Gazette 9 December 1993; No. 4310; Vol. 124 Page Contents 1 UNIVERSITY ACTS 3 UNIVERSITY AGENDA 21 NOTICES 32 LECTURES 72 GRANTS AND RESEARCH FUNDING 88 EXAMINATIONS AND BOARDS 110 COLLEGES, HALLS, AND SOCIETIES 123 ADVERTISEMENTS 150 DIARY 196 UNIVERSITY ACTS ---------------- CONGREGATION 6 December 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 6 December. 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 andr‚ rita de smet, Magdalen College HEBDOMADAL COUNCIL 6 December 1 Decrees Council has made the following decrees, to come into effect on 24 December. Explanatory note to Decree (1) No notice of opposition having been received, Mr Vice-Chancellor will declare carried, without holding the meeting of Congregation on 14 December, the Special Resolution consenting to the grant of a licence as a Permanent Private Hall to Blackfriars (see `University Agenda' below). Council has accordingly made the following decree, which gives effect to consequential changes. Decree (1) Explanatory note to Decree (2) The following decree removes anomalies and makes consequential amendments to existing decrees which have been overlooked in recent legislation, and other minor amendments. Decree (2) 1 In Ch. III, Sect. XIV,  8, cl. 2, concerning the Radcliffe Science Library (Statutes, 1993, p. 251, as renumbered by Decree (5) of 28 October 1993, Gazette, p. 310), delete `faculties mentioned in cl. 2 hereof' and substitute `Faculties of Biological Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Physiological Sciences'. [The need to make this change was overlooked when the decree was amended earlier in the present term.] 2 In Examination Decrees, 1993, p. 18, l. 11, after `Bachelor of Arts' insert `or of Master of Engineering'. 3 Ibid., ll. 14--15, after `Bachelor of Arts' insert `or of Master of Engineering, as the case may be,'. [Clauses 2 and 3 above make consequential changes to the decree governing the status of Senior Student which were overlooked when the degree of M.Eng. was established.] 4 Ibid., p. 105, l. 19, delete `(2) An Advanced Student or a Student for the Degree' and substitute `[Until 1 October 1995: (2) A Student for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy or'. 5 Ibid., l. 22, after `Physics.' insert `]'. [Clauses 4 and 5 above make consequential changes to the decree governing admission to the Second Public Examination which were overlooked in the legislation discontinuing Advanced Subjects in Physics with effect from 1 October 1995, and when the status of Advanced Student was abolished.] 6 Ibid., p. 964, delete ll. 4--7. 7 Ibid., ll. 8, 12, and 16, renumber existing provisos (iii)--(v) as provisos (ii)--(iv). [Clauses 6 and 7 above delete separate provision by decree for the requirement that candidates for the M.Sc. in Applied Statistics shall produce a certificate that they have followed a course of instruction in Statistics. This provision is now made, in the same way as for the corresponding requirements for other courses for the M.Sc., by regulation (see Examination Decrees, 1993, p. 678, ll. 6--8.] Explanatory note to Decree (3) The following decree, made on the recommendation of the Committee on Student Health and with the concurrence of the Conference of Colleges, increases from two to three the number of persons who may be co-opted to the committee and makes provision for the Assessor to be a member of the committee ex officio. Decree (3) 1 In Ch. III, Sect. LXVII, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1993, p. 304), insert new item (4) as follows and renumber existing items (4)--(13) items (5)--(14): `(4) the Assessor;'. 2 Ibid., cl. 3, delete `two' and substitute `three'. Explanatory note to Decree (4) No notice of opposition having been received, Mr Vice-Chancellor will declare carried, without holding the meeting of Congregation on 14 December, the Statute amending the provisions governing the Welch Scholarships, which was promulgated on 30 November (see `University Agenda' below). Council has accordingly made the following decree, which gives effect to consequential changes. Decree (4) Explanatory note to Decree (5) The following decree, made on the recommendation of the Music Board and with the concurrence of the General Board, abolishes the requirement for candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Music to submit the musical exercise by a fixed date and permits the Music Board to appoint examiners to consider each submission on an ad hoc basis. Decree (5) 1 In Examination Decrees, 1993, p. 504, ll. 9--11, delete `supplicate ... examiners' and substitute `apply to the Board of the Faculty of Music for the appointment of examiners and for leave to supplicate for the Degree of Bachelor of Music'. 2 Ibid., l. 14, delete `examiners' and substitute `Board of the Faculty of Music through the Secretary of Faculties'. 3 Ibid., ll. 14--15, delete `Board of the Faculty of Music' and substitute `board'. 4 Ibid., delete from l. 18 to p. 505, l. 2 and substitute: `2. The Exercise shall be accompanied by: (1) a statement signed by the candidate that the whole of the Exercise is his or her own unaided work and has not been submitted to any other person for advice, assistance, or revision or presented for examination in whole or in part in the Final Honour School of Music; (2) a certificate signed by an officer of, or person deputed by, the society to which the candidate belongs, showing that the entry is made with the approval of such society and that he or she has paid the fee prescribed in Ch. VIII, Sect. I,  2 (see Appendix I). 3. The Musical Exercise shall be examined by at least two examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Music. The examiners shall report to the board, and it shall be the duty of the board to decide whether leave to supplicate for the degree should be granted to the candidate, provided that such leave shall in no case be granted unless the examiners have reported that the Exercise submitted by the candidate is of a high standard of merit such as to entitle him or her to supplicate for the Degree of Bachelor of Music.' 5 Ibid., p. 505, l. 3, delete `5' and substitute `4'. 6 Ibid., delete ll. 6--7. 7 Ibid., 1.8, delete `7' and substitute `5'. 8 Ibid., l. 10, delete `Registrar' and substitute `Secretary of Faculties'. 9 This decree shall be effective from 1 October 1994. 2 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: helene crignon, Pembroke College david firth, Nuffield College maria iturri, Faculty of Modern Languages maria milmo, Faculty of Law laura rival, Mansfield College james gregory sherr, Lincoln College amy beth zavatsky, St Hilda's College 3 Register of Congregation Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the following names have been added to the Register of Congregation: Allingham, M., MA, Magdalen Cavendish, M.W.P., MA, M.Sc., St John's Chan, T.W., MA, Nuffield Crignon, H., MA status, Pembroke De Smet, I.A.R., MA, Magdalen Firth, D., MA status, Nuffield Iturri, M., MA status, Faculty of Modern Languages Johnson, Sir J., MA, Keble McCabe, R.A., MA, Merton Macdonald, M.C.A., MA, Wolfson Milmo, M., MA status, Faculty of Law O'Donnell, I.M., MA, Linacre Packer, M.J., MA, Pembroke Rival, L., MA status, Mansfield Roberts, S.J., MA, D.Phil., St Hugh's Sherr, J.G., MA status, Lincoln Simons, J.P., MA, D.Phil., D.Sc., Exeter Todorov, T.N., MA, D.Phil., St John's Tyers, M.L.S., MA, St Anne's Zavatsky, A.B., MA status, St Hilda's 4 Appointment of Auditor Auditor of the Accounts of the University for the year ending 31 July 1994: kpmg peat marwick BOARDS OF FACULTIES For changes in regulations for examinations, to come into effect on 24 December, see `Examinations and Boards' below. UNIVERSITY AGENDA ------------------ CONGREGATION 13 December Degree by Special Resolution The following special resolution will be deemed to be approved at noon on 13 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: brian evan anthony davies, ma status, Blackfriars CONGREGATION 14 December Notice The meeting of Congregation is cancelled. The sole business comprises questions to which no opposition has been notified and in respect of which no request for an adjournment has been received, and Mr Vice-Chancellor will accordingly declare the statute approved and the special resolution carried without a meeting under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. iii, cl. 11 (Statutes, 1993, p. 8). 1 Declaration of approval of Statute promulgated on 30 November Explanatory note to Statute The following statute, and the decree to be made by Council if the statute is approved, which are promoted on the recommendation of the Trustees of the Welch Scholarships and with the concurrence of Wadham College, the General Board, the Curators of the University Chest, and the Physiological Sciences Board, simplify the arrangements for the administration of the scholarships and the benefaction supporting them, while retaining the benefactor's objective of the promotion of the study of Biology within the University and the maintenance of scholarships for this purpose. WHEREAS it is expedient to modify the administrative arrangements governing the application of the benefaction accepted in 1915 for the establishment of the Welch Scholarships for the promotion of the study of Biology, and to remove obsolete provisions, NOW THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred upon it by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1923, and of all other powers enabling it, ENACTS, subject to the approval of Her Majesty in Council, AS FOLLOWS. In Tit. XV (Statutes, 1993, p. 157), insert Sect. LIX: `Section LIX. Of the Welch Scholarships 1. The income from the fund derived from the bequest to the University from Christopher Welch, MA, Wadham College, the Founder of the Welch Scholarships, shall be applied for the promotion of the study of Biology within the University by: (a) the support of scholarships, to be called the Welch Scholarships, to be awarded to persons who are, or who have been accepted for admission as, members of the University and who have not exceeded the sixteenth term from their matriculation, and therein more especially for the encouragement of such as give proof of capacity for original observation and research; (b) the discharge of all expenses incidental to the purposes of the fund, including the payment of honoraria to examiners; and by all or any of the following: (c) the purchase of books or instruments such as microscopes to be awarded to deserving but unsuccessful candidates for the scholarships; (d) the award of prizes or exhibitions; and (e) such other way or ways as shall be thought fit by the board of management of the fund. 2. Surplus income arising in any year shall be carried forward for expenditure in subsequent years. 3. The fund shall be administered by a board of management the membership of which shall be determined by Council by decree, provided that the Warden of Wadham College, or the Warden's representative, shall always be a member. 4. The board shall determine from time to time the terms and conditions on which the scholarships shall be awarded, including their tenure and annual value, provided that no person shall hold a scholarship for more than four years. 5. Congregation may from time to time amend this statute, provided that the main objects of the fund, as defined in clause 1 above, are always kept in view.' 2 Declaration of approval of 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 ------- UNIVERSITY PREACHERS Hilary Term 1994 Thursday, 13 January, at 8 a.m. Holy Communion (Latin). At St Mary's. Sunday, 16 January, at 10 a.m. THE VEN. J.A. MORRISON, Archdeacon of Buckingham. (Latin Litany and Sermon.) At St Mary's. Sunday, 23 January, at 10 a.m. DR H.G.M. WILLIAMSON, Regius Professor of Hebrew and Student of Christ Church. (Macbride Sermon on the Application of Messianic Prophecy.) At Hertford College. Sunday, 30 January, at 10 a.m. THE VERY REVD DR E.W. HEATON, Sometime Dean and Honorary Student of Christ Church. (First Bampton Lecture: `A Jerusalem school inspected'.) At St Mary's. *Sunday, 6 February, at 10 a.m. THE VERY REVD DR E.W. HEATON. (Second Bampton Lecture: `Schools and libraries'.) At St Mary's. Sunday, 13 February, at 10 a.m. THE REVD DR T. WEINANDY, OFM, Warden of Greyfriars. (On the Grace of Humility.) At St Mary's. Sunday, 20 February, at 10 a.m. THE VERY REVD DR E.W. HEATON. (Third Bampton Lecture: `School-books from Egypt'.) At St Mary's. Sunday, 27 February, at 10 a.m. THE VERY REVD DR E.W. HEATON. (Fourth Bampton Lecture: `Education in wisdom'.) At St Mary's. Sunday, 6 March, at 10 a.m. THE VERY REVD DR E.W. HEATON. (Fifth Bampton Lecture: `Prophets and teachers'.) At St Mary's. *Sunday, 13 March, at 10 a.m. THE RT. REVD DR J.V. TAYLOR, Sometime Bishop of Winchester. (Sermon for the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.) At Oriel College. *On these days, Doctors will wear their robes. COMPOSITION OF ELECTORAL BOARDS The composition of electoral boards to the posts listed below, proceedings to fill which are currently in progress, is as follows: DIRECTORSHIP OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING Professor Sir Richard Southwood, FRS (Chairman)* Appointed by: Mr Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir David Weatherall, FRS Appointed by: Council Professor J.G.G. Ledingham Appointed by: General Board Dr J.M. Holt Appointed by: Clinical Medicine Board Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick Appointed by: Clinical Medicine Board Dr Sian Griffiths Appointed by: Oxfordshire Health Authority Dr J.A. Muir Gray Appointed by: Oxford Regional Health Authority VISITING PROFESSORSHIP OF EUROPEAN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (APPOINTING COMMITTEE) Professor Sir Richard Southwood, FRS (Chairman)* Appointed by: Mr Vice-Chancellor Principal of St Anne's ex officio The Rt. Hon. Lord Weidenfeld Appointed by: Council Dr E. Fallaize Appointed by: General Board Professor M.M. Bowie Appointed by: Modern Languages Board Professor T.J. Reed Appointed by: Modern Languages Board Professor G.S. Smith Appointed by: Modern Languages Board Professor A.D. Nuttall Appointed by: English Board Mrs R.E. Goldthorpe Appointed by: St Anne's College *Appointed by Mr Vice-Chancellor under the provisions of Tit. IX, Sect. III, Cl. 2 (Statutes, 1993, p. 63). ANNUAL REPORTS COMMITTEE FOR THE PITT RIVERS MUSEUM Annual Report 1991--2 The committee met three times during the year and, having received this annual report from the Director, presents it as the committee's report to Congregation. This reporting period saw an important development in the history of anthropology and archaeology at Oxford: the establishment of a new BA Honours degree in Archaeology and Anthropology. The suggestion that undergraduates might be allowed to read anthropology at Oxford was first proposed more than a hundred years ago by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor. It is satisfying to report that the first students will finally arrive in Michaelmas 1992. On 23 June 1992 the museum received a visit from Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who was in Oxford to receive the degree of Doctor of Civil Law by diploma. Her majesty spent altogether two hours in the museum, divided between the main museum and the galleries at 60 Banbury Road. She viewed the exhibits, and had afternoon tea with staff and invited guests in the Balfour Building. Her Majesty was accompanied by Her Lord Chamberlain, Major-General Haslund-Christensen, who is the son of Denmark's foremost explorer of Central Asia. The Main Museum: During this reporting period the time and energies of our hard-pressed technical staff have been mainly devoted to work in the top gallery, where new permanent displays are being planned, designed, and set up along both sides of the gallery on the south side---a distance of some twenty-five metres, which means that fifty linear metres of exhibition space have to be created. For a technical staff as small as ours this is a major undertaking, particularly when it is realised that some or all of our technicians are interrupted almost daily to attend to other urgent matters. The work which we are trying to carry out continues to underscore our need for additional technical staff in the workshop, the Conservation Laboratory, and the Photographic Studio. Grants Received: The following grants are gratefully acknowledged: The Radcliffe Trust: œ25,000 towards continuing Dr La Rue's employment; OAL/Wolfson Fund: œ35,000 towards the cost of the upper gallery project; Rhodes Trust: œ20,000 towards the cost of the upper gallery project; The Hulme Fund: œ10,000 towards the cost of the upper gallery project; Oxfordshire County Council, Department of Leisure and Arts: œ1,500 towards the cost of the education service; The Area Museums Service for South-East England: œ600 towards the cost of publishing the Basketmakers catalogue. Temporary Exhibitions: The exhibition `Wamo: Photographs by Diamond Jenness, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, New Guinea, 1911- -12' which ran from June 1991 to May 1992 was very well received, being described by one specialist reviewer as a `model exhibition'. This is the first Pitt Rivers exhibition to be shown at the Metropoli-tan Museum in New York, where it opened in November 1992. `Basketmakers--- Meaning and Form in Native American Baskets' opened on 16 June 1992 and will run until May 1993. The exhibition shows 273 baskets from the Museum's own collections, ranging in their provenance from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. `Snares of Privacy and Fiction' was an exhibition for Artweek in which poets, writers, musicians, and visual artists contributed a thought-provoking accompaniment to being in `this extraordinary museum'. Its aim was to animate the full experience of museum-going and, with its accompanying education programme, was supported by Southern Arts, Oxfordshire County Council, and the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. In the Balfour Building `The Four Seasons' celebrated the musical instruments used in festivities throughout the year in four continents. Education Service (Dr H. La Rue): The National Curriculum continues to affect the service that our Education Service provides to schools. In particular the typological arrangement of the Museum can easily be related to topics such as `Water Transport', `Textiles', `Toys', etc. The two most frequently used Trails were those of `Egypt' and `Aztecs'. Once again, it is a pleasure to record the very valuable assistance provided throughout the year by Mrs Jean Flemming, Mrs Frances Martyn, Mrs Sally Owen, and Mrs Joan Shaw. Without their generous and consistent voluntary contributions of time and effort our Schools Education Programme would have come to a halt. Museum Visitors and Enquiries: Once again the number of visitors to the museum (including the Balfour Building) during the year increased substantially, rising to 90,084. The highest monthly figures were for July, with a total of 11,125 visitors, or nearly 500 for each day the museum was open. The number of schoolchildren and teachers visiting the museum in organised groups was 8,533 during the year. Various members of staff dealt with over 600 postal enquiries relating to the collections, in addition to countless telephone and personal enquiries. More than 260 research visitors and visiting scholars were received by various staff members during the year. This sustained pressure on our resources served once again to highlight the unsatisfactory conditions and facilities for both staff and visitors in terms of working space, separation from reserve collections, and security/supervision. Museum Documentation and Records (Linda Mowat): Computerisation of the manual card index was completed for the following areas during this reporting period: Benin (Nigeria); Easter Island; and the Cook Islands. Publication of the computer catalogue of North American collections was held up by the pressure of work created by the Basketmakers exhibition and book. Archives (Elizabeth Edwards): There is a marked increase in the number of scholars interested in conceptual approaches to photography, which reflects not only a greater awareness of the value of this method, but also the specific role this museum has played in the development of this approach. We were very grateful to receive numerous donations to the archives, including the first part of Mr Wilfred Thesiger's photographic collection, the donation of which was reported last year. As the research and teaching demands on the archives increase it grows more difficult to maintain the basic curatorial functions such as cataloguing and storage. Assistance is desperately needed in this field. Balfour Library (Richard Hanson): This has been a year in which a number of positive changes have taken place. The establishment of the first CLIP (Committee for Library and Information Provisions in Archaeology and Anthropo-logy) should ensure coherent planning for the future of both the Tylor and Balfour Libraries. The highlight of the year came in the form of a bequest of books from Mrs June Bedford. Mrs Bedford has been a Friend of the Pitt Rivers Museum for many years and has collected a fine library of almost one thousand books---all of which will integrate perfectly with the existing collection. Publications Department (Julia Cousins, Kathryn White): Basketmakers---Meaning and Form in Native American Baskets was the major publication of the year. It was designed and typeset in-house by Linda Mowat using the Museum's desk-top publishing system. The focus of our activities has been on the development of the new shop in the main museum as an attractive and distinctive adjunct to a museum visit. Kathryn White has now developed an imaginative range of goods, and the shop also sells a selection of books for all ages on archaeology and anthropology. The profits have not only paid for the shop's staffing and other costs, but also financed advertising and promotional activities and supported the publications programme. The turnover for the year was more than double any previous total. Teaching: ---Cultural Anthropology: Dr Donald Tayler, Dr Howard Morphy, and Dr Schuyler Jones continued to offer lectures in the `People, Environment, and Culture' series for first-year undergraduates reading for Geography and the Human Sciences degrees and for M.St./M.Phil. graduate students reading for qualifications in Ethnology and Museum Ethnology. ---Prehistoric Archaeology: Dr Derek Roe gave his usual courses of teaching for the M.St. and M.Phil. degrees in Prehistoric Archaeology, and for undergraduate geographers with an interest in quaternary environments and the palaeolithic period. Mr Ray Inskeep gave two courses of lectures for Human Sciences undergraduates and for M.St. and M.Phil. students, and provided supervision for two research students and three others on postgraduate taught courses. Donald Baden-Powell Quaternary Research Centre: The retirement of Mr Dennis Britton in September 1992 marks the end of thirty years of his service to archaeology at Oxford, and, in particular, to the teaching of the subject, as his students over the years have grateful cause to remember. The James A. Swan Fund: In 1991--2 some fifteen applications were received for funds. The total assets of the fund on 31 July 1992 were œ36,812. During the reporting period nine grants, totalling œ11,200, were awarded. The standard of applications was high; as in previous years most of the projects were for archaeological rather than anthropological fieldwork. ADVISORY PANEL ON HARASSMENT Annual Report 1992--3 The Advisory Panel on Harassment has continued its work of reviewing the University's policy on harassment and providing advice and guidance to university harassment advisers. Discussion sessions were held with advisers and with college women's and welfare officers, and further sessions are planned for 1993--4. The panel made some revisions to the notes of guidance for university advisers and to the booklet entitled Harassment: what it is and how you can deal with it, to increase clarity and reflect the panel's growing experience of dealing with cases. Most complaints continue to be resolved through the advisory mechanisms. A very few cases were referred to the Proctors for possible disciplinary action, and a smaller number still were referred to the police and/or to solicitors for legal advice. This year, as last, no junior member was formally charged and disciplined by the Proctors under the disciplinary code for harassment. Although the panel remains convinced that the majority of cases are best resolved through the advisory mechanisms, it notes the difficulty of bringing formal charges under the disciplinary code set up in 1991. The panel has also carried out a second survey of harassment advisers, the results of which are appended. At the end of the academic year, all university advisers were asked, and college advisers registered with the panel were invited, to return reports indicating the ways in which the existence and identity of advisers were made generally known within their institutions; and, if they had been approached for help in their capacity as advisers, to give anonymised reports outlining the basic characteristics of the complaints or inquiries they had dealt with during the year. Returns were received from 76 departments, faculties, and other university institutions (out of 86 circulated) and from 20 colleges and societies, of which 16 were undergraduate colleges (out of 40 relevant institutions, of which 31 were undergraduate colleges). Members of the panel made similar returns. The returns relate only to matters brought to the attention of advisers, and therefore cannot be taken to provide a complete view of experience of harassment within the University; nor do they record all complaints that have been made, both because returns are incomplete, and because complaints may be made through other channels. The returns do none the less supply some information as to how the University's---and, to a lesser extent, colleges'--- advisory machinery is being used, and to what effect. WOLFSON CHILDCARE SCHOLARSHIP Applications are invited for the Wolfson Childcare Scholarship, to be held at an Oxford University Nursery (the Mansion House Nursery, Summertown House, or, from late June--July 1994, the Bradmore Road Nursery). The scholarship was set up as a result of the generosity of the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust, and is administered by the University's Childcare Committee. Matriculated undergraduates and graduates of the University wholly or mainly pursuing their studies, and employees of the University and colleges, will be eligible to apply for the scholarship. The value of the award is likely to vary from year to year, according to the financial circumstances of the successful applicant, but may cover up to half the cost of nursery fees (but not extra charges for meals). The award will be made for one child, and for one year in the first instance. The scholarship is tenable only at a university nursery, and can only be awarded to an applicant whose child already has a place, or who has been allocated a place for the year in which the scholarship is to be held. Application forms for the Wolfson Childcare Scholarship can be obtained from the Childcare Officer, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. All scholarship forms must be returned to the Childcare Officer by 28 January. Nursery application forms are available from the Nursery Manager, the Mansion House Nursery, Summertown House, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7QZ. As there is currently a long waiting list for some age-groups, new applicants for places at the nursery are advised, where possible, to submit their forms by 17 December, so that they can be considered during the first allocation of places at the Bradmore Road nursery. Application forms for the scholarship may also be obtained from the nursery manager. 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 Gazette of this term will be published on 16 December. Publication resumes on 13 January. An Appointments Supplements will appear with the Gazette 20 January. 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) Japanese blue-and-white porcelain (until 30 January) After Powhatan: paintings by Gordon House (until 10 April) Forthcoming exhibitions Chinese fan paintings (from 1 February) Works by contemporary English painter Roger Wagner (25 January--27 March) European prints and Old Master drawings, selected by Professor Christopher White, Director of the Museum (25 January--27 March) 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 Drawings for transfer: fifteenth--seventeeth-century working drawings: includes works by Domenichino, Naldini, and Agostino Carracci (until 14 January) Images of women: a selection of Old Master drawings of women, including works by Ribera, Federicco Zuccaro, and Abraham Bloemaert (until 16 February) Forthcoming exhibition In memoriam: Old Master drawings, including works by Michelangelo and Tintoretto, on the theme of the commemoration of the dead (18 January--12 April) 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) Concert the south chinese string ensemble will give a performance of the traditional string music of the SE China coast at 2 p.m. on Saturday, 27 November. `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. BATE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS The collection will be open as usual throughout the vacation, Mondays to Fridays, 2--5 p.m. From first week of Hilary Term there will be a series of Gallery Recitals on the harpsichords and early pianos in the collection, given by Warwick Cole on alternate Thursdays, at 5 p.m. Admission will be free but donations will be appreciated. The Gamelan group will not meet over the vacation, and will recommence in noughth week. Copies of the Annual Report for 1992--3 are now available on request. The next Bate Collection Weekend will be on `Playing baroque and classical oboes', with Lorraine Wood and Dick Earle, on 26--27 February. 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 œ2 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 -------- Notices of lectures, seminars, etc., which were received in time are published in the Special Lecture List (Supplement (1) to No. 4300). FORD'S LECTURES IN ENGLISH HISTORY British society, 1780--1980: enterprise culture and the gentrification syndrome PROFESSOR F.M.L. THOMPSON, FBA, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, will deliver the Ford's Lectures for 1993--4 at 5 p.m. on the following Fridays in Hilary Term 1994, in the Examination Schools. 21 Jan.: `Problems and perceptions.' 28 Jan.: `Aristocrats as entrepreneurs.' 4 Feb.: `Entrepreneurs as aristocrats and gentry.' 11 Feb.: `Entrepreneurial culture and the culture of entrepreneurs.' 18 Feb.: `Educating the unenterprising businessman.' 25 Feb.: `Gentry values, entrepreneurial values, and the state.' 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.' OXFORD CENTRE FOR POSTGRADUATE HEBREW STUDIES PROFESSOR STEVEN J. ZIPPERSTEIN, Stanford University, USA, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 14 December, in 45 St Giles'. Subject: `Biography, autobiography, and Jewish nationalism: Ahad Ha`am on Asher Ginzberg.' ALL SOULS COLLEGE All Souls Foreign Policy Studies Programme The changing roles of global institutions The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Fridays in the Old Library, All Souls College. Conveners: Sir Julian Bullard, MA, Fellow, All Souls College, and E.A. Roberts, MA, Montague Burton Professor of International Relations. MISS P. NEVILLE-JONES, Deputy Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office 21 Jan.: `The United Nations in a world of states.' PROFESSOR R. HIGGINS, LSE 28 Jan.: `The UN Security Council.' LORD ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER, Secretary of the Cabinet 1979- -87 4 Feb.: `The Group of Seven (G7).' JOHN FLEMMING, Warden, Wadham College 11 Feb.: `The IMF and the World Bank.' SIR SHRIDATH RAMPHAL, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth 1975--90 18 Feb.: `The task of the Commission on Global Governance.' PROFESSOR I. BROWNLIE 25 Feb.: `The role of the International Court of Justice.' DAVID HARTRIDGE, Director, Group of Negotiations on Services Division, GATT 4 Mar.: `GATT.' SIR JULIAN BULLARD and professor roberts 11 Mar.: `Conclusions.' GREEN COLLEGE Green College Lectures The origin of species The following lectures will be given at 6 p.m. on Mondays in the Witts Lecture Theatre, the Radcliffe Infirmary. PROFESSOR L. MARGOULIS, University of Massachusetts at Amherst 17 Jan.: `A century without symbiogenesis is enough.' PROFESSOR R. MAY 24 Jan.: `The fire this time: biological diversity yesterday, today, and tomorrow.' PROFESSOR J. MAYNARD SMITH, Sussex 31 Jan.: `The origin of language.' PROFESSOR L. WOLPERT, London 7 Feb.: `Embryonic origins and the origin of the embryo.' 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.' Wolfson College Lectures 1994 Interpretations With the exception of Mr Stein's lecture, to be given at 8 p.m. on Friday, 11 February, the following lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays in Wolfson College. The lectures are open to the public. sir anthony caro, sculptor 18 Jan.: `Matisse and some others---strictly a personal view,' ruth waterman, violinist 25 Jan.: `Bach.' emma kirkby, soprano (accompanied by Anthony Rooley, lute) 1 Feb.: `Purcell.' amos oz, Israeli novelist 8 Feb.: `The eyes of the Lord: the letter and spirit of Hebrew literature.' peter stein, Director of Theatre, Salzburg Festival 11 Feb.: `Shakespeare.' burcht pranger, Senior Lecturer in the History of Theology, Amsterdam 15 Feb.: `Monastic theatricality: Bernard of Clairvaux's staging of the past.' m.a. screech 22 Feb.: `Rabelais and Montaigne.' professor jasper griffin 1 Mar.: `Homer.' louis andriessen, composer 8 Mar.: `Hadewijch.' 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). THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL US NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 1995--6 The Medical Research Council invites applications for nomination by the Council for NIH International Research Fellowships to be taken up during the twelve months commencing March 1995. The purpose of the awards is to provide an opportunity for postdoctoral biomedical or behavioural scientists who are in the formative stages of their research careers to extend their research experience in a laboratory in the USA. Eligible candidates will need to: (a) be medically or dentally qualified or hold a Ph.D./D.Phil. degree or equivalent; (b) have demonstrated an ability to engage in independent basic or clinical research; (c) have a sponsor in the USA at a `non-profit institution' who has agreed to accept the applicant for research on the applicant's proposed project; (d) have an assurance from a `non-profit institution' in the UK that there is a position to which the applicant will return after completion of the fellowship; (e) not be in the USA at the time of application; (f) not have had previous predoctoral or postdoctoral training in the USA. This restriction does not include previous travel or short-term visits to laboratories in the USA for the purpose of learning a procedure or to discuss research. There is no specific eligibility requirement regarding an applicant's age, but NIH are unlikely to accept applications from candidates who received their doctoral degree before August 1984. Applications will not be accepted by NIH if the candidate will have been resident in the USA on a J-1 Visa for more than fourteen months (two months if applying for a two-year fellowship) at 1 August 1994. The fellowships are awarded for one or two years at a stipend level that currently ranges from $21,000 to $32,300 per annum, the level depending on the number of years of professional or other relevant postdoctoral experience of the fellow. The fellowship also provides an allowance for travel to the USA and return. In addition, the host institution receives a modest allowance to cover such costs as the fellow's health insurance, supplies, equipment, and travel to scientific meetings or laboratories in the USA or Canada. No provision for accompanying dependants is made by NIH. If fellows wish their families to accompany them, the council will reimburse travel costs to and from the USA for accompanying spouse and children but no other expenses or allowances for dependants can be provided. Prospective applicants currently holding an academic post in the University will need to seek the approval of the Faculty Board and the General Board to apply for a fellowship under usual leave procedures. NIH application forms will be available from the MRC in January 1994, but suitably qualified candidates are invited to contact this office in advance of that date. Further information and application forms may be obtained from the Training Awards Group at the MRC, 20 Park Crescent, London W1N 4AL (telephone: 071-636 5422, ext. 6407---Mrs Priam Samuel). The closing date for submission of applications is 1 April 1994. HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE 1994 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS FOR PHYSICIANS The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is inviting applications for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Physicians, which are available for three years in the area of biomedical research. Applicants must have gained their first medical degree no earlier than 1984, and have completed at least two years of postgraduate clinical trainig, but not have completed more than two years of postdoctoral training in fundamental research. Applicants of any nationality may apply, but non-US citizens must carry out their research at an academic or non-profit- making research institution in the United States. Application forms and further details are available from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Physicians, Office of Grants and Special Programs, Dept. PO94, 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD 10815-6789 (telephone: 01 01 301 215 8889). The deadline for submission of applications is 5 January 1994. THE BRITISH COUNCIL BRITISH--SWEDISH ACADEMIC CO-OPERATION PROGRAMME The British Council and the Swedish Rectors Conference have set up a joint fund to promote academic links and scholarly activities between British and Swedish universities. The fund offers travel grants for visits between Sweden and Britain which will take place in the year beginning April 1994. All subject areas are eligible, but priority will be given to projects in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary subjects. The programme does not offer support to existing links and projects, student exchanges, or personal research. The maximum award is œ4,000 per project. For further information, please send a self-addressed envelope to the British Council, Strandvagen 57 A 4, S-111 523, Stockholm, Sweden. The closing date for receipt of applications is 18 February 1994. THE ROYAL SOCIETY VACANT RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS 1994 Applications are invited for about twenty Royal Society University Research Fellowships, tenable in the first instance for five years from 1 October 1994 (or slightly later in the academic year 1994--5). Renewals of three years and then a further two may be possible. The appointments available embrace all branches of science, including agriculture, medicine, mathematics, engineering, and technology. Research Fellows are paid on the academic and academic-related staff (lecturer A and B) salary scale which currently runs from œ14,396 (at age twenty-six) to œ25,107 (at age thirty-nine) plus three additional discretionary points up to œ28,055. Starting salaries will be on this scale, with London allowance where appropriate, and will rise incrementally each year. A limited number of merit increments will be awarded each year to reward outstanding performance. Annual research expenses (up to about œ11,000 for 1994--5) will be available, together with travel expenses and a contribution to baggage costs for successful applicants from overseas and their families. Applicants must have a doctorate or equivalent research experience. They should be at least twenty-six, but should not have passed their thirty-third birthday by 1 October 1994, although, in exceptional cases, older applicants will be considered. Fellowships must be held at a university in the United Kingdom. Those already holding substantive posts in a UK university will not be considered. University Research Fellowships are open only to European Union citizens who are either employed in the UK or who, if not employed, have been resident in the UK for a continuous period of three years other than for the sole purpose of receiving full-time education. Application forms and further information are available from: the Research Appointments Department, the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG (fax: 071-930 2170). The closing date for submission of applications is 11 February 1994 and application forms are not available after 28 January 1994. THE LISTER INSTITUTE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS The institute invites applications for Lister Institute Research Fellowships, of which up to five will be available from about October 1994. Non-clinical fellowships will each be tenable for five years. Fellows actively pursuing clinical training will be offered six-year fellowships and, in addition, will be allowed unpaid leave, if required during the fellowship, to enable them to be employed as senior registrars by a regional or district health authority. An extension would be considered in appropriate circumstances, subject to satisfactory review. Candidates must be postdoctoral in the biomedical field and aged under thirty-four, with evidence of independent research, including at least two years' postdoctoral research, and with an interest in a scientific aspect of preventive medicine. A permanent post temporarily vacated by the fellow must be protected by his/her employing institution, which will be expected to appoint a temporary replacement during the period of the fellowship. The salary, payable by the employing institution and reimbursed by the institute, will normally be on university clinical or non-clinical scales, with London weighting if appropriate, plus USS (or equivalent) and NI contributions. A generous allowance for consumables and minor equipment is also payable. Applications will not be entertained from persons permanently employed by research councils, or from employees or prospective employees of medical research charities. In exceptional circumstances, as for example where there have been career breaks on family or other grounds, the institute would consider electing a fellow aged up to forty. Personal details supporting the claim of such a candidate must be provided in writing as soon as possible. The institute will then give a decision as to whether or not the candidate may proceed to submit a full application for a fellowship. Prospective applicants, currently holding an academic post in the University, will need to seek the approval of the Faculty Board and the General Board to apply for a fellowship under the usual leave procedures. Application forms and further particulars may be obtained from the Secretary, the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 4JD, to whom completed forms must be returned not later than 21 January 1994. 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 œ9,880 per annum (œ11,359 in London) over three years, with approved tuition fees and up to œ4,000 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 ------------------------- CHAIRMEN OF EXAMINERS TRINITY TERM 1994 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION Biochemistry: M.A. FOSTER, MA, D.PHIL., Fellow of Queen's (address: Department of Biochemistry) HONOUR SCHOOLS Engineering and Computing Science Part I: D.J. EDWARDS, ma, Fellow of Wadham (address: Department of Engineering Science) Engineering and Computing Science Part II: D.J. EDWARDS, ma, Fellow of Wadham (address: Department of Engineering Science) English and Modern Languages: M.L. MCLAUGHLIN, MA, D.PHIL., Student of Christ Church Geography: C.G. CLARKE, MA, D.PHIL., Fellow of Jesus (address: School of Geography) Modern History and Modern Languages: M. EVERITT, MA, Fellow of Merton MASTER OF SCIENCE Applied Social Studies: B.L. HUDSON, MA, Fellow of Green College (address: Department of Applied Social Studies and Social Research) MASTER OF STUDIES Chinese Studies: R.L. CHARD, MA, Fellow of St Anne's (address: Oriental Institute) CHANGES IN REGULATIONS With the approval of the General Board, the following changes in regulations made by the Committee for Educational Studies will come into effect on 24 December. COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATIONAL STUDIES With effect from 1 October 1994 1 In Examination Decrees, 1993, p. 697, after l. 4 insert: `(c) Comparative and International Education.' 2 Ibid., l. 6, delete `or (b)' and substitute `, (b), or (c).' 3 Ibid., ll. 21--22, delete `(a), (b), and (c)' and substitute `(i), (ii), and (iii).' 4 Ibid., after l. 26 insert: `Candidates in the subject Comparative and International Education will be required to offer papers (xii) and (xiii) and either paper (xiv) or paper (xv).' 5 Ibid., p. 699, after l. 4 insert: `(xii) Comparative Education i (Systematic Studies in Comparative Education) Historical development of Comparative Education Schools of Comparative Education Historical Origins of education systems Selected issues in comparative context; centralisation, access and entitlement, gender, the education of minorities, special needs Case studies: UK, USA, Japan, Germany, France, Nigeria, India Levels of enrolment and attainment in comparative context (xiii) Comparative Education II (Research Methods in Comparative Education) Problems of comparing and contrasting Methods of data collection The IEA studies Single country and cross-national studies Ethnocentrism Misuse of comparative data (xiv) Education in Europe (East and West) Education systems in Western and Eastern Europe EC education and training policy Primary, secondary, and higher education models Vocational education policy Curricula and examinations Teacher education Student mobility Processes of educational change in Eastern Europe (xv) Education in Developing Countries Development theories and the educational dimension Colonialism and education---legacies and links Education and national development International aid and education development Education for all---the post-Jomtien era Urbanisation, migration, and education Gender, development, and education Selected issues, trends and cases from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the tropical island zones'. 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: ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY C. BARNETT, St John's: `Impure and worldly geography: an historic and theoretical examination of the production of contested geographical knowledge'. Examination Schools, Tuesday, 14 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: F. Driver, R.J.C. Young. A.K. LEE, Hertford: `Making do in the city: the urban survival tactics of London's young homeless'. Jesus, Monday, 10 January, 2 p.m. Examiners: C.G. Clarke, S. Wallman. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES A.L. MAIN, Merton: `Functional and structural studies of fibronectin type III modules'. New Chemistry Laboratory, Wednesday, 26 January, 11 a.m. Examiners: C.M. Dobson, M.J. Humphries. CLINICAL MEDICINE K.E. MORRISON, Magdalen: `Molecular genetic studies in spinal muscular atrophy'. John Radcliffe Hospital, Tuesday, 21 December, 1 p.m. Examiners: J.A. Todd, A. Harding. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE G. BRITZOLAKIS, New College: `Rhetoric, gender, and subjectivity in the writings of Sylvia Plath'. Hertford, Saturday, 8 January, 11 a.m. Examiners: G. Beer, J. Briggs. j.l. gonzalez-medina, St Cross: `The London setting of Jacobean city comedy: a chorographical study'. St Cross Building, Monday, 13 December, 10 a.m. Examiners: J.R. Briggs, R. Smallwood. LAW g. welch, Wolfson: `The prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment in international law'. St Edmund Hall, Monday, 20 December, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: D. Harris, D.A. Wyatt. MODERN HISTORY l. saunders, Somerville: `The motives, pattern, and form of Anglo-Ottoman diplomatic relations c.1580--1661'. St Peter's, Tuesday, 21 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: G.E. Aylmer, R. Murphey. ORIENTAL STUDIES g. harrison, Worcester: `The theology of Osiris at Dendera, with special reference to the Divine Epithets h5`pj and nnw'. Oriental Institute, Wednesday, 15 December, 4 p.m. Examiners: J.R. Baines, D. Kurth. PHYSICAL SCIENCES r.b. warrington, Trinity: `Measurements of parity non-conserving optical rotation in atomic bismuth transitions'. Clarendon Laboratory, Friday, 10 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: C.J. Foot, E.L. Lewis. k.y. wild, Linacre: `Redox-active host molecules for the electrochemical recognition of charged and neutral species.' Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Friday, 10 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: E. Abel, D. O'Hare. PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES a.r. ward, Lady Margaret Hall: `The role of receptors in controlling the release of peptides from dendrites of magnocellular neurones.' Department of Human Anatomy, Tuesday, 21 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: C.D. Ingram, M.R. Matthews. SOCIAL STUDIES m.r. ainley-walker, Nuffield: `Dividend behaviour of firms'. 37A St Giles', Tuesday, 14 December, 9.30 a.m. Examiners: M. Keen, C.P. Mayer. h.v. barrell, St Antony's: `Conscripts to their age: African National Congress operational strategy, 1976--86'. St Antony's, Wednesday, 22 December, 2 p.m. Examiners: T.O. Ranger, J. Spence. b. rogers, Keble: `In praise of vanity: the Augustinian analysis of the benefits of vice from Port-Royal to Mande-ville'. St Catherine's, Monday, 10 January, 2 p.m. Examiners: R.J. Parish, R. Tuck. THEOLOGY w.b. richardson, New College: `The religious policy of the Cecils, 1588--98'. Jesus, Wednesday, 22 December, 12 noon. Examiners: F.M. Heal, D. MacCulloch. COMMITTEE FOR COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY AND GENERAL LINGUISTICS n. hallowell, Linacre: `An analysis of semantic agreement: the case for studying folk-linguistic descriptions of talk'. Trinity, Friday, 14 January, 2 p.m. Examiners: B.B. Rundle, D. Edwards. EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE The examiners appointed by the following faculty board give notice of oral examination of their candidate as follows. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES j.a.g. shaw, Magdalen: `Glial responses in experimental epilepsy'. Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Friday, 21 January, 2 p.m. Examiners: S. Gordon, J. Jefferys. COLLEGES, HALLS, AND SOCIETIES --------------------------------- OBITUARIES BRASENOSE COLLEGE, LINACRE COLLEGE, AND ST CATHERINE'S COLLEGE HAROLD MAX ROSENBERG, D.PHIL., 21 November 1993; Brasenose College 1950--3 (D.Phil.); Official Fellow, Linacre College, 1964--70; Fellow and Tutor in Physics, St Catherine's College, 1971--89, Emeritus Fellow 1989. Aged 71. MERTON COLLEGE IAN STUART DONALDSON, 15 July 1993; commoner 1944--5. Aged 67. DAVID ANDREW THOMAS DICK, 16 July 1993; Junior Research Fellow 1959--61. Aged 66. JOHN BRADBURY SYKES, 3 September 1993; Harmsworth Senior Scholar 1952--3. Aged 64. JOHN COCHRANE DORWARD, 10 October 1993; Exhibitioner 1932-- 5. Aged 80. ST CATHERINE'S COLLEGE PROFESSOR MAURICE WILLIAM CRANSTON, B.LITT., MA, 5 November 1993; matriculated 1946; Honorary Fellow 1984. Aged 73. TRINITY COLLEGE BERNARD CHRISTIAN BRIANT, July 1993; commoner 1935. AIDAN MELLVALE CRAWLEY, 3 November 1993; scholar 1926. Aged 85. EDWIN NORMAN TAYLOR, 6 August 1993; RAF cadet 1943. Aged 68. ELECTIONS EXETER COLLEGE To an Usher Cunningham Studentship: a. klegeris, formerly of Secondary School No. 4, Riga To Amelia Jackson Senior Scholarships: ms s. byrne, formerly of Teesside Polytechnic p.j. salmon, formerly of Anglia Polytechnic University To Senior Scholarships: simon benjamin, formerly of East Devon College, Tiverton gavin green, formerly of Ponteland County High School, Newcastle graham jones, formerly of Norwich School eleri larkum, formerly of the Perse School for Girls, Cambridge philip lucas, formerly of Merchant Taylors' School sarah meacock, formerly of Peter Symonds' College, Winchester nigel pocklington, formerly of Manchester Grammar School dominic symes, formerly of Hampton School william wadsworth, formerly of Reading School To Scholarships: NICHOLAS BARBER, formerly of Cricklade College, Andover RICHARD BARLTROP, formerly of Sevenoaks School MICHAEL BROWN, formerly of St Francis Xavier School, Liverpool NEIL COTTON, formerly of Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Rochester ALEXANDER CROWE, formerly of Winchester College ANDREW DARNTON, formerly of Harrow School ANDREW DAVIES, formerly of Rutland Sixth-Form College GIULIO FEDERICO, formerly of United World College of the Adriatic, Duino, Italy JEREMY FOX-GEEN, formerly of Douai School, Reading NATALIE GRAZIN, formerly of Leeds Girls' High School COLIN GUILFORD, formerly of Epsom School of Art and Design DAVID HANDLEY, formerly of Derby Tertiary College GERALD HOBBS, formerly of Reading School PHILIP HOMEWOOD, formerly of Hampton School MAXWELL HUGHES, formerly of Leeds Grammar School LOUISE HULME, formerly of Loreto Convent Grammar School, Altrincham GILES HUTCHINSON, formerly of King's College School, Wimbledon Common SAURABH KIRPAL, formerly of St Stephen's College, University of Delhi JEAN KITSON, formerly of Corfe Hills Upper School, Broadstone MIN LIM, formerly of Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore GEORGE MOORE, formerly of Pangbourne College MATTHEW NAYLOR, formerly of St Mary's College, Crosby LEE OLIVER, formerly of Glyn School, Ewell KATHARINE PIKE, formerly of Corfe Hills Upper School, Broadstone ANDREW POWELL, formerly of Silverdale School, Sheffield MATTHEW PRESTON, formerly of St Paul's School PHILOMEN PROBERT, formerly of Plymouth College SIMON ROQUES, formerly of Brighton College STEPHEN ROSE, formerly of Maidstone Grammar School MARTIN SCOTT, formerly of Bishop's Stortford High School CAROLYN SNG, formerly of Victoria Junior College, Singapore I-PING SOONG, formerly of Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore HEE TAN, formerly of Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore GARRY TETLEY, formerly of Harrow School HEATHER WOOD, formerly of Weymouth College ROBERT WOORE, formerly of Nottingham High School To Exhibitions: NICHOLAS BIRCH, formerly of Winchester College SIMON BOASE, formerly of Camborne School JAMES COILEY, formerly of Brentwood School, Essex MATTHEW FLEGGSON, formerly of Winchester College ANDREA GOMES DA SILVA, formerly of Malvern Girls' College EDWARD HARRIS, formerly of Eton College PHILIP JONES, formerly of King Edward VI Aston School SARBJIT LALL, formerly of Taunton's College, Southampton AMANDA MCDONALD, formerly of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth-Form College ROBERT MINERS, formerly of Kingswood School, Bath JOANNE PARKES, formerly of Ounsdale High School, Wombourne HOWARD POTTER, formerly of Hymers College, Hull SNEHA SANGHVI, formerly of St Stephen's College, University of Delhi DANIEL THEMEN, formerly of Winchester School KATHERINE WERRAN, formerly of King Edward's School, Bath ORIEL COLLEGE To Honorary Fellowships: SYDNEY L. MAYER (MA Michigan, M.PHIL. Yale), Publisher of Bison Books Ltd. E.A. VALLIS, MA, OBE, Fellow and Treasurer 1974--86, Senior Research Fellow 1986--92, Estates Bursar 1992--3 To Exhibitions: MAGNUS JAMES GOODLAD, formerly of Eton College ALEXANDER TIMOTHY MAYER, formerly of Southwolds School, Nottingham ST ANTONY'S COLLEGE To an Honorary Fellowship: LOUIS CHA, OBE (LL.B. Shanghai) ST PETER'S COLLEGE To St Peter's Society Scholarships: G.B. CORERA C.J.L. SWANN To Michael Latner Scholarships: C.S. DORMER M.D. GIESS To Steven Latner Scholarships: M.J. CALDWELL J. ABEL SMITH To Scholarships: D.O. ALLEN M. BREMER A.C. BURTON J.A. CAMERON J.D. CARR D.S. COOK M.R. FARA T.M. FROST A.M. GEORGE F.M. HEIDER M.A. IVES C.M. MADGE K.S. MANSHIP A.J. MEAD R. MELLOR D. MORRIS M.J. NIXON G.S. ORRELL N.C.A. POOTS E.J. ROWLEY S.J. SABEY J.P. SAVILLE Y.C. TAN T.K. WILSON To St Peter's Society Exhibitions: C.A. BAYLEY H.L. FITZHERBERT To Exhibitions: B. BOX D. HARRISON P.A. TOOLAN D.J.C. WIER M.L. WILLIAMS To a Choral Scholarship: K.S. MANSHIP To Choral Exhibitions: C.M. FOX A.W. HARGREAVES L.D. MOSES To Instrumental Awards (Usher Awards): N.B. BECKWITH S.J. DEVINE G.S. ORRELL To Organ Scholarships: D. COWEN D.J. LEIGH PRIZES ORIEL COLLEGE Ross Ancient Philosophy Prize on Aristotle JONATHAN M. WEBBER ST PETER'S COLLEGE Carl Albert Award (joint award) A.J. BUNKER T.J. MAWSON Bailey Prize D. DIXON Houghton Prize S.M. SHAMMAS Smith Prize C.J.L. SWANN Sutton Prize A.P. HERBERT SmithKline Prize D. MORRIS The Age of Johnson Essay Prize R.D.E. EAGLES (for: `Beguiled by France. The English Aristocracy 1746-- 83') ADVERTISEMENTS -------------- Deadline: Advertisements must be received by 12 NOON on Wednesday of the preceding week. Charges: œ15.00 (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. 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RETAIL SERVICES 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. Ashmolean Museum Shop, Beaumont Street: the Museum Shop will be open Tue.--Sat., 10 a.m.--4 p.m., and on Sun., 2--4 p.m., until and inc. Thur. 23 Dec. (prior to Christmas closure). 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. Bodleian shop: our new range of exclusive Christmas cards is on sale now and includes Rowlandson's Radcliffe Square, and the Magi riding dromedaries, from an English 13th-c. bestiary manuscript. Leaflet and order form available. Using your Visa, Access, American Express, or Diner's card, you can order by telephone, with free delivery in central Oxford. Open Mon.--Fri. 9 a.m.--6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.--12.30 p.m. Tel.: Oxford (2)77091. TUITION OFFERED In addition to scheduled classes, the Alliance Fran‡aise 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. Piano tuition: for children and adults. All standards. Beginners welcome. Miss P. Read, BA (Hons.), LRAM. Jericho. Tel.: Oxford 510904. Guildhall School of Music and Oxford University graduate offers tuition in violin, singing, music theory (to grade V), and English language and literature (GCSE, A level, Oxbridge entrance). Willing to travel within Oxford area. Rates: œ12/hour, œ6/half-hour. Charbel Mattar. Tel.: Oxford 241781. 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. 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. 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. 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. Carpet/upholstery/curtain cleaning by Grimebusters, your local specialists. Quality work, competitive prices. Domestic, commercial, college. Also carpet/upholstery stain protection, pre-occupancy cleaning, flood cleaning/drying, oriental rug cleaning. For free estimates and friendly advice, call Grimebusters. Tel.: Oxford 726983 or Abingdon 555533. Airport-Link: private hire cars/minibus (8 passengers) service, for you or your colleagues, to or from Heathrow/Gatwick/Stansted/Birmingham, etc. Modern, clean vehicles with smart drivers, competitive and reliable, currently used by various university departments. Monthly itemised account facility. We cover all Oxfordshire. Freephone: 0800 515360 or fax: 0844 279646 for more information. KGH Computing Solutions: for all your personal computer requirements---advice and servicing; purchasing, upgrading, installation, tuition, repairs; consumable items---disks, ribbons, toner, paper; clerical services with quick turnaround---word-processing, laser printing, scanning, disk conversion (Apple or IBM). Keith. Tel.: Oxford 247388 (24-hour answerphone). 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 œ6 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). SITUATIONS VACANT Lincoln College BES Propery Management Company wishes to employ a person to fill a new post of Accommodation Manager. The post-holder will work in Lincoln College and in close co-operation with the Estates and Home Bursars. The post-holder will work 25--30 hours p.w. for most of the year, and full time for 6 weeks in Sept/Oct. This post is for a maximum period of 5 years, commencing Jan. Salary to be negotiated between œ10,000 and œ12,000 p.a. Applications, with c.v., to be received by the Home Bursar, Lincoln College, Turl Street, Oxford OX1 3DR, by 16 Dec. Tel.: Oxford (2)79843. The Philosophy Centre seeks to appoint a part-time computing assistant to help the Network Controller with the running of its small Novell PC network. The appointment is expected to be for 12 months, at an annual stipend of œ1,000, and will begin in early 1994, at a date to be agreed with the Network Controller. Further particulars are available from the Administrator, to whom applications should be sent by 10 Jan. The Philosophy Centre, 10 Merton Street, Oxford OX1 4JJ. Faculty of Law: efficient, enthusiastic, and reliable secretary, with very good secretarial and computer skills, and several years' experience, is sought to work in the Law Faculty Office. The office is small---administrative secretary, 2 other secretaries, 3 part-time Faculty officers. Work is responsible and varied, with wide range of secretarial duties inc. filing; audio- and copy-typing; preparation of lecture and seminar timetables and reading- lists, confidential examination materials for Chairmen of Examiners, and material for publication for members of the Faculty. Wide experience of WordPerfect 5.1 needed. Salary œ9,751--œ11,299 p.a. Applications are to be in writing, with c.v. and 2 references. Closing date: 13 December. Further particulars from the Law Faculty Office. Tel.: Oxford (2)71492. EMPLOYMENT SOUGHT Student on `year out' available for 2 terms' employment (preferably term-time only); experience of nannying 2 small children of two years and one of 6 months; two years' voluntary work in a primary school---therefore could help in a crŠche, etc.; experience of office work and computer/business skills. Jayne Ross. Tel.: 0924 458574. HOUSES TO LET 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. œ640 p.c.m. Mrs Madden. Tel.: Oxford 511862 (evenings). 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. 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. œ400 p.c.m. plus own metered electricity, gas, and telephone. Secure hard standing. Tel.: Oxford 779263. Four-bedroom single-storey fully-furnished house to let, in a very quiet rural position 5 miles (15 minutes by car) from city centre; study, large open-plan living-room, kitchen, usual appliances, etc. Available mid-Jan. for period of about 12 months. œ500 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 738323. Three-bedroom house to let in Jericho, very close to OUP, Radcliffe Infirmary; spacious living-room, fitted kitchen, telephone, TV, small garden; fully furnished. Tel.: Oxford 511765 or 714491 (evenings only). 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. Flat to rent---long let preferred: double bedroom, living- room, kitchen, bathroom, c.h., all facilities; private parking; newly decorated and refurnished; quiet Banbury Road location, half-mile from city centre. œ570 p.m. plus council tax. Tel.: Oxford 511628. Comfortable, convenient flatlet in North Oxford (city c.1 mile) to let; non-smoking visiting academic preferred; from Dec. or Jan. for 3--5 months. œ77 p.w. (all inc.). Tel.: Oxford 53638. To rent yearly, œ650 p.m.: self-contained 2/3-bedroom flat in modernised 18th-c. building in historic Woodstock, 8 miles from Oxford; hall, 1--2 sitting-rooms, kitchen/diner, 2--3 bedrooms, bathroom. Write or telephone: Lyon, 1 Brown's Lane, Woodstock, Oxon. OX20 1ST. Tel.: 0993 811488. Self-contained basement in Park Town (central North Oxford) to let; would suit single or couple. Jan.--mid-Apr. only. Rent negotiable. Tel.: Oxford 56767, ext. 4643. To rent from 1 March: modern maisonettte in North Oxford; furnished; 2 double bedrooms, large living/dining-room, kitchen, bathroom; c.h.; washer/drier; car space. Children welcome. œ575 p.c.m. plus bills. Tel.: Oxford 53905. Summertown---flat to let: large sunny double bed-sitter, separate kitchen--dining-room, own bathroom and phone, fully equipped; available 1 Jan., œ450 p.c.m. inc. heating, electricity. Tel.: Oxford 52882 (9--10 a.m. or after 7 p.m.). 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. 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. Quiet, professional, left-wing, non-smoking female seeks lodgings with a family for four nights a week. Tel.: 0222 220513. 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: Slavonic; Music 6--18 Dec.: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 20--23 Dec.: 0900--1700; Sat. 0900--1300 4--15 Jan.: 0900--1900; Sat.: 0900--1300 New Library: PPE Reading Room 6--13 Dec.: 0900--1900; Sat. 0900--1300 14--23 Dec.: 0900--1700; Sat. 0900--1300 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--1900 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 Gazette of this term will be published on 16 December. Publication resumes on 13 January. An Appointments Supplement will be published with the Gazette of 20 January. Supplements included in this issue: (1) to 4309: Ashmolean Report (2) to 4309: Appointments 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 The meeting of Congregation, due to take place today, is cancelled. 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). 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 œ25 each--- telephone: (2)78470). Thursday 13 January HOLY COMMUNION (Latin), St Mary's, 8 a.m. Sunday 16 January full term begins. THE VEN. J.A. MORRISON preaches (Latin Litany and Sermon), St Mary's, 10 a.m. Monday 17 January professor l. margoulis: `A century without symbiogenesis is enough' (Green College Lectures: `The origin of species'), Witts Lecture Theatre, the Radcliffe Infirmary, 6 p.m. 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. sir anthony caro: `Matisse and some others---strictly a personal view' (Wolfson College Lectures: `Interpretations'), Wolfson, 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. Thursday 20 January professor sumit sarkar: `From "Hindu" to "Hindutra": religion, nationalism, and communalism in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century India' (first of three Radhakrishnan Memorial Lectures), Schools, 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. MISS P. NEVILLE-JONES: `The United Nations in a world of states' (All Souls Foreign Policy Studies Programme seminar series: `The changing roles of global institutions'), Old Library, All Souls, 5 p.m. END OF GAZETTE --------------------------------------------------