Summer 2014

A new era for Chemistry

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s the Autumn Term approaches, it is a good time ideas and suggestions that were offered – there is a lot to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone in the to think about. Of course, there is disagreement on many University. We have had a very productive and issues (although perhaps less than one might expect), but successful academic year. We have taught more the enthusiasm with which you have engaged with the Astudents, submitted more grant applications, and produced consultation and the nature of your responses show that more top-quality articles and books than ever before. We many of us care passionately about the University and its have completed and submitted our REF return. The campus future. It is also clear that the University community is ready has continued to develop, with many projects still underway. to make the changes that are needed to address some of We have only been able to do this (and a great deal more) the challenges ahead. But most importantly, there is a great thanks to the hard work of everybody in the University. Not sense of optimism about the University and what it can all of that work is particularly glamorous, and much of it achieve in the next few years. I share that optimism. With rarely gets the explicit recognition it deserves. I want to say the Senior Management Group, I will continue to discuss that we do not take your extra efforts for granted, and I thank how your ideas, concerns and views can best be reflected you all for your contribution to the University. in the final version of the strategy, so that we can start In the past few weeks, I have been reading and digesting preparing for its implementation. I really look forward to the feedback we received on the University Strategy working with you all in the new academic year. consultation document. I was overwhelmed by the large number of responses and by the incredible wealth of Professor Koen Lamberts 3

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Assistant Editor Studies put poverty in 12 Alice Mannix the spotlight Editorial team A reading by the author Michael Morpurgo was among York Festival of Ideas highlights Dodi Beardshaw, Sarah Cawthorne, David Garner, In pictures Sheila Perry and Alison Sherratt Photography Life and work at York 9 Suzy Harrison, John Houlihan and Ian Martindale

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Cover photo: The Department of Chemistry’s £10m flagship teaching and 16 research building will open on 5 September The hidden legacy of the Leeds Pals See page 18 the university of york magazine 4 university highlights

Velodrome gears up for action Pedal power boost for student bursaries

Students, staff and friends have raised over £13,500 for student bursaries in the University’s annual YuCycle event.

Over 160 cyclists took part in the sponsored event following a choice of 25km, 50km or 100km routes on country roads through North Yorkshire and the Wolds. Teams included the Sorebohm Rowntree Brigade, Spoke ‘n’ Language from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science, and Buzzin’ Brains, Burnin’ Legs which included the University’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Koen Lamberts. YuCycle supports the University’s Achieving Excellence Bursary Appeal which helps students from lower income families. To make a gift to one of the sponsored riders, go to www.justgiving.com/teams/ Gary Verity takes to the track with local cyclists yucycle. Planning is already underway for YuCycle 2015 with a provisional date set for 7 June. Welcome to Yorkshire Chief Executive Yorkshire for the Grand Départ 2014. Email [email protected] to register your Gary Verity had a chance to try out The venue will host regular taster and interest. the University’s new Olympic-size improver sessions, structured training and a weekly race league. There will also velodrome at a preview event before be opportunities for local schools and the official opening later this summer. community groups to take part in cycling sessions, as well as weekly coaching sessions The £1.1m project, funded by the University for under-16s run by Clifton Cycling Club. and British Cycling, will be open to students, The Velodrome is the latest addition to staff and the local community providing an cycling facilities at the York Sport Village exciting new focus for the cycling enthusiasm which also features a popular closed road generated by the Tour de France visit to cycle circuit.

Day of discovery at the Grand Départ

Some of the University’s most intriguing research was on show alongside the cycling action at the Tour de France Grand Départ event at York Racecourse.

Staff from a range of departments including the York Computational Immunology Lab, the Bioarchaeology BioArCh team and the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence demonstrated and explained their work in a discovery marquee set up as part of the events programme on the Knavesmire site. Over 2,000 people, including children of all ages, visited the marquee where they had a chance to build a Lego sea wall, look at bugs through a microscope and find out how robots mimic our immune system. the university of york magazine university highlights 5

Royal recognition for York academics

Two senior University of York academics have been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Professor Hilary Graham, Head of York’s Department of Health Sciences, has received a CBE for services to social science, and Dr Jane Grenville, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Pro- Vice-Chancellor for Students, was awarded an OBE for services to higher education. “I regard this award as an honour for York where I started out on my career as a BA student of Sociology in 1968, going on to study for an MA and PhD,” said Professor Graham, who returned to York in 2005 as a Professor of Health Science after working at Bradford, Coventry, Lancaster and Warwick Universities. Dr Grenville said, “York is exceptional in the nature of the partnership between the student body and the institution at departmental, college and University level and it has been a huge privilege to contribute to the strengthening of that bond through a period of intense political change in higher education.” Professor Hilary Graham Dr Jane Grenville

Coat of arms restoration wins design accolade

A project to restore the historic coat of arms on the University’s King’s Manor building to its former glory has been recognised in the York Design Awards 2014.

Helen Stephenson from Estates Services, who managed the project, won the John Shannon Conservation Award for her role in supervising the major conservation work which included stonework repairs and intricate repainting with traditional lead-based paint and gold leaf. The restored coat of arms is that of Charles I, who stayed at the King’s Manor in 1633 and 1639. It depicts the emblems of France, England, Scotland and Ireland. The work was carried out by Hirst Conservation on behalf of the University, building on earlier restoration work by the York Civic Trust in 1972.

Before and after: the coat of arms was redecorated using a traditional lead Peter Brown and Peter Addyman (York Civic Trust), Sabina van de Bruck (Hirst based paint Conservation), Helen Stephenson and Dr Kate Giles (University of York), Professor Sir and 23¾ carat Ron Cooke and sculptor Dick Reid were involved with the restoration project gold gilding the university of york magazine 6 university highlights

University honours 16 for their contribution to society

Nobel Laureates, authors, scientists, humanitarians, a musician and influential members of the Yorkshire community received honorary doctorates at the July graduation ceremonies. They were:

Mairi MacInnes, distinguished author of seven books of poetry, two novels and a memoir; Professor Derek Pearsall, internationally renowned scholar of Medieval English literature, and former President of the New Chaucer Society and the International Association of University Professors of English; Professor Ahmed Zewail, Nobel Mairi MacInnes Professor Derek Pearsall Professor Ahmed Zewai Laureate in Chemistry and pioneer of femtochemistry; Zainab Salbi, author, media commentator and founder of the humanitarian organisation Women for Women International dedicated to women’s rights and freedom; Professor Padmanabhan Balaram, Director of the Indian Institute of Science and specialist in protein design and engineering; Hugh Masekela, South African jazz flugelhornist, singer and prominent anti-Apartheid voice; Peter Murray CBE, Executive Director and founder of Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Professor Sir James Mirrlees, Nobel Laureate for Economics and former President of the Royal Economic Society; Professor Bertrand Meyer, software engineer who created the Eiffel programming language, the concept of Design by Contract for building reliable software, and advanced the field of object-oriented programming; Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Zainab Salbi Professor Padmanabhan Peter Murray CBE Welcome to Yorkshire and Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund Yorkshire Balaram and Humber Committee, who was responsible for bringing the Tour de France to Yorkshire; Liz Wilson, Chief Executive of York Theatre Royal; Professor Paulo Gadelha, President of Fiocruz, an innovative public health organisation in the Brazilian Federal Health Ministry; Professor Anne Treisman, distinguished Professor of Psychology and winner of the USA’s National Medal of Science; Professor Mike Kelly, York alumnus and Director of Public Health at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); Roland Keating, Chief Executive of the British Library and former BBC Controller; and Dr Susanna Moorehead, York alumna, Director for West and Southern Africa at the Department for International Development and former Executive Director at the World Bank. Professor Sir James Professor Bertrand Meyer Gary Verity Mirrlees

Liz Wilson Professor Paulo Gadelha Professor Anne Treisman

Watch Hugh Masekela’s spellbinding performance at http://bit.ly/hugh-masekela Professor Mike Kelly Roland Keating Dr Susanna Moorehead the university of york magazine university highlights 7

York scientists’ winning formula Heat and dust:

The Royal Society of Chemistry has novel chemical products or processes which the hidden threat made awards to four Department of have the potential to reduce or eliminate the of smoking Chemistry academics in recognition of use and generation of hazardous substances; and Professor Duncan Bruce, whose scientific their outstanding work. interests are in the area of materials Children whose parents do not chemistry, particularly liquid crystals and smoke are still at risk of cancer Professor Sir John Holman was named the transition metals, was named the Peter Day caused by tobacco particles in house winner of the Lord Lewis Prize in recognition Award winner. of his extensive dust, according to research led by influence over atmospheric chemists at York. chemistry education policy; Professor The tobacco-related carcinogens can be Gideon Davies received brought into non-smoking households the Khorana Prize on clothing or in airborne smoke from for his outstanding outside the house, say the scientists from achievement in research York’s Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry at the chemistry and Laboratories. life science interface; Scientists examined dust particles from Professor Michael the homes of smokers and non-smokers. North won the Green They found tobacco-related carcinogens Chemistry Award for the exceeded recommended limits for children design, development aged one to six in three quarters of smokers’ or implementation of Professors Gideon Davies, Michael North, Sir John Holman and Duncan Bruce homes – and two thirds of non-smokers’ homes. Exhibition puts people in the spotlight

Key figures from the University’s first reception for donors and volunteers on 50 years have been recognised with Saturday 21 June, the exhibition is part of the University’s 50th Anniversary celebrations. the launch of a new exhibition across The outdoor frames belonging to the student Heslington West. society PhotoSoc were funded by alumni and friends of the University through YuFund and Faces for Fifty celebrates over 80 staff, Giving to York. alumni, students and friends nominated by members of the University community as the The exhibition will be on show all summer. Children are at risk even in smoke-free homes people they feel have made an extra special For a map of the frame locations and a digital contribution to York’s success. gallery of all the images, visit www.york. Until now, the risks of exposure to ‘third Launched at the Giving to York annual ac.uk/facesforfifty. hand’ tobacco smoke have been uncertain. Lead investigator, Dr Jacqueline Hamilton from York, said, “The risks of tobacco exposure do not end when a cigarette is extinguished. Non-smokers, especially children, are also at risk through contact with surfaces and dust contaminated with residual smoke gases and particles, so- called third-hand smoke. “This risk should not be overlooked and its impact should be included in future education programmes and tobacco-related public health policies.” Research was also carried out at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and the Chromatography and Environmental Applications research group at the Universitat Rovira I Virgili in Spain. The study was supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council Former Vice-Chancellor, Sir Ron Cooke, is among the (NERC) and the General Research Directorate people honoured in the Faces for Fifty exhibition of the Government of Catalonia. the university of york magazine 8 university highlights yorkconcerts Sophie looks forward to talking on air

From I Fagiolini’s colourful and mischievous Sophie Coulombeau, of the Department Venetian Carnival on Wednesday 8 October of English and Related Literature and to Britten’s War Requiem in York Minster on the Centre for Eighteenth Century 17 June, there is a wealth of music – classical, early, folk, jazz and contemporary – on Studies, has been named one of ten campus and in venues around York during New Generation Thinkers for 2014 the coming year. by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Other events in the Autumn Term include super-cool Norwegian jazz pianist Christian Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Wallumrød with his ensemble (15 October); pianist Sarah Beth Briggs playing Mozart, Sophie was selected from hundreds of Beethoven, Chopin and Britten (22 October); applicants for the scheme, which strives to high-octane, fiddle-led Balkan music with find early career researchers with the ability Paprika (31 October); earlier repertoire for to turn groundbreaking academic ideas into violin played by Rachel Podger and Lucy radio and television programmes. Russell (12 November); and the acclaimed Sophie said, “I’m delighted and grateful young Sacconi Quartet playing Haydn, Ravel to have been selected as a New Generation and Beethoven (19 November). Thinker, and very excited about developing my ideas. The excellent public engagement culture I’ve encountered at York has left me in no doubt of the importance for today’s academics of being able to communicate surnames on marriage – and those who research to the public, so I feel very lucky that bucked the trend. I’ll have this opportunity to improve my skills She will now spend a year working with in this respect.” Radio 3 presenters and producers to develop Researching the relationship between her research into broadcasts. She will also names and identity in 18th century English have an opportunity to develop her ideas for I Fagiolini literature, Sophie submitted a proposal for a television and make short films for BBC Arts programme about the history of the practice Online. Visit www.bbc.co.uk/arts. University ensembles include the whereby women adopt their husband’s University Choir which performs Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle (26 November) and the University Chamber Choir giving a complete performance of Bach’s great Christmas Ants inspire stem cell research Oratorio (3 December), accompanied by the University Baroque Ensemble. The University The behaviour of ants is offering ant colonies – the subject of previous studies Symphony Orchestra gives a rare outing to by Dr Halley. the 1903 viola concerto by William Forsyth insights into a stem cell research The project is funded by the Biotechnology and Nielsen’s ‘Inextinguishable’ Symphony project underway at York. and Biological Sciences Research Council (29 November). (BBSRC) Tools and Development Fund. Looking into the new year, a special Professor Susan Stepney, Dr Julianne Halley Collaborators include the Wellcome Trust – day of song commemorating the First and Dr Richard Greaves will apply the CoSMoS Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem World War includes a recital by baritone modelling approach, developed in the Cell Institute at the University of Cambridge. Roderick Williams (31 January) and there Department of Computer Science. The team members are part of the is a welcome return by Dame Emma The research explores similarities between York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis Kirkby in a programme of lute songs by stem cell behaviour and the organisation of (YCCSA). Dowland (18 February). The University Choir performs Bach’s St Matthew Passion in York Minster with the Royal Northern Sinfonia. Bach is also the featured composer in the Department of Music’s Baroque Day (9 May). Many concerts celebrate the Department of Music’s 50th anniversary and feature alumni who are now well established as performers and musicians who have a close association with the Department. A full brochure will be available on 8 September. Book tickets online from 1 September or from the Box Office from 12 September.

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In pictures Life and work at York Late Meroitic grave identified at Al Khiday on the White Nile in Central Sudan Clockwise from top Researchers including Dr Stephen Buckley and Dr Karen Hardy (Archaeology) have Royal Mail stamps featuring threatened fish used tooth plaque to find new evidence that Professor Callum Roberts (Environment) our prehistoric ancestors had a detailed has acted as a consultant on a special issue understanding of plants long before the of stamps to promote sustainable fishing in development of agriculture: http://bit.ly/ British waters: http://bit.ly/fishstamps plant-plaque

Touchscreen featuring a digital reconstruction York Trampolining Club springing into action of Auckland Castle Societies and sports clubs gave The Centre for the Study of Christianity and demonstrations at Open Day on 2 July, Culture at York is helping to bring Auckland which welcomed over 10,000 visitors to the Image: Jane Hill Castle and Worcester Cathedral to life for campus: http://bit.ly/july14openday visitors with interactive apps and displays: http://bit.ly/historic-building-apps Revelation 14:8 from York Minster’s Great East Window Oil palm plantation Sarah Brown (History of Art and Director of The Socially and Environmentally Sustainable the York Glazier’s Trust), has launched her Oil palm Research (SEnSOR) programme, new book Apocalypse: The Great East Window a knowledge exchange network led by of York Minster, revealing the facinating story Dr Jennifer Lucey and Professor Jane Hill behind the restoration of ‘the Sistine Chapel (Biology), has produced its first science-for- of stained glass’: http://bit.ly/great-east- policy report: http://bit.ly/palm-oil-policy window Image: Donatella Usai/Centro S tudi udanesi and S ub- ahariani (C SS e ) the university of york magazine 10 university highlights

Bosnia visit to remember the victims of the Srebrenica massacre

York student Fozia Parveen took part Fozia. “I was overwhelmed with so many in a three-day visit to Bosnia organised emotions, and everything is still very raw. “I hope to honour victims and survivors by a UK charity to commemorate the of hatred both in the UK and in Bosnia with genocide at Srebrenica in 1995. this thought-provoking journey through the hearts of the people of Bosnia.” Fozia was part of a delegation organised by In July 1995, more than 8,000 civilian the charity Remembering Srebrenica which Bosnian men and boys were massacred by also included UK Minister for Communities Bosnian Serb forces commanded by General Stephen Williams. Ratko Mladic and Serbian paramilitaries. It During her trip, she visited Sarajevo and was the greatest atrocity on European soil Tuzla as well as the Srebrenica Memorial since the Second World War. Centre and the International Commission Remembering Srebrenica organises the for Missing Persons. She met government annual UK Srebrenica Memorial Day, runs officials including the President of Bosnia, ‘Lessons from Srebrenica’ visits to Bosnia, and Fozia Parveen at the Srebrenica-Potočari Bakir Izetbegović and the UK Ambassador to leads public awareness campaigns to highlight Memorial Centre and Cemetery for the Bosnia, Jo Lomas. the consequences of hatred. For more victims of the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica “This was a very challenging visit,” said information see www.srebrenica.org.uk.

Funding boost for biorenewable research and development

Plans for a University research and ability of the University to leverage research Industries & Agro-Resources (IAR) cluster. development centre to nurture new expertise to drive low carbon economic The memorandum of understanding will lead businesses in the biorenewables sector growth and the creation of sustainable jobs to joint research and development projects, for the region.” staff and student exchanges, shared access have won major Government funding. The funding announcement follows to facilities, and co-operation on developing confirmation of an agreement between new markets for UK and French bio-based The BioVale Centre will provide 85,000 square BioVale and its French counterpart, the businesses. feet of flexible laboratory and business space and could directly create up to 500 jobs. The project will benefit from a share of the funding awarded to the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership through the Government’s Local Growth Fund. The new facility will host and support a range of high-tech companies working in the bioeconomy, particularly small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) in the early stages of development. It will provide flexible laboratory and business incubation space as well as providing a new base for the Biorenewables Development Centre, which works with businesses to produce novel bio-based processes and products. The BioVale Centre is part of the University-led BioVale initiative and represents the first phase of a major new bioeconomy research and development cluster on the University’s campus at Heslington East. Businesses involved in the bioeconomy are developing new uses for renewable biological resources such as food and agricultural waste. The University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Professor Deborah Smith, said, “The University has world-leading capabilities in both biological and chemical sciences for the development of bio-based products. The new BioVale Centre will significantly enhance the Artist’s impression of the University-led BioVale Centre which could create up to 500 jobs the university of york magazine university highlights 11

Amino acid aids jewellery discovery York musician’s promenade Bronze Age people crafted necklaces Dr Demarchi explained, “Dog whelks and from locally-sourced shells, a study by tusk shells were likely to be available locally so these people did not have to travel far to compositions scientists at York has revealed. get hold of the raw materials for their beads. “There is evidence from elsewhere in straddle the globe The research team used scanning and Britain and further afield for the use of tusk chemical analysis techniques to identify shells at various times in the past. This may Composer and saxophone player the raw materials used to make beads in a be because they are relatively easy to work necklace discovered at an Early Bronze Age and their hollow shape is very distinctive.” Dr Jonathan Eato from York’s burial site at Great Cornard in Suffolk. The team used amino acid racemisation Department of Music wrote the score They discovered that Bronze Age analysis, light microscopy, scanning electron and sound design for two promenade craftspeople used dog whelk and tusk shells, microscopy and Raman spectroscopy to performance projects, staged in Leeds both of which were likely to have been identify the materials. The investigations sourced locally, to fashion tiny disc-shaped involved archaeologists working with and Cape Town in South Africa. beads in the necklace. mathematicians, chemists and physicists. The research was led by Dr Beatrice Dr Sonia O’Connor from the University The Claim, commissioned by West Yorkshire Demarchi of York’s Department of of Bradford’s Department of Archaeological Playhouse in association with Northern Archaeology and BioArCh and Dr Julie Sciences also contributed to the work along School of Contemporary Dance, used Wilson of the Departments of Chemistry and with prehistoric jewellery specialist Dr Alison the TlotT App, designed by Dr Eato and Mathematics and the York Centre for Complex Sheridan of National Museums Scotland. developed by Peter Worth, to give audiences Systems Analysis (YCCSA). The research was published in PLOS ONE. access to performances in the theatre’s hidden spaces. Cosi-Cosi, commissioned by Cape Town’s Infecting the City festival and funded by ITC, Arts Council England, and the British Council, uses TlotT to take audiences on a 30-minute A common dog whelk walking tour of the city centre. The work (Nucella) shell together was premiered in March 2014 and is still with one of the beads the running. The soundtrack was developed in researchers believe may be created from this or a collaboration with Dr Sazi Dlamini from the closely related species (top) University of KwaZulu Natal, Emile Jansen and a tusk (Antalis) shell from Black Noise, and !Khwa ttu San Cultural with the bead the research Centre. team believe is cut from a shell like this (bottom) The projects were staged by Hannah

Image: Dr S onia O ’Connor Bruce & Company which specialises in theatrical performances in unusual sites. The design and development of the TlotT Royal invitation for York academics App was funded by Arts Council England.

Senior academics from the Department Dr Adar Pelah and Dr Stephen Smith, of Electronics who founded two health founders of Asuuta Ltd and Clear Sky Medical Diagnostics, were invited to the technology spin-out companies, event to mark their technological success attended a reception at Buckingham and inspire continued innovation in the UK. Palace hosted by the Queen to Entrepreneurs and leaders from the UK’s celebrate the best of UK technology. successful technology sector were met by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in the Picture Gallery at the Palace. Other members of the Royal Family attending included the Duke of Cambridge, Duke of York, Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent. Dr Pelah, co-founder of Asuuta, developed the specialist StroMoHab treadmill system to help improve the mobility of stroke patients. Clear Sky Medical Diagnostics, set up by Dr Smith, has developed diagnostic equipment to identify neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease. ‘The Claim’ by Hannah Bruce & Company Dr Pelah and Dr Smith are both Royal took place as part of the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Transform 14 Festival The Queen meeting Dr Adar Pelah Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellows. used with kind permission Image © Richard Davenport, the university of york magazine 12 university highlights

Tate exhibition sheds new light on Mondrian

A University art historian played a key role in curating a major new exhibition showcasing the work of Dutch abstract artist Piet Mondrian.

Dr Michael White, from the Department of History of Art, is co-curator of the exhibition Mondrian and his Studios at the Tate Liverpool. The exhibition, which runs to 5 October, marks the 70th anniversary of the artist’s death. It traces his development from successful rans Postma Delft-NL. AM , R esearch and Production: F rans Postma figurative artist to international innovator best known for his distinctive geometric grids, a style termed neoplasticism. The exhibition also features a reconstruction of Mondrian’s Paris studio (pictured right). Image: © 2014 S T © 2014 M ondrian/Holtzman Trust c/o HC R International U SA Photo: F as Keuzenkamp Dr White said, “Mondrian’s visitors “Other-worldly”: a reconstruction of 26 Rue du Départ, Paris based on a 1926 photo by Paul Delbo of Mondrian’s studio frequently described his studio as an almost other-worldly place that produced abstraction of his paintings and the physical the exhibition with the Artistic Director of Tate an aesthetic experience in its own right. environment in which they were made and Liverpool, Francesco Manacorda. This exhibition, which features the largest displayed by the artist.” Tate Liverpool also worked with partner gathering of Mondrian’s rare and precious Dr White, who gave a fascinating talk on Turner Contemporary, based in Margate, to abstract paintings seen in the UK, is the ‘Mondrian: A different kind of order’ as part of stage the exhibition Mondrian and Colour first to explore connections between the the York Festival of Ideas in June, co-curated which runs until 21 September.

Study highlights UK poverty problem

The number of households falling work is classified as ‘poor’. In another study, York students worked below the minimum standard of living It found that the majority of children with the Rowntree Society to examine the who fall below the poverty line live in small history of poverty and philanthropy across has more than doubled in the last families with one or two siblings, live with the city. 30 years according to the UK’s largest both parents, have at least one parent who The students drew up a Poverty Timeline study of poverty and deprivation, is employed, are white and live in England. which featured historical snapshots from which included research conducted by More than one in four adults (28 per cent) has Roman times to the present day on the skimped on their own food in the past year to themes of poor relief, public health, education experts at York. allow others to eat. and perceptions of poverty. Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, of the There are now plans to display the work as The Poverty and Social Exclusion in the United Department of Social Policy and Social Work an exhibition. The team of four undergraduate Kingdom (PSE) project also found that 18m at York, said, “The research has shown that students – Sophie Day, Georgina Kennedy, people cannot afford suitable housing, one in many households parents sacrifice their Laura Roberts and Jake Strong – worked in three cannot afford to heat their homes own welfare – going without adequate with Bridget Morris, Director of the Rowntree adequately in the winter and four million food, clothing or a social life - in order to try Society, on the timeline. children and adults are not properly fed by to protect their children from poverty and Laura Roberts, who is studying English today’s standards. deprivation.” and History said, “While many see York as a The PSE standard of living survey shows The report was funded by the Economic and ‘comfortable’ city, the timeline may change that more than one in every five children and Social Research Council (ESRC). Research was people’s perspectives – in a good way. It adults were poor at the end of 2012. They had a carried out by the University of Bristol, Heriot- shows York’s pioneering history as a city of low income and lacked essentials such as food, Watt University, the Open University, Queen’s philanthropy.” heating and clothing due to a lack of money. University Belfast, University of Glasgow, The work was carried out as part of the The rising cost of living and low wages in University of Oxford, University of Birmingham, University’s volunteering @Work scheme, some parts of the UK means that a full-time the National Centre for Social Research and a project co-ordinated by the University’s job is not enough to stop some people falling the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Careers team in partnership with academic into poverty: one in every six adults in paid Agency, as well as the University of York. departments. the university of york magazine university highlights 13

York students on the button for Santander funding

British Formula One racing driver Emilo Botin, Chairman and Executive Jenson Button presented international Director of Grupo Santander also attended the Electronics scholar travel scholarships to four York London ceremony. Googles for real International travel scholarships have been students at an awards ceremony in awarded to over 40 students and staff at York London. this year. Another successful The successful students included Pupak international scholar, The successful scholars received the awards Mohebali, a PhD student in politics who is Viviam Reyes, spent as part of York’s International Connections researching nuclear security. As part of three days at the grant programme, supported by Santander her scholarship, Pupak will undertake an Google headquarters Universities. internship at the Managing the Atom Project in Zurich as part of an run by the Belfer Center for Science and international award International Affairs at Harvard University. to promote the role of Laura Nicklin, a PhD student in Educational women in computing Studies, is visiting prisons and offender and technology. Viviam Reyes rehabilitation projects across the US looking Viviam, an Electronics undergraduate, at the use of Shakespeare in prisons as part of also received €7,000 from the Google her research into alternatives to custody for Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship scheme. young offenders. The scholarship honours the work Rebecca Woods, a Linguistics PhD student, of Dr Anita Borg and supports women is spending a semester at the University of working in computing and technology, Massachusetts Amherst. encouraging them to become role models Ellis Goldney-Sidley, who graduated from and leaders in the field. the Department of Philosophy in July, will be Viviam said, “Many people say that working on an internship organised by the science relates to men and humanities British Council with a company in China. and arts relate to women. This type of stereotyping can lower women’s Further details about travel awards are aspirations for science and engineering available on the University’s Centre for Global careers. It is a major cultural problem and Santander successes: students Pupak Mohebali, Programmes website: www.york.ac.uk/ it is something we need to argue against Rebecca Woods, Laura Nicklin and Ellis Goldney-Sidley study/study-abroad/travel and change.”

Bilingual book tackles tropical diseases

Academics from York’s Centre for messages to wider audiences through this and government efforts to broaden the spread Global Health Histories launched their new book. We are very grateful to the many of health information in this way.” new book at the 67th World Health officials and academics who agreed not only to present at the original seminars, but also to For more information and to download the Organisation (WHO) Assembly in contribute to this publication – it would not book visit http://bit.ly/tropical-diseases Geneva. have been possible without their input.” Professor Bhattacharya Tropical Diseases: Lessons from History is added, “As the WHO edited by Dr Alexander Medcalf and Professor Global Health Histories Sanjoy Bhattacharya. Written in both English demonstrates, and Portuguese, it gathers articles on topics rigorously and including leprosy, guinea worm disease, independently sleeping sickness and malaria. researched academic Based on the 2009 WHO Global Health studies can stoke Histories seminar series, the book was discussions that launched as part of celebrations to mark can flower into the 40th anniversary of the WHO’s Special effective health Programme for Research and Training in communications and Tropical Diseases, with a second launch held public engagement by the WHO ePORTUGUÊSe network. projects. Dr Medcalf said, “The popular Global Health “Multi-lingualism Histories seminars are based on the principle is rightly recognised that understanding the history of health as being a critical part helps the global public health community to of these activities, and respond to the challenges of today, and we we are honoured to be are pleased to be able to extend the project associated with WHO the university of york magazine 14 Spotlight York Festival educates, entertains and inspires

World-class speakers, performances, exhibitions and interactive experiences were brought to venues across the city for York Festival of Ideas in June.

The TRANSMISSION interactive workshops – funded by the Centre for Chronic Diseases and Disorders and the Wellcome Trust – invited guests into a sonic and visual world inspired by ‘infectious’ ideas and the spread of diseases the university of york magazine spotlight 15

Professor Janet Golden (Rutgers University) was one of Jung Chang, the bestselling author of Wild Swans, five speakers exploring ‘The Nature of Religion, Science talked about her epic biography of the Empress and Health’ at St Peter’s School Dowager Cixi at the Festival’s closing event

his year’s programme was bigger than ever, with over 140 events on the theme of ‘Order and Chaos’. The Festival, which is now in its fourth Michael Morpurgo, one of the UK’s best-loved authors Tyear, was led by the University of York in and storytellers, captivated his York Theatre Royal collaboration with 46 partner organisations. audience with a talk and Q&A This year’s headline sponsor for the Festival was Holbeck Charitable Trust, with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Wellcome Trust and Centre for Chronic Diseases and Disorders, Shepherd Group, Quorn, the “This is such a gift and a Institute for Engineering and Technology and Santander also supporting the Festival. treasure to the city” The team is already gearing up for the next Audience feedback Experts including Diane Coyle, Bob Swarup, Julia Unwin York Festival of Ideas on ‘Secrets and Maggie Porteous discussed ‘How to create more and better jobs?’ at a Festival focus day on economic growth and Discoveries’ which will run from 9 to 21 June 2015. Find out more at www.yorkfestivalofideas.com

ByTheHand Productions returned with their thrilling show, The Jekyll & Hyde Case

Silent movies filled the 3Sixty demonstration space at the Festival Fringe Family Fun Afternoon which gave children ‘Science out of the Lab’ brought hands-on experiments the chance to perfect their own dastardly, villainous voiceovers and clawed critters to the city centre the university of york magazine 16 Spotlight Life in the trenches: Archaeology students uncover Dales story of wartime bravery As World War I commemoration events take place around the country, first-year Archaeology students are working in a remote corner of the Yorkshire Dales to uncover a story linking wartime bravery with the region’s industrial heritage and German POWs.

simple stone cairn dominates the about the young men who went to war, as and diets – of the busy workforce, including Dales landscape at Breary Banks well as those who arrived from the front as the women and their families. on the remote southern slopes of prisoners of war,” said Dr Finch. “It connects But while the navvy camp offers an Colsterdale in North Yorkshire. the area to the First World War, whilst also important glimpse into the origins of Breary AErected in 1935, it commemorates the giving an insight into the growth of Leeds as a Banks, it was the site’s role as an army bravery of the 15th Battalion (1st Leeds) West major industrial centre.” training camp which ensured its prominent Yorkshire Regiment, also known as the Leeds Breary Banks was established in 1903 as a place in the region’s war time history. Pals. The memorial marks the spot where the camp for itinerant workers constructing the In 1914, at the outbreak of the First World Pals lived and trained for over six months in Leighton and Colsterdale reservoirs, major War, the workers and their families moved a temporary camp at Breary Banks before projects commissioned by Leeds Corporation out of the camp to be replaced by eager heading to the battlefields of the Somme to provide water for the burgeoning urban young recruits to the newly formed Leeds where many lost their lives. population of West Yorkshire. At its peak, Pals battalion. Little remains of the hundreds of huts and it was home to over 700 workers and their Breary Banks became home for the 1,000 buildings that once stood on the grassy slopes families housed in rows of huts organised or so workmates, neighbours, friends and in this isolated corner of the Dales. But with into streets. relatives whose camaraderie encouraged the help of archive maps, aerial photographs “It was like a small piece of Leeds in the them to answer the call to arms. and archaeological excavation, University countryside,” said Dr Finch. “The camp had For over six months, they lived, ate of York Archaeology students, led by Dr a mission hall which doubled as a school, and slept in the ready-made village using Jonathan Finch, are uncovering a story that and modern facilities such as piped water, the surrounding hills and dales as a scenic links one of the most harrowing chapters of electricity and a narrow gauge railway for training ground, far removed from the muddy Yorkshire’s wartime history with the region’s supplies.” horrors that awaited them in Europe. industrial heritage. The team’s excavations have so far “So far we only have a few artefacts that In its complex 30-year history, as well uncovered hundreds of artefacts relating we can say with any certainty came from this as providing a training ground for the Pals, to the bustling navvy camp community period in the camp’s history,” said Dr Finch. Breary Banks also housed construction including sauce bottles, Theakstons beer “The archaeology of the army occupation workers and German prisoners of war. bottles, medicine bottles, broken crockery, of the site is as much about their use of the “Our work at Breary Banks provides a the remains of a fob watch and fragments of surrounding landscape where we can see focus within Yorkshire for an alternative story children’s toys, giving insights into the lives – evidence of practice trenches and shooting ranges.” Following their carefree spell in the Dales, described by one as “the best time of their lives”, the Leeds Pals were deployed to guard the Suez Canal before the fateful trip to France and the Battle of the Somme. For many it was to be their last journey. On 1 July 1916, the Pals scrambled ‘over the top’, straight into the sights of the German gun positions. In total, 248 of the 750-strong battalion who went into attack were killed or died later from wounds, with hundreds more V 2013 Dave M acLeod© E nglish Heritage V 2013 Dave injured, captured or missing following a battle that came to symbolise the horrors of modern warfare. Dr Finch said, “It was an unimaginable human tragedy which, because of the nature of the Pals battalions, had a terrible impact not just on families, but on workplaces and

Image: E H A 28485_017 12 N O entire communities. It meant that in cities Traces of the Colsterdale Breary Banks camp are still visible from the air such as Leeds whole neighbourhoods were the university of york magazine spotlight 17

Legacies is one of the first initiatives of its kind to use volunteers in local communities to research and record evidence of the war in their own localities. The aim of the English Heritage-funded project is to create an educational resource capturing England’s war heritage. Dr Schofield, who worked with colleagues from the University of Bristol, said, “The Home Front and Breary Banks projects represent public archaeology at its very best, involving large numbers of people in a project that really matters.” Dr Schofield is also currently co-editing the Council for British Archaeology’s Handbook on First World War Archaeology, aimed at supporting those wishing to get involved in fieldwork.

Image: Photograph reproduced with kind permission of Laurie M ilner, author A History of the 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Leeds) The Prince of Leeds Pals: Regiment) 1914-18 Yorkshire Own (West Wales’s The Breary Banks project is funded by the Pals in full uniform return to Colsterdale afer a route march Department of Archaeology and is part of the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’s Heritage Lottery Funded project engulfed in grief. habitation on the site. Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural “The bodies were not repatriated from “For archaeologists, this is relatively Beauty and the First World War: Leeds France – and much of the archaeology of the recent history. But over a period of only 30 Pals, POWs and the Home Front. First World War is in France or Flanders. It’s years or so we have a story about ordinary somewhere else and that can make it difficult people caught up in global events, which to feel connected. Breary Banks is important makes it a site our students can really because it helped forge the identity of the connect to,” said Dr Finch. Leeds Pals - indeed of Leeds as a modern city - “There’s a lot of local interest – we’ve and it provides a focus and a tangible link to had primary school visits and I have talked to terrible events which still resonate today.” local groups, who have also come on site to The memorial cairn, erected by the get archaeological training. It’s an important Leeds Pals Association, is the site of official piece of our regional and international history commemoration events and the site is visited which highlights the impact of the First World throughout the year. War and industrial expansion on our rural Once the tide of war had turned, Breary landscape.” Banks continued its war time service, this time Another pioneering archaeology project as a Prisoner of War camp for German officers. to discover the scope of the First World War’s Bolt holes for a set of double gates, typical impact on local communities has been led by of prison security gates, are some of the few Dr John Schofield. This time focused on areas clues found on site relating to this chapter including Staffordshire and the Lea Valley in Sauce, beer and medicine bottles were among the in the site’s history. But archive searches north-east London, The Home Front and its artefacts uncovered by the dig have provided some intriguing glimpses into life at the camp where prisoners passed the time with a busy education and cultural programme. They took part in music and art classes while following the twists and turns of the war in the British newspapers. One German artist Fritz Fuhrken used his time at Breary Banks to produce a manifesto alongside a series of watercolours, pen and ink drawings and woodcuts which became known as ‘Colsterdaler Expressionism’. After the war, the construction workforce returned to continue the reservoir projects, although geological problems meant the Colsterdale reservoir was never built. The canteen, school and mission hall were reinstated and facilities boosted with the opening of a cinema – fragments of celluloid film were found during the excavations. But by 1926, occupation of the site was dwindling and the site buildings were auctioned, marking the end of human Digging for victory: University of York Archaeology students at work on the site the university of york magazine 18 spotlight

At the frontiers of science The Department of Chemistry is set to move into an exciting new era with the opening of a flagship £10m teaching and research centre.

he striking two-storey building will open officially on 5 September in a ceremony attended by round-the- world yachtswoman Dame Ellen TMacArthur, marking the highlight of the Department’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Ellen MacArthur is attending the opening in her role as Founder of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation which works in education, business innovation and analysis to promote the role of science and accelerate the transition to a more sustainable ‘circular’ economy. The new building features spacious teaching laboratories equipped with the latest professional-standard training facilities, alongside a new computer suite and a bright, new social area for students. It also houses the University’s Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, providing, for the first time, a purpose-built training and research base for the team’s cutting- edge work into the development of environmentally-friendly and sustainable products and processes. Renewable materials: developing switchable adhesives for closed loop recycling of carpet tiles and textiles An Industrial Engagement Facility, the university of york magazine SPOTLIGHT 19

Milestones

1964 The Department of Chemistry was established with the appointment of Richard Norman and David Waddington

1965 The Departmental buildings were completed and the first cohort of 55 undergraduate students began their studies

1965 Imperial Chemical Industries donated £10,000 (about £160,000 today) towards York library in honour of Rex Whinfield, who discovered the polyester fabric Terylene

1976 The York Structural Biology (YSBL) group was established with the arrival of eminent scientists Guy and Eleanor Dodson

1977 Introduction of the Chemistry and Environment undergraduate degree course

1988 formation of the Chemical Industry Education Centre (CIEC) Promoting Science Group

1991 First issue of Chemistry Review, edited at York

1995 Introduction of the MChem course

1998 The Green Chemistry group was established with funding from the Wolfson Foundation The new facilities feature professional- standard labs for undergraduate students 2010 Professor Sir John Holman, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Chemistry, received a knighthood “It marks us out as a for services to education leading centre fully 2011 The Biorenewables Development equipped to develop the Centre (BDC) opened. The Centre tests processes for converting scientists of tomorrow” renewable materials such as straw Professor Richard Taylor into new chemicals and materials

2012 Completion of Phase 2 of the Dorothy Hodgkin Research building. part-funded by the European Regional Opening of the £7m Centre for Development Fund, will foster links with Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic industry to explore the practical application Resonance (CHyM) which carries of green chemistry processes and materials out research into medical image developed in the adjoining laboratories. scanning technology The new block is the latest phase of a £29m redevelopment of the Department, 2013 Opening of the Wolfson creating some of the best equipped scientific Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory research and teaching facilities in the UK higher education sector. 2014 The Department of Chemistry’s “This is a significant development for 50th anniversary marked by the Chemistry – and the University,” said Head opening of the new £10m teaching of Department Professor Richard Taylor. and research centre “Students studying chemistry at York will be taught in state-of-the art laboratories and Chemistry labs in the 1960s the university of york magazine 20 spotlight

our researchers will have access to the most sophisticated laboratory equipment. It marks us out as a leading centre fully equipped to develop the scientists of tomorrow.” The new building follows the opening of the Dorothy Hodgkin Research Building in 2012, a three-storey block housing over 100 researchers working in areas including medicinal chemistry, materials and liquid crystals, organometallics, catalysis and solar energy conversion. Other recent developments include the opening of the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories earlier this year, the UK’s first dedicated laboratory into atmospheric chemistry research. The Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM), established in partnership with the Department of Psychology to develop advances in medical imaging technology, opened in 2013. The Department of Chemistry is also set to play a key role in the University’s new ground-breaking Natural Sciences degree, offered for the first time this year to undergraduates keen to study across a range of scientific disciplines. “This is an exciting time to be studying chemistry at York,” said Professor Taylor. “Already we are attracting some of the brightest and best qualified school leavers and postgraduate students. Our new building will ensure our students are familiar with working in the latest industry-standard facilities, easing their transition to research and employment.” Looking to the future, the Department is planning to continue its development programme by replacing a further set of laboratories and constructing new state-of- the-art teaching facilities. The opening event will also feature an exhibition celebrating the impact of chemistry at York. Professor Sir John Holman will give the first Chemistry Anniversary Lecture, titled ‘Teaching Science the Practical Way’, followed by a question and answer session with a panel of staff and guests.

Opening doors to the next generation of scientists

The wonders of modern science are to be introduced to a wider audience, thanks to a new outreach centre opened in the Department of Chemistry. The York Science Outreach Centre (YSOC) showcases the University’s pioneering research work, while providing opportunities for hands-on learning in laboratories catering for up to 100 visitors. The new Centre will introduce learners to the work of the University’s Science, Technology, engineering and Mathematics (STEM) departments. The facility has been set up in collaboration with the Widening Participation Team. YSOC has already hosted A level students from local schools who explored the science of archaeology, and welcomed school pupils to a chemistry camp run by the Salters’ Institute. Professor Sir John Holman, Emeritus Professor in the University’s Department of Chemistry said, “The new Centre offers a fantastic opportunity to introduce the young – and young at heart – to the frontiers of science. Our aim is to inspire a new generation of Microwave processing: using the power of microwaves scientists by presenting STEM subjects in new and engaging ways.” to unlock biomass to produce next generation feedstock chemicals the university of york magazine spotlight 21 The new face of password success Our ability to recognise a familiar face is the basis of a new password system developed by experts at York that could spell the end of letter or number-based authentication.

‘Facelock’, developed by psychologist Dr Rob asked volunteers Jenkins, exploits our ability to recognise faces to name minor across a wide range of images, even when the “Pretending to know a celebrities or sports image quality is poor. stars to create their To register with the system, users face that you don’t know personal ‘lock’. nominate a set of faces that are well known is like pretending to know They then asked volunteer to them, but not well known to other people. ‘attackers’ to watch a successful login Users log in by selecting the faces they a language that you don’t based on four target faces. The studies recognise from a grid. Psychological research know – it doesn’t work” demonstrated that attacks could be thwarted has shown that, while unused passwords can by using different photos of the same faces. be forgotten in days, familiarity with a face is Dr Rob Jenkins For the user, who is familiar with the target virtually impossible to lose. faces, it is easy to recognise the faces across Also, familiarity is hard to fake, making the a range of images. For the attacker, who is system difficult for fraudsters to crack. unfamiliar with the target faces, selecting the Dr Jenkins explains, “Pretending to know correct images is difficult. a face that you don’t know is like pretending Dr Jenkins said, “We hope that software to know a language that you don’t know – developers will now take this framework and it doesn’t work. The only system that can turn it into a polished app, while other experts reliably recognise faces is a human who is optimise the usability of the system. If those familiar with the faces concerned.” two things happen, you could see this system Studies showed a 97.5 per cent success rate on your device in the next product cycle.” for the system – and even 12 months later, 86 The research is published in the open- per cent of those taking part in the study were access journal PeerJ (http://PeerJ.com). still able to recall the faces successfully. Dr Jenkins’ research into facial recognition “To protect against fraud, security also formed the basis of recent research which codes need to be difficult to guess – but showed that volunteers could recognise faces this also makes them hard to remember. reflected in the eyes of people in photographs. We are often faced with a choice between The technique could be used to provide forgetting a code, which can be frustrating vital clues in criminal investigations where and inconvenient, or writing it down, which victims are photographed, such as in hostage compromises security,” said Dr Jenkins. taking or child sex abuse. “Unlike password or PIN-based systems, Dr Jenkins said, “The pupil of the eye is like a familiarity-based approach never requires a black mirror. To enhance the image, you have users to commit anything to memory. Nor to zoom in and adjust the contrast. An image does it require them to name the faces – the of a face that is recovered from a reflection in only requirement is to indicate which one the subject’s eye is about 30,000 times smaller looks familiar.” than the subject’s face. Our findings highlight The researchers, who included Jane the remarkable robustness of human face McLachlan and Karen Renaud of the School recognition, as well as the untapped potential of Psychology at the University of Glasgow, of high-resolution photography.” the university of york magazine 22 In Memoriam in memoriam... David Crease RIBA, MIStructE Architect and Structural Engineer David Crease, one of the University’s regularly featured in architectural founding members, has died aged 85. journals and the National Housing David worked in Edinburgh, Brasilia and Hong Kong before he was Design Awards. appointed to Research Director within the University’s Institute of David was instrumental in founding Advanced Architectural Studies in 1963. several local Housing Associations in The Institute’s research programme began with an investigation order to access government funding for into the design of student housing. The student accommodation at the purpose of building new housing to Eden’s Court, St Lawrence Court and the staff housing at Bleachfield meet the University’s growing housing are products of that research. Bleachfield was awarded the prestigious needs. The developments to the south of Ministry of Housing’s Medal for Good Design, but is now demolished. the University at Holmefield, West Moor David moved from the post of Research Director to become Director Lane and McHugh Court are evidence of of York University Design Unit (YUDU), an architectural practice within this work. the University. Its aim was to be a model architects’ practice and a In 1981, because of the difficulties in reconciling the demands of teaching office within an undergraduate School of Architecture, which a flourishing architectural practice with the educational needs of the was never established. University, it was mutually agreed that the practice should privatise. YUDU developed its own architectural philosophy, described as ‘long The successor practice went on to receive 17 awards for good design life, loose fit, low energy; innovative within the vernacular tradition, before David retired aged 65. with an emphasis on the spaces between buildings’. It became one of the best known architectural practices in the country with its projects David Strickland RIBA

Mike Bennett Lilian Hugill Mike Bennett (English, Langwith, Lilian Hugill who passed 1980), who set up York’s away last month was one Richard III Museum, has died from of the early stalwarts of cancer, aged 55. the University. On my Mike arrived in York from first day in early 1965, Manchester in 1977 and immersed John West-Taylor (the himself in University life. As well Registrar) took me on a as his studies, he booked bands, tour of Heslington Hall to set up societies, sold singles from meet other staff. Deep his room and started performing in the basement, he on stage as a punk poet, setting a introduced Lilian who pattern for the rest of his life. ran (single-handedly) After graduating, he stayed in the so-called machine- York and played in a band for four years, then continued to write music room which provided reviews and perform at York Arts Centre. In the early 1990s he set up the a duplicating service Comedy Shack at the Bonding Warehouse, hosting young comedians for all the offices in the such as Jo Brand, Alistair McGowan, Lee Evans and Mark Thomas. He Hall (which at that time wrote and performed his own sketches in a duo and was runner-up to included a number of Peter Kay in the BBC Northern New Comedy Awards in 1997. academic departments). His first day job, in the 1980s, was at the Castle Museum, and he The equipment subsequently started a York walking tour and sold his own history wall consisted of three or charts to tourist outlets. In 1993, he set up the Richard III Museum in four machines which Monk Bar and three years later wrote a one-man show, ‘An Audience printed from stencils cut with King Richard III’, which he performed for ten years, at the on typewriters – items museum and across the country. He co-wrote and edited The York that are now museum Book, published in 2002, and Anorak of Love, a pop trivia quiz book, pieces. Lilian’s sunny, cheerful personality was in marked contrast to published in 2004. He sold the museum to York Archaeological Trust in the gloomy environment of those basement rooms. A couple of years January 2014. later, the University established an in-house Print Unit, in the rooms Mike was a dedicated fan of Manchester United and loved music, film now occupied by Human Resources, and Lilian became the Deputy and holidays with his family. He was married to Janet, 45, and had two Supervisor, a post she occupied until her retirement in 1985. sons, George, aged eight, and Sam, aged five. His sister, Judith, also a Lilian was one of life’s truly nice people: warm-hearted, ready to former Langwith student (Chemistry with Education, 1978), returned help, immensely hard-working and with an infectious laugh audible to work at the University and is the new Salters’ Chair in Science some distance away. Her funeral was attended by many former Education. Mike died peacefully at home, in York, on 16 March, 2014. colleagues who had known her since those early days.

Janet Bennett Dr David Foster the university of york magazine In Memoriam 23

Professor Sir Alan Peacock In April 1942, Alan Peacock missed the train from Edinburgh to York. spell in Whitehall (advising Tony Benn, with whom he did not get on), That train, laden with conscripts, was destroyed in the bombing of he helped found the University of Buckingham, attracted by the idea York station. He thus escaped with his life, and an official reprimand. of independence from government. He retired from there in 1984 as Twenty years later he travelled from Edinburgh to York, this time as the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, returning to Edinburgh, this time as newly appointed first Professor of Economics at the embryo University an Honorary Professor in of York. In the interim, he had served as a German interpreter in the Heriot-Watt University. navy in the Arctic, emerging with the Distinguished Service Cross, and, Alan was knighted in later, a Soviet medal with “a stern message from the British Ministry of 1987, in recognition of Defence. I was never to wear it alongside British decorations on official his many contributions occasions.” He studied or taught at St Andrews, LSE and Johns Hopkins, to public life. He headed and was appointed Professor in Edinburgh at the age of 35. While important enquiries (eg on there, he studied musical composition with Hans Gal, in keeping with financing broadcasting) his life-long engagement with the arts: he was a talented viola player, and published widely until pianist and guitarist, wonderful raconteur, and an excellent linguist. He the last years of his long could also be a thorn in the side of officialdom and bureaucrats, and life. He made a massive make life difficult for his colleagues! contribution to the At York, he quickly built a large and successful Department of University of York (which Economics, with his reputation in Public Finance key to attracting conferred a Honorary many foreign visitors, students and academics. His experience in the Doctorate on him), and US led to his firm belief in the importance of a strong graduate school many of us remember him as a way of producing properly trained professional economists, warmly and with gratitude. and York was a pioneer in this in the UK. He served as Deputy Vice- Chancellor, but by the mid-1970s he became restless, and after a Professor John Hutton

At the Chalk face

Biology has been shortlisted for a Laboratory-Related Laboratory, University of Cambridge. At the Royal Society of Chemistry Young Teaching and Learning category S-Lab Award Professor Paul Walton gave the keynote Carbohydrate symposium, PhD student Katie for training a diverse, global range of students lecture at the University of Portsmouth’s Wilson won the Buchanan Award for her work to practice sustainability in modern chemistry Athena SWAN conference and spoke to the in the research groups of Dr Dani Ungar and Dr laboratories. EPSRC’s most-funded physical scientists on Paul Genever on the role of glycosylation in the Professor James Clark and Dr Vitaliy Budarin gender equality. differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into were finalists in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Professor Dave Smith presented ‘LGBT bone. Emerging Technologies Competition with scientists: where are they and does it matter?’ Dr Will Brackenbury gave a seminar on their patented, low-temperature microwave at the University of Liverpool and attended sodium channels and breast cancer at the biomass-conversion technology. a Royal Society of Chemistry lunch at the University of Manchester and presented data at Dr Budarin, Dr Laurianne Moity, Dr Alice House of Commons to discuss diversity issues the American Association for Cancer Research Fan, Dr Xiao Wu and Summer Yuan attended in science. He also presented ‘Life-saving meeting in San Diego. the Conference on Renewable Resources chemistry: from medicine to nanomedicine’ at Professor Nia Bryant presented ‘Evolutionary and Biorefineries in Valladolid, Spain. Dr Fan the Irish Science Teachers’ Association meeting conservations identified by meanderings through presented ‘Microwave activation of cellulose in Galway and gave a public lecture in Brigantes the endosomal system from yeast to humans’ at hydrolysis’, and Dr Moity presented ‘S4 pub for ‘Pint of Science’. the University of Sheffield. (sustainable solvents selection service): a tailor- PhD student Christiana Kitsiou presented Dr Allison Green spoke about her team’s made service to replace hazardous solvents and her research on the design of novel chemical research into type 1 diabetes at the North West to promote bio-based products’. reactions to produce libraries of valuable Paediatric Diabetes Network in Liverpool and to Dr Fan won the Royal Society of Chemistry compounds for use in the discovery of new children and families affected by the condition at poster competition at the International medicines at Parliament for SET for Britain. Scunthorpe General Hospital. Conference on Clean Energy in Qingdao, China, The Clarke Group updated their highly cited Emeritus Professor Henry Leese presented with ‘Direct microwave-assisted hydrothermal review on ‘Strategies for the construction ‘The best start in life: periconceptual nutrition depolymerisation of cellulose’. of tetrahydropyran rings in the synthesis of and disorders in later life’ at an Irish Fertility For the EU Year Against Food Waste, EUBIS, natural products’. Society meeting in Malahide. a European Co-operation on Science and Professor Duncan Bruce’s three-volume Emerita Professor Jo Milner spoke at the Technology Action on food waste co-ordinated by Inorganic Materials Series, co-edited by Developmental Physiology Conference on ‘From York, organised a workshop in Athens to discuss Professors Dermot O’Hare (Oxford) and Richard Mother to Child – Setting the Clock of Aging’ at the challenges and opportunities of food waste in Walton (Warwick), has been published by Wiley. the University of Leicester. the future of the European food chain. Participants Dr Anne-Kathrin Duhme-Klair and Professor Dr Jamie Wood presented ‘How do social included Professor James Clark, Dr Jeff Eaves, Keith Wilson were awarded £628k by the EPSRC leaders influence group responses?’ at the Katie Privett and Jo Parkes, poster prize entrants for their project ‘Siderophores as anchors in Interaction Networks and Collective Motion in Dr Moity and Lucie Pfaltzgraff, and Dr Carrie artificial metalloenzymes’. Swarms, Flocks and Crowds Conference at Aalto Bradshaw (Law), who spoke about legal tools and Professors Gideon Davies and Paul Walton University, Helsinki. barriers in developing food waste initiatives. were awarded nearly £750k by the BBSRC PhD student Kate Horner spoke about for their study ‘Dissecting and exploiting lytic Chemistry gender equality in higher education institutions polysaccharide monooxygenases’. The Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence at a ‘Gender bias’ workshop at the Cavendish Joy Parvin joined a chemical processing the university of york magazine 24 university news

sector market visit to India, where she spoke to Osvaldo Lagares Feliz presented ‘Domestic and Staff news leading industrialists about the CIEC Promoting imported capital, economic growth and relative Science and the Children Challenging Industry income differences in Latin America’; and PhD programmes for primary school pupils and student Richard McManus presented ‘Who is Professor Gideon Davies FRS teachers, and attended the Indian Chemical afraid of austerity? The redistributive impact (Chemistry) has been elected to Industry Outlook Conference. of fiscal policy in a DSGE framework’, co- the Fellowship of the Academy authored by Professor Gulcin Ozkan and Dawid Trzeciakiewicz (Birmingham). of Medical Sciences. Professor Economics and Related Studies At the CESifo ‘Public Sector Economics’ and Professor Ozkan was interviewed by Levant Davies was recognised for his ‘Macro, Money and International Finance’ TV about political and economic risks during contribution to our conferences in Munich, Dr Paul Schweinzer the presidential elections in Turkey and wrote understanding of enzyme mechanisms and presented ‘Consuming your way to efficiency’, about the Turkish twitter for The Conversation, carbohydrate biochemistry, which impacts on co-authored by Thomas Giebe (Technische which also featured an article on climate change areas ranging from biofuels and industrial Universität Berlin) and ‘Auctioning risk’, co- economics by Dr Jacco Thijssen. enzymes through to pioneering work on authored by Bettina Klose (University of Zurich). Dr Judith Spicksley presented ‘A national compounds currently under clinical Professor Mike Wickens presented ‘Sovereign treasure: the life and times of Mistress Joyce development such as anti-Alzheimer’s agents. credit ratings in the European Union: a model- Jeffreys, 1638/48’ to the Woolhope Naturalists’ based fiscal analysis’. Field Club. Dr Roger Sturmey (Hull York Dr Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder Dr Mike Thornton spoke on ‘Time aggregation Medical School) has been presented ‘Getting a healthy start? Nudge versus of continuous time mixed stock-flow processes’ invited to join the Scientific economic incentives’ at the University of Oxford, at the University of Durham. Advisory Committee of the and in Essen, Germany. Dr Paulo Santos Monteiro presented ‘Testing Association of Clinical Professor Luigi Siciliani gave evidence for the for optimal monetary policy via moment Embryologists, an elected group Northern Ireland Assembly’s Health Committee, inequalities’, written with Laura Coroneo (York) of highly experienced and committed senior spoke on ‘Waiting time policies: what works’ and Valentina Corradi (Surrey), at KU Leuven and embryologists and laboratory managers who at the Italian Ministry of Health, and presented the University of Lancaster. are specialists in IVF, ICSI and associated ‘Should incentive schemes be high-powered Professor Tony Culyer is Editor-in-Chief of or low-powered in the presence of motivated the newly published three-volume Encyclopedia fertility treatments and their surrounding agents?’, co-authored by Dr Miltos Makris of Health Economics. He spoke on ‘Four ethical and moral issues. (Southampton), at the University of Tor Vergata issues in cost-effectiveness analysis and in Rome and the Public Economics UK conference health technology assessment: a view from Professor Roy Sainsbury has in Bristol. Professor Siciliani also spoke at the the touchline’ at the HTAsiaLink conference been appointed the new University of Newcastle, and presented co- in Beijing; ‘Prenatal health economics’ at the Director of the Social Policy authored research at the ‘Hospital Competition London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Research Unit taking over from and Reimbursement’ workshop, Paris. and ‘Why do we/should we do economic Professor Gillian Parker. She is Professor Andrew Jones joined the Health and evaluations?’ at the International Society for stepping down after eight years Biomarker committee for the ‘Understanding Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research to concentrate on her research into dementia. Society’ national panel dataset; presented ‘Long- meeting in Montreal. Professor Culyer’s review term health returns to quality of schooling: the of the Disease Control Priorities Network Professor Helen Fulton (English roles of selection and heterogeneity’, program at the University of Washington, and Related Literature) has co-authored by Dr Pedro Rosa Dias (York) and Dr Seattle, was submitted to the Bill and Melinda been elected a Fellow of the Anirban Basu (Washington), at the University of Gates Foundation; he chaired a joint meeting Society of Antiquaries. Gothenburg, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and of NICE International and the Gates Foundation the University of Lugano; and gave a course on in London; and he spoke at the House of Lords ‘Data visualisation and health econometrics’ at launch of the Gates Foundation ‘Reference case’ the Australasian workshop on Econometrics and for economic evaluations of health interventions. Professor Robert Slavin Health Economics in Freemantle, Australia. Dr Giacomo De Luca presented ‘Do girls PhD student Christoph Kronenberg pay the price of civil war? Violence and infant (Institute for Effective spoke about ‘Mental health benefits from mortality in Congo’ at the Centre for the Study Education) has received an work-related training’ at the German Health of African Economics conference on Economic honorary doctorate from Economics Conference; the University of Development in Africa, Oxford, and ‘Mafia in University of Groningen in the Leeds; the Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut the ballot box’ at the University of Portsmouth; Netherlands, on the occasion of für Wirtschaftsforschung, Essen; and the IZA Queens University, Belfast; and the European its 400th anniversary. Summer school, Ammersee, Germany. Public Choice Society in Cambridge. Dr Matthias Morys participated in a panel Professor David Mayston spoke on ‘Data In the Emerald Literati Network discussion on the ‘Persistent economic envelopment analysis and the quality frontier Awards for Excellence, Stephen backwardness of Central, East and South-East for public services’ at the Data Envelopment Town (Information Directorate) Europe’, and presented ‘Did financial market Analysis Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. was named 2014 Outstanding underdevelopment hold back economic Professor Yongcheol Shin spoke about Paper Winner for Performance growth? Evidence from South-East Europe, ‘Dynamic panels with threshold effect and Measurement and Metrics for 1870s–1939’ at the Verein fuer Socialpolitik in endogeneity’, ‘Quantifying informational ‘Developing a values scorecard’. Regensburg, Germany. He also spoke to the linkages in a global model of currency spot Banks of Greece and Albania on ‘Gold standard markets’, ‘FARVaR’ and ‘Dynamic Panel Data Dr Jamie Walton (Mathematics) lessons for the Eurozone’. Modelling’ at the Universities of Queensland, joins Dr Alan Haynes’ research Professor Karen Mumford served as Vice Melbourne, Monash and MacQuarie in Australia group as postdoctoral research Chair on the ESRC Seminar Commissioning Panel and Canterbury and Waikato in New Zealand. Sky News, BBC News and BBC Radio York assistant on an EPSRC-funded and on the Gender Equality Mark Trial Panel for the Equality Challenge Unit. Her paper with interviewed Professor Karl Claxton about project. His interests include Professor Peter Smith, ‘Peer salaries and gender the National Institute for Health and Care aperiodic order, algebraic differences in job satisfaction in the workplace’ Excellence’s refusal to sanction the use of breast topology, sheaf theory and dynamical systems. was published by The Manchester School. cancer drug trastuzumab emtansine by the NHS. At the Royal Economic Society conference in PhD student Ricky Kanabar presented Manchester, Professor Mumford participated in ‘Unretirement in England: an empirical approach’ a roundtable debate on publishing; PhD student at a HM Revenue and Customs and Treasury joint the university of york magazine university news 25 seminar in London and ‘To defer or not defer: of orthographic forms on second language state pension in a lifecycle model’, co-authored phonology’ at the New Sounds in the North East Staff news by Professor Peter Simmons, at the Netspar workshop, University of Newcastle and joined International Pensions Workshop in Venice. the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Professor Keith Hartley presented ‘Strategic Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Marta Soares (Centre for bombing in WWII: an economic analysis’ at a Dr Danijela Trenkic was interviewed for Health Economics) received conference in honour of Professor Ron Smith the Guardian article ‘Language learning: what the 2014 ISPOR Award for (Birkbeck), University of London. motivates us?’ which featured the work of Excellence in Application of PhD student Stefan Nikolic spoke about former PhD student Liviana Ferrari. Pharmacoeconomics and Health ‘Determinants of industrial location: the The International Journal of Development Outcomes Research for her kingdom of Yugoslavia in the interwar period’ Education and Global Learning published Dr at University College London and the London Eleanor Brown’s article ‘Fair-minded critical article in Medical Decision Making on ‘Methods School of Economics. thinking in development education: reflections to assess cost-effectiveness and value of Professor Peter Spencer presented on pedagogies for transformation’. further research when data are sparse: ‘Modelling US bank CDS spreads during the Professor Leah Roberts gave a plenary talk negative-pressure wound therapy for severe global financial crisis with a deferred filtration on ‘Cross-linguistic influences in L2 processing’ pressure ulcers’. pricing model’ at the INFINITI Conference on at the Lexical Studies Research Network International Finance in Florence. conference, Cardiff. Dr Antonina Mikocka-Walus Dr Emma Marsden gave evidence to (Health Sciences) has been Education the A Level Content Advisory Board as the appointed Associate Editor of Dr Gillian Hampden-Thompson spoke on ‘Family representative of the British Association of the Australian Journal of instability and the educational persistence Applied Linguistics. She presented ‘The IRIS Psychology. of young people in England’ at Child Trends, project: a critical evaluation and look ahead’ at Washington DC; ‘Combining large-scale the University of Leicester and ‘What learners secondary analysis with in-depth qualitative perceive and process from the input: implications Dr Beatrice Szczepek Reed methods’ at the University of Maryland; and for learning and teaching grammar’ at the (Education) is the recipient of ‘Palestine refugee dropouts in the Middle East’ at Innovation in Language Teaching Conference, the first White Rose Doctoral Pennsylvania State University. University of Leeds. Language Learning awarded Training Centre Supervisor of The Curriculum Journal published Dr Victoria Dr Marsden and Dr Kara Morgan-Short (Illinois the Year Award. Students from Elliott’s article ‘The treasure house of a nation? at Chicago) a grant to investigate ‘The effects on Social Sciences departments Literary heritage, curriculum and devolution comprehension of attending to form: a multi- in Scotland and England in the twenty-first site replication study’. At the Vrije Universiteit from the Universities of York, Leeds and century’, and she presented ‘Training examiners: in Brussels ‘L2 Instruction, Cognitive Processes Sheffield were asked to provide nominations for (why) does it work?’ at Ofqual. and L2 Difficulty’ symposium, Dr Marsden gave a the shortlist. Dr Kathryn Asbury spoke about genetics keynote speech and PhD student Rowena Hanan and education at the University of Bristol and presented her research. Dr Marsden and Rowena Dr Emma Marsden (Education) was keynote speaker at the Spectator Schools received funding from the British Association of has been appointed Associate Conference in London. Applied Linguistics to host a teacher-researcher Editor of Language Learning Papers authored and co-authored by workshop on foreign languages in primary from January 2015. Professor Rob Klassen were presented at the schools which was led by staff and PhD students American Educational Research Association from the Centre for Language Learning Research in Philadelphia; an International Olympic and the Universities of Southampton and Reading. Committee conference in Monaco; and the Dr Poppy Nash presented ‘Managing Lunchtime lessons University of Oxford. He co-authored ‘Applicant behaviour problems in those at risk of exclusion reactions to a situational judgment test used for from school’ at the Primary Care and Public for administrators selection into initial teacher training’, published Health conference in Birmingham. in the International Journal of Educational Dr Kevin McManus spoke at a workshop at University staff are invited to hear from a the Université de Perpignan via Domitia, France, Psychology; ‘Examining the factor structure and range of guest speakers at new lunchtime validity of the English precursors to boredom and co-authored ‘Exploring the acquisition of meetings held by the York branch of the scales’, published in Learning and Individual the French subjunctive: local syntactic context Association of University Administrators Differences; and contributed ‘Teachers’ self- or oral proficiency?’ and ‘“Repeat as much efficacy beliefs: ready to move from theory to as you can”: Elicited imitation as a measure (AUA). practice?’ to Teacher Motivation: Theory and of oral proficiency in L2 French’ in Measuring Taking place on the last Thursday of each Practice. Professor Klassen was also part of L2 Proficiency: Perspectives from SLA. He month and open to non-members, the events a team that completed an Alberta Ministry of also co-authored ‘The development of the are just one of the opportunities offered Education commissioned report on the links subjunctive in French L2: a longitudinal study’, by the AUA, which aims to promote the between teachers’ professional development presented at the ‘Expression of Temporality professional recognition and development of and their teaching efficacy. in L2 French and English’ conference at the people in professional services roles in higher Dr Vanita Sundaram’s book Preventing Université de Montpellier 3, France, alongside education, and be a champion for the sector. Youth Violence: Rethinking the Role of Gender Dr Norbert Vanek’s talk, ‘On the crosslinguistic in Schools was published. She spoke on ‘Lad parallels in developing strategies for temporal To find out more about the AUA at York visit culture’ at the NUS national summit at London information organisation: evidence from Czech www.york.ac.uk/aua South Bank University and delivered papers and Hungarian intermediate level learners of on young people’s views on violence at the English’. Dr Vanek has been awarded an Early British Sociological Association conference; Career Grant from the Leverhulme Trust of over the Research Centre for the Social Sciences; £305k to research ‘Conceptual reorganisation in and the Centre for International Education, highly advanced second language learners’. University of Sussex. Dr Sundaram also organised At the ‘Matters of the Mind: Psychology and a conference, ‘Educating Young People about Language Learning’ conference in Graz, Austria, Sex: Addressing Issues of Gender, Sexuality Dr Florentina Taylor’s papers ‘Researching the and Diversity’, with the Centre for Research L2 self: why, so what, now what?’, and ‘Identity on Education and Social Justice and Masaryk change and imagination in international students York Branch Advocate Sam Bayley recently completed University, Czech Republic. in the UK’, co-authored by Martin Lamb (Leeds) the AUA Postgraduate Certificate and has been Dr Benedetta Bassetti presented ‘Effects were presented. She contributed ‘Relational nominated to the AUA Board of Trustees the university of york magazine 26 university news

views of the self in SLA’ to Multiple Perspectives co-written a new systematic review, funded by YUSU Excellence on the Self in SLA, and was one of six influencers the Department for International Development, selected to participate in a virtual discussion exploring the sustainable scale-up of low-cost in Teaching and about the need for a global measure of English private schools in South West Asia. language proficiency for the Language Testing The IEE has launched an easy-to-use Supervision Awards Research Colloquium in Amsterdam. database of education programmes in the UK, Dr Irena Kuzobrska spoke on ‘The role of with evidence ratings, costs and links to find out The annual YUSU Excellence in Teaching context in meaning construction: a longitudinal more: www.evidence4impact.org.uk. study of international students’ reading Dr Pam Hanley contributed an article on and Supervision Awards are a student- perspectives’ at the Intercultural Pragmatics and the creationism versus science debate to The led celebration of excellence across the Communication conference, University of Malta. Conversation. University. A panel of judges drawn from PhD student Erdem Akbas contributed ‘Are Dr Louise Tracey spoke at the Education the University, YUSU and current students they discussing in the same way? Interactional Endowment Foundation Evaluator’s Workshop. awarded the prizes in the following metadiscourse in Turkish writers’ texts’ to Dr Mary Sheard attended the launch of the categories: Occupying Niches: Interculturality, Cross- European Literacy Policy Network in Vienna. Academic Officer’s Award for Outstanding culturality and Aculturality in Academic Research, Dr Tracey Bywater wrote about the impact Commitment to Student Engagement: the Second language Learning and Teaching. of the Incredible Years parenting programmes Library; Departmental Award for Supervision: The Journal of Adaptation in Film and on parental depression and service use in BMC Department of Music; Departmental Award Performance printed Dr Sarah Olive’s article, Health Services Research. She also gave a for Teaching: Department of Language and ‘Fabricated evidence: exploring authenticity keynote speech on ‘Implementation science and Linguistic Science; Demonstrator of the Year: in a murder mystery’s appropriation of early the importance of fidelity’ at a Buckinghamshire Sindhu Krishna (Chemistry), with Danielle modern drama’. County Council professional development event Jowett and David Pugh (Chemistry) highly Dr Sally Hancock co-authored ‘Beyond for educational psychologists. Dr Bywater’s co- commended; Innovative Use of Technology knowledge and skills: rethinking the authored paper ‘Targeted vs universal provision Award: Dr Sara Perry (Archaeology), with development of professional identity during the of support in high-risk communities: comparison Professor Alex Wade (Psychology) and STEM doctorate’ in Studies in Higher Education. of characteristics in two populations recruited to Professor Phil Ineson (Biology) highly Professor Chris Kyriacou gave the keynote parenting interventions’, published in the Journal commended; Inspirational Lecturer Award: presentation, ‘A social pedagogy perspective of Children’s Services, was highly commended on bullying in schools’, at the Bullying and in the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Dr Norman Yeo (Language and Linguistic Cyberbullying Across Europe Conference in Athens. Excellence. Science), with Reverend Dr David Efird, Dr Paul Wakeling presented ‘Institutional Rachel Lavelle (Health Sciences), stratification and social stratification: evidence English and Related Literature Professor Paul Walton (Chemistry) and from the Great British Class Survey’, co-authored Jonathan Brockbank arranged traditional music Dr Louise Jones (Biology) highly commended; by Mike Savage (LSE), at ‘Making a market and dances for The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, Outstanding Feedback Award: Professor in higher education: changing landscape, one of a series of Wagon Plays in York. Quentin Summerfield (Psychology), with continuing inequalities?’ hosted by the British Geoffrey Wall’s book The Enlightened Dr Peter Mayhew (Biology) highly Sociological Association Education Study Group. Physician: Achille-Cléophas Flaubert 1784–1846, commended; Postgraduates Who Teach The British Academy has funded Dr Zoe was published. Award: Rebecca Lyons (English), with Emilio Handley’s project ‘Investigating oral fluency Professor Linne Mooney’s book, Middle Zappa (Mathematics) and Laura Nicklin and its development among Chinese overseas English Texts in Transition: A festschrift (Education) highly commended; Promoting students’. dedicated to Toshiyuki Takamiya on his 70th Employability Award: Dr Daniel Ungar Dr Jan Hardman, Professor Frank Hardman birthday, edited with Professor Simon Horobin (Biology); Supervisor of the Year: (IEE) and Professor Robin Alexander (Cambridge (Oxford), was published. Dr Keith Allen (Philosophy), Dr Áine Sheil Primary Review Trust), have been awarded over (Music), Dr Jeremy Goldberg (History), Dr Cath £400k by the Education Endowment Fund for Environment Jackson, Helen Tilbrook, and Gerri Kaufman their project ‘Classroom talk, social disadvantage Dr Andy Marshall presented a summary of (Health Sciences), with Professor Bill Brooks and educational attainment: closing the gap, conservation work in British zoos to the British (Music), Professor Teresa Da Silva Lopes raising standards’. Zoo Association AGM at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Professor Ian Davies was the keynote speaker and visited a threatened forest and taught (Management), Professor Calvin Dythman at an ‘Active Citizenship’ conference organised a statistical methods course at the Sokoine and Dr Richard Waites (Biology) highly by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, the University of Agriculture in Tanzania. Dr Marshall commended; Teacher of the Year: Cathy European University of Nicosia and the European and the CIRCLE (Collaboration for Integrated Dantec (Language and Linguistic Science), Communal Fund. Research, Conservation and Learning) team with Dr Charlotte Riley and Professor Katy Professor Davies, Dr Vanita Sundaram and discussed endangered mammal conservation Cubitt (History) highly commended; Unsung Dr Gillian Hampden-Thompson are among the on BBC Radio York and BBC Look North and Hero of Non-Academic Staff: Heather Cork authors of Creating Citizenship Communities, a held a Bioblitz event, identifying 409 native (Mathematics), with Silas Hogg (Ron Cooke new book which completes a project funded by species in 24 hours. They launched a volunteer Hub Café) and the Library Twitter Team the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and conducted group for people wanting to help with practical (Information Directorate) highly commended. in partnership with the National Foundation of environmental management, education, or Educational Research. animal welfare work: www.facebook.com/ circle.volunteers. Effective Education, Institute for Dr Rob Marchant attended the opening The IEE has launched two new books compiling workshop at UCL for a new collaborative the ‘best of’ their Better: Evidence-based international project, supported by the Swiss Education magazine, and two new issues of National Science Foundation, examining the Better, exploring parents and schools, and relationships between climate change and the improving maths attainment. spread of iron technologies, crops and people The latest UNESCO Education for All Global across the African continent. Monitoring Report includes Professor Frank Dr Murray Rudd attended the opening Hardman’s review of teacher support and meeting of a project creating a new tropical development interventions for Save the Children, coastal resilience working group at the National Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Students, Dr Jane Grenville, presents a Supervisor of and research on the impact of school-based Socio-Environmental Synthesis Centre, the Year Award to Dr Jeremy Goldberg (History) training on pedagogical practice in Kenyan Maryland. Dr Rudd presented his survey of global primary schools. Professor Hardman has also ocean research priorities to the Land-Ocean the university of york magazine university news 27

Interactions in the Coastal Zone scientific steering author of the Joint British Societies’ consensus committee in Hamburg and was an adjudicator recommendations for the prevention of Vice-Chancellor’s for the Baltic Sea Region science programme on cardiovascular disease. sustainable ecosystem services in Helsinki. Professor Karen Bloor presented a Teaching Awards 2014 PhD student Juliana Lopez Angarita received co-authored paper, ‘Comparing hospital a gold award from Santander International performance within and across countries The Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Awards Connections to organise an ocean film festival using administrative data: illustrative study of recognise and reward staff members who in Colombia. revascularisation in five European countries’, demonstrate excellence in teaching or MSc student Ragga Friðriksdóttir has received at the European Health Policy Group in Pisa, learning support at York. funding from the Alistair Downes memorial fund and spoke to finance teams from the Western Awards were presented at this summer’s and Santander International Connections to Norway Regional Health Authority about funding conduct research on nearshore fish community streams in the NHS. graduation ceremonies to Matt Cornock composition and trophic ecology in southeast Dr Lu Han spoke about financing outpatient (Web and VLE Co-ordinator, Social Policy and Alaskan estuaries. care at the InterQuality project conference in Social Work); Dr Paul Genever (Biology); Professor Callum Roberts gave the annual Brussels. Dr Zoe Handley (Education); Kate Horner Zoological Society of London Stamford Raffles Dr Peter Knapp spoke to the North West (PGWT, Chemistry); Dr Nick Jones Lecture on ‘The past and future of UK seas’ and Region Consent Working Group on ‘Redesigning (Philosophy); Alison Leonard (PGWT, presented ‘Shifting baselines: why we so readily and user testing consent forms for trials’ at the Archaeology); Professor John Schofield accept the progressive decline of the natural University of Liverpool, and became a member (Archaeology); Dr Jacco Thijssen (Economics); world’ at the Linnean Society of London. of an advisory group to the Health Research Dr Gavin Thomas (Biology); Dr Nick Wood Dr Bryce Beukers-Stewart attended the Clyde Authority on the revision of the National Research (Chemistry); and Dr Stephanie Wynne-Jones 2020 Summit in Glasgow, which united key Ethics Service website for research applicants. (Archaeology). players in UK marine management to produce a Richard Morley was appointed James Lind restoration plan for the Clyde marine ecosystem. Alliance Adviser, and attended the Tissue His article for The Conversation on the Viability Society conference. implementation of the European fisheries discard Dr Antonina Mikocka-Walus presented Medical School ban gained considerable attention online. ‘Antidepressants to maintain remission and rewards excellent At the Gumilyov Eurasian National University, improve quality of life and mental health in Astana, Kazakhstan, Professor Alistair Boxall Crohn’s disease patients: a pilot randomised student support was a Visiting Professor, delivering a summer placebo-controlled trial’ at the Broad Foundation HYMS students have honoured staff across school on ecotoxicology and environmental Investigator Meeting in Los Angeles. risk assessment and discussing a potential Charlie Lloyd presented ‘The “Recovery the local NHS with the Hull York Medical collaboration on the topic of rapid urbanisation Revolution” spreads to British prisons: the case School Clinical Teaching Excellence Awards. and the natural environment. of drug recovery wings’ at the International Winners from the Northern Lincolnshire The Department is one of the international Society for the Study of Drug Policy conference and Goole NHS Foundation Trust were Dr partners on the Resilience in East African in Rome; spoke at a Westminster briefing event Bashar Yasso, Dr Olanrewaju Wilson, and Landscapes project, a Marie Curie Initial on drug recovery wing pilots; co-organised Dr Jayam Lazarus (Clinical Teachers of Training Network. The focus is to understand ‘The Policing of Drugs and Alcohol: A Research Excellence); the Scunthorpe Student Liaison the historical and current state of human– Agenda’ in Darlington; spoke at the N8 event Office (Administrative Support Excellence environment interactions in East Africa in order on policing drugs and alcohol at the University Award); and the Grimsby Paediatric Team led to innovatively tackle current environmental and of Leeds; and was appointed to the Department by Dr Hassan Al-Moasseb and Dr Jovita Ojadi cultural problems, and establish climate-risk and of Health Advisory Group on hospital-based (Team Excellence Award). ecologically sustainable resource management alcohol services. Winners from the York Teaching Hospital and effective development policies. Professor Tim Croudace participated in the NHS Foundation Trust were Dr Claire British Academy expert workshop on Processing Wensley, Dr Rome Sigsworth, and Joanne Health Economics, Centre for Speed and Cognitive Ageing in Edinburgh and Whitehead (Clinical Teachers of Excellence); Professor Mark Sculpher presented ‘Societal attended the inaugural scientific meeting of Farr Helen Balawajder (Administrative Support perspective in economic evaluation: easier said Scientific Research Forum. Excellence Award); and Belgrave Surgery, than done’ at the Swedish Health Economics Jan Böhnke was appointed Interim Professor Scarborough (Team Excellence Award). Association in Lund. in Psychological Diagnostics and Assessment Winners from the Hull and East Yorkshire Anne Mason spoke on ‘Financial mechanisms at the Institute of Psychology, University of for integrating funds for health and social care’ Kassel. He spoke on ‘The use of log-linear Hospitals NHS Trust were Professor Sunil at the Conference on Integrated Care in Brussels. structural equation models to aggregate quality Bhandari, Dr Kanan Pande and Dr David Dr Rowena Jacobs presented ‘Does higher of life data: applications in psychometrics and Hepburn (Clinical Teachers of Excellence); quality primary care for people with serious mental health economics’ at the Economics Research the Student Liaison and Clinical Skills illness affect hospital admissions and resource Seminar, University of Regensburg, Germany Facilitator Team at Hull led by Ros Low use?’ at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. and organised the UK Rasch User Group Day with (Administrative Support Excellence Award); ‘Hospital variation in patient-reported Professor Tim Croudace and Adam Smith. and the Elderly Short Stay Unit led by Dr outcomes’ by Nils Gutacker, Dr Chris Bojke, Dr Karen Overend presented a poster on the Kirsten Richards at Hull Royal Infirmary Silvio Daidone, Dr Nancy Devlin and Professor CASPER Plus qualitative study at the Primary (Team Excellence Award). Andrew Street, was awarded the prize for best Care Mental Health conference in Exeter. scientific paper by the EuroQoL group. Dr Lorna Fraser was appointed Chair of the PhD student Idaira Rodriguez won a poster Together for Short Lives data for children’s presentation award at the Conference of Health palliative care service development and Economics in Pamplona, Spain for her work with delivery taskforce and was keynote speaker Natalia Pascual Argente on ‘Social determinants at the ‘Together for Short Lives’ conference in of mental health: empirical evidence for Birmingham. Catalonia (2010/12)’. Dr Elizabeth Hughes spoke about intimate partner violence at the Institute of Psychiatry, Health Sciences King’s College London, and was an expert witness Professor Patrick Doherty gave a keynote for the all-party parliamentary committee on presentation at the Northern England Clinical complex needs at a House of Lords enquiry. She Networks conference on Cardiovascular also spoke at the Tees, Esk and Wear and Leeds Some of the prize winners with Hull York Medical Rehabilitation in Heart Failure and was a co- City Dual Diagnosis network events. School Dean, Professor Trevor Sheldon the university of york magazine 28 university news

Dr Shezad Ali gave a poster presentation, Hee Gil (Sheffield), organised a workshop for Royal award for ‘Which costs does obesity cause besides health language teachers and language learning care costs?’ at the European Congress of researchers on ‘Building a dialogue between enterprising student Obesity in Bulgaria. language teaching and second language Professor Hilary Graham presented acquisition theory’ for the White Rose Network ‘Protecting future generations: a springboard for the Interdisciplinary Study of Second for behaviour change’ at the World Health Language Learning. Organisation intergovernmental panel on climate change in Bonn, Germany, and represented the Mathematics ESRC on a new cross-research council steering Professor Zdzislaw Brzezniak co-organised an group for food, nutrition and health. international workshop on ‘Stochastic processes Professor Karl Atkin spoke on ‘Models and and differential equations in infinite dimensional theories of disabilities: implications for public spaces’ at King’s College London, supported health research’ at a workshop organised by by the Engineering and Physical Sciences the National Institute for Health Research public Research Council and London Mathematical research board and chaired public outreach Society, and presented ‘On the stochastic meetings for organisations representing sickle Strichartz estimates and the stochastic nonlinear HRH The Duke of York and Alex Kontos cell and thalassaemia in Leicester. Schrödinger equation on a compact Riemannian Dr Kate Flemming was elected to the manifold driven by Poisson noise’. At a meeting Second-year Electronic student, Alex Methods Application and Review Standards on stochastic partial differential equations and Kontos, has received the prestigious Duke of Advisory Committee for the Cochrane applications at the International Centre for York Young Entrepreneur Award. Collaboration and spoke at the Palliative Care Mathematical Research, Levico Trento, Italy, Alex founded the Waterfox web browser Congress decision-making masterclass with Professor Brzezniak presented ‘Quasipotential from his bedroom three years ago and it Professor Carl Thompson. and exit time for 2D stochastic Navier-Stokes now has more than 3m users worldwide. Paul Galdas presented ‘Potential strategies equations driven by space time white noise’, He represented the University at the Pitch@ for engaging men about Hepatitis C: an event to co-authored with Dr Sandra Cerrai and Professor Palace event hosted by the Duke at St. discuss best practice and learnings from other Mark Freidlin (Maryland). Professor Brzezniak James’s Palace, before receiving the award therapy areas’ at the European Association for also organised the East Midlands Stochastic the Study of the Liver Congress. Analysis Seminars meeting. at the University of Huddersfield. Dr Cath Jackson and Sara Rodgers presented Dr Boda Kang presented a poster, ‘Pricing “It was quite a surprise to be awarded their poster, ‘Experiences of health literacy interest rate derivatives in a multifactor the Duke of York award, but it is great to see in healthcare, disease prevention and health HJM model with time dependent volatility’, how hard work has paid off. I could not have promotion: a qualitative systematic review’, at at the Congress of the Bachelier Finance done it without the wonderful members the ‘Health Literacy: Healthy Living’ conference Society in Brussels and spoke at the Society of the Careers team who helped instil the at Keele University. of Computational Economics Conference on confidence I needed to progress as far as I Professor David Torgerson trained staff at the Computing in Economics and Finance in Oslo and had. I am eternally grateful to them,” said Department of Business, Innovation and Skills the Global Derivatives Conference in Amsterdam. Alex, who is now in talks to secure significant and National Institute for Health Research on Dr Roger Colbeck presented ‘Is a system’s investment in Waterfox to grow the browser how trial units can be strengthened, and trained wavefunction uniquely determined by its and the brand. panel members of the Educational Endowment underlying physical state?’ at the Sydney Foundation in randomised trial design. Meeting on Quantum Foundations and the Professor Karen Spilsbury presented Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science, Excellence award for ‘Theoretical and practical issues in redesigning Australia; ‘Device-independent QKD: what it nursing care in acute care hospitals’ to a virtual can provide and open challenges’ at the Bristol Information Directorate symposium hosted by Seoul National University. Quantum Information Technologies Workshop; The Department welcomed a team of and attended the Quantum Information The Information Directorate has become the diabetes specialists from Takamatsu, Japan Processing Conference in Barcelona. first York team to be awarded the Customer including Noami Taniwaki, the first Japanese Dr Stephen Connor continued his nurse consultant equivalent in diabetes care, and collaboration with Professor Hermann Thorisson Services Excellence (CSE) standard. Dr Yukio Tomioka, a leading spokesperson and in Reykjavik. The government-backed scheme clinician for diabetes. Dr Henning Bostelmann participated in the recognises services that are efficient, LQP34 workshop at the Institute for Quantum effective, excellent, equitable and History Gravity, Erlangen, Germany. empowering. Dr Sarah Rees Jones and Dr Sethina Watson PhD students Dandan Yang, Rida-E Zenab Morag Lehrle and Jackie Knowles led a spoke at a conference on ‘The Perception and and Thomas Quinn-Gregson attended the AAA88 team of CSE Champions from the Library, Performance of Social Identities in European workshop on general algebra at the Warsaw IT and Archives to prepare the submission Towns, 1100–1300’ at the University of Ghent. Centre of Mathematics and Computer Science, and introduce improvements including a Dr Rees Jones also presented ‘Between where Dandan presented ‘Maximal subgroups mystery shopping pilot, service standards saints and sinners: building utopia in England, of free idempotent generated semigroups’ and and a customer charter. 1150–1250’ at the University of Oxford. Rida-E Zenab presented ‘l-Zappa Szép products’, CSE Assessor Laura Dean said, “The also presenting ‘λ-semidirect products via Information Directorate is a highly customer- Language and Linguistic Science inductive categories’ at a workshop on algebra focused service delivered by staff who are At University College Dublin, Dr Dominic Watt and its applications in Estonia. Tom Bullock professional, polite and helpful. It is forward- gave a lecture for the ‘Law and Language’ presented a poster at the Central European thinking and proactive, and considers the module and spoke about the role of the forensic Quantum Information Processing Workshop, needs of all customers actively working to phonetician in the criminal justice system. Dr Znojmo, Czech Republic. enhance services for those not currently Watt and Dr Carmen Llamas presented their At the Complex Systems of Interacting engaged.” research on language and identity on the Particles Workshop at the Centre for Scottish/English border at the University of Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University, Oregon at Eugene, USA, and at the Conference Germany, Dr Gustav Delius presented ‘Coupling To find out more visit www.york.ac.uk/ on Northern British English at the University of size and space in stochastic population models’; library/news/2014/cse/ or contact Jackie Rouen, France. Dr Jon Pitchford spoke on ‘Complexity, stability Knowles ([email protected]). Dr Heather Marsden, Thomas Jochum- and reality in ecological networks’; and Critchley, Melinda Whong (Leeds) and Kook- collaborative research was presented on ‘Gibbs the university of york magazine university news 29 states of amorphous media’ by Dr Alexei Daletski Physics with Dr Yuri Kozitsky (Lublin, Poland), Dr Tatjana Professors Ed Boyes and Pratibha Gai gave a Summer volunteers Pasurek and Professor Yuri Kondratiev (Bielefeld). keynote speech, ‘Introduction of AC E(S)TEM for At the International Society of Nonparametric catalysis studies with single atom sensitivity and make a splash Statistics Conference in Cadiz, Professor Wenyang full analytical functionality’, at the Scandinavian Zhang presented ‘An iterative estimation Electron Microscopy Society Meeting in A total of eight York students are travelling procedure for generalised varying-coefficient Linkoping, Sweden. Comptes Rendu published to Thailand this summer to help villagers models with unspecified link functions’ and Dr their article ‘Visualising reacting single atoms install a new clean water system. Degui Li presented ‘A flexible semiparametric under controlled conditions: advances in atomic The Karen Hilltribes Trust works in over forecasting model for time series’. resolution in situ Environmental (Scanning) 400 villages in the Mae Hong Son province Professor Reidun Twarock presented ‘More Transmission Electron Microscopy (E(S)TEM)’. than a passive passenger: the co-operative Professor Gai also chaired the L’Oreal/UNESCO in Northwest Thailand, to improve health, roles of ssRNA viral genomes in plant and animal Women in Science UK fellowship panel at the increase children’s access to education and virus assembly open up novel routes to antiviral Royal Society, London, and attended a meeting help secure farmer’s livelihoods in the area. intervention’ at the Pirbright Institute. at the House of Commons. Rebecca Lines, Lewis Howlett, Victoria At the Perimeter Institute, Canada, Dr Kasia Dr Roland Kröger presented ‘In situ electron Constantinides, Joshua Douglas, Matthew Rejzner presented ‘From locally covariant QFT to microscopy in liquids: new perspectives for Dudley, Adam Highland, Angus Plumbly and quantum gravity’. the study of crystal formation in fluids’ at the Emily Renwick will live and work alongside At the Erwin Schrodinger Institute Algebraic European Materials Research Society conference the Karen people for three weeks on the trip. Quantum Field Theory Workshop, Vienna, Dr in Lille, France; ‘Investigation of crystal growth Many of the volunteers were recruited at Rejzner presented ‘Quantum gravity from locally and dissolution dynamics using fluid cell TEM a summer opportunities fair held at Derwent covariant quantum field theory: recent results and atmospheric SEM’ to the Microscopy College, which has been working with the and new perspectives’; Professor Christopher Microscience Congress in Manchester; and Trust and other local charities to promote Fewster spoke on ‘Algebraic quantum field theory organised a symposium on ‘In situ and Dynamic international volunteering. in curved spacetimes’; and PhD student Benjamin Electron Microscopy’. Dr Kröger’s research group Lang presented ‘Twisted quantum fields in curved has had two papers published: ‘Ultrastructure spacetimes á la C J Isham from the point of view and crystallography of nanoscale calcite of algebraic quantum field theory’. building blocks in Rhabdosphaera clavigera At the North British Mathematical Physics coccolith spines’ in Crystal Growth and Design Seminar, Dr Rejzner presented ‘Analytic and ‘Correlation between anisotropy and lattice regularisation in casual perturbation theory: distortions in single crystal calcite nanowires new results and perspectives’ and PhD student grown in confinement’ in Small. Alejandro de la Rosa Gomez spoke on ‘Twisted Dr Irene D’Amico gave a public lecture, ‘Cycling Yangian symmetry of the open Hubbard model’. astrophysicist: the life of Margherita Hack’, for the Professor Paul Busch gave a plenary talk, Institution of Engineering and Technology. ‘Quantum contextuality, non-locality, and At ‘Pint of Science’ events in York pubs, Dr the foundations of quantum mechanics’, at Martin Smalley presented ‘Feet of Clay: Where The students with Trust director Will Harnden, the Wilhelm and Elsa Heraeus seminar in Bad do we come from?’, Dr Roddy Vann talked Derwent College Provost Dr Rob Aitken, Dr Eleanor Brown of the Department of Education, who is Honnef, Germany. about ‘Plasma Science: solving the energy crisis conducting research on student volunteering, and Professor Sanju Velani spoke about metric and diagnosing brewing’, and Professor Sarah Trust founder Penelope Worsley diophantine approximation at the Dynamics Thompson discussed ‘Designer Magnets’ with and Analytic Number Theory Easter School at hands-on experiments by Jarod Leddy. Durham, and presented ‘Well on fibers and Staff survey success bad on curves’ at the International Centre for Politics Mathematical Meetings ‘Heights, Modularity Dr Martin O’Neill spoke on ‘Injustice, inequality The University received an overwhelming and Transcendence’ conference in Marseille. and quantitative easing’ at a conference on the response to its latest Staff Survey which Professor Velani, Dr Jason Levesley, Dr Evgeniy ‘Ethical dimensions of monetary policy’ at the took place in May. Zorin and Professor Victor Beresnevich hosted Université de Montréal, and on ‘Inequality after Over 72 per cent of staff filled in the a workshop on interactions between number Piketty, and what to do about it’ at the University survey, which is an excellent response rate theory and wireless communication to develop of Belgrade, Serbia. for the sector and an improvement on the interdisciplinary collaborations with academics While Visiting Fellow at the University in electronics and industrial partners. of Basel, Professor Allison Drew presented 67 per cent achieved in 2011 and 61 per cent The Quantum Information and Foundations comparative historical research on communism, in 2008. Group hosted a workshop called ‘MUBs, SICs, authoritarianism, violence and democracy in The survey, which takes place every and All That (3)’ for the White Rose Studentship Algeria and South Africa. She spoke about her three years, invites staff opinion on topics Network ‘Optimising Quantum Processes and forthcoming book We are No Longer in France: affecting their quality of working life, Quantum Devices for future Digital Economy Communists in Colonial Algeria at the Fondation such as communication, learning and Applications’. Gabriel Péri and Espace Niemeyer, Paris, the development, leadership and management, Dr Alan Haynes presented ‘Constructing cut Université d’Oran and the Centre d’Etudes health and wellbeing, and pay and benefits. and project nets which are close to lattices’ at the Maghrébines en Algérie, and the Algiers Centre The University pledged to donate £1 to British Mathematical Colloquium and at the Open des Ressources, in Algeria. charity for every survey completed and University Open Statistical Physics workshop, The Department of Politics and the Centre to double this if the overall response rate where Emilio Zappa spoke on ‘Structural for Applied Human Rights held a series of exceeded 70 per cent, so a donation of transitions of icosahedral quasicrystals’ and events on ‘Political evil and the challenge of £5,348 will be shared equally between James Walton spoke on ‘Poincaré duality for forgiveness’, including film screenings at York St Leonard’s Hospice and Yorkshire Air pattern-equivariant (co)homology’. City Screen and an academic workshop on Ambulance. ‘Emotions, Politics and Violence’. Results for the University and individual Philosophy departments will be communicated to staff Professors Peter Lamarque and Gregory Currie Psychology over the summer, with action plans following gave plenary lectures at a conference on 21st Dr Peter Bull spoke about ‘Rhetorical devices in in spring 2015. century theories of literature at Warwick. political speeches’ and ‘Equivocation in political Professor Lamarque also spoke at a conference interviews’ at Doshisha University, Japan. on ethics and aesthetics at the University of For more information visit: www.york. Roma Tre, Rome. ac.uk/staffsurvey the university of york magazine 30 university news

Reviews and Dissemination, Centre for (University Library) presented a poster on Tour de France inspires Dr Bob Phillips won the York heat of the 3 Minute ‘Tablets for distance learning: students and Thesis competition talking about ‘Predicting life- staff perspectives’ at the Higher York E-learning new routes into threatening infections in children with cancer’. Conference. Dr Christine Skinner organised ‘Social change language Social Policy Research Unit in East Asian and developing countries: gender Dr Fiona Aspinal presented ‘Assessing outcomes and family separation’, the third seminar in her in integrated services’ at a Research in Practice ESRC series on ‘Child Maintenance: international for Adults ‘Maintaining Quality with Reducing perspectives and policy challenges’. Dr Skinner Resources’ event in Birmingham. was invited to Seoul by the Gender and Family Professor Yvonne Birks presented Equality Committee of the National Assembly of ‘Ambiguities, beliefs and behaviours: the the Republic of Korea and the Korean Women’s challenge to transparency in healthcare error’ at Development Institute to act as the UK expert the Incident Disclosure Conference, York, and the advisor on the implementation of Korea’s Child Health Services Research Network patient safety Support Enforcement Act, and was an academic The winning team from Ilkley Grammar School meeting, London. expert for the Department for Work and Dr Jenni Brooks and Dr Wendy Mitchell Pension’s research strategy on the evaluation of In the run-up to the Grand Départ, the presented ‘Taking on and taking over support the child maintenance reforms. Department of Language and Linguistic arrangements: physically disabled young adults’ Professor Nina Biehal presented ‘Researching Science created and developed an online at Community Care Live, London. complex interventions’ at the University of French competition, Le Tour de France Dr Edmund Coleman-Fountain gave a East Anglia ‘Doing Research with Children’ virtuel, for secondary school pupils aged plenary presentation, ‘Diversity and change conference; ‘Outcomes of reunification for 12 to 15. of the employment prospects of persons with maltreated children’ at the Fondazione Zancan The project was led by Dr Angela disabilities: the impact of redistributive and conference on Child Wellbeing, University O’Flaherty as part of ‘Routes into regulatory provisions in a multilevel framework’, of Padova, Italy; and ‘Great expectations: Languages’, a national initiative which aims at the Foundation for International Studies on multi-dimensional treatment foster care for to encourage the study of second languages Social Security conference in Sigtuna, Sweden. adolescents’ at the Teenagers in Foster Care in secondary and higher education. Jo Dixon gave a keynote presentation conference in London, organised by the Rees on ‘Transitions to independent adult living Centre, University of Oxford. Teams from 14 Yorkshire schools for young people leaving care in England: a The Department welcomed Isabelle Trowler, completed weekly creative tasks on the research and policy perspective’ at the ‘Youth Chief Social Worker for Children and Families, geography, culture and history of regions on without parental care: practical guidelines for and Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults, the 2014 Tour route. the preparation of adolescents in transition for an informal discussion about the social work The competition culminated in a day of from protection towards autonomy’ seminar at profession with current students, staff and language activities and an award ceremony the Latin American Faculty of Social Science in practice educators. on campus. Ilkley Grammar School took Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the Innovation in Youth Work conference home the coveted yellow jersey or ‘maillot Kate Gridley presented ‘The feasibility of in London, Dr Aniela Wenham highlighted the jaune’, with Wakefield City Academy and studying life story work in dementia care: report value of qualitative longitudinal research in Crawshaw School in second and third place. from the field’ at the ‘Research into ageing measuring and understanding the benefit of across Yorkshire: highlighting our strengths’ youth work. conference in Leeds, hosted by the Yorkshire Dr Martin Webber gave a plenary HR’s charity tee-off Comprehensive Research Network Ageing presentation on ‘Methodological pluralism in Priority Group and the White Rose Network. international practice-research: better null Dr Wendy Mitchell presented ‘Involving than nil’ at the International Conference on carers in the personalisation of adult social care’ Practice Research in New York. He presented at the ‘Carers: informing and improving policy ‘The connecting people intervention: findings and practice through research and evaluation’ of a quasi-experimental pilot study’ at the conference at LSE, organised by the NIHR School Refocus on Recovery conference, London for Social Care Research and the Social Services and the European Conference for Social Work Research Group. Research, Bolzano, where he also presented Professor Mike Stein gave the keynote ‘Social intervention development and evaluation presentation, ‘Teenage neglect: messages from in Sierra Leone: a feasibility study’. At the same research’, at the Staffordshire and Stoke- conference, the International Centre for Mental on-Trent local safeguarding children boards Health Social Research organised a symposium conference. on ‘International Mental Health Social Work Research: Knowledge Production and Transfer’. Allan Aikman (Learning and Development Manager), Lynne Aikman, Paula Tunbridge (Deputy Director of Social Policy and Social Work As part of the SPEAX initiative, Professors Human Resources) and Gordon Kane Dr Carolyn Snell gave expert testimony to Peter Dwyer and Roy Sainsbury presented the National Institute for Care and Excellence findings from their research on welfare reform Members of York’s Human Resources team, on preventing excess winter deaths and and conditionality at a roundtable for visiting led by Allan Aikman and Paula Tunbridge, co-authored a textbook, The Short Guide to officials from South Korea organised by Dr John helped to raise over £1500 for the British Environmental Policy, with Dr Gary Haq (SEI). Hudson and Dr Neil Lunt. Heart Foundation (BHF) at their annual golf Dr Snell, with Dr Mark Bevan and PhD student Dr Lunt was a panellist at the International tournament at The Oaks Golf Club in Aughton. Harriet Thomson, released the final report for Medical Travel Exhibition and Conference, The funds will help to ensure that the their eaga Charitable Trust-funded project Dubai, and gave a keynote speech in Seoul BHF can continue to save thousands of lives investigating disabled people and fuel poverty. on ‘Exporting health systems: who, what, through its ground-breaking research and Enrico Reuter presented ‘In or out: political how and where?’; presented ‘Exporting the innovative prevention and care work. strategies of the radical left in France’ at the PSA UK’s healthcare system’ at the Medical Korea conference in Manchester. Conference; and ‘UK social policy reforms’ at the Matt Cornock received the Higher Education Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. To find out more about fundraising for the Academy Technician of the Year Award in BHF contact Sharon Oakley on 01904 270776 recognition of his contribution to the student Sociology or [email protected]. learning experience. Undergraduate student Alicja Heisig, supervised Jane Lund, Matt Cornock and Julie Allinson by Dr Merran Toerien, received funding from a the university of york magazine university news 31

Santander International Connections Award to Theatre, Film and Television present her paper ‘Preference organisation of Undergraduate theatre students worked as Improving York’s responses to invitations in the context of social actors, directors, designers, stage-managers and solidarity’ at the International Conference on dramaturgs alongside the Company of Angels accessibility Conversation Analysis at UCLA. and York Theatre Royal in a project organised Dr Paul Johnson held a book launch by Dr Tom Cantrell involving readings and In response to the expansion of the supported by the National Secular Society at performances of new translations of European University and the growing numbers of Conway Hall in London for his new monograph plays, and talks about culture and the EU. They disabled people on campus in recent years, Law, Religion and Homosexuality. received professional mentoring and some the Disability and Accessibility Group has Professor Andrew Webster held a Visiting secured paid internships as a result. commissioned an access audit report. Professorship at the University of Gothenburg Dr Ben Poore was keynote speaker at the and was appointed to the UK Government ‘New Directions in Sherlock’ conference at UCL Linda Brosnan (Equality and Diversity), Department of Health’s Regenerative Medicine and received coverage in The Times. Peter Quinn (Student Support Services) and Expert Group’s committee on evaluation and Stephen Nixon and Patrick Titley joined Kathryn Burke (student intern) gathered commissioning. He has been awarded a £1.2m judging panels for the Royal Television Society staff and student feedback from focus ESRC grant to explore the socio-economic Yokshire Awards. groups, one-to-one meetings, and a aspects of regenerative medicine. Dr David Hickman employed recent questionnaire to identify easily accessible Dr Barry Sandywell presented ‘Dialectic, graduates to help shoot a documentary series on areas of campus and those which need indebtedness, ambivalence and the pursuit mathematics for DocLab. improving. of analytic speech: notes on revisiting On the Professors Andrew Higson and Duncan Petrie YUSU’s Disabled Student’s Officer, Tom Beginning of Social Inquiry’ and the closing are members of a team that has been awarded Ron, has expressed his satisfaction with the address at the ‘Revisiting On the Beginning of funding for a White Rose University Consortium audit. An action plan is being developed to Social Inquiry’ conference in Edinburgh. Network project, ‘European Film, European address the key issues including awareness Heritage, European Identity’, providing three full of current accessibility assistance, signage, York Health Economics Consortium PhD studentships. door mechanisms, external lighting, the At the HTAi conference in Washington DC, Julie An £18k grant from Skillset enabled John separation of cycling and pedestrian routes, Glanville presented ‘Identifying clinical trials’, Mateer and Carole Dove to run a successful VFX hearing support systems, parking and buses. ‘Developing an EMBASE RCT search filter’, Tutor Boot Camp on ‘Shooting for Visual Effects’ and chaired a panel session on ‘Accessing for tutors delivering visual effects teaching at UK View a report of the findings at unpublished evidence: issues around trails institutions. www.york.ac.uk/admin/eo/Committees/ registers and regulatory agency data’. Hannah Andrews’s book, Television and The Consortium has created a new British Cinema: Convergence and Divergence DisabilityAccessibilityGroup.htm. ‘Outcomes Research and Consultancy’ service since 1990, has been published. for the NHS, pharmaceutical and healthcare A departmental promotional video has been industries, offering analysis and reviews of nominated for the Best Promotion or Commercal New policy patient- and clinician-reported outcome Production category of the Royal Television measures and training and workshops on how to Society Yorkshire Awards 2014. supports students use them. becoming parents

The Equality and Diversity team has led the Experts join forces to explore our immune systems development of a new policy and guidance to support students who become pregnant, Experts at York are exploring the workings replace the use of animals in immunology have a partner who is pregnant, or are going of the human immune system in a new research. through the adoption process. The policy research collaboration which combines YCIL researchers are currently studying will also help members of staff to support the insights of immunologists, as well leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease; those students. as engineers, computer scientists and inflammatory bowel diseases; Sjogren’s Key features of the policy include a mathematicians. syndrome, a common autoimmune disorder; flow chart of steps to take when a student The York Computational Immunology Ribonucleic acid (RNA) regulatory networks; discloses a pregnancy, a support plan to Lab (YCIL) uses computer simulations and surgical skin wounds. ensure that all the aspects of pregnancy and mathematical models to improve our Members of the lab recently took part and maternity which need to be considered understanding of how the immune system in a Science out of the Lab event at the are discussed, and clear information on develops, protects us from disease and how York Festival of Ideas, and in November the the main sources of support and guidance it can go wrong, leading to autoimmune group will host an international workshop available at the University and provision disease. Their work will help to reduce and in computational and mathematical such as breastfeeding rooms and the immunology. campus nursery. The new lab Launched by Dr Jane Grenville, Deputy is funded by the Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor University’s Centre for Students, the new policy is a significant for Diseases and development, reinforcing the University’s Disorders (C2D2) and commitment to providing an environment is co-directed by in which students are supported and treated Professor Jon Timmis fairly, and ensuring that pregnant students from the Department and those who are parents are able to of Electronics and achieve their full potential. Dr Mark Coles from the Centre for Further information about the policy can Immunology and be found at www.york.ac.uk/admin/eo/ Infection. PregnancyMaternity.htm. York Computational Immunology Lab members An evening of games, experiments, talks and tours taking place across the city

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