88 ANALYTICAL PROCEEDINGS, MARCH 1985, VOL 22 Ronald Belcher Memorial Lectureship In recognition of the late Professor Ronald Belcher’s interest in education, the Council of the Analytical Division has inaugurated a Belcher Memorial Lecture to be given annually on an analytical topic by a graduate student. The award will be considered by the Honours Committee, acting on behalf of the Council of the AD. The aim of the award is to commemorate Professor Belcher as a teacher, by encour- aging students to make a positive contri- bution to, and take an active part in, the profession of analytical chemistry. Rules 1. 2. Candidates must currently be regis- tered postgraduate students of a British University or Polytechnic. The merits of a particular candidate may be brought to the notice of the Honours Committee by any super- visor of postgraduate students regis- tered with a British University or Polytechnic who desires to recom- mend the candidate, by letter addressed to the President of the Division.The letter shall be accom- panied by a paper written by the The award shall be made annually in December and shall be based on an over-all assessment of the originality of the work described in the paper and the significance of its contribu- tion to analytical chemistry. The winner of the award will be expected to present his or her work at the Research and Development Topics Meeting following the award. Student. 5. 6 . 7. given to the candidate, up to two years after the granting of the award, on presentation of satisfac- tory evidence of the candidate’s intention to attend such a confer- ence. An award shall not be made if it is considered by the Honours Commit- tee that none of the papers submit- ted reaches the required standard. The decision of the Council of the Analytical Division shall be final. Any alteration to these Rules shall be subject to the approval of the Council of the Analytical Division. The award will take the form of a Submissions should be sent to the presentation scroll plus a sum of President, Analytical Division, Royal 2150. This sum is to assist the Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, candidate to attend a national or London, W1V OBN. The closing date is international conference. It will be Monday, September 30th, 1985.