your manchester The University of Manchester Alumni Magazine May 2007 Martin Amis: arriving soon! Margaret Beckett’s student days Hitching up with Harvard Manchester International Festival Your Manchester Online is launched your manchester features... 8 16 18 10 12 14 2 YOUR MANCHESTER contents A word from the President 4 Around the campus 6 Dementia demystified 10 Changing the climate 12 The significance of social capital 14 The scar prevention revolution 16 Martin Amis joins the University 18 TV crews on campus 20 Sport at Manchester 23 Women graduates in the House 26 Manchester’s student newspapers 30 The Manchester 20 International Festival 32 Alumni in the spotlight 34 m u e s u Alumni Association news 36 M e c i l o P Development news 40 r e t s e h c n a M Your Manchester is published by the Communications, r e t Media and Public Relations Division in conjunction with the a e r Division of Development and Alumni Relations, G f The University of Manchester. o y s e t r For further information concerning any of the articles 26 u o in this issue please contact: C Donna Prince, Co-ordinating Editor/Alumni Officer, Division of Development and Alumni Relations, The University of Manchester, e c i G9 Christie Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL. f f O tel +44 (0)161 306 3066 h t l a fax +44 (0)161 306 8066 e w email
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