Aspects Magazine summer 2013 issue

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In this issue:

Kim Howells – Working with the Intelligence and Security Committee – page 11

£1,000 Postgraduate Scholarships for Alumni – page 14

21st Anniversary Celebrations – page 16

Cover photo: Prizewinning perspex sculpture by Tom Hiscocks

Aspects The Anglia Ruskin University Alumni Magazine Summer 2013

Photo: Lord Ashcroft Courtyard, Cambridge campus

Where are they now?Can you help us trace our lost alumni?

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

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

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

In Essex:

•Mid-EssexTechnicalCollege & School of Art

•BrentwoodCollegeofEducation

•ChelmerInstitute

•EssexInstituteofHigherEducation

•AngliaHigherEducationCollege

InCambridge:

•Cambridge&CountySchoolof Arts,Crafts&Technology

•CambridgeshireTechnicalCollege & School of Art

•CCAT

•HomertonSchoolofHealthStudies

Togetheras:

•AngliaHigherEducationCollege

•AngliaPolytechnicUniversity

andfromallourpartnerinstitutionsacrosstheUKEasternRegionandworldwide.


In this issue

6It’s fun working with zombies!

8ChloeCheeseRCAMA

16–1721st Anniversary Celebrations

18GlobalSustainabilityInstitute

20–23Faculty News

24Research

Your stories

7 1975 Modern LanguagesReunion in Cambridge

5 Alumni updatesSnippets of information on our alumni

5 Cambridge to South West FranceArtist Tricia McCrae’s move to Charente

8 Chloe Cheese RCA MAUpdate on artist Chloe

8 Dr Darts and the Morning StarUpdate on Patrick Chaplin

6 It’s fun working with Zombies!Josh Winning’s first book

7 Yannis Salavopoulos – leading Greek-German economic strategy

9 Robyn’s varied careerRobyn Steward talks about the interesting turn her life has taken

11 Working with the Intelligence and Security CommitteeAlumnus and Honorary Award holder Kim Howells

Especially for Alumni

14 £1,000 scholarships to support alumniPostgraduate your career

16 21st anniversary celebrationsSuccessful events held in Cambridge and Chelmsford

27 Alumni MemorabiliaYour University crest pin badge and new additions

5 Alumni Success in Business AwardChance to enter for this award

32 Last WordsA message to alumni from Sue Jacobs

29 ObituariesCaroline Bosanquet, Chris Hunter, Anne Castell

2 Where are they now?Are you in touch with any of our ‘lost’ alumni?

4 The Vice ChancellorThe welcome message from Michael Thorne

Anglia Ruskin News

14 And the walk goes on!Update on John Rayment’s charity walk

15 Childhood & Youth Research InstituteInformation on activity at CYRI

24 College of West Anglia‘Tower Block’ refurbished

13 Development UpdateLastest news on our fundraising initiatives

20 Faculty of Arts, Law & Social SciencesNews from the faculty

21 Faculty of Health, Social Care & EducationSome FHSCE research activity

23 Faculty of Science & TechnologyUpdates on activity in the faculty

18 Global Sustainability InstituteFirst Annual Research Conference

30 International NewsOur international activity

13 John Rutter ‘Come and Sing’ DayCharity choral workshop in aid of Music Therapy

22 Lord Ashcroft International Business SchoolUpdates from the faculty

19 Postgraduate Medical InstituteNew Simulation Centre

24 ResearchA selection of some of our current research projects

10 School of Art PrizesAlumni fund pizes in the School of Art

26 Sports ReportSports update from Cambridge and Chelmsford

28 Staff SnippetsNews of staff ventures and successes

25 University Centre PeterboroughNews from Peterborough

31 Employment Bureau Bring new energy into your workplace

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

4 Aspects Summer 2013

Notwithstanding the weather, it has been a tremendous springtime for all of us here at Anglia Ruskin University. First, our Judo team has now established us as the number one university for Judo in Britain having won the British Universities and Colleges Sports association Judo championship three years in a row. My favourite late night video is now the one in which we witness the Anglia Ruskin finalist in this season’s determining match beating no less than Oxford University: yes, yes yes! Second, at a packed NHS Expo event in the ExCel centre in East London we launched the Business Services which will be offered as part of the Anglia Ruskin Medtech Campus initiative: a private sector-led partnership with the councils in Chelmsford, Harlow and Southend-on-Sea to provide land and buildings which will accommodate companies originating from the UK or even further afield (such as China or India), producing high and low-tech medical products which will make a difference to patients and patient pathways through the health system tomorrow. Our Business Services will support start-up companies which could

emanate from an idea from a nurse, a health service user, or a surgeon. The NHS Innovation minister Earl Howe has been immensely supportive of this ground-breaking initiative, not least because it could mean 12,500 jobs for Essex! And then I went to India to support our international student recruitment efforts by contributing to a conference for all those who help us in India as well as a round table with Vice Chancellors from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. There, as well as being impressed by our deep commitment to that region through practical engagement locally, I met a group of alumni who came along to our very first 21st birthday event as a university – of course, thanks to the Cambridge School of Art founded by John Ruskin in 1858 we are a lot older than that as an educational institution. As ever, this remarkable group of former students, many of whom had studied law quite a number of years ago, had wonderful tales to tell of what their experience at Anglia Ruskin University (or predecessor institution) had meant to them. It was humbling to find out how well they had got on in life since and the significant roles in South Asian society that they were

playing. But so too was it pleasing to find that much more recent graduates – from just the last couple of years – had not only taken the time to come in and join us for the occasion but were also in good jobs: a crucial issue in that part of the world where an investment in a university education comes at an even higher price, relatively speaking, than here in England. And then the UK-based 21st birthday parties, first in Cambridge and then in Chelmsford. Alumnus and TV superstar Nick Crane spoke fondly in Cambridge about what his tutors had meant to him, his love of geography and his life and work in TV series such as Coast and Towns. Lord Ashcroft, another alumnus and one of the most successful businessmen of his generation, spoke in Chelmsford about bravery and told us humbling tales of the sacrifice young soldiers made in the Second World War for the greater good of mankind – all relating to his unique collection of Victoria Crosses and his books and TV series about them. All in all, an outstanding series of events, participating in which could only inculcate a sense of ever-increasing pride for those of us connected with Anglia Ruskin University, whether now or in the past. And last, but not least, a new and increasingly recurring feature of the engagement of our alumni community is the willingness to give us help, be that activity based such as offering to mentor current students or provide paid placements for current students in their businesses, or to offer funding to help students less fortunate than they are now, or to help us realise the ambitions we have to go beyond what government funding enables us to achieve. Many such offers came through during the birthday celebrations. My personal conclusion is that quite simply you are a wonderful community of alumni and I am both proud of you and your achievements and immensely grateful for your support.

Professor Michael ThorneVice Chancellor

The ViceChancellor


Alumni updates Maureen Allen-Wiesner graduated BSc Health and Social Studies 1996. She is now pursuing her career in healthcare by working for Addenbrookes Hospital as a part-time research nurse in the department of Medical Genetics at University of Cambridge with a particular focus on type 1 diabetes.

Lois Brown graduated from Anglia Ruskin with MSc Diagnostic Radiography in 2005. She has been working in the field of radiography for 50 years and is about to attend her 50th High School Reunion. Lois feels it has been a great career and she still enjoys working full- time, consulting with the medical side as well as veterinarians. Lois has also just completed the text of the fifth edition of Lavin’s Diagnostic Imaging for Veterinary Technicians. She wrote the Physics and Imaging chapters (16 in total).

Anna Chalkiadaki completed her BA (Hons) Business Economics in 1999 and has had a very successful business career. She has long-standing experience in the financial aspects of the real estate sector, having been involved in a number of real estate companies, both in Greece and Central and Eastern Europe. These include NBG Pangaea REIC and Eurobank Properties REIC, a company for which she had a major role both in its successful IPO in 2006 and the subsequent rights issue in 2007, as well as in its operations and development.

Ian Farrar, who graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Geology in 1997, is an Environmental Project Manager and is now working and living in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Rosemary Gant graduated in 1999 with HNC Business & Finance. Rosemary works for the NHS part-time and the rest of the time she works on websites and social media. She has developed and managed websites for the NHS, small business and sole traders. Rosemary also develops a series of tutorials on Word-pressing and Social Media.

BSc (Hons) Chemistry 1999 graduate John Hicks has spent 25 years working in the area of science and technology and feels that getting his degree changed his life! John now runs his own company www.spectaclescoach.com. John would like to hear from anyone who would like to know more or just get in touch again.

Fraser Hodgkiss graduated with an HND Business Studies 1991. He tells us: “After I left Anglia I went to work in Kenya for a year, then came back and went to work for Centremark as Sales and Marketing Director. I took over the company in 2002 and have developed the business into a multifunctional Creative Graphic Design and Digital Marketing agency. We specialise in visual communications and help our customers to communicate better with theirs. Please go to http://www.issuu.com/centremark or http://www.youtume.com to see what we do.”

Foundation Ophthalmic Dispensing 2008 graduate Jennifer Holloway is currently living the dream in Australia as the dispensing partner at Specsavers Smithfield in Cairns, Queensland.

2009 BA (Hons) Film Studies graduate Lee Keable has just completed his first feature film – At War with the Thirst. Released on DVD in February 2013, it’s a documentary of the band Fearless Vampire Killers. It also aired on Loaded TV during January as well as at some UK cinemas.

Christian Mayne, BSc (Hons) Computer Science 1996, is an IT professional with a background in consultancy. Christian is currently working in PHP and Ruby on Rails systems development. He also runs ‘Cuckoo’s Nest Antiques’, an online web-shop selling antiques, books, ephemera and items of genealogical and topographical interest. Christian has also been a professional club DJ since 1988 and was Barvest DJ of the Year 2004 – a very busy man!

Cambridge to South West FranceTricia McCrae graduated from Cambridge School of Art in 2003 with BA (Hons) Art & History. After many years practising her art whilst living in Cambridge, Tricia has decided to move abroad and set up her own business in France to run photo-holiday courses.

‘Studio Lavalette’ is based in Villebois-Lavelette, in Charente, a picturesque medieval town in South West France. The Studio offers you year-round 3–5 day residential photo holiday courses and workshops, what Tricia describes as “holidays with a focus!” So if you want to sharpen your pixels, you know where to go!

We wish Tricia every success with her new venture. www.studiolavalette.com

Alumni Success in Business AwardAs we go to press we are in the process of selecting the 2013 winner of the Success in Business Award, which celebrates alumni who have gone on to do amazing things after graduation. We will announce the winner in the next issue, but we are already asking for nominations for 2014.

If you know anyone who you believe deserves this award – or if you want to nominate yourself – please go to www.anglia.ac.uk/alumni and click on the Alumni Achievements tab at the side. You’ll find the Success in Business Award there, along with a link to the nomination form. All nominations need to be in by 26 April 2014. The winner receives a crystal trophy, which is presented at one of our graduation ceremonies, and joins the Vice Chancellor for lunch.

So if you know of someone, get nominating!


It’s dark and I’m surrounded by zombies. They’re far less interested in me than raiding a catering services van, though – which is probably because they’re not real zombies, they’re extras on TV series The Walking Dead. It’s October 2012 and I’ve been sent to the set of the hit TV show by Total Film magazine in order to write a ‘behind-the-scenes’ article. As the sun rises and we head down the road to a deserted town in Georgia to watch filming, I’m struck by a familiar thought – if you’d told me when I graduated from Anglia Ruskin University eight years ago that I’d be chatting with zombies and flying to exciting places for a living, I’d never have believed you.

Not that this is a common event. I graduated from Anglia Ruskin in 2005 with no idea what I was going to do next. My final year had been a tough one. My mother died unexpectedly from cancer, and it felt like a race just to get my work done in time for graduation. The university staff – in particular Pat Coyle, Sarah Barrow and Tanya Horeck – were unbelievably understanding and supportive. It was Pat Coyle, sadly no longer with us, who eventually recommended a career in journalism. I visited her nine months after I finished my Film and Communications degree (and was working a shop job) and told

her one thing: I want to write, but I don’t know how to make a career out of it. She suggested an NCTJ course (National Council for the Training of Journalists), and I landed a place at City College Brighton & Hove.

That nine months is a bit of a blur. I knew that journalism was massively competitive, so I set out to get as much experience as possible. While studying for my NCTJ qualification I worked one day at a local magazine, another at a local newspaper, and another doing admin for a freelance journalist. It was a really busy, really interesting time, and the experience I gained was invaluable (it also did wonders for my CV). During this time, I also did a week-long internship at Total Film. I’m still not entirely sure how I managed to con the staff there into eventually taking me on as a freelancer, but it’s a fantastic magazine to work for and I still can’t quite believe my luck.

I didn’t set out to be a freelancer. When I moved to London in 2007 I got a job as a listings writer for the BBC, as there were very few staff jobs at magazines. I became a full-time freelancer by default two years later. It’s a strange lifestyle. I’m alternately a nomad and a hermit, depending on the jobs that come up from week to week. Though it took a little while to get used to – especially as I went from a bustling London office to, essentially, a desk in my bedroom – I feel like I’ve got the life-work balance relatively under control. That said, there’s always the niggling sense of guilt that any free time could be used for work.

That’s when it’s best to put the laptop away, crack open a cold beverage and, you know, try to have a bit of a life.

Freelancing also gifted me the free time I needed to finish my first novel, Sentinel. It’s a dark fantasy set in modern-day Cambridge. Though it’s a niche genre, I’d like to think anybody can enjoy it – at its heart, it’s about a teenage boy attempting to make sense of the world. Which everybody can relate to, right? (Yes, even zombies.)

Josh WinningsBA (Hons) Film Studies & Communication Studies 2005

Josh Winnings, Journalist

It’s fun working with zombies!


Leading Greek-German economic strategy

Yannis Salavopoulos, First Embassy Secretary for Economic & Commercial Affairs

Ioannis (Yannis) Salavopoulos is First Embassy Secretary for Economic & Commercial Affairs at the Embassy of Greece in Berlin and is Deputy Director of the Economic & Commercial Section of the Embassy. At the same time he is also President CWHR (Club of the Economic & Commercial Diplomats in Berlin), the largest diplomatic club in Germany.

In 2012 Yannis completed his MBA studies, which were split between HWR in Berlin and Anglia Ruskin in Cambridge. He originally graduated from the Law School of the Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, after studying one year at the Law School of the Free University Berlin. Yannis then took his executive Master of Science in Business Studies for Lawyers from ALBA Graduate Business School in Athens

(included in Financial Times LLM List) while he was working as a lawyer. Yannis initially worked for a few years as a lawyer in Athens and was a member of the Athens Bar Association. He specialized in real estate, corporate, financial and commercial law in general and was involved in several cases involving foreign companies with a presence in Greece.

However, he decided he wished to pursue a career in the diplomatic service, and his fluency in Greek, German and English – alongside basic French – were an excellent skill for this. His first diplomatic post was at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Directorate of Business Development. In order to enter the Diplomatic Corps of the Economic & Commercial Diplomats, he had to graduate from the National School of

Public Administration in Athens, which he did successfully. His diplomatic career then took off, and before his posting to Berlin he served as Embassy Secretary for Economic & Commercial Affairs at the Embassy of Greece in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Alongside his career as a diplomat, Yannis has written articles about economic and investment topics in both Greek and German magazines. He has also participated in several economic, financial and investment forums and conferences, representing in many cases Greece, and he has given presentations on a wide range of topics at conferences in Greece and Germany and also at German universities.

We wish him every success in his future career.

1975 Modern Languages Graduates ReunionNineteen graduates from the 1975 BA Modern Languages course, along with assorted partners, met at the Tram Depot on East Road in Cambridge on Saturday 22 April 22 for our second reunion since 2002. This was the biggest turnout yet. Two flew in from Spain and one drove over from France. Unfortunately, the Italian contingent couldn’t make it this year!

We spent the morning, afternoon and part of the evening catching up. Most of us had a look round the campus, trying to identify parts we recognized such as the Batman and the old ‘chicken huts.’ However, there isn’t much left of the ‘Tech’ that we recognise. Nonetheless it looks a fabulous place.

We also had a wander round town with afternoon tea at the Copper Kettle followed by drinks and a meal at the Fort St George. It was a great day, the weather was beautiful and we vowed to keep up the contact.

Pictured are: Gillian Powell, Richard Assock, Clare Lange, David Matthews, Josephine Pye (nee Corfield), Fiona Mackintosh, Nick Parker, Sue Parker (nee Horne), Shane Hardy, Kathryn Robinson (nee Whitehouse), Sarah Puxley (nee Kirk), Anne Ansborough (nee Mather), James Robinson, Stephanie Yates (nee Smith), Michele Hansford (nee Roche), Maggie Unwin (nee Wiseman).

Also there, but not in the photo, were Lewis Gorjanc, Jadzia Kormonicki and Patricia Managham.

James RobinsonBAH Modern Languages 1975


‘Dr Darts’ and the Morning StarDarts author and historian Dr Patrick Chaplin (known globally as ‘Dr Darts’), who gained his PhD here at Anglia Ruskin in 2000, ended 2012 on a high note. The Morning Star declared Patrick’s Darts in England 1900–39: A social history (which was published for the first time in paperback last November) as one of the newspaper’s ‘Books of the Year 2012’.

Reviewer Mat Coward stated: “Based on Chaplin’s PhD, this ground-breaking study represents years of research in an almost entirely neglected area. Until Chaplin started digging for evidence, we knew nothing about the sport’s origins and almost everything we thought we knew – as he proves here – was wrong. Controversially, Chaplin believes that traditional Marxist approaches to understanding popular culture are “limited in their usefulness” when it comes to darts.

Patrick, who is an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow with us at our Cambridge campus, said: “I am thrilled to have been included in this prestigious list of non-fiction ‘Books of the Year.’ Darts in England generated some excellent reviews when the hardback edition was first published in 2009, but this latest review is bound to generate more interest in my work. Hopefully, it might also stimulate further academic research into other neglected areas of pub games. I am, of course, thankful to Manchester University Press for deciding to publish my book in paperback.”

Rohan McWilliam, Professor of Modern British History and President of the British Association of Victorian Studies, who was formerly Patrick’s Director of Studies, told him, “We at Anglia Ruskin are just so delighted about this. The assessment is actually very detailed and really engaged

with what you were doing in the book. I can’t imagine a more positive account of the book.”

What a great end to a year for Patrick, that also saw the publication of his latest work 180! Fascinating Darts Facts (The History Press, 2012), which contains numerous curious and unusual facts about the sport unearthed during Patrick’s research for his PhD and never before available in book form. Patrick is currently collaborating with Olly Croft OBE, co-founder and former Managing Director of the British Darts Organisation, writing Olly’s life story; the work being tentatively titled The Godfather of Darts.

Chloe Cheese RCA MAChloe was born in Chelsea in 1952 but moved to Essex when she was 18 months old. Eventually, her mother moved into a cottage in Great Bardfield, near to where the famous artist Edward Bawden lived, who was her mother’s friend and mentor. Chloe attended The Friends’ School in Saffron Walden until she was 16, when she joined Cambridge School of Art in 1969.

After completing her studies with us Chloe went on to study at the Royal College of Art, leaving in 1976. During her time there she spent three months in the Paris studio, where she became interested in drawing food and wine. This led to some editorial illustrations for The Sunday Times and Habitat.

Since then there have been many exhibitions of Chloe’s work in galleries from London to Japan and in 2012 she received a commission from the House of Commons to make a lithograph as part of a portfolio about Portcullis House to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Chloe has also turned her hand to lecturing. From 1997–2000 she was a visiting lecturer at Notre Dame University in Lebanon and is currently an Associate Lecturer on the Illustration MA course at Camberwell College of Art.

Alongside all this, Chloe is also a patron of the Association of Illustrators and a trustee for the Curwen Print Study Centre near Cambridge.


My name is Robyn Steward and I have a type of autism called Asperger’s syndrome. The point of university, apart from the obvious qualifications, is to make you more employable, which for many is why they go to university – to get a career. I have a Certificate in Higher Education from Anglia Ruskin University, where I was enrolled on the Creative Online Design course. At the same time, I started to volunteer with the NAS (National Autistic Society), as a ‘media talker’ and I also started volunteering

with the community development team at Anglia Ruskin as a mentor to children with special needs.

On one occasion, the NAS asked me to speak on Channel 4 news with Jon Snow (who wears stripy socks, like his ties). There I was talking about PEERS, a social skills programme for people on the autistic spectrum, the umbrella term for the different types of autism. PEERS is run from UCLA (University of California in Los Angeles). It had reached the news as it was being presented at IMFAR (International Meeting for Autism Research) in London, and was the first specifically tested social skills programme.

Ian Hood, then Head of Learning Support, asked if I ever wanted to travel and suggested I apply for the Charlie Bayne Travel Trust (I think Ian had managed to get the closing date moved for me). I put LA on the form because of PEERS. I didn’t think I’d get it, but I did! So I rang UCLA and asked if I could visit and give a talk – they knew who I was as they had seen me on the news. Everyone said I should visit San Francisco, so I called as many people there in the world of autism as I could and arranged to stay with a teacher and his family. Anglia Ruskin put out a press release; it got picked up by Look East and local papers, including a feature in the Cambridge Evening News and radio Cambridgeshire.

My mum had said I wouldn’t cope with the airport when I told her I wanted to go to New York. I could understand her concern, so I thought I better not tell my parents I was going to LA and San Francisco as well! I didn’t want to worry them, so three weeks before, I let them read about it in the paper and I went anyway!

I decided to take a sabbatical for a year to try and figure out what I wanted to do. That was almost 5 years ago and I’m still on the sabbatical! I don’t know if it was the right choice as I do not earn huge amounts of money, but I now train people in autism around the world. I’ve just got back from Spain, where I have been speaking at IMFAR, and I also have a book being published in September. I have spoken in the USA five times, been to Australia on a speaking tour, released two digital singles and become a painter.

Perhaps if I’d completed a degree I would have taken up a run-of-the-mill job in IT, but I think I’d rather do this. Life is so short I might as well enjoy it! However, university is more than just the qualifications – the community is full of new opportunities and I got a career within a year.

To find out more see www.robynsteward.com www.delektra.com

Robyn Steward, Author & Trainer

Robyn’s varied career


School of Art PrizesWe are very grateful to our alumni and other contacts who have again supplied prizes for graduating students at our School of Art. The Dr Supanee Gazeley Prize for Fine Art and the Tempest Photography Award were both presented at the Private View of the degree show. The winner of the Mark Devin award is selected at the end of the academic year and mentioned at graduations.

Dr Supanee Gazeley Prize for Fine Art

This year’s winner is Tom Hiscocks for his eye-catching Perspex sculptures of the body, which look particularly stunning in the sunlight. The prize of £2,000 is awarded each year for the best piece displayed at the show.

On winning the prize, Tom said: “I am honoured to win this prize against some very strong contenders. My work has evolved significantly during my three years of study at the Cambridge School of Art, and I am grateful to my fellow students, and to all the staff who have guided that development. I am now embarking on full- time professional practice and I hope that my current and future works will prove to be interesting and engaging. I will have an exhibition in the Spring of 2014, and my Queen’s Beasts are showing at Blenheim Palace during the summer of 2014.”

Sue Jacobs, Head of Development & Alumni Relations and a member of the selection panel, added: “We are delighted that Tom has been selected this year for his outstanding and innovative work. This is the fifth year that Dr Supanee Gazeley has generously supported the Fine Art prize, which recognises the high standard of work of our School of Art graduates. Dr Gazeley is one of our graduates, one of our

Honorary Award holders and also an artist herself and we are extremely grateful for her continued support.”

Tom is definitely someone to watch in the future, so visit his website (http://tomhiscocksportraits.co.uk) for further information.

Mark Devin Performance Prize

This is the second year that alumnus Mark Devin has supported our music students by generously funding a prize of £500. The prize is awarded to a Music or Popular Music student with the highest mark for an assessed performance and our congratulations go to John (Jack) Cherry for winning the award, and also for his academic achievement that made him this year’s winner.

Tempest Photography Prize

H. Tempest Limited are the photographers that attend our graduation ceremonies, and many of you will have posed for them on your graduation day. We are delighted that they are again supporting a photography prize of £500, which is awarded for the best contribution to the Photographic Community at Cambridge School of Art. This year the prize has been jointly awarded to Toby Martin and Wil Symons for their work raising funds to help final year students with the costs of putting on the degree show. They even cycled from London to Paris in the snow at the start of the year! Toby and Wil received £250 each. Their efforts were co-organised by Matthew Wright, a second year student who joined them on their journey.

(l-r) Albert Gazeley (Dr Gazeley’s husband) presenting the award to Tom Hiscocks


Working with the Intelligence and Security CommitteeIn recent months, questions about our civil liberties have pushed the work of intelligence agencies into the public consciousness. Are our rights to privacy respected and who do the agencies answer to when they over-step the line?

Our Honorary Award holder Rt Hon Dr Kim Howells (and 1974 graduate), spent 21 years as a member of the UK Parliament and worked in a variety of positions, before retiring in 2010. In November 2011 Dr Howells delivered a talk on our Cambridge campus entitled ‘Ensuring Accountability without Undermining National Security: Parliamentary Supervision of the Intelligence Services’. Amongst other subjects, Dr Howell spoke about the reasoning behind the work the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) undertakes to ensure our civil liberties are upheld by the UK’s intelligence agencies. Dr Howells explains:

“As a government minister I saw first-hand some of our intelligence and security officers working in extremely dangerous locations. Whatever their task or location, the work is undertaken on the orders of the British government, designed ultimately to keep this country safe from the efforts of those who wish to harm us. Because of its very nature, much of that work is secret and must remain so. As the minister for the Middle East at the Foreign Office with responsibility for Counter

Terrorism, Counter-Proliferation and Counter Narcotics, I had a close working relationship with MI6, GCHQ and Military Intelligence. When, in October 2008, I was appointed chair of the ISC, it suddenly became my job to hold the agencies to account. The ISC’s task is to assess whether the agencies’ work is lawful, whether it can be done better, should be done at all and whether the British people are receiving value for their money.

“I agreed to chair the ISC because I believed, and continue to believe, that it is vital that this oversight of our agencies happens. The agencies are part of the structure of government and they are subject to the same public demands for accountability. The combined budget of the agencies constitutes a substantial slug of UK taxpayers’ money and they have the power to intercept communications, tape telephone messages, open mail, bug, carry out surveillance and break and enter in the quest for information. They are powers that need to be overseen in order to ensure that our right to privacy is not over-ridden without very good reason.

“Institutions that rely heavily on secrecy will almost always become the subjects of mistrust and history warns us that an unchecked intelligence service can be very dangerous. The 1994 Intelligence Services Act established a committee of parliamentarians, the ISC, to provide oversight of three agencies: MI5, MI6 and GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters). The ISC is this country’s main mechanism for overseeing our agencies but it isn’t the only one; the agencies are answerable to the relevant Secretary of State.

“Members of the public who wish to complain about the activities of the agencies can take their cases to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. The tribunal is comprised of ten senior members of the legal profession and was set up by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) to consider complaints covered by the Intelligence Services Act. Your recourse as an individual is to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.

“Most of the ISC’s work cannot be talked about and it has developed a strong reputation as a committee that does not leak. The burden of work is very considerable and goes largely unseen. During my 21 years as an MP and a minister I encountered all manner of parliamentary committees. None of them came close to the ISC in the determination and fierceness with which it guarded its independence and asserted its power to investigate the agencies.”


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Development UpdateDonor Thank You Receptions

We were delighted to welcome alumni who donated to the Annual Fund to two special Thank You receptions in May and June. These were the first of what we hope will be annual events to thank donors like you for making a difference for students, research and our community. Each reception was a wonderful opportunity for our donors to visit our campuses during the 21st Anniversary celebratory events, hear how their donations are making an impact, and to meet students who have benefitted from their support.

Telethon 2013

Did you know that £5,000 in scholarships was awarded to incoming students, solely funded by alumni donations last year? We would like to be able to continue this support, so as part of our on-going fundraising efforts we will be running our third consecutive telephone fundraising campaign in November and December. This is to raise money for our Annual Fund, as well as giving us the opportunity to thank our current donors. The Telethon will allow students to speak with alumni like you about careers, university life, and ways in which our graduates can support current and future students, both financially and non-financially. More information will be available on our website nearer the time, so please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/makingadifference.

Together, making a difference

John Rutter ‘Come and Sing’ Day

Saturday 1st June dawned bright and sunny, a perfect start to our charity choral workshop with John Rutter in Chelmsford Cathedral, renowned for its wonderful

acoustics. John is one of Britain’s best known and well-loved composers of choral music and is also one of Anglia Ruskin’s Honorary Award holders.

Around 250 people came along for a day of singing, laughter – and more than a few anecdotes about John’s life. Everyone seemed to agree there were two particular highlights to the day. One was singing This is the Day, composed by John for the wedding of Prince William to Katherine Middleton in 2011. The other was a performance by three guest soloists – baritone Christopher Keyte, who is also one of our Honorary Award holders, and a soprano and tenor from his Young People’s Choir. They sang as part of the main piece the audience had been practising across the day.

A wonderful time was had by all and we are very grateful that John kindly gave his time to help us raise funds for music therapy.


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£1,000 Postgraduate Scholarships for AlumniAnglia Ruskin University are proud to offer all former UK/EU students the opportunity to save £1,000 on their Masters course fees. The Alumni Postgraduate Scholarship of £1,000 is available for all full-time and part-time Masters courses starting September 2013 and January 2014*.

To apply for this Postgraduate Scholarship, download the application form (below) and when applying online for your course, upload this application form with your other relevant documentation.

If you are a former international student of Anglia Ruskin University, you will automatically receive this discount of £1,000 as part of your application.Alumni will need to apply online as per the normal route and upload the Postgraduate Scholarship Application form as part of their application. This application form is available via the following URL: www.anglia.ac.uk/pgscholarship

*This scholarship is not applicable to most distance learning courses, and courses delivered in conjunction with collaborative partners.

And the walk goes on!John Rayment is walking the whole coast of Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) to raise money for and awareness of Parkinson’s.

The journey started at the Tilbury Ferry on the river Thames on 1 August and will

finish back at Tilbury in time for tea on 31 October 2013.

John wants to raise ‘a penny a pace’. 2,000 paces means £20 a mile, £300 for each 15 mile day, and my estimated 5,500 miles is 11 million paces, or £110,000.

You can keep up to date with his progress; facebook.com/john.rayment.16 He is posting about 30 photographs each day. With an average of 15–26 miles a day, John has certainly met some lovely people, possibly even the Angel of Noss Mayo and visited some extraordinary places! Please read the full article on our Alumni webpage.


The Childhood & Youth Research Institute (CYRI)CYRI Seminars

“The highlight of the year was hearing visiting Prof Stan Tucker share his experiences of involving young people in research into the highly sensitive area of experiences relating to abuse. This was fascinating to learn more about the process and to hear the outcomes of this enlightening piece of research.” Cathy Brunton-Spall, Masters Student

CYRI Research

“CYRI offers expertise and support to progress research ideas so that they become research projects. We have been encouraged in the Education Department to make links to research to inform our teaching and scholarship.” Christine Such, Senior Lecturer

We live in turbulent times with high levels of youth unemployment, increasing numbers of children living in poverty and new challenges and opportunities in health, education and social care. The Childhood and Youth Research Institute, which celebrates its third birthday in September 2013, positions itself at the core of this interface.

CYRI is a multi-disciplinary initiative which brings together the diverse expertise of academics who share an interest and knowledge in childhood and youth research or scholarship from a variety of disciplines across Anglia Ruskin University. The institute aims to build a research portfolio that is academically credible and meaningful to children and young people. Driving multidisciplinary research, we forge strategic partnerships that result in high-impact research which will influence and shape policy and

practice. Key to the success of CYRI is the research groups that we support. Currently these include:

Social Inclusion Research Group Participatory Research Group Children and Young Peoples’ Voice Research Group Early Years Research Group

The main focuses of CYRI research groups are the social, cultural, emotional, intellectual and physical well-being of children and young people and the inclusion of their voices in research. To this end we encourage a variety of interdisciplinary approaches and a range of ways to involve children and young people in both the design and implementation of research. By building upon the research strengths and skills of current staff as well as collaborating with external experts, the institute has created a diverse community of visiting professors, summer students, consultants and associate research assistants (aged 16–21) who extend the ‘critical mass’ of academics at CYRI and enable us to achieve a number of key objectives, which include:

focusing on delivering research outputs to an internationally recognised standard increasing the volume of bids for external research funding raising the number of external partnerships developing our knowledge transfer and research consultancy activity in these fields.

We are always looking to build new partnerships and collaborations from the public, private and third sectors with the aim of improving outcomes in well-being for children and young people.

CYRI research in the spotlight

Suicide Prevention through Internet and Media Based Mental Health Promotion (SUPREME) study. CYRI is the UK arm of this EU funded project which aims to develop, implement and evaluate an internet-based intervention examining mental health promotion and suicide prevention with young people aged 14–16 years. We aim to gather baseline data on all the participants to determine their level of awareness and understanding of mental health issues. Findings will be available from March 2014.

Recognition and telling: Developing earlier routes to safety for children and young people. Funded by the Office of the Children Commissioner in England, sponsored by the Department of Education and in collaboration with University of East Anglia, this study aims to gain greater knowledge of how children and young people recognise and deal with problems of abuse and neglect. The study seeks to contribute to service provision to improve access to support for children and young people who are at risk of abuse and neglect. Findings will be available from September 2013.

For more information Email: [email protected] Website: www.anglia.ac.uk/cyri

Dr Darren Sharpe Postdoctoral Research Fellow


Successful events for our 21st Anniversary CelebrationsThis summer we’ve held events to mark our 21st anniversary since we gained University status in 1992. Many of our alumni joined us for a celebration on our Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses. There were campus tours, an update by the Vice Chancellor, a buffet with sparkling wine – and of course a birthday cake! At each event one of our distinguished alumni gave a talk. In Cambridge Nick Crane spoke about his work, how this developed from his childhood love of exploration with just a bike and an Ordnance Survey map, and his love of adventure, including sleeping in ditches! In Chelmsford Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC spoke about his passion for the Victoria Cross – Britain’s most prestigious military honour, awarded for valour in the presence of the enemy. He related three very moving stories about the actions that led to the award of some the medals. And we even had a fly-past by the Red Arrows over lunch, although they were on the way to London for Trooping the Colour! Below are some photos of the days – we hope you’ll be able to join us for our next anniversary!



Global Sustainability InstituteAnglia Ruskin University’s Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) held its first annual research conference in Cambridge on 15 May, on the theme of ‘Big Challenges, Creative Solutions’. The event brought together academics, politicians, civil servants, not-for-profits and businesses to explore how individuals interact with and influence global systems.

The day comprised workshop discussions and 20 short ‘flash’ presentations covering a diverse range of issues from hairdressers as social change agents to global trade policy. The discussions and presentations were illustrated in real time by a cartoonist throughout the day – 10 of the presentations are being written up and will be published in a special edition of the online academic journal Sustainability. The participants recognised the need to address a range of issues covering the environmental and social dimensions of sustainability whilst acknowledging that these have a number of trade-offs. Cooperation, not competition, was found to be critical, but many challenges still exist in breaking down the barriers between subjects, sectors and individuals.

The conference opened with a keynote speech from Jane Davidson, ex-Minister for Sustainability in the Welsh Assembly Government and now Director of the Institute of Sustainable Practice, Innovation and Resource Effectiveness at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. It concluded with a Question Time panel discussion featuring Craig Bennett (Friends of the Earth), Professor Brett Day (University of East Anglia), Deborah Doane (World Development Movement), Eileen

Donnelly (John Lewis) and Dr Sergio Fava (Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin). Questions discussed included whether short-term capital accumulation was needed to allow investment in long-term solutions, and the need for political vision and leadership whilst acknowledging the challenge of extending the time politicians are in power. Concern was expressed that the type of rapid change needed has, in the past, often been linked with human

suffering. The panel concluded that both technological innovation and regulation to unlock transformational change are needed.

Dr Aled Jones, Director of Anglia Ruskin’s GSI, said: “It is always a challenge to bring together people from a range of backgrounds to find common ground around solutions. However, by allowing space for creativity we hope that the GSI annual conference can provide a level playing field where economists, artists, scientists, business entrepreneurs and policy makers amongst others can work collaboratively and find a common language that will both challenge them but also enable them to take bold decisions as they return to their working lives.”

“It is always a challenge to bring together people from a range of backgrounds to find common ground around solutions.”


Postgraduate Medical InstituteThe PMI Simulation Centre

The Simulation Centre is a purpose-built high-fidelity suite incorporating two simulation laboratories and a state-of-the-art control hub. Each laboratory is a flexible space that can be transformed into a variety of clinical environments such as a ward, emergency department, intensive care unit, or operating theatre. Realism is enhanced by including authentic medical devices, which helps to faithfully recreate clinical settings and allow delegates to become fully immersed in the training experience.

Each simulation laboratory is fitted with ceiling-mounted cameras that capture all the action, allowing it to be replayed to facilitate optimal learning during the debriefing period. The advanced technology also includes a family of wireless human patient simulators who can replicate the physiology of acute illness. The resulting life-like responses allow students to become fully immersed in the skilfully constructed clinical scenarios.

Simulation-based education has been shown to be an excellent method for teaching non-technical skills required for multi-professional teamworking. These ‘human factors’ include such skills as leadership, communication, assertiveness, delegation of tasks, situation awareness, and decision making. By recreating dynamic, acute crisis situations, healthcare teams can interact in a naturalistic way that allows experienced facilitators to pick up problems that could potentially result in poor patient outcomes.

Examples of multi-professional courses offered at the PMI include: MOMAS (Multi-professional Obstetric Midwifery & Anaesthetic Simulation) START (Simulated Transfer & Retrieval Training) SCAMPS (Sick Children Acute Multi-Professional Simulation) ASPeCtS (Acute Sick Patient Care Skills for Nurses)

ONE (Outreach Nurse Education) FOCUS (Foundation Course Using Simulation) COMETS (Core Medical Emergency Training using Simulation)

Simulation-based learning is also ideal for the acquisition of technical skills because the training takes place with no risk to patients. Courses are particularly developed around those skills that are complex or pose a significant risk to patient safety during the practice phase. Examples of courses that have been developed and run at the PMI include: EAST (Eastern Airway Skills Training) PURE (Practical Ultrasound guided Regional anaesthesia Education) One Lung: a course to teach anaesthetists the skills required for single lung anaesthesia

All simulation faculty are drawn from clinical staff involved in the care of acutely ill patients, and they are therefore able to translate their real-life experiences of critical incidents to the courses they develop. The PMI is therefore able to develop bespoke courses aimed at preventing avoidable harm in high-risk patients. Faculty development is an important aspect to developing high quality facilitation, and the PMI Simulation Centre is a core member of a peer review network with collaborating centres. Faculty skills

are benchmarked to international standards so that excellent learning is provided. The faculty development programme consists of three complementary steps: T3 Part 1: Debriefing skills for simulation T3 Part 2: Effective simulation T3 Part 3: Simulation in action

The combination of the three courses ensures that faculty are competent and confident to facilitate effective simulation-based learning.

In addition to the training offered by the Simulation Centre, the PMI is committed to translational research that will result in better patient care and currently supports a PhD studentship. The faculty also regularly presents the centre’s on-going work in the form of abstracts, free papers and oral communications at national and international academic meetings so that they may contribute to the expanding body of knowledge in the field of simulation-based education. At the core of the PMI’s philosophy is a commitment to improve the quality of care for patients in the NHS through high quality healthcare education.

John Kinnear Director of SimulationHealthcare East of England Lead for SimulationMember of the European Society of Anaesthesiologists Simulation Working Group


Faculty of Arts, Law & Social SciencesNew MA International Relations

We are very excited to be able to introduce our new MA International Relations. Focusing on the pragmatic, real-world application of international relations theory to policy and strategy, and the rigorous examination of practical problems, this course is distinct in offering:

a practice-based approach through role-play, scenarios and brief writing teaching by lecturers with a background/expertise in international strategic planning and security, defence analysis, UN training, conflict communications, Foreign Office, new media, risk analysis cutting-edge lectures and seminars from prestigious guest speakers, practitioners, diplomats, and strategists. opportunities to undertake internships, placements and visits to a wide range of organisations (which may include UN seminars, EU – various departments, Government bodies, think tanks, media agencies, Jane’s defence and others) opportunities to study in Paris with international diplomats and strategists (and possibly Dusseldorf in future).

Recent alumni are eligible for a £1,000 discount. For more information visit: www.anglia.ac.uk/mainternationalrelations or contact Sarah Jones at [email protected]

Students enjoy clean sweep at Macmillan awards

Artists from Cambridge School of Art have swept the board at the prestigious 2013 Macmillan Prize for Children’s Picture Book Illustration, claiming the top four prizes. Now in its 28th year, the prize was established to nurture new talent, and this year attracted over 350 entries from students at universities and colleges across the UK.

Jules Bentley won first prize and a cheque for £1,000 at the ceremony at Pan Macmillan’s London headquarters for Monsieur Kibble Gets a Big Surprise. Recent MA Children’s Book Illustration graduate Lara Robinson was runner-up for Flora Grows a Problem and Wen Dee Tan, while an MA Children’s Book Illustration student, was awarded third place for Lili.

To complete Anglia Ruskin’s clean sweep, second year BA (Hons) Illustration student Alex Prewett went home with a cheque for £500 after winning the Lara Jones Award, which focuses on books for babies or very young children, for I’m a...

For more information about the MA Children’s Book Illustration please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/mabookillustration or for the full story visit www.anglia.ac.uk/csanews

Lecturer Elected to 600- year-old Institution

Dr Leah Tether, Course Leader for MA Publishing, has been elected as a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers. The formal process included an interview and concluded with a robing ceremony.

The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers is a venerable

institution dating back to 1403, when the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London approved the formation of a fraternity or Guild of Stationers. The modern Stationers has over 800 members from the complete range of trades within the visual and graphic communications industries, from paper, print, publishing, packaging, office products, newspapers, broadcasting and online media. Whilst embracing the digital age, the Stationers retains many of its traditions including a process of membership through nomination and interview culminating in a formal Freedom ceremony where a nominee officially becomes a Freeman.

Leah said of her connection with the institution: “Our MA Publishing has a close relationship with the Stationers’ Company. The Stationers provide an annual bursary to help a student with the costs of fees, as well as a crucial network of professionals in the trade who students can turn to for advice and mentoring. I am delighted that the Stationers have elected me as a Freeman, as this means I can now continue to cultivate this mutually beneficial relationship which helps to forge the next generation of publishers and provide the industry with its future stars.”

For more information on the MA Publishing please visit: www.anglia.ac.uk/mapublishing

A young Somali boy greets a Ugandan soldier. Image courtesy of AU-UN IST / Stuart Price.

Monsieur Kibble by Jules Bentley


Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education

Student wins Nurse of The Year award at Cambridge University Hospitals

Adult nursing student Tanya Porter has been awarded the Winnie Matchett St Valentine’s Day Award for Student Nurse of the Year.

On Friday 10 May, nurses from Cambridge University Hospitals attended an awards ceremony that formed part of International Nurses Day event, which is a chance for communities and hospitals to celebrate the often difficult role that nurses play in coordinating the care delivered to patients. It provides the opportunity to formally recognise their achievements and simply to thank them for the long hours they spend on their feet each day.

Tanya was nominated by her tutor – Pauline Kingston – for the student nurse of the year award. Pauline commented: “Tanya will always be remembered as

a lively and enthusiastic student. She was challenging, outspoken, persistent and questioning. Never rude, she would barely take no for an answer! She tested my patience on many occasions. Her determination, enthusiasm and persistence made her a great student and will make her a great nurse.”

Speaking of her award, Tanya said: “Winning the award makes me feel very proud and showed me that hard work is noted and appreciated by others. I was honoured that I was nominated by my personal tutor, Pauline Kingston. During my time at Anglia Ruskin University Pauline gave me excellent guidance, support and encouragement. During my course I had to have two orthopaedic operations due to a connective tissue disorder I have, and Pauline was always there to support and guide me. This enabled me to complete the course as planned without having to intermit, as I scheduled my surgeries around my annual leave, to enable me to have the least

time off as possible. I am now working at Addenbrookes in a female neurosurgical ward, which I love. It has already taught me a great deal. In September I am starting a self-funded course to top up my diploma to degree level.”

Chapter in German Textbook

Sara Knight has had a chapter published in Abenteuer, Natur und frühe Bildung, edited by Peter Becker, Jochem Schirp and Martin Vollmar. The chapter, ‘What is Forest School? A Discussion of the Development of Forest School in the UK’ is one of two chapters in the book written in English. Sara met the editors whilst presenting a paper at the conference of the European Institute for Outdoor Adventure Education and Experiential Learning in Finland in 2011, when they asked her to write for them. They have since returned the favour for Sara’s forthcoming book, International Perspectives on Forest School, due out from Sage in September 2013.

Tanya being presented with the trophy with Deputy Chief Nurse Sharon McNally, Director of Operational Nursing Steve Hams and staff from neurosurgery.


Lord Ashcroft International Business SchoolSelf-employed individuals are more satisfied with their work than employees – but it’s not self-employment as such that makes them happy

Being self-employed does not as such explain why surveys consistently report self-employed individuals as being more satisfied with their jobs than their counterparts in salaried employment. Recent research by Professor Teemu Kautonen from the Institute for International Management Practice (IIMP), and his colleagues Professor Ulla Hytti and Ms Elisa Akola at the University of Turku in Finland, provides an explanation for the higher level of job satisfaction among the self-employed.

The researchers explained job satisfaction with employment status (employee versus self-employed) and a number of core work characteristics that are well established in management literature. They compared these two explanations on a sample of 2,327 Finnish professionals from the fields of law, psychology, medicine, business, engineering and architecture.

Professor Kautonen explains: “Our study suggests that the self-employed are happier with their jobs because their work includes those characteristics that all professionals value in greater magnitudes than is the case with salaried employees.”

The three core work characteristics with the highest impact on job satisfaction are the freedom and discretion to decide when, where and how to carry out the job; the degree to which the job requires the exercise of a number of different skills,

abilities or talents; and the perception that one’s job has a positive impact on other people. Fostering these qualities in the workplace should make professionals happier with their jobs – notwithstanding whether they work for salary or profit. Job satisfaction, in turn, is associated with positive work-related outcomes such as enhanced performance, productivity and commitment.

For further information contact Professor Teemu Kautonen at [email protected]

Article information: Hytti, U., T. Kautonen and E. Akola (2012). Determinants of job satisfaction for salaried and self-employed professionals in Finland. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24(10): 2034-2053.

For more information on the programme, contact our Business Development Manager, Carol Tighe at [email protected] or phone 0845 196 5685.

Professor Teemu Kautonen

Make a Difference, become a Young Enterprise Volunteer

With a network of over 5,000 business volunteers and 250,000 young people, Young Enterprise is the UK’s leading player in enterprise education, delivering over four million learning hours each year. All Young Enterprise programmes are based on the ethos of ‘learning by doing’, and business volunteers provide young people with an invaluable, first-hand insight into the world of work, sharing a desire to pass on their skills and experience of business to inspire the next generation.

It’s a demanding but exciting new challenge. The businesses and volunteers involved take an active role in building a more motivated, educated and inspired workforce, making a real difference to the lives and future potential of young people who live and go to school in their area. The volunteers become part of an exciting and enjoyable learning experience for the local community by helping them to understand the world of business and prepare for their working lives. The satisfaction of mentoring, transforming attitudes and helping to open the eyes of young people to the world of business keeps many volunteers coming back year after year.

Whether you’d like to advise and mentor a student company, work with primary schools or join a local board, Young Enterprise is a single organisation made up of twelve UK regions, so there are opportunities to get involved locally. No previous experience or expert knowledge is required to become a volunteer, other than your own experience of work and business and your enthusiasm. You can choose how much time you wish to commit – some people give as little as an hour a week.

To register, visit www.young-enterprise.org.uk, call +44 (0) 1865 776 845 or email: [email protected].


Faculty of Science & Technology

New building work will enhance faculty facilities

Construction is now well underway on new buildings for both campuses. A new multifunction laboratory, which is currently being built on our Cambridge campus, will provide facilities that will enhance the teaching and learning experience for the Department of Life Sciences. The £2m project is due for completion by the new academic year. The Anglia Ruskin University Medical Business Innovation Centre (MedBIC), which is currently being built on our Chelmsford campus, will include an engineering block which will enhance our engineering teaching and research. The engineering block is expected to be complete by the end of the year.

Psychologists receive British Academy Research Grant

Dr Mick Finlay and Dr Poul Rohleder from our Department of Psychology are celebrating after receiving a research grant from the British Academy to carry

out a project looking at sex education for young people with learning disabilities. The project, which is due to begin this summer, is being run in collaboration with Mencap and with the participation of youth services in London. It will examine how sex education is delivered to young people with a range of intellectual disabilities. The research will involve video-recording of teaching sessions, and interviews with parents and sex education providers. Initial funding has been provided to complete a scoping study.

Electronics students to benefit from industry-standard software

Our BEng (Hons) Electronics students will soon be benefiting from the use of Microwave Office® software from Applied Wave Research, which is being installed in our technology computing suite in Cambridge. Microwave Office is a computer simulation package with a wide range of capabilities, and is often used in the design and analysis of electronic circuits operating from DC to microwave frequencies. The software incorporates a component-tuning tool, which enables

users to vary the value of a component, and demonstrate the effects in real time. Primarily to be used as a teaching aid, our students will also be able to use it to explore the operation of filters, resonators and passive circuits. It will be of great value for our Masters and final year project undergraduate students.

Dr James Kelley, Lecturer in Electronics, further commented: ‘’The AWR software will be particularly helpful to students on our BEng (Hons) in Electronics. I think the AWR Graduate Gift Initiative is a great idea, and the free use of AWR software will greatly enhance our efforts to help graduates succeed in starting engineering businesses.’’

Optometry Students benefit from charity partnership

Optometry Students have been working with a charity to learn how to assist visually impaired people to build their confidence and regain their independence. The charity Guide Dogs has now delivered level

1 and level 2 of My Guide training, which teaches awareness of visual impairment and sighted guiding techniques to optometry students through theory and practical activities on a range of subjects such as eye health, navigating and communication. The training also means that there are more people on campus who have the experience and ability to assist any person with visual impairment in travelling around the campus. Thirty students have already been trained and the department hopes to make the opportunity an ongoing arrangement, ensuring students continue to gain both knowledge and experience in the area.

Plan of the new multifunction laboratory on Cambridge campus


In May, Anglia Ruskin was one of seven UK universities to receive the HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission in London. The award is given to organisations that have a robust and public implementation strategy for improving the career development and management of researchers. Across Europe, 138 organisations now hold this European Commission award. Some of the research currently being conducted is:

A simple ’10-step’ test could detect knee osteoarthritis, according to a study by Dr Rajshee Mootanah, Director of our Medical Engineering Research Group. He believes that GPs should be trained to spot signs of osteoarthritis. The research was funded by a US National Institutes of Health grant.

Dr Peter Allen (Vision & Hearing Sciences and Vision & Eye Research Unit), alongside the College of Optometrists and King’s College London, has secured a £40,000 grant to investigate the communication skills of optometrists. The project aims to produce a range of evidence-based learning materials that will benefit qualified optometrists, pre-registration optometrists and undergraduates alike.

Dr Will Hoppitt (Senior Lecturer, Animal & Environment) and Jenny Allen and Dr Luke Rendell from the University of St Andrews, have been studying humpback whales in the Atlantic Ocean, using a new technique called ‘network-based diffusion analysis’ to demonstrate that the use of lobtail feeding followed the network of social relationships within the population.

New research highlighting the danger posed to diabetic patients by the deadly superbug Acinetobacter baumannii is being carried out by Dr Ben Evans (Lecturer, Biomedical Sciences). Funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology and King Faisal University, the research has shown for the first time that diabetic patients with this infection are more likely than non-diabetic patients to contract strains of the bacterium that are resistant to the carbapenems, a group of last-line- of-defence antibiotics.

Gordon Wishart (Professor of Cancer Surgery) and John Benson (Visiting Professor of Applied Surgical Sciences) have won the B Braun Scientific Award at the 48th Conference of the European Society for Surgical Research in Istanbul for their study into a new method of carrying out sentinel lymph node biopsy for early breast cancer, which is both safer and cheaper than current practices. The annual award is presented for the best new surgical technique or surgical device.

Research

Humpback whale

College of West Anglia (CWA)Students Reach New Heights

The College of West Anglia’s ‘Tower Block’, a landmark in King’s Lynn and the tallest educational building in the region, will re-open for students in September 2013 after a £12.5m refurbishment.

When the ‘Tower Block’ was first opened by Her Majesty The Queen Mother in 1974, the nine-storey building was known as ‘the Library Building’, but in recent years has been known as ‘the Tower Block’. When it re-opens, the building will have been completely refurbished both inside and out and will include: modern teaching and learning spaces for a wide range of subjects; conference suite; facilities for higher education students; a new learning resource centre and library; and an extended ground floor housing a restaurant and social space for students and staff. We will be sending out invitations to you soon to join us.The higher education department will be located on the top floor reaching new heights in teaching and learning. The floor will be dedicated to the needs of higher education and encompass a purpose-built common room, social and study place with class rooms and staff rooms providing total HE experience for all potential graduates.

The Queen Mother opening the Tower Block in 1974


College of West Anglia (CWA)

We believe the refurbished building deserves a new name which better reflects its purpose, the aspirations of its users and its place in the local community. We’d like the community of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk to be involved, and suggest a new name for this iconic building. The winner will be invited to the official opening and naming ceremony, and will also win an iPad 2! So enter the competition now by going to www.cwa.ac.uk/newname. The deadline for entry is 31 October 2013.

Student Representative Wins an Award

Congratulations to Roger Smith, who won the Anglia Ruskin Alumni Network sponsored award for the ‘Student Representative of the year’. Roger graduated with BA (Hons) History/Sociology and collected his award at the 2012 graduation ceremony in King’s Lynn – Roger was really surprised but he worked very hard for his fellow students.

University Centre Peterborough (UCP)Local firms recognise UCP Graduate talent

A recent Institutional Review at UCP highlighted the ‘extensive and structured work to enhance the employability of graduates’. This has been achieved by developing students’ transferable skills from day one and encouraging them to engage with employers from the outset. Students have undertaken commissioned projects, small-scale research projects and professional report writing. They have also benefitted from mentoring and critical reviews of their work by employers, many of which have begun to see the value that an undergraduate can add to their company, and by working with them from year one of their studies can begin to shape and mould a sustainable talent pool.

A number of students have gained part-time employment whilst studying for their degree. The East of England Agricultural Society recognised the value that two students on a weekly paid internship could bring. For another Journalism student, Anna Ruggiero, this has resulted in a permanent job with Associated British Foods. Anna stated: “I have been given an incredible opportunity by UCP in terms of my future career development. On a regular basis UCP updates students with job roles specific to their field of training. The role for a PR and Marketing Assistant was emailed out and two interviews and a task later, I got the call to say the job was mine. During my day at ABF I am implementing key skills that have been taught to me during my three years studying at UCP, which has done a fantastic job in supporting me on a personal level; helping me fulfil my potential whilst furthering my career.”

In order to ensure the skills and knowledge that students obtain is current, employers are becoming involved in the assessment of work. Students studying on BEng Integrated Engineering and BSc Computing & Information Systems

took part in the annual exhibition to showcase their major piece of research or development work undertaken during their final year. Educational subjects were popular this year; there were also a number of apps for phones and tablets to help with fitness or catching the bus; others focused on new developments in website technology.

Nearly 20 computing professionals attended from local firms, both large and small, to give feedback and career advice. Alex Shaw, from Compare the Market, said: “I left feeling inspired after seeing some innovative and exciting work from a range of talented young students. It was great to see the students engaged with the attendees and enthusiastic about showcasing their products. Not only were the basics covered (attentive, smart, well presented) but they were able to answer questions informatively and in some cases had clearly put a huge amount of effort into the projects, being honest where they had learnt through failure. They were happy to take feedback, and even let us poke about in the code.”

The event was a great success and a couple of students were approached by companies for their CVs, which is a great achievement.

For more information about University Centre Peterborough and the courses it offers and opportunities to work with our students please visit www.peterborough.ac.uk/ucp or call 0845 1965750.

A student demonstrating his project


Sports ReportUpdate

Yet again, this year the number of members signed up to our clubs has increased along with the number of entries into BUCS. In Cambridge, men’s rugby won their BUCS league and in Chelmsford netball also won their BUCS league. We also won gold in the BUCS 1500m Outdoor Athletics.

Our judo team did fantastically well at the BUCS championships and won the men’s team event for the third year in a row!

The Ruskin Raiders, the Cambridge cheerleading squad, took part in the UKCA Competition in Manchester and competed in a higher level of competition than they ever have before, winning their competition. The Ruskin Sirens also took part in the BCA North East Classic and won their competition with a squad made up largely of new members to the club which was a fantastic achievement.

In May, Anglia Ruskin Boat Club participated in the largest European rowing regatta at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham. The legacy of the Olympic Games has created the most competitive regatta to date with over 1,000 crews from over 70 institutions. This regatta is considered one of the major benchmarks for the overall success of the club. We did very well, winning gold in the Men’s Beginners Single Scull, silver in the Men’s Intermediate Single Scull and bronze in the Men’s Intermediate Quadruple Scull. Our 2013 Institution Ranked Position was 13th out of 70 (previously 20th out of 64).

Varsity

On Wednesday 17 April, Chelmsford hosted Cambridge for Varsity 2013. The sun was shining and the community spirit was in full flow. For the first time ever in Anglia Ruskin Varsity history we had more than three sports competing. New arrivals included badminton, basketball and indoor cricket which were formed this year from our ‘Give It A Go’ sessions.

This year we gave each campus its own colour and ordered campus specific t-shirts for students to buy to show support for their campus. Cambridge wore blue and Chelmsford wore red. The t-shirts sold out very quickly and there was demand for more.

On the day we had over 200 students travel down from Cambridge, thanks to the help from Active Anglia who funded the coaches. This donation really helped the success of the event. Not only did

we have 240 students competing, but on the day we had over 150 spectators cheering on the campus and showing their Anglia Ruskin pride. We even had the cheerleaders from both campuses attend to support their teams.

Cambridge won Varsity overall with a score of 5–2. This year’s success has made a platform for Varsities to come as the biggest sporting cross-campus event in the Anglia Ruskin Diary.

Cambridge and Chelmsford Cheerleading at Varsity

Anglia Cup Plate Winners – The Founders


The results were:Badminton: Cambridge 5 – Chelmsford 3Basketball: Cambridge 69 – Chelmsford 48Cricket: Cambridge 89 for 5 – Chelmsford 87 for 2Football 1st: Cambridge 3 – Chelmsford 1Football 2nd: Chelmsford 2 – Cambridge 1Netball: Chelmsford 60 – Cambridge 16Rugby: Cambridge 29 – Chelmsford 3

Anglia Cup

The annual Anglia Cup tournament took place on Sunday 12 May at Howes Close. It was a fun day for everyone and our alumni returned again for the tournament. Twelve Men’s teams competed – six old boys’ teams returned to compete alongside six current teams.

The Cup final saw a very close encounter with the teams narrowly missing many chances. They could not be separated in normal and extra time, so the Anglia Cup was to be decided under the most pressure possible – the fatal penalty kicks. The cruelest of ways to end a jubilant day of fantastic football! Penalty after penalty were comfortably slotted home and the match was at a complete deadlock until a member of Anglia Ruskin Football firsts tried a foolhardy chip off the keeper that went horribly wrong, resulting in FC Ruskelona sealing the win they needed to topple the pre-tournament favourites.

The eventual winners of the Plate turned out to be ‘The Founders’ themselves. Working for each other and using their experience and guile to outsmart some younger competitors, they took the Anglia Plate with great celebrations.

Alumni MemorabiliaWe have recently extended our range of memorabilia for alumni. We are still offering our University crest pin badge, which can be worn either on your lapel or as a tie pin. The University crest has evolved from our full Coat of Arms, granted by the Crown, which has the motto Excellentia Per Societatem – Excellence Through Partnership.

In addition, we now have two other branded items for our alumni which we introduced at graduations last October. Our smart business card holder is in brushed stainless steel and we also have a USB memory stick, both carrying your University crest.

To purchase these items please visit our online store https://store.anglia.ac.uk/ and search under the Product Catalogue for Alumni Merchandise. Alternatively, visit us in person in the Development & Alumni Office on the Rivermead Campus in Chelmsford.

Price in person Price inc postage UK Overseas

University crest pin badge £3.00 £4.00 £5.00

Business card holder £8.00 £9.00 £10.00

USB memory stick £4.00 £5.00 £6.00


Staff SnippetsDr Sean Campbell (Reader in Media & Culture) gave a free talk entitled ‘Dwellers on the Threshhold: Second-Generation Irish Musicians in England’ at this year’s Hedingley LitFest. The lecture focused on three high profile artists – Kevin Rowland (Dexys Midnight Runners), Shane MacGowan (The Pogues) and Morrissey/Johnny Marr (The Smiths) – exploring the role of Irish ethnicity in their lives and work.

Professor Marcian Cirstea (Head of Computing & Technology) has been elected as the new Vice President for Membership Activities for the Industrial Electronic Society (IES) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Professor Nora Crook (Professor Emerita in the English Department) has landed a major honour in the USA, sharing the Richard J. Finneran Award for 2013 for her major role as co-general editor of Volume 3 of The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Professor Simon Down (Director of IIMP) was invited to speak at De Montfort University’s small firm seminar series on the topic of ‘Regulations and Small Firms: Boon or Burden?’

Dr Sally Everett has been appointed as the new Deputy Dean (Quality and Student Experience) in our Lord Ashcroft International Business School. Dr Everett joins us from the University of Bedfordshire.

Dr Candice Howarth (Senior Research Fellow, Global Sustainability Institute) has been shortlisted to participate in the competitive Future Research Leaders Forum.

Professor Rohan McWilliam was made President of the British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) in 2012. The leading organisation of scholars devoted to the study of 19th century Britain, this position recognises his international eminence in the field of Victorian culture and politics.

Alison Pooley (Lecturer in Sustainable Construction) went one step further in April when she ran the Virgin London Marathon without shoes, the only woman to do so. Alison believes running shoeless is a way of encouraging others to tread lightly on the earth and reduce their own carbon footprint.

World-renowned children’s literature expert Jack Zipes has joined us as Leverhulme Visiting Professor of Storytelling, Fairy Tales and Fantasy. Alongside his work as an editor, Professor Zipes is an active storyteller and has worked with children’s theatres in Europe and the USA.

Staff publications:

Dr Bettina Beinhoff (Lecturer, Applied Linguistics and English Language) – Perceiving Identity Through Accent: Attitudes towards Non-Native Speakers and their Accents in English.

Stephen Bloomfield (Director, Corporate Governance Unit, LAIBS) – The Theory and Practice of Corporate Governance.

Peter Cook (PGCE Secondary Art & Design Course Leader) Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone! The image of the teacher in Rock Music.

Professor Farah Mendlesohn (Head of English, Communication, Film & Media) has received a Hugo Nomination for The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature.

Dr Iona Negru (Senior Lecturer, Economics) has two academic articles accepted for publication: An Austrian perspective on the financial crisis (Economic Issues) and On Methodology and Pluralism of the Austrian school (American Journal of Economics and Sociology)

Sue Miller (Course leader, Popular Music) – paper in the Journal of European Popular Culture – Charanga del Norte.

Helen Odell-Miller (Professor of Music Therapy), along with John Adam – Forensic Music Therapy – A Treatment for Men and Women in Secure Hospital Settings.

Dr Sally Everett


Obituaries

Caroline Bosanquet 1940–2013

Caroline, who passed away on 20 January 2013 after a valiant struggle with ovarian cancer, was an indispensable part of musical life at Anglia Ruskin for over forty years. She was an energetic and inspirational member of the full-time music staff at Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology (CCAT) and was instrumental in establishing a music graduate diploma course on the Cambridge campus long before the evolution of our higher education degree programme in music and the arts.

At the same time, she was a passionate advocate of music education at all levels ranging from setting up a vibrant junior music school to adult evening classes in music appreciation. But her greatest love was teaching the cello and her success as an instrumental teacher was reflected

in the stream of students (from CCAT/Anglia Ruskin and beyond) gaining Grade 8 distinctions. Indeed, her wide network of pupils and their families extended to academics, heads of houses, scientists and physicians who became friends, attracted by her warmth and eccentric humour. Her ground-breaking work on harmonics, The Secret Life of Cello Strings: Harmonics for Cellists revolutionised the playing and notation of cello harmonics. As a composer her works were selected as Associated Board examination pieces. Caroline remained a popular member of the Anglia Ruskin University instrumental staff until retirement in Autumn 2012. She will be greatly missed.

Alan RochfordFormer Senior Lecturer in Music and Visiting Fellow, Department of Music and Performing Arts

Chris Hunter 1975–2013

Chris’s death came out of the blue due to a pulmonary embolism, leaving his family, friends and colleagues stunned and heartbroken.

Chris was very bright obtaining a First Class BA (Hons) European Social Policy Degree with us followed by a Master’s Degree in International Housing from the LSE and recently an MBA (distinction) from Birmingham. He followed a career in policy working for organisations including Southwark Council, Lambeth Living and the Network Housing Group, where he was Director of Policy and Communications.

After his Masters, Chris returned to Anglia Ruskin to teach several courses including Housing Policy. He is fondly remembered by his students for his knowledge, on-the-ground experience and passion for his subject. He is also remembered by some for sneaking bottles of sparkling wine into lectures in his briefcase at Christmas wrapped up in bags of frozen cauliflower florets, a combination that certainly confused the cleaning staff later.

His friends will remember him for his warmth, compassion and sense of humour. As you would expect from someone who devoted their career to social housing, he had an innate sense of fairness and always looked out for the underdog. Sadly, Chris leaves behind his partner Rebecca who he had planned to marry. Chris also had many friends that will dearly miss his kind and supportive friendship.

Anne Castell 1945–2008

Anne was a former lecturer and we have only just heard of her death. She had a varied career in law extending over 35 years, having been admitted as a solicitor in 1974. However, from 1994–1997 she was a senior lecturer in our Anglia Law School, where her years in practice helped her create and drive the Legal Practice Course (LPC). Her personal kindnessand encouragement endeared her to her students, who will remember her with fondness.


International News

In conjunction with the third Anglia Ruskin University South Asia Counsellors’ Conference, which took place on 26–28 April, Anglia Ruskin also celebrated our 21st birthday. The Vice Chancellor welcomed alumni, current students and head teachers from leading schools, principals of colleges affiliated to University of Delhi, and Vice Chancellors from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Two special events marked the occasion – an exhibition of work by the 2012/13 graduating class of the MA Children’s Book Illustration and a musical performance by a group of students from our Music Department. The group, led by Paul Jackson (Head of Music & Performing Arts), delivered a bespoke performance with influences from Bollywood notes, which impressed as much as it entertained the audience. The Children’s Book Illustration exhibition has since been on display to the public at the Queen’s Gallery of the British Council in New Delhi.

Alumni Event in China and Malaysia

On January 10 approximately 30 members of staff from Anglia Ruskin University participated in a study tour to China and Malaysia. During our visit to Malaysia we organised an alumni event which was well attended. Our Vice Chancellor, Professor Michael Thorne, welcomed alumni and showed them a video to update them on the latest developments at Anglia Ruskin. Colleagues from all our faculties were present and enjoyed interesting conversations with alumni currently based in Kuala Lumpur.

Another Successful Alumni Event in Germany

Another successful German event was held in Berlin on 6 July 2013. Thank you to all who attended. Anyone that missed out, please watch out for the LAIBS Global Brand Leadership Event which Tim Froggett is holding later this year in Cambridge! For more information about this please email us at [email protected]

International Alumni Ambassadors

After finishing your study, graduating and returning home, we would like all our graduates to remain part of our Anglia Ruskin family through our Alumni Network. A way of encouraging this to happen is through our International Alumni Ambassador Programme, whereby we appoint one of our alumni to act as a volunteer Ambassador in their home country to represent us and our alumni in their region. This helps to strengthen and develop the bond between Anglia Ruskin University and our international alumni, whilst also providing a point of contact in that country.

Those who volunteer to become an Alumni Ambassador, help us to maintain our relationship with our international alumni and our graduates living and working overseas. Our Ambassadors will help host events for fellow alumni, serve as contact points for students in their area interested in Anglia Ruskin, and assist Anglia Ruskin academic staff and students travelling or studying abroad. Ambassadors must have regular access to email so they can be easily contacted.

We are delighted that since its launch our Alumni Ambassador Network is widening to include more and more countries and we are now represented in 20 countries. However, we would like to expand the network and are currently asking for volunteers to take on this role in Russia, Central Asia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Zimbabwe. However, we’d love to hear from you if your country is not one of these, but you would like to be the Ambassador there.

21st Celebrations in India


Bring new energy into your workforceHave you considered utilising Anglia Ruskin as a source of future talent for your organisation?

As a university, we invest time to make sure our graduates leave us with the relevant skills and desired attributes for your business needs. To help us ready this new generation of leaders for the competitive graduate labour market and to give you first pick of our rising stars, why not invite students to work with your organisation to further enhance their abilities? We have a range of initiatives that you could become involved with:

Summer placements Part-time work experience Graduate roles Company visits Internships Live projects

Or are you looking to fill a position?

We can advertise any opportunities for free on our online jobs board, via direct email to target students and graduates, through social media networks and our on-campus marketing facilities. For more information about advertising an opportunity please contact the Employability & Careers team at

[email protected]

If you are looking for either temporary or permanent staff, our Anglia Ruskin Employment Bureau offers a fully managed recruitment process. Please contact our professional recruitment advisors to let them know your requirements.

0845 196 2654 [email protected]


Last Words I know that Aspects is every six months, but it seems like no time at all since I was last sitting down to write my Last Words to you all. And what a busy – and exciting – six months it has been.

We had a fabulous day in June when the famous composer and conductor John Rutter came to Chelmsford Cathedral to run a ‘Come and Sing’ day. The acoustics of that venue are amazing, and listening to a few hundred voices raised together to sing choral music was magical. It was a charity event, so there was the added bonus that we also raised a good amount of money for music therapy.

However, the highlight for me was definitely the celebrations surrounding our 21st anniversary of gaining University status. It was a lot of hard work to put the events together – a Saturday on Chelmsford and Cambridge campus – but well worth it to see alumni from such a wide range of years, along with current and past staff, enjoying seeing old friends and helping us to celebrate. One past staff member even flew across from Australia! We had live music, a buffet lunch, sparkling wine and even a birthday cake for the Vice Chancellor to cut. Our campus tours proved very popular, with people who had left even just a few years ago being amazed at how much the campuses had changed and those who were with us many years ago finding their alma mater almost unrecognisable. In Chelmsford

our ‘older’ alumni remembered studying on the old Central campus, which no longer exists, and in Cambridge many fondly remembered (but did not miss) the old music sheds. We had two wonderful alumni speakers who kept us entertained after lunch: Nick Crane in Cambridge talking of his love of geography, filming Coast and other projects, and sleeping in ditches; Lord Ashcroft in Chelmsford speaking about his passion for the Victoria Cross and bravery. And memorably, over lunch in Chelmsford we even had a fly past of the Red Arrows – courtesy of it being the day of Trooping the Colour! You can see some photos from the day in the centre pages – and roll on the next anniversary!

As well as looking back we are also planning forwards for the autumn, always our busiest time. We have two weeks of graduation ceremonies, always happy occasions when our graduates come back to officially receive their awards and meet up with their classmates and lecturers. And we shall also be running our annual telephone fundraising campaign again in November to raise funds for scholarships and research. The support we receive from our alumni to help current and future students is vital and very much appreciated.

Lastly, please do keep in touch and tell us what you are doing. And don’t forget to make sure we have your email so we can contact you with information and opportunities.

Opinions expressed are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Anglia Ruskin University or the Editor.

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