your university 2007

YourUniversity.

The magazine for alumni and friends of the University of Sheffield • 2007/2008

Rising to thechallenge

In the spotlight

RenaissanceSheffield

A meeting of minds

A dramaticreturn

Eddie Izzard finally collects his degree

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ContentsUniversity news 2

Reflections of the Vice-Chancellor 8

Rising to the challenge 10

Sheffield takes Venice by storm 12

Scientist on a mission 13

Five years on 14

A dramatic return 16

Renaissance Sheffield 18

Once students, now staff 20

Fruits of success 21

A meeting of minds 22

Convocation 24

At the cutting edge of industry 25

In the spotlight 26

Global perspective 28

Alumni services and benefits 30

Calendar of events 31

Your notes and news 32

Honours and awards 36

to the 2007 issue of Your University magazine.

This fifth issue of Your University also marks the fifth anniversary of theestablishment of the Development and Alumni Relations Office. In 2002 only sixalumni were making regular donations in support of the University. We have nowreceived our 3,400th gift from a supporter, bringing the total to more than£500,000. This generosity has funded 100 scholarships, supported the InformationCommons building and funded the work of the Alumni Foundation. In addition, more than £500,000 has been received through generous legacies. I am constantlydelighted by the interest and enthusiasm our alumni have for the University and its future.

I wish to take this opportunity to thank our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bob Boucher,for the constant support he has given alumni relations at the University. He has beenproactive in maintaining contact with our graduates, both in the UK and overseas,and taken great personal interest in the work of the Development and AlumniRelations Office. We have invited him to contribute to this issue of Your Universitywith a reflection on his term of office, which ends with his retirement in December.

We now offer our alumni a range of benefits; see page 30 for details. Each alumnusor alumna who receives this magazine in the post also receives a membership card,with a unique membership number. Keep this safe and use it when you want to takeadvantage of the special discounts and services on offer. We are also organising andpromoting more alumni events; details and dates are listed on page 31.

A new feature of this issue of Your University is the Your Notes and News section.Here we have listed a selection of ‘where are they now?’ snippets. I hope that we can develop this section in the future with your support, in conjunction with alumninews that appears on our web pages.

Finally, please remember to update your details if anything has changed. Use theenclosed questionnaire, complete one online or log on to Sheffield Reunited andmake your changes there (www.sheffield.ac.uk/sheffield-reunited).

Miles StevensonDirector of Development

Claire Rundström, Development Manager, Alumni Relations, and Miles Stevenson, Director of Development.Miles is in charge of the Development and Alumni Relations Office and the activities it undertakes; Claire manages the full alumni relations programme of communications and events.

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Welcome

Our Shared VisionThe University has published a new corporate plan, following the largest ever consultationprocess across campus. Staff, students and business partners all contributed to Our SharedVision, which clearly states the University’s mission, its vision, its goals and the measures bywhich progress towards them will be assessed.

“The University will be firmly positioned amongst the world’s leading universities, recognisedfor the impact, excellence and distinctiveness of its graduates and research activities.”

www.sheffield.ac.uk/oursharedvision

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100 years of the UnionOver 120 formerStudent Officers,spanning sixdecades, attendeda reunion dinner tomark the Union’s

centenary. After a lunch reception,sponsored by Convocation, currentOfficers organised tours of the buildingfor their predecessors, providing anopportunity to see how their old hauntshad changed over the years.

A dinner held in University Houseconcluded with speeches by currentUnion President Dave White and JohnWatkinson, President 1952-53. Davecomments, “Over the past 100 years,generations of students have workedhard to ensure that the Union addsvalue to the lives of its members andcontributes to the success of theUniversity. Last year we were againrecognised by the Virgin AlternativeGuide to Universities as the beststudents’ union in the UK.

“However, it is important that we do notbecome complacent or nostalgic. Thatis why 2006 saw not only a celebrationof our past success, but also our lateststrategic review, which set out the plans

that will enable us to continue to meetstudents’ needs and to stay on top forthe next 100 years and beyond.”

Call for TrusteesThe Union has established a Board ofTrustees in line with its new status as a registered charity. Alumni with aninterest in playing a part in the future of the UK’s most exciting and successfulstudents’ union are invited to contact

Samantha Hay on 0114 222 8601 or email [email protected].

Standing up forStudentsPublished to mark its centenary,Standing up for Students, written by Dr Helen Mathers, gives a decade by decade account of the Union’scontribution to student life. See inside front cover for further details.

Former Presidents join current post-holder Dave White (seated, right) at the centenary celebration.

Sheffieldamongeducation’sglobal eliteTwo prestigious global rankings publishedfor 2006-07 put Sheffield among the top10 universities in Britain and the top 70globally. And the Virgin 2007 AlternativeGuide to British Universities states that“Sheffield is a top university across the board”.

International publication Newsweek ranksthe University of Sheffield 9th in the UK,18th in Europe and 70th worldwide. Theglobal top 100 listings are based on theUniversity’s performance in the leadingworld league tables published by theTimes Higher Education Supplementand Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Researchers at Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity assessed over 2,000 universitiesusing several research performanceindicators, including the number of highlycited researchers, academic performance,articles in the periodicals Science andNature, and the number of Nobel prize-winners. They ranked Sheffield 69th in theworld, 20th in Europe and 8th in the UK.

MajorfundingsuccessThe Higher Education Innovation Fund(HEIF) is a key source of support foruniversity knowledge transfer. Sheffieldwas awarded more HEIF3 funding (for theperiod August 2006 to July 2008) than anyother university and was one of the veryfew institutions to receive the maximum£3m funding under the formulaallocations. This formula is driven by levels of current activity and capacity andrecognises the established strengths ofthe University in knowledge transfer.

The Chinese government has awarded the School of East Asian Studies aConfucius Institute for the promotion of Chinese language and culture. DeputyPrime Minister John Prescott officially opened the institute on 18 January 2007.

This is a joint initiative in collaboration with the Office of Chinese LanguageCouncil International, Beijing Language and Culture University and NanjingUniversity. Together with its partners in China and the UK, the institute willwork with community organisations, the public and private sector and thegeneral public across the Yorkshire and Northern England region.

The institute has already embarked on a range of China-related activitiesincluding supporting research into learning Chinese as a foreign language,promoting the teaching of the Chinese language in primary and secondaryschools, providing Chinese language training for students, teachers, communityand business, and organising seminars on Chinese culture and society.

Professor Tim Wright, Chairman of the School of East Asian Studies, said, “We are eager to hear from organisations in the public and private sectorsabout what their needs are and how we can work together to help the wholeregion to build its links with the world’s most dynamic economy and society.Please contact us via [email protected].”

The University hostsprestigious ConfuciusInstitute


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(left-right) Councillor Mrs Jackie Drayton, the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott,Vice-Chancellor Professor Bob Boucher, Professor Tim Wright, Mr Gong Jianzhong, Consul General, Consulateof the People’s Republic of China in Manchester, and Professor Cui Xiliang, President of the Beijing Languageand Culture University.

Pinnock records Bach Internationally renowned conductor andsoloist Trevor Pinnock chose Sheffield CityHall as the venue for his 60th birthdayconcert on 16 December 2006. Since his firstvisit in 1985 Trevor has developed a specialaffinity with the city and with the Departmentof Music at the University. He received anhonorary degree in 2005 and brought theEuropean Brandenburg Ensemble to Firth Hallfor a three-day residency of open rehearsals,lectures and children’s events in the summerof 2006. The ensemble rehearsed Bach’sBrandenburg Concertos, which were also thesubject of a new recording made duringDecember and January in the City Hall’sBallroom. The University, Sheffield City Hall,Sheffield City Council, British Land and WolfSafety Lamp are sponsors of this recording,which will be released by Avie Records inOctober 2007.

www.avierecords.com

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SheffieldLegends

Helen Sharman OBE (BSc 1984), Britain’s firstastronaut, has joined other famous people from or

connected to Sheffield, including Gordon Banks andMichael Palin, on the Walk of Fame outside Sheffield Town Hall.

The University appointsnew Vice-Chancellor Professor Keith Burnett CBE, FRS will be the next Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Sheffield, taking up his post on 1 October 2007.

At the time of his appointment, Professor Burnett was Head of the Division ofMathematical, Physical and Life Sciences at the University of Oxford. Before thishe was Chairman of Physics at Oxford, where he has enjoyed a successful careerfor almost 20 years. He is currently Chairman of the International ScienceAdvisory Committee of the UK’s national laboratories. His research interests are in the areas of atomic, molecular and optical physics.

“The University of Sheffield has a great reputation,” he said, “and I look forwardto building upon that and shaping our vision of education in the next decade.”

£4.3mboost forhumanhealthresearchThe University of Sheffield has beenselected for a prestigious Science andInnovation Award by the Engineeringand Physical Sciences ResearchCouncil (EPSRC). The award will beused for a pioneering centre ofexcellence that will bring togetherleading chemical engineers andbiologists.

The new centre, Chemical EngineeringLife Science Interface (ChELSI), will bebased in the Department of Chemicaland Process Engineering, and willenable chemical engineers tocollaborate with biologists at what istermed the ‘Life Science Interface’.Such collaborations in the UK areunusual. The vision for ChELSI is that itwill focus on human health problems,with initial projects in areas such asstem cells, kidney diseases andreproductive biology.

Helen Sharman’s plaque on the Walk of Fame.

Professor Keith Burnett.

Trevor Pinnock. Credit: Peer Lindgreen.


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Community actionpraisedThe Union of Students’ has been recognised for its sustained commitment to the local community by winning the Royal Mail Community Impact Award at theSheffield Business Awards.

The Union highlighted SheffieldVolunteering in their application as their flagshipinitiative with over 1,000 students each year providing services for 142 communityorganisations, charities and schools. SheffieldVolunteering has also been cited bythe national funding body, HEFCE, as an outstanding model of good practice.

Rag, the Union’s student-led fundraising initiative, raised over £73,000 for local,national and international charities in 2006. The ‘Sshh’ Campaign was also putforward as an example of positive relations with local residents. It encouragesstudents to be aware of the consequences of late-night noise.

Funding boostSheffieldVolunteering received over £380,000 from the Big Lottery Fund and theHigher Education Active Community Fund and is using the cash to set up newschemes and encourage more students and staff to volunteer. Current activitiesinclude school mentoring, weekly visits to residential homes, and A Nice Time onSaturdays (ANTS) – a support project for children who have experienced the lossof a parent or sibling.

Finalist formajormuseumawardWeston Park Museum has been short-listed for the £100,000Gulbenkian Prize 2007 for museumsand galleries. The museum reopened on 14 October 2006, following a massive£19m redevelopment project and hasattracted record numbers of visitors.

SheffieldVolunteering activities include dry stone walling at Whitley Edge and supporting learning in schools.

Appeal nets£250,000forcharitiesFor 15 years, University ofSheffield students have paid anextra £2 on top of their annualhalls of residence bill as part of the Give-As-You-Rent scheme.Charities then bid for grants ofbetween £500 and £3,000 with a panel of students making the final decision on how the money is spent. The 2006 figure of £20,813 was split between 10 organisations working withhomeless, vulnerable anddisadvantaged people in Sheffield.

The remodelled entrance to Weston Park Museum.

MBA accreditationThe Management School has received accreditation for its MBA programmes fromthe Association of MBAs (AMBA). The School now joins the world’s elite MBAproviders. Professor Keith Glaister, Dean of the School, commented, “This is aninternational benchmark that validates the global standard of our MBA programmeand represents an important step in the building of a world class ManagementSchool at the University of Sheffield.”

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Architecture centenary2008The centenary of the School of Architecture will be celebrated with various events, including an exhibition, a lecture series, publication of a School history and a series of reunion dinners. Professor Roger Plank, Head of School, wants tohear from former staff and students who may have lost touch with the University:“We are particularly keen to identify architectural works or other achievements and examples of past student work for the exhibition. Please encourage people with connections to the School to get in touch. They may complete the online questionnaire at www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/keepintouch, [email protected] or write to The Alumni Officer, School of Architecture, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN. We want to make this a celebration to remember.”

Going, going, gone!

Sorby’s datewith destinyA controlled explosion demolished the 12-storey Sorby building on 27 August2006. The block had providedaccommodation for thousands ofstudents since it was opened in 1963. The demise of Sorby is one element of the ‘Student Village’ redevelopmentscheme, which also includes thedemolition of Earnshaw and RanmoorHalls of Residence, together with Wolfson Flats and Woodvale Flats. Whenthe project is completed in 2009, a totalof 3,540 new study-bedrooms will be inplace – 2,360 on the Endcliffe site and1,180 on the Ranmoor site.

A video of the demolition is available to view on our website: visitwww.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni and followthe links to the Latest News section.

The world’s firstdissolvable dressA creative partnership between Tony Ryan, ICI Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University, and designer Professor Helen Storey, entitled Wonderland, showsoff new materials that can make consumer products less environmentally harmful.Professor Storey has worked with the University of Ulster to develop a series of

innovative dissolving textiles based on polymerscreated in collaboration with the SheffieldPolymer Centre.

“The dresses Helen has created are a metaphorfor the beautiful things we create and use butnever really think about and just throw away,”said Professor Ryan. “In your lifetime you throwaway about 20 tons of packaging material. Wewant people to think about that. But it hasmade us think more seriously about science,too. This isn’t about boring labs and test tubes.It’s about turning ideas into reality.”

www.polymercentre.org.ukDetail of a dissolvable dress.

New Vice-Chancellor atSheffield HallamProfessor Philip Jones, a former Pro Vice-Chancellorand Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University ofSheffield, has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University.

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InformationCommonswelcomesfirst usersThe Information Commons opened itsdoors for the first time to studentsacross the campus on 10 April 2007.Born out of completely fresh thinkingabout learning resources for the 21stcentury student, it contains a wholerange of study experiences within asingle spectacular building.

Located on the corner of UpperHanover Street and Brook Hill, theseven-storey building provides thelatest IT resources, including over 400PCs and pervasive wireless networkingand IT-equipped classrooms, well-equipped spaces for teaching andlearning, 1,070 study spaces, 100,000 of the most in-demand books, and a70-seat cafe.

Focus on TynanThe best of Kenneth Tynan’s theatrecriticism has been brought togetherin one volume by Professor DominicShellard, the critic’s biographer.Kenneth Tynan: Theatre Writings waschosen as a BBC Radio 4 ‘Book of theWeek’ in February 2007; it was alsoserialised by the Guardian.

Famous above all for hischampionship of the Angry YoungMen at the Royal Court and forheralding Brecht, Beckett and Pinter,Tynan was the 20th century’s mostinfluential theatre critic. Included inthe book are ground-breakingreviews of plays by Arthur Miller, JohnOsborne, TS Eliot and Noel Coward.

Professor Shellard is Head of theSchool of English Literature, Languageand Linguistics and is the principalinvestigator on the Arts andHumanities Research Council BritishLibrary Theatre Archive project. Hesaid, “My interest in theatre criticismhas spanned my entire career and Iam honoured that Radio 4 chose thisedition of Kenneth Tynan’s theatrecriticism to serialise.”

www.bl.uk/theatrearchive

The striking exterior of the Information Commons.

Professor Dominic Shellard.

Sheffield to hostBollywood ‘Oscars’The city was chosen to host the 2007 International Indian Film Academy Awards.The Indian film industry, centred on Mumbai, produces in excess of 800 films eachyear, twice the number from Hollywood. The awards ceremony was held in theHallam FM Arena with other events taking place across the Yorkshire region.

Sheffield GraduateAward SchemeThe University has launched a Sheffield Graduate Award Scheme toenable students to earn formal recognition for their wider skillsdevelopment during their programme of study. It is open to all students,with individuals accumulating points towards a bronze, silver or goldaward by taking part in extra-curricular activities.

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Reflectionsof the Vice-ChancellorProfessor Bob Boucher has been Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffieldsince 2000. Prior to that, he was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) for five years. He hasspent much of his working life at the University of Sheffield, initially as an academicwithin the Department of Mechanical Engineering, then as a Head of Departmentand Pro Vice-Chancellor for Academic Development and for Research.

Professor Boucher retires from theUniversity at the end of this year. He shares his thoughts on life at the helm of one of the UK’s greatresearch-led institutions andconsiders what the future may hold for the University of Sheffield.

“The University of Sheffield is,appropriately to its home city,frequently at the ‘cutting edge’.Innovation is part of our daily life. Yet in many ways the reflection weunderwent during our Centenary Yearin 2005 reminded us of how much ofour mission remains unchanged.

“I am always struck by the poster fromthe beginning of the last century, whichwas attached to the walls of companiesand factories all over the city as fundswere sought to provide a university ofour own. It looked to a university for

the children of the working man (andwoman), for knowledge which woulddirectly benefit the economy of thecity. Hard pressed individuals made‘penny’ donations which finally totalled£50,000: based on the RPI increasethat’s £3.5m today or about £15m as a proportion of earnings! So theUniversity of Sheffield was born largelyout of the amazing generosity andcommitment of people who believed in its benefits.

“Our mission continues to be thatexpressed in our coat of arms; we aimin Virgil’s words ‘to discover the causesof things’, to improve the world byseeking to understand it. We are stilldelivering education which producesoutstanding graduates who have aglobal impact in their various fields. Weprovide knowledge exchange in areas

crucial to the regional, national andinternational economy. We continue to be a force for good.

“What we seek to do now is to expressthese same priorities in ways which fitthe needs of the modern world. In thatsense, I believe our founders wouldrecognise us as fellow spirits, althoughso much else would astonish anddelight them. And were we able to re-visit the University 100 years fromnow, although doubtless much else willchange technologically, I believe thesecore values will still hold true.

“In 2006, we undertook an exercise todefine Our Shared Vision as part of ourendeavour to improve our planningprocess and unite in key areas ofpriority. Our aspiration continues thatexpressed by our Victorian founders, tofirmly position ourselves amongst the

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I believe ourfounders wouldrecognise us asfellow spirits,although so muchelse wouldastonish anddelight them.

’‘world’s leading universities, recognisedfor the impact, excellence and distinctiveness of our graduates and research activities. We have awonderful heritage of quality on which to build, but we also face keychallenges. We need to developstudent skills and capabilities, attractfunding, meet and exceed customerexpectations, compete globally forstudents, staff and partners, as well as manage effectively at times ofcomplexity and change within higher education.


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The Vice-Chancellor’s topUniversity moments

• Going to Buckingham Palace to receive our third Queen’sAnniversary Prize with thewinning team.

• Watching the wraps come off the fabulous InformationCommons; and thespontaneous applause of alumni in Kuala Lumpur onseeing a slide of the building.

• Attending the Sheffield BusinessAwards Dinner when theStudents’ Union won the RoyalMail Community Impact Awardfor their community work,including SheffieldVolunteering.

• The announcement of theFactory of the Future as a hugeexpansion of the so successfulAdvanced ManufacturingResearch Centre with Boeing.

• The wonderful joy of the eventsof Centenary Year, capped by a fabulous atmosphere at theCentenary Dinner in theCutlers’ Hall, attended by staff,students, alumni and friends of the University.

We continue to be a force for good.

“The University has always been home to great discoveries and innovation.Stainless steel was developed by Harry Brearley, who worked on hisdevelopment in our Faculty ofEngineering. Crucial work on thedevelopment of penicillin was carriedout in Sheffield by Lord Florey, leading to a Nobel Prize – the first of fiveawarded to scientists with closeconnections to the University. But today’s work requires partnership, oftenwith global organisations such as ourAdvanced Manufacturing ResearchCentre with Boeing, sharing researchwith world-class private sectororganisations like Rolls-Royce in thedevelopment of a ‘Factory of the Future’,or those between the InformaticsCollaboratory of the Social Sciences andthe Institute for Public Policy Research,or the University and the British Library.

“Our approach has to be one of takingthe challenges we face and breakingthese down into tangible goals. We have given each of our priorities keyindicative measures which will help us assess how far we are meeting ouraspirations. For example, our goal is tobe one of the top five universities in theUK based on peer review assessment.But we will also measure crucial factorslike the centrality of an outstandingstudent experience by reviewing howmany students would recommend theUniversity as a place to study.

“Yet, in the end, we can only deliver thisby working together. In the modernworld a Vice-Chancellor has to lead, but a great leader also needs a greatteam united in common purpose, andthe University is built on outstandingefforts by many talented and hard-working individuals.”

Vice-Chancellor Professor Bob Boucher.

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Environmentalresearch at theUniversity contributesto the global changeresearch agenda.

Sheffield is one of the UK’s leadinguniversities involved in environmentalresearch, attracting annual funding ofover £13m for this field alone. TheEnvironment Division, representing 13 academic departments, is the focus for this work, of which global changeresearch is a substantial element.

Professor MalcolmPress, Director of Research,Environment Division,and Head of theDepartment of Animaland Plant Sciences, isclear that discussionsof global change

should permeate the University: “It’s myview that every undergraduate shouldtake a module in global change, andthat’s not just biology and geographystudents but students in all facultiesfrom Engineering to Social Sciences toArts – it’s relevant to everyone. We have25,000 students at the University and weshould use this resource to take positiveaction in protecting the environment.”

He was speaking during Sheffield Is My Planet Week 2007, a showcase for regional manufacturers andorganisations involved in delivering

Rising to the challenge

solutions to climate change. ProfessorPress introduced his three pointstrategy – Research, Education andTranslation – into the debate.

“Our research at the University isinnovative, diverse and interdisciplinary.Our conservation biologists work incollaboration with economists,psychologists and mathematicians.Partnerships with business and industryare critical to the transfer of researchknowledge; for example, the Rolls-RoyceUniversity Technology Centre forAdvanced Electrical Machines and Drivesand the application of Unmanned AerialVehicles for environmental monitoring.

“Our research reputation means that we work with policy makers across theboard, including the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change, the MillenniumEcosystem Assessment, the ArcticClimate Impacts Assessment, the ArcticCouncil of Ministers, the United Nations

Expert Panel on Ozone Depletion, andthe House of Lords inquiry into watermanagement in Britain.

“As regards education, climate change,environmental change and sustainabilityare relevant across the University. Anunderstanding of these issues could be a distinctive element of the knowledgeand transferable skills acquired by ourgraduates. And, as a natural progression,our graduates will act as informedambassadors, influencing public opinion.

“And thirdly, translation. The results ofour research are already influencing new technologies, policy and practice.Communicating our findings across the academic world and to the publicthrough events such as Sheffield Is MyPlanet is ensuring that we contribute to the worldwide debate on climate change.”

‘ ’The results of our research arealready influencing new technologies,policy and practice.

Professor Malcolm Press.

Ice breaking off a melting glacier.

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George Mitchell (right) receives his honorary degreefrom the Vice-Chancellor.

Al Gore addressingthe conference.

Key research strengthsThe University has identified seven key strengths in climate change research and is concentrating endeavours in these areas:

The past as the key to the futureThe analysis of fossils to estimateancient carbon dioxide concen-trations and their link to globalclimate change. Using the past asa means of evaluating futureprojections.

www.sheffield.ac.uk/aps/research

Understanding the carbon cycleWe measure and model currentand future movements of carbonto work out the influence ofemissions on global temperaturesand vegetation patterns.


Polar Regions as criticalecosystemsWhat happens at the poles iscritical because of impacts on ice,release of greenhouse gases andchanges in ocean currents. Wealso study the impacts ofultraviolet radiation onecosystems.


Conserving biodiversityHow does climate change affectbiodiversity and the futureconsequences for managing and

conserving species and habitats?The scale of our activities rangesfrom the gardens of Sheffield tomountains in Mongolia.


Flooding: predicting andmanaging the riskResearch developing flexible,adaptable approaches topredicting and responding toflood risks.

http://pwg.group.shef.ac.uk

Sustainable buildings and citiesThe built environment accountsfor approximately half the carbondioxide emitted by the UK – sohow best can the constructionsector rise to this challenge?Studies include predicting currentcarbon emissions from buildingsand the deployment of renewableenergy technologies.

www.sheffield.ac.uk/architecture

Technological solutionsAddressing technologicalmeasures to reduce theenvironmental impact of land, air and sea transport, which aremajor contributors to globalwarming and pollution.

www.sheffield.ac.uk/eee


Sheffieldhosts majorclimatechangeconference

Former US Vice President andenvironmental campaigner Al Goreaddressed an international audience of1,000 delegates at the Cooling the Planetconference, the highlight of Sheffield IsMy Planet Week. Organised by DLA Piperin association with the University ofSheffield, Yorkshire Forward andRenaissance South Yorkshire, the eventfocused on ‘Climate Change – minimisingthe threat, maximising the opportunity’.

Al Gore, whose documentary AnInconvenient Truth won an Oscar thisyear, commented: “I am an admirer of thevision and determination that has beendemonstrated in Sheffield to take thisissue on.” During his presentation heconfronted environmental issues in theworld today and their impact on globalcivilisation.

He was joined on the stage in theUniversity’s Octagon Centre by SenatorGeorge Mitchell, DLA Piper global boardchairman, Housing Minister YvetteCooper, former Home Secretary DavidBlunkett, Yorkshire Forward chiefexecutive Tom Riordan and TeresaHitchcock, UK national head of DLAPiper’s Safety, Health and Environmentalteam. Deputy Prime Minister JohnPrescott was a member of the audience.

The University awarded honorary degreesto Al Gore and George Mitchell at theclose of the conference.

A panoramic view of Edale.

SheffieldtakesVenice by storm

The Long Blondes, the Sheffield band with the‘glamorous punk’ image, and 500 bottles ofKelham Island beer featured at the opening ofthe British submission, Echo City, at the 10thVenice Architecture Biennale. The theme ofthis international showcase for architecture,which attracted 150,000 visitors, was theinteraction of architecture and social dynamicsin the world’s major cities. Professor Till sawoff stiff competition from cities around thecountry to be invited to curate the exhibitionby the British Council.

The idea for Echo City came from a story about the decoy city built on the hills above Sheffield during the Second World War:

‘Sheffield will be made and remade, out of light, out of sound, out of words, out of images, out of stuff. It will be a city that is here, nowhere, and everywhere. Like an echo.’

The collaborators included the cream of Sheffield’s creative industries:

• The Designers Republic (Ian Anderson, media designer)

• Encounters (Ruth Ben-Tovim, Trish O’Shea and Jim Previtt, cross-disciplineartists)

• Tim Etchells (writer and theatre director, Forced Entertainment) and Hugo Glendinning (photographer, Forced Entertainment collaborator)

• The Illustrious Company (Martyn Ware, musician and sound engineer)

• School of Architecture (Professors Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth)

“We used Sheffield as a vehicle to push around wider ideas about cities and theirsocial dynamics. In this way, it was an echo of many cities, buffeted by the social andtechnological forces of modernity. The exhibition had Sheffield at its heart, but wasabout much more than Sheffield; it was about any city,” explained Professor Till.

“An ‘urban catalogue’ was assembled in the four side rooms of the Pavilion, thecomposition of light, sound and images in each room reflecting urban experience ata particular architectural and social scale; either 1:1, 1:100, 1:10,000 or 1:10,000,000.The central room was a dynamic interactive space in which visitors created theirown version of Sheffield – an Echo City.

“It was a fantastic experience to represent Britain at the show and we generated alot of interest and public participation. The exhibition was also a visible example ofthe relationship between the University and the city, and I believe we proved thatSheffield is worthy to be on the international stage.”

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“The exhibition reflects whatSheffield is rather good at – being slightly maverick,energetic and creative. Iwanted to present Sheffieldas a city which may not bethe most distinguishedarchitecturally but hasenormous humanity.”

Professor Jeremy Till, Director of Architecture

Professor Jeremy Till.

The Long Blondes.

1:10,000,000 Room: sound andvideo installation showing theglobal reach of Sheffield.

1:100 Room with model of proposals for Park Hill. Central room with interactive model.

Credit for all images: British Council/Gareth Garner

‘ ’I am committedto enfranchisingthe public onmatters scientific.


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She spoke to Miles Stevenson,Director of Development, aboutsharing her passion for science with the wider public.

“It’s huge fun being a scientist. For me it has provided an entrée into lots ofareas – bench work, the socio-politicalarena with governments, NGOs andmultilateral organisations like the WHO,combating world diseases, arts andscience projects, communications. I amcommitted to enfranchising the publicon matters scientific.

“There are many challenges facing us all – both nationally and globally – frompandemic flu to climate change. Sciencecan play a major role in addressingthese issues but only with the activesupport of society in general.Therefore, scientists really do need tounderstand and commit to a different,more productive and enabling way ofengaging with people who don’t have ascience education, who are afraid ofscience and may even condemn it.

Scientist on a mission

Dr Gill SamuelsOriginally from Lancashire, Gill Samuels read Physiology at theUniversity of Sheffield, graduating in 1966.

She completed a PhD inexperimental neuropharmacology at the University of Birmingham andbegan her long association withpharmaceuticals giant Pfizer in 1978.

In her early years with the company,she worked on several drugsincluding Cardura and Istin, whichare used to treat high bloodpressure and angina. As Director of Cardiovascular Biology she was a member of the team that created Viagra.

In 1995 she became Director ofScience Policy and Scientific Affairs,working with such institutions as theBritish government and the WorldHealth Organisation (WHO).

She retired from Pfizer in 2005 and now sits on several boards andadvisory committees, including theWHO and the Biosciences FuturesForum. She is Chair Elect of theFoundation Council of the GlobalForum for Health Research.

She was made a CBE in 2002,received one of the CBI’s inauguralFirst Women Awards in 2005 and anhonorary degree from the Universityof Sheffield in 2006.

Pharmaceutical scientist Dr Gill Samuels CBE was part ofthe team that discovered Viagra. This Sheffield graduateis now recognised for her crusade as a science advocate.

“I’m the Chair of the CheltenhamScience Festival which was set up inpart to challenge the stereotype of ascience festival. In effect it’s an artsfestival for science. We aim to get thegreat scientific names to give talks andengage in organised and impromptudiscussions with the general public. Thefestival is the human face of science,because science is about people and forpeople. Another festival objective is toidentify and encourage new youngscience communicators, which we do via FameLab, a national speakingcompetition sponsored by the NationalEndowment for Science, Technologyand the Arts.

“I’ve been working with the Departmentof Defence Studies at Kings’ CollegeLondon to develop Lodestar, a wargame programme which provides anavigational aid for choppy waters anddifficult conditions. We plan to run thegame with 14-16-year-olds and get themto navigate through changing scienceand politics up to 2015 to deliver thehealth aspects of the millenniumdevelopment goals.

“For me, science is a great springboardand platform. Science is an enabler –the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said, “Our job is not to foresee the future, but to enable it.” That is what science is all about.” Dr Gill Samuels.

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“I have an emotional attachment toalumni. They’ve been part of theUniversity community – and they arepart of the family.” This is what ProfessorBob Boucher, the Vice-Chancellor, saidwhen I was appointed in June 2002 to set up the Development and AlumniRelations Office (practically fromscratch). Five years on we have madehuge progress, both with our alumnirelations programme and with ourfundraising initiatives. This has beenmade possible by the hard work of mycommitted team of professional,dedicated staff.

The keystone in our programme hasbeen the creation of a database with

information about our alumni, based oninformation received and processedfrom more than 30,000 questionnaires.We have also created an excellentwebsite where alumni can update theirdetails online, download copies of YourUniversity magazine, read the latestnews stories about the University, find‘lost friends’ through Sheffield Reunited,our online alumni directory (wheremore than 8,000 have alreadyregistered), or consult our eventsprogramme.

During the Centenary Year in 2005, theUniversity organised a full programme ofevents for alumni in the UK, the UnitedStates, the Caribbean and Asia.Thousands of alumni reconnected withthe University – and we sent a CentenaryDVD to 25,000 alumni who couldn’t makeit to one of our celebrations.

We are committed to sending ourgraduates and friends news about theUniversity – through Your Universitymagazine, which is distributed annually

to 120,000 people, and via our e-bulletins. Letting us have your currentemail address will ensure that we canoccasionally send you news aboutUniversity developments – for examplewe emailed 40,000 alumni a web link to a film of Sorby Hall’s demolition. And wewill continue to organise a programme of events, especially in Sheffield andLondon which both have large concentrations of our alumni. We areorganising a major Reunion Weekend(see page 31) in Sheffield in September2007 and are encouraging alumni withsignificant graduation anniversaries (60,50, 40, 30, 25 years on) to come back toFirth Hall to dine with University friendsand see how the city has changed.

We have also made great progress withfundraising – especially for projectswhich make a real difference to currentstudents. The funding of highereducation is changing and somestudents do struggle to make ends meet.We have already received more than £1min cash from individual supporters. We

Five years on Miles Stevenson, Directorof Development, reflectson the University’s commitment to alumnirelations.

A group of Centenary Bursary recipients with Miles Stevenson(top left) and Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Micheline Beaulieu(standing by the handrail, fourth from top).

have used this to provide 100scholarships for talented students whoneed financial support. Capital projectsthroughout the University campus havealso benefited – from new computerstations, to enhancing the facilities ofthe new Information Commons building,to purchasing equipment to trainmedical students. And we havedistributed £100,000 through theAlumni Foundation to support studentmusic, sport, drama, volunteeringinitiatives and Students’ Union clubs andsocieties. We have already receivedmore than 3,400 donations via ourannual fundraising campaigns and afurther 1,250 people have contacted usto find out how to remember theUniversity (which has charitable status)in their wills. These figures are dramatic– and we have been hugely encouragedby the positive support we receive.

The feedback I get from Sheffieldalumni is that they are fiercely proud oftheir University and that their time herewas a life-changing experience. Theywant to be kept informed about what ishappening here and they want to seetheir University flourish. An increasingnumber of alumni are getting involved by providing careers talks and work shadowing and placementopportunities for our students.

Many are willing to take out a regularstanding order with their bank so thatwe can create scholarships and we arenow able to recognise such donorsthrough our new gift club, The SilverArrows Circle, which takes its namefrom the arrows on the University’s coat of arms. Collectively these smallergifts are making a huge impact. Thegenerosity of our alumni is quiteoutstanding, and very humbling. One shydonor said that he could only make a“token, modest gift” – it turned out to be £100,000! I was absolutely amazed.

Only a few of our donors are thiswealthy, but all of them are verygenerous and even small donationscollectively add up to very large sums.

The gratitude of our students to thesedonors is heartfelt. One recipient said to me, “Your donors are so kind. I thinkthat your office exists to make peoplehappy.” It’s amazing how a grant of

£1,000 can completely changesomeone’s life.

So, please do keep in touch. Fill in thealumni questionnaire, let us have youremail address, come to events – and if you would like to help with ourfundraising campaigns, please considermaking a donation.

Visit our websitewww.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni

Calendar of eventswww.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/events


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The brochure advertising the Silver Arrows Circle.

‘ ’Sheffield alumniare fiercely proudof their University.

Alumni donations have enhanced the facilities in the new Information Commons.

The University's first library, housed in the rotunda, was funded by local philanthropist William Edgar Allen.

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A dramatic returnComedian and actor Eddie Izzard could layclaim to the title of mostfamous ex-student not to graduate from theUniversity of Sheffield. All that changed on 19 July2006, when he receivedan honorary doctoratebefore an audience ofdelighted graduands. Members of the Alternative Productions Society receiving the ‘Students on Stage Award’, jointly sponsored

in 1983 by Cosmopolitan magazine and Lloyds Bank. Eddie Izzard is on the left.

Eddie Izzard first came to the Universityin 1980 to study Accounting andFinancial Management, Economics andPure Mathematics – allegedly because it had the longest title in the UCCAhandbook. “I was born in Yemen, then Iwas in Northern Ireland, then I was inSouth Wales so I’d really seen a lot ofplaces. And then I’d been in the southfor 11 years and I thought I did want togo somewhere north,” he said. “I couldadd up and I wanted to do a course thatI could just do while I concentrated onmy shows.

“So I got here and I didn’t do anythingthe first term, but after that I did ashow the second term and a show thethird term, and then they threw me out,and I just did loads of shows and slepton people’s floors and worked out that I was going to tell everyone that I was atransvestite and that was good, that wasin Sheffield.”

He established the award-winningAlternative Productions Society whichput on cabaret-style events, poetryreadings, dance and travelling theatreshows: “There was a lot of great energycoming out of the University at thattime and I was aware of people likeStephen Daldry and Linda Smith puttingon some amazing stuff. They were a bitolder than me but I wanted somethingof that. In a sense I did my own degree.”Reuben Grocock of the Drama Studio

remembers, “It was a bit of a nightmare,the challenges we were set. Eddie andhis mate Rob Ballard were alwayspushing the envelope as far as possible.”

Comic reviews such as Sherlock HolmesSings Western and a five-person re-enactment of Ben Hur were just two ofthe highlights of Eddie’s creative careerin Sheffield. He took a show to theEdinburgh Festival in 1981, which he has described as being the start of alearning curve on what makes peoplelaugh. After several stamina-buildingyears as a street performer he becamea stand-up comic, inspired by MontyPython, Richard Pryor and early BennyHill. His first stage appearance as acomic was at the Comedy Store in 1987,and within six years he had won aBritish Comedy Award for Live at theAmbassadors, with another following in1996 for Definite Article. His appearancein Dress to Kill, shown on HBO, earnedhim two Emmy Awards in 2000 forperformance and writing.

His real dream was to act, and soonthose chances came along with offers ofparts in theatrical and film productions.His stage portrayal of Brian in PeterNichols’ black comedy A Day in the Lifeof Joe Egg won him critical acclaimincluding a nomination for a Tony Awardin 2003. Other stage credits includeDavid Mamet’s The Cryptogram andMarlowe’s Edward II. A move into film

and television acting has seen him work with some of the top directorsand actors. He was in the middle offilming The Riches, a TV series for FX Channel with Minnie Driver as hisco-star, when he flew into the UK forthe graduation ceremony. The filmOcean’s 13, in which he plays RomanNagel, was released in June this year.

Eddie has a long-standing interest in current affairs and is an ardentEuropean, appearing on Newsnightand Question Time to discuss thevirtues of the single currency andEuropean integration. He has also usedhis talents to raise awareness and fundsfor his two favourite charities, AmnestyInternational and the Prince’s Trust.

Having left the world of accountancylong ago, he now acknowledges thatsome of the course might have rubbedoff: “I own copyright on all my DVDswhich hardly anyone has, apart fromLucille Ball. But from my very firststand-up video I refused to give therights to anyone, which was an excellentaccountancy decision. So maybe I gotsomething out of it.”

He came to the ceremony with hisfather, Harold John Izzard. When askedwhy he accepted the honorary degree,Eddie said, “Well, as much as anything Idid it for my father who wanted me tohave a degree after 25 years.”

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Renaissance Sheffield

Step off the train at Sheffield Stationand walk through the new concourseout into Sheaf Square, with its 90-metre-long Cutting Edge steelsculpture, dramatic water features andinnovative lighting. This space is the startof the award-winning Gold Route, upHoward Street, via Millennium Squareand the Peace Gardens, to Barker’s Pool.Immediately you are aware that Sheffieldcity centre is undergoing a dramaticprocess of change and development, a process which started in 2000.

The Sheffield Station Gateway is one ofthe Magnificent Seven projects led bySheffield One, the urban regenerationcompany which has now reached theend of its designated lifespan. “Duringour seven years of operation the lookand feel of the city centre have beendramatically altered, helping to ‘ ’

Sheffield citycentre isundergoing adramatic processof change anddevelopment.

The city centre is thefocus of one of the UK’s most ambitiousregeneration programmes.

re-establish Sheffield’s reputation as athriving location in which to live, workand do business,” says Andy Topley,Chief Executive, Sheffield One.“Everything is moving ahead withincreasing pace. The trends forinvestment activity and values, officerentals, private and public sectorconfidence, speculative development,lettings, retail footfall, and the citycentre population are all pointing firmlyupwards and, according to marketindicators, will continue to rise.”

A partnership of Sheffield City Council,Yorkshire Forward and EnglishPartnerships, Sheffield One, along withSheffield First for Investment, wasintegrated into Creative Sheffield inApril 2007. This broader-based, city-wide economic development companyis the first of its kind in the UK.

Ian Bromley, Chief Executive, CreativeSheffield, explains, “We are responsiblefor transforming Sheffield’s economicperformance, delivering city competi-

tiveness and winning a place amongstthe leading cities in Europe. CreativeSheffield is not simply Sheffield One in anew guise, but a significantly larger bodywith a much broader and even morechallenging role, that of bringing aboutthe city’s economic transformation. One of the agency’s first tasks will be to develop a City Wide EconomicMasterplan, which will provide a unifiedstrategic framework for the economicand physical development of Sheffieldover the next ten to fifteen years.”

www.creativesheffield.co.uk

The Town Hall rising above the Peace Gardens.

Sheffield Digital CampusSpread across three adjacent sites in theSheaf Valley, next to Sheffield Station, this development comprises a city centrebusiness park for pioneering andinnovative digital, ICT, wirelessmultimedia and software companies of all sizes.

Sheffield Station GatewayThis is a key component of Sheffield’sregeneration. The £60m project has seenthe transformation of the station and itsenvirons into a world-class gateway to thecity and South Yorkshire.

Integrated Transport Strategy The whole public transport system is inthe process of being upgraded andrefocused. The access system in andaround the city centre is being developedto create a user-friendly, efficient,integrated public and private transportnetwork. Projects include theremodelling of the Central Interchangeand the final phase of the Northern InnerRelief Road, opening in summer 2007.


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The Magnificent SevenTwo of the Magnificent Seven projectsare now complete – City Hall & Barker’sPool and Sheffield Station Gateway;three – Heart of the City, Castlegate andthe Integrated Transport Strategy – haveseen delivery of major elements with thenext phases either underway or due tostart in 2007; and the remaining twoprojects – Sheffield Digital Campus andthe New Retail Quarter – have planningapproval.

Heart of the CityThis flagship project incorporates topgrade offices, new civic spaces, aprestigious hotel, residential units,leisure facilities and a range of cafes,restaurants and specialist shops. Thepublic works element of the £200mscheme – the Peace Gardens,Millennium Galleries and Winter Garden,all multiple award-winners – forms thebackdrop for the commercialdevelopment, St Paul’s Place. City LoftsSt Paul’s, the 32- and 9-storey Conran-designed residential towers, will add anew landmark to the city skyline by 2010.

New Retail QuarterPlanning permission has been grantedfor this £500m development of shops(including a new and bigger John Lewisstore), apartments and leisureattractions between Barker’s Pool,Pinstone Street and Moorhead. The aimis to re-establish the city centre as aregional shopping destination.

City Hall & Barker’s PoolThe principal elements of this projectare complete – the refurbished City Halland the transformation of Barker’s Poolwith dramatic fountains, seating andtrees. The surrounding public areas,including Leopold Street, are in theprocess of being developed. TheLeopold Square scheme, featuringGrade II listed Victorian schoolbuildings, combines loft-styleapartments with a boutique hotel, cafe-bars and restaurants.

CastlegateThis project involves the redevelopmentof the markets to create a mixed-usescheme and utilise the Broad Streetand Sheaf Market sites for major newoffice developments. The indoormarket will be relocated to The Moor.Initial development includes an £80m scheme for the Broad Street/Exchange Street site, including officeaccommodation, hotel, multi-storey carpark and leisure and retail units.

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Dr Jonathan Rayner(BA 1989, PhD 1994),Reader, School ofEnglish Literature,Language andLinguistics

“I taught film studies in the Division of AdultContinuing Educationwhile studying for my PhD.I then spent time teachingat Portsmouth, North EastWales Institute andSheffield Hallam before returning here in 2001. I considermyself extremely lucky. The students are great and Iresearch and teach in areas that really interest me. I’verecently worked with the National Maritime Museum atGreenwich, looking at films and the history of the navy.There is a collegiate atmosphere here. Even though theEnglish School is huge, it still feels friendly andenthusiastic.”

Jackie Harrison (PhD 1996),Professor of PublicCommunication,Department ofJournalism Studies

“I’ve spent my wholecareer at the University;it’s like a second home. Istarted as a secretary inMolecular Biology andBiotechnology, went toSheffield Hallam to do my

first degree, came back as an administrator and thendecided to do a PhD in broadcast news. I was appointed asa researcher in the new journalism department and havesteadily progressed, becoming a professor in 2005.

I love Sheffield. The quality of life is fantastic. I can walk towork and my office is just a few minutes from the citycentre. I’ve had great mentors and guides and I’ve got toknow so many people – the University is like a village withinthe city.”

Rosie Valerio (BA 1979), Director ofHuman ResourceManagement

“I’m from Sheffield, and cameback 15 years after graduatingas a mature student. It is avery different experience tobe part of the administration– you have no idea how theplace runs when you are astudent! Many of the staffwho taught me were stillhere, which was a lovely surprise and added to the sense of belonging, not just to the city but also to the University.

“This is the third largest employer in the city, with over 6,000staff, so there is a reasonable expectation that we will attractour own graduates. It is also a very good employer withfavourable terms and conditions. As a senior woman, I wasdelighted that the University was named in The Times as oneof the top 50 companies where women want to work, andOpportunity Now recognises us as one of its Gender, Equalityand Diversity Exemplar Employers. It’s still great being backhere, and I love the challenges and excitement of workingwith so many talented individuals.”

Tom Rhodes (BA 1992), AssistantRegistrar, Teachingand Learning Support Unit (TLSU)

“The University set up aGraduate TraineeshipScheme in 1993. I got one ofthe six places and startedwork as an administrator. Iwas obviously in the rightplace at the right time. I wasoffered a permanent post

and my career progressed quickly. I now manage theProgramme Development and Review Section within theTLSU. I’m very happy here; it is an interesting and stimulatingplace to be. I also love Sheffield itself which helps me toachieve a good work/life balance.”

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Once students, now staffWith 10% of its workforce being Sheffield graduates, just what are the attractionsof the University to its employees?

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Lovejuice is the creation of JohnHeseltine. In just three years he has builtthe brand into the country’s leadingchain of juice bars. Eight are alreadyestablished in airports and shoppingmalls, with the prospect of a further 100 sites in the UK, together withfranchises in the Middle East, India and South East Asia.

After graduating in Landscape Designand Plant Science in 1996, Johncompleted a Masters degree at HarvardUniversity. There he studied with topdesigners including Sir Norman Fosterand Philippe Starck. He even had the opportunity of dinner with Richard Branson.

Inspired by Jamba Juice, a huge juice bar company in the USA, he returnedhome, believing he could achieve similarsuccess in the UK. Fellow Sheffieldalumnus, Phil Hall (BA 1996) was alsoimpressed by the idea – he backed the

project from the start, helping to fund the first two stores, at StanstedAirport and Bluewater.

Following major investment in thecompany by Tom Singh of New Look,further branches opened at Manchesterand Gatwick Airports, along with BrentCross and thecentre:mk. John says, “Inthe beginning of 2006 we wanted togrow to 60 stores in two years so wehad to raise more money. This we didthrough Smedvig Capital which invested£2.3m.” Sheffield’s Meadowhall was then added to the list of sites.

He believes the design skills he gained at the University gave him the edgewhen it came to selling hisidea. “I started mybusiness by designing thelogo first and the stores.This helped, because you canpresent something more tangiblethan figures to the decision makers.I got the first site at Stansted in 2003this way. I spent a month living in a vanoutside the airport and on the first dayhad to dash to Tesco, having run out oforanges after only two hours.”

John is now a non-executive director of Lovejuice and is pursuing new ideasunder the umbrella of The Hez Group.He is about to launch a range of bottledalcoholic organic fruit juices calledJucifer, together with Nectar, the non-alcoholic version. Then there’s adeal to establish a range of crêpe barsand bring Lovejuice to the high street.

John is still coming to terms with hissuccess: “From initial scribbles at

As the nation’s health drive continues, one Sheffieldalumnus is reaping the benefits of the push for ‘fiveportions a day’. Claire Rundström, DevelopmentManager for Alumni Relations, investigates.

Fruits of success

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John Heseltine.

Seeing my logoproduced andpeople actuallybelieving in it isamazing.

my kitchen table we’re now a globalcompany, which is hilarious andsomething I find hard to believe. Seeing the physical form of some crazy idea I had, seeing my logo, my design produced and peopleactually believing in it is amazing.”

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Professor Geof Tomlinson, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Director of North Campus, gives an insight intodevelopments on the North Campus.

Your University: What’s specialabout the North Campus?Professor Tomlinson: The investment by theUniversity of over £20m, supported by theScience Research Investment Fund, in thecreation of this campus has allowed us tobring together researchers across thescientific, engineering and medicaldepartments to co-locate here as teams. The result is the encouragement of expertisetransfer and faster research breakthroughswith particular strengths in the convergenceof engineering and life-science research.

What are the main buildings on the campus?The Kroto Research Institute, which providesfacilities for researchers from 20 or sodifferent disciplines across the sciences,engineering and medicine, as well as theSorby Centre for Electron Microscopy andMicroanalysis. And the Nanoscience &Technology Centre, which also houses theEPSRC National Centre for III-V Technologiesand the North Campus business incubator,the Kroto Innovation Centre.

What is the remit of the KrotoInnovation Centre?An investment of over £2m, supported by the European Regional Development Fund,provides state of the art facilities andsupport for high-tech businesses in theregion. We offer a flexible combination ofbusiness incubator offices, product testlaboratories and access to one of the UK’slargest semiconductor cleanrooms, togetherwith business support services. The facility isproving highly attractive to high-technologystart-up businesses with initial tenants fromsectors including third-generation mobilephones and automotive sensors. We welcome approaches from alumni who wishto assess the possibilities of locating theirbusinesses here.

www.krotoinnovation.com

With the UK’s largest dedicated multidisciplinaryresearch facility on theNorth Campus, theUniversity is investing heavily in its world leadingresearch in convergenttechnologies.

The world’s first ‘Giant Buckyball’ sculpture stands outside the Kroto Research Institute. Scaled up so thatone metre of the sculpture represents one nanometer in the molecular world, the sculpture (which is onethousand million times larger than the molecule itself), represents a pure carbon cage fullerene. ProfessorSir Harry Kroto shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of this new form of carbon,known as ‘buckyballs’. The sculpture is sponsored by an alumnus of the University and his wife (Dr Jack and Annetta Horwitz Kushner).

A meeting of minds

Professor Geof Tomlinson.

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Semiconductor nanotechnologyAs host of the EPSRC National Centrefor III-V Technologies, the Universityhas the UK’s most extensiveexperience of developing compoundsemiconductors for lasers, lightemitting diodes, solar cells and mobilephone networks (lead researchers:Professors Peter Houston andMaurice Skolnick). Recentachievements include high efficiencysolar cells and cost breakthroughs inlasers for telecommunications andmedical diagnostics. Extensiveresearch is also conducted intodevelopment of these devices usinglow-cost polymer materials (ProfessorDavid Lidzey). The inclusion of carbonfullerenes offers an exciting increasein polymer material performance.High performance sensors are beingcreated through research intonanomagnetism (Professor Mike Gibbs).

Environmental engineering scienceThe behaviour of groundwater, soiland pollutants is studied at scales

ranging from microscopic bacteria to macroscopic catchment areas.Research at Sheffield has shown thatnatural attenuation – decompositionof organic pollutants by subsurfacebiodegradation – offers a lower costand less disruptive solution forrestoring contaminated land andgroundwater (Professors David Lernerand Steve Banwart).

Future generation materialsMaterials that display unusualbehaviours are harnessed to benefitautomotive, aerospace andmanufacturing industries. Researchmodifies these materials at all scalesfrom nanoscopic to macroscopic,offering components that are part ofthe structure and also provide sensingor actuation. Costs are reducedthrough increased use of compositematerials (Professors Geof Tomlinsonand Costas Soutis).

Nanocharacterisation and nanomanipulationViewing and manipulating samples atextremely high spatial resolution is offundamental importance to science

and engineering. The Sorby Centrehas one of the UK’s largest concentrations of electronmicroscopes, providing a focus foracademic and industrial research intointerfaces – nanoscale zones that candominate a material’s behaviour(Professor Mark Rainforth).

Tissue engineering and modellingResearch uses a patient’s own cells togrow restorative tissue, overcomingthe shortages of donor organs. Clinicaltrials have been undertaken on anumber of products, the first of whichis in commercial production. Extensiveexperimental development isenhanced by powerful computermodels of the self-organisingbehaviour of the tissue’s cells(Professors Sheila MacNeil and Rod Smallwood).

Virtual realityVirtual reality provides a powerfulmeans of recreating and accessingenvironments for scientists andengineers. From miniscule moleculesto the vast cosmos, virtual realityallows improved understanding andstimulates new insights (Dr DanielaRomano). ‘‘

‘‘“A key feature of the Kroto Research Institute is theinterface between engineering applications and researchin the pure sciences. Within a year, these differentdisciplines were being joined up in ways we couldn’timagine before, with new proposals already being funded.Perhaps the greatest strength of this interdisciplinaryenvironment is that by mixing excellent scientists andengineers from many disciplines, we somehow manage to

raise each other’s game. I think this occursbecause collectively we ask questions, test ourideas and propose research methods in waysthat we wouldn’t dream up in isolation.”

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“During a lifelong career inscience I have benefited greatlyfrom close multi-disciplinarycollaboration. Such collaborationpromotes new insights andfosters new approaches whichaccelerate research dynamics. I believe it is the right way to approach the emergingnanometer scale landscape of materials science which isinherently multi-disciplinary.”

Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Harry Kroto(BSc 1961, PhD 1964, DSc 1995)

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This has been a good year for Convocation.We completed an agreement for theSheffield University Association of FormerStudents to join us, bringing their experienceof arranging social events and visits to newbuildings in the University and elsewhere. We both gain from this. A visit to InformationCommons, new home of the undergraduatelibrary, is planned for the 2007 long vacation.

Convocation’s unique role is to take part in University governance. We appoint 40members to the University Court, the annualmeeting of the University’s stakeholders.Reports on new policies, as well as learning,teaching and research from the past year,here reach the public domain for discussion.Questions asked by our members this yearare quoted on our website, along with theanswers. These will give you a sense of theissues that concern us, though we take aninterest in other matters includingemployment opportunities for students and student affairs.

Convocation continues to work with the Development and Alumni Relations Officeand we are developing stronger ties with the Students’ Union. We are helping tofund Standing Up For Students, the centenary history of the Union written by Dr Helen Mathers, author of Steel City Scholars. Next year we expect to part-fundthe refurbishment of the Union’s media centre with its new radio station andnewspaper office.

This page is for all our members, but there is a special welcome to every newgraduate. Congratulations on obtaining your degree, which has given you a greatfoundation for the rest of your life. You automatically became a member ofConvocation as you graduated – although you may not have realised this in theexcitement of the ceremony.

For new graduates and for all our members, our revised website will keep you up to date with what we (and the University) are doing. Notice of our Annual GeneralMeeting held in the spring, visits, stories of graduates who are in the news andUniversity achievements are posted here. If you would like to get involved in whatwe do, the website is the place to start.

www.sheffield.ac.uk/convocation

David BradshawChairman of ConvocationEmail: [email protected]

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Then and now … The Library as it was when housedin the rotunda, with a central control desk fromwhich reading bays radiated. Today, the newlyopened Information Commons provides studentswith ‘More than a library, more than a study space,more than an IT centre’.

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The announcement of the £14m ‘Factory of theFuture’ as part of the University’s AdvancedManufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing means broader scope for exploring novelmanufacturing themes and technologies.

At the cuttingedge of industry

Barton Moenster, Director, and Functional Technology Leader ofthe Advanced Manufacturing Research and Development teamin the Boeing Phantom Works, and Colin Smith, Rolls-RoyceEngineering and Technology Director, with the time capsule.

Professor Keith Ridgway. Artist’s impressions of the Factory of the Future.Credit: Bond Bryan Architects.

‘’A national exemplarof environmentallyfriendly buildingdesign.

The Factory, due for completion byearly 2008, will house the latestmanufacturing equipment and state ofthe art production capabilities. Thesewill enable companies to trial newmanufacturing technologies in a full-scale commercial production facilitybefore making significant and high-riskinvestment decisions.

Funding for the project comes fromYorkshire Forward (£6.5m), EuropeanObjective 1 (£3m), the University ofSheffield and AMRC partner companies.The Factory is a key development inongoing work to apply world-classengineering expertise to realmanufacturing challenges. “The AMRCwas cited by a government White Paperas an example of how universities canwork with business and government to create cutting edge companies. Our team have developed newmanufacturing techniques that haveresulted in a performance ‘step change’– bringing in commercial orders to the region that would otherwise have

gone to developing economic regions,”says Professor Keith Ridgway, Research Director.

The AMRC’s prime partners include theworld’s leading aircraft manufacturerthe Boeing Company, aero-enginemanufacturer Rolls-Royce, and landinggear manufacturer Messier-Dowty. Thedemand for safe, low-cost, lightweightcomponents in aerospace requires thatthe best manufacturing technology beused in order to develop top qualityproducts to market as quickly aspossible. The Factory is expected toattract further investment partners andso build on the region’s internationalreputation for manufacturingexcellence.

Barton Moenster, Director andFunctional Technology Leader of theAdvanced Manufacturing Research andDevelopment team in the BoeingPhantom Works, and Colin Smith, Rolls-Royce Engineering and TechnologyDirector, joined over 60 AMRC staff and

guests at the new building’s dedicationceremony on 6 March 2007. UsingSheffield-made shovels, the twoaerospace leaders buried a time capsulethat contains items from the Factory’spartners. They then planted two gingkotrees, symbolising the environmentalsustainability of the Factory and thelegacy of high quality education andknowledge generation at the Universityof Sheffield.

“We are creating a centre that will be anational exemplar of environmentallyfriendly building design,” says ProfessorRidgway. “Having a zero carbon footprintis an ambitious but realisable goal,accomplished by incorporating the latestin green energy technology such as our60-metre wind turbine for generatingpower, temperature control by usingnatural heating and cooling vents, andbelow ground water heating technology.We are raising the bar for everyone tore-examine not only their energyconsumption, but also their energygeneration.”

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KathrynJonesKathryn Jones (BSc 1976) is TeamLeader for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Burundi in the Office of Operations of the UN’sDepartment of PeacekeepingOperations (DPKO). Based in New York, the major focus of her work is toprovide political guidance to MONUC,the UN’s peacekeeping operation in the DRC.

During 2006, 25 million votersparticipated in the first democraticelections in some 40 years. MONUCplayed a central role in supporting theorganisation of this process. Kathrynalso coordinates the police and humanrights components of MONUC’s 17,400-strong military forces; and sheworks closely with colleagues frominternational partner organisationssuch as the World Bank, InternationalMonetary Fund and theEuropean Union.

“My team is now focusing on supportingMONUC as ithelps the newgovernment in addressing the dauntingchallenges ahead, includingrestructuring the armedforces, protecting human rights, holdinglocal elections and promoting goodgovernance and economic and socialdevelopment. We are facing a wholenew set of challenges in helping theCongolese people fulfil their hopes forpeace, stability and democracy. It’sseeing our contribution start to amountto something positive that makes mywork all the more worthwhile.”

In the spotlight

Rod AaronGammonsPlaying live in front of thousands ofpeople one week and attending BusinessStudies lectures the next. This is howsinger/songwriter/producerRod Aaron Gammonshas juggled his timesince starting hisdegree. Now a final-yearstudent on trackfor a First, hehas alreadyreleased onesingle, A ForgottenWorld, with anotheron the way.

“Whilst studying for my degree,I’ve also built up a reputation aroundSheffield, had my record played on theBBC and performed to over 3,000 peoplein Glasgow for a tour organised byRimmel London, Sugar Magazine and

Popworld Promotes. My degree hasbeen vital in bringing out my

entrepreneurial skills – I do all myown promotion and marketing,as well as managing sales anddistribution. The Union hasgiven me a forum to play mymusic, my personal tutor has

offered constant encouragementand the University print service

has been an excellent resource formy promotional material. Music is

my form of creative expression and I’mreally looking forward to seeing what thefuture holds.”

Visit Rod’s website atwww.myspace.com/rodaarongammons,or download his single from Itunes,HMVdigital.com, Tescodownloads.com or Woolworths.co.uk and listen to this‘potential new David Gray’ (PopworldPromotes).

Paul EvansAfter Nature is the title of a soloexhibition of paintings and drawings byPaul Evans (BA 1983). Dynamic, abstractimages of waterfalls contrast withdelicate drawings in watercolour andgraphite of cell structures. They will be on display in the Cupola Gallery,Sheffield, in September 2007. The showis an opportunity to see the work of anartist described as ‘one to watch outfor’ by the Guardian.

Paul studied philosophy atthe University followed

by a fine art degree a decade later atSheffield Hallam. In between, hespent time rock-climbing, working

as a merchantseaman and as

an archaeologicaltechnician at the

University of Neuchâtel,Switzerland. “I came to fine art by theback door, having produced cartoonstrips for On the Edge magazine. Acareer as a graphic artist followed. I left my post as creative director ofSheffield based company VertebrateGraphics in 2005 to take the plunge and make my living as an artist.

“My style is abstract, but based onpowerful, iconic images. Drawings fromthese provide a graphic framework forthe paintings, around which I build astructure of luscious brushstrokes andopulent colour.”

www.pkevans.co.uk


People

Dr VanessaToulminFive years’ research by Dr VanessaToulmin (BA 1988, PhD 1997), of the National Fairground Archive,culminated in the publication of ElectricEdwardians: The Story of the Mitchelland Kenyon Collection (BFI Publishing2006). The book complements a seriesof DVDs of these ‘local films for localpeople’ as well as over 100 shows thatVanessa has curated across the UK,Europe and the USA.

“The response to the films has beenfantastic. This is living history, a dynamicway of looking at Edwardian socialhistory. I’m now developing the processof working with a live audience byproducing entertainment shows. Theseinvolve real acts, such as the humanostrich, that link back to the collectionsof the National Fairground Archive.Blackpool is the perfect place to do this, the home of the Winter Gardensand the Pleasure Beach.

“The archive itself isopening its doors

to more visitors.We are based inthe UniversityLibrary and a newdevelopment is

a ‘front of house’reading area

opening inDecember 2007. The

collection continues togrow – with over 80,000 images, inaddition to audio and video material,journals and magazines, fairgroundephemera and nearly 3,000monographs.”

www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk

AlexzandraHildredA love of diving andarchaeology combinedperfectly whenAlexzandra Hildred(BA 1978) joined thestaff of the Mary RoseTrust in 1979. “I learntto dive at the sub aquaclub at Sheffield. I wasinvolved with the AncientHistory Society and invited Dr Toby Parker, an expert on marine

archaeology, to speak. That startedmy interest in this field, which

is very different to theprehistory I studied for my degree.

“I was first appointed as PAto Dr Margaret Rule, who ledthe project to excavate and

raise the ship – one of HenryVIII’s warships – in 1982. I was

on board every time she dived tothe wreck. I became a supervisor on

site involved with the salvage andrecovery and then a co-head of the Department of Research andInterpretation. As Curator – Ordnance I am now responsible for the collectionof weaponry, which accounts for aquarter of the 19,000 objects found so far.

“We are fundraising to create a purposebuilt museum around the ship. We holdone of the most important collectionsof 16th-century objects anywhere in theworld and they deserve to be displayedand interpreted effectively.”

www.maryrose.org

Professor Sir GarethRobertsProfessor Sir Gareth Roberts (DSc2002), who was Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Sheffield from 1991 to 2000,died on 6 February 2007, aged 66. SirGareth was an enthusiastic promoter ofopening up higher education, especiallyto young people with no background toencourage them, and was renowned asan energetic ambassador for thecity of Sheffield.

Nationally hisinfluence wasenormous. He wasthe driving forcebehind the settingup of the DearingInquiry into thefunding of highereducation, waspresident of theScience Council and was on numerous nationalcommittees, including the primeminister’s Advisory Council on Scienceand Technology. He was also chairman ofthe committee of Vice-Chancellors andPrincipals from 1995 to 1997.

Sir Gareth arrived in Sheffield with aninternational reputation in physics andengineering, having been a professor of electronic engineering at OxfordUniversity and Director of Research atThorn EMI. His involvement in the life ofSheffield and the region was extensive,particularly in the fields of health careand community regeneration. He was a member of Sheffield DevelopmentCorporation, Sheffield Health Authorityand the Regional Development Agencyfor Yorkshire and the Humber. He was knighted in 1997 for services tohigher education.

World News


Alumni celebrationsacross ‘The Pond’Over 80 alumni gathered inthe grand surroundings ofthe Hyatt Roof Salon for analumni reunion in Toronto. Co-host and guest speaker Dr MaureenMcTeer (MA 2003) welcomed her fellowalumni to the event, which was the firstof its kind in Canada. We look forward to building stronger Canadian links inthe future.

A group of US alumni enjoyed views ofthe Golden Gate Bridge as they joinedUniversity representatives in SanFrancisco. Hosted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bob Boucher, and Nobel Laureate Dr Richard Roberts (BSc 1965, PhD 1968, DSc 1994), theevent brought together alumni fromacross California and as far afield asKansas, Texas and Massachusetts. Theevening was a celebration of Sheffield’songoing links with the USA and thesuccess of the University of Sheffield inAmerica fundraising campaign, whichhas raised over $130,000 so far forscholarships and campus developments.

African links strengthenedMiles Stevenson, Director ofDevelopment, spoke to over 100delegates at a fundraising conferenceheld in Ghana in 2006 to encourage thedevelopment of alumni relations and

fundraising programmes in Africa.Philanthropy for universities isdeveloping across the continent; in April2007 a delegation of administratorsfrom Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania andUganda visited Sheffield to learn moreabout the work of the Development andAlumni Relations Office.

CaribbeanhonorarydegreesNobel LaureateDerek Walcottreceived anhonorarydegree fromthe Universityat a degreeceremonywhich tookplace in StLucia. The Vice-Chancellor said,“Derek Walcottis the mostrenowned and respected English-speaking poet in the world today. It isfitting that he received the award herein St Lucia, land of his birth and a source of inspiration for so many of hiswonderful works of poetry and drama.”

Professor Boucher also awarded anhonorary degree to cricketer Brian Laraat a ceremony in Trinidad. One of themost gifted cricketers in the history ofthe game, Mr Lara is also Ambassador

for Sport forthe Republic ofTrinidad andTobago and hasestablished thecharitable Pearland Bunty LaraFoundation toaddress healthand social careissues.

Nobel Laureateattends receptionsNobel Laureate Dr RichardRoberts was the specialguest at an alumni reunionheld in Singapore. He spoke about his experiences at Sheffield and the benefits of staying in touch and supporting the University.

Dr Roberts also attended an alumnigathering in Kuala Lumpur, organised by the University in celebration ofMalaysia’s 50th anniversary ofindependence. The Vice-Chancellorannounced that the University hasestablished the Dato Dr Ikmal HishamAlbakri Scholarship Fund to helpMalaysian students study at Sheffield.Dato Dr Albakri (CertArch 1955, DipArch1956, LittD 1992) was the University’sfirst Malaysian Architecture graduate.

Contact the Singapore AlumniAssociation at [email protected] or visitwww.shefalumnisg.org.Contact the University’s South East Asia Office via [email protected].

A CubanperspectiveAn internationalconference,hosted by the PoliticalEconomyResearch Centreand theDepartment of

Politics, attracted academics andpoliticians to discuss ‘Social Democracyin the Post-Bipolar World’. The CubanAmbassador to the UK, Rene MujicaCantelar, and Silvia Blanca Nogales, FirstSecretary and Head of the Scientific andCultural Office at the Embassy of theRepublic of Cuba, spoke on the currentsocial developments in South America.

Gl bal perspective

Dr Maureen McTeer with theVice-Chancellor.

Rene Mujica Cantelar, CubanAmbassador to the UK.

Derek Walcott.

Brian Lara.

such as the lion dance, live traditionalChinese music and band performances,and performances of Beijing opera.Hongtao Guan from CSSA said, “Webelieve that our Chinese New Year galais not only an important cultural event,designed to bring China’s uniquecustoms to Sheffield, but will also breakdown barriers and promote Chinesestudents’ influence on University life.”

Sheffield remembered in UAEDr David Fletcher, the Registrar andSecretary, hosted a reception at theBritish Embassy in Dubai for 30 alumniand friends of the University living in the United Arab Emirates. Guests werejoined by the artist Brendan Neilandand Hisham Al Madhloum, the Head ofthe Directorate of Art, Emirate Sharjah. The University is actively developinglinks with the UAE, and Dr Fletcher wasdelighted to meet so many alumni withfond memories of Sheffield.

Chinese New Yearcelebrated in style The Sheffield ChineseStudents’ and Scholars’ Association(CSSA) organised a gala celebratingChinese culture and traditions in theOctagon Centre to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year. The eveningincluded Chinese dance performances


World News

Czech linksstrengthenedJan Winkler, the Ambassadorfor the Czech Republic, visited Sheffieldto celebrate the University’s strong links with Czech institutions and toencourage further internationalresearch collaboration. He met staff in the Department of Archaeology. The department, in collaboration withMoravské Zemské Muzeum in Brno, isconducting research into the biologicaland cultural identity of Europe’s firstfarmers. Mr Winkler also took part in a discussion with staff, students andmembers of the public on ‘The CzechRepublic and the EU: Three Years On’,which was chaired by Sheffield’s LordMayor, Mrs Jackie Drayton.

Erasmus successThe University of Sheffield is an active participant inErasmus, the European Commission’seducation programme for highereducation students, staff andinstitutions. Many Sheffield studentstake the opportunity to spend sometime studying within the EuropeanUnion; and in return the Universitywelcomes more than 400 students each year from partner institutions.These exchanges are an integral part of course programmes and fullacademic recognition is given. Sheffieldhas been chosen to feature as one of 20Erasmus success stories in Europe by

The Chengdu Blades with University representatives.Brendan Neiland (left)

with Hisham AlMadhloum.

Jan Winkler, the Ambassador for the Czech Republic,meets Sheffield students.

The traditional liondance in full flow.

the European Commission, following acompetition between 2,500 highereducation institutions.

Dörte Stevenson, Socrates-ErasmusInstitutional Co-ordinator, is keen tohear from Sheffield alumni about theirErasmus experiences; [email protected].

Chinese Blades in townStudents from the University met starplayers of the Chengdu Blades footballteam at Bramall Lane. Chengdu Blades,a leading football club in China, isclosely associated with Sheffield United,who hold a majority share in the team.The special event was organised incelebration of this and the close ties the University and the city already havewith China. The students also metSheffield United player Li Tie and DingJunhui, China’s leading snooker player.They also put questions to ChengduBlades’ Director Tony Xu and HeadCoach Li Bin, as well as enjoying a fullChinese buffet and Tsingtao beer.

Services


Alumni services and benefits

Visit www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/services to keep up-to-date with the latest range ofservices and benefits available and for further details on all of the above.

Services

Benefits

The University of Sheffield offers a range ofservices and benefits exclusively to our alumni.

Remember to keep your newmembership card, enclosed with thisissue of the magazine, to ensure you don’tmiss out on a range of benefits.

• Library services – the Universityoffers a free External Borrower Servicefrom the Main Library to alumni.

• Sports facilities – special discountedmembership rates are available foralumni at all the USport sport facilities.

• IT discounts

Viglen Sheffield Alumni Programme– Viglen are offering alumni discountson a wide range of their IT products.Please visitwww.viglen.co.uk/specialoffers/sheffieldor call 08705 386 386 quoting ‘ST015-S’.

• Hotel discounts

Mercure St Paul’s Hotel and Spa,Sheffield – alumni receive a discount

• Free annual Your Universitymagazine.

• Sheffield Reunited – our onlinealumni directory.

• Reunions and events – we can helpyou with your reunion, from offeringadvice on the type of event andvenues, to publicising the event andputting you in touch with old friends.

• Find a friend – if you’d like to get intouch with an old University friend,we may be able to help.

• Sheffield Alumni Bulletin – regulare-newsletter with the latest newsand events.

• Firth Court weddings – a stunningvenue for your special day. ContactDeborah Tilbrook or Katy Alcock fordetails on 0114 222 8991/8910.

of 38% off the standard double/twinroom rate. Please [email protected] or call the hotel on 0114 278 2068 quoting ‘Universityof Sheffield’.

The Marriott Hotel, Sheffield –alumni receive discounted room rates.Please call the hotel on 0800 221222quoting ‘University of Sheffield’.

The Rutland Hotel, Sheffield –alumni receive a discount rate of 20%. Please [email protected] or call the hotel on 0114 266 4411 quoting ‘University ofSheffield’.

InterContinental Hotels Group –alumni enjoy a 25% discount off bed &breakfast weekend stays at over 300participating Crowne Plaza, HolidayInn and Express by Holiday Inn hotelsthroughout the UK, Europe and theMiddle East. To book from the UK call0870 400 8135, to book from the

Remember – we can only keep you informed of what’s on offer if youstay in touch! So please keep us informed of your current address andemail by completing the enclosed questionnaire, update online atwww.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/keepintouchor contact [email protected], tel: 0114 222 1079.

• Alumni Travel Programme – IMA Travel are offering alumni thechance to go on some special toursin 2008, with leading academics fromthe University. For further details call 0208 940 4114, visitwww.imatravel.com/sheffield/indexor see the back cover of thismagazine.

Republic of Ireland call 1-800 55 31 55,to book from Europe call 0800 185 2428. Remember to quote ‘Exclusive Rate’.

• Cottages4U – alumni receive a 10%discount on bookings withCottages4U. Please call 0870 192 1774and quote ‘SHEF10’.

• Avis Rent A Car – Avis is offeringalumni preferential discounted carrental rates worldwide. To bookplease call 0844 581 0136, quotingyour Discount Number AWD X225266.

• Students’ Union LifetimeMembership – for just £10 you cantop up your Alumni Membership Cardto give you lifetime membership of theStudents’ Union. This gives you lifeaccess to the Union building andfacilities including club nights andbars, enables you to sign a friend intothe Union and you can join yourfavourite Union society.


Calendar

• Alumni Anniversary Reunion, Saturday 8 September 2007The first Sheffield Annual Alumni Reunion will take place this year. All graduatesare welcome – especially those from the anniversary years of 1947, 1957, 1967, 1977and 1982. Activities during the day will be followed by a dinner in Firth Hall. Email [email protected] or call 0114 222 1043 for further details.

• SUA North West Branch Annual Lunch, Sunday 30 September 2007, Old Hall Hotel, BuxtonPlease contact the Branch Secretary, Mrs Joan Evans, on 0151 334 1299 if you wish to attend.

• Pop Tarts in London, October/November 2007Get back to the good old student days with a cheesy Pop Tarts night toremember. Visit www.poptartslondon.co.uk.

• SUA Annual Christmas Lunch, Saturday 1 December 2007, TaptonMasonic Hall, SheffieldPlease contact Barry Sampson on 01909 567214 or [email protected].

• Alumni Dinner, February 2008, LondonFollowing on from the success of previous Alumni Dinners at the House ofCommons, we are planning another occasion at a prestigious London venue. Visit www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/events, email [email protected] or call 0114 222 1079.

• Convocation AGM and SUA Annual Dinner, Saturday 12 April 2008,SheffieldDetails to be confirmed – visit www.sheffield.ac.uk/convocation or contact Brian Wrigley, email [email protected] or call 0114 276 6166.

• Alumni Reception, May 2008, London We will be hosting a special reception for alumni who graduated in the last 15 years at a venue in London to be confirmed. Invitations will be sent out via email so please ensure we have your correct address.

• Department of Architecture 1958-1963, 45th Anniversary Reunion,June 2008, DublinPlease contact Barry Wheat on 0114 289 0018 or email [email protected].

• Retired Staff Dinner, July 2008, Firth Hall, SheffieldDrinks reception in the Quadrangle (weather permitting!) followed by dinner in Firth Hall. If you’re a retired member of staff and would like to receive aninvitation, please email [email protected] or call 0114 222 1079.

• Alumni Anniversary Reunion, Class of 1948, 58, 68, 78 and 1983,13 September 2008, Firth Hall, SheffieldIf you’re from the class of one of these years, you’ll be celebrating 60, 50, 40, 30and 25 years since completing your studies. We invite you to join us in Sheffield,catch up with old friends and see what new developments are taking place oncampus. Celebrate in style with a drinks reception and dinner in Firth Hall. Visit www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/events for details.

The following events are planned for the forthcoming year:The Alumni Relationsteam organise a number of eventsthroughout the year.We can also help youplan and promote yourown reunions and helpyou trace friends fromyour time at theUniversity.

Our Reunions and Events section atwww.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/events includes a guide on how to plana reunion. You can also add yourevent online, so that we can promoteit for you. We’d then like to hear howit went, so we can include a reporton the site.

There are also links to theUniversity’s Conference Office, who can help with bookingaccommodation or function rooms.Visit www.conferencesheffield.com,email [email protected] call 0114 222 8822.

If you do not have access to theinternet or email and would like tobe informed of our alumni events,please contact us (on 0114 222 1079)and we will add you to our eventsmailing list.

07/08Calendar of events

The fountain in the Quadrangle, Firth Court.

Alumni News


Your Notes and NewsWe are always interested to discover what our alumniare doing now. Here is the latest news from a smallselection who have been in contact with us or wehave spotted in the press.

Leo Soloman (BSc Mathematics 1952)A former musical director of theUniversity Rag Show is now Chairman ofthe Grimsby, Cleethorpes and DistrictYouth Orchestra and musical director of GCDYO Swing Bands.

Dr Alan Wood (BEng CivilEngineering1955)Is behind theproject to buildthe NewBrooklyn Bridgeacross the RiverDon in Sheffield.

Sir Frederick Holliday (BSc Zoology 1956)The former Vice-Chancellor of DurhamUniversity and retired Chairman ofNorthumbrian Water won the LifetimeAchiever Award at the North EastBusiness Executive of the Year Awards.

Dr Jack Kushner (American YearAbroad student 1959-60)As a pioneering neurosurgeon, Jack hasbeen honoured on manyoccasions for his servicesto healthcare. But herecently won a moreunusual feather to his cap; the impressive title of ‘BestNewcomer’ at the WorldDance-O-Rama Las Vegas.

Professor Jim Feast (BSc Chemistry 1960)Is the new President of the RoyalSociety of Chemistry and has beenawarded a CBE for services to polymer chemistry. An organic materials chemist, he is currently aresearch professor at both DurhamUniversity and Eindhoven Universityof Technology.

Jack Burkitt (BEng MechanicalEngineering 1963)Travelled to New Zealand to see awater turbine he worked on during ayear’s work experience at Markhamand Co Engineers in Chesterfield in1958. The turbine in Waipapa is stillworking today.

Dr Hisham Tawfiq (BEngMechanical Engineering 1964,MEng 1967)Is the Cultural Attaché for theEmbassy of the Republic of Iraq in Canberra, Australia.

David Bland (PhD EconomicHistory 1968)Is Master of the Company ofInsurers in the City of London.He was previously theUniversity’s Dean of SocialSciences and a Pro Vice-Chancellor.

Fiona Martland (BSc Botany and Mathematics 1969)Was awarded a Winston ChurchillTravelling Fellowship in 2006 to travel to China to look at school and university education.

To have the chance of appearing in Your Notes and News, please complete the section on our online Update your Details form at www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/keepintouchor email [email protected] with the subject ‘Your Notes and News’.

1950s 1960s

Rag procession in 1953.

Dr JackKushner anddance partner.

Psychology's first computer, the Elliot 903.

The Arts Tower under construction.

Alumni News

Dr David Shaw (BSc Geology 1973)Has been appointed tothe board of directorsat Odyssey ResourcesLtd, a Canadian basedjunior mining company.

Jon Bond (BAArchitecture 1974) Is partner with John Bryan (BAArchitecture 1982) ofBond-Bryan Architects,a Sheffield based practice involved withmuch of the new development across thecity, including projects for the University.

Dr Elizabeth (Tilli) Tansey (BSc Zoology 1974, PhD Zoology 1978)Has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Hon Dr Lowell Lewis (MB ChB Medicine 1976)Is Chief Minister of the Caribbean island of Montserrat.

Professor Paul Curran (BSc Geography 1976) Has been awarded the Patron’s Medal by the Royal Geographical Society (with theInstitute of British Geographers). He is Vice-Chancellor of Bournemouth University.

Guy Thornton (BA Architecture 1977)Has been named a Senior Associate at theNew York office of international architects’firm Brennan Beer Gorman Architects.

Michael Lip (MA Landscape Architecture 1979)Is co-founder of Malik Lip & Associates, a landscape architecture consultancy and environmental planning company in Malaysia.

Kevin Cox (BSc Chemistry 1979)Is President of Avecia Biologics and Chair of UK Trade andInvestment's Biotechnologyand PharmaceuticalsSector Advisory Group.

Professor Gillian Bates (BSc Genetics 1979)Has been elected a Fellowof the Royal Society.

Dr Cathryn Hickey (BSc Chemistry 1981)Has been appointed asOperations Director ofSummitSkills, the SectorSkills Council for the buildingservices engineering sector.

Professor John Marsh (PhD Electrical Engineering 1983)Is the elected President for2007-08 of the IEEE Lasers andElectro-Optics Society. John is

co-founder and Chief TechnicalOfficer at Intense Ltd and Professorof OptoelectronicSystems at theUniversity ofGlasgow.

Chris Rhodes (BSc Chemistry1984)Has held a number of roleswith Alliance &Leicester sincejoining them in1988. He is currently theirManagingDirector ofRetail Banking.

Chris Morton (BSc Psychology 1986)A partner at Abbeydale Brewery inSheffield, he competed in the ThreePeaks Race, taking a barrel ofAbbeydale Moonshine to the top of Ben Nevis to raise money for theNational Osteoporosis Society.

Craig Baxter (BSc Zoology 1986)Took part in a dramatisation of a selection of Darwin-Hooker letters at a Royal Society meeting.

Dr Janet Sumner (BSc Geology1987)Presented theBBC2 programmeNature’s Calendarin December 2006.She is a research

fellow and lecturerat the OpenUniversity andAdjunct Professor atWashington StateUniversity, USA.

Caroline Stockdale (BA Politics 1987)The former Students’Union President (1985)is the Executive Vice-President ofGlobal HumanResources for WarnerMusic in New York.

Simon Marsh (MA Town andRegional Planning 1989)Is Head of Planning and RegionalPolicy at the Royal Society for theProtection of Birds.

Wayne Garvie (PhD Economic and Social History 1989) Is BBC Worldwide’s Director ofContent and Production. He waspreviously the BBC’s Head ofEntertainment.

1980s1970s

Dr Janet Sumner


The Britishpremiere ofMasanielloFurioso byReinhardKeiser, 1973.

Student protest, 1977.

Student rally, 1982.

The Fox and Duck in Broomhill, bought by the Union in 1988.

Alumni News


Elizabeth Watts (BA Archaeology and Prehistory 2001)Represented England in the 2007 CardiffSinger of the World competition. Thesoprano was one of the 25 competitorsselected from more than 1,000 entrants.

Satsuki Fuji (BA Chinese Studies 2001)Is working for the BritishEducation Office in Tokyo,responsible for developingand supporting academiclinks and exchangesbetween Japanese and UK institutions.

Luke Howitson (BA French Studies 2001)Is International Business DevelopmentManager at information resource companyLexis Nexis Martindale Hubble.

Dr Joseph Dervan (PhD Molecular and Genetic Medicine 2002)Has been promoted to the position ofDirector of Protein Chemistry at Protalex, a biotechnology company.

Anuj Khanna (MBA 2002) Is Marketing andCommunicationsDirector for theNetsize Group, aglobal wireless solutions enabler.He was recentlyappointed by theMobile DataAssociation astheir Mobile MediaGroup Director.

Tridivesh Singh Maini (BA Politics 2002)Has written a book, South AsianCooperation and the Role of the Punjabs,which has received a good response inIndia, Pakistan, the UK and USA.

Jemma Walton (BA English Literature 2003) Is now Feature Writer for the PeterboroughEvening Telegraph and recently won theFeature Writer of the Year Award 2006 atthe Eastern Media Awards.

Dr Lisa Lilley (BEng ChemicalProcess Engineering 1995)Is F1 Project Manager for ShellFrance responsible for the planningand logistics of getting their petrolto the F1 race track.

Lucie Cave (BA English Literature 1995)Is a Feature Editor of Heat magazine.

Simon Roberts (BA Geography 1996)Is an award-winning photographerwho recently published his firstbook Motherland, a photographicrecord of modern Russia followinghis year’s journey across the country.

Angela Murray (BSc Psychology 1999) Has had her book, Through theEyes of a Street Child, pub-lished. She currently works for Toybox, a Christian charityworking with Latin Americanstreet kids.

Paul Gill (MA Economics 1999)Works in the charity CAFOD’s international office. Herecently ran in the GreatEthiopian Run to raisemoney for CAFOD.

1990s 2000sDr Nahi Yousif Yaseen (PhD Virology 1990)Is the Director General and Professorin Cancer Genetics at the IraqiCentre for Cancer and MedicalGenetics Research.

Christopher Dingle (BMus Music 1993)Has recently had his book The Life of Messiaen published. Christopher is Assistant Course Director atBirmingham Conservatoire and amember of the review panel for BBC Music Magazine.

Daniel Gordon (BA Modern History and Politics 1994)Has set up his own production company, Verymuchso. The film-maker has made three films aboutNorth Korea including the award-winning The Game of Their Lives,about the North Korea football teamwho took part in the 1966 World Cup.

Rachel Newsome (BA English Literature 1994)Is Editor of the magazine Dazed andConfused.

Joel Firth (BA Architecture 1995)Is Managing Director of FirthAssociates, an architecture practicein Lytham, which designed the award-winning National Railway Museum inShildon.

St George's Library, opened in 1992.

New synthetic turf pitches installed in 1993/94.

Firth Court at night.

SatsukiFuji.


Alumni News

We have been informed of thefollowing deaths in the past year. Please [email protected] with any enquiries.

Basil Deane, James Rossiter HoyleProfessor of Music 1968-1974

Dr G Arthur Fieldsend (MB ChB1952), Chairman of Convocation1998-2002

R Douglas Haigh (BEng 1936, MEng1937), Treasurer and President of SUA’s North West Branch for 45 years (26 as President)

Simon Hallam (graduate, BA Politics 1995)

Alan Johnson, Professor of Surgery1979-2003

Professor Gwyn Jones (PhD 1941),member of staff 1939-1941

Richard Mitchell (graduate, BEngAutomatic Control and SystemsEngineering 1988)

Peter Mottley (graduate, BA Historyand Philosophy 1960)

Dr Francis Orton (LLD), Registrarand Secretary 1978-1982 and amember of staff from 1966

Professor Sir Gareth Roberts (DSc 2002), Vice-Chancellor 1991-2000 (see page 27)

Jean Ruddock, Professor of Education 1982-1994

Meredith Thring, Professor of Fuel Technology and ChemicalEngineering 1953-1964

Dr Henry Turner (BSc 1941, PhD1949), Chairman of Convocation1993-1997 and President of SUA

Sir Michael Holroyd (LittD 1993)Awarded a Knighthood for servicesto literature.

Professor Jim Feast (BSc Chemistry 1960)Awarded a CBE for services topolymer chemistry.

Provost Stephen Tomlinson (MB ChB 1968, MD 1976)Awarded a CBE for services tomedicine.

David Davies (BA Politics 1969)Awarded a CBE for services to sport.

Jamie Hodge(BA Japanese Studies andPolitics 2004)Is the EventsManager atthe FabianSociety.

Laurel Truscott (Diploma in LandscapePlanning and Design 2005)Is a landscape architect for LDA Design,London, and is currently working on theThames Gateway project.

Richard Trueman (MEng ChemicalEngineering 2005)Was named Best Chemical EngineeringStudent at the 2006 Science, Engineeringand Technology awards.

Robert Arthur (BA Social and Political Studies 2005)Was awarded the University’s Chancellor’sMedal 2006 for his voluntary work as a student with the Sheffield Children’sProject, helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Claudia Albertini (MAAdvanced ChineseStudies 2005)Works in China for 798 Space, the leadingcontemporary artsvenue in Beijing.

Felicity Hay (BA JournalismStudies 2006)Was a triple winner in2006. She was namedReporter of the Year inthe Guardian StudentAwards, together with

Press Gazette Student Journalist of theYear and Student News Writer of the Year.

Hattie Dean (MSc Statistics 2006)Is pursuing her sporting career and competed in the 3000m steeplechase at the2006 European Championships in Sweden.

Wei Su (MA Journalism 2006)Has been busy writing and recently published the first volume of her memoirs,Beijing Kid, about growing up in Beijing.

Honours

Obituaries

The award-winningICOSSbuilding.

SUA NewsThe main item on the agenda of the Sheffield University Association (SUA)Annual General Meeting, held on 26 February 2007, was “It is proposed thatthe SUA shall become the Social arm of Convocation.” There wasunanimous support for the proposition.

Adrian Vinken (BA Philosophy 1975)Awarded a CBE for services to the arts.

Dr Frank Neal (MB ChB 1950, MD 1996)Awarded an MBE for services tohealthcare.

Dr Bernard Knowles (BSc Geology 1956, DipEd 1960,PhD 1971)Awarded an MBE for services to the community.

Staff and Students


Holly Castleton, a MechanicalEngineering student, won the FordWISE Prize at the Young WomanEngineer of the Year 2007 awards.

Simon Cook, an Accounting andFinancial Management student, wonfirst prize at the Yorkshire and HumberShell STEP awards.

Gordon Duff,Florey Professorof MolecularMedicine, wasknighted forservices to public health.

Professors Richard Eastell (ClinicalSciences), Barry Hancock (GenomicMedicine), Richard Jones (Physicsand Astronomy), Tony Ryan(Chemistry) and Jeremy Till(Architecture) all feature for the firsttime in the 2007 edition of Who’s Who.

Rachael Elder,a Chemical andProcessEngineeringPhD student,won a goldmedal in thewomen’s relayat the WorldUniversityOrienteeringChampionshipsheld in Kosice,Slovakia.

The second volume of a biography ofWilliam Empson (William Empson:Against the Christians), written byProfessor John Haffenden (EnglishLiterature), was picked as Book of theYear 2006 by several nationalnewspapers including the Daily

Telegraph, the Guardian, Independenton Sunday, The Sunday Times and theNew York Sun.

Professors Freddie Hamdy (Urology)and Pamela Shaw (Neurology) havebeen elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

The architects (CPMG) of theInformatics Collaboratory of theSocial Sciences (ICOSS) building won a gold medal at the InternationalGreen Apple Awards 2006 for the Built Environment and ArchitecturalHeritage. The award was made fortheir visually striking, low-energy,sustainable design.

A team of five students Ryan Jendoubi(Japanese and Politics); EmilyHounslow (Biology); Sven Beresdorf(International Politics and East AsianStudies); William Christophers(Architecture); and Xin Xin Cao(Accounting and FinancialManagement) were named Make YourMark champions at the national final in London. Their electronic reminderdevice, Planimal, beat entries from 108 other teams from 32 universities.

Jill Jesper (Nursing and Midwifery)won the Robert Tiffany InternationalAward for her role in a project thatprovides training for teachers andhealth professionals who work withdisabled children in Kiev, Ukraine.

Professor Richard Jones (Physics and Astronomy) has been elected aFellow of the Royal Society inrecognition of his exceptionalcontribution to the field of polymers at surfaces and interfaces.

Koorosh Korfi, a Medical Geneticsstudent from Iran, was awarded theValerie Broomhead Prize forexceptional achievement in science.

Professor Claire Lewis (Medicine andBiomedical Sciences) was awarded an honorarydegree by theUniversity ofOxford for hercontribution tothe field oftumourinflammationresearch.

Dr Sally McArthur (EngineeringMaterials) received the Silver Medal aspart of the 2006 Medals and Prizesorganised by the Institute of Materials,Minerals and Mining. The award wasmade for her outstanding contributionand dedication to biomedicalengineering, both at home and abroad.

Professor Malcolm Press (Animal andPlant Sciences) is President-elect ofthe British Ecological Society and willtake up the role in September 2007.

Elena Rodriguez-Falcon (MechanicalEngineering) was awarded the £10,000Engineering Teaching Prize by the RoyalAcademy of Engineering.

Steel City Press was named BestStudent Newspaper at the NationalStudent Media Awards 2006.

Stuart Tanner, Emeritus Professor ofPaediatrics, was awarded a CBE forservices to medicine.

Professor Paul White (Geography),Pro Vice-Chancellor, was awarded the

Edward HeathAward for hiscontribution togeographicalresearch onEurope by the RoyalGeographicalSociety.

Honours and awardsStaff and students from the University of Sheffield continue to berecognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.

Professor Sir Gordon Duff.

Professor Claire Lewis.

Professor Paul White.

Rachael Elder.

To place your order for any of the abovemerchandise, either download the relevant order form(s) fromwww.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/merchandise or contact us on +44 (0) 114 222 1079.

Please send completed order forms and yourpayment to: Development and Alumni RelationsOffice (Merchandise), The University of Sheffield,277 Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HB, UK

Payment by cheque or £ sterling draft madepayable to ‘The University of Sheffield’.

With the Sheffield Tudor rose hallmark and the University crest. £41.00 each (incl VAT) plus p+p (£2.50 UK; £6.00 Europe; £7.00 rest of world).

University tie

In 100% silk with multiple University shields.£18.00 each (incl VAT) plus p+p (£1.00 UK; £1.30 Europe; £1.70 rest of world).

Alumni merchandiseSpecial commemorative print by Joe Scarborough – Our UniversityAs its contribution to the University Centenary in 2005, the SheffieldUniversity Association commissioned renowned local artist Joe Scarboroughto paint a new work. Our University, evocative of the University past andpresent, is now on public display in the entrance to University House.

Unsigned prints measuring 19” x 17” are available to purchase. Unframed and packed in protective cardboard tubes, they are priced at £15.00 each(incl VAT) plus p+p (£2 UK; £2.50 Europe; £3 rest of world).

The University Sterling Silver Ruler

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The Magical Islands of the Galapagos20 March-1 April 2008 Professor Tim Birkhead (Department of Animal and Plant Sciences)will accompany this tour of the ‘enchanted islands’ of theGalapagos. After a stopover in the Andes – visiting Quito and theAvenue of the Volcanoes – we join our privately chartered ship foreight days and thread our way to all the mainislands to see the boobies, frigates, sea lions,giant tortoises and so much more. We alsooffer a pre tour into the Amazon Rainforest. From £3,220 per person (depending on cabin choice).

Cruising to Ephesus – Turkey

14-28 June 2008

Led by Dr Paul Halstead (Department of

Archaeology), this cruise on our exclusively

chartered private yacht concentrates on the

classical sites which enrich Asia Minor’s beautiful

shores, as we consider the archaeology of the

cultural hinge of the ancient world. Great figures

from the past like Herodotus, Mausolus, Alexander,

Lysimachus, Trajan and Hadrian haunt the columned splendour

of these Graeco-Roman cities along the Turquoise Coast.

£1,490 per person.

Alumni TravelProgramme

At the instigation of some of the academic staff of the University of Sheffield, the Development and Alumni Relations Office has teamed up with IMA to create a number of special tours for alumniand friends. The tours are designed to be educational and entertaining for like-minded travellers.

IMA is the leading operator of alumni tours in the UK, bringing decades of experience to bear inarranging that vital combination of learning and leisure which makes our tours so memorable.

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KewRichmond

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For itineraries and brochures on these tours contact:

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