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Engineers Prove That Ricky Packs a Punch Features Letter from the President The free magazine for The University of Manchester 2 July 2007 UniLifeIssue 11 Volume 4 Engineers prove that Ricky packs a punch Features Letter from the President News The Whitworth Art Gallery wins tourism marque page 3 Research Teaching Excellence Rewarded page 11 July means graduation for many of our students, Above all, perhaps, how well have they been Reaching Out and each graduation not only brings to an end prepared to be lifelong learners? another cycle of higher learning, but also signals a Volunteers of the It is interesting that in asking how well new beginning for our graduates as they begin Year Manchester graduates have been prepared for the professional lives enriched by the myriad formal and worlds of work and citizenship, the knowledge page 15 informal learning opportunities they have they have acquired is secondary - and rightly so. experienced in Manchester. With the total quantum of human knowledge now For the rest of us, graduations sometimes prompt doubling every six years or so, higher learning is useful – if not altogether comfortable - introspection. not essentially about acquiring a body of knowledge. It is about learning how to learn, Just how rich is the Manchester student about being open to new worlds of thought, experience? How well prepared are our graduates improved ways of doing things, new technologies, Contents for professional employment? Have those who may new paradigms, new problems. A learning wish to start businesses of their own had disposition is the most precious outcome of higher opportunities to acquire entrepreneurial skills? learning; without it, a university education has a Have all our graduates developed advanced skills of 3 News frighteningly short half life. disciplined, rational thought and critical analysis? 7 Research How well can they assimilate, investigate, analyse Accepting such conventional wisdom – for none of and apply abstract concepts and systems? How this is novel – raises some probing questions for 11 Teaching and Learning well do they understand the difference between teachers. How consciously, deliberately and 12 Feature: Distinguished fact and opinion, validity and truth, inductive and explicitly are the curricula we develop designed to deductive reasoning? How competent have they deliver the educational and personal outcomes we Achievement Awards become as presenters, advocates and value? How clearly do we relate what we are 14 Reaching Out communicators of complex ideas? Have they teaching – and how we are teaching - to the learned to be team players? particular skills, intellectual disciplines and personal qualities we are trying to encourage? How deeply 16 What’s On What has their Manchester experience meant in and systematically do we understand relationships terms of personal development? Have they been 20 Museum Piece between the pedagogy and learning outcomes? encouraged to confront their own personal beliefs, How often do we even ask ourselves such values, assumptions, expectations, hopes and fears? questions? Perhaps we should devote an entire Has their university education helped them develop meeting of Senate to a discussion of such things – global perspectives, encouraged them to reflect on or are these matters best left to schools, discipline wider social and environmental issues and clusters or individual teachers? challenged them to accept the kinds of personal responsibilities that will make them informed, I will be delighted to listen to some answers. engaged citizens wherever in the world they choose to live? How reliably can they identify prejudice, in themselves and in others? Are they ready to exercise leadership, whether in professional, business or civic life? Professor Alan Gilbert President and Vice-Chancellor 2 News Engineers prove that Ricky packs a punch Measurements taken by engineers at the - around 10 times more than an average person expertise and versatility we have within University have shown that local boxing hero with no boxing expertise can manage. the department." Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton really does live up To calculate this, the University called in Biosense Researchers are keen to stress that the to his name. Medical, which attached a force sensor to a 30kg measurements were not taken under scientific The World Champion boxer was put through his punch bag. Special video technology - normally conditions and they are now keen to repeat this paces at the University by a team from the used for tracking projectiles in laboratory conditions experiment to verify their findings. School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil - was also used to calculate the speed of the But they believe the data gives a sound indication Engineering (MACE). punches which came in at an average top speed of of the power and speed that faced Jose Castillo - 25mph - giving opponents a reaction time of less Ahead of his recent title fight in Las Vegas, a team the man Ricky was due to fight as UniLife went than one tenth of second. His fastest effort was of impact engineers led by Dr Qingming Li worked to press. clocked at 32mph. with biomechanics equipment specialists Biosense Ricky, from Hattersley, said: "It was great working Medical Ltd to gauge the strength and speed of Impact expert Dr Li said: "As one of the country's with the experts and the technology, and for me it Hatton's best shots. top universities for engineering, we were delighted was really interesting to see just how fast and hard to be challenged to come up with a way of And the results will give little comfort to Ricky' s I can hit.” measuring Ricky' s formidable punching prowess. future opponents, for the data collected suggests ITN News broadcast Ricky’s visit to the University Hatton is capable of landing a right-handed punch "It was certainly a very different project from the ahead of his fight. with around 400kg of instantaneous force behind it type we usually work on, but it demonstrates the The Whitworth Art Gallery at The University of Manchester is now a Quality The Whitworth Art Gallery Wins Assured Visitor Attraction, having achieved the British Tourist Authority's official VisitBritain Quality Marque endorsement of high standards. The prestigious award was given following a detailed assessment of the quality of service and attention to the needs of visitors throughout the venue. The Whitworth was described as `lively and entertaining' with particular praise reserved for the remarkable variety of the artworks on display and its iconic RIBA award-winning sculpture court. The highly popular award winning café was also commended, as were the hands-on activities for children within the galleries. The Whitworth's Director Dr Maria Balshaw said:”It is essential that the Whitworth's international reputation for its unique collections is matched by the quality and service offered to visitors. That our standards have been recognised in this way fully endorses our continued commitment toward the visitor experience.” www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth 3 News In brief Students ‘bag’ green prizes The winners have been announced of the University’s Cool It! Competition which challenged students to create something imaginative that would get people talking about climate change and persuade people to behave in a more environmentally sustainable way. With some 45,000 staff and students on campus, if every individual decreased their carbon The team at the Centre for Chinese Studies and footprint even a little, the impact the Confucius Institute with students would be significant, not only in (Professor Hong Liu, Dr Wu Fangmin, Karen Wang reducing emissions but also in and Catriona Dobson). cutting the University's sizeable energy bill. China Summer School The range of entries was impressive, including The University has been selected as the photographs, poems, cartoons, sole management agent for the DfES China paintings, drawings and three- city to spread the message and important, and I think a Summer School for 2007. The contract is dimensional sculptures. Prizes support Manchester's aim of competition like this can raise worth almost £250,000. included air-miles-free organic becoming the UK's greenest city. awareness and really catch The Summer School is part of a government shopping for a year, mountain people's imagination. I'm so First prize winner Grace Payne initiative to increase UK student mobility and to bikes for green transport, chuffed to have won and I hope (pictured) from the School of encourage students to take advantage of vouchers for outdoor clothing my entry will inspire people to Arts, Histories and Cultures said opportunities to work, research and study abroad and equipment, wind-up radios, think about things they can do of the competition, who bagged as part of their HE courses. This programme is and the Rough Guide to Ethical to live more sustainably.” the first prize with her entry open to all UK-based undergraduates and 200 Living and Ethical Travel. Later in “Plastic Bag, Plastic Bag”- a bag A big thank you to everyone funded places, together with 20 Widening the year the top entries will be made from plastic bags - involved and to the Alumni Fund Participation Bursaries are on offer. exhibited around the campus said:“To have ethical living for their support. and at key locations around the This programme will be managed and delivered promoted at University is really by the Centre for Chinese Studies in partnership with Beijing Normal University, the partner of the Confucius Institute. Successful candidates will be spending three weeks in Beijing this summer, with full funding from DfES, to learn the Chinese Imagine Their Shadows language and culture, to meet and interact with Chinese young people and to visit businesses and gain insight into the fastest growing economy in The Manchester Museum will launch a new the world. exhibition ‘Imagine Their Shadows’ in August. It is the culmination of a new outreach project between Manchester Museum, Places Matter!, Horse and Bamboo Theatre, artists-in- UniLife residence and young children in Manchester.
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