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Dr Simon Thurley CBE: Keeper of England’S Heritage The magazine for the alumni of Royal Holloway and Bedford HigherIssue 16 Spring 2012 Dr Simon Thurley CBE: Keeper of England’s heritage Olympics come to College Breaking the Code: Alumni at Bletchley Park Fire and fossils: Professor Andrew Scott Founder’s Weddings Exclusive benefits for our alumni the perfect setting for your perfect day The College Chapel is now available exclusively to alumni for Christian wedding ceremonies, offering a truly personal location and special memories for you and your guests. The Picture Gallery and Dining Hall provide a spectacular setting for alumni wedding receptions. Our award winning catering and experienced hospitality staff will ensure you experience the wedding you’ve always dreamed about. We are also delighted to offer a generous alumni discount on our individually tailored wedding receptions. Chapel enquiries (term-time only) Wedding reception enquiries [email protected] or 01784 443950 [email protected] or 01784 276224 www.conferences.rhul.ac.uk/weddings Contents In Focus 4 4–5 Mark Carwardine tracks the spirit bear A red slender loris caught on film in Sri Lanka News 6 (see page 31) 6 From the Principal 7 Letters to the Editor 8–9 College news 10–11 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 12–13 Faculty of Management and Economics 14–15 Faculty of Science Features 16 16–18 Keeper of England’s heritage: Dr Simon Thurley CBE 19 Open for science: our record-breaking science open days 20–21 Olympics come to College 22–24 Breaking the code: our alumni at Bletchley Park, by Margaret Lenton 25 Making art work: Professor Helen Nicholson 26–27 Fire and fossils: Professor Andrew Scott 28 Adventures in the screen trade: Amanda Faber 29 Pictures from the Collection: Peter the Great at Deptford Dockyard, by Daniel Maclise Alumni 30 30 Alumni generations: Geographers making their mark 31 International zone: Conservation in Sri Lanka 32–33 Our international community: A world map of alumni 34 International zone: Entrepreneur Rachel Treece in Europe 35 The Library Book Fund 36–41 Class notes and events 42–43 In memoriam 44–45 New books by alumni Development 46 46–49 How your gifts are making a difference Dates for Your Diary 50 50 –51 Alumni and College events Editor: Steve Pickles [email protected] Higher is published twice a year, in November and May. PRINTER TO SUPPLY The paper contains material sourced from responsibly managed forests. The manufacturing mill has both ISO 14001and EMAS accreditation and is also accredited to produce paper to FSC standards. Higher magazine is published by Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX. Spirit Bear Picture Feature 4 Higher magazine “I had been waiting quietly on the riverbank for several hours, listening to the gentle patter of rain. Every so often a black bear would pass by, fishing for salmon on its way upstream. But suddenly an apparition emerged, ghostlike, from the dark recesses of the forest: a rare and elusive spirit bear. I was in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest, the largest remaining tract of intact temperate rainforest left in the world, which stretches seamlessly from the northern end of Vancouver Island all the way to south-east Alaska. One of the animal world’s great enigmas, the spirit bear is a walking contradiction – a white black bear. It is neither a polar bear nor albino and it is rarely seen – except for a few weeks every year in one tiny corner of the forest. Found nowhere else in the world, it spends the winter fast asleep and prefers to hide in the dark, tangled recesses of the forest. But if you go to the right place, at the right time of year, your chances of a close encounter are surprisingly good.” Picture FeatureMark Carwardine (BSc Zoology, 1980 Bedford College), zoologist, wildlife photographer and award-winning writer. His new book is Mark Carwardine’s Ultimate Wildlife Experiences. Royal Holloway 5 News From the Principal Excitement is building across the campus as we prepare to become one of We recently hosted the seventh annual Runnymede Literary Festival only three Olympic and Paralympic Villages for the 2012 games. This summer and I am delighted to report this was awarded the London 2012 Inspire we will be hosting more than 1400 elite rowers and canoeists who will be Mark. The award was given in recognition of the festival’s role in inspiring competing in the Rowing and Flat-water Canoeing events at Dorney Lake children to celebrate creative elements of the Olympic Games. Professor of in Eton. We are extremely proud to be so actively involved in the games Creative Writing and former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion is patron of and have held a series of special lectures to celebrate our involvement. the festival, along with the Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel. These included consultant psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters revealing how he With the Olympic preparations underway, it is going to be an exceptionally helps the GB Cycling Team stay at the top of their game, Sir Philip Craven, busy summer as we also ensure that our core business is able to continue the President of the International Paralympic Committee and the Vice- uninterrupted. Our graduation ceremonies in July are always a particular President of the European Parliament and Director-General of the Olympic highlight of the year and for the first time this year we will be introducing a Truce Centre, Stavros Lambrinidis, reflecting on the values, principles and new winter ceremony in December for our postgraduate students. institutions that give rise to the Olympic spirit. We are, of course, also This year’s honorary fellowship awards take place on 16th May and I am exceptionally proud of our Olympian students, past and present, who will delighted to announce that receiving awards this year will be: the alumna be participating in the Games. and EU Foreign Minister, Baroness Ashton; the alumna and Paralympic Gold medallist, Sophie Christiansen MBE; the alumna and international soprano, Sarah Fox; the alumna and former Dean of Arts, Máire Davies; and the former Vice-Chairman of College Council, David Beever. With the Olympic preparations I am pleased to be able to report that despite the introduction of new fees at undergraduate level, which have had a deleterious effect on underway, it is going to be an applicant numbers nationally, the number of undergraduate applications to the College from domestic students remains buoyant this year. Royal exceptionally busy summer. Holloway also remains attractive to undergraduate and postgraduate overseas students, despite increasing global and UK competition, and we have seen a rise in applications from overseas students too. The new Bedford Scholarship we introduced to recognise achievement and provide financial support, is proving very appealing to prospective students. These scholarships are funded by your gifts and donations and are providing a vital addition to the overall package we are able to offer our future students. Meanwhile, we are starting work to build our long term strategy for the future of Royal Holloway and to plan the legacy that we will leave for the next generation of academics and students. Starting with a vision for each of our three key disciplines – the arts, sciences and social sciences – we shall consider what we need to do in order to continue to be recognised as one the best Higher Education institutions in the UK. This will be followed be a period of considering how the rest of our university – its people, buildings and resources – also need to develop to support our academic goals. Our founder, Thomas Holloway’s vision for education is still as relevant today as it was when he wrote it: “Education should be founded on those studies and sciences which the experience of modern times has shown to be the most valuable, and the best adapted to meet the intellectual and social requirements of the students.” As we reflect on the experience of modern times, and consider our future, we will also be building on our past, and the long tradition of innovation, involvement and achievement that you all enjoyed. I look forward to sharing our plans with you as they develop. Professor Paul Layzell 6 Higher magazine Sharing comments and information with your peers Dear Sir Reading about Lenny Henry’s post-graduate studies at Royal Holloway, I wondered if any of the longer-standing RHC staff recall his first appearance at the college, when he came on a Student Union booking as a stand-up comedian? It must have been 1982/3, and Lenny performed in Athlone Hall dining room. He was just beginning to carve out a name for himself as a comedian, and the hall was packed. He was brilliant – laugh-until-the-tears-run-down-your-face funny – New Chairman of Council and it was one of the most memorable entertainments staged during my student years. Stephen Cox CVO is “delighted and privileged” I am going to assume that even all those years ago Mr Henry thought ‘what a great place to be to be taking on the role of Chair of Council. He a student’, and wish him success in his on-going studies at Royal Holloway & Bedford! follows the outstanding tenure from 2004–2011 With kind regards, and thanks for an informative and well-presented alumni magazine. of retiring Chairman, Sir Andrew Burns. Stephen was Executive Director of the Royal Gillian Neale (née Walker) Society until 2011. Previously, he was Chief English & German, 1981–84 Executive for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, where he worked closely with both Dear Sir Houses of Parliament to support institutions in the emerging democracies of central Europe, Having read Roger Bolton’s excellent obituary of George Watts-Liquorish in the last issue of the former Soviet Union and Central, East and Higher, I find it hard not to relate the following fond reminiscence as an example of George’s South Africa.
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