Alumni Exchange Autumn 2012

Alumni EXCHANGE Magazine for the University’s alumni and friends

Issue 8/ Autumn 2012

Pure gold!

Take five...

University bags five medals at the London 2012 Olympics.

Join the green Jubilee legacy A Jubilee Wood is being created and you can play a part.

Life Cycle 2 raises £240k A team ride the length of the UK in aid of Nottingham Potential.

BBC man launches fundraiser Alumnus Matthew Bannister’s plan to boost New Theatre.

What’s inside VC’s welcome

P3 Vice-Chancellor Professor David Greenaway’s welcome.

University news

P4 A round-up of news and research.

Alumni news

P5 Happy 95th birthday Vic! P6&7 Success in the Olympics.

P8 Alumni Laureate Awards 2012.

P9 Join the green Jubilee legacy.

P10&11 Changing lives in India.

P18&19 Welbeck moves with the times.

Features

P12&13 Have you heard the one about..?

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Events

P14&15 A photo round-up of events.

International news

P16 University opens office in Ghana.

P17 Student’s ultimate road trip.

Campaign news

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6&7 10&11

18 &19

P20 Children’s message of love.

P21 The long ride home: Life Cycle 2.

P22 100 years of the Students’ Union.

P23 BBC’s Matthew Bannister launches fundraiser for University’s New Theatre.

P24 A memento of your time at University.

P25 University sets a new world record.

In memoriam

P26 Remembering those who have died.

Networks

P27 Contact details for various groups.

Contact

Alumni Relations Team, The University of Nottingham, Portland Building, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD Email: alumni-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 115 823 2408 Visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/alumniexchange

Cover shot: Nottingham alumni Tim Baillee and Etienne Stott going for gold in the 2012 Olympics. P6&7 shot above: (L-R) Etienne Stott, Tim Baillie, Richard Hounslow and David Florence with their medals after the men’s C-2 canoe double slalom final (Images: PA).

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Writing: Simon Harvey Design: Karen Shale Issue 8 ©The University of Nottingham.

Alumni Exchange is the publication for graduates, former students, staff and friends of The University of Nottingham. Views expressed in Alumni Exchange are not necessarily those of the editor, alumni or The University of Nottingham.

VC’s welcome

Education can transform lives Two golds, two silver one bronze medal — congratulations to our Olympic athletes, those that trained, those that were selected and ultimately those that competed and succeeded. I hope the University’s alumni all over the world enjoyed the spectacle of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

As you’re well aware, graduations are special events. As a rite of passage and celebration these ceremonies are personal and special. The obvious joy of our graduates and pleasure of their families is infectious and I find the whole experience inspiring and uplifting. This year, rather unusually, I had my own graduation.

Liverpool John Moores University conferred their Honorary Fellowship on me. This is the highest honour the University bestows and it was a real privilege to be one of eight honoured in this way. The ceremony was held in the city’s stunning Anglican Cathedral and the University made me and my family feel very special, including my six-week-old grandson who was impeccably behaved, until I began my acceptance speech.

I was deeply touched. I look back very fondly on my time at Liverpool Polytechnic, as it was known then.

It kindled a lifelong interest in global economics and gave me a tremendous headstart in my career.

I was born and raised in a workingclass district of Glasgow and was the first member of my family to go to university. Education is one of the fundamental cornerstones of our society; it has the power to open doors and transform lives and I passionately believe that we

have a responsibility to identify and nurture talented young people to fulfil their potential, whatever their backgrounds.

And so that’s why, after the Olympics, a team of University colleagues once again joined me on a Life Cycle ride cycling the UK end-to-end to raise money for Nottingham Potential, a package of measures intended to use education to help deal with disadvantage, a key project within Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, which we launched a year ago.

Our first ride last year was immensely rewarding: in part a direct consequence of taking on and completing the challenge of cycling over 1,000 miles; but also because it was a shared experience, which made it all the more satisfying. But that satisfaction was nothing compared to the level of engagement and interest the ride stimulated and the funds it raised.

Between us we generated almost £250,000 for research on palliative and end of life care.

Thanks to your support so far this year’s ride from Cape Wrath to Dover has raised more than £250,000. Education has the power to transform and the more resource we can generate for bursaries and outreach activity, the bigger the impact we can have.

Visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/ lifecycle.

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University news

Spotlight

A round-up of the latest research and news from around the University.

British Academy honour

A decade of success

£1m research collaboration

A University academic has been honoured by the British Academy for her research into the literary landscape of Britain. Professor Julie Sanders, above, has won the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in international women’s scholarship, for The Cultural Geography of Early Modern Drama 1620-1650. The book connects English literature with cultural geography, landscape history and archaeology, and performance studies and examines how drama can give us a revealing ‘map’ of how people thought about the places in which they lived.

The University has been awarded a record-breaking 10th consecutive Green Flag Award for University Park Campus.

The national award scheme rewards the UK’s best public and community parks and green spaces. Professor Karen Cox, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Environment and Infrastructure, said: “It is important to keep our grounds in superb condition so that they can be enjoyed by students, staff and the community, as well as promoting and protecting the grounds for future generations.”

The University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FAW, one of China’s biggest vehicle manufacturers, to undertake research into low carbon technologies. The research project will investigate the development of a number of technologies, including thermal management and heat transfer for low carbon vehicles. This is a vitally important aspect in the development of hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and pure electric vehicles (EV), which rely on electric and electronic components that normally only operate effectively at certain temperatures.

MRI scanner set for CERN One of the original MRI scanners, which helped pioneer research into neuroscience and physiology at the University, is heading for a new life at CERN. The 3T MR Scanner, which revealed the working of the brain and body, was installed in the Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre 21 years ago. It was at the heart of the centre’s research for over a decade and was retired just months before its 20th year. Around it Sir Peter and his team constructed the world’s fastest MRI system.

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£1.2m research grant Pioneering scientists at the University have won a £1.2m EPSRC grant for research into the engineering of nanomaterials that could transform the global healthcare industry. This research will develop a way to produce medical polymer-based (plastic) nanocomposites for use as surgical implants that eventually break down, being absorbed safely by the body when they have done their job. They could potentially replace metal implants in bone surgery.

Brown fat breakthrough Scientists believe they’ve found a way of fighting obesity — using a pioneering thermal-imaging technique to trace our reserves of brown fat. This ‘good fat’ plays a key role in how quickly our body can burn calories. Brown Adipose Tissue, or brown fat, produces 300 times more heat than any other tissue. Michael Symonds, Professor of Developmental Physiology in the School of Clinical Sciences, led a team who have pioneered the process so we can assess how much brown fat we’ve got and how much heat it is producing.

Alumni news There was more than 70 years between them but when the former Students’ Union President met his modern equivalent the age gap was irrelevant.

Victor Harold Taylor chatted with SU President Alex Cork-Adelman as he arrived back at the University with his family this summer to mark his 95th birthday.

Vic is possibly the oldest and proudest University of Nottingham alumnus (unless you can tell us otherwise? alumni-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk) and wears his personalised University fleece wherever he travels.

When he started at University College, Nottingham in 1936, there were 800 students, 75% of which were men. Alex told him that this year’s undergraduate football trials alone attracted a similar number. The two chatted about University sport and the Varsity Series with Vic proud of having represented the University playing for the 1st XV at rugby and the 2nd X1 at cricket.

A photo held in the University’s Manuscripts and Special Collections shows Vic, as SU President welcoming teacher training students from Goldsmiths College in London as they were evacuated to Nottingham in 1939.

Vic with Professor David Greenaway and Alex Cork-Adelman earlier this year.

Vic said: “Everything was based in the Trent Building in my day including the labs and as SU President I started a fund to raise money so that we could have a Student Union building of our own at some point in the future.”

Vic, who studied an external degree in Physics and Maths, is a member of the Ordo Caligulae (Order of the Boot) awarded to those who have given outstanding contribution to the SU. As a youngster he was nearly expelled in his first term for dropping acorns into empty coal wagons as the train passed under a bridge on which he and his friend were standing. Then, at a University of Nottingham reunion in 1995 he chanced to meet up with the other boy…Ron Derry!

In 1938 Harold’s wife-to-be Winifred Cooley (Physics 1940) joined him at the University and completed her degree in just two years. The couple married in 1942 and went on to have top secret government careers, Vic with the Admiralty, at one time the only civilian scientific advisor to Lord Mountbatten, the First Sea Lord. Win, meanwhile, spent the war working on top secret radar developments.

Vic Taylor factfile Born in Bulwell in 1917, Vic remembers going to Goose Fair when it was in the Old Market Square.

His father was a rep for Shipstones Brewery. He survived scarlet fever and three strokes of the tawse (whip) for pretending to sell the inkwells they all used behind the teacher’s back.

Vic, as SU President, welcoming students evacuated from London in 1939.

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Alumni news

Pure gold... silver and bronze University of Nottingham graduates have enjoyed their most successful ever Olympic Games, bagging two golds, two silver and a bronze medal at London 2012.

As the UK was the centre of the world’s sporting gaze for 17 days this summer, the University too basked in the reflected glory of alumni who won medals and also the huge numbers who volunteered as games makers and officiated. Up to London 2012, Nottingham alumni had won six medals for Team GB and this summer a further five were won.

Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott (both Mechanical Engineering 2000) wrote their names in Olympic history by winning gold in the canoe slalom doubles while Beijing silver medallist David Florence (Mathematical Physics 2005) secured silver in the same event. All this came just hours after Chris Bartley (Biology 2005) won a rowing silver in the Lightweight Four.

Finally, as the hockey women defeated Australia, Anne Panter (Mathematics and Economics 2009) added a bronze.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor David Greenaway, said: ”The many contributions those associated with the University made at London 2012 filled me with a great sense of pride, particularly at an event whose values — respect, excellence, friendship, courage, determination, inspiration and equality — closely reflect our own. Much has been made of the legacy the Olympics will have in the UK, and I believe if we seize the opportunity presented, the Games can only benefit the University, the City of Nottingham and the country as a whole.”

Almost all of the alumni participants in the Olympics were recipients of the University’s Sports Bursary Scheme which, since its introduction in 1993, has seen its bursars win medals in key international events. Donor Colin Herridge (Economics/Social History 1962) has sponsored the scheme for many years and was one of many alumni who attended a special London Olympic reception hosted by the University’s Department of Sport and Recreation and the Alumni Relations office.

The event attracted former University athletes and members

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of staff and games makers as well as alumni involved in sport all over the world.

“I feel very proud that I’ve played a very small part in the success we’re celebrating,” said Colin. “Watching the roll call of alumni medal winners past and present I realised that I contributed in part to them achieving their success. I started doing this 10 years ago and over that period the sporting success of Nottingham graduates has grown and I just feel a little bit of reflected glory. I can tell my grandchildren that I helped some of those athletes and you can’t ask for anything more than that.”

The Vaughan Parry Williams Coaching Fund is also making a huge contribution to the student sporting experience by providing the professional coaching needed to allow students to achieve their athletic potential, in parallel with their academic ambitions.

Visit: http://tiny.cc/UoNVPW Nurturing Talent and The Nottingham Experience are key projects within the University’s new appeal, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, which is delivering the University’s vision to change lives, tackle global issues and shape the future. Find out more about them and how you can support us at: http://tiny.cc/UoNImpact.

There was disappointment for Britain’s greatest ever canoe sprinter Tim Brabants (Medicine 1999, Hon LLD 2009) who was competing in his fourth Olympic Games. He reached the final of the spring kayak but didn’t make it to a podium spot this time whilst Team Nigeria’s Johny Akinyemi (Philosophy 2010) failed to qualify in the K1 canoe slalom.

Anne Panter during the Great Britain v Japan, Group A, David Florence (front) and Richard Hounslow celebrate a silver

Women’s hockey match on Day 2

medal after the Men’s Canoe Double (C2) Final (Image: PA).

of the Olympics (Image: PA).

The University of Nottingham Alumni Olympic roll call London 2012 Etienne Stott (gold), Tim Baillie (gold), David Florence (silver), Chris Bartley (silver) Anne Panter (bronze) Beijing 2008 Tim Brabants (gold and bronze), David Florence (silver) Athens 2004 Campbell Walsh (silver) Sydney 2000 Tim Brabants (bronze) Barcelona 1992 Gareth Marriott (silver) We’re publishing an online line-up of London 2012. Whatever your role was, please send your photos and memories to: alumni-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk.

Chris Bartley, Richard Chambers, Rob Williams and Peter Chambers (Image: PA).

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Alumni news

Alumna is Dean of York

‘Thank you for your perfect university’

The Very Reverend Vivienne Faull (Theology 1981) has been appointed as the Dean of York, one of the most senior and prestigious Deaneries in the Church of England. Dean of Leicester since 2002, she has been a member of the General Synod representing Deans of cathedrals since 2004 and is on the panel of Chairs of Synod. In 2009 she was elected Chairman of the Association of English Cathedrals.

As she accepted one of The University of Nottingham’s special excellence awards at the 2012 Alumni Laureate Awards, Mary Williams OBE (English 1989) turned to the ViceChancellor Professor David Greenaway, and thanked him for his perfect university.

Malvika joins alumni team Malvika Johal is the new Alumni Relations Officer for Nottingham and the East Midlands. Malvika, pictured above, has extensive experience in public and alumni relations.

“I am thrilled to be working for the University and can’t wait to talk to and meet some of the 25,000 alumni that we have living in Nottingham and the East Midlands. One of my first tasks is planning Mayfest 2013, which takes place on 18 May.” Please contact Malvika about your news and events on: +44 (0)115 846 6940 or: malvika. johal@nottingham.ac.uk.

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“I am absolutely wedded to this University,” she continued. “Anything I wanted to do, I could do here. It’s a place that’s got its feet firmly on the ground and its brain in the sky and that’s what makes it such a perfect university. I praise you to the skies with everyone I meet and I will continue to do so.”

Former transport news journalist Mary, pictured above, founded the charity Brake in 1995 and has grown it to become one of the leading road safety organisations in the UK. Brake supports families bereaved and injured by road crashes and lobbies to defend and support key roads safety measures.

Introduced in 2007, The University of Nottingham Alumni Laureate Awards provide a tangible way for the University to recognise alumni who have achieved excellence in their chosen field.

Distinguished alumnus Edgar Wallner (Pharmacy 1958), himself an Alumni Laureate award-winner, was compere. He brought the ceremony to a close, saying: “I’ve rarely heard so many inspiring stories in the course of one evening. One thing is clear, all our winners seem to think they have to give something back, both to society and to the University, and they are clearly as grateful as I am for the start this great University gave them.”

For a full list of winners visit: http://tiny.cc/ AlumniLaureate12. See p14 for a photograph.

If you know someone who you think deserves an award then please let us know via: alumnienquiries@nottingham.ac.uk.

McFly, Keane... Gina’s hectic year Alumna Gina Georghiou (English Studies and Theology 2011) and her band have released their debut single after a summer supporting some of the biggest names in the music industry.

Gina sings and plays keyboards with Virgin Soldiers who released their debut single Moon Song in August after a hectic year of supporting McFly, Keane and Joan Armatrading.

“If someone had told me this time last year that I

would be pursuing a career with a band, I’d have thought they were crazy. I was so dedicated to my course at the University that I hadn’t hoped for any future other than an academic one,” said Gina. “The band has presented me with some amazing opportunities, and I’ve loved every second of it. University taught me the importance of setting yourself goals and working hard to achieve them.”

Visit: www.virginsoldiers.com.

Alumni news

Join Jubilee’s green legacy The University is to be part of a permanent Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration after being granted a Diamond Wood on land near our Sutton Bonington Campus.

The Woodland Trust has worked with landowners across the UK to create the Diamond Woods.

Up to 40,000 trees will be planted near Sutton Bonington between now and February 2013. The University is bringing together the local community, schools, former students and other groups to develop and enjoy the wood.

Professor Karen Cox, the University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Environment and Infrastructure, said: “Our aim is to design the woodland as an educational resource demonstrating biodiversity and sustainability in woodland practice which will provide education, enjoyment and interest to future generations.”

The University embeds sustainability in everything it does.

The 2012 Greenmetric league table, which surveyed the green credentials of universities in more than 40 countries, ranked Nottingham as the most sustainable university in the world.

There are several ways in which alumni and friends of the University can get involved with the Diamond Wood, by helping to plant, contributing ideas or giving donations. A community planting day is planned for Saturday 1 December and the University would love to see alumni lend a hand.

For details, please contact Simon Buttenshaw on 0115 9513998 or email: simon.buttenshaw@nottingham.ac.uk Sustainability is a key strand of the University’s fundraising appeal, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign. Visit: http:// tiny.cc/UoNImpactSustain.

University honours 12 of best The University has conferred honorary degrees on 12 people in recognition of their achievements. Former Students’ Union President and President of University Council Keith Hamill OBE (Politics 1974), former lay member of Council and SU Trustee Ann

Greenwood (Biochemistry/ Chemistry 1976), Chief Executive of National Grid plc Steve Holliday (Mining Engineering 1978) and Charity Commission Board Member and a Public Appointments Assessor John Knight CBE JP (Zoology 1982), were all

honoured at this summer’s graduation ceremony.

Mr Hamill, pictured left, was also awarded an OBE for services to business and higher education in the Queen’s birthday honours earlier in the year.

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Alumni news

Changing lives, one by one When an English banker took pity on a Kolkata street child he could never have imagined how it would change not only his own life but that of India’s poorest and most vulnerable children..

Tim Grandage was a hopeless student at The University of Nottingham. He’s the first to admit it. But as he accepted an Alumni Laureate Award this year you wouldn’t have known it.

“Life is a funny old thing. People have huge plans for themselves when they’re a student but for me none of those plans worked out. Instead, it was plans which were absolutely crazy but which I was passionate about that came to fruition,” said Tim. “I had always wanted to be a doctor but didn’t get the grades and so came to study Social Administration at Nottingham — Bill Silburn was a great inspiration and I had a great time here. After that I worked for a short time with the Save the Children Fund before joining HSBC. I didn’t really want to be a banker but I liked the idea of somebody paying me a good salary and sending me to a fascinating part of the world.

“Eventually, I ended up in Kolkata, India, as a very naive 29-year-old and at that time there were literally hundreds of thousands of kids on the streets. After one particularly late night I got back to my car to find it surrounded by street people, mainly children and women. They were not aggressive but they were intense. They didn’t want money but did want to look after my car.

“Over the next six months I got to know this group quite well.

One day a little boy was missing from the group. He was not far away when they took me to him but he was delirious and with a very high temperature and I realised I could help. I contacted a client, Dr Jamunesh Chatterjee, who was a doctor and he treated the child until he got better. Dr Chatterjee had always wanted to help the street children and said he was willing to give free medicine to others.

“Incredibly stupidly, I told the child who had been sick ‘if you’ve got any mates who are sick I know a doctor who will give you free medical treatment’. Within a week I had 20 children a day coming to my branch office, knocking on my air-conditioned glass and waving at me. It got totally out of control.

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“First my chief clerk took in 10 children, then my twobedroom flat became available and I took in a further 35 children. These children desperately needed help and in India there are things you can do. I funded it through my salary at first and then HSBC thought I’d got too emotionally involved and posted me to Hong Kong and although I managed to commute to and from Kolkata at weekends I knew I had an important decision to make.

“Resigning from HSBC was the most difficult decision I ever made and it was the craziest risk I’ve ever taken but suddenly in India there was something I could do which could make a huge difference: I could change the lives of children.”

Twenty-five years ago Tim established Future Hope — an amazing success story, a charity providing eight homes for Kolkata’s street children, many of whom are flourishing and being educated in Future Hope’s school. Many children have gone on to study at universities, are living fulfilling lives and others have stayed on to mentor each new generation.

“It was obvious that children’s homes were the answer.

Originally I thought street children needed, food, clothing and education. That’s rubbish. The most important thing they need is a home, somewhere they can go to bed on time, sleep safely, where they can have regular meals and grow up as happy youngsters, looked after by responsible adults.

That’s the fundamental basis of Future Hope.

“After the security though we have to give them opportunity and that’s much more difficult. You can look after a child you’ve taken off the street until he’s 18 but then you’ve really got to do something more to give them a chance in life, to find their talents and push them to use those talents. You want them to keep the independence they had on the streets but at a much higher level and that’s a huge challenge.”

Visit: www.futurehope.net.

Tim with youngsters in Kolkata.

“Resigning from HSBC was the most difficult decision I ever made and it was the craziest risk I’ve ever taken but suddenly in India there was something I could do which could make a huge difference: I could change the lives of children.”

Tim Grandage, Alumnus and founder of Future Hope

The school in Kolkata.

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Feature

Have you heard the one about...

TV comedy shows like Miranda and Not Going Out have made stars of Miranda Hart and Lee Mack but the writing teams who support them deserve applause too, especially Nottingham Theology graduate Paul Kerensa.

Why The University of Nottingham Paul?

It was a choice was between Nottingham and Exeter — they were both green and pleasant but Exeter was on a hill so I thought ‘Nottingham — this’ll be nice’.

And Theology?

Yeh, I never wanted to be a vicar or anything but I was good at religious studies at A Level.

Good memories?

A friend of mine says if you leave university and your biggest accomplishment is your degree then maybe you’ve missed the point. I definitely left with that as my second or third achievement. I fell in with the New Theatre (NT) straight away. I was acting, writing and directing and NT gave me the chance to find my place, try a few things out. They were great facilities. I’m still in touch with a lot of NT people.

I loved my time in halls too and was President of Rutland. You’d go out and do your degree stuff by day, you’d do your extra curricula activities after that, then get back exhausted and suddenly Hall life kicks into gear. It was great.

What happened after Nottingham?

I tried for drama school not thinking I’d get in but I did.

Then I wondered if that meant I’d have to be an actor because that was never the plan. But I was still writing a lot and tried stand up comedy once and loved it.

It was like acting but without a script. If it goes well you get all the applause for yourself, if it goes badly, everyone hates you. I loved the gamble and the fact that it could go either way.

So you stuck with the stand-up after drama school?

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a couple of shows at the Edinburgh Festival based on religion, not preaching, but telling jokes about the most well-known stories.

The writing really seems to have taken off in the last few years?

Yes, it started with sending off jokes to radio shows and then it was a case of being in the right place at the right time. I worked for a producer who gave me a chance with Lee Mack’s radio show, then he went to telly and his sitcom had a small part for Miranda Hart. I went to a recording of the show, met Miranda in the corridor and she asked me to help her with her own sitcom and it was literally as simple as that, a chance meeting.

Does it feel like a proper job?

I generally receive a script wherever I’m performing and then submit some jokes. You do need a few hours run up to the writing and it helps to have a comedic take on things.

And what about your own material?

I suppose I’m still learning and I’m gagging for other people while I put my own stuff together. It’s a long process in TV, so there are many barriers to get past but I’ve got five or six ideas out with producers.

What kind of gigs do you do?

My downfall is I’m trying to be a jack of all trades. I did a cruise recently for the first time, and probably the last. I did the Buttery bar once, I do corporates, arts centres, pubs, stag dos, hen dos, the Comedy Store, a Butlins one-off. I try to keep it light and mainstream, familyfriendly.

Visit: www.paulkerensa.com or follow him on Twitter at: @paulkerensa.

“Our coalition government is blue and yellow, a bit like Ikea. And just like Ikea, we’ve got a rubbish cabinet that won’t last five years.”

“This girl called me up: “Hi it’s me, why don’t you come on round, there’s no-one here...” I went round, no-one there.”

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Events Here’s a flavour of some of our gatherings, attended by over 5,000 alumni last year. For up-to-date listings, visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/alumnievents, follow

us on Twitter: @UoNalumni and Facebook at: www. facebook.com/#!/universityofnottinghamalumni.

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Events

6 1 Guests enjoy the Dress for Success alumni fashion show in London; 2 fun and games at May Fest 2012; 3 Oscar-winning sound designer Randy Thom (right) at an alumni event at the British Film Institute; 4 Dame Elizabeth Fradd DBE at her Open Garden evening for Life Cycle 2; 5 The 2012 Alumni Laureate Awards; 6 Games Maker Yookti Kotecha (Biochemistry 2011) poses with an Olympic Torch at the alumni Olympic event; 7 May Fest 2012 at The University of Nottingham, Ningbo; 8 Fun Hong Kong celebrate May Fest.

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International

A trip down memory lane

Bollywood on campus A time-travelling romantic Bollywood movie which was partly filmed on campus at The University of Nottingham hit cinema screens in the UK this summer.

Teri Meri Kahaani is an unusual Hindi rom-com starring two Bollywood heartthrobs, Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra.

“Thrice upon a love story” is the tagline as the movie tells a tale of romantic drama between the same couple, but in different lives over three time periods.

The reviews were mostly positive, with critics calling it “uncomplicated and charming”.

Filming took place at University Park in Nottingham, on Jubilee Campus and on other locations in the city. The sequences shot on campus feature in the modern-day romance, with Shahid Kapoor playing a student at the Nottingham University Business School and Priyanka Chopra a girl he bumps into. The two stars attended a Bollywood launch in London in June when the film had its premiere.

You can watch a trailer of the film at: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=dBfk0MqD67s.

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Chairman of The University of Nottingham Malaysia, Tengku Rithaudeen (Law 1954, Hon LLD 2002), and Prasad Abraham (Law 1974, Hon LLD 2008), Judicial Commissioner of the High Court in Malaysia and a founder of The University of Nottingham Graduates Association (Malaysia) returned to Nottingham to meet with Vice-Chancellor, Professor David Greenaway, and Head of the School of Law, Professor Stephen Bailey.

“It is at least 10 years since I was last here,” said Tengku Rithaudeen.

“It’s amazing to see the

Professor David Greenaway, Mr Tang Fook Wah, Mr Justice Prasad S Abraham, HH Tengku Tan Sri Ahmad Rithauddeen, and Mr Tengku Mohd Ismail development of University Park with so many new buildings, to see how the University has grown up. And yet there is still so much I recognise.

“When I studied here it was the time of the great Sir John Smith (Hon LLD 1989) and I enjoyed

my time here very much. The University is recognised by the people of Malaysia as the place to come for law and that this university has produced some great lawyers.

“Every time I return it brings back such great memories.”

University opens office in Ghana The University’s commitment to global reach, partnership development, supporting diversity and widening participation has been enhanced with the opening of a new office in West Africa — the first physical presence that the University has established on the continent.

The facility was opened in the Ghanaian capital Accra and underpins the University’s commitment to supporting development across the region through capacity building, collaborative support and knowledge transfer. The office will provide a focus for encouraging staff and student mobility between the UK and Africa, supporting alumni and extending links with current partners in the region. The presence in Ghana will join the University’s existing global network of in-country offices which include China, Malaysia, Brazil and Mexico.

Earlier this year the University cemented links with India by establishing a presence there through the recruitment of its first Country Advisor for India.

Varrtika Tarun Mudaliar, working out of an office

in the capital New Delhi, is supporting existing and new relationships with Indian universities, underpinning research and knowledge transfer strategies, exploring employment opportunities for the University’s Indian alumni and promoting opportunities for UK students to travel to India to study.

The University has also launched the UK-India Teaching Partnership Development Forum in collaboration with Manipal University in India, which will provide a catalyst for best practice and debate for higher education institutions, government officials and industry in the two countries.

Last autumn, The University of Nottingham set up the Asia Business Centre, part of Business Engagement and Innovation Services, which supports innovation partnerships and knowledgetransfer programmes throughout Asia. The Centre works with national and regional governments and with businesses to create new opportunities and manage ongoing links and relationships.

International

The ultimate road trip

Ahmad leaving the University’s Malaysia campus.

Ahmad Mashadani has ended his study abroad placement in style — by riding from the University’s Malaysia Campus to University Park on a 110cc scooter.

The Business Management student travelled through 21 countries, combining a long-held ambition to travel the world with a desire to raise money for the Red Cross.

Ahmad, 24, said: “I wanted to do the trip for the challenge and for the experiences I’ll be having along the road. The chance to

drive anywhere, with the relative freedom of having the world’s road network in front of me, and experiencing things that other travellers might not, makes the concept of travelling by scooter very tempting.”

Malaysian motorcycle manufacturer Demak provided Ahmad with a free scooter, while GIVI gave him clothing and accessories.

“The Red Cross has always been first on site following natural disasters, wars and other miserable conditions that

people might suffer through, trying to help people regardless of the severity of those situations. I want to raise awareness of its actions, and the unselfishness of its volunteers, who often put their lives at risk to help others.”

Ahmad set off on 29 June and arrived in Nottingham on 22 September, where he had a cigar outside the Trent Building. Read his blog at: www.goingnotts.com and watch him at: http://youtu.be/V0cX2-9F-cE.

Promotion for Peter Honour for Vinodh Nottingham alumnus Peter Rice (American Studies 1989) has been promoted to Chairman and Chief Executive of Fox Networks Group (FNG).

News Corporation in New York announced the restructuring of its senior leadership team that oversees the company’s media and entertainment properties.

Peter, who has been Chairman of Entertainment for FNG since 2010, has been elevated to

Chairman and CEO of FNG, where he will oversee all programming and operations.

Chase Carey, News Corporation President and COO said: “The contributions that Peter has made to News Corporation over the years are immeasurable. Peter has proven himself to be one of the most innovative and strategic leaders in the entertainment industry.”

Senior Counsel Vinodh Coomaraswamy (Law 1990) has been appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the High Court of Singapore.

Vinodh, 47, who was a Partner in Shook Lin & Bok LLP’s Dispute Resolution Practice, took up his post on 1 August for one year initially. Vinodh said: “It is a tremendous honour and a privilege to have been thought worthy of this appointment and

hugely humbling to appreciate the weight of the responsibilities that come with it. It is no exaggeration to say, however, that it is the keen scholarship, patient tutoring and good humour of those who taught me at Nottingham over 20 years ago which equipped me with the depth and breadth of legal knowledge and skills which I will continue to draw upon as a judicial commissioner.”

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Alumni news

Welbeck is moving with the times Once one of the richest abbeys in England Welbeck has entertained royalty and nobility throughout the centuries and has witnessed its fair share of English eccentricity.

Now the estate, one of the great landed estates, set mostly in Sherwood Forest, is reinventing itself once again.

The task of transforming one of the most important collections of heritage buildings in the county and breathing new life into the estate has fallen to the Welbeck Estates Company Ltd and its Director of Development is Nottingham Art History alumnus Robert Mayo.

But Robert is just the latest example of the strong ties that exist between the estate, the Dukes of Portland and the University for more than half a century.

The house was originally the principal family seat of the Earls and Dukes of Portland.

After the Second World War the Dukes leased the Abbey to the Ministry of Defence who used it as a training facility, Welbeck College, until 2005.

Three years later the oldest surviving member of the family Lady Anne CavendishBentinck, who continued to live on the estate, died one of the richest landowners in Britain, aged 92. Her father was William Cavendish-Bentinck, the 7th Duke of Portland, former Conservative MP for Newark, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire and the Chancellor of The University of Nottingham from 1954 to 1971, hence the name of the University’s Portland Building.

It was also the 7th Duke who deposited the

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Portland Collections with the University’s Manuscripts and Special Collections at the University in 1949, a collection which is designated by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council as having outstanding national significance.

Welbeck Abbey is a private family home with no public access; it is home to Lady Anne’s nephew William Parente and his wife Alison who are overseeing the Welbeck Project.

“Our vision is true to Welbeck’s tradition of innovation. We want to develop a sustainable community based on rural diversification, education, the creative industries and the arts,” said Robert Mayo.

Last year the company co-financed the Studios in the Digital Age research project by Gianluca Sergi, Director of the University’s Institute for Screen Industries Research in the Department of Culture, Film and Media.

“We’ve already attracted several organisations and established a vibrant and varied community, from a brewery to a company designing and producing top quality contemporary furniture.”

The estate is home to some historically fascinating buildings including a riding house which, at the time it was built, was the second largest in the world, an underground ballroom and a network of underground tunnels built by the 5th Duke, who was known variously as reclusive and introverted but also a friend of the workmen who put into operations his many building projects.

“This historic and beautiful setting with its glorious architecture is already home to the award-winning Harley gallery, the Welbeck Farm Shop, the Limehouse Café, Welbeck Bakehouse and, of course, the School of Artisan Food which has an international reputation as a centre of excellence and a school dedicated to artisan food,” said Robert.

“But we believe that many of our outbuildings offer a unique opportunity for others to be part of the Welbeck Project and to be woven into the rich tapestry of Welbeck’s history.”

Visit: www.welbeck.co.uk.

You can find out more about the University’s Portland Collection and access to it here: http://tiny.cc/UoNWelbeck.

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Campaign news

Children’s message of love Happy Christmas to all our readers, lots of love, from seven-year-old Jessica, four-year-old Tim, five-year-old Kallum and Jacob, aged eight (and a half).

By buying a pack of these cards, you can help improve

The children who designed these superb Christmas cards are all patients on the paediatric wards of the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. Under the guiding eyes of students from the University’s Open Art Surgery Society, a popular weekly workshop for patients and their parents, the children have come up with their favourite images of Christmas. And we’ve decided to offer them as a set of cards for the festive period.

outcomes for children this Christmas.

Each pack of eight cards (two of each design) costs just £4 and every penny will go directly to support the work of the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre (CBTRC) at Nottingham.

Over the past 20 years there have been some great advances made against brain tumours. Experts from The University of Nottingham and the world-leading Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre (CBTRC) have carried out essential pioneering research into the genetic abnormalities of brain tumours, novel imaging techniques and drug delivery, helping to increase national survival rates from 50-70%.

With the help of alumni and friends we can do more to help improve outcomes for children this Christmas. By buying these cards you will be helping to continue the provision of vital diagnosis in the early detection of brain tumours. Together we can make a difference and give hope to the hundreds of people diagnosed with a brain tumour each year and their families.

Order your Christmas cards online at: store.nottingham. ac.uk (click on Product Catalogue). Or call the Regular Giving team on: +44 (0)115 951 3036.

The CBTRC is a key project within Impact: The Nottingham Campaign. If you would like to learn more, please visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/cbtrc.

Nottingham County Netball Association has just raised more than £1,000 for the CBTRC, having supported it for the past two years.

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Sarah scoops prize Geography graduate Sarah Starkey has won the inaugural McGuckin Physical Geography Prize.

Peter McGuckin (Geography 1977), said: “I enjoyed returning to University Park, seeing the cutting-edge buildings and exquisite gardens and visiting Jubilee and King’s Meadow.

Full marks to the Estates department for maintaining the quality of these environments and to the University for recognising the value of investing in high quality campuses in China and Malaysia — it was a prime factor in my choosing to study at Nottingham and a significant influence on my career in landscape architecture.

“I had fun working with Professors

Andrew Leyshon and Sarah Metcalfe and Dr George Swann (School of Geography) and Andy Wright (Development Office) on endowing a new prize to encourage the study of Earth and Environmental Sciences. I had a great time attending Graduation, meeting lots of talented and enthusiastic graduates and in presenting Sarah with the prize.”

Campaign news Professor David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor, enters University Park with colleagues.

Pedal power raises a massive £250,000 After 1,100 miles, twelve intrepid cyclists from the University arrived in Dover to complete a fundraising journey that began in the North West of Scotland 14 days before.

The Life Cycle 2 team, led by Vice-Chancellor Professor David Greenaway, took on the challenge in order to raise £250,000 to help those from disadvantaged backgrounds access higher education. And they succeeded.

Members of the public also got involved as the team reached Nottingham on Day 10, with more than 300 people taking part in a Community Day including two cycling challenges and a sponsored walk around University Park.

The money raised will support Nottingham Potential — part of the University’s largest ever fundraising initiative adding to the institution’s £8m annual commitment to widening participation.

After growing up in an area of serious social deprivation in the east end of Glasgow, Professor Greenaway knows firsthand the potential difference the money raised could make to people’s lives.

He said: “Nottingham Potential is all about widening participation, raising aspirations and supporting achievement so that even more capable young people from underrepresented backgrounds in Nottingham, across the East

Midlands and more widely can reach their academic potential.

We want to ensure that financial concerns do not limit the ambition of those with the ability to achieve academic excellence.

“Nottingham Life Cycle 2 will make a huge impact on increasing awareness and funds for educationally disadvantaged young people but is only one part of our on-going pledge to widen participation and raise aspirations across the region.”

After arriving in Dover the Vice-Chancellor was quick to thank all of the people who had supported the ride, including Lucozade, Gleeds, Santander Universities and UPP. Special praise was also given to those who had joined the team on the ride, including Chief Executive of Malaysian Airways Ahmad Jauhari Yahya (Electrical Engineering 1977) and fellow alumni Doug Thomson (History 1993) and Jack Swannell from Into University as well as all those who took part in the Community Day. For more information, visit the Life Cycle website at: www. nottingham.ac.uk/lifecycle or hear more about the fundraising journey on the Life Cycle Blog at: blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/ lifecycle.

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Campaign news

Having FUN in New York American alumni gathered at The Norwood Club in New York to hear a fascinating talk from Christina Thomas (Sociology 1972), Chief Executive of BAFTA New York.

Friends of The University of Nottingham: America (FUN) supports a number of the University’s fundraising projects, such as scholarships, and is a tax-efficient way to make donations.

For details, contact FUN via Andy Fowell: afowell@verizon. net or call 301-963-3591

Director of Campaign and Alumni Relations Office Kate Robertson (far right, seated) meets alumni.

Set to mark 100 years of the Students’ Union The University of Nottingham Students’ Union will celebrate its centenary in October 2013.

We’d like to trawl the memories of our huge alumni community, young and old, so that we can begin collecting memories of the SU and all its activities. It might be Karnival, volunteering, sporting, social, political or just plain funny — whatever it is we’d like to collate your memories.

If we receive enough material from alumni, we’d also like to celebrate the achievements of Karnival and the Students’ Union through the years by putting together a publication and a supporting website. Alumni have already begun to send in their Karni memories — please keep them coming to: alumni-enquiries@ nottingham.ac.uk A number of social events are being planned for the centenary year bringing together alumni and current 22/ AlumniExchange/ Issue 8/ Autumn 2012

SU officers. Simon Buttenshaw, Head of Development (Regular Gifts) said: “The Campaign and Alumni Relations Office and the Students’ Union are looking forward to working together on centenary-themed events and activities.

“I have already met with one alumni group who have pledged to link the centenary year to fundraising for Nottingham Potential, the University programme which seeks to raise the educational aspirations of disadvantaged young people in the East Midlands.

“It would be fantastic if you felt you could be involved in any of this. We’ll have more news to follow in 2013, but for now, please spread news of our appeal for memories far and wide and help us make a success of the centenary celebrations.”

Find out more about Nottingham Potential at: http://tiny.cc/UoNPotential.

Campaign news

Matthew to lead major New Theatre campaign Broadcaster and former senior BBC executive Matthew Bannister (Law 1978) is spearheading a fundraising campaign to transform the University’s New Theatre for generations of students to come.

Matthew, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Last Word and Outlook, on the World Service, formally opened the University’s new Humanities Building.

He was also a special guest of the theatre, where he spent much of his time as an undergraduate.

“I was incredibly impressed with the current New Theatre students; they’re a lot more professional than we were in the 70s. I learned a lot from my time with the theatre, about managing creative people, budgeting and marketing; all of which has stood me in good stead for my career.

“But it struck me that very little had changed; one of the lighting rigs I used was still in operation. The members now are self-sufficient, they’re incredibly successful and they’ve got great skills but they have a shortage of money.”

The award-winning New Theatre was

established in 1969 — the first 100% student-run theatre in England — members run 15 shows a semester, despite the lack of a dedicated drama degree at Nottingham.

As part of Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, the Theatre’s home has been revamped. Much of the old archaeology block and surrounding buildings have been demolished, and more space made available. The foyer has been improved and the Theatre is now a prominent and stand-alone building. There are longer term plans to secure a new site for a purpose-built space, but for now the Theatre’s home remains at the heart of University Park.

Matthew is forming a fundraising board, Friends of the New Theatre, to upgrade facilities and to establish an ongoing programme of professional development for Theatre members.

Through professional workshops, seminars and mentoring schemes, the programme aims to equip students with the practical skills required to run a theatre. It will enable them to take these skills into their career of choice, while leaving the Theatre with a legacy of

sustainability and an enhanced national reputation.

“I want to support the students and work with them to help secure the theatre’s future and I personally want to invite any alumni who were previously involved with the New Theatre to support it now and into the future. It’s incredibly important,” added Matthew, who also wants to build an archive.

“Having sifted through what little archive material there is I’d like to start by appealing for memorabilia; tickets, programmes, documents, memories, anything — ahead of a grand relaunch of New Theatre in 2013.”

To discuss the archive, please email: mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk or caroline.kelly@nottingham.ac.uk or call contact Caroline on: +44(0)115 951 4564. Your items would be added to the University’s historic collections and archives which are looked after by curators. For details on Matthew’s Friends of the New Theatre fundraising board, contact Andy Shields on: +44 (0)115 823 2806 or email: andrew. shields@nottingham.ac.uk.

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How will you help your favourite cause?

How did you last choose to support your favourite cause?

By volunteering your time? Or by giving a little each month?

Sending a cheque in the post? Or maybe you’ve raised hundreds of pounds through a challenge event?

Charities present us with a range of ways of supporting them, whether through giving our time or our cash. But for most of us, the biggest gift we will ever make won’t take up much of our time or even cost us a penny in our lifetime.

Leaving a gift in our Will is the ultimate show of support for a cause we hold dear to us. After we have considered our family and friends, we can choose to support the causes which have been closest to our hearts during our lifetime, with a gift that will make a lasting impact long after we have gone.

To reflect this, The University of Nottingham has produced a publication called Remembering Nottingham, to provide information for people considering making or changing their Will, and outlining how legacy gifts have had a truly transformative effect on our campuses, our research capacity, and our student experience.

If you would like to find out more about leaving a legacy or to request a copy of Remembering Nottingham then please contact Andrew Wright on: +44 (0)115 951 3998 or email: andrew. wright@nottingham.ac.uk

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A little memento Wherever you are in the world you can remember the University of Nottingham with a memento.

An exciting new range of University of Nottingham merchandise is now available via our revamped online shop, including handbag mirrors, key rings, umbrellas, travel mugs and teddy bears alongside our best-selling favourites; ties, cufflinks, desk clocks and roller pens.

Graduation gifts are also available for pre-order before graduation as is a selection of glassware, greetings cards, books and souvenirs. All profits from the sale of memorabilia to support student activities via the Nottingham Enrichment Fund. The Fund provides grants to students

embarking on vacation projects that develop their personal potential and also enrich the life of the communities in which the projects are set.

And, for the first time, we’re able to offer through our online shop a range of University of Nottingham gifts on sale in the Students’ Union Shop such as baseball caps, branded hoodies, rugby shirts, sweatpants, beanies and polo shirts.

Visit: http://store.nottingham.ac.uk. Or visit us at: Alumni Relations Office, The University of Nottingham, Portland Building, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD t: +44 (0)115 823 2406 e: alumni-shop@nottingham.ac.uk.

£1.5m funding for new Chair The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are to jointly contribute around £1.5m to the funding for a Chair in Sustainable Chemistry to be based at the planned GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry at the University.

institutions and industry partners. It will also be pivotal to successfully attracting top UK academics, postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers to Nottingham, helping to embed sustainable chemistry principles in the next generation of scientists.

The creation of the Chair is part of a wider research agenda into sustainability and green chemistry and will have a particular focus on research of relevance to the pharmaceutical industry. It is hoped that the investment in sustainable chemistry will help to further strengthen the UK as a leader in life-sciences while contributing to environmental stewardship.

Announcing the new Chair on a visit to the University, Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “This appointment will further strengthen links between the University and GSK, encouraging collaboration on a range of important research. It marks another important step in the establishment of the Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry based at the University, which will hopefully come to play an important role in the development and manufacture of new drugs.”

The Chair will be responsible for developing and sharing best practice in green chemistry and catalysing new collaborations with other

Visit: http://tiny.cc/UoNImpactSustainable.

Campaign news

Bridge of size A £12,000 Cascade grant was awarded to support students from the Department of Architecture and Built Environment construct and exhibit their winning pavilion design made from recycled shipping pallets at Ecobuild 2012 in London. Ecobuild is the world’s largest professional event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment with over 200,000 visitors each year. The pavilion featured an exhibition of other live build student projects which have received support from Cascade (formerly the Annual Fund). Visit: www.thefleetingretreat.co.uk.

Awesome... University sets rowing record!

It is official! The University has set a new Guinness World Record for the most electrical energy generated by indoor rowers in 24 hours.

A relay of rowers converted sheer muscle power into 12.4kWh of energy — that’s enough electricity to power a typical three bed house for a whole day.

Members of the Nottingham University Boat Club and the Faculty of Engineering masterminded the world record attempt which was a highlight of the official launch of the University’s £150m fundraising campaign Impact: The Nottingham Campaign in October last year.

With no one rowing less than three minutes and a maximum time of up to half an hour on the machines, the rowers broke through their own target to set the new record. Although the majority were boat club members many other volunteers took part in the 24hour challenge.

Mark Gillott, Professor of Sustainable Building Design and Co-Director Institute of Sustainable Energy Technology, said: “To put this into perspective 12.4kWh is approximately the amount of electricity a typical three bed house would use in a 24-hour period — this record really highlights

how much human effort would be required to generate our own domestic electrical energy needs!”

The Guinness world record certificate was presented to the club at the Henley Royal Regatta by Ian Wilson, an exinternational oarsman himself and the managing director of Concept 2 whose rowing machines were used for the record-breaking achievement.

If you would like to find out more about the Sustainable Futures theme of the Impact Campaign, please visit: http:// tiny.cc/UoNImpactSustain.

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In memoriam

In memoriam

The University extends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of those below, who passed away recently. For an extended list, visit: www. nottingham.ac.uk/alumniexchange or: www.alumni.nottingham.ac.uk

1936 Charles Warr (Pharmacy) 1938 Ronald Gollin (Chemistry) 1944 Hilda Garrett (English) 1947 Geoffrey Tibbs (Chemistry) 1950 Gwyneth Shepherd (English) Norman Thompson (Civil Engineering) James Chilton (Pharmacy) 1951 Betty Aitken, nee Hooper,(English) 1952 Peter Woodhead (Mining Engineering) Donald Fellows (Classics) 1954 David Knights (Chemistry and Physics) 1955 Maureen Modlen, nee Griffin,(Economic and Social History) 1956 Clive Priestley (History) John Davidson (Agriculture/ Horticulture) 1957 Barry Driscoll (Industrial Economics) John Bradley (Law)

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1958 Dr Richard Langdale-Smith (Chemistry)

1972 Neil Adam (Applied Biochemistry and Nutrition)

1997 Gillian Martin, nee Le Mottee, (Public Health)

1959 David Cheetham (Physics) Patricia Burdes (Geography) Professor Raymond Page (English) Jacqueline Cameron (Pharmacy)

1973 Cathy Urwin (Child Psychology)

1998 Dr Jane Halliday (Biochemistry/ Biomedical Physics)

1960 William Martin (Chemistry) 1961 Graham Milner (Theology) Martyn Bittleston (English) John Moore (French) 1962 Dr John Davison (Agriculture/ Horticulture) Emeritus Professor Michael Owen (Mechanical Engineering) Christopher Wigzell(Philosophy)

1976 Jane Mason (Mathematics) 1979 Marina Knott (Education) Kenneth Hyde (Education) 1984 Dr Jeffrey Moore (Education) Robert Heard (Genetics with Biochemistry) 1985 The Rev Graham Turner (Chemistry) Professor Richard Madeley (Medicine) 1987 Peter Coward (Education)

1965 Dr Robert Batey (Geology) Graham Howells (Spanish) Robert Kelcher (Metallurgy) Graham Fidler (Chemistry) Eveline Seddon (Chemistry) Elizabeth Davies (Mathematics)

1989 Simon Wilson (Chemistry)

1967 Terence Cowham (Geography)

1995 Peter Slaney (Combined Studies) Keith Buckley (Combined Studies)

1968 Andrew Coleman (Physics) 1969 Andrew Pyle Electrical Engineering)

1992 Francisca Wong (Education) 1994 Joanne Wakeling (Geography)

1996 Christopher O’Brien (Urban Planning/Management)

2001 David Culpin (Continuing Education) 2003 Timothy Morris (Economics) 2007 Helen Applegarth (Combined Studies) Rory Fraser (Oncology) 2008 Michael Pedder (Chemistry) James Bullock (Human Genetics) 2009 Patricia Thornton-Houser (Education) 2010 Josh Carrick (Computer Science) 2011 Stuart Tyrer (Archaeology) 2012 Emma-Louise Fletcher (Psychology)

Networks

Keep in touch...

...with the University and each other. Nottingham alumni groups are important points of contact for alumni. They also play a key role in building the University’s global community. Here are contact details for active Nottingham networks.

NUBS Alumni All former Nottingham University Business School students are automatically members. It has a dedicated website, magazine and events. Contact: alumnienquiries@nottingham.ac.uk Old Kingstonian Association (OKA) The old students’ association for Sutton Bonington campus and the halls of residence. OKA produces Agrimag and organises an annual reunion in November.

Contact: julian.wiseman@ nottingham.ac.uk or susan. golds@nottingham.ac.uk Bacon Boat Club (NUBC – BBC) Nottingham University Boat Club (NUBC) is open to all ex-NUBC rowers. Check it out on Facebook or contact: james. shrager@gmail.com Pickering Association The alumni association for graduates of the University’s Medical School, with associate membership for staff. Contact: wayne. carter@nottingham.ac.uk or visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/ alumnirelations/pickering

New Theatre Alumni Network Updates and Registration: www.newtheatre.org.uk/alumni Contact Becky Catlin/Philip Geller at: alumni@newtheatre. org.uk or: becky@newtheatre. org.uk Facebook: The New Theatre Alumni Network INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS Australia: Gillian Kelsey and Alain Marc de Sales: gilly164@ bigpond.net.au

Belgium (and Northern Europe): Lucie Jean-Gilles: lucie-gilles@ ngoeuropa.eu Brazil: Patricia Borsa: patricia. borsa@nottingham.ac.uk Canada - Vancouver: Veronica Fynn: fynn@exchange.ubc.ca China: Nottingham Alumni Association in Beijing (NAAB). Zhan Bo Wang: zhanbo1974@yahoo.com or nottinghamalumni@yahoo.cn China: Nottingham Alumni Association in Ningbo (NAAN).

Candy Shen: NAAN@ nottingham.edu.cn China: Nottingham Alumni Association in Shanghai (NAAS) Li Shen (Victor): NAAS-UK@ hotmail.com Egypt: Dr Maha Mourad: mahamourad@hotmail.com Germany: Joerg Hanns Herwig: jherwig@skadden.com Ghana: Alumni Group. Nana Damoah: n.damoah@yahoo. co.uk Greece: Maria Sideri: siderim1@ otenet.gr Hong Kong: Friends of The University of Nottingham Hong Kong (FUN: Hong Kong) Albert Poon: albert.poon@perfectech. net or Candy Chui: candy.chui@ freecomm.com or visit www. ss.com.hk/fun India: Nottingham Alumni Association India (NAAI)

Mumbai: Jehangir Demkevala, Rahul Modi, Sonal Jalan e-mail: indiaalumni@nottingham.ac.uk Delhi: Vaibhav Verma: v.verma@ aspirebig.com Jordan: AlMuntaser AlHindawi: almuntaseralhindawi@gmail.com Korea: Nottingham Alumni Association Korea (NAAK) Mr Jaesung Kwon: jaesungkwon@naver.com Malaysia: Nottingham Alumni Association Malaysia (NAAM) Goh Hoon Huar: hoonhuar. goh@hhgoh.com.my or visit: www.nottingham.org.my Mauritius – Nottingham Alumni Association – Mauritius ((NAAM) Patrick Tse: NottsAlumniMauritius@groups. facebook.com Mexico: Alumni Group: Ninna Makrinov, International Officer: Ninna.Makrinov@nottingham. ac.uk Nigeria: Nottingham Alumni Association Nigeria (NAANG).

Isaac Adoki: izikadoki@ymail. com Pakistan: Nadeem Omar Tarar, Head of Department, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan: notarar@gmail.com Singapore: Nottingham Alumni: Singapore (NAASingapore) Chris Lee: leekatswee@yahoo. com Sri Lanka: Tharindu Wijesuriya: sameendratw@hotmail.com

USA: Friends of the University of Nottingham America (FUN America) Derek Chapman: chapmandd@prodigy.net Under the umbrella of the main University of Nottingham Alumni Relations Facebook page: www.facebook.com/#!/ universityofnottinghamalumni we have launched a number of niche alumni Facebook pages for Schools, departments, halls of residence, special interest and country-specific international alumni so that you can keep up-to-date with the University in a way which is personalised for you. A full list of the new pages, which is regularly updated, is at: www.alumni.nottingham. ac.uk/netcommunity/page. aspx?pid=3149 HALL ASSOCIATIONS Cripps Hall Contact George Gubas, President: george. gubas@cadacademy.co.uk Hugh Stewart Hall Contact Stacy Johnson: stacy.johnson@ nottingham.ac.uk Lenton and Wortley Hall Association Contact Professor Glenn McDowell: www. lentonandwortley.com Lincoln Hall Association Contact Ben Scott: ben.scott@alumni. nottingham.ac.uk or Dr Mark Goodman: mark.goodman@ alumni.nottingham.ac.uk Sherwood Hall Contact Dr Antonino La Rocca: antonino. larocca@nottingham.ac.uk

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