5
years, was very much an individualist
and wa inherently very hy.
Throughout hi entire academic
career C:-'1 White applied fundamental
thinking [0 his chosen field of applied
fluid mechanics and civil-engineering
hydraulic. Accordingly. by his novel
approach, he made a la [Ing impact on
tho e undergraduate, re earchcrs and
other who came under hi'> influence,
hoth at King' College London. from
1'J21 to 1933, and at Imperial College
London, from 1933 [0 1966.
During his earl and productive years
at King's, White benefited greatly from
the co-operation and collahoration of his
olleagucs who Included at that time
Professor A I I Jameson, S J Davie , E
Giffen and H :vi Clarke.
Later, a Reader in Hydraulics at
Imperial College, V/hite re-vitalised the
Ilawksley Hydrau lics Laboratory and
between 1933 and 1939, with R A
Bagnold, R V Burns, F C Colebrook, E
F Gibbs and RP Pendennis-Walli ,
pursued and supported fundamental
re earches into topics such as wave-
pre sures, ediment transport, pillway
design. pipe and channel friction,
cavitation. drag force and flood
predictions. During World War I I,
studies concerned with the design of
pneumatic breakwater, with \1ulberry
Harbour and with similar projects were
undertaken.
In 1946 a personal Chair of Fluid
\1echanics and Hydrau lic Engineering
was conferred on C M White. From then
on studies were undertaken on
problems concerned with thermal
stratification of water reservoirs, with
spillway designs for hydro-electric
power installations and similar topics. In
addition. Professor White gave full
encou ragement to h is you nger
colleagues in their various pursuits
concerned with flow-induced gate
vibrations, wind effects on water,
cavitation damage on concrete, air
entraining siphonic flows, river-flood
control and associated topics.
With substantial support from the
English Electric Company, Professor
White introduced a very successful onc
year, postgraduate course in llydro
Power for home and overseas graduates.
This cour e ran for a period of two
decades, or so, only ending with the
simultaneous retirements, in 1966, of
Professor White and Or Charles Jaeger.
Professor White was twice married and
ha.d one daugh ter b~1 h is second
marriage.
\1aurice J Kenn
Engineeringalumnus, 1944-47
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5 to 7 May
Centre for Hellenic Studies and theWellcome Institute workshop~o ....,,~, or S'1OO 0" ,-a:e ~. c ..... f
ano =a', a,'r'e ce COMao,
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5May
Centre for Late Antique & MedievalStudies Special Lecture
Room 1006, S 'and Campus, 17 30o Idtan sel -fashlOnmg m medle alII erature Andreas Capehanus. Jean
de eun, and Chaucerp,o essor Alas,alr I n,s, orr:
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Co mlt ee Room, Sand CarY'p s,1415
Symposium on MlchaelOummet sOoglns of Analy Ical PhilosophySpea ers' Pro essor Pe er S, ons,Unlversl y 0 SalzburgPro essor Herman P Ilpser, Unlversl yof Lelden1630 A panel diSC SSlon a whichhe spea ers will be JOined by
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Ox ord and o:hers
11 May
Centre for Philosophical Studies
LectureRoom B06, S rand Campus, 7 15
Philosophy and ar I IClal m elitgence
compu a lonal modellmg In cogm I esCience. a co IqueOr ar;( eane, T(1nl COl ege, Ouohn
11 May
Inaugural Lecture from theDepartment of History
ew Theatre, Strand Campus, 1730The ose and fall 01 total war. thehiStory of a twenlle h-cencury conceptRichard Overy, Professor 0 odernH,s ory
16 May
Centre for Hellenic StudiesGrea' ~a S:'a"o Camp s, '800'0'930
e'sa 0' Ce 're '0'
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20 May
Institute of Romance Studies/Centre for Twentieth CenturyCultural StudiesOa Co e'enee I assoe at 0
e ns u eo gomanee S ud'esFasc/s Wo erse 07 -873 2030 or u he de a' s
24 MayCentre for Philosophical StudiesLecture
Room 2B08, S ra d Camp s, 700LmgUls ICS rom an mdl Idualis ICperspec I eProfessor ,oa C oms
,assaeht,;se s ns, u eo, eehnology
25 MayCentre for Philosophical StudiesLectureRoom 1B06, S and Campus, 7 5Philosophy and artdlclal In elitgencehe role of logiC m artdlclal mtelitgence
Pro essor Robert owals I, ImperialCollege
26 MayCentre for Philosophical Studies
Lecture
Comml ee Room, Strand Campus,730
Issues m medical ethics methods ofbloe hlcs some defective proposalsP o'essor Rare, Unlvers' yofF,orida
Law
16 May
Centre of Construction Law
'ehael Brown Foundation Lee ureew Theatre, S rand Campus, 18 00
01930Pro essor John Perry, Beale Professorand Head 01 School of CivilEnglneenng, University ofBirmingham Contae Pauhne Gale orde ails of lee ure and tiC e s on ext2446
I,i re Science
23 Marchset7
ands on public eve s, 0 00 0
6.00
Matters of life and death
Randall Ins i u e (ic e only), Designergenes and other molecular matters
ensing on Campus, Ecosystems andpollution: tac le pollution wlthougetting your hands dirtyContac Reena Pa el on 071-3334648
or tic ets and further information
25 MarchRandall SeminarLecture Theatre, Randall Ins ItU e,
1300
Molecular MotorsPro essor ichael Shee z,Departmen 0 Cell Biology. Du e
Unlversl y edical School
19 AprilKing's College Centre for the Studyof Metals in Biology and MedicineSymposiumRoom C22, A ins Building,
enslng on, 0.00 0 16.00
Themes: Metals in disease: Metals In
the envIronment
20 AprilSociety for General MicrobiologySeminarRoom M20, Atkins Building,
Kensing on Campus, 13.00
Yeast genome analYSIS: fromsequence to functionPro essor Stephen Oliver, University
o Manchester Ins i u eo SCience
and Technology
22 AprilDivision of life Sciences AnnualMeeting on Iron-Sulphur ProteinsAlien Thea re, A ins Building,
enslng on Campus, 0.30 0 1730
Con ac Ru h 0 ine on 07 -333 4329
or urther de ails
4MayKing's & UMDS Health and ScienceResearch MeetingA seminar workshop between ing's
and UMDS to be held at S Thomas's
site Key topics include CommunityNursmg, Quality measurement mheal h care, and PsychologIcal care for
the chrOnically ill. Parallel g ouo
diSCUSSions on hese OPICS Will
revle on-golng prolec s and hope ully
s gges oppo unl les or urecollabora Ion
Fo u er noma 10 ,please con ac
Jenl er ilson-Barne on e 30 0
life Sciences lectures16 MaySeminar Room 3 8, Cornwall ouse,
5.40
Gait mitla IonOr R Soames, Anatomy and Human
Biology, King's
17 MaySeminar Room 318, Cornwall House,
1540
Use of and needs or servIces. datafrom a longltudmal survey of olderpeople IlVmg at homeOr orag Farquahar, Depart en 0
General Prac ice, S Bar holo ew's
edical Sc 001
19 MaySeminar oom 3 8 Cornwall ouse,
540
The Impact 0 AIDS and mIgration onagemg m southern AfncaOr Yolande Coombes, London Schoolo Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
26 MayAlien Theatre, Atkins Building,
Kensington Campus, 9.30 to 17.30
Talks and poster presentations about
research in the Division 0 Life
SCiences
Contac Ru h 0 ine on 071-3334329
or u her de ails.
and
24 Marchset7
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Con act Or el h Jones, Depa men
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25 Marchset'Talk Modern Chelllistry - what it hasdone for mankind
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25 Marchset7
Illus (a ed lec ures on compu Ing.
Computer cnme - a WItch's brew2 Should we rus compu ers?3 SCIence, sImulatIOn andsupercompu ersCon ac Or Richard Overill,
Depa men 0 Compu er Sciences on
ex 2833 or u her de ails
25 Marchset7
a series of short al s, demonstrations
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25 & 26 Marchset7
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ages An ama eur Radio Sta ion will be
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become a live broadcas er. The BBC
and commercial radio stations are
invited and equipment ranging from
the first transmitters to the lales hiech state-of-the-art electronics will be
on show. Something for everyone.
Programme details from Or Mike
Holwill, Department of Physics, ext
2715.
26 MayOne-Day Conference in StatisticalMechanics - STATMECH 10S rand Campus
Following a similar in format 0
pre ious meetings 0 the series, he
con erence will corsis of 20 minute
tal s and wo lec ures given by J
Cardy (Ox ord) and C Gruber
(Lausanne). There is a regis a ion ee
o [5 The deadline or hose wishing
o con ribute a al is 20 April. (Ti le
only required.)
For u her de ails contac : 0 A Lavis,
Mathematics Department on 071-873
2240/2217 (Email D.LAVIS on BAY) or
G S Joyce, Physics on 071-873 2168(Email G.JOYCE on BAY).
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