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I can’t believe we’re already threequarters of the way through Liverpool’sEuropean Capital of Culture year. You canreally see how the city is changing thanks tothe massive investment which has beenattracted as a result of this accolade. Theamount of cranes on the skyline seems to beslowly diminishing and many areas of the citycentre have been completely transformed.Have a look at pages 6-7 for the latest news.
It’s the same on campus too. The newVictoria Gallery & Museum is open, a massivelandscaping project has been completed and,as you read this, students will be moving intothe newly refurbished Engineering building onBrownlow Hill. The old tower has gone and a
stunning glass structure has beencreated where it once stood, as wellas at the rear of the building near theQuadrangle. We’ll show you somenew photos in the next issue oncethe work is finished.
Architecture is one of the thingsLiverpool is famous for and wethought it was the perfect time to
showcase the University’s School ofArchitecture in insight. We have alumni whohave really excelled in this field and you canread about them on pages 18-19.
Our graduates have also played their partin another landmark event this year – theOlympics. Our vets in particular have beenusing their expertise in China. Meet one ofthem, Keith Watkins, on page 10.
Thank you again to all alumni who havecontributed to another bumper issue ofinsight. We’re changing the publication datesin future (see below) but please keep tellingus your news!
Liverpool is a great place to live and workand I have been really pleased to havehad the opportunity to meet so manyalumni who have been tempted back tovisit the city in its year as European Capitalof Culture. Your stories, reminiscences andphotographs never fail to demonstrate what arich history the University has!
This coming academic year marks achange for the University, as we welcome thenew Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir HowardNewby. We have an exciting eventsprogramme planned, with new business talkshosted by the Management School, theAthletic Union’s 125th Anniversary SportsWeekend and the Chancellor, Lord Owen beinginterviewed in his final year as Chancellor ofthe University by broadcaster Roger Bolton(BA Hons English Literature & Philosophy1967). Take a look at the events pages at theback of the magazine for more details.
You will also see that we are changing thepublication dates of insight, toJanuary and June each year, whichwe hope will give you the bestopportunity to stay in touch. Thenext issue of insight will be June2009, so we will be sending regularupdates and bulletins by email inthe meantime. Please make sure wehave your correct email address soyou don’t miss out. You can updatethis online (see page 38 for details) or byemailing [email protected]
Finally, I want to congratulate all of ourrecent graduates on their success and to thankall of you who have supported the Universityrecently, either through donating to theBenefactors’ Fund or by getting involvedthrough our events or volunteering opportunities.Your commitment to the University is muchappreciated and I hope that many more of youwill get involved this year.
I am delighted to be able to greet you for the firsttime in this issue of insight.
I met a number of alumni in China, Liverpool andLondon this Summer, and what I have already found isthe huge amount of affection that our graduates have forthe University. The people I met spoke passionately abouttheir time here and are fantastic ambassadors for theinstitution across the world. It is gratifying that so manyof you are keen to stay involved in the University and itsactivities, and also to play a part in shaping its future.
Our alumni are extremely important to us – but weneed to make sure that we are also important to you. Inan era of lifelong learning, many of you will go back intoeducation on one or more occasions after graduation. Youwill want to refresh your knowledge and update yourskills and we want to aim to be your university of choicefor your Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Equally and oppositely, all universities need to retainthe relationship with their alumni for fundraising, andnetworking, and also sympathetic professional advicewhen we need it. With your vast range of skills andexpertise, you are all an incredible resource for us to tapinto. This is not just about us asking you for financialhelp but, if you were to support our development in thisway, there has never been a better time to give. TheGovernment’s new matched funding initiative (see page 14for details) has made £200 million available to highereducation institutions but we need private investment toallow us to claim our share of the money.
My predecessor, Drummond Bone, did a great joband it is now all about embedding the things he hasachieved. One of my first challenges here at theUniversity is the creation of a new Strategic Plan.
Universities are not always good at talking about theirpriorities and I want to bring more focus to Liverpoolabout what they are.
I have five priorities. The first is to improve ourresearch excellence. There is tough internationalcompetition and we need to attract and retain the mosttalented researchers.
Secondly, we need to position Liverpool as agenuinely global University. Good things are alreadyhappening. We have a campus in China but that alonedoes not make us a global university, although it doesgive us a platform and makes us quite ‘distinctive’. Weare also looking at developing a graduate school in Indiaas a result of a major donation. These are just twoexamples of our global reach, but we need to build onthis if we are to have a genuine global presence.
Thirdly, we want to give our students an internationalexperience and we will embed that in the curriculum.This is about improving the student experience, in andout of the classroom, and that is how we will build uplifelong relations with our graduates as they join ouralumni family.
The fourth priority is knowledge transfer. We need tocreate a sense of innovation in our students and there isalso a huge opportunity to develop our work inContinuing Professional Development. We do not donearly enough of that.
Finally, there is widening participation. We are reallygood at this and really committed to it. We are recognisedas one of the leaders in this field but we need to build onit. We are not just doing this for our own benefit, it is forthe benefit of the young people in our community.
I am a great supporter of widening participation. Icame from a very modest background. I was the first inmy family to pass my 11-plus, never mind go toUniversity. My father worked at the Rolls Royce factory inDerby, so did my brother, and I probably would haveworked there too had I not passed my 11-plus. I feel verystrongly that everyone who has the ability should be ableto go to university, whatever their background. This isone of the key messages which underpins ourBenefactors’ Fund. We are raising thousands of poundsto provide scholarships for future students.
The 21st century university is engaged with the widerworld, not removed from it. Any university should ensurethat it is completely at the heart of its community –locally, nationally and internationally. We need to implanta genuine sense of global citizenship in all ourgraduates. The benefits of that will be incalculable.
1 August saw the start of a new era at the University asProfessor Sir Howard Newby became the institution’s newVice-Chancellor. He took time out from his hectic first weeksto tell insight about his plans for the future of the University.
Professor Sir Howard Newby wasborn and brought up in Derby.He attended Atlantic College inSouth Wales, before studying forhis BA and PhD at the Universityof Essex. Following graduation hebecame a Lecturer, and thenSenior Lecturer in Sociology at thesame University.
1979 Professor of Sociology andRural Sociology at theUniversity of Wisconsin
1983 Professor of Sociology at theUniversity of Essex
1983 Director of the Economic andSocial Research Council DataArchive and RuralDevelopment Commissioner
1988 Chairman of the Economic andSocial Research Council (ESRC)
1994 Chief Executive of the (ESRC).Appointed Vice-Chancellorof the University ofSouthampton
1995 Awarded a CBE forservices to social science
1999 President of Universities UK
2000 Awarded a knighthood forservices to higher education
2001 Chief Executive of the HigherEducation Funding Council forEngland (HEFCE)
2006 Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of the West ofEngland
2008 Vice-Chancellor, University ofLiverpool
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The next issue will be published in June, followed by one in January, so keepsending us your news and views. See page 43 for all our contact details.
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Liverpool is the only UK city outsideLondon to have won a place at the world’sbiggest business event.
It is one of just 40 international cities tohave a dedicated presence at World Expo2010 in Shanghai. The event featuresleading cities and businesses and isexpected to attract 70 million visitors,thousands of global industrialists and willbe attended by world leaders.
The successful bid was made possibleby the Liverpool-Shanghai Partnership, ofwhich the former Vice-Chancellor, ProfessorSir Drummond Bone, is the chair and theUniversity is a partner. He said: “Liverpool’simportance and standing in Anglo Chineserelations cannot now be underestimated.
“Liverpool was encouraged to make thisbid by Shanghai’s political leaders - and we
now know how well Liverpool is thoughtof in China. This is our opportunity to drivehome the huge advantage of our twinningto position Liverpool as one of the primelocations in Europe for Chineseinvestment.”
The University is one of 13 keystakeholders to have formed the Liverpool-Shanghai Partnership. The organisationexists to optimise the relationship betweenthe two world-class cities, which will bothbe under an international spotlight for thenext few years. The history between thetwo cities is already strong and exchangeshave already been formed in terms of trade,culture and education – with a key driverbeing the University’s partnership with Xi’anJiaotong University in Shanghai in formingXi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
The Princess Royal praised the University’s ‘enormous’ contribution to the city when she officially openedthe Victoria Galley & Museum (VG&M).
She toured the landmark Victoria Building, which has been transformed following an £8.6 millionrestoration project, and, as she unveiled a commemorative plaque, the Princess paid tribute to theUniversity for ‘bringing the collections into the light’.
The Princess was particularly interested in the robes worn by her grandmother, The Queen Mother,when she received an honorary degree from the University in 1958, and the skeleton of racehorse
Manifesto, hailed as the greatest GrandNational winner of all time.
Other guests includedLiverpool-born Andy Burnham,Secretary of State for Culture,Media and Sport, who said:“The University, its alumni andothers deserve huge credit forhaving the foresight to invest inthis.”
The VG&M – the onlygallery and museum to openin Liverpool’s year asEuropean Capital ofCulture – was opened tothe public in graduationweek by JacquelineArcher and JohannaBooth, whograduated with aBSc in e-business.
The partnership between the University andLaureate Online Education has been furtherextended with the launch of four new onlineprogrammes.
The new programmes include MScdegrees in Clinical ResearchAdministration, International Management,Global Marketing, and Global HumanResource Management, all of which startedadmitting students in the Autumn, andmany others are in the pipeline for 2009and beyond.
The University has been offering onlinedegree programmes for more than eightyears. They are delivered in partnershipwith Laureate, a leading internationalprovider of higher education services.
Professor Paul Leng, Director of theUniversity’s e-Learning Unit, said:
“Students often come to theseprogrammes because this is theonly way they can see to completea higher degree, but they leave fullof praise; more than 90% wouldrecommend us. External examinersare equally complimentary andhave described the programmesas ‘a model of best practice’ and‘a beacon for UK highereducation’.”
For more information visithttp://www.uol.ohecampus.com
insight readers should havereceived a leaflet about theUniversity’s online degreeprogramme in this issue. If youdid not, please [email protected] for a copy.
Emphasising the University’scommitment to animal veterinaryeducation, Wood Park dairy farm at theUniversity’s Leahurst veterinary campus,Wirral, has undergone a majortransformation.
The farm has been rebuilt to house200 cows that are expected to producein the region of 9,500 litres of milk peryear. It is one of two farms on thecampus which are used for educationand applied research, the second
A £9.6 million centre for the discovery of newmaterials for applications such as energy storage,medical equipment and consumer products has beenlaunched within the Department of Chemistry.
The centre will be accessible to all businessesacross the North West and UK and will enable small,medium and large industries across a range of sectorsto move rapidly into the next generation of materialsscience.
Professor Andy Cooper, Director of the Centre forMaterials Discovery, said: “Industries will have accessto High-Throughput (HT) technology in the Centrewhich accelerates research by producing largenumbers of materials and testing them in parallel. WithHT techniques set to become standard tools inacademia and industry over the next few years, theCentre will encourage UK businesses to take aspects ofthe technology in-house by offering training inHT methodology.”
Developed in response to industrial and academicdemand, the centre was supported by investment fromthe Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA)and Merseyside European Objective One funding.
Gallery gets Royal seal of approvalShanghai success
Exciting futurefor materialsresearch
£1 million investment in dairy farm
Expansion ofonline education
concentrating on sheep, beef cattle andpigs.
Dr Agnes Winter (BVSc 1965, PhD1986), Head of the Department ofVeterinary Clinical Science, said:“Liverpool has always been strong infarm animal veterinary education andtakes advantage of the concentration ofcattle and sheep within the North West.
“We want to encourage enthusiasmfor farm studies by opening up the farmto school children for them to learn how
important and interesting the farmingindustry is. School children will betaught by academic and industry expertsabout food safety, selective breeding andanimal husbandry.”
The farm will also serve as a regionalfacility for the whole of the farmingindustry, with a meeting room availablefor farmers’ groups, industry bodies andtraining courses for milking parlourmaintenance technicians and agriculturemerchants.
Dr George Baxter, who opened the Centre, ProfessorDominic Tidesley, Unilever and Professor Andy Cooper
The Princess Royal meets the Chancellor Lord David Owen, the former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir DrummondBone and his wife Vivian, Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Howard Newby and his wife Sheila
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Researchers have been investigating the development of theScouse accent and how it is represented through music,novels and film.
As well as addressing some of the problems encounteredin tracing the origins of the accent, they also studied theinherent difficulties of describing it linguistically, and ofmaking fictional characters sound authentically ‘Scouse’.
Dr Andrew Hamer, from the School of English, said: “TheMerseyside accent was first identified in the late 19th century,and it has been argued that it came about from a blending ofLancashire and Irish speech varieties. However, instead ofbecoming less distinctive as our kinship with Irelanddecreased, the accent has actually become stronger.
“Merseysiders also claim that different areas of the regionhave slightly different Scouse accents, and this fascinatingvariety poses real challenges for linguists attempting todescribe Merseyside speech.”
The UK’s economy cannot make a sustainable recovery until itbreaks free of its dependence on oil, according to an expertfrom the Management School.
Simon Snowden, a lecturer in Operations Management,believes the accelerating cost of oil heralds the beginning of asupply ‘plateau’ where oil production peaks and demand forthe commodity outstrips supply to such an extent that worldeconomies begin to fail because of their dependence on it.
The price of oil and demand for the commodity hascontinued to rise for nearly 10 years, but this has not beenmatched with sufficient investment insupplies. In the past 12 months theprice of oil has soared from just above$50 to $125 a barrel.
Simon Snowden said: “Unless wecompletely cut our dependence on oil,we could see years of almost non-existent growth for the UK economy.The cost of goods will rise even moresharply and the economy couldstagnate into a recession. Wedesperately need to invest in alternativeforms of energy and transport.”
An orthopaedic surgeon from the University’s Small AnimalTeaching Hospital has flown to Cameroon to performgroundbreaking surgery on a chimpanzee with a rare deformity.
Rob Pettitt, Clinician Teacher in Small AnimalOrthopaedics, travelled to a chimpanzee reserve funded by theCameroon Wildlife Aid Fund to treat Janet, a three year old
chimpanzee who wasrescued from the pettrade in Cameroon.Janet’s forearm wasbent, causing her towalk on the inside ofher hand.
Although theexact cause is notknown, the deformitydeveloped because
one of the bones in Janet’s forearm, the ulna, stoppedgrowing, forcing the radius to grow in a circular manner. Notonly did this make it difficult for her to walk, but it also meantthat she could not use this limb to climb.
Fortunately, the surgery was a huge success and Janet isnow recovering at the reserve.
Rob said: “Janet’s doing really well now and she’s startingto use her hand properly. It is early days but she’s makinggreat progress.”
A major initiative to improve the health of people in the Liverpool region has published its findings, andtwo members of the Faculty of Medicine have played a central role.
The ‘Health is Wealth’ Commission was established to address the disparity between the fast-growingeconomy of the city and the long-term poor health of its population, and Professor Ole Petersen CBE(below), from the School of Physiology, and Professor Cynthia Pine CBE, former Dean of the School ofDentistry, have been serving as key advisors.
The Commission identified six key themes that need to be addressed in the city: alcohol, smoking anddiet; procurement; incapacity benefit; health at work; built environment and knowledge capital. From thisthey have developed a list of ‘Big Ideas’ to start tackling these issues, including the establishment of aworld-class institute in Liverpool to study local health improvement, and a North West Worklessness Task
Force to help people back intoemployment.
Backed by local authorities,Primary Care Trusts, the NHS,economic development agenciesand business interests, the aim ofthe Commission is to target the£2 billion annual sickness cost tothe economy and the healthchallenges that result in people inthe area living seven years lessthan the UK average.
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Psychologists have found that ‘Madonna-style’ inter-country adoptions are causing a rise in the number ofchildren going into orphanages.
The study highlighted that in countries such as France and Spain, people are choosing to adoptchildren from abroad rather than children in their own country.
This process has been labelled the ‘Madonna-effect’, so-called after the singer’s high-profile adoptionof a young boy from Malawi in 2006.
Professor Kevin Browne, from the School of Psychology, said: “Some argue that international adoptionis a solution to the large number of children in institutional care, but we have found the opposite is true.Parents in poor countries are now giving up their children in the belief that they will have a better life in thewest with a more wealthy family.”
The researchers are recommending that more stringent guidelines for monitoring policy and practiceare implemented to ensure that international adoption is only used as a last resort.
Liverpool engineers have developed a better understanding ofwhat causes aircraft and helicopters to be thrown off coursewhen trying to land on ships.
In poor weather, aircraft operations can be severelylimited, leading to unsteady vertical flows over the landingareas. Pilots sometimes call this their ‘invisible enemy’ asthey can only guess where the danger areas are.
Using computer modelling, water tunnel and flight testing,Professor Gareth Padfield and his team have been able to gaina better understanding of what causes the extreme flowstructures, and how ships might be redesigned to reduce theirseverity.
Professor Padfield, who is Head of the Department ofEngineering and a world authority on helicopter flightdynamics, control and handling qualities, along withProfessor David Bacon, Professor of Materials Science, haveboth been elected Fellows of the Royal Academy ofEngineering this year. They are two of only 44 academicsacross the UK to be honoured in this way for their pioneeringwork in their respective disciplines.
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Go SuperLamBananas!More than 100 ceramic replicas ofTaro Chiezo’s iconic Superlambananasculpture adorned the streets ofLiverpool this Summer as part of aspectacular public art project.
Decorated by local communitygroups, businesses and sponsors, thesculptures were situated all over thecity as well as a few rogues whichwere sited in the Wirral, Runcorn,Wales and London.
Three of them were on Universitysites, including ‘Superstegbanana’ atNess Botanic Gardens and‘Superabbeyroadbanana’ and‘SuperStudentBanana’ on campus(pictured below).
Four Seasons Music FestivalNess Botanic Gardens played host tothe Royal Liverpool PhilharmonicOrchestra for an open-air GalaConcert which marked the highlight oftheir year-long Four Seasons MusicFestival.
The programme included popularclassical pieces by composers suchas Tchaikovsky and Strauss and
culminated in a stunning fireworksdisplay set to the tune of Goodwin’srousing 633 Squadron March.
In recognition of its continuedsuccess, Ness has recently beennamed ‘Large Visitor Attraction’ at theMersey Partnership Annual TourismAwards 2008 and ‘Large Attraction ofthe Year’ at the Visit Chester andCheshire Tourism Awards, and wasgiven a prestigious Gold Award for adisplay at the Royal HorticulturalSociety flower show at Tatton Park.
Welcome to Liverpool OneThe new leisure and retaildevelopment Liverpool ONE is nowopen, comprising 160 new shops,cafés and restaurants, two newhotels, a 14-screen Odeon cinemaand more than 600 apartments.
The development has been createdby international property andinvestment company Grosvenor,owned by the Duke of Westminster,who is a supporter of the University.He is Patron of the VeterinaryDevelopment Campaign and headsthe Westminster Foundation whichhas made major financial gifts to theSmall Animal Teaching Hospital.
Situated in the heart of the citycentre, Liverpool ONE spans a 42-acrearea, which is roughly the size of28 football pitches. The new districtoverlooks Chavasse Park, alandscaped green space designed forpeople to escape the hustle andbustle of the city.
One of the largest city centreregeneration projects in Europe, itcost more than £1 billion to build,creating up to 5,000 jobs. It wasofficially opened by the Queen andDuke of Edinburgh, recognising thecultural and economic significancethat this enormous development isanticipated to have for the future ofthe city.
Plain sailing for cruise passengersLiverpool’s £19 million cruise linerterminal is now welcoming some ofthe largest ships in the world.
The terminal is located at PrincesDock and was built as an extension tothe existing landing stage. It allowscruise ships of up to 350 metres toberth, encouraging tourism andboosting the local and regionaleconomy.
Next year more than 23,000passengers and one million newgross tonnage will visit Liverpool.
Klimt on show for first timeTate Liverpool hosted the firstcomprehensive UK exhibition of thework of Gustav Klimt, one of theworld’s most significant and reveredartists.
The Austrian symbolist painterwas a prominent figure in the ViennaArt Nouveau movement during the19th and early 20th century, and the
exhibition boasted several ofhis most famous paintingsand drawings, as well asexamining his life and hisinfluences.
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Art centre openingThe Bluecoat, Liverpool’s centre forcontemporary art, has reopened itsdoors following a £12.5 millionrefurbishment.
One of the oldest buildings inLiverpool’s city centre, the Bluecoatwas originally established as a charityschool in 1717. In 1907 it wascommandeered by a group of artistsknown as the Sandon Group whodisplayed works by artists such asCezanne, Gaugin and Picasso thathad never previously been exhibitedoutside London.
Throughout the last centuryseveral prominent artists andperformers have visited the Bluecoat,including Honorary Graduate YokoOno Lennon (LLD 2001), who heldher first UK performance there andwas one of the artists who featured inits relaunch show earlier this year.
The newly-designed buildingincludes a new extension housing asuite of state-of-the-art exhibitionrooms and a performance gallery.There are 12 artists in residence andother areas of the building are leasedout to a host of creative professionalsand retailers.
Pete comes back to his rootsHonorary Graduate Pete Postlethwaite(LittD 2006) is returning to Liverpoolto star as King Lear at the EverymanTheatre this month.
Once described by StephenSpielberg as ‘the best actor in theworld’, Pete has starred in numerousblockbuster films including The LostWorld, Jurassic Park, The UsualSuspects and In the Name of theFather, where his performancealongside Daniel Day-Lewis landedhim an Oscar nomination.
The production, which issponsored by the University, will bedirected by Rupert Goold, who hasrecently finished a critically acclaimedWest End production of Macbeth withPatrick Stewart.
Culture’s positive impact on mentalwellbeingResearchers in the University’s Schoolof Population, Community andBehavioural Sciences have found thatthe city’s European Capital of Cultureprojects have had a positive impact onthe mental well-being of local people.
Experts held a number ofworkshops for Liverpool residentsaimed at identifying the positive andnegative effects of the projects. Theresearch revealed that communityevents filled local people with pride anda renewed commitment to the city.
Helen West, from the MentalWell-Being Impact Assessment group,said: “On the whole, Capital of Cultureprogrammes have had a very positiveeffect on mental health; negativitytowards events and initiatives onlyarises when communities feel theyhave not been considered in thedevelopment of a scheme. Culture inLiverpool would not be what it iswithout its people and so it is importantto include them at every level.”
The city and theregion are buzzingwith EuropeanCapitalof Culture activities –and the results of themassive investmentthe title has attractedare already starting toshow.
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To commemorate Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture,the University has produced a short film that celebrates theUniversity’s history and its contribution to the city. To view the filmonline visit www.liv.ac.uk/celebration
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Liverpool was once a main commercial gateway to therest of the world, so it is understandable that theUniversity’s Management School is aiming to fly theinternational flag for the city once again.
Business and management programmes have been taughtat the University in various forms since the endowment of aChair in Commerce to the institution in 1917.
Throughout the department’s history, its infrastructure hasundergone many transformations, becoming the Department ofCommerce and Economics, and later the School of BusinessManagement, but it wasn’t until 2002 that the currentManagement School was formed.
Since its inception, the Management School hasdeveloped a reputation for its cutting-edge teaching style. Forexample, the MBA curriculum is based around teachingthemes rather than splitting programmes into traditional silos.This is something that is only now being replicated by manybusiness schools across the world.
Leading the campaign to further strengthen the School’sreputation, taking it to new global levels, is Professor MurrayDalziel, who was appointed as Director of the ManagementSchool 12 months ago.
Formerly Group Managing Director of Hay Group, a globalmanagement consultancy, with clients such as Unilever,PepsiCo, IBM, ICI and General Electric, Murray has broughtwith him an international perspective.
“My first impression of the School was that commitment toteaching and research was particularly high and the
enthusiasm from staff to continuously advance wastremendous,” said Murray. “With more than 250 studentsenrolling in postgraduate programmes each year and the levelof expertise we have here, Liverpool is up there with some ofthe leading business and management schools in the countryand, for this to be recognised, it is just a matter of tellingpeople about what we have.
“I see the School’s alumni network as a pivotal driver inthe achievement of this. The network is particularly strong andI’ve met many different graduates who are working all over theworld in amazing roles. They are perfect examples of whatstudying at Liverpool can lead to.”
He added: “Our aim now is to become a global player, butwith a lot of relevance to the local community in Liverpool, sowe have reviewed both our teaching and research from thisviewpoint.”
To support current research and teaching activity, theSchool is setting up three centres; the Centre for EnterpriseDevelopment and Entrepreneurial Leadership, the Centre forInnovation Leadership and the Centre for Growth. The centreswill enable students and academics to work on a consultativebasis, therefore improving the students’ learning experiencethrough practical application and enhancing the School’sknowledge transfer profile.
Programmes have also been redesigned so as to meet themarket demand.
Murray added: “The postgraduate programmes have beenredesigned to focus on three types of students. The MSc
Globalvisionfor Management School
Management programme is aimed at those who have recentlystarted out in their career or who are looking to switch careerfunction. It is ideal for those who have an arts or appliedtechnical background and want to move into management.
“Some of the programmes, such as Consumer Marketing,Human Resources Management and Supply Chain andOperations Management, have been developed for people whoare working in a particular function and want to gainaccreditation that further develops their knowledge in that area.
“The third type of programme, the MBA, is aimed ataspiring managers who have worked their way up through theworkforce and want to increase their skills as a leader.”
Through the University’s partnership with leading highereducation provider Laureate, these programmes are availableto study as online degrees, as is the MBA, which is unique asit enables groups from across the world to work on projects inteams.
In 2009, a new Executive MBA will be launched, which willbe geared towards accelerating the pace at which high-potentialmanagers take the step to becoming executives. Thisprogramme has been developed in response to the worldwideshortage of would-be executives. When the current generationof executives leave their roles, there aren’t enough people whoare ready to fill the gaps. The part-time two-year course willbe delivered at Liverpool and other locations across the globe,including North America, India and China.
> More than 250 students enrol onpostgraduate programmes each year
> Over 2,000 students from162 countries are registered onthe online MBA programme
> 85% of graduates are employedor in further study within sixmonths of graduating
> Student entrepreneurship isencouraged through participation innational and international businesscompetitions such as the IBMUniversities Business Challengeand Students in Free Enterprise
> Guest speakers to the Schoollast year included John Roberts,former CEO of United Utilities, LewisBooth of Ford Motor Company andMaurice Flanagan, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Emirates Group
> The School is made up of16 professors, 42 full-timemembers of academic staff,24 members of research staff,along with more than 30 membersof admin or support staff.
They are perfect examples of whatstudying at Liverpool can lead to.”
“I see the School’s alumninetwork as a pivotal driver inthe achievement of this. Thenetwork is particularly strongand I’ve met many different
graduates who are working allover the world in amazing roles.
Professor Murray Dalziel
Management School credentials >
For alumninewsfrom theManagementSchoolsee page 37
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Do you have good memories of yourtime in Liverpool?I thoroughly enjoyed the Sundayformal lunch at McNair Hall – suit, tieand gown and a glass or two of wine.This started the week with a nicetouch of order and style – although itwas often downhill from there on!
On another occasion at McNairHall, where you had to go down quitea few steps into the foyer, a well-offmedical student came home one nightto find his fancy car parked there – itwas totally unscathed. He obviouslyhad good friends!
It was the practice of final year vetstudents who lived in at Leahurst to‘water bucket’ other students’ rooms.This entailed lodging a large drum ofwater at an angle behind the door andretreating out of the window, thenwaiting until the occupant returned!We never could catch one chap, butone night some of us distracted himwhile the rest dismantled his roomand set it up in the hay barn atLeahurst, complete with text booksopen, desk light on and, if I remembercorrectly, a cup of coffee ready todrink! Another day, we put theanatomy skeleton of a horse on the
operating table, intubated it andconnected it to the anaestheticmachine, stuffed a pair ofsurgical overalls full of straw,sat one on the horse andassembled the others aroundit with instrument trays! Andthere was the time that weput a goat in someone’sroom! Yes, they weregood times!
Were there anyinterestingcharacters?One was ProfessorRon Jones. At theend of one lecture on
the planes ofanaesthesia (I have forgotten howmany there are – eight, nine or 10, Ithink), he said: “Right, if this topiccomes up in the exam be sure towrite down all planes of anaesthesiaverbatim. However, when you are inpractice just remember that there areonly three important planes – awake,asleep and dead. The aim of a goodanaesthetist is not to allow the animalto get into the third plane!”
I also remember Professor GeraintWynn-Jones in a radiology tutorial. Heheld up an x-ray of a healed fracturedpedal bone and asked one of our
group if the animal would ever raceagain. “Yes, definitely,” said whoeverit was. Professor Wynn-Jones askedif our colleague would like any otherinformation on the case but they said:“No need, I am quite happy with myprognosis.” With that Professor Wynn-Jones produced, with a flourish, asecond x-ray film which showed twodigits – the animal was a cow! Byway of explanation the original viewhad perfectly superimposed the twobovine digits to make them look asone, i.e. an equine digit! However,anatomically the digits of a bovineand an equine are different and‘educated’ students would beexpected to spot the difference!
Did you live in Halls?The first year or two I was in McNairHall. Then, after a couple of yearsspent in the freezing cold garret roomof a Victorian student house with KenSibley (BVSc 1974), we moved intothe newly opened Rankin Hall asSenior Students to provide somestability for new students – welleveryone makes some mistakes! Thefifth and final year was spent atLeahurst.
What did you do after graduation?My first post was with Wes (Elvey)Evans, himself a Liverpool graduate,in Camarthen, West Wales. It wasvery much a ‘James Herriot’ style ofpractice, especially in the smaller hillfarms. I went to Elvey for the Easterholidays to see if I liked the job. Onevery wet afternoon we had beendehorning some cattle when one ofthe beasts took off with me and Ifinished up completely covered inslurry. On the way home Elvey askedif I wanted a beer. While drinking thesecond pint he said: “Well, do youwant the job then?” I replied: “Ihaven’t had the interview yet.” And he
said: “You have, just now, and youpassed. You didn’t let go of that steerand you can drink. You’ll do!”
Eventually, I directed my sights tomy main interest, horses, though afterI left, a local dairy farmer trained ahorse, Norton’s Coin, which won the1990 Cheltenham Gold Cup with oddsof 100-1!
What was your first equine job like?It was with an eminent equinepractice in Royal Berkshire, Scott-Dunn & Ward, and one of its clientswas the Royal family. Late oneSaturday night I was called toBuckingham Palace but took thewrong exit off Hyde Park Corner. Iasked a group of policemen fordirections and, after much suspiciousquestioning because I was dressedpretty shabbily and driving a grubbyaging Ford Cortina, they gave me amotorcycle escort to the Royal Mews.I told them that one of the Queen’scarriage horses had colic and wouldprobably die if they didn’t stop askingsilly questions. I didn’t have to remindthem of the possible adverse effectson all our careers!
On another occasion, Peter Scott-Dunn posted me on duty for threedays at Windsor Castle Mews with agreat big grey called Frobisher whowe had to put in a sling because hecouldn’t stand. Periodically I had tocatheterise his bladder. His condition,azoturia, gave his urine a dark‘Guinness’ appearance. Her Majestywould visit daily and I must be theonly person ever to have shown themonarch a bucket of p***. Shealways asked such intelligent andinquisitive questions!
What took you overseas?Six years of long hours and notenough deposit for a mortgage on ahouse, plus a sense of adventure and,
of course, a financial carrot, lured meto the last great colony of GreatBritain - Hong Kong. Initially I was ahands-on clinical and regulatoryveterinary surgeon. Now I act as aConsultant Regulatory Veterinarian tothe Hong Kong Jockey Club.
How long have you worked at theHong Kong Jockey Club?Since 1981. We’ve stayed a littlelonger than planned! My wife, Wendy,and I had fully expected to be back inBlighty by now looking after ourplanned smallholding, riding schooland equine veterinary practice. Welike the climate here – well, most ofthe time. It is great for outsideactivities such as walking and watersports, I learned to scuba dive here,and the opportunities for businessand holidays in the Asia region, andaround the world, have been a specialbonus. And, of course, working forthe Hong Kong Jockey Club hasenabled me to contributeprofessionally in many ways to theveterinary aspects of the horse-racingindustry, both nationally andinternationally.
How did your involvement in theOlympics come about?Beijing was unable to host theEquestrian Events of the 2008Olympic and Paralympic Games dueto equine quarantine protocol issues.Hong Kong however, has a longestablished, documented and officiallyrecognised equine health status,enabling the import of horses fromand export of horses to, manycountries. As a result the Hong KongJockey Club offered to fund andconstruct the equine related facilitiesfor the Games and also becameclosely involved in the management ofthe events by sharing its technicalexpertise and specialist manpower.
For many years I have been theInternational Equestrian FederationContact Veterinarian and an EventVeterinarian for Hong Kong. I havealso been closely involved with theimport and export of horses in andout of Hong Kong, as well asdesigning, implementing andmanaging equine quarantineprotocols, procedures and facilities inclose liaison with the Government’sAgriculture, Fisheries & ConservationDepartment – the territory’sregulatory veterinary authority. I amalso the Chairman of the InternationalFederation of Horseracing AuthoritiesInternational Movement of HorsesCommittee and I have worked tofacilitate the safe internationalmovement of racehorses to competein races – especially on a multi-country circuit.
What were the main quarantinechallenges for the Games?The main issue has been dealing andliaising with the multitude of peopleand organisations both nationally andinternationally that have inevitablybecome involved in the Olympicevents, because they are exactly that- Olympic.
On the technical side, the biggestchallenge undoubtedly is addressingand managing the quarantine issuesposed by having more than 300overseas horses stabled, exercising,training and competing in closeproximity to the Hong Kong JockeyClub’s racehorse population for aperiod of six weeks or so. Ensuringthe disease free health status of bothpopulations of horses is vitallyimportant.
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KeithWatkins (BVSc 1974) was a key player in this Summer’s Olympics andParalympics, ensuring the safety of hundreds of horses which took part in theequestrian events as part of his role at the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He toldSuzanne Elsworth how hewent from his first job in a Herriot-style practice inWales to leading equine care at one of the biggest events on the planet.
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The other honorary graduates are:
1. Brian Aldiss OBE is one of thegreatest science fiction writers of ourtime and has also found success asa poet, essayist and literary historian.In 1958 he was named ‘MostPromising New Author’ and, sincethen, he has produced numerousshort stories, novels and anthologies.
2. José Manuel Barroso is theformer Prime Minister of Portugaland is President of the EuropeanCommission. He is a hugelyinfluential and successful politicalfigure, winning his first seniorgovernment post aged just 29, andbecoming Prime Minister in 2002.He was officially appointed 11thPresident of the EuropeanCommission in 2004.
3. Lord Derby is the 19th Earl ofDerby. Educated at Eton, he becamea merchant banker before thefamily’s Stanley Estate was passedto him in 1994. It includes KnowsleySafari Park and Knowsley Hall, aswell as the Stanley House Stud. LordDerby is involved with numerouscharities and is President ofKnowsley and Liverpool Chambers ofCommerce.
4. Maurice Flanagan CBE (BAGeneral Studies 1950) is ExecutiveVice-Chairman of Emirates Airlineand Group. Following nationalservice in the RAF, he worked forBritish Airways from 1953-1978,before joining DNATA, the MiddleEast’s largest non-airline travelbusiness. He was invited by the
The former Vice-Chancellorreceived a knighthood in the 2008Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Professor Sir James DrummondBone, who retired from his post asVice-Chancellor in September,received the award for his servicesto higher education (HE) and theregeneration of the North West.
Since coming to Liverpool in2002, Sir Drummond oversaw atremendous period of growth. Theclear mission of the University as aresearch-led institution, which alsogave great emphasis to wideningparticipation and fair access, andthe consequent strategy ‘invest,collaborate and grow’, sawconsiderable developments foracademic staff and in the quality,range and volume of researchactivity across the University. Awide range of capital projects werelaunched, including multi-millionpound investments in the Facultiesof Medicine, Veterinary Scienceand Engineering, and in the Libraryand the restoration of the VictoriaBuilding to create the VictoriaGallery & Museum.
Sir Drummond activelycampaigned to raise the profile ofthe University locally, nationallyand internationally and has made asignificant contribution to HE. Aswell as the Presidency ofUniversities UK, he served on anumber of Boards associated withHE, on the CBI’s Science andInnovation Committee, andcontinues to work as an advisor tothe government on HE matters.
Formerly Principal of RoyalHolloway College and Vice-Principal of the University ofGlasgow, Sir Drummond is aProfessor of English Literature,internationally renowned for hiswork in Romantic Studies,particularly Byron. He is a Fellow ofthe Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Dubai Government to establishEmirates, and became its foundingCEO in 1985.
5. Professor Jean Fréchet is ascientist whose research into organicand polymer chemistry has not onlyled to the development of smaller,faster computer chips which haverevolutionised computer technology,but also more recently to new drugsthat can be targeted to specificorgans within the body, significantlyimproving the treatment of coloncancer.
6. Declan McManus, or ElvisCostello as he is knownprofessionally, is a singer-songwriterfrom a Merseyside family. He hascollaborated with Burt Bacharach,Paul McCartney and Tony Bennett,and helped to produce and championwell-known acts including TheSpecials and The Pogues. He wasinducted into the Rock and Roll Hallof Fame in 2003.
7. Rick Parry (BSc HonsMathematics 1976) is Chief Executiveof Liverpool Football Club and formerhead of the FA Premier League. Heassisted with Manchester’s Olympicsbids and oversaw the development ofthe Premier League into one of thetop professional footballcompetitions in the world. He wasappointed Chief Executive ofLiverpool Football Club in 1998.
8. Trevor Phillips OBE is Chair ofthe Equality and Human RightsCommission. After becoming the firstand only black president of the
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National Union of Students, he workedhis way up to become Head of CurrentAffairs at London Weekend Television.He became Chair of the LondonAssembly in 2000 and was appointedto his current post in 2003.
9. Emeritus Professor David APrice Evans (BSc Hons Physiology1948, MBChB 1951, MSc 1957, MD1959, PhD 1965, DSc 1981) is a formerProfessor and Chair of Medicine of theUniversity of Liverpool. His research hasbeen fundamental to the development ofpharmacogenetics, anticipating theadvent of ‘personalised medicine’. Hehas given generously to the University,endowing two chairs in the Faculty ofMedicine.
10. The Rt Hon the Lord Rees isPresident of the Royal Society. Aftercompleting a doctorate at theUniversity of Cambridge, he went on tobecome Plumian Professor ofAstronomy. His research deals withcosmology and astrophysics,particularly gamma ray bursts andblack hole formation. In 2004 he wasappointed Master of Trinity CollegeCambridge.
11. Lord Sainsbury of Turville is theformer Chief Executive of the famoussupermarket chain, and an ex-Labourscience minister. Graduating from theUniversity of Cambridge, he went on toreceive an MBA from ColumbiaUniversity, then eventually becameChief Executive of Sainsbury’s. He wascreated a Life Peer in 1997 and wasappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science in 1998.
The University awarded an honorary degree to its Vice-Chancellor this Summer, marking the end of asuccessful six-year tenure as the head of the institution.
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Three members of University gave their expertiseand support to the equestrian teams competing inthis year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Peter Bowling(BVSc 1997),Lecturer andClinical Director ofthe University’sEquine Hospital,led a team of vetsfrom around theworld to look after
the welfare of the horses competing in theParalympic Games. They provided general veterinarycare including looking out for signs of exhaustionand dehydration due to the hot climate.
Ian Hughes, a farrier who visits the Equine Hospitalweekly to train students and fit specialisthorseshoes, was also part of the team. Hesupervised a group of farriers for both the Olympicand Paralympic Games. Two tons of horseshoeswere delivered to the racecourse to cater for theneeds of more than 300 horses.
Louise Lyons is a client at thePhilip Leverhulme Equine Hospitaland was chosen to be part of theIrish three-day event teamcompeting in the Olympics.Louise’s horse Watership Downwas looked after by theUniversity’s Equine Hospital yardsupervisor, Jayne Tansey.
What do you think will be the lastingimpact of the Games for China?I cannot speak for all the sports butduring the past few years of preparationin Hong Kong I have seen a massive‘coming together’ of all sorts of people.Hopefully these events will leave a legacyof team work, co-operation, good-willand camaraderie which will spill over intoevery day work, business and mostimportantly, life.
What plans do you have after theOlympics?I have had a wonderfully interesting andrewarding veterinary career which, in nosmall part, is due to the grounding,training, teaching and experience gainedfrom the University of Liverpool. I hope Ihave contributed in a practical way topromoting good ethical veterinarypractice which has been to the benefit ofthe horse.
I officially start retirement on1 January and Wendy and I have had avilla built in Cyprus next to the AkamasNational Park and Peninsula, a wild andprotected nature reserve. Naturally horseswill never be far away and Wendy, whohas spent her life living and working withhorses, is already getting organised inCyprus in that respect – and no doubt Ishall not be far behind her!
Top University teamsupported Games
Doctors at EventsOne of thenewestmembers of theUniversity’salumnicommunity alsoplayed a part inthe Olympicsand Paralypmics.
CaterinaTermine (BVSc 2008) was working inHong Kong and was also involved inensuring quarantine issues were undercontrol. Her application to work at theGames was helped by her ability tospeak French, Italian and Spanish.
Three graduates of the School of Medicine flew toChina to teach Olympic medics how to handlepotentially life-threatening injuries at the equestriangames.
Merseyside-based specialist registrars DanPerry (MBChB 2003), Dr Clare Hammell (MBChB2003) and Dr Ted Adams (MSc Ethics ofHealthcare 2002) have formed a company calledDoctors at Events, bringing together their individualexpertise in trauma and pre-hospital care.
The team has designed a tailor-made course,showing off the most advanced techniques forhandling injuries suffered by Olympic competitors
in horse-riding events. Earlier this year they flew toHong Kong to deliver the three-day EmergencyCare at Equestrian Events (ECEQE) course inconjunction with the Medical EquestrianAssociation and Olympic officials.
The course is one of the first to train medicsspecifically for equestrian events. It is targeted athealth care professionals and aims to improve theinitial assessment and management of injuredriders, dealing with issues such as airwaymanagement, circulation, shock, head injury,spinal immobilisation, fracture management andpatient transport.
The Beijing Paralympics offered the chance of a lifetime for graduateMatt Dimbylow (BSc Hons Human Movement Science 1992, MPAMasters in Public Administration 1995).
He was chosen to play for the English football team – despiteonly discovering in March that he was eligible for the squad.
Matt is no stranger to the national game. He represented EnglandSchool Boys and English Students at Football, but after a headtrauma in 2003 left him with brain damage and a condition calledExtrapyramidal Syndrome, he thought his sporting career was over.
Then a chance conversation led to a trial at Lilleshalle, then a trip to the Ukraine to play ina pre-Olympic classification tournament, before his selection was confirmed for Beijing.
Matt said: “In less than three months I have gone from armchair pundit to elite athlete.It has been a lot of hard work. I live and train in Sandiway, Cheshire where you can oftenfind me pounding the streets with my mentor Bernie Jones. Without his support in gettingme to stick to my conditioning programme I would not have gone to the Games.
Dave Brailsford (BA Hons CombinedStudies 1991) rose to fame at thisyear’s Olympics.
The Performance Director of the BritishOlympic cycling team watched his teamrace to receive 14 medals – eight ofthem gold. Dave was a keen cyclistduring his time at Chester College,where his degree was awarded by theUniversity, and has now seen his loveof two wheels earn him praise fromacross the world.
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The University’s Development team isplaying a part in helping to improvethe University for its students andstaff – not simply through its multi-million pound campaigns to improvebuildings, facilities and services, butalso helping individuals achieve theirpotential through scholarships andbursaries.
No two weeks are ever the samefor the fundraisers. DevelopmentManager Katie Davis told insightabout one of her busy days.
7am - Train down to London to meetsome alumni. I’m usually in Londononce a month, as well as getting outand about elsewhere in the country,and I like to cram my trips to see asmany people as possible. The journeyprovides a good opportunity to re-read some research ahead of mymeetings.
9.30am - Breakfast meeting with afirm that does lots of work withuniversities who want to set up theirown charitable foundation in theUnited States. We’re keen to makethis happen this year. It will really helpthe University’s strategic plans there,including making it easier for alumnito support the University taxefficiently. One of our DevelopmentFoundation members joined me whichwas a great help as he’s worked inthe US and is familiar with the waythings operate.
11am - Mad dash across the capitalto a meeting with one of the bigcharitable foundations. It’s given us anumber of significant grants over theyears. I was able to give the Directoran update on our fundraising progressand outline the plans for one of theprojects it is supporting.
12.30pm - Feel very encouraged bythe last meeting. Seems there may besome interest in another one of ourother medical projects too.
1pm - Lunch with an alumnus whohas offered to help organise a reunionevent in London, to reach those whograduated pre-1990. He believes itwill really help encourage them tore-engage with the University. Lots ofgreat ideas flowing, but we agreedthat it would be critical to choose avenue that would appeal to busypeople!
2.30pm - Meeting with Rosemary, analumna, who now lives in Highbury.
She requested a legacy brochureearlier this year and I suggested wemeet the next time I was in London.
3.30pm - Remarkable lady andfascinating to hear her stories of theUniversity in the 1950s! Wediscussed how bequests are anincreasingly important and valuedpart of the University’s drive to growits philanthropic income. She’s kindlyagreed that we can publicise herdecision to include the University as abeneficiary in her will, in the hope thatothers will think about doing thesame. That’s fantastic news.
4pm - Off now to see an alumnuswho responded to our questionnaireas I think he may be willing tosupport our Engineering project.I called in advance to explainthe purpose of my visit and Ithink he’s curious but alsonervous of my intentions!
5pm - Really helpful meeting.He can’t help financially thisyear but our relationship withalumni is about networkingand he had loads of goodideas about where elsewe might try and he’swilling to put us intouch with peoplehe knows. He’salso going to tryto get us anappointment with
The Universityhas launchedfour new‘giving circles’to recognisethe generosityof itsphilanthropicdonors.
All those belonging to these newgroups will be invited to an annualspecial event, receive a donornewsletter to keep them up todate with how their money isbeing spent and, those who havegiven in excess of £1,000, will be givena specially commissioned goldcommemorative pin.
Each circle recognises the differentlevel of contributions a donor has made.
The Hartley Circle is named after SirWilliam Hartley who funded the VictoriaBuilding clock which first chimed on15 November 1892. He established thefamed jam company in Aintree. Thiscircle will acknowledge all donors who
There’s never been a better time to give to the University thanks tothe Government’s new £200 million match funding initiative.
The Voluntary Giving initiative is designed to encourageuniversities to increase their fundraising efforts and stimulate moreinterest from individuals and private investors.
The current level of giving across the sector, as indicated by thelatest Ross Group survey of philanthropy, is now more than£200 million a year, with more than 50 higher education institutionsactive in fundraising.
The additional funding will mean that the University can maximisethe benefits of philanthropic gifts, large and small, made byindividuals, charitable trusts and foundations, as well as companies,in support of the institution’s strategic priorities. This will allow theUniversity to become more financially independent, enabling it tohave greater control over its future direction.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Howard Newby, said: “TheGovernment injection of £200 million over three years is intended tostimulate additional private cash donations to the sector of £400million, meaning a total of £600 million could be generated. TheVoluntary Giving initiative will be of great benefit to the University andI hope to encourage an even greater number of donors to supporttheir institution.”
Development ManagersKatie Davis and
John Dennis
his company as he thinks they mightbe interested in our vision of the‘Liverpool Engineer’.
6.30pm - I timed my trip to coincidewith our Alumni Reception at theHouse of Commons. I’m hoping tofind (among the 200 guests!) twopeople who benefited from an AlumniScholarship. The University’sChancellor said some really helpfulthings in his welcoming speech,particularly about the importance ofthe University becoming morefinancially independent. TheGovernment’s match funding schemeis going to be a great help – we needto raise at least £9 million over thenext three years from trusts,foundations, alumni and otherindividuals which is quite daunting,but today has left me feeling reallyencouraged about the potential.
9pm - Last train back to Liverpool.Exhausted, but I’d better write up mynotes while I’ve got some peace onthe train! I met a great alumnus
tonight and asked why he supportsthe University. He said: “Tworeasons. One, because I wasasked, and two, because a largepart of what I have achieved,professionally and personally, isthanks to my time at theUniversity.” It was a simpleexplanation but really reminded mewhy this job is so rewarding.
If you would like to know moreabout the University’s fundraisingwork email: [email protected] call +44 (0)151 795 4637.
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have given more than £100 in thefinancial year.
The Waterhouse Circle is namedafter Alfred Waterhouse, therenowned 19th century architect whodesigned the Victoria Building andthe former Royal Liverpool Infirmary.All donors who have given in excessof £1,000 in one financial year willbelong to this circle.
The Vice-Chancellor’s Circlewill acknowledge all donorswho have donated £5,000 ormore, while the Chancellor’s
Circle will honour all donors whohave given over £25,000 in afinancial year.
From 22 – 28 September 2008a special week was held, inconjunction with other universities,which aimed to raise the profile ofphilanthropic support in highereducation. Donors were given pinbadges by their alma mater to showtheir support. Liverpool’s pin featuredthe shield from the University’s logo.
A memorial to Captain Noel Chavasse hasbeen unveiled at a service in AbercrombySquare. The bronze memorial depicts CaptainChavasse and a Liverpool Scottish stretcherbearer attending a wounded soldier.
Captain Chavasse was the only soldier tobe awarded the Victoria Cross twice in theFirst World War. Son of the Bishop ofLiverpool, he was also a medical student atthe University. He lived at No 19 AbercrombySquare as a boy.
As a surgeon-lieutenant, Captain Chavasserescued wounded men from No-Man’s Landunder heavy fire, sometimes just 25 yardsfrom enemy lines. He saved the lives of more
than 20 men before being honoured with his first Victoria Cross. He wasawarded the second posthumously for the rescue and treatment of soldiersduring conflict in Belgium while mortally wounded himself.
Around 1,000 people attended the unveiling of the memorial which isdedicated to Captain Chavasse and 15 others who were awarded the VictoriaCross between 1857 and 1917 all born in the city.
Most of the £120,000 cost of the memorial has been raised by the NoelChavasse VC Memorial Association, though the last £10,000 is still to befound.
Chairman of the Association, Bill Sergeant, said: “This memorial remindsus of the past, but it can also be an inspiration for the future. We can beassured that future generations will be reminded of the contribution our heroesmade, and the principles for which they fought.”
The memorial - created by Tom Murphy, whose other work includes theBill Shankly statue at Liverpool FC – will remain at Abercromby Square forthree years.
Anyone wishing to support the fundraising appeal for the memorial shouldsend a cheque made payable to NCVCMA c/o Alumni Office, University ofLiverpool, Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 7ZX.
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The first year of the University’sBenefactors’ Fund has raised a significant£175,000 to directly benefit students.
The University launched the Fund aspart of an Annual Giving Programmeback in June 2007. UK alumni werecontacted through direct mailings andtelephone campaigns with an amazingresponse.
Annual Giving Manager, Dr LisaHannah-Stewart (BSc Zoology 1997,MSc Evolutionary Psychology 1999,PhD 2004), said: “Our aim is to providean unrestricted income source which canbe used to directly enhance the studentexperience, whether that be though theprovision of scholarships and bursariesor helping to provide new laboratoryequipment.
“The response we have had fromour graduates has been absolutelyfantastic. We have been trulyoverwhelmed by their generosity.”
Lisa added: “Some really interestinggiving patterns have emerged over theyear. We’ve found that donors from ourdirect mail campaigns are more inclinedto give to areas of greatest need, butafter the telephone campaigns we saw adefinite peak in the number of donationsto scholarships and bursaries. We hopethis reflects the positive attitude of our
student callers. I know my calling teamreally enjoys being able to share storieswith our graduates and, judging by themany letters I receive, along with thereturned donation forms, I know ouralumni enjoy the experience too.”
Lisa met with some of the donors atan exclusive reception during September’sAlumni Reunion Weekend in Liverpool.She said: “This was a real highlight forme. It was a chance to actually meetpeople who had given to the University
and to share in their genuine enthusiasm.It was a pleasure being able to relaygood news about where their money hadbeen used and I think they enjoyedmeeting some of the students who hadbenefited from scholarships this year.”
The next phase of the Benefactors’Fund is a further telephone campaignduring October and November. Alumniwill be able to direct their gifts to threecore areas, scholarships, bursaries andstudent hardship, along with a special
The University benefits greatly fromthe generosity of its alumni andfriends. Here are the stories of justtwo of the kind benefactors who aredirectly supporting the students oftoday and tomorrow.
John D Hamilton
Former Liverpool City Council leaderJohn Hamilton has generously lefthis entire estate to the Centre forLifelong Learning - a sum of almost£300,000.
Lady Anya Sainsbury met University staff and alumnion a trip to Liverpool this Summer.
She was visiting projects which have benefitedfrom grants from the Linbury Trust, the charitablefoundation created by Lord and Lady Sainsbury ofPreston Candover in 1973. Since then the Trust hasmade grants totalling more than £100 million.
On campus, Lady Sainsbury met the team at theVictoria Gallery & Museum, which has received£100,000 from the Trust. She received a tour of thenew venue which has undergone an £8.6 milliontransformation.
Lady Sainsbury then travelled to the NationalWildflower Centre, founded by the Landlife charity,which has also received a Linbury Trust grant.
Landlife was set up in 1975 by Grant LuscombeCBE (BSc Hons Physical Geography/Geology 1974),Graham Hale (BSc Hons Physical Geography/Geology
1973) and Sue Sawyer (BSc Hons PhysicalGeography/Geology 1974). It is a registeredenvironment charity, working mainly in urban andurban fringe areas, to bring nature and people closertogether.
By using simple wildflower mixes, based oncommon core species, Landlife aims to create wildlifeareas which have sustainable links to theircommunities. Grant Luscombe is now theorganisation’s Chief Executive and is based at theNational Wildflower Centre, set up by Landlife, on theoutskirts of Liverpool.
The charity’s main objectives are to develop andsupport creative conservation sites, bring people andwildlife closer together, promote better understandingof wildflowers and wildlife, and address the issue ofclimate change. If you would like to know more visitwww.landlife.org.uk
University’s VIP visit
Overwhelm ing response to Benefactors’ Fund
Helping tomorrow’s students – John and Brenda’s storiesBorn in Wavertree in 1922, John was
elected to Liverpool City Council in 1958.A respected Liverpool teacher andheadmaster, he put great value oneducation as a means of social and culturaladvancement, becoming a passionateadvocate of the comprehensive system.
Councillor Joe Anderson, leader ofLiverpool’s Labour Group and a closefriend of Mr Hamilton’s, said: “His wholelife was dedicated to education – it washis passion. John always wanted tomake sure the city’s future was secure,so this donation just sums him up.”
The Centre for Lifelong Learningoffers courses to people aged 18 to 95,skills training and employment advicefor students and professionaldevelopment for University staff.
Dr Anne Merry, the Centre’s director,said: “We will use this money to honourJohn’s belief in building links betweenthe community and higher education.Our team will run lecture series for thepublic, will support student volunteeringin the local community, developresearch projects around educationalissues, and will also be offering smallbursaries for access to ContinuingEducation courses.”
Brenda Thomas
Sociology graduate Brenda Thomas hasbequeathed a donation to encouragepostgraduate study in the School ofSociology and Social Policy.
The £160,000 gift will be used to setup The Brenda Thomas Bursary. It isdesigned to offer opportunities to peoplewishing to study at postgraduate level,who come from, or who are based in,Liverpool and Wirral. The scheme willaim to support students who would nototherwise be in a position to fundpostgraduate study by their own means.
Brenda, who was born in Birkenheadin 1931, won a scholarship to theUniversity of London, graduating with aBA in Philosophy in 1953. She thenbegan a Diploma in Industrial Sociologyat the University of Liverpool. She wasemployed as a research worker whichled to an MA in Industrial Relations, andthen, in 1963, she moved to the US towork for two years as a researchassistant at the Institute of IndustrialRelations at the University of California,Berkeley. When she returned to the UK,she became a researcher at CardiffUniversity and then later at the Universityof Bradford.
Brenda asked her friend and financialadvisor, Derek Stevens, to administer herestate and he chose the University ofLiverpool as the beneficiary due to hisbelief that this is what Brenda wouldhave wanted. He said: “Brenda wasconcerned that talented students onMerseyside should not miss theopportunity to progress in highereducation, especially those from a lessprivileged background. The University ofLiverpool is committed to wideningparticipation and I am sure Brenda wouldbe pleased that its students will benefitfrom the new bursary scheme.”
fund which will directly benefit theLibrary. This will help to provide extrabooks, journals and learning support.
Lisa added: “As a graduate of theUniversity myself, I realise just howimportant these facilities are. I probablyspent more time in the Harold CohenLibrary than anywhere else on campusand so I understand the need forimproving this service.
“This campaign will be our firstunder the new match-funding voluntarygiving scheme, which means that forevery £3 donated, the University willreceive a further £1 from theGovernment. This is coupled withGovernment’s decision, following thedrop in the income tax rate, to providetransitional relief for charities and otherorganisations claiming Gift Aid, so theUniversity will continue to receive a totalof 28 pence per pound donated. Quitesimply, there has never been a bettertime to become a donor.”
If you would like more informationabout the Benefactors’ Fund pleasecontact Lisa (pictured right) [email protected] orcall +44 (0)151 795 4638.
Zofia Sochanik (BSc Zoology2002) is the University’sDevelopment Officer whoassists those wishing to leavea legacy to the institution.
She said: “I speak to lots of different people about theplans they are making to support the University of
Liverpool, from a simple request for information on the University’scharitable status right through to more complex arrangements with Facultieson how to set up an endorsed scholarship or bursary.
“It is always a huge pleasure to talk to our many supporters, friends,alumni and staff and find out what it is that inspires them to give back in asuch personal and considered way to the University of Liverpool.”
For more information about including a gift to the University in your will,please contact Zofia on +44 (0)151 795 4637 oremail: [email protected]
Lord Owen, Lady Sainsbury, Professor Kelvin Everest andMatthew Clough, Director of the Art and Heritage Collections,on the grand stairwell of the Victoria Gallery & Museum
Janet Pell from the National Wildflower Centre, Lady Sainsburyand Grant Luscombe
Spring 2008 student caller team
more than100 years, theUniversity’sSchool ofArchitecture hasgraduallyestablished itselfas a centre ofexcellence inarchitecturalresearch andeducation,producing some ofthe finest andmost acclaimeddesigners of thelast century.
And as the cityundergoes someof the biggestarchitecturalchanges andchallenges in itshistory, there’sexciting timesahead for theSchool’s staff andstudents.
Opened in1895 by the firstRoscoe Professorof Architecture,Frederick MooreSimpson, theSchool ofArchitecture andArts - as it wasthen known - was
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many of our alumni are involved in and the legacy that many of them have left in the city andaround the world, and from that we managed to obtain funding to develop the exhibition.”
Due to the number of fascinating buildings designed by the graduates, it made sense tocreate a formal catalogue of the exhibition which gradually evolved into a book of the samename, produced by Research Fellow Peter Richmond and Jack Dunne, Director of Studies forthe Master in Architecture.
“It’s not an overstatement to say that the Liverpool School created the whole architecturalpackage and exported it across the globe,” said Jack. “Its impact really has been thatmomentous. That’s why it has such a strong reputation, both nationally and internationally, andthat’s why we continue to attract such high-quality students.”
The Leverhulme building, where the school is now based, was designed in the 1930s byformer Roscoe professor Sir Charles Reilly, in collaboration with his eventual successor LionelBudden and former graduate JE Marshall. A simplified modernism blending into the formalclassicism of Abercromby Square, even the building alone sets Liverpool apart from itscontemporaries.
In the mid 1980s, a merger with the Department of Building Engineering meant that morethan £1 million of investment was given to the new School of Architecture and Building Engineering, enabling a new studio and exhibition area to bebuilt. This dedicated design space is a superb facility, and, according to Jack, is another reason that students choose to come to Liverpool.
“The way the department is set up is all about encouraging students to be creative,” said Jack. “We’re quite unusual in the sense that we don’thave a prescriptive ‘house style’ here, unlike at other institutions. Students are encouraged to find their own style and we just try to guide them in theright direction. It’s about teaching people to think for themselves. Obviously our teaching fulfils all the necessary RIBA requirements, but beyond that
we’re keen to encourage people to be imaginative and todemonstrate a certain flair.”
With 20 years of experience at Liverpool-based practice,the BDC Partnership, including a 10-year stint as its Director,Jack is well placed to advise students about creative flair andprepare them for practice. An award-winning designer, he hastravelled all over the world specialising in social housingprojects.
In fact, part-time tutors in architecture are an importantpart of the School teaching team, bringing their up-to-dateexperience from practice. This is reflected in teaching methodsat the school as students are critiqued on projects to preparethem for the presentations that they will be expected to do inbusiness. Clearly these techniques have proved effective, asmost students go on to work in quality design practicesaround the UK and abroad.
But, of the many hundreds of successful graduates that theSchool has produced, some names stand out. They have notonly been responsible for designing some of the moststunning buildings in Liverpool, but their scope and influencecan be seen all over the world. From the famous names of theearly years such as Sir James Stirling, Edwin Maxwell Fry andSir Patrick Abercrombie, architects of outstanding quality arestill being nurtured here, responsible for some of the mostground-breaking and innovative designs of our generation.
“To reflect on the history of the School of Architecture is to discover amicrocosm of British 20th century architectural influences and values.”
David Thistlewood, Liverpool School of Architecture Centenary Review, 1995
Innovation, inspiration,and an influence on the world
For originally concerned with the teaching of painting, sculpture,fine plasterwork, stained glass, carpentry, ironwork andenamelling.
But Simpson had other ideas; with his own interestsleaning towards classicism, he forged links with Americanarchitectural practices, and gradually shifted the focus awayfrom the predominantly stylistic approach of the early years toa move towards Arts classicism and a more pronouncedinterest in architecture. By 1900 he had set up the first BAHonours course in Architecture, which was validated by theRoyal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1902.
In 1905, the School split into two, with the Applied Artshalf merging with the School of Art in Hope Street, leavingArchitecture within the University. Then, when Simpson’ssuccessor Sir Charles Reilly assumed his position, hepromptly persuaded wealthy soap manufacturer WH Lever tofinance the study of town planning and landscape architecture.As a result, it was decided that a Department of Civic Designshould be created within the School of Architecture, the first ofits kind in the country.
Throughout the history of the School, a variety ofarchitectural styles have developed, many of which can beclearly defined, and reflect the changing landscape ofLiverpool over the years. It has produced an impressive sixRIBA Gold Medal winners among its graduates and staff, andboasts a list of former students that includes some of thebiggest, most significant names in architectural history.
In celebration of the vast array of talented graduates thathave passed through its doors over the last century, theSchool recently hosted an exhibition called The World in OneSchool, featuring photographs, images and models of some ofthe most iconic buildings in the world, all designed by formerstudents.
Professor Robert Kronenburg, Chair of Architecture,submitted a bid for funding to host the exhibition as part of thecity’s celebrations as European Capital of Culture.
“The idea came when we hosted two alumni parties in theSchool in 2006 and 2007 for graduates who had left theUniversity 50 years ago,” said Rob. “It struck me that weought to make people more aware of the fantastic work that
“It’s not anoverstatement tosay that theLiverpool Schoolcreated the wholearchitecturalpackage andexported it acrossthe globe”
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Leicester UniversityEngineering Faculty- James Sterling
Greenwood Road, Hackney - Patrick Lynch
Credit: Stefan MuellerThe Bluecoat - home to the LiverpoolSchool of Architecture at the beginningof the 20th century
Credit: Morley von SternbergLiverpool Arena andConference Centre -
Wilkinson Eyre
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The Athletic Union is almost as old asthe University itself.
The first records of the formation of theorganisation suggest that it was set up in1884, three years after the UniversityCollege opened its doors. Professor H AStrong, a Professor in Latin, was the firstPresident until he retired 30 years later.
Initially, club activities only comprisedcricket, lawn tennis, rugby, football,gymnastics and cycling, but the AUrapidly grew with clubs such asswimming, boxing, athletics, gymnasticsand hockey. The University regularlycompeted against other establisheduniversities including Durham University,Owens College and Yorkshire College.
By 1908, sporting activity had boomedand the University of Liverpool AthleticClub Pavilion was built in CalderstonesPark where, every Saturday in the Summerterm, professors’ wives provided tea andrefreshments for members.
During the First World War, sportfixtures were cancelled, but when it ended
Celebrating125 yearsof the Athletic Union
AnniversaryeventTo mark the 125th anniversary of the AthleticUnion, Sport Liverpool and the AlumniRelations team are hosting a sports weekendon 25 – 26 April 2009.
Open to all alumni, the weekend will featureteam sports including netball, hockey, football,rugby (league and union), water polo, rowing,lacrosse and possibly rounders, but alumni areinvited to suggest any additional sports. TheSports and Fitness Centre will be available toall attending the weekend, and, on the Saturdayevening, those taking part and their guests, willbe invited to a buffet in the Guild.
If you would like to attend or to find outmore information, contact Alumni AssistantClare Wride on [email protected] or+44 (0)151 795 4609.
Hall of Fame
We’d like to feature alumniwho competed atinternational level in a Hallof Fame displayed in theUniversity Sports Centre.
Please contact ClareWride on +44 (0)151 7954609 or [email protected] send a photoof yourself in internationalkit and a brief playinghistory to Clare Wride,Corporate Communications,Foundation Building,Brownlow Hill, Liverpool,L69 7ZX.
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Roger Stephenson OBE(BArch 1969)
The director of Stephenson Bell, anationally acclaimed practice inManchester which he co-founded,Roger Stephenson has been awardedmore than 40 national awards fordesign including being shortlisted forthe Stirling Prize in 1998 for hisdesign of the Quay Bar in Manchester,which also won a RIBA award.
Jim Eyre(BA Hons Architecture 1980)
Achieving international success as apartner in the firm Wilkinson Eyre,Jim Eyre is responsible for designing,among other things, the GatesheadMillennium Bridge, the world’stallest tower in China and morerecently, the Liverpool Arena andConference Centre. Wilkinson Eyrehas achieved an internationalreputation and is the only practice towin the Stirling Prize twice.
Jonathan Ellis-Miller(BA Architecture 1983, BArch 1986)
Winner of seven RIBA awards,Jonathan Ellis-Miller has designednumerous award-winning buildings,including his design for a housewhich won him the RIBA British SteelAward shortly after he graduated in1991. His firm has recently beenhired to provide masterplanning andarchitectural design services on a£26 million urban redevelopment ofOakham in Rutland.
Sir James Frazer Stirling(Dip Arch 1950)
Widely regarded as one of the mostimportant architects of the 20thcentury, Sir James Frazer Stirlingwas awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in1980 and was knighted in 1992.Responsible for designing theLeicester University EngineeringBuilding and the StaatsgalerieMuseum in Stuttgart, the annualBritish national architecture award,the ‘Stirling Prize’ is named in hishonour. This year the prize will beawarded in Liverpool and there willalso be a special Stirling exhibitionheld at the University.
John Whalley(BArch 1956, MA Civic Design 1957)
After establishing a career as alandscape architect, he went on todesign in Britain, France and Japan.He won the Reilly Medal in 1956 andwas President of the LandscapeInstitute from 1985-87. His workincludes Everton Park and theLiverpool International GardenFestival, which won a BritishAssociation of Landscape Industriesaward of Merit in 1984 and a CivicTrust Award in 1985.
Jonathan Falkingham(BA Hons Architecture 1984, BArchHons 1988)
Co-founder of the groundbreakingfirm Urban Splash, the company hasrevolutionised urban areas, buildingand redeveloping property, office andcommercial space in a sustainableand environmentally sound way. InLiverpool they have designed ConcertSquare, the Ropewalks area, theVanilla factory, the Tea Factory andthe Matchworks and Matchboxdevelopments, and are currentlyworking on the redevelopment of theLittlewoods Art Deco building onEdge Lane.
Tim Pyne(BArch 1989)
Creative Director of London’s annual100% Design Show and ConsultantCreative Director to the WorldArchitecture Festival in Barcelona,Tim Pyne is responsible for dreamingup the concept of the ‘m-hotel’, amoveable prefab that can bedelivered in to inner cities on atemporary basis to make use of landthat might be under planning orfinancial dispute. As founder andowner of WORK, Tim has designedmore than £50 million worth of workon the interior of the MillenniumDome and won RIBA awards for twoof the four zones he designed.architects@Liverpool
there was a surge in Athletic Unionmembership. When the Second WorldWar started in 1939 it was decided that‘business as usual’ would be order ofthe day and the University excelled inmany inter-university competitions.
Throughout the years, sportingactivity has continued to be a centralpart of University life and these days,the Athletic Union represents 2,850students in more than 48 clubs, manyof which compete in British UniversitiesSports Association (BUSA) leagues.
Stuart Wade, Sports DevelopmentManager for the University, said: “TheUniversity’s Athletic Union is one of themost established in the country. In thepast it was responsible for co-ordinating the sport timetable, but thesedays it also provides support andrepresentation for students who takepart in club activity. It is also open tostaff and offers personal accidentinsurance and a sports therapy clinic toall members.”
For further information on the Architecture departmentvisit: www.liv.ac.uk/lsa
Quay Bar, Manchester - Stephenson Bell
Concert Squaredevelopment -Urban Splash
Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Jim Eyre
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Have your say:insight Publications Team, Corporate Communications, University of Liverpool,Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 7ZXemail: [email protected] tel: +44 (0)151 794 2251
Star LettersAlive and wellYour recent issue (Spring 2008)contained notification of the death ofAnthony Stevens.
I dined with Mr Stevens yesterday.Although a little slow on his feet, Idetected no signs of rigor mortis and heconsumed a remarkable amount of foodand drink for a corpse. Furthermore, hetook umbrage at my suggestion that onhis departure from my house I shouldattach to the rear of his motor car aplacard saying ‘Just Died’.
During my own academic studies, itwas regarded as imperative that any factshould be checked from originalsources. Mr Stevens is a season ticketholder of Leicester City Football Club.The fact that this side has lost 17matches this season and is on the cuspof relegation is surely insufficientevidence from which to draw theinference that he had gone into terminaldecline. I await your observations.
Roger Pomfret (BA Hons Economics1957), Lancashire
Medical School Class of ‘45I enclose a photo of my year reunion in 1985, I think some ofyour graduates may recognise themselves among us consultants,which is more than I did after 10 years since our previous reunion!
I started my education just four years after war started,helped by a grant from the Education Committee. Our universityexperience was far from normal – exams disturbed by air raidalarms, down in the basement of the Physics building, ‘hops’disturbed and temporarily stopped because of the raids.
Text too smallIt is always interesting to read of thevarious things happening to our old almamater but this time, I, along with otherold timers, find the print too small, toocramped and I can’t read the colouredset up for the ‘In Memoriam’ as well –and this segment is important for us! Tryto make the print larger.
Norman Lamb (BA Hons HispanicStudies 1938), Denbighshire
Editor’s note: Our last reader surveyhighlighted this issue and we havechanged the design of many of ourpages because of it, while trying to keepthe design as attractive as possible. Wefight a losing battle to fit everything ineach magazine, but will do our best tomake sure the text is legible!
Good memoriesReading recent insight articles has broughtback many memories of my time inLiverpool in the 1960s.
I graduated in 1968, BEng Electronics,and so it was with great interest that I readabout colleagues (Robin Saxby, CedricSloan, Graham James Miller) who sharedthat final year with me.
I can also remember other colleagues,some from overseas, Leka Thomiades(Egyptian), Ragnar Vogt (Norwegian) andalso Alan Wheeler, a great friend who I stillsee regularly (we met on our first day at uni).
I particularly recall the period followingour finals. Two staff members, including DrJory, an Australian, had returned from atraining course in assembler programmingand thought that it would be a great idea topass on their knowledge and enthusiasmto the ‘lads’, using the department’s IBM1130, one of the first mini computers.
I thoroughly enjoyed the course and,little did I know at the time, that it was tobe the catalyst for a life-long career in thesoftware industry.
I also met my wife Margaret (néeCrowder) (BA French 1970), at a5 November dance at Roscoe Hall. Wemarried in 1970 and now have twochildren who have also gone throughuniversity.
We have so many good memories ofLiverpool, some of which are awakenedeach time we read the insight magazine.Thank you.
Brendan Markland, Shropshire
First female 3
Two things have come to mind as Iread through the latest edition:
1. Congratulations on using lessdark background colours on thepages. This has enabled my wife andmyself to enjoy reading articles sincethe typeface is more distinct. Possiblythe use of less ink is ‘greener’!
2. On the page ‘In the Post’ aletter from Tom Pritchard headed‘First Female’ caught our attention.
My wife, Lisbeth (Beth) Lloyd(née Ridley), was an undergraduatefrom 1942-45. During that time shehad a friend, Paddy Jones, (homeaddress then in Bebington, Wirral)who was an undergraduate in theEngineering Faculty, also during1942-45.
There were two other women inthe Engineering Faculty at that timebut my wife does not remember theirnames though one had the nickname‘Monty’.
These three women clearly pre-date the ones referred to in TomPritchard’s letter.
Beth (BA Social Science 1945)and Ken (BSc Hons Chemistry1952) Lloyd, Chester, Cheshire
Premature death noticeMy wife (Tessa Harrington as was, BCom 1957) and I have just returnedhome after enjoying the hospitality of ex-District Judge Roger Pomfret(BA Hons Economics 1957), and his wife, at their delightful home nearOrmskirk. We were joined for the couple of days by Ken Fox (BCom Hons1957) and his wife.
The insight magazine arrived whilst we were there and my wife, whothese days seems to start with the In Memoriam section, was startled tospot notice of my death!
Death will surely arrive one day but the Good Lord has me on the back-burner just now, and I hope that that is not indicative of the eternal future tocome.
However, if the past is indicative of the future, she was muchencouraged by the flood of messages on our answerphone, the numerousmessages of condolence in the post, the flood of Mass Cards - masses tobe celebrated for my life and more for the eternal repose of my soul – andnews that the local florist had enjoyed the best day’s business in years.
I will trust that you will include this letter in the next insight issue sothat our many friends may continue to invite both of us to their homes, sendboth of us Christmas cards and be assured that I will hopefully be aroundfor a long time to come.
Yours, given your notice, in astonishingly good health.
Anthony Stevens (BCom Hons 1957) (known as ‘Steve’ whilst atUniversity), Staffordshire
Editor’s note: We would like to thank Mr and Mrs Stevens, and their friendsand family, for being so understanding!
First female 4I was pleased with the last edition of insight and I would like to make twocomments.
First, regarding the last female class, I know that my class, which started inSeptember 1941 and ended in December 1943 had one lady member. Her givenname was Elizabeth but I cannot remember her family name. She became friendsand later married a male member whose given name I don’t remember butwhose family name was Williamson. The class of the previous year had no ladiesnor as far as I am aware did the previous one to that. I hope that will be ofinterest to Tom Pritchard.
On another matter you reported the sad death of Charles Vincent Jones butfailed to record that he also had an honours degree in Mathematics from theUniversity of London. He was quite a remarkable person. His schooldays tookplace in the Liverpool Institute where he studied Classics and from where he wasrewarded with a scholarship on the basis of his knowledge of Greek, Latin andAncient History. Seeing no future in that, he entered the Engineering Faculty tostudy Light Current Electrical Engineering because that was his uncle’sprofession. In spite of having no previous tuition in either Physics or Chemistry,to the best of my memory he had the highest mark of all students of that year infinals.
After graduating, he and I were sent to RAE and, because our names bothbegan with J, we shared a room until the day that we both left after the warended. We had not been there long before he decided that his future lay inteaching and that if he was to be successful in that profession he needed to havea degree in mathematics. He registered with a correspondence college andbegan to study. His studies generally took place late at night after we had beenout to eat or to the club to play billiards or snooker. On our return he wouldbegin to study and I would begin a detective novel. When I finished the novel heclosed his books and we went to bed.
At about the time the war ended he took his final exam and was awarded aFirst Class Honours degree. He was quite a genius. He had two remarkableabilities. One by a combination of his knowledge of Greek, Latin andMathematics, he was able to do a Ximinese crossword in about one hour. Healso was able to create a system for us so that we remained the Bridgechampions of RAE for the time we were there.
We remained friends for many years as we both married and brought manyoffspring into the world. We did not drift apart until my work took me out ofBritain, first to the USA and later to China. I hope that he became a good teacherand that he was able to pass on some of his ability to the students that he taught.
I will be visiting the UK for the first time in 15 years and my first stop will bethe University to see what damage you have done to the Engineering Buildingsince I was last there more than 50 years ago. Perhaps there will be time for meto stop in on the insight office while I am there.
Robert G Jackson (Mechanical Engineering 1943), Texas
Vet disaster at NessI carried out some research at Ness (InFocus, insight Spring 2008), studyingthe importance of insects for the pollinationof weed species, in this case, buttercups.
In a farmer’s field adjacent to theGardens, one warm day in June, I placedplastic bags over 100 tall buttercupplants. In this way the flowers would beunharmed but insect pollinators couldnot reach them. My plan was to leavethem for about a week and then collectthe flower heads to look for pollinationand seed set.
Just to check that all was well, Ivisited the field the next morning. Therewas a veterinary disaster in the makingas cows had got in to the field and hadeaten all except a few of the plasticbags. The damage to my experiment wasnothing compared to the potential damageto the cows with plastic entwining theircomplex digestive systems.
I felt awful and returned to theUniversity to discuss the impending lawsuits with my Professor. He contactedthe farmer who agreed there was nothingto be done except to wait and see whatwould happen. In the end, nothinghappened - the cows remained fit andhealthy with not even a drop in milkyield. We wanted to thank the farmer foradopting such a low-key view of thesituation and this may have been thefirst and only time a good bottle ofScotch was requisitioned from scientificfunds - at least for the purpose ofmaintaining good relations betweenNess Gardens and the local farmers.
I went on to Stanford University andthen to Northwestern University inChicago where I became Professor andChairman of the Department ofBiological Sciences. I am now ProfessorEmeritus at Macquarie University inSydney and, until recently, Director ofthe Commonwealth Key Centre forBiodiversity and Bioresources.
Andy Beattie (BSc Hons Zoology1964), Sydney, Australia
Roger and Anthony both receive £25 to spend in our online gift store
My boyfriend, a vet student (Allan Mutch MRCVS (1943),we married in 1946), and I were drafted to help during the Blitz.I spent hair-raising nights making sandwiches and toast in theUnion kitchen while Allan, in Corps uniform, dug bodies out ofMill Road Hospital. On dates, we sheltered in doorways tododge the flak.
We had 50 years of medical and veterinary practice aboutwhich I wrote a book. Editors, however, now prefer books byJade Goody and the like but I may try again!
Dr Olive Mutch (MBChB 1945), Wirral
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Robert Jackson on campus, Summer 2008
First female 2I can inform Tom Pritchard (insightSpring 2008) that there was a womanCivil Engineering graduate among theBEng ‘forty-niners’. She was SimonneJ Waygood. There were two otherwomen in the 1946 intake but I do notthink they graduated until later.
John Oliver (BEng Hons 1949),Buckinghamshire
First female 1I missed the reference in insightAutumn 2007 to the class of1957 being the last all-maleclass in the Faculty ofEngineering, but I agree withTom Pritchard (Spring 2008insight) that it cannot have been.
There was a womanstudying, if I remembercorrectly, Electrical Engineering.Her name was ‘Paddy’ Jones.We graduated in December1944 so the last all-male yearmust have been prior to 1944.
Philip Bird (BEng 1944),Oxfordshire
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Malcolm JackINPROFILE
It has been described as the ‘bestseat in the theatre’ but alumnus DrMalcolm Jack isn’t talking about anyordinary auditorium. He is the Clerkand Chief Executive of the House ofCommons, taking centre stage at theheart of the UK Parliament.
Malcolm graduated from theUniversity in 1967 with a degree inPolitical Theory and Institutions. Hesaid: “I was always interested inpolitics as an activity. There’s afamily story which tells of mewatching Harold Macmillan ontelevision and I was absolutelyenthralled. I was only seven or eightyears old.”
He says he chose Liverpoolbecause of fond childhoodmemories.
“My grandfather was a Cunardengineer and moved to Liverpoolfrom Scotland in the 1930s,” hesaid. “The river fascinated me. Seasand ships have always played a verybig part in my life – it’s a pity I amnow marooned in London!
“Liverpool was quite a hard placein some respects, and it had gonethrough a period that was not verygood, but I enjoyed my time at theUniversity very much. One of mytutors, the late Phillip Parks, was verygenerous in taking us out of the city.He was interested in National Trusthouses and he would take us in hisold Morris Minor.
“I liked jazz and classical music,which was quite well organised at theGuild, but I used to go a lot to thePhilharmonic too. Theatre and music
Thebestseat in the House
in Liverpool were always very good.“I love to come back to the city
and have a stomp around campus.Last year I got together with sixformer classmates at Westminster –in four cases we hadn’t seen eachother since we graduated!”
After graduation, Malcolmenrolled for a Masters at the LondonSchool of Economics.
He added: “I was fortunateenough to be offered a research post.I was tempted but they wantedsomeone to research politicalinstitutions and, though I didn’t mindworking in an institution, my interestswere more the theories and activitiesof politics. I decided to do the CivilService exams. The House ofCommons only took two or threepeople but as soon as I walkedthrough the door I knew this was forme. I was fascinated - it was themagnetism of the place.”
Malcolm was appointed to hiscurrent position in 2006. The officeof Clerk of the House is almost 650years old and has an intriguinghistory – the first mention ofaccommodation used by the Clerkdates back to 1605 and details thecellar adjacent to where Guy Fawkeshid in the Gunpowder Plot.
Malcolm is the principal adviserof the House, its committees, theSpeaker and the Members ofParliament, explaining procedure andpractices and the rules which governits day-to-day activities. As ChiefExecutive he is responsible for 1,700employees and is the main advisor to
the Speaker, sitting in front of him orher in a wig and gown when theHouse is sitting.
Malcolm said: “One of the bestthings about the job is that you neverknow what will happen next andcrises keep happening! Politics isvery volatile. There’s a saying – theclerks at the table have one of thebest seats in the theatre!”
And he says the MPs arefascinating people to work with:“Politicians are endlessly energetic.It’s almost a genetic thing. Politicsattracts those kinds of people – ifyou’re not, you don’t last very long.You can spot those who will besuccessful – they are people whohave some special extra quality. Iwon’t name anyone but I knowcabinet ministers who I knew, when Ifirst saw them, would end up at thetop. That’s part of the fun of the job.”
But he says he is worried aboutcurrent attitudes to politics in the UK:“There is no doubt that people arecynical about politicians - peoplethink Prime Minister’s Question Timeis all silly remarks and then themembers go away. That’s aridiculous travesty of what people do.Members have a hard slog of a job.They take part in debates orcommittees, then there’s theoverseas side and, when they leaveWestminster at the end of the week,there’s the constituency side. Theydon’t have weekends and if they get aSunday in peace they are lucky.
“If you have an unpopular war oran economic situation that is
affecting people’s ordinary lives theyare not going to love politicians. I amnot trying to get them off the hook,there just needs to be morerecognition of the kind of jobinvolved.”
But the role isn’t without itshumour. Malcolm added: “There is avery complicated choreography ofstate openings. The Speaker leadsthe procession to the Lords and, atthe moment Black Rod requests theMembers’ presence, I have to dart inbehind the Speaker before themembers push me out of the way!It’s quite a squeeze!”
When he isn’t working, literatureand art are two of Malcolm’s loves.He completed his PhD at LSE whenhe started work at the House andthen went on to write books rangingfrom 18th century subjects to travelhistory. His latest book Lisbon, Cityof the Sea: A History is the firstcomplete history of the city inEnglish. He is Chairman of theWilliam Beckford Society andSecretary of the Johnson Club, whichcelebrate the lives of the authors.
He also supports overseascharities: “When I retire I would liketo do something quite useful -probably with education - in thedeveloping world. I have aconnection with South Africa, and Iwant to help people from thetownships get up the educationsystem, right into university. I feel Ihave been extremely lucky in life andI’d like to do something very direct tohelp individuals.”
Naval Division footnoteMay I belatedly add a couple of footnotes to the letter and photographabout the Naval Division in the Autumn 2007 issue?
Donald Coult was a Tutor in Derby Hall where I was a first-yearstudent in 1942-43. Most of those on the photo would be from the firstintake under the Y-Scheme where men who were qualified for universityentry and were due for call-up to the forces were given a six-monthperiod combining academic studies and preliminary naval training. TheUniversity Naval Division’s first recruits were those, like myself, whowere undertaking normal undergraduate courses. I was only 17 when Icame up to read Geography and remained in that department for the restof my career, and was allowed to complete my first year of study beforebeing called up.
The Y-Scheme was part of a crash course to meet the expecteddemand for potential officers for the D-Day landings in particular.Members of the University staff commissioned to assist the naval staffincluded Sub-Lt Wilfred Smith, later John Rankin Professor ofGeography, and Frank Fletcher, later James Barrow Professor of French,who flagged his semaphore signals from the top of the air raid sheltersin Abercromby Square.
Emeritus Professor Richard Lawton, (BA Hons Geography 1948),York
The mighty links at Hoylake haswitnessed some of golf’s greatestmoments during its long andillustrious history: the first AmateurChampionship in 1882, Bobby Joneswinning a leg of his immortal GrandSlam in 1930 and Tiger Woodsmarking the club’s long overduereturn to the Open ChampionshipRota with a display of perfect linksgolf in 2005. Now another chaptercan be added to this roll-call oflegend: the inaugural Alumni Golf Day.
Though not troubling the widergolfing world, the event was hugelysignificant for 30 past members ofthe University Golf Team. One thingthat hadn’t changed, however, wasWirral’s April weather. A typicalHoylake brew of thunderous skiesand wind whipping in from the DeeEstuary made many alumni feel olderthan they actually were - and, givenone of the teams was made up ofplayers who graduated in the late1970s (presumably in flares), that’ssaying something.
Swings, in some cases, werestiffer, waistlines more ample andhair (if it existed at all) greyer, butenthusiasm was undimmed by thepassing years. Keith Murphy (BScHons Mathematical Sciences 1997),a relative pup having graduated in thelate 90s, took top honours in theindividual category. Rob Stevens(BSc Hons Medical Cell Biology andBiochemistry 1988), who clearly hasbeen doing little other than play golfsince leaving Liverpool, amassed anincredible 35 points off scratch - thesort of golf that Jones and Woodswould have recognised. For plenty ofothers though, Royal Liverpool heldup a mirror to their fading powers.
Thankfully, a restorative dinnerwas awaiting those with batteredegos and ragged scorecards. Afterlamb shanks, copious Rioja andsome fine speeches, the prize-giving(generously provided for by GolfMonthly editor Michael Harris, a BA
Hons Geography graduate of 1992)saw Nick Deanes (BEng HonsBuilding Services and EnvironmentalEngineering 1993) winning fornearest the pin on the 7th and thelongest drive prize going to amember of the current UniversityGolf Team, Andrew Smith (currentlystudying Social & Economic History)with his gargantuan 365-yard-efforton the par-four 15th.
There were plenty of others whoclocked up the mileage to be at theinaugural event - and none more sothan Steve Kelbrick (BEng HonsMechanical Engineeering andManagement 1990). He flew fromEquatorial Guinea via Frankfurt andSwitzerland inorder to play,sponsoring thedinner, carding himself avery respectable 33 pointsand walking off with firstplace in the team event,alongside Ian Brown (BScHons Statistics andComputational Mathematics1987), Andy Jones (BDentSurg1989) and Rob Stevens for histroubles. At the end of amemorable evening, the sightof a dozen or so happilyinebriated men,remembering past gloriesand chipping balls fromthe carpet of theclubhouse stairs onto the landingoutside the diningroom, should havebeen enough toconvince him it hadbeen worth theeffort.
The participatingalumni would like tothank Royal Liverpool GolfClub, Stuart Wade of theAthletic Union and KarenBrady and Clare Wride of theAlumni Office.
First female 5There was certainly a female engineer in 1943 (insight, Spring 2008)who was Lady President of the Guild. She married Denis Craddock(MBChB 1944) who was President.
I was in the year below Denis Craddock and I knew him quitewell. We were both at Liverpool Collegiate School and I replaced himin the first XV in November 1928 as he wished to concentrate onathletics – he was the Northern Counties Junior Mile champion(4m 28secs) in 1939.
Dr James Carmichael (MBChB 1945, MD 1953), Liverpool
University Quad 1957 (l to r) Lewis Rosenbloom, Jeff Langworthy, Fred ?,Dorothy Vantier, Betty Dickinson, Irene Powell, Jane ?, Graeme McGregor
I enclose a photo from my album which may be of interest for theAlumni celebrations.
We were all studying Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry at thetime the photos was taken – 1957.
Dorothy Robinson (née Vantier), Wirral
John told insight: “As a postscript, the Lady Presidentfrom 1938 told me that she had invited TS Eliot to visit theUniversity and that he had spent a day here. I was, for once,dumbstruck!”
Alumni Officer Emma Smith, who was one of the leadorganisers of the event, said: “People were engaged andinspired, and there was lots of nostalgia – the wholeatmosphere of the weekend was really good! I did hear a greattale of alumni dancing in Kinsella’s café bar late on Saturdaynight – they were immediately identifiable as Alumni Weekendattendees by the giant feathers they were waving, which wehad used to decorate the tables at the Mountford Hall dinner!”
If you would like to view the Celebration in Filmvisit www.liv.ac.uk/celebration
Next year’s Alumni Weekend takes place fromFriday 4 to Sunday 7 September 2009. Log on towww.liv.ac.uk/alumni for more details.
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Around 200 alumni came back to campus for theUniversity’s annual Alumni Weekend during the city’syear as European Capital of Culture.
The age range of visitors spanned more than 80 years –from Colonel James Bryson (LLB 1932), aged 95, andElizabeth Gidney (BA Hons English 1938), aged 93, to seven-year-old Gezi Yu, the son of Peng (James) Yu (MA AppliedLinguistics 2004), Alumni Ambassador for Beijing.
One of the highlights was a gala dinner in Mountford Hallwhich had been transformed for the night. More than 250alumni, staff and Officers of the Guild attended the event, withentertainment provided by guest speaker David Liddiment(BA Hons English Language and Literature 1974), CreativeDirector of All3Media, vocalist Lucy Weston (BA EnglishLiterature 2003), Alumni Officer for the Management School,and DJ Simon Rohrer who is a familiar face to many graduatesfrom his Time Tunnel and Double Vision appearances in theGuild.
Some alumni chose to relive their student days withcampus tours by current students. More took a trip to Crosbybeach to see the famed Antony Gormley art installation,Another Place, in the company of marine biologist LeonieRobinson who has used the statues for her research. Groupsalso viewed the treasures of the Victoria Gallery & Museum
and, in addition, many alumni also had thechance to visit the Walker Art Gallery to see thegiant Liverpool Cityscape produced by artist BenJohnson in an exhibition sponsored by theUniversity. Ben also gave a presentation about hiswork and its inspirations.
There was also a screening of the University’sCelebration in Film, part of its contribution to theCapital of Culture year. This showcases the
institution’s history and successes and received great reviews.It was followed by a panel discussion, chaired by BBC Radio 4presenter Roger Bolton (BA Hons English Literature andPhilosophy 1967), alongside Professor Phil Redmond (BASocial Studies 1977) who led the Capital of Culture year,Angela Heslop, Radio Merseyside Cultural Editor, and MartinKing, Director of Tourism at The Mersey Partnership.
John Flamson (BA Hons Geography 1973), theUniversity’s Director of Strategic Partnerships, spoke of theimportance of the University community when he closed theweekend and quoted TS Eliot: “What life have you if you havenot life together? There is no life that is not in community.”
Frances Lyrmont (BA Social Science 1965) wearing a gold top, and Margaret Upsdell(MBChB Medicine 1965) dressed in a grey suit, meet with new friends, and old, at theWalker Art Gallery
Graham Topping (BSc Chemistry 1961, PhDPhilosophy 1967), Professor Tony Eccles(BEng Mechanical Engineering 1957) andJane Biran (BA English Language andLiterature 1958). Jane travelled from Israelto join the Alumni Weekend
Debbie Cox (BA Hons Archaeology 1980), far left, with Tim Cox, back row, left, and Charlotte Syder, (BAEconomics and Economic History 1980), met up with their friends Alison and John Appleton (BA Geography1979) and Virginia and Simon Lamb (Economics and Economic History 1980)
Lady Newby, Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Howard Newby,Ambassador for Beijing and alumnus James Yu (MA AppliedLinguistic, 2004) with his son Gezi Yu
Francis and Patricia Major (BSc HonsMathematics 1969, MSc AppliedMathematics 1971)
Jean Mishra, alumnus Prabhat Mishra (BEng Metallurgy 1968), Liverpool CityScape artistand speaker Ben Johnson and his wife Sheila Johnson
Ross Leader, current scholarship student, with Kenneth Lloyd(BSc Chemistry 1951, BSc Hons Chemistry 1952) and SizhengZhao, current scholarship student
Colonel James Graeme Bryson (LLB Law 1932, LLM Law 1935)and Brenda Murray (BA Social Science 1945)
Liz Williams, Guild Deputy President, Ed Maloney, Guild Vice-President, David Winstanley (BSc Geology and PhysicalGeography 2006 and President of the Guild of Students 2004-05),Emma Smith (Alumni Officer), Irfan Zaman (BA Hons InternationalDevelopment 2005 and President of the Guild of Students 2005-06) with current President of the Liverpool Guild of Students,Danielle Grufferty (BA International Development 2008)
Anne Donnelly Bush (BA Hons Psychology1990 and Ambassador for New York) andYan-Goh Ng (BEng Engineering Science/Industrial Management 1976, PhDEngineering 1983 and Ambassador forMalaysia) enjoy dinner in the Mountford Hall
(Below) Elizabeth Gidney (BA Hons English1938 and Lady President of the Guild ofUndergraduates 1938-39) with DanielleGrufferty (BA International Development2008 and President of the Liverpool Guildof Students 2008-09)
Robert Labinski, Vice-President ofLiverpool Guild of Students,with JohnTandy (BVSc 1957), Committee memberof the University of Liverpool VeterinaryAlumni Association
Roger and Margaret Upsdell (MBChBMedicine 1965)
Dr Vivian Tabod (Diplomain Tropical Child Health2003) travelled from theCameroon Republic andmet Didimalang Pemba(Master of CommunityHealth 1998), fellowtraveller, who joined theweekend having comefrom South Africa
Elaine Eades, Programme Director, MBA Human ResourceManagement, Rachel Pounder (BA Human Resource Management2006), Katie Neary (BA Human Resource Management 2006),Mark Williams (MSc Management 2005), Lucy Weston(BA English Literature 2003 and Alumni Officer for the University’sManagement School) and Professor Dominic Elliott, Paul RoyProfessor of Business Continuity and Strategic Managements andDirector of External Relations for the Management School
David Liddiment (BA Hons English Languageand Literature 1974) with contemporary andfriend Dr (David) Kevin Jones (Medicine1977, PhD Medicine 1990)
Kate Robertson, Director of Developmentand Alumni Relations, with Chris Graham(BA Hons History 1979 and ex-President ofthe Guild of Students 1971-72)
INPROFILE Stewart Haslinger
It is believed to be the oldest skill game in the world,with a history dating back to before 600AD – and oneyoung Liverpool graduate is taking the world of chessby storm.
Stewart Haslinger (BSc Hons MathematicalSciences 2005, MSc Mathematical Sciences 2006) isthe first chess Grandmaster to come out ofMerseyside for more than 100 years.
The title is the highest accolade that can bebestowed on a chess player and only 1% of playersever achieves the prestigious title during their career.Once gained it is held for life.
Stewart has been playing chess since he wasthree. He pestered his dad to teach him afterwatching his older brother and sister play, and took tothe game so quickly that by the age of four he wasentering his first junior tournament. It was clear evenat this early age that Stewart had a natural affinity forthe game, and he went on not only to captain theLiverpool under-11 team, but to win the annualNational Squad Championships five times in a row.
After a promising start, Stewart’s chess careercontinued to flourish throughout his teenage years.He became a member of Formby Chess Club andplayed during the holidays while he was at university.Then, after completing his masters in MathematicalSciences, Stewart made the decision to take sometime off from his studies to focus on chess, with thedream of becoming a Grandmaster. In the same year
Stewart achieved his goal, scoring enough pointsduring three international tournaments to earn him thecoveted title of Grandmaster at the UK-China SummitMatch at St George’s Hall in Liverpool.
Having captained the England under-11 teamwhen he was younger, Stewart has now beenselected to play for the English Senior team and iscompeting in tournaments all over the world.
“Chess is a test of logic and problem-solving butit’s also a very creative game that really helps todevelop your memory,” Stewart said.
And, he says his studies at Liverpool really helpedhis game.
He added: “I think Maths has definitely helped meto improve my performance because a lot of thequalities that I learned through my studies haveproven to be useful assets in progressing my game.Logic and problem solving are really important skillsfor anyone playing chess.”
Now Stewart is looking to the future and wants tochallenge himself against the chess world’s greatestnames.
He said: “Now that I’ve achieved the Grandmastertitle, I think my ultimate goal would be to playcompetitively against some of the world’s leadingplayers.”
� The title Grandmaster is thehighest title a chess player canattain
� The term formally originatedin Russia during the famous1914 St Petersburg tournamentwhen it was awarded to fivefinalists
� In 1950 the World ChessFederation, FIDE, awarded theGrandmaster title to 27 playerswho were either considered tobe at the top of their game orwho had formerly been worldclass
� These days, to achieve thetitle, all players must have anElo rating of at least 2,500 atone time, although they do notnecessarily need to maintainthis level to keep their title. TheElo system is a means ofcalculating the relative skills ofplayers
� In addition to this rating,players must also have at leasttwo favourable results (or‘norms’) under their belt, whichmust be achieved intournaments involving otherGrandmasters
� There are currently around40 Grandmasters in the UK.
Grandmaster plans his next move
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INFOCUS
In a recent surveyof University ofLiverpoolstudents, 87%said that theywould recommendthe institution to afriend, which maybe one of thereasons why somany graduateshave stayed on forfurther studyor returned tobecome membersof staff.
Alumni from courses spanningall disciplines can be foundworking in many differentdepartments across theUniversity – in teaching andresearch posts or in theUniversity’s professionalservices and administration.
Kerry McManus caught upwith just a few of them to findout what encouraged them tochoose a career at their almamater.
We love Liverpool
CatherineJonesAcademic Secretary
Moving from local government intoadministration at the University was theperfect career move for Catherine Jones (BAClassical and Medieval Latin 1981) becauseshe is still here 21 years later. Now workingas the Academic Secretary, Catherine isresponsible for the entire area ofadministration relating to students, fromrecruitment through to careers guidance. Herdepartment also oversees teaching qualitysupport and central committee services.
Catherine said: “I wanted to study in theNorth West and Liverpool stood out becauseit had a good reputation.
“All of the academic staff were unusualcharacters, but there was one particularinstance which still makes me laugh. Wewere sitting in a tutorial group in the office ofone of the lecturers. He shared a telephonewith the academic in the next office and theyhad a hatch between the two rooms. Half waythrough the tutorial, the hatch opened, a handpopped through and the academic in theother room shouted ‘it’s for you!’
“Looking back at my time as a student, Ican see how different things were. In the pastwe were just privileged to have theopportunity to go to university, but thesedays, with increasing student numbers andincreasing competition, students demand farmore. Hopefully, the effort that my team putsin to make the student experience atLiverpool unforgettable will pay off!”
SarahJonesVolunteer Co-ordinator
After experiencing the unshakeablesense of ‘coming home’ when steppingoff the train at Lime Street to attend aUniversity open day, Sarah Jones (BABusiness Economics 2001) chose theUniversity of Liverpool as the place tostudy. For the past six years Sarah hasworked in the Careers and EmployabilityService and, these days, she callsLiverpool her home.
Sarah said: “After graduation, I tooka year out to volunteer for my church inLiverpool, but had plans to pursue acareer with one of the ‘big four’accounting firms. After just a few weeksvolunteering I realised that I wanted tocontinue working in the voluntary sectorso when I saw the position at theUniversity, I knew it was perfect – Icould combine all of my volunteeringexperience with my student experience. Ithink the fact that I’ve studied here hasbeen a major advantage to me.”
Dr PaulSmithSenior Lecturer
It wasn’t just a love of Liverpool thatmade Dr Paul Smith (BSc BiologicalSciences 1967, BSc Hons Zoology1968) stay at the University. It was loveof another kind.
“I had fallen for the young lady whowas to become my wife. Christine Smith(née Jesson) was still studyingBiochemistry so I was most reluctant toleave the area and was lucky enough tobe appointed as an assistant lecturer inthe Department of Pathology in theMedical School, where I was able to domy PhD on lung disease. I am still thereas a senior lecturer and will havenotched up 40 years this year,” he said.
“I feel that I have been very fortunateto have spent my working life inacademic medicine. I have been able todo what I enjoy most – working out whatmakes things work and, more relevant tomy job, what happens when they don’twork.”
LuisaAinsworthSecretary to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellors
Luisa Ainsworth (Combined HonoursSES 2005) has worked at theUniversity for the last 18 months.Her time as a student is one of thefactors that influenced her decisionto apply for her role.
Luisa said: “I loved my time atUniversity and was really involved instudent life. So that I could socialiseand earn money at the same time, Iworked in the bar in the Guild andhad the chance to meet manyfamous people such as LemmyKilmister from Motorhead.
“I still enjoy spending time oncampus because a lot of my friendseither work or have continued theirstudies here. Working at theUniversity has also meant that I amable to continue playing cello in theUniversity Symphony Orchestra.”
For three years, Natasha Russell (BScAnatomy & Human Biology 2002) has beenworking in the School of BiomedicalScience, the department that she graduatedfrom. Her role involves the preparation anddisposal of corpses donated to thedepartment for medical science, such asdissection by students. She is alsoresponsible for providing technical supportand ensuring that procedures meet therequirements of the Human Tissues Act 2004.
Natasha initially chose Liverpool as theplace to study because of the reputation ofthe University as a whole.
Natasha said: “After my A-levels, I waspassionate to find out more aboutanatomical form and function. The courseat Liverpool was one of the few dissection-based anatomy courses in the country, andremains so to this day. I also wanted tostudy somewhere that had excellentpostgraduate prospects and whosereputation would be highly valued by anemployer.
“Now I’m doing the job that I hadalways wanted to do – working with deadbodies – something that my parents haveyet to understand! I find it fascinating and itis always entertaining watching the studentswho have their dissection class on themorning after student night in the Guild!”
JoyLongshawPostgraduate Admissions Officer
Graduating from the University twoyears ago at the age of 38, JoyLongshaw (BSc Psychology 2006)hasn’t looked back since.
“I never knew what I wanted to doat university which is why I left ituntil later on. After graduation I didthe University’s Graduate IntoEmployment Unit course, whichenabled me to get a temporary jobwith the University’s StudentRecruitment and Admissions Office.From that, I applied for a permanentpost and here I am!” said Joy.
“I am really proud to work for theUniversity that gave me the chanceto do something that I had not beenable to do before and I feelprivileged that I am able to helpother potential students who arethinking about coming here.”
Chris Marchant’s (BSc Mathematics withEducation 1999) decision to study at theUniversity of Liverpool occurred when atthe age of 14, he attended a careers fairwhere the University had a stand. He hadalways planned to become a maths teacher,but by the final year of his undergraduatecourse he had become involved withdelivering maths road shows to childrenand realised that this was something heenjoyed.
When the Outreach Officer position wasadvertised, Chris realised that it was the jobfor him.
“My job gives me the chance to teachchildren maths, but without all of thenegative aspects of being a teacher such asmarking work, stress and paperwork. I getto teach children maths in a fun andinteresting way through activities andgames,” said Chris.
“The aim is to make maths moreaccessible so that children will becomeinterested in it and will hopefully considerit as an option for further study or a career.
“This year, we have worked with morethan 100 schools across the UK sohopefully some of the children that we haveworked with might consider the Universityof Liverpool in the future in the same waythat I did.”
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INPROFILE
When Tung Chee-Hwa and hisyounger brother Tung Chee-Chentravelled from Hong Kong toLiverpool to study more than half acentury ago, little did their schoolteachers, university lecturers andfriends realise what influence andimpact they would later have on theworlds of commerce and politics.
It was the vision of their father, theshipping magnate, Tung Chao Yung -known as CY – and their mother, KooLee Ching, which brought them toLiverpool. CY was a visionary. Hededicated his life to the modernisationof China’s ocean shipping industry. Hewas a self-made man who became oneof the largest independent shipowners inthe world. His fleet consisted ofcontainer vessels, tankers, bulk carriersand passenger vessels. Today, thecontainer business, operating under thetrade name OOCL, is one of largestintegrated containerized transportationcompany in the world, with 160 officesin 50 countries.
When CY died in 1982 his elder son,Chee-Hwa – known as CH (BEng MarineEngineering 1960, Hon LLD 1997) -assumed leadership of the corporation.CH was to run the company until hestepped down in 1996 to campaign tobecome the first Chief Executive of theHong Kong Special AdministrativeRegion. His younger brother, Chee-Chen– known as CC (BEng MechanicalEngineering 1964) - stepped into thetop job after many years of working for
his elder brother. CC recalls hisresponse to CH’s decision to focus onpolitics with amusement: “At the time Itold him there was no turning back,” hesaid. “If he didn’t get elected, he’d haveto take out an ad in the local newspaperor go on a long vacation!”
Shipbuilding
Both brothers, who were born inShanghai, completed their matriculationin the UK before studying at theUniversity of Liverpool. They both wenton to further study and employment withGeneral Electric in Boston and the familybusiness in New York for two decadesbefore returning to the family andcompany base in Hong Kong.
Both CH and CC had to deal withturmoil in the shipping industry duringtheir time at the helm. A major financialrestructuring was necessary during thesevere shipping market downturn whenCH was at the helm in the mid 1980s.CC too had to navigate the familyshipping company through very toughtimes, during the 1997/98 Asianfinancial crisis, as well as the 2001global economic slowdown. Both eventshad severe impact on global tradevolumes and the shipping market.Through this challenging environment,OOCL never waived from its steadycourse in maintaining its customerfocus, and developing its IT platform toprovide both a more effective service tothe customer and better efficiency in-
house. OOCL is now the industry leaderin the use of information technology ande-commerce to manage the entire cargoprocess. In addition, OOCL activelyparticipated in a consortium of shippinglines that enabled expansion of networkcoverage, increased frequency ofservice, and provided economies ofscale and a long term sustainablecompetitive cost structure. Today, OOCLis one of the world's largest integratedinternational container transportation andlogistics and terminal companies,providing services to all the majorEast/West, Intra-Asia, and Australasiatrading economies, and is one of HongKong's most recognised global brands.
University
“The experience of studying in Liverpoollaid a solid educational foundation forus,” said CH. “Although we weren’t atthe University at the same time – CCarrived as I was leaving - we stayed inthe same lodgings at the MethodistInternational House in Mount Pleasant.
“Although it is 48 years since Igraduated, I remember my days inLiverpool, and the Faculty ofEngineering, in particular with greatfondness. Several friends I graduatedwith have been in touch over the yearsand it has been a pleasure to welcomethem to Hong Kong.”
Although CH enjoys basketball andAmerican football from his years in theUS, it is soccer that is his sportingpassion: “I follow Liverpool FC as avidlytoday as I did when I was a student all
University at heart of tycoon’s vision for sons’ future
“The experience of studying in Liverpoolreally set us both up for our careers inthe shipping business”
those years ago – it is the greatestfootball team!” he said.
Married to Betty and with threechildren and nine beloved grandchildren,CH had the honour of becoming the firstelected Chief Executive of Hong Kongfollowing the handover from the UK tothe People’s Republic of China in 1997.His leadership of the ‘one country, twosystem’ government brought a peacefultransition from British colonialism toChinese rule. He is now Vice-Chairmanof the Chinese People’s PoliticalConsultative Conference. Earlier this yearhe formed the China-US ExchangeFoundation, which promotes betterunderstanding between the twocountries. Betty is an activephilanthropist and has been engaged involunteer work for decades.
“Our father instilled in CC and me,and our sisters, the importance ofeducation and a strong sense of ournational identity,” added CH. “This issomething we remain passionate abouttoday.”
Scholarship
In 1970, CY had bought a famous oceanliner, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, whichhe converted into a floating university.Unfortunately, the ship later caught fireduring refurbishment and sank in HongKong harbour (the wreckage of the shipwas featured in a James Bond movie).CY bought a smaller ship to completethe plan under the Semester at Seaprogram, working with the University ofPittsburgh for many years, and, morerecently, continued by the University ofVirginia in collaboration with the Instituteof Shipboard Education.
CH and CC set up the Tung OOCLScholarship Programme in 1995. Itsobjective is to provide undergraduateand graduate scholarship and othersupport programs to Universities inChina including Tsinghua, Peking,Fudan, Shanghai Jiao Tong, Zhejiangand Nanjing. To date, some 2,930students and faculty have benefited fromthe Programme. In addition,scholarships are also awarded tochildren of employees, many of whomhave served in the group for decades.
“The scholarships programme isvery important to the family and thecompany,” added CC. “Our corporatevalues are focused on people, customerfocus, excellence through quality andcommunity responsibility. Ourcommunities contribute to our successand we focus our community efforts oneducation for young people.”
Most recently, The Tung Foundation,a charitable Trust, has been working withShanghai Jiao Tong University and theUniversity of Liverpool to set up a CYTung Institute of Marine Studies.
CH visited the joint venture Xi’anJiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou,China when it opened in 2006. Headded: “This is a very exciting Sino-British collaboration that offers the bestof both countries’ education forundergraduates in China. I amparticularly excited that it was my almamater that took the lead in such aventure and I hope that the first XJTLUstudents arriving in Liverpool thissemester to complete their studies in theUK have the same wonderful experienceof the city that my brother and I hadalmost half a century ago!”
As well as being Chairman,President and CEO of OOIL, the parentcompany of OOCL, CC, who is marriedto Harriet - a philanthropist andproponent of the classical Chinese Arts -with whom he has two children, is anon-executive director of severalcompanies, including Bank of China,and Petro China. He holds a Mastersdegree in Mechanical Engineering fromMassachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) and is a JP.
Community
Under CC’s direction, OOIL alsoparticipates in many other types ofcommunity support. One of its majorand initiatives is Project HOPE (HealthOpportunities for People Everywhere) inHong Kong which has been renamedCMF (Children Medical Foundation).The corporation transported diagnosticmedical equipment and supplies donatedby Fortune 500 companies in the US tothe Shanghai Children's Hospital.
Both CH and CC are members ofthe University’s successful Hong KongAlumni Association. “We attend asmany alumni association events aspossible, commercial businessallowing!” said CC. “It is always agreat pleasure to socialise with fellowLiverpool graduates living in HongKong – we feel like an extension of theUniversity family. Every summer I lookforward in particular to being involvedin the awarding of the HKGAscholarships set up through the kindgenerosity of Dr Nelson Yu (Hon LLD1999), which give young Hong Kongnationals the opportunity to study inLiverpool.”
CY Tung didn’t just have the visionto establish a global shippingbusiness and set his sons on the roadto becoming shipping tycoons throughtheir education links with Liverpool. Healso had great vision when he namedhis boys. For Chee-Chen means ‘buildsuccess’ while Chee-Hwa means‘build China’.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Fang greets CH Tung on a visit to Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Family success story - brothers Tung Chee-Hwa and Tung Chee-Chen
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It’s 100 not out for alumnus Dr DenysWainwright!
The keen cricket fan puts his longevity downto his busy and active life. He celebrated his100th birthday in August with his two sons,daughter and a terrier called Soda.
Denys was born in St Helens, Merseyside,where his mother was a GP and his father wasan architect. He graduated MBChB in 1932 andworked initially in Liverpool, then inManchester, North Wales, Shropshire andStaffordshire. Shelagh, his wife, was born inPietermaritzburg, South Africa, where shestudied medicine in Cape Town before movingto Liverpool where she met Denys.
Denys operated at atime when all orthopaedicsurgeons were general buthis particular interests laywith children, fractures, TBand polio. He isacknowledged in themedical world for theWainwright spline, atreatment used to treatpatients who haveosteoarthritis of the hip.
He served on the British OrthopaedicAssociation (BOA) Executive Committee andwas Vice-President from 1973-4. He was alsoPresident of the orthopaedic section of theRoyal Society of Medicine and was awarded anHonorary DSc by Keele University.
In his younger days he was an enthusiasticcricketer and soccer player, and took up golfonly after retirement. Denys was also anenthusiastic traveller and sailor and laterdabbled with watercolours. During his longhospital shifts he discovered a love of bridgeand still plays to this day.
But it wasn’t his sporting prowess which leftan impact on many of his peers - he was famedthroughout the British Orthopaedic Ski Group forhis ‘egg trick’! Three eggs in eggcups arepositioned on a tray, which is placed on threeglasses filled with water. Denys then stood onthe head of a broom and used its handle toknock the tray away and, lo and behold, theeggs always neatly landed in the glasses. Hewas never known to fail!
Michael Benson, who recently interviewedDenys for British Orthopaedic News, said: “No-one I have talked to has any idea how this wasaccomplished but it was carried out with aflourish, a twinkle in his eye and a willingfemale accomplice. When I asked Denys aboutthe trick he confessed he had not pulled it formany years but still refused to explain it!”
100 not out!
Alumni and supporters of theUniversity had a sneak previewof the new Victoria Gallery &Museum before its opening thisSummer.
Those attending the jointAnnual General Meeting of theFriends of the University ofLiverpool and Convocation weregiven a tour of the stunningnew venue and a tour and talkfrom its Director, MatthewClough.
If you would like moreinformation about the Friends orConvocation, call ElizabethAdams on +44 (0)151 7954639 or [email protected]
Sneak peek!
New members are needed for theUniversity’s Alumni Board.
Since the group was founded inSeptember 2006, its members haveoffered representation, advice andguidance in the development of theUniversity’s alumni relations activity.
As each member of the AlumniBoard serves for a term of threeyears, new members are beingrecruited to fulfil various roles,starting from September 2009. Theroles are voluntary and each memberwould be required to commit to threemeetings per year, usually held inLiverpool or via video/telephoneconferencing for internationalrepresentatives.
Related experience is notessential – the main requirement isthat candidates have a genuineinterest in alumni relations and apassion for the University ofLiverpool.
If you are interested in becominga member of the Alumni Board, orwould like to nominate someone,please contact Karen Brady, Head ofAlumni Relations, on +44 (0)151795 2348 or [email protected].
We need you!
GraduationDay
The University’s newest graduates were welcomed to thealumni community with a packed week of departmentalevents.
Members of the Alumni Relations team were out andabout across campus during graduation week to show thisSummer’s graduates the benefits of keeping contact withtheir alma mater. Events were held in the Guild and in mostacademic departments.
New graduates! Don’t forget to keepus updated with your correctcontact details so you will receiveinsight and information aboutexclusive offers and alumni events.
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The band of international AlumniAmbassadors is growing, with theappointment of three newrepresentatives.
Two regional Ambassadors have beenappointed for Australia; Brian Hudson (BAHons Geography 1960, MCivic Design1962) in Queensland and Richard Axe(MEng Mechanical Engineering 1989) inVictoria, with Anne Donnelly Bush (BAHons Psychology 1990) being appointedas our Alumni Ambassador in New York.
All of the Ambassadors are keen tohear from alumni in their area, and all canbe contacted via the Alumni Relations teamor directly by email.
In particular, the team is still lookingfor representatives in India, the Republic ofIreland and Canada, but would welcome acall from anyone interested in representingtheir own country or region. Contact KarenBrady, Head of Alumni Relations, on +44(0)151 795 2348 or [email protected]
East Coast, AmericaAnne Donnelly Bush (BA Hons Psychology1990)[email protected] is currently a lawyer and has been inNew York for eight years, before which shewas in Liverpool for 10 years, even working
at the University forsome of this time as aResearch Assistant atthe Institute ofMedicine, Law andBioethics. Anne isvery keen to form
connections with alumni in New York andsurrounding area and arranged a recentevent for fellow graduates in the city, withmore planned for later in the year.
Brian has an extensiverange of experiencesin the world of urbanand regional planningand has travelled tomany places acrossthe world with his
work. During his time in Liverpool, Briantook a great interest in jazz at the Universityand became president of the Rhythm Club.He now resides in Brisbane, Queensland
where he continues to work for and supportQueensland University of Technology underthe School of Urban Development.
Victoria, AustraliaRichard Axe (MEng MechanicalEngineering 1989)[email protected] in Liverpool, Richard captained the1989 Golf Team that won the UAUChampionships and maintains a greatinterest in the activities of the University.Now living in Victoria, he enjoys the
occasional round ofgolf, competitiverowing and has begunto take an interest insurfing. Richard hasalso been workingalongside the Alumni
Relations team to help to offer Engineeringgraduates placements in Australia, and isvery keen to strengthen the University’sprofile in Australia.
West Coast event – Dr Brian Jones,Ambassador for Western USA, isplanning an alumni event in LA forlater this year. Venue and date are tobe confirmed, but if you would like tobe kept informed please contact Briandirect on [email protected]
All of our Ambassadors are keen tohear from fellow graduates, so please don’thesitate to contact them to get involvedwith events and activities in your area.
International events
The University’s International Recruitmentand Relations team travels the world torecruit potential students and they arealways keen to meet alumni too.Details of their travel plans and anyplanned alumni events will be published onthe online Alumni Community web pagesand updated throughout the year, so pleasekeep any eye on the website to make sureyou don’t miss out!If you would like to be kept informed of anyvisits or activity in your area, please [email protected] or contact your localAlumni Ambassador.
Contacts
AFRICA
NigeriaAmbassador: Isiaka Ibrahim(MSc Finance 2007 - apologies, weincorrectly stated Isiaka's degree details inthe last issue of insight)[email protected]
SenegalAmbassador: Herve Didier Deza(MBA Business Finance & Management2004)[email protected]
ASIA
BeijingAmbassador: James (Peng) Yu(MA Applied Linguistics 2004)[email protected]
ShanghaiAmbassador: Simon (Xiao) Jin(LLM International Business Law 2001)[email protected]
GuangzhouFollowing events in August 2007, theAlumni Relations team is liaising closelywith alumni in Guangzhou. An Ambassadoris being recruited and anyone who wishesto be involved in an Association shouldcontact the team on [email protected]
ShenzhenAmbassador: Qiu Hao(LLM International Business Law 2004)[email protected]
Hong KongContact: James Lo (BEng Hons 1980)[email protected]://www.liverpooluga.com.hk/
IndiaAmbassador: Sudeep Pattanayek(MBA Human Resources Management 2004)[email protected]
SingaporeAn event is planned for alumni inSingapore later this year. To ensure you areon the mailing list update your contactdetails by logging on to the online AlumniCommunity at www.liv.ac.uk/alumni.
TaiwanFollowing a recent dinner, local alumni arekeen to develop an Association and wouldwelcome volunteers. Please [email protected]
ThailandAssociation: University of Liverpool ThaiAlumni AssociationContact: Dr Chareonsap Piyarat (PhD 2000)Email [email protected] for moreinformation.
UAEAmbassador: Badry Bawady(MSc Information Technology 2005)[email protected]
AUSTRALASIA
QueenslandAmbassador: Dr Brian Hudson(BA Hons Geography 1960)[email protected]
VictoriaAmbassador: Richard Axe(MEng Mechanical Engineering 1989)[email protected]
EUROPE
GermanyAmbassador: Dr Simon Waddington(BSc Hons Physics 1985, PhD 1988)[email protected]
GreeceThere is growing interest in the possibilityof an Alumni Association in Greece. Formore information, please [email protected].
UKThe Alumni Relations team is working hardto develop geographical and businessnetworks within the UK, particularly inLondon and Liverpool where larger clustersof alumni are located.
The Alumni team is keen to recruitregional Ambassadors to coverOntario, Quebec and British Colombia.Contact Karen [email protected]
USA
Western USAAmbassador: Dr Brian Jones(BEng Mechanical Engineering 1961,PhD 1965)[email protected]
SOUTH AMERICA
PeruAmbassador: Carlos J Llaque Galves(MBA Industrialisation & Development 2000)[email protected]
More than 50 alumni travelled toLiverpool from across the world forthe second annual conference of theFootball Industries MBA (FIMBA)Alumni Association.
The event was a great success andsaw delegates arrive from Switzerland,France, Germany, New York, Tokyo,Trinidad and Tobago, as well asManchester, London and Liverpool.Those who attended represented anumber of different clubs and agencies,including Deloitte, UEFA (the Union ofEuropean Football Associations) andFIFA (the Fédération Internationale deFootball Association).
The event featured a combination ofrecreational and business-orientatedactivities, with a focus on sharing bestpractice and making new contacts. Anevening meal at Liverpool’s RestaurantBar and Grill gave guests the chance torenew old friendships, to network anddiscuss business. The next dayconsisted of a Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment and networking event,including an annual meeting, interactiveworkshops and discussion sessions.Speakers included David Conn, footballwriter for The Guardian, Daniel Drasdo,of MUST, the independent ManchesterUnited Supporters Trust, Dave Boyle,Chief Executive of Supporters Directwhich advises trusts how to acquire ashareholding in their club, and SeftonPerry (MBA Football Industries 2005), aclub licensing officer with UEFA.
The event concluded with a trip tothe UEFA Cup Final in Manchester whichsaw Zenit St Petersburg of Russia beatRangers of Scotland.
Graduates of the University who workin the sports industry are welcome toapply for associate membership of theFIMBA Alumni Association. Forinformation, please contact Lucy Weston.
Lucy Weston (BA English Literature 2003) isAlumni Officer for the University of LiverpoolManagement School. She is responsible for thecoordination of alumni activity, includingorganising events, generating support andengaging alumni.
Lucy is also working with ULMS staff toarrange events across the world for graduates ofthe Management School. Those academics whoare travelling overseas are planning to hostreceptions in a number of countries. If you wouldlike to find out more about what’s going on inyour country, contact Lucy on the details below.
e-newsletterULMS alumni now have a quarterly e-newsletter containinginformation about developments in the School, alumni newsand details of events and services. To enable you to receiveyour copy by email, please make sure that your contact detailsare up to date by registering with the online AlumniCommunity at www.liv.ac.uk/alumni
ServicesULMS alumni can now access a range of exclusive offers,events and information, designed with ULMS alumni’s needsin mind. These facilities include management-themed socialand networking events, online discussion boards and accessto ULMS-specific career information and opportunities. To findout more, or to get involved in the development of the ULMSalumni association, visit www.liv.ac.uk/alumni or [email protected]
EventsLook out for details of ULMS events which will be published inthe e-newsletter and online.* Networking events, including drinks receptions, keynotespeeches and breakfast meetings, to be held biannual inLondon and Liverpool* Practical, informative workshop sessions, with presentationsfrom academic staff and alumni* Annual event to be held in February 2009.
If you have any suggestions for potential events, venues, oryou are interested in contributing, [email protected]
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FlowersArena Flowers is delighted to offer anexclusive 10% discount on flowers foralumni and members (terms apply*). Toclaim your discount type the word‘LiverpoolUni’ into the code box at theonline checkout atwww.arenaflowers.com and click the‘claim’ button. 10% of the total will bededucted from your order value.
For full terms and conditions visitwww.liv.ac.uk/alumni, click on ‘Benefitsand Services’ and ‘Discounts’.
Cottage rentalsGet 5% off all cottage rentals withCottages4You, who offer discounts onmore than 15,000 holiday propertiesacross the UK, Ireland, France, Spain,Portugal and Italy. Cottages4You alsodonate 5% of your hire charge to theUniversity’s Benefactors’ Fund. Quote‘LIVPL5’. Visit www.liv.ac.uk/alumni,click on ‘Benefits and Services’ and‘Discounts’
The Liverpool University Pressportfolio includes texts on politics,sociology, arts and culture and localhistory as well as a number of fantasticbooks relating to Capital of Culture.Receive 35% discount by quoting‘University of Liverpool alumni scheme’.Email [email protected], call +44 (0)151794 2231 or visit www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk
The new University of LiverpoolMasterCard is here! With its stylishnew design (featuring the artwork ofalumnus and PhD student Michael Pace-Sigge (BA English and German 1997,MA Directed Research in English 2003)you can carry an attractive part of your
Have you logged on to youralumni community yet?Since its launch in October 2007 the community has grownrapidly and now includes a host of new features:
� Discussion boards where alumni can discuss any amount oftopics, interests, hobbies and memories
� Online event booking with a secure payment system to makestaying in touch with the University easier than ever
� Association and ambassadors pages keeping you in touch withalumni in your area
� ‘Class Notes’ where you can leave messages for people inyour year
� Benefits and Service pages – keep up to date with what being aUniversity of Liverpool graduate can do for you
� You may also find that people are trying to contact you by lookingat the ‘Are you being searched for?’ page
� Update your details online. These go straight through to ourcentral database, so you know you’re never going to miss thelatest news
� Useful links to departments and news� Links to other community sites, such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
We now have more than 5,000 users, demonstratinghow quickly this is becoming the primary way ofnetworking with the Alumni Office and other graduates.We are also developing more functions so that when you log on youcan see personalised messages specific to your subject area.
We’d really like your thoughts on the website. Add a message tothe discussion board or email [email protected] to let us howwe can improve your e-community.
Log on and win!Liverpool Guild of Students is offering two lucky winners two ticketsto ANY forthcoming gig at the Guild (subject to availability). If youregister for your online community between 27 October 2008 and1 January 2009 you will be entered into the prize draw.
If you don’t live locally or cannot get to a gig we have a Liverpool800 book, edited by University Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor JohnBelchem for the lucky winner.
Keep in touchDon’t forget to sign up to stay in touch by receiving the new alumnie-newsletters. Simply register for the online communitywww.liv.ac.uk/alumni
Benefits and Serviceshistory with youall the time. Notonly that, butyou will helpthe University’sBenefactors’Fund just bysigning up.For every personwho joins, MBNA will make acontribution and with every pound youspend on your new card you will behelping our fantastic projects. Seepage 34 for further details.
Subscribe to The Reader, a magazinefor serious readers which features aunique combination of new poetry,fiction, reviews and recommendations,news and interviews and essays onbooks - old and new. Visitwww.thereader.co.uk and the Reader’sblog www.thereaderonline.co.ukOne year - Four issues £24Next issue freeTwo years - Eight issues £38Next issue freeLifetime subscription £100
Subscribing will giveyou advancenotification and 10%off The Reader’sevents tickets, specialChristmas offers and afree [email protected]
We would like to be able to provideyou with benefits and services thatare useful to you. If you have anythoughts or ideas, or if you havesomething that you could offer toalumni, we would like to hear from you.Contact Emma Smith +44(0)151 7946940 or email [email protected]
Why not step back in time and stay at your former Halls of Residence?Conference Services offer discounts on group bookings.Email [email protected], call +44 (0)151 794 6440 or visitwww.liv.ac.uk/conferenceservices
Garden discountNess Botanic Gardens is offering10% discount on all standard price*garden admission to alumni. Pleasequote ‘insight’ to receive yourdiscount. Ness also has a greatconferencing facility and is willing tonegotiate discounts pendingconfirmation of your alumni status bythe Alumni Relations team, so pleaseensure your contact details are up todate. Email [email protected] or visitwww.liv.ac.uk/development/projects/ness.htm
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Guild of StudentsLifetime membership of the Guild ofStudents entitles you to the sameaccess rights to events as currentstudents for a one-off £25 payment.10% of your total contribution goesto the Friends of the University whoprovide an invaluable link betweenthe Guild and the University, and £5gives you associate membership,allowing you to stay in touch withyour old clubs and societies. Visitwww.lgos.co.uk
Chocolates and trufflesOne of London’s oldest purveyors of finechocolates and truffles to the Queen, PrestatChocolates, is pleased to offer an exclusive10% discount on its delicious range oforganic handmade chocolates and truffles toalumni and members (terms apply*).To claim your discount type‘LiverpoolUni’ into the code box at theonline checkout at www.prestat.co.ukand click the ‘claim’ button. 10% of thetotal will be deducted from your ordervalue.*For full terms and conditions visit www.liv.ac.uk/alumni,click on ‘Benefits and Services’ and ‘Discounts’.
Sports and FitnessThe University of Liverpool Sports and Fitness Centre offers variousdiscounts. Download an application form online: www.liv.ac.uk/sports/
Graduate Graduated Non-in the last graduate12 months
Standard £108 £80 £198Premium £186 £135.50 £228
Continue or renew your access to theUniversity Libraries. Apologies, butonline journals are not available.Applications must be made inperson. £25 per year/£12.50 for thefirst year following graduation. Visitwww.liv.ac.uk/library
AccommodationThe Alumni Relations Office has teamedup with The Mersey Partnership to getfantastic hotel deals across the city.Visit www.liverpool08.com and followthe links for ‘Accommodation’ to seewhat is available.
Alumni Subscriptions offer up to70% discounts on leading magazineswhen you apply online www.alumni-subscriptions.co.uk
10% off BooksBlackwell book store (Brownlow Hill,Liverpool ONLY) is giving 10%discount on non-sale books andstationery. Quote ‘University ofLiverpool alumni’.Email [email protected] orcall +44 (0)151 709 6653.
2 for 1Hi-Life invites University of Liverpoolalumni to enjoy two meals for the price ofone in a FREE two-month trial at hundredsof North West restaurants, including morethan 65 venues in Liverpool. FromMichelin-listed gourmet establishments topopular branded chains the Hi-Life DiningCard offers something to suit everyone’staste buds. Visit www.hi-life.co.uk for a fullrestaurant listing or, to apply for the freetrial, call +44 (0)800 458 4195 or visitwww.hi-life.co.uk/ctt and quote CTT. Nomoney will be taken until the initial twomonths are complete. If your trial is notcancelled the cost of a further 12 months’membership will be requested at thespecial price of £49.95 (RRP £69.95).
Being a University of Liverpool graduate has its perksat home and abroad. Take a look and see the greatsavings you can make and the great products on offer.
Mark Godfrey (BSc Hons Physics 1985) won the prize draw in the lastissue of insight. He receives two tickets to see King Lear at theEveryman Theatre in Liverpool.
Seaton Hall is one of Yorkshire’s best kept secrets. An estatesteeped in history, located just a short distance away from bothcoast and country, Seaton Hall is set in a lovely location in thepretty fishing village of Staithes, close to Whitby and the NorthYorkshire Moors.
Alumnus William Kidd (BA Political Theory & Institutions1976) has lovingly restored Seaton Hall and is offering adiscount to graduates who would like to enjoy this lovely corner
of the UK. He also offers gardening appreciation courses and artappreciation course for guests staying at Seaton Hall.
William said: “I wanted to offer an opportunity to fellowgraduates of the University to stay at my holiday apartmentsand am offering a discount of 12% on the cost of theaccommodation.”
Please visit www.seatonhall.co.uk or call +44 (0)800 8404141 for full details.
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Avril Lucas (née Otty) (BA Hons Geography 1948) has been retired from teaching since1984 and lives in Sheffield.
Patrick Peter McCarthy (LLB Hons 1940, LLM 1942) was Secretary of the Guild 1939/40,then NUS Secretary. After University he became a solicitor in a private practice until 1975.He was Chairman, later Regional Chairman, of Industrial Tribunals in Liverpool and London,retiring in 1990. He contributed an article to issue two of insight on the three generations ofthe Unsworth alumni, having married one of them! His hobby is family history.
William Rigby (BSc Physics 1948) this year celebrated his emerald wedding anniversary.He is retired and has been a church and chapel organist for 55 years.
Joan Riley (née Patrick) (BA Hons Geography 1944) is a retired Deputy Head teacher.
David Astin (BEng Civil Engineering 1957) is retired and has been elected President ofHuddersfield YMCA and is Chairman of the International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians(RIBI Branch).
Roy Batt (BVSc 1958, BSc Hons Anatomy 1960) is retired and has published his 6thvolume of poetry Giving Voice available from Hub Edition, Longholm, PE12 9YS.
Emeritus Professor T W Peter Brogden (BSc Hons Physics 1955, MSc 1961) is retiredfrom teaching at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.
Professor Sir Miles Irving (MBChB 1959, MD 1962 and ChM 1967) has been appointedChairman of the Order of St John Council for Northumbria and has received the HonoraryDegree of Doctor of Civil Law from Northumbria University.
Richard Victor Johnson (BArch 1950) is no longer practising but still interested inarchitecture. He is functioning quite well at 80 by keeping active mentally and physically. Hesays he has vivid memories of the 1940s when the students straight from school werejoined by many who had just been ‘demobbed’.
Colin Mitchell (MCD Civic Design 1952) is retired but has been writing with his son PatrickMitchell. In 2007 they published a book with Brailsford Publishing called Landform andTerrain: The Physical Geography of Landscape.
Richard Gareth Vaughan-Hughes (MBChB 1959) is retired and living in Wolverhamptonwhere he was a GP from 1964-2005. He has been a Member of the Birmingham Medico-Legal Society since 1987.
William (Bill) Braithwaite (LLB Hons 1969) is a Personal Injury Barrister specialising inbrain and spinal injuries. He races with his friend and fellow graduate Howard Bentham(LLB Hons 1969) all over the country in a Lotus Europa and Lotus Elan. They are bothmembers of the Historic Sports Car Club.
Dr Nick Clitherow (BSc 1963 MBChB 1966) is writing a history of the development ofNeurosurgery and Neurology in Liverpool. Contributions, to include photographs, from thosewho have worked at Walton Hospital since the inception of Neurosurgery in 1947, through tothe present day services provided at the Walton Centre, would be warmly welcomed. Pleaseforward any information/photographs by email to [email protected]
Elspeth Hamilton (BArch Hons 1966) is an artist and, to celebrate her 65th birthday, sheheld a major solo exhibition of work at the View Two Gallery in Liverpool. Lifelines is partlyretrospective and is Elspeth’s debut in and homecoming to Liverpool.
Dr Christine Heading (BSc Hons Pharmacology 1966) has been awarded the SilverCharter Medal by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. She has been activelyinvolved in pharmacy and pharmacology for more than 40 years within industry andacademia, and in non-pharmaceutical activities within the community. The awardrecognises, in part, Christine’s work with the National Association of Women Pharmacists.She currently works as Associate Lecturer at the Open University.
David Silverwood (BCom Hons 1963) worked for some years in an insurance company asa claims investigator/negotiator, changed career and re-trained as a Lecturer in Business andLegal Subjects. Since retiring from Staffordshire University he has travelled extensively. Hespends his days trying to keep fit and aims to be self sufficient in vegetables and fruit. Hepursues a practical interest in music, art and literature.
Peter George Smerd (BSc Hons Metallurgy 1964) is President of the Boulevard BuildingInc, an industrial commercial real estate, developing offices and warehouses in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania.
Bryan Sykes (BSc Hons Biochemistry 1969) is Professor of Human Genetics at theUniversity of Oxford and founder of Oxford Ancestors, a company that allows people to tracetheir ancestry through their DNA.
Nigel Cooper (MCD Town Planning 1979) subsequently qualified as a surveyor and hasworked at the interface between town planning and surveying for the last 29 years.
John Harrison (MCD Civic Design 1977) writes travel books and fiction as well as takingguide groups on small cruise ships in the Antarctica. The photographs below show one ofthe occupational hazards of tours in the Antarctic, a leopard seal just before he puncturedthe boat – which wasn’t discovered for another 15 minutes!
Howard Hilton (MEd 1979), a JP for more than 30 years, is now retired and is aspiring tothe life of an 18th century gent and hasn’t had a dull day yet!
Barbara Kimm (née Andrews) (BEd 1975) is a Grade Five teacher in Canada.
Edward Kozaczek (BCom Hons 1979) is the Director of Wisla Narrow Fabrics, an industrialwebbings company in Manchester.
Martin Smith (BEng Hons 1971) is the Executive Design Director at Ford of Europe.
Jonathan Stearn (BSc Geophysics Hons 1974, PhD 1978) is a principalgeophysicist for Helix RDS, an oil and gas consultancy firm in Aberdeen. He iscurrently sailing as a volunteer Mate with Ocean Youth Trust, Scotland, voted‘sail training organisation of the year’ by Sail Training International in Liverpoolat the end of 2007.
Stephen Andersen (BSc Hons Geography 1989) is an IT Operational Works Manager atThree Valleys Water in Hertfordshire.
John Barber (BSc Hons Pharmacology 1983) is Director, Scientific Affairs at AlliancePharmaceuticals. He is also currently President of the Pharmaceutical Information andPharmacovigilance Association, a professional association for those working in the areas ofmedical information and drug safety science. He is also collaborating in a clinical studybeing sponsored by the University on sleep problems in children with neurodevelopmentaldisorders.
Brian Brown (BEd Hons 1985, MA English Language & Literature 1987) is Head of Englishat Witham Hall School in Lincolnshire.
William Russell Cook (BA Hons Economics & Accounting 1984) is the Divisional FinanceDirector for Mansell Construction Services in Nottingham.
Jeremy Crampton (BA Hons Geography 1983) (pictured left) is anAssociate Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Georgia StateUniversity in Atlanta.
Helen Doehling (née Andrew) (BSc 1983, BSc Hons Geography 1984) is aFirst Grade teacher at Nisley Elementary in Colorado, USA.
Janet Duffy-Grayson (BA Hons Geography 1988) featured on the Channel Fiveprogramme Build a New Life in the Country after buying a farmhouse and barn which wastotally uninhabitable and doing it up.
Neil Hibbert (BSc Hons Geography 1981) served for seven years in the Royal Engineersand is now a Business Development Director for DeVere hotels and conference centres inLondon.
Dr Ian Hudson (BSc Hons Chemistry 1989, PhD 1996) is Head of Technology and Skills atthe Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in Cumbria.
Huw Jenkins (BA Social Studies 1980) left his job as chief executive of UBS’s investmentbank in October. He is still serving as a senior adviser to Marcel Rohner, the Chief Executive.He rose to head the investment bank’s market-leading equities business before replacing MrCostas as Chief Executive of UBS’s investment bank when he left for DRCM. Before theUBS-SBC merger, Huw worked for SBC in the Asian Equities Division.
Martin Jones (BA Hons Economics 1983) is a partner in a firm of chartered accountantscalled Wingrave Yeats in central London, having previously worked for KPMG. He lives withwife Larêne in Hampshire and still follows Chelsea FC.
David Law (BSc Hons Physics 1987) is a Plant Manager for Magnox Electric, an operationand decommissioning nuclear plant in Anglesey.
Sharon Moore (LLB 1985) worked as a solicitor specialising infamily law until 2005 when she decided to write a book about loveand relationships in the 21st century. Fairy Tales, based on herexperiences in life and in practice, has now been published.(Pictured right) Visit http://www.trafford.com/08-0090
Simeon Paster (BSc Hons Physics 1986) has emigrated toCanada and is working for Sierra Systems as an IT consultant.
Andrew Plater (BSc Medical Cell Biology 1988) is an outagemanager for British Energy in Gloucester.
Helen Remnant (née Armstrong) (BSc Hons Geography/Botany 1984) is a Senior Lecturerat Canterbury Christ Church University where she is a Programme Director of PGCEmodules. She is the author of several books and articles including Using Their Brains inScience and Teaching Sciences in the Primary Classroom – a practical approach.
Sean James Swarbrick (MSc 1981) is a Senior Unified Model Analyst at the Met Officein Exeter.
William David Dean Williams (BEd Hons Education 1981) is an Assistant Head Teacherat Llanfyllin High School in Powys.
Heather Louise Aaron (née Saville) (MA Education 1997) is a Deputy Head teacher atWentworth High School in Eccles.
Roger Anderton (MSc Behavioural & Evolutionary Ecology 1995) is an Associate Tutor atEdge Hill University.
Abang Affandi Anuar (MPA 1997) is a Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Housing forthe Sarawak Government in Malaysia and still follows Liverpool Football Club.
Philippa Baker (BA Hons Classics 1997) is an Assistant Tax Manager for McEwan Wallace,Chartered Accountants in Wirral.
Vivien Broughton (BSc Hons Geology 1991) was a Qualified Chartered Engineer in the oilindustry until changing roles from a well design/engineering stream into HR management.She is responsible for recruitment, training, workforce and planning for 7,000 employeesthroughout Europe and Africa in the Transocean Drilling Company, the worlds largest drillingcontractor. She was a finalist in the 2008 Mentor of the Year award in the offshore oil andgas UK Awards.
Steven Buchanan (BSc Chemistry with Industrial Chemistry 1999) is a Scientific Officerfor the European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki, Finland.
Martin Castle (MCD Civic Design 1995) is training full time in Cambridge for ministry inthe Church of England.
David Coward (BA Hons Modern History and Politics 1991) is a Senior Personal Advisergiving advice and guidance for young people at Connexions Leicestershire.
Andrew Crawford (BEng Engineering Science and Industrial Management 1992) is theFounder of The Book Depository, an online book store pioneering supply chain initiatives,republishing and digitizing of content which offers free delivery around the world. Visit:www.thebookdepository.com
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Karen Doyle (née Murray) (LLB Hons Law 1992) qualified as a solicitor in 1995 andpractised in Liverpool. She has now been appointed as a District Judge, based atBirkenhead County Court.
Robert Gordon (BSc Hons Physical Geology and Geomorphology 1995) is SeniorConsultant with ESI Ltd, an environmental consultancy firm in Shrewsbury.
Michael John Harbon (BEng Hons Mechanical Engineering 1997, MSc AdvancedManufacturing Systems & Technology 1998) is a self employed Engineering DesignManager. He won the ICE Powers of Persuasion competition in London and has presented apaper at the IMechE conference. He is married with four children and is serving as a layBishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Laetitia Hennebel (BA Hons Combined Honours 1995) is a Police Analyst. She was avolunteer for the Rugby World Cup in 2007 working as the Assistant to the Manager of theMedia Centre.
Kai Hughes (BA Hons Psychology 1997) is the Managing Director of the InternationalCotton Association, which regulates the world’s raw cotton trade, in Liverpool.
Bushra Iqbal (Cert Race/Comm Rel 1993) was awarded an MBE for her services tocommunity relations in Strathclyde in the 2008 New Year Honours List.
John (Jack) Maddox (MA Irish Studies 1993) haswritten In the Shelter of Each Other, (pictured left) abook about his upbringing in Liverpool during thewar years. The book is available from Amazonpriced £9.99.
Rafiq Ahmed Memon (MBChB 1995) is aConsultant Forensic Psychiatrist at Reaside Clinic inBirmingham. He is a board member at Unity FM, acommunity radio station in Birmingham.
Michael Pace-Sigge (BA Hons English andGerman, 1997) is the artist who created insight’slast front cover and the University’s new MBNAcredit card design (seepage 34 for details). Hesays the University is aninstitution he has the
warmest feelings for and he was delighted to provide the design forthis card which will raise money for the Benefactors’ Fund. “To beever more closely related with the University of Liverpool gives megreat pleasure,” he added. The new card is one of the first in thecountry to have been designed by an alumnus of the representedinstitution. Visit Michael’s website at www.m4pictures.co.uk
Nikolaos Panagiotides (PhD Chemistry 1990) is a high school teacher in Greece.
Victoria Louise Georgia Todd (née Turner) (BSc Hons Marine Biology 1994) is Directorof Ocean Science Consulting, a marine science consultancy in offshore oil and gas. She isan Honorary Research Fellow at Herriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. She is married to Ianand has a daughter, Petra.
Mohammed Bezhi Usman (PG Dip Trop Medicine and Hygiene 1997) is Director ofPrimary Health Care for the Ministry of Health in Nigeria.
Gerard Jude Walsh (BA Hons Management & Business Studies 1990) is an Actuary andDirector for Mitchell Consulting Actuaries Ltd in Manchester.
Josiane Williams (née Jawzi) (LLB Hons Law 1995) is a solicitor in Lancashire.
Keim-Kur Wong (MEng Mechanical Engineering 1992) is the Director of Global Sourcing,Honeywell Electrical Devices & Systems, a wiring accessories and electronics manufacturerwith a global manufacturing and distribution footprint, owning brands such as MK Electricand Friedland. He spends much of his time travelling as the company recently entered intoan agreement with a Chinese wiring accessories manufacturer with manufacturing inZhongshan, Guangdong province. He leads a team of 65 people located globally acrossnine factories and two office facilities.
Joanna Clare Adkins (BA Hons Latin American Studies with Spanish 2002) is aMissionary working with adults and children at risk in the poorest drug and crime riddenarea of Managua, capital of Nicaragua.
Sara Louise Ball (BSc Hons Zoology with Evolutionary Psychology 2006) is studying for aMasters of Research at the University of Leeds in Biodiversity and Conservation.
Rachel Bott (LLB 2008) was awarded the 2008 Employment Law Shield by Liverpoolsolicitors’ firm EAD. The prize recognises the student who achieved the highest grade intheir employment law paper.
Melissa Buttle (BA Hons Combined Honours in Art 2004) is a primary teacher in EastYorkshire.
Heather Clay (BSc Hons Human Movement Science 2000) is a Marketing &Communications Associate for GlobeOp Financial Services, a financial technology companyin London.
Rhian Cradock (BA Hons Archaeology 2002) is publandlord of The Feathers Inn in Hedley on the Hill inNorthumberland with his partner Helen Greer. They havejust won two prestigious food titles – NorthumbriaDining Pub of the Year 2008 by the Good Pub Guideand Rhian was voted North East UKTV Food Hero byGary Rhodes and Brian Turner.
Paul Edward Francis (BSc Hons Mathematics 2000) is an Audit Supervisor foraccountants Saffery Champness in London.
Dr Laura Grant (BSc Hons Physics2001, PhD Physics 2005) (pictured left)hailed by The Sunday Times as the‘femme fatale of physics’ is an HonoraryResearch Fellow at this University and hasbeen thrust into the limelight after beingasked to co-present a six-part series onthe Discovery channel called The BigExperiment.
Stacey Heaton (BSc Hons HumanAnatomy and Cell Biology 2006) is aTrainee Clinical Vascular Scientist atWythenshaw Hospital in Manchestercurrently studying toward full accreditationwith the Society for Vascular Technologyfor Great Britain and Ireland. She is alsoundertaking a postgraduate course inMedical Ultrasound.
David Hounsell (BA Hons Economics 2008) and his father Duncan(BA Hons Pure Mathematics 1973) (pictured right) celebrated a ‘doublefirst’ this Summer. Both received First Class degrees – but 35 yearsapart. Duncan said: “It was a very proud moment. David choseLiverpool, like me, because of the course. In his first year, David was atRoscoe Hall of Residence just as I was. He even noticed me on a groupphoto taken in 1971 on a wall in the Halls!” David, who was alsoawarded the GLS Shackle prize in economic theory, has taken up avoluntary placement with VSO in Morocco before joining the Government Economic Servicein the New Year. Duncan’s career is as a maths teacher in secondary schools.
FenFen Huang (BA Hons Environment & Planning 2004) staged the Spring SonataChinese Lantern Festival Culture Show for Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture 2008which featured a series of modern dance styles such as rumba and ballroom.
Saif Ul Islam (MBA Business Admin 2007) is the Operations Organisation DevelopmentManager for British American Tobacco, retailers of tobacco in London.
Brothers Phil (BA Hons Financial Economics 2004) (pictured left) andJon Kirby (MA Politics and Mass Media 2007) are taking on the highstreet coffee shops with a new venture in Liverpool. Brew Tea Bar islocated at the heart of the city’s commercial quarter and serves an arrayof individually created loose leaf teas and even includes a tea unique toLiverpool – the Scouser’s Breakfast. Visit www.brewteabar.co.uk
Carolyne Mayne-Beeton (née Mayne-Smith) (BA Hons German 2002) is AccountsManager for Merseybeams Ltd, a firm specialising in concrete beams for the constructionindustry. She is married and has one son.
Amit Modha (BA Hons Economics and Computer Science 2004) is a Private Banker atCoutts & Co in London.
Elizabeth Pearce (née Garriock) (BSc Hons Geology 2001) says: “I was newly retired fromteaching when I began my degree in 1998, purely out of fascination with the subject. To geta First Class Honours was a joy indeed – a really amazing three years with superb tutors andfellow students. I recommend the process of a degree course for other retirees!”
Thomas Platten (BA Hons Politics 2006) since graduating has taken a postgraduateDiploma in Theatre Directing. He has also formed his own theatre company called Gilt andGrime and is about to start directing Ceryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom.
Nicholas Pym (MBA 2005) is Director, UK Editorial-Production, of Reed Elsevier, apublishing company.
Vicki Sheppard (BA Hons Politics & Communication Studies 2004) is a Senior Counsellorfor the HSBC Bank. She completed the Three Peaks Challenge last year in aid of the LordMayor’s Appeal.
Claire Strange (BA Hons Criminology & Sociology 2006) is a Drug Key Worker and isgetting married on Valentines Day in 2009.
Nadine Wainwright (BSc Hons Physiology 2002, BVSc Veterinary Science 2007) is anAssistant Veterinary Surgeon for D C Woodward in Leicestershire.
Christopher Wallbank (BA Hons English Language & Literature 2007) is training to be ateacher. He is also the lead singer of the band Chris Wallbank and the Cowards who haverecently played a sell-out gig supporting John Power and have released an EP in Japan.
Nicola Watson (BA Hons European Business Studies & Spanish 2005) works forAltrincham public relations agency RMS.
Keith Weiner (MSc Information Technology 2007) is a Senior Clinical Systems Analyst forEclipsys Corporation, a healthcare software company in the US.
Aaron Young (BA Hons Politics & Communication Studies 2003) is a Producer at MayaVision International, an independent film and television production company. He has workedon several projects including the BBC Michael Wood series In Search of Myths & Heroes.
When I arrived in Liverpool on the first day of Freshers’ Week, like mostother people I experienced a mixture of emotions; excitement, anticipation,and most of all fear of being left on my own for the first time!
Then I realised that there were hundreds of other students in exactly thesame situation as myself and I guess this served as a catalyst to startbranching out and making friends. It was a lot easier than I thought, and reallyhelped me settle in quickly.
So when I’d settled in and the nerves had subsided, it was time toknuckle down and start going to lectures. After initially being late for myregistration, I found that the staff were incredibly helpful when it came tosolving any problems that arose. In school I was used to sitting in silence allday and really just writing down what I was told, so a university education
came as a refreshing change. What I found great was the ability to interactwith the lecturers, have conversations and ask questions, that sort of thing.There was more of a focus on individual study as well, and I found that youcan come unstuck if you haven’t been keeping up outside class!
Another aspect I welcomed was the option to mould your education intosomething more personal. You can pick your own modules to suit yourparticular tastes and focus upon your strengths.
So what about the social side of University? I think this really made myfirst year an experience, as opposed to just an education alone. One of thebest things was the fantastic diversity of people studying in Liverpool that Ihad the privilege to get to know - people from all parts of the globe as wellas from all over the UK. Being from a small village, I’d only had limitedexposure to the global community so this was a refreshing change for me,and I’m very grateful for having the chance to make a great group of friendsduring my time in Liverpool so far.
Out of all the cities in the UK, I think that Liverpool is one of the best tospend time in if you are considering higher education. With the plethora ofclubs, pubs, and a fantastic history and culture, I found it difficult to fiteverything in to my first year, but I definitely tried my best! I’m pleased whenI remember that I have a further three years left in which to make morefriends, and experience more of what Liverpool has on offer. I couldn’t waitfor September!
ALUMNI
Dr Duncan Allan(PhD 1964)
James Douglas Allender(BEng 1944)
Dr Thomas Bell(BEng Hons 1962, PhD 1966)
George Stanley Bentley(BEng 1954)
Dr Peter Maynard Bretland(MB ChB 1945, MD 1968)
Margaret Brown (née Strong)(BA Hons 1961, Cert Ed 1962)
David Keith Brown(BEng Hons 1949)
Dr Eric Reeves Carter(MBChB 1942)
Roy Kenneth Claydon(Dipl Bov Reprod 1982)
Donna Coe (née Caunt)(BA Hons 1985)
Dr Petronella Cornelia Clarke(née Leighton)(MBChB 1962)
John Coventry(BSc 1966)
Patrick Joseph Dignan(MEd 1988)
Christine Margaret El-Mahdy(née Hobson)(BA Hons 1983)
Dr Robert Morris Evans(MBChB 1939)
Dr Frances Gillian Evans-Jones(née Robinson)(MBChB 1968)
Alice Goodman (née Latham)(BA 1943)
Norma Margaret HamiltonMRCVS (née Pulley)(BVSc 1962)
Dr Tom Lionel Harland(BSc 1972, BSc Hons 1973,PhD 1979)
Arthur Bernard Hillan(BEng Hons 1941, MEng 1946)
David Hudson(LLB 1958)
Dr Jean Alison Hugh-Jones(née Houston)(MSc 2000)
Joan Elizabeth Hunwick(née Livesey)(BA Hons 1972)
Jacqueline Jenkins (née Pratt)(BA Hons 1963)
Emeritus Professor BryanJennett CBE(MBChB 1949)
Brian Frederick Johnson(BA Hons 1956, Cert Ed 1957)
Helen Louise Hughes Pass(née Jones)(BSc Hons 1985)
John Brynmor Jones(BEng 1949)
Cyril John Kerley(MDes 2000)
John Paget Langley(BA Hons 1960)
Reverend Norman EverardLempriere(BEng 1954)
David Llewellyn MRCVS(BVSc 1947)
Dr Cécile Menzies (née Broster)(MBChB 1945)
Dr Charles Pownall(MBChB 1941)
Dr Kenneth Sargeant(BSc Hons 1951, PhD 1954)
Susan Elizabeth Saxton(née Ward)(BSc 1960)
Dr Ronald Scarisbrick MRCVS(BVSc 1946)
George Shires(BEng Hons 1947, MEng 1950)
George Standen(BEng Hons 1939)
Adrian Sudbury(BSc Hons 2002)
Terence Alexander Stoker(BEng Hons 1948)
Adeline Tan(BSc Hons 2007)
Alan Treadwell(MEd 1974)
Neil Tucker MRCVS(BVSc 1973)
Thomas Melville HowardWalters MRCVS(BVSc 1955)
Edna Ann Westbury(BA Hons 1992)
John Graham Worthington(BEng 1964)
Dr Clifford Wray(PhD 1969)
Dr Janet Kay Wreglesworth(née Dutton)(MBChB 1988)
Brenda Ashcroft, DomesticAssistant at Derby and RathboneHall for 26 years.
Joyce Bazire, Assistant Lecturerin English Languages 1946-1949,Lecturer in English Language1949-1966 and Senior Lecturer inEnglish Language from 1966 untilher retirement in 1983. MissBazire was Acting Head of theDepartment of English Language1974-1975 and Warden of RankinHall 1959-1972 and a generoussupporter of the University.
Sir Arthur C Clarke (Hon LLD1995) visionary science fictionwriter of more than 100 books.
Professor Eric Derouane,formerly Director of theLeverhulme Centre for InnovativeCatalysis from 1995-2002.
Tony Doyle, Building Managerfrom 1992 until his retirement in2002, who continued to assistwith the University degreeceremonies as Esquire Bedell.His role involved carrying theceremonial mace.
Walter Hare, Clerk in theGeneral Office of theAdministrative Department from1967 until taking over the role ofmanaging the Publications Officein 1969. He became AssistantRegistrar in 1983 and retired asSenior Assistant Registrar in theEditorial and Publishing Office in1988.
Sir John Henry Harvey-Jones(Hon LLD 1986), formerChairman of ICI and Patron ofGNOSIS, a managementresearch initiative in theUniversity of LiverpoolManagement School.
Carys Wyn-Jones, Welfare &Accommodation Officer for morethan 20 years prior to herretirement in 1998. She wasawarded an MBE for heroutstanding services anddevotion to students.
Dr Kenneth Richard JamesHearne (BSc 1955, BSc Hons1956, PhD 1960), anundergraduate, postgraduate,and later Lecturer in theDepartment of ElectricalEngineering and Electronics.
Professor George K Hunter,Lecturer, later Senior Lecturer inEnglish Literature 1958-1964, adistinguished Shakespearescholar.
Harold Jones, Porter at Derbyand Rathbone Hall from 1990until his retirement in 2000.
William Laceley, a member ofthe technical team in theDepartment of Engineering formore than 19 years, prior to hisretirement in 2003.
Samuel Alasdair Munro JP(BA Hons Geography 1957,CertEd 1958), former Chairmanof Convocation and an activemember of the StandingCommittee of Convocation.
Sir David Orr (Hon LLD 1989)Chairman of Unilever, Inchcape,the British Council and the GlobeTheatre Trust and formerChancellor of Queen’s UniversityBelfast. He was awarded aMilitary Cross and Bar in theSecond World War.
Dr John Padley, who wasAcademic Secretary, becomingDeputy Registrar from 1976 until1982.
Charles Kenneth Wilson (LLBHons 1951) a benefactor of theFaculty of Law Centenary Appealand one of the founder membersof the Faculty of LawAssociation (now the Universityof Liverpool Law Association).He was also a member of theStanding Committee ofConvocation and served as Clerkand Chairman of Convocation.
Patricia Hamilton Wood,Secretary in Liverpool UniversityPress from 1971, until herretirement in 1994.
GUILD NEWS &STUDENT EYE
INMEMORIAM
“I’m so pleased I’ve got another three years to go!”
Liverpool Guild of Students hasgone through some majorchanges in the past 12 months.
With new, more open, governingstructures aimed at allowing ourmembers to participate on their ownterms, LGoS will be much moreabout students having a hand in theirown experience. Bureaucraticstructures have been removed - if agroup of students want to campaign,act on or investigate something –they can. If they need support fromLGoS – they can simply ask for it.
The biggest change is theformation of the Board of Trustees.The Board consists of 12 trustees:four full time studentrepresentative officers, fourstudent trustees and four externaltrustees who are selected for their
Guild’s new blueprint
Joel Woodard, a Second Year French student,has just completed his first year at Liverpool –
and he loved it so much he didn’t wantto go home for the Summer!
He shared his experiences with insight.
experience. The full-time studentrepresentative officers, formerlyknown as sabbaticals, are thePresident Danielle Grufferty(pictured right), Deputy PresidentLiz Williams and the VicePresidents Ed Moloney and RobLabinski. They were elected inMarch with a record turnout of3,500 votes – a 98% increase onlast year.
This year, the societies havedeveloped into activity groups.These groups, in turn, have beencategorised under a number ofheadings - affecting change,sharing activity, celebrating culture,celebrating faith, media andperforming arts, and academic.This not only makes support forstudent activities more varied andinclusive, but more cost effective
too, with the entireallotted budgetgoing to ouractivity groups.
Activity
groups have collaborated in twolarge-scale events this year at theWinter Jamboree and CultureFusion. Fundraising has also beena popular theme this year, withactivity groups such as Bodysoc,EnglishSoc, Islamic Society,Drama and RAG raising more than£20,000 for a variety of societies.
RAG is also looking to involvealumni in organising a fundraisingevent this year – guaranteed tobring back memories for thoseinvolved with Panto in the past! Formore information, please email JenAnderson, LGoS Volunteering andFundraising Coordinator, [email protected]
The Guild’s reputation for greatlive events continues. This
semester saw Liverpool’s firstRoller Disco and Silent Disco,where clubbers listen to the musicthrough headphones, as well asacts like James and Ian Browntaking to the stage. Bandsincluding Pendulum, Elbow,Scouting for Girls, The Hoosiers,The Courteeners and Feeder areset to play before Christmas.For more information visitwww.lgos.org/events
STAFF, STUDENTS AND HONORARY GRADUATES
Alumni and donors gathered at Ascot for agreat day’s racing.
The gathering, now in its third year, wasmade possible by the generous hospitality ofPaul Roy (BA Hons Economics 1968). Paul isChairman of the University’s DevelopmentFoundation, a member of the institution’sVeterinary Development Board, and Chairmanof the British Horseracing Authority.
The guests heard about new developmentsat the University including plans to develop thePhilip Leverhulme Equine Hospital with twonew research centres. Fundraising for a Centre
Racegoers gather at Ascot
for Equine Colic is already underway anddetailed plans are being drawn up for a Centrefor Equine Performance.
The day received an unexpected boost whenthe last syndicated bet, placed on a horsecalled Hatton’s Flight, returned more than £800to the group. The winnings were donated to theEquine Hospital and the gift has already beenput to good use with the installation of a CCTVcamera in one of the surgical recovery boxes.This will assist the close monitoring ofindividual horses and will also help build datafor research purposes. 4746 47
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Hong Kong welcomes Vice-Chancellor
The University of Liverpool Graduate Association (Hong Kong)held an enthusiastic welcome event for the University’s newVice-Chancellor.
Professor Sir Howard Newby and his wife, Lady SheilaNewby, were guests at the Hong Kong Jockey Club. The eventwas attended by 70 alumni, including one of our AlumniAmbassadors Qiu Hao (LLM International Business Law 2004)who travelled from Shenzhen.
Special thanks go out to James Lo, President of LiverpoolGraduate Association Hong Kong (BEng Hons CivilEngineering 1980) for his continued support throughout theorganisation of this event.
Shanghai graduates get together
Graduates from across Shanghai came together for a dinner atthe city’s Portman Ritz Carlton Hotel.
Guests had the chance to meet fellow graduates, as well asProfessor Sir Howard Newby, who succeeded Professor SirDrummond Bone as Vice-Chancellor of the University in theSummer. Those attending included the international AlumniAmbassadors for Shanghai and Beijing, Simon Jin (LLMInternational Business Law 2001) and James Yu (MA AppliedLinguistics 2004).
Simon told the audience: “The University changed ourlives, not only for the academic education we received, butalso because of the personality of our tutors and the spirit ofthis institution which we can still feel every day. This ishelping us develop our careers and will help us to becomesuccessful business leaders, reputable professors or evencontroversial politicians.
“The Shanghai Alumni Association encourages itsmembers in each and every achievement and continues towork with the University to ensure we are all connected. Thereis a Chinese saying that relationships or ‘guangxi’ are criticalin terms of whatever you want to do in this country. When youtake care of your people, you will be taken care of too.”
The event, which included representatives from the BritishCouncil and the Liverpool Shanghai Partnership, was a greatsuccess and follows a very popular reunion in Shanghai inSpring 2007.
Did you play for the University golf team?
The Alumni Relations team and Sport Liverpool, theinstitution’s sport directorate, would like to invite all formerteam members – and particularly whole teams - to theprestigious Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake, Wirral, for atournament on 17 April 2009.
The day will include a round of golf and dinner at the club.Teams will play a four-ball round.
Places are very limited so book your place now.Contact Clare Wride on +44 (0)151 795 4609 or [email protected]
Vets travel from far and wide
Alumni came from across the world to attend the reunion of the 1967 Veterinary Science graduates.Three classmates travelled from overseas - Bruce Mitchell from Australia, Malcolm Roberts from
the USA and Barry Williams from France – while a further 15 came from across the UK with theirspouses and partners to attend the event which took place at Branscombe in Devon.
The reunion was organised by Tony Williamson and David Redfern, and its legacy is an onlineYahoo group, set up by Derek Lyon, to allow the alumni to share memories and photographs.
Derek said: “The event was really enjoyable. The amazing thing was that no one had altered in anyway apart from a few grey hairs!
“Several colleagues brought photographs of those far off days and friends who could not attend hadwritten tendering their apologies and their letters were on display. One member who now lives inCanada later sent photos too. Tales and recollections flowed but most retired to bed at a time far tooearly compared to University days!
“We have promised to keep in touch and perhaps even manage a 50th reunion.”For more information about the Yahoo group email Derek at [email protected]
Vets reunited
Graduates from the Faculty of Veterinary Science were reunitedthanks to Liverpool’s status as European Capital of Culture 2008.
They were in the city to attend the British Equine VeterinaryAssociation (BEVA) Annual Congress, which was being held atthe impressive new arena and conference centre on the banksof the Mersey. Liverpool was specially chosen to host theevent during its special year.
While they were in the city, graduates of the Facultyenjoyed an afternoon of free Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment taught by their past lecturers at the SherringtonBuilding on the University campus. The topics covered at theirsessions ranged from developments in oncology to thebenefits of MRI and laparoscopy.
The event was followed by a drinks reception and exclusiveaccess to the University’s new Victoria Gallery & Museum.
The Alumni Relations team would like to thank all thosewho attended, with special thanks to Tony Collins (BVSc 1979)who helped organise the evening.
Attention Cuban alumni!
Convocation Football Club, which is made up of University of Liverpool graduates, istaking its latest foreign tour to Cuba.
The team will be visiting the country for a week from Monday 3 November. Theywill be playing a team from Havana University and a team from the main hospital inColon, as the players are fund-raising for the hospital.
The team would be delighted to meet with other alumni living in Cuba duringtheir visit. For more information please email [email protected]
Civic Design centenary event
The University’s Department of Civic Design, the world’soldest planning school, will be celebrating its centenary in2009 with a host of special events.
One highlight will be an exhibition featuring the historyof the Department and the influence it has had uponplanning education, research and practice over the last 100years. There will also be a celebratory dinner and a seriesof lectures given by leading international academics andpractitioners.
Throughout its existence the Department has edited theTown Planning Review, one of the leading journals in itsfield. The Review will celebrate 100 years of publication in2010 and there are plans to publish specially commissionedpapers focusing on the key developments in planningpractice and theory since the journal was founded.
Details of all these events will be confirmed nearer thetime, but anyone who is interested can check for updatesvia the online Alumni Community at www.liv.ac.uk/alumnior Professor Peter Batey at [email protected]
Former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Drummond Bonewith a globe presented to him by James Lo, President ofthe Graduates Association
Simon Jin (LLMInternational BusinessLaw 2001) AlumniAmbassador Shanghai
Tom Ennis and Mel McDonald with Professor SirHoward Newby. Tom and Mel are the first students tobenefit from work placements at XJTLU
Professor Sir Howard Newby with Chamson Chau(Dipl Civic Design 1959, Hon LLD 1994) andDr Nelson Yu (Hon LLD 1999)
Professor PC Ching (BEng 1977, PhD 1981), James Lo(BEng Civil Engineering 1980) President of theGraduates Association, Professor Sir Howard Newby,CC Tung (BEng Hons 1964) and Edmund PK Lee(BEd Hons 1987)
Yiwei Chen (LLM International Business Law 2004),Professor Sir Howard Newby, Hao Qiu (LLMInternational Business Law 2004) and AlumniAmbassodor Shenzhen and James Lo (BEng CivilEngineering 1980)
Calling all MChOrth graduates!
Dr Ramkewal Shah (MChOrth 1992), Alumni Ambassador for Nepal, would like toget in touch with fellow MChOrth Liverpool graduates with a view to forming anAlumni Association.
The main aim for the Association will be to serve as a social and businessnetworking group for its members.
If you are interested, please contact Karen Brady, Head of Alumni Relations, [email protected]
Susan Alston, MelRoberts, Joan Crowe(BSc Hons Genetics1965), Tony Crowe (BScHons Chemistry 1964),Gillian Knowles (BVScVeterinary Science 1984),James Miller (BEngElectrical Engineering1968), Sue Smallbone,Charlie Smallbone (BAHons Philosophy 1975),Maureen Jepson and PaulJepson (BVSc VeterinaryScience 1972)
Peter Bowling, ClinicalDirector of PhilipLeverhulme EquineHospital (BVScVeterinary Science1997), HowardRobinson (BVSc HonsVeterinary Science1973) and Paul Jepson(BVSc VeterinaryScience 1972)
Peter Milner (BSc BioChemistry 1978,MBChB 1980) shown here in his ARYxTherapeutics labs in Fremont, CA took timeto catch up with the University’s plans toestablish a Centre for PersonalisedMedicines in the old Royal Infirmary
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Lords’ reception
Alumni met in the stunning surroundingsof the House of Lords for a Summerdrinks reception.
Many of the visitors took theopportunity to find out more about thebuilding on a guided tour, before theyjoined their host, Lord Wade of Chorlton(Hon LLD 2006), and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir DrummondBone, Vice-Chancellor designate,Professor Sir Howard Newby, along withChancellor, Lord David Owen, for the event.
This was the last alumni engagementthat Professor Sir Drummond Boneundertook in his role as Vice-Chancellorand provided the first opportunity forProfessor Sir Howard Newby to meetalumni in London.
Medics and Engineers reunite!
1953Medics from the class of 1953 got together for their 55th anniversary this Summer.
A lunch was held at Caldy Golf Club, Wirral. This was the last formal reunion thealumni plan to hold, but smaller informal gatherings will still be held annually.
1988Medical graduates from the class of 1988 held their 20th anniversary reunion inLiverpool – and plans are already underway for their 25-year celebration!
The guests enjoyed dinner at the city’s Radisson Hotel. Dozens of alumniattended and organiser, Dr Liz Naylor (MBChB 1988), said the event was voted agreat success.
If any 1988 medical graduates would like to be involved in the 25th reunion in2013 please email Liz at [email protected]
1948Nearly a third of the Engineering graduatesof 1948 celebrated their 60th anniversaryreunion with a lunch at their alma mater.
The alumni, along with many of theirwives, were joined at the LiverpoolMedical Institution by the Dean of theFaculty of Engineering, Professor IeuanOwen, who spoke of the changes to theway the subject is taught at Liverpool,and the dramatic impact capital projectsare having on the Faculty buildings.
The group enjoyed a buffet lunchand lots of reminiscing, in the course ofwhich it was discovered that theyboasted there were three sportsmen whohad represented the University in the1940s. Cox Michael Whelan (BEngHons Civil Engineering 1948, MEngCivil Engineering 1951) was asuccessful rower, Fred Hadrill (DEngHons Electrical Engineering 1948)excelled at rugby, while athlete JackParker (BEng Hons Civil Engineering1948) represented England at hurdles inthe 1952 Olympics and 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
The reunion was a great success and another will soon be arranged, though at asomewhat shorter interval than the previous 25th, 50th and 60th anniversaries!
Young footballers
After the success of their tour toEdinburgh last Summer, LiverpoolGraduates FC faced a tough challengeby taking on semi-professional sideLancaster City.
A squad of 13, captained by DavidWilkinson (BA History 2006), travelledup to Lancaster’s Giant Axe Stadium toface the Unibond First Division club.
Lancaster started the game asfavourites and a 25 yard effort just beatLiverpool goalkeeper Reg Halstead(BSc Mathematics 2006) and Lancastertook a 1-0 lead. But the Graduatespushed forward looking for a deservedequaliser and, five minutes before thehalf time whistle, forward JayMcDonald (DEGREE**) finally carvedopen the Lancaster defence slotting theball past the goalkeeper to make it 1-1.
In the second half it wasn’t longbefore the Graduates took the lead,McDonald once again getting on thescore sheet with a 30-yard chip.Halstead was called into action acouple of times with some top classsaves before McDonald completed hishat trick by scoring a magnificent longrange effort, from within his own half,that sailed over the helpless Lancastergoalkeeper and into the net. He finallyscored his fourth to give LiverpoolGraduates a fantastic victory.
Graduates’ player manager AdamGoodridge (BSc Maths & Statistics2006) said: “I knew our lads would bea match for Lancaster and I knew itwould be a closely fought game but tocome away with a 4-1 victory isamazing. Lancaster have asked for arematch as part of their pre seasonpreparations which is fantastic for thisclub and another big game for us all tolook forward to.”
Kate Robertson, Director of Developmentand Alumni Relations, caught up withalumni on a whistle-stop visit to theWest Coast of the USA.
She met graduates in Los Angelesand San Francisco and says it was greatto get their views.
Kate added: “There were lots ofreally excellent and thoughtful ideasabout ways in which the University’salumni programme could be developedto better embrace those living in theStates. The appointment of our Alumni
Ambassador for that region, Dr BrianJones (BEng Hons Mech Eng 1961, PhD1965), is a step in the right directiontowards being more proactive, butthere’s more we want to do fromLiverpool too.
“The people I met very muchsupported our plans to establish our ownAmerican charitable foundation so weshall be pursuing this in the comingmonths. The possibility of an annualevent and even some local fundraisingto support student exchanges,
scholarships or bursaries, was alsomentioned by a number of people.
“The really great thing about meetingour alumni was how much I learnedabout the University’s past, and itspeople, which came out of all theamazingly vivid anecdotes they werewilling to share with me. I can alsoreport that ardent support for theMerseyside football teams is as strongas ever among our West Coast alumni,with a roughly equal balance for theblues and the reds!”
West Coast hosts graduate events
Edmund Crighton and Andrew Fleming (BAArts Flexible degree pathway 2005) withpartner, Alexandra Hamilton
Graham Taylor, James Staunton, ElizabethTaylor (BSc Hons Pharmacology 1965,Diploma in Prescribing Science 2004) andDr Ruth Staunton (née Berry, MBChBMedicine 1960)
Simon Freeman, Harley Street actress KimMedcalf and alumnus Kenneth Freeman(MBChB Medicine 1944) with his wifePamela
Rebecca Austin (BA Economic & SocialHistory 2007) with her father John, alongwith John and Victoria Neville (BA HonsHistory & Modern Politics 1989)
Richard Simpson (BSc Mathematics &Computer Science 1985), Mary-JaneHarris, Keith Labbett (BCom Commerce1971) and Hong Sayasith
Dr Alan Leadbetter (BSc Hons Chemistry 1954, PhD 1957), Brenda Leadbetter, JohnBlackburn (BSc Hons Chemistry 1957) and Tony Tansley (BSc Chemistry 1956) werereunited at the event after 50 years
Bill Grantham (BA Hons English Literature and Language, 1976),now practising law in LA, enjoyed reminiscing about the EnglishDepartment’s enviable strengths during the 1970s, and hoped foropportunities in 2016 for celebrating the 400th anniversary ofWilliam Shakespeare’s death
Simon Matthews (BSc Physics andElectronics 1978), Theodore Havinis (MEngMicroelectronic Systems & Telecommunications1987), Peter Milner (BSc Hons Biochemsitry1978, MBChB 1980), Michael Corcoran (BAPolitical Theory & Institutions 1981) andLynne Corcoran (BSc Chemistry 1981)
Kamalneet Kaur (MSc in IT 2007), Kate Robertson (BA HonsCombined1990), Debbie Jones, Dr Brian Jones (BEngMechanical Engineering 1961, PhD 1965), Dr Stephen Lau(BSc Biochemistry 1978, PhD 1982), Janet Sandoval, PhilipRorex (current online student of MSc in IT), Professor AmeaeWalker (BSc Biochemistry 1973, PhD 1976), Greg Ryan (MAPopular Music Studies 2001), Oz Motas
1959
Plans are well underway for a reunion of the Medics of 1959.The graduates will celebrate their golden anniversary next year with a trip back to
the city and the University.The event, on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 June, is being organised by Dr Anthony
Fortune-Jones (MBChB Hons 1959). He has arranged dinner at The Liner Hotel inthe city on both evenings, along with a discounted rate for accommodation of £98per room per night, including breakfast. Tours of the city and the campus are alsoplanned.
Email him at [email protected] if you would like to attend. Tobook rooms at The Liner call +44 (0)151 709 7050 quoting code EVEN 1906.
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Civil Engineering graduates from theclass of 1978 came back to campusfor a reunion this year.
They found many changes hadtaken place during the 30 years sincetheir graduation. Their departmenthas merged into the largerDepartment of Engineering, and,following its recent refurbishment,the Civil Engineering Building hasnow been renamed the Brodie Towerin honour of the famous LiverpoolCivil Engineer, John AlexanderBrodie. He was President of theInstitution of Civil Engineers between1920 and 1921, an Associate
Professor of Engineering atthe University and,perhaps moreimportantly onMerseyside, heinvented and patentedfootball nets.
Over lunch in theBrodie Tower, theLiverpool graduateswere able to chat with afew of their formerteachers, some who hadretired and others whostill teach at theUniversity. The alumnithen had the opportunityto view many of theexciting changes whichhave taken place inLiverpool over the pastthree decades, includingthe refurbishment of theAlbert Dock and thedevelopment of theLiverpool ONE retail area.
The Alumni Relations team wouldlike to extend a special thank you to IanG Scott (BSc Ordinary Degree 1974,BSc Hons Bio Chemistry 1976) whoprovided all of the photographs of theevening. For copies of the imagescontact [email protected] whowill put you in touch with Mr Scott.
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To book a place for any of these events call: Emma +44 (0)151 794 6940
October 08King Lear at theEveryman(Sponsored by the University ofLiverpool)
Thursday 30 October –Saturday 29 November 2008,times variousEveryman Theatre, Hope Street,Liverpool L1 9BHTicket prices vary
As insight went to press, this event was looking like a sell-out but there may still bea few tickets available. Directed by Rupert Goolde and starring Honorary GraduatePete Postlethwaite (Hon LittD 2006) in the title role, this promises to be one of thehighlights of the European Capital of Culture year. Telephone +44 (0)151 706 9115to book your tickets.
November 08Shipping Lines Liverpool Literary FestivalMonday 3 - Sunday 9 November 2008Various venues across the cityTicket prices vary – 10% discount available to alumni*
As part of Liverpool’s year as Capital of Culture and the National Year of Reading, theUniversity of Liverpool - working in partnership with the Bluecoat, LiverpoolLibraries, BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Radio 3 and publishing industryrepresentatives - presents the Shipping Lines Liverpool Literary Festival.
Speakers include Philip Pullman, Monica Ali, CarolAnn Duffy, Roger McGough and many more, whileactivities include lectures, readings, creativeworkshops and discussions.*To book, alumni should call the Philharmonic BoxOffice on +44 (0)151 709 3789 and quoteLLF 08ULA and request their 10% discount. Forinformation about the festival please [email protected], call+44 (0)151 794 2287 or visitwww.liv.ac.uk/literaryfestival
Remembrance Day, War Memorial ServiceTuesday 11 November 2008, 11am serviceEntrance Hall, Victoria Gallery & Museum. University of Liverpool. Brownlow Hill,Liverpool L69 3DRFREE
The Victoria Gallery & Museum, home to the University’s two war memorials, willserve as the venue for a remembrance service commemorating the students andstaff who gave their lives during the World Wars and subsequent conflicts. Joinstudents, staff and alumni to pay your respects to those who lost their lives.Contact [email protected] on +44 (0)151 794 2072 if you would like to attend.
Liverpool Pub QuizThursday 13 November 2008, doors open 7.30pm and quiz starts8.00pmGilmour Hall, Liverpool Guild of Students. Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5TRFREE
Following on from the success of our previous quizzes, here’s another opportunity topit your wits against other alumni, staff and students. The teams to beat are Who PlansWins and Careers for Fears. Remember there is a prize for the best team name too!You need to register your team members and Captain before the quiz (team size iscapped at six people, including the Captain). You can register online (the first nameentered will be assumed to be the Captain) or by emailing [email protected] calling +44 (0)151 794 6940.
ULMS Alumni Networking Event,LiverpoolHosted by the University of Liverpool Management School (ULMS)
Wednesday 12 November 2008, 6.30pm – 8.30pmUniversity of Liverpool Management School, Chatham Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZHFREE
This is the first of a new series of events, designed specifically with ULMS alumni inmind. Open to all University of Liverpool alumni working in the fields of businessand management, this informal business oriented event will open with keynotespeeches and will round up with an informal ‘speed-networking’ opportunityaccompanied by drinks and canapés. The evening is appropriate for alumni at everystage of their career, so join us and meet up with classmates, establish businesscontacts and celebrate a new era for the ULMS Alumni Association. Priority will begiven to bookings from ULMS alumni. Visit www.liv.ac.uk/alumni for the latestdetails. To express your interest in attending the event, or to request furtherinformation, contact Lucy Weston, Alumni Officer (ULMS); [email protected] call +44 (0)151 795 4607.
December 08Public Lecture: Willy RussellMonday 1 December 2008, 6.30pmRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BPFREE
Born and raised in Liverpool, the former ladies’ hairdresser andworld-renowned playwright Willy Russell has received criticalacclaim for Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine and Blood Brothers.More recently his novel, The Wrong Boy, and his CD, Hooveringthe Moon, have repositioned him as an author and songwriter. Inthis lecture Willy shares his experiences of growing up inLiverpool and his success as a writer and composer.Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Call +44 (0)151 794 2650Details of the 2009 Public Lecture Series will be available in the New Year.Visit www.liv.ac.uk/events for more details
ULMS Alumni Networking Event,LondonHosted by the University of Liverpool Management School (ULMS)
Thursday 27 November 2008, 6.30pm-8.30pmVenue tbcFREE
Meet academics and alumni from University of Liverpool Management School in theheart of London for the first of a new series of events, designed specifically withULMS alumni in mind. Open to all University of Liverpool alumni working in thefields of business and management, this informal business oriented event will openwith keynote speeches and will round up with an informal ‘speed-networking’opportunity accompanied by drinks and canapés. The evening is appropriate foralumni at every stage of their career, so join us and meet up with classmates,establish business contacts and celebrate a new era for the ULMS AlumniAssociation. Priority will be given to bookings from ULMS alumni. Visitwww.liv.ac.uk/alumni for the latest details.To express your interest in attending the event, or to request further information,please contact Lucy Weston, Alumni Officer (ULMS); [email protected] call +44 (0)151 795 4607.
Lord Owen and RogerBolton: In Sicknessand In Power– Book signing and interview
Monday 17 November 2008, 6.30pm-8.30pmThe Royal Medical Society, 1 Wimpole Street,London W1G 0AE£15.00
Following the success of his book In Sickness and In Power (Methuen, 2007),the Right Honourable Lord Owen, University Chancellor, takes to the stage tobe interviewed by alumnus and BBC broadcaster Roger Bolton (BA HonsPhilosophy and English 1967). This glimpse into the minds and mental healthof some of the world’s most famous leaders offers a rare opportunity forpeople to see the reality behind the public façade, interpreted by someonefrom within the political sphere. Enlightening and intriguing; don’t miss thisinterview.Light refreshments and book signing will take place afterwards.
The Alumni Relations team will be out and about on campus trying to meet as manynew graduates as possible. If you’re graduating with a second degree with theUniversity of Liverpool, or at the University to watch families and friends graduate,make sure you go and visit the team in the Guild of Students to pick up your alumnilapel pin and be sure to register for University of Liverpool Alumni Onlinewww.liv.ac.uk/alumni
Karen Brady, Head of Alumni Relations, will be hosting an alumni event inBangkok on 1 December. For further details and to register your interest pleasecontact [email protected]
‘Tis the season to be jolly!Thursday 4 December 2008, 6pm-8pmVictoria Gallery & Museum. University of Liverpool.
Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3DR£10
Forget about ‘bah humbug’ and enjoy some peaceand goodwill this December. Join alumni, staff andFriends of the University for seasonal readings andlight refreshments in the Victoria Gallery &
Museum. Just what you need to get thefestive season started.Visit www.liv.ac.uk/alumni and click on
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February 09ULMS Alumni Annual EventThursday 19 February 2009, 6.30pm-8.30pmUniversity of Liverpool Management School, Chatham Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZHFREE
Alumni are invited to attend a lively discussion event based on the School’s keythemes of growth, innovation and enterprise development in the context of howbusiness can be a vehicle for change with the right leaders. The evening will openwith a welcome speech from Professor Murray Dalziel, Director of ULMS, shortpresentations and a question and answer session with a panel made up of alumniand business leaders at the height of their careers. Put your questions to the paneland enjoy light refreshments after the discussions. All alumni are welcome butpriority will be given to ULMS alumni. Further details of this event will be availableto view at www.liv.ac.uk/alumni from December 2008.To express your interest in attending the event, or to request further information,please contact Lucy Weston, Alumni Officer (ULMS); [email protected] call +44 (0)151 795 4607.
March 09Liverpool Pub QuizThursday 12 March 2009Doors open 7.30pm for drinks and 8.00pm quiz startsGilmour Hall, Liverpool Guild of Students. Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5TR,FREE
More fun and laughter with another quiz to sharpen your intellect! Get those creativejuices going for the best team name prize and join the loyal following of quizattendees. Remember this is for alumni, staff and students the competition is ON!You need to register your team members and Captain (remember team size iscapped at six people, including the Captain) before the quiz. You can register online(the first name entered will be assumed to be the Captain) or by [email protected] or calling +44 (0) 151 794 6940.
London Pub QuizThursday 19 March 2009Venue to be confirmedFREE
Don’t let those Scousers have all the fun! Join in and play the Liverpool quiz inLondon. If you live near the Capital, meet other alumni and enjoy some nostalgicquestioning closer to home.The venue will be confirmed in the new year. In the meantime, if you have venuesuggestions for the pub quiz we would love to hear from you. Send all of your ideasto [email protected] for more information on our ‘events and reunions’ pages on the websitewww.liv.ac.uk/alumni
April 09AthleticsUnionWeekendSaturday 25 - Sunday26 April 2009University campus sportsfacilities and Wyncote£25
In 2009 the Athletics Unionis 125 years old and tocelebrate this momentous anniversary Sport Liverpool and the Alumni Relationsteam are organising several tournaments. All graduates are invited to return tochallenge old friends and rivals to new games. Scheduled tournaments includenetball, hockey, football, rugby (union and league), water polo, rowing, lacrosse androunders. The majority of games will be played on Saturday followed by supper in
the Saro Wiwa bar. Theclosing date for playerentries is 27 February 2009.Commemorative polo shirtscan also be purchased for£20. Orders need to beplaced by 1 March 2009.Please contact Stuart Wadeon 0151 794 8767 [email protected] are £25 including aweekend pass to all campussports facilities, a welcomedrink and supper onSaturday evening and entryfees for participation in allsports.If you would like to play,watch or enter a teamcontact Clare Wride [email protected] or0151 795 4609.
June 09House of Lords reception, London5 June 2009Peers’ dining room, House of LordsCost TBC
See another side of Parliamentary life without having to enter politics. Celebrate yourLiverpool connections with friends, staff, fellow graduates and the Vice-Chancellorand enjoy light refreshments in one of the most famous buildings in the world. Tourswill be available for those who would like them and more details will be releasednearer to the time.
September 09Alumni Weekend and UniversityOpen Day (26 Sept)Friday 24-Sunday 27 September 2009
Missed Alumni Weekend 2008? Celebrating an anniversary year? Fancy a trip to asensational city? Then join us for a feast of activities, celebrations and reminiscences.Enjoy talks, tours, exhibits and reunions during a fantastic weekend that will get thememories flowing and create new ones for the future.Visit www.liv.ac.uk/alumni and click on ‘events and reunions’ for more details.
November 09TBC Liverpool Pub QuizThursday 12 November 2009FREE
Save the date. More details will follow in the next edition of insight
ULMS GraduatesLucy Weston, Alumni Officer (ULMS) would be delighted to hear yoursuggestions on the kind of events and venues you would like to attend. Toexpress your interest in attending an event, suggest names for possible speakers,offer your services or take part in ULMS events, please contact Lucy Weston,Alumni Officer (ULMS); [email protected] call +44 (0)151 795 4607.
InauguralLecturesThe University also runs aprogramme of inaugurallectures presented by newProfessors to endowed orestablished chairs. To findout more about these visitwww.liv.ac.uk/thinkIf you have any questionsabout the series or wouldlike any more information,please [email protected] call on+44 (0)151 794 2072.
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