Gazette 23 September 1993; No. 4209; 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. 4299 Thursday, 23 September 1993 --------------------------------------------------------------- U N I V E R S I T Y A C T S CONGREGATION 2 August 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 2 August. Text of Special Resolution That the Degree of Master of Arts be conferred upon the following: marilyn catriona corrie, Lincoln College thomas gerard weinandy, ma status, Greyfriars HEBDOMADAL COUNCIL 20 September 1 Decrees Council has made the following decrees, to come into effect on 8 October. Explanatory note to Decree (1) The following decree, made on the recommendation of the Anthropology and Geography Board and with the concurrence of the General Board, changes the decree governing the functions of the Management Committee for the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography so as to include academic and academic-related staffing matters within the school as a whole. This change originated as a recommendation from the review committee for the school, and has been endorsed by both the faculty board and the General Board. Decree (1) In Ch. III, Sect. III, 1, cl. 5 (Statutes, 1991, p. 218), after `responsibility for such documentation of teaching and research as may be required from time to time,' insert `the consideration of academic and academic-related staffing matters within the school as a whole,'. Explanatory note to Decree (2) The following decree, made on the recommendation of the Modern Languages and Oriental Studies Boards and with the concurrence of the General Board, extends eligibility for appropriate awards for merit to candidates for the Preliminary Examination in, and the Honour School of, European and Middle Eastern Languages (see Decree (3) below). Decree (2) 1 In Ch. IX, Sect. i, 11, cl. 1, concerning the Arteaga Prize (Statutes, 1991, p. 507), after `English and Modern Languages' insert `, or European and Middle Eastern Languages'. 2 Ibid., 19, cl. 3, concerning the Beddington Prizes (p. 514), after `part 1 of the Preliminary Examination in English and Modern Languages in the same term,' insert `or in the Preliminary Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages in the same term,'. 3 Ibid., 47, cl. 1, concerning the Colin Prize (p. 530, as renumbered by Decree (7) of 29 July 1993, Gazette, Vol. 123, p. 1324), after `part 1 of the Preliminary Examination in English and Modern Languages in the same term,' insert `or in the Preliminary Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages in the same term,'. 4 Ibid., 64, cl. 3, concerning the Cyril Jones Memorial Prize (Statutes, 1991, p. 535, as renumbered by Decree (3) of 3 December 1992, Gazette, Vol. 123, p. 432), after `part 1 of the Preliminary Examination in English and Modern Languages in the same term,' insert `or in the Preliminary Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages in the same term,'. 5 Clauses 2--4 of this decree shall be effective from 1 October 1993, and clause 1 shall be effective from 1 October 1994. Explanatory note to Decree (3) The following decree, made on the recommendation of the Modern Languages and Oriental Studies Boards and with the concurrence of the General Board, provides for a new Preliminary Examination in, and a new Honour School of, European and Middle Eastern Languages. Associated changes in regulations are set out in `Examinations and Boards' below. Decree (3) 1. In Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 30, after l. 35 insert: `European and Middle Eastern Languages,'. 2. Ibid., p. 31, l. 39, after `Languages,' insert `or in European and Middle Eastern Languages,'. 3. Ibid., p. 78, after l. 40 insert: `Preliminary Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages 1. The Preliminary Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages shall be under the joint supervision of the Boards of the Faculties of Medieval and Modern Languages and Oriental Studies and shall consist of such subjects as they shall jointly by regulation prescribe. 2. Candidates in this Preliminary Examination shall be examined (a) in one language from among those which may be offered alone in the Honour School of Modern Languages, and (b) in Arabic or in Hebrew or in Persian or in Turkish. 3. It shall be the duty (a) of the Chairman of the Moderators for the Preliminary Examination for Modern Languages to designate such of their number as may be required for European Languages in the Preliminary Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages, and when this has been done the number of examiners in European Languages shall be deemed to be complete; and (b) of the Chairman of the Moderators for the Preliminary Examination in Oriental Studies to designate such of their number as may be required for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish in the Preliminary Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages, and when this has been done the number of examiners in Middle Eastern Languages shall be deemed to be complete.' 4 Ibid., p. 109, after l. 34 insert: `The Preliminary Examination Medieval and Modern Languages in European and Middle and Oriental Studies'. Eastern Languages. 5 Ibid., p. 113, ll. 14--15, delete `or English and Modern Languages' and substitute `English and Modern Languages, or European and Middle Eastern Languages'. 6 Ibid., p. 114, l. 14, in the left-hand column insert: `European and Middle Eastern Languages.' 7 Ibid., p. 115, after l. 41 insert: `European and Middle Modern Languages and Oriental Eastern Languages Studies'. 8 Ibid., p. 184, after l. 35 insert: `HONOUR SCHOOL OF EUROPEAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGES (i) DECREE Honour School of European and Middle Eastern Languages 1. The subjects of the examination in the Honour School of European and Middle Eastern Languages shall be (a) those modern languages and literatures studied in the Honour School of Modern Languages, and (b) Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish. 2. All candidates must offer (a) one of the languages which may be studied alone in the Honour School of Modern Languages, with its literature, and (b) one of the languages specified in clause 1 (b) above. 3. No candidate shall be admitted to the examination in this school unless he or she has either passed or been exempted from the First Public Examination. 4. The examiners shall indicate in the lists issued by them the languages offered by each candidate obtaining Honours or satisfying the examiners under Ch. VI, Sect. II. C, 1, cll. 22 (v) and (vi). 5. The examination in this school shall be under the joint supervision of the Boards of the Faculties of Medieval and Modern Languages and Oriental Studies, which shall appoint a standing joint committee to make, and to submit to the two faculty boards, proposals for regulations for this examination and for the Preliminary Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages. 6. (i) The examiners in the Honour School shall be such of the Public Examiners in the Honour Schools of Modern Languages and Oriental Studies as shall be required. (ii) It shall be the duty of the Chairmen of Examiners in the Honour School of Modern Languages and in the Honour School of Oriental Studies to consult together and designate such examiners as shall be required for the Honour School, whereupon the number of the examiners shall be deemed to be complete.' 9. Ibid., after the new regulations for the Honour School of European and Middle Eastern Languages, insert: `PASS SCHOOL OF EUROPEAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGES (i) DECREE Pass School of European and Middle Eastern Languages (Ch. VI, Sect. I. C, 3)'. 10 Ibid., p. 868, after l. 3 insert: `in the Preliminary Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages for one year;'. 11 Ibid., p. 869, after l. 8 insert: `(11) in the Honour School of European and Middle Eastern Languages examiners shall hold office for one year;'. 12 Ibid., ll. 9--13, renumber existing items (11)--(13) as items (12)--(14). 13 Ibid., p. 872, after l. 21 insert: `For European and Middle Eastern in the Preliminary Languages as required by the Examination in decree governing the European and Middle examination Eastern Languages.' 14 Ibid., p. 877, after l. 3 insert: `For European and Middle Eastern in the Honour School of Languages as required by the European and Middle decree governing the Eastern Languages.' examination 15 Ibid., p. 880, l. 24, delete `or English and Modern Languages' and substitute `English and Modern Languages, or European and Middle Eastern Languages'. 16 Ibid., p. 885, l. 7, before `Modern History and Modern Languages,' insert `European and Middle Eastern Languages,'. 17 Ibid., p. 886, after l. 8 insert: `European and Middle Eastern Languages'. 18 Clauses 1--4, 10, and 13 of this decree shall be effective from 1 October 1993, and clauses 5--9, 11, 12, and 14--17 shall be effective from 1 October 1994, provided that the Second Public Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages shall be held for the first time in 1995. Key to Decree (3) Cl. 1 adds the new preliminary examination as a part of the First Public Examination. Cl. 2 specifies the earliest date of entry for the preliminary examination. Cl. 3 contains the substantive provisions relating to the preliminary examination. Cl. 4 places the preliminary examination under the supervision of the Modern Languages and Oriental Studies Boards. Cll. 5 and 6 add the new honour school as a part of the Second Public Examination. Cll. 7 and 9 make provision for a Pass School of European and Middle Eastern Languages. Cl. 8 contains the substantive provisions relating to the examination for the honour school. Cll. 10--17 provide for moderators for the preliminary examination and examiners for the honour school, and for certain of the arrangements for the oral examination in the honour school. Explanatory note to Decree (4) The following decree, made on the recommendation of the Law Board and with the concurrence of the General Board, provides for a fourth examiner in Law Moderations. This is necessary following the addition of a new paper, Introduction to Law, to the syllabus for this examination. Decree (4) In Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 871, l. 21, delete `Three' and substitute `Four'. Explanatory note to Decree (5) The following decree, made on the recommendation of the Modern History Board and with the concurrence of the General Board, changes the date for the abolition of the M.Phil. in European and British History, which was prematurely made effective from 1 October 1993. Associated changes in regulations are set out in `Examinations and Boards' below. Decree (5) Cl. 8 of Decree (13) of 16 July 1992 (Gazette, Vol. 122, p. 1353) is hereby amended by the deletion of `1 October 1993' and the substitution of `1 October 1994'. Decree (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of Decree (22) of 14 May 1992 (Gazette, Vol. 122, p. 1055), Professor J. Griffin, MA, FBA, Fellow of Balliol College, shall not be required, for so long as he holds the office of Public Orator, to give more than twenty-eight lectures or classes in each academical year. Decree (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of Ch. VIII, Sect. I, 6, cl. 3 (b) (Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 933, as renumbered by Decree (1) of 26 June 1992, Gazette, Vol. 122, p. 1269), Mr R.J. Bell, Merton, is not required to pay composition fees should he enter the examination for the M.St. in Archaeology on one occasion before Michaelmas Term 1998. Decree (8) Notwithstanding the provisions of Ch. VIII, Sect. I, 6, cl. 3 (a) (Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 933, as renumbered by Decree (1) of 26 June 1992, Gazette, Vol. 122, p. 1269), Ms C. Harmon, Oriel, is not required to pay composition fees during 1993--4. Decree (9) Notwithstanding the provisions of Ch. X, Sect. XI, cl. 4 (Statutes, 1991, p. 662), Mr Takanori Maeda, Worcester, may continue to hold the status of Visiting Student in 1993--4. 2 Status of Master of Arts Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the status of Master of Arts under the provisions of Ch. V, Sect. vi, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1991, p. 318, as renumbered by Decree (1) of 16 July 1992, Gazette, Vol. 122, p. 1348) has been accorded to the following persons who are qualified for membership of Congregation: keith james buckler, Queen's College harriet jane deacon, Queen's College ruth mary dixon, Queen's College caroline lesley hjordis dobson, d.phil., Hertford College christine laura hitchcock, Department of Zoology rimvydas juskaitis, New College john nigel ballard mogg, Physical Chemistry Laboratory harry morris quiney, d.phil., Wadham College martin anton van der hoef, Somerville College andrew franklin wareham, Somerville College richard bruce warrington, Trinity College 3 Status of Master of Arts for Resident Visitors Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the status of Master of Arts under the provisions of Ch. V, Sect. vi, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1991, p. 318, as renumbered by Decree (1) of 16 July 1992, Gazette, Vol. 122, p. 1348) has been accorded to the following Visiting Fellows of All Souls College, who will be in residence for part or all of the academic year 1993--4: professor guy bedouelle (Fribourg) professor antoine compagnon (Columbia, New York) professor svetozar koljevic (Novi Sad) professor paul david kovacs (Virginia) professor dr gert kreytenberg (Ruhr) professor jane lewis (London School of Economics) professor avinoam mann (Jerusalem) professor bruce redford (Chicago) professor giovanni toniolo (Venice) professor roberto vivarelli (Pisa) professor dr ulrich wengenroth (Munich) 4 Register of Congregation Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the following names have been added to the Register of Congregation: Baines, J.C.A., MA, D.Phil., Magdalen Buckler, K.J., MA status, Queen's Corrie, M.C., MA, Lincoln Deacon, H.J., MA status, Queen's Dixon, R.M., MA status, Queen's Dobson, C.L.H., MA status, D.Phil., Hertford Flemming, J.S., MA, Wadham Foner, E., MA, Queen's Galligan, D.J., MA, Wolfson Hitchcock, C.L., MA status, Department of Zoology Jones, C.M., MA, St Peter's Juskaitis, R., MA status, New College Kiernan, P.F., MA, D.Phil., University Ledger, W.L., MA, D.Phil., Green College Lewis, S., MA, St John's Mogg, J.N.B., MA status, Physical Chemistry Laboratory Quiney, H.M., MA status, D.Phil., Wadham Stevens, R.B., DCL, Pembroke Stone, C.R., MA, D.Phil., Somerville Van der Hoef, M.A., MA status, Somerville Wareham, A.F., MA status, Somerville Warrington, R.B., MA status, Trinity BOARDS OF FACULTIES For changes in regulations for examinations, to come into effect on 8 October, see `Examinations and Boards' below. ------------------------------------------------------------- U N I V E R S I T Y A G E N D A CONGREGATION 27 September Degree by Special Resolution The following special resolution will be deemed to be approved at noon on 27 September, unless by that time the Registrar has received notice in writing from two or more members of Congregation under the provisions of Tit. II, Sect. vi, cl. 6 (Statutes, 1991, p. 12) that they wish the resolution to be put to a meeting of Congregation. Text of Special Resolution That the Degree of Master of Arts be conferred upon the following: fraser andrew armstrong, ma status, St John's College john frederick hoddinott, ma status, Lady Margaret Hall james logue, b.phil., ma status, d.phil., Somerville College james frank offen, Oriel College corinne jane saunders, ma status, d.phil., Brasenose College CONGREGATION 5 October 12 noon 1 Retiring Vice-Chancellor's Oration Mr Vice-Chancellor will address the House. 2 Admission of Vice-Chancellor for 1993--7 p.m. north, cbe, qc, dcl, Principal of Jesus College, will be admitted to office as Vice-Chancellor for four years from October 1993. 3 Admission of Pro-Vice-Chancellors The following persons will be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor to be his deputies for the year 1993--4 and will be admitted to office: sir patrick neill, qc, bcl, ma, hon. dcl, Warden of All Souls College professor sir richard southwood, ma, d.sc., Fellow of Merton College sir anthony kenny, ma, d.phil., d.litt., hon. dcl, Warden of Rhodes House j.c.b. gosling, b.phil., ma, Principal of St Edmund Hall sir keith thomas, ma, President of Corpus Christi College g.b. richardson, cbe, ma, hon. dcl, Warden of Keble College the rt. hon. the lord dahrendorf, ma, Warden of St Antony's College w. hayes, ma, d.phil., President of St John's College the revd e.w. nicholson, dd, Provost of Oriel College 4 Admission of Clerks of the Market m.g. brock, cbe, ma, Honorary Fellow of Corpus Christi and Nuffield Colleges, nominated by the Chancellor, and sir john habakkuk, ma, Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, will be admitted to office as Clerks of the Market for the year 1993--4. CONGREGATION 12 October 2 p.m. Promulgation of Statutes Explanatory note to Statute (1) The following statute corrects an anomaly in the existing statute governing the composition of faculty boards, which refers to ` "official members" of the faculty' instead of ` "official members" of the faculty board'. (1) WHEREAS it is expedient to remove an anomaly in the existing statute governing the composition of faculty boards, THE UNIVERSITY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS. In Tit. VI, Sect. ii, cl. 1 (a) (Statutes, 1991, p. 30), after ` "official members" of the faculty' insert `board'. Explanatory note to Statute (2) The following statute, promoted on the recommendation of the Visitors of the Ashmolean Museum and with the concurrence of the Curators of the Bodleian Library, makes Bodley's Librarian an ex officio Visitor rather than, as at present, a person appointed as a Visitor by the curators. (2) WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the composition of the Visitors of the Ashmolean Museum, THE UNIVERSITY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS. 1 In Tit. VIII, Sect. V, cl. 4 (a) (Statutes, 1991, p. 51), insert new item (5) as follows and renumber existing items (5)- þ(12) as items (6)-þ(13): `(5) Bodley's Librarian;'. 2 Ibid., delete existing item (13). Explanatory note to Statute (3) Council and the General Board have agreed, arising from the review of Queen Elizabeth House, to replace the existing Committee for Queen Elizabeth House with an Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House. The following statute, and the decree to be made by Council and the changes in regulations to be made by the General Board if the statute is approved, which are promoted with the concurrence of the Governing Body of Queen Elizabeth House, provide accordingly. The decree also makes provision for the appointment and duties of the Director of Queen Elizabeth House. Council and the General Board have agreed to continue the arrangements adopted for the recent appointment to the directorship, under which the post is not a substantive one but is held in conjunction with an existing permanent academic appointment. The procedure to be followed for future appointments will be similar to the procedure used for appointing heads of department in other cases where the headship is not confined in perpetuity to the holder of one particular post. The legislation for Queen Elizabeth House makes eligible for the headship, however, not only established academic staff of Queen Elizabeth House but all established university academic staff and permanent college staff. The decree also makes consequential changes to the existing decrees to take account of the nomenclature of the new committee and of the fact that the directorship will no longer be a substantive post but will be held by the holder of an academic post. (3) WHEREAS it is expedient to establish an Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House, THE UNIVERSITY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS. In Tit. VIII, Sect. VI, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1991, p. 52), before `Committee for Queen Elizabeth House' insert `Inter-faculty'. Decree to be made by Council if the Statute is approved 1. In Ch. II, Sect. VI, 1, SCHEDULE, concerning official members of faculty boards (Statutes, 1991, p. 204), under Social Studies, delete `Queen Elizabeth House, Director of.' 2. In Ch. III, Sect. LIII, delete 2--3, concerning Queen Elizabeth House (pp. 276--7), and substitute: ` 2. Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House 1. There shall be an Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House, which shall consist of: (1) the Vice-Chancellor or the Chairman of the General Board or their nominee (as agreed between them from time to time), who shall chair the committee; (2) the Director of Queen Elizabeth House; (3)--(7) five persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Social Studies; (8)--(10) three persons elected by and from among the established university academic postholders in the department, the senior members of the University formally affiliated to the department under the provisions of clause 2 (d) below, and senior members of the research or teaching groups formally associated with the department under the provisions of clause 2 (e) below; (11), (12) two persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Anthropology and Geography (of whom one shall be a member of the Sub-faculty of Anthropology and the other a member of the Sub-faculty of Geography); (13) a person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Modern History; (14), (15) two persons appointed by the Governing Body for Queen Elizabeth House. Elected members shall hold office for three years and shall be re-eligible, provided that a person elected to fill a vacancy caused otherwise than by lapse of time shall initially hold office only for the residue of the period of office of the member whom he or she succeeds. If an elected member shall have been absent from more than two consecutive meetings of the committee his or her seat may forthwith be declared by the chairman to be vacant and shall thereupon be vacated. 2. The duties of the committee shall be: (a) to determine the academic policy of the department, consistently with the purposes set out in the schedule to this section; (b) to exercise general supervision over the department, including overseeing accounts, staffing, space, and library policy, and approving such consultancies and project proposals as shall be referred to it; (c) to exercise as appropriate the functions and powers of a faculty board in accordance with the provisions of Ch. II, Sect. VII, 1; (d) to appoint affiliated staff and visitors; (e) to consider, and at its discretion to approve, the association of research or teaching groups with the department; (f) to arrange courses of study at the request of overseas governments and to issue certificates in connection with such courses; (g) to give advice to the General Board on the needs of the subjects being studied in the department; (h) to report annually both to each of the constituencies which appoint or elect persons to membership of the committee, and to the General Board, on the work of the department; (i) to consider the organisation of studies and examinations of the University in the field of Development Studies, including such questions as may be referred to it by the board of any faculty, and to advise the faculty boards concerned on such matters. 3. Director of Queen Elizabeth House 1. Queen Elizabeth House shall be assigned by Council for a specified period not exceeding five years in the first instance to a person holding an established academic post in the University or a permanent appointment in a college or other society, on the recommendation of the General Board after consultation with the Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House. The person to whom the headship of the department is assigned shall have the title of Director of Queen Elizabeth House. The director shall be eligible for reappointment. 2. The director's duties shall include the general supervision, under the Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House, of research, advanced study, and teaching in the department, and the promotion of its wider purposes as set out in sub-section 1 of this section. The director shall engage in advanced study or research and shall give or hold such number of lectures or classes as are required by the terms of his or her normal university post, except that the Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House may recommend to the General Board that he or she be given remission from such specified duties attached to that post as shall be considered appropriate in view of his or her additional responsibilities as director. The director shall reside within the University during six months at least in each academical year, between the first day of October and the ensuing first day of August, and in particular during not less than six weeks of each term. The director shall make provision for the lighting, warming, water-supply, and cleansing of the premises assigned to the department, including any residential accommodation. The director shall receive each year, in addition to a Schedule III allowance, such enhancement of salary as is required to bring his or her stipend to the level of that of a Schedule A professorship, provided that he or she shall undertake not to receive any direct or indirect payment from any funds of, or at the disposal of, the department. 3. The director shall appoint the staff of the department and shall prescribe their duties and conditions of service, provided that: (a) any appointment to a teaching or research post carrying a stipend of more than the maximum prescribed in Ch. VII, Sect. IV, 1, cl. 2 (ii) shall be made by the Inter-faculty Committee for Queen Elizabeth House on the recommendation of a subcommittee appointed by the committee (of which the director shall be a member and which may include other persons not being members of the committee), and the duties and conditions of service of any such appointment shall be prescribed by the committee; such appointments shall also require approval by the General Board, such approval to cover the person appointed, his or her stipend, period of office, and duties, and any other conditions as determined by the committee; (b) all appointments shall be subject to the provisions of any statute, decree, or regulation of general application.' 3 In Ch. VII, Sect. I, 7, SCHEDULE III, concerning special allowances (p. 350), after `Chairman of the Mathematical Institute' insert: `Director of Queen Elizabeth House.' 4 Ibid., Sect. III, 86, cll. 1 (6), (7) and 2, concerning the Lecturership in the Government of New States (p. 392), in each case before `Committee for Queen Elizabeth House' insert `Inter-faculty'. 5 Ibid., Sect. VII, 1, SCHEDULE, item (d), concerning entitlement to fellowships (p. 478, as relettered by Decree (5) of 10 December 1992, Gazette, p. 474), delete `Director of Queen Elizabeth House'. 6 In Ch. IX, Sect. I, 225, cl. 1, concerning the Sir Ernest Oppenheimer Gift (p. 608), before `Committee for Queen Elizabeth House' insert `Inter-faculty'. 7 This decree shall have immediate effect, provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of Ch. III, Sect. LIII, 2, cl. 1 (8)--(10), on the occasion of the first election, one person shall be elected by and from among the established university academic postholders in the department, and within two terms two further persons shall be elected by and from among senior members of the University formally affiliated under the provisions of cl. 2 (d) thereof and senior members of the research or teaching groups formally associated with the department under the provisions of cl. 2 (e) thereof. Changes in regulations to be made by the General Board if the Statute is approved Departmental committees With immediate effect 1 In Ch. II, Sect. XIII, 2, cl. 7, footnote 1 (Statutes, 1991, p. 216), delete `cl. 2 (12)--(14)' and substitute `cl. 1 (8)--(10)'. 2 Ibid., before `Committee for Queen Elizabeth House' insert `Inter-faculty'. Explanatory note to Statute (4) Sir Run Run Shaw has given to the University the sum of 3,000,000 for the further development of Chinese Studies. The following statute, and the decree to be made by Council if the statute is approved, which are promoted on the recommendation of the Inter-faculty Committee for Chinese Studies and the Oriental Studies Board and with the concurrence of the General Board and of University College, make provision for the naming of the Professorship of Chinese as the Shaw Professorship of Chinese, in recognition of the generosity of Sir Run Run Shaw in allowing a part of his benefaction to the University to be used to endow this professorship. (4) WHEREAS it is expedient to use a part of the benefaction from Sir Run Run Shaw for Chinese Studies to endow the Professorship of Chinese and to rename the professorship in recognition of the benefaction, THE UNIVERSITY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS. In Tit. XIV, Sect. II, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1991, p. 96), before `Professorship of Chinese' insert `Shaw'. Decree to be made by Council if the Statute is approved 1 In Ch. II, Sect. VI, 1, SCHEDULE, concerning official members of faculty boards (Statutes, 1991, p. 203), under Oriental Studies, after `Chinese' insert `, Shaw'. 2 In Ch. III, Sect. XVIII, cl. 1 (2), concerning the Inter-faculty Committee for Chinese Studies (p. 244), before `Professor of Chinese' insert `Shaw'. 3 In Ch. VII, Sect. I, 5. B, SCHEDULE A, concerning professorships (p. 346), before `Professor of Chinese' insert `Shaw'. 4 Ibid., Sect. III, 41, title, concerning the Professor of Chinese (p. 372), before `Professor of Chinese' insert `Shaw'. 5 Ibid., part [1], cl. 1, before `Professor of Chinese' insert `Shaw'. Explanatory note to Statute (5) The following statute, and the decree to be made by Council if the statute is approved, which are promoted on the recommendation of the Physical Sciences Board and with the concurrence of the General Board, provide for the Professorship of Elementary Particle Physics to become a third Professorship of Experimental Physics on the retirement of Professor D.H. Perkins in September 1993. (5) WHEREAS it is expedient to establish a third Professorship of Experimental Physics in place of that of Elementary Particle Physics, THE UNIVERSITY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS. 1 In Tit. XIV, Sect. II, cl. 1 (Statutes, 1991, p. 98), delete `Professorship of Elementary Particle Physics'. 2 Ibid., delete `Professorships (two) of Experimental Physics' and substitute `Professorships (three) of Experimental Physics'. 3 This statute shall be effective from 1 October 1993. Decree to be made by Council if the Statute is approved 1 In Ch. II, Sect. VI, 1, SCHEDULE, concerning official members of faculty boards (Statutes, 1991, p. 203), under Physical Sciences, delete `Elementary Particle Physics.' 2 Ibid., after `Experimental Physics' delete `(two)' and substitute `(three)'. 3 In Ch. VII, Sect. II, 5. B, SCHEDULE A, concerning professorships (p. 347), after `Professors of Experimental Physics' delete `(two)' and substitute `(three)'. 4 Ibid., delete `Professor of Elementary Particle Physics.' 5 Ibid., Sect. III, 193, cl. 1, concerning the Professors of Experimental Physics (p. 438), delete `two' and substitute `three'. 6 Ibid., delete 194, concerning the Professorship of Elementary Particle Physics (pp. 438--9), and renumber existing 195--8 (pp. 439--0), as 194--7. 7 This decree shall be effective from 1 October 1993. CONGREGATION 14 October Election Details of election follow `Advertisements' below. A Guide to Procedures in Congregation is printed 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 composition of boards of electors The composition of electoral boards to the posts listed below, proceedings to fill which are currently in progress, is as follows: Appointed by Coulson Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry President of St John's* Mr Vice-Chancellor Master of University College ex officio Professor J.P. Simons, FRS Council Professor A.D. Buckingham, FRS General Board Professor M.L.H. Green, FRS Physical Sciences Board Dr C. Jordan, FRS Physical Sciences Board Dr D.E. Logan Physical Sciences Board Professor D.G. Pettifor Physical Sciences Board Dr R.K. Thomas University College Professorship of Experimental Physics President of St John's* Mr Vice-Chancellor Professor G.C.K. Peach St Catherine's College (Pro-Master of St Catherine's) Professor Dr B.H. Wiik Council Professor C. Jarlskog General Board Dr G. Myatt Physical Sciences Board Professor R.J. Cashmore Physical Sciences Board Professor R. A. Cowley Physical Sciences Board Professor G.E. Kalmus, FRS Physical Sciences Board Dr M.J.M. Leask St Catherine's College Halford Mackinder Professorship of Geography Warden of Keble* Mr Vice-Chancellor Master of St Peter's ex officio Professor S. Smith Council Professor P. Haggett General Board Professor R.J. Johnston General Board Professor A.S. Goudie Anthropology and Geography Board Professor G.C.K. Peach Anthropology and Geography Board Dr B.A. Kennedy Anthropology and Geography Board Dr E.A.M. Swyngedouw St Peter's College Lincoln Professorship of Classical Archaeology and Art Principal of St Edmund Hall* Mr Vice-Chancellor Keeper of Greek and Roman ex officio Antiquities, British Museum Rector of Lincoln ex officio Professor P.E. Easterling Council Professor B.A. Sparkes General Board Professor D.M. Lewis, FBA Literae Humaniores Board Dr O.P. Taplin Literae Humaniores Board Dr J.A. Lloyd Committee for Archaeology Mr N.G. Wilson, FBA Lincoln College Appointed by Professorship of the Archaeology of The Roman Empire Provost of Oriel* Mr Vice-Chancellor Warden of All Souls ex officio Mr D.W.R. Ridgway Council Dr B.M. Levick General Board Professor F.G.B. Millar, FBA Literae Humaniores Board Mr N. Purcell Sub-faculty of Ancient History Dr J.J. Coulton Committee for Archaeology Mr B.R. Ward Perkins Modern History Board Dr M.L. West, FBA All Souls College *Appointed by Mr Vice-Chancellor under the provisions of Tit. IX, Sect. iii, cl. 2 (Statutes, 1991, p. 53). language centre 12 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HT The services of the centre are available free of charge to junior members of the University, members of Congregation, and staff of the University and colleges who work at least half-time. Husbands and wives of persons in the above categories are eligible to take a class (subject to availability of places) or use the Library and Laboratory on payment of a fee of u46 per term. Language Classes During Full Term classes are held in French, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and English as a Foreign Language. Classes will start in first week (week beginning on 11 October). Enrolments for classes will be taken during noughth week as follows: French and German from Monday, 4 October, Italian and Spanish from Tuesday, 5 October, all other languages, including English as a Foreign Language, from Wednesday, 6 October. Course information leaflets will be available from Monday, 27 September. It is regretted that telephone or postal enrolments cannot be accepted. Students who need a class for their study or research should contact Glenn Archibald on (2)83360 to discuss their requirements. Others who enrol may have to be put on a waiting list if classes are full, or may have to stand down if places are needed for students with a proven need. Spouses of university members may enrol, for a fee of u46 per term, subject to places being available when the needs of university members are satisfied. Facilities for Self-Instruction The Library and Language Laboratory consist of a large collection of self-instructional audio and video cassettes and books in ninety languages, and study rooms equipped with listening and viewing facilities for individual study. The centre receives live television via satellite in French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. Users can view either television broadcasts or video recordings of the news bulletins which the centre tapes each day, as well as films (cinema and documentary). The centre's opening hours are: Full Term (weeks 1--8): Monday, Thursday, Friday 9.30 a.m.--6.30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday 9.30 a.m.--9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-- 1 p.m. Weeks 0 and 9: Monday, Thursday, Friday 9.30 a.m.--5.30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday 9.30 a.m.--9 p.m. Vacation: Monday--Friday 9.30 a.m.--1 p.m. and 2--5.30 p.m. university appointments DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS University Lecturership in Theoretical Physics In association with Balliol College Applications are invited for the above post, available in the Department of Physics with effect from 1 January 1994, from candidates with research interests in the area of Elementary Particle/Field Theory. The stipend will be according to age on a scale which is currently u13,601-- u26,803 per annum. The successful candidate may be offered a Tutorial Fellowship in Theoretical Physics at Balliol College, for which additional emoluments and benefits would be provided. Further particulars may be obtained from Professor D. Sherrington, Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP (telephone: Oxford (2)73952, fax: (2)73947, telex: 83295 nuclox g, e-mail: margaret@thphys.ox.ac.uk). Applications (eight copies, or one only from overseas candidates) should be submitted to Professor Sherrington by 18 October. These should include a curriculum vitae, list of publications, a brief statement of research interests/ plans and teaching experience, together with the names of three referees, preferably with telephone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses. University Lecturership in Computation In association with Oriel College Applications are invited for a new University Lecturership in Computation, tenable from 1 October 1994. The successful candidate may be offered a fellowship by Oriel College. Stipend will be according to age, on the scale u13,601 to u26,803 per annum. Applications will be welcome from computing scientists specialising in any branch of the subject. Further particulars, containing details of the duties and full range of emoluments and allowances attaching to both the university and college posts, may be obtained from the Oxford University Computing Laboratory, 11 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QD (please mark the envelope `Lecturership Application'). Applications in the form of a curriculum vitae together with a summary of research interests (thirteen typed copies, or one only from overseas applicants) should be sent to that address by 1 October, together with the names and addresses of three referees. (Separate application is not necessary for the associated college post.) It is intended to hold interviews over 23--4 November. Informal enquiries may be made to the Director (telephone: Oxford (2)73840, fax: (2)73839, e-mail: lecturership@comlab.ox.ac.uk). Any candidate who is unable to apply until just before the closing date is welcome to send the application by fax or e-mail. UNIVERSITY LECTURERSHIP IN ANATOMICAL SCIENCE In association with Somerville College Applications are invited for the above post, tenable in the Department of Human Anatomy from 1 October 1994. Stipend will be according to age on the scale u13,601-- u26,803. The post is open to candidates who have carried out advanced research in developmental biology, neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, cell biology, or related subjects, and have particular competence to teach in these areas to medical students during the three years of their preclinical studies. The successful candidate may be offered a tutorial fellowship at Somerville College, and details of the duties and emoluments pertaining to the fellowship are given in the further particulars. The University and college do not bind themselves to make an appointment, and will not necessarily confine themselves to those who apply. Further details of both the university lecturership and college fellowship may be obtained from Professor R.W. Guillery, Department of Human Anatomy, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, to whom applications (nine typed copies, or one only from overseas applicants), with a full curriculum vitae and summary of research interests (please star five most important publications) should be sent by 30 October, together with the names of three referees who have agreed to send their opinions without further request by the same date. UNIVERSITY LECTURERSHIP IN PHYSIOLOGY In association with Merton College Applications are invited for the above post, tenable in the University Laboratory of Physiology from 1 October 1994. Stipend will be according to age on the scale u13,601 to u26,803. The current post is open to candidates working in any area of physiology or related disciplines. however, the department has most need for teaching in the areas of `systems' physiology (kidneys, gastrointestinal system, and especially circulation), and it is hoped that the lecturer will be able to teach in that general area. The successful candidate may be offered a tutorial fellowship at Merton College, and details of the duties and emoluments pertaining to the fellowship are given in the further particulars. The University and college do not bind themselves to make an appointment, and will not necessarily confine themselves to those who apply. Further details of both the university lecturership and college fellowship may be obtained from Professor C. Blakemore, University Laboratory of Physiology, parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, to whom applications (nine typed copies, or one only from overseas applicants), with a full curriculum vitae, summary of research interests, and list of publications (please star five most important publications) should be sent by 15 October, together with the names of three referees who have agreed to send their opinions without further request by the same date. STATUTE APPROVED BY HER MAJESTY IN COUNCIL Mr Vice-Chancellor has received a communication from the Clerk of Her Majesty's Privy Council, stating that on 20 July 1993 Her Majesty was pleased to approve the Statute making provision for the application of the surplus income of the endowment for the Calouste Gulbenkian Professorship, printed in Gazette, Vol. 123, p. 849 (approved by Congregation, p. 874). ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM: PROPOSED FORECOURT DEVELOPMENT A benefactor, who wishes to remain anonymous, has offered a munificent donation to the University to cover the full cost of a development beneath the forecourt of the Ashmolean Museum which would provide a major enhancement of the museum's facilities. A scheme has been prepared which would greatly improve those facilities by making satisfactory provision for the museum bookshop (which is seen as having an important educational role), and by creating a catering facility of the kind that is now available in almost all comparable museums of international importance and that could remain open when the museum is closed; at the same time provision would at last be made for easy access and movement for disabled persons, including staff and students as well as visitors, who are at present at a considerable disadvantage in their use of the museum. It is expected that the development would increase the number of visitors, extend the length of their stay, and add to their satisfaction. This is not only desirable in itself but would also assist the museum's future fund-raising activities. In addition, reports from expert consultants on the proposed catering facility indicate that this should produce a modest but extremely useful net annual income for the museum; however, as the catering operation would be contracted out, there would be no financial liability on the University in the event of a commercial loss, and by way of a further safeguard, it has been agreed with the benefactor that if, after a reasonable trial period, the catering facility were to prove not to be financially viable, the accommodation could be used for other museum purposes. At the benefactor's expense, detailed architectural proposals for the development have been drawn up by the distinguished London practice of Stanton Williams. A model, plans, and drawings of these proposals are being placed on display in the Ashmolean, during the museum's normal opening hours. From an architectural point of view, two attractive features of the proposals are the restoration of the Ruskin Lecture Room to its original form, as designed by Cockerell, and the adaptation to public use of the handsomely vaulted room beneath the Randolph Gallery, which is also part of the original building. Council and the General Board have approved the proposals, which were strongly supported by the Buildings Committee, and have authorised the submission of an application by the University for planning permission for the development. SAVILIAN PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY Appointment of deputy The General Board has appointed g. smith, ma, d.phil., Fellow of St Cross College and University Lecturer in Physics, as deputy for G.P. Efstathiou, MA, Fellow of New College and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, for Michaelmas Term 1993, during which Professor Efstathiou has been granted leave of absence and dispensation from prescribed duties. WARDEN OF GREYFRIARS The Board of Governors of Greyfriars, with the approval of the Hebdomadal Council, has appointed the revd t.g. weinandy, ma (ba St Fidelis College, ma Washington Theological Union, ph.d. London), as Warden of Greyfriars with effect from 1 October 1993. SIR ALEC TURNBULL TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP 1993 The Scholarship has been awarded to dr ruhi saith. H.W.C. DAVIS PRIZE 1993 The Prize has been awarded to christopher j.l. swann, St Peter's College. Book prize: turlough f. stone, Merton College. JAMES MEW SENIOR PRIZES 1993 A Prize for Rabbinical Hebrew in the Honour School of Oriental Studies has been awarded to d. rubin, Exeter College. Prizes for Arabic in the Honour School of Oriental Studies have been awarded to miss e.c. kendall and r.w.d. trevelyan, both of Pembroke College. SCHACHT MEMORIAL PRIZE A Prize has been awarded to miss e.c. kendall, Pembroke College, for her performance in the Honour School of Oriental Studies. PUSEY AND ELLERTON SENIOR PRIZES Prizes have been awarded to ms p. bimberg, St Peter's College, for her performance in the Honour School of Theology, and to d. rubin, Exeter College, for his performance in the Honour School of Oriental Studies. GIBBS PRIZE IN BIOCHEMISTRY 1993 The Prize has been awarded to david m. harrison, Queen's College. Proxime accessit: sarah k. badley, New College. Book prizes: nicola c. audlam-gardiner, Merton College, nicholas p. mullin, Lady Margaret Hall, and alison c. mciver, St Catherine's College. GIBBS PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY 1993 The Prize has been awarded to samantha j. bamford, St Hilda's College. Proxime accessit: nigel j. bailey, St John's College. Book prizes: judy hirst, St John's College, andrew j. hudson, New College, angela mccoubrey, St Hilda's College, daniel m. morley, Merton College, and david g. rowan, University College. GIBBS PRIZE IN ZOOLOGY 1993 The Prize has been awarded to harriet e. griffin, Hertford College. Proxime accessit: tristan w. hatton-ellis, Keble College. Book prize: claerwen l. james, New College. GIBBS PRIZE IN POLITICS 1993 The Prize has been awarded to steven p. warner, St Anne's College. PETER BEACONSFIELD PRIZE 1993 The Prize has been awarded to robert wilkins, St Catherine's College. Proxime accesserunt: dr l.j. montaner, Worcester College, and j.w. tsao, St John's College. GLADSTONE MEMORIAL ESSAY PRIZE 1993 The Prize has been awarded to liam brunt, St John's College. ARNOLD MODERN HISTORICAL ESSAY PRIZE 1993 The Prize has been awarded jointly to liam brunt, St John's College, for his essay `The spread of horse husbandry in Britain and France 1750--1850', and emil levendoglu, Merton College, for `The nomination of Chief Justice Earl Warren'. Prizes for special excellence were awarded to andrew fisher, Magdalen College, and robin jarrett, Merton College. JUNIOR MATHEMATICAL PRIZES 1993 The examiners in the Honour School of Mathematics have awarded the Prizes to gabriel roy carlyle, Worcester College, richard paul winsley thomas, New College, and daniel matthew andrews, St Hugh's College. The mathematical examiners in the Honour Schools of Mathematics and Computation and of Mathematics and Philosophy have awarded a fourth Prize jointly to nicholas bone, Merton College, and robert william pack, St John's College, for outstanding performance in the mathematical papers in the Honour Schools of Mathematics and Computation and Mathematics and Philosophy respectively. BRITISH TELECOM RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PRIZE FOR COMPUTING SCIENCE 1993 The examiners in the Honour School of Mathematics and Computation have awarded the Prize to guy andrew mccusker, St Edmund Hall. BRISTOL--MYERS PRIZE IN CARDIOLOGY 1993 The Prize has been awarded jointly to shehan peter hettiaratchy, Green College, and karim raza, Brasenose College. HAROLD LISTER SUNDERLAND PRIZE 1993 The examiners in the Honour School of Literae Humaniores have awarded the Prize, for the best performance in Greek, to benjamin d.a. tipping, Magdalen College. COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY PRIZE 1993 The examiners in the Honour School of Literae Humaniores have awarded the Prize, for the best performance in Philology, to paul d. elbourne, Corpus Christi College. GAISFORD DISSERTATION PRIZE 1993 The Prize has been awarded to debra hershkowitz, Jesus College. Proxime accesserunt: eleanor dickey, Merton College, and michael j. anderson, Magdalen College. HICKS AND WEBB MEDLEY PRIZES 1993 The Prizes, for the best performances in Economics in the Honour Schools of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, and Modern History and Economics, have been awarded to john dolfin, Merton College, lucy m. white, St John's College, and helen f. weeds, Brasenose College. FIELD STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 1993 The Prize, for outstanding work in zoological field studies in the Honour School of Natural Science (Biological Sciences) has been awarded to paul w.l. howarth, Lady Margaret Hall. Proxime accessit: sally a. francis, St Catherine's College. TURBUTT PRIZES 1992--3 First year: miss a.j. harrison, New College; b. hughes, St Edmund Hall; r.m.j. jacobs, St Catherine's College; g.n.l. jameson, University College; a.d. smith, Jesus College; miss j.u. wagner, Hertford College Second year: j.a. alden, St John's College; miss c.e. davies, St Anne's College; miss s.j. nelson, Lincoln College; miss k.l. owen, Merton College; miss n. segal, University College; miss k.a. statham, St Catherine's College HONOUR SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCE (ENGINEERING SCIENCE) Maurice Lubbock Prize for Engineering: matthew m. williamson, New College ICE Prize for the best performance in Civil Engineering: stuart nightingale, Keble College IEE Prize for the best performance in Electrical Engineering: andrew c. sage, Hertford College I.Mech.E. Prize for the best project in Mechanical Engineering: mark r. cannon, Oriel College Unilever Prize for the best project in Control: richard t. hepplehwite, Pembroke College R.M. Schufatn Prize for the best project in Chemical Engineering: gillian haslem, St Catherine's College CMB Packaging Prize for the best performance in Moderations: susan e. johnson, Jesus College Chapman and Hall Tutorial Guides in Electronic Engineering: wai- shun w. kwok, Wadham College HONOUR SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS Maurice Lubbock Prize for Engineering and Materials: dale m. atkin, St John's College HONOUR SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING SCIENCE Smith Associates Prize for the best Part I project: robert j. manners, St Catherine's College Smith Associates Prize for the best Part II project: daniel j. matthews, University College Smith Associates Prize for the best performance in Computing Science papers: kar-wah a. yam, Wadham College Maurice Lubbock Prize for Engineering and Computing Science: kar- wah a. yam, Wadham College HONOUR SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, ECONOMICS, AND MANAGEMENT Dan Gowler Prize Templeton College has announced that the Prize, for the best performance in the Organisational Behaviour and Industrial Relations paper, has been awarded to eklavaya sareen, Hertford College. Pilkington Prize Templeton College has announced that the Prize, for the best project report, has been awarded to catherine e. jeffrey, St John's College. Maurice Lubbock Prize for Engineering, Economics, and Management: michael c. regnier, Lincoln College Deloitte Prize for Economics: simon g. mcgeary, University College Edgell Sheppee Prize for the best project: brian mackenzie, Wadham College Unipart Prize (IEE) for performance in Engineering Production and Design: emma j. gough, Hertford College BIDS ISI AND EMBASE COURSE The BIDS course now has a new format (described below) which will allow for more practice time, shorter lectures, and an option for those already familiar with BIDS to only attend the last session which will be devoted to new features and advanced searching techniques. The course will be taught by Margaret Robb of the Libraries Automation Service. The format for the new BIDS course is: 4--4.45 p.m.: Lecture giving an overview of BIDS and basic searching techniques. 4.45--5.30 p.m.: Exercises practising basic searching procedures. Course participants are welcome to bring their own research topics. 5.30--6 p.m.: Lecture describing advanced searching techniques. Those already familiar with BIDS are welcome to attend only this part of the course. 6--6.30 p.m.: Exercises practising advanced searching procedures. Course participants are welcome to bring their own research topics. The course will be held on Friday, 1 October, Thursday, 7 October, Thursday, 4 November, and Wednesday, 17 November, 4-- 6.30 p.m. Please contact Viv McEvoy ((2)78170) to book a place on the course. 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--1 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--1 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. 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. UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW Exhibition now open Wildlife Photographer of the Year (1992) (until 10 October) The museum is open from Monday to Saturday, 12 noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. PITT RIVERS MUSEUM Exhibitions now open The instrumental muse---1,000 years of European music (Balfour Building, 60 Banbury Road; until 31 December) Wilfred Thesiger's photographs---a `most cherished possession' (the first exhibition of Wilfred Thesiger's photographs in the UK) (main museum, entrance through the University Museum in Parks Road; until 27 February) Opening hours: Monday--Saturday, 1--4.30 p.m. For information on exhibitions and events please telephone Oxford (2)70927. THE BATE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS The Bate Collection, housed in the Faculty of Music in St Aldate's, is open Mondays to Fridays, 2--5 p.m. Admission is free. The Javanese Gamelan, Kyai Madu Laras, is played on Mondays at 5 p.m., 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. 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, and tickets can be obtained from the Exhibition Room in the Old Schools Quadrangle. Tours for larger groups at other times may be arranged by telephoning the Librarian's Secretary on Oxford (2)77165. Test file for material to come at the end of Notices. ------------------------------------------------------------ L E C T U R E S Notices of lectures, seminars, etc., which were received appear in the Special Lecture List (Supplement (1) to No. 4300). INAUGURAL LECTURE Professor of the History of Latin America professor alan s. knight, ba, d.phil., will deliver his inaugural lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 18 November, in the Examination Schools. Subject: `Latin America: what price the past?' WILDE LECTURES IN NATURAL AND COMPARATIVE RELIGION 1993--4 Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks nicholas wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, University of Yale, will deliver the Wilde Lectures at 5 p.m. on the following Tuesdays in the Examination Schools. 12 Oct.: `Setting the stage.' 19 Oct.: `Speaking is not revealing.' 26 Oct: `The many ways of speaking.' 2 Nov.: `On the nature of speaking.' 9 Nov.: `Could God speak?' 16 Nov.: `In defence of authorial interpretation.' 23 Nov.: `How to read and listen for what God says.' 30 Nov.: `The epistemology of believing that God speaks.' ALAN NICHOLS MEMORIAL LECTURE 1993 professor graham cherryman, University of Leicester, will deliver the Alan Nichols Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday, 11 November, in Lecture Theatre 2, the Academic Centre, the John Radcliffe Hospital. Subject: `Functional magnetic resonance imaging.' CHERWELL--SIMON MEMORIAL LECTURE 1994 professor robert schrieffer, Chief Scientist, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida, will deliver the 1994 Cherwell--Simon Memorial Lecture at 4.30 p.m. on Friday, 10 June, in Lecture Theatre A, the Zoology/Psychology Building, South Parks Road. Subject: `Conventional and exotic pairing in superconductors.' ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY Research Seminars The following research seminars will be held at 4.45 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Senior Common Room, the School of Geography. dr john walden and dr kevin white 12 Oct.: ` "It's in the sand": dune colour in the Namib Sand Sea.' professor ceri peach 19 Oct.: `Ethnic minority tenants and the right to buy.' g. parkhurst 26 Oct.: `Two decades of public transport initiatives in Sheffield: a perspective for monitoring the light rail alternative.' s. cairns 2 Nov.: `GIS and public transport planning: a useful combination?' e. newbold 9 Nov.: `The geography of poor relief in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Oxfordshire.' dr a. gurnell, Southampton 16 Nov.: `Understanding rivers---can GIS help?' s. schmitt 23 Nov.: `Herbivory and gap ecology in successional rain forest, Krakatau, Indonesia.' hu mengyu 30 Nov.: `Palaeo-environmental reconstruction of Huaibei Plain inferred from sediment cores.' CLINICAL MEDICINE The following evening lectures will be given as shown in Lecture Theatre 1, the Academic Block, the John Radcliffe Hospital. Convener: P. Foex, MA, D.Phil., Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics. Thursday, 23 November 6--7.30 dr c. glynn: `Retinal oximetry.' 7.30--8.30 dr m.j. halsey: `The debt of science to anaesthesia' (1993 Frederic Hewitt Lecture, RCA) Thursday, 2 December 6--7.30 dr j.w. sear: `Drugs in renal failure.' 7.30--8.30 dr m. cross: `Hyberbaric medicine.' Diabetes Research Laboratories: clinical endocrine and metabolic meetings The following meetings will take place at 12.45 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Committee Room, Green College. dr m.m. esiri 6 Oct.: `Plaque distribution in Alzheimer's disease.' dr k. jaochim 13 Oct.: `Biochemical aspects of Alzheimer's disease.' dr s. amiel, Guy's Hospital, London 20 Oct.: `Hypoglycaemia---the unacceptable condition of the DCCT.' dr j. wilding, Hammersmith Hospital, London 27 Oct.: `Amylin: physiology and pharmacology of a novel islet peptide.' professor sir philip randle 3 Nov.: `Amylin: an unprejudiced overview.' dr r. mayou 10 Nov.: `Modern behavioural treatment and methods in diabetes.' dr a. gray 17 Nov.: `IDDM: the health care costs in England.' dr o. boland 24 Nov.: `Diabetic complications: nature or nurture?' professor d. hand, Open University 1 Dec.: `Analysing long-term longitudinal data with missing values.' dr r. collins 8 Dec.: `Cholesterol lowering---is it worth it?' Clinical Neurosciences Lectures The following lectures will be given at 11.30 a.m. on Fridays in the Cairns Seminar Suite, the Radcliffe Infirmary. professor l. weiskrantz 15 Oct.: `Amnesic syndrome: memory without remembering.' dr m. hallett, Clinical Director, NINDS, USA 29 Oct.: `The neurophysiology of dystonia.' dr j.g. howe, Airedale General Hospital, West Yorkshire 12 Nov.: `The persistent vegetative state.' dr c.j. fowler, National Hospital, London 19 Nov.: `Uro-neurology: a new specialty.' dr t. betts, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham 17 Dec.: `Non-epileptic seizures.' CLINICAL MEDICINE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES professor m.g. deo, Director, Cancer Research Institute, Bombay, will present a research seminar at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 13 October, in the Lecture Room, the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology. Convener: H.Harris, D.Phil., DM. Subject: `Biology of tobacco-related oral cancer.' PHYSICAL SCIENCES professor p.w. anderson (Nobel Laureate), Princeton University, 1993 George Eastman Professor, will deliver a special lecture series at 4.15 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays in Michaelmas Term, in the Lindemann Lecture Theatre, the Clarendon Laboratory. The series will be continued in Trinity Term. Further details of this will be announced later. Subject: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new limitations, new concepts, new results with focus on High-Tc Superconductors.' Dyson Perrins Laboratory: colloquia The following lectures will be given at 4 p.m. on Thursdays in the Lecture Theatre, the Dyson Perrins Laboratory. Convener: J.E. Baldwin, MA, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry. dr j. sweeney, Bristol 14 Oct.: To be announced. dr w. kerr, Strathclyde 21 Oct.: `Formation of organocobalt complexes and their use in organic synthesis.' professor h. ila, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India 28 Oct.: To be announced. dr d. obrecht, Roche, Basle 4 Nov.: `Design, synthesis, and properties of novel building blocks for the stabilisation of specific peptide folds.' (1993 Roche Chemistry Lecture) dr m. bryce, Durham 11 Nov.: `Supramolecular redox systems based on functionalised tetrathiafulvalenes.' professor p. scudder, South Florida 18 Nov.: `Mechanistic organic chemistry: implications of expert systems and graph theory in teaching and research.' professor d. robins, Glasgow 25 Nov.: `Lysine biosynthesis---a good target for the development of new antibiotics?' dr i. fleming, Cambridge 2 Dec.: `Stereocontrol in organic synthesis using silicon compounds--- nonatic acid.' PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES professor a. claudio cuello, McGill University, Montreal, will present a research seminar at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday, 30 September, in the Main Lecture Theatre, the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology. Convener: G.G. Brownlee, MA, E.P. Abraham Professor of Chemical Pathology. Subject: `Towards trophic factor therapy in the central nervous system: lessons from forebrain cholinergic neurons.' COMPUTING LABORATORY Programming Research Group Topics in Computation The following seminars will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Computing Laboratory Lecture Theatre, Wolfson Building, Parks Road. All who are interested will be welcome. Enquiries should be addressed to Dr G.M. Reed, Computing Laboratory (telephone: Oxford (2)73857, e-mail: mike.reed@uk.ac.ox.comlab). dr j. reed 12 Oct.: `Portable parallel programs for scientific computations.' b. sufrin 19 Oct.: `How computers can help us to learn how to do proofs.' dr l. cherkasova, Hewlett Packard, USA 26 Oct.: `Net modelling of industrial size concurrent systems.' professor s. abramsky, Imperial College 2 Nov.: `Interaction categories.' dr i. stewart, University College, Swansea 9 Nov.: `Descriptive complexity theory.' dr job zwiers, Twente 16 Nov.: `Partial order based design of concurrent systems.' dr l. ong, Cambridge 23 Nov.: `(Intensional) full abstraction for PCF based on dialogue games and innocent strategies.' professor p. aczel, University of Manchester 30 Nov.: `Final universes of processes.' DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION Dinosaurs: how did they live? This event, on Saturday, 13 November, combines talks for adults with an activity day for children (aged 8--12). Cancer This day-school, on Saturday, 11 December, will examine all aspects of cancer, from its origin, epidemiology, to options for treatment and psychological aspects. Speakers include Sir Richard Doll. Further details of both of the above events may be obtained from the Biology Secretary, the Department for Continuing Education, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford (telephone: Oxford (2)70391/(2)70360). BRASENOSE COLLEGE Tanner Lecture on Human Values senatore francesco cossiga, dcl, President of Italy 1985--92, will deliver the Tanner Lecture for 1993 at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 28 October, in the Examination Schools. The lecture is open to all members of the University. Subject: `Law and culture in the Europe of the next millennium.' LINACRE COLLEGE Linacre Lectures 1993--4 Population and the environment The following lectures will be given at 5.30 p.m on Thursdays in Lecture Theatre A, the Zoology/Psychology Building, South Parks Road. Linacre College acknowledges the generosity of BP in making this lecture series possible. dr p. senanayake, Assistant General Secretary, International Planned Parenthood Federation 14 Oct.: `Women: the neglected factor in sustainable development.' professor r.b. heap, Cambridge and Edinburgh 21 Oct.: `Genetic engineering: progress, promises, and precepts.' dr m. feshbach, Georgetown University 11 Nov.: `Population, health, and environmental crises in the former USSR.' professor m. parry, IBM Director, Environmental Change Unit 25 Nov.: `Global warming and the world's population supporting capacity.' OXFORD ITALIAN ASSOCIATION Talks The following talks will be given at 8 p.m. on the days shown in the Pauling Centre, 58 Banbury Road. peter collett Tue. 19 Oct.: `Italian body language.' (With slides) simon maguire Wed. 3 Nov.: `Eighteenth-century Italian opera.' (With musical examples) christina roaf Wed. 1 Dec.: `600 years of Paolo and Francesca.' (With illustrations of Inferno V) Films The following Italian films will be shown at 8 p.m. on the following Thursdays in the Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington. 14 Oct.: Cadaveri Eccellenti (1976; with English subtitles) 11 Nov.: Il Caso Moro (1987; without subtitles) 9 Dec.: Cento Giorni a Palermo (late 1980s; without subtitles) Day-school A day-school on the subject `From commedia dell'arte to the art of comedy' will be held jointly by the association and the Department for Continuing Education, at Rewley House, Wellington Square, 9.30 a.m.--5.15 p.m. on Saturday, 11 December, to mark the bicentenary of the playwright Carlo Goldoni. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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). Ciba-Geigy Awards Applications are invited for the following awards by the Ciba-Geigy Fellowship Trust: Awards for Collaboration in Europe These are designed to encourage the development of co-operation between UK/Irish Universities and collaborating research groups in Continental European institutions in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical technology, chemical engineering, and biology. They will provide funds to cover the cost of short visits by members of either of the two research groups involved. Applications should be made by the heads of the UK/Irish group, who should be under 46 years of age. Awards will be for 1,500 per annum for two years, starting in the summer of 1994. Continental European Fellowship Awards These will be awarded to start from an agreed date during the academic year 1994--5. They will be available to lecturers, senior lecturers, or readers who hold teaching positions in UK or Irish universities and who wish to undertake research at an agreed continental European university or technological university. These posts should be held in the field of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical technology, chemical engineering and biology, particularly in its relation to chemistry. Awards are made for a period of four to twelve months and amount to 15,000 per annum plus travelling expenses. They are intended to supplement fellows' salaries for the period of tenure. As far as university procedures are concerned, the holding of any award will be subject to approval by the General Board in accordance with its guidelines for leave of academic staff. Inter alia, this will involve consideration of substitute teaching arrangements, which should be discussed in advance with the head of department. The closing date for applications for both awards is 1 November. Further details and application forms are obtainable from the Secretary, the Ciba-Geigy Fellowship Trust, Hulley Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 2NX (telephone: 0625 421933). OTHER GRANTS Grants administered by the General Board's Standing Committee for Research and Equipment 1 Non-Recurrent Equipment Grants The Research and Equipment Committee is responsible for administering the annual equipment grant received from the HEFCE. The major part of the equipment element of the grant is allocated to departments on a recurrent basis, so that there should be only a minimum of calls for non-recurrent grants. The remaining 20 per cent of the annual equipment grant is allocated on a competitive basis in the form of non-recurrent equipment grants. Priority for non-recurrent grants is given to those bodies which do not have a full recurrent equipment grant. In the case of such bodies, while preference is extended to applications for equipment of wide use, items for the sole use of an individual are considered on their merits in terms of the benefit accruing to the individual's teaching and research. Applications from non-departmentally organised subjects should be submitted via the faculty board chairman concerned. From 1993--4 the committee has made recurrent allocations to arts faculty boards to allow individual boards to determine their priorities for funding. Applications for computers and other IT equipment will be assessed by the faculty boards in consultation with the IT Committee, which has a responsibility to keep under review the IT strategies of faculties, departments, and other units. Bids from individuals should continue to be submitted to the Secretary of the Research and Equipment Committee, who will arrange for their assessment by the relevant body. In the case of departments which do have a recurrent equipment grant, non-recurrent grants are normally given for items of equipment the cost of which is substantial in relation to the department's recurrent allocation. Subject to this condition, some priority is given to applications seeking a contribution to the cost of a major piece of basic equipment which will be of wide use but which by its nature is unlikely to be provided by a research council or other outside body. Similar priority is given to applications for major pieces of equipment for research projects where such contributions perform a pump-priming role in obtaining funding from outside bodies. In both cases the committee normally expects a package deal to be proposed in which the department makes a significant contribution to the cost. Applications should be submitted by the head of department. Further details about the scheme and the committee's procedures are set out in the notes for applicants which are available from departmental administrators, faculty board secretaries, and also from the committee's secretary, Hazel Beckett, in the University Offices (telephone: (2)70148). Applicants should note the following: 1. The closing dates for equipment applications in 1993--4 are Monday, 4 October 1993 (Michaelmas Term), Monday, 10 January 1994 (Hilary Term), and Monday, 18 April 1994 (Trinity Term). 2. Applications for non-recurrent equipment grants are considered at the meeting taking place on Tuesday of week three in each term, and applications should be submitted by Monday of noughth week. 3. Applications should be made on an application form copies of which can be obtained from the secretary, together with notes for applicants. 2 The Special Research Grant Scheme The committee awards three types of research grants: (a) Pump-priming research grants---pump-priming research grants are intended to support promising new developments, particularly where support at an early stage can exercise a seed-corn function. They are chiefly made to enable researchers to carry out pilot work which an outside body would not and the department could not support and are intended as preambles to large outside grant applications. (b) Emergency research grants---the emergency scheme is intended to support promising research projects unexpectedly in serious difficulty, when a short-term grant can enable a project to go ahead or continue which might otherwise have to be seriously delayed or abandoned. (c) Special short-term dual-support research grants for the arts ---these grants are restricted to members of arts faculties whose research is not eligible for support from any of the research councils, including the ESRC, and consequently excludes subjects such as Economics, certain branches of Law and Social Studies, as well as Mathematics, Statistics, Geography, Anthropology and Scientific Archaeology. The dual-support grants are designed to support small-scale projects and pilot studies, which can be self-contained and need not necessarily be conceived as preludes to large outside grant applications. Under this scheme, the Research and Equipment Committee will normally meet 50 per cent of the salary costs of a postgraduate or postdoctoral research assistant for a maximum period of one year, together with support costs, subject to the other half of the costs being obtained from the British Academy. There is no application form for these grants but applicants should follow the notes of guidance, which set out the committee's guidelines and the information which should be included in applications for all three types of special research grant. The notes for applicants are available from departmental administrators, faculty board secretaries, and the committee's secretary Hazel Beckett in the University Offices. Four copies of each application should reach the committee's secretary in the University Offices by the closing date on the Monday of week four. The committee considers applications for special research grants at its meetings on Tuesday of week seven in each term. Only applications submitted by the head of department or (in non-departmentally organised subjects) the faculty board chairman concerned will be considered. Eligibility for special research grants is confined to established (permanent) members of the academic staff. The closing dates for research grant applications in 1993--4 are Monday, 1 November 1993 (Michaelmas Term), Monday, 7 February 1994 (Hilary Term), and Monday, 16 May 1994 (Trinity Term). 3 Bridging Support Scheme The General Board has provided the sum of c.66,000 in 1993--4 to fund the Bridging Support Scheme, a limited discretionary fund to finance the employment of member(s) of academic-related contract research staff in circumstances where there is a gap between research contracts and certain conditions are satisfied. The scheme is administered by the Research and Equipment Committee and has been endorsed by the Staff Committee and the Joint Consultative Committee with the Oxford AUT. The Bridging Support Scheme is intended to permit the employment, in certain circumstances, of academic-related research staff between fixed-term contracts, in order (a) to encourage the retention of experienced and skilled staff; and (b) to avoid the traumatic and disruptive break in employment and career which might otherwise be faced by such staff. It is emphasised that bridging finance is intended to be used solely to fund the salary costs of employing staff and does not extend to financing expenditure on equipment, consumables, etc., which remain the responsibilities of the department concerned. Further information about the Bridging Support Scheme is available from departmental administrators, faculty board secretaries, and the committee's secretary, Hazel Beckett, in the University Offices (telephone: (2)70148). Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships 1994--5 Fellowships are available for four graduate students, men or women, from the United Kingdom to spend the academic year 1994--5 studying in one of the faculties of Harvard. The value of each fellowship is $11,500 plus tuition and health service fees. The competition is open to British citizens at the time of application who are studying for a first or higher degree, have spent at least two of the last four years at a United Kingdom university, university college, or polytechnic, and will have graduated before taking up an award in September 1994, or are graduates employed in business, education, or government who graduated not earlier than June 1992 and wish to attend the Graduate Schools of Business Administration, Education, Public Administration, or Public Health. Details of the competition and application forms may be obtained from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70134). Exceptionally, requests for application forms, stating the university attended and date of graduation, may be made instead to the Secretary, the Frank Knox Fellowships, 16 Great College Street, London SW1P 3RX. Candidates from the University must submit their applications to the Head of their college not later than 25 October. Kennedy Scholarships 1994--5 Up to twelve Kennedy Scholarships tenable in 1994--5 for postgraduate study at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are offered by the Trustees of the Kennedy Memorial Trust. The scholarships cover tuition and health service fees, the cost of travel to and from the United States of America, and an allowance of $13,000. Applicants must be British citizens at the time of application, ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, who have spent at least two of the last five years at a university, university college, or polytechnic in the United Kingdom and will have graduated before taking up their scholarship. Details of the competition and application forms may be obtained from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70134). Requests for application forms, stating the university attended and date of graduation, may be made instead to the Secretary, Kennedy Memorial Trust, 16 Great College Street, London SW1P 3RX (telephone: 071-222 1151). Candidates from the University must submit their applications to the Head of their college not later than 27 October. University of Brussels Wiener--Anspach Awards 1994--5 The Trustees of the Wiener-Anspach Foundation, whose aim is to promote cultural relations between the University of Brussels and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, offer research fellowships in any subject, or postgraduate scholarships in law, economics, or political science, tenable in Brussels by graduates of Oxford or Cambridge universities (who need not have graduated at the time of application). Four awards are available to Oxford and Cambridge students for the academic year 1994--5. The scholarships are awarded for study leading to the postgraduate diploma in European Law or Economics or Political Science conferred by the Institute of European Studies of the University of Brussels. The value of the awards, whether fellowships or scholarships, will be 510,000 Belgian francs; fees are payable by the Foundation. Candidates must have a good knowledge of spoken and written French. The scholarships are of particular interest to students who wish to study the European Community. The EC institutions are situated near the Institute of European Studies, and students are able to use their research facilities and to meet prominent people within the commission. The institute also organises expeditions to the European Parliament and to the Court of Justice. Application forms and further information may be obtained from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70134). Applications must be submitted by 3 December. Anglo-Danish (London) Scholarships The Anglo-Danish Society invites applications from graduates or advanced students of either (a) British nationality for scholarships tenable at Copenhagen, Arhus or Odense Universities, or other approved institution; or (b) Danish nationality for scholarships tenable at universities in the United Kingdom, or other approved institution. The scholarships, which are intended only to be a supplement to students' own income, will run for a period of up to six months from the beginning of the next academic year, or such other date as might be approved. Each is valued at 150 per month, plus 85 towards travelling expenses. Study and residential arrangements are the responsibility of the student. Successful applicants will be required to submit a report on the work undertaken to the Society. Application forms are available from the Secretary of the Anglo-Danish Society, `Danewood', 4 Daleside, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 7JF (telephone: 0753 884846) until 31 December, and the closing date for acceptance of applications is 15 January 1994. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope or International Reply Coupon. Charterhouse European Bursaries Two Charterhouse European Bursaries will be available in 1994--5 for undergraduate or graduate students of the University of Oxford to undertake a period of study elsewhere in Europe. The bursaries are available for study in Economics, Management, Applied Mathematics in Industry, or Engineering and Technology. It is expected that the value of the bursaries will be approximately 2,100 for a full academic year although applications for a shorter period of study (with funding pro rata) may be considered. Bursaries may be held in conjuction with ERASMUS grants or grants from other educational bodies. The closing date for applications will be 15 January 1994. Further details and an application form are available from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. Oxford--Paris Programme Applications are invited from graduate students completing research degrees at Oxford University for bursaries to study at eligible institutions or universities in Paris in 1994--5. The value of the bursaries is expected to be 2,500 for a full academic year. Applications for shorter periods of study may also be considered, but in such cases the value of the award will be reduced. Candidates must be under 30 years of age and should normally be of British nationality. The programme is open to candidates from any academic discipline, although for some bursaries priority will be given to applicants in specific subject areas. Midland Bank bursaries are likely to be awarded to candidates whose research is in the field of economics, international relations, management studies, computing, or statistics. The Oxford Molecular Bursary is intended for research in chemistry, molecular biology, or materials science. For the Moulinex bursary preference will be given to students in engineering or business studies, although candidates from computing, applied mathematics, economics, modern languages, or robotics will also be considered. The closing date for applications will be 15 January 1994. Application forms and further details are available from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. Oxford Society Diamond Jubilee Bursary One bursary will be available in 1994--5 for an undergraduate or graduate student of the University to undertake a period of study elsewhere in Europe. The bursary may be held in any EC or EFTA country or in one of the countries of eastern or central Europe. It is available to support study in any subject except Economics, Management, Applied Mathematics in Industry, or Engineering and Technology (for which the Charterhouse European Bursaries are available: see above). The value of the bursary is expected to be 2,500 for the full academic year. Applications for shorter periods of study will be considered, although in such cases the value of the bursary will be reduced. The bursaries may be held in conjunction with ERASMUS grants or other partial awards. The closing date for applications will be 15 January 1994. An application form is available from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Applications are invited from current graduate students of the University for the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, tenable for study at the University of Pennsylvania for the 1994--5 academic year. It is expected that the value of the scholarship will be approximately 7,000. The scholarship may be held in any subject area available at the University of Pennsylvania. Further information is available in the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. Applications must be received by the International Office not later than 3 December 1993 and should include: (i) a brief statement of the applicant's academic career; (ii) a brief description of the work the applicant proposes to undertake and details of any contact he or she has already had with the University of Pennsylvania; (iii) a letter from the head or senior tutor of the applicant's college; (iv) the name of the applicant's supervisor. Tokyo Exchange Scheme Applications are invited from current graduate students who have good reason to wish to work at the University of Tokyo for one year. Two places, to be taken up sometime during the British academic year 1994--5, are expected to be available under the exchange scheme. Candidates should belong either to the faculties of Oriental Studies, Modern History, English, Literae Humaniores, Mathematical Sciences, Music, Social Studies, or Anthropology and Geography, or to one of the following departments: Plant Sciences, Physics (Clarendon Laboratory, Nuclear Physics, Theoretical Physics), Clinical Medicine, Zoology, Physiology, Materials, Social Anthropology, Computing Laboratory, Earth Sciences, Human Anatomy, Inorganic Chemistry, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physical Chemistry, Experimental Psychology, Theoretical Chemistry. The successful candidates will be nominated by the University of Tokyo for Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbusho) Scholarships, which would cover all travel, living, and educational expenses. It is unlikely that the scholarships would cover fees payable to the University of Oxford and candidates are strongly advised to check their continuing liability to pay Oxford University fees at an early stage. The University of Tokyo cannot guarantee that Monbusho Scholarships will be granted and candidates will therefore be advised to apply also to other sources, both British and Japanese, for financial support. Applications must be received by the International Officer, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later than Friday 26 November. There is no application form; candidates should submit (1) a curriculum vitae; (2) a statement of their knowledge (if any) of the Japanese language; (3) a description of the work they propose to undertake at the University of Tokyo; (4) a letter from the head or senior tutor of the applicant's college. UK Fulbright postgraduate travel and maintenance awards 1994--5 These awards cover travel and maintenance costs for British postgraduate students to spend nine months of advanced study in the United States. A number of travel-only awards will be available for those who have secured funding from other sources for tuition and maintenance. For details and application forms, send a stamped (36-pence) addressed envelope (9 by 13 inches) to the British Program Adminstrator, Fulbright Commission, 62 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS. No requests for application forms will be considered by the Fulbright Commission after 29 October and completed forms must be submitted by 5 November. Further details are available from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70134) Special awards in civil engineering for UK postgraduate students British students receiving a Fulbright travel and maintenance award who are members of the Institution of Civil Engineers will be considered for an additional award under the Institution of Civil Engineers Queen Jubilee Scholarship Trust (QUEST). This will be a special grant of 3,000 towards tuition costs at the US institution. For further information on the Institution of Civil Engineers, please contact John Sutherland, Deputy Director, Education Training and Membership, The Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA (telephone: 071-222 7722, fax: 071-233 3114). The Wharton School Fellowship A Wharton School UK Fellowship will be reserved each year for a Fulbright student who intends to study for an MBA degree at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The fellowship will cover the cost of one year's tuition. British-American Chamber of Commerce---Glaxo Fulbright Award and Theodor L. Mander Memorial Scholarship Glaxo Holdings, PLC, will sponsor one Fulbright Scholarship in Business Studies for one year. The award will enable a British Fulbright student to follow an MBA course in the US in 1994--5. An award in honour of the late Theodor L. Mander, CBE, will enable a British Fulbright student to follow an MBA course at a business school on the East Coast of the US in 1994--5. Both awards will cover transatlantic travel and maintenance costs for a twelve month period, together with a 500 allowance for travel in the US. The scholars will also be invited to participate in the Chamber's activities while in the US, and may have the opportunity to spend time attached to member companies to complement the studies being undertaken at the business school. Further details of all the above awards are available from the International Office, or from the Fulbright Commission. ------------------------------------------------------------- E X A M I N A T I O N S A N D B O A R D S APPOINTMENT OF EXAMINER PRO HAC VICE The Vice-Chancellor and Proctors have appointed s.e. dopson (b.sc. Leicester, m.sc. London), Research Fellow of Templeton College, as an examiner in the Qualifying Examination in Medical Sociology for medical students to be held in the Long Vacation 1993 pro hac vice (vice Mrs A.M. Coulter, resigned). BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Election of one ordinary member 29 July 1993 The following has been duly elected as an ordinary member, to hold office from the beginning of Michaelmas Term 1993 until the beginning of Michaelmas Term 1994: m.j. collins, ma, d.phil., Fellow of University College 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. CHANGES IN REGULATIONS With the approval of the General Board, the following changes in regulations made by boards of faculties will come into effect on 8 October. 1 Boards of the Faculties of Medieval and Modern Languages and Oriental Studies (a) Preliminary Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages With effect from 1 October 1993 (for first examination in 1994) In Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 78, after the decree establishing the Preliminary Examination in European and Middle Eastern Languages insert: `REGULATIONS There shall be two subjects in the examination. (1) Language papers in the European Language (one paper of three hours and two papers each of one-and-a-half hours). As specified for Papers I, IIA and IIB in the regulations for the Preliminary Examination for Modern Languages. (2) Language papers in the Middle Eastern Language Candidates will be required to offer two three-hour papers. Arabic (i) Texts (this paper will be divided into two separate parts (each of 1 1/2 hours), one for translation of passages from Selected Elementary Texts ed. Badawi and Jones (copies are available from the Oriental Institute), and the other for unseen translation. The use of dictionaries will be permitted for the part consisting of unseen translation). (ii) Prose composition and grammar. Hebrew (i) Biblical and Modern Texts (1 Kings 17--2 Kings 2; S.Y. Agnon Ha-mitpah.at in Sippurim ve-aggadot (Schocken). (ii) Grammar and translation into Hebrew (Biblical and Modern). Persian (i) Texts: (a) Selected Persian Texts, ed. Gurney and Meisami (copies are available from the Oriental Institute). (ii) Grammar and translation into Persian. Turkish (i) Prepared texts and unseen translation from Turkish. (This paper will be divided into two separate parts (each of 1 1/2 hours), one for translation of passages from Selected Elementary Turkish Texts, ed. Kerslake (copies available from the Oriental Institute), and the other for unseen translation from Turkish. The use of dictionaries will be permitted for the part consisting of unseen translation). (ii) Turkish grammar and translation into Turkish.' (b) Honour School of European and Middle Eastern Languages With effect from 1 October 1994 (for first examination in 1995) In Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 184, after the decree establishing the Honour School of European and Middle Eastern Languages insert: `(ii) REGULATIONS Candidates shall take one of the following courses. Course I: Candidates will be examined in accordance with the examination regulations set out below. Course II: Candidates will be examined in accordance with the examination regulations set out below. They will also be required to spend, after their matriculation, an academic year of approved residence in an appropriate country or countries, and to provide on their entry form for the examination a certificate that they have done this, signed by the Head or by a tutor of their society. Candidates will be expected to carry out during this year abroad such work as their society may require. During their year abroad candidates should fulfil such programmes of reading and written work in preparation for the examination for the honour school as their tutors may prescribe.* Examination regulations applying to both Courses I and II The papers and choices of options available to candidates for each of the two courses will be the same. Each candidate shall offer the prescribed papers from either List A or List B as provided below. Each candidate shall also offer the oral examination in the European language. Except in an Optional Subject or an alternative to an Optional Subject, a candidate shall offer one European language and its literature only. Any candidate may be examined viva voce. In every case where, under the regulations for the school, candidates have a choice between one or more papers or subject, every candidate shall give notice to the Registrar not later than Friday in the fourth week of the Michaelmas Full Term preceding the examination of all the papers and subjects being so offered. Candidates are warned that they must avoid duplicating in their answers to one part of the examination material that they have used in another part of the examination. Oral examination in the European language As specified for the Honour School of Modern Languages. List A: With the European Language as the first subject 1. Unprepared translation into the European language (one paper of three hours) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper I]. 2. Unprepared translation from the European language (two papers of one-and-a-half hours each) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper IIA (i) and Paper IIB (i)]. 3. An essay in the European language, on one of a choice of literary and other subjects (one paper of three hours) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper III]. 4. A period of literature of the European language (one paper of three hours) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper VI or VII or VIII]. 5,6. Two of the following papers in the European language: (i) Linguistic Studies I (one paper) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper IV]. (ii) Linguistic Studies II (one paper) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper V]. (iii) Early texts prescribed for study as examples of literature (one paper) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper IX]. (iv) Modern Prescribed Authors (i) (one paper) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper X]. (v) Modern Prescribed Authors (ii) (one paper) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper XI]. (vi) Either an Optional Subject [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper XII] or an extended essay on a topic in the European language or combining the European language and the Middle Eastern language (to be examined under the regulations for the Honour School of Modern Languages) or a special subject (to be examined under the regulations in the Honour School of Oriental Studies for the Middle Eastern language being offered in 7, 8, 9, 10). Arabic 7. Arabic prose composition. 8. Arabic unprepared translation. 9. Classical texts: the texts will be those specified for Arabic with Modern Middle Eastern Studies, Paper 3. 10. Modern texts: the texts will be those specified for Arabic and Modern Middle Eastern Studies, Paper 4. 11. Oral examination (as specified for the Honour School of Oriental Studies). Hebrew 7. Hebrew composition and unprepared translation. 8 & 9 two papers from the following: (i) Prepared texts I: Biblical texts: the texts will be those specified for Hebrew only, paper 2. (ii) Prepared texts II: the texts will be those specified for Hebrew only, paper 3. (a) Mishnaic and Medieval Hebrew texts: (iii) Prepared texts III: Modern Hebrew literature: the texts will be those specified for Hebrew only, paper 4. 10 General paper; language, history, religion, and culture. Persian 7. Persian prose composition and unprepared translation. 8. and 9. Two papers as prescribed for subsidiary Persian, papers 2 and 3. 10. General questions on one of the following periods of history: (a) the transition from Sassanian to Islamic Persia (up to the tenth century ad.). (b) The Safavids from 1501 to 1722. (c) The rise of the Qajars to the end of the Constitutional Revolution. (d) The Pahlavis from 1926 to 1979. 11. Oral examination (as specified for the Honour School of Oriental Studies). Turkish 7. Turkish prose composition and unprepared translation. 8. Prepared texts I: the texts will be those specified for subsidiary Turkish, paper 3(a). 9. Prepared texts II: four of the sets of texts prescribed for main Turkish, paper 4. 10. Ottoman and Modern Turkish history and culture. 11. Oral examination (as specified for the Honour School of Oriental Studies). List B: With the Middle Eastern Language as the first subject 1. Unprepared translation into the European language (one paper of three hours) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper I]. 2. Unprepared translation from the European language (two papers of one-and-a-half hours each) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper IIA (i) and Paper IIB (i)]. 3. A period of literature of the European language (one paper of three hours) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper VI or VII or VIII]. 4. One of the following papers in the European language: (i) Linguistic Studies I (one paper) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper IV]. (ii) Linguistic Studies II (one paper) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper V]. (iii) Early texts prescribed for study as examples of literature (one paper) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper IX]. (iv) Modern Prescribed Authors (i) (one paper) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper X]. (v) Modern Prescribed Authors (ii) (one paper) [Honour School of Modern Languages, Paper XI]. with Arabic 5. Arabic prose composition. 6. Arabic unprepared translation. 7. Qur'_an and Had_ith: the texts will be those specified for Arabic only, paper 4. 8. Classical texts: the texts will be those specified for Arabic only, paper 5 (a): classical texts. 9. Modern texts: the texts will be those specified for Arabic only, paper 5(b): modern texts. 10. A special subject, to be approved by the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies. 11. Oral examination (as specified for the Honour School of Oriental Studies). with Hebrew 5. Hebrew composition and unprepared translation. 6, 7 and 8: Prepared texts. 6. Prepared texts I: Biblical texts: the texts will be those specified for Hebrew only, paper 2. 7. Prepared texts II: Mishnaic and Medieval Hebrew texts: the texts will be those specified for Hebrew only, paper 3. 8. Prepared texts III: Modern Hebrew literature: the texts will be those specified for Hebrew only, paper 4. 9. General paper: language, history, religion, and culture. 10. Either a special subject or an extended essay, the subject of which must be approved by the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies. with Persian 5. Persian prose composition and unprepared translation. 6,7 and 8. Three papers from those listed under main Persian, papers 3, 4 and 5. 9. General questions on one of the following periods of history: (a) the transition from Sassanian to Islamic Persia (up to the tenth century ad.). (b) The Safavids from 1501 to 1722. (c) The rise of the Qajars to the end of the Constitutional Revolution. (d) The Pahlavis from 1926 to 1979. 10. Either a special subject or an extended essay, the subject of which must be approved by the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies. 11. Oral examination (as specified for the Honour School of Oriental Studies). with Turkish 5. Prose composition and unprepared translation. 6. Prepared texts I: the texts will be those specified for main Turkish, paper 2. 7. Prepared texts II: the texts will be those specified for main Turkish, paper 3. 8. Prepared texts III: the texts will be those specified for main Turkish, paper 4. 9. Ottoman and Modern Turkish history and culture. 10. Either a special subject or an extended essay, on a topic to be approved by the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies. 11. Oral examination (as specified for the Honour School of Oriental Studies).' (c) Pass School of European and Middle Eastern Languages With effect from 1 October 1994 (for first examination in 1995) In Examination Decrees, 1992, p. 185, before l. 1, following the decree establishing the Pass School of European and Middle Eastern Languages insert: `(ii) REGULATIONS Candidates shall offer one of the languages and its literature from those studied in the Honour School of Modern Languages and papers in either Arabic or Hebrew or Persian or Turkish. Candidates shall take the following papers: In the Modern Language (The numbering used is that in the Honour School of Modern Languages.) I IIA(i) IIB(i) One of VI, VII, VIII. The oral examination in the language. In Arabic or Hebrew or Persian or Turkish Candidates must offer three papers. The papers to be offered must be taken from those for the syllabus for the Final Honour School in the language concerned, the actual selection being subject to the approval of the faculty board. All applications for approval by the board must be sent to the Secretary of the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oriental Institute, on or before the Monday in the second week of the Michaelmas Full Term preceding the examination. All candidates must give notice, on their examination entry forms, of their choice of papers, to the Registrar on or before the Friday in the fourth week of the Michaelmas Full Term preceding the examination.' (2) Board of the Faculty of Modern History M.Phil. in European and British History With immediate effect In section 4 (ii) of the changes in regulations published in Gazette, Vol. 122, p. 1369 (16 July 1992), delete `1 October 1993' and substitute `1 October 1994'. degree of doctor of medicine The Board of the Faculty of Clinical Medicine has granted leave to a.h. davies, Magdalen, to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine. The evidence submitted by the candidate was entitled: `Haemodynamic and venous factors in femoro-distal bypass'. The Board of the Faculty of Clinical Medicine has granted leave to a. dornhorst, St Anne's, to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine. The evidence submitted by the candidate was entitled: `Gestational diabetes: a model of non-insulin dependent diabetes'. EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY The examiners appointed by the following faculty boards give notice of oral examination of their candidates as follows: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES s.j. hiscock, Worcester: `The physiology and biochemistry of the pollen stigma interaction in Brassica'. St Catherine's, Wednesday, 6 October, 10 a.m. Examiners: J. Heslop-Harrison, B.E. Juniper. s. plesner jensen, Lady Margaret Hall: `Ecology and behaviour of small mammals on expanded field margins'. Department of Zoology, Friday, 15 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: J.R. Flowerdew J.R. Clarke. CLINICAL MEDICINE j.l. potts, Brasenose: `Lipoprotein metabolism in human adipose tissue in vivo'. Department of Biochemistry, Wednesday, 29 September, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: P.C. Calder, P. Durrington. d.j.m. reynolds, Green College: `Functional anatomy and neuropharmacology of emesis'. Green College, Wednesday, 13 October, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: N.N. Osborne, J.F. Smyth. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE k.s. bennett, Christ Church: `Materials towards a critical edition of John Aubrey's Brief Lives'. St Cross Building, Thursday, 25 November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: J. Carey, J. Maule. d.e. biro, Pembroke: `The rhetoric of pain: literary and theoretical representations of bodily suffering'. Examination Schools, Monday, 27 September, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: S. Connor, R.J.C. Young. j. knowles, Wadham: `John Marston's Entertainment at Ashby: texts, contents, interpretations'. St Cross Building, Wednesday, 10 November, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: J. Carey, D. Lindley. a.g. martin, Merton: `George Herbert and sacred parody'. Merton, Friday, 15 October, 4.30 p.m. Examiners: J. Carey, H. Wilcox. r.j. von achen, Hertford: `Prosodic elements in Chaucer's early verse'. St Cross Building, Friday, 8 October, 2.30 p.m. Examiners: J.D. Burnley, D. Gray. LITERAE HUMANIORES i. clarke, Magdalen: `Studies in Hera's relation to marriage in Greek mythology and religion'. St Peter's, Tuesday, 28 September, 11 a.m. Examiners: J.P. Barron, R. Seaford. c. eilers, Brasenose: `Roman patrons of Greek cities in the late Republic and early Empire'. Somerville, Friday, 8 October, 4 p.m. Examiners: M.T. Griffin, S. Mitchell. j.n. pettitt, St Edmund Hall: `Metaphor, meaning, and truth: semantic and pragmatic aspects of the metaphorical function'. Corpus Christi, Monday, 27 September, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: M.K. Davies, D.E. Cooper. MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES f.s. garduno, Hertford: `Travelling waves in one-dimensional degenerate reaction-diffusion equations'. Mathematical Institute, Thursday, 30 September, 2 p.m. Examiners: V. Hutson, J. Sherratt. g.a. ngwa, St Catherine's: `The analysis of spatial and spatio-temporal patterns in models for morphogenesis'. Computing Laboratory, Thursday, 30 September, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: D. Mayers, N.A. Hill. MODERN HISTORY t. thornton, New College: `Political society in early Tudor Cheshire, 1480--1560'. Merton, Thursday, 21 October, 11 a.m. Examiners: E.W. Ives, S.J. Gunn. ORIENTAL STUDIES eiichi motono, St Antony's: `Chinese--British commercial conflicts in Shanghai, 1861--1902: a study of the struggle for the right of price decision'. Oriental Institute, Wednesday, 20 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: T. Hamashita, D.W. Faure. PHYSICAL SCIENCES h. dobbs, Wolfson: `Studies of non-uniform wetting films'. Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Tuesday, 28 September, 2 p.m. Examiners: A. Parry, J.S. Rowlinson. a. fernando, Wolfson: `Half-string oscillator approach to closed string field theory and superconformal minimal models on the torus'. Sub-department of Theoretical Physics, Saturday, 2 October, 10 a.m. Examiners: J. Bordes, J.E. Paton. c. hill, Queen's: `Synthesis of novel cluster compounds of palladium and platinum'. Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Wednesday, 6 October, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: P. Raithby, P.D. Beer. i.g. hughes, St John's: `Rydberg Wave Packets'. Clarendon Laboratory, Wednesday, 6 October, 11 a.m. Examiners: P.G.H. Sandars, A.I. Ferguson. d. jehan, Lincoln: `Magnetic structures in rare earth metals and superlattices'. St John's, Friday, 1 October, 11.30 a.m. Examiners: K.A. McEwen, W. Hayes. p. lyne, Wolfson: `Theoretical study of transition metal-ligand multiple bond complexes'. Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Wednesday, 29 September, 11 a.m. Examiners: J.C. Green, C. Housecroft. s.c. mayo, St Hugh's: `Structure and properties of non- linear optical materials'. Clarendon Laboratory, Thursday, 30 September, 11.15 a.m. Examiners: M.J.M. Leask, P.A. Thomas. jian-hua shyong, Linacre: `The relationship between microstructure and mechanical properties of particulate reinforced metal matrix composite'. Department of Materials, Tuesday, 12 October, 10.30 a.m. Examiners: S.G. Roberts, L.H. Edwards. g.p. stuttard, Queen's: `Studies of mixed uranium oxides'. Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Wednesday, 29 September, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: C. Greaves, M.J. Rosseinsky. d.g. weston, Merton: `Studies in molecular photodissociation'. Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Friday, 15 October, 9.30 a.m. Examiners: K.G. McKendrick, J.H.D. Eland. a.p.e. york, Balliol: `Methane conversion chemistry'. Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Tuesday, 28 September, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: R. Burch, P.D. Battle. PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES j.h.m. simon, Christ Church: `Cellular requirements for productive infection by HIV'. Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Monday, 27 September, 9.30 a.m. Examiners: S. Gordon, R.A. Weiss. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES s. o'mara, St Anne's: `Spatial representation in the primate hippocampus'. Department of Experimental Psychology, Tuesday, 5 October, 9 a.m. Examiners: J.P. Aggleton, D. Gaffan. SOCIAL STUDIES d.e. bubeck, St Anne's: `Women's work and women's exploitation'. Social Studies Faculty Centre, Monday, 27 September, 2 p.m. Examiners: R. Norman, E.J. Frazer. g. fiorentini, Linacre: `Electoral rules, pressure groups' activities, and economic policies'. Nuffield, Tuesday, 28 September, 10.30 a.m. Examiners: C.J.E. Bliss, B. Lockwood. b.t. halpin, Nuffield: `Life-history data and social mobility: analysing change in mobility during the work life'. Nuffield, Wednesday, 13 October, 2 p.m. Examiners: A.F. Heath, R.J. Breen. l.e. hill, University: `Adam Ferguson and spontaneous order: the paradox of progress and decline'. Nuffield, Friday, 24 September, 11 a.m. Examiners: D.L. Miller, G.W. Smith. THEOLOGY j.p.b. dobbs, Mansfield: `Authority and the early Quakers'. Theology Faculty Centre, Monday, 11 October, 9.30 a.m. Examiners: M. Mullett, N. Smith. r.n. fisher, Oriel: `The world and God: H.H. Farmer's theology of personal relationships'. Examination Schools, Saturday, 16 October, 10 a.m. Examiners: J. Hick, T.S.M. Williams. p.j. wilcox, St John's: `Restoration, reformation, and the progress of the kingdom of Christ: evangelisation in the thought and practice of John Calvin, 1555--64'. Examination Schools, Tuesday, 28 September, 2.15 p.m. Examiners: A. Ford, J.E. Platt. 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: ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY m. kaku, Green College: `Investigation of genetic affinities of human populations and effects of population subdivision using a- and b-globin haplotypes and minisatellite loci'. Institute of Biological Anthropology, Friday, 8 October, 11 a.m. Examiners: G.A. Harrison, E.J. Clegg. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 LINCOLN COLLEGE professor zanvil a. cohn, 28 June 1993; Newton--Abraham Visiting Professor 1987--8. judge henry havelock elam, August 1993; commoner 1922--5. Aged 89. max henry fisher, 1 September 1993; commoner 1946--9. Aged 71. donald sherwood mctavish, 24 March 1993; commoner 1934--6. Aged 82. john frank reynolds, 17 January 1993; commoner 1948--51. Aged 62. MERTON COLLEGE donald philip abraham, 27 March 1993; exhibitioner 1937--40. Aged 72. john adlard, 15 January 1993; Postmaster 1949--54. Aged 64. ronald henry braime, 28 February 1993; commoner 1922--6. Aged 89. arthur john carpenter, 18 July 1993; exhibitioner 1926--9. Aged 85. christopher nigel collingwood, 4 April 1993; commoner 1946--50. Aged 67. peter bernard field, 6 May 1993; commoner 1956--9. Aged 57. francis calder (henry) ford-robertson, obe, ma (by decree, 1954), 6 July 1993. Aged 92. arnold john foster, 15 September 1992; commoner 1946--7 and 1957- -8. Aged 67. ian graham gass, 8 October 1992; commoner 1943. Aged 66. michael green, 8 October 1992; Harmsworth Senior Scholar 1958--9, Junior Research Fellow 1959--63. Aged 58. peter charles hoy, 16 July 1993; Fellow and Tutor from 1967. Aged 59. george hampden stanley mills, February 1993; commoner 1948--9. Aged 70. john vincent rowe, 28 June 1993; commner 1931--4. Aged 80. the revd canon cyril albert witcomb, 12 January 1993; commoner 1935--8. Aged 78. ST ANNE'S COLLEGE petronell jarvis (nee Goodway), 17 May 1993; commoner 1944--7. Aged 76. ST EDMUND HALL george soper cansdale, ba, b.sc., August 1993; commoner 1929--32. Aged 83. aidan cadman corlett, ma, 3 September 1993; commoner 1922--6. Aged 90. harold meltzer, ma, 19 August 1993; commoner 1948--50. Aged 74. ST HUGH'S COLLEGE patricia cowperthwaite (nee Stockdale), ma, 5 June 1993; commoner 1938--41. Aged 72. nan aston donne (nee Keys), ba, 27 July 1993; commoner 1923--6. Aged 89. greta maude james (nee Seeviour), b.litt., ma (ma Cambridge), 10 September 1993; 1951--3. Aged 83. millicent hope mansell, ma, 25 February 1992; commoner 1921--4. Aged 90. mary dorothea oakley (nee Holmes), ba, 9 March 1992; commoner 1920--4. Aged 91. hilda mary taylor, ma, 1993; commoner 1930--3. Aged 82. SOMERVILLE COLLEGE mary fleeting (nee Newham), 27 February 1992; scholar 1949. Aged 64. judith c. matthewman (nee Ward), ba, 17 June 1993; commoner 1957- -60. elizabeth paterson (nee Carruthers), 22 March 1993; scholar 1928. Aged 84. kathleen taylor (nee Byass), 29 April 1993; commoner 1917. Aged 94. SOMERVILLE COLLEGE, ST HILDA'S COLLEGE, AND LADY MARGARET HALL eva maria sybil wolfram (nee Friedlander), ma, d.phil., 26 July 1993; Exhibitioner, Somerville College, 1949--52; Lecturer in Philosophy, St Hilda's College, 1958--64; University Lecturer from 1960; Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Lady Margaret Hall, 1964--86; Visiting Professor, Marquette University, USA, 1989; Fellow, American Anthropology Association; Fellow, American Society of Applied Anthropology; Member, Association of Social Anthropology of the Commonwealth. Aged 62. ELECTIONS ALL SOULS COLLEGE Visiting Fellowships The following will be in residence for Michaelmas Term 1993 as Visiting Fellows at All Souls College: professor neil adkin, University of Nebraska--Lincoln professor jonathan dancy, Keele University professor paul david, Stanford University professor svetozar koljevic, University of Novi Sad professor david moss, Griffith University professor bruce redford, University of Chicago professor giovanni toniolo, University of Venice professor roberto vivarelli, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa professor dr ulrich wengenroth, Technische Universitat, Munich ST HUGH'S COLLEGE To a Special Graduate Scholarship: ralph conrad loader (b.sc. Canterbury, New Zealand) WOLFSON COLLEGE Dr Donald Broadbent A celebration of the life of donald eric broadbent, cbe, frs, d.sc., will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, 27 September, in the Hall, Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford (to be followed by tea). Those wishing to attend should contact the College Secretary (telephone: Oxford (2)74103). NOTICEs CORPUS CHRISTI AND ST JOHN'S COLLEGES Tutorial Fellowship in Law Corpus Christi and St John's Colleges wish to appoint a suitable person to a tutorial post in law, with effect from 1 October 1994. The person appointed will be an Official Fellow and Tutor in Law of Corpus Christi College, and a Lecturer in Law of St John's College. The postholder will also have the university title of supernumerary CUF Lecturer and all the obligations of a CUF lecturer. The salary will be on the joint university/college scale for CUF lecturers. The colleges are equal opportunity employers, and in the case of applicants whose academic careers have been interrupted, this fact will be taken into account. Further particulars and application forms can be obtained from the College Administrator, Corpus Christi College, Oxford OX1 4JF, to whom applications (together with the names of three referees) must be sent in order to arrive by 12 November. It is the candidate's responsibility to ask three referees to send references direct to the College Administrator to be received by that date. JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD Visiting Senior Research Fellowship 1994--5 The college proposes to elect a distinguished visitor to a Visiting Senior Research Fellowship during the academic year 1994--5. The fellowship is intended for a scholar who normally works outside Oxford, who is already provided with financial support, and who wishes to pursue academic study and research as a member of an Oxford college. The college has a preference for applicants able to visit for the whole academic year, but, in any event, no election will be made for less than one term. The fellow will be a member of the senior common room and will have dining and lunching rights. The college has a preference, in 1994--5, for a scholar in the sciences. Applicants should write to the Principal's Secretary, Jesus College, Oxford OX1 3DW, not later than 1 November, enclosing a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a brief statement of the programme of work to be pursued, and the names of three referees (one of whom should, preferably, be from within Oxford University). It is the responsibility of applicants to ask their referees to send their references direct to the Principal's Secretary by the same date. KEBLE COLLEGE Education Fellowships 1993--4 Keble College invites applications from seconded teachers (including teachers of school-age pupils in colleges of further education and equivalent institutions) for two Education Fellowships, each tenable for four weeks between 27 June and 31 July 1994. Further particulars may be obtained from the Warden's Secretary, Keble College, Oxford OX1 3PG. The closing date is Friday, 15 October. MAGDALEN COLLEGE Lecturership in Philosophy 1993--4 Magdalen College wishes to elect a Lecturer I in Philosophy for the academic year 1993--4. The lecturer will be required to teach for up to six hours per week in full term. He or she will receive a retainer of up to u264 per term, plus payment at Senior Tutors' Committee rates for all teaching undertaken, and will be entitled to partake of the common college lunch or dinner free of charge on sixteen occasions during full term. The lecturer must be able to teach at least two of the following subjects: Mill for PPE Prelims; Descartes for PPE Prelims; History of Philosophy (Descartes to Kant) for all Philosophy Finals; Moral and Political Philosophy for Finals. Ability to teach either Philosophy of Mind or Logic for Prelims, or Plato's Protagoras for Classics Mods would also be useful. Applications, with a curriculum vitae and the names and addresses of two referees, should be sent to Dr E.M. Fricker, Magdalen College, Oxford, to arrive by Monday, 27 September. Candidates should also the mselves request their referees to write by that date. 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. ST JOHN'S COLLEGE Stipendiary Lecturership in Economics Applications are invited from suitably-qualified men and women for a College Stipendiary Lecturership in Economics. The appointment will be effective as soon as possible, and will terminate on 30 September 1996. It requires six hours' teaching a week; there is no restriction on research interests, and in appropriate circumstances this post could be held in conjunction with a half-time research officership at the Centre for African Economies in the Institute of Economics and Statistics. The salary for the college lecturership will be on a scale of u6,800 (at age twenty-six) to u7,898, together with certain benefits and allowances; and the salary for the half-time research officership will be on the scale u6,800-- u13,401. Applications, with details of career and publications, and the names of three referees, should be sent to the College Secretary, St John's College, Oxford OX1 3JP, from whom further particulars may be obtained. The closing date for applications is 15 October. ST PETER'S COLLEGE Democracy 2500: Fellowship in Aegean Studies Applications are invited from graduates under the age of thirty-five for this Junior Research Fellowship, tenable for two years from January 1994, with the possiblity of renewal to 30 September 1996. Further particulars may be obtained from the College Secretary, St Peter's College, Oxford OX1 2DL, to whom applications should be sent by 30 September. WOLFSON COLLEGE Dr Donald Broadbent A celebration of the life of donald eric broadbent, cbe, frs, d.sc., will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, 27 September, in the Hall, Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford (to be followed by tea). Those wishing to attend should contact the College Secretary (telephone: Oxford (2)74103). ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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. VAT) per insertion of one advertisement; placings of four or more insertions of one advertisement are allowed a discount of 25 per cent. Full payment, less the discount where applicable, must accompany the copy. Cheques should be made payable to the Oxford University Press. 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Call in at the Club Room at 13 Norham Gardens any Wednesday morning during term and find out about this term's programme of events. Guesthouse for academics---Hong Kong The Robert Black College of the University of Hong Kong, primarily a guesthouse for academic visitors from overseas, has just celebrated its Silver Jubilee. Academic and equivalent staff from Oxford University are welcome to stay in the college when they visit or pass through Hong Kong. The general standard of the guest rooms and facilities is comparable to that in a small hotel. The daily rent inc. of breakfast and service charge ranges from HK$370 (31.51) for a single room to HK$580 (49.40) for the largest suite. Robert Black College, University Drive, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Tel.: 852 5493719, fax: 852 5594528. 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 Meissner, 8 Park Town, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 52595. Latin. Enthusiastic visiting tutor with excellent success record takes students of any age for GCSE, Common Entrance, A level, and non-exam courses. Programmes are individually planned to avoid superfluous drudgery. Tel.: 0993 811783. Retail Services Antiquarian books. Constantly changing stock, inc. English literature and history, theology, plays and pamphlets 1500--1900. Visitors welcome without obligation: prior phone call recommended. Regular catalogues issued---ask for a copy. Collections and single items purchased---best prices paid. Valuations for probate and insurance. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Robert Clark Fine Books, 6a King Street, Jericho, Oxford OX2 6DF (behind Walton Street between OUP and Phoenix Cinema). Tel. and fax: Oxford 52154. 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. Gardening/landscaping service: lawn-mowing, hedge-cutting, fencing, turfing, patios, driveways, or just maintenance. For a personal, friendly, service, call Nick Macefield. Tel.: Witney 774096. Furniture restoration: all aspects of furniture restoration, cabinet-making, carving, chair repairs, traditional upholstery, re-caning, and rush seating can be attended to by Brazier's of Oxford. Panelling, bookcases, and individual joinery designs also undertaken. Brazier's of Oxford, 57 High Street, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 246574. Counselling: qualified, experienced counsellor and psychotherapist (trained Reading University, Tavistock Clinic), Jungian approach, now has additional vacancies. Toni Unwin, BA, Dip. Counselling (Reading). Tel.: Oxford 790938. `Moments in time that last for ever'---whether you're coming up or going down, Tina Hadley Photography can capture these special moments in distinctive portraiture, either at her new studio set in a 16th-c. country house, or at a location of your choice. Tina Hadley Photography (ABIPP, ARPS), College Farm House Studio, School Lane, Oakley, Bucks. HP18 9PU. Tel.: 0844 237525, fax: 0844 238694. 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. Domestic Services Guardian sought: locally-based family is sought as guardians for 13-year-old Chinese schoolboy. Reimbursement of expenses and general consideration offered in return for caring guardianship. Enquiries direct to housemaster: Revd David Wippell, Segar's House, St Edward's School, Oxford OX2 7NN. Tel.: Oxford 319252. Children's French Circle: children 4--8 years at Stepping Stones. Mondays 3.45--4.45 p.m. For details, telephone Mrs Annemarie Hamilton. Tel.: Oxford 717139. Stepping Stones children's nursery (open 8.30 a.m.--5.30 p.m. Mon.--Fri., throughout the year). A delightful nursery situated 5 minutes from the city centre, offering a variety of pre-school activities (including music and French). Qualified infant teachers. Mrs A. Hamilton. Tel.: Oxford 717139. 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. The Oxford Montessori Nursery (Wolvercote and Old Headington): inspiring environment for 2--5-year-olds; 1/5 ratio; hot meals; beautiful locations; languages; dance, drama, and music. Telephone for student discounts, appointment, or prospectus. Tel.: Oxford 63788. Au pair girl (18--24) sought immediately for very pleasant family in Hamburg (Germany); 2 children: boy (3) and girl (1); very central location just of river Alster; garden, balcony; usual pay, usual conditions. Please contact (in English if preferred): C. and M. von Lenthe, Jungfrauenthal 6, D--20149 Hamburg. Tel.: 010 49 40 472833. Nanny share available in east Oxford. We are looking for a child between 18 months and 3 years to share our nanny with our daughter Rosie. Kate Jury. Tel.: Oxford 201882. Qualified nanny, NNEB, experienced in caring for babies, toddlers, and older children, looking for a family requiring child-care to fit in with present situation of 3 years caring for a child who now attends nursery school. Full- or part- time considered. Convenient and attractive city centre location. Tel.: Oxford 244770. Situations Vacant Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board: applications are invited for the post of Assistant to the Secretaries in the Oxford office of the board, which is a partner in the Midland Examining Group. Duties will primarily be concerned with the administration of the GCSE examinations in French, French Studies, and the suite of Classics syllabuses which the board conducts on behalf of MEG, as well as committee work and general examination and office administration. Additionally the successful applicant could undertake responsibility for an A level subject, according to his/her specific expertise, in the humanities field. An English specialist would be particularly welcome. Applicants should hold a university degree and should have teaching, examining, and/or administrative experience. Salary will be in accordance with grade 2 of the University of Oxford scales for academic-related staff (15,796-- 20,442), depending on age and experience. The successful applicant will be required to begin on 1 Jan. 1994. Further particulars are available from the Secretary (s.a.e. please), to whom letters of application (no forms) with c.v. (inc. present salary) and names and addresses of 2 referees should be sent by 30 Sept. Envelopes should be marked `Confidential (Secretary)'. Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board, Elsfield Way, Oxford OX2 8EP. Treasurer and office volunteer needed. The Thembisa Trust, a registered charity supporting grass-roots development projects in South Africa, needs 2 volunteers (treasurer and office helper) to help in its east Oxford office, 4 hours p.w. Those interested should telephone Michelle. Tel.: Oxford 794004. Publishing representative required for Oxfordshire area to sell poetry, fiction, plays, music, and videos from well-known publishing houses directly to schools. Applicants must be well educated, have a passionate interest in literature, and lots of sales ability. This position is ideal for a parent seeking employment compatible with school hours. Own transport and telephone essential. Apply JMS Books, Hillside Farmhouse, Sissinghurst, Kent. Tel.: 0580 713915. 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. West Oxford: 4-bedroom detached house with bathroom, cloakroom, en-suite shower-room; fitted kitchen with washing-machine, dish- washer; telephone, TV, video, linen, dishes; front and rear secluded garden; garage and private drive for 2 cars; fully furnished. Available now for at least a year. Suitable for visiting academic family. 700 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 725030. Cotswold village, 20 minutes from Oxford by train: converted stable to let furnished for 1 year from Oct.; 2 beds, all mod. cons., quiet. 500 p.c.m. Carole Angier, 13 High Street, Ascott-u-Wychwood, Oxon. OX7 6AW. Tel.: 0993 830725, fax: 0993 831693. Headington, Oxford: fully-furnished, c.h., detached house; 3 bedrooms, study, lounge, kitchen, bathroom; garage; pleasant rear garden. Available 1 Sept. 680 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 61694. Boar's Hill: charming 2-bed cottage, with beautiful view; suit non-smoking postgraduate or professional person; gas c.h., washing-machine, car-space, small garden. Regret no children or pets. Available first week of Oct. 1993 to first week of June 1994. 450 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 735338. Central Oxford, within short walk of city centre, small Regency town house; 2 bedrooms, fully equipped; washing-machine and dryer. Available now. 700 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 311427. Mature professional or couple sought for fully furnished and equipped cottage near Oxford. Flexible 4--6 months. Tel.: Oxford 249340. Harcourt Hill: large family house, 1 miles west of Oxford with views of city spires; 4 bedrooms, study, large fully- equipped kitchen, large garden; near schools and access to leisure facilities. Suit academic family. Available 2 Jan.--end of Sept. 1994. 800 p.c.m. (inc. council tax and gardener, but not services). Tel.: Oxford 243725. Wolvercote, Oxford: immaculate 2/3-bedroom semi-detached house; c.h., bathroom, and en-suite shower; fully furnished; pleasant garden front and back; quiet area, private parking, and adjacent to Port Meadow. Regular (15-minute) bus service to centre. No pets. Long lease preferred. From Sept., 640 p.c.m. Mrs Madden. Tel.: Oxford 511862. Lent term 1994---house let: don's house available Jan.--mid-Mar. Dates flexible. Quiet street near Summertown shops and bus; 1 miles from centre; large kitchen-diner, lounge, 2 bedrooms (third locked); all gadgets. 140 p.w., inc. gas c.h. and electricity. Tel.: Oxford 52571. Old Boar's Hill: secluded country cottage, just 4 miles from Oxford; fully furnished and equipped; delightful, quiet setting at the end of a country lane. Ideal for short sabbatical stays. 650 p.c.m. Telephone K. Solomon in Italy. Tel.: 010 39 444 324729. Conveniently situated 2-bedroom terrace house, gas c.h., small garden; fully furnished; handy to university departments and colleges, city centre, riverside walks. Tel.: 0395 443432 (or, from approx. 4 October, 0203 677304). Coach house to let, central Headington: recently converted, comprising large open-plan living area and studio bedroom; well- appointed kitchen with breakfast bar, washing-machine, and fridge; bathroom with shower and separate w.c. Spacious accommodation, would suit quiet, house-proud person/couple. Rent 500 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 61248. Tiny but attractive cottage, furnished and fully equipped, in Iffley Village, 2 miles from Oxford, close to bus route; ideal for one, possible for married couple. 400 p.c.m. plus own metered gas, electricity, and telephone. Tel.: Oxford 779263. Good 3-bedroom house to let in Great Milton from early Oct. Suit, quiet, responsible tenants. Car essential. References please. Tel.: 0844 279202 (after 5 p.m.). Flats to Let Central North Oxford, 10 minutes from city centre: exceptionally well-furnished flats in quiet, civilised family house: (1)---from Oct.: large double bedroom, single bedroom, drawing-room, kitchen, bathroom; (2)---from Sept.: large double bedroom, drawing-room, kitchen, bathroom. Off-street parking, garden. Regret no children or pets. Tel.: Oxford 52400. Luxury one double-bedroom furnished flat in central North Oxford, available from 1 Oct., rent 500 p.c.m. (i.e. 60 p.w. for 2 people sharing). Tel.: Oxford 319257. Studio flat to let at Cumnor, near Oxford: self-contained, with bedsitting-room, bathroom, and kitchenette; telephone, TV, parking. Non-smoker preferred. 350 p.c.m. inc. (except telephone). Tel.: Oxford 864213. Attractive 2-bedroom flat, kitchen, bathroom, in period house in village close to Oxford. Top floor, with fine views. Available immediately for next academic year or shorter/longer period by agreement. 400 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 373794. Private self-contained flatlet, 12 miles SE of Oxford: sitting/bedroom; fitted kitchen; bathroom with w.c., constant hot water; enclosed parking; use of telephone and washing-machine, and riverside garden. Non-smokers only. 270 p.c.m. plus metered electricity. Tel.: 0491 838274. Very attractive 1-bedroom flat, self-contained and fully furnished; sitting-room, bathroom with shower and w.c. combined, kitchen, breakfast-room with french windows leading to own private garden; hot water, c.h., lighting inclusive. Half-hour from Oxford. Suitable for single postgraduate student. Tel.: 0608 642 637. Basement flat to let in central Oxford (Walton Street): available 1 Oct. for min. of 6 months; 2 rooms, shower/w.c., galley kitchen. 365 p.c.m. exc. of bills. Contact the Acting Assistant Bursar, Worcester College. Tel.: Oxford 278337. Accommodation Offered Bed-and-breakfast available in very quiet, select, tree-shaded area of central North Oxford, within easy reach of town centre, all main university buildings, parks, and river. Very moderate terms. Tel.: Oxford 57879. Self-contained flatlet in family house; quiet village, Witney 1 miles, Oxford 12 miles; own entrance, study bedroom, kitchen, shower, and w.c.; share telephone, washing-machine, etc. 225 p.c.m., plus bills. Tel.: 0993 772403. Cottage to share in Eynsham; c.h. and all mod. cons.; excellent bus service to Oxford. Female preferred. 50 p.w. Tel.: Oxford 881607 (evenings). We can offer a lovely, rent-free room and bathroom (plus a little cash) if you are totally dependable, female, and your study programme (probably postgraduate) is such that you can offer us some flexible help. Tel.: Oxford 53321. Room available in spacious house to share with one other professional person. Situated in Iffley Fields, the house has a quiet, friendly atmosphere. Rent 275 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 721444. 16th-c. thatched cottage, Cotswolds, near Bibury, dreamily beautiful, overlooking river Coln; 2 bedrooms, study, drawing-room, garden, plus occasional weekends in luxurious London flat, St John's Wood, for visiting sabbatical scholar and wife. Tel.: 071-266 2210. Accommodation Sought Thinking of letting? QB Management have a variety of tenants, mainly academic or professional, looking for a variety of properties right now. Contact us without obligation, for details of our Letting and Management Services and we will tailor our service to your requirement. Tel.: Oxford 64533, or fax: 64777. Italian girl, 17, seeks accommodation with British family for some weeks during July and (especially) Aug. 1994. She is a daughter of academic parents, has good English, and would be happy to nanny or baby-sit. Please contact C. Pelling, University College. Tel.: Oxford (2)76655 or 862673. Faculty Exchange Loyola Marymount University, located in the Marina Del Rey area on the west side of Los Angeles: political scientist seeks exchange of house/apartment and teaching duties for either Fall 1994 or Spring 1995 academic terms. My areas of expertise inc. American Government, the US Presidency, Political Leadership, and US Foreign Policy. Teaching areas for Oxford faculty exchange lecturer are open and flexible. Michael A. Genovese, Department of Political Science, Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Blvd., and West 80th Street, Los Angeles, California 90045, USA. Tel.: 310 338 7379, fax: 310 338 2704. Accommodation Exchange London/Oxford exchange: 3-bed flat---one en-suite---with kitchen and large lounge in a nice Victorian house, Queen's Park area, London NW6, for 3-bed house in Oxford (preferably North or central/North area), for at least one year. Reference required. Tel.: Oxford (2)70275, or 081-969 8830. Houses for Sale Stone cottage at Tackley, near Woodstock, only 11 minutes by train from Oxford: 3 bedrooms (one 19ft 11ins by 9ft 5ins), living room (18 by 13 ft), gas c.h., garage, attractive garden, south-facing, permission for loft extension. In good condition, no chain, popular village. Offers in the region of 85,000 (low price for a quick sale). Tel.: Tackley 220 (after 7 p.m.). The Plain, within 2 minutes' walk from Magdalen Bridge: attractive turn-of-the-century end-of-terrace house; 2 bedrooms, upstairs bathroom, 2 reception rooms, kitchen opening onto sunny, secluded rear garden, small front garden. Newly rewired, reroofed, redecorated; gas c.h. 85,000. Tel.: Oxford 515994 (after 7 p.m.). For Sale Fazer piano: upright, approx. 15 years old; reliable instrument; good condition. 575 o.n.o. Tel.: Oxford 56892. ---------------------------------------------------------------- D I A R Y Forthcoming university events are listed only if they are, or have been, separately announced in the Gazette. Faculty and departmental lectures and seminars, and events announced by advertisement, are excluded. Academic Staff Seminars (Academic Staff Development Committee): places should be booked in advance through the committee secretary, Dr Sue Gill, University Offices, Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70245). Under `Contents': Supplement included in this issue: Pages (1) to 4298: Training Courses 0000--0000 This issue also includes an index to the Gazette for 1992--3. In box at foot of left-hand column: CONGREGATION Discussion of Vice-Chancellor's Oration and Annual Report, Tuesday, 2 November, at 2 p.m. in the Sheldonian Theatre There will be a discussion of the Oration to be delivered on 5 October by the retiring Vice-Chancellor, and of the Annual Report of the University for 1992--3, both of which will shortly be published as a Supplement to the Gazette. Saturday 25 September nina bawden speaks at Somerville College Literary Luncheon, in aid of College Appeal (tickets, 25, from Appeal Office, Somerville). Monday 27 September congregation elections, 14 October: nominations by two members of Congregation to be received at the University Offices by 4 p.m. Tuesday 28 September dr graham richards: `How to design really useful molecules' (Oxford Innovation Society talk), Department of Nuclear Physics, 6 p.m. (admission by ticket only, from Isis Innovation: (2)72411). Wednesday 29 September academic staff seminar: `Dealing with the media I', 9.30 a.m.--1 p.m. (see information above). Thursday 30 September academic staff seminar: `Dealing with the media II', 9.30 a.m.--1 p.m. (see information above). Friday 1 October michaelmas term begins. Saturday 2 October degree conferments (Westminster College and other non- matriculated candidates), Sheldonian, 12 noon. Monday 4 October academic staff seminar: induction session, 9.30 a.m.--2 p.m. (see information above). congregation elections, 14 October: nominations by six members of Congregation to be received at the University Offices by 4 p.m. social studies Faculty Board election, 28 October (one ordinary member): nominations by two electors to be received at the University Offices by 4 p.m. Tuesday 5 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). congregation meeting, 12 noon (retiring Vice-Chancellor's Oration and admission of next Vice-Chancellor). academic staff seminar: `Presentational skills', 9.30 a.m.--1 p.m., repeated 2--5.30 p.m. (see information above). Wednesday 6 October academic staff seminar: `Presentational skills', 2--5.30 p.m. (see information above). Thursday 7 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). Friday 8 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). Sunday 10 October full term begins. Monday 11 October professor m. parry: `A perspective on climate change' (Environmental Change Unit Seminar), main lecture room, School of Geography, 2--3.30 p.m. professor p.w. anderson: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new limitations, new concepts, new results with a focus on High-Tc Superconductors' (special lecture series), Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 4.15 p.m. (also tomorrow, at same time). Tuesday 12 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). congregation meeting, 2 p.m. professor n. wolterstorff: `Setting the stage' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. Wednesday 13 October academic staff seminar: `Tutorial teaching: an introduction', 9.30 a.m.--1 p.m. (see information above). Thursday 14 October christ church Picture Gallery exhibition opens: `Drawings for transfer: fifteenth--seventeenth-century working drawings' (until 14 January). bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). dr p. senanayake: `Women: the neglected factor in sustainable development' (Linacre Lectures: `Population and the environment'), Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology Building, South Parks Road, 5.30 p.m. Friday 15 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). Monday 18 October dr s. o'hara: `Historical land degradation and agricultural practices in Mexico' (Environmental Change Unit Seminar), main lecture room, School of Geography, 2--3.30 p.m. professor p.w. anderson: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new limitations, new concepts, new results with a focus on High-Tc Superconductors' (special lecture series), Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 4.15 p.m. (also tomorrow, at same time). Tuesday 19 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). congregation meeting, 2 p.m. social studies Faculty Board election, 28 October (one ordinary member): nominations by six electors to be received at the University Offices by 4 p.m. professor n. wolterstorff: `Speaking is not revealing' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. Wednesday 20 October professor j.w. o'malley: `Whatever happened to the Counter- Reformation? Fifty years of interpretation' (first of six Martin D'Arcy Lectures), Campion Hall, 5 p.m. Thursday 21 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). professor r.b. heap: `Genetic engineering: progress, promises, and precepts' (Linacre Lectures: `Population and the environment'), Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology Building, South Parks Road, 5.30 p.m. professor w.p. wiseman: `The origins of Roman historiography' (Ronald Syme Lecture), the Hall, Wolfson, 6 p.m. Friday 22 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). Saturday 23 October degree conferments, Sheldonian, 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. bate collection: Friends of the Bate Collection evening, including a performance on keyboard instruments by Martin Souter, Music Faculty, 8 p.m. Monday 25 October professor r. macrory: `Implementation and enforcement of EC environmental legislation' (Environmental Change Unit Seminar), main lecture room, School of Geography, 2--3.30 p.m. professor p.w. anderson: `Many-body theory of metals redux: new limitations, new concepts, new results with a focus on High-Tc Superconductors' (special lecture series), Lindemann Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, 4.15 p.m. (also tomorrow, at same time). Tuesday 26 October bodleian library: introductory talk for readers, 9.30 a.m. (to attend, sign list in Old Library Entrance Hall (Proscholium)). professor n. wolterstorff: `The many ways of speaking' (Wilde Lectures: `Divine discourse: reflections on the claim that God speaks'), Schools, 5 p.m. Wednesday 27 October professor j.w. o'malley: `Whatever happened to the Counter- Reformation? Fifty years of interpretation' (second of six Martin D'Arcy Lectures), Campion Hall, 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)). senatore francesco cossiga: `Law and culture in the Europe of the next millennium' (Tanner Lecture), Schools, 5 p.m. 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.