Goldlink The magazine of the Goldsmiths Society
Issue 20
Keeping you in touch with Goldsmiths
Triumph through adversity
Cool Brand
January 2003
Alumni Discount Scheme
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Welcome from the Warden
Welcome from the Chairman
Dear Former Students
Dear Friends
I hope you will enjoy this copy of Goldlink, which brings you up to date with some of the things that have been happening in the College.
Welcome to this issue of Goldlink.
It has been a good and exciting year for Goldsmiths, and some important initiatives have been taken forward, against the background of an improved financial position. In particular, I am able to report that – although a 'headline' deficit of just over half a million remains – income accruing to the College has exceeded expenditure for the first time since 1997–98. Meanwhile the College's excellent results in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (the quinquennial peer review assessment of staff research, on which a substantial part of Higher Education Funding Council funding is based) holds out an encouraging prospect. However, encouragement remains tentative. Our small income/expenditure surplus has been achieved through careful husbandry and across-the-board budgetary cuts. Some of the improvement has been achieved by postponing necessary spending – for example, on maintenance – and frugality will need to continue (along with more income generation) if we are to keep up the momentum of the past year. Academically, a favourable report from the Quality Assurance Agency following its Audit of the College early in the year, and a no less positive report from the Economic and Social Research Council, underline Goldsmiths' vigour as an institution for both teaching and research. On the administrative side, Goldsmiths has been delighted to welcome Sharon Page as College Secretary in succession to Shane Guy, who retired in the summer. Sharon was formerly Head of Legal Services and Secretary to the Board of Trustees at the Tate Gallery. As Secretary she has responsibility for governance and legal issues, together with overall management responsibility for communications and publicity, residences, catering and conferences and (as part of the 'Renewing the Administration' changes) the Registry. The most exciting capital development within the College is the new Arts Building to be constructed (subject to planning permission) on the car park behind the Baths. Phase I of the project costing £8.2m – the most ambitious the College has ever undertaken – will be funded from a combination of capital sales and two major Higher Education Funding Council grants. The Building – to house Arts students, media laboratories and the pioneering Centre for Cognition, Computation and Culture – is to be built by the internationally famous firm of Alsop Architects and completed in 2004.
The 2002 Dean Lecture 'Propping up Pisa' was given by John Burland, Professor of Soil Mechanics at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. The Lecture was a fascinating look at the political and structural work done by a group of international scientists over the last 10 years, to save the tower from imminent collapse, and to allow it to be opened up to the public again. We recently played host to two very successful student reunions at the College, 1960–62 and 1955–58 respectively, and would like to thank those who helped to organise both events and attended each reunion. Mary Cochrane's experience of the education system and the story of how she got to Goldsmiths is a shining example of what can be achieved through hard work and dedication. More details about her story can be found on page six. From September 2003 entry, the College is introducing a special discount on tuition fees for all of our former students who have studied and successfully completed an undergraduate degree, DipHE or postgraduate taught programme at the College, and who now wish to progress to a different postgraduate taught or postgraduate research degree. More information can be found on this and other alumni services on page fourteen. We welcome articles for Goldlink and they need not only contain memories of the past – we are also interested in news of what you are doing now. So please feel free to contact us with your enquiries and your news. Best wishes for the year ahead. The Reverend Doctor Peter Galloway OBE JP PhD Chairman of the Goldsmiths Society
We are at present exploring funding possibilities (suggestions are welcome!) for an even more ambitious Phase II 'Gateway' Building proposed for the St James's site, designed to enhance our research culture while also linking us more closely to New Cross and Deptford. Taken together, the two phases of the Arts Complex scheme will eventually redefine Goldsmiths for the 21st century as a global university, yet one that draws strength and inspiration from a vibrant local environment. With very best wishes Professor Ben Pimlott FBA
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Contents
News
Features
Triumph through adversity
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Student Awards Scheme Reception
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Turner Prize 2002
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Peake Teaching Awards
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Corinne Burton Award
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Sanchia Gosztonyi Award
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Foreday Morning
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Livingstone’s first two years
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1955-58 Reunion Report
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Writing PAD
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Art graduates still best in country
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Goldsmiths given ‘cool’ status
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Chesterman House opened
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Nominations for College Council Membership
International students welcome
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Research Focus
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Music Concerts 2003
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Graduation Ceremonies 2002
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Retirees
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Festival and Open Day
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Retired Academics Scheme
Days gone by
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Noticeboard Class notes In Touch
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Obituaries
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Alumni Services
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Compiled and edited by Stephen Clarke, Development and Alumni Office, telephone 020 7919 7265 Designed by Elizabeth Flynn, Reprographic Unit Printed by The Colour Works Printing Company Thanks for all their help to Heidi Seetzen, Karen Docker, Janet Aikman, Mary Price and Vicky Annand. Contributions are welcomed and any editorial material should be addressed to the Development and Alumni Office. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you would like your material returned. No responsibility can be taken for any loss or damage. Development and Alumni Office, Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK. Telephone 020 7919 7265, fax 020 7919 7903, e-mail goldsoc@gold.ac.uk. The Goldsmiths Society: www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/alumni/index.html
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Goldsmiths given ‘cool’ status Goldsmiths has been nominated one of the UK’s coolest brands by the Superbrands Cool Council, an independent authority on branding. The Council's definition of a Cool BrandLeader is ‘brands that have become extremely desirable among many style leaders and influencers. They have a magic about them, signifying that users have an exceptional sense of taste and style’. Those granted Cool BrandLeader status included names such as MTV, Tate, Bang & Olufsen, Vivienne Westwood and South Park. The only university to be included, Goldsmiths has a reputation as a hothouse for contemporary artists and is regarded by many as the most innovative university for the arts in Europe. Since its foundation in 1891, Goldsmiths has defined worldwide artistic movements and nurtured talents such as Mary Quant and Damien Hirst. One of the keys to the Goldsmiths ethos is the liberal and creative approach to the teaching of all subjects, not just the arts. Alumni also include well-known actors, musicians, designers, writers and academics, of which Lucian Freud, Sam Taylor-Wood and Tessa Jowell are just a few. Research conducted for Superbrands explored 18–30 year olds' perception of cool. 66% of respondents believe that certain brands can be considered cool regardless of how old they are or how long they have been around. Visit www.superbrands.org for the full list of brands granted Cool BrandLeader status.
Chesterman House opened The new hall of residence, Chesterman House, named after former Warden, Sir Ross Chesterman, was officially opened last year. The ceremony was attended by Sir Ross's son and daughter, Dr John Chesterman and Mrs Jane Mack, (pictured left). During the ceremony, Mrs Mack said that both her parents would have been delighted to see the transformation of a derelict site into such a wonderful hall of residence, and that it would be a living memory to her father. Dr Chesterman was Warden from 1953–74. In Goldsmiths' College a Centenary Account A E Firth comments: "He played a key role in discussions with the University of London about the first version of the BEd degree, and formulated with great clarity many of the policies and strategies the College followed in subsequent years".
International students welcome What do international students at our institution do if they are longing for a break, and home is thousands of miles away? Where do they go for Easter or Christmas? How can students from overseas gain an insight into the British way of life outside the university? HOST is a charity founded in 1987 and backed by the British Council. The aim is to give international students the opportunity to spend a weekend, or Christmas, in private homes with volunteer hosts. The scheme has grown into a network of nearly 2,000 hosts throughout the British Isles, with about 2,500 visits arranged in the last academic year. Such visits are brilliant opportunities to get actively involved in British family life and directly observe traditional customs. They contribute a great deal towards mutual understanding and friendship.
Would you consider inviting an international guest into your home for one or two weekends a year? HOST will endeavour to match your academic or leisure interests to those of the student, and to send you a guest from a part of the world which interests you. "Every visitor is different", says a host in the Midlands, "usually fascinating, often great fun, always rewarding. I would recommend HOSTing as a unique way, not only of making international friends, but of making a difference". For more information, please visit our website www.hostuk.org or call 020 7254 3039. A registered charity funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, The British Council, and UK HE/FE Institutions – 1 Ardleigh Road, London N1 4HS, tel: 020 7254 3039
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Retired Academics Scheme years’ teaching experience) who would be interested in undertaking such assignments. Posts will be allocated on a short-term contract rather than on a permanent basis.
The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is launching a new scheme, aimed at tackling recruitment difficulties at Commonwealth universities. The Retired Academics Database (RAD) will comprise a register of retired academics from around the world, willing to undertake short-term contracts at overseas universities, mainly in the African and Asian regions.
Piers Pennington, Head of the ACU’s academic recruitment unit, says: "We’re very excited to be launching this scheme, RAD has the potential to make a real difference in universities that urgently need to fill key posts. At the same time, the scheme offers academics a unique opportunity to continue teaching and to experience different countries and cultures".
Many overseas universities find it hard to fill posts in key areas such as Business and Accounting, Mathematics, Computing, Medicine, and the sciences, as well as at senior administrative levels. RAD would place retired academics in these posts for a period of between three months and two years, allowing the universities time to find suitable permanent candidates. Remuneration would vary, depending on the institution, but typically candidates would receive local salary rates and return airfares for themselves and their spouses.
For further information on how to apply, and the subject areas, please visit the ACU’s website at www.acu.ac.uk/adverts/rad Or contact: Jocelyn Law, Marketing, ACU, 36 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PF Tel: +44 (0) 20 7380 6707, fax: +44 (0) 20 7383 0368, e-mail: rad@acu.ac.uk
Although the scheme is primarily aimed at retired academics, the ACU is also keen to hear from academics at earlier stages in their careers (with at least two
Graduation Ceremonies 2002 At last year’s graduation ceremonies over 1,000 Goldsmiths graduates mixed with an impressive array of Honorary Fellows. Goldsmiths has bestowed Honorary Fellowships and University of London Honorary Degrees upon: Ms Gillian Wearing, Honorary Fellowship Born in 1963, Gillian Wearing is an inspiration to those for whom school was not a success. After leaving school with no qualifications Gillian worked as an Accounts Clerk, and was employed by a company specialising in animation. This inspired her to start a BTEC in Art and Design, and then study for a degree in Visual Arts at Goldsmiths College. Upon leaving Gillian began to focus on video and photography using it to highlight human behaviour and emotions. Her most famous work, Signs That Say What You Want Them to Say Not Signs That Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say (1992–93), comprises a series of photographs where the subjects hold boards that reveal their true emotions. In 1997 Gillian won the Turner Prize for '10–16', a video in which children express their views on the world, but are lip-synced by adults. She has had many solo shows around the world including a major exhibition in 2000 at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Professor Vicki Bruce, Honorary Degree (DSc) of the University of London Vicki Bruce is one of the most highly regarded psychologists in Britain today. After studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge, she researched for a PhD focusing on our ability to memorise
faces in the context of eyewitness identifications at trials. Vicki went on to become a lecturer at Nottingham University where she researched the theory that people do not recognise individual features, but whole faces. Vicki has since collaborated with the Goldsmiths Psychology department on face recognition. After 14 years at Nottingham, Vicky joined Stirling University where she was Deputy Principal responsible for research. She has recently joined the University of Edinburgh as Head of College of Humanities & Social Science. Vicki has received research grants totalling £1.6 million, written five books and received many accolades including an OBE for services to psychology in 1997. Professor Zygmunt Bauman, Honorary Degree (DSc) of the University of London Born in Poland in 1925, Professor Zygmunt Bauman joined the Free Polish Army aged 18. Later, on completion of his MA in social sciences, he became a lecturer and in due course was appointed to the Chair of General Sociology at the University of Warsaw. He came to Britain in 1971, where he was Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds. Now Emeritus Professor at the Universities of Leeds and Warsaw, he continues to treat sociology as a subject that should embrace diversity, irrespective of firm moral and political beliefs. He has made a major contribution to the development of the Sociology Department at Goldsmiths. Mr Albert Irvin, Honorary Fellowship Born in Bermondsey in 1922, Albert Irvin is one of Britain's foremost painters. After moving out of London
at the outbreak of the Second World War, Albert studied at the Northampton School of Art where he was influenced by impressionist painters like Cézanne, and American abstract painters like Jackson Pollock. Albert was called up in 1941 and served with the RAF until being de-mobbed in 1946, after which he went on to complete his studies at Goldsmiths. He later returned to Goldsmiths as a lecturer, leaving in 1983 to concentrate on his own work. Since Albert took part in his first group exhibition in 1952, he has had over 30 solo exhibitions including a major retrospective at the Serpentine in 1990 when he was approaching 70.
Seated left, Ms Althea Efunshile and seated centre, Professor Jeffrey Gray
Ms Althea Efunshile, Honorary Fellowship Althea Efunshile has worked within education and local government at varying levels from Youth Officer to Executive Director, and now holds one of the top jobs in children's services. After completing her PGCE in Secondary Education at Goldsmiths in
1980, she began her career teaching sociology, social studies and history. Later, as Lewisham Council's Director of Education and Culture, she oversaw a project where young people were given an opportunity to air their views. In 2001, she joined the Department for Education and Skills; as Director of the Children and Young People's Unit she is responsible for advising and articulating the Government's strategy for young people. Her aim is "to change a culture in society, where the voice of young people is a valued voice". Professor Jeffrey Gray, Honorary Fellowship Born in Essex, Professor Jeffrey Gray is a distinguished academic with a diverse career. After completing A-levels in Latin, Greek and History, he won a scholarship to study languages at Oxford University. However military service intervened and he spent the time training as a Russian translator. He then returned to Oxford to complete a French course, then a psychology and philosophy degree, and he went on to work as a clinical psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry. He later became interested in how brain structure influences personality, a scientific area in which he had no background. Undeterred, he set about studying the subject, and in 1968 won a scholarship to study at the Medical Research Council in New York. His ongoing work may lead to major new treatments for conditions such as Alzheimer's. Jeffrey has worked with many Goldsmiths academics, and the College retains active research collaborations with him. He has numerous accolades to his name including Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and has published five books over 400 papers.
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news Triumph through adversity Goldsmiths student, Mary Cochrane, has received an Outstanding Adult Learner award from the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE). Given to mature students returning to education, the awards are often given to those who have experienced hardship or succeeded against the odds. Her Glasgow childhood was marred by extreme poverty and neglect. She left school at 15, and home at 16, and became unemployed; she spent her 20’s doing various factory and office jobs. When she was 29, Mary’s younger brother, John, troubled by his childhood and suffering from schizophrenia, committed suicide. John’s death devastated Mary and she became depressed. However, she began to read about schizophrenia and completed a home study course on psychology. Aged 31, Mary started an Access to Social Science programme at Goldsmiths College and after achieving maximum credits, took a one-year foundation course in psychology. She received a distinction and went on to do a three-year BSc (Hons) Psychology degree, graduating with First Class Honours. Mary is currently studying for a PhD in Psychology at Goldsmiths, and is investigating the influence of personality, dopamine and schizophrenia on psychological processing. Mary said, "I can’t begin to say what this award means to me and I hope that my story will encourage people from similar backgrounds to enter higher education".
Mary Cochrane being presented with her award by Lord Mayor Alderman Michael Oliver
Student Awards Scheme Reception The Student Awards Scheme reception took place on the 31 October 2002. The Scheme was originally set up in 1996 to provide top-up awards for particularly deserving students. Each department is asked to nominate students they feel are deserving of an award: and every department was represented. This year 27 student awards were given out and the recipients had the opportunity to meet the various sponsors which included: The Goldsmiths Society, Jarvis plc, Scolarest Catering, NatWest, Knox Cropper and The Colour Works Printing Company.
All the 2002 Student Awards Scheme winners at the reception
Peake Teaching Awards Dr Kirsten Campbell, Sociology, Karen Nicholls, English Language Unit, and Charlotte Grinling, Design, have each received a Peake Award for innovation and excellence in teaching. David Peake, an external member of Goldsmiths Council who generously sponsors the awards, and the Warden, Professor Ben Pimlott, presented the three members of staff with cheques for £200 each, at the small ceremony.
Turner Prize 2002 Three out of four of the nominees chosen for the 2002 Turner Prize shortlist were Goldsmiths graduates. Fiona Banner, Liam Gillick and Catherine Yass all studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths between 1984 and 1993. Launched in 1984 to promote contemporary British art, the Turner Prize is awarded annually to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition in the preceding year. Fiona Banner, 36, completed an MA in Fine Art in 1993. Her work looks at the possibilities of language and its limitations, via the media of text-based pieces, drawings, sculpture and sound. Feature films are also the source of much of her work. Liam Gillick, 38, received a BA Honours in Fine Art from Goldsmiths where he studied from 1984–87. His sculptures use industrial materials such as plexiglass, aluminium and wood and bold colour. Using text and installations, he shows how social, historical and economic realities are shaped and manipulated. Catherine Yass, 39, who graduated from Goldsmiths with an MA in Fine Art in 1990, has been acclaimed for her vivid and brightly coloured photographs. Using her unique method of combining two identical photographic images, one positive, the other negative, she presents the images as transparencies in lightboxes.
Corinne Burton Award Art Therapy students, Jacqui Balloqui (1st year) and Claire-Louise Leyland (2nd year), were presented with the Corinne Burton awards, by Sir Michael Burton. The Corinne Burton Memorial Trust was set up in memory of Corinne Burton, a talented artist who died of cancer in 1992. The trust funds are awarded in order to further the work of art therapy in the cancer field. The memorial studentships are given to applicants for the Diploma in Art Therapy Programme. This covers the tuition fees for the duration of the course and provides funding for a further two years if the award winner works in a hospital or hospice with cancer patients after graduation.
Sanchia Gosztonyi Award Isobel Kirkus has been chosen as the 2002 winner of the Sanchia Gosztonyi Award by the Sociology Department. The award was set up in the memory of Sanchia, who was a former student of the department, and who had a passion for helping people.
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Festival &
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Despite the distraction of the impending World Cup football match between England and Denmark later that day, thousands flocked to Goldsmiths on a sunny Saturday in June 2002. Visitors had the chance to find out about courses – from evening classes to PhDs – and take part in the festival activities. Wherever people went, there was something going on to catch the eye. Free events included the Visual Arts undergraduate degree shows, Design and Art Psychotherapy exhibitions, poetry readings, drama performances, world, classical, dance and folk music, and children’s theatre. Performances included a mixture of work from current students, former graduates, as well as some of the best professional artists and organisations in the local area. One such group was Montage Theatre, who presented their annual showcase, Join the Circus, in the Students’ Union, which for the first time included three to five year-olds. Montage was set up in
1998 by Judy Gordon, a Goldsmiths graduate, and is committed to creating innovative, cross-discipline, professional children’s theatre. Activities provided for youngsters also included inflatables, giant games, face painting, a magician and a mini planetarium. The aim of the Open Day and Festival is to give visitors the chance to enjoy the arts activities on offer in an informal setting, whilst informing and recruiting potential students, by showing the College at its creative best. Prospective students came from across the UK and overseas, and were provided with information about College life and specific courses. Many thanks to all of you who attended and made the event such a success.The next joint Festival and Open Day will take place on Saturday 21June 2003. Further information will be available in the next addition of Goldlink due out in May 2003.
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Foreday Morning Paul Dash, a renowned painter and academic at Goldsmiths, was born in Barbados, but emigrated to Britain in 1957, aged eleven. His recently published autobiography, Foreday Morning, tells of growing up under the influences of two disparate cultures. It is a multi-faceted drama that examines the tensions of race and colour in the colonial Caribbean and modern Britain. From the vantage point of his Caribbean childhood, the book examines the colonial environment in which he was raised, and invokes the exuberance and colour of the Barbadian landscape. When he leaves the Caribbean to join his parents in England, he becomes an outsider looking into a world of white people with money, education and power. 'Living under a canopy of cloud for days on end, untouched by sunlight, was a reversal of everything I had grown used to and found central to life.' Dash's portrayal of a family strong enough to survive the trauma of migration, despite being frequently confronted with huge and complex difficulties, is at the centre of his story. He explores the themes of the courage needed to come to a different country and to leaving behind his culture, friends and identity.
Livingstone's first two years Governing London by the Warden, Professor Ben Pimlott, and Professor Nirmala Rao, is the first published assessment of London’s new mayoral office. Focusing on the first two years of Mayor Livingstone's administration, it explores the key issues that shape the Mayor's relations with Whitehall, the London Assembly, London boroughs and the Labour Party. Crime, transport and economic developments are the policy arenas in which these relationships have been developed and tested. The assessment of the new arrangements is set in the context of London's troubled governmental history. Although too early for any conclusive judgement on the Mayor's first term, Governing London asks whether the Mayor and Assembly have heightened interest in London politics; whether they have encouraged involvement and participation on the part of Londoners; whether they are likely to deliver a successful assault on London's problems; whether the Mayor has offered a plausible and popular vision for London; and finally whether the new system has shown a way forward from the conflicts and inertia that bedevilled the previous systems of London governments.
1955–58 Reunion Report With numbers down to just thirty-one on the third occasion, I really thought that interest in reunions had waned to the extent where we ought to call a halt. How wrong I was! After a rather hesitant start, the atmosphere improved and conversation started to flow. So successful was the event that there was a unanimous call for another reunion in two years’ time, probably in early October 2004. One or two new faces appeared on this occasion, in particular Dan Corbett with his recollection of hilarious events all those years ago, Bernie Lehman looking little changed and Janet "Polly" Mason seeming fit enough to win yet another high-jump championship. Please keep up your attempts to track down any ‘Old Smiths’, whose presence would be most welcome in 2004 and if you wish to contact me with any information or requests do give me a ring on 01923 677151. Sorry, I’m not on e-mail. Paul Alvarez has promised to help with organising the next event so we are expecting 2004 to be an occasion to remember. Al Barclay, 1956–58
After coming to Britain, he trained as an artist and then taught for more than twenty years in London secondary schools. A practising painter, he has exhibited at the Royal Academy and worked on an art project with the Tate Modern. Paul joined Goldsmiths in 1994 as a lecturer in Education, and has published many papers and books. He was presented with an award for Teaching and Innovation by the College in 2001. Paul also recently received a Windrush Award for outstanding achievement in education. The awards are named after the boat that brought some of the first immigrants to the UK in 1948, and are given to people from minority ethnic groups who have excelled in their field. Paul said, "I am proud to be given this award. Being associated with the Windrush is for me deeply moving as in 1957, I too was caught up in the big wave of post-War 'New Commonwealth' migration to Britain. To be recognised by people with whom one shares the experience of struggle in British society is particularly satisfying, and I hope that young people who may sometimes feel alone and unseen, will gain confidence from the achievements of the award-winners and realise that with effort and determination much can be accomplished".
Writing PAD The Language Unit leads a consortium that has won nearly £250,000 HEFCE funding for a project called Writing PAD (Writing Purposefully in Art and Design). Language Unit lecturer and project director Julia Lockheart said, "We will be looking at good practice in supporting writing for art and design students within the Design and Visual Arts Departments and the Language Unit and collating good practice across the consortium. We will then disseminate good practice throughout the wider art and design sector". In order to maximise the impact of the project, partnerships will be sought with 18 institutions offering higher education in art and design, in order to pilot resources and report back findings to the lead Colleges.
Art graduates still best in country Visual arts graduates from Goldsmiths have triumphed in a competition run by The Observer to find the UK's best new artists. Out of five candidates selected from a shortlist of postgraduate art students from art colleges all over the country, three were Goldsmiths graduates. The winners, Lee Campbell, Gunther Herbst and James Hopkins, all graduated from Goldsmiths in 2002. The competition was judged by a panel of five: Alex James, Blur band member; Sadie Coles, gallery owner; Rosie Millard, BBC arts correspondent; Patrick Hughes, artist and Laura Cumming, art critic for The Observer. Alex James commented, "I was really impressed by how bold the work was. I find that artists tend to be bolder than musicians. There's more courage and more rule breaking in the art world".
Nominations for College Council Membership The College’s Governance Committee is responsible for recommending to the College Council the names of potential new members. The Governance Committee would be interested to receive names of people who are representative of interests relevant to the work of the College and its place in the local and wider community. If you would like to suggest someone for consideration, please write in confidence to the Secretary’s Office, at the College address.
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Research Focus Update on the Centre for Cognition, Computation and Culture The Centre for Cognition, Computation and Culture will combine inter-disciplinary research on the computational, biological and neural bases of cognition with the study of cultural and sociological aspects of human cognition. A new laboratory will allow ‘event related potentials’ to be recorded from the scalp of participants. This approach will be used to investigate how people learn and remember information across their lifespan. Ultimately the research will inform our ability to design environments and programmes that maximise the effectiveness of teaching and learning. New laboratories for biopsychology (including basic genomic research) and psychopharmacology will be used for projects that aim to understand the influence of genetic, personality related and sociological factors in addiction to drugs, alcohol and smoking. A new computer laboratory will provide powerful machines that will be used to simulate aspects of human cognition, in order to understand the computational processes that underlie everyday processes such as understanding language or recognising familiar objects. Work in cognitive anthropology will investigate the influence of culture and language on visual perception. The computer network will also be used to process neuroimaging data collected both from the ERP laboratory in the Centre and from other European laboratories. Professor Tim Valentine Head of Psychology
Brain imaging project Dr Simon Cohn and Jo-Anne Bichard are involved in a two-year ESRC funded research project within the Innovative Health Technologies Programme: the Brain Imaging Project Extraordinary advances in brain scanning led to the last decade being heralded as the Decade of the Brain. For the very first time not only the intricate structure, but the brain's function, its actual working, is beginning to be seen and mapped in detail.
Our research aims to investigate some of the cultural dimensions around ideas of the brain and neuroscience as this technology advances. Fieldwork at key imaging labs in London will serve both as an ethnography of science and as an investigation into non-experts' ideas about the images, about what is normal, and how ideas of the brain are currently conceptualised. We hope to compare the challenges of emerging knowledge to existing conceptual models amongst specialists, healthy volunteers as well as people with specific illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia. The key question addressed will be what impact imaging and the rise of more detailed biological models of disease may be having on the traditional distinction between mental and physical illness. Through this, the social and cultural consequences of the new technology will be examined, and the impact it is already having on people's sense of illness, self and body.
Sex work and health Dr Sophie Day has been collaborating with Helen Ward of Imperial College on long-term research on the sex industry, currently supported by the Wellcome Trust. Here, they report on their most recent conference. Increased activism among sex workers, growing migration in Europe and concerns about access to health care prompted us to organise a conference in January on Sex Work and Health in a Changing Europe. We organised this conference under the auspices of two European networks supported by the European Commission: the European Network for HIV/STD Prevention in Prostitution (EUROPAP), and the European Network for Male Prostitution (ENMP). One hundred and seventy three people attended from 39 different countries with backgrounds in sex work, health care, social work, research and activism. Discussion reflected several competing discourses: prostitutes as a threat to public order and/or public health, prostitutes as victims of violence and exploitation, and prostitutes as agents entitled to civil and human rights. Each was linked to
governmental patterns of regulation, including the ability to provide effective services. Thus, in Sweden, where sex work is considered broadly in terms of violence against women, the recent criminalisation of men who buy sex seems to have increased the vulnerability of many workers, who have to operate covertly. The Dutch and German governments, on the other hand, have recently broadened the legal context of employment and self-employment, but the majority of workers are undocumented and so they too are becoming further marginalised. Restrictions on freedom of movement strongly affect issues of legal reform and sex worker rights today. Permitted movement now inscribes complex links between a range of European countries of origin, destination and transit, related closely to the movement of capital and industry. These "legal" movements cross regimes that repress and tolerate sex work in different ways, revealing a complex and unequal situation in Europe. In some countries, unionisation remains impossible; in others, community mobilisation is hindered by increasing differentiation within the industry and repression on the part of unlikely alliances between those fighting ‘trafficking’ and ‘violence against women’, government officials restricting illegal work and migration, and a variety of organisations concerned with ‘immorality’.
Gender and pain, ecstasy side-effects, quitting smoking If you have spotted Goldsmiths in the press lately, then you might be familiar with the Psychology Department’s recent research into pain and gender which appeared in (and on) everything from The Times to Richard & Judy! Carried out by Ed Keogh, the research showed that the rise in blood pressure caused by caffeine intake can increase pain thresholds in women. Evidence suggests that raised blood pressure is associated with decreased pain sensitivity and the aim of the study was to raise blood pressure using 250mg caffeine and investigate its effects on pain sensitivity. Past research has indicated that women report more pain experiences than men, so the effect of gender was
also investigated. 25 males and 25 females were run in a placebocontrolled repeated-measures experiment. Research participants were tested by drinking coffee containing 250mg of caffeine. The caffeine increased blood pressure and produced clearheaded and energetic feelings within the participants. Most importantly, participants in the caffeine condition had higher pain threshold and pain tolerance levels compared to when in the placebo condition. Women were found to have a lower tolerance to pain than men and a significant association was found between an increase blood pressure and caffeine-related increase in pain tolerance. This association was the strongest in women suggesting that it might be wise to have an espresso before a painful experience such as waxing! Findings from other new research undertaken by the Psychology Department include:
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Abstaining smokers have reduced motivation. Abstinent smokers showed reduced expectations of enjoying normally pleasurable activities, which may mean that one-reason smokers find it hard to 'quit' is that they depend on cigarettes to maintain a normal level of enjoyment.
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Ecstasy users were shown to have significantly poorer verbal fluency than non-users. Whether a person has tried ecstasy once or been a long-time recreational user, their verbal fluency is likely to have been negatively affected.
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People who are prone to anxiety report more negative experiences of pain. Those with high anxietysensitivity reported more negative pain experiences suggesting that individual experiences of pain are affected by a person’s psychological make-up.
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Women prone to anxiety are more likely to suffer post-traumatic stress symptoms after childbirth. Analysis revealed that prenatal anxietysensitivity increased the chances of post-traumatic stress symptoms.
Anthropology +Applied Linguistics +Arts Administration Community and Youth Work +Community Arts Computing Counselling and Therapy Creative Writing Cultural Studies Curating +Dance Movement Therapy Design and Eco Design Drama and Theatre Arts (theory and practice) Education English Literature European Languages (French, German, Spanish and Latin American Studies) Fine Art Gender Studies History History of Art Internet Computing Language Studies [including EFL] Media and Communications (theory and practice) Music (theory and practice) Politics and Social Policy Psychology Psychotherapy (art and group) *Religious Studies Social Work Sociology Teacher Training Textiles +postgraduate only *research only
Find out about undergraduate, postgraduate and adult education study in the arts, humanities, education, social sciences, and behavioural and computing sciences. In June, there are also talks, tours, exhibitions, performances, design exhibitions, and the visual arts degree shows – together with Goldsmiths’ Arts Festival.
Booking is essential For times and more information:
visit www.goldsmiths.ac.uk [book online] call 020 7919 7040 e-mail open-day@gold.ac.uk write to Open Day Co-ordinator Goldsmiths College, University of London New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Goldsmiths aims to be pre-eminent in the study and practice of creative, cognitive, cultural and social processes.
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Coping with change: the law of the land From the Sarah Payne case to the Lawrence Report, immigration policy to internet content, the law is facing many new challenges, and accelerating social and technological change means that court decisions are often anything but clear-cut. Goldsmiths has responded with a new MA in Law and Society, ideal for practitioners who wish to develop their knowledge, and those without a legal background who require an understanding of the way in which our society is changing the law. Offering the theoretical and practical tools to help students explore the relationship between contemporary law and society, the MA looks at the issues surrounding intellectual property, digital media, biotechnology, human rights, race, gender and contemporary policing. The programme provides a grounding in social and legal theories of law and society, developing legal and social research skills. Current social and cultural issues are explored through a variety of case studies covering for example, regulation of the internet, war crimes and cloning. The MA in Law and Society can be taken over 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time.
PGCEs in Community Languages including Arabic, Mandarin Chinese and Punjabi Those fluent in Arabic, Mandarin Chinese or Punjabi may now be able to teach their language skills to school children. Goldsmiths is launching a modular PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education) in Community Languages. With the trend towards significant diversification in specialist language colleges, there is a clear need to facilitate and support this development within the wider community, both to take account the diversity of British society, and prepare young people for an internationalised job market. The new PGCE in Community Languages aims to prepare students to teach community languages to the full range of learners and to manage classrooms in which there may be very diverse needs. Targeting speakers of Arabic, Mandarin Chinese or Punjabi, applicants should be native speakers with an arts or humanities degree, or have a full/joint degree in the specialist language, with good oral fluency. Aimed at people over 24 who may have work or domestic commitments, the modular format of the programme comprises supported self-study combined with some compulsory classes at the College, amounting to four full days (often weekends) and four evenings per term. Students must also complete 24 weeks in school over the three modules. The overall length of the course varies according to individual circumstances, but students are expected to complete it within two years.
Part-time Performing Arts If you want to develop your skills as a musician, find out if you have an aptitude for acting or directing, or simply learn more about the performing arts, enrol on a part-time course. Goldsmiths offers a wide variety of courses in the performing arts, including classical, jazz and popular music, sound technology, world music, acting and theatre skills, to suit a range of levels, from absolute beginners to advanced. These include pre-access and access courses to get you into higher education; professional training for people wishing to develop a career in the performing arts; diploma and undergraduate level programmes; short taster and personal interest courses and professional development for musicians and teachers. Worried about the cost? There are significant reductions for people who are getting specific benefits and many of the programmes have no entrance requirements other than a simple advisory interview and the completion of an application form. Formal accreditation is available and there is guaranteed progression from one level to the next for those successfully completing an accredited programme.
For details on all these programmes and others please contact the Admissions Enquiry Unit on 020 7919 7060 or e-mail admissions@gold.ac.uk.
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Class notes We welcome your contributions to Class Notes or In Touch. Submit your material online using our contributions form, which can be found on our website, or by post to the Development and Alumni Office. Ralph Barnes I was a student at Goldsmiths from 1929–31. They were interesting and happy years, and I was successful in getting my colours for soccer from Dr Curzon. An uncle of mine, Dr Isaacs, advised me to apply for a teaching post at the Jews Free School, Bell Lane in the East End of London, which I did. The Jews Free School (JFS) was formed in 1821 for boys and girls. I was well aware of the school’s reputation and its high standards of teaching. My father had been a pupil here in the 1880’s and Mr Isaacs, my mother’s brother was teaching at the school. My application was successful and my teaching career started in August 1931. I was given a first year form of boys and I was responsible for teaching English, a comprehensive subject which included reading, writing, spelling, dictation, composition, poetry and grammar. Also included were history, geography, arithmetic and PE, music and woodwork, which were taught by specialists. The Headmaster, Dr E Bernstein, was very resourceful. In addition to the main subjects taught he introduced a printing press, a pottery, basketry, a model house and a model railway. Prior to going on a school journey to study the stars at night, the head asked me to accompany him, had a telescope made in the metal shop. He also wrote a booklet on the constellations. I printed the book and I still possess and treasure it today. In addition to my schoolwork I was also sports master. The school was my life and I was very proud of it. Sadly on 1 September 1939, two days before the outbreak of the Second World War, we were evacuated to Cambridgeshire. My stay was short-lived because a number of children had returned to London which had not yet been bombed and I was told to return to the capital. A few days elapsed and I was ordered to report at Paddington Station where I met up with a group of boys and girls and four teachers – two ladies and two men! We entrained for Penzance in Cornwall. On arrival we were bussed to Mousehole. We obtained some classrooms in the local school and we were able to do some basic teaching. My story was cut short for I received my call-up papers to enlist in the forces. I received military training in England and went overseas to Egypt via Durban where I was ported to the 1st Field Squadron, 1st armoured Division and I became 1st Sapper
Ralph Barnes 2136353. I was with the squadron from El Alamein to Medez-el-Bab in Tunisia where the final battle took place. With the Germans defeated I asked for a transfer to the Education Corp. My application was successful and I travelled to Kirkuk via Alexandria, Damascus and Baghdad. I was now a member of ELIP, the English Language Instructors Pool, and my task was to teach English to Polish officers. I went with them to Gaza and from there to Monte Cassino in Italy, where the Poles fought successfully to capture the base where the Germans were. At last I was able to take things easy. I had been promoted to Warrant Officer and was able to get a vehicle with a driver to take me to Rome, Naples, Amalfi, Ancona and other places. I was offered a commission which I refused as I longed to return to England to my wife and two daughters. I had been overseas for over three years. Unhappily, when I was demobbed, I was unable to return to the JFS because it had been bombed and destroyed in 1941. As I was employed by the LCC, I was sent to the Tudor Secondary School in Islington where I became in time the Senior Marker. For one year I was President of the North London Teacher’s association, the biggest branch in the National Union of Teachers. I retired from teaching in 1972. Dr Christopher Knight Following his BEd at Goldsmiths, he took an MA (Ed Admin) under Professor Tessa Blackstone at the London Institute of Education, and then a PhD (Sociology of Education) at South Bank University. He was appointed Head of Sociology at Bexleyheath School in 1975 but sadly had to retire from teaching due to ill health. Dr Knight would love to hear from anyone in his 1968–72 (Cert.Ed/BEd) History Group, especially Yvonne Arrow (nee Baker), Vickey White, Kim Johnson, Karl D’Cruz, Sue Rodenberg, Susan Trumper, Carmen Chang and any others in the Education Group. Chris can be contacted at 90 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Kent, BR5 1BE.
Finally I became Headteacher of King David JMI School. I took early retirement in 1991 and took up full time voluntary work in the community. I was a union representative and founder member of the Liverpool Headteacher Association. Teaching – what a wonderfully fulfilling life!!! At Goldsmiths, I did English, History, Speech and Drama – wonderful years, wonderful memories. If you would like to contact Naomi, please e-mail her on noniemerv@tinyworld.co.uk. Clare Lloyd I studies for a Communications and Sociology degree between 1995–98. I was really keen to become a consumer brand manager and started my career at a small PR and event management agency. I worked on various consumer and fashion accounts including Elton John’s White Tie and Tiara Ball and a Denise Rich party in New York. I have recently joined Mencap as the Special Events Project Manager and I haven’t looked back. The special events market within the charity sector is extremely competitive so you have to be ten steps ahead. As well as organising high profile events such as the Mencap Ball at the Dorchester, we work with a young, London based committee called ‘Fallen’ on exclusive club nights. Fallen’s next event is set to take place on Valentine’s Day 2003. We have a close relationship with the MOBO Awards and this year three British Designers, Tracey Boyd, Robert Carey-Williams and House of Jazz have created limited edition T-shirts inspired by Mencap and MOBO’s shared vision of ‘Choice, Opportunity and Respect’. The exclusive range of T-shirts is available on 0870 516 8521 and www.mobo.net. The money raised will help fund a unique project for musicians with learning disabilities. Mencap events also offer international challenge events to Japan, Brazil, Mozambique and New Zealand. If you would like to know how you can help Mencap either by taking part in one of their events or volunteering, call the events hotline on 0845 977 7779 or e-mail events@mencap.org.uk.
Naomi Kingston (nee Sackstein) I was at Goldsmiths until 1958 studying to be a teacher, and I qualified with a distinction. My career began in a secondary modern school in Liverpool, but I gave up my job to have my family, two sons and a daughter. I returned to teaching in a primary school in 1971, then I became head of year in a large comprehensive, and after that deputy head of a girls’ secondary school. At the time of Sir Keith Joseph, I was seconded by the city to become coordinator of a unit for lower achieving 14–16 year olds.
In Touch If you would like us to help you make contact with lost friends, we can help by passing on your letters or e-mail address to fellow members of the Society. If they are not already a member, your search can be featured in future editions of Goldlink or on the website Message Board, to see if others know of their whereabouts.
Old Smiths FC During my time at Goldsmiths I ran the 2nd eleven football team, and once I was due to graduate I enquired about joining a postgraduate football team. I discovered that there wasn’t so myself and some other ex-students set about creating a football club for Goldsmiths postgraduates. We have joined the Orpington & Bromley District Sunday Football League, and play under the name Old Smiths FC. The players are all Goldsmiths postgraduates, and include previous winners of the Presidents Rose Bowl. In our first season in the league (2000–01) we won the Junior League Cup and were promoted from Division 5. In our second season (2001–02) we won the
Intermediate League Cup and were promoted yet again to Division 3. So if you are a postgraduate student and are interested in playing with or supporting us, please contact, Neil Van Cooten, Old Smiths FC Secretary, 10 Vancouver Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 2AF. Florence Anne Dunlop (nee Pope) would like to get in touch with Peter English, Mr Grab, Mr Corcoran, Phyllis Hyman or Hilda Corcoran – all from the 1934–38 period. If you have any information please contact the Society direct. Tim Sheehan, 1994–98 Education, would love to be e-mailed by old friends, to catch up and find out how many of you are still in teaching! Please contact him direct on timandcori@tinyworld.co.uk
Catherine Scott, 1977–78 PGCE, would like to contact her fellow CU members Cindy (nee Eliot) and Siobhan from their time in Warmington Tower. Please contact her direct on catherine.scott@south-thames.ac.uk Paul Thomas, 1964–67 Teaching Certificate, is based in Canada and would like to meet with others from his course/era when he visits the UK this summer. You can contact Paul directly on paul.thomas@thomasframes.com if you are interested in a possible reunion. Irene Pennington is trying to trace Myrna Glass or Myrna Weinburg who studied at Goldsmiths from 1957–59.If you have any details about her whereabouts please contact Irene direct on 01751 473387. Greg Conway, 1966–69 Secondary Science. Does anyone recall the Moody Blues concert, circa 1969, at which we got their agreement to make a video recording. We had a remote controlled camera in the Great Hall,
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Obituaries Edwin Parker Edwin, who was a student at Goldsmiths from 1943–45, died on 13 October 2002.
Ivor had an eventful Second World War serving with the Royal Artillery. A moving account of his experiences, Tank Alert, was published in 1999.
Even as a young man Edwin displayed outstanding qualities of mind and spirit. We all benefited from these qualities when we elected him Treasurer to the Students’ Union, and the Union’s financial affairs were conducted with integrity and wisdom.
Married to Elsie, they had two daughters, Mary and Karen.
Edwin and his wife Mary brought up three children and Edwin served as an outstanding headmaster in Taunton. Even in retirement he never lost enthusiasm for his link with Goldsmiths and his fellow former students. This led him to organise two highly successful reunions that were attended by former students from all over the UK, and from as far away as Canada. Edwin is greatly missed by all of us who knew him and we feel deeply for his family in their loss. Kenneth Garwood SU President 1944–45 Ivor Desmond Astley Ivor Astley died on 1 March 2002. He was a student at Goldsmiths from 1948–50, gaining a distinction in History. He subsequently obtained an Honours Degree in Modern Economic History at the London School of Economics. After leaving he taught in South London, first at Hillbrook Secondary Modern School, Tooting, then from 1955 at the Elliott School, Putney, which was to become one of the capital’s first comprehensives. In 1961 he became Deputy Head of Herbert Shiner Secondary School at Petworth, Sussex. Next he became head of a new comprehensive school, Heanor Gate, in Derbyshire (1964–69). He left the post to take up an appointment as Headmaster of Hardley Comprehensive School, where he remained until retiring in 1983.
and we were in the gallery with a second camera. We got great pictures, but the sound circuits failed – so no sound! If anyone remembers please contact Greg direct on gregconway@lycos.co.uk Jean Bruce, 1970–73 Biology Specialist Secondary Teaching Course. Lived in Farnham House next door to the Manse in Wickham Road for 3 years. Would love to hear from Julie Fortune, Gillian Allen and anybody else who knows me. Have made contact with the lads in the Manse after all these years. Please contact Jean direct on jean@darleys.co.uk Stu Power, Education; German 1967–71. Hoping to find Roy Maddison, drummer of the Goldie's band, Madison Bowl, with a view to a reunion of the whole band in the summer of 2003, my next visit to Britain from Canada. Would be grateful for any help. Be happy to hear from other colleagues of that 1967–71 era.Please contact Stu direct on powerpack@shaw.ca
Patrick Rooke Dudley George Lerpiniere Dudley passed away on 25 March 2002 aged 77. Dudley became a member of staff on the amalgamation of St Gabriel's College at Camberwell with Goldsmiths. From 1966–83 he was a senior lecturer in the History Department. He also took part in the teaching and supervision of school practice, as part of postgraduate work with the Education Department. Mary Doreen (Dizzy) Jenkins (nee Griffin) 1946–48, widow of Gethin Lionel David Jenkins, died on 13 June 2002. Martin Jolly History 1965–68 and PGTC 1968–69. Martin died on 7 July 2002.
Anthony Milner Died 22 September 2002 aged 77. Anthony Milner was the foremost British Catholic composer of his age. Faith was an important part of life for the Milner family. But unlike his brother and sister – who joined the church as a Dominican monk and a nun – his life took a different path, when he won a piano scholarship to the Royal College of Music in 1945. The rigorous execution of technique he was to learn there gave him a model to apply to his own work and to insist upon with his students. His teaching career began in 1947, when he was appointed tutor in music theory and history at Morley College, London. In 1954 Milner joined what became the extra-mural department of the University of London, where he established a part-time diploma in the history of music. From adult education he moved into the university sector, with appointments to King’s College (1965) and to Goldsmiths College (1971), following his part-time appointment to the Royal College of Music in 1961, where he eventually became a full-time lecturer. He retired from there in 1990.
Martin was a leading light in the History Society at Goldsmiths in the 1960’s and was well liked by all his contemporaries.
He was passionate, had an instinct for detail and cared deeply about his students.
He enjoyed his career as a history teacher, becoming Deputy Headteacher of the Coopers Company and Coburn School, Upminster, Essex. Before ill health forced his retirement shortly before his death.
During his teaching career Milner remained a practical and involved musician, and wrote about and published a considerable amount of music commissioned by the church.
Ian Macsporran 1966–70
In 1985, the Pope made him a Knight of Saint Gregory in recognition of his services to church music. It was an honour that meant a very great deal to him, though he sought to make nothing of it.
James Alexander McQuibban 1947–49 teacher training after service during the Second World War. James died on 6 April 2001.
Mike Richards, BA Ed PE 1994–95. Anyone out there from the PE Degree, Helen, Liz, Karen, Steve et al, or the Primary course, Maria or Carol in particular. Give us a shout or any of the Raymont Hall guys 1990–94. Mike can be contacted on mike@treasuryrecruitment.com
The Orchestra of the City From early 2003 a new orchestra, based in the City of London, is being formed. The orchestra is primarily open to those who live and work in London, and who play an instrument to a high (at least diploma) standard, but do
Done' Van Niekerk, Drama 1995 Geraldina (Zana) Maslo was resident at Rachel McMillan Hall during 1996–97. I would love to get in touch with her. Please could anyone help? Thank you! Please e-mail done.vn@freemail.absa.co.za if you have any information.
not play their instrument professionally. We are looking to find enough musicians to form a reasonably sized symphony orchestra of at least sixty people. The auditions will involve playing a short piece or two, plus some sight-reading. If you are interested in auditioning, or would like to know further details about all aspects of this project, please visit www.orchestraofthecity.com or write to Benjamin Bayl, the Musical Director, at orchestraofthecity@yahoo.co.uk with some details of your skills and experience.
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Alumni Services Alumni Discount Scheme From September 2003 entry, the College is introducing a special discount on tuition fees for all former students who have successfully completed an undergraduate degree, DipHE or postgraduate taught programme at Goldsmiths, and who now wish to progress to a different postgraduate taught or postgraduate research degree. In order to apply for the reduced tuition fee, you will need to be accepted on to your intended programme of study and to satisfy all the normal academic admissions criteria as well as all the conditions of enrolment and registration set down by the College. The scheme will involve the following discount on the appropriate tuition fee levied on the first year of attendance of the programme (and not any subsequent or repeat year):
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Students who pay the Home or EU fee: a reduction of £250 for full-time or £125 for part-time attendance. Students who pay the overseas fee: a reduction of £500 for full-time or £250 for part-time attendance (regardless of whether the fee for the programme is a ‘high’ or ‘low’ cost fee).
We regret that this new scheme cannot be used in conjunction with other sponsorship, scholarship or bursary schemes such as Research Council scholarships,
Overseas Agency or Government scholarships, ORS scholarships, or by students supported by their employer for professional development programmes, or by students intending to pursue a PGCE, or by students in receipt of any other discount or scholarship scheme offered by the College. The discount can only be applied to the tuition fees and cannot be used to cover any other programme-related expenses (eg residential costs, materials or membership fees). How do you claim your discount? If you wish to claim the alumni discount on tuition fees, you will be required to show your eligibility at enrolment, by presenting the original certificate confirming your successful completion of an undergraduate degree, DipHE or postgraduate taught award at Goldsmiths and by asking for the discount on your fees. We will reduce your invoice for tuition fees by the appropriate amount on the spot. The small print! If you withdraw from the postgraduate programme after you have claimed a reduced tuition fee under the alumni discount scheme, and you seek to claim a pro-rata refund of tuition fees, you will only be eligible a refund on the portion of the fee which you have paid. For more information on the Alumni discount scheme, please contact John Smith, Fees and Awards Officer, Room 117, Main Building or e-mail j.smith@gold.ac.uk
Careers Advice
Library Access
The Careers Service would like to hear from any former students who have vacancies to fill in their own working environment or those who can join the Careers Network and spare some time to talk to current students about their own jobs.
Alumni can gain access to the College’s library facilities, and are allowed reference use of the library’s books and periodicals.
For more information on accessing the Careers Service at Goldsmiths, please visit the Careers Service website at www.gold.ac.uk/careers/graduate.html or write to the Careers Service, Goldsmiths College, 32 Lewisham Way, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, tel 020 7919 7137 or e-mail careers@gold.ac.uk If you can help in any way please contact the Careers Service direct.
Finding Lost Alumni We would love to hear from any former students not already in contact with the Society. So if you keep in touch with other former students of Goldsmiths, please check if they receive Goldlink and are members of the Goldsmiths Society. If not, simply get them to call 020 7919 7265 and register.
The library will normally issue a one-day ticket, which is available up to three times a term. You can also use the library for a more sustained period. Please put your request in writing to the Development and Alumni Office, who will endorse it and then forward your request to the library for consideration.
Society web pages The Society’s web pages at www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/alumni enable you to join the Society or update your details online, e-mail us contributions for Goldlink, or leave messages on the Message Board for other alumni to read. You can also find out how to buy merchandise, get news of forthcoming events, get information about library access, view past editions of Goldlink, and look at old photos of College life.
Corrections June 2002 Goldlink Article ‘2001 RAE results: success for Goldsmiths’ Should have read Unit of Psychotherapeutic Studies (PACE) – 3a (was 2) and not Art Psychotherapy (PACE) – 3a (was 2). Article ‘Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles’ It has been pointed out to us by former students that the idea for the Textiles Collection actually came from Audrey Walker, and that she began to put the idea into practice during her time as Head of the Textiles Department, after Constance Howard.
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gone by top, drawing of the College, circa 1845, when it was the site of the Royal Naval School left, the Library and right, after the site was bombed in 1940
top left, the Laurie Grove Swimming Baths, circa 1917 top right, The Great Hall below right, Sports Day 1906 on the back field, the Blomfield Building had yet to be built
Retirees
Music Concerts 2003 Term 2 Friday 24 January 2003, 7.30pm, Council Chamber, DTHB Goldsmiths Chamber Orchestra Programme to include Charles Suck Symphony in D (first performance for over 200 years) and Haydn Trumpet Concerto (Peter Coates) Conductor: Tim Hooper Admission: £8 (£5 concessions) Friday 31 January 2003, 7.30pm, Council Chamber, DTHB Recital Maria Krivensky (piano) and Jo West (violin)
Admission: Free
Friday 7 February 2003, 7.00pm, Great Hall, Main Building Composers' Forum Compositions written by students at Goldsmiths Director: Roger Redgate
Admission: Free
Friday 14 February 2003, 7.30pm, Council Chamber, DTHB Ethnomusicology presents... 'Ensemble Bakhtar' Director: John Bailey
Admission: Free
Monday 3 March 2003, 7.30pm, Council Chamber, DTHB Special Collections Launch Concert Programme to include a performance by Goldsmiths Chamber Choir Director: Noëlle Mann Admission: Free Friday 7 March 2003, 7.30pm, Recital Room, Main Building Contemporary Music Ensemble Director: Roger Redgate
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Wednesday 12 March 2003, 1.00pm, Council Chamber, DTHB Goldsmiths Brass Ensemble Conductor: Les Lake Admission: Free Friday 21 March 2003, 7.30pm, Great Hall, Main Building Goldsmiths Sinfonia and Chorus Programme to include Fauré Requiem Conductor: Tim Hooper Admission: £8 (£5 concessions) Wednesday 26 March 2003, 7.00pm, Recital Room, Main Building Electronic Studio presents... Director: Katharine Norman Admission: Free Thursday 27 March 2003, 9.00pm, Student Union Building Goldsmiths Big Band Director: Colin Crawley
Wednesday 30 April 2003, 1.00pm, Council Chamber, DTHB Alexander Ivashkin (cello) and Tamas Vesmas (piano) Admission: Free Wednesday 7 May 2003, 1.00pm & 7.00pm, Recital Room, Main Building Electronic Studio presents... Director: Katharine Norman Admission: Free
MUSIC WEEK II Wednesday 11 June 2003, 7.00pm, Great Hall, Main Building Composers' Forum Compositions written by students at Goldsmiths Director: Roger Redgate Admission: Free Friday 13 June 2003, 7.30pm, Great Hall, Main Building Goldsmiths Sinfonia and Chorus 'Prokofiev 2003' Piano Concerto No. 2, Op.16 Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 Piano: Tanya Ursova Conductor: Vladimir Verbitsky Admission: £8 (£5 concessions)
Music Department Office: 020 7919 7640 www.musicinfo.gold.ac.uk
Professor Brian Morris Whenever anyone in the Anthropology Department bumps into a former student, chances are that they are asked, "How's Brian? I shall never forget his lectures". When Brian teaches, you can almost see the steam coming out of his head as he dances around, mixing anecdotes about his Mum and Dad from the Black Country with subtle insights about world philosophy and erudite details of edible fungi in Malawi. Brian arrived at Goldsmiths in 1975 as a part-time lecturer in the Psychology Department. His inspiration was central to the emergence of the Anthropology Department in the 1980’s. After working in a foundry as a teenager, an industrial accident led him to become a tea planter in Malawi. But he has always been passionate about education. He got a BEd at Sussex, followed by a doctorate from the London School of Economics when he was 39. Since then an avalanche of scholarly publications has included the botany and zoology of Malawi, hunter gatherers, theories of religion and psychology, conceptions of the individual and the self, Chinese medicine, Indian philosophy, Navaho classification and the French Revolution. Brian is not only a formidable scholar and communicator but also a lifelong anarchist, who has published extensively on anarchist themes. He constantly reminds us of the importance of scholarly community and the corrosive effects of hierarchy and secrecy. One of his bestknown articles gives humorous but brilliant advice to aspiring anthropologists on how to cope with rejection slips from publishers. Professor Olivia Harris
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Former members of academic staff who each served the College for many years and may be known to you.
Dr Tessa Adams Although Dr Tessa Adams officially retired in September 2002, her existing appointment as Visiting Fellow of the College means that her colleagues in the Unit of Psychotherapeutic Studies will be able to draw on her expertise, experience and great generosity of spirit during the next academic year. Tessa first began teaching at Goldsmiths in 1969 on a part-time, visiting basis. She contributed to the teaching of a large number of departments before being appointed to a full-time post in 1978. She was subsequently responsible for leading many programmes in various fields. Most recently she designed and co-ordinated delivery of the programmes of the Psychodynamic Studies section of the Unit of Psychotherapeutic Studies, including the Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling, MA Psychoanalytic Studies and MA Psychotherapy and Society. Tessa also played a leading role in creating the new MRes in Psychoanalytic History. She undertook research into psychoanalysis and art theory for her PhD and, for many years, has practised privately as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, a trainer and supervisor of clinicians, and a writer on
contemporary art. That she has recently become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Art testifies to the major contribution she has made, from the psychoanalytical perspective, to the understanding and critical reception of the challenging work of such leading figures as Hirst, Parker and von Hagens. All of her colleagues wish Tessa a happy and productive transitional year. Professor Marjorie Mayo and Larry O Carroll Graham Byrne-Hill Graham Byrne-Hill (Educational Studies) was first appointed to Goldsmiths in 1969 as a member of the team of tutors who were endeavouring, in conjunction with the College's Curriculum Laboratory, to pioneer a new integrated form of secondary school curriculum. In this context he became the resident expert on the well-known curriculum project of Jerome Bruner, 'Man: A course of Study'. He later turned his attention both to the more orthodox courses of training for secondary teachers and to the developing programme of Advanced Courses, particularly in Educational Philosophy and Politics. At that time he was also head of the Middle School Programme. Graham volunteered to supervise the introduction of new IT equipment in the Education Department and developed his own expertise in the field. This activity signalled a period of growth, research and publication through a number of largescale funded projects, some of which Graham helped to lead, eg Project INTENT (Initial Teacher Education and New Technologies), the Armenian Software Project and the Japanese Curriculum Project. Graham is also noted for his wider contribution to the status of the College when, in 1972, future links with the University were under threat from the Murray Committee's proposals. In the fight for the rejection of the proposals Graham organised, along with Professors James Britton and Alan Little, a submission signed by 20 professors from other schools of the University. Although Graham is retiring from teaching, he intends to continue to serve as an academic resource to colleagues. We wish him well. Professor Vic Kelly and Dr John Jessel
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