Gazette 11 November 1993;  No. 4306; Vol. 124
OXFORD UNIVERSITY GAZETTE

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CONGREGATION  8 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 8 November. 

Text of Special Resolution

That the Degree of Master of Arts be conferred upon the
following:


eleanor dickey, m.phil., Merton College

nicoletta momigliano, ma status, Balliol College

frank olaf wagner, d.phil., St Catherine's College

hans winkler, d.phil., Lincoln College





HEBDOMADAL COUNCIL  8 November

1  Decrees

Council has made the following decrees, to come into effect on
26 November. 



Explanatory note to Decree (1)

Last term Council, on the recommendation of the General Board,
established a Committee for the Museums and Scientific
Collections. The Curator of the Bate Collection was not at first
included as an ex officio member of the committee, but was
appointed by the Board until 30 September 1995 in place of one
of the co-opted members. It was stated that the Board would
review the Curator's position and ask Council to amend the
legislation to make the Curator an ex officio member of the
committee should the collection's application for registration
with the Museums and Galleries Commission be approved (see
Gazette, Vol. 123, p. 1323). The Bate Collection has now been
granted provisional registration, and Council, on the Board's
recommendation, has made the following decree to make the Curator
of the Bate Collection an ex officio member of the committee.

Decree (1)

1  In Ch. III, Sect. XLIV, cl. 1 (10), (11) (Statutes, 1993, p.
287), after `Botanic Garden' delete `.' and substitute `;'. 

2  Ibid., insert item (12):

`(12)  the Curator of the Bate Collection.'



Explanatory note to Decree (2)

Through oversight, changes made in the past to Ch. V have not
always been made concurrently in both the version printed in
Statutes and the version printed in Examination Decrees. The
following decree removes these anomalies and makes the two
versions consistent with each other.

Decree (2)

1    In Ch. V, Sect. III, <Sub-sect.> 1, cl. 1 (2) (a),
concerning matriculation (Statutes, 1993, p. 323), after
`Probationer Research Student' insert `,'.

2    Ibid. (p. 324), after `any of the Degrees of' insert `Master
of Letters,'.

3    Ibid., cl. 6 (1) and (2) (p. 325), in each case after `his'
insert `or her'.

4    In Examination Decrees, 1993, p. 11, l. 16, after `they'
insert `will'.

5    Ibid., ll. 33--4, delete `, holder of the status of Bachelor
of Arts,'.

6    Ibid., p. 12, ll. 1--2, delete `an Advanced Student' and
substitute `a Probationer Research Student'.

7    Ibid., l. 3, after `Master of Science,' insert `Master of
Studies, Magister Juris,'.

8    Ibid., ll. 6, 12, 14, 33 (twice), 36, 38, 40, and 41 and p.
13, ll. 7, 15, 21 (twice), 27, and 30, in each case after `his'
insert `or her'.

9    Ibid., p. 12, ll. 9, 13, and 30 and p. 13, ll. 18, 25, and
29, in each case after `he' insert `or she'.

10   Ibid., p. 12, l. 15, delete `his society.' and substitute
`his or her society;'.

11   Ibid., after l. 15 insert:

`(d)  members of colleges or other societies whose names have
been entered on the Register of Visiting Students shall not be
presented for matriculation, but they, and persons who have not
been admitted to a college or other society or to matriculation,
shall enjoy such respective privileges or benefits afforded by
the University as may be specifically provided by statute or
decree.'

12   Ibid., l. 19, after `him' insert `or her'.

13   Ibid., l. 31 and p. 13, l. 20, in each case after `college'
delete `,'.

14   Ibid., ll. 35--6, delete `a matriculation ceremony in'.

15   Ibid., ll. 39--40, delete `at or before a matriculation
ceremony in' and substitute `in or before'.

16   Ibid., l. 42, delete `his' and substitute `the'.

17   Ibid., p. 13, l. 9, delete `Ch. V, Sect. VII' and substitute
`Sect. VI of this Chapter'.

18   Ibid., l. 16, after `himself' insert `or herself'.

19   Ibid., l. 17, after `Oriental Studies' insert `, or in the
first two terms of his or her studies at any universities
approved by Council under the ERASMUS postgraduate exchange
scheme for Law and Economics,'.

20   Ibid., l. 31, delete `Sect. X, cll. 2--4' and substitute
`Sect. IX, cll. 2--8'.

21   Ibid., p. 15, l. 6, delete `.' and substitute `;'.

22   Ibid., after l. 6 insert:

`(3)  any person who has been given permission to matriculate by
Council or by its Committee on Applications acting under
delegated authority.'

23   Ibid., p. 19, l. 6 delete `VI' and substitute `V'.

24   Ibid., ll. 18, 25, 31, and 33, in each case after `he'
insert `or she'.

25   Ibid., l. 19, delete `, hall, or' and substitute `or other'.

26   Ibid., p. 21, delete `that' and substitute `the'.

27   Ibid., ll. 23, 27, and 31, in each case after `his' insert
`or her'.

28   Ibid., l. 28, after `He' insert `or she'.



Explanatory note to Decree (3)

The following decree, made on the recommendation of the electoral
board for the Wilde Lecturership in Natural and Comparative
Religion and with the concurrence of the Anthropology and
Geography, Biological Sciences, Literae Humaniores, Mathematical
Sciences, Oriental Studies, Physical Sciences, and Theology
Boards and of the General Board, amends the decree governing the
lecturership in order to provide for representation on the
electoral board of persons and faculty boards with specialist
knowledge in the fields of Natural and Comparative Religion. The
decree provides that the Wilde Lecturer shall in future be
elected by a board of nine electors, rather than seven as at
present. With the agreement of the relevant persons and boards,
the Regius Professor of Divinity and the Wayneflete Professor of
Metaphysical Philosophy will no longer be members of the
electoral board ex officio, and the Mathematical Sciences and
Biological Sciences Boards will no longer be represented on the
electoral board. Instead, the Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy
of the Christian Religion and the Spalding Professor of Eastern
Religions and Ethics will be members of the electoral board ex
officio, and the Oriental Studies Board will be represented on
the electoral board, while the number of members appointed by the
Literae Humaniores Board will be increased from one to two.

Decree (3)

In Ch. VII, Sect. III, <Sub-sect.> 206 (Statutes, 1993, p. 457),
delete cl. 1 and substitute:

`1. The Wilde Lecturer in Natural and Comparative Religion shall
be elected by a board of nine electors, consisting of:

     (1)  the Vice-Chancellor;

     (2)  the Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the
Christian Religion;

     (3)  the Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics;

     (4)  one person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of
Theology;

     (5), (6)  two persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty 
of Literae Humaniores;

     (7)  one person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of
Physical Sciences;

     (8)  one person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of
Oriental Studies;

     (9)  one person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of  
Anthropology and Geography.'



Explanatory note to Decree (4)

Sir Edgar Williams, Warden of Rhodes House between 1952 and 1980,
wishes the proceeds of the University Parks Tree Fund,
established to honour his notable service, to be used to
establish a permanent fund for the planting and cataloguing of
trees and shrubs in the University Parks. The following decree
provides accordingly.

Decree (4)

In Ch. IX, Sect. I (Statutes, 1993, p. 655), insert <Sub-sect.>
290: 

`<Sub-sect.> 290.  Sir Edgar Williams University Parks Tree Fund

1.  The moneys raised to mark the notable service of Sir Edgar
Williams as Warden of Rhodes House, 1952--80, shall constitute
the Sir Edgar Williams University Parks Tree Fund, the net income
of which shall be devoted to the planting and cataloguing of
trees and shrubs in the University Parks.

2.  The fund shall be administered by the Curators of the
University Parks.

3.  Any income not expended in any year may, at the discretion
of the Curators of the University Parks, be either carried
forward for expenditure in subsequent years or (until 31 July
2000 only) added to the capital of the fund.

4.  Council shall have power to alter this decree from time to
time, provided that the main object of the fund as defined in
clause 1 above is always kept in view.'



Explanatory note to Decree (5)

Recent changes introduced by the British Academy now offer
successful candidates in the postgraduate studentships
competition the possibility of four years' funding for a
doctorate, either through an initial one-year award followed (if
successful in the competition) by a further three-year award, or
by an initial two-year award followed (if successful) by a
further two- year award. In the first of these models a candidate
must take either a one-year Master's degree or a tailor-made
course of preparation for research, leading to a graded
assessment of performance during the initial year and a publicly
available certificate. The following decree, made on the
recommendation of the General Board, therefore provides that a
publicly available certificate of graduate attainment may be
awarded to graduate students at the end of their initial year of
study. Detailed requirements for the award of such a certificate
will be the responsibility of individual faculties, subject to
the approval of the General Board's Committee for Graduate
Studies.

Decree (5)

In Examination Decrees, 1993, p. 711, l. 31, after `require.'
insert `A faculty board may award a certificate of graduate
attainment at the end of the Trinity Term in the year of the
student's admission as Probationer Research Student. Subject to
the approval of the General Board's Committee for Graduate
Studies, each board shall have power to determine by regulation
what test or condition, if any, it may require before awarding
such a certificate.'



Explanatory note to Decree (6)

The following decree increases by 2 per cent for 1993--4 the
validation fee payable to the University in respect of courses
at Westminster College for the degrees of B.Ed., B.Th., M.Ed.,
and M.Th., the Postgraduate Diplomas in Education and Applied
Theology, and the PGCE. This increase is in line with the
increase in the University's staff costs.

Decree (6)

1    In Examination Decrees, 1993, p. 971, ll. 2 and 5, in each
case delete `300.00' and substitute `306.00'.

2    This decree shall be effective from 1 September 1993.


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:

william henry fearon, Westminster College

vassilios-nikos nicopoulos, Christ Church

donnchadh o'corrain, Balliol College



3 Register of Congregation

Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the following names have been
added to the Register of Congregation:

Dickey, E., MA, M.Phil., Merton
Fearon, W.H., MA status, Westminster
Nicopoulos, V., MA status, Christ Church
O'Corrain, D., MA status, Balliol
Wagner, F.O., MA, D.Phil., St Catherine's
Winkler, H., MA, D.Phil., Lincoln



CONGREGATION  11 November

Elections

On Thursday, 11 November, the following was duly elected to hold
office from the first day of Hilary Term 1994 to the first day
of Michaelmas Term 1996: 

As a Curator of the University Parks

sir bryan cartlege, ma, Principal of Linacre

No nominations have been received to fill the vacancies for one
Delegate for the Inspection and Examination of Schools and one
member of the Visitatorial Board. These nominations therefore
lapse to the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors jointly: see Tit. II,
Sect. IX, cl. 4 (d) (Statutes, 1993, p. 15). 




BOARDS OF FACULTIES

For changes in regulations for examinations, to come into effect
on 26 November, see `Examinations and Boards' below.


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CONGREGATION  15 November

Degree by Special Resolution

The following special resolution will be deemed to be approved
at noon on 15 November, 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:

robert anthony bickers, Nuffield College

martin christopher grossel, ma status, Christ Church

sunetra gupta, Merton College

shinsuke kambe, Nuffield College

john milsom, ma status, Christ Church



CONGREGATION  16 November 

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
preambles adopted and the special resolution carried without a
meeting under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. iii, cl. 11
(Statutes, 1993, p. 8). 


Promulgation of Statute

<SEE COPY>


CONGREGATION  30 November  2 p.m.

1 Promulgation of Statute


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.'

Decree to be made by Council if the Statute is approved

1.  In Ch. IX, Sect. I, delete <Sub-sect.> 284 (Statutes, 1993,
pp. 649--53) and substitute:

`<Sub-sect.> 284. Welch Scholarships

The board of management for the administration of the Welch
Scholarships under the provisions of Tit. XV, Sect. LIX shall
consist of:

     (1)  the Warden of Wadham College or the Warden's
representative;

     (2)--(3)  two persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty
of Biological      Sciences;

     (4)  one person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of
Clinical      Medicine;

     (5)  one person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of
Physiological      Sciences;

     (6)  one person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of
Psychological      Studies.

  The members under (2)--(6) above shall hold office for three
years and shall be re-eligible.'

2.  This decree shall be effective from the date on which Statute
(...) approved by Congregation on ... is approved by Her Majesty
in Council.


2 Voting on Special Resolution


Explanatory note to Special Resolution

As colleges were informed individually earlier this term, Council
has received from Blackfriars a petition for the grant of a
licence as a Permanent Private Hall. Council has considered in
some detail the current position of the college, including its
finances and its future plans, and is satisfied that Blackfriars'
request is entirely appropriate. Council now forwards to
Congregation a special resolution, as is required by statute,
seeking the consent of Congregation to the grant to Blackfriars
of a licence as a Permanent Private Hall, and to the name by
which the Hall is to be called. If Congregation approves the
special resolution, Mr Vice-Chancellor will grant the licence
with effect from 1 January 1994.

     Currently within Blackfriars there already exists a
distinction between

     (1) Blackfriars as a Dominican Priory (i.e. a house of
religious observance subject to the authority of the Dominican
Master General in Rome and the English Dominican Provincial),
headed by an elected Prior (it is officially called `the Priory
of the Holy Spirit'), and

     (2) Blackfriars as a Dominican Studium or House of Studies,
headed by a Regent of Studies.

It is intended that this distinction should continue to be
observed when Blackfriars becomes a Permanent Private Hall. The
hall will be based on the existing House of Studies and as such
will be within, but not coterminous with, Blackfriars, which will
continue to maintain a separate entity in the form of a house of
religious observance, to which members will be attached who will
not be part of the Permanent Private Hall.

     If Congregation approves the special resolution, it will be
necessary to rescind the existing decrees permitting Blackfriars
to present not more than four `qualified candidates' a year for
matriculation to read for the Honour School of Theology or
related honour schools or various specified degrees, diplomas,
or certificates involving Theology, and, in addition, candidates
for graduate degrees generally, provided that the total number
of students holding graduate student status at Blackfriars may
not at any one time exceed three. This is effected by cll. 2--4
of the decree to be made by Council if the special resolution is
approved. Council currently controls by decree the total number
of home and European Community students at each Permanent Private
Hall reading undergraduate courses or for the Special Diploma in
Social Studies or in Social Administration. Blackfriars has
suggested, and Council has agreed, that its maximum should be set
at eighteen, which is broadly the maximum number of students
which the house can accommodate within its St Giles' premises.
Cl. 5 of the decree limits this category of student to that
number. (Cl. 1 of the decree removes the now otiose provision
under which Blackfriars is deemed to be a society of the
University for the purposes of degree ceremonies.)


Text 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.

Decree to be made by Council if the Special Resolution is
approved

1    In Ch. I, Sect. I, <Sub-sect.> 1, cl. 7, concerning
admission to degrees (Statutes, 1993, p. 163), before `Wycliffe
Hall' insert `and', and delete `; and Blackfriars'.

2    In Ch. V, Sect. XI, cl. 1, concerning matriculation for
theological courses (p. 333), delete `: (a)'.

3    Ibid., delete `; (b) Blackfriars ... matriculation by the
University'.

4    Ibid., cl. 4 (p. 334), after `(d) ... Divinity' delete `;
provided ... Section XIII below'.

5    Ibid., delete Sect. XIII, concerning additional
matriculations of certain members of Blackfriars (pp. 334--5).

6    In Ch. XI, Sect. VII, concerning numbers at permanent
private halls (p. 697), before the entry for Campion Hall insert:

     `Blackfriars  18'.

7    This decree shall be effective from 1 January 1994.




CONGREGATION  2 December

Elections

Details of elections follow `Advertisements' below. 





<Guide to Procedures in Congregation notice: repeat from last
Gazette>





<NOTE:> 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
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UNIVERSITY PREACHERS

Michaelmas Term 1993

Thursday, 7 October, at 8 a.m. Holy Communion (Latin). At St
Mary's.

Sunday, 10 October, at 10 a.m. the revd professor j. mcmanners,
Chaplain and Fellow of All Souls College. At St Mary's.

Sunday, 17 October, at 10 a.m. the revd professor j.s.k. ward.
(Ramsden 
Sermon.) At St Mary's.

Sunday, 24 October, at 10 a.m. mr p.y. boateng, mp. At St Mary's.

Sunday, 31 October, at 10 a.m. the revd canon c.j. bennetts,
Canon of Chester. At Jesus College.

Sunday, 7 November, at 10 a.m. the revd g.j. ward, Chaplain and
Fellow of Exeter College. At St Mary's.

Sunday, 14 November, at 10 a.m. professor r.j. o'neill, Chichele
Professor of the History of War and Fellow of All Souls College.
(Remembrance Sunday.) At St Mary's.

Tuesday, 16 November, at 10.30 a.m. the revd professor o.m.t.
o'donovan, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology and
Canon of Christ Church. (Court Sermon.) The Learned and
Honourable High Court Judges will attend this sermon. At the
Cathedral. 

Sunday, 21 November, at 10 a.m. mr r.g. smethurst, Provost of
Worcester College. (Sermon on the Sin of Pride.) At St Mary's.

Sunday, 28 November, at 10 a.m. the rt revd a.r. mcd. gordon,
Canon of Christ Church. (Advent Sunday.) At the Cathedral. 





MRS CLAUDE BEDDINGTON ENGLISH LITERATURE PRIZE 1993

The Prize has been awarded to Amanda Pilz, Magdalen College. 


SARA NORTON PRIZE 1993

The Prize has been awarded jointly to matthew pinsker, Brasenose
College, and wesley a. riddle, Linacre College. 

   Two book prizes for essays which were highly commended were
also awarded to ms renata dwan, Oriel College, and emil
levendoglu, Merton College. 


REVIEW OF MUSIC

As part of its regular cycle of reviews, the General Board has
established a committee with the following terms of reference:
`In the light of the impending retirement of the Heather
Professor of Music, to review the organisation and management of
the Music Faculty; to consider the direction and balance of
teaching, performance, and research in the faculty, and its level
of support for it; and, in consultation with the University
Surveyor, to review matters relating to existing accommodation
and future space needs of the department.'

    The committee would welcome the comments of any interested
members of Congregation, which should be sent to Dr M.A. Smith,
University Offices, Wellington Square, by Monday, 22 November. 




COMMITTEE FOR THE SCIENTIFIC COLLECTIONS IN THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

Annual Report for 1992--3

The Annual Report for 1992--3 of the Committee for the Scientific
Collections has recently been published, and copies may be
obtained by any member of Congregation on request to the
secretary of the committee at the University Museum, Parks Road. 







STRATEGY FOR PROVISION OF IT SUPPORT STAFF

The IT Committee wishes to consult bodies and individuals
throughout the University and colleges on proposals for future
strategy for the provision of IT support staff set out in a
report by the committee's Working Party on Support Staff. The
report is available on request from the Secretary to the IT
Committee, Ms Jenny Nix, University Offices, Wellington Square
(telephone: (2)70144, e-mail: acdivjan@ox.vax). It is also
available in electronic form as ox$doc:it_staff_consultation.lis
and ox$doc:it_staff _consultation.ps (the latter being a
PostScript version). Comments should be sent to Ms Nix by Monday,
3 January.

    Among the central recommendations in the report are:

---that a coherent IT support structure be established to  
provide each unit with a well-defined initital point of  
contact, with appropriate back-up;  

---that types of IT support needs should be analysed, to
distinguish between immediate, low-level support/specialist
technical staff/user support and development/proactive support; 

---that in the sciences, most types of IT staff should normally
be managed by individual departments;

---that for the arts, immediate support should be provided within
the department, faculty centre or college, while development
support should be provided by a number of support staff managed
by the Computing Services and sometimes assigned to individual
units for extended periods;  

---that procedures and criteria for assessing future needs for
posts be further developed; and

---that training and career development schemes be extended.

    The IT Committee endorses the thrust of the report. The
report is being circulated for consultation to all departments,
institutions, faculty boards, heads of houses and relevant
committees. It is emphasised that individuals, as well as
departments and other bodies, are welcome to respond.






GUIDELINES FOR LEAVE FOR ACADEMIC STAFF

The General Board's regulations in respect of sabbatical leave
and dispensation from CUF lecturing obligations are set out in
Ch. VII, Sect. I (Statutes, 1993, pp. 348--50). Provisions for
other leave are set out in the same section (pp. 346--7). The
following guidelines describe the General Board's policy and
practice in respect of applications for leave which do not fall
within the category of straightforward sabbatical leave or
dispensation, i.e. special leave.


Applications for leave to hold some public offices or certain
research awards

(a) Applications for leave to accept an appointment in the public
service of 
national importance are normally granted by the General Board,
provided that 
the purpose of the leave can be shown to be compatible with the
academic 
interests of the faculty, the faculty board lends its support to
the application, and it is clear that the individual intends to
return to university service after the period of leave. Leave for
this purpose for heads of departments or professors can, however,
be problematic, for obvious reasons.

(b) Applications to national bodies for prestigious and
competitive research awards (such as British Academy Research
Readerships and Senior Research Fellowships, SERC Senior or
Advanced Fellowships, and Nuffield Foundation Social Science
Research Fellowships) should be made to the General Board through
the faculty board. It is usual for such national bodies to
specify that applications should be made through the employing
institution, and in Oxford's case this means routing the
application via the faculty board to the General Board, rather
than through the Research Services office. The University will
normally support such applications for prestigious awards, but
it is necessary for the faculty board and the General Board to
consider carefully what replacement teaching arrangements will
be required if an application is successful.

    Leave granted under (a) and (b) does not count against
sabbatical entitlement: indeed the rules of some research awards
specifically forbid this. However, as in other cases of special
leave, the period of leave does not count as qualifying service
for the purpose of calculating future entitlement to sabbatical
leave, and sabbatical leave is not normally granted in the period
immediately preceding or following periods of such leave,
although some flexibility may be exercised in respect of periods
of special leave not exceeding one year, especially in connection
with the holding of research awards. 


Applications for leave for other purposes

All other applications for leave are initially considered in
terms of application for sabbatical leave, until entitlement to
sabbatical leave is exhausted. In other words, if an individual
applies for leave under this section in any term which he or she
would be entitled to take as sabbatical leave, any leave granted
for that term will be granted as sabbatical leave. Such leave may
also be granted as sabbatical leave in advance of entitlement:
in other words, sabbatical leave will be granted for a term which
the applicant would not normally be entitled to take as
sabbatical leave, and leave for the term in question will then
be deemed to be taken in a later term (normally not more than six
terms later). In this way the leave will count against an
individual's sabbatical entitlement: taking the individual's
service as a whole, the leave will not be in addition to the
standard sabbatical entitlement. For sabbatical leave to be
granted in advance of entitlement, an academic case must be made
by the faculty board to the Appointments Committee of the General
Board. 

    When sabbatical leave entitlement has been exhausted, an
application has 
to be considered in whole or in part as one for special leave.
In such cases,
faculty boards are required, when making recommendations to the
Appointments 
Committee of the General Board, to specify whether, and if so
how, the grant 
of such leave would be in the academic interests of the faculty.
Where there 
is no statement of academic interest, or this statement is not
persuasive, 
special leave will not be granted.

    Applications for special leave cover many kinds of situation.
One would be an unrepeatable opportunity to pursue academic
interests where the applicant is ineligible for sabbatical leave.
In such a case it would be necessary for the faculty board to
demonstrate the academic advantage (to the University rather than
to the individual) of the individual being able to accept the
opportunity, and for an explanation to be given of why such an
opportunity could not be taken up at a later period when the
applicant would be entitled to sabbatical leave. Another
situation where special leave might be applied for would be an
application for leave to enable someone to accept an appointment
in another academic institution (other than a routine visiting
appointment held during sabbatical leave). In such instances, the
faculty board would need to make an extremely convincing case as
to the desirability of the individual being offered reversionary
rights to his or her university post for any application to be
successful. Factors taken into account would include all relevant
circumstances relating to the individual's role within the
faculty and the consequences for the faculty, in terms of the
refilling of the post, if leave were not to be granted and the
individual were therefore to resign. On this latter point, it
should be noted, of course, that if leave is granted and the
individual subsequently resigns during the period of leave or at
the end of it, the uncertainty about the long-term filling of the
post will have been exacerbated. The longer the appointment in
the other institution the less likely it is that leave will be
granted;  leave will not be granted save in the most exceptional
circumstances to enable someone to decide whether to accept a
permanent appointment elsewhere. 

    In each of the situations outlined above, applications are
considered on 
their academic merits, but it is emphasised that the nature of
special leave is that it is granted exceptionally rather than
automatically. Advice on the 
likelihood of success of any application can be obtained from the
Secretary of Faculties or the secretary of the Appointments
Committee of the General Board.

    The General Board is increasingly concerned by applications
to outside 
bodies from individuals who wish to concentrate on research and
have their 
university teaching obligations `bought out'. The General Board
takes the view
that academic staff are specifically appointed to undertake both
teaching and 
research, and (although the Board would support arrangements
whereby teaching 
in excess of a contracted or reasonable stint was relieved) that
an extremely 
good case needs to be made in support of an application for
special leave which would have the result of the individual's
teaching being conducted mainly or wholly by someone else. This
is especially true given that the sabbatical leave scheme has
been preserved intact throughout retrenchment, so providing the
opportunity for individuals to concentrate on research in one
term out of every seven. Willingness to forgo university stipend
or the ease with which funding for a replacement appointment may
be attracted will not be sufficient to guarantee in any way the
success of an application for special leave.

    It is emphasised that any application for leave, including
any application
for funding which might result in the need for leave from
university duties to be granted, must be made to the General
Board through the faculty board (and head of department, in
departmentally organised faculties). In every case the academic
advantage to the institution will be the general criterion by
which applications will be considered: in every case the General
Board requires details of any necessary substitute arrangements.

    It is recognised that some offers are made to individuals at
short notice.
Given the fact that all members of the academic staff have clear
obligations to the University under the terms of their contracts,
however, no such offer should be accepted without the explicit
approval of the General Board under the procedures set out above:
for this reason any prospect of such an offer, 
however indefinite, must be discussed (in strict confidence) with
Dr Whiteley, secretary to the Appointments Committee of the
General Board, at the very 
earliest opportunity. Delay in bringing to the attention of the
University 
the possibility that an offer may be made will mean that if
applications and 
substitute arrangements then have to be considered at short
notice, this 
might compromise the chance of leave being granted.

    

Stipendiary arrangements

Leave granted under the above arrangements is normally without
university 
stipend, but the precise implications for payment can vary. In
some cases the 
leave is clearly unpaid, such as when appointments in the public
service are 
held. In other cases, such as the holding of prestigious research
awards, the 
University is expected to continue paying the individual, while
the grant-giving body provides support for the University to
employ a replacement: or the grant-giving body supplies a sum of
money which is equivalent to that paid by the University under
normal circumstances to the individual. Although this is
technically special leave without university stipend, the
University will continue to pay the stipend to the individual
through the payroll mechanism, being reimbursed by the
award-giving body. Special leave under any other arrangement will
mean the University will cease to make payments of stipend and
national insurance and superannuation contributions. In general,
except where the rules of grant-giving bodies in respect of major
competitive awards specify otherwise, it is expected that the
normal result of the granting of an application for special leave
will be the release to the University of the full salary and
on-costs of the substantive university appointment, which may be
available, with the agreement of the General Board, to the
faculty board for the making of any necessary replacement
appointment. This is particularly important given the
University's practice of advertising temporary university
lecturerships, for example, without cash-limited salary scales.






McDONNELL--PEW CENTRE FOR COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

An award from the McDonnell--Pew Program in Cognitive
Neuroscience, based in the United States of America, has funded
the establishment of a Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at the
University.  The centre links work on many aspects of brain
research relevant to human cognition in several departments at
Oxford and other institutions.

  The main interests of the centre concern the mechanisms by
which the brain forms representations of the outside world,
stores information as memories, and programmes movements.  It
will, however, encourage work in all areas of cognitive
neuroscience, across all relevant disciplines.

 The centre offers several forms of support:

Visiting fellowships, to contribute to the costs of short-term
visits from distinguished researchers from overseas; 

Seminar programme; 

Workshops, for the planning of collaborative research; 

European network grants, to cover the costs of exchange visits
for collaboration with laboratories elsewhere in Europe;

Research support fund, providing small grants for pilot projects,
etc.; 

Travel fund, especially for costs of visits to other laboratories
or to training courses to learn new techniques.

  If you wish to join the mailing list of the centre or to
receive further details of any of these forms of support, please
contact Lesley Court, Administrative Secretary, McDonnell--Pew
Secretariat, University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road,
Oxford OX1 3PT (telephone: Oxford (2)72497).






UNIVERSITY NURSERIES

The University has obtained planning permission for a second
nursery for fifty children, aged from four months to five years,
to be built in Bradmore Road, in addition to the Mansion House
Nursery, Summertown House (twenty-four places). At present, it
is expected that the Bradmore Road Nursery will open in late June
or early July 1994. 

   Matriculated students of the University, wholly or mainly
pursuing their studies, and staff of the University and colleges
are eligible to apply for places at the nurseries. Application
forms and details may be obtained from the Nursery Manager,
Mansion House Nursery, Summertown House, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2
7QZ. Those wishing to be considered for the first and major
allocation of places at the Bradmore Road Nursery should return
application forms to the Nursery Manager by 17 December. 

   Those awaiting places are asked to note that they are required
to write to the Nursery Manager, Mansion House Nursery (not the
Childcare Officer) each term confirming that they need a place;
otherwise their names will be deleted from the waiting list. 





PUSEY HOUSE

Election

To the Presidency of the Governors of Pusey House: mr philip
james sturrock, Chairman and Managing Director, Cassell PLC









ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM

Exhibitions now open

Modern Chinese paintings, from a private collection (until 28
November)

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 <UK stg>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)

   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 <Pound/s stg>20 (<Pound/s stg>10 for junior members
of the University; <Pound/s stg>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 <Pound/s stg>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
--------


Notices of lectures, seminars, etc., which were received in time
are published in the Special Lecture List (Supplement (1) to No.
4300).





INAUGURAL LECTURES

Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and Communication

professor jean aitchison, ma, will deliver her inaugural lecture
at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 16 November, in the Examination Schools. 

    Subject: `Language joyriding.'



Professor of the History of Latin America

professor alan s. knight, ba, d.phil., will deliver his inaugural
lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 18 November, in the Examination
Schools. 

    Subject: `Latin America: what price the past?'





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.'





ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

professor h. vendler, Harvard University, will lecture at 5 p.m.
on Friday, 19 November, in the Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre, the
St Cross Building. 

Convener: J.S. Kelly, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer (CUF) in
English. 

    Subject: `Robert Lowell and the topicality of the lyric.'





MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES

professor thomas m. greene, Yale University, will lecture at  5
p.m. on Monday, 22 November, in the Taylor Institution. 

Conveners: T.C. Cave, MA, D.Phil., Professor of French
Literature, and R.A. Cooper, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer
(CUF) in French. 

    Subject: `Rabelais and the language of malediction.'






ST CATHERINE'S COLLEGE

Smith Lecture on mathematics and its applications

professor h.b. keller, California Institute of Technology, will
deliver the Smith Lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 29 November, in
the Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre, St Catherine's College. 

    Subject: `The circle lattice problem, quantum statistics, and
computer    graphics.'




ST JOHN'S COLLEGE

The first St John's Ancient World Debate

paul rahe, University of Tulsa, will speak on his recent book
Republics Ancient and Modern at 2 p.m. on Friday, 26 November,
in the Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College. The
interlocutors will be Paul Cartledge, of Clare College,
Cambridge, and Eric Foner, Harmsworth Visiting Professor. 

Convener: N. Purcell, MA, University Lecturer (CUF) in Ancient
History. 



MANSFIELD COLLEGE

Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics, and Society

professor holmes rolston iii, Distinguished Professor of
Philosophy, Colorado State University, will lecture at 4 p.m. on
Thursday, 18 November, in the Council Chamber, Mansfield College.
All are welcome to attend. 

   Further information may be obtained by telephoning the centre
on Oxford (2)70886. 

    Subject: `Environmental ethics: some American challenges.'




OXFORD BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

dr m.b. parkes, Keble College, and professor j.p. feather,
University of Loughborough, will lecture at 5.30 p.m. on
Thursday, 18 November, in the Taylor Institution. Tea will be
available from 5 p.m. 

    Subject: `Towards the study of bookselling in Oxford: the
Middle Ages                             and the eighteenth
century.'


OXFORD MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY CLUB

The following talks, on the overall topic `Molecular variation
and human disease', will be given at a meeting of the club to be
held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 18 November, in the Department of
Zoology. 

    adrian hill, Institute of Molecular Medicine: `Molecular
analysis of HLA                         associations with
malaria.'

    andrew leigh brown, Department of Genetics, Edinburgh: `Viral
gene    evolution in HIV infected patients.'

    roy anderson, Department of Zoology: `Population dynamics of
interactions                            between parasites and
host immune systems.'




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). 





<<Please add after Research Services:>>


The Wellcome Trust


Research Career Development Fellowships in Basic Biomedical
Sciences

The Wellcome Trust is inviting applications for a new scheme of
fellowships to help young investigators develop an independent
research career in basic biomedical sciences. Fellowships may be
held for up to four years and can include project-dedicated
research expenses, including the salary of a technician or
graduate assistant where appropriate. Applicants may propose
projects in any of the areas of research which the Wellcome Trust
supports.

   These awards replace the trust's existing scheme of
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. Normally candidates would be
expected to have three to six years of postdoctoral experience.

   Applications are invited from postdoctoral researchers who
have graduated from a university in the United Kingdom or the
Republic of Ireland or who have worked for at least three years
in a university, hospital, or research institute in the United
Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland.

   Further details are available from the Grants Section (Basic
Sciences), the Wellcome Trust, 183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE
(telephone: 071-611 8438). 



Research Re-entry Fellowships

The Wellcome Trust has announced a new scheme of research
fellowships intended to help postdoctoral scientists return to
active independent research following a period of time away from
science.

   These fellowships are tenable for up to four years, and are
intended to provide for a period of up to one year for update
training in research which may, if appropriate, include formal
coursework or an M.Sc. degree. Applicants would normally be
expected to have more than three years of postdoctoral research
experience and an excellent publication record, before the career
break.

   Applications are invited from postdoctoral researchers who
have graduated from a university in the UK or the Republic of
Ireland or who have worked for at least three years in a
university, hospital, or research institute in the UK or the
Republic of Ireland. Applications, which may be made at any time,
will be considered by the appropriate scientific panel of the
trust.

   Enquiries are also invited from medical graduates wishing to
re-enter academic research.

   Preliminary enquiries, including a full curriculum vitae, a
500-word outline of the proposed research, approximate research
costs, and details of the retraining component contemplated,
together with a letter of support from the head of the department
in which the work is to be carried out, should be sent to the
Grants Section (Basic Sciences), the Wellcome Trust 183 Euston
Road London NW1 2BE (telephone: 071-611 8438).



Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowships and Training
Studentships in Mathematical Biology

The Wellcome Trust has recently introduced two schemes of support
for individuals wishing to develop careers in research in the
application of mathematics to biological and medical science. The
trust is anxious to stimulate research in this subject, and in
particular to promote the flow of well-trained research workers
into this area.

Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowships. Postdoctoral Research
Training Fellowships are open both to mathematicians and to
biology graduates of UK or Irish universities. Mathematicians
completing a doctorate would be supported to pursue independent 
postdoctoral studies applying their mathematical skills to    
a biological or medical problem. Scientists with a doctorate in
a biological subject could be supported to develop their
mathematical skills in relation to their biological interest, and
to pursue research at this interface. Applicants for these
fellowships should note that the trust's remit is primarily to
support research in medicine, veterinary medicine, and the
related basic biomedical sciences, and that these areas of
biological science will take precedence.

    Prospective fellows should apply within four years of    
completion of their docorate. Applicants should note that these
fellowships are primarily intended for training and the
development of postdoctoral skills and experience in mathematical
biology, rather than to sustain the careers of those with an
established research background in this discipline.

    Fellowship support can be requested for any period    
between one and five years, and can include funding where
appropriate to attend an M.Sc. course on the subject, or to
obtain experience at a suitable centre abroad, or both. Normally,
candidates should have two sponsors, one from each of the
biological and mathematical sciences, and applications should be
made jointly with these supervisors whose laboratories or    
departments must be in the UK or Republic of Ireland. The
prospective fellow will be expected to be primarily    
responsible for writing the application and capable of    
independently executing the research proposed. Fellowships may
not be used to support research on cancer nor held in a Cancer
Research Institute or Research Council Unit.

    The stipend and research expenses for these fellowships    
will be at the trust's usual fellowship rate.

Research Training Studentships. Research Training Studentships
are available for graduates of UK or Irish universities in any
mathematical or biological subject, wishing to study for a
doctoral degree in the UK or Republic of Ireland. Support will
be available for a course lasting four years, to allow those   
with mathematical training to study the biological background in
the area of their doctoral degree, and to allow biologists
additional time to develop their mathematical skills. The subject
of the doctoral research can be in any area of mathematical
biology, although medicine, veterinary medicine, and the related
basic sciences will take precedence over other biological
subjects.

    Studentships may not be used to support research on cancer
nor held in a Cancer Research Institute or Research Council Unit.
Individuals whose salary is provided by a Cancer Research Charity
or Research Council may not supervise the holder of a
studentship.

    Applications should be made jointly by the intended student
and supervisor. The stipend and research expenses for these
studentships will be at the advantageous level offered to holders
of Wellcome Prize Studentships.

    Applications will be considered in competition, and 
application forms are available from the Grants Section
(reference: MathBio), the Wellcome Trust, 183 Euston Road London
NW1 2BE (telephone: 071-611 8438). 

    The deadline for submission of applications is 21 January. 
















EXAMINATIONS  AND  BOARDS
-------------------------


CHAIRMAN OF THE GENERAL BOARD: SATURDAY MORNINGS

The Chairman of the General Board, Dr J.V. Peach, will be in his
room (337) in the University Offices on Saturday mornings between
9 a.m. and 12 noon in weeks 1--8 of Michaelmas Term, and will be
pleased to see any senior member of the University who may wish
to discuss matters relevant to the General Board's
responsibilities with him. These sessions are intended primarily
for those who do not have administrative duties (e.g. as heads
of departments or chairmen of faculty boards) which regularly
bring them into contact with the General Board. 

   No appointment is required, but this may mean that from time
to time it is necessary to wait until the Chairman is free. If
the matter to be discussed is of unusual complexity it would help
if a short note of it were sent in advance. 





CHANGES IN REGULATIONS

With the approval of the General Board, the following changes in
regulations made by boards of faculties will come into effect on
26 November.

1 Board of the Faculty of Anthropology and Geography

Honour School of Geography

With effect from 1 October 1995 (for first examination in 1996)
In Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 192, after l. 31 insert: `Some
Special Subjects may not be available in every year. Candidates
may obtain information about which options may be offered for
examination in the following academic year from the Head of
Department by the first Monday of the Michaelmas Term before the
academic year in which they are examined. This information will
be published at the same time in the Gazette and in the lecture
summary booklet.'

2 Board of the Faculty of Literae Humaniores

Honour School of Literae Humaniores

With effect from 1 October 1995 (for first examination in 1996)
1 In Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 209, delete ll. 29--31. 2
Ibid., p. 211, delete ll. 12--28 and substitute: `The subjects
in Philosophy are those specified as Subjects 101--99 in
Regulations for Philosophy in some of the Honour Schools (except
that subjects 115 and 116 (Ancient Philos-ophy) are not available
to candidates in Literae Humaniores), together with the subjects
in Ancient Philosophy listed in the Schedule below.' Candidates
are required to offer four subjects from the subjects in
Philosophy, of which at least one shall be from  among subjects
102, 103, 104, and 108 (Metaphysics and Theory of Knowledge,
Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, The Philosophy of Logic and Language)
and at least one shall be from the Schedule below. Where subject
199 (Thesis in Philosophy) is taken, the body responsible for
approving applications is the Board of the Faculty of Literae
Humaniores. Applications should be directed to the chairman of
the board, c/o the Administrator, The Philosophy Centre, 10
Merton Street, Oxford.

Schedule. Ancient Philosophy

(1) Plato: either (a) Republic, or (b) Theaetetus and Sophist;
(2) Aristotle: either (a) Nicomachean Ethics or (b) Physics; (3)
Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Pyrrhonism. These subjects will be
examined in an essay paper, which will include compulsory
passages for comment, and a translation paper, containing
passages for translation from the texts offered in (1)--(3).
Candidates offering just one of (1)--(3) will be required to
translate two passages in 1H hours; candidates offering either
two or three of (1)--(3) will be required to translate four
passages in 3 hours.' 3 Ibid., p. 213, delete ll. 24--6 and
substitute: `(7) Ancient Philosophy (for candidates not offering
Subject II). Any one of the subjects (1)--(3) specified in the
Schedule in II above.' 3 Board of the Faculty of Medieval and
Modern Languages Honour School of Modern Languages With effect
from 1 October 1996 (for first examination in 1997) 1 In
Examination Decrees, 1993, p. 337, l. 27, delete `1200--1400' and
substitute `1220--1430'. 2 Ibid., p. 340, delete ll. 40--7 and
substitute: `(1) Petrarch, with a special study of the
Canzoniere, Nos. 1--12; 16--24; 30; 34--7; 50--4; 60--2; 70; 72;
77; 80--1; 90--2; 102; 119; 125--6; 128--9; 132--4; 136; 142;
145; 148; 159--60; 164; 197; 211; 219; 263--4; 268; 272; 279--80;
287--92; 302--4; 310--11; 315; 327; 353; 359--60; 364--6.
Candidates will further be expected to have studied a
representative selection of Petrarch's other Italian poems and
of works originally written in Latin. (2)  Boccaccio, with a
special study of the Decameron, I, 1--3; II, 2, 5, 10; III, 2;
IV, 1, 2, 5, 7, 9; V, 6, 8, 9; VI, 1, 9, 10; VII, 4, 9; VIII, 3,
8; IX, 1, 2; X, 2, 9, 10. Candidates will further be expected to
have studied a representative selection of other parts of the
Decameron and of other works by Boccaccio. (3)  Machiavelli, with
a special study of Il Principe. Candidates will further be
expected to have studied a rep- resentative selection of
Machiavelli's other works, including I discorsi and La
mandragola. (4)  Ariosto, with a special study of Orlando
Furioso, cantos I--XIII.45; XVIII.146--XXIV; XXVIII--XXX; XXXIV;
XLV--XLVI. Candidates will further be expected to have studied
other parts of the Orlando Furioso and a selection of the Satire.
(5)  Tasso with a special study of Gerusalemme Liberata, cantos
I--VII; XI--XVI; XIX--XX, and Aminta. Candidates will further be
expected to have studied other parts of the Gerusalemme
Liberata.' 3 Ibid., p. 343, delete ll. 24--30 and substitute:
`(1) Manzoni, with a special study of I promessi sposi.
Candidates will further be expected to have studied Manzoni's
tragedies and a selection of his other works. (2)  Leopardi, with
a special study of I Canti. Candidates will further be expected
to have studied the Operette morali and a selection of Leopardi's
other writings. (3)  d'Annunzio, with a special study of Alcyone.
Candidates will further be expected to have studied a selection
of d'Annunzio's other work in verse and prose. (4)  Verga, with
a special study of I Malavoglia and Mastro-don Gesualdo.
Candidates will further be expected to have studied a selection
of Verga's other fiction. (5)  Pirandello, with special study of
Il fu Mattia Pascal, Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore and I
giganti  della montagna. Candidates will further be expected to
have studied a representative selection of Pirandello's drama and
prose work. (6)  Montale, with a special study of `ossi di
seppia' in Ossi de seppia, Section IV of Le occasioni,
`Finisterre' in La bufera e altro and `Xenia i' in Satura.
Candidates will further be expected to have studied a
representative selection of Montale's other poems. (7) Calvino,
with a special study of Il cavaliere inesistente and Se una notte
d'inverno un viaggiatore. Candidates will further be expected to
have studied other works representative of Calvino's development
as a writer.'

4 Boards of the Faculties of Medieval and Modern

Languages and English Language and Literature

Honour School of English and Modern Languages

With effect from 1 October 1996 (for first examination in 1997)
As for the Honour School of Modern Languages (see 3 above).



5 Boards of the Faculties of Medieval and Modern

Languages and Literae Humaniores

(a) Honour School of Classics and Modern languages (b) Honour
School of Philosophy and Modern Languages

With effect from 1 October 1966 (for first examination in 1997)
As for the Honour School of Modern Languages (see 3 above).



6 Boards of the Faculties of Medieval and Modern

Languages and Modern History

Honour School of Modern History and Modern Languages

With effect from 1 October 1996 (for first examination in 1997)
As for the Honour School of Modern Languages (see 3 above).


7 Board of the Faculty of Theology

M.St. in Theology

With effect from 1 October 1994 (for first examination in 1995)
1 In Examination Decrees, 1993, p. 667, after l. 14 insert:
`Biblical Interpretation 

Candidates will be required to offer three papers: 

1. The History and Principles of Biblical Study (as set for Paper
(v) old Testament) 

2. Either Old Testament Theology (as set for Paper (ii) Old
Testament) or New Testament Theology (as set for Paper (iii) New
Testament 

3. The History of Biblical Interpretation One of the following
periods shall be selected to be studied in such texts as listed: 

A. ad 100--604 The Epistle of Barnabas. Justin Martyr---Dialogue
with Trypho. ANF I. Melito of Sardis---Paschal Homily, ed. S.G.
Hall, OUP. Irenaeus---Against the Heretics, Books III--V. ANF I.
Tertullian---On the Resurrection. ---Against Marcion, Book IV,
ed. E. Evans, OUP. Origen---On First Principles, Books IV, ed.
G.W. Butterworth. ---Commentaries on John and Matthew. ANF IX. -
--Homilies on Genesis and Exodus, tr. R.E. Heine. ---Fathers of
the Church 71. ---Commentary on John, tr. R.E. Heine, FC 80.
Tyconius---The Book of Rules I--III in K. Froehlich, Biblical
Interpretation in the Early Church, Fortress 1984. Chrysostom---
Homilies on Genesis 1--17 tr. R. hill, FC 74. ---Homilies on St
Paul's Epistles: Romans, LF, 1877. ---Homilies on Matthew 1--8,
LF 1876. ---St John, tr. T.A. Goggin FC 33 and 41. Cyril of
Alexandria---Commentary on John 1--8, LF, 1874. Jerome---Homilies
tr. M.L. Ewald, FC, 48 and 57. Augustine---On Christian Doctrine,
ed. D.W. Robertson, LLA 1958. ---Confessions Books 10--13, ed.
H. Chadwick OUP 1991. ---On the Spirit and The Letter, LCC VIII.
---Homiles on John XIV, ed. H.F. Stewart, CUP, 1990. ---Classics
of Western Spirituality, 1984. ---Tractates on John, tr. J.W.
Rettig, FC 78 and 79.

B. ad 1050--1650 Hugh St Victor---Didascalion, ed. J. Taylor,
1990. Bernard of Clairvaux---On the Song of Songs. CF 4, 7, 31,
40. William of St Thierry---Exposition on the Song of Songs, CF6.
Anselm to Ockham---Selections, ed. E.R. Fairweather, LCC 10 1956.
Joachim of Fiore---Selected writings, in Apocalyptic Spiritu-
ality, CWS 19, ed. B. McGinn. Eckhart---The Essential Sermons,
Commentaries, Treatises and Defence, ed. E. Colledge and B.
McGinn, CWS 1981. Erasmus---Paraphrases on Romans and Galatians.
Toronto 1984. ---On the Freedom of the Will (1524) LCC 17.
Luther---Lectures on Romans (1515/6) LCC 15. ---Commentary on
Galatians (1535) ed. P.S. Watson. ---Lectures on Genesis 1--14,
American edn. 1--2. ---Lectures on The Psalms AE., X--XI. Thomas
MŸntzer---Sermon before the Princes, The testimony of Luke, and
The ExposA of False Faith (Collected Works, tr. P. Matheson).
Calvin---Commentary on Romans, ed. R. Mackenzie. ---Commentary
on St John, ed. T.H.L. Parker. Melanchthon---Loci Communes
(1521), ed. W. Pauck, LCC 19. Bucer---On the Kingdom of Christ
(1557), ed. W. Pauck, LCC 19. Cranmer---Defence of the true and
catholic doctrine of the sacrement (1550), ed. G.E. Duffield,
1964. W. Tyndale---Work (152534), ed. G.E. Duffield, 1964. L. de
LAon---The Names of Christ, ed. m. Duran and W. Kluback, London
1984.

C. ad. 1640--1930 G. Winstanley---`Fire in the Bush' (in
Winstanley, The Law of Freedom and other Writings, ed. C. Hill).
J. Locke---The Reasonableness of Christianity (1695), London,
1824, 1946. ---A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St Paul
(1707), Oxford 1987. A. Collins---A Discourse of the Grounds and
Reasons of the Christian Religion, London 1737. R. Lowth---
Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews (1753), London 1829.
H.S. Reimarus---Fragments, London 1971. F.D.E. Schleiermacher---
The Life of Jesus (1864), ed. J.C. Verheyden, London 1975. D.F.
Strauss---The Life of Jesus Critically Examined (1835), ed. P.
Hodgson, London 1973. H. Ewald---History of Israel (1843--55),
London 1867--6. F.C. Baur---Paul (1845), Edinburgh 1875. ---
Church History Vol. 1, London 1878. B. Jowett---`On the
Interpretation of Scripture', Essays and Reviews, London 1860.
J.W. Colenso---The Pentateuch and the Books of Joshua I, 1864.
E. Renan---Life of Jesus, London 1864. J. Wellhausen---
Prolegomena to the History of Israel (1878), Edinburgh 1885. J.B.
Lightfoot---Essay on the work entitled Supernatural Religion,
London 1889. W.R. Smith---The Religion of the Semites, London
1889. A. Harnack---What is Christianity? (1900), London 1901. H.
Gunkel---`The History of Religion: Understanding of the New
Testament', The Monist, Chicago 1903. A. Schweitzer---The Quest
of the Historical Jesus (1906), London 1910. ---Paul and his
Interpreters (1911), London 1912. W. Bousset---Kyrios Christos
(19212), Philadelphia 1970. K. Barth---The Epistle to the Romans
(19212), London 1933. An essay may be submitted in place of any
one paper.'



DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

The Board of the Faculty of Physical Sciences has granted leave
to w.a. oddy, New College, to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor
of Science. A list of the evidence submitted by the candidate is
available at the Univesity Offices.




EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

The examiners appointed by the following faculty boards give
notice of oral examination of their candidates as follows:

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES e.l. bradshaw, Wolfson: `Social and
ecological determinants of food availability in the brown hare
(Lepus europaeus)'. Department of Zoology, Wednesday, 22
December. 2 p.m. Examiners: A.G. Gosler, G. Iason.

j.e. hall, Green College: `Managing intervention for the
sustainable development of the natural forest: an East African
perspective'. Department of Plant Sciences, Friday, 12 November,
11 a.m. Examiners: P.D. Hardcastle, P.J. Kanowski.

CLINICAL MEDICINE 
a. memon, Green College: `A search for unidentified viral causes
of cancer by an epidemiological method'. Green College, Tuesday,
16 November, 4 p.m. Examiners: L.J. Kinlen, K. McPherson.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 
j.m. bell, St John's: `Compelling identities: nation and lyric
form in Seamus Heaney'. Examination Schools, Friday, 19 November,
11 a.m. Examiners: J.S. Kelly, G. Watson.

m. sydeman, Christ Church: `Misogynist politics: film theory,
feminism, and Brian De Palma'. Examination Schools, Thursday, 18
November, 2 p.m. Examiners: A.D. Smith, I. Christie.

LITERAE HUMANIORES 
m. clark, Christ Church: `A social and economic history of the
Athenian navy in the fourth century bc.' Examination Schools,
Thursday, 2 December, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: S. Hornblower, P.J.
Rhodes.

m.e. curry, Lincoln: `The distribution of Attic black figure and
archaic red figure pottery in Italy and Sicily.' Ashmolean
Museum, Friday, 29 November, 5 p.m. Examiners: A.W. Johnston,
R.J.A. Wilson.

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 
n. sparks, Wolfson: `Studies in logic and the theory of Banach
spaces.' Mathematical Institute, Tuesday, 16 November, 2 p.m.
Examiners: A.J. Macintyre, W.T. Gowers.

MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES 
j.n. ahearne, Wadham: `Michel de Certeau,: interpretation and its
other'. New College, Friday, 26 November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners:
L. Giard, A.M. Jefferson.

k.j. leeder, Magdalen: `"Hineingeboren": a new generation of
poets in the German Democratic Republic (1979--89'. Examination
Schools, Tuesday, 14 December, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: D.J.
Constantine, I. Wallace.

l.d. stephens, St John's: `Manessier's continuation of Chretien
de Troyes's Perceval: a reappraisal'. Examination Schools,
Thursday, 6 Janaury, 3 p.m. Examiners: J. Taylor, R. Middleton.

MODERN HISTORY 
r.d. coleman, Queen's: `The coinage of Deventer, 983--1100.'
Trinity, Wednesday, 24 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: B.R.
Ward-Perkins, P. Ilisch.

MUSIC 
j.s. garnett, St Hugh's: `Complexity in music: studies in
compositional, theoretical, and analytical thought'. Music
Faculty, Friday, 19 November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: J. Samson,
B.L. Trowell.

PHYSICAL SCIENCES 
r.f. martinez-botas, St John's: `Annular cascade aerodynamics and
heat transfer'. Department of Engineering Sciences, Monday, 15
November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: J.M. Owen, P.T. Ireland.

SOCIAL STUDIES 
m.r. ainley-walker, Nuffield: `Dividend behaviour of firms'. 37A
St Giles', Tuesday, 14 December, 2 p.m. Examiners: M. Keen, C.P.
Mayer.

i.d. coles, New College: `US--Japan high technology trade
friction: the cases of supercomputers, construction/ engineering
services, and satellites'. St Antony's, Wednesday, 17 November,
1.30 p.m. Examiners: A.R. Wyatt Walter, E.B. Keehn.

p.g. mcgovern, Nuffield: `Controlling commitment: the management
of technical labour in multi-national firms'. Examination
Schools, Monday, 22 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: C.J. Crouch, J.
Clark.

h.k. monroe, Balliol: `Mix-and-match compatibility and asymmetric
costs'. Wadham, Tuesday, 30 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: A.W.
Beggs, P. Swann.

z. vallejo, St Antony's: `Role of the state in the promotion of
printing and publishing exports in Colombia: 1967--90'. Nuffield,
Tuesday, 7  December, 11 a.m. Examiners: R. Gwynne, L.A.
Whitehead.


EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF LETTERS

The examiners appointed by the following faculty board give
notice of oral examination of their candidate as follows:

MODERN HISTORY 
a.r. watson, Wadham: `A computerised analysis of four building
accounts associated with Sir Christopher Wren.' Hertford, Friday,
19 November, 11 a.m. Examiners: M. Biddle, J. Bold. 

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OBITUARIES

ST HILDA'S COLLEGE

erica irene johanna martineau, b.litt., 19 October 1993; graduate
1936--8. Aged 91. 

mrs olive may parkinson (nee Jefferson), ma, 7 October 1993;
commoner and graduage 1921--5. Aged 91. 





ELECTIONS


QUEEN'S COLLEGE

To Scholarships: 

katharine m. allen, formerly of Victoria College, Belfast

sia e. applin, formerly of Kingston Grammar School

paul j. arnold, formerly of King Edward VI School, Southampton

michael p. eastwood, formerly of Millfield School

peter d.e. gibson, formerly of Belfast Royal Academy

paul j. gillingham, formerly of Bryanston School

christian s. goodlad, formerly of King Edward's School,
Birmingham

charles f. harford-cross, formerly of Ripon Grammar School

jonathan p. jones, formerly of Bolton School, Boys' Division

wayne m. leslie, formerly of Leeds Grammar School

claire s. mcphie, formerly of Heathfield High School, Congleton

oliver g.g. michell, formerly of Dulwich College

gregory p. norton, formerly of Norwich School

sophie e.m. ortner, formerly of Oundle School

christopher f. poole, formerly of Wellingborough School

pauline a. rigby, formerly of Millfield School

victoria h. saward, formerly of King Edward VI High School,
Edgbaston

leander g. schneider, formerly of Atlantic College, South
Glamorgan

martin w.g. scott-brown, formerly of Abingdon School

graham p. sharp, formerly of Tapton School, Sheffield

rosemary a. stephenson, formerly of Bradford Grammar School

chye-hee tan, formerly of Victoria Junior College, Singapore

emma k. thomas, formerly of Cheltenham Ladies' College

eva m. west, formerly of Sir William Perkins's School, Chertsey

alexander c. windscheffel, formerly of Royal Grammar School,
Colchester

sarah e. witt, formerly of Cheltenham Ladies' College

jonathan l. woolf, formerly of Bradford Grammar School






To Exhibitions: 

alison j. blakeley, formerly of King Edward VI Girls' High
School, Birmingham

sarah c. brophy, formerly of Sale Girls' Grammar School

fiona e. dalton, formerly of Leeds Girls' High School

shaun r. donnelly, formerly of St Edmund Campion School,
Gateshead

christopher p. douglass, formerly of Sir Graham Balfour School,
Stafford

christian p. dowd, formerly of King George V College, Southport

daniel r. freeman, formerly of Arnold School, Blackpool

nadia j. hall, formerly of Beacon Community College, Crowborough

david hilton, formerly of Saddleworth School, Oldham

penny l. hogbin, formerly of Wilmslow County High School

jeremy j. horne, formerly of Totton College, Southampton

s. paul jones, formerly of Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, Cardiff

peter j. mcdonald, formerly of St Bede's College, Manchester

timothy j. monger, formerly of Fulford School, York

adam l. potter, formerly of Batley Grammar School

kevin m. ramsden, formerly of Bridlington School

nicholas d.m. raveney, formerly of Judd School, Tonbridge

tanya j. roberts, formerly of Leeds Girls' High School

alexandra m. rutland, formerly of Downe House, Newbury

renaud l. seligmann, formerly of Lycee de Sevres, France

richard a. spitz, formerly of University College School, London

nia j. taylor, formerly of Shrewsbury High School

david j. went, formerly of Magdalen College School, Oxford




To College Bursaries: 

rory w. brown, formerly of Royal Belfast Academical Institution

james r. hurrion, formerly of Solihull Sixth-Form College

james t.a. martin-jenkins, formerly of Radley College

wendy s.d. niblett, formerly of Millfield School





ST HILDA'S COLLEGE

To A FitzRandolph Exhibition in Mathematics and Philosophy (from
MT 1993): silvia barbina, formerly of the United World College
of the Adriatic

To a FitzRandolph Exhibition (from MT 1993): christine finn,
formerly of Folkestone Technical High School for Girls

To an Allen Exhibition in Mathematics (from MT 1993): rebecca
turner, formerly of Exeter College, Devon

To a Leys Exhibition in Mathematics (from MT 1993): gillian
wickenden, formerly of France Hill School, Camberley




SOMERVILLE COLLEGE

To Beilby Scholarships: 

miss joanna kate edmond, formerly of Dean Close School,
Cheltenham

miss alexandra ralph, formerly of St Aidan's and St John Fisher's
Sixth-Form College


To Nuffield Exhibitions: 

miss sharmi biswas, formerly of Wakefield's Girls' High School

miss joanna violet moy, formerly of Chelmsford County High School
for Girls


To a Coombs Exhibition: miss kate jackson, formerly of South
Hampstead High School



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

To a Special Supernumerary Fellowship and College Lecturership
in Immunology (from 3 November 1993): philip arthur reay, d.phil.
(b.sc. Edinburgh)




PRIZES

ST HILDA'S COLLEGE


K.O. Morgan Prizes

martha da gama howells

harriet davidson


Dorothy Whitelock Prizes

gwyneth price

abigail searle jones


Mansbridge Essay Prize

Proxime accesserunt:

veronica bowen

fiona nicks


SOMERVILLE COLLEGE

Nicholson Prize for Mathematics

miss alexandra ralph


College Prize for Physics

miss joanna kate edmond


College Prize for Physiological Sciences

miss joanna violet moy

miss nicolette lai kay tam



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Middle Barton: unfurnished, 4-bedroom detached house on pleasant
estate in attractive north Oxfordshire village, 25 minutes by car
from Oxford centre; convenient for schools; c.h., telephone,
private garden. Suit non-smoking family. Available Feb. Long let
preferred. œ400 p.c.m. Tel.: 0295 720235. 

Peacefully situated, large Edwardian semi in sought-after road
in central North Oxford; green views back and front; fully
furnished and equipped family home; 4 bedrooms (2 double, 2
single), 2 reception, 2 bath/shower and w.c.; well situated for
University and Summertown shops, buses, ring-road, etc., yet
tranquil environment; large west-facing garden to rear, with
canal access. œ850 p.c.m. (all exc.). Available Dec.--June inc.
Ashton. Tel.: Oxford 721022. 

Headington outskirts: immaculate family home; large garden; 4
bedrooms, bathroom, w.c., en-suite, lounge, dining-room, office,
conservatory, kitchen, and laundry; fully furnished; gardener and
cleaner included. Highly recommended. Available Jan. for 3
months. œ950 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 351321. 

Secluded, fully-furnished cottage in North Oxford, within easy
walking distance of city, unexpectedly available; bedroom,
sitting-room, kitchen, bathroom, etc.; very quiet. œ460 p.c.m.
Mrs Brett. Tel.: Oxford 54384 (evenings). 






Flats to Let 

Furnished one-bedroom self-contained flat to let in North Oxford.
Rent œ500 p.c.m., inc. service charge. Top (second) floor with
pleasant view over college grounds. Tel.: Oxford (2)74914 (9
a.m.--5 p.m.). 

Two-bedroom, one-bedroom, and studio flats just completed and
furnished to high standard available in a spacious Victorian
house just north of the city, at the heart of the university
centre; best suited to mature and visiting academics. Rent œ750,
œ650, and œ500 p.m. Tel.: Oxford 516144. 

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 Headington: 2-bedroom ground-floor flat with small back
garden in private close; fully furnished; gas c.h.; quiet
location close to shops and buses. Professionals only. œ495
p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 68504. 

Available from 1 Dec.: flat with 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. 

Modern purpose-built flat in Summertown, North Oxford: living-
room with balcony; kitchen, fully equipped, inc. freezer and
washer/drier; 2 double bedrooms; 1 single bedroom/study;
bathroom; fully furnished; gas c.h.; telephone; garage; access
to quiet, secluded garden. Available from 11 Nov. œ575 p.c.m.
plus utilities and council tax. No pets. No smokers. References
required. Min. let 6 months. Tel.: Oxford 63482. 

Christmas let: up to four weeks from early Dec.: 2-bedroom flat
in Victorian conversion in central North Oxford; attractively
furnished and fully equipped. Tel.: 0608 84700. 






Accommodation Offered 

Bed-and-breakfast accommodation available in warm, centrally-
heated, comfortable house in prestigious central North Oxford,
within easy walking distance of the city centre, all main
university buildings, parks, and rivers. Very moderate terms.
Tel.: Oxford 57879. 

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to Oxford. Our properties range from 1-bedroom apartments in the
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Accommodation Sought 

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.

Dr Quraan, an economist and lecturer at Yarmouk University,
urgently requires modest accommodation for himself, wife, and 7-
month daughter, for approx. 10 months, while studying at the
Refugee Studies Programme. Would prefer a 1-bedroom flat, but
will consider bedsit with shared cooking facilities. Central or
North Oxford. Telephone the RSP: Oxford (2)70722 (leave message).


Young, female, professional seeks modern spacious room/small flat
with all mod. cons.; limit 2 miles from centre. Long let. Tel.:
Oxford 793975 (Fri. 6--8 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.--2 p.m.). 



Accommodation sought to rent or exchange

Academic couple seeks furnished flat or house (2 bedrooms
preferred), reasonably near the centre of Oxford, Jan.--Mar.
Would consider exchanging for a house in the Boston area. Replies
to Professor I.M. James, Mathematical Institute, 24--29 St
Giles', Oxford OX1 3LB. Tel.: Oxford (2)73541. 




Accommodation Exchange 

Hawaii: family seeks 3+ bedroom home in Oxford area, late June
to late Aug. We have 4+ bedrooms across from beautiful white
sandy beach, 25 minutes from Honolulu. Willing to exchange
car/office and help to make contacts for academic research. J.
Knox. Fax: 808 545 2368. 







House to let or for sale

Sandfield Road, Headington, Oxford: close to city centre on main
bus route, spacious family house, unfurnished, close to all
hospitals; 5 bedrooms, detached; garage; large south-facing
garden; near schools, shops, and leisure facilities. œ1,100
p.c.m. (inc. gardener). Tel.: Oxford 200092 (day), or 744664
(evening). 









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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).



Under `Contents':



Supplement included in this issue:

                                        Pages


(1) to 4305: Appointments               000--000 





Friday 12 November
the revd professor andrew linzey: `Radical theologies: animal
theology', Mansfield, 5 p.m.
cyril marie (piano) and nathanaelle marie (violin) play works by
Beethoven, Schubert, Bartok, and Kreisler, Maison Francaise, 8.15
p.m. (admission free).

Saturday 13 November
department for continuing education day-school, 10 a.m.--5 p.m.:
`The future of the monarchy', with speakers including G.H.L. de
May, Anthony Barnett, Dr David Butler, and Professor Stephen
Haseler (details from (2)70360). 

Sunday 14 November
professor r.j. o'neill preaches, St Mary's, 10 a.m.

Monday 15 November
e. wilson and r. therival: `Strategic environmental assessment:
a transport case study' (Environmental Change Unit Seminar), main
lecture room, School of Geography, 2--3.30 p.m.
professor p.w. anderson: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new
limitations, new concepts, new results with a focus on High-Tc
Superconductors' (special lecture series), Lindemann Lecture
Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 4.15 p.m. (also tomorrow, at same
time).
professor marilyn butler: `Novels as pleasure and novels as
instruction: Jane Austen and others' (St Hilda's Centenary
Lecture Series: `Women of Ideas'), Dining Hall, St Hilda's, 5
p.m.
the allegri quartet play works by Haydn, Delius, and Beethoven,
Holywell Music Room, 8 p.m. (tickets <Pound/s stg>7.50 from
Blackwell's; student tickets <Pound/s stg>4 from Music Faculty).

Tuesday 16 November
The meeting of Congregation, due to take place today, is
cancelled.
the revd professor o.m.t. o'donovan preaches (Court Sermon),
Cathedral, 10.30 a.m.
professor jean m. aitchison (Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language
and Communication): `Language joyriding' (inaugural lecture),
Schools, 5 p.m. 
professor n. wolterstorff: `In defence of authorial
interpretation' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections
on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. 
sir keith thomas: `The perception of the landscape in early
modern England' (Hoskins Lecture), Lecture Theatre, St Anne's,
5 p.m. 

Wednesday 17 November
seminar on software package AXIOM, Mathematical Institute, from
2.30 p.m. (telephone for details: Oxford 511245). 
maison francaise exhibition opens: `Revues universitaires
francaises consacrees au monde anglophone: langue, litterature,
civilisation' (until 27 November). 
professor j.w. o'malley: `Sorting it all out: the writing of The
First Jesuits' (Martin D'Arcy Lectures: `Whatever happened to the
Counter-Reformation? Fifty years of interpretation'), Campion
Hall, 5 p.m. 
ms g. dona: `Psychological acculturation of Guatemalan refugees'
(Refugee Studies Programme: Seminars on Forced Migration),
Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 5 p.m.
m. alain bertrand: `Le Tunnel sous la Manche, ou le management
de l'impossible', Maison Francaise, 5.15 p.m.
the allegri quartet play works by Haydn, Tippett, and Beethoven,
Holywell Music Room, 8 p.m. (tickets <Pound/s stg>7.50 from
Blackwell's; student tickets <Pound/s stg>4 from Music Faculty).
dr k. hossack: `Materialism, dualism, and the liar paradox'
(interdisciplinary seminars in logic, language, and mind:
`paradoxes'), Room C, Bernard Sunley Building, St Catherine's,
8.30 p.m.

Thursday 18 November
m. heaney and r. gartner: `Entering the Bodleian through Windows:
the Pre-1920 Catalogue of Printed Books on compact disc' (Friends
of the Bodleian thirty-minute lecture), Cecil Jackson Room,
Sheldonian, 1 p.m.
venus gray: `Shifting power in cross-cultural marriages' (Centre
for Cross-Cultural Research on Women seminar), Library Wing
Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m. 
professor h. rolston: `Environmental ethics: some American
challenges' (Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics, and
Society lecture), Council Chamber, Mansfield, 4 p.m.
professor a.s. knight (Professor of the History of Latin
America): `Latin America: what price the past?' (inaugural
lecture), Schools, 5 p.m.
alan bennett: `Not history at all' (meeting chaired by Professor
Michael Codron), Bernard Sunley Theatre, St Catherine's, 5 p.m. 
william st clair: `Literature and politics: the case of Byron and
Greece', Taylor Institution, 5 p.m.
a. wood: `Monsters, magicians, and megalomaniacs---science,
medicine, and women in film' (Women's Studies Committee seminars:
`Women and science'), second-floor seminar room, Biochemistry
Building, 5 p.m. 
mike alfreds: `Les Enfants du Paradis: from screen to stage',
Maison Francaise, 5.30 p.m. 
sir brian urquhart: `Ralph Bunche, the Nobel Prize, and
international service: the pros and cons of self-effacement'
(Evan Luard Memorial Lecture), St Antony's, 8.15 p.m. 

Friday 19 November
professor p. dasgupta: `The population problem' (Sidney Ball
Lecture), Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's, 2 p.m. 
dr j. steinberg: `The Third Reich reflected: German
administration in eastern Europe, 1941-4' (Faculty of Modern
History: Special Faculty Lecture), Schools, 5 p.m. 
rabbi professor dan cohn-sherbok: `Radical theologies: Holocaust
theology', Mansfield, 5 p.m.
professor h. vendler: `Robert Lowell and the topicality of the
lyric', Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre, St Cross Building, 5 p.m. 
the allegri quartet play works by Haydn, Daniel Hewson, and
Beethoven, Holywell Music Room, 8 p.m. (tickets <Pound/s stg>7.50
from Blackwell's; student tickets <Pound/s stg>4 from Music
Faculty).

Sunday 21 November
mr r.g. smethurst preaches (Sermon on the Sin of Pride), St
Mary's, 10 a.m.

Monday 22 November
dr d. posey: `Ethnobiology and traditional knowledge: local
solutions to global conservation problems' (Environmental Change
Unit Seminar), main lecture room, School of Geography, 2--3.30
p.m.
professor p.w. anderson: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new
limitations, new concepts, new results with a focus on High-Tc
Superconductors' (special lecture series), Lindemann Lecture
Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 4.15 p.m. (also tomorrow, at same
time).
r. cave: `The architecture of H.T. Hare (1860--1921)' (Oxford
Architectural History Seminar), Rewley House, 5.30 p.m.

Tuesday 23 November
professor seamus heaney: `Frontiers of writing', Schools, 5 p.m. 
professor n. wolterstorff: `How to read and listen for what God
says' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the
claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. 

Wednesday 24 November
maison francaise exhibition opens: colour photographs by Jean-
Pierre Ribiere (until 27 November). 
dr c. mould: `From harpsichord to piano---the Bodleian Broadwood
manuscripts' (Friends of the Bodleian thirty-minute lecture),
Cecil Jackson Room, Sheldonian, 1 p.m.
professor j.w. o'malley: `Final summary and conclusions' (Martin
D'Arcy Lectures: `Whatever happened to the Counter-Reformation?
Fifty years of interpretation'), Campion Hall, 5 p.m. 
ms j. carey-wood: `Refugees in Britain: assessing the role of
statutory, voluntary, and refugee community organisations in
resettlement' (Refugee Studies Programme: Seminars on Forced
Migration), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 5
p.m.

Thursday 25 November
dr sanyu semafumu: `Freedom of choice or Pandora's Box?: law in
the regulation of marriage in east Africa' (Centre for Cross-
Cultural Research on Women seminar), Library Wing Seminar Room,
Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m. 
professor m.m. bowie (Marshal Foch Professor of French
Literature): `The morality of Proust' (inaugural lecture), Taylor
Institution, 5 p.m.
professor m. parry: `Global warming and the world's population-
supporting capacity' (Linacre Lectures: `Population and the
environment'), Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology Building,
South Parks Road, 5.30 p.m.

Friday 26 November
maison francaise colloquium: `Skilled trades in Ancien Regime
Paris' (continues tomorrow). 
paul rahe speaks on his book Republics Ancient and Modern (St
John's Ancient World Debate), Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's,
2 p.m. 
dr r. ambler: `Radical theologies: ecological theology',
Mansfield, 5 p.m.

Saturday 27 November
degree conferments, Sheldonian, 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.

Sunday 28 November
the rt revd a.r. mcd. gordon preaches, Cathedral, 10 a.m. 
dominic moore (violin), neal parker (viola), and the St Anne's
College Orchestra play works by Arne, Mozart, Beethoven, and
Copland, Holywell Music Room, 8 p.m. (tickets, <Pound/s
stg>5/<Pound/s stg>2.50, at door or by post from College
Secretary, St Anne's). 

Monday 29 November
dr m. bell: `Archaeology and the study of environmental change
in coastal regions' (Environmental Change Unit Seminar), main
lecture room, School of Geography, 2--3.30 p.m.
professor p.w. anderson: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new
limitations, new concepts, new results with a focus on High-Tc
Superconductors' (special lecture series), Lindemann Lecture
Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 4.15 p.m. (also tomorrow, at same
time).
professor lesley rees: `Mind, brain, and enocrinology' (St
Hilda's Centenary Lecture Series: `Women of Ideas'), Dining Hall,
St Hilda's, 5 p.m.
professor h.b. keller: `The circle lattice problem, quantum
statistics, and computer graphics' (Smith Lecture), Bernard
Sunley Lecture Theatre, St Catherine's, 5 p.m. 

Tuesday 30 November
congregation meeting, 2 p.m.
professor n. wolterstorff: `The epistemology of believing that
God speaks' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on
the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. 

Wednesday 1 December
mr r. mcgrath: `Undeclared war: the global challenge of land-
mines and its solution' (Refugee Studies Programme: Seminars on
Forced Migration), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth
House, 5 p.m.
halifax house: wine-tasting, 5.45 p.m. (`Wine for Christmas'). 
dr a. rieger: `Is there a common solution to the set theoric and
semantic paradoxes?' (interdisciplinary seminars in logic,
language, and mind: `paradoxes'), Room C, Bernard Sunley
Building, St Catherine's, 8.30 p.m.








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