July/August 2011 - Bulletin Vol 8 No 7

July/August 2011Volume 8 No 7

Exhibition at Marshall Aerospace12 CSA graduates’ work at VIP Business Aviation Centre

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Gemma Merino’s workwins the Macmillan Prizefor Children’s PictureBook IllustrationFull story on page 7 >>

ARISE – Anglia RuskinInitiative for StudentEngagementFull story on page 5 >>

Engery efficiency – keywithin our redevelopmentand improvementsFull story on page 31 >>

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

2 Bulletin July/August 2011 Volume 8 no 7

PhD studentconducts researchinto alien crayfishspeciesSee page 36 >>

N E W SCSA graduates’ work selected to hang in VIP Business Aviation Centre, Cambridge 4Anglia Ruskin Initiative for Student Engagement – what it is and what we’re doing 5Enterprising Academics programme – fostering engaging with business 6CSA students sweep the board at Macmillan awards event 7Preparing for Clearing 2011 – plans and arrangements 8Ixion Holdings creates 670 new jobs for 18–24 year olds 9Freshers’ Week 2011 – plans and arrangements 10Employment Bureau organises student visit to Britvic plc, Chelmsford 11The Big Pitch student competition – winners’ ideas 12Professor Martin Salisbury is keynote speaker at Bologna Children’s Book Fair 13Women Studying Childcare – new book from Dr Hazel Wright 14Celebrating the launch of our Digital Ruskin Gallery 15Staff email accounts’ system – upgrade on its way 16Lord Crisp delivers lecture on co-development 17News from the Faculty of Health & Social Care 18Newly validated Contract Management short course delivered to local firms 19Employability and Careers Services – employer and networking events 20Goodbye to Aimhigher 21Employer Mentoring Scheme – annual awards event 22Students as Mentors Scheme – benefiting our students and those at local schools 23Heist Awards 2011 – Higher Skills@Work and Marketing win awards 24Commemorating Alan Cherry, former Chairman of the Board of Governors 25The Bribery Act 2010 – what we all need to know 26Anglia Ruskin Boat Club news 27

T H E A R T SWhat’s on at the Ruskin Gallery 35

F E A T U R E SAlumni news 28International focus 29Green issues 30Estates and Facilities news 31UK and international partner institutions news 32–33Customer Service Excellence news 33Employer engagement news 34–35Focus on research 36

Graduates’ work onloan for exhibitionat MarshallAerospaceSee page 4 for full story >>

IN THIS ISSUE...

Working inpartnership withAmity University,internationallySee page 29 >>

July/August 2011 Volume 8 no 7 Bulletin 3

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Cover image:

BA (Hons) Fine Art graduateAmanda Graves with her abstractpaintings, Urban Organisation(large) and City Quadrant (small)from her ‘City Series’, and (l–r)Chris Owen, Head of CambridgeSchool of Art, Archie GardenDirector of Cambridge Airport; GillBloomfield of Arts & Business; andTerry Holloway of Marshall Group.

Cambridge School of Art (CSA)graduate Amanda Graves isone of 12 students who havehad their work selected forexhibition at CambridgeAirport, as part of a schemelaunched for the third year byAnglia Ruskin, Arts & Businessand Marshall AerospaceBusiness Aviation Centre.

The 12 items of graduatework were selected from CSAstudents’ Final Year Exhibitionfor a 12-month loan toMarshall Aerospace, to hangin the VIP Business AviationCentre at Cambridge Airport.The pieces include work byfine artists, photographers,illustrators and graphicdesigners.

Amanda was among the 12students chosen from around200 exhibiting for the art loanscheme. Her work consists ofvibrant colourful abstractpaintings based on the urbanlandscape. After beingconfirmed as one of thoseshortlisted, she said, ‘I amdelighted to have beenselected. I was brought up inCambridge, and the airporthas always meant a lot to me.My artwork is based around amodern visual language, andinteraction with contemporaryarchitecture, so there is reallyno better place to see mywork than at CambridgeAirport.’

The panel of judges includedArchie Garden, Director atCambridge Airport, TerryHolloway, Group SupportExecutive, Chris Owen, Headof Cambridge School of Artand Gill Bloomfield, Directorof Consultancy Services, Arts& Business.

Archie Garden said, ‘Thestandard of the work featuredin the exhibition was excellent,which made it very hard tochoose just 12 artists’ work.In making our selection, wewere driven by the locationwhere the works will hang,and we were looking for light,colour and energy. Amanda’swork particularly struck us,

but we are very pleased withthe choice of all 12 artists.’

The 12 graduates selected forthe scheme include: from BA(Hons) Photography, NatashaBiggs, Tracey Jones, ShaunSmith and Josie Fisher; fromBA (Hons) Fine Art, AmandaGraves, Jodie Nelson and AmyStorey; from BA (Hons)Illustration Rachel James andDan Heffer; from BA (Hons)Graphic Design, JurateLaugalyte, Julie Tostevin andCarmen Lam.

Jon GreenPress Officer, CorporateMarketing, International &Development Services

Twelve art graduates prepare forcareer take-off

LEADING NEWS


� Amanda Graves (left), pictured with Gill Bloomfield of Arts & Business and Terry Holloway of Marshall Group. Amanda’s abstract paintings, UrbanOrganisation (on the right) and Metro-cell (on the left) are from her ‘City Series’.


Getting geared up forClearing 2011 –arrangements...Full detail on page 8

IntroductionWe have launched ARISE as a new initiative at Anglia Ruskinto emphasise and improve engagement with our increasinglydiverse range of students. We hope that the ARISE initiativewill help to drive up student satisfaction and retention, and willimprove our students’ academic achievements andemployability prospects. These indicators are important both tostudents and to us, and will become increasingly so with thesteep rises in tuition fees in 2012, and the concomitant rise inexpectations of students. Our recent achievement of theCustomer Service Excellent award signals our commitment toproviding an excellent service to our students and to involvingthem actively as much as possible in everything we do. Thereis already evidence of good practice that we must developfurther. These include extended induction programmes forstudents in some faculties, employer mentoring schemes and‘buddying’ schemes.

Engagement has become a catch-all term, most commonlyused to describe a range of behaviours characterising studentswho are said to be more involved in their HE experience thantheir less-engaged peers. Engagement refers to the time, energyand resources students devote to activities to enhance theirlearning and their experience whilst at university. There isplenty of evidence in the literature to link higher levels ofengagement to higher levels of satisfaction and retention. Thelong history of student research in the US appears to supportthe basic formula: that what students do during their universityexperience is more important than who they are or whichinstitution they attend. Most researchers suggest that studentslearn by being involved or engaged. Increased access to HE inthe UK means that student populations are increasingly diversein terms of ability and age groups, and educational and socialbackgrounds. Additionally, the expansion of internationalstudents requires a different approach for those students forwhom the UK HE culture is often a very alien one. Informationand communication technologies have also shaped thinkingabout new options for student engagement and how to fosterthis through online and social networking environments.

How do we want student engagement to take place?We acknowledge that many students are already engagingactively, but believe that this can be developed further and thiswill contribute to higher levels of satisfaction, achievement andempowerment:

• engaging through class contact and study (attendance andactive participation in classes)

• engaging online (responding to surveys, virtual learningenvironment, etc)

• engaging with Anglia Ruskin (student representatives, etc)

• engaging with peers (non-academic engagement, SU/clubsand societies, socialising/making friends)

• engaging with academic staff, eg, personal tutors, improvedfeedback on assessment

• engaging with other staff working to improve the studentexperience

• engaging with the local and wider community• engaging in curriculum design and influencing teaching,learning and assessment strategies

• engagement through employing our students within AngliaRuskin

• engaging our students through generating evidence of reasonswhy they should feel proud of their university.

What are we doing?We have formed an ARISE project group, which has met twiceso far. We have representatives from all faculties, severalsupport services and the Students’ Union. Our initial work isfocused on the following areas:• working with the SU to review and improve the studentrepresentation system

• updating and refreshing our Student Charter• improving communications with students• working on the development of key information sets (KIS), asrequired by HEFCE for each academic pathway, forpublication in 2012

• exploring ways of achieving greater levels of ‘non-academic’or social engagement

• developing and defining the characteristics of an AngliaRuskin graduate and considering how these are embedded inour academic curriculum to provide students with the bestpossible employment opportunities

• reviewing academic and curriculum management roles.

This list is not exhaustive and we are already receivingsuggestions from colleagues for other work that ARISE couldchampion. The key focus is to work relentlessly to improve thelevels of satisfaction, retention, employability, achievement andengagement of our students, wherever or however they arestudying!

For further information on ARISE, please contact ProfessorLesley Dobree, Deputy Vice Chancellor or Julie Walkling,Director of Student Services.

ARISE – Anglia Ruskin Initiative forStudent Engagement

Over the summer, 22 of our academics have been outnetworking with local, national and international businesses,charities and local authorities. In the process they have beengaining useful insights into the commercial world, whilst theclient organisations have been discovering how valuable ouracademics’ expertise can be in helping them achieve theirgoals.

This is made possible by our Enterprising Academicsprogramme, which is run by the Business Development Teamin Research, Development & Commercial Services (RDCS), andtakes the form of a grant of £3000 for each academic involved,helping them to find the time and space to explore ideas byspending up to a week within a partner organisation of theirchoice, developing their enterprise skills. Organisations andacademics can then identify how they may best work together,for example, there are opportunities for collaboration onresearch projects, training, consultancy and knowledge transferpartnerships.

All applicants to the programme have been offered training inhow best to identify these opportunities and representthemselves and Anglia Ruskin in a commercial context. Theresponse to the workshops has been overwhelmingly positive,with all of the attendees agreeing that the content and deliverywas exactly what was needed to give them the tools andconfidence in approaching external clients. Attendee PamHutton, Faculty of Health & Social Care, said, ‘The session wasreally interesting and thought-provoking, giving me lots of ideason how to make the approach… and I feel a lot more confident(in approaching the client).’ And Charlie Nevison, Departmentof Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, said, ‘I feelmuch happier post-workshop in liaising more broadly with thesector.’

Each of our five faculties is represented by academics workingwith clients, ranging from small charitable and publicorganisations to renowned global corporations, like Microsoft.One such project involves Adnams Brewery, and JonathanSmith, Senior Lecturer, Ashcroft International Business School.He will be fostering a relationship with the company andapplying his expertise in human resources and sustainabledevelopment for businesses in order to assess their training,research and development needs and to identify where ourbusiness school will be able to assist. All of the projects willlook to build long-standing strategic relationships between usand the client organisations. Such is the aim of SundayNwaubani, Senior Lecturer, Department of the BuiltEnvironment, who intends to work with Bristol-based companyRocktron Ltd to explore how and where his own expertise innano-materials can assist them in the production of their neweco-materials. In July, they will also look to develop a

collaborative research proposal in response to a call from MarieCurie Cancer Care.

Projects also have the potential to benefit the community atlarge. For example, Dr Samantha Lundrigan, Senior Lecturer inCriminology, Department of Humanities and Social Science, isplanning to work with the Cambridgeshire Constabulary’sInvestigations Directorate. Sam hopes to open up a dialoguewith this department and to identify opportunities for theprovision of specialist training for crime intelligence analysts,and the development of collaborative projects. Sam will alsolook at how her wider expertise in crime science may be of useto the Cambridgeshire Constabulary, possibly as a consultant,or through the provision of further training.

As well as supporting our corporate plan targets for incomegeneration, the projects will have wider benefits. For example,Justin Williams, Department of Music and Performing Arts,intends to deliver a workshop discussing the various businessmodels for the production and sale of modern music. Justin willbe inviting the key music industry figures he meets during hisproject to attend this workshop, thus creating discussion andnetworking opportunities for staff and students. As a result ofher time with Microsoft, Sue Sentence, Senior Lecturer in ICTEducation, will be running a competition for local schools, inconjunction with Microsoft, which explores the children’sconceptions and ideas of ground-breaking future technologies.Similarly, Beatriz Acevedo, Lecturer in Sustainable Managementand Environmental Management, intends to launch, on ourChelmsford campus, the Responsible Business Standard(developed by the Organisation for Responsible Businesses),which recognises an SME’s achievements in sustainablebusiness practices, thus emphasising the role we can play insupporting SMEs with sustainable business issues.

Tony West, Director of RDCS, said, ‘It is encouraging to see ouracademics engaging with external clients, gaining the supportand tools to do so successfully. The experience will help todevelop relationships between Anglia Ruskin and the partnerorganisations, which will benefit us not only in terms of futureexternal income, but will also help to build our reputation as abusiness-facing university and enable academics to feed theircommercial experiences back into their teaching, research andpersonal development.’

For more information, please contact Jemma Little, BusinessDevelopment Manager for Sustainability and Technology (ext2983, [email protected]).

Anglia Ruskin’s EnterprisingAcademics!

NEWS


Anglia Ruskin ResearchConference 2011 – auniversity-wide event...Full story on page 9

Our students were the stars ofthe show at this year’sMacmillan Prize for Children’sPicture Book Illustration awardsin London, on 23 May. For thesecond year in succession, anMA Children’s Book Illustrationstudent took the £1000 firstprize in the prestigious nationalcompetition. The second prize,of £500, also went to anotherstudent on the course, as didfive of the 13 highlycommended awards.

After Mike Smith’s success lastyear with Edward Hopper andthe Carrot Crunch, GemmaMerino’s The Crocodile WhoDidn’t Like Water took theaward this time, with ElysDolan’s Weasels claiming therunner-up prize. JemimaSharpe, Vanya Nastanlieva,Harriet Muncaster, Caroline Tyeand Tonca Uza came awaywith highly commendedawards.

Professor Martin Salisbury, theMA Children’s Book IllustrationCourse Leader, said, ‘Thesuccess of Gemma and Elys inthis prestigious nationalcompetition, coming after MikeSmith’s win and subsequentcontract with Macmillan lastyear, is a source of great pridefor those of us involved withthe MA Children’s BookIllustration course. The newscoincides with theannouncement that the coursehas won major funding fromthe Arts and HumanitiesResearch Council for studentscholarships at MA and PhDlevel. It also emphasises theongoing re-emergence ofCambridge School of Art atAnglia Ruskin as a significantregional, national andinternational provider for Artand Design courses.

An exhibition of the winningentries was staged at The

Gallery at Foyles Bookshop, onCharing Cross Road in London,until 27 May. This year’sjudging panel included themillion-sellingauthor–illustrators AxelScheffler and Emily Gravett, aswell as the Guardian’schildren’s book critic, JuliaEccleshare.

The winning students willshortly be meeting withMacmillan editors to discusspossible book deals, with aview to joining the likes of MAChildren’s Book Illustrationgraduates Kazuno Kohara,Mike Smith, RebeccaPatterson, Paula Metcalf andMarta Altes who are nowsigned up with the publisher.

For more information, pleasecontact Martin Salisbury [email protected].

In the NewsSend your news items to JonGreen, Press Officer, [email protected] or call onext 4717. To view our latest newsreleases, visit www.anglia.ac.uk.You can also follow us on Twitter,visit www.twitter.com/angliaruskin.

4 June, BBC Radio 3Professor Helen Odell-Millerdiscusses the impact of musictherapy on Radio 3’s MusicMatters programme.

29 May, Star 107 FM and KL.FM96.7 NorfolkBen Mumby-Croft, Senior Lecturerat Ashcroft International BusinessSchool, talks aboutentrepreneurship and The Big Pitchcompetition.

19 May, ITV AngliaDr Julian Doberski, PrincipalLecturer in Life Sciences, isinterviewed about an invasion ofermine moth caterpillars on JesusGreen in Cambridge.

17 May, The GuardianDr Anne McKee, Head of theDepartment of EducationalStudies, and Dr Liz Bradbury,Programme Leader for SocialSciences and Principal Lecturer inSociology, are interviewed aboutthe success of their courses in therecent Guardian league tables.

10 May, BBC CambridgeshireLester Lloyd-Reason, Professor ofInternational Enterprise Strategy,discusses the EnterpriseDevelopment Fund and AngliaRuskin’s current work in Romania.

8 May, The ObserverDr Simon Payne, Senior Lecturer inCommunication, Film and MediaStudies, is interviewed aboutpreserving digital artwork in anarticle that mentions the launch ofthe digital art gallery at the RuskinGallery in Cambridge.

8 May, The ObserverMusic Programme Leader Dr JustinWilliams is interviewed about thework of blues legend RobertJohnson and his influence oncontemporary music.


� At the Macmillan awards (l–r): Harriet Muncaster, Vanya Nastanlieva, Caroline Tye, Gemma Merino, JemimaSharpe and tutors Pam Smy and Martin Salisbury.

Cambridge School of Artstudents sweep the boardat Macmillan event

Clearing arrangements for this year will follow a similar formatto last year, with Clearing Centres on both our Cambridge andChelmsford campuses. It is anticipated that the duration andopening hours of our Clearing event will be slightly less thisyear, as we will not be recruiting additional student numbers.We will not be open on Sunday this year, but will plan to beopen until Friday 26 August – with the option of closing early ifall places are filled.

Clearing 2011 opening days and timesDay Opening timesThursday 18 August 8.00am–8.00pmFriday 19 August 8.00am–6.00pmSaturday 20 August Offer Holder Day 10.00am–4.00pmSunday 21 August closedMonday 22 August 8.00am–6.00pmTuesday 23 August 8.30am–6.00pmWednesday 24 August 9.00am–5.00pmThursday 25 August 9.00am–5.00pmFriday 26 August 9.00am–5.00pm

The Clearing team will consist of Les James, Pat Watson andChris Jones, with Chris, once again, putting into practice theexpertise he has amassed from managing our Open Days toensure that this year is as successful as last.

We will, again, be relying on support from colleagues infaculties and support services to help us make Clearing asuccess. All faculties and support services involved in Clearinghave been asked to nominate a coordinator to liaise with the

Clearing Team with regards to locations, set up and staffingrotas.

Saturday 20 AugustIn response to feedback from last year, we have decided tomake Saturday 20 August a Clearing Offer Holder Day, which,like an Open Day, will be a bigger event and will allow us tomeet the potential demand for information on accommodation,finance, facilities, etc, and, hopefully, convert all of our Clearingoffer holders into students.

Training sessions will be delivered in late June/early July, andwe strongly encourage you to attend if you are taking part inClearing this year, particularly as we will be using a newClearing database to record details of our Clearing applicantsand offers. Further details on training dates and times will becirculated via Clearing Coordinators.

If you have any queries about Clearing arrangements, pleasecontact us.

Chris JonesOpen Day and Events Coordinator, Corporate Marketing,International & Development ServicesLes JamesFaculty Business and Resources Manager, Faculty of Science& TechnologyPat WatsonHead of UK/EU Admissions, Corporate Marketing,International and Development Services

Preparing for Clearing 2011NEWS


It’s the time of year whenaccreditiation of prior learning(APL) applications increaseconsiderably, particularly inrelation to part-time applicants.

Remember, all APL needs to beapproved and processed priorto students commencing theirchosen course. Students are notpermitted to register for anAnglia Ruskin award until suchadmission has been approvedin writing (AcademicRegulations July 2010 – 4.28).

Should you require any help orassistance with completing anAPL application, please contactone of the following people:

• your Faculty APEL Adviser• Linda Norris, Senior Adviser(Accreditation) UK/EUAdmissions Office

• Vicky Randall, Head ofInternational Admissions

• Sue Frost, Quality AssuranceUnit, Academic Office

Implementing therecommendations from Quality& Standards Committee‘sWorking Group review on ourAccreditation of Prior LearningprocessesPat Watson, Head of UK/EUAdmissions, Vicky Randall,Head of InternationalAdmissions, and Linda Norris,Senior Adviser (Accreditation),

have been tasked by SandraHollis (as Chair of theAdmissions PolicySubcommittee) to meet withDeans, APEL Advisers andfaculty colleagues to organisethe implementation of therecommendations of the APLWorking Group. Meetings arebeing scheduled, and two havealready been held. The mainfocus of these meetings is towork through therecommendations of the reportfrom the Quality & StandardsCommittee’s APL WorkingGroup and to agree how theycan best be implemented foreach faculty to ensure smoothimplementation and an efficient

and responsive system. Formore information about this,please contact the AcademicOffice (Quality AssuranceDepartment).

Training sessions to supportimplementation will bearranged for each faculty (oneon each campus if the facultyis cross-campus) and will beco-ordinated with the FacultyAPEL Advisers.

Linda NorrisSenior Adviser(Accreditation), Admissions,Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentService

Accreditation of prior learning

Looking ahead toFreshers’ Week 2011 –all the latest...Full detail on page 10

Chelmsford-based IxionHoldings Ltd, a not-for-profitsubsidiary of Anglia RuskinUniversity, has been workinghard to give young people inEssex help and guidance toget them back into work,successfully creating 670 newroles in the East of England,London, South East and NorthWest over the last sevenmonths. This has providedmany young people aged 18to 24 with six-month workplacements that gave theminvaluable work experience,skills and contacts in creativeindustries such as TV, fashion,theatre and music.

Iain Lockhart, the manresponsible for pulling this off,wanted to help provideopportunities for the youngunemployed: ‘It’s been reallygreat to see the positiveimpact this scheme has hadon young people. Manylacked confidence and skills,but these roles have givenhundreds the inspiration theyneeded to find a job andclimb the career ladder.’

Working with organisationsincluding BAFTA, ITN andmany of the local councils,this scheme has created somefantastic opportunities,

including new positions at therecently expanded ChelmsfordMuseum where two peopleare now gaining a range ofskills and knowledge inarchiving, customer serviceand the town’s local history.

Ixion’s passion for helpingyoung people get back intowork saw the company itselftake on four local youngsters,including Henry Robertshaw,aged 18, and Verity Cotton,aged 19, who fully supportthe project: ‘I wasunemployed for six monthsbefore I was taken on as partof the Future Jobs Fund. I’monly a month into myplacement, but I’ve alreadygained an invaluableexperience in a real workingenvironment. The support andadvice I’ve received have beenreally great. I’m not surewhere I’d be without anopportunity like this.’

Ixion wanted to let everyonesee some of the fantasticwork that is being achievedthrough these placements andshow how just six months canmake a difference to a youngperson who has struggled tofind employment. To do this,one of the new roles created


� The project manager, Iain Lockhart, with Ixion’s three Future JobsFund employees: Emily Thomson, Verity Cotton and Henry Robertshaw.

Ixion Holdings creates 670 new jobsat Ixion focused on producinga range of videos and casestudies on our website,www.ixionholdings.com, toshow how the employees hadgrown in their confidence,skills and approach to havinga career.

But this has not only beengood for those who got totake part, it has also beengood news for the companiesinvolved as well. Taking onsomeone who has beenunemployed for some timecan be quite daunting, thereis always a fear of theunknown and whether theywill be more trouble than theyare worth. However, thisprogramme has demonstratedthat, given the opportunity,18 to 24 year olds can rise tothe challenge, that theyactually want to work andthat all they needed was theopportunity to show how theycan add value to a companyand make a real difference.

Emily ThomsonMarketing Research &Communications Assistant,Ixion Holdings Ltd

Research, Development &Commercial Services ispleased to announce our first-ever university-wide researchconference, The Anglia RuskinResearch Conference 2011 –Celebrating excellence throughresearch. The conference willbe held at the Chelmsfordcampus on 2 September. Thiswill be a fantastic opportunityfor funded research-activestaff to present their work –

whether internal, external,UK-based or international innature – to the wideracademic community withinAnglia Ruskin University. Theday will consist of a variety ofpresentations, a posterexhibition, and a generaldiscussion on our researchinterests.

Papers in all subject areashave been invited, and a

special session will beavailable to showcase theresearch supported by theVice Chancellor’s ResearchEnhancement Fund.

This is an exciting chance tocelebrate fully the researchwe are involved in at AngliaRuskin and to network withother staff across all facultiesand campuses, and we lookforward to your participation.

Attendance is free of charge.If you would like to register,please visitwww.surveymonkey.com/s/7B3CXCD. Registration will openon 2 July and will close on1 August.

If you have any questions,please contact Ruth Sandland([email protected]).

The Anglia Ruskin Research Conference 2011 – Celebrating excellence through research

Lots of planning and organising are taking place at themoment. We are currently busy scheduling the activities andevents planned for Freshers’ Week and working on re-designingthe Freshers’ website. We are also finalising the logo that wewill use in our promotions, and deciding the cover sheet for thestudent diaries – we asked our Art students to come up withsome designs and we are having trouble deciding among somevery good ones!

Our official Facebook page is up and running and we also havein place our dedicated email address to deal with any queriesfrom students or staff! Our Twitter account is also ready to goand we will be ‘tweeting’ soon.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/angliaruskinfreshersEmail address: [email protected]: ARU_Freshers

Our first newsletter was produced and circulated at the end ofMay. Please do contact Lorraine Silk if you have not receivedthis via your Welcome Steering Committee rep – it will also beposted on the staff section of My.Anglia.

We will inform staff about the arrangements for Freshers’ Weekin a number of ways:

on My.Anglia via a prominent section on the Staff page,which will include:• a link to International Orientation information• briefing notes – to include a newsletter, details of whatinformation is being provided to students (example packswill be available in Faculty Offices)

• information regarding university processes• Welcome Team contacts• a link to the Freshers’ website• information regarding Late Arrivals/Late comers• a link to Returners information• minutes from the Welcome Steering Committee (WSC)

via Bulletin – this article outlining the arrangements forInternational Orientation, Arrivals weekend and Freshers’Week and directing staff to the My.Anglia staff area.

via newsletters/emails – from May to September – a monthlynewsletter and regular email updates to be sent to WSCmembers for cascading as appropriate to colleagues. WSC toadd specific information for their particular area.

via briefing sessions for all staff, as follows:• Cambridge 7 September 12.00noon to 1.00pm (HEL251)• Chelmsford 8 September 12.00noon to 1.00pm (MAR102)

via briefing sessions for frontline staff(iCentre, Reception, Student IT Helpdesk staff)• Wednesday 31 August 10.00am to 12.00noonby video conference (MAB006/HEL006).

If you have any queries, please do contact either Lorraine Silk([email protected]) or Belinda Lennon([email protected]).

Belinda LennonAssistant Director (Information and Advice), Student Services

Freshers’ Week 2011 – updateNEWS


Throughout the month of May,the Faculty of Science &Technology’s Animal andEnvironmental Research Group(AERG) hosted a study visit bya colleague from Tanzania, MrJoram Ponjoli. Joram is astudent on the EU-fundedErasmus Mundus EuropeanMasters in Applied Ecology(EMAE), and after visiting ushe went on in June to defendhis thesis at the University ofPoitiers. He is also Ecologist ofthe Udzungwa MountainsNational Park, and worksclosely with Anglia RuskinResearch Fellow Trevor Jonesand our Udzungwa ElephantProject(udzungwa.wildlifedirect.org/)

on conserving the wildlife andexceptionally biodiversemontane forests of this area ofsouthern Tanzania. His Mastersresearch project is looking atspatial and demographicpatterns of crop raiding byelephants along the boundaryof the National Park. While onthe Cambridge campus, healso collaborated with severalother AERG colleagues,including Dawn Hawkins andGuy Norton of the AnimalBehaviour Research Unit(ABRU), and geographicalinformation systems expertNick McWilliam.

After defending his thesis,Joram returned to Tanzania to

disseminate his results at theAssociation for Tropical Biologyand Conservation & Society forConservation Biology Africaconference in Arusha(www.atbc-scbafrica2011.org/home/).Trevor also presented a talk atthis conference on the status ofwildlife corridors acrossTanzania.

In late June, Joram and Trevortravelled back to theUdzungwa Mountains to beginimplementing an emergencyproject to mitigatehuman–elephant conflict,guided by the results of theircollaborative research andfunded by the Rapid Response

Facility of Fauna and FloraInternational and UNESCO(whc.unesco.org/en/news/744).

For more information on thisongoing research work, pleasecontact Trevor Jones([email protected] [email protected]).

AERG hosts visit by colleague from Tanzania

� Joram in Cambridge withcolleagues from our Animal andEnvironmental Research Group (l–r):Nicola Rodgers, Fabrizio Manco,Dawn Hawkins, Joram Ponjoli,Trevor Jones and Guy Norton.

The Big Pitchcompetition – big winfor three teams...Full story on page 12

In early April, theEmployment Bureau inChelmsford arranged for agroup of students from theAshcroft InternationalBusiness School to attend asite visit to Britvic’s bottlingand distribution plant inBecton. The students wereaccompanied by HermanRapp, Ross Kemble andHannah Myatt from AIBS andSarah Kempster whorepresented the EmploymentBureau.

Britvic plc has a long historyin Chelmsford. It wasestablished as a business in1938 by James McPherson, achemist in Tindal Street, asThe British Vitamin ProductsCompany and has operatedin Chelmsford ever since.Britvic is now one of Europe’sleading soft drinks companies,with an enviable portfolio ofmarket-leading brands, suchas Robinsons, J2O, FruitShoot, Tango anddrench. They also haveexclusive bottling agreementswith PepsiCo in the UK and

Ireland for global brands suchas Pepsi and 7Up. Includingtheir international operations,Britvic employs 3500 peopleand sells 1.9 billion litres ofsoft drinks annually.

The trip was organised tooffer students the opportunityto see first-hand the ‘behindthe scenes’ operations of amajor internationalorganisation. Britvic’sLearning Zone Manager, TaniaHall, co-ordinated the tour,which – after a welcome talk– started with a quiz aboutthe history, structure andoperations of Britvic. The touraround the site demonstratedthe complete bottling andlabelling process, from thepoint of a small test-tube sizebottle being blown up to 2-litre capacity and filled withbranded soft drink, to thedistribution and transportationoperations that ensure theproduct reaches supermarketshelves when required by theretailer. The students werealso fortunate to gain aninsight into the creative

marketing and brandingprojects Britvic are famousfor, such as their Robinsonsdrinks at the Wimbledontennis tournament.

Herman Rapp, SeniorLecturer, commented, ‘Therewas a range of interestingperspectives for our studentsto consider, for example,marketing, operationsmanagement andorganisational behaviour, and


� Our students and staff outside Britvic plc in Chelmsford.

the question-and-answersession was especially wellmoderated. As my owninterest is operationsmanagement, I could see lotsof “anchors” for concepts andtheories that are relevant forboth practice and academicteaching.’

The students enjoyed theexperience too. Cedric Deur,studying with AIBS for anMSc in MarketingManagement Practice, toldSarah, ‘This event was afantastic opportunity to seehow an international companythat specialises in soft drinksoperates. The tour was veryinteresting and made usrealise the organisation that isneeded to operate a globalbusiness. Also, thequestioning time at the endlinked directly with ourstudies. I’m very happy thatmy university gave us theopportunity to learn directlywhat happens in theworkplace.’

Sarah WhiteBusiness DevelopmentManager, EmploymentBureau, Student Services

AIBS students visit Britvic

� Part of Britvic’s impressive plant in Chelmsford.

Three teams of our studentswon £10,000 each afterimpressing the judges during thefinal of The Big Pitchcompetition. Team leaders TomBarton, Kanayo Ogwu and PhillRichardson all successfullypitched their business ideas to apanel that included Rajeeb Dey,Vernon Spencer andentrepreneurial expert WalterHerriot OBE, after more than 40initial entries were narroweddown to a shortlist of seven forthe grand final in Cambridge. Inaddition to their £10,000 start-up funding, they will also receive12 months’ free office space atthe Anglia Ruskin businessincubator unit; 12 months’ freebusiness banking with Barclays;legal advice and support fromEversheds; accountancy servicesand advice from PetersElsworthy & Moore (PEM); andcreative and branding supportfrom One.

Kanayo Ogwu, who’s about tocomplete an MA in InternationalBusiness, is behind X SportsConnect, a mobile phone appthat will act as a social mediaplatform for football fans acrossthe world. He said, ‘This is soexciting because it has alwaysbeen my dream to start my ownbusiness. I’ll really cherish thisopportunity and I’ll do my bestto make sure that I don’t letdown the judges, organisers andsponsors of this fantastic award.’

Tom Barton, and his businesspartner Mark Reyner, are behindDigi-Ping, another innovativemobile phone app that allowsusers to scan barcodes atvenues such as libraries andmuseums to download mapsand floor plans. ‘The wholeprocess during the final –especially making thepresentation to the judges – wasnerve wracking, but it was agreat result for us,’ explainedTom, who’s studying for a BA(Hons) in Enterprise andEntrepreneurial Management. ‘Ithink our product is quite boldand “out there”, and thatprobably appealed to the judges.We’ve been dreaming big,possibly too big at times, andwe wanted to come up with anidea that can help a hugenumber of people.’

Phill Richardson, who’s about tocomplete a PhD in Acoustics ofPercussion, has developedsoftware that automaticallygenerates music videos basedon the lyrics of a song. VidMagic gives up-and-comingmusicians the chance to uploadvideos online for little cost oreffort. He said, ‘The musicindustry is something thatexcites people and is now anincredibly hi-tech business, sothat’s one of the reasons whymy idea probably appealed tothe judges. To be honest, I waspretty nervous before my

presentation but I’m absolutelyoverjoyed to win, and I’m nowreally looking forward tospending the next yeardeveloping the product.’

Jackie Cooper won a smallerprize of £4000, donated byVisual Planet, for Aquasoftna, awater filter that can be easilyattached to shower heads tosoften water without restrictingflow.

The Big Pitch competition wasopen to all our currentundergraduate and postgraduatestudents, and was run by SeniorLecturer Ben Mumby-Croft fromthe Centre for EnterpriseDevelopment and Research(CEDAR) in partnership with ourResearch, Development &Commercial Services (RDCS).Ben Mumby-Croft said,‘Entrepreneurship is all aboutcreating the right frame of mind;it’s not a job title. The Big Pitchhas been all about gettingpeople to have a go, takingideas on board and not gettingdownhearted if it doesn’timmediately work out. It’s veryeasy to knock ideas but we haveto support young people andhelp them to take their ideas tothe next stage, and those takingpart in this year’s competitionhave not only been thetrailblazers but also wonderfulambassadors for Anglia Ruskin.’

Lester Lloyd-Reason, Professorof International EnterpriseStrategy, said, ‘The Big Pitchperfectly demonstrates thecommitment CEDAR has toembed enterprise andentrepreneurship across thewhole of Anglia RuskinUniversity. The quality of thestudent presentations illustratesthe entrepreneurial spirit thatexists across all faculties and,going forwards, CEDAR will useevery effort to allow all of our

entrepreneurial students toachieve their aspirations.’

Paddy Bishopp, founder ofPaddy & Scott’s coffee companyand one of The Big Pitch judges,said, ‘The Big Pitch has to beseen as a blueprint forshowcasing the amazing youngtalent that will be the nextgeneration of UK entrepreneurs.Not only did we see seven greatbusiness ideas in the final butwe also saw seven people withpassion, dedication and a will tosucceed.’

The winning ideasX Sports Connect (team leaderKanayo Ogwu) is a dedicatedsocial network for football fans.The aim is to create acommunity of fans on onesimple, easy-to-use platform,where they can both interactwith each other and with theirfavourite clubs through a mobilephone app (http://thebigpitch.co.uk/pitch/x-sports-connect/).

VidMagic (team leader PhillipRichardson) provides automaticmusic video generation forbands to promote themselves oninternet streaming services. Byproducing videos automaticallythrough computer software, thecost can be kept to a minimum(http://thebigpitch.co.uk/pitch/vidgen/).

Digi-Ping (team leader TomBarton) is a digital mappingservice for institutions such aslibraries and museums. Usersscan a barcode or input areference number of the locationthey wish to go to and thesoftware will provide a map orfloor plan (http://thebigpitch.co.uk/pitch/digi-ping/).


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� Prize winners Tom Barton, Mark Reyner, Kanayo Ogwu, PhillRichardson and Jackie Cooper.

Photography graduatewins inaugural TophamAward...Full story on page 15

Professor Martin Salisbury ofCambridge School of Art’sCentre for Children’s BookStudies was one of fourkeynote speakers at aninternational conference ondigital publishing for children,which formed the openingevent of this year’s Bologna

Children’s Book Fair. Tools forChange in Publishing was aone-day sell-out conferenceattended by 300 or sopublishers and creatives fromaround the world, looking atissues around publishingchildren’s picture books foriPad and iPhone. At the fair

itself, the children’s publishingindustry was busy networkingand selling international co-editions. As usual, students onAnglia Ruskin’s MA Children’sBook Illustration course visitedthe four-day fair, manyarranging portfolio meetingswith publishers. Plenty of last


� Anglia Ruskin graduate Nadia Shireen’s new book prominentlydisplayed at the Random House stand.

� Students and staff of MA Children’s Book Illustration at the entranceto the fair.

Professor Martin Salisbury speaks atthe Bologna Children’s Book Fair

year’s graduates’ work was onshow including Nadia Shireen’snext picture book with RandomHouse, Hey Presto.

Sarah JonesFaculty Marketing andRecruitment Manager, Facultyof Arts, Law & Social Sciences

Amelia Poon and AlexandraDrysdale, two Master of Fine Artstudents from the CambridgeSchool of Art, have had their

work selected for display in theupcoming Elements: MaterialWorlds exhibition, organised byThe Forum Trust (Norwich) andNorfolk Contemporary ArtSociety.

Only 76 pieces were selected fordisplay from nearly 700applicants, an incredibleachievement and an importantrecognition of the quality of workproduced by our Fine Artstudents. The aim of theselection panel was to ‘…look forrecent work by artists whoparticularly engage with habitat,environment and both thenatural and man-made world intheir creative process.’

Amelia said, ‘I was ecstatic whenI realised that I’d been selectedfor the Material Worlds exhibition.As artists, we are so privilegedthat we have the means toexpress our view to the public. Inthis work, the underlying themeis that of ecology by virtue of thefact that all my constructionmaterial is recyclable, in this casenewspaper. It’s my view that,nowadays, nobody bothers

recycling things because of thehigher standard of living! For thesake of future generations, I justhope people could take note ofsuch a premise.’

The exhibition will take placefrom Tuesday 12 to Thursday 28July at The Forum in Norwich,and will feature the juried BayerPrize of £1000.

For more information, please visitwww.anglia.ac.uk/studentexhibitions.


Fine Art students’ work selected for major regional exhibition

� Wall piece by AlexandraDrysdale.

� Synergy by Amelia Poon.

This recently published bookby Sara Knight has beenreviewed by Martine Horvath inEYE magazine (Volume 13, No3, July 2011), a monthlymagazine for early yearseducators (seewww.earlyyearseducator.co.uk),and the review is reproducedbelow with their kindpermission.

‘Chapter 8 of this book is oneof the most sensible pieces ofwriting I have read on riskassessment. Very wellbalanced, clear and concise

advice when weighing up thebenefits of learning with riskfactors involved. Children’shealth and safety areparamount but fear can makeus risk averse, thus limitingchildren’s learning potential.

This book providespractitioners with theconfidence to offer childrenadventurous and challengingoutdoor activities whiledemonstrating ways to utilisenatural resources to their bestadvantage.

Issues considered include:Being outside in ‘bad’ weather;the importance of risk taking;the benefits of rough andtumble play; observing andassessing children in thismode; how these experiencesimprove children’s learning;explaining activities toparents, colleagues andmanagers; ensuring health andsafety requirements are met,and the role of the adult infacilitating these experiences.

The practical advice in thisexcellent book is underpinned

by the latest theory thatsupports its use, and is furtherbacked by real-life examples.

With a further book on ForestSchools in the pipeline, theauthor is leading by examplein the drive to get childrenand practitioners outdoors,enjoying the many benefitsthat nature brings.’

For more information, pleasecontact Sara Knight [email protected].

New book sees part-timestudy as life-fulfilling

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During a recent sabbatical,Dr Hazel Wright (picturedabove) rewrote her PhD thesisas an academic monograph,Women Studying Childcare:Integrating Lives ThroughAdult Education, which isnow published by TrenthamBooks (ISBN 978 1 85856485 2, £20.99).

The book takes aninterdisciplinary approach toeducation, drawing from, andcreating theory that, relates toa number of social sciencedisciplines. It makes links toAmartya Sen’s Capability

Approach, a policy initiativeattracting renewed interestwithin the field of educationand, through Hazel’s book,within the early years’ sector.

The doctoral study usedbiographical methods to drawout the meaning of educationfor a group of 33 womenstudents selected from acohort of 150, all of whomhad studied for a FurtherEducation Diploma over a 10-year period roughly equatingto the era of rapid reformunder the Blair government.Thus, it captured theexperiences of adult studentsduring a period ofunprecedented educationalchange and clearly identifiedthe unplanned social benefitsthat are put at risk whenissues of professionalism andstandardisation are narrowlypursued without a carefulanalysis of why existingpractices work. Significantly, itdemonstrates how avocational course, flexiblytaught, can meet the multipleneeds of a student group – the

benefits the studentsdescribe includeforeground confidence,both personal andpractical elements; theconfidence to ‘be’ aswell as theconfidence to ‘do’.

Rather than emphasising thelife-changing elements of adulteducation, the research drewattention to the continuities inpeople’s lives. Most of thewomen in this study wereseeking a qualification thatwould permit them tocontinue or progress in theirexisting work or to move fromvolunteer to paid worker in afield they already understoodrather than looking for newand challenging opportunities.Thus, the book offers anunusually positive view ofpart-time education, one thatsees part-time study as life-fulfilling rather than as astruggle to ‘juggle’ disparateneeds and symbolic of agovernmental failure to renderfull-time study a possibility.

Theperiod in which thisresearch was undertakenimmediately preceded theCoalition’s call for a ‘BigSociety’ favouring voluntaryinvolvement in communityservices, previously theresponsibility of the state. Yetthe pre-school movement,whose story intertwines withthat of the study cohort, is asuccessful communityinitiative that has beencontinually challenged by themoves to regularise early yearseducation, and, ironically, isnow a victim of the swingingpolitical pendulum.

For more information, [email protected].

Risk and Adventure in Early Years Outdoor Play: Learning from Forest Schools

Bulletin archive nowavailable online asdownloadable PDFs...Full details on page 16

On Monday 9 May, specialguests joined the Faculty ofArts, Law & Social Sciences tocelebrate the past, present andfuture of the arts – analogueand digital – with the opening

of the UK’s first permanentdigital gallery.

The audience experienced anaudio-visual journey throughthe evolution of the arts,

designed by Reader in CreativeMusic Technology, Dr Juliod’Escrivan, Senior Lecturer inFilm, Shreepali Patel, andCambridge School of ArtTechnician, Dan Jagger, whowas instrumental in theGallery’s development.

The gallery includes the UK’sfirst Panasonic 103" 3D fullHD plasma screen that hasbeen imported from Japan.There is also a state-of-the-artaudio system, and nine 32"monitors. Housed within thetraditional Ruskin Gallery, thenew gallery is designed to beflexible so that traditional anddigital exhibitions can beviewed separately or at thesame time.

Professor Derrik Ferney, Deanand Pro Vice Chancellor for theFaculty, said, ‘The space willallows students to exhibit innew ways and across differentdisciplines.’


� The team responsible for the vision and creation of the new RuskinGallery (l–r): Deputy Dean, Dr Andy Salmon; Director of CoDE, DrSamantha Rayner; Professor Derrik Ferney, Dean and Pro ViceChancellor; Daniel Jagger, Technical Officer (Technical Operations andDigital Systems); Senior Lecturer in Film, Shreepali Patel; Reader inCreative Music Technology, Dr Julio d’Escrivan; and Geri Wren, FacultyBusiness and Resources Manager.

Perfectly combining thetraditional and progressiveaspects of Cambridge School ofArt, the newly digitised gallerysits at the heart of the schoolwith studios spacessurrounding it.

The capabilities of the RuskinGallery will strengthen linksbetween art and science andwill support cross-disciplinaryresearch. Anglia Ruskincurrently runs several researchprojects, such as the work ofthe Digital Performance Lab,supported by our Cultures ofthe Digital Economy ResearchInstitute (CoDE).

The first such exhibition at theRuskin Galley open to thegeneral public, Transitions, iscurrently showing andcontinues until 7 July.

For more information, pleasevisit www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskingallery or see The Arts section,page 35.

Digital Ruskin Gallery creates a buzz

One of our Photographygraduates, Naomi Peel, haswon the inaugural TophamAward for photography. Theannual award, set up byWysing Arts Centre in Bourn,was announced at an eveningdrinks reception in Cambridgeon 20 May. The award isfunded by local landownerand Wysing patron WilliamTopham, whose son Matthewis a photographer.

Naomi’s prize includes ayear’s funded studio space,worth more than £2000, atWysing Arts Centre, plus asolo exhibition in conjunctionwith Anglia Ruskin Universitytowards the end of herresidency. She said, ‘It’s great

to have this opportunity towork at Wysing and use thesupport structure of the artscentre to further my work. I’mreally excited to be given thisopportunity.’

The winner was selected by apanel consisting of Williamand Matthew Topham; DonnaLynas, the Director of WysingArts Centre; and KerstinHacker, the Pathway Leaderfor our BA (Hons)Photography course.

Kerstin Hacker said, ‘NaomiPeel’s photographic artworkdraws on memory anddaydreams, creating newinterpretations of the past.She is an articulate and

sophisticated visualcommunicator. The TophamAward will allow her tocontinue her exploration intothe folklore of the Fens.’

Naomi’s delicate photographscaught the eye of the judgingpanel, who were impressedby both her photomontagetechnique and the conceptbehind her work. Her photosreconstruct ideas around thefamily photo album, usingimages of places important toher alongside existing familyphotographs to combine pastand present.

The Topham Award is the firstof its kind for Wysing ArtsCentre and was open to

graduates from our BA (Hons)Photography course as well asto current third-year students.


Photography graduate claims Wysing Arts Centre’s inaugural Topham Award

ISMS is upgrading the staff email service to Outlook 2010,bringing you a suite of new features to help you manage yourmail, appointments and archiving. We are also improving ourinfrastructure to provide a more resilient service.

This will be a significant change to our current staff emailservice and part of our wider plans to update the Anglia RuskinUniversity desktop, and provide greener and more cost-effectiveIT solutions.

Your new email service will include:• new features to help you organise your mail

• a better Webmail interface for remote working• an improved service for Mac users• more cost-effective institutional storage• an increase in mail archiving from two to six months, once theOutlook 2010 roll-out has been completed.

We are currently piloting the new service with staff in ISMS, andworking with nominated super-users in each of our faculties andsupport service, who will cascade their Outlook 2010 training tostaff across Anglia Ruskin.

Each faculty and support service also has a nominated trainingco-ordinator who will contact you shortly with details of thesetraining sessions. We do strongly recommend that you attendthis training as there are a number of changes and new featuresin Outlook 2010. Online training will be available for those whocannot attend.

This is stage-one of ISMS’s plans to modernise and update theAnglia Ruskin University desktop. Windows 7 and Office 2010will follow later in the new academic year, together with anumber of more energy-efficient ‘thin client’ PCs. Further detailswill be announced in future issues of Bulletin. However, our firstrecipients will be students using the new open access machinesin the Cambridge Ashcroft Building.

For more information, please contact Alec Coleman, SeniorProject Manager (ISMS) or Jennifer Wood, Business RelationshipManager (ISMS). Alternatively, go towww.anglia.ac.uk/exchange2010.

Important information about yourstaff email account

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An archive of back copies of Bulletin is now available for youto download to your desktop through My.Anglia.

The archive covers all issue numbers from January 2010 tothis current one, and will be updated by adding eachsubsequent issue when it is published. The downloadable filesare single-page PDFs, viewable in A4 format, which is differentfrom the e-copy version, accessed via ISSUU, that is availablein page-turning PDF format. As with all PDFs, you will need tohave Adobe Reader installed on your computer to be able tosee these files.

To access the archive, simply visit www.anglia.ac.uk/bulletin,then key in your user ID and password to log in. This will takeyou to the Bulletin information page, and by scrolling downyou will reach the archive’s clickable links, starting with an

image of the most recent issue then, below that, as a simpletextual list of links.

Above the archive, there is other useful information, such asthe current year’s production schedule of copy deadlines andpublication dates. So that you can keep your own referencecopy, this is downloadable, too, as are comprehensive guidancenotes on writing and submitting articles, and our ‘BulletinProtocol’.

I hope this will be a useful resource for colleagues who wish tosource information from back copies.

Anne HamillBulletin Producer, Corporate Marketing, International &Development Services

Bulletin archive now available online

Rapid rise in leaguetables for three areaswithin ALSS...Full story on page 19

On 4 May, Lord Crisp KCBtold an audience at AngliaRuskin that the UK and otherdeveloped nations should lookto poorer countries for ways ofimproving health careprovision, just as theycontinue to learn from us.

Nigel Crisp is an independentcross-bench member of theHouse of Lords workingmainly on internationaldevelopment and globalhealth. From 2000 to 2006,he was both Chief Executiveof the NHS, the largest healthorganisation in the world, andPermanent Secretary of theUK Department of Health,during which time he ledmajor reforms of the Englishhealth system.

His recent book, Turning theWorld Upside Down, focuseson the subject of mutuallearning between rich andpoor countries that hedeveloped in his 2007 reportfor the Prime Minister –‘Global Health Partnerships:the UK contribution to healthin developing countries’.

Speaking at our PostgraduateMedical Institute inChelmsford, Lord Crispstressed that co-developmentis key to the future of healthcare provision throughout theworld. He said, ‘There is anunfair import–export businessin people and ideas thatflourishes between rich andpoor countries. Rich countriesimport trained health workers

and export their ideas andideology about health inpoorer ones, whether or notthey are appropriate or useful.What if we were to turn theworld upside down – so theimport–export business wasreversed and poorer countriesexported their ideas andexperience whilst richer onesexported their health workers?Health leaders in poorercountries, without theresources or the baggage ofrich countries, have learned toinnovate, to build on thestrengths of the populationand their communities and todevelop new approaches thatare relevant for the rich andpoor alike.


� Professor David Humber with Lord Crisp KCB.

Co-development is key to improvingworldwide healthcare

‘At the same time, richercountries and their healthworkers could help poorercountries to train, in their owncountry, the workers theyneed for the future. Theywould help pay a debt for allthe workers who havemigrated and learn forthemselves the new ways ofworking, which they will needin the 21st century. We couldstop talking aboutinternational development assomething the rich world doesto the poor, and start talkingabout co-development, ourshared learning and sharedfuture. There is already amovement of people andideas travelling in thisdirection. Young people getthis intuitively. Manythousands of youngprofessionals want a differentprofessional education forthemselves, in global health.Together with the leadersfrom poorer countries and theinnovators around the world,they are creating a new globalvision for health.’

Professor David Humber,Dean of the Faculty of Health& Social Care, said, ‘It was aprivilege to listen to LordCrisp’s vision of a two-wayexchange of health carepractice between developedand developing countries and,speaking from personalexperience, it is somethingthat I wholeheartedlyendorse.’


Indonesian visitOn Friday 27 May, 47delegates from theAssociation of IndonesianNurse Education Center(AINEC) visited the Faculty ofHealth & Social Care at ourChelmsford campus. TheAINEC delegation was led byProfessor Elly Nurochmah andwas set up in collaborationwith Robert Priharjoand Katherine Maloney fromthe Faculty. During the day,presentations were deliveredby the Faculty on thestructure of nursing education

in the UK, the structure ofpostgraduate education in theUK, research opportunitiesand international collaborationwith the Postgraduate MedicalInstitute (PMI) and anintroduction to Broomfieldhospital. ProfessorNurochmah also delivered apresentation on AINEC andnursing in Indonesia. Thedelegates, who covered all ofthe nursing centres inIndonesia, finished their visitwith a tour of the WilliamHarvey Building and the PMI.

Women’s health filmAlso on Friday 27 May, LouiseJenkins (Research & SeniorLecturer, Midwifery) wasinvolved in filming for a shortpromotional film about theInstitute for Women’s Health,which was produced initiallyfor the InternationalConfederation of Midwivesthat was held in Durban,South Africa in June. At somepoint, the film will be madeavailable on the Global Healthwebsite. The aim of theInstitute for Women’s Healthis to improve women’s health

locally, nationally andinternationally, so it is hopedthis film will provide anexcellent opportunity topublicise the work of theInstitute to a wider audienceand demonstrate the impactof their research. Louise is thepathway facilitator for theMaternity Health Innovationand Education Cluster (HIEC)and is based within thePostgraduate MedicalInstitute.

Staff appointmentsCongratulations to BelindaWatts on her appointment asDeputy Head/ProgrammeLeader InterprofessionalLearning, and to NigelHenderson as ProgrammeLeader Allied Health for theAllied Health and MedicineDepartment in the Faculty ofHealth & Social Care. Theycommenced their new roleson 1 June 2011.

New professorThe Faculty would like towelcome Claire Cameron, whojoined us on 1 May as aProfessor of SocialWork/Social Care, based atEast Road. Claire waspreviously part of the ThomasCoram Research Unit at theInstitute of Education inLondon, where shespecialised in research andteaching in relation tochildren’s services and socialpedagogy.

Jonathan SeckerRecruitment andCommunications Lead,Faculty of Health & SocialCare

News from the Faculty ofHealth & Social Care

Faculty of Health & Social Care

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� Delegates from the Association of Indonesian Nurse Education Center with Professor David Humber (centre,back row) and, next to him, Professor Elly Nurochmah, plus (third right fromDavid), Ruth Jackson, Deputy DeanAcademic and Partnership Development and Interim Executive Director Postgraduate Medical Institute.

Anglia Law School

The newly validated shortContract Management coursebeing provided to TWI andMarshalls Aerospace is nowcompleted. Marshall Aerospaceis one of Europe’s global leadingaerospace companies and TWIis one of the world’s foremostresearch and technologyorganisations.

Delivered over a period of eightweeks by Tom Mortimer andDiana Reid, the course providesa practical, integrated andapplied approach to the processof contract management. Allcourse participants workregularly on commercialcontracts and were looking forpractical training on thecontract law underpinning whatthey do in their day-to-daywork.

Delegates identified issueswithin their specific workenvironment, which were used

to consider and assess theapplication of the legalprinciples underpinning thesematters. The learning outcomeswere focused on knowledge andunderstanding of why the lawadopts the approach it does tothe contracting environmentand how this could be managedby TWI and Marshall Aerospaceto their competitive advantage.

At the end of the course,students were presented with acertificate of completion.

This new short course wasvalidated at 15 HE Level-4credits. The validation processwas led by Dr Tom Mortimer,Head of the Anglia Law School,with valuable contributions andsupport from Dr Rhidian Lewisand Julia Ramsay.

The operational processes forgetting this accredited shortcourse required considerable

attention from Tom and Rhidianduring the stringent approvaland scrutiny procedures of theAcademic Office. Supportprovided by the Faculty (ALSS)was key in ensuring the successof this validation, and a numberof parties were involved incontributing to this process.

The validation andimplementation of this contractmanagement short coursemodule is a first for ALSS andAnglia Ruskin, and underpinsthe Law School’s focus onparticipating in the widerbusiness and public community.

For further information aboutthis course or on other bespokeshort courses being provided byAnglia Law School for theprivate, public and third sector,please contact Graham Humbyon ext 2442 or [email protected].

Rapid rises innational leaguetablesAnglia Law School has leaptinto the top half of the recentGuardian National LeagueTable, covering 95 LawSchools throughout the UK.This is a 40% improvement innational ratings from last yearand illustrates the particularstrides in the areas of studentfeedback and in terms ofvalue added.

Reflecting on this noticeablechange of position Dr TomMortimer, Head of Anglia LawSchool, commented, ‘I amdelighted with this recognitionof our concerted team effortscontinually to improve ourstudent experience. In anincreasingly competitiveenvironment it is particularlypleasing to see that ourstudents believe that AngliaLaw School adds considerablevalue to their undergraduateexperience.’

History and Sociology havealso enjoyed significant rises,with Sociology rising to 16thposition. It is now placed infront of all our competitorsand other top universities,including Bristol andNottingham.

For more information aboutthe most recent league tables,please visit:www.guardian.co.uk/education/series/university-guide-2012-subjects.

Sarah JonesFaculty Marketing andRecruitment ManagerFaculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences

� Dr Tom Mortimer (seventh from left) and Dr Rhidian Lewis (first left) from Anglia Law School with a numberof delegates in the newly validated Contract Management Course delivered for TWI and Marshall Aerospacecommercial executives and account managers at the Cambridge campus.

New validated short course forTWI and Marshalls Aerospace

Employer MentoringScheme makes studentsbusiness-aware...Full story on page 22


‘It’s not who you know, butwho they know.’

Many vacancies in the UK arenever advertised. Establishinga network of contacts anddeveloping good networkingskills are becoming essential inthe job searching process. TheEmployability and CareersService have been involved insome events aimed atintroducing students toemployers and developing theskills of an efficient networker.

Careers in sport eventOn 9 May, the MumfordTheatre was the venue for aday of activities involvingstudents on sports-relatedcourses. The morning sessioninvolved Level 3 students in aposter defence, related to theirsport of choice.

The theme of the afternoonsession was ‘Careers in Sport’and was organised incollaboration between DanGordon from the Sports

Science Department and theEmployability and CareersService. The afternoon beganwith a welcome from the headof department, Dr SheilaPankhurst, and someintroductory remarks from RoyLuckhurst, the ProgrammeLeader for Sport.

A veritable cornucopia ofpresenters followed (three ofwhom were Anglia Ruskinalumni) who talked to thestudents about their personalinvolvement in different careerareas of sport. The speakersincluded Gordon Mellor,University of Bedfordshireprogramme leader for sport,who presented on applying for,and studying on, a PGCEcourse in Physical Educationfor trainee teachers; CroftonAlexander, from Wasps RugbyUnion, who spoke on workingas a strength and conditioningcoach in high-performancesport; Prahtiva Khala, whodiscussed his work in EnglandBasketball and Sports

Development; and HayleyGinn, coach for UK Athletics,who talked about work as ahigh-performance coach withboth able-bodied andParalympic athletes. All thespeakers gave a personal,informed and fascinatingaccount of their owninvolvement and personaljourney in their particularspecialism. The speakersdiscussed the value of theirdegrees, the development ofskills, gaining work experienceand what their current rolesentail.

Presentations were followed bya question-and-answer sessionand networking opportunity tomeet the speakers.

Careers in the arts and mediaeventOn 13 May, another event wasstaged in the Mumford Theatreaimed at careers in the artsand media, chaired byJeannette Baxter, PathwayLeader in English. Speakers

� Jon Lockhurst, Development Group International, talking to students and graduates on the art of networking,and giving them top tips on how to sell their skills to employers.

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included Samantha Rayner(MA Publishing); SarahSchechter (Routes intoLanguages); Cathy Moore(Director of CambridgeWordFest); Sue Keogh(freelance writer and AngliaRuskin graduate); MaindaKiwelu (CaMedia, and AngliaRuskin graduate); RachelCalder (Sayle Literary Agent);Ian Bennet (MA Publishing);Alfred Hatley and Katie Morris(Employability and CareersService).

The presentations covered awide variety of disciplines:publishing; modern languages;printing and art design; writingand poetry; media consultancy;teaching; events organisationand festival direction. Eachspeaker gave a passionate andenthusiastic account of workingin an arts- or media-relatedcareer, and the students clearlyfound this energising andinfectious. However, each talkalso addressed manypracticalities of working in thearts and media: the uncertaintyof contract work; poor pay;irregular (and very long) hours;rejection (of ideas); the need tobe aware of intellectualcopyright; the need tocompromise ideas to fit whatthe client envisages/wants; theimportance of experience(voluntarywork/internships/workexperience, etc). Threespeakers were self-employedand discussed issues aroundself-employment.

All the speakers mentioned theimportance of networking (inperson and online) and theneed to establish and maintainthese relationships. Allspeakers have posted anumber of links to networkingcommunities in Cambridge andbeyond on the Employability

Employability: employer and networking

Students as MentorsScheme benefitsmentors and mentees...Full story on page 23


This month, 31 July sees theend of the Aimhighergovernment initiative.Aimhigher started in 2004with the aim of raising theaspirations and inspirations ofstudents from under-represented groups in highereducation.

Since 2004, Anglia Ruskinhas been a major player inAimhigher in the East ofEngland, creating anddeveloping initiatives for thetargeted students and theirfamilies. This activity has satwithin the work of the ExternalLiaison Team, and since 2004we have:

• welcomed over 12,000students on to ourcampuses in Cambridge andChelmsford. Our evaluationsof these events have shownthat 71% of our visitorshadn’t been to a universitybefore and 63% wereinterested in studying withus

• delivered talks andpresentations to over70,000 students andparents in schools andcolleges

• introduced Professor Fluffy,a primary school projectfranchised from theUniversity of Liverpool, toover 20 primary schools inEssex and Cambridgeshirewith in excess of 3000students participating

• held 47 summer schools inconjunction with facultiesand departments here,attracting over 1000participants, while another250 students took part injoint summer schools heldwith other universities andpartner colleges

• been involved with projectsfor ‘Looked after Children’,working in partnership withEssex University, WrittleCollege and Essex CountyCouncil

• organised and held fiveUni4U days, attractingalmost 1500 visitors

• organised and held fouraccess days for maturestudents that have beenattended by over 600people.

Working with students throughthis kind of activity isextremely important and reallydoes make a difference:

‘These designated accessopen days really offerinspiration and an insight of a“future” for potentialuniversity students. The newsystem of registering onlinefor the talks, we felt, workedreally well. The learners alsoreally enjoyed having lunch inthe main food hall – theycould soak up the atmosphereand get a real feel foruniversity life.’Gill Pitcher, Harlow College

‘I just wanted to pass on mythanks to you for such a greatday on Friday. I have spokento Laura, the art teacher whogave support on the day. Shespoke very enthusiasticallyabout the animation event. Ihave also managed to catchup with a few of the studentstoday, too. It seems they hada most enjoyable day.’Lisa, The Deanes School

‘Yesterday you came to us towork with our students on anAnimation Day. I would like tosay that it was a fantastic dayand the students thoroughlyenjoyed it and learnt many

new skills. Nicola, Kristianand Rhys put them at easeand they very quicklyengaged with the team, whichI believe is all credit to Nicolaand the way she spoke with,and delivered the day to, ourstudents. At the end of theday, all students watchedtheir animations and Nicolaspoke to them about going touniversity and what isavailable to them. Severalmembers of staff came in tolook at the work the studentswere doing, including our ICTdepartment, who were veryimpressed with the work theyhad done.’Anne Jones, The GatewayAcademy

Whilst Aimhigher draws to aclose, Anglia Ruskin Universitywill, of course, continue tosupport outreach activity forthose groups who are under-represented in highereducation. The ExternalLiaison Team is currentlyworking on a new structureand operating plan that willdeliver new demandingobjectives to fulfilrequirements in our newAccess Agreement. We lookforward to taking on this newchallenge, and will be in touchwith colleagues to discuss ournew focus and how we wouldlike to work with you all.

Many thanks to all of you whohave helped us over the pastseven years, and we lookforward to your support in theyears to come.

Ian EricsonSenior Widening ParticipationOfficer, External LiaisonTeam, Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices

Goodbye to Aimhigherand Careers Service website(www.anglia.ac.uk/employability).

Alfred Hatley and Katie Morrisclosed the presentation sessionwith a talk on ‘The Hidden JobMarket’ and the increasingneed for speculativeapplications and networking.The Employability and CareersService can help withCVs/cover letters forspeculative approaches.

The session ended with aquestion-and-answer sessionand the opportunity to networkwith the speakers.

Find out more about the art ofpersuasion eventThe importance of networkingwas further revealed in asession run by Katie Morris(Employability and CareersService) and Claire Warburton(Employment Bureau) atGreens Leisure Centre on 19May. The session aimed tointroduce students andgraduates to the art of effectivenetworking as a skill that needsto be continually developed,and gave them top tips on howto sell their skills to employers.Students, graduates and localemployers were invited to theevent. It was an opportunity forstudents to network with fellowstudents and graduates, andemployers, and for employersto link up with each other andwith Anglia Ruskin. This wasan enjoyable and extremelyuseful event that furtherhighlighted the skills graduatesneed in the job market.

Happy networking!

The Employability and CareersService is keen to support allfaculties with anythingconcerning employability.Please [email protected].

events

Our annual Mentoring Awardsceremony took place on theEast Road campus on 25 Mayto mark the successfulconclusion of the 2010–11Employer Mentoring Scheme.

The scheme, which attracted70 business participants in thisits eighth year, is designed tomatch students with individualsin a relevant job, who make acommitment to help them gainan understanding of their work

environment, its culture, itsexpectations, its demands andeven its frustrations.

During the celebratory event,the participating students andtheir employer mentors receivedcertificates from the Mayor ofCambridge, Councillor SheilaStuart, to acknowledge theircontribution to the scheme thathas seen them working togetherin a mentoring relationship forsix months.

Employers nationally identifythe lack of business awarenessamong graduates as being asignificant barrier to progress.Addressing this key concern,our Employer MentoringScheme has been developed asa targeted programme, givingindividual students support andmentoring from a graduate orprofessional from localorganisations. On a one-to-onebasis, these mentors areinvaluable in encouraging andhelping the coming generationof our graduates to understand,evaluate and enhance theirpersonal skills and businessawareness.

The region’s participatingemployers include CambridgeBuilding Society, PapworthTrust, Arm, Deloitte, Munzo,IFF(GB), Stafford & CoChartered Accountants,Potential2Achieve, Cambridgeto Africa, BBC, Grant Thornton,Barclays Corporate, Eversheds,Thales UK, RelianceGobalcom, TWC Law,Prospects Research, EastCambs District Council, Sooki,IncredileBull, musician SteveLockwood and a range of other

organisations, includingAddenbrooke’s and OrchardRecording Studio.

Roy Badcock, from CambridgeBuilding Society, said, ‘TheCambridge Building Society isan active supporter ofeducational initiatives acrossour region, and I am delightedto say that I have been luckyenough to have been part ofthe mentoring scheme run byAnglia Ruskin. The team atAnglia Ruskin clearly has theinterest of students andmentors at heart, and I keepcoming back for more as Ibelieve the team makes a realdifference to those seeking tofulfil their potential. There is nodoubt that this scheme is awinner for all involved andgives the students that extraadvantage in their personal andcareer development.’

Many trained mentors returnedto the scheme this year butmore are invited for next year’sprogramme. Please contactKatie Morris (ext 2541 [email protected]) formore information.

Employer mentors make studentsmore business aware

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� Front row (l–r): Councillor Sheila Stuart, Mayor of Cambridge; Julie Walkling,Director of Student Services; Roy Badcock, Cambridge Building Society; back row(l–r): David Whitaker, IFF(GB); Katie Morris, Employability Adviser (Mentoring); SteveLockwood, musician; Graham Jackson Potential2Achieve; and Leigh Pulford, CRIC.

The Cambridge TheologicalFederation is very proud toannounce that, for the secondyear running, students fromAnglia Ruskin University’sPastoral Theology MA havewon the British and IrishAssociation of PracticalTheology MA DissertationPrize. Congratulations to thejoint winners, Peter Gubi andPauline Reid (pictured aboveright), for their dissertations,entitled respectively: ‘Thesimilarities and differences

between counselling andspiritual accompaniment’, and‘Bloody Joy: How does theexperience of birth andmothering enrich ourunderstanding of priesthood?’

Peter is an Ordinand in theMoravian Church, currentlyserving two congregations inWest Yorkshire. He is a VisitingFellow at the University ofCentral Lancashire, and has anacademic and practitionerinterest in the fields of

counselling andspiritualaccompaniment.

Pauline says of herself,‘I am a mother,besotted grandmotherand priest in charge of sixsmall parishes in Ely Diocese.All of these ways of being areintertwined in the messyreality of the life I share withmy husband and our belovedblack labrador.’

Zoë BennettDirector of PostgraduateStudies in Pastoral Theology,Cambridge TheologicalFederation and Anglia RuskinUniversity

MA Pastoral Theology candidates win national prize

Guild House,Peterborough – studentsfull of praise...Full story on page 25

Anglia Ruskin’s Students asMentors Scheme, now led bythe External Liaison team, hasbeen running since 2002.With the help of schoolteachers, the schemeidentifies young people whohave the potential to go on tofurther or higher educationbut who perhaps would notconsider continuing witheducation. Anglia Ruskinstudent mentors have goneinto the schools weekly, sinceNovember 2010, to workwith the young students on aone-to-one basis to: befriends and role models; offerguidance and support; help toraise aspirations, and helpthem to achieve their fullpotential.

The relationships that havedeveloped have brought aboutmutual benefit to mentors and

mentees. While the menteesget motivated, the mentorsgain valuable skills andexperience of working withyoung people. These skillscan go on to their CVs andhelp enhance theiremployability once theygraduate.

This year, 25 mentors and 25mentees took part in thescheme and we worked withthree schools in Cambridge –Castle School, ChestertonCommunity College andImpington Village College. TheExternal Liaison teamprovided training, before thescheme began and ongoingsupport and guidance to ourstudents during the mentoringperiod. All participants wereinvited to attend celebratoryevents to mark both thelaunch of the scheme and the

end event, which was onWednesday 18 May. The endevent took place on campus:mentors, mentee and teachersattended and the studentsreceived certificates ofparticipation. Finally, they hada last opportunity to meeteach other in an informalsetting while enjoying lunch inthe Helmore restaurant.

Some of our student mentorswill continue to mentor nextyear too, and we hope to getmany new students signed upto guide another group ofyoung students.

Quote from a mentor: ‘Just aquick thank you for all yourhelp this year with thementoring scheme. I havethoroughly enjoyed takingpart and gaining newexperience within the school


� Student mentors with mentees from Impington Village College outside the Cambridge campus.

environment. It has definitelycontributed to my gainingnew skills and giving me aninsight into the teachingsector.’

The application deadline fornext year’s scheme is Monday3 October, and there will bethree information sessionsprior to this date so thatprospective mentors can hearmore about the scheme. Thedates of information sessionsare 21, 26 and 28September.

In the meantime, if you haveany queries about thescheme, please contactMiriam Berg([email protected]).

Students as Mentors Scheme

On 26 May, we won silver andbronze awards at the 2011Heist Awards, whichrecognises excellence in highereducation marketing. AlisonKing, from our HigherSkills@Work team, claimedthe silver award for the BestBusiness/CommunityEngagement Campaign, whileJoanna Nowak won the bronzeaward for the Best Part-Time orShort Course Publication. GayleDaley was also shortlisted foran award after being

nominated in the category ofBest Postgraduate Prospectus.

‘Higher Skills@Work isdelighted to have won thesilver Heist Award for the BestBusiness/CommunityEngagement Campaign,’ saidAlison King. ‘The awardrecognises innovation and best-practice marketing for our workin promoting Anglia Ruskin’swork-based learningprogrammes to the retail sector.This area is going from strength

to strength, with Timberlandrecently becoming the latestmajor high street name torecognise the benefits of theiremployees obtaining aqualification from AngliaRuskin.’

Joanna Nowak, who overseesproduction of the part-timeprospectus, said, ‘It is aprivilege to have received abronze award for the part-timecatalogue and this reflects thehigh quality of our

prospectuses, as well as all thehard work and effort we put into producing thesepublications.’

The ceremony was the 21stHeist Awards and was held atthe Queens Hotel in Leeds. Theawards were presented by theactor and writer Simon Callow.


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� Representative from the Guardian; Alison King, Marketing Manager,Higher Skills@Work; Jan Skene, Deputy Head, Higher Skills@Work;Tony Howard, Head of Higher Skills@Work; and Simon Callow, actorand host of the Heist Awards.

� Alison Steel, Marketing and Communications Consultant, Heist; GayleDaley, Senior Marketing Executive (Postgraduate Recruitment); SimonCallow; Andy Thorne, Designer, Hudson Fuggle; and Joanna Nowak,Senior Marketing Executive.

Mpowernet is pleased toannounce the success of theirre-tender to be a provider forthe Certificate and Diplomaprogrammes for SchoolBusiness Managers runthrough the National Collegeof Leadership for Schools andChildren’s Services.

The Certificate of SchoolBusiness Management(CSBM) provides participantswith the skills and expertiseto perform the role of schoolbusiness manager (SBM), andultimately to improve school

effectiveness. This is a level 4award (HE level 1) andgraduates receive the dualaward of CSBM and thediploma level award from theInstitute of AdministrativeManagement (IAM).

The Diploma of SchoolBusiness Management(DSBM) develops theleadership and managementskills of school businessmanagers (SBM), enablingthem to fulfil a strategic rolein determining the direction oftheir school. The diploma is a

level 5 award (HE level 2),and graduates receive thedual award of DSBM and theadvanced diploma level awardfrom the IAM.

Anglia Ruskin Universitymanages the programmethrough Mpowernet on behalfof the National College as oneof only two national providers.We started our first cohortsunder the new programmeagreement in May in the Eastof England, London and EastMidlands Government Officeregions.

Professor Helen Valentine,Dean of Faculty of Education,and Debra Scourfield, Directorof Projects Development,Mpowernet, are pleased to beattending the graduationceremony at the Institute ofAdministrative Managementin London for this programmeas part of the platform party.

For more information, pleasecontact Debra Scourfield [email protected].

Successful tender by Mpowernet to provide CSBM and DSBM programmes

Our partnership withAmity University bringsinternational benefit...Full story on page 29

The main road running throughour Chelmsford campus hasbeen named Alan Cherry Drive,in memory of the formerChairman of the Board of

Governors, who died last year.Alan Cherry was Chairman ofthe Board of Governors fromOctober 1996 to March 2002and continued as Chairman of

Anglia Ruskin’s subsidiarycompany responsible for thedevelopment of the RivermeadCampus until the time of hisdeath. Alan, who was awardedboth a CBE and MBE, was thefounding chairman ofCountryside Properties and wasmade Honorary Freeman ofBrentwood, his home town, forhis work in the housing andconstruction industries.

The naming ceremony wasattended by Mrs Fay Cherryand members of the Cherryfamily, together with the Mayorand Mayoress of Chelmsford,and members of the staff andBoard at Anglia Ruskin whoworked with Mr Cherry.

Steve Bennett, Secretary &Clerk, said, ‘Alan was avisionary, and the campus that


� The Vice Chancellor, Professor Mike Thorne; Richard Cherry; FayCherry; the Mayor of Chelmsford, Alan Arnot; Mayoress, Jackie Arnot;Amanda Cherry; Graham Cherry and Penny Cherry.

has evolved is testament tothat. He was enormously proudof Anglia Ruskin, Chelmsford,and Essex more generally, andwas determined that we shouldbuild a campus that would docredit to all of these.

‘Throughout the acquisitionand development of thecampus, he was extraordinarilygenerous with his time andexpertise. We owe him anenormous debt, and it seemedfitting to mark his contributionby naming after him the roadthat links together all thebuildings over the 26-acre site.’


Former Chairman of the Board iscommemorated

On 28 March, the Faculty ofHealth & Social Care movedfrom its old site atPeterborough District Hospitalinto its new facility at GuildHouse in Peterborough, and itcurrently houses students onNursing and part-time SocialWork courses.

Guild House features largelecture spaces, a library(pictured right), a modern skillslaboratory and wi-fi access andalso hosts ContinuingProfessional Development(CPD) modules in subjectssuch as mentorship, diabetes,pain management andspecialist community publichealth nursing.

Our students are full of praisefor the new facility at GuildHouse.

Zara Ball, a third-year AdultNursing student, said, ‘Themove to Guild House has beengreat; it’s such a fantasticspace to learn. The expandedskills laboratory and libraryfacilities provide opportunitiesto grow as practitioners andhave the confidence to go outinto health care settings armedand ready to be the best wecan.’

Lauren Clarke, who is in thethird year of her Adult Nursingcourse, said, ‘It feels like a realupgrade of facilities with thelibrary and clinical skills roombeing excellent.’ She added,‘There is a real university feelto the campus, which is greatfor the students and the City ofPeterborough.’

Chantal Rushby, who is livingin student accommodation inPeterborough, and is a second-year Adult Nursing student,said, ‘The new site has betterfacilities, which in turn createsa better learning environment.The skills room is just like areal ward so it helps link theoryto practice.’

Stephanie Carbert, a first-yearpart-time BA Social Workstudent, added, ‘The newcampus gives us an identity –it’s a building to be proud of.’


Guild House – a fantastic place to learn

On the 1 July, the Bribery Act2010 comes into force and withit a range of new offences. Thelegislation has been brought into simplify bribery law and bringthe UK in line with othercountries. All commercialorganisations are expected tohave adequate andproportionate procedures inplace in order to prevent bribery.

The Bribery Act 2010 providesfor four bribery offences:• Bribing – the offering,promising or giving of anadvantage.

• Being bribed – requesting,agreeing to receive oraccepting an advantage.

• Bribing a foreign publicofficial.

• The ‘corporate offence’, wherea commercial organisation failsto prevent persons performingservices on its behalf fromcommitting bribery.

If found guilty, the penalties forcompanies, senior officers,employees, or associated partiesare severe, with up to 10 years’imprisonment for individuals andunlimited fines for companies.

We have always adopted a firmstance against bribery, based onour core values. However, thenew legislation and its supporting

guidance require us to introducea number of changes in ourpolicies and procedures.

A new Anti-Bribery Policy hasbeen agreed and we haveupdated our policy on gifts andhospitality. The full Anti-BriberyPolicy will be available on theHRS website, and the followingsummarises the updated policyon Gifts and Hospitality.

Receiving gifts and hospitality• Staff should ensure that theydo not become involved inany conflict of interest in theirduties. Staff must not directlyor indirectly accept any gift,reward or benefit from anyindividual or organisation withwhom they may come intocontact by reason of theirofficial duties. Any gifts otherthan small items ofpromotional material (eg,calendars and diaries) shouldbe returned with a suitableexplanation.

• In certain circumstances, itcan cause offence to refuse agift (eg, from some foreigndignitaries). Where this isdeemed to be the case, thegift may be accepted on ourbehalf, not the individual’s,and passed to the Secretary &Clerk and not kept for

personal use; or bought fromAnglia Ruskin University atfull value.

• Whilst as a general rule, staffmay accept the refreshmentoffered at demonstrations ofequipment, etc, or meetingswith individuals ororganisations outside AngliaRuskin, participation inanything other thanconventional hospitality shouldbe avoided. Modest hospitalityis an accepted courtesy of abusiness relationship.Occasional business lunchesor dinners are acceptable,provided it is believed there isno expectation by the hostthat new or additionalbusiness might necessarilyresult. Regular invitations tomeals or functions should notbe accepted.

• All gifts or hospitality inexcess of £100 shall berecorded on the Gifts andHospitalities Register, whichcan be accessed throughMy.Anglia in the Secretary &Clerk’s section (also see linksbelow). The Secretary &Clerk, or in her/his absencethe Deputy Secretary & Clerk,will be responsible forreviewing the Gifts andHospitalities Register toensure compliance with thispolicy. Additionally,approximately every sixmonths, the Secretary & Clerkwill provide the CMT with acopy of the Register coveringthe period since the previoussubmission.

• If any member of staff is indoubt about what is or is notacceptable, then their Dean orDirector of Service should beconsulted, who may wish tofurther refer to the Secretaryand Clerk.

Giving gifts and hospitality• It is appropriate for staff tooffer gifts and hospitalitywhere the expenditure isreasonable and proportionate.

Providing lavish hospitalitywould be inappropriate, aswould any expensive gifts andany gifts sent to a homeaddress.

• Small gifts such as calendars,mouse mats, and AngliaRuskin-branded low-costmerchandise (ties, scarves,stress balls, umbrellas, diaries,etc) are perfectly acceptable,as are the reasonable costs ofsocialising.

• There is sometimes a fine linebetween a simple gift ofappreciation and a corruptionattempt, especially dependingon the intercultural context.What is seen as a sign ofappreciation or reward in oneculture may be consideredbribery in another and viceversa. Where doubt exists,advice should be sought fromthe Secretary & Clerk.

TrainingA short online training modulehas been developed providingan overview of the Act, and ourpolicy and procedures. All staffare encouraged to undertake thetraining, which takes about 20minutes and can be arrangedthrough Risk Management (ext4228) or the Office of theSecretary & Clerk (ext 4215).

The full policy document isavailable at HR Onlinehttp://web.anglia.ac.uk/hr/policies/

Gifts and Hospitality Registrationhttp://my.anglia.ac.uk/sites/risk/Pages/GiftList.aspx

The Bribery Act 2010 can befound atwww.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/23/pdfs/ukpga_20100023_en.pdf

The Ministry of Justice Guidancewww.justice.gov.uk/guidance/docs/bribery-act-2010-guidance.pdf

For further advice, contact AndyChapman, Corporate Risk &Compliance Officer,[email protected],ext 4228.

The Bribery Act2010

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Green Impact 2010–11– great results and moreto aim for this year...Full story on page 30

The year so far has pushedAnglia Ruskin Boat Club(ARBC) crews through freezingconditions, hours of weighttraining and muchdetermination finally to reachthe season it’s all about. Pullout those lycras, Anglia RuskinBoat Club is heading to theregattas, and they’ve neverbeen so ready for it!

Kicking off with the BritishUniversities & Colleges Sport(BUCS) regatta at Nottingham,the crews pitched tents for aweekend of testing conditions,with the 2000m coursebreaking white horses for allthree days of the event. Luckily,given the intense training atEarith, ARBC members barelynoticed. The Women’s CoxedFour – Victoria Carver,Francesca Rust, Maria Sahr,Francesca Hayes and RosinaKawik (cox) – gaining their best2k time yet.

The Men’s Coxed Four – RhettMilton, Sam de Kooker, AndyPettican, Robbie Nankivell andIzzie Pettit (cox) – were placed19th of 56 crews, missingqualifying by a measly half asecond. The Women’s Double(Jenny Keeping and RachelSaunders) were placed fourthin their heat, and our heroicsculler, Andy Pettican, walkedaway with a bronze medal (thefirst of many to be won overthe next few years given thecontinuation of such admirablededication by the crews). Thisalso meant the first-ever BUCSpoints for ARBC, much to thedelight of head coach Marcusde Grammont.

There’s never a day off in thisclub. Take the day of theOxford and Cambridge BoatRace: setting off early toLondon, not for the Oxford vsCambridge action yet, but fortraining at Docklands; then, offto watch the race opposite thefinishing line at the Quintin

Boat Club boat house; thenrounding off the day with somefriends, such as five-timesOlympic gold medalist, SirSteve Redgrave. Throw in somefree Cambridge stash and aVIP tent, you’ve got yourself aday with ARBC.

Next up on the ARBC calendarwas the Poplar Regatta atDocklands in London (thesquad knew the venue wellfrom their training camp overthe weekend of the boat race).Poplar also doubles up as oneof the pre-qualifying regattasfor Men’s and Women’s HenleyRegattas later in the summer,which is the ultimate aim forARBC over the next threeyears. Once again, ARBC cameaway with some great resultson a day that was never goingto produce those all-importantHenley qualifying times, due tothe strong head wind andrough conditions. The daystarted off well, with BUCSBronze Medalist Andy Pettican


� The Women’s Coxed Four team.

claiming fifth spot in theNovice Men’s Singles final andgiving a boost to the wholeARBC squad. The Women’sDoubles were next up, claimingfifth position in their finalagainst some very stiffopposition. Next, came theWomen’s Fours, competing intheir second-ever race,producing a creditable fourthposition in their final.

The final ARBC crew of the dayto race was the Men’s CoxedFours. Not having competed tothe level they would havewished to at the BUCSRegatta, the crew had the bitbetween their teeth and a pointto prove. They came out of theblocks strongly and were insecond place in the first 500metres. It was clear from theoutset there would be a four-way battle among Marlow,Queen Mary’s, Windsor Boys’School and ARBC. Eventually,the first three crews wereseparated on the finish line byonly half a second. The victors… Anglia Ruskin University!

The crew was presented withsilver tankards and their firstrowing points. This all bodeswell for future regattas and theultimate aim of becoming thefirst crew ever to qualify forRoyal Henley Regatta fromAnglia Ruskin University.

Very recently, the ARBC squadcompeted at the PeterboroughRegatta, the MetropolitanRegatta at the Olympic course,Dorney Lake, and the MayBumps on the River Cam. Withany luck, there will also havebeen even more fantasticresults and crews competing atMen’s and Women’s Henleyevents (in late June and earlyJuly, while Bulletin was atpress).

Jennifer Keeping andSam de KookerARBC squad members

Anglia Ruskin Boat Club news

From there to here andbeyond!


Nursing was never a careerthat I had given thought to inthe past. My future wasdestined to be lived out in themilitary or the police, untilboth choices made it clear thatI was not for them, so Idecided to give the NHS a try.By this time I had beenmarried for five years, had twodaughters and felt that it wastime for me to take a job thatwould provide some stabilityand career opportunities. I sawan ‘A Grade’ Health CareAssistant post advertised at mylocal hospital on somethingcalled an MAU (MedicalAdmissions Unit). I went forthe interview and, to mysurprise, was offered a full-time post and started almoststraight away, completing myinduction and working on theward within a week of myinterview.

I soon found out that an MAUis a fast-paced, busy, noisy,exciting place that people go to

once A&E have stabilised themor the GP has referred them indirectly. It was hard work,completing 13-hour shifts, butevery minute was exciting andenjoyable. I worked hard onthis ward and gave it my all,listening and learning frommore experienced and seniorstaff. Within two months theyhad offered me the opportunityto start a Registered Nursetraining course, so I started atuniversity just two monthsafter joining the NHS andstuck at it for three long, hardyears, working on many wardsand completing lots ofassignments and college work.

On completion of my RNtraining I returned as a ‘DGrade’ to the MAU. It wastime for me to start learninghow to become a nurse. Ididn’t want to be just anynurse, I wanted to be a goodnurse. Now I felt that I wasdoing well and working hard,and although I had not been

qualified very long I wasstarting to look for promotion,although fate was to conspireagainst me. Just asmanagement agreed I was duepromotion to an ‘E Grade’,Agenda for Change wasintroduced and I became a‘Band 5’ nurse. I started to getbored again, and felt I was notgoing to get promotion soonwithout completing furtherexperience or training. Seeingan opportunity, led me into theSchool of Nursing. I movedback into a seconded ‘Band 5’post at university for a furtheryear to complete my publichealth degree, whilst workingas a school nurse in localschools.

After my degree, I waspromoted and moved awayfrom my family to work justoutside London. Being awayfrom home allowed me to startthinking about doing otherthings to keep me interested,so I started to write articles for

publication in local andnational journals. This writingbecame a bit of a bug as wellas an opportunity for me to beable to complete healthpromotion on a larger scalethan that of my normal dayjob, ensuring that many publichealth agendas can beachieved simultaneously withchild protection.

The plan at the start of mynursing career was to be aDeputy Charge Nurse withinfive years and after that, whoknows. Actually, I hadmanaged to surpass thatdesire and had attained my‘Band 7’ in just under five anda half years from qualifying.

Working within the NHS canbe exciting and fulfilling, but iseven better when you have agoal or long-term aim, and youare able to see these objectivesbeing achieved. Very oftenthere will be barriers, andtrying to work around themwill be the biggest challenge tohaving what you want. Thebest thing to do to helpyourself is to take any helpoffered, listen to all advice,observe the best and ask, ifyou’re not sure. With all of thisinformation ingested, I suggestyou think long and hard aboutwhat you have and discard thebits that you’re not sure of,retaining all of the good bits.This should then help you onthe way to becoming the bestpractitioner that you can be.

Paul WatsonBA Hons Primary &Community Care andSpecialist Practice (SchoolNurse) 2007

Paul has also been researchingand developing a smaller, moreportable asthma spacer devicefor use with pressurisedmetered dose inhalers, incollaboration with HealthEnterprise East.

ALUMNI NEWS

Working in partnership with AmityUniversity

INTERNATIONAL FOCUS


� At Amity University’s Noida campus are: (front row, l–r) Professor Gurinder Singh (Pro-Vice Chancellor of Amity University), Professor LesleyDobree, Dr Ashok K Chauhan (Founder President of Amity University) and Dr Sunil Saran (Vice-Chairman, Amity Science Technology and InnovationFoundation) with (back row) members of the Anglia Ruskin validating panel and Amity University staff.

Amity University is a highlyprestigious, reputable privateuniversity whose maincampus is at Noida, justoutside New Delhi in India.The Amity Education Groupcomprises four universities,eight schools and four playschools. Established just 20years ago, it now has 85,000students and 30,000 alumni.It has over 1000 acres ofcampuses and over 4.5million square feet of hi-techbuildings.

We first established acollaborative franchisepartnership with Amity in2008, but it is only veryrecently that the law haschanged to allow foreigndegrees to be delivered legallyin India. We have franchise

arrangements with AmityGlobal Business Schoolcampuses in London,Singapore and Bucharest.

A panel, led by ProfessorLesley Dobree, visited Indiabetween 12 and 20 May2011 to renew relationshipswith the staff on the Noidacampus and to sign off theconditions associated with theearlier approval visits. Thereis already considerable localinterest in the fourundergraduate degrees –BA (Hons) BusinessManagement, BSc (Hons)Computer Science, BSc(Hons) Medical Biology andBA (Hons) Media Studies –which will be delivered inIndia from September 2011.

Additionally, the panel visitedfive of Amity’s othercampuses at Mumbai,Hyderabad, Bangalore,Chandigarh and Ahmedabad.The business and computingdegrees will also be deliveredat those locations fromSeptember 2011. It is hopedthat we will soon havesignificant numbers ofstudents studying on ourdegrees in India. They arekeen to expand the portfolioof courses on offer forSeptember 2012. We alsohope that we will welcome agrowing number of Indianstudents from Amity to studyon our own campuses in theUK.

Additionally, we arediscussing opportunities to

establish collaborativerelationships on their newcampuses in Dubai and inMauritius. We have alsoagreed in principle tocollaborate on bidding forjoint research projects, jointsupervision of doctoralstudents and other staff andstudent exchanges. Amity isan excellent university with anexcellent reputation. There arewonderful opportunities for usto gain through working inpartnership with them. Theycan open doors, particularlyin India, that we cannot iftrying to do it alone.

For more information, pleasecontact Professor LesleyDobree, Deputy ViceChancellor.

As promised in May’s issue of Bulletin, we can now publish theresults of Green Impact 2010–11. The categories are Bronze,Silver and Gold for the highest scoring teams; there were also anumber of special awards teams could enter for.

Gold Team Procurement

Silver Team SU Cambridge; Team SU Chelmsford;Team Estates and Facilities Services Chelmsford;Team HR Services; Team LDS Chelmsford;Team Corporate Marketing

Bronze Team FST Chelmsford; Team RDCS

Special Office Depot Innovation Award – Team LDS Chelmsford;Awards Best Energy Saving Idea – Team HR Services;

Environmental Hero Award – Leonie Ramondt;Environmental or Community Initiative – Team LDSChelmsford.

Office Depot Innovation Award submissionTeam LDS Chelmsford: ‘Being accountable to Green Impact gaveus the impetus to address the issue of the air-conditioningbeing set too hot. I collared a heating engineer to investigatethe air-conditioning and he discovered that the air flow comingout of the vents was nearly 31 degrees. He showed me where toswitch off the air-conditioning unit for the floor, and I told theother departments on our floor how to do this. The unit hassubsequently been serviced and the temperature is now muchmore moderate.’

Best Energy Saving Idea submissionsTeam HR: ‘We have worked with the environmental team toinvolve them in the corporate induction process, which ismandatory for HR Services. We also ensure that all new AngliaRuskin staff have access to the Smart Travel Guide toencourage them to use sustainable transport, and ensure thattraining providers have similar information, so we canencourage them to use a more sustainable method of travel.

HRS initiated the Take a Break, Take Advantage staff fair thatincluded a specific stand with information and guidance aboutsustainable travel and environmental issues.’

Team LDS Chelmsford: ‘We share a kitchen with otherdepartments on our floor and are working to forge agreementsaround various issues there. I approached department headsabout switching off the boiler at night (as it was mainly medoing this) and one manager suggested that we get Estates toset the timer. This was done. We are also discussing how tooptimise the energy use of our dishwasher, including usinggreen dishwasher products.’

Environmental or Community Initiative submissionsTeam Faculty of Science & Technology: ‘The Built EnvironmentDepartment is investigating the possibility of a collaborativecommunity venture with Girlguiding South Woodham Ferrers to

replace their existing hut with a new environmentally friendly,sustainable building, possibly using hemp or straw bales. Staffcan use their expertise to advise and manage the project, and itis hoped that some of the actual construction can be done bystaff and students. This comes under the widening participationagenda, encouraging women to consider careers in the builtenvironment, and could also lead to research opportunities forthe department.’

Team LDS Chelmsford: ‘I wanted to find a way to involve thewhole team here in Ashby House as far as possible, so we held aGreen Lunch. Staff were asked to bring something to share forlunch that was either Fairtrade, locally grown, organic (orhealthy) or physically green. Then, all the bronze tasks were putin a bowl and five colleagues each drew out four items tocomplete. We went around the circle discussing each one andhow we might best address it, and members were encouraged toswap items with each other according to interest. This processwas repeated a month later for the silver tasks. This strategy wassuccessful in involving everyone in the process and a number ofpeople have become quite pro-active.’

Green Impact and the auditors were extremely pleased with thework that’s been done this year, especially in the tight timeframeswe had. We were also highly commended again for incorporatingthe audits into students’ coursework. The students’ audits wentwell and thanks go to all involved in the organising of it for yourcooperation. The students have submitted their coursework andhave fed back that they really enjoyed the process, gained a lotfrom it and would like to pass their thanks on to the teams.

I would personally like to say a big thank you to everyone whotook part and for the effort that has gone into meeting the criteriaand the greening of your offices. The work you have done helpsto make a big difference to our everyday working practices.

We will be holding a celebratory lunch and awards ceremony tothank everyone and present the awards and will be sendingdetails soon regarding this!

If anyone would like to take part in next year’s competition,please contact [email protected]. The competition isopen to all members of staff, and all you need to do is getyourself a team together.

Green Impact results


GREEN ISSUES

ESTATES & FACILITIESRedevelopment and improvements news


� One of the 200-seat lecture theatres. � The site during the final stages of construction, in May 2011.

Cambridge redevelopmentOur new Lord AshcroftBuilding, is in its final stages offit-out and will fully open on15 August. The buildingcontractor handed thedevelopment over to AngliaRuskin on 13 June. We havebeen furnishing all four floorsthroughout June, andequipping the teaching spaceswith state-of-the-art technology.

The teaching spaces include a400-seat lecture theatre, two200-seat lecture theatres, aHarvard-style lecture theatreand a rehearsal space.

The building has beendesigned with our concern for asustainable environment inmind. It includes solar panelsand a combined heating andpower engine. The amount ofelectricity generated by thesewill be displayed on a screen inthe ground-floor lobby, so thatstaff and students can see liveinformation about how muchpower we are producing.

The first and second floorshave chilled beams instead ofair conditioning, as anenvironmentally friendly way tocool the building in summer.Cool water will circulatethrough these beams using

natural convection. The topfloor, which will house theAIBS offices, will use naturalventilation through louvres inthe exterior walls that pull airthrough, and shading on theoutside of the building toreduce heat gain.

Another environmental featureis the green roof on top of therehearsal space. It is plantedwith five types of sedum.These are hardy plants withwater-storing leaves, and thefive varieties have beenselected to flower at differenttimes in different colours. Thegreen roof will insulate thebuilding, absorb rainwater andcreate a habitat for insects andbirds.

Summer improvements to theCambridge campusWith fewer people on ourcampus over summer, it is abusy time for the CambridgeMinor Works team, as theytake the opportunity toredecorate rooms, removewalls and make improvementsto our campus for the newacademic year.

Some of the projects they willbe working on include:• removing the CambridgeTeaching Block behind Peter

Taylor House and reinstatingthe area as a tennis court

• refurbishing the computer labin the Mumford Building inrooms MUM021/022

• redecorating the prayer roomand quiet room in theMumford Building

• changing the MumfordBuilding ground-floor toiletsto a unisex facility

• replacing windows in theMumford library to improveinsulation

• changing the configuration ofrooms on the second andthird floors of the CoslettBuilding and adding a teapoint

• converting offices in theRuskin basement intopsychology labs

• adding materials to theWebb Building roof for betterinsulation.

More energy-efficient lightingOne of our core values atAnglia Ruskin is to ensure thatconcern for a sustainableenvironment is embedded ineverything we do. In Estates &Facilities Services we aredelighted to work on a lightingproject over the summer inCambridge that will save anestimated 50% on energy use.We will be upgrading all of theexternal lighting on our

Cambridge campus. As well asthat, the Webb and RuskinBuildings will have their interiorlighting replaced with moreenergy-efficient, daylightsensing and occupancy-sensinglights.

Over on our Chelmsfordcampus, we’ll be upgrading thelighting in Sawyer’s car parkand on level 2 of the library.

Other ways we’ll be savingenergyIn Peterborough, at our newlyopened Guild House, we willbe installing a fuel stretcher tothe boiler. This does exactlywhat it sounds like it should. Itis estimated to save 12% onenergy, to help lower ourimpact on the environmentover the winter.

In the Sinclair Building on theCambridge campus, we areworking on a natural ventilationproject over the summer. Wewill be insulating the atrium,and putting in louvres that areautomatically controlled toimprove ventilation.

If you have questions aboutany of these projects, [email protected].

UK and international

PARTNER INSTITUTIONS


A joint venture between TheCollege of West Anglia (CWA)and Anglia Ruskin Universitysaw the opening of the newlyre-furbished Endeavourbuilding for the joint delivery ofanimal-related highereducation courses.

The new-look building nowprovides vocational trainingfacilities with state-of-the-art,industry-standard equipment,a new veterinary nursing skillsrehearsal suite and a newanimal behaviour facility,including a viewing area thatallows observers to watchunseen by the animals. Inaddition, four rooms have beenoverhauled to house smallanimals – everything fromlizards, amphibians, snakesand tarantulas to rodents.

The building was officiallyopened on 5 May by Rt HonJames Paice MP and Ministerof State for Agriculture andFood with the unveiling of acommemorative plaque. Inattendance were Cllr CharlieNightingale, the Chair ofSouth Cambridgeshire Council,and Kate Nicholas and Gin,the dancing dog, contestantsin Britain’s Got Talent 2008,who delighted guests with aperformance to music.

With capital budgetsbecoming ever tighter, collegesare looking for new ways touse existing buildings withoutthe need for a completerebuild. CWA’s Cambridgecampus at Milton saw theEndeavour building re-furbished with a combined

investment of circa £400,000from Anglia Ruskin and theCollege.

David Pomfret, Principal,College of West Anglia, said,‘We’re really pleased with thisrefurbishment that is the latestdevelopment in a multi-millionpound campus investmentprogramme in partnershipwith Anglia RuskinUniversity. The new facilitieswill enhance the delivery ofour new Animal Nursing level2 programme, starting inSeptember 2011, and ournew FdSc and BSc inVeterinary Nursing & AppliedAnimal Behaviour, starting inSeptember 2012.’

Dr Sheila Pankhurst, Head ofthe Department of Life

Sciences, said, ‘The jointventure partnership betweenthe College of West Anglia andAnglia Ruskin Universitycontinues to create new andexciting opportunities for thejoint delivery of animal-relatedHE courses that draw on thestrengths of both institutions.’She added, ‘Anglia Ruskin isdelighted with the first-ratefacilities within the Endeavourbuilding, which will provide aneffective and stimulatinglearning environment for theVeterinary Nursing & AppliedAnimal Behaviour degreestudents when these degreescommence in 2012.’

Tessa BatlleMarketing Co-ordinator, PRand Advertising, The Collegeof West Anglia

CWA’s Cambridge campus unveilsnewly refurbished Endeavour building

� At the official opening (l–r): Kate Nicholas; James Paice MP; Cllr Charlie Nightingale; David Pomfret, Principal, College of West Anglia; SheilaPankhurst, Head of the Department of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University; Peter Dixon, Governor; Steve Bennett, Secretary and Clerk, AngliaRuskin University – and Gin the dog.

‘Your Say’ survey completed


The College of West Anglia, inpartnership with Anglia RuskinUniversity, is now offering afoundation degree in MotorSport. The College’s IsleCampus has a well-foundedreputation for excellence in thefield of engineering and isunique in the region in its motorsport specialisation.

The new Foundation degreeadds to the thriving motor sportdiploma courses already on offerat the College, and will giveyoung engineers from Fenland

with a passion and talent formotorsport the chance tocontinue their studies locally,without having to go away touniversity.

The Motorsport Departmentpersonifies the ethos of thecampus, in that it gives studentspractical hands-on experiencethat will benefit them andemployers in the workplace.The department races aFormula Ford single-seaterracing car (pictured above),sponsored by Anglia Ruskin

University, Adrian Flux and theMorson Group. The team takespart in the Club Formula FordNational racing series, givingstudents the opportunity to workat major race circuits around thecountry in real competitiveenvironments.

Where else could a student getreal work experience in a racingenvironment at Silverstone inthe pits used by the FormulaOne teams, facing similarchallenges to the mechanics ofMcLaren and Ferrari? TheCollege and MotorsportsDepartment recognises what themotorsport industry demands ofits graduates. Our course andactivities give our students aportfolio of experience and a CVthat is the envy of most otherswhen looking to enter themotorsports community.

On 6 May, we had a secondtesting day at Oulton Park witha mix of first- and second-yearstudents and driver/tutor ChrisMiddleton. A series ofimprovements had been madeto the car, including new

suspension springs, and itshandling and straight-line speedwere dramatically improved. Weare continually makingimprovements to the car andteam operations, and thestudents felt it was thebest event they had attended todate.

We have already successfullyraced at Silverstone andDonington Park, and our nextdates are:

30 Jul Oulton Park13–14 Aug Brands Hatch24–25 Sep Anglesey

Why not visit our CWAmotorsports Facebook page formore information and images,or come along and see us inaction! Or, full details of the newfoundation degree in motorsportand all our engineering coursescan be found atwww.cwa.ac.uk.

Tessa BatlleMarketing Co-ordinator, PRand Advertising, The Collegeof West Anglia

College launches MotorsportFoundation degree course in Wisbech

To be recognised as achieving Customer Service Excellence (CSE), we are required to provide evidence against the criteria of the standard. The criteria, and theirrelevant elements, can be found in the Customer Excellence standard on the Cabinet Office website, www.cse.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/aboutTheStandardCSE.do.

Customer Service

EXCELLENCEAll staff were recently invitedto complete our inaugural‘Your Say’ Customer ServiceSurvey. Thank you to thosewho completed the survey.‘Your Say’ seeks feedback onthe level and quality ofcustomer service within eachfaculty and support servicethat staff deal with frequently.The results will be used to

improve customer service(where appropriate), but alsocelebrate positive customerservice. As an incentive, eachcompleted survey resulted in acharitable donation beingmade. Survey results will beavailable on the CSE micrositeduring the summer. The ‘YourSay’ survey will be undertakenannually.

We have also received theresults to the mysteryshopping exercises that werecompleted recently. The resultshave been disseminated toeach area, and action plansdetailing improvements arebeing discussed with membersof the CSE team. We weredelighted with the number ofstudents, 231, who

participated in our face-to-facemystery shopping exercises.

For information concerning theCSE initiative, please go to ourCSE microsite(www.anglia.ac.uk/excellence)or contact Rumnique Gill([email protected])

Employer

ENGAGEMENT


Pathway Leader PaulSanderson welcomed newstudents to Anglia Ruskin asthey embarked on ourinnovative new FoundationDegree in Social and AffordableHousing. Students and stafffrom the Faculty of Health &Social Care were joined byguests from the CharteredInstitute of Housing and thehousing sector to launch ournew pathway. The course wasdeveloped in consultation withthe sector by the Faculty ofHealth & Social Care andHigher Skills @ Work, and thefirst in a series of workshopswas held on the Cambridgecampus in May.

Joanne Davis, one of the firststudents to sign up for thecourse, works as HousingManager for the YMCA in

Cambridge. ‘It’s a busy role,’she explained, ‘and can be veryintense, but massivelyrewarding. We work very hardto unlock potential and giveyoung people opportunitiesthey wouldn’t otherwise have.We are a housing organisation,but the job is about so muchmore than the buildings.’ Thehousing sector is changingrapidly, and Joanne continued,‘We can see changes aroundthe corner, and these couldimpact on how we deliver ourservices.’

Joanne sees that the sector ischanging, and therefore herorganisation and her role willalso change. ‘I want us tomove forward and findopportunities in the changes,’she said. Her positive approachto these new challenges has

driven her to seek outopportunities for professionaldevelopment and to developthe skills and knowledge sheneeds to ensure that her clientscontinue to receive the bestpossible service. ‘It’s a complexsector: we need to understandour diverse stakeholders andhow to manage ourrelationships with them; weneed to seek out new sourcesof revenue; we need to manageprojects and to shareknowledge and expertise withinthe sector.’

So Joanne looked for a coursethat would equip her to facethe future. It needed to berelevant to her work and toenable her to manage herlearning around her busy life.Our new Foundation Degreecaught her eye. The course has

been designed in consultationwith the housing sector toreflect the skills and knowledgeneeded by housingprofessionals. The combinationof work-based distance learningand Cambridge-basedworkshops ensures that theirlearning is relevant to theirwork, while giving students theopportunity to learn andnetwork with each other.

‘I’m excited about starting thecourse,’ said Joanne. ‘It’s a bigchallenge, but after two weeksI’d already learned new thingsand I can see how the coursewill help me contribute to myorganisation and our clients.’

Tom TaylorSkills DevelopmentConsultant, HigherSkills@Work

New work-based Housing degreelaunches in Cambridge

� With fellow students at the launch of the FdSc Management of Social and Affordable Housing is Joanne Davis from the YMCA (front row, far right).


Timberland, the leadingoutdoor clothing manufacturerand retailer, has teamed upwith Anglia Ruskin to provideonline training for its staff.The US-based company joinsexisting clients includingVolvo, Barclays, UPS,Ridgeons and Harrods inrecognising the benefits of thework-based degrees offered bythe Ashcroft InternationalBusiness School.

Initially, in late May, tenTimberland staff from acrossthe country began studyingthe FdA in Management,which is a two-year work-based online learning degreecourse. The degree isdesigned to equip managersand aspiring managers withthe skills and knowledgerequired to succeed in today’schallenging climate.

Our online virtual learningenvironment (VLE) willconnect the retail store staffwithout the need for them toleave their workplace. Theprogramme is both practicaland work based, allowingthose taking part to transferlearning directly to their workenvironment. The courseincludes a comprehensiverange of applied managementtopics such as marketing,leadership, change andproject management.

Students will be assigned anonline tutor for each module,with additional support from adedicated distance learningfacilitator and a workplacementor.

To help them develop theskills required for highereducation, each student willcomplete our work-basedlearning study skillscurriculum. Assessment iscarried out through a mix ofportfolio work, businessreports, presentations, casestudies and work-basedprojects.

Jane Maher, Timberland’s HRManager – UK Retail andGlobal Distributors, said, ‘Themajority taking part are teamleaders or sales associates,who either volunteered for thecourse or were approached totake part. What struck mewas how many of our staffwere willing to invest time todevelop their long-term careerpotential.’

Tony Howard, Head of HigherSkills@Work, said, ‘We aredelighted that Timberland haschosen our online work-basedmanagement degree to up-skill staff and provide retailcareer progressionopportunities. The nature anddelivery of our work-basedcourses are proving especiallyattractive to our clients in theretail sector because, withoutleaving the shop floor,students and their employersare able to enjoy the benefitsof tutor-supported learning,while developing their skillsand abilities.’


Timberland staff tostudy online FdAin Management

Transitions explores theextent to which teenageengagement in online socialnetworks offers new realmsof image construction andemotional expression acrossthree very different buttechnically sophisticatedcultures: USA, UK andChina.

Transitions looks at the roleof desire/desirability inimage creation and how it isprojected online, and how

modern teenagers swap andchange between virtual and‘real’ selves, irrespective ofhistorical or culturalinfluences.

Features video, sound andslide projection.


What’s on at the Ruskin Gallery

THE ARTSTransitions – exhibition continues through to 7 July

Abby Stancliffe-Vaughan(pictured right), a PhDstudent at our Cambridgecampus, is carrying outresearch into an ‘alieninvader’ that is causingdestruction as it spreadsthrough the East of Englandand the UK. The signalcrayfish (pictured above) wasintroduced into the UK in the1970s when farmers wereencouraged to rear them aspart of a farm-diversificationinitiative. However, a numberescaped and there are nowwild populations in over 87%of our river catchments.

These alien crayfish speciesare causing serious damage tothe UK’s ponds, rivers and

canals, and out-compete ournative white-clawed crayfishon every front, being ferociouspredators of both plants andanimals. They can also walk

across land and can survivefor weeks in damp conditionsas well as being cannibals!With large red claws andgrowing up to 30cm inlength, signal crayfish dwarfthe white-clawed crayfish,which are usually less than10cm long. But signalcrayfish are not only larger,more fertile and fastergrowing than our nativewhite-clawed crayfish, theyalso carry crayfish plague(Aphanomyces astaci), afungal disease that is fatal tothe white-clawed crayfishwhilst the signals remainresistant.

Abby is researching signalcrayfish in the Brecks, which

span Norfolk and Suffolk, andaims to discover whethertrapping the invading crayfishhas an effect on the size andsex ratios of their population.She says, ‘Signal crayfish arehaving a catastrophic impacton our indigenous white-clawed crayfish, thebiodiversity of our rivers andhabitats, due to the erosionand siltation caused by theirburrowing. I’ve been studyingareas where the signalcrayfish are being trapped andcomparing them with areaswhere there is currently notrapping. Trapping is knownto remove larger crayfish first,but as these are the mostreproductively active thiscould have a long-term effectin reducing the population,especially in natural systemswhere predators will eat thesmaller individuals.

‘It is really important tounderstand what happens intrapped populations. Tagginglarge numbers will help toshed light on this and it is myintention to do just that thissummer!’

Abby is looking for volunteersto help with her fieldwork thissummer, which will involvedata recording, trapping,collecting and sexing crayfish.For further information, pleasecontact Abby by [email protected] orphoning 07824 720405.

Tracking voracious ‘alien invaders’Study to assess the effect of trapping on populations of signal crayfish


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