30 November 1995



<br /> Oxford University Gazette, 30 November 1995: University Acts<br />

University Acts


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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 persons who are
qualified for membership of Congregation:

MARGARET ANN JOHNSON, Radcliffe Infirmary

JUDITH MARY LUMLEY, Radcliffe Infirmary

VALERIE ANN NOYES, Somerville College

DAVID RECHTER, Faculty of Oriental Studies

NORMAN SOLOMON, Faculty of Oriental Studies

PETER JOHN WILSON, University College

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2 Register of Congregation

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

Johnson, M.A., MA status, Radcliffe Infirmary

Lumley, J.M., MA status, Radcliffe Infirmary

Noyes, V.A., MA status, Somerville

Rechter, D., MA status, Faculty of Oriental Studies

Solomon, N., MA status, Faculty of Oriental Studies

Wilson, P.J., MA status, University

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CONGREGATION 28 November


Declaration of approval of unopposed Statute
promulgated on 14 November

No notice of opposition having been given, Mr Vice-Chancellor
declared the Statutes (1) changing the age limit for members of
university bodies, and (2) changing the current title of the
Professorship of Electrical Engineering approved.

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<br /> Oxford University Gazette, 30 November 1995: University Agenda<br />

University Agenda


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CONGREGATION 4 December


Degree by Special Resolution

The following special resolution will be deemed to be approved at
noon on 4 December, unless by that time the Registrar has received
notice in writing from two or more members of Congregation under the
provisions of Tit. II, Sect. vi, cl. 6 (Statutes, 1995,
p. 13) that they wish the resolution to be put to a meeting of
Congregation.

Text of Special Resolution

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

PAUL DAVID CROWTHER, Corpus Christi College

GERHARD DANNEMANN, Worcester College

STEVEN MICHAEL GILLON, Mansfield College

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<br /> Oxford University Gazette, 30 November 1995: Notices<br />

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    JACQUES DELORS VISITING PROFESSORSHIP IN
    EUROPEAN AND COMPARATIVE LAW

    AMI BARAV, Maîtrise en Droit, M.SC. (Econ.) Politics, Docteur
    en Droit, Professor at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-
    Sorbonne), has been appointed to the visiting professorship for the
    academic year 1995–6.

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    GUIDELINES FOR LEAVE FOR ACADEMIC STAFF

    The General Board's regulations in respect of sabbatical leave and
    dispensation from CUF lecturing obligations are set out in Ch. VII,
    Sect. I (Statutes, 1995, pp. 362–4). Provisions
    for other leave are set out in the same section (pp. 360–1). The
    following guidelines describe the General Board's policy and practice
    in respect of applications for leave which do not fall within the
    category of straightforward sabbatical leave or dispensation, i.e.
    special leave.

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

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

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

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

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    Applications for leave for other purposes

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

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

    Applications for special leave cover many kinds of situation.
    One would be an unrepeatable opportunity to pursue academic interests
    where the applicant is ineligible for sabbatical leave. In such a
    case it would be necessary for the faculty board to demonstrate the
    academic advantage (to the University rather than to the individual)
    of the individual being able to accept the opportunity, and for an
    explanation to be given of why such an opportunity could not be taken
    up at a later period when the applicant would be entitled to
    sabbatical leave. Another situation where special leave might be
    applied for would be where there was a need for fieldwork for a
    period exceeding one year, which could therefore not be accommodated
    within the sabbatical provisions. In such a case it would be
    expected, as usual, that as much of the leave as possible would be
    taken as sabbatical or sabbatical in advance of entitlement, and the
    faculty board would again need to demonstrate the academic advantage
    to the University of the application's being granted.

    Very occasionally applications are made for leave to enable
    someone to accept an appointment in another academic institution
    (other than a routine visiting appointment held during sabbatical
    leave). In such instances, the faculty board would need to make an
    extremely convincing case as to desirability of the individual being
    offered reversionary rights to his or her university post for any
    application to be successful. Factors taken into account would
    include all relevant circumstances relating to the individual's role
    within the faculty and the consequences for the faculty, in terms of
    the refilling of the post, if leave were not to be granted and the
    individual were therefore to resign. On this latter point, it should
    be noted, of course, that if leave is granted and the individual
    subsequently resigns during the period of leave or at the end of it,
    the uncertainty about the long-term filling of the post will have
    been exacerbated. The longer the appointment in the other institution
    the less likely it is that leave will be granted; leave will not be
    granted save in the most exceptional circumstances to enable someone
    to decide whether to accept a permanent appointment elsewhere.

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

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

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

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

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    Stipendiary arrangements

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

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    ISIS INNOVATION LIMITED

    2 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UB

    Isis Innovation, a wholly-owned company of the University, was
    established in 1988. The company has been formed to exploit know-how
    arising out of research funded by the UK Government through the
    Research Councils and funded by other bodies where the rights are not
    tied. The function of the company is to ensure that the results of
    research bring rewards to Oxford, and to the inventors, who are given
    a financial incentive for exploitation.

    Isis seeks licensees willing to pay lump sums and/or royalties
    for the use of know-how arising out of research. Isis also exploits
    the intellectual property of the University by setting up individual
    companies using venture capital or development capital funds.

    Isis' services are also available to individuals who wish to
    exploit the results of research supported by non-Research Council
    sources, when there are no prior conditions on the handling of the
    intellectual property rights. Isis Innovation has at its disposal a
    small pre-seedcorn fund for paying the costs of protecting
    intellectual property rights and for taking work to a stage where its
    potential can be assessed.

    Isis finds industrial partners to ensure that new ideas can be
    developed for market requirements. The company has established the
    Oxford Innovation Society for major industrial companies, so that
    they can have a window on Oxford technology and an opportunity to
    license and invest where appropriate.

    A brochure explaining Isis' activities is available. Please
    contact the above address, or the telephone and fax numbers given
    below.

    Members of the University should contact Dr James Hiddleston if
    they wish to take advantage of the services that Isis provides.
    (Telephone: (2)72411; fax: (2)72412.)

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    UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENT


    University Lecturership in Theology (New
    Testament Studies)

    In association with Wolfson College, Keble College, and Trinity
    College

    Applications are invited for this post, tenable from 1 October 1996.
    The primary specialism of the person appointed will be in the New
    Testament, but an interest in New Testament ethics and a willingness
    to engage in discussion of it in the light of Moral Theology might be
    an advantage. Stipend according to age, on the scale
    £15,154–£28,215 per annum. The successful candidate
    may be offered a non-stipendiary fellowship by Wolfson College and
    stipendiary lecturerships at Keble College and Trinity College, for
    which additional emoluments would be available.

    Further particulars, containing details of the duties and the
    full range of emoluments and allowances attaching to both the
    university and the college posts, may be obtained from the Secretary
    to the Theology Board, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford
    OX1 2JD. The closing date is 15 January. Applicants are asked to
    arrange for three references to be sent to the above address by the
    closing date.

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    <br /> Oxford University Gazette, 30 November 1995: Lectures<br />

    Lectures


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    FORD'S LECTURES IN BRITISH HISTORY
    1995–6

    Origins of the English State

    JAMES CAMPBELL, FBA, FSA, Reader in Medieval History and Fellow of
    Worcester College, will deliver the Ford's Lectures for 1995–6
    at 5 p.m. on the following Fridays in the Examination Schools.

    19 Jan.: `The first nation state?'

    26 Jan.: `Politics and participation.'

    2 Feb.: `Shires, hundreds, and leets.'

    9 Feb.: `Towns.'

    16 Feb.: `The state and the economy.'

    23 Feb.: `Conclusion.'

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    CYRIL FOSTER LECTURE 1996

    DR BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI, Secretary-General of the United Nations,
    will deliver the 1996 Cyril Foster Lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 15
    January, in the Sheldonian Theatre.

    Subject: `The diplomatic role of the United Nations
    Secretary-General.'

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    HENSLEY HENSON LECTURES 1995–6

    Tradition and transformation—the virtue in tradition

    DAVID BROWN, Van Mildert Professor of Divinity, University of Durham,
    will deliver the Hensley Henson Lectures at 5 p.m. on the following
    Wednesdays in the Examination Schools.

    31 Jan.: `Tradition and revelation: Pentecost and
    Crib.'

    7 Feb.: `From victim to saint: Isaac and Joseph.'

    14 Feb.: `Apostle and penitent: Mary Magdalen.'

    21 Feb.: `Seeing Christ differently: art as
    revelation.'

    28 Feb.: `Slaying the dragon: pattern and
    particular.'

    6 Mar.: `Transformation: Job renewed.'

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    SIR BASIL ZAHAROFF LECTURE 1995--6

    PROFESSOR N. SCHOR, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures,
    University of Harvard, will deliver the Zaharoff Lecture for 1995--6
    at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 15 February 1996, in the Taylor Institution.

    Subject: `One hundred years of melancholy.'

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    WINCHESTER LECTURE IN INTERNATIONAL
    RELATIONS

    DR ROBERT HUNTER, United States Ambassador to NATO, Brussels, will
    deliver the Winchester Lecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 29 January, in
    the Examination Schools.

    This is the first of a series of annual visiting lecturerships
    held on the basis of a generous endowment by Bapsybanoo, Marchioness
    of Winchester (b. 1902, d. 1995), and will be in the field of
    International Relations.

    Subject: `NATO and the former Yugoslavia.'

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    CLINICAL MEDICINE

    Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology

    PROFESSOR P. FARNSWORTH, New Jersey, will lecture at 1 p.m. on
    Wednesday, 6 December, in the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology.

    Subject: `3-D structure of alpha crystallin: its
    functional implications.'

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    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

    Women, text, and history 1500–1700

    The following lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays in the
    Seminar Room, All Souls College.

    Conveners: M.C. Stocker, MA, University Lecturer (CUF) in
    English, and E.J. Smith, BA, Fellow, All Souls College.

    D. PURKISS, Reading

    17 Jan.: `All-singing, all-dancing: the Weird
    Sisters, witchcraft, and display.'

    K. CHEDGZOY, Warwick

    31 Jan.: ` "Nothing to the Purpose":
    fetishism and female homoeroticism in the seventeenth
    century.'

    R. SMITH

    14 Feb.: ` "In a mirrour clere":
    Protestantism and politics in Anne Lok's sonnets.'

    M. PELLING

    28 Feb.: `Thoroughly resented? Older women and the
    caring role in seventeenth-century sources.'

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    SOCIAL STUDIES

    MR WILL HUTTON, Economics Editor of the Guardian, and
    Visiting Fellow, Nuffield College, will lead a discussion at 5.30
    p.m. on Wednesday, 6 December, in the Seminar Room, Nuffield College.

    Convener: A. Offer, MA, D.Phil., Reader in Recent Social
    and Economic History.

    Subject: `Middle-class anxieties in Britain today.'

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    ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE UNIT

    Greening the kitchen: consumer energy-awareness—lights and
    appliances

    A conference on this subject will be held on Thursday, 7 December, in
    St Hilda's College.

    Further details may be obtained from Nick Blinco, Conference
    Organiser, Environmental Change Unit, 37A St Giles', Oxford OX1 3LD
    (fax: Oxford (2)80581).

    11 a.m.: the policy framework

    J. HOBSON, Environment and Energy Management
    Directorate: Introduction.

    P. BERTOLDI, DG XVII, European Commission: `The
    European Commission's view and plans.'

    P. CARVER, Director, Association of Manufacturers of
    Domestic Appliances: `Manufacturers' view.'

    11.45 a.m.: DECADE findings

    DR B. BOARDMAN: `Resumé of DECADE
    findings.'

    M. HINNELLS: `Introduction to policy initiatives.'

    V. STRANG: `Behavioural factors.'

    2 p.m.: Case studies: policies in action

    B. WAJER, Novem: `Education programmes: lighting
    retailers.' (To be confirmed)

    D. SIMPSON, Scottish Hydro-Electric: `Labelling: cold
    and wet appliances.'

    R. SCHMITZ, Federal Office of Energy, Switzerland:
    `Standards: voluntary targets.'

    H. NILSSON and E. OFVERHOLM, NUTEK, Sweden:
    `Procurement.'

    DR G. CHARLESWORTH, Energy Saving Trust: `Rebates:
    lights, chest freezers.'

    3.40 p.m.: Panel and discussion

    D. BROWN, Consumers Association: `Role of consumer
    groups.'

    S. ROBERTS, Apple Computers: `Manufacturer.' (To be
    confirmed    )

    J. HOBSON, Director, Environment and Energy Management
    Directorate: `Government.'

    Note: there will also be a speaker on
    Retailing in this discussion. Details are to be confirmed.

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    ST ANNE'S COLLEGE


    An evening of words and music

    CHRISTOPHER LOGUE will read from his Selected Poems and
    from his account of the Iliad, and KATHARINE GOWERS
    (violin) and CHARLES OWEN (piano) will play music by Respighi and
    Falla, at 7.15 p.m. on Saturday, 13 January, in the Mary Ogilvie
    Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College.

    Tickets, costing £30 each (including buffet supper), are
    available from the Development Office, St Anne's College (telephone
    and fax: Oxford (2)74852).

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    OXFORD INNOVATION SOCIETY

    PROFESSOR C. HIGGINS of the IMM will lecture to the society at 6 p.m.
    on Thursday, 7 December, in the Department of Pharmacology. The
    lecture will be preceded by tea at 5.30 p.m.

    Admission is by ticket only, obtainable from Isis Innovation
    (telephone: Oxford (2)72411).

    Subject: `Gene therapy.'

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    <br /> Oxford University Gazette, 30 November 1995: Grants and Research<br /> Funding<br />

    Grants and Research Funding


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    <br /> Oxford University Gazette, 30 November 1995: Examinations and<br /> Boards<br />

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    EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
    PHILOSOPHY

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

    Anthropology and Geography

    A. PASSMORE, St Peter's: `Planning language: the history of planning
    and the discourse of reconstruction in Plymouth and Caen'.

    School of Geography, Friday, 15 December, 4 p.m.

    Examiners: M. Keith, E. Swyngedouw.

    Biological Sciences

    B. ARROYO, Wolfson: `Breeding ecology and nest dispersion of
    Montagu's harriers in Spain'.

    Department of Zoology, Monday, 4 December, 3.30 p.m.

    Examiners: D. W. MacDonald, R. Kenward.

    E. PARDO, Linacre: `Organisation of the A mating-type locus of
    Coprinus cinereus'.

    Department of Biochemistry, Friday, 8 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: E.J.C. Mellor, D.W. Holden.

    C. SOAMES, Green College: `Factor H: a major complement regulatory
    protein'.

    Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Radcliffe Infirmary,
    Friday, 8 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: R. WŸrzner, M.P. Esnouf.

    T.P. WEBER, St Peter's: `Theoretical and physiological aspects of
    bird migration'.

    Department of Zoology, Monday, 4 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: M.D. Pagel, T. Alerstam.

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    Clinical Medicine

    C.B. MOORE, Brasenose: `The development of in vivo
    sensors'.

    New Chemistry Laboratory, Friday, 8 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: L.L. Wong, A. Cass.

    H.A. RAYNHAM, Balliol: `The molecular basis of the ATR-16
    (alpha-thalassaemia/mental retardation) syndrome'.

    Institute of Molecular Medicine, Friday, 8 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: C. Matthew, A. Harris.

    R.J. RITCHIE, St Peter's: `Characterisation of the molecular basis
    of fragility of fragile sites in Xq 27–28'.

    MRC Immunochemistry Unit, Monday, 4 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: R.D. Campbell, G.P. Bates.

    K.J. SMITH, Wolfson: `Structural analysis of MHC Class I B allele
    single peptide complexes'.

    Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Thursday, 7 December, 2 p.m.


    Examiners: L.N. Johnson, D. Madden.

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    Literae Humaniores

    D. HERSHKOWTIZ, Christ Church: `Madness in Greek and Latin
    epic'.

    Queen's, Tuesday, 5 December, 2.15 p.m.

    Examiners: J.G.W. Henderson, A.M. Bowie.

    G. OLIVER, Lady Margaret Hall: `The Athenian state under threat:
    politics and food supply, 307 to 229 bc'.

    Examination Schools, Monday, 8 January, 2.15 p.m.

    Examiners: M.M. Austin, S. Hornblower.

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    Modern History

    F. DABHOIWALA, Brasenose: `Prostitution and police in London,
    c.1660–1760'.

    Lincoln, Wednesday, 10 January, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: P. Langford, K. Wrightson.

    M.A. MCDONNELL, Balliol: `The politics of mobilisation in
    revolutionary Virginia: military culture and political and social
    relations, 1774–83'.

    St Peter's, Thursday, 18 January, 11 a.m.

    Examiners: G.E. Aylmer, G. Morgan.

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    Physical Sciences

    J.A. ADAMS, Magdalen: `Cosmological phase transitions: techniques
    and phenomenology'.

    Sub-department of Theoretical Physics, Friday, 1 December, 10 a.m.


    Examiners: H. Rubinstein, G.G. Ross.

    G. CAIRNS, St Hugh's: `Learning with analogue VLSI multi-layer
    perceptrons'.

    Department of Engineering Science, Thursday, 14 December, 2.15 p.m.


    Examiners: S.J. Sheard, A.F. Murray.

    R. FIELDHOUSE, Linacre: `Synthesis of amino acids involved in the
    regulation of glutamine metabolism'.

    Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Wednesday, 13 December, 11 a.m.

    Examiners: W.B. Motherwell, G.H. Whitham.

    C. KNIGGE, Magdalen: `Modelling and observations of outflows from
    accretion disks'.

    Sub-department of Astrophysics, Monday, 11 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: P.A. Charles, A.R. King.

    G. PEGLER, Worcester: `Studies in seismotectonics'.

    Department of Earth Sciences, Monday, 4 December, 9.30 a.m.

    Examiners: A. Madariaga, A.B. Watts.

    Social Studies

    B. BELL, Nuffield: `Changing fortunes in the labour market:
    empirical essays on the unskilled and immigrants'.

    Corpus Christi, Thursday, 21 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: A.J. Glyn, J. Wadsworth.

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    Committee for Comparative Philology and General Linguistics

    JIN ZHOU, Worcester: `A study of speech errors in Mandarin
    Chinese'.

    Phonetics Laboratory, Friday, 15 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: J.S. Coleman, M. Garman.

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    Committee for Educational Studies

    H.R. HAGGER, St Cross: `The problems and possibilities for interns
    of gaining access to experienced teachers' craft knowledge'.

    St Cross, Wednesday, 20 December, 2.30 p.m.

    Examiners: S. Brown, K. Postlethwaite.

    M.T.E. HUGHES, Merton: `Historical imagination and education'.

    Examination Schools, Friday, 15 December, 9.30 a.m.

    Examiners: M. Roberts, N. Blake.

    Committee for Management and Industrial Relations

    P. BANSAL, Templeton: `Why do firms go green? The case for
    organisational legitimacy'.

    Templeton, Friday, 8 December, 2 p.m.

    Examiners: E.B. Howard, C. Oliver.

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    <br /> Oxford University Gazette, 30 November 1995: Colleges, Halls, and<br /> Societies<br />

    Colleges, Halls, and Societies


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    OBITUARIES


    St Edmund Hall

    CHARLES WHINNERAH MARSTON, MA, 2 November 1995; RAC Probationer 1944
    and 1948–51.


    Wolfson College

    ROBIN OLIVER GANDY, MA (MA, D.PHIL. Cambridge), 20 November 1995;
    Reader in Mathematical Logic 1969–86; Professorial Fellow
    1970–86, Emeritus Fellow 1986–95. Aged 76.


    Campion Hall

    FRANCIS KEEGAN, MA, SJ, 30 September 1995; commoner 1939–42.
    Aged 81.

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    MEMORIAL SERVICES


    Keble College

    A Memorial Service for DR PAUL M. HAYES will be held at 2.30 p.m. on
    Saturday, 20 January, in the chapel, Keble College.


    St Antony's College

    A Memorial Service for DR HOLLY WYATT-WALTER will be held at 3 p.m.
    on Saturday, 2 December, in the chapel, Balliol College.

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    ELECTIONS


    Christ Church

    As German Lektor (with effect from 1 July 1995):

    WOLFGANG LOCH

    To a Lecturership in Mathematics (with effect from 1 October
    1995):

    JAMES M.H. LAWRY, M.SC.

    To a Lecturership in English (with effect from 1 October
    1995):

    SARAH ELTIS, MA, D.PHIL.

    To a Lecturership in Philosophy (with effect from 1 January
    1996):

    D.W. MACKIE, B.PHIL.

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    Corpus Christi College

    To an Official Fellowship and Tutorship in Physics (with effect
    from 1 October 1996):

    HANS KRAUS (DR.RER.NAT. Munich),
    Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Technical University of Munich

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    Magdalen College

    To a Fellowship by Examination in German Literature (for three
    years from 1 October 1996):

    MERERID PUW DAVIES, BA, Magdalen
    College and St John's College

    To a Fellowship by Examination in Classical Archaeology (for
    three years from 1 October 1996):

    ANDREW IAN WILSON, BA, Corpus
    Christi College

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    Mansfield College

    To an Exhibition:

    DACIA MERLE TOLL, Rhodes Scholar, formerly
    of the University of North Carolina

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    Pembroke College

    To Domus Scholarships (with effect from MT 1995):

    MISS S.B. BROWN, formerly of Leeds Girls' High School

    MISS H.C. CLARKE, formerly of Hills Road Sixth-Form College,
    Cambridge

    M.F. GREANEY, formerly of Holy Family High School, Thornton

    MISS A.E. GREER, formerly of Malbank School, Nantwich

    J.R.T. GREGORY, formerly of Peter Symmonds' College, Winchester

    R.A.J. LAWSON, formerly of Stamford School, Lincolnshire

    MISS N. LEE EVANS, formerly of College International, France

    MISS P.M. MCDONALD, formerly of St Catherine's College, Co.
    Armagh

    MISS R.J. PHELPS, formerly of Coventry School, King Henry VIII,
    Coventry

    A.M. SKUDDER, formerly of Queen's School, Watford

    To an Instrumental Award:

    MISS R.C. ERDOS

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    St Anne's College

    To an Official Fellowship:

    MRS CHRISTINE FOARD, College
    Secretary and Registrar

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    Somerville College

    To an Ethel A. Jones Scholarship in English:

    SUSANNAH LOUISE
    COMMINGS, formerly of Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls

    To a Seymour Exhibition in Mathematics:

    FALK TSCHIRCHNITZ,
    formerly of Erfurt Secondary School, Germany

    To a Shaw Lefevre Exhibition in Literae Humaniores:

    REBECCA
    ANNE CLAIRE SWINDELLS, formerly of Dr Challoner's High School, Bucks.

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    Wadham College

    RAJU ADHIKARI, formerly of Budhanilkantha School, Nepal

    IAIN AMBLER, formerly of Uppingham School

    NEIL BARRON, formerly of Bell Baxter High School, Fife

    CHARLOTTE BIGLAND, formerly of Wycombe Abbey School, High Wycombe

    ALEXIS BIKOS, formerly of Gymnasium Johanneum Hamburg, Germany

    DOUGLAS CAMPBELL, formerly of Sir Roger Manwood's School,
    Sandwich

    HORACE CHAN, formerly of St Paul's College, Hong Kong

    LISA CHUNG, formerly of St Paul's College, Hong Kong

    ADAM COHEN, formerly of JFS Comprehensive School, Camden, London

    IAN COMLEY, formerly of Hills Road Sixth-Form College, Cambridge

    MATTHEW COTTON, formerly of Lancing College

    TREVOR COTTON, formerly of Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical
    School, Rochester

    JOSEPHINE CRAWLEY QUINN, formerly of Becket School, Nottingham

    MARIA CRITCHLEY, formerly of Barrow in Furness Sixth-Form College

    MARK CUNDY, formerly of King Edward VI School, Chelmsford

    SARAH DAR, formerly of St Philip's Sixth-Form College, Edgbaston

    HELEN DIXON, formerly of Redland High School, Bristol

    SOPHIE DUGGAN, formerly of Dr Challoner's High School, Little
    Chalfont

    CHRISANTHA FERNANDO, formerly of St Brendan's Sixth-Form College,
    Bristol

    HERMAN FUNG, formerly of Cheung Chuk Shan College, Hong Kong

    RICHARD GRAHN, formerly of Suffolk College of Higher and Further
    Education, Ipswich

    OWEN HAZELL, formerly of Poole Grammar School

    ELISABETH HILL, formerly of Hills Road Sixth-Form College,
    Cambridge

    ROBIN HOUSTON, formerly of Eton College

    TESSA HUGHES, formerly of King Edward VI Girls' High School,
    Edgbaston

    JENNIFER INGLEHEART, formerly of Bradford Girls' Grammar School

    EVAN JEFFRIES, formerly of Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury

    ANDREW JEFFS, formerly of Bournemouth School

    STEPHEN JONES, formerly of Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham

    STEPHEN KERMODE, formerly of Calderstone's School, Liverpool

    HANNAH KUPER, formerly of Henrietta Barnett School, London

    PETER KWAN, formerly of St Joan of Arc Secondary School, Hong
    Kong

    WILSON KWOK, formerly of St Joseph's College, Hong Kong

    CECILIA LAI, formerly of Belilios Public School, Hong Kong

    RICHARD LANYON, formerly of Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School,
    Elstree

    TIMOTHY LEAVER, formerly of Corfe Hills School, Broadstone

    VICTOR LEE, formerly of Salesian English School, Hong Kong

    REX LIU, formerly of Ng Wah College, Hong Kong

    STEPHEN MARSHALL, formerly of Lady Lumley's School, Pickering,
    North Yorkshire

    CLAIRE MCCANN, formerly of Westminster School

    WILLIAM MENDHAM, formerly of Dame Alice Owen's School, Potters
    Bar

    LEIGH MORRIS, formerly of Llantaram Comprehensive School,
    Cwmbran, Gwent

    HENRY MOSS, formerly of King's College School, London

    SIMON NEILD, formerly of the Perse School, Cambridge

    MARTIN PERRIE, formerly of King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys' School,
    Birmingham

    ALEXANDER PIGGOTT, formerly of Wellington College

    SHYAM PRASAD, formerly of Chigwell School

    HELEN PRATT, formerly of Simon Langton Girls' School, Canterbury

    PAUL PRESCOTT, formerly of Stantonbury Campus Sixth-Form College,
    Milton Keynes

    JAMES RENNARD, formerly of Walton High School, Stafford

    DANIEL ROBERTS, formerly of Bristol Grammar School

    DANIEL ROLFE, formerly of Ivybridge Community College, Devon

    ADAM RUSSELL, formerly of Ilford County High School

    TIMOTHY RYDER, formerly of Reading School

    JOHN SABAPATHY, formerly of King Edward School, Birmingham

    DANIEL SAYERS, formerly of Simon Langton Boys' School, Canterbury

    DAVID SCARR, formerly of Wearside College of Higher Education,
    Sunderland

    JONATHAN SHAW, formerly of Regent House Grammar School,
    Newtownards

    TERESA SHAWCROSS, formerly of St Mary's Convent School, Worcester

    KING SHUI, formerly of Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong

    JAMES SHUKER, formerly of King Edward VI College, Stourbridge

    ALEXANDER SMITH, formerly of Oundle School

    ANDREW THOMAS, formerly of Estover Community College, Plymouth

    OWEN THOMAS formerly of Charters School, Ascot

    ROBERTA THOMSON, formerly of the School of St Helen and St
    Katharine, Abingdon

    EDWARD TO, formerly of King's College, Hong Kong

    MARGARET TONGUE, formerly of Charters Ancaster College, Bexhill-
    on-Sea

    GUSTAVO TROMPIZ, formerly of Wilson's School, Wallington

    EMMA URSICH, formerly of Liceo Ginnasio Statale, Trieste

    AARTI WAGHELA, formerly of St Paul's Girls' School

    ZOE WALSH, formerly of Haberdashers' Aske's Girls' School,
    Elstree

    ANDREW WEAVER, formerly of Dr Challoner's Grammar School,
    Amersham

    SARAH WILLIAMS, formerly of Dean Close School, Cheltenham

    REUBEN WRIGHT, formerly of Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne

    BARRY YOUNG, formerly of Newquay Tretherras School

    JAMES YOUNG, formerly of Whitby Community College, North
    Yorkshire

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    PRIZES


    Pembroke College

    TEPCo Prize (joint award):

    MISS C.L. SMITH

    MISS H.L. STEVENS

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    Levick Prize:

    MISS O.M. SAUNDERS

    Cleoburey Prize:

    S.E. LONG

    Blackett Memorial Scholarship:

    MISS D.M. COX

    Bannister Medical Scholarship:

    MISS D.M. COX

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    Somerville College

    College Prizes in Modern History:

    PIA ANJOLIE OBEROI

    NICOLA EMMA TOMLINSON

    Coombs Prize in Ancient and Modern History:

    SOPHIE INDUMATHIE AGRELL

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    Coombs Prize in English:

    CLAIRE LOUISE MASON

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    Gamble Prize in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics:

    EE-CHING TAY

    Kirkaldy Prize in Chemistry:

    ZOE MAKEPEACE

    Sarah Smithson Prize in Classics and Modern Languages:

    CELINE JANE CARTY

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    NOTICES


    Balliol College


    Six-hour Lecturership in Mathematics

    The college proposes, if a suitable candidate applies, to appoint a
    six-hour Lecturer in Pure Mathematics from January 1996 for one year.
    The lecturer should be prepared to teach the pure mathematics courses
    for Honour Moderations, and preferably to be prepared to teach a
    range of pure mathematical topics to the second year, and to revise
    them with the third-year students. The lecturer would also be
    expected to assist with the administration of the subject, and with
    the Entrance Examination. The lecturer would receive in addition to
    the normal senior tutors' rates for tuition, a retainer of £770
    per term and certain common room rights.

    Applications should reach
    the Senior Tutor, Balliol College, Oxford OX1 3BJ, by 5 December.
    Applicants should indicate their teaching experience, and state which
    options they would be willing to teach, and should ask their referees
    to write directly to the Senior Tutor by that date. It is expected to
    interview short-listed candidates during the week beginning Monday,
    18 December.

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    Jowett and Phizackerley Senior
    Scholarships

    The college proposes to elect Jowett and Phizackerley Senior
    Scholars. The scholarships, which will be awarded solely on the basis
    of academic merit, are open to graduates currently working in Oxford
    who are reading, or intend to read, for a D.Phil. It is expected that
    applicants will normally be in at least their first year and not
    later than their second year of graduate work. The Jowett
    Scholarships are tenable in any subject. The Phizackerley Scholarship
    will be reserved for those in Medicine and closely related sciences.
    The scholarships will be awarded for a maximum of two years. Scholars
    will take up their award on 1 October 1996. The value of the
    scholarships is up to a maximum of £1,500 a year, having regard
    to other awards; in addition, scholars will receive free meals, and
    they will be entitled to dine twice a week at high table. The
    scholars will be entitled to accommodation (for which they will be
    charged) until they have completed their university residence
    requirements. This accommodation will be in the Graduate Centre at
    Holywell Manor.

    There will also be Jowett Exhibitions, up to the
    value of £1,000 each for candidates who are runners-up for the
    Jowett Senior Scholarships. These will be restricted to members of
    Balliol College. The exhibitions are tenable for one year only.

    Application forms may be obtained from the Senior Tutor's
    Secretary, Balliol College, Oxford OX1 3BJ, and should be returned by
    22 January. There is no separate application form required for the
    exhibitions. The college hopes to interview short-listed applicants
    during the week commencing 19 February.

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    Appointment of Temporary Senior Tutor's
    Secretary

    The college wishes to recruit an experienced secretary to act as
    Senior Tutor's Secretary whilst maternity leave is taken from 16
    February to 4 October 1996. Hours of work during school holidays are
    negotiable. Ideally the successful candidate would begin on 15
    January. This is a responsible post involving a wide range of
    administrative duties and applicants should possess good secretarial
    skills and experience with computers. Salary in range £11,201 to
    £12,966 per annum.

    Applications should be made in writing by
    Friday, 15 December, with a curriculum vitae and the names and
    addresses of two referees, who may be contacted immediately, to the
    College Secretary, Balliol College, Oxford OX1 3BJ.

    Balliol
    College is an equal opportunities employer.

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    Brasenose College


    Tutorial Fellowship in Economics

    The college proposes to elect a Tutor in Economics, with effect from
    1 October 1996. The person appointed will be an Official Fellow of
    Brasenose College. The fellowship is associated with a titular
    university lecturership, which the University may at a later stage
    convert into a stipendiary post; meanwhile the college will pay the
    full stipend.

    Applications should be sent to the Senior Tutor,
    Brasenose College, Oxford OX1 4AJ, with details of career and
    publications and the names and addresses of three referees not later
    than Friday, 5 January. Further particulars may be obtained from the
    College Secretary.

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    Hertford College


    Appointment of Director of Studies for
    Japanese TESL Programmes

    A Director of Studies is sought, to co-ordinate programmes for
    visiting Japanese students during the period January to September
    1996. Applicants should be TESL qualified.

    The post will be
    part-time during preparation periods and full-time during courses.
    The salary will be £7,500 for the period.

    Further details and
    application forms may be obtained from the Conference Secretary,
    Hertford College, Oxford OX1 3BW (telephone: Oxford (2)79456).

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    Jesus College


    Temporary Lecturership in Economics

    Jesus College wishes to appoint a Temporary Lecturer in Economics
    for one year from 1 October 1996. The successful applicant will be
    required to teach (on average) up to twelve hours per week in
    Economics for PPE, Economics and Management, and joint courses with
    Engineering and Metallurgy.

    The stipend will be £15,154 per
    annum. The lecturer will be provided with a room for residence and
    teaching, will be entitled to lunch and dine free of charge at common
    table, and will receive an entertainment and book allowance.

    Applicants should forward a curriculum vitae and the names of two
    referees to the Senior Tutor, Jesus College, Oxford OX1 3DW, by
    Friday, 15 December. It is the responsibility of applicants to ask
    their referees to send their references direct to the Senior Tutor by
    the same date.

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    Magdalen College


    Tutorial Fellowship in Politics

    Magdalen College proposes to elect, with effect from 1 October 1996,
    a Fellow and Tutor in Politics, with special interests in Comparative
    Government, or, possibly, Political Sociology. The fellowship is
    tenable with a non-stipendiary university lecturership (CUF) which,
    it is expected, will be converted in due course into a stipendiary
    university post.

    Further particulars of the post are available
    from the President's Secretary, Magdalen College, Oxford OX1 4AU
    (fax: Oxford (2)76094), to whom candidates should send a full
    curriculum vitae. There is no application form. Candidates must ask
    three referees to send references to the President by the closing
    date of Monday, 15 January.

    Magdalen College is an equal
    opportunities employer.

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    Nuffield College


    Postgraduate Studentships in the Social
    Sciences

    These studentships are open to women or men graduates for research
    or postgraduate study in economics, politics, sociology (including
    some aspects of social psychology), recent economic, social or
    political history, econometrics, social statistics, industrial
    relations, management studies, public and social policy, American
    studies, international relations, or any aspect of social studies
    (such as, for instance, Commonwealth history or the study of Western
    Europe or of the Third World) which falls broadly within these
    fields. The college normally takes about twenty-five new postgraduate
    students a year.

    The college also offers a small number of
    Nuffield Funded Studentships, open to both UK and overseas students,
    to cover fees and maintenance.

    In addition students of the college
    entering their third year of research, and registered for a D.Phil.,
    may apply to the college for financial assistance; applicants from
    other colleges who are unable to obtain adequate funding elsewhere
    may be considered for admission to the college under this head.

    Particulars and application forms may be obtained from the
    Admissions Secretary (Mrs Glynis Baleham), Nuffield College, Oxford
    OX1 1NF (telephone: Oxford (2)78515, e-mail:
    glynis.baleham@nuf.ox.ac.uk).

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    St Antony's College


    Kirk-Greene Junior Research Fellowship in
    Tropical African Studies

    Applications are invited for a Junior Research Fellowship to be
    tenable for two terms within the calendar year 1996, commencing on 1
    April 1996. The fellowship is intended to allow the successful
    candidate to write up a thesis for publication. Applicants should
    have successfully completed a doctorate or should have done so before
    taking up the appointment. The basic stipend of the fellowship will
    be £7,000 in addition to other benefits.

    Further particulars
    may be obtained from the Bursar, St Antony's College, Oxford OX2 6JF,
    to whom applications should be sent not later than 15 January.

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    Appointment of Assistant to College
    Secretary

    A full-time Assistant is required to provide secretarial support to
    the College Secretary in busy College Office. Word-processing skills
    are necessary, and experience in database entry would be an
    advantage.

    Start date: early in 1996. Lunch allowance, pension
    scheme, and car parking are available, and good holidays. The initial
    salary will be in the range of £10,276 per annum.

    Applications, with the names of two referees, should be sent to
    the College Secretary, St Antony's College, Oxford OX2 6JF. The
    college exists to promote excellence in education and research, and
    is an equal opportunities employer.


    St Edmund Hall


    Stipendiary Lecturership in History

    St Edmund Hall intends to appoint a Stipendiary Lecturer in History.
    The successful candidate will be appointed from 1 April or 1 October
    1996 for one year with the option of reappointment for a further
    year. He or she will be required to arrange tuition, and provide ten
    hours' tuition weekly, in the early modern period
    (c.1450–c.1750). The basic stipend will be £11,000 per
    annum, together with certain addition allowances.

    A note of
    further particulars is available on application to the Principal's
    Secretary, St Edmund Hall, Oxford OX1 4AR (telephone: Oxford
    (2)79003, fax: (2)79090). The closing date for receipt of
    applications is 12 January.

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    St Hugh's College


    Tutorial Fellowship and Lecturership
    (CUF) in English

    St Hugh's College proposes to elect an Official Fellow and Tutor in
    English with effect from 1 October 1996. The fellowship is tenable
    with a University Lecturership (CUF). Applications are invited from
    candidates with interests in nineteenth- and twentieth-century
    literature: preference may be given to those with research interests
    in the twentieth century.

    Further particulars and application
    forms may be obtained from the Senior Tutor, St Hugh's College,
    Oxford OX2 6LE (fax: Oxford (2)74912, e-mail:
    glenysluke@st-hughs.oxford.ac.uk), to whom applications, including a
    full curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and the names of three
    referees, should be sent to arrive by 8 January. Candidates should
    ask referees to write direct to the Senior Tutor by the same date.

    The college and the university are equal opportunities employers.

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    <br /> Oxford University Gazette, 30 November 1995: Advertisements<br />

    Advertisements


    Contents of this section:


    How to advertise in the
    Gazette


    Terms and
    conditions of acceptance of advertisements

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    Ashmolean Museum Shop

    The Ashmolean Museum Shop will be open every day,
    except Mondays,
    up to and inc. Fri., 22 Dec., stocking Christmas cards, calendars,
    diaries, giftwrap, books for all ages, and general giftware.
    Christmas card brochure available on request. Opening hours: Tue.--
    Sat. 10 a.m.--4 p.m., Sun. 2--4 p.m. The museum and shop will reopen
    after Christmas on 28 Dec. Tel.: Oxford (2)78010, fax: (2)78018.


    Bodleian Shop

    The Bodleian Shop will remain open until 6 p.m.
    every weekday evening until Christmas. New: Cats in Oxford desk
    calendar, silver Radcliffe Camera earrings and cufflinks, and lots of
    other gifts and cards. Entrance in Old Schools Quadrangle. Open
    9–6 weekdays, 9–12.30 Sats.

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    Services Offered

    Angels on Horseback: proper food for any
    occasion—weddings, christenings, birthdays, business meetings,
    dinner parties. Tel.: Oxford 351272 or 68260.

    Frederick and Sudabeh Hine, private dealers in
    oriental carpets,
    rugs, runners, and kelims. Wide selection of tribal and village
    pieces from Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan in stock. Specialists in
    fine Persian carpets and also Old Chinese. Extra-large carpets and
    runners available from store. 10 per cent discount to the University
    plus additional discounts for cash and for second purchases. Prayer
    rugs at around £45 make very acceptable gifts. Open 10 a.m--6
    p.m., 7
    days a week. Old Squash Court at rear of 16 Linton Road, North
    Oxford. Tel./fax: Oxford 59396.

    Book-search service: any author, title, on any
    subject searched for all over the UK; no fee, no obligation to buy
    when found. Send details, basic or precise, of wanted books with
    s.a.e. Wait 2–5 weeks to be contacted with offers or report.
    Fast and easy way to find books you have wanted for years. S.E. Owen
    Booksearch, 4 Cotswold Crescent, Old Marston, Oxford OX3 0SG.

    Oriental carpets: Persian, Turkish, Afghan,
    Caucasian, and Tribal Chinese carpets and kelims bought and sold,
    cleaned and repaired. We carry a good stock of varied sizes and
    runners in Oxford, and have access to bonded warehouses for larger
    and oversize pieces. Home trial service. We sell Anti-Slip for rugs
    and carpets—stops carpets creeping. Braziers of Oxford, 57 High
    Street, Oxford, and 24 High Street, Wallingford. Tel.: Oxford
    246574.

    Original joinery: beautiful bookcases, cabinets, and
    fitted furniture, individually designed and hand-made in hard- and
    softwoods. Restoration and architectural joinery for period
    buildings; interior design and construction. For original designs and
    traditional skills, contact Original Joinery. Tel.: Oxford 741754, or
    0367 2402125.

    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,
    Walton Street, Oxford. Tel.: Oxford 514691, fax: 514010.

    Tax advice and accountancy. We specialise in
    assisting academics and other professionals with all tax and
    accounting matters. Fast, personal service at low rates. Tassano &
    Co., 118 Banbury Road, Oxford. Contact Dr Charles McCreery. Tel.:
    Oxford 513381.

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    Domestic Services

    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.

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    Situations Vacant

    Economics teacher required. SEK International needs
    a well- qualified teacher in the field of Economics to teach General
    Economy and International Economy to South American undergraduate
    students, 4--31 Jan.; 40 hours' teaching distributed over ten days;
    lessons 11.30 a.m.--4.30 p.m. at SEK, near Newbury, Berks. Write to
    telephone: Mr Casado, SEK International, Little Park House, Brimpton,
    Berks. RG7 4ST. Tel.: 01734 713213, fax: 01734 713180.

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    Houses to Let

    Large furnished 3-storey Edwardian home: sleeps 5; 2
    bathrooms, new-fitted kitchen/diner; recently completely modernised,
    refurbished, and decorated; telephone; gas c.h.; fire system;
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    city centre. Immediately available. £1,200 p.c.m. Tel.: Oxford
    249812 (answering machine), or 249342 (weekends only).

    Central North Oxford, long let (6 months plus), less
    if required, attractive and well-equipped family house; 3 double
    beds, large 28-ft through sitting-room, kitchen/diner, bathroom,
    c.h., resident permit holder's street parking. £800 p.c.m. Tel.:
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    Furnished central North Oxford house to let: walk to
    colleges, train station, bus station; near Port Meadow; c.h.,
    recently redecorated, secluded garden, garden furniture, terrace; 3
    bedrooms, 1½ bathrooms, washing-machine, drier, telephone,
    linen, dishes, 2 bicycles. Suitable for visiting academics. £830
    p.m. Tel.: Oxford 53679.

    Pleasant, comfortable house to let on Iffley Road;
    sleeps up to 6; linen supplied; conveniently situated for Oxford city
    centre. £350 p.w. (negotiable). Tel.: Oxford 778458, fax:
    776477.

    Coming to Oxford? QB Management are one of Oxford's
    foremost letting agents with a range of good quality flats and houses
    in the Oxford area. We specialise in lettings to visiting academics,
    medical personnel, and other professionals and our aim is to provide
    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 to help without obligation. Tel.: Oxford 64533, fax: 64777.

    Finders Keepers are the current holders of the Best
    Letting and Management Office in the UK. For over 25 years Finders
    Keepers has specialised in serving the needs of Oxford's academic
    landlords and visiting tenants and has developed tailor-made
    services: a choice of 5 for home owners; advance Priority Reservation
    System with comprehensive booklet and maps for academic visitors.
    Call, write, or e-mail for further information and fast personal
    service. Finders Keepers Ltd., 73 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE (tel.:
    Oxford 311011, fax: 56993, e-mail: oxford@finders.co.uk); also 27 St
    Clement's, Oxford OX4 1DJ (tel.: Oxford 200012, fax: 204844, e-mail:
    stclements@finders.co.uk).

    Mallam's Residential Letting and Management
    Department offers a complete letting and management service. If you
    are considering letting your property please call for a professional
    consultation without cost or obligation. Tel.: Oxford 241466.

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    Flats to Let

    North Oxford : living-room, bedroom, kitchen,
    bathroom in quiet, attractive area; all mod. cons. (most brand-new)
    inc. TV and video; parking available. Suitable for professional
    couple. Available Jan.--June. (possibly sooner). £520 p.m. Tel.:
    Oxford 511576.

    North Oxford : 5 minutes' walk from Wolfson and St
    Antony's Colleges; elegant and spacious, 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom
    apartment, large living-room, very large kitchen/diner, all
    conveniences, beautiful, large gardens, in civilised villa. Parking
    space. Available from mid-Dec. or Jan. for 3 or 6 months initially.
    Would suit an academic couple. Non-smokers please. Tel.: Oxford
    58904, or fax: 00 48 22 6410870.

    Central North Oxford: available early Jan., warm,
    comfortable first-floor flat in Victorian house, 2 bedrooms, 2
    bathrooms, 2 reception; gas c.h.; large sunny balcony; off- street
    parking. Fully furnished and equipped. £600 p.c.m. exc. all
    bills, charges, and taxes. Tel.: Oxford 515406.

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    Accommodation Offered

    Bed-and-breakfast available in a warm, comfortable
    house in exclusive central North Oxford, within easy walking distance
    of all main university buildings and town centre; a stone's throw
    from parks, river, and several excellent restaurants. Colour TV and
    tea- and coffee-making facilities in all rooms; microwaves available.
    Very moderate terms. Tel.: Oxford 57879.

    Room to let in period cottage in Oxfordshire
    village, 7 miles Oxford. Professional female preferred. £180
    p.c.m. plus bills. Available from 1 Jan. Tel.: Oxford 373188.

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    Accommodation Sought

    d'Overbroeck's is now looking for more good family
    and self-catering accommodation from Jan. for A-level students.
    Excellent rates. North Oxford preferred. Two or more rooms in the
    same house would be particularly welcome. If you think you can help
    or for more information, please telephone. Tel.: Oxford 310000.

    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 64533, or fax: 64777.

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    Accommodation Exchange

    Visiting American professor with family (sister,
    brother-in-law) seeks to exchange 2-bedroom, large sitting-room, 3-
    bath flat overlooking ocean in Los Angeles, California, suitable for
    2 adults, 1/2 children of secondary/university age, for 2/3-bedroom
    furnished house/flat in Oxford (within walking/cycling distance of
    Queen's College), for 5 weeks, 24 June–29 July. Dr Albert
    Koppes. Tel.: 001 310 338 7301, fax: 001 310 338 1976, e-mail:
    akoppes@lmumail.lmu.edu.

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    Accommodation sought to rent or exchange

    Go West! Young academic couple (no children) seeks
    accommodation for July 1996 (flexible); we are quiet, clean, non-
    smoking. House preferred; £600–£800 p.m. Biking
    distance to central libraries. Will consider trade (references
    requested) for our spacious, new home (3 bedrooms, 2½
    bathrooms), on Mountain Preserve in Phoenix, Arizona; 1-day drive to
    Grand Canyon, Santa Fe, Mexico beaches, Las Vegas, California
    coast/LA. Write to Kevin Dalton (Oxford grad, 1986): 112 McClintock
    Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-3102. Tel.: 001 602
    598 0357, fax: 001 602 965 5139, e-mail: tracyf@imapl.asu.edu.

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    Holiday Let

    New England: spacious family home in upstate New
    York (250 miles from NYC) available to rent mid-Dec.--mid-Aug. at
    £250 p.m. (plus utilities). House belongs to faculty away
    leading study group, and is fully equipped, inc. satellite TV and
    wood-burning stove. Located in centre of village of Hubbardsville, 4
    miles from Colgate University, 20 miles from Utica. Tel.: 00 1 315
    691 6573, e-mail: ayoung@center.colgate.edu.

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    Flat for Sale

    Two-bedroom, first-floor maisonette, in a quiet
    Headington close; c.h.; partial d.g.; garage; fully-fitted kitchen
    with freezer, fridge, washing-machine, cooker; near shops, schools,
    hospitals, churches. £65,490 o.n.o. Tel.: Oxford 69241.

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    <br /> Ox. Univ. Gazette, 30 November 1995: Diary, 1 December<br /> - 29 December

    Diary


    Contents of this section:

    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/3_4373.htm">Staff Development Programme
    supplement.

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    issue


    Friday 1 December

    DR L. SCIAMA: `Racist discourses in Italy' (Ethnicity and Identity
    seminars: `Racist debates in contemporary Europe'), Institute of
    Social Anthropology, 11 a.m.

    ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Glass through the ages', 1.15 p.m.
    (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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    Saturday 2 December

    MICHAELMAS FULL TERM ends.

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    Sunday 3 December

    THE REVD DR OLIVER O'DONOVAN preaches the Advent Sermon,
    Cathedral, 10 a.m.

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    Monday 4 December

    ACADEMIC STAFF SEMINAR: `Gender in teaching', 9.30 a.m. (see
    information above).

    OXFORD PARALLEL (the University's Parallel Applications Centre):
    meeting to discuss the Bulk Synchronous Parallel Computer Model,
    Computing Laboratory, 10.30 a.m.–3.30 p.m. (registration: tel.
    Oxford (2)73884).

    DR D.L. SCHINDLER: `Interpreting the Second Vatican Council'
    (inaugural Hans Urs von Balthasar Lecture), College Theatre,
    Westminster College, 4 p.m.

    DR S.B. HRDY: `Raising Darwin's consciousness: female sexuality
    and the prehominid origins of patriarchy' (Herbert Spencer Lectures:
    `Gender and society'), Lecture Theatre A, Zoology/Psychology
    Building, 5 p.m.


    Tuesday 5 December

    ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Fabulous furniture', 1.15 p.m. (Cost:
    £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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    Wednesday 6 December

    MR J. RICHARDSON: `1914: the lady vanishes' (Slade Lectures:
    `Picasso and Cubism: a biographer's view'), Lecture Hall, Taylor
    Institution, 5 p.m.

    DR P. DALEY: `The response of academics to the Rwandan emergency'
    (Refugee Studies Programme Seminars on Forced Migration: `Responding
    to an emergency: the Rwanda case'), Library Wing Seminar Room, Queen
    Elizabeth House, 5 p.m.

    MR WILL HUTTON leads discussion on `Middle-class anxieties in
    Britain today', Seminar Room, Nuffield, 5.30 p.m.

    UNIVERSITY CLUB wine-tasting: `Wines for Christmas', 5.45 p.m.
    (admission £2 per person).

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    Thursday 7 December

    PROFESSOR C. HIGGINS: `Gene therapy' (Oxford Innovation Society
    talk), Department of Pharmacology, 6 p.m. (admission by ticket only,
    available from Isis Innovation: tel. (2)72411).

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    Friday 8 December

    ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `The arts of Byzantium', 1.15 p.m.
    (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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    Saturday 9 December

    MAISON FRANÇAISE conference: `John Stuart Mill et la
    pensée
    française de son temps: philosophie, politique, et
    économie'
    (concludes 11 December).

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    Monday 11 December

    DR M. REMNANT: `Christmas in art and music' (Friends of the
    Bodleian lecture-recital), Convocation House, 6.30 p.m. (tel. for
    tickets: (2)77234).

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    Tuesday 12 December

    ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Classicism and Romanticism', 1.15
    p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

    CONGREGATION meeting, 2 p.m.

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    Wednesday 13 December

    S. PAINE: `Embroideries of the Afghan amulet' (Friends of the Pitt
    Rivers lecture), Pitt Rivers Lecture Room, 5 p.m.

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    Friday 15 December

    ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Hairstyles, wigs, and whiskers', 1.15
    p.m. (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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    Saturday 16 December

    MAISON FRANÇAISE conference: `Le statut de
    l'ésotérisme en Islam'
    (continues tomorrow).

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    Sunday 17 December

    MICHAELMAS TERM ends.

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    Tuesday 19 December

    ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `The Pre-Raphaelites', 1.15 p.m.
    (Cost: £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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    Friday 22 December

    ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `A Christmas tour', 1.15 p.m. (Cost:
    £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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    Friday 29 December

    ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM gallery talk: `Pissarro', 1.15 p.m. (Cost:
    £1.50. Tel. for bookings: (2)78000.)

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