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Stirling Minds 2010 2010 / issue 1 alumni, staff and friends minds life through a lens doug allan’s tales from the deep spotlight on the economy is scotland on the road to recovery? turkington reigns colin clinches british touring car title welcome from the ChanCellor Welcome to Stirling Minds, the Inside this edition you’ll find a wide NEWS HIGHLIGHTS magazine for everyone who is variety of stories about Stirling people 4 Stirling’s recent successes and interested in what’s going on at our shaping the world in their own way; top developments. University. We hope that alumni, from one of our newest honorary 9 staff and our many friends at home graduates battling to regenerate 6 READ ALL ABOUT IT and around the world will enjoy traditional Afghan crafts in a war Scotsman Editor John McLellan reading this new-look publication zone, to a psychology postgraduate argues for the printed word. and will find it a good way of teaching chimpanzees at Edinburgh SPOTLIGHT ON THE keeping in touch. Zoo to use a film camera. 8 ECONOMY Stirling Minds is now an expanded You can help us to improve the Professor David Bell on the publication welcoming lively debate magazine and website by offering global downturn. with external contributors, as well feedback on the enhanced range of ZOO TUBE your old favourites – because of communications or by suggesting an 9 The world through a chimp’s eyes. course we’ve kept graduate profiles article for a future issue: and class notes. We’ve also created [email protected] 10 RESEARCH a magazine website where you can How Stirling’s research is shaping These are challenging times as we all access content whenever you like. and improving lives. know. But Stirling is in great heart, Take a look around: and we are fortunate that we can LIFE THrouGH www.stirlingminds.stir.ac.uk 12 draw on the experience and support a LENS The Stirling family is continually of our worldwide network of alumni 12 Alumnus Doug Allan’s tales from growing and our connections far and friends. the deep. from the campus matter to us all. We Happy reading and best wishes, want to keep you up-to-date with our news throughout the year, so as well Stirling Castle at night as the website and magazine we’re launching a monthly enewsletter for staff and a quarterly enewsletter for contents James Naughtie, alumni. If you would like to sign up ART ATTACK Chancellor, 16 for the latter or opt to receive the Honorary graduate Rory Stewart’s University of Stirling magazine electronically in future; fight to preserve Afghan arts. if you know someone who has lost TURKINGTON REIGNS contact with the University and would 20 Alumnus Colin Turkington Only in Scotland will you feel like royalty. like to receive the magazine; or if you crowned British Touring Car think you might contribute a class Take over a castle and be king for the day, sip champagne Live like Champion. notes entry, please contact: 16 on a royal yacht or hold a gala dinner in a stately home. [email protected] 24 MAKING THEIR Whatever your event, Scotland can turn it into a regal affair. a king. marK Young graduates forging As well as a range of truly majestic venues, you can be sure their careers. that we’ll roll out the red carpet for you. Dine like 26 CLASS NOTES And it’s never been easier to get here. So to find out more Produced by External Relations. Where are they now? Editorial team: Lesley Wilkinson (Editor), about hosting an event in Scotland, log onto a queen. Trudy Whyle, Andy Mitchell, Jennifer Nicol 27 AIRTHREY BABIES and David Christie. 20 Uncovering Airthrey Castle’s past conventionscotland.com Designed by www.mortonward.co.uk as a maternity home. Or perhaps that should be unconventional Scotland. Front cover image by Sue Flood. Scottish SPORTING Back cover image by Wattie Cheung. University 30 Printed by Thomson Colour Printers, HIGHLIGHTS Glasgow on FSC approved material from Scotland’s University for Sporting responsibly managed forests. 2009/2010 Excellence goes from strength to The University of Stirling is recognised as a strength. Scottish Charity with number SC 011159. Only in Scotland www.stirlingminds.stir.ac.uk / 3 5458-VS_BTU_StirlingMinds_K&Q_Ad_290x215.indd 1 16/2/10 12:41:41 03 02 05 06 01 04 newshighlights 5Stirling has been named 5Professor Gerry 5A Stirling researcher’s 5The UK’s first hub of child 5As Scotland’s University 5Stirling’s new Centre 01 5Scottish University of 025McCormac, one of 035discovery of live oysters in 045protection expertise, the 055for Sporting Excellence, 065for Memory & Learning the Year for 2009/2010 by the Northern Ireland’s leading academics, the Firth of Forth, over fifty years Multi-Agency Resource Service Stirling has continued to lead the in the Lifespan brings together Sunday Times, in recognition of the has been named as Principal and after they were declared extinct in (MARS), has opened at Stirling, way with its appointment as the hub academic research in neuropsychology, University’s “outstanding student Vice-Chancellor of the University the area, has major implications for to share good practice and advise of Winning Students, the national developmental psychology, health experience and record for innovation in succession to Professor Christine fisheries in Scotland. Dr Liz Ashton, Scottish social workers about keeping sports scholarship scheme for student and education. Its Director, Dr Tracy and high quality teaching”. The Hallett, who is retiring. He joins us a research fellow at the Institute of young people safe from neglect or athletes in colleges and universities Alloway, has research interests in newspaper’s analysis of the latest in May and said: “Scotland needs Aquaculture, found two oysters about abuse. Beth Smith, Director, said: across Scotland. Among the initiatives how working memory, our ability National Student Survey results, Stirling and its distinctive contribution 100 metres apart, visible at a very low “MARS will be a valuable resource undertaken by Winning Students, to remember and manipulate which covered students’ views on the to society: enterprising graduates tide. Her discovery gives real hope for child protection agencies and Scotland’s first National Women’s information, impacts on learning. quality of teaching, learning resources with the skills to drive its economy that there could once again be oyster practitioners in Scotland by assisting Football Academy has been established She won the prestigious Joseph and their overall satisfaction with forward; first class research which farming in the river. At its peak, the them to deal with complex cases. We in Stirling, helping some of our most Lister Award from the British Science university life, showed that Stirling can be turned into jobs; and a Firth of Forth oyster fishery produced have an opportunity to make a real promising young female footballers to Association for her work on the registered one of the biggest year-on- commitment to the community over 30 million oysters a year, but difference, by helping them to access reach their potential. capacity of children to store and year gains of any university in the UK. which ensures that education and the over-harvesting caused the fishery to the expertise they may need to carry manipulate information for brief advancement of knowledge is shared collapse by 1920. out their work effectively.” periods of time. for the good of all.” 4 / stirling minds / Alumni, staff and Friends www.stirlingminds.stir.ac.uk / 5 John McLellan, Scotsman Editor BA English/Film & Media Studies, Class of 1983. read all about it Rumours of the death Stirling graduates of a certain The cuttings I generated over the But a revolution was taking place. Fast forward 20 years and the world while hard copy sales remain in vintage will remember a larger- following year (embarrassing now, I’m Free newspapers were springing up internet revolution has swept away images left the thousands back home; but the and above of newspapers are greatly than-life character called Cool Al sure) were enough to secure a place everywhere and just down the road in much of that income at the same internet millions have failed to Davidson, whose fame was ensured at Preston Polytechnic’s journalism Warrington, Eddie Shah launched his time as giving people a free and easy The newspaper produce anything like the same exaggerated, says hits the presses. by his regular candidacy for student course and from there my first full- paper Today with new technology in means of accessing information for The Scotsman amounts of money as newspapers president. A man made for the time job as a reporter on the old the face of fierce union opposition. which they once had to pay. The building today once generated. Even with traditional and the John McLellan Monster Raving Loony Party and Chester Observer. foundations of profitable titles – the newspaper’s revenues badly depleted, online sales There were so many jobs available 1950s Market until Alex Salmond returned from big three pillars of jobs, property and still represent less than ten per cent of Like its Stirling namesake, the in the North of England at that time Street home. Westminster to rescue the SNP, the motors – have crumbled in the face Images most newspaper companies’ incomes. Chester paper was a venerable old that journalists could take their pick. only serious electoral challenge Jack of both the internet and the recession courtesy of publication, packed with local news. And when the Shah revolution finally The Scotsman. And now that Rupert Murdoch and McConnell and his cohorts had and the industry is undoubtedly in It was especially loved by its readers swept away the old practices, and others have finally woken up to the ever faced.
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