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February 2012Volume 9 No 2

Ronald Searle – farewell tributeto distinguished alumnus and illustrious graphic artist

In this issue:

MA Children’s BookIllustration graduationexhibitionFull details on page 35 >>

Student ExperienceSurvey happeningthroughout FebruaryFull details on page 6 >>

Learning and TeachingProject Awards – applynowFull details on page 11 >>

Hollywood Europeans – CFC course6.00pm, Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

The above course continuesEvery Monday evening until

Lunchtime Concert1.10pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

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and also on 20 & 27 April

Peter Pan – Eden Dance junior cast11.00am & 1.30pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

The above event repeatsAt 2.30pm on this date

Olympia – Eden Dance senior cast4.30pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

The above event repeatsAt 5.30pm & 8.00pm on this date

Censorship, film and the BBFC – CFC event9.00am, Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

Design Icons: Cambridge Innovation FestivalRuskin Gallery, Cambridge

The above exhibition continuesFrom Monday to Friday until

How to Build a Sandcastle – BA (Hons) Fine ArtRuskin Balcony, Cambridge


MA Children’s Book Illustration: graduation exhibitionThe Gallery at Foyles Bookshop, London

The above exhibition continuesDuring shop opening hours until

Little Caesar – CFC event9.00am, Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

Cambridge Gang Show7.30pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

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at 2.30pm on 18 February

The Miners’ Hymns – CFC event1.00pm, Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

Cinderella7.30pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

The above event repeatsEvery evening until

MA Children’s Book Illustration: graduation exhibitionRuskin Gallery, Cambridge


The Mikado7.30pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

The above event repeatsEvery evening until

and also at 2.30pm on 3 March

The Trial7.30pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

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IN THIS BULLETINFebruary 2012 Volume 9 no 2 Bulletin 3

07Raisingawareness of ourStudent Charterwith all

20Reaching youngerage groups withthe help of ShellyStar

26Give as you Liveraises money forMusic TherapyAppeal at no cost

27Events to markInternationalWomen’s Day –our involvement

29New populationsof endangeredantelope found byResearch Fellow

30How we aresupportingFairtrade Fortnightthis month

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� Ronald in his bedroom at 29 Collier Road while a student atCambridge School of Art in 1939.

� Ronald Searle with his Honorary Doctorate from Anglia RuskinUniversity in 2008.

� The logo drawing for the Searle Award for Creativity.

Britain is often credited withbeing the home of graphicsatire. A tradition that runsthrough William Hogarth,Thomas Rowlandson, JamesGillray, George Cruikshank andbeyond makes it difficult toargue with such a claim. It isa tradition that CambridgeSchool of Art has played aparticularly prominent role inupholding, with its alumni ofnotable exponents includingEdward Bawden, ‘Luck andFlaw’ (Roger Law and PeterFluck), as well as comedy filmand TV director, SteveBendelack, and head of designat The Times, David Driver.But of all these, it was thepresence at the school of oneRonald Searle that mostprofoundly influencedgenerations of subsequent

students, not to mentiongraphic artists the world over.Ronald Searle died at the ageof 91 on 30 December 2011,just a few weeks after thedeath of his beloved wifeMonica.

I was fortunate enough tomeet Ronald and Monica in2008, when I travelled totheir home in Southern Franceto bestow on Ronald anHonorary Doctorate from ourUniversity and to interviewhim at length in advance ofthe mounting of an exhibitionof his work in the RuskinGallery as part of AngliaRuskin’s 150th anniversarycelebrations. As a lifelong fanwho, like many of mygeneration, had shamelesslyand fruitlessly attempted to

copy his work as a young artstudent, I anticipated meetinghim with a mixture of terrorand huge excitement. I wasquickly put at ease by theoverwhelmingly generouswelcome and copiousquantities of champagne.Ronald went on to talk atgreat length and with greataffection about his memoriesof growing up in Cambridge inthe 1920s and 30s, and hisjoy at being accepted as astudent at Cambridge Schoolof Art. Russell Davies, in his1990 biography of Searle,reports that, ‘This was not amomentary joy. It persistedthroughout Ronald’s time atthe School of Art.’ He quotesRonald as writing in lateryears, ‘Lautrec was more

precocious, but he was neveras happy as I was then.’Ronald’s joy was to be short-lived as the outbreak of warinterrupted his studies. Soonhe would be captured by theJapanese in Singapore andendure years of deprivationand torture, while being forcedto work on the building of theBurma Railway. Unlike mostof his fellow prisoners, he notonly survived, but alsomanaged to bring back amassive volume of drawingsthat document the horror ofwar and which are nowhoused at the Imperial WarMuseum in London.

During his time at the artschool, Ronald lived at 29Collier Road, backing on to

Ronald Searle 1920–2011LEADING NEWS


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Global SustainabilityInstitute lunchtimeseminars programme...Full details on page 8

the school’s Edwardianstudios. His bedroom is stillinstantly visible, just a fewyards from those samestudios, which still houseillustration students in what isnow known as the RuskinBuilding. Prior to moving toCollier Road, the family hadlived at number 6 Petersfield,a few yards further in thedirection of Parker’s Piece.Speaking to Ronald about thison my visit, it was clear thathe was greatly tickled by thefact that his literary agent ofrecent years is now, by quirkof coincidence, based atnumber 1 Petersfield, sincerelocating from London toCambridge. Rachel Calder,who runs the agency, hasbecome closely involved with

Cambridge School of Art,acting as a judge on theSearle Award for Creativity –an annual competition open toCSA students that was set upby Ronald after the HonoraryDoctorate award. Rachel knewRonald for many years andgave us her own thoughts onhis passing:

‘Ronald was not only a masterdraughtsman, a graphic geniusand the most highly regardedsatiric artist of the twentiethcentury, but also a wonderfulman, terrific company, warm,welcoming and outlandishlygenerous. He had aremarkable eye for detail andcould remember almost everydrawing he made, for whom itwas done and where itappeared. He valued his workhighly and never wanted itused in trivial ways, but hewould let some people usedrawings for nothing if hethought the cause washonourable or interestingenough. It was a source ofgreat pleasure to both of usthat I ended up living andworking in his belovedCambridge, even becominginvolved with his alma mater,Cambridge School of Art. I stillcan’t believe he has gone. Heseemed immortal to me.’

Ronald was himself somethingof a scholar of the Britishtradition of graphic satire. Hedonated his vast collection ofbooks on the subject to theWilhelm Busch GermanMuseum of Caricature andCritical Graphic Arts inHannover, along with aconsiderable amount of hisown work. It is something of aparadox that, despite thisglorious tradition in the UK, itis only here that such an artistcould become burdened withthe label of ‘the St Trinian’sartist’ in honour of a veryminor element of his œuvre.In France he was honoured forhis wider output of graphiccommentary with aretrospective at theBibliothèque Nationale as longago as the 1970s. Such

� Reportage drawing from a series made at the trial of Adolf Eichmannin 1961.

� Self-portrait as a POW with cholera.

� 'The Square Egg'.

comparative lack ofrecognition in his homecountry surely disappointedhim, but he didn’t let it show.The fact that the best of hissuccessors today – Scarfe,Steadman and Bell, forinstance – invariably citeRonald Searle as the mostimportant and influential artistof the twentieth century willhave meant much more tohim.

Professor Martin SalisburyDirector, The Centre forChildren’s Book Studies,Course Leader, MA Children’sBook Illustration, Faculty ofArts, Law & Social Sciences

The National Student Survey (NSS)

This is for final-yearundergraduate students and iscarried out at all English HEIson behalf of HEFCE by Ipsos-Mori. The results are thenpublished on Unistats,accessible worldwide and

used by prospective students and their advisers to try anddecide which course to study and where. We also use theresults to identify areas that are performing well, as well asthose that require improvement. The NSS has never beenintended by HEFCE to be used to provide ‘league tables’ butrather as an indicator of student perception. Most recently,HEFCE has started to use NSS outcomes as part of its criteriato determine whether HEIs bidding for additional studentnumbers will be considered, and this is one of several signsthat the NSS is an increasingly important indicator for us all.

This year, our students will be asked to complete the surveybetween Monday 6 February and Monday 30 April. Lists ofstudents eligible to take part have been forwarded to FacultyBusiness Managers. It should be noted that our role is simplyto encourage students to complete the survey, as Ipsos-Moriwill actually be carrying out the survey itself. Students in theNSS survey are usually third-year undergraduates, but notalways so: if you are not sure who to encourage, do check.

More information on the survey and some interesting film clipson what it is all about can be found by visitingwww.thestudentsurvey.com.

Specific information for our staff about the NSS is on ourwebsite, along with information on our campaign and a list ofeach faculty and student-facing support service NSS Champion.This can be found at www.anglia.ac.uk/nss2012.

Please pay particular attention to the ‘Guidance on Promotingthe Survey’ to ensure that we are sticking to the rules andavoiding any ‘Inappropriate Influence’ when asking students tocomplete the survey.

Student Services will be running the survey campaign inconjunction with the Students’ Union, and will liaise withappointed NSS Champions from each faculty to ensure a goodresponse rate. We need over 50% and would like to equal orbetter our 63% response rate of 2011.We are always happy toreceive any suggestions you may have, so do please contactyour Faculty NSS Champion, or Belinda Lennon([email protected]) or Lorraine Silk([email protected]) if you have any good ideas youwould like to share, or if you have any queries you need us toanswer. NSS FAQs will be available on My.Anglia, too, shortly.

It’s survey season!NEWS


Over the coming months, we will be asking all of our students to participate in one of two majorsurveys to help us find out what we need to do to improve our courses and other aspects of thestudent experience at Anglia Ruskin.

Academic Office now has the software to run and analyse ourown surveys, and we are expecting that the outcomes from theSES will be available within two weeks of the closing date. Thiscompares extremely favourably with the NSS, where results arenot available until late summer!

For both surveys, students will be sent an email (from Ipsos-Mori for the NSS and from us for the SES) with a link to therelevant survey. Please encourage students to check theirstudent email account. If anyone is unsure, we are setting up awebpage where a student can type in their SID and be directedto the correct survey (ie, if eligible, the student will be directedto the NSS and if not, to the SES, thus avoiding asking a final-year student to complete two surveys!).

For more information, please contact Lorraine Silk [email protected] or on ext 2415.

The Student Experience Survey (SES)

Whilst it’s important to hearthe views of our final-yearundergraduate students in theNSS, we think it is equallyimportant to hear the views ofall of our students, and so,this year, we will once again

be undertaking our own Student Experience Survey (SES) ratherthan using the Domestic Student Barometer as we have donefor the last two years. This will help us gather information andimplement any necessary changes in time for current studentsto benefit from such improvements, and this survey will beopen to any current student, but we are only asking non-NSSstudents to complete the SES.

Students will be asked to complete the SES between Monday 6February and Monday 5 March. The start date will be the sameas for the NSS, but the survey period will be much shorter. The

Time to apply for aLearning and TeachingProject Award...Full details on page 11

As you will know from our Vision and Values, we are passionateabout the advancement of knowledge and the education of ourstudents. We are also committed to a high-quality studentexperience and a learning community based on mutual trust andrespect for each other. In addition, English universities are facinga period of great change in the way they are funded. It willbecome significantly more expensive to study at university fromthe 2012–13 academic year. With this in mind, we expect ourstudents to have certain expectations of their universityexperience – particularly in terms of reliability and quality.

It was within this context that our new Student Charter wasissued to all students and members of staff at the start of the2011–12 academic year. Our Student Charter was devisedfollowing consultation with students and staff during theprevious year. We believe our Student Charter clearly sets outwhat staff can expect of students and what students can expectof us.

The Student Charter is an evolving document and, therefore,subject to review on a regular basis. We plan to report back

annually on how we are performing against the expectationscontained within it.

It is vital, therefore, that all members of staff are familiar with theStudent Charter (it is a public document) and understand itscontents so that we are able to support all students effectively.

Our Student Charter can be found on the My.Anglia homepage at:http://my.anglia.ac.uk. You can also pick up a copy of the StudentCharter at our iCentres.

We always welcome feedback on what you think of our charter,how we are doing in keeping our promises, or if we could beclearer about our expectations. Please contact us in one of thefollowing ways:• visit – www.anglia.ac.uk/feedback• email – [email protected]• call – (0845 196) ext 5111.

Rumnique GillHead of Customer Experience, Student Services


� With their copies of our Student Charter are (l–r): (front row) Alastair Dutton, Claire Daly, Sophie Goldsmith, Matthew Hardiman, Cheski Smith andKatie Ireson; and (back row) Tommy Birtles, Clare Wilcox, Tom Costa, Rumnique Gill, Sophie Revett, Sam Gibbon, Aaron Wooldridge and Jessica Gardner.

Our Student Charterraising awareness!

� Aled Jones, Director, GlobalSustainability Institute.

In 1992, political leaders fromaround the world came togetherat a Summit in Rio, Brazil, andset up the United NationsFramework Convention onClimate Change (UNFCCC) witha view to stabilising greenhousegas emissions to prevent‘dangerous’ anthropogenicinterference. On the eve of the20th anniversary of thatSummit, political leaders onceagain met for the 17thConference of the Parties(COP17) under the UNFCCC –this time in Durban, SouthAfrica – to further refine detailsof policy implementation, tocongratulate each other that theRio+20 Summit, planned forJune (for more information seehttp://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/), will be a success andto build on the 20 years ofdiscussion.

Or at least that is what hadbeen intended when theprocess was set up in 1992.

A lot can happen in 20 years.

Recent global financial turmoil,incredibly difficult domestic

politics in key countries such asthe United States, and anincrease in knowledge of thescale of the challenge andchange we now face has meantthat progress has been muchslower than anticipated orneeded.

Over a day after COP17 wassupposed to have finished, adeal was reached and signed.This was hailed as a success bymany commentators becausethe full expectation had beenthat the entire process couldcollapse. However, even in theface of collapse, it is difficult tosee it as a success.

What the Durban agreementsets out is that governmentsaround the world agree thattackling climate change isimportant and a system shouldbe set up to come to anagreement on how to do that –just in time for 2020. This isbasically what the UNFCCC is.So leaders essentially agreedthat the reason they weregathering in Durban was thereason they were gathering inDurban…

Interesting new alliances didform in the run-up to Durbanand during the negotiations.The European Union doescontinue to play a leading rolein raising the level of ambitionand formed an alliance with thegroup of countries representingthe least developed world. Thisalliance called for much moreambition, or a number of thesecountries, and in particular low-lying island states, facecatastrophic impacts. TheUnited States, China and India,and other ‘large emitters’formed an alliance of countriesthat are struggling with theambition to grow theireconomies and decouple thisfrom fossil fuel emissions.Following Durban, Canadapulled out of the Kyoto Protocol(the legally binding part of theUNFCCC process – it was nevergoing to meet its obligations inany case, but it was a verysymbolic move).

These new alliances and theincreasing need to act urgentlyset a new and more challengingscene for future Conference ofthe Parties. In particular, how

world leaders approach theSummit to mark the 20thanniversary of the Rio EarthSummit will be interesting towatch. Is there anything thatthey can hold up and say, ‘Wedid this’? Will they pullsomething out of the bag at thelast minute and come up with adeal that everyone thinks isambitious enough to meet thechallenge we face? Or will theyagree that meeting in Rio was agood idea and they should do itagain sometime?

Aled JonesDirector, Global SustainabilityInstitute, Faculty of Science& Technology

Reflections on DurbanNEWS


6 February – Lord Ashcroft Building 002 (Chelmsford)• Peter Hughes, Centre for Educational Development, Universityof Bradford – ‘Bradford University’s Ecoversity journey: barriersand breakthroughs’

20 February – Helmore 201 (Cambridge)• Dr Stephen Allen, Parliamentary Office of Science andTechnology – ‘Science and Technology in Parliament’

5 March – Lord Ashcroft Building 007 (Chelmsford)• Robert Jones, former advisor to UK Government – ‘The Politicsof Energy Policy’

19 March – Coslett 408 (Cambridge)• Erica Thompson, Imperial College London, and Emma Boland,University of Cambridge – ‘Climate models and uncertainty’

16 April – Sawyers Building 005 (Chelmsford)• speaker tbc

30 April – Helmore 201 (Cambridge)• speaker tbc

Future date for your diary:

Wednesday 23 May – Chelmsford campus5.00pm, GSI Launch Reception, 6.30pm, public lecture by MarkEdwards, photographer – Hard Rain

For more information about any of these seminars, or to book aplace, please email [email protected] or call ext 5107.

Global Sustainability Institute lunchtime seminars, February–May 2012At our Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses • on the Monday dates shown below, from 1.00–2.00pm • lunch will be providedWe hope to record the seminars so that colleagues can watch those that don’t take place on their campus

Design Icons showcasesCambridgeshire-designed products...Full story on page 14

The Better History Forum ispreparing to launch a pilotGCSE course that willdemand greater historicalknowledge from students andwill avoid the sort of‘cheating’ by examiners thatwas recently highlighted inthe press.

The Better History Forum – athink tank of history teachersand lecturers and based atAnglia Ruskin University –has developed ‘TwentiethCentury Histories’, which willcover a much wider range oftopics than current GCSEcourses.

Dr Sean Lang, Senior Lecturerin History in ALSS andDirector of the Better HistoryForum, said, ‘The recentrevelations about irregularitiesin the examination system arenot just the result of the drivefor league table results, theyare also an almost inevitableresult of a systematicdowngrading of the

importance of subjectknowledge. It is only by re-emphasising the absolutenecessity for young people todevelop a substantial body ofknowledge in the subjectsthey study that we can hopeto get away from the idea thatyou can get an A* forknowing not very much atall.’

Stretching from the FirstWorld War to 9/11, ‘TwentiethCentury Histories’ will involvetwo exam papers and acoursework exercise. The newcourse, which will draw on alarge online archive ofhistorical documents andsources, will give studentsmore credit for the morehistory they know and teststudents’ ability to argue,reason and explain fromproper historical evidence.

Students will spend the firstyear of the course gaining acomprehensive overview ofthe history of the twentieth

century, including the WorldWars, the United States, theSoviet Union and thedevelopment of modernBritain. In the second half,they will study the majorpolitical ideologies of theperiod and the growth ofemerging nations.

The course builds upon theBetter History Forum’sproposals for a major overhaulof National Curriculumhistory, to give a much fullerpicture of the long-termhistory of Britain.

Dr Sean Lang added, ‘Thispilot GCSE proposal willstretch students, broadentheir horizons, extend theirknowledge, develop theirunderstanding and ability andprepare them both for furtherstudy and for full andinformed citizenship of theirnation and of their world.Unlike some current GCSEcourses, it won’t havetextbooks written byexaminers, it won’t bepossible to get a high gradeon minimal knowledge, and itwon’t penalise widerknowledge or originalthinking.’

The Better History Forumpresented the proposals at itsconference at our Cambridgecampus on Saturday 28January.

For more information, pleasecontact Dr Sean Lang [email protected].

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

6 January, BBC Look EastProfessor Helen Valentine wasinterviewed about Anglia Ruskin’sapplication figures and the subjectsthat have seen the largest rises indemand.

4 January, BBC CambridgeshireProfessor Alan Sibbald wasinterviewed about the increase inapplications to Anglia Ruskincompared with the same point in2011.

4 January, BBC Look EastMartin Salisbury, Professor ofIllustration, was interviewedfollowing the death of Ronald Searle.

4 January, ITV AngliaKerry-Ann Milic, Lecturer in ForensicBiology, described the process ofusing forensics and DNA to identifythe body found on the Sandringhamestate.

20 December, The GuardianDr Leah Tether, CoDE PostdoctoralResearch Fellow, was quoted talkingabout the popularity of short coursesin publishing available at AngliaRuskin.

17 December, BBC Three CountiesRadioHelen McRobie, Lecturer in LifeSciences, discussed her new project,which is looking to track the spreadof black squirrels across England.

15 December, BBC EssexDr Jane Akister, Reader in SocialWork, was interviewed about herresearch into the CSV project inSouthend and the Governmentpledging £448m to help problemfamilies across the country.

14 December, BBC CambridgeshireBen Mumby-Croft, Senior Lecturer inLord Ashcroft International BusinessSchool, talked about CEDAR’sEnterprise Development Scheme.

12 December, BBC CambridgeshirePsychology Lecturer Dr DaraghMcDermott was interviewed aboutthe potential pitfalls of Christmaswork parties and how people shouldbest approach them.


� Dr Sean Lang, Director of the Better History Forum.

Twentieth Century HistoriesGCSE will raise the barAnglia Ruskin-based think tank’s new historycourse aims to stretch students

In early January, the number ofapplications through UCAS fromstudents wanting to enrol on afull-time undergraduate coursewith us beginning in September2012 rose by 17.6% comparedwith the same point in 2011,with applications up 39.7% onthe same point in 2010. At thattime, nationally, UCASapplications were down 2.0%compared with 2011.

As well as the rise in demandfor vocational courses such as

Law and Midwifery, subjectssuch as Psychology, English andHistory are also provingincredibly popular.

Pat Watson, Head of UK/EUAdmissions, said, ‘We aredelighted that our applicationnumbers for full-timeundergraduate courses are upby over 17% compared withlast year. Like all universities,we were concerned thatgovernment changes to thefunding of higher education,

which have resulted in highertuition fees, would reduce thenumber of applications for ourcourses.

‘Applicants have to make harddecisions at this time of yearbut, thanks to the combinationof our attractive portfolio ofcourses and our new facilities,more people than ever arechoosing Anglia Ruskin University.’

From September 2012, we willbe charging UK/EU students

£8300 per year to study a full-time undergraduate degree ateither our Cambridge orChelmsford campuses, withstudents starting a foundationdegree or Higher NationalDiploma/Certificate beingcharged a fee of £7500.

Andrea HilliardCorporate CommunicationsManager, CorporateMarketing, International &Development Services

Our applications rise by over 17%NEWS


A new website to promote ourdistance learning courses hasbeen launched. The new sitebuilds on the success of theprevious version by adding amore comprehensive coursesearch engine, an attractivelayout with more options forthe promotion of courses andinformation for students, andsocial media integration.

Jamie Wallis, Acting MarketingManager for LearningDevelopment Services, said,‘This new website is a greatstep forward in the promotionof our distance learningcourses. Not only does it makeit easier than ever for students

to find the course mostsuitable for them to study, butalso it allows us to add extracontent to make for anexcellent user experience. Forexample, the integration ofsocial networking into the siteallows users to share contentwith their friends, and alsofollow Anglia Ruskin’s distancelearning accounts on Twitter,Facebook, Google + andYouTube.’

To see the website, please go todistancelearning.anglia.ac.uk.

Liz PriestleyMarketing Co-ordinator,Learning Development Services

New distance learning website launches

Congratulations to Juliet Binnsand Julia Young, the firstwinners of the CambridgeUniversity Press scholarship forour MA Publishing course. Thisnew bursary was offered to theauthors of the best blogscreated to record the learningand experience gained duringthe MA course.

After receiving the scholarship,Juliet said, ‘Being able topresent and communicate ourideas to the publishingcommunity is a skill that is

becoming increasinglyimportant in today’s electronicage. Initially, I wasapprehensive aboutbroadcasting my own interestsonline, but being recognised bysuch a prestigious academicpublisher has given me theencouragement I need tocontinue with my blog and toinvestigate other ways ofintegrating social media withthe publishing industry.’

Julia added, ‘May I take thisopportunity to thank CUP for

awarding me this bursary,which has given me a greatconfidence boost. I am gratefulfor this prize as it hasencouraged me to develop, andfurther improve upon, my onlinepresence.’

The 2012 Cambridge UniversityPress scholarship, which willprovide £1200 towards tuitionfees for the winning students, isnow open for applications fromall offer holders on the MAPublishing course. Details onhow to apply are at

www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/microsites/alss_postgraduate_study/funding_opportunities0.html.

You can view the students’blogs at http://theproofinthepudding.wordpress.com/ (JulietBinns) andhttp://senseoutofscribble.weebly.com/ (Julia Young).

Gareth LongWeb and DigitalCommunications Co-ordinator,Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences

MA Publishing hails first CUP scholarship winners

Uni4U 2012 to run atboth Cambridge andChelmsford campuses...Full story on page 20

Anglia Ruskin has a long history of supporting colleagues inpedagogic research and development projects.

For the academic year 2012–13, Anglia Learning and Teachingwill be allocating a maximum of 14 awards of up to £3500each to support colleagues in learning and teachingdevelopment and research projects. Individuals and teams mayapply for an award from the Learning and Teaching Project fundto support work focused on the enhancement of learning,teaching and assessment (LTA) practice here. In particular,proposals for funding should address issues of learning,teaching and assessment that are of particular value to theachievement of objectives in our Learning, Teaching andAssessment Strategy.

Eligibility criteriaProposals must demonstrate clear links to the faculty’s actionplan for achieving the LTA strategy, and must be supported bythe deputy dean with responsibility for learning, teaching andassessment.

Work supported by a Learning and Teaching Project Award(LTPA) may include:

• the development of new approaches to learning, teaching andassessment

• the piloting, in Anglia Ruskin, of new developments inlearning and teaching in the field or sector

• the evaluation of new approaches and developments.

However, the judging panel will maintain a wide perspective onthe nature of proposals and welcomes any proposal that hasthe potential to enhance learning, teaching and assessmentpractice here. Further, if successful, you will be asked to signyour agreement with the award conditions, and your Dean ofFaculty will need to agree to administer the agreed financialexpenditure.

EthicsAwards will be made subject to any necessary ethical approvalbeing granted by the relevant authorities.

Submission of proposalsFurther information, full details of conditions and eligibilitycriteria, and proposal proformas are available from the Awardspages of the Anglia Learning and Teaching website(www.anglia.ac.uk/lta). Your submitted proposal must be signedby the deputy dean with responsibility for LTA – electronicsignatures will be accepted. Proposals should be submittedelectronically to [email protected] by 5.00pm on Friday 25 May.

During February and March, Mark Warnes from Anglia Learningand Teaching will be holding surgeries for colleagues wishing todiscuss potential projects, and the development of applications.If you wish to attend, please contact [email protected]:

Campus Dates Times VenueCambridge Mon 6 Feb 11.00am–1.00pm Hel107

Wed 22 Feb 11.00am–1.00pm Hel107Tue 13 Mar 11.00am–1.00pm Hel006Thu 29 Mar 11.00am–1.00pm Hel107

Chelmsford Tue 14 Feb 11.00am–1.00pm MAB006Thu 1 Mar 11.00am–1.00pm MAB013Mon 5 Mar 11.00am–1.00pm MAB115Wed 21 Mar 11.00am–1.00pm MAB006

Please note, sessions may be combined if there are too fewbookings to make any one session viable.

Anglia Learning and Teaching continues to run the parallelUniversity Teaching Fellowship Award scheme. See ourannouncement about this Award on page 25.

Dr Jaki LillyAnglia Learning and Teaching


Learning and Teaching ProjectAwards – apply nowfor support to develop your teaching and your students’ learning

The Department of Computingand Technology has recentlyreceived JAMES HEAccreditation for both its BSc(Hons) Audio and MusicTechnology and its BSc(Hons) Audio Engineeringcourses.

Technology ProgrammeLeader, John Ward, said,‘We’re extremely pleased withthe accreditation. In additionto the value that it adds tothe courses, it’s an important

indication of active linkingwith the audio industry.’

John MenziesMarketing Co-ordinator,Faculty of Science &Technology

JAMES Accreditation for two of the Department of Computing and Technology’s Audio courses

Students from Anglia Ruskin –in partnership with WrittleCollege, Changing ChelmsfordCIC (Community InterestCompany) and Architecture00:/ – demonstrated their self-build skills as part of theFestival of Ideas in Chelmsfordlast autumn.WikiHouse is an innovativeonline construction resource byArchitecture 00:/, wherearchitects can freely sharedesigns and techniques toallow anyone interested in self-build to order and constructtheir own home.Students first engaged in aworkshop on design principlesfor the timber-framed house

and, through computersoftware, how to developmaterial-cutting templates. All600 fixing elements and 30timber sheets were sponsoredby Bellway Homes, and cutinto components by TheCutting Room, a Cambridge-based laser cutting company.Students and staff from ourDepartment of the BuiltEnvironment worked togetherwith members of the InteriorDesign and Interior Architectureprogramme at Writtle Collegeto build a section of theinnovative WikiHouse inChelmsford’s Market Square onthe morning of 5 November.

Dr Delle Odeleye (picturedright), Senior Lecturer inSustainable Urban Design,Faculty of Science &Technolory, said, ‘This was agreat learning experience forour students, on many levels,as it offered practical, hands-onactivity and engagement withthe wider public in Chelmsfordand professionals from furtherafield. I hope it is the start ofmore collaborative eventsbetween Anglia Ruskin andWrittle College in the future.’

Chris Seaber, from WrittleSchool of Design, said, ‘Theopportunity offered by thisproject allowed students from

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� Students and staff from our Built Environment Department and from Writtle College School of Design.

both institutions to see howtheir work could move from thedrawing board to a particularreality. This very rarely happensin schools of design that dealwith the manipulation of thebuilt environment.’

The WikiHouse project waspart of last autumn’sChelmsford Festival of Ideasand the Department of theBuilt Environment’s RuskinWeek, in which students wereencouraged to develop theirskills and gain practicalexperience in their field ofinterest, which, in thisacademic year, is based aroundthe theme of self-build andsustainability.

High Chelmer Shopping Centremanagement sponsored a lorryto deliver the assembledstructure to the Chelmsfordcampus, where it has beendismantled and stored until afinal location for it can beagreed.

For more information, pleasecontact Delle Odeleye [email protected].

The Royal Society for PublicHealth has awarded WoodyCaan the honorary title‘Professorial Fellow’, the firstaward in their planned‘Academy of Experts’ for theUK’s public health

community. Professor Caan isa longstanding FRSPH andwas previously nominated bythem as their expert assessorfor public health in HEFCE’sforthcoming ResearchExcellence Framework.

In response, Professor Caanhas promised the RoyalSociety to work more closelywith them in relation to theNational Institute of HealthResearch’s Disease PreventionPanel, on which he currently

represents specialist PublicMental Health researchers.

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

Royal Society for Public Health honorary title awarded

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The AA2A project is a nationalset of schemes, providingvisual artists and designerswith the opportunity toundertake a period of researchor realise a project, usingworkshop and supportingfacilities in art and designdepartments of higher andfurther education institutions.Participating artists andmakers have the opportunityto use equipment thatotherwise might not beavailable to them, as well asbenefiting the institution bybringing in new ideas andtechniques.

Cambridge School of Art hasbeen taking part in AA2Asince 2009, and has so farhosted 12 artists through thescheme.

This year, Susie Olczak(pictured above), a recentgraduate of the GlasgowSchool of Art, is one of the

four artists selected to takepart and has been busymaking the most of her timehere since October 2011.Since graduating, Susie hadbeen struggling to find accessto appropriate facilities for herpractice, and decided to applyfor AA2A.

Susie said, ‘The technicianshave been really great andhave welcomed me into theworkshop, offering really greatadvice and an insight into theprocesses I have startedworking with.’

Following her induction in thesculpture studio, Susie hasbeen undertaking woodcarving, welding, plasmacutting as well asexperimenting with theplastics, oven-bending andforming Perspex intosculptures, which are thenused to bend fluorescentlighting in the reflectivesurface of the plastics.

In addition to working in thestudio with students andtechnicians, Susie has beenable to attend guest lectures,including that of QuentinBlake, and use the library forher research.

Susie said, ‘I really enjoyedthe lecture by Quentin Blake,

who spoke of how drawingcan become a direct means ofspeaking to an audience; thisis something I am interestedin with my installation work,in particular.’

Spending time on theCambridge campus and takinginspiration from thearchitectural structures has ledto some hypotheticalproposals about how publicart could be created within thecampus. Susie is hoping tocreate a site-specificinstallation as a conclusion toher AA2A project.

Susie’s other plans for theremainder of the schemeinclude delivering a talk abouther work and tutorials to FineArt students, giving a weldingdemonstration to University ofCambridge students andworking with the curator anddirector of the Visualise artproject to create a light piecefor their forthcoming exhibitionin Cambridge city centre.

For more information, pleasevisit:www.anglia.ac.uk/aa2a2012.

Cassie LynchDepartmental Administrator,Cambridge School of Art,Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences

� Poise, 2011 – jaro, steel andstone – by Susie Olczak.

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New look for Anglia Ruskin Arts!Pick up a copy on campus or download the new-look Anglia Ruskin Arts brochure fromwww.anglia.ac.uk/arts. It details our forthcoming arts events, including Ruskin Galleryexhibitions, performances at the Mumford Theatre, the Lunchtime Concert Series and Music andPerforming Arts concerts.

Visit the website to join our mailing list and be kept up to date with regular notifications ofevents.

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

During February, the RuskinGallery sees the Design Iconsexhibition showcasing 20 ofthe most important productsdesigned in Cambridgeshireover the last 40 years!

Creative Front Cambridgeshire,which is part of Anglia Ruskin,is leading the month-longDesign Icons Festival, as oneof a series of programmes thatis sharing in the DesignCouncil’s £100,000 DesignFund for Growth initiative.Over 80 products werenominated as leading designsto come out ofCambridgeshire. A selectionpanel of industry expertsshortlisted the best productsthat represent Cambridgedesign to appear in theexhibition, and the finalexhibition includes the

‘People’s Choice’, as voted forby members of the public.

Chris Owen, Head ofCambridge School of Art, andchair of the panel of judges,said, ‘Cambridgeshire’s designtechnology is not just focusedon Silicon Fen. As well asdigital innovations, the countyis also home to some of themost iconic modern productdesigns, from utilitarianhousehold mops, to kettles,calculators, mobile phones, hi-fi systems and the very latestmedical equipment.’

Some of the interestingproducts on show include theaward-winning Optyse lens-free ophthalmoscope (picturedleft), developed and designedby Team from a prototypeconcept by retired surgeon

Roger Armour, the ViledaMagic Mop 2, an item foundin many kitchens, which wasdeveloped by Origin ProductDesign. As well as the DuluxPaintpod, the SureFlap cat flapwill also be on display – thisuses radio frequencyidentification (RDIF)technology to read a cat’selectronic chip from adistance, to allow it entry or toprevent unwanted cats comingin, and was developed byCambridge Industrial Design.

With such an array of productsproudly showcasing designtalent from acrossCambridgeshire, the exhibitionis sure to intrigue and inspire!

Verity SandersonBox Office and MarketingAdministrator, Faculty ofArts, Law & Social Sciences

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Anglia Ruskin is pleased to besupporting an NSPCC charityfashion show and auctionnext month, to celebrate the25th Anniversary of Childline.Organised by the NSPCC inconjunction with local fashionretailers as well as Dr WendyMoody and students from theBA (Hons) Fashion Design, allproceeds from the event willgo to the charity.

The event, which will be heldin the Academy on ourCambridge campus, includes:

• Fashion and luxury prizeauction and star prize drawwith celebrity auctioneer,Will Axon of Rowley FineArt Auctioneers

• Pre- and post-fashion showshopping and fashion artinstallation

• Spring women’s fashionfrom Cuckoo; and Le Revelingerie and swimwearshow; also bespoke hatsfrom milliner AbigailCrampton

• Cambridge School of ArtFashion Design students’catwalk show

• Guest speaker, Head ofChildline, Sue Minto

Tickets are £20 and include awelcome drink and goodiebag, and are available fromthe Mumford Theatre boxoffice(www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre).

If you are unable to join us forthis exciting charity eveningon Wednesday 7 March at7.00pm, but would like tomake a donation to support

the important workof the NSPCC,please visit:www.nspcc.org.uk.

Sarah JonesFacultyMarketing andRecruitmentManager,Faculty ofArts, Law &SocialSciences

Charity fashion show comes to Anglia Ruskin

On 24 November 2011, JennySecker, Professor of MentalHealth, opened a Canadiansymposium on arts and mentalhealth with a keynote lecture,entitled ‘Participatory arts andmental health: what does theresearch tell us?’ Thesymposium, Out of Mind – IntoCreativity, was organised by theWinnipeg Art Gallery tocoincide with an exhibition ofpaintings by William Kurelek, aCanadian artist who struggledwith mental illness throughouthis life and was treated for atime at the Maudsley Hospitalin London. You can visit theexhibition online athttp://kurelek.ca.

Jenny’s invitation to open thesymposium stemmed from herleadership of an England-widestudy of arts and mentalhealth, funded by theDepartment for Culture, Mediaand Sport and the Departmentof Health. Her keynote lectureexamined what has been learnt

from studies of participatoryarts initiatives with the widerpopulation, but focused inmore detail on her own work indeveloping an evidence basespecifically in relation to themental health and socialinclusion of people with mentalhealth needs. In addition topresenting the England-widestudy, Jenny also presentedearly results from an evaluationof Open Arts, a projectestablished by the South EssexPartnership Trust (SEPT). Theevaluation is supported bySEPT and is being carried outwith Dr Kerrie Margrove,Researcher in Mental Health,and SE-SURG (the South EssexService User Research Group).

The topic of mental health issteadily coming to the forewithin Canada. The Province ofManitoba, of which Winnipegis the capital, recently releasedits first provincial mental healthstrategy and a NationalCanadian Mental Health

Strategy is also on the way. On25 November, Jenny joinedFran Schellenberg, ExecutiveDirector for Mental Health andSpiritual Health Care withManitoba Health, and ChrisSummerville, ExecutiveDirector of the ManitobaSchizophrenia Society andChief Executive Officer of theSchizophrenia Society ofCanada, on a panel discussinghow arts participation cancontribute to implementation ofstrategies. Jenny’s contributionto the panel centred on acomparison of the way inwhich the UK and Canadianmental health strategies havedeveloped in order to draw outsome opportunities andchallenges in relation to therole of arts participation.

The symposium was organisedin partnership with ArtbeatStudio, a Winnipeg-based peer-led voluntary organisation thatprovides workspace for up tonine artists living with mentalillness. Nigel Bart, Founder andStudio Facilitator of ArtbeatStudio, was diagnosed withschizophrenia at the age of 19and has since been usingvarious forms of art to dealwith the illness and stigma thatsurrounds it. On 26 November,Jenny was given a tour of thestudio, followed by dinner withmembers of Nigel’s family anda team of researchers who areworking to evaluate the project.

Jenny’s thoughts on returningto England? ‘It was cold, it wastiring, but it was a fantasticopportunity, and I came backbrimming with ideas!’

For more information, [email protected].

New Enquiries Teamand SwitchboardOperators

New arrangements wereimplemented from 3 January2012 to handle incomingenquiries, for both general andapplicant enquiries. There isnow an Applicants EnquiriesTeam, based with ourChelmsford UK/EU AdmissionsTeam in Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices, and SwitchboardOperators, who are part of ourIT Services’ Customer SupportTeam. This replaces the previoussystem where call handling andcustomer relationshipmanagement was carried out bya single contact centre.

The Applicants Enquiries Teamis part of UK/EU Admissionsand is focusing on recruitmentand conversion of prospectivestudents. We believe this newarrangement will enable us toprovide a seamless service forenquirers. We have five teammembers dealing with telephonecalls and emails from enquirers,prospective applicants andapplicants.

The Switchboard Operatorshandle general universityenquiries and redirect calls forinternal and external customers.Reception staff are nowmanaged by Security.

We will be working withfaculties and support serviceunits to build on the currentservice provision to ensure weprovide an excellent service.

If you have any questions orqueries, please do not hesitateto contact one of us.

Joe McIntyre, AssistantDirector (Customer Support)IT ServicesLinda Norris, Senior Adviser(Accreditation), UK/EUAdmissions Office

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The Sector-EndorsedFoundation Degree Early Years(SEFDEY) network is a nationalgroup of universities of whichAnglia Ruskin is a foundermember. In this climate ofchange, the network is keen toproduce a number of casestudies illustrating the impactof sector-endorsed foundationdegrees in early years, whichwill form a suite of materialsthat will be used to promotethe benefits of those foundationdegrees. SEFDEY askedmember universities forpersonal learning journeys fromstudents who have undertakena foundation degree, and JuliaDruce, Pathway Leader for theFdEYCE, successfullynominated one of her studentswith the following SEFDEYcase study.

Jane Gibbs’ learning journeywent beyond all her wildestexpectations. The benefits ofundertaking the FdEYCE haveproved far-reaching for thechildren, parents andcolleagues within her setting.Jane was a NVQ Level-3 pre-school practitioner in a run-down demountable building,but with the aid of her new-

found confidence andknowledge base, she hasdeveloped into a pre-schooldirector within a new £780,000building (pictured above).

Jane said, ‘The foundationdegree enabled me to gain thetools, ability and confidencenecessary to apply for an EveryChild Matters Capital BuildingWorks Grant for a new build.The compilation of thesuccessful grant applicationwas achieved as a direct resultof my developed academicwriting; ensuring documentationwas concise and presented withclear aims of how the lives ofthe children in attendancewould be improved in relationto the five Every Child Mattersoutcomes.

‘Reflection was encouragedfrom the outset of thefoundation degree and hasproved invaluable bothprofessionally and personally.My employer encouraged myacademic progress from thebeginning, as she could see thebenefits of the improvements Ihad recognised and suggestedwere necessary, in order tostrive towards best practice.’

She continued ‘I have enduredpersonal problems along theway and the university staff andcolleagues have beensupportive; with self-determination, the learningjourney has continued. Parentshave often praised myunderstanding of their childrenand their development, andhave been delighted with theimpact of my study in beingable to achieve a new, inspiringbuilding for their children toflourish within. Along with thevisually pleasing surroundings,we have been able to introducea lunch club to sustain theneed for parents who wanted tobe able to go back to work.

‘I am continuously developingthe environment toaccommodate the children’sand staff’s growing curiositiesand can recognise the learningopportunities as they occur.’

Some of the improvementsJane has implemented so farhave included:

• An adult library of academicbooks and magazines.

• Mentoring 19 staff in

achieving their Level-3 andLevel-5 qualifications.

• Introducing a ‘traffic-lightpicture-card system’ forchildren.

• Improving children’sparticipation.

Jane concluded, ‘I have learnedto manage my time effectively,as I have had to balance myfamily and work as well as mystudy. I am able to approachsituations in a holistic mannerwithout being as judgementalas I might have been when Ifirst embarked on my academiclearning journey, and I canusually visualise the theoreticalperspective I’m accommodatingalong the way!

‘My learning journey has beensuch an enriching, rewardingand uplifting experience that Iendeavour to continue, as thereis still so much more to learn.Since completing my foundationdegree, I have achieved a 2.1classification in the BA (Hons)Childhood Studies, and havebeen accepted onto theGraduate Practitioner Pathwayfor the Early Years ProfessionalStatus.’

The case studies will behosted on the Children’sWorkforce DevelopmentCouncil (CWDC) website untilMarch 2012, when the dutiesof CWDC cease as a result ofgovernment changes, at whichpoint the SEFDEY network willmake arrangements to migratethe work elsewhere.

Julia Druce and Sara KnightFaculty of Health, Social Care& Education

Foundation degree student acceptedfor the SEFDEY case study project

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Ever wanted to test drive anF1 Ferrari? Or get the chanceto climb Everest? Or...? Formost violinists, the chance toplay an original Stradivariusviolin is something of adream, but one that cametrue for one of our final-yearMusic students, MatejaKaluza. In November sheperformed musical extractsfrom Bach, Sarasate and Laloin an illustrated lecture on thegreat Italian instrument-maker, given by Anglia Ruskinhonorary doctorate NigelBrown, as part of the popularFriday Lunchtime ConcertSeries at the MumfordTheatre.

Nigel has pioneered the useof syndicated trusts to fundinstrument purchasesproviding fine violins, violasand cellos for virtuosi such as

Nigel Kennedy, StephenIsserlis and Natalie Clein.More recently, his work withthe Stradivari Trust hasenabled talented younginstrumentalists also to gettheir hands (literally!) onthese precious instruments.His lecture, to a packedMumford Theatre, explainedthe structural and timbraldifferences between earlyItalian violins and their mass-produced moderncounterparts. ‘This was afantastic experience for all,not least Mateja!’, addedconcert series director AlanRochford, ‘and I was sorelieved she didn’t drop it!’

For details of the StradivariTrust, seewww.stradivaritrust.org. A fulllist of semester-two lunchtimeconcerts, promoted by the

Department of Music andPerforming Arts with financialassistance from the UniversityArts Council, appears on page35 of this issue of Bulletin.


� Mateja Kaluza with the Stradivarius violin.

In your dreams!Third-year Music student playsoriginal Stradivarius violin

In December, the Departmentof Music and Performing Artsengaged in a collaborativeeffort with the Audio MusicTechnology (AMT) society andthe Students’ Union to host aband showcase night as partof our Music PerformanceStudies module. The nightwas held in the Students’Union Academy venue oncampus, and featured sevenbands, made up of Music,Creative Music Technology,and Popular Music pathwaystudents. There was a rangeof music on offer, from heavymetal versions of Adele hits,through Nikki Minaj to large-scale original compositions.

The event was an importantopportunity for musicians andaudio music students, in anALSS–FST cross-facultycollaboration, to gain valuableexperience in live audio,mixing, lighting and recording.

Third-year BA (Hons) CreativeMusic Technology student andperformer, Andrew Hosker,said, ‘The DesignatedEnsemble performances in theAcademy were a brilliantsuccess and a rare but veryuseful opportunity for theMusic Department tocollaborate with AMT, whichresulted in valuableexperience for us all.’

The event was well attended,as students appreciated theopportunity to have areas forsocial events on campus.There was also a live streambroadcasted worldwidethrough the Ustream website(thanks to third-year Musicstudent and performer, SarahShek), and, as the word gotout on Facebook, we had anaudience from countries suchas Greece, Slovenia, Belgium,China and even America.

First-year Popular Musicstudent, Andy Fraser, said, ‘Asa first-year student, new toAnglia Ruskin University, Iwas amazed at the quality ofthe musicianship on showthroughout the evening. Great

fun and these guys really taketheir music seriously!’

We wish to engage in futurecollaboration with AMT andthe SU, in particular duringour Festival Week (28 May),when we will have a range ofperformances in thedepartment, as well as theweek before (21 May), whenwe will be hosting popularmusic recitals in the SUAcademy, as well. Watch thisspace!

Justin WilliamsProgramme Leader – Music/Pathway Leader – PopularMusic, Faculty of Arts, Law &Social Sciences

Julio d’Escrivan and AlanRochfordDepartment of Music andPerforming Arts, Faculty ofArts, Law & Social Sciences

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Enhancing students’experience with newtechnologyOur most recent student openaccess area, located on the firstfloor of the Lord AshcroftBuilding in Cambridge, hasproved to be a major successwith our students. With morethan 200 additional computerworkstations, the new spaceaddresses previous feedbackfrom the National StudentSurvey, as well as fromComments, Compliments andConcerns forms, requestingimproved open access facilitiesin Cambridge.

The new facilities, whichopened to our students inSeptember 2011, are a leadingexample of the use of energy-efficient IT. The majority of thenew computers are thin clients(simplified workstations thatrun software remotely acrossour network with the actualwork being done on powerful

servers in our new state-of-the-art data centre). We have alsoconverted many older but stillviable student open accessmachines to thin-clientinstallations, prolonging theirlifetime and ensuring more ofour students can benefit fromour new student desktop.

In addition to introducing thin-client technology, we haverefreshed the student desktopcomputer environment,upgrading to MicrosoftWindows 7 and MicrosoftOffice 2010, as well as morerecent versions of othersoftware. We will also beworking with faculties toprovide more access to course-specific software in the comingmonths.

We plan to upgrade the studentopen access areas at GuildHouse, University CentrePeterborough, and VictoriaHouse, Fulbourn, shortly.

Our work with thin-clienttechnology has alreadygenerated significant interestfrom other establishments,keen to learn more about ournew computing infrastructureand the innovative way that wehave enhanced our services,using more energy-efficient,flexible technologies.

Expanding off-site access forstudentsUsing thin-client technologyalso means that we canprovide our new desktopfacilities off-site, again allowingwider access to course-specificapplications and software.Students can connect remotelyto the student desktop andaccess applications such asMicrosoft Office 2010 andOffice Communicatormessenger services fromanywhere with a good internetconnection. Try it out! Forinformation, go towww.anglia.ac.uk/desktop.

Enhancing the staff experiencein 2012Following the success of thenew student open accessareas, we will start aprogramme of staff computerupgrades – replacing them,where possible, with moreenergy-efficient thin-clientdevices – later this year. Wewill also update the standardstaff desktop to includeWindows 7 and Office 2010,and improve remote access.We are currently working withfaculties and services to helpus plan the roll-out and trainingprogramme, and will providemore information over thecoming months.

For more information about ITprojects, please go towww.anglia.ac.uk/itservices.

Jennifer WoodBusiness RelationshipManager, IT Services

New computer facilities prove popularwith our students

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Student feedback,National CustomerService Week, October2011

‘… really good there areso many computers thatcan be used bystudents.’

‘Big improvement overthe last few years oncomputer speed accessin the library.’

‘Love the IT facilities!’

� One of our suites of open access computers in the Lord Ashcroft Building, Cambridge, taken prior to theSeptember opening.

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Three fledgling Cambridgecompanies have successfullybid for £40,000 from AngliaRuskin University to helpmake their business dreams areality.

In 2011, Anglia Ruskin’sCentre for EnterpriseDevelopment and Research(CEDAR) received a £50,000donation to provide supportfor business people withinCambridgeshire, which led tothe Enterprise FellowshipScheme being launched inJune.

In September, a noveladvertising concept calledStreetsight (reported inBulletin Vol 8 No 10, p7) wasthe first to benefit from theEnterprise Fellowship Scheme,receiving £10,000, and now afurther three finalists havebeen given support aftersuccessfully pitching to thejudging panel.

Hamish Symington and TomCatchesides have beenawarded £12,000 to developtheir innovative businessmanagement software forphotographers, called LightBlue. Hamish explained, ’Tomwas working as a wedding

photographer and haddeveloped a system to run hisbusiness: sufficent peoplewere impressed by it that weformed Light Blue Software tobring it to market. Three yearson, our software has reachedversion three, with a sizeablemarket both in the UK andaround the world, and we’vebuilt a reputation for both top-notch software and excellentcustomer support. We’reconstantly developing oursoftware to add new featuresand bring it to a wideraudience, and the CEDARfunding and mentoring will beinvaluable for the plans wehave in 2012, helping us tospeed our productdevelopment and bring otherpeople on board.’

Emily Mackay of Microgeniuswas awarded £10,000 toprogress her social enterpriseidea of linking investors withpeople keen to install a greenenergy microgenerator on theirproperty or in theircommunity. Microgenius aimsto become the onlinemarketplace for domestic andcommunity microgenerationprojects. It will be a placewhere investors can poolfunds to offer capital to those

installing renewable energytechnologies, such as wind orhydro turbines, in turnrealising environmental, socialand financial benefits. Emilysaid, ‘To have a team ofestablished entrepreneurssupporting me at such anearly stage, not onlyfinancially but with their timeand expertise, is a goldenopportunity.’

Joe Faulkner-Edwards hasbeen given £18,000 to helpWhey Forward HealthIndustries launch their firstproduct. Taking advantage ofnew whey processingtechniques, Whey ForwardHealth Industries hasdeveloped an advancednutritional supplement thatcan aid the production of theantioxidant, glutathione. Thishas been shown to enhancethe immune function, promotebone-mineral density andreduce tiredness and fatigue.Joe said, ‘Entering the CEDAREnterprise Fellowship Schemewas one of my best decisions!Obviously, this financial inputwill give our product launchthe healthy boost it needs, butperhaps more importantly, theunrivalled level of advice andexpertise offered as a result


� Emily Mackay. � Hamish Symington and Tom Catchesides. � Joe Faulkner-Edwards.

Three Cambridge businesses share£40,000 prize

will help me grow thebusiness to where we wouldlike it to be. We intend togrow Whey Forward HealthIndustries Ltd into asuccessful and thrivingenterprise, and excitingdevelopments are alreadyunder way for future products.’

Professor Lester Lloyd-Reason,Director of CEDAR, said, ‘Thequality of the applications wasvery high and it is tremendousthat we have been able tohelp four completely differentbusiness ideas. The fundingand the other support given toeach winner will give them agreat opportunity to progresstheir ideas successfully.’

Walter Herriot OBE, who wasa member of the judgingpanel, said, ‘This was the firstEnterprise Fellowship Schemerun by CEDAR, and to be ableto help four new enterpriseswith funding and mentoringsupport is fantastic. I amalready looking forward to the2012 Enterprise FellowshipScheme.’

For more information, pleasecontact Lester Lloyd-Reason [email protected].

Uni4U is back for its fifth year,bigger and better than ever!Reflecting our AccessAgreement commitment toworking with families andyounger school year groups,we are pleased to beintroducing the event at ourCambridge campus this year,and have also extended ourtarget age range to ensure thatwe reach more young peoplethan ever before.

Uni4U 2012 is aimed at pre-16 students in Years 7 to 11from schools across our regionand is designed to give themand their families a taste oftheir local university.

The opening of our new LordAshcroft International BusinessSchool in Cambridge providesus with the opportunity toshow students fromCambridge, Peterborough,Norfolk and Suffolk just howAnglia Ruskin can play animportant part in their futures.Our first Cambridge event, tobe held on Saturday 24March, promises to live up tothe reputation of itsChelmsford counterpart, withstaff and students alike eagerto help out. Already on boardare the Forensic ScienceSociety, an MA Printmakingstudent and Law students,who are keen to showcase

their specialisms in fun andimaginative ways.

The established Chelmsfordevent that targets schools inEssex will run on Saturday 26May and will feature many ofthe same family-friendlyactivities that have run inprevious years. Students andtheir younger siblings andparents will have the chanceto see if they are ‘business fit’,if they are the entrepreneurs ofthe future or if they havehitherto unknown skills atChinese calligraphy.

More information on theseevents can be found at

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New member of the Outreach& Recruitment Team, ‘ShellyStar’ (pictured right), and hercelestial friends have recentlybeen created to help give Year6 primary school students ataste of university life. We willuse our characters, designedby the Publications andAdvertising Team, in aprogramme to help studentsunderstand what highereducation is, and what theymight gain out of continuinginto HE in the future.

The programme consists oftwo parts: a day on campusand a follow-up ‘Graduation’event in May, to which parentswill also be invited.

The day on campus is, aboveall, designed to be a fun dayof activity focused on meeting

our current students andgetting involved with activitiesdesigned to help themunderstand what university lifeis like. Student Ambassadorsare integral to the experienceas they work with smallgroups of around six studentsand are encouraged to talk tothe children about what theystudy, what they like aboutuniversity, and anything elsethat the children might askabout.

Year 6 will have a tour of thecampus, and will explore thedifferences between schooland university. They will alsohave the opportunity to thinkahead to any careeraspirations that they mighthave and consider how theymight be able to achieve theirgoals.

Schools thathave participatedin the ‘ProfessorFluffy’programme inrecent years willbe invited to takepart. Two verysuccessful trialevents havealready takenplace, and around400 students areexpected to havevisited theCambridge andChelmsfordcampuses by theend of thisacademic year.

Further developments andextra resources are planned forthe academic year 2012–13.

Laura CookOutreach & RecruitmentOfficer, Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices

Uni4U is coming to a campus near you!www.anglia.ac.uk/uni4u, andwe will publish further detailsof activities and the expectedfootfall for the Cambridgeevent in the March issue ofBulletin.

For further information onUni4U, or to get involved,please contact either NicolaLumb on ext 4701 or RachaelCole on ext 2315.

Nicola Lumb and RachaelColeOutreach & RecruitmentOfficers, CorporateMarketing, International &Development Services

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� Pictured (l–r): Professors Rupert Bourne, Shahina Pardhan and RogerBuckley; Dr Gokulan Ratnarajan and Professor Anthony Bron.

� VERU Postdoctoral Research Fellows (l–r): Dr Daryl Tabrett, Dr AmyScarfe, and Dr Matthew Timmis.

Vision and Eye Research Unithosts research meeting in Cambridge

Farewell thanks

Our Vision and Eye ResearchUnit (VERU) held its secondresearch meeting on 9November at our Cambridgecampus. The meeting wasorganised by VERU Director,Professor Shahina Pardhan, andAssociate Director, ProfessorRoger Buckley, and provided anopportunity for VERU membersto showcase their vision-basedresearch and network withother members of the groupand invited guests.

Michael Bowen, Director ofResearch for the College ofOptometrists, kicked offproceedings with anenlightening 25-minute guestlecture, where he outlined theCollege’s research strategy overthe next three years.

A series of short talks fromVERU members included: DrPeter Bright (Senior Lecturer,Psychology), on The anatomy of

visual object processing andconceptual knowledge; RichardHollingsworth (PhD student,Vision and Hearing Sciences),on Visual function and readingin deaf children; Dr SilviaCirstea (Senior Lecturer,Computing & Technology), onAbility of the visually impairedto perceive distance fromauditory cues; Dr Peter Hills(Lecturer, Psychology), on Whatcan eye-movements tell usabout face processing?; DrSheila Rae (Senior Lecturer,Vision and Hearing Sciences),on Visual experience andmyopia; John Somner (KTPassociate, VERU), on Electronicrecords: user requirements,usability and workflow impact;Dr Amy Scarfe (PostdocturalResearch Fellow, VERU), onThe effects of central visualimpairment on obstaclecrossing; Dr Tabrett(Postdoctural Research Fellow,VERU), on Investigating the

visual and psychosocial factorsthat influence self-reportedvisual function in the visuallyimpaired; and Dr MatthewTimmis (Postdoctural ResearchFellow, VERU), on The effect ofcentral visual impairment onmanual prehension whentasked with transporting-to-place an object accurately to anew location.

In addition, Dr GokulanRatnarajan (Health Innovationand Education Cluster andVERU) discussed Optimizingthe referral process and carepathway for suspectedglaucoma patients, ProfessorMadhavan Rajan (VERU)reported on the Progress ofcorneal endothelial researchand Professor Rupert Bourne(VERU) presented on Theprogress of the second GlobalBurden of Diseases (GBD)study.

The meeting also provided aninvaluable opportunity forinformal networking amongVERU members. Speaking ofthe success of the meeting,Professor Pardhan commented,‘The programme providesevidence of how well VERU hasprogressed in the two yearssince it was formed. Ourresearchers carry out world-class research in various areasincluding visual memory, faceperception, glaucoma, lowvision, myopia, anterior eyediseases, visual function in deafchildren and community-basedophthalmology. VERU has arich mix of research expertise inoptometry, ophthalmology,computing sciences, psychology,human movement and other lifesciences, which facilitates realinterdisciplinary research.’

John MenziesMarketing Co-ordinator, Facultyof Science & Technology

I would like to say a big thank you for the my wonderfulretirement tea party. I was overwhelmed and words cannotexpress how kind people have been to me, also the lovely cardsand gift I received.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Anglia Ruskin and haveworked with some great people. I will miss the buzz of work,

but am looking forward to the different challenges that lieahead.

Thank you.

Sonia HudsonFormer Examination Administrator, Academic Office

Last autumn, Rupal Lovell-Patel, Programme Leader forOptometry and Optical Management within our Department ofVision and Hearing Sciences, visited America and Sweden topresent her latest research and deliver a guest lecture.

In October, Rupal attended the American Academy of Optometrymeeting in Boston and presented a well-received poster on herresearch into the effects of colour filter therapy on the rate ofreading. The meeting is one of the largest for optometricresearch and education in the world, and was attended by over5000 optometrists and researchers over four days.

Then, later in the same month, Rupal was invited to LinneUniversity in Kalmar, Sweden, to give a guest lecture to final-year optometry students on assessing and treating patientssuffering from visual stress. Rupal was invited to Sweden byformer Anglia PhD student Dr Baskar Theagarayan, who nowlectures on the optometry course at Linne. Following the lecture,Rupal was also asked to present her research to staff in theuniversity’s Faculty of Health Sciences.

Speaking of her trips, Rupal commented, ‘These trips were awonderful opportunities to network and develop researchcollaborations. I have come back with ideas on optometriceducation as well as research projects.’

John MenziesMarketing Co-ordinator, Faculty of Science & Technology

Vision and Hearing Sciences lecturervisits America and Sweden

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� Rupal pictured at Linne University with Dr Theagarayan.

6 February – Tim Waller, Professor of Child and FamilyStudies, Anglia Ruskin University• Outdoor Spaces, Play and Pedagogy in Early Childhood: insearch of the possible

20 February – Anette Koch, Visiting fellow, VIA UniversityCollege, Denmark• Working for the well-being of children – how do pedagoguesknow if children are well?

5 March – Rachel Mclean, Research Associate, and StephenMoore, Reader in Social Policy, Anglia Ruskin University• The Land In-Between: Researching young people’sexperience and perceptions of victimisation during the timebefore and after school: a study of eight European countries

19 March – Ana Teresa Brito, independent researcher, Portugal• Early intervention and wellbeing – recognising what we bringinto the interaction (The Brazelton Touchpoints Approach)

16 April – Claire Cameron, Professor of Social Work, AngliaRuskin University• The Educational Pathways of Children in Care: the YiPPEEproject

30 April – Jane Akister, Reader in Social Work, Anglia RuskinUniversity• Children’s mental well-being may affect their capacity tolearn: findings from research into the role of volunteers inhome-based child protection interventions

Education and wellbeing – lunchtime seminars, Mondays, February–April 2012

Education is known to be the best predictor of social mobility, but schools effectively reproduce inequality. Many children and young people find schoolsdifficult places to thrive in – and there are many other educational settings, both formal and informal. This short series of fortnightly seminars willexplore the contradictions and tensions in educational experience from the points of view of children, young people and welfare services.

Seminars are open to all. They will be of particular interest to those studying, teaching and researching Early Childhood Studies, Education, SocialWork, Social Policy, Sociology, Child Nursing and Youth Work.

All sessions run from 1.00–2.00pm, LAB027, Cambridge campus. For further information, please contact [email protected].

Fairtrade Fortnight andtravel-to-work newsupdates...Full details on pages 30–31

MA Early Years ProfessionalPractice student Kay Fisher(pictured right) has recentlypublished her first book, EarlyYears Daily Diary, which isdesigned to assist all earlyyears practitioners work inpartnership with parents,carers and all professionalsworking with the child.

Early Years Daily Diary allowspractitioners effectively to meetOfsted welfare requirementsand Early Years ProfessionalStatus commitments in a waythat is simple and time-saving.It is suitable for children frombirth and is clearly formatted toallow daily information sharing.

Kay commented on the book, ‘Idesigned the daily diary for usein my own childminding settingto allow me to work inpartnership with parents,whilst recording the children’sdevelopment and “wow

moments” in a format theparents could relate to andeventually treasure. Havingused it now for over four years,and supplying copies to otherpractitioners, I decided topublish it as a paperback inorder to make it available to allpractitioners across thechildcare workforce. The diaryhas been met with manypositive reviews fromprofessionals in varying aspectsof the childcare industry, and Ihope it will help settings worktowards building those all-important relationships withfamilies, whilst recording thechildren’s daily information anddevelopment in a simple, time-saving way.’

Kay graduated from AngliaRuskin University in 2005 withan honours degree in EarlyChildhood Education &Education Studies and is nowan Accredited Registered

Childminder with Early YearsProfessional Status. Kay is alsothe Editor of EssentialChildminder Magazine, which,with the support of the CheekyMonkeys Childminding Group,aims to inspire childmindersand early years practitioners intheir valuable roles, whilstassisting them in helping eachchild achieve and develop totheir full potential.

On her MA studies Kay said, ‘Ihave been studying for the MAin Early Years ProfessionalPractice since September2011. Although I am only afew short weeks into thecourse, it has already proved toexceed my expectations andhas provided inspirationaldiscussion and researchopportunities. I feel extremelyfortunate to be a part of thethird MA EYPP cohort and amlooking forward to thechallenges in this next stage of


Early Years’ publication

my continuous professionaldevelopment.’

The book has been publishedby Author House(www.authorhouse.co.uk),which is a self-publishingcompany. Further informationon the book can be found atwww.earlyyearsdailydiary.com,or you can contact Kay [email protected].

A new collections of essays, co-edited by Professor JohnShepherd, Dr Jonathan Davis

(Anglia Ruskin University) andProfessor Chris Wrigley(University of Nottingham), re-

appraises the history ofRamsay MacDonald’s secondLabour government during the1929–31 global financial crisis.Published by ManchesterUniversity Press in January2012, this book brings togethervaluable new research byleading historians from Britainand the USA. In analysing themyths and realities ofMacDonald’s minorityadministration, it sheds freshlight on Labour’s domesticpolicies, electoral and partymatters, relations with theSoviet Union and ideologicalquestions.

Professor John Shepherd,formerly Joint Director of theLabour History Research Unit(LHRU) at Anglia Ruskin until2010, is now Professor in

Modern British History at theUniversity of Huddersfield. Johncommented, ‘This project wasone of the most exciting I wasprimarily responsible for duringmy time at the LHRU. Thisedited collection resulted frompapers presented at thememorable 2009 Historyconference to mark theeightieth anniversary of Britain’ssecond Labour government. Iam extremely grateful for thevalued expertise andindispensable help of my twoco-editors, Chris and Jon, andour fellow contributors inmaking this scholarly volumepossible.’

For more information, pleasecontact John Shepherd [email protected].

Fresh perspectives on Britain’s second Labour government, 1929–31

Higher Skills @ Work and theLord Ashcroft InternationalBusiness School have recentlylaunched the first of a seriesof six masterclasses aimed atthe senior management teamat Cambridge RegionalCollege. The College aspiresto have more staff with formalleadership and managementqualifications and they intend,through these classes, tobuild up a toolkit of skills thatparticipants can apply directlyto their work at the College.

Anglia Ruskin has beenworking with CambridgeRegional College over the lastfew months as a deliverypartner in the College’s driveto develop their staff throughhigher educationqualifications. As part of thisinitiative, Cambridge RegionalCollege has sponsored their

employees to study the FdAManagement (work-based)and the MA Leadershipcourses offered throughHigher Skills @ Work.

The masterclasses have beenincorporated to supplementthese qualifications, to buildon the development ofmanagers and to help worktowards the vision of thisinitiative. They reinforce theorganisational values and aimto build a community ofleaders at CambridgeRegional College whosubscribe to a shared visionand purpose and arecommitted to continuouslearning.

The six masterclasses areplanned over a two-yearperiod. The content of eachone will be developed in an

emergent style as the overallprogramme progresses.However, several recurrentthemes will run throughoutthe sessions. There will besubstantial input from seniormanagement into each of theworkshops, and there will belinks made in the learning tothe formal qualifications thepeople are studying. Finally,action plans will be developedat the end of each workshop,and progress on these will bereviewed at the followingmasterclass. All themasterclasses will befacilitated by Dr JonathanSmith, Senior Lecturer at theLord Ashcroft InternationalBusiness School inCambridge.

The masterclass series will beas follows:

1. Leading and managing intough times

2. Strategic development3. New competences4. Leadership – corporate and

personal aspects ofleadership

5. Organising people andprocesses for excellence

6. Working with studentfeedback from masterclass1 (Leading and managingin tough times)

Dr Jonathan SmithSenior Lecturer, LordAshcroft InternationalBusiness SchoolSuparna GhoseSkills DevelopmentConsultant, HigherSkills@Work, LearningDevelopment Services

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With an increased awarenessof our need to provideequality in access toinformation for all ourstudents, staff and othercustomers, Anglia RuskinTranscription Centre providestranscription services tofaculties and support servicesfree of charge. Servicesprovided include Braille,digital audio, large print,digital text and tactile graphictranscription.

All faculties and supportservices can obtain marketing

publications, course materials,module booklets, moduleassessments, examinationpapers and other print andgraphical materials needed inalternative formats, free ofcharge.

As a university, we take ourresponsibilities under theEquality Act (2010) seriously,and want to ensure that allour faculties and supportservices can provideaccessible university-basedinformation to all ourstudents, staff and other

customers. Increasing theavailability of transcribedinformation will ensureimprovements in our annualAccess Plan, AccessBenchmark Exercise andNational Student Surveyresults, while supportingimprovements in the qualityof learning and teaching,student recruitment andretention.

The Anglia RuskinTranscription Centre isregistered under the BSI ISO9001, 2008, quality standard

and is a member of theUnited Kingdom Associationof Alternative Formats(UKAAF).

If you would like to knowmore about the services theCentre provides or want todiscuss how to obtain yourprint and graphicalinformation in an alternativeformat, please contact JaniceGreen([email protected])or Valerie Williams([email protected])by email or on ext 3175.

Masterclasses forCambridgeRegional College

Free transcription services offered to all faculties and support services

Staff development opps– generic skills andSITS:Vision training...Full details on page 32

Anglia Learning and Teaching is delighted to announce that the callfor applicants for the Anglia Ruskin University Teaching FellowshipAward (UTFA) is open. The UTFA is the process by which werecognise and reward outstanding contributions to learning andteaching within Anglia Ruskin, as well as within the HE community.

Applicants are required to demonstrate excellence in three areas:1. Individual excellence – evidence of enhancing and transforming

the student learning experience commensurate with your contextand the opportunities afforded by it.

2. Raising the profile of excellence – evidence of supportingcolleagues and influencing support for student learning;demonstrating impact and engagement beyond your immediateacademic or professional role.

3. Developing excellence – evidence of your commitment to yourongoing professional development with regard to teaching andlearning and/or learning support.

Colleagues who are judged to have provided sufficient evidence ofoutstanding contributions to learning and teaching within AngliaRuskin and the HE community to achieve a UTFA will receive:

• An Anglia Ruskin University Teaching Fellowship Certificate andbe entitled to use the designation ‘University Teaching Fellow’

• A specially designed Learning and Teaching Fellow lapel pin• A small project grant (up to £5000) to be used in the support ofa specified project in an area of learning or teaching.

University Teaching Fellows will be expected to contribute actively tothe development and enhancement of our learning and teaching.

EligibilityThe UTFA is open to all those involved in teaching and insupporting the student learning experience in HE. This includes

teaching staff and those who support the student learningexperience. Both full-time and part-time staff, including staff frompartner institutions and part-time hourly paid colleagues, are eligiblefor nomination. Colleagues may nominate themselves or others foran award. However, a nomination must be supported by the FacultyDean prior to submission to a review panel, chaired by the DeputyVice Chancellor (Academic).

Up to six awards are made each year. The application and awardprocess is shown below.

Forms and further informationPlease visit the awards pages on the Anglia Learning and Teachingwebsite (www.anglia.ac.uk/lta) for application forms and furtherinformation.

Need funding to support your learning, teaching and or assessment project? AngliaLearning and Teaching continues to run the Learning and Teaching Project Award scheme.See our announcement on page 11.

Dr Jaki LillyAnglia Learning and Teaching


University Teaching Fellowship Awardsrecognising excellence in learning and teaching practice

A date for your diary – Monday25 June 2012. This is thedate for our Learning andTeaching Conference, whichwill be hosted in our new LordAshcroft Building, Cambridge.

As in previous conferences, theday will contain a mix ofpresentations, papers andworkshops on a range of issueslinked to our LTA strategic aimsand targets. We have a host ofpilots and projects currentlybeing undertaken by colleaguesin all faculties, so if you want

to find out about the latestdevelopments in, for example,online teaching, e-submission,marking and feedback, ourgood teaching project – andmuch more – or to networkwith other colleagues who areengaged in interesting andinnovative LTA activities, thenthis is for you.

Our keynote speaker is DrRobert Duke, Professor ofMusic and Human Learningand Director of the Centre forMusic Learning at the

University of Texas at Austin.Bob Duke is UniversityDistinguished TeachingProfessor and the ElizabethShatto Massey DistinguishedFellow in Teacher Education.

Our conference will concludewith the announcement of ournew Teaching Fellows and theLearning and Teaching Projectsfor 2012–13. The conferencewill also acknowledge thecontributions made by staff inour new student-led ‘Made aDifference’ awards.

Proceedings and informationfrom our 2011 conference areavailable athttp://www.lta.anglia.ac.uk/innovate-review/.

Steve WilsonDirector of Anglia Learningand Teaching

Appplication and award process calendarFebruary In the first instance, interested applicants should contact Jaki Lilly (ext

2783, [email protected]) or Steve Wilson (ext 2062,[email protected]) for an informal chat.

February–April Interested applicants will work on their applications with guidancefrom Jaki Lilly or Steve Wilson.

May Completed applications must be received by 5.00pm, Friday 23 May.

June Successful applicants for the UTFA scheme will be announced andawarded at our Learning and Teaching Conference on 25 June 2012.

Learning and Teaching Conference 2012

‘Give as you Live’ is a freeapplication that, oncedownloaded to your homecomputer, allows usautomatically to reclaim a smallpercentage of any onlinepurchases you make from thepartner retailers. The partnerretailers include Amazon, iTunes,ASOS, Ticketmaster, TheTrainline – and thousands more.Simply go towww.anglia.ac.uk/giveasyouliveto read more about this initiativeand to download the app tohome your computer.

You really can make a hugedifference without any extraeffort. If every staff member:

• downloaded Give as you Liveand spent £100 online duringthe year, we could raisearound £6000. This could payfor 130 group sessions ofmusic therapy for peoplesuffering from a range ofconditions, including autism,dementia and schizophrenia

• also asked two friends to signup to Give as you Live andthey spent the same, we couldraise around £18,000 peryear. This could pay forenough musical instruments toequip a whole new room atthe Music Therapy Clinic,including a piano andpercussion instruments for allages.

… and all at no extra cost toanybody! If you have anyquestions about Give as youLive, please do give me a ring onext 4728.

Thomas KayDevelopment Manager,Development and AlumniOffice, Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices


ALUMNI NEWSGive as you LiveCalling all staff – here’s a unique opportunity to make a regular gift toour Music Therapy Appeal, but at absolutely no cost to you whatsoever!


On Saturday 10 March, we present a collection ofconversations to celebrate International Women’sDay (IWD) 2012 at our Cambridge campus. Theevent at our East Road campus takes place from10.00am to 2.30pm, starting with registrationand refreshments at 9.30am. Prior booking isessential. If you would like to attend, please visithttp://nogoingback.eventbrite.co.uk/ to book yourplace.

Professor Helen Valentine will chair the event,which will feature a keynote speech by recentappointee to our Board of Governors, JulieSpence, OBE, who will give a talk entitled‘These ladies are not for turning: but are wetoo complacent about our progress?’

Other speakers will include ProfessorDame Athene Donald, University ofCambridge, Antoinette Jackson,Cambridge City Council, Dr LizBradbury, Lecturer in Sociology, andEmma Brett, Lecturer in PublicService, both Anglia Ruskin. Inaddition, there will be speakers fromUK Feminista, Womankind andFeminist Action Cambridge.

As well as the talks and debates,there will be an opportunity to take part in anAfrican djembe drumming workshop and a singingworkshop, Finding A Voice with Women of Note.

The day will also feature exhibitions and stalls with information onissues such as ending violence against women and girls, wherenext for the feminist movement? and women’s empowermentprojects.

The event has been jointly organised by Anglia Ruskin University,University of Cambridge and a whole host of women’s charitiesand community organisations.

Other events marking IWD in Cambridge are:• 6, 7 and 9 February – CRASSH symposium events withBaroness Helena Kennedy (seehttp://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/1918/ for details)

• 8 March – Annual IWD Lecture with Mariella Frostrup (5.45pmat the Howard Theatre, Downing College, University ofCambridge)

• 22 March – Annual WiSETI (Women in Science, Engineering

and Technology Initiative) Lecture with Professor Carol Robinson(5.00pm at the Auditorium, Robinson College, University ofCambridge)

• 22 March – Dame Anne Begg MP delivers this year’s AnnualDisability Lecture, Two Steps Forrward, One Step Back:Challenges to Disabled People in 2012 (5.30–6.30pm, FisherBuilding, St John’s College, University of Cambridge)

For further details about our events on the Cambridge campus,please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/communityengagement and click onthe Community Events tab, on the left.

Miriam BergCommunity Engagement Officer, Corporate Marketing,International & Development

No Going Back!What next forwomen today?

Anglia Ruskin in

THE COMMUNITY

� CRC Principal, Anne Constantine, Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council, Nick Clarke, and ClimateChange Minister, Greg Barker, at the opening of the SmartLife Low Carbon Skills Centre.

‘Green’ skills centre sets newstandards, says Minister

UK and international

PARTNER INSTITUTIONS


In 2011, a student atUniversity CentrePeterborough had a life-changing trip to Nashville,where she wrote andperformed with some of thebiggest names in the countrymusic scene.

Amy Jones (pictured right), asecond-year English Literaturestudent at UCP, enjoyed atwo-week placement with theArtist Development Networkon Music Row, Nashville, aprogramme that covered everyaspect of the artistic andcommercial process – writing,recording, performing, evenphotography.

The programme started with aweek of co-writing sessions,where she worked withleading songwriters such asKaren Staley and SarahMajors, who between themhave written for countrylegends such as TrishaYearwood, Tracy Byrd andFaith Hill, amongst others.She was also coached by therenowned Buzzy Orangewho’s responsible forcultivating artists such as theUS chart-topping AmericanIdol winner, CarrieUnderwood.

Amy then recorded her veryown songs with some ofNashville’s finest as herbacking band, including JonConley on guitar and TommyHarden on drums (who’drecently returned from touringwith country superstar, RebaMcEntire). The recordingsession was at Ocean WayStudios on Music Row, wherethe likes of Faith Hill, Trisha

A new £3-million trainingcentre for teaching the ‘green’building technologies neededto construct low-carbonhomes and install renewableenergy systems has opened atCambridge Regional College.

The £3-million SmartLife LowCarbon Skills Centre wasdescribed as ‘… setting a newstandard for training andskills’ by Climate ChangeMinister, Greg Barker, whoformally opened the futuristicbuilding.

The centre, home to theCollege’s ‘green’ teachingprogrammes, is wherestudents will study modernmethods of construction andlearn the skills necessary tobe part of the green workforceof the future.

Universitystudent go

It will also be a training basefor businesses andprofessionals looking to adaptto the low-carbon economy,with specialist classrooms forteaching the installation ofphotovoltaic, advanced gasand solar energy systems.

The centre, a joint projectbetween CRC andCambridgeshire CountyCouncil, was opened by theMinister at a ceremonyattended by business leadersfrom across the county. MrBarker said the building wasvery impressive – and told hisaudience it was vital thatyoung people and businesseshad access to training for theindustries of the future.

College Principal, AnneConstantine, said she hoped

the skills centre wouldstimulate demand for greenskills within the constructionsector. ‘This centre will driveforward the adoption of greentechnologies by supportinginnovation and understanding,and by developing the know-how necessary for a greenerfuture,’ she said.

The SmartLife Low CarbonSkills Centre is part of theHive Education and EnterprisePark, a joint venture ofCambridge Regional College,Cambridgeshire CountyCouncil and Future Business.

Lynn O’SheaCommunications & PRManager, Cambridge RegionalCollege


Trevor Jones, Research Fellowwithin our Department of LifeSciences, has been working inTanzania since 2002 and hasrecently discovered hithertounknown populations of anendangered antelope species inthe country’s southernrainforests.

Trevor, working in collaborationwith colleague Andrew Bowkettfrom the University of Exeter,used camera traps and DNAanalysis of dung samples toestablish the presence of threeseparate and previouslyunknown populations of theAbbott’s duiker antelope(pictured above) in theUdzungwa Mountains ofSouthern Tanzania.

The Abbott’s duiker has been indecline for several decades,mainly due to loss of habitatand hunting for bushmeat. In2008, the species status on thered list of vulnerable specieswas raised (following a newassessment by Trevor and

colleagues) from Vulnerable toEndangered. There are anestimated maximum 1500mature individuals in the wild,spread across four disparateTanzanian mountain ranges:Kilimanjaro, Usambara,Southern Highlands and theUduzungwa Mountains.

The discovery of three newpopulations, reported in January2012 in the leadingconservation journal, Oryx,provides renewed optimism forthe future of this beautifulantelope, and re-affirms theimportance of preserving theUdzungwa Mountain rainforeststo ensure their survival.

Trevor thanks the ZoologicalSociety of London and theWildlife Conservation Society forfunding these expeditions, andhis colleagues in Life Sciencesfor their unwavering support.

John MenziesMarketing Co-ordinator, Facultyof Science & Technology

Yearwood and The Band Perryhave also recorded.

Amy said, ‘The wholeexperience was totally relaxedand fun, if not a little surreal,and we got some great tracksfor me to put vocals to. Theclimax of the trip was achance to perform at thefamous Nashville PalaceWriters’ Night, where legendssuch as Randy Travis havemade their name.’ Amy alsocommented, ‘It was a trulyawesome experience, whereeveryone was so supportiveand gave really positivefeedback about my songs,which is the most wonderfulthing for a writer orperformer.’

However, it’s her studies atUniversity CentrePeterborough that shebelieves are also playing a

major part in her developmentboth as a writer and as aperformer: ‘UCP has beensuch an amazing place tomake friends, as well as todevelop artistically. As well asthe literature and its ideas, Imeet such an intriguingmixture of people there thatI’m never short of inspiration!If I’m struggling for inspirationwith a song, I get a coffeeduring my breaks, plonkmyself down in the atriumand just people watch. It’sgreat! Awesome atmosphere,and both UCP staff andstudents have been hugelysupportive in all that I do.’

Louise PriceRecruitment and Events Co-ordinator, University CentrePeterborough

Centre Peterboroughes Country

New populations ofendangered Africanantelopediscovered by Life Sciencesresearcher

Focus on

RESEARCH

Fairtrade Fortnight – 27 February to 11 MarchIt’s that time of year again when we go bananas to supportFairtrade!

Fairtrade is a thriving and growing campaign movement withover 500 Fairtrade towns, over 600 Fairtrade schools, over140 Fairtrade universities and over 6700 Fairtrade faithgroups, including synagogues, mosques and Hindu temples. Weare proud to be a Fairtrade university, and have been since2007; every year we participate in the national FairtradeFortnight, hosted by the Fairtrade Foundation.

This year the Foundation is asking everyone to take a step forFairtrade, it can be a simple step like swapping your tea tofairtrade, or a bigger step, like asking everyone in your office todo it, too! Thousands of people up and down the country willbe taking a step for Fairtrade in 2012. They’ll be baking cakes,holding coffee mornings, pledging to drink Fairtrade tea for ayear, persuading their office to switch to Fairtrade beveragesand taking a step to buy more Fairtrade cotton clothing. Lastyear more than 5000 events took place around the UK. Whatwill your step for Fairtrade be?

As well as taking personal steps, why not get involved with thethings we are doing over the fortnight at Anglia Ruskin?

• Take a step for Fairtrade – Chelmsford lunchtime river walks,1 March and 8 March. Meet at Mildmay at 12.00noon for a30-minute walk at 12.15pm around theChelmer Valley Nature Reservearea. The first ten people willreceive a goodie bag withFairtrade items as part ofFairtrade Fortnight! Put thedate in your diary!

• Fairtrade football matches –if you would like to takepart, or for more information,please [email protected] forChelmsford matches [email protected] for Cambridge matches.

• All our catering outlets will be offering discounts on Fairtradeproducts over the fortnight

• We will have stalls over the fortnight in LAB in Chelmsfordand the Street in Cambridge for you to come and collectFairtrade information and write a pledge.

To keep up to date with all Fairtrade events at Anglia Ruskin orin your local community, like us on facebook: search ‘AngliaRuskin Green Love’ or visit www.anglia.ac.uk/fairtrade.

Don’t forget, for those members of staff who are in a greenimpact team, this is the perfect time for you to pick up pointsfor Bronze criteria B.016 and B.017.

Travel updatesThere will be a change in train services currently delivered byNational Express that will be operated by Abellio Greater AngliaLtd from February 2012, and they promise a seamlesschangeover for its customers. As soon as we have furtherinformation, we will update our web pages.

ChelmsfordPlease note that the discounts for rail travel mentioned inJanuary’s Bulletin (page 29) were incorrect, and we apologisefor any inconvenience caused. Staff and students are entitled toa 15% discount on six-monthly and annual season tickets, noton the quarterly tickets as stated. Details on how to apply fordiscounted tickets can be found on our travel pages(www.anglia.ac.uk/environment).

Staff are also entitled to apply for an interest-free travel loan topurchase season tickets. For more information, please see theHRS website.

CambridgeFor colleagues who are members of Travel for Work,Ridingabike is offering TfW members a 10% discount on adultcycle training, bicycle maintenance training and ‘Dr Bike’maintenance services. Contact us for further information.

Travel surveysWe would like to thank everyonewho completed our travel surveysin October. The prize winnerwas Cambridge student WilSymons, who will receive a£250 voucher to purchase anew bike! Congratulations toWil!


Take a step in 2012!GREEN ISSUES

See the pie chart (above) for the main methods used by staffwho travel to our Chelmsford campus. As can be seen, sinceour last survey in 2009, the number of staff driving alone hasreduced from 50% to 41%. More people are walking orcycling, which is great news for the environment! The responserate for completing the survey fell from 52% to 41%, which isa little disappointing as we will not be able to win the Essexgold travel award this year.

One of the survey questions looked at ways to help you travelin the most cost-effective and greenest way. A cross-campusshuttle bus was the most popular method, with 39% ofChelmsford staff and 45.59% of Cambridge staff choosing thisoption.

The survey also showed that we have met most of our stafftravel targets, apart from the ones relating to car sharing,which has reduced for both campuses.

We will be looking at the survey results in detail to see if anyfurther measures can be implemented to help everyone travelin the greenest way, and we have submitted applications fortravel awards for both campuses.

We would encourage everyone to fill in our next travel survey,as it really does help us get better discounts on public transportand get funding for making improvements on campus. Last yearwe installed over 50 new cycle lockers in our Chelmsfordcampus!

The Environment [email protected]

List your events on the ‘Today’sevents’ calendar

The ‘Today’s events’ calendar on the My.Anglia home pagemakes it easy for you to let key Anglia Ruskin staff know aboutthe events you are holding. This means that you will get thesupport you need.

Please use the calendar to list all events that involve externalvisitors to Anglia Ruskin, and internal events that impact on theuse of communal areas. Doing this makes sure that Receptionstaff are expecting your guests, and they know where to directthem to, and that Security staff know to have the roomsunlocked.

It also ensures you have the support you need from Estates &Facilities Services so that the area you have booked is in topcondition for hosting your guests. This is particularly importantif your event is scheduled for out of regular office hours, as wewill then know to programme the heating to turn on for you atthe right time.

To list your event, go to the My.Anglia home page(my.anglia.ac.uk), scroll down to the calendar marked ‘Today’sevents’ and click on ‘Submit an event for My.Anglia’. This takesyou to an online form. You will also find a link to ‘Questionsabout booking rooms’, which includes a checklist and FAQs tohelp you with organising your event.

To view all upcoming events, click on the ‘Today’s events’ linkon the My.Anglia home page. As the calendar is seen by allstaff and students, it can also help you with advertising yourupcoming events.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].


Estates &

FACILITIES

February’s development sessions

3 Feb Time Management St George House 09.30–4.30pm

6 Feb Plain English Rivermead 10.00am–4.30pm

8 Feb Management Development Programme (Part 1) FULLY BOOKED St George House, Cambridge 9.30am–4.30pm

21 Feb Equality & Diversity in Recruitment & Selection Rivermead 9.30am–4.30pm

22 Feb HR Policy Briefing St George House, Cambridge 1.30–4.30pm

29 Feb Management Development Programme (Part 2) FULLY BOOKED St George House, Cambridge 9.30am–4.30pm

20 Mar Open Forum: Our International Collaborative Partnerships Rivermead 12.00noon–2.00pm

If you would like to book aplace on a staff developmentsession, you will need to emailthe following information [email protected]: yourname; job title; faculty orsupport service; location;telephone extension number

and email address; the title ofthe workshop; the date of theworkshop; your line manager’sname and email address.Please note, before placingyour booking, you must secureyour line manager’s agreementfor this training. If a session is

STAFF DEVELOPMENT


New for 2011–12

20 Mar Open Forum: Our International Collaborative Partnerships Rivermead 12.00noon–2.00pm

13 Feb Introduction to SITS:Vision Cambridge 10.30am–12.30pm

13 Feb Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Cambridge 1.00–3.00pm

14 Feb Introduction to SITS:Vision Chelmsford 10.30am–12.30pm

14 Feb Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Chelmsford 1.00–3.00pm

15 Feb Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Chelmsford 10.30am–12.30pm

12 Mar Introduction to SITS:Vision Chelmsford 10.30am–12.30pm

12 Mar Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Chelmsford 1.00–3.00pm

13 Mar Introduction to SITS:Vision Cambridge 10.30am–12.30pm

13 Mar Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Cambridge 1.00–3.00pm

16 Apr Introduction to SITS:Vision Cambridge 10.30am–12.30pm

16 Apr Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Cambridge 1.00–3.00pm

17 Apr Introduction to SITS:Vision Chelmsford 10.30am–12.30pm

17 Apr Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Chelmsford 1.00–3.00pm

18 Apr Extracting Data from SITS:Vision Chelmsford 10.30am–12.30pm

fully booked, you can registeryour interest by [email protected].

For the most up-to-dateinformation about training anddevelopment opportunities,please see HR Online, at

www.anglia.ac.uk/hr.

If you have any queriesregarding any staffdevelopment sessions, pleasedo not hesitate to contact thetraining team [email protected].

SITS:Vision training for staff – February–April

If you would like to book a place on a SITS:Vision trainingsession, you will need to email the following information [email protected].

About yourself: name, job title, faculty or support service, telext, university login username

About the session: title of the session, date and time, location

Please secure your line manager’s agreement prior to bookingyour place.

You can access further information about each session athttp://web.anglia.ac.uk/hr/training/browse/sas.html.

If you have any other queries regarding SITS:Vision training,please email [email protected].

For full information, pick up a programme at the theatre.To book, phone the box office on 0845 196 2320 or call ext 2320


What’s on at the Mumford?

George Gershwin. And of coursethis is the Olympic year for theUK.

Original choreography andinspiring music from The Beatles,

Gershwin and Vangelis arebrought together to create a showfull of elegance, style, rhythm anda bit of ancient history.

The senior cast present a three-part performance based ontopical themes for 2012. It is 50years since the Beatles producedtheir first hit record. It is 75 yearssince the untimely death of

Olympia (Senior cast) • Tickets: £10.00 (£7.00 concessions) • Saturday 4 February 4.30pm, Sunday 5 February 5.30pm & 8.00pm

The Scouts and Guides are proudto present Cambridge Gang Show,a variety show for all the familywith singing, dancing andsketches.

Tickets purchased for groupsdiscount: buy 10 get extra 1 free.

Cambridge Gang Show • Tickets: £10.00 (£7.50 children under 14) • Tuesday 14–Saturday 18 February, 7.30pm + 2.30pm Saturday

For three nights, CambridgeUniversity Ballet Club brings thiswonderful story to life in its ownway. Set to Prokofiev's beautifulscore and complete with props

and costumes that will amaze anddelight, this is a productionenjoyable for the whole family.

The story is a familiar one: adowntrodden girl, two horrificstepsisters, a pumpkin and a lostshoe.

Cinderella • Tickets: £8.00 (£6.00 concessions) • Thursday 23–Saturday 25 February, 7.30pm

Arguably the most popular andwell loved opera ever written, TheMikado is Gilbert & Sullivan at theheight of their powers. Set in atopsy-turvy vision of Japan, itcombines a tale of love withsatirical social commentary andeffervescent humour, together with

some of the finest songs the pairwrote together.

2011 marked the 50thAnniversary of CambridgeUniversity Gilbert and SullivanSociety. Join them as they begintheir second half-century in style!

Cambridge University Gilbert &Sullivan Society presents a tale oflove, satirical social commentaryand effervescent humour,together with some of the finestsongs Gilbert and Sullivan wrotetogether.

The Mikado • Tickets: £10.00 (£8.00 concessions) • Wednesday 29 February–Saturday 3 March, 7.30pm + 2.30pm Saturday

Kafka’s nightmare vision andBerkoff’s crackling script meetBlackeyed Theatre’s trademarkensemble-style physical theatreand live music to create aninspiring and unforgettable pieceof theatre.

‘One of the most innovative, audaciouscompanies working in contemporaryEnglish theatre.’ The Stage

Suitable for ages 13+.

Kafka’s universal parable aboutthe human condition is retold inBerkoff’s startlingly original, freshand endlessly surprising play,which Blackeyed Theatre bringsback to the stage in theirinimitable way.

The Trial • Tickets: £11.50 (£8.50 concessions) • Monday 5 & Tuesday 6 March, 7.30pm

Peter Pan (Junior cast) • Tickets: £9.00 (£6.00 concessions) • Saturday 4 February 11.00am & 1.30pm, Sunday 5 February 2.30pm

THE ARTSThe junior cast perform a dynamicinterpretation of this popular tale.The Darling children fly to Never-Never Land with Peter Pan and

Tinkerbell. There they meet theLost Boys, Red Indians, CaptainHook (hissss!), the notorious

crocodile, and lots of otherfantastic characters.

Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events

For full details of all CFC events and for booking infornation, please visitwww.cambridgeshirefilmconsortium.org/, call 01223 579127 or email

[email protected]

Education events for schools and colleges

who brought their distinctivestyles to American cinema, thecourse will also focus on thoseother artists – actors andscreenwriters, composers anddesigners – who left their mark onmany well-known movies.

Tutor: Dr Neil Archer, AngliaRuskin University.

Cost: £80, members £75,concessions £60 (includescomprehensive study pack).

Explore the long and richinfluence of Europe andEuropeans on Hollywoodfilmmaking, from the heyday ofthe studio system to the presentday. As well as looking at manyof the key European directors

Evening and weekend film courses for adults

way of life, but also as the lastgasp of the Industrial Revolution.Offering a timely reminder of howwe used to live and work inBritain’s industrial age, the musicprovides an elegiac andatmospheric soundtrack toMorrison’s cinematic images.

A Bfi Mediatheque on Tourevent.

Tickets: £4.60, senior citizens£3.60 (includes tea/coffee witheach ticket).

The Miners’ Hymns celebratesthe sense of vibrant community,rich, self-organised culture andthe forbearance that characterisedthe dangerous lives of those whoworked underground, and theplaces in which they lived, whilstmarking the demise of the miningindustry not only as the end of a

Lunchtime archive films at the Arts Picturehouse

an experimental aversion therapydeveloped by the government in aneffort to solve society’s crimeproblem… but not all goes to plan.

Cost: £3.50 (accompanyingteachers free).

This highly controversial film is setin a futuristic Britain wherecharismatic delinquent AlexDeLarge is jailed. He volunteers for

ruthless leader. A murder during anight-club robbery causes splitloyalties and deadly decisionsbetween the friends.

Introduction and post-screendiscussion on 1920s depressionand the rise of the gangster film.

Suitable forGCSE/A/AS/UndergraduateHistory/Film Media studies.

Cost: £3.50 (accompanyingteachers free).

In this Warner Bros pre-Code crimefilm, set during the 1920sAmerican Depression, ambitioussmall-time criminals Rico Bandelloand Joe Massara move to Chicago,where Joe finds love and Ricochanges his name to Little Caesaras he becomes a gangster’s

Who really banned A ClockworkOrange? Why did audiences livein fear of Snow White? And justwhat made Austin Powers a hatefigure for so many people? Explore

the work of the British Board ofFilm Classification with BBFCEducation Officer James Blatch inthis interactive workshop event forMedia and Film Studies students.

By watching challenging filmclips, students will be encouragedto discuss the issues involved.

THE ARTS


Censorship, film and the British Board of Film Classification • Tuesday 7 February, 9.00am–1.00pm

A Clockwork Orange (18) • Director: Stanley Kubrick. Writers: Stanley Kubrick and Antony Burgess.Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates. UK 1971, 136 minutes.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Screenwriters: Francis Edward Farogah, Robert N.Lee, Robert Lord, Darryl F Zanuck(uncredited). Starring: Edward G Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Glenda Farrell. USA 1931, 79 minutes.

Little Caesar (PG) • Thursday 9 February, 9.00–11.45am

Hollywood Europeans • 1 February – 26 March, Mondays 6.00–8.00pm, 8 weeks

The Miners’ Hymns (Director: Bill Morrison) • Wednesday 22 February, 1.00–2.15pm

The Shop Around the Corner; Sunset Boulevard; French Cancan; An American in Paris; Chinatown.

Exhibitions and music

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


Wednesday 8 February–Thursday 23 February, Ruskin BalconyPrivate View: Thursday 9 February, 5.00pm

An exhibition by Level-2 BA (Hons) Fine Art students.

Contributing artists include: Leanne Dawson, Eloise Scarlett-Denton,Jonathan Fearon-Harrison, Rosie Goring, Tom Hiscock, Naomi Holberry,Emma James, Susie Johnson, Sharon Nightingale, Eleanor Notman,Zohal Satari, Madeleine Taylor and Demi Walter.

Fridays, 1.10pm, Mumford Theatre, free admission

3 Feb Man Behind the DrumPaolo Cimmino (percussion) with Daniella Ganeva (marimba)The rich, choral qualities of the marimba are blended with thesparkle of traditional Italian/Middle Eastern hand percussion.

10 Feb Project SwagatamPrakriti Dutta (dhrupad singer), Barnaby Brown(canntaireachd, triplepipes, early Highland bagpipes)Mouth music traditions of India and Scotland with works byRabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) and the Blind Piper ofGairloch (1656–1754).

17 Feb Emily RememberedKathy Dyson and Deirdre Cartwright (jazz guitar duo)Celebrating the life and work of guitarist Emily Remler, the duoperform a rich mix of swinging jazz standards, Remlerarrangements and originals, bossa nova and some of their owncompositions.

24 Feb Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) with Jillian Skerry (piano)An instructive and entertaining journey through the centurieswith the trumpet in its various forms from Purcell and Handelto the present day.

2 Mar Performing the FilmMechanical and Electronic Music Experience (MEME),Director: Julio d’EscrivánA presentation of works that accompany film, video andphotography produced by Anglia Ruskin students currently onthe Creative Music Technology degree pathway.(This concert takes place in the Recital Hall.)

9 Mar Mifune Tsuji (violin) and Paul Jackson (piano)The popular Japanese violin virtuoso presents a recital featuringmusic by Prokofiev, Messiaen, Vaughan Williams, MichaelNyman and Gershwin.

16 Mar Ian PaceA specialist in contemporary piano music, Ian Pace playsmusic by Anglia Ruskin music lecturer Paul Rhys (Not I andFive Preludes) plus works by Chopin and Debussy.

20 Apr Daphna Sadeh and The VoyagersDaphna Sadeh (double bass), Cevanne Horrocks Hopayian(Celtic harp/vocals), Susi Evans (clarinet), Ian Hill(accordion), Ronen Kozokaro (percussion)A concert of new vocal and instrumental world musiccompositions.

27 Apr Anglia Ruskin Jazz VoicesDimitra Tzanakaki and Louise Smith with Chris Ingham(piano), Andrew Brown (bass) and Nic France (drums)A professional jazz rhythm section led by Anglia Ruskin lecturerChris Ingham join jazz voice students for their end of semesterassessed recital.

www.anglia.ac.uk/mpaevents

Lunchtime concert series Design Icons: Cambridge Innovation Festival

How to Build a Sandcastle

MA Children’s Book Illustration: Graduation exhibition

Wednesday 8–Wednesday 15 February, The Gallery at FoylesBookshop, LondonWednesday 29 February–Thursday 15 March, Ruskin GalleryPrivate View: Thursday 1 March, 5.00pm

Cambridge School of Art’s MA programme in Children’s Book Illustrationhas developed an international reputation since it was validated as thefirst specialist course of its kind in 2001. Numerous graduates havegone on to achieve international acclaim as author-illustrators forchildren, winning esteemed prizes and awards around the world.

Wednesday 8 February–Thursday 23 February, Ruskin GalleryPrivate View: Thursday 9 February, 5.00pm

Creative Front Cambridgeshire(www.creativefront.org) is leading the month-longDesign Icons Festival, as part of the DesignCouncil’s Design Fund for Growth initiative.

Over 80 products have been nominated as leading designs to come outof Cambridgeshire. A selection panel of industry experts will shortlist thebest products that represent Cambridge design to appear in theexhibition, including the ‘People’s Choice’ as voted for by members ofthe public. This exhibition kick-starts the festival with an interactiveretrospective-to-present-day showcase of the 20 most importantproducts designed in Cambridgeshire over the last 40 years!

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

• Academic Office:Sandra Cutter, Secretary, Research Degrees;Alyson Dawes, Faculty Quality Assurance Officer;Hayley Duignan, Senior Assessments Administrator;Sonia Hudson, Administrative Assistant, Academic Appeals and Exams;Katherine Leiser, Senior Assessments Administrator;Gill O´Smotherly, Head of Unit, Assessments and Conferments

• Arts, Law & Social Sciences:Joanne Eccles, Administrator, Language Centre;Tom Mortimer, Head of Anglia Law School

• Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services:Rickie Harper, Marketing Executive;Madeline Newton, Contact Centre Team Leader;Lauren Shearwood, Senior Customer Adviser

• Health, Social Care & Education:Lesley Arber, Schools Partnership Administrator, Teacher Education;Ken Biggins, Senior Technician;John Chappell, Information Technology Manager, mPowerNet;Maureen Curtis, Departmental Administrator, Educational Studies;Lizzie Hamilton, Research Fellow;Maureen Martin, Administrator:Anne McKee, Head of Department, Educational Studies;Heather Meacock, Senior Lecturer, Educational Studies;Theodora Papatheodorou, Professor of Early Childhood, Educational Studies;Margaret Patterson, Schools Partnership Administrator, Teacher Education;Carole Rowe, Training & Development Officer, mPowerNet;Vicky Stevenson, Departmental Administrator;Frances Ward, Departmental Administrator, Teacher Education;Nicola Whittingham, Principal Lecturer/Programme Leader, Teacher Education

• IT Services:Robin Cusick, Media Development Technician, ITS Media;Richard Farr, Media Technician, ITS Media;Neil Plumb, Support Analyst, Customer Support;Tim Saunders, Media Technician, ITS Media;


• Academic Office:Sara Donner-Langstone, Executive Committee Secretary, ResearchDegrees

• Corporate Marketing, International & Development Services:Lauren Boswell, Admissions Officer;Paul Dunton, Outreach and Recruitment Officer

• Financial Services:Philip Vohmann, Registration and Data Quality Supervisor

• Health, Social Care & Education:Steven Abbott, Senior Research Fellow, Allied Health & Medicine;Helen Higgs, Helpdesk Administrator;Deborah Kendrick, Personal Assistant;Ross Willsher, Programme Administrator

• HR Services:Stacey Freeman, HR Administrator

• Science & Technology:Rachel Grant, Lecturer

LEAVERSJane Shearer, Business Analyst, Architecture & Development;Joan Watson, Clerical/Loans Assistant, ITS Media

• Learning Development Services:Helen Arnott, Personal Assistant;Christine Battagliola, Learning Development Consultant;Carol Everett, Learning Development Manager;David Fowler, Learning Support Technician;James Kadirire, Senior Lecturer;Leonie Ramondt, Learning Development Consultant

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School:Jolanta Balciene, KEEP Associate

• Research, Development & Commercial Services:Christopher Davies, Assistant Director;David Firth, KTP Manager;Caroline Hyde, Business Development Manager;Rob Shorrock, Business Development Manager;Zlatka Stoeva, Business Development Manager

• Science & Technology:John Cornell, Technical Officer, Computing & Technology;Matt Jenkins, Systems Trainer, Computing & Technology;Karl Tabois, Technician, Computing & Technology

• Student Services:Emma Aboubaker, Assistant Employability Adviser;Jo Boyton, Employability Adviser;Jan Haldane, Employability Adviser;Sue Post, Employability Adviser;Irene Samson, Employability Adviser;Bridget Searle, Student Money Adviser;Judi Shambrook, Finance Administrator, Employment Bureau

• University Library:Rosemary Hill, Library Assistant

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