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TEESSIDE GRADUATE 2015 Meet honorary graduate Bob Mortimer Inside Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art Your campus is changing 8950 Graduate 2015 magazine.indd 1 21/08/2015 09:34 2 tees.ac.uk/alumni CONTENTS Welcome from the new Vice-Chancellor 4 Art of art 22 Professor Paul Croney Behind the scenes at the museum Hello alumni 6 Savings for the NHS 25 from the Alumni Relations team Clinical study Poetry on campus 8 Stellar award 26 Meet Martin Rowson Graduate’s Oscar winning work We wouldn’t let it lie 10 Meet some of our donors 28 Honorary graduate Dr Bob Mortimer Generosity for a new generation Supporting Teesside’s top performing athletes 14 Under the microscope 32 Cyclist Harry Tanfield Research round-up Behind the scenes 16 Visiting Parliament 33 with author Simon Beckett Celebrating our supporters End of an era 17 Legal high 34 Professor Graham Henderson’s retirement legacy National recognition for law clinic Memory lane 18 In the Hive 35 Campus visits Visit our new high-tech work space Goal glory for Ben 20 It’s an honour 36 Meet Hull City’s massage therapist Meet our latest honorary graduates The Teesside report 21 Creativity at Teesside 38 by journalist Andrew Whitaker Celebrating the best 14 26 60 8950 Graduate 2015 magazine.indd 2 21/08/2015 09:34 tees.ac.uk/alumni 3 From Norway to Middlesbrough 40 Entrepreneurial inspiration 52 Design proves a hit for Ida First McGouran prize awarded Dr Richard Griffiths 41 Academic Awards winners 53 Performing arts scholarships Recognising outstanding achievement Forging ahead 42 Graduation 56 Together with business Getting in on the conversation DresserFest 44 Super Mario 58 Pottery proves a draw for Dresser fans Artist dad is a hero Spending a penny 46 Middlesbrough is changing 60 In aid of volunteering scholarships Take a look Campus developments 48 Careers boost for Bahraini family 62 Transforming Teesside University campus Family tradition born in Teesside Join our international community 50 Writing is a game 63 Welcome to postgraduate study For a computer games lecturer North American Network 51 Class notes and tributes 64 Teesside’s first overseas alumni chapter What’s on 67 44 56 Download your own interactive Teesside Graduate magazine, search for Teesside University publications in the app store. Find out more about the people featured in the magazine > hear what our alumni, honorary graduates and academics have to say > see exclusive interviews and get more insight into our stories > take a virtual tour of our new facilities > explore interactive content, including videos, photo galleries, showreels and audio 8950 Graduate 2015 magazine.indd 3 21/08/2015 09:34 4 tees.ac.uk/alumni 8950 Graduate 2015 magazine.indd 4 21/08/2015 09:34 tees.ac.uk/alumni 5 Welcome from the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive I am absolutely delighted to write my first introduction to the Teesside Graduate magazine and to send my warmest greetings to our alumni community. It is both an honour and a privilege to The scale of investment in the University at be appointed as Vice-Chancellor and Chief present is awe-inspiring, as our new teaching Executive of Teesside University and to have and learning building The Curve opens, as the opportunity to build on the legacy of my our campus heart landscaping transforms our predecessor, Professor Graham Henderson. environment, and as our Orion extension provides I value the trust that the Board of Governors has transformational facilities for the School of Science placed in me beyond measure and I am very much & Engineering. This is just some of the investment enjoying both the challenges and opportunities of currently going into our campus – investment my first weeks and months in post. that I very much see as essential to our mission My most recent posts have been at Northumbria as a leading university with an international University and before then at Sheffield Hallam reputation for academic excellence that provides University and in both those institutions I have an outstanding student and learning experience placed a priority on building links with alumni and underpinned by research, enterprise and the doing my best to ensure that those relationships last professions. a lifetime. Those last few words actually describe the That lifetime engagement with our alumni family mission of our University and I know that they will is exactly what I want to support in building here at be supported by the whole University community Teesside and, as we celebrate our 85th birthday in – governors, staff, students, partners and of 2015, it seems an appropriate time for me to make course our alumni. that point. I intend to come to Alumni Association events whenever possible and I do encourage you to play an active part in the Association and to keep in touch with us. But in closing, I repeat my pride in being entrusted with the leadership of our University and I send my warmest wishes to you all. Professor Paul Croney Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive 8950 Graduate 2015 magazine.indd 5 21/08/2015 09:34 6 tees.ac.uk/alumni Hello ALUMNI & FRIENDS This year Teesside University is welcoming in the start of a new era with a new Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive – Professor Paul Croney. Professor Croney has joined Paul takes over from Professor We’ve also got a number of inspiring us from Northumbria University Graham Henderson CBE DL, who stories of how our generous donors in Newcastle where he held a stepped down in 2015 after 12 years have been lending a helping hand to succession of leadership roles, at the helm, and 17 years at the the scholars of the future and news from Dean of the acclaimed £26m University. of the launch of The Forge, our new Newcastle Business School to This is a packed edition of the business brand. Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Learning magazine featuring an interview with So we hope this gives you many & Teaching, and latterly, as Deputy Dr Bob Mortimer – one of this year’s reasons to keep in touch with us. Vice-Chancellor with a focus on honorary graduates, an update on Please share with us any news, views strategic planning and international the exciting new vision for mima; and updates, and don’t forget to let us development. An academic Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, know if your contact details change. scholar in the field of management from the director, Alistair Hudson, and You can drop us a line any time at and business education, he two newly appointed senior curators [email protected]. holds honorary and visiting from Birmingham and Barcelona. professorships from universities in Russia and China. Alumni Team HOW TO CONTACT THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Alumni Association T: +44 (0) 1642 382455 or Department of External Relations +44 (0) 1642 738321 Teesside University F: +44 (0) 1642 342930 Middlesbrough [email protected] TS1 3BA United Kingdom tees.ac.uk/alumni Opinions expressed in Teesside Graduate are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the University. This publication is available in alternative formats on request. Please contact the Alumni Relations team. Editor: Alison Ferst Contributors: Claire Turford, Alex Robertson, Michelle Ruane, Gary Martin, Marika Bingham, Sarah Hughes, Emy Wright, Joanne Bulmer, Dave Roberts, Michael Lavery 8950 Graduate 2015 magazine.indd 6 21/08/2015 09:34 tees.ac.uk/alumni 7 8950 Graduate 2015 magazine.indd 7 21/08/2015 09:34 8 tees.ac.uk/alumni The terror attacks on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo shone a spotlight on freedom of speech. Twelve people were killed when terrorists stormed the Parisian offices in what was believed to be a response to a number of Muhammad cartoons the magazine published. Martin Rowson Cartoon veteran is an advocate for free speech 8950 Graduate 2015 magazine.indd 8 21/08/2015 09:34 tees.ac.uk/alumni 9 Martin Rowson, who has been and students were very welcoming and media. But after making a living chastising a cartoonist and visual journalist were genuinely enthusiastic to find out their characters, has he ever met anybody for over 30 years and is a regular more about my work.’ from the world of politics who he actually contributor to the likes of The Martin had always wanted to be likes? Guardian and The Independent, a cartoonist and has been doing it ‘People I meet in real life tend to be believes the right to freedom of professionally since 1982, specialising far worse than I ever imagined,’ he says speech will always outweigh the in political satire. So does he ever feel without a hint of irony. argument not to offend. empathy for those politicians he so ‘Most of them are extremely boring ‘Some people think that not being publicly demolishes through drawing? which is why we have to create characters upset is more important than freedom of ‘I often describe it as being like the and personas to liven them up.’ speech, which is simply not true,’ says Stockholm Syndrome – you end up Martin’s visit to Teesside to help launch Martin. falling in love with your victims,’ explains the poetry partnership coincides with ‘I’m not interested in appeasing Martin. the University launching a range of new murderers. What happened to Charlie ‘My wife told me I had to stop courses starting in 2015, including the Hebdo was nothing to do with religion – thinking about George Osborne BA (Hons) Comics, Graphic Novels and it was a cowardly act designed to exert because he is such an appalling man Sequential Design. power and control.