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CLINICAL MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS 1998–9
Hobson/Mann Memorial Scholarships of £225 per annum, tenable for
the second and final year of the clinical course, have been awarded
to the following:
ALASTAIR G. BELL, Merton College
HELEN M. FORBES, University College
KATHERINE L. MCDOWALL, Exeter College
SUSAN E. SHAPIRO, New College
KATHERINE H.A. TRIPPE, Green College
ALAN P. WILES, Green College
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JOHN PEARCE MEMORIAL PRIZES IN SURGERY 1999
Prizes have been awarded to JOSEPH P. DE BONO, New College, and
KATHRYN R. OZANNE, Green College.
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ENCAENIA
Sheldonian Theatre
On the occasion of the Encaenia to be held in the Sheldonian Theatre
on Wednesday, 23 June, the Curators of the Theatre propose to allot
seats as follows to those who make application (subject to
availability):
(a) One Visitor's ticket each to Heads of Houses, Canons
of Christ Church, members of the Hebdomadal Council, and certain
other persons holding official positions in the University;
(b) One Visitor's Ticket to each Professor;
(c) One ticket to holders of the Degrees of Master of
Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Science, Letters, Philosophy,
and Studies, Magister Juris, and Bachelor of Divinity, Civil Law,
Medicine, Music, Letters, Science, and Philosophy.
Applications for tickets in the above categories must be made
not later than Monday, 14 June, to:
The Head Clerk
University Offices
Wellington Square
Oxford OX1 2JD
Tickets for holders of the Degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Fine
Art, and Theology, Master of Biochemistry, Chemistry, Engineering,
Mathematics, and Physics, and for visitors and members
of the University who have not been admitted to any degree
will be distributed through college authorities, and all
applications for them should be made to the college authorities and
not to the Head Clerk.
The gates and entrances to the Theatre will be opened at 10.45 a.m.
and the proceedings will begin at 11.30 a.m. Holders of tickets are
requested to be in their places inside the Theatre by 11.15 a.m.
Instructions as to entrances are printed on the tickets.
All members of the University are required to wear
subfusc and full academic dress. Doctors will wear
their robes and other graduates their hoods.
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DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION
The Department for Continuing Education exists to make the University
accessible to men and women in ways which complement the University's
provision for its resident members. Each year the department mounts
several hundred courses, either part-time or short full-time,
covering most subjects taught within the University (except
management and clinical medicine). Courses last anything from one day
to ten weeks (full time), and between ten weeks and two years on a
part-time basis. Currently about 15,900 students enrol annually for
the department's courses, the average length of study being twenty
hours. A recent development has been the introduction of technology-
assisted courses, using the Internet to supplement classroom
teaching. Apart from a large number of individual members of the
University who offer courses or give lectures, the Department for
Continuing Education works in co- operation with an increasing number
of other departments and faculties throughout the University. It
welcomes expressions of interest from individuals and departments who
wish to become involved in or to explore continuing education
activities. The department's main provision is organised through
three programme offices (see below), each of which is able to provide
more detailed information on current and forthcoming activities. In
addition, the Kellogg Residential Centre, when not being used for
courses, can occasionally be made available for conferences and other
residential meetings.
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The Public Programme Office
This Office (Director: Mr R.T. Rowley) offers to the public a wide
range of study opportunities in most academic disciplines through
part-time day, evening and short residential courses. In 1996–7
almost 12,000 adult students enrolled on lifelong learning programmes
offered through the Public Programme Division. Many programmes have
open entry and require no formal entry qualifications. However, the
majority of courses are now either award-bearing or carry higher
education credit. The award- bearing courses are offered at access
undergraduate and post graduate level, and do call for evidence of
ability to complete the programme satisfactorily. During the summer
the Public Programme Division offers a series of study opportunities
for domestic and European students through the Oxford University
Summer School for Adults, a Local History Summer School and the
Summer Academy based at Keble College. The Division engages a large
number of part-time tutors, both from within the University and
outside, and individuals interested in offering specific courses or
contribution to other programmes are invited to contact the office.
Details of all courses are publicised in the Annual Prospectus or are
available at any time from the Manager of Public Programmes
(telephone: Oxford (2)70360).
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The Continuing Professional Development Centre
Short and extended courses
This Centre (Director: Dr M.A. Gray) works with departments and
faculties throughout the University to offer courses designed to meet
the needs of individuals and organisations drawn from industry, the
professions, commerce, and academia. Courses vary from one- or two-
day intensive updating courses based on the latest academic research
to longer courses enabling professionals to review advances in
specialised fields, and acquire new areas of expertise and
qualifications. Areas covered include engineering, law, information
technology and computing, mathematics, biomedical science, and
personal skills development. Contributors to courses include Oxford
academics and research staff and experts from other universities and
organisations in the UK and abroad.
Conferences/Seminars/Workshops
The CPD Centre is also able to offer a conference organisation and
management service to colleagues within the University and other
organisations. The CPD Centre has specialist skills and more than
fifteen years' collective experience or organising and managing
conferences, seminars, and training courses for up to 500 delegates.
The Centre provides a `total conference package' which combines the
best of personal service with the highest professional standards.
Services offered include the following:
—Conference planning and academic support
—Budget preparation and account management
—Venue sourcing, including residential accommodation, lecture
theatres, hotels, and catering support
—Organisation of exhibitions and displays, design and provision
of publicity
—Promotion/advertising/marketing support
—Mailing; compilation of databases
—Organisation of social programmes, excursions, and tours
—Translation and interpretation services, technical and audio-
visual support
—Pre-registration management and on-site registration services,
preparation of pre-prints, binders, badges
—Post-conference reports and proceedings.
Further details are available from Oxford (2)88169.
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The International Programmes Office
This office (Director: Dr A. Hawkins) offers a wide range of courses
to undergraduates, graduates and continuing education students from
around the world. These courses include year-long full- time
programmes for Japanese graduates and diplomats from the Republic of
China, Taiwan, as well as a large number of three- or four-week
courses held during the summer for students from Europe and North
America. Programmes are held in partnership with institutions such as
the Smithsonian Institution, the University of California at
Berkeley, Duke University, the University of Virginia and
Northwestern University in America. International Programmes also
works with the British Council, the European Commission, and the FCO,
as well as offering courses in partnership with the Bodleian Library
and many other departments and colleges within the University.
Subjects covered in these courses include topics from law and
industrial relations through to archaeology, art history, and the
physical and biological sciences. Tutors are drawn from Oxford
academic and research staff, and expertise is also recruited from
outside the University. Programmes vary in size from small groups of
twenty students to larger programmes of over 200 participants. During
the summer many residential International Programmes, including the
Oxford University Summer Programmes in English Literature and in
History, Politics and Society, are held in colleges throughout
Oxford, in addition to those held at the Rewley House Residential
Centre. Over the next few years the range of courses offered by the
International Programmes Office will be expanded, drawing in more
students from Europe, from countries formerly part of the Soviet
Union, and from elsewhere around the world. As the work of the
International Programmes Office expands, approaches would be welcomed
from those colleges, departments and other institutions who have
accommodation from which they would like to generate further income
or from individuals with suitable qualifications interested in
teaching on international programmes. Telephone: Oxford (2)70456.
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Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning (TALL)
TALL (Director: Jonathan Darby) was established in 1996 with support
from the Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust and the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation to investigate and develop new ways of using technology to
support lifelong learning. It is directed by Jonathan Darby who
previously directed the HE Funding Councils' and DENI's Computers in
Teaching Initiative. Many aspects of on- line education remain poorly
understood. TALL is conducting research into:
Models of delivery—identifying optimal ways of
using technology to deliver courses and educational services;
international transferability—addressing issues
such as use of language, culture, educational systems and differing
educational needs with the aim of ensuring that Oxford-produced on-
line courses are designed in such a way that they will be attractive
to students outside the UK;
markets for on-line courses—using surveys to
develop an understanding of the nature of the market for on-line
courses.
TALL is seeking to use technology to design courses of three types:
Hybrid: short intensive periods in Oxford punctuate
Internet- supported study to create a course which uses each form of
teaching for the purposes to which it is best suited.
Fully remote: a course in Italian for Intermediate
and Advanced Learners has been completed with EU support which can be
wholly completed at a distance. A second course, `Databases for
Historians', is about to be piloted.
Curriculum on demand: an innovative teaching system
based on the finding that many students on continuing professional
development courses have highly specific needs that are only
partially met by a group-based course. Each student takes a course
that is tailored to their specific needs.
The TALL programme would welcome ideas for on-line courses from
university colleagues.
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CONCERTS
Faculty of Music
The Allegri String Quartet
THE ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET will perform string quartets by
Lombardini-Sirmen, Beethoven (op. 74), and Ravel, at 8 p.m. on
Wednesday, 2 June, in the Holywell Music Room. Tickets, costing
£8 (£6/£4 concessions), are available from the Oxford
Playhouse (telephone: Oxford 798600), or at the door on the night.
The Band of Instruments
THE BAND OF INSTRUMENTS, with the New Chamber Opera, will perform
Mozart's early opera Apollo et Hyacinthus at 7.30 p.m.
on Thursday, 10 June, in the chapel, New College. Tickets, costing
£6 (concessions £4) will be available at the door.
`My Heart is Inditing.' THE BAND OF INSTRUMENTS, with the Choir of
Magdalen College, will perform at Evensong, at 6 p.m. on Saturday, 12
June, in the chapel, Magdalen College. The event is free of charge
and open to the public.
Oxford Gamelan Society
THE OXFORD GAMELAN SOCIETY will give a concert of Javanese music and
dance, performing on the Bate Collecetion Gamelan, Kyai Madu
Laras, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, 12 June, in the Wesley Memorial
Church, New Inn Hall Street. Tickets, costing £7 (concessions
£5) are available from the Playhouse, Beaumont Street, or at the
door.
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FACULTY OF MODERN HISTORY
Building work and extended library closure
in Long Vacation 1999
Rewiring of the building, involving both overhead work and removal of
floorboards, makes it necessary to close the library for eight weeks
rather than the usual five in the Long Vacation. It will last be open
on Saturday, 10 July (9 a.m.–12.45 p.m.) and will then be closed
from Monday, 12 July to Monday, 6 September inclusive. It is expected
that it will be possible to open fully and operate normally from
Tuesday, 7 September. The number of books borrowable for the vacation
will be increased: see notices in the library towards the end of term
for details. It will be possible to leave returned books with the
porters during the closed period.
The common room and kitchen will also be closed during this period.
The Faculty Office expects to stay open: the Graduate Office is
likely to be closed for a short period towards the end of July.
Access should normally be possible to the graduate computing
facilities, but users of these should note that separate building
works involving partly demolishing and rebuilding the boiler room and
erecting an access ramp across the back of the building are both
likely to cause considerable noise and vibration near the computing
room in the second half of July and into August.
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EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES CENTRE
The Educational Technology Resources Centre (ETRC) wishes to advise
all customers that the department will be officially closed
throughout the month of August due to staff holidays. There will
frequently be some staff present during this period, but no
guarantees can be given that any particular service will be available
at a specific time. If you require any audio-visual, video-
conferencing, televisual, or video-tape copying services during this
period, please contact the department before Friday, 16 July
(telephone: Oxford (2)70526, e-mail: etrc@etrc.ox.ac.uk), in order to
make any necessary arrangements. The department apologises for any
inconvenience caused.
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PUSEY HOUSE
Notice of appointment
As Priest Librarian (from 1 September 1999: THE REVD DR
PETER JOHN GROVES, Assistant Curate of St Margaret's, Leigh-on-Sea,
Diocese of Chelmsford