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Guildford on the mobile map This September, the University will officially open its 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), one of the world’s first dedicated research centres for the next generation of wireless communications.

First announced in April 2013, the concept of the 5G Innovation Centre has attracted investment of over £60 million from technology leaders such as BT, BBC, EE, Fujitsu, Huawei, Telefonica and Vodafone in addition to £11.6 million awarded by the Higher Education Funding Council for and £5 million from EM3 Local Enterprise Partnership.

Vet students with calf Keith Robson, Chief Operating Getting hands on experience Officer for the Surrey 5G Innovation Centre, explained: “The internet and smartphones have transformed our lives in the last decade. Now, we are beginning to see a new ecosystem of technology, Opening doors to vets known as the Internet of Things, whereby billions of devices will become of the future connected to help us achieve everyday tasks. In the future, finding a parking Three state-of-the–art buildings for The ’s new School of space, and the use of driverless cars will are set to open this autumn. be made possible through the use of data. However, before these applications can Located at the heart of the veterinary pathology building, be realised, work is needed to ensure that Manor Park site, the new School, and a clinical skills centre with an networks can deliver reliable, fast and constructed around a ‘One Health – animal area. intelligent data services.” One Medicine’ theme, will provide Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, known forward-thinking interdisciplinary The 5G Innovation Centre will be of as the Bionic Vet for his work in research and teaching to improve enormous significance in reinforcing developing cutting-edge prosthetic the health of humans and animals. Guildford’s position as a world-leading limbs, has worked closely with the technology and innovation hub. The school is working with key University on the development of the regional partners, including the School of Veterinary Medicine, and is Royal Surrey County Hospital, The a key member of teaching staff. Animal and Plant Health Agency, He said: “I look forward to watching The Institute, Surrey 5G Innovation Centre Wildlife Trust, the Veterinary our students develop into a new Artist impression Medicines Directorate, Fitzpatrick kind of veterinary professional Referrals, Liphook Equine Hospital, with a strong sense of purpose Westpoint Veterinary Group and and identity, and a passion for their Marwell Zoo. role in protecting animal and human health.” One of only eight in the UK, the new £45m School will comprise There will be an opportunity for the three buildings including a main public to view the new buildings academic centre with offices, in 2016 once they are fully opened. teaching spaces, lecture theatres Further information will be and research laboratories, a published closer to the time. 2 YOUR UNIVERSITY SURREY.AC.UK 3 Welcome Community News Welcome from the Vice-Chancellor Three reasons The University and When the University moved to Guildford from Battersea almost 50 years ago, the to visit us this Surrey Advertiser welcomed our arrival to “balance the town’s rapid commercial growth, help its cultural life to develop and assure its status”. From such an summer Guildford’s Local Plan encouraging reception, the University has thrived in Guildford as we’ve grown into the Top Ten University we are today. For those in the know, our Land owned by the University of Surrey has been identified by Guildford campuses at Stag Hill and Manor Borough Council as a potential site to build more homes for the town. The University has made significant More recently, our scientists developed Park have plenty to offer. investments in its growth and progress a cost-effective and reliable urine test Blackwell Farm, located to the needs them together and it needs over recent years with a focus on to detect prostate cancer which will be The Guildhall Lakeside Restaurant west of Surrey Sports Park and them soon. Planning ahead for Guildford High Street excellence. As a result, we reached available in GP surgeries in 2017, and From its lakeside location, the the Surrey Research Park, is being the town’s future growth is even Professor Sir Christopher our highest ever rankings in the three our research into affordable access to M. Snowden University’s Lakeside Restaurant considered alongside a large more critical in the face of intense President and Vice-Chancellor main national league tables this year: clean water and sanitation for poorer is staffed by students from the number of other sites including demand and an infrastructure ranking sixth in League world communities was honoured in renowned School of Hospitality Airfield and Gosden Hill that is already under stress. Table, eighth in The Complete University 2011 with our third Queen’s Anniversary and Tourism Management. Farm in Burpham. Guide and eleventh in The Times and The Prize for Higher Education. “The University has put a great Sunday Times, and in the 2014 National Head Chef, John Walter, changes Under the National Planning deal of thought into how its Throughout our history, the University’s Student Survey, we are eighth in the the menu on a monthly basis, Policy Framework and the land at Blackwell Farm might connection with our home town has country for student satisfaction. sourcing the best local produce Planning Act, Guildford Borough be used for the benefit of the been central to our ethos. Our staff and giving customers a top end Council is required to produce region. For a start, some 9,000 Our status as a leading university is and students, many of whom live in dining experience. a Local Plan that will meet the people are already employed enabling us to attract high calibre the borough, are actively involved in needs of its residents over the by the University, the Hospital Between June and November students from all backgrounds and the community through volunteering next 16 years. This includes and the companies based on the 2015 (closed August), Lakeside is nations to study one of the many degree projects, educational programmes in homes, employment land and Surrey Research Park. We are offering Your University readers programmes we offer in subjects ranging local schools and exchanging advice infrastructure such as schools therefore focused on creating a Throughout a free starter with a two or three from engineering to the performing arts and expertise with local businesses and roads. neighbourhood that helps people our history, the course meal. Just quote Your to management and law. and charities. who work locally to live locally, University when you arrive. The University’s proposals for University’s as well as creating new jobs for By bringing together the best minds We are continually working hard to a new neighbourhood called E: [email protected] existing residents.” connection with in academia and industry, our strengthen our mutually beneficial Blackwell Park would include T: 01483 68 9655 research is addressing this century’s and much valued links with the around 3,000 homes including a To ensure Blackwell Park is our home town surrey.ac.uk/shtm/lakeside pressing challenges in areas such as town and Your University is our new large number of affordable homes, suitable for all residents of has been central communications, health, energy, space publication for local residents. There Surrey Sports Park a relief road to the west of Surrey the Borough, the University’s to our ethos. science, cyber security and sustainable are many wonderful things happening On Sunday 30 August, Surrey Research Park, new schools and proposals include new homes tourism. The infrared laser diode, voted at the University of Surrey. We very Sports Park will welcome people jobs, improved public transport that vary in size, type, tenure the fifth most important scientific much hope this publication inspires from across the community and sustainable travel options. and affordability. discovery of all time because it made CD you to pay us a visit soon to experience as the 2015 Rugby World Cup Greg Melly, Vice-President for For further information on Professor Sir Christopher and DVD technology possible and fast some of the exciting activities for Trophy Tour hits Guildford. Enterprise and Growth, said: Blackwell Park, or to keep up to M. Snowden broadband, was discovered at Surrey. yourself. Rugby fans will have the chance “We believe that Guildford needs date with the University’s plans to get up close and personal more homes, schools and better for a public consultation, visit with the coveted Webb Ellis infrastructure; we believe that it surrey.ac.uk/blackwellpark Trophy. There will also be a range Wonderful things happen here of taster sessions delivered by professional players and coaches Surrey is first for facilities Guildford has been home to the University of Surrey for almost fifty years. Yet despite from Surrey Storm Netball, growing up in nearby , and regardless of a permanent move to the town two Surrey United Basketball and The University of Surrey has “Providing a high-quality years ago, I knew very little about the University on my doorstep. Surrey Smashers , received an award for ‘Best student experience is at the very giving people of all ages and University for Facilities’ at heart of the University and we Today, as Public Engagement Manager opening dialogue. An important part of abilities the chance to play the Whatuni Student Choice continuously strive to ensure that for the University, I fully appreciate all my role is meeting local representatives sport for free with some of the Awards 2015. every student gets the most out the wonderful things the University has and key groups to understand how, country’s top stars. of their time here. As part of that The Whatuni Student Choice to offer its neighbours. My role means I commitment, we invest heavily together, we can build better links For more information, visit Awards are voted for exclusively meet a lot of local people who are already in the University’s facilities. within our community and forge more surreysportspark.co.uk by students. This year, 20,000 closely involved with the University. There Kate Bailey This includes investment meaningful relationships. We are Public Engagement Manager reviews were counted. Out of are residents who studied here in the of £130 million on student already making good progress. Recent Stag Hill Campus 111 universities who met the Sixties, others who regularly attend our accommodation, £36 million into Qualifications that make a difference examples include meetings with local The University’s Stag Hill campus minimum threshold, 39 received arts events, companies employing our Surrey Sports Park, with a full A qualification from the School of Health Sciences at the University of Surrey will residents’ associations, the circulation is an exciting and vibrant place to a nomination. unlock your potential and open doors to rewarding careers in healthcare, research, placement students and our long-standing of an A-Z Guide to Your University, and visit with scientific breakthroughs, refurbishment of its health and education and management. neighbours who have closely followed The University of Surrey was fitness centre planned for later a survey of Guildford residents. This student performances and Our programme portfolio offers: our progress over the decades. But I also shortlisted for seven of the nine this year, and £16 million on the summer, activities will include a new Lakeside Restaurant satellites. » A variety of qualifications including BSc, MSc and PhD options meet residents who would like to know a Stag Hill campus award categories, including new Library and Learning Centre.” series of campus tours for members On Saturday 4 July, residents » A range of subject areas including Adult, Child and Mental Health Nursing, Midwifery, lot more. Some of our closest neighbours University of The Year, Best Operating Department Practice, Paramedic Practice plus a variety of post-registration areas of the public and working with local are invited to join a tour of the have never set foot on the campus. University for Courses and Best » Placements in local NHS trusts – Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex residents to create a new edition of University campus so you can University for Job Prospects. » No tuition fees to pay for undergraduate programmes This newspaper has been written Welcome Home, the Students’ Union see for yourself all the wonderful » Fantastic employment prospects especially for local residents to tell you guide for students living off-campus. things happening on your “We are delighted to receive this more about our University community. doorstep. Other dates include award and see that students » Flexible learning via our continuing professional development (CPD) programmes Any other ideas, recommendations We hope its content will inspire you, 12 September and 17 October. rate their experience at Surrey your family and friends to find ways in or feedback on this publication will very highly,” said Professor Gill which you can enjoy what we have to be gratefully received so please do To book a place, visit Nicholls, Vice-President and Find out more at: offer. Community engagement is more email me with your thoughts: surreycampustour. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic surrey.ac.uk/discover/opendays than providing information, it’s about [email protected] eventbrite.co.uk Affairs at the University of Surrey. 4 YOUR UNIVERSITY SURREY.AC.UK 5 Community News Feature

A code of conduct for Living together: Guildford landlords residents’ help needed Remembering The University of Surrey and The Students’ Union is inviting the Students’ Union have been local residents to help produce a working with Guildford Borough special guide for students living Battersea Council on the Council’s new off-campus. Accreditation Scheme for private Last October, the Union brought As the University approaches its 50th year in landlords and agents operating Malcom Johnson together representatives from Guildford, we are celebrating the foundations Battersea alumni in Guildford. and Guildford resident Guildford residents’ associations, on which it is built. The Guildford scheme aims to Guildford Borough Council raise property and management and Surrey Police to create standards for tenants and local Welcome Home, a handbook From old to new residents. Landlords and agents covering matters such as rubbish Malcolm Johnson left Battersea in 1968 to take up his will be given training in key areas disposal and being a considerate industry placement in Germany and returned to a such as property management, neighbour. completely new university for his final year. tenancy agreements and their To join a new focus group and He recalls: “London in the Swinging Sixties was the best responsibilities under legislation help to produce the second place in the world! However, when I moved to Guildford, relating to the private rented sector. Students champion edition of Welcome Home, email I really experienced university campus life for the first time – I was living, studying and socialising all in the Landlords and agents will only Kate Bailey local causes be accredited following successful [email protected] same place. Anyone who has ever volunteered to students, so this was a very completion of the training course “I remember that first year really well as the University or championed a cause knows rewarding project to work on. and on agreeing to a code of was still a building site and there was a lot of mud, but, that it is incredibly fulfilling. Earlier The documentary was an exciting conduct. despite that, I was impressed with what I thought was this year, undergraduate students opportunity to transfer the skills from ‘luxurious’ student accommodation which was definitely from Surrey’s Media Studies course our degree into something with a a step-up from my London digs.” made a film to support Guildford real purpose – raising awareness For Malcolm, who gained a degree in Materials Technology Cathedral’s ‘Make your Mark’ about a vital aspect of Guildford.” and an MPhil, his move to the new University led him to appeal, which is raising funds for Other local causes to have benefitted make his family home in the Guildford area, where he still urgent repairs and development. from films produced by Surrey’s lives 45 years later. 1. 2. The ten-minute documentary, which media students include music venue, The Boiler Room. shows the Cathedral’s inspirational Since it was founded as history project, which will story and how the Appeal is helping Surrey Technology Centre, The Cathedral Appeal has just Surrey Research Park Battersea Polytechnic in involve recording their to transform the building for people under £500,000 left to raise of its Battersea Polytechnic 1891, more than 100,000 memories, and volunteer of all ages, has fostered a great deal £7million target. 1. Foundation stone graduates have passed in the University’s archives of support amongst fellow students Free meeting rooms for local charities 2. Main Building To watch the film, visit 3. Students in the Tate Library through the doors of the department. and the wider community. guildford-cathedral.org/ Surrey Technology Centre, based The Centre’s two seminar rooms University of Surrey and its We plan to share our history Student participant Jade Small, said: news/2015/make-your-mark- at Surrey Research Park, is offering can seat up to 40 people and associated institutions. To with Guildford residents at celebrate this legacy we have “The Cathedral is very important documentary registered local charities free use are equipped with whiteboards, a special exhibition to mark Margaret Westwood of its rooms for meetings. flipcharts and overhead projectors. launched a new project, our 50 years in the town Battersea alumni and Guildford resident Free parking is available on site. Remembering Battersea: next year. This will be one of Rooms can be booked on The University in numbers Help us build our history, many events and activities weekdays from 5:30pm to 9pm For more information, contact which is being supported to celebrate the granting 1st 10,600 and between 10am and 4pm on Kate Bailey through a £10,000 grant of our Charter by HM The The ‘Honey’ University In the UK for graduate employability The number of jobs in Guildford Saturdays and Sundays. [email protected] from the Heritage Lottery Queen which formally Margaret Westwood has lived in Guildford for 44 years. compared with all chartered directly or indirectly supported by Fund. established the University of She joined Battersea in 1962 as an economics lecturer and universities in England (The Higher the University and the Research Park Surrey at its new home on moved to the University when it opened its new campus. Education Statistics Agency) Our Battersea graduates Use the crowd to fund your project Stag Hill in September 1966. 14,100 are being asked to donate She remembers the excitement at the planned The University is supporting a Surrey Business School has 1st The total number of our students personal artefacts which For further information on development, even though a few members of the new venture to help community helped launch the University’s In the UK for University Facilities at the (c12,200 are full-time and c10,000 capture their student Surrey’s history, visit London-based support staff wondered if Guildford was Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2015 of these are based in Guildford) groups, businesses and individuals crowdfunding site for campus days, take part in an oral surrey.ac.uk/Battersea at the end of the Northern line! across Surrey raise funds for activities and will be offering its Everyone was 2nd 100,000 worthy projects. expertise to the community. She said: “Everyone was energised by the prospect of In the UK for good sports facilities The number of degrees awarded energised by creating a new institution up there on the hill. We had Crowdfund Surrey is a simple Jim Sears, Senior Tutor in (Times Higher Student Experience by the University of Surrey and its the prospect been so cramped in our tiny little spaces at Battersea that Survey) associated institutions since 1966 way to ask a large number of Entrepreneurship and Innovation to go to a brand new site with a room to yourself was people to pledge a small amount at Surrey Business School, said: of creating heaven on earth.” 4th 1 million of money for an event or cause. “We have a wealth of experience a new She recalls how impressed she was with the colour of the In the UK for Student Satisfaction The number of visits to Surrey Sports Crowdfunding uses the internet in enterprise and innovation and (The Times/Sunday Times Good Park every year bricks used in the building work. Many dubbed the new to talk to thousands of potential we are keen to work with groups institution University Guide 2015) institution ‘the Honey University’ because of the unusual £65.8 million funders who can view each to help build their organisation up there on yellow hue. 6th The estimated annual sum of money project through the website. and ideas. Look out for details the hill. on our crowdfunding workshops “We saw the yellow bricks piled up on the grass outside the The University’s position in spent by our students in the town The Crowdfund Surrey platform The Guardian league table 2015 during the year.” cathedral, and, in the sunshine, it was uplifting to see,” she £1.5 billion has raised over £130,000 for said. “Honey was the technical term for the colour and it projects as diverse as a community To find out more about some 8th The value added to the UK economy Margaret Westwood changed my view of the development – I had thought it was The University’s position in annually (GVA) by the University and farm and a cancer support of the projects, visit Battersea alumni and going to look like a lot of red cubes all over the place, but the The Complete University Guide 2016 its Research Park network. surrey.ac.uk/surreycrowd Guildford resident 3. honey colour brick climbing up a green hill looked lovely.” 6 YOUR UNIVERSITY SURREY.AC.UK 7 Science and Innovation Science and Innovation Innovation and exploration Transforming Cleaning up space cancer care Researchers at Surrey Space Centre have been building new technologies to aid The University of Surrey’s industrial partnerships it through research into areas such as electronics, spacecraft repair and disposal of radioactive waste. ensure our academics are at the heart of shaping communications, physics, health, medicine and Chemotherapy is a very As the Head of the Surrey Technology “This is why the space industry demands future technologies. space science. effective cancer treatment for Autonomous systems and Robotics robotic solutions to do this instead. We that has helped save millions Home to award-winning departments and globally- In this article, we take a look at some recent (STAR) Lab within the Surrey Space are creating intelligent robotic systems leading research centres, our experienced scientists examples of ground breaking research coming out of of lives, but the side effects can be severe. Centre, Professor Yang Gao and her to inspect, monitor and identify when, and researchers are changing the world as we know the University. team are working on a four-year project spacecraft need repairing. These systems The University of Surrey is called ‘Reconfigurable Autonomy’. will also have the potential to support leading a pioneering project astronauts on space missions, and to “Repairing space vehicles and sorting that could transform cancer deal with space debris.” care – and significantly out space debris is challenging, dangerous and costs a lot when you The STAR Lab is also working with reduce healthcare costs – by Earth enabling clinicians to remotely from space employ humans to do the work,” Chinese scientists to discover more monitor patients undergoing Professor Gao said. about the moon’s surface, extracting data from relevant technologies. chemotherapy treatment, via a mobile phone. The eSMART (Electronic Sympton Management Prostate cancer test moves using Advanced Sympton Management System Remote from Surrey labs to a final Technology) project involves giving patients with breast, clinical trial bowel and haematological A pioneering urine test that could herald new ways of cancers a phone with an app- diagnosing prostate and bladder cancers could be available to like programme that helps doctors worldwide by as early as 2017. them to identify and record their chemotherapy symptons The University of Surrey has signed licence deals with Randox daily. This information is sent Laboratories (UK) and Zeus Scientific (USA), both international securely to a computer and medical diagnostics companies, to develop and market the triggers an alert to doctors or groundbreaking new test that detects prostate and bladder nurses if the patient requires cancers and offers a more reliable way of discovering these assistance. The phone also How diet can reduce cancers earlier using a simple urine test. offers patients real-time Food for thought Following the successful completion of five small-scale clinical Fruit and vegetables National Physical Laboratory information and advice trials in the UK and USA, the final study in prostate cancer, A global centre of excellence in on how to manage their the risk of dementia measurement science which will be the basis for launching the test into NHS clinics, symptons at home. Research reveals it may be possible to protect the health of your brain through eating will begin shortly. well and following a few simple guidelines. Researchers, led by Professor The test looks for EN2 which is secreted by cancer cells into Nora Kearney, Professor Professor Margaret Rayman has worked » Why a healthy dietary pattern urine, where it can be detected in a small urine sample. The of Cancer Care and Head with former Surrey students Katie and certain foods or nutrients can final, and hopefully definitive trial, will involve 500 men with Surrey partners with the of the School of Health Sharpe and Vanessa Ridland (registered reduce the onset of dementia e.g. a symptoms that may indicate prostate problems who will be Did you know? Sciences, believe the system dieticians) and health writer and Mediterranean-style diet, fish, olive referred by their GP to a hospital Consultant Urologist. This trial National Physical Laboratory The University is will reduce the side-effects nutritionist, Patsy Westcott, to uncover oil, citrus fruit, berries, pistachio nuts, will form the basis of a submission to the government regulators one of a select few of chemotherapy and help the science behind food and nutrients beetroot, other fruits and vegetables, for permission to make the test generally available for the The University of Surrey along with the University of Strathclyde, has entered into a to have won the to identify and treat life- most likely to keep dementia at bay. red wine and grape products, cocoa/ diagnosis of prostate cancer. The trial may also tell us whether partnership with the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) to set a new prestigious Queen’s threatening side effects high-flavanol chocolate, vitamins B, C the cancer is large and aggressive and therefore needs treatment “I have personally seen the devastating strategic direction for the world-renowned National Physical Laboratory (NPL), a global Anniversary Prize for much quicker than current and E, monounsaturated fatty acids immediately, or whether it is small and slow growing and may effect that dementia can have on centre of excellence in measurement science. Higher Education care systems. and long-chain omega-3 fatty acids be suitable for monitoring rather than treatment. Partnering people’s lives,” said Professor Rayman. three times. with Randox Laboratories in the UK has obvious advantages of NPL is the UK’s lead National citizens to feel safe and secure as well Professor Kearney said: “With nearly 36 million sufferers » How the best available evidence moving the EN2 test swiftly to GP and hospital clinics in the NHS Measurement Institute and has as supporting international trade, “Over three million people worldwide and 7.6 million new cases of suggests that a healthy diet is more once this trial has been completed. developed and maintained the nation’s companies and innovation. are diagnosed with cancer dementia every year, there’s an urgent beneficial than supplements primary measurement standards for each year in Europe and it is An important focus of the partnership need for prevention. Hardev Pandha, Professor of Medical Oncology, is part of the more than a century. New discoveries » Why non-nutrient compounds (e.g. will be the establishment of a new likely that this number will team at the University of Surrey working on the project, with in science, the manufacture of complex “I think there’s a lack of awareness polyphenols), such as those that give Postgraduate Institute which will train increase by at least 65 per Professor Richard Morgan, now at the Cancer Therapeutics products, the safe operation of equipment Did you know? that people can potentially reduce their foods their colour, taste, texture and high-calibre PhD students and provide cent over the next 20 years. Institute at the University of Bradford. He said: “We are making and the treatment of medical conditions own risk of developing the condition by aroma, are also important to brain a pipeline of professionals skilled in the The University good progress with Randox on developing the final version of are just a few of the areas which are “eSMART will give patients making some relatively simple dietary health area of measurement science. owns a purpose- the test and the 500 patient trial will commence in May. This continual support both during and lifestyle changes.” totally dependent on the science of built centre, Surrey » How the synergy between different trial will be led by the Royal Surrey County Hospital and involves The University of Surrey has for many and after chemotherapy, measurement. In today’s society there Clinical Research Together, Professor Rayman and her foods results in the whole diet being our key partner hospitals in our cancer network. We hope to is very little that does not in some years worked closely with NPL and shares while allowing them to Centre (SCRC), team of experts have co-authored greater than the sum of its parts. complete the study by the end of this year.” way or other have some reliance on its enthusiasm for developing science for remain in the comfort of which conducts an evidence based cookbook using measurement science and NPL. the benefit of society. The partnership their own homes. It will Healthy Eating to Reduce the Risk of The research that led to the development of the test was jointly research into areas ingredients that are thought to reduce brings with it the ability to accelerate that such as oncology, revolutionise the way our Dementia by Margaret Rayman, Katie funded by the University and the Surrey-based charity The NPL’s measurements help to save lives, the risk of the disease. Healthy eating to contribution and extend the University’s immunology and healthcare system supports Sharpe, Vanessa Ridland and Patsy Prostate Project. protect the environment and enable reduce the risk of dementia covers: own science interests. vaccine development. people with cancer.” Westcott is published by Kyle Books. 8 YOUR UNIVERSITY SURREY.AC.UK 9

Lifestyle Lifestyle Living and working in Guildford

As well as working at the University, many of our staff live in the local area. We caught up with some of them to find out why they decided to live and work in Guildford.

The late Gordon Hartman

Professor Steve Schneider 1. Professor Jane Ogden Rotimi Akinsete Director of the University of A passion for trees Professor in Health Psychology Director of Wellbeing Surrey’s Centre for Cyber Security The late Gordon Hartman, a lecturer of biochemistry from 1965 to 2001, started the University of Surrey’s Tree Club. Come on a campus 2. Jane Ogden, Professor in Health Psychology at Rotimi Akinsete, Director of Wellbeing at the Professor Steve Schneider, Director of the Gordon’s passion for trees was the inspiration behind the the University, has lived in Guildford for ten University, moved to Guildford with his wife University of Surrey’s Centre for Cyber remarkable collection that now graces the University’s years. Her two children both attend Guildford and daughter last year, having previously Security, has lived and worked in Guildford main campus. He is quoted as saying: County School. lived in London. for eleven years. tree tour “I thought the grounds had considerable potential for a The University’s Annual Trees Walk in partnership with good collection of trees which everyone, whether staff, “Guildford is a fantastic place to live for so “Being just around the corner from Stoke Park “I like being able to cycle or walk to work. Guildford Borough Council’s summer festival, Walkfest, students, or passers-by, would enjoy and also learn from. many reasons. It has great state schools, it’s is great, especially when it comes to fireworks Cycling is certainly the quickest way to get will take place from 1pm on Wednesday 22 July. We developed a structured plan which aimed to provide a within minutes of the countryside for walks night. I enjoy a kick about with a local five-a- around the centre of Guildford in rush hour. I wide range of species, concentrating particularly on trees Led by Simon Smith, Assistant Horticultural and Landscape and stately homes, the town is full of shops, side team at the Spectrum and regularly go to like the strong community feel, it’s a friendly – such as alder, ash and walnut – suited to the London Manager for the University, residents will be introduced to 3. cafés and restaurants and there is a lively the Sports Park, dragging along visiting family town and there’s always something going on. clay of the site.” theatre and music scene for nights out. I moved members on a regular basis! It’s great being I’ve recently discovered Guildford Park Run the campus’ many specimen trees. here when my children were small and I have able to bike to work along the cycle ways and at Stoke Park and I’m aiming to participate He added: “I was always on the lookout for interesting and Simon said: “The Annual Tree Walk is a popular and long- unusual trees and, when one became available at a nursery, made friends through work and the school I especially like to take in the tree carvings regularly. I’m also a Governor at my two standing tradition here at the University. Residents who playground and by joining a choir. It’s great alongside the . The Cathedral has also daughters’ secondary school, Guildford County I would try to find an association with one of my colleagues come along can expect to learn more about the campus’ tree and persuade them to buy it for the University.” being able to recognise people wherever you been a revelation – it has offered my family a School, which is very interesting and varied collection of over 300 different species.” Trees on campus go. Most importantly, Guildford has a strong lovely place for meditative prayer and we have – there are plenty of challenges in school 1. Lake view For the last 20 years, the University’s grounds have been To book a place on the Annual Trees Walk, call Simon Smith 2. Overlooking Corbett’s Lea sense of community which makes it easy to been pleasantly surprised by some of the art education at the moment!” 3. Lake view maintained by Nigel Hodge and his dedicated team of 16 feel as if you belong.” exhibitions that they have put on.” on 01483 683 283 or email [email protected] ground staff.

Don’t pay for free internet with your privacy Surrey students bridge the Learn a new language generational gap Fancy learning a new language for business or leisure or keen to brush Whether on the bus or at a coffee shop, accessing mobile internet out and about is now as popular Students from the University of Surrey are Stargazing on campus Photo: Louis Christodolou up on one you have learnt before? as going online at home or in the office. Professor Alan Woodward of the University’s Department of helping to bridge the gap between Guildford’s Eight languages at a variety of Computing offers tips to stay safe online when on the go. older and younger generations. levels are on offer through the » When using your device in a public place you » Ensure you have effective and updated Dance and Music students, Alice Walker, Emma University of Surrey’s School of may be tempted to use free WiFi that is not antivirus/antispyware software and firewall Legg and Amy Hunter, support Guildford’s English and Languages. The list includes Mandarin Chinese, English secured. This means that the information running before you use public WiFi monthly tea dance, Remember When, started as a foreign language, French, passing over the connection might not be by local resident, Sheila Ashe. German, Italian, Portuguese, properly encrypted making it much easier for » Be aware of who is around you and may The tea dance provides a social activity for Russian and Spanish. hackers to access your data than when using be watching what you are doing online. elderly people, helping to tackle loneliness, a secured, private connection Consider using a privacy filter which Taught by experienced tutors physical deterioration and the early stages of who are native or near-native effectively blocks the view of your screen diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. speakers, people attending the » Unless you are using a secure web page, do from people sitting either side of you Guildford Stargazers: Jupiter calling evening classes also benefit from Professor Alan Woodward Sheila Ashe said: “Our student volunteers have not use free WiFi to do high risk activities Visiting Professor at the University’s access to the Library and its Earlier this year, the University unveiled its new teaching such as online banking or checking private » Turn off your WiFi when out of range of the Department of Computing made a real difference. Their support includes Language Study Area where they email. You could be sending your private info networks you usually connect to. If you don’t, starting a Facebook event page, recruiting their and outreach telescope, enabling student astronomers can watch world television, DVDs, to observe the likes of Jupiter and its moons, the straight to a hacker you can still be transmitting information that friends to distribute flyers and help on the day. read international magazines and Professor Alan Woodward is a Visiting Andromeda galaxy and the Orion Nebula. could be used to track, or worse, connect a Each has brought their own gift and abilities use interactive programmes to Professor at the University’s Department » Wherever possible, use well-known hotspot fake access point to your phone pretending and I really appreciate their support.” Guildford residents are invited to take part in regular practise their language. of Computing. He is a Fellow of the British stargazing evenings on the University’s Stag Hill campus. providers such as BT OpenZone or T-Mobile. to be one of the known networks. Your email Computer Society, Institute of Physics Other student initiatives to bring together the Surrey is now ranked among the If you are unsure, don’t log on or anything else passing over the connection The sessions are open to all and feature interactive UK’s elite Universities for modern and Royal Statistical Society. Alan’s town’s younger and older generations include presentations from Astrophysics experts. is a potentially hackable target specialisms lie in cybersecurity, covert a jazz concert at the Park Barn Community languages and linguistics according to The Guardian University League » Business people wishing to access their communications and forensic computing centre, campus tours and a community visit Professor Justin Read of the Astrophysics group at the University, said: “These sessions are a fantastic Table 2015. The University takes corporate network should use a secure, and he is currently an Advisor to Europol, arranged by the University’s Paramedic Society. opportunity for stargazers of all levels to come and third place after Cambridge (first) encrypted Virtual Private Network (VPN). the European Union’s law enforcement Remember When takes place every third experience the night sky and understand more about our and Oxford (second). You could be liable for losses resulting from agency and has advised Government for Thursday from 2.30-4.30pm at the United work here in Surrey on dark matter, galaxy formation and data passed over unsecured public networks many years. The next courses will begin in Reformed Church Hall. For more information, cosmology.” October. For more information, visit contact Sheila Ashe on 01483 538 515. For more information, visit surrey.ac.uk/physics surrey.ac.uk/englishandlanguages 10 YOUR UNIVERSITY SURREY.AC.UK 11 Business Feature

A place to do business Having a top ten university A student perspective on your doorstep means having access to a wide The University of Surrey has around 14,100 students studying a range of part-time and full-time programmes. Our international range of modern and students have joined us from over 120 countries, making us one of the most culturally diverse universities in the UK. 51 per cent professional facilities for of students who require accommodation here in Guildford live in University halls of residence which are most popular with conferences, meetings and first year students and international students. This puts the University in the top five per cent of universities in the country for entertainment. At Surrey, providing accommodation on campus. Many students in their second year of study choose to live off-campus within a more we can offer you stunning traditional community setting. We asked some of our students about living in Guildford. lakeside grounds, lecture halls that seat over 400 and marquees that can cater for Surrey Research Park up to 1,500. Our facilities include state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment Dr Malcolm Parry, Director of Surrey and technical support, five catering venues, residential Two for one Research Park, reflects on 30 years of accommodation during the The University is offering Your summer student holidays University readers a two for one local enterprise and free Wi-Fi and parking. deal on all meeting rooms booked in June and July 2015. The rooms This summer marks the 30th anniversary of Surrey Research Park, For further information on Ann-Marie Msichili Phillimon Seruwo Katy Sawyer can seat from 10 to 418. Criminology and Sociology student Business Studies student Law student the University of Surrey’s 70-acre site located behind the Royal Surrey our venues, services and For further information, visit County Hospital. competitive rates, visit surreyconferences.co.uk Ann-Marie Msichili, 22, from Zambia, Phillimon Seruwo, 22, from London, is an Katy Sawyer, 22, from Essex is studying for an Over the last three decades, the centre has played a part in the surreyconferences.co.uk is studying an undergraduate degree in undergraduate final year business studies student undergraduate degree in Law. Katy will take up park has been home to more journeys of more than 40 per than 500 companies and today cent of the companies that now Criminology and Sociology. and Student Ambassador. He has also been the a new post next month as the Vice-President Students’ Union Ethics and Environment Officer Community in the Students’ Union. contributes an annual sum of occupy the Park’s larger buildings. Surrey Business School funds “The last three and a half years in Guildford for the last year. £600m to the UK economy. Start-up technology businesses on scholarship programme have been by far the best years of my life. “Studying in Guildford has given me the the Park also represent a critical Apart from the great education and university “Guildford! What an experience it’s been. chance to get involved in so many activities. group of players in the evolving Talented business leaders have Surrey we refer to our MBA as experience, I love the community feel and the Moving to the university campus from London During my placement year, I worked here in innovation scene. the chance to compete for a ‘the Connected MBA’ for this environment of Guildford. I enjoy the expanse three years ago certainly brought a sense of the town at the National Centre for Domestic partially-funded Master of Business reason. ”Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, With help from the Department of countryside we have access to which is ideal adventure and responsibility. Leaving behind Violence, meeting local people and helping to for Business, Innovation & Skills Administration (MBA) qualification Principal Ecological Consultant for walks both in the summer and winter time. the comforts of home was a challenge but make a difference to the lives of others. I have (BIS), STC now houses the Surrey as part of Surrey Business School’s at The Ecology Consultancy, won The historic and cultural background of the I’m glad to say the welcome was a happy also enjoyed volunteering in the community – Dr Malcolm Parry, Incubation Programme and the Scholarship programme. The a place on last year’s scholarship town gives it character and charm from the and memorable one thanks to my fellow from being a receptionist at the Citizens Advice Director of Surrey initiative, which will see Surrey programme. She undertook an quaint coffee shops in hidden alleyways to the students and the town’s existing residents. Bureau and an Olympic Torch Relay Marshal, Research Park Surrey 100 Angel Club. These initiatives have contributed to Business School fund up to 50 per MBA to supplement her specialist well preserved buildings such as the cathedral Guildford will always be close to my heart. to organising projects in the community. the Park’s reputation as one of the cent of the fees – or up to £11,750 knowledge with wider business and the castle. In April, I was part of a team From organising events like the Sports Relief Through my involvement with the Students’ The University’s early vision most successful parks in north – is suitable for professionals skills. She said: “The qualification supported by the Family Church that helped Mile, handing out free coffees to commuters Union Volunteering Society, I have worked for the park was heavily west Europe. looking to develop the knowledge offered me an ideal balance of members of the Guildford community with and laying the Students’ Union wreath to with some incredibly passionate people – gardening and spring cleaning. It was lovely mark the centenary of the First World War, it’s helping them to organise events at local influenced by the arrival of Surrey Research Park has helped and skills needed to fast-track their modules and an impressive network Personal Computers (PCs), which to raise the University of Surrey’s business careers. of mentors to offer support. The to help people within their communities in been fantastic to feel a part of this wonderful schools, planting days, and performances at liberated technology-minded applied approach of the course a very personal way and get to know them community. Guildford has something unique – community centres. It has been brilliant to feel profile as an institution that Bill Payne, President of the School entrepreneurs from needing benefited my company as well as individually. I definitely feel at home in this small town has gone on to produce world included as part of the community and I have is in touch with the economy. of Business Management, said: expensive, mainframe computers Together with its Research Park, the my own development and I would Guildford and would happily settle down here leaders and shapers and I believe I can one day truly loved living here. Students do so much to earn a living. The adoption of “An MBA should deliver more University boosts the UK economy recommend it to anyone.” in the near future.” be one of them. Thank you Guildford!” for the community and it has been fantastic to PCs in the Seventies and Eighties by £1.5 billion a year and directly or than modules, lessons and meet local people who appreciate their efforts.” consequently shaped the planning indirectly supports around 10,600 an opportunity to meet other For more information, contact of the Park’s office space, a model jobs in Guildford. The Park has also professionals. MBAs should also Siobhan Neveling on that is still relevant today with the generated more than £92m of funds deliver a range of added benefits 01483 689 186 or email development of the internet and for the University, which have been such as lifelong networks, career [email protected] digital technologies. reinvested in scholarship. mentors and the kind of support or visit surrey.ac.uk/mba Enjoying Guildford Open Days 1. Coffee Shop Since the first brick was laid in that can shape the future. At 2. Castle Increasingly, more and more University Over the years, the University 3. High Street 1984, the Park has helped to create and its Research Park have students are making the decision to study more than 7,000 technology jobs invested significantly in the Surrey 100 raises £30 million locally and commute from their family home. in Guildford. It is also home to transport infrastructure in west The last three 2. Some simply prefer to stay closer to home an important European cluster of Guildford. In 2013, a team of Over £30m has been invested in The aim of the Club is to connect while others make the decision based on computer games companies that and a half engineers from the University start-up companies through the entrepreneurs and start-up ventures family responsibilities or financial pressures. have embraced the legacies of the designed a new junction outside years in sector’s early players, who were University of Surrey’s 100 Club, with investors by facilitating Prospective students and their families can the Royal Surrey County Hospital, the South East’s leading Angel access to funding. It carefully Guildford have amongst the Park’s first tenants. where Gill Avenue meets discover more about what it means to be a Investment Network. The Surrey selects a crop of businesses from been by far Surrey student by attending our Open Days Business Incubation was an Egerton Road. The University 100 team provides coaching to an extensive range of sectors, important and pioneering also contributed £2m to help on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 July, Saturday 12 early-stage businesses seeking showcasing those ventures that the best years concept for the Park, leading fund the junction’s construction. September and Saturday 17 October. to the opening of Surrey Other investments include the funding and does not charge are ready for investment at the of my life. any fees or take a share of any Club evenings. Visitors can attend subject talks and lectures Technology Centre (STC) in A3 underpass next to Tesco, and and join a guided campus tour. 1985. Providing space for small £10m spent on the cross-town investment its companies achieve, technology companies (research, bus network, new cycle routes making it almost unique amongst Anne-Marie Msichili For more information and to register, visit development and design), the and other travel plan initiatives. Angel networks. Surrey student 1. 3. surrey.ac.uk/opendays 12 YOUR UNIVERSITY SURREY.AC.UK 13

Arts Arts Music Theatre Dance 6. At Surrey, we’re fascinated by theatre. We research it, teach it, put on shows and discuss its many changing forms. The Department of Theatre and Events coming up this summer – an exhibition space on campus Dance is a thriving centre for include musical theatre shows, featuring student work, pottery 1. 2. performing arts including Theatre drama productions, visiting and painting classes, staff research Studies and Dance at Postgraduate dance and theatre companies, activities, visiting exhibitions and and Undergraduate level. The film screenings and more. The installations. department offers a host of courses autumn will see a new season The School of Arts also manages at the flagship drama conservatoire of productions. the University’s art collection (now part of the University) the Campus sculptures GSA also provides opportunities including the many sculptures on 1. The Geodesic Dome Guildford School of Acting. The for young people locally to learn campus. 2. Alan Turing Department is home to the Ivy 3. Acrobat their craft and take part in a range 4. Thinking Of My Future Arts Centre, a multi-purpose For information on events and of classes and courses at the GSA 5. The Surrey Stag performance space featuring a state- activities coordinated by The 6. All The Gang Are Here Summer and Easter schools, 7. Knife Birds of-the-art theatre, studio spaces and School of Arts visit Saturday School, and other 8. Spine bar area. The Ivy hosts around 100 surrey.ac.uk/arts 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. courses tailored to young people events every year including student considering a career in theatre. performances, visiting artists and companies. GSA performances The Department of Music & Media also take place in London theatres and the Department of Theatre & Dance are part of the University’s Sculpture culture as well as at the Yvonne Arnaud, School of Arts, the Mill and the in School of Arts, which is also Students performing Guildford Town Centre. home to the Lewis Elton Gallery The University’s Annual Architecture and Sculpture Walk will take place from 10am until noon on Sunday 12 July. Led by Patricia Grayburn MBE, Arts Administrator, and Professor Stephen Baker, Development Director of Surrey Research Park, visitors can expect to see the following pieces: Feeling creative? 1. The Geodesic Dome 5. The Surrey Stag From poetry to pottery, the University of Surrey has a range of clubs and groups The Geodesic Dome, presented to A five metre high stainless steel available on your doorstep. the University in 1982 to mark the stag by Allan Sly FRBS, who was Space Structures Conference, is also the sculptor for The Surrey Working on a novel? The Creative meets every third Monday evening University strikes a based on the original construction Scholar in Guildford High Street. Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, Writers’ Group could be for you. of the month at Wates House. During by Buckminster Fuller The Surrey Stag is Sly’s stylised Guildford International Music Festival Whether you’re writing flash fiction the meeting, a member will lead interpretation of the University’s chord in Guildford or a long-term project, such as a discussions on a chosen book. 2. Alan Turing crest memoir, the monthly meetings A statue of Alan Turing by John If literature is not for you, try the Music has been central to the life a prominent feature of the provide a chance to share work with Motivation by Music Gospel Choir, W. Mills PPRBS, ARCA, unveiled 6. All The Gang Are Here of Surrey since the University programme and many students others and receive helpful feedback, which meets every Wednesday evening by HRH The Earl of Wessex on 28 Three bronze wolves by sculptor opened on the site. go on to make successful careers or get ideas off the ground. The from 5.45–7pm at the Guildford School October 2004. Alan Turing, who Carol Orwin SWA who lives in group meets on Tuesday lunchtimes The Department of Music and as composers in a range of genres of Acting. Printed lyrics and audio is considered to be the ‘Father of Guildford between 1-2pm, usually the third Media is housed in the Performing whilst other graduates enjoy recordings of songs will be provided Computing’, spent some of his life Tuesday of the month. 7. Knife Birds Arts Technology Studios. Students careers as performers, teachers and your first session will be free. in Ennismore Avenue, Guildford Knife Birds, a bronze sculpture by can study Music and related and sound technicians. Feed your soul and bring your lunch The University’s School of Arts also 3. Acrobat Bridget McCrum FRBS who was programmes at undergraduate to our monthly poetry group. Read offers mixed ability, ten-week evening Natalie Staniforth’s figure of inspired by African tribal knives in The Department is central to published poems in a relaxed and and postgraduate level including courses in Pottery. The courses are an acrobat, suspended from the British Museum the organisation of the biennial friendly group. No knowledge or Creative Music Technologies, suitable for both complete beginners the ceiling of the Austin Pearce Guildford International Music experience of poetry is necessary. The 8. Spine Digital Media Arts and the and more advanced students (18 years building. Staniforth trained at Festival, now in its 13th year, and group meets on the last Tuesday of Spine by Diane Maclean FRBS, flagship Tonmeister course for and over). Ten week, mixed ability Wimbledon College of Art and also promotes a range of other every month from 1–2pm. situated by the lake, was highly which Surrey is known all over courses in painting and drawing used to live in Guildford the world (‘Tonmeister’ describes events including Guildford Guitar If reading books is your passion, join are also on offer and run three times commended in the Guildford a person who is a sound master Weekend coordinated by the our book circle. The friendly bunch a year. 4. Thinking Of My Future Heritage Awards 2005. The sculpture Thinking Of My Future was was made as a memorial to her – a literal translation of the International Guitar Research German word). Creative practice, Centre, hosted at Surrey. Amongst Evening Language classes Language Department [email protected] created by Zimbabwean sculptor father, a surgeon, and is constructed performance, composition, as well the events coming up this summer Creative Writing Group Penny Rance [email protected] Christopher Chipfuya, Art of stainless steel which changes Conservator at the National Gallery colour according to the light as musicology, provide students are a number of competitions and Poetry Reading Group Kate Brady [email protected] with a breadth of knowledge of Harare. The piece was donated awards. Book Circle Jo Baker [email protected] To book a place on the tour, call and Surrey musicians are at the Get creative by the daughters of Sir David Orr, Choir Emily Bollon [email protected] Jo Baker on 01483 686 641 forefront of research activity For further information, visit Clubs and courses at surrey a former member of Council Pottery and Drawing The School of Arts [email protected] or email [email protected] in these areas. New music is surrey.ac.uk/arts 14 YOUR UNIVERSITY SURREYSPORTSPARK.CO.UK 15 Arts Welcome from Surrey Sports Park Sport

New sports pitches £500,000 gym upgrade In February, the University opened a Surrey Sports Park has announced What’s on Surrey Sports Park new terrace of grass sports pitches plans for a £500,000 refurbishment Manor Park at Surrey Sports Park after 18 of its health and fitness centre. The University of Surrey and Surrey Sports Park offer an extensive Weekly Lunchtime Music Recitals – 3 June, 10 June, 17 June, 30 June, 18 July months of development. programme of events for members of the public. From the very Surrey’s weekly lunchtime recitals see our talented student musicians perform a The Sports Park is set to continue best of performing arts productions, music concerts, sports events, range of instruments and styles from Bach to Hendrix. Programmes are usually exhibitions and lectures, there is a huge range available. The new terrace represents another its partnership with Life Fitness to available the day before. If you would like a copy please email [email protected] £1.8 million investment in sports deliver a new gym overhaul for its We have picked just a handful of the best public events taking Venue: PATS Studio 1, Stag Hill Campus, Guildford facilities for students and local 4,000 members this summer. place at the University in the next few weeks. community teams, featuring one To subscribe to regular email updates about news and events Bloodlines – 30 June at 6pm eleven-a-side football pitch and two The investment will see the rugby pitches. introduction of new equipment, at the University, visit Bloodlines is a unique work in the form of an augmented lecture – part medical surrey.ac.uk/tellmemore more stations, elite-level strength lecture, part dance and music performance. This project was inspired by its Professor Sir Christopher Snowden, and conditioning and functional maker’s personal experience of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia which the Vice-Chancellor of the University, training areas. composer Dr Milton Mermikides, Lecturer in Music, developed in 2004. His said: “We have made significant sister, Alex Mermikides, who donated bone marrow to Milton, is directing the investments in recent years to The announcement comes after performance. Get in shape ensure that our campus and a £40,000 investment in 24 new Tickets: £6 (£4 concessions) sporting facilities are of a world- Spinner® Blade ION™ bikes in the Venue: Ivy Arts Centre, Stag Hill Campus, Guildford Surrey Sports Park is a £36m development that excites anyone with a sporting interest. Located opposite the Royal Surrey County class standard. Spinning Studio.

Tre Artisti Toscani – 14 July – 27 August Hospital, the Park is open to the local community to enjoy all the benefits of exercise, fitness, dance and sport. “As well as students, Surrey Sports An exhibition of works by three Italian painters, Franco Mauro Franchi, Bruno Park is open for local residents. From racquet sports, a gymnasium and a 50m swimming pool to Paoli and Mario Minarini. The exhibition will be curated by University of Surrey With a new terrace of sports award-winning grass pitches, fitness studios and a climbing wall, the Alumni Luciano Cassara and Nigel Taylor who will often be in attendance. Don’t pitches, I hope to see many more Park has something for all ages and abilities. Music recital miss the opportunity to try out your language skills – Luciano is always happy to members of the community PATS Studio 1 talk about the artists in English or Italian. Since opening five years ago, the Park has a rich history of hosting making use of our state-of-the-art Venue: Lewis Elton Gallery, Stag Hill Campus, Guildford elite teams and athletes including the 17 Olympic and Paralympic facilities.” nations who used the venue ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The park is currently the full-time training base for a range of teams including Harlequins Rugby Union, Rugby World Cup winners England RFU Women, 2015 champions Did you know Surrey Storm, British Basketball League Club Surrey United, National Badminton League team Surrey Smashers and UK top five swimming » The majority of West End shows » Members of the public can attend club Guildford City. feature at least one graduate who lectures and events at the University. studied at the University’s Guildford Our sell out series, Jim Meets, sees Membership starts from £34 a month. For more information, visit surreysportspark.co.uk School of Acting (GSA). Famous University of Surrey professor, nuclear alumni include Brenda Blethyn OBE, physicist, author and broadcaster, Bill Nighy and Michael Ball Jim Al-Khalili, interview famous Sharon Garner and Family faces such as Sir David Attenborough, Thousands of children take the plunge » The University owns a significant art Lord Robert Winston, Professor Over 4,000 children have progressed through the Surrey Sports Park Swim collection. Professor Lewis Elton, Brian Cox, Dara O’Briain, Ruby Academy’s Learn to Swim programme since it began five years ago. who first had the idea of showing Wax and former Archbishop of We love Surrey Sports Park Sharon Garner from Guildford real art in the Physics Department, Canterbury, Rowan Williams Run in conjunction with UK top Sports Park, said: “Swimming is donated a valuable collection of five swimming club Guildford one of the few sports that really “The pristine facilities of Surrey Babies and Ballet Babies and drawings and prints by Picasso, City, juniors aged 18 months and can save your life. At Surrey Sports Park have offered my enjoyed badminton and squash Chagall and Klee. Drawings from over enjoy weekly sessions in the Sports Park, we believe that all husband, three children and me courses, and the climbing wall. the book series, Winnie the Pooh Park’s 50m pool following the ASA kids should get the best training the opportunity to do more of the Even I had had swim lessons and The Wind in the Willows were National Teaching Plan. and assessment at their own sports we enjoy, as well as try an when the pool first opened, in also donated by E.H. Shepard in 1974 The best young swimmers are able speed. We are delighted that more incredible range of new activities, order to be confident to crawl to work through a performance than 4,000 local children have both as individuals and as a family. » Led Zeppelin played their debut pathway with Guildford City, learnt to swim in our pool.” the 50 metre expanse! Both my gig at the University of Surrey on 3. giving them the chance to learn The pool is a favourite with us husband and I trained to do our all; the children have enjoyed first triathlons in the pool and October 25 1968 from swimmers including Team For more information visit GB athlete, Marco Loughran. surreysportspark.co.uk/ swimming lessons with the gym; I completed a super-sprint » Several graduates from the Paul Blanchard, CEO of Surrey swimacademy Swim Academy and my eldest whilst he just went straight to University’s Sound Recording 1. daughter joined the synchronised Ironman level. swimming club. Incredibly, she (Tonmeister) degree worked on the As a huge netball fan, I love now gets to train alongside the GB award-winning soundtracks for being able to watch top class Synchro team who use the pool; Skyfall and Les Miserables, while Superleague action and to see 1–2. GSA productions such a great inspiration for her. another has won a Grammy for his Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables the Surrey Storm girls training. Photos: My son has sights on becoming Indeed, it’s unbelievable how work producing a Mumford and Sons Mark Dean & Steve Porter album. Graduate Chris Benstead an Olympic triathlete so takes many world class athletes from 3. University archive part in the Junior Swimfit a variety of sports you regularly won an Oscar last year in the ‘Best Art collection Achievement in Sound Mixing’ Photo: sessions to complement his bump into in the building. David Hatfull Junior Triathlon course. category for his work as Music Editor There’s still a few classes I haven’t on the soundtrack for Gravity 4. Jim Meets Jim Al-Khalili & Ruby Wax Beyond that, they’ve attended yet managed to try out, but I’ll 2. 4. toddler groups such as Boogie get through them all eventually!” 16 YOUR UNIVERSITY Welcome from Surrey Sports Park Sport A great year for our sports clubs 2015 has been a great year for professional sports clubs based at Surrey Sports Park.

Surrey Storm Netball were crowned Superleague champions for the first time in their six year history in April, as they defeated Hertfordshire Mavericks 65-39 in the Grand Final at the Copper Box Arena, breaking their streak of losing three finals in five seasons. Surrey Smashers Badminton took part in the inaugural National Badminton League season, the first ever professional badminton league in the UK, and secured their place in the Championship Play- offs. medalists Gabby Adcock and played for Smashers among other international badminton stars. 1. 3. Surrey United Basketball completed their second campaign in the British Basketball League with renewed confidence and a squad shaping up to challenge the league’s top sides next season.

Coming up at Surrey Sports Park 2.

GoFest: 10 July

GoFest is a new family festival of sport, 1. Surrey Storm, 2. Surrey Smashers and 3.Surrey United fitness, dance and health. Whether you’re a seasonal sports player, want to try some new activities, burn some calories or learn the benefits of a healthier lifestyle, then GoFest is for you, your family and friends. For ticket prices, visit gofest.co.uk

Surrey Youth Games: 20–21 June The P&G Surrey Youth Games is a multi- sports competition in which all eleven districts and boroughs in Surrey enter teams into 15 different sporting events. There are events for all ages, including young people with disabilities.

Summer Junior Sport Camps: April – July Surrey Sports Park has a range of junior sport camps for children aged three to 14, including tennis, football, badminton, swimming, netball and more. All of our camps are led by professional coaches, so all participants can have fun, make friends and pick up new skills from the best leaders.Visit surreysportspark.co.uk