Alumni Magazine 2010
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Wherever you end up make it a stress free break doing what you want, when you want! To search and book securely online, visit: www.cottages-4-you.co.uk/canterbury Alternatively call our friendly sales team on: 0845 268 1807 link welcome > welcome Welcome to the Link contents Welcome to the 2010 edition of your alumni magazine and congratulations to those who graduated during the last year. news 4 Pictured on this issue’s front cover is Bob Green OBE, former Christ Church student who has been leading the success for modelling Next Vice Chancellor appointed to 4 efficiency in police forces around the world. Read on page 12 how Canterbury Christ Church University he also pioneered forensic-led investigation into undetected serious crimes, or ‘cold cases’. The St Gregory’s Project, to create a purpose built space for features 7 music which is more than a concert hall, has attracted leading organisations in the music industry, such as Classic FM, to join Future time bomb? 7 the venture as partners. Building work should start soon and completion is expected in 2012 in our jubilee year. See the Celebrating 30 years 8 feature on this multi-million pound project on page 14. Finding a way to get through 10 The Link also contains a round-up of University news, plus information on alumni services. And don’t forget to check out economic hard times the Class Notes and Bulletin Board sections to find out what some of your former fellow students are doing now. Emergency care training for 11 doctors at Medway Campus We’d love to hear from you, too. So if you have a story to tell or simply want to update us on your life since leaving Canterbury Leading the success of science 12 Christ Church, please get in touch. Use the form enclosed with this magazine, go online at www.canterbury.ac.uk/alumni, or based investigation email us at [email protected]. You may find yourself featured in the next edition of The Link! Please also remember Bringing the dream alive 14 to give us your updated email address, so you can receive the e-bulletin. Opportunities 15 Enjoy the magazine. Corporate Communications Team class notes 16 Published by the Corporate Communications Unit, July 2010 Tel: 01227 782266 Email: [email protected] bulletin board 18 keeping in touch 20 3 link news > news Next Vice Chancellor Vice Chancellor awarded a CBE Vice Chancellor, Professor Michael Wright, has been appointed to Canterbury awarded a CBE in the 2010 New Year Honours. Christ Church University Professor Wright received the award for his contribution to higher education and the Dr Robin Baker CMG has been appointed the next Vice community of Kent. Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University. Professor Michael Wright CBE Welcoming the award, he said: "Naturally, I am Dr Baker, currently Vice-Chancellor of Chichester University, honoured to have been recognised not only personally but because it signals will join Canterbury Christ Church on September 1, 2010. how Christ Church has developed in recent years.” He has raised the profile of Chichester University to • international level and implemented his ‘Unlocking the Potential’ strategy in the three years there. iBorrow Dr Baker previously held the post of Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Kent between 2005 and 2007. scheme His appointment also follows an extensive career in receives cultural diplomacy, holding a number of posts within the British Council, including his final role as Deputy Director- General. prestigious In accepting the post of Vice Chancellor, Dr Baker said: award “I feel very honoured to be appointed the next Vice Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University. It is a Canterbury Christ Church University has won the annual 'UCISA highly successful and exciting institution deeply committed (Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association) Higher to the transforming power of education. Education Award for Excellence' for its unique iBorrow project. The self-service laptop loan scheme, iBorrow, was introduced at “I look forward to building on the extraordinary Augustine House library and student services centre in 2009. achievement of Michael Wright and to re-establishing my close connections with the City of Canterbury and UCSIA represents the whole of higher education, and increasingly the County of Kent.” • further education, in the provision and development of academic, management and administrative information systems. The aim of the UCISA Award for Excellence is to recognise and highlight levels of excellence and best practice. • New Chairman of the Governing Body Peter Hermitage has been elected Chairman of the Governing Body and new Pro-Chancellor. Mr Hermitage, who has been Vice Chairman for the past four years and a Governor since 1999, replaces Bishop Stephen Venner who left the Governing Body in November, when he retired The next Vice Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University Peter Hermitage as Bishop of Dover. Dr Robin Baker CMG • 4 Research degree awarding Welcoming students and Education powers granted officials from Malaysia Canterbury Christ Church has been given The first cohort of English teaching students Antarabangsa (IPBA), a teacher education the right to award research degrees by the from Malaysia was welcomed into the University institute in Kuala Lumpur. A second cohort Privy Council. in September. will be arriving in Canterbury in September 2010. The University has been enrolling The 47 students will spend three years in research students for 25 years, but until Canterbury and the last year of the four-year The Faculty also welcomed Dr Noor Zaila now their research degrees have been course in Malaysia. They will receive the Wahab and Dr Zaidah Mustafa from the awarded by the University of Kent. More BEd TESL (Teaching English as a Second Malaysian Ministry of Education in October. than 160 students have received PhDs in Language) degree, awarded by the University, Prior to the establishment of a ‘Teach for this way. on completion of the course. Malaysia’ programme, the visitors were in the UK to learn about Teach First, which the The University offers MPhil and PhDs in a The programme is run in partnership with Faculty has been continuously involved in range of subjects as well as Doctorates in the Institut Perguruan Bahasa-Bahasa since its inception in 2002. • Education and Clinical Psychology. • A new professor will lead the way in ground breaking patient-centred research in Kent and East Sussex. Professor Jan Dewing has been appointed to a The Dean of the Faulty of Arts and Humanities (back right) and staff from the Department of English and Language new partnership Studies welcome the new cohort of Malaysian students role between Canterbury Christ Church University and East Sussex Public Lectures attract high profile speakers Community Professor Jan Dewing Health NHS. stories. Renowned historian and broadcaster Dr David Starkey gave the Vice Chancellor’s One of only three similar practice lecture and writer, comedian and broadcaster development posts in the country, Professor Dewing will look at ways Jon Holmes spoke of his journey from of improving the quality of NHS care Canterbury to comedy. Chief Executive Officer by putting patients at the centre of of the Fairtrade Foundation, Harriet Lamb, her research. spoke of the growth of Fairtrade across the world. The post, based in the University’s Department of Nursing and Applied Our annual lectures, including the Department Clinical Studies, will draw on her of Geographical and Life Sciences Christmas extensive national and international Celebrated author Kazuo Ishiguro, one of the speakers at the Public Lecture series Lecture, the Nick Burton Memorial Lecture, experience, particularly in the field Martin Luther King Lecture and Becket Lecture of dementia and care for the elderly. The University’s Public Lecture Series continues all continue to draw capacity audiences.