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Reporter Issue 585October 2014
University artwork signed offDirector of Tate Britain Penelope Curtis unveils Sign for Art
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New gallery for SpecialCollections
University treasures to go on
display with help of Heritage
Lottery Fund grantPage 3
Performing theforgotten past
Dr Stephen Muir secures
grant to revisit the works of
Jewish artists
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Better together
The Universitys Sports team
and LUU join forces in new
strategy
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02 Leader column Reporter 585 October 2014
Alan Langlands
follow the election will certainly prompt change,and may have a bearing on our future plans.
This year, along with more than 60 otheruniversities, we face the prospect of nationalreforms to the Universities SuperannuationScheme (USS). The USS is no longer affordablein its current form and Trustees of the schemeare legally responsible for making sure that thereis enough money in the fund to pay membersbenefits, both past and future. Universitiesare committed to working with the UCU and
USS Trustees Board to make appropriatechanges, and discussions between employerrepresentatives and UCU and the USS JointNegotiating Committee are ongoing. Theoutcome of these discussions will be consideredby the USS Trustee Board which then has aresponsibility to trigger a formal consultationwith all USS members and their representativebodies, probably in the early part of 2015.The current estimated date for implementingany changes to the USS is April 2016, subjectto negotiations. Throughout the negotiationswe will keep the University community fullyappraised of progress through clear, impartial
communications.Moving from future ambitions to contemplationof the Universitys past, I was honoured to attendthe rededication of the Universitys BrothertonWar Memorial one of the most poignant andmoving events of the extraordinary Legacies ofWar (LoW) centenary project which continuesto capture the imagination of so many people,local, national and international. The ceremonycelebrated the men staff and students - withconnections to the University, who servedduring the First World War. Of the 328 nameson the memorial, 25 were added in Augustthis year after their stories were uncovered bycommunity researcher David Stowe, who isworking alongside our academic staff on theLoW project.
An accompanying exhibition University ofLeeds: Legacies of the First World War isnow open in the Parkinson Building. It tells thestories of some of the people commemorated by
the Brotherton Memorial, as well as setting outdifferent aspects of life at the University duringthe conflict, and I would urge you to visit it.
The rededication service was followed byAnthem for Doomed Youth, a concert that sawformer Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion andpianist Ian Buckle present poems and musiccarefully chosen to commemorate and reflectthe experiences of people caught up in thetragedies of war, in particular the First WorldWar.
This concert was held in the Clothworkers Halland formed part of the International ConcertSeries. Jillian Johnson and her team do asuperb job planning the series, and the breadthof this years programme and the calibre ofperformers is really something to celebrate. Irecently also attended and enjoyed an eveningfeaturing the Hall Soloists and pianist AndrewTyson one of the successes of the 2012 LeedsInternational Piano Competition (LIPC) andthere is much to look forward to as the yearprogresses. The current exhibition in the foyerof the Clothworkers Hall of work by our alumnaHannah Ostapjuk including a portrait of former
Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Arthur served to remind me of the Universitys unfailingcommitment to supporting the arts and culture.
The work of the Friends of University Art andMusic (FUAM) also enriches the cultural lifeof the institution through its support for theStanley and Audrey Burton Gallery and theInternational Concert Series. Its enthusiasticpromotion of young artists and performers isespecially important. With the Universitys PublicArt Strategy now in place, the LIPC returning toLeeds next summer, and our diverse programmeof arts events and activities, I am confident thatthe Universitys contribution to the cultural life ofthe city and region will flourish and grow.
Leader column
Future ambitions andcontemplation of our pastFollowing a summer of achievement including strong student recruitment, campusimprovements, key appointments, grantsuccesses, the introduction of lecture capture,progress on developing the seven researchthemes, and a campaign to recruit 250 newacademic fellows we are now focusing on followthrough and new challenges for the year ahead.
As staff and students settle into the rhythm of theacademic year, its vital that we continue to moveforward.
Although there is no room for complacency,our quest to provide all our students with anoutstanding education and opportunities forpersonal growth continues to make great strides.The next phase of the Student EducationService project has been agreed, and will buildon the foundation of the Leeds Curriculum, thePartnership and LeedsforLife. We will continueto ensure that our programmes respond tostudent demand and the needs of employers.Collaboration and enterprise is ready to make
a step change, with the newly opened LeedsInstitute for Data Analytics well-placed to identifyand build important new partnerships. Plansfor a cultural institute, academic health sciencepartnership and Innovation and EnterpriseCentre will also enhance our capabilities. Ongoingwork is underway to articulate InternationalLeeds, tailoring our proposition to differentaudiences and countries, including creating anew pathway programme encompassing Englishlanguage tuition and foundation years.
The demands of the research and innovationchallenge facing the University are substantial.
We aim to secure our place in the UKs top10 research universities and to go further andfaster where we have existing strengths. Toincrease research income by 50% is a hugelydemanding target that will require a coordinated,focused approach. This means investing inpeople including our programme of newPhD studentships and academic fellowships;infrastructure in the form of new technologyplatforms where we already have greatsuccess in robotics and medical imaging; andpartnerships with other universities, industryand our major funders.
In the wider political arena, we await the Autumn
Statement to see what impact it will have onhigher education. My current sense is that thismay be restricted to some additional capitalfunding. The general election will follow in May.Although the main political parties have saidvery little about their plans for higher educationfunding, or indeed HE policy in general, thecomprehensive spending review that must surely
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About theReporterTheReporter is the University of Leeds staffmagazine, produced eight times a year. Morethan 7,600 copies are distributed to our staffand stakeholders. The Reporteris producedby the Communications team.
If you have an idea for a story, want to writea letter, comment on this edition or wouldlike to voice your opinion about Universitymatters, please get in touch:
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The front cover shows Penelope Curtis, Librarian Stella Butlerand Keith Wilson with Sign for Art.
This project will open the collections toaudiences in Yorkshire and beyond by creating
a gallery where permanent and temporarydisplays can be supported by a diverseprogramme of workshops, talks, discussionsand activities.
Vice-Chancellor Sir Alan Langlands says: Weare incredibly proud of our Library with itsSpecial Collections of international importancewhich have been built up over the past century.I am delighted that this grant will allow usto bring these treasures to a much wideraudience.
The University also received a generous privatedonation from the Brotherton-Ratcliffe family
towards the project.
Work is expected to start on the new galleries, tobe housed in the iconic Parkinson Building onWoodhouse Lane, next spring, with a provisionalopening date of November 2015.
Leeds is the only library to have five of itsSpecial Collections awarded Designated status recognised as collections of outstandinginternational importance by the Arts Council.
The announcement by the HLF is part of a4.4m series of grants awarded to fourYorkshire institutions.
A treasure trove of raremanuscripts and books held at theUniversity of Leeds can go on showto the public thanks to a grantfrom the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The University boasts one of the finest
collections of rare books and manuscripts in theworld in its Special Collections, housed in theBrotherton Library.
The breadth of the subjects is exceptional,from exquisite photographs of pre-revolutionaryRussia to books dating from the beginning ofprinting, as well as archives of some of the 20thcenturys most influential poets and writers, andmuch more.
Now a grant of 1.3m has provided the finalpiece of the jigsaw for a 1.9m project for agallery where some of these can go on display Treasures from the Brotherton: Inspiring
Audiences and Engaging Communities.
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University treasuresto go on display withhelp of Lottery grant
Contents
News
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Opportunities for students
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Research and innovation
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Infrastructure and Sustainability
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International/Community Engagement
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Collaboration and Enterprise
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Valuing our people
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In the news
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Our people/honours
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News/small ads
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Events
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FAQs
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Chris SheppardThe University was saddened to hear of thedeath of former Head of Special Collections,Chris Sheppard. For almost two decades,his close bonds with a number of poets,artists, authors and donors had an extremelyinstrumental effect in making SpecialCollections the size and success that it istoday. Chriss close working relationship with
Chancellor Melvyn Bragg also helped secureLord Braggs literary archive for Leeds.
A memorial service for Chris will be held onFriday 6 March 2015. Further details will bereleased in February. A full obituary can befound at http://goo.gl/SdAcIM
Chris Sheppard
The Treasures team
Jacobean Travelling Library, 1617
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04 News Reporter 585 October 2014
A major new artwork has been unveiled on campus as part of asignificant refurbishment project at the University.
Funded by a donor to create new work andinteract with colleagues across the University,Helen Mort is the newest member of the
Academy of Cultural Fellows.
Poetry is something I have always loved,says Helen. I was an only child, so I grew upon my own. My mum used to read to me atbedtime, my dad was an English teacher andI used to listen to stories on the radio. Thesethings have a formative influence.
After winning a national writing prize at the
age of 12, she was given the chance to takepart in a week-long residential poetry course:That really started me off.
After completing a degree in psychology,Helen combined these twin passions inPhD research on the relationship betweenneuroscience and poetry. It was looking at
the extent to which neuroscientists and poetsare interested in the same thing about howwe think and how we process metaphors in thebrain.
A gift from alumnus Douglas Caster (Electronicand Electrical Engineering, 1975) will now allowHelen to develop her writing as a Cultural Fellowin Poetry, working in the school of English andbeyond. The Academy revives the tradition ofthe Gregory Fellowships, which saw a string oftalented creative artists take up residence herein the postwar years.
Helen sees campus as a fertile ground for hercreativity: The University has wonderful poetryarchives, and I want to write new work whichresponds to some of this material. I also want toestablish links between writers in the Universityand those elsewhere in the city.
I have spent a lot of time being extremelybusy doing lots of things. The most excitingthing about this is that it will allow me todedicate time and space to poetry.
Artist Keith Wilson, together with the Director ofTate Britain, Penelope Curtis, officially revealedthe Sign for Art sculpture in the newly openedBeech Grove Plaza. The afternoons eventscelebrated Wilsons creation and added anothernew artwork to the Universitys landscape.
Sign for Art represents Wilsons early yearsworking as an art instructor for deaf-blind adultsafter he left the Slade in the 1980s. ProfessorWilson says: Drawing two spaced fingertipsin a wave motion across the forehead of thestudent a tactile brainwave sign announcedthe arrival of the artist, the subject of art and theimminent activity of making art.
This modification of the British Sign Language,presumably derived from the making of abrushstroke, struck home and stayed with me.
The 5.1m (16ft 8ins) sculpture stands outsidethe newly refurbished Social Sciences Building,which is planning its own opening ceremonylater in the academic year.
The unveiling was followed by a joint talk onSculpture outdoors by Wilson and PenelopeCurtis in the Universitys Centenary Gallery.Curtis, Curator of the Leeds Henry MooreInstitute (2004-2010), says: Keith Wilson is avery singular artist whose work always has botha mischievous and a serious side. His forms
follow their material, and in this case the stelereferences represent not only the grave markersof the classical world but also the uprightmarkers of postwar minimalism.
The University is currently finalising a newPublic Art Strategy, an ambitious programmefocusing on public art that spans a widerange of the Universitys activities, includingresearch, student experience, communications,fundraising, audience development andbuilding partnerships locally, nationally andinternationally.
Dennis Hopper, the Universitys Director of
Facilities Management, has expressed a keeninterest in the strategy and the newest additionto campus artwork. He says: The proximityof the artwork and plaza to the refurbishedSocial Sciences Building means that this areaof campus is now much more welcoming andaccessible, providing a space where people canmeet, relax or simply pass through and enjoy.
Sign for Art is situated in the centre of BeechGrove Plaza.
News
Sign for Art unveiling
Poet Helen Mort joins Academy of Cultural Fellows
Penelope Curtis
Helen Mort
Crowds gather to celebrate the opening
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Each year the Universitycelebrates the achievements ofits postgraduate researchers,and bookings and competitionshave now opened for Showcase2014 the fifth University ofLeeds Postgraduate ResearchConference.
The conference will be held on Thursday4 December in the Great Hall and ParkinsonBuilding. Competitions include University of
Leeds Postgraduate Researcher of the Year,Postgraduate Research Poster of the Year,Postgraduate Research Image of the Year
and the Three Minute Thesis contest. Vice-Chancellor Sir Alan Langlands will presentawards to the winners at a closing ceremony.
Guests are also welcome at this popular event,which is always an enjoyable and informativepre-Christmas celebration of the major researchcontributions made by our postgraduate
researchers. To enter a competition or bookyour place at the event go to
www.pgrconference.leeds.ac.uk
Opportunities for students 05Reporter 585October 2014
Placement celebrationsand successes
Opportunities for students
Postgraduate research conference 2014
Awards were given for Placement Student ofthe Year (sponsored by PwC) and Placement
Year Image (sponsored by Sensio Lighting).
Prema Ghasemi (Medicinal Chemistry)received the Placement Student of the Year
honour for her work with GlaxoSmithKlineRandD, a science-led healthcare company.Psychology student Lucy McMichael won
the image competition with a photographtaken during her placement with Walk inLove International in Tanzania. The Careers
Centres Angie Willshaw received an awardfor her outstanding contribution to student
placements.Celebrations were also the order of the dayfor staff in the Employability Suite in theFaculty of Engineering, which has gone from
strength to strength during the 12 monthssince it opened. The Employability team
welcomed the success of students atthe first Placement Awards ceremony,
where students were recognised fortheir outstanding achievements, nominated bytheir employers. Georgia Hopkin (Computing)
received the award for Outstanding Performanceon Placement for her year at IBM, whilecertificates of achievement went to Chris Mould(Chemical and Process Engineering) for his
placement at Sellafield and Mazvydas Narvidas(Electrical Engineering) for his work with NationalInstruments.
In the past 12 months, the Employability
team has sent over 100 students on industrialplacement with companies such as Williams F1,
Microsoft, Airbus and TATA more than doublethe number in the previous year. The futurelooks even brighter as over 80% of first years
expressed an interest in completing a placement.Students registering for the placement degree
have a dedicated Work Placement
programme delivered in conjunction withthe Careers Centre to help them in theirplacement search.
The University welcomed back over 500 students whoundertook a placement year in the past 12 months with anevening of celebrations and awards at the Careers Centre.Professor Vivien Jones hosted the event, which gave studentsthe chance to share their experiences and be praised for theirefforts over the year.
Lucy McMichaels winning image
Attendees and speakers at last yearsPostgraduate research conference.
Engineeringplacementwin
ners
l-r:ChristopherMould,MazvydasNarvidas
,GeorgiaHopkin
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A University-led research project has attracted significant funding toshine new light on the forgotten works of Jewish artists.
Performing the Jewish Archive has been
awarded 1.53m by the Arts and HumanitiesResearch Council (AHRC) under its Care forthe Future: Thinking Forward Through thePast theme.
The project, led by Dr Stephen Muir of theUniversitys School of Music, will bring recentlyrediscovered musical, theatrical and literary
works by Jewish artists back to the attentionof scholars and the public, and stimulate the
creation of new works. Dr Muirs recent workhas drawn upon musical archives of Russianand Polish Jewish composers who found their
way to South Africa through various processesof displacement and migration.
Alongside Dr Muir, a multidisciplinary team
across four continents will focus on the years1880-1950 an intense period of Jewish
displacement to explore the role of art insuch upheaval. Performing the Jewish Archivestems from work done on several projects with
colleagues at both the University and LeedsCollege of Music.
Dr Muir says: All this work has built up a greatdeal of momentum at the University, paving
the way for this large grant.
A number of people across the University
were involved in providing support to theapplicant team. Dr Muirs research projectbegan when Louise Heery and AnoushkaKulikowski from the Funding Development
team in the Research and Innovation Service(RIS) helped him secure a small researchmobility award from the University in 2012 to
fund a trip to the University of Cape Town, oneof our partners. This was followed by a furthermodest award from the Fund for International
Research Collaboration in 2013.
With the groundwork in place, OdetteDewhurst from the Public Funding team set
up a series of initiatives to support Dr MuirsAHRC application. These included reviewingdrafts and organising practice interviews
for the team. Ged Hall from SDDU andSue Hayton from the Cultural and CreativeIndustries Exchange Hub were also part of thenetwork of support throughout the application
process.
Dr Muir says getting the AHRC award wouldnot have been possible without the help of
colleagues. He believes the grant has comeat an apt time for the University: The timeseems to be right for us to becoming a leading
centre for the study of Jewish arts, andresponses to experiences of repression, exileand displacement.
Its also a great opportunity for scholars froma variety of disciplines to take a fresh look atwhat archives are, how they function, and how
they might best be used in modern society.
Research and innovation
Shedding light on Jewish art
October 2014
Dr Stephen Muir
The choir of the Tomackie Synagogue, Warsaw, c1929. Directed by David Ajzensztadt (left), Source: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
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Research and innovation
Five things you never knewabout open access at Leeds
Research and innovation 07Reporter 585October 2014
The Edge bigger and better
This summer, the gym at The Edge hasundergone a refurbishment, which includes
replacing all the Technogym equipment with the
latest cloud-integrated equipment, increasing
the number of stations to 250 and extending
weekend opening hours until 9pm. These
changes make The Edge one of the most enviable
facilities in higher education.
MSc Engineering Geologyreceives accreditationThe School of Earth and Environments MSc
Engineering Geology has received accreditation
by the Geological Society. The Geological
Societys accreditation scheme for taught MSc
programmes was introduced in 2007. It provides
added assurance to prospective students that aprogrammes teaching is of the highest quality
and has been approved by an independent body
of academics and industrialists. An accredited
degree reduces the amount of experience
required for graduates to reach chartered
geologist and chartered scientist status.
Business School scoresanother top 10Leeds University Business School has been
named a top 10 institution in International
Business (IB) research in a global survey recently
published in Management International Review.
In addition, based on citations, Professor Peter
Buckley is listed as one of the most prolificauthors in IB, as is Professor Constantine
Katsikeas, Research Chair in Marketing
and International Management, and visiting
academics Professor S Tamer Cavusgil, Chair
in International Management, and Dr Leonidas
Leonidou, Principal Research Fellow, both in the
Marketing Division.
As part of Open Access Week and to promote the software as a new norm in scholarshipand research the Library published the following little-known facts about open access atLeeds, which come from the White Rose Research Online open access repository.
News in brief
The 2014 Research andInnovation Support Conference Increasing Knowledge andOpportunity takes placeon Tuesday 2 December atWeetwood Hall.
This years event will provide an importantopportunity for research and innovation
professionals to engage with the newUniversity Strategic Plan. With keynotespeakers Dr Malcolm Skingle, Director of
Academic Liaison at GlaxoSmithKline, andProfessor Paul Stewart, Dean of Medicine,
the conference plenary will consider the
opportunities provided through academiccollaboration with important industrypartners.
The conference will offer a choice of 12
breakout sessions covering a wide diversityof topics including:
The role of postgraduate research students
in delivering the research agenda
The strategic initiatives underpinning the2014-2020 Strategic Plan from a central
and faculty perspective, and how we canwork together to deliver them
What academics want from research
support professionals
Developing medicines throughcollaboration
Harnessing research networks
to deliver strategy
Managing risk in research
Open innovation and creative thinking
techniques and clinical trials.
Early booking is recommended as places arelimited. Book your place (30 per person) at
http://goo.gl/e5kwwU
Research and Innovation Support Conference:Increasing Knowledge and Opportunity open for booking
There have been over one million downloadsof papers held in White Rose Research Online.
Open-access papers are downloaded andcited more than three times as often asequivalent articles available only throughjournal subscriptions.*
The most popular Leeds paper in White RoseResearch Online, Extinction from climatechange, has been downloaded more than36,000 times.
The most popular Leeds author is MalcolmHeath, Professor of Greek Languageand Literature, whose papers have beendownloaded more than 47,000 times.
You dont always need to pay to makeyour journal article open access. Many
subscription-based journals allow authors tomake a version of their paper open access byadding it to White Rose Research Online.
To make your paper open access, upload thepost-peer-review version of it into the Universitypublications database (Symplectic). Librarystaff will check any copyright restrictions beforemaking it openly available in the institutionalrepository, White Rose Research Online.
Find out more about open access at Leeds athttp://library.leeds.ac.uk/open-accessor [email protected]
* RIN (2014). Nature communications: a citation analysis (online). Available at http://goo.gl/MkjtKN
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08 Infrastructure and Sustainability Reporter 585 October 2014
Infrastructure and Sustainability
A plug forsustainabilityTen electric vehicle (EV) charging points have beeninstalled on campus, together with a further twopoints at Devonshire Hall. The units have beenfunctioning since September and are available to allstaff and visitors to campus.
The installations were made possible followinga successful bid for funding from the Office
of Low Emission Vehicles. The EV spaces aremarked out clearly and only electric vehicles areauthorised to use them. Staff with access to anelectric vehicle can apply for a permit to park
and charge at an EV charging point. This will bedone on a first-come basis and a permit will
be issued accordingly. Permit holders will payparking fees according to the emissions banding
under current terms and conditions. Visitorsdriving an electric vehicle may park and chargetheir vehicle if there is a space available; theywill still have to pay the 5 visitor parking fee togain entry.
The units link to a nationwide network of
charging points. To charge a vehicle, users
register with the Charge your car website http://chargeyourcar.org.uk/ and can then
pay by phone, text or online. If you would liketo know more, please contact Majid Khan at
Sustainable Labsgo from strengthto strengthAs a research-intensive institution,the impact of our laboratorieson the environment can be hugeand, in recognition of this, aSustainable Labs working grouphas been established.
The group, chaired by Assistant ProfessorLouise Jennings (Institute of Medical andBiological Engineering), brings together
researchers, technicians, academics andservices from across the University to worktogether to improve and share best practice.
An example of work commissioned by thegroup is reuse@leeds:labs, which allowslab users to access the popular reuse site to
share or redistribute items such as equipmentor glassware that are no longer needed. Inaddition, the group hosts regular S-Lab* events,
seminars and guest speakers.
At the recent S-Lab National Conference Supporting World Class Science held at
Kings College London, the University rantwo well-attended sessions: one on engaginglab users with sustainability and the other
detailing the Universitys fume cupboardrefurbishment project. The refurbishmentof 64 fume cupboards in the School ofChemistrys Priestly lab saved 511 tonnes of
carbon, with an estimated energy saving of81,000 per annum. The initiative, which was
commissioned by the Energy team in EstatesServices, saw the University win an award forlaboratory environmental improvement duringthe conference.
* S-Lab provides guidance (eg cases, guides, white
papers), networking and tools on sustainability, especially
energy and resource efficiency.
Spotlight on energy use
The user-friendly tool allows immediate access
to data giving current and past energy use,displayed in a format of graphs and widgets.This allows independent explanations of why
different usage can happen, and gives staffand students the opportunity to think abouthow they can make a difference and reduce
energy use. The software can also be usedin the context of student education andresearch.
Although we have been using energy
software to manage consumption on campusfor a while, Energy Spotlight makes the datatransparent, accessible and available to staff
and students for the first time, says theEnergy teams Jason Jutha.
The University plans to reduce carbon
emissions by 35% by 2020/21, and EnergySpotlight is one way to improve awareness of
energy use wastage and involve everyone in
reducing it. By viewing the energy data of a
workplace or area of study, users can makechanges even small ones like turning offlights and computers that, done on a large
scale, can make a big difference. It will makecampus into a living lab
Energy Spotlight is monitored and maintainedin partnership between Estates Energy
team and the Sustainability Service:
www.leeds.ac.uk/energyspotlight
New, innovative software called Energy Spotlight will enablestaff and students to view the energy usage of campus buildings.
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Infrastructure and Sustainability 09Reporter 585October 2014
Infrastructure and Sustainability
Green Impact gears up for another year
Examples of Green Impact team actions
Changes introduced to the Green Impact initiative forthe 2014-15 academic year will make it easier for peopleto analyse their teams performance and decide whatevidence to include in the Green Impact workbooks.
Teams taking part in Green Impact for the firsttime will still have to complete all the criteriain the Bronze workbook. However, after this,
they now have two choices they can eithercontinue working their way through the Silverand Gold workbooks or they can undertake a
project that they set up themselves. This couldrange from a project in the office to a projectacross campus that demonstrates a drive
towards sustainability and raising awareness.
In the workbook, the criteria are now split, sothat each of them comes under one of theSustainability Strategy themes.
We hope that the changes will make it easierfor people to integrate sustainability into the
workplace says Emma Richardson, this yearsSustainability intern.
The Lifelong Learning Centre teams Coast
to Coast Challenge encourages staff toreduce their carbon footprint by walking,running or cycling to work. The aim is to
travel 3,073 miles from the west to eastcoast of America along Route 50, starting in
Ocean City, Maryland and passing through11 states before reaching the destination ofSacramento, California.
The School of Earth and Environment
organised a week-long event which coincidedwith Climate Week. They produced a displayof transport options to encourage staff to
take a more sustainable approach to travel.They also ran a pedometer challenge forcolleagues, bringing people together to talk
about being active.
Leeds University Business School introducedelectronic only submissions for assessments.
The International Student Office has
embedded sustainability to improve the
Global Cafs environmental impact. Caf
staff received training which emphasised theimportance of sustainable procedure, usingrecycled cups and stirrers and compostingteabags and biscuits. Paper cups are
recycled paper from Vegware, all tea and
coffee products are Fairtrade and biscuits areCooperatives own brand.
Geographys Green Impact team worked withTreesponsibility www.treesponsibility.com/to plant around 1,000 trees near Todmorden.
Crocus planting is now an annual eventorganised by the Sustainability Service. Thisyears planting will take place on 7 November
from 12-2pm in St Georges Field; meet atthe mausoleum at midday. Crocus plantingpromotes habitats for bees and other
invertebrates, supporting our BiodiversityAction Plan.
Colleagues take part in the annual crocus planting
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Collaboration and Enterprise
10 International/Community Engagement Collaboration and Enterprise Reporter 585 October 2014
Prospective students got a chance to practise their interview skills duringthe School of Dentistrys October open day.
International/Community Engagement
New initiative for Dentistryrecruitment
Breakthrough in medical andpharmaceutical research
The idea for mini-interview sessions was a resultof research undertaken by the school, whichfound that non-traditional applicants many of
whom who fit in the Access to Leeds category do not progress as well in the application
process as students from different backgrounds.
During the coaching sessions, potential studentswere tested on their communication skills,manual dexterity, ethical dilemmas, empathy
and social awareness.
Current students wrote the scenarios andpresented them to the applicants and were
on hand to pass on knowledge of their ownexperiences during the application process andgive helpful feedback on their applicants mock
interviews. Its hoped that the sessions will helpprospective students go into the real applicationprocess with confidence.
Around 100 young people took part in thesessions, and their feedback was excellent,says Naomi Tickhill, the facultys Admissions
and Quality Assurance Manager. They foundthe feedback from current students very useful,
and felt that the sessions helped them to identityareas where they could improve their skills in
preparation for the real interview process.
The student society Open Wide also ran afamily fun day at the School of Dentistry during
the open day to encourage and inspire evenyoung children to take an interest in dentistry.This featured a dentist dress up area, family
photoshoots, cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) training, the chance to try materials tomake and fill teeth, and games to help develop
manual dexterity. It also provided visitors andfamilies the opportunity to sign up as patients of
the Leeds Dental Hospital.
For more details about the organisation andcontent of the open day, contact Naomi Tickhill
A University of Leeds spin-out is scaling up
with the potential to be a global business afterinvesting 10m in the launch of its alternativesto antibodies.
Wetherby-based Avacta Life Sciences,
which provides innovative diagnostic tools,consumables and reagents aimed at reducingthe cost of human and animal healthcare,
has created a new type of protein to replaceantibodies in the $55bn worldwide research,diagnostics and pharmaceuticals markets.
It is investing 10m in launching these newproducts, offering dramatic reductions inresearch timescales and opening up new
areas of drug discovery in both industry andacademia.
Avacta Life Sciences, part of the AIM-listed
Avacta Group, has created a catalogue ofwhat it calls Affimers, an engineered proteinalternative to antibodies, and is manufacturing
them at its site in Wetherby. The company is alsoproviding researchers with bespoke Affimers that
address their specific research requirementsthrough a custom service.
Antibodies have a worldwide market worth $55bn;
the majority is in pharmaceuticals, where a third ofall drugs in development are antibodies.
Professor Alastair Smith, a former lecturer andprofessor in the Universitys Physics department
and now CEO of Avacta Life Sciences, says:
Our patented technology offers reliable and easy-to-adopt solutions to some really widespread and
difficult problems in a global market worth billions,and we have the resources and backing to scaleup rapidly as demand grows.
The Avacta Group created Avacta Life Sciences toexploit the Affimer intellectual property it acquiredfrom the Universitys Institute for Molecular
Medicine.
The company is investing in productdevelopment and manufacturing capacity as
well as in commercialisation of Affimers. Inanticipation of this catalogue launch, it hasexpanded its senior management team with
the recruitment of Dr Matt Johnson, formerlyhead of R&D at Abcam, the market leader inantibody supply, to head up operations.
The company raised 10m in a shareplacing in May to support the scale up andcommercial launch of Affimers.
Professor Alastair Smith
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Valuing our people
Team talk University Sports Office: Sport and PhysicalActivity (SPA) and Leeds University Union sports team
Youre a new team how did thatcome about and what will you bedoing?The formation of our new team has evolved
over the past few years, but is really one ofthe key outcomes of our Sport and PhysicalActivity (SPA) Strategy. Historically, the
delivery of sport for our students, staff and
the community has been split between theUniversitys Sports Development Team, based
at The Edge, and LUUs Activities Team. Ourteam will now work together to ensure thatwe deliver well-researched, well-resourced
and well-coordinated programmes, providingthe best possible sporting experience for ourparticipants.
Whos in the team?The team is a big one, with over 20 membersof staff were fortunate to now have one
of the largest sports development teamsin the sector. We have really experienceddevelopment professionals who will be working
together to meet the goals in our strategy.For the first time, we also have a number offull-time sports-specific positions in hockey,
swimming, netball, cricket and rugby.
Whats the latest news fromthe team?We are currently moving offices. Soon staff
from SPA will be located in a new, morestudent-facing sports office in LUU.
We were recently successful in securing
a funding grant from Sport England for220,000 to establish a new project thatfocuses on the development of opportunities
in seven sports: triathlon, running, cycling,rowing, orienteering, canoeing and climbing.This project has allowed us to recruit an
additional eight members of staff to supportits delivery. Weve appointed two new full-time head coaches in hockey and rugby
and are seeking to recruit a new full-timehead of rowing. We celebrated the LeedsVarsitys tenth birthday this year with over
13,000 spectators at the rugby union finale atHeadingley Stadium. Sport at Leeds will have
a new name, a new brand and a new websitevery soon.
What gives people in the teamthe most job satisfaction?The nature of our team and the breadth of our
sporting offer means that we get satisfactionfrom different things. It may be supporting
an Olympic athlete to balance the demandsof their study, training and competition byworking with academic departments; providing
an opportunity for a student to engage ina sporting activity for the very first time;introducing school swimming programmes to
engage local primary schools; or working withour sports club committees to understandhow much impact their roles have on both
the students they are responsible for and theirfuture career prospects. What is consistentin the programmes we deliver is that our
participants have the very best experiencepossible.
What challenges does the teamface in 2014-15?Weve set a target of becoming number onefor sport experience in the UK and havedeveloped a robust plan to try to achieve this
in the next four years. A key to the realisationof this vision will be how we successfully
engage and work with partners to supportour work. Recent accomplishments includeworking with British Rowing and Leeds
City Rowing Club to support the new 1mboathouse and developing partnerships withGrammar School at Leeds, Yorkshire Jets
(netball), England Hockey and England Rugbyto support full-time coaching positions. Weplan to open an indoor tennis centre, indoor
cricket centre and closed-loop cycle track, allof which will support the achievement of thenew strategy.
Tell us something surprisingabout your workWere a key partner in the Leeds TriathlonCentre, widely regarded as the most
successful triathlon training programme inthe world. Current University students suchas Gordon Benson, Liam Lloyd and Hannah
Drewett, recent graduates including Alastairand Jonny Brownlee and Tom Bishop andLeeds Connected athletes such as Non
Stanford and Lucy Hall have won a total of 17medals at Olympic, Commonwealth or World
Championship events since 2009. The entireUSA team has only won eight!
Ready for action (l-r): Ben Mays, Nick Manning, Carl Brown, Kasia Joniec, Patrick Craig, Kate MacKenzie, Emma Mackenzie-Hogg,Safia Zerdazi, David Bond, Natalie McGuire, Greg Hull
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Research by Dr Graham Askew (School of
Biomedical Sciences) discovered that malepeacocks, which are renowned for their attractivedisplay feathers, were not significantly affected
by the train of feathers when taking off for flight.He observed that the feathers, which weigharound 300g, made no significant difference to
their flight performance, even when comparing
this to the performance of the same peacockswithout their trains. The story was featured by
The Huffington Postand Science.
Voice of Russia ran a story about Sir BobKerslake, the outgoing head of the civil service,who had suggested that there would be five more
years of public sector job spending cuts. Thestation interviewed Professor Malcolm Sawyer(Leeds University Business School) on the
topic, who argued that, if there was growth inthe future, there would be no need to cut publicspending in order to get rid of the deficit.
The University teamed up with Marks and
Spencer to offer a new MOOCInnovation: thekey to business success which began on 15September. BBC News online reported the new
online course and included a comment fromProfessor Neil Morris, Director of Digital Learningat the University.
Dr Guy Ziv (School of Geography) co-authored a
study which found that a decline in populationsof pollinatorssuch as wasps and bees could bea threat to the nutrition of many of the worlds
most poorly fed areas. Dr Ziv spoke to BBC RadioScotland about the new study; the story was alsocovered by Phys.organd Bangladesh Today.
Dr Jana Javornik (School of Sociology and SocialPolicy) wrote an article for The Conversation
UKin which she discussed problems with the
UKs childcaresystem, comparing it to Nordiccountries where the approach to universalchildcare remains a source of policy inspiration.
A new 1m boathouse, which was set up as a
result of a partnership between the University,Leeds University Union, British Rowing andLeeds Rowing Club, opened in September
for rowers across Leeds to use. The projectwas funded by the University of Leeds, BritishRowing, Sport England and WREN, and will
give rowers access to various facilities includinga training and meeting room and easy entry tothe canal. The story was featured by BBC News
online and Rowing and Regattamagazine.
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Dr Gail Nicholls, Director of Admissions at
the School of Medicine, was interviewedby the Guardianabout what admissions
staffare looking for during interviews. DrNicholls said that not only are they looking ata students academic potential but they are
also interested in their social awareness andresponsibility.
BBC Breakfastinterviewed Stephen Fayle(School of Dentistry) about dental healthproblems in pre-school childrenafter Public
Health England released a report showingthat the problem was on the increase.
BBC Ones Who Do You Think You Are?
visited the University with Sheridan Smithto meet Professor Derek Scott (School ofMusic), who provided historical context to theactresss great-grandfathers banjo playing.
Students from the School of Mechanical
Engineering were brought in to help sculptorFiona Banner create a piece of artworkcalled Chinookfor her exhibition at the
Yorkshire Sculpture Park. A feature abouther work and the students support wasposted by the Telegraph.
BBC News online published an articleabout Sigmund Freud75 years after hisdeath. Dr Nicholas Ray (School of English)
commented in the BBCs feature aboutwords and phrases now embedded intoour everyday language that were originally
popularised by Freud.
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Our people/honours
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Professor Cath Noakes (School of CivilEngineering) has been awarded the 2014Construction and Building Services Divisionprize by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers(IMechE).
Professor Noakes leads a research groupfocusing on building ventilation design andindoor air quality, with a particular focus onengineering control of airborne infection inhospital environments. Her group uses acombination of experimental and computationalmodelling approaches to explore fundamentalquestions around how infectious microorganisms
are dispersed in buildings and to understandhow ventilation design or air cleaningtechnologies can best be applied to reduce risks.Professor Noakes delivered the annual IMechElecture at the award ceremony to an audienceof students, academics and engineeringprofessionals about her research and thechallenges of future research and design.
Publishers Brill of Leiden presented EmeritusProfessor Keith Elliott(Theology) with aFestschrift entitled Texts and Traditions,containing 19 essays from international scholars.
The presentation took place during the annualmeeting of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas,the main academic body representing universitylecturers in New Testament studies. The editorsof Texts and Traditionsare Peter Doble andJeffrey Kloha, both former Leeds PhD students.
Undergraduate Sarah Pearsallwon the EisenthalPrize for her application to the BiochemicalSocietys summer studentships. Sarahsapplication was the highest quality receivedby the society, and allowed her to take on aneight-week placement with Dr Roman Tuma in
the Faculty of Biological Sciences. Sarah andDr Tuma worked on the project Engineering ofhexameric helicases to translocate specific RNAmolecules. Following her placement, Sarah hasbeen invited back to round off her research andpresent a report at a lab meeting.
Dominic OKey (School of English) was one offive students from the University shortlisted inthe 2014 Undergraduate awards. Dominic was
the overall winner of the Media and the Artscategory with his paper entitled Bela Tarrs TheTurin Horse: the (in)visible animal. Dominic isnow studying for his Masters degree in Critical
and Cultural Theory.
Leeds graduate, Dr Nick Lydonhas been
awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Medicinefor his instrumental role in the developmentof Gleevec, a drug which transformed two
previously fatal diseases into treatable conditions.Following his degree ceremony, Dr Lydon gavean audience of around 160 staff and students a
lecture on the development of Imatinib and thepotential for targeted cancer therapies.
The Leeds Alumni and Developmentteam has been awarded a Council for
Advancement and Support of Education(CASE) award. The International Gold Circleof Excellence award was presented to the
team for their Court of Benefactors book.
The book recognises donors who have givenmoney and resources to the University. It
details the history of philanthropy at Leedsand recognises the gifts and the differencesthey have made. Each page is dedicated
to a donor such as Dr Arnold Ziff, Frank
Parkinson and the Clothworkers Company.
The book was one of 3,000 nominations forthe CASE awards. The Circle of Excellenceawards programme aims to recognise
accomplishments with a lasting impact which
demonstrate the highest professionalism andoutstanding results.
Kathryn Fisk led the project, and acceptedthe award with Phil Steele, Simon Jenkinsand Fridey Cordingley at the CASE annual
conference.
Professor Theo Raynor(School of Healthcare)has been given a Lifetime Achievement awardby the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Professor Raynor has pioneered innovative,
patient-centred research in communicatingmedicines information over the past 35years. His research has informed significantimprovements nationally and internationallyin the information supplied by pharmacists topatients.
Theos research has had an influenceworldwide, particularly through his recentresearch collaboration with the universitiesof Wisconsin and Sydney. Theo has advisedthe Commission on Human Medicines, theEuropean Medicines Agency, the EuropeanParliament and the US Food and Drugs
Administration. In 2012 he was appointed aFellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Societyand made a member of its Expert AdvisoryPanel.
He is now focusing on how best to presentbenefit and harm information without whichhe believes patients cannot be truly informed- and is advising European Commission-funded research on how patient informationleaflets can be improved.
Dr James Pickeringhas received theLearning Technologist of the Year
award from the Association for LearningTechnology.
The national award runs across the entireeducation sector and celebrates excellentpractice in the learning technology field. Itis awarded to an individual who has madean outstanding contribution to the use oftechnology in education. Candidates werejudged on four key areas including theirimpact on the practice and their abilityto manage research, support or enablelearning through the use of technology.
Dr Pickering says: Im immensely proud
to have won this prestigious national awardin recognition of my use of technologyin supporting student education. I havealways looked to use technology to supportmy teaching as it not only enables studentsat the University to access key resourcesbut students around the world to engage inlearning resources that can support themin their education.
Members of the Alumni and Development teamreceive their award
Professor Theo Raynor
Dr James Pickering
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All colleagues are invited tosubmit their nominationsfor the Universitys Womenof Achievement femalemembers of the University withoutstanding achievements suchas an external prize or awardin their field for exceptionalresearch, teaching, scholarship,technical or professional work
since January 2012.This is the third Women of Achievement
programme, which will culminate in March 2015when the Equality Policy Unit will hold a specialcelebration event. This will increase the visibility
of these inspirational role models and include anexhibition of photographic portraits of the womenbeing honoured.
Previous Women of Achievement includeBeverley Kenny (Head of Catering andConferencing), undergraduate Ella Jakubowska
and Professor Anne Neville (School ofMechanical Engineering).
Nominations should be submitted to
by Wednesday 19 November.
Athena SWAN update
The Faculty of Biological Sciences has again achieved the Athena SWAN Bronze award.
Originally gained in 2009 and renewed in 2013, a team led by Professor Anne King wassuccessful in achieving this award for the faculty in September.
The Athena SWAN Charter (www.athenaswan.org.uk) recognises andcelebrates good employment practice for women working in science,engineering and technology (SET) in higher education and research.
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http://smallads.leeds.ac.uk The charge is 7 for 10words or part thereof (University members) or 10(general public). The deadline for the next issue isFriday 21 November 2014 at 12 noon. Advertisers areindependent of the University. The University makesno warranty or representation as to (a) the accuracy ofads or (b) the quality of goods or services advertised.To the full extent allowed by the law the Universityexcludes all liability. Contact the Reporteron0113 343 6699 or [email protected]
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Events
Events 15Reporter 584October 2014
Professor John Plane (School of Chemistry),member of the Atmospheric and PlanetaryChemistry group, will give a lecture on thesame day that the European Space AgencysRosetta Mission attempts to deploy its Philaelanding module on the surface of a cometthat has recently come from the Oort cloud the first time such a challengingmanoeuvre has been attempted.
The lecture will focus on comets asthe source of most of the cosmicdust in the solar system, and theimpacts of the roughly 100 tons of thisdust entering our atmosphere each day.
Professor Plane studies the chemistry ofplanetary atmospheres. He directs theChallenger laboratory at the University
The Bolton Lecture 2014 Cosmic Dust and Comets
12 November. 5.30-6.30pm, Conference Auditorium 1
which is dedicated to exploring atmosphericprocesses, many involving the metals whichablate from meteors.
The lecture series is named after ScrivenBolton (1888-1929) whose bequest enablesthe University to provide an observatory withwhich undergraduates can learn practicalastronomy. Book early to attend this freelecture via http://goo.gl/NLePwSEnquiries to Sarah Gardner [email protected] phone 0113 343 3881.
Campus Bee Network lectures
The Campus Bee Network has planneda lunchtime lecture series, with local andnational speakers covering a variety oftopics including bee diseases, campusresearch and national initiatives. If you
would like to know more or get involved,email [email protected] lectures will be advertised on theEvents pages of the corporate, For Staff andSustainability websites during the comingweeks.
Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery
public events in November
November at the Gallery begins with LifeDrawing with Robert Oldfield held on thefirst Saturday of every month. However, theNovember session is already sold out, so booknow for December to avoid disappointment!
On Saturday 8 November visitors can make
and glaze their own ceramic piggy bankor gargoyle with Mark Burns Cassell. Allresources and materials are provided. Markwill take the work away at the end of thesessions, and fired pigs and masks will bereturned to the gallery for collection.
The workshop is open to all over 11 years ofage. A refundable charge of 5 is required onbooking, returned on arrival at the workshop.Cancellations within 48 hours of the event willnot be eligible for a refund.
Award-winning poet Suzannah Evans returnsto the gallery on 15 November to run acreative writing workshop, using creativewriting prompts inspired by prints, originalworks, books and more, focusing on thepostwar era.
Visit http://library.leeds.ac.uk/art-gallery for details of the full programme.
Professor Sheena Radford lecture
Tuesday 11 November from 4.30pm
The Vice-Chancellor is inviting staff to an event
honouring Professor Sheena Radford, who hasbeen elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.The recognition is the highest accolade inBritish science and recognises Sheenas seminalcontributions to understanding how proteins foldand function biologically.
In the lecture, Professor Radford will explainhow researchers have had to grapple withthe dynamics of proteins at a molecular levelto understand how proteins fold, and howthis knowledge is now beginning to helptowards developing therapeutic strategiesagainst diseases of protein misfolding such asParkinsons and Alzheimers. In this public lecture
she will also trace her own personal journey fromfundamental science to the fight against proteinmisfolding diseases and to the award of FRS. Thelecture will be aimed at a general audience andwill also be an opportunity to explain the workof the Universitys Astbury Centre for StructuralMolecular Biology, one of the worlds leadingcentres of research in the field.
Folding proteins: from Astbury to amyloid andageing, will be given by Professor Radford onTuesday 11 November from 4.30pm in theGreat Hall. The lecture will be followed by adrinks reception in Parkinson Court North from
5.30pm. The event is free, but places are limited.Register your attendance athttp://sheena-radford.eventbrite.co.uk
The Adventures of Andy Kershaw
Saturday 8 November, Refectory, 8-11pm
Broadcaster Andy Kershaw returns to theUniversity as part of Leeds University Unions75th anniversary celebrations. The Adventures of
Andy Kershawhas become a hugely successfulhighlight of many literary festivals. The two-hour audiovisual presentation treats audience
to recollections from a life of rock and roll andon the frontlines of some of the worlds mostextreme and dangerous countries. Tickets for
the event cost 12.50 and can be booked onlineat http://goo.gl/fAsPJw
Pendentif Thursday 6 November, 7-10pm
One of the most brilliant and fresh bandsof the new French Scene, Pendentif, willplay at Mine, in the Union, on Thursday 6November. The five piece, led by singerCindy, take inspiration from UK bands suchas Metronomy and Pulp. The concert startsat 7pm, followed by a French music after-party. Their debut album Mafia Douce wasreleased in 2013. The concert is organisedby Dr Isabelle Marc and Dr Stuart Greenfrom the European Popular Musics ResearchGroup and Professor David Platten in theSchool of Languages, Cultures and Societies,with support from CCI Exchange, IgniteFund and French Bureau Export. Tickets are4.50 or 2.50 with a valid NUS card.
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20 FAQs
Whats your favourite part aboutthe job?
I like meeting the different people at theUniversity. There are so many differentcultures, people whove never even tasted
coffee before. Its bizarre. You get to meet
some interesting, and sometimes wacky,people. Theyre all very nice to get on with.
Why are Great Food at Leeds andHugo different?
Hugo is an identity to the University. Peopleenjoy sitting outside and relaxing to Hugosplaylists. Great Food at Leeds offers people a
warm service and places where they can eatgood quality food at reasonable prices. Theteam try to change the menus and give a bit
of a variety. They think of the different peopleat the University and make sure they can have
food that they could get back home, whetherits Chinese, Mexican, Spanish or Italian food.Its catering for different cultures all in onespace.
Whats your favourite thing to buyfrom Hugo?
I enjoy a straight Americano with a croissant ora pain au chocolat.
Whats your favourite thing to dooutside of work?
I like watching films and listening to music.
My favourite movies are historical films, going
back to Roman and medieval times. Myfavourite artist is David Bowie hes a classicartist. You can mention Bowie and talk about
all the greats Brian Eno, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop;he produced and made records for them all.
Which three people would youinvite to a dinner party?Id like my parents to be there. And Id
probably invite Queen Elizabeth I. She wasso highly thought of during her reign, but alsocaused a lot of trouble. It would be interesting
to get an insight into her ideas.
Are there any plans to dosomething more with Hugo?
Hugo can be moved around, so this maybe something we will explore in the future,possibly taking him up to Weetwood Sports
Park for events held there at the weekend. Wewill definitely tart him up at Christmas withlights and music, and offer some warming vin
chaud. Well stick the heating on, too, becauseit gets cold in there!
What is your most frequentlyasked question?
Are you French? or Do you speak French?
Because of the van I get that question a lot!
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What is Hugo, the Camionette Cafe?
Camionette means van in French, and Hugois a vintage French Citroen HY Van a coffeeshop on wheels where you can get freshly
made strong European coffee plus a range ofFrench treats such as croissants, patisseries
cakes. We even sell freshly baked baguettesthat you can take home for your dinner justlike the French! We do lattes, cappuccinos,Americanos whatever people want, we can
make it.
How did the idea for Hugocome about?
The idea came from a desire to have a uniquecatering offer on campus, something a bit
different, which became the Hugo. Its veryunusual and has actually become a focalpoint, not just to students but to the people
who work here.
How many people work in Hugo?
Myself and Dan are the main people whowork here. Hugo is now open until 7pm, so we
alternate split shifts between the morning andthe afternoon. We also have people from theRefectory who cover our breaks when needed.
How long have you worked here?
Ive worked at the University for over a yearnow. Ive been involved in Hugo for about sixor seven months.
FAQs
Rowland Taylor, Barista in Hugo