Success comes in all shapes and sizes LINK ED7 Where are you now? UCS Alumni Association Welcome to the 2015 edition of the UCS News Highlights Alumni Association magazine, Linked. UCS has had a busy year. Below is a brief highlight of some of the stories that we thought would be of most interest to you. Regulars We have had an exciting 12 months and I am very pleased that the focus of this You can read the full articles on our website and find out what else has happened this year at www.ucs.ac.uk/news 01 / News highlights the next year promises to be even more issue is on your achievements. Looking 02 / An update from the Alumni and Development Team transformational for the history of higher at all the stories you have shared with 08 / Careers and Employability education in Suffolk. us of where you are now has been UCS awarded singer songwriter Dr Rowan Williams gave UCS announced its partnership 20 / Noticeboard inspiring and encouraging. We continue Ed Sheeran an Honorary a lecture at UCS with Ipswich Town FC by In November we took a significant further to be proud of all your professional and Features step to becoming an independent personal stories, and are privileged to Doctorate unveiling a suite of new 03 / Where are you now? university after being granted Taught share some of them with the whole of the Former Archbishop of Canterbury, sports-related degrees. 06 / UCS Union: Now and then Ed Sheeran attended UCS’ graduation Dr Rowan Williams presented the Suffolk 10 / Making an impact with research Degree Awarding Powers (TDAP) by the alumni community. 14 / The UCS Foundation Board Privy Council. This means the institution ceremony for the Department of Arts Theology Forum Lecture. Dr Williams UCS is adding to its sports related 16 / Business and Enterprise is able to award its own undergraduate We are always keen to hear from you and and Humanities to receive an honorary spoke about Theology and the Edge of degree programme by offering several 18 / In profile: Sharon Cudworth and taught postgraduate degrees and, share your news and stories. However doctorate. Words in the final UCS Academy Lecture new courses specialising in football sport crucially, is able to apply for University you choose to keep in touch with us we of the academic year. science and coaching, in partnership with Do you share your Linked? Title. We are extremely proud of value everything you share. If you share an address with a fellow the Ipswich Town FC Academy. graduate and are happy to receive just achieving this next step in our journey to one copy of Linked please let us know. becoming an independent university. Stay up-to-date With the progression towards To ensure you get the latest information, independence and on the back of the please make sure your contact details launch of our first fundraising initiative, are up-to-date by visiting Giving to UCS, we have created a www.ucs.ac.uk/alumni Foundation Board to lead and support our philanthropic work. I am delighted that Celia Edey, Deputy Chair of the Alumni and Development Team UCS Board, has agreed to Chair Richard Lister E: [email protected] the Foundation Board and lead our Provost and Chief Executive T: 01473 338833 fundraising efforts. You can read more UCS about the Foundation Board on page 14. LINKED7 LINKED7 www.ucs.ac.uk/alumni www.ucs.ac.uk/alumni 01 Why ‘Where are you now’? ELLA DAVIES ANNIE HOPKINS DANIEL MEASOR DipHE Operating AND ADAM DALBY BA (Hons) Graphic The Alumni and Development Team you. This is why we decided to dedicate Department Practice BSc (Hons) Design have been astounded by the feedback, this edition of Linked magazine to sharing Class of 2008 Business Management Class of 2009 comments and suggestions shared by your successes with each other, within BSc (Hons) Acute Class of 2011 and Class members of the Alumni Association this our community. We haven’t been able to Healthcare Practice of 2012 year. One of the things that we have been include everyone in these pages, and for Class of 2013 I now live and work as a Graphic Up date most delighted to receive are your profiles those we haven’t we apologise but we We met in the third year of our Business Designer in Switzerland. I have been here detailing your personal and professional hope this edition of Linked inspires you all. Since I qualified in 2008 I have Management degrees at UCS Ipswich. for four years and am currently at a start up journeys since you graduated. It became Please carry on telling us what you have been working at West Suffolk NHS Our paths crossed in a romantic research agency called Equipe - www.eqp.ch very clear that UCS graduates are working gone on to do. Foundation Trust. In December 2014 methods lecture in 2011. We are due to internationally, are making a real impact on I was selected to become the Trust’s marry in March 2016. Adam continues to society and that we should be shouting as As mentioned in Richard’s welcome we first Physician’s Assistant (Anaesthesia). attend evening lectures to complete his loudly as possible about your successes. have achieved Taught Degree Awarding This is a relatively new role in the UK (10 Masters degree (he graduates next year). REBECCA COLE Powers and this is a huge first step in our years) in which non-medical practitioners We welcomed our baby daughter Eva into BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies from the Alumni and Our new Head of Marketing and journey to becoming independent. We will undertake extensive training to enable them the world. Juggling a baby, assignment Class of 2012 Communications, Blair Campbell, has Development Team keep you updated on this journey. UCS will to independently administer an anaesthetic deadlines and careers definitely hasn't been recognised this; joining UCS in August from hopefully become the University of Suffolk under the supervision of a consultant. easy but we still can't quite believe how fate After graduating I joined an agency to UEA he has been working tirelessly since which means the Alumni Association will Without the support of some fantastic brought us together. work within a nursery setting. I was soon to promote the successes of our graduates. transition and change as well. All updates faculty at UCS over the years I wouldn’t have taken on full-time as a nursery practitioner He has recently launched the #UCSGoFar and changes will be shared with you via our been able to undertake this exciting new and was then promoted to room leader. I promotional campaign using profiles of social media platforms, the website and our challenge. have recently taken a promotion in a new Alumni and Development Team our graduates to promote our courses and regular e-newsletters. setting as third in charge and am also E: [email protected] facilities. undertaking my Early Years Teacher course. I T: 01473 338833 We hope you have a fantastic next would like to thank UCS for helping me grow This made the Alumni and Development 12 months and look forward to talking to in confidence giving me the opportunity to be /UCSAlumni Team realise that we do a lot of sharing of lots of you over the coming year. WHERE where I am now. /UCS_Alumni your stories with potential students and Search University Campus internally to current staff and students, but Suffolk Alumni Association we haven’t really shared many of them with UCS Alumni and Development Team LINKED7 ARE YOU NOW? LINKED7 02 www.ucs.ac.uk/alumni www.ucs.ac.uk/alumni 03 WHERE ARE YOU NOW? WHERE ARE YOU NOW? Co-Founder and Head Coach at Personal JEMMA LYNCH Trinity Park and the experience I got from of the University’ Award in 2015. I recently JESSICA BROWN STEVEN BA (Hons) Graphic Design Best Soccer in Norfolk and am also First BSc (Hons) Criminology working there - all thanks to Laura Locke graduated from the Eastern Enterprise SCHWARTZ Class of 2014 HND in Business Studies Team Coach at Dereham Town Football Club. Class of 2015 and the Event Management lecturers for Hub Entrepreneur’s Programme with the with Financial Services helping me get this opportunity. aim of building my existing practice as a After graduating, I flew Class of 1999 TUGBERK KAYA Since graduating I Psychotherapist, Counsellor and Passion over 4,800 miles to China for an eight week BA (Hons) Business secured the position of for Life Coach, working with GPs and other internship. Having successfully been awarded I got involved with the Students’ Union and Management with FGM Project Coordinator for Suffolk Refugee DANIEL BRADLEY specialists in the Health and Wellbeing a Generation UK scholarship, I joined the Max was a member of the executive committee. Marketing Support, this is such a big current issue BSc (Hons) Operations field. Life is for living. It’s not the things that Designs team in Zhuhai, South China, as part This was extremely important to the Class of 2012 and is therefore a position which brings with Engineering happen in life, but how we deal with them of a British Council initiative. After returning introverted and depressed 18 year old me. it a lot of responsibility. Hopefully, I will be Class of 2013 that makes the difference to our overall to England, I was offered another internship I was later elected as Vice President. After I moved to the UK from Cyprus to study standing for County Council in 2017.