19 June 1997 - No 4442

HEBDOMADAL COUNCIL

1 Status of Master of Arts

Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the status of Master of
Arts under the provisions of Ch. V, Sect. vi, cl. 1
(Statutes, 1995, p. 345) has been accorded
to the following person who is qualified for membership
of Congregation:

FERGUS VINCENT GLEESON, Department of Radiology

2 Register of Congregation

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

Blundell, K.M., MA, D.Phil., Balliol

Butterwick, R.J., MA, Wolfson

Gleeson, F.V., MA status, Department of Radiology

Kwiatkowski, D.P., MA, Exeter

CONGREGATION 17 June

1 Declaration of approval of unopposed
Statutes
promulgated on 3 June

No notice of opposition having been given, Mr Vice-
Chancellor declared the the Statutes (1) establishing a
Professorship of Mathematics and its Applications and a
Professorship of Pure Mathematics and (2) establishing a
Professorship of Transplantation approved.

2 Promulgation of Statute

A form of Statute was promulgated. No notice of
opposition having been given, Mr Vice-Chancellor declared
the preamble carried of the proposed Statute making
provision to enable Kellogg College to elect professorial
fellows.

3 Declaration of approval of
Special Resolutions

(1) That the conferment of the Degree of Doctor of
Civil Law by Diploma upon HIS EXCELLENCY VÁCLAV
HAVEL, President of the Czech Republic, be approved.

(2) That a site behind No. 1 South Parks Road be
allocated for a building of approximately 2,200 sq.m. to
house the Institute for American Studies.

4 Special Resolution approved on
a division

That this House

(a) endorse the development of the School of
Management Studies, to be renamed the Said Business
School in the event of a benefaction from Mr Said being
forthcoming, through the construction of a new building
on the Oxford station forecourt site on the broad terms
and conditions set out in the explanatory note to this
resolution and in the decree published with this
resolution;

(b) agree, subject to the acquisition by the
University of the freehold of the site, to allocate a
site of up to 2.4 acres for the construction of a
building for the school if planning consent for the
building is given; and

(c) endorse the terms of the decree set out
[in `University Agenda',
Gazette 12 June] which Council will make if the resolution is
approved.

[For: 342; against: 55]

BOARDS OF FACULTIES

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

Oxford University Gazette, 19 June 1997: University Agenda

University Agenda

Contents of this section:

[Note. An asterisk denotes a reference to a
previously published or recurrent entry.]

Oxford University Gazette, 19 June 1997: Notices

Notices

Contents of this section:

[Note. An asterisk denotes a reference to a
previously published or recurrent entry.]

*UNIVERSITY PREACHERS
- *Trinity Term
  1997
CONFERMENT AND RECONFERMENT OF THE
TITLE OF VISITING PROFESSOR
CLASSICAL HONOUR MODERATIONS: PRIZES
DOOLEY PRIZE IN ANATOMY
UNIVERSITY OFFICES: PAPERS RECEIVED
RESEARCH IN FINANCE IN OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY
INSURANCE
BODLEIAN LIBRARY
- *Closure of Duke
  Humfrey's
  Library
  19989

Links to some University institutions:
- Ashmolean
  Museum
- Christ
  Church Picture Gallery
- Oxford
  University Museum of Natural History
- "http://units.ox.ac.uk/departments/prm/">Pitt Rivers
  Museum
- "http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/BCMIPage.html">Bate
  Collection of Musical Instruments
- Bodleian
  Library

CONFERMENT AND RECONFERMENT OF
THE TITLE OF VISITING PROFESSOR

On the recommendation of the General Board and the
relevant faculty boards, Council has conferred the title
of Visiting Professor in
Physics on S.J. ROSE, MA, D.PHIL., leader of the Theory
and
Computation Group at the Central Laser Facility,
Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory, for a period of three years with immediate
effect, and has reconferred the title of Visiting
Professor in Clinical
Epidemiology on D.L. SACKETT (BA Wisconsin, B.SC., MD
Illinois, M.SC. Boston), Head of the Centre for
Evidence-Based Medicine, for the period until 31 July
2000, and has reconferred the title of Visiting Professor
in the Principles of Engineering Design on P.T. THOMPSON
(PH.D. Essex), Manager of the Technology and Development
Unit of BT's Global Networks Directorate, for the period
until 21 November 2001.

HONOUR MODERATIONS IN GREEK AND
LATIN LITERATURE AND HONOUR MODERATIONS IN LATIN
LITERATURE WITH GREEK

Hertford Prize: SOPHIE F. BENNETT, Corpus
Christi College

First De Paravicini Prize: OLIVER A. EVANS,
Christ Church

Second De Paravicini Prize: LAWRENCE POTTER,
Magdalen College

Harold Lister Sutherland Prize: THOMAS
CAREY, Corpus Christi College, and DANIEL J. EDGE,
Magdalen College

Proxime accesserunt: JAMES R. BURBIDGE, St
Hugh's College, and SAMUEL E. COULTHARD, Lady Margaret
Hall

Comparative Philology Prize: RANJAN SEN,
Christ Church

DOOLEY PRIZE IN ANATOMY

The Prize has been awarded to DR IAN HARDING.

UNIVERSITY OFFICES: PAPERS
RECEIVED

The following documents on matters of general interest
with regard to Higher Education policy, funding, or other
significant developments, have recently been received
within the University Offices. If any member of
Congregation would wish to have a copy of any of these
documents, he or she should apply to the office of the
Deputy Registrar (Administration) (telephone: (2)70003).
Where relevant an Internet reference is also given.

CVCP Higher Education Pay and Prices Index as at
January 1997. (This is the second issue of the new
Higher Education Pay and Prices Index (HEPPI), which has
replaced the Universities Pay and Prices Index (UPPI).
The index illustrates the real changes in university
costs and has risen by 0.9 per cent in the year to
January 1997.)

HEFCE RAE Manager's Report on the Conduct of the
1996 Research Assessment Exercise. (This report
follows a technical review of the exercise and reports in
some detail how the exercise was conducted. It also
identifies practical issues to be addressed in the
planning of any future similar exercise. It is not,
however, directly concerned with the question whether
there should be another RAE or if so how it should be
conducted.) Also available on "http://www.niss.ac.uk/education/hefc/rae96/">
http://www.niss.ac.uk/education/hefc/rae96/.

HEFCE Report on the Impact of the 1992 Research
Assessment Exercise on Higher Education Insitutions in
England. (This report draws conclusions on the
effects of the 1992 RAE on English Higher Education
Institutions, whilst pointing out that the 1996 RAE
differed from the 1992 exercise so that the conclusions
in the report may not now apply.) Also available on href =
"http://www.niss.ac.uk/education/hefc/rae96/">
http://www.niss.ac.uk/education/hefc/rae96/.

RESEARCH IN FINANCE IN OXFORD

Finance, in its many aspects, is now of major importance,
both academically and practically. The nature of the
subject is such that while it is well represented within
the University, research in the area is spread over many
faculties and departments.

It is intended to provide a focus for this activity,
initially through co-ordination of activities and
dissemination of information. Specific plans include the
development of a joint seminar series, creation of
appropriate web pages, and a working paper series. In the
longer term, a more formal research centre may evolve.

Anyone wishing to be included in these activities is
encouraged to contact either Dr Sam Howison, Mathematical
Institute (e-mail:

howison@maths.oxford.ac.uk), or
Professor Colin Mayer, Management Studies (e-mail: href = "mailto:howison@maths.oxford.ac.uk), or Professor
Colin Mayer, Management Studies (e-mail: "mailto:Colin.Mayer@obs.ox.ac.uk">Colin.Mayer@obs.ox.ac.uk
.

UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL
INDEMNITY INSURANCE

Personal Consultancies

The University holds a Professional Indemnity Insurance
policy which indemnifies the University, together with
its employees and officers whilst acting on behalf of
the University, against liability for damages (and
claimants' costs and expenses) in respect of claims
arising out of the University's activities as a
university by reason of (amongst other things):

(i) any act, neglect, error, or omission, occurring or
committed in good faith by the University
(together with its employees and officers whilst acting
on behalf of the University);

(ii) libel and slander committed in good
faith by reason of words written or spoken by the
University (together with its employees and officers
whilst acting on behalf of the University).

In the event of liability arising from any
dishonest or fraudulent act or omission, no
person committing or condoning the act or
omission is entitled to indemnity.

The policy does not cover the first £1,000 of
any claim for damages.

The policy also provides the same cover for
individual members of the University's academic,
academic-related, and technical staff who undertake
private work, provided that

(a) the permission of the University has been
obtained, and

(b) fees received for such work are declared
to the insurer.

It should be noted, however, that claims in US and
Canadian courts are excluded.

This insurance cover is subject to a number of
conditions, of which the most important are:

(a) that written notice is given to
the insurance company as soon as possible after
the University is aware of circumstances which might
reasonably be expected to produce a claim against
the University (including its employees and officers if
within the cover)irrespective of the validity of
the claimor as soon as it is informed of such a
claim for which there may be liability under the
insurance cover; and

(b) that every letter, claim, writ,
summons and process is forwarded to the insurance
company immediately on receipt. No admission,
offer, promise, payment, or indemnity is to be made or
given by or on behalf of the University (including its
employees and officers if within the cover) without the
written consent of the company.

Members of the academic staff undertaking
consultancy work with the permission of the University
(under the rules laid down by the General Board), and
academic-related and technical staff (who must obtain the
permission of the head of their department), are strongly
urged to take advantage of this cover. They may do so by
writing, on a strictly confidential basis, to Mr P.J.
Smith, University Chest, University Offices, Wellington
Square, Oxford, stating the name of the employer for each
consultancy and the fee or the remuneration receivable.

The insurance company will only be notified of the
aggregate number of consultancies and the aggregate fees
on an annual basis except in the event of a claim, when
details of a particular consultancy will be required by
the insurer.

Oxford University Gazette, 19 June 1997: Lectures

Lectures

Contents of this section:

INAUGURAL LECTURE
- Lady Margaret Professor of
  Divinity
ROMANES LECTURE 1997
CYRIL FOSTER LECTURE 1997
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL STUDIES
EUROPEAN HUMANITIES RESEARCH
CENTRE
- Medieval seminar:
  OxfordTübingen
OXFORD CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC
STUDIES
LIBRARIES BOARD TRAINING CO-
ORDINATING COMMITTEE
OXFORD SIGNALLING GROUP
FRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN

INAUGURAL LECTURE

Lady Margaret Professor of
Divinity

THE REVD CANON JOHN WEBSTER will deliver his inaugural
lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 28 October, in the
Examination Schools.

Subject: `Theological theology.'

ROMANES LECTURE 1997

HER EXCELLENCY MARY ROBINSON, DCL, President of Ireland,
will deliver the Romanes Lecture for 1997 at 5.45 p.m. on
Tuesday, 11 November, in the Sheldonian Theatre. The
subject of the lecture will be announced later.

CYRIL FOSTER LECTURE 1997

DR PIERRE HASSNER, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches
Internationales, Paris, will deliver the 1997 Cyril
Foster Lecture at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 23 October, in the
Examination Schools.

Subject: `The bourgeois and the barbarian:
war and peace in the post-military age.'

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Research Talks

PROFESSOR R.A. DIXON, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation,
Oklahoma, USA, will lecture on Thursday, 26 June, in the
Large Lecture Theatre, the Department of Plant Sciences.
The lecture will be given at 3 p.m., and not at 4 p.m.,
as previously notified.

Subject: `The phenylpropanoid pathway in
sickness and health.'

SOCIAL STUDIES

Co-operative reasoning (seminar)

G. MACKIE will give a seminar at 2 p.m. on Friday, 20
June, in the New Seminar Room, St John's College.

Conveners: M. Bacharach, MA, D.Phil.,
Professor of Economics, and G. Mackie, MA, Junior
Research Fellow, St John's College.

Subject: `Communication and commitment in
social dilemmas.'

EUROPEAN HUMANITIES RESEARCH
CENTRE

Medieval seminar:
OxfordTübingen

This seminar, which will bring together scholars and
graduate students from Tübingen and Oxford working
in related fields of medieval history, philosophy, and
literature, will be held on 11, 12, and 14 July. The
sessions on 11 and 12 July will take place in 47
Wellington Square, except where otherwise indicated; the
14 July session in Lecture Room A, the Computing
Services.

Enquiries should be directed to Dr Michael Stolz, EHRC,
47 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF (telephone: Oxford
(2)80744, fax: (2)80740, e-mail: "mailto:michael.stolz@modern-languages.ox.ac.uk">michael.stolz
@modern-languages.ox.ac.uk).

Friday, 11 July. Historical section: aspects of
religious life and thought in medieval Oxford and Germany

DR R. CROSS, Oriel

9 a.m.: `John Duns Scotus.'

S. MÜLLER, Tübingen

10 a.m.: `William of Occama
theologian in Oxford.'

DR J. CLARK, St Edmund Hall

11 a.m.: `Monastic learning in Oxford in
the fifteenth century.'

M. WILDE, Tübingen

1.30 p.m.: `Meister Eckhart als
Mystiker.'

S. BURKERT, St Edmund Hall

2.30 p.m.: `Mystik und Katechese bei
Meister Eckhart und Marquard von Lindau.'

DR P. ROBINSON, Wolfson

4 p.m., Lecture Room A, Computing
Services: Presentation of the Oxford
Canterbury Tales project
(computerised manuscript edition).

Saturday, 12 July. Philological section:
Media(eval) culture. Aspects of literacy, dialogic
discourse and didacticism in German texts of the Middle
Ages

DR A. SUERBAUM, Somerville

9 a.m.: `Wahrheit und Lüge in
Hartmanns Iwein.'

S. COXON, Wolfson

10 a.m.: `Produktive
ÜberlieferungWolfdietrich.'

PROFESSOR DR B. WACHINGER, Tübingen

11 a.m.: `Zabulons Buch.'

U. KOCHER, Tübingen

2 p.m.: `Dialogizität in der
deutschen BoccaccioRezeption.'

DR H. LÄHNEMANN, Tübingen

3 p.m.: `Landschaftsdarstellung und
Moraldidaxe im 15. Jahrhundert.'

DR M. STOLZ, EHRC

4 p.m.: `Szenische Artes-
Repräsentation in der Volkssprache.'

Monday, 14 July (911 a.m.). Presentation of
computer editing programmes and computer databases

M. POPHAM, OUCS: `The Oxford Text Archive.'

DR A. FIEBIG, Tübingen: `Recta ordinatione
explanare. Textual structure as basis for data
conversion.'

OXFORD CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC
STUDIES

HE MR NELSON MANDELA, President of the Republic of South
Africa, will lecture at 5.30 p.m. on Friday, 11 July, in
the Sheldonian Theatre.p

Admission will be by ticket only. Applications for
tickets should be made before 4 July to the Centre
Secretary, the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, George
Street, Oxford OX1 2AR.

Subject: `Renewal and renaissance: towards a
new world order.'

LIBRARIES BOARD TRAINING CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE

PAULA O'CONNOR of Blackwell Publishers will give a
seminar at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 9 July, in Lecture Room
1, the Department of Educational Studies. The seminar,
which is intended to be of interest to researchers and
librarians, will be followed by refreshments and informal
discussion. Bookings should be made before 4 July (e-
mail: courses@las.ox.ac.uk).

Subject: `Electronic journals: new media for
research information.'

OXFORD SIGNALLING GROUP

The following lectures will be given at the meeting of
the Oxford Signalling Group to be held at 4 p.m. on
Friday, 27 June, in the Department of Pharmacology.

ANN RIDLEY, Ludwig Institute, London: `Rho
family proteins: signalling to the actin
cytoskeleton.'

ANDY STOKER, Department of Human Anatomy:
`The neural crest: motility, adhesion, and
phosphotyrosine signalling.'

FRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN

The fifty-second Annual General Meeting of the Friends of
the Bodleian will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 24 June,
in the Sheldonian Theatre. The Vice-Chancellor will take
the chair.

After the formal business meeting, THE RT. HON. THE LORD
JENKINS OF HILLHEAD, Chancellor of the University, will
address the meeting.

Subject: `Politicians and their reading.'

Oxford University Gazette, 19 June 1997: Grants and Funding

Grants and Research Funding

Contents of this section:

[Note. An asterisk denotes a reference to a
previously published or recurrent entry.]

*RESEARCH
SERVICES OFFICE
RESEARCH AND
EQUIPMENT COMMITTEE (Revised text: arrangements for 1997-9)
HULME UNIVERSITY FUND
- Grants for special academic needs
  with particular reference to research
FACULTIES OF MODERN HISTORY AND
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Carlyle Fund

HULME UNIVERSITY FUND

Grants for special academic
needs with particular reference to research

The steering committee which makes recommendations for
grants from the Hulme University Fund now invites
applications for the 1997 awards.

Under the Scheme for the Hulme Fund, Brasenose
College applies one-third of the income which it receives
from the Hulme Trust
Estates (Educational) towards furthering Oxford
University purposes, defined as the promotion of
education and research in the University by grants
designed to relieve the special needs of University
faculties or institutions or to promote the special
purposes of any study or research pursued in or connected
with the University. The college is required to have
regard to proposals made by Council and no grants may be
made without Council's consent.

The committee's practice is to target in each year
some particular area suitable for assistance. For 1997,
the applications are invited for grants to support
special academic needs, with particular reference to
research, under the Scheme's provision to promote the
special purposes of study or research. The scheme will
be focused on the Arts, where past experience has shown
that the scarcity of research funding is such that the
resources of this fund can do much good, but the Steering
Committee notes that there may also be relevant research
in museums and libraries and in some of the Council
departments, the support of which could be significant in
terms of departmental vitality.

The total amount available to be committed in grants
is some £30K and the committee customarily
distributes its support by applying a normal maximum of
£5K to £6K for grants from the fund; the range
of research projects for which support on this scale can
make a realistic contribution will inevitably be quite
limited, but the committee has a tradition of encouraging
the use of the fund to support self-help and is content
to see grants from the fund used alongside other
resources to enable more substantial undertakings to
proceed (for example, a grant from the fund could be one
element in a package of support from internal and
external sources, a pump-priming grant, or a source of
matching funds to facilitate the raising of further
moneys from outside sources). The Steering Committee
draws particular attention to the restriction of the fund
to `special needs' and `special purposes' and to the fact
that the fund does not support normal departmental
commitments or items which might properly be charged to
general university funds.

The closing date for applications is 31 October 1997,
and it is hoped that in most cases the results of
applications will be known by the end of December. There
is no set timetable for completion of expenditure and the
committee is content that approved grants should be drawn
down as expenditure is required; equally it is prepared
to consider, in principle, applications where the ability
to carry out the project is contingent on the success of
other applications.

Applications should be made in writing to the
secretary of the
Steering Committee (Dr C.R. Repp), University Offices,
Wellington
Square, Oxford OX1 2JD giving details of the project, of
its total costs and other approaches which have been made
for funding, and on the basis for regarding the
application as coming within the definition of special
need. The Steering Committee will weigh each application
according to its own criteria but it may, if appropriate,
also seek the advice of relevant faculty boards on the
priority which they would attach to individual
applications falling within their area; in this way the
Steering Committee hopes, in making its recommendations
to Council and the Brasenose Governing Body, to ensure
that the resources of the fund are directed towards those
projects which are acknowledged to be of high priority.

FACULTIES OF MODERN HISTORY AND
SOCIAL STUDIES

Carlyle Fund

The Committee for the Carlyle Fund offers one research
scholarship in the history of political thought (post-
classical), broadly defined, tenable from October 1997
for up to three years. The scholarship will include
maintenance at the current level of British Academy/ESRC
awards, all university and college fees at the Home/EU
rate, and a book grant of £400 per annum. The
scholar must be a registered research student at the
University; his or her progress will be subject to annual
review by the committee.

Candidates must have completed at least one year of
postgraduate study by the time at which they would take
up the scholarship. The scholar will be required to apply
for a British Academy/ESRC award in the normal way prior
to taking up the scholarship, and (if initially
unsuccessful) to reapply in 1998.

Applications should be addressed to Charles Shaw,
Secretary to the Carlyle Committee, University Offices,
Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, and should include a
curriculum vitae together with a statement
of research interests and the names and addresses of a
supervisor and one other person. Candidates should
arrange for their referees to send letters of reference
to the secretary by 4 July. Short-listed candidates will
be asked to submit written work.

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF DIVINITY

Oxf. Univ. Gazette, 19 June 1997: Examinations and Boards

Examinations and Boards

Contents of this section:

[Note. An asterisk denotes a reference to a previously
published or recurrent entry.]

*BOARD OF THE FACULTY
OF
MATHEMATICAL
SCIENCES
- *Election of one
  Official
  Member
- Election of one Official Member and one
  Ordinary Member
*BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF
MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES
- *Election of one
  Official
  Member
*BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF
MODERN HISTORY
- *Election of one
  Official
  Member
*BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF
PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
- *Election of two
  Ordinary
  Members
BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES
- M.Sc. in Biology (Integrative
  Bioscience)
- M.Sc. in Biology (Integrative Bioscience),
  19978: dates for written submissions
BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL
SCIENCES
BOARDS OF THE FACULTIES OF PHYSIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES
- M.Sc. in Neuroscience
SUB-FACULTY OF PHYSICS
- Honour School of Natural Science (Physics)
  - Syllabuses for Part A of the Second Public
    Examination of the three- and four-year courses (Hilary Term
    1999)
  - Syllabuses for Part B of the Second Public
    Examination of the three-year course(Trinity Term 1999)
JOINT COMMITTEE FOR PHYSICS AND
PHILOSOPHY
- Honour School of Physics and
  Philosophy
STANDING COMMITTEE FOR THE M.SC. IN
COMPUTATION
- Options available in 1998

CHANGES IN REGULATIONS

1 Board of the Faculty of English Language
and
2 Board of the Faculty of Mathematical
Sciences
3 Committee on Continuing Education

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY

EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
SCIENCE

Return to Contents Page of this issue

BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Election of one Official Member and one
Ordinary Member

An election will be held on Thursday, 24 July to fill vacancies
for an official member (vice Professor S.K.
Donaldson, resigned), and one ordinary member (vice
Dr M.J. Collins, resigned), to hold office from the beginning of
Michaelmas Term 1997 until the beginning of Michaelmas Term
1998.

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, 30 June, and nominations by six electors up to 4 p.m. on
Tuesday, 15 July.

BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES

M.Sc. in Biology (Integrative
Bioscience)

The approved subjects for which courses will be offered in
19978 for the Research in the Biosciences component of the
M.Sc. in Biology (Integrative Bioscience) are as follows:

Research in Animal Behaviour

Research in Cell and Developmental Biology

Research in Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity

Research in Mathematical Biology

Research in Ornithology

With effect from 1 October 1997, candidates will be required to
submit practical notebooks for all the courses and to show
advanced knowledge of three of the approved subjects, by
submitting three extended essays on topics approved by the course
organisers, in addition to submission of a practical notebook and
an extended essay relating to the Techniques of Molecular Biology
course.

M.Sc. in Biology (Integrative
Bioscience), 19978: dates for written submissions

With effect from 1 October 1997, the regulations for the above
course provide that the written submissions required of
candidates must be submitted by dates to be specified by the
Organising Committee and published in the University
Gazette not later than the start of the Michaelmas Term
of the academic year in which the examination is taken.

For 19978 the Organising Committee has approved the
following submission dates:

Two copies of the essay relating to the Techniques in Molecular
Biology course and the practical notebooks relating to the
Techniques in Molecular Biology Course and the first of the
Research in the Biosciences courses must be submitted by 12 noon
on Friday, 9 January 1998.

Two copies of the second essay and the practical notebooks
relating to the second and third of the Research in the
Biosciences courses must be submitted by 12 noon on Friday,
3 April 1998.

Two copies of the dissertation on the first research project must
be submitted by 12 noon on Friday, 24 April 1998.

The practical notebooks relating to the fourth and fifth of the
Research in the Biosciences courses must be submitted by 12 noon
on Friday, 10 July 1998.

Two copies each of the third and fourth essays must be submitted
by 12 noon on Friday, 21 August 1998.

Two copies of the dissertation on the second research project
must be submitted by 12 noon on Friday, 11 September
1998.

Each submission must be accompanied by a certificate signed by
the candidate indicating that it is the candidate's own work,
except where specifically acknowledged.

The submissions must be sent to the Chairman of Examiners, M.Sc.
in Biology, c/o the Clerk of the Schools, Examination Schools,
High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG.

BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL
SCIENCES

Honour School of Mathematical Sciences
1999

The Board of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences has approved
the following paper for examination in Section o of the Honour
School of Mathematical Sciences 1999 (see Examination
Decrees, 1996, p. 290, regulation 3 (e)).

Paper o12: Mathematics Education

This course is a study of the processes and practices in learning
and teaching mathematics and of associated issues. It will be of
value to undergraduates in developing their awareness of
processes and issues in mathematical learning and understanding
beneficial to their own learning of mathematics. It will also
serve as an introduction to mathematics education as a
discipline, and provide insights for those who are interested to
become future teachers of mathematics. The course will have three
strands:

1 Doing, thinking, and understanding
mathematics: this involves reflection on processes and strategies
which are a part of mathematical learning. What is
mathematics? will be overtly addressed as will theories
of learning and learning difficulties. Links will be made with
undergraduates' own learning of mathematics.

2 Teaching mathematics and its relationship
to issues in learning: being an able mathematician is not, by
itself, sufficient to guarantee being an effective teacher of
mathematics, nor an effective unsupported learner of further
mathematics. Mathematical pedagogy will be introduced through an
analysis of mathematical topics and the needs of learners in
coming to understand these topics. We shall draw on research into
the learning and teaching of mathematics at all levels.

3 Wider issues in the learning and teaching
of mathematics: this strand will explore a range of issues in
mathematics education: for example social and cultural issues and
the roles of technology.

Outline of topics to be covered:

Mathematical Thinking: the nature of mathematics; the process of
mathematics; convincing and proving; conjecturing; advanced
mathematical thinking.

Mathematical Understanding: mathematics and language;
visualisation and imagery; children and number; strategies and
errors.

Psychology of Learning Mathematics: relational and instrumental
understandings; understanding, learning, and knowing;
constructivism.

Research in Mathematics Teaching: teaching styles and interactive
strategies; constructions of teaching; assessment.

Sociology of Mathematics Teaching: social constructivism and
situated cognition; gender, culture, and social class.

Organisation of Mathematics Teaching and Learning: school
curricula; classroom learning.

The examination will consist of a three-hour paper with
three essay-type questions each relating to one of the strands
of the course. Preparation for two of these questions will be
done in advance.

M.Sc. in Geometry, Mathematical Physics,
and Analysis

The following additional courses for Schedule 1 have been
approved by the Standing Committee for examination in 1998:

Algebraic Topology

Further Quantum Theory

General Relativity I

General Relativity II

Quantum Field Theory

M.Sc. in Mathematics and the Foundations
of Computer Science

The Standing Committee gives notice that the list of lecture
courses for 19978 is as follows:

Section A: Algebra, Logic and General Topology

Schedule I

Model Theory

Group Theory

Lie Algebras

Elementary Number Theory

Lattice Theory

Analytic Topology

Representation Theory

Schedule II

Algebraic Number Theory

General Topology

Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems

Section B: Foundations of Computer Science

Schedule I

Lambda Calculus

Domain Theory

Parallel Algorithms

Schedule II

Game Semantics

Unifying Theories of Computation

Section C: Experimental and Discrete Mathematics

Schedule I

Applied Probability

Complexity and Cryptography

Communication Theory

Combinatorial Optimisation

Schedule II

Randomised Algorithms

Computational Algebra

Computational Number Theory

BOARDS OF THE FACULTIES OF PHYSIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES

M.Sc. in Neuroscience

The approved courses available in 19978 for the specialist
neuroscience component of the M.Sc. in Neuroscience are listed
below. Candidates will be required take five courses, choosing
at
least one
under each of the three series A, B, and C.

Module A1: Cellular signalling

Organisers: Dr J.J.B. Jack and Dr A.U. Larkman.

Thirteen lectures and associated practicals/demonstrations.

Structure and function of membranes

Varieties of ion channels

Synaptic transmission

Synaptic modifiability

Module A2: Techniques for monitoring
and analysing neuronal
circuits

Organiser: Dr A.J. King.

Fourteen lectures and associated practicals/demonstrations.

Recording and monitoring neuronal activity

Direct manipulation of the brain

Cortical microcircuitry

Field potentials in health and disease

Module A3: Imaging and mapping
techniques

Organiser: Dr R.E. Passingham.

Fourteen lectures and associated practicals/demonstrations.

Neuroanatomical techniques

Techniques for functional localisation

Structural imaging

Functional imaging

Module B1: Sensory systems

Organiser: Dr D.R. Moore.

Twelve lectures and associated practicals/demonstrations.

Sensory systems analysis

Sensory psychophysics

Artificial vision

Module B2: Clinical aspects of
neuroscience

Organiser: Dr J.N.P. Rawlins.

Eighteen lectures and associated practicals/demonstrations.

The development and application of animal models

Consciousness and cognition

Non-affective neurological disorders

Module B3: Neurocomputing and neural
networks

Organiser: Dr E.T. Rolls.

Eleven lectures and associated practicals.

Neurocomputing

Connectionist approaches to cognitive function: two-day
workshop

Module C1: CNS development

Organiser: Dr J.S.H. Taylor.

Eight lectures and associated practicals/demonstrations.

Early development

Formation of a nervous system

Development of sense organs

Module C2: Neuronal plasticity

Organiser: Dr J.S.H. Taylor.

Fifteen lectures and associated practicals/demonstrations.

Axonal growth

Establishing connections between neuronal populations

The modifiability of the brain

SUB-FACULTY OF PHYSICS

HONOUR SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCE
(PHYSICS)

In accordance with the regulations for the Honour School of
Natural Science (Physics) the following syllabuses and notes
are published by the Sub-faculty of Physics.

Candidates shall submit their practical accounts and
daybooks to the Chairman of the Examiners of the Final Honour
School of Natural Science (Physics), or deputy, at the
Department of Physics, not later than noon on Friday of Week 3
of Hilary Term 1999.

Syllabuses for Part A of the Second
Public Examination of the three- and four-year courses (Hilary
Term 1999)

Five written papers on the fundamental principles of Physics.

General

Candidates will be expected to possess a general understanding
of the macroscopic behaviour and phenomenological description
of the properties of matter in bulk and to have such knowledge
of chemistry and mathematics as is required to study the subjects
of the examination.

Apart from the mathematical questions on sects. (5a) and (5b)
emphasis in the papers on the Fundamental Principles of Physics
will be placed on testing the candidates' conceptual and
experimental understanding of the subjects.

A1. Thermal Physics

Kinetic theory of gases. Mean free path and application to
viscosity and thermal conductivity. (Low pressure phenomena are
excluded.)

Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose Einstein distributions with
simple applications. Black body radiation. Partition function
and its relation to thermodynamic functions; application to the
rotational and vibrational contributions to the heat capacity of
diatomic gases.

Thermal waves in solids and thermal conductivity as a boundary
value problem in one space dimension.

First and second laws of thermodynamics. Equations of state,
thermodynamic properties of pure substances. Thermodynamic
functions, their significance and use. First-order phase
changes.

A2. Electromagnetism and optics

Electric and magnetic fields and their relation to charges and
currents. The motion of particles in electric and magnetic
fields. Fields in isotropic dielectric and magnetic media.
Electric and magnetic energy density. Maxwell's equations. Plane
electromagnetic waves in extended media. Poynting vector and
radiation pressure. Reflection and transmission at plane
interfaces between dielectrics for normal and oblique incidence.
Skin depth. Loss- less transmission lines. Simple classic
harmonic oscillator theory of dispersion, absorption and
scattering.

Fraunhofer diffraction and interference by wavefront division.
Telescopes, microscopes, grating spectrometers, resolution
limits, Abbé theory (qualitative). Two beam interference
and applications of the Michelson interferometer. Multiple beam
interference and the Fabry-Perot etalon. Polarization and the
optics of uniaxial crystals.

A3. Quantum mechanics and atomic physics

Schrödinger equation for one particle; plane waves;
reflection and transmission of plane waves at potential barriers
in one dimension. Solution for the harmonic oscillator in one
dimension. Solution for the cubical box. Central potentials;
orbital angular momentum and parity; form of solutions for the
bound states in a Coulomb potential. Postulates of quantum
mechanics; operators; eigenvalues; expectation values and
measurements. First order time-independent non-degenerate
perturbation theory. The concept of good quantum numbers. The
formula for transition probabilities.

Particle and wave properties of photons and matter. Simple
treatment of atomic spectra, fine structure, Zeeman effect.
Selection rules for electric dipole radiation. Periodic table.
X-ray spectra in emission and absorption. Einstein A and B
coefficients. Simple treatment of the hyperfine structure of
atoms in the absence of external fields.

A4. Condensed matter and electronics

Simple ideas of crystalline structure; X-ray determination of
lattice constant for cubic structures. Interatomic forces,
lattic vibrations, Einstein and Debye heat capacities of solids.
Elementary treatment of electrical resistivity and of heat
conduction by electrons in metals. Free electron theory of
metals, simple ideas of electron energy band structure in one
dimension. Elementary properties of intrinsic and impurity
semiconductors, concepts of holes and effective mass.
Application to elementary treatment of semiconductor junctions.

Magnetic properties of solids including paramagnetism and mean
field theory of ferromagnetism. Simple ideas of
superconductivity. Elementary treatment of magnetic resonance
phenomena.

The dc and small signal analysis of circuits containing
junction diodes and one or two bipolar transistors. (High
frequency effects in semiconductor devices are excluded.) Ideal
operational amplifiers and their use with negative feedback in
linear amplifiers, integrators, differentiators and summing
circuits. Use of ideal operational amplifiers with positive
feedback in oscillator and Schmitt trigger circuits.

Truth tables and Boolean algebra. Design of simple
combinational logic circuits using ideal gates. The properties
of ideal S-R, D-type and J-K flip-flops. Analysis of simple
sequential circuits including counter and shift register
circuits.

A5. Special relativity, sub-atomic physics, mathematics

Experimental basis for the special theory of relativity. The
Lorentz transformation and its use in elementary problems in
mechanics and optics. Proper time and the relativistic
expressions for energy and momentum; the transformation of energy
and momentum. Energy and momentum for systems of particles in
the centre of mass and other frames; invariant mass. The
application of conservation laws and invariants to simple
problems in mechanics and optics.

The semi-empirical mass formula and nuclear stability.
Radioactivity; simple applications. The single-particle shell
model; spin and parity. Cross sections and qualitative treatment
of resonances. The basic elements of energy generation in fission
reactors and stars. The interaction of charged particles and
photons with matter: ionisation energy loss, the Compton and
photoelectric effect, pair-production and bremmstrahlung; the
basic methods used in the detection of particles and radiation.
Elementary properties of hadrons and leptons; the production and
decay of particles; quark flow diagrams. The quark model; spin,
parity and charge of hadrons; the quark flavours; heavy
quark-antiquark systems. The fundamental interactions; concept
of virtual particle exchange; conservation laws and coupling
constants. Simple theory of Fermi beta decay and simple
applications to particle and nuclear beta decay; effects of
kinematics on decay rates. Parity violation in weak
interactions. The W and Z bosons.

Mathematics

(a) Matrices and linear transformations, including
translations and rotations in three dimensions and Lorentz
transformations in four dimensions. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
of real symmetric matrices and of Hermitian matrices.
Diagonalization of real symmetric matrices with distinct
eigenvalues.

(b) Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of second-order
linear ordinary differential equations of the Sturm-Liouville
type; simple examples of orthogonality of eigenfunctions
belonging to different eigenvalues; simple eigenfunction
expansions. The method of separation of variables in linear
partial differential equations in three and four variables. Use
of Cartesian, spherical polar and cylindrical polar coordinates
(proofs of the form of [inverse delta squared] will not be
required). Elementary treatment of series solutions of linear,
homogeneous second order differential equations, including
solutions which terminate as a finite polynomial. (Formal
questions of convergence are excluded, as is the method of
Frobenius for obtaining a second solution containing a
logarithmic function in the case in which the roots of the
indicial equation differ by an integer.)

(c) Simple physical applications of the following
topics. (The physics will be restricted to topics occurring
elsewhere in the syllabus.) Wave packets, phase and group
velocity; the bandwidth theorems and uncertainty relations; the
formulae for the Fourier transform and its inverse and for
Fourier sine and cosine transforms and their inverses.
Convolution. (All transforms are restricted to one dimension
only. The use of transforms in solving ordinary and partial
differential equations and the use of contour integration are
excluded.)

One question may be set on each of the mathematical topics
of sects. (5a) and (5b) and incidental use may be required on
any paper of the material of sect. (5c).

Theoretical Physics

Section A: Classical Mechanics

The calculus of variations and Hamilton's principle. Lagrange's
and Hamilton's equations with simple applications to systems
with a few degrees of freedom. Normal modes from Lagrangians.
Symmetries and conservation laws; generators and Poisson
brackets. The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian for a point particle
in an external electromagnetic field.

Section B: Quantum mechanics

State vectors, bra and ket notation. Quantum mechanics of finite
state systems. First and second order time-independent
perturbation theory including the degenerate case. First- order
time-dependent perturbation theory. Hamiltonian for a non
relativistic particle in an external electromagnetic field.
Operator methods for the simple harmonic oscillator and for
angular momentum. Matrix representation of angular momentum,
including in particular the Pauli spin matrix formalism for
spin-½ particles. Wave functions for two identical
particles of spin-0, and of spin-½.

Section C: Statistical mechanics

The microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles.
Fermi-Dirac and Bose- Einstein statistics. Bose-Einstein
condensation. Fluctuations. The one-dimensional Ising model.

An equal number of questions will be set on each of the
sections, A, B and C. Candidates replacing four days of
practical work will be required to answer two questions in one
and a half hours. Candidates replacing eight days of practical
work will be required to answer four questions from at least two
sections in three hours.

At the time of entering the examination candidates intending
to offer a paper on theoretical physics must give notice of
their intention and must state whether that paper will replace
four or eight days of practical work.

Syllabuses for Part B of the Second
Public Examination of the three-year course(Trinity Term 1999)

The extended essay or account of practical work must be
submitted by noon on Friday of Week 5 of Trinity Term 1999,
addressed to the Clerk of the Schools, High Street, Oxford, for
the Chairman of the Examiners of the Final Honour School of
Natural Science (Physics).

One written paper of one and a half hours.

Candidates will be required to answer two questions from any
one section, each section being set on the following separate
topics. Such background knowledge as is required for the study
of the topic will be assumed.

Topic A (Optoelectronics and Semi-conductor Devices)

Basic physics of transport and optical properties of
semiconductors relevant to the operation of semiconductor
devices. Principles of operation of bipolar and field effect
devices. Semiconductor light emitters and detectors with
applications in communication and information processing
technology. Physics of low-dimensional structures with
applications to electronic and optoelectronic devices.

Topic B (Lasers and Applications)

Emission of optical radiation. Interaction of radiation and
matter. Laser principles; inversion in gas and solid state laser
systems. Optical cavities and eigenmodes. Time and frequency
control of lasers.

Lasers in fundamental research.

Optical fibres and laser communication systems.

Medical, engineering and industrial applications of lasers.

Application of lasers to environmental monitoring.

Topic C (Applied Nuclear Physics)

Uses of nuclear physics in modern society, including medicine,
the environment, nuclear weapons, power generation and the
analysis and dating of materials. Interactions of charged and
neutral radiation with matter, radiation detectors. Medical
diagnostic imaging, tomography, therapy. Nuclear safety and the
radiation environment. Other uses. Nuclear accidents, waste and
weapons. Elements of surveillance of weapon production. Nuclear
physics analysis methods and applications. (i) radioactive
dating, (ii) accelerator mass spectrometry, (iii) neutron
activation analysis (NAA), (iv) scanning proton microprobe
(SPM). Fission reactors: physics, history, design, accidents.
Fusion reactors: comparison of physics of stars, reactors and
bombs.

Topic D (Electronic circuits)

Analogue electronics: Low and high frequency characteristics of
bipolar and field effect transistors. Linear amplifier design,
negative feedback, compensation and stability. Non- linear and
positive feedback circuits, mixers, oscillators. Noise and
recovery of signals from noise.

Digital Electronics: Combinational logic and sequential logic.
Programmable logic. Registers, data transfer, the
microprocessor. Codes, error detection and correction. Sampling.
Analogue to digital interface.

Topic E (Physics of fluid flows)

Fluids as continua; Navier-Stokes equations; conservation of
mass. Poiseuille flow, Couette flow. Very viscous flows.
Vorticity; inviscid, irrotational flows. Water waves. Nonlinear
effects. Instability, turbulence.

Topic F (Observational Cosmology)

Introduction to cosmology. Observational constraints, expanding
Universe, background radiation, primordial abundancies, mass
density of the Universe, the Hot Big Bang model. The very early
Universe, inflation, topological defects, evolution of
irregularities, large scale structure of the Universe.

Topic G (Chaos)

Linear v. non-linear systems, phase plane, notions of stability.
Parametric and forced oscillators, birfurcation to chaos.
Iterative maps, universality. Static and dyanamic bifurcations.
Simple and strange attractors. Poincare maps. Lyapunov exponents,
fractals. Applications, fluid dynamics, semiconductors.

Topic H (Biophysics)

An introduction to biological molecules: types of bonds; covalent
bonds, hydrogen bonds, Van der Waal bonding, the hydrophobic
bond. Protein structure; amino acid types, polypeptides,
alpha-helices, beta sheets, secondary and tertiary protein
structure, protein structure and its relation to function.
Membrane structure; lipids, lipid phases, liposomes, membrane
proteins. DNA structure; sugars, purines, pyrimidines, base
pairing, replication. Introduction to molecular biology;
storage, transmission and expression of genetic information.

Ions and electrical signalling in biology: properties of ions
in solution; sizes, charges, hydration, mobility and diffusion,
counterions and Debye screening, the proton as an ion, pK and
pH. Charged membranes; Debye layer, the membrane as an ion
barrier. Ion channels; counterports and pumps; structures of
channels. Signal transmission; simple explanation of the action
potential in nerve.

Physical techniques: x-ray diffraction including a case study of
a protein structure; magnetic resonance (MRI) imaging of living
systems; new types of scanning microscopy to directly image
molecules.

JOINT COMMITTEE FOR PHYSICS AND
PHILOSOPHY

In accordance with the regulations for the Honour School of
Physics and Philosophy the following syllabuses are published by
the Joint Committee for Physics and Philosophy.

HONOUR SCHOOL OF PHYSICS AND PHILOSOPHY

Syllabuses for Part A of the Second Public Examination
(Hilary Term 1999)

One three-hour written paper in theoretical physics and two
written papers on the fundamental principles of physics.

General

Apart from the mathematical questions on sects. (iii.a) and
(iii.b) emphasis in the papers on the Fundamental Principles of
Physics will be placed on testing the candidates' conceptual and
experimental understanding of the subjects.

(i) Theoretical Physics

Section A: Classical Mechanics

Section B: Quantum mechanics

Four questions will be set on each of the Sections, A and B.
Candidates will be required to answer four questions not all
from one of the sections labelled A, B.

(ii) Fundamental Principles I: Quantum mechanics and
atomic physics

Schrödinger equation for one particle; plane waves; reflection
and transmission of plane waves at potential barriers in one
dimension. Solution for the harmonic oscillator in one
dimension. Solution for the cubical box. Central potentials;
orbital angular momentum and parity; form of solutions for the
bound states in a Coulomb potential. Postulates of quantum
mechanics; operators; eigenvalues; expectation values and
measurements. First order time-independent non-degenerate
perturbation theory. The concept of good quantum numbers. The
formula for transition probabilities.

(iii) Fundamental Principles II: Special relativity,
sub-atomic physics, mathematics

The semi-empirical mass formula and nuclear stability.
Radioactivity; simple applications. The single-particle shell
model; spin and parity. Cross sections and qualitative treatment
of resonances. The basic elements of energy generation in fission
reactors and stars. The interaction of radiation with matter and
the basic methods used in the detection of particles and
radiation. Elementary properties of hadrons and leptons; the
production and decay of particles. The quark model; spin, parity
and charge of hadrons; the quark flavours; charmonium. The
fundamental interactions; concept of virtual particle exchange;
selection rules and coupling constants. Simple theory of Fermi
beta decay and simple applications to particle and nuclear beta
decay; effects of kinematics on decay rates. Parity violation
in weak interactions. The W and Z bosons.

Mathematics

(b) Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of second-order
linear ordinary differential equations of the Sturm-Liouville
type; simple examples of orthogonality of eigenfunctions
belonging to different eigenvalues; simple eigenfunction
expansions. The method of separation of variables in linear
partial differential equations in three and four variables. Use
of Cartesian, spherical polar and cylindrical polar co-ordinates
(proofs of the form of [inverse delta squared] will not be
required). Elementary treatment of series solutions of linear,
homogeneous second order differential equations, including
solutions which terminate as a finite polynomial. (Formal
questions of convergence are excluded, as is the method of
Frobenius for obtaining a second solution containing a
logarithmic function in the case in which the roots of the
indicial equation differ by an integer.)

One question may be set on each of the mathematical topics
of sects. (iii.a) and (iii.b) and incidental use may be required
on any paper of the material of sect. (iii.c).

STANDING COMMITTEE FOR THE M.SC. IN
COMPUTATION

In accordance with examination regulations for the M.Sc. in
Computation (Examination Decrees, 1996, p. 727), the
Standing Committee for the Degree of M.Sc. in Computation gives
notice that the list of options for examination in 1998 will be:

Section A

Mathematics for Software Engineering

Introduction to Imperative Programming

Introduction to Concurrency

Introduction to Functional Programming

Introduction to Numerical Computation

Introduction to Architecture

Section B

Software specification and design

Specification Methods

Requirements Engineering

Object-Oriented Programming

Parallel Scientific Computation or Scalable Parallel
Algorithms

Advanced Concurrency Tools

Machine-assisted Software Engineering

Operating Systems

Compilers

Theorem Proving

Application-oriented Program Semantics

Critical Systems Engineering

Advanced Software Development

Architecture

Software Testing

CHANGES IN REGULATIONS

With the approval of the General Board, the following changes in
regulations made by boards of faculties and the Committee on
Continuing Education will come into effect on 3 July.

1 Board of the Faculty of English Language
and

Literature

M.St. in Research Methods in English

With effect from 1 October 1997 (for first examination in 1998)

In Examination Decrees, 1996, p. 686, l. 29, delete
`(iii) Modern Icelandic' and substitute: `(iii) Old Norse Philology'.

2 Board of the Faculty of Mathematical
Sciences

M.Phil. in Mathematics for Industry

With effect from 1 October 1997 (for first examination in 1998)

In Examination Decrees, 1996, p. 604, after l. 47
insert:

`6. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the
whole examination.'

3 Committee on Continuing Education

Postgraduate Diploma in European Studies

With effect from 1 October 1997 (for first examination in 1999)

1 In Examination Decrees, 1996, delete
from l. 37 on p. 910 to l. 24 on p. 911 and insert:

`(b) The course will consist of four subjects as follows:

(i) Postwar European History and Politics

The reconstruction of European politics after 1945; the growth of the
welfare state and mixed economy; West European party systems and
liberal democratic party government; changing relationships between
government, business, and labour (from neo-corporatism to structured
pluralism; from state intervention and nationalisation to
marketisation and privatisation); the restoration of democracy in
Southern European societies; the liberalisation of Eastern European
regimes and their transitions to liberal democracy and mixed economy.

(ii) European Economic Integration

The process of economic integration in Europe; introduction to the
theory of preferential trading arrangements; major policy areas: the
budget, the CAP and external trade policy; the economies of the
Single European Act; monetary integration: early attempts, the EMS,
the Maastricht plan and its aftermath; transition economics and
economic aspects of the integration of Central and Eastern Europe
with the EU.

(iii) EC Institutions and Law

The development and operation of the institutions of the European
Communities; policy-making within the European Communities; the
impact of European institutions and policies on national systems of
government; legal
aspects of the integration process, including implementation and
enforcement; the European Union and its relations with European
non-member states; the European Union and Japan; trade adjudication
and political relationships; the European Union and other East Asian
economies.

(iv) The International Relations of Europe

The impact of super-power relations on Europe and the role of Europe
in defining these super-power relations; the origins and development
of European integration in its economic, military, and ideological
aspects; the role of the USA in fashioning Western European
developments; the evolution of the Franco-German relationship; the
collapse of Communism and its consequences for Eastern and Western
Europe.'

2 Ibid., p. 911, delete ll. 2531.

3 Ibid., l. 35, delete `diploma'.

4 Ibid., l. 36, after `examiners' insert `c/o
Registry,'.

5 Ibid., l. 37, delete `Michaelmas' and
substitute `Hilary'.

6 Ibid., l. 38, after `his' insert `or her'.

7 Ibid., l. 40, after `his' insert `or her'.

8 Ibid., l. 41, delete `Two' and substitute `Not
more than two'.

9 Ibid., delete ll. 429 and substitute:
`Continuous assessment by persons appointed by the board of studies.
The final assessment will be based on at least one exercise in each
of the four subjects to be submitted by noon on Friday of the third
week in Trinity Term of the second year of study.'

10 Ibid., after l. 50 insert: `The examiners may
award a distinction to candidates for the Diploma.'

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF DIVINITY

The Board of the Faculty of Theology has granted leave to

D.G. ROWELL, Keble, to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of
Divinity.

A list of evidence submitted by the candidate is available at the
University Offices.

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

The Board of the Faculty of Clinical Medicine has granted leave to
J.M. REYNARD, Lady Margaret Hall, to supplicate for the Degree of
Doctor of Medicine.

The evidence submitted by the candidate was entitled: `The
assessment and significance of lower urinary tract symptoms in men
with benign prostatic enlargementa reappraisal'.

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY

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

Anthropology and Geography

S. SCHMITT, Green College: `Disturbance and succession on the
Krakatau Islands, Indonesia'.

School of Geography, Monday, 23 June, 11 a.m.

Examiners: H.A. Viles, M.D. Swaine.

English Language and Literature

D.J. CHANDLER, Corpus Christi: `Norwich literature 1788 97: a
critical survey'.

Balliol, Friday, 27 June, 2.15 p.m.

Examiners: G. Kelly, R.H. Lonsdale.

Literae Humaniores

A. DAVIES, St John's: `The role of inscribed monuments in
transforming public space at Pompeii and Ostia'.

Christ Church, Wednesday, 23 July, 2.15 p.m.

Examiners: A.K. Bowman, J.R. Patterson.

Mathematical Sciences

L.W.J. LANEROLLE, Balliol: `Numerical modelling of turbulent
compressible flow'.

Computing Laboratory, Monday, 30 June, 11 a.m.

Examiners: D.F. Mayers, L. Lapworth.

Medieval and Modern Languages

A.K. MARGALIOTH, Magdalen: `Yiddish periodicals published by
displaced persons, 19469'.

St John's, Friday, 4 July, 2 p.m.

Examiners: L.I. Yudkin, R.N.N. Robertson.

Modern History

M. YATES, Harris Manchester: `Continuity and change in rural society
c.14001600: West Hanney and Shaw (Berkshire) and their
region'.

Examination Schools, Tuesday, 24 June, 10 a.m.

Examiners: R.R. Davies, R.H. Britnell.

Physical Sciences

D.A. FLETCHER, New College: `Internal cooling of turbine blades: the
matrix cooling method'.

Department of Engineering Science, Monday, 23 June, 2.15 p.m.

Examiners: D. Lampard, C.J. Wood.

O.W. KINGSBURY, St John's: `The inhibition of cysteine
proteinases'.

Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Monday, 23 June, 11 a.m.

Examiners: M.M. Campbell, C.J. Schofield.

Physiological Sciences

S. BETMOUNI, Linacre: `Inflammatory responses in a mouse model of
scrapie'.

St Hugh's, Monday, 14 July, 2 p.m.

Examiners: I. McConnell, M.M Esiri.

C. CARDY, Lincoln: `The structure and function of calcium binding
epidermal growth factor-like domains in human fibrillin-1'.

Institute of Molecular Medicine, Tuesday, 15 July, 11 a.m.

Examiners: B.C. Sykes, M. Grant.

Social Studies

M.L. BEEMAN, St Antony's: `Public policy and economic competition in
Japan: the rise of anti-monopoly policy, 197395'.

Nissan Institute, Wednesday, 25 June, 11 a.m.

Examiners: J.M. Corbett, S. Wilks.

B.W. SETSER, University: `Slaying sacred cows: sources of policy
change in United States/European Union negotiations over agricultural
policy and audiovisual services'.

Nuffield, Tuesday, 8 July, 2 p.m.

Examiners: A.J. Hurrell, M. Smith.

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:

Mathematical Sciences

J. COLLIER, University: `Spatial and propagating patterns in
embryology'.

Mathematical Institute, Thursday, 26 June, 2 p.m.

Examiners: J.A. Sherratt, N.A.M. Monk.

Oxford University Gazette, 19 June 1997: Colleges

Colleges, Halls, and Societies

OBITUARIES

Corpus Christi College

PHILIP HERBERT BOAS, MA, TD, 24 October 1995; Haigh
Scholar 19237. Aged 91.

ROBERT ALEXANDER HERBERT BÖKER, MA (PH.D.
Harvard), Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Grand
Cross of the Ordine Piano (Vatican), 23 May 1997; Rhodes
Scholar 19347. Aged 85.

Hertford College

FRANK CHARLES ASHBEE, 31 April 1997; commoner 1952.

MAJ.-GEN. JACK FRANCIS BOWMAN, CB, 26 April 1997;
March 1943.

ANTHONY ARNATT BUSHELL, April 1997; commoner 1922.
Aged 92.

CANON GUY KENNETH DIXON, 2 May 1997; commoner 1927.

HIS HON. RICHARD GAVIN FREEMAN, 15 May 1997; commoner
1919; former Circuit Judge. Aged 86.

ARTHUR JOHN HASELFOOT, 12 May 1997; scholar 1923.
Aged 92.

DAVID BRIAN JONES, 30 March 1997; commoner 1961. Aged
54.

HERBERT PAUL RUGLYS, 9 January 1997; commoner 1943.

LEONARD BRIAN WALSH-ATKINS, CMG, CVO, 28 April 1997;
commoner 1934.

JOHN LESLIE WARREN, 29 March 1997; commoner 1935.

FREDERICK WEBSTER, 5 October 1996; exhibitioner 1943.

Keble College

STEPHEN PETER BREUKELMAN, D.PHIL., 28 February 1997;
commoner 19739.

CYRIL JAMES BROWN, OBE, 30 January 1997; commoner
19226. Aged 93.

ALEX BARROW DASPIT, BA, 13 May 1997; Rhodes Scholar
19314. Aged 88.

CECIL CABOT DU HEAUME, BA, 4 March 1997; commoner
19249. Aged 93.

KENNETH PERCY EVANS, OBE, 19 October 1996; commoner
19347. Aged 81.

HIS HON. ARCHIBALD GORDON FRIEND, MA, 25 April 1997;
commoner 19303. Aged 85.

DONALD AIDAN HATFIELD, MA, 31 December 1996; commoner
19579. Aged 79.

ROBERT CARLETON HICKS, BA, 30 April 1997; commoner
193640. Aged 80.

JOHN FREDERICK MATHER LAWRENCE, BA, November 1996;
commoner 19468. Aged 83.

EVERARD ARCHBOLD SAMPSON, BA, 12 January 1997;
commoner 19303. Aged 85.

ALAN VINCENT SLATER, MA, 6 April 1997; commoner
192832. Aged 88.

PETER THOMAS, BA, 8 December 1996; commoner
19526. Aged 63.

STEVEN JAMES RUSSELL TURNER, BA, 31 January 1997;
scholar 19858.

JOHN FRANKLIN JONES WARE, MA, 10 April 1997; commoner
19303.

JOHN REGINALD WRAY, D.MUS., 24 April 1997; Organ
Scholar 19348. Aged 82.

Keble College and New College

EDWARD MAURICE HUGH-JONES, 31 May 1997; scholar, New
College, 19215; Lecturer then Tutor in Economics,
Keble College, 192659, Official Fellow
193059; Professor of Economics, Keele University,
195968; Deputy Vice-Chancellor 19668. Aged
94.

Lincoln College

A.J. BLAND; commoner 19418.

ROBERT LESLIE GARDNER; commoner 1957. Aged 61.

A. RAY MILLER, February 1991; Rhodes Scholar
19358.

RALPH ANTHONY VAUGHAN, 6 June 1997; commoner
193841. Aged 77.

St Anne's College

MRS GISELLA STREATFIELD (née Luttman);
member of the Society of Oxford Home-Students
192831. Aged 87.

St Edmund Hall

ERIC MATTHIAS ROBERTS, MA, 30 March 1997; commoner
(senior status) 19359. Aged 83.

AHMAD HOSEYN AABAADI SAALEHI, D.PHIL., 11 May 1997;
19925. Aged 31.

PRIZES

St Peter's College

J. Bossanyi Graduate Bursary in Environmental
Conservation and Sustainable Resource Use:

KIMBERLY GETGEN

Charles Caine Mathematics Prize:

JASON PELLY

Foy McKinsey Travel Award for Modern Linguists:

WENDY HARDING

NOTICES

Corpus Christi College

Appointment of Assistant
Librarian

An Assistant Librarian is required, from 1 September
1997, to carry out a variety of library duties including
acquisitions, circulation, and serials work, as well as
retroconversion and current cataloguing. and to act as
deputy to the Librarian-in-charge. Candidates should have
a professional qualification and practical experience of
on-line systems in academic libraries. A thorough
knowledge of AACR2 and MARC cataloguing is essential.
Familiarity with the OLIS system would be an advantage,
as would an interest and qualification in rare book
work.

The post will be on the academic-related library grade 1
scale, for a maximum of three years (£15,159 per
annum).

Further particulars can be obtained from the College
Secretary, Corpus Christi College, Oxford OX1 4JF
(telephone: Oxford (2)76737, fax: (2)793121, e-mail: href =
"mailto:college.office@ccc.ox.ac.uk">college.office@ccc.o
x.ac.uk), to whom applications should be sent by the
closing date of 4 July. Two referees should be asked to
send references direct to the College Secretary to arrive
by the closing date. Interviews will be held on 24
July.

Corpus Christi College exists to promote excellence in
education and research and is actively committed to the
principle of equality of opportunity for all suitably
qualified candidates.

Keble College

Appointment of Development
Assistant

Keble College is looking for a Development Assistant to
take a leading role in organising alumni events, maintain
a computer database of some 7,000 records, and assist
with fund-raising and the preparation of publications.
This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate
wishing to begin a career in fund-raising or an
experienced administrator wanting to return to work now
that the children are at school. Flexible working is a
possibility. Salary up to £12,000 per annum.

Applications, enclosing a curriculum vitae
and the contact details of two referees,
should be sent to Roger Boden, Development Director,
Keble College, Oxford OX1 3PG, to arrive no later than
Friday, 4 July.

Linacre College

Appointment of Development
Director

Linacre College seeks a full-time Development Director to
maintain its on-going fund-raising activity and prepare
for its next campaign.

The Director will be responsible to the Principal for
the formation of strategy, for identifying and
approaching possible donors, and for managing the
Development Office systems and staff. The Director is
supported by an Alumni Relations and Development Support
Officer.

The successful candidate is likely to be a graduate
with fund-raising experience and good presentational and
organisational skills.

Salary c.£25,000. The appointment will be from 1
September 1997 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for a
period of three years at this stage.

Applications, together with a curriculum
vitae and the names of two referees, should be
sent to the Principal, Linacre College, Oxford OX1 3JA
(telephone for further particulars: Oxford (2)71657) by 4
July.

NOTICES

Balliol College

Six-hour Lecturership in Biochemistry

The college proposes, if a suitable candidate applies, to appoint a
six-hour Lecturer in Biochemistry for the academic year commencing
Michaelmas Term 1997. The applicant should be able to teach
enzymology, metabolism, and introductory endocrinology to
undergraduates studying Biochemistry or Physiological Sciences.
Expertise in biophysical chemistry would be an advantage.
The lecturer will be expected to teach up to six hours a week and to
participate in the admissions process. S/he will receive, in addition
to the normal rates for tuition, a retainer and certain common room
rights.

Applicants should provide a curriculum vitae and should
indicate which subjects they would be willing to teach. They should
give the names of two referees whom they should ask to write directly
to the Senior Tutor. Applications and references must reach the
Senior Tutor, Balliol College, Oxford OX1 3BJ, by Friday, 4 July.

Balliol College is an equal opportunities employer.

Corpus Christi College

Appointment of Assistant Librarian

An Assistant Librarian is required, from 1 September 1997, to carry
out a variety of library duties including acquisitions, circulation,
and serials work, as well as retroconversion and current cataloguing.
and to act as deputy to the Librarian-in-charge. Candidates should
have a professional qualification and practical experience of on-line
systems in academic libraries. A thorough knowledge of AACR2 and MARC
cataloguing is essential. Familiarity with the OLIS system would be
an advantage, as would an interest and qualification in rare book
work.

The post will be on the academic-related library grade
1 scale, for a maximum of three years (£15,159
per annum).
Further particulars can be obtained from the College Secretary,
Corpus Christi College, Oxford OX1 4JF (telephone: Oxford (2)76737,
fax: (2)793121, e-mail: college. office@ccc.ox.ac.uk), to whom
applications should be sent by the closing date of 4 July. Two
referees should be asked to send references direct to the College
Secretary to arrive by the closing date. Interviews will be held on
24 July.

Corpus Christi College exists to promote excellence in education and
research and is actively committed to the principle of equality of
opportunity for all suitably qualified candidates.

Keble College

Appointment of Development Assistant

Keble College is looking for a Development Assistant to take a
leading role in organising alumni events, maintain a computer
database of some 7,000 records, and assist with fund-raising and the
preparation of publications. This is an excellent opportunity for a
recent graduate wishing to begin a career in fund-raising or an
experienced administrator wanting to return to work now that the
children are at school. Flexible working is a possibility. Salary up
to £12,000 per annum.

Applications, enclosing a curriculum vitae and the
contact details of two referees, should be sent to Roger Boden,
Development Director, Keble College, Oxford OX1 3PG, to arrive no
later than Friday, 4 July.

Linacre College

Appointment of Development Director

Linacre College seeks a full-time Development Director to maintain
its on-going fund-raising activity and prepare for its next campaign.
The Director will be responsible to the Principal for the formation
of strategy, for identifying and approaching possible donors, and for
managing the Development Office systems and staff. The Director is
supported by an Alumni Relations and Development Support Officer.

The successful candidate is likely to be a graduate with fund-raising
experience and good presentational and organisational skills.
Salary c.£25,000. The appointment will be from 1 September 1997
(or as soon as possible thereafter) for a period of three years at
this stage.

Applications, together with a curriculum vitae and the
names of two referees, should be sent to the Principal, Linacre
College, Oxford OX1 3JA (telephone for further particulars: Oxford
(2)71657) by 4 July.

Mansfield College

Stipendiary Lecturership in Economics

Readvertisement

The college proposes to appoint a six-hour Stipendiary
Lecturer in Economics during Dr Chawluk's tenure of a post at the
University of Warsaw. The lecturership will be tenable for one year
from 1 October 1997, after the expiry of which period it will not be
renewable. The lecturer will be required to teach Introductory
Economics to the first-year undergraduates and the Microeconomics and
Macroeconomics papers for the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics,
and Economics. Salary will be £6,419. USS membership is
available.

The post carries full senior common room dining rights.
Further particulars may be obtained from the College Secretary,
Mansfield College, Oxford OX1 3TF (telephone: Oxford (2)70982, fax:
(2)70970), to whom applications, including a full curriculum
vitae and the names and addresses of two academic referees,
should be sent in triplicate by
30 June. Applicants should request their referees to send
references direct to the College Secretary by the closing date.

Pembroke College

Schoolteacher Studentships

Pembroke College proposes to accommodate up to four schoolteachers
from secondary or tertiary education, for the purposes of
professional study, during the academic year 19978. These
studentships are designed to give teachers a fortnight during which
they can undertake a personal project. No stipend will be paid, but
the college will provide free accommodation, meals, and membership of
the senior common room. Schoolteacher Studentships will be available
between 16 and 28 March 1998
and from 22 June to 4 July 1998. Further particulars are available
from the Tutor for Admissions, Pembroke College, Oxford OX1 1DW
(telephone: Oxford (2)76412, fax: (2)76418). The closing date for
receipt of applications is
25 July.

St Hilda's College

Appointment of Secretary

The college has a vacancy for a Secretary to work in the Assistant
Bursar's office. The successful candidate will
be working in a very busy office which deals mainly with student
accommodation and residential conferences. Qualifications required
are a minimum of RSAII typing, and at least two years' experience
using Word for Windows and Excel. Previous experience in an Oxford
college would be an advantage, but is not essential. Benefits include
on-site parking, free lunches, and a contributory pension scheme.
Salary will be paid according to experience, and will be on the
university library and clerical grade 4 scale
(£12,240£14,169).

For further particulars, telephone Oxford (2)76888 and leave your
name and address. Applications should be made in writing, enclosing a
full curriculum vitae, with the names and addresses of
two referees (one of which should be your current or last employer),
and sent to Mrs Connie Exley, St Hilda's College, Oxford OX4 1DY. The
closing date is 24 June.

St Hilda's College is an equal opportunities employer.

Oxford University Gazette, 19 June 1997: Advertisements

Contents of this section:

University Gazette:
indexes
Concerts
United Oxford and Cambridge
University Club
Tuition Offered
Services Offered
Retail Services
Domestic Services
Situations Vacant
Houses to Let
Flats to Let
Summer Lets
Accommodation Offered
Accommodation Sought
Accommodation Sought to Rent
or Exchange
Holiday Lets
House for Sale

How to
advertise in the Gazette

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Terms and conditions of
acceptance of advertisements

University
Gazette: indexes

Indexes to volumes CIX, CX, CXI, CXII,
CXIII, and CXV of the University Gazetteare
now available, and may be obtained upon application to
Anne Ashby, Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon
Street.

Concerts

The Marylebone Ensemble---Rachel Gilliam
(soprano), Geoffrey Baker (recorder), Andrea Morris
(baroque violin), Katie Stephens (baroque cello), and
Hilary Norris (harpsichord)---will perform chamber music
by Purcell, Handel, Montéclair, Schütz,
Buxtehude, and other composers, at 4.30 p.m. on Sun., 29
June, in the Holywell Music Room. Tickets £6
(concessions £4, children £2) from Blackwell's
Music Shop or at the door.

Members of the Oxford Bach Choir will
perform Elgar's Psalm 29, Rheinberger's 4
motets, and Mendelssohn's Psalm 42, at 7.30
p.m. on Saturday, 19 July, in the chapel, Keble College.
Admission £10 (students £5).

United Oxford and Cambridge
University Club

The London club for all University
members. Special rates for those with college or
University appointments or University residence.
Modernised and reasonable bedroom accommodation.
Excellent library facilities. Restaurant and squash
courts. Full service at weekends. Reciprocal
arrangements with over 125 clubs world-wide. Further
details from Derek Conran, Hertford College, or
Membership Secretary, 71 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HD.
Tel.: 0171-930 5151, fax: 0171-930 9490.

Tuition Offered

Piano tuition. Experienced teacher of
adults and children. All grades. Beginners welcome. Miss
P. Read, BA (Hons.), LRAM. Jericho. Tel.: Oxford
510904.

English language. Academic writing,
grammar, pronunciation, etc., flexible timetables
including evenings, Saturdays. Conversation hour,
Cambridge exams., general English are best value in
Oxford. Writing up? Private tuition available with
experienced tutors. Free test/advice from the Director of
Studies Mon.--Fri. 1--5 p.m. Oxford Language Training, 9
Blue Boar Street (off St Aldate's by Christ Church),
Oxford. Tel. Oxford 205077, e-mail: "mailto:OLT@dial.pipex.com">OLT@dial.pipex.com.

Services Offered

Proof-reading, editing, summarising,
reviewing; translator, interpreter, conversationalist,
person to elucidate or enthuse; selecting, ordering,
processing, filing, making payments; a thousand
quasi-facsimile bibliographical descriptions no problem.
These skills from 29B Harpes Road, Oxford OX2 7QJ.
Bookseller, editor, bibliographer, teacher recently back
from the Antipodes-- -c.v. available. Tel.: Oxford
552476.

Moving to Oxfordshire? The Relocation
Support Group will help make your move easier. We will
find you a house, give advice and assistance about
schools and deal with the many problems that arise when
moving to a new area. For more information, call Fiona
Cookson. Tel./fax: 01628 533340.

Tax advice. Ex-KPMG chartered accountant
specialises in assisting academics and other
professionals with their tax affairs, including
self-assessment. Convenient North Oxford premises. Tel.:
Oxford 513381, fax: 558064, e-mail: "mailto:100430.145@compuserve.com">100430.145@compuserve.
com.

Oxuniprint, Oxford University
Press---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, Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon
Street, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 514691, fax: 514010.

Retail Services

Walton Street Books is now open. We
carry a large selection of secondhand academic and
general stock, including philosophy, politics, art,
sociology, topography, fiction, literature, literary
criticism, law, sport, history, biography, modern
languages, and theology. Good quality books purchased.
Telephone for further details. 48 Walton Street,
Jericho. Tel.: Oxford 511992.

Domestic Services

Nanny sought: university lecturer seeks
nanny, from Jan. 1998, for 4-month-old baby. Would
welcome personal recommendations and/or offers of nanny-
share with other families. Tel.: Oxford (2)73609 or
553176.

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.

Situations Vacant

Oxford English Dictionary:
applications are invited from those interested in
undertaking approx. 15 hours p.w. of casual freelance
pre-editorial work to assist in the preparation of the
third edition of the Oxford English
Dictionary. The work will be based in the
OEDoffices, but with some degree of
flexibility as to the hours worked. Candidates should
have a good working knowledge of historical philology.
Familiarity with the use of computers, especially Windows
programs, would be an advantage. Candidates, who may be
asked to take a brief aptitude test, are invited to apply
by sending a full c.v. and handwritten letter of
application (referring clearly to this advertisement) as
soon as possible, but in any case before 25 June, to Dr
Marcella McCarthy. Oxford English
Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Great
Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP.

Executive Director for overseas study
program in Oxford. Ideal candidate will be an Oxford
graduate, around 30, with tutoring experience. Hours
flexible, could be 30 p.w. to allow for part-time
teaching. Salary £18--£25K p.a. Ability to work
with students and tutors important. Send c.v. to Dr
Richardson, 11 Holywell Street, Oxford OX1 3BN.

Oxford University Music Society
Performance Council wishes to appoint a part-time
Performance Officer, on a 6-month contract from 15 Sept.
The job includes co-ordinating sponsorship for the member
groups of the Performance Council (university orchestras,
Wind Orchestra, Chorus, and Music Society), and editing a
newsletter. Salary £2,000 for the 6-month period
with the possibility of commission on funding raised. The
post may be renewed. Applications with full c.v. by 31
July; candidates should ask 2 referees to write to the
Performance Council by the same date. Further particulars
from the OUMS Performance Council, Faculty of Music, St
Aldate's, Oxford OX1 1DB.

Oxford Chamber Music Society wishes to
appoint an Honorary Secretary to succeed the present
secretary who retires in Oct. The society's committee
arranges 6 concerts a year in the Holywell Music Room and
the secretary's main responsibility is to deal directly
with the artists' agents. Further details from Miss K.
Mathews, 19 Blenheim Drive, Oxford OX2 8DJ. Tel.: Oxford
515765.

Required as soon as possible,
well-qualified tutors of Thai, Portuguese, and Italian to
prepare students for the International Baccalaureate.
Applicants should be native speakers who are able to
teach literature to students in their mother tongue.
1½ hours p.w. for 2 years. Send c.v. and covering
letter as soon as possible to Mrs C. Gospel, Head of
Languages, St Clare's, Oxford, 139 Banbury Road, Oxford
OX2 7AL. Tel.: Oxford 552031, fax: 310002.

Houses to Let

Luxury barn conversion in Cumnor
village, 4 miles west of Oxford; secluded location for
short-term rental; large lounge with TV and video, newly
fitted kitchen with washing-machine, dish-washer,
microwave; shower and drying room; large double bedroom
and adjoining bathroom; second bedroom with twin beds;
attractively furnished with many antiques. Gas c.h.,
telephones, off-street parking. £350 p.w. Tel. and
fax: Oxford 864690, e-mail: "mailto:francis4@which.net">francis4@which.net.

East Oxford/Headington: semi-detached
house, backing onto South Park; 2 bedrooms, 1
bedroom/study; light and spacious, well-furnished and
recently decorated; gas c.h., washing-machine, beautiful
garden; off-street parking; 10--15 minutes' walk to
university centre, 5 minutes from local shops. Ideal for
professional/academic couple or similar. Available 1
Sept. 1997-- end June 1998. £700 p.c.m. Tel.: 0141
330 4164, e-mail: "mailto:nzt@arts.gla.ac.uk">nzt@arts.gla.ac.uk.

Brand new 3-bed 2-bath house with
garage, south Oxford. Easy access city centre. To let on
assured shorthold for 6 months min. £700 p.c.m.
unfurnished. Available from 21 July. Tel.: 01235
847635.

Headington, close to hospitals, schools,
buses, and shops: 3-bedroom house, separate bath and
shower, fitted kitchen, sun-lounge, small garden, garage,
telephone, gas c.h., sophisticated burglar alarm,
washing-machine, drier, waste disposal unit,
refrigerator/freezer. Available at once. £650 p.c.m.
Tel.: 01993 881667, fax: 01993 704858.

Central North Oxford, in a prime
location, unusually large Victorian family house,
available to let fully furnished, Sept. 1997- -June/July
1998; 4 double bedrooms, 2 large reception, dining-room
and kitchen, 3 bathrooms; ample garden, parking, and
garage; all mod. cons. Careful tenants wanted while owner
abroad. Might suit 2 small families sharing, or an
extended family; not for multiple occupation. Tel.:
Oxford 554888.

House for rent in Bowness Avenue (off
Headley Way); newly refurbished; sleeps 5; £960
p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 514568.

Superb Observatory Street house: central
North Oxford, few minutes' walk from the Radcliffe
Infirmary, St Antony's College, St Giles', and OUP.
Tastefully refurbished and extended period house with
charming garden; own parking space; living-room opening
to large, light conservatory dining-room and
fully-equipped new kitchen (with washing-machine, drier,
dish-washer, separate oven); 2 bedrooms upstairs,
bathroom with shower and w.c., plus separate w.c. with
sink; ground-floor study/guest-room; cosy basement room
as further bedroom or study; fully furnished and carpeted
throughout; 3 telephones and TV point; gas c.h. and new
security system linked to station. Families only.
Available June. £1,500 p.m. Tel.: Oxford 559614,
e-mail: "mailto:sanjaya.lall@economics.ox.ac.uk">sanjaya.lall@eco
nomics.ox.ac.uk.

Comfortable, fully-furnished east Oxford
house with large rear garden and gas c.h. available on
short-term lease (3--12 months); c.h.; fully furnished; 3
double bedrooms, large bathroom, separate downstairs
w.c., walk-through sitting-/dining-room with open fire,
well-equipped kitchen; small lean-to `conservatory';
garage space for storage. Available from early July.
£715 p.m., exc. bills. Hilary Coulby. Tel.: 0171-354
5018 (h) or 0171-354 0883 (w). 196]

An Englishman's home is his castle---so
the saying goes. We cannot pretend that we have too many
castles on offer but if you are seeking quality rental
accommodation in Oxford or the surrounding area we may be
able to help. QB management is one of Oxford's foremost
letting agents, specialising in lettings to academics,
medical personnel, and other professionals. Our aim is to
offer the friendliest and most helpful service in Oxford.
Please telephone or fax us with details of your
requirements and we will do whatever we can without
obligation. Tel.: Oxford 764533, fax: 764777.

Mallams is a long-established
independent company offering a letting service tailored
to the needs of the discerning landlord. If you would
like further details or professional advice on any aspect
of the letting market please call our Summertown office.
Tel.: Oxford 311006, fax: 311977.

Make finding accommodation a pleasure,
not a chore. Finders Keepers is dedicated to making it
easy for visitors to Oxford to find the right property.
Browse through our Web site for up-to-date detailed
information on properties available and make use of our
interactive database, priority reservation service
(credit cards accepted), welcome food pack, personal
service, and much more. Call us and you will not need to
go elsewhere. For further information contact Finders
Keepers, 73 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE. Tel.: Oxford
311011, fax: 556993, e-mail: oxford@finders.co.uk;
Internet site: www.finders.co.uk

Flats to Let

Large Edwardian second-floor flat,
Woodstock Road, 10 minutes to city; 23-ft bedroom, lounge
same; large bathroom, separate shower cubicle;
dining-room; kitchen with microwave, washing-machine, gas
cooker. Lovely view of St John's sports ground. Suitable
academics only. Available 29 Sept. 1997--31 May 1998.
£500 p.m. Tel.: Oxford 553094.

Central North Oxford, attractive
unfurnished 2-bedroom flat; private and self-contained;
ideal location; double and single bedrooms, conservatory,
living-room, c.h., kitchen, dish-washer, washer/drier,
private patio, parking space. From mid-July. £875
p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford (2)84243 or 01203 523290
(message).

North Oxford , fully-furnished 1-bedroom
flat overlooking water meadows; sitting-room with
telephone and fax, kitchen with washing-machine and
tumble-drier, shower/bathroom. Parking facility.
Available from beginning of July. £550 p.m. exc.
council tax. Tel.: Oxford 736231.

North Oxford : flat on second (top)
floor of purpose-built block in Osberton Road,
Summertown; fully furnished and equipped with kitchen
utensils, crockery, etc., plus washer/drier,
fridge/freezer, gas c.h., shower, garage, garden access.
Living- room and 2 double bedrooms. Available to
non-smokers from 3 Aug. for either short- or longer-term
(1 year) tenancy. Rent from £650 p.c.m. depending on
length of tenancy. Tel.: Oxford 727650, e- mail:
binney@thphys.ox.ac.uk.

Very attractive modern, sunny, fully-
furnished 1-bedroom flat with door-phone security; own
parking, communal gardens and roof terrace, near river
meadows, shop, bus, Summertown; available from Sept.
£595 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford 556808.

Overlooking the river: modern 1-bedroom
flat with balcony and own under-cover off-street parking;
exceptional location, less than 10 minutes' walk from
city-centre shops, railway station, coach station, but
backing onto large nature reserve. No smoking; no pets.
Available from July. Tel.: Oxford 512138.

Wytham Abbey, Oxford: spacious 3- and 4-
bed apartments, with use of walled garden. Part of grade
1 listed manor house, situated 3 miles from city centre
and set in 3,000 acres of park and woodland. Fully
equipped and luxuriously appointed. Available from Sept.
Tel.: Oxford 247200, fax: 724762.

Summer Lets

The Plain, St Clement's, within easy
walking distance of University and city: modern 2-bedroom
apartment; free parking 4 p.m10 a.m.; available 3
months, July--Sept. £625 p.c.m. inc. council tax.
Tel.: Oxford 433146.

Three-bedroom semi-detached house with
large garden, c.h., Internet, telephone, hi-fi, TV,
bicycles, newspaper; 3 minutes from bus-stop (10 minutes
to centre), supermarket, post office, pharmacy; 30-minute
walk through fields and parks to centre of town.
Available 15 July--31 Aug. £900. Tel.: Oxford
725770, tel./fax: 310714, e-mail: "mailto:Werd@werd.demon.co.uk">Werd@werd.demon.co.uk.

Delightful south Oxford terrace house
available from beginning of July for up to 3 months;
walking distance of city centre; 2 bedrooms,
sitting-room, kitchen/dining-room with french doors to
long sunny garden; well-equipped with washing-machine,
china, linen, etc. Rent negotiable dependent on length of
stay. Tel.: 01993 813569 (evenings).

Near the river, 5 minutes' walk from the
centre: large, spacious, c.h. Victorian house on 3
floors; split-level living-room; dining-room; kitchen
with dishwasher, microwave, oven, hob, etc.; 4 bedrooms,
large bathroom with w.c. and bidet; separate shower-room
with w.c.; pretty, south-facing garden. Available 6
weeks, 18 July31 Aug., £300 p.w. inc. 4 hours
p.w. domestic help, but exc. bills. Tel.: Oxford
725193.

Three- to four-bedroom houses in central
Oxford suitable for visiting academic families, available
about 25 June for the summer. Telephones, TVs, videos
installed. £800--£1,000 p.c.m. plus utilities.
Contact Johan at WISC. Tel.: Oxford 201132.

Small flats, suitable couples, available
7 July--14 Sept.; close to University Parks;
kitchenette/living room, double bedroom, shower room.
Quiet and comfortable. Contact Assistant Bursar, St
Edmund Hall. Tel.: Oxford (2)79006/7, fax: (2)79089,
e.mail: Pauline.Linieres@seh.ox.ac.uk.

Accommodation Offered

Bed-and-breakfast available in the
comfortable home of a semi- retired academic couple in
exclusive, leafy, central North Oxford; within easy
walking distance of the city centre and all main
university buildings; a stone's throw from the river,
parks, excellent pubs and restaurants and a 9--9 corner
shop. All rooms have colour TV, microwave, tea- and
coffee-making facilies. Refrigerators available. Very
moderate terms. Tel. and fax: Oxford 557879.

Accommodation available in lovely
Cotswold cottage in Witney; TV, private bath,
car-parking, and excellent bus service to Oxford.
Nightly, weekly, or monthly rates. Tel.: 01993 709340.
n

Accommodation Sought

Quiet, mature professional female (RC
nun) requires apartment for 1½ years from Sept.
Tel.: Oxford 741628.

Jan.--June/July: University of
California professor and wife seek quiet house or flat in
central or North Oxford. Non-smokers, tidy, references
provided. We will be in Oxford 20--6 June. Tel. Oxford
contact, G.R. Fraser: 226048; after 26 June: write
Professor E.B. Hook, Warren Hall, MC 7360, University of
California, Berkeley, California, 94720-7360, USA;
tel./fax: 510 642 4790; e-mail: "mailto:ebhook@socrates.berkeley.edu">ebhook@socrates.ber
keley.edu.

Canadian academic couple, on sabbatical
leave in Oxford, seek furnished 2-bedroom house or flat,
Nov. 1997--June 1998. No children, non-smokers. Local
references available. E-mail: "mailto:G.R.Davis@usask.ca">G.R.Davis@usask.ca.

British couple (doctors), with one
toddler, returning from 3 years working in Vietnam, seek
family home to rent in Oxford for 1 year, from Aug./Sept.
Headington/east Oxford preferred. Contact Mrs J. Packer,
Centre for Tropical Medicine, Level 7, John Radcliffe
Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU. Tel. Oxford 220970, fax:
220984; or contact Tom Solomon in Vietnam---fax: 00 848
8353 904, e-mail: "mailto:oxford.wellcome.@bdvn.vnmail.vnbd.net">oxford.wel
lcome.@bdvn.vnmail.vnbd.net.

Single mature professional seeks flat or
small house in North Oxford or Headington from mid-July,
preferably unfurnished. Tel.: Oxford 311901.

The University Accommodation Office is
looking for furnished houses and flats for couples and
families available now and for the next academic year.
Reasonably priced rooms for single people and short- term
accommodation also required. Tel.: Oxford (2)78286/7.

Going abroad? Or just thinking of
letting your property? QB Management are one of Oxford's
foremost letting agents and property managers. We
specialise in lettings to both academic and professional
individuals and their families, and have a constant flow
of enquiries from good-quality tenants seeking property
in the Oxford area. If you would like details of our
services, or if you simply need some informal help and
advice without obligation, telephone us. Tel.: Oxford
764533, or fax: 764777.

Accommodation Sought to Rent or
Exchange

American cardiology/psychology
professors who previously lived in Oxford seek 4+ bedroom
house to rent late Aug. 1997--late Aug. 1998. Would
consider exchange for 4-bedroom Seattle home or 4-bedroom
beachfront island home. Home tel.: 206 285 4005; fax: 206
764 2257, e-mail: "mailto:jrs@u.washington.edu">jrs@u.washington.edu
(Dr John Stratton); e-mail: "mailto:cws@u.washington.edu">cws@u.washington.edu
(Dr Carolyn Webster-Stratton).

Holiday Lets

Italy---Umbria: 2 bedrooms,
kitchen/dining-/sitting-room, big bathroom in newly
furnished casa colonicaon its own road in
hills 5 miles N. of Assisi. Superb views, wildlife.
£250 p.w. or £800 p.m. Tel.: Oxford 768775.

Italy---Lake Como: 1 bedroom,
sitting-/dining-room, kitchenette, bathroom, domed
terrace in village house closely overlooking lake. Superb
view. 15 mins. from Como city. £250 p.w. or
£800 p.m. Tel.: Oxford 768775.

Available for 6 months, Oct.--Mar.,
delightful, former gamekeeper's cottage on south Cornish
coast near Fowey. Complete seclusion amid deep woodland
with sea and coast within 500 yards. Fully furnished and
well equipped. Ideal for writing/contemplation/retreat.
£275 p.c.m. Tel.: 01726 815432.

Sympathetically restored traditional
Cretan town house in heart of old Rethymnon; fully
equipped, inc. TV, automatic washing- machine, patio with
barbecue, and library with English novels; sleeps 4 (1
double, 1 twin); very quiet location with view of the
Fortress but close to bus station, shops, beaches.
£250 p.w. Tel./fax: 01274 869505 or 00 30 831
56525.

French Alpine chalet: at 3,000 ft.,
ideal for mountain walking, cycling, winter skiing or
just unwinding; wild flowers everywhere; sleeps 7, large
garden, local swimming-pool; near Lake Geneva, Annecy,
Chamonix, Morzine. Reasonable rental. Tel.: 01722 335762
for photos and details.

France, Lot Valley: old period house in
quiet rural village, sleeps 2, small garden, 5 minutes
from main town of Figeac, available until end of Sept.,
£150 p.w. Also large house in same village with
spectacular views over Célé valley, sleeps
5/6, available around 10--17 Aug. £300 p.w. Tel.:
01295 276156.

Menorca, villa on outskirts of untouched
Menorcan village, sheltered garden, sleeps 2 (could also
sleep 2 small children), 2 kms from quiet beach, shops in
village within walking distance, available until end
Sept. £200 p.w. Tel.: 01295 276156.

South Shropshire, near Ludlow: 3-double
bedroom cottage with wonderful views over exceptionally
beautiful countryside; Ludlow 5 miles, Oxford 2 hours;
full of antiques and interesting objects; c.h., open
fires, garden. £220 p.w. peak times. Weekend breaks
available off-peak. Longrigg. Tel.: 0171-350 1435 or
0171-203 5090.

House for Sale

Great Milton: large cottage with 4
bedrooms; large living-room with inglenook fireplace;
dining-room and conservatory; 2 bathrooms; kitchen with
Rayburn; utility room; large well-stocked cottage-style
garden; easy access A40/M40; no onward chain. Guide price
£260,000. Dr Good. Tel.: 01844 261026, or 01844
279652 (evening).

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Ox. Univ. Gazette: Diary, 20 June - 29 July

Diary

Contents of this section:

Friday 20 June
Saturday 21 June
Sunday 22 June
Monday 23 June
Tuesday 24 June
Thursday 26 June
Friday 27 June
Sunday 29 June
Monday 30 June
Tuesday 1 July
Thursday 3 July
Friday 4 July
Sunday 6 July
Tuesday 8 July
Wednesday 9 July
Friday 11 July
Tuesday 15 July
Friday 18 July
Saturday 19 July
Tuesday 22 July
Friday 25 July
Tuesday 29 July

Academic Staff
Seminars: places should be booked in advance through
the Staff Development Office, University Offices,
Wellington Square (telephone: (2)70086).

For the full list of courses, see the HREF="../../supps/1_4410.htm">Staff Development
Programme supplement.

Friday 20 June

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Narrative paintings',
1.15 p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78015,
9.30 a.m.12.30 p.m.)

DR R. WEHNER: `Mendelssohn sourcesa treasure
hunt' (special Music Faculty lecture to mark the Bodleian
Library's Midsummer Mendelssohn Festival), Holywell Music
Room, 6 p.m.

Saturday 21 June

TRINITY FULL TERM ends.

TRANSLATION RESEARCH in Oxford meeting:
`Journée avec Yves Bonnefoy', St Hugh's, 10
a.m.--6 p.m. (details from Edith McMorran, St Hugh's, or
Jane Taylor, St Hilda's).

Sunday 22 June

THE RT. REVD DR GEOFFREY ROWELL preaches, St Mary's, 10
a.m.
Natasha Koval-Paden, Benjamin Oren (piano), and Yukako
Tatsumi-Margaritoff (mezzo-soprano) perform music by
Schubert and Mendelssohn, Wolfson, 4 p.m. (admission
£4; proceeds to African Medical and Research
Foundation).

Monday 23 June

CHRIST CHURCH Picture Gallery exhibition opens: `The
story of Hercules'Old Master drawings (until 28
September).

Tuesday 24 June

ACADEMIC STAFF SEMINAR: `Lecturing skills
practicelecturing to conferences', 9.30 a.m. ( HREF="#seminars">see information above).

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Glass through the
ages', 1.15 p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings:
(2)78015, 9.30 a.m.12.30 p.m.)

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Faculty Board election, 3 July
(one official member): nominations by six electors to be
received at the University Offices by 4 p.m.

Thursday 26 June

SEMINAR: Franco-British seminar on electoral behaviour
(various speakers), Maison Française
(continues tomorrow).

IT SUPPORT STAFF CONFERENCE, St Catherine's (see
details at: "http://info.ox.ac.uk/it/support/conf97/">http://info.ox.
ac.uk/it/support/conf97/).

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM study-day: `Gold through the ages',
10 a.m.4 p.m. (Cost: £19. Tel. for details:
(2)78015.)

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ADVISORY GROUP: `Whither
technology transfer in Oxford?' (a meeting for
inventors), Garden Quadrangle Auditorium, St John's, 4.30
p.m. (admission by tickets: (2)72411).

Friday 27 June

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Tracing gold', 1.15 p.m.
(Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78015, 9.30
a.m.12.30 p.m.)

Sunday 29 June

DR PAULA CLIFFORD preaches the St John Baptist's Day
Sermon, Magdalen, 10 a.m.

Monday 30 June

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Faculty Board election, 24 July
(one official and one ordinary member): nominations by
two electors to be received at the University Offices by
4 p.m.

Tuesday 1 July

ACADEMIC STAFF SEMINAR: `Writing research grant
applications', 9.30 a.m. (see
information above).

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Flowers through the
Ashmolean', 1.15 p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for
bookings: (2)78015, 9.30 a.m.--12.30 p.m.)

CONGREGATION meeting, 2 p.m.

Thursday 3 July

ACADEMIC STAFF SEMINAR: `Time management', 9.30 a.m. ( HREF="#seminars">see information above).

Friday 4 July

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Acquisitions
198597' (special exhibition), 1.15 p.m. (Cost:
£1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78015, 9.30 a.m.--12.30
p.m.)

Sunday 6 July

TRINITY TERM ends.

Tuesday 8 July

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM exhibition opens: `Early Netherlandish
engraving, c. 14401540' (until 28
September).

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Making money', 1.15
p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78015, 9.30
a.m.--12.30 p.m.)

Wednesday 9 July

ACADEMIC STAFF SEMINAR: `Financial management: budget
monitoring and control', 9.30 a.m. ( HREF="#seminars">see information above).

MR J. ELSTON: ` "To find the mind's construction in
the face"the neurology of facial and eyelid
movement' (Ida Mann Lecture), Witts Lecture Theatre,
Radcliffe Infirmary, 5.30 p.m.

Friday 11 July

CONFERENCE opens: `Labour and difference in Africa, USA,
and Britainracialising class, classifying race', St
Antony's (until 13 July) (details at: "http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sant0425/">http://users.ox.ac.uk/
~sant0425/).

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Great collectors: Anne
Clifford and Joan Evans', 1.15 p.m. (Cost: £1.50.
Tel. for bookings: (2)78015, 9.30 a.m.--12.30 p.m.)

HE MR NELSON MANDELA: `Renewal and renaissance:
towards a new world order', Sheldonian, 5.30 p.m.
(tickets required for admission; applications, before 4
July, to Centre Secretary, Oxford Centre for Islamic
Studies).

Tuesday 15 July

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `A breath of French air',
1.15 p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78015,
9.30 a.m.--12.30 p.m.)

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Faculty Board election, 24 July
(one official and one ordinary member): nominations by
six electors to be received at the University Offices by
4 p.m.

Friday 18 July

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Portraits', 1.15 p.m.
(Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78015, 9.30
a.m.--12.30 p.m.)

Saturday 19 July

DEGREE conferments, Sheldonian, 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.

Tuesday 22 July

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM exhibition opens: `Textiles and the
Indian Ocean trade' (until 28 September).

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Eighteenth-century art
and Canova's Ideal Heads', 1.15 p.m. (Cost:
£1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78015, 9.30 a.m.--12.30
p.m.)

Friday 25 July

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Shakespeare's world',
1.15 p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78015,
9.30 a.m.--12.30 p.m.)

Tuesday 29 July

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM study-day: `Indian textiles workshop',
10 a.m.4 p.m. (Cost: £25 plus £5 for
materials; tel. for details: (2)78015.)

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Early Netherlandish
engraving' (special exhibition), 1.15 p.m. (Cost:
£1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78015, 9.30 a.m.--12.30
p.m.)