Gazette 14 October 1993; No. 4302; Vol. 124 O X F O R D U N I V E R S I T Y G A Z E T T E ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- VOL. 124 THURSDAY, 14 October 1993 U N I V E R S I T Y A C T S ----------------------------- CONGREGATION 11 October Degree by Special Resolution No notice to the contrary having been received under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. vi, cl. 6 (Statutes, 1991, p. 12), the following resolution is deemed to have been approved at noon on 11 October. Text of Special Resolution That the Degree of Master of Arts be conferred upon the following: john stephen coleman, Wolfson College malcolm duncan mcculloch, Christ Church chase frederick robinson, Wolfson College HEBDOMADAL COUNCIL 11 October 1 Decrees Council has made the following decrees, to come into effect on 29 October. Decree (1) The consent of the University is given to the amendment to Statute III of All Souls College approved by the Governing Body on 12 June 1993, in so far as such consent is required by Section 7 (2) of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1923. Note. The effect of the amendment is to enable eligibility for Post Doctoral Research Fellowships of the college to be confined to eligible candidates more widely defined than (as at present) those awarded, or candidates for, a doctorate either of the University or of a university in the UK or the Republic of Ireland. Decree (2) 1 MR A.A.M. MAHARAJ, St Edmund Hall, is dispensed from the residence requirements for the President of the Oxford University Student Union under the provisions of Tit. XIV, Sect. IV, 1, cl. 6 (Statutes, 1991, p. 101) provided that he occupies, for at least six weeks in every Full Term during his period in office, accommodation located within twenty-five miles of Carfax. 2 This decree shall be effective from 10 October 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, 1991, p. 318, as renumbered by Decree (1) of 16 July 1992, Gazette, Vol. 122, p. 1348) has been accorded to the following persons who are qualified for membership of Congregation: hazel june beckett, University Offices finbarr barry john flood, Wolfson College ann elizabeth wakefield, d.phil., Wolfson College 3 Register of Congregation Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the following names have been added to the Register of Congregation: Beckett, H.J., MA status, University Offices Coleman, J.S., MA, Wolfson Flood, F.B.J., MA status, Wolfson Habakkuk, Sir H.J., MA, Jesus McCulloch, M.D., MA, Christ Church Robinson, C.F., MA, Wolfson Wakefield, A.E., MA status, Wolfson 4 Appointment of Auditors Auditors of the Press Accounts for the year ending 31 March 1994: coopers & lybrand. APPOINTMENT BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PROCTORS The Vice-Chancellor and Proctors, acting under Tit. II, Sect. IX, cl. 4 (d), have made the following appointment for four years from the first day of Michaelmas Term 1993: As a member of the Nominating Committee for the Vice- Chancellorship c.m. perrins, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Wolfson College CONGREGATION 12 October Promulgation of Statutes Forms of Statutes were promulgated. No notice of opposition having been given, Mr Vice-Chancellor declared the preambles carried of the proposed Statutes (1) removing an anomaly, (2) amending the composition of the Ashmolean Visitors, (3) changing provisions governing Queen Elizabeth House, (4) changing the title of the Professorship of Chinese, and (5) changing the title of the Professorship of Experimental Physics. U N I V E R S I T Y A G E N D A --------------------------------- CONGREGATION 14 October Election For details of election see p. 00. CONGREGATION 18 October Degree by Special Resolution The following special resolution will be deemed to be approved at noon on 18 October, 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, 1991, p. 12) 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: lorna ann casselton, St Cross College judith diane maltby, Corpus Christi College ngaire tui woods, MA status, M.Phil., D.Phil., University College CONGREGATION 2 November 2 p.m. 1 Voting on Statutes promulgated on 12 October (For forms of Statutes (1)--(5) see p. 00.) 2 Voting on Special Resolution approving expenditure from the Higher Studies Fund 1 That the Curators of the University Chest be authorised to expend from the unearmarked section of the Higher Studies Fund, such sums, initially estimated at 271K, as are necessary to cover the costs of the following commitments: (i) 85K to cover, for two years from 1 October 1992, the cost of an appointment to a post of University Lecturer in Materials Science and to cover the cost of a one-year appointment of a research assistant to the Isaac Wolfson Professor of Metallurgy; (ii) 64K to cover, for two years from the date of appointment, the cost of an appointment to a post of University Lecturer in Physical Chemistry; (iii) 58K to cover, for one year from the date of appointment, the cost of an appointment to a post of University Lecturer (Medical) in Clinical Biochemistry; (iv) 64K to cover, for two years from the date of appointment, the cost of an appointment to a post of University Lecturer in Biochemistry. 2 That the Curators of the University Chest be authorised to expend, from that part of the Higher Studies Fund which is earmarked for Physical Chemistry, 75K towards the equipment needs of the Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry. 3 That the Curators of the University Chest be authorised to expend, from that part of the Higher Studies Fund which is earmarked for Social Studies, such sums, initially estimated at 66K, as are necessary to cover the cost of an appointment to the post of Librarian at Rhodes House for two years from the date of appointment. 3 Presentation of the Annual Report of the University and discussion of the Annual Report and the Retiring Vice- Chancellor's Oration The Annual Report of the University for 1992þ-3 will be presented, and both the Annual Report and the Oration delivered by the Retiring Vice-Chancellor on 5 October may be discussed.  The text of the Oration and the Annual Report are published as Supplement (1) to Gazette No. 4301 (pp. 000--000). 4 Voting on General Resolution concerning promotions policy and related matters Explanatory note to General Resolution Council submits to Congregation the following general resolution `inviting approval of important new policies' under the requirements of Tit. II, Sect. V, cl. 2 (Statutes, 1991, p. 10; Examination Decrees, 1993, p. 997). The background to the resolution was explained in the Retiring Vice-Chancellor's Oration on 5 October, the text of which is now published as a Supplement to the Gazette (see above). Text of General Resolution That this House endorse the decision of Council and the General Board to consult widely within the University on promotions policy and related matters, and instruct them, after considering the responses which they receive and after taking note of the views expressed in the House during the debate on this resolution, to report further to Congregation on these issues. CONGREGATION 11 November Elections Details of elections follow `Advertisements' below.  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). N O T I C E S ------------- 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. HEADSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE Under the provisions of Ch. VII, Sect. II, 5, cl. 9, Council has assigned the Department of Engineering Science, after consultation with the General Board and the Board of the Faculty of Physical Sciences, to d.w. clarke, ma, d.phil., f.eng., Fellow of New College and Professor of Control Engineering, for five years from 1 July 1994. FORD'S LECTURERSHIP IN ENGLISH HISTORY dr jose f. harris, f.r.hist.s., Reader in Modern History and Fellow of St Catherine's College, has been appointed to the lecturership for 1996--7. JOHN POTTER ESSAY PRIZE 1993 The Prize has been awarded to marios costa papadopoulos, Green College. REVIEW OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM As part of its regular rolling review procedure, the General Board has established a committee to consider the future organisation and management of the Ashmolean Museum, its relationship with other bodies, its role in research and teaching, and the implications for it of the success or failure of the longer-term scheme for the development of the Ashmolean site. The committee would welcome the comments of any interested members of Congregation, which should be sent to Miss C.L. Lee, University Offices, Wellington Square, by Monday, 15 November. REVIEW OF HUMAN SCIENCES The General Board has established a committee to review the organisation and functioning of the Honour School of Human Sciences, and to consider what changes might be desirable, taking into account the limit of the resources on which the honour school draws. The committee would welcome the comments of any interested members of Congregation, which should be sent to Ms M.A. Robertson, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, by Friday, 19 November. UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE Personal Consultancies The University holds a Professional Indemnity Insurance policy which indemnifies the University, together with its employees and officers whilst acting on behalf of the University, against liability for damages (and claimants' costs and expenses) in respect of claims arising out of the University's activities as a university by reason of (amongst other things): (i) any act, neglect, error, or omission, occurring or committed in good faith by the University (together with its employees and officers whilst acting on behalf of the University); (ii) libel and slander committed in good faith by reason of words written or spoken by the University (together with its employees and officers whilst acting on behalf of the University). In the event of liability arising from any dishonest or fraudulent act or omission, no person committing or condoning the act or omission is entitled to indemnity. The policy does not cover the first 1,000 of any claim for damages. The policy also provides the same cover for individual members of the University's academic, academic-related, and technical staff who undertake private work, provided that (a) the permission of the University has been obtained, and (b) fees received for such work are declared to the insurer. It should be noted, however, that claims in US and Canadian courts are excluded. This insurance cover is subject to a number of conditions, of which the most important are: (a) that written notice is given to the insurance company as soon as possible after the University is aware of circumstances which might reasonably be expected to produce a claim against the University (including its employees and officers if within the cover)---irrespective of the validity of the claim---or as soon as it is informed of such a claim for which there may be liability under the insurance cover; and (b) that every letter, claim, writ, summons and process is forwarded to the insurance company immediately on receipt. No admission, offer, promise, payment, or indemnity is to be made or given by or on behalf of the University (including its employees and officers if within the cover) without the written consent of the company. Members of the academic staff undertaking consultancy work with the permission of the University (under the rules laid down by the General Board), and academic-related and technical staff (who must obtain the permission of the head of their department), are strongly urged to take advantage of this cover. They may do so by writing, on a strictly confidential basis, to Mr J.A. Gray, University Chest, Wellington Square, Oxford, stating the name of the employer for each consultancy and the fee or the remuneration receivable. The insurance company will only be notified of the aggregate number of consultancies and the aggregate fees on an annual basis except in the event of a claim, when details of a particular consultancy will be required by the insurer. WIDOWS OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY'S PENSION SCHEMES From time to time the attention of the University is drawn to individual cases of financial hardship among widows of former members of the Federated Superannuation System for Universities (FSSU) and the University of Oxford Employees Pension Scheme (EPS). Limited resources are available to alleviate proven cases of hardship and any enquiry should be addressed to the Superannuation Officer, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. All cases are dealt with in the strictest confidence. ISIS INNOVATION LIMITED 2 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UB Isis Innovation, a wholly-owned company of the University, was established in 1988. The company has been formed to exploit know- how arising out of research funded by the UK Government through the Research Councils and funded by other bodies where the rights are not tied. The function of the company is to ensure that the results of research bring rewards to Oxford, and to the inventors, who are given a financial incentive for exploitation. Isis seeks licensees willing to pay lump sums and/or royalties for the use of know-how arising out of research. Isis also exploits the intellectual property of the University by setting up individual companies using venture capital or development capital funds. Isis' services are also available to individuals who wish to exploit the results of research supported by non-Research Council sources, when there are no prior conditions on the handling of the intellectual property rights. Isis Innovation has at its disposal a small pre-seedcorn fund for paying the costs of protecting intellectual property rights and for taking work to a stage where its potential can be assessed. Isis finds industrial partners to ensure that new ideas can be developed for market requirements. The company has established the Oxford Innovation Society for major industrial companies, so that they can have a window on Oxford technology and an opportunity to license and invest where appropriate. A brochure explaining Isis' activities is available. Please contact the above address, or the telephone and fax numbers given below. Members of the University should contact Dr James Hiddleston if they wish to take advantage of the services that Isis provides. (Telephone: (2)72411; fax: (2)72412.) ASHMOLEAN LIBRARY Partial closure during the Christmas vacation The Committee for the Ashmolean Library wishes to inform readers that the Main Library will be closed for the period 6--8 December (inclusive) while the staff undertakes a check of the book stock. The Western Art, Coin Room, and Griffith Institute libraries will retain their normal opening hours during these three days, but access to the Griffith Institute will be via the Pusey Lane door. The committee regrets any inconvenience which may be caused to readers. HALIFAX HOUSE 6--8 South Parks Road Forthcoming exhibition The fifty-sixth annual exhibition of the Society of Wood Engravers (8 November--17 December; open Monday--Friday, 10 a.m.- -5 p.m., admission free) Forthcoming exhibitions Drawings and paintings by Michel Didier (23--29 October, office hours) `Revues universitaires francaises consacrees au monde anglophone: langue, litterature, civilisation'---exhibition of journals, to be held in the library (17--27 November, library hours) `Instants indiens': colour photographs by Jean-Pierre Ribiere (24--27 November, office hours) SEMINARS FOR ACADEMIC STAFF Michaelmas Term 1993 Seminars organised by the Academic Staff Development Committee The Academic Staff Development Committee organises seminars which are open to all members of academic staff. Graduate students with teaching responsibilities may attend sessions concerned with teaching and learning. To obtain further information or to reserve a place, please contact the ASDC secretary, Dr Michael Carr, at the Staff Development and Training Office, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70086, e-mail: traindpt). Leading a Research Team---Thursday, 9 December, 9 a.m.--5 p.m. (Week 9). This one-day intensive seminar is intended for those academic staff who are both leading a team of at least three members and handling a large research budget, but others are welcomed provided that places are available. Participants will have the opportunity to review their approach to leading their staff through a greater understanding of their leadership actions, their personal leadership style and the actions required to obtain higher performance from their staff. Topics addressed will include: action-centred leadership, leadership styles, achieving results through people, team dynamics, communication, interviewing, self-management. Leadership styles and action-centred leadership will be analysed to create an understanding of the difference between leadership and management, the importance and use of leadership in the work- place, and the need to achieve results through people. This will involve considering the factors that gain greater commitment of people to their work, and the need to produce an environment in which self-motivation prevails. The characteristics of teams, team dynamics, and the importance of face-to-face communication will be used to understand the responsibility of group leaders to inform and consult their research group. The general principles of interviewing: approach, preparation, structure, questioning techniques, listening, will be developed both for success in recruiting to a team and to raise confidence in handling difficult situations with team members. This session will be repeated in Trinity Term 1994. Time Management---Thursday, 4 November, 2--5.30 p.m. (Week 4). This session is intended to help academic staff to achieve a balance between teaching duties, creative research, and more routine administrative tasks and explores the practical application of forgotten or overlooked well-tried techniques. Participants should not expect an instant answer to all the difficulties of time management! Particular areas which will be included in the session are: delegation, not abdication; communications, meetings; dealing with insufficient information; interruptions and the telephone. These topics are introduced by means of short presentations, questionnaires, group discussions and analysis of problems. It may also be possible, depending on the interests of those present, to explore slightly wider issues such as setting longer-term career plans, or tips for rapid reading through bulky documents. This session will be repeated in Hilary and Trinity Terms 1994. Research Grant Applications (Physical Sciences/Engineering) (to be arranged). This session will provide advice on how to make a successful application for a research grant, and will include presentations by staff from the University Research Services Office and also from an external funding body. (It is hoped that a representative from the SERC will be present.) Organised jointly with the University Research Services Office. A similar session for other disciplines will be held in Hilary, Trinity Terms 1994. The Structure of the University (to be arranged). This session is intended to provide information about the decision-making processes within the University. An explanation will be given of the respective roles of Congregation, Hebdomadal Council, the General Board, and a number of other key committees. The links between colleges and the University will be explored, and funding mechanisms and financial procedures will be described. After brief talks there will be an opportunity for questions and discussion. Tutorial Teaching: An Introduction---Wednesday. 13 October, 9.30 a.m.--1 p.m. (Week 1). This seminar is designed for academic staff who are new to the Oxford tutorial system and provides an opportunity to consider a variety of ways in which tutorials can be made effective vehicles for teaching and learning. Use of Computers for Teaching (to be arranged). Following the seminar on the Use of Computers for Teaching (Arts) in Hilary Term 1993, a further series of subject-specific sessions has been arranged with the appropriate national specialist centres of the Computers in Teaching Initiative. The sessions will be held during Michaelmas and Hilary Terms. Individual seminars will be tailored to the precise needs of each subject, and are likely to take the form of an introductory talk and discussion, a demonstration of the resources available, and finally an opportunity for `hands on' experience. It is hoped that the following range of subjects will be included: Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Geography, History with Archaeology and Art History, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine, Sociology, and Policy Sciences. Details of individual seminars will be available on request. Organised jointly with the CTI Centres involved. A scheme is being established to meet the cost of visits by members of academic staff to other institutions which hold relevant IT courseware, the individual concerned being expected subsequently to report back to his/her faculty. Details may be obtained from Ms Jenny Nix, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70144, e-mail: acdivjan on the Vax). Seminars Planned for Hilary Term Small Group Teaching. This session will provide an opportunity to explore a variety of approaches to teaching in small groups (4-- 12 students). It will consider: ---the purpose of teaching in small groups; ---methods appropriate to teaching in small groups; ---factors which help or hinder learning; ---the relationship of teaching in small groups to other forms of teaching. Supervising D.Phil Students. This session is intended for staff who receive students supported by the British Academy and who are associated with the faculties and committees listed below. It is intended to support the work of supervisors, particularly those newly appointed to the role, and will address issues raised by the Joint CVCP/British Academy Working Party on Postgraduate Research in the Humanities. The half-day seminar will involve brief presentations, short plenary sessions, and discussion of case study material. There will be an opportunity to explore appropriate approaches to supervision, to consider the organisation of postgraduate programmes, and also to exchange experiences. The seminar will focus on the British Academy report and the General Board's Memorandum of Guidance for Supervisors and Research Students. English Language and Literature, Modern History, Oriental Studies, Medieval and Modern Languages and Literature, Comparative Philology and General Linguistics, Literae Humaniores, Music, Law and Theology. Organised jointly with the Graduate Studies Committee. Gender in Teaching. Details will be given in the appropriate term booklet. Recruitment and Selection. Details will be given in the appropriate term booklet. Research Grant Applications; Time Management; Presentational Skills; Use of Computers in Teaching. Details of these seminars are as for Michaelmas Term. Seminars Planned for Trinity Term Tutorial Teaching. This session provides an opportunity to consider the vital role of this form of teaching and is intended for staff with a wide range of tutorial experience. The issues to be explored will include: ---the advantages and disadvantages of different tutorial methods; ---its relationship to assessment; ---the role of the tutorial in developing student study skills; ---the relationship of the tutorial to other forms of teaching, including lectures and seminars. Leading a Research Team; Research Grant Applications; Time Management; Dealing with the Media; Presentational Skills. Details of these seminars are as for Michaelmas Term. Audio-visual show An audio-visual show inspired by Uccello's masterpiece The Hunt in the Forest will be shown in the Ruskin Lecture Theatre at the Ashmolean on Tuesday, 5 October, at hourly intervals, starting at 10.30 a.m. (final showing at 2.30 p.m.). Admission is free. The ten-minute show is made up of 1,000 images, shown by twelve projectors, which pick out small details from Uccello's painting to tell the story of a fifteenth-century hunt. The electronic music which accompanies it has been composed by Maurizio Squillante. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM Exhibition now open Hidden treasures---works of art from Oxfordshire's private collections (until 17 October) 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). Audio-visual show An audio-visual show inspired by Uccello's masterpiece The Hunt in the Forest will be shown in the Ruskin Lecture Theatre at the Ashmolean on Tuesday, 5 October, at hourly intervals, starting at 10.30 a.m. (final showing at 2.30 p.m.). Admission is free. The ten-minute show is made up of 1,000 images, shown by twelve projectors, which pick out small details from Uccello's painting to tell the story of a fifteenth-century hunt. The electronic music which accompanies it has been composed by Maurizio Squillante. CHRIST CHURCH PICTURE GALLERY Exhibitions now open Masterpieces from Christ Church: Old Master drawings by Van Dyck, Durer, Giovanni Bellini, and others (until 11 October) 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) Forthcoming exhibition Drawings for transfer: fifteenth--seventeeth-century working drawings: includes works by Domenichino, Naldini, and Agostino Carracci Gallery opening hours: Monday--Saturday, 10.30 a.m.--1 p.m. and 2--4.30 p.m.; Sunday, 2--4.30 p.m. Admission (via Canterbury Gate and Oriel Square): free to children and members of the University and Brookes University; adults 1 (concessions 50 pence). Guided tours every Thursday, 2.15--3 p.m. 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., beginning in noughth week, and from first week also on Fridays at 5 p.m. All those interested in learning to play are welcome, especially at the beginners' sessions on Fridays. There will be two Bate weekends this term: 30--31 October, a Scarlatti Weekend with Jane Clark; a list of the sonatas suggested for study, with other details, may be obtained from the Curator. 20--21 November, a Recorder Weekend with Alan Davis. The cost is 20 (10 for junior members of the University; 15 for other students and Friends of the Bate Collection). The Friends of the Bate Collection evening will be held on Saturday, 23 October, at 8 p.m., when Martin Souter will play some of the keyboard instruments, and Quad, who have sponsored Dr Souter's two recordings on Bate Collection instruments, will demonstrate some new devices. The Bate Collection will be open, and coffee, etc., available, from 7.30 p.m. All those interested are welcome to attend. BODLEIAN LIBRARY Introductory talks for readers Introductory talks, designed for postgraduates, others of a similar status, and readers without any institutional affiliations, will be given during October on dates set out below. The talks will cover the use of the library, its catalogues and reference material, and will take the form of a tour of the Lower Reading Room, Catalogue, and Reference section. Each session will begin at 9.30 a.m. promptly, and will last for about an hour. There will be twelve places available each day during the first three weeks of October, six places each day during the last week of October. The talks will be given on the following dates: 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29. Readers who wish to attend are asked to sign the list which is available in the Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium) on the south side. Please give your name to the staff at the Lower Main Desk when you attend. The talks will continue throughout the year on Tuesdays and Fridays at the same time. Exact dates are given on the sign-up sheets. Introduction to the Western Manuscripts Catalogues and Duke Humfrey's Reading-Room Introductory talks will be held in Duke Humfrey's reading-room on Tuesdays and Thursdays in weeks 1--3 of Michaelmas Term, and on Thursdays in weeks 4--6. They will cover the finding aids to the western manuscript collections and the related open-shelf material in Selden End. Each talk will begin at 9.30 a.m. and last for about an hour. Readers who wish to attend are asked to sign the list which is available in the Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium) on the south side. The talks will be given on 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, and 28 October, and 4, 11, and 18 November. Guided tours The Bodleian Library guides conduct tours to the Divinity School, Convocation House, and Duke Humfrey's Library on weekdays at 10.30 a.m., 11.30 a.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m., and on Saturdays (excluding Degree Days) at 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. only. Tours are limited to twelve visitors at a time, and it is regretted that children aged under fourteen are not admitted. The cost of the tour is 2 per person. Tickets can be obtained from the Divinity School. This programme continues until 31 October, when a reduced service will come into operation. Tours for larger groups at other times may be arranged by telephoning the Librarian's Secretary on Oxford (2)77165. MAISON FRANCAISE Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE (telephone: (2)74224) The Library The library of the Maison Francaise is a study and information centre for students and teachers of French, and for all those interested in French culture and society. It has a wide range of books (38,000 volumes), periodicals (including Le Monde and Liberation), a selection of cassettes and records, and Dossiers de presse (cuttings from the French press) on various contemporary topics such as the environment, education, and immigration. Everyone is welcome to join the library and take advantage of these resources. The library is open Tuesday--Friday, 10 a.m.--6 p.m., and on Saturdays, 10 a.m.--12 noon. L E C T U R E S --------------- 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 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?' FORD'S LECTURES IN ENGLISH HISTORY British society, 1780--1980: enterprise culture and the gentrification syndrome professor f.m.l. thompson, fba, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, will deliver the Ford's Lectures for 1993-- 4 at 5 p.m. on the following Fridays in Hilary Term 1994, in the Examination Schools. 21 Jan.: `Problems and perceptions.' 28 Jan.: `Aristrocrats as entrepeneurs.' 4 Feb.: `Entrepeneurs as aristocrats and gentry.' 11 Feb.: `Entrepeneurial culture and the culture of entrepeneurs.' 18 Feb.: `Educating the unenterprising businessman.' 25 Feb.: `Gentry values, entrepeneurial values, and the state.' BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Department of Biochemistry The following departmental colloquia and OUBS talks will be given at 5 p.m. on Mondays in the Large Lecture Theatre, the Department of Biochemistry. Conveners: G.K. Radda, MA, D.Phil., British Heart Foundation Professor of Molecular Cardiology, and A.J. Kingsman, MA, University Lecturer in Biochemistry. dr e.g. wright, MRC Radiobiology Unit, Chilton 18 Oct.: `Cellular and molecular responses of haemopoietic cells to ionising radiations.' professor j. scott, Hammersmith Hospital 25 Oct.: `Apoliprotein B mRNA editing.' professor r.m. denton, Bristol 1 Nov.: `Proteinkinases in the mechanism of action in insulin.' professor j.w. almond, Reading 8 Nov.: `Functions of the non-coding regions of the poliovirus genome.' professor i.d. campbell 15 Nov.: `Modular proteins of cell adhesion and signalling.' dr c. stirling 22 Nov.: `Protein translocation across membranes---common features in uncommon organisms.' professor g. warren, ICRF, Lincoln's Inn Fields 29 Nov.: `Protein retention in the Golgi apparatus.' (OUBS) Department of Plant Sciences: Oxford Forestry Institute The following lectures by guest speakers for the M.Sc. course `Forestry and its relation to land use' will be given at 11.15 a.m. on the days shown (unless otherwise stated), in the Schlich Lecture Theatre, the Department of Plant Sciences. Convener: P.J. Kanowski, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer in Plant Science. dr a.a. sclater, Landskip and Prospect Mon. 18 Oct.: `Perceptions and reflections of nature since the Middle Ages.' mr m. kirby, Countryside Commission Tue. 19 Oct.: `British forest policy: Countryside Commission perspectives.' dr j.e.m. arnold Mon. 25 Oct.: `Forestry in the rural economy.' mr r. leslie, Forest Enterprise, and mr s. potter, Staffordshire County Council Tue. 26 Oct.: `British forest policy: issues and prospects.' mr s. counsell, Friends of the Earth Mon. 1 Nov.: `The policy context of NGO forests campaigns.' mr. j.-p. jeanrenaud, WorldWide Fund for Nature---UK Tue. 2 Nov.: `Live issues in temperate forestry.' dr s.n. pryor, Pryor & Rickett Silviculture Tue. 9 Nov., 11.15 a.m. and 1.30 p.m.: `Irregular silviculture.' dr j. evans, Forestry Authority Tue. 16 Nov.: `Broadleaved silviculture in the 1990s.' dr m. colchester, World Rainforest Movement Tue. 23 Nov.: `Biodiversity conservation and peoples' rights.' dr d.j. smith Tue. 30 Nov.: `Assessing forestry projects.' Oxford Glycobiology Institute: amended notice professor kurt drickhamer, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, will lecture at 4 p.m. on Thursday, 4 November, in the Large Lecture Theatre, the Department of Biochemistry. This notice supersedes the notice which appear in the Gazette of 7 October (p. 111). Convener: R.A. Dwek, MA, D.Phil., Professor of Glycobiology and Director of the Institute. Subject: `Mechanisms of carbohydrate recognition by animal lectins.' CLINICAL MEDICINE The following lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Seminar Room, the Department of Psychiatry, the Warneford Hospital. Convener: M.G. Gelder, DM, Handley Professor of Psychiatry. dr k. halford, Queensland 19 Oct.: `Helping couples change: the mental implications of the behavioural marital therapy.' professor s. henderson, Australian National University 2 Nov.: `Risk factors in Alzheimer's disease.' (Litchfield Lecture) professor a. lishman, Institute of Psychiatry 16 Nov.: `Dementia versus normal ageing: the evolution of research.' professor sir michael rutter, Institute of Psychiatry 30 Nov.: `Individual differences in risk experiences.' (Upjohn Lecture) MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Theoretical Mechanics Seminars The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Mondays in Room L2, the Mathematical Institute. Convener: T.B. Benjamin, MA, Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy. dr m. mciver, Loughborough 18 Oct.: `Second-order oscillatory forces on a body in waves.' dr s.e. harris, Cambridge 25 Oct.: `Solitons and solitary waves in gas-fluidised beds and magma flows.' dr r.m.s.m. schulkes, East Anglia 1 Nov.: `The evolution of capillary fountains.' dr a. darbyshire 8 Nov.: `New results in the Reynolds experiment on transition to turbulence.' dr p. hammerton, Cambridge 15 Nov.: `Finite-amplitude acoustic propagation through a realistic atmosphere.' dr g.e. lane-serff, Southampton 22 Nov.: `Gravity currents and topography.' Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Mathematics for Industry Workshops Unless otherwise stated, the following workshops will be held at 10 a.m. on Fridays in the Seminar Room, Dartington House. Details of the workshop on 19 November will be announced later. professor d. turcotte, Cornell, and dr f.n.h. robinson 15 Oct.: `Nonlinear oscillators and earthquakes.' dr s. bell, ICI, and dr s.d. howison 22 Oct., 2 p.m.: `Paint levelling.' dr j.-m. rocquejoffre, Paris, and dr d. hilhorst 29 Oct.: To be announced. professor p. lillford, Unilever 5 Nov.: `Mathematics and food.' mr p. baggott, Courtaulds Research, and c. robinson 12 Nov.: `Tow washing and other Courtaulds problems.' dr r.c. darton and colleagues 26 Nov.: `Foams.' mr e. wilson, Smith Systems Engineering, and dr j. norbury 3 Dec.: `Traffic.' MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES professor steven dworkin, University of Michigan, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 27 October, in the Taylor Institution. Conveners: S.R. Parkinson, MA, Lecturer in Portuguese Language and Linguistics, R. Posner, MA, DPhil, Professor of the Romance Languages, and I. Michael, MA, King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies. Subject: `Homonymy, near-homonymy, and lexical loss in Old Spanish.' Portuguese graduate seminar With the exception of the seminar to be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 16 November, in the Taylor Institution, these seminars will be given at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in Room T11, 47 Wellington Square. Conveners: T.F. Earle, MA, D.Phil., Director of Portuguese Studies, S.R. Parkinson, MA, Lecturer in Portuguese Language and Linguistics, and c. rocha, leitor in Portuguese. dr earle 20 Oct.: `Imitation, the Muses, and stoicism in the poetry of Antonio Ferreira.' dr a. emiliano, Universidade Nova de Lisboa 3 Nov.: `Tradition and innovation in the development of Romance writing in medieval Portugal and Spain: remarks on the spelling of latinate documents.' dr a. mourinho, Academia Portuguese da Historia 16 Nov.: `El mirandes: pasado, presente y futuro.' (Joint meeting with the Spanish graduate seminar) j. low-gameiro, Institute of Education, London 30 Nov.: `Para ingles ver.' Modern French studies research seminar Meetings will be held on the following Mondays at 5.15 p.m. in the Conduit Room, New College. All who are interested will be welcome. Conveners: A.M. Jefferson, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer (CUF) in French, and M.M. Bowie, MA, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature. dr a. holmes 18 Oct.: `Finding a language: French poetry of the 1870s and 1880s.' h. couchman 1 Nov.: `The importance of uncovering politics: the example of Robbe-Grillet.' professor n. segal 15 Nov.: ` "Who whom": gender, violence, and the avant- garde.' dr jefferson and others 29 Nov.: Recent approaches to Proust: round table. MODERN HISTORY Modern European History Seminar: totalitarianism---comparative perspectives The following seminars will be given at 5 p.m. on Thursdays in the Trevor-Roper Room, the History Faculty Building. This is intended as the `core seminar' for Probationer Research Students in Modern European History, but all are welcome to attend. Conveners: T.C. Buchanan, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer in Modern History and Politics; and M.H. Conway, MA, D.Phil., and D.R. Priestland, MA, University Lecturers (CUF) in Modern History. l. kolakowski 14 Oct.: `Totalitarianism.' dr buchanan 21 Oct.: `Fascism, communism, and the concept of totalitarianism: Borkenau, Orwell, and Koestler.' mr priestland 28 Oct.: `The totalitarian model and the origins of Stalinism.' j. gray 4 Nov.: `The concept of totalitarianism: its relevance and irrelevance.' d. bradshaw 11 Nov.: To be announced. d. forgacs, Cambridge 18 Nov.: `Fascist Italy: totalitarian or authoritarian?' d. muhberger, Oxford Brookes 25 Nov.: `Totalitarian or polycratic: the structure of the Nazi Third Reich.' Discussion session 2 Dec.: `The past and future of totalitarianism.' ORIENTAL STUDIES Medieval Studies Seminar The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, in Lecture Room 1, the Oriental Institute. All are welcome. Convener: J.S. Meisami, MA, University Lecturer in Persian. dr g. juynboll, The Hague 19 Oct.: `The latest development in Isnad analysis: on the origins of prophetic Hadith.' dr c.f. robinson 26 Oct.: `The Shaharija: "Christian" pragmatism in an early Islamic milieu?' dr n. safwat, London 2 Nov.: `The idea of Muraqqa'at in Ottoman calligraphy.' (With slides) dr y. dutton 9 Nov.: `Sunna or Hadith? The problem of interpretation.' dr liu yingsheng, Nanjing 16 Nov.: `Studies on Central Asia in China in the past fifteen years.' dr s. sviri, University College, London 23 Nov.: `The Sufi Path of Blame: the early Malamatiyya of Nishapur.' ORIENTAL STUDIES, THEOLOGY Eastern Christian Studies The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in the House of St Gregory and St Macrina, 1 Canterbury Road. Conveners: S.P. Brock, MA, D.Phil., Reader in Syriac Studies, and K.T. Ware, MA, D.Phil., Spalding Lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Studies. dr ware 20 Oct.: `The spirituality of an eleventh-century Byzantine Anthology: prayer and sacraments in the Evergetinon.' the revd roman cholij 3 Nov.: `Baptism in the writings of St Theodore the Studite.' dr brock 17 Nov.: `Syriac monasticism at St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, in the early Arab period: ecumenical aspects.' sister edmee, slg 1 Dec.: `Sacred language and Origen's Commentary on the Song of Songs.' PHYSICAL SCIENCES Oxford Physics Colloquia The following lectures will be given at 4.15 p.m. on Fridays in the Lindemann Lecture Theatre, the Clarendon Laboratory. Conveners: R.J. Cashmore, MA, D.Phil., Professor of Experimental Physics, and C.E. Webb, MA, D.Phil., Professor of Laser Physics. professor l.j.f. hermans, Leiden 22 Oct.: `Light-induced drift of water vapour: a breakthrough in the planetary D/H ratio controversy?' m.h. this-benckhard, Paris 29 Oct.: `The saucepan mystery: physics and chemistry in the kitchen.' (With demonstrations) professor g.b. donaldson, Strathclyde 12 Nov.: `Applying SQUIDs in the real world: the achievements, the opportunities, and the challenges.' dr k. green, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory 19 Nov.: `Particle physics with ultra-cold neutrons.' dr a. chapman 26 Nov.: `To fame and fortune through physics in eighteenth- century Oxford: the career of James Bradley (1698--1762)'. Note: the colloquium on 26 November is to mark the tercentenary of the birth of James Bradley, Savilian Professor of Astronomy 1721--62. Preceding the colloquium, there will be a conducted tour of the gallery of the Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, where the collection of early eighteenth-century instruments for physics and astronomy will be on display. Those intending to take part in this tour should meet at the museum entrance promptly at 2.15 p.m. Applied Mechanics Seminars The following seminars will be given at 4.15 p.m. on Tuesdays in LR3, Thom Building (sixth floor), Department of Engineering Science. Convener: A.G.L. Borthwick, MA, University Lecturer in Engineering Science. dr t. yoneya 19 Oct.: `Hull cracking of very large ship structures.' dr p. samuels, HR Wallingford Ltd. 2 Nov.: `Modelling the river Severn floods.' professor jing-tang xing, Southampton 16 Nov.: `A mixed finite element--substructure method for dynamic analysis of coupled fluid--solid interaction problems with applications to engineering.' dr s. turnbull 30 Nov.: `Roll-on/roll-off ferries: safe securing of loads.' Control seminars The following control systems research seminars, which are open to all, will be given at 2.15 p.m. on Mondays in Lecture Room 7, the New Building, the Department of Engineering Science. Convener: D. Mustafa, MA, University Lecturer in Engineering Science. dr m.c. smith, Cambridge 18 Oct.: `Robustness using the gap metric: controller design for delay systems.' t.-w. yoon 25 Oct.: `Adaptive control of the IFAC93 benchmark plant.' dr j.r. partington, Leeds 1 Nov.: `Robust identification in Hì.' professor d.w. clarke 8 Nov.: `Simultaneous model estimation using UDU factorisation.' s.m.r. bell, Reading 15 Nov.: `A smooth parameter-varying singular value decomposition and its application to control systems.' c.j. spruce 22 Nov.: `Supervisory control of wind-farms.' dr s. townley, University of Exeter 29 Nov.: `Implicit identification by universal adaptive stabilisation.' Physical Chemistry Laboratory The following seminars will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Mondays in the Main Lecture Theatre, the Physical Chemistry Laboratory. professor j.p. simons 18 Oct.: `Through a glass brightly.' professor p. thaddeus, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 25 Oct.: `Spectroscopy of reactive molecules of interest in radioastronomy.' dr m. brouard 1 Nov.: `State to state photodissociation dynamics.' professor t.g. truscott, Keele 8 Nov.: `The carotenoids: from physical chemistry to biology and medicine.' dr p.m. burns 15 Nov.: `New light from polymers.' professor w.h. miller, Berkeley 22 Nov.: `Beyond transition state theory: a rigorous approach to chemical reaction states.' dr m.p. allen, Bristol 29 Nov.: `Computer simulation: clean experiments on complex fluids.' Nonlinear Dynamics Seminars The following seminars will be held at 2.30 p.m. on Fridays in the Dobson Lecture Room, the Atmospheric Physics Laboratory. Further details may be obtained from Miss R. Burr (telephone: (2)72342). dr i. sobey 15 Oct.: `Calculating true and false bifurcation patterns.' dr t. price, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris 22 Oct.: `Chaotic scattering of point vortex pairs.' dr p. mcclintock, Lancaster 29 Oct.: `Stochastic resonance: ice ages, ring lasers, phase shifts, and the dogs of war.' w. fruh 5 Nov.: `Waver interactions in the rotating annulus.' dr jerry huke, Defence Research Agency, Malvern 12 Nov.: `Separating signals from chaos.' dr n. robinson 19 Nov.: `Models of earthquakes.' n. mottram, Bristol 26 Nov.: `Effects of weakly nonlinear sinusoidal boundaries of nematic liquid crystal displays.' dr j. kobine, Cambridge 3 Dec.: `Inertial waves in a rotating and precessing fluid.' PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES The following seminars, which are open to all, will be held at 12 noon on Wednesdays in the Sherrington Room, the Laboratory of Physiology. Convener: C.B. Blakemore, MA, D.Sc., Waynflete Professor of Physiology. dr m. holley, Bristol 13 Oct.: `Force generation in the plasma membrane of sensory hair cells.' (Seminar sponsored by the Physiological Society) professor h. monyer, Centre for Molecular Biology, Heidelberg 20 Oct.: `Glutamate receptor diversity in the central nervous system.' (Seminar sponsored by the Physiological Society) dr j. vandenberg 27 Oct.: `Sarcolemmal carbonic anhydrides and cardiac pH regulation.' dr p. lowenstein, Cardiff 3 Nov.: `Towards gene therapy of human neurological disorders.' (Jenkinson Seminar) professor b. whipp, St George's Hospital Medical School, London 10 Nov.: `Control of breathing during exercise: coarse and fine tuning mechanisms.' (Seminar sponsored by the Physiological Society) professor shigeru shinomoto, Kyoto 17 Nov.: `Stimulus dependent induction of LTP in the CA1 area of hippocampus.' (McDonnell--Pew Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience) professor p. churchland, San Diego 24 Nov.: `A critique of pure vision: an exploration of the received wisdom on how the visual system works.' (McDonnell--Pew Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience) professor g. orban, Leuven 1 Dec.: `Properties of infro-temporal neurons in the awake Macaque monkey.' (McDonnell--Pew Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience) THEOLOGY Teape Lectures Hindu--Christian dialogue the revd dr israel selvanayagam, Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Madurai, India, will deliver the Teape Lectures at 5 p.m. on the following days in the Examination Schools. Thur. 28 Oct.: `Understanding Hinduism through the Gita.' Fri. 29 Oct.: `Ritual and God---parallel powers in Hindu worship.' ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM dr j. malek, Keeper of the Archive, Griffith Institute, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 8 November, in the Ruskin Lecture Room, the Ashmolean Museum. Admission to the lecture is free. Subject: `The cat in ancient Egypt.' COMPUTING LABORATORY Joint Computational Mathematics and Applications Seminars The following seminars will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Thursdays, as follows: the seminars on 28 October and 25 November will be held in R31, Atlas Centre, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; other seminars will be held in the Lecture Theatre, the Computing Laboratory, Wolfson Building, Parks Road. Details of the 25 November (RAL) and 2 December (Oxford) seminars will be announced later. Enquiries concerning the Oxford seminars should be addressed to Dr I.J. Sobey, Computing Laboratory (telephone: (2)73894, e- mail: ian.sobey@uk.ac.ox.comlab), and for those at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to Dr J.A. Scott, RAL (telephone: 0235 445131, e-mail: sct@uk.ac.rl.letterbox). dr a. hill, Bath 14 Oct.: `The behaviour of unsteady convection diffusion equations.' professor r. mclachlan, Colorado 21 Oct.: `The state of play in symplectic integration.' dr c. damhaug, Det Norske Veritas, Oslo 28 Oct.: `Finite element interpretation of sparse matrix preprocessing.' dr d. gavaghan 4 Nov.: To be announced. dr l. wrobel, Portsmouth 11 Nov.: `Boundary element method and application to convection-- diffusion--migration models in electrochemical systems.' (Provisional title) dr t. sonar, Gottingen 18 Nov.: `Adaptive computation of compressible flow fields with a finite element method.' DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION Learning and working The following seminars will be held at 5.15 p.m. on Fridays in the Department for Continuing Education, Rewley House. They are open to all those interested in education, training, and employment. There is a reception after each event, to which all are invited. mr g. jessup, Deputy Chief Executive, National Council for Vocational Qualifications 15 Oct.: `NVQs and GNVQs: what do they mean for post-sixteen, higher, and continuing education?' mr k. mayhew 29 Oct.: `Education, training, and work: is Britain improving?' ms a. spurling, sometime of King's College, Cambridge, and the Council for Industry and Higher Education 12 Nov.: `Women and men: sharing learning and creative potential.' dr g. mccrum 26 Nov.: `The origin of the under-achievement of women at Oxford and Cambridge.' Oxford Architectural History Seminar The following seminars will be held at 5.30 p.m. on Mondays in Rewley House, Wellington Square. Conveners: M. Airs, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer in Conservation and the Historic Environment, and G. Tyack, MA, M.Litt., Fellow, Rewley House, and Director, Stanford University Centre in Oxford. dr tyack 18 Oct.: `Compton Verney: an eighteenth-century Warwickshire house and its landscape.' r. cave 22 Nov.: `The architecture of H.T. Hare (1860--1921).' DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES The following research seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Mondays in the Common Room, the Department of Educational Studies (15 Norham Gardens). The meetings on 18 October, 22 November, and 29 November will be chaired by Dr Mary Fuller; the meetings on 25 October and 15 November, by Professor Richard Pring; and the meeting on 1 November, by Dr Harry Judge. dr p. cooper 18 Oct.: `Patterns of interaction between teachers' and students' classroom thinking.' dr h. haste, Bath 25 Oct.: `Contrasting feminisms: the pursuit of rational justice or the search for authenticity.' professor c.t. kerchner, Claremont Graduate School, California 1 Nov.: `Teacher unions and political power.' professor j. elliott, East Anglia 15 Nov.: To be announced. dr n.g. mccrum 22 Nov.: `The origin of the academic under-achievement of women at Oxford and Cambridge.' ms j. grimes 29 Nov.: `Social reproduction and the education of ethnic minority pupils in infant schools.' MAISON FRANCAISE mike alfreds, Artistic Director, Cambridge Theatre Company, will lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, 18 November, in the Maison Francaise. Subject: `Les Enfants du Paradis: from screen to stage.' Les Enfants du Paradis will be performed at the Playhouse, 16--20 November. OXFORD CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES hrh the prince of Wales, as Patron of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, will speak before an invited audience at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 27 October, in the Sheldonian Theatre. Those wishing to attend are requested to apply for an invitation to Amanda Holmes, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (telephone: Oxford 725077, fax: 248942). Subject: `Islam and the West.' QUEEN ELIZABETH HOUSE Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women Kaberry Lecture professor elizabeth tonkin, Queen's University, Belfast, will deliver the Kaberry Lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 27 October, in Regent's Park College. The lecture is given in honour of Dr Phyllis Kaberry (1910-- 77), sometime Reader in Social Anthropology. Subject: `Queen and quean: managing and imagining gender in west Africa.' BRASENOSE COLLEGE Tanner Lecture on Human Values senatore francesco cossiga, dcl, President of Italy 1985--92, will deliver the Tanner Lecture for 1993 at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 28 October, in the Examination Schools. The lecture is open to all members of the University. Subject: `Law and culture in the Europe of the next millennium.' CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE F.W. Bateson Memorial Lecture 1994 professor quentin skinner, fba, Professor of Political Science, University of Cambridge, will deliver the 1994 F.W. Bateson Memorial Lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 16 February, in the Examination Schools. Subject: `Moral ambiguity and the Renaissance art of eloquence.' GREEN COLLEGE Radcliffe Lecture 1993 lord walton of detchant, Chairman, Hamlyn National Commission on Education, and Honorary Fellow, Green College, will deliver the Radcliffe Lecture at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 11 November, in Rhodes House. Subject: `Learning to succeed.' LINACRE COLLEGE Linacre Lectures 1993--4 Population and the environment The following lectures will be given at 5.30 p.m on Thursdays in Lecture Theatre A, the Zoology/Psychology Building, South Parks Road. Linacre College acknowledges the generosity of BP in making this lecture series possible. dr p. senanayake, Assistant General Secretary, International Planned Parenthood Federation 14 Oct.: `Women: the neglected factor in sustainable development.' professor r.b. heap, Cambridge and Edinburgh 21 Oct.: `Genetic engineering: progress, promises, and precepts.' dr m. feshbach, Georgetown University 11 Nov.: `Population, health, and environmental crises in the former USSR.' professor m. parry, IBM Director, Environmental Change Unit 25 Nov.: `Global warming and the world's population supporting capacity.' REWLEY HOUSE Rewley House Educational Seminar dr sheila lawlor, Deputy Director, Centre for Policy Studies, will deliver the Rewley House Educational Seminar at 5.15 p.m. on Friday, 3 December, in the Lecture Theatre, Rewley House. Subject: `The National Curriculum in English education.' ST ANNE'S COLLEGE Hoskins Lecture 1993 sir keith thomas will deliver the third Hoskins Lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 16 November, in the Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College. This annual lecture, in honour of Professor William G. Hoskins, on some aspect of local history, has been generously endowed by Mrs Jean Duffield. Subject: `The perception of the landscape in early modern England.' ST ANTONY'S COLLEGE European Studies Centre Quantitative Economic History Workshop The following meetings will be held at 5 p.m. on Mondays in the seminar room of the European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road. professor n.f.r. crafts, Warwick 18 Oct.: `The New Growth Theory and the Industrial Revolution.' dr d. greasly, Edinburgh 1 Nov.: `Discontinuities in British industrial production: unit roots and the effects of the First World War.' dr p. lains, Instituto Ciencais Sociais, Lisbon 15 Nov.: `Looking for Third Europe: income per capita for nineteen European countries, 1850--1913.' professor g. toniolo, Venice 29 Nov.: `Italian economic growth since 1945.' ST CATHERINE'S COLLEGE Interdisciplinary seminars in logic, language, and mind: paradoxes The following seminars will be held at 8.30 p.m. on Wednesdays in Room C, the Bernard Sunley Building, St Catherine's College. Further information may be obtained from Dr M.W. Brewer, St Catherine's (telephone: (2)71730, e-mail: brewer@vax.ox.ac.uk). dr t. williamson 20 Oct.: `The revision theory of truth.' dr m. machover, King's College, London 3 Nov.: `Voting paradoxes.' dr k. hossack, King's College, London 17 Nov.: `Materialism, dualism, and the liar paradox.' dr a. rieger 1 Dec.: `Is there a common solution to the set theoric and semantic paradoxes?' WOLFSON COLLEGE Ronald Syme Lecture 1993 professor t.p. wiseman, University of Exeter, will deliver the third Ronald Syme Lecture at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 21 October, in the Hall, Wolfson College. Subject: `The origins of Roman historiography.' MANSFIELD COLLEGE Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics, and Society The following lectures will be given at 4 p.m. on the days shown in the Council Room, Mansfield College. All are welcome to attend. Further details may be obtained from Ms Rachel Reeve, the Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics, and Society, Mansfield College, Oxford OX1 3TF (telephone and fax: (2)70886). professor peter wentz, Sangamon State University, Illinois Tue. 19 Oct.: `Hear the grass scream: the inseparability of dominating nature and people.' professor holmes rolston iii, Colorado State University Thur. 18 Nov.: `Environmental ethics: some American challenges.' OXFORD MEDIEVAL SOCIETY mr a.v.c. schmidt, Balliol College, will lecture at 8.30 p.m. on Thursday, 21 October, in the Rainolds Room, Corpus Christi College. Wine will be served from 8.15 p.m. New members are welcome. Subject: `Questioning knighthood: scepticism about chivalry in Chaucer and the Gawain-poet.' UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION Evan Luard Memorial Lecture 1993 sir brian urquhart, kcmg, formerly Under Secretary-General, the United Nations, will deliver the Evan Luard Memorial Lecture at 8.15 p.m. on Thursday, 18 November, in St Antony's College. The meeting will be chaired by Lord Dahrendorf. Subject: `Ralph Bunche, the Nobel Prize, and international service: the pros and cons of self- effacement.' G R A N T S A N D R E S E A R C H F U N D I N G ----------------------------------------------------- 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. 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Applications from non-departmentally organised subjects should be submitted via the faculty board chairman concerned. From 1993--4 the committee has made recurrent allocations to arts faculty boards to allow individual boards to determine their priorities for funding. Applications for computers and other IT equipment will be assessed by the faculty boards in consultation with the IT Committee, which has a responsibility to keep under review the IT strategies of faculties, departments, and other units. Bids from individuals should continue to be submitted to the Secretary of the Research and Equipment Committee, who will arrange for their assessment by the relevant body. In the case of departments which do have a recurrent equipment grant, non-recurrent grants are normally given for items of equipment the cost of which is substantial in relation to the department's recurrent allocation. Subject to this condition, some priority is given to applications seeking a contribution to the cost of a major piece of basic equipment which will be of wide use but which by its nature is unlikely to be provided by a research council or other outside body. Similar priority is given to applications for major pieces of equipment for research projects where such contributions perform a pump-priming role in obtaining funding from outside bodies. In both cases the committee normally expects a package deal to be proposed in which the department makes a significant contribution to the cost. Applications should be submitted by the head of department. Further details about the scheme and the committee's procedures are set out in the notes for applicants which are available from departmental administrators, faculty board secretaries, and also from the committee's secretary, Hazel Beckett, in the University Offices (telephone: (2)70148). Applicants should note the following: 1. The closing dates for equipment applications in 1993--4 are Monday, 4 October 1993 (Michaelmas Term), Monday, 10 January 1994 (Hilary Term), and Monday, 18 April 1994 (Trinity Term). 2. Applications for non-recurrent equipment grants are considered at the meeting taking place on Tuesday of week three in each term, and applications should be submitted by Monday of noughth week. 3. Applications should be made on an application form copies of which can be obtained from the secretary, together with notes for applicants. 2 The Special Research Grant Scheme The committee awards three types of research grants: (a) Pump-priming research grants---pump-priming research grants are intended to support promising new developments, particularly where support at an early stage can exercise a seed-corn function. They are chiefly made to enable researchers to carry out pilot work which an outside body would not and the department could not support and are intended as preambles to large outside grant applications. (b) Emergency research grants---the emergency scheme is intended to support promising research projects unexpectedly in serious difficulty, when a short-term grant can enable a project to go ahead or continue which might otherwise have to be seriously delayed or abandoned. (c) Special short-term dual-support research grants for the arts ---these grants are restricted to members of arts faculties whose research is not eligible for support from any of the research councils, including the ESRC, and consequently excludes subjects such as Economics, certain branches of Law and Social Studies, as well as Mathematics, Statistics, Geography, Anthropology and Scientific Archaeology. The dual-support grants are designed to support small-scale projects and pilot studies, which can be self-contained and need not necessarily be conceived as preludes to large outside grant applications. Under this scheme, the Research and Equipment Committee will normally meet 50 per cent of the salary costs of a postgraduate or postdoctoral research assistant for a maximum period of one year, together with support costs, subject to the other half of the costs being obtained from the British Academy. There is no application form for these grants but applicants should follow the notes of guidance, which set out the committee's guidelines and the information which should be included in applications for all three types of special research grant. The notes for applicants are available from departmental administrators, faculty board secretaries, and the committee's secretary Hazel Beckett in the University Offices. Four copies of each application should reach the committee's secretary in the University Offices by the closing date on the Monday of week four. The committee considers applications for special research grants at its meetings on Tuesday of week seven in each term. Only applications submitted by the head of department or (in non-departmentally organised subjects) the faculty board chairman concerned will be considered. Eligibility for special research grants is confined to established (permanent) members of the academic staff. The closing dates for research grant applications in 1993--4 are Monday, 1 November 1993 (Michaelmas Term), Monday, 7 February 1994 (Hilary Term), and Monday, 16 May 1994 (Trinity Term). 3 Bridging Support Scheme The General Board has provided the sum of c.66,000 in 1993--4 to fund the Bridging Support Scheme, a limited discretionary fund to finance the employment of member(s) of academic-related contract research staff in circumstances where there is a gap between research contracts and certain conditions are satisfied. The scheme is administered by the Research and Equipment Committee and has been endorsed by the Staff Committee and the Joint Consultative Committee with the Oxford AUT. The Bridging Support Scheme is intended to permit the employment, in certain circumstances, of academic-related research staff between fixed-term contracts, in order (a) to encourage the retention of experienced and skilled staff; and (b) to avoid the traumatic and disruptive break in employment and career which might otherwise be faced by such staff. It is emphasised that bridging finance is intended to be used solely to fund the salary costs of employing staff and does not extend to financing expenditure on equipment, consumables, etc., which remain the responsibilities of the department concerned. Further information about the Bridging Support Scheme is available from departmental administrators, faculty board secretaries, and the committee's secretary, Hazel Beckett, in the University Offices (telephone: (2)70148). University of Brussels Wiener--Anspach Awards 1994--5 The Trustees of the Wiener-Anspach Foundation, whose aim is to promote cultural relations between the University of Brussels and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, offer research fellowships in any subject, or postgraduate scholarships in law, economics, or political science, tenable in Brussels by graduates of Oxford or Cambridge universities (who need not have graduated at the time of application). Four awards are available to Oxford and Cambridge students for the academic year 1994--5. The scholarships are awarded for study leading to the postgraduate diploma in European Law or Economics or Political Science conferred by the Institute of European Studies of the University of Brussels. The value of the awards, whether fellowships or scholarships, will be 510,000 Belgian francs; fees are payable by the Foundation. Candidates must have a good knowledge of spoken and written French. The scholarships are of particular interest to students who wish to study the European Community. The EC institutions are situated near the Institute of European Studies, and students are able to use their research facilities and to meet prominent people within the commission. The institute also organises expeditions to the European Parliament and to the Court of Justice. Application forms and further information may be obtained from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70134). Applications must be submitted by 3 December. Anglo-Danish (London) Scholarships The Anglo-Danish Society invites applications from graduates or advanced students of either (a) British nationality for scholarships tenable at Copenhagen, Arhus or Odense Universities, or other approved institution; or (b) Danish nationality for scholarships tenable at universities in the United Kingdom, or other approved institution. The scholarships, which are intended only to be a supplement to students' own income, will run for a period of up to six months from the beginning of the next academic year, or such other date as might be approved. Each is valued at 150 per month, plus 85 towards travelling expenses. Study and residential arrangements are the responsibility of the student. Successful applicants will be required to submit a report on the work undertaken to the Society. Application forms are available from the Secretary of the Anglo-Danish Society, `Danewood', 4 Daleside, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 7JF (telephone: 0753 884846) until 31 December, and the closing date for acceptance of applications is 15 January 1994. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope or International Reply Coupon. Charterhouse European Bursaries Two Charterhouse European Bursaries will be available in 1994--5 for undergraduate or graduate students of the University of Oxford to undertake a period of study elsewhere in Europe. The bursaries are available for study in Economics, Management, Applied Mathematics in Industry, or Engineering and Technology. It is expected that the value of the bursaries will be approximately 2,100 for a full academic year although applications for a shorter period of study (with funding pro rata) may be considered. Bursaries may be held in conjuction with ERASMUS grants or grants from other educational bodies. The closing date for applications will be 15 January 1994. Further details and an application form are available from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. Oxford--Paris Programme Applications are invited from graduate students completing research degrees at Oxford University for bursaries to study at eligible institutions or universities in Paris in 1994--5. The value of the bursaries is expected to be 2,500 for a full academic year. Applications for shorter periods of study may also be considered, but in such cases the value of the award will be reduced. Candidates must be under 30 years of age and should normally be of British nationality. The programme is open to candidates from any academic discipline, although for some bursaries priority will be given to applicants in specific subject areas. Midland Bank bursaries are likely to be awarded to candidates whose research is in the field of economics, international relations, management studies, computing, or statistics. The Oxford Molecular Bursary is intended for research in chemistry, molecular biology, or materials science. For the Moulinex bursary preference will be given to students in engineering or business studies, although candidates from computing, applied mathematics, economics, modern languages, or robotics will also be considered. The closing date for applications will be 15 January 1994. Application forms and further details are available from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. Oxford Society Diamond Jubilee Bursary One bursary will be available in 1994--5 for an undergraduate or graduate student of the University to undertake a period of study elsewhere in Europe. The bursary may be held in any EC or EFTA country or in one of the countries of eastern or central Europe. It is available to support study in any subject except Economics, Management, Applied Mathematics in Industry, or Engineering and Technology (for which the Charterhouse European Bursaries are available). The value of the bursary is expected to be 2,500 for the full academic year. Applications for shorter periods of study will be considered, although in such cases the value of the bursary will be reduced. The bursaries may be held in conjunction with ERASMUS grants or other partial awards. The closing date for applications will be 15 January 1994. An application form is available from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Applications are invited from current graduate students of the University for the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, tenable for study at the University of Pennsylvania for the 1994--5 academic year. It is expected that the value of the scholarship will be approximately 7,000. The scholarship may be held in any subject area available at the University of Pennsylvania. Further information is available in the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. Applications must be received by the International Office not later than 3 December 1993 and should include: (i) a brief statement of the applicant's academic career; (ii) a brief description of the work the applicant proposes to undertake and details of any contact he or she has already had with the University of Pennsylvania; (iii) a letter from the head or senior tutor of the applicant's college; (iv) the name of the applicant's supervisor. Tokyo Exchange Scheme Applications are invited from current graduate students who have good reason to wish to work at the University of Tokyo for one year. Two places, to be taken up sometime during the British academic year 1994--5, are expected to be available under the exchange scheme. Candidates should belong either to the faculties of Oriental Studies, Modern History, English, Literae Humaniores, Mathematical Sciences, Music, Social Studies, or Anthropology and Geography, or to one of the following departments: Plant Sciences, Physics (Clarendon Laboratory, Nuclear Physics, Theoretical Physics), Clinical Medicine, Zoology, Physiology, Materials, Social Anthropology, Computing Laboratory, Earth Sciences, Human Anatomy, Inorganic Chemistry, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physical Chemistry, Experimental Psychology, Theoretical Chemistry. The successful candidates will be nominated by the University of Tokyo for Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbusho) Scholarships, which would cover all travel, living, and educational expenses. It is unlikely that the scholarships would cover fees payable to the University of Oxford and candidates are strongly advised to check their continuing liability to pay Oxford University fees at an early stage. The University of Tokyo cannot guarantee that Monbusho Scholarships will be granted and candidates will therefore be advised to apply also to other sources, both British and Japanese, for financial support. Applications must be received by the International Officer, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later than Friday 26 November. There is no application form; candidates should submit (1) a curriculum vitae; (2) a statement of their knowledge (if any) of the Japanese language; (3) a description of the work they propose to undertake at the University of Tokyo; (4) a letter from the head or senior tutor of the applicant's college. UK Fulbright postgraduate travel and maintenance awards 1994--5 These awards cover travel and maintenance costs for British postgraduate students to spend nine months of advanced study in the United States. A number of travel-only awards will be available for those who have secured funding from other sources for tuition and maintenance. For details and application forms, send a stamped (36-pence) addressed envelope (9 by 13 inches) to the British Program Adminstrator, Fulbright Commission, 62 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS. No requests for application forms will be considered by the Fulbright Commission after 29 October and completed forms must be submitted by 5 November. Further details are available from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70134) Special awards in civil engineering for UK postgraduate students British students receiving a Fulbright travel and maintenance award who are members of the Institution of Civil Engineers will be considered for an additional award under the Institution of Civil Engineers Queen Jubilee Scholarship Trust (QUEST). This will be a special grant of 3,000 towards tuition costs at the US institution. For further information on the Institution of Civil Engineers, please contact John Sutherland, Deputy Director, Education Training and Membership, The Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA (telephone: 071-222 7722, fax: 071-233 3114). The Wharton School Fellowship A Wharton School UK Fellowship will be reserved each year for a Fulbright student who intends to study for an MBA degree at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The fellowship will cover the cost of one year's tuition. British-American Chamber of Commerce---Glaxo Fulbright Award and Theodor L. Mander Memorial Scholarship Glaxo Holdings, PLC, will sponsor one Fulbright Scholarship in Business Studies for one year. The award will enable a British Fulbright student to follow an MBA course in the US in 1994--5. An award in honour of the late Theodor L. Mander, CBE, will enable a British Fulbright student to follow an MBA course at a business school on the East Coast of the US in 1994--5. Both awards will cover transatlantic travel and maintenance costs for a twelve month period, together with a 500 allowance for travel in the US. The scholars will also be invited to participate in the Chamber's activities while in the US, and may have the opportunity to spend time attached to member companies to complement the studies being undertaken at the business school. Further details of all the above awards are available from the International Office, or from the Fulbright Commission. Philosophical Fellowship Fund The trustees of the Philosophical Fellowship Fund, which was established in 1941 for the `furtherance of philosophical and/or scientific research', particularly with reference to the USA, the UK, and France, now invite applications for support from candidates whose research would benefit in some significant respect from a period of up to three months (or, exceptionally, up to six months) to be spent working in Paris during the current academic year, starting not earlier than 1 January 1994. Candidates should at present be working for a higher degree in philosophy or a related subject with strong philosophical associations, or should have been awarded such a degree not more than three years ago. Applications should be sent to Dr Sabina Lovibond, Worcester College, Oxford, and should reach her by Monday, 1 November. Candidates should include, with their curriculum vitae, a brief description of their current research and study plans, and an explanation of what they hope to achieve through their stay in Paris. They should also give the names of two referees, whom they should ask to write directly to Dr Lovibond. Short-listed candidates will be asked to provide a sample of their written work, of not more than 5,000 words in length. Interviews will be held before the end of Michaelmas Term. The exact amount of any awards that may be made will be assessed in the light of the successful candidate's or candidates' plans, but it is intended that they should be sufficient to cover the estimated basic costs of his or her travel to and stay in Paris. The trustees also hope to be able to find from among their philosophical contacts in Paris persons who will be willing to provide initial guidance and introductions there to successful candidates. Sir Henry Strakosch Memorial Trust Grants for Travel in South Africa 1 The Sir Henry Strakosch Memorial Trust was formed in 1950 for the purpose of giving effect to the wish of the late Sir Henry Strakosch, CBE, to help improve understanding between the citizens of South Africa and the United Kingdom. 2 The trustees now offer a grant of 2,000 plus the cost of the air fare from the United Kingdom to South Africa and back, to a graduate who, in their opinion, is the most likely to further the aims of the trust and who, in satisfying the conditions of eligibility, has been nominated to them by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford or his deputy. 3 The purpose of the grant is to further the education of the successful applicant in his/her own field of study by visits to universities and other bodies in South Africa and to extend his/her knowledge of that country. 4 Applicants are eligible provided that: (i) they are either members of the graduate staff or registered research students of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge; (ii) they will not on 1 July 1994 have attained the age of 30 years; (iii) they are British subjects habitually resident in the British Isles; (iv) they have not previously visited South Africa. 5 The successful applicant, who will be known as the Strakosch Fellow, will be required: (i) to visit South Africa for a period of not less than two months during 1994; (ii) to submit to the trustees a report on the visit within one month of return. 6 The fellow will arrange the travel in consultation with the trust, which will pay the return air fare to South Africa. In addition the fellow will receive before departure sufficient cash to cover incidental expenses of the travel. The balance of the grant, which will cover all reasonable travelling expenses within South Africa, costs of accommodation, and other out-of-pocket expenses, will be paid after arrival. 7 Applicants for nomination by the Vice-Chancellor to the trustees should send their names to the Registrar, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, so as to reach him not later than Friday, 29 November. Each application should include a signed statement that the applicant satisfies the conditions of eligibility stated in paragraph 4, and will, if awarded the grant, fulfil the requirements stated in paragraph 5. It should also indicate briefly the applicant's field of studies and reasons for wishing to visit South Africa. If the applicant is a research student the names of two referees should be given. The award will be made by the trustees after they have interviewed candidates duly nominated by the Vice-Chancellor. E X A M I N A T I O N S A N D B O A R D S --------------------------------------------- BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY Co-option The Board of the Faculty of Anthopology and Geography has co- opted dr schuyler jones, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Linacre College, for the statutory period of two years from the first day of Michaelmas Term 1993. BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL STUDIES Cancellation of election The election for an ordinary member, due to be held on Thursday, 28 October, has been cancelled as Dr G.J. Strawson has withdrawn his resignation. EXAMINATION DECREES 1993: CORRECTION Honour School and Pass School of Physics and Philosophy In the 1993 edition of the Examination Decrees, the syllabus for the paper `Philosophy of Physics', which is to be taken by candidates in the Second Public Examination up to and including Trinity Term 1996, has been prematurely deleted from the Regulations for Philosophy in some of the Honour Schools. The syllabus for this paper, to which reference is made in the regulations for the Honour School of Physics and Philosophy on p. 471 of the 1993 edition, can be found at (b) on p. 467. Finalists concerned should note that the two papers `Intermediate Philosophy of Physics' and `Advanced Philosophy of Physics' are available only as part of the four-year course starting in 1994. The mistake will be corrected in the next edition of the Examination Decrees. 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. BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Honour School of Mathematics 1994 The Board of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences has approved the following list of lecture courses for papers C1 and C2 of the Honour School of Mathematics to be examined in Trinity Term 1994 (see Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 220, regulation 7(1)(a): Algebraic Number Theory Algebraic Topology Analytic Topology Applications of Analysis Approximation Theory Artificial Intelligence Asynchronous Systems and Circuits Axiomatic Set Theory Communication Theory Complex Algebraic Curves Complexity and Cryptography Computer Graphics Decision Mathematics Domain Theory Elementary Number Theory Expert Systems Functional Analysis General Relativity Generalised Linear Models in Statistics The GUdel Incompleteness Theorems Group Theory Lattice Theory Linear Models in Statistics Markov Processes Mathematical Ecology and Biology Model Theory Nonlinear Systems Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations Operating Systems Ordinary Differential Equations Parallel Algorithms Practical Statistics Programming Language Implementation Proof Theory Quantum Theory Representation Theory Rings and Modules Semantics of Programming Languages Stochastic Analysis Theorem Proving VLSI Design Viscous Flow Waves and Compressible Flow The following courses from the list above will be required as theoretical background for the practical classes in Statistics (ibid., p. 221, regulation 7(3)(b): Statistics of Linear Models Generalised Linear Models The Board of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences has also approved the following list of topics for the course of practical classes in Statistics for the academic year 1993--4: Use of statistical software Statistical summaries and graphs Linear regression modelling Uses of diagnostics for model checking and case screening Selection of variables in multiple regression Analysis of variance with data from designed experiments Analysis of factorial effects Approximate analyses for counts and proportions Generalised linear modelling Analysis of deviance Regression models for binomial data Long-linear models Analysis of contingency tables Gamma regression models Honour School of Mathematics and Computation 1994 Subjects approved for papers C1(C) and C2(2) of the Final Honour School of Mathematics and Computation, Trinity Term 1994: Paper C1(C) Artificial Intelligence Axiomatic Set Theory Communication Theory Complexity and Cryptography Domain Theory Expert Systems Lattice Theorems Semantics of Programming Languages The GUdel Incompleteness Theorems Paper C2(C) Asynchronous Systems and Circuits Computer Graphics Operating Systems Parallel Algorithms Programming Language Implementation Theorem Proving VLSI Design Four questions will be set on each of these subjects. JOINT COMMITTEE FOR MATHEMATICS AND PHILOSOPHY Honour School of Mathematics and Philosophy 1994 The Joint Committee for Mathematics and Philosophy has approved the following list of lecture courses in Advanced Logic to be examined in Trinity Term 1994 (see Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 236): Axiomatic Set Theory The Godel Incompleteness Theorems Model Theory Proof Theory 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 j. ford, Wolfson: `Biophysical and molecular biological studies on peripheral retinal proteins'. Department of Biochemistry Tuesday, 19 October, 9.30 a.m. Examiners: J.B.C. Findlay, P.C. Newell. r.a. johnstone, New College: `The evolution of biological signals'. Department of Zoology, Thursday, 21 October, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: T.C. Guilford, J. Maynard Smith. t. owen-hughes, Oriel: `The role of H-Ns in the regulation of the proll Promotor of E.coli and S.typhimurium'. Institute of Molecular Medicine, Monday, 18 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: E.R. Moxon, R.A. Dixon. xiang-dong ren, Hertford: `The characterisation of complement C4 genes in sheep and cattle and the study of the covalent binding site of C4 by site-directed modification'. School of Pathology, Wednesday, 20 October, 1 p.m. Examiners: A.N. Barclay, J.E. Fothergill. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE j. moody, St Edmund Hall: `Aspects of cultural politics in the early nineteenth-century theatre'. Examination Schools, Thursday, 28 October, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: J.S. Bratton, E.L. Jones. MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES s.m. riis, Wolfson: `Independence in bounded arithmetic'. Mathematical Institute, Wednesday, 27 October, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: J. Krajicek, A.J. Macintyre. ORIENTAL STUDIES m. baraka, St Antony's: `Class relations and interclass perceptions in twentieth-century Egypt'. St Antony's, Thursday, 25 November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: C. Tripp, D. Hopwood. j. jakeman, St John's `Abstract art and communication in Mamluk architecture'. Ashmolean Museum, Monday, 18 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: J.W. Allan, R.G. Irwin. PHYSICAL SCIENCES a. cox, Merton: `Magnetic resonance measurements on diamond'. St John's, Friday, 15 October, 10.30 a.m. Examiners: J. Lomer, W. hayes. m.a. gilbertson, Magdalen: `Mixing in multiphase jet flow: experimental comparison with a computational model'. Department of Engineering Science, Thursday, 21 October, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: C.J. Wood, B.J. Azzopardi. j.d. kennedy, St Anne's `Palaeoecology, palaeoceanography, mineralogy, and stable isotopes of foraminifera and ostracods from the Middle and Upper Jurassic of Great Britain'. Department of Earth Sciences, Wednesday, 20 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: J.D. Hudson, S.P. Hesselbo. j.p. sucksmith, Wolfson: `Studies of plasmas used for semiconductor etching'. Department of Engineering Science, Wednesday, 24 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: M. Ashfold, P.J. Dobson. g.c. williams, New College: `Auxiliary measurements in predictive control'. Department of Engineering Science, Thursday, 21 October, 1 p.m. Examiners: A.L. Dexter, D.A. Linkens. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES v.m. solias-macias, Wolfson: `Hypermnesia and fluctuations in the memory trace'. Department of Experimental Psychology Thursday, 4 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: J.M. Gardiner, E.A. Styles. SOCIAL STUDIES l.p. stark, Magdalen: `Do rules matter? Leadership selection in British Parties, 1963--93'. Nuffield, Wednesday, 27 October, 9.15 a.m. Examiners: D.E. Butler, P. Norton. k.d. williams, St Antony's: `The "Normalisation" of Czechoslovakia 1968--71'. Examination Schools, Wednesday, 27 October, 3 p.m. Examiners: R.J. Crampton, G. Wightman. C O L L E G E S, H A L L S, A N D S O C I E T I E S --------------------------------------------------------- OBITUARIES EXETER COLLEGE patrick mervyn beech, 10 May 1993; Gifford Exhibitioner 1931. Aged 80. rupert atkinson blaxland, 12 July 1993; commoner 1928. Aged 83. his honour judge r.g. clover, td, qc, 25 July 1993; commoner 1930. Aged 90. eric walter dean, 31 May 1993; commoner 1926. Aged 87. professor maure goldschmidt, 25 January 1993; Rhodes Scholar 1930. Aged 83. stanley gerald heritage, 30 March 1993; commoner 1948. Aged 66. brevet col. seymour valentine misa, dl, td, 18 May 1993; 1926. Aged 85. sir richard oswald chandler norman, kbe, ma, d.phil., d.sc., frs, 6 June 1993; Rector from 1987. Aged 61. alexander quaison sackey, 21 December 1992; commoner 1949. Aged 67. the revd joseph neville ward, 26 October 1992; Stapeldon Scholar 1934. Aged 77. albert jacob weinrich, 17 May 1993; Rhodes Scholar 1933. Aged 81. ST HILDA'S COLLEGE dorothea margaret braddell (nee Paterson), ba, 10 September 1993; commoner 1934--7. Aged 77. ELECTIONS ALL SOULS COLLEGE To Emeritus Fellowships (with effect from 1 October 1993): bryan ronald wilson, ma, d.litt. (b.sc. (econ.), ph.d. London) michael screech, ma, d.litt. (d.litt. London, d.litt. Birmingham) EXETER COLLEGE To the Rectorship: professor marilyn butler, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge KEBLE COLLEGE Notice of intention to elect to Wardenship The Governing Body of Keble College has resolved to elect professor averil millicent cameron, ma (ph.d. London), fba, fsa, Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, King's College, London, as Warden from 1 October 1994. ORIEL COLLEGE To Scholarships: julia bassam, formerly of International School of Geneva chung-nin chan, formerly of St Paul's Co-educational College, Hong Kong alex green, formerly of King Edward's School, Birmingham ian hagan, formerly of Westcliff High School nicholas hambleton, formerly of Churston Grammar School, Brixham paul jones, formerly of Winchester College catherine lyons, formerly of Lady Manner's School, Bakewell benjamin mays, formerly of St Edward's School, Oxford peter mcnamee, formerly of Rainhill High School sonia nolten, formerly of Wilsthorpe School, Long Eaton maurice snell, formerly of Bedales School violet steinberg, formerly of Petersfield School robert turtill, formerly of Cedars Upper School, Leighton Buzzard To Exhibitions: catherine coney, formerly of Valentine High School, Ilford andrew saunders, formerly of Rainford High School helen stubbs, formerly of King Edward VI High School for Girls SOMERVILLE COLLEGE To a Tutorial Fellowship in Philosophy (from 1 October 1993): dr james logue, b.phil., ma, d.phil. (ba Keele, m.phil. London) To a Tutorial Fellowship in Politics (from 1 October 1993): dr lois mcnay (ma, ph.d. Cambridge) To a Tutorial Fellowship in Engineering Science (from 1 October 1993): dr charles richard stone, ma, d.phil. To a Tutorial Fellowship in Physics (from 1 October 1993): dr roman walczak, ma (Doktor der Naturwissenschaften, Heidelberg; Magister fizyki, Warsaw) To a temporary lecturership in History (from 1 October 1993, for one year): dr andrew franklin wareham (ba, ph.d. Birmingham) To a Fulford Junior Research Fellowship (from 1 October 1993): dr martin anton van der hoef (m.sc. Twente, ph.d. Utrecht) To a Junior Deanship (from 15 September 1993): dr claire alexander, ba, m.st., d.phil. notices A D V E R T I S E M E N T S --------------------------- Deadline: Advertisements must be received by 12 noon on Wednesday of the preceding week. Charges: 15.00 (inc. 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Story-telling in French The Library at the Maison Francaise is organising story-telling sessions for children. The sessions are held every Wednesday, at 4.30 p.m. Maison Francaise d'Oxford, Norham Road, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 274224. Tuition Offered Cello tuition offered by qualified teacher. Beginners and advanced players equally welcome. Johanna Meissner, 8 Park Town, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 52595. Services Offered Tax and accountancy services. Ex-Peat Marwick accountant (Cambridge graduate, member of the Institute of Taxation) offers intelligent, personal, and inexpensive service in all tax and accounting matters. Convenient premises in North Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 513381, fax: Oxford 58064. Forward Travel UK: world-wide air-fares, Continental rail tickets, holidays---we have the lot. Credit facilities available for official university travel. 41 South Parade, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7JP. Tel.: Oxford 511341. Gardening/landscaping service: lawn-mowing, hedge-cutting, fencing, turfing, patios, driveways, or just maintenance. For a personal, friendly, service, call Nick Macefield. Tel.: Witney 774096. Furniture restoration: all aspects of furniture restoration, cabinet-making, carving, chair repairs, traditional upholstery, re-caning, and rush seating can be attended to by Brazier's of Oxford. Panelling, bookcases, and individual joinery designs also undertaken. Brazier's of Oxford, 57 High Street, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 246574. Carpet/upholstery/curtain cleaning by Grimebusters, your local specialists. Quality work, competitive prices. Domestic, commercial, college. Also carpet/upholstery stain protection, pre-occupancy cleaning, flood cleaning/drying, oriental rug cleaning. For free estimates and friendly advice, call Grimebusters. Tel.: Oxford 726983 or Abingdon 555533. Counselling: qualified, experienced counsellor and psychotherapist (trained Reading University, Tavistock Clinic), Jungian approach, now has additional vacancies. Toni Unwin, BA, Dip. Counselling (Reading). Tel.: Oxford 790938. Separating or divorcing? Family Mediators Association---we offer confidential mediation to help you reach decisions on all matters relating to your separation or divorce. For further details, telephone Monica Payne. Tel.: Oxford 724977. Music with your next function, private/official reception, faculty dinners, etc., will add a civilised ambience to the occasion. Pianist with a gentle touch, non-intrusive playing, and a feeling for any occasion offers his skills. Total reliability and a wide repertoire including ballads, jazz, folk, rag. Tel. for details and available dates: Oxford 407904; fax: 407869. Domestic Services Guardian sought: locally-based family is sought as guardians for 13-year-old Chinese schoolboy. Reimbursement of expenses and general consideration offered in return for caring guardianship. Enquiries direct to housemaster: Revd David Wippell, Segar's House, St Edward's School, Oxford OX2 7NN. Tel.: Oxford 319252. Children's French Circle: children 4--8 years at Stepping Stones. Mondays 3.45--4.45 p.m. For details, telephone Mrs Annemarie Hamilton. Tel.: Oxford 717139. Stepping Stones children's nursery (open 8.30 a.m.--5.30 p.m. Mon.--Fri., throughout the year). A delightful nursery situated 5 minutes from the city centre, offering a variety of pre-school activities (including music and French). Qualified infant teachers. Mrs A. Hamilton. Tel.: Oxford 717139. The Oxford Montessori Nursery (Wolvercote and Old Headington): inspiring environment for 2--5-year-olds; 1/5 ratio; hot meals; beautiful locations; languages; dance, drama, and music. Telephone for student discounts, appointment, or prospectus. Tel.: Oxford 63788. Situations Vacant Part-time secretary: part-time secretary sought, to assist retired academic (medical) living in North Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 511413. Applications are invited for the post of part-time sub-editor of Past and Present, a journal of historical studies based in North Oxford. Applicants should have a degree (preferably in history), and previous experience of copy-editing and proof-reading. Salary 7,687 per year (for 22.5 hours p.w.). Generous holidays. Further particulars can be obtained from the Editors, Past and Present, 175 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7AW, who should receive applications, with c.v., by Fri., 5 Nov. Tel.: Oxford 512318, fax: 310080. Houses to Let Conveniently situated 2-bedroom terrace house, gas c.h., small garden; fully furnished; handy to university departments and colleges, city centre, riverside walks. 550 p.c.m., exc. bills. Tel.: Oxford 511384, or 0203 677304. Looking for a property to rent? QB Management have a range of houses and flats of all shapes and sizes in the Oxford area. Contact us now with details of your requirements without obligation. Tel.: Oxford 64533, or fax: 64777. Harcourt Hill: large family house, 1 miles west of Oxford with views of city spires; 4 bedrooms, study, large fully- equipped kitchen, large garden; near schools and access to leisure facilities. Suit academic family. Available 2 Jan.--end of Sept. 1994. 800 p.c.m. (inc. council tax and gardener, but not services). Tel.: Oxford 243725. Wolvercote, Oxford: immaculate 2/3-bedroom semi-detached house; c.h., bathroom, and en-suite shower; fully furnished; pleasant garden front and back; quiet area, private parking, and adjacent to Port Meadow. Regular (15-minute) bus service to centre. No pets. Long lease preferred. From Sept., 640 p.c.m. Mrs Madden. Tel.: Oxford 511862. Lent term 1994---house let: don's house available Jan.--mid-Mar. Dates flexible. Quiet street near Summertown shops and bus; 1 miles from centre; large kitchen-diner, lounge, 2 bedrooms (third locked); all gadgets. 140 p.w., inc. gas c.h. and electricity. Tel.: Oxford 52571. West Oxford: 4-bedroom detached house with bathroom, cloakroom, en-suite shower-room; fitted kitchen with washing-machine, dish- washer; telephone, TV, video, linen, dishes; front and rear secluded garden; garage and private drive for 2 cars; fully furnished. Available now for at least a year. Suitable for visiting academic family. 700 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 725030. Cotswold village, 20 minutes from Oxford by train: converted stable to let furnished for 1 year from Oct.; 2 beds, all mod. cons., quiet. 500 p.c.m. Carole Angier, 13 High Street, Ascott-u-Wychwood, Oxon. OX7 6AW. Tel.: 0993 830725, fax: 0993 831693. Superbly equipped and decorated period cottage, near Burford; master bedroom, en-suite bathroom, 4-poster; 2 twin bedrooms, bathroom; huge drawing-room, log fire; ultra-modern kitchen/dining-room; c.h.; big shared garden. Available short lets. Five-key, highly commended. Tel.: 0993 831502. Queen's Barge: superb Edwardian houseboat, Port Meadow, river Thames; 10 minutes from city centre; fully fitted and furnished: 3 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, grand saloon; c.h.; telephone; parking; all mod. cons.; comfortable; idyllic views; unique. 900 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 244117. East Oxford (Iffley Fields): 3-bedroom family house; sitting- room, large kitchen/family room, bathroom, 2 double bedrooms (1 with shower-room), single room with bunk beds; dish-washer, tumble-drier, etc.; child-friendly garden; near shops, playing- fields, river. Bicycles could be included. Available for 1 or 2 months from 12 Dec. 550 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 249925. House to let, Jan.--Aug. (Jan.--June possible): 2 double bedrooms, 1 large study/bedroom, 30-ft lounge, separate dining- room, bathroom, downstairs w.c., gardens at front and rear, car parking space. 700 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 52248. Very spacious home, 2/3 bedrooms, 3/4 reception; large exclusive garden; central North Oxford. 850 p.c.m. Available Nov. Tel.: Oxford 52770 (Mrs Sanderson, agent), or 010 353 1 285 4970 (Mr and Mrs Dew, owners; British embassy, Dublin). Flats to Let Central North Oxford, 10 minutes from city centre: exceptionally well-furnished flats in quiet, civilised family house: (1)---from Oct.: large double bedroom, single bedroom, drawing-room, kitchen, bathroom; (2)---from 1 Feb. 1994: large double bedroom, drawing-room, kitchen, bathroom. Off-street parking, garden. Regret no children or pets. Tel.: Oxford 52400. In Hill Top Road, available Dec., self-contained ground-floor flat with garden access; 1 bedroom, bathroom, kitchen; c.h. 450 p.c.m. inc. council tax. Tel.: Oxford 241330. Superior quality ground-floor apartment in Summertown; 2 bedrooms, fully furnished, private off-street parking, access to garden. 700 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 772272 (any time), or 310638 (evenings). Rectory Road---flat to let: 2 bedrooms, sitting-room; fully furnished, c.h., washing-machine, etc.; newly decorated; off- street parking; available immediately. Suitable for family or sharing. 550 p.c.m. inc. council tax. Tel.: Oxford 862697. Beaumont Street: attractive 2-room furnished flat, available 1 Nov.; 560 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 57933 (day), or 0235 524888 (evening). Office/studio space to let Approx. 1,200 sq. ft. of 2nd-floor office/studio space, to be let as a whole or in two separate parts. Suitable for offices, studio use, or storage. Situated in central North Oxford (Jericho). Tel.: Oxford 57902. Accommodation Offered Finders Keepers offers a unique reservation service for visitors to Oxford. Our properties range from 1-bedroom apartments in the centre of Oxford to family homes in the surrounding villages. We have offices covering the whole of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire. Call us now to discuss your requirements with one of our experienced staff, or ask for one of our special information packs. Tel.: Oxford 512168, fax: 56993. Room and separate study available in newly redecorated Victorian house, to share with Continental academic; both rooms overlook the garden, and have pleasant original features such as an open fireplace and old wooden floors; in Percy Street; light and spacious; all modern conveniences; gas c.h.; warm, friendly atmosphere. 70 p.w. Tel.: Oxford 724178 (h), or 483730 (w). North Oxford: quiet room overlooking garden; own bathroom; light cooking facilities. 58 p.w. Non-smokers please. Tel.: Oxford 53943. Comfortable room to rent for visiting scholars, in North Oxford, at 80 p.w. All facilities by agreement. Tel.: Oxford 59657. Terrace cottage in Upper Wolvercote. Fully furnished, garden, quiet area, convenient for bus route. Two bedrooms. Ideal for male non-smoker to share with postdoc. Available immediately. 225 p.c.m. Paul. Tel.: Oxford (2)73311 or 511059. Accommodation Sought American academic couple, 3 teenage children, seek flat or house (3--4 bedrooms), accessible to central Oxford and schools, early Jan.--late July (flexible). Professor Michael H. Floyd, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, 606 Rathervue Place, PO Box 2247, Austin, Texas 78768--2247. Or tel.: Oxford (2)76537 (Revd J. Barton, Oriel). Thinking of letting? QB Management have a variety of tenants, mainly academic or professional, looking for a variety of properties right now. Contact us without obligation, for details of our Letting and Management Services and we will tailor our service to your requirement. Tel.: Oxford 64533, or fax: 64777. Mature, responsible, non-smoking Canadian academic and wife seek to rent (or will house-sit) 1- or 2-bedroom furnished flat, cottage, or house with parking, mid-Jan.--mid-June (flexible). Proximity to Taylor Institution desirable, but all possibilities considered, inc. readily-accessible neighbouring communities. Local references available. Professor P. Allan, Camargo Foundation, BP 75, 13714 Cassis, Cedex, France. Tel. (messages only): 010 33 42011157; fax: 010 33 42013657. English research fellow requires midweek (Mon--Thurs.) accommodation; reasonable rents considered, room left free at weekends). Impeccable references, flexible arrangements possible. Tel. (answerphone): Oxford (2)73889, or 081-852 0679 (weekends). Visiting medical academic with family (two children, 10 and 12), requires furnished 2--3-bedroom house or flat for 3 months from mid-Oct. Tel.: Oxford 57973 (after hours). 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. San Diego/Oxford: house exchange wanted in or near Oxford for visiting professor and wife from the University of California at San Diego. Lovely house next to campus. Autumn quarter, Sept.-- end of Dec. 1994. Three or more bedrooms preferred. Write to: Dr C. Granger, 8854 Robin Hood Lane, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Or tel.: Oxford 515588 (evenings). Holiday Lets North Cornwall---New Polzeath: a seaside family house, sleeping 8, is unexpectedly vacant during the half-term period. The house is well equipped with a secure garden. It is within easy reach of the surfing beach, and the area provides excellent walks, golf, etc. 350 for the half-term holiday. Mrs Brett. Tel.: Oxford 54384 (evenings). Ski La Plagne---shabby, cramped ski studio in Plagne centre for rent; sleeps 2/3; 100m from lifts. Excellent skiing in reliable snow up to 3,250m. 120 p.w. Tel.: 0451 822279. Houses for Sale The Plain, within 2 minutes' walk from Magdalen Bridge: attractive turn-of-the-century end-of-terrace house; 2 bedrooms, upstairs bathroom, 2 reception rooms, kitchen opening onto sunny, secluded rear garden, small front garden. Newly rewired, reroofed, redecorated; gas c.h. 85,000. Tel.: Oxford 515994 (after 7 p.m.). Stone cottage at Tackley, near Woodstock, only 11 minutes by train from Oxford. Three bedrooms (one 19ft 11ins by 9ft 5ins), living-room (18ft by 13ft), gas c.h., garage, attractive garden, south-facing, permission for loft extension. In good condition, no chain, popular village. Offers in the region of 77,000 (new lower price for quick sale). Tel.: Tackley 220 (after 7 p.m.). Upper Wolvercote, 68,000. Extended 1930s semi with views across Port Meadow to Wytham. Loft study with Velux, 2 bedrooms, living-room, kitchen, downstairs bathroom, porch, garden-room/studio; gas c.h., d.g., cavity wall insulation; extensive fitted bookshelves; 6 telephone points; charming, secluded garden with shed and log-store. Tel.: Oxford 54840. St Clement's: well-maintained 1850s terrace house; kitchen/breakfast-room, 2 double and 2 single bedrooms (one currently as study), bathroom, 2nd w.c., 60-ft SW-facing rear garden; very convenient for Oxford and Brookes universities, hospitals, city centre, London coaches, yet quiet and close to 5 parks, river, walks. 112,950. Tel.: Oxford 724153 (before 8 p.m.). Family house for sale, Headington: 2 reception, 4 bedrooms, kitchen/breakfast-room, 2 bathrooms; garage; adaptable loft; large garden; garden study; 5 minutes' walk from JR Hospital, 10 minutes' cycle-ride from Science Area. Adjacent RC first school. Cherwell School catchment area. 118,000. Tel.: Oxford 750014. Flats for Sale Light, spacious, ground-floor flat for sale, Botley (west Oxford, city centre 2 miles); hall, lounge (open fire), bedroom, fully- fitted kitchen, utility-room (fully plumbed), bathroom; excellent decorative order; gas c.h.; very private rear garden (patio and 80-ft lawn-borders); parking to front. 62,500. Dr Archer. Tel.: Oxford 249258 (evening). D I A R Y --------- 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, Dr Michael Carr, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70086). Under `Contents': Supplements included in this issue: Pages (1) to 4301: Annual Report 00--00 (2) to 4301: Appointments 00--00 In box at foot of left-hand column: CONGREGATION Tuesday, 2 November, at 2 p.m. in the Sheldonian Theatre Discussion of Vice-Chancellor's Oration and Annual Report There will be a discussion of the Oration delivered on 5 October by the retiring Vice-Chancellor, and of the Annual Report of the University for 1992--3, both of which have now been published as Supplement (1) to Gazette No. 4301. Debate on General Resolution concerning important new policies The text of the resolution appears in `University Agenda' above. Published as Supplement *1, October 1993: Annual Report of the Delegates of the Oxford University Press 1992--3 Friday 15 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). maison francaise colloquium: `Globalisation and the end of the Cold War: the response of states' (continues tomorrow). the revd charles brock: `Radical theologies: urban theology', Mansfield, 5 p.m. Sunday 17 October the revd j.s.k. ward preaches (Ramsden Sermon), St Mary's, 10 a.m. Monday 18 October dr s. o'hara: `Historical land degradation and agricultural practices in Mexico' (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). baroness warnock: `The resurrection of ethics' (St Hilda's Centenary Lecture Series: `Women of Ideas'), Dining Hall, St Hilda's, 5 p.m. professor louis van delft: `Modernite du classicisme francais', Maison Francaise, 5.15 p.m. g. tyack: `Compton Verney: an eighteenth-century Warwickshire house and its landscape' (Oxford Architectural History Seminar), Rewley House, 5.30 p.m. Tuesday 19 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). congregation meeting, 2 p.m. professor p. wentz: `Hear the grass scream: the inseparability of dominating nature and people' (Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics, and Society lecture), Council Room, Mansfield, 4 p.m. professor n. wolterstorff: `Speaking is not revealing' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. Wednesday 20 October professor j.w. o'malley: `What's in a name? The extent of the confusion' (Martin D'Arcy Lectures: `Whatever happened to the Counter-Reformation? Fifty years of interpretation'), Campion Hall, 5 p.m. dr j. benthall: `The fallacy of humanitarians without frontiers' (Refugee Studies Programme: Seminars on Forced Migration), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 5 p.m. dr t. williamson: `The revision theory of truth' (interdisciplinary seminars in logic, language, and mind: `paradoxes'), Room C, Bernard Sunley Building, St Catherine's, 8.30 p.m. Thursday 21 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). dr renate barber: `Mrs Babingida's Better Life Scheme, Nigeria' (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women seminar), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m. professor seamus heaney: ` "Orpheus in Ireland": on Brian Friel's The Midnight Court', Schools, 5 p.m. professor r.b. heap: `Genetic engineering: progress, promises, and precepts' (Linacre Lectures: `Population and the environment'), Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology Building, South Parks Road, 5.30 p.m. professor t.p. wiseman: `The origins of Roman historiography' (Ronald Syme Lecture), the Hall, Wolfson, 6 p.m. Friday 22 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). r. beckford: `Radical theologies: black theology', Mansfield, 5 p.m. ursula von lerber (piano) plays works by Clementi, Beethoven, Ravel, and Prokoviev, Maison Francaise, 8.15 p.m. (admission free). Saturday 23 October degree conferments, Sheldonian, 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. maison francaise exhibition opens: drawings and paintings by Michel Didier (until 29 October). bate collection: Friends of the Bate Collection evening, including a performance on keyboard instruments by Martin Souter, Music Faculty, 8 p.m. Sunday 24 October mr p.y. boateng, mp, preaches, St Mary's, 10 a.m. Monday 25 October professor r. macrory: `Implementation and enforcement of EC environmental legislation' (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). Tuesday 26 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). david vaisey: `Who wrote Roger Plowman? A nineteenth-century conundrum' (Friends of the Bodleian thirty-minute lecture), Cecil Jackson Room, Sheldonian, 1 p.m. professor n. wolterstorff: `The many ways of speaking' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. professor seamus heaney: ` "Speranza in Reading": The Ballad of Reading Gaol', Schools, 5 p.m. dr b. kouchner: `Aide humanitaire et droit d'ingerence: esperance ou nouveau mythe?', Maison Francaise, 5.15 p.m.