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Aspects  The Anglia Ruskin University Alumni Magazine

Spring 2014

Cover photo: Pop-up shop installation at Cambridge Folk Museum by Patsy Rathbone

In this issue:

Amanda Clack wins Alumni Success in Business Award – page 5

Our new Honorary Award holders – page 16

Our student successes – page 30

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¢ Photo: The Postgraduate Medical Institute (PMI) building, Chelmsford campus

A very warm welcome to all our alumni, including those from our prior institutions In Essex:

In Cambridge:

Together as:

• Mid-Essex Technical College & School of Art

• Cambridge & County School of Arts, Crafts & Technology

• Anglia Higher Education College

• Brentwood College of Education • Chelmer Institute

• Cambridgeshire Technical College & School of Art

• Essex Institute of Higher Education

• CCAT

• Anglia Higher Education College

• Homerton School of Health Studies

• Anglia Polytechnic University

and from all our partner institutions across the UK Eastern Region and worldwide.

Where are they now?

Can you help us trace our lost alumni?

Unfortunately, over the years we have lost touch with some of our former students. We’d like as many former students as possible to receive invites to our events and to be able to take advantage of the other opportunities we offer. So if you are in touch with any of your old classmates, please ask them to contact us so we have their current details.

You and your friends can update your details by returning the update form on the reverse of the mailing sheet, or by visiting www.anglia.ac.uk/alumni and clicking on the Alumni Network Directory.

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In this issue

7 A happy accident!

8 Anton rows the Amazon

16–17 20–23 New Faculty Honorary News Award holders

24 Regional News

29 Staff Snippets

Editor Sue Jacobs Contributors Dave Abbott, Erin Butcher, Sharon Wuyts and our alumni

Your stories

14 Students meet brand leaders at event in Cambridge Successful alumni return to campus to share their experience with current students

21 Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education The latest FHSCE activity

A journey from healthcare to novelist – and back again Pat Toulson and her varied career

Especially for Alumni

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A happy accident!

Greg Goff recalls his route to a career as a Producer/Director

26 Global Sustainability Institute Why getting your book published can be depressing

26 Alumni memorabilia Your University crest pin badge and new additions

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Alec returns to study – from a distance!

Alec Grimshaw talks of his distance learning experience

10 Alumni Tours A chance for you to visit our campuses

16 New Honorary Award holders join our Anglia Ruskin family Fifteen new awards at our October 2013 ceremonies

10 Alumni Updates Snippets of information on our alumni 6

26 Benefits and services for you The latest offers for alumni

22 Faculty of Science & Technology Updates on activity in the faculty

27 International News Our international activity

32 Last words A message to alumni from Sue Jacobs

23 Lord Ashcroft International Business School Updates from the faculty

11 Obituaries David Watt and Jane Ware

30 Our Student Successes A few student highlights

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PwC Partner wins 2013 Alumni Success in Business Award Amanda Clack presented with award at 2013 graduations

24 Regional News The latest from University Centre Peterborough and College of West Anglia

12 From business degree to business success Jonathan Woods talks about his career following graduation

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The Vice Chancellor The welcome message from Michael Thorne

28 Research A selection of some of our current research projects

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Anglia Ruskin News

15 An interview with Karen Hester Operations Director of Adnams plc talks about her success 8

Anton rows the Amazon Anton Wright braves the Amazon for charity and research

13 Artist designs for the home Patsy Rathbone and her bespoke home designs

Ian Rawlinson presents a solo exhibition of his artwork Successful alumni artist talks about his work

18 Development News News on our fundraising initiatives 20 Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences News from the faculty

25 Sports Report Sports update and upcoming events 29 Staff Snippets News of staff ventures and successes

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Don’t get me wrong, as I get older I become daily more aware that science matters to us all and has underpinned the dramatic extension of life expectancy – with most of us looking forward to living into our eighties. I am well aware that my children’s dependency on their mobile phones and their experience of travelling the world at a young age which I never enjoyed is thanks to science. And let me assure you if you didn’t know already, that science is a lot more interesting than getting the proverbial white precipitate in the chemistry experiments in the early years of secondary school might lead one to expect. But surely in such an advanced world in which we now live, we ought still to be able to make choices which are not dominated by monetary returns?

Vice Chancellor The

Among other highlights, this edition of Aspects features several alumni who studied arts and humanities with us. As you may know, at the time the government introduced the new fees regime in which UK full-time undergraduate students have to pay up to £9000 per year for studying at university, it was predicted by many that recruitment to ‘arts’ courses would drop dramatically. The thinking was that because arts graduates generally earn less over a lifetime than, for example, science graduates, then there would be a rush to study courses likely to lead to higher earnings, such as science.

While the government-led hike in fees has seen the overall undergraduate intake of many universities like us decline, we at Anglia Ruskin University have bucked the trend. Our record full-time undergraduate student numbers interestingly include an increase in the number of science students and an increase in those studying arts and humanities! As a mathematician turned computer scientist

myself, whose passion outside academic life is performing classical music, I am not at all surprised that people place a higher value on what engages them intellectually and emotionally than on chasing the money. That happens across the entire spectrum of OECD countries: its recent report ‘Education at a Glance’ highlighting the continued importance placed on the arts and social sciences across the world.

As you will read in the pages which follow, our arts graduates are pursuing wonderful careers which offer a great deal of autonomy from an early stage. Moreover, among those awarded honorary degrees this year (also featured in these pages) are a number of exceptional individuals who have led in the ‘creative industries’ sector which is growing faster than most in the UK and which is still looked down on by government as not real industry even though the rest of the world would regard what we do in the UK in this field of endeavour as of unparalleled quality and worth.

Another Anglia Ruskin University success story is our recruitment of international students where again our numbers are at record levels. It is my experience that in many of the countries from which we recruit international students such recruitment follows a pattern as far as the subjects the students want to follow is concerned. We have seen this over the last decade in China, for example, where initially there was an almost exclusive focus on business, computer science and engineering. A few years later law was added to the list and then latterly art and design. Jobs matter to Chinese students as we know they matter to UK students.

The good news for Chinese students who complete their studies in the UK is that they do much better in the jobs market in China than many students who have studied in China. But they too, it seems, are increasingly prepared to make choices based on their passions!

I do hope that whatever your own particular passion and whatever you studied while you were here, that things are going well for you and that you feel we made a difference to your life.

Professor Michael Thorne Vice Chancellor

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Amanda Clack, Senior Manager

PwC Partner wins 2013 Alumni Success in Business Award We recently caught up with Amanda Clack, our 2013 Alumni Success in Business award winner, and asked her about her time at Anglia Ruskin and ensuing career.

I decided to study Quantity Surveying at Anglia Ruskin University due to a curiosity for construction, which arose from a love of Lego and marvelling at the construction of the M25!

I loved my time at Anglia – the staff were amazing and really made the subject come to life. The day-release allowed me to gain a great work-study balance, and I completed the course with Distinction. I am so glad to have found a career where no two days are the same, and following graduation I continued to practice as a quantity surveyor at the same firm I studied alongside, whilst gaining further professional qualifications with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Simultaneously, I undertook computer software development with the University of Marseilles and Elstree Computing. Later, I also went on to do a part-time Masters degree in Programme Management.

At PwC I lead our Infrastructure and Real Estate business for Consulting, which plays to my surveying roots,

the organisation in a way that was a mix of The Apprentice, Undercover Boss and The Secret Millionaire (without the cheque book!).” I enjoyed every minute and it really opens your eyes to what people face and how valuable the third sector really is.

I am a big fan of music and appreciate how it can help you unwind. I now follow that passion with the London Festival Orchestra and I am currently a trustee for them.

I am a Freeman of the City of London, a Liveryman and a member of the Surveyors Livery Company.

For me, the next few years will be as busy as ever, having just been appointed Vice President of the RICS representing 140,000 surveyors worldwide. and also look after Consulting for the South-East across seven PwC offices. I set up and support the Programme and Project Management (PPM) Competency, acting as the lead for professional bodies such as the Major Projects Association, Association for Project Managers and Project Management International. I lead on Portfolio Management and recently completed the third global survey for PwC on Insights and Trends in Programme Management (built from 1,524 respondents in 38 countries across 34 different

industries). The report provides a rigorous picture of the global state of project management.

I am a strong believer in ‘giving back’ and recently took part in the PwC Responsible Leadership Programme (RLP), working with Edinburgh Cyrenians – an independent Scottish Charity who creatively target homelessness, poverty and various aspects of social deprivation. The project was a 6 week initiative, and the late CEO, Des Ryan, summed up my time with them as “sprinkling fairy dust across

As for the best piece of advice I have ever received, I have two: ‘treat others as you wish to be treated yourself’ (thanks Mum!), which was a big factor in deciding to join PwC – the atmosphere is inclusive and buoyant. Professionally, I am a firm believer in ‘assuming a role before you get it’ – grasp, believe, and don’t be afraid to take on extra responsibility!

Amanda Clack BSc Quantity Surveying 1991

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Patricia Toulson, Writer

A journey from healthcare to novelist – and back again Mid-life crisis struck me around 45 years of age. After working in X-ray departments in hospitals around Essex and Suffolk as a Diagnostic Radiographer for 29 years, I began to wonder if I glowed in the dark!

harsh disciplinary world of a General Hospital in the 1960s. She encounters child-abuse, teenage terminal illness, the dramatic world of casualty and the wonder of pregnancy, whilst growing up in the breath-taking and liberating environment of the 60s amongst Nursing Sisters reluctant to let the ‘old world ethos’ disappear. In 2013 Inside Out was launched by Amazon as a paperback and e-book.

My professional journal advertised a BSc Hons degree in Health Studies, available at Anglia Ruskin University over two years, taking my Diploma in Radiography into account. In 1992 my computer skills reached the dizzy heights of attempting a Daley Thompson decathlon program on a ZX Spectrum, so the introductory pre-degree course on word-processing and statistics became imperative! We were a mix of about 25 health professionals and I teamed up with a midwife, health visitor and therapy radiographer. We four supported each other as we struggled to re-learn, ultimately enhancing our respective careers by graduating in 1994.

I was now working in a multi-disability centre, aiming to rehabilitate teenage and adult clients who had suffered lifechanging traumas; stroke victims, head injuries and chronic conditions such as Parkinson’s and Huntingdon’s Chorea. I had developed new skills, coaching clients in communication, writing and computing, thus releasing some of those boundaries which rendered them feeling helpless in their new hostile worlds.

In 1996 I joined the charity Home Start as an organiser, training volunteers and assessing families with small children, who needed support. Four exciting years revealed life in all manner of perspectives until a hearing problem, resulting from contracting mumps, became so severe that even hearing aids were little help.

Inside Out tells the tale of a shy, 16-year-old schoolgirl, entering the harsh disciplinary world of a General Hospital in the 1960s.

I am not sure when I started to write – conjuring with the written word had always given me satisfaction. I began taking a notepad on dog walks so thoughts, which appeared in a flash, could be trapped before flitting away.

Poems were published with Random House Anthologies and a children’s book in America. However, I knew I wanted to write a novel but it wasn’t until I read, Call the Midwife that I realised my first love of radiography was sorely neglected in the hospital genre, so I set about putting that right. Inside Out tells the tale of a shy, 16-year-old schoolgirl, entering the

I’d had a cochlear implant the previous autumn, which so improved my hearing that I was able to tackle press interviews with renewed confidence. To my delight I even managed an interview with BBC Radio Essex. During the book launch, I was delighted to accept an invitation to become Patron of a charity for deaf schoolchildren in Sierra Leone. This had been set up in 2009 by a small group of East Anglian people who, when visiting the school, had been overwhelmed by the wonderful work of Sister Mary Sweeney, who has devoted her life to improving the prospects for these 250 students.

I have turned full circle since obtaining my degree at Anglia Ruskin, becoming the Patron to Friends of St Joseph’s School for the Hearing Impaired in Sierra Leone, also based in East Anglia. Seeds can be sown as late as mid-life by taking a step sideways and returning to education, as they still have time to take root and even flourish like Inside Out and the Patronage of St Joseph’s School.

Patricia Toulson BSc Hons Health Studies 1994

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Greg Goff, Producer/Director

A happy accident outside London with offices in Plymouth, London, LA and Abu Dhabi, making about 200 hours of broadcast television a year.

I’d never dreamed of working in TV, it was an accident – a happy accident.

Interviewing someone who killed 13 people back in the 70s, for three hours in prison in California was an experience I’ll never forget.

When I first arrived at Anglia Ruskin University (back then it was called APU) in 1996 I was embarking on a BA Hons course in Spanish and Graphic Arts. By the end of my first year, for many reasons, I was unsure whether the art side of things was right for me. The staff were extremely helpful and patient, allowing me to swap the art for French and as a bonus, being half French, I didn’t have to repeat my first year! So I ended my degree with a BA Hons in French and Spanish, having squeezed a huge amount of learning and experience in to my wonderful four years at Anglia, Rennes and Granada.

However, being the indecisive kind of chap I am, I was still very unsure as to where this would lead me in terms of career.

Following a year spent teaching English in Central China, I returned determined to find myself a career. People around me where saying “you’re lucky, you have languages, you can do anything”. My general response would be “Yeah, but what?”. One day an editor friend called

out of the blue saying “Greg, my company need someone who speaks French – give my boss a call”. I phoned and was asked if I wanted to go to Paris for five weeks helping film a holiday programme as a runner, leaving the next day. Well, I wasn’t doing much else so that was me hurled in to the world of TV! I did a few jobs for this company – filming in the South of France, Madrid, even spending five weeks back in China, all using the languages I had picked up over the years – but once that came to an end I struggled to find another job. I realised media is really competitive, plus I didn’t want to move to London as I’m a country boy at heart and was living in the West country where I am originally from.

So I ended up in a call centre for nine months until a chance arose to work for a company in Plymouth called Twofour Broadcast Ltd. Back then it was a team of 50 people making TV shows out of a barn conversion in a field. Today it is part of the biggest independent production company

I am now a Producer/Director and worked on many wonderful shows. Last year I directed the fifth series of Channel 5 series Born to Kill?, investigating the nature/nurture argument for serial killers.

Interviewing someone who killed 13 people back in the 70s, for three hours in prison in California was an experience I’ll never forget. I spent three months filming in the Caribbean for a Sky documentary and I’ve been chased by a cobra in the jungles of Sri Lanka. I’ve been fortunate to work on documentaries following Walking with the Wounded, the charity that sent wounded servicemen and women on expeditions to the North Pole, up Everest and, just before Christmas, to the South Pole. Prince Harry is patron and completed the expedition with them.

Not that every day is spent filming at Buckingham Palace – there’s lots of 16-hour filming days in UK cold wet rain, but I wouldn’t swap it for the world!

Even though I’m not doing a ‘French and Spanish’ job, I do use my languages constantly and have been lucky enough to travel the world for ‘work’ – not bad for a happy accident!

Greg Goff BA Hons Languages (French & Spanish) 2000

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Alec Grimshaw, Ward Manager

Alec Returns to Study – From a Distance! focus on meeting the module criteria, a critical aspect when balancing a working life with study.

Distance learning at Anglia Ruskin allows students to study whilst juggling work and family commitments and can be accessed online anywhere in the world. It’s a fantastic and flexible way to get a qualification and improve your career prospects, but what is it like to actually study on the course?

Alumnus Alec Grimshaw gave us an insight into his experiences as a mature distance learning student.

Alec currently works as a mental health Ward Manager on a sub-acute recovery unit in the Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. The unit supports adults aged 17–65 who are experiencing an acute episode of severe mental illness or disorders. The demanding nature of the work can lead to a relatively stressful and busy work life for staff. With this in mind, Alec was drawn to distance learning as it is delivered over the internet without the commitment to physically attend in a classroom.

He chose to study a BSc (Hons) Mental Health Care to top up his diploma to a degree and work towards the eventual aim of a Masters. The modules on the course appealed as they provide students with the ability to build confidence, bring evidence based practice into the work place and incorporate research into modern health care methods.

Alec attributes a pivotal element of his distance learning success to his tutor, Sally Goldspink. He felt completely supported throughout the modules, which in turn helped discipline Alec into managing his time effectively and ensured he was meeting the required deadlines.

The on-line contact time allowed his tutor to give weekly tips and advice, which were very valuable, and if Alec had a problem or wanted clarification he could email Sally for a quick and detailed response. The availability of advice and support allowed him to keep on top of his workload and

Having now completed, Alec feels that distance learning has had a positive effect on his career while allowing him to fit in study around work and quality time with his family. It has widened his perspective when reviewing mental health care provision, particularly through his dissertation which focused on researching current publications and literature to review the delivery of care in his fulltime job. The research improved Alec’s knowledge, acknowledged weaknesses in the health care process, and allowed him to develop his new understanding into best practice, proving that distance learning is as challenging and rewarding as a full-time course.

Distance learning has been an invaluable experience and Alec acknowledges that, much like in full time courses, learning online requires discipline, enthusiasm and dedication to ensure you receive the maximum level of benefits from the course. He believes that those who work in healthcare and choose to study a distance learning course, specifically delivered by the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, can help support and improve health care provisions and services in the community by studying and simultaneously applying the skills developed into their working lives.

Alec hopes to attend graduation and we look forward to seeing him receive his award.

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Ian Rawlinson presents a solo exhibition of his artwork The exhibition, entitled Vessel, takes place at Williams Art in Cambridge in May 2014 and will feature a selection of new paintings and prints together with a short film, which takes place and memory as its theme.

Whilst making this body of work, Ian researched and explored many connections with his past. He was born in Cambridge in 1963 and grew up in the city during the 1960s and 1970s. Ian studied art on the Foundation course at Cambridge College of Art & Technology (CCAT), leaving in 1982 to further his studies at the Royal College of Art. Since graduating from there in 1987, he has lived and worked in London.

To date Ian’s work has been shown in many group and solo exhibitions both in the UK and internationally. He has travelled and worked in Europe, the USA and Mexico and has taught at art colleges throughout the UK, including a return to Cambridge to teach at Anglia Polytechnic University during the early 1990s. Ian has always intended to show his work in Cambridge, but it was only during his research and making of the film Vessel – when he visited Williams Art – that the concept for the exhibition really gained momentum.

Ian Rawlinson was already making of a series of paintings about places of transition when he decided to expand upon these ideas by making a film about his artwork. He intended to use a small amount of footage of his former hometown to set against the present day images of his paintings. However, the film quickly took on a life of its own and his initial search for old images of Cambridge soon

expanded into a poignant journey into his past. He focused on an area known locally as the ‘Kite’ – an area which had greatly changed since the time that he lived in Cambridge. Situated opposite Anglia Ruskin University and referring to the kite shape formed by the main roads that enclose the area, this parcel of land was the subject of city planning debates for many years before being redeveloped to incorporate the Grafton Centre during the early 1980s.

a new development, as have some old place names. Even the thought of where a building once stood still evokes its presence. The mental map remains. The past is not destroyed, it's just merely removed from physical sight”.

Memories of the ‘Kite’ before the redevelopment are the main influence on his film. Ian provides further insight, stating that “Despite all the change, what began to fascinate me is that pieces of the past still poke through into the present.

A road name can inspire memories, as can a section of old brickwork; an old landmark has been incorporated into

Vessel runs from 7–25 May 2014 at Williams Art, 5 Dales Brewery, Gwydir Street, Cambridge CB1 2LJ.

Ian has also made a series of paintings, prints and drawings which reference a street map of the 'Kite’ from 1980. These assorted works will be shown alongside paintings from his earlier Frontier series.

Further information www.ianrawlinson.com www.williamsart.co.uk

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Alumni updates a ‘click’ sound and relies on marking desirable behaviour and rewarding it.

Olivia said: “Looking back at my four years at Anglia Ruskin, I have learned so much that I can now apply to my future in equitation. I feel I’ve achieved a great deal and made the most of my time at university, pushing myself further than just finishing a degree, and laying down the groundwork for an incredible and exciting future.”

Olivia Turner (BSc Hons Animal Behaviour & Animal Welfare 2013) has won first prize at the International Society for Equitation Science conference in the USA for a presentation on the welfare of horse training. The conference – Embracing Science to Enhance Equine Welfare and Horse-Human Interaction – attracted 110 delegates including equine practitioners, students, researchers and academics. Olivia’s presentation was based on her dissertation – Exploring Clicker Training: a Method of Positive Reinforcement to Improve the Welfare of Horse Training. This method involves the use of a mechanical device that creates

Ian Blackshaw – visiting Anglia Ruskin Professor, Honorary Award holder and alumnus – has been appointed Visiting Fellow at the prestigious Centre for Intellectual Property Law at the University of Pretoria, which is sponsored by the leading South African Intellectual Property Law Firm of Adams & Adams. He will be collaborating closely with the Head of the Centre, Judge Louis Harms, a former Deputy President of the South African Court of Appeal, and also with the Director of the Centre, Prof Steve Cornelius, who welcomed the appointment saying: “It is good to have Professor Blackshaw on board who, with his membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, brings a wealth of international legal expertise and experience to the Centre, which, we are sure, will add considerable value to its research and other activities.”

Alumni Tours We welcome alumni to come back and visit us and we hope to be offering some campus tour dates shortly. Please get in touch if you would be interested in revisiting your campus and we’ll make sure you receive details. You can keep in touch with us via email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, our website or the Alumni Directory. Details on the back page.

Photo: Robert Gershinson

Josh Winning (BA Hons Film Studies & Communication Studies 2005) has become accustomed to interviewing Hollywood stars such as Jodie Foster since setting out on a career in freelance film journalism, but has now turned his hand to fiction. He has released his first novel, Sentinal, which has already garnered excellent reviews from customers and currently holds a five-outof-five star rating. Josh has plans to turn Sentinal into a trilogy and is already several chapters into writing the second book.

After graduation Josh continued his studies at Brighton before moving to London and ‘jobbing it’ in TV listings for two years. On advice from his ex-tutor from Anglia Ruskin

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Obituaries he eventually tried his hand at writing articles for film magazines, which led to a full-time career as a freelance contributor for Total Film and Little White Lies. Josh remarked: “It was the best decision I’ve e ever made. I mostly work contributing to Total Film, which is a dream job – you never know which industry bod you’re going to get to talk to next.”

Jason Campion (BSc Hons Computing 2013) has successfully negotiated the tough recruitment process at Hewlett Packard to secure a place on the graduate programme as an Information Analyst.

Whilst a student, Jason took on several roles through our Employment Bureau, including a seven-month assignment in an IT support role. He remarked: “I gained a huge amount of experience and developed my communication skills from the roles. My course gave me a great all-round foundation in computing and I received great support from my lecturers. I also received a lot of support from Student Services during the application process, including help with my CV, interview technique and presentation skills, which contributed greatly to me getting the job.” We wish Jason continuing success in his career.

Martyn Wynn-Rayner (BA Hons Photo & Digital Media 2005) is now principal photographer and managing director of The Works Studio Ltd, based in Croxton, Cambridgeshire. The studio was set up

by Martyn in 2011 with three main studio spaces and a total footprint of nearly 4,500sq ft. They offer studio facilities to anyone wishing to hire photographic studio space. www.The-Works-Studio.co.uk Michael Towers (BA Hons Modern History 1990) studied at our predecessor institution CCAT and had a ball doing so.

He would love to hear from fellow History students or anyone he met during his stay in Cambridge. Please email alumni@anglia.ac.uk if you would like us to pass on a message.

Jane Ware and family

Jane Ware It is with much sadness that I have to announce the death of my wife Jane Ware (née Coleman) aged only 43. Jane studied Music at Anglia Ruskin from 1989–1991 and graduated with the first 1st-Class honours degree the department had ever awarded. She went on to work for the Royal National Institute for the Blind, becoming their Braille music trainer and publishing an authoritative Braille music manual.

I met Jane in 1990 in the Cambridge University orchestra, where we both played viola. We were married in 1994, living first in Cambridge and since then in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. We continued to play in lots of orchestras together. We remained in touch with many of Jane’s friends from college – she was always much better than me at emails and Christmas cards!

Our first child, Katie, was born in 2003, and Thomas in 2006 and Jane was a loving and devoted full-time

mother. In recent years she volunteered at both of their schools, reading and teaching cookery with their classes.

After spending less time playing viola when the children were born, she had just started playing regularly again with Sinfonia of Cambridge and the Huntingdonshire Philharmonic.

Jane died of Sepsis on 28th October 2013 in Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, after a sudden and unexpected illness.

Andrew Ware

David Watt David Watt (Foundation Public Service, 2011) passed away peacefully in Addenbrooke’s Hospital on Tuesday, 10th September 2013, aged 28, following a tragic accident. A loving long term partner to Sophie, David died surrounded by family and friends.

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Jonathan Woods, Managing Director

From Business Degree to Business Success I chose to study at Anglia Polytechnic University (APU), as it was then, because I wanted a course that could combine my love of the German language with a generic Business Studies education.

When applying for university I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do, but I knew an all-round business degree would give me a solid grounding for the future and the APU course offered a fantastic combination of both business and German. The course was also luckily based in Cambridge, a city I knew well having visited it regularly as a child.

Prior to starting my degree, I took a gap year to work at a school in Germany to help strengthen my language skills, giving me a good head start to the German aspect of my degree. The business element was, however, totally new to me and was my greatest challenge. The modular nature of the course was great as it allowed me to learn about many different aspects of business and I quickly discovered what I was most interested in.

After graduating I started my professional career as International Sales & Marketing Executive at Cambridge University Press.

Working within the Schools Education team, I was responsible for marketing and sales activities to international schools across the globe. The role allowed me to visit many great European cities to promote our publications to the growing number of English speaking International Schools. My German came in handy on a few trips to Munich and Vienna.

Working for a large international publisher gave me valuable sales, marketing and budgeting experience, but after four years in the role it was time to branch out on my

own. The opportunity arose by teaming up with fellow APU alumnus Simon Jones (1998). Simon founded Studio 24 in 1999 and shortly thereafter invited me to join him as co-owner when the business became a limited entity. It was in July 2004 that I joined the business full time, when there was barely enough money to sustain two small salaries.

Studio 24 is now a full service digital agency. The term ‘digital’ essentially means we offer web design, web development and search marketing services. We work with professional organisations across various market sectors and have a client base that includes the University of Cambridge, Crossrail Ltd, Cambridge Building Society, Medical Research Council, Bauer Media and Anglia Ruskin University. Studio 24 has grown from just Simon and myself to 16 employees in the space of eight years.

We have seen year on year growth and the agency now generates a turnover in excess of £1million. We have also won a number of awards over the years, which is fantastic for our team.

I think we have been successful as a business because we started and remain a specialist web agency. Many agencies that we compete with tend to have come from a graphic design background and therefore don’t really understand the complex nature of the web. By remaining a specialist agency, our team and skills have grown alongside the ever changing nature of the industry.

Whilst Studio 24 is still a relatively small business, I have always felt that it’s important to put something back into the local community. We have been a major sponsor of the Cambridge Film Festival for over 6 years and also support the Elizabeth Coteman Fund and Chariots of Fire charities. Next year will see the company’s 15 year anniversary. With the rate that the digital marketplace is changing, I am already looking forward to the next chapter in my career.

Jonathan Woods BA Hons Business & German 1999 Managing Director – Studio 24 Ltd www.studio24.net

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Patsy Rathbone, Artist

Artist designs for the home Renowned artist Patsy Rathbone completed both her BA Fine Art degree and Masters in Fine Art at Anglia Ruskin University and has since launched The Home of Rathbone, a business that specialises in unique personalised wallpaper prints that she designs and makes, primarily for display within the home.

Whilst studying here, Patsy won the Dr Supanee Gazeley Prize for Fine Art in 2009 having also been awarded 2nd prize in the Searle Award for Creativity in 2008.

These awards were early indications of Patsy’s creative abilities, setting a precedent for her following artwork created and displayed at exhibitions both during and after her Masters degree. The Re;Location exhibition in 2011 showcased her You Should See My House project, where every part of the interior of the caravan on display was covered in a toile de jouy print, including furniture and objects (see below).

Patsy remarked: “The idea for The Home of Rathbone was born out of the idea that everyone likes to personalise their home and a bespoke paper is a great way to do this. Knowing I was an artist and had an interest in interiors, my friends were always asking me for advice about decorating their homes. I decided to take it one step further and see what happened.

Most people wouldn’t consider the idea of commissioning an artist to make something bespoke for them, they think it would be prohibitively expensive, but this is not the case. It’s a really creative process and the projects are always collaborative. They start with a discussion with each client about the space, the existing furnishing and what they like. Some projects are based around family photos – these prints become personal archives. Others have more oblique connections to their lives, either way they are the ultimate personal statement. This works for businesses too”.

To find out more please visit her website www.homeofrathbone.co.uk

Anton rows the Amazon Now Head Coach/Boatman for Clare College, Cambridge, Anton Wright (BSc Hons Sports Science 2011) has recently completed an epic adventure rowing the Amazon with colleague Mark de Rond, covering more than 2000 miles in 31 days.

The journey allowed Mark, a researcher in organisational behaviour, to act as a one-man laboratory to test out theories in extreme or unusual situations and bring what he learned back into the classroom.

This included challenges such as battling through a massive three-hour storm that destroyed their rudder and carried off their bucket-toilet and negotiating ‘Pirate Alley’, a section of river notorious for hostage-taking. The pair also raised funds for the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity and they have been awarded a Guinness World Record for being the first in history to complete long-distance rowing unaided. Check www.rowtheamazon.com to learn more about this amazing adventure.

Huge congratulations to the guys on their efforts!

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Students meet Brand Leaders at event in Cambridge On Friday 8th November the Brand Leaders event in Cambridge was opened by our Vice Chancellor, Professor Michael Thorne, and Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAIBS) Deputy Dean, Professor Gary Packham. They welcomed students to an afternoon of career guidance and advice delivered by visiting alumni speakers and by Karen Hester, Operations Director of Adnams plc. The concept was born at an alumni reunion in the summer and organised and promoted by the Student Experience & Placements Team, Employability Services and Alumni Relations. The Vice Chancellor’s message to students was that they had made the ‘right choice’ by investing their Friday afternoon in learning about career opportunities and preparation for the work place from successful business professionals.

Throughout the day, 120 students took part in lectures, seminars and networking designed to provide careers insight and enhance employability skills. Karen Hester, Operations Director of Adnams plc and winner of Lloyds Banking Group First Women Businesswoman of the Year Award, delivered an inspirational address around the themes of people skills, the importance of organisational values, overcoming challenges and knowing your worth. Our alumni speakers were drawn from a variety of career backgrounds and Anglia Ruskin courses.

of a business team at Bosch exploring how business models can be reconfigured to generate revenue streams. Aline challenged students to think of themselves as ‘business models’ and how their expertise might be configured to create value for potential employers.

Nevena Zorova (MA Marketing and Innovation), Events Manager at ProQuest and formerly Chair of our student business society EBAC, stressed the importance of ‘getting involved’ in the classroom but also taking advantage of extra-curricular activities that are provided, referring specifically to the ABInbev Best Beer competition.

Lydia Walentowski (BA International Business) from the Storck confectionary company explored the importance of ‘selling stories’ in Category Management in confectionary retail.

The presentations were followed by breakout sessions where students could quiz speakers about their careers and gain specific advice on application and interview techniques. These sessions were supported by excellent presentations from the Alumni Relations and Employability Services teams.

Aline Gehring (MA Marketing and Innovation), Project Manager at Bosch, explained how her Masters thesis had led directly to employment and the creation

Anneka Haak (MA Marketing and Innovation) from BMW motorcycles division kicked off the afternoon with an in-depth analysis of the creation of an attraction

at the BMW plant designed to promote electric mobility.

Rebekka Spalek (BA International Business) Recruitment Director of IQPC provided insights from the recruiter’s perspective of how to present your job application in the best possible light, the importance of pro-active job search and of building an on-line profile.

Our final formal sessions of the day had marketing themes. Nicole Boroczinski (BA International Business and MA Global Communications) Product Manager at Volkswagen explained her role in managing a portfolio of automotive brands throughout their life cycles and how product managers must not be afraid to deliver the ‘last rites’ to under-performing brands.

The final presentation was by Alena Linhartova (BA International Business Strategy) who, via the ABInbev Best Beer competition, was recruited as a Global Management trainee and is now ABInbev’s Regional Development Manager for Southern England. Alena’s session explored how to promote responsible drinking whilst

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An interview with Karen Hester Services. In 2007, she was again promoted to Operations Director and her remit has since expanded to include HR, IT, pubs and hotels, and shops.

driving sales growth and her employability message stressed the importance of having an open mind to possible career directions.

A networking session at 6pm allowed students to mix with our alumni speakers and with LAIBS, Employability Services, Alumni Office colleagues and members from our student business society EBAC. We were able to sample the Becks Blue (alcohol free beer) kindly donated by Alena from ABInbev. At 7.30 we drew the event to a close with some students still in deep conversation with our guests, over six hours after the event began!

This was the first time such an event had been attempted in LAIBS. It was an outstanding success with more than 120 students attending. LAIBS were able to showcase the outstanding success of our graduates to current students and connect classroom lessons with real-life practical applications. Our speakers reinforced key messages delivered by the Employability Services team and for our Alumni Relations team it was an opportunity to showcase their role, as David Abbott explained: “Speaking with students allowed us to explain why they should be excited to connect with the alumni in our network and how creating a professional network of contacts can help shape their careers.”

Vicky Dodd, Student Experience & Placements Manager for LAIBS, commented “It has reinforced to students how valuable it is to participate in extra-curricular events, to improve their networking skills and most importantly have fun!”

‘Brand Leaders 2013’ has hopefully created a template for future events to be rolled out in both Cambridge and Chelmsford.

Tim Froggett Senior Marketing Lecturer, Cambridge

We recently had the opportunity to ask Karen a few questions: So Karen, what did you study at Lowestoft College?

I studied a Diploma in Management covering finance, marketing, supply chain, customer services and human resources.

Karen studied at Lowestoft College, a former Regional University Partner of Anglia Ruskin University. Today she is the Operations Director at Adnams plc and her role is to oversee 400 members of staff, ensuring the smooth running of all day-to-day operations at Adnams Brewery, hotels, pubs and Cellar & Kitchen Stores. She has come a long way since her first position at the company in 1988 as an office cleaner.

Prior to Adnams, Karen’s work experience included serving in the Armed Forces and running her own goods importing company for UK services personnel and their families in Germany. At Adnams, she started as a part-time cleaner in 1988. Once her children were at school she was able to work more flexibly and was offered a post as a Procurement Clerk and then became involved in Transport and Logistics (helped by her armed services experience). She was promoted to management-level within a short time of being in the Transport and Logistics department and later became Head of Logistics and Director of Customer

What made you decide to return to education?

I felt I needed to gain qualifications as well as experience. Having been with the same organisation for some time I felt it would also help having some external training to meet others not specifically in the same industry.

How have your studies helped you to get to where you are now?

It broadened my mind and enabled me to explore other industries and best practice as well as trained me in structured analysis.

What have been your top three career achievements? ¢¢ Project managing and delivery of the most eco building in the UK ¢¢ First senior woman in the organisation ¢¢ East of England Business Woman of the year in 2008, progressing to First Women Business of the Year 2013.

Do you have any advice for other students and new graduates, especially those studying in your field?

Work hard, play hard. Never believe you are too old or wise to learn more.

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New Honorary Award holders join our Anglia Ruskin family

Victoria Brignell

Warwick Davis

Tony Jones

Patrick McKenna

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Sarah Reeve

KT Bruce

Nic Benns

Philip Pullman

Prof Jorgen Randers

Philip Reeve

Louis Smith MBE

Kim Taylor

Frank Van Wezel

Bob Weston

Denise Whiffin

Dr Rowan Williams

Dr Paul Zollinger-Read CBE

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In October 2013 we were delighted to welcome 15 new Honorary Award holders at ceremonies in Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough. As always, some were our own alumni, demonstrating the success our graduates go on to achieve.

Please go to www.anglia.ac.uk/honoraries to read full profiles of all our new Honoraries and those who have been awarded previously.

Anglia Ruskin 1997 alumnus Nic Benns is an Emmy award-winning and BAFTA nominated director of film and TV titles and advertisements, collaborating on opening sequences with leading directors, including Richard Curtis, Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman and Ridley Scott on films such as Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Alien vs Predator and Love Actually and TV programmes Ripper Street, Luther, and Great Expectations.

Victoria Brignell is a radio producer with the BBC and a disability champion.

Producer for In Our Time, presented by Melvyn Bragg, she has worked on many programmes including: The Westminster Hour; Analysis; Woman’s Hour; You and Yours; and Start the Week. Victoria feels that, if she were not disabled, her life would certainly be simpler and she would have more opportunities, but she wouldn’t be any happier.

Warwick Davis was awarded for his services to drama and his work to change the way that short people are represented in film and television. The actor, who has starred in Willow, Star Wars, Life’s Too Short and Harry Potter, is currently appearing in the West End musical Spamalot.

Tony Jones has pursued a long and successful career establishing and programming art house world and independent cinemas. His award is in recognition of his being the most significant figure in independent film exhibition in our region.

Patrick McKenna’s business, Ingenious Media, is one of the UK’s leading investment and advisory groups. From 1990 to 1997 Patrick was Chairman and Chief Executive at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group. He is now also Chairman of television company Hat Trick Productions, Chairman of the Young Vic and a member of the UK’s Creative Industries Council.

Philip Pullman is a renowned author and illustrator, known worldwide for his fantastical storytelling for children and adults, having published 31 books and two plays. His most widely recognised work is the His Dark Materials trilogy, comprising Northern Lights (known in the USA as The Golden Compass), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.

Frank Van Wezel is the founder and Chairman of Hi-Tec Sports plc, an international business with around 400 employees generating global sales of more than $250 million with its UK office based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Frank was awarded in recognition of his dedication, passion and commitment to the UK and global sports industry.

Prof Jorgen Randers is a leading climate change expert and was awarded for his continued services to climate strategy and sustainability. Professor of Climate Strategy at the BI Norwegian Business School, his research interests have been system dynamics and sustainable development, with a focus on climate change over the last decade.

Bob Weston is the founder and owner of Weston Homes. Since it was set up in 1987, the company’s impact has extended across the South-East of England where, beyond the core business, Bob has been a major supporter of charities within the communities where Weston Homes builds developments.

Anglia Ruskin 1987 alumnus Philip Reeve is one of the leading writers for children and young adults and an important writer of junior science fiction. His first novel, Mortal Engines, was an instant hit, winning the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award.

Olympic gymnast Louis Smith MBE had his first major success at the age of 15 in 2001. Bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, his first adult Olympic challenge made him only the second black male gymnast to win an Olympic medal. This success culminated in his silver medal on the pommel horse at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Inspirational school head Kim Taylor was seconded as acting head teacher to Spring Common School in Huntingdon while working as General Inspector for Inclusion at Cambridgeshire County Council. A state special school for 127 children aged 2–19, it had been placed in special measures in 2006 but after one year in the role the school was deemed by Ofsted to be ‘satisfactory’, by 2010 it was judged ‘good’ and by 2012 was ‘outstanding in every respect’.

Denise Whiffin has worked tirelessly to create J’s Hospice, the region’s firstever hospice service for 16-40 year olds. Established in memory of her son Jonathan, who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at the age of three, today, the Hospice operates across Essex and beyond, providing respite care, home services and life improvements for this age group.

His Grace Dr Rowan Williams. The Rt Hon the Lord Williams of Oystermouth PC, FBA, FRSL, FLSW is a very public figure, having retired as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of 2012 after ten years of intensely public service.

Dr Paul Zolllinger-Read CBE has made an enormous contribution to the development of medical education in the East of England over the last 25 years. He is a doctor in practice in Braintree, Essex, as well as being Chief Executive of NHS Cambridgeshire.

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Development News Pathway to the future Your name here

Pathway to the future Your name here

p The leaflets show the locations of the pavers in Cambridge and Chelmsford t 4-line paver

Pathway to the Future appeal We have been celebrating over the last 12 months to mark our 21st anniversary of University status. As part of this, we have launched a special appeal to boost support for scholarship and hardship bursaries and at the same time create a highly visible tribute to our students, staff and friends of Anglia Ruskin, which will be a focal point at our University for years to come.

We shall be laying a brick pathway on both Chelmsford and Cambridge campus in locations which will be highly visible to all visitors and students. In Chelmsford our new pathway will be in front of the Lord Ashcroft building and in Cambridge it will be in front of the Helmore reception area.

The idea is for people to buy a brick which will then be

personalised before being laid as part of the pathway. Your brick can record your time at Anglia Ruskin, carry an inspirational message to future students or make a dedication to someone who inspired you at the university or elsewhere.

For a donation of ÂŁ55 your gift will be recognised on a standard 2-line paver, or a larger 4-line paver for ÂŁ100.

If you would like your name to be part of a permanent pathway you can order your brick by using the form on the mailing sheet. If you prefer to order online, please go to www.anglia.ac.uk/ makingadifference and clicking on Pathway to the Future.

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Your support in action Alumni-funded individual scholarships

Telethon 2013 – A big thank you from us The generosity of our alumni continues to strengthen support for students and life-changing research, as demonstrated in our third annual telephone fundraising campaign. Last November and December, 40 current students spoke with 1,279 alumni over a three week period. Students gained invaluable advice for their studies and future employment as well as raising much-needed funding. Over £53,000 was pledged, with 72% of donations fulfilled at the end of calling. If we didn’t get a chance to speak with you, or if you’d still like to fulfill your pledge and be a part of this year’s success, please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/ makingadifference

students to begin their journey at Anglia Ruskin with fewer financial constraints. With more than 100 applications for these scholarships each year, the need for continued funding is great. Amy Crawford (BA Hons Social Work) tells how your support is making an impact: “I was expecting to receive student finance and gave up my job as a nurse to study this degree, which is my lifetime ambition. I felt so touched and happy that there are people out there who want to support students like myself. This has given me a massive uplifting boost and I cannot express how truly grateful I am. Thank You!”

Alumni Support Fund Scholarships Over the last three years, 20 students have received Alumni Support Fund Scholarships financed solely through alumni donations during our Annual Fund Telethons. These scholarships allow talented

Amy Crawford

We currently receive a number of donor-sponsored scholarships for our students.

Two of these scholarship funds were set up by very successful alumni, John Owens and Hasmukh Patel. These two donors alone have provided nearly £10,000 in grants in the 2013/14 academic year and we are extremely grateful to them for their support.

Since 2012, alumnus Hasmukh Patel has very generously donated money to us through his pharmaceutical company, Auden McKenzie. This money has been used to provide scholarships to students in either their second or third year who are financially struggling to the extent that they may be forced to discontinue their studies. This year he donated £5,000 and from this we have been able to grant £1,650 to Amber Cudmore (BA Early Childhood Studies), Nicola Murray (BSc Midwifery) and Sophie Goldsmith (BA Drama & Film Studies).

Alumnus John Owen has very generously donated £5,000 which has been awarded to three outstanding students to recognise their academic excellence. Yasmin Jeffcoate (Law prize), Tony Carter (Law prize) and Samuel Holmar (Art prize) will each receive between £1,000 and £1,500 as a reward for their hard work and educational achievements.

Since graduating with a BA (Hons) Geography in 1977, John has gone on to success at professional services firm, PwC. He has confirmed that he will be providing a similar fund in the 2014/15 academic year.

Yasmin Jeffcoate said that, in receiving this recognition and financial scholarship, “I am blessed to have received this award and am grateful to John Owens for his generosity in making these scholarships possible… a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.”

Nicola Murray (BSc Midwifery), one of the Auden McKenzie scholarship winners We are seeking to expand donor-sponsored scholarships so that we can support even more students. These can be of any size, from a £100 book grant through to larger amounts. If you would like more information about how you could fund a scholarship do please contact the Development Team by emailing giving@anglia.ac.uk or by telephoning 0845 196 4728.

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Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences New MA TESOL and Materials Development Demand for professional English Language Teaching and materials writing is greater than ever before. Our new MA TESOL and Materials Development meets the needs of this growing sector.

The course has been developed to train local, national and international leaders in language pedagogy, curriculum design and materials writing, all of which are rapidly expanding areas of Applied Linguistics.

This specialist Masters offers language professionals the opportunity to build on their qualifications and knowledge with modules in: ¢¢ Materials and Course Design ¢¢ Selection and Evaluation of Instructional Materials ¢¢ Classroom Theory and Practice ¢¢ The Process of Materials Writing Ideal for home and international teachers, teacher trainers, (applied) linguists with teaching experience, English language teaching (ELT) consultants and materials writers, the MA TESOL and Materials Development can be studied part-time or full-time on our Cambridge campus.

Our MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL may also be of interest, offering a combination of the theoretical and practical aspects of language learning and teaching, focusing strongly on classroom application. To find out more, visit: www.anglia.ac.uk/tesol Take advantage of our Alumni Postgraduate Scholarship and save £1,000 on your Masters course fees.

For more information and to apply, visit: www.anglia.ac.uk/pgscholarship

WIRED: Discussion with Sean Bobbitt, Cinematographer In December, we were delighted to welcome Sean Bobbitt to introduce a full screening of his film Hunger, discussing the filmmaking process and talking in detail about specific scenes.

He also talked about his long-standing collaboration with Steve McQueen.

Sean Bobbitt, BSc is a Texas-born British cinematographer who began his career as a news cameraman in the early 1980s and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2004. In 2008, Sean extended his collaboration with Steve McQueen through Hunger, a hard-hitting film about the Northern Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands.

He won a BIFA and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. The pair went on to make Shame, for which Sean was again nominated for a BIFA and won the Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer of the Year Award at the European Film Awards. They collaborated once again on 12 Years a Slave, which has received critical acclaim and won Best motion picture (drama) at the Golden Globes 2014.

Sean recently shot The Place Beyond the Pines, starring Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes and Ray Liotta; Byzantium starring Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton and Jonny Lee Miller; and recently concluded five years of work with Michael Winterbottom on Everyday. In early 2013, Sean also completed work on Oldboy, the Spike Leedirected American remake of the 2003 South Korean film.

The WIRED event was attended by Anglia Ruskin students who were thrilled to be part of the evening.

MA Film and Television Production Applications for our MA Film and Television Production have increased in 2013–14; this industry-relevant course is a mix of production and directing, combining practical experience with theory. With many of our graduates going on to forge successful careers in the creative industries, our courses focus on the development of skills and knowledge that are highly valued by this diverse sector.

For further information on our creative courses visit www.anglia.ac.uk/creative or contact Liz Hearmon (liz.hearmon@ anglia.ac.uk).

Exciting programme of Arts events for Spring/ Summer 2014 If you live locally or are planning to visit Cambridge, look up our exciting programme of Arts events for Spring/ Summer 2014. The eclectic line-up features an array of events across theatre and dance, music, film and the visual arts. From children’s theatre to Shakespeare, classical music concerts and art exhibitions, there is something for everyone.

The brochure is available for you to browse online. To find out more about what’s on this season and to book tickets visit: www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre or phone the Box Office on 0845 196 2320 (Monday–Friday, 2.00-5.00pm).

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Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education Working collaboratively to improve perioperative patient safety

Student Innovation Awards In the summer of 2013 nursing, midwifery and operating department practice students were presented with an award from our University in recognition of their contribution to improving the patient experience. Education leads from five Acute Trusts in Essex presented their healthcare students to David Humber, Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty, at a celebration event held at our Chelmsford campus.

All students were presented with a certificate and a prize for their motivation and commitment to improving patient care. The students were asked to present innovative ideas to enhance the patient experience within their local trust; both faculty staff and Essex NHS trusts were inspired by the commitment of their healthcare students who submitted innovative solutions to everyday clinical problems.

These proposals were reviewed by Essex Trusts and 37 individuals and one group proposal were accepted by their respective trusts. Some examples of the innovations include: welcome packs for emergency patients, antibacterial wipes on food trays to promote hygiene, the ‘who’s who?’ poster identifying the differing uniforms worn by healthcare staff, a universal drug trolley to promote safety in medicines administration and the development of a chart explaining clinical observations to patients. To see a video showcasing some of the students’ innovations please visit www.youtube.com/FHSCARU

During October 2013 staff from our Allied Health and Medicine Department worked with leading medical organisation, Covidien, to produce an educational video that highlights safe patient positioning in the operating theatres. Staff involved included Head of Department Sue Lord and Senior Lecturers Angela Cobbold and Jenny Al-Hashemi.

Over the years Covidien has worked in collaboration with many medical professionals and healthcare organisations to identify clinical needs and improve safe patient care. They have designed and developed leading medical advances such as pulse oximetry, electrosurgery, surgical stapling, laparoscopic instrumentation and embolization devices. Covidien were approached by the European Operating Room Nurse Association (EORNA) to produce the educational patient positioning video.

The video took place in our Postgraduate Medical Institute, utilising its purpose built healthcare facilities to act as the perfect aesthetic environment. The film will be launched next year at the EORNA conference.

Author of the month Sara Knight, course group leader for workcentred learning in our Department of Education, was selected as SAGE author of the month for October 2013. Sara’s books were featured on the SAGE website homepage for the month of October, and featured her published chapter in Abenteuer, Natur und frühe Bildung (see the summer 2013 edition of Aspects for further details).

Sara, a former nursery teacher in main stream and special education, contributed to the development of Forest School as an early years intervention across the UK. She has published several papers and three textbooks on this subject, and has been a keynote speaker at conferences in the UK, Europe and Canada.

Postgraduate Study Did you know we now offer the following Masters courses? ¢¢ MSc Adult Critical Care Nursing ¢¢ MSc Advanced Pre-Hospital Trauma Care ¢¢ MA Advanced Social Work ¢¢ MA Early Childhood Professional Studies ¢¢ MBA Educational Leadership and Management ¢¢ MSc Military Veterans and Family Studies ¢¢ MCh Orthopaedics ¢¢ MCh Otorhinolaryngology To find out more please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/fhsce or to download our CPD brochure please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/fhsce/cpd

Student blogs We have recently launched a student blogging website which features our current students giving insight into their life as a student nurse, midwife, ODP and trainee teacher. Further information can be found at: http://student.blogs.anglia.ac.uk/ If you wish to contribute as a guest blogger about your time at Anglia Ruskin University then please contact jonathan.secker@anglia.ac.uk

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Faculty of Science & Technology which gained recognition in September 2013, highlighting an important public benchmark of quality. Recognition assures both prospective students and employers that the course provides graduates with a sound grounding in biology.

Dr Keziah Latham and Dr Peter Allen with their awards

Fellowship of the College of Optometrists Two Vision and Hearing Sciences staff members have been awarded Fellowship of the College of Optometrists. Dr Peter Allen and Dr Keziah Latham were awarded their Fellowships at the diploma ceremony on 5th November 2013.

Fellowship is the College of Optometrist’s highest qualification and is a prestigious award, based on achievements in the workplace, as well as success in exams, and an acknowledgement of commitment to the profession, experience and accomplishments.

Animal and Environmental’s Society of Biology recognition hat-trick Anglia Ruskin’s BSc (Hons) Animal Behaviour and BSc (Hons) Marine Biology with Biodiversity and Conservation have gained recognition on the Society of Biology’s Degree Recognition Scheme.

The courses join BSc (Hons) Zoology,

Dr Andrew Smith, Course Leader in Life Sciences, said: “Society of Biology recognition for our Animal Behaviour BSc and Marine Biology with Biodiversity and Conservation BSc is excellent news for the department of Life Sciences, our university and the team who have developed them over the years. This latest achievement means that all three undergraduate degrees offered by Life Sciences’ Animal and Environmental Biology course group have professional recognition, and we are proud to be able to display this on our webpages and course documentation.”

Quality of Life Audits in Great Notley Garden Village A lecturer from the Department of Engineering and the Built Environment is working on a research project that will audit the quality of life within an Essex village. In 2003 several major developers and their advisors suggested that they had good records of accomplishment in the planning, designing and building of new sustainable communities. A decade on there has been little measurement of these claimed successes, particularly regarding quality of life.

Research is important in this area so that strategies on this growing urban and rural major development form can be created.

Of the few research projects commenced a decade ago, one was based in Essex at a newly evolving precinct – Great Notley Garden Village, Braintree. Dr Richard Moore is now undertaking a GSI grant funded audit of quality of life in Great

Notley. Not only will earlier results be compared with new findings to see how the community has evolved, the findings will help to form guidelines and a checklist toolkit for future developments of these communities.

Strengthening links with Royal Institute of British Architects Anglia Ruskin University is now part of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Core Continuing Professional Development (CDP) programme and will host national events as part of the RIBA network. The Department of Engineering and Built Environment already has links with various professional institutions hosting events at our university, including CIOB, RICS, CIAT and RIBA East.

Andrew Claiborne, Course Group Leader for Architecture and Planning, said: “This collaboration, following discussions with RIBA East, is a Department initiative providing an opportunity to broaden and reinforce our relations with professional institutions, local practices, practitioners and with possible student employers.

The CPD events being offered by the RIBA Core CPD programme compliment our own current series of Department CPD events and is a wonderful opportunity for publicising our university and our Department to the professions within our allied industries.”

Future events in the RIBA Core CPD programme include seminars on changes in building regulations, information on sustainable design and understanding accessible housing.

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Lord Ashcroft International Business School Local businesses receive CEDAR windfall – Anglia Ruskin enterprise scheme awards £120,000 to startups in first three years Three fledgling Cambridgeshire businesses are starting 2014 with a welcome boost after receiving funding from our Centre for Enterprise Development and Research (CEDAR). Thomod, Nowomics and Ocean Array Systems impressed the judges in the final of CEDAR’s Enterprise Fellowship Scheme and shared £30,000 of funding.

By combining the fun of LEGO with the practicality of flat-pack furniture, Thomod is a bespoke, flexible shelving system (http://www.thomod.com). The judges awarded Thomas and Alanna Lawrie-Fussey £12,500 to further develop their versatile interior design product.

Nowomics founder Richard Smith received £10,000 to help grow his company, which is an online aggregator of biomedical data to deliver real-time updates to researchers working in life sciences (http://nowomics.com/).

Subscribers can follow specific genes, diseases or keywords for a feed of the latest papers and data relevant to their research.

The judges also awarded £7,500 to Tom Clark and Nicola Pearson of Ocean Array Systems, which helps developers of wind, tidal and wave devices to substantially reduce operational risk and cost of energy (http:// oceanarraysystems.com/). A fourth finalist, Oxy-Sens, will receive £5,000 if they can achieve £5,000 of sales by the end of March.

Funded by a private benefactor and organised by our Lord Ashcroft International Business School in

Photo: Neil Randall

CEDAR judges Cambridge, CEDAR’s Enterprise Fellowship Scheme has now given away £120,000 to local entrepreneurs since it began in 2011. In addition to financial backing, successful businesses receive mentoring support; entry to the CEDAR Enterprise Fellowship network; specialist training and development support; access to Anglia Ruskin’s StartupLab; academic and business advice from the CEDAR team; and legal support.

Professor Lester Lloyd-Reason, Director of CEDAR and member of the judging panel, said: “This is the third year we have run the Enterprise Fellowship Scheme, which has grown and become stronger each year. In total we have helped 12 Cambridgeshire-based businesses grow with mentoring support and awarded £120,000 of funding. In addition to the businesses that win funding, we assist all of the finalists with their business ideas through mentoring and connecting them to other appropriate funders. We will continue to help all CEDAR Fellows realise their business dreams and look forward to watching their ventures grow.”

Fellow judge Walter Herriot OBE said: “The 2013 Enterprise Fellowship Scheme was the strongest yet with some excellent business ideas and applicants. The judging panel had extremely difficult decisions to make on how to use the £35,000 funding to best help the finalists.”

Business school competition attracts young business talent Talent@ 2014, the annual business talent challenge for schools and colleges run

by Lord Ashcroft International Business School, attracted record entrants from the 400 schools and colleges invited to take part. Winners share a cash prize of £1,000 and a further £250 for their school or charity.

In the grand final on Monday 20th January in Cambridge, ten teams competed for the title of Business Talent 2014 and the £1,000 first prize in a series of interviews and presentations. Students as young as 14 years old played the role of marketing consultants advising festival organisers how to grow the profitability of their event. ‘Strictly Business’ from Ernulf Academy, St Neots were the winners, with Castle Manor in Haverhill taking the runners-up prize.

The fictional case study was written

by Anglia Ruskin staff and judges included Robin Chappell, co-owner of Cambridge-based confectionery business ChocolatChocolat and independent trainer and ex-police officer Noel Gray.

Next year’s event is open to schools and colleges nationally and will be launched in November 2014. To register your interest in taking part, either as a contestant, advisor or judge, email laibs-talent@anglia.ac.uk

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Regional News College of West Anglia The project should be completed by summer 2015 and will create a new 140,035m2 teaching centre with state-of-the-art teaching and IT facilities for a range of curriculum areas, including health and social care, hair and beauty and uniformed services. It will also include a new main entrance and reception area and a complete refurbishment of the existing A and B buildings, with the expansion of the restaurant, social areas and learning resource centre.

The government money will allow the college to cater for several hundred additional students and apprentices, and this announcement marks a terrific 2013 for the Isle campus, which has seen the completion of its new £7.2m technology centre and another £440,000 invested in new kitchens, changing rooms and carpentry area.

CWA receives government funding for new teaching centre The College of West Anglia is to receive £4.6m from the government towards funding a £5.5m project to build a new teaching centre and refurbish existing buildings at its Isle campus in Wisbech.

Principal David Pomfret said, “This is fantastic news for the college, Wisbech and the Fenland area. Following the completion of our new technology centre last April and further improvements in the summer, this funding will allow us to complete the transformation of the campus and provide some excellent educational and training facilities for Fenland”.

University Centre Peterborough It’s never too soon to go to university!

University Centre Peterborough (UCP) was buzzing with over seventy 7 to 14 year-old school children from Peterborough and the surrounding areas last November. They came to take part in workshops and activities organised by UCP and Peterborough Regional College (PRC) as part of the Peterborough Children’s University.

The Children’s University is a national project that recognises the achievements of young people who take part in high-quality out-of-hours learning activities. UCP, PRC and Anglia Ruskin joined forces to provide some fascinating interactive workshops.

In the Dragon’s Sock activity (like Dragon’s Den) students worked in pairs or teams and were asked to come up with products using a sock. Their task was to plan their product, identify target audience, identify costs, etc. and then pitch the idea to two judges (UCP staff). Another session was Roving Reporters, where students became journals tasked with writing a news story on the other activities.

An enjoyable time was had by all the students who attended, and Kelly Joiner, Year 6 Teaching Assistant from Orton Wistow Primary School, said, “Thank you for organising such a wellthought-out and smoothly operated event. Feedback from both my own children and pupils from school has been nothing but glowing. I was particularly impressed by the enthusiasm and vigour shown by your staff in delivering the sessions. We will be banging down the door for the next event you run, so be prepared for an invasion of Orton Wistow Primary school children!”

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Sports Report This has been a busy year for our sport clubs and one that looks to finish with some trophies. We have 24 teams across nine different sports and there have been plenty of wins for Anglia Ruskin.

Women’s Badminton started their season in winning fashion and they haven’t looked back since, currently sitting top of their league and on course to win the league and promotion.

It has also been a promising season for our Men’s Football teams with the first teams from both Chelmsford and Cambridge top of their respective leagues.

The second and third teams have also had good results and are chasing promotion at the end of the season.

There have been plenty of wins in Mildmay Sports Centre for the home teams, with Netball first team top of their league and Basketball looking strong in their first season of BUCS. Basketball aren’t the only team to make their debut in BUCS this year. Our Chelmsford campus has seen a big increase in the number of teams competing in BUCS with a new 2nd Netball and Men’s Football team.

Chelmsford Cricket have also completed their first indoor BUCS season and are currently preparing for the outdoor season.

Our teams and clubs have also had success in other competitions. This year, Men’s Volleyball entered the Student Cup and qualified for the national finals weekend, where only the top 16 teams qualified. The Judo Club have continued to have a strong year with a particular highlight being Matt Kavanagh (2nd year Law student and Anglia Ruskin Sports Scholar) becoming the 2013 British Junior Judo Champion at u81kg.

As we move to the business end of the season, we hope our teams will continue with their success and end the season on a high. If you would like to come and

Active Anglia members of the Football, Netball and Rugby Clubs line up in their new kit support our teams, matches take place on Wednesdays and you can find all the fixtures and results online at www.anglia.ac.uk/sportsclubs.

Alternatively, follow all the action on twitter, #ARUmatchday.

As well as our teams having a successful campaign, our clubs have grown in size with a total of over 700 members joining our 23 clubs. This year has also seen the start of our new three-year kit deal with Tusk Teamwear for all our teams and club members. If you want to check out and buy the new club kit, visit; www.rhino-teamwear.com/aru

Upcoming Events We have our 5th Annual Varsity competition on Wednesday 30th April, held in Cambridge this year. Varsity is between the campuses in rugby, football, netball, cricket, badminton, basketball and cheerleading. This year’s event will also include a Peterborough Netball and Football team.

Cambridge have won the last 4 varsity competitions and this year Chelmsford are determined to cause an upset and win bragging rights over Cambridge. More information can be found on the Students’ Union website: http://www.angliastudent.com/sport/ varsity/ We also have our long standing and traditional ‘old boys and girls’ events taking place in Cambridge and Chelmsford which is a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and a chance for the alumni to show the current students that they still have their sporting prowess! In Cambridge the Anglia Cup tournament is in its 20th year and the team which originally founded the tournament are still returning to play. The event dates are: Chelmsford – Saturday 5th April 2014 and Cambridge – Sunday 11th May 2014.

More information can be found on the Students’ Union website: https://www.angliastudent.com/sport/

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Global Sustainability Institute Why getting your book published can be depressing Few topics are debated or researched today without the generous use of statistics. Which statistics get selected, and what the basis of them is, is therefore crucial in many fields. The Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) at Anglia Ruskin University is an interdisciplinary research centre, including within its scope a hard look at data in both economics and environmental science, each a hugely controversial area and even more controversial when put together.

Fortunately, however, some of the necessary work has already been done.

The Institute’s Visiting Professor, Victor Anderson, addressed some of the relevant issues on sustainability and the world economy more than 20 years ago, and wrote a book, Alternative Economic Indicators, which was published by Routledge in 1991. Now the publishers have surprised the author (and his colleagues) by re-publishing the book, with no amendments or revisions, 22 years later, in a series called Routledge Revivals. The series puts back into print some of Routledge’s more famous books and authors, but they have also found room on their list for Alternative Economic Indicators, on the grounds that its analysis of economic, social, and environmental statistics is still relevant to current debate.

The book started out from a review of arguments about economic growth and whether it can or can’t be sustainable in the long run, including the discussion in the famous 1972 study The Limits to Growth, and it then examines the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) statistics which underlie ‘growth’. For economists, ‘economic growth’ means an increase in GDP, which measures the total money value of everything produced in a country in one year. The book then sets out a

Professor Victor Anderson series of arguments for not placing too much reliance on this figure, principally on the grounds that it does not take into account the environmental costs of economic activity, and doesn’t measure improvements in social conditions adequately either. Alternative Economic Indicators then discusses possible alternatives to a focus on GDP, looking at proposals to amend or adjust GDP in various ways, and then at a range of social and environmental indicators, which it concludes give a better indication of social development and its future sustainability (or lack of it) than GDP growth figures do.

Professor Anderson gained some publicity recently for saying he found the republication of his book ‘depressing’, because it showed how little this subject had moved on since 1991. The book is still relevant at a time when it ought to have been rendered out-of-date through changes by economists, governments, and journalists taking on board the problems about GDP and perhaps some

of the recommendations of the book, or improvements on them. However, GDP figures unfortunately still rule economic debate and decision-making.

For the Global Sustainability Institute, however, the book has a new use as a contribution to one of its current main projects, which also takes as its starting point, just as Alternative Economic Indicators did, a critical look at the 1972 ‘Limits to Growth’ analysis. A group at GSI is revisiting the computer model which was the basis for that influential study, seeing what the future outlook looks like now with updated figures, looking in detail at the basis of the statistics which were used, and developing a much fuller new model of their own. Whilst researchers’ reading lists have the 1972 study at the top, Alternative Economic Indicators is second.

Dr Aled Jones Director, Global Sustainability Institute

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International News Blast from the past: Greek law alumni relive their Chelmsford student days

theatre and law library within the Marconi building. We are happy to report that all these alumni are now practicing in law and we would very much like to thank them for joining us back on campus to relive their happy memories.

To read the Anglia Law School 50th anniversary brochure go to the news and events section of www.anglia.ac.uk/law Please contact us if you and your former course mates would like to arrange a return visit to Anglia Ruskin University.

Last November we were delighted to welcome back to Chelmsford five Greek alumni and their partners.

Organised and attended by our Greek Alumni Ambassador, Dimitrios Beis, he was joined by fellow course mates Charalambos Darras, Constantinos Karachalios, Constantinos Kaiafas, Vasiliki Pappou, who studied law and business at Anglia Ruskin between 1996 and 2002.

The group had planned the return visit to their ‘beloved’ Anglia Ruskin for over a year and during their afternoon back on campus we were able to provide a nostalgic tour of the library allowing them to relive those late nights of essay writing. There was also a visit to their accommodation in Ransomes Way, before re-introducing them to one of their law tutors, Michelle McCanna, for a tour of the updated Anglia Law School which included the practice court rooms, lecture

Thai Alumni share their experiences

Law Firm in Bodrum, which provides consultancy and advocacy in all aspects of civil litigation, representing individuals, consumers and business owners.

Yelda provides a point of contact in Turkey for all alumni, prospective students and Anglia Ruskin staff, and is very much looking forward to hearing from you. If you are based in Turkey or intend to travel there, please get in touch with Yelda and say hello!

Two of our Thai alumni, Tuk Chansamut (MSc International Logistics) and Adisorn Thamrongsuttiphan (MA International Business), shared their experience of studying at Anglia Ruskin University with our student recruitment partners at a recent event in Bangkok. Both Tuk and Adisorn are now working in management positions in their respective family businesses.

New Alumni Ambassador for Turkey We are delighted to announce that we have a new International Alumni Ambassador for Turkey and would like to introduce Yelda Celebi. Yelda graduated in LLB Law (Hons) in 2006 and now runs the Celebi

Want to be an Anglia Ruskin University Alumni Ambassador for your Country?

We would like to expand our Ambassador Network to cover as many countries as possible, so are looking for successful alumni who would be willing to take on this voluntary role. Our Ambassadors will help host events for fellow alumni, serve as contact points for students in their area interested in Anglia Ruskin and assist Anglia Ruskin academic staff and students travelling or studying abroad.

So, if there is not an Ambassador in your country and you would like to volunteer, please email us at alumni@anglia.ac.uk

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Research co-publication with Dr Tracy Lau (Hong Kong Baptist University). ¢¢ Professor Rupert Bourne (Professor of Ophthalmology, Vision and Eye Research Unit) is the lead on the largest ever analysis of worldwide vision impairment and blindness data which has been published in The Lancet Global Health journal. ¢¢ Dr Richard Moore (Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering and the Built Environment) is carrying out new research into planning, designing and building sustainable communities.

Dr Patrick Geoghegan The Dr Patrick Geoghegan Health & Welbeing Academy – a joint initiative between South Essex Partnership University NHS Trust (SEPT) and our Postgraduate Medical Institute – was launched in October. The role of the academy is to bring together teams of researchers who are committed to practical, real-world research into health and wellbeing that will provide information and influence clinical practice and policy at a local, national and international level.

Esther Rantzen CBE, Patron of the Academy, said, “It’s a brilliant idea having all these skills and resources under one roof, devoted to researching ways to make people better, sooner and more effectively, and I’m proud to be a part of it.”

Below is a taster of some of our many research projects. ¢¢ Professor Dave Hill (Research Professor of Education) has visited Hong Kong and Australia as a consultant of part of a major research bid for the Australian Government and whilst overseas he also took part in a research seminar, presenting a paper, and is undertaking a co-writing/

¢¢ Professor Stephen Moore (Professor of Healthcare Policy) is leading on a collaborative project with Cambridgeshire County Council to examine to what extent children are aware of their human rights. The project involves working with young people to understand precisely what they know about their rights. The research team in Cambridgeshire is part of a wider European network which involves partners in Romania, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Portugal, including Save the Children. ¢¢ Dr Robert Walker, Professor Kevin Cheah, Professor Paul Ingle and Dr Rajshree Mootanah (Medical Engineering Research Group (MERG)) are conducting a number of externally funded research projects to help combat osteoarthritis. Their computer simulation study to investigate the performance of a relatively new surgical technique called the autologous cartilage implantation has led to some recommendations in the way rehabilitation should be carried out following the procedure. ¢¢ Dr Nancy Harrison (Senior Lecturer, Life Sciences) is part of the Anglia Ruskin team leading research with

the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology, examining breeding pairs of blue tits and great tits in Cambridgeshire. The scientists discovered that birds breeding in urban areas are better able to cope during unusually cold or wet weather because they are less reliant on feeding their chicks from a single food source.

Over the 10-year period of the study birds living in the traditional woodland habitat fares significantly better and produced larger and healthier broods than their city cousins. However, if extreme weather events become more commonplace due to the effects of climate change, birds living in urban environments may have the advantage. ¢¢ Dr Jane Aspell (Senior Lecturer in Psychology) and Dr Lukas Heydrich (Olaf Blanke’s lab, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) have carried out research which could lead to new forms of treatment for people with self-perception disorders, including anorexia. They have generated an out-of-body experience through the visual projection of human heartbeats and the research is the first to show that information about the internal state of the body – in this case the heartbeat – can be used to change how people experience their own body and self.

Fitted with the head mounted display, the real self is allowed to see their own ‘virtual’ body standing two metres in front of them.

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Staff Snippets of Seoul (South Korea) in its delivery of a highly interdisciplinary programme of Globalisation and Multicultural Society.

Staff Publications: Dr Aled Jones (Director, Global Sustainability Institute) co-authored a major report exploring investment and growth in India – Capital Markets and Sustainability: A baseline evaluation of the Indian Context.

With 5 million people with cataract blindness in mainland China and a further half million cases developing every year, this condition is a significant public health issue in the developing world. Professor Madhaven Rajan (Vision & Eye Research Unit (VERU) is also Lead Consultant Ophthalmologist in the Cataract and Cornea Service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and recently accepted an invitation from Lifeline Express, as part of the visiting consultant programme, to visit the first-ever Eye-Train in China. Each train is custom built and equipped with the latest medical equipment and eye care technology enabling 13,000 cataract patients a year to be cured.

Dr Peter Allen (Head of Visual Function & Physiology Research Group) was awarded one of the most prestigious honours in UK optics research when presented with the Neil Charman medal for Research at the College of Optometrists’ annual Diploma Ceremony. Dr Allen was also awarded Fellowship, along with Dr Keziah Latham.

Liam Kite (Course Leader/Admissions Tutor, Ophthalmic Dispensing), was named Lecturer of the Year at the same ceremony.

Dr Francine Hughes (Reader in Animal and Environmental Biology, Department of Life Sciences), was invited to be a keynote speaker, opening the UNESCO Institute for

Water Education annual conference. Her lecture was on ‘The Restoration of Flood Plain Forests in Europe’.

Dr Simon Payne (Senior Lecturer, Communication, Film & Media), had his film Cut Out screened as part of the 57th BFI London Film Festival.

Dr Mary Joannou (Professor of Literary History), was headline speaker at the Festival of Englishness organised by the Institute of Public Policy Research. Her topic was ‘Are women’s voices being heard in the debates on Englishness and in the forthcoming Scottish national referendum?’

Sara Knight (Course Group Leader for Work-Centred Learning, Department of Education), was selected as SAGE author of the month for October, with her books featuring on their website homepage for the month.

Dr Sebastian Rasinger (Principal Lecturer, Applied Linguistics/Course Leader, MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL), was recently re-elected to the executive committee of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL).

Guido Rings (Professor of Postcolonial Studies), was awarded a prestigious visiting professorship to join the University

Professor Stephen Bustin (Allied Health & Medicine) led an international team of experts in a publication that appeared in the November 2013 issue of Nature Methods, entitled ‘the need for transparency and good practices in the qPCR literature.’

The Crimson Shadow, the latest book by Dr Una McCormack (Lecturer, Creative Writing) in her series of Star Trek novels, has broken into the top 20 New York Times paperback fiction bestseller list.

The latest book from Dr Jonathan Smith (Senior Lecturer, LAIBS), Leadership Resilience: Lessons for Leaders from the Policing Frontline was jointly written with Dr Ginger Charles, who until recently was a police officer in the Colorado Police.

Toby Venebles, Lecturer in Film Studies and one of our alumni, released his latest novel last October titled Knight of Shadows.

Sue Miller (Senior Lecturer, Music/Course Leader, Popular Music) published a book on Cuban Flute Style: Interpretation and Improvisation.

Dr Kevin Roe (Senior Lecturer/HRM Pathway Leader) has written a book on Leadership: Practice and Perspectives outlining some basic approaches to leadership along with more contemporary theories.

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Our student successes

Dr Who audio drama graphic

Print by Suzanne Earl

Anglia Ruskin’s Men’s Judo Team

A brand-new Dr Who audio drama – One Fine Time Lord – produced and edited by our students, raised over £78,000 for Children in Need. It was released on the Dr Who Online website and during November was downloaded over 270,000 times, with fans encouraged to donate to Children in Need at the same time. The hour-long drama was written and directed by former BBC director and current series producer of Doctor Who Online Adventures, Brendan Sheppard. The piece was produced by Kim Bates (2nd year, Film & Production) and edited by Jared Lucas (3rd year Audio Music Technology).

Students Catharine Pereira and James Amey landed two of the roles.

Alex Mellanby, an MA Creative Writing student, has released his first novel – Tregarthur’s Promise. The story is aimed at 11–14 year olds, and starts with a school hike on Dartmoor that is subverted by the eponymous Miss Tregarthur into a mixture of disease, death and other disasters. www.tregarthurseries.com

Sporting success

Third-year Fine Art student Suzanne Earl has had her work accepted for an international student printmaking show at El Minia University in Egypt, later touring to the Opera Art Gallery in Cairo. The show provides an excellent opportunity for international artistic exposure and interaction among talented printmaking students from all over the world.

Participating works will be on display for 12 months.

Anglia Ruskin Illustration artists swept the board at the prestigious 2013 MacMillan Prize for Children’s Book Illustration. In its 28th year, the Macmillan Prize was established to nurture new talent and in 2013 attracted 350 entries from UK students. ¢¢ Jules Bentley won 1st prize and a cheque for £1,000 for Monsieur Kibble Gets a Big Surprise ¢¢ Lara Robinson (recent graduate) took 2nd place for Flora Grows a Problem ¢¢ Wen Dee Tan was awarded 3rd place for Lili ¢¢ Alex Prewett completed the clean sweep by winning the Lara Jones Award, which focuses on books for babies or very young children, receiving a cheque for £500 for I’m a …

Two of our Sports Scholars have been celebrating. James Shane, studying Primary Education, is the current British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 1500m champion and has secured ‘podium potential’ funding from UK sport for the 2013–14 season. Podium potential is one of two funding groups that make up the British Athletics World Class Performance Programme and for this level of funding to be awarded athletes must have proved their potential to win a medal in Tokyo in 2020.

Matthew Salisbury, final year Sports Science student, has secured a two-year contract with Essex County Cricket Club.

Our Anglia Ruskin Judo Team enjoyed success at the 2013 Living Sport Awards in November, taking home the Team of the Year award. The award was given in recognition of our team’s sporting accomplishments over the last five years, the most notable of which was last February when our Men’s Judo Team won the BUCS Judo Championships for the third successive year.

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Benefits and services for you

Alumni Memorabilia

Did you know that all members of our Alumni Network are eligible to receive discounts on a range of products and services?

In addition to our University crest pin badge – which can be worn either on your lapel or as a tie pin – we now have available two other branded Anglia Ruskin University alumni memorabilia.

For example, you can use our special discount codes for days out, such as The Merlin Entertainment Group. Here you can get reduced prices for 31 attractions across the UK, including Alton Towers, Sea Life centres or Warwick Castle.

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 these items please visit our online store 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

Or perhaps you would like to take advantage of discounts at restaurants and hotels. You can enjoy huge restaurant savings at over 6,000 restaurants 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.

Price inc postage UK Overseas

University crest pin badge

£3.00

£4.00

£5.00

Business card holder

£8.00

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4GB USB memory stick

£6.00

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In addition, at graduations in 2013 Eva & Eva provided official Anglia Ruskin University graduation rings, cufflinks and charms, which 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.

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.

You may also wish to view SpeckyFourEyes.com, the UK’s fastest growing retailer of prescription glasses online, founded by an alumnus of Anglia Ruskin University.

In house, there are discounts at our Anglia Ruskin gyms and reduced library membership. And did you know that our Employability Service offers free career advice?

To find out more visit: www.anglia.ac.uk/ alumni and click on the Benefits and Services tab

ALUMNI RINGS CUFFLINKS CHARMS E VA L O N D O N . C O M / A N G L I A +44 (0)20 7148 7060

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Last Words Welcome to the spring issue of Aspects.

You may have noticed that this has arrived a bit later than usual. This is because we have changed the magazine timings slightly to fit in better with our university year and the schedule of when we are sending out our e-newsletter.

We’ve had a few staff changes over the last few months and it’s always exciting when new team members join us as they bring a new perspective and fresh ideas.

We’d also like to hear from YOU about what you’d like to see in your magazine and what you’d like from your Alumni Network, so please email us with your thoughts and ideas.

It’s been a very busy seven months since the last issue, when I spoke about imminent graduation ceremonies, a new batch of Honorary Award holders to welcome and an annual fund telethon to run. All this has now taken place – we’ve run very successful graduation ceremonies, which are always a wonderful celebratory experience, not only for graduates, their families and guests, but also for the staff who have taught the graduates. As well as ceremonies in Chelmsford and Cambridge, this year we also ran a ceremony in Peterborough for the first time. In total we put on 19 ceremonies with over 16,200 graduates and guests attending, and also welcomed

15 new Honorary Award holders into the Anglia Ruskin family (article page 16). Our telethon was run over three weeks and we were delighted that our student callers had the opportunity to speak with so many of our past students – all really enjoyed the experience and the students were able to have some great conversations about their future careers. In addition, it gave us the chance to update graduate details, essential when trying to provide a first rate service to our alumni.

Planning for 2014 is now well under way – including for graduations which are not until October. One of the new things we are introducing is the opportunity for alumni to come back onto campus for a tour. We are still ironing out the details on this, including the dates to be offered, but when finalised we will publish all the information in the e-newsletter, online and on our Facebook page. Which leads nicely into my usual request for you to keep us up-to-date with your preferred email so that we can ensure you do receive information on events and opportunities.

Sue Jacobs Head of Development & Alumni Relations

Development:

Erin Butcher, Ibbie Omideyi and Neil Summers

I hope to hear from you soon and will hopefully see some of your on a campus tour later in the year.

Graduations:

June Petrie and Nicola McLaren

Alumni Relations: David Abbott,

Maria Mansfield and Sharon Wuyts

Contact us: Post: Development & Alumni Office, Anglia Ruskin University, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford CM1 1SQ, UK Tel: UK – 0845 196 4708 (Alumni)/4715 (Development)

International – +44 (0)1245 493131 ext 4708 (Alumni)/4715 (Development) Fax: +44 (0)1245 683690 Email: alumni@anglia.ac.uk (alumni) or giving@anglia.ac.uk (Development) Website: www.anglia.ac.uk/alumni, www.anglia.ac.uk/makingadifference, www.anglia.ac.uk/honoraries Alumni Directory: http://anglia.aluminate.net Social networking: Join us on Facebook and LinkedIn

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