Autumn 2016 Off The Shelf The festival of words returns to celebrate its 25th year with a stellar line-up including Kid Acne Welcome to Review Welcome to the Autumn 2016 edition of Review, More than 30,000 students study here at Hallam, the Sheffield Hallam University magazine. and they achieve some amazing things in their time here. We talked to award-winning engineering student This is always one of the busiest terms as we welcome Warren Frost about the national Daily Telegraph STEM 04 06 12 thousands of new students to Sheffield, and also hold competition that he won over the summer, in which he graduation ceremonies in November for those that pocketed £25,000 and a job with Rolls-Royce. We also graduated from their courses year. At the ceremonies, spoke to recent graduate Hannah Duraid who is setting our 2016 honorary doctors will take to the stage her sights on a successful career after setting up the alongside the graduands to collect their awards for Aiming higher Focus On… Professor Laura Serrant city’s first escape game. their outstanding achievements. The lecturer who coached Briony Hallam’s new Professor of Nursing on Our research always features in Review, and in this Page to Team GB’s first ever 30 years at the forefront of healthcare This year, we honour the achievements of 10 people, edition we explore how academics are using virtual trampolining medal pages 15–16 for their contributions to various sectors. They reality technology as a training aide for amputees pages 4–5 include Sheffield’s triple world squash champion Nick learning how to use their new prosthetic limbs. You need change to spend a penny Matthew, legendary film director Ken Loach, human Engineering a winning solution New research highlights feelings rights lawyer Clive Stafford-Smith, and former Vice- In a new ‘Focus On’ feature for the magazine, we spoke Chancellor Professor Philip Jones. You can read more to new Professor of Nursing Laura Serrant, about her How an award-winning student’s idea of exclusion and identity for some about them on page 22. experiences in the profession, and how she’s now come could prevent another global travel LGBT people full circle, teaching on the course she took back in the catastrophe pages 18–19 After an incredible showcase of sport in the Rio 1980s. In future editions we’ll look to do more in depth page 6–7 Olympics, the University’s sport researchers once interviews with some of our staff, turning the spotlight Our honorary doctors again played an important role in working with onto their careers in higher education and what makes Tomorrow’s world is today’s reality We unveil the recipients of our 2016 various Team GB squads to provide performance data them tick. analysis systems to keep them one step ahead of the How virtual reality can help honorary awards competition. As well as technology support, our staff, There’s much more to read, including some highlights amputees learn how to use their pages 22–23 students and graduates were involved in competing, of this year’s Off the Shelf festival of words, which prosthetic limbs and on page 5 is a feature interview with Hallam sport features Sheffield street art legend Kid Acne, celebrity pages 8–9 Off the Shelf is 25 lecturer Paul Greaves, coach of Briony Page, for an chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and many more. The much loved Off the Shelf festival insight into his role in helping her become Team GB’s As always, feedback is very welcome – drop us a line at Hannah’s great escape of words is back with a bang first ever Olympic medal-winning trampolinist. [email protected] with any questions or comments. An enterprising graduate’s escape pages 30–31 The Review editorial team game is turning into big business 15 pages 12–13 Review editorial board News and features Guest illustrator Ally Mogg, editor Martin Webb Briony Firth [email protected] [email protected] www.brionyfirthillustration.com Jo Beattie, deputy editor Tim Ward [email protected] [email protected] Cover image Sarah Duce, news editor Kid Acne taken by Shaun Bloodworth, [email protected] who sadly passed away in September 2016 Designers David Palmer [email protected] Leanne Mallinder [email protected] Review Autumn 2016 02 18 22 31 Aiming higher By Jo Beattie Bryony Page’s trampolining silver medal at Rio 2016 was one of the highlights of As a youngster Paul Greaves was a “We’ve been through some really tough “People have been so supportive back a memorable two weeks for British sport. Her coach, sport lecturer Paul Greaves, talented trampolinist. He competed at times together. When she first joined me home and it is so important to me that a national level, but he soon realised he she was really struggling with confidence that happens. The Olympics is all about relives the memory of that night in Brazil. would never make it as an athlete. so a lot of our work has been on psychology inspiring the next generation of athletes.” and making her believe in her abilities. His real passion was in coaching and by Alongside his responsibilities travelling the age of 14 he was already helping out at “She was pushing for a place in the squad the world coaching an Olympic silver his local club and his ambition was clear for London 2012 but that didn’t happen, so medallist, Paul has also recently become – to coach an Olympic medal-winning she was more determined than ever to get a lecturer in sport at Sheffield Hallam, gymnast. to Rio. and hopes through his experiences he can inspire the next generation of coaches. At the age of 19 he set up his own “We worked incredibly hard, managing trampolining club – Abbey Flyers – injuries and changing her mind-set He says: “It’s really important to me to starting with just eight members. This making sure she was in the best shape and support and inspire other young coaches soon grew to 500, and within a few years had that self-belief.” so when the lecturer post came up it was he was coaching some of the best young perfect. That work paid off when Bryony produced talent in Sheffield. the routine of her life in the final in the “It is difficult juggling the coaching with Paul completed all his trampolining Arena Olimpica do Rio to achieve a score of the lecturing but I love both and I think the coaching courses and also won several 56.040 and scoop the silver medal. students respect the fact that I have done it awards, but says he still had a desire to at the highest level.” Paul says: “The atmosphere was learn more, so came to Sheffield Hallam as phenomenal out there, particularly in the Paul will continue to work with Bryony a mature student in 2007 to study sport gymnastics arena. I was sat next to her through to Tokyo 2020 and has just started science and coaching. parents and I don’t know who was more his second year as a lecturer at Hallam. He continued to coach full-time and within nervous. One thing Paul won’t be doing in a hurry is 18 months of starting his degree he was “The priority ahead of the routine was the getting on a trampoline himself. applying his new knowledge after being overall score and technical perfection. appointed as a coach for the national Paul explains: “I won Varsity for Hallam Bryony is capable of more difficulty but trampolining team. back in 2009 when I was a student but the we wanted to make sure it was technically thought of it now terrifies me. I am much In this role he began travelling the world sound. happier to be offering advice from the with the national squad but still managed “The whole routine is only around side-lines.” to complete his degree by moving to part- 30 seconds long but it is packed with time study. And when that advice leads to Olympic complexity. success who can blame him. Then, in 2010, a talented young trampolinist called Bryony Page joined “I knew as soon as she had finished his ranks. that it would challenge for a medal. Fast forward six years and Paul’s dream The wait while the other gymnasts of coaching an Olympic medal-winning did their routines was excruciating. gymnast came true as he watched Bryony win a brilliant silver medal for Team GB at “When I realised she’d got silver, it was Rio 2016, Great Britain’s first ever Olympic incredible because I knew how much it medal in the sport. meant to her and how far she’s come. It Paul has coached Bryony through injuries just makes all the work and the sacrifices and crippling self-doubt, but is immensely worthwhile. proud of their athlete-coach relationship. “Since that night it’s been an absolute He says: “We have a solid partnership and whirlwind with media interviews, meeting an incredible bond that has come with Olympic legends like Sir Steve Redgrave training six days a week, sometimes twice and Sir Chris Hoy – it’s surreal. These a day, over the last six years. people are inspirational to me. Review Autumn 2016 05 Engineering a winning solution By Tim Ward When Warren Frost, a first year engineering student, entered a national engineering competition he didn’t expect it to set the foundation for the rest of his career.