november 2011 - bulletin vol 8 no 10

November 2011Volume 8 No 10

Anglia Ruskin Research Conferenceinaugural conference takes place at Chelmsford

In this issue:

Preparations for MillRoad Winter Fair 2011Full story on page 24 >>

A welcome to three newmembers of our Board ofGovernorsFull story on page 6 >>

Forensic Scienceresearchers establish catlitter as a CSI tool todetect traces of petrolFull story on page 22 >>

SUNDAY

7 November• Short Cuts, CFC course,6.00pm, Arts Picturehouse,Cambridge

8 November• Into film 1, CFC course,6.00pm, Arts Picturehouse,Cambridge

9 November• Viewfinder,10.00am–5.00pm, RuskinGallery, Cambridge

• BA (Hons) Fine Art,10.00am–5.00pm, RuskinBalcony, Cambridge

10 November• Viewfinder, as above, RuskinGallery, Cambridge

• BA (Hons) Fine Art, asabove, Ruskin Balcony,Cambridge

• Lifer, 7.30pm, MumfordTheatre, Cambridge

12 November• Animation workshop, CFCevent, 11.30am, ArtsPicturehouse, Cambridge


• Anglia Singers, CentralBaptist Church, Victoria RoadSouth, Chelmsford

13 November



• Anglia Sinfonia, 7.30pm,West Road Concert Hall,Cambridge


• BA (Hons) Fine Art, as above,Ruskin Balcony, Cambridge

• Into film 1, CFC course, 6.00pm,Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

• Addenbrooke’s Panto 2011,7.30pm, Mumford Theatre,Cambridge



• Educating the nation, CFC event,1.00pm, Arts Picturehouse,Cambridge

• Addenbrooke’s Panto 2011, 7.30pm,Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

17 November• Swingin’ Britain, CFC event,9.00am, Arts Picturehouse,Cambridge

• Viewfinder, as above, RuskinGallery, Cambridge





• Lunchtime Concert, 1.10 pm,Mumford Theatre, Cambridge



19 November• Addenbrooke’s Panto 2011,7.30pm, Mumford Theatre,Cambridge

20 November



• Oh What a Lovely War,7.30pm, Mumford Theatre,Cambridge



• Oh What a Lovely War,7.30pm, Mumford Theatre,Cambridge



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31 October• Everyday,10.00am–5.00pm, RuskinGallery, Cambridge

• Macbeth, 7.30pm, MumfordTheatre, Cambridge

• Short Cuts, CFC course,6.00pm, Arts Picturehouse,Cambridge

1 November• Everyday,10.00am–5.00pm, RuskinGallery, Cambridge

• Into film 1, CFC course,6.00pm, Arts Picturehouse,Cambridge

• Macbeth, 7.30pm, MumfordTheatre, Cambridge

2 November• Everyday,10.00am–5.00pm, RuskinGallery, Cambridge

• Adaptations, CFC course,6.00pm, Arts Picturehouse,Cambridge

4 November• Lunchtime Concert,1.10 pm, Mumford Theatre,Cambridge

• Preston Reed,7.30pm,Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

5 November

6 November• The Snow Dog, 2.30pm,Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

28 November• Housebound, 7.30pm,Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

29 November• Into film 1, CFC course,6.00pm, Arts Picturehouse,Cambridge

30 November• Folie à Deux, 7.30pm,Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

1 December

2 December• Lunchtime Concert,1.10 pm, Mumford Theatre,Cambridge

3 December

4 December

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

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• Lunchtime Concert, 1.10 pm,Mumford Theatre, Cambridge


25 November• Lunchtime Concert, 1.10 pm,Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

• Via do Sam Teodoro 8, 6.30pm,Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge

• Showstopper!, 7.30pm,Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

• Anglia Singers, ChelmsfordCathedral

3 November• Everyday, 10.00am–5.00pm,Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge

• The Red Shoes, CFC event,9.30am, Arts Picturehouse,Cambridge

• Short Cuts, CFC course, 6.00pm,Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

• Lorca: Amor en el Jardin, 7.30pm,Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

22 November• Contemporary British film industryevent, CFC, 10.00am, ArtsPicturehouse, Cambridge

• Viewfinder, as above, RuskinGallery, Cambridge


• Into film 1, CFC course, 6.00pm,Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

• Oh What a Lovely War, 7.30pm,Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

Raising theprofile ofmidwifery in theEast of EnglandSee page 13 >>

N E W SFirst Anglia Ruskin Research Conference 4–5In the News 5Welcome to three new members of our Board of Governors 6Cambridge entrepreneurs awarded Enterprise Fellowship Scheme funding 7UK/EU Admissions – preparing for 2012 8VHS PhD graduate named as outstanding young international scientist 9ALSS holds welcome and welcome back parties for students 10Department of Education runs school-based pilot – .NET Gadgeteer 11Modernising Healthcare Science 12Midwifery conference series runs at Chelmsford 13English PhD student contributes to successful literary festival 14MA Publishing announces scholarship winners 15Study into migrant workers in the East of England – report launch 16International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research in Denmark 17CSA MA graduate contributes to book for Chilean earthquake victims 18Pictures inspire poetry – workshop 19Sara Knight gains award at Early Years Oscars 20Chaplaincy-organised fire-awareness event for students at Chelmsford 21

T H E A R T SWhat’s on at the Mumford 32–33Coming soon to the Ruskin Gallery 34Music events 34–35Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events 35

F E A T U R E SFocus on research 22–23Anglia Ruskin in the Community news 24–25Alumni news 25UK and international partner institutions news 26–29Green issues 29Employer engagement news 30Customer Service Excellence news 30Staff development opportunities 31Joiners, leavers and movers 36

Over 100 delegatesattend inauguralAnglia RuskinResearch ConferenceSee page 4 for full story >>

IN THIS ISSUE...

Artworkcommission forUniversity CentreHarlowSee page 27 >>

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Cover image:

Celebrating our inaugural Anglia RuskinResearch Conference – the ViceChancellor, Professor Mike Thorne, theopening speaker, Professor Kevin Warwick,and Professor Mike Cole.

After months of planning, theinaugural Anglia RuskinResearch Conference tookplace on 2 September 2011in the Postgraduate MedicalInstitute building, and otherlocations, on our Chelmsfordcampus. Attended by wellover 100 delegates, theconference was organised tocelebrate the researchsuccesses that had beenachieved by colleagues whohad obtained financial andother support for theirresearch from both internaland external sources.

The Conference was officiallyopened by our ViceChancellor, Professor MikeThorne, who explained that it

Our opening speaker, ProfessorKevin Warwick, Professor ofCybernetics at the University ofReading, articulated ‘TheCyborg Experiments’. Oftendescribing experimentsperformed upon himself, withthe help of both his wife andhis doctoral students, Professor

Warwick demonstrated that itis possible to interact withmachines and computers in aphysiological way – and,indeed, create a handmovement in one continent,transmit the nerve signals viathe internet and cause amechanical hand to replicatethe movement in a laboratoryon another continent. It is alsopossible to gain informationabout the physicalenvironment and communicatethese to humans in new ways– through, for example, heatsensors in fingers. He alsodemonstrated that it ispossible to teach machines,after growing and connectingrat neurones to the machineitself. In articulating his work,

First Anglia Ruskin Research Conference

LEADING NEWS

Professor Michael Thorneexplained that the breadth ofresearch currently beingundertaken across all facultiesensures that our reputation ison track for future success.


� Members of the audience appreciating Professor Kevin Warwick’s opening speech.

is the quality of research thatdefines a university. Andalthough Anglia Ruskin is arelative newcomer in thisarea, the breadth of researchcurrently being undertakenacross all faculties ensuresthat our reputation is on trackfor future success.


Music and Transcendenceconference on29 November...Full details on page 6

Professor Warwick highlightedthe publicity his work hadreceived – some supportive,some less so. However, hiscontention was that publicitywas vital in the disseminationof findings from scientificendeavour to the widestpossible audience – regardlessof the nature of the response.The series of experimentsdescribed drew a wide rangeof responses and the lecturewas talked about all day!

The scene was set and ouraudience then enjoyed threestreams of lectures in each ofthe morning and afternoonsessions, delivered bycolleagues both new toresearch and those who aremore experienced hands. Thelectures covered the fullspectrum of the work beingundertaken at Anglia Ruskin,with work described in detailfrom all of our faculties. Thesessions provided an excellentopportunity for learning,exchange of ideas and formingnew research partnerships –not forgetting valuablenetworking.

Considered a significantsuccess, it has been decidedthat the Anglia RuskinResearch Conference will nowbe an annual event. Therefore,watch this space to ensure youhave the date reserved in yourdiary for 2012.

The main organiser of theevent was Ruth Sandland who,unfortunately, was unable toattend. All of us on theorganising committee hopethat you will join us in wishingRuth and her new family well,and in thanking her for all ofher hard work in putting thisevent together.

Professor Mike ColeDirector of Research,Knowledge Transfer andScholarship, Faculty ofScience & Technology

In the NewsSend your news items to Jon Green, Press Officer, on ext 4717 or at [email protected]. Toview our latest news releases visit www.anglia.ac.uk. You can also follow us on Twitter, visitwww.twitter.com/angliaruskin.

30 September, BBC CambridgeshireDirector of Student Services Julie Walkling discusses Anglia Ruskin’s counselling services, followingthe publication of Mental Health of Students in Higher Education by the Royal College ofPsychiatrists.

29 September, BBC CambridgeshireErin Butcher, Alumni and Development Officer, is interviewed about the process of awardinghonorary degrees.

29 September, BBC EssexXiaorong Liu, Market Analyst, and Malcolm Johnston, Associate Lecturer at Lord AshcroftInternational Business School, discuss the importance of foreign language skills to businesses andhow the UK is trailing behind competitors, such as China.

27 September, BBC Look East, ITV Anglia, BBC Scotland, Daily Mail (online), Daily Mirror and MetroForensic scientists Dr Sarah Hall and Garry White discuss their research into how cat litter can beused to detect and sample ignitable substances, such as petrol, at crime scenes.

22 September, BBC EssexProfessor Robert Home is interviewed about the Dale Farm situation and what the travellers’ courtinjunction actually means.

21 September, BBC CambridgeshireAnne Devlin, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education, talks about the newGuild House facility in Peterborough.

20 September, BBC CambridgeshireMarc Rothera, Outreach & Recruitment Manager, is interviewed about Anglia Ruskin’s Roadshowbus.

15 September, BBC EssexLecturer Fran Galloway is interviewed about midwifery following a report showing that the East ofEngland has a shortage of 800 midwives.

14 September, BBC EssexDr Chrissie Rogers, Director of the Childhood and Youth Research Institute, discusses the issue ofmaterialism among children in the UK following a report putting the UK bottom of a child-wellbeingindex of developed countries.

11 September, Sunday TelegraphDr Peter Brown, from the Department of Life Sciences, is interviewed about his research intoHarlequin ladybirds – and how they are eating native species.

8 September, The GuardianDeputy Head of the Department of Teacher Education, Alison Feist, takes part in an online Q&Agiving advice to people about to begin teacher training courses.

7 September, BBC Essex and BBC onlineRachel Nedwell, Head of Outreach & Recruitment, is interviewed about the new Roadshow bus andAnglia Ruskin’s campaign to explain the new student finance, fees and funding situation.

6 September, BBC Look EastClaire Cameron, Professor of Social Work and Social Care, is interviewed after an inspection ofPeterborough’s safeguarding practices prompted the Director of Children’s Services to resign.

On 29 November, we will beholding a one-dayinterdisciplinary conference onMusic and Transcendence withkeynote speakers who includeProfessor Roger Scruton(pictured above), ProfessorBruce Ellis Benson andProfessor Christopher Page.

The conference will bringtogether academics andpractitioners from the fields ofphilosophy, theology andmusic. Organised by ALSSPhilosophy lecturer Dr FérdiaStone-Davis, the event issponsored by Anglia RuskinUniversity and the BritishSociety of Aesthetics and willbe held at the CambridgeUnion, Bridge Street,Cambridge. The aim of theconference is to return to thecommon ground shared byphilosophy and theologythrough an exploration of theways in which they engagewith music.

Papers and performances willexplore the ways in whichmusic creates meaning,enabling individuals to make

sense of, and feel connectedto, the world.

The conference has generatedinternational interest and thiswill be reflected in papers andperformances. Tickets for thefull conference will cost £35,including keynotes, shortpaper sessions, lunch and anevening concert. However,separate tickets will beavailable to purchase forindividual keynotes and theevening concert.

Férdia Stone-Davis said,‘Music has not only featuredprominently in manyphilosophical and theologicalaccounts of the nature ofexistence and the self, butalso provides a valuableresource for the creation of

meaning on a day-to-daybasis. I hope that thisconference will fully explorethe rich variety of ways inwhich music means ineveryday life.’

Further information can befound athttp://musicandtranscendence.ferdiastone-davis.com or [email protected]. The conferencecan also be found onFacebook and Twitter(@MusTranscend).

Sarah JonesFaculty Marketing andRecruitment Manager,Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences

Anglia Ruskin welcomes three newBoard members

NEWS


We have welcomed three newmembers to our Board ofGovernors – Jerome Booth, DrAsaf Pirali and Sarah Wright.

The Board of Governorsdetermines the educationalcharacter of Anglia Ruskin aswell as setting the university’sstrategic direction. Otherresponsibilities includefinancial issues, property andthe staffing of Anglia Ruskin.

Jerome Booth is a co-founder,Head of Research and amember of the InvestmentCommittee at AshmoreInvestment Management. Heholds four degrees, includinga doctorate in economics fromOxford and an honorarydoctorate from Anglia Ruskin.Jerome is also a director ofthe Lloyds insurance brokerCBC, a trustee of theFitzwilliam Museum

Development Trust and aDirector of the BrittenSinfonia.

Dr Asaf Pirali is the Founderand President of the School ofAccounting and Managementin Trinidad. In collaborationwith Lord AshcroftInternational Business School,there are around 1900students studying for AngliaRuskin awards at the School.

Aside from his contribution toeducation, Asaf is a churchleader and appears regularlyon television and radioprogrammes discussingreligious topics.

Sarah Wright is the Principalof SEEVIC College, whichoffers courses in partnershipwith Anglia Ruskin. Sarahtaught in further education formore than a decade beforetaking a variety of leadershiproles, including Vice Principalof Warwickshire College.Sarah also worked as anadditional inspector forOFSTED for eight years.

Jon GreenPress Officer, CorporateMarketing, International &Development Services

� Jerome Booth. � Dr Asaf Pirali. � Sarah Wright.

Exploring music and meaning: an international conference

Photographby

PeteHelme.

Changes to bulk printingby DCS start at the endof the month...Full details on page 8

Business partners StefanWeniger and John Sweeneyhave been named as the firstentrepreneurs to receivefunding from our EnterpriseFellowship Scheme, which isrun by our Centre forEnterprise Development andResearch (CEDAR).

CEDAR received a £50,000donation to provide supportfor business people withinCambridgeshire. TheEnterprise Fellowship Schemewas launched in June, andStefan and John are the firstto secure financial backing,having been awarded£10,000 to help thedevelopment of theirStreetsight business.

Streetsight’s idea is to selladvertising on roadsidetelecoms cabinets across thecountry – a business that isalready booming in Stefan’snative Germany. Heexplained, ‘John and I havealways said that we wantedto start a business togetherand we began to explore thisidea properly in 2008. We’dassumed that the cabinetswould be owned by localauthorities, but after someinvestigation we discoveredthat they are, in fact, theproperty of telecomcompanies. We were veryfortunate to speak to a seniorperson at one of the bigtelecom companies who lovedour idea, and we’ve nowsigned a contract with them.

Of the company’s 600,000cabinets, we estimate thatbetween 10% and 20% ofthem are in prime locationssuitable for advertising.

‘Part of our contract meansthat we must maintain theappearance of the cabinets’exteriors by keeping themclean and free of graffiti. Butdespite having signed thecontract, the money we havebeen awarded by CEDAR isinvaluable because there aresubstantial costs in gettingthe business up and running.We have to apply forpermission from the localcouncil to advertise on eachindividual cabinet, and thiscosts around £150 perapplication. The £10,000 isfantastic but we’re stilllooking for more investmentas we are keen to grow ourbusiness as quickly as wecan.’

Judging panel member DrWalter Herriot OBE wasimpressed by the progressalready made by Stefan andJohn. He said, ‘The businessidea is great and to have acontract with a majortelecommunications companyis the real achievement. Now


Cambridge entrepreneurs scoop £10k prizeStreetsight idea captures competition judges’ attention

Stefan and John need toensure they get the planningpermission required for eachcabinet and this is where theEnterprise Fellowship Schemecan help out by providing£10,000 towards the costs ofplanning applications andappeals.’

From a total of 30applications, the paneldecided to support fiveproposals. In addition toStreetsight, four otherbusiness ideas are receivingmentoring on aspectsincluding sales, marketing,finance and businessplanning. The aim is toprogress these ideas to astage where the entrepreneurswill pitch again to the panellater this autumn.

Professor Lester Lloyd-Reason, Director of CEDARand Chair of the judgingpanel, said, ‘To get such apositive response in terms ofboth numbers and quality wasvery encouraging and we willwork with the finalists to helpthem turn their ideas intoreality.’

In addition to Dr WalterHerriot OBE and ProfessorLester Lloyd-Reason, othermembers of the judging panelinclude Peter Taylor of TTPand Dr Geoffrey Butlin ofTrancenData Europe Ltd.


� Stefan Weniger.

� Streetsight cabinets.

Tuition feesWe anticipate that the government changes to the funding ofhigher education and the resulting steep rise in tuition fees for full-time undergraduate UK/EU students will impact on the number ofapplications to all universities this year. This means that it will bemore important than ever to provide excellent customer service toour applicants with the aim of improving conversion rates. We willbe working with faculty Admissions Tutors to facilitate promptdecision making on all applicants. We will also be working withcolleagues across a range of services on the implementation of ourOFFA agreement, including the new scholarship arrangements.

Our focusWe will continue to work with colleagues in Corporate Marketingand Outreach and Recruitment to increase recruitment topostgraduate and part-time courses as well as full-timeundergraduate courses, and have been reviewing all informationsent to our applicants to ensure it is as comprehensive,appropriate and timely as possible.

Paperless admissionsWe have undertaken a lean review of our processes and will beholding a second Away Day in early November to move forwardwith preparations for paperless Admissions in September 2012.Already, plans are in place to use email instead of letters this yearfor acknowledgement of applications, interview invitations andchasing of documentation. Emailing joining informationsuccessfully took place this summer for the first time, with a vastreduction in the amount of paperwork, postage and envelope‘stuffing’ time previously needed.

Clearing 2011 and Clearing 2012Overall, Clearing ran very smoothly this year. The new databaseworked well and was a vast improvement on the previous year’ssystem. Proposed improvements for 2012 have already beenrequested to facilitate easier reporting, less duplication of workand more efficient processes. These improvements should beready for testing in May 2012, to ensure we are prepared for thestart of Clearing on 1 July 2012.

Arrangements and training sessions for Clearing 2012 arecurrently at the planning stage. At this time, it is envisaged thatpreparation and organisation will be facilitated by the facultyClearing Co-ordinators in liaison with UK/EU Admissions Office.

Further information, details and schedule of events will beavailable April–May 2012.

Admissions training for 2011–12UK/EU Admissions offer a range of training sessions for staffinvolved in the admissions processes; these are delivered jointlywith colleagues from International Admissions. They vary from ahalf-day session to lunchtime briefings to fit around busyworkloads.

In addition to the scheduled training events, should any faculty,department or support service require specific updates on aspectsof admitting students to Anglia Ruskin, please do not hesitate tocontact Linda Norris at [email protected] or on ext 4964.

Here is a flavour of what’s on offer for 2011–12:

Lunchtime briefing sessionsThese sessions are designed for all staff who would like to knowmore about current issues affecting HE Admissions policy-making,the focus is on very recent and forthcoming changes, and providesan understanding of how these changes impact on admissions.Each session will focus on different aspects of admissionsprocesses and will include UK/EU and International dimensions. Avariety of issues will be covered at each session and informationsheets will be available on the day.

These sessions will run concurrently on the Chelmsford andCambridge campuses, with planned delivery dates of:

9 November 2011 Chelmsford SAW004 12.30–1.30pmCambridge HEL210 12.30–1.30pm

20 January 2012 Chelmsford SAW301 12.30–1.30pmCambridge LAB214 12.30–1.30pm

15 March 2012 Chelmsford SAW005 12.30–1.30pmCambridge LAB214 1.00–2.00pm

17 May 2012 Chelmsford SAW101 12.30–1.30pmCambridge LAB214 12.30–1.30pm

Pat WatsonHead of UK/EU Admissions, Corporate Marketing,International and Development Services

UK/EU Admissions – preparing for 2012NEWS


From 28 November, all bulkprinting will be processed inone central unit for allcampuses. This is to provide amore efficient service with amore robust back-up system inplace for when technical issuesoccur with equipment.

During November, a service-level agreement will bedistributed to advise you what

you can expect from us withinan agreed time scale.

Customer service areas willremain open at Cambridgecampus (Coslett 023) andChelmsford campus (Unit 3Rivermead Industrial Estate) toprovide for all your more urgentrequirements. The way yousubmit your work is notchanging currently; you can

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Sue FryHead of Digital Copy Services

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ALT workshop to exploreSus-IT outcomes to beheld on 29 November...Full details on page 12

Dr Mohd Izzudin Hairol, whocompleted a PhD with ourDepartment of Vision andHearing Sciences in 2010,has been named amongst fiveoutstanding internationalscientists in his nativeMalaysia.

As part of the honour, DrHairol, who is now working asa lecturer in the Department

of Optometry within theFaculty of Allied HealthSciences at the NationalUniversity of Malaysia (UKM),was selected by theMalaysian Government toattend the 61st Meeting ofNobel Laureates dedicated toPhysiology or Medicine, from26 June to 1 July 2011, atLindau in Germany. Twenty-three Nobel Laureates and

566 young researchers from77 countries attended thisunique forum.

After attending the week-longconference, Dr Hairol returnedto Anglia Ruskin, visiting theDepartment of Vision andHearing Sciences, after a tourwith the other outstandingyoung Malaysian scientiststhat included Addenbrooke’s


� Dr Hairol pictured with Dr Sarah Waugh and Dr Monika Formankiewicz.

Professor Bedell setting up apatient for eye movement

assessment in the researchlaboratories of Anglia Vision

Research.

Former research student named asoutstanding young international scientist

Hospital, The Royal Society inLondon and Oxford University.

Dr Hairol also won a youngscientist grant from hisuniversity to visit thelaboratories of Anglia VisionResearch during July andAugust, to follow-up on someof his doctoral work incollaboration with his PhDsupervisor, Dr Sarah Waugh,and Dr MonikaFormankiewicz.

Speaking of Dr Hairol’s visit,Dr Sarah Waugh commented,‘It was a very great pleasureto have Izzu back in thelaboratories of Anglia VisionResearch. We have manyfuture collaborative projects inthe pipeline and we are veryproud of his continuingsuccess, which has beenfeatured in Malaysian nationalnewspapers and is aninspiration to all of ourcurrent postgraduate researchstudents.’

John MenziesMarketing CoordinatorFaculty of Science &Technology

Harold Bedell, John andRebecca Moores Professor ofVision Sciences from theUniversity of Houston, washosted by the Department ofVision and Hearing Sciencesfor a two-week visit inSeptember 2011.

Professor Bedell is a world-leading authority on theinteraction between the ocularmotor system (ie, eyemovements) with sensory

perception, particularly theeffect of nystagmus on visualperception.

Professor Bedell was involvedin a number of projects anddiscussions during his visit,including helping to establishan ocular motility clinic in thedepartment. He alsopresented a seminar to thestaff and students, entitled‘Does Amblyopia Contribute to

Reduced Visual Acuity inInfantile Nystagmus?’.

John SiderovHead of Department, Visionand Hearing Sciences,Faculty of Science &Technology

Anglia Vision Research hosts Visiting Professor

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The new academic year inALSS commenced with astring of welcome andinduction events to include allour students on theCambridge and Chelmsfordcampuses. We started with asuccessful and very well-attended undergraduateFreshers’ party in Cambridge,which saw about 450students from across ourvaried departments andpathways mix and minglewith each other and staff.

There was a real buzz and agreat atmosphere, largelythanks to our ALSS houseband ‘Familiar Strangers’– second-year Music andPerforming Arts students –who played an eclectic mix ofjazzy, own and cover music.Students were also treated tothe ‘Past, Present, Future’show in the Ruskin DigitalGallery, which references

ALSS alumni such asmembers of Pink Floyd (DavidGilmour and Syd Barrett) andSpitting Image (Peter Fluckand Roger Law). It was agreat opportunity to meetfellow students, and by theend of the evening there werestudents (by then quitemerry!) who were planning toorganise an open-talentcabaret and a cross-disciplinary student society –there was a real feeling ofcoming together andexcitement, and this was ourbest Faculty Freshers’ party sofar.

We had a similar experiencein Chelmsford, whereFreshers’ (Law) students hadthe chance to mix with somereturning students at their‘Freshers and Welcome Back’party. This was well attendedwith over 90 studentscrowding into the SU Bar

together with ALSS Law staff.The resident SU DJ and SUbar staff did a great job, andstudents particularly enjoyedan ice-breaker game we hadorganised to get the partygoing. ‘Human Bingo’ had allstudents talking to each otherand to staff, and there wereno ‘wall flowers’ by the end ofthe evening. One student senta thank you note afterwards,which summed it up:‘Thank you for a mostenjoyable Freshers’ Law partyon Monday. I especiallyenjoyed the “ice breaker”, as Iwould have never have gottento speak to my fellowstudents otherwise, as I canbe shy. Thank you also for thefree drinks winning ticket,which my many “new” friendsseemed to enjoy!’

We have also warmlywelcomed our ALSSpostgraduate students and

‘late arrivals’ (mostlyinternational) with welcomeand induction events.

Further ALSS LTIR (Long,Thin Induction and Retention)events planned for semesterone are: ALSS Student RepInformal Forum and Q&A withthe Dean (Cambridge andChelmsford); ALSSInternational Student Forum(Cambridge and Chelmsford);ALSS quiz nights (Cambridgeand Chelmsford).

We hope all our studentssettle in well and look forwardto seeing them at our eventsover the coming months.

Karen SturtFaculty Student Experience &Events Co-ordinator, Facultyof Arts, Law & SocialSciences

NEWS


ALSS welcomeand welcome backparties!

� The Freshers’ party in Cambridge.� The Freshers’ and returners’ party in Chelmsford.

Chelmsford campus’sRuskin’s Readers bookgroup open to all...Full details on page 15

.NET Gadgeteer is an excitingnew product developed byMicrosoft Research to enablethe prototyping of a huge rangeof gadgets. It has greatpotential in schools, as it canbe used to teach studentssimple electronics, computerprogramming and also somecomputer-aided design. It’s alsovery motivating for youngpeople to be able to build theirown gadgets. A digital cameracan be built in about half anhour!

There are two school-basedpilots running with Gadgeteerthis autumn. One is in Seattle,USA, the other is right here inEssex and Cambridgeshire,being coordinated by myself,Sue Sentance of theDepartment of Education. Eightlocal secondary schools areinvolved in the pilot. After-school clubs are being plannedfor Year 9s to try out Gadgeteerand the teaching materials thatSue is developing. The pilotwill end with a grand ‘Showand Tell’ at Microsoft Researchon 17 January 2012, where allparticipating children will beable to demonstrate thegadgets they have developedthemselves, with the best beingawarded prizes.

The pilot was launched at ateachers’ workshop onThursday 6 October, held atMicrosoft Research,Cambridge. All the pilotschools were represented, inaddition to other interestedlocal teachers. Also present


� Sue Sentance assists a teacher building a digital camera during theworkshop.

Essex andCambridgeshireschools pilot new.NET Gadgeteer

was the Chief Research Officerfor Microsoft Research, RickRaschid, who is in charge ofthe whole of MicrosoftResearch worldwide.

The teachers spent theafternoon building gadgetsusing Gadgeteer and had theopportunity to talk to thedevelopers about tricky bits ofprogramming! Gadgeteer kitsare only just being shippedfrom the USA, but we areexpecting that the pilot schoolswill have received their kitsbefore half-term in order tostart the pilot programme assoon as possible.

I will visit the schools andmonitor the progress of thepilot on behalf of MicrosoftResearch. This is a greatopportunity for Anglia RuskinUniversity to be involved withthis brand-new technology. It isalso really exciting for thechildren who will be able toparticipate, as they will be ableto learn a lot more computingthan they would normally coverin lessons, as well as beingable to invent their owngadgets. The teachersthemselves are veryenthusiastic about the projectand are desperate to get theirhands, finally, on theirGadgeteer kits. More detailswill follow once the pilotproject has taken place.

Dr Sue SentanceDepartment of Education,Faculty of Health, Social Careand Education

� A selection of Gadgeteer modules.

� Nic Villar, Microsoft Research Gadgeteer developer, takes teachersthrough the programming of the Gadgeteer kit.

Modernising Healthcare ScienceNEWS


� The 19 Healthcare Science students with pathway leader Gwyn Chivers (centre, in grey shirt).

Workshop – Taming the Dragon: Making Technology Work for Us29 November, 9.30am–4.15pmLord Ashcroft Building Conference Suite, ChelmsfordAs the five-year government funded Sus-IT research project intoissues affecting older people’s use of technology is nearing itsend, this workshop is an opportunity to explore the projectoutcomes. Leonie Ramondt of Anglia Learning and Teachingand colleagues from other participating universities will bepresenting their findings on the learning support mechanismsthat assist older people to sustain their use of ICT. In theafternoon, workshops with practitioners and service users willcollectively specify recommendations for future good practice.

For more information, visit: http://kt-equal.org.uk/calendar/58/35-Taming-the-Dragon-making-technology-work-for-us. To book a place contact: HeatherWilliams at: [email protected].

Toolkit – Using Audio in your TeachingThis toolkit offers a variety of resources related to using audioto enhance your students’ learning, including evidence-basedcase studies from both within and outside Anglia RuskinUniversity. For example, you could use this technology withinthe arena of assessment to produce a short five-minutemessage as a feedforward resource for an upcomingassignment, or to provide group feedback. Guidance is availableon a number of topics, including searching the internet for anaudio file, such as a radio interview, which can be used withinhigher education without infringing copyright.

For more information, including how to get started, visit:http://www.lta.anglia.ac.uk/using-audio/. Workshops can be runto suit course teams: contact [email protected] fordetails.

Workshop and toolkit from Anglia Learning and Teaching

This September saw Anglia Ruskin become one of the firstuniversities within the country to offer the BSc (Hons)Healthcare Science course. The 19 students will be based atthe Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education’s Fulbourncampus for the theoretical side of the course, with the practicalside being undertaken in hospitals throughout the easternregion, and potentially further afield.

Healthcare Science offers an interesting career path for thosewho want to work using science to help patients on their journeyto diagnosis and recovery. We were one of the first universities tobe granted accreditation by Medical Education England to deliverthe new Healthcare Science course in Physiological Sciences.

Jonathan SeckerRecruitment and Communications Manager (Acting), Facultyof Health, Social Care & Education

Representative ofChelmsford support staffon Senate sought...Full details on page 19

On 14 September our newPostgraduate Medical Institutehosted the first in a series ofthree midwifery conferences.

Our first conference, Back tothe Future – NormalChildbirth, was described bydelegates as ‘an amazingconference’ and ‘interestingand informative’. The morningsessions were chaired byProfessor Cathy WarwickCBE,General Secretary of theRoyal College of Midwives(RCM) and the afternoon byLouise Jenkins (MaternityPathway Facilitator for theNECLES HIEC). Our keynotespeaker in the afternoon wasLiz Stephens (President of theRoyal College of Midwives)who spoke about thechallenges facing midwives inpromoting normal birth, with

her lecture entitled NormalBirth: A price to pay.

Other sessions on the dayincluded an overview of thework of the maternity pathwayin the North Central and NorthEast London and Essex(NECLES) Health Innovationand Education Cluster (HIEC),and in particular theCommunity of Practice tosupport practitioners optimisingopportunities for normal birth.Georgina Sparrow (CommunityMidwifery Manager) spokeabout the beauty of a homebirth. Joy Kirby (LocalSupervising AuthorityMidwifery Officer, East ofEngland) discussed the role ofsupervision in supportingnormal birth. Judy EvansPractice Development Midwifeand joint co-ordinator of the

conferences, in her own uniqueand entertaining way, spokeabout how Mid Essex HospitalTrust (MEHT) is caring forwomen in the latent phase oflabour. Looking at preparationfor childbirth, the Essex BirthCompany gave a fun andinnovative session which gotdelegates out of their seats topractise using birthing balls,while Louise Shea Simmonds(Obstetric Physiotherapist atMEHT) relaxed us withbreathing exercises.

Evaluations by delegates saidthat they were ‘inspired bypassionate speakers’, and wehope to continue theinspiration at our next twoconferences.

The second conference, TheNewborn Infant – from the


� Delegates practising using birthing balls.� Professor Cathy Warwick.

Raising the profile of midwifery in theEast of EnglandThe Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education in partnership withMid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

outside in, took place on19 October, while this issue ofBulletin was underpreparation.

To register for our thirdconference – Making the HighRisk Birth Normal,23 November – please contactKatherine Maloney (EventsOrganiser) [email protected].

Sharon McDonaldDirector of CPD &Postgraduate Portfolio, &Senior Lecturer in Midwifery

Louise JenkinsSenior Midwife, Research &Senior Lecturer, MidwiferyNECLES HIEC PathwayFacilitator – Maternity

This autumn, a fortnight-long festival of events celebrating thelife and writing of Virginia Woolf was held in Cambridge, withactivities ranging from workshops and discussions for readersand writers to film screenings, walking tours, play performancesand lectures by distinguished authors and scholars. ClaireNicholson (pictured right), part-time lecturer and PhD student,represented Anglia Ruskin on the Festival Steering Group andplayed a prominent part in some of the events.

‘The festival was devised to re-introduce Woolf to the generalreader, as she is so often perceived as belonging to academia,’said Claire. ‘We invited book groups across Cambridgeshire tojoin us in reading To the Lighthouse, one of Woolf’s best-knownnovels. Our festival website offered the opportunity toparticipate in an online discussion about the book, and wewere very pleased with the enthusiastic response.’

The festival posed a Writing Challenge competition to schooland college students, based on the theme of ‘A Space of MyOwn’, which also attracted an excellent response. ‘The FestivalCommittee was highly impressed with the entries, many ofwhich were very articulate, moving and poignant pieces ofwriting,’ commented Claire. The prizes for the competitionwinners were awarded by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, amajor supporter of the festival, who concluded the series ofevents with a reading from her new collection The Bees at theFitzwilliam Museum.

Other eminent literary figures making contributions includedDame Gillian Beer and biographer Frances Spalding, wholaunched the festival with a joint lecture on the interplaybetween art and literature in Woolf’s era, and novelist Ali Smithwho talked about ‘Spirals of Influence’, naming Woolf as one ofher own key influences. Robinson College hosted twoperformances of Vanessa and Virginia, a play about therelationship between Woolf and her artist sister, Vanessa Bell.The play is a stage adaptation of the acclaimed novel of thesame name by another member of the Festival Steering Group,Susan Sellers.

One of the highlights of the festival was a walking tour devisedby Claire Nicholson, based upon Woolf’s connections withCambridge in her acclaimed feminist text of 1929, A Room ofOne’s Own. Claire escorted groups to the Fitzwilliam Museumwhere Woolf’s original manuscript of the text was on display,then to King’s College to visit the venue for a famous lunchparty that Woolf attended and subsequently described in thebook, and concluded the tour at Newnham College, where

Woolf gave the lecture in 1928, which eventually evolved intoA Room of One’s Own. ‘It was a great privilege to stand in theplace where Woolf had spoken so many years before, readingher words from this landmark text,’ said Claire. ‘It was amoving experience for me.’ Claire also gave a lecture on theBloomsbury Group in the idyllic surroundings of the OrchardTea Gardens at Grantchester. ‘I am very proud to have had theopportunity to play a part in such a successful festival,’ shesaid.

For more information, please contact Claire Nicholson [email protected].

English PhD student contributes tosuccessful literary festivalTo the Lighthouse Festival: a festival for readers and writers shines alight on Virginia Woolf

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Tips on reusing andrecycling from theEnvironmental team...Full details on page 29

The MA Publishing kicked offin Freshers’ week bywelcoming this year’sscholarship winners. The MAPublishing now offers threeannual scholarships includingan AHRC (Arts and HumanitiesResearch Council) studentship,The Stationers’ Foundationbursary and the Hart McLeodscholarship.

Esme Chapmas, winner of theAHRC award, is the recipientof the first of three AHRC BlockGrant Partnership CapacityBuilding awards, which havebeen awarded to the MAPublishing for 2011–13. Shereceives a full bursary, in linewith the AHRC’s current rate,as well as a full fee waiver.

The Hart McLeod Scholarshipis supported by local publishers

Hart McLeod and was awardedthis year to Christina Hughes.Graham Hart explains why thecompany supported Christina’sapplication: ‘This year, as everyyear, it’s a difficult choice asthe calibre of participants onthe MA course is so very high.Christina impressed us becauseshe combined a desire to enterthe profession with a moregeneral interest in the world ofpublishing. She has some clear


� Rachel Calder, Literary Agent with the Sayle Literary Agency, Torah Dee, winner of the Worshipful Companyof Stationers Bursary, Esme Chapmas, winner of the AHRC Studentship, Dr Leah Tether, Publishing Lecturer,Christina Hughes, winner of the Hart McLeod Scholarship, and Dr Samantha Rayner, MA Convenor for MAPublishing.

MA Publishing announces scholarshipwinners

views coupled with an obviouswillingness to experience andlearn.’

Christina, who secures a£1000 bursary and a three tofour week work placement,said, ‘It is an honour and aprivilege to be selected as thisyear’s Hart McLeod Scholar. Iam very grateful for thisopportunity and the chance togain insights from peoplewithin the industry. I believethat this will be a valuableexperience, which I am verythankful for.’

The Stationers’ Foundation isthe charitable arm of theWorshipful Company ofStationers and NewspaperMakers, and awards an annualbursary of £6000 to thestudent who best meets anumber of criteria and has asuccessful interview at theStationers’ Hall in London.Award-winner Torah Dee alsobenefits from the opportunity ofmentoring from a Stationerappropriate to her specificinterests.

Sarah JonesFaculty Marketing andRecruitment Manager,Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences

By the time that you read thisissue of Bulletin, the Ruskin’sReaders book group will bewell under way for anotheryear. The group meets at theRivermead campus aboutonce a month to talk aboutbooks. This year, we have hada meeting discussing what we

read on our holidays(Generation Kill anyone?) andour book for October wasThree Men in a Boat byJerome K Jerome. Over thecoming year, we will bereading a range of genresfrom the last three centuries,set in locations from around

the world, all suggested bymembers of the group. So, inNovember we’ll talk aboutGirl Missing by TessGerritsen: this book is alsoknown as Peggy Sue gotMurdered. On 15 Decemberwe’ll be discussing CharlesDickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Any Anglia Ruskin student ormember of staff is welcome tojoin us. Our next meeting willbe on 24 November, 1.00pmin SAW 112.

Maurice WakehamUniversity Library

Ruskin’s Readers book group 2011–12

On 9 September, the Faculty ofHealth, Social Care & Educationhosted the official launch of thefinal report for the East ofEngland Development Agency(EEDA) on our longitudinalstudy of migrant workers in theEast of England. The report wasled by Dr Claudia Schneiderand Dr Deborah Holman. Thelaunch marked the third andfinal report of the study(covering 2008–10). Partlyfunded by the European Social

Fund, the study explored theperspectives of migrant workers(and stakeholders) in relationto: factors that influencedecisions on coming to the UKand length of stay; barriers tofull participation in the regionaleconomy; and, barriers to socialinclusion in local communities.

Part of the report findingsfocused on objective factorsinfluencing a longer and shorterstay than initially planned for

migrant workers. The followingfactors relate to a longer staythan initially planned:

• The samples from both yearsshowed that the participantswho wanted to stay longerhad a positive or very positiveview of the wider socialsituation in the UK (alsoconfirmed by interviews).

• The economic situation in theUK was viewed in a positiveor very positive light by about

half of the participants whodecided to stay longer thaninitially planned.

• A factor that related to alonger stay (especially in theyear-two sample) was anegative or very negativeperception of the economicsituation in their homecountry and the concern thatthe economic situation intheir home country had notimproved.

• The year-two sample showedthat ‘having a family in theUK’ and ‘perceiving afinancial advantage in the UK’also related to a longer stay.

• A third of those who wantedto stay longer in year two saidthat the perception of thehome country had a verystrong influence on theirlength of stay.

Twenty-five people attended thelaunch of this event, whichincluded Anglia Ruskin staff andstudents, local and regionalstakeholders involved inmigration policy and RichardHowitt, the local MEP.

To receive a copy of the reportor for further information on thestudy, please [email protected].

Dr Claudia Schneider andDr Deborah HolmanFaculty of Health, Social Care& Education

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� David Humber, Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education, RichardHowitt MEP and Claudia Schneider.

At the beginning of October,second-year BSc (Hons) SportsCoaching (European JudoUnion) student, DannyWilliams (pictured right), facedthe world’s best judo stars atthe GB World Cup in Liverpoolas part of a 24-man squad tocompete at the Echo Arena.

Williams is the reigning U73kgBritish Champion, and this wasthe biggest judo competition tobe held in the country ahead ofnext summer’s Olympic

Games. Before the event hesaid, ‘At the moment I’m notthinking too much about theOlympics as that’s not untilnext year. I’m just taking it onecompetition at a time and thisweekend will be a big event.’

Danny made it to the thirdround of the recent WorldChampionships in Paris. Hesaid, ‘I was quite happy withhow I performed in Paris and Ilost a very close fight againstthe No 1 Russian, who was

ranked No 6 in the world atthe time. But of course I wantto do as well as I can, as it’s aWorld Cup competition andresults there will have abearing on Olympic selection.’

At this event, Danny lost in thefirst round to Germany’s ReneSchneider.

Jon GreenCorporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices

Student faces world’s best at judo competition in Liverpool

Photograph

byMikeVarey.

Migrant workers in the East of England

SITS:Vision trainingsessions available forstaff...Full details on page 31

Audiology course leaders fromvarious universities wereinvited to attend theInternational Symposium onAuditory and AudiologicalResearch in Denmark, from24–26 August, as guests ofGN Resound (hearingaid/audiological equipmentmanufacturers). After a tour ofthe research facilities at GN

Resound, near Copenhagen,we continued to Ballerup, adelightful spot at the edge ofthe sea, reached by drivingover the very spectacular,longest bridge in Europe. Theconference was held overthree days and the speakersdescribed their variousresearch, mainly in aspects ofspeech intelligibility. There

were some very eminentspeakers, including BrianMoore (CambridgeUniversity), as well as somelesser-known names, and adisplay of well-presentedposters. Talks included suchtopics as ‘Speech-inherentfunctional onomatopoeia foremotional analysis of phones’and ‘Horizontal-planelocalisation with bilateralcochlear implants using anauditory model-based speechprocessing strategy’, as wellas some more clinicallyrelevant titles such as‘Psychosocial factors affectinghearing-aid adjustment’ and‘Psychometric measurementsfor speech intelligibility indifferent noise types fornormal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners’. If I’mhonest, much of it was heavygoing but it was interestingand I learned from it. GNResound were perfect hostsand the evenings provided asocial networking opportunity,


� Amanda Casey (Aston University), Maryanne Maltby (Anglia Ruskin),Loiuse Hart (Bristol University), Matthew Murray (GN Resound), Christinede Placido (Queen Mary University), Wendy Stevens (De MontfortUniversity) and a representative of GN Resound UK.

International symposiuma very worthwhile trip!

so were both highly enjoyableand useful. (Although oneevening we got totally lost onthe way back from arestaurant and had to berescued by taxi, and anothernight I caused great hilarityby slipping on a wet floor andending flat on my back!) Ihave made contacts that Ishall keep in touch with, andwe have formed a workinggroup to consider aspects ofthe courses, and of research,where we can work moreclosely with themanufacturers. In addition,GN Resound have agreed tofund two prizes – for our final-year Hearing Aid Technologyand Specialised ProfessionalPractice assignments. So,altogether a very worthwhiletrip!

Maryanne MaltbyVision and Hearing, Facultyof Science & Technology

This book, writtenby Dr Allen Brownand Dr Zhang Jun(pictured right),has just beenpublished byAbramis.Dr Brown is alecturer in ourDepartmentof Computingand Technology, andDr Zhang Jun is a lecturer inthe Department of Electronicsat Beijing Union University,China. The collaborativeventure arose from a four-month visit Dr Zhang made toAnglia Ruskin from October2009 to February 2010.

Close links havebeen fosteredbetween our twouniversities over thelast few years withfrequent academicexchanges.

Book descriptionGaining a goodunderstanding of DigitalSignal Processing (DSP)

can be a very rewardingexperience, and this book willprovide students with a veryaccessible entry into thisfascinating field ofengineering. The progress ofthe students’ learning will begreatly enhanced by the use

of the software programDADiSP, which is a veryeffective means for simulatingDSP processes. A free studentversion of DADiSP is availableand as the learner progressesthrough this book s/he canconfirm the results of eachsimulation on her/his own PCor laptop. This will enhancethe rate of understanding ofDSP and it also enables thelearner to gain proficiency inusing DADiSP for problemsolving. The material coveredis not only relevant toelectronic engineeringstudents but also tomechanical engineeringstudents. The topics covered

range from the nature ofsignals, through digital filtersto spectral analysis, includingthe Fast Fourier Transform(FFT). All a student needs togain a fundamentalunderstanding of DSP iscontained within this book.

For more information, pleasecontact Dr Brown [email protected].

Just published – First Course in Digital Signal Processing using DADiSP

At the start of September,Dr Jonathan Davis, PrincipalLecturer in History, gave a talkabout people’s journeysthrough revolutionary Russia.This was in aid of St Edmund’sChurch in Hauxton. As part ofa Russian evening in Hauxtonvillage hall, where vodka andkvas were drunk and Russianfood was enjoyed, Jon spoke toan audience of 50 about whatBritish visitors saw when theywent to the USSR in the inter-war years. Relatives of theSoviet physicist Pyotr Kapitsa(who worked at Cambridge inthe 1920s and 1930s)introduced the evening which,as well as being a lot of fun,raised £470 for the church.

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

Using pictures to help earthquake victimsNEWS


Soledad Veliz, who graduatedfrom Cambridge School of Artin 2010 with an MA inChildren’s Book Illustration,has contributed to agovernment-sponsored book inher native Chile that aims tohelp teenagers come to termswith the devastation of theFebruary 2010 earthquake.

The book, Zona Afectada or‘Crisis Zone’, was publishedthis summer as part of aproject to help young peopleaffected by the disaster toexpress their feelings andemotions. In her powerfulcompositions, Soledad utilisedboth her studies in sequentialdesign and her previous

academic experience as apsychologist. A selected groupof Chilean illustrators wereinvited to create pictorialinterpretations of groupings ofwords that represent positiveand negative aspects of theexperience as a whole. Athousand copies of the bookwere distributed across the

country with the aim ofhelping the healing process.

Martin SalisburyProfessor of Illustration,Course Leader, MA ChildrensBook Illustration, CambridgeSchool of Art, Faculty of Arts,Law & Social Sciences

On 1 September, Tom Dale, aPhD Fine Art research studentat Cambridge School of Art,was awarded the prestigiousaccolade of Artist of the Weekby The Guardian newspaper.Skye Sherwin of TheGuardian thought, ‘Dale’sdiverse, exuberant works oozerock’n’roll bravura but showwhat lies beneath: thedestructiveness of roads tonowhere.’

Tom predominantly works inLondon but continues toconduct extensive research atAnglia Ruskin, commendinghis experience at theuniversity and describing it as‘unique’, giving him ‘time, asupport structure and testingground’ for his own research.

Much of Tom’s work isinspired by his fascinationwith stuntmen and thegrandeur surrounding this

profession; an interest in thelife of Evel Knievel stimulatedmuch of the work Tomproduced for his exhibitionMemorial Drag Strip, whichtook place at Poppy SebireGallery, London, inSeptember. The exhibitionincluded twisted, oversizedand obviously unusable stuntramps.

Tom has clear visions of whatthe ramps symbolise and howthey reflect political situationsand ideologies: ‘To me theramp is more aboutbelief. The leap we makewhen we choose to believesomething, or someone,invariably means that wehave chosen to ignore otherthings.’ Uncertainty andinstability, paramount intoday’s political climate, areexuded through Tom’s work:‘Built for take-off, thesesculptures are only really

completed when we considerthe landing of the ideas theylaunch, both good and bad.’As well as the rampsculptures, a key piece in theexhibition was video workcalled Shot Through, showinga pristine new drum kit beingblown to pieces by a huntingrifle.

The Guardian award hasbrought a new level ofattention to this talentedartist’s work; already leadingto the offer of a soloexhibition at the Centre forContemporary Art inNeuchatel, Switzerland, thiscoming February. It seemsTom continues to go fromstrength to strength!

Verity SandersonBox Office and MarketingAdministrator, Faculty ofArts, Law & Social Sciences

Charity Russian eventenjoys guest lecture

Artist ‘ramps up’ to win national recognition

� Illustration depicting ‘camping’ and ‘collaboration’. � Illustration depicting ‘still’ and ‘broken’.

Find out what’s on atthe Mumford Theatrethis month...Full details on pages 32–33

Dr Sean Campbell, Senior Lecturer inCommunication, Film and Media, has beeninvited to act as Series Advisor on aforthcoming television documentary series thatwill draw on his recent book, Irish Blood,English Heart.

As well as advising on the series, Sean willalso appear as an onscreen interviewee.Produced by Abu Media, the series will bebroadcast on Irish television in 2012.

This news follows Sean’s recent keynotelecture at the ‘Masculinity and Irish PopularCulture’ conference at the National Universityof Ireland, Galway, and his recent publiclecture at the ‘Culture Night’ event at theShortwave Cinema in London.

Irish Blood, EnglishHeart willbe released inpaperback inNovember 2011.

More informationon thedocumentaryseries can be foundon the Abu Media website(http://www.abumedia.com/factual/musical-sons-of-the-irish-diaspora).

For further information, please [email protected].

Support staffrepresentative onSenate –Chelmsford campusWe are looking for a memberof the support staff at theChelmsford campus to joinSenate, with immediate effect.Senate is our most senioracademic committee, reportingto the Board of Governors,with responsibility for a rangeof key issues, including theprinciples of the curriculum,academic standards ofpathways and courses and forpolicies for assessment of theacademic performance of ourstudents. As a member ofSenate you will have theopportunity to contribute yourthoughts and ideas on keystrategies and policies, whichsupport the development ofour academic activities.

Elections are now taking placefor a member of support stafffrom the Chelmsford campus.Nomination forms can beobtained from Debbie Cutmorein the Academic Office ([email protected] phone ext 4911). Thecompleted nomination formshould be signed by twomembers of support staff fromthe Chelmsford campus andreturned to Rachel Ryan,Secretary to the Senate,Academic Office, by 5.00pmon Monday 14 November2011.

I would like to take thisopportunity to encouragecolleagues to stand for electionand to assist in taking ourwork forward at this time ofgreat change, both nationallyand, consequently, withinAnglia Ruskin.

Professor Michael ThorneVice ChancellorChair of Senate


The poem on the right is a sample fromworkshops led by Mick Gowar that were partof One World Day, held earlier this summerat Hills Road Sixth Form College. One WorldDay is an annual event that gives students at

the College the opportunity to sample a rangeof creative activities and listen to talks andpresentations from a broad range ofcommunity organisations. Mick representedAnglia Ruskin, and gave two groups of livelyand talented Hills Road students a taste of thecreative contextual studies workshops offeredby the Cambridge School of Art – in this case,poetry-writing, using a selection of well-knownblack and white photographs from the1950s–60s as a starting point.

If I had the legs, the arms for movementThis little man would not suffer my burden.But strings and space within my bodyCreate this boundary between dependence,The low mutter and murmurs of those around usWith bored and monotone voices,Who see my weight resting,Sinking above him.

For not my booming heart nor bounding soulCan lift this heavy pressure off his journey home,So I thank him, in song-like praise,When he lets me speak, lets me sing, in my ownmusic mother tongue.

Fran Brown

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

Pictures inspire poetry

Lecturer is series adviser for Irish TV series

On 30 September, Sara Knight,senior lecturer in theDepartment of Education, wasgiven a Highly CommendedAward at the fourth NurseryWorld Annual Awardsceremony, at the LancasterHotel in central London, for herbook, Risk and Adventure inEarly Years Outdoor Play(pictured right). The book,published in March, waslonglisted in the category ‘StaffResources’ in June. By August

it had progressed through tothe shortlist. The publishers,Sage, paid for Sara and a guest(her sister, as her husband wasunwell) to attend the ceremonyat the Lancaster Hotel, alongwith her editor, Jude Bowen,and Camille Richmond fromtheir marketing department.

This was a black-tie event forover 600 people, beginningwith a 6.30pm champagnereception and then a three-

course meal before theceremony, hosted by GabyRoslin and Alan Dedicot. BritAwards have nothing on theEarly Years sector in partymood, and this is definitelyshaping up to be a big annualevent! There was entertainmentbefore the prizes, and a discoafterwards, for those energeticenough at 11.30pm on aFriday night.

There were 23 categories ofaward, each one sponsored bya big player in the sector, andjudged by academics, seniorstaff in the sector andrepresentatives of governmentagencies. Most shortlists werefurther whittled down to three,as was the case in the ‘StaffResources’ category, althoughsome were longer. Eachcategory had a winner, andjudges had the discretion toaward a ‘Highly Commended’where the decision had beendifficult. This happened inabout a quarter of thecategories. Sara did notachieve an outright win, butwas awarded a ‘Highly

Commended’ certificate,pipped to the post by a trainingvideo on outdoor play.

As this was the first time thatthe publishers Sage hadreached the finals of this event,they were very pleased withthe outcome. They feel that aHighly Commended from theNursery WorldAwards willact as anextraincentive topurchase abookalreadysellingwell.Saraenjoyedthe event, and washonoured to have her workrecognised on the sameevening that Professor TriciaDavid was given a lifetimeachievement award.

For more information, pleasecontact Sara [email protected].

Lecturer given award at Early Years OscarsNEWS


On Tuesday 16 August, a groupof Built Environment lecturersenjoyed a trip to the nearlycomplete Olympic site, which isabout the size of Hyde Park andpart of Kensington Gardens,and the tour was to take aboutan hour. Security is very tightand we were requested to bringour passports or driving licencesto secure access. I’ll leave youto guess which two lecturersforgot! However, as we wereable to vouch for them, the tourwent ahead!

Touring the site on a small 30-seat bus with a qualified tourguide to explain things, wetravelled a specific routewatching in awe as the now-

famous landmarks came intosight. The buildings are familiarto most, but the amazementcame from the sheer scale ofthe structures in the well-laid-out landscape.

The International BroadcastingCentre, the Velodrome, theEnergy Centre and the OlympicStadium (pictured) did notdisappoint, and noisy was theclick of the cameras recordingthe elements of these buildingsfor – future use in lectures,perhaps?

One of the more interestingaspects of the site is theretention of a number ofwaterways, with 30 bridges

having been incorporated intothe design. Large green areasmean that, during theOlympics, visitors will be ableto buy tickets to enter the parkand picnic in these areas whilewatching events on largescreens. Completion is nearing,

events are already beingtrialled, roll on summer 2012!

Pauline StartSenior Lecturer, Department ofthe Built Environment, Facultyof Science & Technology

� Sara Knight and Jude Bowen at the Nursery World Awards evening.

Built Environment visits the Olympic site

For this month’s musicevents in Cambridgeand Chelmsford...Go to pages 34–35

‘The heat from that wasastonishing!’‘Gee, I would’ve thrown wateron that fire…’‘What an eye-opener.’

Just a few comments fromstudents who had watchedthe Essex Fire Service displayduring Freshers’ Week,organised by the Chaplain,Rev Tony Cant.

Tony was keen to show newstudents who were movinginto the Student Village, orhad just moved out of homefor the first time, what couldhappen when they left a potwith oil in it on the stove andforgot about it.

The temptation is to fight firewith water. But, as you cansee from the photos, throwingwater onto an oil fire onlymakes things worse –extremely worse! As the FireService explained, oil floats onwater, so that when water isthrown onto an oil fire, the

water goes underneath theoily fire and turns into steamthat then expandsdramatically causing the fireto expand with it. If you canimagine that happening in asmall kitchen space – well,you can imagine the damageto person and property.

The Fire Service’s advice issimply to get out when thefire starts, and call them on

999. Don’t try to put it out,just call them. But, betterstill, don’t leave the potunattended.


On 29 September, our PGCE inPrimary Education studentscelebrated at a fantasticgraduation ceremony inPeterborough. The course,which leads to QualifiedTeacher Status as a primaryteacher, is based at UniversityCentre Peterborough and lasts

for one year. During the course,students have been placed intwo different schools enablingthem to meet the professionalstandards for Qualified TeacherStatus. The school experiencestotalled 18 weeks of the courseand run concurrently withacademic study.

Sue Kitchin, pathway leader,commented, ‘The evening wasfantastic and it was awonderful opportunity to meetthe family and friends of thestudents graduating. Thesupport they offered to thestudents during such anintensive course wasinvaluable, and so last nightwas a celebration for everyoneinvolved in the students’achievements, including onemum who travelled fromAmerica to take part in herdaughter’s graduation.’

The students’ achievementsshould not be underestimated;they have worked tirelessly toensure they are making a bigimpact on children’s learning

Fire at Freshers’!

Celebrating PGCE Primary Education student success in Peterboroughthrough their teaching. Thecontinuing supportivepartnership we have with localschools has been invaluableand the commitment theyhave shown to the programmeand the students has been sobeneficial, as 89% of thetrainees graduating have takenup teaching jobs in primaryschools with the majorityremaining in Peterborough tolive and teach locally.

Jonathan SeckerRecruitment andCommunications Manager(Acting), Faculty of Health,Social Care & Education

For more information aboutthe event, please contact RevTony Cant [email protected].

� Sue Kitchin (fifth from right with the PGCE graduates.

Note: see, too, page 26 for news of all UCPgraduations at Peterborough Cathedral.

Focus on

RESEARCH


Our forensic scientists haverevealed a novel tool thatcould be used to help catcharsonists – cat litter. Theresearch, carried out by DrSarah Hall, Dr Lata Gautam,Vicky Bacchus and GarryWhite, has shown that catlitter is the best material todetect traces of petrol on hardsurfaces such as concrete,and this could proveinvaluable to crime sceneinvestigators (CSIs) across thecountry.

Most brands of cat littercontain the mineral sodiumbentonite, which is a clayformed from volcanic ash. Upclose, the clay is full ofmicroscopic tunnels with anetwork of capillaries, whichretain the petrol on thesurface without reacting.Petrol is a complex mixture of

around 200 components, and15 of these are targetedduring its analysis to give apositive identification. This isa requirement for thepresence of petrol to beproven in court.

Garry White, who is studyingfor a PhD at Anglia Ruskin,explained, ‘When investigatinga fire, a CSI might detect thatpetrol is present either bysmelling it him- or herself orby using specially trainedsniffer dogs. However,because the CSIs usuallyarrive much later, after theincident, some of the petrolwould have evaporated orsoaked into the floor,sometimes leaving just astain. The CSI will need toobtain a sample and, if thefloor is concrete, this poses amajor problem. There are two

ways of testing for thepresence of petrol on hardfloors; you can either dig uppart of the floor to analyse inthe lab or you can use asubstance to try and soak upthe petrol from the floor. Aswell as it being difficult totransport, the problem withdigging up concrete is that nomatter how carefully you doit, there is always the risk ofcontamination. Small piecesof concrete and dust, whichmight contain traces of petrolor other contaminants, couldbe carried in the air anddeposited elsewhere in thecrime scene.

‘There are currently noreliable, or standard, productsused by CSIs to sample petrolfor later detection. However,our research has shown thatcat litter is the best product

Eight out of 10 crime sceneinvestigators prefer cat litter!Anglia Ruskin scientists research best materials to detect presence of petrol

� Researchers, Dr Sarah Hall, PhD student Garry White and Dr Lata Gautram.

� A suspected burn mark on apathway.

available and, mostimportantly, fulfils the criterialaid down by UK courts.

‘We surveyed CSIs across thecountry and discovered thatthey used a range ofproducts, ranging from sandand window squeegees tomore bizarre materials suchas flour, powdered mashedpotato and sanitary towels.However, nobody in the UKwas using cat litter, which, asany cat owner will know, ischeap and easily available.’

The next stage of the researchwill see the scientists attemptto adapt the cat litter toimprove its ability to detectother flammable materials,particularly diesel. The aim isto develop a universaladsorbent to aid detection ofa range of ignitable liquidsand to contribute to astandard method that is usedin fire investigation, and isaccepted by courts, acrossthe world.


VERU leads Health InnovationEducation Cluster projectResearch unit investigates glaucoma referrals in new study


The project will look atreferral refinement schemes inCheltenham, Huntingdon,Manchester and Nottingham,focusing on efficiency, cost-effectiveness and patientsafety. It also aims to identifybest practice and recommendcharacteristics of an optimalpathway that can be adoptedin other demographical areasof the UK.

The concept of refiningglaucoma referrals is not new.However, since the NationalInstitute for Health andClinical Excellence (NICE) and

Association of Optometrists(AOP) guidance in 2009, thistopical area has gained morewidespread attention.

The use of contact tonometryand assessment of the opticdisc are core competenciesgained during optometrytraining. Various carepathways exist within theoptometry community, rangingfrom a referral to secondarycare if an eye examination isnot entirely normal, toperforming extra testsincluding contact tonometryand gonioscopy in order to

reduce false-positive referralsto the hospital eye clinic.

Research carried out by theHIEC Glaucoma PathwaysResearch Fellow Dr GokRatnarajan, in collaborationwith the leads for thesereferral refinement schemes,aims to establish performanceof these schemes such asfalse-positive and -negativerates associated withglaucoma referrals.

A recent development hasinvolved meetings with all theprimary care trusts withinNorth Central London tocreate a pan-North CentralLondon glaucoma referralrefinement scheme withuniformity in referral criteria,referral forms andreimbursements. The nextstage is to engage withstakeholders throughoutLondon to disperse bestpractice throughout thecapital, and beyond.

Professor Shahina Pardhan,Director of VERU, said, ‘Thiswork is very important and Iam really pleased that VERUhad been given a chance tolead it. It is hoped that thiswork will providecommissioners and providersof glaucoma care with anevidence base to informdecisions on how to bestprovide safe, high-quality andcost-effective care.’


Our Vision and Eye ResearchUnit (VERU) is leading aninvestigation into the activityof established glaucomareferral refinement schemes inthe UK. The partnershipbetween VERU (led byProfessor Rupert Bourne),Moorfields Eye Hospital(Professors Ted Garway-Heathand Peng Khaw) and CityUniversity (Professors DavidCrabb and John Lawrenson)has been commissioned bythe North East London, NorthCentral London and Essex(NECLES) Health InnovationEducation Cluster (HIEC).

� VERU’s Professor Rupert Bourne.

Anglia Ruskin in

THE COMMUNITY


Once again, we are delightedto be taking part inCambridge’s Mill Road WinterFair, which will be held onSaturday 3 December, from10.30am to 4.30pm.

The fair is an event thatcelebrates the diversity ofculture and creativity in thiscosmopolitan part of the city,and has been growing inextent and popularity over thepast six years. This year’sevent will be bigger and betterthan ever, with non-stopactivities throughout the day,all made more accessiblebecause of full road closurebetween the junctions withEast Road and Coleridge Road.

We have a number of eventslined up for the day.

A ‘Stomp’-inspiredperformance begins at1.00pm, and will featureFashion design students fromAnglia Ruskin, who will displaycreations inspired by recyclablematerials. The models willparade the length of Mill Roadshowing their designs whileaccompanied by ‘Stomp’-inspired music, performed byour music students.

We are also hosting anexhibition by local artists atour drama studio in CoventGarden, and 15 local artistswill be displaying their work.

We will also have aninformation stand, where thepublic can meet us to find outmore about Anglia Ruskin andour facilities available to the

Mill Road Winter Fair 2011

� At last year’s Winter Fair, a dance troupe entertains the crowds on Mill Road.

� An example of our students’recycled fashion designs.

community. There will be anopportunity to speak to someof the designers and musicianswho created the designs andmusic for the ‘Stomp’-inspiredperformance.

For more information about therange of events happening onthe day, visitwww.millroadwinterfair.org –and contact me ([email protected]).

Miriam BergCommunity EngagementOfficer, Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices

Photographcourtesy

oftheMillRoadWinterFairCom

mittee.

ALUMNI NEWS


Paul Watson (pictured above),who was our alumni featurein a recent issue of Bulletin,has deservedly been awardedthe Alumni Success inBusiness award for 2011.

Paul graduated with a BA(Hons) Primary & CommunityCare and Specialist Practice(School Nurse) in 2007 andswiftly progressed in his

nursing career. He is nowworking as a team leader inNorfolk Community Healthand Care NHS Trust,managing health visitors andschool nurses.

Paul’s first qualification wasin engineering, so he isalways quick to see new waysof working and innovativeapproaches to problems.

Having designed several newmedical devices and nursingmodels, he is now working ona portable asthma spacerdevice, which is beingdeveloped in collaborationwith Health Enterprise East.This new spacer, ThePocketflow, has had to gothrough many stages to endup with a product andevidence base that gives itcredibility in the medical field.There has been extensivecomputer modelling as wellas product testing byindependent specialists.These tests have shown thatthe product is as good as, ifnot better than, current itemson the market. Paul iscurrently working with amanufacturing company, ViVOSmart Medical Devices, whowish to take this product tomarket, hoping to have aproduction model by the endof 2011. This new device hasenormous potential and couldsignificantly change the livesof those suffering withasthma, not to mention thecost savings to the NHS.

The potential impact of hisdevice on those living withasthma and his drive tosucceed make him anexcellent role model for ourstudents, and is the reasonwhy Paul is a worthy winnerof the 2011 Alumni Successin Business Award.

Sue JacobsHead of Alumni Relations,Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices

Nursing graduate is our2011 Alumni Success inBusiness winner

As we are committed to activeengagement with our localcommunities, a new communityengagement strategy has beenwritten and approved by CMT.

Our aim is to develop positiveand mutually beneficialrelationships with localcommunity stakeholders. Theseinclude our neighbours, localresidents and community groups;voluntary and charityorganisations; local governmentand regional bodies inCambridgeshire and Essex.

We aim to:• contribute to civic agendas• promote and support education• be good neighbours• exchange knowledge,experience and skills

• open up our campuses andresources

• demonstrate the positiveimpact we have on our localcommunities.

We plan to: demonstrate howrelevant and accessible we are todifferent groups of localstakeholders; help build positiverelationships with localcommunity stakeholder groupsand encourage local stakeholdersto recommend us and act asadvocates of Anglia Ruskin.

We are currently reviewing andrewriting the content of thecommunity engagement pages onthe website to ensure it includesall relevant activities.

Miriam Berg is responsible forcommunity engagement inCambridgeshire and Rachel Mossis responsible for activity inEssex. Please do not hesitate toget in touch if you have anyideas you would like to discuss.

Andrea HilliardCorporate CommunicationsManager, CorporateMarketing, International &Development Services

Communityengagement

UK and international

PARTNER INSTITUTIONS


Hundreds of graduates fromUniversity CentrePeterborough took to thestreets on Thursday 29September to celebrate theirgraduation in style. Ourannual graduation ceremonysaw around 200 studentspresented with theircertificates for their degrees orprofessional qualifications.Dressed to impress in theircaps and gowns, the studentsattended a reception at TheBull Hotel, in Westgate,before processing through thetown centre led by themacebearer, The Mayor ofPeterborough, CouncillorPaula Thacker, other VIPs anduniversity staff to theCathedral for the ceremony.

The proceedings weredeclared open by Mr AllanArnott, Chair of UniversityCentre Peterborough’s Board.The students were thenwelcomed by Professor MikeThorne, Vice Chancellor ofAnglia Ruskin University, andAngela Joyce, Principal ofPeterborough RegionalCollege.

Executive Director ofUniversity CentrePeterborough, Dr MarkMabey, introduced thegraduates to Professor MikeThorne, who presented thecertificates in front of anaudience of around 350guests including proudrelatives, friends, universityand college staff, local

business leaders andpoliticians.

Dr Mabey said, ‘I am veryproud of every one of thosestudents who is studying withUCP, and it is extremelypleasing to see all the hardwork the students do beingrewarded at the ceremony.’He went on to add, ‘Thosegraduating from UniversityCentre Peterborough todayhave reached a life-changingmoment and the start of agreat opportunity to developtheir careers with their newqualifications.’

A number of special awardswere also presented, includingthe Student Excellence Awardin Engineering. This was

awarded to Michael Andrew,and the trophy was given byMr Ralph Watson, Chairmanof the Peterborough &Huntingdon Local Network forthe Institution of Engineeringand Technology.

Following on from theceremony, students, staff andguests enjoyed a buffetprepared and served by thehospitality and cateringstudents of PeterboroughRegional College.

Louise PriceRecruitment and EventsCo-ordinator, UniversityCentre Peterborough

UCP graduation ceremony atPeterborough Cathedral


University Centre Harlowopened in September to over150 HE students. Fundedthrough HEFCE, EEDA andHarlow Renaissance, thecentre, situated within theHarlow College campus,marks an importantdevelopment in thepartnership between AngliaRuskin University and theCollege.

The first piece of artcommissioned for the buildingis now in place. JaneStobart’s piece, BuildingBlocks, combines acelebration of the actual build

along with the aspirations thebuilding will support for itsstudents. The official openingof the Centre will be in thenew year.

The creation of Jane Stobart’sfour wooden panels is basedupon drawings that she madeon the construction site of thisbuilding. She documentedevery stage of development,from groundwork to glazing.The concept for the final workis intended as a metaphor forhigher education, involvingideas of working together,building a future, reaching forthe moon or touching the

stars. It represents theaspiration that leads manypeople to make acommitment to highereducation. The highestsection of the topmostwoodblock includes theconstellation of Pegasus, thewinged, white horse – asymbol of wisdom in Greekmythology.

The panels read from thelowest block to the highest,somewhat like a comic, or agraphic novel. The surface ofthe wood has been chiselledout by hand, using a range ofsmall gouges. The usualprocedure for this type ofwork would be to ink thesurface with a roller, and takea print from it. However, inkeeping with the subject ofconstruction, Jane decidedthat the actual woodblockswould hold more relevance.

Harlow artist–printmaker andauthor, Jane Stobart is afellow of the Royal Society ofPainter–Printmakers. She hasa strong interest in the subjectof industry and has spentmany years drawing infoundries, construction sites,maintenance depots, sewagepumping stations, etc. This isthe starting point for all of herprintmaking work. Her printsare held in several collections,which include theSmithsonian Institute,Washington DC, theAshmolean and FitzwilliamMuseums, and the Museumof London.

Sue YoungVice Principal, HarlowCollege

Artwork commission for UniversityCentre Harlow

� Shown left, Jane Stobart’s design for the wooden panels, and, above,Jane checks alignment while installing the artwork.

UK and international

PARTNER INSTITUTIONS


Groundbreaking at the King’sLynn campusOn 14 September, the Collegebroke ground marking the startof the construction of its new£5.7m technology block at theKing’s Lynn campus. Whencompleted, the project willinclude state-of-the-art workshopfacilities for engineering, welding,carpentry, electrical andplumbing studies, with cutting-edge CAD (computer aideddesign) classrooms. The newbuilding will cover 2300sqm offloor area, with a projectedcompletion in summer 2012.The groundbreaking was led byCollege Chair of Governors PeterDixon, King’s Lynn and WestNorfolk Mayor, Colin Sampson,and College Principal, DavidPomfret.

‘The new Technology Centre willenable us to meet the needs ofthe engineering andmanufacturing businesses, which

are so critical to our localeconomy. I’m delighted that,with external funding supportfrom Norfolk County Council,King’s Lynn and West NorfolkBorough Council and the SkillsFunding Agency, we are able tobring such fantastic new facilitiesto West Norfolk. This investmentdemonstrates our commitment torealising our ambitiousaccommodation improvementplans,’ said David Pomfret.

Isle campusThis academic year also sees aninvestment in the future of theIsle campus with a new multi-million pound technology block.The 2700sqm block will be astate-of-the-art facility that willenable young people to learnengineering skills to help themgain jobs in one of the area’sbiggest industry sectors. ‘About17% of jobs in Fenland areengineering focused; nearlydouble the national average of

10%. We need a new technologycentre to train our young peoplewith the skills needed. There is askills gap locally, and employersfind it difficult to fill vacanciesbecause people don’t have thenecessary qualifications,’ saidMark Reavell, Director ofEmployer Engagement andEstates. The technology blockwill provide a centre of learningto teach people skills in all areasof engineering. There is a big gapbetween female and maleemployment, and it is hoped thenew facility can tempt morewomen to study engineering.

The new-build work started inlate October and is part of alarger plan to improve thecampus’s aesthetics and create abetter learning environment.

Tessa BatlleMarketing Co-ordinator, TheCollege of West Anglia

The College of West Angliacelebrated their annualgraduation on Saturday 8October, at St Nicholas Chapel.A civic procession of collegestaff, governors, guests andgraduates, headed by theMayor of King’s Lynn and WestNorfolk, Colin Sampson, andDavid Pomfret, Principal of theCollege, paraded along theHigh Street and Chapel Streeton one of the most importantdays in the College calendar.

Certificates were presented tothe students by David Pomfretand Professor Helen Valentine,Deputy Vice Chancellor ofAnglia Ruskin University, infront of proud families, friends,college governors and staff tomark their success.

David Pomfret said, ‘Throughour successful partnership withAnglia Ruskin University, theCollege of West Anglia provideshigher education opportunitiesto 450 students. Ourcommitment to highereducation has never beenstronger. This year, 176students graduated from 17different programmes, and ourstudents and staff should beextremely proud of theirachievements. It is great to seeso many of our studentsgraduating with so muchsupport from family, friendsand employers. We wish ourgraduates every success asthey progress to employmentand further studies.’

Hilary Fisher, University CentreManager, added, ‘Our studentsand staff should be verypleased with what they haveachieved this year. Studentshave worked very hard toachieve their goals, and ourstaff continue to offer students

New technology centresunder way

� In front, with the spade, David Pomfret, College Principal, with a group of College Governors and seniormanagement, the contractors’ team and Colin Sampson, the King's Lynn and West Norfolk Mayor.

GraduationAnglia stud


the very best in learning. TheCollege strives to provide first-class learning opportunities forour students, and this isevident from the calibre of thisyear’s graduates.’

In addition, the College alsocelebrated the Anglia RuskinUniversity Student of the YearAward. This award celebratesan individual’s outstandingresults in their studies. TheCollege received numerousnominations from curriculumstaff across all departments,further demonstrating the

quality of students and positiveimpact of the College withinthe local and wider community.This year the award went toCath Waddilove BA (Hons)Psychosocial, who wasnominated by Janet Jones,Lecturer, for continuing herstudies while having to dealwith extraordinarily demandingfamily issues and, at the sametime, mentoring and supportingyounger students.

Tessa BatlleMarketing Co-ordinator, TheCollege of West Anglia

Donation of redundant furnitureBack in the summer, we had some redundant furniture we nolonger needed that we donated to Granta Housing – a charitablehousing association that builds affordable housing for sale or rent.The furniture we donated went to their mental health supportedhousing scheme and will be used in a tenants’ resource room, andwill enable tenants to access the internet for things such a jobsearches.

Recycling of empty toner cartridgesWe would like to remind everyone that empty toner cartridgescannot be put in the general waste bins and should be sent to thepost room for recycling. You should use the box of the new tonercartridge to post them in and label the box ‘For toner cartridgerecycling’.

We use Takeback Ltd, a company that takes our empty cartridgesfor free, and their recycling scheme ensures they do not go tolandfill; we also earn a small amount of money for certaincartridges that they take from us! Over the past year we haveearned £289.23 from the correct disposal of our cartridges viaTakeback Ltd. We are now working with the Students’ Union toput this money to good use on student-led environmental projects.

Colleagues are reminded that all disposal of items no longerneeded should be carried out through Estates & Facilities Services,

and, where possible,we will donate orsend for recycling.

We have an ‘A toZ of Recyclingfor staff’ guideand should youwish to lookup any itemsyou do notknow howto disposeof – just visitwww.anglia.ac.uk/waste.

Contact usAs always, we welcome any comments, compliments orsuggestions – email us at [email protected].

Sarah JohnsonEnvironment and Utilities Officer, Estates & Facilities Services

GREEN ISSUES

celebration for 176 College of Westents

� Anglia Ruskin University Student of the Year Award winner, CathWaddilove, receiving her award from David Pomfret, College Principal.

Reusing and recycling

Employer

ENGAGEMENT


Higher Skills@Work entertaineda number of their clients at theConfederation of British Industry(CBI) East of England Dinner atthe Imperial War Museum inDuxford, during October.

Tony Howard, Head of HigherSkills@Work, said, ‘The dinnerwas a great success and in a

have affected our economyand businesses today.

Higher Skills@Work’s guestsincluded Jill Norman, PracticeManager, Chelmsford MedicalCentre, Dr Mark Mabey,Executive Director, UniversityCentre Peterborough, AllanArnott, Director Operations,Perkins Engine Company,Abdeslam El-Idrissi, Director ofTrade Services, Arab BritishChamber of Commerce, LesleyBatchelor, Director General,Institute of Export, and ChrisGreaves, Group HR Director,Ridgeons. Speaking of the

guests, Tony Howard said, ‘Wehope to develop and deepen ourexisting ties with them bygrowing our level of engagementwith their organisations.’

Higher Skills@Work partnerswith a number of high-profileorganisations, includingHarrods, Timberland, Ridgeons,Specsavers and the RAF, todevelop and deliver work-basedlearning to their employees.

Jamie WallisActing Marketing Manager,Learning DevelopmentServices

dramatic setting – under thewings of Concorde.’

Adam Boulton, Political Editorat Sky News, and Sir RogerCarr, President of the CBI,spoke at the event. They bothfocused on the significantinternational occurrences of thepast few months and how they

Pictured right, Tom Taylor,Skills Development Consultantat Higher Skills@Work, and DrPaul Sanderson, SeniorLecturer at the Faculty ofHealth, Social Care &Education, unveiled a newplaque in recognition of Anglia

Ruskin’s accreditation by theChartered Institute of Housing(CIH). The plaque will bedisplayed at the Cambridgecampus. The CIH recentlyaccredited the FoundationDegree in Social and AffordableHousing, which is a work-

based course developed by theFaculty of Health, Social Care& Education and HigherSkills@Work.

Jamie WallisActing Marketing Manager,Learning Development Services

Anglia Ruskin unveils CIH plaque

National Customer ServiceWeek (NCSW) is anopportunity to raise awarenessof customer service and thevital role it plays within anorganisation. Anglia Ruskincelebrated NCSW (the week of3 October) by setting up stallsin Cambridge, Chelmsford andPeterborough Guild House toraise awareness of some of ourkey customer-focused

activities. Both students andstaff helped assist with thestalls over the week.Awareness was raisedregarding our new StudentCharter and our ‘Tell Us’comments, compliments orconcerns scheme. A largeamount of feedback wasreceived via the ‘Tell Us’scheme and this is being actedupon where possible. Pens

(branded with ‘Tell Us’) weregiven away in addition tosweets and badges.

In support of NCSW, managersundertook ‘Back to the Floor’activities. This involvedspending a period of timedoing a different job role andtherefore experiencing first-hand issues impacting theirarea. A list of Back to the

Floor activities will shortly beavailable on our CSE microsite,along with a selection ofpersonal reflections from seniormanagers.

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

National Customer Service Week!

HS@W entertains business leadersunder the wings of Concorde

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

NCSW promoters (l–r, front row)Alastair Dutton, Claire Daly, SophieGoldsmith, Matthew Hardiman, CheskiSmith, Katie Ireson (back row) TommyBirtles, Care Wilcox, Tom Costa,Rumnique Gill, Sophie Revett, SamGibbon, Aaron Wooldridge and JessicaGardner.

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Customer Service

EXCELLENCE


If you would like to book a place on either of the SITS:VisionTraining sessions detailed in the tinted panel below, you willneed to email the following information [email protected].

About yourself: name; job title; faculty or support service;telephone extension; University login username (eg, hp2).

About the session: title of the session; date and time; location.

Please note, before placing your booking, you must secure yourline manager’s agreement.

You can access further information about each session athttp://web.anglia.ac.uk/hr/training/browse/sas.html.

If you have any queries regarding SITS:Vision training sessions,please do not hesitate to get in touch by emailing your query [email protected].

2011–12 seminar one sessions

7 Nov Introduction to SITS:Vision Cambridge 10.30am–12.00noon

7 Nov Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Cambridge 1.00–3.00pm

8 Nov Introduction to SITS:Vision Chelmsford 10.30am–12.00noon

8 Nov Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Chelmsford 1.00–3.00pm

9 Nov Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Chelmsford 10.00am–12.00noon

5 Dec Introduction to SITS:Vision Chelmsford 10.30am–12.00noon

5 Dec Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Chelmsford 1.00–3.00pm

6 Dec Introduction to SITS:Vision Cambridge 10.30am–12.00noon

6 Dec Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Cambridge 1.00–3.00pm

7 Dec Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Cambridge 10.00am–12.00noon

STAFF DEVELOPMENTSITS:Vision – training for staff

Extracting Data from SITS:Vision – provided by Helen Lane,ISMS

This session is suitable for both support and academic staff whohave some experience with SITS:Vision along with MicrosoftWord and Excel. It will enable participants to develop skills inextracting data from the system. Delegates will then exploredifferent ways to use the data using Microsoft applications.

Designed for: academic and support staff

On completion of this activity, delegates will be able to:• extract data using Standard Report Letters (SRLs)• extract data using the SITS Export function• use the Mail Merge function in Microsoft Word to produceletters and labels

• analyse data in Microsoft Excel• create a Pivot Table• email students from SITS

Dates of course: monthly on each campus

Any follow-up courses: no follow-up courses for this course

Booking enquiry: to book, please email [email protected] you have any special requirements for the training session,please ensure you inform us when booking your place.

Introduction to SITS:Vision – provided by Helen Lane, ISMS

This session is suitable for both support and academic staffwho are new to SITS:Vision. It will enable participants todevelop basic skills in accessing data and navigating aroundthe system.

Designed for: academic and support staff

On completion of this activity delegates will be able to:• log in to SITS and e-vision• navigate around screens• retrieve data• use wildcards• understand student statuses• undertake basic data analysis

Dates of course: monthly on each campus

Any follow-up courses: no follow-up courses for this course

Booking enquiry: to book, please email [email protected] you have any special requirements for the training session,please ensure you inform us when booking your place.

What’s on at the Mumford?

passions, struggle for acceptanceand political commitment.Mischievously, the duendes act outLorca’s short play, El Amor de DonPerlimplín y Belisa en su Jardín – atale of absurd comedy, fantasy andultimately, grotesque tragedy. Thewealthy Don Perlimplín just wantsto spend his days quietly reading

books, but his housekeeper hasother ideas. Reluctantly, he agreesto marry the gorgeous and muchyounger Belisa, but what has he lethimself in for?

Performed in Spanish.

Suitable for ages 15+.

A luscious evening of performance,poetry and music with Spain’sgreatest writer of the 20th century,Federico García Lorca.

In Lorca’s ‘garden of love’, hisduendes (sprites) recall momentsof his life through his own wordsand music – Lorca’s youth,

Lorca: Amor en el Jardín (Love in the Garden) • Tickets: £11.50 (£8.50 concessions) • Thursday 3 November, 7.30pm

While never letting his extraordinarytechnique overshadow the beautyof his music, he attacks the entireinstrument in a never-endingsearch for the orchestra he knowsis lurking inside. At full tilt, hisfingers, thumbs, fists and hands atonce suggest a drummer,keyboardist, bassist and severalguitarists at work. Drawing on

blues, rock, funk and jazzinfluences amongst others, PrestonReed’s vast range of explosivelyoriginal music will forever changeyour expectations of a guitarist. Thephrase ‘has to be seen to bebelieved’ has never been more true!Don’t miss one of the most dazzlingdisplays of musicianship you willever see!

Preston Reed has single-handedlyreinvented acoustic guitar playing.His influence is crucial for a newgeneration of guitarists includingAndy McKee, Newton Faulknerand Kaki King all of whom play inthe style developed by Reed backin the mid-1980s.

Preston Reed • Tickets: £12.00 (£10.00 concessions) • Friday 4 November, 7.30pm

For this young girl, the gift of a toydog from her grandfather starts ajourney that will eventually helpher answer the biggest question –why has he gone away?

This magical, musical experience isdevised and performed by thecritically acclaimed Full House

Theatre Company. Expect animpressive physical performanceusing giant puppets andcontemporary dance with originalmusic and songs. The Snow Dogis the perfect theatre experience forall the family to enjoy.


Get swept along in the adventureas a young girl’s favourite toycomes to life. Admire the beautyand intelligence of the husky;wolf-like and wise. Enjoy thefantasy as girl and dog discover awild world where dangers wait forhuman and animal alike.

The Snow Dog • Tickets: £9.00 (£7.00 children) • Sunday 6 November, 2.30pm

past to reveal a woman governedand destined by her principles, asshe contemplates her latestapplication for parole and freedom.

The writer, Jane Carter Woodrow,has a PhD in Criminology fromCambridge and has spent manyyears working with both offendersand victims of violent crime. She

has worked as a scriptwriter onseveral high-profile televisiondramas, including In SuspiciousCircumstances and The Bill. Thisis her first play for the stage.

Contains strong language. Suitable forages 15+.

Parole is the light at the end of thetunnel for Melanie – sentenced tolife imprisonment at the tenderage of 20, when Callaghan was atNumber 10, Carter was Presidentof the USA and ELO had justbegun their world tour.

In this new play Melanie blowsthe dust off the shadows of her

Lifer – A Woman of Principle • Tickets: £11.50 (£8.50 concessions) • Thursday 10– Saturday 12 November, 7.30pm

Medicine must battle thePhantom of the Operating Theatreto cure everyone of the evil curselaid down by Lord Mouldy-Wart,meeting new friends and defeatingevil baddies along the way.

So come and join us on thisfamily friendly rollercoaster ofcheers and groans as the staff andstudents of Addenbrooke’s put thepanto dames to shame and makeyour sides split with laughter.

Harriet Hotter and the Phantomof the Operating Theatre – theAddenbrooke’s charity pantomimereturns to celebrate its 20thbirthday… oh yes it is! HarrietHotter and the students atHoggenbrooke’s School of

Addenbrooke’s Panto 2011 • Tickets: £10.00 (£6.00 concessions) • Tuesday 15–Saturday 19 November, 7.30pm

THE ARTS



unforgettable characters will whiskyou away into the theatre of theirminds where the imagination isunleashed. Falling from extremeheights, entombed under rubble,the impossible journey of a ball…all become reality in thismesmerising horizon of theimagination.

Directed by internationallyrenowned Bim Mason, this newperformance delicately combinesthe physicality of expression and

groundbreaking technology withthe tragic interplay of these twocharacters that is sure to pull ateveryone’s heartstrings.

Folie à Deux universally resonateswith the search for who we areand where our place in the worldis. An intimate tale of both humanexperience and loss and thedelicate kindness that can appearin the cracks of distress.


Folie à Deux takes the audienceon a journey through the mindsof two very unique individuals:one who believes he is dead, theother who has forgotten her past.The story takes place in a retreatfor the mentally unwell, wherewe meet the two characterssharing a room and theirmemories.

Centred around a huge scaffoldstructure and groundbreaking,multi-touch screen, these

Folie à Deux • Tickets: £11.50 (£8.50 concessions) • Wednesday 30 November, 7.30pm

she’s housebound. And every dayis starting to blend into everyother… until one Hallowe’en,when a rash act changeseverything.

Maybe this time Lucy sees anopportunity to alter things forgood…Maybe this time Jim really doeshave something to be fed up

about…And maybe the moaning comingfrom the cellar has nothing to dowith the rising damp…

Housebound is a comedy foranyone who ever felt frustrated butdidn’t know what to do once theywere.

Contains some strong language.

Jim is 68, stressed and ready tosnap. At what? Anything: noisyneighbours, speeding cars, kidshanging about on the streetcorners… you name it, he’ll moanabout it; it’s the one thing he’sgood at. He makes Victor Meldrewlook like an amateur. And doesn’this wife Lucy know it? Stuck athome with him rabbiting on everyday, and nowhere to escape to…

Housebound • Tickets: £11.50 (£8.50 concessions) • Monday 28 November, 7.30pm

Audience suggestions help tocreate a show on the spot, as theall-singing, all-dancing castimprovise with unpredictable andfrequently hilarious results.Packed with drama, dazzling

dance routines and catchymelodies, Showstopper! leavesdelighted audiences singing all theway home.


A brand-new musical is createdfrom scratch at each performanceof this award-winning production,which has played sell-outseasons in London’s West Endand at the Edinburgh Festival.

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical • Tickets: £11.50 (£8.50 concessions) • Friday 25 November, 7.30pm

human life the First World Warhas come to represent and achilling reminder of man’sinhumanity to man.

At turns satirical, funny anddeeply moving, Oh What a LovelyWar has a style all of its own,combining live music, dance,

songs and sketches to create apicture of life for those on thefront line and those behind it.

Oh What a Lovely War as JoanLittlewood intended and anunforgettable theatricalexperience.


Over 90 years on from theArmistice, Oh What a Lovely Warremains a classic of the moderntheatre and a powerful reminderof the atrocities of a war that cost20 million lives. Told through thesongs and documents of theperiod, it’s a satirical attack onthe military incompetence andinconceivable disregard for

Oh What a Lovely War • Tickets: £11.50 (£8.50 concessions) • Monday 21–Wednesday 23 November, 7.30pm

For full information, pick up a programme at the theatre.To book, phone the box office on 0845 196 2320 or call ext 2320

Ruskin Gallery exhibitions and music

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


On the home leg of itsinternational tour, Viewfindercomes to the Ruskin Galleryhaving exhibited in Seoul, SouthKorea, and at IMPACT7International PrintmakingExhibition at Monash University,Australia.

Curated by Nick Devison ofCambridge School of Art’s Fine ArtResearch Unit and Convenor for

MA Printmaking and the MFA,Viewfinder aims to interrogate thecreative intersections betweendigital and traditional practices asa means of reflecting upon thenature of representation throughprint media. Diverse in form, eachartist engages with ideasconcerning the instability ofperception, dislocation of place,interventions and disruption ofmeaning. The result is a

discursive engagement with thephotographic image, whichconsiders the contingent nature ofperception, meaning andrepresentation mediated through adigitised environment.

Exhibiting artists include Brook &Black, Professor Paul Coldwell,Edward Dimsdale, Michel Evans,Johanna Love, Dr David Ryan,Mark Shaw, and Nick Devison.

Viewfinder • Wed 9–Thur 24 November • 10am–5.00pm, Mon–Fri • Private View, Thur 10 November, 5.00pm

BA (Hons) Fine Art • Wed 9–Thur 24 November • Ruskin Balcony • Private View, Thur 10 November, 5.00pm

Via di San Teodoro 8 • Fri 25 November, 6.30pm • Ruskin Gallery

Terra Nova | Vita Nuova • Anglia Sinfonia • Mon 14 November, 7.30pm • West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

Anglia Singers become twenty • Chelmsford-based concert in November

THE ARTS

This exhibition presents work fromsecond year BA (Hons) Fine Artstudents at Cambridge School ofArt, and is the first of two RuskinBalcony exhibitions by this groupof students. The work presented is

in a variety of media includingpainting, drawing, sculpturalinstallation and photography.

These exhibitions are curated bythe students, and are an integral

part of professional practiceactivities that take place at thesecond-year stage on the BA(Hons) Fine Art course.

David Ryan’s film, Via di SanTeodoro 8, explores Italian composerGiacinto Scelsi’s (1905–88) housein the heart of Rome. It investigatesdifferent aspects of this house: itsspaces, sounds and vistas, and itsunique ambience opposite the

ancient Roman Forum. It liessomewhere between experimentaldocumentary and filmic poeticessay, also portraying the earlyelectronic instruments (ondiolas) onwhich Scelsi composed andimprovised in a rare performance by

pianist Oscar Pizzo. Without anydialogue, the film attempts tocapture something of what theHungarian film theorist Bela Balazsalluded to: the possibility of soundand image combining to articulate,‘all that has speech, and speaks to

us with the vast conversationalpowers of life…’. The film exists intwo formats: a single screen of 43minutes, and a three-screencontinuous looped version, with thelatter being screened in the RuskinGallery.

Julio d’Escriván – Terra Nova, a concertofor videogame player and electro-acoustic ensemble (world première)

Luciano Berio – Laborintus 2

Julio d’Escriván’s Terra Nova waswritten especially for Anglia Sinfoniaand the Mechanical andElectroacoustic Music Ensemble(MEME) in celebration of the 100thanniversary of the British Antarctic

Exhibition led by Captain RobertFalcon Scott. The audiovisualmaterials for this piece are drawnfrom original archival material held inthe Scott Polar Research Institute.

Terra Nova uses the medium of thevideo game, projected on to a largescreen, to commemorate Scott’s tragicexpedition through the use of three-dimensional recreations of theAntarctic landscape. Anglia Sinfonia

and MEME provide the additional liveorchestral material in emulation of theearly cinematic practice of playing livemusic to film.

The concept of ‘New Lands’ findsfurther resonance in Luciano Berio’s1965 masterpiece for singers, actorsand orchestra, Laborintus 2. Writtento commemorate the 700thanniversary of the birth of the Italianpoet Dante Alighieri, Laborintus 2

presents a kaleidoscopicamalgamation of poetry, vocalisation,music and electronic sounds, drawingon themes from Dante’s La VitaNuova (The New Life) and TheInferno.

Tickets available from the MumfordTheatre Box Office: (0845 196) ext2320,www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre.

Anglia Ruskin University’s choir onthe Chelmsford campus reaches itstwentieth birthday with two concertsin November. The celebratoryprogramme on Saturday 12November at the Central BaptistChurch, Victoria Road South, takesthe Singers back to the location of

their first appearance in 1991 for thefirst Anglia Carol Service in the town.

For the 12 November concert, theSingers will be joined by theChelmsford Citadel Band of theSalvation Army, so renewing apartnership that also goes back

many years. Emeritus Professor ChrisGreen, founder of the Singers, will beconducting and tickets are now onsale from a variety of local sources orthe Anglia ticket line (01245350988).

The concert will be in support of J’sCharity, an Essex-based charity

supporting the development of ahospice of young people. The secondconcert is at lunchtime in ChelmsfordCathedral on Friday 25 November.

For more information, please contactthe Choir Secretary on 01245344965.

Tickets: £10.00 (£7.00 concessions, £5.00 Anglia Ruskin students) • Conductor – Paul Jackson

Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events

For full information on all Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events,or for booking or enquiries, email [email protected],phone 01223 579127, visit www.cambridgeshirefilmconsortium.org,or visit www.picturehouses.co.uk or phone 0871 902 5720


Education events for schools and colleges

Lunchtime archive films at the Arts Picturehouse

c events

4 NovPreston ReedA unique masterclass and Q&Asession with one of the mostinnovative guitarists in the world. Inthe late 1980s Preston invented atwo-handed style that integrates thefull percussive potential of theguitar body; in doing so herevolutionised guitar playing. This isa rare opportunity to questionPreston on his techniques, styleand creative approach tocomposition.

11 NovSarah Ellen Hughes and friendsSarah Ellen Hughes (vocals),Darren Altman (drums), RickSimpson (piano), Tom Farmer(bass).Sarah appears as part of a UK tour,with a superb trio featuring thecream of London’s jazz talent. Thequartet will be presenting a rangeof popular standards from Gershwinand Jobim to Burt Bacharach andJimi Hendrix, along with excitingarrangements of some of Sarah’sown compositions.

18 NovWhy Strad?Nigel Brown OBE explains thedifference between a Stradivariusand more modest makes of violin.

25 NovZRIBen Harlan (clarinet), MaxBaillie (violin), Matthew Sharp(cello), Iris Pissaride (santouri),Jon Banks (accordion).An unorthodox interpretation ofBrahms’ Clarinet Quintetinterspersed with fiery Hungarianand Klezmer music, all playedwith tavern grit and gypsy flair.(Zum Roten Igel – ZRI – is thename of Brahms’ favourite café inVienna!)

www.anglia.ac.uk/mpaevents

Lunchtime concerts

Fridays, 1.10pm • MumfordTheatre • free admission This presentation

will explore TheRed Shoes andMichael Powell’seditingexperiment with

the ballet as a composed film, withinthe genre of melodrama, whichdraws on silent film practices.

The narrative levels of Hans ChristianAndersen’s folk tale will be exploredthrough the representation of womenin the film, within the socio-historical

cultural context of the Second WorldWar when the British film industrythrived, when audiences increased asa result of women’s mobilisation, andproducers looked ambitiously acrossthe Atlantic for US exhibitionopportunities.

The Red Shoes (U). Director andProducer: Michael Powell andEmeric Pressburger. Starring: MoiraShearer, Anton Walbrook, MariusGoring, Leonide Massine. UK1948. 133 minutes.

A young ballet dancer is tornbetween marriage and ambition inthis Powell and Pressburgerextravagant and spectacularTechnicolour film.

Speaker: Trish Sheil, FilmEducation Officer for theCambridgeshire Film Consortium.

Suitable for A/AS/undergraduateFilm/Media Studies.

Cost £3.50, accompanyingteachers free.

Speakers: Stephanie Muir, WJECExaminer and Head of Film Studiesat Richmond Upon Thames College;

Phil Lloyd, Hinchinbrooke School.

If… (15) Director: LindsayAnderson. Writer: David Sherwin.Starring: Malcolm McDowell, ArthurLowe, Anthony Nicholls. UK 1968.107 minutes.

Surreal, and employing all sorts ofcamera and production techniques,

this is an effective tale of 1960sdissatisfaction and revolution asBritish public school boys rebelagainst the oppressive authority.

Suitable for A/AS/UndergraduateFilm/Media Studies.

Cost: £3.50, accompanyingteachers free.

Sloane Uren(Art/SetDirector onHarry Potter

And The Half-Blood Prince, BeingJohn Malkovich) and Ant Neeleycomposer of Six Feet Under, willdiscuss their current productionDimensions, a period sci-fi dramashot on location in Cambridgeshire.

Dimensions (cert tbc). Directors:Ant Neeley, Sloane U’Ren. Starring:Henry Lloyd-Hughes, CamillaRutherford, Patrick Godfrey, OliviaLlewellyn, Sean Hart, GeorginaRich. UK. 99 minutes.

Stephen is a brilliant young boy wholives in Cambridge, in what appearsto be the 1920s – but his world isturned upside down on meeting a

professor who shows that time travelmay be possible. As Stephen’s lifeunfolds, events lead him to dedicatehimself to turning the Professor’stheories of time travel into reality.

Suitable for A/AS/undergraduateFilm/Media Studies.

Cost: £3.50, accompanyingteachers free.

Make a wild, rocking,stop-motion, clayanimation! Bring yourown rock star to life!Would you like to

find out how to make and animate aclay puppet, learn basic rules ofanimation? Dream about composingyour own music? Do you want toshow your finished movie to your

friends? If the answer is yes, thenjoin our workshop.

Tutor: Monika Umba.

Cost: £30.00.

What do you remember of yourschool days? Girls’ and boys’subjects, school dinners, homework,playground games. Join us for ascreening of archive films on goingto school in the twentieth century –to include the famous Summer HillSchool in Suffolk, Milton Road

Junior School, Cambridge, and BasilWright’s documentary on stateeducation Children at School, 1937.

Tickets: £4.60; senior citizens £3.60(includes tea/coffee with each ticket).A Cambridgeshire Film Consortium event presented inassociation with the British Film Institute, The East Anglian FilmArchive, The Arts Picturehouse and Cambridge City Council.

The Red Shoes: a case study of a British film and exploring film form • Thursday 3 November, 9.30am–1.00pm

Swingin’ Britain • Thursday 17 November, 9.00am–1.00pmIllustrated with film clips exploring the cinematic language and cultural context of If… and British films of the sixties

Educating the nation: memories of school • Wednesday 16 November, 1.00–2.15pm

Contemporary British film industry event: producers and audiences • Tuesday 22 November, 10.00am–1.00pmFunding and producing an independent British film

Animation workshop ‘Rock’n’Animate!’ • Saturday 12 November, 11.30am–4.30pm

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

• Arts, Law & Social Sciences:Julia Swindells, Professor of English, Language Centre

• Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services:Ian Ericson, Senior Widening Participation Officer

• Estates & Facilities:Carole Harvey, Timetabling Officer;Helen Purvis, Timetabling Administrator

• Financial Services:Taiwo Okunade, Senior Assistant Management Accountant

• Health, Social Care & Education:Chris Wisbey, Senior Lecturer, Allied Health & Medicine

• HR Services:Jessica Bamber, HR Administrator

• Information Systems & Media Services:Rhys Roberts, Senior Web Analyst, Architecture & Development

• Learning Development Services:Nichola Efford, Technician, Digital Copy Services

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School:Anita Hogg, Administrator

• Science & Technology:Amanda Ludlow, Lecturer, Psychology

• The Secretary’s Office:Julie Roberts, Risk Management Co-ordinator

• University Library:Kelly Burnham, Library Assistant


• Estates & Facilities:Paul Edwards, Catering Manager

• Health, Social Care & Education:Timothy Waller, Professor Acute Care;Isla Drage, Partnership Co-ordinator;Allister Butler, Senior Lecturer Family & Community Studies

• HR Services:David Fox, HR Assistant;Tricia Allan, Recruitment Manager

• Learning Development Services:Shelley Parker, VLE Technician Higher Skills@Work

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School:Kristyna Marcevova, Senior Lecturer;Stephanie Russell, Lecturer;Peter MacDonald, Senior Lecturer;Ilaria Pappalepore, Senior Lecturer;Carolyn Balloch, Partnership Administrator;Lin Yan, Senior Lecturer;Candice Howarth, Research Fellow;Craig Duckworth, Senior Lecturer;David Flude, Senior Lecturer;Anna Egan, Lecturer

• Science & Technology:Jiaqing Shao, KEEP Associate;Ellen Hodges, Marketing Co-ordinator;Roberto Filippi, Lecturer, Psychology;Daryl Tabrett, Research Fellow, Vision & Eye Research Unit;Amy Scarfe, Research Fellow Vision & Eye Research Unit

• University Library:Rachel Drouot, Graduate Trainee;Marco Aurelio, Graduate Trainee

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