UCLNEWS Issue 01 Volume 02 22 September 2004

The Campaign for UCL 1 UCL awarded University of the Year 1 Equality Action Planning 2 Kemp bequest lecture 2 Campus questionnaire 3 World class athletes 3 A vision for UCL 4 In the news 6 Pay framework launched 6 Size UK survey 7 Clinical Neuroscience Centre 7 Alumni Matter 7 Private View 8 Shows and Exhibitions 8

The Campaign for UCL UCL launches UK’s biggest-ever UK university fundraising campaign

Professor Grant

Advancing ’s Global University – the our community’s academic purpose, energy and range of countries and cultures. Third, UCL Campaign for UCL is the largest-ever enthusiasm have remained constant. We are must build upon the strengths of its many fundraising campaign at a UK university. The committed to excellence, to access and equality internationally renowned centres of excellence – campaign, which launches on 4 October 2004, of opportunity, to pioneering research and, among them, for example, School of seeks to widen and intensify the sources from indeed, to the development of new disciplines. , the Institute of Child Health and which UCL attracts philanthropic support. The The vision for UCL’s future draws on its the – and provide campaign aims to raise £300 million over the pioneering spirit, international perspective and further effective opportunities for interdisciplinary next decade, to match the £300 million already record of achievement over 18 decades. As the collaboration. The world’s major challenges are raised since the early 1990s through capital’s leading university, it aspires to fulfil its complex and systemic, requiring the combined philanthropic support from UCL’s alumni, staff promise to become London’s global university. focus of interdisciplinary expertise for their and friends, and donations from charitable This is an ambitious vision, but also a natural resolution. Fourth, we must provide adequate foundations and industry. extension of our contribution thus far to the support to the most promising students and The campaign recognises the huge world’s intellectual, cultural, scientific, economic, young researchers, so that financial growth of UCL in recent years, which has seen environmental and medical advances.” circumstances do not deter them from reaping the number of students double since 1990 to a Describing the importance of the campaign the benefits of UCL’s exceptional academic figure now approaching 19,000. This expansion to UCL’s future success, Professor Grant said: environment. Finally, through the Campaign for has also included mergers between UCL and “To fulfil this vision, UCL must first ensure that UCL, we must engage our partners and expand seven other London educational institutions over it is ready to create and seize opportunities for the network of those who wish to contribute to the past decade, greatly increasing the size of new initiatives on a global scale. Further the realisation of this vision. The campaign both UCL’s research activities and its estates. investment in emerging areas of research and provides a renewed role for those in a position A major benefit of this expansion has been the teaching is the means by which the university to support its endeavours.” further diversification of UCL’s research and can shape the world of tomorrow. Second, we To find out more about the Campaign for teaching, and the creation of new opportunities must ensure that the entire scope of our UCL, see ‘A vision for UCL’, on page 4. for collaborative and interdisciplinary study. teaching and research is imbued with a global Many of these initiatives will benefit from support perspective. We must promote a sense of global through the Campaign for UCL. citizenship, social justice and environmental UCL’s President and Provost, Professor responsibility. Our students and staff must be , said: “While much has changed, able to work seamlessly with and within a wide UCL named Sunday Times University of the Year 2004

UCL has been named as the Sunday Times University of the Year for 2004. The prestigious award, which was announced by the newspaper on 12 September, recognises excellence in higher education over the past 12 months. The award takes into account a range of differing factors such as the quality of teaching, research, student dropout rate and a university's role on regional, national and world stages. Commenting on their decision to give the award to UCL, the Sunday Times said: “It is in recognition of UCL’s position as a global centre of academic excellence and an acknowledgement of its incredible strength – particularly in biomedical sciences – as a multi-disciplinary institution.” UCL is ranked fifth in this year’s Sunday Times university guide and has always been in the top eight throughout the guide’s seven-year history. Previous winners of the University of the Year awards have included the Universities of York, St Andrews and Newcastle. UCL’s President and Provost, Professor Malcolm Grant, said: “This award is testament to the excellent work being done by UCL staff and students and reinforces our vision for the future which will confirm UCL as London’s global university.” Your news

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Inaugural Kemp

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology’s new leaflet Bequest Lecture Equality progress at departmental level Professor Kemp

Equality Action Planning is now in its fourth year analysis package is used to log completed On 11 November 2004, UCL’s Department of of a five-year rolling programme at UCL. This is surveys and compute running statistics. There is Civil & Environmental Engineering will host the the process whereby each department no reason that the survey cannot run indefinitely, first Kenneth Kemp Bequest Lecture, undertakes two or three specific initiatives but we have initially chosen a three-year period commencing a series of biennial lectures relating to equality, one of which must be race so that we can review the efficacy of the promoting creativity in structural engineering. awareness training for staff. Over half of all application and the value of the exercise.” Professor Kemp was head of the UCL’s departments have now participated in the Ongoing efforts by the Institute of department from 1970–1985, and his will programme, with the remainder scheduled to Archaeology and the Petrie Museum of Egyptian included a generous legacy to further the participate by 2006. Archaeology demonstrate how Equality Action understanding of creative design. He was also a The aim is to work with departments to Planning can be used to lay the foundations for Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers, mainstream equalities issues within departmental continuing activity in future years. The institute and the institution is joining with UCL to sponsor plans and day to day activities and to implement originally undertook planning in 2001 and this the lectures, which will be given by eminent UCL’s Corporate Equality Objectives and equality year the Petrie Museum participated as a professional designers. policies at a local level. Some examples of separate department. As part of its planning, it The first speaker for the series is structural departmental initiatives include identifying revised its visitor survey form to collect engineer Mr Tony Hunt, the founder of Anthony and addressing any imbalance and under- information on ethnic background, an initiative Hunt Associates. His recent work has included representation of particular groups among staff which was subsequently adapted for use by the the Eurostar Terminal at Waterloo and the Eden and students, disability access, a review Grant Museum of Zoology & Comparative Project in Cornwall. His talk will focus on how of promotional literature/website and the Anatomy and the UCL Art Collections. collaboration between architects and engineers establishment of an internal equal Ms Sally Macdonald, the museum’s can lead to better buildings. The talk will be opportunities working group. manager, says: “The EAP initiative gave us both attended by professionals in the field of Plans introduced last year in the the stimulus and the funding to carry forward structural engineering, and will also be open to Department of Geomatic Engineering and the some of the work we had begun on diversifying UCL students and the public. Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology the Petrie Museum's audiences. We’ve been Nick Tyler, Chadwick Professor of Civil illustrate the range of initiatives underway. able to produce an Arabic version of our website Engineering and the department’s head, said: Dr Marek Ziebart, Departmental Equal and a new version of our leaflet, which we’re “During his time at UCL, Kenneth Kemp was a Opportunity Liaison/Information Officer for distributing to minority ethnic groups. More driving force in the department. Thanks to him, Geomatic Engineering, describes their latest importantly we were able to hold a ‘Welcoming we are a leader among civil engineering schools initiative: “Our undergraduate student body is Diversity’ training session for all museum staff, in the teaching of design. This bequest means well mixed from the point of view of gender and which served as a basis for building this work that his energy and zeal can live on in the ethnicity, but we want to know how they into our strategic plans.” department, and we can do even more to experience life in the department. We therefore Each department taking part in Equality promote creative design experiences for all introduced an annual online survey of Action Planning receives funding in the range of our students.” undergraduate students, to gather information £3,000 to help with implementation. To find out To find out more about how you can make on their perceptions of the department from a more about the scheme, contact Ms Jacyn a difference by remembering UCL in your will, gender and ethnicity viewpoint. The survey is on Lewis-Smith, Equalities Project Officer contact Andrea Rogers, Senior Development our departmental intranet and we can direct (x09762; [email protected]). Manager – Legacies, Development & Corporate students to it at an appropriate time in the Communications Office (x09738; course of their studies. An automated statistical [email protected]).

02UCLNEWS Campus World class athletes Questionnaire

Dr Mark Lythgoe is a Lecturer in Radiology & Physics at UCL’s Institute of Child Health

Christine Ohuruogu competing in the 4x400m in Athens

What is your greatest extravagance? Spending more on facial products at an airport shop than I did on the flight to the USA Two UCL undergraduate athletes represented South Africa with where they eventually the UK at the highest levels in August 2004. won the series 4–1, consolidating their ranking What has been your most memorable experience at UCL? Being asked to drive across Isa Guha (Biochemistry) played cricket for of third in the world. America in a red convertible Cadillac (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas-style) going in search England, who won the Test series against New Christine is no stranger to international of Einstein’s brain and the neurobiology of genius Zealand while Christine Ohuruogu (Linguistics) competition either, having represented England competed in the 400m and 4x400m relay for at Under 17 and Under 19 level in netball. With which historical figure do you most admire? Humphrey Davy (1778–1829), who Great Britain at the 2004 Olympics, making it She made the switch to athletics in 2003 after amongst other things discovered nitrous oxide (laughing gas), but it’s not because he was a through to the semi-finals. Her time of 50.50 winning a bronze medal at the European Junior true experimentalist, nearly killing himself inhaling carbon monoxide. He was an exceptional was 0.39 faster than her previous personal Championships and has since gone on to win speaker. It is said that Albermarle St had to be made one-way to accommodate the volume of best and 10th fastest overall, a remarkable several events at full International level. people arriving in carriages to hear his lectures at the Royal Institution achievement in her first Olympics. To find out more about Christine and Isa is fast becoming a regular fixture in the Isa, see the UCL newslink site at What has been your greatest surprise at UCL? Receiving the Dorothy Hodgkin Award England Women’s cricket team after making her www.ucl.ac.uk/news. from the British Association for the Advancement of Science for combining science and art to international debut at the age of 17 in the 2001 take a look at the world from a different perspective European Cup. Earlier this year, she toured

How do you relax? Climbing rocks – not social

What object do you always carry with you? Clarins eye contour balm

What is the most important lesson life has taught you? Exfoliate the bowel and detoxify the mind at least once a week Who would you most like to meet? Audrey Hepburn People What single thing would most improve your life? Eight days in every week

What is your favourite film and why? Land of Silence and Darkness – Dir, Werner Herzog. This is a truly stunning documentary that portrays the profound depths of human Eight members of staff – elected Fellows of the Professor Ian Dowman (Geomatic experience and, as great art does, changes the way you look at the world Academy of Medical Sciences: Professor Engineering) – appointed President of the Stuart Cull-Candy (Pharmacology); Professor International Society for Photogrammetry What would your last meal be? Panda burger and chips Alan Hall (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology & Remote Sensing and MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Professor Jeffrey Jowell (Laws) – appointed What characteristic do you find most attractive in others? Humour – the shortest Biology); Professor Philip Hawkins to the Royal Commission on Environmental distance between two people (Medicine); Professor William McKenna Pollution and appointed a member of the Office (Medicine); Professor Linda Partridge of the Rail Regulator What is the biggest threat facing the human race? Ignorance, apathy and lack of (Biology); Professor John Rothwell (Institute social conscience of Neurology); Professor Daniel Wolpert Dr Iain Mowbray (Biochemistry & Molecular (Institute of Neurology); and Professor Biology) – awarded a 50th Jubilee Medal, What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Failure Nicholas Wood (Institute of Neurology) Polish Academy of Sciences Two members of staff – elected Fellows of the UCL regrets to announce the deaths of: What is your idea of perfect happiness? Sex high on the Andean hills British Academy: Professor Orazio Attanasio Peter Brian Herrenden Birks, Part-Time (Economics); and Professor Simon Where is your favourite venue for a weekday lunch? The Ivy or F. Cooke (Pie and Mash), Assistant Lecturer (1966–1967), Full-Time Hornblower (Greek & Latin and History) East London Assistant Lecturer (1967–1971), Faculty of Professor David Harris (Institute of Laws Archaeology) – elected a Senior Fellow of the What would you like to be doing ten years from now? Being the first person to collect Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar, BSc British Academy the Nobel Prize for Peace, Literature and Science (1950), Honorary Research Assistant Four members of staff – elected Fellows of the (1957–1959), Department of Chemistry What is your greatest fear? Angiostrongyliasis Royal Society: Professor Richard Catlow Liman Ciroma, PhD (1954), Institute of (Chemistry); Professor David Kemp (Institute Archaeology; Honorary Fellow (1995) Who at UCL (past or present) has most influenced you? The very patient professors of Laryngology & Otology); Professor William Professor Stuart Hampshire, Assistant Isky Gordon and David Gadian Motherwell (Chemistry); and Professor David Lecturer (1947–1949), Lecturer (1949–1951), Preiss (Mathematics) Grote Professor of Philosophy of Mind & Logic What other careers have you have had? Guard dog trainer in Israel (1960–1963), Department of Philosophy Two members of staff – awarded Queen’s Professor Nigel John Seeley, Lecturer Birthday Honours: Professor Michael Batty What could you not live without? Pita bread and hummus (1974–1975), Head of Conservation (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis), CBE for Department (1975–1986), Head of services to geography; and Professor Annette What was the first record you bought? West Side Story – my mother’s contribution Department of Conservation & Materials Karmiloff-Smith (Institute of Child Health), Science (1986–1989), Honorary Research CBE for services to cognitive development What was your first-ever job? Cage dancer in the northern clubs Fellow (1992–2003), Institute of Archaeology Professor Gordon Blunn (Centre for David James (Jim) Stephens, Lecturer What is your claim to fame? Holding Einstein’s brain Biomedical Engineering) and team – awarded (1972–1999), Chair, LLB Examiners the Best Innovative Device, National Health (1991–1996), Faculty Tutor (1996–2002), What is your favourite human trait? Confabulation & Social Care Awards Senior Lecturer (1999-2004), Faculty of Laws

UCLNEWS03 UCL IN FOCUS

Advancing London’s Global University – the Campaign for UCL A vision for UCL

The Campaign for UCL aims to improve the standards of UCL’s teaching and resources, helping to secure its position as one of the world’s powerhouses of research and teaching. Innovative research projects within disciplines as diverse as medicine, engineering, law, environmental studies, anthropology, physics, computing and the arts continue to break new ground, but these projects are Institute of Cancer Sciences (architect’s often reliant on philanthropic funds to ensure their success. The campaign focuses on four main impression); Adastral Park; UCL’s students priorities: Building for the Future, Creating New Knowledge, Recruiting the Best and Supporting from around the world; Professor Fielding Innovation. As well as generous contributions from staff, alumni and friends, UCL’s goal of becoming London’s global university will benefit from dynamic collaborations with business or other academic institutions. Research units set up in conjunction with the Wellcome Trust and the UK’s Medical Research Council, and with forward-thinking companies such as Eisai and Novartis, have already paved the way. Under the current higher education funding system, philanthropic support is becoming increasingly important and UCL will have to take full advantage to achieve its goals. Professor Malcolm Grant, President and Provost of UCL, expressed his gratitude to those who have already contributed: “An investment in UCL is an investment in the future. On behalf of the UCL community, I pay tribute to those whose faith in our creativity and innovation has led them to support our endeavours, and thank those who will contribute to our future achievements.” For a link to more information on the Campaign for UCL, see the UCL Newslink site at www.ucl.ac.uk/news.

Campaign leadership UCL Alumni Open Day

Digby Jones, President of the Campaign for UCL

The Campaign for UCL is being led by the corporate affairs law. He then went on to help UCL’s President and Provost, Professor Malcolm debate about UCL’s most significant impacts on Director-General of the Confederation of British the firm develop a presence in London and Grant, will announce the Campaign for UCL to world society. The panellists are a mix of alumni Industry (CBI), Digby Jones (Laws 1977; several other European countries, and rose to former students at UCL’s Alumni Open Day on 9 and academics, including: Dr Raj Persaud Fellow 2004). He will be assisted in his role as become Senior Partner in 1995. October 2004, a day of thought-provoking debate (Psychology 1983; Medical School 1986), President by 37 Vice-Presidents drawn from In 1998 he joined KPMG as Vice-Chairman and lectures. psychiatrist and broadcaster; Professor Michael UCL alumni, friends and fellows. of Corporate Finance and has served on the Many of UCL’s current academic staff will Spyer, Vice-Provost (Biomedicine) and Dean Digby is committed to UCL’s vision for the board of a number of companies in a wide range be taking part in the event, which will give former of the Royal Free & University College Medical future, and on accepting his appointment he of commercial sectors. Under his stewardship, students the opportunity to learn about some of School; and Professor John Aiken, Director of said: “What UCL gave me as a student was Britain’s leading employers’ organisation, the UCL’s exciting projects. Dr Negley Harte, Senior UCL’s Slade School of Fine Art. priceless: the opportunity to aim for excellence. CBI, has enjoyed a period of sustained growth Lecturer in History and co-author of The World UCL’s Grant Museum of Zoology & Those who have excelled understand the with a greatly increased membership and of UCL 1828–2004 will host a tour entitled Comparative Anatomy, Petrie Museum of importance of opportunity. The world needs enhanced public profile. The Secret World of UCL, introducing alumni Egyptian Archaeology, Strang Print Room and more than inspired minds; it needs the creation “I am proud to lead the campaign for UCL, to interesting and little-known facts about Flaxman Gallery will also be open to visiting of opportunities for the brightest people to apply and to contribute to the fulfilment of UCL’s UCL’s history. Dr Craig Ritchie (Psychiatry & alumni throughout the day. their expertise, daring and creativity in order to vision. We will provide opportunities for those Behavioural Sciences) will host a lecture entitled For a link to more information on Open tackle today’s major problems.” academics and students who will challenge the Alzheimer’s Disease: Hope for the Future? while Day, see the UCL Newslink site at Digby has worked tirelessly to promote the frontiers of knowledge and, in doing so, make Dr Andrew Coates of UCL’s Mullard Space www.ucl.ac.uk/news. interests of UK business since his appointment a difference and transform the world for the Science Laboratory will discuss Europe’s first solo in January 2000 as Director General of the better”, he said. mission to Mars. CBI. After studying law at UCL, he joined the One of the many highlights of Open Day Birmingham-based corporate law firm Edge & is the afternoon panel discussion chaired by Ellison in 1978, developing a specialism in Professor Grant. This promises to be a lively

04UCLNEWS Building for the Future Creating New Knowledge Recruiting the Best Supporting Innovation Many of UCL’s older buildings are showing UCL has 4,000 academic and research More than a third of the 19,000-strong As a multidisciplinary university, UCL signs of age and need to be repaired and staff in 70 departments dedicated to student community is engaged in graduate is renowned for its cross-functional upgraded to meet modern learning research and teaching of the highest studies, with nearly half of these graduate research teams. A specific fund has been requirements. This coupled with a growing standards. This environment has fostered students pursuing research degrees. Almost established by the campaign to ensure that student population–19,000 students in hundreds of collaborative research and one third of UCL’s students come from this excellence continues. The Provost’s 2004 – demands that UCL add new teaching partnerships, including almost 150 more than 130 countries outside of the Innovation Fund will support research work buildings to the campus. This presents research links and 129 student-exchange UK, demonstrating UCL’s international that relies on specialised equipment and an exciting opportunity to design and build partnerships with European universities. reputation for excellence. The campaign expertise from more than one discipline. new centres of learning that will become UCL also forges innovative partnerships aims to enhance existing scholarship One such project is UCL’s Ultrafast lasting monuments in the landscape of with commerce and industry, including a programmes with new funding to ensure Laser Centre. Professor Helen Fielding, . research and graduate training centre at that every student with ability is given the who heads the centre, is conducting UCL lies at the heart of London’s BT’s Adastral Park, as well as a £4.6 million opportunity to excel. groundbreaking experiments in ‘coherent district but is effectively divided programme to equip UCL’s scientists UCL has more than 600 established control’ of organics reactivity – using lasers up and cut off from its constituent parts by a and engineers with enterprise and and personal chairs across 70 departments. to control the electronic and molecular series of major roads. However, with the business skills. The campaign will help maintain UCL’s dynamics of simple atoms and molecules. help of the Campaign for UCL there are The Campaign for UCL will help to reputation for academic excellence Her work lies at the boundary of classical plans to help turn the area into a culturally fund these ongoing research programmes throughout the 21st century and beyond, and quantum mechanics, and requires and intellectually vibrant university quarter, and create new initiatives and partnerships. by securing funding for new chairs and bespoke lasers and other specialised for the benefit and enjoyment of both the lectureships, and provide resources for equipment. For this kind of research, UCL community and the wider public. groundbreaking academic programmes philanthropic funding is often essential. that will continue to attract the best and brightest students and staff to this great university.

Alumni support reinvigorated

Opportunities for support from prospect of debt deters other to assist students while they are Grant’s own personal and alumni, staff and friends are being promising potential students from here. In addition, we need to raise professional commitment to reinvigorated by the launch of UCL considering entry into higher funds to support UCL’s collections fundraising at UCL. Donors past, Futures, an essential part of the education. The provision of more and libraries, which are a valuable present and future can rest assured Campaign for UCL. scholarships and financial support teaching resource for our students.” that the decisions on how best to Building on the successes of is essential to enable these people UCL Futures enables donors to use their gifts come from the top, ten years of the UCL Friends to learn and discover, regardless focus on one of six key areas: the after careful consultation.” Programme and a half-century of of their financial circumstances. Scholarships Fund, Teaching & The launch of UCL Futures the Friends’ Trust, UCL Futures At the same time, UCL needs to Academic Initiatives, the Library will be marked by an event for focuses on the theme of raise the standard of its teaching Fund, the Friends’ Trust, the donors in March 2005, during ‘Encouraging & Supporting and research facilities in order to Provost’s Priority Fund and the UCL which Professor Grant will discuss Opportunities’. It aims to ensure that provide an exceptional environment Collections Fund. Hamish believes how UCL Futures will contribute the best and brightest students and for learning and research, while that these areas provide opportunity to the vision of UCL as London’s staff are able to make the most of maintaining and building upon its for alumni to direct their gifts clearly global university, hear alumni views their time at the university, fulfilling reputation for excellence.” and effectively, while ensuring and answer their questions about their promise and transforming the UCL Futures will meet these that those gifts serve the UCL UCL Futures and the Campaign world for the better. new challenges with an increased community’s most significant needs. for UCL. Hamish Stewart, Head of UCL fundraising drive and a highly He says: “I also want to emphasise Futures, explains that the new strategic approach to allocating the that gifts made in the past will not programme both addresses the funds that are raised. Hamish says: be redirected from their original particular challenges faced by the “The programme has been renamed purpose – for instance, previous UCL community in the 21st century to highlight our commitment to gifts to the Greatest Need Fund will and plays a key role in enabling the looking ahead and tackling UCL’s be used in the same way now that university to achieve its vision. He most pressing needs. We need to they’ve been included in the says: “We recognise that growing support a whole range of entrance Provost’s Priority Fund. However, financial hardship threatens current scholarships, and we must ensure the name of the Provost’s Priority students’ progression, while the sufficient levels of financial support Fund echoes Professor Malcolm

UCLNEWS05 In the News

Dr Instone Dr Oakley Sir Michael Professor Cook UCL makes headlines all year round. Here are a few recent highlights; for much more see ‘UCL in the News’ at www.ucl.ac.uk/news

Historic strip Hypnosis reveals ‘mind pain’ link When it’s smart to drink UK names Biennale team An academic has stripped off for the TV Scientists at UCL found that people who felt Drinking the equivalent of up to half a bottle of The British Council has chosen Peter Cook cameras in a bid to test his theory that Ancient pain as a result of hypnotic suggestion showed wine a day (30 units per week) could boost your (Bartlett Chair of Architecture) to curate Britain’s Greek athletes competed naked to run faster. patterns of brain activity strikingly similar to brain and make you cleverer. … Researchers at contribution to the Architecture Biennale in Dr Stephen Instone (Greek & Latin) … was those subjected to physical pain when heat was UCL put more than 6,000 civil servants through Venice this September. Cook, who founded the advising the BBC on the events staged at the applied to their body. … “The fact that hypnosis psychometric testing to assess their mental iconoclastic Archigram collective in 1961, has original Olympic games. … The BBC was able to induce a genuine painful experience ability and found that the drinkers outperformed chosen nine practices, all new to the British programme revolves around recreating events suggests that some pain really can begin in our the teetotallers. Professor Sir Michael Marmot pavilion. …Cook said his choices were “strong that an ancient pentathlete, whose remains were minds,” says Dr David Oakley, director of UCL’s (Epidemiology & Public Health), who led the voices running counter to each other”. He is in found in southern Italy, may have competed in. hypnosis unit. “People reporting this type of pain research project, said: “Frequent drinking may fact using their voices, recording interviews with … “With some practice we demonstrated that are not simply imagining it. Hypnosis has moved be more beneficial than drinking only on special the architects that will play as a soundtrack in the Ancient Greek peculiarities were effective,” out of the dark ages and is now recognised as a occasions.” … The study acknowledges the the pavilion. The selection is Cook’s retort to Dr Instone said. These included running naked. valuable research tool,” says Dr Oakley. benefits of alcohol can be outweighed by the the blandness of much contemporary British “In a hot climate you may as well wear nothing,” “Hypnosis offers a safe way of altering a risk of diseases such as cancer and cirrhosis. It architecture, exemplified by what he calls Dr Instone said. Unfortunately, the programme person’s experience of themselves or of the said the findings should not be used as an “a polite form of modernism that is not too was shot in Loughborough, in England, world around them.” excuse for heavy drinking. insistent, not too obsessive”. By these last autumn. “It was indeed very cold,” Clive Cookson, Financial Times, Jo Willey, The Mirror, 3 August 2004 criteria, his nine architects are, he says, “an Dr Instone said. 13 August 2004 embarrassment. They are all obsessive and Steve Farrar, Times Higher Education much too good designers to be satisfied with Supplement, 2 July 2004 polite limits.” Samantha Ellis, The Guardian, August 5 2004

Pay framework launched

UCL is planning to sweep the cobwebs from its UCL UNISON Branch Secretary Tom HERA scheme, which will enable the ranking of archaic pay and grading structures following Silverlock said: “The key underlying issue is jobs according to their complexity. Academic and changes brought about by the Pay Framework equality. UNISON is committed to ensuring that research jobs will be dealt with through generic Agreement. This nationally agreed framework the framework agreement is implemented in outlines that will be underpinned by HERA allows UCL, in negotiation with its trade unions, such a way as to resolve these and other analysis. Once the rank order of all UCL jobs is to modernise its pay and grading arrangements, issues.” Amicus Branch Secretary Tamsin Piper complete, UCL and its trade unions can with a single, transparent structure for staff that said: “Many technical staff at UCL are doing jobs negotiate the details of a new single pay will ensure equal pay and allow for exceptional similar to those of researchers, but are being spine and work on other aspects of the pay contribution to be rewarded consistently paid much less. Job evaluation will allow us to framework agreement. Negotiations in progress: Tamsin Piper and fairly. identify and correct pay inequalities such as Marilyn Gallyer, Vice-Provost (Amicus), Dave Guppy (AUT), Tom Professor Malcolm Grant, President and these.” Sean Wallis, Joint Branch Secretary for (Administration), said: “The plan is to undertake Silverlock (UNISON), Tom Reilly (Human Provost of UCL, said: “UCL’s current pay and AUT, said: “As the trade union for academic and the necessary role analysis, complete Resources), Geoff Williams (AUT), Sarah grading structures are, in some cases, complex, related staff, we are aware of significant variation negotiations on the detail of new pay/grading Brant (Human Resources) and Claire opaque, inconsistent and not suited to UCL’s in the pay of staff doing similar jobs across the structures and harmonisation of terms and Rowlinson (Human Resources) needs. We need to replace these with new institution. We are cautiously optimistic that the conditions, and implement the new grading structures that are simpler, more transparent and process of job evaluation will give UCL the structure in August 2005. Although this is a task which will ensure an equitable base from which means to rectify these anomalies.” being undertaken in every university in the we can reward excellence. This is essential if Starting in October 2004 and for the country, you will appreciate that this is an UCL is to realise its vision of a global university following eight months, a team of UCL staff and ambitious timetable for UCL given its size.” pursuing international excellence in all areas.” trade union representatives will visit departments For a link to more detailed information Since May 2004, UCL and representatives to explain the process which requires completion about the agreement, the role staff will play in from UNISON, the AUT and Amicus have of a questionnaire that records what each post helping to implement it and contact details for worked on putting the Pay Framework holder does, giving some detailed examples. This members of the negotiating team, see the UCL Agreement into action. The current phase will be done collectively in the case of multiple Newslink site at www.ucl.ac.uk/news. includes using a job evaluation scheme to role holders. analyse all jobs at UCL before transferring them Staff will have time during work hours to to a new single pay spine, which is one of the contribute to the completion of these requirements of the agreement. For this task, questionnaires, which are based on the HERA UCL and its trade unions have agreed to use the scheme and ask for work examples under 14 Higher Education Role Analysis (HERA) scheme, headings, such as ‘communication’ and ‘initiative a job evaluation scheme developed for and by and problem solving’. A panel of trained analysts UK universities. will then evaluate the questionnaires using the

06UCLNEWS Sizing us up

Women and men are becoming wider and measurements were taken from more reading off the measurements.” heavier, according to the results of a new than 11,000 people, representing men and Professor Treleaven said that the survey’s national sizing survey led by UCL’s Professor women aged from 16 years to 95 years outcome should lead to improvements such as Philip Treleaven. across three regions, considering ethnicity better-fitting clothing in the UK, safer seatbelts Size UK is Britain’s first national survey and socio-economic factors. and more accommodating airplanes. The survey of body measurements since 1951, the first to Using 3D scanners developed by also saw the use of new shape software include men and the first to use 3D scanning technology company TC2, body shapes were developed by Bernard Buxton, Professor of rather than measuring tape. The results of the mapped in a matter of seconds. Within a booth, Computer Vision in UCL’s Department of survey confirm that decades of better nutrition, volunteers had a series of white lights projected Computer Science, which analyses the health care and the influence of sedentary on them. The curves of their bodies then body-shape data, measuring variations in lifestyles have contributed to a widening of distorted the pattern of the stripes, which was posture as well providing statistical analysis Professor Treleaven the human form. Professor Treleaven said: captured by six cameras and then processed on of information captured by the 3D scanners. “Women’s key measurements have all increased a computer. This produced a point cloud, which For a link to more information about Size by 1.5 inches (height, bust and hips) but their was then used to create a digital skin. Professor UK, and images of the 3D scans, see the UCL waists have gone up by a massive 6.5 inches.” Treleaven said: “It’s like placing a virtual tape Newslink site at www.ucl.ac.uk/news During 2001 and 2002, 1.5 million measure around different parts of the body and

Funding for Clinical Neuroscience Centre

UCL’s Institute of Neurology has been awarded Professor Roger Lemon, the institute’s director, links between different hospital sites at Queen £1 million by the Wolfson Foundation to help who is leading the project, said: “This facility will Square. It will also include a 200-seat lecture establish a Clinical Neuroscience Centre at provide much-needed new space for research, theatre and conference facility. Queen Square. The initiative is a joint venture assessment and treatment of patients and will be The institute was awarded a ‘5*A’ rating between the Institute of Neurology and the linked with state-of-the-art imaging, surgical and in the latest Research Assessment Exercise, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, other facilities in the National Hospital.” confirming that it already holds a position as one part of the UCLH NHS Foundation Trust. The new seven-storey building will of the leading international centres for clinical The new centre will enable UCL to make include space for outpatient clinics, and neuroscience. further major advances in translational research, for neurophysiology testing labs, EEG labs, with clinical trials based on recent experimental neuropsychological assessment rooms, a The new Clinical Neuroscience Centre at progress in the laboratory. New treatments for robotics lab with virtual reality suite, patient Queens Square (architect’s impression) epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and stroke will be examination rooms and research offices for developed, on the basis of close collaboration academic, clinical and technical staff. The between the institute and the hospital. building will also provide improved physical

Alumni Matter: Lindsay Nicholson Astronomy and Physics 1978

As Editor-in-Chief of Good Housekeeping, journalist Lindsay Nicholson still believes that a science degree was the perfect start to her career

“I wasn’t God’s gift to astrophysics,” admits Institute, which conducts these consumer tests, women’s magazine. “That’s one of the things Lindsay Nicholson. “Even though I was one of her genuine passion is obvious. I’m really proud of,” she explains. the best in my school at science, when I got to “I always enjoyed reading magazines and One of the ‘science’ subjects covered UCL I was mixing with a lot of people who were newspapers, but it was working on Pi that was in the magazine was sex aids, and Good much more gifted than I was. At that point, the key factor. I absolutely loved it. We’d go to Housekeeping readers seemed to have no people with degrees in that subject were few and press on a Monday morning after working all objections to this novel approach. “We came at far between, and companies were looking to through the weekend. We’d finish at about four this from a health point of view. Because of the employ more women. I was offered quite a few in the morning, then go to an all-night café in general embarrassment surrounding the issue, jobs, literally as a rocket scientist. It would have Hampstead for a big breakfast. The whole there are no proper safety standards. We also been fun to say at parties, but by that time I had glamour of it – being able to ring up anyone and unearthed some historically interesting facts, become much more involved with the student ask them anything you liked because you were such as that vibrators were electrified a magazine, Pi, and I had discovered my absolute press – was fantastic!” decade before the vacuum cleaner!” laughs passion for journalism.” Lindsay went on to the Mirror Group Lindsay. “What came out in the magazine Getting to Lindsay’s office involves passing training scheme and never looked back, but was light-hearted, but there were also serious through what might well be a home furnishings considers her science education a great asset. scientific messages, so we achieved our goal. showroom. “Here’s where we test every recipe “It’s a complete misunderstanding that you need We received only two letters of complaint, but This article first appeared in three times,” explains Lindsay, pointing to a a degree in English to work as a journalist. in the same issue we carried a throwaway line the Spring 2004 edition of pristine kitchen. “Here’s our studio kitchen, set What you need to be able to do is marshal about Princess Diana having a good figure. We UCL People, distributed to up for cameras, and here’s where we test facts to basically cut through the crap. Any got around 50 letters pointing out that it was more than 80,000 alumni. appliances. The electricity and plumbing is all set degree will give you that, but science degrees wrong to say that someone with bulimia has a If you know of a former UCL up to reflect an average UK home. If a machine will possibly set you up better than something good figure. I hold my hands up to that; we student involved in interesting, is tested in China, where it was manufactured, more arts-based.” didn’t think it through. But it was a reminder that exciting or unusual activities, how can you guarantee the same results here Lindsay has been at the helm of Good you’ve got to do something for the right reasons. please let us know. Contact under completely different conditions?” Housekeeping for five years, and as a direct And if you do, it’s not offensive, no matter what details are on the back page Although it is part of her job to sell Good result of her education and interest in science, the subject is.” Housekeeping and the Good Housekeeping she was the first to introduce the subject to a

UCLNEWS07 Private View A series featuring artefacts in UCL’s varied museums and collections

What is it? Athens. Attic pottery traditionally depicted lively to visit the department through the Widening Attic red figure ware vessel. This vessel is themes such as war and warriors, gods and Participation Unit at UCL shaped as a hydria, an ancient Greek pitcher heroes and scenes of drinking and celebration with three handles that would have been used with delicacy and finesse. This style of pottery How can I view it? for holding water also reveals the first use of perspective, which The exhibition can be seen in the foyer of the was explored 2,000 years later during the Italian Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 How old is it? Renaissance 9am–5pm, Monday–Friday, until 8 May 2005. The vessel is dated from the Classical period Admission is free (c.480–323 BC) What else is in the exhibition? The exhibition explores the relationship between Where is it? art, function, image and pleasure in the ancient The Institute of Archaeology, Gordon Square world and includes stone carvings from Egypt, religious artefacts from throughout the ancient How did it get there? world, and pots and vessels from ancient Greece It forms part of the exhibition Through Ancient Eyes, curated by students of the MA in Museum Who uses the Institute of Archaeology’s Studies degree programme collection? The collection is used as a teaching and What makes it special? research resource for both staff and students It is an excellent example of Attic pottery, which of UCL, as well as for the wider academic emerged during the 6th century BC around community. Local schools are also encouraged

Shows and Exhibitions at UCL

Institute of Archaeology Ethnographic Collection Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Through Ancient Eyes: Art and Image Fabric of Life: Materials & Culture Housing an estimated 80,000 objects, making in the Ancient World Examining the attitudes behind collecting it one of the greatest collections of Egyptian and An exhibition produced by students studying artefacts at the turn of the 20th century, and Sudanese archaeology in the world for the MA in Museum Studies at the Institute how those attitudes have changed – DMS Watson Building; 1–5pm, Tuesday to of Archaeology. Drawing on objects from – Department of Anthropology, Foster Court; Friday, 10am–1pm, Saturday; or by appointment Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Eastern by appointment Mediterranean, it investigates the nature of art Portraits of Innovation: The Human Face and whether ancient people saw their creations UCL Experts of UCL’s Collections as masterpieces of art in the same way as A selection of UCL experts in the arts and An exhibition produced by students studying for Through Ancient Eyes modern audiences do social sciences, biomedicine and sciences, the MA in Museum Studies at the Institute of – 31–34 Gordon Square; 9am–5pm, photographed by Chris Clunn for a variety of Archaeology. Featuring individuals who shaped Monday to Friday; until 8 May 2005 UCL’s publications and influenced the numerous and astonishing – Torrington Space, outside 1–19 collections at UCL, including those in zoology, Department of Earth Sciences Torrington Place Egyptology, art and geological sciences, as well Infinite Possibilities: The Past, the Present as collecting and research at the university and the Future of Earth Sciences at UCL The Galton Collection – North Cloisters; until May 2005 Drawing on UCL’s Geological Sciences Collection Featuring Sir Francis Galton’s pioneering work on – Rock Room, South Wing; 1–2pm, Wednesday; fingerprint investigation, his studies of biometry For further events information and contact details or by appointment and development in the field of eugenics see ‘Events’ at www.ucl.ac.uk/news – Department of Biology, Darwin Building; Department of Electronic & Electrical by appointment Engineering Sir John Ambrose Fleming Sir John Ambrose Fleming Grant Museum of Zoology & On the centenary of the invention of the Comparative Anatomy thermionic valve, which made radio and modern A diverse natural history collection covering the electronics possible, an exhibition paying tribute whole of the animal kingdom, including cases to UCL’s first Professor of Electrical Engineering packed full of skeletons, mounted animals and – 7th Floor, Engineering Building specimens preserved in fluid – Department of Biology, Darwin Building; 1–5pm, Wednesday and Friday; or by appointment

Professor Lewis Wolpert, UCL Experts

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