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1 Celebrating Philanthropy News for Donors, Ambassadors and Friends University of Stirling University of stirling Your STIRLING celebrating philanthropy news for donors, ambassadors and friends 2020 1 Thank you for Contents. LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR. your most 4 Fundraising News Going forward the country’s finances generous support 7 Queen’s Anniversary Prize and Celebration Dear friends are stretched and just like all businesses at House of Lords and supporters and employers, the University is facing 10 A new Vision: a new Era a huge funding gap, and must adapt You made the difference to survive. Stirling has an important Welcome to Your Stirling 2020 13 Tribute to a Benefactor role to play in providing the solutions 14 Golf at Stirling turns 40 What a difference a year makes. to make a successful and sustainable Last year the unprecedented flash recovery. In this issue, you’ll see 16 Bridge: a MindSport for All flooding and ensuing chaos brought evidence that our life-changing research is tackling global challenges 31 student - 18 Quest for Lost Monarchs and Perth realities of climate change closer to - protecting the blue economy and experience projects Charterhouse home. Staff and students worked through the night to deliver the feeding the world through precision funded through the Stirling Fund 19 Interview with an Alumni Ambassador Summer Graduations, and it took aquaculture, achieving clean economic and Vice-Chancellor’s Fund over six months to repair the damage growth through climate opportunities, takes root. On page five the University 20 The Stirling Fund and supporting an ageing society. to campus. COVID-19 further Art Collection is working with a local The award of a Queen’s Anniversary 21 Europe’s first Nanairo Ekiden demonstrated our resilience as artist, Suzanne Williams, as part of the 2000+ alumni Prize recognised the pioneering work everyone adapted to remote working, BLM Mural Trail. 22 Telethon Campaign of the Institute of Aquaculture whilst completed the 2020 online teaching and assessment, the investment from the Stirling And finally, I’d like to share some good questionnaire 23 Student Hardship Fund supporting students on campus and Clackmannanshire City Region news. In July the University moved unable to go home, creating mass- 24 Donor Recognition and thanks Deal creates a once-in-a-generation up 57 places to be ranked 18th in the scale online events and bespoke opportunity for the University to realise UK National Student Survey and in £1.5m raised 27 Tribute to a Benefactor virtual celebrations to congratulate its ambitions for a new Aquaculture September moved up 17 places, to for research and graduands when the Graduation Innovation Hub and creation of 28th place, in the Guardian’s University student projects ceremonies had to be postponed. Scotland’s International Environment Guide. These achievements, in such an During lockdown there were many Centre. Research projects that feed into unusual and difficult year, are testimony the plans for an Intergenerational Hub 677 regular donors reasons to be proud – Stirling’s to our commitment to deliver a world- academics are leading ten government- continue, and before lockdown work class education and student experience. was well underway on Campus Central commissioned research projects on Every donation to the Stirling Fund and and the Sports Centre. All these projects impacts of COVID-19, student nurses, other campaigns really does make a 214 new gifts will bring renewed energy to our staff and alumni volunteered for the difference. Thank you! through 2020 Telethon thriving research and teaching culture. NHS, alumni sent masks from China, Stay safe, stay well, 517 new gifts 4 7 students helped parents with home- The death of George Floyd and the schooling through online educational global frustration and anger over raised through classes; alumni mentors supported a horrific example of racism and crowdfunding campaigns the 2020 graduands and many others injustice, has intensified efforts for donated to University fundraising systemic change. We must hope initiatives, philanthropy inspired that understanding, empathy, and Kerry Bryson 1036 alumni volunteers perhaps by Sir Captain Tom Moore. acceptance will grow as education Director for Global Advancement. across 67 countries: Produced by Advancement: Kerry Bryson, Jane Cameron, Caroline Darke, Lesley Dugan, Jen Forman, • 426 new volunteers this year 10 18 Federico Ippoliti, Euan Kennedy, Alex McKenna, Daniel Wright Design: Arken Creative • mentoring current students Photography: JB Moments, Julie Howden, Whyler Photos, 121 Francesca Canali, Andrew Denham, Paul Stuart, Steve Lindridge, BBC, alumni organising events in Stirling Observer, HM The Queen and BCA Ltd. • 50 their local areas Print: Printed on 100% recycled material sourced from sustainable forests Privacy Policy: www.stir.ac.uk/privacy sharing their Stirling experience • www.stir.ac.uk If you have any feedback or would like to discuss any 298 with prospective students project the advancement team are working at home and Our commitment to our donors is detailed at alumni signed up to The Stirling www.stir.ac.uk/alumni/thank-you and in our privacy policy at can be contacted via [email protected]; • 664 Network (online mentoring) www.stir.ac.uk/privacy This publication can be made available [email protected] or [email protected] . 21 22 in different formats, by contacting [email protected] Every effort is made to ensure accuracy of printed information and views University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA is recognised as a expressed are not necessarily those of the University or the editorial team. Scottish Charity Number SC 011159 BE THE DIFFERENCE 2 www.stir.ac.uk 3. Williams Suzanne CELEBRATING PHILANTHROPY – FUNDRAISING NEWS. Kate Howie – remembering an inspirational teacher The Scottish Parliament: DO BETTER. The University Art Collection curators are and statistician. a graphic history. supporting the BLM Mural Trail inspired The University’s political archive has raised £4,345 in support of its campaign to create by Creative Director, Wezi Mhura. Kate Howie, a teaching fellow in the Division of Computing Science a graphic history and vivid artwork to explain how the Scottish Parliament works and Artworks – colourful, challenging, and Mathematics, was a much loved and respected teacher and how it was reconvened in 1999, after an absence of 300 years. moving, powerful and diverse – are colleague. Sadly she died in January 2020 and on Monday 30 March, Our target of £10,000 will ensure that all secondary schools and libraries in Scotland being created by artists from Black, on what would have been her 60th birthday, plans were unveiled to receive at least one copy. To donate to the crowdfunder and get your own copy of the Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds commemorate her life and contribution to the University. book please visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/scottishparliamentgraphichistory or and are appearing in towns and cities contact Lesley at [email protected] all over Scotland. We are working with A Fund was established to create the and the Students’ Union Green and be remembered with affection by her a local artist, Suzanne Williams, on Kate Howie Memorial Prize for the best Blue Space. family, her friends and the generations an installation, Do Better, which will performance in a statistics module in of students she taught. Anyone who Kate joined the University in 1993 and portray the inequality and prejudice would like to contribute to the Kate Mathematics; her family are making had 27 years’ service. Her teaching Vice-Chancellor’s still prevalent today and reinforce the Howie Memorial Prize Fund or be invited a donation to purchase additional covered the theoretical and practical message that together we can to the tree planting ceremony which will defibrillators for the University and the application of statistics. As a statistician DO BETTER. hopefully take place in the autumn 2020, Fund Awards. Faculty of Natural Sciences will plant she contributed to, and provided should contact [email protected] This year 17 urgent student projects were funded by the Vice-Chancellor’s Fund The project is being supported by the a tree in the Garden of Time later this evidence for, many interdisciplinary including Nightline Stirling, new equipment or other support for Water Polo, Judo and year. Many of Kate’s books are being research publications. She was a former Congratulations to Annie Sinclair, University Art Collection, Macrobert Rowing, Lacrosse, Women’s Hockey, Women’s Football, and Women’s Rugby clubs. donated to the Library, the Division of member of Academic Council and BSc 2020, the inaugural recipient of Arts Centre, the Students’ Union, UCU The Sports’ Union also received grants to support physio, a Stirlympics event, and the Computing Science and Mathematics, University Court. Above all, Kate will the Katie Howie Prize. and donations from individuals within 2020 Sports Awards. The Students’ Union received funding to run Gender Awareness the University community. Training, the Sustainable Lifestyle Kit project (an initiative linked to tackling the Climate (Emergency) and support for a STEER peer-mentoring programme. An international thank you A community For more information visit Funds were granted to AirTV to support “Bleed Green TV” and to Air3 Radio to www.wezi.uk/blm-mural-trail/ The University would like to thank Kenny Shen, MSc 2011, author, owner of improve their Podcasting Studio. Finally the Student Enterprise Programme received or to donate please contact cosmetics company Kenneth Twinkling, and social media influencer in China effort. funding to launch a webinar series on digital skills development – these webinars are [email protected] or for sending the University supplies of facemasks for students and staff. In 2017/18, alumni also open to recent alumni and are proving to be very popular during lockdown. [email protected] Facemasks were also donated by Yuanyuan Qiu, MSc 2005, President of donations to the Stirling Fund JSBC (Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation) and recipient of a 2018 University supported some exciting Graduate of the Year award.
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