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The magazine for Anglia Ruskin University alumni and friends

Daryl Brown, Magpas CEO

and Mayor of Huntingdon
MA Management 2009

Success in Business
winner
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Over the last six months Ive spent a
great deal of time meeting and talking
with the ARU community and our many
stakeholders and supporters outside
the university. In doing this not only
have I been made to feel incredibly
welcome but I have been able to build
up a detailed picture of our university,
the strengths we have, the many
opportunities for the future and the
challenges we need to address to take
advantage of these opportunities. I
also attended the Annual Friends and
Supporters Dinner, held on 15 June at the
Grand Connaught Rooms in London. This
event was attended by some members
of our alumni community and it was
great to meet them and find out more
about their strong connections to our
university. I look forward to seeing many
more of you at our upcoming events.
For the first time ever, well be hosting
the inaugural Vice Chancellors
Outstanding Alumni Awards, a
special ceremony to recognise the
achievements of our alumni. Im
delighted to hear that we have received
many applications already. You have
until Friday 21 October, so its not too late
to submit your nomination. You can find
out more about this event on page 5.
These great achievements lead me on
to my next update. Youll be pleased
to hear that we have been celebrating
some great university news of late.
ARU has been named as one of the 20
rising stars in global Higher Education
Institutions (HEI) and is the only UK
university to feature in this top 20,
expected to challenge the elite by 2030.
This analysis was produced by Higher
Education consultants Firetail and
published in the Times Higher Education.
Its such a great acknowledgement of
how well were doing, particularly in
research and innovation, and provides
a great base on which to look at the
priorities for the future.
Welcome In this issue
A message 4 Welcome & The Inbox
from our 5 Introducing our new
Vice Chancellor Alumni Awards
7 Dr Victoria Brignell
Were also celebrating our best ever
National Student Survey (NSS) results. 10 The Conversation
Our third-year students ranked ARU
higher than many other institutions and 11 Rio Olympics 2016
were now among the top quartile of 155
HEIs for assessment and feedback (17th
14 Reunion on campus
place). We also rank highly for teaching
(37th) and personal development (44th).
And, for the third year running, our 16 Fine Art leads to
lecturers have been rated among the a fine career
most enthusiastic in the country. This
result, and our rankings against other 19 Alumni Awarded Honours
HEIs really demonstrate that we are
going from strength to strength. As a
valued alumnus, I do hope you feel a
20 Alumni updates
part of this success and are as proud of
your university as I am. 22 Success in Business
award winner
Theres been a very significant amount
of change and uncertainty in the past
few months with the outcome of the
24 Celebrating my 82nd
referendum and the proposed Higher differently
Education and Research Bill. Whilst the
EU referendum result in particular has 25 The first ICE trip of the year
created a very high level of uncertainty Mission Ukraine
for staff, students and our key partners
it is really important that, as we look
to the next academic year, were very
26 Looking back
clear as to our priorities and that we do
not slacken in our resolve to build and 27 Faculty news
enhance ARU.
28 Alumni of the month
Next year marks the 25th anniversary
of our having been granted university
status. Although our roots both in 29 In the news
Cambridge and Chelmsford are much
older, this is a very significant milestone. 30 Alumni Dinners in Nigeria
We will, in the last quarter of this year,
begin consulting on the new strategic 31 Off the bookshelf
plan for ARU which will be formally
launched on 16 June 2017, our 25th
32 Dates for your diary
birthday. We will be consulting widely
during November and I hope that you
will contribute your thoughts on the 34 Class notes
ideas we will be proposing. Youre very
welcome to contact me via 35 Obituary
vc@anglia.ac.uk
35 Benefits and Services
Professor Iain Martin
Vice Chancellor
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THE INBOX

The Inbox
I studied law at Anglia Ruskin and went on
to study for a masters in Law and LPC at the
University of Law in London, Moorgate.
I am currently representing Cambridge in
the Miss Great Britain pageant. As well as
representing Cambridge in the finals of Miss
Helen Arnott Great Britain, I am also using my title to raise
Alumni Officer money for Capital FMs Global Make Some Noise
campaign.
Thank you for your feedback on our magazines The memories I will always treasure when I
new name, design layout and content. In your
think back to the time I spent studying at Anglia
responses you said youd like to hear more
Ruskin is how helpful the lecturers were in
departmental news and as a result, well be
including as many updates as we can for you. preparing us for assignments and exams, and
You also asked to know more about what fellow the relief I would feel after submitting a piece
graduates go on to do on completion of their of work after putting blood, sweat and tears
studies, professionally or otherwise, so we into it. Studying at Anglia Ruskin completely
have now included a Class Notes section on changed my life and improved my prospects for
page 34, so please let me know your news for the future ten-fold. I would not be where I am
inclusion. And finally, you said youd like to see today if it were not for the things I learned and
more old photos of Anglia Ruskin campuses and achieved during my time with ARU.
surrounding areas, and well be including these
where possible from now on, under a Looking Sophia Richards (Chelmsford)
Back section, but well need your help. Do you LLB Hons Law 2015
have photos you can share? Id personally love
to see what the Batman Caf and Placcy Bar
looked like. If these names ring a bell with you,
please share your photos and stories with us.
This month were getting ready for our annual
graduations and like last year, Ill be based in the
post-ceremony reception pavilions, manning
our alumni photo booth, so if youre about
please come and say hi. I know that some of
our alumni are back on campus to celebrate the
accomplishments of their family and friends, just
like our alumnus Colin Rigg, who tells us in Class
Notes that hes back to see his grand-daughter
graduate.
Its always great hearing your news and
achievements so please do continue to keep in
touch.

Helen
Alumni Officer
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Introducing
our new
Alumni
Awards
Were really excited to tell you about our new
Vice Chancellors Outstanding Alumni Awards.
There are five awards to be won and were asking
you to nominate yourself or someone you know
who you think has been an inspirational alumnus.
There are no restrictions on the number of
nominations you can submit, and nominations
can be made by graduates, staff, honorary
graduates, current students and other members
of the ARU community.
We will be awarding the following categories:
Alumni Service to Society Award
Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Alumni Contribution to Culture Award
Young Alumni of the Year Award
Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award.
Nominations are open between now and
midnight on 21 October (GMT) and our Alumni
ALUMNI AWARDS
Board will then review all nominations and
Ill notify shortlisted nominees shortly after.
The awards ceremony will take place on the
Chelmsford campus on Wednesday 7 December
2016 and all shortlisted nominees will be invited
to join us on the night, where the winners will be
announced.
You can view the nomination form here and
if youd like to find out more, please view our
webpage where you can find out more about the
award criteria and nomination process.
Please feel free to contact me if you would like
some further guidance. You can reach me on my
direct telephone number +44 (0)1245 684761 or
send me an email.
Helen
Alumni Officer
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Do you know
inspirational
alumni?
Nominate them for an award.

Closing date:
Friday 21 October
Awards evening:
Wednesday 7 December

To complete your nomination form visit

anglia.ac.uk/alumniawards

anglia.ac.uk/alumniawards facebook.com/angliaruskinuniversityalumni
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Dr Victoria
Brignell
Radio producer and a disability
champion, awarded an Honorary
Doctor of Arts in 2013 for her
inspirational and high-achieving
approach to life.
Tell us about yourself
I work full-time as a producer on BBC Radio 4 at
Broadcasting House in London. Appropriately
enough, I was born in 1976 in Chelmsford.
Chelmsford likes to promote itself as the birthplace
of radio because it was where the radio pioneer
Marconi opened the worlds first purpose-built
radio factory. The city was also the spot where
the first ever entertainment radio broadcast was
made in 1920, a song performed by the Australian
soprano Dame Nellie Melba. After reading classics
at Cambridge University, I then completed a
postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism at
Cardiff University before joining the BBC. One other
aspect of my life is that since the age of six Ive been
a wheelchair user and paralysed from the neck down
as a result of a tumour in the spinal cord in my neck.
What is your biggest professional achievement to
date?
For the last five years, Ive been a producer of BBC
Radio 4s In Our Time, a programme presented by
Melvin Bragg which explores the history of ideas.
C O N N E C T TA L K S TO
We cover a wide range of subjects including history,
culture, philosophy, classics, religion and science.
Its an incredibly rewarding programme to work on
because it is so intellectually stimulating and wide-
ranging. For example, our last five programmes
have examined penicillin, William Blake, the Bronze
Age collapse, sovereignty and the invention of
photography.
What drives you?
I hope this doesnt sound too twee or sanctimonious
but my main aim in life is to do what I can to make
the world a better place. I used to feel frustrated
that I wasnt the prime minister or secretary-general
of the UN and therefore lacked power to improve
the lives of disadvantaged people. However, I then
realised that it doesnt matter if you are only able to
make a small contribution to improving the world
the important thing is that you do something. On
In Our Time we often receive emails from listeners
thanking us for broadening their horizons with
new and unexpected knowledge, and Im glad that
I am enriching other peoples lives in this way. In
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C O N N E C T TA L K S TO
my spare time, Im vice-chair of trustees at Action
on Disability (a charity which runs services for
disabled people in London), a patron of the Friends
of Sunera Foundation (which funds performing arts
workshops for young disabled people in Sri Lanka),
a champion of the international disability charity
CBM UK, and secretary of Amnesty Internationals
Hammersmith & Fulham group.
Who or what is your biggest inspiration?
I greatly admire the philosopher Mary
Wollstonecraft, who wrote the ground-breaking
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792; the
novelist Jane Austen; the campaigner for womens
suffrage Emmeline Pankhurst; and the eminent
scientist Rosalind Franklin who played a key role
in the discovery of the structure of DNA. What all
these women have in common is that they were
independent-minded thinkers who were not afraid
to defy the social conventions of their day and
were determined to succeed in their chosen fields
despite the obstacles put in their way. I also have a
huge amount of respect for leading figures in the
disability rights movement, most notably Baroness
Jane Campbell whose campaigning helped to bring
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about the Disability Discrimination Act and gave
disabled people more choice and control over their
care support. If it wasnt for people like Jane, my
quality of life would be considerably lower than it is
today. Last but not least, I owe an enormous amount
to my parents who subtly instilled in me a belief
that every human being has an intrinsic dignity and
worth, and what people have in common is more
important than their differences.
What was the best piece of advice youve
received?
Miss Brooks, the first headmistress I knew at my
secondary school, Chelmsford County High School
for Girls, used to tell us in assemblies that it was
important to learn how to waste time wisely. What
I think she meant is that an activity which may on
the surface not have a purpose may still have value.
Every time I feel guilty for spending time reading a
novel or sitting relaxing in my back garden,
I remember Miss Brooks advice.
What is the best advice you can give to todays
graduates?
When I received my honorary doctorate from ARU,
I made a speech in which I gave three pieces of
advice to the students present. Firstly, dont be
afraid to be different. I was once the only visibly
disabled person in a school of 600 pupils but this
never bothered me. I believe that difference isnt
something we should fear or shun but something
we should encourage, appreciate and cherish.
Throughout history, countless lives have been
improved because certain people have decided
to act differently. For example, in 1955 in the
segregated state of Alabama, the African-American
woman Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus
seat to a white passenger. This spurred a major
bus boycott and eventually the authorities were
forced to abolish the law requiring segregation of
black and white people on public buses. Secondly,
dont be afraid to be dependent. In our society
we tend to stress the need to be independent
but what we ought to be doing is celebrating our
interdependence. It is our interdependence which
makes us human. Thirdly, dont be afraid to simply
be. In our busy lives, we often forget the importance
of enjoying the company of friends and family or
finding time to be tranquil. As the poet WH Davies
wrote: What is this life if, full of care, We have no
time to stand and stare.

What did you want to be when you were younger?
When I was at junior school, I aspired to be a stand-
up comedian. I was amused by the idea of being
a stand-up comedian who couldnt stand up! By
the time I was a teenager, though, Id realised that I
didnt have the talent or the voice for that career. I
then decided to focus on becoming a political print
journalist, but after finishing university, I found it
impossible to gain a job on a newspaper. Luckily, the
BBC came to my rescue and offered me a place on a
production traineeship.
If you could invite anyone to your dinner party,
who would they be and why?
The classicist Prof Mary Beard because she is one
of the most engaging and thoughtful academics
around today.
Judi Dench because she is one of my favourite
actresses and also has a wonderful sense of
humour.
Michael Palin because he would be able to recount
many entertaining and interesting anecdotes about
his comedy career and travels.
The physicist Prof Brian Cox because he would be
able to teach me more about astronomy and, as he
is a talented keyboard player, might also be able to
provide some music during the evening.
If you could go back or forward in time, where
would you go and why?
I would like to travel back to February 7th 1907 and
take part in the first significant large-scale suffragist
march in London. It was organised by Millicent
Fawcett and the National Union of Womens
Suffrage Societies. It became known as the Mud
March because the weather was so wet that the
3,000 women involved ended up having to walk
through excessively dirty streets. I wouldnt mind
acquiring muddy wheels!
Which accomplishment are you most proud of?
Early in my BBC career I worked as a researcher
on a BBC2 documentary series The Battle of the
Atlantic. My role was to find men who had served in
the Merchant Navy and Coastal Command during
World War II. It was very humbling to listen to their
stories of bravery and endurance, and Im pleased
that I played a part in bringing their experiences to
a wide audience. Working on that programme was a
real honour.
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What advice would you give your younger self?
Dont be so shy and have more confidence in your
abilities.
What is the most important lesson life has taught
you?
Even negative experiences can ultimately
have positive outcomes. After university I was
disappointed when I failed to obtain a job on a
newspaper, despite applying to more than 30
papers. However, if I had succeeded I would never
have started to work at the BBC and become a
producer on In Our Time.
What do you think are ARUs greatest
achievements?
Im proud of the fact that recently ARU has been
named as one of higher educations global rising
stars! The report, by a team of higher education
strategy consultants, listed the new institutions
rapidly rising up the world rankings and expected to
rival the elite group of more established universities
within the next 1020 years. ARU is the only UK
university to feature in the top 20. This reflects
the fact that in the last two years ARU has risen
39 places to 66th in The Guardians league table.
Its also wonderful that ARU emphasises the value
of diversity. There are students at ARU from 177
countries, which is an extraordinary number. Im
pleased that ARU was given a bronze award last
year by the Athena SWAN programme (which
recognises progress in gender equality), and that
the university is also a member of Stonewalls
Diversity Champions, a good practice forum on
sexual orientation.
What has your connection with ARU given you
personally?
I have been invited to a number of ARU events
and met some fascinating and inspiring people
staff members, alumni and other honorary award
holders. Its a privilege to be a member of the ARU
community.
Whats next?
In Our Time is back on air on 22 September. Topics
we have coming up include Zenos Paradoxes,
George Orwells Animal Farm and Plasma. Of course,
Im also looking forward to the 25th anniversary
next year of ARU obtaining university status and Im
hoping that I will be able to attend one of the events
to mark this important milestone.
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T H E C O N V E R S AT I O N
The Conversation
The Conversation is a unique
platform where all content
is sourced from university
academics and researchers,
but is written specifically for
the general public.
Since joining in March, articles
written by Anglia Ruskin
academics have been read by
over 2 million people around the
world, in countries as far afield as
Azerbaijan and Zambia.
You can keep up to date with our
latest comment pieces by visiting
this page.
Articles include interesting topics,
such as:
Do women really go for
bad boys?
Do nice guys finish last?
Professor Viren Swami explores
the science behind whether
women want the challenge that
comes with dating a bad boy or
whether characteristics such as
warmth and kindness truly make
a more desirable partner. Read
more here.
What to do about Liberias
abandoned chimps?
Ben Garrod asks who should
look after the island of former
research chimpanzees. These
chimpanzees were subjected
to medical experiments and
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were intentionally infected with
hepatitis and other pathogens to
help develop a range of vaccines.
You can read this viewpoint here.
A Philippines island has
the worlds greatest
concentration of unique
mammals heres why
Dr Ben Garrod discusses the
reasons behind why Luzon, an
island in the Philippines, has
more unique mammals than
Madagascar has and whether
survival of the fittest is always
the case. Read more here.
Good riddance to Thailands
infamous tiger temple
Simon Evans, who recently
appeared on CNN talking about
the matter, informs us that
Thailands famous tiger temple
is finally being closed down,
after nearly two decades of
controversy. Read more here.
The five most surprising
cosmetic surgery trends
across the globe
Acclaimed plastic surgeon,
Professor Jim Frame has
expanded on the current five
most surprising cosmetic surgery
trends, such as limb lengthening
and radical facial surgery and the
reasons why some opt for such
measures. Read more here.
Exploding the myth of the
scientific vs artistic mind
Dr David Pearson studies the
stereotypes associated with
scientists being renowned as
rigid and less artistic than others
and to what extent the power
of such stereotypes play a role.
Read more here.
Surfing helps veterans cope
with PTSD
Nick Caddick, Research Fellow
at the Veterans and Families
Institute, discusses his viewpoint
into the mental health benefits of
riding the waves, such as helping
to combat post-traumatic stress
disorder. Read the original article
here.
Does it really matter what
advertisers say?
Tim Froggett, Senior Lecturer
and Course Leader for Marketing,
explores the shift in consumer
trust towards adverts, particularly
the change of consumer opinion
on televised adverts and the
claims made by brands that
cannot necessarily be proven by
the company. Read the original
article here.

Rio Olympics 2016
Did you know?
We had some participants
at the Olympics this year,
including:
Naoko Ishihara
Naoko studied BA Hons English
Language and Spanish with
us, graduating in 2004. Naoko
came 18th in the Womens Skeet
Shooting contest.
Naoko said My participation in
the Rio Olympics has now come
to an end, but it was such a great
experience. I dont know whether
I will enter the Tokyo Olympics in
2020 yet, but I hope to, as these
competitions are important to
me and my sporting future.
Louis Smith MBE
Louis was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Health Sciences with us in
2013 and won a Silver medal in the mens pommel horse final.
RESEARCH
Facts and
Figures
More than 6 million tickets
sold, 92 per cent of total
available.
Daily Games visitors peaked
at more than 490,000.
11,303 athletes, more than 45
per cent women.
Medals won by athletes from
87 countries.
US swimmer Michael
Phelps, ending his Olympic
swimming career with his
23rd medal and is the most
decorated Olympian in
Naoko Ishihara
history.
Jamaican sprinter Usain
Bolt ended his remarkable
Olympic career with three
more gold medals in the
100m, 200m and 4x100m
relay.
(source www.olympic.org)
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RESEARCH
Rio Olympics 2016
Michael Duignan, Lecturer
in Tourism and Events and
the Course Leader, has
published his viewpoint
on the Rio Olympic Games
and the impact that the
International Olympic
Committee (IOC) regulations
had have on local residents
in the host country.
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The IOC is a not-for-profit
independent international
organisation made up of
volunteers, and one of its many
roles includes the local city
contract. Michael explores the
argument that corporate takeover
of local public places is frequent,
meaning that whilst sites are
portrayed as accessible open
spaces to the public, it can often
mean that the public is subjected
to heavy advertising as a result
of the commercial objectives,
and also subjected to security
checks, searches and restrictions
on what the public can take
onto the premises. The large
corporations may excel under
these rules, but the effect on small
businesses could be detrimental,
due to the ways that urban areas
are cordoned off. Strict security
measures may also prevent local
businesses from making the most
of the influx of visitors to the city.
By conducting research from
London 2012, Michael and
colleague David McGillivray
from University of the West
of Scotland explored whether
Rio businesses had the same
experiences, and concluded that
Rios spectator sites, where the
public can gather to watch the
action on big screens, appeared
to offer more benefits to small
businesses than London 2012.
Some news articles which go
into more detail about Michaels
findings are:
How Rio 2016 satisfied its
sponsors while leaving room
for the people and Rio fluidity
enabled small businesses
to thrive. You can also read
his additional commentary
here. Michaels article about
sponsorship at Rio can be read
on The Conversation website.

About
Michael Duignan
Michael Duignan is a Lecturer in Tourism and Events and the Course
Leader for our BSc Tourism Management and in the past year,
Michael has published three publications on mega-event economics.
You can find out all about his recent work here.
@michaelbduignan
michael.duignan@anglia.ac.uk
FACT FILE
Born and raised:
Born in Bradford, UK, and raised
since six years old in Cambridge,
UK.
Education:
Im an ARU alumnus, I achieved
both undergraduate and
postgraduate education at Anglia
Ruskin and I am now undertaking
my PhD in Tourism and Events at
Anglia Ruskin too.
Job title:
Lecturer in Tourism and Events
and Course Leader for the
BSc Tourism Management
programme.
Length of service at ARU:
In total, six pleasurable years and
counting.
Awards and recognitions:
National award for Leadership
in the Visitor Economy for
contributions to the slow tourism
agenda in UK policy and practice.
Winner of 2015 Made a
Difference award for outstanding
excellence in teaching across all
Anglia Ruskin University faculties.
Shortlisted in the finals for
Outstanding Tutor of the Year
at the 2016 awards.
Favourite book:
Ghost Milk: Calling Time on the
Grand Project, Iain Sinclair.
Favourite old school album:
Razorlight, Up all Night.
Favourite recent album:
18 Months, Calvin Harris.
Favourite film:
I cant, too many to choose from!
Favourite cheesiest film without
doubt Die Hard 1, 2 or 3, I will
take them all.
Motto:
Act or accept the consequences
and Lifes too short to take
yourself seriously.
RESEARCH
Perfect day:
Wake up in central Barcelona,
grab a strong coffee at a local
coffee shop, navigate the Gothic
winding streets of the city and
explore the citys wine bars and
cider houses, settle down for a
romantic dinner with my partner
Alexandra in Placa Real, and finish
off with a stroll across the Ronda
Del Litoral beach front to the Port
Olympic, and back just perfect!
What do you love about living
and/or working in Cambridge:
The heritage, the chilled-out
artisan cafs and delis, the
autumnal and wintery walks
across the backs with the view of
Kings, and the gorgeous National
Trust properties, including
Wimpole Hall. And then, when
spring kicks in, the food and drink
festivals like EAT Cambridge, right
through to the hustle and bustle
of international English language
students populating the city
centre with their bright yellow
backpacks marvellous, love it.
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REUNION ON CAMPUS
Alumni Tour
Our reunion weekend was brilliant! 40 years
is a long time and it was great to catch up with
all those who took part. Support from the
Alumni staff at ARU was excellent and they
really made it special for us all
Jim Walker
On 12 August 2016 we arranged a
bespoke alumni tour for a cohort
of predominantly geography
students who graduated with
us in late 1970s-early 1980s, at
the request of alumnus Matt
Hewison.
The group arrived at 4.00pm for
refreshments in LAB207 on our
Cambridge campus and received
an update on sustainability,
research and education led
by Dr Aled Jones, Director of
Global Sustainability Institute.
We then moved on to a tour of
the campus, delivered by Jerry
Shoolbread, Clerk of Works. Jerry
has also been familiar with our
Cambridge campus since 1970s,
so was the perfect host
Where are our alumni now?
Here are some updates on what
our alumni reunion attendees
are up to now.
Alan Bird Worked as an
environmental planner and
surveyor in 30 countries
worldwide until 2013. In Africa up
to 1991 including four and a half
years in Nigeria, four and a half
in Algeria and three in Botswana.
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for this event. Jerry led the group
firstly round the Lord Ashcroft
Building and the Courtyard,
which was formerly the home of
the Batman Caf. Guests were
then reminded of the Mumford
Theatre, shown the Forensics
Department, which the group
remember as one of their old
classrooms, Ruskin Gallery and
Harvard lecture theatre and
Library and Jerry relayed stories
and updates of each building as
we toured round our university.
The Tour finished at 6.00pm,
allowing our alumni to take a
further tour of the surrounding
area, formerly known as The
Kite area, which includes East
Road, Newmarket Road,
From 1991 worked worldwide
including seven years in
Bangladesh, three years in China
and two in the Philippines. Retired
in 2013 and works as a volunteer
tutor for the University of the
Third Age in Cambridge, running
an Africa Forum and organising
environmental awareness raising
workshops. Also helps with jazz
appreciation (including booking
Maids Causeway, Short Street,
Emmanuel Road, Parker Street
and Parkside. It was known
as such due to its boundaries
looking like a kite shape on the
map. This tour was led by fellow
graduate and Anglia Ruskin
lecturer, Alan Bird. After all that
walking, the group then made
their way to their old local haunt;
The Free Press Pub and met up
with some more of our alumni
and their partners.
The group ensured that this
reunion was a very special
weekend get-together, with Tina
Henry, Mike Thompson, Hywel
Williams and Dave Sinden joining
them on the Saturday for a trip
to the Tram Depot where theyd
reserved a lovely big room to
dine and listen to their own
playlist of songs from 197679
and participate in a Cambridge
quiz, made up by Julie Wood
(formerly Hendley), which was
huge fun. On Sunday, our alumni
met for a couple of hours around
midday on Jesus Green before
heading back home.
musicians for live sessions), world
music and ran a course on 20th
century western classical music.
Alan Brown Is Political Director
for an International airline Lobby
group based in Brussels and for
the past 10 years teaching English
to Belgian and other international
clients in Belgium.

From L-R: Clare Wilson (formerly Beasley), Tony Hall, Jim Walker, Steve Oliver, Jackie Oliver (formerly
Parker), Alan Brown, Alan Bird, Ian Goode, Neil Clephan OBE, Ian Turner, Matt Hewison, Alistair Cowie,
Roger Brown, Greta Riordan (formerly Langmaid).
Jim Walker Until recently,
Jim was the Chief Executive of
Lake District Estates, Ullswater
Steamers and the Ravenglass
and Eskdale Railway. Jim is
currently a part-time tourism
and leisure consultant and semi-
professional musician
Neil Clephan is Headteacher
at Roundhay School in Leeds,
and recently awarded an OBE for
services to education (see page 19)
Tina Henry Spent 20 years in
the travel industry, firstly working
for British Airways and then in
the final 10 years set up and ran a
business travel agency on behalf
of Holiday Extras. For the past 15
years, Tina has been a Criminal
Investigator for HM Revenue
and Customs, investigating and
prosecuting tobacco and alcohol
smugglers and criminal tax and
VAT offenders.
Hywel Williams TV Floor
Manager, working with the BBC
for 16 years until 1998, then
freelance ever since. Hywel
directed the news and a soap
opera in the past for a few
months each. Hywel says the
only thing he is currently working
on that you would recognise (on
screen weekly at present) is the
Only Connect quiz show.
Mike Thompson Qualified as
a Chartered Accountant working
for Arthur Andersen in London
before becoming Finance
Manager for Shell in Saudi Arabia,
based in Jeddah for 4 years. Mike
then returned to Cambridge as a
Finance Director of Gems which
makes leading-edge satellite
image interpretation systems
for the military and academic
markets, then worked for 24
years successively as Finance
Director and then Managing
Director of DW Group, the
leading lighting services group
in the UK. Mike then founded
Weblight, which became the
market leader in retail lighting
maintenance services in the UK
and retired from the group in
March 2015. He now undertakes
non-executive directorship
work via his own small service
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company, Sustainable Business
Consulting.
Julie Wood (nee Hendley)
Went on to get an MSc in
Environmental Planning and
Design. After that, Julie studied
Landscape Architecture for 2
years but didnt complete due
to being too busy working as a
planner. Shes now the Head of
Developmenst Services at a local
authority in Gloucestershire, but
plans to take early retirement
soon.
Ian Goode Is the joint lead
for the Offender Personality
Disorder Programme for the
National Offender Management
Service (NOMS). This programme
is jointly delivered between
NOMS and NHS England. Ian
has worked for NOMS and the
Prison Service since 1994. He
has worked on developing and
implementing the joint OPD
policy and programme with
the NHS since October 2009
and before that, he worked
principally in the area of prison
and probation estate strategy
and policy development for
new prisons. Prior to 1994, Ian
worked in finance and corporate
planning for one of the UKs
largest publishing companies.
Matt Hewison Has spent 27
years teaching geography in
a secondary school in London
(students from 1118).
It was great to see our alumni
back on campus reminiscing
about their time with us and
how they all met. A very big
thank you to Jerry for leading
the tour and Aled who
helped make this event so
memorable for our alumni.
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F E AT U R E S TO R Y

Fine Art
leads to a
fine career

Lo Reitzell talks about her time at ARU, the

passion of film making and working at MTV,
Disney and brandAnonymous

16 ARU CONNECT SEPTEMBER 2016


In 1991/92 I attended
the highly commended
Foundation Course in
Art and Design at the
Cambridge School of
Art studying under local
sculptor Wesley West.
During this time I was encouraged
by Douglas Jeal to apply for
the then new Degree Course in
Fine Art that was due to start
in 1992. I was awarded a place
on the BA (Hons) course in Fine
Art and studied sculpture under
Douglas alongside studying art
history, print making, drawing,
painting and film making. In my
second year, Douglas did an
exchange with American sculptor
Mary Bates from Sonoma State
University in California. Mary had
a lot of expertise in foundary and
metalwork art. I was interested in
learning more about mould
This is a photo taken when Leos company put on an event called Funki Fest for the Romsey Art Festival in Cambridge last year. Lo is pictured in the centre,
wearing a scarf.
making and welding so with
the help of the Administration
offices at ARU and SSU, I set
up an exchange for students
so I could study under Mary in
California in my third year. Mary
and Douglas had told me of the
fantastic foundary and studio
facilities at Sonoma State which
would enable me to develop my
skills. After a year in California
where my art became interactive
installations using metalwork
structures with moving image,
audio and lighting, I came back to
the UK to start my career in Film
and TV.
I am passionate about music so
my dream and ambition was to
work for MTV upon graduating.
I specifically wanted to make the
short animations and idents that
were played around music videos
as well as develop my knowledge
of music videos as a film making
F E AT U R E S TO R Y
medium. I started at MTV in 1996
just 3 months after graduating.
At that time, MTV Europe was
one channel, yet it quickly grew
to have individual region and
country feeds which meant that
by the time I left, MTV Europe
had over 50 channels! As Creative
Manager there, I branded and
promoted several on-air and off-
air channels and also launched in
excess of 40 channels. I went back
to MTV after I had started my
own company in 2011, using my
language and cultural skills as well
as the local knowledge I had from
working there for so many years!
I left MTV in June 2003 to work
for the Disney Channel. There,
I was the Creative Lead for all
four UK Disney Channels for
three years. I won multiple
industry awards for branding and
communications campaigns. I
also took the lead in launching
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F E AT U R E S TO R Y
Disneys first ever terrestrial
channel ABC1, given my
extensive commercial television
experience. The Disney Channels
did not have any advertising at
this time. I was also in charge of
the creation of daily continuity
show Good Morning Raoul, with
Raoul which was hosted by a
Mexican dinosaur called Raoul.
Raoul was a puppet (dont tell
him that) that was created by
Hensons Creature Workshop,
creators of the Muppet Show
My involvement with the university, and the
CSA specifically, led to Chris Owen offering
me a three year Honorary Visiting Research
Fellowship with the CSA in 2015.
and other notable puppets. The
show became so popular it was
translated into several European
languages and even made it
as an arts question in the 20th
Edition of the UK Trivial Pursuit
game with no prompting from
the Walt Disney Company!
In 2007 I was offered the role of
Creative Director at Discovery
Channel, which happens to be
across the road from Disney
Channel in Chiswick Park! There
I worked across a portfolio of 12
channels split between factual
and lifestyle content. I was in
charge of a team of 30 full-
time staff and approximately
20 regular freelancers. Again,
my role consisted of brand
communications both on-air
and off-air. I worked closely with
the marketing team to deliver
all branded assets required for
communications (adverts, digital,
print, event, social media, etc).
Once again winning multiple
awards and attending industry
18 ARU CONNECT SEPTEMBER 2016
events representing Discovery
Channels UK in both Europe and
America.
Late in 2009 I decided to start my
own Creative Agency and move
out of London. I came back to
Cambridge in 2010 where I set
up brandAnonymous with my
husband. Since its inception our
agency has focused on health,
the arts and education. Our
clients have been from the NHS,
various HLI including ARU and the
University of Cambridge, as well as
private clients, arts organisations,
community events and charities.
In 2013 I got in touch with
Chris Owen as I had seen that
the Cambridge School of Art
had significantly grown since I
graduated in 1996. Chris very
kindly gave me a tour of the CSA.
To my surprise and pleasure
there were still some familiar
faces! It was great to see that the
school had grown so much and
offered many more courses than
when I had studied there where it
was Fine Art and Illustration only.
Following this first meeting, Chris
urged me to meet Dr Shreepali
Patel, Course Leader and Senior
Lecturer for Film and Television
Production. Shreepali and I met.
I explained that I wanted to offer
opportunities to students and
graduates from her course as I
could relate to being at the CSA
wanting to start my career and
not really knowing where to start.
My areas of expertise in short
form advertising and branding
being complimentary yet aligned
to those offered by Shreepalis
team, I soon found I was a
regular on campus!
Our relationship and
collaboration grew from my
offering work experience and
opportunities to students in
Film and TV Production, to also
becoming a mentor to students
and graduates as well as giving
guest talks and working with the
Community Engagement Office
(since 2014) to create interactive
art for various festivals working
with student volunteers. To date
we have given opportunities to
over 100 students and graduates
with a core of approximately 20
who work with us regularly.
My involvement with the
university, and to the CSA
specifically, led to Chris Owen
offering me a three year Honorary
Visiting Research Fellowship
with the CSA in 2015. Chris very
kindly felt that my contributions
should be recognised and
formalised within the institution
as to facilitate my being able
to do more to support faculty
members, students and graduates
in Film and TV as well as across
the entire CSA. Since becoming
a Fellow, I have spread my wings
even further. This is across the
entire ALSS Faculty and more
recently my team and I have
ventured to also nurture students
and graduates from the Faculty of
Science and Technology.
Its been wonderful to be
welcomed back into the
Cambridge School of Art and
a great honour to be made a
Fellow. It has allowed me to share
my experience and what I love
to do with the next generation of
creative industry professionals.

Alumni Awarded Honours
Neil Bentley OBE
Neil Bentley received his Officer
of the Most Excellent Order of the
British Empire (OBE) from Prince
Charles, for services to Public
Health. Neil is Head of Public
Health Englands Microbiology
Technical Services and an MBA
Business Administration graduate
from 2009.
Were immensely proud of
him and the impactful work he
has undertaken along with his
dedicated teams. Not least of
which being recent time spent in
Sierra Leone travelling
Neil Clephan OBE
Headteacher of Roundhay
School (ages 4 to 18) state
comprehensive with over 2,000
students in Leeds, Neil Clephan
has been awarded an OBE for
his services to education in
the New Years Honours List
2016. Roundhay School was
recognised, for the second
time, as being outstanding by
Ofsted in 2013 as inspectors
wrote Roundhay is all about
its students. Where everyone
regardless of background or
ability is given every opportunity
Honorary Professor
Barry Carpenter CBE
Professor Barry Carpenter
was appointed as Commander
of the British Empire (CBE) in
recognition of his national and
SPOTLIGHT
extensively to often remote
locations and communities to
Ebola holding and treatment
centres to train and educate
people on sample collection,
transport and result reporting,
ensuring accurate and rapid
testing, putting himself at
significant personal risk. Neil
looked after more than 200 staff
during the outbreak and says Neil appeared on Cambridge TV
it was a great team effort and talking about his OBE. You can
everyone in the team deserved a view his interview here and read
medal for their involvement and more about the visit to Sierra
dedication to the project. Leone here.
to shine. In addition Neil was one
of the first appointed National
Leaders in Education. Neils
advice and guidance in helping
other schools that were facing
challenging circumstances has
gained him national recognition
as an inspirational Headteacher.
Neil has also made a difference
by assisting schools in reviewing L-R: Alastair Clephan, Neil Clephan,
Yeoman of the Guard, Tracy Clephan
the best use of government
funds to support disadvantaged
at Buckingham Palace and was
pupils in an advisory role. Neil
accompanied by wife Tracy, son
received his award on 1 March
Alastair and brother James.
2016, presented by the Queen
international service to the field
of Special Educational Needs.
Barry was awarded an Honorary
Doctor of the University in 2007.
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SPOTLIGHT
Alumni updates
All about William
Eve started the MA in Childrens Book Illustration
when her youngest daughter turned two. She had
been a stay-at-home mum for about five years
and although shed worked as a Story Artist and
Animator prior to becoming a mother, Eve says that
her confidence in her ability had disappeared during
Sandehas art medal
Sandeha has contacted us to let us know that one of
his bronze medals has been published by the British
Art Medal Society in the recent edition of The Medal
(Spring 2016). Its available from their website for the
next eighteen months. BAMS is based in offices at
the British Museum in London and this is the second
medal that Sandeha has produced for them.
Youll notice from the online text that I was a
winner of the Royal Society of Arts design bursary
competition for a medal in 1987 while I was studying
at CCAT. I had excellent support in this from both the
late Douglas Jeal who ran the sculpture studio and
from David Baxter, the Head of Department. The
bursary enabled me to take a study tour of northern
20 ARU CONNECT SEPTEMBER 2016
this time at home. Eve decided to enrol on her
course part-time and Pam Smy was her tutor. Eve
says that Pam was wonderful and she consistently
encouraged Eve to be more confident and have faith
in her work.
The course is the most incredible rollercoaster ride
and I have learned so much from being there. It is
wonderful to be in a place that values the intellectual
practices involved in creating beautiful childrens
illustration. The tutors are completely dedicated but
so too are the inspirational students. I have utterly
loved this course. After the exhibition in London I
was invited for several meetings with publishers,
and then received some offers for work. I am now
working on my first picture book, William with the
lovely Anderson Press. It is incredibly exciting to be
in this position, the course was really hard work but
the most wonderful hard work. I just wish I could
have a Pam in my pocket for this next stage!
You can read Eves Blog here and see her work on
the Cambridge School of Arts MA Show website.
Eve Coy (Cambridge)
MA Childrens Book Illustration 2016
Italy during the summer of 1987, which provided
much of the material for my dissertation on relief
sculpture.
Sandeha Lynch (Cambridge)
BA Hons Art and English 1988
 SPOTLIGHT

Matts super plan for Super Stan

L-R: Julia Groves, Matt Robertson, Fabi Santiago and Simona Ciraolo
A number of our graduates have gone on to literary
success and Matt Robertson got in touch to tell us
about his joint successful book launch with fellow
graduate, Julia Groves on 11 May 2016.
Julia has had a series of 4 board books published
and her picture book will be published later this year
and Matt has published a book titled Super Stan
and you can find out more on our Off the Bookshelf
page.
Some more recently published ARU graduates and
Matt are hoping to have a signing event in Heffers
Bookshop in Cambridge in September too. You can
view Matts website here.
Matt Robertson (Cambridge)
BA Hons Illustration 2003

Mind space
Vanessa Kller and Trisha McCrae curated the show
Mind Space at the Ruskin Gallery in 2008 and have
uncovered a few photographs about Mind Space,
which they thought theyd share. One of the pieces
of artwork Vanessa has sent us can be seen on the
right.
Vanessa just recently moved from London to Berlin
where she is working as an artist, curator and arts
educator, after having run an Arts and Arts History
department at a private school in London. You can
view Vanessas documentary about her first Berlin
exhibition titled City Space here. You can also find
out more about Vanessas work on her website or
LinkedIn profile. Vanessa would like to set up an
international network for artists to collaborate and
have a platform for intercultural, interdisciplinary
exchange, so please do contact her if youre
interested.
Vanessa Kller (Cambridge)
BA Hons Art and German 2003

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SPOTLIGHT

Alumni Success in Business

award winner
At our October 2016 graduations, we
will be presenting an Alumni Success
in Business award to a member of our
alumni community, to recognise their
achievements in their chosen field.
We can now announce that this years
winner is Daryl Brown.
Daryl was chosen for his leadership of Magpas, a
local charity that provides pre-hospital critical care
and retrieval, usually in the very early minutes of
traumatic injury. Daryl is also serving as Mayor of
Huntingdon and is a member of the Intercollegiate
Board for Training in Pre-Hospital Emergency
Medicine.
Congratulations to Daryl. We look forward to seeing
him receive this award at his ceremony. Youll be
able to watch all our graduation ceremonies live
or via YouTube. Like our Facebook page to find out
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YOUR STORIE S
Celebrating my 82nd differently
Alumnus Angela Lucas got
in touch to tell us about her
recent hiking adventure in
north-western Spain.
Camino de Santiago or The
Way, is an ancient pilgrimage
route in the Galacian Mountains
of northern Spain and stretches
from the French Pyrenees to the
city of Santiago in north-western
Spain. The Way is many things to
many ordinary people. Physically,
mentally and spiritually it is an
amazing adventure that tests
endurance and faith.
The total journey can take the
average walker between five to
seven weeks. Walking with my
daughter we chose to do the last
100 km of the route which took
us nine days at an average of ten
miles a day.
To my surprise most pilgrims
fitted into the age bracket of fifty
to seventy, although we did meet
a group of seventeen year olds
from an Irish school as well as a
ten-year-old lad walking with his
parents in memory of his cousin
who had died the previous year.
Sometimes pilgrims walked
alongside us and chatted. People
walking at a reflective time of life
had many reasons for doing so.
We were privileged to listen to
stories of heartache, loneliness
and loss.
Primarily the challenge is
physical. Walking in the
mountains was continually uphill,
we even walked uphill alongside
a narrow waterfall. Thick, black,
24 ARU CONNECT SEPTEMBER 2016
churned-up mud took some
navigating. On the first day of
our walk, trying to hold onto a
tree while finding a foothold I
slipped full length in the mud,
breaking the straps of my front-
pac and redesigning the look of
my clothes.
We heard tales of twisted knees,
sprained ankles, infected blisters
and broken hearts. Yet somehow
in the rarefied atmosphere of the
mountains and in the footsteps
of countless pilgrims who had
gone before, people dusted
themselves down, bandaged
themselves up and kept walking.
The journey started long before
we left home. I am not athletic
or heroic and anxiety stalked me
in the days of preparation. For
three months I wore my hiking
shoes almost continuously,
even in the house. Wanting to
keep the backpack weight down
my daughter and I weighed
everything on the kitchen scales,
even our socks, choosing the
options that weighed less.
For me, the journeys culmination
was in taking the final steps
into the ancient Cathedral of
Santiago de Compestella. The
midday pilgrims Mass was a
sacred moment of worship and
sharing with pilgrims who had
pushed themselves beyond
their fears, aches and pains.
Nobody is free from pain on the
Camino and this allowed us the
privilege of meeting true travel
companions, some we will keep
in touch with.
Each pilgrim carried a large
scallop shell on the back of
the rucksack; it represents the
changed life experienced on
The Way and the realisation
that each pilgrim would return
home a different person. I came
home fitter, slimmer, somehow
different and realising that it has
been possible to stretch myself
beyond anything I thought
possible. We did it!
Angela Lucas (Cambridge)
BA Hons Christian Theology 2011
 VOLUNTEERING

International Community Experience

The first ICE trip of the year

Mission Ukraine
A group of seven volunteers have
been living in Ukraine volunteering
their services to the Revival Centre
an innovative rehabilitation centre
for children suffering the effects of the
Chernobyl catastrophe, and with other
life limiting disabilities.
This was the third year the trip has occurred,
and each is very different from the other. We try
to arrange a programme of work and activities
according to the needs of the Centre, and take into
account the skills and interests of the team. This
year we were able to include more time spent with
the children during their therapy than weve done
before, and that was hugely beneficial.
The Centre was 20 years old on 23 June, and thats a
massive testament to the Founders and Director, Dr
Vasily Pasichnyk and his wife, Dr Natalia Zenchenko.
Dr Pasichnyk was awarded Honorary Doctor of
Health Sciences with us in 2014. This year I arranged
for a visit from the British Embassy and Foreign and
Commonwealth Office while we were there, and the
First Secretary to the Ambassador, Charlene Wooley,
said that shed never seen anything as good as the
Centre, not even in the UK. them they are lifted in hope, by our involvement
We raised enough money to build a new Sensory with them, amidst the struggles they face.
Garden that will be used by the Centre as part of My thanks to them for being such a great team, and
their next phase of development the creation of to Alison Feist for her support to us all.
the countrys very first childrens hospice. This will
take several years to complete, and so will no doubt Tony Cant
feature in next years visit. Chaplain
Our team of students, staff and alumni were very For further enquiries about ICE trips,
touched by the welcome and warmth of our hosts. please contact Rev Tony Cant, on:
They were also surprised by what they saw of the Telephone: +44 1245 687722
country and experiencing the depth of culture made Mobile: 07860 407722
a deep impression on them. And the Centre surprised tony.cant@anglia.ac.uk
us by talking about how much our visits mean to anglia.ac.uk/ice

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LO O K I N G BAC K

Mid-Essex Technical College

Alumnus David Samways
featured in our autumn 2014
alumni magazine (page 19) and
recently got in touch to tell
us about his private website
for past-Marconi apprentices,
many of whom went to the
Mid-Essex Technical College
and School of Art (METC) in
Chelmsford, Braintree and
Colchester Colleges as part of
their courses. If you were an
apprentice during this time,
you may wish to look at their
website, which they call MOFS
Marconi Old FellowS, as it
stores a number of photos that
will be of interest to you and
you may even be able to help
David recall names of students
and lecturers.

METC 1957

Lost Alumni
Clifford Wright has got in touch, as hed like
to identify all the people in the above image,
taken outside the main entrance to the old
Cambridge Technical College.
Clifford updated us to say We attended a
course in the Commercial Department at the
old Cambridge Technical College and School of
Art from 1958 to 1960. The first year was known
as FCOMP and the second year was called as
FCOM. I studied at the old Cambridge Technical
College and School of Art from 1958 to 1960.
Recently I met with two of my classmates, and
one of them has a photo of the whole class. Clifford would like to arrange another reunion
Unfortunately there are a few names that we with his old classmates Are you one of them? If so,
cannot remember, and we would like to contact as please contact the alumni office and well put you
many of the group as possible. in touch with him.

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Global Law School
Sustainability news
Institute The Law School publishes
regular updates on student
The GSIs research focuses and alumni activities in their
on personal motivations and newsletters. In their most recent
systems change set against the newsletter, dated April 2016, you
challenges of sustainability. Their can read all about Anglia Ruskin
core research question is: how law graduate, Lewis Hadler
does the system influence the (2015). Lewis has been awarded
individual, and how does the a second prize in the annual
individual influence the system? Bar Council Law Reform Essay
They have three key areas of Competition for his essay entitled
research: Whats Wrong With Adultery?,
Consumption & change advocating a change in the
Global Risk & Resilience definition of adultery in divorce
Education for Sustainability. law. Read the full article here.
Their latest edition of So What?
magazine is now available.
This issue focuses on the topic
of gender, discrimination and
equality. You can read their
publication here.
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NEWS
Alumni of the month
June
Zahraa Adam
BA Hons Social Work, 2013
Our June alumnus was Zahraa
Adam. Zahraa has been
recognised for her high level of
care shown to the young people
she serves as a social worker.
She was recently presented
with two national awards at the
annual Social Worker of the
Year awards as a result of her
hard work and determination
to ensure the best possible
outcome for children in her care.
Click here to read more.
Find out more about our
BA Hons Social Work course
If youd like to nominate yourself or someone you know for a future month, please email me.
Helen
Alumni Officer
28 ARU CONNECT SEPTEMBER 2016
July
Onyka Barrett
BA Hons Human Resource
Management, 2006
Our July alumnus was Onyka
Barrett. Onyka has been making
waves in her home country of
Jamaica, addressing important
topics such as human rights
and human development work,
tackling issues such as youth
unemployment and community
regeneration. Click here to read
more.
Find out more about our
BSc Hons Human Resource
Management course
August
Karl Scarr
BSc Hons Zoology, 2011
Our alumnus Karl Scarr was
our August feature. Karl has
recently been in the news for his
good work at his animal rescue
shelter and was most recently
highlighted in K9 magazine,
published 27 July. Karl attributes
ARU for helping him find his
direction in life. You can find out
more about Le Sanctuaire de
la Faune de Tanger here. Click
here to read Karls comments.
Find out more about our
BSc Hons Zoology course

Alumni of
the month
September
Hadiza Lawal
Dangaladima
PGC Information and
Communication Technology,
2013
Our September alumnus is
Hadiza Lawal. Hadiza has
led a successful career on
completion of her studies.
Hadiza attended our alumni
event in Nigeria you can read
more on page 30.
Find out more about
our Information and
Communication Technology
courses
In the news
Experts develop black box
recorder for buildings
Scientists have developed a
smart structural monitoring
system to assess the state of
buildings and key infrastructure
in the immediate aftermath of
earthquakes, explosions and
fires. You can read more here.
People live longer during
recessions new study
Dr Nick Drydakis, Reader in
Economics at Anglia Ruskin, has
been exploring the relationship
between economic recession
and psychology and the link
Out of body illusion can tackle chronic pain
Low IQ poor readers face
similar difficulties to
dyslexics
New research shows that poor
reading skills amongst young
children, regardless of whether
NEWS
between suicide rates increasing
during economic downturns. You
can read this article here.
Out of body illusion can
tackle chronic pain
New research shows that
inducing a virtual out of body
experience can significantly
reduce the intensity of chronic
pain. Dr Jane Aspell, Senior
Lecturer in Psychology, explores
the multisensory bodily basis for
self-consciousness and alongside
psychologist James Pamment,
they have been studying the full
body illusion. Their findings can
be read in this article here.
they have dyslexia or low IQ
and poor reading, are related
to difficulties with the auditory
processing of rhythm, although
these difficulties are experienced
in different ways. You can read
this viewpoint here.
ARU CONNECT SEPTEMBER 2016 29
NEWS

Alumni Dinners in Nigeria

Melanie Bird, Professor Stephen Wordsworth
and our Senior International Officer Nana Adom
(pictured right) organised a trip to Nigeria and
arranged to meet graduates at two dinners; one in
Lagos on 26 July and another in Abuja on 28 July.
Both dinners were a huge success, with 49 alumni in
attendance overall.
About these events, Nana said, It was a pleasure
to hold these two special alumni dinners with our
Nigerian graduates and we look forward to having
more events and building a strong alumni base
there.

Dinner in Lagos on 26 July

Our Alumnus, Bridget, said, I wish to express my
heartfelt gratitude to the entire Anglia Ruskin Alumni
and staff for the honour accorded me during the
recent Alumni Dinner held at the Golfview Hotel
and Suites, Ikeja, Lagos. Words as you know are not
enough to express my sincere thanks for the precious
gift presented in honour of the dinner. Thanks for
this wonderful generosity, while I look forward to
partnering with you in various aspects of endeavours,
professional development and career enhancement.

Dinner in Abuja on 28 July

At both events, our alumni spoke about their
experiences on campus and how their course has
helped them progress back home. One notable
speaker was Hadiza Lawal who told the group that
her course with us helped her to set up her own
laundry and distribution company and today she
employs over 20 people, contributing to the local
economy as well as her community.
Hadiza delivered such a powerful and inspiring
message at the event, that as a result, Nana has
nominated her to be our September Alumni of the
Month feature. You can read more about Hadiza here.

If youd like to contact Nana or any of his other colleagues in our International Office, you can find a list of
contact details here.

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Off the bookshelf
The Golden Age
Marianne has published her first
childrens novel, The Golden Age.
The book is available to buy on
iBooks in 51 countries around
the world and will be published
in Hardback and Paperback.
Mariannes Facebook Business
Page is: Marianne Andersen HK,
where you can receive regular
updates about Mariannes work.
You may also like to follow her on
Instagram: andersenmariannehk
Marianne Andersen
(Cambridge)
BA Hons English 2000
Super Stan
Childrens book Super Stan is now
available to purchase on Amazon.
The story is a warm and funny
tale of superhero sibling rivalry
that will appeal to children and
parents alike.
Matt Robertson (Cambridge)
BA Hons Illustration 2003
Super Happy Magic Forest
Super Happy Magic Forest tells
the story of five unlikely magical
creatures on a epic quest in
search of the Mystical Crystals of
Life. Congratulations go to Matty
for winning the 2016 Read It Again
contest for his book. He was
named during a special awards
ceremony after 23 debut picture
books were judged by youngsters
from across the Cambridge
region. You can read Cambridge
News press release here.
Matty Long (Cambridge)
MA Childrens Book Illustration 2011
Food Tourism
ARU academic Dr Sally Everett
has published a book Food
and Drink Tourism: Principles
and Practices. This brand new
textbook is research-informed and
discusses many different aspects
of food and drink-related travel,
as well as tourism development,
consumption, promotion and
growth. It also explicitly addresses
the relationship between travel,
culture, identity, branding,
business, hospitality, supply
chains, globalisation, agriculture,
sustainability, and food/drink. It
seeks to support students, but
has also been written for anyone
interested in the field of special
interest tourism, agricultural
diversification strategies, rural
development and food and drink
tourism. It has been written to be
the one stop shop for anyone
interested in food and travel and
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
has been Sallys labour of love!
You can buy this book from Sage
Publishing.
Sally Everett
Deputy Dean for Quality and
Student Experience
Gifts for the one who comes
after
Ghost thumbs. Microscopic dogs.
One very sad can of tomato
soup. Helen Marshalls second
collection offers a series of
twisted surrealities that explore
the legacies we pass on to our
children. It won both the World
Fantasy Award and the Shirley
Jackson Award in 2015.
Helen has also written another
book, not yet released,
Everything that is Born. This tells
the story of a girl who, after her
sister drowns in a terrible storm,
is determined to steal the body
so she can discover for herself
what dying means in a time of
extraordinary transformation,
with the world on the verge of
ecological collapse. You can read
our press release about Helens
book here.
Dr Helen Marshall
Lecturer, Creative Writing and
Publishing
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CLA SS NOTE S
Class notes
Colin Rigg
PGC Management 1972 (Danbury)
An illustration of todays small
world is that I have a daughter, a
step-son and a grand-daughter
who have been/are students
at Chelmsford, hopefully the
last of these will graduate this
year. I also have a son who is an
alumnus of UNSW, Sydney.
Angela Mocroft
BA Languages 1973
I was at CCAT from September
1970 to summer 1973. My career
path has been very scenic: I
started off in legal publishing,
went to BBC Radio, then to
a university law library, then
a PBS TV Station in St Louis,
then to radio in Liverpool,
then to Mersey TV working on
Brookside, Hollyoaks and Grange
Hill and now work in a school
(PA to Principal at St Margarets
CE Academy). I am still in touch
with quite a number of my fellow
students.
Godfrey Osei-Bonsu
BSc Quantity Surveying 1993
(Chelmsford)
Currently working in Doha. Left
Anglia in 1993 with BSc Quantity
Surveying, RICS qualified in
1994, CIOB qualified in 1994 and
34 ARU CONNECT SEPTEMBER 2016
obtained MSc in Construction
Management in 1995 from
London South Bank University.
Became Fellow CIOB 2005 and
Fellow RICS 2008. RICS APC
Assessor and Chairman since
2003. My son is starting his BSc
Quantity Surveying in Anglia this
coming September.
Jukka Aminoff
MA Marketing and Innovation 2012
(Cambridge)
I am one of the founders of
Freestyle Football Players
F2Players. One of our products
is to sell online courses but we
have bigger plans for the future.
The domain will be set in the
future but you can visit our site
from here.
Waqas Iqbal
MA Marketing and Innovation 2012
(London)
In March 2014 I founded Vix
Solutions, an IT and Marketing
Company in London. Weve won
several technical awards and
launched some very innovative
products. Under the umbrella of
Vix Solutions, I have launched
brands such as E-Solicitor and
REPORTUS. I am also the author
of two poetry books in my native
language of Urdu.
Jonathan Siddall
BA Hons Drama and Film Studies
2013 (Cambridge)
Shedload Theatre was set
up initially as an informal
partnership between Matthew
Barnes, Tim Vaughan, Sam
Johnson and myself in spring
2014. Weve been regularly
active as part of the Cambridge
theatre scene since and have
been putting on an average of
three shows a year, not including
the Fringe. Were very pleased to
say were going up to the Fringe
again this year.
Tiago Varela
BA Hons Business Management
2014 (Cambridge)
I have been active as an
entrepreneur for a long time.
I have now focussed on
developing iDream Academy,
which was a business idea I
came up with when entering
the Big Pitch! iDream is a music
and dance academy providing
classes, workshops and courses
via a digital platform as well as
physically. In April 2015 I also
launched an Urban Arts after
school club.
 OBITUARY

Obituary Contact us
It is with great regret that we
announce that our BA Hons Alumni Officer
Drama graduate, Aiden Webb Helen Arnott
died whilst climbing the highest
peak of Indochina, in Vietnam Development Manager
in June. Our thoughts are with Jon Anscombe
Aidens family, friends and
girlfriend Bluebell Baughan, who Post:
is also a former student. Aiden Corporate Communications
is remembered very fondly, and Events
particularly by members of the Anglia Ruskin University
Drama department, where he Bluebell has set up a charity in Bishop Hall Lane
was a popular and hard-working Aidens memory called Aiden Chelmsford
student, known for his wonderful Shaw Webb Ascent (ASWA) to Essex
sense of humour. assist with improving the local CM1 1SQ
school and infrastructure in the UK
area of Indochina. Tel:
+44 (0)1245 684761
Email:
Benefits and Services alumni@anglia.ac.uk
(Alumni)
Were pleased to share that we are now able to offer all alumni free giving@anglia.ac.uk
access to the library, for referencing purposes. This means that you (Development)
can now visit our libraries and use their facilities on-site and itll
only cost you 5 to purchase a library ID card. Have a look at the
Library website to find out more. Visit:
www.anglia.ac.uk/alumni
You can access our other benefits and services here www.anglia.ac.uk/
makingadifference

Dont forget Alumni Directory:

www.anglia.aluminate.net
The Vice Chancellors Outstanding
Alumni Awards are now open and Social networking:
you can nominate yourself or a fellow Join us on
alumnus for one of our awards. Visit our Facebook & LinkedIn
webpage to find out more. @angliaruskin

Next edition Opinions expressed are those

of the contributors and do not
Our next edition will be in January 2017 and well be updating you necessarily reflect the views
on our graduations which take place in October and our first ever of Anglia Ruskin University or
Alumni Awards ceremony which takes place on 7 December. the Editor.

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