Calendar: 1969-1970 Page 397

Annual Report 0J the Delegacy xxxv the date originally assigned for completion In the meantime planning has been progressing for Stage II which ideally should follow straight on from Stage It is greatly to be hoped that this will be possible it would be most frustrating to the academic staff in particular to the Faculty of Engineering if any break were to occur in the progress of the rebuilding operation Developments in the teaching of Education in the University and the institution of its own first degree Ed and higher degree Ed have led to the creation of University Faculty of Education As result it has been necessary to create Faculty of Education also at King's with its own Dean Vice-Dean etc The reorganisation of the degree course and the increasing part played by theological departments in the new Phil and Ph courses as well as in the new Combined Honours courses has made it necessary to rearrange the administration of theological studies in the College The Delegacy with the concurrence of the Council of the Theological Department has now instituted Faculty of Theology on par with the other faculties of University of London King's College of which the Dean Vice-Dean etc will be elected annually from members of the teaching staff This rearrangement in which the status of the Dean of King's College remains of course unchanged should lead to greater efficiency and closer collaboration among the theological teachers of the College The ratio of senior to junior staff imposed last year by the continues to create difficulties in King's as it does also in other colleges of the University Living in London is more expensive than in the rest of the country because of higher rents travel to work and so on which in spite of the London Allowance weigh considerably against the obvious advantages for an academic of living in the metropolis with its great libraries learned societies museums and other academic and social advantages None the less it has hitherto been possible to attract to the University of London outstanding scientists and scholars and to retain them by giving them the rapid promotion their work has so well deserved Under the new arrangement and ratio however this will become more and more difficult The has declined to give any practical heed to the plea of this University that it is in special position requiring special treatment The reduction in quality of the senior academic staff in the University of London is bound to impair its teaching power and its outstanding research record It will have serious and far-reaching consequences