278 EQUIPMENT NEWS PYOC. Analyt. Div. Chem. SOC. Conferences and Meetings Debate : “That Teachers of Analytical Chemistry Have Their Heads in the Clouds” Novevnbev 6, 1975, Reading The Analytical Division South East Region is holding a joint evening debate with the Education and Training Group in the Chemistry Department of Reading University at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday, November 6th. Light refresh- ments and bar will be available from 6.15 p.m.Proposers of the motion “That teachers of analytical chemistry have their heads in the clouds” are Dr. R. F. Coleman (Laboratory of the Government Chemist) and Mr. A. Holbrook (ICI Pharmaceuticals Division), and the Opposers are Dr. L. S. Bark (University of Salford) and Mr. D. W. Wilson (City of London Polytechnic). Further information can be obtained from Dr.J. Warren, Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Cornwall House, Stamford Street, London, SE19NQ (Tel. : 01-928-7900, Ext. 643). Postgraduate School on Drug Metabolism in Man March. 29-ApriZ 2, 1976, London This School is to be held at the Department of Pharmacy, Chelsea College, London and is being organised jointly by that Department and the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.There will be a programme of lectures and discussions and a supporting programme of practical work and demonstrations. Lecture titles include : “The Use of Chromato- graphic Methods in the Study of Drug Metabo- lism in Man,” by Dr. M. Mitchard (The Medical School, Birmingham) ; “Physical Methods in Elucidating Metabolite Structure-Mass Spectrometry,” by Dr. H. Drafen (Inveresk Research) ; “Physical Methods in Elucidating Metabolite Structure,’’ by Dr. D. Case (Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.) ; and“1sotopic Methods in Drug Metabolism Studies in Man,” by Dr. S. Curry (The London Hospital Medical College, London). Application forms can be obtained from Mr. R. E. Marshall, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London, WClA 2”.