Annual Review 2009 2 Contents

Who’s Who Schools of Contents the University Honorary Officers Full information and contact Vice-Chancellor’s preface 4 President details of our academic The year in pictures 6 Professor Sir Martin Evans FRS Schools can be found at For our students 8 the University website For the advancement of knowledge 10 Vice-Presidents Ms Menna Richards OBE www.cardiff.ac.uk For our communities 12 Mr WH John MBE People and organisation 16 Lady Jones Parry Welsh School of Architecture Partnership and community 18 Mr Huw Edwards Cardiff School of Biosciences Estates and information infrastructure 20 Chair of Council Cardiff Business School Investment 24 Professor Sir Keith Peters FRS Cardiff School of Chemistry Communication 28 PMedSci New faces 30 Cardiff School of City and Vice Chair of Council Regional Planning Appointments and distinctions 32 Mr Dick Roberts OBE University in numbers 34 Cardiff School of Computer Treasurer Science and Informatics Strategy Map 36 Mr Hywel Jones CBE Financial performance 37 School of Dentistry Visitor Grants, gifts and donations 38 Cardiff School of Earth Rt Hon Sir Anthony Evans QC and Ocean Sciences Honorary International Cardiff School of Engineering Vice-President Professor Zhong Binglin Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy

Vice-Chancellor Cardiff School of European Studies Vice-Chancellor Dr David Grant CBE School of Healthcare Studies Deputy Vice-Chancellor Cardiff School of History Professor Peter Blood and Archaeology Cardiff School of Journalism, Pro Vice-Chancellors Media and Cultural Studies Cardiff University Main Switchboard and Dean Cardiff Law School 029 2087 4000 Health and Estates Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Cardiff University Innovation Network Professor Malcolm Jones Learning 0800 801750 Education and Students Manufacturing Engineering [email protected] Professor Jonathan Osmond Centre www.innovation-network.org.uk Research Cardiff School of Mathematics Development and Alumni Relations Division Professor Teresa Rees CBE 029 2087 6473 School of Medicine [email protected] Staff and Diversity Cardiff School of Music Professor Terry Threadgold www.cardiff.ac.uk/alumni School of Nursing and Research & Commercial Division Engagement Midwifery Studies Professor Ken Woodhouse 029 2087 5834 / 029 2087 9626 Cardiff School of Optometry [email protected] Dean of Strategic Futures and Vision Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies Professor Peter Halligan Welsh School of Pharmacy Cardiff School of Physics and Directors Astronomy Strategic Development School of Postgraduate Medical Louise Casella and Dental Education Human Resources, Safety, Cardiff School of Psychology Health and Environment Cardiff School of Religious Jayne Dowden and Theological Studies A wide range of information about Cardiff University can Physical and Financial Cardiff School of Social also be found on our website at www.cardiff.ac.uk Resources Sciences Mike Davies Comments and suggestions regarding this review are Cardiff University School welcome and should be sent to: Information Services of Welsh Martyn Harrow Sandra Elliott, Director, Communications and International Relations Division, Deri House, 2-4 Park Grove, Cardiff Registry, Governance University, Cardiff, CF10 3PA. and Students Dr Chris Turner Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 6299.

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4 Vice-Chancellor’s preface

Vice-Chancellor’s preface

Cardiff University has enjoyed another year in the forefront of international academic achievement. At a time of global economic challenges, the University has the confidence to invest in its future. This confidence is shared by the many partners keen to work with us on research, teaching, business ventures, public policy and community initiatives.

From the past year’s evidence, large Within a few months of the This was particularly pleasing as the Prize numbers of people see Cardiff University establishment of the MRC Centre, recognised the Group’s practical results as an outstanding place for study, one of its members, Professor Julie in tackling violence with partners in the research and collaboration. Williams, was making worldwide local community, as well as its research This endorsement is shown in many headlines for a breakthrough in the strength. The Group is just one of many ways. There are the numbers wishing genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease. examples of University studies benefiting to study here. More than 33,500 Our international research partnerships public policy. Another is Professor Sir people applied to join undergraduate cover the full range of our academic Mansel Aylward, knighted in the New courses last year and a record number activity. Last May, the then First Minister Year’s Honours List for a lifetime’s service of successful applicants achieved top for Wales Rhodri Morgan joined us to public health and healthcare. grades. Demand for postgraduate places for a live link-up to the launch of the All these successes have been achieved is also strong, with some 7,000 graduates Herschel Space Observatory, built by an in the face of an extremely difficult now pursuing courses and research at international consortium in which the economic climate. As the annual Cardiff. We have just established the School of Physics and Astronomy took accounts show, the University’s own President’s Research Scholarships, a a leading role. The University has also financial position is sound. We had an multi-million pound package to help strengthened links in Malaysia, China in-year surplus of £14.4M thanks to talented new researchers undertake and the US, where we had a significant action by a large number of staff in challenging projects. presence at Washington’s high-profile reducing costs and maximising income. The University continues to enjoy the Smithsonian Festival. However, we must expect further cuts in support of funding bodies, charities Honours and prizes are another strong Government higher education funding and business, prepared to invest in indicator of the regard in which Cardiff over the coming years. Further savings the excellence of our research. The University is held. Professor Graham will be necessary if the University is to last year saw a trio of major awards to Hutchings of the School of Chemistry avoid a deficit. create three new centres seeking new was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Our innovation, education and approaches to curing disease. A total (FRS) for his work on gold catalysis. The investment will also play an important of £4M was invested to create the MRC FRS title is one of the highest honours in role in regenerating the economy. To Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics the academic world and Cardiff is proud that end, in March 2009, we joined and Genomics, £10M for the Arthritis now to have nine holders, the latest forces with four other Welsh universities Research Campaign Biomechanics and being the distinguished physiologist to make the St David’s Day Declaration. Bioengineering Centre and £2M to Professor Ole Petersen, the new Director We pledged to work together to help establish the Cardiff Cancer Research of the School of Biosciences. create a vibrant knowledge-led society UK Centre. Another major award, a Queen’s and economy for Wales. Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education, went to the Violence and Society Research Group. Annual Review 2009 5

One of the Declaration’s commitments We reaffirmed this vision recently was to continue with ambitious capital following wide consultation and the investment programmes, which will resulting University Strategy focuses on bring direct benefits to the economy. the key priorities that will determine our Good progress has been made on many success. You will find the Strategy is a projects within Cardiff’s own Campus recurring theme throughout this Annual Horizons programme, including the Review, underpinning all our activities Cochrane Building for health students and future plans. on the Heath Park Campus and the new I believe Cardiff is as well positioned extension to the School of Biosciences. as any university in the UK to face the An outline planning application has been challenges of the coming years. My submitted for our proposed new research confidence is founded on the talent and campus at Maindy Park and we hope to dedication of our staff and students and make further announcements about this on the co-operation and encouragement development very shortly. of our partners and stakeholders. May I Our commitment to sustainability is close this preface by thanking you all for just as vital as our commitment to the enormous contribution you continue economic regeneration. The University’s to make. first-ever Sustainability Week, held in November, highlighted the wide scope of our research in this field, from waste Our vision is to be management in the developing world to understanding the Earth’s climate in the one of the world’s past. As an employer, our own successes Dr David Grant CBE in managing energy, water and waste Vice-Chancellor leading universities were recognised in last year’s Green with an academic League Table of universities. Our vision is to be one of the world’s community leading universities with an academic recognised for community recognised for its its international international distinction and impact. distinction and “”impact. 6 The year in pictures

The year in pictures

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1 2 3 4 The University’s Main Television presenter and Professor Graham Hutchings, Argentina’s international rugby Building celebrated the 100th Honorary Fellow Carol School of Chemistry, was team geared up for a test clash anniversary of architect Vorderman opened the elected a Fellow of the Royal with Wales by taking on the William Douglas Caroe’s vision redesigned ultra-modern Society, second only to a University team at Llanrumney being formally opened on Trevithick Library, which Nobel Prize in prestige, for playing fields in Cardiff as final October 14, 1909 by the Earl features open study spaces, a his pioneering work on gold preparation. of Plymouth. wireless network and a modern catalysis. computer bar.

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The Positive Health and Professor Nick Jenkins, School The University’s first Environment Week (PHEW!) of Engineering, was appointed Sustainability Week involved saw some 1,300 University to lead a team researching students, staff and the public staff take part in more sustainable energy supply in debating environmental than 65 activities, including by the UK Energy Research issues and pledging to do more Professor Terry Threadgold, Centre. towards a sustainable future. Pro Vice-Chancellor, staff and diversity. Annual Review 2009 7

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8 9 10 Professor Nick Craddock, Professor Sir Martin Evans, The Wales Optometry School of Medicine, leading 2007 Nobel Prize Winner Postgraduate Education Centre a major study into bipolar for Medicine, took over as had a busy first year providing disorder, advised the BBC’s President of the University, continuing professional Eastenders on its plotline about succeeding Lord Kinnock. development for optometrists Stacey Slater’s battle with the and other eye-care disease. professionals across the UK.

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Cancer patients and charity The School of Journalism, First year Biomedical Sciences The then First Minister fundraisers were among those Media and Cultural Studies and student Heather Knight proved Rhodri Morgan joined staff attending the launch of the BBC Cymru Wales launched she is one of the rising stars and students at the School Cardiff Cancer Research UK a new bursary in honour of in English Women’s Cricket, of Physics and Astronomy Centre, a joint venture with much-loved BBC Wales sports being called into the England for a live link-up with the Cancer Research UK, the correspondent Bob Humphrys, Women’s Academy Squad for launch of the Herschel Space Velindre NHS Trust and for a postgraduate with a a training camp in Bangalore, Observatory and Planck Cardiff and Vale University strong commitment to the India. Surveyor, both carrying Health Board. media in Wales. instruments worked on by the School. 8 For our students

For our students

Professor Jonathan Osmond Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education and Students

The University’s Strategy Map demands “an inspiring and enriching educational experience.” This will be underpinned by world-leading research and scholarship, a culture of excellence and enhancement, and a vibrant and growing postgraduate body.

With this last aim in mind, the University We want to use work placements, The third part of this strategy, the has committed itself to growing the volunteering, international experience, Cochrane Building, will offer library, number of postgraduate students. We careers guidance and the curriculum teaching and simulation training have recently launched the President’s itself to equip students with skills they facilities. Together, these three Research Scholarships, a £4M can use straightaway in the workplace. developments will create an identifiable commitment to attract the very best The present financial climate makes this ‘home’ area for health students at the in new research talent. Schools were initiative all the more relevant to the Heath. The School of Medicine will also encouraged to come up with research Welsh and UK economy. benefit from the new appointment of themes which would create exciting As in previous years, collaboration with a Director of Medical Education, with opportunites to tackle real issues facing the Students’ Union has covered all responsibility for all aspects of the five- society. Examples include climate aspects of student life and education at year medical undergraduate course. change, multiculturalism, Welsh politics Cardiff. Officers of the Union are helpful All the above helps explain why Cardiff and law, sustainable food production, contributors to discussion on major remains one of the most popular and advanced brain imaging. University committees. The Union makes undergraduate destinations in the UK A further objective of the Strategy Map an invaluable contribution to the life of and among our peers in the Russell is recognition and high regard from our community in organising hundreds Group. Last year we received 33,526 employers and professional bodies. The of sporting, cultural and volunteering applications for 4,417 places, up six University is presently launching its groups. per cent on the previous year. The Employability and Enterprise Strategy. One project we are initiating with the percentage of applicants accepting a We are working with the Students’ Union Union is designed to develop greater University offer as their first choice also and industrial and commercial advisers consistency and transparency in our continued to rise. We expect a similar on how best to connect academic assessment models across the University. high quality of applicants this year. learning with career development. We shall also set out to enhance the We look forward to welcoming these quality and timeliness of feedback on talented students, along with our first students’ work. President’s Scholars, as they join the thriving student community at Cardiff. At the Heath Park Campus, students are enjoying a transformation of their environment. The new lecture theatre building, opened last year, was followed this year with the opening of the IV Lounge coffee shop, creating a social area. Annual Review 2009 9

When every Widening access African aid student matters Raising aspirations and encouraging Sarah Bowden is one of the first Students’ Union President Ed people from traditionally under- medical students to receive a Dr Carey highlights some of the represented groups to go to Jack Matthews Scholarship. The new university is a well-established achievements during 2009. scholarships are designed to help part of the University’s work. medical students undertake athletic, “One of the most important The University’s Widening medical or charity work. developments must be the Access Manager, Annie Mitchell, constitutional review which has come explains some of the new ways the “The Dr Jack Matthews scholarships to fruition this year. For the first time, University is encouraging wider provide medical students with the the Union has a fully elected Student access to modern languages. opportunity to do something really Council and its benefits are already different. As a medical student, it can be “The University works with more than being felt. difficult to find the time to get involved 100 schools and some 400 pupils in with outside interests – the fact that “This year, more student-run clubs all parts of Wales to raise awareness the University is actively supporting and societies have been introduced; of higher education and inspire students to follow their passion is students’ welfare continues to be youngsters to think that university is incredibly encouraging. supported academically, financially ‘for them’. “The scholarship enables me to travel to and socially through well developed “Our ‘Step-Up’ to University scheme the Nixon Memorial Hospital in Sierra networks, events and venues; and remains the key way to work with our members are still making a vital schools to encourage and inspire Leone to help understand their health contribution to the local community. pupils. We have developed this needs and the resources needed to run a rural hospital. I will also be working “Further development of the Mall area further looking specifically at modern with the hospital staff to identify areas of the Union has seen the addition of a languages. that could benefit from a link with the fancy dress shop and hairdressers. This “In the last year, we’ve developed a University Hospital of Wales. has created a real buzz around new and comprehensive programme the Union. of languages activities for pupils from “I hope to make a positive impact to the age of 10 through to 17. the Nixon Memorial Hospital and its “National and international ratings community and gain an insight into have continued to place the Union “A key part of this work has been West African culture. in the top tiers, coming fourth in the working in partnership with the Times Higher Education Student University’s School of European “I am sure, as a result of this scholarship, Experience Survey, and in the top Studies and CILT Cymru, (the National many more medical students will be five of the International Student Centre for Languages) to develop proactive in arranging projects locally, online mentoring for class groups with Barometer. We have also continued nationally and internationally. Without video-conferenced language support to receive great financial and this scholarship, I would never have sessions. administrative support from the been able to fund this project and I am University, enhancing an already “In previous years our work has led to extremely grateful to have been given strong relationship between the two substantial increase in the numbers of this support.” pupils taking languages at GCSE and institutions helping us both move we hope this additional work will help forward in the years ahead.” increase this upward trend.”

Student statistics An overall applicant per place ratio More than 25,000 students attended of 6.6 : 1. Students’ Union events last year. One of the top ten universities in the Russell Group based on application 4,112 student consultations with the More than 1,000 students have been numbers and the 15th most popular Careers Service. involved in student volunteering projects university in the UK. £1.5M received over three years to run in and around Cardiff. the GO Wales Programme ‘Skills for the Knowledge Economy’. 10 For the advancement of knowledge

For the advancement of knowledge

Professor Teresa Rees CBE AcSS Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research

The University’s research strategy is to promote excellence, interdisciplinarity and internationalism, and to grow the numbers of postgraduate researchers and the capacity and skills of all our researchers. This year has seen some real progress with all five of these elements.

The University has decided to invest To promote our international links, the Professor Julie Williams and her team in a small number of new University Research Committee supports schemes identified genes highly significant for Research Institutes. These will be to facilitate staff to develop links with Alzheimer’s research – one of the top groups of researchers from a range of the best researchers in their field, ten scientific discoveries world-wide last Schools who have already achieved wherever they are based. Colleagues can year! Professor Williams is a member considerable international recognition. apply for co-funding to support them of the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Our investment will help them to achieve to visit universities abroad to work with Genetics and Genomics, which won even greater heights. The University has colleagues there, or invite them over funding last year as the first MRC Centre also secured a number of major research here. To promote interdisciplinarity, in Wales. Professor Jonathan Shepherd grants involving many Schools through we support groups of researchers from and colleagues have been recognised for its efforts to make fewer but bigger different Schools who wish to develop their work on violence with the Queen’s and better applications. For example, a research network. There is clearly Anniversary Prize. Despite these and a team from six Schools saw off fierce a growing interest in working with other accolades, we are probably not competition to win a substantial grant colleagues from other disciplines on as well known as we should be for our from the Arthritis Research Campaign broad themes. excellent research work. Hence a small for a translational project that brings The University is investing in group of distinguished colleagues is together bench scientists, medics, opportunities for new generations of developing a strategy to ensure we dentists and occupational therapists. postgraduate researchers through the nominate excellent staff for prizes and Cardiff has been selected by Cancer President’s Scholarships scheme, named medals – and that we publicise those Research UK to be one of their centres after Sir Martin Evans, the University’s that we have more loudly! of excellence where they will focus Nobel Prize-winning new President. While Our research makes a significant impact their research investment. The Higher there is presently good support for early on major challenges such as health, Education Funding Council for Wales, career researchers in the University, we climate change, understanding society the Welsh Assembly Government and are now developing more opportunities and culture and improving the quality of the Economic and Social Research for developing new skills for established life in so many ways. However, research Council are funding the highly innovative researchers, for example through training funding is increasingly difficult to win. ‘WISERD’ – the Welsh Institute for courses on research leadership. We shall have to improve our game Socio Economic Data and Methods. It even more to remain competitive. Our will produce and analyse data that will research strategy is designed to ensure have a far-reaching impact on informing we remain a major contender. evidence-based policy. Annual Review 2009 11

Mental health Energy challenges that we can contribute to reducing CO2 emissions and make use of this largely The Medical Research Council (MRC) Bettina Bockelmann-Evans is a unused energy resource, causing the last year awarded the University lecturer in Hydro-Environmental least amount of environmental impact. £2M for the creation of the Centre Engineering at the School of “We are planning to publish our for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Engineering. Support from her findings extensively, independently Genomics, backed by a further School and the University’s and together, with some of the £2.35M from the Welsh Assembly Research and Commercial other partners, both as research Government and the University Development Division has helped papers in international peer-reviewed itself. The Centre will build on her secure a number of high-profile journals as well as to the broad grant applications. Cardiff’s existing strength in the range of stakeholders involved in genetics of brain disease, offer “I am fascinated by the dynamic this huge potential growth market new postgraduate opportunities, nature and unique aquatic of marine renewables. Also, we are and engage with the public in environment of coastal waters and already planning the submission of understanding these diseases, says estuaries. Living right by the Severn further research grants within the Professor Mike Owen, Director of Estuary, we have got an ideal test case EU FP7 programme together with and huge potential renewable energy the new MRC Centre. the other partners. This needs long- source right on our doorstep. Using term planning as these large EU “Not only was the award recognition that energy source in a sustainable research proposals are difficult to put of our success and potential but I think manner is a great challenge. My together without projects like MAREN it also recognised Cardiff University’s research aims to examine the where a strong partnership between strength in neuroscience and a feeling environmental impacts of marine international partners can that a lot of the work that we are doing renewable energy schemes and how be developed. can be taken on by other departments these can be minimised. “These large EU grants have often to increase the understanding of “The MAREN project which I’m rather tight deadlines and as they psychiatric research. involved in and am coordinating are time consuming to put together, “The research mission of the Centre together with two colleagues is an they require good team effort and a really has two components. The first EU project funded under the Atlantic group of academics working together is to try and understand the genetics Area Interreg programme. It’s an closely to have a good chance of of psychiatric disorders and to try to international programme involving being successful. The Research and identify those genes which predispose partners from the other four countries Commercial Development Division’s people to becoming mentally ill. bordering the Atlantic - Ireland, France, European team has a lot of experience Spain and Portugal. The second is to try and use that of similar project proposals and were very helpful in putting ours together. information to help us develop better “I hope that our research will support Other researchers can make good use treatments and better approaches to the implementation of marine of the Division’s help and expertise.” diagnosis. renewable energy schemes around the Welsh and UK coastline and “The public engagement part of our mission is extremely important. New grants & The total value of contracts from We want people to understand that industry increased by 7 per cent last brain diseases are like other diseases, contracts – 2009 year to £4.7M. they should be approached like other Total annual awards (research grants Signed 10 new Knowledge Transfer diseases and they should be treated and contracts) secured was £86.7M in Partnerships (KTPs) designed to like other diseases. I think once we 2008-09. The 2008-09 total included help businesses improve their have started to do that, the stigma 691 individual new awards, and the competitiveness and productivity. will start to vanish.” average new research award was £125,000. Set up two new Short Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (sKTPs) designed Major research awards secured included to focus on more tactical activity with £4M from the Department of Health for business. the Family Nurse Partnership. 12 For our communities

For our communities

Professor Ken Woodhouse Pro Vice-Chancellor, Engagement

All of our engagement activities flow from our vision to be one of the world’s leading universities - an academic community recognised for its distinction and impact.

This means that all engagement should The merger of Fusion and IP in the last Looking at the new University Strategy flow naturally from our excellence in year will enhance the way we fund proof Map, a statement near the top says scholarship, research, learning, teaching of concept work, start-ups, and protect “We encourage sustainability”. Actually, and other areas, such as clinical skills. intellectual property. We have many Cardiff is one of the most prestigious Our engagement with the general public super examples of people working with universities, certainly in the UK and through the community engagement industrial and commercial concerns, Europe, possibly in the world, for its team and the Beacon for Wales project large and small, to develop valuable sustainability expertise. Work is ongoing has gone from strength to strength services and products. in Architecture, modelling new types of this year. A second wave of very diverse We are a big University in the middle of building, in City and Regional Planning projects has been funded and a third our capital city, a position we take very on urban development, in Engineering is currently being assessed. I believe seriously at all levels. Many of our staff on low carbon technologies. This this has raised the profile of academic work hand in glove with the Council, expertise is recognised by the award research and scholarship in a way which developing plans for moving forward the of the Low Carbon Research Institute, would not have been thought possible city and the region. On a more local level a perfect example of how our research just a few years ago. the work of our students, for example will have a major impact in policy and practice in the future. Internally, we Work began last year and is continuing Student Volunteering Cardiff, is a real now have a very good reputation on this year to look at how we can use jewel in the crown of the University, water and waste management, for our expertise to help professionals helping huge numbers of people which the Estates Division deserves and individuals develop themselves. throughout south-east Wales. congratulations. There are professional development As a Welsh institution, the School initiatives in medicine, engineering, law of Welsh has continued to promote We can be proud that Cardiff University and business, as well as more generic understanding of the nation’s language and all of its people, are making a real programmes of learning provided by and culture, while the Welsh Governance impact across the board, helping our diverse Schools, and the Centre for Centre has played a leading role in the communities – local, regional, national, Lifelong Learning. These activities are an debate on the future of devolution. and international – meet the challenges important way by which we can enhance Internationally, we have many links with of the 21st century. the economy of Wales, providing a governments, corporations, universities, highly skilled workforce at all levels. and institutions throughout the world. Supporting and developing the We are particularly strong in China and outcomes of our research is equally South East Asia but we are starting to important. look more closely at the United States. The Development and Alumni Relations office has been maintaining relations with alumni scattered throughout the world, with mutual benefit. Annual Review 2009 13

Police policy and practice “We are also currently working with Her “So rather than individual police officers Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary assuming that they know what the Professor Martin Innes is Director helping them to understand how and public wants, or police organisations of the Universities’ Police Science why individual police forces differ so simply setting performance targets Institute (UPSI) which develops the widely in relation to the ways that that reflect the current resources evidence-base for police policy and they respond to anti-social behaviour. and systems they have in place, this practice. UPSI has established a Internationally, we have been approach starts by identifying what the unique perspective on policing and working with police organisations in key problems are from the communities’ the challenges of police reform. Australia and Holland to assist them in points of view. It is unique in three key ways: it developing more citizen-centred styles “In south Wales for example, we have acknowledges that effective policing of working. trained teams of Police Community blends art, craft and science; it “The research conducted by UPSI has Support Officers (PCSOs) from propagates a ‘research-practitioner’ been a key influence upon the drive to Swansea to Cardiff to implement this role that actively involves police staff develop a move towards a more ‘citizen- methodology. The PCSOs concerned in generating research evidence to focused’ style of policing. This involves have, over the past nine months, gone address key problems; and whilst UPSI enabling the public to have some out and conducted more than 4,500 works closely with the police, it remains influence upon how they are policed face-to-face interviews with members independent from them, providing and establishing new forms of direct of the public to identify what they the degree of critical distance that is accountability between the police and perceive to be the main problems in often needed in a contentious and communities. Importantly, in developing their neighbourhood. UPSI researchers increasingly politically-charged area of this approach we have been seeking to have then been involved in analysing public policy. find ways to ensure that the policing these data, alongside police recorded “It is fair to say that UPSI’s work has services provided fit with the needs of crime information, to determine been influential regionally, nationally a local situation. where the ‘pinch points’ are for police and internationally. We have been “UPSI has pioneered an innovative interventions that can have a real working very closely with the police community intelligence methodology, impact upon how safe people are. in south Wales to help them to that uses social research methods to “Importantly, from a police point of better understand and assess the diagnose what crime and disorder view, when contrasted with other neighbourhood security needs of problems are functioning as the ‘drivers’ approaches it has been demonstrated individuals and groups in the region. of insecurity within and across different to yield very rich and detailed Nationally, our work on radicalisation neighbourhoods. information about what precisely is and counter-terrorism policing has been the problem and where it is located. It acknowledged as a key influence upon is this kind of detail that police need aspects of the Government’s ‘Prevent’ to intervene effectively and efficiently strategy. in a way that makes a real difference to the quality of life of individuals and communities.” It is fair to say that UPSI’s work has been influential regionally, nationally and internationally... our work on radicalisation and counter-terrorism policing has been acknowledged as a key influence upon aspects of the Government’s ‘Prevent’ “”strategy. 14 For our communities

China and the The ‘Wales China Schools Project’ The China Weeks are bolstered by is funded by Hanban, a Chinese a number of after school Mandarin community Government organisation and the classes for both primary and In June 2009, sixth formers from Welsh Assembly Government. The secondary school children. Cathays High School in Cardiff, project, developed and based at Last summer’s Welsh Baccalaureate joined staff and tutors of the Cardiff involves collaboration with China Week at Cathays was so Confucius Institute at the Centre Lampeter Confucius Institute, British successful that the school has since for Lifelong Leaning for a week Council Wales and Cilt Cymru – developed three further Welsh of Mandarin and Chinese Culture the national body for excellence in Baccalaureate Mandarin programmes workshops. The 20 hours of sessions languages for Wales. with the Confucius Institute, all involving included Chinese cooking, Chinese Under Cilt Cymru’s guidance, a sixth formers from a broad multi-ethnic music and dance, Tai Chi and number of programmes have been range of backgrounds. Chinese Calligraphy. The language developed and piloted with Cardiff The China Week programmes have and culture sessions were developed schools. Similar programmes are been closely supported by the Chinese as part of the ‘Wales, Europe and also being developed in Swansea, Embassy and discussions are currently the World’ component of the Welsh Carmarthen and Ceredigion. More than underway with WJEC and Cilt Cymru to Baccalaureate, which all sixth 15 China Weeks have already taken look to provide accreditation for some formers undertake at Cathays High place this academic year in primary of the programmes that are pioneering School in Cardiff. schools across Cardiff. They have the value-added development of the The Cathays ‘China Week’ is one of a provided children from six to 11 Welsh Baccalaureate in Wales. number of schools programmes run by the chance to explore China and the Confucius Institute as part of a pan- its language. Wales initiative to develop Mandarin and Chinese culture programmes for both primary and secondary schools.

Powerful model for innovation “Innovation is not just about technology, into the development of intellectual to boost Welsh economy vital though that is. We need to innovate property exploitable by industry then that the engagement process between should be a blueprint for wealth creation. In early 2009 the Welsh Assembly willing partners and we have found that Fundamentally we all have the same basic Government, European Aeronautic willingness in Wales. In collaboration interests. Defence and Space (EADS) and Cardiff with the Welsh Assembly we designed an “In 2010, the Foundation Wales University launched Foundation Wales, effective governance process that enabled collaboration will evolve into a a new tripartite collaborative EADS and the Welsh Assembly to invest undertaking intended to boost early- not-for-profit company. A range in defined areas of strategic technology, of R&D programmes supported by stage research and development with Cardiff University fulfilling a highly in Wales. Breaking new ground in the Foundation are already under way significant role in representing academia in laboratories in Cardiff and other knowledge exchange, it defines an throughout the formative and structural entirely novel approach to how UK Welsh universities, with corresponding discussions. universities, business and regional activities ongoing in parallel in EADS government can work together for “There is no doubt that this initiative group companies. These projects include mutual benefit. represents a real live example of the drive ‘VULCAN’, aimed at developing the Gary Clayton, Foundation Wales to put innovation and technology at the next generation of intelligence support Manager at EADS, explains why heart of economic revival. The Welsh management systems for both military the partnership with the University Assembly is committed to building a and blue light services, and ‘APOLLO’, a and Welsh Assembly Government is knowledge economy and this programme programme based in Cardiff School of important and how the collaboration demonstrates that commitment. If Psychology which will input to the next is already providing significant we can genuinely fuse the interests of generation of lie detector technologies.” benefits for all partners. government, business and academia Annual Review 2009 15

Digging for knowledge “Since starting the dig, more than “Longer term, the project will impart 25 young people from schools in to staff a stronger, experiential Jane Stewart, a project officer in the Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan understanding of how to disseminate School of History and Archaeology, have been getting ‘hands on’ research discoveries, the excitement and Community Archaeologist, with history, and learning about of discovery, and motivation to get was instrumental in successfully archaeology, the site and local history involved in education and projects, securing Beacon for Wales funding – some are even considering a future with a public beyond the walls of the for the public engagement career in archaeology! University.” initiative, ‘Our Place in the Future: “We are now in the process of using the Colin Johnson, former chair of Reclaiming Our Past’. Aimed at knowledge and experiences of even Techniquest and Chair of the Beacon providing opportunities for young more young people to help us develop for Wales’ Judging Panel explains why people aged between 14 and 19 an Archaeology Discovery Box which the project was worthy of funding from to join the University excavation will be made available though the the Beacon for Wales Project: team, together they have been Vale of Glamorgan Council for loan to “The panel was impressed with the clear investigating the medieval manor community groups, and local schools. house site at Cosmeston. focus on the needs and interests of the “This project has been hugely public for this project, with its evident “A measure of its success is the fact successful and the experience has been practical appeal, and its intellectual that from our point of view the tables exceptionally positive for both the range. The potential for making a real have turned on us – in a good way. schools and the University students. impact is high.” We set out to teach the young people School pupils benefited from close about how exciting archaeology contact with HE students, talking can be, but we ended up learning so and learning about life at University. much from them about the value of University students appreciate how both the subject and skills it develops. they could and should pass on their By involving them in digging and knowledge and practical skills to the finds processing, and recording their pupils, and several expressed interest experiences using a Dig Diary, we in educational careers. There was a have been able to appreciate what clear growth in confidence and skills they really want to know about, and for both groups. how to make our project work for the community. I believe this is the true essence of great public engagement.

Engagement figures Cardiff University puts on around 100 events, reaching an audience of approximately 150,000 people each year. 16 Beacon for Wales projects have been funded to a total of more than £200,000. Successful projects cover wide-ranging disciplines from music and mathematics to astronomy, genetics, earth sciences and many more. More than 1,000 students have been involved in student volunteering projects in and around Cardiff. Joint working arrangements were signed with Dwˆ r Cymru and Mott Macdonald, designed to share expert knowledge and research. More than 150 local businesses have been contacted through the Cardiff University Innovation Network (CUIN). 16 People and organisation

People and organisation

Professor Terry Threadgold Pro Vice-Chancellor, Staff and Diversity

The past year has seen the University’s commitment to its staff recognised in a number of ways.

The University won bronze Athena Under equality and diversity, I think A great deal of excellent work is going Swan status for its work in providing a we have seen some significant on in this area and it has really begun university-wide context within which developments in the past year. We are to change the way staff experience to encourage women into science, supporting the establishment of quiet their working lives and to deliver a engineering, medicine and technology. rooms for contemplation, following the more consistent experience across the That was a great success but we need establishment of a religion and belief University. Over the last three years these to maintain and improve what we are policy. In Estates, a group has been set programmes have helped to break down doing to keep that status, while four up to improve access and to liaise with divisions within the University, building individual Schools are now aiming for disabled staff and I’m getting very new networks and communities. individual silver awards. positive feedback from that. We have Last summer saw our first Positive Health We also were rated 101st in the UK reviewed and revised the University- and Environment Week, or PHEW! I have in the Stonewall Workplace Index for wide disability scheme and have a much to say it was hugely successful. A small Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender better sense of the range of staff we team pulled off a week of extraordinary workplace experience. That was third need to look after. We have created new events, with something like 1,300 staff for any higher education institution staff networks, including one for Welsh involved. There is now a commitment to nationally and an improvement from speakers and one for those with caring keep this going every year, as part of our 159th place last year. responsibilities. central commitment to the health and Both awards are a useful indicator of On communications we identified and well-being of staff. where we are and where we need to achieved some ‘quick wins’. One is the One other change this year is that go. That will feed into the work on our new staff e-newsletter Blas, on which my title has changed from Pro Vice- continuing Positive Working Environment we have already had some excellent Chancellor, Staff to Pro Vice-Chancellor, strategy under its three themes – feedback. We are running focus groups Staff and Diversity. This was to highlight communication, equality and diversity on our communications strategy, which in the title that the University is and building management capacity. At will involve some 300 members of staff completely committed to equality and the centre of all of this is the health and over the next few months. diversity in relation to both its staff and wellbeing of all University members. Much of building management capacity students. The most significant work has developed is about training. We have a new The last year has been a real success from the Staff Attitude Survey conducted programme on strategic management story in delivering what the staff at the end of 2008. We worked with the which is now in place and will help drive attitude survey asked for. By the time Lean Team last summer to understand existing programmes of management of the next survey I think we will really and prioritise what needed to be done as development and research team be able to see a difference. a result of that and work is now going on leadership. across the University to ensure that we deliver what people asked for. Annual Review 2009 17

Learning to manage management roles who could offer Women in science insight into and support for University Professor Claire Gorrara is Professor management. Dr Cathy Holt, School of Engineering of French Studies in the School of “The course itself was extremely specialises in Biomechanics, 3D European Studies and Director of productive. I found that I learnt much Motion Analysis techniques, Research and a recent graduate from the ‘academic’ work on the course Human Movement: Measurement, of the Practical Leadership for and how to support and promote best Modelling Techniques and software University Management (Practl) practice in management terms. I also development, Biomechanical Testing course. She is responsible for leading came to recognise and understand and Knee Joint and Implants. She on the School’s research strategy, more about my own management is a member of the WISE (Women above all in relation to research grant and leadership styles and how best to into Science, Engineering and activity, and mentoring and support develop my own strengths and address Construction) committee and was for research-active colleagues. She areas where I was less confident. The part of the working group that is also co-coordinator of the cross- project work in the final phase of the helped prepare the submission for School University research network course was also very helpful. I chose the Athena Swan Award. Crime Narratives in Context, which to report on the research mentoring promotes the development and scheme which I was currently “The Athena Swan Award is a dissemination of research relating introducing into my School. national accolade that recognises to the production, transmission and the University’s success in recruiting, “The opportunity to reflect on a project reception of narratives of crime in retaining and promoting women in in development and the lessons learnt the Humanities and Social Sciences. Science, Engineering and Technology. was valuable and certainly gave me a “I decided to follow the Leadership sense of the progress I had made as a Cardiff is one of only 19 universities and Management course as I had leader and manager over the course of nationwide to have been awarded a been newly promoted to Professor and the PRACTL training. Overall, the course prestigious Bronze Award of 2009 under been appointed to the post of Director gave me an increased confidence in my the Athena Swan Charter for Women in of Research. This was a considerable ability to manage and lead; a greater Science. management step change for me as I sense of the management options “One of the major benefits of the had not previously held a cross-School available to me in a given scenario; award is that it raises awareness of position with strategic responsibility. I valuable networking with like-minded the initiatives that the University has felt that I would benefit from developing colleagues within the University; and in place to help support equality and my own leadership and management professional career development diversity. Initiatives such as flexible skills as a student on the course and also and a greater sense of the potential working hours, equal pay reviews, from networking with others in similar career paths available in University training and development policies and management and leadership roles.” the sexual orientation policy represent Cardiff’s commitment to academic excellence and to equality Positive Working Environment facts and figures of opportunity and inclusiveness. 250 members of staff have received awards at Recognition of Service celebrations “The Award is also an indication of for their 25 or 40 years service at the University. Cardiff’s commitment to the visibility 96 members of staff have enrolled on the Leadership and Management of women in the workplace, particularly Development Programme for Research Team Leaders and 83 have enrolled in in the image that is presented to the Practical Leadership for University Management since their introduction in 2007. public. The School of Engineering is More than 100 local and national discounts are now available for members of a particularly good example in this staff to use, allowing concessions on items and services such as vehicle hire, gym respect. Female staff from the School membership, shopping and dining out. are actively involved in engagement Approximately 500 members of staff participated in the mock assessment events aimed at encouraging girls as exercise for Investors in People, providing the University with a significant data set well as boys into science, engineering to further complement the information collected during the Staff Attitude Survey and technology careers.” process.

18 Partnership and community

Your inspirational leadership of this approach has clearly been key to engaging all the right partners in working together and provides a model for others to follow. I am very keen to see the approach you have pioneered in Cardiff replicated elsewhere.

The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Home Secretary “”(in a letter to Professor Shepherd)

Partnership and community The Strategy Map seeks collaborations with others to enhance the University’s contribution locally and internationally. An outstanding example is the Violence and Society Research Group, winner of a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for its work tackling late night disorder with local partners and for the international excellence of its research. The Group has been a world leader in studying the causes and consequences of violence for more than a decade. Those achievements have now been recognised this year with one of the highest accolades in higher education. Annual Review 2009 19

The findings of the Violence and Society • Identifying risk factors for violence – Research Group have been translated including crowd movements, levels into practical action to tackle late-night of CCTV surveillance and the price injuries in city centres. of alcohol. A key part of winning the Award was • Research on ‘glassing’ injuries the Group’s work in setting up the which has led to the introduction of prototype Crime Reduction Partnership toughened glass and plastic vessels in Cardiff in 1996. Academics, health in pubs and nightclubs. professionals, South Wales Police and • Research leading to the creation Cardiff Council worked together to of the Universities’ Police Science identify violence hot-spots. In this period, Institute – a collaboration between Cardiff became the safest city of its Cardiff University, Glamorgan size in the UK. Following Government University and South Wales Police, legislation, many other communities which combines practical policing have now adopted Cardiff’s partnership research with police training. model, now known in Wales as Community Safety Partnerships. • International policy development Violence and Society Research Group – for the World Health Organisation core members Other key achievements by the Group, Violence Prevention Alliance. Professor Jonathan Shepherd CBE (Director), which includes academics from School of Dentistry the School of Dentistry, Medicine, In a letter to Professor Shepherd, The Rt Dr Simon Moore, Psychology and Business, are: Hon Alan Johnson MP, Home Secretary, School of Dentistry said: “Your inspirational leadership of Dr Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam, • Use of anonymised Accident and this approach has clearly been key to School of Dentistry Emergency data to identify trends Dr Jonathan Bisson, engaging all the right partners in working in late-night violence. This is used School of Medicine together and provides a model for others by Community Safety Partnerships Professor Pamela Taylor, to follow. I am very keen to see the and in the Group’s annual national School of Medicine approach you have pioneered in Cardiff Professor Kent Matthews, violence survey. replicated elsewhere.” Cardiff Business School • New programmes of care for violence Professor Robert Newcombe, victims at every stage of their School of Medicine

treatment, including a new service Professor Stephanie van Goozen, School of Psychology for post-traumatic stress. Dr Peter Morgan, Cardiff Business School Dr Iain Brennan, School of Dentistry

Tributes “I would like to congratulate “The University Violence “The partnership of the “This is an excellent example heartily Professor Jonathan and Society Research Group Group which has seen of partnership work, with the Shepherd and his team has been one of the key health, the police and University and the Health because their work has made members of the Community ourselves working closely Board working alongside a real difference to so many Safety Partnership and together with licensees and local authority and police people who live in and travel together we have made academics to tackle violent partners to make our streets to the capital city of Wales great strides in tackling city crime has made our city safer and in supporting to enjoy its attractions by centre violence and making safer for everyone and it victims of violence and night and day.” Cardiff city a safer place.” is fantastic this success is improving protection for The Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan Former South Wales Police being acknowledged.” staff from aggressors.” AM, former Welsh Assembly Chief Constable Barbara Cllr Judith Woodman David Francis, Chair of Government First Minister Wilding Cardiff Council Executive Cardiff and Vale University Member for Communities, Health Board and All-Wales Housing and Social Justice Champion for reducing violence and aggression against NHS staff 20 Estates and information infrastructure

Estates and information infrastructure

Professor Malcolm Jones Pro Vice-Chancellor, Estates

The Campus Horizons programme of capital investment has continued to progress over the past year.

While there are three main flagships to A development plan for the site is The third flagship, the Modern Working the programme, there has been quite a currently being considered by Cardiff Environment continues to roll out across lot of other work around the Campus. Council. The first building on the site: the the University, transforming access to With regard to ‘learning and teaching’ – ‘Gateway Building’ will be exactly ‘what IT services – of course, one of the aims there has been significant investment in it says on the tin’. It will be the entrance of Campus Horizons is to connect the many of the teaching areas and lecture to the research site whilst offering core physical and virtual environments. theatres. The Students’ Union building key facilities, it will provide the public The virtual world will be very important has seen investment over the last 18 face for the research campus with lecture in all of the major new constructions. months in new dual purpose facilities. and exhibition facilitates. It will also For example, state-of-the-art simulation A £4M extension to the School of include ‘wet and dry’ laboratory space facilities will be at the heart of the Biosciences is due to commence, whilst for those strategically important areas of teaching centre in the Cochrane Building the Positron Emission Tomography research in which the University wishes whilst its new library will reflect the (PET) scanner facility at the Heath is to make continued progress. One very way access to health information has nearing completion. The latter will be significant move will be the ‘housing’ of changed in the 21st Century. a very important piece of research the new MRC Neuropsychiatric Genetics In the present economic climate, equipment, the first of its kind in Wales, and Genomics Centre there, supported Campus Horizons will take longer to simultaneously offering imaging services by a very large £1.75M grant from the complete than first envisaged. That for NHS patients. Wolfson Foundation. This will provide said, it is to the University’s great credit a very suitable setting for the first MRC The library programme has progressed that it has committed to the three Centre in Wales. very well. The newly refurbished flagship projects and to the long-term Trevithick Library is a wonderful example On the Heath Park Campus, work is just programme. It is important that we of what can be achieved – a nice airy starting on the ‘Cochrane’ Building, do so, because only by investing in our facility for learning and study which named after the internationally infrastructure can we take maximum students have greatly appreciated. renowned medical pioneer, Archie advantage of the opportunities of the Cochrane, who worked in the NHS and next decades. To return to the three flagships. The the University in Cardiff. This building 9.5 acre Maindy Park site is an area of will provide a much needed ‘home’ for infrastructure development which is key the School of Medicine, also housing new to the future of the University. It is our simulation teaching facilities which can main opportunity over the next ten years be used widely in all health disciplines. to create new facilities to support our key The main health library will transfer areas of the research portfolio. from the University Hospital of Wales building into a very modern facility, and there will also be a postgraduate unit in partnership with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. Work is just starting on the building with a planned build time of approximately 18 months. Annual Review 2009 21

Campus Horizons The University Strategy Map They include: Positron Emission Tomography pledges to Maindy Park Imaging Centre • Develop distinctive physical and virtual 60,000 square metres of new research A major new scanning facility for environments that foster cohesion and public access space. medical research, part of a £16.5M Welsh Assembly Government-funded and excellence for staff, students and School of Biosciences project with the NHS. collaborators. A £4M extension on the south podium • Develop further an information to provide new student facilities. Modern Working Environment A new gateway to on-line services, infrastructure including 21st Century The Cochrane Building available to more than 30,000 IT and library provision. 6,000 square metres of library, seminar University users. To that end, the University has launched and services for healthcare students on Campus Horizons – a series of ambitious the Heath Park Campus. and sustainable building and IT projects which will transform the academic environment. 22 Estates and information infrastructure

The Cochrane Building Modern Working Named in honour of the late Professor Environment Archie Cochrane, a pioneer in medical The University’s Modern IT Working science at Cardiff, this building will Environment (MWE), offers a offer facilities for all five healthcare personalised information technology Schools on the Heath Park Campus. service to staff and students. Features will include: MWE was developed in response to • A new library, integrating the present the high expectations among staff Duthie and Ty Dewi Sant facilities and students for immediate access to • Modern clinical skills and high-tech personalised information resources and simulation laboratories Artist’s impression of how the development’s networking tools, on and off campus. It • Postgraduate teaching areas frontage onto Maindy Road could look. provides secure and personalised access (Image courtesy of Powell Dobson Urbanists) to Cardiff’s content and services from • Seminar space anywhere, at any time via a variety of • Wireless access to on-line services Maindy Park devices. Working with partners IBM, an entirely new eco-friendly and resilient • Student support services. Maindy Park is a cornerstone of the IT infrastructure was constructed and One function of the new building will be Campus Horizons project. is now available to more than 30,000 to provide a home space for students A former railway site, the land, just University users. on the Heath Park Campus, along with north of the School of Optometry and the new lecture theatre building and IV Vision Sciences building, has been Users of the MWE can access their Lounge, both of which were launched disused for some years. Now, it is set to personal file space, shared files and nearby in 2009. find new life as an academic campus. electronic journals whether on or off campus, from their own laptops or Macs, The new Centre is a particular strategic A planning application has been in internet cafes or on a BlackBerry. key for the School of Medicine. It will submitted for the Park, which, Students are able to access coursework give the School a ‘front door’ and if approved, would be a phased and lecture notes in the institutional meet most of the day-to-day needs development of buildings for research, virtual learning environment. of its students. postgraduate teaching and showcasing the University’s academic excellence. The increased opportunities for contact The buildings, in six or seven stages, between the different healthcare would provide some 60,000 square disciplines will also create new metres of new space. opportunities for interprofessional learning and future professional There would be a particularly strong emphasis on interdisciplinary working, collaborations. with space for new research initiatives The building aims to reach the highest to start up and grow. standard of environmental excellence, The development would be in a making use of natural ventilation and pleasant, green, parkland setting, which lighting and other sustainable features. will also be accessible to the public. The community will be encouraged to get involved in the research process, as the issues to be tackled in the Park will be of great public concern. The development would also be sustainable, with all buildings meeting the highest environmental standards, using large central atria to make the best use of natural light and heating. The first proposed building has been named the Gateway Building and would be opposite the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences. A prestige, high- quality development of around 10,000 square metres, the Gateway would contain highly sophisticated laboratory facilities and associated write-up space. There would be meeting and interaction space to promote interdisciplinary collaboration. The central public atrium would be used for exhibitions and demonstrations of University research. The Information Services directorate would provide advanced services to support the building’s research community. Annual Review 2009 23

Positron Emission School of Biosciences Tomography Imaging extension Centre The £4M extension to the School The development of the Wales Research of Biosciences will be striking in look and Diagnostic Positron Emission and the facilities it offers. Tomography (PET) Imaging Centre on The unique multi-coloured hexagonal the Heath Park Campus is taking Cardiff façade on the School’s south podium will to the forefront of medical imaging be eye-catching, reflecting the School’s technology. work in understanding the molecular Led by the University in partnership structures of nature. It will create a with Cardiff and Vale University Health new main entrance to the School, along Board, the project is funded by a £16.5M with a spacious foyer, refectory, seminar investment from the Welsh Assembly rooms and an administrative hub. Government. Housed in a purpose-built The two-storey extension has been building on the Heath Park Campus, it designed by Rio Architects to be will be a state-of-the-art research facility in keeping with the surrounding and also offer NHS patients scanning architecture of the University and facilities not currently available in Wales. Cardiff’s civic centre. Due for completion The Centre’s pre-clinical scanner was in late 2010, the building will be student- commissioned for research purposes focused, offering undergraduates easy last year. access to all facilities. The extension The scanner will enable cutting-edge will also free up space further inside the research in the medical, biological and building for teaching and learning. life sciences. These will lead to better understanding of biological processes and structures; new clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies; earlier detection of disease; and, ultimately, more successful results for patients. It will offer three different types of imaging: Positron Emission Tomography; Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography; and X-Ray Computer Tomography. 24 Investment

Investment

Professor Peter Blood Deputy Vice-Chancellor

The university seeks recognition by the communities it serves for the excellence of its activities, teaching, research and knowledge transfer, and its investment priorities are set by its academic plans to realise this aim.

Last year, for the first time, these The university has also allocated about To address this challenge the University priorities were set through the Academic £4M to the new President’s Research has approved investment in the Strategy Committee, guided by the Scholarships scheme which will fund landmark Gateway Building, to be built Strategy Map of the University. As a postgraduate studentships for a range as the first phase of the development result the University continues to support of multi-school projects. This recognises of the Maindy Park site. In addition to some key projects while also embarking the contribution which students make to housing these cross-School research upon exciting new developments. research in the university and the priority and support activities it will provide a There is continued investment in for us to train the next generation of ‘gateway’ though which university staff information technology, in particular in research staff, not only for academia, can bring research collaborators and the Modern Working Environment which but for public bodies and commercial sponsors to present and promote their gives staff and students access to the organisations. work, matching high quality research university’s IT facilities via the web from Also on the research front, the university to a high quality meeting and social anywhere in the world. The last year has made the significant strategic environment. has also seen implementation of Project decision to invest in a small number Although our ability to invest will be Arian, a major project uniting some of of University Research Institutes (URI) tempered by the response of funding the disparate administrative processes where we feel we have or can gain councils, research councils and industry into a single system. We continue to global recognition for Cardiff. We want to the economic climate, we expect invest in the ARCCA supercomputer and these to be pinnacles of excellence to be able to see through our plans its support team, and in my discussions which are visible to the whole world. over the next few years. However, it is with the ARCCA Director, Martyn Guest The university is already investing in a important for the University to diversify we have been anxious to ensure that our Catalysis Institute in Chemistry and the its sources of income, in particular to postgraduate students are able to have request for proposals for URIs generated build its income from private sources, access to this machine, and for it to be responses from 18 groups. After working alumni and sponsors. One striking used in undergraduate projects. Provision up full proposals for the short-listed bids example which shows just what can of High Performance Computing facilities the University will soon be announcing be done has been the donation by accessible to all disciplines remains a establishment of three URIs. Yousef Jameel to support postgraduate priority for the university. One challenge for the University in studentships in the Cardiff Centre for Investment was approved for the recent years has been to find ways of the Study of Islam in the UK. Not only is Cochrane Building on the Heath Park site supporting academic activities which do this welcome ‘income’ but it is income which will provide a front door for the not map readily onto its organisation which addresses all three key strands to School of Medicine as well as teaching into academic Schools, and I refer the University’s objectives: it supports and library space incorporating the not only to provision for multi-School our students to advance knowledge Heath Library. research projects but also to Graduate which will benefit a multicultural global Schools, the Graduate Centre and the community. Cardiff at its best! Cardiff Humanities Research Institute. Annual Review 2009 25

Project Arian The reasons for the change were the Philanthropic giving withdrawal of support from current When Project Arian went live systems as well as creating more Philanthropy has a vital role to play in December 2009, it was the efficiency and smoother running in supporting the University in its culmination of more than two years of processes such as ordering and mission to pursue research, learning work on a new integrated financial purchasing. It means there is one and teaching of international system for the University. financial system in the University excellence and distinction. John The University had four automated leading to efficiencies in areas such as Robertson, Director of Development systems for financial and research training staff, as there will only be one and Alumni Relations Division management, supplemented by a financial system to learn. explains why, during these difficult myriad of non-automated systems in Scott Allin, Financial Controller, said economic times and with significant different schools and divisions. of the system’s first few months: changes in government funding, donating to higher education is even In 2007, a decision was taken to create “The feedback we have had is that more important than ever. a single on-line system for the entire while there are the expected teething University. The tender was awarded to problems, the main processes work “The University is a registered charity Oracle to implement their e-Business as expected. We are now working and one which ensures that 100 per Suite, used by a number of other with schools and directorates to cent of every gift it receives is directly leading universities. A steering group identify further support and training allocated to the cause to which it was was set up under the chairmanship of requirements, to ensure that the system given. Using the Inland Revenue’s Gift the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor beds in throughout the University.” Aid and Transitional Relief schemes, we Peter Blood. Key users and champions The next project will be to extend can also help make gifts go 28 per cent for the new system were identified Oracle to human resources and payroll further, at no extra cost to our donors. across the University. By the time the operations. “Additionally, this year, philanthropic system went live, some 150 people were giving in higher education has received involved in its implementation. a boost as the result of a three year Matched Funding scheme launched by the Welsh Assembly Government. The scheme enables the University to accrue significant additional income against philanthropic donations it receives through the Development and Alumni Philanthropic figures Relations Division. Last financial year we raised more than £3M. “Philanthropy really does make a We have more than 150,000 alumni in every continent in the world. difference. The articles and stories overleaf highlight just some of the Since the Development and Alumni Relations Division was established in 2006 ways in which the generous donations more than £2.75M has enabled our academic Schools to undertake projects. we received last year from our alumni, To date nearly 1,000 individuals, companies and trusts have made donations. friends and supporters enabled some More than 1,100 alumni have attended social or networking events in the past incredibly diverse and important 12 months. projects to be achieved.” More than 300 students have benefited from scholarships, bursaries and prizes as a result of donations from our supporters. We recently received our largest-ever single individual donation of £245,000. As part of our Cardiff Alumni Programme, graduates can enjoy access to the University’s sports and library facilities. Our new online community allows alumni to find old friends, search for jobs and network as well as post their details and latest news. Visit www.cardiff.ac.uk/alumni. 26 Investment

Scholar helped on a “This scholarship will offer many more Jameel Scholarships future undergraduates the same journey for life opportunities I have been afforded by Mustafa Hameed, an MA student Final year student Sebastian Page, the generosity of past Cardiff University in the University’s Centre for the who is studying for a BSc in Business students.” Study of Islam in the UK has much to thank one particular University Management at Cardiff Business Andrew Sum, Chair of the Hong Kong benefactor for. School, became the recipient of a Alumni Association, said: As a result of the new Cardiff University scholarship programme set up by “We are a strong association of Cardiff a generous group of Hong Kong Jameel Scholarship Programme, Alumni which firmly believes that the established by a donation to the alumni. The Hong Kong Alumni existence of our Association should not Association Scholarship rewards University by Mr Yousef Jameel, Mustafa only be for social reasons but also one is one of eleven Cardiff students who, excellence among Hong Kong which focuses our members’ attention over the next three years will be able to domiciled students studying at to a greater cause. The establishment fulfil his ambitions while studying Islam undergraduate level at Cardiff of a scholarship made perfect sense in the UK. University. and we hope it offers another form “My real passion and dream has always “Being the first recipient of the of recognition to current Hong Kong been to continue with academia. Scholarship is a real honour for me. I students as an affiliated entity to the However, before the Scholarship I was born and raised in Hong Kong to University. wouldn’t have been able to afford to Cardiff parents, so consider myself to “All our members are keen to encourage do this, so in many ways when I got be a truly international production, yet all the students from Hong Kong, not selected for a Jameel Scholarship it face the same financial worries as many just the recipient of the scholarship, really was a dream come true. I certainly other students. Winning the scholarship to share our vision of extending our count myself among the very fortunate. has taken some of those concerns away, learning experience beyond University “I am particularly drawn to inter-faith and I have been able to focus on my and continue to learn in many ways work and how faith can be used as a studies, and hopefully on securing a together as a group. We believe this is launch pad to effect real changes in the good career back in Hong Kong once a lifelong journey, and we hope to help lives of deprived, minority communities. I graduate. more students like Sebastian.” The MA in Islam in Britain has definitely “My grandfather was an alumnus given me a real sense of perspective, as of Cardiff University who went on well as a sense of direction in terms of to become Director of Waterworks my future career path. in Hong Kong. This time next year “It is also incredibly exciting to I too will become an alumnus of the be given the opportunity to work University. I hope I’ll be able to become alongside world-leading academics, an ambassador in Hong Kong for the in an atmosphere of great intellectual University, keeping up the growing exchange, as well as one of building connection between Hong Kong and bridges with people from different Cardiff. disciplines.” Dr Sophie Gilliat-Ray, Director of the Centre, said: “These scholarships support us in attracting the very best students to pursue world-leading We believe this is a lifelong journey, research. We are immensely grateful and we hope to help more students to Mr Jameel for his generosity – his support will make a huge difference not like Sebastian. only to the students, but in the long- term throughout the UK for Muslim and “” non-Muslim people alike.” Annual Review 2009 27

The generosity of Banco Santander will allow the School to strengthen those ties even further over the coming years.

Santander support for “For some years the School of Welsh “In addition, the staff visited a number has had links with the Welsh settlement of libraries and archives, in order to Patagonia Project established in Patagonia, Argentina ascertain the extent of the primary In September 2008, Cardiff became in 1865. The generosity of Banco research material relating to the the first Welsh member of Santander will allow the School to Welsh settlers which is to be found in ‘Santander Universities’, a growing strengthen those ties even further Patagonia. This included a meeting with international network of higher over the coming years. the Culture Minister of the Government education institutions, promoted “As a first step in this development, of the Chubut Province to discuss the “”by Banco Santander. five members of staff, including the possibility of exchange of archival ‘Santander Universities’ Global Division co-Directors of the Cardiff Centre material. is funding a number of initiatives at for Welsh American Studies and the “The staff also took the opportunity Cardiff, including overseas research, Director of the Cardiff and the Vale to network extensively with the Welsh study exchange scholarships, student of Glamorgan Welsh for Adults Centre, communities in the Trelew area of the enterprise and volunteering initiatives. visited Patagonia last spring. Lower Chubut Valley and in Esquel/ The Santander network includes “The main focus of the visit was a Trevelin in the Andes, contributing universities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, series of meetings with individual to a number of community and Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto members of staff and research groups chapel-based events. The visit proved Rico, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. from various branches of the federal very productive, attracted significant Dr E Wyn James, Reader in the School National University of Patagonia to media attention, and has laid a strong of Welsh, explains how the School has discuss their research and to explore foundation for further cooperation.” benefited from the first possible cooperation. António Horta-Osório, Banco year of the scheme. Santander’s CEO, said: “We share the conviction that education, international cooperation and the transfer of knowledge are of vital importance in a global society.” 28 Communication

Communication

Sandra Elliott Director, Communications and International Relations Division

The communication aims of the University Strategy include gaining international recognition for our academic distinction and impact. We also work to gain greater engagement with our local communities and to build the sense of community among University members.

In working towards these aims, there One outstanding example of The University’s first-ever Sustainability has been a great deal of progress over internationally-recognised academic Week also drew together a number of the last year. A large focus has been on distinction, Professor Julie Williams, is strands. Politicians, academics, students, developing improved communications featured opposite. With all our media business leaders and members of for staff, students and external activity, the aim is not to gain headlines the public met to debate the issues audiences. Working groups have been for their own sake but to explain the around sustainable eating. There was set up to agree actions for each of these beneficial impact the University has on national media coverage of School of areas and some early results have been many sections of society. As Professor Psychology research into attitudes to realised already with the e-Newsletter Williams says, it is vital that the public climate change, as the global warming for staff – Blas. All members of staff understand the research itself and also debate intensified. Staff made individual can contribute ideas, photographs and what it could mean for them. pledges to help the University become stories for this lively new publication. It is At a more local level, interaction with a more sustainable community. The a step towards two aims of our strategy the community is now an invaluable week was a successful template for how – enhancing the sense of common two-way process, informing much we can take an issue and demonstrate purpose in the University community of what we do academically and the wide reach and relevance of all the and a reminder that communication is a operationally. Many academics involved University’s different areas of activity responsibility for everyone. in Beacon for Wales engagement to local, national and international An increasingly important part of the projects find the public raise questions communities. communications agenda involves and ideas they had never considered Assembly Members and other political before. Researchers often go back to representatives, briefing them on our their laboratories and their studies research and teaching, and bringing inspired with entirely new approaches. them here to see it first hand. The Many events of the past year have outgoing First Minister for Wales, Rhodri met more than one of our aims. The Morgan, and his successor, Carwyn 100th anniversary celebration for Main Jones, have both made visits to the Building in October was a chance for the University and taken a keen interest in University community to meet and share all of our activity. It is vital we work with thoughts, photographs and memories politicians on maximising our already of the building’s eventful history. Media substantial contribution to the economy coverage of the celebration included an and our support for business through online picture gallery by BBC Wales – a these difficult times. tribute to how we are seen as central to the life and history of the nation. Annual Review 2009 29

Global impact Science Media Centre “Our ultimate goal is to facilitate more scientists to engage with the media, Professor Julie Williams, Professor of The Science Media Centre works in the hope that the public will have Psychological Medicine at the School to promote the voices, stories and improved access to accurate, evidence- of Medicine, achieved world-wide views of the scientific community based scientific information. One of media coverage for her Alzheimer’s to the media when science hits the the most successful ways we achieve research in 2009. Professor Williams headlines. Director Fiona Fox knows this is through the hugely popular outlines the need and tools for good the value of working closely with Introduction to the News Media events. communications. universities like Cardiff to ensure We joined forces with Cardiff University “For me, good communications is an better public understanding of the to run one of these events in 2009, essential part of my work. It is part stories of the day. and were able to give scientists from of my role to explain to people – in “We had a busy year in 2009. With the all disciplines who were considering language they understand - what my outbreak of swine flu, the HPV scare, media work, an idea of how the UK research is about, what it’s achieved flooding in Cumbria, climate change national news media operate. The event and most importantly, what it means and COP15, the Science Media Centre was well attended and resulted in many for their lives and future research into (SMC) did what it does best – ensured lively debates about why experts should Alzheimer’s. that scientists get their voices and even consider engaging with the media “Good communications is also about expertise heard loud and clear amidst – with attendees leaving feeling much ensuring value for money. Most of our the clamour of people with something more supported and more comfortable research funding comes from the public to say. about doing so. purse or from charitable donations and “We held 78 press briefings in 2009, a “It has been exciting to see just how they have a right to know how their number of which included academics much better the scientific community money is spent. from Cardiff University, who used the now is at responding to breaking “The key to securing the media opportunity to talk to UK national science stories than when we were coverage we achieved for our journalists on topics ranging from set up in 2002.” Alzheimer’s study was down to a real Alzheimer’s and flooding, to pest team effort. A good communications control and engineering. By doing team – which combined the knowledge this they were able to ensure more of our research experts with the accurate coverage of their science. communication expertise from the University, charities and from our funding bodies – ensured that the message was planned, clear and targeted to as broad a range of media as possible.”

Communications figures Dealt with more than 500 separate media enquiries from local, national and international media. Some 27,000 people from 122 countries watched the 2009 Graduation ceremonies. More than 15M separate visits have been made to the University’s web site, resulting in almost 50M page visits - an increase of more than 4M page visits over the previous year. The University’s Facebook site has more than 12,000 followers, surpassed only by Oxford and Cambridge among the Russell Group universities. The University now has more than 2,600 followers on Twitter. 30 New faces

New faces More than 750 staff joined the University in 2009, including 12 professors and 170 researchers, in line with the strategy of attracting world-leading academic and support staff. Here we profile just a few of them.

and wealth management, and she has He is the academic leader of a £2M vast experience of delivering major EPSRC/E.ON UK-funded research technical programmes across the UK. consortium exploring Transition More recently, Eileen was responsible for Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy. Service Management across one of the He has also been Chairman of the British UK’s top five retail banks. Institute of Energy Economics, and was Specialist Adviser to the 2007-08 House of Commons Select Committee Enquiry into Renewable Electricity Generation. In 2009, he was invited to chair the Carbon Trust Standard’s Advisory Board.

Eileen Brandreth As the new Director of University IT in the Information Services (INSRV) Directorate, Eileen Brandreth is responsible for balancing the needs for excellent day-to-day IT service with demand for new capabilities for the University. Professor Peter Pearson The best IT service is ‘invisible’ to the Professor Peter Pearson became the first user – it is there, they can do what Director of the Low Carbon Research they want with it, and it works. This Institute (LCRI), a multi-disciplinary year has seen fewer interruptions to research collaboration across six Welsh Professor Ole Petersen the networked services, increased universities, Cardiff, Aberystwyth, availability of critical systems, reduced Bangor, Glamorgan, Glyndwr and Professor Ole Petersen CBE FRS, one log-in times and more automation of Swansea, and led from the Welsh of the most distinguished figures in student enrolment and other facilities. School of Architecture. international biomedical research, was In addition, INSRV has introduced a Working with the Cardiff School of appointed the new Director of the number of new services, including the Engineering and the other partners, the School of Biosciences. expansion of WiFi access throughout LCRI aims to support the energy sector, Renowned for making breakthroughs Cardiff’s campuses, the Blackberry UK and globally, in developing low in understanding how calcium ions can service, off-campus access to eJournals carbon technologies. In October 2009, trigger a range of events in cells in the and online resources, and the launch of the LCRI secured £34M over the next body, particularly the pancreas, Professor the new Oracle-based finance system. three years to support Welsh universities Petersen will be bringing members In the year ahead, Eileen will be in partnering local industries to provide a of his team from Liverpool to Cardiff, overseeing a programme of new comprehensive cross disciplinary energy supported by the Medical Research capabilities for the University’s IT. This research base and to support the Welsh Council (MRC). Professor Petersen will includes new HR systems, revisions to the Assembly Government’s low carbon also continue to be an MRC Professor. University web systems and improved policies. In a recent (2009) paper published online collaboration services, role-based Professor Pearson was previously in the prestigious Proceedings of the intranet content and services, and Professor of Energy & Environmental National Academy of Sciences USA, more automation of process and forms Studies and Director of the Centre for Professor Petersen and his collaborators in the University’s modern working Energy Policy & Technology (ICEPT) at showed how combinations of alcohol Environment. Imperial College London. His research and fat damaged cells by releasing large Eileen’s previous career has been in addresses long-term energy technology quantities of calcium ions from stores the financial services sector, specifically and fuel transitions and their policy inside the cells. The future work in Cardiff delivering IT in banking, insurance implications. on the molecular mechanism by which alcohol and its breakdown products can Annual Review 2009 31

damage cells will be further assisted the University of Aberdeen in 2004 and through a £500,000 investment by the was then awarded a prestigious eight University in a new state-of-the-art two- year Royal Society University Research photon microscope. Fellowship. In the last two years, Since arriving in Cardiff, Professor Professor Song has attracted significant Petersen has already started work on an funding for his research including a international Scientific Advisory Board recently awarded five-year research grant for the School of Biosciences, composed of £1.5M from the European Research of some of the most eminent scientists Council – the first such grant held by from the UK, continental Europe and Cardiff University. the US, who can advise on research performance and policy and also promote the School worldwide.

Dr Richard Wyn Jones Dr Richard Wyn Jones joined the University in February 2009 following 18 years at Aberystwyth University. As a leading expert in Welsh politics, he was appointed as the Director of the University’s Wales Governance Centre to drive forward the University’s research into governance, devolution and constitutional affairs, and to Stuart Vanstone encourage public debate. Since joining the University in May as The Wales Governance Centre brings Head of Sports and Exercise, Stuart together academics from across Cardiff Professor Bing Song Vanstone and his team have made key University including the School of Professor Bing Song, Professor of Oral steps to take the service forward into European Studies, Cardiff Business Biology, School of Dentistry, and his 2010. School and Cardiff Law School. In research team joined the University Together, they have been working addition, the Centre has developed from the University of Aberdeen. extensively to identify key stakeholders links with academics from outside the Professor Song’s research interests and how Sports and Exercise can support University working in a wide range of are in electric signal regulation of cell them in achieving their outcomes. It social science disciplines. Since arriving, migration, division and differentiation has also been looking at how it can much of Dr Wyn Jones’ work with the in wound healing and tissue work more closely to provide further Wales Governance Centre has involved regeneration. He brings with him an programmes for students and staff. They laying the foundations to enable it to established research team including are working on a five year Strategy for forge ahead in the next few years. The Dr Yu Gu, Dr Xiao Ting Meng and sport, a partner written document with political calendar for the next eighteen Gaofeng Zhang, which will expand the Students’ Union, providing a vision months means that those foundations over the coming months. He is already for sport provision at the University. will be put to the test, with two elections (one at the UK level and one for actively collaborating with other On the facilities side, Sports and Exercise the National Assembly) as well as a members of the University. has recently been able to fully refurbish referendum on more powers for Wales. Internationally, he brings to the School, the fitness equipment in the University ongoing collaborations with colleagues gyms at Park Place and Talybont. The Dr Wyn Jones is the former Director in the University of California and Johns new state-of-the-art equipment has of the Institute of Welsh Politics at Hopkins University School of Medicine, been welcomed by members and the Aberystwyth University and a specialist as well as the IMBA, Austrian Academy refurbishment of the provision has been in Welsh politics and critical security of Sciences. In the field of neural very successful. Further work is ongoing studies. Since 1997, he has led election stem/progenitor cells he works with Salk to identify and prioritise further facility surveys helping to detail the attitudes Institute for Biological Studies in the US. developments. of electors in Wales in the immediate aftermath of Westminster and National Professor Song obtained his Doctor of Before joining the University, Stuart Assembly elections. His specific Medicine (MD) from China Medical spent three and a half years as the teaching and research interests include: University in 1995, following which he Head of Sport at the University of the devolution; political thinking in Wales; trained in Ophthalmology in Hamamatsu West of England, Bristol. electoral behaviour in Wales; nationalism University School of Medicine in Japan and critical security studies. until 1998. He received his PhD from 32 Appointments and distinctions

Appointments and distinctions

New Year’s Honours 2010 Dr Richard Sparks, Lord Burns GCB, the recently Professor Sir Mansel Consultant in Genito-Urinary appointed Chairmen of Aylward CB, Director of the Medicine, Cardiff and Vale Channel 4. Lord Burns is the Centre for Psychosocial and University Health Board and former Chairman of Abbey Disability Research, School alumnus, became a Member National plc and Alliance & of Medicine, received a of the Order of the British Leicester plc. He will shortly be knighthood for services to Empire (MBE) for services stepping down as Chairman healthcare. to medicine. of Glas Cymru Ltd. In 1991 he became Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, a post he Patrick Stewart OBE, Lawrence Conway, Director held until 1998, when he was Honorary Fellow of the of the Office of the First appointed a life peer. Griff Rhys Jones, widely Minister and alumnus, University, knighted for known for his sketch show Not appointed Companion of his services to drama. The Nine O’Clock News and the Order of the Bath (CB) in Alas Smith and Jones which recognition of public service. Honorary Fellows won an International Emmy. He has worked extensively Honorary Fellowships were as a television presenter on Bethan Guilfoyle, Head of bestowed on the following series such as Restoration, Treorchy Comprehensive in recognition of their Mountain, and The Nation’s and alumna, appointed international distinction Favourite Poem. Commander of the Order in their field. of the British Empire (CBE) for services to education in Sir David Lewis MA DL, Wales. the 680th Lord Mayor of Dame Karen Dunnell DCB, London in 2007-8 and only the eighth Welsh Lord Hew Mathewson, President the National Statistician Mayor in 818 years. He of the General Dental Council and the Chief Executive of was appointed by the First and alumnus, appointed the new Independent UK Minister as an official Commander of the Order of Statistics Authority. She has ‘Champion for Wales’ in the British Empire (CBE) for led several major benchmark 2008 and knighted by the services to healthcare. surveys in the health and demography fields. Queen in the 2009 New Year’s Honours List. Jeremy Bowen, a British journalist who has reported Dame Deirdre Hine, an from more than 70 countries alumna of Cardiff University Elfed Roberts, a native and covered 14 wars. Jeremy who established the Welsh of Penygroes in the Nantlle is currently the Middle East Breast Cancer Screening Valley, in 1983 he was Editor for the BBC and Service, Breast Test Wales, appointed North Wales has won many prestigious before becoming the Chief organiser of the Urdd awards, including an Medical Officer at the Welsh Eisteddfod and in January International Emmy. Office from 1990 to 1997. 1986 joined the National Eisteddfod of Wales as North Wales organiser. He Dr John Burke, a Cardiff Mr Albert Hung, Hong remained in this post until Menna Richards, Controller, businessman dedicated to Kong business man 1993 when he was appointed BBC Wales, Honorary Fellow cancer research and cancer and philanthropist, Chief Executive Officer of the and University Vice-President, care who has raised more awarded an Honorary Eisteddfod. appointed an Officer of the than £12M for original Fellowship in recognition Order of the British Empire cancer research. The world- of his commitment to the (OBE) in recognition of her acclaimed Cardiff cervical development of initiatives services to broadcasting. cancer screening research in the fields of education, project arose from his health and sport. initiatives. Annual Review 2009 33

Dr D Mark Davies, Institute Dr Dai John, Welsh School Professor David Price, of Medical Genetics, won the of Pharmacy, has been School of Medicine, received Welsh Livery Guild’s Merit designated a Fellow of the the Graham Bull Prize in Award for 2009 in recognition Royal Pharmaceutical Society Clinical Science from the of his research on therapy for of Great Britain for distinction Royal College of Physicians, tuberous sclerosis. in the Practice & Profession an annual award recognising of Pharmacy. the work of a young researcher who has made a major contribution to Professor Anthony Moses, clinical science. School of Engineering, received the 2009 Award Bryn Terfel CBE, Welsh bass and Medal from the baritone, has performed in Japan Society of Applied all of the world’s greatest Electromagnetics and opera houses. Especially Mechanics for outstanding recognised for his portrayal scientific and technical of Figaro and Falstaff, he has contributions in applied won Grammy, Classical Brit Professor Sir Martin Evans, electromagnets. and Gramophone Awards. He University President, received hosts his own annual festival the Royal Society’s Copley Dr Craig Patterson, School in Faenol, North Wales. Medal, one of the world’s of European Studies, was oldest prizes for scientific Professor Mike Rowe OBE, elected President of the achievement, and the Baly School of Engineering, was Other Appointments and International Association Medal from the Royal College elected President of the Distinctions – the leading association of Physicians. European Thermoelectric responsible for advancing Professor Barbara Adam, Society – the first time that academic study of Galicia in School of Social Sciences, the position has been held Dr Saman Hewamana, the northwest of the Iberian Professor Alistair Cole, by a scientist outside of School of Medicine, was Peninsula. School of European Studies, mainland Europe. and Professor David Nelken, awarded The Royal College Cardiff Law School, were of Pathologists’ Gold conferred with the title of Research Medal for his Professor John Tyrrell, Academician by the Council work on chronic lymphocytic School of Music, was of the Academy of Social leukaemia. awarded a Fellowship of Sciences for their outstanding the Royal College of Music. contributions across the Professor Graham spectrum of social sciences. Hutchings, School of Dr James White, School Chemistry, was elected a of Medicine, won the Fellow of the Royal Society Seymour Fisher Outstanding (FRS) for his pioneering Dissertation Award for contributions in the use of Professor John Pearce FRS, his doctoral thesis The gold for catalysis. Professor School of Psychology, became Development of Negative Hutchings was also winner a recipient of a prestigious Body Image and Disordered of the RSC Surfaces and Humboldt Research Award for Eating in Adolescence by Interfaces Award for his his groundbreaking studies the journal Body Image: innovative design and into how animals learn and An International Journal of characterisation of new the fundamental mechanisms Research. solid-state and nanoparticle of animal intelligence. catalysts. Professor Mansel Aylward, Director of the Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research, was appointed the first-ever Chair of Public Health Wales. 34 University in numbers

University in numbers

100 931570 837

-273.05 – operating temperature in 4 – University teams and individuals to 93 – Awards won under the Arts and degrees Celsius for the detector array have won a Queen’s Anniversary Prize Humanities Research Council Block designed at the School of Physics and following this year’s success by the Grant Partnership, reflecting Cardiff’s Astronomy for the Planck space satellite Violence and Society Research Group strength in these fields

1 – The University’s ranking in Wales 9 – Cardiff’s score in this year’s 100 – Age reached by the University’s according to both world league tables Varsity Rugby Cup (Swansea scored 6) Main Building in October of universities. 11 – Years service by Lord Kinnock as 837 – People helped every week 2 – US students on a prestigious University President before handing by Student Volunteering Cardiff Marshall Scholarship choosing Cardiff over to Professor Sir Martin Evans for their studies this year 1570 – Years total service by 55 35 – Lectures given in the UK by staff members recognised at last Professor Tony Campbell, School of year’s Recognition of Service Awards Medicine, to mark the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birth Annual Review 2009 35

16,000 8,500 £10 M 13,000,000,000

5,500 – Hands shaken by the 50,000 – Tonnes of municipal waste 10,000,000 – Total financial Vice-Chancellor at 2009’s graduation recycled annually by Lampeter-based investment in the new Arthritis ceremonies LAS Recycling Ltd, working in partnership Research Campaign Biomechanics with the School of Engineering and Bioengineering Centre 8,500 – Patients tested and treated at the School of Optometry and Vision 60,000 – Square metres of space to 1,000,000,000 – Combined annual Science’s clinic in its first two years be created in the new Maindy Park turnover (£) of the St David’s Day development Group of Universities, including Cardiff, launched to help regenerate the Welsh 16,000 – Volunteers in the largest-ever economy study of Alzheimer’s Disease led by the 100,000 – Pounds saved by the School of Medicine University in energy costs and

associated CO2 from its new PC 13,000,000,000 – Age of an image powering down system of the universe captured by an international team jointly led by the School of Physics and Astronomy 36 Strategy Map

Strategy Map

We will be one of the world’s leading universities with an academic VISION community recognised for its international distinction and impact

• We value freedom of thought • We support an ethical, open, • We have a strong and intellectual curiosity and collaborative work ethos commitment to equality and diversity VALUES • We value excellence, • We have a culture based on innovation and contemporary dignity, respect and courtesy • We encourage sustainability relevance

Academic excellence rooted in world-leading research and scholarship, with a current emphasis to PRIORITIES increase the University’s postgraduate community and to increase the University’s international outreach and impact

FOR OUR STUDENTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES An inspiring and enriching OF KNOWLEDGE Creating global impact educational experience World-leading research and through our academic • Informed and led by scholarship excellence world-leading research and • Esteemed internationally • A catalyst for enhancing scholarship for its significance, originality the economic and social • Recognised and well- and rigour development of Wales regarded by employers and • Built on a strong disciplinary and the UK OBJECTIVES professional bodies base which supports multi- • Recognised as a centre of • Built on a culture disciplinary groups choice for continuing and of excellence and • A location of choice for professional education enhancement the best researchers and • Internationally acclaimed • Includes a vibrant and graduate students for informing public policy growing postgraduate • Acts as a magnet for and services community international research • Renowned for the value and development in Wales derived from knowledge transfer

PEOPLE and ORGANISATION: Foster a supportive environment for all staff and students | Nurture leadership, empowerment and development | Recognise and value good performance | Maintain a healthy and safe working environment | Develop rapid and efficient processes | Maintain good governance

PARTNERSHIPS and COMMUNITY: Work with others to enhance our contributions locally as well as internationally | Collaborate with world-leading people and organisations | Maintain a lifelong relationship with alumni

ESTATES and INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE: Develop distinctive physical and virtual environments that foster cohesion and excellence for staff, students and collaborators | Develop ENABLERS further an information infrastructure including 21st Century IT and library provision

INVESTMENT: Plan for sustainable growth | Make selective and prioritised investment

COMMUNICATION: Improve the quality and value of communication to all recipients | Create a sense of community within a positive working and learning environment | Gain greater awareness, engagement and support among our local communities | Gain recognition internationally for academic distinction and impact Annual Review 2009 37

Financial performance

Research Grants and Contracts Key £M

90 80 1.5 78 76 3.3 74 6.9 10.5 72 70 9.3 8.8 68 7.5 66 8.2 64 5.6 62 6.6 60 58 10.5 10.2 56 4.5 54 8.4 52 5.5 25.7 50 7.6 23.7 48 46 6.6 44 19.5 6.1 42 17.5 Key 40 2.6 38 Other 3.3 36 12.8 5.8 34 11.7 EU and Overseas 4.7 32 0.9 Industry and Commerce 30 3.1 3.0 28 0.9 3.8 Public Corporations, Local 26 9.1 Authorities, UK Government 24 2.9 6.1 22 Research Councils and Charities 1.0 20 2.2 5.8 10.2 43.2 18 2.4 2.7 39.1 8.1 36.1 16 35 *Figures from this point on are for 4.4 4.7 31.3 14 7.9 30.2 Cardiff University and the former 12 23.2 University of Wales College of 10 5.6 4.8 8 16.7 Medicine combined. 6 14.8 4 10.6 Note: Actual income not value of 7.7 8.4 2 awards announced in year, which 0 amounted to £86.8M in 2008-09. 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04* 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09

Total Income: £414.8M Total Expenditure: £400.4M

Residences and Catering £18.4M Other services Academic Other operating rendered £29.9M Services £9.8M income £6.4M Services Other expenses £13.9M Academic Fees and support rendered £59.0M Schools £26.2M grants £107.4M Administration and Endowments Central Services £5.4M Research grants and interest Premises £20.7M Staff costs and contracts receiveable £236.2M £89.1M £5.0M Research grants and contracts £31.0M

Residences, Catering and Conferences £7.0M Funding Councils Interest payable £4.0M grants £129.5M Depreciation £16.3M 38 Grants, gifts and donations

Grants, gifts and donations

Cardiff University gratefully acknowledges the following grants, gifts and donations received during the year under review. These were received and recorded centrally by the University from the organisations and individuals listed. The University also wishes to acknowledge the many additional gifts and donations it receives anonymously and those donated generously directly to its academic Schools.

Organisations Brymill Cryogenic Systems (UK) Ltd Equateq Ltd Committee 3D Technologies Ltd BUPA Foundation Ltd ESRC National Centre for Research Jean Rich Foundation A Menarini Diagnostics CADW Welsh Historical Monuments Methods JISC TechDis Abbott Laboratories Limited Campden & Chorley Food Research European Huntington’s Disease Joanna Briggs Institute Academic Expertise for Business (A4B) Association Group Network Johnson Matthey Plc Academy of Medical Sciences Cancer Research UK European Organisation for Research Juvenile Diabetes Research and Treatment of Cancer Accenture Cancer Research Wales Foundation European Society of Anaesthesiology Agilent Technologies Cardiff & Vale UHB Kenyon Gilson EPS Research Fund European Space Agency Agusta Westland Cardiff Partnership Fund Ltd Kidneeds Experian Ltd Alcohol Education and Research Cardiff University Students’ Union Kidney Research UK Council Careers Wales Cardiff & Vale Ltd Exxon Mobil King Faisal Foundation Algipharma AS Centre for Transcultural Exchange FCT Fundacao para a Cliencia e a Lancashire Constabulary Technologia Algipharma Biopolymer Therapies Centre Technique Interprofessionnel Legal Services Commission Federation of Small Businesses Almirall Ltd des Fruits & Legumes Leo Pharmaceuticals Flexicare Medical Ltd Alzheimer’s Society Ceredigion County Council Leuchemix Fondazione Lanza Amgen Inc Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust Lloyd’s Register of Shipping Fonds National de la Luxembourg Anaesthetic Research Society Cheshire Constabulary LloydsTSB Fong Shu Fook Tong Foundation Arthritis Research Campaign CIEMAT London First Forest Laboratories Arts and Humanities Research Council CLANET Lucas Oil Products UK Ltd Foundation for Informed Medical Coal Authority LUSAS ARUP Decision Making College of Occupational Therapists M&A Pharmachem Ltd Asda Stores Ltd Foundation for Sport and the Arts Coltene Whaledent UK Manchester Metropolitan University Association of Commonwealth Galderma UK Ltd Universities Commission of European Massachusetts General Hospital General Dynamics UK Ltd Association of Physicians of Great Communities Meda Pharmaceuticals Ltd Genus Pharmaceuticals Britain & Ireland Community Housing Cymru Medical Research Council Genzyme Astellas Pharma Ltd Corus Group Medieval Settlement Research Group GeoQuest Systems B.V. AstraZeneca UK Ltd Council for the Central Laboratory Mental Health Research Network Gilead Sciences Ltd. AtCor Medical of the Research Councils Cymru Glan Clwyd Hospital Aventis Pharma Ltd Cranfield University Merck KGaA GlaxoSmithKline Baily Thomas Charitable Fund Cwm Taf Health Board Merck-Serono Ltd GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Healthcare Baxter Healthcare D Caesar Jones Funeral Directors Council Guardian Global Technology Baxter Renal Division Dar Al-Arkan Development Company Molecular Light Technology Gwent Health Authority Bayer Bioscience N.V Ltd Research Ltd Haag Streit UK Ltd Bayer HealthCare LLC Deafness Research UK Morvus Halcrow Group Ltd BBI Marketing Inc Defence Science and Technology Multiple Sclerosis Society Laboratory Health and Safety Executive Beacon for Wales Myrovlytis Trust Defence Threat Reduction Agency Higher Education Funding Council Beiersdorf UK Ltd Nancie Finnie Charitable Trust Department for Environment, Food for Wales (HEFCW) Big Lottery Fund Napp Pharmaceuticals and Rural Affairs Home Office Biochemical Society NARSAD Research Department for Business Enterprise Hong Kong Alumni Association National Cancer Research Institute Bioforce AG and Regulatory Reform Human Rights Society National Eye Research Centre Bioiberica Department of Communities and IBM UK Ltd National Grid Company Plc Bioquell (UK) Ltd Local Government IDEAS National Health Service Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Department of Health Imperial College London Research Council DePuy International Ltd National Institute for Health and Inhibitex Ltd Clinical Excellence BP Alternative Energy International Derek Williams Trust Ltd Institute for Science and Health National Institute of Academic Dermal Laboratories Ltd Breast Cancer Campaign Institute of Cancer Research Anaesthesia Diabetes UK British Academy Institute of Civil Engineers National Institute of Mental Health EADS UK LTD British Broadcasting Corporation International Wildlife Consultants National Institutes of Health Economic and Social Research Council (UK) Ltd British Council National Museums and Galleries Embassy of the Kingdom of the Invitron Ltd British Heart Foundation of Wales Netherlands IOSH British Medical Association National Physical Laboratories Engineering and Physical Sciences Ipsen Fund Management British Mycological Society Research Council ISIS Natural Environment Research British School at Athens English Heritage Janssen-Cilag Ltd Council British Society for Antimicrobial Environment Agency Natural Power Ltd Chemotherapy Japan Foundation Endowment Annual Review 2009 39

Newport Seventh Day Adventist Suffolk County Council Archaeological Jane E Ayres Lynn Du-Feu Church Service Michael Bagshaw Elizabeth J Duley NHS National R & D Programme on Sure Start Angela M Baker Eric M Dunkley Forensic Mental Health Swansea University Mapriya Balakrishnan Geoffrey D Dunster Nick Miller Research Ltd Swedish Science Council Christopher Ball Keith Dye Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd UK Technology Strategy Board Malaya K Banerjee Jeremy Jameson Edmondson Novo Nordisk Tenovus the Cancer Charity Julia E Barnes Alan Edwards Nuffield Foundation The Alan & Cyril Body Trust Paul Bartley Barrington Edwards Nutricia Research Foundation The BOC Group Ltd George G Baugh Byron J Edwards Nystagmus Network The Chartered Society of Michael D Bayliffe Dianne Edwards Office for National Statistics Physiotherapy Mohamed M Bayoumi Julian D Edwards OMII-UK The College of Optometrists Peter Beck Mark L Edwards OnExamination The Fong Family Foundation Graham Bell Karen L Ellis Ortho Clinical Diagnostics The Higher Education Academy Patrick R Benson May Ellis Ove Arup & Partners Ltd The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Zena Bentley Anne English P1Vital The Leverhulme Trust Carole P Biggam Morfydd R Entwistle Parkinson’s Disease Society UK The Medical Protection Society Robert Biggs Anne M Evans Limited Peplin Ltd Lyndon N Bigmore Anthony Evans The Regents of the University of Pfizer Ltd John A Blackmore Barrie T Evans California Pharmacia Upjohn Rebecca E Boston Enid Evans The Wellcome Trust Photopharmica Ltd Andrew J Brinkman John Evans Tourism Training Forum for Wales Plymouth Marine Lab Gavin Jonathan Brown Mike Evans Typharm Dermatology Portuguese Foundation for Science Nicola Brown Morag M Evans and Technology UK Anaemia Ann E Bryan Jane M Fenton-May Public Concern at Work UK India Education and Research Carole Burnett Jane Fenwick Q-Chip Ltd Initiative Elizabeth B Butler Serena Fenwick Quicksilver Media Productions Ltd Unison Valarie Byfield Elizabeth Feyver Reardon Smith Nautical Trust United Nations Andrew M Campbell Mansel C Finniear Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare United Nations Industrial Development Organization Louise Casella Jane Fitz Research Capacity Building Melanie A Catleugh Karen L Folk Collaboration Wales University of Bristol Evelyn April Chan James S Foreman-Peck RespiVert Ltd University of Glasgow Hilary Chaplin Joanne & Christopher Forss Rett Syndrome Association UK University of Kent Huw M Charles Pauline A Found Ricardo Consulting Engineers Ltd University of Nottingham Michael & Gaenor Chiles Geraint W Francis Roche Diagnostics GmbH University of Oxford Lindsay V Chubb Susan E Full Rotary Club of Cardiff Bay University of Pennsylvania Roger Clarke Yuk K Fung Royal Academy of Engineering University of Strathclyde Elizabeth M Clarke-Smith Gregory J Fury Royal Institute of International Affairs University of Sunderland Ann Clewlow Joan B Fuse Royal Society University of Wisconsin-Madison Susan C Coleman Peter Gapper Ruth Smart Foundation Vale of Glamorgan Council Helen R Coles Joseph W Gaskell SABIC Velindre NHS Trust Oonagh E Collins S C Geraci Santander Universities Victoria Police Dolly Constable Jean Gibbon Sasakawa Foundation of Great Britain VoluSense as Adrian W Cooke Stephen Robert Bruce Gollings Sasol Technology (UK) Ltd Wales Centre for Health Nicholas Cooke Fiona R Gordon Schering Plough Ltd Wales Office of Research & Development for Health & Social Care Norman S Corfield William M Gough Schuco International Ltd Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition Andrew J Cowie Judith Grant Science and Technology Facilities Council Waterloo Foundation Gordon A Cox Rosalind L Grant Selden Research Ltd Welsh Assembly Government J E Crane Carolyn Joan Green SGS Life Science Services Welsh Education Research Network Deborah Lynn Crawley Lindsey J Griffin Sheffield Hallam University Welsh Institute of Dermatology Stuart R Crozier Robert J Griffin Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Welsh Rugby Union Norman Cunningham Elan G Griffith Trust White Oak Conservation Centre C L Curtis P K Griffiths Sinclair Pharmaceuticals Ltd WM. Wrigley Jr. Company Joyce M Davidson Win & Elizabeth Griffiths Singleton Hospital Wolfson Foundation C J Davies Alica Hagerova Sino British Fellowship Trust Women’s Safety Unit D I Davies Michael Hale Smith & Nephew Medical Ltd Wyeth Europa Ltd David L Davies Sarah J Haley SMPU Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Gareth Davies Kenneth Hall Social Care Institute for Excellence York Health Economics Consortium Gareth W Davies David A Harding Society for Applied Microbiology Ltd J N Davies Helena J Harris Society for General Microbiology York Pharma (UK) Ltd Madeline D Davies Andrew Hawker Society of Medieval Archaeology Ysbyty Gwynedd Kidney Patients Mairwen Davies Laura C Herbert Association Society of Radiographers Nancy L Davies Stuart Herritty Zoobiotic Ltd Solvay Duphar BV Tudor J Davies Bruce M Herzog South Wales Police Vivien M Davies Elaine Hibbert-Jones Individuals South West Food and Drink W J Davies Ursula M Hickey Gloria L Alldridge SRK Consulting UK Ltd Andrew Davis Raymond Hicks Andy Allen SRK Ltd Paul R Dawson Margaret Hocking Jessica Allen St David’s Society of Hong Kong Ruth Dennis-Jones Anna V Hodgekiss Kay Allen Stanley Foundation Fergus Dignan Robert Hogg Rachel L Alsop Statoil A/S Laurel Dobalo Liam Holeyman Alan H Anderson Steel CASE Inc Sarah M Dobbs Josephine Homfray I D Anderson Steris Limited Owen M Donovan Huw E Hopkins John Andrews Stiefel Laboratories (UK) Ltd Joan M Draper Alan A Horn Thomas A Atherton Stork Thermeq Peter J Drinkwater Stephen R Howe Cathryn A Atkinson 40 Grants, gifts and donations

Geoffrey Howe of Aberavon Richard J Manchee James M Read Delwyn Tibbott John H Howell Maureen Manning Anne Rees Robert Tibbott Peter I Hughes Graham A March Anthony Rees Alistair Turner Robert Humphreys Brian Mark Eleri & John A Rees Chris B Turner Albert C Hung Arthur V Marment Esther H Rees Thomas M Vaughan Dawn E Hunt John D Marshall Paula M Rice Jeff R Venus Margaret Lindsay Hunter Felicity J Martin Eyrl Richards R Verrier-Jones Geoffrey Ireland Robin Martin Lisa J Richardson James H Wakelin Tariq Ismail Kent Matthews Janice Risley David R Walker Andrew S Jacobs Dave Matthewson Emrys P Roberts Mair Walker Yousef Abdul Latif Jameel Mark McArthur-Christie Leona B Roberts Peter Walker Bradley S James Nancy McCarthy Wyn Roberts Sally Walker Elizabeth James Richard McCluney John Robertson Simon Dampier Walker Wladyslaw J Janik Rosswen McCutcheon Susan Roch Michael S Walsh John Jemmett Laraine Mcenhill Winston Roddick Donald Walters David Jenkins Kate A McGrath Rivita M Rodrigues Amy E Ward Gloria Jenkins Ian D McIlquham Royston Rogers Julia C Wardle Jane E Jenkins Simon N McIntosh-Smith Ceri Rossiter Colin D Warren Wynn Evans Jenkins John F Mcnamara Geraldine Rowe Bernadette C Waters Andrew Joel Richard J Medlicott David G Salter E R Watts J John Julie M Metcalf Andrew Samtoy Corinna Weaver Percy A John Alan & Edna Miller D G Sanger Hsin T Wei W N John Patrick L Minford Diane Scott John P Wells Cara J Johnson Margaret A Mitchell Marion E Scott Peter N Wells Bronwen Jones Dave J Moist Dennis Scourfield Anne Whipp David J Jones John L Morgan Joyce Seligman Hazel M Whitefoot John L & Janet Jones Rachel Morgan Harold H Selwood James Wiegold Judith C Jones Valerie Morgan Robert Severn Eurwyn Wiliam Margrette R Jones Ian C Morton Ashil Shah Aidan Y Wilkinson Sandra G Jones Jennie Moule Gwen Shields Alan C Williams Mervyn Joseph David N Moxham Jon Shortridge Alexandra Williams Angela C Juhasz John W Mullin Ian Sinclair David Williams E M Juleff Colin J Mutton John Skinner David C Williams Steve Kavanagh Helen S Muzzlewhite Simon & June Smail David R Williams Finola J Kay Philip & Sally Naish Margaret Smart Debra E Williams Gerard & Lisa Kennedy Anthea Napier Donald J Smith Frank Williams Lily R Khairi Clive Narrainen Paul Smith Frederic W Williams Carolyn Kirby Kenneth D Nelson R W Smith Gillian Williams Milica Kitson Nancy Nethercott Regina Smith Ivor J Williams Don Knight Brinley Newman John H Sorotos Joseph Williams J Knight Mike Newman Meic S Spencer Keith C Williams Sarah Kolodny The Late Edna J Norman Susan G Spooner L Arnold Williams Deborah Ladenheim Peter Newman Katherine E Srudwick N Bryan Williams William I Lane Masayoshi Noguchi Alison K Stone Nick Williams Bethan R Launchbury Julie A Nurse Joel T Strange Wendy Williams Anne C Layzell Desmond J O’Callaghan Robert Strinati Robin Williamson J H Lazarus Gerard O’Connell Steffan Stringer David K Wills Valerie E Le Vaillant Owen Heulwen Oeppen Robert E Stroud Michael & Helen Wills-Wood Brian C Lentle Alan E Owen Khai H Tang Owen R Wilson Christine Leonard Susan Palmer Michael B Taylor Steven D Wittberger Dominic P Lethbridge Keith Parfitt Chris Thomas Roy Wolstencroft Ann Lewis O V Partridge Francine Thomas Geoffrey R Woodman C H Lewis Jeffrey M Peace Ioan G Thomas Norman Wootton Christine Lewis M J Pearce James Thomas Patricia Wright Gethin Lewis Fiona N Peel Joan Thomas Julia Yates Jane A Lewis Myles C Pepper Matthew B Thomas Patricia R Young Karen M Lewis David B Peregrine Nicholas S Thomas Susan Lewis Douglas & Mary Perkins Norman T Thomas Martin N Ley Peter Phillips Philip Thomas Vivien Liles Sybil Pincus Stanley Thomas Fiona C Lincoln Amy C Pine Patricia A Lister Lynne J Plummer Mabel Llewellyn Steve D Poswillo The Annual Review is available in Thomas H Lloyd Gaynor Powell large print format. David Lloyd Jones Simon L Powell Kenneth Lloyd-Jones Ann D Price To request a copy contact Catrin Louise A Lock Sarah J Price Alan V Lowe Malcolm I Proud Palfrey on 029 2087 0293 Neil Gregor A MacGregor Victoria M Provis email: [email protected] Ruth K MacKenzie Bryan Pugh Doug MacLeod Greg Pycroft Printed on 100% recycled paper, in line with Aiden M Malanaphy Kazi A Rahman the University’s commitment to sustainability. Pratik Malde Wendy E Rangeley A V Males Elizabeth Rawlings Read more at: www.cardiff.ac.uk/sustainability