Gazette 16 December 1993; No. 4311; 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 NO. 4300 THURSDAY, 3`````````0 SEPTEMBER 1993 U N I V E R S I T Y A C T S ----------------------------- HEBDOMADAL COUNCIL 1 Status of Master of Arts Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the status of Master of Arts under the provisions of Ch. V, Sect. vi, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1993, p. 328) has been accorded to the following persons who are qualified for membership of Congregation: joy mary boyce, d.phil., New College ruth elizabeth english, Department of Radiology amanda karen petford-long, d.phil., Corpus Christi College thomas alexander reid, Computing Services 3 Register of Congregation Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the following names have been added to the Register of Congregation: Boyce, J.M., MA status, D.Phil., New College Casselton, L.A., MA, St Cross English, R.E., MA status, Department of Radiology Maltby, J.D., MA, Corpus Christi Petford-Long, A.K., MA status, D.Phil., Corpus Christi Reid, T.A., MA status, Computing Services CONGREGATION 14 October Election On Thursday, 14 October, the following was duly elected to hold office until the first day of Trinity Term 1995: As a member of the Buildings Committee w.w.m. allison, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Keble [The votes recorded were: for Dr Airs, 172; for Dr Allison, 200] CONGREGATION 18 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 18 October. 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 U N I V E R S I T Y A G E N D A --------------------------------- CONGREGATION 2 November 2 p.m. 1 Voting on Statutes promulgated on 12 October (For forms of Statutes (1)--(5) see p. 00.) 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. FUTURE POLICY FOR PROMOTIONS AND THE USE OF TITLES OF DISTINCTION: CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT With reference to the general resolution for debate in Congregation on 2 November (see `University Agenda' above), the following is the consultative document circulated on behalf of Council and the General Board to all colleges, faculty boards, and other relevant committees (including the Joint Consultative Committee with the Oxford AUT), and to all individual members of the academic staff. 1 Introduction Over the last year the Appointments Committee of the General Board has been considering the recent promotions exercises which were largely stimulated by the influx of the so-called `discretionary' funding. The use of such money has not been confined to promotions; it has been used, for example, for merit awards for readers and professors, for special lecturerships, for increasing some of the scales of the lower-paid members of the academic staff such as departmental lecturers and instructors, for payments for administration, and for increasing payments for graduate supervision. None the less, it has been in the use of funds for promotions, and the associated decision to hold more frequent promotion exercises, that most difficulties have emerged. It is now clear that these exercises have focused attention on important questions about the academic staff structure of the University and therefore to some extent about the nature of the University itself. It is the purpose of this consultative document to seek views from individual members of the academic staff, and from bodies including faculty boards and colleges, on these questions. A number of options are discussed but these are not thought necessarily to be the only ones. Council and the General Board wish to consult widely before formulating proposals for future action; they hope that the paper will stimulate views on the issues. Faculty boards are asked to ensure that faculties/sub-faculties are consulted, and colleges to ensure that members of governing bodies who will not already have received this document as members of the University's academic staff do now see a copy. 2 Promotion exercises: general Before 1989 the University had conducted exercises of this sort from time to time on a small scale. New university appointments were often made to the posts vacated by the promoted individuals, which made the exercises expensive per capita, but, on the other hand, did lead to an increase in the numbers of academic staff. The recent exercises have not involved such replacement appointments, concentrating instead on achieving the maximum number of promotions possible with the money available. This has had social and intellectual repercussions, some of which were foreseen and some, perhaps, not. Policy in this area has implications for the social structure not only of the University, as a research or teaching institution, but also for colleges. The policy will affect not only the power of the University to retain existing members of staff, but also perhaps its power to recruit others. In this sense the questions raised will have national and international as well as domestic dimensions, and the purpose of the inquiry must be at least as much to investigate the financial and functional aspects as to discover what will lead to most individual satisfaction. It may well be that departmentally and non-departmentally organised groups will approach the answer to this in different ways. A range of views which may be useful background to some of this debate is to be found in Supplement (1) to Gazette No. 4293, 14 June 1993 (p. 1187). In short, the objective is to have a system which recruits, motivates and retains people of the highest quality, whose duties will fulfil the functions required by the university and colleges. 3 Present categories of post The present categories of post (substantive, ad hominem, and titular) are set out in Appendix 1 to this paper. Appendix 2 contains a very brief summary of the present numbers in existing broad categories. 4 Nature of the University Views on the nature of the University may be fairly, if somewhat crudely, characterised as falling into one of two groups. The first view (cp. options 3 and 4 below), sometimes described as the `republic of letters', sees the University essentially as a society with a small number of academic grades and with only small movement taking place between them. In this model, the lecturer-fellow grade is a career grade and there is very little need for or expectation of movement to another. Promotion to an ad hominem chair might even be seen not so much as a promotion, but rather as a rearrangement of duties offered to those who are particularly good at one of the activities of a University, i.e. research. As such, it should not be rewarded with additional salary, particularly if those who are excellent at the other two activities, teaching and academic organisation, are not similarly rewarded. The second view (cp. options 1 and 2 below) accepts that there are clear horizontal lines, with readers and professors in the higher strata, but seeks regular movement between them. This view sees regular academic mobility within the institution as an essential feature. If promotions were regular and numerous, this model would in time produce colleges which would include substantial numbers of professors and readers. A plausible model of such a scheme might produce a steady state in round terms of, say, 250 professors, 250 readers and 650 lecturers (see Appendix 3). These two views envisage and produce quite different kinds of university. 5 Future policy for promotions: general A fundamental question is whether the University should separate out more systematically the three elements of title, stipend, and duties. It has been suggested for some years, for example, that promotions of the new (non-replacement) sort might be effected by change of title only. This would leave the statutory chairs to be competed for by those who sought the particular mix of duties, etc., which they entail. It would also remove financial restraints on the scale of exercises. It would leave the problem of what to do with the `discretionary' money as the posts which it supported fell vacant. The outcome of the General Board's recent consultation on contractual arrangements for academic staff (trade-offs) will itself affect the background against which these questions should be addressed, since the amount of time available to lecturers for research and the supervision of research students might be significantly increased, and the requirement for a particular number of lectures from professors and others reduced. 6 Future policy: specific options Future policy might include any of a very wide range of options. To indicate the extent of the range four are set out to provide a framework for discussion and reply. Option 1: To establish a system of promotion using a mixture of criteria to produce a career structure which gives individuals the reasonable expectation that at some point in their career they might change their title and/or stipend, without necessarily changing their duties. Option 2: To establish a system of promotion, involving change of title, stipend, and duties, where research ability dominates the criteria and gives to those distinguished in this way a reasonable expectation that at some point in their career they might achieve such promotion. Option 3: To establish a system where there is no `reasonable expectation' of promotion and where most people are lecturers. The principal promotion route in this scheme would be by applying for statutory posts. Option 4: To establish a system where there is no `reasonable expectation' of promotion and where most people are professors. The title of professor would be conferred on all academic staff, either on appointment or on reappointment to retiring age, and statutory posts would be available for those who sought change of duties. These options have many variants and sub-variants: expositions of them are welcome. 7 An option involving change of stipend will depend on the continued availability of funds from the University's general resources, of additional amounts of discretionary money from future pay awards, or a mixture of both. 8 Option 1 could be implemented in a number of ways. Its essential difference from Option 2 is perhaps that it might contemplate the conferment of titles of distinction for qualities other than research ability and might produce a regularly-used career ladder which those with other abilities might ascend. It would constitute a substantial departure from present behaviour and the University would adopt a structure much more like that found in other universities where promotions exercises are generally held annually. If promotion involved only the amendment of stipend and title, it would have no implications for the available quantity of college teaching, though if it were done systematically and did involve stipend supplement, it could prove expensive. If the only change were in title, there would be no financial or structural effects but the social effects would remain. If stipend and college duties were amended, this would involve a switch of financial responsibility from colleges to the University's central budget. 9 Option 3 could be implemented in a number of ways. Prior to retrenchment, as has been noted, ad hominem promotions often involved the creation of new posts, in order to replace the promoted individuals. They thus produced a net increase in the intellectual resource. Such promotions were necessarily small in number because of their cost, and the three promotions exercises held since 1989 might only have produced some 15--20 promotions in total if this policy had been applied. Alternatively, the University could leave the present absolute number of promotions as the future figure and hold new exercises only as individuals ceased to hold office. This would not be easy to manage. Other variants may easily be imagined. If Option 3 were adopted, a way would have to be found of spending the discretionary money now committed to promotions exercises. One suggestion that has been made is for a special lecturership scheme lasting for, say, up to five years at a time. Another would be to introduce merit awards for lecturers to complement the existing schemes for readers and professors. In this case it would be necessary to decide whether to make such awards tenable up to retirement or to make them for limited periods (and if so, whether the scheme for professors and readers should be modified in the same way); and how to handle the implications which such merit awards for lecturers would have for the current joint maxima and for relativities between salaries in the university academic grades. 10 Option 4 has similarities to Option 3. If Option 3 were taken in an extreme form, with virtually no promotions, it would maintain the `republic of letters' with most people as lecturers rather than professors. Option 4 would produce a similar result but with most people as professors. It has the advantage of conferring a title widely understood (indeed, usually assumed) in the rest of the world. It has been most familiar in its North American context (though with different grades of professor). It could be implemented in a number of ways however and there would be no need slavishly to follow the North American model. The wider use of the title of professor in the last year or so in many other institutions has altered the background against which the proposal should be judged. The view is also held that a professorial title has considerable advantages for individuals and for the University, e.g. in respect of grant applications and invitations to serve on national and international bodies which are academically influential. This option could confer the title on original appointment, or only on reappointment to retirement. It is consistent with the continued existence of statutory chairs with distinct duties for which those interested might compete. It is in a sense the most competitive of all options, since reputation would rest from year to year not on title, but on current achievement. Such an option might be thought to have a damaging effect on the status of the statutory chairs and thus on the power of those chairs to draw distinguished scholars to Oxford. 11 Within this framework, it might be thought that the most basic choices facing the University could be represented as follows: `Promotional' type structure: maximalist (option 1) title + duties? stipend? minimalist (option 2) `Republic of letters': mainly lecturers (option 3) mainly professors (option 4) 12 A number of general points may be made about these options. (a) In the recent Congregation debate, a number of views were aired on the effects of different promotion policies on women. Views are invited as to whether different ways of organising academic staff structures might in different degrees be compatible with, or conducive towards, equality of opportunity. In this context it should be recorded that either as a later stage in this exercise, or consequently upon it, the procedures for deciding on promotion should also be re-examined, since they too may have equal opportunities implications. (b) Each of the four options in general terms has its own advantages and disadvantages and could be implemented in different ways. Each is capable of fundamentally affecting the relationship between the University and the colleges and the internal structure of colleges. Promotion exercises of the recent variety (Option 2) involve a reduction of college teaching by those promoted. Although overall there appears to be adequate tutorial provision, in practice it seems as if the substitute teaching is now being done by others who are either career-grade college replacements with no university title or privileges (increasingly likely if more than one fellow in a subject in a college is promoted) or by non-career-grade or casual teachers. This latter option has some relevance in the case for college fees. Over time, if this process were to continue, the sociological matrix of a governing body would be substantially changed and the willingness of unpromoted tutorial fellows to do additional teaching might be affected, unless the implementation of trade-off arrangements enabled time for research to be restored. Promotions of this recent sort have been thought to bear with disproportionate severity on the immediate colleagues in the same subject of those promoted. (c) Adoption of any of the first three options might call for a consideration of the question whether Oxford wished to retain the reader grade. The status of reader outside the University is thought by some not to be commensurate with the distinction of present postholders, and though there is some evidence that the title is used in other universities to recognise achievement especially in research, in some institutions it is used as a final promotional step. Given the high quality of Oxford readers, this might operate to our disadvantage. There is also some evidence that the reader grade does not have great retaining power for colleagues offered chairs elsewhere. (d) Options 1 or 2 might also be implemented, if readerships were not abolished, by holding mixed readership and professorship exercises in the same year, rather than by alternating them. The advantage of this would be that there would be a smoother flow of promotions, but the exercises themselves might be more complicated. This has been the practice in recent years at Cambridge. (e) The adoption of some options might call for a reappraisal of our criteria for promotion. Oxford, like very many other `old' universities, has been criticised for its unwillingness to reward teaching, and it has set its face against rewarding administrative and managerial burdens with titles of distinction. It is true that in recent exercises the Ad Hominem Promotions Committee has taken teaching and administration into account in making its awards, but research ability has dominated the criteria, and in some cases monopolised them. Some other universities are said to give much more equal weighting to these three essentials of university life. It is of course easy to underestimate the difficulties of rewarding teaching, particularly in a university so dominated by small-group teaching, and this difficulty will not be felt so acutely elsewhere. It is said that appraisal of teaching may be susceptible to fashion but this may (or may not) be equally true of promotion based on research output. Two subsidiary matters remain for consideration. 13 Conferment of title of reader or professor At present, the title of reader or professor may be conferred on both non-university employees of distinction who are working in the University and on university employees whose salary is already at the readership or professorship level. Titles have been conferred on, e.g., directors of established or research council units. This does not involve a change of duties. Views are sought on whether this practice should continue and, if so, whether it should apply to those holding college-only posts and whether it should occur only at the time of a promotions exercise in order to give a gathered field. If the practice is to continue, views are also sought on whether it should also be possible for the University to consider conferring the title on a non-university employee not receiving the appropriate salary, provided that the employer was willing to increase the stipend to the appropriate level. 14 Conferment of title of Visiting Professor Finally, provision exists for the conferment of the title of Visiting Professor on individuals not on the establishment of another academic institution who regularly participate in teaching and/or research in a department or faculty. There has been some discussion about whether the criteria for the conferment of this title should be the same as those for the title of professor generally, or whether there are other criteria to take into account (such as the general standing of the person concerned in respect of his or her profession or substantive employment) as well as the academic quality of the person concerned. 15 Date for submissions and where to send them Conclusion. Views are sought on the main themes of this paper. Council and the General Board hope that correspondents will feel free, as well as responding to issues raised in the paper, to contribute generally. In particular, replies should not be constrained by an assumption that existing packages of duties are unalterable. It will greatly assist the processing of the replies, however, if correspondents would structure their replies, wherever possible and convenient, by reference to the numbered paragraphs of this paper. Replies should be sent to the Secretary of Faculties, University Offices, Wellington Square, by the end of Michaelmas Full Term 1993. It is the intention of the Vice-Chancellor to refer to this matter in his Oration and it is likely to be a substantive issue for debate at the meeting of Congregation on Tuesday of fourth week of Michaelmas Term (2 November). APPENDIX 1 Present main categories of university post, etc. 1. Statutory professors Appointed by electoral board after advertisement. Posts established by decree. 2. Clinical professors As 1 above, in clinical departments, and with honorary consultant contract. 3. Ad hominem professors Appointed by decree after competitive exercise. 4. Titular professors Conferred by Council in individual cases on suitably qualified persons outside or inside the University, `suitably qualified' including salary level. 5. Visiting professors Title conferred by General Board on suitably qualified staff of government research establishments etc. or individuals not on the establishment of another academic institution teaching in the University who are contributing to the work of the faculty. 6. Statutory readers Appointed by electoral boards after advertisement. Posts established by decree. 7. General Board readers Appointed by General Board after advertisement. 8. Clinical readers As 7 above (but with a probationary period), in clinical departments, and usually with honorary consultant contract. 9. Ad hominem readers Appointed by General Board after competitive exercise. 10. Titular readers As 4 above, mutatis mutandis. 11. University lecturers (medical and non-medical) Appointed by faculty boards, subject to the approval of the General Board, after advertisement. Advertised in association with a college fellowship. University lecturers (medical) more often than not have honorary consultant contract. 12. CUF lecturers Appointed by faculty boards with the approval of the General Board, after advertisement by a college. 13. Special (non-CUF) lecturers As 12 above, but held at a permanent private hall or graduate college. 14. Faculty lecturers As 12 above basically but advertised by the University and with different stint and replacement rules and with a different division of funding. 15. Clinical lecturers As 11 above in clinical departments, but fixed-term, no college fellowship, no honorary consultant contract. 16. Titular university lecturers As 11 above but funded wholly by colleges and on the Register of Suspended Posts. 17. Titular CUF lecturers As 12 above but funded wholly by colleges and on the RSP. 18. Supernumerary titular university lecturers As 16 above, but not on the RSP. 19. Supernumerary titular CUF lecturers As 17 above, but not on the RSP. 20. Titular university research lecturers Title conferred by the General Board on suitably qualified persons who are contributing to research and teaching in the University normally at salary level RSIIX and above. 21. Visiting lecturers As for visiting professors, at the appropriate standard. APPENDIX 2 Present establishment (excluding Clinical Medicine) Statutory professorships: 129 Statutory readerships: 20 Lecturerships: 1,000 ---Of which university lecturerships: 554 ---CUF, special non-CUF, and faculty: 446 Of the readerships and lecturerships, following promotions 44 are held by ad hominem professors and 50 by ad hominem readers. Overall: 173 professors, 70 readers, 906 lecturers, i.e. a total of 1,149. APPENDIX 3 Option 1: a model Example: Assume average age of initial appointment is 30 and of retirement is 65. Probability of promotion to reader 0.8 at average age 49. Probability of promotion to professor 0.3 at average age 55. The 1,000 staff appointed to lecturer posts would form a steady population (with annual promotion exercises) of 114 professors, 251 readers, and 635 lecturers: with the existing statutory posts (129 professors and 20 readers) the overall profile would be 243 professors, 271 readers, and 635 lecturers. HENRY WILDE PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY 1993 The Prize has been awarded to miss beverley a. blakeney, New College. Additional prizes have been awarded to timothy j. mawson, St Peter's College, and david nettle, Wadham College. NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PRIZE IN MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS The Prize has been awarded to john david taylor, St Catherine's College. WOMEN TUTORS' GROUP The Oxford University Women Tutors' Group is open to all women in academic or academic-related posts. Its next meeting will be held on Tuesday, 2 November, from 1 to 2.30 p.m. in Lecture Room 6 on the eighth floor of the Thom Building, Department of Engineering Science. Coffee and tea will be provided, but not lunch. Women who have recently taken up posts within the University are especially welcome to attend this meeting. For further information contact the organisers for Michaelmas Term 93: Dr N.J. Ferrier (e-mail: nichola@robots.ox.ac.uk) or Dr R.M. Plummer (e-mail: rosie.plummer@eng.ox.ac.uk). CIRCULATION OF THE GAZETTE TO RETIRED SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY The University Gazette is circulated on request to retired resident members of Congregation until they reach the age of seventy-five. However, it has been decided that any former member of Congregation over the age of seventy-five may continue to receive the Gazette, if he or she so wishes, on application in writing to the Information Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. Such applications must be renewed at the beginning of each academic year. LIBRARY OF THE HOUSE OF ST GREGORY AND ST MACRINA This library (1 Canterbury Road), which contains books and periodicals on the Eastern Churches, is open during Full Term by appointment with the Warden, Deacon Savas Zembillas (telephone: Oxford 513117). Exhibitions now open Modern Chinese paintings, from a private collection (until 28 November) After Powhatan: paintings by Gordon House (until 10 April) Forthcoming exhibitions Engravings by Roger Vieillard (1907--89), widely considered the finest French engraver of this century (26 October--16 January) Wood engravings by Monica Poole, one of the most brilliant of present-day English wood-engravers (26 October--16 January) MUSIC FACULTY In association with the National Art Collections Fund Recital davitt moroney will play the Goldberg Variations, by J.S. Bach, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 26 October, in the Sheldonian Theatre. This will be the inaugural recital on a harpsichord made by Michael Johnson, a maker of international renown. Tickets, costing 10 (National Art Collections Fund members 8.50, junior members of the University 5), may be obtained from the Music Faculty, St Aldate's, or Blackwell's Music Shop. Mr Moroney will give an illustrated talk on the Goldberg Variations at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, 25 October, in the Rehearsal Hall, the Music Faculty. Admission to this is free. FISHMONGERS' COMPANY Mark Quested's Exhibition The Vice-Chancellor has received notice that the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers will shortly proceed to the election of an Exhibitioner on this Foundation. The exhibition, which will be awarded for a period of three years (from October 1993) is of the yearly value of 1,000, payable half-yearly in advance, and is tenable (for this turn) by a graduate (male or female) of the University of Oxford in need and deserving of pecuniary assistance, who shall at the date of the award of the exhibition be not more than 30 years of age, and shall during his or her tenure thereof be bona fide and diligently engaged either in the said University or elsewhere in some course of useful study or research approved in writing by the Vice-Chancellor. The holder of the exhibition will on appointment receive a half-yearly payment in advance on account of the exhibition, but in order to entitle him or herself to any subsequent payment must send to the Clerk of the Company a certificate in writing of the Vice-Chancellor, or of some other person delegated by the Vice- Chancellor, to the effect that it has been shown to his satisfaction that during the preceding six months the exhibitioner has been bona fide and diligently engaged in some useful course of study or research approved by the Vice- chancellor and that his or her conduct has been satisfactory. If no such certificate is forthcoming, or if the holder of an exhibition is, in the judgement of the company, guilty of serious misconduct or idleness, or wilfully ceases to pursue his or her study, the company may deprive him or her of the exhibition, and for this purpose may act on the report of the Vice-Chancellor, or on such other evidence as the company may think sufficient. Candidates should apply in writing to the Vice-Chancellor, at the University Offices, Wellington Square, as soon as possible. All applications must be accompanied by the following evidence: (i) that the candidate is a graduate of the University; (ii) that he or she is in need and deserving of pecuniary assistance; (iii) that he or she is not over 30 years of age; (iv) a testimonial as to good character and conduct, satisfactory to the Vice- Chancellor; together with a statement of the course of study or research in which (if elected) he or she proposes to engage during his or her tenure of the exhibition. 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 LECTURE Drummond Professor of Political Economy j.s. vickers, ma, m.phil., d.phil., will deliver his inaugural lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 2 November, in the Gulbenkian Theatre, the St Cross Building. Subject: `Concepts of competition.' PROFESSOR OF POETRY professor seamus heaney will lecture at 5 p.m. on the following days in the Examination Schools. The lectures are open to the public. Thur. 21 Oct.: ` "Orpheus in Ireland": on Brian Friel's The Midnight Court.' Tue. 26 Oct.: ` "Speranza in Reading": The Ballad of Reading Gaol.' Tue. 23 Nov.: `Frontiers of writing.' JAMES FORD SPECIAL LECTURE IN ENGLISH HISTORY professor r.a. griffiths, Professor of Medieval History, University College, Swansea, will deliver a James Ford Special Lecture at 5 p.m. on Friday, 12 November, in the Examination Schools. Subject: `The royal dead in later medieval England.' HUSSEY LECTURE ON THE CHURCH AND THE ARTS sister wendy beckett will deliver the sixth annual Hussey Lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 9 November, in the Ruskin Lecture Theatre, the Ashmolean Museum. Subject: `The theology of art.' ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY d. stanbury, Chairman, Field Studies Council, will lecture at 8.30 p.m. on Monday, 15 November, in the School of Geography. Conveners: A.S. Goudie, MA, Professor of Geography, and T.P. Burt, MA, University Lecturer in Physical Geography. Subject: `Darwin's field-work.' CLINICAL MEDICINE Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology The following seminars will be held at 1 p.m. on Mondays in the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology. Convener: J.M. Tiffany, MA, University Lecturer in Ophthalmological Biochemistry. professor y. chirgadze, Moscow 25 Oct.: `Structure of the calf lens -crystallin.' t. jones, Cheshire 1 Nov.: `Ophthalmic services in Vietnam---a personal experience.' a. shun-shin 8 Nov.: `Bendazac and cataract.' n. osborne 15 Nov.: `Why is the retina so robust towards ischaemic insults?' m. doly and m. droy-lefaix, Clermont-Ferrand 22 Nov.: To be announced. s. gouveia 29 Nov.: `Cataract development.' COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY AND GENERAL LINGUISTICS General Linguistics Graduate Seminar The following seminars will be held at 5.15 p.m. on Fridays in Lecture Room B, 47 Wellington Square. Conveners: J. Higginbotham, MA, Professor of General Linguistics, and D.F. Cram, MA, University Lecturer in Linguistics. professor higginbotham 22 Oct.: `Verbs of perception and causation.' professor r. may, University of California, Irvine 29 Oct.: `On reconstruction and anaphora.' dr s. parkinson 5 Nov.: `Once a problem, always a problem: Portuguese "closed a" and lexical phonology.' dr k.r. plunkett 12 Nov.: `From rote learning to system building: the acquisition of inflectional morphology in children and connectionist nets.' ms b. scott 19 Nov.: `Chinese accomplishments.' professor i. roberts, Wales 3 Dec.: `Weak pronouns and word-order in English.' LITERAE HUMANIORES AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES General Relativity as a perfectly Machian theory dr julian barbour will deliver three lectures in a workshop to be held on this topic on Saturday, 6 November, in the Lecture Room, the Philosophy Centre, 10 Merton Street. Dr Barbour will explain why he believes that general relativity is a perfect implementation of Mach's conjecture that motion and time are purely relational. The titles of the individual lectures are given below. Convener: H.R. Brown, MA, University Lecturer in Philosophy of Physics. 11 a.m.: `The basic concepts and pre-Relativistic theory.' 2.15 p.m.: `General Relativity as a perfectly Machian theory.' 4.30 p.m.: `Possible implications for quantum gravity.' MODERN HISTORY professor walter prevenier, University of Ghent, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 8 November, in the New Seminar Room, St John's College. Convener: M.G.A. Vale, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer (CUF) in Modern History. Subject: `Court and city culture in the Low Countries, 1100-- 1530: more common ground than areas of tension?' ORIENTAL STUDIES professor j. stargardt will deliver the second of two lectures at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 26 October, in the Institute of Archaeology, 36 Beaumont Street. Convener: R. Gombrich, MA, D.Phil., Boden of Professor Sanskrit. Subject: `The archaeology of Buddhism in south Asia, fourth to sixth centuries AD.' Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Egyptology The following seminars will be given at 2.30 p.m. on the days shown in the Oriental Institute. They will take place in Lecture Room 1, with the exception of the discussion meeting on 15 November, which will be held in Lecture Room 2. Conveners: J.A. Black, MA, D.Phil., University Lecturer in Akkadian, and J.R. Baines, MA, D.Phil., Professor of Egyptology. g. gilmour Tue. 26 Oct.: `The archaeology of cult in Early Iron Age Palestine: a methodological approach.' t. wilkinson, Cambridge Tue. 9 Nov.: `History from the shadows: Egypt's Second Dynasty.' Discussion Mon. 15 Nov.: `Indo-Europeans and Sumerians: evidence for their linguistic contact.' Note: the discussion will be on Douglas Frayne's recent article in Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies 25 (1993), pp. 19--42, photocopies of which are available in advance from Dr Black. PHYSICAL SCIENCES Theoretical Physics Seminars The following seminars will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Fridays in the Nuclear Physics Lecture Theatre. They will be preceded from 1 p.m. by an informal lunch in the common room of Theoretical Physics, to which all persons interested in meeting the speaker are invited, but should bring their own food. Convener: D. Sherrington, MA, Wykeham Professor of Physics. professor p. west, King's College, London 29 Oct.: `New string theories.' professor a. peres, Technion 12 Nov.: `New look at old quantum paradoxes.' professor r. may 26 Nov.: `The immunology and epidemiology of HIV/AIDS.' Atmospheric, oceanic, and planetary physics: seminars The following seminars will be held at 4.15 p.m. on Thursdays in the Atmospheric Physics Laboratory, preceded by tea at 3.45 p.m. in the same room. Because on rare occasions these arrangements need to be changed, anyone intending to come to Oxford specially to attend is advised to check first by telephoning Oxford (2)72933. dr d.e. farrow, East Anglia 21 Oct.: `The response of a reservoir sidearm to diurnal heating and cooling.' dr d. smith 28 Oct.: `Test and calibration of the ATSR-2 instrument for ERS- 2.' dr t. stockdale, European Centre for Medium Range Forecasting, Reading 4 Nov.: `The development of a couple ocean--atmosphere general circulation model.' dr a.c. lee, Meteorological Office 11 Nov.: `Resolution and sampling in remote sensing instruments.' dr h.r. oliver, NERC Institute of Hydrology 18 Nov.: `The Terrestrial Initiative in Global Environmental Research (TIGER).' dr p.g. collar, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory 25 Nov.: `Autosub---autonomous submersibles for data collection in the deep ocean.' dr c.d. rodgers and others 9 Dec.: `The first two years of ISAMS data analysis.' RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR ARCHAEOLOGY Unless otherwise indicated, the following seminars will be held at 10.30 a.m. on Thursdays in the Library, the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, 6 Keble Road. Convener: M.S. Tite, MA, D.Phil., Professor of Archaological Science. dr b. gilmour, Royal Armouries, HM Tower of London 28 Oct.: `Paktong: the trade in Chinese nickel brass to Europe.' dr j. tealby, York 11 Nov.: `Ground probing radar for archaeology.' p. crew, Snowdonia National Park Fri. 19 Nov.: `Late prehistoric ironworking in north-west Wales- -- archaeology and experiment.' dr c. ramsey, Radiocarbon Unit, RLAHA 25 Nov.: `Radiocarbon dates and stratigraphic information.' dr t.c. liew, Isotrace Laboratory, RLAHA 2 Dec.: `U-series dating at the Oxford Isotrace Laboratory: a progress report.' OFFICE FOR HUMANITIES COMMUNICATION The humanities in the electronic age professor john sinclair, University of Birmingham, will present the first of this term's series of seminars at 5 p.m. on Monday, 25 October, in the Habakkuk Room, Jesus College. All are welcome to attend. Subject: `Corpus linguistics.' QUEEN ELIZABETH HOUSE Asian Patterns of Development The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Thursdays in the Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House. professor a. booth, SOAS 21 Oct.: `Trends in poverty in Indonesia and Thailand.' g. wignaraja 28 Oct.: `Industrial policies and experience in Sri Lanka.' g. clarke 4 Nov.: `International assistance and development in Nepal.' g. white, Sussex 11 Nov.: To be announced. professor g. ranis, Yale 18 Nov.: `Labour markets, human capital, and development performance in east Asia.' r. wade, Sussex 25 Nov.: `State and policy in east Asia.' p. francks, Leeds 2 Dec.: `The Japanese model of development.' Refugee Studies Programme Foundation courses: amended notice This notice amends the information given in the Gazette of 7 October (p. 119). Field methods in social research dr dereck cooper will teach this course on Tuesdays, 4--6 p.m., at Queen Elizabeth House. The course will take place in the Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, with the exception of week 5, when it will be held in the Blackhall Seminar Room. (Change of time and venue.) Human rights and refugee law I and II dr andrew shacknove will teach this course on Tuesdays, 10.30 a.m.--12.30 p.m., in the Department for Continuing Education, Kellogg House, Rawlinson Road. (Change of venue.) Refugees in the contemporary world: an introduction dr b.e. harrell-bond and dr m. al-rasheed will teach this course on Mondays, 2--4 p.m., in the Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House. Psycho-social issues dr j. zur will teach this course on Wednesdays, 9--11 a.m., in the Blackhall Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House. (Change of venue.) BRASENOSE COLLEGE Tanner Lecture Amended notice lord slynn of hadley, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, formerly Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Community, will deliver the Tanner Lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, 28 October, in the Examination Schools. Subject: `Law and culture: a European setting.' Note: Lord Slynn's lecture replaces that which was to have been given by Dr Francesco Cossiga, who has had to cancel his visit to Oxford. Those wishing to attend are asked to note that the lecture will now begin at 5.30 p.m.; other arrangements are as before. HERTFORD COLLEGE Medieval Archaeology Seminar The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Mondays in the Gilbert Library (OB 1.19), Hertford College. Convener: M. Biddle, MA, Astor Senior Research Fellow in Medieval Archaeology, from whom further information may be obtained (telephone: Oxford (2)79422 or 59017). p. bennett, Canterbury Archaeological Trust 1 Nov.: `The discovery of the Anglo-Saxon cathedral at Canterbury and its rebuilding by Lanfranc.' (Kevin Blockley, Canterbury Archaeolgical Trust, who co-directed the excavation, and John Burton, Surveyor to the Fabric, will take part in the discussion.) p.a. barker 15 Nov.: `The timber castle in England: Armitage eighty years on.' a. vince, Lincoln Archaeological Trust 29 Nov.: `Urban archaeology and computers: the Lincoln example.' NUFFIELD COLLEGE Centre for European Studies professor danilo zolo, Universities of Siena and Florence, will lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 25 October, in the Chester Room, Nuffield College. Conveners: J.J. Hesse, MA, Jean Monnet Professor of European Institutions and Politics, and V. Wright, MA, Official Fellow, Nuffield College. Subject: `Complexity, representation, and democracry.' ST ANTONY'S COLLEGE Latin American Centre The following seminars will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays at 1, Church Walk. The series will conclude on 30 November, with a round-table discussion on Venezuelan politics. dr b. hamnett, Essex 26 Oct.: `Mexican nationalism in the Juarez era.' r.g. heras, Buenos Aires 2 Nov.: `Foreign capital and the state in Argentina: public transport in Buenos Aires, 1939--62.' dr v. fitzgerald 9 Nov.: `The consequences of NAFTA for foreign investment in Latin America.' dr b. carr, La Trobe 16 Nov.: `Sugar and Soviets: the mobilisation of Cuban sugar workers, 1920--33.' m.h. allegretti, Instituto de Estudos Amazonicos 23 Nov.: `Extractive reserves in Amazonia: limitations and potential.' SOMERVILLE COLLEGE Eleanor Rathbone Memorial Lecture professor shula marks, University of London, will deliver the Eleanor Rathbone Memorial Lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 8 March 1994, in Wolfson Hall, Somerville College. Subject: `The tradition of non-racism in South Africa.' OXFORD INNOVATION SOCIETY professor richard brook will give a talk at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 9 December, in the Department of Nuclear Physics. The talk will be preceded by tea at 5.30 p.m. Admission is by ticket only, available from Isis Innovation (telephone: Oxford (2)72411). Subject: `Ceramic fever.' 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. It also acts in an advisory capacity for those seeking outside funding or requiring information about specific initiatives (e.g. LINK, Teaching Company, EC research programmes, etc.). Contracts with industry are negotiated through the Research Services office which also deals, inter alia, with various intellectual property matters, research-related work covered by purchase orders, consultancy agreements, agreements covering clinical trials and services, and liaison with funding bodies over discretionary pay awards. The Director of Research Services is Ms June Clark (telephone: (2)70142, e-mail: resiljc). She is assisted by: Ms Catherine Quinn ((2)70158), Assistant to the Director; Dr Anne Knowland ((2)70201, e-mail: resilamk), Research Grants and Contracts Administrator; Mrs Charlotte Beatson ((2)70043, e-mail: resilchb), Industrial and European Liaison Officer (whose assistant is Dawn Fell, ((2)70145); Mr Pierre-Manuel Espinasse ((2)70011), Administrative Officer. Enquiries concerning day-to-day processing of research applications should be addressed to Room 330, Research Services (telephone: (2)70247). 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 --------------------------------------------- GENERAL BOARD OF THE FACULTIES With the approval of the General Board, the following appointments and reappointments have been made and titles conferred for the periods stated. 1 Appointments UNIVERSITY LECTURERS Archaeology and Continuing Education gary r. lock, ma status (ba Leicester, ph.d. CNAA), Fellow of Rewley House. In Archaeology (Computing and Statistical Methods and Continuing Education). From 1 October 1993 until 30 September 1998. Mathematical Sciences oege de moor, ma status, d.phil. (m.sc. Utrecht), Fellow of Magdalen. In Computation. From 1 August 1994 until 31 July 1999. chic-hao l. ong (ma Cambridge, ph.d. London), Fellow of Merton. In Computation. From 1 January 1994 until 31 December 1998. UNIVERSITY LECTURERS (TEMPORARY) Biological Sciences roderic d.m. page (b.sc., m.sc., ph.d. Auckland). In Zoology. From 1 October 1993 until 30 September 1996. Literae Humaniores frank o. wagner, d.phil. (Vordiplom, Heidelberg), Fellow of St Catherine's. In Mathematical Logic. From 1 October 1993 until 30 September 1998. UNIVERSITY LECTURERS (CUF) (From 1 October 1994 until 30 September 1999) Mathematical Sciences martin r. bridson, ba (ms, ph.d. Cornell), Fellow of Pembroke. In Pure Mathematics. lionel j. mason, ma, d.phil., Fellow of St Peter's. In Mathematics. UNIVERSITY LECTURER (SPECIAL NON-CUF) Theology john b. muddiman, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Mansfield. In Theology. From 1 October 1993 until 30 September 1998. INSTRUCTORS IN MODERN LANGUAGES (From 1 October 1993 until 30 September 1996) maria l. iturri (Licentiate, Seville). In Spanish. phillipe laplace (Maitrise, Saint-Etienne; DEA Brest). In French. TEMPORARY TUTORS IN EDUCATIONAL STUDIES (From 1 September 1993 until 31 August 1994 unless otherwise stated) margaret barber. In Educational Studies. ann benson (b.sc. London, m.ed. Cardiff). In Science. paul w. cooper (ba Stirling, m.ed. Dundee, ph.d. Birmingham). In Educational Studies. From 1 October 1993 until 30 September 1994. RESEARCH OFFICER IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES natale demaria (laurea, Turin). From 1 October 1993 until 30 September 1996. 2 The following holder of the title of university lecturer (CUF) has been appointed to the substantive post with effect from 1 October 1994 until 30 September 1995. Modern History martin h. conway, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Balliol. In Modern History. 3 Appointments by the Board of the Faculty of Clinical Medicine ACTING DIRECTOR OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING malcolm h. gough (ms London), frcs. From 9 August 1993 until 8 February 1994. CLINICAL TUTOR c. simon herrington, ma, d.phil. (mb, bs London, ma Cambridge), mrcp. In Pathology. From 1 November 1993 until 31 October 1996. CLINICAL LECTURERS hock yee chan (mb, bs London), frcs. In Surgery. From 1 November 1993 until 31 October 1996. patrick maxwell, ma (mb, bs London), mrcp. In Clinical Medicine. From 1 January 1994 until 31 December 1995. jeremy m.t. perkins (mb, ch.b. Bristol), frcs. In Surgery. From 1 November 1993 until 31 October 1996. christopher m. tang (mb, ch.b. Liverpool), mrcp. In Clinical Medicine. From 1 March 1994 until 29 February 1996. 4 Reappointment by the Board of the Faculty of Clinical Medicine TUTOR IN GENERAL PRACTICE (part-time) cecilia m.m. pyper, ma status (mb, bs London), mrcs, lrcp. From 1 January 1994 until 31 December 1998. CHAIRMEN OF EXAMINERS TRINITY TERM 1994 Honour Moderations Engineering Science: a.g.l. borthwick, ma, Fellow of St Edmund Hall (address: Department of Engineering Science) Modern History: j.r.l. maddicott, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Exeter Modern History and Economics: l.n. goldman, ma, Fellow of St Peter's Modern History and English: g.s. garnett, ma, Fellow of St Hugh's Honour Schools English Language and Literature: c.h. gerrard, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall Mathematics: s.m. salamon, ma, Fellow of Trinity (address: Mathematical Institute) Natural Science---Biochemistry Part I: i.w. craig, ma, Fellow of St Catherine's Theology: c.c. rowland, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Queen's Master of Philosophy Politics: a.j. ware, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Worcester Qualifying Test for Politics: a.j. ware, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Worcester Sociology: k.i. macdonald, b.phil., ma, Fellow of Nuffield Master of Science Computation: g. jones, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Nuffield (address: Computing Laboratory) Human Biology: g.a. harrison, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Linacre (address: Institute of Biological Anthropology) Sociology: k.i. macdonald, b.phil., ma, Fellow of Nuffield Diploma Human Biology: g.a. harrison, ma, d.phil., Fellow of Linacre (address: Institute of Biological Anthropology) SCHEDULES OF LECTURES FOR HILARY TERM 1994 Under the provisions of the relevant decree (Ch. II, Sect. vii, 4, in Statutes, 1993, p. 223), the date by which Professors, Readers, University Lecturers, and Heads of Societies, are required to send to the Secretary of Faculties, University Offices, Wellington Square, their schedules of lectures or courses for the ensuing term, has been fixed as Friday, 29 October 1993. Attention is drawn to the provisions of the decree, and particularly to the fact that the Lecture Lists compiled from these schedules, and any subsequent changes therein, require approval by or on behalf of the faculty board or other body concerned. Schedules received after the above date may be too late for inclusion in the Lecture Lists. UNIVERSITY OFFICES P.M. NORTH 18 October 1993 Vice-Chancellor Full Term begins on Sunday, 16 January. Board of the Faculty of Literae Humaniores The Board of the Faculty recommends that lectures should be given at the following hours: Monday 10 Philosophy 11 Roman History/Greek Literature 12 Philosophy/Literature 5--7 Free Tuesday 10 Philosophy 11 Greek History/Latin Literature 12 History 5--7 Free Wednesday 10 Philosophy 11 Roman History/Greek Literature 12 Philosophy/Literature 5--7 Free Thursday 10 Philosophy 11 Greek History/Latin Literature 12 History 5--7 Free Friday 10 Philosophy 11 Roman History/Greek Literature 12 Philosophy/Literature 5--7 Free Saturday 10 Philosophy 11 Greek History/Latin Literature 12 History Sub-faculty of Languages and Literature It is recommended that lectures for Honour Moderations should be given at the following hours whenever possible: Homer 11 (Wednesdays, Fridays) Virgil 11 (Tuesdays, Thursdays) Greek Authors 12 (Mondays, Wednesdays) Latin Authors 11 (Tuesdays, Thursdays) Language Papers 10 (Fridays) A 11 (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, TT; Mondays, Wednesdays, MT, HT) C 10 (Mondays, Wednesdays) D 10 (Tuesdays, Thursdays) E 12 F 12 (Tuesdays, Thursdays, HT, TT); 11 and 12 (Tuesdays, Thursdays, MT) Board of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages Timetable of lectures for the Preliminary Examination The Board of the Faculty recommends that lectures should be given at the following hours: Monday 10 French 11 German 12 German Tuesday 9 Italian 10 Spanish 11 Italian 12 Spanish Wednesday 9 Russian 10 French 11 Linguistics 12 Latin 12 Linguistics Thursday 9 Spanish 10 Russian 11 Russian 12 Italian Friday 10 French 11 German 12 Latin 12 Linguistics Board of the Faculty of Modern History Lectures on Further Subjects and on Special Subjects The Board of the Faculty recommends that lectures on Further Subjects should be given on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m. and 12 noon, and classes at 5 p.m. on Fridays in Michaelmas Term and Mondays in Hilary Term. Special Subject classes should be held once a week only at 5 p.m., excluding Fridays in Michaelmas Term, and Mondays and Fridays in Hilary Term. Faculty of Social Studies The Board of the Faculty recommends that: (a) lectures for the Preliminary Examination for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics should be given at the following times: Politics 10 Economics 11 Philosophy 12 noon (or a 10 o'clock period not occupied by Politics); (b) courses of introductory lectures and lectures on compulsory subjects for undergraduates in their first three or four terms of work for the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics should normally be given at the following times: Politics 12 Economics 11 Philosophy 10 Faculty of Theology To avoid clashes with Philosophy lectures members of the faculty are asked not to offer Theology lectures of interest to those reading for the Joint Honour School of Philosophy and Theology at the following times: Preliminary Examination Monday to Saturday 12 Honour School Monday 10 and 12 Tuesday 10 Wednesday 10 and 12 Thursday 10 Friday 10 and 12 Saturday 10 SPECIAL LECTURE LIST Hilary Term 1994 The Special Lecture List for Hilary Term 1994 will appear shortly before term, at the same time as the ordinary Lecture Lists. It will include all lectures appearing in the Gazette this term and also lectures of which details are sent to the Secretary of Faculties specifically for this purpose by 9 December 1993. CORRECTIONS TO THE 1993 EXAMINATION DECREES Regulations for Philosophy in some of the Honour Schools (a) 1994 finalists in Physics and Philosophy For 1994 finalists in Physics and Philosophy, the syllabus is correctly given on pp. 465--8. (b) 1995 and 1996 finalists in Physics and Philosophy 1 P. 412: the papers shown as 120, `Intermediate Philosophy of Physics', and 121, `Advanced Philosophy of Physics', are not available, as these are part of the new four-year course starting in October 1994. 2 1995 and 1996 finalists will still take the paper shown in the 1992 Examination Decrees (p. 398), as follows: `120 Philosophy of Physics The subject is the experimental and logical basis and the philosophical implications of the following: Classical mechanics: Space. Time. Newton's Laws. Determinism. Special relativity: Space-time. The Lorentz transformation. Paradoxes and epistemological consequences. Electromagnetic theory: Fields and potentials. Maxwell's equations. Magnetic charge. Advanced potentials. Quantum theory: The postulates. Interpretations of the formalism. Measurement. Particles and fields. Uncertainty principle. Indistinguishability of quantum particles. Anti-particles, time- reversal and parity. The relationship between classical and quantum theories.' 3 P. 414: the regulations shown for Physics and Philosophy also apply only to the four-year course. The regulations for 1995 and 1996 finalists in the existing three-year course remain as given in the 1992 Examination Decrees (p. 400), as follows: `Candidates are required to take subject 101, subject 102, subject 120, and one further subject. In this School, candidates must answer at least one question from the section in Philosophy of Science in subject 102, and their further subject may not be either subject 105 or subject 106. Where subject 199 is taken, the body responsible for approving applications is the Joint Committee for Physics and Philosophy. Applications for approval of subject should be directed to the chairman of that committee, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford.' (c) All candidates taking Philosophy All candidates taking Philosophy in an Honour or Pass School should note that the papers `Intermediate Philosophy of Physics' and `Advanced Philosophy of Physics' are not yet available. BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL STUDIES Election of one ordinary member An election will be held on Thursday, 28 October, to fill a vacancy for an ordinary member (vice Dr G.J. Strawson, resigned), to hold office from the beginning of Michaelmas Term 1993 until the beginning of Michaelmas Term 1994. Nominations in writing by two electors will be received by the Secretary of Faculties at the University Offices up to 4 p.m. on Monday, 4 October, and nominations by six electors up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 19 October. 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. 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: ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY a.k. merrifield, St Peter's: `The dialectics of urban space'. School of Geography, Friday, 19 November 2.15 p.m. Examiners: E.A.M. Swyngedouw, N. Thrift. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES t. montague, Lady Margaret Hall: `An examination of the browsing animal problem in Australian eucalypt and Pinus Radiata plantations'. Rewley House, Friday, 29 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: T.D. Wyatt, J.W.S. Bradshaw. a. tilney-bassett, Wolfson: `Phospholipid metabolism in T-cell activation'. Department of Pharmacology, Monday, 1 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: S.P. Watson, M.J.O. Wakelam. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE j.b. griffin, Somerville: `Studies in the literary life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury'. Examination Schools, Friday, 12 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: A.D. Nuttall, D.A. Pailin. c.e. malone, Exeter: `Charlotte Bront‘: Gothic autobiographies'. St Hilda's, Thursday, 11 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: T. Winnifrith, L.F. Gordon. LAW j.s. getzler, Nuffield: `Rules writ in water: a history of riparian rights and property use doctrine in England to 1870'. Nuffield, Monday, 25 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: A.W.B. Simpson, G.R. Rubin. LITERAE HUMANIORES p. matyszak, St John's: `Dominance in the Roman senate from Sulla to the Principate'. Examination Schools, Monday, 25 October, 10.45 a.m. Examiners: F.G.B. Millar, T.E.J. Wiedemann. s. shiffrin, University: `Consent and the morality of procreation'. Corpus Christi, Saturday, 6 November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: J. Hornsby, A. Morton. MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES p. emms, St Peter's: `Compositional convection and freckle formation in the solidification of binary alloys'. Mathematical Institute, Thursday, 4 November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: A.B. Tayler, M.C. Worster. a.j. socorro, Wolfson: `Design, implementation, and evaluation of a declarative object-oriented programming language'. Computing Laboratory, Friday, 5 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: B.A. Sufrin, H.D. Ehrich. PHYSICAL SCIENCES m.d. eldridge, Oriel: `Computer simulation of colloidal suspension'. Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Monday, 15 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: J.S. Rowlinson, L.V. Woodcock. j. houliston, Christ Church: `Investigation and development of chirped pulse amplification in UV lasers'. Clarendon Laboratory, Tuesday, 16 November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: M.H.R. Hutchinson, C.E. Webb. n. mayhew, Linacre: `Hot carrier studies in quantum well structures'. Clarendon Laboratory, Friday, 19 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: A.M. Fox, G. Duggan. d.t. wright, Wolfson: `Studies of the Cambrian Eilean Dubh formation of north-west Scotland'. Department of Earth Sciences, Wednesday, 3 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: M.E. Tucker, H.C. Jenkyns. c. young, New College: `The Virgo photometry catalogue and the Virgo cluster's distance and three-dimensional structure'. Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Tuesday, 2 November, 2 p.m. Examiners: R.L. Davies, S. Phillips. PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES m.k. matyszak, Queen's: `Immunologically mediated inflammatory responses in the central nervous system'. Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Wednesday, 27 October, 11 a.m. Examiners: R.O. Weller, D.W. Mason. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES a.j. richardson, St Catherine's: `Dyslexia and schizotypal personality'. Department of Experimental Pathology, Monday, 25 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: W.J. Lovegrove, L. Weiskrantz. SOCIAL STUDIES a. barahona de brito, St Antony's: ` Truth or amnesty: human rights and democratisation in Latin AmericaÑthe cases of Chile and Uruguay.' Nuffield, Wednesday, 24 November, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: L.A. Whitehead, J. Faundez. m.p. domingo villegas, Nuffield: `Democracy in the making? Political parties and political institutions in Bolivia, 1985--91'. St Antony's, Friday, 29 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: A.E. Angell, J. Dunkerley. d.d. faulkner, Templeton: `International strategic alliances: key conditions for their effective development'. Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge (with the approval of the Proctors), Wednesday, 27 October, 4.30 p.m. Examiners: C.J. Choi, J. Child. s.d. sullivan, St Antony's: `The Incarnate God from Hegel to Marx'. Trinity, Friday, 29 October, 4.30 p.m. Examiners: M.J. Inwood, D. McLellan. THEOLOGY d.b. hindmarsh, Christ Church: `"I am a sort of middle-man": John Newton and the English Evangelical tradition between the conversions of Wesley and Wilberforce'. Examination Schools, Wednesday, 27 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: H.D. Rack, J.D. Walsh. examination for the degree of master of science The examiners appointed by the following faculty board give notice of oral examination of their candidate as follows: PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES zaixiang gao, Balliol: `Finite element modelling of fingerpad skin in relation to mechanoreceptor responses to scanning stimuli'. Laboratory of Physiology, Tuesday, 26 October, 9 a.m. Examiners: J.J. O'Connor, K. Dorrington. examination for the diploma in law The examiners appointed by the following faculty board give notice of oral examination of their candidate as follows: LAW a.g. galeotti, St Anne's: `The impact of Italian law on demand guarantees'. Examination Schools, Monday, 25 October, 3 p.m. Examiners: A. Mazzoni, P.B.H. Birks. 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 LADY MARGARET HALL dame joyce bishop, dbe, 7 May 1993; commoner 1915--18. winifred hicken, 10 October 1993; Fellow and Tutor in Classics 1944--81, Emeritus Fellow from 1981. enid elsie lenox-conyngham, 13 April 1993; commoner 1910--13. Aged 100. gweneth whitteridge (nee Hutchings), d.phil., 3 September 1993; undergraduate 1929--33, Suzette Taylor Fellow 1966--7. ST ANNE'S COLLEGE lady francis mcnicoll (nee Chadwick), 25 September 1993; home student 1932--5. aged 79. ST EDMUND HALL avriel butovsky, m.phil., 8 October 1993; commner 1982--4. Aged 34. ST HILDA'S COLLEGE sumner greta, ma, 19 September 1993; commoner 1955--9. Aged 56. ELECTIONS CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE To a Fixed-Term Teaching Fellowship in Politics (with a Lecturership at University College) (with effect from 1 October 1993): robin archer, d.phil. (ba Sydney), Lecturer, Somerville College To a Junior Research Fellowship in Music (with effect from 1 March 1994): rob cornelis wegman, ma (ph.d. Amsterdam, m.phil. Manchester), Junior Research Fellow, New College EXETER COLLEGE To the Rectorship: professor marilyn butler, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge Note: this replaces the notice concerning Professor Butler erroneously published under the heading of All Souls College in Gazette No. 4302 (14 October), p. 192. JESUS COLLEGE To Green Studentships: a.p. cotta, formerly of Warwick School o.p. dany, formerly of United World College of the Adriatic, Italy b.r. higgins, formerly of Manchester Grammar School miss e.j. king, Central Newcastle High School p.h. purchase, formerly of Sherborne School, Dorset p.d. tomkins, formerly of King Edward's School, Birmingham a.d. williams, formerly of Merchant Taylors' School, Liverpool To Scholarships: r.d. beecham, formerly of Gosforth High School, Newcastle a.m. brown, formerly of Barton Peveril College, Hampshire miss h.m. burchell, formerly of Dame Allan's Girls' School, Newcastle upon Tyne t. connolley, formerly of Kirkham Grammar School, Preston n.j.g. gardner, formerly of Sherborne School, Dorset miss s.j. hennell, formerly of Lincoln Christ's Hospital School miss a.k. holford, formerly of The King's School, Macclesfield d.j. hullah, formerly of The King's School, Canterbury miss s.e. johnson, formerly of High Storrs School, Sheffield t.j. jones, formerly of Sherborne School, Dorset y.-s. j. kang, formerly of Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore s.c.j. katwala, formerly of Westcliff High School, Essex miss r.e. kellett, formerly of Ilkley Grammar School r.m. lowe, formerly of Ashville College, Harrogate m.v. mladek, formerly of Campbell College, Belfast miss r.e. owen, formerly of St Helen and St Katharine School, Abingdon e.j. paleit, formerly of Abingdon School r.p. rees, formerly of the Forest School, London (for 1994--5) miss m.j.s. rickford, formerly of James Allen's Girls' School n.p. sweeney, formerly of St Mary's Sixth-Form College, Cleveland miss c.g. webser, formerly of Dauntsey's School, Devizes To Meyricke Scholarships: e.g. jones, formerly of Ysgol Tryfan, Bangor miss b. leach, formerly of Aberdare Girls' Comprehensive School h.g. roberts, formerly of Ysgol Eifionydd, Gynedd To a Dehqani-Tafti Scholarship: e.g. jones, formerly of Ysgol Tryfan, Bangor To Organ Scholarships: a.j. oliver, formerly of Magdalen College School, Oxford t.d. petts, formerly of King Edward VI School, Chelmsford To the Old Members' Graduate Scholarship: miss helen parish (ba St Andrews) To an Overseas Graduate Scholarship: mrs stela panayotova, University of Sofia, Bulgaria To Graduate Scholarships: p. smith (ba Dublin) a. whybrew (ba Cambridge) To Exhibitions: d. conway, formerly of Christian Brothers Grammar School, Co. Tyrone s.d. cook, formerly of King Ecgbert School, Sheffield o.p. dany, formerly of United World College of the Adriatic, Italy m.j. drewitt, formerly of St Mary's Sixth-Form College, Cleveland c.m. goddard, formerly of Norwich School r.p. gregory, formerly of Silverdale School, Sheffield miss k. joseph, formerly of Westminster School miss e.j. king, formerly of Central Newcastle High School miss l. king, formerly of St Albans High School j.m.d. lawson, formerly of Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham c.g. littlewood, formerly of Lady Manners School, Bakewell miss c.l. ranger, formerly of Dame Alixe Harper School, Bedford miss j.h.m. reid, formerly of Glasgow Academy miss s.j.e. rogers, formerly of Belfast Royal Academy miss l.j. silver, formerly of Queen's College, London (for 1994-- 5) d.m. stevenson, formerly of Colchester Royal Grammar School To Meyricke Exhibitions: d.o. davies, formerly of Ysgol David Hughes, Gwynedd miss r.a. hughes, formerly of Maesydderwen Comprehensive School, Swansea miss c.f. rees, formerly of Cardiff High School LINACRE COLLEGE To Honorary Fellowships (from 1 October 1993): professor roy m. anderson, frs, Linacre Professor of Zoology the rt revd david hope, d.phil., Bishop of London professor paul m. nurse, frs, Scientific Director, Imperial Cancer Research Fund professor david k. scott, d.phil., Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst To Professorial Fellowships: d.a.p. bundy, ma (b.sc., ph.d. London), University Reader in Parasite Epidemiology (from 1 October 1993) r.j. jacoby, ma, dm, frcp, f.r.c.psych., Clinical Reader in Psychiatry of Old Age (from 1 January 1994) MAGDALEN COLLEGE To Demyships (a.y. 1993--4): nicholas barham, formerly of Simon Langton Boys' School, Canterbury barney cokeliss, formerly of University College School, London sean corner, formerly of Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham francesca davenport, formerly of St Mary's School, Calne nicholas dew, formerly of Blessed William Howard High School, Stafford edward donner, formerly of Eton College carl fratter, formerly of Winchester College julian griffin, formerly of Wolverhampton Grammar School barnaby grist, formerly of Eton College farooq hanif, formerly of Manchester Grammar School james henderson, formerly of Holy Family High School, Liverpool daniel hughes, formerly of Rainhill High School, Prescot paul hunter, formerly of Jedburgh Grammar School stephen jones, formerly of Monkwearmouth Tertiary College anna keay, formerly of Bedales School, Petersfield darren leonard, formerly of Coventry School david lloyd, formerly of Winchester College helena lyons, formerly of Ipswich School christopher mansi, formerly of Salesian College, Farnborough simon morgan, formerly of St Chad's School, Runcorn victoria nash, formerly of Ladies' College, Guernsey gethin norman, formerly of Olchfa School, Swansea sam phillips, formerly of St Thomas Aquinas School, Birmingham nathan pillow, formerly of Nottingham High School amanda pilz, formerly of Sidwell Friends' School, Washington, DC robert plant, formerly of City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth-Form College tom raphael, formerly of Westminster School, London morag reavley, formerly of Queen Mary High School, Lytham brian reed, formerly of Harvard University annabelle ritchie, formerly of St Gerard's School, Bangor angus ritchie, formerly of Culloden Academy, Inverness dimitris skouteris, formerly of Athens College stacey smith, formerly of Wycombe Abbey School david staton, formerly of Reading School louise stoker, formerly of Queen Mary School, Lytham aidan thomson, formerly of Glasgow Academy tracey waltho, formerly of Blessed William Howard High School, Stafford laura watkins, formerly of Westminster School oliver weeks, formerly of Westminster School catherine witt, formerly of Oxford High School To Anne Shaw Scholarships (a.y. 1993--4): james anderson, formerly of Ipswich School philip krinks, formerly of High Wycombe Royal Grammar School To Roberts Gawen Scholarships (a.y. 1993--4): henry howard, formerly of Eton College michael oswald, formerly of Stamford School To a William Doncaster Scholarship: peter hill, formerly of Latymer School To a John Doncaster Scholarship: zoe willems, formerly of Nottingham High School for Girls To an Instrumental Award: jia li, formerly of Henrietta Barnard School, London To Exhibitions (a.y. 1993--4): jamie angus, formerly of Winchester College michael ashcroft, formerly of Lancaster Royal Grammar School patrick bullard, formerly of Oundle School rachel clark, formerly of St Mary's School, Ilkley adam colledge, formerly of King Edward's School, Birmingham barnaby dalton, formerly of Radley College simon davies, formerly of St Peter's School, York emily davis, formerly of St Albans Girls' School steven dyson, formerly of Merchant Taylors' School ruth emsley, formerly of Bradford and Ilkley Community College charlotte fallon, formerly of Woldingham School craig gleadell, formerly of Rednock School, Dursley marianne gliddon, formerly of Red Maids' School, Bristol stephen grant, formerly of Winchester College robert hamilton, formerly of Ponteland County High School, Newcastle sarah hood, formerly of Wycombe Abbey School katherine howard, formerly of Portsmouth High School winta jarvis, formerly of Guildford Royal Grammar School sandjip jobanputra, formerly of Manchester Grammar School laurent johnson, formerly of Bournemouth School jennifer leeder, formerly of Kingsley School, Leamington paul lickman, formerly of Bournemouth School florence macrae, formerly of Westminster School christopher mcnall, formerly of Hawarden High School oliver millington, formerly of King's College School, Wimbledon paul minford, formerly of Winchester College claire morris, formerly of Badminton School, Bristol indra morris, formerly of Hillcroft College hugh nuthall, formerly of Bexhill College alison rostron, formerly of South East Essex Sixth-Form College suke ryder, formerly of Putney High School peter southby, formerly of Oundle School joanne stewart, formerly of Archway School, Stroud antonia syson, formerly of King Edward VI Girls' High School, Birmingham andrew tomlinson, formerly of King Edward VI School, Norwich christopher tsen, formerly of Holy Family High School, Liverpool alice wakely, formerly of Haberdashers' Aske's Girls' School joanna walsh, formerly of Richmond upon Thames College catherine whitaker, formerly of Westminster School ben wilton, formerly of Liverpool College thomas wright, formerly of St Thomas More Upper School, Bedford ORIEL COLLEGE To an Honorary Fellowship: john stanton flemming, ma, fba, Warden of Wadham College; Lecturer and Fellow, Oriel College, 1962--5 To an Emeritus Fellowship: e.a. vallis, ma, obe, Fellow and Treasurer 1974--86, Senior Research Fellow 1986--92, Estates Bursar 1992--3 To an Exhibition: lee dennis coney, formerly of Valentine High School, Ilford ST ANNE'S COLLEGE To Scholarships: james abrahams, formerly of Bournemouth School harvey adams, formerly of St Olave's School, Kent alan eyres, formerly of the Perse School, Cambridge isobel hurst, formerly of Sherriff School, Rugby daniel lovegrove, formerly of Sutton Manor High School, Surrey martin poulter, formerly of King Edward's School, Bath karen speight, formerly of the Holt School, Wokingham To Exhibitions: dominic brady, formerly of Manchester Grammar School matthew moore, formerly of Upton Grammar School, Slough richard zaltzman, formerly of Sevenoaks School, Kent ST HILDA'S COLLEGE To Nuffield Scholarships (from MT 1993): samantha bamford, formerly of Winstanley College, Wigan emma hanson, formerly of Malvern Girls' College To Thornton Scholarships (from MT 1993): yael chance, formerly of Farnborough Sixth-Form College To Allen Scholarships (from MT 1993): eleanor hayes, formerly of James Allen's Girls' School, London angela mccoubrey, formerly of Workington Sixth-Form Centre ella-jo mehta, formerly of Stroud College of Further Education To Hewitt Scholarships (from MT 1993): abigail searle jones, formerly of Droitwich High School alison knight, formerly of Oxford High School caroline madeley, formerly of Leeds Girls' High School To a Moberly Scholarship (from MT 1993): ming-lee lim, formerly of Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore To a FitzRandolph Scholarship (from MT 1993): gwyneth price, formerly of Aylesbury High School To a Blake Scholarship (from MT 1993): donna turner, formerly of Dauntsey's School, Devizes To a FitzRandolph Exhibition (from MT 1993): christine finn, formerly of Folkestone College of Technology ST HUGH'S COLLEGE To Jubilee Scholarships: celia cook, formerly of Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School, Cwmbran margaret jane hoverd, formerly of Hereford Cathedral School christopher lewis, formerly of Queen Elizabeth Maridunum School, Dyfed thomas penn, formerly of Exeter School sophy roberts, formerly of Queen Margaret's School, York To Nuffield Scholarships: david manlove, formerly of James Gillespie's High School, Edinburgh andrew usher, formerly of Sydney Grammar School, Australia To a Margery Clerk Scholarship: timothy wakefield, formerly of Rainham Mark Grammar School, Kent To Irene Shrigley Scholarships: lucy ellen bennett, formerly of Westlands High School, Congleton lindsay croisdale-appleby, formerly of Eton College To Jourdain Memorial Scholarships: melissa caslake, formerly of Westminster School francoise robinson, formerly of Putney High School To a Jourdain Memorial Exhibition: jennifer dow, formerly of King's High School for Girls, Warwick To an Irene Shrigley Exhibition: emma pike, formerly of Sherborne School for Girls To a Nuffield Exhibition: lucy jones, formerly of St Joseph's High School, Kent PRIZES JESUS COLLEGE R. Aled Jones Prize in Biological Sciences p. olding J.N.L. Baker Prizes in Geography a. bool miss l. stevens Genner Prize in Classics o.p. dany miss e. king Edwin Charles Hart Prize m. armstrong Marion Bradley Prize in Physics j. tickner Montgomerie Prize d.m. mullett D.G. Ritchie Prizes in PPE k.-l. foh m. conradi Welson Prize in Law j.m. harris C.F. Williamson Prize in English miss k. matthews Maddison Prize in Modern Languages miss r.e. kellett Woodward Prizes in Chemistry miss r.c. hollyman miss r.a. hughes miss e.e. huntington ST HUGH'S COLLEGE Katherine Lawrence Memorial Prize christopher lewis Mary Lunt Prize for Practical Biochemistry emma cannell Special Prize ralph loader notices balliol college Four-hour Lecturership in Psychology The college proposes to appoint, if a suitable candidate applies, a Lecturer in Psychology for Hilary and Trinity Terms 1994 in the first instance, with possible renewal for a further year. The lecturer would be expected to teach for four hours per week for the Psychology honour Schools. In addition the lecturer will be expected to help to administer the college teaching in Psychology. A retainer of u120 per term will be paid in addition to payment for teaching at the normal rates. Certain common-room rights are also included. Applicants should provide a curriculum vitae and indicate what experience, if any, they have had teaching Psychology, and should give the names of two referees whom they should ask to write directly to the Senior Tutor, Balliol College, Oxford OX1 3BJ. Applications and references must reach the Senior Tutor by Tuesday, 2 November. ST ANNE'S COLLEGE Junior Research Fellowships (1) The Fulford Junior Research Fellowship, this year offered in Ancient and Modern History (including History of Art and Music). (2) The Joanna Randall-MacIver Junior Research Fellowship in Fine Art, Music, or Literature. (3) The Hedley Bull Junior Research Fellowship in International Relations (financed by the appeal fund raised in memory of Hedley Bull, FBA, Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at Oxford University from 1977 until his death in 1985). The college invites applications for the above fellowships, tenable for one or two years from 1 October 1994. The posts are open to graduates in their second or subsequent year of research. The Joanna Randall-MacIver JRF is open only to women. Requests for further particulars, which should be obtained before application is made, should be addressed to the Senior Tutor's Secretary, St Anne's College, Oxford OX2 6HS. Please enclose a self-addressed envelope. The closing dates for all applications is 29 October. 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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No refund can be made for cancellation after the acceptance of advertisements. 5 Once an advertisement has been submitted for publication, no change to the text can be accepted. 6 Voucher copies or cuttings cannot be supplied. Oxford Chamber Music Society The Stamic Quartet of Prague and Malcolm Martineau will play the following at 2.45 p.m. on Sunday, 24 October, in the Holywell Music Room: Haydn, Quartet in B flat, op. 71, no. 1; Martinu, Quartet no. 4; Dvorak, Piano quintet in A, op. 81. Tickets 7 from Blackwell's, 7.50 at the door (students 3). Peterhouse, Cambridge Professor Sir Michael Howard, FBA, will deliver the Dacre Lecture in the Humanities at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 10 November, in the College Theatre, Peterhouse. The lecture is open to all interested. Title: `A missed opportunity? Britain and the German Resistance 1938--44.' Retail services Looking for an out-of-print, secondhand, or antiquarian book? Then make a point of visiting the PBFA Bookfair at the Randolph Hotel, Oxford. Eighty-five booksellers from all over Britain. Friday, 22 October, 12 noon--7 p.m.; Saturday, 23 October, 10 a.m.--5 p.m. Admission/catalogue: 1. Now on sale in the Bodleian shop: our exclusive and handsome Cities in Art calendar for 1994, seven large (A3) images drawn from the Bodleian and Ashmolean collections---ideal for relatives and friends abroad. Find us in the Old Schools Quadrangle. Open Mon.--Fri. 9 a.m.--6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.--12.30 p.m. Tel.: Oxford (2)77091. Oxford Antiques Centre---the Jam Factory: Oxford's first, finest, and friendliest. Situated opposite the railway station, we offer an unrivalled range of antiques and collectables. Our centre is known for its selection of furniture, silver, jewellery, costume, and ceramics. Tuition Offered Piano tuition: for children and adults. All standards. Beginners welcome. Contact: Miss P. Read, BA (Hons.), LRAM. Jericho. Tel.: Oxford 510904. Cello tuition offered by qualified teacher. Beginners and advanced players equally welcome. Johanna Messner, 8 Park Town, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 52595. Tuition Sought A-level coaching needed---final year Geography, Social Biology, and English. Please telephone Downer. Tel.: Oxford 792400. Services Offered Oxuniprint---the University Printers: specialising in booklet and publicity material, typesetting, printing, and finishing; Output Bureau provides high-quality output from disk from all major DTP programs onto paper, bromide, colour-separated positive or negative film; high-quality specialist colour copier service. For service, quality, and competitive prices contact Oxuniprint, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 514691, fax: 514010. 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. 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. 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. Original joinery: beautiful bookcases, cabinets, and fitted furniture, individually designed and hand-made in hard- and softwoods. Restoration and architectural joinery for period buildings; interior design and construction. For original designs and traditional skills, contact Original Joinery. Tel.: Oxford 741754, or 0367 240255. Typing, word-processing, of theses, c.v.s, academic and secretarial work undertaken by team of excellent typists. Braille printing---phone for details. Collection/delivery by arrangement. Not VAT registered. Cleartype, 46 Market Square, Witney. Tel.: 0993 704858/703418; fax: 704858. Young pianist available to play background music or singalongs (song-sheets provided) at parties, bars, and clubs. David Jones. Tel.: Oxford 246375. Domestic Services Summertown Nursery School, 294a Banbury Road: traditional/Montessori; full educational pre-school day; excellent facilities, classrooms, gymnasium, playground, gardens; secure, warm, and friendly North Oxford nursery. Weekly 70; daily 17.50; half-day 8.75; 2-- 5s, 8.30 a.m.--4.30 p.m., all year. Prospectus available. Tel.: Oxford 310016. Our excellent part-time nanny is looking for work in the mornings (weekdays up to 1 p.m.) in east Oxford or station area. She is self-employed; rates from 3.25 p.h.; qualified to care for children up to 14 years; three years' experience with under-5s. References available. Tel. her direct on: 0235 512529. Situations Vacant 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. Part-time secretary: part-time secretary sought, to assist retired academic (medical) living in North Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 511413. Oxford Brookes University, Law Unit: 0.5 research assistant required (initially for 1 year) to provide support for research into the role of the courts in public administration. Salary 8,856--10,221 pro rata. Applicants should have a law degree or equivalent qualification, an interest in constitutional and administrative law, and the ability to work on their own initiative. For an informal discussion telephone Dr Diana Woodhouse, or send a c.v. to her at the Law Unit, School of Business, Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP. Closing date: 1 Nov. Tel.: Oxford 56858. Employment Sought Retired banker (55) seeks part-time employment in college/university environment. Best suited to financial management/administration, but sufficiently flexible/open-minded to tackle other roles. Whilst not immaterial, remuneration not primary consideration. Tel.: 0235 812622. Houses to Let Looking for a property to rent? QB Management have a range of houses and flats of all shapes and sizes in the Oxford area. Contact us now with details of your requirements without obligation. Tel.: Oxford 64533, or fax: 64777. 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). Two-bedroom furnished Victorian house, Iffley Fields area, easy reach of city centre; 2 reception rooms, large kitchen, large bathroom; washing-machine, fridge, telephone; much character, beautiful interior and garden. Available 15 Dec.--6 Apr. 575 p.c.m. Stephen Empson. Tel.: Oxford 727269. Charlbury: large, comfortable, modern house available early Jan.- -late Apr. in charming town close to Cotswolds; all mod. cons.; tastefully furnished; close to schools; good walking; would suit visiting academic family. Oxford only 12 minutes away by reliable, frequent train service; 25 minutes by car. 600 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford (2)78899, or 0608 811439. Comfortable, quiet coach house in Old Marston, refurbished, furnished, fully equipped; suitable for academic couple; gas c.h., fridge-freezer, washing-machine, telephone; 2 double bedrooms. Available 1 Jan. 565 p.m. (inc. rates). Tel.: Oxford 244130. Flats to Let Central North Oxford, 10 minutes from city centre: exceptionally well-furnished flats in quiet, civilised family house: (1)--- available now: large double bedroom, single bedroom, drawing- room, kitchen, bathroom; (2)---from 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. Self-contained wing of Victorian house near Wolfson College: on 2 storeys (ground and first): 1 double bedroom, 1 single bedroom/study, large bathroom, large living/dining-room, kitchen; gas c.h.; washing-machine and drier, and all modern amenities. To let from 1 Nov. Tel.: Oxford 511500. North Oxford: situated south of Summertown, in delightful Cunliffe Close: 2-bedroom furnished flat, with garage, to let at 585 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 244089. Central North Oxford: walking distance of the city centre and parks, attractive 2-bedroom furnished flat, pleasant kitchen, bathroom, c.h., parking. Suit couple or 2 sharing. 600 p.c.m. Available beginning of Nov. Tel.: Oxford 516562. 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. Bed-and-breakfast accommodation available in warm, centrally- heated, comfortable house in prestigious central North Oxford, within easy walking distance of the city centre, all main university buildings, parks, and rivers. Very moderate terms. Tel.: Oxford 57879. Woman therapist offers share of pleasant semi, edge of Headington, to compatible tenant(s). Double bedroom available, plus use of therapy room, sitting-room, kitchen/living/sunroom, 2 bathrooms, utility, study, pleasant garden adjoining open fields. Room, kitchen, and bathroom, 55 p.w. plus bills for one, 70 for two; other space negotiable. Tel.: Oxford 61443. 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). House wanted within reasonable distance of the Radcliffe Infirmary, for a visiting Overseas Fellow and family. Ideally we are looking for a property which is available long-term, as the Overseas Fellow position is an on-going job which will be filled mainly by surgeons from Australasia. The post rotates 6-monthly or yearly and accommodation is required from 1 Jan. in the first instance. Contact Sue Cook, Academic Secretary, ENT Department, Radcliffe Infirmary. Tel. (direct line): Oxford 224544. Flat or small house wanted to rent from Jan. for quiet, responsible couple. Non-smokers. We would be happy to house-sit and/or look after your pets. Tel.: Oxford (2)79186. Academic requires small house or 2-bedroom flat in central Oxford, from Sept. 1994. Long, unfurnished, let preferred. Tel.: Oxford (2)71697. 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 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 Edwardian 4/5-bedroom mainly detached house, on 3 storeys, with 4 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms, and front and rear gardens. 180,000 freehold. Tel.: Oxford 722689. 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. 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.). The Pines, Brookside, Headington, Oxford OX3 7PJ: a detached house with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Close to the John Radcliffe Hospital and Brookes University. View by appointment. Price 170,000. Tel.: Oxford 63731. House to let or for sale Sandfield Road, Headington, Oxford: close to city centre on main bus route, spacious family house, unfurnished, close to all hospitals; 5 bedrooms, detached; garage; large south-facing garden; near schools, shops, and leisure facilities. 1,100 p.c.m. (inc. gardener). Tel.: Oxford 200092 (day), or 744664 (evening). 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). For Sale Renault 19 GTS, June 1989, excellent working order, 91,000 km/56,250 miles. 3,000 o.n.o. Tel.: Oxford 57192 (home), or (2)73402/(2)76877 (day). Superb Wilton carpet for sale: all wool, deep wine-bottle green in colour, excellent condition; length 23ft 9ins, width 14ft 6ins, narrowing to 11ft 6ins (carpet is L-shaped). Price negotiable. Also large quantity underlay. Tel.: Oxford 776506. 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, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70086). Under `Contents': Supplements included in this issue: Pages (1) to 4302: Scholarships and Prizes 00--00 (2) to 4302: Library News 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, which were published as Supplement (1) to Gazette No. 4301 (11 October). Debate on General Resolution concerning important new policies The text of the resolution appears in `University Agenda' above. 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. congregation elections (11 November): nominations by two members of Congregation to be received at the University Offices by 4 p.m. professor p.w. anderson: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new limitations, new concepts, new results with a focus on High-Tc Superconductors' (special lecture series), Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 4.15 p.m. (also tomorrow, at same time). professor danilo zolo: `Complexity, representation, and democracy' (Centre for European Studies lecture), Chester Room, Nuffield, 5 p.m. david moroney: illustrated talk on Bach's Goldberg Variations, Rehearsal Hall, Music Faculty, 5.30 p.m. (admission free). Tuesday 26 October ashmolean museum exhibitions open: engravings by Roger Vieillard and wood-engravings by Monica Poole (until 16 January). 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. barbara mills, qc (Director of Public Prosecutions): `Equal before the law?' (Equal Opportunities Committee seminar), Schools, 5--6 p.m. dr b. kouchner: `Aide humanitaire et droit d'ingerence: esperance ou nouveau mythe?', Maison Francaise, 5.15 p.m. david moroney plays Bach's Goldberg Variations, Sheldonian, 8 p.m. (tickets, 10 (junior members 5), from Blackwell's and Music Faculty). Wednesday 27 October hrh the prince of wales (Patron, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies): `Islam and the West', Sheldonian, 11 a.m. (applications for tickets to the OCIS: Oxford 725077). professor j.w. o'malley: `Hubert Jedin (1900--80): the classic statement' (Martin D'Arcy Lectures: `Whatever happened to the Counter-Reformation? Fifty years of interpretation'), Campion Hall, 5 p.m. professor elizabeth tonkin: `Queen and quean: managing and imagining gender in west Africa' (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women: Kaberry Lecture), Regent's Park College, 5 p.m. dr b. kouchner: `Boat People: the end of asylum and the closing boundaries' (Refugee Studies Programme: Seminars on Forced Migration), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 5 p.m. Thursday 28 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). dr kjersti larsen: `Women, men, and gendered spirits in a Zanzibar town' (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women seminar), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen Elizabeth House, 2 p.m. lord slynn of hadley: `Law and culture: a European setting' (Tanner Lecture), Schools, 5.30 p.m. (See entry in `Lectures', above.) miss lesley brown and miss elizabeth knowles: `New light on old words: expansion of historical coverage of vocabulary in the New Shorter OED and the New OED' (Oxford English Dictionary Forum), Rewley House, 5 p.m. the revd dr israel selvanayagam: `Understanding Hinduism through the Gita' (first of two Teape Lectures: `Hindu--Christian dialogue'), Schools, 5 p.m. Friday 29 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). dr e. stuart: `Radical theologies: lesbian and gay theology', Mansfield, 5 p.m. the revd dr israel selvanayagam: `Ritual and God---parallel powers in Hindu worship' (second of two Teape Lectures: `Hindu-- Christian dialogue'), Schools, 5 p.m. susanne heinrich (viola da gamba) and kah-ming ng (harpsichord) play works by Marin Marais, Rameau, Forqueray, and D'Anglebert, Maison Francaise, 8.15 p.m. (admission free). Saturday 30 October nancy kenny (mezzo-soprano), julia rayson (clarinet and basset horn), and Heather Mulkey (piano) perform works by Mozart, Spohr, Barber, and Stravinsky, Holywell Music Room, 8 p.m. (Friends of the Ashmolean concert: tickets, 6, from the Ashmolean ((2)78016) or at the door.) Sunday 31 October the revd canon c.j. bennetts preaches, Jesus College, 10 a.m. Monday 1 November dr d. lindley: `Potential for wind energy in the UK' (Environmental Change Unit Seminar), main lecture room, School of Geography, 2--3.30 p.m. congregation elections (11 November): nominations by six members of Congregation to be received at the University Offices by 4 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). john peter: `Puffing Mr Puff' (meeting chaired by Professor Michael Codron), Room C, Bernard Sunley Building, St Catherine's, 5 p.m. m. herve this-benchkard: `Diffusion des sciences et didactique experimentale', Maison Francaise, 5.15 p.m. Tuesday 2 November women tutors' group meeting, LR6, Thom Building, Department of Engineering Science (eighth floor), 1 p.m. congregation meeting, 2 p.m. professor j. vickers (Drummond Professor of Political Economy): `Concepts of competition' (inaugural lecture), Gulbenkian Theatre, St Cross Building, 5 p.m. professor n. wolterstorff: `On the nature of speaking' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m.