Professor Dora AkunyiliDirector General, National Agency for Food andDrug Administration and Control Doctor of Laws

Linda ColleyProfessor of History, Princeton University Doctor of Letters

Mr Michael EavisEntrepreneur and Managing Director of Glastonbury Festival Ltd Master of Arts

Professor Sir John EnderbyPresident, Institute of Physics and SeniorResearch Fellow, University of Bristol Doctor of Science

Mr Iain Gray Managing Director of Airbus Doctor of Engineering

Dr the Honourable Gilbert Greenall, CBEConsultant Adviser, Department for InternationalDevelopment and Bristol graduate Doctor of Medicine

Rear-Admiral Nigel Guild Chief Naval Engineer Officer, Ministry of Defence Doctor of Engineering

John Hunt Professor of the History and Theory of LandscapeDoctor of Letters

Diana Wynne Jones Writer Doctor of Letters

Ms Phyllida LloydStage DirectorDoctor of Letters

Ms Ellen MalosSenior Research Fellow, University of Bristol,Women’s Aid pioneer, campaigner for women’srights, community activist, teacher and scholar Doctor of Laws

Mr Geoffrey MatthewsVice-Chairman, Bank of IrelandDoctor of Laws

Mrs Mary MeadFarmer, entrepreneur, and Director of Holt Farms LtdMaster of Arts

Mr Harry PatchGreat War veteranMaster of Arts

Mr Bhikhu PatelManaging Director, Waymade Healthcare PLCDoctor of Laws

Mr Graham Robertson, OBEFormer Lord Mayor of Bristoland Leader, City CouncilDoctor of Laws

Professor Michael Welch Neurological clinician, scientist, President andChief Executive Officer of Rosalind FranklinUniversity of Medicine and Science, Chicago Doctor of Medicine

HONORARY DEGREES2005/06

HONORARYFELLOWSHIPProfessor Sir Anthony Epstein CBE, FRSreceived the distinction of Honorary Fellow of the University

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Right: Honorary degree recipients (top to bottom):Professor Dora Akunyili, Mr Michael Eavis, Ms Phyllida

Lloyd, Mr Harry Patch, Ms Ellen Malos, Mr Bhikhu Patel

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CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS 2005/06

SRIF(2) Programme: H FloorPart of the SRIF(2) £28 million funding. Majorupgrade and complete refurbishment of LevelH in the School of Medical Sciences at a costof £12 million.

Small Animal Practice, LangfordA £1.8 million new-build project to provideveterinary care for small animals.

Other ongoing projects due tobe completed in 2007 include:

West Block ChemistryA complete refurbishment and upgrading ofLevels 5 and 6 to provide world-class teachingfacilities. This £18.3 million project includesthe replacement of cladding and fenestration.

Nanoscience and Quantum InformationBuildingA £9.2 million project, located in TyndallAvenue, which will provide space forinterdisciplinary research in Nanoscience andQuantum Information (above).

A new High Performance Computing facility– being installed in the Physics building. Theproject cost is £6.4 million.

Refurbishment of Richmond Terrace –upgrading this student housing (right), toprovide high-quality accommodation for 100postgraduate students, at a cost of £5 million.The new facilities will be ready for the October2007 intake.

Ensuring that the University has the buildings and facilities it needsto support research, teaching and learning of the highest qualityrequires substantial and virtually continuous investment.

Among the projects completedduring 2005/06 were thefollowing:

Longer-term futuredevelopments now in progressinclude:

A Centre for Life Course and GeneticEpidemiologyBeing created by extending Canynge Hall(above) at a cost of £3.4 million.

The refurbishment of PhysicsA five-year programme of regeneration ofPhysics teaching and research facilities,totalling £38 million.

Provision of new buildings forMathematics and Biological SciencesTwo major projects to develop the oldChildren’s Hospital site. The total cost of theproject, including infrastructure, is £80 million.This will be completed during 2009.

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Philanthropic giving plays a vital role at the University of Bristol. Thegenerosity of our supporters makes a real difference, helping to ensurethat Bristol continues to be a place of learning, research and enterprisewhere excellence is a hallmark.

PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT

Mr Anthony S E AllenMrs Jane A H AllenDr Frederick J AppelbeMrs Barbara J AppelbeMr John S M Beckwith-SmithMr Laurie W BeeversMr Nicholas P BellMr John E BensonMr Jonathan D BevanMr Denis A S BurnMr Andrew E J BurtonThe Rt Hon Lord Chilver FRSMr Oliver R P CorbettMrs Mary F CorbinMr Richard H CunninghamMr Thomas J G DaviesMr William G R DaviesDr Charlotte H DawsonMr Robert DuftonMr Raymond P E DuignanMrs Diana E S DunnMr Ian M EddlestonMr Nicholas EgonMr Luke S EllisDr Jean EustaceMr Mark EvansDr Roy F FollowellProfessor Robert L H FowlerMr Stuart A GoldsmithMrs Christine D GormanMr Michael J GormanMrs Anne P GrayMr Colin H Green CBE Dr The Hon Gilbert Greenall CBE Mrs Sarah E GreenallMr Ian HarwoodMr Jason HathornMr Brian E HoldenMr Roger A HolmesMr Alfred S L JamesMrs Gwyneth M James

Mr Michael H V Jeans MBEMr Nicholas F JohnsonDr Ian J E KeilMr Bill KnightMr Conrad Janusz KozakMrs Brenda M LalondeMr Geoffrey R LemonMr William J LittlewoodMr Ian Z MackenzieMrs Anne Marden MBEMr Wally MarxMr Ian J MauriceDr A David MilneDr Nicoletta MomiglianoMr Carlo MomiglianoSir Jeremy Morse KCMGLady Belinda MorseMr John G MumfordDr Mary-Clare C ParkerMr William W ParsonsMrs Margaret R PeacockMr John K PittsProfessor Charles E PolkeyMr Rupert W PrescotMrs Tania Jane RawlinsonMr Richard A RobertsMr Geoffrey H RowleyMr John RutleyMr Louis SherwoodMr Charles G V StevensMrs Delphine S StevensDr Rosalyn M StanburyDr Peter J SzantoProfessor Eric J Thomas The Rt Hon The Lord Waldegrave of North HillMr Jonathan WheatleyMr Nigel W WrayMr Charles A Wynn-EvansDr Allen ZimblerAnd a further ten individuals who wish toremain anonymous

Bristol Pioneers

The Bristol Pioneers are individuals whose generosity sets a standard to which others may aspire,and whose support enables the University to transform itself. We are very grateful to the followingindividuals who are recognised as Pioneers for the 2005/06 year:

During 2005/06, over £3.9 million was raised in gifts and pledges from individuals, companies andcharitable trusts. This inspiring total demonstrates how much Bristol alumni and friends care about thefuture of the University. We value this support enormously as it enables us to drive research faster and toprovide the best facilities for our students and academics.

The Annual Fund had another record-breaking year, raising over £511,000, and our sights are now set onthe University’s Centenary in 2009 and a Centenary Campaign that will raise funds to ensure theUniversity enters its second century stronger and more successful than ever before – focusing on its corevalues of learning, discovery and enterprise.

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Alexander Onassis Public Benefit FoundationP F Charitable TrustThe Dorothy Holmes Charitable TrustBristol Dental Alumni AssociationThe Elkin Foundation Number 1The James Tudor FoundationThe Alastair Mews Memorial TrustThe Lloyd Robinson Family Charitable TrustThe John James (Bristol) FoundationToshiba Research Europe LtdCharitable Trusts for the United Bristol HospitalsThe Hadley TrustErnest Kleinwort Charitable Trust

TFC Frost Charitable TrustNational Eye Research CentreCitrina FoundationMichael Marks Charitable TrustBarclaycardHerbert Smith SolicitorsThe Priory FoundationMisys Charitable FoundationThe Tubney TrustVodafoneThe Wolfson FoundationFriends of Bristol Oncology CentreThe John Oldacre Foundation

We are also very grateful to the following companies, trusts and foundations, all of whom havemade significant contributions to the University over the past year.

PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT

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A selection of unusual, notable, or just plain photogenic, events from the University year.

SEPTEMBERTango accentuates the positiveWorld-class tango stars, Diego ‘El Pajaro’Riemer and Mercedes ‘Mecha’ Espinel,gave a class at the Department of Dramaduring Positive Working EnvironmentWeek. The week was part of the ongoingPWE initiative, which has as its mission‘Making working life productive,rewarding, enjoyable and healthy’. Amongthe week’s 80 other events weretrampoline lessons, tips on how to relax, alook behind the scenes at Goldney Halland a bike-to-work festival. Over 1,200people (20 per cent of the workforce) tookpart in the week, which is likely tobecome an annual fixture.

AUGUSTALSPAC throws a party for 14,000The first day of Bristol’s 2005 BalloonFiesta also marked the first ever meetingof a group of teenagers collectivelyknown as the Children of the 90s. Theorganisers of the Avon Longitudinal Studyof Parents and Children (ALSPAC) invitedall 14,000 Children of the 90s to a giant party, 14 years after their pregnantmothers joined this world-famousresearch project. The party, at AshtonCourt Mansion, was a ‘thank-you’ to theparents and children for giving enormousamounts of time and effort to helpimprove the health of future generations.

NOVEMBERSilence in Hispanic StudiesThe Department of Hispanic Studies hosteda public staging of a new play about apolitical prisoner’s 13 years of confinementand torture – featuring a performance bythe former prisoner himself. El Arte delSilencio (The Art of Silence), by JenniferHartley, recounts the experience ofParaguayan theatrical activist EmilioBarreto during his imprisonment under thedictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner forexpressing views offensive to the regime.There was also a discussion with JenniferHartley and Emilio Barreto (who performedthe play with Nelson Viveros), and aworkshop with the author and actors.

DECEMBERDegree for Great War veteranThe University awarded an Honorarydegree to a special visitor at the annualmeeting of the University Court. HarryPatch, a 107-year-old veteran of the GreatWar and a member of the workforce thatconstructed the Wills Memorial Building,was honoured with the degree of Masterof Arts – in the Great Hall of the landmarkthat he helped to build. After beingwounded at the Battle of Passchendaele,Harry worked as a plumber on the WillsBuilding. He was at the topping-outceremony and remembers placing newlyminted coins under the lead sheeting atthe top of the tower.

FEBRUARYBristol Sport Volunteering FairSporting enthusiasts who wereconsidering becoming more involved insupporting local community sports had achance to survey the projects available,at the Bristol Sport Volunteering Fair, heldat Ashton Park Sport Centre and hostedby the Bristol Sport Education Forum, inwhich the University is a key partner.Many community sport initiatives acrossthe city rely on hundreds of volunteers togive up their time to help run thenumerous sports and activity clubs inBristol; the annual Fair aims to attractpeople interested in volunteering andshow them how they can get involved.

MARCHNew Botanic Garden opens The University’s new Botanic Gardenopened to visitors, who were able to seethe first phase of its development. Thegarden has four core collections:Evolution, Rare and Threatened Natives,Mediterranean Plants and Useful Plants.Most plants have been propagated overthe past two years, but new plant material,particularly for the Evolution Collection, isbeing acquired from other botanic gardenssuch as Kew and Edinburgh, and in thecase of the most ‘primitive’ living floweringplant, Amborella trichopoda, from NewCaledonia. The garden should be formallyopened by summer 2007.

APRILBAFTA nominations for TVacademics The BBC Two series Coast, whosepresenters include Dr Mark Horton (fromthe Department of Archaeology andAnthropology), Dr Alice Roberts (from theDepartment of Anatomy) and Bristolgraduate Miranda Krestovnikoff, wasnominated for two BAFTA awards: one forBest Factual Series, and the other forInteractivity. At the BAFTA ceremony thefollowing month, the series won theInteractivity award for the special featureson the Coast website that enabled usersto download 30 ‘audio walks’ onto anmp3 player or mobile phone.

MAYChinese Ambassador visitThe University’s Language Centre washonoured by a visit from a delegation led byHis Excellency, the Chinese Ambassador,Zha Peixin and his wife, Zhang Xiaokang,former Ambassador to the Republic ofIreland. The reason for the visit was to handover a donation of over 500 books, CDsand interactive materials for the teaching ofMandarin Chinese. Bristol was selected asa result of the Language Centre’senthusiasm and initiative in introducingMandarin Chinese into its portfolio ofprogrammes and the commitment shownby the University in establishing the Centrefor East Asian Studies.

JULYNew veterinary service forexotic petsCats, dogs and exotic pets are now beingtreated at new facilities at Langford, afterthe Department of Clinical VeterinaryScience opened its first-opinion SmallAnimal Practice. The expanded practiceprovides increased kennelling forhospitalised cats and dogs, a new caninehydrotherapy unit, and a suite ofspecialised wards and treatment roomsfor some of the more exotic pets that areincreasingly seen in veterinary practicesaround the UK. The Small Animal Practiceis dedicated to the training of Veterinaryand Veterinary Nursing undergraduates.

OCTOBERCompetition entries bridge the gap Pretend there’s no Clifton SuspensionBridge; that was the brief for a competition,launched by the University and New CivilEngineer magazine, to design a crossing tospan the Avon Gorge using moderntechnologies and materials and thoseanticipated over the next 50 years. TheClifton Crossing Competition, endorsed bythe Royal Academy of Engineering, was are-run of the competition won by IsambardKingdom Brunel in 1831. Professionalengineers, engineering students and schoolpupils brought their ingenuity to bear onthe task. The winner, announced in July,was Youssef Ghali from Egypt.

JUNEPrime Minister comes to BristollA long while ago, the Prime Minister, TonyBlair, was invited to give a lecture at theUniversity. He did so in June. He spokeabout the criminal justice system and thebalance between the rights of criminalsand those of victims. He was joined onthe podium by Rod Morgan, Chair of theYouth Justice Board and an EmeritusProfessor at Bristol, and by MichelleBernasconi, who won a Home Officeaward for bravery in taking a standagainst criminal behaviour on her estate.The Vice-Chancellor hosted and chairedthe occasion, which attracted a massiveamount of publicity.

2005/06: THE YEAR IN PICTURES

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Members of Council 2005/06

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Lay members (19)Mr Tim Thom - Treasurer Mr Bill Martin - Bristol City Council Mr Denis Burn - Society of Merchant Venturers Mr Stuart Goldsmith - Convocation

Elected by CourtMrs Alison Bernays Mr John Bramhall Mr Chris Curling Mr Robert Dufton Mavis Lady Dunrossil Mr Jim Foulds (Vice-Chairman) Mr Geoff MatthewsMrs Dinah Moore Mr George Morton Mr David Ord Mr Tim Ross Mr Tim Stevenson Mrs Jane Venner-Pack Mrs Cathy Waithe Dr Moger Woolley (Chairman)

University members (10)Professor Eric Thomas - Vice-Chancellor Professor Patricia Broadfoot - Pro Vice-ChancellorProfessor David Clarke - Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Selby Knox - Pro Vice-Chancellor

Appointed by SenateMr John Bailey Professor Len Hall Dr Neville MorleyProfessor David Punter

Elected members of the non-academic staffMr Robert Massie Mr Tony Macdonald

Students (3)Mr Gaston Dolle - President of the Students'Union Ms Ann Cousins - Vice-President of theStudents' Union Ms Anu Ganapathy - President of thePostgraduate Union

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JANUARYBrunel 200 begins with talksAt the beginning of the 200th anniversaryof the birth of the world’s most famousengineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, theUniversity held a series of public talks.These highlighted how Bristol’s world-leading engineering experts are continuingBrunel’s legacy by tackling the challengesfacing the modern world. Topics includedclimate change and floods (Professor IanCluckie, Civil Engineering), the future of airtravel (Professor Nick Lieven, AerospaceEngineering), designing for earthquakes(Professor Colin Taylor, Civil Engineering)and telecommunications (Professor JoeMcGeehan, Communications Engineering).

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