May 2014 - Bulletin vol 11 no 5

In this issue:

More successes for MA Children’s Book Illustration graduatesFull story on page 11 >>

Non-medical treatment trial for diabetic results in remarkable improvementFull story on page 8 >>

Wetter winters may increase river pollution – GSI involvement in projectFull story on page 32 >>

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Lord Williams on the ethics of warFormer Archbishop speaks at our Cambridge campus

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The 46th Cambridge Drama Festival

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The Student Sustainability Print Prize

10.00 am–5.00 pm, Ruskin Balcony, Cambridge

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Introduction to Filmmaking

6.00–8.00 pm, Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

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Location shoot Saturday 31 May

Editing, 11.00 am–4.00 pm, Saturday 7 June

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The Ballard of Martha Brown


Anglia Chamber Choir

7.30 pm, Cambridge Unitarian Church, Emmanuel Road, Cambridge

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A Musical Celebration

7.00 pm, St Peter’s Church, Great Walsingham, Norfolk

Crime and Prevention in Post-war Britain

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Anglia Ruskin Orchestra and Chorus

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Festival Weeks

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Noah, A Musical Adventure


Monday’s Child

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Inspector Norse (The Girl With Two Screws Left Over)


Introducting German Cinema

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17This year’s UniFest attracted record visitor numbers

29Taking part in the Romanian International University Fair

36Alumnus finds languages the route to a career in filmmaking

37Julie Spence OBE talks about her career at International Women’s Day event

39UCH students benefit from hands-on visit to nursery

43Over 1000 overseas trips each year – safety and insurance

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Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Rowan Williams (pictured left) said Russia is behaving ‘unlawfully’ by moving troops into the region of Crimea, which is part of the sovereign state of Ukraine. Responding to a public question following his talk on the ethics of war at our Cambridge campus on Monday 24 March, Lord Williams said, ‘The annexation of Crimea is a legally pretty dubious venture. To have a plebiscite in a certain region of another sovereign state and declare that, therefore, you can annexe it seems to me a deeply worrying re-run of the 1930s. I’m wary of any military action to defend Ukraine against Russia. I’m looking hard to see what further diplomatic as well as sanction-based initiatives may follow because I don’t think it is simply a case of “wicked aggressive Russia and plucky little Ukraine”. There are more complex issues there, not least the inherent instability of Ukraine as a sovereign state. It is one of these awkwardly cobbled-together units likely to fall into east and west under pressure. Russia is quite clearly behaving unlawfully.’ In a 45-minute speech, Lord Williams, honorary doctor of pastoral theology at Anglia Ruskin, asked whether there is a new ‘ethic for warfare’ in the modern world. Lord Williams explained that the traditional criteria for a ‘just war’ – such as sparing the innocent, knowing when

Annexing of Crimea is unlawful, says ex-Archbishop

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Annexing of Crimea is unlawful, says ex-Archbishop

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Christopher Jefferies public lecture a huge success...Full story on page 7

In the NewsDue to the amount of media coverage generated, this month’s In the News content lists just dates, media and colleagues. For more information, please contact either Jon Green, Senior Press Officer (ext: 4717, [email protected]) or Jamie Forsyth, Press Officer (ext 4716, [email protected]). To view our latest news releases, visit www.anglia.ac.uk. You can also follow us on Twitter, visit www.twitter.com/angliaruskin.

31 March, BBC Essex, BBC Cambridgeshire – Rob Toulson

28 March, BBC Essex – Dr Sean Lang

27 March, BBC Cambridgeshire – Dr Sean Lang

27 March, BBC Essex – Dr Kenneth Dubin

25 March, New Scientist – Dr Aled Jones

24 March, BBC Cambridgeshire – Dr Rob Toulson

24 March, USA Today – Professor Rupert Bourne

20 March, Telegraph.co.uk, Yahoo – Dr Aled Jones

19 March, BBC Essex – Stephen Bloomfield

19 March, Washington Post, La Repubblica, Bloomberg, Die Welt, Die Presse, The Business Times (Singapore), Financial Post, National Post (Canada) – Dr Kenneth Dubin

18 March, BBC Look East, six BBC local radio stations – Dr Erika Sanchez-Velazquez

15 March, BBC Cambridgeshire – Dr Paul Elliott

15 March, guardian.co.uk, The Observer; 25 March, BBC News 24 – Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes

14 March, BBC Essex – Dr Richard Carr

11 March, Heart – Professor Rohan McWilliam

11 March, BBC Essex – Dr Sean Lang

7 March, BBC Online; 18 March, Look East; 20 March, BBC Cambridgeshire – Dr Bob Evans

7 March, Daily Mail – Tim Froggett

6 March, BBC Essex – Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes

6 March, BBC Essex – Dr Jon Davies

3 March, Mail Online – Carina O’Reilly

Advertising Value Equivalent The amount of positive coverage for each Faculty during March is below. The coverage consists of print, online, radio and TV and the value is the Advertising Value Equivalent (AVE).

ALSS: £275,115 (172 pieces of coverage) FHSCE: £91,461 (50 pieces of coverage) FST: £98,921 (60 pieces of coverage) LAIBS: £224,138 (78 pieces of coverage)

you have won, and that violence is a last resort – are increasingly at odds with modern-day conflicts. Referencing key thinkers in new and old war theory, he said types of modern warfare include cross-boundary conflicts such as in central and eastern Africa with the Lord’s Resistance Army, and interventionist multi-national conflict such as in Iraq or Afghanistan, where the welfare of the population is a concern. Lord Williams said, ‘We have a fast-shifting moral map of modern warfare. It is often a matter of proxy wars, wars between private and public, wars that spill over in different directions across national and other boundaries and war that increasingly uses humanitarianly deplorable methods to sustain itself.’ Lord Williams added that, in the next half-century, the availability of simple resources such as food and water could be the trigger for an increasing number of conflicts, a concern that our Global Sustainability Institute has also been researching.

The talk was attended by more than 130 people and the audience included members of the general public, our staff and students and members of the University of Cambridge.

For more information, please contact Nicola McLaren ([email protected]).

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Dr Aled Jones, Director of our Global Sustainability Institute, said, ‘The threat for the coming year is that, should global crop production be impacted by severe weather, as we have seen increasingly in recent years, the impact of the crisis in Ukraine could result in a major supply–demand imbalance in global food trade. This would trigger major volatility in the price of food. If this happened, already fragile countries could further destabilise.’ The Global Resource Observatory project has produced a series of maps to show resource risk across the world, published in a special report in April. The project is now developing a model to explore the likely global dynamics that will influence resource risk trends over the next five years.

For more information, please contact Dr Aled Jones ([email protected]).

More than three years on from the start of the Arab Spring, the region remains vulnerable to the global price of food. In addition to the Ukraine situation, extreme climatic events such as the cold weather experienced in North America last winter and droughts across Brazil could also have a major role to play.

The current crisis in Crimea could trigger further unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, according to researchers at Anglia Ruskin. As part of the Global Resource Observatory project, our Global Sustainability Institute is investigating how fluctuations in the price of food can lead to global conflict. Ukraine plays a vital role in global food supplies and was expected to become the world’s third largest exporter of grain in 2014. However, political fallout following the vote in Crimea and the increased tension between Russia and the West have raised questions of Ukraine’s ability to guarantee a reliable supply of wheat and corn. So far, the volume of Ukraine’s exports has not been affected by the instability, yet the mere threat of disruption has impacted the market. Global wheat prices increased by 13% between early and late March.

The price of wheat commodity futures (contracts that will be delivered in the future) traded on the Chicago Board of Trade increased again in mid-March (see the CBOT graph, below right), and experts at the Global Sustainability Institute believe that the exposure of the Middle East and North Africa to spikes in food prices mean the consequences of the events in Crimea could cascade globally. A variety of factors, such as political regime and social tensions, will influence whether a country falls into unrest. However, a trigger event such as food shortages, coupled with costly imports, often precipitates conflict. Surges in global food prices in 2008 and 2011 have been recognised as a factor in the unrest across North Africa and the Middle East. As prices spiked, violence erupted in countries such as Egypt, Syria, Libya, Tunisia and Bahrain.

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Alumnus wins journalism prize from the Independent...Full story on page 10


On 26 March, Professor Moshe Amirav, a key adviser to former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak, called for the Arab League and the European Union to replace the United States as the key intermediary in negotiations between Israel and Palestine. Speaking to students from our Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in Cambridge, Professor Amirav said that the United States has ‘no real tools with which to pressure either side’ in future peace talks. ‘Israel and the Palestinians on their own are clearly not capable of reaching peace,’ said Amirav, now Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

‘Meanwhile the United States can no longer be considered an honest broker for all the protagonists in future talks. A suitable arbitrator must not only be ready to reward the two sides for any concessions they are ready to make, but also be ready to bang their heads together when necessary. The United States has no real tools with which to pressure either side. Clearly, a fourth party needs to wield its influence, and, in my opinion, any arm-twisting that is to be applied to the Palestinian side can only come from the Arab League.’ Professor Amirav attended former US President Bill Clinton’s Camp David summit in 2000, which saw Ehud

Barak sit down with Yasser Arafat, and was again at Barak’s side in 2001 at the Taba summit in Egypt. After a 30-year diplomatic career that has seen him hold talks with the leaders of Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, Professor Amirav believes an improved relationship between Israel and the rest of the Arab world, including Syria, is necessary before there is any chance of a resolution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He added, ‘We cannot separate the Israeli–Palestinian conflict from the Israeli–Arab conflict as a whole. For years we have been told that solving the first will bring peace with

the Arab world. I want to suggest that it should be the other way round: first Israel must achieve peace with the Arab world. ‘The issue of peace with Syria, despite recent events, is, in some ways, far more achievable. Peace with Syria, in my opinion, is even more important and urgent than peace with the Palestinians. Ending the dispute between Israel and the Arab states would make it much easier to later find solutions to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.’

For more information, please contact Alison Ainley ([email protected]), Head of Humanities and Social Sciences.

On 25 March the Criminology pathway, supported by Cambridgeshire County Council’s ‘Safer Communities Partnership’, hosted a public lecture by Christopher Jeffries (pictured, right, during the lecture), the man wrongly arrested for the murder of landscape architect Joanna Yeates in 2010.

The lecture, entitled ‘Police and the Press: Too Close for Comfort?’, was organised by Dr Natalie Mann (Criminology), with the aim of providing a unique opportunity for the audience to learn about the real ‘Mr Jeffries’, as opposed to the strange and peculiar recluse the tabloid

press so vehemently promoted during the aftermath of Joanna’s death.

Jeffries captivated the near 200-strong audience with his discussions of current media ethics and the debased entertainment they produce in the name of journalism. Arguing that the ‘cosy’ relationship between the police and the press, which was so well documented by the Leveson Inquiry, creates the potential for miscarriages of justice, Jeffries provided an informative yet engaging insight into the current climate of ‘off the record’ media briefings and media-influenced policing.

The lecture ended with rapturous applause from the audience, made up of students, staff and members of the public, and an opportunity for them to ask questions. It was here that Jeffries happily discussed issues more directly related to his ordeal and even revealed details of the forthcoming ITV drama The Lost Honour, which documents his story.

The lecture was a huge success and many thanks to all those who attended.

For further information, please contact Dr Natalie Mann, Criminology Lecturer, ([email protected]).

‘Arab League and EU must lead future peace talks’Ehud Barak’s former adviser discusses Israel-Palestine conflict in Anglia Ruskin lecture

Anglia Ruskin hosts public lecture by Christopher Jeffries

Non-medical treatment trial results in diabetic’s remarkable improvement

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A type-two diabetic can look forward to her wedding with fresh vigour after dropping 11.5 kg of body fat in just 10 weeks and more than halving her blood sugar levels. Kathy Jenkins, who lives in Chelmsford, was faced with an increase in diabetic medication unless she could lower her blood sugar levels. Kathy had struggled with her weight for years and, as well as being diagnosed with diabetes in December 2012, was also suffering from arthritis, high blood pressure and asthma. Desperate to improve her health, she was referred to the Specialist Health Centre, working in conjunction with our Postgraduate Medical Institute. Through the diabetic support programme, the centre’s team

created a rigorous exercise plan tailored to her needs, backed up with advice from in-house specialists. The treatment saw her blood sugar levels plunge from 8 millimoles per litre (mmol) to 3.8 mmol. Her weight dropped by 10.5 kg, which factors in an 11.5 kg loss in body fat and a 1.5 kg gain in muscle mass. The results were achieved within 10 weeks, despite a setback in January when Kathy suffered lower back whiplash in a car accident. Kathy is to marry her fiancé, Alan, in September but will also be travelling to Lake Garda to see her son get married in May. She said, ‘I do two to three hours of exercise a day – it has changed my life. My blood pressure has dropped dramatically and

my medication has been reduced. With the support of the team’s physiotherapist, I have coped with the physical demands of the regime, while their nutritionist ensured my diet supported my exercise programme, whilst lowering my blood sugar levels. I had been unhappy for many years to be photographed. Now I feel more confident about myself and will not be stressed at the thought of facing a camera. This change has been achieved with the support of the team’s counsellor.’

Our Postgraduate Medical Institute has been working in partnership with the Specialist Health Centre to develop and trial Kathy’s innovative, non-medical, treatment package that promotes

healthy living. Professor James Hampton-Till, Deputy Dean for Research, said, ‘We have been monitoring Kathy’s progress closely and are delighted by the results. This case study will form the basis of a larger clinical trial that our Institute will shortly be running. We plan to publish the results later this year.’ The Chelmsford-based Specialist Health Centre was only set up in November, and was one of the first small companies to move into The MedBIC, our new £6 million hub for advanced engineering and medical businesses, which opened its doors in April. For more information about the trial, contact James Hampton-Till at [email protected].

s Kathy Jenkins, before her referral to the Specialist Health Centre. s Kathy Jenkins, now feeling the benefit of her tailored exercise plan.

Music Therapy – scope for expansion in Cyprus...Full story on page 12


We are pleased to announce that our new and improved staff area is now available on our website. Please check it out at www.anglia.ac.uk/timetabling.

We have redesigned the layout and content of this page to make it easier to navigate. There are also new pages that explain the timetabling process including information about checking the provisional timetable before it is published to students.

In order to improve the student experience, we are focusing on checking the timetable alongside faculty colleagues to make sure we publish the best timetable we can. Feedback from NSS and SES surveys indicate that a cohesive, settled timetable is a high priority for students. The provisional timetable will be available to faculty timetablers from 19 May. Personal staff timetables will be made available to all staff for checking from 16 June. Please do make time to

look at your timetable this summer so that we can look at any queries you have before publication. Our website explains our deadlines and what to look out for whilst checking.

The year-long timetable for 2014–15 will be published on 25 July.

We would appreciate your feedback on our new staff pages – we want to know if anything is missing or could be clearer from your perspective. As always, if you have any questions, please do get in touch and we will be happy to help. Please email us at [email protected].

We plan to update and improve our ‘Book a Room’ website next, so watch this space for more information.

Kirsteen WilliamsManager, Timetabling & Rooming

Redesign leads to new and improved Timetabling staff area

Feedback from NSS and SES surveys indicate that a settled timetable is a high priority for students.

Studies conference at Palacky University, Olomouc in the Czech Republic in October.

For more information, please contact Dr Jeanette Baxter ([email protected]).

Jeannette co-edits groundbreaking collection on Andrea Levy

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Brendan wrote from a position of experience, having worked as a self-service assistant at a supermarket in Cambridge city centre during his studies. He said, ‘To win such a prestigious prize is amazing and it was a fabulous experience going to The Independent’s headquarters and meeting the Editor. To see my article in print in a national newspaper is what every aspiring journalist dreams of, and I hope that this can act as a springboard for my future career.’ ‘I’m delighted for Brendan,’ said Rowlie Wymer, Professor of English and Brendan’s tutor. ‘He applied himself very well to the course and his writing got better and better during his time with us.’ Amol Rajan, the Editor of The Independent, said, ‘Brendan

Sharp’s article was notable for two reasons: clarity of argument and aptness of subject. The threat to manual workers from automation is a challenge facing all advanced societies. He addresses it in a compassionate and cogent way, and looks destined for a long and glorious career in journalism.’ The Wyn Harness Prize was established in honour of the former Assistant Editor of The Independent, who died of a brain tumour at the age of 47. In addition to Amol Rajan, the prize was judged by Wyn Harness’s widow Sue Royal, Helen Boaden, Director of Radio at the BBC, and a friend of Wyn’s, and national newspaper journalist, Jason Burt.

For more information, please contact Liz Hearmon ([email protected]).

Former Anglia Ruskin student Brendan Sharp has won the Wyn Harness Prize for young journalists, an annual award presented by The Independent newspaper. Brendan, who graduated with a degree in English Literature in 2012,

was awarded a cheque for £1000 and two weeks of work experience at the newspaper after impressing the judges with his article about how self-service checkout machines can alienate shoppers.

A new book edited by Dr Jeannette Baxter (Senior Lecturer, English Literature, Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences) and David James (Queen Mary, University of London) sheds new light on one of the most significant and popular voices in contemporary black British writing, both in the UK and abroad.

Contemporary Critical Perspectives: Andrea Levy (Bloomsbury) is the first book of its kind to be devoted to Levy’s work. Combining historical, theoretical and textual perspectives, the volume hosts a wide range of current critical approaches to Levy’s fiction, and includes chapters written by leading established and emerging scholars. Chapter six,

‘Exquisite Corpse: Un/dressing History in Fruit of the Lemon/The Long Song’, is written by Jeanette herself.

Published in March 2014, the book is already gaining acclaim from other academics in the field. James Procter, Reader in Modern English & Postcolonial Literature, Newcastle University, has described it as, ‘A rich and judiciously edited collection offering (it’s hard to believe) the first book-length assessment of this major contemporary novelist. The chapters are beautifully balanced, exposing readers to a wide range of critical perspectives, from meticulous close readings of the novels to questions of literary form, reception and adaptation. The collection concludes

with a revealing, previously unpublished interview with Andrea Levy.’

The book is part of Bloomsbury’s Contemporary Critical Perspectives series, for which Jeanette is one of the Series Editors. Eight volumes have been published since 2008, focusing on writers such as JG Ballard, Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie, Ali Smith and Sarah Waters. Volumes on the work of Hanif Kureishi and Haruki Murakami are forthcoming.

Dr Baxter has also been invited to speak about the publication at the Searching for Culture (SEFOC) International Cultural

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Alumnus wins Independent award for article on self-service checkouts

on a more international basis. It tops an exceptional year for the course in which three of the six picture books on the shortlist for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize are by graduates of the course – Courtney Dicmas, Elys Dolan and Gemma Merino (to view the whole shortlist, visit http://bit.ly/1bMrJYK).

The final shortlist of six for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal has also been released and includes graduate Birgitta Sif’s Oliver (Walker Books).

At this year’s fair, Professor Martin Salisbury was Chair of the international jury for the Bologna Ragazzi Awards – given for best children’s picture books published in the preceding year. Over 1100 submitted books were viewed over two days.

For more information, please contact Professor Martin Salisbury, Course Leader, MA Children’s Book Illustration ([email protected]).

Publishing frenzy greets MA Children’s Book Illustration graduates

Sixty-four of the 150 students enrolled on Cambridge School of Art’s renowned programme concluded their studies with the annual graduation exhibition in early February at the Candid Arts Trust in London’s Islington. Just a few weeks later, many of them were also represented at the course’s stand at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, alongside a number of graduates from the previous year. The London

exhibition took place at a new, larger venue due to the considerable increase in student numbers in recent years. The tenth anniversary graduation show attracted a huge turnout of publishers and, prior to Bologna, had already led to multiple publishing deals with such leading companies as Hodder Children’s Books, Harper Collins US, Flying Eye (Nobrow), Nosy Crow, Orchard Books and many others.

Contracts signed for advances against royalties included one of $50,000 and another of £20,000.

The Bologna stand was fully booked for publisher visits for the entire four days of the fair. Organised by Senior Lecturer Pam Smy, and supported by a team of volunteer students, the presence at the fair for the third year led to a further surge in contract negations, this time

CFC project for young people in foster care leads to BFI award...Full story on page 14


s Elena Arevalo Melville proudly clutches her debut picture book.

s Staff and students at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair stand.

s Graduate Zack Rock with his innovative new picture book, published by The Creative Company (USA).

The Labour Party and the First World War – forthcoming conference

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the First World War. Among many fascinating topics, it will include discussions of Labour’s reactions to the start of war in 1914, individual snapshots of trade union activity in towns and cities across the UK, experiences from hospitals and factories, and the war as seen from the trenches and the home front.

The morning session will focus on ‘Culture, education and the notion of sacrifice during the war’, followed by ‘London and the Great War’. The afternoon will concentrate on ‘Women and the Great War’, ‘The homefront outside London’ and ‘Labour Party Ideology’. Speakers include Professor Jerry White (Professor in History at Birkbeck, University of London) and Dr Deborah Thom (Fellow in History, Robinson College, University of Cambridge).

The conference has been organised by our History Department, and speaking of it Dr Richard Carr, Lecturer in History, said, ‘The decision to send people to war is never an easy one. As modern

conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam show, it can also be a deeply controversial one. The First World War forms the twentieth century’s ultimate test of both these issues. This conference will explore the reaction to the conflict amongst ordinary British people and Labour Party activists across the country. Whether interested in the key role played by women in the victory of 1918 or in the arguments among leading politicians of the day, this conference will shed some new light on one of the most climactic events in British history.’

The conference is being held at our Cambridge campus (Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB 002), registration is at 9.00–9.20 am, and proceedings close with a discussion at 5.30–6.00 pm. Tickets cost £12.00 (buffet lunch plus teas and coffees provided). To register, please go to www.anglia.ac.uk/labourww1.

For more information, please contact Dr Richard Carr ([email protected]).

On Saturday 3 May, Anglia Ruskin will host a conference on the theme of ‘The Labour Party and the First World War’.

This one-day conference will show new research on the Labour Party and the wider labour movement during

The influence of Anglia Ruskin’s innovative work in the area of Music Therapy continues to be felt worldwide with the news that MA graduate Razge Sila Zorba is now the first practising music therapist in North Cyprus. Razge, who also did her undergraduate music degree at Anglia Ruskin, is based in Nicosia, but travels extensively throughout the northern part of the island to carry out music therapy with patients. ‘The scope for expansion of music

therapy provision on the island, north and south, is enormous,’ she told Alan Rochford on his recent visit.

Alan, recently retired from his full-time post as music lecturer in the Department of Music and Performing Arts, continues to sustain our recruitment drive in Cyprus at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. A substantial number of our music graduates hold teaching positions in Cyprus schools and it is hoped to hold a major

alumni event on the island in November, plus workshops given by Music Therapy staff.

For more information, please contact Alan Rochford ([email protected]).

s Alan Rochford with Razge Zorba on his recent visit to Nicosia, Cyprus.

Music Therapy in Cyprus

BA Fashion Design students’ talents help raise vital funds at Charity Gala

Cambridge School of Art (CSA) Fashion students showcased their designs at a Charity Gala and Auction event, held at the University Arms Hotel on 27 March as part of Cambridge Style Week. Entitled ‘A Celebration of Design’, the evening was a great success with vital funds raised for the NSPCC and Cambridge-based charity Born to be Beautiful.

Proceedings began with a welcome from Will Axon, of Rowley’s Antiques & Fine Art Auctioneers, who is also an auctioneer on the BBC’s Flog

It. Sue Minto, the Head of ChildLine, gave the opening talk accompanied by a film clip on the charity’s work in schools. The fashion show by CSA students followed, featuring garments produced in semester one.

The audience, some of whom are in their second year and others in their final year at Anglia Ruskin, was captivated by the work of the BA Fashion Design students. Jelana Govorusa, from the designer Amanda Wakely, selected Joanna Szymborska as the ‘Cambridge Style Week

Student Designer of the Year’, and Joanna will receive a year’s mentoring and business support from the Cambridge Style Week team. Emily Welbourn was the runner-up and was highly commended.

Lecturer in Fashion, Mark Hart, said, ‘It was a great evening with funds raised for two worthwhile charities and a fantastic opportunity for our students to showcase their designs on a professional runway. The Fashion Show is a great platform for students to launch their careers and, for Joanna Szymborska,

winning the Cambridge Style Week Student Designer of the Year Award is an excellent introduction to the industry.’

The second half of the evening featured a charity auction of fantastic prizes by Will Axon. There was also a Spring Women’s Fashion show from CUCKOO and the Greek fashion handbag company, My One And Only.

For more information, please contact Mark Hart ([email protected]).

Biz4Age project evolves from CURA-B foundation work...Full story on page 16


s Design by Joanna Szymborska, Cambridge Style Week Student Designer of the Year.

s Design by Emily Welbourn, whose work was highly commended by the Cambridge Style Week team.

Film by young people in foster care wins first prize at BFI Future Shorts Festival

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s Animating, at Anglia Ruskin’s Cambridge campus.

s Shooting a scene in Anglia Ruskin’s televison studio. s At the BFI with the first prize cheque.

s Shooting a scene in Anglia Ruskin’s televison studio.

During August 2013, Trish Sheil, from the Cambridgeshire Film Consortium, worked at Anglia Ruskin University with Valerie Dunn, from the University of Cambridge Department of Psychiatry, and the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for East of England, to support young care leavers in producing an animation/documentary film called Finding My Way (see http://bit.ly/1eed1Lm). The film explores the challenges and expectations of leaving local authority care, so animation offered a fun and creative way to explore sensitive and

difficult issues while retaining the young people’s anonymity. Animation and filming were led by Elizabeth Hobbs and filmmaker Ryd Cook, and sound design was by Anglia Ruskin Music graduate James Rogers.

The participants watched their film at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse with an audience of care workers and professionals in the field. Vinnie, one of the participants, commented, ‘The film should help young people feel less alienated, to know they are going through the same thing as everyone else, and it’ll help service providers to give a better service because they

know of the emotions and things that young people go through.’

Anglia Ruskin, ECFM graduates Sauel Mariari and Camilla Kater produced a behind-the-scenes documentary (see http://bit.ly/QHXUF4).

Finding My Way was screened at the National Film Theatre, London, for the BFI Future Shorts Film Festival, and won an award and cash prize – a ‘once in a lifetime experience’ for the young people.

The film was made as a follow-up to My Name is Joe, made by young people in care, four of whom were also involved in

the production of Finding My Way. It explores what it is like for young people to be taken into social care, and is being used to train foster carers and social workers across the UK (see http://bit.ly/1dPIzws). For permissions and enquiries, please contact [email protected] or me ([email protected]).

Visit www.cambridgeshirefilmc onsortium.org for information on other Cambridgeshire Film Consortium projects.

Trish SheilFilm Education Manager, Cambridgeshire Film Consortium

CoDE involved in research to test viability of album apps

Research into the album app: is this how we will all be consuming recorded music in the near future?

Anglo-French pop group François and the Atlas Mountains are taking part in a pioneering research project as their new album, Piano Ombre, is released on CD, vinyl LP, digital download – and as an ‘album app’ for iOS devices. The innovative app, which features high-quality versions of the album tracks together with 24 exclusive bonus tracks, artwork, song lyrics and producer credits, forms the basis of a project examining the app as a future standard album release format, perhaps even as the future of the album itself.

Supported by Nesta’s Digital R&D Fund for the Arts, the research is being carried out by our Cultures of the Digital Economy (CoDE) Research Institute (www.anglia.ac.uk/code), along with music and content agency Script (www.script.fm) and app developers Agency Mobile (www.agencymobile.co.uk). CoDE is using the Piano Ombre app – the first chart-eligible album app in the world – as a test case for music consumers, artists and record companies, examining the user experience, the creative potential afforded to the artist and the overall economics of releasing an album as an app. While the cost of app development is potentially prohibitive for smaller artists and labels, this project hopes to establish a framework that can be used in future to make releasing album apps affordable for all music artists.

Dr Rob Toulson, Director of the CoDE Research Institute,

said, ‘There has been a lot of buzz around the experimental album apps released so far by a handful of artists such as Björk and Lady Gaga, but until now no one has properly looked at the costs and benefits for consumers, artists and record companies. We want to find out how receptive the audience is to consuming music in this way. We want to see what artists can do with the format when given the opportunity. Most importantly, we want to understand the obstacles – from technical issues, to the cost of development, to a lack of awareness – that may need to be overcome if this format is to succeed. Although the album app has many potential strengths, questions surrounding the handling of royalties, chart eligibility and distribution remain, and these must be answered if the format is to be embraced more widely. Our findings will have big implications for artists and the music industry, and may give an indication as to how we will all be consuming recorded music in the near future.’

The app is available now via the Apple App Store. Users can buy the Premium app with the whole album included for £7.99. The Lite version, costing £1.99, has all the same features without the album tracks, which are available to purchase individually.

For more information, please contact Dr Toulson ([email protected]).

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CURA-B final conference – the end of a successful projectOn 13 March, CURA-B held its final conference in Middelburg, the Netherlands. Since 2011, Anglia Ruskin has been involved in the project, partnered with institutions in four European countries. The project is focused on the improvement of wellbeing via assistive technology, which encompasses adaptive, assistive and rehabilitative devices for social and health care (for the elderly and/or people with disabilities).

With ageing populations, shrinking work forces and increasing financial pressure on today’s European economies, the importance of effective, high-quality health care is at its peak. More specifically, the CURA-B partners from France, Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands worked together to strengthen their regional health economies by bridging the gap between business and the world of health and social care. Identifying opportunities for innovation in assistive technology in the tele-health market, a segment concerned with the delivery of health-related services via telecommunications technologies, can help local agencies, firms and care-

providers to develop efficiencies while providing high-quality social and health care.

Anglia Ruskin was involved in the project in its entirety (1 January 2011 to 31 March 2014). The team working on the project included Dr Greg O’Shea (Project Manager), Dr Janet Palmer, (Project Co-ordinator), Professor Lester Lloyd-Reason (Project Leader), Professor Chris Ivory, Professor Ruth McNally, Dr Stephanie Russell and Ricardo Carolas.

Our team’s role was to provide support and direction to the project. The team has engaged in advising and supporting the

project’s research activities and in providing analysis of the data collected. They have also aimed to address broader ethical and social questions arising from the changing relationships between carers, agencies and end-users. The Anglia Ruskin Project Team produced a provisional self-evaluation report that was published on the CURA-B website (www.cura-b.eu). A handbook summarising the project is due to be published shortly.

CURA-B is now evolving into a second stage, Biz4Age, an 18-month project for which Anglia Ruskin has won a grant of €463,000.

Biz4Age will seek to raise awareness of the barriers and opportunities to innovation for healthy ageing. It will be led by Principal Investigator Professor Ruth McNally working in close collaboration with Co-Investigators Professor Chris Ivory and Dr Greg O’Shea. Building on the CURA-B project, Biz4Age will draw on and further develop Anglia Ruskin’s extensive expertise in innovation in healthcare, specialising in models for effective, integrated health care provision in assistive technology.

Lewis WalshPhD researcher, Lord Ashcroft International Business School

Ricardo Carolas, PhD researcher, Institute for International Management Practice, has been invited to attend the 2nd European Summer School on Technology Assessment in Cork, Ireland, on 18–20 June. The prestigious EU-wide conference aims to bring people with different backgrounds together to discuss the latest developments in the field of technology assessment. Attendance is exclusive to 35 professionals, including academics, policy

makers, policy advisors and representatives of the industry. The conference is part of a broader initiative to spread knowledge on technology assessment and similar activities to areas of Europe currently unfamiliar with them.

Ricardo believes the summer school will offer him the chance to contribute to the debate on how technology assessment can bridge the gap between technological development

and the world of health and social care. He said, ‘Getting healthcare technology right is essential considering people today live longer and [this] is a high priority for national governments in the EU.’

Supervised by Professors Chris Ivory and Ruth McNally, Ricardo is part of the growing team in the Lord Ashcroft International Business School conducting research on technological innovation in

healthcare, with a focus on healthy ageing. The team will shortly be joined by a postdoctoral research fellow, jointly supervised by the Postgraduate Medical Institute’s Professor James Hampton-Till, to study the impacts of technological innovation on healthcare organisations.

Lewis WalshPhD researcher, Lord Ashcroft International Business School

s An address during the CURA-B final conference, held in Middleburg, the Netherlands.

PhD researcher granted exclusive invitation to 2nd European Summer School

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Rachel Nedwell, Head of Outreach & Recruitment, said, ‘I am delighted with the success of this year’s UniFest events. The response from visitors has been overwhelmingly positive and it was wonderful to see so many young people and their families enjoying everything that Anglia Ruskin has to offer.’

UniFest is particularly important as it contributes to ensuring that Anglia Ruskin meets its Access Agreement targets, which are agreed and monitored by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA).

A huge thank you to all staff who supported UniFest in any way, we’re already under way with planning a fantastic UniFest event for 2015.

Becca Jackson Outreach & Recruitment Officer, Corporate Marketing, International and Development Services

UniFest welcomes record visitor numbers to Anglia Ruskin

The Outreach & Recruitment Team welcomed over 1200 visitors to our Chelmsford and Cambridge campuses during March, as the new-look UniFest events proved extremely popular.

From decorating cupcakes, to creating animations, to

making a bird feeder – staff and students designed a whole host of interactive and exciting ways of sharing the work we do with local residents, school students and families. In fact, with over 25 activities available at each campus, visitors were kept extremely busy!

UniFest aims to encourage young people to feel enthusiastic about higher education and to start to think about what university could mean for them. It’s also a great opportunity for us to share our facilities and expertise with the local community – and have a fun-filled day.

Once again, the Outreach & Recruitment team have had lots of fun welcoming Year-6 pupils from across Essex and Cambridgeshire to take part in our ‘Reach for the Stars’ Primary Programme. Pupils attended a series of exciting, interactive days on campus between December 2013 and February 2014, and were invited back to take part in the ‘Reach for the Stars graduation ceremony’ that ran alongside UniFest. The project is a key activity within our

Access Agreement, and we are delighted that we can report to OFFA that we have successfully met all projected milestones.

Feedback to the team about the schools’ visits to campus and about the ‘graduation’ has been very positive:

‘The first amazing part of the day was trying to guess what the student ambassadors study… I absolutely loved this trip and really hope to come again. I would recommend this to anyone, including me!’ Year-6 pupil

‘I adored the whole trip but I mostly enjoyed designing a university and enjoyed talking to the amazing ambassadors who helped us out.’ Year-6 pupil

‘Our children got a great introduction to university, which gives them something to aspire to in the future.’ Year-6 teacher

‘We will definitely be recommending this to all the Year 5s for next year. It was a great day for all the family.’ Parent

This feedback complemented the team’s data evaluation, and

we are proud that there was significant knowledge growth in the following areas: ‘What students do’ (increase of 46%), ‘What happens at uni’ (> 47%) and ‘Subjects you can study’ (> 37%). We were also delighted to see that 82% of the visiting pupils left saying that they now aspire to go to university.

Emma SewardOutreach & Recruitment Officer, Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services

s During UniFest: a family attempting to build a Lego tower.

‘Reach for the Stars’ – 517 children, 14 dates, 12 schools, 2 campuses, 1 aspiration project

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level. Finally, Laura Dietz, of ALSS, presented a panel that discussed how scientific inquiry leads to literary works, and investigated why a number of talented scientists, historians and artists structure their work at the intersection of these worlds.

The Faculty would like to extend its thanks to all of the staff and students who gave their time to make this such a special event. Here’s to next year!

Verne LewisMarketing Co-ordinator, Faculty of Science & Technology

Hundreds of visitors spent Saturday 15 March getting hands-on with science as part of the UK’s largest free science festival. As part of Cambridge’s annual Science Festival, Anglia Ruskin took over the Guildhall with everything but the kitchen sink, with the Forensic Science Department creating a replica apartment in which visitors could collect evidence and get their hands dirty trying forensic techniques, such as finger printing, in order to solve crimes.

The Sports Department created challenges so visitors could compare themselves to elite athletes by pumping like sail boarders, measuring how joints work and recording oxygen and CO² levels.

With 47 different types of ladybird in Britain, the animal and environmental display was busy explaining every aspect of life as a ladybird, and giving the public tips on how best to find ladybirds and how to record them to help wildlife research. Using a series of illusions, the Psychology Department got people to think about how the brain uses body representations not just for sensation, but also during social interactions.

The Vision and Hearing Sciences Department’s close-

up eye cameras proved a big hit, as did their arts and craft tables, giving visitors the chance to make their own glasses.

Over at the Pitt Building, children gave Sherlock Holmes some competition, as they put on forensic suits to search for clues as they tried to solve the mystery of the horrible hypothesis. The event was led by Dr Paul Elliott, Senior Lecturer, and gave visitors a chance to solve a series of devious scientific puzzles from disciplines including psychology, zoology, genetics and forensics.

Eight-year-old visitor, Harrison Parsons, said, ‘I’ve learnt so many different things today, and my favourite was looking at a close-up of my eye and learning about how it works.’

As part of this year’s event we also welcomed almost 300 people onto our campus for three public lectures. Dr Jane Aspell discussed the neuroscience of self and how the brain distinguishes between self and the world. Dr Dan Gordon explored how we use oxygen and whether the limitations to human endurance lie at a structural or a metabolic

s Children looking for fingerprints within the bathroom of the Forensic Science apartment.

A charity that works with adults with mental health problems and disadvantaged children from local schools has been praised by academics.

Dr Darren Sharpe and Dr Pauline Lane recently evaluated the work of Trust Links, at its therapeutic Growing Together gardens project, on the corner of Fairfax Drive and Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff, Essex. Matt King, chief executive of Trust Links, said, ‘I’m delighted these evaluation reports show the

excellent work the Growing Together project does and its positive impact on people in Southend. The evaluations showed gardening can be fun, has a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing and can be used to support education and routes to education.’

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

Academics praise Growing Together practice

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s PhD student Harvinder Singh Dhillon in the laboratory.

to investigate the performance of a range of commercially available reverse transcriptase (RT) enzymes. Reverse transcription is a critical step for several molecular biology techniques, including qPCR, microarrays and next-generation sequencing, and is widely used for gene expression analysis and molecular diagnostics. There has been no recent systematic study of RT enzymes, with little information available about their efficiency and reproducibility, and none about the linearity of this reaction. Harvinder’s study will assess commercially available RT enzymes for ease of use, efficiency, sensitivity, linearity and reproducibility, and how their performance affects the reliability of studies utilising RTs.

Harvinder is supervised by Professor Stephen Bustin and Dr Christina Greenwood. For more information, please contact Harvinder ([email protected]).

PhD student wins biotech company’s student sponsorship scheme

Harvinder Singh Dhillon, a first-year PhD student in the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education working in the PMI, has been awarded a studentship from Primerdesign Ltd, a life sciences company based in Hampshire (www.primerdesign.co.uk/home).

Harvinder secured one of the highest awards (the gold award, which is awarded to only 20 students across the UK), which includes reagents (substances used to bring about a chemical reaction) worth over £3000 and hands-on training in real-time

polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) techniques provided by the company’s experts. The application process required Harvinder to submit a proposal detailing an aspect of his PhD research in the field of molecular biology, and the studentship was awarded

Anglia Ruskin’s ‘exemplary’ schools project was showcased as part of Open Education Week during March 2014.

The third annual Open Education Week took place from 10–15 March, with both online and locally hosted events around the world. Open Education is, at its core, about free and open sharing. It is free, meaning no cost, and open, which refers to the use of legal tools

(open licences) that allow everyone to reuse and modify educational resources.

Our project ‘A Day in the life of a Primary and Secondary School’ passed the independent peer-review process, and was selected to be showcased in the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) repository. The resource comprises an interactive website following daily school life, and includes exercises and tasks as

part of the experience of navigating and discovering the hidden life of schools. Both Maylandsea Primary School and Cornelius Vermuyden Secondary encouraged their staff and children to participate in the project. Led by Deputy Head of the Department of Education, Alison Feist, the materials are used in various contexts, including as a resource for prospective trainee teachers preparing for their interviews.

Dr Debbie Holley, Reader in the Department of Education and a member of the ALT OER Special Interest Group review panel, discussed the project during a webinar – attended by 30 people – on Thursday 13 March.

The link to the resource is here: http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2340/.

For further information, please contact [email protected].

Schools project showcased as part of Open Education Week

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At the end of April, as part of the Bridge International (BI) project, CEDAR hosted a 16-strong delegation of South African businesses and project partners on a week-long visit to the UK.

The BI project, in partnership with Barclays Bank and Stellenbosch University, aims to help South African entrepreneurs establish trading relationships with the UK. The successful businesses were chosen at a series of selection panels in Johannesburg last November and then, in January, took part in a week-long bootcamp, hosted by Stellenbosch University and CEDAR. They arrived for

their week-long visit having just completed a three-month training programme designed to help them get the most out of the UK visit, which had three main objectives:

1. To link the businesses with possible UK trading partners

2. To provide the entrepreneurs with an understanding of UK business culture

3. To expose the businesses to possible investment opportunities by UK-based organisations, such as venture capital trusts and business angels.

In total, seven businesses made it through to the UK visit:

• The Herbal Pet, which formulates innovative natural supplements for pets.

• Ubuntiusm, an active clothing brand.

• Glasschem, a scientific glassblowing company.

• Brand Inscentives, an air quality management business.

• Value Finder, which provides business analytical software.

• Wand-a-Brush, an innovative hair product manufacturer.

• Reel Gardening, a company leading the way in small gardening.

Lianne Miller (Deputy Director of CEDAR and BI project co-director) said, ‘This is a

very exciting time for the Bridge International project.During the week, the pressure was on to use our networks and contacts to hook up these amazing businesses with potential trading partners in the UK. It was also a huge opportunity for CEDAR to grow our relationships with people like the Virgin Group and Barclays Bank in the UK. It was a great week, helping to give these entrepreneurs the best possible opportunity to work with businesses in the UK.’

Please see the project website (www.biprogramme.co.za) for full details on BI or contact [email protected].

s Project partners and businesses (spot the CEDAR team members) taken at the Stellenbosch bootcamp in January 2014.

Optometry postgraduate students present work at important conference

Optometry students will now benefit from using a wider range of equipment thanks to a generous loan of equipment from the medical manufacturing company, Heine.

Rupal Lovell-Patel, from the Department of Vision and Hearing Sciences (VHS), co-ordinated the long-term loan that saw Heine, via Carleton Ltd, present the department with ophthalmoscopes, retinoscopes and model eyes. The equipment will be used to support the teaching of students’ clinical skills in the new specialist teaching space in Coslett 412 and in the University Eye Clinic.

Rupal, who is Course Group Leader for Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing, said, ‘It is great to have the support from industry partners to allow students to engage with different types of equipment. It allows them to use a range of equipment, thereby enhancing their clinical skills. Students have given positive feedback regarding the range of equipment provided within our specialist teaching spaces, and appreciate the continued support Heine and Carleton provide for them.’


In March, postgraduate students from the Visual Function and Physiology Research Group highlighted the results of their research at the ‘Optometry Tomorrow’ conference in York.

The conference, organised annually by The College of Optometrists, brings together eye and vision care professionals from across the UK.

Maria Foteini Katsou, who is supervised by me (Dr Keziah Latham) and by Dr Sheila Rae, gave her first external presentation outlining the results of her MPhil work on the visual acuity of drivers.

Laura Monger, a College of Optometrist scholar, also presenting externally for the first time, had a lot of interest in her poster detailing work on the

optometric correlates of reading difficulty. The purpose of this was to investigate whether clinical tests, used within standard eye examinations, can identify young adults whose reading rate increased with their preferred coloured overlays.

Professor Peter Allen, Laura’s first supervisor and head of the research group, said, ‘Optometry Tomorrow is

an excellent opportunity for presenting clinically relevant work. Both Laura and Maria had to field a lot of questions relating to their posters and seemed to enjoy the experience immensely.’

Dr Keziah LathamSenior Lecturer, Optometry & Ophthalmic Dispensing, Faculty of Science & Technology

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s Laura Monger with her poster. s Maria Foteini Katsou with her poster.

s With the new equipment are (l–r) Andrew Robson, Regional Sales Manager, Heine; Rupal Lovell-Patel, Course Group Leader for Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing; and Phil Nyquist, Carleton Ltd.

Facilities and teaching space continue to grow for Optometry students

If you are contemplating an arts project or event during the next academic year, you may be interested in applying for some financial support from the University Arts Council. The Arts Council exists to enrich the cultural life of students, staff and the wider university community by providing financial support for, and encouraging involvement in, a wide variety of creative arts activities. Each spring, funding applications are invited from Anglia Ruskin staff and students for activities they plan to undertake in the following academic year. The applications are assessed by the Council for their financial viability and their anticipated

contribution towards the cultural life of students, staff and the wider university community. Applications are welcome now from students and/or staff, using an application form available to download from the website www.anglia.ac.uk/artscouncil. Deadline for submission of completed applications: Saturday 31 May 2014. For more information, visit www.anglia.ac.uk/artscouncil, or contact Richard Purkiss ([email protected]), Mumford Theatre and Ruskin Gallery Manager, and acting secretary to the Arts Council.

Global blindness plummets in 20 yearsResearch provides first large-scale analysis of blindness and vision loss across the world

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Europe. The most common cause of partial sightedness/impaired vision was uncorrected refractive error. Professor Bourne added, ‘This shows that even for the highly developed countries one of the most effective, cheapest and safest ways of improving vision loss, by providing adequate spectacles for corrective refractive errors, is being overlooked.’ The results of the study are published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. VERU is part of our Postgraduate Medical Institute.

For more information, please contact Professor Bourne ([email protected]).

Bourne also warned that many sufferers of diabetes are at increased risk of glaucoma and cataracts. Professor Bourne said, ‘Strategies to screen for diabetic retinopathy and provide timely treatment access are critical to prevent this condition from having a greater impact on blindness prevalence in the future.’ By analysing 243 different studies, researchers calculated estimates of the prevalence and causes for each country for each of the years in the study period. The main cause of blindness throughout the period shifted from cataract, a clouding of the lens, to macular degeneration, which affects the central vision, in all regions except Central and Eastern

Professor Rupert Bourne (pictured above), of our Vision and Eye Research Unit (VERU), studied evidence to calculate estimates of the prevalence and causes of blindness and partial

sightedness/impaired vision in 190 countries between 1990 and 2010. The research revealed cases of blindness fell from 3.314 million people to 2.736 million in the developed world, and globally dropped by 37%. Partial sightedness fell by 27% across the world. The prevalence of partial sightedness/impaired vision also fell in high-income countries by 38% from 25.362 million to 22.176 million. Women in the developed world were more likely to be blind or have poor vision than men. With up to 100 million people expected to develop diabetic retinopathy, with a third at risk of losing their sight, Professor

Call for applications to the University Arts Council

Annual Learning and Teaching ConferenceEngage: Sharing and engaging others in good practice to enhance Learning, Teaching and Assessment

It’s not too late to submit a session abstract – the deadline is Monday 19 May. Please complete the Session Proposal form (www.lta.anglia.ac.uk/session-proposal).

To register for Engage, please go to www.lta.anglia.ac.uk/engage-registration – places are limited, so register as soon as possible to guarantee yours!

For more information, please visit the conference web pages (www.lta.anglia.ac.uk/ENGAGE-2014) and check them regularly for updates, or

Our 15th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference will be held on Tuesday 1 July on our Cambridge campus. Join us for engaging keynote speakers and presentations by your colleagues. You can: participate in developmental workshops; discuss current issues; discover who has achieved a University Teaching Fellowship; and find out who has been awarded Learning and Teaching project funding.

Last year we welcomed over 160 delegates to what proved to be a very enjoyable and informative event and we are confident that the programme will be just as well received this

year. Our keynote speaker for 2014 is Dr Sue Rigby (pictured right), Vice Principal Learning and Teaching, the University of Edinburgh. Sue’s thought-provoking topic is ‘The wind and the sun – approaches to enhancing student engagement with learning’.

We are also pleased to welcome Dr Christine Edmead from the University of Bath, who will lead a workshop on ‘flipping’ the classroom, and Dr Phil Newton of Swansea University, whose workshop will explore how we can use assessment design to limit the influence of essay-writing services.

The first group of teaching staff have submitted their claims for Anglia Ruskin and Higher Education Academy Teaching fellowships following two

residential ‘writing retreats’. Colleagues from FHSCE, FST and LAIBS spent two days in a country house hotel working on their claims, supported by

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s Colleagues from the Faculty of Science & Technology at the workshop.

s Colleagues from the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education at the workshop.

Staff find writing success in retreatAnglia Learning and Teaching and their external consultant. Staff had been selected by their faculties to attend the events following attendance at introductory workshops under the Anglia Professional Recognition Scheme. Writing retreats organised in February and March attracted a total of 43 delegates, of whom 13 went on to submit claims for Principal Fellowship in the first round, and 15 submitted claims for Senior Fellowship. Delegates were very keen to have the opportunity to concentrate on preparing their claims in pleasant surroundings and away from the distractions of their usual working day.

‘…I would like to thank you for a wonderful writing retreat. It is so rare you come away from a

developmental workshop and feel it was well worth it.’

‘The impetus generated by the writing retreat for getting [my claim] in for the first round cannot be overstated. Thank you very much for your hard work in organising and facilitating that, and your support with the application.’

The next submission date for claims for Anglia Ruskin and HEA Teaching Fellowships is 23 May. See the Anglia Professional Recognition Scheme VLE for further details (www.anglia.ac.uk/aprs).

Dr Jaki Lilly Anglia Learning & Teaching Dr Julian Priddle Learning Development ServicesSian Shaw Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education

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Sharon WallerHead of Anglia Learning and Teaching

In the last issue of Bulletin I reported on a recent study visit to Ohio in which a group from Anglia Ruskin visited several institutions, including our partner Wright State University in Dayton, to consider models of student engagement.

Since returning to the UK we have successfully implemented a number of initiatives that seem to be helping to generate a greater sense of communal pride among both staff and students. We have launched the highly successful ‘I Love ARU’ campaign, which was led by our Students’ Union in partnership with Student Services, and close to 1000 colleagues are now entering into the spirit by wearing branded clothing on I Love ARU Friday’s, and being rewarded with a free tea or coffee.

Ruskin the Rhino continues to be a hit and even featured in a Cambridge News story as one of ‘Cambridge’s most prominent figures’ alongside Stephen Fry and Jeffery Archer

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– not bad for a mascot who only arrived with us a couple of months ago. We have tried to ensure we develop Ruskin as a mascot that belongs to our whole community, not just sports, and early feedback suggests we are achieving this. Ruskin has been a hit at many events including Unifest, and is already looking forward to appearing at next year’s graduation ceremonies.

As part of our plans for sport, we are trying to encourage more students to support our student teams, and the response this year has been fantastic. We have publicised fixtures on ‘Game Days’ with A-boards around campus, and the gallery at Kelsey Kerridge has become a real home for Anglia Ruskin teams. In April we took over 30 student supporters to Surrey and a further 18 supporters to

Nottingham to cheer on our teams in cup finals – both of which we won!

We have plenty more ideas from Ohio that we feel will help us to further the sense of pride felt for Anglia Ruskin all around the world – watch this space for progress.

Martin BeaverHead of Sport and Active Anglia, Student Services

In Cambridge, our volleyball club’s great season ended in cup glory for the men. Both the women’s and men’s teams battled hard to finish second in their leagues and both qualified for their cup finals. The women fought hard, losing in the final set to University of Warwick. However, taking on the league champions, our men’s team won their final 3–2 to win BUCS gold [see the photo in the article above].

There was more league success. Our men’s third

football team won their league on the final day with victory over Northampton. Two of our women’s teams didn’t leave it so late, and had their league titles in the bag going into their last fixtures. Women’s basketball won their league, losing just one game all season. Going one better, women’s badminton won their league, and did so with a perfect record.

Ollie ToogoodSports Clubs Development Officer, Student Services

The main 2013–14 British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) season is over and it has been a successful one for Anglia Ruskin.

In Chelmsford, our men’s football club won two league titles and a cup. The second team made their BUCS debut and stepped up to the challenge, winning their league comfortably. The first team weren’t to be outdone, doing the league and cup double, and also going through the season unbeaten.

Winning the cup was a great success, with the final in Chichester and over 50 of our own supporters making the trip south.

Mildmay Sports Centre has also proved to be a happy hunting ground for our teams. Our netball team followed last year’s league title by winning their league and only narrowly missing out on a place in the cup final to a strong Reading team. Men’s basketball, another team making their debut in BUCS, also won their very closely fought league.

s Celebrating in Nottingham – our team, and supporters, after winning the men’s volleyball cup final over the University of Nottingham.

Anglia Ruskin celebrate league and cup titles!

a fair chance campaigning and had to rely on their powers of persuasion to get votes, not just get students to tap buttons. It also meant, roughly, every student voted on all five positions, not just on the one person, so we were really happy about this.

The picture (left) shows our newly elected SU team who will be coming into post in July:

Megan Bennett (Re-elected as Communications Officer); Aisha D’Souza (Academic Officer); Daryl Sharpe (Re-elected as new President); Ola Adetola (Experience Officer, Essex); Sarah Haider (Experience Officer, Cambridgeshire)

For more information, please contact Megan Bennett ([email protected]).

10,000 votes later…

This year’s Students’ Union Executive Elections saw an unbelievable number of votes. After checking the final number, it was almost

tempting to knock a couple off to make it more believable, as this year, over the five positions, students cast 10,000 votes exactly!

This year we wanted to make the elections as democratic as possible and not allow candidates to use iPads. This ensured all candidates had

Wednesday 2 April saw this year’s annual Anglia Ruskin Rep Conference, organised by the Rep Society Cambridge and the Students’ Union, bring together Reps from across the institution in a day of interactive sessions, talks and debate. Reps took advantage of guidance in advancing their work, showcasing key employability skills developed in their roles so far, sharing ideas of the future of HE and celebrating the year’s achievements.

Raechel Mattey, NUS Vice President Union Development, also attended to give a talk on taking action in the local community, and how students could make an impact in the 2015 General Election. The

debate was also a fantastic opportunity for attendees to direct questions at a panel – including Raechel, Gabbi Foreman (SU Academic Officer) and Anglia Ruskin staff – who debated issues ranging from hidden course costs to resourcing. Daryl Sharpe, current Experience Officer (Cambridgeshire) and President-elect, said, ‘After organising this event last year with Megan as Rep Society Co-Presidents, it was really good to see the event continue to improve and expand in the variety of ways it helps Reps in their role.’ Louise BryantCourse Representative Co-ordinator (Chelmsford), Students’ Union

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Annual Rep Conference 2014

s Conference attendees taking part in a workshop on the future of higher education.

With fellow biographical researcher Marianne Høyen, Hazel is currently devising an Anglo-Danish research study of the ways that changing constraints on childhood alter the human relationship with the natural environment. This is a topic that resonates with our Early Childhood Research Group’s work on sustainability. Colleagues from Poland have expressed interest in participating in a broader European project on childhood recollection, also using biographical methods.

Hazel is also exploring a second (fortuitous) link between Danish and Swiss colleagues, that may enable her involvement in a pan-European study of adult education, biographical methods and Sen’s Capability Approach; another long-standing research interest. The possibilities are very exciting and, together, the visits demonstrate how European contact can escalate, as one network leads to another!

Fore more information, please contact Hazel Wright ([email protected]).

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For Dr Hazel Wright, March had a pronounced European flavour as she visited Germany and Denmark to discuss research possibilities with colleagues who specialise in biographical methods.

In Germany from 6–10 March, she presented a paper at

the ESREA (adult education) conference on Life History and Biographic Research, hosted by the Otto-von-Guericke Universität in Magdeburg.Flying to Denmark on 22 March, Hazel was a guest of the University of Aarhus, and enjoyed a packed week visiting staff, students and museum

officials in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Esbjerg, discussing their research methods and resources, and giving guest lectures on biographical methods. She also visited an exemplary teachers’ resource centre near Esbjerg and a fieldwork centre on the nearby Wadden Sea coast.

In late March I got a call from Elizabeth, who teaches on the Outdoor Learning modules with me. One of the students claimed to have seen an otter in the Chelmer Valley Nature Reserve. We were sceptical, but Elizabeth had seen some tracks she didn’t recognise. We discussed them, and I went to look in my Animal Tracks and Signs pocket guide. I got back to her: ‘Small claw marks, circular fore foot, longer hind print, soft marks from webbing…’ ‘Could be…’

Next I emailed Charlotte, the Chelmsford Borough Council warden for the reserve. ‘Charlie, are there any otters in the Nature Reserve, a student thinks she’s seen one.’ ‘Yes, quite likely it was an otter – we’ve had several sightings of two otters together since the beginning of the year – attached are some pics of otter prints [see right] I found at the northern end of the reserve. There are still mink about, too, but we don’t see them as often as we used to.’

Whether they stay or are just passing through remains to be seen, but the signs are promising. Of course, since all 100+ students on

our outdoor learning modules in Chelmsford have started looking for them, we haven’t seen a thing. But I think I’ve seen a slide…

Sara KnightDepartment of Education, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education

s Visiting the Wadden Sea Nature Reserve, Hazel with Danish colleagues Ulla, Marianne and Asbjørn.

Otters in the Chelmer Valley

We are teaming up with an ambulance trust to address the critical nationwide shortage of paramedics. From September, would-be lifesavers can enrol on a unique degree allowing them to spend the majority of their course on placement within the East of England Ambulance Trust. The three-year BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science degree will utilise our modern and well-equipped facilities at both Chelmsford and Cambridge. On completion, graduates will enjoy diverse opportunities delivering out-of-hospital and unscheduled care, from working within the ambulance service to potentially delivering aid from the air as part of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service. Students will learn practical skills, professional values and be well versed in the biosciences and research studies necessary to become a modern-day paramedic. They will gain experience in roles such as third person in an ambulance crew, manning response cars, working in the Trust’s control room, and working with the Hazardous Area Response Team, who

respond to incidents such as chemical spills and gas leaks. The course also includes the opportunity for students to spend time within local hospitals, in emergency departments, operating theatres, coronary care, maternity units and other healthcare settings. David Brown, Clinical Manager for the Trust, said, ‘This hands-on course will produce

well-rounded professionals who will be an asset to our out-of-hospital health services. They will spend a lot of time on placements getting on-the-job training, which will be invaluable to them. The opportunity for employment following the course is high, given the local and national shortage of paramedics.’ Nigel Henderson, Acting Head of Department, Allied

Health and Medicine said, ‘We are delighted to be working in partnership with East of England Ambulance Service and hope that this will develop further into providing additional opportunities for collaboration between the trust and Anglia Ruskin in the development of the service.’ For more information, please email [email protected] or call (0845 196) ext 4084.

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s Seen here are paramedic and clinical skills tutor John Horton, David Brown, paramedic Emma Kelleher and Clinical Manager for the Trust, Dr Ian Gibson of BASICS Essex Accident Rescue Service.

Congratulations from all within the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education to Robert Priharjo from our Primary and Public Health Department who has recently become Dr Priharjo after completing his Dr of Philosophy.


Staff success

Learn on the job with ambulance trust

This is just to let everyone know how proud I am of the Acute Care team who undertook a validation event on 28 March 2014.

I am very pleased to confirm that approval for both the BSc (Hons) Acute Care and three new PG Certs have been given. There were no less that four commendations:

• Team working• VLE – ‘Cluedo board’• Range of assessments• Student feedback There was one condition and one recommendation from the validation. This is an excellent outcome – very much due to the team approach and the positive

Successful validation for Acute Care teamstudent experience. Well done to all involved.

Dr Chris ThurstonTeaching Fellow, Head of Department Acute Care, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education

Student invited to train with former Apprentice Paralympic Coach

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with Hayley Ginn and athletes from the Cambridge University Athletics Club for the athletes to undertake warm weather training. The opportunity was arranged after Hayley, who graduated from Anglia Ruskin in 2006 with a first-class honours in BSc (Hons) Sports Science, gave a guest lecture to current students. After the session, she spoke to Nick and invited him on the trip.

Shadowing Hayley, who has much experience with high-level athletes, Nick gained lots of hands-on experience with sports massage and injury treatments trackside, as well as individual sessions in the evenings. As well as working with several different injuries and giving sports massages, Nick was also involved in kinesiology taping to help correct movement patterns.

Nick, who is in his final year of study, said, ‘I think the hands-on experience has been brilliant, especially as it was with a variety of different athletes, and I have been able to use a variety of different techniques. Shadowing Hayley has really helped because I have learned a lot that I can use in my own coaching.’

Dr Matthew Timmis, Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences, said, ‘The purpose of inviting external speakers into the university is to help our students make connections with industry. I am delighted that Nick has shown the initiative and secured such a beneficial placement working with Hayley.’


A student from Life Sciences spent a week in Tenerife with 40 athletes, and a former UKA Apprentice Paralympic

Coach to gain experience in physiotherapy. Nick Smith, a BSc (Hons) Sports Science student, travelled to Tenerife

Eleven civil engineering students from the Faculty of Science & Technology’s Department of Engineering and the Built Environment (EBE) have built a nine-metre replica of Barcelona tower (Torre de Collserola – pictured right).

The field trip, which was sponsored by Morgan Sindall, saw the group spend a week at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Constructionarium™ in Bircham Newton, Norfolk. The students surveyed, excavated, laid steelwork, poured foundations and finally erected the external superstructure and cable stays to create a 1/32 scale model of the iconic tower.

A number of Morgan Sindall’s senior managers from a variety of construction-related backgrounds led supervision and evening debrief sessions, where the students reviewed and amended previous plans for the following day’s schedule of works.

Working on site from 7.30 am to 5 pm, sometimes in rain and strong winds, the students successfully completed the replica of the Norman Foster-designed edifice and received very positive feedback from Tony Millikin of Constructionarium.

Debojyoti Roy, one of the students involved in the project, said, ‘It was the best experience

ever. It was very unexpected and every day was completely new.’

Aidan Garbutt, Senior Lecturer, EBE, added, ‘This was an extraordinary student experience. The camaraderie of working to a common goal, the appreciation of site safety and the importance of careful construction planning are rewards that will never be lost.’

Morgan Sindall awarded ‘best student’ to Haydn Jones, Adrian Augustine-Alexander and Jacob Bailey, who will be undertaking industrial work placements with them.


s Haley Ginn with Nick Smith, in Tenerife.

Students build Barcelona tower

Romanian International University Fairpassenger made the sign of the cross as we landed), representatives from the British universities attending were invited to a reception at the British Embassy. We were looking forward to tuxedoed waiters and clinking champagne flutes with the Ambassador, glad-rags and heels on. We were cleared by the guards at the imposing gates, security checked, and then led beyond the elegant Georgian buildings to what can only be described as a tin-roofed hut in the grounds – their very own pub, the Earl of Wessex – think bar stools, sticky carpet and warm wine and you have it. The fairs themselves were hectic and the visitors, many of whom are eager to study outside of Romania, were articulate, charming and good fun. The hours flew by as I plugged our wonderful campuses, facilities and wide range of courses.

I was very happy to volunteer for this recruitment fair – held in three cities in Romania between 14 and 21 March. I had been to Bucharest before, but not the other two cities – Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, and Iasi (pronounced ‘Yash’) on the Moldovan border. RIUF is a large recruitment

fair, with universities from all over Europe (and beyond) competing for the recruitment of Romanian students from the 10,000 visitors expected to attend. Arriving in Bucharest, having survived a Wizz Air flight from Luton (seriously – a fellow

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s Dinah Cowan in front of the Palace of Culture, Iasi, Romania.

I had six flights in eight days – four of which were on Tarom’s 46-seater prop planes, and survived numerous white-knuckle taxi dashes across the cities (seat-belts apparently deemed untidy and unnecessary). However, Romania is more beautiful, cultured, and her people far more educated, than some factions of the British press would have us believe. The young people speak beautiful English, but they also appreciated my (probably abysmal) attempts at Romanian. I made friends with ‘the competition’ – the British, Dutch and German university staff – and, although tiring, the trip was a very rewarding experience. Multumesc (thank you) România! Dinah CowanUK/EU Admissions Officer

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The University Library recently hosted ‘Rethinking Learning Spaces’ at Chelmsford for the Academic & Research Libraries Group of CILIP (www.cilip.org). The keynote speaker was Andrew Harrison, an independent consultant specialising in design, who talked about investment in learning spaces. Flexible space requires a different pedagogy, which means developing staff to teach in different ways. Teaching space is changed by technology, for example, students who ‘bring their own device’ need room to use them. Andrew showed

examples of inspiring and innovative spaces that support new ways of learning. He reminded us that the user is at the heart of the design, and architects need ‘day-in-the-life’ stories about users to inform the strategic brief.

Claire Aitken from Schlumberger, an oilfield services company, discussed the refurbishment of her library. This was located in a difficult space that included a ‘winter garden’ in a tent-like structure. Her tip was to relocate the coffee counter so that everyone came into the library.

Diane Hilton, Customer Services Manager at our Chelmsford campus, talked about the design concepts for remodelling the ground floor of our two main libraries, making the entrance areas open and welcoming. Visitors liked our clearly zoned study space, Andrew Harrison thinks our window signage very elegant, and will be using photos in his next presentation.

Kathryn Wallis, from Peterborough Regional College/University Centre Peterborough is a passionate advocate for improving library

space for students. Students and library staff had been lobbying for improvements, finally triggered by an OFSTED visit. Responding to student feedback and enhancing the study space has mitigated disciplinary problems.

You can see photos and comments about our event on our Facebook page (http://on.fb.me/1gtPaGR), on Storify (http://bit.ly/OnVN7K) and Twitter (#arlgspaces).

Carol McMasterAcademic Services Manager, University Library, Chelmsford

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contextualise the terminology and concomitant practice.


Also, consciously aware of the limited instruments we had, I decided that our sets needed updating and required formatting into procedural sets with checklists (like in practice). Each one would be designed and labelled according to the procedure’s needs and, when used in skills, the sets would be checked before, during and after each case scenario.

Thus, I sought and found the contact details of Mark Furness, from DTR Medical, based in Swansea, who supplies various single-use items for many specialities. I felt these were perfect for the job and would enable the students to see a direct comparison between reusable and single-use items.

On 18 March, Mark visited Anglia Ruskin and delivered a variety of instruments – from crocodile forceps and rosen specula to suture packs and polypectomy forceps – to complement what we already have. This gives us a much larger range of instruments, which will enhance the delivery and experience of skills training for our students.

On behalf of the Allied Health & Medicine Department, I would like sincerely to thank Mark Furness, Business Manager from DTR Medical, for their generosity.

Karen Pym Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health. Social Care & Education

Theory and skills go hand in hand on our DipHE Operating Department Practitioner course. As one of the tutors for the Surgery modules, increasingly, I have become more aware of the practical skills required to prepare the student for practice (for example, handling, checking and managing instruments).

On 26–27 February, Dr Stewart Piper (FHSCE, and pictured far right) presented at the Royal College of Nursing’s Education Forum conference, at Harrogate. Entitled ‘Empowerment and PPI: Partners in practice or professional power disguised?’, the presentation explored the challenges faced by nurse education in defining, teaching and developing learning strategies on the contested concepts of empowerment, patient and public involvement (PPI) and partnership. These, and related concepts such as patient choice, are now embedded in both the policy and language of health and social care. The emphasis is on active decision making by patients

and their representatives, and is the NHS equivalent of the customer-focused language of commerce and the consumer culture, underpinned by consumer watchdog initiatives, such as patient advice and liaison services. Thus, at first glance the language of empowerment and PPI may seem to signal a shift from top-down, hierarchical and nurse-led practice to a more ‘bottom-up’ process that is a driven and inclusive way of working. But achieving this in a centrally and target/contract-driven state organisation of multi-layered management, with professional and business structures, is far from straightforward, and disguises wider issues of power and control. The challenge for nurse education is to make

sense of these ill-defined and contested concepts that mean different things to different people, and stress the need for nurse education to develop teaching and learning strategies that use terminology to assist nurses both to understand and contribute to the debate, and to develop practice in line with these contemporary health and social care issues.

The need to make explicit and to integrate the terminology and its meaning into the nursing curriculum and associated teaching and learning strategies was highlighted in the presentation, together with a clear outline of the aims, methods and outcomes of the empowerment model of health promotion to

s Mark Furness, from DRT Medical, and Karen Pym.

Empowerment and PPI presentation at RCN conference

We are now offering a two-year, part-time Cert HE in Charity and Social Enterprise Management, which can be studied fully online via distance learning or with workshops in Manchester, Chelmsford or Cambridge. This initiative is helping charity managers in the North West boost their careers and make their organisations more sustainable, and a number of Manchester charities are already benefiting from the course. Lynne Warner, Finance Manager of Manchester Women’s Aid, said, ‘In the last eight months there have been so many changes; for example, we’ve merged with another organisation, there have been

local government cuts, it’s been hectic! My organisation felt that we needed more expertise within the team, which is why they wanted me to do the course. The course has been really motivating because you can relate it directly to the workplace. We’re only four months in, and it’s already having an impact on the organisation.’ Julie Wharton, of the Hideaway Youth Project in Moss Side, said, ‘I manage the project – that means doing everything – finance, marketing, leadership, you name it. I need to have an expertise in everything, and I need to go to my board and say “we need to do this, or

we need to do that”, with a strategic view, and that’s what the course has given me. It’s definitely helped with my relationship with my board.’ Andy Brady, Programme Mananger – 3rd Sector Futures, explained the need for the course: ‘What often happens in charities is that someone with a background in care, or perhaps the environment, works their way up and becomes the chief executive. Then they think “how did I get here?” and “am I doing it right?” Our course gives third sector leaders a combination of general management tools and techniques, along with

specific modules on topics like social impact and social enterprise. Because all the assignments are based on the student’s own organisation, their studies can have a real impact in the workplace and on their own employability.’ As well as offering the course, on 20 March we held the event ‘Third Sector Leadership and Management: Challenges and Opportunities’ at the Mechanics Institute in Manchester. For more information, please contact Andy Brady ([email protected]).

Striking a balance between flexibility and security

will then be debated with employer associations, unions and employers in order to gauge their suitability across different nations, sectors and firms.

For more information, please contact Dr Dubin ([email protected]).

Anglia Ruskin is taking part in a cross-European project to investigate strategies for work reorganisation that provide enhanced flexibility for employers, while also maximising security for workers. Flexibility for employers refers to work organisation, working time, salary levels and structures, geographical mobility and employment levels. Security-enhancing solutions for workers include flexi-time, telecommuting and virtual teams, reduced hours, sabbaticals for re-training, temporary assignments in other organisations and income support during temporary layoffs.

Featuring academics and industry experts from Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Italy and Spain, on

Tuesday 1 April we hosted an international workshop, entitled ‘Going Up the High Road, rethinking the role of social dialogue to link welfare and competitiveness’, on our Cambridge campus to discuss the above issues.

Dr Kenneth Dubin (pictured right), Principal Lecturer in Human Resource Management, said, ‘Prior to the economic crisis that began in 2008, the European Union’s employment strategy favoured the promotion of “flexicurity”: negotiated and legislative reforms to provide employers with greater flexibility while encouraging an expansion of government and third-party provision of active labour market policies, such as job re-training and placement schemes. This strategy was largely

based on the pioneering experiences of countries in Northern Europe, particularly Scandinavia. However, as the crisis has strained public sector budgets, governments everywhere – particularly those in countries where flexicurity was least advanced – have scaled back their commitments to assisting workers displaced by competitive adjustment. Given the enormous long-term social costs of unemployment and precarious jobs, such as poverty and social unrest, finding alternative solutions to complement a less ambitious role for government is critical to Europe’s future.’

Going forward, researchers will analyse innovative, bargained solutions that balance flexibility and worker welfare.The potential solutions

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North West charity chiefs sharpen up skills with new third sector course

Wetter winters may increase river pollutionGSI academic involved in project to assess dangers of nutrient run-off

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Warmer, wetter winters could lower the quality of our rivers, according to warnings from environmental scientists. As farmers tried to cope with waterlogged soil following one of the wettest Januarys on record, a team of researchers, including Dr Bob Evans from our Global Sustainability Institute, has begun work on a new project to better understand nutrient run-off from agricultural land and work out how it affects the quality of our rivers. Nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen are essential for plant and animal growth, but too many nutrients cause excessive plant growth and algal blooms in rivers and lakes. These suffocate fish and other organisms and

require costly remediation by water companies. Fertilisers and manures washed off in storms are a major source of nutrients, with more than 60% of the nitrogen and 25% of the phosphorus in our rivers coming from agriculture. Professor Phil Haygarth, of the Lancaster Environment Centre, is leading the three-year Natural Environment Research Council-funded study. He said, ‘Most of this nutrient transport occurs in a few large and intense rain events, particularly if these coincide with periods of bare soil or recently applied manure or fertiliser. If future climate trends suggest more frequent, more extreme rainfall events, then nutrient run-off could increase, unless

we plan land management activities to account for this.’ Dr Evans, said, ‘For the last 10 years I have monitored run-off and erosion in the upper part of the River Wissey catchment in Norfolk, as well as assessing sources of pollutants in other catchments in East Anglia. It is run-off containing sediment, nutrients and pesticides that, over the short term, is the major impact of erosion, and land use is the main driver of erosion. If you change land use from mainly crops to mainly grass, or rejig the layout of farmers’ fields, then erosion and run-off will be greatly curtailed. ‘The frequency at which some pesticides reach

watercourses was one of the reasons for certain herbicides being banned. Now, a major problem is metaldehyde, which is found in slug pellets, and this can’t be taken out of water.’ The Nutrients in Catchments to 2050 project – http://nutcat2050.org.uk/ – involves researchers at Lancaster University, the UK Met Office Hadley Centre, Bangor University and Liverpool University and has associated partners at the James Hutton Institute, University of East Anglia, Rothamsted Research and Anglia Ruskin University.

For more information, please contact Dr Evans ([email protected]).

Universities, including Anglia Ruskin, generate thousands of jobs and billions of pounds worth of investment in the East of England, according to a report by Universities UK. The region attracted 32,730 students from outside the UK, and 52,405 from other parts of the country in 2011–12. The report states 6858 people are directly employed because of the cash spent off-campus by people studying at

East of England universities, which in 2011–12 totalled £647million. The report, published on 3 April, also found that higher education institutions in the region, together with the spending of international students and students from other parts of the country, generated 62,840 jobs. Anglia Ruskin itself employs 2100 people and currently has around 31,000 students.

Our Vice Chancellor, Professor Michael Thorne, said, ‘This report is proof of the rich value universities such as Anglia Ruskin have for regional cities like Chelmsford, Cambridge and Peterborough as well as for the wider area.

‘Anglia Ruskin has a huge influence on the economy of the East of England. We attract foreign investment and provide highly skilled graduates for local, national and international firms. Our academics produce

world-class research in a wide range of sectors, to be drawn upon by a whole host of companies and institutions. ‘We offer students a chance to come to our cities from elsewhere in the country and across the world, providing a social impact as well as boosting local businesses.’ For more information, please contact Jamie Forsyth ([email protected]), Press Officer.

Universities UK report reveals economic importance of universities to the East of England

We are pleased to announce that the following colleagues have been awarded certificates:

Professor Sharon Andrew; Dr Matt Bristow; Suzanne Drieu; Nicola Faulkner; Sarah Janes; Shauna Madhavan; Gavin Millar; Alex Murray; Martha Murtagh; Dr Phillip Pugh; Laura Sinclair; Emma Stokes; Christine Such; Roger Thomas

WOW! Award certificate winners – March 2014Many congratulations to them all!

If you would like to find out more about the WOW! Awards programme, please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/wowawards.

Lesley Graham Customer Experience Co-ordinator, Customer Experience Team

The Employment Bureau – working for our students and graduates

well as to provide them with a bit of pocket money while they are here. What’s on offer is varied and includes student ambassadors, room auditors, data entry assistants, clerical workers and catering assistants, to name but a few!

So far this academic year we have helped over 750 students find temporary work either within Anglia Ruskin or a local company and, we are also pleased to report, ten of our temps’ posts have been made permanent. We have placed our students in close to 20 external organisations, providing them with paid work opportunities with local businesses in sectors such as education, IT, manufacturing and hospitality.

We have also recently expanded our service to offer a graduate recruitment service. This has involved developing links with local employers and helping them with their recruitment needs, then matching our graduates to suitable roles in their chosen

field. This is proving very successful and as a result we will soon be recruiting additional recruitment advisers to meet our challenging targets. If you know of anyone who may benefit from our services, please ask them to register with us online at eb.anglia.ac.uk.

We can help fill any temporary positions you may have and ask that you make the EB your first point of call when hiring a temp. This has the added bonus, compared with a high street agency, in that no VAT charges are applied – an immediate saving of 20%! Please visit our website (eb.anglia.ac.uk), email us at [email protected] or visit or call our offices:

Cambridge – HEL073, ext 2766 Chelmsford – MAB foyer, ext 3617

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ARUtemp

Many of you will be familiar with the Employment Bureau (EB) and the work we do, but it seemed timely to give an update on who we are and on the services we provide. The EB is part of the Employability Service based within Student Services. We are a campus-based recruitment agency

but, unlike other agencies, our focus is on improving the employability of our students rather than making money. Any profit we make is re-invested into improving the services we provide to our students. Our main aim is to help find our students work experience to help enhance their CVs, as

I am very happy to announce that Student Services has been accredited with the nationally recognised quality mark for the effective delivery of information, advice and guidance on learning and work – the Matrix Standard! This was after an intensive three-day quality assessment (22, 24 and 27 January), where the assessor interviewed staff, students and other stakeholders, both internal and external to Anglia Ruskin.

In his report, the Matrix assessor stated that, ‘The Student Services teams were found to be highly experienced, professional and staffed by a committed and passionate workforce.’ He added, ‘Interviews with existing students and alumni confirm that service provision is of the highest quality and is well valued.’ Needless to say, we are all thrilled with the outcome of the assessment!

The Matrix Standard comprises four elements: leadership and management; resources; service delivery; and continuous quality

improvement. It is a highly sought-after quality mark that is only awarded to support services that can demonstrate excellence in all aspects of information, guidance and advice to students. As such, staff must be able to demonstrate that they continuously develop and strive for improvement in all facets of service delivery. We believe we are up to the task.

Preparation for the Matrix assessment proved to be invaluable in terms of examining the quality of the support we provide to students, how we provide it, and courses of action for continuous improvement. We are excited to have achieved the Matrix quality seal and will continue to strive for excellence in supporting student success.

Sue HarlingHead of Customer Experience, Student Services

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s Sarah Twmawu and Hannah Kakanlu, two of our current students who attended the Cambridge Employment Bureau open day on 27 March.

Student Services achieves Matrix accreditation

The Residential Service providing student employment opportunities

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Lucy said, ‘The work was fun, but also challenging and demanding at times. If I didn’t stay proactive and assist the students, I knew they might not become students here. It was good to help students find their accommodation and see them getting excited about studying at Anglia Ruskin. Working for the House Hunting team provided me with skills and the confidence to apply for my first graduate job. It’s only my second week, and so far so good.’

The Residential Service is currently recruiting Residential Assistants for the next academic year through the HR website. Recruitment for the House Hunting team and Summer Crew (who help with the summer activity in our accommodation) is taking place through the Employment Bureau (https://eb.anglia.ac.uk/). If you know students looking for work, who would like to develop their skills and enjoy being ambassadors for Anglia Ruskin, we may just have something suitable for them.

Emma StokesTenancy Support Manager, Residential Service

We employ our students to assist in many areas of our work including our House Hunting team, Residential Assistants, Open Day assistants, and during the summer students help us look after our Summer School activities. We can employ more than 40 students per year. In addition, we have students who volunteer as fire marshals, and more volunteering opportunities are planned for the next academic year to help run social activities.

All our student staff and volunteers are recruited and trained through a process similar to one they would experience in the professional world. This gives students vital employability skills and experience. We also encourage them to identify the skills they are gaining along the way. We, as a service, certainly see the benefits of employing our students; they are flexible and loyal and are vital in providing feedback, and assist in driving our service forward.

Lucy Vacher, a 2013 Anglia Ruskin graduate, worked as a House Hunter from A-level results time in August 2013, supporting Clearing students to find suitable accommodation in Cambridge. This experience introduced her to the student accommodation sector and Lucy has since secured a permanent job in Cambridge as an Accommodation and Welfare Officer for CATS College.

Thank you to everyone who has submitted nominations for Honorary Awards. If possible, we like to confer one honorary degree at each of our ceremonies, so we still need some more nominations, please, particularly in the field of Education. We also need more women nominees, please.

You are invited to submit, in confidence and without the knowledge of the individual concerned, your recommendations for the award of an Honorary Degree and/or Fellowship. A copy of the regulations that set out the list of Honorary Degrees and the criteria for conferring Honorary Degrees and Fellowships can be accessed at: www.anglia.ac.uk/academicoffice.

Your nomination should take the form of a short, up-to-date, curriculum vitae, such as an extract from Who’s Who, together with a signed supporting letter stating why an award should be considered, emphasising the perceived benefits to Anglia Ruskin of making the award. Please also specify any relationship between the nominee and Anglia Ruskin University.

I should be grateful to receive your nominations for conferment at the Graduation Ceremonies in 2014 by Monday 19 May. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me on ext 4913 or by email at [email protected].

Rachel RyanSecretary to Honorary Degrees and Fellowships Nominations Committee

s Some our student House Hunters and Residential Service staff at our Accommodation Fair in February.

Request for further nominations for Honorary Awards – 2014 Graduation Ceremonies

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s ‘Klezco’, BA Popular Music students performing at the ALSS Party.

s Dr Apurba Kundu presenting the coveted ALSS Quiz Cup to the winning team.

ALSS students and staff were treated to an excellent ‘night in’ with a Faculty Quiz and Open Mic night in the Academy in Cambridge, Thursday 3 April. There was a great turnout to the event, with students from across courses and some from other faculties, too. The event, which was hosted by the Dean’s Office, led by the Student Experience Co-ordinator, and supported by faculty technical staff, runs a couple of times per semester and has gone from strength to strength over the last few years, with full house and buzzing atmosphere.

The quiz is compèred by the Dean or a Deputy Dean, and this time it was Dr Apurba Kundu’s turn to wield the microphone. Competition among the 12 teams was fierce, but friendly, and the winning team was delighted to win the coveted (real plastic) gold cup and free drinks.

The evening notched up a gear with the first musical act. In total, eight acts performed, including the bands ‘Klezco’ and ‘Redsky Rock’, as well as students from Music & Performing Arts and other courses. ALSS

students did excellent jobs as stage manager and compère for the evening, and the Audio and Music Technology Society (FST) supported the musical acts and bands with

their sound-tech wizardry! To sum it up, one of the band members said, ‘Tonight was a great success. We have only had good feedback about our performance so far, which is

great, so thanks for letting us perform!’

Karen SturtStudent Experience, Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences

On Friday 28 March, Dr Richard Carr (ALSS) gave a well-attended talk on ‘A Short Guide to a Career in Politics’ to undergraduate students. At the talk he discussed his own experiences of working for a think tank, political campaigning and as a parliamentary candidate, as well as offering lessons for both job applications and working in the political environment itself.

He argued that working in ‘politics’ was not just about working for an MP or Lord, but involved a whole series of jobs including charities, lobbying firms and various research services. He spoke of some of the challenges of getting involved in this career, but stressed the worthwhile nature of the jobs in this field.

Whether in research or policy advising, communications and media, events and administration or several other professions mentioned, students were informed of some of the types of work they could pursue if they went into this field. Students heard some top tips for bolstering their CVs, including joining political societies, writing online blogs and starting twitter accounts

dedicated to particular issues, and where, when and how to volunteer. Questions from students included how and what they should be looking to write on now in order to boost their CVs, and what any initial internships would be like.

For more information, please contact Dr Richard Carr, Lecturer in History ([email protected]).

ALSS ‘Spring Awakening’ party!

Undergraduates get top tips at talk on ‘A Short Guide to a Career in Politics’

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ALUMNI NEWSA happy accident


This month we have a profile of one of our successful alumni.

Alumnus Greg Goff (pictured above) graduated in 2000 with a BA (Hons) in French and Spanish. Following his degree, he spent time teaching English in central China, but on his return he was still uncertain what career path he wished to take and, by a stroke of luck, an editor friend of his put him in touch with a company who were looking for someone French-speaking to work in Paris for five weeks. The job was as the runner for a holiday television programme and meant leaving the following day. Naturally, Greg took up the opportunity, which then led to further jobs filming in France, Madrid and back in China, using all the languages he had picked up over the years. Eventually, these experiences led to working for a company in Plymouth called Twofour Broadcast Ltd.

Twofour Broadcast Ltd started out with a team of 50 people making TV shows out of a barn conversion in a field, but is now part of the biggest independent production company outside London, with offices in Plymouth, London, Los Angeles and Abu Dhabi. It makes about 200 hours of broadcast television a year and Greg is now a Producer/Director for the company. Last year he directed the Channel 5 series Born to Kill?, investigating the

nature/nurture argument for serial killers. Interviewing someone who had killed 13 people back in the ’70s, for three hours at a prison in California, was an experience he says he’ll never forget!

Recently, Greg has also spent three months filming in the Caribbean for a Sky documentary and mentioned that on another occasion he was chased by a cobra in the jungles of Sri Lanka. He has been fortunate to work on documentaries including Walking with the Wounded, a programme about the charity that sent wounded servicemen and women on expeditions to the North Pole, up Everest and also to the South Pole. Prince Harry is patron and completed the expedition with the group.

Greg explains that not every day is spent filming at Buckingham Palace, as there’re lots of 16-hour filming days in UK’s cold wet rain, but he wouldn’t swap it for the world! He told us, ‘Even though I’m not doing a “French and Spanish” job, I do use my languages constantly and have been lucky enough to travel the world for “work” – not bad for a happy accident!’

Sue JacobsHead of Development & Alumni Relations

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THE COMMUNITY


Celebrating International Women’s Day

s Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre’s marketplace stall attracted a lot of attention.

We welcomed over 200 people to public events on our campuses to celebrate International Women’s Day in March. It was a special privilege to welcome three high-profile speakers, including two honoraries.

Former Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Police, Julie Spence OBE, discussed her career path to becoming chief constable, planning for retirement and how redundancy can be a good opportunity to change your career.

Cambridgeshire-based author, Jill Dawson, talked about her career struggles as a young writer in her 20s and about the wonderful women writers who inspired her.

Professor Ottoline Leyser, Director of the Sainsbury

Laboratory, University of Cambridge, gave a talk about women in science.

We were also really pleased that our celebration included a women’s café conversation, a film screening presented by Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre, poetry reading by London-based Josephine ‘Realities’ Rollings, singing by Women of Note and a marketplace with information for women. Amnesty International gave out information on women’s rights in Afghanistan, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service promoted firefighting as a career for women, Destination Digital provided information about support for women thinking of starting a business. Local groups sold Kenyan jewellery, henna applications, sari materials and, CamIris, photographers’ club for women, displayed and sold a selection of their prints.

Many thanks go to: • Emma Brett, Senior Lecturer

in Public Services, for helping with the organisation of events in Cambridge

• Denise Thorpe, Director of HR, for hosting the Julie Spence talk

• Helen Valentine, Deputy Vice Chancellor, for hosting the Jill Dawson talk

• Dr Rachel Cook, Head of Department of Psychology, for hosting the Professor Leyser talk

• The Women’s Network at Anglia Ruskin, whom we work with when planning our programme of events.

For information about our Cambridge events, please contact Miriam Berg ([email protected]); and, for information about our Chelmsford events, please contact Rachel Moss ([email protected]).

s Former Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Police, Julie Spence OBE, talking about her career path.

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On Wednesday 19 March University Centre Peterborough and Peterborough Regional College offered a world-skills themed science event that incorporated 30 different activities, ranging from bridge design to programming cars. The day-long event was targeted at local schools, colleges, degree students and the wider community. Over 700 young people attended.

In addition to the hands-on activities, a number of guest lectures were delivered. Steve Clarke, Visiting Professor of Innovation in Offshore Renewable Energy, University of Hull, delivered ‘A positive outlook on the current and future roles within the construction industry; from designing, building, operating and maintaining’. Professor Clark, an ex-student of PRC, is the founder member and owner of devCo Ltd and works with major UK initiatives for sustainable energy (mainly offshore wind). Steve held a seminar at UCP with

students from engineering and the built environment, explaining the current initiatives and the roles available to students within the industry.

Professor Paul Ballard MA, BD facilitated a session on ‘Climate change and the world we live in – challenges and responsibilities’. An Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University where he taught Practical Theology, Professor Ballard has a keen interest in ornithology and wildlife conservation alongside a long-standing concern for ecology and social issues. Presently, he is Secretary to the Eco-faith Network of Churches Together in Central Peterborough.

Dr Stuart Hamilton MB, ChB, BMSC (Hons) FRC Path, MFFLM, delivered ‘An insight into the world of a Forensic Pathologist.’ Dr Hamilton, who is the Home Office Registered Forensic Pathologist, performs autopsies in cases of suspicious deaths, defence autopsies, and provides expert opinion on the

nature and causation of injuries, both in the living and the dead. He was also a forensic pathology advisor for the 2013 and 2014 series of popular BBC drama Silent Witness.

David Heming Senior Coroner for Peterborough spoke on ‘Coroners, Evidence and Procedure at Inquests’. David Heming was appointed Senior Coroner for Peterborough in April 2012 after previously holding the position of Deputy Coroner for Peterborough since 1995. An insight was provided into the role of the coroner and leading cases that he has been involved with. Forensic students were truly enthralled by his session.

To appeal to younger students, a special Children’s University STEM event was run from 4.15–5.15 pm. Children from the age of seven pitted their mathematical and scientific exploratory skills against staff and equipment. The learners participated in tasks such as the operating of a

Raspberry Pi-operated robotic arm and discovering and building the inside of a computer. Maths skills were reinforced in discovering the gear ratios found in a modern car. This was of particular interest to the female children. Some literally got a real ‘buzz’ out of taking part in a timed competition for building an operated electronic circuit from a kit of modular parts.

Learning how to design a load-bearing structure to hold heavy weights with paper and Sellotape was very popular. Some of the children took their structures home with them, proud of their achievements. Some were motivated by digging up bones in a simulated activity of the archaeologist recovering the remains of Richard III, whilst others had a go at a range of intriguing experiments to highlight the importance of physics. The children had plenty to occupy them, and one parent said, ‘This is great for children, but too short, we could spend a whole day here.’

The event was so popular that from 3 April University Centre Peterborough has been running a weekly computer code club for children aged 7 to 14 years. The club will be led by UCP BSc Computing and Information undergraduate students. James Larner, HE Manager and lecturer, said, ‘I am impressed by their willingness and enthusiasm to experiment and explore the capabilities of computing. Give them a project and they’re off. How can we not develop such potential?‘

For more information, please contact Katie Hurrell ([email protected]).

Who said science was boring?University Centre Peterborough STEM event

s Children as young as seven pitted their mathematical and scientific skills against staff and equipment.


As part of the year-one BA Early Childhood Professional Studies’ practitioner 1 module, a group of our students visited the three-times outstanding setting Kiddi Caru Day Nursery (Harlow) to talk to experienced practitioners about how they manage their day, and to see first-hand what the role of the practitioner entails.

The students were shown around the nursery setting by Aimee Hume (Deputy Manager), who has been working at Kiddi Caru since it opened in 2004. Aimee was able to highlight to the students career progression within early years, as she began her time at the nursery as a Senior Early Years Practitioner and has worked her way up, even taking on the post of Acting Manager to cover a brief period. The students had the opportunity to ask lots of questions and spent time in the different

s Outside the House of Commons, Milton Curriculum Managers Jenny Brandham (left) and Donna Woodruff.

s A Nursery Practitioner with a student in the garden’s sensory log cabin which is used to enhance all areas of development.

Early Years students benefit from hands-on visit to nursery

play rooms with children aged between three months and five years. They were then able to discuss the different experiences they had had and highlight what they had gained from the visit.

We value our partnership with nurseries as they allow our students to work in a range of settings that they benefit from visiting. Such successful settings provide excellent opportunities for them to

discover and learn about the different environments available.

Kelly ParksSenior Tutor, HE Early Years, University Centre Harlow

In March, four senior managers from the College

of West Anglia’s Cambridge campus attended meetings in London that aim to protect and promote the needs of the land-based economy, of which it is part. The campus and its Woodside Farm at Milton was able to make its concerns known at the House of Commons, at a gathering organised by Landex, entitled, Land-based Colleges Aspiring to Excellence.

Head of Faculty Alison Barber was joined by Curriculum Managers Donna Woodruff and Jenny Brandham. The primary focus of the event was to raise the profile of the sector among politicians and to gather

support for Landex’s campaign to secure additional funding for the sector, which has suffered bigger cuts than other sector groups. It hopes to do this by reinforcing the importance of the agri-food sector and the work undertaken by land-based providers.

The average age of farmers in Britain is 58, and it is estimated that the industry will require an additional 60,000 new entrants into farming over the next decade to replace those retiring. Agri-science has been identified as one of the eight great technologies, and its importance to the British economy has been recognised

through the publication of the ‘Agri-Tech Strategy’.

Later the same week Alison took Interim Equine Yard Manager Jade Rouchy to London to attend the 22nd National Equine Forum, where there were more than 200 of the country’s most influential members of the equestrian industry, including NEF President HRH The Princess Royal, international equine vets, researchers, riders and trainers as well as equestrian trade business leaders.

Malcolm PowellMarketing Department, The College of West Anglia

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On Friday 28 March a leading politician, who numbers the Pope and President Obama among the people she has met, was a motivational speaker for students and staff at the College of West Anglia (CWA) at King’s Lynn. Baroness Helene Hayman addressed a group of around 30 students and staff, and conducted a question-and-answer session.

The Baroness talked about her career and her current interests, which include activities supporting the battle against malaria in developing countries. She also has a particular interest in health issues, serving on the medical ethics committee for the National Health Service, the Lords select committee for assisted dying for the terminally ill and the Privy Council, as well as being chairman of Cancer Research and the Human Tissue Authority and

having an involvement in a number of charitable causes.

The talk was attended by Health and Social Care and Childhood Studies students, who were joined by several History students and an Access to Medicine student. The event was organised by Ann Compton, Curriculum Support Manager for Childcare

As part of a new project, former College of West Anglia students who have made successes of their lives, after they were given a platform to careers or university studies in health

and social care, returned to tell current students how they could benefit, too.

Eight of the ten who returned to tell others what the college

and Healthcare at CWA. She said the event had proved interesting. Baroness Hayman was introduced by Mark Reavell, Executive Director Partnerships, who also gave a vote of thanks.

Baroness Hayman supports the encouragement of notable people from public life speaking in schools and

did for them donned the uniforms they now wear in their caring roles. These students had successfully completed the Health and Social Care Level 3 Extended Diploma and are now in professional training in places as far away as London, Bedford and Northampton. They include student nurses, paramedics, care assistants, operating department practitioners, private hospital staff, European adult and mental health nursing, and all gave a short presentation on life after college to current students.

Nerys Brooks, the Course Director for Nursing and Paramedic studies, who masterminded the event, said,

colleges. She became a Life Peer in 1996, and it was as Lord Speaker in the House of Lords that she got to meet many distinguished people including the Pope and President Obama.


‘Each one of these people here today went out into the world and made a success. I am very proud of them.’ Some of the speakers had chosen other options rather than going to university. ‘The college prepared me so well,’ said one of them, a view shared by others.

The event was well attended by students from two courses. Faculty Head, Andrew Gedge, said, ‘Each one of the speakers had powerful stories.’ He added that it was hoped to repeat the scheme, inviting back previous students to the college.


Leading politician speaks to students

s Baroness Hayman (front, second right) with Andew Gedge, Faculty Head (far left), and Mark Reavell, Executive Director Partnership (far right) and senior management and students.

Life after the College of West Anglia

s Lauren Roberts, Adult Nursing at UEA; Marlon Robinson, BSc Human Biosciences, University of Northampton; Kayleigh Grief, Lead Theatre Sterile Supplies Co-ordinator; Hayley Clarke, Paramedic Science, St George’s College London; Amber Claxton, Operating Department Practitioner training, Bedfordshire University; Dan Brister, Adult Nursing at UEA; Abbi Turner, Healthcare Assistant (Dementia speciality); Chelsea Peel, Nursing Auxiliary, QEH NHS Trust; Sian Clemans, Home Care Support Worker; and Beth Belding, Support Worker, Learning Disabilities.


On 18 March, University Centre Peterborough held the second of its Employability Days for 2013–14. Alongside workshops and guest speakers, a range of companies representing the breadth of UCP provision, such as BGL and Posh Gecko, were in attendance. Two organisations that clearly viewed the event as beneficial were:

Cambridgeshire Direct Teach programme: ‘Our aim is to provide high-quality training for graduate trainees to qualify as teachers who can help fulfil the needs of local schools. You will find employing schools regard our programme very highly. Currently, the Cambridge Partnership works with secondary schools in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and West Norfolk.’

Santander: ‘Santander is not your average bank. The sheer scale and scope of our organisation means that, when you join us as a graduate, you can take your career in all sorts of exciting directions.’

In addition, the new Peterborough Graduate Scheme was launched. Peterborough is one of only four UK Future City Demonstrators (FCD). As a consequence, it has developed the Peterborough DNA programme (www.peterboroughdna.com) including the new Peterborough Graduate Scheme (PGS). The PGS will provide 12 paid six-month graduate placements within Peterborough businesses, thus enhancing the business skills base and, through the provision of high-level, short-term, professional support, contribute towards the overall economic viability of businesses across the city.

As well as the face-to-face guidance and support offered by companies, workshops on CV writing and sessions on

using LinkedIn were delivered to students so that they could maximise their online presence in the search for their ideal job. Speed dating interview techniques were employed to remove the stress of real interviews and to support students in developing responses to those ‘tricky’ on the spot questions. Over 350 students engaged in the event.

To boost self-esteem, Rory Maclaren Jackson, hypnotherapist, along with Dr Prentis delivered a lecture incorporating hypnotism and the benefits of self-belief and confidence. This was then supported by one-to-one sessions with students who sought advice on goals and techniques to re-focus their drive. On a similar motivational footing was the ‘How to Be Successful‘ lecture and press conference delivered by Secret Millionaire, Mike Greene.

For more information, please contact Katie Hurrell ([email protected]).

Achieving the next rung on the career ladder

s Lee Mallott (seated, centre) with the students from Finland (seated), and the five students from the College of West Anglia who will be going to Finland.

s A UCP advisor offers face-to-face guidance to a student.

Visiting students from Finland are spending time learning at the College of West Anglia at King’s Lynn. Four students from colleges in southern Finland are on a six-week exchange, learning about uniformed services and private sector security. Following this, five students on uniformed services courses at CWA will spend time in Finland. The exchange was set up by Lee Mallott, Programme Manager, who visited Finland last year. He said, ‘It is great to be part of a European exchange where we can offer young people a fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity to live and work in a foreign country.’

Lee and his lecturers have arranged for the Finnish students to get an insight into a variety of uniformed services. These have included visiting the Norfolk police headquarters at Wymondham, undergoing police fitness tests in north Wales, adventure training, attending a door supervisor’s course in Norwich and having a week’s work experience in a security-related area. They also joined other students from CWA’s campuses in a log run competition in Wootton Woods.

The visits have been paid for with European funding.


Secure time for Finnish visitors

GREEN ISSUESGreen initiatives –the latest


s Mario Kokkoris, Environment Team and Dan Gordon, former Paralypian.

Walk to Work Week 2014Anglia Ruskin University is supporting Living Streets’ National Walking Month 2014. Throughout May we’ll be encouraging everyone to take to their feet and get walking. We’ll be taking up the challenge of Walk to Work Week (12–16 May). Our workplace is set up, so all you need to do is sign up and join your team. We’ll all be able to compete for the top spot of best walker, and teams will also be able to compete against each other. You can take part by logging your walks to and from work as well as clocking up some miles at lunchtime or by going out for walking meetings.

New online A to Z recycling guideNow we have completed the roll-out of our new orange mixed recycling bins, we have produced an online A to Z recycling guide to help you follow the correct procedure for disposing waste. From your apple core to your empty toner cartridge, it should be listed in our easy guide. If you are ever unsure, please contact the environment team (www.anglia.ac.uk/waste).

joining in the free Campus Sport health walks provided by Sport and Active Anglia. They take place every Tuesday lunchtime in Chelmsford, meeting at the front of the Lord Ashcroft Building at 12.15 pm, and lasting 30 minutes – you even get a free tea or coffee voucher once the walk is completed.

Have a great National Walking Month and Walk to Work Week. Let’s see who clocks up most miles!

Sign up at www.walktoworkweek.org.uk and join our workplace group, Anglia Ruskin University, and select your faculty or department.

The Environment Team and the Workplace Health group will be organising some prizes for our top walkers and encouraging teams along the way. Points can also be gained in the Green Love staff competition (www.anglia.ac.uk/greenevents).

Don’t forget an easy way to clock up some steps is by

Travel for Work awardWe were recently awarded the ‘Travel Plan Distinguished Achiever Certificate’ from

Cambridgeshire Travel for Work Partnership (TfW). The award was presented to us by Dr Dan Gordon,

former Paralympian and now Principal Lecturer in Exercise Physiology at Anglia Ruskin, who has been actively

involved in healthy travel issues. During the award ceremony, Dr Gordon gave a very motivational speech that reflected our values and commitment to encouraging staff and students to cycle, walk and use public transport. As these modes of travel have a real effect on congestion, health and carbon emissions, making green and healthy travel options more readily available here has been a critical part of our work. Anglia Ruskin University, together with three other Cambridge-based organisations, was in the privileged position to receive the ‘Distinguished Achiever Certificate’, which was the highest travel plan award rank, indicating that we are doing things right!

Contact usAs always, we welcome any comments, compliments or suggestions – email us at [email protected] or join us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date with our events and initiatives.

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RISK MANAGEMENT


From Antarctica to Zimbabwe – overseas travel safety

Professor Sally Brown National Teaching Fellow will be leading two introductory sessions, providing an overview of the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) and the application process for all interested staff on:

• Tuesday 6 May 2.00–3.30 pm Chelmsford

• Tuesday 24 June 10.00–11.30 am Cambridge

The sessions are aimed at all staff who teach and/or support our students’ learning experience who are interested in becoming a National and/or University Teaching Fellow.

Join us to find out about:

• the NTFS• the application process and the kinds of evidence you would

need to provide in support of an application• how Anglia Learning and Teaching could support you.

All are welcome. Coming along to a session does not constitute a commitment to apply!

For more information and to book a place, please email [email protected].

With a growing emphasis on internationalisation, and our increasing involvement in international community engagement, trips abroad by our staff and students have grown exponentially over recent years. Activities include field trips, work placements,

conferences, research projects and so on, and the places visited are becoming more and more diverse.

Currently, we insure well in excess of 1000 overseas trips each year, to destinations that are sometimes quite

challenging, so safety is of paramount importance. Risks associated with trips abroad vary considerably, and that is why each trip should be risk assessed. There is a wealth of information available through the Travel Insurance website (www.anglia.ac.uk/

travelinsurance) and through the Travel Form Registration site (www.anglia.ac.uk/travelform).

We have now also launched a simple online Overseas Travel Safety training module, which will be of particular benefit for those travelling to unfamiliar places, different cultures, or who just want to be better prepared. It can also be used to support the risk assessment. To register for the module, which takes around 20 minutes to complete, please email [email protected] or contact any member of the Risk Management Team.

Other online Risk Management training available includes:• Introduction to Health &

Safety • Display Screen Equipment

Risk Assessment• Corporate Risk Awareness

Andy ChapmanCorporate Risk & Compliance Officer, Risk Assessment

STAFF DEVELOPMENTThinking of becoming a National Teaching Fellow?

What’s on at the Mumford?

For full information, pick up a programme at the theatre or visit www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre. To book, phone the

box office on 0845 196 2320 or call ext 2320

THE ARTS


Waterbeach Community Players; Lady Glanville’s Fritillary, by Tim Boden; Heartwarming whimsical drama of passions on the Isle of Wight.

Clavering Players; Goldfish Girl, by Peter Souter; Quirky and tender drama as a young husband and wife confront her loss of memory (some swearing).

Lakenheath High School Drama Club; Childhood, by Thornton Wilder; Youth production of disturbing comedy – a child’s eye-view of the grown-up world.

Swavesey RADSOC; Remembrance Day, by Bev Clark; Drama exploring conflicts between fathers and sons played out against a background of warfare.

Anglia Ruskin Creative; The Road Less Travelled, a new drama by Sean Lang; Exploration of life and death choices – the market place or the fields of war?

The 46th Cambridge Drama Festival • Tickets: £10.00 (£8.00 concessions) • Tuesday 29 April–Saturday 3 May, 7.30 pm

1895. In a suburban garden, beneath a waning moon, a man lies dazed beside a remarkable machine. He has a story to tell. A story of darkness and light. Of fire and fear. Of Eloi and Morlocks. An unbelievable story about our

future that he insists is true... Is it a joke? A prophecy? A dream?

Brought to you in glorious 4D.

Nunkie, the company behind the acclaimed M R James Trilogy, brings H G Wells’s science fiction classic to life in another thrilling one-man show.

‘I have lived such days as no man has lived before.’

The Time Machine • Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) • Friday 23 & Saturday 24 May, 7.30 pm

more about his African heritage, draws some fascinating parallels with English village life. Along the way Taiye meets up with his half-brother, Femi, and a challenging culture clash ensues, incorporating music, dance and whole host of entertaining ancestors.

Palm Wine & Stout is a moving and magical story full of family secrets, which will strike a chord with those familiar with the amusing eccentricities and petty politics of the village!

Written by acclaimed poet, composer and playwright Segun Lee French, this funny and emotional play is based on the writer’s own journey back to a small Nigerian village in search of his father. The story, which focuses on Taiye, a young British man on a quest to find out

Palm Wine & Stout • Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) • Thursday 22 May, 7.30 pm

grabbed in haste, a murder, a wrongly accused horse, a black silk dress, the hangman from London and the mob at the hang-fair who gawp in glee.

Presented in Angel Exit’s rich visual style, blending storytelling and striking physicality, this show

is spliced through with wicked humour, an original score and macabre songs as a grim chorus of hollow-eyed storytellers invite you into their mysterious world where reality and fantasy blur as the events of Martha’s life are played out under the constant stare of the gallows above.

Expect the unexpected in Angel Exit’s latest original drama, based on the life and times of Martha Brown, the last woman publicly hanged in Dorset.

1856. A tale of jealousy and passion. An ordinary woman and her ordinary husband, a hatchet

The Ballad Of Martha Brown • Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) • Thursday 8 May, 7.30 pm

A feast of short plays. Groups of 10 or more: £6.00 each (for group bookings call the Box Office)

Thursday 1 May

production of classic satire on theatrical conventions and human vanity.

Historyonics (Cambridge); Broken Soldier, a poignant new drama by Chris Hudson; Voices of anguish and ambivalence in World War One.

Dramawise (Cambridge); Adaptation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Critic; Youth

Friday 2 May

Saturday 3 May

Full details of all lunchtime concerts can be found at: www.anglia.ac.uk/mpaevents


mighty flood and that Noah must build an Ark to save his family, the animals and anyone else who believes, that’s exactly what Noah starts to do… but there’s no sign of rain. Is a flood really coming? Will the Ark ever be ready? Will anyone else believe?

This musical re-telling of Noah’s Ark is jam-packed with exciting new songs and a brilliant new script. Performed by six actors and featuring amazing puppetry, original music and innovative scenery Noah, a Musical Adventure is guaranteed to delight the whole family.

Saltmine Theatre Company presents Noah, a Musical Adventure with Doug Horley (‘Duggie Dug Dug’) playing the title role. Noah is a good man who believes in God. So when God tells him that there will be a

Noah, A Musical Adventure • Tickets: £12.00 (£8.00 children), Family ticket £35.00 (2 adults, 2 children) • Wednesday 28 May, 7.00 pm

Lunchtime concert series • Fridays, 1.10 pm •Mumford Theatre, Cambridge • admission free

knitwear. With her own personal life unravelling before our eyes, it is up to her to follow the pattern of a mystery with many holes.

Nordic Noir comedy featuring a knitted set, a seventies pop band

and a drunken moose. And that jumper!

A self-assembly Swedish crime thriller from award-winning comedy duo, LipService.

A man is found dead in a barn with a walking pole in his forehead. Enter Inspector Sandra Larsson in her authentic, rustic

Inspector Norse (The Girl With Two Screws Left Over) • Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) • Saturday 31 May, 7.30 pm

to count, the different colours and the simplicities of abc and 123.

In spite of her poor memory, Great Gran remembers to visit every week and play with her granddaughter until bedtime. Together, they love to sing and dress up and are oblivious to the challenges that the real world throws at them.

With live music and dance, this imaginative, dream-like yet funny story explores how we learn, grow old and cope with new challenges. Join us for a funny, tender exploration of worlds old and new.

Suitable for ages 4+.

Monday’s Child tells a simple poetic story of the unique bond between a grandmother and a child.

At just five years old, Tuesday Wild delights in discovering her world. She revels in the days with her eccentric Great Gran and loves learning new things – how

Monday’s Child • Tickets: £7.50 • Friday 30 May, 11.30 am & 2.30 pm

2 May Dvorak’s Dumky Steven Bingham (violin), Nicola Anderson (cello), Maurice Hodges (piano) A performance of Dvorak’s Piano Trio No 4 in E Minor, the Dumky, based on Slavic ballads and laments.

9 May Anglia Ruskin Jazz/Pop Voices Kristina Fisher (voice), Sidharth Minnasandram Ravi (voice), Chris Ingham (piano), Rev Andrew Brown (bass), Nic France (drums) Two accomplished third-year students studying performance on the popular music degree course present their final recital accompanied

by a professional rhythm section, led by jazz/pop voice tutor Chris Ingham. Expect a dazzling and affecting range of material from the jazz and pop repertoire delivered with musical sensitivity and panache.

Generously supported by the Anglia Ruskin Arts Council, this popular lunchtime concert series is free to attend. It’s an ideal way to spend your lunch break.

Music concerts

Full details of all our music concerts can be found at: www.anglia.ac.uk/mpaevents

Anglia Singers resume rehearsals with a new Secretary

Anglia Chamber Choir • Thursday 8 May, 7.30 pm A Musical Celebration • Saturday 10 May, 7.00 pm

Anglia Ruskin Orchestra and Chorus • Saturday 17 May, 7.30 pm

Conductor – Paul Rhys From the Renaissance to the Twentieth CenturyVictoria – Missa O Quam Gloriosum Poulenc – Ave Maria Allegri – Miserere; Music for Solo Flute and Violin Tickets: £6 (£4 concessions), available on the door.

Performed by students, graduates and staff from the Department of Music Therapy, this exciting concert will feature music from a wide range of cultures and traditions, together with new pieces created in workshops with members of the local community.

Tickets: £10.00 (including refreshments). Bookings and further information: 07866 502640/[email protected].

Paul Jackson – conductor; Alan Rochford – conductor; Amelie Xiaojun Huang – violin

Anthony Scott – Violin Concerto (world premiere)Grainger – In a NutshellBeethoven – Mass in C major, opus 86

Tickets: £12.00 (£8.00 concessions).Available from the Saffron Hall box office: 0845 548 7650 or www.saffronhall.com.

THE ARTS


Cambridge Unitarian Church, Emmanuel Road, Cambridge St Peter’s Church, Great Walsingham, Norfolk

Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden

Anglia Ruskin Orchestra and Chorus • Sunday 18 May, 7.30 pm

Paul Jackson – conductor; Alan Rochford – conductor; Amelie Xiaojun Huang – violin

Harrison – Suite for Violin, Piano and Small OrchestraAnthony Scott – Violin ConcertoBeethoven – Mass in C major, opus 86

Tickets: £8 (£7 concessions). Available from: Maureen Frost, Victoria Cottage, Langham Road, Binham, Norfolk NR21 0DW. Tel: 01328 830362.

Binham Priory, Binham, North Norfolk

Full details of the artists and programme will be available on the Music and Performing arts website at www.anglia.ac.uk/mpaevents.

Festival Weeks • Tuesday 27 May–Thursday 12 June

A programme of concerts and theatre events given by Anglia Ruskin music and performing arts students, featuring world music, electro-acoustic, pop and jazz, classical recitals plus a presentation of three devised theatre performances.

Recital Hall, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge campus

After the successful March performance by the Anglia Singers at Our Lady Queen of Peace, Braintree, Essex, the choir has resumed rehearsals with a new Secretary. Susan Howes, a qualified pharmacist, has taken up the role and is keen to hear from members of Anglia Ruskin – students and staff alike – who might like to join the group. She can be contacted by phone (01245 266123).

The Singers meet on the Chelmsford campus on Wednesdays at 5.15 pm until 6.45 pm and welcomes sopranos, contraltos, tenors and basses to its ranks.

Emeritus Professor Chris GreenArtistic Director

Anglia Singers’ new Secretary, Sue Howes.t

Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events

Ruskin Gallery exhibition during May

Exhibitions and films

Full details of all exhibitions at the Ruskin Gallery can be found at: www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskingalleryFull details of all Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events can be found at: www.cambridgeshirefilmconsortium.org


String theory is a unified theory of everything. Its goal is to combine two of the great achievements of the 20th century, quantum mechanics and relativity, to provide a theory that describes nature at its most fundamental level. One astounding prediction of string theory is that we live in a universe with hidden dimensions. These dimensions may possess beautiful symmetries in their geometry; symmetries that are often too profound or unusual for us to imagine.

The power of mathematics allows a description of these symmetries, but that description seems distant and immutable. This exhibition brings together visualisations of the hidden dimensions that emphasise their symmetries and poly-dimensionality along with a sound installation inspired by these ideas and images. These distant and immutable ideas then become real, tractable and human.

Exhibition by David Berman and Omer Gurdogan with sound installation by Matthew Jones.

The Student Sustainability Print Prize • Ruskin Balcony • Wednesday 30 April –Thursday 22 May • Private View: Thursday 1 May, 5.00 pm

Students from the Cambridge School of Art present work shortlisted for the 2013–14 Sustainability Competition, in partnership with the Cambridge Sustainability Residency.

Now in its second year, the competition invites students to submit work based on their own interpretation of the concept of ‘sustainability’.

Hidden Dimensions • Ruskin Gallery • Continues until Thursday 22 May • Private View: Thursday 1 May, 5.00 pm

Introduction to Filmmaking (21+)

Wednesdays 30 April, 7, 14, 21 & 28 May, 6.00–8.00 pm + location shoot Sat 31 May and editing Saturday 7 June, 11.00 am–4.00 pm

A professional filmmaker will train you in cinematography, directing actors, location shooting, editing

and sound recording to produce a short film.

Tutor: Ryd Cook. Cost: £250

Crime and Prevention in Post-war Britain

Wednesday 14 May, 1.00 pm

Children of the City (1944), Youth Club (1954) and The British Policeman (1959) explore the beginning of the state-run youth

system, support for the youth club movement, and the community role of the British police service in the 1950s.

Cost: £5; concessions £4, includes a free tea/coffee with each ticket.

Introducing German Cinema

Six-week course – Mondays 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 June & 7 July, 6.00–8.00 pm

Explore how between the two World Wars, in an era of decadence and innovation,

German cinema strongly influenced international directors.

Tutor: Sue BurgeCost £70; members £65; concessions £60

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

• Arts, Law & Social Sciences:Derrik Ferney, PVC & Dean of Faculty

• Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services:Lale Day, International Market Development Manager, International Office

• Financial Services:Dominic Ugwuadu, Senior Assistant Financial Accountant

• Health, Social Care & Education:Michael Crossland, Senior Research Fellow, PMI–VERU; Corrie Maxwell, Senior Lecturer, Primary & Public Health; Jenny Secker, Professor of Mental Health, Primary & Public Health

• HR Services:Nicola Standley, HR Administrator

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School:Tricia Pepper, Faculty Officer and Partnership Manager; Bianca Sayers, Recruitment and Marketing Co-ordinator

• Science & Technology:Samuel Bennett, Psychology Technician, Psychology; Trevor Jones, Research Fellow, Life Sciences; Jake Warren, Administrator (Student Administration), Faculty Office

• Student Services:Viola Ntassey, Early Years Practitioner, Nursery

• University Library:Elys Dolan, Library Support Adviser; Stuart Lawson, Library Assistant; Rebecca Stewart, Library Assistant

• The Vice Chancellor’s Office:Alan Sibbald, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research, Scholarship & Development)

• Jiaqing Shao:from Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences to Faculty of Science & Technology as KEEP Associate, Computing & Technology

MOVERS


• Academic Office: Joanne Wood, Faculty QA Officer, Quality Assurance

• Arts, Law & Social Sciences:Deborah Hayden, Operations Co-ordinator, Creative Front

• Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services:Sophie Barnes, Database Manager, Development & Alumni Relations; Uche Nwajiobi, International Admissions Officer, International Office; Dale Zhang, Senior International Manager, International Office

• Health, Social Care & Education:Dawn Corless, Practice Support Officer; Mark Cortnage, Lecturer, Primary & Public Health; Nicole Dyer, Personal Assistant to the Deputy Dean; Alexis Steele, Technician, Allied Health & Medicine

• IT Services:Aurora Costica, Project Administrator, Programme Management & Project Office; Rob Pope, Applications Analyst, Architecture & Development

• Learning Development Services:Jennifer George, Academic Lead: Learning Technologies & Digital Media, Anglia Learning and Teaching; Caroline Ratcliffe, Marketing Co-ordinator, Distance Learning

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School: Cristina Roures Sepulveda, Administrator

• Research, Development & Commercial Services:Thomas Bates, Business Partnership & Support Administrator; Fiona Bodle, Assistant Director, Enterprise and Innovation

• Science & Technology:Jin Zhang, Lecturer, Computing & Technology

• Student Services:Lisa Alberici, Study Support Administrator, Study Support Service; Bek Genery-Mumford, Study Support Adviser, Study Support Service

• The Secretary’s Office:Joe Bindza, Apprentice Administrator, University Secretary´s Office

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 service, followed by the joiner’s or leaver’s name, job title and, if relevant, department or unit.

• Financial Services:Ann Wilson, Student Data and Audit Administration

• Health, Social Care & Education:Jenny Gilbert, Deputy Dean

• HR Services:Nader Rezaie, HR Administrator

• Science & Technology:Jeff Davey, Technician, Life Sciences

• Student Services:Isabel Snelgrove, Early Years Practitioner, Nursery

• The Secretary’s Office:Liz Collier, Deputy Secretary & Clerk

• University Library:Diane Johnston, Personal Assistant;Patrick McGuire, Library Assistant

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• Arts, Law & Social Sciences:Rowan Pashley, Chief Theatre Technician, Music & Performing Arts

• Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services:Nigel Allen, Applicant Enquiries Assistant, Corporate Marketing;Rob Neighbour, Admissions Officer, Corporate Marketing

• Health, Social Care & Education:Deborah Boon, Administrator;Toby Farrow, Administrator;Jane Griggs, Practice Support Officer;Rachael Herne, Helpdesk Administrator

• HR Services:Jackie Winney, Personal Assistant

• IT Services:Sarah Brundle, Business Analyst, Architecture & Development

• Learning Development Services:Dominika Ohana, Administration Manager, Higher Skills@Work

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School:Vanessa Iwowo, Lecturer, Human Resource Management,Organisational Behaviour & Tourism

• Research, Development & Commercial Services:Timothy Brooks, Research Excellence Framework Manager;Villy Kozatsani, Low Carbon KEEP Associate;Charlotte Neale, Research Training & Support Administrator

• The Vice Chancellor’s Office:Sylvia Emmerson, Personal Assistant

An honour has been bestowed upon Dan Gordon, PrincipalLecturer Sports Science (Exercise Physiology), involving theforthcoming Paralympics.

As part of the torch relay, the flame will visit Cambridgeshire,however, in a unique change, the flame will arrive pre-relay forfour days in the lantern (the one that Princess Anne received inAthens). Dan Gordon has been nominated as the representativeof the county to go to the Olympic Park to collect this flame

and return it to Cambridge, where he will present it at aninvitation-only gala launch at the Sedgwick Museum on Friday24 August.

This is a huge honour for both Dan and for Anglia Ruskin.

Sheila PankhurstHead of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology

Paralympics honour

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May 2014 - Bulletin vol 11 no 5

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Transcript of May 2014 - Bulletin vol 11 no 5