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The Genetic Key to Diabetes DECEMBER 2005 • ISSUE ONE THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MAGAZINE The genetic key to diabetes Olympic ambitions Common law confusion Applying the Nelson touch to today’s leaders Announcements Editorial Lord Alexander of Weedon teachers, of academics, of policymakers Welcome to Exeter News, the new 1936-2005 and the media. He cared passionately University magazine for staff, alumni The University’s Chancellor Lord about children and it angered him when and supporters. Alexander of Weedon died on 6 people tried to write them off at an early Exeter News is an amalgamation of November following a long illness. Bob age. Ted was very much against pomp three previous publications – the staff Alexander became a very well known and circumstance and was a prolific magazine Extra, the alumni magazine barrister and later Chairman of the commentator on education matters Expression and the supporters’ NatWest Bank. He was installed as in newspapers, radio and television. newsletter Ex Gratia. By merging these Chancellor of the University of Exeter It is hard to think of a more influential publications we can: in October 1998 and was enormously or more popular figure in the field successful and influential in that post. of education. 1 Produce a bigger and hopefully He was fascinated by the dilemmas and better publication for about the same problems of running a university and cost. Exeter News is 50% bigger than devoted himself to finding out, in detail, Extra, a third bigger than Expression what was going on and, crucially, how Professor Michael and six times bigger than Ex Gratia. staff and students felt about their Winter, of the 2 Give readers a wider view of institution. He served as a sounding board School of Geography, teaching, research, fund raising, for senior management, and as a passionate Archaeology and sporting developments, alumni advocate for the interests of students. Earth Resources, has activities, Guild goings-on and events. received an OBE. He is Director of the Professor Ted Wragg Centre for Rural Research, a Board However, we recognise that our 1938-2005 member of the Countryside Agency, different audiences do have slightly Ted Wragg suffered a cardiac arrest while Chair of the South West Rural Affairs different interests, so there are staff and out running and died on 10 November. Forum, Chair of the Devon Rural alumni/donors editions of the magazine During his 34 years at St Luke’s, Ted Network, and Vice-Chair of the each with a different centre section. Wragg secured millions of pounds worth Hatherleigh Area Project. of research projects and wrote 800 Exeter News will be published twice a academic articles and 50 books. He Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor year. The next edition is due out in June. made many important contributions to Roger Kain, of the School of Geography, Golden Jubilee UK education policy, a fact recognised Archaeology and Earth Resources, has This year is of course the University’s by the award of five honorary degrees. received a CBE. He is a Fellow of the Golden Jubilee. One of the most Ted was not only a world class academic, British Academy and also its Vice- exciting Jubilee events takes place on but he was also the life and soul of the President and Treasurer, and a Fellow Wednesday 21 December with a University. He had the respect of of University College London. firework display in the city centre sponsored by the Princesshay development. The event marks 50 years to the day since the award of the Charter which turned the University UNIVERSITY College of the South West into the CHRISTMAS CARDS University of Exeter. Alumni from 1950-60 have been invited back to NOW ON SALE! process through the streets prior The 2005 University Christmas cards are to the start of the display. Staff and now on sale. Designed by Delphine Jones alumni from other years are also very welcome to attend. The fireworks in the Design and Publications Office, the will be fired from the roof of card depicts a wintery scene of Northcote Debenhams at 7.30pm. House in a Christmas tree bauble. For further details see: The cards are sold in packs of ten www.exeter.ac.uk/goldenjubilee/ and cost £3.95 per pack (or £3.50 per pack for purchases of ten packs or more). Cards can be bought at the following locations: • Reception Northcote House • Room 210 Northcote House (via Catherine Pierce) Exeter news is edited by Stuart • Streatham campus supermarket • St Luke’s campus supermarket Franklin (Head of Press and PR), with All profit goes to the Exeter University Foundation. contributions from Karen Lippoldt (Alumni Officer) and Jill Baines COVER PICTURE Professor Andrew Hattersley of the Peninsula Medical School examines a diabetes patient. (Development Officer). The work of Professor Hattersley and his team has earned the University a third Queen’s Anniversary Prize. For full story see page eight. Design and production by the Design and Publications Office. two The University’s Golden Jubilee celebration got off to a glittering start with the Exeter Stars dinner on 1 October. Starry, starry night he Exeter Stars Dinner was held to celebrate the South West in 1922. Each stage of development was the Tcontribution made to the University by the many result of the efforts of many determined men and women alumni who have given to the Golden Anniversary Fund who in their time were determined to push higher and other money raising initiatives. More than 1,800 alumni education in Exeter on to the next level. have so far contributed to the Fund which has exceeded its Said Professor Smith: ‘If you want an analogy, then think of a target of £500,000. The money has been used for a wide relay race. But a relay race lasting 150 years and with thousands range of purposes, including equipment for disabled of runners. The baton has now passed to us. We’re in the students, 50 new computers for the Library, scholarships, race. The question is: how far and how fast can we go?’ and grants for students to attend national and international Professor Smith paid tribute to the vision of important conferences. It has been so successful that the initiative people in the University’s development. These include Sir is continuing this year under the new name of the Stafford Northcote, who founded the Schools of Art and Annual Fund. Science, Jessie Montgomery, who created the plan for the Also present at the dinner were a number of high profile University Extension College, and Hector Hetherington, the alumni and honorary graduates, including the former College Principal in the 1920s who secured for the aspirant Governor of the Bank of England Lord George, the chef University the Streatham Estate. Michael Caines and the Polar explorer Pen Hadow. The In the 1920s and 1930s, benefactors were vitally important event saw the launch of A Brief History of the University of to enable the College to grow. Among these benefactors Exeter, a special commemorative publication for the Jubilee were Alderman Reed, Henry Lopes, Helen Hope, Evelyn year. See page 16. Mardon, Washington Singer, and C V Thomas. Their names In his speech to the 200 guests the Vice-Chancellor live on in the buildings their donations made possible. Professor Steve Smith said that the Jubilee celebrated not Professor Smith said that in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, just 50 years of the University of Exeter but 150 years of universities had become too dependent on State funding higher education development in the city. That process had and had paid the price as their fortunes waxed and waned begun in 1855 with the creation of the School of Art in in line with different governments’ education policies. In Exeter, then a School of Science in 1863, Exeter Technical 2005, successful universities needed support from alumni and University Extension College in 1893, the Royal Albert and other donors to be successful. Memorial College in 1900 and the University College of the three Common law confusion Six out of ten cohabiting couples think they’re in a common law marriage which offers them the same rights as if they were actually man and wife. But the concept hasn’t existed in English law since 1753. Is it any wonder they’re confused when the law sometimes treats people as if they were actually married and sometimes as completely separate? ore and more couples are choosing to cohabit your partner automatically inherits all or most of the Mand more than a quarter of all children are born to property if you do not leave a will. If you’re cohabiting, cohabiting parents. The fact that so many of these couples you have no will and the property is in your partner’s are confused about their legal rights is, then, a serious name, then you get nothing. Even if the property is in joint problem. The extent of the confusion and the issues names then you may well only get to keep your half with surrounding it have now been revealed for the first time by the remainder going to your deceased partner’s family.’ a team led by Professor Anne Barlow in the School of Law. The evidence is that cohabiting couples don’t look into She said: ‘It’s very surprising that a notion of common law these issues and blithely assume that if the relationship marriage has survived after so long and that it’s still so breaks up they will be looked after by the law as if they widely held to be true. It still exists in some countries, were married.
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