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September 2011Volume 8 No 8

Cyber-bullying and young peopleresearch into the impact on their mental health

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RAF medics tostudy for degreeswith us bydistance learningSee page 41 >>

One in five youngpeople affected bynew phenomenomof cyber-bullyingSee page 4 for full story >>

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N E W SResearch by Faculty of Health & Social Care into cyber-bullying 4In the News 5Our Student Representation Scheme 6Anglia Ruskin Student Reps win NUS Course Representatives of the Year award 7Winners of the 2011 Vice Chancellor’s Awards 8–9Global Sustainability Institute hosts first REIL Cambridge roundtable event 10Nursing degrees set new standards 11Midwifery and mental health news from the Faculty of Health & Social Care 12VERU professors win medical technology prize 13CFMS publication successes 14Amanda Graves wins Dr Supanee Gazeley Fine Art Prize 15Professor Odell-Miller presents keynote at International Arts Therapy conference 16New criminology research projects – a partnership with the police 17CSA graduate, Jana Diemberger, publishes first book 18Legal Practice Course and the benefits of VLE 19Two CSA students win Young Creative Network awards 20Team Vertigo claims top prize in 48-hour Games Jam competition 21Architecture & Planning students’ end-of-year exhibition showcases work 22Academic finds intoxicating management practices at Adnams 23MALT dual award – the benefits for students 24New Developments in Osteoarthritis conference success 2512th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference – report 26Winners of 2011 Learning and Teaching Project Fund 27University Teaching Fellowship Awards 2011 28–29Fifth Annual Research Students Conference 30Outreach & Recruitment Team roadshow to challenge student finance myths 31LAIBS students benefit from FLUX competition 32Life Sciences PhD student receives prestigious award 33Women’s Conference 2011 – report 34Students conduct wildife survey in a Cambridge cemetery 35Summer rounders tournament – 2011 report 36Supporting GB women’s volleyball squad in their Olympic aspirations 37Young Achiever Community Award winner’s story 38

T H E A R T SMusic and visual arts events 47

F E A T U R E SFocus on research 39Employer engagement news 40–41Anglia Ruskin in the Community news 42–43UK and international partner institutions news 43Estates & Facilities news 44–45Green issues 45Staff development opportunities 46Customer Service Excellence news 46Joiners and leavers 48

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Smartphones, used for messaging and forsocial networking, make cyber-bullyingremote from the victim.

Almost one in five young peoplein the UK have been the victimof cyber-bullying, according toresearch carried out byacademics within the Faculty ofHealth & Social Care. Thestudy, commissioned bychildren’s charity the NationalChildren’s Bureau on behalf ofits Wellcome Trust-fundedPEAR young people’s group,examined the scale of cyber-bullying and the negative effectit has on young people’s mentalhealth.

Cyber-bullying is a relativelynew problem that involvespeople using the internet ormobile phones to distribute textor images to harass, hurt orembarrass another person.

Steven Walker, PrincipalLecturer in Child & AdolescentMental Health, Faculty ofHealth & Social Care, led theresearch amongst over 490young people aged 10–19 anddiscovered that cyber-bullyingwas far more prevalent amongstgirls. Amongst the young peoplesurveyed, 18.4% admitted tobeing a victim of cyber-bullyingand 69% of those bullied weregirls. More girls than boys hadalso witnessed cyber-bullying,known somebody who hadbeen cyber-bullied or knownsomebody who had cyber-bullied others.

Of those who said they hadbeen affected by cyber-bullying,

the most common effects wereon their confidence, self-esteemand mental and emotional well-being. Over a quarter of thosewho had been cyber-bullied(28.8%) said that they hadstayed away from school andover a third (38.9%) hadstopped socialising outsideschool as a result.

Most young people thoughtcyber-bullying was just asharmful as other forms ofbullying (74.4%). Somethought it was far worsebecause this bullying ispermanent in written or pictureformat, could get very personaland could be transmitted tomany more people morequickly. It was also suggestedthat the secretive nature ofcyber-bullying caused additionalfear in the victim. Also, becausecyber-bullying can take place atany time and in any place,options for escape are limited.

Of those who had soughtsupport to deal with cyber-bullying, most said that theyhad spoken to their parents/carers, while nearly half hadapproached a teacher orsomeone else in school.Reasons for not seeking supportincluded a fear of making thecyber-bullying worse and feelingthat they were able to deal withthe incident themselves. Somekey strategies used by youngpeople to deal with cyber-bullying included changing or

blocking their instantmessenger, email addresses andmobile numbers, and beingcareful who they gave theirpersonal details to. Only a smallminority took action by reducingtheir use of social networkingsites.

Steven Walker said, ‘Whilemost online interactions areneutral or positive, the internetprovides a new means throughwhich children and youngpeople are bullied.

‘Some people who cyber-bullythink that they won’t get caughtif they do it on a mobile phoneor on the internet. The peoplewho cyber-bully are usuallyjealous, angry or want to haverevenge on someone, often forno reason at all. Cyber-bulliesoften think that getting theirgroup of friends to laugh atsomeone makes them look coolor more popular; some peoplealso bully others as a form ofentertainment or because theyare bored and have too muchtime on their hands; many do itfor laughs or just to get areaction.

‘Respondents frequently wroteabout “messing with people’sheads”, causing “upset”, and

even “depression” deriving fromthe bullies’ actions. Onerespondent told us that“bullying greatly contributed tomy low self-esteem”. Manysuggested that this form ofbullying, like other forms, can“push people over the edge”and lead to suicide attemptsand also successful suicides.

‘Many of the respondents in ourstudy thought that cyber-bulliesdo not actually think they arebullying. In the main, theythought that cyber-bullying wasseen by bullies as merely aform of “harmless fun”, a jokeand therefore not an issue.Others thought cyber-bullies aremotivated by a lack ofconfidence and a desire forcontrol, perhaps because theyare too cowardly to bully face toface.

‘As the use of social mediaamongst young peoplecontinues to grow, unlessproperly addressed by host sitesand government agencies, theproblem of cyber-bullying isonly likely to get worse.’

Jon GreenPress Officer, CorporateMarketing, International &Development Services

LEADING NEWS


� Research leader, Steven Walker.

Cyber-bullyingaffects one in fiveyoungsters in UKAnglia Ruskin research discoversimpact on young people’s mentalhealth


Inaugural professoriallecture on 9 Septemberby Rowland Wymer...Full story on page 7

We are looking for a memberof the support staff at theChelmsford campus to joinSenate, with effect fromSeptember 2011. Senate isour most senior academiccommittee, reporting to theBoard of Governors, withresponsibility for a range ofkey issues, including theprinciples of the curriculum,academic standards ofpathways and courses and forpolicies for assessment of theacademic performance of ourstudents. As a member ofSenate, you will have theopportunity to contribute yourthoughts and ideas on keystrategies and policies, whichsupport the development ofour academic activities.

Elections are now taking placefor a member of support stafffrom the Chelmsford campus.Nomination forms can beobtained from Debbie Cutmorein the Academic Office ([email protected] phone ext 4911). Thecompleted nomination formshould be signed by twomembers of support staff fromthe Chelmsford campus andreturned to Rachel Ryan,Secretary to the Senate,Academic Office, by 5.00pmon Monday 12 September2011.

I would like to take thisopportunity to encouragecolleagues to stand forelection and to assist in takingour work forward at this timeof great change, bothnationally and, consequently,within Anglia Ruskin.

Professor Michael Thorne,Vice Chancellor, Chair ofSenate

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

2 August, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express,Scotsman, BBC Essex and BBC Radio 4Steven Walker, Principal Lecturer in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, talks about his research into cyber-bullying.

25 July, BBC EssexTim Froggatt, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, discusses the state of the high street in Essex and thecompanies that are thriving despite competition from out-of-town and online shopping.

18 July, BBC EssexBill Tupman, Research Fellow in the Criminology Department, explains the relationship between the policeand the media following the resignation of Sir Paul Stephenson.

11 July, BBC EssexAlison Feist, Deputy Head of Teacher Education, discusses SATS testing in the wake of criticism fromteachers over marking standards and the Lord Bew review.

8 July, BBC CambridgeshireJohn White, Lecturer in Film & Media, is interviewed about the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

7 July, BBC Cambridgeshire and BBC onlineTony Howard, Head of Higher Skills@Work is interviewed about RAF medics studying with Anglia Ruskin.

27 June, BBC EssexDr Rob Walker, Deputy Head of the Department of Computing & Technology, explains how the hot weathercan cause significant delays to rail services.

27 June, BBC CambridgeshireRoger Jeynes, Professor of Management Practice, discusses how Cambridgeshire companies can benefitfrom venture capital trusts.

24 June, BBC Look EastPhotographs taken by student Tony Ellis, highlighting the plight of rhinos in South Africa, are featured ona morning news bulletin.

22 June, BBC Look EastSteve Dupree, Head of Sport and Active Lifestyles, talks about how Anglia Ruskin and Chelmsford haverallied round to host the Great Britain women’s volleyball team.

22 June, BBC EssexMartin Roots, Senior Lecturer in Computing, discusses computer hacking following the arrest of a 19-year-old who was thought to be involved with the LulzSec group.

20 June, BBC EssexAndrew Gilbert, Senior Lecturer in Law, explains human rights law and how it might be used by peopleopposing a new ‘shared space’ development in Southend.

16 June, NatureProfessor Mike Cole writes about the dangers of designer drugs and the law’s attempts to keep pace withunderground chemists.

15 June, BBC Look East, BBC Cambridgeshire, BBC Scotland, BBC WalesDr Peter Brown talks about the launch of Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland, a book he has co-authored.

13 June, BBC CambridgeshireStudents Kanayo Ogwu, Phill Richardson and Tom Barton discuss their experiences of taking part in TheBig Pitch business competition.

10 June, BBC Suffolk, BBC Norfolk and BBC CambridgeshireAbby Stancliffe-Vaughan explains her research into signal crayfish, which are invading the waterways ofthe UK.

Support staffrepresentative onSenate –Chelmsford campus

We are fortunate to have awell-organised and successfulStudent RepresentativeScheme to enable eachstudent cohort to offerfeedback effectively to theirstaff about their academicexperience. Although wesurvey students, electedStudent Reps are potentially amore dynamic and immediateway to ensure a productivedialogue to ensure anexcellent student experience.

At Anglia Ruskin, StudentRepresentation is jointlymanaged between theUniversity and the Students’Union. Our Student Reps aregiven training and support bythe SU, who also gatherfeedback from the body ofStudent Reps and provide uswith a bigger picture of theissues that have concerned orpleased our students.

Programme leaders areresponsible for ensuring thatelections for reps are held atthe start of each programme,and for ensuring that yourstudent cohort knows that ithas mechanisms it can andshould use to providefeedback. All students,whether full-time, part-time,undergraduate, postgraduate

or research, are eligible tostand as a StudentRepresentative. It is in ourinterest to have as diverse arange of representatives aspossible. Whatever your job,all student-facing staff canhelp in promoting the systemand encouraging the Reps.

Our newly updated StudentCharter now includes aspecific section on the StudentRepresentative Scheme. Wewill be promoting the Charterto students but it is importantthat we as staff keep to thecommitments made. TheCharter says:

Your Student RepresentativeEvery course has electedStudent Representatives whoensure that your commentsand any issues about yourcourse are raised with yourteaching staff.

We will:• hold elections in class foryour studentrepresentatives no laterthan week 5

• inform the Students’ Unionof the names of thoseelected no later than week 6

We expect you to:• participate in elections

• know who yourrepresentative is and givethem feedback when asked.

Once Student Reps areelected, they are trained andsupported by Student RepCoordinators (SRCs) on eachof the four core campuses.The SRCs are employed bythe Students’ Union: contactdetails for the SRCs can befound athttp://angliastudent.com/getinvolved/student_reps.

This year there will be somebig changes in the wayStudent Reps are trained. Inaddition to face-to-facetraining provided throughoutthe academic year by theSRCs, training will also bedelivered online through theVLE. Please encourage allReps to complete the trainingas it is here where they learnabout how Anglia Ruskinworks and how to gatherstudent views properly torepresent their cohortshonestly and accurately –good or bad!

The SU will also bemonitoring attendance both attraining and at meetings toevaluate where the system isworking effectively and where

it needs improving. Findings ofthis process will be reportedthrough the Anglia RuskinInitiative for StudentEngagement (ARISE) workinggroup and via University andSU Liaison meetings.

Our Student Reps are ratedhighly. We were delighted thatFrancesca Rust and EmilyShort were the NUS CourseRepresentatives of the year.See the story of their successin the facing article.

Support for youThe Student RepresentativeCoordinators are also availableto help and support anymember of the academic staffwho is running Rep electionsor who has any queries about,or issues regarding, Reps orRepresentation. They arealways willing to talk togroups of staff, for example, indepartmental meetings, togive an insight into howRepresentation works atAnglia Ruskin.

Julie WalkingDirector of Student ServicesGuy StepneyRepresentation &Communication Manager,Students’ Union

Student RepresentationNEWS


The Faculty of Science &Technology is very pleased toannounce that ProfessorMunir Morad joined AngliaRuskin on Friday 1 July astheir Deputy Dean.

Professor Eamon Strain, Deanof Science & Technology, saidof Munir’s appointment, ‘I amdelighted to welcomeProfessor Morad to ourFaculty as the new Deputy

Dean. Munir was previouslyHead of Department andProfessor of EnvironmentalPlanning at London SouthBank University and bringswith him considerableexperience as both anacademic leader and a highlysuccessful researcher. I amsure he will greatly strengthenour team, as we work toestablish ourselves as theprovider of choice for

students, employers andindustry who seek world-classteaching, consultancy andresearch that is relevant tothe needs of the science andtechnology-based professions.’

Claire WilsherFaculty Marketing Manager,Faculty of Science &Technology

New Deputy Dean joins the Faculty of Science & Technology

CLA to conductphotocopying survey atAnglia Ruskin...Full story on page 9

were awarded the ‘OutstandingAchievement Award’ forrepresentation in 2009–10.

Concerned about thecomprehensive spending reviewand the impact it would have onstudents and Reps, Fran andEmily approached the SU duringthe summer period to discussways in which they couldpositively support students withthe imminent changes ahead.They proposed ideas aboutforming a Student Rep Society;a group of students dedicated tochampioning representation –driven by students, for students.

The Student Rep Society wasformed in August 2010. Whilstit is in its infancy, the impactthis society has had over thelast academic year has beenpowerful.

‘They have achieved more in theirfirst year than most have in five.’Student quote from thenomination for ‘Society of theYear Award’.

Both Fran and Emily have beenheavily involved in the

promotion of Student Reps.Their passion for representationpenetrated the student bodyduring the induction andfreshers’ period, tripling thenumber of students interested inbecoming a Student Rep.

Fran and Emily were nominatedto attend the National CourseRep Conference in November2010. Sadly, due to adverseweather conditions, they couldnot attend. This was verydisappointing for them.However, with guidance fromthe SU, they decided to hosttheir own Rep Conference forour Student Reps to attend. TheReps sought sponsorship fromLAIBS to fund the event andinvited guest speakers from theNUS, Student Services, our SUand a Deputy Vice Chancellor.The event attracted a high levelof interest and was very wellreceived by the attendees andthe speakers. There are plans tohost this event annually.

The outstanding work of thesociety was recognised not onlyby the NUS but also by our SU,and at the Annual Clubs andSocieties Ball they wereannounced winners of the‘Society of the Year Award’. Franalso won ‘SUperstar of the YearAward’ with studentscommenting that: ‘Herinfectious personality inspirespeople to listen to her’.

It is Student Reps like thesewho make the rep systemstronger, our jobs easier andworking here a lot of fun! Pleasejoin us in congratulating thisterrific achievement.

Laura HolmanStudent Rep Coordinator(Cambridge)

ProfessorRowland Wymer’sInaugural Lecture

Date: 9 September 2011Time: 6.30pmVenue: LAB 026

All welcomeScience fiction is a literary formthat ‘exploits the imaginativeperspectives of modern science’(David Pringle) and mighttherefore be presumed to beindifferent or hostile to religiousfeelings and beliefs. In fact, thegenre has a stronglymetaphysical orientation andmany of its most interesting textstake the form of theologicalthought experiments that probethe conflict between religion andscience found in all modernindustrial societies.

After a brief account of some ofthe many different ways in whichscience fiction can engage withreligious ideas, there will be amore detailed consideration oftwo novels with an explicitlytheological dimension, MichaelMoorcock’s Behold the Man andMary Doria Russell’s TheSparrow. Finally, ProfessorWymer will compare StanislawLem’s classic novel Solaris withits film adaptation by AndreiTarkovsky in order to proposesome general conclusions aboutthe relationship between scienceand religion in science fiction.

If you are interested in attending,please contact Frances Watt [email protected] or onext 2420.


� NUS Awards 2011 winners, Emily Short and Francesca Rust.

Student Rep Award success– the winners’ story

It gives the Students’ Uniongreat pleasure to announce thatthe NUS ‘Course Representativesof the Year’ are none other thanour very own Francesca Rustand Emily Short from the LordAshcroft International BusinessSchool.

I nominated these two StudentReps for the extremelycompetitive award in May. Thiscategory received over 390nominations from Students’Unions across the UK. Despitethe enormous competition, thejudging panel of NUS President,Liam Burns, Shami ChakrabartiCBE, the BBC’s Sean Coughlanand Endsleigh ManagingDirector, Ian Passmore,announced the winners of thisprestigious award as LAIBSStudent Representatives Franand Emily.

Why Fran and Emily are a cutabove the restFran and Emily became Reps in2009–10. Their enthusiasticattitude towards training andmeetings was evident to the SUand was frequently commentedon by academic staff. Both Reps

‘Science Fiction andReligion’

The winners of the 2011 ViceChancellor’s Awards have nowbeen announced! The Awardsacknowledge outstandingcontributions to our community.Now in their fourth year, theAwards continue to attract arange of nominations – thisyear we received 23,representing 44 colleagues.Only eight awards may bemade each year, so the panel’stask, to select those to berecommended to our ViceChancellor for an award, wasdifficult. This year, there wasone team award and sixindividual awards, but also fourindividual and one team awardin the new ‘HighlyCommended’ category.

The GoGreen Team in the LordAshcroft International BusinessSchool created an action-learning experience for studentsin LAIBS by involving themwith our environmentalpractices. Dr Beatriz Acevedocommented on behalf of the

team, ‘We are delighted toreceive the VC Award for ourteam effort in promotingstudent involvement in eco-auditing practices. Our projectbegan as an experiment aboutaction learning on sustainability,which has grown during thelast two years. This awardevidences the spirit of theFaculty and Anglia RuskinUniversity in promotinginnovative experiences, and wefeel valued in our efforts. Nowwe need to “Go Green” evenfurther!’

Christine Durrant, Manager ofMarketing, Communicationsand External Relations in theLord Ashcroft InternationalBusiness School, worked forthe last two years on theresearch, development, designand installation of innovativewall graphics in the Michael AAshcroft Building, with the aimof communicating differingmessages to our variousstakeholders. She said, ‘On

hearing that I had beenselected to receive a ViceChancellor’s Award I wasdelighted beyond words. Formy work to be appreciated andrecognised in this way istremendous; I feel veryhonoured. I also greatlyappreciate having been giventhe opportunity to work onsuch an exciting project throughwhich I was not only able tocontribute to corporateobjectives and values, but alsoachieve a long-held vision ofcommunicating with ourstudents and stakeholdersthrough wall art.’

Dr Kevin Flanagan, a seniorlecturer in the Department ofMusic and Performing Arts,commented on receiving hisaward, ‘I would like to thankAnglia Ruskin for its continuingsupport for the extra-curricularprojects I undertake. This latestaward is just one of manyinstances where theencouragement of my HoD and

faculty have helped to realisemy work. This ranges from theassistance and encouragementduring my postgraduatedegrees, which tipped mydecision to retire (well, partiallyanyway) from my peripateticroad samurai musician’s life, tothe support I have hadthroughout my variouscompositional projects thatinput into my teaching. Ibelieve the ability to continueas a creative artist while in postenriches the school’s learningand cultural environments, andthus adds immensely to thestudent experience.’ His workon the RipRap project standsas an excellent example of theintegration of academicresearch, professional practice,community engagement andthe dissemination of high-quality work for the widerbenefit of our community.

Daniel Jagger, Technical Officerin the Faculty of Arts, Law &Social Sciences, developed theRuskin Digital Gallery project,alongside the (analogue) RuskinGallery. The revampeddigital/analogue Ruskin Galleryis a nationally significant spacebringing together digital andanalogue exhibition possibilitiesin a new and exciting way. Dantook over a £360k project,which in terms of size, scopeand complexity, was simplyoutstanding. He commented onreceiving his award, ‘I amhonoured to be receiving one ofthis year’s VC awards for myrole in the development of theRuskin Digital Gallery. I alsofeel honoured to have workedalongside some outstandingcolleagues, whose support wasinvaluable throughout, and amflattered that my contributionshould be recognised in thisway. The project itself, and theassociated galleryrefurbishment, were at timesdemanding but nevertheless

Winners of the 2011 Vice Chancellor’sNEWS


� Winners of the 2011 Vice Chancellor’s Awards: (l–r): (back row) Daniel Jagger, Dr Rob Walker, MauriceWakeham, Rebecca Taylor, Lorraine Silk, Dr Kevin Flanagan, Haider Shukhaer and Romas Malevicius; (frontrow) Alexa Cesaretto, Tasha Brignell, Jackie Naish, Dr Beatriz Acevado, Vice Chancellor Professor Mike Thorne,Christine Durrant, Sarah Johnson and Dr Geraldine Davis.

Academic learns theEricksonian approach tocommunication...Full story on page 12

enjoyable, and I hope thatexhibitors and visitors will enjoythe new facilities.’

Jackie Naish, HelpdeskSupervisor for Estates &Facilities, manages a FacilitiesHelpdesk of three staff, whoanswer 26,600 calls a year, log27,000 car parking bookingsand enter and distribute35,500 jobs for maintenancestaff. She commented onreceiving her award, ‘My initialreaction was one of shock.Once I had time to take it in, Ifelt very proud and pleased.Although this is a personalaward I do consider myself verymuch a team player, and seethis as reward for not only myachievements but also all thegood work my colleagues inEstates & Facilities do.’

Lorraine Silk’s outstandingcommitment ensures thatWelcome activities, publicitymaterials and web-basedFresher information give anexcellent first impression ofAnglia Ruskin University.Lorraine, StudentCommunications Coordinator inStudent Services, commentedon receiving her award, ‘I wasvery shocked and pleasantlysurprised to be told I had beennominated for a ViceChancellor’s Award. I wasreally touched that my linemanagers had taken the time toput together an application onmy behalf, and that alone mademe feel valued andappreciated, especially as Ienjoy the job I do. To then betold I had actually beensuccessful – well that’s just theicing on the cake!’

Professor Tony Wigram (Facultyof Arts, Law & Social Sciences):Tony’s exemplary leadershipskills helped lay thefoundations of the musictherapy research milieu here,

which has enhanced ournational and internationalreputation. He instigated acollaboration between us andeight universities acrossEurope, USA and Australia,which led to the establishmentof the International Consortiumfor Music Therapy Research,now the global leader of musictherapy research. In November2010, the AmericanAssociation of Music Therapyawarded him for ‘outstandingservice to the profession ofmusic therapy’ and in March2011, the British Associationfor Music Therapy recognisedhis ‘outstanding contribution tothe academic discipline ofmusic therapy’.

Highly CommendedThe Timetabling and SpaceManagement Team (Estates &Facilities Services): the teamproduced the first timetable forall students for a wholeacademic year using newsoftware that they had to learnhow to use as they went along,working countless hours’overtime and putting homelives on hold. The team workedwithin an extremely tighttimescale, showing absolutecommitment to the goal – aremarkable effort, under oftendifficult circumstances.

Dr Valerie Purton (Faculty ofArts, Law & Social Sciences):Valerie is one of Anglia Ruskin’sbest ‘ambassadors of English’,using her expert knowledge togenerate enthusiasm and buildnetworks for literary studies inthe wider regional, national andinternational community,beyond the remit of her role asa Reader in English. Heractivities cluster around thepublic understanding ofVictorian literature and culture,specifically Tennyson andDickens.

Rebecca Taylor (HumanResources): Rebecca wasresponsible for coming up withthe idea for the ‘Take a Break,Take Advantage’ wellbeingevents for staff as a way ofengaging with staff as part ofthe employee engagement andwellbeing agenda. She workedtirelessly to organise theseevents through activelyengaging with contributors on aregular basis and coordinatingthe arrangements, despite thisnot being part of her role as HRAdministration Manager.

Maurice Wakeham (UniversityLibrary): Maurice took onrunning our book group, RuskinReaders, on top of all his otherduties as Faculty LiaisonLibrarian for the Faculty ofHealth & Social Care. He hasbeen running the group for overtwo years, bringing togetherLibrary and other staff in aworthwhile, enjoyable activity,and liaising with Essex Librariesin getting a huge variety ofbooks for the group to read.

Dr Rob Walker (Faculty ofScience & Technology). Despitethe challenging economicclimate, the Faculty of Science& Technology has a continuousflow of candidates forengineering courses inChelmsford, with more than90% satisfaction in the NSS2010, to a large extent thanksto Rob Walker. Rob has been adriving force behind involvingcolleagues in consultancy andresearch; used contacts in theindustry to create externalsources of income; andchampioned the recruiting ofinternational students.

Michelle BernardResearcher, Anglia Learningand Teaching

Copyright LicensingAgency choosesAnglia Ruskin toconduct usage survey


Awards

The Copyright Licensing Agency(CLA) will be carrying outsurveys on the photocopying,scanning and emailing of workwithin Anglia Ruskin to gaininformation as to how to allocatelicensing fees to authors andother rights’ holders.

From 26 September to4 November, boxes will beplaced next to photocopierslocated within the Faculty ofScience & Technology, theFaculty of Health & Social Care,the Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences and the Lord AshcroftInternational Business School.

Users of the photocopiers areasked to place a single copy ofthe page that identifies the workin the box. This is either theISBN/title page of a book, theISSN/title page of a journal, or acopy of the journal cover and thefirst page of the article copied.There will also be stickersprovided to record the number ofpages and copies made.

The CLA is a non-profit-makingcompany set up by authors andpublishers to license thephotocopying, scanning andemailing of their works. Theyfacilitate access to copyrightmaterials, represent the rights ofauthors, artists and publishersand protect the value of theircreativity.

These surveys are a means ofidentifying the authors, artistsand publishers whose works arecopied, so that they candistribute licence fees to them.The surveys also provide anopportunity to discuss copyrightissues with licensees and toanswer any questions that mayarise.

For more information, pleasecontact Sue Fry, Head of DigitalCopy Services, [email protected] or ext4031.

� With Dr Siderov (front centre) are (front row, l–r) Professor DatoRamani, Dean; Dr Pall Singh, Consultant Ophthalmologist; ProfessorShanmugam; and Dr Ananth, Deputy Dean; with other academiccolleagues and the first graduating class of optometry students.

The Renewable Energy andInternational Law (REIL)network members usuallymeet once a year at Yale. TheGlobal Sustainability Instituteat Anglia Ruskin Universityhosted the first CambridgeRoundtable of the REILnetwork on 20 and 21 June.A short film from the event isavailable on the GSI website(visit www.anglia.ac.uk/gsi).

Renewable energy remains apolicy challenge for manyleaders around the world. It isa topic many probably wishwas not there.

Climate change and energysecurity create a complexpolitical challenge that mustnot only be considered in thecontext of well-entrenchedexisting energy markets andtheir incumbents, but alsowith a host of other issuessuch as international security,international trade, financial

stability, inequity, debt, healthcare, pensions and poverty (inall its guises).

It is not helped by increasingdivisions within countries,which means that passing anysort of national legislation isincredibly difficult if notimpossible – never mindsigning up to boldinternational treaties.

While there is some scope forthe deployment of excitingtechnologies over the shortterm, sometimes supported bygovernment policies such asFeed-in-Tariffs in countriessuch as China and Germany,to achieve the scale ofdeployment envisaged underinternational politicalnegotiations, such as theUnited Nations FrameworkConvention on ClimateChange (UNFCCC), requiresmuch more political backingand legislative support.

So the real challenge now ishow to move renewableenergy and the inter-relatedchallenges into the ‘action’pile within national, state andlocal governments. This is abold challenge and it needsbold leadership to tackle it. Itis about risk management andeconomic growth; however, itdoes need a wholesalechange in the economicsupply chain, whichunfortunately is very difficultto achieve piece-meal.

A truly robust UNFCCCagreement should be able toprovide a framework thatallows countries to developnational policies, which are atleast consistent, allowingglobal solutions to get to scalequickly. This is why theUNFCCC process does needto agree a framework forcommon approaches to policydevelopment as soon aspossible. This process will be

supported by domestic action– but domestic action is not asubstitute for it.

Kick starting a new industrialrevolution is no small task,but neither is spreadingdemocracy across the MiddleEast – and access toinformation and visionaryleaders created the ‘ArabSpring’. Maybe we need a‘Green Winter’ to galvaniseaction to tackle climatechange. With the Arctic icemelting at unprecedentedrates, we may achieve a‘Green Winter’ sooner than wethink.

This is an extract from anarticle, which first appearedin Global Energy Reviewwww.globalenergyreview.co.ukon 12 July 2011.

For more information, pleasecontact Aled Jones [email protected].

First Cambridge Renewable Energyand International Law roundtablehosted by Anglia Ruskin

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The National Institute ofOphthalmic Sciences (NIOS)

(the academic arm of the TunHussein Onn National Eye

Hospital) in Kuala Lumpurdelivers the only hospital-based optometry course inMalaysia. The optometrycurriculum is based on a four-year model, where the firstthree years involve basicscience and pre-clinicalstudies, culminating in a finalclinical year spent examiningpatients both in primary andspecialist care. Students at theNIOS are able to access thespecialist equipment of theeye hospital and the widerange of patients who seektreatment there.

Dr Siderov, Head of Vision andHearing Sciences (Faculty ofScience & Technology), wasinvited in June as external

examiner for the firstgraduating class later thisyear.

‘It was a pleasure to workwith a dedicated team ofacademic staff and a group ofenthusiastic students’ said DrSiderov. During his visit, DrSiderov conducted viva voceexaminations of the final-yearstudents, reviewedexamination materials andcourse work and also hadtime to deliver twopresentations to students andstaff during his three-day visit.

For more information aboutour association with NIOS,please contact Dr Siderov [email protected].

Vision and Hearing Supporting International Optometry

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We are one of the firstuniversities in the country tohave met the Nursing andMidwifery Council’s new pre-registration nursing educationstandards. To date, only 12universities in the UK havefulfilled the new criteria, whichare designed to ensure thatnewly qualified nurses areprepared for the future needs ofpatients and employers.

Rita Newland, Director ofEducation at the Nursing andMidwifery Council, said, ‘Thesenew standards are critical toenabling nurses to develop theskills they need to meet thechanging needs of patients.They will help future nursescare for an ageing population,with growing numbers of peoplewith long-term conditions, andare able to meet rising patientexpectations.

‘In the future, nurses will needto think even more broadly, andhave the confidence to lead andmanage, as well as recogniseand anticipate trends and futurechallenges.’

Universities have beenencouraged to take aninnovative approach, and arenow required to involve patientsin student selection, coursedesign and teaching. VanessaWaller, our Acting Director ofPre-Registration Nursing, said,‘We are offering a completelyredesigned programme, entirelyat degree level, that has agreater emphasis on preparationahead of practice in our newmock wards and skills labs. Indesigning our new courses, wehave worked very closely withpatients and patient focusgroups to find out what theyexpect from a nurse and whatthey expect a nurse to be ableto do, and this has had a majorinfluence on the content of ourcourses.’


� A student nurse, learning in one of our mock wards.

Nursing degrees set new standardsPatients play a crucial role in helping to design course programmes

The new programmes willenhance students’ skills in awide range of areas including,providing broader knowledge offundamentals across all fields ofnursing; preparing them for newways of working and greateruse of technology; and givinggreater practical experience inthe community.

Professor David Humber, ProVice Chancellor and Dean of theFaculty of Health & Social Care,said, ‘We are delighted thatAnglia Ruskin is amongst thefirst 12 universities in the UK tomeet the Nursing and MidwiferyCouncil’s new pre-registrationnursing standards. This reflectsthe dedication shown by bothstaff and students within thefaculty, and highlights theirpassion for innovation andimproving patient care.’


On 24 June, the Faculty ofHealth & Social Care welcomeddelegates from MacaoPolytechnic University onto ourFulbourn campus. Ourcolleagues had been visiting theUK to gain an insight intonursing education in the countryand were keen to exploreworking opportunities with theFaculty.

The Chinese delegates met withMark Vertue (Head ofDepartment, Acute Care),Sharon Andrew (Professor ofNursing) and Jonathan Secker(Recruitment &Communications Manager) todiscuss research collaboration

and student exchange visits. Inreturn, the team was treated toan insight into the nursingeducation system in China aswell as research themes thatstaff at Macao Polytechnic weredeveloping.

As a sign of gratitude, thedelegates presented the Facultywith a paperweight engravedwith the Macao Polytechnicbuilding as well as a Macaocorporate tie for Mark andJonathan to model when theyvisit Macao.

For more information, pleasecontact Jonathan Secker([email protected]).

Faculty welcomes Chinese visitors

� Mark Vertue (Head of Department Acute Care), Yin Lee (Vice PresidentMacao Polytechnic University), Karry Liu (Director, School of HealthSciences, Macao Polytechnic University) and Ying Lau (AssociateProfessor, School of Health Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University).

Greening the profession –Sustainability in MidwiferyIn early July, the Faculty ofHealth & Social Care hosted aworkshop, ‘Greening theprofession – Sustainability inMidwifery’, which was led byLorna Davies (Senior Lecturerin Midwifery at ChristchurchPolytechnic Institute ofTechnology in New Zealand) inconjunction with SharonMcDonald (Director of CPDand Postgraduate Portfolio,FHSC).

The workshop was attendedby 42 delegates, made up ofcurrent third-year midwiferystudents, Anglia Ruskinstudents from other coursesand local and independentmidwives from the Easternregion. When asked, ‘Whatdid you enjoy most about theworkshop?’ delegate commentsincluded: ‘Awareness of globalconcerns and how we canchange practice, including ourown.’ and ‘I had not actuallythought about sustainability inmidwifery practice, so it was athought-provoking day.’

Academic enterprise inArizonaDuring July, Dave Hawkes,Senior Lecturer, Faculty ofHealth & Social Care, visitedPhoenix, Arizona to study withthe Milton H Erickson

Foundation as part of hisenterprising academics award.Dave used the award to attendthree weeks of intensivetraining in hypnosis andadvanced communication withthe world-leading therapistsBrent Geary and Jeff Zeig.

Milton H Erickson, who diedin 1980, is one of the mostenigmatic and interestingcharacters in the world ofpsychotherapy and hypnosis.Surviving polio as a teenagerin the early 1900s, Ericksonwent on to become a medicaldoctor, psychiatrist and theleading hypnotist of his day.His approach wascharacterised by a completelyindividual outlook to therapy,each session being tailored tothe individual as a person andfocused on hope, growth andresiliency rather than on thediagnosis. He used indirectmethods, storytelling,multiple-layeredcommunications and hypnosisto profoundly change people’spatterns of behaviour, beliefsand self-worth – often in onlyone or two sessions. A famouscase study involved himsuggesting to a man whobelieved he was Jesus, ‘Iunderstand you are interestedin carpentry?’ to which theonly answer was yes – andErickson helped him work in

the hospital woodworkdepartment: he eventually hadhis own furniture-makingbusiness! Erickson’s influencecan be seen in thedevelopments of strategic,systemic, solution-focusedapproaches, brief therapies ingeneral, family therapy andneuro-linguistic programming(NLP). A close personal friendof Margaret Mead and GregoryBateson, he was especiallyskilled at working withmultiple communications andwith resistant clients. Hiswork has applications toeducation, therapy andbusiness.

When he returned to AngliaRuskin in August, Davepresented his experiences anda view of Ericksonianapproaches to therapy andcommunication, and he hopesto create consultancyopportunities as well asconferences and workshopsaround applications ofadvanced communicationlearned on the course. Dave isincorporating this learning intohis current PhD studies andhas had an offer ofcollaboration with AngliaRuskin from Jeff Zeig, a worldleader in hypnosis and one ofthe few therapists workingtoday who knew Ericksonpersonally.

Alongside this visit, DaveHawkes and David Hingley’spaper ‘42 hope-buildingquestions’ is due to bepublished in the Septemberedition of Mental HealthPractice and uses someEricksonian ideas.

Confusion modelDave Hawkes, AmandaBlackhall, David Hingley andSteve Wood (All FHSCDepartment of Mental Health)have collaborated on a newmodel to help people withconfusion. Their initial draftpaper on this innovativeapproach has gained a lot ofsupport in the USA, Chile,Mexico, Holland and Austria,with professionals from each ofthese countries commendingtheir approach to older peopleand to psychosis. There havebeen firm offers ofcollaboration from each of thesecountries on developing andevaluating the new model. Theirpaper is likely to be acceptedfor publication in the NursingStandard later this year, andcements Anglia Ruskin’sposition as an innovator in thefield of mental health.

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

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Angela Cobbold (SeniorLecturer, OperatingDepartment Practice) hasbeen appointed as theAssociation for PerioperativePractice (AfPP) Regional Leadfor the whole of Anglia.

The aim of AfPP regionalleads is to facilitateeducational activity andnetworking within the region,

and to act as a conduit ofcommunications between theAfPP Board, HQ and themembership in the givenregion – in effect,communicating best practice,promoting high standards,and ensuring efficient andeffective safe patient care isat the forefront of theperioperative healthcareprofession.

Angela commented, ‘I feelextremely privileged to beinvited to undertake this roleand embrace the challengesthat it will inevitably bring asperioperative practicesadvance and become moreinnovative.’

AfPP is a registered charityworking to enhance skills andknowledge within operating

departments, associated areasand sterile servicesdepartments. It aims toenhance the quality of care inthe NHS and the independentsector throughout the UK.

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

Leading the region

MA in Publishingstudent wins internshipin literary institution...Full story on page 17

Our Vision and Eye ResearchUnit (VERU), which is part ofthe Postgraduate MedicalInstitute hosted the firstCambridge Cornea and CataractSymposium at St John’sCollege, Cambridge on Thursday14 April. The symposiumconsisted of a series of lecturesgiven by national andinternational speakers thatfocused on the twin themes of‘cornea’ and ‘refractive andcataract surgery’. It attracted

UK-wide participation fromophthalmologists, optometristsand scientists interested invision research.

Professor Madhavan Rajan(pictured left) planned andchaired the symposium.Professor Rajan is a seniormember of VERU and aConsultant Ophthalmic Surgeonat Addenbrooke’s Hospital,Cambridge. His presentation,entitled ‘Optimising visualoutcome in DSAEK – a practicalapproach’, focused on state-of-the-art refinements of moderncorneal transplant surgery, anumber of which weredeveloped in VERU inassociation with Addenbrooke’sHospital.

Roger Buckley Professor ofOcular Medicine and Associate

Director of VERU, spoke on‘Allergic eye disease – clinicalspectrum, pathology andtherapeutics’, concentrating onthe latest developments in themanagement of conditions thatrange from hay feverconjunctivitis, affecting a fifth ofthe population, to rare sight-threatening diseases. Delegatefeedback was mostenthusiastic.

The symposium as a wholeattracted excellent feedbackfrom the delegates:• 95% rated the event excellent

or good, with the remaining5% providing a satisfactoryscore

• At least 95% planned tomodify their clinical practicebased on information gainedfrom the event.


Professors’ vision rewarded

Professor Roger Buckley andProfessor Madhavan Rajan ofour Vision & Eye Research Unit(VERU) have been awardedfirst prize in the MedicalTechnology category of theSpotlight Competitionorganised by Health EnterpriseEast (HEE), the NHS regionalpartner organisation.

Their prizewinning idea is asmall environmental chamberfor the preparation of donortissue used in cornealtransplant surgery. This willmean a simpler and quickeroperation on patients with age-related corneal disease, leadingto more effective treatment andfaster recovery of vision.

The winners were presentedwith a specially engravedtrophy and a cheque for £2000to be spent on developing thechamber. Initial developmentwork will be carried out atVERU, where both ProfessorRajan and Professor Buckleyhold senior research posts.

Modern corneal transplantsurgery focuses on replacingjust the layers that arediseased, rather than the wholecornea. For transplantation ofthe innermost layers, it isimportant that the donor tissue

is very thin, and this cannotcurrently be assured in theconditions normallyencountered in operatingtheatres.

The proposed environmentalchamber, roughly the size of amicrowave oven, will allowdonor material to be preparedunder controlled conditions.Corneal thickness can bemeasured within the chamberand sterility can be maintained.

Professor Buckley said, ‘To beable to create predictably thindonor discs is the aim of everysurgeon carrying out aprocedure called Descemet’sStripping AutomatedEndothelial Keratoplasty(DSAEK), which isrevolutionising the managementof age-related corneal visualimpairment in our ageingsociety. The chamber willenable this to happen.

‘The operation, carried outunder local anaesthetic, issimpler and quicker thanconventional cornealtranslation. Vision is restoredmuch earlier – typically in sixweeks rather than a year ormore – and inpatient stays canbe shorter and outpatient visitsfewer, with correspondingreductions in healthcare costs.

‘These elderly patients are alsoless likely to suffer theproblems caused byimmobilisation in hospital andcan return to their normal livesmore quickly. Restoration ofvision has been shown toreduce the incidence ofaccidental falls with the dangerof hip fracture necessitatinghospital treatment.’

For more information, pleasecontact Professor Buckley [email protected].

Vision and Eye Research Unit hosts the Cambridge Cornea and Cataract SymposiumThe symposium was sponsoredand organised by Bausch &Lomb, and the delegate feeswere most generously donatedto support corneal researchwithin VERU.

Speaking of the success of thesymposium, VERU Director,Professor Shahina Pardhan,commented, ‘I am delightedthat the symposium was such asuccess. The fact that 95% ofattendees plan to modify theirclinical practice is ampleevidence of how important andrelevant the lectures were toclinical practice. We lookforward to VERU arrangingmore of these in the future.’

John MenziesMarketing Coordinator, Facultyof Science & Technology

� Professors Madhavan Rajan andRoger Buckley with their award.

On 14 July, 100 AS-levelstudents visited CambridgeSchool of Art to take part inhands-on workshops.

Originally designed as a four-workshop programme, interestfrom schools and colleges wasso overwhelming that a further

three workshops were added tothe offer. The workshops, whichwere supported by anAimhigher grant won by MickGowar, included Printmaking,Life Drawing, Fashion,Animation and Photography,and ran from 10am–3pm. Thestudents were given theopportunity to use our extensivefacilities in the Ruskin buildingand experience what art anddesign at a higher educationlevel will be like under theguidance of our lecturers, aswell as produce a piece of high-standard work for their portfolio.

The students, who came from10 different colleges from five

counties, were brimming withenthusiasm for the experience.

Hills Road student, Rhiannon,described the Animationworkshop as having, ‘A niceatmosphere and friendlyenvironment. The teachers arehelpful and let you get on withthe “project” but also give youadvice when needed.’

Of the Fashion workshop, KirstyPalmer from Samuel Ward,said, ‘We were shown how touse the equipment that wehadn’t used before, which wasreally helpful, and my ideaswere really encouraged, whichhelped build up my confidence.’

The photography studios madea great impression on AlysiaPlumb, from Barnwell School,who said, ‘I absolutely adoredthe studios, which introducedme to what it would feel like towork in a professional studio.’

Cambridge School of Art hopesto run more workshops toengage and inspire studentsover the forthcoming months.

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

Publication successesin communication and media

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The Communication, Film andMedia Studies Programme isproud to celebrate recentpublishing successes among itsacademic colleagues.

John White, Lecturer in Filmand Media, is the author ofWesterns in the Routledge FilmGuidebooks series (Routledge,2010). The book discusses theevolution of the Westernthrough history and looks attheoretical and criticalapproaches to the genre. Itincludes case studies of eightkey films, including My DarlingClementine, The Good, theBad and the Ugly andBrokeback Mountain.

One reviewer wrote, ‘I wasinterested to see this usefullittle guide. It surprised me.The cover lulls you intothinking you are going to get acut-down version of a coffee-table book, but actually whatyou get is a really well-writtenand researched application of awide range of theoreticalperspectives applied to the

genre. I shouldn’t have beensurprised, as John White is asharp thinker with a detailedknowledge of and passion forfilm.’ (Pete Fraser, MediaEducation Association, 2011)

Toby Venables, sessionallecturer in Film and MediaStudies, is the author of TheViking Dead (Abaddon Books,2011). Here is an extract fromthe novel’s blurb: ‘976 AD.Somewhere in NorthernEurope. Bjólf and the Vikingcrew of his ship Hrafn arehaving a bad day – and it’sabout to get much, muchworse. [...] Fleeing desperatelyup an unknown river after abitter battle, Bjólf’s men findthemselves in a bleak land ofpestilence and degradationwhere the dead don’t lie down,but become what the villagerscall draugr – the undead –returning to feed on the flesh oftheir kin...’

Toby developed a liking forhorror early, watching oldUniversal movies when his

parents thought he was asleep,and writing and starring in a(very bad) vampire movie forwhich he built his own coffin.Since going freelance as ajournalist, his words haveappeared in a wide range ofmedia, including web, radio,TV, cinema, mobile phone andthe back end of a bus. In2001 he won theKeats–Shelley Memorial Prize,and spent the proceeds on aFender Telecaster.

Toby explains what he wantedto do in this – his first – novel:‘I wanted to evoke a 10th-century Viking world asrealistically as possible before,er... doing bad stuff to it. I wasalso very aware that zombiescan seem rather morerepetitive on the page thanthey do on the screen – “Here’sanother one... oh, and here’sanother one...” – so I set outwith the intention of twistingthe genre a bit here and there,so that what was encounteredwasn’t quite what wasexpected. And I kind of wanted

tofind out how deepthat nightmare could go.’

Reviews for The Viking Deadhave been enthusiastic. ChrisWinterton wrote onhttp://hagelrat.blogspot.com: ‘Afantastic mix of history,violence and horror... Anyonelooking for twisted historicalfiction is advised to go grab acopy... You won’t bedisappointed.’ And GeorgeWilhite onwww.thehorrorreview.comchimed in: ‘Fans of both horrorand fantasy will enjoy thisnovel. It evokes the historicalperiod well and has a nice fastpace. There is a very originaltwist in the final chapter ... andat least two other nice twists Idid not see coming.’

Nina LübbrenActing Programme Leader ofCommunication, Film andMedia Studies, Faculty ofArts, Law & Social Sciences

Creative workshops work for colleges

� Students at the lifedrawingworkshop.

Bulletin readershipsurvey – make sure youtake part...Full details on page 19

Fine Art student Amanda Graveswon this year’s Dr SupaneeGazeley Fine Art Prize – and acheque for £2000! Thecompetition is open to all finalyear BA (Hons) Fine Artstudents studying for their firstdegree, and the prize is awardedfor the best body of work ondisplay at the Degree Show.

Dr Gazeley is an internationallyrenowned artist. She graduatedin 1962 from Cambridge Collegeof Arts & Technology (CCAT), aforerunner of Anglia RuskinUniversity. Before focusing onart, Dr Gazeley was a leadingfigure in the Hong Kongbusiness community for 40years. As well as interests in thecomputing and property sectors,where she headed up two majorgroups of companies eachsupporting thousands ofemployees, Dr Gazeley isacknowledged for bringinginnovative technology fromEurope into Hong Kong and, indoing so, making Hong Kong aserious competitor in the global

market within the watch andoptical industries.

Amanda Graves caught DrGazeley’s eye this year for herseries of abstract imagesdepicting cities, and in particulara piece of work entitled Metro-cell.

‘My artwork is based around aphysical awareness andinteraction with the cityenvironment,’ explainedAmanda. ‘The resulting paintingsare developed organically,implying the city itself is anorganism forever expandingoutwards, like an organic cellmultiplying to build somethingbigger. Metro-cell developedover a number of weeks, byapplying layers and colours,before introducing the cell-likecircles on top. I feel that thisenhances the organic yetsynthetic nature of large moderncities.

‘The standard was extremelyhigh within the BA (Hons) Fine

Art course and my class mates,tutors and technicians have allhelped me to win this prize,because they all played a crucialrole in my development as anartist. The award means that Ican invest in better equipmentto allow me to develop furtherand also explore other styles ofpainting.’

Dr Gazeley, who was awardedan Honorary Doctorate by AngliaRuskin in 2007, said, ‘Amanda’swide-ranging work encompassesthe very essence ofcontemporary art, with its boldcolours and physical awarenessillustrating different aspects ofmodern city life. I’m delighted tobe able to support young artists,particularly one as creative as


� Amanda Graves, holding her award, Dr Andy Salmon and Dr SupaneeGazeley, with Amanda’s work in the background.

Amanda’scityscapes are atoweringachievement

Amanda. I’ll be watching herfuture career with interest.’

Dr Andy Salmon, Deputy Deanof the Faculty of Arts, Law andSocial Sciences, said, ‘The BA(Hons) Fine Art cohortgraduating this year is a verystrong group of artists, andcompetition for the Dr SupaneeGazeley Fine Art Prize wasintense. I’m delighted thatAmanda has won this prizebecause she’s a very talentedpainter and her work is alreadyin demand beyond the confinesof Anglia Ruskin.’


Professor Rob Home (LawSchool, ALSS) gave an invitedpaper to an international

conference on ‘The SocialEconomy: CorporateResponsibility, Private Propertyand Partnerships, Workers’Rights and Co-operatives’, heldin Onati (Spain) on 6–8 July. Theconference was organised by theOnati International Institute forthe Sociology of Law, inassociation with the MondragonCorporation, which is afederation of worker co-operatives started in 1956 andis now the seventh largest

Spanish company in terms ofturnover, and is the leadingbusiness group in the BasqueCountry. In 2005 Rob ran aninternational workshop in Onatifunded by the Institute on‘Squatters or Settlers?:Rethinking Ownership,Occupation and Use in Land Law’.

Rob’s paper was entitled ‘Therole of new kinship, social andeconomic networks around landrights in Africa’, and follows on

from his work last year inKisumu (the Kenyan ancestralhome of Barack Obama) with adiaspora-development volunteerpilot project, funded by UKAidand VSO. The paper waspresented in a panel onNetworks of Trust, and isexpected to contribute as apublication towards the LawSchool REF submission in 2013.

For further information, pleasecontact [email protected].

Rob Home research on land rights presented at international conference

� Participants in Squatters orSettlers Workshop (Rob Homeseventh from right at back).

Those who specialise inworking with young childrenare gaining a boost to theircareers thanks to a newFoundation degree developedby Julia Druce, Senior Lecturerin the Faculty of Education.

The first semester of thecourse, which was initially runat Southend Adult CommunityCollege (SACC), but is alsoavailable at our Chelmsfordcampus and online, wascompleted this year.

‘What you’ve got in thispartnership with Anglia Ruskinis to opportunity for people tostudy at a level that theyaspired to but never dreamedof having,’ said Sarah-JaneHolmes, Director of FoundationLearning at SACC. ‘Thepartnership has offered thestudents a fantastic opportunitythat they wouldn’t haveotherwise got,’ agreed AnneHorn, Vocational Manager atSACC.

The students currently takingthe course see it as importantto improving their educationand increasing the careeroptions available to them.‘Personally, I put a highpremium on education. Thisaward is a stepping stone to agetting a BA,’ said JayneMatheron, a student taking thecourse in Southend.

Speaking of the SACC students,Julia Druce said, ‘This group’smotivation and commitment totheir studies has been high,and they have engaged withthe content of the taughtmodules, sharing practice andexperiences with each other tocreate a strong “community ofpractice”. It has been evidentthroughout the taught sessionsthat they have approachedtheir studies armed with goodorganisational skills, strongcoping mechanisms and aconscientious approach to theirstudies.’

This Foundation degreeprovides those who are alreadyworking with children anopportunity to developprofessional understanding,knowledge, and key skills whilestill working. The courseenables practitioners within thechildren and young peopleworkforce – early years

practitioners, teachingassistants and play workers –access to higher-levelqualifications.

Jamie WallisMarketing CampaignsCoordinator, LearningDevelopment Services

Professor Odell-Miller at InternationalArts Therapy conference

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Helen Odell-Miller (picturedleft), Professor of MusicTherapy and Director of ourMusic for Health ResearchCentre, presented the keynotespeech at this year’sInternational Centre forResearch in Arts Therapies(ICRA) conference.

The event, which took placeon 13 July at Conway Hall,London, was attended by over100 doctors, arts therapistsand other professionals fromaround the world.

Professor Odell-Miller’s speechaddressed the issue ofbalancing clinical effectivenessand research in arts therapy,

using thoughts and examplesabout priorities in highereducation and clinical settings.She has published andlectured widely on the subjectof arts therapy, presentingkeynote speeches at severalother national andinternational conferencesworldwide, as well as co-editing the book Supervisionof Music Therapy (Routledge,2009) and founding theEuropean Music TherapyCouncil.

The International Centre forResearch in Arts Therapieswas established in 2009 atImperial College London, withthe aim of exploring the

potential benefits of artstherapies to treat physical andmental disorders. Otherspeakers at the conferenceincluded Professor ChristianGold (Grieg Academy MusicTherapy Research Centre), DrHelen Killaspy (UniversityCollege London Medical Schooland Camden and IslingtonNHS Foundation Trust),Professor Diane Waller (Centrefor Mental Health, ImperialCollege) and Dr Mike Crawford(Imperial College London).

Gareth LongWeb and DigitalCommunications Coordinator,Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences

Early Years practitioners benefit from Anglia Ruskin degree

� Southend students celebrate the end of their first semester: SuparnaGhose, Skills Development Consultant, Higher Skills@Work; JuliaDruce, Pathway Leader; Angie Chapman, Early Years Training Mentor,Southend Borough Council; Sarah Holmes, Director of FoundationLearning, SACC; Anne Horn, Vocational Training Manager, SACC; withstudents Coral Papagavriel, Emma Nastili, Michelle Lane, Sarah Primett,Jeanette Mostyn, Jayne Matheron and Annabel Topley.

Our students invited tothe Daimler WorldDialogue...Full story on page 23

Dr Samantha Lundrigan(pictured above), PathwayLeader for Criminology, is set toembark on two new researchprojects in conjunction with twodifferent police bodies.

The importance of partnershipsbetween police and academicswas stressed in the recentScience and TechnologyInnovation Strategy, publishedby the National PolicingImprovements Agency in April2010. The strategy called for aclosing of the ‘gulf’ betweenresearchers and police, andassurances that police wereharnessing science, technologyand social science to maximumeffect.

Dr Lundrigan’s projectsexemplify this embeddedapproach to police practice-based research collaboration,aiming both to developevidence-based policing andproduce research outcomes withclear operational benefits.

The first of these projectsinvolves developing an offender-based interview tool withCambridgeshire Constabulary.This tool will be designed foruse with the area’s Priority andProlific Offenders. From anacademic perspective, theproject will enhanceunderstanding of offenderdecision-making, and willexplore the psychological and

environmental factors thatdetermine where offenderscommit their crimes. In practicalterms, the development of a toolthat allows for a focusedunderstanding of offenderbehaviour and geography hasobvious operational utility forfront-line policing and crimedetection.

In January 2011, Dr Lundriganwas also invited to work withthe Serious Crime AnalysisSection (SCAS) of the NationalPolicing Improvements Agencyto examine male-on-malestranger rape. The SeriousCrime Analysis Section (SCAS)was initiated by the HomeOffice in 1998 to identify thepotential emergence of serialkillers and serial rapists at theearliest stage. Together with acolleague from the University ofCambridge, Dr Lundrigan isworking on the development ofa behavioural model of male-on-male stranger rape.

The study will help to remedythe current lack of base-rateinformation regarding the typesand frequencies of behavioursthat occur in male rape. This iscrucial when trying to determinethose facets of offences that arebehaviourally important – acentral question for strangerrape investigations.

Both of these projects championthe philosophy of practice-basedresearch: research that reachesbeyond the pages of theacademic journal, with thepotential to have significantsocial and economic impact inthe wider community.

Gareth LongWeb and Digital CommunicationsCoordinator, Faculty of Arts, Law& Social Sciences

Parisian internshipa literary success!

Philippa Bowring, an MA inPublishing student, won theopportunity to complete a two-week internship in late July withShakespeare and Company,based in Paris. The prizeincluded accommodation in theFrench Capital and a uniqueliterary experience for Philippa,who found out she had beensuccessful just a few weeksbefore the internship started!

Founded in 1951 by AmericanGeorge Whitman, Shakespeareand Company started as abookshop and has since growninto a literary institution. Thisunique opportunity has givenPhilippa first-hand experience ina wide range of literary activitiesat one of the best companies inthe industry. With an annualliterary festival, writingworkshops, a literary prize anda magazine, in addition tobuying and selling books, thecompany had Philippa workingfrom 10am to 5pm every day.Of the whole experiencePhilippa said, ‘The internshipgave me space and time tospend reading, writing andexploring a world of literature,as well as keeping me busyduring my working hours… Iwanted to learn how to doeverything, because I was sodetermined to make myselfuseful, and be able to givesomething back to thiswonderful place.’

The company is seen as asanctuary for writers, aspiringwriters and artists. The link withthe company was organised byMA Publishing staff here atAnglia Ruskin. Philippa expectsto return to Paris in the futureand hopes to pick up morebooks!

Verity SandersonBox Office and MarketingAdministrator, Faculty of Arts,Law & Social Sciences


New projects to bridge gapbetween research and police

Congratulations to our BA(Hons) Illustration graduateJana Diemberger, who earlierthis year achieved publishingsuccess with her first book,Monacello: the Little Monk.

Based on a ‘mythical spirit ofNaples’ created by MatildeSerao, the book evolved fromillustrations Jana drew for herdegree course with award-winning children’s authorGeraldine McCaughreanenriching the story.

Jana’s own life is afascinating story in itself. Bornin Naples, she moved toCambridge at the age of 14,where she eventually took upwork as a cleaner. It waswhile cleaning a classroom atthe University of Cambridge’s

Faculty of Philosophy that shehappened to draw a cartoonof Daffy Duck on thewhiteboard. Her picture wasspotted by a Professor ofPhilosophy, who took a photoof it and published it in thefaculty’s newsletter.Encouraged by this, Janabegan A-Level Art at nightschool, before progressing tothe BA (Hons) Illustration atCambridge School of Art.

This achievement seems evenmore remarkable in light ofthe fact that, at the time ofher graduation, Jana wasjuggling two other roles as aprospective mother (herdaughter Lucy being born amonth after the courseended), and as an amateurboxer (going on to win the

silver medal in the AmateurBoxer Associationchampionships in 2010).

Monacello: the Little Monk isavailable now, published byPhoenix Yard Books. We wishJana all the best for her future

career as an illustrator, and inher other roles as well!


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� Jana and her daughter, Lucy, with artwork from Monacello: the Little Monk.

Shaun Smith graduated thisyear with a BA (Hons)Photography from CambridgeSchool of Art and has beenphotographing some if thehottest stars of the 2012Paralympics.

While studying for his degree,he worked hard to build hiscareer too, and assistedphotographer Richard Booth forthe official Paralympics 2012book. Working on this, Shaunphotographed top Paralympicathlete Oscar Pistorius whilsthe was filmed running throughlandmarks in London for aChannel 4 ident, and alsophotographed at theParalympic World Cup inManchester.

He explains how he gotinvolved, ‘As well as workingfor a freelance photographer, Isigned up to a database forphotography assistants,Photoassist, and promptlyforgot about it until I wasapproached by company calledParasport Images for aparticular job. They really likedmy work and took me onpermanently.’ Parasport Imagesis run by Cambridgeshire-basedDennis Luckett, and includesOlympic sponsor BT amongstits major clients, for whom thecompany is building up aportfolio of images.

Shaun described the variety ofjobs he works on as one of thebest things about being aphotographer: ‘In the past three

weeks I have been on a motorboat photographing an Olympicrower, I’ve photographed EltonJohn in concert for BT and I’vealso been shooting athletes inthe studio as part of artworkfor London taxis leading up tothe Olympics, and for the2011–12 BT phone book. Italmost makes up for the longediting sessions!’

Speaking of his success todate, Shaun said, ‘I think beingsuccessful in the photographicindustry is 30% about the typeof photography and 70%people skills. I’ve worked forsome really successfulphotographers, all of whosework is totally different, but allof whom have something incommon. It is difficult to

identify exactly what it is, but itis something in the way theyinteract with their subjects andcreate an air of excitement.’ Healso stressed the importance ofwork experience and gettingyour name known: ‘Learningfrom experience is crucial; onejob leads to another and, if youdo your job well, this leads tofurther recommendations.’

For more information aboutShaun’s work and currentprojects, please visitwww.shaunsmithphotography.co.uk.

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

Shooting stars of the Olympics and Paralympics

Staff development andnew technology trainingfrom ALT...Full details on page 27

Senior Legal Practice CourseLecturer, Tom Serby haspublished an article in theLiverpool Law Review thatconsiders the benefits ofcollaborative online learning.The article describes thereplacement of a ‘traditionallytaught’ law of probate course(lectures and workshops/tutorials) with an on-linecollaborative learning exercise,which uses simulation and role-play. Known as a TransactionalLearning Project (TLP), the

project, which arose from Tom’sLearning and Teachingfellowship, attempts to measurehow easy it is to carry studentspredisposed to expectinformation to be ‘given’ ratherthan ‘acquired’ along thejourney, leading away fromtraditional didactic teaching.

One student who participated inthe TLP viewed the experienceas follows: ‘I really lookedforward to our [TLP] teammeetings, as they gave us the

chance to think for ourselves,knowing that we were not goingto be spoon-fed an answer bythe tutor, and our discussionswere more meaningful for it.’

The TLP represents a freshapproach to teaching on theLegal Practice Course (LPC).Whilst the tutor continues todictate the ‘what’ (ie, thelearning and product outcomes)and the self-managing group ofstudents the ‘how’ (ie, the bestmeans of collaborating), the TLPemphasises teamwork (becausestudents work in groups) andself-reliance (because theycannot consult with a tutor)among students. The potentialbenefits of the TLP are describedas ‘pragmatic (eg, cost and timeeffective), and educational (eg,student-centred learning, andself-directed learning)’. However,as Tom’s article explains, ‘…thereal ‘‘educational’’ measure ofthe TLP is that it goes beyondteaching Probate law; itinculcates the ‘‘softer’’ skillssuch as teamwork and timemanagement. It also introducesstudents in a practical way to a


VLE promotesdeeper learning

fundamental aspect of thepractising lawyer’s life, which isnot taught elsewhere in the LPC:time recording and billing ofclients.’

Our new Virtual LearningEnvironment enables workshopdiscussions to be held online bypostings being made on aDiscussion Board, and it isenvisaged that further researchin this area will compriseconducting more Legal PracticeCourse workshops remotely byuse of the online DiscussionBoards. Research will be carriedout into the level of students’engagement, and theirattainment rates in moduleassessments in those moduleswhere more online transactional‘tutorless’ workshops areintroduced.

The full article can be accessedat: DOI 10.1007/s10991-011-9095-z.

For more information on theproject or findings, pleasecontact Tom Serby([email protected]).

Once again, it’s time for ourbiennial readership survey,which will run from Monday 19September until Friday 14October, and you are invited totake part.

The aim of the survey is helpensure that Bulletin meets theneeds of all colleagues whoreceive it and read it. If youhave an Anglia Ruskin staffemail address, on 19September you will receive anemail invitation to complete ashort questionnaire seeking yourviews on various aspects of

Bulletin. All responses willremain confidential.

At the end of the survey, you canchoose whether or not to enterinto a prize draw to win one oftwo £50 shopping vouchers thatcan be spent at various highstreet shops or at online retailers.

Some colleagues don’t have apersonal Anglia Ruskin emailaccount, but they are stillreaders whose views are valued,and they can still take part. Forthese colleagues, I ask that theirmanagers ensure that they are

sent a printed copy of thesurvey. To print out a copy, justlog in to your My.Anglia homepage, scroll down to the surveyitem, then download and printoff the survey. Once completed,the questionnaire should bereturned to:

Market ResearchCorporate Marketing, International& Development Services1st Floor, Chelmer BuildingChelmsford

All your views are valuable, asthe more responses there are,

the more accurate the findingswill be in terms of how wellBulletin is fulfilling everyone’sneeds.

After the closing date, theresponse findings will beanalysed and, as soon aspossible thereafter, the resultswill be published in Bulletin.Thank you in advance to allwho decide to take part.

Anne HamillBulletin Producer, CorporateMarketing, International &Development Services

Bulletin readership survey 2011

Graduating BA (Hons)Illustration students AnnaBetts and Dominic McKenziehave been recognised asoutstanding winners in thisyear’s Young Creative Network(YCN) awards. This hugelyimportant nationalcompetition, organised by thecreative organisation YCN,involves live briefs from avariety of household-nameclients, including 20thCentury Fox, Sega and Marks& Spencer.

Anna’s entry (above left) wasa response to the brief posedby high-quality paperproducer Fedrigoni, to

promote one of their productranges. She chose‘Woodstock’, their recycledpaper range, and created apaper installation atCambridge’s The Front Room(http://www.frontroomcambridge.com), based on the idea ofa really simplified paper mill.

Of her submission andsubsequent success, Annatold us, ‘The making didn’ttake that long, but balancingprecariously on a ladder tohang it all up with nylonthread took ages!

‘I hope that my work beingcommended by the YCN will

lead to a bit of exposure as Istart my career as anillustrator. They seem like areally exciting agency and theawards night in London willbe fun!’

Dominic’s submission (aboveright) concentrated on thebrief set by The OpenUniversity, to increase theinstitution’s appeal to a16–18-year-old market. Heexplored this through his‘make it yours’ campaign,which allowed participants toliterally customise the OpenUniversity by drawing on aposter filled with theinstitution’s logo, handing its

branding over to them andgiving them the freedom toreshape it in their own image.

He explained, ‘In doing this Ihoped to encapsulate theethos of the Open Universityand highlight the features thatdistinguish it from traditionalcampus-based universities.

‘Over the past year I havefound my work leaning moretowards the design end ofillustration. Being commendedfor my Open Universitycampaign has confirmed tome that I am going in theright direction with my work.It has given me theconfidence to pursue work inan area, which would seem,traditionally, dominated bypeople who have studiedgraphic design. Thetransferable skills engenderedby the Illustration course havein no small part enabled meto produce work in a lessovertly illustrative context.’

We would like to congratulateboth students on theirsuccess, and wish them goodfortune in their future careers.


CSA students’ success in YoungCreative Network awards

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All of us in the Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences sendwarm congratulations to colleagues who have recently had newadditions to their families:

Sean Campbell’s son, Benjamin, was born on 27 June 2011(Sean Campbell is Senior Lecturer in Communication andMedia Studies)

Diane Baturs’ son, Wesley Nolan (brother to Finlay), was bornon 19 June 2011 (Diane Batur is Senior Administrator for

Communication, Film and Media Studies)

Alison Searle’s son, Anthony Ian, was born on 5 June 2011(Alison Searle is a Research Associate for the James ShirleyProject in English Literature).

Nina LubbrenActing Programme Leader of Communication, Film and MediaStudies, Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences

New arrivals!

Celebrating success –do you have a story toshare with others?...Full details on page 30

In July, a team of ourstudents claimed the top prizein the 48-hour Games Jamcompetition, beating rivalteams from across the UKand Europe. The competition,to produce a fully workingcomputer game over a singleweekend, was part of theBrains Eden games festival,organised by Creative Frontand hosted by Anglia Ruskinat our Cambridge campus.

Six awards were issued, andTeam Vertigo, a groupcomprising students from ourBA (Hons) in ComputerGames and Visual Effectscourse, the BSc (Hons)Computer Gaming Technologyand an Anglia Ruskingraduate teaching assistant,took three of the top honours,including Best Overall Game,a category judged by JamesShepherd from SonyComputer EntertainmentEurope.

Steve Harris, Pathway Leaderfor the BSc course, said, ‘TheBrains Eden festival was afantastic experience for thestudents. The chance todevelop a fully working gamein 48 hours, with help fromindustry experts, was an

intensive and rewardingexperience. It provided acreative environment forstudents from a range ofbackgrounds – such asprogramming, design, art andaudio – to come together andapply their skills within anintensive, team-based project.It was great to see so manystudents from all over Europehard at work on somethingthey feel so passionate about.’Fellow Lecturer JulianHughes-Watts, from the BA

programme, added, ‘Creatingan engaging interactive gamewithin 48 hours is aHerculean task, but that isjust what each of the teamstaking part in Brains Eden2011 managed to achieve.’

Brains Eden was supportedby a group of locally basedbut international gamingcompanies, including SonyComputer EntertainmentEurope, Ninja Theory, Jagex,Geomerics, Bob & Barn andGameware, with the GamesJam facilitated by Cambridgeindependent developers,Jumped Up Games.

The Games Jam culminatedin a high-profile symposiumevent on Monday 11 July,which brought together keyindustry and academia figuresto discuss the future ofgaming and how both sidesneed to acknowledge the vitalrole that they play together inensuring the futurecompetitiveness of the UK’sgames industry. The eventalso combined an exhibition


� (L–r): Mark Green (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe) presents theaward for Best Overall Game to Team Vertigo – Jason Mitchell, SerhanMiah, Robin Burkinshaw and Will Campbell.

� The opening of the Brains Eden games festival.

Team Vertigo hit the heights at Games Jam

of artwork from studios andstudents, and an opportunityto play the games developedover the weekend. Heads ofstudios and staff were alsoinvolved in a careers clinic,which provided students withan opportunity to show theirwork to prospective employersand for companies to identifypotential talent.

Brains Eden was organised byGames Eden, the gamesdevelopment special-interestgroup of Creative FrontCambridgeshire, which is anewly established network forcreative industries, based atAnglia Ruskin University.Creative Front is championingthe creative industries in theregion and supportingbusiness start-up anddevelopment, innovation andskills development. For moreinformation, visitwww.creativefront.org.


On Tuesday 14 June, theFaculty of Science &Technology opened the End-of-Year Exhibition 2011,displaying work prepared bystudents in the programmearea of Architecture &Planning within theDepartment of the BuiltEnvironment. The end-of-yearexhibition, in association withthe student architecturesociety, Archifunk (logo, aboveright), is an opportunity tocelebrate the imaginative andengaging work undertaken bystudents during the currentacademic year.

The evening’s opening eventwas planned to coincide withthe visit by external examinersto the Built EnvironmentDepartment to afford them theopportunity, together withother invited guests from allfields of the built environment,to review and appreciate the

work prepared by the studentsover the academic year. Also,due to its location, the eventgenerated a great deal ofpassing interest from visitorsto Anglia Ruskin, and providedimportant links with industrywith several graduatingstudents, who were offeredemployment on the strength oftheir exhibited work.

During the DepartmentalAssessment Panel (DAP),external examiners highlycomplimented the work ofstudent displays and verymuch appreciated theopportunity to review the workin an exhibition environmentthat was in close proximity toother work to be assessed.The examiners collectivelyindicated that the display wasan invaluable and importantevent in the Department’scalendar, and should berepeated each year to

correspond with their visit forthe semester-two assessmentpanel.

Following the panel meeting,the Dean for the Faculty ofScience & Technology,Professor Eamon Strain, wasescorted by Gil Lewis (AreaProgramme Leader) and othermembers of the academicprogramme area team toreview the exhibition andother student work, located inthe architectural studio, on thesecond floor of the MarconiBuilding. The Dean wasimpressed with the students’work and considered theexhibition to be ‘an excellentexhibition demonstrating thevery high standards ourarchitecture students achievethroughout their degrees.’

Members of the programmearea team who assisted incurating the exhibition this

year were Gil Lewis (AreaProgramme Leader), AndrewClaiborne (Senior Lecturer inArchitecture), RichardLongstaff (Senior Lecturer inArchitectural Technology) andDellé Odeleye (Senior Lecturerin Sustainable Urban Design).

European study visit 2011Together with models anddrawn work prepared by thestudents, an exhibition ofselected student photographswas on display. This year, asin previous years, this modulewas highly praised by theexternal examiners forproviding students with a richand diverse culturaleducational experience.

For further information, pleasecontact the ProgrammeLeader, Gil Lewis([email protected]).

End-of-Year Exhibition 2011A showcase of work undertaken by students

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� The opening event on the ground floor of the Marconi Building: Invited guests, staff and students reviewingand discussing students’ work on the evening.

‘an excellentexhibitiondemonstratingthe very highstandards ourarchitecturestudentsachievethroughouttheir degrees.’

Used stamps wanted fordonkey sanctuary inDevon...Full details on page 31

In July, as part of ourEnterprising Academicsinitiative, Dr Jonathan Smith,from the Lord AshcroftInternational Business Schoolin Cambridge, spent four daysworking at Adnams inSouthwold.

Although involved indiversifying their product for anumber of years, Adnams areperhaps best known for theirbrewing of real ales, whichbegan in 1872 and for whichthey have recently beenawarded Brewery of the Yearfor 2011 by The Good Pub

Guide (see window signage,right). They also produce gin,vodka and whisky and have alarge wine distribution centre(see www.adnams.co.uk).

Jon returned from Adnamsnot intoxicated by the alcoholbut by their excellentmanagement practices. Theircommitment to long-termsustainability, quality, theenvironment, the communityand their employees isexemplary.

Areas explored during thetime at Adnams included

shareholder commitment,vision, values, growthparadigm, planned andemergent strategies, spiritualdimension to leadership, waysof developing shared purpose,motivation, reward and talentmanagement, employeeengagement, improving theenvironment, engaging withthe local community andvalueing employees.

It is hoped that the projectwill facilitate a closerrelationship between Adnamsand Anglia Ruskin University,and the research conductedby Jon whilst he was therewill also be used as part ofthe research he is involvedwith at the GloballyResponsible LeadershipInitiative. This research aimsto draw together examples ofresponsible leadership acrossthe globe.

Adnams are also keen to beinvolved in the research Jon isproposing, which will explorehow HE, businesses and theprofessions are embracingand embedding the idea ofresponsibility into theirpractices and standards. Jonwill be submitting a grantapplication to the ESRCshortly to support thisresearch.

For more information, [email protected].

Inventors of theautomobile inviteour students tothe DaimlerWorld Dialogue

As a result of Anglia RuskinUniversity being a member ofthe Globally ResponsibleLeadership Initiative (GRLI –see www.grli.org), ourstudents have beenspecifically invited to takepart in a two-day dialoguewith Daimler as part of their‘Daimler World Dialogue’ thatthey are planning to holdwith 125 students fromaround the world.

The dialogue will take placeat the Mercedes-BenzMuseum and the Carl BenzArena in Stuttgart, Germany,on 4 and 5 October 2011.

The event is being fullysponsored by Daimler, whoare paying travel costs toStuttgart as well asaccommodation and all mealswhilst attending the event.

As Anglia Ruskin University ispart of the GRLIAmbassadors’ initiative,Daimler has specificallyreserved places at the eventfor our students.

Further details about theDialogue, and whether any ofour students were selectedand attended, will beprovided in November’sBulletin.

For further details, [email protected].


� Adnams copper house distillery in Southwold.

Intoxicated at thebrewery

Back in 2005 a dual awardwas set up between what wasthen the Department ofContinuing Professional Studiesin the Faculty of Education andOtto Von Guericke University inMagdeburg. In September2006, our first cohort ofGerman students arrived, andeach year since then, regularas clockwork, our partneruniversity in Magdeburg hassent us a group of students. Aspart of our commitment tomaintaining international links,I thought colleagues might beinterested in knowing a littlemore about the students andthe dual award they study. Thething that came as a surpriseto me when I met the firstcohort of students was thatthey were not, nor did theyhave any intention ofbecoming, teachers. InGermany the students were allregistered on an InternationalVocational Education MSc butthe exit route for most of themwas working in the training

department of the HR offices ofVW or Mercedes, or somethingsimilar at the state or federalgovernment level. The secondthing that surprised me washow good their written andspoken English was, which,given that they would be takingthree masters modules in onesemester, was essential.

The students from Magdeburgwelcome the opportunity tostudy alongside native Englishspeakers and see it as a goodway of improving their spokenEnglish. Furthermore, workingin groups with English speakersopens up opportunities forgreater understanding of theBritish and German educationsystems. The German studentsreally enjoy their time here andmake the most of theopportunities to travel and seeother parts of the country.Chelmsford’s proximity toLondon and its culturalhighlights are key attractionsfor the students, and on my

recent trip to Magdeburg I wasasked by a very enthusiasticapplicant whether it might bepossible for me to recommendsome houses that had beenpainted by the graffiti artistBanksy. It’s fascinating to hearhow we, the British, appear tothe German students, and itwas hard not to laugh whensome of them expressedconcern to me that some of theyounger British students didn’twear enough warm clothing inthe winter.

Aside from the opportunity tostudy in the UK and improvetheir English and the chance totake in the sights, the mainattraction for the students isthe nature of the dual awarditself. The students will havealready completed 60 creditsof their MSc in Magdeburgbefore applying to us. Thestudents complete a further 90credits with us on the MALearning and Teaching (MALT).On return to Germany, the 90

credits taken in the UK areAPLd onto their MSc, givingthem a total of 150 credits.The students complete a 30-credit thesis that is dualmarked in the UK and inGermany, which gives them anMSc in International VocationalEducation (IVE) and an MA inLearning and Teaching. Thedual-award programme allowsstudents from both the UK andGermany to study in eachother’s respective universitiesbut, unfortunately, so far thetraffic has all been one way.However, the intention is toadopt English as the languageof instruction for teaching onthe IVE programme, whichopens up the possibility of UKstudents studying in Germanyand, perhaps, UK staffteaching on the programme inGermany.

This semester we will welcomea group of 12 students fromMagdeburg who will be keen tomeet staff and students fromthe Faculty of Education andacross the wider university, soif anyone would like to practisetheir conversational German inreturn for helping them brushup their English skills, pleaseget in touch with me. Last timeI was in Magdeburg, thestudents organised a party andsome of last year’s studentscame along to say hello. Icouldn’t help noticing thatthree of them all had the sametattoo across their right ankleand foot (very painful). I askedthem what the script spelt outand they laughed and said itwas ‘IVE a way of life’ – nowthat’s commitment!

Philip LongSenior Lecturer, Faculty ofEducation

Hard work, commitment and a senseof humour: the MALT Dual Award

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� Last year’s students from Magdeburg and some of their fellow MALT students.

Restaurant inChelmsford offersdiscount to our staff...Full details on page 31

On 1 June, Anglia RuskinUniversity, in collaboration withMeditech and HealthTech andMedicines KTN, held the fifthjoint Medical Engineering meetingat our Postgraduate MedicalInstitute. The event attracted 60delegates from leadinginstitutions, medical companiesand hospitals across UK, as wellas Switzerland, Iceland, Franceand the USA. The conference,entitled ‘Advances and NewDevelopments in Osteoarthritis/Degenerative Diseases –Benchtop to Bedside’, coincidedwith the opening of our newstate-of-the-art BiomechanicsLaboratory.

The aims of this meeting were to(i) bring together the manyresearchers, clinicians andmedical technologists working onthe causes, treatment andprevention of osteoarthritis andother degenerative diseases, and(ii) to foster fruitful collaborationswith medical companies andhospitals to increase our researchoutcomes and attract externalfunding. The meeting allowedinterested groups to share,

exchange knowledge, networkand develop new researchcollaborations as well as providethe opportunity for attendees topresent their latest work anddiscuss research advances andoutcomes in treatment methods.

Invited speakers includedProfessor Serena (Professor ofMaterials Science, University ofCambridge), Dr Howard Hillstrom(Director of the Leon Root MotionAnalysis Laboratory, Hospital forSpecial Surgery) and ProfessorBhaskar Dasgupta (Head ofRheumatology Department,Southend University HospitalNHS Foundation Trust). Theconference attracted high-qualityoral and poster presentations anddelegates from 27 differentinstitutions. The conference wassponsored and attended by adozen interested medical andengineering companies. Thosecompanies and clinicians whocould not attend the conferencehave arranged for a tour anddemonstration of our newfacilities and research activities toexplore potential futurecollaborations.

The Medical EngineeringResearch Group was honoured tohave Dr Howard Hillstrom,Director of the Leon Root MotionAnalysis Laboratory, Hospital forSpecial Surgery (HSS), New York,to cut the ribbon at the openingceremony of our new state-of-the-art Biomechanics Laboratory(pictured left). Dr Hillstrom hasbeen an instrumental support inthe design of our new laboratory,which is the only one of its kindin the UK.

The best poster and oralpresentation prizes weresponsored by the companiesSummit Medical and Materialise.Judging was performed byProfessor Serena Best from theUniversity of Cambridge,Professor Mike Cole from AngliaRuskin and Dr Carl Hitchensfrom Materialise. Best oralpresentation was awarded to ateam comprising Dilen Carpanen,Franziska Reisse (both AngliaRuskin), Yazan Deri, Kevin Cheah(Capio Springfield Hospital), JohnDowell (Mid Essex HospitalServices NHS Trust), CarlImhauser (HSS), HowardHillstrom (HSS), Rob Walker andRajshree Mootanah (both AngliaRuskin) for their work, entitled‘Conservative surgical treatmentsfor osteoarthritis: An integratedcomputational and in-vitro study’.Best poster presentation wasawarded to GM Whatling, CWilson and CA Holt, from CardiffUniversity, University Hospital ofWales, Arthritis Research UKBiomechanics and BioengineeringCentre, for their work entitled‘Assessing total kneereplacements and natural kneekinematics in-vivo using dynamicfluoroscopy and 3D model-basedmatching’.

Several invitations ofcollaborations (UK and EU) wereextended to the MedicalEngineering Research Group byattendees of this meeting. Thisconference was an excellent wayto launch our BiomechanicsLaboratory, where we anticipate


many intellectually stimulatingresearch projects will beconducted, our students taughtand mentored, high-qualityresearch grants obtained andmanuscripts disseminating ournew knowledge published.

Dr Rajshree Mootanah, Directorof the Medical EngineeringResearch Group and Chair of theOsteoarthritis conference, wouldlike to thank everyone whocontributed to the success of theconference, in particular:

• Professor Middleton andRumana Faruque, fromUniversity of Cardiff andMeditech, for a very successfulpartnership, amazingadministrative support and forkindly waiving the registrationcosts of all Anglia Ruskindelegates and collaborators

• Dr Howard Hillstrom, for hislong-term researchcollaboration with AngliaRuskin, which has helpedraised the quality and quantityof our research outputs and ourresearch profile

• Dr John Yellup, for kindlypromoting the conference tothe HealthTech and MedicinesKTN network

• Katherine Maloney, forpromoting the conference toclinicians and advice with theorganisation

• Teila Smith and Marcia Baldry,for providing administrativesupport and promoting theconference

• and, especially, my PhD andvisiting students, DilenCarpanen, Franziska Reisseand Antoine Truchetet, for theiramazing help during the lastfew months in attending toevery operational detail tomake this conference runsmoothly.

For more information, pleasecontact Dr Rajshree Mootanah,Director of the MedicalEngineering Research Group([email protected]).

Advances and New Developments inOsteoarthritis conference

� Delegates enjoyed keynotes from David Robinson OBE and ViceChancellor Professor Mike Thorne, as well as workshops andpresentations led by colleagues.

Anglia Learning andTeaching’s (formerly INSPIRE)12th Annual Conference, 28June, at the Chelmsfordcampus, was hailed as‘Stimulating’, ‘Constructive’,‘Instructive’, and‘Participative’, as well as‘Professional’, ‘Inspiring’ and‘Definitely the best L and Tconference yet’ by the 170delegates attending. Mostdelegates reported that thestandard of the papers andworkshops attended were‘very good’. Some even tookthe plunge to give us videofeedback in our new eyeBoxvideo feedback facility! Thiswas available throughout theday, with helpers on hand forguidance, and was wellattended. We recorded piecesof feedback from delegates,keynote speakers andfellowship award holders,

ranging from constructivecriticism to compliments.

Delegates enjoyed afascinating, innovativekeynote by David RobinsonOBE, ‘Building a sense ofpossibility and excitement:creating opportunities toenhance student learning’.David’s speech wasoverwhelmingly considered‘excellent’ by delegates whowere inspired by his attitudeto change.

The rest of the morning,delegates were able to learnabout pedagogic projectsundertaken by our colleagueswith students through chosenworkshops and presentations.

At lunchtime we presentedthe new Vice Chancellor’sAwards’ winners and

colleagues who were highlycommended with theircertificates, and presented thetrophy to the winner of thenew Anglia Ruskin RepositoryOnline award, which was wonby the Faculty of Education,in a ceremony hosted by ourVice Chancellor, ProfessorMike Thorne.

Other highlights includedexternal presenter JudeCarroll, who gave twoworkshops on teaching andassessing internationalstudents, which received verygood feedback from thedelegates who attended hersession – ‘My work andunderstanding of working withinternational students wasmuch enhanced by attendingthe workshop by Jude’.

University of Huddersfield andNational Teaching Fellow, DrCath Ellis, ran a workshop onusing Turnitin GradeMark foronline submission, markingand feedback. This was verywell received: ‘I attended theworkshop on e-submissionand marking – cannot wait toget started – this wasinspiring. Bring it on!’

In the afternoon, ViceChancellor Professor MikeThorne gave a stimulatingkeynote launching the newLearning, Teaching andAssessment Strategy(2011–14).

At the conference reception,Mike Thorne presented thenew Teaching Fellows withtheir certificates andfellowship pins andannounced the winners of thenew Learning and TeachingProject Funds. In this second

round of University TeachingFellows’ awards, the panelwas delighted to be able toaward all six Fellowships thisyear, to bring our pool ofteaching fellows up to ten.The six winners of thisprestigious award are: JuliaAnne Druce, Julio D’Escriván,Dr John Gardner, PaulaSobiechowska and Dr IsabelWilliams.

For more information on thefellows, seewww.inspire.anglia.ac.uk/universityteachingfellowship/. Fora complete list of the winnersof the Learning and TeachingProject Funds, seewww.inspire.anglia.ac.uk/ltp-holders-2011/. After theceremony, Steve Wilson alsoannounced the change ofINSPIRE’s name to AngliaLearning and Teaching.

Keynote presentations, as wellas details of all thepresenters, session abstractsand associated materials, areavailable to view atwww.inspire.anglia.ac.uk/innovate-review/.

The conference has grown toalmost double its capacityover the past two years andcontinues to expand andreach more staff to muchacclaim. Don’t miss it nextyear!

Michelle BernardResearcher, Anglia Learningand TeachingJaki LillyAssociate Director Learning &Teaching Development,Anglia Learning and Teaching

12th Annual Learning and TeachingConference: Innovate

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This year, grants wereawarded to nine projects,carried out by 15 members ofstaff. Grants were announcedat the 12th Annual Learningand Teaching Conference:Innovate, in Chelmsford, on28 June. The outcome of theprojects will be disseminatedat the Learning and TeachingConference in summer 2012.

The nine projects supportedby the Learning and TeachingProject Fund for 2011–12 are:

Student Views onIncorporating Sexual Healthinto an UndergraduateMidwifery CurriculumDr Susan Walker and DrGeraldine Davis, Faculty ofHealth & Social Care andFaculty of Education

The Toxic Laboratory: Healthand Safety in a 3D VirtualWorldDr Debbie Holley, Dr MikeHobbs, Dr Philip Howlett,Faculty of Education andFaculty of Science &Technology

Online Assessment andFeedbackDr Sean Lang, Faculty of Arts,Law & Social Sciences

Study Skills Support – WhereAre We Now? What ShouldWe Aim for?Karen Burton and MargaretMarch, Student Services andUniversity Library

Nine Out of Ten (StudentsWould Recommend Us)Alison Feist and Dr DebbieHolley, Faculty of Education

An Exploration of theAdvantages of Audio StudentFeedbackMarcus Hanwell and Steve


� (L–r): Dr Mike Hobbs, Dr Sean Lang, Vice Chancellor Professor MikeThorne, Dr Melanie Peter, Dr Philip Howlett, Margaret March, DrGeraldine Davis and Dr Susan Walker.

Winners of the Learning and TeachingProject Fund 2011

McDonald, Lord AshcroftInternational Business School

Developing Special SchoolPlacements within PrimaryInitial Teacher TrainingDr Melanie Peter, Faculty ofEducation

Developing the Delivery ofComplex Virtual ComputingLab Resources for DistanceLearning Opportunities forAnglia’s Regional andInternational PartnersAdrian Winckles, Faculty ofScience & Technology

Service User Involvement inthe Education of Health CareStudentsFrances Weeley and PatriciaTurnbull, Faculty of Health &Social Care


Teaching HubsIf you want to try out a new technology in your teaching, thencome along to a Teaching Hub. Two rooms – one on eachcampus (Ruskin 212 and Ashby 106) – have been equippedwith state-of-the-art technology that can be used for learning andteaching. For example, you can:• Use a digital recorder to produce an audio file• Try out the interactive whiteboard• Have a go at using Echo Personal Capture to record an audio

or video presentation for the VLE.Booking is required. Please contact [email protected] further details.

Staff developmentJust a reminder that full details of all our staff developmentprovision can be found on our website(http://www.inspire.anglia.ac.uk/workshops/). Booking is requiredfor all workshops.Examples of workshops are:

• Module Leader Training for the VLE• Getting Started with Using the Classroom Audio-Visual

Technology• Getting the Best Out of the Classroom Audio-Visual Technology• Using Audio in Your Teaching

Are you teaching in a large 400-seater theatre?Anglia Ruskin University now has two such theatres – PMI 001,within the Postgraduate Medical Institute at the Chelmsfordcampus, and LAB 026, in the new Lord Ashcroft Building atCambridge. Come along to a drop-in session and have a taste oflecturing in this large space! Information will be provided aboutusing the audio-visual technology in these spaces, but you arestrongly advised to attend the dedicated workshops on this topicbeforehand (see above). Dates can be found on our website(http://www.inspire.anglia.ac.uk/).

Carol EverettLearning Development, Anglia Learning and Teaching

Anglia Learning and Teaching facilities and staff development offerings

Our University TeachingFellowship Award Schemecelebrates excellence inlearning and teaching practicewith the bar set very high.Winning is a significantachievement – only six can beawarded each year – andwinners will form the pool fromwhich we will develop ourcandidates for the NationalTeaching Fellowship SchemeIndividual Awards, run by theHigher Education Academy.

Winners receive an AngliaRuskin University TeachingFellowship Certificate and areentitled to use the designation‘University Teaching Fellow’ asan honourific title. They alsoreceive a learning and teachingfellow lapel pin, and a projectgrant (up to £5000) to be usedin the support of an agreedproject in an area of learning orteaching (for which a projectplan is submitted). The Panelwas delighted to be able toaward all six Fellowships this

year, to bring our pool ofteaching fellows up to ten.

Dr Toby Carter, PrincipalLecturer, Faculty of Science &Technology, has been apassionate advocate forcreating a rich and supportivelearning environment not onlyfor his own students, but alsofor those across the Faculty formany years, particularlythrough the use of technology.He introduced a computer-aided assessment system overnine years ago and morerecently has pioneered the useof ‘clickers’ (electronic voting) inlectures to enable betterengagement.

He redesigned the assessmentfor Core Biology to includeenquiry-based learning; led ateam of researchers to addressnumeracy skills amongstudents through a number ofexternally funded projects,including NuMBerS (NumericalMethods for Biosciences

Students), SUMS (StudentsUpgrading Mathematics Skills),and NumBat (Numeracy Bank).As an e-learning technology‘champion’, he has workedextensively in the Facultysupporting the use ofTurnitinUK and e-assessmentsystems, includingQuestionmark.

Julia Anne Druce, PathwayLeader/Senior Lecturer, Facultyof Education, has consistentlyprovided students withscholarly, personalised,challenging and supportiveteaching. This is reflected inModule Evaluation feedbackand NSS results, and herremarkable achievement ofscoring 100% satisfaction inlast year’s survey. A subjectspecialist in early years’professional practice, Juliadelivers modules that not onlysupport and enrich work-basedlearning, but also addresscontemporary sector needs.Feedback from employers and

students, and the evolvingdemands of professionalregulatory bodies, inform theongoing curriculumdevelopment that she leads.

Julia provides excellent formaland informal academic andpastoral support, building theunderstanding and confidenceof her students. Her ‘tea andcake sessions’ for studentsprovide a safe learningenvironment and enable themto develop a strong sense ofidentity and belonging, that isoften difficult to achieve withpart-time students.

Dr Julio D’Escriván, Reader,Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences. Julio’s achievementsattest to his energetic andsustained commitment toexcellence. At an individuallevel, Julio’s work withexploring new ways of engagingwith his students, through theuse of online resources, blogsand mobile technology has puthim at the forefront of onlinelearning. His implementation ofelectronic-assisted learningplatforms – and that of many ofhis colleagues, thanks to hisencouragement – exceed ourcurrent provision in terms ofsophistication and flexibility ofstudent interaction.

What is perhaps most strikingis Julio’s enthusiasm forconstantly reviewing his ownapproaches in the support ofhis students. The success of histeaching is recorded in thestudent responses to ModuleEvaluation Questionnaires,where he regularly receivessome of the highest ratingswithin the Department.

Dr John Gardner, PrincipalLecturer in English Literature,Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences, has been an inspiring

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� Award winners (l–r) with the Vice Chancellor, Mike Thorne (centre): Paula Sobiechowska, Julia Anne Druce,Dr Toby Carter, Dr Julio D’Escriván, Dr Isabel Williams and Dr John Gardner.

Rounders tournament2011 and theCorinthian spirit...Full story on page 36

presence as a teacher inEnglish Literature since hearrived here in 2004. Heteaches at all levels, from first-year to MA (plus PhDsupervision) and has received aconstant stream of praise fromcolleagues and students. Heconsistently gains excellentscores and comments instudent feedback and is knownfor the passion, enthusiasmand excellent scholarship thathe brings to every class. He isone of the strongest researchersin the Department of English,Communications, Film andMedia, and he is able to makethat research feed directly intohis teaching in ways thatstudents find very engaging.

John has been exemplary inbuilding effective relationshipswith our regional partners thatdeliver English modules andpathways.

Paula Sobiechowska, SeniorLecturer, Faculty of Health &Social Care, has been at theforefront of a number oflearning and teachinginnovations during her careerhere. The success of theseearlier initiatives meant thatPaula was well suited to herappointment as the FacultyDirector of Learning andTeaching between 2007 and2011.

Paula brought her expertise asa teacher, with a commitmentto best practice and improvingthe student experience, to theDirectorship. Out of anextensive and sustained trackrecord, her achievementsinclude: the successfulintroduction and promotion ofTurnitin; successful andinnovative curriculumdevelopment; and theintroduction of creative and far-reaching learning and teaching

practices, such as thePatchwork Text.

Her most outstandingachievement was her approachto the implementation of thenew VLE; under her leadershipthis transformed the Faculty’sengagement with technology-enhanced teaching andlearning.

Dr Isabel Williams, SeniorLecturer, Faculty of Health &Social Care, works to anextremely high standard andalways puts the needs of ourstudents first. She is anextremely reliable, hard-workingand committed member of ourcommunity. Isabel hascontributed to meaningful andpositive change in pedagogicpractice, policy and proceduresin many ways. Some key pointshighlighting Isabel’s excellentwork include: leadership of theMA Social Work Pathway inChelmsford and Cambridge;taking to validation and leadingthe MSc International SocialWelfare and Social PolicyPathway; developing newmodules for master’s students;and supporting both staff andstudents undertaking researchdegrees and mentoring newstaff.

Other outstanding areas of herwork include her collaborativeactivity with universities inIndia and Nepal, includingteaching social work studentsin the University of Mumbai.She continues to maintainthese collaborations and seeksto involve students from theMSc Pathway in internationalcollaborations.


Other lives – engaging in communityarts awareness in Maldon

Apart from their regular day job in the Department of MentalHealth, Faculty of Health & Social Care, two senior lecturers areinvolved in a community organisation, which, every year, bringsenormous pleasure to members of the public in Maldon, Essex.In June, Dave Hawkes and Dave Hingley completed a highlyregarded series of performances for MAC Theatre – the MaldonActors’ Company, which is a non-profit-making organisation.The aim of MAC Theatre is to provide arts events and dramafor the community and by the community of the District ofMaldon. Specifically, MAC Theatre aims to:

• increase the awareness and status of the arts in Maldon andthe surrounding area

• carry on the successful ‘Shakespeare in the Park’ productionin the summer with a new Shakespeare production performedby local people in the Promenade Park, Maldon, every year

• provide quality professional productions for the community ofMaldon, performed in small or ‘found’ spaces

• provide a meeting place for like-minded people to discussarts and drama on a regular basis

• build a working relationship with The Plume School inMaldon, which has Specialist Arts Status

• offer help and opportunity to young people wishing to pursuea career in drama.

This year’s production was Richard III and ran from 23 to 25June. It is Shakespeare’s second longest play and features theepic War of the Roses and the evil Duke of Gloucester’s(Richard III) machinations, manipulations and murderousconduct to gain the crown throughout a genuinely thrillingperformance. Renowned for memorable lines such as ‘Myhorse, my horse, my kingdom for a horse’ in the climactic finalbattle scene, and the iconic opening line… ‘Now is the Winterof our discontent…’, it is powerful and riveting theatre. DaveHawkes played Gloucester, complete with hunchback, whobriefly seizes the crown before being killed by the Duke ofRichmond, who becomes Henry VII. Hawkes was magnificentin his portrayal of a scheming, evil, sly villain who ends up in afrenzied state of paranoia and crazed anger. Dave Hingleyplayed the Duke of Buckingham with great subtlety andpanache, using his Welsh baritone voice to good effect,managing to portray a man who allied with Richard, initially,but whose doubts about Richard’s sanity and lust for murdereventually cost him his own head. Our two colleagues did agreat job and, typically for those whose professional lives overmany years have given much to vulnerable citizens and thecommunity, they are, even in their precious spare time,enriching their local community and giving something ofthemselves to others.

Steven WalkerPrincipal Lecturer, Faculty of Health & Social Care


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� Front row (l-r): Professor Alan Sibbald, Benita McLachlan, ProfessorCaroline Strange, Shabnam Sadeghi-Esfahlani; second row: FranziskaReisse, Keith Gale, Helen McRobie, John Murphy; third row: Linda Cooper,Jonathan Kimmitt, Oluwafemi Akande, Diana Garfield; fourth row: JulieScott, Jill Smit, Brenda Joyce, Diagarajen Carpanen and Stephen Ridley.

On 17 June, Professor AlanSibbald welcomed 130 researchstudents and supervisors, as wellas staff to the Fifth AnnualResearch Students Conference –held in the Michael A AshcroftBuilding, Chelmsford campus.Preparations began in Januarywith the submission of abstracts.

Our research students submitted49 abstracts and 34 posters inadvance of the conference, and14 oral presentations were madeon the day.

The event opened with adiscussion of the local, nationaland international context of the

doctorate, and the conferencealso included parallel workshopson topics that included researchmethods, reflections on the vivaand publishing your research.

Students were invited to sharetheir research through papersessions and posterpresentations. The posters wereon display throughout the day,and students stood by their workready to discuss their postersduring the lunch break.

This year, the conferenceincluded two optional lunchtimesessions. Dr Debbie Holley led aworkshop about the Labyrinth(on the Chelmsford campus: seeBulletin Vol 8 No 6, page 23),which had been repainted for theday, and Dr Barbara Reid led asession on Mindfulness. Thesenew workshops were both verywell received.

Competitions were run forabstracts, posters andpresentations, and the prizewinners were as follows:

AbstractsWinner – Helen McRobie;Commended – Darren Leech;Diagarajen Carpanen; Linda Cooper

PostersJoint first – Anja Lindberg andDiagarajen Carpanen

Joint second – Keith Gale andStephen RidleyJoint third – Helen McRobie andLinda WinnHighly commended – OluwafemiAkande and Franziska ReisseCommended – Jonathan Kimmitt

PresentationsJoint winners – Anne Tappe,Benita McLachlan, Joanna Foxand Shabnam Sadeghi-Esfahlani

Highly commended – DianaGarfield and John Murphy

The afternoon concluded withthe presentation of prizes, andthen delegates, along with theirfamilies and friends, took part ina ceilidh with the band ‘Bushesand Briars’. It quickly becameclear that some people weremore experienced in ceilidhdancing than others, but muchfun was had by all!

The Sixth Annual ResearchStudent Conference will be heldon Wednesday 13 June 2012 inCambridge. Details will beposted on the RDCS ResearchSupport and Training web pages(http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/rdcs/research/index.phtml).

Jill SmitResearch Support Coordinator,Research, Development &Commercial Services

Do you have an inspiringproject you have been workingon? Are you pleased with whatyou’ve done in your job? Wouldyou like to share successes youhave been involved in? If so,you might be just the personwe’re looking for. At the annualWomen’s Network conferenceearlier this year, HonoraryAward holder Ann Bell sparked

a lively debate about sharingsuccess across our organisationand how we can learn fromother people’s good news andbe inspired by it. As a result,we would like staff to writetheir own success stories thatwill appear in Bulletin on anoccasional basis, and Ann haskindly offered her assistance, ifrequired. It doesn’t matter what

job you do or where, we arejust looking for your stories.

If you would like to appear inone of these profiles or have anunsung hero in your office thatyou would like to nominate,simply send your (or their)name, job title and departmentto [email protected] I will then contact you.

For additional information, seethe article about the Women’sConference on page 34.

Sue JacobsHead of Development & AlumniRelations, and Women’sNetwork Steering Group

We need you!

Research showsunhappy people avoideye contact...Full story on page 39

The Outreach & RecruitmentTeam (previously the ExternalLiaison Team) are embracingtheir new name in Septemberand October by hitting the roadin a bright green double-deckerbus, to help prospectiveuniversity students, teachersand parents understand theupcoming changes to thestudent finance system inEngland.

Throughout September andOctober our purpose-designedbus will be visiting schools,colleges and communitylocations to bring teachers,students and their parents upto speed on the new student

finance, fees and fundingsituation. We will be providingan array of talks, workshopsand one-to-one support on thesubject of the new financesystem and also around thewhole process of selecting andapplying for a course atuniversity.

Of course, we’ll also be takingthe chance to remind those wemeet of the great range ofpathways we have available,the support they’ll receive andthe enhancement to theiropportunities and prospectsthey’ll gain from undertakingan Anglia Ruskin Universitycourse.

Rachel Nedwell, Head of thenew Outreach and RecruitmentTeam who are leading theplanning and rolling out of thisproject, said, ‘Through theregular contact our team haswith students and theirparents, we’ve become awareof a huge amount of fear andmisinformation surrounding thenew fees and funding systemfor uni students. We also knowthat, when provided with high-quality, accurate, informationabout the details of the newsystem, these fears aresignificantly reduced.

‘By providing this roadshowexperience to schools andcolleges across the easternregion, we are confident thatwe will be able to help focusthe minds of prospectivestudents on the importantbusiness of selecting a suitable,high-quality, course atuniversity, whilst ensuring thatthe name and reputation of ouruniversity is enhancedthroughout the region.’

Response from schools andcolleges has been fantastic,and we have bookings acrossthe entire eastern region. Weare certain that this activity willnot only offer importantinformation, advice andguidance to prospectivestudents, but will also raise ourprofile in schools and collegesacross the whole region.

For more information about thisproject, please contact theOutreach & Recruitment Teamroadshow hotline on (0845196) ext 4711 or [email protected].

Newly formedOutreach &Recruitment TeamThese are exciting times, withmany new recruitment andoutreach challenges. In responseto this, the previously knownExternal Liaison Team has beenrestructured to form a brand-newteam tasked with leading onrecruitment activity, school andcollege liaison work and leadingon outreach components of ournew university AccessAgreement. We are extremelypleased to have the right team tomeet these challenges head on.

Please contact Rachel Nedwell,Head of Outreach & Recruitmentfor further details (ext 4705,[email protected]).


Outreach & RecruitmentTeam takes to the roadto challenge student finance myths head on

Sapori ItalianRestaurant, ChelmsfordColleagues are advised that a10% discount is available atthe Sapori Italian Restaurant inthe Atlantic Hotel adjacent tothe Chelmsford campus.

Please be ready to show yourAnglia Ruskin University staffcard and note that the discountis not available for therestaurant show-time eveningsor Christmas parties.

Steve BennettUniversity Secretary & Clerk

Used stamps – stillbeing collected fordonkey sanctuaryPlease do continue to saveyour used stamps at home andat work, and send them to JanHaldane (who collects all yearround, not JUST at Christmas)for the donkey sanctuary inDevon.

Please send any contributionsto: Jan Haldane, second floor,Tindal Building, Rivermeadcampus, Chelmsford.

A team of seven students fromLord Ashcroft InternationalBusiness School returned toCambridge on 13 April fromthe FLUX competition, whichwas held in Bristol. FLUX is ahighly acclaimed annual inter-university competition thataims to help students to getthe skills, confidence andaspiration to succeed in theworld of work. So far, over30,000 students have takenpart in FLUX, from more than100 universities throughoutthe UK.

This year’s LAIBS teamcomprised seven excellentstudents who are from fivedifferent counties: RussellAlderton and Samuel Tunbridge(England), Jan-Phillip Piel andKristin Ulrich (Germany),Katrina Begmatova (Latvia),Justyna Muraczewska (Poland)and Student Champion,Junnan Wu (China). AllisonBeaumont, the StudentExperience Coordinator ofLAIBS, Cambridge, organisedand arranged the wholeprocess of the competition.

A task was given to all thecompetitor teams in theafternoon of the first day of thecompetition. Students had fourhours to work together, andused XING tools to structuretheir ideas. In the evening,they attended a networkingevent with experts from manydynamic companies. Later, ourteam kept working until4.00am, even though theyhad to be ready to begin againat 8.30am the followingmorning. Nevertheless, thesecond day of the competitionwas extremely challenging andexciting. Before students gavetheir final presentation to theexperts, teams wereencouraged to sell their‘business plan’ to them in avery short time, and wereawarded vouchers from theexperts if their ideas wereappreciated. After that, abusiness meeting was theforum for all the teams toshare their thoughts with theexperts face to face, and itprovided the studentsopportunities to ask questionsabout their plans.

Even though our LAIBS teamdidn’t win in the finalpresentation, they were highlythought of by the experts as

well as by staff from otheruniversities. All of our studentsfelt it was a rewardingexperience. Russell, the teamleader of the LAIBS team,said, ‘It’s a competition thatmakes you structure yourapproaches within a stricttimescale, and apply thisability in a real context.’Katrina, who is in her first yearof Finance in LAIBS, said, ‘Ilearned a lot from taking partin FLUX. Sometimes you thinkyou know everything of yoursubject, but it turns out that,actually, you do not. I learnedmore than I expected.’

The whole team benefited fromthis competition, too, bygaining teamworking andnegotiation skills, and had anenjoyable experience as well.‘We did all right,’ Samuel said,‘it is certain that there aremany interpretations forsuccess.’

This report was written byStudent Champion, Junnan Wu(MSc International Logistics).

For more information, pleasecontact Allison Beaumont,LAIBS Student ExperienceCoordinator, Cambridge([email protected]).

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� In Bristol (l–r): Justyna Muraczewska, Kristin Ulrich, Jan-Phillip Piel,Samuel Tunbridge, Russell Alderton, Jekaterina Katrina Begmatova andJunnan Wu.

Six members of the UniversityLibrary will be attempting towalk a half marathon (13.1miles) on Saturday 1 October2011 for Cancer ResearchUK, and we are looking forsome sponsorship!

London Shine is a night walkstarting at the O2 Arena,taking us up to Tower Bridgeand back again. This is a bigchallenge and some of ushave already given up

smoking, put ourselves ondiets, begun training at thegym and added lots ofwalking to our daily regime(also planks, but you don’teven want to know what thatinvolves!).

If anyone would like tosponsor us, please go to thislink –www.sponsormetoshine.org/arulibrary

Alternatively, contact anindividual team member ifyou would prefer to fill in apaper sponsor form! Youcould also come along andsupport us on the night at thespecial course-wide cheeringpoints!

This is a charity close to ourhearts, as we have all beenaffected by cancer in someform or other, eitherpersonally or through

friends/relatives. Any amountyou could donate would bemuch appreciated by allinvolved.

Wish us luck, and thanks inadvance for your support.

Sarah Allen, Sally Andrews,Jane Bass, Jane Lazenby,Sarah Packard and DebbyRichardsonUniversity Library(Chelmsford)

London Shine – half marathon walk for charity

Festival of Ideas – findout about ourinvolvement this year...Full story on page 42–43

Ellen Mwenesongole, a PhDstudent from our Departmentof Life Sciences in ForensicScience and Chemistry, hasrecently won a prestigiousPro-Vice Chancellor’s Awardfor Outstanding InnovativeResearch at a conference. Theconference was held at theUniversity of Salford (SalfordPostgraduate Annual ResearchConference – SPARC) andorganised for young

researchers to disseminatetheir work.

Ellen is in the second year ofher PhD and is supervised byDr Lata Gautam and Dr SarahHall. Her talk, based on herresearch, ‘EstimatingCommunity Drug UsagePatterns by the Analysis ofWaste Water’, was very wellaccepted by all delegates andorganisers at the conference.

The presentation wasrecognised further by securingthe Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Awardfor Outstanding InnovativeResearch, with Ellen receiving acertificate and cash prize.

The two-day SPARC conferencewas attended by more than180 delegates from the UK,including postgraduate studentsfrom more than 24 differentuniversities, and presentationswere grouped into severalsubject areas. Although in itseleventh year, this was the firsttime awards were handed outfor best presentations in all thedifferent categories. Ellen wasnot the only student whoattended the conference fromAnglia Ruskin University. Threeothers presented posters orpapers, resulting in anothersuccessful conferenceprizewinner, Simon Bell, apostgraduate student who wasawarded the Best Presentationfor Arts, Humanities and SocialSciences.


� Ellen Mwenesongole with her award and her supervisor Dr Lata Gautam.

Life Sciences PhD student receivesprestigious award for her research

Dr Lata Gautam said, ‘I amvery pleased with Ellen’sachievement. She hasprogressed well in her PhD.This is not only her success,but also recognition of theexcellent quality of the forensicscience research that we do inour department and at AngliaRuskin.’ Dr Sarah Hall alsosaid, ‘This is another greataccomplishment for ForensicScience, and particularlyrewarding for Ellen, with strongcompetition from othercontributors in her researcharea, including Herriot-WattUniversity, King’s CollegeLondon and SheffieldUniversity. It is also additionalacknowledgment of theinteresting and first-classresearch we are carrying out,and builds on the success oflast year’s four conferenceprizes in Forensic Science’.

For more information, pleasecontact Dr Sarah Hall([email protected]).

Anglia Ruskin Runners, ateam from our International &Development Office, took partin the Race for Life on Sunday17 July at Hylands Park,Chelmsford. We raised £445for Cancer Research UK.

Thank you to everyone whosupported us.

We are (pictured left to right)Sarah Watt, Nicola Palmer,Hazel Martin, Sharon Wuytsand Adeola Popoola,International & DevelopmentOffice.

Many congratulations toTanya Carter, part-timeAdmissions Officer in theUK/EU Admissions OfficeCambridge, on gaining a first-class honours in BA (Hons)Writing at Anglia Ruskin.

We are all so proud of herand wish her well incontinuing her MA studiesnext year.

The UK/EU Admissions teamCorporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices

Running for Race for Life Tanya gains afirst!

The 2011 annual Women’sConference carried the themeof Building Communities, andattracted some 40 delegatesand guests in a wide range ofroles.

Our keynote speakersaddressed this theme indifferent ways. Sue Turrellexplained the journey she hadmade from spending a gapyear teaching science from amud hut in Kenya tobecoming the Chief Executiveof Womankind Worldwide.This is a small UK charity thatworks in partnership withwomen’s groups in thedeveloping world, supportingthem to find local solutions tolocal problems. There arecommon threads throughWomankind’s work:elimination of violence againstwomen; and involvement ofwomen in post-conflictdecision-making, amongstother strands. Womankindalso encourages governmentsto meet their national andinternational commitments towomen’s equality. For moreinformation about WomankindWorldwide’s internationalprogramme, please visitwww.womankind.org.uk.

In the afternoon, TriciaWilliamson from the CharteredManagement Instituteaddressed the leadership andmanagement challenges facinghigher education, and UK plcmore generally. In her view,the issues Peter Druckeridentified in the 1950s arestill relevant today: technology,globalisation, change, and theneed to innovate. It’s the paceof change that has increased,along with demands torespond quickly and to domore with less. There arethings that we as individualscan do to increase our

resilience and effectiveness inthis context, whether or notwe are managers. Theseinclude looking afterourselves, building our ownnetworks, understanding ourstrengths, seeking out newexperiences, being memorablefor the things we say and do,mentoring other people, andlearning from our successes aswell as our mistakes.

One way of learning from oursuccesses would be to collectinspiring stories from

colleagues, both male andfemale, identifying the skillsused to achieve their goals.You may have just the kind ofinspiring story that could helpothers – please see page 30this issue of Bulletin for aninvitation to get in touch.

In our discussion groups weexplored three aspects ofBuilding Communities:Women doing research;Making the most ofnetworking; and Reaping thebenefits of internationalisation.Each group looked at barriersand possible solutions. Forexample, the Research grouprecommended taster sessions

for those interested inpursuing research in the broadsense, and challenging themind-set that research onlyconcerns, or is undertaken by,academic staff. There needs tobe a greater willingness toshare research findings withothers, and increased inter-disciplinary collaboration. TheNetworking group discussedhow networking differs fromnormal day-to-day dealingswith colleagues: networkinghas a different purpose, and isnormally concerned with

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Feedback from the conferencewas excellent, and the discussiongroups and networkingopportunities were particularlyvalued. Some delegates pledgedto pursue contacts they hadmade, and see how they couldengage more effectively withinternational students.

gathering knowledge,establishing one’s identity, andmaking contacts, whilebuilding confidence, trust,support and establishingrapport. One’s networks canprovide valuable opportunitiesto be listened to seriously, asa testing ground for newideas. The Internationalisationgroup considered the financialand reputational benefits ofrecruiting students fromaround the world, and howthis can improve our culturalunderstanding in an era ofglobal competitiveness. TheUK Border Agencyrequirements provideparticular challenges, but

there are also some culturalshifts we need to address. Ourhome students do not alwaysperceive us as ‘international’;and we also need to helpinternational studentsunderstand how highereducation ‘works’ in the UK,for example, in respect ofreferencing and plagiarism.The group felt that allstudents would benefitthrough helping internationalstudents integrate with Britishlife, perhaps throughintroducing a ‘buddy’ scheme.This would also help toprovide home students withwider perspectives.

Feedback from the conferencewas excellent, and thediscussion groups andnetworking opportunities wereparticularly valued. Somedelegates pledged to pursuecontacts they had made, andsee how they could engagemore effectively withinternational students. Otherssaid they would promotebetter cross-facultynetworking, and investigateresearch opportunities. Anacademic delegate attendingher first Women’s Conferencesaid she would ‘prioritiseevents like this’. Suggestionsfor future events, including our2012 conference, are beingconsidered for the 2011–12academic year. In themeantime, look out for the‘inspiring stories’ invitation onpage 30 of this issue ofBulletin.

If you are not currently amember of the Women’sNetwork and would likefurther information, [email protected].

Faith MarchalHR Manager – Diversity

Staying legal in ourwaste disposalpractices...Full story on page 45

Students from courses within ourDepartment of Animal andEnvironmental Biology have beenconducting a full survey ofwildlife in Mill Road Cemetery,Cambridge. The survey teamconsisted of first-year studentsKeri Russell (who is also theAnglia Ruskin Wildlife SocietyPresident), Jon Skinner, RogerTang, Simon Ward, Stephanie

White and Darren Watkinson,and were coordinated bypostgraduate student AlexDittrich, and supported by ouracademic staff. The team hasbeen cataloguing differentspecies of plants and animalspresent in the cemetery onbehalf of the Friends of MillRoad Cemetery support group.

The Cemetery is a rich site ofwildlife and vegetation situatedon the doorstep of ourCambridge campus. By helpingto conduct the survey, ourstudents have been able to learnhands-on survey techniques inthe field, and valuableidentification skills. Within theteam, Keri, Jon and Stephanieundertook the task of cataloguingthe cemetery’s vegetation andlichens. Alex and Roger havebeen building information on theinvertebrates present in thecemetery, and Jon and Simonhave been cataloguing thecemetery’s birds, which includenesting goldfinches. In thecoming months the team alsoplans to build a more detailedpicture of the mammals living inand visiting the cemetery.

Speaking of the survey workundertaken by the students,Programme Leader, Dr JulianDoberski, commented,‘Employers are looking forgraduates with plant and animal


� Members of the team working in Mill Road Cemetery.

Students help conduct wildlife surveyin Mill Road Cemetery

identification skills. This can onlybe gained by spending lots oftime with keys and identificationguides in the field. This is justwhat these students are doing.’

Alex Dittrich added, ‘With agrowing human population,natural habitats are undergoingconstant changes. Urban areasare often overlooked as sites ofimportance for biodiversity – thisshould not be the case. Manyrare and exciting species arefound in human-dominatedhabitats, with diversecommunities supported inremarkably small areas, theslightest change to which canmake vast differences tobiodiversity; whether this effect ispositive or negative is down tohow these sites are managed inthe here and now.’

For further information and tovolunteer, please [email protected] [email protected].

On 22 June, as part of ourefforts in promoting sustainabilityin the regional community, anevent for the official launch ofthe Responsible BusinessStandard was held at ourChelmsford campus.

Anglia Ruskin and the EssexFederation of Small Businessespartnered with the Organisationfor Responsible Businesses(ORB) for the official launch ofThe Responsible BusinessStandard. The Standard hasbeen developed by ORB as aplatform that allows small- andmedium-sized enterprises(SMEs) to develop responsiblepractices in the workplace,market place, environment and

community, and in their valuesand other business processes.

Approximately 40 delegates fromlocal government, SMEs andother organisations attended theevent, and it was an opportunityfor them to hear about thenumerous programmes thatAnglia Ruskin is developing:Jemma Little from ResearchDevelopment & CommercialServices (RDCS) presented anoverview of the manyprogrammes and initiatives forsupporting regional developmentand knowledge exchange; Julie-Ann Hogbin (RDCS) describedthe Low Carbon KEEP initiativeand our commitment with theagenda of sustainability; and Dr

Beatriz Acevedo from the LordAshcroft International BusinessSchool (LAIBS) explained theprocess of collaboration with theOrganisation for ResponsibleBusinesses in the validation forboth the content of the Standardand the processes involved incarrying out the audit.

Jill Poet from ORB explainedwhy responsible practices meanbetter opportunities for doingbusiness for SMEs, given theincreasing attention thatprocurement offices,organisations and companies aregiving to the corporateresponsibility agenda. Academicsfrom LAIBS and the programmeSurvive & Thrive (Enterprising

Academics) have beensupporting this organisation inthe process of validation of theStandard.

Dr Acevedo emphasised thatthese types of collaboration arepart of Anglia Ruskin’scommitment to sustainabledevelopment and to the effortsmade in this regard by theCommittee on Education forSustainable Development, theLord Ashcroft InternationalBusiness School and the GlobalSustainability Institute.

For more information, pleasecontact Dr Acevedo [email protected] orcall her on ext 5039.

Supporting the validation of The Responsible Business Standard

The ninth annual CambridgeRounders tournament was fullof incident and a frisson ofdanger, as usual.

This year we were graced bya new captain of theSU/Student Services team inthe form of Steve Dupree, aprofessional sports manager.The results were predictablewith the SU/SS team scoringthe lowest number ofrounders in the tournament,aided by some unconventionaland rather unsuccessfulinnovations, such asabolishing the fielder at fourthbase. This, despite seniormanagement support fromJulie Walkling, who wasbravely playing, although hadarrived expecting to beattending merely as asupporter.

The first match was betweenALSS and CRIC. This matchstarted slightly early becauseof the threatening-lookingweather, thereby(inadvertently) depriving ALSSof their crack batsman, Nick

CRIC had been seenpractising in the weeksleading up to the tournamentand this paid off in a high-scoring match, which CRICwon by three rounders. ALSSfielded some seriousacademic firepower, but Ithink it would be fair to saythat several members of theteam are more talented attheir scholarly andprofessorial pursuits thanrunning-round-four-posts-in-double-quick-time.Nevertheless, in its ‘legendaryrespect for the Corinthianspirit’, the ALSS teamspanned a representative ageand fitness range, and bowledvery few no balls (unlikesome of the other teams wecould mention).

Next up were Science &Technology with theirprofessional approach, teamT-shirts and their ownequipment. They were facingSU/SS who, as alreadydescribed, were led in arather more relaxed mannerand did not even feature theirusual ‘Superman’ bibs. ThisS&T team is (slightly un-sportingly, some feel) young,fit, and, above all, wellorganised, with particularlygood fielding skills. They beatthe SU/SS team to set up thefinal between S&T and CRIC.

By now, the weather waslooking very threatening and atranche of the excellent turn-out of supporters had startedto suggest that they mayprefer to adjourn to the pub.We reduced the duration ofthe innings to try and finish inadvance of the rain. For thesecond year running, Science

& Technology won the lovelyChinese vase – so they cankeep it proudly and safely outof harm’s way for anotheryear. It did start to rain, butfortunately no further injurieswere sustained.

This was the largest-everturnout at the pub, and therewas some moody discussionabout how best to beat S&T,who have started a newdynasty (well, two wins), torival that of ALSS (six orseven wins) in a previous era.Rules, strictly forbidding anypractice, introducing ahandicap system to aid more‘elderly’ players, verification ofAnglia Ruskin staff cards andother ideas, were beingsuggested.

The standard has definitelyimproved over the years andit has to be said that some ofthe players are nine yearsolder than they (we) were.One or two of us haverecognised this and retreatedfrom the playing field to takeon (previously) safe jobs, likeumpiring!

Thanks as always to thecaptains, to all the playersand supporters and tostalwart timekeepers andscorers such as Gill Betmeadand Paul McHugh (retired).

Helen ValentineDeputy Vice Chancellor(with a few pro-ALSS bitsadded by the Dean of ALSS)

Rounders report 2011ALSS resorts to trying to nobble the umpire!(or, alternatively, umpire resorts to trying to nobble ALSS)

NEWS


� Umpire, Helen Valentine, presenting the cup to the winning team.

The bruise sustained (courtesy ofALSS) by the umpire in the courseof the evening.

Hillman. Their Dean had alsobeen unavoidably delayed,due to some real Deanly workat Harlow (but this mighthave been a help not ahindrance). They,nevertheless, still had JohnWalsh who is a legendaryscorer in his own right, andwho would undoubtedly havescored at least one moremagnificent rounder had theball not smashed straight intothe leg of Helen Valentine,who was umpiring about fourmetres away from thebatsman (see photo ofresultant bruise). The authornow understands whycricketers wear thigh-pads!

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In fewer than 48 Mondays fromwhen you read this article, ourGreat Britain women’s volleyballsquad will take centre stage fortheir part in London 2012.Nothing extraordinary about thatyou may think, but you wouldbe wrong, they have had to self-fund and attempt to beg,borrow, but not yet steal, allspecialist help that goes withpreparing an elite performancesquad. Step forward AngliaRuskin and numerous partnerswho put together a programmeand plan to help. To do thiswithout the stamp of a sportinguniversity, and without the on-site extras that one mightassociate goes with being asporting university, shows whatfantastic partnership work wenton behind the scenes – EssexCounty Council 2012 Legacyteam, Writtle College, BoswellsSchool, Chelmsford BoroughCouncil, Essex VolleyballAssociation, Chelmsford

Volleyball Club and theChelmsford Star Co-op were justthe external partners that had tobe managed, guided andpraised in various ways to cometo a media and PR consensus. Ipromise this was actually nostraightforward task. Add intothis mixture the restrictionsplaced upon GB volleyball withany ambush marketing that mayensue, and you could, in fact,light the blue touch paper.

Well, the simple fact is that we,as a collective of the ChelmsfordOlympic Consortium, managedthis. However, it was AngliaRuskin that pulled it all together,starting with the willingness ofthe top brass to support thecause of an Olympic squad thathad lost their funding. This wasnot about money pure andsimple; it was about providingaccess to training space andaccommodation, providing allthe little details, from minibuses

and ice (buckets of the stuff)courtesy of our Students’ Union.All the quirky accommodationneeds and the questions anddirections, including hosepipesand wheelie bins being used forice baths, plus, of course, thesmiling manner with which allAnglia Ruskin staff dealt withwhatever was asked of them.Our Security, Accommodationand Estates teams werebrilliant. Maybe there was atouch of frustration every timethey had to evacuate the squadbecause they burnt the toast –nobody complained, but we alldenied we had received aninvite to dine with them.

As you might imagine,managing the media and alltheir demands, was aheadache: huge thanks go to toJon Green and Andrea Hilliardin our Marketing Department –herding cats comes to mind. Allthis was skilfully and extremely


� The GB volleyball squad in discussion with Head Coach, Audrey Cooper (centre image with dark, bobbed hair).

Great Britain women’s volleyballsquad and Olympic aspirations

sensitively done. I am delightedto say we appeared on TV, radioand in various newspapers,culminating in a live lunchtimefeed from our sports hall on theday that signified it was oneyear to go!

Such was the success of theirvisit to us, I have no doubt theywill want further association.Their target of quarter finals –currently being ranked 60th inthe world – is quite anambitious one. Will they do it?Who knows? Their attention todetail is meticulous and theirenergy, enthusiasm andremarkable endeavour inrelentless pursuit of that goal isto be admired.

For our part, they simply said,‘The entire squad wouldrecommend returning to AngliaRuskin should the opportunityarise.’ We have a target thatsays nine out of ten of ourstudents would recommendAnglia Ruskin University to theirfriends. We did our bit, whicheven included a seminar inassociation with our BusinessFaculty and the GB squad!Down to them to hit theirs.

Audrey Cooper, Head Coach anda former Olympian herself, said,‘Anglia Ruskin just made it soeasy for us to get on andprepare. That is the secret ofbeing a good host.’

I would add that it is simply thesum of the parts workingtogether successfully that makesthings happen beyondexpectations.

Thank you to all here at AngliaRuskin, and of course to all ourexternal partners.

Steve DupreeHead of Department, SportActive Lifestyles andWellbeing, Student Services

As a result of my winning theYoung Achiever CommunityAward last October, I wasasked what prize I wanted. Ithad always been my dream togo to Brussels to shadow aninterpreter because mygreatest ambition is tobecome an interpreter myselfone day. Not only was Igranted this amazing wish,but I also had the fantasticopportunity to meet two blindinterpreters, Sabine and Nicky– the former being Spanishand French and the latterBritish – as well as a SpanishBasque interpreter calledArantxa Erro, a Frenchinterpreter named AgnesButin, the Head of Training forInterpreters, Alison Graves,and the Secretary General ofthe European Parliament. Ialso had the great privilege tomeet Mrs Rita Silva, who is

the Director General forInterpretation andConferences, who organisedthe details of my day at theParliament, and also MrSturdy, who is the MEP whomade all of this possible forme, together with the verygenerous sponsorship fromAnglia Ruskin University inCambridge. All the incrediblepeople I met at theParliament were so kind,patient and approachable thatI had no reason at all to feelnervous. Somehow I felt as ifI had always known them!

Amazingly, at the end of myday at the Parliament, theSecretary General presentedme with a magnificent medaldepicting the semi-circle ofthe room where parliamentmeets and that also featuresthe interpreting booths on one

side, and a replica of asculpture that can be found inthe European Parliament. Iwas put to the test ofinterpreting a conferenceabout food labelling and howradioactivity may be found inJapanese food. For this, Iworked with Alison, the Headof Training for Interpreters,and we had a great timeworking as a team. I was notaware though that the presswas standing behind my backon several occasions recordingmy sentences! I was wearingthe interpreting headphonesand concentrating on the taskin hand, which made meunaware of their presence.There were occasions when Idid not know some of thewords needed to do the job,but, on the whole, I managedto produce some sentenceshere and there. I just loved

the atmosphere in the smallbooth where we were,surrounded by manylanguages coming out of theinterpreting console. The seatwas extremely comfortable,the room soundproof and air-conditioned and there was acomputer screen on the tableshowing who was theMember of the Parliamentspeaking during the session. Iloved every minute andsecond of this, and couldhave stayed there for manymore hours.

My meetings with thedifferent interpreters were agreat source of inspiration. Ijust loved listening to themtelling me about the trainingthey had to do beforebecoming interpreters andabout the details of what theirjob entails. The fact that they

My Brussels experienceNEWS


� Alexia Sloane interpreting in Brussels on 12 April 2011, during a full environment committee, with Alison Graves, Head of Training for Interpreting.

Last year, Alexia Sloane, who is blind and has reduced mobility, but fantastic verbal ability, won a Community Award prize for YoungAchievers, sponsored by Anglia Ruskin. Her prize was a trip to Brussels, and this is her account of how it went.

People who are sad ordepressed really do avoid eyecontact, according to newresearch by Dr Peter Hills(pictured right), Lecturer inPsychology, Faculty of Science& Technology, who carried outexperiments to discover howmood affects the wayindividuals look at otherpeople.

The research – co-authored byDr Michael Lewis of CardiffUniversity – is published in thelatest edition of the BritishJournal of Psychology andshows that happy people aremore likely to detect changesin eyes than participants whoare unhappy.

‘Depressed people tend toavoid eye-contact in socialsituations and in experimentalsettings, whereas happy peopleactively seek eye-contact,’ saidDr Hills, who also discoveredthat, conversely, sad peoplemore accurately noticed‘external’ changes such ashairstyle.

One suggestion Dr Hills hasproposed is that avoiding eyecontact may actually increasedepression amongst alreadyunhappy individuals, as it canlead to isolation. ‘Sad peopleavoiding eye contact willdisrupt normal social fluencyand this may lead to themshunning certain socialsituations,’ he said. ‘Althoughthis may reduce anxiety causedby the situation itself, it mayactually increase socialisolation and deepen theiralready sad mood.

‘An alternative perspective onour findings is that, rather thansad-induced participantsavoiding the eyes, they processfaces based on the externalfeatures, such as hair, ratherthan the internal features.Internal features, which includethe eyes and nose, are thosemost commonly used torecognise familiar faces. Thus,sad-induced participants maytreat all faces in the same way,as if they were all unfamiliar,which again may increase therisk of social isolation.’

Dr Hills and Dr Lewisconstructed 12 ‘prototypefaces’ using a computer-basedface-reconstruction system.The software allowed a set offeatures to be selected, such ashead shape, hairstyle, eyes,

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eyebrows, nose, mouth andchin shape. These featureswere then enlarged, shrunk ormoved in relation to the otherfeatures.

To induce mood, participantsperformed an autobiographicalmemory task while listening tospecific pieces of music, whichwere selected having beentested on psychologyundergraduates in a previousstudy. Mozart’s Requiem wasplayed to induce a sadcondition, The A-Team musicfor a happy condition, and thetheme from The Hunt for RedOctober for a neutral condition.


Unhappy people avoid eyecontactStudy into how mood affects how you see others

were there, sitting in front ofme and talking to me whenthey were so busy themselvesmade me feel very special.

I must mention theextraordinary room, whichhad been arranged for us togo back to, to rest throughoutthe day. This was a protocolroom where only high-powered politicians and royalswere allowed! None of thepeople I met in there that dayhad ever been in that roombefore.

My parents and I travelled onEurostar, and the trip wasonly two hours long fromLondon. We were put up inthe Renaissance Hotel asguests of Mr Robert Sturdy,MEP. The hotel itself wasincredibly beautiful andimpressive. It had aswimming pool, a sauna, ajacuzzi and a lounge club,where we could go for tastysnacks and meals throughoutthe day. We had a junior suitefor a room! What anincredible treat!

Our suite overlooked theParliament, which was veryinspiring.

It was a dream come true,and, perhaps one day, I couldreturn. This time not for fun,but for business! To think thatthe interpreting booth couldone day become my secondhome fills me with a delightbeyond any other.

Brussels is an amazing place,So much so that just in caseI stain my faceWith tears of misery and regretAt having to leave it,I have been invited back at anytime,Which I will never be able to forget.

Alexia Sloane


Our partnership with Barclaysis paying dividends for 13students, who are about tograduate with a BA (Hons) inManagement & Leadership.Barclays UK Retail andBusiness Banking launchedthe Retail DevelopmentProgramme (RDP) in 2007 toprovide their next generationof branch managers, and thefirst group of students beganstudying for a ‘BarclaysDegree’ with us in October2008.

As well as the tuition feesbeing paid by Barclays, theRDP package includes asalary of £12,495 (plusLondon weighting), studytime, a business mentor,pension scheme and share

options. The degree is work-based and the students areemployed by Barclays fromday one.

A fourth cohort of 25 studentswill begin studying for thedegree in October, andBarclays and Anglia Ruskinhave developed a close,partnership-based approachto the recruitment, design anddelivery of the programme.The Vice Chancellor, ProfessorMike Thorne, recently visitedBarclays’ Canary Wharfheadquarters to attend TheValue of Academia inBarclays, an event that sawthe students present practice-based research findingsderived from CriticalOrganisational and Leadership

Insights, one of their final-year modules.

Professor Thorne said, ‘It waswonderful to see the level ofprofessionalism and maturityof the students, who wereable to demonstrate bothbreadth and depth ofknowledge in the subjectareas. This degree programmeis a perfect example of theinnovative steps that havebeen taken in addressing theemployer engagement agendaby the HE sector and byAnglia Ruskin in particular.’

Vanessa Knowles, PrincipalLecturer at Lord AshcroftInternational Business School,said, ‘By working inpartnership with Barclays, we

are able continually toexamine ways in which theassessment strategy andwork-based learning focus ofthe degree is aligned tocurrent business issues withinBarclays.’

Johannah Lynch, Barclays UKRetail Bank GraduateDevelopment Specialist,highlighted the pivotal rolethat the RDP plays in thewider talent and leadershipagenda within Barclays. Shesaid, ‘Barclays is proud tohave established, inpartnership with Lord AshcroftInternational Business School,a market-leading, entry-levelprogramme. Talent andleadership development is atthe forefront of our learningagenda and the sponsoreddegree programme hasalready demonstrated itssuccess in creating a pipelineof talented leaders in ourbranch network.’

Katie Poole, who is about tograduate with first-classhonours, said, ‘The degreecourse provided by AngliaRuskin University, inpartnership with Barclays, isreally second to none. I havethoroughly enjoyed my timeon the course and the blendof the academic and work-based experiences isextremely valuable in thiscurrent, more competitive, jobenvironment.’

‘The course exceeded myexpectations, and I had highexpectations to start with!’added fellow student IanFalder. ‘I was able to go frombeing a school leaver to abranch manager of a bank in18 months.’


� Barclays Degree graduates with Anglia Ruskin and Barclays staff. (l–r): Vanessa Knowles (Principal Lecturer),Fatima Iqbal, Valentine Masawi, Rachael Hall (Principal Lecturer), Yvonne Green (Visiting Fellow at AngliaRuskin University), Johannah Lynch (UK Retail Bank Graduate Development Specialist at Barclays), DanielleBilsby, Clive Smith (Head of Leadership and Talent at Barclays), Ian Falder, Professor Mike Thorne (ViceChancellor), Natasha Overton, Pat Sanyamahwe, Ervin Hysa, Katie Poole, Tosin Ojikutu, Matthew Haines,Richard Keebles and Harvey Choat.

Barclays Degreetrailblazers set to graduate

Employer

ENGAGEMENT


High-flying RAF medics will bestudying with us fromSeptember – from countries asfar flung as the Falkland Islands,Cyprus and Afghanistan.

We have been chosen by theRAF to provide higher education

health courses to its medics,beginning with two BSc (Hons)Degrees in Health & Social Careand Management & Leadershipin Health & Social Care, as wellas a Foundation Degree (FdSc)course. All courses will bedelivered by distance learning

so that the medics can continuestudying when posted overseas.Flight Lieutenant Ric Stubley, ofHQ 22 (Training) Group, said,‘We currently have RAF medicsworking in the Falklands,Afghanistan and numerousother countries around the

world, as well as in the UK. Wehave an education centre at ourbase in Kandahar where RAFmedics will be able to accessthe course via the internet. Infact, when on postings such asAfghanistan, studying for anonline degree is a perfect wayof filling their downtime. Theopportunities now available toRAF medic personnel providean excellent path for them toachieve high-value highereducation qualifications in theirarea.’

The RAF currently employsaround 600 medics and, afterlaunching the undergraduatecourses in September, they planto roll out a number ofpostgraduate qualifications fortheir personnel.

Tony Howard, Head of ourHigher Skills@Work team, said,‘Our Anglia Ruskin/RAFdistance-learning courses aredesigned specifically to buildthe professional skills andknowledge to meet thechallenges of operating in thisarena, and to ensure thecontinuation of a high-qualitylearning experience duringoverseas postings.’

For further information, pleasecontact Higher Skills@Work [email protected] orcall ext 5992.

High fliers to study universitydegrees – from Afghanistan!

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We have joined forces with theInstitute of Export & InternationalTrade (IoE) to offer a FoundationDegree (FdA) in ProfessionalPractice in International Trade.The new qualification, which isalso available as a one-year CertHE, brings together currentindustry knowledge withacademic theory and skills, withthe aim of improving thecompetence of British businesseson the international stage.

The IoE is the UK’s leadingindependent professional bodyrepresenting the interests ofeveryone involved in importing,exporting and international trade,

and Lesley Batchelor, DirectorGeneral of the IoE, said, ‘We arecommitted to the belief that realcompetitive advantage lies incompetence and commercialpower, and that negotiatingpower is underpinned by asound basis of knowledge. Tothis effect we are proud that ourpartnership with Anglia RuskinUniversity has made it possibleto bring to industry practitionersa learning pathway that isunique, and combines industryknowledge and practice withacademic theory and concepts.

‘This is one of the largestprojects ever undertaken by the

Institute of Export & InternationalTrade and its members, whoshould be rightly proud of thisachievement.’

The courses are deliveredthrough a mixture of onlinetutorials – via the IoE’s virtuallearning environment – andwork-related assignments, andthey have been specificallydesigned to be practical, flexibleand fit easily around jobs.Modules taught as part of thetwo-year Foundation Degreeinclude Finance of InternationalTrade, Organisational Changeand Practical Global Trading,International Marketing,

International PhysicalDistribution and ManagingProjects.

Suparna Ghose, from our HigherSkills@Work team, said, ‘Wewelcome this partnership withthe Institute of Export &International Trade and aredelighted jointly to launch thisnew work-related qualification,which we believe is a first for theindustry.’

For further information, pleasecontact Higher Skills@Work [email protected], orvisit www.anglia.ac.uk/ioe, orcall ext 5992.

New Foundation Degree offered in conjunction with Institute of Export

health questionniares tohanding out balloons.

In the learning marquee,Principal Lecturer JohnRayment, Pathway Leader,MBA, encouraged the public totake part in a range of funlearning activities – speedstacking, which looks at yourdexterity and coordinationskills, mind games and logicpuzzles, and attempting tocomplete ‘My World’s FallingApart’, a jigsaw globe! Sadly,no one completed the globe;however, when I asked a nine-year-old, called Robert, whathad been the best activity sofar, he replied ‘the speedstacking game’!

The (then) External Liaison stallconsisted of free goodies, mini-guides and balloons. Here,visitors were given lots ofadvice on access to AngliaRuskin and our Open Days. Thepublic responded really well,with one person commenting, ‘Ithought university was a reallyscary place, with scary people.You’ve been so helpful, andyou’re not scary at all. I’ll seeyou at the next Open Day!’

In the health marquee, JohnRedmond, Senior Lecturer, andMorgan Laisne, Schools andColleges Liaison Officer,demonstrated cardiopulmonaryresuscitation and gave thepublic the opportunity to fitbandages, as well. Morgan wason hand to give advice aboutour Health and Social Carecourses, while our studentvolunteers, Steven Hart andJessica Thomson, helped thepublic to complete healthquestionnaires before they hadfree blood tests. StudentServices’ Debbie Barker’s‘Cheap as Chips’ stall wentdown well, with 477 peoplevisiting to take part in the‘Taste the difference challenge’:this involved examining thedifferences between premiumbrands and supermarkets’ owneconomy ranges.

Our cheerleading team closedthe day with a finalperformance, as spectatorswatched in amazement as thegirls jumped up in the air anddemonstrated their skills.

Between the stalls, we spokewith 1730 people and handedout more than 150 mini-guides.

Community events such asthese give us a greatopportunity to engage with thepublic and bring Anglia Ruskininto the community. Thank youto all the staff and studentswho took part and made thisevent such a great success!

Rachel MossCommunity EngagementOfficer, Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices

Family Fun Day 2011 forChelmsford residents

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THE COMMUNITY


Cambridge Festival of Ideascelebrates arts, humanitiesand social sciences. Thefestival is coordinated by theUniversity of Cambridge, withparticipation by other localpartners, including AngliaRuskin University.Organisation of activity withinAnglia Ruskin is led byCommunity Engagement staff.

The festival will run fromWednesday 19 to Sunday 30October 2011. There will bean extensive and variedselection of workshops,performances, talks anddemonstrations. Most eventsare free to attend and therewill be activities for all ages toenjoy.

Anglia Ruskin has organised20 different events, and someare outlined below.

You can try your hand atproducing a short foreign-language film with Englishsub-titles, create sound effectsfor film or create stories inwords and pictures inspiredby museum collections.

Take part in art and languagevisits to the FitzwilliamMuseum and a workshopwhere you will explore themotivations and mechanismsunderlying the creative act.

Attend lectures on: anexploration of essays writtenby children of the BritishEmpire; children’s keyliterature; the process oflooking at a picture andputting our acts of lookinginto words.

Come and watch a filmscreening of DH Lawrence’sWomen in Love with an

On Sunday 10 July, the ActiveFamilies Fun Day, which is thelargest free community eventfor Chelmsford, took place atthe Chelmsford Sports andAthletics Centre, in MelbournePark.

This annual event, organisedby the Chelmsford Partnershipinvolves many key localservices and organisations,including Anglia Ruskin, and isaimed at encouraging a healthyand active lifestyle by offeringover 100 free activities – suchas boxercise, cheerleading andgymnastics – for visitors tosample. It also gives theresidents of Chelmsford theopportunity to learn first aidand get free health testing,along with finding outinformation about access toeducation.

This year, the event attractedover 5000 people and AngliaRuskin had a high presence,with four stalls and ourcheerleading team performingdemostrations throughout theevent. Our student volunteersalso participated in a widerange of activities, from taking

Cambridge F19–30 Oct


A degree student fromUniversity CentrePeterborough (UCP) hassuccessfully secured the firststudent placement offered byUCP and the Heritage LotteryFund East of England.

University CentrePeterborough has worked withthe Heritage Lottery FundEast of England since thebeginning of 2011 to developtailor-made placementopportunities that will allowstudents to develop theirlevels of employability andtransferable skills, whilstexpanding their understandingof the rich heritage in theEast of England and the workof the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Helen Palmer, a second-yearHistory and English studentfrom Whittlesey, impressedthe selection panel with herenthusiasm for local heritageand ideas for engaging withyoung people.

Abigail Hunt, HigherEducation Programme Leaderfor Arts and Sciences, said, ‘Iam thrilled that the HeritageLottery Fund East of England

approached us to supportthem on developing a studentplacement opportunity, whichoffers a student theopportunity to gain experienceof the heritage sector. In anever-competitive job market,it is crucial that studentsgraduate from our degreeprogrammes not only with atheoretical underpinning of asubject, but also with a rangeof practical and transferableskills that ensure they canmeet the demands ofemployers.’

Robyn Llewellyn, Head ofHeritage Lottery Fund East ofEngland, said, ‘We are lookingforward to welcoming Helen.It’s a really excitingopportunity to have a youngperson adding value to whatwe do by sharing her ideasabout how we can engageeven more communities inheritage.’

Louise PriceRecruitment and EventsCoordinator,University CentrePeterborough

introduction and post-screendiscussion.

Join in discussions on: therelevance of world classics,epics and oral traditions; howto adapt homes and reduceenergy costs; and the journeythrough game design of thepast.

Enjoy one or all of theperformances: a violin andpiano recital; a fashion showwith designs by our fashionstudents; a performance byFrieda Hughes, who willcombine her poetry andpaintings in a dialoguespecially created for theFestival of Ideas.

Also, on Saturday 22 October,from 12.00noon to 3.00pm,there will be the opportunityfor prospective students,parents, teachers and othermembers of the public tomeet us to find out broader

information about AngliaRuskin at our stand at theInformation Marquee on theSidgwick Site, University ofCambridge.

It is promising to be afantastic festival with manyengaging activities.

Booking lines are open now!

To find out full details of allour Anglia Ruskin events,please visitwww.anglia.ac.uk/communityengagement, and for acomplete list of all festivalevents, seewww.cambridgefestivalofideas.org.

Miriam BergCommunity EngagementOfficer, Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices

� Mick Gowar demonstrating how to create stories in words and picturesabout some of the items in the Museum of Anthropology andArchaeology collections. The event ‘Imagining the Past’ (for youngpeople) is taking place again this year on Saturday 22 Octocber.

Festival of Ideasober 2011

UK and international partner

INSTITUTIONSUCP studentmakes historywith first studentplacement withHeritage LotteryFund East ofEngland

� Sandy Lynam, Director of Estates & Facilities Services, and SvenTopel, Chief Executive, Brookgate, the CB1 developers.

ESTATES & FACILITIES


The CB1 studentaccommodation developmentis starting to take shape. InJuly, at a ceremony toacknowledge thecommencement of works,Sandy Lynam, Director ofEstates & Facilities Services,tried her hand at bricklayingwith a 2011 date stone. Thestone will be adjacent to themain entrance of one of ournew accommodation blocks.

CB1 will give our students511 new bed spaces startingfrom the 2012–13 academicyear.

Development updateIn other development news,our Chelmsford campus plazaarea is undergoing a completetransformation. The works willrun throughout September.Parts of the area and road willbe closed off at different

Dyson hand driersA while back, the Soft ServicesTeam made the decision tomove over from paper towels inrest rooms to Dyson air bladehand driers. We have a plaqueto put above each hand drier togive you information andstatistics on the environmentaland health benefits of theproduct. The Dyson air blade:• uses 80% less energy than a

warm-air hand drier and upto 97% less than papertowels per year

• dries hands in 10 seconds• uses filtered air, and their

high-efficiency particulate air(HEPA) filter captures 99.9%of bacteria from the airdrying hands

• means there is no need forpaper towels, so this cutsdown on waste that oftenends up in landfill (landfilltax is now at £56 per tonne,rising to £64 on1 April 2012)

• is made up of mostlyrecyclable components.

We have a total of 60 inChelmsford, 40 in Cambridgeand eight in Peterborough. InChelmsford alone, we arecharged £10 per lift of a1100-litre wheelie bin. SoftServices has estimated that weused to have one 1100-litrebin emptied daily just full ofpaper towels from rest rooms;therefore, we are savingapproximately £2600 perannum at our Chelmsfordcampus and cutting down onour waste to landfill!

NB: we have not currentlyinstalled Dyson air blades indisabled toilets or buildingsthat we rent.

Mains-fed water coolersWe have recently removed ourbottle-fed water coolers inoffices and open spaces and

Date stone in CB1 Cambridge Soft Servitimes. The improvements willcreate better pedestrian routesand seating, and thelandscaping and paving willmatch the rest of the campus.New bus stops for Park andRide will be installed, andcycle paths will be improved.

If you are based on theCambridge campus, youcouldn’t have missed noticingthe new feel to the campusnow the Lord Ashcroftbuilding has opened in thecentre of the campus, and wehope you are enjoying thenew access routes andfacilities that are available foreveryone. Watch out for morenews and photos in the nextissue of Bulletin.

Our Harlow development,which you can read moreabout in the next issue too, isnearing completion.

We plan to start developmenton Bradmore Street, on ourCambridge campus, inJanuary 2012 to provide apermanent home for ourUniversity Eye Clinic, which iscurrently housed in temporarybuildings.

We are submitting our plansto council for a newdevelopment on Young Street,following a public consultationthat we held in July. The siteis close to the Cambridgecampus, and would be usedto house nursing and otherHealth & Social Carestudents, currently based atFulbourn, starting in the2013–14 academic year.

ContactIf you have any questionsabout our developments,please [email protected].


have moved over to mains-fedinstead. We now have a totalof 27 of these in Cambridgeand 38 in Chelmsford.

Our environmental impactshave been dramaticallyreduced by eliminating the useof plastic bottles, which all hadto be manufactured,transported to our campusesand disposed of. Faculties andsupport services can also enjoycost savings by not having topurchase replacement waterbottles.

NB: there are four exceptionswhere we have had to retainbottle-fed water coolers, duetheir location and it not beingpossible to install a mains-fed.

We would like to remind allstaff of our waste managementguidance, available atwww.anglia.ac.uk/waste. Thisinformation is designed tomake sure we all comply withwaste laws, as well as providea cost-effective service. Inparticular, we ask you to makeall requests for the followingservices through Estates Online(http://web.anglia.ac.uk/estates/estatesonline):• IT and electrical equipment

disposal• Hazardous waste disposal• Skip hire

In June 2011, an AngliaRuskin service contractedHeard Environmental, a skip

ces Team greening initiativeshire company, to dispose ofwaste from a roomrefurbishment without followingour waste managementguidance. The skip containedredundant computerequipment, including monitors,which are classed ashazardous waste. HeardEnvironmental did not provideAnglia Ruskin with the requireddocumentation to demonstratethat a legal transfer ofhazardous waste wascompleted, and it is now clearthat the computer equipment,which contains mercury, ahighly toxic substance, was notrecycled but was sent tolandfill. These actions put ourinstitution at risk of prosecution

by the Environment Agency aswell as jeopardising ourcertified environmentalmanagement system, which isa high standard of evidence foran environmentally responsibleorganisation.

To avoid a recurrence of thissituation, please use the wastemanagement services availablethrough Estates Online andcontact the Environment Teamwith any questions regardingwaste disposal.

Contact Simon Chubb,Environment Manager, on ext5715 (Cambridge) or ext 4062(Chelmsford).

GREEN ISSUESGood news!We received a glowing reportfrom our external auditors IMSInternational, who came to ourCambridge and Chelmsfordcampuses recently. Theyreviewed our systems andpractices to ensure we complywith the internationallyrecognised ISO 14001standard.

They were very impressed withthe number of initiatives inplace across our campuses tominimise our environmentalimpacts. We are very gratefulto everyone who helped in theaudit process and we are verypleased that we havemaintained our ISO 14001certification.

New waste legislationNew waste legislation comesinto effect from 28 September2011 with an emphasis on thewaste hierarchy (reduce, reuse,

or recycle). Organisations mustconfirm whether the wastehierarchy has been applied onthe waste transfer orconsignment note.

Please also see, above, ourEstates & Facilities Soft Servicesarticle on waste disposal.

If you need further informationon this or for any other queriesor suggestions, please contactthe environment team [email protected].

Green Impact Awards partyOn Tuesday 26 July we heldthe Green Impact Awards partyto congratulate the teams fortheir efforts and hard work withthe competition and presentthem with their awards.Results can be found inBulletin Vol 8 No 7, Jul/Aug2011, page 30. The eventwent really well; we were alsojoined by Global Action Plan,

who bought an energy bike in.Staff were asked to cycle topower an iPod, a TV onstandby, an energy-efficientlight bulb and a standard one.It was surprising the amount ofadditional effort required topower the standard light bulb!

Below, see how many energybikes it takes to powerappliances!

• A mobile phone (7 watt) =0.1 person on an energy bike

• A 32” LCD TV (130 watt) =2 people on an energy bike

• A desktop PC (250 watt) =3 people on an energy bike

• A washing machine (1050watt) = 13 people on anenergy bike

• An electric kettle (2900 watt)= 35 people on an energybike

• A computer server (6500watt) = 79 people on anenergy bike

Once again, thank you toeveryone who participated inthe Green Impact Awards2010–11. For information onhow to sign a team up for2011–12, please [email protected],and keep up the good work inthe meantime.

Sarah JohnsonEnvironment and UtilitiesOfficer, Estates & Facilities

Using Estates Online to ensure legal, responsible and cost-effective waste disposal

� Powering the energy bike!

Customer Service

EXCELLENCEOur most recent CSE pre-assessment occurred on 18July. We were visited again byour assessor, Dennis Molyneux,from Customer ServiceExcellence Assessment Services(CSEAS). Further action isrequired in some specific areasand these are being discussedat CSE and CorporateManagement Team (CMT)meetings. Overall, the assessorspoke positively of the clearprogress we have made in anumber of areas and hasrecommended us for our secondfull audit, which will occur over19–20 October. We werepleased with the outcome.

The 2011 two-day full CSEassessment comprises one dayin Cambridge and one day inChelmsford. An agenda hasbeen agreed with the assessorand service areas involved inthe process have been notified.During the full CSE assessment,the assessor will identifycompliance with the standardthrough review of documentaryevidence, observation of servicedelivery and discussion withstaff and customers. Theassessor will identify elementswhere we have complied fullyand not fully with therequirements of the CSEStandard. It is following this

two-day period that we will beinformed whether or not wehave maintained CSEaccreditation. A series ofbriefings will take place duringSeptember with those membersof staff in the assessment.

All staff were invited earlier thisyear to complete our inaugural‘Your Say’ Customer ServiceSurvey. We were delighted toreceive 793 responses to thesurvey. As previously mentioned,every completed return resultedin a donation being made toselected charities. Survey resultsare being shared with CSEChampions and CMT with a

view to implementing relevantactions where appropriate.

We have received the results ofthe mystery shopping exercises,and relevant action plans, fromthose whose service areasparticipated in the exercises.Review meetings are plannedfor the autumn, where we willassess how each service areahas responded to the findings.

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

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

September and October’s development sessions8 Sep Manage My Curriculum Cambridge campus 10.00–11.00am8 Sep Manage My Curriculum Cambridge campus 2.00–3.00pm9 Sep Manage My Curriculum Rivermead 10.00–11.00am9 Sep Manage My Curriculum Rivermead 2.00–3.00pm29 Sep Excellence: Serving You Right! Student Complaints Rivermead 9.30am–4.30pm10 Oct Equality & Diversity in Recruitment & Selection St George House, Cambridge 9.30am–4.30pm

New workshops for 2011–1217 Nov HR Policy Briefing Rivermead 9.30am–12.30pm20 Mar 2012 Open Forum: Our International Collaborative Partnerships Rivermead 12.00noon–2.00pm30 Mar 2012 Open Forum: Our International Collaborative Partnerships Cambridge campus 12.00noon–2.00pm

STAFF DEVELOPMENT


If you would like to book a place on a staff development session,you will need to email the following information [email protected]: your name; job title; faculty or supportservice; location; telephone extension number and email address;the title of the workshop; the date of the workshop; your linemanager’s name and email address. Please note, before placingyour booking, you must secure your line manager’s agreement forthis training. If a session is fully booked you can register yourinterest by emailing [email protected].

For the most up-to-date information about training anddevelopment opportunities, please see HR Online, atwww.anglia.ac.uk/hr.

If you have any queries regarding any staff development sessions,please do not hesitate to contact the training team [email protected].

Look out for the Training & Development pull-out in October’s Bulletin for further details of all sessions forthe coming academic year.

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

This exhibition provides anopportunity to view the workof artists from the MFA andMA Printmaking atCambridge School of Art.

The show platforms thequality and diversity of workon the Masters degreeprogrammes and the creativedirections of the individualartists. The MFA programmeembraces a variety ofcreative attitudes, andestablished practices rangingfrom painting, sculpture,printmaking, installation,photography and film. TheMA Printmaking workdemonstrates the expanding

potential of print media as apowerful image-making toolfor fine art research andpractice. The artists in theshow come from a widerange of creativebackgrounds, including fineart painting, design,illustration, photography andtextiles.

If you would like furtherinformation about AngliaRuskin Arts, please [email protected].

Verity SandersonBox Office and MarketingAdministrator


Visual arts at the Ruskin GalleryLunchtime concerts at the Mumford Theatre

THE ARTS

23 Sep Marie-Noelle Kendall and Yukie Smith (piano duo)A programme of rarely heard works by Schubert, Brahms andAdam Gorb.

30 Sep Steve Bingham (violin), Nicola Anderson (cello),Maurice Hodges (piano)A programme of piano trios including music by Stanford andMaurice Hodges.

7 Oct FUSIL – Iñigo Ibaibarriaga (saxophones), Gareth Stuart(clarinet), Julio d’Escriván (data projection)A concert of electronic music with acoustic instruments featuringlive remix and plundering of images, scores and sound.

14 Oct Anglia Ruskin Student ConcertA concert featuring students currently on the degree pathway inPopular Music.

21 Oct Arpège Duo – Christina Rhys (harp) and Louise Williams (viola)A not-to-be-missed chance to hear two members of Arpège playworks from their ‘mind bogglingly wide-ranging repertoire’.(Andrew Greene, Classical Music)

28 Oct Prime Brass soloists – Michel Sedgwick (trumpet), GuyLlewellyn (French horn), Sarah Minchin (trombone),with Maurice Hodges (piano)Perform a trio by Poulenc plus a selection of solo novelties.

There will be a retiring collection in aid of the Spinal InjuriesAssociation.

4 Nov Preston ReedThe godfather of percussive acoustic guitar, this is a rareopportunity to question Preston on his techniques, style andcreative approach to composition.

11 Nov Sarah Ellen Hughes and friends – Sarah Ellen Hughes (vocals),Darren Altman (drums), Rick Simpson (piano),Tom Farmer (bass)Award-winning vocalist appears this afternoon as part of a UKtour, with a superb trio featuring the cream of London’s jazztalent.

18 Nov Why Strad?A violin tasting session in which Nigel Brown OBE demonstratesthe difference between a Stradivarius and more modest makesof violin.

25 Nov ZRI – Ben Harlan (clarinet), Max Baillie (violin), MatthewSharp (cello), Iris Pissaride (santouri), Jon Banks (accordion)An unorthodox interpretation of Brahms’ Clarinet Quintetinterspersed with fiery Hungarian and Klezmer music.

2 Dec John Law Trio – John Law (piano), Tom Farmer (bass),Asaf Sirkis (drums)Jazz pianist/composer John Law returns to the Mumford Theatrewith his Opt project, playing other people’s tunes.

Music and exhibitions

Autumn series – Fridays, 1.10pm, free admission to all concertsTickets available from the Mumford Theatre box office,

(0845 196) ext 2320 or visit www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre

MFA and MA PrintmakingThursday 22 September – Thursday 6 OctoberRuskin Gallery and BalconyPrivate View: Thursday 22 September, 5.00pm

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


• Arts, Law & Social Sciences:Clare Denham, Creative Front Coordinator;Verity Sanderson, Administrator, Music and Performing Arts

• Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services:Jennifer Cox, Admissions Administrator;Matthew Kane, Admissions Administrator;Thomas Kay, Development Officer, International Development Services

• Education:Claire Carlson, Partnership Administrator;Kelly Stock, Senior Lecturer, Department of Teacher Education

• Financial Services:Lesley Buttle, Credit Control Manager;Claire Gilbert, Senior Assistant Management Accountant

• Health & Social Care:Claire Cameron, Professor of Social Care;Neil Gammon, ICENI Centre Commercial Director;Judie Knowles, Senior Lecturer

• HR Services:Andrea Lechner, Human Resources Manager

• Learning Development Services:Jon Nettleton, Distance Learning Facilitator, Anglia Learning and Teaching

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School:Muriel Cadilhac Research Project Coordinator;Jolanta Pilybaityte, KEEP Associate

• Science & Technology:Oliver Caddy, Research Assistant, Life Sciences;Wah Man Cheung, KEEP Associate;Jeffrey Davey, Technician, Life Sciences;Matthew East, Learning Technologist;Michael Finlay, Senior Lecturer, Department of PsychologyMunir Morad, Deputy Dean;Francesca Roberts, KTP Associate

• Student Services:Kit Lai, Nursery, Early Years Practitioner;William Wreathall, Information Assistant, Student Information Centre

• University Library:Elys Dolan, Library Assistant;Amparo Gimeno-Sanjuan, Shelving Assistant;Stuart Lawson, Library Assistant;Patrick McGuire, Library Assistant;Judith Stone, Library Assistant;Clare Young, Shelving Assistant

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

• Arts, Law & Social Sciences:Frauke Behrendt, Research Fellow, Cultures of the Digital EconomyResearch Institute;Jussi Parikka, Reader, English, Communication, Film and Media;Richard Taylor, Music Technician, Music and Performing Arts

• Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services:Rhys Bearder, AimHigher Development Officer

• Education:Carol Frost, Operations Manager, mPowerNet;Carol McDermott, Department of Teacher Education;Victoria Russell, Press and PR Coordinator

• Estates & Facilities:Janis Killick, Catering and Events, Cook

• Financial Services:Jennifer Brown, Administrator;Nicholas Treadwell, Administrator

• Health & Social Care:Steven Abbott, Senior Research Fellow, Allied Health and Medicine;Elna Bruning, Senior Lecturer, Family and Community Studies;Linda Hill, Placement Support;Shek Hung, Acute Care, Senior Lecturer;Emily Wright, School & Colleges Liaison Officer;Aine Woods, Senior Lecturer, Family and Community Studies

• Learning Development Services:Carolyn Tiller, Accreditation of Prior Learning Development Manager,Higher Skills@Work

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School:Paul Turner, Professor of Management Practice;Laure Le Corre, KTP Associate;Ann Thomas, Administrator

• Research, Development & Commercial Services:Manjari Chakravorty, Research & Evaluation Officer

• Science & Technology:Grahame Bell, Lecturer, Life Sciences;Ljiljana Marjanovic-Halburd, Senior Lecturer, Built Environment;Lynsey Marley, Marketing Coordinator;Teila Smith, Marketing Coordinator

• Student Services:Catherine Champney, Learning Support Assistant;Rosemary Chaplin, Student Adviser (Dyslexia);Samantha Coldwell, Information Assistant;Robert Jarman, Learning Support Assistant;Sophie Stokes, Assistant Early Years Practitioner, Nursery;Peter Wyatt, Learning Support Assistant, Student Support Services

• University Library:Elspeth Kelly, Library Assistant;Catherine Pearson, Library Assistant;Ruth Rule, Faculty Liaison Librarian;Louise Waters, Library Assistant

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