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King's College London (KQC) newsletter

WELCO E TO THE EWSECRETARY DESIGNATEMyles Tempany retires as College Secretary at the end of this year and at the fIrst meet­ing of the new College Council his successor was announced. Mr William Charles Slade,BSc, ACMA is appointed to the post of College Secretary as from January I 1986.

Bill Slade is already well known to many members of the College. He fust came to Chel­sea College in 1975 as Finance OffIcer and became College Secretary there in 1978. Hehas worked closely with the offIcers and committees responsible for the structure andrealisation of the merger and for two years now has been completely involved with plan­ning for the new College. "I am very, very pleased" he says Uto be able to see the mergerthrough. I have, in effect, spent two years of my life working towards it and to be ableto continue working for its success and development is very gratifying: I am quite thrilledabout prospects for the future and greatly look forward to joining such a distinguishedtradition."

pyramid structure 01 indu try is ba ed on abroad foundation of support taIf leadingup to a pinnacle of relatively few govern­ing and controlling personnel. In universit­ies the pyramid is turned on its head. Therearc a very large number of highly qualified,articulate, professional people with relat­ively few staff supporting them. There ismuch more informed opinion here anduniversity managers mu t harness this prop­erly. Generally speaking, indu try and univ­er Hies do not communicate as they should.There are great benefits in learning abouteach other' need - the balance must beright though - the tail mu tn't wag thedog and we mustn't be tempted to try andovermanage our universitie .'

DEMO STRATING OUR WORTH

One thing Bill Slade i in no doubt of ithat univer Hies will increasingly be requir­ed to Justify them elves and their perform­ance will be measured. " We must be morewilling to expose the things that we dowell and to show ourselves as more acce - Isible place of work. Money will remaintight and this money must be applied tobring the best results. We must identify our Istrengths and capitalise on them and mustsee that the criteria by which we are meas­ured are the right ones. King's has under­gone a healthy process of elf-examinationand has pinpointed key areas of growth.We must follow up bard on our AcademicPlan and concentrate on being as success-ful as we can possibly be, each of us tryingto do better the many things we already dowell. We are a powerful, large institutionoffering a distinctive array of opportunit­ies. There will, of course be problems andour biggest impediment in future planningis sites. The creation of a single campuswill make all the difference in the worldbetween being good and being the best. Ibelieve we must succeed in acquiring Corn­wall House - it will tax our persuasivenessand will require substantial investment,but it is cardinal."

I DUSTRY AND U IVERSITIES

Prior to joining the world of university ad­ministration, Bill Slade worked in industry.He is a qualified' accountant and has hadextensive experience in the steel, cementand telecommunications industries. Douniversities and industry have anything incommon? Bill Slade believes that although

the culture is different and the general out­look and behaviour differs, in terms of thetasks to be done the gap is not so wide ­"Techniques used in industry are oftensaid to be inappropriate to universities.This is not totally true. Universities are ahuge resource. Such a massive investmentin people must be managed and industrialmanagement techniques are relevant. Thereare, obviously, essential differences. The

THE WAY FORWARD

Realising the efficiencies of scale open tous, reviewing our work practices and build­ing on the progress already made are waysin which Bill Slade sees the immediate wayforward. "It is", he stresses, "the belief inour capabilities that will drive us forwardand our energies must be directed by thatbelief - that way we surely will succeed."

The weeks up until Christmas will be onesin which Bill Slade hopes to get out andabout and meet those people he doesn'tyet know, and learn about areas that arenew to him. Anyone is welcome to comeand chat (he and his secretary Dana Swin­ton are now ba ed at the Strand on ext.2363). He will be working particularlyclosely with Myles Tempany and othersenior members of the College bu.t hopesto build up contacts with all areas ofKing's, especially the students. He was..President of the Union in his student daysin Swansea and retains a firm belief in theautonomy and self-reliance of the studentbody.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE

Bill Slade was born in Newport in 1939.Unlike his wife, he is not a Welsh speaker;although he retains strong family linkswith Wales he feels that this fact precludeshim from being thought of as truly Welsh.He does, however, have a fervent welshinterest in rugby football! He and his wifelive in Epsom and have two teenagedaughters, one of whom is in the processof university application. King's Collegedoes feature on her UCCA form, but sadlynot at the top. It seems we may still have abit of image-building to do!

STAFF NEWS

OBITUARY

PROFESSOR VICTOR GOLD, FRS

Professor Victor Gold, Head of the Chem­istry Department at King's since 1971,died from a heart attack on September 29while on holiday in France. His funeraltook place in Westcott, near Dorking, onOctober 14, and was conducted by theDean. A Memorial Service was held in theCollege Chapel on October 29 when theaddress was given by Professor W.J.Albery, FRS, of Imperial College.

Victor Gold was born in Austria in 1922,and there received a mainly classical educ­ation. He came to England prior to theoutbreak of war, and began his associationwith King's College in 1939 when he ent­ered a course in Chemistry, Physics andMathematics for the old BSc IntermediateExamination. Passing in 1940, he transfer­red to University College where he comp­leted aB Sc in Chemistry in 1942, andwent on to research in physical organicchemistry under Professor C.K. Ingold.These early experiences shaped his laterinterests and ambitions.

Gold returned to King's as a Demonstratorin Chemistry in 1944 and spent the rest ofhis working life here. He became a Lectur-

er in 1947, Reader in 1956 and Professorin 1964. At his death he was the longestserving full-time mem ber of staff. He wasa great King's man, and contributed imp­ortantly over the years to many aspectsof College life. He was elected a Fellow ofKing's College in 1975.

Everything Victor Gold undertook, inc­luding his lectures, was done with rigour.His earliest independent research workconcerned the hydrolysis of carboxylicanhydrides and he returned to this field inone of his last projects. In between hestudied many topics but extended espec­ially knowledge of acidity, acid-baseproperties of organic compounds, hydro­gen isotope exchange reactions, and arom­atic substitution. He was perhaps bestknown for his work on solvent isotopeeffects. Development of the theory ofthese effects allowed him to indulge histalent for mathematics, and I well recallhis commenting to me at the outset ofthis work how greatly he was enjoying it.Gold retained his enthusiasm for researchuntil the end. Always keen on discussiongroups, he organised several international

conferences. He sought to establish phys­ical organic chemistry as an importantbranch of chemistry, and helped to foundthe Physical Organic Section of the Inter­national Union of Chemistry (IUPAC), ofwhich section he was the current Chair­man. He also founded, and edited, the rev­iew journal Advances in Physical OrganicChemistry. He was, without doubt, aworld leader in his field. He was electedFRS in 1972, and served on various nat­ional chemical bodies.

Gold's many contributions to College lifebegan in 1948 when he became Sub-Ward­en (to Peter Shaw.as Warden) first atKing's College Hall, and subsequently atHalliday Hall. He always had sympathyfor student needs, and was very helpful inpromoting the later careers of his researchstudents, many of whom became academ­ics. In the 1950s he was an importantdriving force behind the introduction ofcomputing to the College, and was thefirst Chairman of the Computing Commit­tee. Among his many other importantadministrative influences was his chairman­ship of the Planning Committee of theStrand Building. It was fitting that he in­herited the Chemistry Department just atthe time that it moved into the new ac­commodation. Even before the Collegehad embarked on the recent merger, Goldhad initiated the unification of the King'sand Queen Elizabeth Chemistry Depart­ments, and in this way had some influenceon College policy. He was keen for themerger as a whole to succeed, and was thefirst to suggest the acquisition of CornwallHouse. All this, as well as serving terms asDean of Science and as a member of theCouncil, represents only a fraction of hisCollege work. His interests were universal;as Head of Department he involved him­self in, and closely controlled, almostevery aspect of its working.

When a young don Victor spent his holid­ays walking in the mountains. He was aman of wide culture whose tastes andknowledge influenced students during hisearly years in College. He was as much athome with Goethe's theory of colour aswith the electromagnetic spectrum. Mar­riage to Jean Sandiford, a former stUdentin the Department, led Victor to becomea devoted family man. He was immenselyproud of his very talented children, bothof whom have worked for a period in theCollege. He had a fast, clear mind especial­ly good at foreseeing the long-term con­sequences of an action. And, unlike someof us, he always learnt from his mistakes,He worked tremendously hard to over­come initial insecurity, and to occupy avalued place in British society. He suc­ceeded triumphantly. If there were asp­ects of his character that did not commenhim to everyone, that is only to be expect­ed; people with any real force in them cannever be universally popular. There wasplenty of force in Victor Gold.

DPNS

CELEBRATIOo CHELSE

FOR THECOLLEGE

10 OFK'THE I

PR YER OF DEDIC TIOcomposed for the occasion by the Dean.the Revd Richard Harri

000 ober 2 , the merger wa formally elebrated at a Service in the ollege Chapel.The Prca her w the Right Honourable Robert Runcie. rchbishop 0 anterbury:

isitor to King' College.

The Archbishop's visit was the highlight ofa week of celebration. A special exhibition(above) was prepared and is available to be mounted at all campuses of the College.

SERMO DELIVERED BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF C TERB R Y

In I 7 I the older English universities were in a state of uncertainty and apprehension.Gladstone's m inistry had pas ed an Act which ended forever the ancIen regime of unref­ormed Oxford and Cam bridge. Religious tests were abolished, fellow of colleges wereallowed to marry, and teaching posts were opened to competition. One clerical fellowlamented to the Archbishop of anterbury: 'Oxford is finished. The faith, the friendship,the common purpo e lost. There will be nothing left but profes ors pronouncing againsteach other.' In fact, the college from which he wrote stood on the threshold of its great­est age, and he was to be one of the leading figures in its renewal. It i not always easy todiscern the promise of the future amid the uncertainties of the present.

Change is always difficult, often disturbing. It is only natural to feel unsure, even hostile,when confronted by some amendment to tried and tested ways. The case for change isseldom so overwhelming as to meet at once with universal approval.

1 am reminded of the prayer of Reinhold iebuhr, one of the great hristian thinkers ofthi century:

o God, give u Serenity to accept what cannot be changed,Courage to change what should be changed,And wi dom to distinguish the one from the other

Of our e. change is almost by definition divi ive, and a prayer like tills can be u ed byeither ide to defend its cau e. What one party accepts serenely as Incapable of change,another eek courage to tran form. One man's wisdom is another man' folly.

Many of the most difficult issues for the Church arise from the tension between ancientand modern. This is so whether we're thinking of theological con trover y or liturgicalrevision. For many the new forms of service herald a great advance, a firm hope for thefuture, a lively and immediate way of speaking to God and declaring his presence andreality. For many others, however, the language of Cranmer could hardly be improved.It' to this we mu t remain loyal if we're to be faithful to our traditIOn and prove our-elves true tewards of the mysterie of God.

I know from my own experiences of academic institutions as a don, as a theologicalcollege principal, and as a chool governor - just how ambivalent one can feel whenfaced with even moderate change. 'Change, even from worse to better', said RichardHooker, 'is never accomplished without pain'.

So 1 an well imagine that for your three former Colleges the voyage to August 1985has not been easy. The Colleges had their own distinctive features, and possessed

Heavenl. Father. giver of all good gifts,e an of er you nothing

that you have not already gi en u .But mindful of your great 10 e

bring before ou the three traditions\\ hI h now make up thIS Collegeand pra} tor your ble ing on th' newphaof our eXIStence.

we explore the my tene of yourumver eand enter more d eply into the rich hent­age 0

language and culture that makes us humanwe remember the promise that your HolySpl1'itwill lead us into all truth.Jn our tudy and re earch. and in all ourworkwe pray for that pirh of divme tru th inmindand heart and SpirIt.Heavenly Father, we now dedicate the1.lfe 0

thIS .ollege to you and pray that underyour providencewe may erve that wider community inwhich weare et, both in this country and over eaandthis we ask lJl the name of Jesus Christour Lord.

The Dean welcomes the Archbishop

strength which have taken time to establIsh. You will have lived through uncertainty,even trauma - and you may have wished at times that you'd never ventured into thesetormy and uncharted waters.

But that' to look back. You mu t a k now what you need to make 'KQC' work. Let meoffer three uggestions - they're three ingredients es ential to any ommunity's life.First, you need good leadership at every level, including the tudents' nion. Leader­ship with en itivity to the past, with commitment to the change that's been made andwith an enthusiasm to turn it into reality. aturally we think here of Lord Cameron.It i a great adness that he' not here to ee thi day for which he had worked 0

unsparingly.

Taking over as Principal in these difficult circumstances has not been an enviable task.But I am certain Profe or Sutherland will provide the vigorou and enterprising leader­hip that will help to bring this new College the uccess you deserve.

Second, I uggest you need a vision of how the College can and hould become. As theBible has it, 'Without vision, the people perish'. We need to look beyond ourselves if weare to know where we are going: not only because as the Psalmist said, from therecomes our help, but because we need some inspiration, some sense of destiny, if we areto begin the journey at all.

Clearly, you have many obstacle till to overcome. At times it will be a wearisome anddispiriting proce s. You will need to retain a clear vi ion of what you want this Collegeto be. 'Be not conformed to the present pattern', ays St Paul, 'but be transformed bythe renewing of your mind~

And third, I would ask you not to lose your memories. Remember the distance youhave already travelled, the difficulties you've already faced. It's a mIstake to diminishor dismis them. Lord Scarman, Chairman of the niversity Court, has described themerger a the most important development in the sphere of higher education today'.That's a bold claim. But it certainly suggests the magnitude of what has already beenaccomplished.

Finally, let me offer two theological truths from which you might take encouragement.The Christian experience of God has been described as a mixture of 'now' and 'not yet'.We believe that in Christ, God has acted decisively and conclusively, and we can knowand experience the fruits of his action. But we have yet to reach the final working-outof his purpose. We have to accept that until that time we are still living at second best.It seems to me that a combination of 'now' and 'not yet' describes the stage this newCollege has reached. Perhaps you can be reassured by knowing that this is a state inwhich some of us not only survive but can actually flourish.

Another aspect of the Church's life is suggested by St Paul in comparing it to a body.Each member brings to the body his own distinctive contribution, and puts it at thedisposal of the whole. Here, each College has its own record of achievement and its ownindividual character. Chelsea College developed as virtually a technological university inits own right, a scientific community with interests closely meshed with the needs of anindustrial nation. Queen Elizabeth College has been a pioneer in women's education,and has become a leading centre for Food and u tritional Sciences and the domesticsciences; its campus in Kensington was home to a society with a strong sense of commonendeavour. King's Colleg~ founded as an Anglican response to the 'godless institution inGower Street', became a place of great academic breadth, a place which overcame thedisadvantages of a confi ned site to attract a strong sense of loyalty and affection fromits members.

Yet the result of union, says St Paul, is not that particular strengths and attribu tes aresmothered. Instead, they are used more effectively because of their link with others.The overall result is far stronger than any group of dispersed individuals. That, I think,is the kind of hope that has inspired this coming together of three Colleges.

Today, these rich achievements of the past face the challenge of becoming a single newCollege, one with greater resources and a wider academic community. There's everyreason to believe this difficult and testing step in your development has been both cour­ageous and wise. There's every reason to expect a new vitality, growth and excellence toemerge. But it will continue to demand your devotion and dedication to the task ofbuilding a new community - loyal to tradition, but open to new gifts and fresh achieve­ments. To seize the promise of the future in the present requires patience, insight andthe kind of care for others which gives a community coherence, sensitivity and purpose.

May God grant you his serenity to accept the things you either cannot or should notchange, his courage to change things you can and should and his wisdom to know thedifference. Amen.

After delivering the Service, the Arch­bishop went down to the Great Hall,where, at a reception, he met many stud·ents and staff of the College.

Sir Keith]oseph on Government policy on the universitieIn th· , th first of a new eri of interview with national figur in the field of higher ducation, the ecretary of tatefor Education and ence, ir Keith Jo eph, describes-following th publication of th Green Paper-som of the Cl.U'

them and concerns in the ernment' policy n universiti . The text' in th form f a lightly edited tran.serip 0

intervi ir Keith recently gave Ray F tman Director of lnformati n & PR 'c at the 'niversi of Edinburgh.~subsequent inten'i in this are conducted under the auspic of the tandin nferen e of 'niversity W rmati

o and are syndicated fi r publication in universi magazin and journals in th oited Kingdotn.

The Green Paper i a veryubstantial document: if you

focus down what would younow de cribe as the corner-tone of D policy on the

university ide?The orner.,tone of our pollC)on the uni\t~r"ln SIde IS reallv atriple one-If ,:ou can ha\"(: atriple omerstone It IS to ma.ll1­tam and \"here po sible. Im­prove qualit~ With a light hiftm empha.'>I~ toward ..clence.engmeenng and te<.hnol ~ allwllhm a demogrdphK de lme 1I1

what I no\\ hut WIll not ahva\ sbe the maIn agt" <.ohort )un:efor unh er'>lt) .,tuden!.:>

quality & demand

You mentioned a couple ofthing alread, ir Keith, Iwould like to touch on; oneis your con ern about quality,which is well known. Could Iperhap raise that under twoheads? The sugge tion hasbeen made that if your movesto improve quality, standards~r whatever phrase youuse-in the chools are suc­cessful, it is po ible thima have a positive effecton the numbers of candidatescoming forward for highereducation.Hallelujah. hallelujah. glory be'f hope it ma) he ..0 The fore­Ca'>t . the proj 'ctlon of the ageparti ipauon mde for the mainnonnal recruitll1g age concernedare ba.'ied upon current as ump­tion and do not take forgranted an Improved perfor·mance at ,>chool But we arefrom thl.., "1nter emharkmg uponthe monllormg of demand and,>hall he wat<.hmg very carefull)the .,chool performance, so thatwe can. from vear to year.adJu t the projected size of theunl\'ersit~ popufallon We arein good time to do this. becausethe main dramatIC fall doesn'toccur for ,>e\'(:ral rear., and ifwe are hemg wo cautiou Inour numbers. we can adju t ingood time. Thai haVing beensaid, in the light of the projectednumber., that stem from theexisting Ih'ing population, ir

would have been di ingenuuu .If not dlshone. t. (() conceal theImpftcal\(m.., of currem pru­peu.

more places?

0, broadly peaking, youwouldn't rule out an upwardadjustment in the numberof univer ity or higher edu­cation places if circumstanwarrant it?

o. mr ..,u ceS1tOf'> may-I hopethe) ha\'e-a rale to tell. a talro which to rea t of rislI1g quali­fications; I hope the) do Youwill reali'>e that the (,o\'ernmentregard.. the mature andidate."mature applicant.,. mature stu­denL~. continuing education ..,tu·dent.,. a., increa'>ingly Importantfa lOf'> to be taken into accountin universiry coverage We al·ready a.s~ume that they willprovide an in rea'>ing hare ofthe demand. and here again. Ihope thar we ma . have to takeinto account a rapidly increasinggrowth 111 that demand.

mature students

Though would you fore eeyourself any growth in thatarea, given the financial con-trainu that tend to apply to

people taking higher edu ­cation later in their careers?

h. ver) mu h ye'>. becaus~ ItL., our expectation that after 'tOmeIJtitial pump-primmg through tileacth 1£\ known b\' it~ a 'nm\'m~ PI(~Kt:P. more' and more' ofcontinuing education co t!o \...·i11be covered by fees. either b)the employer or b~ the indh·Idual who thmks it worthwhileto call upon aving" or loan!>for self-inlprovement. but largel)we hope by fees paid by em·plo) 'r.

But in this context you'd bethinking more specifically ofhorter course rather than

full-time first degree courses?

The full range of cOntll1ull1geducati n: po tgraduate n n­graduate. short. medium evenhmg The elghteen'rear-old agegroup. gomg to fall by a thIrd\}, e are projecllng a fall mstudent place of l-i'\. In otherword . we are alread) umingthat a smaller population willmake dhproportionately largedemands up n uni\ er..,itle

But pre urnably the problof student support for peoplin thi category will remain,gi en the 0 . While it manot appl in relation to a ixmonths top-up cour e, it of­ten applie in relation toundergraduate cour e . Andthi has been very much aconstraint, as well as hortageof place .Ye~. There will continue to be.I hope. incre; ing opportunltifor II1dividual c ncerned 10borrow mone\, if the' decidethat it'.. worthwhile from thatpoint of view There will al 0

he. I hope. mcreasing prosperit)to enable them to u e .,ome'>a\'mg." and. in some case nodoubt. emplorer~ will help e\'(:nwith that-parucularly perhapfor con\·er..,lon cour e ... or con­ver..ion trammg

, 'ty standardSumversJ

ould I t uch on one otheraspect of our initial remarksin relation to tandards? Itw~, I think, at the recent

RHE Conference wherey u poke. You did refer, Ithink, to the need for uni­versitie to look to their tan­dards. I don't have the exactquote in front of me but Iwondered what sort of evi­dence you had in mind inexpre 'sing 'ome concern,perhap ,which <::emed toemerge from your speechabout current university tan­dards.There ha\e I een ju t enoughcomplaint.. to cau e, to justify.a certain amount of concernthat the admirable intention!> I'the univer!>ities need careful

monitonng by [he unl\'er'tlllethem eh'e!>--Ju t en ugh Butthere I al 0 the perennial (:0

cem that autonomou., m..,uru·tiolb.....ith no built·m pr edurefor appeal beyond their ownorganc.ation. need to keep thelI'0 ......" guard up in connection ....ithstandard,>. parllcularlv where mover rn'ent\ \ ears there ha'>been uch a' rapid e pan ion 111

'>ome depar[ment

And you don't think that theernaJ examiner ern. r

example, is an adequate safe­guard in thi context?It hould be a ... er) \en tron!!.,afeguard. Of ourse 11 shoulbe But human institutions arefallible. not always ul1l\'er!>alJ"applied in the ideal form and asI ..,a\ it behove the unl\·er.,lIlewho are proud of theIr name .to mallltain them

Yes, I'm ure that' the case.I wondered about the quan­titative side of that that ledyou to make the e remar~,

beca!J e given the outputfrom univer ities-my owninstitution, for example, mustgraduate 2,500 tudents ayear-I can't bone tl recalloming acro complain f

an ' significant number or,indeed, very man to jus .that ort of remark. I wo ­dered if . ou had particularcase in mind or could evenquote a percentage figure.;'1;0 I think I mu..,t m hone.,t),>a} that mr cm n expenen(:e0\ er the Ia'>t !'\'ent) year". par­tlcularlr in the mld·19"'()·~ h;u;.,ometlmes caused me to won·d(.T about the ~tandard.. of jUdge­ment and scrupulou. con ideratlan of evidence that ... aUl()·matlcally to be as umed fore\"Cr)' univer.,ity ..tudent. I'mputting it as gentl) a'> I can

You're implying that thereare case from time to time,which perhap' are excep­tional rather than charac­teristic of the y tern as awhole.I wouldn't know about that.I've had ome fairly hair-rai.,ingexperience. I don·t. of 'our e,

take e, ception to heckling but. ome of the rejection of argu·ment, ome of the attitudehave been n t just intolerant­be au e that' not a que tion ofrandards--but have rejected

\\ Ide range of exp ri nce. Butthat i n't the le cau e for myLoncern A main cau e of m\'concern is that there have bee~complaint and no outside ar·bit r a... a final appeal authority.A • ystem that i , as I ay, proudof it~ performance, h~ to takee\'en more ob\'ious trouble thanhas been taken up until now tosafeguard its own randards, par·ucularly ~ince the other armsof higher education are subjectto outsioe in pe tion.

n'on cutbackSeducaU I could change directionslightly, comments are madein ide the education systemabout the alleged relative lackof political clout of educationin the 1980's compared toome 'pending sectors, and

while, of course, it has beena characteri tic of public ex­penditure policy through the1980' to cut back generally,in fact I think recent figureshow that in some areas--and

I'm not referring exclu ivelyto defence for example­there has in fact been a sub­stantial increase in publicexpenditure, in the healthservices for example. What'syour judgement about thevalue that the Governmentin general puts on educationas a national investment, asopposed to the other sectorsof spending?The Conservative Party foughtand won (Wo elections on ovendeclared e plicit policies of in·creasing pending on four greatfields of public expenditure: Lawand order; defence; the ati nalHealth ervice: and. retirementpen ion. All to be afeguardedin real terms and expandedwithin a framework of constraintin general and public pending.It followed that wherever therewas a po- ibility to prote t tan­dard and yet restrain publicspending, we were bound totake it. In the schools. we havehad the diminution of a millionchildren in school in the lasteven year. becau e of·the

falling birthrate prior to that.On the other hand, in highereducation there has been anincreased number of places forstudents-- lightly fewer in theuniver ities and many more inthe polytechnics and colleges.

Yet the taff: tudent ratio in thepolytechni and the college.ha.') been adjusted 0 that theco t ha:. not gone up as fast asthe number of tudent. But Irepeat that what has happenedha... been within the declar dIIltenuon of the GO\'ernmentwhen it :u campaignlllg twicefor election. I have to sa . finallyon that that I don't think thatyou can judge quality and efrec­tivene - imply in money term.

Though I think there aresome in the universities whowould argue that it i diffi­cult to maintain tandardsin a certain area within thecutbacks.I am not over tating my case. Iam sure that there i an indi ­pensable minimum of pendingnecessary for tandards, but iti. n't the only criteria by whichto judge.

sWing to sdence

Could I take up your thirdpoint-which was referenceto what I think you referredto as mode t swing to scienceand technology? Some peopletake the line that perhapswhat the country needs isnot 0 much larger and lar­ger numbers of scientists andengineers in all categoriesbut a rather different type ofeducation for a larger pro­portion of students, that isto say a les specialised one.Srudents including pupils, yes Iagree.

I know your expressed viewin relation to school examsand the curriculum in theixth form. I wondered what

your view was in relation tothe question of placing moreemphasi , for example, onthe general degree whichallows--certainly in Scotlandand to some extent in Eng­land- tudents to maintaina wider range of subjects toa later stage, as oppo ed tosimply increasing the peci­alists in science and technol­ogy.I would like to see a broadeningof the approach but if possible\yith no acrifice of depth. Thati why we moved in favour ofthe A entry examination asyou know. It may well be thatome ucce sor of mine will be

free-him or herself-to movemore broadly, but I think thatthe Government has moved afar as it is practicable to do atthe moment. Yes, I note with

em that III me ther oun·trie', \'o'ho e culture i worthyof re-pect, there doe eem tobe a broader range of educationavailable and indeed. Robbinhim elf, based hi Report onth as umption it would go inthat direction. and expre eddi appointment that it hadn'tbefore he died.

But it i , at the niver itylevel, difficult to ee howmaintenance of advancedtandards in a particular ub­

ject could be held if in factyou widen the subject base,particularly within the timerestraints.But if a per on take to Univer·sity a broader range of elf­confident kills--the humani t

ith a firmer grip on mathe·matics and a bit of science andthe scientist with a firmer gripon ome literature and a foreignlanguage-that could be a life­long p e ion, not needingdevelopment particularly, butu ed while in higher education.There are twO other things Iwant to say. First that it wasFinniston' emphasis that wedo not need '0 much moreengineer as better engineer ;and secondly, we need, perhapidealJy, to have more scienti tsand engineer with the elf­confidence and the skills totake their pecialist knowledgeinto general management andenterprise, as we see in manyof our competitor countries.I do want to ay before wefinish that I would have liked torefer you to the peech I gaveto the Briti h Academy a yearago, because that was a speechabout the importance of thehumanitie' and I had thoughtin preparing and publi hing theGreen Paper-for which I havebeen much criticised-that Icould take for granted thatpeople, thi was I suppose im·modest, knew of the high valueI put upon the humanitie andwould have remembered thepecial peech I gave on thatubject to the British Academy.

h & Scholarshipresearc

Yes, thank you. We have nottouched really on research.Do you include cholarship inthi , cholarship and research.

Yes, scholarship and research.I noticed recently that I thinka group of R & D managersin industry had raised theissue of whether it was reallyin the country's best interestfor universities to go more

in the direction of appliedre earch and be diverted in

me measure from the basicresearch which this groupof people were arguing theywere best at, and I wonderedif you had an comments onthat in the light of yourgeneral views about researchdirections in the Green Paper?Oh, the balan e between basi ,strategic and applied research\vill ne\'er be finally. houldnever be finally, fixed by Govern·ment or any out idee That it. hould contain a large elementof basic research i rucial, be­cau e who know fir t of allbecause of the in atiable curi·osity of mankind. the earch forunderstanding, and secondly be·cause who knows from whichparticular road new roads willtem.

private funding

1 would like one quick ques­tion, partly a personal inter­est of mine, and that i thequestion of private funding,of which you are thought tobe a supporter. I think youhave certainly expressed theview that it might be in theuniversities' interests if, say,up to 10% of their incomewere to come from privatesources.Well, Cranfield has much moreand even the LSE has muchmore than that. I don't set alimit, I simply ay that I do notbelieve it will ever replace thepublic finance.

Yes, coming from a Univer­sity that has been fairly activein pursuing private fund rais­ing, both amongst alumniand in industry and corn·merce, I did, however, wishto raise the question of feasi­bility of this sort of figureof 10%. Certainly Sir PeterSwinnerton-Dyer has expres­sed the personal view thathe doesn't think it is withinthe power of perhap otherthan one or two universitiein Britain to achieve anythinglike this, and whether youstill felt there was muchchance of universities in­creasing significantly theirmoney from private funding.Yes, I think there is a chance ofuniversitie increasing it signi·ficantly--enough to give thema. very much to be desired,element of freedom from thefluctuations of public finance,but I repeat J am not romanticabout the scale on which it canbe done universally.

Thank you Sir Keith

This articLe was first pubLished for the University ofEdinburgh Bulletin September /985.

MEDlEVAL GERMAN STUDY GROUP

All lectures will take place in Room 3B20,Strand Campus at 12.00pm

We apologise to Or Clarke and Or Heathand to all those attending the lecturesfor any confusion this may have caused.

For several years on the KensingtonCampus, we have held seminars in Biol­ogy which have emphasized the currentideas and theories in the subject ratherthan experimental investigations. Theseminars have served as a forum for thepresentation and discussion of theoretic­al aspects of Biology, not only for bio­logists, but also for scientists and math­ematicians from other faculties. Wewould now like to reinstate theseseminars and draw speakers from withinthe merged College so that they mayserve in some way to foster interdiscip­linary communication.

Friday, 8th NovemberPRlMARY AND SECONDARY WAVESIN PRE-PATTERN FORMATIONby Or P T Saunders, Dept of Mathematics

If you are interested in making a contri­bution to the seminar series, or havesuggestions, please contact Dr M Bazin,Microbiology Dept, Kensington Campus.

THEORETICAL BIOLOGY SEMlNARS

Friday, 29th NovemberPHYLLOTAXIS - A WORKINGMODELby Or J Chapman, Dept of Biology

After each seminar discussion is usuallycontinued in the Senior Staff bar towhich all participants are cordiallyinvited.

The seminars will normally be held inRoom C22 on the Kensington Campusat 4.30pm on Fridays. The first twoseminars will be:

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FORMARITIME mSTORY

5.30pm, Thursday 28th NovemberThe Great Hall, Strand Campus

6.00pm, Tuesday 19th NovemberRoom GOS, Strand Campus

by Jose Guilherme Merquior, PhD (Univer­sity of Paris), PhD(London School ofEconomics)

A PUBLIC LECTURE IN THE FACULTYOF LAWS

DO WE NEED THE CONTRACT OFEMPLOYMENT?by Professor B A Hepple, UniversityCollege London

5.30pm, Thursday 7th NovemberThe New Theatre, Strand Campus

SEMINAR IN HUMANITIESCOMPUTING

THE HUNTlNGDON PLAYS: A TestCase for Authorship Discriminationby Mr Tom Merriam, Basingstoke Tech­nical College

A PUBLIC LECTURE IN THE DEPART­MENTS OF EDUCATION AND ENGLISH

5.30pm, Thursday 19th NovemberRoom 3B20, Strand Campus

FICTIO AL WORLDS: FICTION ANDTHE FICTITIOUS I LA GUAGE A 0LITERATUREby Professor John McHardy Sinclair,University of Birmingham

DEPARTMENTALFRENCHLECTURES

Thursday 28 NovemberGIDE A 0 OEDIPUSby Or Patrick Pollard, (Birk beck College)

Thursday, 14 NovemberIETZSCHE A 0 TRAGEDY

by Or Michael Silk (Dept of Classics)

Thursday 5 DecemberUN TRAGEDIE FRANCAIS ENGRECE: Mounet-Sully Et LaResurrection d'Oedipe Roi (1899)by Monsieur M Monory, Director,Institut Francais de Londres

Thursday 21 NovemberA TlQUITY A 0 MODERNITY ACC­ORDI G TO CAMUS' 'L'HOMMEREVOLTEby Mr Bernard Howells

ErratumThe French Departmental lecture on 17October entitled 'Coriolanus and JuliusCaesar on the Seventeenth-eentury Stage'was given by Or David Clarke and not byOr MichaeI Heath as stated in the Octoberedition of Comment. Or Heath's lecture,'Proverbs Ancient and Modern: Erasmusand Rabelais' was, in fact, given theprevious week on October 10.

Tuesday 26 NovemberDIE EPISCHE STRUKTUR DES NIBE­LUNGENLIEDES UNO DAS DILEMMADERINTERPRETENby Professor Or Joachim Heinzle, Univer­sity of Marburg

Tuesday 10 DecemberLEPROSY IN THE BIBLE A 0 IN THEMIDDLE AGESby pr S G Browne, CMG, OBE

Both meetings will take place in RoomGOS, Strand Campus at 6.00pm. Allresearch students, MA students andadvanced students are welcome.

A PUBLIC LECTURE IN THE DEPART­MENT OF PORTUGUESE AND BRAZ­ILIAN STUDIES

PATTERN AND PROCESS IN BRAZIL­IAN LITERATURE: Notes on the Evol­ution of Genre

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY ANDPHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEM­INARS

13 NovemberTHE RELEVANCE OF FINITISM FORPHYSICS: Some Illustrationsby Dr J P van Bendegem, RuksuniversiteitGent

20 NovemberTHE PLACE OF FREUD IN THEHISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OFSCIENCEby Dr J Forrester, University ofCambridge

27 NovemberCONTEXTUALISM AND LOCALITYby Dr H R Brown, University of Oxford

All seminars will take place at 2.1Spm inRoom IB06, Strand Campus.

Tuesday, S NovemberTHE DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRAL­IAN SHIPPINGby Or Keith Trace, Monash University,Australia

Wednesday, 27 NovemberBRlTlSH SLAVING FLEET IN THE18TH CENTURYby Professor W. Minchinton, Universityof Exeter

Each Seminar will take place at S.OOpmin the History Department, StrandCampus.

Light refreshments will be served. Allthose interested will be welcome toattend, but it would be helpful if thoseintending to come would give theirnames to Mr David Procter at theNational Maritime Museum (01 8584422).

College in 1929.

D PROCTER FELLOWSHIPS

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[asary 's Criticism of Marxist-Leninismby Dr Anton van gen Beld of the nivers­ity of Utrecht 'Will take place at 12.00 pmon Thur dal< 21 ,'ovember in the CouncilRoom, Strand ampus. nyone who Iinterested I •eko 'e to aHe c1

COMME ORATIO ORATIO

The Charles Wallace Trust of PakIStanoffer grants for travel and research In

Pakistan. The aim is to stimulate andencourage research leading to publicationon any aspect of Pakistan Studie

CHARLES WALLACE TRUST TRAVELAND RESEARCH AWARDS

Both girls are former tudents of theDiocesan Girls chool, Kowloon. The

ollege was repre ented on the selectionboard in Hong Kong by Dr Stuart Thorneof the Department of Food and utrit­ional Sciences, who al 0 visited localschools there.

Miss Lai's cholar hIP IS given by theSave and Pro per Group and Mi g'sis sponsored by the Hong Kong branchof the King's College London Assoc­Iation.

Closing date for receipt of appllcallons is15 ovem ber 19 5: further details areavailable from the Registry.

GRANTS A D AWARDS

Staff and tudents are inrited to attendthe Commemoration Oration, whIch isto be gIven by The Barone s Warnoon Monday 2 De ember at 5.00pm mthe Great Hall. The subject of herlecture will be THE WAY FORWARD1 HIGHER EDUCATlO '.

Admis ion i free of charge, bUI b}ticket only. If you would like to obtaintickets, please fill in the reply form in thisedition of Comment and return the formto the Prin ipal's orn e as soon aspossible.

HE RY1986/8

These fellowships are at Harvard, Yale andPrinceton Universities; they consist of astipend, tuition fees and possibly travelexpenses. There is a single competitlOncovering both fellowships.

Candidates must submit even copies ofthe application form by 11 December.Further details are available from theRegistry.

The award of scholarship this year toMiss Daisy hi Wai Lai in the Depart­ment of Geography and Miss ShellaSiu Chui g in the Faculty of Laws,brings to seven the number of HongKong student presently at King's whohave received these award.

TWO HO G KO G SCHOLAR­SHIPS AWARDED BY KCLA (HK)

LECTURE RE E LS KG'SL KS WITH CZECHOSLO AKlA

A forthcoming lecrure at the College,Masaryk's Criticism ofMarxist-Lminismby Dr Anton van gen Beld, has bro ghtto light an mtere ting piece 0 oll~ge his­tory.

The subJe t of the lecture, Profe sorT.G.Ma aryk, was the fir t President of theCsechoslovakia Republic. But, what per'haps is unknown to many people at King'is that he also held clo e link with the

ollege. A Profe or of Philosophy in theUniversity of Prague, and leader of theCzech party in the Au trian Parliamentprior to the Fir t World War, he wa exiledduring that war and ame to England. Atthe instigation of Principal Burrows, hewas appointed Lecturer in Slavonic Liter­ature and Sociology in the newly·foundedSchool of Slavonic Studie at King' in1915. He lectured here until 1918, whenthe Republic wa formed, and he becameits President. He wa made a Fellow of the

Miss Daisy Chi Wai Lai (left) and MissShe/la Siu Chui Ng

POSTGRADUATE SEMINAR IMODERN GREEK LANGUAGE ANDLITERATURE

Monday 18 NovemberA GELOS SIKELIANOS: POET ORTHI KER?by David Rick [King's College London(KQC))

All lectures will be given in Room 2C,Main Building, Strand Campus from2.00 ·3.00pm.

25 ovemberX-RAY ASTRO OMYby Profe or K Pound, FRS (Leice terUniversity)

Adrni ion Free

Both meeting take place in the BurrowsLibrary, Strand Campus at 5.00pm

UTRITlO A D HEALTH FOR ALLI A POST I DUSTRlAL SOCIETYby Mar den G Wagner, MD. RegionalOfficer for Maternal and Child Health.World Health Organisation, Copenhagen

NURSING STUDIES POSTGRADUATE/STAFF SEMINARS

18 ovemberSCIE CE FOR LL: The Impli ationsfor Htgher Edu ationby Profe or R J Blin-Stoyle FRSSu ex niversiry

Monday 25 ovemberRITSOS: THE LO G POEMSby Peter Bien, Professor of Englishand Comparative Literature, DartmouthCollege, ew Hampshire

12.30·2.00pm, Nursing Studies SeminarRoom, 5S2 King's Road, ChelseaCampus

11 ovemberRELATIVITY D COMMO SE Sby Sir Hermann Bondi, FRS ( niversityof Cambridge)

13 DecemberBEREAVEM T COUNSELLI Gby Rev. lan Ainsworth-Smith

THE McCARRISO LECTURE

7.00pm, Tuesday 12 ovemberThe Royal Society of Medicine,1Wimpole Street,London Wl

,ITHE MAXWELL SOCIETY

U DERGRADUATE NUTRITION (from left:) Professor Eva Lee (Saskatchewan)STUDE T EXCHA GE Laurie Waiters (Saskatchewan), Sarah PowellPROGRAMME and Sarah Passmore (King's College), Wendy Dahl (Saskatch­

ewan) and Dr A.R. Leeds (King's College) photographed inSaskatoon at the Inauguration of the exchange programme.

VISITING FELLOWSHIPS IN CANAD·IAN GOVERNME T LABORATORIES

Application forms and further details ofthese fellowships are available from Jen­nifer Jackson, Admissions Office.

UGC GRA T FOR COMPUTERFACILITIES IN TEACHING

One of the grant recently announced bythe GC to support and develop computerfacilities in teaching was for student work­stations in the life sciences, to be installedat the Kensington campus. The first work­stations are already on order and will beinstalled in a room being prepared to rec­eive them, in the Atkins Building. Themachines are irnbus microcomputers supplied by Research Machines Limited, andthere will eventually be at least 16 work­station networked together and to thecollege-wide central facilities and the UKJA ET network through the VAX 11/750in the Computer Centre installation atKensington.

The UGC grant is for more than £71 000in capital, and £38,000 recurrent ov~r twoyears. The recurrent grant will mainly beused to support a CAL (computer a sistedlearning) programmer who will developpackages for the BSc courses in Biotech­nology at Kensington. This post hasalready been advertised.

The project director will be Phil Cunning­ham of the Computer Centre staff atKensington, in association with Dr R.G.Price of the Biochemistry Department andDr M.J. Bazin of the Microbiology Depart­ment - the two departments jointly sup­porting the Biotechnology programme.The equipment will be obtained, installedand administered by the Computer Centreon behalf of tile departments who areproviding the space and the subject expert­ise and will use the workstations in theireveryday teaching. Brian Meek, also of theComputer Centre, is acting as overallcoordinator and will be particularly con­cerned with evaluation of the effectivenessof the workstations.

FUN RUN SUCCESSES

Last year we reported that members ofthe Pharmacology Department had takenpart in the Sunday Times National FunRun in Hyde Park. The Fun Run musthave lived up to its name, because theDepartment also entered runners in thisyear's event on 29 September. Those tak­ing part were Sarah Baldwin-Charles, MikeHudspith, David Leake, John Littleton,Paul Nash, George Ormandy, ChristosPagonis, Judy Phillips and Catherine deWballey. Once again, the team finished inthe top half of those taking part. The

Two students from the College of HomeEconomics, University of Saskatchewan,Wendy Dahl and Laurie Walters, are nowstudying nutrition on the KensingtonCampus, having exchanged places withtwo second years: Sarah Passmore andSarah Powell.

Undergraduate exchange programmes aredifficult to arrange because of specificdegree and state registration in dieteticsrequirements, but in this case similaritiesbetween the two courses have allowed asuccessful exchange programme to bedeveloped.

The programme, the first such under­graduate programme at King's, wasdeveloped by Professor Eva Lee,Professor of utrition at Saskatchewanand Dr A R Leeds of OUI department ofFood and Nutritional Sciences. Help andsupport also came from Dean GwennaMoss and Professor D J aismith, of the

money raised from sponsors will be sentto Intermediate Technology.

Any other department in the College thatwould like to enter its own team next yearcan obtain information from David Leakeext. 2315.

PRESTIGOUS APPOINTMENT FORFORMER KING'S STUDENT

A former student of King's, Mr DonaldHenry Grattan, has recently been appoin­ted Chairman of the Council for Educat­ional Technology by the Secretary ofState for Education, Sir Keith Joseph.

two respective institutions, as well asfrom Dr Armitage of the ChemistryDepartment and from Professor Gahan.The financial support for the programme,raised by Professor Lee and Dr Leeds,came from the Dairy Producers Co­Operative, the Saskatchewan DairyFoundation and Heinz Canada for theCanadian students and from FarmaFoods A/S, Copenhagen, The SugarBureau, Efamol Ltd., The Walker Trustof Shrewsbury, the Office of the Gov­ernment of Saskatchewan in London.Heinz Corporate Office, the Rotary Clubsof Ludlow and Worthing, Abitibi-PriceSales Co. Ltd. and the Royal Trust Co.of Canada for the U.K. students.

It is hoped that the establishment of theexchange programme on a firm foundat­ion and its continuation in future yearswill result in the development of othercontacts between the two Universities,resulting in benefits to postgraduates andacademic staff as well as undergraduates.

Mr Gratton has held various teachingposts and was, for 28 years, involved witheducational broadcasting with the BBC.He was Controller of BBC EducationalBroadcasting from 1972 - 1984. Since1984 Mr Gratton has been Chairman ofthe Adult and Continuing EducationDevelopment Unit.

The Council for Educational Technologyfor the United Kingdom is an education­al trust with charitable status, whichwas established in 1973 to be the centralorganisation for promoting the applicat­ion and development of educationaltechnology in all sectors of educationand training.

Mr Grattan succeeded Professor J C West,Vice-{;hancellor and Principal of BradfordUniversity

COLLEGE HO SE REFECTORY,M RES RO D, CHELSEC e S

Plea. note that the Refectory in CollegeHou e. Manresa Road, SW3 will 10 e from21 December 19 5 [07 January 19 6inclusive for re-decoration.

The pper Refectory in College Hou e willopen for light refreshment onJy on ::January, 3 January, 6 January and 7 Jan­uary. ending ma hines will operate anormal in the TV Lounge, First Floor,College Hou e.

I t is hoped to restore full services on Wed­nesday January 19 6.

FIlM SOCIETY

II presentations ill lude a supportingprogramme and begin at 6.00pm inThe. ew Theatre, unless an alternativevenue or time IS tated. However,time, venue and title are liable to alter­ation at short nori e. member houldon It the Film 0 ,'Oll eboard in

B Corridor, Mam Building. StrandCampus. regularl>

Memberslup IS onJy 7.50 tor the a 'ad­emic year, and members are admittedfree to all evening programmes Temp­orary member hip (valid tor one nightonJy) is £1.00.

For popluar films, members only areadmitted until ten minute before thestart of the programme, but the FilmSociety regrets that it cannot guaranteemembers a seat for an> film.

Monday 11 ovemberI YES MI fTSTER (Equal Opportunities)

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Monday 18 ovemberF WLT TO ERS l n> omplamts)PRl TES 0.' PARADE

Thursday 21 ovemberCASABLA. 'CATHE AFRICA, . Q 'EE

Monday 25 ovemberFOOTLOOSE

Thursday 28 ovemberAUTHOR A THORin Room 2B08

Monday 2 DecemberTHE BO TY

Any inconvenien e to customers is regret­ted.

KE SINGTO CAMPUS CIi0IR

Thursday 7 ovember;THE COMPA Y OF WOL ESStarts at 6.45pm

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INTER-CAMPUS MAIL SERVICE

With the closure of the Bridgcs Placeannexe at Chel ea ampus, thc in ter­campus mail van tinle-table has beenslightly amended so that mail from theStrand ampu will be delivered on thesame day to both Kensington and Chel eaCampuses.

END OF THE "WORLD"?

Since the reading room on the first floorof the Strand Building reopened, the ref­erence copy of World of Learning 1984/85 has been missing. The Library would

The Athlone Press was the official publish­ing house for the niversity until 1979and it preserves a strong reIationslup withthe Umversity through the body of anAcademic dVlsOry Board compo ed of ansenior members of the ruversity. Athlonecontinues to welcome manuscripts frommem bers of the University, especiallyfirst books from younger academics.Under certain circumstances, funds arcavailable in support of publication. Sub­missions should be sent to the ManagingDirector, Mr Brian Southam, 44 BedfordRow, London WCIR 4LY.

Duane, who is ba ed at Kensington, ISlikely to be coordinating the Union'sactivities at least until the end of tlusterm.

THE ATHLO E PRESS

The Kensington Campus Choir meets onMondays at 6.00pm - 7.00pm in the OldRefectory, Kensington C<:.."'!:,us.. Themusic sung varies from carols for the Dec­ember Carol Service, to madrigals to'West Side Story' and ' J oseph and HISTechnicolour Dreamcoat'.

ACTJ G GENER/.L 3ECRETARYOF UNIO ANNOUNCED

IDuane Passman, one of the site sabbatic­al officer of the Student' Union, hasbeen appointed Acting General Secretaryof the Union. a post he will hold untilKevin Dabbs is fit enough to return to lusjob.

QUIDNU C QUIP

A group of Americans staying at Birming­ham after visiting London and Oxfordcommented on how much they had beenimpressed by Windsor Castle, but couldnot understand why it had been built soclose to such a busy international airport..

Quidnunc is the newsletter of the BritishUniversities Accommodation Consortium,of which King's College is a member.

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KING'S COLLEGE A D COMPUTING

A one-day Seminar for Industry held in association with mM

Wednesday 20 ovember

This will be the fifth annual seminar that King's has mounted and this year it looks atthe ever-increasing role of computers in all aspects of our lives. Attendance at the lunch'by prior invitation only but all members of the College interested in attending the lecturpresentations are most welcome. The programme is given below. All lectures are in theStrand ew Theatre.

FUTURE OF GOLDSMITH'S COL­LEGE UNDER DISCUSSION

A WorkiI1g Group has been set up toconsider proposals for an associationbetween Goldsmith's College and BirkbeckCollege. It is hoped that the WorkingGroup will complete its task this year,thus enabling the two Colleges and theJoint Planning Committee of the Courtand Senate of London University tostudy the findings early in the new year.

CHELSEA COLLEGE SOCIETY

The seventeenth Annual General Meetingof the Chelsea College Society will be heldat 6.30 pm on Friday 22nd ovember1985 in the Upper Refectory, CollegeHou e, Mamesa Road, London SW3.Refreshments will be served after themeeting for which there will be a smallcharge of £ 2.00 per person. In order toassist catering arrangements, it is essentialthat anyone coming to the meeting informMrs M. Sharpe, clo Department of Pharm­acy, Chelsea Campus, by Friday 15th Nov­ember. MIS Sharpe's internal telephonenumber is 2511.

UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRDAGE] LO DO

The econd AGM of the U3A in Londonwill be held during the afternoon of Wed­nesday 6 ovember in the Great Hall. Itwill be preceded from 10.45 am by anexhibition of the activities of the organis­ation, with an introduction by ProfessorBrian Groombridge at 11.30 and a shortaddress from Bamber Gascoigne. Membersof King's College are most welcome tovisit this informal display.

SENIOR COMMON ROOM DINNER

The Senior Common Room Dinner is to beheld on Tuesday, 19 November. Sherry isavailable from 6.30 in the Lower-CommonRoom, and dinner is to be served at 7.00in the River Restaurant. SCR membersmust return their reply slips by 13 Novem­ber at the latest.

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COMPUTING I MEDICINEProfessor V C Robens, MSc, PhD, MIEE, AKCProfessor of Biomedical EngineeringThi paper will discuss the application of computers to me diagnosis andtreatment ofvascular disease in systems which combine me online analysIsof physiological signals with diagno tic algorithms. The application ofcomputer models of the human CIrculation LO me assessment and controlof reconstructive arterial urgery will also be presented.

FIFTH GENERATION COMPUTER ARCHITECTUREDr P E Osman, BSc, PhD, CEng, FIEREReader in ComputingThe Von I eumann architecture has dominated me brief history ofcomputing. The belief that it is me root cause of me software c:risis isgainm~ ground and its influence on hardware technology is JUSt ~pervasive. When (or is it if?) a fifth generation architecture arrives it Willdramatically alter both hardware and software engineering.

SEMANTICS AND COMPUTINGDr R M Sain bury, MA, DPhilLe turer in PhilosophyOne ideal for man/machine communication is mat me computer shouldunderstand a narural language like English. But what is LO understand alanguage? This question is one LO which much attention has been devoted,~n a tradition that goes back LO a time long before computers. On the face ofIt, one would need LO be able to answer the question in trying to perfectman/machine communication. Again t this background, mis paperconsiders philosophical contributions to the nature of meaning, and theirrelevance LO getting computers LO understand us.

OVERVIEWMr BD Whitaker, MA, MBCSManager, Academic Systems Marketing, IBM United Kingdom LtdAn engineering graduate with experience as a Research Engineer andProduction Controller in the motor industry, Brian Whitaker joined IBMm J965. He has held a variety of POStS In marketing with particularresponsibility for the academic community and in his present role he isconcerned in the formulation of IBM's academic initiatives. He has aspecial interest in the application of computers to the teaching process.

IBM RESEARCHDr T R Heywood, PhDManager, Graphics Group, IBM Scientific CentreThis talk will cover some of the projeCts currently in progress at the IBM

cientific Centre at Winchester. These include medical image processing,speech processing and molecular biology.

IMAGE ANALYSIS AND IMAGE PROCESSINGProfessor R E Burge. BSc, PhD, DSc, FlnstPHead of me Depanment of PhysicsThe Depanment is deeply concerned with the {lhysical understanding ofimage formation and methods of maximiSing it, and with imageprocessing; for example. image segmentation. pauern recognition.compression and enhancement, using optical as well as digital approaches.£xamples ofbom aspects will be discussed based on images taken usings nmetic aperture radar and by soft X-rays. The development of a soft X­ray microscope at King', is a unique development in the UK.

COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING IN EDUCATIONProfessor PJ Black, BSc, Ph D, Professor ofScience Education and Directorof the Centre for Educational StudieThis talk will review the development of computers as a LOol in education.The review will cover three types ofsoftware: primitive "drill-and-practice"programmes, simulation exercises, and "tool-kit" programmes. Theautonom and control of the learner increases as one proceeds across missequence and the educational implications will be discussed.

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING RESEARCHProfessor J N Buxton, MA, FBCS, Professor of Information Technologyand Heaa of the Department of ComputingThe talk will describe some aSpects of the software research in progress inthe Department ofComputing whose memb~rsare particularly interestedin the problems of constructing large Plograms to high standards ofquality. The Department is planmng to construCt a Programming SupportEnvironment (IPSE) as a basis for work in this area

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This year' ervices will be held on the 4,5 and 6 De ember, at 5.30 pm in the Col­lege Chapel. dmis Ion 1 by tl ket only;the e are free, and may be obtained fromthe Head Porter from the middle of '0­

ember. All are welcome!

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The KCL Dinner i to be held on Friday,29 ovember in the ollege; the mainspeaker will he the Principal. K~L mem­ber hould book places at the Dinnerthrough the cademic Registrar' office.

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