Gazette 2 December 1993; No. 4309; Vol. 124 UNIVERSITY GAZETTE Thursday, 2 December 1993 UNIVERSITY ACTS ---------------- CONGREGATION 27 November Conferment of Honorary Degree The Degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa, approved by Special Resolution of Congregation on 9 February, was conferred upon isaac stern. CONGREGATION 29 November Degree by Special Resolution No notice to the contrary having been received under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. vi, cl. 6 (STATUTES, 1993, p. 13), the following resolution is deemed to have been approved at noon on 29 November. Text of Special Resolution That the Degree of Master of Arts be conferred upon the following: martha klein, b.phil., ma status, d.phil., Pembroke College annemarie coffman lellouch, Balliol College HEBDOMADAL COUNCIL 1 Status of Master of Arts Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the status of Master of Arts under the provisions of Ch. V, Sect. vi, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1993, p. 328) has been accorded to the following persons who are qualified for membership of Congregation: paul thomas o'brien, Department of Physics subir sarkar, Wolfson College nigel spencer, Institute of Archaeology 2 Register of Congregation Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the following names have been added to the Register of Congregation: Jones, K.E., MA, Trinity Lellouch, A., MA, Balliol Malpas, M., B.Litt., MA, Hertford O'Brien, P.T., MA status, Department of Physics Sarkar, S., MA status, Wolfson Spencer, N., MA status, Institute of Archaeology CONGREGATION 30 November 1 Declaration of approval of unopposed Statute promulgated on 16 November No notice of opposition having been given, Mr Vice-Chancellor declared the Statute changing the membership of the Libraries Board (p. 000) approved. 2 Promulgation of Statute A form of Statute was promulgated. No notice of opposition having been given, Mr Vice-Chancellor declared the preamble carried of the proposed Statute amending the provisions governing the Welch Scholarships. CONGREGATION 2 December Election On Thursday, 2 December, the following was duly elected to hold office until the first day of Michaelmas Term 1998: As a Delegate of Local Examinations c.j. leaver, ma, Fellow of St John's UNIVERSITY AGENDA ----------------- CONGREGATION 6 December Degree by Special Resolution The following special resolution will be deemed to be approved at noon on 6 December, unless by that time the Registrar has received notice in writing from two or more members of Congregation under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. vi, cl. 6 (Statutes, 1993, p. 13) that they wish the resolution to be put to a meeting of Congregation. Text of Special Resolution That the Degree of Master of Arts be conferred upon the following: michael allingham, Magdalen College tak wing chan, Nuffield College ingrid andre rita de smet, Magdalen College CONGREGATION 14 December 2 p.m. 1 Voting on Statute promulgated on 30 November 2 Voting on Special Resolution That this House consent to the grant of a licence as a Permanent Private Hall to Blackfriars, by which name the hall shall be known. A Guide to Procedures in Congregation is printed at pp. 19--27 of Statutes, 1993, and at pp. 987--1003 of Examination Decrees, 1993. A member of Congregation seeking advice on questions relating to procedures in Congregation, other than elections, should contact the Senior Assistant Registrar responsible as indicated in the University's Internal Telephone Directory (currently Mr D.M.M. Hall, telephone: (2)70236); questions relating to elections should be addressed to the Head Clerk (currently Mr P.W. Moss, telephone: (2)70190). NOTICES ------- SPEECH BY THE PUBLIC ORATOR The following speech was delivered by the public orator in a Congregation held on Saturday, 27 November 1993, in presenting for the Honorary Degree of D.Mus. Mr ISAAC STERN Prodit quem audire malletis omnes, sed tacitus; aures vestras concentus dulcissimi avidas oratione pedestri verbisque ieiunis deludit orator. sed res bene habet: mox enim in hoc theatro ipsum audietis. hic quem produco inter Russos natus, in civitate tot tamque egregiis fidicinibus insigni, adhuc infans asportatus inter Americanos devenit. in urbe divi Francisci nomine appellata ita se tetrachordi studio conferebat, ita et ingenio et exercitatione eminebat, ut adhuc iuvenis sermonibus celebraretur, toga autem virili vixdum sumpta maximos hominum rei musicae studiosorum coetus solus delectaret. habetis profecto in mentibus quid de Archia poeta adulescentulo dixerit Cicero; de hoc dici existimatote: sic eius adventus celebrabantur ut famam ingenii exspectatio hominis, exspectationem ipsius adventus admiratioque superaret.[1] quid quaeritis? annos plus quam quinquaginta fidicen hic est summus, orbem terrarum compluries peragravit, praeclarissimum quidque opus musicum persaepe est exsecutus, tabellas illas vocales, quas Latine dicere non est, plus quam centum tanta disciplina tamque discriminatim complevit ut sine ulla discordia victor nemine disceptante discedat. duas res praecipue in hoc admiramur: et mentis acumen quo perspicit quid sibi voluerint ei qui nobiles illos modos finxerunt, et ipsam sonorum quos profundit pulchritudinem. omnium consensu inter cives suos Americanos artificum musicorum, ne dicam universorum, iam diu est princeps, qui ita se Musis et tetrachordo applicat ut idem rei publicae vacet curisque civilibus; et quidem nota magis nulli domus est sua[2] quam huic Domus illa Candida. etiam inter Israelitas domi est, qui societatibus plurimis intersit, nonnullas fundarit, inter quas nescio an primum sibi locum adserat Centrum nobile illud Hierosolymae conditum, in quo hic tirones ad profectum summosque in musica gradus adsequendos docet fingit hortatur. hic enim est qui solus legit et facit musicos. quin etiam Seres, homines a nostro musicae genere remotissimi, immo etiam Praeses ille, qui ad haec studia durior videretur, hoc praecipiente libenter capti Lycobatae nostri modis deleniebantur. tritum iam est et nimis oratoribus usitatum, tetrachordi magistros cum Orpheo comparare; cum hoc aptius fortasse conferendus est Amphion: dictus et Amphion, Thebanae conditor urbis, saxa movere sono testudinis et prece blanda ducere quo vellet.3 ille urbem condebat; hic, quod hodie vel difficilius est similiusque portenti, ab aula Musis diu consecrata eversores arcebat, saxa moveri prohibebat, otio et humanitati perfugium tuebatur. ita quod homines usu et negotiis periti posse fieri negabant, perfecit vir musicus. restat ut de ipsius indole pauca dicantur. hominem praesento festivum, comem, amicitiis abundantem, voluptates non aspernantem, de quo sicut de deo Apolline dici possit Horatianum illud, Neque semper arcum tendit.4 audite, quaeso, quid de arte sua ipse proclamet: eum scelus omnium pessimum admisisse, qui notis musicis oboediat, ipsam musicam neglegat; neque in fidibus moderandis magis quam in rebus veneriis locum ullum esse inertiae. idem nihil difficilius fieri dixit quam ut homines musici auscultare doceantur. vitae huius admodum beatae accedunt tamquam cumulus uxor et nomine et re Vera, filia rabbinica, duo filii symphoniacorum moderatores. Praesento vobis fidicinem eximium, totius mundi delicias, Isaac Stern, ut admittatur honoris causa ad gradum Doctoris in Musica. [1] Cicero, Pro Archia 4. [2] Juvenal l.7. [3] Horace, Ars Poetica 394--6. [4] Horace, Odes 2.10.19. Paraphrase The man to whom you would all prefer to be listening advances in silence, and ears which long for the sound of the violin suffer the disappointment of an unmusical speech from the Orator. But all is still well, and this evening you can hear him play in this Theatre. Mr Stern was born in Russia, home of so many distinguished violinists, but taken to America as a baby. He studied the violin in San Francisco to such good effect that he became famous very young and made his dŽbut as a soloist at the age of fifteen. You remember, I am sure, what Cicero said about the poet Archias when he toured Greece as a very young man; the words might have been written for Mr Stern: `His appearance caused such a stir that eagerness to see him ran ahead of his reputation, and that eagerness in turn was eclipsed by the sensational success when he appeared'. He has been for fifty years a world-famous virtuoso, who has travelled the whole world, given countless performances of all the great works in the repertoire, and made more than a hundred recordings of more than two hundred works by more than sixty composers. In his playing we admire above all the combination of insight into the intentions of the composer and sheer beauty of tone. In the United States he has long been the number one musician; many would say the number one artistic figure. His musical career has been combined with public and political activity, and he is so often in the White House that he is quite at home there. He is at home also in Israel, where he is prominent in many charitable and artistic bodies, and where in 1973 he founded the Jerusalem Music Centre, in which he lavishes teaching and encouragement on promising young musicians. He is an inspiring teacher. Even in China, an area remote from Western classical music, he has aroused enthusiam for it; his work there is immortalised in the film From Mozart to Mao. Orators love to compare violinists to Orpheus. In the case of Mr Stern the myth of Amphion may be even more appropriate, where music made the stones build the walls of Thebes: So when Amphion did the Lute command, Which the God gave him; with his gentle hand, The rougher Stones, unto his Measures hew'd, Dans'd up in order from the Quarreys rude; This took a Lower, that a Higher place, As he the Treble alter'd or the Bass. (Marvell) Amphion used his music to construct a city; Mr Stern used his to achieve something even more miraculous---to keep the developers from destroying that shrine of the Muses, Carnegie Hall. It is thanks to him that it is still a home of music, not an office block. `Practical' men assured him that Carnegie Hall could not be saved; he saved it by his art. It remains to say a little about him as a man. He is genial, humorous, a man of many friends, no enemy of pleasure. The poet Horace could have said of him what he said of the god Apollo: He does not always stretch his bow tight. On the subject of his own art he is on record as saying `The worst crime is to play notes instead of making music ... Playing the violin must be like making love--- all or nothing.' He has also been heard to say that `The most difficult task with advanced students is showing them how to listen.' He is fortunate in his family life, too: his wife and true companion, Vera; his daughter who is a rabbi; and his two sons who are conductors. I present a great violinist and universal favourite, Isaac Stern, for admission to the degree of D.Mus. honoris causa. EXAMINATION SCHOOLS Notice of closure for maintenance Rooms or facilities will not be available in the Examination Schools on Monday, 20 December, and Tuesday, 21 December, to enable electrical contractors to disconnect the electrical supply prior to the installation of new plant. The Schools will reopen after the Christmas vacation on Tuesday, 4 January, at 9 a.m. NATIONAL DATASET SEMINAR The Training Co-ordinating Committee of the Libraries Board has organised a seminar, to be given by the Manchester Computing Centre, on Wednesday, 12 January, in the Social Studies Faculty Centre Lecture Room, 2--5 p.m. The Manchester Computing Centre (MCC) currently receives national funding to provide a range of dataset services to the UK academic community, including on-line access to many large and complex datasets, such as the 1991 Census of Population statistics, the continuous government surveys (GHS, LFS, and FES), macro-economic time series databanks, and scientific datasets. Within the next few months, the National Child Development Survey, the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, and the British Household Panel Survey will also be available. The half-day seminar will describe the services provided by the MCC, describe the data which it holds, explain how it can be accessed over Janet, and discuss the best ways of using the information. Twenty-five places are available. Those wishing to attend should book a place on the seminar by sending an e-mail note to mrobb@ox.vax, or by post to Margaret Robb, LAS, 67A St Giles', Oxford, by 5 January. CHRISTMAS VACATION ARRANGEMENTS University Offices and Sheldonian Theatre The University Offices and the Sheldonian Theatre will close after business on Wednesday, 22 December, and reopen on Tuesday, 4 January. University Gazette The final Gazettes of this term will be published on 9 and 16 December. Publication resumes on 13 January. Appointments Supplements will appear with the Gazettes of 9 December and 20 January. THE VOLTAIRE FOUNDATION Change of address The Voltaire Foundation has moved to 99 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7RB (telephone: Oxford (2)84600, fax: (2)84610). AN EVENING OF WORDS AND MUSIC In aid of the St Anne's College Fellowship Appeal An evening of words and music will be held on Saturday, 8 January, in the Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College. julian barnes, james fenton, ian mcewan, and craig raine will read from their works, and music will be performed by katharine ellis (violin) and daphne clark (piano). The readings will begin at 7 p.m., and the evening will end with a buffet supper at 9.30 p.m. Tickets, costing 25 per person, may be obtained from the Development Officer, Ms Sheridan Gould (telephone: Oxford (2)78470). BBC RADIO 4 ANY QUESTIONS? PROGRAMME Any Questions? will be broadcast live from St Hilda's College on the evening of Friday, 17 December, at 8.05 p.m. (the audience to be seated by 7.15 p.m.). Complimentary tickets may be obtained by telephoning or writing to Mrs I. Thomas, Development Officer, St Hilda's College, Oxford OX4 1DY (telephone: Oxford (2)76828). BIDS ISI AND EMBASE COURSE This course will be taught by Margaret Robb of the Libraries Automation Service. It will be held on Thursday, 9 December, and Friday, 14 January, 4--6.30 p.m. Those wishing to attend should contact Viv McEvoy (telephone: (2)78170) to book a place. The format of the course is: 4--4.45 p.m.: Lecture giving an overview of BIDS and basic searching techniques. 4.45--5.30 p.m.: Exercises practising basic searching procedures. Course participants are welcome to bring their own research topics. 5.30--6 p.m.: Lecture describing advanced searching techniques. Those already familiar with BIDS are welcome to attend only this part of the course. 6--6.30 p.m.: Exercises practising advanced searching procedures. Course participants are welcome to bring their own research topics. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM Exhibitions now open Engravings by Roger Vieillard (1907--89), widely considered the finest French engraver of this century (until 16 January) Wood engravings by Monica Poole, one of the most brilliant of present-day English wood-engravers (until 16 January) After Powhatan: paintings by Gordon House (until 10 April) The museum is open Tuesdays--Saturdays, 10 a.m.--4 p.m., and Sundays, 2--4 p.m. Gallery talks take place every Tuesday and Friday, and `Highlight' tours take place every Saturday at 11 a.m. (telephone for bookings: Oxford (2)78015). CHRIST CHURCH PICTURE GALLERY Exhibitions now open Luca Cambiaso: an exhibition of all of his drawings in the permanent collection (until 11 November) Lucas van Leyden: three recently-acquired engravings and other works by one of the greatest Renaissance engravers (until 2 December) Drawings for transfer: fifteenth--seventeeth-century working drawings: includes works by Domenichino, Naldini, and Agostino Carracci (until 14 January) Forthcoming exhibition Images of women: a selection of Old Master drawings of women, including works by Ribera, Federicco Zuccaro, and Abraham Bloemaert (7 December--16 February) Gallery opening hours: Monday--Saturday, 10.30 a.m.--1 p.m. and 2--4.30 p.m.; Sunday, 2--4.30 p.m. Admission (via Canterbury Gate and Oriel Square): free to children and members of the University and Brookes University; adults 1 (concessions 50 pence). Guided tours every Thursday, 2.15--3 p.m. UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW Exhibition now open Banks's Florilegium (until 4 January) The museum is open from Monday to Saturday, 12 noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. PITT RIVERS MUSEUM Exhibitions now open The instrumental muse---1,000 years of European music (Balfour Building, 60 Banbury Road; until 31 December) Wilfred Thesiger's photographs---a `most cherished possession' (the first exhibition of Wilfred Thesiger's photographs in the UK) (main museum, entrance through the University Museum in Parks Road; until 27 February) `Pitt Stops' These short activities, for families to do together, take place from 2 p.m. on Saturdays in the Balfour Building, 60 Banbury Road, and are for accompanied children only. 11 Dec.: Segara Madu (Sea of Honey)---Balinese shadow play music 18 Dec.: Learning how to make a shadow puppet play Opening hours: Monday--Saturday, 1--4.30 p.m. For information on exhibitions and events please telephone Oxford (2)70927. THE BATE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS The Bate Collection, housed in the Faculty of Music in St Aldate's, is open Mondays to Fridays, 2--5 p.m. Admission is free. The Javanese Gamelan, Kyai Madu Laras, is played on Mondays at 5 p.m., and in term also on Fridays at 5 p.m. All those interested in learning to play are welcome, especially at the beginners' sessions on Fridays. On 20--21 November, a Recorder Weekend will be held, with Alan Davis. The cost is 20 (10 for junior members of the University; 15 for other students and Friends of the Bate Collection). BODLEIAN LIBRARY Guided tours The Bodleian Library guides conduct tours to the Divinity School, Convocation House, and Duke Humfrey's Library on weekdays at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., and on Saturdays (excluding Degree Days) at 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. only. Tours are limited to twelve visitors at a time, and it is regretted that children aged under fourteen are not admitted. The cost of the tour is 2 per person. Tickets can be obtained from the Divinity School. This programme continues until the end of Hilary Term. Tours for larger groups at other times may be arranged by telephoning the Librarian's Secretary on Oxford (2)77165. LECTURES -------- BAMPTON LECTURES 1994 The school tradition in the Old Testament the very revd e.w. heaton, sometime Dean of Christ Church, will deliver the Bampton Lectures for 1994 at 10 a.m. on Sundays in the University Church of St Mary the Virgin. 30 Jan.: `A Jerusalem school inspected.' 6 Feb.: `Schools and libraries.' 20 Feb.: `School-books from Egypt.' 27 Feb.: `Education in wisdom.' 6 Mar.: `Prophets and teachers.' 1 May: `Story-writers.' 8 May: `Honest doubters.' 15 May: `Belief and behaviour.' SLADE LECTURES 1994 Goya: the artist's hand and mind juliet wilson-bareau, Slade Professor of Fine Art 1993--4, will deliver the 1994 Slade Lectures at 5 p.m. on the following Wednesdays in the Playhouse Theatre. 19 Jan.: `The self-regarding gaze.' 26 Jan.: ` "He went to Rome": Italy and an unorthodox art training.' 2 Feb.: `The elimination of angels: religious painting in late Baroque and nineteenth-century modes.' 9 Feb.: ` "Of my own invention": tapestry cartoons to early and late caprichos.' 16 Feb.: ` "Analysis of a painting": eighteenth-century connoisseurship and modern conservation methods.' 23 Feb.: ` "I saw this": reportage, allegory, and self- censorship.' 2 Mar.: ` "Only my will forces me on": excess and equilibrium in the black paintings and Bordeaux works.' 9 Mar.: ` "Divine reason": the sources of Goya's universal language.' BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Department of Plant Sciences: Oxford Forestry Institute dr j.p. kimmins, University of British Columbia, will give an additional lecture in the series for the M.Sc. course `Forestry and its relation to land use', at 11.15 a.m. on Wednesday, 8 December, in the Department of Plant Sciences. The lecture will be followed by a discussion meeting at 2 p.m. Convener: P.J. Kanowski, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer in Plant Science. Subject: `Clearcutting: is it a sustainable practice in natural forests?' MODERN HISTORY, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES dr peter humfrey, University of St Andrews, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 20 January, in the Examination Schools. Conveners: M.L. McLaughlin, MA, University Lecturer in Italian, and M.E. Rubin, MA, University Lecturer (CUF) in Medieval History. Subject: `Changing religious imagery in Venetian altar-pieces of the sixteenth century.' MODERN HISTORY, SOCIAL STUDIES Seminar in modern economic and social history The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Wharton Room, All Souls College. Conveners: J.S. Foreman-Peck, MA, University Lecturer in Economic History, and A. Offer, MA, D.Phil., Reader in Recent Social and Economic History. professor j. lewis, LSE 19 Jan.: `Gender and the origin of welfare states.' professor p. david 26 Jan.: `Reputation and agency in the historical emergence of the institutions of "open science".' dr foreman-peck 2 Feb.: `Determinants of economic growth in late nineteenth- century Europe.' dr j. getzler 9 Feb.: `Legal enforcement of property rights: a critique of Douglass North.' e. butchart 16 Feb.: `Wage determination in Britain between the wars.' professor j. jaffe, Wisconsin 23 Feb.: `Collective bargaining in the industrial revolution.' dr b. croxson, Cambridge 2 Mar.: `An institutional analysis of the evolution of the Middlesex hospital's lying-in charity, 1747--1900.' professor w.r. garside, Birmingham 9 Mar.: `The political economy of tariff reform: Britain 1919--32.' PHYSICAL SCIENCES, CLINICAL MEDICINE Interdisciplinary graduate lectures in natural sciences Engineering in medicine The following lectures, which will explore the contribution of engineering practice to clinical medicine, will be held at 12 noon on Thursdays and Fridays in the Lindemann Lecture Theatre, the Clarendon Laboratory. Further information can be obtained from Dr D. Dew-Hughes, Department of Engineering Science (telephone: (2)73020). dr j.j. o'connor Thur. 20 Jan.: `Mechanics of the human locomotor system.' dr l. tarassenko Fri. 21 Jan.: `Pulse oxymetry: can we measure oxygen saturation non- invasively?' dr d.f. sarphie Thur. 27 Jan.: `Genetic transformation of cells and organisms.' professor j.m. brady Fri. 28 Jan.: `Medical image processing.' dr n. moore Thur. 3 Feb.: `Basic technology of medical resonance imaging (MRI).' dr j.s. golding Fri. 4 Feb.: `Practical clinical uses of MRI.' dr j.t. czernuska Thur. 10 Feb.: `Materials to replace bone.' dr j.j. o'connor Fri. 11 Feb.: `Replacement of joints.' dr n. moore Thur. 17 Feb.: `Advanced technology of MRI.' dr s.j. golding Fri. 18 Feb.: `MRI in a hospital environment.' dr l. tarassenko Thur. 24 Feb.: `Neural networks: finding patterns in medical data?' dr p. kyberd Fri. 25 Feb.: `Artifical hands.' dr b.j. bellhouse Thur. 3 Mar.: `Artificial organs.' dr j.j. o'connor Fri. 4 Mar.: `Mechanics of osteoarthritis.' NUFFIELD COLLEGE The quality of life: an interdisciplinary seminar (second series) The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays in Seminar Room A, the Social Studies Faculty Centre. Conveners: R.M. Fitzpatrick, MA, University Lecturer in Medical Sociology, D. Halpern (BA Cambridge), Open Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, and A. Offer, MA, D.Phil., Reader in Recent Social and Economic History. Further information may be obtained from Dr Offer (telephone: Oxford (2)78579). mr halpern 18 Jan.: `Environmental satisfaction and discontent.' a. oswald 25 Jan.: `Well-being over time in the United States and Britain since the 1970s.' c. hale, Kent 1 Feb.: `Crime and economic growth.' h. joshi, City University 8 Feb.: `Childbearing and women's employment across the generations in post-war Britain.' l. schlamm, Kent 15 Feb.: `Religion and the quality of life.' dr offer 22 Feb.: `The mask of intimacy: advertising and the quality of life.' j. finch, Lancaster 1 Mar.: `Family obligation and informal care.' s. caney, Newcastle 8 Mar.: `Should the state legislate for lifestyle?' WOLFSON COLLEGE The origins of the psychotherapy of the emotions The following lectures will be given on the days shown in Wolfson College. Wednesday, 16 March the revd professor henry chadwick 2.15 p.m.: `Stoic and Christian therapy.' professor richard sorabji 4.30 p.m.: `The emotions as cognitive and curable in ancient thought.' dr sue hamilton 6 p.m.: `Passionless in Buddhism.' Thursday, 17 March professor sino knuuttila, Finland 11 a.m.: `Emotional shock from Augustine to Abelard.' the revd professor michael screech 2.15 p.m.: `Rabelais for and against emotions.' dr michael argyle 4.30 p.m.: `Emotional expression, social skills, and happiness therapy.' dr david m. clark 5.45 p.m.: `Modern cognitive therapy.' GRANTS AND RESEARCH FUNDING ------------------------------ RESEARCH SERVICES Oxford University Research Services, previously known as the Research Support and Industrial Liaison Office, is based in the University Offices, Wellington Square, and is part of the central university administration. The office responsible for Research Services processes and approves all applications to outside bodies for research grants and contracts. It also acts in an advisory capacity for those seeking outside funding or requiring information about specific initiatives (e.g. LINK, Teaching Company, EC research programmes, etc.). Contracts with industry are negotiated through the Research Services office which also deals, inter alia, with various intellectual property matters, research-related work covered by purchase orders, consultancy agreements, agreements covering clinical trials and services, and liaison with funding bodies over discretionary pay awards. The Director of Research Services is Ms June Clark (telephone: (2)70142, e-mail: resiljc). She is assisted by: Ms Catherine Quinn ((2)70158), Assistant to the Director; Dr Anne Knowland ((2)70201, e-mail: resilamk), Research Grants and Contracts Administrator; Mrs Charlotte Beatson ((2)70043, e-mail: resilchb), Industrial and European Liaison Officer (whose assistant is Dawn Fell, ((2)70145); Mr Pierre-Manuel Espinasse ((2)70011), Administrative Officer. Enquiries concerning day-to-day processing of research applications should be addressed to Room 330, Research Services (telephone: (2)70247). Pirie-Reid Scholarship Applications are invited for a Pirie-Reid Scholarship, tenable at the University of Oxford by graduates (including persons expecting to graduate in 1994) who intend in October 1994 to commence working for a higher degree or diploma. Preference will be given to candidates applying from other universities, i.e. not already matriculated at Oxford, and to those domiciled or educated in Scotland. Candidates not fulfilling these criteria are unlikely to be successful. The scholarship, which is to be awarded to a person wishing to begin a course of study in Oxford who would otherwise be prevented by lack of funds, will be of comparable value to the state awards available for the course in question (covering university and college fees and providing a grant for maintenance, subject to assessment of other sources of income), and tenable for a similar period (being renewable from year to year, subject to satisfactory progress and continuance of approved full-time study). Candidates are expected to have applied for admission to the university in the usual way. Application forms may be obtained from the Secretary, Board of Management for the Pirie-Reid Fund, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. The closing date for applications is 1 May. The Wellcome Trust Prize Studentships 1994 The Wellcome Trust has announced a further round of studentships for new graduates in the biomedical sciences. The studentships will carry a tax-free payment starting at 9,880 per annum (11,359 in London) over three years, with approved tuition fees and up to 4,000 per annum for research costs. The University is asked to nominate twelve outstanding students or recent graduates for these awards, which are designed to attract students graduating in the basic medical sciences towards a career in biomedical research. At least half of those nominated must be intending to pursue their studies at an institution other than that from which they graduated. Physical science graduates my be eligible for up to four years' support in order to rectify any deficiencies inn biological background. Medical graduates are catered for by other trust schemes. Selected students will be expected to gain a first or upper-second honours degree. Awards will be made on the basis of the calibre of the student, the research proposal, and the appropriateness of the suggested supervisor. Joint supervision of projects demanding more than one discipline, including basic and clinical sciences, is encouraged. The trustees have agreed that on completion of their research degree all prize students may be eligible for further support from the Wellcome Trust. Nominations, which must be submitted by the University on the appropriate form, have to be received by the trust by 28 January. Awards will be announced in April. Information and nomination forms have been sent to heads of department in the biosciences, and students interested in the prize studentships are asked to seek information from their own departments in the first instance. Details of the scheme may also be obtained from Miss Jennifer Noon, Senior Assistant Registrar, Medical School Offices, John Radcliffe Hospital, through whom all applications must be submitted. Since it is likely that the number of applicants will exceed the number of nominations which the University is permitted to make, arrangements will have to be made to adjudicate between applications: for this reason nominations must be submitted to Miss Noon by 10 January. Nominations received after that date cannot be considered. EXAMINATIONS AND BOARDS ------------------------- GENERAL BOARD OF THE FACULTIES Corrigendum With the approval of the General Board, the following title has been conferred for the period stated. Conferment of title UNIVERSITY LECTURER (SUPERNUMERARY) Physical Sciences julia m. yeomans, ma, d.phil., Fellow of St Hilda's. In Physics. From 1 October 1995 until 30 September 2000. Note: this replaces the notice of conferment of title on Dr Yeomans published in Gazette No. 4308 (25 November), p. 000, in which the start- and end-dates for the period of the conferment were incorrectly given. BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY Co-option Corrigendum The Board of the Faculty of Anthropology and Geography has co- opted dr h.t.a.m. la rue, ma, d.phil., Lady Margaret Hall, for the statutory period of two years from the first day of Michaelmas Term 1993. Note: this notice replaces that published in Gazette No. 4307 (18 November), p. 408. BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Corrigenda Honour School of Mathematics and Computation 1994 Subjects approved for papers C1(C) and C2(C) of the Final Honour School of Mathematics and Computation, Trinity Term 1994: Paper C1(C) Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Axiomatic Set Theory Communication Theory Complexity and Cryptography Domain Theory Lattice Theory Semantics of Programming Languages The Goedel Incompleteness Theorems Paper C2(C) Asynchronous Systems and Circuits Computer Graphics Operating Systems Parallel Algorithms Programming Language Implementation Theorem Proving VLSI Design Four questions will be set on each of these subjects. Note: This notice replaces the notice published in Gazettes No. 4296 (1 July, p. 1276), 4302 (14 October, p. 190), and 4305 (4 November, p. 354). M.Sc. in Computation In accordance with the regulations for this degree (Examination Decrees, 1993, p. 681), the Standing Committee for the degree of M.Sc. in Computation gives notice that the list of options for examination in paper 2 in 1994 will be: Algebraic Semantics Asynchronous Systems and Circuits Computer Graphics Distributed Computing Expert Systems (1) Inductive Logic Programming (1) Parallel Algorithms Requirements Engineering Scientific Computation Systems Specification and Correctness Theorem Proving One question will be set on each option marked (1) and two questions on each other option. DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LETTERS The Board of the Faculty of Modern History has granted leave to lord st john of fawsley, Christ Church, to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of Letters. A list of evidence submitted by the candidate is available at the University Offices. DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE The Board of the Faculty of Clinical Medicine has granted leave to t.e.j. hems, Oriel, to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine. The evidence submitted by the candidate was entitled: `An experimental study to define the surgical applications of freeze-thawed muscle autografts in peripheral nerve repair'. The Board of the Faculty of Clinical Medicine has granted leave to m.a. laffan, St Catherine's, to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine. The evidence submitted by the candidate was entitle: `Anomalous gene rearrangements in B-cell malignancies: implications for the mechanism of class switch'. EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY The examiners appointed by the following faculty boards and committee give notice of oral examination of their candidates as follows: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES k. carpenter, St Hugh's: `A search for the Drosophila melanogaster N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase gene'. Department of Biochemistry, Friday, 10 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: L.R. Noble, D. Coates. r.f. foster, St Catherine's: `Dung-beetle community ecology and dung removal in the Serengeti'. University Museum, Monday, 13 December, 10.30 a.m. Examiners: M.E.G. Evans, G.C. McGavin. CLINICAL MEDICINE j.m. dawson, St Catherine's: `Variation in sexual behaviour, use of HIV testing, and other health care facilities amongst homosexually active men in response to HIV/Aids'. Examination Schools, Friday, 10 December, 2 p.m. Examiners: M.J. Goldacre, N. Reid. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE g. brown, Balliol: `Authors, authorship, authority: studies in authorship 1589--1603'. Examination Schools, Tuesday, 11 January, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: L.G. Black, M.G. Brennan. LAW yongping liu, Wolfson: `The origin and early development of Chinese law and the penal system: towards a comprehensive analysis of the Period of Creativity'. Wolfson, Friday, 10 December, 3 p.m. Examiners: A.R. Dicks, G.D. MacCormack. p.j. rainville, Magdalen: `The role of silence during the life of a contract: a civilian perspective'. St John's, Tuesday, 14 December, 2 p.m. Examiners: S. Whittaker, D. Tallon. LITERAE HUMANIORES g. brown, Jesus: `A theory of politics'. Nuffield, Thursday, 6 January, 2 p.m. Examiners: D. Miller, H.I. Steiner. MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES a. mayfield, Linacre: `Adaptive mesh refinement'. Computing Laboratory, Monday, 20 December, 11 a.m. Examiners: C.P. Thompson, A.K. Parrott. MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES e. o'beirne, Wolfson: `Irony, dialogue, and the reader in the novels of Nathalie Sarraute'. 41 Wellington Square, Friday, 14 January, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: C. Britton, R.E. Goldthorpe. MODERN HISTORY d.c.e. johnston, Balliol: `Fabianising and empire: the Fabian Colonial Bureau, decolonisation, and "imagined communities" in Africa'. St Antony's, Friday, 14 January, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: A.D. Roberts, A.H.M. Kirk-Greene. w. mayo, Magdalen: `The Federal Bill of Rights and the States before the Fourteenth Amendment'. Examination Schools, Friday, 14 January, 2 p.m. Examiners: D.W. Howe, P. Stein. g. pancaldi, Wolfson: `An enlightened physicist. Alessandro Volta and electricity 1745--1827'. Examination Schools, Monday, 13 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: L.W.B. Brockliss, G. Cantor. r. sweet, Lincoln: `Urban histories and historians in the eighteenth century'. Examination Schools, Wednesday, 15 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: J. Barry, D.S. Eastwood. PHYSICAL SCIENCES m.j. brownlow, Linacre: `A time-of-flight optical range sensor for mobile robot navigation'. Department of Engineering Science, Wednesday, 15 December, 1 p.m. Examiners: J.M. Brady, H.M. Reekie. a.j. cook, Keble: `Electrical and magnetic properties of high-temperature superconductors'. Department of Engineering Science, Tuesday, 7 December, 2 p.m. Examiners: L. Cohen, D. Dew-Hughes. w.-g. fruh, St Cross: `Transition to baroclinic chaos in rotating fluids'. Old Physiology Building, Friday, 17 December, 10 a.m. Examiners: P. Klein, T. Mullin. n.a. marigheto, Wolfson: `Optical studies of dilute magnetic semiconductors'. Clarendon Laboratory, Tuesday, 7 December, 2 p.m. Examiners: J.J. Davies, P.C. Klipstein. d.m. michaelidou, Balliol: `Synthetic studies in organo-metallic chemistry'. Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Tuesday, 7 December. 2.15 p.m. Examiners: V. Gibson, D. O'Hare. i. dos santos oliveira, Linacre: `Rare earth intermetallic compounds studied by nuclear orientation'. Clarendon Laboratory, Wednesday, 8 December, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: P.C. Riedi, B. Bleaney. a. wood, Magdalen: `Theoretical studies of atmospheric tides for the interpretation of satellite data'. Atmospheric Physics Laboratory, Friday, 17 December, 9.30 a.m. Examiners: J.J. Barnett, L.J. Gray. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES c.j. cividanes-lago, Somerville: `Children's understanding of quantity and their ability to use graphical information'. Linacre, Tuesday, 7 December, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: S.E.B. Pirie, G. Hitch. COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATIONAL STUDIES c.w.r. davies, Keble: `Ideologies of the subject and the professional training of English teachers'. Examination Schools, Thursday, 9 December, 11.30 a.m. Examiners: M. Mathieson, P. Munn. COLLEGES, HALLS, AND SOCIETIES -------------------------------- NOTICES BALLIOL COLLEGE Jowett Senior Scholarships The college proposes to elect up to two Jowett Senior Scholars. The scholarships, which will be awarded soley on the basis of academic merit, are open to graduates currently working in Oxford who are reading, or intend to read for a D.Phil. It is expected that applicants will normally be in at least their first year of graduate work. The scholarships are tenable in any subject except English literature, organic chemistry, philosophy, pure mathematics, and zoology; one of them will be reserved for arts subjects and one for sciences (including mathematics). The scholarships will be awarded for two years. Scholars will take up their award on 1 October 1994. The value of the scholarshps is 1,500 a year; in addition, scholars will receive free meals, and they will be entitled to dine twice a week at high table. They will be offered accommodation (for which they will be charged) in the Graduate Centre at Holywell Manor. There will also be two Jowett Exhibitions, value 1,000 each, one in arts and one in sciences, for candidates who are runners-up for the Jowett Senior Scholarships. These will be restricted to members of Balliol College. The exhibitions are tenable for one year only. Application forms may be obtained from the Tutor for Graduates, Balliol College, Oxford OX1 3BJ; they should be returned by 1 February. There is no separate application form required for the exhibitions. The college will interview short-listed applicants during the week commenc-ing 21 February. EXETER COLLEGE Appointment of the Rector's Secretary/PA Applications are invited for the full-time post of Rector's Secretary/PA. As well as handling the Rector's personal correspondence, diary, visitors, and telephone calls, the successful candidate will be required to maintain the database of Old Members and deal with material associated with the college appeal, for which the Rector is responsible. The post requires a high standard of literacy, a good telephone manner, and excellent secretarial skills, including accurate shorthand, audio-typing, and word-processing (WP 5.1). Salary will be within the university clerical grade 3 (9,751-- 11,299), and there are thirty days' annual holiday. The college also provides free lunches and membership of its excellent pension scheme. Applications, accompanied by the names and addresses of two referees, should be submitted before 13 December to the College Secretary, Exeter College, Oxford OX1 3DP (telephone: Oxford (2)79660), from whom further particulars are available. JESUS COLLEGE The Chaplaincy Jesus College is seeking to appoint a Chaplain, from 1 September 1994. The appointment, which carries a stipend of 10,737, will be for five years, and is not renewable. The duties of the Chaplain, who must be an Anglican priest, include the conduct and oversight of services in the college chapel as well as a pastoral role among all members of the college, both Christians and non-Christians. Further particulars may be obtained from the Acting Principal, Jesus College, Oxford OX1 3DW, to whom applications should be sent by Friday, 17 December. ST CROSS COLLEGE Junior Research Fellowship The college invites applications for a Junior Research Fellowship, carrying pastoral and some administrative responsibilities. The fellowship is tenable for two years from 1 October 1994 (or earlier, if possible), and is open to men and women, married or single. Free college accommodation of an appropriate kind and common-table rights (five lunches a week) are provided. Candidates should normally be under thirty years of age on 1 October 1994, and have at least three years' research experience following a first degree by that date. The fellow will be expected to live in college accommodation, to participate in the supervision of the residential areas of the college, and to share in the responsibilities concerning the student life of the college, in particular to assist with pastoral duties. A small entertainment allowance is provided. Applications should consist of a full curriculum vitae, a brief statement of research interests, and the names of two referees, and should be addressed to the Master, St Cross College, Oxford OX1 3LZ. The closing date for applications is 21 February. Applicants should ask their referees to send references direct to the Master by that date. It is expected that interviews will be held in the week of 14 March. ST EDMUND HALL William R. Miller Junior Research Fellowship The college proposes to elect into a stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship within the field of Molecular Aspects of Biology (including Biological Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Molecular Aspects of Physiology). The fellowship will be tenable for three years from 1 October 1994 and is open to men and women. A note of further particulars may be obtained from the Principal, St Edmund Hall, Oxford OX1 4AR, to whom applications should be sent to arrive no later than Friday, 10 December. ST HILDA'S COLLEGE Schoolmistress Fellowship St Hilda's College invites applications for a School- mistress Fellowship, tenable in Hilary Term 1995. Candidates must be practising teachers engaged in sixth-form work in either schools or colleges. Further particulars may be obtained from the Principal's Secretary, St Hilda's College, Oxford OX4 1DY (telephone: Oxford (2)76813). the closing date for applications is Monday, 14 February. The College Statutes, made under the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1923, provide that all Fellows must be women. ADVERTISEMENTS -------------- Deadline: Advertisements must be received by 12 NOON on Wednesday of the preceding week. Charges: 15.00 (inc. VAT) per insertion of one advertisement; placings of four or more insertions of one advertisement are allowed a discount of 25 per cent. Full payment, less the discount where applicable, must accompany the copy. Cheques should be made payable to the Oxford University Press. 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The full range of Christmas cards, calendars, diaries, gift-wrap, and gift-ware is now in stock. Call or telephone for list of cards, etc. Tel.: Oxford (2)78010. Now on sale in the Bodleian shop: our exclusive and handsome Cities in Art calendar for 1994, seven large (A3) images drawn from the Bodleian and Ashmolean collections---ideal for relatives and friends abroad. Find us in the Old Schools Quadrangle. Open Mon.--Fri. 9 a.m.--6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.--12.30 p.m. Tel.: Oxford (2)77091. Oxford Antiques Centre---the Jam Factory: Oxford's first, finest, and friendliest. Situated opposite the railway station, we offer an unrivalled range of antiques and collectables. Our centre is known for its selection of furniture, silver, jewellery, costume, and ceramics. Ginge Brook Pottery---Twentieth Annual Exhibition: genuine craftwork, pottery, woodwork, watercolours, quilts, rocks, jewellery, and kites, make `Christmas giving' easy at the Mill, Mill Lane, East Hendred. Open Fri.--Sat.--Sun., 11 a.m.--6 p.m., 12 Nov.--19 Dec. Tel.: 0235 833 484. Tuition Offered In addition to scheduled classes, the Alliance Francaise will be running, from 3 January, special revision courses for GCSE and A-level students sitting examinations in summer 1994. Restricted number of places available. Tel. for further details: Oxford 310946, fax: 311551. Tuition Sought Arabic tutor: we are looking for an Arabic tutor for two Arabic children aged 7 and 9. The lessons would be twice a week, and transport can be provided. Mr Sadoon. Tel.: Oxford 204300 (working hours). Services Offered Original joinery: beautiful bookcases, cabinets, and fitted furniture, individually designed and hand-made in hard- and softwoods. Restoration and architectural joinery for period buildings; interior design and construction. For original designs and traditional skills, contact Original Joinery. Tel.: Oxford 741754, or 0367 240255. Tax and accountancy services. Ex-Peat Marwick accountant (Cambridge graduate, member of the Institute of Taxation) offers intelligent, personal, and inexpensive service in all tax and accounting matters. Convenient premises in North Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 513381, fax: Oxford 58064. Oxuniprint---the University Printers: specialising in booklet and publicity material, typesetting, printing, and finishing; Output Bureau provides high-quality output from disk from all major DTP programs onto paper, bromide, colour-separated positive or negative film; high-quality specialist colour copier service. For service, quality, and competitive prices contact Oxuniprint, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 514691, fax: 514010. Forward Travel UK: world-wide air-fares, Continental rail tickets, holidays---we have the lot. Credit facilities available for official university travel. 41 South Parade, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7JP. Tel.: Oxford 511341. Music with your next function, private/official reception, faculty dinners, etc., will add a civilised ambience to the occasion. Pianist with a gentle touch, non-intrusive playing, and a feeling for any occasion offers his skills. Total reliability and a wide repertoire including ballads, jazz, folk, rag. Tel. for details and available dates: Oxford 407904; fax: 407869. Typing, word-processing, of theses, c.v.s, academic and secretarial work undertaken by team of excellent typists. Braille printing---phone for details. Collection/delivery by arrangement. Not VAT registered. Cleartype, 46 Market Square, Witney. Tel.: 0993 704858/703418; fax: 704858. Counselling: qualified, experienced counsellor and psychotherapist (trained Reading University, Tavistock Clinic), Jungian approach, now has additional vacancies. Toni Unwin, BA, Dip. Counselling (Reading). Tel.: Oxford 790938. Proper home-made food for all occasions: Christmas parties, receptions, business/departmental meetings, birthday parties, weddings. Tel.: Oxford 351272 or 68260. Gardening/landscaping service: lawn-mowing, hedge-cutting, fencing, turfing, patios, driveways, or just maintenance. For a friendly, personal service, call Nick Macefield. Tel.: Witney 774096. Alvin, formerly of Popham Hairdressing, is back from New York for a limited engagement, 13--17 Dec. Telephone Susanna for an appointment. Tel.: Oxford 53195. Furniture restoration: all aspects of furniture restoration, cabinet-making, carving, chair repairs, traditional upholstery, re-caning, and rush seating can be attended to by Brazier's of Oxford. Panelling, bookcases, and individual joinery also undertaken. Brazier's of Oxford, 57 High Street, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 246574. Domestic Services Balliol College Morning Playgroup has vacancies for January. Children between 18 months and 4 years are accepted, for 2--5 mornings a week, at only 6 a morning. Interested parents may visit us in the College Sports Pavilion, Jowett Walk, any morning between 9 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. Details from Pat Jones. Tel.: Oxford (2)77752 (any time, but 9 a.m--5 p.m. preferred). Nanny wanted: we are looking for a nanny to care for our 21- month-old son during term-time. We are in Osney and need someone for 4--5 days per week, with some flexibility in hours. Tel.: Oxford 725974 (evenings and weekends). Situations Vacant Temporary secretary sought for Building and Estate Manager at St John's College. Fluency with word-processing (WordPerfect) and spread-sheets essential. Duties will inc. secretarial work for the Building and Estate Manager and two colleagues; keeping Health and Safety records; general office duties. Post available because of indisposition of present secretary; for 2 months initially, but possibility of extension. Salary on clerical and library grade C2/3, according to experience. Applications, inc. details of previous experience and names of two referees, to Mr E.H. Dalton as soon as possible. St John's College, Oxford OX1 3JP. Department of Applied Social Studies and Social Research: part- time library assistant required, from 10 Jan., to undertake a full range of general library duties for 2 hours per day during term-time only over the lunchtime period (12--2 p.m.). Duties will inc. issuing books and other library-related material to departmental tutors and students, dealing with book reservations and shelving returned items, issuing overdue notices and collecting fines, giving information and assistance to department staff and students in search of material, and other library- related matters; supervising the library photocopier and collecting payments for photocopying; also some general photocopying for other members of the department. The post will include the time when the librarian is at lunch and will be unsupervised for most of this period. Word-processing experience an advantage. Further information from Mrs S. Field (tel.: Oxford (2)70322). Applications, with the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of two referees, to Mrs Yvonne Webster by 17 December. Department of Applied Social Studies and Social Research, Barnett House, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2ER. Houses to Let Looking for a property to rent? QB Management have a range of houses and flats of all shapes and sizes in the Oxford area. Contact us now with details of your requirements without obligation. Tel.: Oxford 64533, or fax: 64777. Comfortable, light, well-furnished, fully-carpeted house, opposite University playing fields at start of Iffley Road; 4 bedrooms (2 double, 2 single), sitting-room, modern equipped kitchen; gas c.h.; telephone; pleasant garden and terrace. Lovely open views. Near University, shops, and river. Only families please. Available Dec. onwards. Tel.: Oxford 242509 (or (2)73623 if necessary). Attractive, furnished family home: well-equipped kitchen/diner, e.g. dish-washer, large microwave, gas cooker; chest freezer; separate washer/dryer; economical gas c.h. and d.g.; lounge and dining-room; enclosed rear garden; front garden and parking spaces. Quiet area in east Oxford/Headington with easy access to local buses, London coaches, shops, top of South Park, and city centre. Available from Jan. for long or short lets. Tel./fax: 071-724 0340. Wolvercote, Oxford: compact furnished semi-detached house; 2 bedrooms; c.h.; en-suite shower, bath; study; sitting-room; kitchen/dining; garden; parking. Suit academic couple. Long lease preferred. No pets. 640 p.c.m. Mrs Madden. Tel.: Oxford 511862 (evenings). Tiny but attractive cottage, furnished and equipped, in Iffley village, two miles from Oxford, close to bus route. Available now. Long let for single postgraduate preferred. 400 p.c.m. plus own metered electricity, gas, and telephone. Secure hard standing. Tel.: Oxford 779263. Delightful architect-designed house, situated in quiet village 9 miles from Oxford and 2 miles south of Abingdon; presented to very high standard; entrance hall, sitting/dining-room, study/bedroom 4, utility room, fitted kitchen, shower-room, 3 bedrooms, gallery/study, bathroom; gardens to front and rear; patio; private parking area. Available from Jan., 700 p.c.m. Tel.: 041-339 8855, ext. 5223 (w), or 041-339 4817 (h). Warm house in Wolvercote: modern furnished accommodation; 2 bedrooms, large living-area, and small kitchen; shower, c.h., washer/drier, no TV. Available Jan. for up to two years, 550 p.c.m., no pets. Prefer non-smokers, Japanese welcome. Tel.: Oxford 513154 (evenings). Flats to Let Central North Oxford, 10 minutes from city centre: exceptionally well-furnished flats in quiet, civilised family house: (1)--- available now: large double bedroom, single bedroom, drawing- room, kitchen, bathroom; (2)---from mid-Jan.: large double bedroom, drawing-room, kitchen, bathroom. Off-street parking, garden. Regret no children or pets. Tel.: Oxford 52400. Central North Oxford, just off Banbury Road, within easy walking distance of city, schools, and Science Area: attractive well- furnished flat, available mid/end Jan.; 2 bedrooms (1 double, 1 single), large living-room with balcony, facing south over communal gardens; fully-equipped kitchen and bathroom; c.h.; washing-machine; private parking. 625 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 53294. Modern, high-quality, furnished flat, Woodstock Road, north of Summertown; 2 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (1 en-suite), fully- equipped kitchen; private parking, security video, d.g. windows. Available 1 Jan. 780 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 513076. Accommodation Offered Upper Wolvercote: spacious room with a view towards Wytham to let in lovely 17th-c. manor house. Share kitchen and bathroom with one other. Tel.: Oxford 52683. Finders Keepers offers a unique reservation service for visitors to Oxford. Our properties range from 1-bedroom apartments in the centre of Oxford to family homes in the surrounding villages. We have offices covering the whole of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire. Call us now to discuss your requirements with one of our experienced staff, or ask for one of our special information packs. Tel.: Oxford 512168, fax: 56993. Single room to let in idyllically located house by Woodstock. Suit academic or mature graduates with car. 185 p.c.m. Tel.: 0993 811021 (evenings and weekends). Accommodation Sought House wanted: American journalist seeks furnished 3-bedroom house in North Oxford, from July--Aug. 1994 for one year. David Hoffman, The Washington Post, Foreign Desk, 1150 15th St NW Washington DC 20071, USA. Tel.: 972 2 661 727. Thinking of letting? QB Management have a variety of tenants, mainly academic or professional, looking for a variety of properties right now. Contact us without obligation, for details of our Letting and Management Services and we will tailor our service to your requirement. Tel.: Oxford 64533, or fax: 64777. Mature, professional couple with one child, who have sold their house, seek reasonably-priced accommodation in Oxford from mid- Dec. until the end of Mar., when they will move into their new house. Furnished or unfurnished: happy to look after pets, garden, etc. Cresswell. Tel.: Oxford 513912 or 311902 (any time). Brazilian visiting academic urgently seeks house, 2/3 bedrooms, fully furnished, in Oxford, mid-Jan.--end of Feb. Contact the Latin American Centre. Tel.: Oxford (2)74486. Student vacation exchange German exchange: German boy (16) and sister (13) would like to spend summer holidays with musical academic family or families. They live near Munich and play the viola and piano. For reciprocal arrangements write to: Frau Katharina Hirsch, Am Buchenstock 20 A, 82205 Gilching, bei Muenchen, Germany. Holiday Lets Black Mountains, Wales---to let year-round, and still available over Christmas/ New Year, stone cottage on mountainside; splendid views; secluded garden; reasonable rates, varying with time of year, for considerate holidaymakers prepared to respect adjoining farmland; comfortable and well-furnished; c.h. from wood/coal burner; sitting-room, downstairs bathroom, sun-room, modern kitchen/dining-room, upstairs sitting-room/study bedroom, 2 other bedrooms. Thomas Braun, Merton College, Oxford OX1 4JD. Tel.: Oxford (2)76328; or 0509 233833 (answering machine). Italy, Veneto, within easy reach of Venice: modern house quietly situated in the beautiful foothills of the Alps; 4 bedrooms (sleeps 7), all mod. cons., telephone, clothes- and dish-washers, cot, push-chair, paddling-pool; children welcome. Good wine- producing area. Arnold, 87 Bainton Road, Oxford OX2 7AG. Tel.: Oxford 515264. Self-catering apartments in Sperlonga (a unique hill-top village by the sea, 110 km s. of Rome), in individual villas in a hilly pine-wood; wonderful panoramic sea views; tennis, swimming-pool, children's playground, restaurant; 10 minutes from excellent beach. From 111 p.w. for 3 people, Apr.--June and Sept.--Oct. Also hotel accommodation from 23 p.p., b.&b. Recommended by disintested friend of owner. Tel.: Oxford 58406, or Sperlonga 010 39 771 549634. Houses for Sale Iffley Road: characterful 4-bedroom Victorian house on 4 floors within c.1 mile of city centre, with conservatory, cloakroom, utility room, and 2 bathrooms. 200,000. Chancellors Estate Agents, 215 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1XF. Tel.: Oxford 240842. Divinity Road: an Edwardian 4/5-bedroom mainly detached house on 3 storeys with 4 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms, and front and rear gardens. 167,500. Chancellors Estate Agents, 215 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1XF. Tel.: Oxford 240842. UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES: VACATION OPENING HOURS CHRISTMAS VACATION 1993 Note: 1 Unless otherwise stated, the information given relates to the whole of the vacation opening period. 2 Times given without qualification are for Monday--Friday. 3 Times are given according to the`twenty-four-hour-clock'. All Souls College (Codrington Library) 0930--1630; Sat.: 0930--1230; 22 Dec.--3 Jan. closed Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, School of Balfour Library, Pitt Rivers Museum 13--22 Dec.: 0900--1230, 1400--1600; closed Sat. 23 Dec.--3 Jan.: closed 4--14 Jan.: 0900--1230, 1400--1600; closed Sat. Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (Tylor Library) 6--21 Dec.: 0900--1700 (may close 1245--1415); closed Sat. 22 Dec.: 0900--1200 23 Dec.-- 3 Jan.: closed 4--16 Jan.: 0900--1700 (may close 1245--1415); closed Sat. Ashmolean Library Coin Room Library Tue.--Fri.: 1000--1600; Sat.: 1000--1300; closed Mon. and 24 Dec.--3 Jan. Main Library 0900--1700; Sat.: 0900--1300; closed 6--8 Dec. and 24 Dec.-- 3 Jan. (Griffith Institute not closed 6--8 Dec.) Western Art Library 0900--1600; Sat.: 0900--1300; closed 24 Dec.--3 Jan. Bodleian Library All buildings closed 24 December--3 January inclusive except for Oriental Institute Library (see below), and from 1300 on Saturday, and all day on Sundays Old Library 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 New Library: Oriental Reading Room; Modern Papers Reading Room 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 New Library: PPE, Slavonic, Music 6--18 Dec.: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 20--23 Dec.: 0900--1700 4--15 Jan.: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 New Library: Map Reading Room, Indian Institute Library 0900--1700; Sat.: 0900--1300 Radcliffe Camera and Official Papers Reading Room 6--18 Dec.: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 20--23 Dec.: 0900--1700 4--15 Jan.: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 Radcliffe Science Library 6--18 Dec.: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 20--23 Dec.: 0900--1700 4--15 Jan.: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 Hooke Library 6--18 Dec.: 0900--1700; Sat.: closed 11 Dec.--8 Jan. closed 10--15 Jan.: 0900--1700; Sat.: closed Bodleian Law Library 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 Rhodes House Library 6--11 Dec.: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 13--23 Dec.: 0900--1700 4--8 Jan.: 0900--1700; Sat.: 0900--1300 11--15 Jan.: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 Bodleian Japanese Library 0915--1700; closed Sat. Oriental Institute Library Closed 23 Dec.--3 Jan. Main Library 0915--1700; closed Sat. (except 15 Jan. 0915--1300) Eastern Art Library 0915--1600; closed Sat. Classics Lending Library 6--10 Dec.: 0900--1300, 1400--1600 11 Dec.-- 9 Jan.: closed 10--14 Jan.: 0900--1300, 1400--1600 Economics and Statistics Institute Library 0930--1300, 1415--1800; closed Sat. and 22 Dec.--3 Jan. Educational Studies Departmental Library 0900--1700; closed Sat. and 22 Dec.--3 Jan. From 4 Jan.: 0900--1900 Mon.--Thurs.; 0900--1700 Fri.; closed Sat. Engineering Science Departmental Library 0900--1700; closed Sat. and 23 Dec.--3 Jan. English Faculty Library 6--22 Dec.: 0930--1700; closed Sat. and 23 Dec.--3 Jan. 4--15 Jan.: 0930--1700; closed Sat. (except 15 Jan.: 0930-- 1230) Experimental Psychology Departmental Library 0900--1300, 1400--1700; closed Sat. and 23 Dec.--3 Jan. Geography Library 0900--1300, 1400--1700; closed Sat. (except 15 Jan.: 0930-- 1230) and 23 Dec.--3 Jan. History Faculty Library 6--11 Dec.: 0900--1900; Sat. 0900--1300 13--21 Dec.: 0900--1730; Sat. 0900--1300 22 Dec.-- 4 Jan.: closed 5--8 Jan.: 0900--1730; Sat. 0900--1300 10--15 Jan.: 0900--1900; Sat. 0900--1300 Hope and Arkell Libraries (University Museum) 0900--1300, 1400--1700; closed Sat. and 20 Dec.--3 Jan. International Development Centre Library (Queen Elizabeth House) 0900--1700; closed Sat. and 23 Dec.--3 Jan. Refugee Studies Programme Documentation Centre 0900--1700; closed Sat. and 25--28 Dec., 1--3 Jan. Modern Languages Faculty Library 6--10 Dec.: 0900--1800; 13--22 Dec.: 0900--1300, 1400--1730; closed Sat. 23 Dec.--3 Jan.: closed 4--14 Jan.: 0900--1300, 1400--1730; closed Sat. (except 15 Jan.: 0900--1300) Music Faculty Library 6--10 Dec.: 0930--1730 13--22 Dec.: 1000--1300, 1400--1630 23 Dec.--3 Jan.: closed 4--7 Jan.: 1000--1300, 1400--1630 10--14 Jan.: 0930--1730; closed Sat. (except 15 Jan.: 1000--1300) Nuffield College Library 7--22 Dec.: 0930--1300, 1400--1745; Sat. 0930--1300 4--15 Jan.: 0930--1300, 1400--1745; Sat. 0930--1300 Oriental Institute Library see now under Bodleian Philosophy Library 6--17 Dec.: 0930--1730 20--22 Dec.: 0930--1630 23 Dec.--5 Jan.: closed 6--7 Jan.: 0930--1630 10--14 Jan.: 0930--1730; closed Sat. (except 4 Dec., 15 Jan.: 0930--1200) Plant Sciences and OFI Library 0900--1700; closed Sat. and 23 Dec.--3 Jan. Social Studies Library 1000--1300, 1400--1700; closed Sat. (except 15 Jan.: 0900--1230) and 23 Dec.--3 Jan. Taylor Institution Main Library 6--23 Dec.: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 24 Dec.--3 Jan.: closed 4--15 Jan: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 Slavonic Section 6--23 Dec.: 0930--1300, 1400--1700; Sat.: 0930--1300 24 Dec.--3 Jan.: closed 4--15 Jan: 0930--1300, 1400--1700; Sat.: 0930--1300 Theology Faculty Library 6--10 Dec.: 0900--1700 13--23 Dec.: 1000--1300, 1400--1700 24 Dec.--6 Jan.: closed 7--14 Jan.: 0900--1700 Closed Sat. (except 15 Jan.: 0900--1300) Zoology Departmental Library: Main Zoology, Elton (AERG), and Alexander (EGI) 0900--1700; closed 23 Dec.--3 Jan. HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION ----------------------------- UNIVERSITY SAFETY OFFICE --------------------------- UNIVERSITY SAFETY OFFICER K. W. BOWKER, MA status, PH.D., C.CHEM., MRSC, RSP 10 Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PD. Telephone: (2) (2)70810. UNIVERSITY RADIATION PROTECTION OFFICER K.V.R. WALKER, MA status, B.SC., PH.D., MSRP 10 Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PD. Telephone: (2)70802. ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY SAFETY OFFICERS MRS J.M. STEVENSON, MA status, LL.B., RSP 10 Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PD. Telephone: (2)70814. K.J. HEWITT, MA status, MCIOB, A.I.FIRE.E. 10 Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PD. Telephone: (2)70813. A.C. KENDALL, MA status, B.Sc. 10 Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PD. Telephone: (2)70817. UNIVERSITY OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE AND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS ------------------------------------------ University Occupational Physician: DR E.S. HODGSON, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE. Telephone: Oxford (2)70079/80. Fax: (2)70080. Infectious and Tropical Disease Advisers: PROFESSOR D.A. WARRELL, DR T.E.A. PETO, and DR C. CONLON, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU. Telephone: Oxford 220968/220154 (external), or Oxford 553 20968/20154 (internal). THE UNIVERSITY OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE provides specialist occupational health medical advice to all employees of the University and to other members of the University under certain circumstances. The Occupational Health Service does not undertake general practice services, first aid, or emergency treatment. Illness believed to be a direct result of exposure at work perhaps to chemicals, other substances, or environmental conditions should be reported to the University Occupational Health Service for appropriate investigation and advice. Occupationally related injuries must be reported on the Accident Report Forms in the department concerned as soon after the incident as is reasonable. Certain accidents/incidents require special treatment and should be dealt with as follows: PROCEDURES FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES ON UNIVERSITY PREMISES If the patient cannot be moved: Telephone the ambulance (999), explain the situation, and ask for an ambulance to respond. If for any reason the ambulance cannot come, telephone Oxford 311234 (Jericho Health Centre) for Dr Kenworthy-Browne, or telephone the Radcliffe Infirmary (Oxford 311188) and ask the exchange to bleep him (bleep no. 315). If the patient can be moved either: (a) decide whether the patient should be taken to an appropriate accident service (see addresses below), or (b) contact the patient's general practitioner and ask for assistance. If in doubt call an ambulance (telephone 999). The patient will be taken by ambulance to the appropriate Accident Service at either the John Radcliffe Hospital, the Ear, Nose, and Throat Department, or the Oxford Eye Hospital. The Accident Department should be warned in advance that the patient is being sent. Note: use of private cars by members of the University for transporting patients and without specific insurance cover for use on university business are covered by the University's insurers, but against third-party claims only. Bites and scratches from animals These must always be referred to the University Occupational Health Service, who should be warned in advance that the patient is being sent. Telephone: Oxford (2)70079/80 (internal 70079/80) or Oxford 224590/224897. Hours 9 a.m.--5 p.m., Monday to Friday. In the event of a major bite with much tissue damage, go straight to the Accident Service, John Radcliffe Hospital. Ensure that the Medical Officer on duty at the Infectious Disease Unit, John Warin Ward, Churchill Hospital, is informed of the incident. Telephone: Oxford 225570. Out of working hours, at night, and at weekends the person who has been bitten or scratched should be sent to the Accident Service at the John Radcliffe Hospital. It is imperative that the Medical Officer on duty at the Infectious Disease Unit, John Warin Ward, Churchill Hospital (telephone: Oxford 225570), is informed of this incident. Please note the following addresses: Accident and Emergency Service, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford. Telephone: Oxford 220224/220208. Ear, Nose, and Throat Department, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford. Telephone: Oxford 224450/224850/224827 (out of hours 224286). Oxford Eye Hospital, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford. Telephone: Oxford 224732. OVERSEAS TRAVEL Members of the University travelling overseas in the course of their work or going on expeditions may if they wish obtain advice from the Occupational Health Service about the special hazards and the appropriate immunisations. As much notice as possible must be given, as it is often impossible to arrange appropriate protection at short notice. Official expeditions will be given medical advice and appropriate medical kits, but at least a term's notice must be given. Please contact the University Exploration Club to discuss the arrangements for obtaining advice. The University Occupational Health Service does not provide advice for travellers proceeding on holidays or personal trips or unofficial expeditions. For such advice please consult your general practitioner. DIARY ----- Forthcoming university events are listed only if they are, or have been, separately announced in the Gazette. Faculty and departmental lectures and seminars, and events announced by advertisement, are excluded. Academic Staff Seminars (Academic Staff Development Committee): places should be booked in advance through the committee secretary, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70086). Gazette publication arrangements The final Gazettes of this term will be published on 9 and 16 December. Publication resumes on 13 January. Appointments Supplements will appear with the Gazettes of 9 December and 20 January. Friday 3 December the revd andrew linzey and the revd charles brock: `Oxford---home of lost voices?' (discussion, closing lecture-series on `Radical theologies'), Mansfield, 5 p.m. professor jean malaurie: `La Russie et les Territoires autonomes du Nord: Tchoukotka, Siberie du nord-est', Maison Francaise, 5.15 p.m. Saturday 4 December full term ends. Wednesday 8 December gabor takacs-nagy (violin), Alexander Baillie (violincello), and Wu Han (piano) play works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Dvorak, Holywell Music Room, 7.30 p.m. (tickets, 6 (concessions 4), available at the door). Thursday 9 December academic staff seminar: `Leading a research team', 9 a.m.--5 p.m. (see information above). professor richard brook: `Ceramic fever' (Oxford Innovation Society talk), Department of Nuclear Physics, 6 p.m. (admission by ticket only, from Isis Innovation: (2)72411). Saturday 11 December department for continuing education day-school: `Cancer' (Sir Richard Doll and other speakers) (details from (2)70391/(2)70360). pitt rivers museum `Pitt Stop' event for children: Balinese shadow play music, 2 p.m. Tuesday 14 December congregation meeting, 2 p.m. Friday 17 December michaelmas term ends. BBC Radio 4 Any Questions? programme, broadcast live from St Hilda's, 8.05 p.m., audience to be seated by 7.15 p.m. (complimentary tickets available from the Development Office, St Hilda's, tel.: (2)76828). Saturday 18 December pitt rivers museum `Pitt Stop' event for children: making a shadow puppet play, 2 p.m. Thursday 23 December university offices and Sheldonian Theatre closed (reopen 4 January). <1994> Friday 7 January hilary term begins. Saturday 8 January an evening of words and music: readings by Julian Barnes, James Fenton, Ian McEwan, Craig Raine; music by Katharine Ellis (violin) and Daphne Clark (piano), St Anne's, 7 p.m., with buffet supper at 9.30 p.m. (tickets 25 each---telephone: (2)78470). Sunday 16 January full term begins. Tuesday 18 January d. halpern: `Environmental satisfaction and discontent' (interdisciplinary seminar: `The quality of life'), Seminar Room A, Social Studies Faculty Centre, 5 p.m. Wednesday 19 January professor j. wilson-bareau: `The self-regarding gaze' (Slade Lectures: `Goya: the artist's hand and mind'), Playhouse, 5 p.m. Friday 21 January dr j.j. o'connor: `Mechanics of the human locomotor system' (interdisciplinary graduate lectures in natural sciences: `Engineering in medicine'), Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 12 noon. professor f.m.l. thompson: `Problems and perceptions' (Ford's Lectures: `British society, 1780--1980: enterprise culture and the gentrification syndrome'), Schools, 5 p.m. Saturday 22 January degree conferments, Sheldonian, 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. dr l. tarassenko: `Pulse oxymetry: can we measure oxygen saturation non-invasively?' (interdisciplinary graduate lectures in natural sciences: `Engineering in medicine'), Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 12 noon. Tuesday 25 January a. oswald: `Well-being over time in the United States and Britain since the 1970s' (interdisciplinary seminar: `The quality of life'), Seminar Room A, Social Studies Faculty Centre, 5 p.m. Wednesday 26 January professor j. wilson-bareau: ` "He went to Rome": Italy and an unorthodox art training' (Slade Lectures: `Goya: the artist's hand and mind'), Playhouse, 5 p.m. Thursday 27 January dr d.f. sarphie: `Genetic transformation of cells and organisms' (interdisciplinary graduate lectures in natural sciences: `Engineering in medicine'), Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 12 noon. the rt revd richard harries: `Population and birth control: an Anglican perspective' (Linacre Lectures: `Population and the environment'), Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology Building, South Parks Road, 5.30 p.m. Friday 28 January professor j.m. brady: `Medical image processing' (interdisciplinary graduate lectures in natural sciences: `Engineering in medicine'), Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 12 noon. professor f.m.l. thompson: `Aristocrats as entrepreneurs' (Ford's Lectures: `British society, 1780--1980: enterprise culture and the gentrification syndrome'), Schools, 5 p.m. dr sheila lawlor: `The National Curriculum in English education' (Rewley House Educational Seminar), Lecture Theatre, Rewley House, 5.15 p.m. END OF GAZETTE --------------------------------------------------