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LSBU Alumni Association Magazine Issue 13 | Autumn 2012 GET CONNECTED | Spring 2012 | 01 connected LSBU Alumni Association magazine Issue 13 | Autumn 2012 An oAsis in the desert the LsBU alumnUs with A fresh tAke on the oiL indUstry Flight of imAginAtion Take off for THE fUtUre with Oliver Andrew’s high-tech vision LSBU looks to the future 02 | Autumn 2012 | GET CONNECTED GET CONNECTED | Autumn 2012 | 03 Welcome to Welcome from Welcome from the Connected Issue 13 the Editor Vice Chancellor 05 10 05 News iN brief 10 buildiNg the future 12 A N oAsis iN the desert 14 Flight of imAgiNAtioN 16 legAl mAtters 18 A sustAinable solutioN for ghana 14 19 19 New gAllery opeNs Welcome to the autumn issue of LSBU’s story over the last 120 years has Our commitment to our community is its doors Connected. This year we have been been one of constant student success and illustrated not only by being open to them and celebrating 120 years of learning as the innovation. As we look towards the future, working with schools and colleges to help 20 LSBU ArouNd the University marks its 120th anniversary. there are no signs that this will change. them prepare students for progression into world The last issue of Connected reflected on our This year alone, we have invested £14 higher education, but also by helping to past, whereas this issue looks at our million in transforming our campus and increase overall educational attainment and 22 whAt’s oN At LSBU contribution to the future. this will continue with the building of a aspiration in our local borough. As a further new Enterprise Centre in 2013. This demonstration of our commitment we are the Throughout this issue you will be able to read ongoing development of our campus is an lead sponsor for a new academy school in the inspirational stories of how our alumni are outward demonstration of our priorities. Walworth area of Southwark with an helping to change the future. On page 12 We are committed to continuous engineering specialism, underpinned by Abdulrahman Jawahery, LSBU alumnus and improvement in all we do to meet the science, technology and mathematics. The President of Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co, aspirations of our students. academy is due to open in September 2014. sets out his own blueprint for the way business operate in the 21st century. On page 14, This autumn see the fruits of our £7 million We aim to become London’s enterprising To contact the Editor, please write to: Connected is the magazine for the alumni and Connected is published by London South Bank Connected takes a guided tour of Oliver investment in a vibrant new state-of-the-art university and I am pleased that we already The Editor, Connected friends of London South Bank University which University Alumni Office. The opinions Andrew’s award winning vision of the airport Student Centre. It will create a dynamic central have many student start-up companies and London South Bank University is an amalgamation of the following: Borough expressed in it are those of the individual of the future. We also explore the University’s location where students can easily access over 1000 students following our enterprise Development and Alumni Relations Office Polytechnic Institute, Polytechnic of the South contributors and not necessarily those of the aspirations for its campus on page 10, which support services and find out more about programme. Our new multi-million pound 103 Borough Road Bank, South Bank Polytechnic, National Bakery University. The next edition of Connected will shows our 25 year estates strategy that will employment opportunities, as well as Enterprise Centre will be dedicated to London SE1 0AA School, Brixton School of Building, London be published in March 2013. The cover of this provide a beacon for the regeneration of somewhere to socialise and relax. The Student knowledge sharing and local business County Council School of Building, City of publication uses a recycled paper containing Elephant and Castle. Centre will bring together many of the engagement, nurturing and encouraging Or email [email protected] Westminster College, St George’s Institute, 50% recovered waste and 50% virgin fibre, Over the next few months the University is University’s non-academic student support entrepreneurial talent. The Centre will bring National College of Heating, Ventilation, manufactured at a mill accredited with ISO services and house our Students’ Union. our Georgian terraces on St George’s Circus General alumni enquiries: hosting a number of 120 year anniversary Refrigeration and Fan Engineering, Battersea 14001 environmental management standard. celebrations. Please make sure we have your back to life and will also provide a showcase for 020 7815 6712 The University’s cultural heritage came into College of Education, Battersea Polytechnic The pulp used in this product is bleached using up-to-date e-mail address, so we can keep you student work and public spaces. [email protected] the spotlight this summer, with the opening of Institute, Battersea Training College of an Elemental Chlorine Free process. The text updated about these. I hope you are able to www.lsbu.ac.uk/alumni our new art gallery which houses ‘A David Enterprise is important to our students, and I Domestic Sciences, Battersea Training College, pages use a recycled paper with 55% recycled come back to LSBU and join in the celebrations. South West London College, Central Catering fibre from both pre and post-consumer Bomberg Legacy – The Sarah Rose Collection’. am delighted that Richard Farleigh has been Annual Fund enquiries: College, Redwood College of Health Studies, sources, together with 45% virgin Elemental Wendy Graves We are deeply grateful to Sarah Rose, who appointed as the University’s new Chancellor. 020 7815 6073 Great Ormond Street School of Nursing and Chlorine fibre from sustainable forests. Alumni Marketing Manager donated the collection and to the Heritage Richard’s business knowledge and advice will [email protected] South Bank University. Lottery Fund who have been most generous in be truly inspirational for our students and will www.lsbu.ac.uk/about/fundraising Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to supporting the development of the physical help us to further strengthen our links with Editor: Wendy Graves ensure the information in this magazine is space. David Bomberg is considered one of the businesses. You will have a chance to listen and Contributors: Louise Bell / Wendy Graves accurate and all information is believed to giants of 20th century British art and taught meet our new Chancellor at our forthcoming Design: Fabrik www.fabrikbrands.com be correct at the time of print, however here at LSBU when it was called the Borough 120th year anniversary celebratory event being Photography: Slater King / Arnie Adler change may have occurred after publication. Polytechnic. I am delighted there is now a held specifically for our alumni in autumn. I © London South Bank University 2012. All rights permanent home for the work of David hope to see you there. reserved. No parts of this publication may be Bomberg and other members of the Borough Professor Martin J Earwicker FREng reproduced in any form without prior consent Group at the University. The gallery will provide Vice Chancellor & Chief Executive of the publishers. an important cultural resource for alumni, staff, students, and the local community to engage with the heritage of the University. 04 | Autumn 2012 | CONNECTED TO HISTORY NEWS IN BRIEF | Autumn 2012 | 05 years of Richard Farleigh appointed as University’s 120Did you know? learning new Chancellor Dotted throughout the magazine, you’ll find 120 facts about LSBU – the story of LsBU over the pAst 120 yeArs hAs eNtrepreNeur richArd one for each year since the Borough Been one of constAnt chAnge And innovAtion. fArleigh hAs beeN AppoiNted Polytechnic first opened its doors. And, As we Look to the fUtUre, there’s no sign LSBU’s chancellor for the Prepare to be amused, intrigued and perhaps even amazed… thAt the pAce of chAnge will Be sLowing down Next four yeArs Any time soon. in 2012 alone, the cAmpUs will Be trAnsformed with the opening of two mAjor new buiLdings, the stUdent centre And the As the University’s ceremonial head, he As Chancellor, he’s keen to be ‘hands-on’, Vice Chancellor Martin Earwicker says: will perform a range of duties including sharing business advice with students and ‘Richard Farleigh is a perfect ambassador for Our corporate plan for the next BoroUgh roAd Gallery, followed in 2013 By oUr awarding degrees at graduation events and helping steer the future direction of LSBU. the University – proving that with talent, drive five years sets us a challenging new enterprise centre act as an ambassador to promote our work ‘I was impressed by the way enterprise is and ambition you can achieve your goals.” and ambitions. embedded in the culture of the University,’ he You can hear Richard Farleigh talk about his target: ‘to be the most admired says. ‘Staff, students, graduates and partners Of course, there is much more to planning for the want to be the University for enterprise, A former hedge fund manager who had made extraordinary rags to riches story and hear are all encouraged to be bold, entrepreneurial university in the UK for creating future than simply opening new buildings. But, encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship. enough money to retire by the age of 30, his advice on how to succeed in business at and innovative. I was also attracted by LSBU’s as Vice Chancellor Martin Earwicker points out in We want to provide a world-class learning Richard Farleigh is now one of Britain’s most our 120-year alumni celebration on 9 October.
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