College Response to the Asian Tsunami

COMMENTTHE COLLEGE NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO 158 | FEBRUARY 2005 College response to the Asian tsunami

HE WORLD’S MOST devastating areas around the rim of the Indian who come from the areas affected A person within each School natural disaster in centuries Ocean. by the tsunami, and thankfully at the has been appointed to act as a Thas wreaked havoc in the King’s has around 500 students time of going to press no fatalities contact to advise those who have had been reported. That does not been affected in connection with mean, however, that they or their their studies. families have not suffered. This part The College is aware that there of the world is also popular among are a number of examinations, medical and dental students taking practical assessments and course their electives, and is a favourite submission deadlines in the first tourist destination. part of this term. The College The College has instigated a Regulations permit flexibility for number of initiatives. students who have been adversely affected by their personal Website circumstances. They should To help any students or staff who contact the Examinations Office have been affected, the College has with any queries. established a small review group chaired by the Academic Registrar. Reconstruction One of the results is a dedicated Looking to the area’s future, the website: www.kcl.ac.uk/tsunami International Policy Institute (IPI) with an email address (tsunami- is organising a Tsunami Forum on [email protected]) for students to 10 February at 12.00 in the Great contact the College if their return to Hall, Strand campus. King’s has been delayed. For those who have practical or emotional concerns, the telephone Continued on page 2 numbers of the Counselling Service, Welfare and Advice, Student web Finance, the Health Service, the www.kcl.ac.uk/tsunami Accommodation Office and email Chaplaincy are all listed. [email protected]

View from the clock tower: prize winning photo of a view from the Maughan Library taken by philosophy student Roni Pacht, see page 13

Continued from page 1 ‘By the end of last night [26 Eyewitness December], we had more than 700 casualties and 120 dead This will be a panel discussion, open bodies in our hospital alone. The to all members of the College, to King’s medical student hospital had run out of space and discuss different aspects of the Bala Karunakaran was resources and we had to divert crisis affecting Asian countries and minor injuries to a local school to to suggest appropriate responses in northern Sri Lanka have medical students attend for an organisation such as King’s. It gaining work experience them.’ will be chaired by Professor Sir at the Killinochchi Lawrence Freedman, Vice-Principal, General Hospital when People were rushed to our hospital with Professor Michael Clarke, in buses and HGVs. Our mortuaries Director, IPI; Chris McDowell, the region was hit. are overflowing with bodies. Most Director, Information Centre about of the dead are women and Asylum and Refugees in the UK; Bob N THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH children. We have many young Picciotto, Visiting Professor and of the disaster, Bala writes, children in our wards that are yet to formerly of the World Bank; and I‘I have never seen such chaos. be identified. others to be confirmed. The College’s extensive experience and expertise in the a series of media interviews Michael Champion at president@ first-hand accounts of events in School of Social Science & Public including an interview on the Radio kclsu.org. Asia. There was an auction run by a Policy and Institute of Psychiatry 4 PM programme about the effect Sothebys’ auctioneer and a prize has been brought together in a on India explaining how the raffle. Proceeds went to Care submission to various government Government and country would be a panel discussion, International and the Sri Lankan departments. The proposal advises able to cope with the disaster. open to all members High Commissioner’s Appeal. on managing the resettlement, The Principal, Professor Rick reconstruction, livelihood re- Events of the College Trainor said, ‘On behalf of the entire establishment and the psycho-social The College, the Students’ Union College, I would like to express trauma of the displaced and and Unison are jointly organising sincere condolences and homelessness population as a a fundraising event for the tsunami A fundraising event for the relief sympathies to all students, staff and result of the Asian earthquake. appeal. It will be held in Tutu’s, effort organised by Dr Sophie alumni affected by the disaster in Dr Robert Bradnock, Senior Strand campus, on 22 February at Farooque, School of Medicine, was the Indian Ocean. This is a tragedy Lecturer in the Department of 18.30. A wide-ranging programme is held on 27 January at the Royal that has touched us all. I am very Geography, was quoted in the planned including readings, music, College of Physicians. The evening proud that all sections of the King’s Guardian and Times about early dance, etc. If you would like to take consisted of classical music and community have responded in such warning systems. He also undertook part, contact KCLSU President poetry readings by celebrities plus a positive way.’

staff – an unprecedented boost to The Chairman of our teaching and research Commemoration capability. In terms of our estate, Council writes the redevelopment of the Strand Oration campus will be mostly completed Dear Colleagues this year, the culmination of a £400 HE PRINCIPAL, Professor 2004 was a very busy year for million investment in our facilities. Rick Trainor, will deliver the the College. It was marked, in We continue to build partnerships Tannual Commemoration particular, by the hugely with major national institutions and Oration on Thursday 10 February successful celebrations for our anticipate an early outcome of our in the Great Hall at the Strand 175th Anniversary, and by the the anniversary, will continue this bid to the Medical Research Council campus at 17.15. He will address arrival of a new Principal. year and that Rick Trainor has to house the National Institute for the topic of what universities are There is no danger that 2005 agreed to deliver it. Medical Research on the Guy’s for. It is open to all and a will be any less busy, and I am King’s goes from strength to campus. It is sure to be an reception will be held afterwards pleased that the Commemoration strength. Academically, we are exciting year! at Tutu’s in the Students’ Union. Oration, which was revived for poised to recruit up to 63 senior Baroness Rawlings

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the e-dition will entitle the user to King’s professor applies radical directly receive regular e-mail updates on advances. The new edition of Gray’s will surgery to famous medical tome prove invaluable not only to the wide range of medical and healthcare clinicians, but also to HE 39TH EDITION of one of and describe anatomy in the way in access through a dedicated website biologists, artists, lawyers, the best-known texts in the which they use it, that is, regionally.’ that features weekly updates which teachers, fashion designers, and Tworld, Gray’s Anatomy, was The book is also available for the will reflect the latest advances in sculptors, in fact, to all those for published in December by Elsevier first time as one of Elsevier’s new the field. whom a knowledge of functional and launched at the Gordon ‘e-ditions’, combining the traditional The text of the e-dition is fully anatomy is essential in their Museum at Guy’s. The Editor-in- printed text with two CD-ROMs that searchable and allows users to professional lives. Chief is Susan Standring, Professor contain all the book’s illustrations download and incorporate all the Professor Strandring was also of Experimental Neurobiology, and and nine fully rotatable and images to their own teaching and interviewed on Radio 4’s Today Head of the Department of strippable images, along with online presentations. In addition, buying Programme about the book.

Anatomy & Human Sciences. DOMINIC TURNER The new edition of this definitive guide to human anatomy has been rewritten and restructured, and is now organised by body region rather than by body system. The number of pages has shrunk from 2,100 to 1,600, but the number of illustrations has increased to nearly 2,000, of which almost 400 are new. Professor Standring comments, ‘This is the first time since it was published in 1858 that Gray’s Anatomy has undergone such radical surgery. The editorial team for this edition decided that a book Professor Susan Standring with Erik Engstrom (CEO Elsevier), Fiona Foley (Executive VP Global which would be of the greatest Medicine, Elsevier), Professor Harold Ellis, Mr benefit to practising clinicians Andrew Williams, Drs Jeremiah Healy, David should mirror their daily practice Johnson, Caroline Wigley and Patricia Collins (all on the Editorial Board of 39ed)

Healthy interest in design

R JACQUES MIZAN from research and discuss how people- which in turn could improve job improving primary care facilities the Department of General centred design could benefit the satisfaction and staff recruitment nationwide, that these facilities will DPractice & Primary Care mental and physical health of both and retention rates. just be ‘more of the same’. ‘I hope has recently launched an exciting patients and healthcare providers. The Government is currently that through the HDRU we will be initiative to design community Much research has already involved a £1 billion initiative to able to encourage key healthcare centres that actually shown how the spatial environment refurbish and rebuild a large stakeholders to think about help patients get well. can affect patients’ treatment number of primary care facilities, holistic design at an early stage of The new Healthcare Design experiences, and Dr Mizan believes which they describe as being any refurbishment projects, to the Research Unit (HDRU) will act as a that the environment could also ‘unsuitable for the provision of potential benefit of all users,’ he hub to bring together artists, influence the level of communication modern healthcare’. says. designers, therapists, patient between health professionals and However, Dr Mizan believes that Further information about the groups, GPs and academics to between patients and doctors, although the programme is HDRU is available at: www.hdru.org

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Physics’ fortunes Historical grant success

GORDON DAVIES HE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY awarded £311,963 over three years achieved remarkable success to digitise and calendar the Fine Tin the latest funding round of Rolls of the Reign of Henry III to 1248 the Resource Enhancement scheme in a collaboration with Harold Short from the Arts and Humanities of the Centre for Computing in the Research Board. Humanities (CCH) and Dr David The Department was involved in Crook of the National Archives. three separate bids, all of which For more information see received funding. Collectively they www.kcl.ac.uk/phpnews/wmview. were awarded almost £1 million (out php?ArtID=742 of a total of £2.9 million available Fundamental to the design and under the scheme), and in two cases implementation of all three projects build on awards made in 1999 with a has been the involvement of CCH total value of more than £1 million. under the leadership of Harold A grant of £317,246 over three Short: technical innovation and years was awarded to phase 2 of development is as important to The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon their success as the scholarship of England Project, co-directed by two the historians involved. King’s medievalists, Professor Janet The Principal, Professor Rick Nelson and Dr Stephen Baxter, with Trainor, said: ‘These awards Professor Simon Keynes of represent an extraordinary Cambridge. achievement for the King’s The second grant, of £303,378, Department of History. They are a

The Physics Biophotonics was awarded to the continuation of tribute both to the very high Laboratory at the Strand the Clergy of the Church of England reputation of the Department and Database, 1540-1835, a joint to its ability to blend the latest OWARDS THE END of last year Science Research Investment initiative between Dr Arthur Burns, technology with traditional scholarly UK physics departments came Fund), and independently the Head of King’s History, Dr Kenneth techniques.’ Tunder fire from the media, Department have been funded Fincham, Kent, and Dr Stephen The Departmental focus for most notably The Sunday Times, for two parallel computers Taylor, Reading. this edition features History, which claimed that many of the • The Royal Society and Wolfson Professor David Carpenter was see page 11. departments were likely to be Foundation have funded a new closed. research laboratory which Physics at King’s, however, is opened in January New Year’s Honours List going from strength to strength. • research output in the world’s For example: leading journal in physics, NUMBER OF ALUMNI and Butler-Sloss (FKC and former • there has been massive Physical Review Letters, is higher people associated with member, College Council), investment with half of the than it ever has been King’s were recognised, President, Family Division of the current academic staff appointed • the demand for postgraduate A including: High Court of Justice, was made a in the last three years, and training is running high, with half Professor Andrew Haines Knight Grand Cross. several already promoted of this year’s PhD students (KCSMD), Dean, London School Michael Hedges (KCL, Law), following external vetting. coming from outside the UK of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, former Chief Constable of the Currently two posts are being • undergraduate applications for was knighted for services South Yorkshire Police, was advertised for new academics, entry in 2005 are currently 26 to medicine. awarded a CBE for services to and a new technician has just per cent up on last year, and at a Dr Jonathan Michael the police. been appointed who will be much higher level in the major degree (St Thomas’), Chief Executive, Sister Bernadette Porter (KCL, involved in supporting teaching programmes than for the last Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS PhD Educ), former Chief Executive • there has been major investment four years Foundation Trust, was knighted for & Rector of Roehampton of more than £1 million in new • a new teaching laboratory was services to the NHS. University, was awarded a CBE for equipment through SRIF (the opened two years ago. The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth services to higher education.

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The researchers supported their correctly. In addition, they found a show that we all go through a fish Glands theory by showing that fish gills and gene for parathyroid hormone in stage in our development,’ says chick parathyroid gland develop fish, and this gene is expressed Professor Graham. ‘This new from the same type of tissue in the in the gills. research suggests that in fact, our from gills embryo; that both structures ‘Our work will have great gills are still sitting in our throats – express a gene called Gcm-2, and resonance to all those people who disguised as our parathyroid that both need this gene to develop have seen Haeckels’ pictures, which glands.’ HE HUMAN PARATHYROID FREDI TEALE gland, which regulates the Tlevel of calcium in the blood, probably evolved from the gills of fish, according to Professor Anthony Graham and Dr Masataka Okabe from the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at King’s. Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers suggest that the gills of ancestral marine creatures, which were also used to regulate calcium levels, were internalised rather than lost when land-living, four-limbed animals – the tetrapods – evolved. This research was also featured in an article on BBC Online. ‘This interpretation would also explain why the parathyroid gland is positioned in the neck. If the gland had emerged from scratch when tetrapods evolved it could, as an endocrine organ, have been placed anywhere in the body and still exert its effect,’ explains Professor Graham.

Professor McMahon says, ‘This is for this licence the researchers New hope for spinal an optimistic time for spinal cord are receiving funding and stand to injury research. Experimental work benefit from staged payments that injuries from a number of laboratories, depend on the company achieving including our own, is beginning to various clinical milestones and a converge on a realistic strategy to royalty on future product sales. TEVE MCMAHON, By inhibiting molecules that block treat patients.’ Dr James Fawcett from Sherrington Professor of nerve-cell regeneration, which are KCL Enterprises and Cambridge Cambridge comments, ‘This new SPhysiology and Head of the produced around the injured spinal Enterprise worked together to technology could lead to the first Centre for Neuroscience, cord, the technique allows some negotiate a licensing agreement successful treatment for spinal together with colleagues in the damaged nerves to re-grow and with the American pharmaceutical cord injury and should increase School of Biomedical Sciences some surviving nerves take over company, Acorda Therapeutics the chance of patients regaining and Cambridge University, have the function of lost nerves. Together which will allow the company to some of their lost function after developed a new technology that these changes could help bring back develop products based on the an injury has occurred.’ could bring hope to people muscle function and sensation that technology, which, it is hoped, will This pioneering work was paralysed by spinal cord injuries. were lost in the injury. lead to new treatments. In return covered by BBC Online.

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and educational training. Its e-Learning materials King’s consortium wins were described by the assessors as ‘unmatched in their innovation, breadth and depth’. The King’s team of EMIT Consortium includes: inaugural EU award Dr Andy Simmons, Dr Colin Deane, Dr Cornelius Lewis, Dr David Goss, Ms Gillian Clarke, Dr Slavik Tabakov (Co-ordinator), Professor V Colin Roberts (Contractor), and Dr Victoria Aitken. Dr Tabakov and Dr Lewis received the award at a ceremony in Maastricht on 15 December, also attended by then-Education Minister Charles Clarke.

the very best examples of vocational and educational training

‘This prestigious award is the crown of ten years’ hard work in pioneering and developing Former Secretary of State for Education, these unique e-Learning materials which are now Charles Clarke with Dr Slavik Tabakov right used in hundreds of universities and hospitals in and Dr Cornelius Lewis some 70 countries,’ says Dr Tabakov. EMIT is a continuation of a previous project N E-LEARNING PROJECT led by the magnetic resonance imaging technology. EMERALD (1995-2000), which developed the first Department of Medical Engineering & Leonardo da Vinci is the EU’s action e-Learning materials for training and education in APhysics in the School of Medicine has been programme on vocational education and training Physics of X-ray Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear awarded one of the first ever Leonardo da Vinci designed to promote transnational co-operation. Medicine and Radiotherapy. All these materials Awards for excellence in vocational education The awards were introduced this year to include e-books and Educational Image and training by the EU Commission. celebrate successful initiatives and have already Databases with a volume of 900 MB. EMIT (European Medical Imaging Technology), been described by EU ministers as the future In order to facilitate their international use a a consortium of universities and hospitals from ‘Oscars’ for education. Digital Dictionary of Terms has also been Sweden, France, Italy and the UK won the award EMIT was chosen as one of three award- developed. The Dictionary cross-translates for its pioneering work in developing Europe’s winners from a shortlist of 32 projects across between any of its seven languages: English, first structured e-Learning programmes for Europe identified by Leonardo da Vinci National French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German training and education in ultrasound and Agencies as the very best examples of vocational and Swedish.

participation and progression in employment – importance to women in the College, and Women’s Network those issues raised back in the 1970s have not comparing experience.’ necessarily ‘gone away’. There is a resurgence of The outline programme is as follows: launch interest in women’s networks in higher education, 12.30 Lunch and on a strategic level, King’s has much to gain 13.00 Introduction: the King’s context CL’S WOMEN’S NETWORK will hold its from being a front-runner in setting up a 13.05 Speaker: Erica Halvorsen, Deputy first meeting, aimed at launching the successful Women’s Network. Director, Equality Challenge Unit, What we Knetwork, on 14 February from 12.00 to ‘One of the outcomes of the workshops on can learn from women’s networking 14.30, in the Sodexho Function Room at Guy’s. Equality Issues for Women Staff and the Women’s across the sector Why have a KCL Women’s Network? Virginia Action Learning Programmes, which we’ve run 13.20 What are the top three issues for the Wainwright, King’s Director of Equality & over the past two years, has been a desire for a Network? Discussion groups Diversity, explains that women’s equality issues, KCL Women’s Network, open to all women 14.00 Taking the Network forward particularly those relevant to career employed in the College, to be established. If you would like to attend the Women’s Network development, remain very much on the agenda Women involved so far feel that networking will Launch, telephone Kal Kohli on ext 3398 or email for the higher education sector. be valuable in many ways, including personal [email protected] with your name and contact ‘Women face many challenges still in effective support and development, identifying issues of details, including details of any special requirements.

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HELENA TKALEZ new accommodation that will become available upon completion of the Strand project shall undoubtedly help improve Mike recruitment further, as shall the introduction of new programmes and courses in, for example, Bioinformatics and nanoscience. Yianneskis We are also very active in promoting science in schools through the professional bodies and the student ambassadors Mike Yianneskis FIMechE FIChemE FRSA FKC, scheme. joined King’s in 1985 and was appointed Professor of Fluid Mechanics in 1996. He became Head of What is your background? I graduated in mechanical the School of Physical Sciences & Engineering last engineering from UMIST and summer. obtained my MSc and PhD in heat transfer and fluid mechanics respectively from Imperial What are your priorities as activities across all its Depart- What are the greatest challenges? College where I was a Research Head of School? ments. My main ambition is to The School is at present in a Fellow before joining King’s. Following a period of extensive help improve the excellent strong position with upward I have since been working on restructuring and/or re-alignment quality, impact and reputation of trends in research income, fluid mechanics topics related of research activities, the School all School activities and to help student entry grades and the total primarily to mixing processes in has started to reap the benefits of fulfill their potential to become number of applicants to our chemical reactors. The multi- its Strategic Plan. The appoint- outstanding in both teaching taught programmes, in particular disciplinary nature of King’s has ments of many young research- and research. applicants for MSc courses have provided an excellent catalyst active staff in Engineering and I am also keen to encourage increased by 150 per cent over and springboard to apply my Physics (see page 4) have already involvement in the numerous the last three sessions. The main expertise to health-related topics resulted in a vibrant teaching and emerging inter- and multi- challenge is to improve student such as inhalation flows and research environment; senior as disciplinary science areas, a task retention as well as the quality of haemodynamics. well as junior appointments in that is assisted by my involve- our student intake from the Computer Science have ment in various EPSRC, MRC present level (which is identical Can you describe your research consolidated the significant and international panels such as to the College average) to those interests? strengths of the Department, the Board of Experts of the of our top competitors in the UK My main area of interest is while the established reputation Italian Ministry of Education. and worldwide. turbulence, which involves of Mathematics at King’s will On the teaching side, increased In research terms, the main mathematically complex and benefit from the new appoint- interlinking of the courses on challenge is to successfully challenging fluid mechanics and ments to be made in 2005. offer and provision of new encompass in our activities is encountered in applications One of my main priorities is to courses bridging the traditional emerging science areas to help ranging from large-scale encourage cross-disciplinary discipline boundaries are increase further research income environmental to small-scale bio- research and the planned priorities, taking international and build on the College’s fluid processes. I am delighted appointments in biomedical developments such as the strengths as a multi-faculty with the progress my group and I engineering and bio-informatics, Bologna Process into account; in institution. have made recently on improving as well as the increased synergy this respect, useful insights are understanding of small-scale of Physics with the Health provided by my membership of What can be done to improve the turbulence processes, particularly Schools, are all aimed at the Cyprus Council for Higher popularity of physical sciences? in relation to fluid mixing in facilitating this. Education Degree Recognition, As far as the School is concerned, stirred reactors. Most recently, through which I had the student recruitment trends look we have been studying the fluid Describe your ambitions for opportunity to familiarise promising, notwithstanding the mechanics of blood flow and the School myself with a wide range of national trends. The School has especially red blood cell aggreg- The School has many research higher education systems and an urgent need for better and ation, that have added a most strengths, with world-leading approaches. more contiguous space and the fascinating dimension to our work.

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JO WORTHINGTON Awards ASE Lifetime Achievement

IEEE Fellowship aul Black, Emeritus Professor in the Department of rofessor Hamid Aghvami, PEducation & Professional Director of the Centre for Studies, has been awarded a special PTelecommunications Lifetime Achievement Award from Research in the School of Physical the Association for Science Sciences & Engineering, has been Education. These are rarely awarded elected a Fellow of the Institute of and has only been given twice before. Electrical and Electronics The citation reads that: Engineers (IEEE) for his ‘Professor Black has made a ‘contribution to the advancement major contribution to all aspects of multiple access protocols for of science education, has a world- Professor Hamid Aghvami mobile communications’. wide reputation and is highly sort The IEEE Fellowship is one of after for his advice, guidance and the most prestigious honours of Fellowships appointed annually. The inspirational presentations. His the IEEE, and is bestowed upon a Leverhulme Trust awards enable well-established research over many years has very limited number of Senior researchers in the Humanities and been of the highest quality and his Members who have made wo Leverhulme Trust Major Social Sciences to devote publications are essential reading outstanding contributions to the Research Fellowships have themselves to a single project of for vast numbers of trainees and electrical and information Tbeen awarded to King’s outstanding originality and teachers. His influence in the technologies and sciences for academics: M M McCabe, Professor significance appropriate for a classroom has been further the benefit of humanity and of Ancient Philosophy and Dr Henrik period of concentrated research extended through his leadership the profession. Mouritsen, Reader in Ancient History. and capable of completion within of major curriculum projects There are 25 Major Research the duration of two to three years. funded by The Nuffield Foundation.’

research, creativity of insight, Contribution of Healthcare Support Andrew Saint for the recently- Prizes graceful stylistic presentation, Workers’, reported on the findings published book St Paul’s: The skilful use of analysis, and a of a European Social Fund Project Cathedral Church of London recognition of the important role of aimed at widening access to lifelong 1604–2004. The book was American sex and gender in the historical learning in the independent care commissioned to celebrate St Paul’s process. home sector. 1,400th anniversary and features book prize the work of 44 experts on the Poster Prize cathedral and its historical context. eader in Early Modern International (See Comment 154). History, Dr Laura Gowing, has book prize ‘We are delighted and surprised Rbeen awarded the Joan Kelly he first British Geriatrics to see St Paul’s emerge as the Memorial Prize by the American Society United in Care winner from such a strong field. Historical Association for her most TConference was held at the r Arthur Burns, Head of It is a tribute not only to the recent book Common Bodies: Royal College of Physicians on Department and Senior scholarship of the contributors Women, Touch and Power in 1 December. First prize for the DLecturer in History, has won (including both Dr Mark Smith and Seventeenth-century England. (See poster presentation was awarded the 2004 William M B Berger Prize Dr David Crankshaw from the King’s Comment 149). to Dr Jo Fitzpatrick, Dr Julia for the History of British Art. Theology & Religious Studies This prize is awarded annually for Roberts, Dr David Cowan and The £5,000 prize is awarded Department), but to Sally Salvesen the book in women’s history and/or Professor Alison While, members of annually for an outstanding of Yale University Press, Christine feminist theory that best reflects the Florence Nightingale School of contribution to the history of British Faunch, our indefatigable research the high intellectual and scholarly Nursing & Midwifery. art in the categories of exhibition, assistant, and our picture ideals exemplified by the life and The poster entitled ‘Caring for exhibition catalogue and book. researcher Julia Brown,’ says work of Joan Kelly (1928–1982), Older People in the UK Independent Dr Burns received the award along Dr Burns. demonstrating originality of Care Home Sector: Enhancing the with co-editors Derek Keene and

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HELENA TKALEZ

Professor Christopher Dandeker left Who’s Who 2005 and Professor John Deathridge nce again King’s staff and alumni feature among the 900 new names in the 2005 Oedition of Who’s Who, described by The Times as the ‘bible of the British Establishment’. Twenty two of the new entrants are alumni while staff include: Christopher Dandeker Professor of Military Sociology and Co-Director of the King’s Centre for Military Health Research John Deathridge King Edward VII Professor of Music and former head of the Department of Music Terrie Moffitt FBA Professor of Social Behaviour & Development, MRC Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry John Moxham Professor of Respiratory Medicine Charles Wolfe Professor of Public Health Medicine

Appointments Select Committee Legal appointment

nthea Tinker, Professor of Social avid Hayton, Professor of Law and, RAE sub-panels Gerontolgy, gave evidence on behalf of arguably, the leading authority in the UK Aherself and Claudine McCreadie, Resarch Dand the Commonwealth on the law of Fellow, both of the King’s Institute of Gerontology, trusts, is one of the six judges appointed by the hree King’s academics will head sub- to the House of Lords Select Committee on Caribbean Community Judicial Services panels for the 2008 Research Assessment Scientific Aspects of Ageing. The focus was on Commission to the new Caribbean Court of TExercise. Professor Peter McGuffin, technology and ageing and followed up their Justice (based in Trinidad). This Court is to Director of the MRC Social, Genetic & earlier written evidence. replace the Privy Council as the ultimate Developmental Psychiatry Centre, will chair the appellate court for the CARICOM countries. He Psychiatry, Neuroscience & Clinical Psychology is the only judge from outside CARICOM. sub-panel; Professor Bob Hider, Head of the London 2012 School of Biomedical Sciences, chairs the Pharmacy sub-panel and Margaret Brown, rofessor David Cowan, Director of the Drug Presidency Professor of Mathematics Education, leads the Control Centre, was invited by Richard Education sub-panel. PBudgett, Director of Medical Services of rofessor Newell Johnson, Head of the the British Olympic Association, to be part of one Oral Health Research Group in the Dental DOMINIC TURNER of the bid panels presenting the London Bid to PInstitute, has been appointed President of Professor the International Olympic Committee. the Section of Odontology of the Royal Society Bob Hider of Medicine. He has also been has been appointed Dean and Head of School at Griffith Trust role University’s School of Dentistry and Oral Health in Australia. He will take up the position at the rofessor Robert Lechler, Head of the Guy’s, university’s Gold Coast campus in March. King’s & St Thomas’ School of Medicine, Phas been appointed as a new Non- Executive Director of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

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King’s makes major investment in new staff

ING’S TOOK OUT THREE FULL PAGES investment fund is being used to build upon areas emphasis on health and the environment. in The Times Higher on 28 January to of strength and comparative advantage. Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Vice- Kadvertise 63 posts. These positions are a Particular emphasis is being placed on Principal (Research), says, ‘This new investment mix of new – 32 – and existing – 31 – jobs. All ten reinforcing King’s ability to work across is the latest stage in a process of restructuring in of the College’s schools of study are included traditional academic boundaries and exploit the the College that began four years ago. We expect in this recruitment initiative. practical applications of research. to be continuing to invest in key areas over the Nineteen chairs, 11 of which are new posts, coming years. We are not just thinking of the next were advertised along with 44 readerships Research Assessment Exercise but seeking to and lectureships. ‘recruitment to these posts ensure that we sustain and improve our strong Principal Professor Rick Trainor, comments. will make King’s a truly research performance over the long-term.’ ‘The recruitment of this considerable number of global player’ King’s has an annual research income of £100 new staff – not only in science and medicine but million and is one of the UK’s top universities. It is across the full range of subjects offered at King's a member of the Russell Group – a coalition of including the humanities and social sciences – The College is attaching particular importance the country’s major research-based universities. clearly demonstrates the College’s commitment to Bioinformatics and Chemical Biology as areas More details about these posts can be found to providing outstanding research and teaching. which provide vital links between the physical and by clicking on the link ‘Job opportunities’ from the I have every expectation that recruitment to bio-sciences. front page of the College website (through to these posts will make King’s a truly global player.’ The College is also demonstrating its www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/sijobs/). The jobs The adverts follow a thorough strategic review commitment to public policy, by establishing are also being adversitied on www.jobs.ac.uk of King's research profile. A £4.5 million strategic three new chairs in this area, with a special where the College has the ‘Spotlight on’ feature.

Memorial Event

CELEBRATION OF THE life of Maurice Wilkins (1916-2004) CBE HonLLD FRS AFKC Nobel Laureate, will take place on Wednesday 23 February in the Great Hall at the Strand campus from 15.00-17.00. Presentations will look at Professor Wilkins’ role in DNA research, his role as a teacher and his concern for science in the context of social responsibility. An open discussion on the theme of the social responsibilities of science will follow the speeches. The event will be opened by Professor Rick Trainor, Principal, and chaired by Professor Jonathan Glover, Director, Centre for Medical Law & Ethics. Speakers will include Professor Watson Fuller (a member of the original King’s DNA research team working with Maurice Wilkins), Dr Christopher Smith (Head of Biomedical Science degree programme at King’s), and Professor Dot Griffiths (Science & Society Trustee). If you wish to attend, please contact Alison Thompson in the Development Office on [email protected] or 020-7848 3396.

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The cover of From Reich to State, joint winner of the 2003 Gladstone History Book prize awarded by the Royal Historical Society, by Michael Rowe, Lecturer in Modern European History in the History History Department

The Department of History is celebrating several recent achievements, including success in the latest AHRB funding round (page 4) and book prizes (page 8).

VER THE PAST 150 YEARS King’s London 604-2004, co-edited by head of has harboured a remarkable number department, Arthur Burns (see page 8); they Oof distinguished historians: in the will shortly be joined by Anne Goldgar’s 19th century S R Gardiner and the naval study of 17th century Dutch floral historian J K Laughton; in the early 20th speculation, Tulipmania. century R W Seton-Watson and Norman In recent years the Department has also Sykes; and more recently A G Dickens, Sir developed a distinguished record in John Elliott, Sir Michael Howard (Lecturer in fostering large-scale collaborative projects Military Studies from 1947 before becoming in which King’s scholars work closely with King’s – and the country’s – first professor of colleagues in other institutions, and with War Studies in 1964), Richard Overy and the important input from the King’s Centre late Conrad Russell. It has furnished the last for Computing in the Humanities. following the two presidents of the Royal Historical Two of these, the Prosopography of Anglo- single-honours History BA. Society: Peter Marshall and Jinty Nelson, who Saxon England, co-directed by Jinty Nelson, This degree is unusual in that it is a finals has just retired from office. and the Clergy of the Church of England Database degree, and together with the fact that much 1540-1835, of which Arthur Burns is a project of the teaching is delivered in supervisions of Research director, are among the most ambitious no more than four students focused on a The Department achieved the top ranking in projects in historical computing ever weekly essay assignment, this gives it a the Research Assessment Exercises of 1992, attempted in Britain. Both are producing distinctive appeal to the large number of 1996 and 2001, despite being considerably remarkable public resources that will be applicants it attracts. Another attraction is the smaller than other rival leading research available to both scholars and the general option for second- and third-year students to departments. All its 19 permanent staff are public through publication on the web, and take courses at other colleges in the fully active researchers, and the Department thus maintain the Department’s commitment University of London, affording them prides itself on supporting high-quality to fostering a wider research culture. unrivalled opportunities to pursue their research regardless of field or methodology. Many King’s historians convene particular interests. Many members of the Department focus internationally important evening research The Department also teaches four MAs. their efforts on monographs, volumes of seminars at London’s Institute of Historical Well-established programmes in Medieval essays and articles in the humanities tradition Research or serve on the editorial boards of and Imperial and Commonwealth History of ‘lone scholarship’. Recent volumes leading journals, and they have been closely draw on concentrations of expertise that have emerging from the Department treat such involved in important collaborative national given King’s a long-standing reputation as a various themes as Laura Gowing’s Common initiatives such as The Oxford Dictionary of centre of excellence in those fields. New MAs Bodies: Women, Touch and Power in Seventeenth- National Biography, British Documents on the in Early Modern and Modern History reflect century England (see page 8), Andrew Porter’s End of Empire, and the Royal Historical the fact that the strength and depth of the Religion versus Empire? British Protestant Society’s historical bibliographies. Department extends far beyond these Missionaries and Overseas Expansion, 1700- particular areas. The Department also makes 1914, Stephen Lovell’s Summerfolk: A History Teaching a significant contribution to the MA in of the Dacha, 1710-2000 (awarded the 2003 Alongside its research, the Department prides European Studies. Between them these Alec Nove Prize by the British Association for itself on the quality and distinctiveness of programmes accommodate some 50 taught Slavonic and East European Studies), David both its undergraduate and postgraduate MA students, and from them emerge many Carpenter’s The Struggle for Mastery 1066-1284, teaching. The Department has about 300 of the roughly equal number of postgraduate a volume in the new Penguin History of undergraduates, some pursuing joint-honours research students currently working in Britain, and St Paul’s: The Cathedral Church of degrees or European Studies, but the majority the Department.

February 2005 | COMMENT | 11 News

King’s fourth for UK science Partnership Award HE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE has won a Tower ING’S HAS BEEN PLACED FOURTH University College London, Bristol, Leeds Hamlets Education Business Partnership in the UK and 47th in the world for and Durham. Taward for the contribution made by the Kscience-based excellence in a new league The Times Higher also displayed a numerical Access to Medicine Project in providing health table compiled by The Times Higher. This latest measure of the influence of the research careers information to young people in Tower table examines data on science. (See page 9, undertaken at the top-rated institutions. Hamlets schools and arranging the annual Health 10 December 2004.) The figures used highly cited papers in a range Careers conference for secondary schools. The principal measure used is peer review of disciplines. At an event to celebrate a decade of education information from 1,300 active academics business link achievements, Bob Doe, editor of across the world. They were asked for their a new league table compiled the Times Educational Supplement, said in his opinions about the top universities in subject keynote address, ‘Partnerships like these play a areas and regions of which they have by The Times Higher vital part in the dialogue between schools and expert knowledge. business to prepare children for adult life.’ The data was weighted by area and subject, To do well in these tables institutions had to The King’s Access to Medicine Project exists to and the resulting scores were normalised to a be strong in a number of areas. In this citation encourage and enable young people from local maximum of 200 for the top institution. ranking King’s is the top university in the UK and boroughs to study at medical school or to pursue The top five universities were Cambridge, joint 14th in the world. The top university was training leading to other careers in the health Oxford, Harvard, California University, Berkley Harvard. In this listing Durham would be rated service and biomedical sciences. A wide range of and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 17, Cambridge 18, Oxford 21 and Edinburgh 22. activities have been developed for local students, The top ten UK universities were: In the coming months, tables for biomedicine, their parents and teachers. Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College London, arts, humanities and social science will King’s, Manchester & UMIST, Edinburgh, be published.

the institutional infrastructure. In order to put The Transparency Review universities on a more sustainable financial footing there is a need to fundamentally change the way that they cost activities. This has moved the sector towards recovering full economic VER THE LAST FOUR YEARS nearly all Although largely considered as an accounting costs. academic staff and many other staff in exercise, the TRAC process has persuaded the Full Economic Costing (fEC) relies heavily on Oacademic departments have been Treasury that university infrastructure is in poor having robust data derived from the TAS forms required to complete ‘Time Allocation Survey’ repair and that the funding model for research is being accurately completed and returned, (TAS) forms. These provide an analysis of activity not sustainable. together with up-to-date and accurate space, on a percentage basis in relation to teaching, Central government has taken these messages staff and student data. This data, if satisfactory research and other activities. It has been on board and has begun to address decades of to external QA Audit, will enable the College to required as part of the Government Costing under-investment in higher education through: charge research councils and government Transparency initiative. • Science Research Investment Fund (SRIF) – departments at an economic cost rate, initially increasing to a permanent stream of slightly above the current rate that we are £500 million per year allowed to charge, but increasing to a rate of to identify the cost of teaching, • extra QR (extra funds for high quality 100 per cent of full economic cost by 2010. research and other activities research) If this is achieved, and the College can maintain • extra money for research councils of its current level of research council grants, there £120 million from 2005/06 rising to is a potential to improve our income from this Mike Yeomanson, Costing Review Consultant, £200 million in 2007/08. area by some £10 million, providing much needed explains what it is and why it is important. The College is a direct beneficiary of all of additional financial resources. The TRansparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) these additional funding streams. This will require robust staff time data to be is a process set up by Hefce to satisfy specific However the additional funding alone will not collected, however there is money attached to requirements of the Treasury to identify the cost address the structural problem where much the implementation of fEC underpinning this new of teaching, research and other activities, and research is priced on a marginal cost basis investment, and therefore, it is important that provide reassurance that public funds are not simply recovering the additional direct cost of time and other information requested is given the being used to subsidise commercial activities. undertaking the research without contributing to importance and consideration that it deserves.

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Southwark Primary Care Trusts Photographic competition News in and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. It also awards HE RECENT PHOTOGRAPHIC student dentist operating on a research grants to King’s and competition to mark the end of ‘phantom head’, was awarded to brief other university institutions linked the College’s 175th anniversary Amiras Chokshi. Five runners-up with the beneficiary Trusts. T celebrations proved a great success, prizes of £50 were also awarded to Between 1999-2004, King’s Top inventions attracting more than 500 entries. Sarah Thornley, Karina Gopaul, Sam received £20 million – 35 per cent The event was organised by Gibbins, Owen Jones and Roni Pacht. he Times ran a survey to find of all the Charity’s funding. Archives & Corporate Records ‘The judges were impressed by Britain’s greatest invention. In T Services, and photographs were the generally high standard of the field of medicine the discovery Writing science received from students and staff on photographs and the winning of the structure of DNA, work every aspect of life at the College photographs and a selection of the carried out at King’s and he Daily Telegraph and BASF ranging from lectures to field trips, best of the unsuccessful Cambridge and for which King’s Science Writer Awards invite T student social and sporting contributions will be displayed Professor Maurice Wilkins jointly entrants to write an article, no activities, religious worship and online and in physical exhibitions in received the Nobel Prize, was in longer than 700 words, on any views of London. late January,’ explains Dr Geoffrey the top five. scientific or science-related The winner of the £500 prize for a Browell of Archives & Corporate subject. The winning articles will series of five images of student life Records Services. be published in the paper and the Ministerial moves was Jack McDonald. A £250 prize for Visit www.kcl.ac.uk/archives/ first prize winners will share cash the best single photograph, of a photographs for more information. n the most recent reshuffle and prizes worth more than IRuth Kelly was appointed as £7,000. For more information see Music after university: the title of Secretary of State for Education www.science-writer.co.uk. The one of the five images that made and Skills, Kim Howells remains closing date is 30 April. law student Jack McDonald the overall winner of the competition the Minister of State with responsibility for Lifelong Mandela at FWB Learning, Further and Higher Education, and Stephen Twigg raça Machel, wife of Nelson was promoted to Minister of GMandela, is to give the State for School Standards. Gilbert Murray Memorial Lecture on behalf of Oxfam on the theme New UUK head of Africa’s role in overcoming poverty in the Franklin-Wilkins rofessor Drummond Bone, Building on 2 February. Previous PVice-Chancellor of the speakers include Archbishop University of Liverpool, will be the Desmond Tutu and Chancellor next president of Universities UK. Gordon Brown. He will succeed Professor Ivor Crew, Vice-Chancellor of the Jubilee Gardens University of Essex, on 1 August and will hold the post for the next ubilee Gardens on the South two academic years. JBank is being redeveloped to create a world-class public park. Name change To understand how the park is used now and how people would he Guy’s and St Thomas’ like to use it in the future, an on- TCharitable Foundation has line questionnaire has been set changed its name to the Guy’s and up. Go to www.csclondon, click on St Thomas’ Charity. The Charity the blue ‘log in’ button under Client awards grants to NHS Trusts in Zones on the right, enter the Lambeth and Southwark including username JubileeGardens, enter Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS the password JGusers04 and Foundation Trust, Lambeth and follow the instructions.

February 2005 | COMMENT | 13 News

Dr Richard Wiltshire with some of the Department of Geography’s Japanese Japanese students press visit King’s

GROUP OF JAPANESE journalists visited the Department of Geography at King’s in ANovember to gather information on environment-related degree programmes, which have proved increasingly attractive to Japanese students studying abroad. They attended lectures and tutorials, visited the Maughan Library, shared lunch with the Department’s Japanese students, and followed up career successes with graduates working in Japan. The visit was organised by the British Council in Tokyo and Dr Richard Wiltshire for the School of Social Science & Public Policy. eLearning at King’s: 2008 RAE EFCE HAS JUST published its Guidance to an update Panels. Professor Sir Lawrence HFreedman, Vice-Principal (Research) has written a briefing note which has been sent to all N 2004 THE COLLEGE agreed to invest in a until June, when they and the system as a whole Heads of School and is available for consultation. College-wide eLearning platform, WebCT will be evaluated and tweaked. Towards the end All involved are encouraged to read it. Copies IVista, for use across the College from the of July the full production service should start are also available from External Relations, start of the autumn term 2005. The first phase to come on-line, with full implementation for the ext 3004. of implementation has now begun with start of the 2005-2006 session. installation of a development system. Professor Ward continues, ‘During the Chair of the eLearning Project Board, second half of this year we will institute a series Citations Professor Jeremy Ward explains, ‘This will be of workshops to show what benefits the system used for sorting out interfaces with other can provide to staff and students, how it can be ITATION INDEXES are of growing College systems, used, and what support is significance in the evaluation of research running pilot studies, available for those of us Cperformance, including league tables. In and very importantly wishing to develop or adapt other areas as well, including research grants for training technical material for our own and contracts, King’s needs to present itself and support staff, in courses. Every opportunity effectively. It is therefore vital that when particular those who will be provided to assist you submitting material for publication or research will in the future be teaching the rest of us how and your students to use the system to its grant applications when providing an affiliation, to use the system! We hope to start our in- fullest! Eventually, we hope that the eLearning ‘King’s College London’ is always part of the house training for other staff in March, though service will become central to all programmes address field. this will initially be limited mostly to people and courses within the College.’ working on the pilots.’ More details can be obtained from the These pilot studies include modules of Project Manager Paul Street, different types from Law, Education, the [email protected], or from Professor Ward. Institute of Psychiatry, and ISS itself; more Regular bulletins on progress are also posted details are available on the Web. They will run on the web, www.kcl.ac.uk/elearning

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Freedom of Information Literature and Medicine

Act N EXCITING SERIES of N 1 JANUARY 2005, the seven lectures under the 3 March 12 May Freedom of Information Act Atitle ‘Literature and Oliver Sacks: Narrative and Richard Horton: Clinical Ocame into force giving the Medicine’ has begun this term. medicine: on the importance of hermeneutics: a slippery but public extensive rights to obtain Brian Hurwitz, D’Oyly Carte the case history necessary art information from public bodies Professor of Medicine and the including King’s and other higher Arts, comments, ‘Literary 17 March 19 May education institutions. scholarship values medical and Rita Charon: What can medicine Sally Shuttleworth: Childhood in ‘From that date any written scientific awareness today more learn from literature? 19th-century fiction and requests received for access to than in previous periods and psychiatry information the College holds, for medicine has opened itself up to 28 April example, a set of minutes, a policy the arts and humanities and of Ronald Britton: What can 26 May document, an old prospectus, may course to the sciences – to an psychoanalysis and psychiatry Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan: What fall within the remit of this extent hardly imaginable a learn from literature? can narrative theory learn from legislation,’ explains Patricia generation ago. But what purpose illness narratives? Methven, Deputy Director of ISS. does such openness serve To help ensure the College professionally, academically, or for complies with the law, information patients? How can such radically WITH KIND PERMISSION OF THE WELLCOME LIBRARY, LONDON on the Act can be found by clicking different disciplines and human on the link from the front page of activities converse with each the College website, and then on the other? What contribution can link ‘Information and advice for literary scholarship make to the members of staff’. This detail was education and practice of doctors also contained in an email sent and nurses and what contribution round before Christmas. can health carers make to the She continues, ‘It is important to study of literature? In taking on note that the Act does provide a and exploring many of these number of ‘exemptions’ which allow questions, this series of lectures, us to refuse to provide information given by leading scholars and which has been requested. practitioners in the field, will Examples include a possible appeal to both students of the security risk, or because the humanities and of medicine!’ information is due to be published Lectures will take place in the at some future point in time, or Weston Room, Maughan Library, because the information is about a beginning at 18.00 (except the last living individual. However these at 17.00). They are open to all but must be applied carefully as please register in advance with enquirers will be able to appeal the Central Enquiries Unit (020- against a decision by the College to 7848 2929). rely on one of these.’ The lecture series will be If you are in any doubt about the accompanied by an exhibition ‘The nature or content of a request to Rhetoric of Medicine’ based on access information held by the the holdings of Guy’s Hospital College submitted after 1 January Medical School’s library. 2005, or how you should respond, This lecture series has been Illustration from ‘Noubeau recueil please contact the Legal organised by Brian Hurwitz and d’ostéologie et de myologie’ by Compliance team at legal- Neil Vickers, Lecturer in English, Jacques Gamelin (1779) [email protected]. and is generously supported by a grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals.

February 2005 | COMMENT | 15 Development & Alumni news

Public Policy, is to be the first holder of the Sir Annual Fund: call for Sir Roy Griffiths Roy Griffiths Chair in Public Sector Management. applications Chair A new MSc programme in Public Sector Health Management will also be set up as part of HE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE once again NEW CHAIR HAS BEEN NAMED in memory this initiative. invites staff to submit funding applications of Sir Roy Griffiths, the former head of Tfor consideration at their next meeting in ASainsbury’s who was knighted in 1985 for April. The Committee disburses funds raised his servces to the NHS, after influencing health Calling alumni from alumni, staff and friends through the King’s policy through his membership of the NHS policy Annual Fund and the GKT Annual Fund. board, and as an advisor to successive HE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE is pleased to The Committee will be delighted to receive secretaries of state. report on another successful telephone applications from across the College that will be The establishment of this chair was led by Tfundraising campaign of great benefit to departments, or will benefit a Professor Sir Cyril Chantler (former Vice- for the King’s Annual significant proportion of the College as a whole. Principal of King’s and Principal of UMDS) and Sir Fund and the GKT The Committee is particularly keen to receive Roy’s own son, Professor Christopher Griffiths, Annual Fund. During a any proposal designed to enhance the overall and generously five-week campaign quality of student life and resource provision. supported by just before An application form and further information the Sainsbury Christmas our can be found at: www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/admsup/ family, who student caller team contacted devoff/funding.htm. We are happy to discuss were great some 4,000 alumni who together pledged in potential applications prior to the deadline. admirers of Sir excess of £37,000. If you experience any problems downloading Roy’s work. This campaign also saw two late night calling the form please contact the office on 020-7848 Alison Wolf, sessions to the US for the first time in four years. 3005, email [email protected]. The deadline from the Twelve intrepid students called the east coast for applications is 23 March. Management from 23.00 until 02.00, chatting to US alumni who Centre in the together pledged more than £2,000 which will School of Social help support a Masters’ student from the US in Roy Griffiths Science & the next academic year.

New staff

laine Martyn has joined the Development significant resource in supporting King’s special event during the 2005 Alumni Weekend Office as Senior Fundraiser for GKT. She international objectives, as influencers, (10-12 June), bringing together alumni and Ehas worked in medical communications, volunteers and donors, and as a global network current students from around the world. fundraising, and policy development in the US, adding value for students who choose King’s. The Alumni Office would like to hear from any UK, and Australia and joins King’s following a Claire Pearce joined the Alumni Office in staff travelling overseas who may be interested post at the British Medical Association. January as the first International Alumni Officer. in meeting alumni or are in touch with former This new role will develop and deliver an overseas students. International Alumni international alumni strategy, supporting Some 18,000 former students overseas alumni groups and building Ruth Eldridge is the new first point of call for who are in touch with the relationships with leading alumni in alumni enquiries and services and co-ordinating Alumni Office currently business, government and alumni reunions and events, covering for live outside the UK. academia in target market maternity absence. [email protected] Distance, however, does areas. Claire joins the team not diminish loyalty and from the Public Relations continued interest in the Department where she was Forthcoming life of the College. involved alumni events International alumni in organising the 175th already support a number celebrations. Dental Dinner 4 March of scholarships and help local The international alumni focus will GKT Dental Clinical Day 5 March student recruitment. Our be the theme for the next issue of In Former Staff Lunch 11 March overseas alumni will be an increasingly Touch magazine and will be celebrated at a US Alumni events 31 March–2 April

16 | COMMENT | February 2005 Flashback

‘Raising And Giving’: providing (according to the Students’ Union handbook) ‘a chance for students to get involved in charity Rags, hops & fundraising whilst having a lot of laughs and drinking copious amounts of alcohol’. In 2004 the GKT Schools’ rag raised more volunteering than £103,000 for charity. Volunteering now 2005 is the Year of Volunteer, but volunteering is not new to King’s, and many Since 2002 ﬁnancial support from the Higher Education Funding past students have ‘served society’ in notable ways through this kind of activity. Council has enabled the Students’ Union and the College’s

FTER THE FIRST King’s students among the Widening Participation Office to World War there was for ‘Happy Hoppers’ in the Kent employ full-time staff to organise Amany years an annual hop-fields in the early 1960s and support volunteering by both custom of students entertaining students and staff. disabled ex-servicemen at the KCLSU Community Action is College. In the 1930s and then a student-led volunteering again after World War II until the programme which enables mid 1960s King’s students gave students to get involved in the support to the Lion Club in local community through Hoxton in the East End. activities such as helping with The club was founded in 1931 literacy, numeracy and ICT skills by two King’s alumni, curates in in local primary schools, co- the local parish church, to provide ordinating youth activities and food and clothing for local boys, holiday events with a local some of whom were living on the community group, and working streets. It was originally led by with groups involved with theological students, but disability, with homeless people, eventually staff and students between Maidstone and and public schools to sponsor with mental health, refugees, the from other faculties were Tonbridge in Kent. ‘missions’ for working-class elderly, and the environment. For involved in providing activities Again the ‘theologs’ were people, and in the 1970s the further details see: www.kclsu.org/ for the boys including cricket, initially to the fore in this activity, King’s Organization for Student student_volunteer.php football, gym, boxing, carpentry which lasted for a month in Community Action (KOSCA) On the staff side, Shared and summer camps. September, providing church turned its hand instead to Communities gives King’s staff In 1959-60 the Students’ services and Sunday schools. But collecting money for charities by opportunities to develop their Union raised the then huge sum students from many other providing help on flag days and skills, experience and personal of £10,000 for rebuilding the club faculties became involved, with carol singing around the West interests while volunteering in when the original was demolished medical students running a clinic, End before Christmas. local organisations or schools. to allow redevelopment of treating ailments such as ‘hop From the 1960s the violent rags Both students and staff are the area. eye’, ‘hop gout’ and ‘hop rash’, of the past were declared (by Sir encouraged to see volunteering as while others provided refresh- Peter Noble, Principal from 1952 an opportunity for learning new Happy hoppers ments, childcare and entertain- to 1968, amongst others) to be skills, meeting new people, From 1945 until the 1960s ments. Eventually, mechanical out of place. Rags became instead enhancing their CVs and students from the College picking took over, the hop- an opportunity for raising charity providing experiences and conducted the ‘King’s College pickers were no longer needed money, and typical exploits contacts not normally available Hopping Mission’ to the hop and the mission was disbanded. included climbing Nelson’s through work. For further details pickers who, every autumn, Column with balloons and see: www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/ moved out from the East End to Community action a banner. erd/wp/SVindex.htm spend their ‘holiday’ hand- By the end of the 1960s it was no By the 1990s ‘Rag’ had been picking hops in the fields longer fashionable for universities reinterpreted as an acronym for Christine Kenyon Jones

February 2005 | COMMENT | 17 In the news

and its plans to poll its members for Cathedral their views on the new European Gadetry Spanish terrorism constitution so that they can Anne Duggan, Professor Emerita of The Radio 5 Live programme Living Dr Diego Muro, Lecturer in European formulate a common position. Medieval History featured in the i-Life included a contribution by Studies, was interviewed on the BBC ‘Cathedral’ a new BBC2 series that Tony Thorne, Director of the World Service Analysis programme, tells the history of five of Britain’s Diabetes hope Language Centre. He said we were giving an overview of ETA’s recent major cathedrals. She spoke about becoming hypnotised by hardware history, membership and tactics and A new vaccine against the most Canterbury Cathederal. to the extent of offloading human discussed the fading hopes for a serious form of diabetes is to be functions like memory onto ceasefire in the wake of a new tested on humans this year for machinery and impoverishing the bombing campaign in Spain. Edge of life the first time by Mark Peakman, way we communicate by over- Professor of Clinical Immunology, Professor Andrew Shennan of the reliance on emails and texting. and Dr Colin Dyan, Head of Profile Department of Women’s Health Clinical Research at Bristol was interviewed for Is this baby’s Andrew Coyle, the UK’s first-ever University. Their work was Business brains life worth living?, a BBC2 Professor of Prison Studies and featured in the lead story of The programme that followed two King’s spin-out company Director of the International Times and discussed in the families as they faced the Proximagen is just the sort of Centre for Prison Studies, was Comment section as well as on traumatic consequences of an venture Gordon Brown wants to profiled in The Times Higher. BBC Online, the Telegraph extremely premature birth. encourage according to The Professor Coyle also contributed Online, London Tonight, The Guardian. The company was set an article on prison education. Evening Standard and CBS. Policing problems up a year ago by King’s and Peter Jenner, Professor of Pharmacology, Keep taking the In The Daily Telegraph and The Regimental and is developing treatments for Guardian, Professor Mike Hough, wonders Parkinson’s disease and tablets Director, Institute for Criminal Policy Alzheimer’s. The Institute of Psychiatry’s Research, challenged the claim of a Professor Michael Clarke, Director, Professors Simon Wessely and Eric new study by right-wing think tank International Policy Institute, was Who wrote the Taylor were quoted in a feature in Civitas that the UK’s police are quoted in The Economist and The Independent by Virginia Ironside among the world’s worst. His Dr Andrew Dorman, Senior Bible? about depression and how to treat it. comment ‘This is nonsense’ was The Research Fellow, Defence Studies Dr Edward Adams, Lecturer in New Guardian’s ‘Quote of the Week’. Department, was interviewed on Testament Studies, appeared in a Ben Bowling, Professor of BBC Radio 5 Live and Grampian’s Medical funding Channel 4 documentary about the Criminology and Criminal Justice, Politics Now programme about the historical origins of the Bible and the Professor of Diabetic Medicine was interviewed on BBC 1 London government’s plans to reorganise motives behind its creation. Stephanie Amiel, gave her views in News about the Morris Report, an the Army. Dr Dorman also appeared The Guardian’s report into the independent inquiry into professional on BBC Breakfast News and Radio 5 effects of increasing bureaucracy standards within the Metropolitan Live about the return of the Black It’s all in a game from new European regulations Police. Watch from Iraq. Professor of Strategic Studies, on medical research in the UK. Philip Sabin, describes his MA Born to be bad? Stem cell option in Conflict Simulation in the New Statesman. Mathematical The ‘Polymeal’ Professor Ian Craig of the Institute Dr Stephen Minger, Head of the modelling is combined with Tom Sanders, Professor of Nutrition of Psychiatry was quoted Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, decision simulation in a way that & Dietetics, was interviewed on the extensively in The Financial featured in the latest programme captures the essence of a war as a ITN News and Radio 5 Live’s Drive Times about the role that genes in the BBC2 IF series. If... contest of opposing wills as much Time on the ‘Polymeal diet’ which, it play in human behaviour. Cloning Could Cure Us combined as a physical collision of armed is claimed, prolongs life expectancy drama and documentary to masses. by up to six years. explore the moral dilemma and Employer rights big questions surrounding stem The Financial Times quoted research cell research. Dr Minger’s See www.kcl.ac.uk/headlines for a summary of the latest media coverage by Professor Brian Bercusson of the predictions for stem cell research for King's and higher education generally with links through to the full School of Law, about the effect of also featured in The Times’ look articles. The Public Relations Department is keen to know of any staff the treaty on UK worker rights in an ahead at the future of science featured in the media, contact us on 020-7848 3202 or email [email protected] article on the Institute of Directors in 2005.

18 | COMMENT | February 2005 Student news

has never been without a Top UK midwifery Sporting stars commission of one kind or another. ‘Writing pieces for the open prize strings has gradually become more ORMER KING’S PHARMACY have compared him to All Blacks and more important; it was the only student Ayoola Erinle is being superstar Jonah Lomu. He nna Rawlinson, who is on a way I could express myself. Now it’s tipped as one of the UK’s graduated from King’s in 2003. direct entry midwifery F world music and jazz that have the next rugby union stars and a Physiotherapy student David course at King’s, was most influence on what I write,’ A potential British Lion. Sandler is also making his mark in awarded the Royal College of Cheryl comments. The 24 year old Wasps centre professional sport. The former Midwives Award for Student Travel The Guardian noted that was featured in The Daily England Under-18 schools soccer at the Royal College of Midwives’ ‘Frances-Hoad’s approach is Telegraph after scoring seven captain went on to become third annual celebration of UK individual, quirky perhaps, but tries in 13 matches and winning Hinckley United’s all-time leading midwifery. distinctly special.’ generous praise from rugby goalscorer with 80 goals from 170 This is one of the UK’s most experts. ‘He’s one of the most appearances before joining prestigious professional awards and fantastic players I think I’ve ever Cambridge City at the start of this Student of the was given in recognition of Anna’s seen,’ said former England and season. David is currently in his plans to observe maternity care Lions coach Dick Best. Others final year at King’s. Year and sexual health projects in IAN PETTENGELL Tanzania. The ceremony, hosted by tuart Steele, a Life Science’s top comedian Jo Brand, is designed Environmental Health 2004 to celebrate the unique and Sgraduate, has been awarded valuable work of the country’s the coveted ‘Student of the Year’ 37,000 midwives. Gold Medal by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. A serving member of HM Forces, Dental gold who undertook his professional training with Woking Borough HE THIRD ANNUAL Council, Stuart saw off stiff Presidential Address and competition from graduates TPrize Evening organised jointly representing the ten other by the Dental Society and the universities offering the Dental Institute was held on 30 professionally accredited November at the Guy’s campus. Environmental Health degree programme. A second King’s graduate who also gained a First Class Honours degree in Environmental Health in 2004 – Anne Rowland – was included in a shortlist of five and received a letter of commendation. At the Awards Dinner in Highlights of the evening included Dave Sandler in action for Cambridge City December, Stuart was joined by the society’s inaugural speech by Dr colleagues from the Army, Pat Reynolds, delivered by video link representatives from Woking BC from Melbourne, Australia and the appeared in the musicians’ section. and the lecturing staff at King’s in presentation of the University of New British talent Currently studying for a celebrating his success. London Gold Medal to Miss Krishna doctorate with George Benjamin, He joins an elite group of King’s Suchak (see above). The guest of King’s music PhD student was Henry Purcell Professor of graduates who have had their honour was Dr Anthony Kravitz, profiled in a recent Guardian Composition, and composer Silvina academic and professional President of the British Dental Afeature highlighting the new Milstein, Cheryl began studying the competencies recognised by the Association. Also present at the generation of performers and cello at the age of eight at the professional body since the event were former Deans, artists who have yet to be Yehudi Menuhin School and programme had its first cohort of Professor A H R Rowe and Dr Alex ‘discovered’. In a week of special composing. Since winning a graduates in 1993. Inglis, alumni, staff, students arts coverage Cheryl Frances-Hoad competition at the age of 14, she and parents.

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Ageing and Diversity examine the idea that to understand contemporary ageing it is necessary to recognise its Simon Biggs, Director of the Institute of Gerontology, King’s and Svein diversity. Olav Daatland, Norwegian Social Research Individual pathways are HAT THERE ARE substantially more options than examined, then some of the greater numbers of has traditionally been the case. social sources of identiﬁcation Tolder adults around Diversity is also, however, a available to adult ageing. Next, than at any other time in history consequence of cumulative the key questions of global is now becoming well known. It inequalities that have been ageing, migration, trans- is less well understood that as accrued across a lifetime and now national community and the population ages it becomes accentuate difference in later life. citizenship are used to more diverse. Individuals have Each of these trends contributes sharpen key issues that are had time to develop a more to a widening variety of experie- increasingly inﬂuencing integrated and particular sense nces of ageing in contemporary contemporary ageing. of self, and are exposed to many societies, for good and for bad. Finally, they examine the more cultural pathways than Drawing on a wide range of tension between social preceding generations, making theory, original research and structures and possibilities for The life appear richer and with empirical sources, the authors personal and social agency. Policy Press

Defending the West The Variations of Johannes Brahms

James Gow, Professor of International Peace and Security By Julian Littlewood, former King’s PhD student and edited by Christopher Wintle, Senior Lecturer, Department of Music HAT IS THE WEST? security, ranging from new forms Why does it need to of terrorism and the proliferation ARIATION IS A Brahms was Wbe defended? From of weapons of mass destruction to fundamental musical supremely aware what, by whom, and how? These environmental degradation, Vprinciple, yet its most of his place in are thorny questions that famine and disease. Defending naked expression – variation form music history international the West matters to – resists all but the broadest and was society must everyone, regardless descriptions. uncommonly grapple with in of colour, creed, or This book offers listener, self-conscious in order to meet the nationality. It matters performer, analyst and composer his manipulation security challenges to those who are an eclectic array of approaches to of different of the 21st seeking to destroy it ‘Theme and Variations’, including: techniques of century. This as much as it does to patterns of departure and return; composition. His variation sets – book provides those seeking to real versus perceived time; some of the most well-crafted answers to these protect it. Defence of strategies of propulsion and and beloved examples – place the questions. In it, the West requires pre- closure in an intrinsically cyclic interplay of forms and styles at James Gow sends emptive action, but it and open-ended form; the interplay the heart of their identity. out a clarion call cannot be undertaken of authorial voices deriving from Moreover, in their stunning for a radical re- on a unilateral basis dialogue between the ‘self’ of breadth and diversity they offer a interpretation of and outside the law. variations and the ‘other’ of their microcosm of Brahms’s entire the right of self- Instead of outlawing theme; critique of a theme output, a succinct revelation of defence within the terms of pre-emptive action, we must through a set’s generic references; his life-long concerns. Through international law and acknowledge that it is necessary drama and narrative achieved them we marvel at his technical international politics. and ensure that it can be taken in through textural and tonal and poetic mastery, and journey The world is a wonderful, but a framework of partnership and control; and the intrinsic sound of to the heart of his creative dangerous place. There are any legitimacy. a variation, so different from that character. number of threats to peace and Polity Press of a freely composed work. Plumbago

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