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eNews – September 2013 - Clifton College eNewsletter http://edit.ptly.com/clifton/enews-september-2013 Having trouble reading this e-mail? View it in your browser. Print View eNews – September 2013 IN THIS ISSUE Welcome Back to top Welcome We congratulate Michael and Carole Middleton on the birth of their grandson Prince George of Cambridge on 22 July 2013 in the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital, London. OC News Michael left Brown’s in 1967, and with his two brothers, was the third generation of Middletons at Clifton. Congratulations to .. Prince George is the first child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Wildlife Photographer of the Duchess of Cambridge, Michael and Carol Middleton’s daughter and is the only Year grandchild of Prince Charles. He is third in line to succeed his great grandmother, OCs in Print Queen Elizabeth II, after his grandfather and father. OC Society Recent Events This year’s Clifton Magazine will be with you soon and the OC section reflects a full and diverse year with fresh activity on several fronts. Our autumn events programme OC Business Community began recently with a fascinating talk about the banking crisis by Sir Hector Sants (BH ’73), former CEO of the FSA, about which more is written below. Polacks House Educational Trust There is a lot in the programme which is listed below, but the highlight is the London Dinner, kindly sponsored by the Clifton College Development Trust at the Berkeley in Cricket Week 2013 Knightsbridge on 14 November. Look at the whole programme though and you’ll surely find something of interest. Old Clifton Golf Society Halford Hewitt 2013 Provisional Events Programme for 2013/2014 In Memoriam Miscellanea Keeping in Touch UPCOMING EVENTS 1 of 14 27/09/2013 13:26 eNews – September 2013 - Clifton College eNewsletter http://edit.ptly.com/clifton/enews-september-2013 28 Sep Clifton Rugby Club vs. Bishops Stortford 28th September 2013 30 Sep Clifton College Violinist Julia Hwang Performs Monday 30th September 2013 OC News Back to top 04 Oct Cardiff Dinner, Friday 4th October 2013 Raw Talent 11 Oct Hong Kong Amanda Tong (OH ’10) is part of a team that Reunion, 11th organised “Raw Talent 2013″; a student-run art October 2013 exhibition and fashion show in June in London. 14 Oct Singapore Drinks Amanda also exhibited her work. For more Reception, 14th information, please follow this link – which highlights October 2013 some of Amada’s own work: http://news.craftsmagazine.org.uk/rsps/wlnk/c/1816 /r/47687/e/207 FORWARD TO A 4m (13ft) High Kidneys Help Doctors Understand FRIEND their Subject Know someone who might be Pedro Campos (SH ’03) is part of a team that has interested in this email? Why developed a system that helps medical students not forward this email to them. visualise their subject. Along with Kapil Sugand, both doctors based in London, Pedro unveiled a 3D UPDATE YOUR graphic representation of a kidney which DETAILS demonstrates its function to budding doctors. For more information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22860678 If you have recently moved house or changed your email Simon Burns-Cox (ET ’80) address, please contact the Simon Burns-Cox, a successful sculptor based in office on LNash@clifton- Edinburgh, has been for some time working with stone college.avon.sch.uk and marble. He particularly enjoys the discipline of lettering and working with marble because of its “texture and the potential of its many veins and colours”. Although many of his pieces are abstractions, they have their origins in natural forms. He added that he “… wants people to handle them, to look closely and to be reminded of hidden things in the world around them”. Three OCs on their Bikes Congratulations to James Durie (WiH ’87), Andy Heywood (DH ’87) and Miles Watson (ET ’88) for completing the Clifton College Cycle Club’s (CCCC) recent 400 mile challenge; Bristol to Paris. The 30 odd group of cyclists, made up of OCs, staff and parents, left Bristol early on Friday, 5 July and arrived under the Eiffel Tower 4 days later. James Goldsworthy (WiH ’11) James Goldsworthy (WiH ’11) appeared in The Hound Dog at the Edinburgh Fringe from 2nd – 11th August. This world première was written and directed by Ginny Davis and more can be found in the attachment, at www.ginnydavis.com and 2 of 14 27/09/2013 13:26 eNews – September 2013 - Clifton College eNewsletter http://edit.ptly.com/clifton/enews-september-2013 www.facebook.com/hounddogplay. Anson Allen’s Community Vegetable Growing Project ‘Small Beginnings’ After nine years as a Business and Sustainability Consultant living in Carmarthenshire, SW Wales, Anson Allen (SH ’61) has also been working for over two years now in setting up a community vegetable growing project. They are currently named “Llandeilo Growers” and are keen to collaborate with all sectors of the community. The first such collaboration has been to assist the local further education college’s Hospitality and Catering students to grow their own herbs for their cooking. A ‘small beginning’ but a very good exemplar mini-project. Although this sort of collaboration is important the main focus of Llandeilo Growers is to produce healthily and locally grown vegetables themselves on a significant scale. In order to grow the vegetables they have to have the land. This may be by purchase, lease or landshare. But whichever way funding is clearly a critical issue. The main team consists of five directors and twenty formal members. One of the directors is an international agronomist who is retained by the Greater London Council and has done projects in 25 foreign countries. Llandeilo Growers now has a shortlist of several sites two of which have several large polytunnels, which are critical for successful growing in this climate. They recently completed a public survey which proved a high level of demand for the project and formed a crucial part of a government funded Feasibility Study. In addition their ‘Outline Proposal’ has been accepted by the Big Lottery. So things are looking extremely promising but they do need some donations for ‘seed capital’ in order to get the project off the ground. Anyone interested can email Anson [email protected] who will be happy to send more detailed information. Congratulations to .. Back to top Congratulations to Lord Leigh of Hurley Howard Leigh (PH ’76) has been created a Conservative Peer. Howard is the Senior Director of Cavendish Corporate Finance, the company he established in 1988 and is the Treasurer of the Conservative Party. Formerly Chairman of the Westminster Synagogue, he is now its President. He is a former trustee of Jewish Care and is the current chairman of Jewish Care’s Business Group and the Jerusalem Foundation in the UK. William Tricks (SH ’81) Congratulations on the award of an MVO, a personal award from Her Majesty, for services to the relationship between the UAE ruling family and the UK Royal family. William organised the Queen’s State Visit to the UAE two years ago and the UAE President’s State Visit to the UK this year. MBE for Dr Eric Albone in Queen’s Birthday Honours Dr Eric Albone, a former member of the teaching staff and honorary OC, has been made an MBE in 3 of 14 27/09/2013 13:26 eNews – September 2013 - Clifton College eNewsletter http://edit.ptly.com/clifton/enews-september-2013 the current Queen’s Birthday Honours List. This is for services to Education as Director of Clifton Scientific Trust. This will be a great help in taking forward the Trust’s vision of promoting the understanding of science though pupil participation. For more info: bristol.ac.uk/news/2013/9477.html A Well Deserved Congratulations to Andrew George Andrew George (BH ’80) is leaving Imperial College, after 21 happy years working there, to take up a new position as Vice Principal Education and International at Brunel University, London on 1 October 2013. This is a very exciting new opportunity for Andrew; Brunel is a vibrant and rising university with a strong track record in education and widening participation, with a recently renovated campus in Uxbridge that offers a very good experience to its 15,000 students. For further information please see: www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/news- items/ne_311040 and www.brunel.ac.uk/about” target=”_blank”>http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about Professor Peter Wells (ST ’54) Professor Wells CBE FMedSci FREng FRS was awarded the 2013 Royal Medal for pioneering the application of the physical and engineering sciences to the development of ultrasonics as a diagnostic and surgical tool which has revolutionised clinical practice. He is currently Distinguished Research Professor at Cardiff University, one of only five individuals who are Fellows of all three of the UK Academies of Science (the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Medical Sciences) and is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. More can be found at http://royalsociety.org/awards/royal-medal/ and http://www.engin.cf.ac.uk/whoswho/profile.asp?RecordNo=363 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2013 We are delighted to announce that Jo Bird & Company Limited have been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2013. Jo Bird & Co – 100% owned by Old Cliftonians – was founded by Jo Bird (SH ’64) and is now owned and run by Jo Bird, Guy Atkins (SH ’84) and his brother Nick (sh ’81). Since the Company was formed 27 years ago, it has steadily built an enviable reputation for world-class products designed to meet the most testing of operational environments.

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