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We’re THE Entrepreneurial University of the Year
See Celebrating our Success page 3
Our new Honorary Award holders
Veterans and Families Institute
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The alumni magazine from Anglia Ruskin University Spring 2015 www.anglia.ac.uk/aspects
A chilling scenario – Page 16
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A very warm welcome to all our alumni, including those from our prior institutions and from all our partner institutions across the EU and worldwide.
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In this issue Especially for Alumni 27 Alumni memorabilia, benefits and services Latest offers for alumni along with alumni memorabilia 8 Alumni Updates Snippets of information on our alumni 27 Alumni tours prove popular A chance to look round our Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses 26 Anglia Cup Annual football tournament 6 Illustrating Success Adam Stower and his career as an Illustrator 11 It’s never too late! Kay Blayney’s studies as a mature student 28 Last words A message to alumni from Sue Jacobs 7 Musical success for conductor Peter Leech, international choral conductor
4 The Vice Chancellor The welcome message from Professor Michael Thorne 10 UK Family and Succession Lawyer of the Year 2014 Kimberley Stradling’s career in Law
Anglia Ruskin News 16 A chilling scenario, according to a new report Dr Aled Jones talks about the outlook for the 21st century 10 Anglia Ruskin Law Our Law students are the most satisfied in the UK 3 Celebrating our success Our University goes from strength to strength 19 Faculty of Medical Science Our newest faculty 14 From little acorns… The work of our Veterans & Families Research Institute
22 International Focus Meet the International Liaison Team in Cambridge 20 News from our faculties Updates from our other faculties 12 Outstanding individuals given honorary awards Fourteen new awards at our October 2014 ceremonies 23 Regional partners News from two of our partners 18 Research Institute focus The work within our Vision & Eye Research Unit 24 Staff Snippets News of staff ventures and successes 25 Student highlights News of our student successes 17 Your donation makes more of a difference How you have helped over the last year
Please note that this will be the last printed copy of Aspects as we are moving to an electronic version later this year. In order to receive the new magazine we need your email address, so please contact us at alumni@anglia.ac.uk to register your email. Alternatively, you can do this through the Alumni Directory at http://anglia.aluminate.net
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Celebrating our Success Anglia Ruskin is riding high at the moment with news that should make all our alumni very proud. We’re Entrepreneurial University of the Year In November we became Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2014 in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards. In the citation we were praised for our MedTech Campus – one of the world’s largest innovation spaces – the work carried out by the Degrees at Work team and the support provided by
subsidiary Ixion Holdings to 5,000 startup businesses. We were also praised for our commitment to local and regional partners as well as for our appointment of entrepreneurs in residence and student enterprise champions. Vice Chancellor, Professor Thorne, said: “I’m thrilled for the staff who have worked so hard to prepare the bid and for Anglia Ruskin as a whole to be recognised for the culture of entrepreneurship we have nurtured. We have invested £122 million in our campuses in the last five years and have also worked to forge links with partner colleges worldwide. We pride
ARU research recognised for its impact We’re making a significant impact on economies, societies, the environment and culture in all corners of the globe.
ourselves on being as enterprising as we are innovative, and nurture those qualities in our students. This award is a tremendous achievement.”
Research Excellence Framework (REF) Following the REF review we have moved up 18 places in the key league table of research and now have 12 areas of ‘world leading’ research.
Major grants and schemes
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REF 2014 classed 12 ARU areas as generating world-leading research
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We directly influenced the investment of the £2.9 billion International Climate Fund
We’re helping people with dementia and mental health problems through music therapy practice.
Our ‘toolkit’ for measuring the financial value of natural spaces is informing national policy
We’re tackling global blindness
Our harlequin ladybird research is informing conservation policy
We have been awarded £5m from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the maximum grant available, for STEM teaching (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) capital projects in 2015/16. This enhances the £45m we shall be spending on a new science centre on the Cambridge campus later this year which will provide enhanced specialist facilities, giving a focus for science teaching and research and allow us to expand our work in STEM subjects. Other good news is that we have also been awarded our largest ever research grant for a project worth more than €6m and have also won a £6m contract to help provide more paramedics through our BSc Paramedic Science degree. All in all, great news for Anglia Ruskin!
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…we can now proudly say that no less than 12 of our academic subjects have world leading research taking place within them!
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A note from the Vice Chancellor First let me wish you all a Happy New Year. Certainly the stream of good news we received in the run up to Christmas heralds an excellent 2015 for Anglia Ruskin University. Most important of all was the outcome of the government’s most recent assessment of research in all UK universities. In the key league table of research we moved up 18 places and we can now proudly say that no less than 12 of our academic subjects have ‘world leading’ research taking place within them! At just about the same time we heard from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) that our own Board’s commitment to a new £45million building for the Faculty of Science and Technology will be enhanced by a £5million grant from HEFCE. We then heard that we have been awarded our largest research grant ever (a research project worth more than €6million) and also that we have won a £6million contract to help provide more paramedics through a BSc Paramedic Science. But the icing on the cake was that, having championed the cause of entrepreneurship for many years, it was a delight to find ourselves declared the Times Higher Education (UK) Entrepreneurial University of the Year.
Among others, the award cited our Degrees@Work initiative in which we work with major companies and public sector bodies to meet their need for workforce upscaling which does not necessitate employees leaving the workforce – including Barclays Bank, UPS, Volvo and Harrods as well as the Royal Air Force, the Army and the Navy, not to mention important regional businesses such as Ridgeons. So too was mentioned our MedTech Campus: a science park spread across three sites (in Chelmsford, Harlow and Southend-on Sea) focussed on nearmarket medical technology products (products which will potentially make a difference to patient pathways and patient care tomorrow) which, when fully built out, will mean 12,500 jobs for the county of Essex. The MedTech Campus concept is already attracting start-up companies derived from ideas from both medics and those who support them, ranging from nurses to medical physicists. We have also had enquiries from companies currently based in the US, Europe and China about relocating to the MedTech Campus. The judges were also impressed by every Anglia Ruskin University student being afforded the chance to study entrepreneurship. Students who sign up have classes directed by our Centre for Entrepreneurial Development and Research (CEDAR). As well as helping our own students – thousands over the
years – to get the entrepreneurial spirit, CEDAR has worked with governments at home and abroad to help promote Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, most notably in Romania and South Africa. Those of our students who really get the entrepreneurial bug can make use of our Start-up Lab where their fledgling business can be based, even as they complete their degree. If their idea really is ready for the major marketplace then we have business incubator space into which they can move once they can afford it, and three lucky student start-ups benefit each year from the Big Pitch competition with £30,000 of start-up funding at stake for student businesses which can convince the judges (themselves typically highly successful entrepreneurs) they will make it big time. You can find our new corporate plan for 2015–2017 on our website and it explains in some detail how we intend to continue making Anglia Ruskin a truly remarkable university underpinned by ambition, imagination, innovation and collaboration. Hopefully this torrent of good news not only helps explain why we believe our ambitions are realistic but why you, as one of our alumni, can be as proud of Anglia Ruskin today as we are of you!
Professor Michael Thorne Vice Chancellor
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Illustrating success I’m very lucky to spend my days doing something I love – I’ve had a passion for drawing since I was a young boy, but back then I never imagined it would fill and shape my life to the extent it has. I live and work in Brighton as a professional illustrator and have done so for over twenty years. This was made possible Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge – or CCAT as it was then. Deciding I had ‘potential’, they offered me a place on the Foundation Course in Art and Design on the strength of my portfolio, consisting mostly of O level coursework. I will be forever grateful as it was a decision that shaped my life. Early in my career I worked very much as a jobbing illustrator, taking on any kind of work that would pay, from wine labels to health leaflets, but mostly for educational publishing. These early jobs acted as a wonderful apprenticeship. However,
I have always been most inspired and excited by children’s fiction illustration and I now work for many publishers both here and in the US, illustrating books for children of all ages. I have illustrated sixteen picture books to date, seven of which I wrote myself. Happily, my work has received recognition, winning prizes at home and abroad, including the Red House Book Award for Bottom’s Up! 2010, the Wanda Gag Read-Aloud Book Award for Silly Doggy! (US) 2013, and the Sheffield Book Award (commendation) for Troll and the Oliver 2014. Illustration continues to be challenging and rewarding. I often receive invitations from schools and literary festivals to share my books and give live drawing demonstrations. When possible I say YES (and worry about it later), which has led to some wonderful opportunities and experiences, from participating in the 2014 Open Book Literary festival in Cape Town, to running Sketch Clubs and Kids Clubs in the Caribbean.
So what next? I have a new book Grumbug! out in June 2015, I’m writing my first book for older children, and continuing to illustrate every day – thank you Anglia Ruskin. Adam Stower Foundation Illustration 1988 www.worldofadam.com
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Musical success for conductor Alumnus Peter Leech (PhD 2004) is an international award winning choral conductor, having won First Prize at the 2003 Mariele Ventre Conducting Competition in Bologna during his time as a musicology post-graduate with us. Peter Leech’s career has gone from strength to strength since he was awarded a PhD for his 2004 thesis Music and Musicians at the Stuart Catholic Courts 1660–1718. His ground-breaking research on British baroque Catholic music was supervised by the world famous conductor and musicologist Dr Peter
Holman, who was awarded an MBE in the 2015 New Year’s Honours list. The research has led to scholarly articles and reviews being published by Early Music (Oxford University Press), The Consort (Dolmetsch Foundation), Music and Letters (OUP), Eighteenth-century music (CUP), Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Rome), Tijdschrift van de Koningklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis (Utrecht) and Ashgate. In 2008 Peter founded the professional ensemble Cappella Fede, dedicated to performing recently rediscovered baroque musical works. Since their Liverpool début they have appeared in Hereford, Durham, Birmingham and London to critical acclaim. In the following year, Peter formed the chamber choir Harmonia Sacra, dedicated to the performance of choral repertory from the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Their first CD of Russian Orthodox choral music, Cherubim & Seraphim, released internationally on the Nimbus Alliance label in 2012, received rave reviews. A second CD, Princely Splendour, was released in 2014, and features first recordings of choral works unearthed and edited by Peter, including items by composers working in Rome for Cardinal Henry Benedict Stuart (1725-1807), the brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Also in 2014, Peter presented guest lectures for the Renaissance Society of America (New York) and for the Utrecht Early Music Festival. Peter is extremely proud of the first class guidance and support he received during his time with us as a post-graduate student, when many of the foundations for his subsequent successes were laid.
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Photo: Matt Grayson & Felicity Crawshaw
Alumni Updates
Katie May Green’s book cover
Natalya Anderson (MA Creative Writing 2014)
Zahraa Adam
Katie May Green
has won one of the UK’s most prestigious poetry prizes. The Bridport Prize has four categories and this year attracted 15,000 entries from over 80 countries.
Zahraa Adam (BA Hons Social Work 2013)
Katie May Green (MA Children’s Book Illustration 2012)
Adrian Ashton (BA Hons Business 1997)
Congratulations to Zahraa, who was recently named Social Worker of the Year.
had her debut picture book Seen and Not Heard published by Walker Books last October. The book was partly inspired by portraits of children in the Fitzwilliam Museum. Katie has also recently illustrated Stone Angel by Jane Yolen, which comes out in the US in March 2015 (Philomel/Penguin USA).
has recently won an international award for being ‘best in sector’ globally for his support to social enterprise.
Msapenda Richard Mwanza (BEng Hons Telecommunications Systems Management & Design 1991) has been appointed Director General of the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation – the nation’s public broadcaster. Msapenda told us: “It is a very senior position and I thought I could say thank you to Anglia Ruskin University from which I received the technical training to enable me to be where I am today. Once again, thank you for the knowledge, though at great price, but huge benefits.”
Sotirios Tseronis (BA Hons Interior Design 2014) is a winner in the Hotel and Restaurant category of the Society of British and International Design (SBID) Student Awards 2014, leading to a year-long mentorship with award-winning interior architecture and design company MKV Design. SBID invite the top 20% of finalyear students from all UK-based interior design courses to enter.
Guinevere Glasfurd (MA Creative Writing 2011) has had her debut novel The Words in My Hand, snapped up by publisher Two Road. Guinevere has already had some of her short fiction published and earlier this year she won the TLC’s Pen Factor Award. She said: “the MA was pivotal to my development as an early career writer. It provided me with a core set of skills on which to build, and feedback to refine my work. Taking the MA in Creative Writing helped set me on my way.”
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Ian Rawlinson
Ian Rawlinson (Foundation Art 1982) is an artist who lives and works in London. He is currently working with themes of place and memory; drawing on his past life in Cambridge to create work that includes a new film project. He is planning exhibitions in London and Cambridge to showcase these new works. www.ianrawlinson.com
Steven Walker (MPhil Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2008) has authored a chapter in a prestigious new book which examines the link between research and practice in Social Work: Applying Research Evidence in Social Work Practice. Steven’s chapter is focused on Children and Young People with Additional Needs, a group often neglected and misunderstood by the general public and some academics. Steven is currently developing a number of creative writing projects including a Radio Drama and scripting his book: Fidel Castro’s Childhood – The Untold Story, for a TV Documentary. He also works parttime as an Expert Witness in legal cases involving disadvantaged, disabled and neglected children and young people.
Jane Stobart’s print, Firing at Whitechapel-IV Dave Smith
Dave Smith (BEd Primary Education 1994) “I work with the Computing and eSafety Adviser and Business Development Lead at Havering Education Services. Over the past couple of years I have worked as part of the development team alongside colleagues at award-winning publishers Rising Stars, on a product called Switched on Computing (now in 4,000 primary schools across the UK and beyond). Anglia gave me opportunities over many years for which I am eternally grateful. My initial teacher training in Brentwood seems a long time ago now. Happy memories and a great start to a happy career. Thanks Anglia.”
The talents of two of our 2013 MA Printmaking graduates were showcased at the Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition in January, which features the most promising up-and-coming artists in the UK. Mustaf Sidki based his work on memories of his Muslim upbringing whilst Jane Stobart produced prints inspired by industrial work.
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UK Family and Succession Lawyer of the Year 2014 Alumna Kim Stradling, a lawyer with a firm of solicitors in Exmouth, east Devon, was awarded the accolade of UK Family and Succession Lawyer of the Year 2014 by the Lawyer Monthly magazine in October 2014. Kimberly Stradling studied Law at our Chelmsford campus from 1986 to 1989, gaining a 2:2, and the following year took her Solicitor’s Finals at Guildford. She then joined the Exmouth firm of Linford Brown, which merged with Every and Philips in 2000 and eventually became Everys. Specialising in family law, she became an equity partner in the firm, which now has offices across Devon and Somerset and a branch office in Dubai. Qualified as an All Issues Mediator, Collaborative Lawyer and a member of the Law Society’s Children Panel, Kim has many years’ experience dealing with cases involving child neglect, as well as physical, emotional and sexual abuse and has represented clients suffering from learning disabilities, mental health issues and drug and alcohol problems. She is particularly interested in cases involving suspected nonaccidental injury and complex and conflicting medical evidence. Kim is an accredited member of Resolution, the Association of Lawyers for Children and the National Association for Guardians Ad-Litem & Reporting Officers, the local Collaborative Law POD. She is currently also joint chair of the East & Mid-Devon Domestic Abuse Forum. It’s great to see our alumni doing so well and we wish Kim continuing success in her career.
Anglia Ruskin Law Our Law students are the most satisfied in the UK according to the Sunday Times University Guide 2015, published last September. Anglia Ruskin appeared in the number-one slot with student satisfaction of 93.8%, above the University of Cambridge at 91.2%.
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It’s never too late
Ten years on, I’m now Head of Creative Arts at Coleridge Community College, still enjoying every minute of the ‘creativity’ that my job brings. A degree was on my list of things to do before I was 40. It was during a conversation with my neighbour, who had just finished her third year, when I was inspired to pursue the Drama and English combined honours degree at Anglia. It all sounded very exciting and I was determined to apply as a mature student. I can remember going to the Open Day on a Spring Saturday morning and immediately being very impressed with the staff and potential course in Drama and English. In autumn 2002 my academic journey began and for three years I enjoyed my studies. I also enjoyed the opportunities to attend annual weekends at Hengrave Hall, Bury St Edmunds and visits to
Stratford-upon-Avon to experience Shakespeare. This voyage of discovery of studying (and completing) my degree, gave me a new-found confidence and aspiration to continue on to the next pathway, which was teacher training. I trained on the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, whilst working at Coleridge Community College, which had just become part of the Parkside Federation. From GTP to NQT (Newly Qualified Teacher) I taught Drama and English at Parkside Community College. Very soon, I was organising shows at both school campuses (Coleridge & Parkside) as well as in external venues such as the Corn Exchange and the Cambridge Junction.
Ten years on, I’m now Head of Creative Arts at Coleridge Community College, still enjoying every minute of the ‘creativity’ that my job brings. In my spare time I continue to enjoy creative writing and have had my works published as part of the WW1 Centenary commemorations at the Mill Road Cemetery. www.millroadcemetery.org.uk What’s next? To continue to inspire and be inspired! To creativity and beyond! Kay Blaney BA Drama & English 2005
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Mike Adams OBE
Mike Greene
Professor Sir Peng Khaw
Peter Taylor
Professor Alan Barrell
Baroness Dido Harding
Dr Vasily Pasichnyk
Fran Williamson
Jade Etherington
Selwyn Image CBE JP
Katie Piper
Professor Sir David Fish
Professor MollyJahn
Stephen Remington
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Outstanding individuals given Honorary awards Last October we were delighted to welcome fourteen new Honorary Award holders who are all outstanding in their fields across a wide variety of disciplines including arts, charity, technology, health, sports, education and business – and two are our own alumni. Mike Adams OBE Honorary Doctor of Education An alumnus, Mike is Chief Executive of Essex based disabled people’s organisation ecdp and a tireless campaigner for the rights of disabled people. Professor Alan Barrell Honorary Doctor of Business Administration Followed a successful career within the healthcare and electronics sectors by supporting dynamic start-up businesses. Chief Executive of MedTech International. Jade Etherington Honorary Doctor of Science Alpine skier with just 5% vision in each eye, the most successful British Winter Paralympian of all time. Professor Sir David Fish Honorary Doctor of Science Renowned academic, clinician and Managing Director of UCL Partners – Europe’s largest academic health science centre.
Mike Greene Honorary Doctor of Education Self-made millionaire involved with fundraising for community groups, mentoring young entrepreneurs and seed-funding new businesses. Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe Honorary Doctor of Business Administration Chief Executive of TalkTalk, non-executive director of The Court of The Bank of England and, according to listeners of BBC Radio’s Woman’s Hour, is one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK. Selwyn Image CBE JP Honorary Doctor of Arts Vice President and founder of Emmaus in the UK – an international organisation providing shelter, meaningful work and a sense of community to homeless people. Professor Molly Jahn Honorary Doctor of Science Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researcher in plant genetics, genomics and plant breeding of vegetable crops.
Professor Sir Peng Khaw Honorary Doctor of Science Director of the National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular Healing. Dr Vasily Pasichnyk Doctor of Health Sciences International reputation for his treatment of children with problems caused by the after-effects of the Chernobyl incident, works closely with us on our Mission Ukraine. Katie Piper Honorary Doctor of Health Sciences Television presenter, philanthropist, author and survivor of a shocking acid attack that left her blind in one eye and suffering severe facial disfigurement, Katie went on to share her experiences and set up the Katie Piper Foundation.
Stephen Remington Honorary Doctor of Arts Former arts impresario, Chief Executive of Sadler’s Wells Theatre, charity executive, and member of the prestigious Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, in 1994 Stephen became Chief Executive at the charity Action for Blind People. Peter Taylor Honorary Doctor of Business Administration A physicist, entrepreneur, Managing Director of TTP Group, director of the Cambridge Network and Chair and sponsor of our Centre for Enterprise, Development and Research (CEDAR). Fran Williamson Honorary Doctor of Health Sciences An alumna, Fran is a multiple Paralympic medal winner and former swimming world record-holder, now an Athlete Mentor at Youth Sport Trust, visiting schools.
This is just a snapshot of what these outstanding people have achieved. Full profiles of all our Honorary Award holders can be found at www.anglia.ac.uk/honoraries
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From little acorns…
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We are very conscious of the terrible legacy of the two World Wars last century. Last year, the moat of the Tower of London gradually filled with 888,246 ceramic poppies in the poignant installation Blood Swept Lands and Fields of Red, each representing one of the British fallen in the Great War. Over two million Navy and Army personnel were wounded and maimed in the same conflict. In the Second World War, a further third of a million British troops died, with another third of a million wounded, with 179 more killed in Iraq and 473 in Afghanistan and over 6,000 medically evacuated because of their injuries, 275 of whom lost limbs. Today’s veteran, commonly perceived to be an elderly man with a chest full of medals, is just as likely to be a young woman or man in their twenties and thirties, many of whom will have taken part in the most intense fighting in which the UK has been involved since the end of the Second World War. When the former MoD Head of Psychology, Jamie Hacker Hughes, was offered a Visiting Professorship from Anglia Ruskin University when he left
the Ministry of Defence, he was keen to do something useful with it. Gathering together colleagues and friends from his long career in military mental health with Anglia Ruskin academics, he developed a Master’s degree which became the MSc in Military Veterans and Families Studies. Retired RAF Squadron Leader, Mark Sewart, was recruited to run the MSc. Jamie then developed another project with Matt Fossey, an eminent local author and researcher in the field – an Institute to pioneer veterans and families’ research – and in April 2014 the Veterans and Families Institute (VFI) was officially born. At the same time, mindful of the many, often isolated, academics ranged around the UK, involved with important veterans’ research, the VFI launched the Veterans Education Training Evaluation Research and Audit Network (VETERAN), to enhance much-needed collaboration and partnerships. The new Institute quickly developed its research portfolio, from important work with military charities to large studies with police forces, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defence. If you are currently undertaking, or thinking of undertaking any research with veterans or their families we would love to hear from you.
Meanwhile, our Chancellor Lord Ashcroft published a seminal report on veterans’ transition, recommending that a central point, or ‘curated hub’ for veterans’ research should be established and last November it was announced that the VFI would be facilitating the hosting of the Veterans Research Hub at Anglia Ruskin. Looking to the future there are partnerships growing with universities across the UK along with many international links. There are also plans for developing a military social work award, as well as an undergraduate veterans course and other modules. The development of these exciting domestic and international collaborations will help to drive the active research agenda within the Institute. High quality research with demonstrable impact will be key to our continued success. We are therefore keen to engage with interested alumni, especially those with connections to the defence industry, who feel they may be able to support the growth of our research agenda. We welcome contact from anyone that would be interested in contributing and look forward to hearing from you.
Surely, a mighty oak is growing Please contact Jamie on jamie.hackerhughes@anglia.ac.uk, Matt on matt.fossey@anglia.ac.uk or our Projects Manager, Toni, on antoinette.mawoyo@anglia.ac.uk
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A century of droughts, floods and crop failures – chilling scenario in new ISSA report By 2060 social security systems across the world may function almost entirely to cope with natural disasters and emergencies, according to a new report. As part of the International Social Security Association (ISSA), Social security and megatrends publication, Dr Aled Jones, Director of our Global Sustainability Institute, describes the significant impact that limited natural resources and climate change will have over the rest of the 21st century. The scenario was developed as part of the ISSA publication to explore potential impacts on social security, alongside demographic trends, that need to be factored into government strategies to ensure that these future emerging risks are managed. In the report, looking back from the year 2100, Dr Jones describes a bleak history of oil embargoes, crop failures, increased mental health problems, population displacement and mass migration, as well as extreme weather events and widespread flooding. He writes, ‘After early investments in alternative fossil fuel extraction, for example, through hydraulic fracking or deep-ocean drilling, there was an immediate boost to some economies following lower energy prices. When global resource limits became apparent, short-term political issues impacted on the availability of a scarce resource. For example, embargoes on oil exports by some countries were put in place at
different times throughout the century. By the middle of the century, increased domestic water competition in some countries resulted in the closure of several fracking sites. Despite some increase in productivity in agriculture, climate change led to another long-term drought in key global breadbaskets, combined with catastrophic flooding in others. ‘In the short term, there was a small decline in mortality rates globally because of a reduction in cold-winter deaths, due to temperature increases from climate change. In most developed countries, the political weight of ageing populations and a relative fall in standards of living, combined with a reticence by governments to increase retirement ages in line with ageing trends, resulted in reduced GDP growth rates. ‘Urbanisation continued globally, with lower birth rates seen in urban areas, which somewhat alleviated the anticipated problem of population growth. However, towards the end of the century, climate impacts were significantly affecting mortality rates everywhere. Extreme weather events were much more common and the treatment of mental health problems, in particular depression, became increasingly difficult to sustain financially.
‘Coastal flooding caused the relocation of populations and infrastructure for large cities on every continent, in particular the new mega cities, although the majority of this movement was within countries.’ According to the scenario set out by Dr Jones, ‘Between 2020 and 2040 the financial burden of social security was focused on meeting legacy pension demands prior to the substantial increases in retirement ages globally. Limited resources meant a cut-back in health spending, which had increased significantly up to 2020, leading to greater inequality and social conflict. ‘Between 2040 and 2060 social security started to shift its focus to meeting urban environment health impacts, and after 2060 social security systems were limited mostly to service calamity and emergency loans to meet rehabilitation needs following major events.’ You can download the full report from www.issa.int/topics/megatrends/overview – just click on ‘ISSA Report’, under Documents. To find out more, please contact Dr Jones (aled.jones@anglia. ac.uk).
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Your donations make more of a difference because we’re a charity Did you know that Anglia Ruskin University is an exempt charity? This means we can claim Gift Aid on all eligible donations, increasing their value by 25%. So if you pay UK income tax your support really does make even more of a difference to our work and our students. Scholarships, bursaries and prizes These provide life-changing opportunities for our students and help to ensure that financial difficulties aren’t a barrier. Here are some that you have helped to provide: • Alumni Support Fund Scholarships Each year, ten students receive £500 each towards their studies, enabling them to begin their journey with a reduced financial burden • Auden Mckenzie Scholarships – Through his pharmaceutical company Auden Mckenzie, alumnus Hasmukh Patel has provided £5,000 to support three promising students facing serious pressures, which has helped them to continue with their studies. • Provide Scholarships and Bursaries Provide (a healthcare social enterprise) has supported our students with bursaries, prizes, placements and job opportunities. • John Owens Scholarships – alumnus John Owens (BA Hons Geography, 1977) has provided three undergraduate law and art scholarships. He says, “I’m greatly impressed by all this year’s Scholars
Mammalian birthing experience project
and look forward to following the progress of future John Owens Scholars in the years to come.”
Alumni general fund grants Through our Alumni General Fund grants, your unrestricted donations have a great impact on a wide range of projects. Here are a few of the twelve student-focused projects that have each received £1,000 and made a real difference, thanks to your generosity: • Ear assessment teaching tool – Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education • Doctoral Writing Retreat – Faculty of
Health, Social Care and Education • Mock Assessment Centre – Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences • Building ‘Smart University’ Prototypes Faculty of Science and Technology • Mammalian birthing experience – Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education Thank you for your past support. You can continue to help us make a difference by emailing giving@anglia.ac.uk, telephoning 01245 684715, or making a donation online at www.anglia.ac.uk/ makingadifference
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Research Institute focus
Vision & Eye Research Unit (VERU) The Global Vision Database (GVD) is aimed at providing vital information for public health officials, researchers and groups such as the World Health Organisation, to aid the understanding of the burden of eye disease. Professor Bourne said; “Blindness and visual impairment is a major public health issue and estimates show that four out of five cases can be avoided. There’s still much work to do to try and prevent sight loss all over the world. These maps allow easy access to the GVD, allowing people to view trends and prevalence of sight loss in different countries and regions.” Last September, members of VERU showcased their research at the British Congress of Optometry and Vision Sciences (BCOVS) conference, where postgraduates, post-doctoral research fellows and early career researchers working in UK and Eire optometry departments meet and discuss their research.
For the first time, online maps to allow users to search for causes of sight loss all over the world have been published by a research group led by Professor Rupert Bourne of VERU.
The maps – located at www.iapb.org/maps – allow data on partial and full sight loss to be filtered by gender and by country and region. They also display trends over time between 1990 and 2010, showing that worldwide blindness prevalence decreased by 37% from 1990 to 2010, and partial sightedness fell by 27%.
• Dr Raju Sapkota – ‘Effect of ageing in a visual short-term memory object-recall task’ • Dr Amy Scarfe – how people with visual field loss are affected in their daily activities • Dr Andrew Kolarik – how people with severe visual loss use echolocation and sensory substitution to help navigate safely through the environment • First-year PhD student Catherine Willshire – tear dynamics in dry eyes • Final-year PhD student Kostadin Rolev – cell-based treatments for disorders of the cornea
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Faculty of Medical Science (FMS) Our new Faculty of Medical Science, opened in 2014, is founded on the strong international reputation of our flagship Postgraduate Medical Institute (PMI). Based on our Rivermead campus in Chelmsford, the advanced learning facilities include state-of-the-art clinical skills laboratories and simulation suites, which mirror real-life clinical situations, a fantastic modern library and a wide range of science and ICT suites. The FMS delivers innovative and clinically relevant teaching and research across two departments – Allied and Public Health and Medicine and Healthcare Science. Thanks to our close relationships with the major clinical-care providers in the East of England, there are significant opportunities for collaboration and student placements across a variety of clinical sites. As well as offering exciting opportunities for research and education in the allied health professions, FMS also translates science and epidemiology into health education and primary care, delivering taught Master’s programmes to qualified medics. We have a flourishing community of PhD and MD(Res) students across all of our research fields.
The FMS has won a €4.2million research grant to help mild dementia sufferers better manage their condition and to support their carers. We will lead a consortium of 11 academic institutions, health partnerships and SMEs from across Europe. The aim of the research, which will run over four years, is to give patients more control over their care, to slow the patient’s cognitive and functional decline, ease pressure on carers and reduce costs for healthcare providers such as the NHS. The project is the brainchild of Professor James HamptonTill, Deputy Dean of the FMS, who said: “Dementia affects more than 6% of people aged 60 and over across Europe. By 2060 it’s estimated there will be 13 million dementia patients across Europe with a cost to the Union economy of more than €280 billion. It’s vital that, with an ageing population, we use technology to ease this crisis and reduce the strain on healthcare providers.”
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News from our Faculties Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences (ALSS) New courses starting this September – please go to the web pages for further information: MA Computer Games Development www.anglia.ac.uk/macomputergames Due to the success and close industry links forged with games design companies in Cambridge including Sony, Jagex and Frontier, we are launching a Masters level qualification, either MA or MSc dependant on whether you wish to take the Art or Computer programming route. LLM Medical Law and Ethics www.anglia.ac.uk/medicallaw Part-time block taught course offering those working within the NHS and related industries the opportunity to research the new and complex medico-legal dilemmas arising in healthcare practice today. CILEx Graduate Fast-track Diploma and Level 6 subjects www.anglia.ac.uk/cilexcourses New professional CILEx qualifications enable legal executives, graduates and Level 3 CILEx Diploma holders to qualify as a Chartered Legal Executive Lawyer. Part-time at Chelmsford, local law firms can also re-train staff in areas of practice including Civil Litigation, Law of Tort and Land Law. BA (Hons) Politics www.anglia.ac.uk/politics Having offered inspirational political content through our Criminology, History,
The new life sciences lab in Cambridge
Sociology and Philosophy degrees for many years we are very happy to be launching BA (Hons) Politics, looking at global politics, power, protest and policing and much more. Remember, as one of our alumni you can get £1,000 off the tuition fees on our taught Masters courses for this September. For details visit: www.anglia.ac.uk/pgscholarships
Faculty of Science & Technology (FST) The £2 million refurbishment of our Life Sciences laboratory in the David building in Cambridge was nominated for a prestigious S-Lab award, which recognises excellence in laboratory design, operation and management.
Our refurbishment transformed what had previously been lecture theatres and offices into a contemporary, flexible, multi-functional teaching lab for our Biomedical Science and Animal and Environmental Biology students.
Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education (FHSCE) Academic presents at Conference in Jordan Dr Mansour Mansour, Senior Lecturer in our department of Adult and Mental Health Nursing, was invited by the Dean of the College for Nursing at the Applied Science University in Jordan to present at the ‘Medication Errors through the eyes of nurses and Pharmacist’ conference in December 2014.
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Dr Mansour Mansour
Professor Matthias Fink
Dr Mansour’s presentation covered the UK perspectives on integrating Human Factors in the approach to nursing practice for medication administration. He also focused on recent initiatives in the NHS to integrate the Human Factors approach in Health care education, including pre-registration nursing training. Dr Mansour was awarded the conference award by the President of the Applied Science University.
Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAIBS)
Continuing on from this, Dr Mansour has been invited to present at the Emergency Care and Patient Safety conference in Saudi Arabia at the University of Dammam, College of Nursing this February.
Institute for International Management Practice (IIMP) – influencing attitudes to senior entrepreneurship Professors Matthias Fink and Teemu Kautonen from our IIMP were invited speakers at a workshop on 50+ senior entrepreneurship in Brussels last October. The objective of the workshop was to map issues related to senior entrepreneurship that policy makers could address, with the subsequent aim of advising the relevant EU DirectorateGenerals. The tentative conclusions from the workshop emphasised the need to
promote starting a business as a socially acceptable activity for people of all ages, including those aged 50 or older. Achieving such social legitimacy for entrepreneurship would not only promote more start-ups, but it’d likely have spill over effects such as stronger general economic empowerment for mature individuals who might otherwise feel excluded from the present labour market. But, to further promote senior start-ups, Professor Kautonen said that incentive systems need to be aligned with this aim. For example, it’s important to minimise financial disincentives such as losing a significant proportion of monthly pensions as a ‘punishment’ for taking up entrepreneurial activity.
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International focus
Meet the International Liaison Team in Cambridge to since studying here. You can contact me at Karen.geddes@anglia.ac.uk . I look forward to meeting you.
Salvatore Genovesi – International Officer, EU & Turkey Ciao! Γεια σας! Merhaba! I look after EU countries and Turkey and I have been with Anglia for 5 years. Being an Anglia Ruskin graduate myself, I would love to keep in touch with other alumni and share experiences. I travel often to countries such as Italy, Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, Cyprus and many more, therefore feel free to contact me on Salvatore.genovesi@anglia.ac.uk and I will be happy to meet with you.
Claire Fiumana – Erasmus and Study Abroad Co-ordinator L–R Claire Fiumana, Karen Geddes, Simon Wood, Elizabeth Turner, Salvatore Genovesi
We are responsible for the recruitment of International students in the UK and from across the EU and Turkey, as well as Student Exchange and Study Abroad programmes. If you are ever in Cambridge, please come and see us as we would very much like to hear about your student experience here and what you are doing now. You can contact us at internationalliaison@anglia.ac.uk
Simon Wood – International Liaison Manager Hello to all of our European Alumni! I manage the International Liaison team in Cambridge, which forms a part of our wider International recruitment and Admissions service. My team is very keen to work with our Alumni Network across Europe to help promote Anglia Ruskin and develop our recruitment networks.
And we would be delighted to assist you if you are interested in returning to study with us again in the future.
Karen Geddes – Country Development Manager, UK International, France & Germany Salut! Hallo! Hi! I’m responsible for recruitment of international students based in the UK, as well as students from France and Germany. I attend recruitment events and work with partner institutions to develop agreements to help students gain an international education experience at ARU. Recently I’ve been in touch with our German alumni who were very responsive and helpful in offering internships for German-speaking ARU business students. I travel regularly to France and Germany and would love to meet you to hear what you’ve been up
Hello to all the exchange and study abroad student alumni. I look after incoming and outgoing exchange and study abroad students, studying here for one semester or a year. I would love to hear about your experience with us and what you are now doing. Please keep in touch – my email is claire.fiumana@anglia. ac.uk. I look forward to hearing from you.
Elizabeth Turner – International Liaison Administrator I have daily contact with students, advising new and potential students what ARU can offer them and helping with their applications. I am also involved in the exciting opportunities we offer students to study abroad, giving them a truly rewarding experience which they will carry with them throughout their life. I really enjoy my role, particularly as I am able to see the passion in students as they shape their future.
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Regional Partners Peterborough (UCP) Computing graduate becomes App designer “During my time at UCP I learned a variety of new skills, including programming languages and software engineering techniques that have assisted me in my progression. Also the ability to teach myself new technology quickly has been a vital trait I gained whilst studying. This inspired me to challenge myself with mobile application development, which at the time was a brand new field of computing. After leaving UCP with a first-class honours degree I used the skills I had gained to get my first job within two weeks. To the present day I have worked in mobile application development for over five different companies, ranging from those in the Fortune 500 list to big name brands. I have gone from employee to contractor to consultant and eventually business owner in a few short years. Success in every challenge I face stems from the knowledge I learned during my degree at UCP.”
Lucie Gray, Course Director Janet Jones and Justin Gray
Scott Roberts BSc Hons Computing & Information Systems
fires, whittling and using tools, with all resources coming from the natural environment.
University Centre Harlow students experience a Forest School
Father and daughter expand ‘Gray’ matter at College of West Anglia (CoWA)
Recently a group of Education students had a field trip to a Forest School, an outdoor initiative, developed from concepts in Denmark and Sweden. Its ethos was introduced in the UK during the 1990s and it offers children to opportunity to visit the forest or woodland to develop skills in a holistic manner. The trip was to help the students consider and write about alternative curricula and concepts, with activities available to the children such as lighting
Last autumn Justin and Lucie Gray, a father and daughter from Downham Market, started studying together towards a three-year degree in Psychosocial Studies (validated by Anglia Ruskin) at CoWA’s King’s Lynn campus. Following a back injury which prevented Justin from continuing his job as a warehouse operative, he was looking for a new challenge, so decided to follow his
interest in psychology. completing the Access to Higher Education course at the college. Lucie completed her A levels and had planned to go to university in Cambridge, but changed her plans after considering the financial implications of going away to university. It was then that Justin and Lucie decided to start the course at CoWA. Both agree that studying and living together works really well, as they’re able to support each other with assignments and revision – and they’ve already discussed starting a family business after completing the course.
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Rebecca Warner
Staff Snippets Onur Ozkaya, Senior Lecturer in Interior Design, won first prize in the prestitigious ‘Dare to Dream’ design awards in Tokyo. The competition focused on developing new furniture concepts from characteristics of the Japanese kimono, and Onur developed a proposal for a new chair. Rebecca Warner, Lecturer in Performing Arts, has achieved a highly commended award in the prestigious S&S Award for new musical theatre writing. The award was created with the aim of discovering and promoting new writers in British musical theatre. Professor Tony Young, Director of Medical Innovation, Postgraduate Medical Institute (PMI), has been instrumental in bringing together partnerships to form our MedTech Campus, which will
become one of the world’s largest health innovation spaces. He has now also taken on the post of National Clinical Director for Innovation with NHS England, working with other national clinical directors to make sure some of the excellent practice and ideas being developed by individual NHS Trusts are effectively shared across the whole country. For the second year running one of our academics, Dr Rupal Lovell-Patel, has scooped the prestigious Association of Optometrists’ Lecturer of the Year prize, which recognises a lecturer who’s committed to offering ‘dynamic and informative teaching that inspires clinical excellence among their students.’ Professor Stephen Bustin, Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medical Science, will be the new Editor-in-Chief of
the Biomolecular Detection and Quantification (BDQ) journal. This new journal will cover clinical and non-clinical subjects ranging from epigenetics to environmental and food science.
Some of our staff publications Leadership by Dr Kevin Roe, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, has been shortlisted for the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Book of the Year awards, Leadership Textbook category. The Child in Society by Dr Hazel Wright, is described by the publisher as ‘a fantastic beginner’s text for students to understand the relationship between the child and society.’
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Student highlights Filipa Gonclaves releasing a Manx shearwater
What was life like in the trenches of WW1? Why were pilots given pistols but not parachutes? What dangers did women face working in ammunition factories on the Home Front? An award from the Alumni General Fund allowed a group of English Literature and Writing students to engage with these and many other questions during a field trip to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, as part of their ‘Writing World War I’ module. Last November, three judokas from Anglia Ruskin won medals at the London Areas Universities and Colleges Senior Open. Serbian international Mateja Glusac (1st year Computer Science) took gold, winning all his fights by a maximum score of ippon and despite fighting a weight group above his normal level. Gold also went to Ben Caldwell, who is combining study for his BTec Sport with an Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence at Anglia Ruskin, led by the British Judo Association.
Paul Gumbrevicius (Criminology) won silver in the under-73kg group. Thanks to a scholarship from our Anglia Trust, 3rd year Life Sciences students Martyna Syposz and Filipa Goncolves joined a conservation project last September involving rescuing seabirds – Manx shearwaters – in Mallaig, Scotland.
Third year Optometry students Jessica Massey and Agatha Jaworski were regional winners in the CooperVision 2014 Summit awards after submitting a project that investigated how multifocal contact lenses perform in real-world conditions. The awards encourage new research from within the UK’s optometry universities and ask for projects that are original, well-designed and add to our current knowledge base. Technology student Jared Lucas has been classed as one of the UK’s most promising music technology students. Jared was one of just ten students who took part in the exclusive Gus Dudgeon Postgraduate Summer Course at the University of South Wales, named after the legendary Elton John Producer. At Anglia Ruskin, Jared has also involved himself with CAM FM radio station and a Dr Who podcast, which raised over £78,000 for Children in Need.
Ben Caldwell
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Anglia Ruskin Students’ Union annual football tournament – the Anglia Cup
Cup Winners: ARU Presidents’ XI
Plate Winners : Athletic FC
The 2014 competition contained ten great football teams, varying from the current football club, alumni and groups of friends from courses and halls all wanting to take the title.
The knock-out stages saw some anxious teams edge through on penalties and 1-0 wins. But the teams progressing through to the cup final were the All Star Cast vs ARU Presidents’ XI and in the plate final The Avengers FC vs Athletic FC. The games were incredibly tight and both ended in 1–0 wins, most notably the cup final coming down to a late challenge in the box by a striker and keeper one-on-one resulting in a penalty kick.
The group stages saw some intense football, with the 11-a-side, 15minute games proving intense activities, with numerous 0–0 draws and tight victories. Our referees were great on the day, making huge calls of penalties and free kicks at the death of many matches. As a Students’ Union we would like to thank the referees for their efforts on the day, as many commented on the high standard of their officiating. The play during the group stages was full of flair and enthusiasm, providing a great atmosphere and competition between the teams.
The eventual winners of the cup were ARU Presidents’ XI retaining their title for a second year. A team made up of the current ARU Cambridge football squad, they showed class and dominance through their group and pipped the All-star Cast at the death to win the cup. The eventual plate winners were Athletic FC taking the plate from the Avengers FC in a tight affair.
Unfortunately, at this stage we lost some teams to the cut, including our two alumni based teams. One of these was The Founders, who started the tournament 21 years ago and have attended ever since.
As a Students’ Union we would like to thank everyone who took part in the event and those who helped make it happen. Congratulations to all the winners and we hope to see you all and more teams in 2015! Alun Minifey Student Opportunities Manager
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Alumni tours prove popular Our first tours across both campuses were very successful. Highlights in Chelmsford were the technology in our Bloomberg Suite, which supplies students with real time data of publicly listed companies from over 200 countries stretching back up to 100 years. Also the Gait and Motion Analysis Laboratory where work is being done with patients going through the surgical and/or rehabilitation process. Finally we talked to the Law Society President and Sports
Take advantage of your alumni discounts All members of our Alumni Network are eligible to receive discounts on a range of products and services, so have you taken advantage yet? You can enjoy discounts at many hotels and enjoy restaurant savings throughout the UK and Ireland with a 2 month trial membership to the Gourmet Society. Receive 2-for-1 meals, 50% off food or 25% off food and drink at any of the participating venues, allowing you to dine and save all year round.
and Volunteering Coordinator about student life, and how it compares with the experiences of our former students, some of whom attended ARU as far back as the 1960s. Due to the number of alumni attending we ran two tours in Cambridge. Highlights there were a grisly tour of the Forensics department’s Scene of Crime Suite and accompanying analysis labs. Then a tour of our Gaming and Live Performance
studios where there were some very technical questions from a number of aficionados/musicians within the tour group. We also showcased some of the campus’s best gems including the University Eye Clinic, Mumford Theatre and the Ruskin Gallery. We will be offering tours again in 2015 – dates to be announced later in the year.
Purchase alumni memorabilia online Do you have one of our University crest pin badges, which can be worn either on your lapel or as a tie pin? Or how about one of our other pieces of branded Anglia Ruskin University alumni memorabilia? Our smart business card holder is in brushed stainless steel and we also have a 4GB USB memory stick, both carrying your University crest. To purchase any of these items please visit our online store at https://store. anglia.ac.uk/ and search under the Product Catalogue for Alumni Merchandise. Alternatively, visit us in person in the Development & Alumni Office on the Rivermead Campus in Chelmsford. Price in person Price inc postage UK Overseas University crest pin badge
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Business card holder 4GB USB memory stick
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In house, there are discounts at our Anglia Ruskin gyms and reduced library membership. And did you know that our Employability Service offers free careers advice?
In addition, Eva & Eva provide official Anglia Ruskin University graduation rings, cufflinks and charms, which have proved very popular. A lasting gift to commemorate your graduation and your time at the University, all of the rings are custom-made for you in your choice of metal and can be personalised to feature your year, degree initials and inside engraving of your choice.
To find out more and see the full list please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/alumni and click on the Benefits and Services tab.
For more information, please visit www.evalondon.com/anglia or call +44 (0)207 148 7060. Prices start at £30 for charms, £65 for cufflinks and £59 for rings.
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Last words Welcome to the spring issue of Aspects. There’s some very exciting things going on here at Anglia Ruskin, as I’ve flagged up on page 3 – the Vice Chancellor also talks about our success in his introduction. These are things that should make you very proud to have studied here and now be one of our alumni. Alongside this there are a couple of thought provoking articles about the work of our Veterans and Families Institute and a piece from our Global Sustainability Institute on the impact that limited natural resources will have over the coming years. If you want to find out more about any of the articles please email alumni@anglia.ac.uk and we’ll put you in touch with the relevant people. You will also notice a difference if you go onto the Anglia Ruskin website as we have had an exciting redesign which has received very positive feedback. You can find the Alumni Network under the ‘Graduation and beyond’ section at the top, but can still go directly to the alumni, development and Honorary Award holder pages using the direct links shown on this page.
Lastly, as I flagged up on page 2, this will be the last printed copy of Aspects, so the autumn issue will be electronic only. Universities across the sector are moving to electronic communications, not only for the cost savings, but also to be more environmentally friendly. And this gives us an exciting opportunity to look at how we can change the magazine to make it more interactive with its readers. This move away from print to an electronic magazine makes it all the more important that we have your preferred email so that we can ensure you continue to receive Aspects and information on events and opportunities. So if we don’t currently have your email, please get in touch by emailing alumni@anglia.ac.uk or through the Alumni Directory at http://anglia.aluminate.net Have a good spring and summer.
Sue Jacobs
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