June 2010, Bulletin Vol 7 No 6

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Postgraduate Medical Institute

June 2010

Volume 7 No 6

building work starts at Rivermead campus

IN THISISSUE:

Cambridge School ofArt degree showlaunches new talentFull story on page 10 >>

11th Annual Learningand TeachingConference – detailsFull story on page 17>>

Membership of theInstitute of CustomerService achievedFull story on page 27 >>

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7 June• CSA degree show,

9.00am–8.00pm, RuskinGallery, Cambridge campus





• Anglia Contemporary Theatreevent, Sackgasse – Return toSender, 8.00pm, TheJunction, Cambridge



• Anglia Contemporary Theatreevent, Sackgasse – Return toSender, 8.00pm, TheJunction, Cambridge


9.00am–8.00pm, RuskinGallery, Cambridge campuss

12 June

13 June

14 June

15 June

16 June

17 June

18 June• Powell and Pressburger film

course, CFC event, 6.00pm,Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

19 June• Powell and Pressburger film

course, CFC event, 6.00pm,Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

20 June

21 June• Routes into Language East

Film Competition Awards,CFC partnership event,6.00pm, Arts Picturehouse,Cambridge

22 June

23 June• Lunchtime archive show,

CFC event, 1.00pm, ArtsPicturehouse, Cambridge

24 June• The Vanishing of the Bees,

CFC event, 6.00pm, ArtsPicturehouse, Cambridge

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31 May

1 June• Department of Music and

Performing Arts Festival Week,performances throughout theday, Recital Hall, Helmore,Cambridge campus





• CSA degree show,9.00am–8.00pm, RuskinGallery, Cambridge campus



• CSA degree show,9.00am–8.00pm, RuskinGallery, Cambridge campus





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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

2 Bulletin June 2010 Volume 7 no 6

This year’sdegree show byCambridge Schoolof Art studentsSee page 10 >>

N E W SStart of the building works for our Postgraduate Medical Institute 4Anglia Ruskin making progress 5BBC’s Breathing Places campaign and UK Ladybird Survey 6Rapid expansion for Audiology 7New textbook on business research launched 8Research into the current and future roles of business schools 9Art auction raises funds for degree show catalogue 10Cambridge School of Art degree show – dates and details 10–113rd Sector Futures – successes and future plans 12Computers to the University of L’Aquila – more support sought 13AIBS students take part in IBM University Business Challenge 14Mentoring scheme participant feature in employability DVD 15The Stationers’ Foundation fund bursary for MA in Publishing 1611th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference – details 17New Teaching Hubs for learning about new classroom technology 18Professor Young appointed to our PMI 19Fair Tracing project supports fair trade through tracing technologies 20Routes into Language turns to football 21Celebrating the achievements of School Business Managers 22International early childhood conference report 23Publications team nominated for Heist awards 24Ixion Challenge helps East of England companies 25Librarian contributes to book on Frank Bellamy 26

T H E A R T SMusic and drama events 34Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events 35

F E A T U R E SCustomer Service Excellence news 27Employer engagement news 27Green issues 28–29Staff development opportunities 29Estates & Facilities news 30–31Research, Development & Commercial Services news 32–33Joiners, leavers and movers 36

New PMI building– constructionbeginsSee page 4 for full story >>

IN THIS ISSUE...

Digital trackingtechnology usedto support ethicaltrade supplychainsSee page 20 >>

June 2010 Volume 7 no 6 Bulletin 3

Cover image:

Professor Mike Salmon, Professor MikeThorne and Dr Aimen Hassani taking partin the groundbreaking ceremony.

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On 14 April, work started atthe Rivermead campus on anew building for ourPostgraduate Medical Institute(PMI), which will provide afocal point for medicalresearch, innovation andteaching for clinicians from theEast of England.

With the help of a JCB digger,a groundbreaking ceremonywas performed by ViceChancellor Professor MikeThorne in the presence of over50 representatives from theHigher Education FundingCouncil for England (HEFCE),Chelmsford Borough Council,

SDC Builders and variouspartner institutions, includingColchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust and

Springfield Hospital. The newand dedicated facility, locatedbetween the Tindal Building

and the new access to ChelmerValley Road, is scheduled forcompletion by February 2011.

The construction project will bemanaged by SDC Builders ofBedford. Once completed, thebuilding will provide state ofthe art laboratories, two lecturetheatres (400 and 200 seatingcapacity) and seminar andmeeting facilities for themedical and heathcommunities.

The Postgraduate MedicalInstitute is unique in that it is acollaboration of 20 membersinvolving all NHS acutehospitals, primary care trustsand mental health trusts inEssex, plus Essex CountyCouncil, Ramsay and NuffieldHospitals, Essex hospices, TheRoyal Society for Public Healthand all five of Anglia Ruskin’sfaculties.

Constructionbegins on focalpoint for medicalresearchgroundbreaking ceremony heraldsthe start of building work

LEADING NEWS

The new building has beenspecifically designed forresearch, innovation and as ahot-bed of new ideas toprogress medical science.


� Professor Mike Salmon, Professor Mike Thorne and Dr Aimen Hassani.

In addition, the PMI is workingwith Cambridge University,University College London and

Queen Mary University ofLondon Medical Schools andtheir associated hospitals topursue research and educationof international significance.

The culmination of many yearsof planning, the new PMIProject Board welcomes thenew building as it markssignificant progress for theproject. Interim Director MikeSalmon said, ‘The PMI isalready acting as the hub ofpostgraduate research anddevelopment in the field ofmedical and healthcaresciences across the county ofEssex, and beyond. The newbuilding has been specificallydesigned for research,innovation and as a hot-bed ofnew ideas to progress medicalscience. It will also providefacilities for multi-professionalpostgraduate education andtraining.’

Much of the credit for theinitial development of the PMIis due to the commitment andvision of Dr Aimen Hassaniwho said, ‘We are extremelyproud to have progressed thePMI project to this latest andexciting stage of itsdevelopment.’

For more information visitwww.anglia.ac.uk/fhsc/pmi.

Andrea HilliardCorporate Marketing

We have seen strongperformance in ourengagement with companies,increasing to 1250, and,equally, in the establishmentof Knowledge TransferPartnerships, meeting ourtargets in both areas.

The challenges that remainThere are a number of areasthat remain a challenge, andthe latest strategic planninground has focused all facultiesand support services onimproving our performance inthe following areas.

We have some good indicatorsfor student satisfaction,


New textbookspublished by colleaguesin the Business School...Full details on pages 8& 9

Having set out our vision ofthe future for Anglia RuskinUniversity in our CorporatePlan, we have recentlycompleted our assessment ofprogress towards making thatvision a reality. We have setourselves some stretchingmilestones in ourdetermination to be a strongperforming University, able toride out the challengescurrently facing both the HEsector and the wider economy.Our 11 Corporate Objectivesare designed to ensure thatwe not only provide anoutstanding education for ourstudents and have areputation for excellence inresearch but also that weoperate from a sound financialbasis.

Our successesWe have had some notablesuccesses in reaching, and insome cases exceeding, ourDecember 2009 milestones.In particular, we had setourselves the challengingtarget to increase ourinternational student numbersto 850; by December 2009we had over 1005international students on ourUK campuses. This isparticularly important for us asthe fee income from ourinternational students is one ofa number of key elementswithin our financialforecasting, and success inthis area helps us to diversifyour income sources to ensurewe are less reliant on centralgovernment funding.

We have also seen asignificant rise in our externalincome from our baseline of£6m in 2008 to £7.6m inDecember 2009, easilysurpassing our milestone of£6.5m.

We have begun to see greatersuccess in recruiting researchstudents, meeting our targetfor full-time students and onlyjust missing our part-timerecruitment target (95 againsta target of 100). We awarded42 PhDs, again very close toour ambitious target ofawarding 50 PhDs each year.We have met our milestone forthe percentage of our researchbids that are successful, andsurpassed the target for thenumber of refereedpublications.

In the News

SITS and e-Visionupgrade

There is an essential upgradeto SITS and e-Vision plannedfor the weekend of 26–27June. This means that allSITS and e-Vision services willbe suspended from 5.00pmon Friday 25 June until8.00am on Monday 28 June.

Please contact me([email protected]) ifyou require any furtherinformation.

Jane TinklerBusiness RelationshipManager (Student data),Information Systems & MediaServices

Send your news stories toAndrea Hilliard (ext 4727,[email protected]).To view our latest newsreleases visitwww.anglia.ac.uk, you canalso follow our latest news onTwitter, visitwww.twitter.com/angliaruskin.

13 April, Anglia TVKerry-Ann Milic, Lecturer inForensic Biology, discussesthe Julie Ward Masai Maramurder investigation.

13 April, The GuardianAlan Cain, Director ofCorporate Marketing, talksabout the impact of theHEFCE-funded cappedstudent numbers on AngliaRuskin.

We have hadsome notablesuccesses inreaching, andin some casesexceeding, ourDecember2009milestones.

Making progressparticularly amongst ourinternational students andmodule-evaluationperformance, yet we still needto do more to improve ourstudent satisfaction ratesoverall, including our NationalStudent Survey (NSS) score. Arange of initiatives is underwayto improve our studentexperience, including theimplementation of NSS FacultyAction Plans and a morecomprehensive use of the data.

We still need to improvefurther our student retentionrates, and a number ofinitiatives are underway toimprove performance throughthe Retention Action Group,including the investigation ofthose pathways and modulesthat have low retention rates.The curriculum rationalisationprogramme is another measureto improve student retention.

We are also focused onincreasing the number of bidsfor research and the incomewe derive from it. Initiativesare focused on earlieridentification of biddingopportunities and greatersupport to the bid-writingprocess. This, too, issupported by the curriculumrationalisation programme,which will ensure that morestaff time is released forresearch and scholarly activity.

The implementation of ourCorporate Plan is wellunderway with a number ofkey successes in the first year;we need to build on thosestrengths over the next twoyears whilst addressing thoseareas which remain achallenge.

Ruth BourneAssistant Director (StrategicPlanning), Academic Office

The BBC’s annual BreathingPlaces campaign launched on24 May, and this year the UKLadybird Survey (UKLS) is itsmain survey. Anglia Ruskinplays a key role in the UKLS,running the survey inpartnership with the Universityof Cambridge and the NationalEnvironmental ResearchCouncil’s Centre for Ecology &Hydrology.

Running alongside BBC2’sSpringwatch programmes, BBCBreathing Places was set up in2005 to encourage people to‘do one thing’ to help nature on

their doorstep. Since thenthings have grown and grownand, at the last count, almosthalf a million people, 15 citycouncils and over 27,000school children have beeninvolved in 1381 events. Thewildlife-related projects are veryvaried. For example, tens ofthousands of trees have beenplanted. Areas of land – muchof it waste ground – totalling1.4 million square metres havebeen transformed into wildlife-friendly areas. Breathing Placescan help with information onhow to put up a bat roostingbox or build a pond.

This year, the target is forthousands of schools to getinvolved in carrying out surveysof ladybirds between 24 Mayand 12 June. This will serveseveral purposes. Firstly, it willencourage children to getoutdoors and look more closelyat their local environment. Itwill help them to learn aboutladybirds and to take a widerinterest in insects. It will alsohelp the UKLS by providinglots of great data. The data willbe used in our ladybird atlasproject, in which distributionsof all 46 ladybird species in theBritish Isles are being mapped.

It will assist our assessment ofhow native ladybird species arebeing negatively impacted bythe invasive non-nativeHarlequin ladybird. This is oneof our main areas of research.Photographs of ladybirds foundcan be submitted in the survey,so we will be able to check theaccuracy of identificationsmade by the children.

There’s even more to theBreathing Places ladybirdcampaign than the ladybirdsurveys. For older children orpeople looking for a biggerchallenge, there’s a new surveyof natural enemies of ladybirds.People will be encouraged tospot signs of ladybirds’ naturalenemies, such as parasiticwasps and fungal diseases.There are also related arts-and-crafts projects, such as how tobuild a ladybird winter home,plus fun extras like specialladybird top trumps cards andladybird dominoes.

For more information or toregister a school for theBreathing Places ladybirdactivities, please visitwww.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces.Lots more information onladybirds can be found on theUKLS website – www.ladybird-survey.org.

Peter BrownLife Sciences and Animal &Environmental ResearchGroup, Faculty of Science &Technology

Ladybirds to star in BBCnature campaign

Faculty of Science & Technology

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The University Arts Council provides financial support forcreative arts activities, involving our students and staff, whichhelp to enrich the cultural life of our University. Applications arenow invited in respect of activities planned for the nextacademic year.

If you are organising creative arts activities or are consideringdoing so, please visit the University Arts Council website athttp://web.anglia.ac.uk/artscouncil/apply.phtml. You will find

guidelines for applicants, instructions on how to apply, and anapplication form to download and complete.

Don’t delay, the deadline for applications is Monday 12 July2010.

For further information, please contact Geri Wren, Secretary ofthe University Arts Council, at [email protected], or callext 2114.

Applications invited for University Arts Council support

Find out who’s joinedus and who’s movedon...Full listing on page 36

The Department of Vision andHearing has undergone rapidexpansion and development ofits Hearing division. Over thepast year, student numbers onthe FdSc Audiology coursehave increased from nine in

2008–9 to over 100 in2010. New lab facilities anda newly appointed lecturer(soon to be announced) haveensured that this increase canbe managed, and a furthernew-certificate course inHearing Care was launched inApril. In addition, we are alsodelighted to welcome DrDavid Baguley (pictured left)as a Visiting Professor inAudiology, and we lookforward to reaping theresearch and teachingbenefits that will undoubtedlyfollow.

‘Dr David Baguley, Head ofAudiology at Addenbrooke’sHospital in Cambridge and ViceChair of the British Society ofAudiology, has been awarded aVisiting Professorship at Anglia

Ruskin University (ARU) inCambridge. The AudiologyFoundation Degree at ARU hasgone from strength to strengthunder the direction of DrMaryanne Maltby, AudiologyPathway Leader, and theresearch and teachingpartnership with David and theCambridge Clinical Audiologygroup will add to the strengthsof both entities. “This is agreat honour, and gives me afantastic opportunity to use theclinical and researchexperience that I have beenfortunate enough to accrue,”said Professor Baguley.’ (ENT& Audiology News, April2010).

Dr Maryanne MaltbySenior Lecturer in Audiology

CIOB StudentChallengeNational Final

A team of four students fromthe Department of the BuiltEnviornment attended thenational final of the CIOBStudent Challenge.

Iain Charnley, Keith Peirson,Scott Mildren and RobertMenown competed in thefinal, which was held at theCIOB headquarters, in Ascot.The event was held over twodays and the students had tocomplete a difficultconstruction and planningtask then formally presenttheir ideas to the CIOB panel.Unfortunately, we narrowlymissed out on the winningpost, but took second place.Our students received atrophy for our University andwere each presented with acheque for £50. Eleven teamstook part; a team fromWaterford College came firstand UCL were third.

Pauline Start, Senior Lecturer,from the departmentaccompanied the students tothe final and was extremelyimpressed by the professionalideas and presentation theydelivered: ‘I hope you will joinme in congratulating theteam, who gave a brilliantpresentation to the panel. Itwas a thoroughly enjoyableand valuable experience for allinvolved, and the departmenthopes to emulate this successat the next Student Challengein 2011.’

Teila SmithMarketing Administrator,Faculty of Science &Technology


Audiology going fromstrength to strength

Six members of Anglia LawSchool attended the annualSocio-Legal StudiesAssociation Conference, heldat the University of the Westof England at Easter, andbetween them presented fourpapers and convened asession. This is one of themain law conferences,generally, as well as providingthe primary outlet fordissemination of legalresearch that has aninterdisciplinary or socio-legalfocus. The Associationdescribes itself as the point‘where law meets the socialsciences and humanities’ andprovides a setting forcommunication betweenscholars from across the UKand overseas.

Dr Sean Thomas gave apaper, entitled ‘Nemo datquod non habet: identity andthe importance of knowledge’,derived from aspects of hisPhD. He also gave the facultythe opportunity to enjoyhearing the paper at theFaculty Research Seminar onWednesday 12 May.

John O’Leary and ChrisMonaghan presented a jointpaper, ‘Once more unto thebreach, dear friends, oncemore: the continuing saga ofanti-doping and strict liabilityin Sports Law stream’.

Roger Thomas and RositaMazumdar presented papersrelating to the early stages oftheir PhD researches on‘Allotments: the case for

enhanced legal protectionfrom development forallotment holders and their“little plots”’, and ‘When is aChild not a Child?: the case ofthe child defendant witness’.

Dr Penny English convened asession on the theme of‘Challenging ownership:meanings, space andidentity’, which drew papersrelating to aspects of howland is regulated on threecontinents.

A good time was had by all,both professionally andsocially!

For more information, [email protected].

Anglia Law School makes its mark at the Socio-Legal StudiesAssociation Conference

Dr Jonathan Wilson, a SeniorLecturer in the AshcroftInternational Business School,has just published a newbook, Essentials of BusinessResearch: A Guide to DoingYour Research Project, withSage Publications. The book isa valuable resource for anystudent in a business schooldoing a research methodscourse or doing a researchproject (dissertation). It isdesigned as a concise,student-friendly text that cutsthrough the jargon ofresearch-methods terminologyto present a clear guide to thebasics of methodology in abusiness and managementcontext.

Jonathan explains hismotivation for writing thebook: ‘Many students havecommented to me that theywould like to see a moreconcise research-methodstextbook. Ideally, somethingthat contains essential casesand concepts, as opposed to awide range of both business

and student examples. Inaddition, students are ofteninterested in the experiencesof other students and the roleof the dissertation supervisor.Therefore, this book aims toguide the student through theentire research process byusing actual student caseexamples, and explaining therole of the supervisor and howto meet their expectations. Insome institutions, thesupervisor is also the firstmarker of the dissertation, soit is important for students tounderstand how to use theirsupervisor effectively as wellas recognise the criteria theymay use when marking thedissertation.’

Essentials of BusinessResearch: A Guide to DoingYour Research Projectcontains a number of keyfeatures within the text, theseinclude:• ‘You’re the Supervisor’

sections – which helpsstudents to meet theirlearning outcomes

• Common questionsand answers – whichprovides studentswith an invaluablepoint of reference forsome of thechallenges they arelikely to face whileundertaking theirresearch project

• A comprehensivesection on ethicalissues thatstudents need toconsider whenundertakingtheir researchproject

• A full student glossary.

The book is packedthroughout with student-friendly features, such ashelpful diagrams, student casestudies, chapter objectives,annotated further readingsections and a summary andreferences at the end of eachchapter. Finally, the text isaccompanied by a companionwebsite containing an array ofmaterial for lecturers and

students, includingmultiple-choice questions toenable students to test theirknowledge and progress.Essentials of BusinessResearch: A Guide to DoingYour Research Project is nowavailable from SagePublications or from JohnSmith’s Bookshop.


New textbook on business researchemphasises the role of the dissertation supervisor

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Dr Penny Hood (picturedright), of Ashcroft InternationalBusiness School, has hadaccepted for publication aseries of six booklets onpractical managementstrategies. The first three, of aseries of six, will be availablein autumn 2010 and includetopics such as the reflectivemanager, appraisal andtransactional analysis.


Dr Penny Hood, of AshcroftInternational Business School,was recently invited to give aninterview for the Sri LankanTimes Education newspaper.She spoke about thechallenges and opportunitiesof higher education in SriLanka, based on her 15-years’ experience in thecountry. Whilst in the countryshe also contributed to aseries of DVDs for Sri Lankanstudents from thePostgraduate Institute ofManagement (PIM) of Sri

Jayewardenepura University,who are studying for an MBAat the PIM education centrein Dubai.

For more information abouther work in Sri Lanka, [email protected].

Forthcoming publications on practicalmanagement strategies

Continuing work in Sri Lanka

3rd Sector Futures –what they’ve been upto...Full story on page 12

FocusThere has been considerabledebate, following the globalfinancial crisis, on the role andactions of business schools.This report summarisesresearch1 the authorsconducted that examined thecurrent and future role ofbusiness schools.

MethodologyA qualitative paradigm wasadopted and the study usedsemi-structured interviewsbacked by analysis of schoolpromotional literature, coursebrochures, web pages and anyother relevant information.Thirty-eight top-levelmanagers from 15 businessschools in Brazil, India,Germany, South Africa,Tanzania, Scotland andEngland took part.

FindingsBeing a relatively small-scalescoping study, the researchdoes not reflect all types ofschools, circumstances,locations or views. Careshould, therefore, be taken indrawing generalisedconclusions from the study,which should, rather, be takenas illustrative of the range ofviews held.

The main finding was thatnone of the interviewed leadersconveyed the impression thatsteering business towardhelping humanity achieve asustainable future, and tacklingurgent global issues, was seenby them as one of their mainroles, either current or future.This conclusion is concerninggiven the growing debate onurgent global issues and therecent financial crisis.

None of these managers wereseriously challenging thefoundations of their currentprogrammes or addressingchanges required to helpachieve a sustainable humanpresence on the planet. Thosewho had a global focus werelooking for ways in which theirschool could increase itsinternational presence andoverall market share, ratherthan how urgent global issuescan be solved throughbusiness, and the role businessschools have in encouragingsuch moves.

By far the most commonattitude was that the role ofbusiness schools was toprovide businesses withsuitably qualified andexperienced staff so as toachieve the aims of business.Relatively little attention was


The current and future role ofbusiness schoolsPoints made and opinions expressed in the report are purely those of the authors and should not be assumed to reflect those ofAnglia Ruskin University.

given to what those aimsshould be and none of thoseinterviewed expressed the viewthat business schools had amajor role in leading andshaping such aims towards afocus on the greater benefit ofhumanity.

The authors are keen toestablish an internationalcluster of business schoolsinterested in exploring furtherthe future roles of business andbusiness schools. A full reportof the research can be obtainedfrom the authors, John Rayment([email protected])or Jonathan Smith([email protected]).

1 This research was sponsored by AngliaRuskin University under the Deputy ViceChancellor’s Research EnhancementCompetition. We gratefully acknowledgeand appreciate this support.

The Centre for Strategic Studiesin Ashcroft InternationalBusiness School (AIBS) hasreceived high accolades for itsmost recent publication byEdward Elgar, to such anextent that other publishers (forexample, Routledge) arealready asking the AIBSresearch team, led by ProfessorStuart Wall, to publish futurevolumes and research outputswith themselves.

‘In a world of ever-increasingtalent and ever-more rapidcreation of new knowledge,and in a world that is growing incomplexity by the day, it is trulyintriguing to learn of capabilitiesfor success and failure in rapid

innovation-based industries. Thefusion of academic concepts andempirical insights make this booka source of inspiration forinquiring managers.’

Norbert Walter, Chief Economistof Deutsche Bank and CEO ofDeutsche Bank Research,Germany.

‘This volume represents a mostwelcome and importantcontribution to the emergentand fast-growing dynamiccapabilities view (DCV) of thefirm and sustainable competitiveadvantage. It simultaneouslyhelps to assess critically, integratewith a wide range of otherperspectives, broaden the scope,and deepen the conceptual

foundations of the DCV. Inaddition, and importantly, it linksDCV to, and contrasts it with,managerial practice. The authors’dispassionate approach is afurther plus. The editors havedone an excellent job andshould be congratulated forthis work that should be amust-read.’

Christos Pitelis, Reader inInternational Business andCompetitiveness,University of Cambridge,UK.

Marion CobbyBusiness OperationsManager, AshcroftInternational Business School

New strategic insights

The art auction, which haddonated artworks fromstudents and staff, took placein the Ruskin Gallery onMonday 19 April. It was toraise funds for the third-yearcatalogue for the degreeshow. The auctioneer wore adashing waistcoat thatensured he was the centre ofattention and he proceeded topersuade all and sundry –including hard-up students –that they really couldn’t dowithout purchasing such fineartwork bargains. DavidPalmer – a freelanceauctioneer who has appearedon TV programmes such asCash in the Attic and Flog It– was in fine form and helpedus raise over £1900 for bothBA (hons) Photography andFine Art.

Both Fine Art andPhotography students tooktime out to hang the works in

the Ruskin Gallery and toassist at the auction by takingthe artworks down from thewalls, holding them up forbidding, then wrapping themand taking payment. So manystudents came to help thateverything ran very smoothly,with good teamwork. With theaddition of a drinks-and-cakestall, we kept the bidders veryhappy. Nearly everyone whohelped also bid, and we allwent home with newartworks.

I’d like to thank everyone whohelped organise and run theauction, including the GraphicDesign team for thosewonderful posters and biddingcards, and all the admin staffwho helped us, too.

Sarah RushStudent, Cambridge Schoolof Art

Cambridge School of Art hasproduced some outstandinggraduates over the years,including Pink Floyd’s SydBarrett, Spitting Imagecreators Peter Fluck andRoger Law, and RonaldSearle, creator of St Trinian’s.More recently, graduates havewon a BAFTA for gamedesign, illustrated thebestseller Where’s Stig? forTop Gear, and designed astamp for the Royal Mail’sseries celebrating the 2012Olympic Games.

More new talent will be ondisplay at the CambridgeSchool of Art Degree Show2010, with over 200

graduating students from arange of disciplines. Thisdegree show marks anexciting moment in thestudents’ careers, andpresents a window ofopportunity for local creativeindustries keen to snap upnew talent, and for art loversto acquire the work of afuture star.

Among those graduating thisyear, and one to watch, isartist Amelia Poon, BA (Hons)Fine Art, who has had two ofher works, Tilting Pegoda andMobile, chosen from over12,000 entries for the 60-piece shortlist for the RoyalAcademy of Art Summer

Cambridge School of ANEWS


� King’s Chapel – Ben Levitt, BA (Hons) Illustration.

� Auctioneer David Palmer encourages bidders.

Art auctionsuccess

Student Reps meet theVC and he listenedintently...Full story on page 14


� Untitled 1 – Naomi Peel, BA (Hons) Photography.

Art launches new talent

� Latex fashionwear – Joy Williams, BA (Hons) Fashion Design.

� Tilting Pegoda – Amelia Poon, BA (Hons) Fine Art.

Exhibition. At the CambridgeSchool of Art Auction, whichis held annually to raisemoney for the degree show,buyers were keen to snap upAmelia’s work, with thehighest-selling work of thenight, Amelia’s Synergy,selling for £290.

From Fine Art to Fashion,2010 sees the first graduatingyear of the BA (Hons) FashionDesign, whose students arealready making a name forthemselves. Joy Williamsbegan to experiment withlatex in order to push herabilities using unusualmaterial, and this led to anopportunity to work with up-and-coming art-basedphotography company FetishRocks (www.myspace.com/fetishrocks). Throughconnections on the BA (Hons)Fashion Design, Joy landedan internship with couturelatex company House of

Harlot. Joy will be showingher work at Cambridge Schoolof Art and at venues acrossthe UK throughout thesummer.

The degree show is open tothe public from 3–11 June atthe Ruskin Gallery, Cambridgecampus, with free admission.The Fashion Show will beheld on Thursday 3 June,with showings at 6.30pmand 8.30pm, in theRefectory, Helmore Building,Cambridge campus. Tickets,costing just £1.00, will be onsale at the door.

For more information,including opening hours,please visit www.cambridgeschoolofart.co.uk or callext 3333.

Launched two years ago inChelmsford and based inAIBS, 3rd Sector Futuresprovides training and researchservices for charities, socialenterprises and voluntaryorganisations. Here, AndyBrady describes what they’vebeen up to:

The last academic year hasseen growth of 30% in ourexternal income, and somegroundbreaking new projectsin exciting areas of work:

Social impact measurementThe way third-sectororganisations (TSOs) canmonitor and demonstrate theirsocial impact will becomeincreasingly important as theycompete for governmentcontracts and grants. Having

completed a pilot programmeon Social Accounting andAudit last year, we are nowworking with eight EssexTSOs to prepare Social Returnon Investment reports.

Executive educationOur work with the region’sleading social enterprisescontinues, with masterclasses, action-learning setsand peer-to-peer teaching allforming important elements ofthe Social EnterpriseExecutive Developmentprogramme.

Knowledge TransferAs a KEEP project with SocialEnterprise East of Englanddraws to a close (wedeveloped a social enterprisewiki – you can see it at

www.seeewiki.co.uk), wehave just won funding for ashort Knowledge TransferPartnership with HamelinTrust in Billericay – ourassociate will develop arobust business plan for thecharity’s social enterprisecompany.

ResearchOur most recent major projectis looking at the link betweenvolunteering andemployability, and preparing atoolkit for organisations tryingto increase their engagementwith training, and providingexperience for volunteers whoare looking for work.

Short coursesWe are working with partnersto continue providing short

courses in key managementtopics, including businessplanning, marketing andfinance. In Suffolk, we haveworked with Train to Gain andthe County Council to linkseveral courses together in acomplete leadershipprogramme for the county’scommunity transportorganisations.

Plans for further growth,including new qualificationand increased researchThe next year will prove achallenging one for the thirdsector. While there will beopportunities for growth, as aresult of the opening up ofpublic-service delivery, thegeneral trend to reducespending will definitely havean impact on fundingavailable.

Our own plans for next yearinclude (subject to validation)a new Cert HE in Charity andSocial EnterpriseManagement, developed withHigher Skills@Work. We alsohope to win funding for a 3rdSector Futures researchcluster, which will allow us togenerate additional incomeand translate our success inwinning research contractsinto academic outputs interms of papers and articles.

These two ventures willprovide additional support forthe sector at a critical time,and contribute significantly toour University’s vision ofenhancing social, cultural andeconomic wellbeing, and tobecome champions ofemployer and communityengagement.

For more information, pleasevisitwww.3rdsectorfutures.co.uk,or contact Andy Brady,Programme Manager, 3rdSector Futures, [email protected],or call ext 6888.

3rd Sector Futuresincome, activity and impact continue to rise

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� Impact measurement – the 3rd Sector Futures Social Accounting cohort.

Successful nominees forthis year’s VC’s Awardsto be announced...Full story on page 17

Two years ago I met ProfessorCarlo Cecati and his family,when he co-chaired the three-day ISIE’08 InternationalConference in Cambridge withProfessor Marcian Cirstea,Head of Computing &Technology, whom he hadknown for some time.Professor Cecati is based inthe Faculty of Engineering atthe University of L’Aquila, inItaly.

Last year, as readers will nodoubt remember, on 6 April2009, L’Aquila was rocked byan earthquake that registered5.8 on the Richter scale. Aswell as damage caused to themedieval buildings in andaround L’Aquila, many of the

modern buildings sustainedconsiderable damage,including several buildings atthe University of L’Aquila, oneof which collapsedcompletely. Forty-five studentslost their lives.

Although the general publicwas generous with donations,other disasters soon tookprecedence, and L’Aquila wassoon forgotten. ProfessorCecati told Marcian Cirstea atthe end of last year of thefrustrating lack of progresswith rebuilding in the area,and the lack of equipment atthe university. After discussionwith the VC and the Dean ofFaculty, Marcian was able tooffer the university some

computers that had recentlybeen replaced in theDepartment of Computing &Technology. Twelve computerswere duly shipped to L’Aquilaand were very gratefullyreceived. An extract fromProfessor Cecati’s letter ofthanks, below, demonstratesthe difficulties the universityis still facing a year after theearthquake, and theirgratitude for the smalldonation we made.

‘We are very grateful to youand your university for thedonation of computers, whichare very useful to ourstudents working onindustrial electronics courses.We have already installed


� University of L’Aquila Faculty of Engineering following the earthquake.

some of them in sparespaces, but we wish to installall of them in the newindustrial electronics lab, assoon as it will be available.

We are very grateful for thegenerosity and moral supportdemonstrated by yourdonation. After theearthquake we have lost notonly many of our effects andbuildings but also ourconfidence to succeed inrebuilding our daily life andour activities. Yourcontribution is very importantas it makes us feel not alone.After exactly one year, mostproblems are unsolved,except that a good number ofinhabitants are lodged in newbuildings in the surroundings.The old town, as well as themodern, is uninhabited andthe social life no longerexists, students travel by busevery day from towns up to200km away as there are notyet lodgings for them inL’Aquila. Our survival as auniversity is not guaranteed;if the situation will notchange immediately, nextyear we will lose many ofthem as they cannot continueto travel and study withoutlabs. Your help is asignificant brick forimproving our capability tooffer them good services.

L’Aquila, 6.4.2010 –Carlo Cecati’

If anyone has any furtherthoughts on how we might beable to help the University ofL’Aquila, please contact me([email protected]) orMarcian Cirstea([email protected]).

Ann WoolleyAdministration Team Leader,Faculty of Science &Technology

Computers to L’Aquila

Fourteen-hundred students in280 UK university teams from75 faculties competed in theIBM University BusinessChallenge (UBC) Round 1heats, starting in October 2009and running through toDecember. Each week a newchallenge was sent from theorganisers, Learning DynamicsLtd, and each week the teamshad to prepare their responsesand enter their figures online.Forty-five Anglia Ruskinstudents were recruited andcompeted in 11 teams.

The top 72 teams from this firstround went through to theRound 2 semi-finals, whichwere run over one day at ninedifferent venues around the UK.

Six Anglia Ruskin teams wentthrough to this round. Thesesemi-finals gave participatingstudents the opportunity tomeet fellow competitors fromother universities, meetgraduate employers and hearpresentations on internships,placements and graduateschemes from the UBCsponsoring companies – and,above all, to demonstrate theirtalent and develop theiremployability skills. The UBC ishighly valued by sponsoringcorporate employers, as it is animportant part of their graduaterecruitment strategy.

Thursday 25 FebruaryMet our two teams at 7.00amto take the train from

Cambridge to Royal Bank ofScotland at Aldgate in London.

Monday 1 MarchPicked up our team at 5.30amand headed for the Weybridgemain offices of Proctor andGamble, after a traumaticdrive, trying to negotiate alarge car park known as theM25. Arrived back home at11.00pm.

Tuesday 2 MarchPicked up the team at 5.00amand avoided the M25. Thecompetition shared a verylarge training room withmilitary vehicles and field gunsat Serco plc Defence Academyat Shrivenham, near Swindon.Top-secret briefings takingplace all around the building.Arrived back home at11.00pm.

Thursday 4 MarchMet the team at 7.00am for amore relaxed journey by trainfrom Cambridge to CanaryWharf. We enjoyed thestunning views from the 36thfloor of Citigroup Centre at 25Canada Square, with birds’ eyeviews of the Millennium Domeand many other Londonlandmarks.

Friday 5 MarchDr Mahmoud Al-Kilani met theteam at 7.00am, standing infor RJ who had other duties inBerlin, to take the train fromCambridge to Citigroup Centrein Canary Wharf again.

Although we had no winningteams this year, the feedbackfrom our students was verypositive. They had enjoyed theentire competition from Octoberonwards. Participation in theIBM UBC has significantlyadded to the great studentexperience at Anglia Ruskin.

RJ consoled the teams with themotto from his old school inMalta: Ludum praeter palmamamare (Love the game abovethe prize – it’s the taking partthat matters).

We will compete again in2010–11 and aim to enhancethe student experience – andpossibly win as we did in2008.

Robert JonesProgramme Leader, ExecutiveMBA – Cambridge, Lecturer inEntrepreneurship andInnovation, AshcroftInternational Business School

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� Members of our IBM UBC teams.

The Students’ Union invitedMike Thorne to meet twogroups of Student Reps and

part-time Officers, inChelmsford and in Cambridge,so that he could hear directlyfrom them about theirexperiences of Anglia Ruskin.

On both campuses, a talk fromthe Vice Chancellor wasfollowed by a question-and-answer session, which in turnwas followed by tea and cakesand a chance for a moreinformal chat.

Students asked a wide varietyof questions, covering, amongstother things, graduation,campus developments,

transport and parking, theavailability of IT resources,contact hours and what theVC’s position was on keepingWednesdays free for extracurricular activity. Mike Thorneresponded to all questions andmade copious notes. In return,Mike asked whether reps feltthey were listened to atmeetings and, in response to acomment that reps do notalways receive progress reportson issues raised at a meeting,which often leads to thembelieving that nothing ishappening, said that staffshould always feed back to

reps between meetings. Healso said that staff have an‘assigned duty’ to put thingsright when they go wrong andreps should feel able to raiseproblems between meetingsand expect that staff takeaction.

Both students and the VCenjoyed the session, and Mikehas promised to come backnext year.

Debbie Phillipson and LauraHolmanStudent RepresentationCo-ordinators

Student Reps meet the VC

This year’s graduationceremonies’ dates anddetails...Full story on page 18

Anglia Ruskin’s EmployerMentoring Scheme is to featurein a new DVD on employability.It’s part of a Prospects(www.prospects.co.uk)graduate recruitment project,sponsored by HSBC andnpower, which is set to bestreamed on most universitywebsites later in the year.

Four of our third-year studentsrecently spent a busy day inCambridge doing on-camerainterviews with director PeterPhillips and two mentors fromthe business community. Thefilm crew captured themgaining insights on how to getappropriate guidance in theirrelevant industries, and how to

present their employabilityskills most effectively. And, inJune, the cameras will becoming back, to documentwhat they’ve been doing to putthese insights into practice.

Phillips worked in collaborationwith Katie Morris, EmployerMentoring Adviser inCambridge, to choose studentswho best illustrate goodpractice in gaining employabilityskills. Competition was fierce,with over 100 studentsapplying. The final four wereJames Croxall (BA Marketing),Leigh Rawlings (BA Fashion),Neil Khagram (LLB) and MagdaFabisiewicz (BA BusinessManagement). The mentoringside was represented by RogerEast, Director of Circaworld, alocal publishing company, andVicky Dodds, a Researcher fromIngenium Recruitment, and theinterviews ranged acrossdifferent aspects of employabilityskills, how to improve themand how to present evidence ofthem – from what a good CVcan convey, to how you gain


� Pictured (l–r) James Croxall (BA Marketing), Neil Khagram (LLB), KatieMorris (Employer Mentoring Adviser) and Leigh Rawlings (BA Fashion).

…and the Oscar for best mentoringscheme goes to…

understanding of the culture ofyour chosen area, andawareness of some of theexpectations, demands andfrustrations you are likely toencounter in today’s fast-pacedbusiness environment.

Our inclusion in this high-profileproject is evidence of thereputation gained by AngliaRuskin’s Employer MentoringScheme, which continues tomeet the needs of students,employers and the localcommunity. Mentoringorganisations are drawn from avariety of sectors, including IT,housing, legal, financial,charitable, hospitality, builtenvironment, publishing,emergency services,manufacturing and localgovernment.

If you would like moreinformation about our EmployerMentoring Scheme, pleasecontact (Cambridge)[email protected] and(Chelmsford)[email protected].

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The European BusinessAssociation Cambridge (EBAC)celebrated its 11th anniversaryon 26 April 2010 by havingPauline Wallace to speak at itsAnnual Lecture. This was agreat privilege as Ms Wallace isthe Head of Public Policy and

Regulatory Affairs atPricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC), the largest accountancyfirm in the world. She is ranked22nd in the Top 50 FinancialPower List 2010. She is vocalin lobbying Government onauditing issues.

Ms Wallace’s speech, ‘TheFuture of Auditing’, was bothenlightening and challenging.At a time of global concernwith international corporatecollapses, there is muchcriticism of the practice ofauditing and the auditingprofession. She challengedmany preconceived ideas aboutauditing in the 21st century.She questioned what motivates

companies’ increasing demandfor an audit whilst its value isevermore doubted.

Following the lecture, therewas a wine reception (kindlysponsored by PwC). Studentswere able to discuss furtherwith the speaker and otherlocal auditing practitioners. Allin all, it was a very enjoyableevening, with coverage fromCambridge News.

EBAC gives studentsopportunities to mix withbusiness professionals. Thisenriches their theoreticallearning with real-worldperspectives. EBAC organisessocial events, workshops,

debates, company visits andtalks by prominent people. Oneof the members commented,‘EBAC has taught me a lotabout the real business worldthat is out there! Thanks to themany presentations, I was ableto go beyond management andaccounting textbooks to learnmore about the application ofclassroom knowledge. Oh, andI loved the apple pies!’

If you would like any furtherinformation, please contact theProject Manager, Victor([email protected]), orPaul ([email protected]).

EBAC’s 11th Annual Lecture – Studeas et labores sine finibus

� Pictured at the lecture are (l–r)Paul, Marc, Irina, Pauline, Geryand Victor.

Our MA in Publishing has gonefrom strength to strength sinceits launch last year.

The MA in Publishing isattracting lots of interest withinthe industry, which meansincreased opportunities for itsstudents. The most recent isthe chance to acquire abursary of £6000 from TheStationers’ Foundation (whosecrest is depicted above) andreceive, in addition, mentoringfrom an appropriate Stationertaking into account therecipients specific interests(conditions apply). The

Stationers’ Foundation is thecharitable arm of theWorshipful Company ofStationers and NewspaperMakers, which supports a widerange of educational initiatives,from primary through topostgraduate education. Onlysix universities were selectedfor the bursary scheme.

Anglia Ruskin also offers asuitable candidate a HartMcLeod Bursary to supporttheir studies. In addition to the£1000 discount from fees andthe prestige of being the HartMcLeod scholar, Hart McLeod

offers a three-to-four-weekwork placement opportunity tothe successful candidate.

Both bursaries are onlyavailable to holders of an offerto study on the MA inPublishing starting inSeptember 2010.

This year has also seenCambridge’s first publishingsociety established by the MA inPublishing team and students.The Cambridge PublishingSociety, CAMPUS, holds avariety of events to debate,network, research and marketideas for anyone involved inpublishing in Cambridge. Theorganisation is a counterpart tothe Oxford Publishing Society,OPUS, and has been giveninitial sponsorship money byCambridge University Press(CUP). CUP, Lightning Source,Salt and Running Head Limitedare just a few of the companieswho have joined CAMPUS.

These industry links providestudents with a network which,otherwise, can be hard toaccess, and highly sought-after

opportunities for workexperience.

Publishing student Beth Jonesrecently got the chance to puttheory into practice with a four-week placement at CambridgeUniversity Press. Speaking ofthis, she said, ‘I am luckyenough to be studying on theMA in Publishing at AngliaRuskin University, and with thehelp of Andrew Winnard(Publisher for Language andLinguistics), I recently enjoyedfour weeks of work experienceat the Press in Cambridge. Iundertook a variety of tasksthat gave me a fantasticpractical grounding to myMaster’s degree.’

If you would like to be part ofthe buzz surrounding the MA inPublishing by joining CAMPUSor by enrolling on the MA inPublishing for September2010, and the chance tobecome the recipient of eitherThe Stationers’ Foundation orHart McLeod bursaries, pleasecontact Sarah Jones,[email protected],ext 2981.

Prestigious bursary is furtherrecognition for MA in Publishing

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In Cambridge, we are launchingthe MA in Cultures andOrganisational Leadership,which has backing from anumber of high-profile businessleaders. The MA is acollaboration between AshcroftInternational Business Schooland the Faculty of Arts, Law &Social Sciences, and draws onthe skills and knowledge ofsenior leaders from a range ofculturally diverse private andpublic institutions as well assubject specialists ininternational management,intercultural communication,cultural studies, linguistics, lawand leadership theory.

Developed in response to theneeds and interests expressedby senior leaders who arelooking to recruit internationallycompetent managers, thecourse has received letters ofsupport from a range ofinternational companies,including Bosh and the NHS.

Professor Alan Barrell,Executive Chairman, HealthEnterprise East Ltd, andChairman, East of EnglandNHS Innovation Council,describes how the programmemeets the needs of anorganisation like the NHS: ‘TheNHS is the third largest

employer in the world. One-point-two million people makethis service possible and manycultures reside in the wonderfulorganisation. But the challengeof making the most of all theyhave to offer is significant. Andthat is why I am so encouragedto see an entirely new andinnovative Master’s programmein Cultures and OrganisationalLeadership at Anglia RuskinUniversity. I have often wishedfor more broadly basededucational programmesdealing with the emergingcultural convergences we seetoday and to help prepare myexecutives for the cultural

differences, clashes andsynergies.’

Its focus on the areas ofintercultural and transculturalcommunication, internationalmanagement and leadershiptheory combine to create aninterdisciplinary programmewith real potential value tobusiness leaders.

The course is currentlyrecruiting for September 2010.For more information about theprogramme, please contactSarah Jones,[email protected],ext 2981.

New MA in Cultures and Organisational Leadership backed by senior business leaders

Sara Knight to speak atForest SchoolConference...Full story on page 23

Vice Chancellor’s Awardnominations 2010The Vice Chancellor’s Awardnominations have been made. Forthe past three years, up to eightAwards have been given, whichrecognise an outstandingcontribution made by individuals orteams in our University. Nominatedactivities represent those which:

a) are demonstrably over andabove that expected of aperson in his or her particularrole (ie, which are‘outstanding’), and

b) address aspects of the objectiveswithin our Corporate Plan and/orour Values (ie, which are makinga clear ‘contribution’).

An Award includes a certificateand a monetary award of £2000,which may be taken in cash orused, subject to agreement, topurchase equipment, makecharitable donations, etc.

The deadline for receipt ofnominations passed on 16 April.In total, INSPIRE received 31eligible nominations, 18 fromindividuals and 13 from teams.These nominations represent atotal of 122 of our staff. Thirteennominations were received fromsupport service departments(Marketing, Student Services,Estates & Facilities, LibraryServices and LearningDevelopment Services). Eighteennominations came from the fiveacademic faculties.

Nominations represent a widerange of activities that underpinour Corporate Plan, assistingacademic and support staff inachieving and surpassing theirtargets, and demonstrating thecommitment to our students andour strategic direction.

The nominations were consideredby a panel chaired by HelenValentine, Deputy Vice Chancellor,and the Director of HumanResources on 6 May. Successfulnominees will be announced inJune, and the Awards presentedat the summer parties.

Jaki LillyActing Director, Learning &Teaching, INSPIRE


The theme of this year’sconference is ‘RecognisingExcellence in Teaching’.The conference should be‘illuminating’ for a number ofreasons:

Our keynote speakerWe are excited that our keynotespeaker is Dr Bill Rankin(pictured right), Director ofEducational Innovation atAbilene Christian University inthe USA, and a leading expertin mobile learning. Bill’skeynote, ‘Next-Wave Mobilityand the Three Ages ofInformation’, reflects hiscutting-edge work exploring theways that converged mobiletechnology can transformteaching and learning in the21st-century classroom.

Bill asks, ‘What does therelationship betweeninformation technology andeducational practice suggestabout where all of this isheaded? Does the all-the-time/everywhere learningoffered by new mobility presentan opportunity for solving someof the problems facingeducation today or is it apedagogical dead-end?’

Bill’s presentation will offer ahistorical perspective that maysurprise you.

Sharing and disseminatinginformationThe conference includes twoopportunities to participate inpresentations and workshops onpedagogic projects undertaken byour colleagues. Many of these arethe outcomes of workundertaken from current and pastLearning and Teaching Projects.

Learning new thingsThroughout the day, andparticularly during the lunchperiod and at the ConferenceReception, there will be theopportunity to learn about andexperience some innovativeideas that you can try foryourself. They include:• Library learning support

resources• Assistive technologies for

marking students’ work andgiving feedback

• Glowmaker – for developing

adaptive, multimedia learningresources

• Using Turnitin for preventingplagiarism

• Using mobile technologies.

Vice Chancellor’s addressOur Vice Chancellor, ProfessorMike Thorne, will give a keynoteaddress in which he will focuson some of our strategiclearning and teaching objectivesfor the coming year. This will befollowed by round-tablediscussions on the issues raised.

Announcement of TeachingFellowship Awards andLearning and Teaching ProjectsFor an exciting finale, we shallbe presenting our new UniversityTeaching Fellows, and willannounce the successfulapplicants to our Learning andTeaching Project fund.

For further information anddetails of how to register, pleasesee the Events page of ourwebsite at www.anglia.ac.uk/inspire, or log on to www.surveymonkey.com/s/INSPIREregisterto register direct online.

Illuminate: ‘RecognisingExcellence in Teaching’11th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference,7 July 2010, Michael Ashcroft Building, Chelmsford

Chris Beckett, from the Social Work & Social Policy Department, has just been awarded his PhDby publication without a single revision. Chris was excellent in the viva and is congratulated byall his colleagues in the Faculty of Health & Social Care.

Jonathan SeckerRecruitment and Communications Lead, Faculty of Health & Social Care

PhD awarded

7 July 2010: Put this date inyour diary!

On 8 July (Cambridge) and9 July (Chelmsford), INSPIREwill be hosting open days inour new Teaching Hubs.

There are Teaching Hubs oneach campus:• Ash 116 on the first floor of

Ashby House, Chelmsford• Rus 212 on the second floor

of Ruskin in Cambridge

The Teaching Hubs are beingfitted out with state-of-the-arttechnology that can be used forlearning, teaching, evaluationand research, including:• AV and media that is being

installed into classrooms inHelmore, Coslett and, in

time, across our University• mobile learning• software for making audio

and video podcasts.

This will enable staff to:• trial and pilot new learning

technologies• undertake specialist training

and evaluation• practise remote delivery and

the use of conferencingsoftware

• undertake lecture capture.

In addition, the Hubs may beused as:• training rooms, to help

colleagues familiarisethemselves with new

learning and teaching-relatedequipment

• ‘recording studios’ for videostreaming/recording andteaching practiceobservation.

Academic staff (as well as non-academic staff involved withstudent/staff training) will beable to book the rooms tofamiliarise themselves withnew and existing equipmentbefore they use it inclassrooms/lecture theatres.

The Teaching Hubs will beopen on 8 July in Cambridgeand 9 July in Chelmsfordbetween 10.00am and

4.00pm, and representativesof INSPIRE will be on hand tohelp you with the equipmentand to answer any questions.

James KadirireSenior Lecturer – Blended,Flexible and DistributedLearning, INSPIRELeonie RamondtSenior Lecturer, INSPIRE

Teaching Hubs:come and play with new classroom technology!

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ChelmsfordTuesday 5 OctoberFaculty of Science &TechnologyFaculty of Education

Wednesday 6 OctoberFaculty of Health & Social Care(two ceremonies)

Thursday 7 OctoberAshcroft InternationalBusiness SchoolLondon College of Accountancy(AIBS – provisional)Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences

CambridgeWednesday 20 OctoberFaculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences (two ceremonies)Faculty of Health & Social Care

Thursday 21 OctoberFaculty of Science &TechnologyFaculty of EducationAshcroft InternationalBusiness School

Ceremony times will beconfirmed in due course,although on each day therewill be a morning and anafternoon ceremony, plusearly evening ceremonies inCambridge. In Chelmsford, apermanent area has been setaside for the GraduationPavilion on RivermeadMeadow, and in Cambridge,the ceremonies will, again, beheld in the Corn Exchange.

Graduands eligible to attend aceremony are those whoseaward is confirmed by anAwards Board between3 October 2009 and23 September 2010.

Although ceremonies aretaking place a month earlierthan last year, any studentwhose award is confirmed bythe Anglia Ruskin AwardsBoard to be held on23 September will be able toattend a ceremony this year.These students, who the

Assessment & ConfermentUnit identify as potentialgraduands, will be able toconfirm their attendance andpurchase guest tickets inAugust at the same time asthose students whose awardsare already confirmed. If, forany reason, an award is notconfirmed as anticipated, afull refund will be made forany guest tickets purchased.

As refreshments will not beorganised centrally this year,faculties have been invited tomake their own arrangementsfor receptions to follow theirceremonies.

Further information ongraduation ceremonies maybe found on the Graduationweb pages –www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/graduation.html – whichwill be updated throughoutthe year.

Graduation ceremonies 2010

Our University TeachingFellowship Awards Schemeaims to recognise outstandingcontributions to learning andteaching within our University,as well as within the highereducation community.Successful applicants willreceive an honorary title ofTeacher Fellow and will beable to access a fund tosupport pedagogicdevelopment projects. Furtherinformation is available fromthe Awards section of theINSPIRE website atwww.anglia.ac.uk/inspire.

The deadline for submissionof nominations is 5.00pm on4 June, with theannouncement of awardholders being made at theLearning and TeachingConference on 7 July.

University TeachingFellowship Awards

Our Image Library –what it contains and itsbenefits to you...Full story on page 24

Southend UniversityHospital’s consultanturologist, Professor TonyYoung, has recently beenappointed to our PostgraduateMedical Institute (PMI), tohelp to lead research at itsmedical device unit. He said,

‘My role will be to developbright ideas and make surethey are delivered. Innovationis about bringing creativity tolife and making sure it isimplemented. It may be anew medical device or abetter way of doing things.’

At Southend UniversityHospital, Professor Young’sexpertise has led to a plannednew unit for gas sterilisationof flexible endoscopes, due toopen this summer. The newunit represents a huge leapforward as, by using hydrogen

peroxide gas, scopes can besterilised in just 40 minutesinstead of taking up to twoweeks by more conventionalmethods.

Professor Young started up hisfirst company to developpatents and ideas for medicaldevices for any surgicalspecialty while still studyingfor his PhD. Since then hehas helped develop a widerange of new devices fromstents and urinary cathetersto keyhole-surgery equipment.His impressive industrial


� Standing in front of the sitewhere the ICENI Centre will bebuilt are (l–r) Tan Arulampalam,Roger Motson, Jlanping Li andYuanlong Gu (both surgeons) andMeng Yin, translator.

knowledge led to hisappointment as clinical leadfor innovation at SouthendUniversity Hospital, which hecombines with his work as aconsultant surgeon.

The Vice Chancellor, ProfessorMike Thorne, added,‘Professor Young hasboundless energy and ideasand it is a pleasure to beworking with him.’


Professor Young joins the PMIto facilitate innovation in medical devices

Surgeons from China couldsoon be trained in laparoscopic(keyhole) surgery at the ICENICentre, currently being built atColchester General Hospital. Amemorandum of understandingwas signed during a recent visitto the hospital by a delegationof three surgeons and amanager from the No 3People’s Hospital in Wuxi,Jiangsu Province. ProfessorRoger Motson and Mr TanArulampalam, consultantsurgeons based at ColchesterGeneral Hospital, madecontacts with their Chineseequivalents during a visit toJiangsu Province in 2008 aspart of a trade mission co-ordinated by Essex CountyCouncil. The four-strongdelegation from China, whowere accompanied by atranslator, visited ColchesterGeneral Hospital during arecent five-day visit to Britain.

Mr Arulampalam said, ‘Wesigned an agreement withthem, which means that whenthe ICENI Centre is complete, itis hoped that surgeons from

China will come here to takepart in training programmes. Inaddition, we hope that othersurgeons will take part indistance-learning courses,enabling them to benefit fromall the expertise that will beavailable at the ICENI Centre,but without having the need tocome to England.

‘The memorandum ofunderstanding is a tremendous

boost to the Trust and AngliaRuskin University, and proveswhat a significant developmentthe ICENI Centre is.’

Professor David Humber, ProVice Chancellor and ExecutiveDean, Faculty of Health &Social Care, met the delegationalong with Professor Motsonand Mr Arulampalam. ‘Wediscussed a wide range ofissues, including nursing,because the memorandum ofunderstanding covers trainingfor nurses as well as surgeons,’he said. ‘I will continue anddevelop these discussions whenI go to Wuxi at the end of May.

‘The ICENI Centre will build onour long-establishedrelationship with ColchesterHospital Trust and will enablelaparoscopy training to bedelivered with a trulyinternational reach.’

Work began earlier this year onthe £2m ICENI Centre, whichwill help to address the hugeshortage of laparoscopicsurgeons in the UK and abroad.

It is the result of a partnershipbetween Anglia Ruskin andColchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust. Facilitieswill include a mock operatingtheatre equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation andcomputers for simulatingsurgery. The two-storey centrewill also include seminarrooms, a lecture theatre, aninternet café and video links toother training centres in the UKand around the world. Buildingwork on the world-class trainingand research and developmentcentre for laparoscopic surgeryis scheduled to finish later thisyear.

Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust is also apartner in our PostgraduateMedical Institute (PMI). ThePMI brings together all thePCTs and NHS acute trusts inEssex, as well as two privatehospitals and the Institute ofPublic Health.


Surgeons from China visit Colchester General Hospital

The Impact! Exhibition –featuring the Fair Tracingproject-inspired ‘Does It SmellLike Fair Trade?’ exhibit –held at the Royal College ofArt (RCA), London, from6–21 March, proved verysuccessful, and generatedconsiderable media comment:‘The Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council(EPSRC) collaborated with theRCA Design Interactionsdepartment to create anexhibition that sees 16designers teamed up withgroups of EPSRC fundedresearchers … [representing ashortlist of projects from theentire EPSRC remit ofthousands of grants]. Themixed media exhibitionexplores the relationshipbetween science and societyand will show how research ismaking a huge impact on oureveryday lives, such ashealthcare, crime preventionand climate change.’

The ‘Does It Smell Like FairTrade?’ exhibit designed byNicolas Myers was incollaboration with the FairTracing project, a recentlyconcluded £411,000 EPSRCproject, led by PrincipalInvestigator Dr Apurba Kundu,that examined how ethicaltrade might be supported

through the use of digitaltracking and tracingtechnologies in supply chainsto provide consumers andproducers with enhancedinformation. Myers imaginedhow such information mightbe represented in the future:‘If the surface of a productcould react and reveal itscomposition, how would it tellits story? What is it made of?Where has it been? Inspiredby the way the natural worldcommunicates, this designproject envisions analternative to labels andpackaging: a living skin,translating consumerinformation into patterns,smells or textures. In thesame way a fruit tells usabout its nature, couldproducts themselves informus of their ethical credentialsin an immediate and physicalway?’

Dr Apurba Kundu describeshow Myers’s thoughts weremanifested in an exhibit thatdisplayed eight genericconsumer objects whollycovered in white. Thisallowed moving images to beprojected onto each item inturn, showing how the item’s‘skin’ could reveal informationover time. At the sametime, written text was

projected onto the table toillustrate just how complexthe information representedmight be in the future. Whilethe exhibit representedinformation visually, in thefuture information might alsobe conveyed by changes inthe smell or texture of aproduct’s skin.

For Dr Kundu and his projectteam, drawn from colleaguesat the University of Oxford,Royal Holloway and SheffieldHallam, one of the mostrewarding aspects of thecollaboration with Myers wasseeing their academic

research taken beyond itsimmediate implications. ‘Wewere genuinely surprised andimpressed with Nicolas’ visionof how our technology mightbe realised in the future’.

Discussions are currentlyunderway to have the Impact!Exhibition displayedelsewhere. More details maybe found on the Fair Tracingproject website atwww.fairtracing.org/.

Or, for more information,please [email protected].

Does it smell likefair trade?

Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences

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� Guests taking a closer look at the ‘Does It Smell Like Fair Trade?’exhibit on opening night.

Just before Easter, severalstudents went to Sheffield torepresent Anglia Ruskin innumerous sports at the BritishUniversities & Colleges Sport(BUCS) Championships. Hereis the story of Wesley Clarke,who won gold for boxing forAnglia Ruskin.

I competed in the BUCSChampionships in Sheffieldwhere I won the novice LightHeavyweight Division. I had abye into the semi-finalswhere I fought against SamSmith from Leeds Universityand I won that bout 3–1,which was a very toughmatch for me. In the final, Ifought against Taylor Bellamy

Student wins gold medal in BUCS Championshipsfrom Bath University, which Iwas expecting to be a verytough match, and I won15–1.

Overall, it was a great feelingto win the gold medal. All ofthe athletes, includingmyself, were well catered forand the facilities wereamazing. I, for one, will

definitely be entering nextyear to defend my title.

Our warm congratulations goto Wesley on hisachievement.

Alexis MannionStudent ActivitiesCoordinator, Anglia RuskinStudents’ Union

Driving to work – whatChelmsford staff saidthey do...Full story on page 28

The latest Routes intoLanguages East project waslaunched at the end of Aprilwith a visit to Portman Road,home of Ipswich Town FootballClub, for 21 Year 9 pupils andtheir teacher, Jenny Turner,from Stowmarket High School.

The new project combinesfootball and German for thefirst regional replication of theArsenal Football Club DoubleClub programme. Routes Eastcommissioned the adaptationof materials for Ipswich TownFC and is working with theIpswich Town Community Trustto deliver the course.

Originally created by ArsenalFC, the German Double Clubprogramme works to usefootball as a way ofencouraging students to learnGerman as an additional

language and to support themin their studies.

The launch of the CommunityTrust’s German Double Clubprogramme saw the studentspull on their football boots andbrush up on their Germanlanguage skills as they tookpart in a tour of the stadium,taking in the VIP-Bereich (VIParea) and umkleider kabine(changing rooms), as well as afootball-themed German lessonusing the speciallycommissioned materials, and afootball mini-tournament atPortman Road. Chris Alcock,Year 9 pupil at StowmarketHigh School, said, ‘This is anincredible experience combiningthree things that I am reallypassionate about: football,Ipswich Town and German! It’sreally going to help me in myGCSE studies too.’

Community Trust Double Clubcoach, Darren Ablett, added,‘The afternoon was a realsuccess. The youngstersseemed to enjoy themselvesand learnt something at thesame time as getting someexercise. This really is a greatinitiative.’


� At the Portman Road stadium, Year 9 pupils from Stowmarket High School, with (to the left of the sign)Jenny Turner and (to the right of the sign) Sarah Schechter.

Following discussions with KarlPfeiffer of the Goethe Institute,Routes East made contact withIpswich Town Community Trustto explore the possibility ofreplicating the highly successfulArsenal Double Club in theeastern region. Fortunately, theywere already involved in theArsenal Double Club Maths andLiteracy initiatives with localschools, and were intrigued bythe idea of extending theiractivities to languages.

Head of Modern ForeignLanguages at StowmarketHigh, Hayley Frankland, said,‘We are delighted to be a partof this partnership … Thestudents will be able to learnGerman in an exciting andinnovative way, which willundoubtedly help theirconfidence back in theclassroom. It will also givestudents a real purpose to theirforeign language studies andshow them the benefits ofknowing a foreign language.’

During the launch, JennyTurner told BBC Suffolk Radiothat she saw in Double Clubthe potential to capture theimagination of pupils,particularly boys, who oftenfind it difficult to engage withlanguages, as she is always onthe look-out to make languagesrelevant to her pupils.

Sarah SchechterProject Manager, Routes intoLanguages

What’s the German forfootball boots?

I would like to thank all my colleagues at both Anglia RuskinUniversity and UK and international partners for your bestwishes and generous gifts to celebrate my retirement at the endof April. Particular thanks go to Mike Thorne and Lesley Dobreefor your kind words at my farewell reception. I have had thebest of times working with you all, and look forward to seeingnews of Anglia Ruskin’s ongoing success and futuredevelopments ... hopefully from a beach somewhere withoutthe Academic Regulations to hand!

Malcolm Morrison

Thank you!

In February, Helen Valentineand Debra Scourfield attendedthe first spring graduation eventat the National College forLeadership of Schools andChildren’s Services inNottingham to celebrate theachievements of SchoolBusiness Manager graduates.Anglia Ruskin is one of threenationally commissionedproviders of the Certificate andDiploma programmes in SchoolBusiness Management (CSBMand DSBM). The programmesare part of the leadership suiteof professional developmentthrough the National College. Inthe current climate, withincreasingly devolved autonomy

and financial responsibilitywithin schools, the SchoolBusiness Managers are integralmembers of the schoolleadership teams and play avital role in managing aspectsof finance, HR, facilities andrisk to free up headteacher timeto focus on the management ofteaching and learning.

The Faculty of Education,through Anglia Ruskin, deliversthese programmes across theLondon and East of EnglandGovernment Office Region,working with around 600CSBM and 200 DSBMparticipants each year withinthese regions. The programmes

last one year with four startingpoints throughout the year, andthey are managed throughmPowerNet within the Facultyof Education. The graduationevents are important for theparticipants nationwide who arecompleting these programmeswith Anglia Ruskin, SercoEducation and Children’sServices, and ManchesterMetropolitan University (MMU).The graduates receive the dualaward of CSBM accredited bythe Institute of AdministrativeManagement (IAM) as a first-year degree equivalent, gainingthe IAM’s ‘Diploma ofAdministrative Management’, orthe DSBM, accredited as a

second-year degree equivalentas the IAM’s ‘AdvancedDiploma of AdministrativeManagement’. The NationalCollege hosts graduation eventsin the spring and autumnterms, which are attended byDebra Scourfield, ProjectsDevelopment Manager withinthe Faculty of Education andProgramme Lead for theseawards. Professor HelenValentine was invited to be aguest speaker at the Februaryevent for Anglia Ruskin.

For more information about thisprogramme, please [email protected].

Celebrating the graduation of SchoolBusiness Managers at the National College

Faculty of Education

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Back row: Debra Scourfield, Programme Lead, Anglia RuskinUniversity; Kevin Scott, Bursar Development Programme Leader, SercoEducation and Children’s Services; Paul Bennett, Operational Director,Strategic Initiatives Primary, National College for Leadership of Schoolsand Children’s Services; Ray Moorcroft, Director, Centre for Quality,Innovation & Support at MMU; Barry Joy, Policy Manager SBMProgrammes, Training and Development Agency for Schools; ChristopherWard, Qualifications Manager, Institute of Administrative Management.Front row: Alf Brown, Professional Lead for Workforce ReformDeployment, Training and Development Agency for Schools; ProfessorHelen Valentine, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Anglia Ruskin University; JennyHewell, Chief Executive, Institute of Administrative Management; TrevorEdinborough, Managing Director (Business Development), SercoEducation and Children’s Services; Sue Kelliher, Operational DirectorMarketing and Communications, National College for Leadership ofSchools and Children’s Services.

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Tim Williams (ProgrammeLeader for Work-CentredLearning, Faculty of Education)and Gill Thompson (DeputyGeneral Manager –Representation, Students’Union) have been workingcollaboratively to introduce anaccredited course for studentrepresentatives to recognisetheir achievements as arepresentative of their peers.

Those taking the course willhave the opportunity to reflecton their practice and how theyapply the training delivered bythe Students’ Union. Studentreps who complete the Student

Union’s established trainingprogramme can undertakeassessment by submitting a‘patchwork text’, whichconsists of three written‘patches’ and a reflectiveevaluation or ‘stitching piece’.Representatives will also berequired to submit a portfolio,evidencing their engagementwith peers, the Students’Union, and participation inUniversity committees.

The proposal has now beenapproved by the ExternalAccreditation Sub-group as anAnglia Ruskin University-recognised credit equivalent to

15 credits at level 0. Thecourse will be piloted inSeptember 2010 to run overtwo semesters.

Tim Williams will be the linktutor and providing hisexpertise. He said, ‘Studentrepresentatives play a key rolein making the student voiceheard and this ultimately feedsinto a high-quality studentexperience. The Faculty ofEducation is really keen tosupport Student Reps insupporting all students.’

Gill Thompson will be workingwith Tim and supporting

Debbie Phillipson and LauraHolman, StudentRepresentative Coordinators, inthe delivery of the module.

Gill said, ‘We’re delighted thatthe course has now beenapproved and are lookingforward to giving Student Repsthe opportunity to be rewardedfor their hard work on behalf oftheir peers whilst contributingto their PDPs and enhancingtheir employability potential.’

For more information, pleasecontact Tim Williams [email protected].

Student Representatives’ Module

News from Estates &Facilities on majorprojects...Full story on pages 30–31

From 25 to 27 March the EarlyChildhood Research Group,from the Faculty of Education,held a successful conference‘Early Childhood Curriculum,Policy and Pedagogy in the21st Century: An InternationalDebate’. The aim of the eventwas to discuss global aspirationsfor children and their familiesand it brought together 100policy makers, practitioners,academics and researchers from20 different countries, across allcontinents, to engage in debatesand move towards actions thatare locally appropriate andrelevant, and, at the same time,show appreciation of our globalinterconnectedness and inter-dependence.

On the first day, Mr BarrySheerman MP, (the then) Chair

of the Select Committee forChildren, Schools and Families,opened the conference with afocus on the national agendafor early childhood provision inthe UK and the aspirationalgoal that the early childhoodworkforce in the UK becomes agraduate profession. In contrast,Mrs Yoshie Kaga, ProgrammeSpecialist for Early ChildhoodCare and Education fromUNESCO, offered aninternational overview ofprogress towards the globalexpansion and improvement ofearly childhood care andeducation, highlighting particularchallenges and successes indeveloping countries.

On the second day, the keynoteaddresses raised pedagogicaland curricula issues; Professor

Elin Ødegaard, from BergenUniversity College, used ametaphor of piracy to illustrateand question how child-centeredapproaches are threatened byrecent policy changes inNorway. Dr Shu-Ying Liu, fromNational Hsinchu University ofEducation, Taiwan, advocatedthe development of danceeducation as a stimulus forcreative and figurativeexpression. On the final day,Professor Emerita Lilian Katz,an eminent and internationallyrenowned early educator fromthe University of Illinois and Co-director of Clearing House onEarly Education and Parenting,USA, closed with a talk thatbrought together ideas from theconference and challengeddelegates to consider quality inearly childhood education froma number of different perspectives.

The theme of the conferencewas also addressed in tenparallel round-table sessions andeight parallel symposia, in whichpresenters introduced their ownwork and then discussed anddebated the issues raised.Posters of work in progress andwork undertaken in collaborationwith students were alsopresented, reflecting the collegialethos that underpins earlychildhood programmes of study.


� Professor Emerita Lilian Katzand Mr Barry Sheerman MP and(the then) Chair of theParliamentary Select Committeefor Children, Schools and Families.

� Mrs Yoshi Kaga, UNESCOProgramme Specialist for EarlyChildhood at the Basic EducationSection.

UNESCO specialist Yoshie Kaga andBarry Sheermanaddress international delegates at the early childhood conference

This was a small conference,with a serious agenda, andpositive feedback from theparticipants suggests that theyenjoyed the intellectualstimulation and the hospitality,and were able to establishworthwhile professional contactsand relationships.

Thanks go to the many peoplewho contributed to this excitingevent, and especially to:Professor TheodoraPapatheodorou, who securedprestigious financial support fromthe British Academy (Conferencegrant CSG 55280) and who ledthe academic committee;Professor Emerita Janet Moyles,who supported the event from itsbeginning to completion andserved on the conferenceorganising committee; EarlyChildhood Studies graduate,Christina Abu-Helil, our veryefficient conference administrator;the Early Childhood ResearchGroup members; and to our teamof undergraduate andpostgraduate student volunteers,whose hard work facilitated thesmooth running of theconference.

Paulette LuffSenior Lecturer and member ofthe Early Childhood ResearchGroup, Faculty of Education

Sara Knight, Senior Lecturer inEarly Childhood in the Facultyof Education, is speaking at theInstitute of Outdoor LearningNational Forest School SpecialInterest Group Conference,‘More Children in the Woods’,on 5 June at WorcesterUniversity. The keynote speakeris Richard Louv, author of LastChild in the Woods: Saving

our Children from NatureDeficit Disorder, who is overfrom America for the event. Hewill then be followed by SaraKnight, author of Forest School& Outdoor Learning in theEarly Years, and otherluminaries in the world ofForest School, such as JennyDoyle, Oxfordshire’s ForestSchool Advisor, Jon Cree,

Training CoordinatorBishopswood Centre,Worcestershire, and SusannahPodmore, Head of the ForestEducation Initiative in England.

This will be the first of whatwe hope will become anannual conference to celebratethe growing movement calledForest School, which is a way

of working with individuals inoutdoor spaces to develop theirsocial and emotional skills andconfidence, and to help themto link more closely with theirenvironment.

If you are interested in hearingmore about this work, pleasecontact Sara, [email protected].

Speaking at the Forest School Conference

Our University’s image library provides staff and students withdirect access to thousands of images, ranging from our studentsand facilities, to campus buildings, events and scenes of the localareas. They can be used on any Anglia Ruskin promotional orpublicity material and all images are taken by professionalphotographers, so are of the highest standards.

AccessIf you would like access to the image library, contact ourPublications, Advertising and eMarketing team [email protected] with your name, email address anddetails of the kind of images you require. Once you have been setup, you will be sent a user name, password and link to the imagelibrary, where you will be able to browse and download images.

Further information on how to use the image library can be foundat www.anglia.ac.uk/advertisinghowto.

If you feel images appropriate for your requirements are not in theimage library, please email us at [email protected] and wecan add your requests to our photoshoot schedule, or assist inorganising a professional photoshoot.

Terms of use• Anglia Ruskin University and the individual photographers

retain the copyright of the images.• The images are to be used only on University-branded material.• Images can be cropped to size but should not be doctored in

such a way that alters the meaning or presents the image outof context.

• Images cannot be passed onto a third party or added toanother image library.

• There is no cost to use the images, providing they are onlyused for promoting our University.

Royalty-free imagesIn addition to the image library, you can also use royalty-freeimages. These are images you will not find in our image library,but that are also free of charge from trusted websites. However,images of people, branded products, buildings of our campuslocations or inappropriate pictures must not be used from thesesites.

Recommended trusted websites are:Corbis – http://pro.corbis.com/Flickr – www.flickr.com/Getty Images – www.gettyimages.com/iStockphoto – www.istockphoto.com/index.phpJupiter Images – http://www.jupiterimages.com/default.aspx

Heist awards nominationsNEWS


Our Publications, Advertising and eMarketing team has beennominated for five prestigious Heist awards.

Heist offers expertise in the education sector, from prospectusmarketing and distribution to event management and specialiststaff training programmes for the education, skills and trainingsectors. This year marks the 20th anniversary of their annualawards ceremony.

The Heist awards are internationally renowned for marketing inthe further- and higher-education sector, and celebrateprofessionalism and innovation across the sector from smallregional colleges to international education brands.

Our Publications, Advertising and eMarketing team has beennominated for five awards in three categories:

Best Higher Education ProspectusPersonalised Full-time Undergraduate Prospectus 2010Full-time Undergraduate Prospectus 2010Part-time Catalogue 2010–11

Best Postgraduate ProspectusFull-time Postgraduate Prospectus 2010

Heist’s Marketing Department of the YearOur Undergraduate and Personalised Prospectuses have beenrecognised for their innovative, new design, bespoke magazine-

style size and advanced use of technological developmentsduring their production.

Our Part-time Catalogue showcases our extensive portfolio ofover 300 undergraduate and postgraduate courses, eachfeaturing a course overview with key facts and links to ouronline prospectus.

The key challenge for our Postgraduate Prospectus was inbuilding and promoting our full-time postgraduate portfolio ofcourses and addressing the overarching need to provide coursesthat fit our students’ personal circumstances and professionalrequirements.

Our Publications, Advertising and eMarketing team has beendeveloping an engaging and innovative online prospectus, whichhas enabled us to streamline our offline prospectus productionprocess and use the latest print-on-demand technologies.

Our Faculty of Health & Social Care has also been nominatedfor the Best Integrated campaign.

At the time of writing, the Heist Awards were still to beannonuced and the ceremony took place on 27 May inManchester.

Nikki CollenMarketing Officer

Image Library

Research and theethical approvalprocess...Full story on pages 32–33

The Ixion Group, whoseparent company is AngliaRuskin University, providesbusiness link servicesthroughout the East ofEngland. Ixion and AngliaRuskin enjoy a uniquerelationship, and regularlywork together on projects thatbenefit both organisations.One such project, now in itssecond year, is the IxionChallenge, launched in 2008to help businesses in the Eastof England that are helpingthemselves cope during therecession. Both Ixion andAnglia Ruskin offeredgenerous awards to help thewinner and runners up to‘survive and revive’ as Britainrecovers from economicrecession.

This year, more than 150entries were received fromacross the East of England,which were eventuallynarrowed down to a final

selection of five companies.The panel of judges studiedbusiness plans from eachfinalist, followed by on-sitevisits to see the firms inaction. The five finalists werevery diverse, and included abrewery, a remanufacturingcompany, a systemsprocessing plant and aphysiotherapy clinic. Thisyear’s winner was AJ WoodsEngineering Limited ofHarwich, who received£20,000 in cash towardsbusiness development, a£5000 academic voucher,awarded by Anglia RuskinUniversity, and a graduatestudent placement, worth£2000, to work in theirbusiness during the summerto implement one of theirbusiness developmentprojects.

On hearing the judges’decision, Director Tony Woodswas delighted, ‘We are

thrilled to win the IxionChallenge – it’s a realconfirmation of success for allat AJ Woods Engineering.Over the last 18 months, withthe downturn in theconstruction industry, we hadto secure new markets andcut costs, which required a lotof effort and changes from allour employees. Winning theChallenge confirms to us thatwe made good decisions andthat we’re getting it right!Over the last 18 months wechanged the direction of thecompany, focusing on theoffshore wind-farm industryand training our staff foroffshore operations. Part ofthe £20,000 cash award willgo towards further trainingand obtaining ISO 9001. Weare working towards this ascompliance enables us tosecure major contracts. Therest of the money will be usedto improve our CAD andcomputer systems. It feels


� Judges and finalists of the Ixion Challenge 2009–10 (l–r): Andy Mead, Non-Executive Director of the Ixiongroup and member of the judging panel; Margaret Hyde, Chair of the Ixion Group, and Chair of the judgingpanel; Alisdair Jones, Colchester Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic (runner up); Tony Woods, AJ WoodsEngineering (winner); Nigel Farmer, The Maldon Brewery (finalist); Neil Coulson, Green Cartridges (finalist);Colin Ellis, Hanningfield Process Systems (runner up); and Andrew Cresswell, Non-Executive Director of theIxion Group and member of the judging panel.

good to have your company’sefforts recognised by winninga major business award.’

Just days after hearing oftheir success, there wasfurther good news for AJWoods Engineering. TonyWoods explained, ‘We havejust received a contract forprefabrication work fromFluor, the major offshorecontactors on the GreaterGabbard wind farm and arehoping for further growth tobenefit our company andincrease the workforce.’

The two runners up, whoeach received £5000 in cashto help them deliver their ownbusiness development plans,were ColchesterPhysiotherapy & Sports InjuryClinic Ltd and HanningfieldProcess Systems Ltd.

Margaret Hyde, Non-ExecutiveChair of Ixion Holdings andChair of the Ixion Challengejudging panel, said, ‘Thequality of entries for thisyear’s Challenge was veryhigh indeed. Ourcongratulations go to all threecompanies, but in particularto our winner, AJ WoodsEngineering, whose innovativeapproach, adaptability andcommitment to the long-termsuccess of their companygave them the edge over whatwas an excellent field offinalists. We look forward withinterest to watching thebusiness develop, especiallywith their involvement in therapidly growing wind farmindustry.’

Caron ScottMarketing Manager, IxionHoldings Limited

The Ixion Challenge helps localcompanies to survive and revive

Norman Boyd (UniversityLibrary, Chelmsford) recentlyattended a book signing, butthis was no ordinary booksigning. He had written anintroduction to a new book,Frank Bellamy’s The Story ofWorld War One, published byBook Palace Books, and wasasked to sign a page with theEditor of the book.

‘It was an interestingexperience, having written thetwo pages over a weekend(tight deadline) back insummer 2009, and finallyunpacking the boxes from

China in March 2010’, saidNorman. The book is areproduction of the complete1970s series about World WarOne from the magazine (or‘comic’) Look and Learn. Lookand Learn ran from 1962 to1982, and the double-pagespreads drawn by FrankBellamy brought the text to life.

Who is Bellamy? Normanstarted a website listing all hisknown works (published andunpublished) back in 2007,and then decided he wouldneed to inform regular readerswhen he updated pages, or

had unearthed additionalinformation. He thereforelaunched into the world of theblog, which gave him theopportunity to show off someof Bellamy’s artwork.

Bellamy (1917–76) was aKettering artist who was self-taught and his best knownwork, depending on your areaof interest, was either thefamous cover of the RadioTimes starring Doctor Who(Jon Pertwee) and the Daleks,or his near-four-year runillustrating Thunderbirds for thecomic TV21, or his daily comic

strip in the Daily Mirror from1971 to his early death in1976.

Norman has donated a copy ofthe book to the SchoolResource Collection atChelmsford, but this can bereserved and sent to any of ourfour sites (go towww.libweb.anglia.ac.uk).

You can also find moreinformation by visitingNorman’s website(www.frankbellamy.co.uk) orvisiting his blog (http://frankbellamy.blogspot.com/).

Librarian contributes to book onFrank Bellamy

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� Geoff West (Book Palace Books), Norman Boyd and Steve Holland(Editor). � A spread from the book.

The CSA Contemporary MusicEnsemble is an informalgroup of students and stafffrom Cambridge School of Art,Anglia Ruskin University, whomeet together to compose andperform contemporary andexperimental music.

The ensemble was formed in2000 and, with the help and

encouragement of thedistinguished Britishcomposers John Woolrich andPeter Wiegold, the firstperformance of a series ofgraphic scores created bystudents from the CambridgeSchool of Art was given atKettle’s Yard, Cambridge, byRichard Benjafield, Professorof Percussion at the GuildhallSchool of Music, and at theAlmeida Festival by a group ofmusicians from the RoyalPhilharmonic Orchestra.

In October 2008 and October2009, we played at theCambridge University Festivalof Ideas and are planninganother performance inOctober 2010. Anyone, ofany ability, who might beinterested in taking part,should please [email protected].

CSA Contemporary Music Ensemble

CSA Contemporary MusicEnsemble with Reader of Fine ArtDavid Ryan.

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Higher Skills@Work – additional student numbers…

Membership of the Institute ofCustomer Service

Customer Service

EXCELLENCE


We have recently joined theInstitute of Customer Service(ICS), which is anindependent professional bodyspecialising in customerservice. Our relationship with

the ICS will help inform andsupport many of our CSEactivities. Bob Winnington(Account Director for the ICS)recently presented SteveBennett (University Secretary

and Clerk) with ourmembership plaque (seephoto). Bob has alreadyattended a meeting of theCSE Steering Group to discussour plans for National

Customer Service Week(4–10 October 2010). Arange of activities is in thepipeline, and you will hearabout these in future issues ofBulletin.

In order to promote goodcustomer service, allmembers of staff should beaiming to follow the sameguidelines. Our Customer CareHandbook has beendeveloped to act as a guideon what good customerservice is, and contains hintsand tips on how to deliverhigh-quality customer service.All members of staff will bereceiving a personal copy ofthe Customer Care Handbookvery shortly.

For information concerningthe CSE initiative, please goto our CSE microsite(www.anglia.ac.uk/excellence)or contact Rumnique Gill([email protected]).

� Bob Winnington (ICS), pictured right, presents Steve Bennett (University Secretary and Clerk) with the ICS plaque.

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.

The Higher Skills@Work project began in March 2009 with atarget set by HEFCE to recruit 1000 new students fromemployers by 2012. Since that time the project has beensuccessful in meeting its first year targets, recruiting employeesfrom a diverse mix of organisations including: Harrods,Ridgeons Group, Broadland District Council, Ipswich BoroughCouncil and Norwich City Council, Addenbrooke’s Hospital,Enable Group, European Care Group, Union Learn and a hostof independent care homes and hearing aid audiologists.

A month ago, we were invited by HEFCE to bid for additionalplaces. Based on our success so far and our proposals forfuture recruitment, we have been awarded a further 360places. At a time when student numbers nationally are underconstant review this is very welcome news, and the team isfully focused on meeting this new challenge.

Tony HowardHead of Higher Skills@Work

Employer

ENGAGEMENT

Thank you to everyone who completed our travel surveys at theend of last year, we had a successful response from both staffand students (see the pie charts, right). You may recall fromMarch’s Bulletin that we were awarded the Travel Planexcellence award for the Cambridge campus. Here you canread about the findings from the Chelmsford survey.

We found that the number of staff and students who drive hasincreased, which may be a result of carrying out the survey inwinter rather than spring. We also found that since the lastsurvey staff and students are living further away from thecampus.

Of those staff who drive to the Chelmsford campus, 18% livedwithin 4 miles, and there could be alternatives for these staffsuch as taking the bus, cycling or walking. Encouraginglythough, the number of staff who take the train has increasedslightly, which may be a result of the discounts now on offer.

Around half of drivers would be interested in car sharing, whichis great news (you can find a potential car sharer atwww.anglia.ac.uk/carshare). There is an added incentive to dothis, as staff who car share are entitled to pre-book a carparking space at Ashby House, plus you share the cost of petroland parking!

There are some exciting changes planned, as a second parkand ride is due to open in March 2011, which aims to reducecongestion in the town. We are also exploring the possibility ofjoining a car club, which allows staff to book a car for as littleas 30 minutes’ use.

Important information on parking• Car parking prices will increase from 1 September 2010• No new staff or students joining us in September 2010 will

be entitled to park on campus.

If you are fed up with not being able to find a car parkingspace on campus, we are offering staff the chance to buy aseason ticket at the Meadows car park (10 minutes walk tocampus), which guarantees you a parking space. Forinformation, please seehttp://web.anglia.ac.uk/estates/carparking/index.php.

The pie charts show a summary of some of the results or, ifyou are interested in the full survey report, please [email protected].

For information on our travel plan, such as discounts on offer tostaff and students, please see www.anglia.ac.uk/travel.

See next month’s article for smart driving tips to see how youcan save around 15% off your petrol bill!

GREEN ISSUESDriving mad!


� Staff’s main method for travel to work.

� Students’ main method for travel to work.

Just one meeting using video-conferencing facilities ratherthan travelling between theChelmsford and Cambridgecampus will save us emittingapprox 80kg of CO², and£144 of mileage payments.In 2008–9 we spent£734,000 on travel andsubsistence in the UK (codeR110) and there are targets

to reduce this figure. Whenarranging a cross-campusmeeting, travelling could beavoided by using our video-conferencing facilities.

To book rooms with video-conferencing facilities, pleasecontact Media Services onext 3700.

Calculations are based on anaverage of eight membersattending the meeting, wherefour would need to travelbetween campuses. Theround trip is 90 miles, whichif multiplied by four equatesto 360 miles. The calculationis also based on a small carbeing driven by each memberof staff who has to travel. By


Video-conferencing facilitiesusing video conferencinginstead, approximately 20kgof CO² per car would besaved.1

Carla ShawUtilities & EnvironmentalOfficer

1 Source: www.transportdirect

If you would like to book a place on a staff developmentsession, you will need to email the following information [email protected]: your name; job title; faculty or supportservice; location; telephone extension number and emailaddress; the title of the workshop; the date of the workshop;and your line manager’s name and email address. Please note,before placing your booking, you must secure your linemanager’s agreement for this training.

If there is a course that you are interested in that is fullybooked, please email [email protected] to put your nameon the waiting list.

The online version of the ‘Blue Guide’ provides continuallyupdated information about training and developmentopportunities as they become available. Please see HR Online,at www.anglia.ac.uk/hr.

If you have any queries regarding any staff developmentsessions, please do not hesitate to contact the training team [email protected].

June and July’s development sessions

1 Jun Equality & Diversity – UPDATE Rivermead 9.30am–12.30pm

1 Jun Equality & Diversity – UPDATE Rivermead 1.30–3.30pm

2 Jun Retirement: Opportunity & Choice Rivermead 9.30am–4.30pm

3 Jun Presentation Skills – FULLY BOOKED Rivermead 9.30am–5.00pm

7 Jun Introduction to SITS: Vision Cambridge 10.30am–12.30pm

7 Jun Extracting Data from SITS: Vision Cambridge 1.30–3.30pm

8 Jun Introduction to SITS: Vision Rivermead 10.30am–12.30pm

8 Jun Extracting Data from SITS: Vision Rivermead 1.30–3.30pm

10 Jun Financial Awareness Rivermead 9.30am–4.30pm

10 Jun Memory: How to Improve Your Memory Rivermead 1.30–4.30pm

15 Jun Absence Management – FULLY BOOKED Rivermead 10.00am–4.00pm

16 Jun Time Management St George House, Cambridge 9.30am–4.30pm

1 Jul Equality & Diversity – UPDATE St George House, Cambridge 9.30am–12.30pm

1 Jul Equality & Diversity – UPDATE St George House, Cambridge 1.30–4.30pm

STAFF DEVELOPMENT

ESTATES & FACILITIES


As the academic year nears itsend, and many of our studentsleave for the summer vacation,work for Estates & Facilitiesgoes into overdrive! In additionto the new buildings going upour refurbishment works startin earnest.

Cambridge redevelopmentBy September, the concreteframe for the building will have

been completed and work willbe continuing on the roof. Theexternal cladding andinstallation of the mechanicaland electrical services will alsobe underway.

There will be some drainagework carried out in theBryant/Mumford courtyardarea (external to thecontractors compound area),

and this will be completedover the summer period beforestudents return.

During the course of thecoming academic year, youwill see the constructionchange from a concrete shellto a fully functioning building,which we anticipate opening inSeptember 2011.

You can watch progress on theCambridge live web-cam(please go tohttp://web.anglia.ac.uk/estates/newspaces/index.php and clickon the link).

Postgraduate Medical Institute(PMI) on Chelmsford campusThe PMI is well underway,being erected in three phasesto speed up the actualconstruction process. By theend of the summer, theexterior will be in place andthe internal works underway.It should all be completed byspring 2011, ready for theinstallation of the specialistresearch and laboratoryfacilities.

You can watch progress on thePMI live web-cam (please gotohttp://web.anglia.ac.uk/estates/newspaces/index.php and clickon the link).

ICENI Centre (Colchester)Work is progressing well onthe ICENI Centre at ColchesterGeneral Hospital. This project,in partnership with ColchesterHospital University NHSFoundation Trust, will providea world-class research anddevelopment centre forlaparoscopic (keyhole) surgery.Scheduled for completion inDecember 2010, the buildingwill include lecture theatresand specialist seminar roomsused for simulating surgeryconditions.

HarlowEnabling works have begun onthe University Centre Harlow,with building workscommencing in early June.This new building, which willprovide teaching andconference space, offices andmeeting rooms for Journalism,Science & Technology and

New spaces and major projects update

� Cambridge campus redevelopment – an artist’s impression of the courtyard.

� Postgraduate Medical Institute on the Chelmsford campus – an artist’s impression.


Arts, Law & Social Sciencescourses, is due for completionin summer 2011.

Refurbishments and otherworksAlthough our new spaces are ahigh priority, we are alsotaking the opportunity over thesummer period to make someimprovements to our existingestate.

This year, in Cambridge we areworking to provide:• a new heating system in the

David Building• upgraded ventilation and

lighting in the Library• new media in the Helmore

classrooms• refurbishment of student

accommodation in CollierRoad and Peter Taylor House

and, in Chelmsford (a muchyounger estate) we will beworking on:• extending the area used for

graduation• continuing the refurbishment

and repair programme in thestudent village

• adjusting the access routesto the Tindal car park

• creating a new vehicleentrance onto campus fromChelmer Valley Road (CVR).

Please note:1. CVR access will be to

Tindal and Mildmay carparks only

2. this entrance will be a left-only entry to the campus

3. there will be a left-only exitback onto the ChelmerValley Road

4. no vehicles will be able todrive through the campus(other than emergencyvehicles and authoriseddeliveries)

5. access to Queen’s, Sawyer’sand Ashby car parks remainunchanged.

Important information for1 September 2010You should already have seenthe information aboutincreased parking tariffs andabout parking permits on theChelmsford campus for newstaff or students. If you’ve notread this information, pleasego to the Estates & FacilitiesServices pages on My.Angliafor full details:

http://web.anglia.ac.uk/estates/carparking/index.php.

By the time students return inSeptember, our new buildingswill be well on their way tocompletion and all the repairand refurbishment workfinished. However, if you haveany further questions orcomments about the workEstates & Facilities Services

are undertaking, pleasecontact us [email protected], orcheck out our websites atwww.anglia.ac.uk/newpacesandhttp://web.anglia.ac.uk/estates/newspaces/index.php.

� The ICENI Centre, Colchester – an artist’s impression.

� The University Centre Harlow – an artist’s impression.

Research, Development &

COMMERCIAL SERVICES


This is a reminder that allundergraduate, postgraduate,doctorate and staff researchneeds ethics approval if itinvolves:

• human participants(including observations,questionnaires or telephoneinterviews)

• human tissue or samples(including blood, saliva andurine)

• accessing personal,sensitive or confidentialinformation.

All ethics applications aresubmitted to your FacultyResearch Ethics Panel (FREP),apart from support units whosend theirs directly to theResearch Ethics Subcommittee(RESC). If your FREPdetermines that the research isof higher risk (for example,involves children or the use ofdeception), they will then referit on to RESC, otherwise theywill review it themselves.

NHS and Social Care approvalNHS and Social Care ethicalapproval are accepted asequivalent to our own. You willneed to obtain approval fromthe relevant committees (forNHS research you will requireR&D management approvalfrom the relevant NHS Trust(s),as well as NHS ResearchEthics Committee approval).Please do, however, ensurethat you send Beverley Pascoe(Research, Development &Commercial Services) a copyof all the relevantdocumentation for our records.You also need to have anorganisation that is able to actas sponsor for the research, asdefined by the Department ofHealth. Please see the ethicsguidance or speak to your

FREP for further informationregarding this.

Mental Capacity Act (2005)The Mental Capacity Actcovers England and Wales. Ifresearch falls under the Act, itcan only legally be reviewed bya committee authorised by theSecretary of State to do so,which is either an NHSResearch Ethics Committee orthe Social Care ResearchEthics Committee. This is thecase even if it does not involvethe NHS or Social Care.University ethics committeesare not permitted to reviewresearch that falls under theAct. The Act covers peoplewho have been deemedunable to consent to take partin research, either because ofan enduring condition, such asdementia or learning disability,or conditions that are likely tobe more short-term, forexample, the effects of drugs,alcohol or shock. Thepresumption of the Act is oncapacity, meaning that peoplemust be given every support toconsent in the first instance.

Human Tissue Act (2004)The Human Tissue Act coversEngland, Wales and NorthernIreland. Our PsychologyDepartment has a licence fromthe Human Tissue Authorityfor research purposes. Thismeans that our University isallowed to review research thatfalls under the Human TissueAct, provided it comes underthe conditions of the licence.Please note that ‘relevantmaterial’ under the Actincludes blood, saliva andwaste products. Hair and nailsare included in the context ofDNA analysis. There is anoffence of ‘DNA theft’, whichapplies UK-wide. Research

needs to be reviewed by anNHS Research EthicsCommittee if it does not fallwithin the remit of our licence.This applies even if theresearch does not involve theNHS. For further information,please [email protected].

Research with animalsPlease note that there is aseparate system for researchwith animals. Furtherinformation can be found onthe Faculty of Science &Technology website atwww.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/fst/research0/ethics.html.

Why is ethical approvalrequired?People need to obtain ethicalapproval in order to ensurethat:• research participants are

adequately protected• researchers themselves are

not exposed to unnecessaryrisk, and a risk assessmenthas been carried out, ifrequired

• the reputation of ourUniversity is protected

• the research is covered byour insurance

• when research articles aresubmitted for publicationthey meet the publisherscriteria, because,increasingly, journals areasking for evidence ofethical approval

• problems are avoided later on.

One of the functions of theethics committee is toanticipate what types of issuesmay arise. For example, whatif a participant reveals acriminal activity to you? Whatwould you do? What happensif you are carrying out research

in an organisation and afteryou have collected the data,they say that they are nothappy for us to use theresults? What would happen ifyou sent out a questionnaireand a participant complainedthat it had caused him/herdistress?

Furthermore, failure to complywith our ethics proceduresmay be construed asmisconduct or grossmisconduct and dealt with byour Student DisciplinaryProcedures or Staff Disciplinaryand Dismissal Policy andProcedures, as appropriate.

For further information, pleasesee the RDCS website athttp://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/rdcs/ethics/index.phtmlor contact [email protected] [email protected].

Please note that we also runsessions on ‘Introduction toResearch Ethics andGovernance in HumanParticipants’, which are opento doctorate students and staff.Sessions for the next academicyear will be published on ourwebsite in due course athttp://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/rdcs/research/training.phtml.

Does your research need ethicalapproval?

John Murphy,PhD studentIn the solicitors’ businessenvironment, I amresearching the impact onbusiness skills when theemployer converts from beinga sole practitioner, tobecoming a partnership, andultimately to being anincorporated business. Incollecting data from peopleabout people and theirorganisations, my socialresearch involves ethicalissues and I have a moralobligation to respect andprotect those activelyparticipating in the study.From the beginning, I wasaware of the need to besensitive to the potentialethical issues and to addressthe need for ethical approvalin the planning stage; theseissues fell into two groups.The first addressed privacy,confidentiality, andanonymity of participants,and the second eliminatingthe potential for bias in theresults by being honest withthe organisations and theparticipants. The ethicalapproval agreed in advancewith each organisation,involved written ethicalagreements that addressedconfidentiality and dataprotection. Where groups ofpeople were involved, theinvitation to participate wasentirely voluntary, and nonames were attributed toevidence gathered fromquestionnaires or fromdiscussion groups. Withoutthese safeguards in place,the research and itsoutcomes would bevulnerable.

Caroline Backman,PhD studentAfter attending the researchtraining in ethics andgovernance, I have realisedthat there is much more toethics than just to apply forethical approval as a greencard permitting theresearcher to carry out his orher research project. Thedifferent steps in the processof ethical approval are usefulas an instrument to help theresearcher to frame andnarrow down the kind of datathat is needed, as well as thepossible data to be collectedto answer the researchquestion(s). The researchershould bear in mind that heor she should respect theperson(s) who has/haveconsented to take part in aresearch project. Theresearcher should avoidgathering data that is of nouse in answering theresearch question(s).Efficiency and effectivenessshould characterise theprocess of gathering data topreserve the integrity of theproject and also recognisethe time sacrificed by theparticipant in meeting theneeds/demands/wishes of theresearcher.

Ellen Mwenesongole,PhD studentI decided to attend theresearch ethics trainingduring Spring Training Weekfor further guidance aboutmy research study, which willinvolve analysis of wasteproducts from humans. Thetrainer, Julie Scott,highlighted to me thathuman waste products


contain cells and thereforewould usually fall under theHuman Tissue Act, althoughthis is a special case due tothe scope of the research. Iwas therefore directed toclarify matters with MattBristow, the contact in ourUniversity for the HumanTissue Act. Matt respondedquickly and obtainedclarification from the HumanTissue Authority. There aresome research areas that arenot so clear cut with regardsto requirements for ethicsapproval and more detailedconsultation is necessary.

Paul Weeks, Senior Lecturer,MarketingI found the research ethicstraining session very usefulas it gave me a very goodinsight into the ethical issuesI need to consider whenundertaking research. I foundit particularly useful todiscuss the issues to do withresearch using humanparticipants. To date, I was ofthe impression that researchethics was only applicable forthose working in the healthand education sectors wheninterviewing patients orminors. The discussion aboutthe ethical issues ofresearching amongst adultsin a business setting was veryhelpful and will assist me inmy current and futureresearch activities.

Dr Raj Moontanah, Directorof the Medical EngineeringResearch Group, SeniorLecturer and LTN BusinessFellowEthics is a crucial element ofresearch and it is importantthat every researcher is

aware of the relevant ethicalguidelines. Ethical approvalprotects researchers frompotential liabilities, byavoiding any breach ofregulations, such as the DataProtection Act (1998),Medical Devices Regulations(2002), the Mental CapacityAct (2005), etc. Reputablejournals will not acceptpublications if theappropriate ethical guidelinesare not followed properly. Theresearch ethical approvalapplication process at ourUniversity allows theinvestigator to give muchthought to their researchprotocols, identify potentialrisks associated with theresearch, and ways to dealwith such risks, and benefitfrom the reviewers’comments on how to improvethe quality of their research.

Peter Sun, Senior Lecturer,ComputingTraining at various levels isnecessary to raise theawareness in students,supervisors and peoplemanaging the process.

Julie ScottResearch Training & EthicsManager, RDCS

Benefits of the ethical approval process – opinions of students and staff

Music and drama events

For full information on Department of Music and Performing Arts events,visit www.anglia.ac.uk/mpaevents

Department of Music and Performing Arts – Festival Week 2010 – Tuesday 1 to Friday 4 June – Recital Hall, Helmore

THE ARTS


Daytime concerts will last approximately 50–60 minutes with no interval, evening concertswill be longer (with an interval), admission is free to all performances (except AngliaContemporary Theatre). Anglia Contemporary Theatre will be presenting a double bill oftheatre at The Junction on Wednesday 9 June and Thursday 10 June (8.00pm).

Tuesday 1 June12.00noon Elena Andreou (voice), Veronique Rocka (violin), Alex Ledsham (voice)2.30pm Anglia Ruskin Chorus/Chamber Choir5.00pm Music Therapy students/Gamelan group8.00pm Katarina Majcen (cello), Eirini Filippou (piano),

Kristina Sandvik (saxophone), Abigail Twigger (viola)

Wednesday 2 June12.00noon Theodora Burrows (voice), Lynsey McCrea (double bass)2.30pm Maria Charalambous (piano), Marios Michael (guitar)5.00pm World Music Ensemble7.30pm Bethany Moffat (voice), Emma Phillipson (voice), Ouassil Ikhatabene (saxophone), Nathan Holder (saxophone)10.15pm Scott Jowett (percussion) and friends

Thursday 3 June12.00noon Ruth George (flute), Francesa Clarke (voice)2.30pm Iakovos Loukas (guitar), Iris Pissaride (viola)4.00pm Kevin Flanagan Notations Workshop8.00pm Anglia Ruskin Jazz Voices

Alexandra Collett, Emma Cockram, Magdalena Orrou, Giorgios Nicolaou and Dimitra Tzanakakiwith Chris Ingham (piano), Andrew Brown (bass) and Nic France (drums)

Friday 4 June10.30am Emma Brown (flute), Claire Rowley (flute), Jessica Pont (oboe)1.00pm Jazz ensembles (directed by Kevin Flanagan)2.15pm End-of-year social event

Full details about the artists and programme are available from the Festival Director, Alan Rochford([email protected]), ext 2353.

Programmes may be subject to change (artists, starting times, etc). Visitors are advised to check in advance –www.anglia.ac.uk/mpaevents.

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ACT – Anglia Contemporary Theatre – 9 and 10 June 2010, 8.00pm, The Junction

Anglia Contemporary Theatre presents a double bill of devised theatre given by third-year Drama students at Anglia RuskinUniversity.

Sackgasse – Return to Sender

What message would you leave on a train to be found by a stranger? Have you ever written a letter you didn’t dare send? Wherewould your sense of direction take you? When was the last time you received a love letter? How long does it take you to leadpeople up the garden path? And what would you do if your Sat Nav declares its love for you?

There will be no answers, but plenty of rough guides to help you through an evening of misreadings, misdirections and instructionson getting lost. So, sharpen your pens, charge your batteries, pack your bottles, pills and scarfs, and – oh! – don’t forget to bringthe breadcrumbs.

Tickets (£8, £5 concessions) available from The Junction box office (01223 511511) and on the door.

Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events

Full details of all Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events can befound at: www.cambridgeshirefilmconsortium.orgbookings: Arts Picturehouse 0871 704 2050or www.picturehouses.co.uk


Events at the Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge – bookings 0871 704 2050 or www.picturehouses/co.uk

Honeybees pollinate one third ofthe food we eat but their populationacross the globe is decliningdramatically, with potentiallycatastrophic consequences.Through interviews with scientistsand beekeepers, The Vanishing ofthe Bees investigates the rootcauses of the bee population

collapse and asks wider questionsabout modern intensive agriculturalprocesses. Is it time to bring an endto factory farming and let naturecontinue the job?

‘I realised this was a global issue, acompelling story, and one I had to cover.’(Director, George Langworthy)

A Cambridgeshire Film Consortium event forCambridge City Council EnvironmentFestival sponsored by the Co-operativeMembership www.co-operative.co.uk andsupported by the Co-operative ‘Plan Bee’Campaign.

The Vanishing of the Bees (U) – Thursday 24 June 6.00pmDirectors: George Langsworthy and Maryam Henein. USA 2009. 97 minutes.Introduced by speakers on The Co-operative’s ‘Plan Bee’ campaign, beekeeping and the environment.

A kaleidoscopic programme ofpost-war British fashion from theBFI National Archive. From utilityto utopia, high end to high street,Brit Chic salutes the fashionswhich escape WWII austerity from’40s utility-wear to model

sumptuous gowns by NormanHartnell which anticipate Dior’sNew Look. It shows accessible’50s fashion in a blossomingconsumer culture, swinging ’60sBiba, Ossie Clark and Mary Quant,’70s punk and later maverick

Zandra Rhodes and VivienneWestwood’s iconoclastic designs.Welcome to the front row!

Tickets: £4.60; senior citizens£3.60 plus free tea/coffee perticket.

Brit Chic Fashion: Fashion on Film 1946–89 – Wednesday 23 June 1.00–2.30pmLunchtime archive shows at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse with the BFI mediatheque on tour

Since 2009, Anglia RuskinUniversity’s Routes into Languagesteam, in partnership withComberton Village College and theCambridgeshire Film Consortium,have been training Year 8 andYear 9 pupils in the region in film-making skills. Led mainly by Sarah

Gibson in Anglia Ruskin’sDepartment of English,Communication, Film & Media, thestudents have produced five-minutefilms in any language, with Englishsub-titles. Join us with the youngpeople for the Routes into LanguagesEast of England film competition.

Bookings contact: Routes intoLanguages East Project Manager,Sarah Schechter, [email protected] orcall ext 5007.

Awards Ceremony for the Routes into Languages East Film Competition – Monday 21 June 6.00–9.00pm

Hobbits, Portals, Ghosts andMagic! Use professional digitalcameras, tripods andmicrophones, plus yourimagination, to produce a ‘fantasy’short film, using different specialeffects! Don’t forget to bring along

your ‘fantasy’ props andcostumes!

Tutor: Filmmaker Ryd Cook

Venue: Cambridge ArtsPicturehouse

Watch all the finished filmsfrom both workshops onwww.cambridgeshirefilmconsortium.org and at the CambridgeFilm Festival ‘I Made This’programme on Saturday18 September 2010!

A Cambridgeshire FilmConsortium project for theCultural Olympiad OpenWeekend.

Fantasy: digital camera special-effects workshop – Saturday 24 July 10.30am–12.30pmSummer holiday fun: film workshops for ages 8–12 years – booking now – cost £15.00, maximum 10 places per workshop

You’ve heard about Godzilla andKing Kong, but did you knowabout aliens in Cambridge? Learnhow to combine real-life videofootage and stop-motion/cut-outanimation to produceunbelievable, out-of this-world,

short animation films proving thataliens do exist!

Tutor: Monika Umba

Venue: Anglia Ruskin University

Martians invade Cambridge: animation workshop – Saturday 24 July, 1.30–3.30pm

JOINERS LEAVERSThis monthly listing is to help keep readers up to date with who’s joined and who’s left recently. The entries are organisedalphabetically by faculty or support unit, followed by the joiner’s or leaver’s name, job title and, if relevant, department or unit.Movers are listed alphabetically by name.

• Ashcroft International Business School:Laure Le Corre, Business Development Marketing Manager;Manuel Rubia Garcia, Business Development Marketing Manager

• Corporate Marketing:Helen Cook, Admissions Officer;Daniel Page, Admissions Administrator

• Estates & Facilities:Jacqueline Kitchiner, Administrative Assistant, Timetabling &Scheduling;Nicola Mann, Administrator, Timetabling & Scheduling;Carmen Smith, Administrator, University Accommodation Services

• Information Systems & Media Services:Derek Bowles, Senior Projects Manager, ProgrammeManagement/Projects Office;Esther Dekker, Business Analyst, Architecture & Development

• International Office:Syed Nooh, Country Development Manager

• Science & Technology:Andrew Kolarik, Research Fellow, Vision and Hearing Sciences;Jocelyn Pryce, Lecturer, Life Sciences

• Student Services:Natalie Amps, Administrative Assistant, Nursery;Emma Carroll, Student Adviser

• Academic Office:Malcolm Morrison, Director of Academic Office

• Arts, Law & Social Sciences:Sarah Duxbury, Senior Lecturer, Anglia Law School;Anthony Harrild, Professor/Head of Department, Dean’s Office

• Ashcroft International Business School:Sarah Downes, KTP Associate;Natalia McDonagh, KTP Associate;Sonal Minocha, Principal Lecturer/Head of Department

• Estates & Facilities:William Wreathall, Administrator, Timetabling & Scheduling

• Financial Services:Peter King, Senior Assistant Management Accountant

• HR Services:Nicole Tomlin, HR Administrative Assistant

• Health & Social Care:David Fogg, Senior Lecturer, Primary & Intermediate Care;Kim Lemmon, Contracts Support Officer;Karen Thomson, Senior Lecturer, Mental Health & LearningDisabilities

• Information Systems & Media Services:Nicky Morland, Assistant Director Programme Management,Programme Management/Projects Office;James Johnston, Support Analyst, Customer Support

• International Office:Siobhan McKiernan, International Admissions Office;Chirag Parekh, International Recruitment Office

• Learning Development Services:Tom Stacey, Consultant in Blended, Flexible and DistributedLearrning, INSPIRE

• Science & Technology:Kirsty Schoolar, Administrator, Faculty Office

• Student Services:Sandra Croft, Learning Support Assistant, Student Support Services


Congratulations to Kirsteen and Jason Williams (fromTimetabling and INSPIRE). Their baby son, Thomas Williams,was born at 11.33am on 26 March, quickly and withoutcomplications. Thomas weighed 9 lbs 1oz, and both he and hismum are doing very well. All their friends and colleagues atAnglia Ruskin wish them well.

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