MAY 1999 NEW CENTRE IS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE SAYS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

THE Government’s Chief Medical Officer lavished praise on Leicester University and spoke of a new Unit that he formally opened as being invaluable for the country. Professor Liam Donaldson was at the University’s Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care where he HAPPY DAYS: Professor Donaldson

TIN unveils the plaque to officially open a new Unit in the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care. “I think those early years were marked by an opportunity to develop intellectual rigour and work in a University that has a strong academic record. “The experience I gained in SIGN OF ACHIEVEMENT: From left, Professor Fearon, Professor Fraser, Dr Baker and teaching and explaining complex le Professor Donaldson. concepts simply to students was a bit http://www.le.ac.uk/ conducted the official opening ceremony for the new of a rehearsal for being able to communicate to a Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit. wider audience. I have great affection for Leicester He used the opportunity to recollect his time at which laid the foundation for my career.” Leicester as a postgraduate and as a former member of staff. He told guests at the ceremony on 8 April: “It Continued on page 3. is a great pleasure to be back in Leicester. I had eight very happy years here. INSIDE SET FAIR: Leicester GRAPPLING WITH A University’s stand at the recent HE Fair had KNOTTY PROBLEM attractive new prospectuses at the ready for visitors. Page 5. HIGHLIGHTING COMMUNICATION: Diana, Princess of Wales Awards for Communication presented at University Conference. Page 11. BUL MAKING THEIR MARKS: New books Experts from the Department of Biology are grappling by University staff with a problem that threatens to grow out of control. cover wide-ranging See page 10 for full story. topics. Pages 23-24.

BULLETIN: Your triple award-winning newsletter – Heist Marketing Awards ’92, ’96, ’97 NEWS VOLUME 31 NUMBER 8 EMINENT SCHOLAR TO SPEAK ON KHALSA IN MAY 1999 SIKH TRADITION NEWS...... 1-11 AN HISTORICAL review of the Khalsa in Sikh Tradition is the subject of a BUSINESS...... 12-13 public lecture at the University. ALUMNI...... 13 Professor Jagtar Singh Grewal, who is one of the world’s most respected scholars and authorities on the history of INTERNATIONAL14-15,18 India, the Punjab and the Sikhs, will deliver the lecture on ARTSTOP...... 16-17 Wednesday, 12 May. The University’s prestigious Centre for the History of OUT & ABOUT...... 19-21 Religions, Inter-Faith Dialogue and Pluralism is hosting Professor Grewal’s lecture in association with the CUTTINGS...... 22 Leicester Sikh Welfare and Cultural Society. It will be the BOOKS...... 23-24 third in the acclaimed Geza Vermes series of lectures in the History of Religions. PEOPLE...... 25-26 "We are looking forward to Professor Grewal’s visit to NOTICES...... 26-29 Leicester immensely", said Professor Richard Bonney, Director of the Centre. "1999 is a very important A.O.B...... 30 landmark for Sikhs everywhere because it marks the Professor Grewal. SPORT...... 30 EMINENT: tercentenary of the establishment by Guru Gobind Singh of the key Sikh institution known as the Khalsa. CROSSWORD ...... 31 "It is important for non-Sikhs to understand the significance of this event and how it has helped to shape the Sikh tradition. For it gave initiated male PHOTOSTOP...... Back Page Sikhs their distinctive appearance, through commitment to the "five Ks" or Panj Kakke (uncut hair and beard; a comb worn in the hair; a steel dagger or RESEARCH GRANTS SUPPLEMENT INSIDE BULLETIN sword; a steel ring worn on the right wrist; and distinctive long shorts). Such is Professor Grewal’s deep knowledge of the Sikh tradition that I am confident SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT? that his lecture will prove to be of great interest and importance both to Sikhs Press and Publications Office will be pleased to receive news from individuals and departments via the following email address: and non-Sikhs. I would like to thank the support and assistance of members [email protected] of the Leicester Sikh Welfare and Cultural Society in helping to make this The closing date for the next issue is Friday 14 May for occasion possible." publication in the first week of June. The Editor reserves the right Professor Grewal was educated in the Punjab and attained Masters’ to amend or abbreviate copy without notice. degrees in English Literature, Geography and History before he went to The Bulletin is edited in The Press and Publications Office. London for research and where he obtained his PhD in History. In 1971, the Small advertisements (up to 30 words in length) should be accompanied by cheques, payable to University of Leicester, at the University of London awarded him the degree of D.Litt for his published work following rates: on Guru Nanak Dev Ji. House sales and lettings: £5.00 He has taught history at the University of Delhi; Punjab University, Other sales and services: £2.00 Chandigarh; and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, where he also served Prices for display advertisements are available on request. Please as Vice-Chancellor. Professor Grewal was also Director of the Indian Institute contact Chris Walters, Marketing Officer LUSU, extn 1150. Private, of Advanced Study at Shimla from 1989 to 1993. He has also held other non-commercial announcements are carried free of charge, subject to space. distinguished posts at the University of Toronto, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee Editor: Ather Mirza (Ext 3335) University. email: [email protected] Professor Grewal’s lecture, which is entitled ‘The Khalsa in Sikh Tradition’ Deputy Editor: Barbara Whiteman (Ext 2676) will be held at the Rattray Lecture Theatre One, starting at 5.15 pm on email: [email protected] Wednesday 12 May. Admission is open to the public and free. People, Books, Research, Cuttings, Notices, Artstop. Reporters: Judith Shaw/Jane Pearson Design and layout: Paula Curtis, Graphics Studio Pictures: Central Photographic Unit, Leicester Mercury, and members of staff. The University of Leicester Bulletin includes advertising to Cartoons: Barbara Whiteman offset production costs. It should be noted that the University Printed by Central Reprographic Unit. of Leicester does not necessarily adopt or endorse the • Special colour cover courtesy of products and services advertised in the Bulletin. The Bulletin Central Reprographic Unit. cannot accept responsibility for any errors in advertisements Leicester University • University Road and inserts. The Editor reserves the right to refuse or amend Leicester LE1 7RH any advertisement. E-mail: [email protected] Newsline: 0116 252 3335 ON-LINE BULLETIN Advertising: 0116 223 1168 Issues of the Bulletin are accessible on CWIS via the following web address: http://www.le.ac.uk/bulletin/

2 CMO RECALLS ‘HAPPY YEARS’ AT LEICESTER NEWS Continued from page 1

Professor Donaldson is the 15th CMO and it is the second time a CMO underpinning strategies which this centre provides. Developing guidelines has visited the Department – Professor Donaldson’s predecessor Sir for standards in care and fleshing out the principles of primary care is Kenneth Calman opened the Eli Lilly National Clinical Audit Centre which invaluable for the country as a whole and I pay tribute to what you are has been succeeded by the CGRDU, based at Leicester General Hospital. doing for future doctors and patients.” After viewing a poster exhibition in the company of Dr Richard Baker, Professor Donaldson, who took up the role of CMO last autumn, also the director of the CGRDU, Professor Donaldson unveiled a plaque. He singled out two former colleagues for special tribute: “I would like to say told the audience: “The thank you to Professors Michael Clarke and Robin clinical governance Fraser. My interest in quality began in Leicester, and the initiative is one of the insight and vision they provided me has been a great help most important of the and has laid the foundation for my career.” Government’s policies in The CMO also jokingly referred to the politics of the NHS. academic life while fondly recalling the active role he “Getting clinical played in recruiting medical students: “I was admissions governance right means tutor for the Medical School for four years and I had great not only having people pleasure in selecting the doctors of the future.” to implement the work, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Fearon, who but to have the welcomed the CMO on behalf of the University, said the University was welcoming a former colleague and friend. “It brings a warm touch to an occasion such as this to say our visitor has a link with the University. I cannot think of anyone more appropriate to perform this exercise.” Head of Department Professor Robin Fraser recalled how he and the CMO had shared adjacent offices for several years at the University and worked together in clinical practice too. He said: “It is very apt that you should be opening this unit as you conceptualised this whole business of clinical governance and gave body to it.” Professor Fraser also paid special tribute to Lilly Industries who had sponsored the former audit centre in the Department since 1992 and added his thanks to Trent Regional Health Authority which – through Leicestershire Health – was providing continuing support. “There is a tremendous partnership between Leicestershire Health and Leicester University which keeps us at the forefront of quality care,” said Professor Fraser.

TEAM EFFORT: From left, Professor Fraser, Professor Donaldson, Professor Clarke, Dr Bernard Crump, Director of Public Health at Leicestershire Health Authority, and Professor Fearon. FACTFILE • The CGRDU came into existence on April 1, 1999 and was formally opened on 8 April 1999 by the Chief Medical Officer Professor Liam Donaldson • The Director of the new Centre is Dr Richard Baker and the Deputy Director is Dr Francine Cheater • The CGRDU succeeds and builds on the highly successful Eli Lilly National Clinical Audit Centre, established in 1992 • Clinical governance is a framework for improving and accounting for quality of care and is central to UK Government health policy • The role of the CGRDU includes: Research into effective methods of implementing change in professional behaviour and performance The determination of methods for the professional development of individuals, teams and primary care groups The creation of a library of evidence-based protocols for systematic audits for use of the Primary Care Team The development and evaluation of ways of involving patients in clinical governance The dissemination of information and advice to Primary Care Groups on the most feasible and effective approaches to clinical governance Professor Donaldson, who succeeded Sir Kenneth Calman in September, was educated at Rotherham Grammar School and Bristol, Birmingham and Leicester universities. At Leicester, he was appointed to a lectureship in community medicine in the Department of Community Health in 1977 and he was subsequently appointed as senior lecturer in Epidemiology in the Department in 1981. He gained his MD from Leicester in 1983. The Chief Medical Officer is the Government’s most senior medical adviser, carrying the rank of Permanent Secretary.

3 NEWS FOCUS ON ADMISSIONS AN

OPENING THE DOORS

AT a time when the Government has announced measures to increase higher university intake, Leicester has led a successful funding bid for a project education that will open higher education to new groups of people. among the 13- A total of £40,330 has been made available from the Higher Education 16 age group, Funding Council (England) for a joint, one-year project with De Montfort while and Loughborough Universities on Widening Participation. Loughborough The project, which was one of three selected from six East Midlands University will applications, will develop effective ways of encouraging and supporting focus on the participation of students in Higher Education from disadvantaged engaging the WIDENING PARTICIPATION: Julie Flett, third from left, with members of the University and Students’ Union. groups and socio-economic groups 4 and 5 in Leicester, Leicestershire academic and Rutland. interest of 14-18 year old school and college students. Leicester will take a lead role in working towards a successful transition Speaking about the Widening Participation project, Ms Janet Graham, from schools and colleges to higher education institutions. Its aim is to Head of the Admissions and Student Recruitment Office at Leicester, help students make appropriate choices about their education, to dispel who has co-ordinated the successful funding bid, said: “This project will anxieties in families that have not traditionally considered university build on the successful links already established in the city and county, application, to provide financial advice and prepare students for learning such as the Leicestershire Progression Accord which identifies particular in a university context. skills, knowledge or understanding that will be of value to the learner Ms Julie Flett, a Careers Adviser with the Leicestershire Careers and entering university, which the prospective student will take in addition to Guidance Services Ltd has been seconded to the University as Project ‘traditional’ qualifications such as two A levels or an Advanced GNVQ Officer for one year commencing in April 1999. qualification. These are identified in the elements that make up the The project will aim to ensure that students from the target population Accord and include careers and higher education guidance, curriculum achieve their full potential and complete their higher education courses. It enrichment activities and the skills of communications, numeracy and will concentrate on developing induction procedures, guidance on information technology. The Higher Education Taster courses run in module choice, study skills support, “buddying” schemes and peer March and April for local year 12 students have proved particular popular. support groups. “The Project will use the contacts made during these activities to The main target group will be students of 16-19 years and their expand the collaborative work of the University, working with our families. Leicester University will work with a range of advisors, including Welfare Office, Learning Support Centre, our current students and staff admissions tutors, school and college staff, careers advisors, financial to raise awareness both within the University and externally to bring experts, student support services, administrators and current students more local students in touch with higher education and to encourage themselves. them to stay on at school or college and progress to university.” De Montfort University will concentrate on raising the awareness of TASTER COURSES AT UNIVERSITY

EIGHT departments from the University ran taster courses for are choosing higher education as a direct result of taking part in 268 Leicestershire 6th form students on April 21 and 22. taster. As a high proportion of students involved in the taster The taster courses aim to give prospective higher education courses are from backgrounds where there is no history of applicants a feel for university life in general and, more participating in higher education this is a significant achievement. specifically, an insight into Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Fearon subjects before making decisions said: “Taster courses about the courses they may want increase the reputation of to apply for. the University locally and The taster courses involve promote good working students experiencing lectures, relationships with schools seminars, practical tasks, talking and colleges. I would like to to students and learning about express my gratitude to all welfare finance and support departments that were services. The courses have been involved and I hope for running for a number of years greater involvement from and attract more interest each other departments next year. year.” Students involved Departments taking part commented on how friendly the included Law, English, departmental staff were. History of Art, Geography, Research suggests that Modern Languages, although the main aims of Mathematics and Computer taster days are educational, Science, Archaeology and more taster course students BONED-UP: Students enjoying studying bones on their Archaeology Taster Course. Economics.

4 ND STUDENT RECRUITMENT NEWS

BIGGEST HIGHER EDUCATION FAIR IN REGION TAKES PLACE AT LEICESTER

THOUSANDS of students from across the East Midlands converged on the University for the region’s biggest higher education fair. The fair, on April 15 and 16, attracted representatives from 135 universities, including institutions in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.

THUMBS-UP: Students at the Leicester University stall took a keen interest in what the University has to offer.

The event provided valuable information for those contemplating higher education. Janet Graham, Head of Admissions and Student Recruitment, said the fair provided opportunities for students to meet with university representatives in an informal way and to get a measure of the diversity of universities. INTEREST: Senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Dr Jeremy Levesley hands a prospectus to students at the HE Fair while Neil Cox, assistant registrar in the Faculty of the Social Sciences, pores through the brochure in response to the continued demand for information.

there is tremendous reward in seeing an excellent University at the heart MEMBERS SOUGHT FOR of the local community going from strength to strength.” An advertisement was placed in the Leicester Mercury and a local press DECISION-MAKING BODY release was sent in order to stimulate interest. THE University is seeking nominations for appointment to its governing body, the University Council. The Council is looking for people with backgrounds in industry, the professions, and the public and voluntary sectors, who might fill future FOCUSING ON vacancies. The majority of Council’s members are drawn from outside the University, bringing a rich variety of experience and expertise to REAL NEEDS bear on the University’s affairs. The Council meets five times a year and concerns itself with the DESIGNING equipment for real needs was the topic of the operation of the University at a strategic level. It is also concerned to keynote address opening the Ergonomic Society’s annual ensure that the University is managed effectively at an operational level. conference at the University. The Chairman of Council, Mr John Foster (formerly Chief Executive of Radio and TV presenter Peter White focussed on the international machinery company USM Texon Ltd) said: “It is important ergonomics considerations of designing for the disabled, to realise that Council is a decision making body to which executive particularly for the visually impaired. The event was held at officers of the University are accountable. So being a member of Council the University from April 7-9. offers a very real opportunity to help guide the development of the University. To do that we need people of a high calibre who are willing to give their time and energy, and who are used to operating with others at a senior level. There is no financial reward for being on Council, but

5 NEWS NEW REPORT CLEARS THE DUST

THE MRC Institute for Environment and Health at the University has the potential of mathematical modelling and in vitro studies for predicting published a report on the current state of knowledge on the many dusts human responses. generally regarded as inert materials and often referred to as ‘low toxicity’ Overall, the report provides invaluable background information for all dusts. those who have an interest in the occupational and environmental health The aim of the report is to address how this knowledge may help effects of inhaled particle. Dr Len Levy, Chairman of IEH workshop and underpin future occupational exposure standards. co-editor of the report, says, “I am delighted that we were able to The report, which is based on a workshop held at the Institute, was assemble some of the world’s leaders in particle research, who provided commissioned by the UK Health and Safety Executive in response to their excellent background chapters and contributed to the overall workshop concern about the scientific basis for the current generic approach to conclusions. Their collective views have helped us to present for the HSE standard-setting for these respirable dusts. some very clear directions for future activity and research into these The report addresses such issues as the definition of what is dusts.” understood by a ‘low toxicity’ dust, the relevance of animal and Recommendations from the report include: mechanistic studies, and the interpretation of epidemiological studies on • Further work to clarify the interspecies difference in response to exposed human populations. dust including studies to determine the relevance of animal models The reported discussion between the workshop participants addresses to humans and, in particular, to investigate the sensitivity/uniqueness how all this information can be brought together to establish new of the rat. scientific approaches to standard-setting. One particularly novel approach • Adoption of a benchmarking approach to evaluate the toxicity of for unknown dusts is the use of benchmarking using well-understood unknown dusts by the establishment of relative toxicity of known material in a structured way that incorporates both human and dusts. experimental evidence. • Further studies to investigate and understand the apparent great Other current areas of concern that are covered include the reliability toxicity of ultrafine dust, especially in larger mammals and humans. of long-term rodent studies as models for lung fibrosis and cancer, and WORK STARTS ON MILLENNIUM SPACE CENTRE SITE

region’s flagship Millennium project. This is a brownfield site so we are transforming something of no use into something to benefit everyone. We are going to start pumping some lifeblood into this part of Leicester.” • The NSSC has appointed Chas Bishop as Director of MODEL START: l-r Ted Cassidy, Keith Beaumont, Derek Mapp, David Brunton. Marketing and THE first phase of building work has begun on the site of the National Operations. He will Space Science Centre, the £46.5m Millennium Landmark Project which take responsibility will open in Leicester in spring 2001. for ensuring the GROUNDBREAKING: David Brunton (NSSC director of Morrison Construction Ltd, the civil engineering arm of Morrison Centre becomes a construction), Mick Tetley (Morrison project manager), Keith Construction Group plc, is undertaking the extensive groundwork successful visitor Beaumont, Ted Cassidy, Derek Mapp (RDA Chairman, in the required the enable the NSSC to be built on the ex-Severn Trent site at attraction when it digger). Abbey Meadows in north Leicester. opens in the spring on The East Midlands RDA chairman, Dr Derek Mapp, dug the first sod 2001. Mr Bishop has held marketing and operational positions at various of earth on the site: “It is just a fortnight since the East Midlands visitor attractions including Venture World Ltd, Alton Towers and Development Agency opened its doors for business. So you can imagine Tussauds in London. how delighted I am to be involved in the “groundbreaking” of this

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7 NEWS A WAY FORWARD FOR CENTRE The Scarman Centre recently held an “Away Day” to involve all academic and clerical staff in the process of developing a new Centre Plan. All the 33 staff attended and they participated in a series of working groups which examined the Centre’s mission and aims, its structure, teaching, research and publications, conferences, external links, international activities, and administration. TEAM EFFORT: Members of the Scarman Centre held an ‘Away Day’ to discuss future direction and goals. The decision was taken to hold the Away Day several months ago as staff felt that it was time to reappraise the activities and direction of the The day showed there is great enthusiasm and mutual support amongst Scarman Centre. The recent announcement by the current Director, the staff, with everyone pulling together. Thanks are due to everyone Professor John Benyon, that he would be succeeded by Director- who took part and in particular to Martin Gill, who drew up the draft plan Designate, Dr Martin Gill, gave the Away Day added meaning and staff which involved a great deal of thought and effort.” were able to discuss a new structure and form of governance in light of The next stage in the process is for a small group, led by Dr Gill, to the hand over of the directorship on 1 August 1999. amend the plan in light of the discussions at the Away Day. After further Professor Benyon said: “This is the first time that we have had such a consultations it is intended that the new structure and goals should be planning meeting, at which all our staff were able to express their views. It approved in time for the hand over from Professor Benyon to Dr Gill on was a most useful occasion and lots of good ideas were put forward. 1 August. MILLENNIUM MASTERWORKS A Sunday Times poll to determine the greatest works of this fragmented world, we can still, apparently, agree that these two Millennium is being evaluated by members of staff of the men were geniuses almost beyond compare. Why? Judging by the Psychology Department. particular five works you have chosen to lead the table, I would In an article on 28 March, the newspaper reports that 1,300 guess it is a combination of the intimate and the sublime. people submitted lists of 10 works from all areas of cultural “All these works have a heroic massiveness, an elemental endeavour that they considered the greatest of the past 1,000 grandeur that seems to address directly the very essence of years. human existence. And yet they are strikingly tender, personal The analysis by Leicester psychologists reveals the dominance and accessible.” of Shakespeare and Michaelangelo in the poll – nominated 677 The Top 10 Masterworks in the Sunday Times poll are: 1. and 424 times respectively. Mozart (251) and Beethoven (214) Hamlet; 2. David; 3. Pieta; 4. King Lear; 5. Sistine Chapel; 6. On were next in line. the Origin of the Species; 7. The King James Bible; 8. The Ring Bryan Appleyard writes: “The figures demonstrate an Cycle; 9. Ninth Symphony; 10. Taj Mahal. extraordinary unanimity. In an increasingly plural and RISKY BUSINESS CONGRATULATIONS! TOPICS ranging from the Millennium Bug to injury and death at work will be CONGRATULATIONS to the Department of Physics and Astronomy brought to the fore when experts in the field of risk reduction and and the Centre for American Studies, both of which achieved a total management gather at the University for a major conference. of 23 points, out of a possible 24, in the Teaching Quality Assessments Planning and Learning from High Risk Situations is the title of the Conference by the Quality Assurance Agency in March. These are highest scores on 11 May. It has been organised by the University’s Professional yet achieved by subjects at Leicester. The grades awarded for each Development Unit. aspect of educational provision (maximum 4) were: Dr Simon Bennett, of Leicester University’s Scarman Centre, said: "The Conference takes as its theme the need to plan for risk. Risk is the probability Physics & American of some undesirable event occurring, like an air crash or ferry sinking. 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To this end, the Conference is valuable both for affected There is one further TQA visit this session , to review Medicine. See industries or services and the public." next month’s Bulletin for a full review of TQA results to date.

8 NEWS

EXPERTS GATHER FOR MISSION TO MARS

A TOP-level meeting to discuss the future of the Mars Express Mission Pillinger, of the Open University, who is the leader of the consortium was held at the University in the Department of Physics and Astronomy consisting of industrialists and research institutions. They discussed the and the Space Research Centre. latest plans in the £25 million mission and took a look at some of the test The European Space Agency’s mission involves experts from Leicester instruments and rock sampling tools. and Open Universities, along with industrial collaborators, putting a probe Among them were tools designed by Dr TC Ng, a full time Hong Kong on the spacecraft to hunt for life on the red planet. The plan is to build a dentist. He has helped to design and produce the mission instruments lander, named Beagle 2, which could be built in a sterile area in front of that will grind down and extract cores from Martian rocks to establish visitors to the National Space Science Centre. what they are made of. Beagle 2 also includes a novel robotic mole, built The University team, led by Dr Mark Sims, met with Professor Colin by DLR the German Space Research Organisation and the European Space Agency, that will dig under the surface for samples. Beagle 2 will then conduct chemical tests on the samples to see whether there was, or is, life on Mars. Dr Ng said he had made specialist dental instruments and those brought to the meeting were the only ones of their type in the world. Also present at the meeting was Mr John Underwood, from the Martin Baker Aircraft Company, which manufactures military aircraft ejection seats. His company is due to make the landing system for Beagle 2. Dr Sims said: “The meeting was very successful. The Consortium has decided on the design concept for the probe and the real detailed engineering can now start. A unique blend of university and industrial experience is being employed on this project and by the end of the year the design should be complete and the first test model under construction. Although Beagle 2 still has to achieve full funding there is a growing momentum behind this unique mission, which is not only exciting but will lead the world in Mars Exploration. The tasks for the remainder of the year will be to secure funding and complete the design by November when the European Space Agency will review the project” MODEL ATTRACTION: Professor Alan Wells explains an aspect of the Beagle 2 Mission Among those backing the mission are pop stars Blur. to the HRH The Duke of Edinburgh during his visit to the Space Research Centre.

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There will be regular updates on the services being provided for Leicester University conference organisers, so watch this space! 9 NEWS THE LARGEST FEMALE IN THE WORLD – AND HOW SHE FOUND A MATE Triffid like invasion alarms scientists are fertile and have now starting back-hybridising with Japanese SCIENTISTS working at the University have uncovered alarming evidence Knotweed. This has resulted in plants incredibly similar to the highly of an alien that is set to tighten its stranglehold of the country. invasive species, but with one important difference-they have male Dr Michelle Hollingsworth, formerly of this University and now at the fertility. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and Dr John Bailey, of the Department “This will enable these plants to reproduce sexually as well as asexually of Biology, used DNA fingerprinting techniques to root out the facts and produce new genetic combinations that may be even more invasive, behind the plant invader, the Japanese Knotweed. as well as offering the additional ability of seed dispersal. “The generation of new genotypes with an additional means of dispersal can only serve to exacerbate an already problematical situation.”

KNOTTY PROBLEMS The total weight of Japanese Knotweed in Britain runs into tens of thousands of tons. It can force up concrete, paving slabs and destablise walls It is illegal to knowingly introduce the weed to the wild in the UK It can grow up to 10 feet high It forms a dense thicket with white flowers and oval leaves

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS Says Dr Bailey: There is a lot of interest in the potential use of Biological control for Japanese Knotweed – that is the use of GREEN ISSUES: Dr John Bailey, of the Department of Biology, is an expert on the Japanese another organism such Knotweed. as an insect or a fungus They found that the plant, introduced into Britain in the 1840s, has now to control the growth spread to enormous dimensions with every plant of this type in Britain and spread of an being a clone of the same female plant. unwanted alien species. And they also discovered the plant’s remarkable propensity for survival This avoids excessive has led it to consort with another weed leading to a bizarre marriage of use of herbicides. weeds! Although we have only Drs Hollingsworth and Bailey said: “Weed invasions can lead to serious a single clone in economic and social costs. Britain, in Japan where “Millions of pounds are spent each year in attempts to control the the plant originates, growth of invasive species, and clearly an understanding of the biology of there is of course invasive organisms is an essential prerequisite for any control tremendous genetic programmes. diversity. Catherine “The Japanese Knotweed is a common feature of riversides, roadsides Pashley, who is and wasteground. Its sheer size (up to 3m) and dense canopy make it a carrying on from highly intrusive plant which, coupled with the destructive capabilities of its where Dr roots and stems (which can force up concrete), have resulted in it being Hollingsworth left described as the most pernicious weed in the British flora”. off, is interested in using molecular The experts, who used the DNA techniques on 150 samples found SCIENTIFIC METHODS: Catherine Pashley is using across Britain, added: “Remarkably, only female plants have been found in techniques to pinpoint molecular techniques to pinpoint the exact origins of the plant. Britain, suggesting that sexual reproduction has not contributed to the where in Japan our Japanese Knotweed’s success. clone originates from. “Using DNA fingerprinting techniques we have recently demonstrated This would then allow other researchers to collect potential predators that the enormous biomass of this species in Britain is represented by a that our clone is suseptible to. One advantage of a clone is that as there is single female clone, that has become fragmented and widespread. no genetic diversity present, the whole lot could be wiped out by an “This genotype must represent one of the world’s largest organisms.” appropriate micro-organism. Miss Pashley is currently applying for funds During their research, the scientists uncovered another surprising and for her collecting trip to Japan in the Autumn. disturbing fact : “Our molecular data has also provided convincing evidence that this clone is undergoing complex hybridisation with another introduced species, Giant Knotweed. “Although this species is not so invasive as Japanese Knotweed, it does have male plants in Britain. Some of the hybrids between these species

10 NEWS

DANCE DESIGNED FOR MILLENNIUM

FOLLOWING the success of a Millennium dance project, the ordinated and devised by Judith Birkenhead, Organising Tutor for Richard Attenborough Centre has just received further funding Dance/Drama at the Richard Attenborough Centre, as part of from the Design Council. the Design Council’s Design in Education Week, part of its The Centre’s performances of Electric Paper in March were National Programme to Profile Creativity in Education for the deemed such a triumph that the Design Council, which Twenty-First Century. sponsored the dance events, has pledged a further £5,000 to An enthusiastic young audience of more than 400 enable the Centre to produce a professional video of the work for schoolchildren came to the RAC in March to see the use in schools and colleges. performances and more will have a chance to enjoy it when it The Centre will now be seeking funding to match this. Other tours mainstream and special needs schools during the summer sponsors were the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of term. Physics, Esso UK plc and East Midlands Arts. The project attracted the attention of teachers who felt that The Centre was commissioned to provide a dance work for an the arts had been squeezed out of the National Curriculum and audience of primary school children to accompany poems by the welcomed imaginative ways of reinstating them under the renowned children’s poet, Michael Rosen, using Millennium auspices of science, mathematics and literature. products and exploring science, design and technology. Director of the Richard Attenborough Centre, Dr Eleanor The result, Electric Paper, was choreographed by Debbi Hartley, said “It was a wonderful experience for children and Hedderwick and danced by an integrated group of students from teachers to see how multi-disciplinary forms of learning can the Centre, and the poems were read and introduced by Michael enhance, expand and reinforce the learning process.” Rosen, Patrice Cazley and group members. The project was co- AWARDS IN MEMORY OF PRINCESS AT UNIVERSITY

AN awards ceremony in memory of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, The conference, Inter-Cultural Communication, aimed to promote was held at the University. greater awareness of communication issues relating in particular to the It was the highlight of a conference, on 24 April, aimed at promoting diverse society in which we live. greater awareness of communication issues. Dr Rosemary Sage of the School of Education, who was joint director of the conference, said the conference was aimed at people interested in learning about work in communication, applying to education, health and social services, as well as any workplace demands for more effective personal and professional performance. “Research shows good communication is the key to school learning and later job success,” she said. The principal contributors were Dr Martin Cortazzi of Leicester University; Lixian Jin, De Montfort University; Yvonne Howell, Sandwell Healthcare, and Amindita Bose of Mritika Arts Ltd.

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE The late Diana, Princess of Wales, pictured with Lord MASTER OF COMMUNICATION: Attenborough during a visit to the University. TRIALS for next year’s University Challenge are set to begin. Leicester has an enviable record in the series – reaching the The presentation of the Diana, Princess of Wales Awards for quarter finals of this year’s competition, and Leicester was also Communication had been approved by Her Majesty the Queen and was the very first winner of the Challenge. To enter for the performed by a member of the Memorial Committee. The awards were competition, students should go to Lecture Theatre 1, New presented on behalf of Human Communication International. Building at 6 pm on Wednesday 12 May. More information is The awards aimed to honour those who have made exceptional available from Lisa Castledine, Students’ Union President email contributions to research and practice in communication and also those who have shown great commitment to developing their own ljc4@le. communication. Tributes to the late Princess Diana have stressed her superb ability to communicate and many people feel this has been her major legacy.

11 Business Bulletin examines some of the main business stories from the University, and is compiled each month by LUCENT BUSINESS and Press & Publications Office. Any stories or ideas should be sent to LUCENT. (ext 2696, email: [email protected]).

RECOGNITION FOR UNIVERSITY Having satisfied the rigorous criteria laid MANAGEMENT CENTRE down by AMBA, the THE Management Centre has received the thumbs up from two separate Leicester agencies. Management It has recently been awarded the highly prized certificate of Centre has accreditation from the Association of MBAs (AMBA) at a ceremony in been firmly London. placed in a very exclusive group in the top 15 per cent of European Business Schools. Through its validation service AMBA maintains the high standard of the accredited degree of Master of Business Administration in an expanding and unregulated market. Accredited by AMBA, the MBA is an internationally recognised premier business management qualification and Leicester University’s Management Centre is one of the fastest growing providers of executive education in Europe. Established in 1990 the Centre has become renowned worldwide, and is a major provider of distance learning education, with 4,000 students taking a range of postgraduate programmes at 31 Resource Centres in 28 countries, almost 2,000 of them studying for the MBA. The AMBA accreditation proves that not only does it attract large numbers of students, but it provides high quality study programmes. Only a handful of distance learning MBAs have ever been accredited by AMBA. In addition, the Management Centre’s MBA programme has also been accredited by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. This means that Leicester MBA candidates successfully completing RECOGNITION: Dr Nelson Tang and Ms Pat Greatorex of the Management Centre receiving the MBA specialism in Strategic Procurement may apply for direct entry the AMBA certificate of accreditation from Mr Sebastian Crawshaw, Chairman of the Association of to corporate membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and MBAs. Supply.

THE BUSINESS OF SCIENCE

THE University has designed a series of events to highlight how will centre on the ways in scientific innovation is playing a pivotal role in driving business which networks are applicable excellence. in the wider market. The events form part of the University’s continuing commitment to Mr Casey and Mr expand the public understanding of science. Leszczynski will discuss the The University’s Professional Development Unit is organising the ways in which Diamond events in order to raise awareness in local businesses and the Cable’s advanced fibre optic community about the speed of change in science, how science can help network is providing to improve competitiveness and wealth creation, and also to try and businesses throughout the bridge the gap between the University and the local community. East Midlands with a The aim of the first event, an executive dinner on 3 June, is to comprehensive range of provide a forum for discussion and ideas between local businesses, and telecommunications services. between businesses and the University, as each table will be hosted by • The event will be held in a senior member of the University. the Charles Wilson Building

The dinner will be the first in a series of three events to be held this at Leicester University, BUSINESS EXCELLENCE: Dr Richard year, which will include a 2 day conference held on 4 and 5 September, University Road, from 4 pm to Mobbs will be one of the main speakers at the entitled “All Our Tomorrows – A 10 Year Forecast: The Future of 8 pm on Thursday 3 June, business dinner. Science, Technology and Medicine.” 1999. Registration forms are The main speakers at the dinner will be Dr Richard Mobbs, who is available from Myra Finch, the Professional Development Unit, Head of Learning Technology at Leicester University, and Mick Casey Leicester University, phone 0116 252 3332. (PR Manager) and Joe Leszczynski, (Regional Sales Manager) from Diamond Cable Communications (UK) Ltd. Dr Mobbs will be outlining ways in which he and his staff integrate IT tools and WWW technologies into the teaching process. His discussion

12 BUSINESS ALUMNI

NEW RESEARCH AIMS TO CRACK House of Commons – 1 July 1999 Some 150 Alumni will be converging on the House of DOWN ON PETROL STATION Commons on Thursday 1 July for a reception on the Terrace. Linda Perham, (BA Classics 1969) MP for CRIME BILL OF £47.2 MILLION Ilford North, will be acting as host. We are informed that Linda has the distinction of being the first CRIME experts from this University have embarked on a 12-month professional librarian to be elected to Parliament, research programme which aims to have a major impact on safety at having previously been Bibliographical Librarian at Epping petrol stations across the country Forest College. Previous Alumni receptions at the House of Commons The Scarman Centre for the Study of Public Order has been have been very successful and well-supported occasions, and this event commissioned by the British Oil Industry Service Station Security looks like carrying on that tradition. Committee (BOSS) to start on the year-long programme in which researchers will look at the way in which individual oil companies collect Queens’ College, crime statistics, and will recommend a standardised industry reporting Cambridge – 26 system for the collection of crime statistics. November The research team, led by Dr Martin Gill, will focus initially on the A regional social event in crime figures for individual company sites but intends the system to the splendid Old Hall of include all petrol stations in the future. It is believed that this is the first Queens’ College, time oil companies have ever collaborated in such a way. Cambridge has been After meetings with BP, Elf, Esso, Fina, Jet, Q8, Shell, Texaco and Total arranged for Friday 26 to find out what systems are already in place and to look at how November 1999. This information gathering differs from company to company, the Scarman has been made possible team is now in the process of recommending a standard method for the by the offices of Michael collection of crime statistics across the oil industry. Smithson who has Last year the BOSS crime survey revealed that crime committed on worked with the University of Leicester Britain’s petrol stations cost the oil industry in excess of £47.2 million in an advisory role for each year with drive-offs and credit card fraud being the most common many years, and is and costly offences. currently Director of University Development at Cambridge and also a Announcing the research programme Dr John Lynn, BOSS Chairman Fellow of Queens’. This function will take the form and Director of Texaco, said: “We have known for several years that of a hot buffet suitable for a chill November petrol station crime was a problem but last year’s BOSS survey evening. As the event is timed for a Friday, confirmed our worst fears. By working with the world’s leading experts some of those attending might like to make a at the Scarman Centre our ultimate goal is to create an industry-wide weekend of it, staying over in one of the local computer system which will collect and accurately plot the nature and hotels to sample the sights of Cambridge levels of crime. the following day. “The advantages of working collectively under the BOSS banner is that we can all ignore the normal barriers of competition and really work Convocation Lecture 2000 together in the interest of the industry and our individual retailers. This Convocation has been very fortunate to secure project is very important for all petrol retailers because it will help us to the agreement of Professor Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer, target specific security measures to best effect and continue building Department of Health, to give the annual Convocation Lecture on meaningful relationships with police forces.” Wednesday 1 March 2000. Dr Martin Gill added: “BOSS is to be congratulated on its commitment to tackling crime. We need to find out what is happening and then devise Henley Week 2000 a response that works. We are greatly encouraged by the response and Plans are moving ahead for an Alumni outing to the Henley Royal Regatta the support of the oil companies. The findings could have a major impact on Saturday 1 July 2000. Attractions include covered accommodation on crime and safety in petrol stations across the country.” overlooking the course, dedicated car parking, refreshments (especially Others involved in the project include Jerry Hart, Andrew Willis and Pimms!), all-day music and a disco and firework display in the evening. Polly Seaman. • If you would like information about any Alumni events or activities please contact the Alumni Office on 252 2931, or email us [email protected]. You can also visit the Alumni web-site at www.le.ac.uk/alumni

Alumni News Full details about the Convocation Reunion Weekend on 18-19 September will be appearing on the Alumni page in the next edition of the Bulletin, together with a report on the very successful 1940’s Alumni weekend, held at Beaumont Hall on 10- 11 April. The Alumni Office organises an Annual reunion and other regional and overseas reunions throughout the year. It also produces the Graduates Review, a biannual publication mailed to all Leicester graduates, containing University news, features and profiles of Leicester Graduates, reports on recent reunions and information about future events. Front row, Andrew Willis, Kevin Eastwood, executive secretary of the VITAL WORK: 13 British Oil Industry Service Station Security Commitee, Polly Seaman. Back row, Jerry Hart and Martin Gill. International Focus provides stories with an international INTERNATIONAL FOCUS dimension. Any stories or ideas should be sent to Jane Pearson, Press and Publications Office, ext 2440, fax 2485, e-mail: COLLECTIONS AND COLLECTORS [email protected]

PROFESSOR Sue Pearce, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, writes below about substantial return rates. research into material culture, which has taken her across the world and led The collecting study in particular threw up a number of to some surprising findings. significant new findings. It is clear that, contrary to I specialise in the relationship between received wisdom, socio-economic human beings and the material culture background is not the determining factor in through which we live our lives. This can be what people wish to collect. Unlike investigated from a broad range of angles, television programmes or holiday activities including psychological and sociological, as where socio-economic class is important, well as the bio-physical mechanisms through it emerges that in collecting we all which we comprehend the physical world. It operate in the same way. also has links with what has become known The great divide in collecting practice as the ‘heritage’, a word I do not much like, is gender. It appears that men and but which has become a convenient label to women collect quite different things and which to attach a variety of issues. they do it in quite different ways. By and Material Culture studies is at the meeting large, men make collections in order to appreciate point of a range of fields and can only intrinsic qualities of the material and to create a range of organisational operate in an inter-disciplinary style. For schemes, while women collect in order to add emotional value to their this reason it is seen as at the cutting edge lives and use it as visual memory. Professor Sue Pearce. of a number of studies, and I receive This has an important and fascinating bearing on subjects like the frequent invitations to lecture and participate construction of the home and whose home it really is. Men’s collections in workshops around the world. I have lectured in Hong Kong and are usually kept in a spare room, or the loft, while women’s collections participated in a meeting of the Agora, a think-tank based at the Getty are on display in the living room. Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, and in April this year I was invited to I am involved jointly with the Tate, Liverpool, and Gordon Fyfe, head a Getty-funded workshop at the University of California at Irvine. I Department of Sociology, Keele University, who together hold an ESRC have also lectured widely in Scandinavia, including sessions with the grant to fund a series of research seminars on the subject of Museum and Finland Museums Association carried out through a video-satellite link Society. The third of these took place in Leicester in March and involved between London and Finland. an invited audience of mainly doctoral students. These seminars are One substantial research project in which I have been involved set out intended to lead to a new journal, and to further research funding to discover the relationships between people and objects and people and applications. collections in contemporary Britain. This involved two separate Material culture is very much a study of our times, an interdisciplinary questionnaires sent to two sets of 1,500 randomly chosen people and project on the cusp of a number of traditional fields. It is this characteristic produced a response in relation to collections of nearly 60 per cent and which makes it such an exciting field to work within. almost 30 per cent for the object-based group. These are reckoned to be Professor Sue Pearce HUNGARY JOINS LEICESTER’S ERASMUS PROGRAMME WHILE the countries of East-Central Europe are still waiting for students EU membership, they have already been included in the currently in European Commission’s ERASMUS programme. The University’s Leicester and first student mobility link in this part of the world – between the find out the Department of Politics and the Janus Pannonius University in ‘students’-eye’ Pecs, Hungary – exchanged its first students in September 1998. view of how the But running an ERASMUS scheme is far from straightforward. University So two members of staff from the International Relations Office manages its in Pecs, together with colleagues from the Budapest University international of Economic Sciences and the University of Horticulture and relations. Food Industry, came to Leicester for a week at the end of Karen February to look at how the University manages its international Henderson contacts. Department They talked to the wide range of people who help to make the of Politics University’s ERASMUS scheme work – not just the International Office and departmental ERASMUS co-ordinators, but also Admissions, the Accommodation Office and Student Welfare. The visit took place with the aid of a TEMPUS grant provided for ‘Improving International Relations Management’, and at a final seminar in Budapest at the end of March, the team will be evaluating their experiences in Leicester and deciding which INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS: ideas could help with their own work, as well as comparing their Karen Henderson, Department of experiences on visits to Groningen, Netherlands, and Uppsala, Politics (front row, second from right) with delegates from Hungary. Sweden. The visitors also took the opportunity to talk to the Hungarian

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WHEN Nicos packed evening’s entertainment by bounded onto the many of the cultural groups stage, sabre flying, I represented by the international realised why some student population of the invited guests had University. There was something abandoned the VIP for all tastes, from the restrained seats at the front of elegance of the Malay Wedding the audience in and eight-year-old Raya’s preference for a traditional Thai Dance to the more discreet place more boisterous Hip Hop and from which to African Caribbean items. There watch the was even a pantomime from the International Students’ Association Cultural Night. UK contingent, complete with Had Nicos been less sure of his Cypriot traditional dance, certain hissing, booing and “he’s behind members of the International, Press and Student Welfare Offices might you!”. have lost their heads Dances and at a stroke. As it musical was, his sabre performances remained paid tribute to reassuringly – if the classical as breathtakingly – well as the under control, and modern, and we lived to tell the the concluding tale. Fashion Show This was just one displayed a item in a vibrant, dazzling array colourful and fun- of costumes from across the world. Looking round the rain- swept campus the following Monday morning you could not help but wonder if had not all been just a rather glorious dream. Jane Pearson

More international news on page 18.

INNOVATIVE NEW POLICE COURSE LAUNCHED IMPORTANT new links with Abu Dhabi were given the seal of programme allows senior international police officers to add an approval by Major General His Highness Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al academic dimension to their professional profile, as well as enhancing Nahyan, Under Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, at the launch their operational command skills.” of a new postgraduate programme for officers from the Abu Dhabi Major General His Highness Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Under Police Directorate recently. Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, opened the new course, Taught in Abu Dhabi the course is an exciting development of an declaring it to be one of the most significant developments in police established programme run by the Scarman Centre for the Study of training in the Gulf. He emphasised “the importance of bringing Public Order and the Police Staff College at Bramshill. It offers together independent academic expertise from the Scarman Centre strategic-level training for senior police officers leading to the award of with the best of British police training from Bramshill.” the Postgraduate Certificate and MSc in Criminal Justice and Police Successful officers are awarded the University of Leicester Management, and is seen as the international leader in the provision of Postgraduate Certificate in Criminal Justice and Police Management, management and operational command skills training for senior police with the option to convert this to the degree of MSc in Criminal Justice officers throughout the world. and Police Management by distance learning. Andrew Willis, Senior Lecturer at the Scarman Centre, said: “The

15 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS ARTSTOP IN THE REGION

WILD ABOUT EARNEST Witty and timeless, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde’s play about aristocratic manners and high society, sparkles on Leicester’s Haymarket Theatre stage from 7 to 29 May. Ticket sales: 0116 253 9797.

FINE FLOURISH TO SUCCESSFUL SEASON: Barbara Murray, well known for her stage and screen performances, is the indomitable Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, the final production of the Haymarket’s Spring Season.

The latest Music at Leicester Univer ARTS FESTIVAL WITH A DIFFERENCE programme contains details of all Spring Experience colourful sounds and fascinating music at Leicester’s Summer Concerts. Discover Debussy’s Early Music Festival, from 23 May to 12 June. The 1999 Festival Studies at Stephen Gutman’s piano recit presents a wide range of music from 1200-1750 together with May, or sample a performance on 5 June associated events – including a Dance Workshop – for all the family. Eroica Symphony by an orchestra of early Most concerts are in Leicester’s historic Church of Saint Mary de nineteenth-century proportions – the Castro, with some of Leicester’s museums also used as venues. University Sinfonia. Don’t miss this oppo ‘Tune your voices and instruments play’ – and find out what you’ve to get musically challenged. Ring the Mu been missing! For details, phone the Festival Office (mornings) Department on 0116 252 2781 to reque 0116 270 9984. copy.

KEY CHALLENGES: Pianist Stephen COOL COMEDY appears on the front of the Music Depa May to June pro ‘A breath of fresh air in today’s comic climate’ says the Sunday Times of Phil Cool. Hot on the heels of his knockout Royal Variety Performance, he makes a IN THE PINK welcome return to the De Literally hundreds of costumes – from Montfort Hall on 21 May productions like Into the Woods to Hay with a brand just £17.50 for 24 hours from the Haymarket Theatre. For further information, ring 0116 253 0021, ext 265.

FULL OF COLOUR The hit musical, Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat promises an exciting visual and musical feast for Andrew Lloyd Webber addicts – at De Montfort Hall from 24 May to 29 May. The Box Office (0116 233 3111) has details of all 11 performances.

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TOURING OPERA TO VISIT LEICESTER Verdi’s Macbeth and Donizetti’s The Daughter of the Regiment are brought to the stage of Leicester’s De Montfort Hall by the English Touring Opera on 17 and 18 May. Both performances have an added bonus of free 30- IT’S A HOOT! ...A BARK ...A minute pre-show talks, which will unearth the BAA... fascinating intrigues Phoenix Arts’ Saturday Matinee, Fred, Gromit behind each opera and and Friends, on 29 May welcomes a variety of give insights into ETO’s popular animal heroes including the Cat That interpretation. Ring the Came Back, Fred the Moggie, and, of course, Box Office on 0116 233 Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave. Starting at 31111 for further 2.30, tickets are £2.20 each, but for groups of details. six or more with at least one adult the price is rsity reduced to £1.50 each. g-into- s Six tal on 12 e of the y SALT POTS Saltglaze ceramics surface at the City ortunity Gallery in Granby Street in an usic exhibition of work by leading and new est your ceramicists from 13 May to 26 June. A chance to purchase is an added bonus. The show (admission free) is open n Gutman Tuesdays to Fridays (11-6) and artment’s ogramme. Saturdays (10-5).

WORKING SURFACES: Set of three bottles on tiles by Steve Taylor. y Fever – are available for hire from

DREAM ON... Convincing audiences that ‘the course of true love never did run smooth’, talented Josette Simon, as Hippolyta and Titania, and Nicholas Jones, as Theseus and Oberon, star in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s beguiling Stratford production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Seats are going fast – ring 01789 295623 to book (last performance, 9 October). • Josette Simon received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Leicester University in 1995.

17 INTERNATIONAL FOCUS EL NINO SAVES AFRICAN FISH EAGLES

AT an international conference in Kenya, University biologists presented being poisoned, as happened to many birds of prey in the 1950s and new research findings on one of Africa’s most majestic inhabitants – the 1960s. The realities of their plight were much more complex, stretching fish eagle. down through the whole food-chain of the lake.” The population of the birds continued to decline until 1998 when El Nino rains boosted water levels in Lake Naivasha, providing an upsurge in food and habitat for fish. Earthwatch teams led by the Leicester University biologists were on hand to record the increase in fish eagles, as wandering birds settled and new breeding began – in some cases the first time in ten years. Kenya’s Wild Heritage has contributed to the management plan for Lake Naivasha, produced under the Ramsar International Convention on Wetlands. Volunteers can join Dr Harper and his team in their work, staying at the Elsamere Conservation Centre, Joy Adamson’s homestead overlooking Lake Naivasha by ringing 01865 311 600. Paying tribute to Earthwatch, Dr David Harper said : “Long-term research such as ours, trying to understand and explain the changes in natural systems caused by humans is very difficult to achieve. Earthwatch is the foremost supporter of In Lake Naivasha they are now helping to formulate the this kind of research throughout the world, management and monitoring strategy to ensure the protection of and ordinary men and women, by water quality, maintenance of biodiversity and sustainable use of the lake’s resources by man. supporting and participating, get as close as they possibly can to the reality of the Dr David and Mrs Maureen Harper and Mr Munir environmental crisis. Our work shows that Virani, from the Department of Biology, organised it’s not all doom and gloom in Africa!” the conference, Tropical Shallow Lakes, held in The Lake Naivasha, where fish eagles have started breeding again. Kenya Wildlife Services Training Institute in April. Before a group of 150 international scientists they presented the findings of their 15-year research programme, Kenya’s Wild Heritage, funded by the Earthwatch Institute. The call of the fish eagle is as characteristic of tropical waters at dawn as that of the lion is over the plains, but although Lake Naivasha, Kenya, hosts the greatest density of fish eagles on the whole continent, it has been under serious threat. The population of fish eagles has declined by 50% over the last 15 years and had ceased breeding by 1996-97. The Harpers and Mr Virani have discovered that the population decline is not the result of pesticide use, as had been believed, but is due to the loss of their food source. David Harper said : “Without our detailed and long-term efforts, people would just have assumed the fish eagles were

On Naivasha volunteers count hippos from boats, capture and ring fish eagles, net and weigh fish and crayfish, and use instruments to record water quality.

18 OUT & ABOUT

Bulletin is pleased to receive contributions from across the University for Out and About. Send information about what’s happening in your department/unit to Out and About, Bulletin, Press and Publications Office. email: [email protected]

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK Update from Estates and Buildings Office Security – New Arrangements The new Security base has been located in the Lodge adjoining the Fielding Johnson Building. A limited security presence will remain in the Charles Wilson Building. With the commissioning of the traffic barrier on Wyggeston Drive on 29 March, the installation of these barriers at the vehicle entrances to Main Site buildings is complete. New Biomedical Sciences Building TAKING STEPS TO UNDERSTAND DANCE A fast track design development has been underway since Christmas for this new £20m building on the allotment site for a bid to the Joint We are living in the midst of a ‘dance explosion’ – and for spectators this Infrastructure Fund by the end of April. Outline planning permission was can be a confusing experience. In Ballet and Beyond, an evening course at approved by the City Council Planning Committee in February. the Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts, Judith Birkenhead takes a selective look at the work of twentieth-century Space Centre – Phase II American, European Planning permission has been granted for Phase II of the Physics Space and British Research Centre, on the site adjacent to the Wyggeston & Queen choreographers in a Elizabeth I College. way which will de- Proposed Learning Resources Centre mystify the process The University’s bid for funding under the HEFCE Poor Estates Initiative and make watching a has been unsuccessful. more accessible and enjoyable experience. Energy Management Running until 24 June, The Draft Energy Management Policy has been agreed by the Estates and Buildings Committee, and issued to Heads of Department and this course is for departmental estates contacts for consultation. anyone with an interest in theatre and Vaughan College dance. An extension to accommodate a lift for the disabled is now in use. • Ring the RAC on Cycles 0116 252 2455 for The Estates and Buildings Committee has allocated funds for addditional full details. secure storage.

Director of Estates and Buildings

LAUNCH OF NEW RESEARCH PROGRAMME The Centre for Urban History hosted a small but important international meeting in March to launch a key section of the new European Science Foundation research programme on Cultural Exchange in Europe 1400-1700. Leicester has been selected to co-ordinate the theme of European Cities and Cultural Exchange. The meeting at the Centre, which planned four annual conferences and related publications over the years 1999-2002. The programme is a multi-disciplinary one involving history, art history, architecture, and social anthropology, and offers important opportunities for younger scholars across Europe to take part with the help of ESF bursaries.

CULTURAL EXCHANGE: (left to right) Professor Giorgio Chittolini (Milan), Professor Ruth Mohrmann (Munster, Germany), Professor Peter Clark (Leicester), Dr Stephen Christensen (Roskilde, Denmark), and Dr Roey Sweet (Leicester). Dr Marc Boone (Gent, Belgium), Professor E Francois (Berlin) also attended the meeting. 19 NEWS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF OUT & ABOUT ADULT EDUCATION

LANDMARK SATURDAY News from the Department SCHOOL of Adult Education: A Saturday School, Volcanic Eruption and DEPARTMENT HOLDS Igneous Intrusion: Leicestershire’s Fiery CERTIFICATE AND DIPLOMA Past – and Warwickshire’s Part in It, PRESENTATION EVENINGS organised jointly by Diane May’s team at ...At Leicester Vaughan College for the Adult Education The Fraser Noble Hall was the venue for the Department and Dr Diana Sutherland, presentation of the Leicester awards on 4 on behalf of the Geology Section of the February. This year certificates and diplomas Leicester Literary and Philosophical were awarded to a total of 230 students, in Society, was held at Vaughan College on subjects as varied as Archaeology, 6 March. Over 70 students from Leicestershire Counselling, Modern Social History and PLEASED WITH RESULTS: Moira Walker, Director, Diploma in Psychology. Counselling (middle of front row) with successful students from the and the surrounding counties were Dr Julia Berryman presented the Diploma in Counselling course. present to hear a varied and interesting candidates and Professor Ken Fogelman, programme of lectures on the region’s ‘hard Dean of the Faculty of Education and Continuing Studies, congratulated rocks’. Speakers included experts Dr Tim Pharaoh, Dr John Carney and each student as Kathy Bradley gave them their certificates. Dr Paul Henney from the British Geological Survey, as well as Dr Peter After brief addresses by Professor Fogelman and Dr Bob Carter, Maguire, Dr Mike Branney, Dr Tim Brewer and Diana Sutherland from Director and Head of the Department, students and their guests Leicester University’s Geology Department. enjoyed refreshments and the opportunity to meet up again. Mike Le Bas’s name cropped up time and again during this meeting. His chapter in landmark publication, The Geology of the East Midlands, edited by P C Sylvester-Bradley and Trevor Ford and published over 30 years ...At Northampton ago, listed rocks he recognised as Caledonian – the Mountsorrel complex, The University Centre at Northampton staged two award ceremonies the South Leicestershire diorites, and the unusual composite sills intruded this year. On 19 February Counselling Certificates and Diplomas were into the Cambrian sediments of Warwickshire. Those present learnt of the nature of the Precambrian Charnwood volcanoes and the deposition of their erupted products when compared to modern analogues in volcanic arcs at the margins of the moving crustal plates of the Pacific Ocean. The summary account of the day’s proceedings, to be published in the Transactions of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, is dedicated to Mike Le Bas, who is now retired after a long career in the Geology Department. Tim Pharoah wound up the day by considering wider aspects of crustal evolution in the East Midlands. Everyone appreciated the display of rocks from the Geology Department which were laid out for study, whilst, outside, in the Vaughan College precincts, the standing Roman masonry provided a superb permanent display of Leicestershire’s quarried rocks. MARKING OCCASION: Pictured at the Counselling Presentation Evening, (left to right) Professor Peter Fearon, Yvonne Miller, Dr Bob Carter, Susan Pritchett, Aileen Coupe and Carol Warren. BUILDING UP LOCAL KNOWLEDGE distributed. This was followed on 24 February by the award Explore Leicestershire villages to discover the County’s architectural of Certificates in Modern Social History, Local History, Ecology and heritage with tutor Richard Gill during May and June. All six meetings, Environmental Management, Combined Studies, and Managing the first of which is on 19 May, take place in the evening, and include Voluntary and Community Organisations. visits to Bottesford, Long Clawson, Seagrave, Prestwold Candidates were and Quorndon. congratulated • Closing date for enrolments is by Professor 14 May – phone 0116 251 Peter Fearon, 1128 for information. Pro-Vice- Chancellor. Brief addresses were given by Michael Jacobs, Director of the Counselling Programme, and by Dr Bob Carter. Diane May

GATHERING TO CELEBRATE: At the Presentation Evening on 24 February, (left to right) Anthony Walker, Hazel Jones, Carella Davies, Susan Reynolds, Linda Davis, Vera Parish, Jane 20 Clarke, Andrea Newman. OUT & ABOUT

STUDENT GUIDE TO ARCHAEOLOGY ON YOUR SUPPORT SERVICES DOORSTEP A new ‘glossy’ leaflet has been Over 6 meetings – 5 evenings and 1 day produced by the Educational during May and June – tutor Roy Loveday Development and Support introduces the various types of earthworks Centre called Making which record past activity and considers their Connections. The leaflet has been roles in prehistoric, Roman medieval or post written to give an outline of the medieval society during a course organised various support services available by the Department of Adult Education. A to students at Leicester pre-enrolment requisite is your own University. It gives details for transport, waterproofs and wellingtons! students of sources for advice • For details, ring Vaughan College Office on 0116 251 7368. and support for study, career and personal issues. A selection of local and national community POPULAR TEACHER RETIRES resources and helplines is also At a very informal gathering of students and staff at Vaughan College on included for students who the morning of 26 February, book tokens and other gifts were presented prefer to seek help outside of to Jim Jerman, Tutor in Medieval History, who has retired from teaching the University. after contributing to the Department of Adult Education’s programme in The leaflet, compiled by the Student Psychological Health Project, a Leicester and Leicestershire for the last 35 years. HEFCE-funded project, aims to develop and further improve provision In thanking Jim and wishing him well, Dr Bob Carter said that the large for students with psychological health difficulties. number of students present was evidence of Jim’s success and popularity. Students will be able to pick up a copy at various places around the In reply, Jim thanked staff and students for their kindness over the years, campus, including the Library. All members of staff who work with and particularly during the last few months when he had experienced students will receive a copy to help them to advise students about the health problems. support available. Jim Jerman was tutor in Modern Languages at the School of Education Carol Whitehouse from 1964 until his retirement in 1982. Wearing ‘two hats’ for many Student Psychological Health Project years, he combined his work there with part-time adult education teaching for both the University and the Workers’ Educational Association. Before coming to Leicester, he was Head of Languages at THE ATTENBOROUGH ARBORETUM Priory School for Boys in Shrewsbury, and prior to that he taught at the Leicester University is developing an arboretum at Carisbrooke Road, Royal Grammar School in Lancaster. Knighton, which, when planting is complete, will display our native Following the presentation to her husband, Betty Jerman was given a trees planted in the sequence in which they arrived in this country basket of flowers. The relaxed atmosphere of the get-together continued following the end of the last ice age. Scots Pine, Juniper and Birch will as Betty entertained those present by playing the piano. therefore be among the first trees Diane May to be seen on a walk around the arboretum, and, among the last, Beech, which arrived just before the English Channel was formed – about 7,500 years ago. Open for public viewing on a restricted basis whilst new planting is becoming established, the arboretum was opened by Sir David Attenborough on 23 April 1997, and is named after his family. This year’s Open Days (from 12 noon to 5.00 pm) are as follows: Wednesday 19 May Wednesday 16 June Wednesday 14 July Wednesday 18 August Wednesday 15 September Wednesday 15 December SUPPORTIVE GROUP: Surrounded by students and past staff of Vaughan College, Jim Jerman (wearing GROWTH AREA: Sir David Barrie Frankland bow tie) is joined his wife Betty (seated) and Dr Bob Carter, Director and Head of the Department of Adult Attenborough at the Opening of the Education (far left). Attenborough Arboretum in 1997.

21 We are looking for contributors to this section. If you wish to review the cuttings, please contact CUTTINGS Barbara Whiteman on ext 2676. WHAT THE PAPERS SAY Hundreds of cuttings pour into the Press Office at Leicester On a more positive note, two University from around the world chronicling the activities of however, may be of use to us examples of resourceful Leicester staff and students. Carl Iszatt, from the University’s Alumni when receiving medical advice. A students hit the headlines. The Office, reviews a selection of newspaper cuttings from recent recent study concluded that a Licensee and Morning Advertiser (1 weeks. great many of us do not March) reported that 21-year-old remember what we are told Chemistry and Mathematics EACH day millions of us are taking as ‘list-bringers’ – patients as time during medical consultations. student Theresa Divine recently vitamin supplements – in today’s wasters, moaners and obsessives Researchers from both Oxford won £1,000 in a national prize health-conscious society it is a – may have been blown greatly Brookes and Leicester University draw, after simply popping into necessary addition to our diet – (as reported in Hospital Doctor, 2 her local for a pint and collecting a March) have found that patients scratch-card as part of a are unable to recall accurately promotion. “The money will NEW START AS BRAINY verbal information given them, come in very handy in paying off including possible risks associated some of my student debts”. BOBBY COPS A DEGREE with treatment. Clear patient Drinking can be good for you – recall was limited, very definitely in Theresa’s case! making sure we even in the short The Herts Advertiser (18 March) reach our RDAs HONORARY DEGREES term. recounted the exhilarating gap (recommended If our ears are year of Helen Woodland, a daily allowances failing us, then it second-year Leicester student of vitamins and REWARD EXCELLENCE appears that are eyes studying English, who spent a year minerals). are deceiving us too. living and working in an orphan However new research may out of proportion by both family The Dundee Courier & Advertiser (2 village in Zimbabwe. Highlights for indicate we are actually doing doctors and the medical press. March) reports that people are her included bungee jumping off ourselves more harm than good, The Doctor, 4 March, refers to a being wrongly convicted of the Victoria Falls bridge, white- (Sunday Mirror, 14 March). A team water rafting down the Zambezi based at Leicester University river, not to mention hiking over discovered that taking as little as the border mountains of 500mg of vitamin C a day can CRIME LECTURERS ON TOUR Mozambique and produce free radicals – atoms watching the sunrise which damage cells and affect the letter from Drs DEEP SEA SHRIMPS BLINDED BY LIGHT over Rhodes’ Grave. structure of DNA, as well as John Middleton and OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY Her time there causing cancer. Bob McKinley from made her, she said, Should we be concerned? Some this University about their study of offences as a result of mis- “tolerant, independent and self- people might immediately rush off list-bringers in the British Journal identification from Closed Circuit reliant”. Useful qualities useful for to their doctor with an extensive Of General Practice. TV cameras. Professor Graham today’s students, perhaps? list of questions and demands, but Perhaps a pen and paper, Davies, from Leicester’s Something not so hard to do is this image of a great many people Psychology to fall in love, according to a Department, recent Bella’s March survey. Of a asked 20 1,000 men and women, 61% students to believed in love at first sight. Dr identify people Julian Boon, forensic psychologist from CCTV at the University, explains. “Love footage. 70% at first sight can be successful, picked the particularly when it’s the man wrong person. who’s hit by the thunderbolt. It’s Professor slightly different for woman Davies said, “I though, it takes longer for a think it woman to discover if the qualities illustrates that she wants are really identification there”...Perhaps some vitamin evidence and supplements might improve convictions stamina? based purely on identification evidence are extremely dangerous”. LOOKS LIVELY: Student Helen Woodland took time out from her English studies at Leicester University to work with children in an SOS Children's Village in Zimbabwe - look out for further news and pictures of 22 this visit in the June/July issue of Bulletin. BOOKS

ASTRONOMY IN PREHISTORIC BRITAIN AND IRELAND Dr Clive Ruggles, School of Archaeological Studies Yale University Press, May 1999, £45.00 (hardback) Available from the Bookshop ISBN 0 300 07814 5 Do prehistoric stone monuments in Britain and Ireland incorporate deliberate astronomical alignments, and if so, what is their purpose and meaning? Here, for the first time this topic, a subject of controversy between astronomers and archaeologists, is approached from a perspective that incorporates both disciplines. The book is divided into three parts. The first is a detailed account of the megalithic astronomy debates of the 1960s to the 1980s and the lessons – both interpretative and methodological – that can be learned from them. The second describes the present state of ideas and evidence concerning prehistoric people’s concerns with celestial bodies and events, drawing particularly on the work in British and Irish archaeostronomy in the past fifteen years, including many years of fieldwork by the author. The third section sets new agendas for the future. The book also includes an appendix on field techniques. The author establishes the importance of studies of astronomy in the context of broader questions of cosmology, ideology, and cognition that are of the central interest to prehistorians at the beginning of the twenty-first century. He also makes clear the necessity of multi-disciplinary perspectives in tackling problems of this nature. • Clive Ruggles is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeological Studies at Leicester. He is a trained mathematician and astrophysicist.

MEDIA ACTION PROJECTS: A Model for Integrating facilitators. Experienced media users will find here a new approach which Video in Project-based Education, Training and will enable them to support more groups as they produce real texts about Community Development issues of real importance. Full of new ideas and practical examples, this Dr Rob Watling, School of Education, and Dirk book represents a definitive break with conventional media practices. Schouten, Eerbeek College, Amsterdam The Urban Programme Research Group, April 1998, £10.00 (paperback) Available from the Bookshop ISBN 0 85359 209 8

Media Action Projects is a new practical guide for teachers, pupils and parents who want to use video in education, training and community ‘There is nothing in the development. available literature to The clear twelve- compare with it.’ Len stage model helps Masterman, writer of the facilitators and Foreword of Media Action teachers to support Projects. groups as they research, produce and show audiovisual texts. The model has been used successfully throughout Europe and Africa, in settings ranging from primary schools to universities, from community groups to liberation movements. Beginners can use this book to develop new skills LET THE BULLETIN COVER YOUR BOOKS! in supporting practical media The Bulletin welcomes news of recently-published work. They will books written or edited by University staff. The book also find a hands- cover, together with any other relevant details, on course to help should be sent to Barbara Whiteman, Press & them become Publications Office (2676, ara@le). resourceful

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SOCIOLOGY at the main theories, debates, and Dr James Fulcher, Department of Sociology, and concepts, then at the major Professor John Scott, Essex and Bergen Universities research and studies as well as Oxford University Press, February 1999, £17.95 longer term trends; and finally at (paperback) recent developments and Available from the Bookshop contemporary issues. ISBN 0 19 878102 4 • The index also works as a This major new textbook has been carefully developed with feedback dictionary of sociology, from sociology teachers and students so that it fully meets the needs of highlighting the pages where a new generation of students. important concepts are defined The book is up-to-date and and discussed. covers all the topics included ‘The best of the all-encompassing • The book has a striking two on sociology courses. Clearly introductory texts is Fulcher and colour design and many boxes, written and including many Scott’s sociology’ Steve Bruce in tables, illustrations, and learning aids and features, it is Sociology: A Very Short diagrams. The Guide to the Book (found after the detailed table of contents) easy to read and easy to use: Introduction. • Every section ends with gives more information about these and other special features, as well as Summary Points which list the key points discussed in the text. the book’s comprehensive coverage and helpful structure. • Each chapter ends with a Revision and Exercises section which reviews and applies the issues and ideas discussed in the chapter. • Dr Fulcher is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology, with long experience as • Chapters have an easy-to-follow structure. They begin by looking a course leader of an introductory Sociology course.

THEATRE LIFE, DEATH, AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE ROMAN Dr Richard Foulkes, Departments of English and EMPIRE Adult Education Edited by Professor David J Mattingly, School of Hodder and Stoughton (Teach Yourself Series), Archaeological Studies, and Professor D S Potter, April 1999, £6.99 (paperback) University of Michigan Available from the Bookshop The University of Michigan Press, February 1999, ISBN 0 340 72046 8 £37.50 (hardback), £13.95 (paperback) Teach Yourself Theatre begins with the roots of theatre in mime Available from the Bookshop and dance, and proceeds to the great festivals of ancient Greece and ISBN 0 472 10924 3 (hardback), ISBN 0 472 08568 9 (paperback) developments during the Roman Empire. Thereafter the book Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire gives those who have a explores British theatre – with its medieval pageants, Shakespeare’s general interest in Roman antiquity a starting point informed by the latest Globe, the Victorian penny gaff – but viewed in the wider context of developments in scholarship for understanding the extraordinary range of influences from other countries and its own impact internationally, Roman society. Family structure, gender identity, food supply, religion, and thereby bringing Italy, France, Scandinavia, Russia, Germany, and the entertainment are all crucial to an understanding of the Roman world. As United States into the picture. views of Roman history have broadened in recent decades to encompass a Encompassing actors, architects, buildings, dramatists, designers, wider range of topics, the need has grown for a single volume that can offer managers and audiences, the a starting point for all these diverse subjects, for readers of all backgrounds. volume is fully This collection fills such a need by uniting a series of general introductions illustrated and on each of these topics for the non-specialist. Each essay contains broadly- includes extracts ranging evidence, as well as a wide variety of approaches that are needed to from original study basic questions about the theatre annals. Roman world. Essays explore Intended for the the Roman family, gender general reader as definition, demography, Roman well as the student, food supply, Roman religion, Dr Foulkes has and the wide variety of public dedicated Theatre entertainment throughout the ‘to the theatre empire. enthusiasts who The volume brings together have attended my an unparalleled range of courses at the methodologies and topics. It University Centre, will enable the modern reader Northampton to understand the Roman from 1973 to world in all its complexity. The 1998’. general reader will welcome • Dr Foulkes is a this approachable and timely Reader in the text. Departments of • David Mattingly is English and Adult Professor of Roman Education. Archaeology at Leicester University.

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STAFF DISTINCTIONS Visiting Fellowship at the British School of Athens from January to April Staff distinctions are published in the Bulletin after they have 1999, followed by the Arts and Humanities Research Board Research been before Senate and Council. Leave Scheme award for work on Peloponnesian landscapes and settlement at the classical-hellenistic transition. Professor F Harris (Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences) has been elected Chairman of the European MORE HONOURS FOR VICE CHANCELLOR Commission’s Advisory Committee on Medical Training. The Universitatea ‘Babes-Bolyai’ Cluj-Napoca of Romania is to Professor D Mattingly (Archaeological Studies) has been bestow the title of Doctor Honoris Causa upon the Vice- appointed to a British Academy Research Readership for three years Chancellor, Dr Kenneth Edwards, in a ceremony to be held in and has been elected by the French Comité National de la Recherche May. This is the highest distinction that the University can Scientifique as membre due Comité Scientifique de l’Unité Mixte de award, and is being conferred both as a personal honour and in Recherche intitulée : Centre Camille Jullian et Recherches d’Antiquités recognition of Dr Edwards’ role as President of the Association Africaines (UMR 6573). of European Universities (CRE). Dr N Christie (Archaeological Studies) has been appointed to the The ceremony will take place during a visit to Cluj by a grants panel of the Arts and Humanities Research Board. specialist team from the CRE within the framework of its Dr L Foxhall (Archaeological Studies) has been appointed to the Overseas Distance Learning project. studentships panel of the Arts and Humanities Research Board. The Vice-Chancellor is also to receive the honorary degree of Dr M Palmer (Archaeological Studies) has been invited to serve on Doctor of Science from the University of Warwick at a Degree the Ancient Monuments Advisory Committee of English Heritage. Congregation to be held on Friday 14 January 2000. Dr D Parsons (Archaeological Studies) has been elected Chairman As already reported, Dr Edwards, who retires in September of the Society for Church Archaeology and appointed Honorary after 12 years as Vice-Chancellor, is to receive the Honorary Secretary of the new Association of Cathedral Archaeologists. Degree of Doctor of Laws at the Leicester Degree Congregation Dr D G J Shipley (Archaeological Studies) has been awarded a in De Montfort Hall on the afternoon of Friday 23 July this year.

OBITUARIES At Leicester he was responsible for the provision and operation of all The University has learnt, with regret, of the death of engineering services for the academic and residential estate. On the following: appointment, he was faced with the urgent need to replace much of the plant which had been installed in the 1950s and 60s, which had reached MR F WILKIN the end of its useful life. Frank Wilkin died on 13 March 1999. He worked in the University His period of service also coincided with major and demanding new Gardens Section from 1947 to 1950, and then from 1954 until he retired, legislation, particularly in respect of environmental safety, and he was as Senior Gardener/Foreman, in September 1980. responsible for designing work programmes to bring buildings up to the Frank was born at Rushford in Norfolk in 1918. He was a lover of the new standards. At the same time he was responsible for dealing with the countryside from a very early age, spending his early working life as a day-to-day problems of a complex estate. He continued his interest in gamekeeper. He joined the University as a gardener following active Energy Conservation, which led, in 1955, to the University winning a service with the Royal Air Force in the Western Desert during World War prestigious award from the Electricity Industry for building energy II. He left the University for a period between 1950-54 to gain wider efficiency. From 1994-1995, he was Chairman of the Association of horticultural experience at Luton Hoo. University Engineers. On his return in March 1954, as Foreman with the Gardens Section, he His post was a demanding one, and he undertook his duties with a was much involved with the early development of the grounds and strong sense of commitment and a wry humour. Away from the gardens, including the Botanic Garden. University his interests were the manufacture of model soldiers and sea Opting for early retirement, Frank returned to his native Norfolk to fishing. pursue his interests – bee-keeping, bowling and bell ringing. Staff in the Tom confronted his illness with characteristic realism. He is survived by University’s Gardens Section have many fond and humorous memories of his wife, Brenda, sons Carl and Anthony, and daughter Paula. his time at Leicester. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Stella Moore Barrie Frankland DR F A THORPE, OBE MR T A WILLIAMS Dr Frederick Thorpe, a prominent local businessman and pioneer of Tom Williams, Chief Engineer in the Estates and Buildings Office from large-print books, and a November 1984 until his retirement in September 1995, died, aged 64, University benefactor, died at the age of 85 on 8 April 1999. His desire on 19 March 1999. to provide books of a special format for those who were partially-sighted Born in Bridgend, Tom joined the Army in 1951. His service career was ahead of its time. included postings to Christmas Island and As Chairman of the Ulverscroft Foundation, he was instrumental in the West Africa, where he worked on the endowment to the University of the Frederick A Thorpe Chair of installation of electricity supplies. After Ophthalmology. The Ulverscroft Foundation, which uses its funds to leaving the Army, he moved to Local sponsor research and treatment of diseases which cause visual Government in Cardiff, and, in 1974, impairment, receives profits generated by Ulverscroft Large Print Books. became Chief Mechanical Electrical Leicester-born Dr Thorpe founded Ulverscroft Large Print Books in Engineer in the City Engineer’s Anstey in 1964. The company now publishes more than one million titles Department in Bristol. In that post he throughout the English-speaking world. was instrumental in generating major Dr Thorpe’s devoted work over many years was recognised with a energy savings. At the same time, he variety of awards. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of studied successfully for an Open Laws by Leicester University in 1979. University degree.

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RETIREMENT YEAR 2000 – ARE YOU READY? Where will you be next New Year’s Eve? Wherever it is, I am sure A MEMORABLE OCCASION that you will not want to be worrying about what is happening at A farewell dinner was held on 5 March in the Garendon the University. Will the telephones work? What about security? Restaurant to mark the retirement of Professor Maurice Galton. Will your experiments be running? All these questions and many The dinner was attended by over 80 colleagues and friends, more similar ones have been asked over the last few months and, including the Vice-Chancellor, Professors Simon and Mathieson, where possible, action has been identified or already taken to Mrs Betty Kerr, Pam Galton and other members of Maurice’s address any problems. family. Professor Gerald Bernbaum, Vice-Chancellor of South Bank What you should be aware of, however, is that: University and a former colleague of Maurice’s in the School of Education, made a speech celebrating the various aspects of • There will be no insurance cover for the direct loss caused by Maurice’s contributions to the University, including his research, the failure of a device which cannot cope with the date change. teaching and sporting activities. (The insurance industry considers the date change to be a predictable event and therefore uninsurable.)

• The University will be in a very low priority category for the supply of gas and electricity should major supply problems occur.

• Emergency services also consider the University a low priority should there be large-scale difficulties.

• Communication systems, if affected, will not be reinstated within the normal response times.

• If public services fail, the interruption could be prolonged.

The University has decided, therefore, that, in addition to the checks already carried out, a number of additional precautions will be taken over the period. Details have been circulated to all departments but can be summarised as follows: Professor Maurice Galton and Dr Ken MARKING CAREER IN EDUCATION: Edwards, Vice-Chancellor. • Entry to all buildings (including University buildings on hospital sites) will be prohibited for ALL staff from 7.00 am on 31 The speech was much appreciated by those present who had December until buildings are declared safe some time after been party to many of the events – and the entertainment value 8.00 am on 1 January. of the speech was such that Maurice remained alert throughout the proceedings! • ALL experiments and equipment should be shut down prior to In response, Maurice gave an account of life in universities in 31 December or left in a fail-safe condition. previous decades, and paid tribute to academic and support staff colleagues and his family, who had been central to his • The computer network will close down shortly after Christmas achievements then and now. Not surprisingly, his account of his and remain unavailable until after buildings are re-opened. sporting prowess did not match that provided by Professor Bernbaum. • Assuming that a telephone service is available, recorded It was gratifying to see so many faces from the School’s past information on the status of buildings will be provided. returning to bid Maurice farewell, and willing to share so many positive memories. For those buildings where emergency generators are available for Tom Whiteside limited use, the supplies are capable of being maintained for at PROFESSOR D P DE BONO least eight hours but overloading will cause immediate failure. The University has learnt, with regret, of the death on 29 April 1999 of Professor David de Bono. Professor de Bono joined the Further details will be published in future editions of the Bulletin University as British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology in and on CWIS. the Department of Medicine in January 1989. He served as Head of the Department of Medicine from January 1996 to December 1998. An obituary will be published in due course. KEEP BULLETIN ON TARGET DEATH NOTICES University sections are requested to inform the Press and Publications Information about the death of a member of the University’s staff or a Office (0116 252 2415) of any change in the number of Bulletin copies student (past or present) should be given to Vivienne Paul, the required. Please remember to include in any revised total the Registrar’s Secretary, who will ensure that the details are disseminated appropriate number of copies for clerical/technical staff. throughout the University via CWIS. Her telephone number is 0116 252 2411. 26 NOTICES

Mind the Gap! Changing Boundaries of DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Childhood in the 1990s A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS IS 8 September 1999 AVAILABLE ON CWIS INAUGURAL LECTURES CALL FOR PAPERS 5.30 pm. Lecture Theatre 1, The New Building. Open to the public and free. Abstracts of 300 words are welcomed for the Conference, the themes of which include: Tuesday May 18 •technology and children’s cultures A Career in Crime: How Many Skills do you Need? Professor •spaces and places Clive Hollin, Professor of Criminological Psychology. •sexuality, sex education and the age of consent Tuesday May 25 •economic activity: production and consumption Living in the Desert: The Archaeology of the Libyan Sahara. •surveillance, discipline and punishment Professor David Mattingly, Professor of Roman Archaeology.

Dr Jane Pilcher or Dr Chris Pole, from Leicester University’s Tuesday June 1 Department of Sociology will be pleased to give further details. Title: TBA. Professor Steve Thompson, Professor of Economics. Telephone 0116 252 2731, email [email protected] (Jane Pilcher) or 0116 Tuesday June 8 252 2724, [email protected] (Chris Pole). Web address: Network Nirvana: The Management of Knowledge in the Post- http://www.le.ac. Modern Organisation. Professor Harry Scarborough, Professor uk/sociology/childhood1999/. of Management. Tuesday June 22 Allison James, from the Centre for the Social Study of Childhood at Renal Transplantation in the Next Millennium: Making More out Hull University, has agreed to be the Guest Speaker. of Less. Professor Mike Nicholson, Professor of Transplant Surgery. THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG NEW FRONTIERS IN SCIENCE EXHIBITION The first of a new series of Annual Lectures at the Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 June Richard Attenborough Centre: Open 10.00 am to 4.30 pm, Admission free Held every summer since 1992, New Frontiers in Science is the Royal Wednesday May 26 Society’s showcase for scientific innovation. This is a unique opportunity to Lecture by The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, The explore and investigate cutting edge science, engineering and technology. Rt Hon Christopher Smith. The Centre’s Patron, Richard • For further information, phone 0171 451 2576. Attenborough, will be present and the occasion will also see the official opening of the Sensory Garden and a celebratory buffet supper. Please telephone 0116 252 2455 to reserve a ticket for the lecture (free) and/or to book for supper. 7.00 pm. Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts.

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29 A.O.B. SPORT AN ACADEMIC THE GOOD, THE BAD DAYDREAM AND THE DAFT

IT was the strangest of dreams....There was a wood-panelled room, IT’S been a long hard winter for sport. around whose walls were portraits of old patriarchs. Seated at a long The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been rocked by table were fifteen or sixteen sober-looking men and women, apparently allegations of bribery and bungs, Glenn Hoddle got the sack as England engaged in serious discussion. The men were dressed in suits or jackets manager for some unfortunate remarks, floodlights and ties, and all wore long flowing black gowns. It was, I divined, some have been going out at Premier league games and sort of academic institution. in mid-March Lennox Lewis got robbed. The discussions ranged over issues, which to judge from the animation Allegations surrounding the probity of those participating, were part of the very life blood of the college. of some members of the IOC Much debate centred upon student work and progress. This was seriously have been rolling around the jeopardised by the ‘exorbitant demand upon students’ time made by the world of sport for years. The Christian Union’, and by the interference with the lecture programme only thing that surprises me is caused by sports fixtures on Wednesdays. It was quickly resolved to ask the size of the alleged amounts the Students’ Union to arrange their away matches at such times as to that changed hands. Given the avoid absenteeism at lectures. Olympic Games are worth many Infringement upon the convenience of academic staff was a recurrent millions to the winning city, theme. Those present were much taxed by the cancellation of afternoon it’s surprising to me the lectures to allow students to attend the AGM of the Students’ Union, a sums are so small. Many fact of which some lecturers concerned were not aware. Members also have thought that one of the felt inconvenienced by the calling of a board meeting for Thursday, and reasons why Great Britain has not requested that ‘meetings should as far as possible be held on secured a major event in the last few Tuesdays as in the past’. And what privations, I wondered, lay behind decades is that we are not so free with the decision to ask Senate to recommend in future that the college’s the freebies as others. Incidentally, the central heating system ‘be brought into operation as from the first day of Commonwealth Games does not count. the Autumn Term’. Marvellous though they are they are definitely The regime was a hardy one, even for students. A decision was taken the short straw as the council tax payers in that the Dean, who presided over the gathering, should ‘address all new Manchester are finding out. students at 9 am on Saturday morning’. Yet I felt strangely at home and To Glenn Hoddle and the wacky world of relaxed in this world, with its slower pace. professional soccer. Never mind that we don’t sack him for asking David Then the dream faded and I awoke. On my desk were various Batty to take a penalty in the World Cup without him ever having done so documents about TQA and RAE, and correspondence from the ESRC, in the past, or giving him any practice. No, let’s sack him for publicly UCAS, UCEA, HEFCE and HUDG. One of them proclaimed accusingly expressing a private belief. True, they were way out left field and ‘Are you millennium compliant?’ Another exhorted me to take part in SET distasteful to many, yet, I seem to week (details on CWIS). A third informed me that the report from the remember we fought a war so that we IRHEPC had been might all enjoy free speech. Not if delayed, the EFPICC you’re the England soccer coach it had just been would seem. launched, and the ILT And so to the dodgy lights! would soon be Who would have thought it? I formally established. thought it was just a merciful By now my head was soccer fan turning the lights out swimming. Was it on grim matches. But no. There always thus? Was this are allegations of Far Eastern betting scams the real world? and similar tales. It’s all a bit beyond me. Perhaps I should The “Lewis robbery” will be reconstructed on Crimewatch. A man was consult the AUT or badly beaten yet his attacker escapes justice. Have you seen the three NATFHE, or both? people that witnessed the incident yet strangely saw nothing? Do you Or, as seemed more recognise the man in the white shirt and black trousers? We’ll be waiting likely, USS. for your call. And please don’t have nightmares, Lennox. I broke into a cold sweat. What had my dream to do with this? Were Roll on summer and the start of the cricket season. Then we’ll really there ever such halcyon days? Then my eyes alighted on a slim volume have something to talk about. bound in leather: University College Midcester: Faculty Board Minutes, Colin Hide 1952-57. A broad smile enveloped my face. I relaxed back in my chair, and lit a • The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not cigar. necessarily those of the Bulletin, nor of the University. David Johnson

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PRIZE CROSSWORD 34 by Seivador FOUR PRIZES: First correct entry from draw – a three-course lunch for two in the Carvery, donated by Leicester University Catering Services, second correct entry – a £15 book token, donated by the University Bookshop, third correct entry – a bottle of wine, courtesy of the Bulletin, fourth correct entry – a Leicester University bookmark, key ring and coaster, donated by the Students’ Union shop.

1 2 3 4 6 7 5 Entries (in a sealed envelope) clearly marked to PRIZE CROSSWORD COMPETITION, 8 PRESS & PUBLICATIONS OFFICE, 9 10 FIELDING JOHNSON BUILDING. BY NO LATER THAN NOON ON MONDAY 17 MAY

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16 17 18 Winners of Prize Crossword No. 33: Lunch for two in the Carvery, donated by Catering Services – Claire Acaster, Research Finance; book token, donated by the 19 20 University Bookshop – Pat Marsden, Finance; bottle of wine, donated by the Bulletin – Dr J C Ault, Mathematics and Computer 21 Science; a Leicester University bookmark, key ring and coaster, donated by the Students’ Union Shop – Cathy Houghton, CMHT. 22 23

Clues Across Clues Down 1. Played card (ten) but thought long first (7) 1. A Scot is playing Puccini’s composition (5) 5. 104 plus 99 for the Roman city’s duty, e.g. (5) 2. Hanging, whereby lord chamberlain was slain in France (5) 8. Taking, say, nothing for one’s self (3) 3. Gibbon’s kinship was claimed by this grandson of Erasmus! (7,6) 9. Irony of bow, as included in rejected writing (7) 4. Maisie altered, to lose shape and become purely spiritual (13) 10. Technique to compete with Casablanca, for example (5) 5. Pinched look, driving pneumatic drill (10,3) 11. Immediately effective measure expected to be completely corrupt (8,5) 6. Latin, I saw value in ... creating concertos! (7) 13. String reasons together for concocting a crime (13) 7. Perhaps supplying NCO with her ‘V’? (7) 16. Making a hash of Megan’s name, Tim? (13) 12. Counter the law (3) 19. Lacking time, weren’t in position to extend loan period (5) 13. Some percussion could force rib to melt (7) 20. National beginning to nail a timber back (7) 14. As, symbolically, crane is flying (7) 21. Hotels reportedly like Labour just now (3) 15. Have to admit (3) 22. Poet of the Gospel (5) 17. Flower type (5) 23. Serious guarantee (7) 18. Doctrine, often ethical in part (5)

PRIZE CROSSWORD 33 SOLUTION

Across: 1 Exemplar. 5 Smut. 9 Meths. 10 Proffer. 11 Augmentation. 13 Averse. 14 Octavo. 17 Haberdashery. 20 Liaison. 21 Laden. 22 Rook. 23 Checkers.

Down: 1 Emmy. 2 Enthuse. 3 Postmistress. 4 Alpine. 6 Mufti. 7 Turandot. 8 Non-alcoholic. 12 Bachelor. 15 Abridge. 16 Launch. 18 Bravo. 19 Onus.

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Bulletin Discount Voucher LEICESTER Morrismen welcome the Summer This Voucher entitles the holder to in their traditional way 2 TICKETS FOR THE PRICE OF 1 TICKET with dances on May on the First Night of BRASSED OFF Day around Old John in on Tuesday 8 June at 7.30 pm in Leicester’s Leicestershire’s historic De Montfort Hall. Bradgate Park. Refreshments following Please present this Voucher when booking - exertions of Morris tickets to be booked by Friday 21 May. Box Dancing are not Office: 0116 233 3111. usually far away, as this scene from a previous year shows. Dr Martin Barstow (pictured top left), from the University’s Physics and Astronomy Department, is one of the Leicester Morrismen, as is Tony Gouldwell (Archaeological Studies). Both will be taking part in the Leicester Morrismen’s customary tour of local villages. Catch up with their dancing at The Rose & Crown in Thurnby at 8.30 pm on Wednesday 26 May, or at Great Glen’s The Royal Oak at the same time on Wednesday 9 June, just two of many venues in their current programme. • Interested in Morris Dancing? Contact Martin Barstow on 0116 252 3492 for more information.

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