November 2014 – Bulletin vol 11 no 10

In this issue:

Fine Art graduate wins biggest UK student art prizeFull story on page 15 >>

Top university guide says our Law students are the most satisfied in the UKFull details on page 14 >>

University-wide licence for use of Adobe Creative CloudFull story on page 32 >>

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Our graduation ceremonies 2014Honorary Award holders are role models for our students

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CFC event – The Keeper of Lost Causes

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Huguette Chante ‘Avec Le Temp’


CFC event – Metropolis

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Peter Pancreas

7.30 pm, Anglia Ruskin Drama Centre, Covent Garden, Cambridge

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IN THIS BULLETINNovember 2014 Volume 11 no 10 Bulletin 3

11Norwegian Academy of Music visit for Professor of Music Therapy

19Midwife of the Year nomination for Senior Lecturer Lyn Jones

36Alumnus Daniel Gidney wins Success in Business Award

37New study shows how chimpanzee feeding methods spread in the wild

40Environmental management – new learning opportunities

43UCP graduate climbs Mount Kilimanjaro for charity

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Honoraries join our students in graduation celebrations in Cambridge, Chelmsford and PeterboroughFourteen honorary award holders are recognised as being inspirational role models

LEADING NEWS


s Michael Adams. s Professor Alan Barrell. s Jade Etherington. s Professor Sir David Fish.

s Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe.

s Selwyn Image CBE. s Professor Molly Jahn. s Professor Sir Peng Khaw.

s Katie Piper. s Stephen Remington. s Peter Taylor. s Fran Williamson.

Honoraries join our students in graduation celebrations in Cambridge, Chelmsford and PeterboroughFourteen honorary award holders are recognised as being inspirational role models

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Security news – our new access control system installation has already started in Chelmsford. More information to follow in next month’s issue...

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Michael Adams OBE is the chief Executive of the Essex Coalition of Disabled People (ecdp). Under Mike’s leadership, ecdp has developed strategic partnerships with Essex County Council and the Department for Work and Pensions, enabling his organisation to consult on service provision and to make an active contribution within the policy-making arena. He is a tireless campaigner for the rights of disabled people and a celebrated Anglia Ruskin alumnus. He received an Honorary Doctor of Education. Professor Alan Barrell, who has used a combination of academic and commercial acumen to support and advise fledgling businesses, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration. Alan has a long and successful association with Anglia Ruskin University, and

as Chief Executive of MedTech International his experience and expertise will be a valuable asset to our MedTech Campus. Jade Etherington, who grew up in Chelmsford, is an Alpine skier and the most successful British Winter Paralympian of all time. She was born with Axenfeld Syndrome, a genetic condition that causes progressive visual impairment. Jade’s courage and her determination to live a life unlimited by her disability make her an excellent role model for our students and she received an Honorary Doctor of Science. Professor Sir David Fish, a renowned academic, clinician and Managing Director of UCLPartners, received an Honorary Doctor of Science. Sir David has been unstinting in his support of the Anglia Ruskin Health Partnership,

formed in 2011, which brings together the Essex acute hospitals and Essex County Council chief executives to assist in the planning of future healthcare in the county.

Mike Greene ran a successful retail consultancy business, which he sold so he could dedicate himself to helping charities and new businesses. In 2011, he appeared on the Channel 4 programme Secret Millionaire, returning to the Peterborough districts of Bretton and Dogsthorpe where he spent his childhood. He saved a much-loved after-school club from closure and helped a YMCA hostel by providing computer equipment to help homeless young people with job searches. In 2012, Mike raised over £100,000 in just 100 days for 100 charities based in and around Peterborough. He received an Honorary Doctor of Education award.

s Mike Greene.

s Dr Vasily Pasichnyk.

From late September to mid-October, 14 new honoraries joined the celebrations, as over 5400 of our students attended graduation ceremonies in Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough.

During the ceremonies, the honorary awards were presented to various people chosen for their outstanding achievements and their inspirational qualities which set them apart as role models for our students.

Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe is Chief Executive of Talk Talk Group, owner of the winning horse at the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup and, according to the listeners of BBC Radio’s Woman’s Hour, one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK. Baroness Harding has already donated valuable time to our International Business students, appearing last year as a guest lecturer. She received an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration. Selwyn Image CBE is a humanitarian and founder of the UK’s Emmaus community that provides shelter, meaningful work and a sense of community to homeless people. Thanks to his dedication, there are 24 self-supporting Emmaus communities throughout the UK. He received an Honorary Doctor of Arts. Professor Molly Jahn’s career has been focused on the area of food systems science and, in recent years, more specifically on the issue of food security. A former US Undersecretary of State for Agriculture, for the past decade she has led an international effort to bring together governments, scientists and business in adopting a strategic position on global food risk. Anglia Ruskin’s Global Sustainability Institute has benefited greatly from Professor Jahn’s support

and she received an Honorary Doctor of Science. Professor Sir Peng Khaw is Director of the National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular Healing. He recently completed his term as President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, which is the world’s largest eye research organisation. He received an Honorary Doctor of Science. Dr Vasily Pasichnyk, a physician, researcher, humanitarian, and Director of the Centre for Social Rehabilitation of Disabled Children in Chernihiv, Ukraine, received an Honorary Doctor of Health Sciences. Anglia Ruskin students, staff and alumni volunteer with his centre as part of the Mission Ukraine project. Dr Pasichnyk has an international reputation for his ability to treat children with problems caused by the after-effects of the Chernobyl incident. Katie Piper, is a television presenter, philanthropist, author and survivor of a shocking acid attack that left her blind in one eye and suffering severe facial disfigurement. She founded

the Katie Piper Foundation, a charitable organisation that seeks to improve outcomes for burns survivors, to help facilitate the provision of effective burns rehabilitation, and to support burns survivors through their journey of recovery. The Foundation is working closely with Anglia Ruskin’s Postgraduate Medical Institute in the field of burns research. Katie received an Honorary Doctor of Health Sciences. Stephen Remington, a former arts impresario, charity executive, and member of the prestigious Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts. For 20 years, Stephen has worked tirelessly to help to improve the services offered to visually impaired people. By recognising his achievements, we have the opportunity to build closer links between our Vision and Eye Research Unit and the visually impaired community. Peter Taylor, a physicist, entrepreneur and the Managing Director of TTP Group – Europe’s leading independent technology and product development company – was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration. Peter is Chair and sponsor of CEDAR, the Centre for Enterprise, Development and Research, at our Lord Ashcroft International Business School.

Fran Williamson is an Athlete Mentor at Youth Sport Trust – a charity devoted to changing young people’s lives through sport, a multiple Paralympic medal winner, former swimming world record-holder, and celebrated Anglia Ruskin alumna. Fran spends much of her time visiting schools around the country, showing children that, with desire and determination, they can achieve almost anything. She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Health Science.

Our Vice Chancellor, Professor Michael Thorne, said, ‘We always look forward immensely to welcoming back our successful students. Graduations are always a tremendous occasion and we take great pride in seeing our graduates recognised for their achievement and hard work. ‘Our honorary degree holders are chosen carefully and are also a source of great pride. These are people at the very top of their respective fields who will be excellent role models for our existing students.’ To find out more about our honorary award holders, please contact Sue Jacobs ([email protected]), Head of Development and Alumni Relations.

LEADING NEWS


Study skills initiative increases retention rates...Full story on page 10


s Colleagues ready to answer enquiries at Chelmsford Clearing Centre.

NEWSHow to do Clearing

Clearing went so smoothly this year that we could write a user’s guide on how to do it.

Of course this was only achieved thanks to a lot of very hard work and skilful organisation by a wide group of people across our university, too many to name individually though many merit a mention in dispatches. Clearing brings together Admissions, faculties, Outreach & Recruitment, Student Ambassadors, Residential Services, Corporate

Marketing, IT Services, Estates, Student Services and more. Every person makes an essential contribution to the success of Clearing.

This year we have managed to increase the number of clearing offers we made compared with last year, and increased the number of ABB+ students we recruited.

Life would be boring if everything went too smoothly, and sure enough we did have our scary moment when the

phones went down on Friday 15 August. Fortunately, with the help of IT colleagues they were soon up and running again and we were able to file our contingency plans again, much to our relief.

We made quite a few changes to our processes and IT system this year, and these all worked very well and were well received by faculty colleagues. We’re already thinking about Clearing 2015; one very positive piece of feedback from this year is

a request from ALSS not to change anything for next year.

If you have been involved in Clearing in any way this year, we want to thank you for your contribution to a really successful Clearing.

Pat WatsonHead of UK/EU Admissionsand Les JamesFaculty Business and Operations Manager, Faculty of Science & Technology

Content updateWe’ve now received and reviewed all full-time undergraduate course copy, which has been rewritten in our new tone of voice. We’ve also started building the new course pages in our new Content Management System (CMS).

The new course page layout (see example, right) is much more interactive and has prominent visual content areas to supplement the text content. And, faculty colleagues have supplied extra supporting information for all of their courses that’s included in this area. We’re also sourcing new video content to support key course pages on launch, and hope to have relevant video content on all courses into 2015.

We’ve also received or written most of the supporting undergraduate content that’s needed for launch and we’re preparing this for uploading into our new CMS.

The project team’d like to thank our colleagues in the faculties and Student Services for their hard work so far in getting rewritten content to us.

Preparation of the new websiteBuilding the new site within our new CMS will start in earnest from 13 October.

The build will be a learning process for all involved, but we’re really excited to be approaching this stage and look forward to having some real functioning pages to work with and to share with the wider project team.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)We’ve appointed an agency to assist us with our SEO activities during the transition period from old to new website. Any activity that involves moving large volumes of content can have an impact on our search engine visibility, so we’ve been taking advice on how to minimise this. The agency is also actively doing work to boost our search profile over the transfer period. Over this period, we’ll also be investing in paid search to increase our visibility should there be any impact on our organic search results.

TrainingWe’ve allocated a period of time, shortly after the initial launch, to write up training documents that will include our learning from the first phase build. We’ll be in touch with relevant colleagues early in the New Year about training arrangements.

Beyond phase 1Planning is currently under way for phasing the remaining content into our new CMS. We expect the phasing will continue into late spring or summer of 2015. All content will need to be rewritten in our new tone of voice before it’s migrated to our new website. We expect to provide an outline schedule for this in December’s issue of Bulletin. We’ll give content owners a more detailed schedule in early November.

Jacqui BullockAssistant Director, Marketing & UK RecruitmentandFiona DiasWeb Manager

Web project updateNEWS


Staffing updateThe core project team has expanded since September to make sure that we’re able to deliver a quality undergraduate experience on our new website by this December.

• Fiona Dias is back from maternity leave in her role as Web Manager and Project Manager for this project

• Russell Sneezum continues as Project Manager, Website

Redesign Implementation, leading on the technical liaison and planning with IT Services

• Janay Smith remains seconded to the team to focus on visual content and communications

• Cynthia Price-Inesta has been seconded to the team as Web Editor• Julia Lane has joined the team as Assistant Web Editor• A videographer is being recruited via the internships scheme

Anglia Law School to offer CILEx Level 6 qualifications...Full story on page 11


s Alison Smith-Lothian, Clinical Skills Technician, Chelmsford, Sara Smith, Clinical Skills Tutor, Chelmsford, and Stephen Thompson, Clinical Skills Tutor, Cambridge.

Helping students to develop employability skills is high on all of our agendas. In the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education, our recently introduced role of the skills tutor has been vital in ensuring our nursing and midwifery students are ready for the real world.

The role of the skills tutor has the aim of improving our student experience by instilling confidence in our students as they develop their skills and knowledge, ready for clinical practice in an ever-evolving NHS. With skills tutors employed for our nursing and midwifery courses (as well as Operating Department Practice and Paramedic Science in FMS) there’s big emphasis placed on providing students with the knowledge and skills they need for contemporary evidence-based practice.

All our clinical skills tutors are fresh from clinical practice, having worked in a variety of

highly skilled clinical roles. Their role involves:

• Innovative teaching within our state-of-the-art clinical skills facilities, including using our simulation mannequins, which help our students to flourish as developing practitioners.

• Ensuring the equipment in our skills labs mirrors real-life practice, so our students can experience something of ‘real’ practice within the simulated environment.

• Working with our clinical skills technicians to ensure the clinical environment is fit for learning ,and meets our students’ and stakeholders’ needs.

• Preparing the skills labs ready for inspiring sessions on topics such as the fundamentals of care, infection control, nutrition and hydration, circulation, or the deteriorating patient.

• Offering additional drop-in evening workshops so students can attend out of normal teaching hours.

When our students start their courses, our skills tutors help them to prepare for practice, part of which involves our students undertaking mandatory training requirements in basic life support as well as moving and handling. Our tutors work with students to help them become familiar with the formative OSCE assessment (Observed Structured Clinical Examination), which is used as a way to highlight students’ strengths and to help them to improve in areas where they may need to. The OSCEs give a chance to highlight our partnership working between the faculty and our NHS partners, as we invite staff from local Trusts to take part in these assessments.

Stephanie Fuller started her skills tutor role in November 2013 after spending 11 years working in critical care and education at Addenbrooke’s, Cambridge. She said, ‘I regularly go back into practice to ensure the skills I teach our students are relevant

and linked to the Trust they are based with. It gives me real satisfaction when I’m able to help a struggling student have that ‘light-bulb’ moment and see how the theory they’re taught is linked to the real world of clinical practice.‘

Stephen Thompson, who started his role in January 2014 after working as a cardiology nuclear medicine specialist at Queen’s Hospital in Ilford, Romford, said, ‘It’s quite exciting to have a proper ward environment where students can rehearse on mannequins in stable and unstable conditions, which they’d come across in a real ward environment.’

To find out more, contact Jonathan Secker ([email protected]), Marketing, Recruitment & International Team Leader, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education.

Spotlight on FHSCE’s skills tutors initiativeBringing the latest reality into practice

We’re delighted to let you know that Professor Roderick Watkins (pictured above) is

our new Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean for the Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences.

Roderick Watkins grew up in Norfolk, studied in America for his undergraduate education, and came back to the UK to study for an MMus and PhD at the Royal Academy of Music, followed by a year’s study at IRCAM in Paris, on the Cursus de Composition et Informatique Musicale.

His compositions have been performed and broadcast across Europe, and include a number of significant commissions from leading ensembles and festivals. Many of his works combine instruments and electronics, and he has a particular interest in digital sound synthesis. A number of recent works also develop an interest in non-western aesthetics and musical techniques.

Before his appointment as Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of Arts, Law & Social

Sciences, he was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Canterbury Christ Church University, where he was appointed Professor of Composition and Contemporary Music in 2005. He has been external examiner at a number of UK universities, is a member of the AHRC peer review college and sits on the boards of several arts organisations.

Professor Watkins, said, ‘I am delighted to be joining such an outward-looking and ambitious university, and look forward to working with my new colleagues to further develop and strengthen our work.’

For more information, please contact Liz Hearmon ([email protected]), Marketing and Recruitment Team Leader, Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences.

ALSS welcomes new DeanNEWS


In the first semester of the 2013–14 academic year, I noticed that many students were struggling with their assignments, so I worked with the Student Enhancement Team – now part of Study Skills Plus – to develop a support strategy for students in their first semester, to ease access to study support services. Together with the Study Coaches, I developed a series of three workshops and talks in the first semester. The aims of these were to:

• identify barriers to smooth transition and instigate early intervention, to aid retention

• promote support services and targeted interventions offered by Student Services in

particular and Anglia Ruskin in general

• offer academic skills seminars to enhance students’ academic skills and maximise their potential

I used the Study Coaches as a one-stop shop for issues ranging from academic and financial to mental health concerns. The collaboration was highly successful and introduced students to a range of support services we offer that they’re not always aware of. Compared with the previous year, where we’d made only one referral, we made 29 BA Photography students’ referrals and two MA Photography students’ referrals.

Also, last academic year many students came to us with additional learning needs and undiagnosed learning disabilities. Very often this only came to light after the first assessment, when students had failed assignments. As a result, we distributed four new Summaries of Reasonable Adjustments for matters such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or mental health issues. Soon after we introduced our inititative, early results also showed that students presented support needs ranging from undisclosed disabilities and social to emotional needs as financial issues, which would’ve impeded their progress. This pilot has reinforced that early identification and early

intervention are crucial to help students to stay on course and achieve, where they feel supported and can get access to additional student support services.

Through covering the first semester, including the period after Christmas – traditionally high attrition periods with the Study Skills initiative – we were able to increase retention rates to 95% in the first semester, losing only two students out of 42, compared with a 78% retention rate the year before.

To find out more, please contact Kerstin Hacker ([email protected]), Course Leader BA (Hons) Photography and MA Photography.

Study skills initiative increases retention rates

Our Law students are UK’s most satisfied, says top universities guide...Full story on page 14


The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) has accredited Anglia Law School as the only HE provider in East Anglia to offer Law graduates, and legal professionals who have their Level 3 qualification, the opportunity to study on our Chelmsford campus for the Level 6 professional qualifications, starting in January 2015.

Dr Penny English, Head of Anglia Law School, said, ‘We want to broaden opportunities

for our graduates and other legal professionals in the region as well as strengthening our links with local firms by offering the Level 6 qualifications. We’re aware that there are increasing opportunities for CILEx graduates in the legal profession, and we hope this will support those wishing to work and learn.’

Jennifer Egginton, Regional Development Officer at CILEx and Chartered Legal Executive, said, ‘CILEx has provided

an alternative, flexible and affordable route into a career as a lawyer for over 50 years, and Chartered Legal Executives do the same work as, and in some circumstances supervise, solicitors. Chartered Legal Executives can already be partners in law firms, coroners, advocates and judges. And the future is even brighter – CILEx members will soon be able to obtain additional practice rights to conduct civil litigation, probate services, conveyancing and criminal litigation

independently, allowing them to set up businesses on their own.’

We look forward to developing the Chartered Legal Executive Lawyers and CILEx Fellows of the future.

To find out more, please contact Liz Hermon, Marketing and Recruitment Team Leader, Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences ([email protected]).

Earlier this year, Professor Helen Odell-Miller (pictured above), co-founder of our MA Music Therapy course and Director of the Music for Health Research Centre, visited the Norwegian Academy of Music. The Erasmus Exchange forms part of an ongoing collaboration with the Norwegian Academy and enables a teacher exchange in the field of Music Therapy. As part of this visit, Professor

Odell-Miller taught students for two days on the topic of Music Therapy for people with dementia, depression and psychotic illnesses, such as schizophrenia.

Professor Odell-Miller worked as a music therapist in the NHS for 20 years, before joining Anglia Ruskin in 1994, and still holds an honorary contract with the NHS. Her area of

expertise is Music Therapy and Dementia, Music Therapy and Links with Diagnosis in Adult Mental Health and Psychoanalytically Informed Music Therapy.

The Erasmus Exchange continued, with Professor Gro Trondalen from the Norwegian Academy of Music visiting our Music Therapy Centre in Cambridge in October, teaching

students for two days, focusing on her research on Guided Imagery in Music.

As well as visiting the Norwegian Academy of Music, in July, Professor Odell-Miller, along with colleagues Professor Amelia Oldfield and Professor Jorg Fachner, attended a research meeting at an international consortium of eight music therapy research universities, in Vienna. We are part of this consortium, which also includes University of Melbourne, Aalborg University in Denmark, Temple University in Philadelphia, the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland, among others.

This collaboration offers fantastic research opportunities as well as an important international link with other universities around the world that focus on Music Therapy in teaching and practice.

For more information on Professor Odell-Miller, visit www.anglia.ac.uk/helenodellmiller.

Professor Helen Odell-Miller visits the Norwegian Academy of Music

Anglia Law School only HE provider in East Anglia to offer CILEx Level 6 qualifications

Great news – the same week we were shortlisted for the THE Entrepreneurial University of the Year award, we also heard that we’d been successful in our bid to host the 10th International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference (IEEC) in September 2015, in Chelmsford.

This international conference runs over three days and, usually attracting over 300 participants, will really showcase us as an entrepreneurial university, as

well as putting Chelmsford firmly on the map.

Planning for this exciting major event is well under way: it’ll involve students and staff, as well as our partners across the region as well as further afield, internationally. We’ll all be working hard to make sure that IEEC 2015 is the best ever and will keep you up to speed with developments.

And, completing the entrepreneurial hat-trick, we’ve also been invited to deliver and host a best-practice workshop

for Enterprise Educators UK (EEUK) on 20 January 2015, in Cambridge. The theme for this event will be the involvement of entrepreneurs and enterprising organisations in the development and delivery of curricular and extra-curricular activity.

More information on all three events will appear in future issues of Bulletin.

To find out more, please contact Marcia Baldry ([email protected], ext 4620).

Anglia Ruskin – most definitely an entrepreneurial university

NEWS


Companies looking to make energy-saving purchases can get up to £8000 towards their outlay, thanks to a newly expanded scheme we offer.

The Low Carbon KEEP programme, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and managed by Anglia Ruskin, will hand out capital

grants to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in the East of England for efficiency purchases. The scheme provides 40% of the cost of items such as low-energy lighting, 3D printers, more efficient machinery and cutting-edge software and design tools. Purchases made through the

Capital Grant Scheme may include more than one item, but the total outlay must be between £2500 and £20,000 (excluding VAT) – previously, eligible products had a maximum cost of £10,000. Carole Randall, Low Carbon KEEP Programme Manager, said, ‘Our aim is that, by doubling our capital grant,

from £4k to £8k, we’ll attract the attention of businesses on the cusp of making major changes and so enable them to achieve those changes in a sustainable manner.’ To find out more about the Low Carbon KEEP programme, call ext 4310, visit www.anglia.ac.uk/lowcarbon or email [email protected].

Canon Nigel Cooper, our university chaplain in Cambridge and visiting fellow of our Global Sustainability Institute, was invited to give one of two lead addresses at a public consultation on the value of nature, run by Exeter University at the Royal Society. He was up against an old sparring partner, Professor Ian Bateman OBE from UEA. Bateman is a key member of the government’s Natural Capital Committee and is a core organiser of the National

Ecosystem Assessment. He is an economist who believes nature will best be protected if it’s given a fair monetary value, one that is calculated to incorporate all types of value that people give to it – or, more technically, ecosystem services (food, timber, water purification, flood control, pollination, tourism and spiritual benefits are just a few examples of these services). Cooper doesn’t deny there is some use in trying to put monetary sums on certain

services, but he argued that economic valuations are politically weak compared to financial ones (those produced by accountants) and they have the danger of undermining the deeply held convictions that we have a duty to protect nature, whether it benefits us or not.

This was the third time the two of them have met head to head, and they’re considering that they might produce something, publication or otherwise, for wider

dissemination. Either way, both talks were well received by the selected members of the public who’d been gathered together from Glasgow, Exeter and Birmingham to reflect on the ways forward. Perhaps, not surprisingly, their conclusion was ‘Both And’, a conclusion that both Bateman and Cooper would endorse, even if with different emphases.

To find out more, please contact Canon Nigel Cooper ([email protected]).

Anglia Ruskin welcomes you to its Chelmsford Campus

9-11 SeptemberThe Lord Ashcroft Building Chelmsford.

Photography: Elliot Needham, winner of the Biodiversity Photography Competition 2013

Efficiency grants scheme helps businesses in the East save energy

Cambridge Chaplain in debate over the monetary valuation of nature

Find out about our Global Sustainability Institute seminar series...Full details on page 16


It’s a wonderful feeling to see how a project has progressed in the period between leaving it and revisiting it. When our Mission Botswana team finished their phase 1 work on the vegetable garden at Mochudi Resource Centre for the Blind in January this year, we felt great about having contributed something tangible. And eight months later, the vegetable garden is completed and producing food for the Centre.

The Centre Director had arranged for us to attend the Official Handover of the garden in September from Anglia Ruskin to the Centre, as they felt we still owned the garden until the handover. It was a very full morning, with dignitaries from the Ministry of Education and Social Development, local tribal leaders, Resource Centre Board members, police and national

media attending. The garden is called the Anglia Ruskin Garden, complete with plaques.

This whirlwind reconnaissance trip was led by Rev Tony Cant, our Chelmsford chaplain, accompanied by Nicky Milner, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science at our Cambridge campus, and three members of the local Chelmsford Rivermead Rotary Club.

Nicky has an interest in looking for opportunities to explore the HIV/AIDS problem in Africa on behalf of her students and to help further develop some of her extra-curricular student engagement projects, while raising awareness of global health issues. With this in mind, we all visited the world-leading Botswana Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence, which is a very impressive, public–private partnership offering cutting-edge free holistic care and prevention to HIV-positive children across Botswana. Run by the Government of Botswana, the Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor International Paediatric AIDS Initiative, the centre offers a variety of outreach programmes as well as clinical

screening tests and monitoring-adherence to essential treatment programmes.

Nicky also visited Dr Jerome Mafene, CEO of ACHAP. ACHAP is a second public–private partnership between the Government of Botswana, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and The Merck Foundation. They provide support to various innovative projects aimed at reducing the incidence of HIV throughout Botswana through community engagement projects. Nicky is actively working towards establishing potential student-placement and research opportunities with both centres.

Tony had arranged for the team to have lunch with the British High Commissioner, Nick Pyle, at The Residence. Nick was very interested in what we’re doing in Botswana and has committed to providing some creative ways to help us develop our next trip, next year.

So, next year’s trip is being planned for June, and we’ll be taking a team of ten students and staff. Details of how to apply can be found at the ICE (International Community Experience) website www.anglia.ac.uk/ice. You can also contact Rev Tony Cant for more details ([email protected], ext 7722, or 07860 407722).

s Phase 1 of the work on the vegetable garden.

s The plaque marking the donation and official opening of the garden.

s Eight months later, the completed vegetable garden, producing food.

s Talking over lunch at the High Commissioner’s Residence are Nicky Milner, Nick Pyle and Rev Tony Cant.

Mission Botswana is progressing

After three years of our being part of the VIVID Project, sadly we’ve come to the end of the journey and the project is now officially closed – but with some excellent results achieved, all out of just one EU project.

We’ve successfully turned the Creative Front network into a virtual incubator, giving advice and tips on how to gain a career in the creative industries, as well as advice for start-up companies. The website (www.creativefront.org) advertises jobs, news and all the events going on in Cambridgeshire with a strong social media following. This is now leading to discussion around setting up a physical incubator.

According to the Sunday Times University Guide 2015, published in September, our Law students are the most satisfied in the UK.

Amongst other results, VIVID has:• created a new transnational

sustainable network for Cambridge School of Art (CSA) with other northern European universities and cultural organisations

• allowed us to develop our links with the creative industries and also with other industries and sectors, for example showing the healthcare sector the value of visual design

• hosted five international exhibitions from partners in the Ruskin Digital Gallery

• aided cross-border exchange for over 140 students

• delivered nine school workshops and other events, engaging over a 1000 young people

Anglia Ruskin appeared in the number-one slot with student satisfaction of 93.8%, above the University of Cambridge with 91.2%. Our Law students gave feedback on

• contributed directly to securing 44 internships and creating 15 new jobs; also, in the recent DLHE survey, CSA has achieved a 12% increase in employment for graduates

• enabled us to bring over 2000 people to our events, such as Brains Eden Gaming Festival, Creative Front Futures and our VIVID International conference

And, on September 18, around 150 people attended the VIVID closing conference hosted by the city of Breda, the Netherlands, on behalf of the nine partners. Attendees included designers, governmental organisations, entrepreneurs, companies, start-ups, incubators, knowledge

their level of satisfaction via the National Student Survey, on issues such as, ‘The teaching on my course’ 97%, ‘Academic support’ 96% and ‘Learning resources’ 95%.

institutions, universities, students, artists, cultural organisations and representatives from Interreg (an initiative that aims to stimulate co-operation between regions in the EU).

We’d like to thank all those who took part in the project and conference for their engagement with and enthusiasm for VIVID. Although this was the closing conference, the partners have plans for the future and further co-operation.

There’s lots of information about what VIVID has achieved at www.vivideurope.net, or, if you’d like any information on VIVID, please contact Dr Andy Salmon ([email protected]).

To find out more, please contact Liz Hearmon ([email protected]), Marketing and Recruitment Team Leader, Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences.

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s VIVID partners and organisations showcasing results from the project during the final conference.

Anglia Ruskin Law students are the most satisfied in the UK

On 16 September one of our art students won the biggest student art prize in the UK at a ceremony in Newcastle. Ramona Zoladek, who graduated from the BA (Hons) Fine Art course in October, was awarded a £20,000 bursary after claiming the Woon Art Prize, which is sponsored by Northumbria University law graduate Mr Wee Teng Woon. The combined £40,000 competition prize is the same as Britain’s biggest art award, the Turner Prize. The success caps a remarkable summer for Ramona, who also landed the £2000 Dr Supanee Gazeley Fine Art Prize in June, which is awarded to the best Fine Art work on display at our annual Degree Show.

Ramona said, ‘I can’t believe it! I feel very lucky to be chosen. I never expected to be shortlisted, let alone win. It’s the most amazing thing that could happen to me. I can now fully dedicate my time to working in the studio and not be worrying about funding for materials. This is a dream for any artist. It will be a great start to my artistic career. Hopefully, I will develop my practice and build a professional portfolio and profile. The overall experience will give me confidence. I want to focus more than ever on my practice, keep developing, and get the most out of this opportunity. I hope to exhibit as much as I can.’ Her winning work revolves around the idea of growth

and ruin, and how man-made objects interact with nature. Ramona’s piece is composed of concrete and plaster planks from which living plants break out and grow. Ramona beat competition from nine other shortlisted artists to take the top prize, the Woon Tai Jee Fellowship. As well as her £20,000 bursary, Ramona will have use of the Woon Tai Jee studio space in the BxNU Institute of Contemporary Art at BALTIC 39 and mentoring from BALTIC Professor and Turner Prize-nominated artist Christine Borland. Chris Owen, Head of our Cambridge School of Art, said, ‘We’re delighted that Ramona has won such a

prestigious international award. It’s extremely well deserved. She worked incredibly hard on her BA (Hons) Fine Art course, and her sculpture demonstrates a very innovative approach to the use of organic and man-made materials. ‘Ramona is an extremely promising young artist, and I’m sure that she will follow in the footsteps of many other graduates of Cambridge School of Art, and go on to enjoy a very successful career in the international art community.’

To find out more, please contact Chris Owen ([email protected]).

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s Ramon Zoladek with her award-winning artwork.

Talented Anglia Ruskin artist wins the biggest student art prize in the UK

Two Cambridge-based experts have called for the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to collaborate with those working on the ground to make its reports more accessible. In an article published online on 25 September, Dr Candice

Howarth (pictured left), Senior Research Fellow at our Global Sustainability Institute, and Dr David Viner, Principal Advisor for Climate Resilience at environmental consultancy Mott MacDonald, argued that the IPCC’s reports are lacking practitioner experience, evidence and case studies. Although the IPCC is increasing efforts to communicate its results more clearly and its reports are being used by the international scientific and political communities, for its recommendations to translate into practical action they must be made more accessible to the likes of local planners, disaster response teams, designers, engineers, architects, and investment decision-makers.

Howarth and Viner believe the reports themselves provide an observational, top-down account, lacking practical applications of climate change adaptation knowledge, and, consequently, are more suited to academics. Writing in the journal Nature Climate Change, Howarth and Viner state, ‘Increasingly, they [the IPCC reports] are used by engineers, policymakers and other practitioners to develop climate change risk frameworks and vulnerability assessments. ‘The IPCC review process is both extensive and robust: over 12,000 scientific references cited, 243 lead authors, 66 review editors from 70 countries, 436 contributing authors from 54 countries, 1729 expert reviewers

from 84 countries, with the final Summary for Policymakers approved and accepted by 195 governments. However, this is an exercise conducted primarily by the scientific and political communities, and doesn’t take into account the needs, and the role, of the experts working on the ground.’ So what’s driving the disconnection between the academic and practitioner communities? Howarth and Viner believe it’s down to cultural reasons and a lack of common language, with practitioners also limited by fiscal constraints and, at times, client confidentiality. To find out more, please contact Candice Howarth ([email protected]).

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A new report focusing on India’s vulnerability to ‘climate conflict’, due to climate change impacts on India’s already stressed water resources, was released on 23 September, the same day as the UN Climate Summit, where UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had invited world leaders to galvanise and catalyse global climate action. India already experiences high levels of water stress in agriculturally important river basins. And, rapid economic and population growth means

demand for water in India is growing faster than available supply. India’s rivers are mainly monsoon- and glacial-melt fed, making them vulnerable to the impacts of climate change such as changes in seasonal rainfall and retreating glaciers. The study, produced by our Global Sustainability Institute, looks at the specific socio-political, economic, cultural and environmental characteristics of the Cauvery and Indus rivers’ catchments and the potential for both climate change and

scarcity of natural resources to destabilise social and political systems. In the report, the Arab Spring is referred to as an example of where climate change, drought, water mismanagement and food prices have contributed to the outbreak of civil unrest. Water availability is closely tied to food production and with India’s population expected to reach 1.4 billion by 2050, the country could face a ‘perfect storm’ of challenges.

Dr Aled Jones, Director of our Global Sustainability Institute, said, ‘Although unlikely to be the primary cause of violent conflict, natural resource scarcity and climate change can be a catalyst that exacerbates simmering tensions and existing conditions for instability. A decreased availability of water and a rise in food prices in already water-stressed regions can create the perfect storm for civil unrest and conflict.’ To find out more, please contact Dr Jones ([email protected]).

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In September, Smitha Sebastian, a second-year PhD student from Lord Ashcroft International Business School, together with her

supervisors Professor Simon Down, Director, Institute for International Management Practice (IIMP), and Dr Alison Hirst, Research Fellow, IIMP,

won the award for Best Development Paper in the Management and Business History track at the British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference 2014. Smitha and the team won the award for their paper ‘Gendered Organising: An ethnohistory of women at work’, which is derived from Smitha’s wider PhD project ‘History of Workplace and Organisational Ethnography (WOE) since 1960 in the UK’. The team’s conference paper aimed to enhance understanding of women’s continued status as the ‘reserve army’ by investigating

how gendered work practices have changed between 1960 and 2000. Based on three workplace and organisational ethnographies, the paper studies the changing situation of women in the workplace over these four decades and uses this to understand how cultural and gendered norms are evolving today. Smitha received the award on behalf of the team at the conference from track chair, Dr Kevin Tennet. Michelle WackettMarketing Co-ordinator, Lord Ashcroft International Business School

PhD student Rob Worrall has received the Tony Beasley Award – one of the most prestigious prizes for management students in the UK. Rob is studying for a PhD in collaborative leadership development at our Lord Ashcroft International Business School, and he received the award from the British Academy of Management at their BAM2014 Doctoral Symposium in Belfast. The award is made in memory of former doctoral student Tony Beasley, who served on the Council of the British Academy of Management. It’s designed to recognise outstanding research in the form of a high-quality academic paper developed by a doctoral student.

Rob’s research, ‘Illuminating the Way: Towards An Emergent Theory of Place-Based Leadership Development’, is based on initiatives focused on improving the collaborative capability of local leaders. He carried out his research in three county council areas. The Awards Subcommittee at the British Academy of Management – the leading authority in the UK on the field of management – commented that the paper is ‘the most complete and assured paper dealing with a topical issue and with results that should be usable by practitioners’. While studying for his PhD, Rob is also Principal Lecturer in External Engagement at the University of Sunderland. His previous experience includes being Programme Director for Leaders UK, Strategic Relationship Manager at

the National School of Government, Assistant Chief Executive of a regional assembly and Strategic Policy Adviser to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Previously, he’s also worked on a range of strategic policy initiatives in the UK, EU, China and South Africa. Rob said, ‘I feel that it’s a real privilege and honour to

receive such recognition and praise.’ Dr Rob Willis, PhD supervisor, said, ‘Rob Worrall’s research will expand our academic understanding, and will also have real practical and policy implications.’

To find out more, please contact Dr Willis ([email protected]).

s Professor Simon Down, Smitha Sebastian and Dr Alison Hirst.

s Rob Worrall, centre, receiving his award in Belfast.

Business School PhD student wins award

PhD candidate scoops British Academy of Management award

Farah Mendlesohn (pictured), Professor of Literary History, has been presented with a lifetime achievement award by the British Fantasy Society.

On 20 August, at our Cambridge campus, scholars and fans gathered in the Lord Ashcroft Building to celebrate the science fiction and fantasy writer Lois McMaster Bujold. The one-day conference, entitled ‘Biology and Manners: the Worlds of Lois McMaster

On 4 September, Dr Claire Nicholson, Lecturer in English Literature gave a lunchtime lecture on Virginia Woolf to a packed audience at the National Portrait Gallery. Her lecture, Virginia Woolf: A Woman of Fashion?, explored Woolf’s ambivalent relationship with clothes and fashion.

Professor Mendlesohn, who is also Head of Department of English, Communication, Film and Media, received the Karl Edward Wagner Award at the

Bujold’, examined the works of one of the most award-winning – but comparatively critically ignored – contemporary science fiction and fantasy writers.

‘I was delighted at the range of papers that we attracted, from

Professor John Gardner, Professor of English Literature, who was at the lecture, commented, ‘The hall was full and the crowd didn’t want to let Claire go. The questions kept on coming after the talk and Claire had it all at her fingertips. It was very impressive.’

British Fantasy Society’s annual convention in York, in early September. The Karl Edward Wagner Award is decided by a vote of the British Fantasy Society committee. Last year it was awarded posthumously to bestselling Scottish author Iain Banks, while previous winners of the special award include Terry Pratchett, Stephen King and Peter Jackson, director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Professor Mendlesohn is co-editor of both The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature and The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, which won the Hugo Prize – the most prestigious award in the science fiction world – in 2005. As well as her writing, Professor Mendlesohn is an active member of the science fiction and fantasy community, and this summer was Project

feminist and queer readings to analyses of the sources and influences on Bujold’s novels, to consideration of fan fiction arising from her work,’ said Dr Una McCormack, Lecturer in Creative Writing. ‘Bujold is an extremely popular writer whose works deserve critical

She is also a member of the Executive Council of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, and has published articles on various aspects of Woolf’s connections with clothing and fashion. Her most recent work is a collection of essays and poetry by nineteenth

Manager of the Exhibits Hall at Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, held at London ExCeL. Professor Mendlesohn said, ‘I’m really delighted to have my work recognised by writers, editors and fans. Much of my career has been devoted to bringing academic, fan and professional communities closer together, so to be honoured in this way is very special.’ Other winners at the 2014 British Fantasy Awards included Game of Thrones: The Rains of Castamere for best film/television episode, Lauren Beukes (The Shining Girls) for best horror novel and Sofia Samatar (A Stranger in Olondria) for best fantasy novel.

To find out more, please contact Professor Mendlesohn ([email protected]).

attention. Our attendees included senior academics and members of a mailing list devoted to discussion of Bujold’s work.’

To find out more, please contact Una McCormack ([email protected]).

century women, The Women Aesthetes (volume 1), which she co-edited with Professor Mary Joannou. To find out more, please contact Dr Nicholson ([email protected]).

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Biology and Manners: the Worlds of Lois McMaster Bujold

Lecturer gives talk on Virginia Woolf to packed audience at National Portrait Gallery

Senior Lecturer Lyn Jones (pictured right), from our School of Nursing and Midwifery, has been nominated for the Midwife of the Year award by the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The awards honour those within the trust for their hard work in caring for patients.

Lyn was nominated for the award by Jennifer Booth, who’s had first-hand experience of the excellent work that Lyn does for both the trust and Anglia Ruskin, and she said, ‘Lyn works closely with student midwives and has always felt strongly about offering support and encouragement to them. This is evident in the way that the student midwives admire and respect her, and she works closely with them to make sure that the ethos within the department is right.

‘She’s inspiring to staff, is able to talk, calm and care for the women on the unit and is able to juggle so many tasks all at once. She’s a great midwife.’

Lyn commented, ‘I was stunned to get a nomination, as it’s the women who nominate us, and I don’t have the same face-to-face contact that I used to when I was working full-time clinically. I was so touched that anyone would take the time and trouble to nominate me and I’m up against some amazing midwives who I’ve had the privilege of working alongside for many years. I’d like to think that the nomination confirms that I continue to provide a high standard of evidence-based, women-centred care, which is hugely important to me both in

Dr Joyce Forge’s academic achievement was celebrated at our Chelmsford graduations on 7 October with the first Anglia Ruskin medal that recognises her research as having most impact. She did her research as part of her PhD in 2013 for her study of Accident and Emergency (A&E) child records.

The importance and value of this research has been recognised at many levels. Locally, Joyce’s study led to a redesign of the record-keeping system and provided a valuable tool that enhances the work of strategic partnerships and the development of related work – for example, collaborative audits. Her research findings have significance for safeguarding all children nationally and internationally, and this has been endorsed by the National Foundation for Educational Research’s strategy.

Joyce (pictured left) was delighted and proud to receive the medal, and said, ‘It’s my honour to receive this precious medal, and I’m very grateful for the recognition and appreciation of my PhD work. This moment truly marks my academic experience gained from Anglia Ruskin University. Thank you.’

Jonathan SeckerMarketing, Recruitment & International Team Leader, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education

my role as a midwife and supervisor of midwives and as a link/senior lecturer.’


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Academic recognised for excellence in Midwifery

Alumna receives special medal that recognised her academic achievement

I’m Dr Hazel Wright, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education, and at the end of September, I represented Anglia Ruskin University at a seminar on Play, Toys and Culture, hosted by Marmara University, a prestigious university in Istanbul with which we have a partnership agreement.

The seminar was the culmination of a pan-European Erasmus Mundus research project that included partners from Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Turkey, and Anglia Ruskin was honoured to be offered the closing slot, to complete

a series of stimulating papers on play activities. The seminar was a two-day event, with student participants in the project asked to comment on their learning experiences on the second day, as part of an interactive evaluation process.

The Anglia Ruskin paper was a composite effort. I presented an historical overview of trends and changes within the English early years sector, but the core focus was a case study of research into sustainable play opportunities, devised by my colleague Dr Paulette Luff, that had been piloted

during the 2013–4 summer vacation. Postgraduate students visited four different early years settings in the East of England, examining if and how they use reclaimed resources with children, and the potential benefits to the children who are offered such opportunities. This paper presented a novel perspective on play, toys and culture, raising considerable interest among the seminar participants who’d focused on traditional toys.

Sevgi Emre, a former Masters student who worked on the case study project, lives near to the Marmara University

campus where she acts as an ambassador for Anglia Ruskin. She was able to join me to present a practical coda to the paper, which added a degree of authenticity to the presentation, and demonstrated our commitment to cross-cultural collaboration.

Altogether, the seminar was a very exciting experience and one that is opening up opportunities for future co-operative ventures with European and Asian partners.

Do email me ([email protected]) if you’d like to find out more.

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s Dr Hazel Wright, Professor Doctor Ayla Oktay, Head of Primary Years Education, Maltepe University, Turkey, conference organiser, Esra Molu, Erasmus Co-ordinator, Marmara University, Turkey, and Professor Doctor Dalila Lino, Erasmus Intensive Program Project Co-ordinator, Portugal.

Our Anglia Ruskin Graduation Ceremony at 6 pm on Tuesday 7 October was a time for significant celebration, especially for me, Dr Hazel Wright, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education. There was the successful completion by another cohort of Early Childhood Studies students, and I witnessed the award of postgraduate degrees to three students who are very important to me.

Dr Linda Cooper was awarded a Doctorate for her thesis on ‘Extended mothering: maternal influences in daughters’ higher education’. Dr Eleni Lithari was awarded a Doctorate for her thesis on ‘Young people and their identities: the case of dyslexia

and transition to secondary education’. I was first supervisor for both Linda and Eleni, taking over this key role from Dr Chrissie Rogers when she left Anglia Ruskin, and I’ve enjoyed seeing them through to successful completion. Both Linda and Eleni combined their studies with undergraduate teaching for the Department of Education, and this experience and the associated skills development has paved the way for their achieving Senior Lecturer posts within the Department. Dr Cooper is now Course Leader for Education and Childhood Studies, and Dr Lithari recently joined the Education Studies team in Chelmsford.

My daughter, Katie, also graduated at this ceremony. Last year, Katie enrolled on the Early Years Initial Teacher Training course, a graduate conversion course for students wishing to work with young children. The EYITT comprises a practitioner element, a Masters element and the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (a qualification in its own right), and the PGCE certificates were awarded at the same Education ceremony.

Like Linda and Eleni, Katie has also used her new qualification to gain permanent employment. When she completed her degree, she was offered the post of Deputy Manager in

the day nursery where she’d been working part-time to support her studies. In 2013, to receive her BA in Textile Design from the University of Leeds, Katie wore the actual gown I purchased in the 1970s to wear at my own degree ceremony. This year both she and I are even more pleased to be at the same ceremony, with a gown apiece.

For me it was very satisfying to be on the dais to witness the success of all three of these students. With my colleagues within Education and Social Care, I wish them and all our other students continuing success in their new careers.

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s At the graduation ceremony: Linda Cooper, Katie Wright, Hazel Wright and Eleni Lithari.

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s Dr Mansour Mansour with a group of our second-year pre-registration adult nursing students.

On Monday 6 October, Professor Gordon Wishart, Professor of Cancer Surgery with our Postgraduate Medical Institute and Medical Director of International HealthScreen Technologies, was invited to a meeting in Athens with the Greek Minister of Health, Mavroudis Voridis.

Mr Voridis recently launched a government campaign to reduce the massive number of diagnostic and ‘screening’ tests funded by Greek public insurance. Greece currently performs the same number of diagnostic tests annually as Spain, which has a population five times that of Greece.

Mr Voridis invited Professor Wishart to meet him after the cancer surgeon wrote him an email supporting the plan and calling for more targeted cancer screening tests to be introduced as part of a strategic plan to tackle rising cancer incidence in developed countries.

Professor Wishart has now agreed to have further discussions with Mr Voridis to take this plan forward.


Cancer expert invited to Greece

Recently, some of the staff from the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education’s Adult and Mental Health Nursing took second-year nursing students to London as part of an introduction to UK’s history of nursing. They visited the Old Operating Theatre Museum at Guy’s Hospital and the Florence Nightingale Museum at St Thomas’ Hospital.

While in London, they also visited the Royal College of

Nursing Library and Heritage Centre’s exhibition, Frontline nurses: British nurses of the First World War.

The students found the day inspiring, particularly the experience of Florence Nightingale in nurturing the first days of the nursing profession. Dr Mansour MansourSenior Lecturer, Acute Care Department, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education

I’m John Horton (pictured left, in my altitude training mask), Paramedic & Clinical Skills Tutor, FHSCE, and on 9 November I’ll be leaving to take part in a five-day ultra marathon – the Everest Trail Race – to raise funds for a life-saving local charity, BASICS Essex Accident Rescue Service (BEARS).

BEARS (http://bearsmedics.org.uk) relies entirely on the generosity of the public to

pay for the equipment and drugs they need to save lives on the roads, in the streets and in the homes of patients in Essex. BEARS is fully staffed by volunteer doctors, nurses and paramedics who assist UK Ambulance Trusts deliver pre-hospital care in the community and at major incidents.

To date, I’ve received over £1100.00 in donations, and my Just Giving site (www.

justgiving.com/John-Horton/) is still active, if you’d like to support my fund raising. I’ll be running at altitude – between 2000–5000 metres above sea level (about 7000–17,000 ft) and I’m both excited and fearful of what I’m about to undertake. But raising funds for BEARS and running among the greatest peaks in the Himalayas will be a fine reward.

s Professor Gordan Wishart with Greek Minister of Health, Mavroudis Voridis.

Nursing students benefit from history of nursing trip

Marathon fund-raising effort for BEARS and BASICS charity

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s Professor Dave Hill, PhD student Linda Akomaning, Dr Hazel Wright, Dr Linda Cooper, Dr Gerry Davis and Dr Debbie Holley.

The Department of Education made their annual trip to the British Educational Research Association (BERA) conference, held this year at the Institute of Education, London, to celebrate 40 years of excellent research. Civil servants, world-class professors, researchers from around the world, as well as UK academics, all

gathered to share their work. Our researchers presented on Social Justice (Dave Hill), Identity and Social Class (Debbie Holley), Inclusive Pedagogy and Maternal Involvement in Daughters’ Education (Linda Cooper), Professional Development for the Post-doctoral Academic (Gerry Davis) and The Benefits of

Vocational Training for Early Years Workers (Hazel Wright). Gerry Davis was delighted that three of our own Doctorate in Education candidates – Nick Rudman, George Evangelinos and Louise Brown – presented on subjects as diverse as: Homework policy in schools; Implicit theories of intelligence and boys’ engagement

in science; and Digital competencies for nurses. For further information on the Anglia Ruskin University Professional Doctorate in Education, contact Director [email protected]

To discuss our research, do contact any member of the team mentioned above.

Our School of Education & Social Care is pleased to have recently published two books on the area of early childhood.

Professor Tim Waller and Dr Geraldine Davis have written a book called Introduction to Early Childhood, and further information can be found at http://bit.ly/1u0ZNbH.

Senior Lecturer Mallika Kanyal’s book is entitled Children’s Rights 0-8: Promoting participation in education and care, and further information can be found athttp://bit.ly/1xPdDBV.


Department of Education at the BERA conference

Early childhood publication success

What’s big, colourful and often spotted speeding between schools in Essex and Cambridge? The Anglia Ruskin Roadshow bus.

From November, Anglia Ruskin open days are changing. We’re excited to let you know that we’ll be delivering joint undergraduate and postgraduate open days.

What are the benefits of joint open days? For the first time we can show prospective undergraduate students the full extent of what we offer, and map out their potential journey from undergraduate to PhD studies

Between May and October, the Outreach & Recruitment Team took the Anglia Ruskin campus experience to the doorsteps of 61 schools and colleges packaged in our double-decker

and beyond. Students looking to study at postgraduate level will get more of a flavour of what life is like on campus, as our buildings will be alive with visitors and staff.

When will they start? The first joint events are just around the corner. There’s a joint open day on 15 November in Cambridge and a joint open evening in Chelmsford on 19 November.

bus. Featuring a mini student kitchen, a (much tidier than normal) student bedroom and a comfortable student lounge: the bus is a friendly and informal environment that gives us the

How can I help? Although Anglia Ruskin advertises widely both internally and externally, current students sometimes need a push in the right direction. We encourage you to speak to any of our current students you know who’re interested in, or could benefit from studying at postgraduate level, and let them know about our upcoming events. You may also want to speak to your faculty marketing staff about supporting an event yourself.

opportunity to talk to students about applying to university.

But it’s not just for students: the bus keeps on driving over the weekend too, and so far has parked up at Essex Country Show, the BIG Weekend Cambridge and the Imperial War Museum Duxford. With a little help from Ruskin the Rhino, giant Jenga and a lively group of Student Ambassadors, the bus is an excellent tool for raising Anglia Ruskin’s profile in the community.

Visitors have been keeping our social media channels busy by uploading their bus selfies each week, in the hope of winning a goody bag stuffed full of prizes.

We’re pleased to have welcomed over 5000 visitors to the bus so far, and [at the time of writing] we’re still counting. There’s no time to waste though – planning for the 2015 tour will be getting under way soon, so do get in touch if you have any suggestions.

www.anglia.ac.uk/roadshow

Becca Jackson and Emma SewardOutreach & Recruitment Team, Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services

We ask that all visitors to open events register their interest via the open day website (www.anglia.ac.uk/openday).

Rachael Cole and Emma SewardActing Open Day Events Managers, Outreach & Recruitment, Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services

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s Our selfie competition has proved popular with students and members of the public alike.

Our open days are changing

Regular readers will know that the Outreach & Recruitment team (O&R) are the primary point of contact between our university and schools and colleges across the region. We organise taster days, attend careers fairs, co-ordinate open days on campus, run the Roadshow bus and will get involved in pretty much anything that relates to recruiting new students, promoting or supporting Anglia Ruskin as an organisation to meet the widening participation commitments in our Access Agreement with the Government.

The numbers are in for this year, and it’s been even busier than the last. Across

all our events we made contact with around 72,000 people. This breaks down to about 21,000 visitors to our campuses and 51,000 people seen off-campus, and includes potential students, parents and teachers. Since last year, there’s been a 31% increase in campus visitors and a 12% growth in attendees at our undergraduate open days.

We also capture information about the views of the school students taking part in our activities, and there’s been some really positive news. During our on-campus activities we ask those young people if they’d recommend us to a friend, both at the beginning of their day with us and at the end. This year

we recorded a 17% average increase in the number of pre-16 students who said they’d recommend us to a friend over the course of the day. For post-16 students, we’ve recorded a fantastic average increase of 24% in those who said they’d recommend us to a friend over the course of the day.

We’re pleased we’re continuing to deliver an increasing number of opportunities to promote Anglia Ruskin to potential students. And, while our team creates these opportunities, it’s a combined effort with colleagues across our university to encourage potential students to apply to us.

If you want to: promote your course or department to eastern region schools and colleges; have help organising taster days; offer talks and activities to local schools (either by visiting them or having them come to you); discuss any other means for making sure more potential students know about the great opportunities here at Anglia Ruskin, then don’t hesitate to contact us (www.anglia.ac.uk/outreachandrecruitment) to find out more.

Marc RotheraOutreach & Recruitment, Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services

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s Years 10–12 students tour Chelmsford campus during our Accountancy Summer School.

Another bumper year for Outreach & Recruitment

Senior Lecturer Beverley Wright of the Faculty of Medical Science was recently honoured at the Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists’ (IOCP) National Podiatry Conference, held at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre in Southport, Merseyside.

A black tie event honoured the achievements of chiropodists and podiatrists nationally and from around the world. Beverley celebrated the evening with other award winners after receiving the Basham Literary Prize for her outstanding contributions to a podiatry professional journal.

The prize was presented by Joanne Casey, Chairperson of the IOCP Board of Education.

Bernie Hawthorn, editor of the journal, said, ‘It was agreed to award the prize to Beverley for her latest article “So what is the point of continuing professional development and its continued emphasis

on podiatrists… ?”, which, hopefully, has encouraged more chiropodists, podiatrists and foot health practitioners to take up CPD, and for her continued support with academic articles.’

For further information, please contact Gerald Edbury) [email protected])

Beverley said, ‘I didn’t know that I’d been nominated earlier this year for an award, so I was really surprised and thrilled to find out I’d been awarded the prize – it certainly is an honour.’


Senior Lecturer awarded the Basham Literary Prize at IOCP conference

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s The evening’s Master of Ceremony with Beverley Wright (centre) receiving her award from Joanne Casey, Chairperson of the IOCP Board of Education.

Patient-centred Healthcare Science Conference

The Faculty of Medical Science (FMS), in partnership with NHS Health Education East of England is pleased to announce

The East of England Healthcare Science Conference

Patient-centred Healthcare Science

The conference takes place on 12 November at the Hilton Hotel, Stansted

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In the NewsOnce again, due to the amount of media coverage generated, this month’s In the News content only lists 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.

29 September, BBC Look East – Dr Ken Dubin

26 September, BBC Cambridgeshire – Colleen Moore

26 September, BBC Cambridgeshire – Dr Samantha Lundrigan

24 September, BBC Essex, BBC Lincolnshire – Dr Nora Koslowski

23 September, BBC Cambridgeshire – Kerry-Ann Milic

23 September, BBC Look East – Dr Jonathan Wilson

17 September, BBC Cambridgeshire – Dr Elke Schwarz

12 September, BBC.co.uk – Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes

12 September, Guardian.co.uk – Tony Coward

12 September, BBC Cambridgeshire – Dr Peter Brown

10 September, BBC Essex – Dr Chris Foulds

8 September, BBC Cambridgeshire – Dr Erika Sanchez-Velazquez

8 September, BBC Cambridgeshire, USA Today, MSN Germany, various international publications; 9 September, BBC Essex – Clarissa Campbell Orr

4 September, Guardian.co.uk – Zoe Amar

3 September, BBC Cambridgeshire – Ian Bennett

3 September, BBC Cambridgeshire; 12 September, BBC Essex; 20 September, Gulf News, NBC, Heart, Yahoo, BBC Essex, MSN, BBC Look East; 25 September, BBC Cambridgeshire – Dr Sean Lang

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

Corporate: £270,424 (174 pieces of coverage)

ALSS: £264,492 (148 pieces of coverage)

FHSCE: £53,278 (47 pieces of coverage)

FST: £86,114 (43 pieces of coverage)

LAIBS: £43,487 (34 pieces of coverage

FMS: £5,663 (14 pieces of coverage)


On Tuesday 7 October, LAIBS was delighted to meet two tutors, Gayan Jayasinghe and Erandee Abeyakoon, from the London School of Marketing’s distance learning hub in Sri Lanka.

LSM is one of the Business School’s largest UK partners, currently delivering three of our top-up courses including the MBA, MA Marketing and Innovation and the BA (Hons) Marketing via distance learning.

Gayan and Erandee met with academic and faculty office staff as well as Dr Trevor Bolton, Pro Vice Chancellor: Partnerships. The main focus of the day was to share learning, teaching and

assessment practices on the LAIBS courses delivered by LSM, as well as supporting student growth in terms of recruitment. The range of courses offered through the partnership is also due to expand, making the visit ever more prominent.

As part of their visit, Garan and Erandee also had the opportunity to tour the campus on the first day of graduation, experiencing the vibrant and exciting atmosphere shared by the graduands, their families and Anglia Ruskin staff.

Emily BarnardDepartmental Co-ordinator, UK Partners, Lord Ashcroft International Business School

s Pictured (l–r): Dr Jonathon Wilson, Dr Theresa Simpkin, Jon Salkeld, Gayan Jayasinghe (LSM), Erandee Abeyakoon (LSM), Simon Evans, Anna Fenton (LSM), Dr Sally Everett, Dr Trevor Bolton and Andrew Brady.

LAIBS welcomes visitors from the London School of Marketing, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Phase three of the ReadingLists@Anglia project started in September. During this phase, we hope to complete adding all modules to the new system.

Number of lists onlineBelow are the numbers of active lists available within the system by October.

• Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences 238• Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education 177• Faculty of Science & Technology 275• Lord Ashcroft International Business School 63

It’s now compulsory for Level 4 modules to be in the new ReadingLists@Anglia system. Level 4 modules completed as of October are:

• Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences 62• Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education 27

We’ve been experiencing some issues recently with email messages sent to our students’ and colleagues’ NHS email addresses failing to arrive.

The NHS is a prime target for spam and phishing attacks, and will immediately suspend email delivery from any organisation if it appears to be a source of suspect email. Unfortunately, because some colleagues in our faculties and services have supplied their user names and passwords in response to phishing attacks, the NHS mail servers have identified us as a significant risk and have blocked all email originating from Anglia Ruskin.

Removing these email blocks from individual health authority email services has proved very difficult. Our email service has been compromised for a number of weeks, which has had a significant impact on recruitment, placements and day-to-day business for our health faculties.

Although the issue has been resolved, it’s been at some expense to our established email ‘reputation’.

Like many of our peers in the HE sector, we employ a third-party company to scan our outward-bound emails for malware such as viruses. If the message is clean, our preferred company, iCritical, sends it on to the NHS email servers for distribution to the intended recipient.

• Faculty of Medical Sciences 20• Faculty of Science & Technology 24• Lord Ashcroft International Business School 14

Library support Timetabled sessions We’ll hold ReadingLists@Anglia REfresh sessions at our Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses to support staff in completing their reading lists. Please go to www.anglia.ac.uk/libraryevents to book onto one of the sessions.

Please contact the ReadingLists@Anglia Project Manager, Christina Harbour ([email protected]), if you’d like to arrange individual or group training.

Please see our ReadingLists@Anglia web page – www.anglia.ac.uk/readinglists – for further information and support on creating lists in the new system.

Some spam and phishing emails are difficult to identify and some will pass through iCritical’s scanners, despite their rigour.

Just to give you an idea of iCritical’s efficacy, in the last 90 days alone, over 16.5 million emails were sent to our staff and students, of which almost 13 million were spam and over 110 thousand were viruses. Only around 3.2 million emails were

allowed to pass through to our inboxes. That’s less than 20%.

We’ve put together a video to explain a little more about phishing and how you can spot the fakes from the real emails. It’s about three minutes long and there are

some lovely animations. Please be vigilant, and remember we’ll never ask you to validate personal information either by replying to an email message or via a webpage.

You can find the video on the My Player service under the supporting staff category. Alternatively, you can go directly to the video at the following link https://myplayer.anglia.ac.uk/Play/2895.

Vix SamwaysIT Training Manager, IT Services

Something phishy’s going on…NEWS


ReadingLists@Anglia update

…in the last 90 days alone, over 16.5 million emails were sent to our staff and students, of which almost 13 million were spam…

In late summer, one of our senior lecturers in Animal and Environmental Biology brought together academics and primatologists from three continents to present research

In late September, colleagues and students from the Department of Vision and Hearing raised awareness of eye health at Cambridge Library, as part of National Eye Health week.

Neil Guest, Eye Clinic Manager, and Professor Peter Allen, Director of Clinics, and third-year Optometry students, Agatha Jaworski and Jessica Massey, ran an information stall for the public to gather information and raise any concerns they had about eye health.

at a conference in Vietnam, discussing recent advances in animal form and function.

Dr Andrew Smith, Senior Lecturer, worked with Dr

The main concerns the public raised were about low vision and glaucoma, and there were questions on what impact diet can have on eyesight.

Neil said, ‘Anglia Ruskin is a big part of our local community and we want to support people as best we can. It’s so important to look after your eyes, and we want to let the public know how easy it is to do this.’

The group also promoted the University Eye Clinic and raised awareness of the many services we offer.

Anne Burrows of Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, to organise the international symposium for the 25th International Primatological Congress.

More than 900 people attended the congress, which focused on research and conservation strategies, as well as deciding on the world’s top 20 most endangered primates.

Focusing on the link between primate ecology and morphology, the symposium covered everything from tails to teeth. The work that he presented at the symposium looked at features of primate hands and feet and the link to diet and climbing. He found that smaller monkeys, and those that eat more gum, having more finger- and toe-print ridges and more curved claw-like nails to give a better grip when climbing.

He also showed that, because marmosets and tamarins land hands-first when jumping, their hands have more ridges for grip than their feet.

Highlights from other researchers’ talks in the symposium included skulls of marmosets, gnawing and feeding techniques in uakari monkeys and complex colour vision in monkeys and apes.

At the symposium, Dr Smith made new contacts for collaborative researcher to look at the foot morphology of primates with unusual jumping and climbing patterns, such as lemurs and lorises. The first of these will be with Dr Anna Nekaris of the Little Fireface Project at Oxford Brookes University.

For more information, please contact [email protected].

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s Some of the attendees at Dr Smith’s international symposium.

Senior Lecturer organises international symposium for Primatological Congress

University Eye Clinic celebrates National Eye Health week

s Neil Guest and Professor Peter Allen with students Jessica Massey and Agatha Jaworski.

Our Eye Clinic is also open to all staff. For more information, please visit www.anglia.

ac.uk/eyeclinic or contact [email protected].

Five colleagues from the Faculty of Science & Technology have been rewarded for their commitment above and beyond their roles.

The Dean’s Award sees staff nominating their peers. There were many nominations, and awards were presented at our faculty away-day in September, with winners receiving certificates, awarded by our Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean, Professor Eamon Strain.

John Menzies, International Marketing Manager, won the International category for transforming our international marketing and relationships with overseas contacts. John said, ‘It’s a real honour to be nominated and receive the Dean’s Award. I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunities I’ve been given and for this recognition. I’d like to thank the colleagues and friends both from within the Faculty and our wider community who’ve supported me throughout.’

Recently, engineering experts from across the region met at our Chelmsford campus to discuss how they can inspire school pupils and university students in the local area to engage in the subject.

The Chelmsford Engineering and Innovation Community,

Candice Howarth, Senior Research Fellow in the GSI, won the Research and Scholarship category for her research papers and major income bids, which have even received positive attention in the White House. Candice said, ‘I’m delighted to have been awarded the Dean’s Award, it’s great to be recognised for my contribution to the Global Sustainability Institute, the Faculty and university. Much of what I was able to achieve whilst being seconded wouldn’t have been possible without the

which is made up of current and retired engineers, students and academics, also took the opportunity to share engineering knowledge and research.

The event began with a speech from Michael Bolwell on Stirling engines and was

support and ambition of the GSI, for which I’m very grateful.’

Kate Cocksedge, Departmental Administrator in the Department of Psychology, won the Underpinning Success category, improving both students and staff experience in the department. Kate said, ‘It’s a great feeling to know that I’m valued as part of an amazing department and faculty. I really enjoy working for the Psychology Department; we’re implementing lots of new ideas and it’s great to be part of such a dynamic team.’

Liam Kite, Senior Lecturer Optometry & Ophthalmic Dispensing, won the Learning and Teaching category for his success and reputation as an excellent teacher. He has won many awards in the past that recognise his skills and has also achieved exceptionally high NSS satisfaction scores.

Hassan Shirvani, Professor of Engineering Design & Simulation, won the External Income category for winning and delivering projects worth in excess of £0.5 m over the last year.

Congratulations to all winners.

Verne LewisMarketing Co-ordinator, Faculty of Science & Technology

Dean’s Awards 2014NEWS


s John Menzies (right) receiving his award from Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean, Professor Eamon Strain.

Encouraging engineering in the local communityfollowed by Iain Duncan‘s talk on 3D printers and rapid prototyping. Dr Ahad Ramezanpour, Research Fellow in the Engineering Analysis, Simulation and Tribology Group, who organised the event, also talked about objectives and outlines for the community.

The group is open to anyone interested in engineering and technological entrepreneurship. To find out more, please contact [email protected].

The £2-million refurbishment of our Life Sciences laboratory in the David building was nominated for a prestigious award. The S-Lab Awards recognise excellence in laboratory design, operation and management and are supported by life sciences bodies including the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Biology. Our lab was nominated in the category ‘Refurbished Laboratories’ alongside ones from Cardiff University, University of Auckland, the Universities of Surrey, Sussex and York St John.

Our refurbishment happened in the summer of 2013. It transformed what’d previously been lecture theatres and offices into a contemporary, flexible, multi-functional teaching lab for our Biomedical Science and Animal and Environmental Biology students.

The 80-student capacity lab features a number of innovative space-saving and technological solutions, including a Kardex Carousel storage system, which maximises the use of floor space, interactive teaching technology and a large equipment preparation area.

Senior Life Sciences Technician, Kevin Bright, said, ‘The Kardex storage units have been extremely useful, allowing us to store a lot of lab and class equipment in a small area and giving both staff and students easy access to material. The long bench runs with wide aisles in the teaching lab, which allows us to clear up and set out classes quickly, and the large prep room gives us plenty of space for post-class cleaning,

The world’s top horse scientists will be meeting at our Cambridge campus on 29 November for The Saddle Research Trust’s second international conference. The conference, supported by World Horse Welfare, will discuss the latest scientific research in horse, saddle and rider interaction and how new scientific research can promote equine welfare and performance.

The conference is a unique opportunity for vets, therapists, trainers, riders and horse owners to have access to the knowledge of internationally renowned experts and to participate in a panel debate.

storage and preparation for subsequent sessions.’

Project Manager, Stephen Eccles, said, ‘It was a design challenge to incorporate this teaching laboratory within the constraints of a 1950s building with limited infrastructure. But, with collaborations between faculty staff, Estates & Facilities Services together with our consultants and the contractor, we achieved a successful

Dr Charlotte Nevison, Faculty of Science & Technology’s Director of Research Students, will chair the morning session, where she will focus on her research into both equine and rider back pain and recommendations for improvement.

We welcome all staff and students interested in equestrianism. Tickets are £150 (£75 for students) and can be bought from http://saddleresearchtrust.com/conference.html.

For more information, please contact [email protected].

outcome within six months of starting on site.’

Ultimately, the University of Auckland, New Zealand, Chemistry Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories won the award for the refurbished laboratory category.

John MenziesMarketing Manager (International Recruitment), Faculty of Science & Technology

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s Inside our new multifunction Life Sciences laboratory.

Life Sciences lab nominated for prestigious award

Interested in horse, saddle and rider interaction?

Building on the success of last year’s Vice Chancellor’s Award-winning Get IT Sorted sessions, once again our Get IT Sorted team has been helping students get their mobile devices connected to key university services as they arrived for the start of the new academic year.

We’re delighted to announce that we have agreed a three-year Enterprise licence deal for Adobe Creative Cloud. This is a suite of popular software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Audition, Dreamweaver, Flash Pro and more (over 25 products in all).

Previously, different users made separate purchases of perpetual Adobe licences,

Password Manager is a handy self-service tool that enables you to change and reset your own Anglia Ruskin password from any device with an internet connection.

Password resets are among the top three requests to the Customer Support team every year, so we’re encouraging all students and staff to use

During Welcome Week and the first week of teaching, we had over 1600 visits to our Get IT Sorted helpdesks in Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough, where we provided a wide range of services, from helping students connect their smartphones,

costing significant amounts of money, resulting in various software versions existing for across Anglia Ruskin. The new agreement is based on an annual subscription, costs less overall, and means that we can deploy the latest versions of the entire Creative Cloud suite of software products to any Anglia Ruskin owned device, resulting in a standard and consistent estate, across all of our

Password Manager and beat the queues for password resets. With Christmas just weeks away, we’re expecting another peak in demand when students and staff return in the New Year to find their passwords have expired or been forgotten.

The first step is to set up your Questions and Answers profile – this is needed before

tablets and laptops to eduroam wi-fi and downloading the Anglia Ruskin app, to more complex and device-specific queries. Whatever the IT issue, Get IT Sorted was there to help.

We also continued to get great feedback from our students, with 100% of those who completed our customer satisfaction questionnaire either satisfied or very satisfied with the service we gave.

Comments included: • Brilliant. Made to feel

at ease and found out about a lot of apps and compatibility I didn’t know about. Thank you for your time.

thick clients (PCs and Macs) and thin clients (specific virtualised products only). Our plan is to refresh our standard all-user package twice a year.

As well as this, staff are entitled to download a copy of the software to install on a personal home computer to enable working from home. The specifics of this agreement and the process are being finalised, and we

you can use the service to reset your password. You’ll be prompted to provide your current password (don’t worry, this service is secure), and then to answer three security questions. It only takes a couple of minutes and you’ll then be able to reset your own password if you forget it or if it expires. You can also change your password whenever you

• Very helpful and accommodating. I’m really grateful. Thank you so much.

• Very friendly and quick. • It’s fabulous! • Great service!

We’ll be back again with more Get IT Sorted sessions in the New Year for the January intake. In the meantime, we’ve useful information for students and staff on our webpages at www.anglia.ac.uk/ITSorted; students can also book a University Library IT Advisor.

For more information, contact Jennifer Wood ([email protected]), IT Services.

hope to provide further details in the next few weeks.

For more information on each of the individual pieces of software that are included in this licence, and for links to relevant Lynda.com online training courses for Adobe products, please go to http://web.anglia.ac.uk/it/software/adobe.

want, using the Manage My Password feature.

You can find Password Manager at www.anglia.ac.uk/mypassword. There’s also a link from your My.Anglia staff homepage.

For more information, contact our Customer Support Team on ext 4357.

Adobe Create Cloud licence for allNEWS


s University Library and IT Services staff at a Get IT Sorted session in Chelmsford.

Get IT Sorted

Password Manager

On Sunday 7 September, at about 3 pm, I peddled into

I’m Martin Lawrence and I work in for Research, Development & Commercial Services, and in July, I had the privilege to go to Japan and train under some of the most experienced karate-ka. While there, as well as the training, I was tested for my second Dan: this involved two examinations, and I’m pleased to say I passed both.

My time there was truly an amazing experience. When you find yourself training for six hours a day for six days in a row with 100 other people from all around the globe in a country that gets hot and humid during the summer, especially if you have an examination in front of some of

John O’Groats with 26 others, all soaked to the skin (after

the highest-ranking karate-ka, it really puts you to the test. Then, doing the same thing a couple of days later, with two days of training and a grading under a main governing body such as the Japan Karate Federation, was really scary at first – but all the training beforehand had prepared me. Passing both of these tests has been an achievement I won’t forget. I’d like to thank my instructor for his guidance and tutelage as well as other instructors I’ve trained with, because without them I wouldn’t have got this far. This is something that cannot happen every day, or every year for that matter, but if the opportunity does come along, I’d definitely do it again.

65 miles of driving rain and one of the biggest hills of the trip) but with very, very big smiles on our faces. After 10 days’ cycling, covering 977 miles (five miles extra due to a direction arrow malfunction), we’d made it to our destination.

It was one of the hardest but most amazing things I’ve ever done and I was lucky to have a great group of cyclists from all over the UK to share the experience with. The support and banter within the group was fantastic.

The information provided before the ride was very accurate…Cornwall is definitely ‘lumpy’ to say the least. I did find out, though, that the Somerset levels are not that level.

For me, day one was the toughest day; however, I soon got into the daily routine of eating, cycling, eating, cycling,

Back in the UK, I’m continuing with my own training and looking to grow my knowledge, as well as teaching a local class at a karate club in Chelmsford.

eating, cycling, eating some more and then sleeping. My highlights were cycling over the Severn Bridge, crossing the border into Scotland, the fantastic views from the top of many of those killer hills and, of course, cycling as a group of 27 into John O’Groats.

As I write this article, my total raised for Marie Curie is £6002.00. As a group, we have raised around £85,000. I am so happy to give something back to a charity that means so much to me. If you’d like to donate, you can do so by going to www.justgiving.com/Aileen-Stirling.

I’d like to say a huge thank you everyone who donated and sent messages of support and encouragement during the 10 days’ peddling.

Aileen StirlingHR Manager

If you’d like to find out more, please contact me at [email protected].

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s Martin Lawrence during his time in Japan.

Land’s End to John O’Groats – did it!

My Japan experience

WOW!Ruskin the Rhino congratulated our recent WOW! certificate winners. They were invited along to the Mediterranean Garden Marquee in Chelmsford for a celebratory glass of bucks fizz and some gorgeous canapés. Well done to all our winners, keep up the superb work that you do.

We asked a few of them how it made them feel, and they said:‘I felt proud of the recognition of my ‘extra effort’ as Course Leader.’ Michelle McCanna, Senior Lecturer, ALSS

‘It’s a wonderful feeling to be personally thanked for one’s efforts and pastoral support given to students. Made me feel very valued.’ Martina Donaghy, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, FHSCE

‘I have always enjoyed supporting my customers and was delighted to be nominated for my WOW! Award as recognition for my efforts.’ Glenn Hearnah, Senior Support Analyst, IT Services

‘It was lovely to receive recognition from students that we’re doing what they need.’ Kay Norman, Study Coach, Student Services

Congratulations to our September certificate winners:• Admissions –

Samantha Horvath• Estates and Facilities Services –

Mikki McMillan, Paul Gregory

• Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences – IT & Media team within ALSS

• Faculty of Health, Social Care & Social Sciences – Dr Nick Wrycraft, Niki Taylor, Samya Cook

• Faculty of Medical Science – Dr Jennifer Lim, Dr Fiona McMaster

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School – Kevin Roe

• Student Services – Alison Hunte, Amandine Croison, Claire Nicolls, iCentre (Chelmsford)

• University Library – Dr Peter Stokes

If someone has impressed you with exceptional service, please do nominate them (at www.anglia.ac.uk/wowawards) – it only takes two minutes and it will make them feel amazing.

Tell usLook out for ‘pop-up’ tell us.

Every week during November and December we’ll be out and about asking how things are going and encouraging feedback. Please do come over and have a chat, we’d love to hear from you (staff and students – www.anglia.ac.uk/tellus).

Donna FranklinStudent Experience Manager, Customer Experience Team, Student Services

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s Some of our WOW! Award winners – and Ruskin the Rhino – who came along to the celebration in Chelmsford.

We marked our Arrivals Weekend on 20 and 21 September with a Welcome carnival on both Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses. Full of great food, activities and music, we saw about 1000 students attend over both events. The highlight of the Cambridge event was the community samba band, Arco Iris, which even got

Ruskin the Rhino joining in. The Chelmsford highlight had to be the longest volleyball game the campus has ever seen, with students who didn’t leave until it was too dark to play. The most popular thing on offer over the course of the weekend, however, was the face painting. The painters exhausted themselves decorating students with

flowers, glitter and other pretty patterns (even the boys). The carnivals also saw a free barbecue, ice cream, candy floss and popcorn stand, crazy golf, a bouncy castle, a surf simulator, hook a duck and pop-up sports activities.

Thanks go to our internal caterers who provided the barbecue in Chelmsford, as

well as the Environment Team and Active Anglia for running activities and competitions over the weekend. All in all, it was a great welcome weekend that we hope to repeat next year.

Laura BassTenancy Support and Residential Events Assistant, Residential Service

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s The samba band, Arco Iris, with Ruskin the Rhino joining in.

Our full CSE assessment happens this month between 17 and 18 November. Paul Latham, our assessor, will identify compliance with the standard through a review of documentary evidence,

observation of service delivery and discussions with staff, students and customers. Paul will be spending one day in Cambridge, including a visit to the Kelsey Kerridge, and one day in Chelmsford with

a video-conference link to Guild House, Peterborough. Following these two days, we’ll find out if we have maintained our CSE accreditation.

To find out more, email the Customer Experience Team ([email protected]).

Claire ColeCustomer Experience Manager, Student Services

Welcome carnival for our students

Customer Service Excellence assessment

Development &

ALUMNI NEWS

A business expert who simply aims to give his customers a ‘great day out’ enjoyed one of his own when he received Anglia Ruskin’s Alumni Success in Business Award at a graduation ceremony on 16 October. Daniel Gidney (pictured above), a former Business Studies student, is the current Chief Executive of Lancashire County Cricket Club, having enjoyed previous success at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena, Sodexho, Live Nation and Admiral Sports.

Give as you Live means you can shop as usual with your favourite stores, who will then donate to the Anglia Ruskin Music Therapy Appeal at no extra cost to you. Our campus-based, purpose-built Music Therapy Centre hosts music therapists and students who work to improve the health and everyday lives of

Since taking up his current role at Old Trafford – one of cricket’s most famous and historic sporting arenas – he has set up a record naming rights partnership with Emirates, while the stadium won the International Stadium Business Award for Project of the Year for its new pavilion. Lancashire also posted a record operating profit of more than £3.5 million in 2013: a record trading profit for any first-class county ever. Earlier this year, Daniel was awarded Trafford Business Person of the Year.

both children and adults.

Help us raise funds for:• purchasing specialised

instruments for the centre• travel bursaries – support

our students who carry out community clinical therapy placements across the country. Travel costs an average £40 a month.

Sport and leisure guru receives 2014 Alumni Success in Business Award


Help the Anglia Ruskin University Music Therapy Appeal

Daniel began his career at Admiral Sports, then worked for a national indoor entertainments group before being recruited by Live Nation – the global events promoter – where he became Director of Ticketing. In 2002 Sodexho appointed him Managing Director of their Hospitals division, before he moved on to become Chief Executive of the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, in 2006. In 2011, he was named Midlands Business Person of the Year.

Despite his busy schedule, Daniel has still found time to work for his alma mater, returning this year to talk to alumni and students at our annual Master of Business Administration dinner. Our Vice Chancellor, Professor Michael Thorne, said, ‘Daniel’s ability to consistently deliver the goods wherever he goes is clearly the result of a keen mind and an unusually well-honed commercial savvy. But in a recent interview, he described the core of his job in very simple terms. He said he must provide “exceptional customer service, value for money, and a great day out” – which sounds like a good recipe for success. ‘As an Anglia Ruskin alumnus with an outstanding track record in a hugely competitive marketplace, Daniel is an excellent role model for our business students and is a worthy winner of the 2014 Alumni Success in Business award.’ To find out more, please contact Sue Jacobs ([email protected]), Head of Development and Alumni Relations.

Sign up through the Give as you Live website (www.giveasyoulive.com/join/angliaruskin) or email [email protected] for more details.

Happy Christmas.

The Development Team

Study shows how chimpanzees share skillsHow new feeding methods spread in the wild

Focus on

RESEARCH


s In the wild, a Sonso chimpanzee using a leaf-sponge is watched by others.

The first recorded evidence of new behaviour being adopted and transmitted from individual to individual within a wild chimpanzee colony was published in the September 2014 issue of the journal PLOS Biology. Scientists from Anglia Ruskin University, University of St Andrews, University of Neuchatel and Université du Quebec studied the spread of two novel feeding methods among the Sonso chimpanzee community living in Uganda’s Budongo Forest. Chimpanzees are widely considered to be the most ‘cultural’ of all non-human animals, but most previous studies examining how behaviour is transmitted have been carried out among captive populations. Here, for the first time, the researchers could track in real time how a new natural behaviour was passed from individual to individual in a wild community. The researchers in this new study investigated the spread of two variations of ‘leaf-sponging’, which is a common behaviour among chimpanzees. The Sonso chimpanzees typically manufacture leaf-sponges by folding and chewing leaves in their mouth, and then dip them in a water source to drink. During six days of continuous observation, various individuals were observed to develop two novel behaviours: leaf-sponge re-use, which is using a sponge that had been left from a previous visit, and moss-sponging, which is the production of a sponge made of moss

or a mixture of leaves and moss. No one had previously observed either moss-sponging or leaf-sponge re-use in the Sonso community. The analysis began when the group’s 29-year-old alpha male, Nick, made a moss sponge and began extracting water while being observed by Nambi, an adult dominant female. Over the next six days the waterhole was revisited regularly and the scientists watched a further seven individuals making and using moss sponges. It was confirmed that six of these had observed the behaviour before adopting it themselves, the seventh was seen to re-use a discarded moss sponge, so may have learnt about the novel behaviour in this way. The scientists also recorded a 12-year-old sub-adult male retrieve and use a discarded leaf sponge. A further eight

individuals adopted this technique, but only four of them first watched another individual performing this behaviour. By using a technique called network-based diffusion analysis, it’s estimated that each time they observed moss-sponging, ‘naïve’ individuals enhanced their chances of developing moss-sponging by a factor of 15. This striking effect contrasted with the re-use behaviour in which social learning seemed to play much less of a role. As the two behaviours occurred at the same time in the same location, the researchers could rule out many alternative explanations, greatly strengthening the case for social transmission of the moss sponging. Dr William Hoppitt, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, said, ‘Our

results provide strong evidence for social transmission along the chimpanzees’ social network, demonstrating that wild chimpanzees learn novel tool-use from each other and support the claim that some of the observed behavioural diversity in wild chimpanzees should be interpreted as “cultural”.’ The study suggests that group-specific behavioural variants in wild chimpanzees can be socially learned, adding to the evidence that this prerequisite for culture originated in a common ancestor of great apes and humans, long before the advent of modern humans. To read the PLOS Biology paper, please visit http://bit.ly/1vN2ZLm.

To find out more, please contact Dr Hoppitt ([email protected]).

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Invasive ladybirds are really city slickersAnglia Ruskin scientist co-authors paper showing harlequins prefer urban areas

New research carried out by scientist Dr Peter Brown shows that the invasive harlequin ladybird has a preference for Britain’s towns and cities. By rapidly establishing in urban areas and overwintering inside buildings, the harlequin, first recorded in the UK in 2004, has severely affected native ladybird species, which have suffered from the combined impacts of habitat deterioration and competition. As well as our Dr Brown, the new study, published on 13 October in the Journal of Biogeography, involved scientists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Reading.

The research investigated the effect of both landscape and climatic factors on the spread of this ladybird. It used records from citizen scientists who submitted around 23,000 sightings to the UK Ladybird Survey between 2003 and 2011. While previous research on the same dataset had primarily focused on the effect of its broad diet and high reproduction rate, the new study compared sightings with spatial survival models to identify where the harlequin ladybird might appear next. Spatial survival analysis has been widely applied in disease epidemiology but rarely used to explore the spread of invasive alien species.

Dr Peter Brown, Senior Lecturer in Zoology in our Faculty of Science & Technology, said, ‘Urban environments can support large populations of ladybirds, so are important habitats for these charismatic insects. It’s a serious concern that harlequin ladybirds appear to be displacing some native species in these habitats. People can continue to help this research by contributing records to the UK Ladybird Survey.’ Lead author Dr Bethan Purse, from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, said, ‘Our new study indicates that environmental factors, particularly habitat, have made some areas of Britain such as cities more vulnerable to rapid invasion of the harlequin ladybird than

other areas, even after recording intensity and proximity to initial invasion sites are accounted for.’ The results also show that the harlequin ladybird has struggled to spread into coniferous woodland. A number of ladybird species within Britain are largely confined to coniferous woodland and it appears that such habitats are more resistant to invasion by the harlequin. The study was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

To find out more, please contact Dr Brown ([email protected]).

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COMMUNITY

A new study, published in the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, found that bilingual primary school children learn more effectively than monolinguals within noisy environments such as classrooms. Senior Lecturer in our Department of Psychology, Dr Roberto Filippi led the research, which involved children aged between seven and 10 at a Cambridge primary school. The study discovered that bilingual children were better able to maintain focus on a main task, which in this case was the identification of the subject within a short sentence, while in the presence of noise. Pupils who only speak one language did not reach the same level of efficiency, showing that noise negatively affects their ability to sustain attention, especially when comprehending more difficult sentences. When a sentence has a passive rather than an active construction, for example ‘the frog is bitten by the cow’ rather than ‘the frog is biting the cow’, it requires greater cognitive processing. Here, bilinguals show that, when the ‘game gets harder’, their minds can process the information in a more efficient way. The researchers found that the level of accuracy in comprehension was 63% among bilinguals compared with 51% among monolinguals. The study also shows that the ability to overcome verbal interference improves with age in bilingual speakers but not in monolinguals, with the

bilingual children overtaking their monolingual classmates by the age of 9. Dr Filippi said, ‘Previous research has shown that bilingualism has a positive effect on cognitive abilities, but there were no studies investigating whether these advantages extended to learning in noisy environments. ‘Primary schools are the key stages for the development of formal learning in the first years of life. However, they are also remarkably noisy. So, the ability to filter out auditory interference is particularly important.’ Dr Filippi co-authored the study with academics from Northwestern University in Chicago and Birkbeck, University of London. He added, ‘The observation that the ability to control interference improves with age, but only within the bilingual group, is a remarkable finding. This shows the acquisition of two languages in early childhood provides a beneficial effect on cognitive development. The study provides further evidence of the importance of learning a second language early in the UK educational system.’ The researchers have applied to the Leverhulme Trust for funding to conduct large-scale research in this area, which will survey people of all ages in an attempt to track how bilingualism affects the brain throughout a person’s development.

To find out more, please contact Dr Fillippi ([email protected]).

In ChelmsfordInter Faith Week – Does religion cause war or peace?Thursday 13 November 7.30–9.00 pm

Join the Mid-Essex Inter Faith forum to discuss and debate ‘Does religion cause war or peace?’ Can religion exist without conflict and war or is religion the key to unlocking world peace? Are religion and religious differences to blame for war and conflicts? With peace at the centre of most religious ideology, is religion just used as an excuse to cover up political agendas?

A free light buffet will be served during the event.

For further information and to book your place, please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/communityevents or call Rachel Moss, ext 4723.

In Cambridge Celebration of Community and Faith Fair – The origin of my faithSunday 16 November, 2.00 pm

Join the Cambridge Inter Faith Group’s celebration of faiths. The Mayor of Cambridge, Councillor Gerri Bird will give a presentation and there will be a host of other speakers. The event will feature stalls representing many different faiths.

All welcome, free to attend, no need to pre-book, just turn up on the day.

For further information, please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/communityevents or call Miriam Berg, ext 5060.

We’re celebrating Inter Faith Week with two events

We’ve launched two new workshops for colleagues from faculties and support services to learn more about how they can embed environmental sustainability within their work.

‘Environmental Awareness: 1-hour Campus Green Tour’ is designed as a ‘walk and learn’ introduction to environmental issues, how they are managed here and how staff can embed environmental responsibility within their day-to-day activities. Feedback from previous participants has been very positive: ‘Brilliant, very interesting and insightful’, ‘It was an informative and enjoyable session’.

‘Environmental Management: Applying to Strategic and Operational Plans’ is a half-day interactive workshop designed for management teams responsible for developing their strategic and operational plans. A series of presentations, interactive exercises, case studies and discussion will help you gain an understanding of the environmental context of our strategic and operational planning.

You can find more details by going to the HR My.Anglia page ‘A–Z listing of Training Workshops’, and you can email [email protected] to register for either workshop.

We care about the impacts our buying choices have on the environment and on producers’ livelihoods.

We gained Fairtrade University status in 2007, and every two years submit an application to renew our status. This year we’ve successfully renewed our status and received a glowing report from the Fairtrade Foundation.

‘Your commitment to sustainability is wonderful to see, you’ve clearly shown a drive and enthusiasm for Fairtrade in so much that you do.’ Katheryn Wise, Campaigns Officer at Fairtrade Foundation

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who continues to support Fairtrade and to those who buy and enjoy Fairtrade products.

Over the next two years we’d like to take things further by encouraging staff to think about how cotton clothing is produced. This can have a negative impact on local environments, as the bleaching and dyeing can pollute waterways and leave communities without safe drinking water. Workers who produce the clothing can also suffer from low pay, lack of rights and appalling conditions.

When buying cotton items such as clothing and bags we encourage teams to purchase products that carry an independent certification mark, guaranteeing that producers have received a fair and stable price.

To find out more, please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/fairtrade.

GREEN ISSUESThe latest environmental update


s PV solar panels on the Lord Ashcroft Building, Cambridge.

We are trialing some reverse vending machines on campus that offer you rewards for recycling. You can recycle

s Banana bread bake-off 2014 (l–r) Daryl Sharpe (SU president), Sarah Johnson (Environment Team), Megan Bennett (SU Communications Officer) and Mario Kokkoris (Environment Team).

Environmental learning and development opportunities

Anglia Ruskin officially loves Fairtrade

Get rewarded for recycling on the goplastic bottles and cans in the kiosks and receive points

Renowned surgeon honoured in Sri Lanka

s Professor Mandika Wijeyaratne, President of The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, presents the honorary fellowship to Mr Arulampalam.

Mr Tam Arulampalam, Clinical Director of the ICENI Centre for Surgical Training, Research and Education at Colchester General Hospital – a joint venture between Anglia Ruskin University and Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust – was awarded an honorary fellowship of The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka in a ceremony in the capital, Colombo, during its annual congress, where he also gave lectures. The honour was given in recognition of his work teaching and training Sri Lankan surgeons and surgical trainees, both in their own country and in Essex. Part of his citation reads, ‘…his contribution to Sri Lankan postgraduate surgical training is invaluable. There was a time when getting a training post for Sri Lankan

surgical trainees in UK was virtually impossible, due to the change in UK immigration rules and the financial crisis faced by the NHS. During that time Mr Arulampalam worked tirelessly and managed to convince the regional postgraduate dean and his NHS trust to secure a training post for Sri Lankan surgical trainees in advanced laparoscopic surgery.’ Mr Arulampalam said, ‘Although the honour has been awarded to me, it’s also recognition of the huge contribution that Colchester has made to surgery. Colchester Hospital is a pioneering institution for laparoscopic surgery in the UK through the work of Professor Roger Motson, and maintains a national and international recognition for excellence in this field.’

Mr Arulampalam is also an honorary senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin, and has been based at Colchester General Hospital since 2002, and the following year became one of the UK’s first laparoscopic (key hole) colorectal surgeons. Since 2004, Mr Arulampalam, who is a member of the International Development Committee of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, has made five visits to Sri Lanka to run workshops. In 2007 he established a laparoscopic overseas fellowship in Colchester for Sri Lankan surgeons, which has seen four surgeons train in Essex before returning home to use their skills and train others. To find out more, please contact Daisy Martlew ([email protected]), ICENI Centre Co-ordinator.

INTERNATIONAL FOCUS


that you can exchange for prizes. The kiosks will help us to reach our 60% recycling target for 2015, this will also help us save money as it costs us half as much to dispose of mixed recycling than general waste.

How does it work? 1. Register as a member at

one of the kiosks or by visiting greenredeem.co.uk.

2. Log in at a kiosk and recycle your plastic bottles and cans – picking up points for each item.

3. Exchange your points for rewards at greenredeem.co.uk with local shops or Anglia Ruskin Green rewards such as I Love ARU T-shirts, or become the month’s top recycler and win shopping vouchers.

The kiosks are forming our November Anglia Ruskin Green staff competition, so take note of where they are:• Chelmsford – Outside MAB• Cambridge – In LAB courtyard

We want as many of you as possible to join GreenRedeem and start recycling on the go at campus. We’ll be tracking how many colleagues from each faculty or support service sign up, and will be sending goodies to those who: a) achieve the highest percentage of staff sign up, and b) achieve the highest number of sign ups – along with awarding points on our leader board. There’ll also be a prize for November’s top recycler. Visit anglia.ac.uk/greenevents to find out how your team is doing in our competition.

Sarah JohnsonEnvironment and Utilities Officer, Estates and Facilities

Employer

ENGAGEMENT


On Wednesday 24 September, we welcomed twelve students from Braintree-based construction service providers, Tamdown and TriConnex, to our Chelmsford campus for their induction day to a new Business Management degree.

The induction day is an opportunity for all of the students to come together and meet with our course tutors, and allows them to see our campus facilities and gain an insight into the online support and resources on offer.

This new degree course has been developed collaboratively by Anglia Ruskin, Tamdown and TriConnex to address the shortfall in management skills that’s hampered house building in recent years. All employees could apply for the course, and 12 students who met both our and the companies’ criteria were selected.

Both companies have fully backed the three-year degree programme, which will include key themes that Tamdown and TriConnex have identified as crucial to their employees,

their business and the wider industry. Mike Morris, Chairman of Tamdown & TriConnex said, ‘It’s not every day a business decides to launch its own degree. I’m excited at the prospect of not only being a part of this but also to see the business and our people grow as a result of this ongoing programme.’ Tom Taylor, Principal Consultant, Degrees at Work said, ‘The course is structured to allow employees to incorporate the theoretical aspects of the course into their day-to-day work, alongside the flexibility to

study at a time that best suits them.’

The degree programme includes nine campus-based days per academic year, which will include team-based activities, case studies and contributions from employees across both companies to further cement the work-based and the theoretical aspects of the course.

To find out more, speak to Degrees at Work on ext 6707 or email [email protected].

Induction day for new Degrees at Work course with construction providers

s The new students from Tamdown and TriConnex with (centre row, from second left) Richard Harpley, Managing Director, TriConnex, Norman Greenwald, Head of Learning and Development, Tamdown Group; John Jackson, Link Lecturer, Learning Development Services, and Jan Skene, Head of Degrees at Work.

UK PARTNER INSTITUTIONS


Once again, September saw the Bull Hotel and Peterborough Cathedral hold our prestigious Graduation Ceremony. Over 150 graduates processed through the centre of town and into Peterborough Cathedral in front of hundreds of proud friends and family members. After hearing from Deputy Vice

Over the summer, recent graduate Sophie Jakes did her bit for charity and climbed Africa’s highest mountain to raise £2900 for Childreach International.

Rising from the East African plains, Mount Kilimanjaro stands as the roof of Africa, with its three volcanic cones.

After actively fundraising for months beforehand, Sophie kept her word and trekked for six days to reach the summit, Uhuru Peak, at a chilly 5895 metres. ‘It was the hardest and most mentally and physically exhausting six days of my life so far, but I made it, wearing my UCP fleece! It was definitely all worth it.’

Chancellor, Professor Lesley Dobree, Chair of the Board, Allan Arnott, and Principal and CEO of Peterborough Regional College, Angela Joyce, the moment every student in the building had been waiting for began. Nerves were palpable as students crossed the stage, their most prominent thoughts being, ‘Don’t trip up the stairs

Student Experience Officer, Tulani Ndhlovu, said, ‘We aim to support students and recognise that wider life skills come from facing challenges. Sophie is the type of ambassador and role model for others that UCP celebrates.’

Congratulations to Sophie on her successful trek and the stunning amount of money she raised for ongoing children’s projects in Africa.

Katie HurrellRecruitment & Events Co-ordinator, University Centre Peterborough

or fall over in my heels!’, but everything ran smoothly and the atmosphere was one of sheer pride.

Guest speaker Mike Greene, Peterborough’s Secret Millionaire, offered words of encouragement and inspiration to the audience, whilst Journalism graduate Rachel Pishhorn delivered a superb vote of thanks on behalf of all her fellow graduates.

Success has been high again this year, with many students already in employment or postgraduate study:

• 82% of the Archaeology graduates achieved a first or a 2:1, with one student having their dissertation paper published

• Criminology graduate Andrew Williams has secured himself a job with the Ministry of Defence Police, providing armed policing and conducting criminal investigations

• Computing achieved 91% at 2:1 or better classifications, and many students are currently in employment

• 100% of Engineering graduates are currently either in full-time employment or postgraduate study within the engineering discipline – this year 50% of students received a first-class honours degree for the fourth year running

• Student progression in local and regional industry for our Journalism graduates includes work with Lincolnshire County Council Internal Comms, a Spalding Guardian reporter and also a Stamford Mercury reporter.

It’s fair to say that University Centre Peterborough is proud of all this year’s graduates and wishes them only the very best for the future careers.

Katie HurrellRecruitment & Events Co-ordinator, University Centre Peterborough

Success all round at UCP

Sophie climbs to the top for charity

s Sophie Jakes at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.

s UCP graduates, processing through town to Peterborough Cathedral.


Students from three of our European partner colleges from France, Italy and Poland attended an EU-funded project meeting at the College of West Anglia.

Over 30 European students joined us at the College of West Anglia (CWA) to further develop a study programme that investigates ways that sustainable energies and an eco-friendly approach might offset the effects of climate change. Earlier this year, CWA staff and students travelled to Poland where they researched energy consumption and transport as part of the project. This was followed up by a visit to Italy, where the student project teams discussed, developed and agreed on a partnership, ‘eco-charter’, which included topics such as healthy diets, transport, waste management and biodiversity.

While with us, our European visitors will focus not only on the UK’s relationship with the

sea, with a specific emphasis on the Fens and how that has affected demographics locally, but also on a comparison between partner colleges on how an eco-friendly approach to healthy living and working is promoted in each country. We’ll also introduce them to local and national cultural experiences including the Norfolk coastline, London and the Thames Barrier defences, and, of course, fish and chips in Wells-next-the-Sea.

Earlier in the year, our students were also involved in an international art exhibition. Artwork produced as part of a joint European project between CWA, ROC Friesepoort, Netherlands and the Heinrich-Hertz Europakolleg in Bonn, Germany, was selected for display in the Ministry of Education and Training in Dusseldorf, Germany, where it was on display for three weeks.

The exhibition was officially opened by the Education

Minister, Silvia Loehrmann, who said that that the tri-country project, SMART (Soul Mates In Art), was ‘amazing’. Talking of the project, she went on to say, ‘Bridges can be built and the Europeans of tomorrow grow closer together.’

Prior to this, the exhibition had been on tour to each of the three countries, and our students travelled to both of

the partner countries as part of the project. The exhibition in Drachten, the Netherlands, ran from 20–23 March; the exhibition in Konigswinter, Germany was from 3–7 April; and, the exhibition in the Arts Centre, King’s Lynn was from 14–17 May.

Luke ByronMarketing Department, The College of West Anglia

The flags of Europe fly at the College of West Anglia

UK PARTNER INSTITUTIONS

s At the European art exhibition in Germany (l–r) Silvia Loehrmann (Education Minister), Lisa Klose (student), Philipp Sindermann (student), Stefanie Haarkamp (tutor), Martina Muehlburger (tutor) and Simone Koch (tutor).

s Our visiting European students on trip to Sandringham.


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 ARTStwisting into a macabre and all too familiar shape... While on holiday, a bored and neglected housewife begins a frivolous love affair with a local photographer. What began as a harmless distraction soon becomes all-consuming. As his obsession grows, the only way out pushes her to the extreme...

Daphne Du Maurier’s atmospheric short stories about the mystery of love, life and desire are vividly brought to life on stage – a testament to why she remains one of the greatest authors of modern literature.

Suitable for ages 14+.

A chilling discovery, a terrible secretTwo classic stories, one spine-tingling evening

After the death of his wife, a long-suffering husband feels a sense of freedom for the first time in years. But not for long. The apple tree in the garden has begun to flourish; growing and

Watching The Living – A Daphne du Maurier double bill • Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) • Tuesday 2 November, 7.30 pm

over the UK, making it possible for them to stage abridged Shakespeare productions in their local professional theatre.

Each night, four schools will perform four different Shakespeare

plays. Come and celebrate the achievements of your local schools in a wonderful evening of entertainment.

The Mumford Theatre welcomes the UK’s largest youth drama festival to its stage.

The Shakespeare Schools Festival works with over 1000 secondary, primary and special schools all

Shakespeare Schools Festival • Tickets: £8.75 (£6.75 concessions) • Tuesday 11–Thursday 13 November, 7.00 pm

Aznavour, Brel, Barbara, Piaf, Ferrat, Nougaro and others will speak to you; their universality defies time and space.

Using expression and body language, as well as briefly

introducing each song in English, Huguette will make the repertoire enjoyable and accessible to all, greatly helped and backed by Peter Britton on the piano.

Through the music and lyrics of the most acclaimed French songwriters, Huguette will take you along to places and acquaint you with situations and characters of timeless relevance and appeal.

Huguette Chante ‘Avec Le Temps...’ • Tickets: £12.00 (£10.00 concessions) • Saturday 15 November, 7.30 pm

and acted by students from the Cambridge Clinical School, with cameos from some of their favourite consultants.

Last year’s panto got 4 stars by The Tab with them reporting, ‘The entire show is packed full of more innuendos than a Carry On film.’ This year we’ll be performing in aid of the Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust and Cambridge Mind, with all profits

from the show and interval raffle donated to these worthwhile causes.

Not suitable for those averse to cheesy songs or those with a delicate disposition!

Not suitable for children due to mature comedy and sexual themes.

Kindly sponsored by Nuffield Health, Kuda and Frank Lee Leisure and Fitness.

Addenbrooke’s Charity Pantomime 2014 presents Peter Pancreas, a medical-themed take on a classic. There’ll be puns, pirates and plenty of poor medical students making fools of themselves. Come join us for a swashbuckling cornucopia of singing, dancing, innuendos and cringe-worthy jokes.

It’s produced, written, directed, choreographed, orchestrated

Peter Pancreas • Tickets: £12.00 (£6.50 concessions) • Tuesday 18–Saturday 22 November, 7.30 pm

Sassoon, their friendship, their inter-dependency, their poetry. Through the letters and poems of these two men, Stephen MacDonald’s acclaimed play paints a vivid and moving picture of their friendship and the conflict that brought them together.

One hundred years on from the beginning of the First World War, Not About Heroes is both exhilarating and uncompromising in its exploration of love, war and a friendship that changed the face of British poetry.

Suitable for ages 13+.

‘I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.’ Wilfred Owen

Not About Heroes is the unforgettable story of two of the finest Great War poets, Wilfred Owen and Siegfried

Not About Heroes • Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) • Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 December, 7.30 pm

Free pre-show talk: 6.30 pm with Professor Mary Joannou, Professor of Literary History and Women’s Writing£5 Anglia Ruskin staff standby tickets available

Free pre-show talk: 6.30 pm (Monday only) with Ian Bennett, Lecturer in Media Studies£5 Anglia Ruskin staff standby tickets available

Cambridgeshire Film Consortium – lunchtime archive shows and Scandinavian cinema events

Industrial Britain (Robert Flaherty, 1931), Transfer of Skills (1940) and Five Towns (1947) show how British workers adapted their industrial skills to pre-war, wartime and post-war Britain.

In this moving tale of loyalty, despair and moral responsibility, Ingmar Ingmarsson struggles to honour Brita, his estranged betrothed, accussed of infanticide.

A rare 35 mm screening, with live piano accompaniment from John Sweeney.

When troubled detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad are reassigned to Department Q filing cold cases, they discover they are

Fritz Lang’s classic German expressionist science fiction film

Cost: £5.00, concessions £4.00, plus a free tea/coffee with each ticket.

not as cold as initially suspected, in this gripping thriller.

Presentations from Barry Forshawe (author of Nordic Noir), Trish Sheil (Silent Film Influence) and Dr Tanya Horeck (Women in Crime Thrillers). Suitable for AS/A/undergraduate/BTEC English/Film/Media Studies students.

set in a futuristic dystopia. With live piano accompaniment from John Sweeney plus writing and images inspired by the Silent Partners exhibition.

Presented in collaboration with the Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition – Silent Partners: Artist and Mannequin from Function to Fetish.

Cost: £4.00, accompanying teachers free.

For full information on Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events, visit cambridgeshirefilmconsortium.org/, phone 01223 579 127

or email trish.s@picturehouses

THE ARTS


Lunchtime concerts • Fridays, 1.10 pm • Mumford Theatre, Cambridge • admission free

Anglia Singers – recent events and forthcoming concert

A Portrait of Britain at Work 1930–1960 • Wednesday 12 November, 1.00 pm

Scandinavian cinema events • Sons of Ingmar (Cert TBC) • Thursday 13 November, 7.30 pm and Sunday 16 November, 1.00 pm

Exploring the Scandinavian Noir Thriller: The Keeper of Lost Causes (15) • Friday 14 November, 10.00 am–1.00 pm

Metropolis (PG) • Monday 17 November, 6.00–9.00 pm

7 Nov Yukie Smith and Marie-Noëlle Marie-Noëlle and Yukie continue their collaboration to explore unfamiliar piano duet repertoires written by known and unknown

composers.

14 Nov Cambridge Music Festival – Aurora and Manu Delago The award-winning musicians of Aurora are joined by Manu Delago, hang* player and YouTube sensation, to perform music by

Takemitsu, Delago and Thomas Adès. * The hang looks like a cross between an upturned wok and a steel drum, and creates beautiful, soft, sonorous colours.

21 Nov Cambridge Music Festival – Graham Fitkin and Ruth Wall Wire-strung and lever harps, pole tone generator and Moog synthesiser all feature in a new work – Lost – by Graham Fitkin. It’s based on

music written for Ockham’s Razor, a dramatic aerial theatre show.

28 Nov Robert Castellani Robert Castellani is a three-time Guitarist of the Year finalist. With a unique approach to the instrument, Robert combines percussive sounds

on the body of the instrument alongside harmonics and entangling melodies to create a whirlwind of sound all from just one instrument.

Following a highly successful visit to give a concert in the Parish Church in the small Essex village of Rayne, the Anglia Singers adjourned for a summer break. During the break, news reached them that their Chair, local solicitor David Lawton, had died after a short illness. David had served the choir both as a member of the bass section and as Chair for a number of years, and the sudden

news was a shock. Members of the choir led the singing and contributed to a Memorial Service in Chelmsford Cathedral in September.

During September, many of the Singers took part in a Come and Sing with John Rutter workshop, organised by partner music organisation, Trianon Music Group, in Ipswich. Attended by nearly 400

singers from all over the country, the workshop also raised thousands of pounds for the Royal British Legion.

Rehearsals are now well under way for their next concert on Sunday 23 November at All Saints’ Parish Church, Springfield Green Chelmsford, when they will be joined by children from Bishop’s

Primary School in Chelmsford for ‘Remembrance’, a programme of verse and music to commemorate the Great War. The concert starts at 3 pm, and tickets are available by phoning the Anglia Singers ticketline (01245 350988) or from Allegro Music in Chelmsford (01245 283527).

Emeritus Professor Chris Green

BA Fine Art exhibition • Ruskin BalconyCurrent Conflicts • Ruskin Gallery

26 Words • Ruskin Balcony

Ruskin Gallery exhibitions

Full details of all exhibitions at the Ruskin Gallery can be found at: www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskingallery


Battlefield III • Ruskin Gallery

An unusual exhibition by members of two leading creative organisations: 26, bringing together writers of many different kinds, and Letter Exchange,

Six artists working with photography vicariously approach the subject of contemporary war. Current Conflicts comprises a series of artists’ responses to ideas around modern warfare, in particular the West’s engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Through research and seminars, the exhibition has provided a catalyst for debate. Audiences feel that there’s little alternative to thinking about war except within the parameters set out by the media. Concepts such as embedding and citizen journalism don’t seem to have resulted in any increased knowledge, empathy or discussion. The artists use their varied proximity to current conflicts to explore ideas shared by all of us when confronted by the modern notion of war.

This exhibition is the first of two held at the Ruskin Balcony during this academic year that presents artwork by a group of second-year Fine Art students. There’s a variety of media including painting, drawing, sculptural, installation, video and photography. These exhibitions are curated by the students, and are an integral part of their professional practice activities that take place at the second-year stage on the Fine Art course.

Battlefield III brings together three artists working in three different disciplines. Their work explores the idea of ‘conflict’; from militaristic to consumerism. Within this theme is the notion of ‘active participation’ as viewers, through the mediated language

Continues until Saturday 22 November Continues until Saturday 22 November

Thursday 27 November–Saturday 17 January (closed 20 Dec–3 Jan) • Private View: Thursday 27 November, 5.00 pm

Thursday 27 November–Saturday 17 January (closed 20 Dec–3 Jan) • Private View: Thursday 27 November, 5.00 pm

of computer-animated games, science-fiction models, the media and popular culture.

All artists are London-based, but share a strong connection to Anglia Ruskin University as current or former tutors in BA Computer Games or BA Fine Art.

whose members include letter cutters, calligraphers and type designers.

It all started in April, when writers were paired with visual artists to form 26 collaborative partnerships to create limited edition artworks. Each pair randomly chose a word to represent each letter of the alphabet, by inserting a knife in a dictionary. The result is an extraordinary collection of words from acidulate to zaffre. Each pair was asked to explore ideas through these single words, their meanings and their visual expressions, and a 27th was asked to collaborate to combine all the words into one work.

JOINERS This 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: Andrzej Cirocki, Lecturer, English & Media; Pierluigi Congedo, Senior Lecturer, Anglia Law School; Milla Tiainen, Senior Lecturer, English & Media

• Estates & Facilities: Sarah-Jane Mackenzie, Events Organiser, Catering and Events; Laura McGarrigle, Catering Assistant, Catering and Events

• Health, Social Care & Education: Vicki Elliott, Senior Lecturer, Allied Health & Medicine; Jake Mitchell, Apprentice Marketing Administrator; Shahla Yassaei, Lecturer, Education

• HR Services: Loretta Short, HR Administrator

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School: Muriel Cadilhac, Research Projects Manager, International Management Practice; Brynn Deprey, Senior Lecturer, Enterprise & Tourism; Ian Jones, Departmental Administrator; Parisa Nedjati-Gilani, Lecturer, Human Resources & Organisational Behaviour; William Turner, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, International Management Practice

• Stephen Bewers – from Estates & Facilities Services to IT Services as Support Group Administrator, Customer Support

• Nick Conroy – from Lord Ashcroft International Business School to Academic Office as Senior Assessments Administrator, Assessment Unit

• Emma Goldsmith – from University Library to VC´s Office as Administrative Assistant

MOVERS

LEAVERS


• Academic Office: David Dawson, Faculty QA Officer, Quality Assurance

• Arts, Law & Social Sciences: Rohan Kariyawasam, Professor in Law; Lizzie Ludlow, Lecturer, English & Media

• Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services: Penny Richards, Compliance Officer, International Office; Elizabeth Turner, International Liaison Administrator, International Office

• Estates & Facilities: Cristiano Cangemi, Catering Assistant, Catering and Events; Nina Sharp, Catering Assistant, Catering and Events; Gediminas Verbauskas, Timetabling Administrator, Timetabling

• Health, Social Care & Education: Julie Abernethy, Senior Lecturer, Child & Community Nursing; Jane Ellis, Senior Lecturer, Education & Social Care; Samantha Fryer, Personal Assistant; Emmanuel Idowu, Senior Lecturer, Child & Community Nursing; Lyn Jones, Senior Lecturer, Nursing & Midwifery; Anice Kavathekar, Lecturer, Child & Community Nursing; Irina Morosanu, Senior Lecturer, Education & Social Care; Dilva Porter, Senior Lecturer, Child & Community Nursing

• HR Services: Joseph Curtin, HR Administrator

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School: Bethany Alexander, KEEP Associate, Marketing, Enterprise & Tourism; Jessica Breeze, Low Carbon KEEP Associate, Marketing, Enterprise & Tourism; Karen Smallwood, Administration Manager; John Webb, Senior Research Fellow, Leadership & Management

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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• Medical Science: Alan Bell, Senior Lecturer, Allied & Public Health; David Brown, Senior Lecturer, Allied & Public Health; Natasha Campling, Research Fellow, PMI; Thomas Keeble, Senior Research Fellow, PMI; Lauren Spurling, Lecturer, Allied & Public Health; Lisa Wakeman, Senior Lecturer, Allied & Public Health

• Research, Development & Commercial Services: Alan White, Director of Research

• Science & Technology: Itay Basevitch, Lecturer, Life Sciences; Mohammad Ghorabian, Low Carbon Keep Associate, Engineering & the Built Environment; Yan-Yee Lau, Low Carbon KEEP Associate, Engineering & the Built Environment; Jo Mason, Lecturer, Life Sciences; Ranjan Ramasamy, Reader, Life Sciences; Justin Roberts, Senior Lecturer, Life Sciences; Claire Rossato, Senior Lecturer, Life Sciences; Genevieve Williams, Lecturer, Life Sciences

• Student Services: Haluk Acar, Sport Coach, Sport & Active Anglia; Shamima Aktar Zikra, Early Years Practitioner, Nursery; Michael Browning, Sport Coach, Sport & Active Anglia; Jonathan Disley, University Tennis Co-ordinator, Sport & Active Anglia; Tom Fulk, Sport Coach, Sport & Active Anglia; Christopher Germon, Sport Coach, Sport & Active Anglia; Gabriella Giuffrida, Study Support Administrator; Frank Hodge, Sport Coach, Sport & Active Anglia; Rafal Kleszko, Sport Coach, Sport & Active Anglia; Bob Maison, Sport Coach, Sport & Active Anglia; Holly Peck, Sport Coach, Sport & Active Anglia; Debbie Seabright, Mental Health Adviser, Counselling & Wellbeing; Charles Shannon, Sport Coach, Sport & Active Anglia; Samuel Syddall, Graduate Recruitment Adviser, Employability Service; Heidi Whitehouse, Early Years Practitioner, Nursery

• University Library: Caitlin McCulloch, Graduate Trainee; Holly Nicholas, Graduate Trainee

• Research, Development & Commercial Services: Patricia Stoneham, Project Manager MedTech Low Carbon Innovation Programme

• Medical Science: Erin Pritchard, Research Fellow, PMI

• Science & Technology: Richard Moore, Senior Lecturer, Engineering & the Built Environment; Poul Rohleder, Reader/Course Group Leader, Psychology; Joanna Simper, Administrator (Student Administration), Faculty Office

• Student Services: Richard Bazley, Recreation Assistant, Sport & Active Anglia; Martin Brown, Study Support Assistant, Study Support Service; Nigel Wills, iCentre Senior Administrator, iCentre

• The Secretary’s Office: Matt Birch, Security Control Room Operator, Security; Stephen Mann, Security Control Room Operator, Security

• University Library: Sarah Haddock, Library Support Adviser

• Chris Jones – from Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services to Faculty of Science & Technology as Administration Team Leader, Faculty Office

• Joe Perkins – from Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services to Student Services as Administrator, Employability Service

• Sarah Paveley – from Faculty of Science & Technology to Student Services as Sport Coach, Sport & Active Anglia

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