Edge Hill University

“Edge Hill is a great success story...”

Annual Review 2014 — 2015 Edge Hill University

Times Higher Education University of the Year 2014 — 2015

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“Edge Hill is a great success story... an institution that improves and impresses year after year. Its achievements in student satisfaction and graduate employment were noted by our judges as was the part it plays in transforming lives in the local region.”

John Gill — Editor of Times Higher Education

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“Edge Hill is a great success story...” p.8 “...the part it plays in transforming lives...” p.56 – – An introduction from our Vice-Chancellor p.10 Research with Impact p.58 Good Sports p.14 Body & Mind p.60 Live & Learn p.18 Taking the Myth out of Maths p.62 Surreal Life p.20 Rebuilding Lives p.64 Sound as a Pound p.24 Transforming the Patient Experience p.68 Winning Ways of GTAs p.28 Seen to be Green p.70 Royal Recognition p.30 What is Britishness? p.72 Honorary Graduates p.32 Thinking about Drinking p.74 Stories Must Be Heard p.75

“...achievements in student satisfaction p.36 “...an institution that improves and p.76 and graduate employment...” impresses year after year.” – – A Degree of Employability p.38 University Income p.78 Happy Campus p.40 University Expenditure p.79 Their Chance to Shine p.42 Key Performance Indicators p.80 Academic Texts p.44 Total Income and surplus for p.81 Lights, Camera, Athens! p.46 Re-investment Step Back in Time... p.48 Financial worth of the University p.82 Animation Graduate Brings p.50 Applications for Fulltime p.83 Clangers Back to Life Undergraduate Programmes Educating the Educators p.52 Principal Officers of the University p.84 High Flying Career p.53 Donors p.86 Scholarship Awards p.54 Publication credits p.92 6 Annual Review Introduction — 2014 — 15 7 8 Annual Review Section One — 2014 — 15 Success story 9

The Edge Hill ‘success story’ continued through “Edge Hill is a great success 2014/15. With more and better-qualified applicants, Edge Hill’s popularity has continued an upward trend. The University’s own staff story... an institution that voted Edge Hill to be the Best University Workplace in the Times Higher Education improves and impresses year annual survey.

after year. Its achievements The award-winning campus has been developed further, with the opening of a state- in student satisfaction of-the art Sports Centre (page 14) and more accommodation (page 18). Extended links into the region with some high profile partnerships and graduate employment including Tate (page 20), and the Sound City festival (page 24). The University’s were noted by our judges deep links into its disciplines are also apparent in the impressive array of honorary degree as was the part it plays in recipients presented at our graduation transforming lives in the ceremonies (page 32). local region.”

John Gill — Editor of Times Higher Education

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An Introduction from our Vice-Chancellor

The award of Times Higher University of the points on entry were also at record levels, Year has had a positive effect on everyone who though the University remains committed studies and works at Edge Hill, and strengthened to assessing applicants’ potential, not simply our already flourishing reputation in the Higher their prior achievements. Education sector. What underpins our success? We believe that it There has also been a surge of interest and is down to the fact that we work hard to consistently excitement around Edge Hill, with record numbers deliver on our promises to improve as a place to of visitors at open days and greater interest from learn, live and work. external organisations. Businesses in the North West are increasingly realising the potential We have built more student accommodation this resource that’s on their doorstep; we are working year; the newly completed Palatine Court brings the with the Local Enterprise Partnerships and forming total number of beds spaces on campus to 2,091, collaborations that are having a real impact on our over fifteen hundred new en suite units having been student experience and employability, which in added in the past six years. We are also continuing turn is having a knock-on effect on our national to broaden our portfolio of degrees with new and international profile. programmes in computer software engineering, biotechnology and policing. The status of University of the Year has also had an impact on our performance in the major league Finally, in a year of accolades for Edge Hill, we were tables. The Times and the Sunday Times placed us delighted to be voted Best University Workplace top in the North West for Teaching Excellence and 2015 in the Times Higher survey of all UK in the top four in the region overall. We currently universities. Our relaxed, supportive workplace is have our highest placing nationally, up 59 places enabling us to recruit and retain high quality staff, in less than ten years, putting us in the top ten including many from prestigious universities both of all post-1992 universities. in the UK and abroad.

Applications rose again this year, as they do every We will now build on our year in the spotlight year, and the numbers making Edge Hill their first and ensure Edge Hill University continues to choice were the highest-ever. As a result average grow and improve. 12 Annual Review Section One — 2014 — 15 Success story 13 14 Annual Review Section One — 2014 — 15 Success story 15

Good Sports

Students, staff and the local community are set to benefit from Edge Hill’s £30 million investment in sports facilities.

Heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and philanthropist Barrie Wells opened a new state- of-the-art indoor and outdoor sports complex which houses a 25-metre swimming pool, a sauna and steam room, an 80-station fitness suite incorporating the latest in-screen entertainment technology, an aerobic studio, an eight-court double sports hall with extensive changing facilities, and a café to relax in before or after a workout.

New outdoor tennis courts, due to be installed in 2016, will complete the ambitious project, which promises current and future students some of the best sports facilities in Higher Education. 16 Annual Review Section One — 2014 — 15 Success story 17 18 Annual Review Section One — 2014 — 15 Success story 19

Live & Learn

More and more students can now live and study on campus with the opening of Edge Hill’s latest suite of high-spec Halls of Residence.

The new accommodation blocks, which complete phase ten of the University’s residential building programme, have been named Palatine Court, with the individual halls called Carrington, Glazebrook, Pankhurst and Roscoe after notable Lancashire figures.

The new accommodation, which opened in September 2015, includes en suite bedrooms complete with a bed, wardrobe, desk, chair, flat screen computer/Freeview TV. Each room is situated close to a large shared kitchen and living area which also boasts an LCD Freeview TV.

The new bedrooms bring the number of students who can be accommodated on campus to 2,091. 20 Annual Review Section One — 2014 — 15 Success story 21

Surreal Life

A partnership with Tate Liverpool has helped James Byrne and Tom Jenks. Edge Hill welcomed bring the distinctive, but rarely seen, work of journalist Joanna Moorhead, Leonora Carrington’s an internationally celebrated surrealist painter cousin and co-writer of her biography, Surreal Friends, to a new generation of art lovers. to campus for an ‘In Conversation’ evening to discuss Carrington’s intriguing history and artistic practice. Edge Hill University contributed to an exhibition at Tate Liverpool, which showcased the dazzling The University also hosted Imaginarium, an creations of Leonora Carrington, the first UK solo exploration through dance of the metamorphic exhibition of work by the Lancashire-born artist work of Leonora Carrington. Developed partly for more than 20 years. through a residency at Crookhey Hall, Carrington’s childhood home, the work captures the physicality, As well as sponsoring the exhibition, Edge Hill also colour and energy found within her sketches supported the Tate’s curators through the work of and paintings. Professor Roger Shannon, whose work uncovered several artworks that had never been on public Performed by Edge Hill performing arts lecturers display before. James Hewison and Michelle Man, with original music by Alfonso García de la Torre Rey, Imaginarium A member of the surrealist movement, wowed audiences at both Tate Liverpool and Edge Carrington (1917-2011), became a national treasure Hill’s campus. in Mexico, thousands of miles from her origins in Chorley. She worked alongside key members of Francesco Manacorda, Artistic Director at the movement, including Salvador Dali and Max Tate Liverpool, said: “We were thrilled to work Ernst, creating paintings, sculptures, poems, plays, so closely with Edge Hill University on this textiles and costumes based on the extraordinary exhibition. Roger’s input and insight was invaluable worlds of her imagination. and our collaboration with the University as a sponsor of the exhibition is a fantastic example The University also hosted a number of eclectic of the power of partnerships.” events to complement the exhibition and further explore the artistic possibilities presented by Later in the year, to tie in with Tate Liverpool’s Carrington’s work. Poets and authors came together exhibition Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots, the for The Speaking Trumpet, an evening of surrealist University hosted an evening of conversation and fantastical new writing, inspired by the about the influential and provocative artist, surrealist icon. Readers included fiction writer with expert Catherine Marcangeli and curator

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Sound as a Pound

Students with an eye on a career in the music management, has a strong connection with Sound industry are getting a unique opportunity to work, City. In 2014, The Label hosted its own stage at the perform and network at one of the UK’s biggest festival, featuring one of its first signings Hooton urban arts festivals. Tennis Club, who were later scouted by Heavenly Recordings. Edge Hill University’s successful three-year partnership with Liverpool Sound City continues Film and TV students from the Department of to go from strength to strength. This year, the Media were kept busy throughout the festival as partnership was expanded further with the they captured footage across the site, documenting University named as Industry Connection Partner, the festival’s live acts. Edge Hill’s award-winning creating new ways for students and staff to engage dance group EdgeFWD also performed at Sound with the creative industries. City for the third year running, entertaining festival-goers with the premiere of their hard- As main sponsor of Sound City’s Conference hitting new show, REVOLT. Marketplace, Edge Hill played a high profile role in connecting students with potential employers This year was the most successful Sound City to by hosting student roundtables, How Sessions date, with more than 22,000 visitors and over and Panels with industry experts. 3,600 delegates registered for the conference.

More than 60 students took part in real-life “As University of the Year we are celebrating and work-based activities at the festival and exploring our deep connections with the sectors conference, giving them valuable insights into where our students forge their careers. Working life in the music industry. with Sound City offers all sorts of exciting ways for our students to volunteer, perform and Students took over the festival’s Kraken Stage to organise an event as part of the festival, and gain showcase some of the up-and-coming bands on unique experiences which will really set them Edge Hill’s not-for-profit record label, The Label apart in the competitive graduate job market.” Recordings, alongside some of the city’s best local talent. The Label, which involves students in all Roy Bayfield aspects of music production from A&R, design and Director of Corporate Communications, video production to journalism, marketing and Edge Hill University 26 Annual Review Section One — 2014 — 15 Success story 27 28 Annual Review Section One — 2014 — 15 Success story 29

Winning Ways of GTAs

Hollie Jones and Emily Williams both gained a PhD in Sport, with their research concerning cycling time trials. Hollie’s thesis concerned the effects of deception on pacing strategy, perceptual responses and performance during cycling time trials, while Emily looked at the influence of competitor presence on pacing regulation and performance.

During their three years at Edge Hill, Hollie and Emily also completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, and through this, gained a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Both women have now taken up post-doctoral positions.

Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) were introduced as part of the University’s long-term research capacity building programme. Edge Hill currently has more than 40 GTAs, with another 24 due to start in 2016.

Three other PhDs were also awarded to non-GTA students. Paul Ellison achieved a PhD in Sport, for his research on eye-hand coordination, Carol Kelly gained a PhD in Health for her thesis on patients’ and healthcare professionals’ perceptions of oxygen therapy, while acclaimed writer Carys Bray collected the PhD associated with her novel, A Song for Issy Bradley. 30 Annual Review Section One — 2014 — 15 Success story 31

Royal Recognition

The Vice-Chancellor of Edge Hill University, Dr John Cater, and two students have received Royal honours this year and travelled to Buckingham Palace to celebrate their achievements.

John Cater, the longest-serving head of a UK Higher Education institution, was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to Higher Education and teacher training.

Dr Cater has published extensively on race, housing, economic development and public policy, and co-authored major research studies for the Social Science Research Council, the Commission for Racial Equality and their successor bodies. He is currently chair of the joint Universities UK and Guild HE Teacher Education Advisory Group.

Edge Hill student Mark Peers was named in the 2015 List in recognition of his services to charity. The second year student was awarded a BEM (Medal of the Order of the British Empire) to acknowledge his charitable services through the Alder Hey Children’s Charity in Liverpool. To date, Mark has raised more than £50,000 to help other children experiencing similar issues.

Valerie Allen, a fourth year Business and Management student also received an MBE in recognition for services to the community and businesses in Warrington and Halton. 32 Annual Review Section One — 2014 — 15 Success story 33

Dame Janet Suzman Jane Horrocks Honorary Honorary Doctor of Arts Honorary Doctor of Arts Graduates 2014 — 15

Dame Janet Suzman, one of the most respected Lancashire stage, film and TV actor and singer This year Edge Hill classical stage actresses of her time, has received an Jane Horrocks was made an Honorary Doctor has awarded honorary Honorary Doctor of Arts from Edge Hill University. of Arts at Edge Hill University.

doctorates to six people Janet made her professional stage debut with Jane is a highly accomplished stage, film and TV Billy Liar in 1962, then joined the Royal actor and singer. Born in Rawtenstall in 1964, her who lead the way in acting, Shakespeare Company. She made her official strong Lancashire accent remains an essential film-making, music, London debut in a production of A Comedy of part of her identity. After taking a drama course Errors (1963) and has built up an impressive at Oldham Technical College, Jane was accepted politics, science and law - classical resumé portraying most of Shakespeare’s at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) illustrious heroines. and, on graduation, joined the Royal Shakespeare areas which resonate with Company. the University’s teaching In the early 1970s Janet branched out into films and, following an auspicious turn in A Day in Winning critical acclaim for her role as Nicola and research. the Death of Joe Egg she won the coveted role in Mike Leigh’s film Life is Sweet (1991), Jane of Czarina Alexandra in the florid historical came to national prominence in the stage show piece Nicholas and Ale, for which she was The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (1998), a musical nominated for the Academy Award for Best play written specially for her by Jim Cartwright Actress, BAFTA and the Golden Globe. to showcase her prodigious talent for vocal impersonation. Successfully transferring to film In the 1980s Janet was inspired to direct and coach in 1998, her portrayals of legends such as Judy and later returned to South Africa to provide multi- Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Billie Holiday and ethnic castings in versions of Shakespearean plays. Shirley Bassey led to Best Actress nominations She was appointed Dame of the Order from BAFTA, BIFA and the Golden Globes in 1999. of the British Empire (DBE) in the , is an Honorary Fellow of the Shakespeare On television, Jane is perhaps best known for Institute, and was awarded the Pragnell Award for her role as the ditsy secretary Bubble in lifetime services to Shakespeare in 2012. Absolutely Fabulous. 34 Annual Review Section One — 2014 — 15 Success story 35

Terence Davies Michael Pinfold Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Peter Hooton Honorary Doctor of Literature Honorary Doctor of the University Honorary Doctor of Science Honorary Doctor of Philosophy

A Liverpool-born director described as one of Retired lawyer and ex-Edge Hill Chair of Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore has been Peter Hooton, founder of Liverpool band The Farm Britain’s greatest living film-makers was made an Governors Michael Pinfold has been made an made an Honorary Doctor of Science at has been made an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy Honorary Doctor of Literature this year. Honorary Doctor of the University. Edge Hill University. at Edge Hill University.

Terence Davies is a Fellow of the British Film Wirral-born Michael Pinfold enjoyed a stellar The renowned neuroscientist has studied the Peter was born in Liverpool and has lived in the Institute and his films have been nominated for career as a lawyer – admitted as a solicitor in teenage brain for over 12 years and is a Royal city all his life. He helped set up several Welfare awards at all the major international film festivals. 1970 and going on to specialise in company law, Society University Research Fellow and Professor Advice Centres and made a significant contribution Terence’s first three films Children, Madonna Michael became the first Company Secretary of of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL. She is Leader of to the anti-drug ‘Alternatives Provision’ in the and Child and Death and Transfiguration comprise the Universities’ Superannuation Scheme, as well the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group 1980s. In the aftermath of the tragic disaster at the The Terence Davies Trilogy, which put him on as advising companies as diverse as Pilkington’s, at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, whose Heysel Stadium, Peter made contact with Juventus the cinematic map as one of the most original Johnsons the Cleaners and the Blue Funnel research focuses on social cognition and decision- supporters’ clubs and organised a friendship British film-makers of the late 20th century. Line. His work for pension funds underpinned making in human adolescence. exchange with Liverpool fans. investments in many of the shopping centres, In the Trilogy and the two films that followed, retail and industrial parks we use today. Last year, Professor Blakemore delivered Edge Hill Later in the 1980s Peter co-founded The Farm, Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) and The Long University’s annual Chancellor’s Lecture. She is who set up their own independent record label in Day Closes (1992), Davies cinematically recreates Michael joined Edge Hill’s governing body in actively involved in Public Engagement with 1990 and went on to create several top 40 hits and his childhood and youth in the Liverpool of the 2003. Appointed Deputy Chair in 2005, he Science, frequently gives public lectures and talks a number one album, Spartacus. 1940s and 50s. advised on and strongly supported the managed at schools, has worked with the Select Committee entrepreneurialism that has characterised the for Education, and acted as scientific consultant on In 2011 he was instrumental in setting up the The House of Mirth (2000) marked Davies’ University’s success over the past decade. In 2008 the BBC series The Human Mind in 2003. She was Justice Tonight band, to highlight the Hillsborough furthest departure from his childhood obsessions. he was appointed Chair of the Board of Governors, named in the Sunday Times 100 makers of the 21st Justice Campaign. The following year, Peter was The film Of Time and The City, from 2007/08 and under Michael’s Chairmanship the University Century list 2014. the driving force in The Justice Collective charity and produced by Liverpool’s Hurricane Films, was shortlisted as Times Higher University of the single, a version of The Hollies’ He Ain’t Heavy reflected Davies’s growing up in Liverpool in Year three times, finally being awarded the title which achieved the coveted Christmas Number One the 1950s and 1960s, using newsreel and after a fourth shortlisting in November 2014, slot, raising awareness and funds for the campaign. documentary footage supplemented by his own when Michael’s maximum 12 years of service commentary voiceover and contemporaneous had just come to an end. and classical music soundtracks. 36 Annual Review Section Two — 2014 — 15 Student satisfaction and graduate employment 37

Highly-satisfied students and strong graduate “Edge Hill is a great success employment are key indicators that the University is achieving its aims. Continued strong ratings in the National Student story... an institution that Survey combined with a 95 per cent graduate employment rate (page 38) indicate our progress. improves and impresses year Projects that enhance the student experience whilst providing valuable skills are a strong after year. Its achievements focus, with graduate showcase at the Everyman (page 42) and launch of a publishing house in student satisfaction (page 44) being just two examples.

Features in this section show the range of and graduate employment careers some of our new graduates are enjoying, from creative industries to the challenging front- were noted by our judges line of healthcare (pages 48-53.) Our Excellence Scholarships reward students for notable as was the part it plays in achievement above and beyond the requirements of their course, and a selection of our high- transforming lives in the achievers is showcased on pages 54-55. local region.”

John Gill — Editor of Times Higher Education

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A Degree of Employability

Edge Hill University is consistently named one of the top public universities in the country for graduate employment, and this year 95 per cent of students secured jobs within six months of graduating.

The annual survey by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) identifies the destination of leavers six months after graduation. It calculates the rankings using the statistics from graduates who completed all degrees across the institution including undergraduate, postgraduate, full-time and part-time qualifications.

HESA contacted all students who completed their degree courses during the 2013/2014 academic year to discover if they are in employment or have gone on to further study.

“As an institution we are committed to producing employable graduates. The latest HESA results reinforce the success of our focus on student employability, our work to involve employers in the design of our degrees, and our commitment to ensuring that our programmes carry professional accreditation so that graduates can directly enter their career of choice.”

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Happy Campus

Students at Edge Hill University are once again The University also ranked highly in the region, among the happiest and safest in the country, with Biology, Business Studies, Computing, according to leading national surveys aimed Geography, Environmental Science, Marketing with at helping prospective students decide where Public Relations and Physical Geography voted top to study. in the North West in at least one category.

Satisfied students have rated the University highly These results echo Edge Hill’s earlier success in an in the National Student Survey, which polls survey by Whatuni.com, which questioned 20,000 300,000 final-year students from across the students about their experience of accommodation, UK on a range of measures from academic support city life, courses and lecturers, job prospects and and learning resources to overall satisfaction. support services. Edge Hill was ranked as the top university in the region, and was also placed in the Edge Hill sustained last year’s record performance. top quartile of institutions across the UK – ahead of Many subject areas performed exceptionally well Oxford and Cambridge Universities – in the annual including: rankings published in The Telegraph.

— Biology top in the UK for academic The University ended the academic year with support and top two in the UK for teaching. another accolade that highlights its commitment to providing an outstanding student experience. — Business top in the UK for assessment For the fourth year running, Edge Hill was rated and feedback. the safest university in the North West in the — Geography, Physical Geography and independent Complete University Guide. With Environmental Science top in the UK (based the lowest crime rates of any of the region’s on the average response across all questions). universities, Edge Hill also remains in the top ten of safest universities in the UK. — Public Relations top in the UK for teaching. Steve Igoe, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Edge Hill — Law and Criminology second in the UK for University, said: “We’re delighted to be ranked so overall satisfaction. highly by our students in these three important — Geology second in the UK for satisfaction across surveys. We work hard to put our students at the all questions and teaching. heart of everything we do and these results are testament to the commitment and hard work of our staff, students and everyone involved with Edge Hill.” 42 Annual Review Section Two — 2014 — 15 Student satisfaction and graduate employment 43

Their Chance to Shine

Edge Hill students took over Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre to showcase the University’s wealth of creative talent to potential employers.

Exclaim!, a biennial exhibition of student work from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, gives guests the chance to view the most exciting work students have produced during their time on Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Film and Television, Animation, Drama, Advertising and Computing degree programmes.

This year’s show featured a performance from third year Dance students created by renowned choreographer Gary Clarke, aerial performances and a solo piece from recent dance alumnus Malachi Simmons who now works professionally in the dance industry.

The packed programme also included readings of work from creative writing students, drama performances, student produced films, animation, music and singing, plus an exhibition of visual work and costume. 44 Annual Review Section Two — 2014 — 15 Student satisfaction and graduate employment 45

Academic Texts

Building on the national success of the Short Story recognises excellence in a published collection of Prize, Edge Hill University is strengthening its short stories. The 2015 prize was awarded to Kirsty literary links with the launch of its own literary Gunn for Infidelities (Faber & Faber), a collection of press, in collaboration with Glasgow-based stories about love, marriage and beyond, which was independent publisher Freight Books. praised by judges for its haunting imagery and the beauty of its style. As well as publishing four books, the new EHU Press imprint (EHUP), which has secured funding This year, the judging panel included for an initial four years, will offer six internships The Guardian’s Chris Power, 2014 Readers’ giving students a unique opportunity to work Choice winner, Rachel Trezise, and Edge Hill’s alongside the Freight Books team and gain valuable Professor Ailsa Cox. experience of the publishing industry. At the ceremony in London, Madeleine D’Arcy was The first book from EHUP, due for release in presented with the 2015 Reader’s Choice award for Summer 2016, will be an anthology of short her debut collection, Waiting for the Bullet (Doire stories featuring previously shortlisted authors Press). Shannon Eden’s The Glass Passenger won from the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Colm Toibin, the Jo Powell Award, which commemorates and Kevin Barry, AL Kennedy, Ali Smith, Neil Gaiman celebrates the life of crime writer Jo Powell, whose and this year’s winner are among the acclaimed first novel, The Drop Room, was written as part of writers already confirmed as contributors. her doctoral study at Edge Hill.

EHU Press draws on the expertise and research The final award, which acknowledges rising stars of Edge Hill academics and Co-Directors of EHUP, on Edge Hill’s MA Creative Writing course, went Dr Rodge Glass and James Byrne. Rodge Glass, to Trevor Fevin for his story, Reckitt’s Blue. BA in Creative Writing Programme Leader, is a novelist, short story writer, biographer and editor, Prize co-ordinator, Professor Ailsa Cox, while James Byrne is a poet, editor and translator Reader in Creative Writing and English who lectures in Creative Writing at the University. at Edge Hill University, said: “This year’s shortlist shows the huge range and diversity of The initiative enhances the University’s already short story writing today, and how many risks established literary profile, which includes the writers are taking with the form, with stories nationally recognised Edge Hill Prize for the based on, among other things, twitter fiction, Short Story. Now in its ninth year, the autobiographical memories, oral history and Edge Hill Prize is the only UK award that role-playing games.” 46 Annual Review Section Two — 2014 — 15 Student satisfaction and graduate employment 47

Lights, Camera, Athens!

Budding directors have had their student films screened as part of a major international film festival.

Now in its second year, Edge Hill University’s partnership with the Athens International Digital Film Festival (AIDFF), one of the biggest digital film festivals in Europe, gives students a rare opportunity to gain international recognition for their work.

Edge Hill also screened the award winning films from AIDFF 2014 on campus, enabling students to engage with new and exciting work from around the world.

Student films shown at the 2014 AIDFF were Alive by David Tilbury, Epistemic by Sean Stoaks and Lewis Hancock, Clean Up by JonathanRedmond, Murphy’s Law by Daniel Blundel, Daniel Hall, George Short and Jonathan Redmond, Conwy by Robyn Pratt and Greener Grasses by Nicola Maxwell. 48 Annual Review Section Two — 2014 — 15 Student satisfaction and graduate employment 49

Step Back in Time...

Two business graduates from Edge Hill University have created a travel company with a difference, taking people back in time to the battlefields of the two World Wars.

Gareth Abbott and Nick Walmsley have launched Esprit Tour Services, which offers bespoke tours to the historic sites of Europe, allowing people to walk in their ancestors’ footsteps, and educating visitors of all ages about the horrors of war.

To ensure the experience is open to all, they have also set up a Community Interest Company to allow schoolchildren whose families are experiencing financial hardship to take part, and also taken visually impaired children and blind veterans on bespoke tours of the historic sites.

“Our degrees gave us the skills, as well as the practicalities, like legal requirements, marketing and how to present ourselves, involved with registering a company,” said Nick. 50 Annual Review Section Two — 2014 — 15 Student satisfaction and graduate employment 51

Animation graduate brings Clangers back to life

An Animation graduate from Edge Hill University “On an average day I’ll read through scripts is helping to bring Clangers back to our screens as and highlight props needed for the upcoming Art Director for the CBeebies remake of the classic episodes,” explained Jamie. “Once I have the children’s TV show. props lists I’ll speak to the Director and find out what the prop needs to do before I start Jamie Stockley graduated in 2009 with a degree designing it.” in Stop-Motion Animation before becoming a freelance animator. It was while working for While studying at Edge Hill in 2009, Jamie Altrincham-based Factory Animations, that he received the Paul Cannon Media Award for best became involved in bringing the much-loved film, awarded to the media student whose final pink, knitted creatures back to life for a new show reel demonstrates flair and charisma. generation of children. He added: “Studying animation at Edge Hill, “To work on a project so loved by the British helped me combine my passion and the public is an honour,” said Jamie. “Clangers was qualifications I gained at college with art and a benchmark for British children’s animation, computers. Working with the lecturers, a true icon of the age that resonates to this day. I gained industry techniques and knowledge I feel immensely proud to be part of this project. of how the world of animation works. Making We are using all modern techniques possible short films for assignments helped me develop the but still staying true to the original. We’re skills I needed to work in the animation industry.” approaching the project as series three in a classic series rather than a reboot.” Jamie shared his experiences of working on Clangers with former students at a recent Media In his role as Art Director for the Clangers Alumni Networking event, designed to give production, Jamie is responsible for the art side Edge Hill graduates with an interest in the media of the project including creating sets, props industry the chance to meet like-minded people, and characters. share ideas and make links to boost their careers. 52 Annual Review Section Two — 2014 — 15 Student satisfaction and graduate employment 53

Educating High Flying the Educators Career

Edge Hill University is supporting the professional An Edge Hill student has started a life-saving development and future employability of the career treating some of the most vulnerable and health service workforce with a new qualification sick patients in the country. for medical practitioners. Laura Owen, who graduated with first class The Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI), honours in Operating Department Practice (ODP), the University’s centre for health and social care landed her first job with the transplant and research, based in the Faculty of Health and retrieval team for organ donation at Newcastle’s Social Care, has secured £1 million in funding Freeman Hospital; one of seven abdominal organ from Health Education North West to deliver the retrieval teams in the UK. new Postgraduate Certificate award for Medical Educators. On call around the clock, Laura’s new role involves flying all over the country, including Accredited by the Academy of Medical Educators Northern Ireland, to perform organ retrieval (AoME), the programme will be delivered by for organ donation, often making life-changing academics within the PGMI, who will work surgery possible. Professor Clare Austin in association with external clinical experts. Laura Owen Associate Dean for Research & Innovation The first cohort of students arrived on campus “I always wanted to work on the frontline of BSc Operating Department Practice & Chair of the PGMI Management Group in 2015. healthcare, learning and acquiring new skills every day while providing the best level of care Established in 2013, Edge Hill University’s to the general public,” said Laura. PGMI brings together Edge Hill academics and external healthcare professionals to work in Laura’s course was 60 per cent placement and 40 partnership on practice-based research and per cent university study, meaning Laura was working innovative professional development projects. full time shifts while making the time to study.

The PGMI hosts a range of educational programmes “Being out on placement really opened my eyes, I providing professional, postgraduate training to became even more aware of the struggles, illnesses doctors, dentists and a wide range of healthcare and ill health people go through,” she said. professionals. A number of these are delivered in partnership with NHS trusts and organisations “Ultimately, this course has shaped my future and and many are accredited by professional bodies. matured me as a person. Edge Hill gave me the encouragement to follow my dream and here I am living it!” 54 Annual Review Section Two — 2014 — 15 Student satisfaction and graduate employment 55

Excellence Chancellor’s Scholarships Scholarship Awards These scholarships celebrate students who Three students have earned Edge Hill’s most demonstrate determination, commitment prestigious award, the Chancellor’s Scholarship, 2014 and achievement in Sport, Creative Arts, which is presented annually to students who raise ICT and Enterprise, Performing Arts, and the profile of the University and contribute to equal — Volunteering and Citizenship. opportunities and diversity. 2015

Millie Forrest Adam Hampton Luke Pomfret Shannen Dabson Katie Munday

Each year, Edge Hill University Paralympic hopeful Millie Royal Marine turned poet, Cricket-mad Luke was rewarded Educational Psychology student Katie, a Nutrition and Health honours some of its most Forrest was awarded a Sport Adam Hampton swapped for his dedication to making Shannen was recognised for student, has travelled all over talented, deserving and Scholarship in recognition of her his beret for a Biro to win an the sport accessible to as many her commitment to helping the world as a swimming teacher inspirational students with success in championing disabled Excellence in Creative Arts people as possible and helping others and raising awareness of for able-bodied and disabled prestigious scholarships. athletics. Scholarship for his thought- young players reach their full ‘hidden disabilities’ locally and children, and is an advocate of Whether they are successful provoking poetry. potential. nationally. using swimming to teach other sportspeople, dedicated Millie, who has cerebral palsy, skills. While working in China volunteers or have overcome represented Team GB at the Adam, a veteran of two As well as setting up and Diagnosed with ME when she she developed a curriculum for adversity to achieve, the World Junior Games in 2014, operational campaigns in coaching East Lancashire Cricket was eight, Shannen has been using swimming to teach English University is proud to reward where she won gold in the shot Afghanistan, started writing Club’s first ever girls’ team, Luke involved with Tymes Trust, in schools, kindergartens and their hard work and help them put and silver in the discus. poems as a way of dealing with has been team manager and an organisation that supports swimming centres across Beijing. reach their goals. She is now part of the British his experiences as a soldier. head coach for several mixed young ME sufferers, for many Athletics Parallel Success teams and currently coaches the years, becoming the Trust’s Alongside her swim teaching, Academy Squad, which nurtures After he was injured by a Blackburn with Darwen District Young Advocate aged 11. She Katie also does swim the next generation of sporting landmine, he decided to study Under 11 team. has given talks at numerous photography, teaches lifeguard champions. Creative Writing and now plans events, presented to medical skills to children and delivers an to submit a collection of poems Luke has also worked with professionals at the Royal outreach programme in primary Millie also volunteers at her to be published. children with autism, adapting Society of Medicine and regularly schools, talking to children about local community gym, where his coaching techniques to represents young people at the the importance of sport and she encourages able-bodied address the children’s individual House of Lords. physical activity. and disabled young people to needs and allowing them to get into sport. participate competitively. 56 Annual Review Section Three — 2014 — 15 Transforming lives 57

Edge Hill University transforms lives “Edge Hill is a great success through teaching, research, the impact our alumni have in their diverse careers story... an institution that and numerous partnerships. Our developing research profile has led improves and impresses year to the highest percentage increase in funding in the sector (page 58.) Working with Everton after year. Its achievements FC to enhance health and wellbeing in local communities, (page 60), improving maths in student satisfaction teaching in schools (page 62) and addressing mental health issues in the Indian subcontinent (page 64) are just three examples of projects and graduate employment having significant transformational impact. were noted by our judges as was the part it plays in transforming lives in the local region.”

John Gill — Editor of Times Higher Education

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Research with Impact

Edge Hill University has a growing reputation Sport and Media, 45 per cent of work submitted for research that makes a difference to people’s was rated as world-leading or internationally lives – and this has been recognised by excellent. 44 per cent of submitted research from outstanding results in the national Research Psychology and English was rated as world-leading Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 and or internationally excellent while Edge Hill’s a significant rise in funding for future ground- Law School had 50 per cent of research rated breaking studies. as internationally excellent or world-leading.

The University performed strongly in the REF, Edge Hill’s commitment to research that has an the Government’s assessment of research quality impact on society was recognised in a new category across UK Higher Education institutions, with all introduced into the REF in 2014. Education, subject areas featuring ‘internationally excellent’ Law and Sport research at the University was or ‘world-leading’ research. considered particularly strong in terms of impact, with Law ranked in the top 30 and Sport in the As a result of this success, Edge Hill received the top 25 UK institutions in overall impact tables. highest percentage increase in research funding in Education and Sport both demonstrated impact the sector. The funding allocation from the Higher that was considered world leading. Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has increased by 355.3 per cent since the last The results reflect Edge Hill’s increasing assessment exercise in 2008, giving the University research profile since it was granted Research more opportunities to support the work of both new Degree Awarding Powers in 2008. The University and established researchers. recorded a 225 per cent increase in the volume of academic staff submitting research since 2008’s History was the star performer in the REF Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) and was with 100 per cent of History submissions being listed as the biggest improver in the Times’ league rated as either world-leading, internationally table, moving up an impressive 33 places. excellent or internationally recognised. Health was also a top achiever with 55 per cent of The University has also established three submitted Health research identified as research institutes: the Institute for Public Policy internationally excellent or world-leading. & Professional Practice (I4P); the Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI); and the Institute for Psychology, English, Law & Criminology, Creative Enterprise (ICE) which will play a vital Sport and Media also performed well. In both role in Edge Hill’s future impact strategy. 60 Annual Review Section Three — 2014 — 15 Transforming lives 61

Edge Hill University has taken a leading role The study, which is the first of its kind to be Professor of Sport and Physical Activity, in a number of projects designed to promote conducted by a professional football club, asked Andy Smith, said: “Our longstanding Body and improve physical and mental health in its staff to complete a survey on a range of topics partnership with the Everton in the Community local communities. including their sleep patterns, exercise regimes project enables us to undertake original research and diet. The findings will be used to develop an on the mental health and wellbeing of the & Mind The University’s partnership with Everton in the improved wellbeing programme tailored to the individuals and communities with whom we work, Community, the official charity of Everton FC, aims needs of employees and aims to enhance health and impact positively on their lives.” to impact positively on health in local communities at work and quality of life. and nationally through research-led projects, The partnership has culminated in the student academic placements and volunteering. Understanding, managing and promoting mental development of an innovative Masters health is a key priority for the partnership. programme. The MSc in Sport, Physical Activity One of these collaborations is Active Blues, which The Tackling the Blues project, led by Edge Hill and Mental Health, introduced in 2015, provides promotes men’s health by encouraging inactive and Everton in the Community and delivered in the opportunity to undertake cutting-edge, men in North Liverpool to become physically Sefton and Southport, currently engages 300 young impact-focused and policy-relevant teaching and active through sport. The ground-breaking project people with mental illness in weekly sports-based research related to health and wellbeing in sport, is supported by more than £428,000 funding by activities and educational sessions to help manage physical activity and related sectors. Sport England as part of its Get Healthy, their illness and promote mental health awareness. Get Active programme. Edge Hill is also helping to improve health and wellbeing closer to home Such has been the demand for the project, with a unique research project focusing on Everton plans are now being made to extend the early Football Club’s own workforce. intervention programme throughout Merseyside and Lancashire. 62 Annual Review Section Three — 2014 — 15 Transforming lives 63

Taking the Myth out of Maths

Supporting the schools workforce and The latest addition to the Every Child Counts roster helping children to reach their full potential is Every Child Writes, which focuses on writing is at the heart of several projects pioneered skills to enhance pupils’ access to, and engagement by Edge Hill academics. with, the wider curriculum, as well as their confidence across all subject areas. Every Child Counts, Edge Hill University’s scheme to improve literacy and numeracy in schools, has The initiative is being piloted in more than 50 now helped more than 100,000 children across primary schools in Oxfordshire over the next two the UK and beyond. years to improve literacy skills among children in Years 3 and 4 (seven to nine year olds). It follows Developed by academics from the University with the success of the Oxfordshire County Council support from the Department for Education, Every Reading Campaign, delivered by Edge Hill in Child Counts (ECC) is a range of interventions partnership with the National Literacy Trust. designed to help children who struggle with reading, writing and mathematics to catch up with Edge Hill is also supporting teachers to improve their peers. To date, it has been used in more than their maths subject knowledge and increase 5,000 schools, with impressive results. numeracy skills in the classroom. With only around 5 per cent of primary school teachers having an Numbers Count, the first ECC intervention, academic background in maths or science, schools exceeded all targets by bringing almost often find appointing maths specialists problematic. three-quarters of its pupils up to the expected standard in Maths through one to one support To address this challenge, Edge Hill introduced by specially trained primary school teachers. a PG Cert in Specialist Primary Mathematics Practice, to improve teachers’ own understanding Across all ECC interventions, children typically and help them gain the skills and confidence they make around 14 months of progress in four months. need to take a leadership role in their schools. To date, more than 800 teachers have completed As well as devising the materials, the team the programme. also trains and supports teachers and teaching assistants to deliver them, and provides ongoing The PG Cert is part of Edge Hill’s wider maths professional development to raise teaching specialist programme designed to improve maths standards in schools and sustain high achievement teaching at all levels, from Teaching Assistants for all children. and Learning Mentors to Maths Subject Leaders.

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Rebuilding Lives

Edge Hill is delivering a vital mental health initiative to try and reduce the number of suicides and attempted suicides in Mysore, India.

The project is training nurses to provide mental health interventions to people who have attempted suicide or are at a vulnerable stage in their life. India currently has the highest suicide rate in the world, with Mysore one of the worst affected regions. With 2000-2500 people in the region being referred to just two doctors each year after suicide attempts, the project will have a significant impact on public health.

The Edge Hill team will have trained 100 staff at two hospitals to complete mental health assessments and develop treatment plans for those who have attempted to take their own lives.

A further 40 staff will then be trained to become trainers themselves and cascade their knowledge throughout the hospitals. 66 Annual Review Section Three — 2014 — 15 Transforming lives 67 68 Annual Review Section Three — 2014 — 15 Transforming lives 69

Transforming the Patient Experience

A new tool to help cancer patients get the most from their appointments with consultants is helping to modernise healthcare and improve the patient experience both in the UK and abroad.

Developed by a team from Edge Hill University, in consultation with patients, regional care networks and other academics, the Patient Concerns Inventory (PCI) is a computerised system that allows patients with head and neck cancer to log their concerns on a touch screen tablet before their consultation. As well as ensuring important questions don’t get forgotten, the PCI highlights new or worsening symptoms, facilitates referrals and allows doctors to offer additional support.

Since its introduction at Aintree Hospital in August 2007, more than 3,000 patients in the UK have used the PCI and, through international collaborations, it has also been implemented in hospitals in America, Canada, Brazil, Finland and Malaysia. 70 Annual Review Section Three — 2014 — 15 Transforming lives 71

Seen to be Green?

Many people claim to be concerned about “There is a significant environmental issues such as climate change, proportion of ‘green but how deep does this run? Do their reported attitudes match their unconscious thoughts? fakers’ out there, who Two Edge Hill academics studying the dissociation explicitly and consciously between implicit and explicit attitudes to the espouse green attitudes, environment have presented their research at a significant international climate change conference but whose implicit and at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters.

unconscious attitude Psychology Professor Geoff Beattie and Graduate appears to be at odds Teaching Assistant Laura McGuire presented their work at the four-day conference, which addressed with their publicly key issues concerning climate change in the broader expressed attitude.” context of global change. — Professor Beattie said: “Although people say that they have very positive attitudes towards Professor Geoff Beattie the environment, measures of implicit attitudes, which are largely unconscious, are not nearly so positive but are better predictors of actual behaviour in many situations. People seem to be ‘dissociated’ when it comes to the environment and understanding this state could be crucial to changing their behaviour.”

The conference was organised under the umbrella of the International Council for Science, Future Earth, UNESCO and major French research institutions, with the support of the French Government. 72 Annual Review Section Three — 2014 — 15 Transforming lives 73

What is Britishness?

Since the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York in 2001 and, more recently, the terrorist attacks in Paris, stories about Muslim extremism – and what to do about it – are increasingly visible in the media.

The idea of ‘fundamental British values’, as outlined in the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy in 2011, is now integrated in the Teacher’s Standards, making educators effectively the custodians of our national values.

Research at Edge Hill is looking at perceptions of Britishness and how the term ‘fundamental British values’ is understood (or not) by people working in schools.

The research aims to identify better ways to prepare new teachers and provide training for experienced teachers to teach in an increasingly ethnically and culturally diverse school system.

The work will also support teachers in developing a more inclusive way of looking at fundamental British values and the multiple ways of being British in the 21st century.

To complement this research, and better support the development of its own student teachers, the Faculty of Education held a staff development day to help teacher educators understand the concept of fundamental British values and some of the contradictions inherent within teaching this idea. 74 Annual Review Section Three — 2014 — 15 Transforming lives 75

Thinking Stories must about Drinking be Heard

Innovative research at Edge Hill University has Male survivors of sexual abuse in sport will found that smartphones could be the key to a better have their voices heard for the first time thanks understanding of alcohol consumption in society. to life-changing research by Edge Hill University academic, Dr Mike Hartill. The paper, for Alcohol Research UK, suggests that asking people to recall how much alcohol Future generations of young sports people could they have consumed in the previous day or week also be protected from sexual abuse following leads to reporting inaccuracies – and calls for research by Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, more sophisticated ways of measuring alcohol Dr Mike Hartill, which focused on the experiences consumption than those currently used. of men who were abused within a sport or PE context as children. In the Edge Hill study, participants used a smartphone app to record their alcohol Despite several high profile cases of sexual abuse consumption in real time. They were later asked in sport in recent years, published research to recall how much they thought they had drunk surrounding this topic has been relatively during the preceding day or week. The real-time unexplored. Mike’s research, with the support of Dr.Rebecca Monk results were consistently higher than the self- Survivors Manchester, will break new ground by Dr.Mike Hartill Senior Lecturer in Psychology reported amounts. allowing survivor’s voices to be heard at the highest Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport level in Government. The research, in online journal PLOS One, suggests that people tend to have more difficulty recalling The research will be published in a forthcoming how much alcohol they consume in pubs and book by Routledge, Sexual Abuse in Youth Sport, bars, compared with drinking at home. Younger and used to create sport-based resources with the people also seem to have particular difficulty in aim of influencing policymakers and the wider remembering their consumption of beer and cider sporting community in their future development accurately, compared with other alcoholic drinks. of sport and school sport.

Dr Rebecca Monk said: “Overall, our findings Building on this research, Dr Hartill has developed suggest that underreporting is not solely a a €600,000 European project, VOICE, aimed at consequence of memory impairments associated combatting sexual violence in European sport with alcohol consumption, but also associated through the voices of those affected. Edge Hill is with the setting and types of drink consumed. one of eight partner universities taking part in This research will help to develop a more accurate the two and a half year project, which is led by the picture of how people drink on different occasions.” German Sport University in Cologne. 76 Annual Review Section Four — 2014 — 15 Impresses year after year 77

In addition to our externally-awarded accolades, “Edge Hill is a great success the University measures its performance using a variety of tools and key performance indicators.

story... an institution that The measures listed on the next pages consider past financial performance, covering surplus improves and impresses year generation, finance and liquidity, growth and capital employed. All have performed well after year. Its achievements given the challenges faced, with our strongest ever surplus reported. in student satisfaction Cash balances have increased by £7.9m and long term loans have reduced by £2m during and graduate employment the year in spite of an investment in our estate of £18.8m including our new Sports Centre were noted by our judges Complex, improvements to parking facilities and an additional 144 rooms. as was the part it plays in Clearly a leading, and perhaps the most transforming lives in the important, measure of performance is our ability to generate capacity to grow and deliver against it. In this regard the University has local region.” maintained buoyant recruitment into the next cycle. With no cap on student numbers and an increasingly competitive undergraduate market, John Gill this achievement should not be underestimated, — particularly when judged against a continuing reduction in the number of 18 to 21 years olds Editor of wishing to enter higher education. Times Higher Education

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• Student Tuition Fees £86.2m • Academic department £50.4m University • NHS Funding £13.6m University • Academic services £17.4m Income • Residences and Catering £8.8m Expenditure • Central admin and services £7.8m • Other Sources £7.9m • Staff and student facilities £7.7m 2014 — 15 data rounded • Government Funding Grants £7.5m 2014 — 15 data rounded • Premises £9.3m to the nearest million to the nearest million • Residence and Catering £5.6m • Research grants and contracts £463k Total £124m • Other £1.7m

Total £100m

£124m £100m 80 Annual Review Section Four — 2014 — 15 Impresses year after year 81

Total Income Key Performance Total Income & (£0,000)

Indicators Surplus for Re-investment Surplus for Re-investment (£0,000) (£0,000)

Year Ended 31 July 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total Income (£0,000) 123,960 115,376 108,541 99,163 102,405 Surplus for re-investment (£0,000) 24,175 17,899 17,693 13,036 13,875 Cash generated by activities (£0,000) 30,165 22,760 25,990 16,131 21,627 £123,960 Cash for investment (£0,000) 29,029 21,127 32,359 39,611 40,410 Financial worth (£0,000) 181,258 164,658 108,347 85,160 80,589 £115,376

£108,541 FT UG Applications (1) 19,133 18,931 19,296 18,867 17,628 Total number of FT students 10,857 10,672 10,649 10,110 9,488 £102,405 Percentage of staff who rate £99,163 the University (2) as good or excellent employer (3) 94% 92% 91% 89% 90% Employee turnover (4) 5.6% 6.9% 8.8% 10.4% 7.9% Level of University staff absence 3.2% 3.4% 3.4% 3.0% 3.5%

£24,175 Notes: (1) Based on UCAS statistics £17,693 £17,899 (2) Based on HESA Student Record £13,875 £13,036 (3) From the University’s independently scrutinised Staff Survey (4) Based on the establishment employees who left for any reason 82 Annual Review Section Four — 2014 — 15 Impresses year after year 83

Financial worth Applications for of the University Fulltime Undergraduate Programmes

Based on UCAS statistics.

2015 17,628 18,867 19,269 18,931 19,133 £181,258,000

2014 £164,658,000

2013 £108,347,000

2012 £85,160,000

2011 £80,589,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 84 Annual Review Section Four — 2014 — 15 Impresses year after year 85

Principal Officers of the University

Chancellor Professor Tanya Byron

Pro Chancellor Bernard Laverty

Vice-Chancellor Dr John Cater CBE

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Steve Igoe

Pro Vice-Chancellors Lynda Brady Student Experience and University Secretary

Mark Allanson External Relations

Seth Crofts Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Care

Dr Lynnette Turner Dean of Faculty of Education

Professor George Talbot Research Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Clerk to the Board of Governors Lesley Munro 86 Annual Review Section Four — 2014 — 15 Impresses year after year 87

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Patricia Abbott Kathleen Holmes Christine Bennett Des Hope Ann Bowden Betty Leitch Eileen Brown Olive McComb Ruth Caine Anne Moule Margaret Carr Esther Owen John Cater Anne Pagenham Helen Church Noreen Prentice Margaret Ducker Sylvia Rhodes Margaret Evans Isabel Robinson Peter Ford Sylvia Rothwell Roger Graham Lillian Sharpe Heather Harrop Margaret Toft David Hazell Eunice Trill Jane Heyes V. Christine Tyers John Hill 88 Annual Review Section Four — 2014 — 15 Impresses year after year 89 90 Annual Review Section Four — 2014 — 15 Impresses year after year 91 Publication Credits

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