COMMENTTHE COLLEGE NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO 140 | MARCH 2002 the College in 1969 with a BA (Honours) Geography. He is now Vice-Chairman of Citigroup, the leading global financial services £4m gift for King’s company. He was formerly Chair- man and Chief Executive Officer of Salomon Brothers, and Vice- Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. Sir Deryck Maughan said, ‘Va and I are proud to make this donation to the Library at King’s. I came to the College as an undergraduate because of its record of excellence in teaching and research. My education here provided the foundation for my government and business career. ‘We are delighted to be able to largest ever gift from a graduate in the history of the College help the College create an out- standing library, which we hope will provide the same opportuni- ties for independent discovery to future generations of students, whatever their means or back- ground.’ The Library, a distinguished Grade II* listed building, which was formerly the Public Record Office, is a 19th century Gothic masterpiece. It was designed by Sir James Pennethorne to house the nation’s records and incorpo- rates a round reading room simi- lar in style to that in the British Museum. ing’s is celebrating a gener- Above: The The refurbishment of this ous £4 million donation. This Maughan Library gift, the largest ever from K Right: Sir Continued on page 2 a graduate in the history of the Deryck and Lady College, has been made by Sir Maughan Deryck and Lady Maughan. Their donation is for the College’s magnificent new Library in Chancery Lane, which will be named in their honour as the Maughan Library. Sir Deryck, one of King’s most eminent alumni, graduated from 3 Inter-professional healthcare education | 4 New spin-out companies / Mass spec facility opens | 5 Departmental Focus: Spanish & Spanish-American Studies | 12 In the news | 13 Student news | 14 Obituaries | 16 Stem cell licence granted News Continued from page 1 building as the Maughan Library known as the Foyle Special library, which is a tremendous is almost complete and is open Collections Library. achievement.’ for use by students. Within it The Baroness Rawlings, Chair- Sir Deryck, who was knighted are housed the College’s library man of Council, said, ‘I am last month by the Queen for collections of the Schools of thrilled with this outstanding services to British business and Humanities, Law, Physical donation which has enabled commercial interests in the USA, King’s to complete the exciting is responsible for mergers and transformation of the Public acquisitions and other corporate to provide the same oppor- Record Office. This is one of the activities at Citigroup. Prior to tunities for independent most important projects under- the creation of Citigroup, Sir discovery to future taken by the College in recent Deryck was a Vice-Chairman generations of students years, and one of the most reward- and Director of Travelers Group ing of my chairmanship. I am and Chairman and Co-Chief Sciences & Engineering and grateful to the Maughan family Executive Officer of Salomon Social Science & Public Policy. for helping us to achieve it.’ Smith Barney. From 1992 to The Library also provides 1,250 Professor Arthur Lucas, the 1997 he was Chairman and Chief networked reader places, and Principal , commented, ‘This gen- Executive Officer of Salomon purpose designed accommoda- erous donation is wonderful Brothers, a firm he joined in tion for the College’s Special news for King’s. With the help of 1983. From 1969 to 1979 he was Above: exquisite Collections and Rare Books, now Sir Deryck and Lady Maughan, detail on a Gothic a member of HM Treasury in window London. Sir Deryck and Lady Maughan Left: studying in The Maughan live in New York City. Their Library daughter, Chelsea, is a student at Stanford University. Right: Sir Deryck is knighted by The Queen we are able to create a superb library for King’s students, and for scholars from around the world who use our collections for research. We are very grateful for their support. This gift also ensures that we have exceeded our fundraising target for the thumbs-up. ‘I have to say that As seen on tv this is one of the best marriages between an important redun- he Maughan Library was dant building and a new use I’ve the subject of an extended come across in a very long time.’ Tfeature on BBC1 London News recently. Maxwell Below: Maxwell splendour of the Hutchinson about Maughan Library Hutchinson, television presenter, to discover the architect and former President of RIBA, marvelled at the build- ing and its spectacular transfor- mation of use from a 19th cen- tury storage area for the nation’s documents into a modern 21st century library and IT facility for King’s students, staff and researchers. In his closing remarks Maxwell Hutchinson gave the Library conversion a resounding 2 | COMMENT | March 2002 News Development Confederation, is designed to King’s leads UK on inter-professional foster the skills and attitudes required by stu- dents for inter-professional working. healthcare education To this end all undergraduate students (1,200 each year) from seven health ing’s and three other universities professions (nursing, midwifery, medicine, (Southampton, Newcastle and Sheffield dentistry, dietetics, pharmacy, physiotherapy) KHallam) have been awarded funding by admitted to the College from September the Department of Health over the next two 2002 and thereafter, will embark on a years to develop inter-professional education continuous programme of IPE, which is (IPE) for undergraduate healthcare profes- integrated with their uni-professional sionals. education programmes. Health Minister, John Hutton, announced The IPE programme has distinct stages the initiative saying ‘We said in the NHS Plan the initiative makes the patient, rather reshape care around the patient than the professional group, the starting point for education that radical reform is required in NHS educa- tion and training to reshape care around the representing progression from shared patient. Joint training across learning to joint decision-making and care- professions is key to this process ... This planning in partnership with patients, and is an important step towards reaching our much of it will take place in practice target that all health professionals should placements. Thus, the initiative makes the expect their education and training to include patient, rather than the professional group, common learning with other professions ... It the starting point for education. An evaluation will have positive and far-reaching effects on is planned that will chart the programme’s the NHS with nurses, midwives, dentists, impact and enable it to be developed in the health visitors and doctors equipped with light of evidence. new skills, roles and ways of flexible and Inter-professional Education in Healthcare For further information contact Professor responsive working.’ Committee (chaired by Professor Sir Graeme Ian Norman in the Florence Nightingale The King’s IPE initiative, which was Catto) in collaboration with other members School of Nursing & Midwifery. Email: developed by members of the College of the South-East London Workforce [email protected] Dean for Admissions (Medicine). She is also the Chair of the Lambeth e-Learning Lambeth Education Business Partnership Advisory Board. Professor Standring said, ‘Being Foundation a founder member of Lambeth e-Learning Foundation will be ing’s is one of the founder erful learning tools. It will also an effective, high profile means members of the newly cre- act as a focal point for identifying by which King’s can strengthen ated Lambeth e-Learning and encouraging sources of pub- K its involvement with the local Foundation. The Government lic and private funding as well as community and support the launched the e-learning initiative assisting funders and schools on College’s activities in widening two years ago, which led to tax-effective and cost-effective participation.’ the creation of the National ways of providing and applying e-Learning Foundation. such funds. The aim of the Foundation Other founder members are is to ensure that Lambeth Lambeth Council, LWT, Trans- Secondary School teachers and media Gateway Ltd, Brixton students have a portable or Online Ltd, and the Council for mobile Information Communi- British Teachers. cations Technology (ICT) device Each member will appoint a Professor connected to the internet that Trustee: for King’s this will be Susan will enable them to access pow- Professor Susan Standring, Sub- Standring March 2002 | COMMENT | 3 News regeneration technology as an alternative.’ Lobal Technologies Ltd, a newly created King’s spins This patented technology, which has been spin-out company from King’s, is developing licensed to Odontis Ltd, could play a major LAD. cademics from around the College role in dental care of the future. At the moment, the LAD prototype has are continuing to form spin-out the learning ability of an 18-month old child. Acompanies to commercialise their Brain power Professor Taylor and his team are confident it research, with help from KCL Enterprises Scientists at King’s are working on enabling could have the language abilities of six-year- Ltd and the College’s seed funds in biotech- computers to understand, speak, learn and old child by the end of next year. The system nology and IT. The two latest, described eventually, think. Emeritus Professor John works by using neural networks to mimic below, bring the King’s total to 12. Taylor of the Department of Mathematics brain function. It then learns language as and colleagues, have created a technology children do, not through rules and vocab-ular- Cutting edge called the Language Acquisition Device ies, but through association and example.