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IN THISISSUE:
Cambridge School of ArtGraphic Designgraduate wins BAFTAFull story on page 6 >>
Visitors from Palestinediscuss mental healtheducation and servicesFull story on page 8 >>
Higher skills health andsocial care programmesraising sector standardsFull story on page 24 >>
Opposing the ivory trade
May 2010
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N E W SProtecting elephants’ status – Anglia Ruskin scientists’ involvement 4Graduate Design graduate wins BAFTA 6AIBS lecturer participates in UNCTAD symposium 7Palestinian visitors discuss mental health education and services 8Recording Invasive Species Counts project – a call to all 9The Music of Music Therapy – how the conference went 10Graphic Design student wins major international competition 11Briefing sessions on issues affecting HE Admissions policy 12Cambridge Science Festival – a great success 13External Liaison holds sixth form conference 14External Liaison holds postgraduate open evenings 14An evening with Roy Hattersley – a memorable event 15The economy and our advertising – why this is important 16Anglia Ruskin Students’ Union wins two NUSSL awards 17Unison Officers and Stewards 2010 18Mental health in higher education conference – an analysis 19Cheap as Chips team get Sorted Crew in for cooking demos 20
T H E A R T SWhat’s on at the Mumford 26–27Lunchtime concerts 27Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events 27
F E A T U R E SStaff development opportunities 21Customer Service Excellence news 21Green issues 22–23Research, Development & Commercial Services news 23Employer engagement news 24UK and international partner institutions’ news 25Joiners, leavers and movers 28
International teamof scientists urgeCITES to protectelephants’ statusSee page 4 for full story >>
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Life Scientistconducts newsurvey to recordinvasive speciesin the UKSee page 9 >>
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Elephants in Mikumi National Park,Tanzania.
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A group of 27 scientists andconservation experts fromaround the world haveteamed up to try to save moreelephants from potentialslaughter due to changes inivory trading. The experts arearguing against requests fromTanzania and Zambia to lower
the protection status of theirelephants, allowing them toconduct one-time sales ofstockpiled ivory.
The team, including JodyGunn of our Animal andEnvironmental ResearchGroup (AERG), Department of
Life Sciences at Cambridge,has had a paper published inScience (12 March)1 sayingthat the sale could lead toincreased slaughter ofelephants for their ivorythroughout Africa. Thepetitions to lower theprotection status of their
elephants come at a timewhen evidence shows thatboth Zambia and Tanzania areamong the largest sources of,and transit countries for,Africa’s illegal ivory.
Illegal killing of elephants ison the rise, driven by growing
Conservationists oppose ‘ivory sale’in TanzaniaInternational team of scientists urges CITES to maintain theprotection status of elephants in Tanzania and Zambia
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� Conservation issue: elephants in and around Mikumi National Park, Southern Tanzania.
One argument proposed forthe idea of the one-time saleis that large species such aselephants can be exploitedsustainably and the profits setaside to provide funds forfuture conservation. Thescientists claim that, while aproportionately small sum(1% of annual tourismrevenue) would be generatedfrom Tanzania’s sale, tourismincome could suffer ifpoaching increases.
At the end of 2009, AERGpostgraduate member JodyGunn completed her PhD onhuman–elephant conflict inand around Mikumi NationalPark in Tanzania. She did thisthrough the Animal BeaviourResearch Unit (ABRU), whosedirector is Guy Norton andher supervisory team also
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Chinese edition ofGriffiths’ and Wall’sApplied Economics...Full story on page 7
markets for ivory in the FarEast, particularly in China.DNA forensics workundertaken by members ofthe team shows that much ofthe seized ivory originatesfrom Tanzania and Zambia,the two countries petitioningthe Convention onInternational Trade inEndangered Species (CITES),while China and Japan, thetwo countries approved byCITES to import the ivory, areamong the most heavilyimplicated in the illegal ivorytrade. Whether the twocountries should be permittedto down-list their populationswas the subject of a debateby CITES in Qatar, on 22March. Prior to this, theSecretariat released theirrecommendations to CITES,proposing that Tanzania’sproposal be declined, but thatZambia’s be approved. JodyGunn said, ‘The Secretariatmade recommendations thatwould stimulate the globalivory market, through one-offsales of Zambia’s stockpiledivory. This could have beenthe worst news for Tanzania ifits recommendations hadbeen accepted, as Tanzaniawas also recognised as notbeing able to manage theirillegal trade.’
CITES reject both Tanzaniaand Zambia’s proposals;however, the issue could stillcome to the table again ifeither country chooses to re-open the case.
The Science report arguesthat legal sales introduceuncertainty of supply into themarketplace and createdemand on the black-market.It claims that the new marketfor ivory threatens to reversethe recovery of Africanelephants, observed since theban on the international ivorytrade was put in place 20years ago.
The report suggests threeways for CITES to revise itsdecision-making processabout when species are listedand how they are monitored.First, CITES mustacknowledge that species’roles in ecosystems are notequal across species, andshould consider the influencethat mega-herbivores, likeelephants, have in shapingand maintaining landscapesacross Africa. Second,controls on exploitation mustbe verified by independentprogrammes with no politicalor economic agenda. Finally,CITES must consider acountry’s record in controllingillegal trade more seriouslywhen evaluating petitions.
included Dawn Hawkins andNick McWilliam. Jody is nowworking for a conservationNGO in Australia.
ABRU has been involved instudying elephants in MikumiNational Park since 1987. In2001 the first postgraduatedegree from Anglia RuskinUniversity was awarded whenApril Ereckson (nowWarburton) completed anMPhil documenting thepopulation size and structureof elephants in the northernthird of the park, establishingthat there were about 2000elephants within that area(approximately 1000 squarekilometres), centred aroundthe Mkata floodplain. The
research got a major boast in2005 with three years’funding from the DarwinInitiative. This enabledcompletion of a secondMaster’s project by parkecologist Frederick Mofulu.Mofulu’s work confirmed thatelephants were also presentthroughout the southern, hilly,more wooded two-thirds ofthe park, and did not shiftseasonally between the twoareas. Jody’s fieldwork wasalso funded by the DarwinInitiative grant.
More recently, Anglia Ruskin’swork on elephants hasexpanded to the nearbyUdzungwa mountain, where ithas been supported by TrevorJones, a research fellow withAERG, who is part of a team,including Dawn, Guy and
Nick, who have begun tostudy this neglectedpopulation of elephants,which may be isolated fromor connected to those inMikumi. Pump-primingfunding for this work camefrom the Anglia Ruskin’sResearch EnhancementCompletion Fund. Trevor isalso working with theTanzanian government on aNational ElephantManagement Plan.
Our researchers are workingtogether with externalcollaborators to find fundingto continue and connectresearch in Mikumi NationalPark and Udzungwa. Theexternal collaborators includeresearchers, from withinTanzania, Tanzania NationalParks (TANAPA) and theUdzungwa EcologicalMonitoring Centre (UEMC)and colleagues from theUniversities of Cambridge,Stirling and Princeton.
Guy, who has been working inMikumi National Park for over30 years, says that there hasnever been a more importanttime to be studying theelephants in SouthernTanzania. ‘For the first time inmy experience, elephantpoaching is occurring withinthe main ABRU study area.This is a well-monitored andpatrolled area and it isextremely alarming how boldthe poachers have become.’
For further information, pleasecontact Guy Norton or DawnHawkins on ext 2282 [email protected].
Guy Norton said, ‘For the firsttime in my experience, elephantpoaching is occurring within themain ABRU study area…’
1 Elephants, Ivory and Trade. Wasser et al,Science Vol 38, 12 March 2010.
preparing you for aprofessional start in theindustry. It’s always beenknown that the Graphic Designcourse at Anglia Ruskin iscomplemented by thelecturers’ specialist knowledgeof typography, which hasalways been a fantasticfoundation in my job. Workingwith layout is a typical day-to-day task, from designingmenus and interfaces to layingout packaging or manuals, sohaving the knowledge of whatlooks right on the page andunderstanding what will bemost legible for the end user isincredibly important. The sameapplies to having a contextualknowledge of what design andtype styles are suitable forwhich target audience, andunderstanding why.’
Matt’s now engaged on a newproject, TV Superstars – duefor release this autumn, thefirst title over which he hasgraphic design creative control.
Matt visits Cambridge Schoolof Art annually as a visiting
lecturer to update our graphicdesign undergraduates on hiscareer with Sony anddevelopments in the industry.
Talking about Matt’sachievement, Jon Melton,Pathway Leader for the BA(hons) Graphic Design, said,‘I am immensely proud ofMatt and the high level ofrecognition he has received.He has already achieved
notable success in what arehis early years in practice as agraphic designer, and I for onewill watch his future careerwith interest. He has becomea most valuable ambassadorfor the Graphic Design coursesat Anglia Ruskin.’
Sarah JonesFaculty Marketing andRecruitment Manager, ALSS
Cambridge Schoolof Art graduatewins BAFTA
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� With his BAFTA award and a poster of his work is Matt Power.
In the last issue of Bulletin(April 2010, Vol 7 no 4) wewere pleased to announcethat two of our Illustration BAstudents had made it throughto the regional finals of theLloyds TSB National Nurturecompetition. With over 700entries from across the UK,the regional winners wererecently announced inBirmingham.
Abigail Stevens (pictured left),a Level-two Illustrationstudent, was announced asone of the 17 regionalwinners and now goesforward to the national event,which (at the time of writing)will take place at the SaatchiGallery in London in mid-April.
As regional winner, Abi waspresented with a cheque for£250, and this institutionreceives a cheque for thesame amount. CongratulationsAbi and good luck in thefinals.
Chris DraperPathway Leader IllustrationBA (Hons), ALSS
BA (hons) Graphic Designgraduate Matt Power’s workon a handheld version of thegame LittleBigPlanet has wonhis team at SCE CambridgeStudio (Sony ComputerEntertainment Europe) aBAFTA. The studio wasdelighted to be nominated intwo categories ‘BestHandheld’ and ‘Use of Online’,going on to win in the formercategory on 24 March 2010.
As the sole graphic designerworking on LittleBigPlanet,Matt was responsible fordesigning everything fromicons for menus, small piecesof motion graphics, the logoand packfront – right down tothe little stickers that are usedthroughout the game. As heexplains, ‘Working on such avaried amount of content isquite reflective of the course atAnglia Ruskin – with theopportunity to try out differentareas of graphic design overthe first two years throughdifferent modules and thenworking on specialties in thethird year, whilst also
Lloyds TSB National Nurture Competition
May launch for MA inPublishing students’Click of Time anthology...Full story on page 11
In March, Dr Ashraf Mishrif(pictured above at the event),Senior Lecturer in InternationalBusiness and Finance atAshcroft InternationalBusiness School, participatedin the United NationsConference on Trade andDevelopment (UNCTAD)symposium on InternationalInvestment for Development,which was held in Geneva,Switzerland.
The symposium aimed atsetting the agenda for policy-oriented research oninternational investment fordevelopment in the next tenyears. It was the first of its
kind to facilitate long-termpartnerships betweenUNCTAD and research centreson issues of mutual interestsuch as joint projects,publications and collaborationin capacity-building.
At the symposium, Dr Mishrifpresented his research onsouth–south foreign directinvestment (FDI) and thegrowing role of multinationalcorporations (MNCs) ineconomic development. Heargued that the pattern of FDIis no longer restricted tonorth–south FDI, but thatsouth–south FDI has rapidlyincreased over the past five
years, confirming both a risein the number of MNCs in thesouth and their enhancedfinancial and operationalcapabilities to invest indeveloping markets.
While much attention waspaid to the emerging AsianMNCs, Dr Mishrif maintainedthat south–south FDI hasbecome a global trend that isdriven by the acceleration anddeepening of the process ofregionalisation amongdeveloping countries. This isevident in the Middle Eastregion, where the creation ofregional and sub-regionalarrangements such as theGreater inter-Arab Free TradeArea and the AgadirAgreement has led to asubstantial increase in inter-Arab FDI, with FDI from Arabstates into Egypt increasingalmost threefold between2005 and 2008. Such a risein investment partially reflectsa shift in Arab FDI fromAmerican and European toArab and Asian markets, ashift that began in 2001 andaccelerated in the past twoyears due to the globalfinancial crisis.
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He also highlighted thecontribution of Egyptian MNCssuch as Orascom, whichoperates in various economicsectors across the Arab andAsian markets, in theeconomic development ofthese countries in terms of jobcreation, transfer of technologyand capital and affordablehigh-quality goods andservices.
While urging for furtherliberalisation in trade and FDI,he stressed the importance ofstrengthening the role of thestate in the developmentprocess through public–privatepartnership and state-ledprojects where public interestsare of major concern.
One of the main achievementsof this conference was the callupon MNCs to invest more inthe poor and to takeresponsibility toward tacklingpoverty and climate change,hoping that work in this areacould lead to the emergenceof a new MNC-Developmentparadigm.
For more information, pleasecontact Dr Ashraf Mishrif [email protected].
UN Symposium on InternationalInvestment for Development
Tsinghua University Press hasjust published a Chineseedition of Alan Griffiths’ andStuart Wall’s AppliedEconomics, for 25 years theUK’s leading text in its genre,and core reading in all UKmajor universities. TsinghuaUniversity was describedrecently by Time magazine asthe ‘Harvard of China’, andGriffiths and Wall has beenpublished in a distinguishedseries of six books, two of
which are co-authored by BenBernanke, Chairman of the USFederal Reserve. Other authorsin the series include: OlivierBlanchard, Chief Economist ofthe IMF and Professor ofEconomics at MIT; DominickSalvatore, world-leadingauthority in InternationalEconomics and Consultant tothe World Bank, IMF and UN;and, Robert Frank, Professor ofManagement and Professor ofEconomics, Cornell University.
In fact, the relevance ofGriffiths and Wall to economicand managerial professionalsand academics in China wasrecognised as far back as1988, when the first edition ofApplied Economics waspublished in Chinese by theBeijing Publishing Company.
Marion CobbyBusiness Operations Manager,Ashcroft InternationalBusiness School (Cambridge)
In good company!
In March, health professionalsfrom the Islamic University ofGaza, An Najah University ofNableus and the PalestinianMinistry of Health visitedAnglia Ruskin and our partnermental health serviceproviders, North EssexPartnership NHS FoundationTrust and South EssexPartnership Trust (SEPT). Thevisit was organised betweenthe World Health Organisation(WHO) and Anglia Ruskinwith a view to enhancingmental health universityeducation and services inPalestine.
The mental health needs ofPalestinians are complex. DrSamir Qouta, Head ofPsychology Department at theIslamic University of Gazasaid, ‘In Palestine there aremany trauma victims withpsychosis, depression andanxiety. Many children arecaught up by the war and thesiege. They look up to theirparents for support, but theythemselves are helpless andtraumatised. These childrendo not have proper role
models; they are confused,traumatised, in a cycle thatthey cannot get out of. Thewar will affect manygenerations to come.’
Dr Qouta, a clinicalpsychologist and expertresearcher in children andyoung people affected bypsychological trauma, islooking to us for collaborationand supervision in researchprojects on trauma, and togain from our expertise inrunning courses on CognitiveBehavioural Therapy andImproving Access toPsychological Therapies.
Our Faculty of Health & SocialCare (FHSC) and WHO arecollaborating to support thePalestinian Ministry of Healthand the Islamic University inthe development of theirmental health education andpractice. Paul O’Halloran,WHO Regional Consultant forthe Middle East, AllenSenivassen, Senior Lecturer,and Ruth Jackson (DeputyDean) and Steve Wood fromFHSC have been working
together for over a year toestablish this collaborationthat has resulted in thePalestinian delegation visitingAnglia Ruskin for educationopportunities and its partnermental health serviceproviders for delivery of soundpractice.
Professor David Humber, ProVice Chancellor and Dean ofFHSC, welcomed thedelegates and WHOrepresentative at a conferenceentitled ‘Transforming mentalhealth education andpractice’. He emphasised theleading role FHSC is playingin research and educationacross the east of Englandand globally, and about thedynamic relationship with thepartner Trusts.
The delegates also visited ourpartner Trusts and, whilevisiting the mental healthservices, Dr Ayesh Samour,Consultant Psychiatrist, Headof Mental Health Directoratefor the Ministry of Health inGaza, explained thedifficulties they experience at
home: ‘There are manypsychiatric conditions to treatbut many times we run out ofdrugs to treat them becausethe supplies to Palestine arecut off.’ In terms ofcollaboration he said, ‘I lookfor continuous connection forskills building of our staff inpractical courses in thecentres and hospital. The firstpriority which we need is inpsychological wellbeingpractitioners, acute careinterventions, communityintegration in mental healthservices and delivery of thenursing programme.
Our organiser, AllenSenivassen, Senior LecturerMental Health, FHSC,commented, ‘The Palestiniandoctors have found meetingkey people at Anglia Ruskinand the local mental healthservice providers veryvaluable; they are taking withthem many ideas for capacitybuilding of staff in theuniversities and in the clinicalservices in Palestine. Througha co-ordinated programmewith the World HealthOrganisation and our partners,we intend to play a key role incollaborating and supportingmental health development inPalestine. Participating inglobal education and servicesis challenging but rewardingto all stakeholders.’ Hethanked all his colleagues atthe University and in theTrusts for the warm welcomeoffered to the delegates, andPaul O’Halloran, WHORepresentative, whomasterminded the visit.
Andrea HilliardCorporate Marketing
Visitors from Palestine come to Essexto discuss mental health issues
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� Palestinian health professionals visit Essex: Dr Ayesh Samour, Consultant Psychiatrist, Head of Mental HealthDirectorate for the Ministry of Health in Gaza (seated second left); Dr Samir Qouta, Head of PsychologyDepartment at the Islamic University of Gaza (seated third left); and Allen Senivassen (standing second right)from the Faculty of Health & Social Care.
New guidance for ourstudents on academichonesty...Full story on page 12
Over 3000 non-native (or‘alien’) species livesuccessfully in Great Britain.Most of them do not causesignificant problems either topeople or to our nativebiodiversity. However, aminority of them have seriousimpacts and are termed‘invasive’ non-native species.
Using our successfulHarlequin Ladybird Survey asa model, Defra funded me,working with colleagues atthe Centre for Ecology &Hydrology (CEH) and theNational Biodiversity Network(NBN), to set up a publicsurvey for a few of theseinvasive non-native species.We’ve named our projectRecording Invasive Species
Counts (RISC). RISC aims toencourage interest in invasivenon-native species and toraise awareness of the issuessurrounding them. Useful dataon the distributions andecology of the chosen specieswill be generated.
Three animal and three plantspecies have been chosen forrecording – Muntjac deerMuntiacus reevesi, Zebramussel Dreissenapolymorpha, Chinese mittencrab Eriocheir sinensis,Creeping water primroseLudwigia peploides, Tree ofHeaven Ailanthus altissimaand American skunk cabbageLysichiton americanus. Thesurveys are run in associationwith the relevant national
recording schemes andsocieties for the selectedspecies (for example, forplants, the Botanical Societyof the British Isles).
The animal and plant specieswere chosen for a variety ofreasons. For Muntjac deer, aspecies that can cause seriousdamage to woodland flowers,the main interest is in thenorthward range expansion.For Zebra mussel, after alengthy period of stability,there are signs of recentexpansion. This species canhave serious effects onecosystems as well as causingmajor economic costs, forexample, by blocking waterabstraction pipes. TheChinese mitten crab has few
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� One of the animals chosen for recording: the Muntjac deer.
Watch out for that alien!Recording Invasive Species Counts project calls onthe public to help
competitors and can seriouslyaffect crayfish and damageriver banks. Its spread needsto be closely monitored.
In Britain, Creeping waterprimrose is currently therarest of the six RISC species,but probably the mostinvasive. The Non-NativeSpecies Secretariat (theGovernment body that co-ordinates non-native speciesissues) has received anincreasing number of recentsightings and is very keen toknow of any new sites withthis species. Some invasivespecies are faring better asthe climate warms, and thismay apply to Tree of Heaven.American skunk cabbage isprobably the least well knownof the six species, and itsimpacts on native species arepoorly understood. It is hopedthat the data collected byRISC will help scientists learnmore about the ecology of thisplant in Britain.
How does the RISC projectwork? The public is asked tolook out for any of the sixspecies above. Recorders canupload a photo of theirsighting to an online form,and these will be checkedand verified by experts at therecording societies. This willensure that high-quality datais generated. The data will bemade available to all via theNBN Gateway, the onlineportal for UK biodiversitydata.
The RISC project waslaunched on 22 March 2010.For more information or tosubmit a record, please visitwww.nonnativespecies.org/recording.
Peter BrownLife Sciences and Animal &Environmental ResearchGroup, Faculty of Science &Technology
Anglia Ruskin is a pioneer ofmusic therapy research,teaching and learning in the UK.The Music and Performing ArtsDepartment in collaborationwith the Music for HealthCentre for Research hosted amajor conference on 26–27February to discuss the specificnature of music within musictherapy, a discipline that is nowaccepted and trusted to improvethe physical and emotionalwellbeing of a variety ofindividuals today.
It featured two keynotespeakers, Rachel Darnley-Smith,from The University of Durham,and Mercédès Pavlicevic, fromNordoff-Robbins Music Therapy,London and Professor of MusicTherapy in South Africa. Over100 delegates attended,including over 25 students fromAnglia Ruskin and elsewhere, andspeakers from all over Europe.
One participant, Jonathan Pool,a PhD student in MusicTherapy, wrote:‘This year’s music therapyconference at Anglia Ruskin was agreat success. The variety in theprogramme reflected the diversityof thinking and practice in themusic therapy profession andprovided an international tone,with presenters and attendees
coming from far and wide. Theconference programmeapproached the concept of its titlefrom many angles and at varyingdepths of study. Presentersaddressed philosophicalquestions, including ones aboutthe nature of the music of musictherapy – is it relational oraesthetic, how the music itselffunctions in the process and inthe relationship, the choice,meaning and use of song in musictherapy. I found the conferencetimely, thought-provoking andprofessionally nourishing.’
Jane Brackley, an experiencedMusic Therapist, also studyingfor a PhD at our University,wrote:‘The conference theme, The Musicof Music Therapy, seemed to drawmusic therapists both nationallyand internationally, perhapsbecause it offered what delegatesseemed to agree was a refreshingopportunity to go “back to themusic” of our clinical work. Myexperience was that the standardof papers and workshops wasconsistently very high: video andaudio recordings were generallyused to support theoreticalmaterial presented and offeredparticularly valuable opportunitiesto learn from others’ approaches,thinking, ideas and practicalexamples of clinical
improvisations or uses of musicwithin therapy sessions. It wasinteresting and thought-provokingto hear the different points of viewand areas of interest of all thepresenters, ranging from veryexperienced “pioneers” of musictherapy to speakers who hadrecently qualified as musictherapists. The range of papersand workshops seemed to reflectthe diverse research studies thattherapists are currentlyundertaking, as well as the verydifferent backgrounds ofpresenters and varied clinicalsettings in which music therapistsnow work. In addition, theinclusive atmosphere at theconference was striking and,personally speaking, as a delegatemade it possible to make the mostof opportunities for questions,comments and general discussionfollowing presentations and at theclosing plenary.’
In addition to an excellentconcert performed during dinnerby the MA Music Therapystudents, discussions took placeabout the clinical processes inmusic therapy which have incommon their recognition of thevalue of music as part, or all, ofthe means of emotionalcommunication and therapeuticexchange. Central to somepapers was the importance ofthe client’s own musicalbackground and how this affectsthe development of the musicallanguage within the work.
Music therapy traditionally findsthe appropriate type of musicalintervention for the patient, andthis relates to the reasons whythey have come for therapy andalso to their culturalbackground, and to the musicaland psychological theories ofthe therapist. In this conference
we had music therapists lookingat the music of music therapyfrom many different directions.
The trained, skilled musictherapist will use evidence-based practice, too, to drawupon a variety of music bothcomposed and improvised. Forexample, research confirms,through a Cochrane Review (inthe Cochrane Library) thatmusic therapy using live musicmainly pre-composed songsand instrumental improvisation(ie not listening to recordedmusic but engaging the patientin the process), is beneficial incutting down negativesymptoms in schizophrenia, andincreases motivation and socialinteraction. Music therapy isnow included in the NICEguidelines as a beneficialtherapy for people withschizophrenia.
Listening to music, however, canbe beneficial for many groups ofpeople, for example those withmedical problems, whenactually participating in livemusic might not be possible.
At the conference 26 paperswere given, addressing whichmusic to use, and how theprocess works in a variety ofsettings with children andadults. These papers coveredrecent research and our hope isto publish some of them duringthe next two years. The fullconference programme can befound on the conferencewebsite,www.anglia.ac.uk/musicofmusictherapy.
Professor Helen Odell-MillerHead of Music TherapyTraining, ALSS
Music Therapyconference: TheMusic of MusicTherapy
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� Professor Helen Odell-Miller.
11th Annual Learningand Teaching Conferenceinformation...Full details on page 15
More success for CambridgeSchool of Art’s Graphic Designstudents, as Julie Tostevin,second-year BA (hons) student,was one of five winners whoentered pincponc 5 – a majorinternational designcompetition. pincponc (thelower-case p is part of theirbrand) is a design experimentto bring together the work ofdesigners from differentcountries. The brief for thisyear’s competition was ‘A DayOn Earth’, which aimed todocument 24 hours of one dayin many different countries andcultures, culminating in oneexhibition in Belgium. Entrantscame from as far and wide asBelgium, Estonia, Germany,Great Britain, Poland, Portugaland the USA.
Julie found out about thecompetition through her coursetutors as she explains: ‘Theylike to integrate these types ofcompetitions and projects intoour University work. So not onlyare we handing them in for ourdegree but also getting thefantastic opportunities of
displaying our work outside ofthe University. This, ultimately,gives us a feel for the industryaround us that we will,eventually, be moving into atthe end of our degree.’
About the inspiration behindher piece, Julie selected themost interesting character shecould think of – her cat:‘Interpreting the brief camedown to two factors: (a) whodid I know that was interestingenough to follow, and (b) whowould ultimately translate wellinto a certain medium ofportrayal. I always like to pushbriefs to their boundaries, andlook to find a new, quirky wayof making something stand out.With this in mind, I decidedupon “A Day On Earth” in thelife of my cat, Hugo! Afterextensive research into the waycats see the world, I started offmy design as a series of 114photographs – all blurred at theedges and in shades of blueand green (the way the worldlooks, apparently, to every cat!).However, I was not happy aboutthis particular choice of medium
and, with encouragement frommy tutor Nick Jeeves, decidedto experiment with low-resolution video and how thiscould be edited with asoundtrack of Hugo’s owners,playing in the background,talking about what they thoughthe got up to all day.’
The result was a fun, six-minutepiece that was quirky enough tomake the judges love it.
Travelling to Belgium at the endof March to receive her prize,
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� Julie Tostevin with her pincponc award.
Graphic Designstudent winspincponc prize
Julie described herself as ‘proudto be representing CambridgeSchool of Art and flying the flagfor Graphic Design in the UK.’She was also asked to speakand was also able to thankpincponc on behalf of allstudents from eight countries.The awards (pictured) were alluniquely handmade by studentsat Hanover School of Arts.
Sarah JonesFaculty Marketing andRecruitment Manager, ALSS
The anthology Click of Time is to be launched on 15 May. It containsbeautiful illustrations that tie in perfectly with poems, short storiesand essays that address questions raised by the ‘digital age’.
As readers know, Anglia Ruskin University was named after JohnRuskin, who was concerned that the industrial revolution wasresponsible for a decline in the decorative arts and that, therefore,modern society suffered. Ruskin believed that art communicatedan understanding of nature and that authentic artists should rejectinherited conventions, instead studying and appreciating theeffects of form and colour through direct observation.
Click of Time represents the collective thoughts of universitystudents, professionals, creative writers and artists about a subjectthat would be close to Ruskin’s heart. It showcases the hard work
and creative talents of all involved and complements theinvolvement of the MA in Publishing students who have broughtthe book together and created a masterpiece.
This anthology is being launched at a time when the questions itraises are key to changes in the publishing of books. Unique in itsgenre, Click of Time contains many different ideas from a widevariety of contributors, some of whom are part of the publishingbusiness. We guarantee the anthology is an exciting and intriguinglook at the changing times of the ‘digital age’.
Find out for yourself when Click of Time is launched on 15 May!
For more information, please contact Andriani Loizidou [email protected].
MA in Publishing students to publish anthology ‘Click of Time’
We are pleased to notify you that the UK/EU and InternationalAdmissions Offices plan to deliver lunchtime briefing sessionsto raise awareness of issues affecting HE Admissions policy-making and the supporting processes.
The emphasis will be on very recent and forthcoming changes,and the briefings will provide an understanding of how thesechanges impact on the processes and procedures that underpinthe admission of all students to our University. The main focusfor the May sessions will be on:
• HEFCE capped numbers• Data collection – course-specific• Joining information for applicants/students• Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the Independent
Safeguarding Agency (ISA) changes• International Admissions – APL update
Participants include:UK/EU Admissions Office
Pat Watson, Head of UK/EU AdmissionsSue Metcalfe, Senior Admissions Officer ChelmsfordTricia Phillips, Senior Admissions Officer CambridgeFleur Mitchell, Criminal Records Officer (CRB)Linda Norris, Senior Adviser (Accreditation)
International Admissions OfficePaul Menniss, Head of International Business Support inthe International OfficeVicky Randall, Head of International Admissions
• There will not be a scheduled programme as a variety ofissues will be covered. Information sheets will be available onthe day.
• Please arrive promptly at 12.30pm. You are welcome to eatyour lunch during the session.
Further datesLunchtime update sessions will be delivered on a regular basis.Should any faculty, department or support area require specificupdates, please do not hesitate to contact Linda Norris [email protected] or on ext 4964.
Reserving a placeTo book a place on either of these sessions, please contact HRonline at [email protected].
Issues affecting HE Admissions policyand supporting processesBriefing sessions18 May – Chelmsford campus 12.30–1.30pm – room SAW 00519 May – Cambridge campus 12.30–1.30pm – room HEL 201
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We all understand thatacademic honesty is at theheart of studying and workingat university. However,although there is generalagreement within the UKacademic community aboutthe types of activity that areunacceptable, this does varyslightly between institutionsand cultures.
To assist our students inunderstanding what it meansto be academically honest andwhat they should do to makesure that they are handing inwork that meets ourexpectations, a working party,made up of members
representing all faculties, theStudents’ Union and severalUniversity services, hasdeveloped some new guidancefor students called, ‘Guidanceon Being Honest in YourWork’. The guidance, whichhas been edited by the PlainEnglish Society, also explainswhat is meant by assessmentoffences such as plagiarism,collusion and cheating, anddirects students to the helpand advice available to them.This includes the opportunityto undertake a formativeassignment before they submittheir first summativeassignment and the facility toprocess their work through
Turnitin®UK, a text-matchingsoftware package used todetect plagiarism.
The guidance has beenapproved by Senate and isavailable as a series of webpages and a downloadabledocument, hosted on theLibrary website athttp://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/referencing.htm. Linksto the guidance will bepublished on My.Anglia, andall students and staff willreceive an electronic copy byemail. Extracts from theguidance will be published inModule Guides and StudentHandbooks. Paper copies will
be held by the Library and theiCentres. We are currentlydeveloping a bi-annualcampaign that will seek toraise awareness amongstudents of the need to workwith honesty and avoidassessment offences.
Colleagues should familiarisethemselves with the guidanceand be aware of itsimplications for their practice.If you have any queries, pleasecontact a faculty learning andteaching advisor or Librarycolleagues.
Dr Jaki LillyINSPIRE
New for our students: ‘Guidance on Being Honest in Your Work’
Fair Play campaign forstudents’ use of openaccess PCs...Full story on page 17
The Faculty of Science &Technology was, once again, aproud sponsor of theCambridge Science Festival inMarch 2010. This year’sevent was themed ‘Diversity ofScience’, and staff from eachdepartment of the facultycame together to run fun andinformative activities for allages, at the Guildhall on 13March.
David Hughes, Kevin Brightand staff and students fromour Department of LifeSciences showed visitors howfingerprints and footprints aretaken, and how to spotfraudulent documentation.
Dan Gordon and his team ofSport Science students testedvisitors’ reactions and lungcapacities, allowing them tocompare the volume of theirlungs with those ofprofessional athletes. Theyalso gave visitors theopportunity to test their gripand leg strength.
Abby Stancliffe and hercolleagues from Life Sciencesran activities at the Guildhallfor the first time this year,educating the public about thedifferences between nativeand non-native crayfish.Activities included a shorteducational film and theopportunity to measure anddetermine the sex of livecrayfish. There was also anopportunity for our younger(and some older) visitors tomeet our crayfish mascot!
Our Department of the BuiltEnvironment was also new tothe Festival this year, andchallenged visitors to makethe longest bridge possibleusing 2p pieces.
Following the success of lastyear’s activities, Rachel Cookand her colleagues from theDepartment of Psychologyreturned to the festival todemonstrate the lie-detectorand to challenge visitors tosee if they could beat it! There
were also opportunities to playwith a model brain andassemble the components.
Finally, our Department ofVision and Hearing Sciencesreturned to the festival thisyear, providing visitors withthe opportunity to find outabout vision and hearingdevices, and, for our youngerparticipants, to decorate theirown sun visor or pair ofglasses.
It is estimated that the festivalas a whole attracted 30,000visitors across the two weeks,and the feedback from visitorson our activities was verypositive, which will continueto help with raising our profilein the local area.
Many thanks to all of thoseinvolved for their hard work.
Claire FisherMarketing Co-ordinator,Faculty of Science &Technology
In the NewsSend your news stories toAndrea Hilliard (ext 4727,[email protected]).To view our latest news releases,visit www.anglia.ac.uk. You canalso follow our latest news onTwitter, visitwww.twitter.com/angliaruskin.
5 April, BBC Radio EssexDr Sean Thomas, SeniorLecturer in Law, discusses if‘Freegans’ are committing acrime.
29 March, Heart Radio (Essex)Prof Theodora Papatheodorou,Director of Research in theFaculty of Education, talksabout their global conferenceon the ‘everyday realities’ ofchildren in educational andchild-care settings.
23 March, BBC Radio 5 LivePeter Brown, PhD student inthe Department of LifeSciences, talks about thelaunch of the non-nativespecies project.
18 March, BBC Look EastProf Mike Thorne, ViceChancellor, discusses ourHEFCE funding for 2010–11.
18 March, BBC RadioCambridgeshireProf Mike Thorne, ViceChancellor, talks about theimpact of the HEFCE fundingannouncement on AngliaRuskin.
18 March, Times HigherEducationPaul McDermott, Director ofAcademic Services atUniversity Centre Peterborough,talks about the differencehigher education makes to non-traditional students.
18 March, The IndependentDr Catherine Jansson-Boyd,Senior Lecturer in Psychology,talks about consumerpsychology.
11 March, Times HigherEducationDr Sean Thomas, SeniorLecturer in Law, states that‘Freegans’ are unlikely to facecriminal sanctions.
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� A young visitor having a go at building the longest possible bridge out of 2p pieces.
Diversity of Science:Cambridge Science Festival
On 26 March, the ExternalLiaison team welcomed a largegroup of students from SawyersHall College, Brentwood, ontothe Chelmsford campus to takepart in their first sixth formconference.
Year 12 was introduced to thebenefits of higher educationthrough a series of talks andinteractive activities aimed atencouraging delegates to keepan open mind about theirfuture. A question-and-answersession with our StudentAmbassadors provided anexcellent opportunity to find outthe truth about university life, ina non-judgemental atmosphere.
Focusing on the requirements ofeach individual, Year 13 wasdivided into groups reflectingthe choices they have made forwhen they have left SawyersHall. One set of studentsconcentrated on understandingthe transitional period betweenschool and university. We aregrateful to Irene Samson fromthe Careers Service forproviding a valuable insight intothe requirements of graduateemployers and encouraging ourdelegates to take advantage ofthe opportunities presented tothem whilst pursuing theirstudies. Under the expertguidance of Mark Yates from
Brentwood Connexions, thosewho have decided to go intoemployment took part in aninterview skills workshop,picking up useful tips on how toimpress prospective employersboth in person and with theirCVs. A budgeting activityproved to be a favourite with allYear 13s who designed a mealplan for two days on a budgetof only £5.00. The quality ofcuisine on offer ranged from aroast dinner that GordonRamsey would have beenproud of to the morestereotypical student fare ofpasta with butter!
Perhaps the most popular partof the day took place inMildmay Sports Hall, whereSteve Dupree and ClaireMarkwell provided a range ofcompetitive teambuildingactivities. While some teamswere more successful thanothers, all delegates participatedwell and overwhelminglyenjoyed the experience.
Sawyers Hall students left ourUniversity energised, informedand, hopefully, with a positiveoutlook on their futures,whatever choices they make.
Rhys BearderAimhigher DevelopmentOfficer, External Liaison
You may remember, from lastmonth’s Bulletin, that theExternal Liaison Team andcolleagues from across ourUniversity ran an OpenEvening for prospectivepostgraduate students at theend of February. This eventwas the pilot for a programmeof activity to provide moreinformation to students, andpostgraduate applicants, aboutpostgraduate study, improvepostgraduate recruitment andsupport Objective 4 of theCorporate Plan (achieving 25%of our activity in thepostgraduate arena byDecember 2011).
The evaluation of the eventprovides us with a usefulinsight into the priorities andinterests of studentsconsidering postgraduatestudy. Of the attendees whocompleted a feedback form,33% said that they wanted tofind out more about coursecontent, followed by 20% whowanted to know about feesand funding. A further 18%wanted to know how to apply,and 16% about how thecourse is delivered.
The next postgraduate OpenEvening is now beingorganised and is scheduled forTuesday 19 October,5.00–7.00pm (pendingconfirmation from RoomBookings) and will, again, runon both Cambridge andChelmsford campuses.
The event will be promoted toboth current Anglia Ruskinstudents and to graduates (andcurrent undergraduates) acrossthe region. Following on from
the success of our last event(which saw over 120 studentsattend, despite an ‘internal-only’ marketing campaign), wehope to see a large number ofprospective postgraduatestudents on the day.
In terms of contactingstudents, our feedback surveyshows that email was themost likely way of gettingthrough to our students aboutthis event (48% ofrespondents found out aboutthe event via email); however,our academic staff are crucialin spreading the word aboutpostgraduate study to ourstudents. At the moment only10% of respondents found outabout the event from theirlecturers, this is a number wewould very much like to grow,as an endorsement to a coursefrom a trusted tutor is a verypowerful route to growing thenumber of students whoconsider taking onpostgraduate study.
Our research, and theevaluation of the last event,shows that studentsparticularly value theopportunity to speak withacademic staff in detail abouttheir prospects in postgraduatestudy, to hear, first-hand,about what postgraduate studyinvolves and how they canaccess the courses. Pleasecontact your faculty marketingofficer for further informationabout your facultyrepresentation at the nextevent.
Marc RotheraEducation Liaison Officer,External Liaison
Sixth form conferenceprovides Brentwood students withoptions for future
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� Year 13 students find out about graduate employability.
RDCS’ fourth AnnualResearch StudentConference details...Full story on page 23
Two-hundred and fifty people,many from the Cambridgeregion as well as Universitystaff and students, packedinto the Mumford Theatrerecently to hear RoyHattersley, the distinguishedpolitician, journalist andbroadcaster. This special
occasion in Cambridge waschaired by Professor MikeThorne, Vice Chancellor, whowelcomed Roy Hattersley onhis return to Anglia Ruskinafter speaking at Chelmsfordlast year during the EssexBook Festival.
Roy Hattersley arguedeloquently for a return to‘ideological politics’ in Britainand the recreation of the‘progressive alliance’ ofradicals in the Labour andLiberal parties. He hasbecome a recent convert toproportional representationand the benefit of coalitiongovernment. In answers toquestions, he opposed fineson universities and hadwanted a graduate tax ratherthan student loans.
As a life-long Laboursupporter, Roy Hattersley hadnever considered switching tothe SDP in 1981 but,nonetheless, found itpreposterous to becampaigning on differentplatforms from former Cabinetcolleague, Shirley Williams(Liberal Democrats), withwhom he shared commonground.
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� The Vice Chancellor, Mike Thorne, in discussion with Roy Hattersley.
An evening of history and politicswith Roy Hattersley
Professor John Shepherd said,‘Whatever one’s politics, thiswas a most memorable andhighly engaging talk by RoyHattersley. He is one ofBritain’s most experiencedpoliticians with a wealth ofexperience, having served inHarold Wilson’s governments,Jim Callaghan’s Cabinet andas Deputy Leader of theLabour Party. Many havecommented how much theyenjoyed the occasion. It wascertainly one of the bestevents I have organised forthe Labour History ResearchUnit.’
For further information aboutthe Labour History ResearchUnit, please [email protected].
The theme is ‘RecognisingExcellence in Teaching’. Thecall for papers, presentationsand workshops is open until7 May. For furtherinformation, please see theEvents page at our website,www.anglia.ac.uk/inspire.
We are excited to announcethat our keynote speaker atthe conference will be leadingexpert in mobile learning,Dr Bill Rankin, Director ofEducational Innovation atAbilene Christian University inthe US. Bill will present hiscutting-edge work exploring
the ways that convergedmobile technology cantransform teaching andlearning in the 21st-centuryclassroom. With more than20 years’ experience workingin higher education, Bill haspresented to numerousorganisations worldwide ontechnology and learning in thisrapidly moving field, and iswell known for his dynamic,entertaining presentations.
Dr Bill Rankin is a member ofthe Apple DistinguishedEducator (ADE) AdvisoryBoard for 2010–11.
The new University TeachingFellowship Awards will bepresented at the conference.These awards are for staffwho have made exceptionalcontributions to learning andteaching at Anglia RuskinUniversity. Winners will gainthe honourific title ‘UniversityTeaching Fellow’, a learning-and-teaching fellow certificateand lapel pin, and a projectgrant (up to £5000) to beused in the support of anagreed project in an area oflearning or teaching.
Illuminate: ‘Recognising Excellence in Teaching’Anglia Ruskin’s 11th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference – 7 July, Chelmsford
For further information anddetails of how to registerand/or submit a proposal for aworkshop or paper, please seethe Events page of ourwebsite atwww.anglia.ac.uk/in spire, orlog on towww.surveymonkey.com/s/INSPIREregister to register directonline.
7 July 2010: Put this date inyour diary!
As government funding cuts continue to restrict ourundergraduate recruitment activity, the importance of effectivelymarketing and promoting our postgraduate and part-timecourses is continually being highlighted.
The Publications, Advertising and eMarketing team, withinCorporate Marketing, is constantly striving to ensure that ourmarketing activities are relevant to the ever-changing studentrecruitment market. As part of this commitment, we will beworking towards a number of advertising objectives over thenext two years. Our advertising objectives can be found onpage 14 of the Corporate Marketing Annual Report 2008–9– visit www.anglia.ac.uk/cmreport.
Why is advertising so important for our University?• Targeted advertising introduces prospective students to our
University, and to the courses available.• Prospective students are more likely to enrol at an institution
that they have heard of before.• Advertising helps to educate prospective students about the
benefits of studying at our University.• Frequent and targeted advertising campaigns continue to
raise awareness of our University, ensuring that, whenprospective students are ready to choose an institution fortheir studies, we are kept in the forefront of their minds.
How can Corporate Marketing help?The Publications, Advertising and eMarketing team is able togive you informed and cost-effective advice on advertising,media planning and buying, and the production of artwork foryour campaign.
When you work with us:• The entire process will be managed by an experienced team,
offering advice and guidance, including other possibilities tomarket your course.
• We ensure that the design is as required, and the bookingand publication process is professionally managed, with abest price possible.
• We will track responses to your advertisement via apromotional URL and offer post-campaign results.
How can I find out more?Our Corporate Marketing ‘How to’ handbook provides a step-by-step guide to planning your advertising through thePublications, Advertising and eMarketing team. To download aPDF copy, visit www.anglia.ac.uk/handbook.
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Corporate Marketing enhanceson- and offline marketingmaterial with impressive,relevant and thought-provoking student casestudies of real-lifeexperiences, as researchhighlights that prospectivestudents find these extremelyvaluable when deciding whichuniversity to choose.
Supported by our ViceChancellor, we are renewingour call on the expertise andrelationships faculties andsupport staff have withstudents, to select those tobest showcase our University.
By improving and enlargingour database to accommodate
case study students, we aredeveloping a valuable databank to draw on, for theenhancement of coursepromotion.
Please use [email protected] to request our studentcase study form, and for allcase study correspondence.
Top tips for case studysuccess:
• Be selective about whichstudents complete the form– quality rather thanquantity
• Ensure all forms arecompleted on-screen ratherthan by hand, as students
complete in far more detail,and typed text enables us tosave the data more quicklyand easily
• Be continuously on thelookout for students toapproach as case studies,and ensure a steady dripfeed of case studies is onyour agenda as a priority atall times, as this is anongoing request.
Do you, or does someone youknow, deserve a UniversityTeaching Fellowship Award?Or, do you have a Learningand Teaching project thatneeds support?
For further information andforms for both the awards andprojects, please see theawards page on our website,www.inspire.anglia.ac.uk/awards/.
The closing date forsubmissions to both of theabove is 5.00pm on 4 June.
Reminder:New University TeachingFellowship Awards, andLearning and TeachingProject Fund
University CentrePeterborough OpenLecture Series...Full details on page 25
The NUS Services Ltd’s annualawards dinner in Liverpool on31 March proved fruitful forAnglia Ruskin Students’ Union,who picked up a Silver SoundImpact award and Silver BestBar None award. MatthewEast (President), Phil Mackay(General Manager) and LukeDelderfield (Venue Manager)were at the dinner to collectthe awards.
The Best Bar None award isgiven for exceptional work inpromoting safe alcohol retailingand student safety within thelate night industry. The Silveraward successfully wrappedup the rigorous five-monthassessment process. Duringthis time all entrants arerequired to complete aworkbook – which includes 96measured criteria – andundertake a thorough on-site
assessment from a Best BarNone representative.
Students’ unions have alwaysconsidered the welfare of theirstudents, and at a time whennegative perceptions of thelicensed trade prevails,particularly with regards tostudent drinking, the Best BarNone format is a positive leapin improving the standardsand, indeed, the perceptions ofalcohol retailing.
Students’ unions are alsoleading the way in greeningcampuses and communitiesacross the UK, according tothe latest findings of NUS’sgreen scheme. The SoundEnvironmental Impact Awardsseek to capture the positivegreen innovations in students’unions and promote them tothe general public.
Susan Nash, NUS’s VicePresident Society andCitizenship, said, ‘This year, arecord 83 students’ unionstook part in our scheme,capturing an array of novelinnovations, including capturing
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� Matt East, Luke Delderfield and Phil Mackay picking up their SilverSound Impact award and Silver Best Bar None award.
Anglia Ruskin Students’ Union wins adouble silver award
waste heat from dancingstudents as an alternative topatio heaters.’ She added,‘With fifty-five unions reachingour Silver standard, we havedemonstrated that we havecollectively made a reallypositive impact on theenvironment.’
Sound Impact is run by NUSand is sponsored by The Co-operative [society], inpartnership withwww.theecologist.org. Bothawards schemes aimcontinually to challenge unions’operating practices and, assuch, each year, NUS is seeingthe overall standards of entriessignificantly improving. Gainingsilver in both awards showsthe excellent measures AngliaRuskin Students’ Union istaking to: provide a saferenvironment for students tosocialise; and make a positiveimpact in their environmentaloutputs.
Guy StepneyCommunications Co-ordinator, Anglia RuskinStudents’ Union
You may have already spottedour Fair Play campaign postersand red cards in the openaccess areas, targetingstudents with messages about‘anti-social networking’.
While students can use socialnetworking sites, such asFacebook and Twitter, in theopen-access areas to keep intouch with friends and family,the principal function of thesefacilities is to supportacademic study.
We hope the campaign willencourage our students tothink about how they use theopen-access areas and to giveothers an opportunity tocomplete their assignmentsand revision using the PCs. Wewant everyone to be aware ofthe amount of time they spendon the internet, especiallyduring the day when the openaccess areas are busy, and torestrict their social networkingto quieter times, such asevenings or weekends.
and examinations, when thedemand for services is at itshighest. We hope that peoplewill stop and think about theamount of time they spend onsocial networking sites and theimpact that this will have onothers.
Health and Safety Reps: Cambridge: John Cornell, Helen Harlow, Chris Herbert, Jo Payne, Nick Townsend, Paul WildmanEssex: Sue Post, Mark Willis, 3 x vacanciesUniversity: Kevin Bright, John Cornell, Neil Guest, vacant
Internal committee representation:JCNG: John Cornell (Chair); Margaret Meredith (Secretary); Nick Townsend; Kevin Bright
External committee representation:Eastern Region Higher Education Committee: David Gale; Simon Gardner; Paul Wildman
Eastern Regional Council: Margaret Meredith; Jo Boyton
James is currently one of oursports scholarships students,and he has achieved apersonal best at the BritishUniversity and Colleges Sport(BUCS) indoor sports meet,held in Sheffield recently,where he came third in the
final of the 3000m in a timeof 8 minutes 11.78 seconds,which is an 11-secondpersonal best and a 13-secondimprovement from last year’seffort. This time also placeshim third in the under-233000m UK rankings this year.
Bearing in mind that Jameshas only just turned 20, thiscould see him really challengefor honours in this age groupand, indeed, see him keep ontarget for further success in theathletics world. Hopefully, thisis a reflection of the hard work
he put in last winter in orderto take him back towards thetop of his career.
Stephen DupreeHead of Sport ActiveLifestyles & Wellbeing
Congratulations to James Shane
Anglia Ruskin University BranchUnison Officers and Stewards 2010as agreed at the 2010 AGM held 12 March 2010
What’s on at theMumford – performancesand concerts...Full details on pages 26–27
I’ve always had this romanticvision of children huddledaround my feet in front of anopen fire. With wide-eyedwonder they would gaze up tome and say, ‘Granddad, tell usabout the first-ever Anglia Cup.’Well, I’m no granddad. A 35-year-old father of one,admittedly, but that’s as far asit goes.
Yet in terms of the Anglia Cup,it cannot be argued, myselfand my team mates representsomething beyond the realmsof footballing veterans. In thatrespect, perhaps we aregranddads after all. We werecertainly labelled it enough byvarious, ageist oppositionplayers during last year’s event.
You see, the Anglia Cup marksits 17th anniversary in May –and our team has played inevery single one of them. Moreto the point, it was one of ourmotley crew who founded thecompetition in the first place.Back in 1994, we were lithe of
limb, fresh of face, the majorityof us first-year students at thethen Anglia PolytechnicUniversity. The desire to playfootball, and the archaic teamselection system at the time,prompted us to form the FifthTeam and, basically, go it aloneseeking friendly fixtures.
Then, one day, our skipperSteve Walton and PE lecturerDoug Cosnett hatched the plotover a cup of tea to create theAnglia Polytechnic Cup, to takeplace at Howes Close on 1May 1994. A poster campaignmanaged to attract fiveCambridge sides and one fromChelmsford, with a £100budget funded by entry fees.That princely sum also helpedbankroll trophies and morethan 100 packed lunches.Unquestionably an inauspiciousstart, but the fact thetournament remains to this dayis testament enough to itsageless appeal.
If only our bodies coulddiscover the same elixir ofyouth. Nonetheless, as everThe Founders – as we are nowknown – will be there on theday. During those 17 AngliaCups, we have seen the firebrigade deal with explodingBBQs, an out-of-control pitchbattle involving three teamsand two cars, and theintroduction of the spectator-winner that is the ladiescompetition.
Last year, we even experiencedthe abandonment of a matchwhen our rugby teamopposition decided to well, err,rugby tackle. Amid our ageingnumbers this time around, wehave five players who turnedout in that 1994 competition.With blushing embarrassment,I can claim to be the onlyplayer in university history tohave appeared in every singleone. We also have a long-standing supporter in SarahOsborne, whose attendancehas been 100 per cent. Her
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Lancashire in March can bewindy, wet and cold, and so ittranspired as I arrived for thefirst day of the Mental Healthin Higher Educationconference, hosted byLancaster University. Snow onthe nearby hills added to thesense of isolation felt in acampus at Easter vacation withfew students around. But mymood lightened and warmedas I began to meet otherconference participants, alldetermined to find innovative,creative ways to enhance thelearning and teaching of mentalhealth.
The conference title, Living andLearning, Learning andTeaching, summed up the spiritof the event, which reflectedcontemporary developments,research evidence and somemoving keynote speeches andthoughtful workshops. My ownpresentation on developingchild and adolescent mentalhealth curricula for inter-disciplinary learners attractedsignificant interest. Severalcolleagues in other universitiesare establishing child andadolescent mental healthprogrammes, and are keen tolearn from Anglia Ruskin’saward-winning and long-
established programme. Thereis increasing demand forknowledge and skills educationand training for the children’sservices workforce who arefacing increasing demands forhelp and support from troubledyoung people.
The conference highlight for mewas the keynote speech byProfessor Gail Hornstein fromMount Holyoke College,Massachusetts, USA, whosesearing indictment of theprivatised mental healthsystem in the USA wasunderpinned by her ownadmission that, after teaching
psychology for 30 years, shehad come to realise that it wasof little value. Her new book,Agnes’s Jacket – APsychologist’s Search for theMeanings of Madness,illustrated how the insights ofpeople diagnosed as‘schizophenic’, ‘bipolar’, and‘paranoid’ challenge us toradically reconceivefundamental assumptionsabout madness and mentalhealth.
Steven WalkerDepartment of Mental Healthand Learning Disability, Facultyof Health & Social Care
Living and Learning, Learning and Teachinga mental health in higher education conference
Anglia Cup – then and now(then) husband-to-be, Richard,would be recruited and scoredthe goals that won us the Platein 2001. All these years on,we remain the greatest offriends. We have been bestmen to each other, beencrowned godparents to eachother’s children and attendedeach other’s weddings.
The Anglia Cup is our reunionweekend, a time to drink,reminisce and laugh – and, ofcourse, to play football.
This year’s event is on Sunday9 May at Howes Close and itwill start at 10.00am. Thereare 15 spaces for the men’steams and six spaces availablefor the women’s teams. Ifanyone is interested, thenplease email Alexis Mannion [email protected] more information.
See you next year? Try stopping us.
Neil AllenThe Founders
On Thursday 11 FebruaryAshcroft became a wash ofyellow and black balloons,aprons and banners as the‘Sorted Crew’ entertained ourstudents for an evening ofgood food, prizes and usefultips.
The Sorted Crew(www.sortedstudents.com), ateam of graduates who lovedcooking so much whilst beingstudents, has set up abusiness offering theirexperience and expertise bytravelling around the countryto universities putting ondemonstrations for students.
Ben from Sorted set aboutentertaining our students –about 40 in total – with amenu that consisted of:
Soup au naturel – Introducingbasic knife skills and safety,and preparing, cooking andtasting four very differentsoups, all following the samemethod – healthy, nutritious,vibrant, cheap, simple, tastyand one-pan cooking. Withthis method students shouldbe able to create dozens ofsoups in the future. Not arecipe being learnt, but a skillto apply forever.
Meat and two veg – Taking anabsolute student classic –bangers and mash – andtransforming it into fourdishes worthy of a place onany gastro pub menu:
• bangers and wholegrainmustard mash (and peas)
• pork chop with an apple
and sage mash (andbroccoli)
• Gammon steak with atarragon mash (and sautéedmushrooms)
• Paprika chicken breast withgarlic and basil mash (andcrisp salad).
All students were then treatedto a full dinner of sausageand mash provided by ourCatering services. No one lefthungry, and the studentscertainly went away withplenty of new ideas anduseful tips on eating healthilywhilst on a student budget.
This event was followed bysix weeks of cookerydemonstrations with anexternal demonstrator,Sandhya Oza, who runs a
‘curry class’ cookery business,but who is perfectly suited toteaching all aspects ofcooking. The demonstrationstook place on Monday nightsfrom 5.30pm. Recipesincluded Italian sauces,pancake, stir frys, chickengumbo, paella and manymore tasty, cheap and healthydishes.
The principle behind thesessions was to provide youngstudents, living away fromhome for the first time, somebasic skills to enable them toeat healthily on a budget. Itwas decided that a theme of‘Healthy Fast Food’ would bea good idea and all recipeswere healthy, quick andcheap. None of the recipesinvolved an oven and wefocused on meals and snacksthat could be cooked using amicrowave, toaster, kettle andtwo-ring hob.
The funding for these sessionscame from the local primarycare trust (PCT): AngliaRuskin, alongside ChelmsfordBorough Council, WrittleCollege and Tradingstandards, was successful ina bid to the local PCT forfunding to enable us to hostcookery demonstrations forour students. We hope towork alongside theseorganisations again in thefuture to provide morevaluable learningopportunities for our students.
Debbie BarkerCheap as Chips Co-ordinator,Student Services
The Cheap as Chips team gets‘Sorted’!
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� Taking part in the evening were (l–r) Lesley Green, Student Services, Michele Capes, Student Services,Counsellor Grundy, Chelmsford Borough Council, Ben Ebrell, Sorted Crew, Sheryl Kemp, Student Services, andDebbie Barker, Student Services.
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Following dialogue with theassessor, we have agreed thatour CSE full assessment willoccur in the week commencing11 October 2010. It has beenagreed with the assessor thatour CSE full assessment willoccur over three days,comprising two days inChelmsford and one day inCambridge. During the full CSEassessment visit, all aspects ofservice delivery will beexplored. The assessor willidentify compliance with thestandard through review ofdocumentary evidence(focusing on areas that requiredattention following our recentpre-assessment), observation of
service delivery anddiscussions with staff andcustomers. The assessor willidentify elements where wehave complied fully and notfully with the requirements ofthe CSE Standard.
Our recent Customer ServiceExcellence (CSE) pre-assessment highlighted theneed to address customer focusspecifically during appraisals.As you are aware, the annualappraisal discussions are takingplace between 1 April and 31July. Appraisers are asked toensure that the area ofcustomer focus is discussedduring these appraisal
meetings with staff and arelevant objective, whereappropriate, is includedconcerning their role inproviding excellent customerservice. As an example, thismight be in the area ofretention or student experience,or – as mentioned in theAppraisal Guidance Notes –anything else they can do tohelp us achieve Objective 1 inthe Corporate Plan, ‘9 out of10 students would recommendus to a friend’.
Services, Financial Servicesand our iCentres. As discussedpreviously, our own studentswere involved in carrying outface-to-face mystery shoppingexercises. The results are beingexamined with a view torelevant improvement plans(where appropriate) beingagreed.
For information concerning theCSE initiative, please go to ourCSE microsite(www.anglia.ac.uk/excellence)or contact Rumnique Gill([email protected]).
Full assessment date set
If you would like to book aplace on a staff developmentsession, you will need toemail the followinginformation [email protected]: yourname; job title; faculty orsupport service; location;telephone extension numberand email address; the title ofthe workshop; the date of the
workshop; your linemanager’s name and emailaddress. Please note, beforeplacing your booking, youmust secure your linemanager’s agreement for thistraining.
If there is a course that youare interested in that is fullybooked, please email
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Customer Service
EXCELLENCETo be recognised as achieving Customer Service Excellence (CSE), we are required to provide evidence against the criteria of the standard. The criteria, and theirrelevant elements, can be found in the Customer Excellence standard on the Cabinet Office website, www.cse.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/aboutTheStandardCSE.do.
The online version of the‘Blue Guide’ providescontinually updatedinformation about training anddevelopment opportunities asthey become available. Pleasesee HR Online, atwww.anglia.ac.uk/hr.
If you have any queriesregarding any staffdevelopment sessions, pleasedo not hesitate to contact thetraining team [email protected].
May and early June’s development sessions10 May Introduction to SITS:Vision Essex 10.30am–12.30pm10 May Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Essex 1.30–3.30pm11 May Introduction to SITS: Vision Cambridge 10.30am–12.30pm11 May Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Cambridge 1.30–3.30pm25 May Excellence SYR! St George House, Cambridge 9.00am–12.30pm25 May Excellence SYR! St George House, Cambridge 1.00–4.30pm26 May Excellence SYR! Essex 9.00am–12.30pm26 May Excellence SYR! Essex 1.00–4.30pm26 May Strategic Management Tools St George, Cambridge 9.30am–4.30pm27 May Tackling Stress in the Workplace for Managers Rivermead 10.00am–4.00pm2 June Retirement: Opportunity & Choice Rivermead 9.30am–4.30pm3 June Presentation Skills Rivermead 9.30am–5.00pm
GREEN ISSUES
Fairtrade Fortnight ran from22 February to 7 March, anda number of activities tookplace at both our Chelmsfordand Cambridge campuses topromote Fairtrade to staff,students and visitors.
As reported in the Communitysection of April’s Bulletin(page 28), in Chelmsfordthere was a Fairtrade TeaParty to raise funds for theHelen Rollason Cancer Charity,and at both campuses theCommunity DevelopmentTeam held a Fairtrade raffle,which raised £165.81, withthe money being dividedbetween Helen Rollason andMission Croatia.
On Wednesday 24 February a‘Let’s talk Fairtrade’ eveningwas held at King’s College,Cambridge, by CambridgeFairtrade Town Group. John
Rayment and MargaretO’Quigley, lecturers from AIBSin Chelmsford, started theevening with a debate on thearguments for and againstFairtrade. Margaret, althoughnot wanting to appear to becoming to a dinner party andcriticising the food, spokeagainst the Fairtrademovement and put forwardthe arguments of free trade.She was particularly thrilled tobe speaking on a platformnext to a statue of her greatesthero (apart from Jeff Astle),John Maynard Keynes. Johnthen took the argumentforward, talking about globallyfit leadership and the GlobalFitness Framework, statinghow we need a globalapproach to help humanity.Then, Diane from BomartFarms Ltd, a Fairtradepineapple producer fromGhana, spoke of her
experiences on a Fairtradefarm and the benefits thatgoing Fairtrade have broughtto her family and the localcommunity. Bomart becameFairtrade as the companywanted to do more than justpay fair wages to their farmersand labourers, and bring long-term benefits to thesurrounding communities.Bomart’s has helped buildcommunity toilets, schoolsand canteens in addition to amaternity unit. Diane showedthat the benefits go far beyondthe boundaries one may thinkof and are shared by all, evento other members of thecommunity who are notFairtrade certified. Althoughthe certification can bechallenging, Diane showed ithas certainly helped benefither community.
The evening was extremelyinformative, and ended with apresentation to CambridgeCity’s Fairtrade employer,Ridgeons Ltd, and a thank youfrom the Mayor.
A similar event took placethroughout the day inChelmsford, led by AIBS andthe Environment Team. Theday started with ChelmsfordFairtrade Town Campaign andthe Environment Team holdingstalls with a Fairtrade raffle,Fairtrade information and aFairtrade quiz, withparticipants being given a freeFairtrade four-finger Kitkat. At3.00pm, John Rayment helda screening of Pig Business:The Film. The featuredocumentary, made byMarchioness Tracy Worcester,reveals the shocking detailsyou won’t see on the label ofsupermarket pork: how themethods used by factory farmsto produce over a milliontonnes of pig meat consumedin the UK cause needlessanimal suffering, threateninghuman health, the globalenvironment and thelivelihoods of UK pig farmers.The screening resulted in along and interesting debate,highlighting to students theethical issues associated withmeat production and trade.The discussion was followedby a Fairtrade wine and cheesereception, before the secondpart of the evening, the ‘Twofor the price of none’ debate.The evening started withMargaret highlighting theissues surrounding free andfair trade. On this occasionthere was no statue of Keynes,but there was the opportunityto explain more fully theeconomics of fair trade. Thiswas followed by Tom Taylor,from Learning DevelopmentServices, who gave a talkrelating his experiences of hisyear living and working withfairtrade and non-fairtradecoffee producers in Guatemala.
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� Participants in the fairtrade debate at Chelmsford (l–r): Margaret O’Quigley, Tracy Worcester, John Rayment,Tom Taylor and Katy Wheeler.
talk about writers’ groups for PhD students. Workshops on offerwill include topics such as selecting appropriate researchmethods and techniques, approaches to qualitative analysisand academic writing.
For further details, please go to the Research, Development &Commercial Services website athttp://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/rdcs/research/conferences/student.phtml. From here click on ‘Research Support and Training’,followed by ‘Research conferences, workshops and seminars’and then on ‘Fourth Annual Research Student Conference’.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Julie ScottResearch Training and Ethics Manager, Research,Development & Commercial Services
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It was an insight into thebarriers to trade that farmersface in developing countries,such as language problems,violence, lack of education,lack of technical knowledgeand, of course, lack of accessto money. Then, Katy Wheeler,a sociology PhD student fromEssex University, kindly gaveher time to discuss thefindings of her thesis, ‘We’reall Fairtrade consumers now!’.Her research investigated themeanings, moralities andpolitics of Fairtradeconsumption.
The evening ended withquestions and answers, led bythe chair of the event, JohnRayment. All who attendedenjoyed the evening: it was ahuge success and a big thankyou to all who made the eventpossible.
Sarah JohnsonAssistant EnvironmentalOfficer
Our environmentalmanagement web pages havebeen updated and moved to anew and improvedenvironmental microsite –www.anglia.ac.uk/environment.The site contains informationon all things environmental atAnglia Ruskin: you can findour environmental policy andstrategy along withinformation about ourenvironmental managementsystem and ISO 14001.
In addition to updatingsections, we have also addednew pages for our campaigns,
such as Student Switch Off,Green Impact and sustainablebuildings, as well as usefullinks and biodiversity, inaddition to a facts, figures andreporting page allowing us toshow our progress towardsmeeting the targets in ourEnvironmental strategy2007–10.
New features include updatedstaff-and-student A to Zrecycling guides, and atransport direct which is adoor-to-door journey planner.Our new biodiversity pageincludes a wildlife sightings
table, where we are asking forall wildlife sightings oncampus by staff, students andvisitors to be logged, so theenvironment team can keep apublicised record; photos arewelcome too!
Please visit our newenvironmental microsite atwww.anglia.ac.uk/environment– we welcome any comments,compliments or suggestions.
Sarah JohnsonAssistant EnvironmentalOfficer
New environmentalmicrosite
Research, Development &Commercial Services willbe holding its FourthAnnual Research StudentConference on Saturday22 May at Chelmsford.This is open to allstudents and staff at ourUniversity.
Places are going quickly, and over 100 people have alreadybooked. Feedback from previous years has been excellent, withpeople finding the event educational, enjoyable and anexcellent networking opportunity.
The day will include a wide variety of poster and paperpresentations from current doctoral students. It is an excellentopportunity for students to showcase their work and for othersto find out what research is going on. An external speaker will
Fourth Annual Research Student Conference
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This April, 20 students fromAddenbrooke’s embarked on anew integrated Foundationdegree pathway through ourFaculty of Health & SocialCare. Addenbrooke’s Hospitalis one of the largest employersin Cambridge and wanted toprovide higher-level training fornon-registered healthcarepractitioners.
This new programme isspecifically designed for thoseworking in roles suchhealthcare assistants, therapyassistants and maternity careassistants across a variety of
departments such as Theatre,Accident and Emergency andAcute Care.
The Foundation degreeprogramme enables students tostudy common modules, whichare relevant to everyone’spractice and the goals of theorganisation, plus specialistmodules that help themdevelop the skills andunderstanding needed for theirspecific roles. Staff gain aqualification most directlyrelated to their role, such asFdSc Care Management, FdScPeri-operative Care and FdSc
Secondary Care, which willhelp them enhance both theirindividual performance andcareer development as well astheir professional contributionto the hospital.
The initial idea for the projectwas first mooted in autumn2009 and since then has beendeveloped through thecombined expertise and effortsof Sue Lord, Acting Head ofAllied Health, and Jan Skene,Deputy Head of HigherSkills@Work together withAddenbrooke’s Employee
Development Manager,Deborah Brown.
Sue summarised the benefits ofthe programme for the wholehealthcare sector:‘Addenbrooke’s is leading theway in demonstrating the valueof investing in Foundationdegrees for non-registeredhealthcare practitioners. Thefaculty will build onAddenbrooke’s existing trainingprogrammes and expand theknowledge and skills forcurrent and new staff enteringthe healthcare profession.’
Higher skills health and social careprogrammesraising professional standards in the healthcare sector
Addenbrooke’s Hospital pilot recognises the training needs ofnon-registered practitioners
Sarah BriggsMarketing Administrator, Higher Skills@Work
In April, 35 students beganstudying for the first fully onlineFoundation degree in CareManagement, helping them toimprove both care standardsand providing moreopportunities for careerdevelopment.
The Faculty of Health & SocialCare and the HigherSkills@Work team havedeveloped the new work-basedcourse in consultation withleading organisations within thecare industry, includingEuropean Care and the EnableGroup. Covering topics such asmanagement and leadershippractices, marketing andfinance, the work-basedprogramme helps students todevelop skills in these areas,firmly linking theory to theirday-to-day roles. Onlinedelivery of the programmegives students flexibility in
where and when they study,whilst tutor support can beaccessed by telephone, emailor through the virtual learningenvironment.
The arrival of the programmecouldn’t be more timely forthose working in the field ofcare management, who facecomplicated changes toregulations and calls forprofessionalisation of theindustry.
Richard Field, SkillsDevelopment Consultant for theHigher Skills@Work team,confirmed that the coursewould ‘help front-line managersto develop the skills andknowledge they need to meetthese challenges head on,thereby improving managementeffectiveness and raisingprofessional standards.’
Online Care Management degree set to boost care quality andcareer development opportunities
UK and international
PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
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On 24 March, woodland at theCollege of West Anglia wastaped off for a crime sceneinvestigation (CSI) when AngliaRuskin students took theircoursework to the open air. Thegroup of more than 20 third-year Forensic Science studentswere digging for clues among‘graves’ created specially at theCWA Cambridge campus aweek earlier.
The students, all studyingforensic anthropology andpathology, donned whiteprotective suits and carefullyexamined the evidence at the‘graves’, which were hidden ina wooded area at the Miltonsite. The graves containedbones, clothing and artefactsconsidered crucial evidence forany investigation, and thestudents put their skills to thetest to unearth them.Previously, CWA students haddug a variety of graves of
different depths, shapes anddegrees of neatness to try andrecreate a realistic environmentfor their Anglia Ruskincounterparts to work in. Thegraves were in a heavilywooded area that is off thebeaten track and proved anideal environment.
The Anglia Ruskin students puttheir forensic archaeologyknowledge to good use andworked on the Milton site forseveral hours before the‘evidence’ was bagged andtaken away for furtherexamination.
It can be difficult for studentsto gain first-hand experience offorensic excavation, andworking with CWA has allowedthem to use specially createdfacilities on their doorstep.
Donna SemmensCollege of West Anglia
Don Lawson – Peterborough Regional CollegeFuture Challenges in Further EducationWednesday 5 May – 7.00 pmThis lecture will cover emerging agencies such as the YoungPeople’s Learning Agency (YPLA), the Skills Funding Agency(SFA) and National Apprenticeship Services (NAS) as well asthe proposals from the Conservative Party recognising theelection. It will also cover the key trends in the sector.
Kate BarkerHomes and Communities Agency Board – Chair of AngliaRuskin University Governing BodyHousing – the Challenges of Population Growth and theFinancial CrisisWednesday 12 May – 7.00 pmForecasts of population growth suggest that England needs toincrease the rate of new house-building. But population growthmay not be the right way to think about housing demand. Inany case, over the next few years, new development will haveto cope with the prospect of reduced government funding fortransport, schools and other infrastructure. And it is not justhow much, but what is built that matters. Do we really knowhow to build sustainable communities?
All the open lectures are held in the University CentrePeterborough Lecture Theatre (UCP 102). On arrival, thereception team will direct visitors where to go.
To book into one of the above lectures, please emailSamantha King at [email protected] or phone0845 196 5750.
� Anglia Ruskin students bring the work of forensic archaeology to life atthe College of West Anglia.
Crime sceneinvestigation atCWA’s Miltoncampus
University CentrePeterboroughOpen Lecture Series 2010
UCP newsletter availableOur University Centre Peterborough now produces its ownnewsletter, which contains information and news about UCPcurrent and forthcoming events and issues.
If you would like to receive an e-copy, please contact KatieFryer at [email protected].
What’s on at the Mumford?
For full information, pick up a programme at the theatre.To book, phone the box office on 0845 196 2320 or call ext 2320
Complete with musicians, acrobatsand circus performers, blazing fireand trailing glitter, we see thesevaudeville anti-heroes as they trip,traipse and fall through the darkworld of Hamlet in search of hopeand purpose, leaving greasepaintand sparkle in each dying footprint.
A welcome return by Black Ramwith a production spanning thespectrum of theatrical genres andvisual techniques, utilising dance,puppetry, live music, interactivemedia projections and beautiful setpieces.
Set in the ruined gothic wreckageof a proscenium theatre, in a worldof constant duality, mirror imagesand echoes, Stoppard’s famedexistential comedy explores thecomic flip side of Shakespeare’stragic masterpiece through the eyesof his most enigmatic duo,Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead • Tickets: £12.00 (£10.00 concessions) • Wednesday 5 May, 7.30pm
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bill on the variety circuit, until onenight when tragedy struck in themiddle of their show. Now, yearslater, reunited for just oneevening, these two intrepidartistes will endeavour to entertainyou again, to mystify and amazeyou with one last turbulent
performance of Magic, Song, Fireeating, Mind reading and…Memory.
Be amazed, ladies andgentlemen, as two Vaudevilliansenter the Burlesque in the mostturbulent show of their lives.
An unusual love story, set in theworld of music hall and inspiredby the films of Fellini and CharlieChaplin.
The Great Tourrinos were happywith their life on the road,performing top of the
Dolce Via • Tickets: £10.00 (£8.00 concessions) • Friday 7 May, 8.00 pm
friendly owl he meets along theway. Using puppetry, movement,object animation, a bit of jugglingand a lot of imagination,Whatever Next! explores the joyof imaginative play and thewonders of space. tutti frutti andYork Theatre Royal bring this
much-loved children’s classic tolife, accompanied by a speciallycomposed, magical musical score.Whatever Next!
Suitable for 4–7 year olds andtheir families.
‘Can I go to the Moon?’, askedBaby Bear. ‘No you can’t,’ saidMrs Bear. ‘It’s bathtime. Anyway,you’d have to find a rocket first.’
Undeterred, Baby Bear finds arocket, packs a picnic and visitsthe moon, accompanied by a
Whatever Next! • Tickets: £6.00 • Sunday 9 May, 11.30 am and 2.30 pm
Set in a small nightclub, thismesmerizing performance takes theaudience on an intimate andpersonal journey, from a misspentyouth in Baltimore through to thelavish jazz joints of 1930s Harlem.
Supported by jazz pianist MikeConliffe, this moving insight intoone of America’s greatest singersfeatures a wide and varied selectionof Lady Day’s greatest songs anddarkest secrets.
With Katrina Beckford as BillieHoliday.
After a hugely successful run at theEdinburgh Fringe and a sellouttour, God Bless the Child returnsfor a second national tour includinglegendary jazz club Ronnie Scotts.
God Bless the Child – an evening with Billie Holiday• Tickets: £10.00 (£8.00 concessions) • Saturday 15 May, 7.30pm
testimonies she gathered fromother mental health service userswho were in hospital with her.
A courageous and extraordinaryaccount of how people are treatedonce they enter the ward of amental hospital. Unless you havesurvived this system yourself (in
which case you will recognise it asall too truthful), this will challengeevery assumption you ever had.
A one-off theatrical experiencewritten and performed by ClareSummerskill herself with membersof her theatre company Artemis,(of Gateway To Heaven renown).
What really goes on behind thelocked doors of a psychiatrichospital?
After a suicide attempt, ClareSummerskill spent two months onsuch a ward in London. This isher personal account of life on anNHS ward, combined with
Full details of all Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events can befound at: www.cambridgeshirefilmconsortium.orgbookings: Arts Picturehouse 0871 704 2050or www.picturehouses.co.uk
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30 April El Moreno (guitar)A programme of South American guitar music embracing the sultry and passionate echoes of the Argentine Tango, the cultivatedclassical style of Mexico’s Manuel Ponce and the flights of virtuosity of the Brazilian composer, Villa-Lobos.
7 May Anglia Ruskin Jazz Voices – Chris Ingham (piano), Andrew Brown (bass), and Nic France (drums)Anglia Ruskin jazz voice students Alice Dougan and Anna Griffiths present their final year recital of jazz and contemporary popular song.
Admission is free to all concerts and further details are available from the Series Director, Alan Rochford, ext 2353.
swimming pool and a flower is astall as a skyscraper, an insect fallsin love with a beautiful butterfly.
A heart-warming story inminiature about love, friendship,reaching for the moon anddancing leaf to leaf.
Swim with the shadow-fish to theocean and fly with a nightingaleall the way to the romantic stars.Dance and music fuse withSpanish and English text in thisexciting new show for adults andchildren alike.
Inspired by the poems of FedericoGarcía Lorca.
Go outside. Look under a leaf.Turn over a log. Part the grassand look very, very carefully.What do you see? In a worldwhere a dewdrop is the size of a
The Bug and the Butterfly: a poem on six legs • Tickets: £6.00 • Sunday 23 May, 11.30 am and 2.30 pm
theatre dance. Tunes old, newand obscure will guide us fromplace to place as we embark on amemorable journey of dancingdelights!
Where will it take you?Geoff Bailey Dancers.
The brand-new show for 2010takes us globe-trotting, aroundthe world in a fusion of modern,contemporary and classical
Global • Tickets: £7.50 (£6.00 concessions) • Friday 28 and Saturday 29 May, 7.30 pm
Wednesday 19 May 1.00–2.45 pm – The Search for Shangri-La: Tibet on Film 1922–1950Introduced by Jan Faull, BFI National Archive, Programme Curator
Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse
Powell and Pressburger film course – Friday 18 June 6.00–9.00 pm and Saturday 19 June 10.00am–5.00pm
The release of a digital restorationThe Red Shoes in 2009, and thetributes to the late Jack Cardiff, theBritish Technicolor cinematographerwho was a vital part of theircreative team, are testament toPowell and Pressburger’s enduringcritical and popular acclaim. Joinus for a film course exploring their
work, including wartime and post-war films such as The Life andDeath of Colonel Blimp and AMatter of Life and Death; theromantic and modernist colour ofBlack Narcissus; and some lessfamiliar works, including Journey tothe Edge of the World and Gone toEarth.
Tutor: Trish Sheil
Cost: £50; members £45;concessions £35 (includes a freescreening plus comprehensivestudy pack)
Book on 0871 704 2050 or inperson at the Arts Picturehouse.
The opportunity to visit a hiddenworld has always fascinatedtravellers and explorers. This
selection of films from the BFINational Archive revealsextraordinary images taken in Tibetfrom 1922–1950. The first filmwas taken during the 1922 attemptto climb Mount Everest.Subsequently, British politicalofficers undertook diplomaticmissions – one such visit witnessedthe installation of the fourteenthDalai Lama in Lhasa. Home movie
cameras recorded these experiences,capturing ceremonial events,landscapes, flora and fauna.Collectively, the films now provideunique and colourful evidence ofthese customs and traditions.
None of the original cameramencould have anticipated thedevastating events that wouldovertake Tibet or predicted the
Lunchtime archive show at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse with the BFI mediatheque on tour
future for its religious leader. Theimages are a poignant testimonyand a vital record of that lost world.
Bookings available one week beforeeach screening: Tel 08717042050 or in person at the ArtsPicturehouse Box office.
Tickets: £4.60; senior citizens£3.60 (senior ticket includes freetea or coffee).
JOINERS LEAVERSThis monthly listing is to help keep readers up to date with who’s joined and who’s left recently. The entries are organisedalphabetically by faculty or support unit, followed by the joiner’s or leaver’s name, job title and, if relevant, department or unit.Movers are listed alphabetically by name.
• Arts, Law & Social Sciences:Cassie Lynch, Departmental Administrator, Cambridge School of Art;Jason Slater, Project Administrator, Language Centre
• Ashcroft International Business School:Tom Greenwell, Business Development Marketing Manager;Alexandra McLaughlin, Administrator
• HR Services:Anna Woodruff, HR Administrator
• Health & Social Care:Rachel MacLean, Research Associate, Social Work & Social Policy;Mansour Mansour, Lecturer, Acute Care;Jan Siddle, Senior Lecturer, Social Work & Social Policy (now FT)
• International Office:Victoria Randall, Head of International Admissions
• Learning Development Services:Dominika Ohana, Administrator, Higher Skills @ Work
