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APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTIES
On the recommendation of the Physical Sciences Board, the
General Board has appointed PROFESSOR G. HANCOCK, MA,
Fellow of Trinity and University Lecturer in Physical
Chemistry, as deputy for Professor J.P. Simons, MA,
Fellow of Exeter and Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry, as
head of the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
for Hilary Term 1998, during which Professor Simons will
be on sabbatical leave.
On the recommendation of the Committee for Educational
Studies, the General Board has appointed K.D. SYLVA, MA,
Fellow of Jesus and Reader in Educational Studies, as
deputy for Professor R.A. Pring, MA, Fellow of Green
College and Professor of Educational Studies, as Director
of the Department of Educational Studies for Hilary Term
1998, during which Professor Pring will be on sabbatical
leave.
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JOHN LOCKE PRIZE IN MENTAL
PHILOSOPHY 1997
The Prize has been awarded to MARCUS WILLIAMSON, New
College.
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UNIVERSITY OFFICES
Christmas closure
The University Offices will be closed for normal business
from Wednesday, 24 December, until Sunday, 4 January,
inclusive.
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SHELDONIAN THEATRE
The Sheldonian Theatre will be closed from Wednesday, 24
December, until Sunday, 4 January, inclusive.
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UNIVERSITY COUNSELLING SERVICE
Vacation hours
The hours of the Counselling Service will be as follows
during the Christmas vacation:
Monday, 15 December–Friday, 19
December: open 9.30 a.m.–1.30 p.m.
Monday, 22 December–Friday, 2 January:
closed.
Monday, 5 January–Friday, 9 January:
open 9.30 a.m.–1.30 p.m.
From Monday, 12 January, normal opening
times: weekdays 9.15 a.m.–5.15 p.m.
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS
NEWSLETTER
December 1997
1 Call Charges—More Reductions
As promised, savings from the use of Comtel and Worldcom to carry
respectively local and long distance calls are now being passed
on to colleges and departments. OUTN's charges are currently
based on BT's standard tariffs, with discounts of 22 per cent on
local and 31 per cent on national and international calls.
Compared with last year, OUTN's call charges have reduced between
20 per cent and 30 per cent, depending on destination.
Reports issued before November will have been based on the older
tariffs, so it may be that there will be some discrepancy between
totals for the quarter and these earlier listings. These
discrepancies should all be in favour of the department or
college.
2 Call Account Codes
The loading of new, upgraded software on the call logger once
more permits the calculation of costs for call account codes.
For instructions on how to use call account codes to charge for
private calls, see page 102 of the telephone directory.
3 Call Finder—Print your own Bills
Call Finder, OUTN's system for remote access to the call logger,
and which enables college and department accounts offices to
print bills for their own telephones, has been upgraded. Any
college or department which has yet to load the upgraded software
should contact Kevin Parker on 70706.
4 Student Telephones
Main College sites: Colleges will shortly be
circulated with an outline of the main proposals in the
Invitation for third party suppliers to tender for the management
of student telephone services in colleges. This will include a
request for colleges to confirm their degree of interest in
subscribing to the scheme. Clearly the greater the number of
colleges that support the scheme, the better will the commission
rates and the lower the tariffs offered by competing
suppliers.
Outlying Sites: The complementary scheme for
residences which cannot be economically served by OUTN is
proceeding apace, with some 1600 Comtel StudentNet lines
installed or planned. Students have signed contracts to have 54
per cent of completed installations made live.
It is now possible for Comtel StudentNet lines to be provided in
private `digs', but since these lines give the benefit of free
access to the University telephone network it is essential that
colleges validate applications, to ensure that only bone
fide Oxford University students are offered the service.
Colleges are asked to cooperate by countersigning
applications.
Please note that Comtel StudentNet lines do not give free
connection to the University data network dial-in service. Gavin
Litchfield (extension 73227) should be consulted about the best
ways to provide data networking to outlying sites.
5 Faults Out of Working Hours
It has become apparent that there is some ignorance of the system
for reporting faults when the Telecommunications Section is
unmanned. This has led on a couple of occasions to lodge
telephones being out of action for long periods at weekends when
they could have been repaired if the porters had known the
correct procedure.
When the Telecommunications Section is closed,
urgent faults only should be reported to the University Security
Services, on extension 72944.
Urgent faults are defined as faults to the main college or
department number or one type of fault which is affecting a
number of telephones at the same time. Our maintainers are
contracted to respond to such faults within four hours at any
time, day or night.
Please do not report non-urgent faults to
Security: these are only dealt with during working hours
and should be reported in the normal way to 88888.
Colleges are asked to inform their Lodges of these
procedures.
6 Telecommunications Staff News
We are pleased to welcome three new members of the
Telecommunications team. Sophie Power has joined the Enquiry
Point Operator team and both Kevin Parker and Jasmin Robinson are
proud new parents, of Kate Mae and Oliver Jeremy respectively.
Mothers, fathers and babies are all doing well.
In Jasmin's absence on maternity leave, Ros Hayward is acting as
Supervisor.
7 Useful Telephone Numbers
Telephone Faults 88888 (out of office hours,
phone Security on 72944 for urgent faults
only)
Data Network Faults 73268 (Computing Service
Network Control)
Telephone Accounts 70706 (Kevin Parker)
Call logger reports 70714 (Carey Green)
Advice on Telephone Facilities 70704 (Ros
Hayward)
New Telephone lines, moves of telephones
etc. 70712 (Daphne Tilling)
Advice on Cabling Installation 80731 (Colin
Willoughby)
Telecommunications Policy 70707 (Ian Everett)
Telecommunications Committee 70761 (Jane
Sherwood)
I.D. Everett, December 1997
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