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ALUMNI
TIME
FOR
A SEA
CHANGE
Our response to the global climate crisis
INSIDE YOUR 2020 EDITION:
❱ Change is coming to campus ❱ Alumni Award winners 2019 ❱ Pioneering in public health
ALUMNI
❱ CONTENTS
04 News
20 18 Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame
Janet Beer introduces a round-up of
O
In Case of The Yorkshire Vet campus news
ver the past year, we have
Emergency, Peter Wright, the star of Channel 5’s
welcomed many new
Break Habits The Yorkshire Vet, reminisces on his
16 Award winners
members to the team to Celebrating University of Liverpool
take a lead on engaging with our The University of time as a student
alumni and their worldwide impact
recent graduates and international Liverpool is transforming
networks, managing our to fit into a sustainable 26 Passports to
volunteering programme and future – and everyone Possibilities
developing our fundraising appeals. has a role to play Driving forward with our commitment
In my new role as Head of Alumni to global education
Engagement, it has also been a great honour to take the helm
as editor of your Alumni magazine. 27 Legacies
The theme of this year’s magazine is ‘facing global Highlighting the enormous
challenges’ - from alumna Professor Louise Kenny (MBChB contribution made by our legacy
Hons 1993) who is leading on the University’s commitment supporters
to improving the health of people in the Liverpool region and
beyond, to our research and impact in the areas of climate
28 Class Notes
What happened to your classmates
change and sustainability.
Read on to hear about the winners of our inaugural Alumni after graduation?
Awards, which recognise the many and varied achievements
of our alumni community. Nominations for this year’s awards 14 34 In memoriam
Including alumni, staff, students,
are now open; turn to page 16 to learn more. Building on Friends of the University and
On page 10 you can learn more about the developments a Legacy Honorary Graduates
taking place on the Liverpool campus as part of the
Executive Pro-Vice-
University’s investment in its estate and commitment to 38 Enterprise Fund
sustainability. If you have not been back to campus for a
while, now is the perfect time to do so!
10 Chancellor Professor
Louise Kenny on Supporting enterprising students
Thank you from all of us in the Development and Alumni
Our Changing Liverpool’s contribution and alumni
Campus to addressing challenges
Relations team for your continuing support.
Revitalising our campus and in public health
39 Events
Events and reunions from the year
With best wishes, the student experience
gone by
Caroline Mitchell
Head of Alumni Engagement
P.S. To make sure that you are getting the most out of your
alumni network, update your contact details and email 24
preferences online at: liverpool.ac.uk/alumni/update or email
us via: alumni@liverpool.ac.uk.
08 Sound Mind,
Wild at Heart Sound Body
Bestselling author Emma Managing Director of ASICS
Jane Unsworth recalls the Greater China Hilda Chan
LIVERPOOL CONNECT experiences that shaped
her University career and
discusses business traditions,
wellbeing and the benefits of
Join our exclusive online networking and mentoring platform the friendships that have studying online
to connect with University of Liverpool students and alumni defined and inspired her
around the world.
JOIN NOW: liverpool.aluminate.net
ORIGINAL COVER PHOTO © KRIS KRÜG/GETTY IMAGES | DESIGN BY WHITE LIGHT MEDIA
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❱ NEWS ℹ MORE: www.liverpool.ac.uk/news
IntoUniversity North
Liverpool Centre receives
£300k birthday gift
IntoUniversity North Liverpool Centre has received
a £300k ‘birthday gift’ to help mark its 2nd birthday
following a successful fundraising campaign by the
Development and Alumni Relations team.
Next important phase
in infectious diseases
research launched
Professor Dame Sally Davies DBE (Hon DSc 2009)
helped to launch an ambitious new programme
A message from our how you can contribute, are
available on page 10.
of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) research in
the Centre of Excellence in Infectious Diseases
Vice-Chancellor The last 12 months have also
seen success in university league
Research (CEIDR), which is tasked with tackling the
current AMR crisis and its impact on human health
WELCOME TO YOUR ALUMNI MAGAZINE tables, with a climb of eight in Liverpool, the UK and globally.
places to 28th in the Complete
University Guide, a 16 place
I
improvement in the Times Higher
t has been another teaching and performance Education World University University and Guild of Students sign
successful year for our
University of Liverpool
centre. This £22.1 million facility
will include the 600-seat Paul
Rankings 2020, and a climb
of 11 places in The Times and
UN Sustainable Development Goals Accord
community, crowned with Brett Lecture Theatre, seminar Sunday Times Good University The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals were established by world leaders in 2015 to create a
wonderful graduation ceremonies facilities, informal study spaces Guide 2019. better world, end poverty, fight inequality and take action on climate change. Signing the Accord demonstrates
which saw us confer honorary and the 400-seat Tung We are, of course, known as the University’s commitment to sustainability and builds on existing activities and research and education
degrees on a range of exceptional Auditorium which will have the original redbrick university, strengths in this area, placing these goals at the heart of our decision-making.
people, many of whom are alumni. capacity for a 70-piece now used as the collective term
Another high point was an orchestra. I am incredibly for the civic universities founded
opportunity to celebrate our passionate about the exciting in the 19th century. We take our
alumni – this time through the opportunities this project offers. civic role very seriously and have
inaugural Alumni Awards The space will further enrich published a report, Celebrating
ceremony. It was a fantastic the vibrant cultural life of our the University of Liverpool’s
event which celebrated the city and will also offer important Contribution to Liverpool City
incredibly diverse and important real world experience for our Region, which highlights some
contributions our alumni make students. As part of our of our work in this area. We have
to society and you can read fundraising efforts for this new a number of important plans to
more about their inspiring facility, we are currently offering further enhance our positive
stories on page 16. the opportunity to name a seat impact on the City Region over
A further development has in the Tung Auditorium and I am the next twelve months and I look
been the launch of our Estate very pleased to be naming one forward to sharing more on that
Masterplan which provides a for my grandson, Blake, who with you soon.
vision of the campus over the was born last year. Details on
next 15 years and beyond. One the Masterplan and this new Professor Dame Janet Beer DBE
of the early projects is a new project in particular, including Vice-Chancellor
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❱ NEWS ℹ MORE: www.liverpool.ac.uk/news
First female
president
appointed
to University
Management School Council Liverpool and Shanghai
secures prestigious twinning milestone
EQUIS accreditation Carmel Booth (BA Hons
Geography 1995) has been The University played a key role in a series of events
appointed as the new President held in Shanghai to coincide with the 20th anniversary
The University of
of University Council. She is of the city’s official twinning with Liverpool.
Liverpool’s Management
the first woman to chair the
School has secured the
University’s pre-eminent
prestigious EQUIS
decision-making body and
accreditation, thanks in
part to our alumni
will take up her new three-year Prince and President
volunteers, and is now
term when the Earl of Derby,
DL (Hon LLD 2008) steps down
draw the crowds
one of just 187 accredited
institutions worldwide. at the end of July. Crowds of well-wishers lined Ashton Street as the
Prince of Wales
Pledging £1 million and the President
for scholarships of Ireland, Michael
D. Higgins, visited
To mark the 30th anniversary of the University the University to
of Liverpool Graduate Association (Hong Kong), cement their roles
the University’s oldest Alumni Association, the as joint patrons of
committee signed an agreement to donate the Institute of
£1 million to support student scholarships. Irish Studies.
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● Dr Martyn Blissitt MRCVS Chief Medical Officer for of Willowbrook Hospice,
Fundraising (BVSc 1982), Veterinary Adviser England, received a Dame received a BEM for services
complete for to the Scottish Government for
Animal Health and Welfare,
Grand Cross for services to
Public Health and Research.
to End of Life Care.
innovative received an OBE for services ● Professor Jane Hurst, William
‘child-friendly’ Alumni and to Animal Health. ● Claire Dove (Diploma in Prescott Chair of Animal Science,
HIV treatment staff recognised ● The Honourable Charles
Social Studies 1987), Chief
Executive of Blackburne House,
received an OBE for services to
Animal Welfare.
in New Year Clifford (LLB Hons 1995) received received a CBE for services
Our £400,000 HIV nanomedicines fundraising campaign to help
Honours list an MBE for services to Customs
and Border Control in the
to Social Enterprise. ● Julia Unwin CBE (BA Hons
Medieval and Modern History
improve drug therapies for children with HIV reached its target, more Cayman Islands. ● Christine Haywood (BSc Hons 1978), former Chief Executive
than eight months ahead of schedule. Thanks to the income raised by Professional Health Studies of the Joseph Rowntree
donors, researchers were able to successfully apply for funding and in ● Professor Dame Sally Davies 2000, MSc Ethics of Health Foundation, received a DBE
January 2020 were awarded a grant of more than £24.5 million from DBE (Hon DSc 2009), former Care 2004), Clinical Director for services to Civil Society.
Unitaid, a non-profit organisation, to further their research in this field.
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I LD
❱ EMMA JANE UNSWORTH ℹ MORE: liverpool.ac.uk/alumni/meet-our-alumni
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mma Jane Unsworth (BA Hons English Language and Literature 2000) is an alumna and award-
winning writer. Her novel Animals, which follows hedonistic duo Laura and Tyler as they navigate
friendship, love, and partying, was recently adapted into a film of the same name starring Holliday
Grainger and directed by Sophie Hyde - giving Emma the chance to realise her dream of becoming
a screenwriter. Looking back on her days at university, Emma recalls discovering her love for Liverpool’s nightlife,
the experiences that shaped her university career and the friendships that have defined and inspired her.
I WAS AN AVERAGE STUDENT REALLY – a bit of a
smart-arse sometimes in tutorials. Studying at
Liverpool was a transformative time of my life: I was
starting to build my own life, with the books I loved
I write a lot about women’s bodies
because I like writing about physicality,
but also because women’s bodies are
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battlegrounds, even in this day and age. I hope
lts
I write comedies, but I hope they are comedies with
dark, ferocious undercurrents. I do have things to
say, and the characters I’m interested in will always
be suffering in some way under the patriarchy.
From page to screen
Having Animals made into a film was utterly surreal.
I’m very grateful to have been given the chance
to adapt my own book, as not many first-time
screenwriters get that. I’ve always wanted to be a
around me. It gave me time and space to become screenwriter because dialogue is my favourite thing
battlegrounds, even in this day and age.
myself; to start honing my writing style and my own to write. Seeing the film for the first time was
voice as a critic and essayist. traumatic, in a good way. I was an emotional wreck;
While studying I was also reviewing books night – rather than getting drunk by 9pm and ending it felt like I’d handed over my baby and met it again as
occasionally for The Big Issue in the North. That felt up in McDonalds. I had so many adventures with my a teenager. But the director did such a good job and
huge and journalism became my (paid) way into friends in Liverpool. We really looked after each I’m so proud of how hard everyone worked. Premiering
writing. After I graduated I went back to my other, too. A lot of that went on to inspire Animals, at the Sundance Film Festival was a dream come true
hometown of Manchester and did an MA in Creative which is about friends out on the town. I dedicated – probably the best week of my life.
Writing whilst working part time as a journalist for an the book to my best friend Alison Taylor, who I met in My advice to aspiring writers in the alumni
arts magazine. If I wasn’t a writer, I’d probably have a lecture theatre at Liverpool. My friendship with community? Finish it. Whatever it is, finish it. Get to
ended up working behind a bar, because that’s the Alison changed my life. She was a lot more mature the end of a draft, even if it is a terrible first draft,
only other thing I can really do. I used to quite enjoy than me – a bit older; she’d had a gap year. She still which it probably will be. Until you do a draft of some
being a barmaid. You hear some great stories. is a lot more mature than me to be honest. kind, you won’t even know what it is you’re writing.
The Liverpool nightlife also inspired me a lot. I was I think all my fiction is quite political. I write a lot Then, edit, edit, edit. Otherwise, you’ll polish the
F Emma (left) graduating
an avid clubber. A voracious drinker. I started going about women’s bodies because I like writing about with friend Alison Taylor same first five pages for 10 years. Trust me – I’ve
out properly there, and really savouring the whole physicality, but also because women’s bodies are in 2000 done that. ●
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❱ CAMPUS VISION ℹ MORE: liverpool.ac.uk/masterplan-estate-strategy
OUR WHAT DO YOU THINK?
CHANGING
CAMPUS
We are excited about our long-term vision for the campus which builds
F The Department of
Music’s new Teaching
on feedback from staff, students and key stakeholders.
and Performance Centre
THE UNIVERSITY’S F The images in
this feature are
MASTERPLAN ESTATES for conceptual
purposes and
STRATEGY IS SET TO may be subject
REVITALISE OUR CAMPUS to change
AND THE LIVERPOOL
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
I
f you were to take a walk around campus
many years after your graduation, you would
likely notice a few changes. Perhaps you’d
find that your favourite reading spot has
been filled with bike hire racks, or one of your old
lecture halls has been knocked down and replaced
by a glossy new building. With the latest plans for
regeneration, the University campus is set to
change over the next 15 years. The ‘Masterplan
Estate Strategy’ is a £0.5bn investment in the quality
of teaching, research, learning and leisure facilities
over the next 10 years. The plan will support our
sustainability goals as well maintain the excellence
of our research facilities and improve the experience
for our students.
As part of our vision for a greener future, the
Masterplan includes a pledge to plant 1,000 trees
on campus, and to create a brand new ‘University
Park’ opposite Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.
This, alongside investment in sustainable travel
options, will reduce traffic and pollution around
the University: a win for both sustainability and the
wellbeing of staff and students. And it’s not just The University campus is set to change and
humans enjoying life on campus – the University become more sustainable over the next 15 years
of Liverpool has recently been declared a
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❱ CAMPUS VISION
We’ve Now
saved put
you a your
seat name
on it
F Extension to the Also in the works is a 2000m² extension
Y
School of Architecture
to the School of Architecture with a ou are invited to play a leading role in our Put your name down in history
design selected by a panel of students, mission of making the world’s greatest For a minimum gift of £250, your dedication will be
staff, and alumni, including Tate music accessible to everyone. engraved on a plaque and affixed to a seat in the
Hedgehog Friendly Campus. The scheme aims to By naming a seat in the Tung Auditorium, at Tung Auditorium, where it will remain for the lifetime
raise awareness of hedgehogs, whose numbers are
Modern Director Maria Balshaw CBE the heart of the new Teaching and Performance of the seat. Gifts can be made in full or in monthly
plummeting, and to introduce practical measures Centre, you will ensure that the University of instalments.
to protect their habitats. Also in the works is a 2000m² extension to the Liverpool continues to be a top choice for Whether you choose to name your seat for yourself
Among other exciting developments for the School of Architecture with a design selected by a students worldwide. or your family or for someone special who always
University estate, a Digital Innovation Facility (DIF) panel of students, staff, and alumni, including Tate Opening in autumn 2021, the Centre will sits beside you, you will be supporting our mission
(pictured below) is due for completion later this year. Modern Director Maria Balshaw CBE (BA Hons support activities including concerts, lectures to bring this wonderful new facility to the University
Bringing together complementary areas of research English Literature and Communication Studies 1991, and exhibitions and will unite people of all ages and the city.
in computer science, robotics, and engineering, the Hon LittD 2018). and backgrounds. Join fellow University of Liverpool alumni and friends
DIF will be a centre of excellence enabling The Department of Music’s new Teaching and who share the belief that music and the arts matter.
collaborative R&D and support for businesses linked Performance Centre, home to the Tung Auditorium
to digital technologies. The DIF is forecast to create and Paul Brett Lecture Theatre, is due to open in
approximately 400 jobs over a ten-year period, while autumn 2021. We know that music plays an important
boosting the city region economy by £44.5 million. part in the lives of many of our alumni; our current
Name a Seat fundraising campaign is one way that
Our campaign ambassadors are all playing their part
you can get involved in the project – see the
following page for more details.
As we enter a new decade, the changes outlined
in the campus strategy articulate how the
University is contributing to the vibrant community
in Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter. There couldn’t Professor Averil Nick Robin Dr Joan Dr Yoko Ono Dame Patricia
be a better time to pay us a visit. ● Mansfield CBE Riddle Bloxsidge Rodgers CBE Lennon Routledge DBE
F Digital Innovation
Facility
To arrange a campus tour or reunion, contact the
Alumni team at: alumni@liverpool.ac.uk
BE PART OF OUR STORY
We’ve saved you a seat. Now put your name on it. Find out more at: liverpool.ac.uk/giving/name-a-seat
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❱ LOUISE KENNY ℹ MORE: liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-life-sciences
The story of Liverpool is intrinsically tied to the
Research shows that living below
development of medicine as a discipline. As the
UK’s first Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool native the poverty line has a devastating and
William Henry Duncan combated high levels of and lasting impact on children’s health
tuberculosis, cholera and typhus by addressing as well as their life chances.
poor sanitation and living conditions among the
city’s poor. Moreover, William Blair-Bell, Professor
of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies DBE (Hon DSc
Liverpool, authored The Principles of Gynaecology, 2009) launched the initiative alongside Professor
BUILDING
a seminal textbook in the field, and founded the William Hope, the new Director and holder of the
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Dame Sally Davies Chair.
in 1929. In line with this legacy, Professor Kenny “AMR is an existential threat to humankind,”
and her team have driven progress on a range of said Louise. “In Liverpool, we have a long and rich
ON A
initiatives aimed at tackling the most urgent heritage of discovering new drugs; we are known
challenges to public health. worldwide for being a centre of excellence for
clinical pharmacology, as well as for infectious
“A civic responsibility” diseases research. So it made sense to unify these
LEGACY
By reintegrating world-class teaching and distinctions to contribute to the national and
cutting-edge scientific research, Project SHAPE international agenda in AMR.”
is a major strategic realignment that aims to Louise feels it is the University’s duty to the city of
deliver tangible social impact by improving health Liverpool, and wider national and global responsibility,
outcomes throughout the Liverpool City Region to address these issues.
and beyond. “Although Liverpool has undergone massive
“Research shows that living below the poverty transformational change, many health outcomes
line has a devastating and lasting impact on are still performing poorly; in fact, some indices are
children’s health and life chances – particularly getting worse. The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences,
W
in the first 1,000 days,” says along with the University as
PROFESSOR LOUISE KENNY orking in health research Louise. “Project SHAPE will a whole, is committed to
(MBCHB HONS 1993), EXECUTIVE has always been more than enable us to realign our FACT FILE: addressing this. I believe we
just a job for Professor Louise expertise through a new Professor Louise Kenny have a civic responsibility to
PRO-VICE-CHANCELLOR FOR THE Kenny. Having grown up in and structure and vision, so we can ● Founding Director of Irish the people of Liverpool - to the
FACULTY OF HEALTH AND around Liverpool before working on hospital wards be more agile and respond to Centre for Fetal and people I grew up with - to
LIFE SCIENCES, DISCUSSES as a student at the School of Medicine, Professor unmet societal needs locally, Neonatal Translational utilise and develop our standing
Kenny has a strong personal affinity for the city nationally and globally.” Research (INFANT) as the largest provider of
LIVERPOOL’S CONTRIBUTION TO
and its people. Furthermore, an ambitious ● Science Foundation Ireland health and life science
ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN “I have very fond memories of my time as a new programme of antimicrobial capability and resources in the
Researcher of the Year
PUBLIC HEALTH student,” said Louise. “Liverpudlians are very proud resistance (AMR) research has (2015) UK, to address these urgent
of the city’s history in educating doctors and recently been announced as public health concerns.” ●
● 2015 Irish Tatler Woman
pioneering medical research, so I never had to part of a new chapter for the of the Year for STEM
apologise for being a student when I was on the Centre of Excellence in ● Listed on the 2020 Northern Find out more about the
wards. Patients, doctors and medical staff were Infectious Diseases Research University’s AMR research
Power Women List
at: liverpool.ac.uk/ceidr
always supportive and accommodating.” (CEIDR). Former Chief Medical
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❱ AWARDS ℹ 2020 NOMINATIONS OPEN: liverpool.ac.uk/alumni/awards
Dr Jaclyn Bell Dr Sze May Ng Roisin Ross
BSc (Hons) Mathematics 2010, MSc MSc Medical Sciences 2005, PhD 2010, BA History with Criminology 2017
Mathematical Sciences 2011, PhD 2016 LLM Law 2014 Senior Domestic Violence
Senior Teaching Fellow at Imperial Consultant Paediatrician and Caseworker at Solace Women’s Aid
College London and an oustanding diabetes specialist who has been and the founder of the CAIM Project
advocate for the University of Liverpool, regularly involved in setting national diabetes policy. She has that trains volunteers working with refugees on sexual
volunteering to help inspire the next generation also published a 10-year memoir about her experience and domestic violence.
of students. THE INAUGURAL UNIVERSITY of raising a child on the autism spectrum.
OF LIVERPOOL ALUMNI Megan Stammers
Lucy Byrne Faith Osiobe
AWARDS, HELD IN FEBRUARY MSc Global Human Resources
MEng Mechanical Engineering with
BA (Hons) Art History and Management 2018
2020, CELEBRATED THE Management 2011
English Literature 2002 Graduate Engineer at Rolls-Royce
Managing Director of dot-art, a ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR HR professional who has been the
and the founder of the University’s
Liverpool-based social enterprise COMMUNITY. THE WINNERS University’s Nigerian alumni
annual Engineering alumni and student networking
ambassador since her graduation.
that works to support local artists, schools and HAVE SHOWN THE IMPACT Working with the Alumni team, Faith has been actively
event which she established in her final year of study.
businesses to champion art in everyday life.
THAT LIVERPOOL ALUMNI ARE supporting and helping more than 600 graduates in
Professor Michael Thrasher
Dan Chambers MAKING ACROSS THE WORLD Nigeria since 2011.
BA (Hons) Political Theory and
BA (Hons) Geography and Pre-historic Rob Owen OBE Institutions 1974, PhD 1982
Archaeology 1989 BA (Hons) Geography and Politics 1987 One of the UK’s leading election
Award-winning engineer who CEO of the St Giles Trust, a multi- commentators and an expert in UK
has spent more than 20 years the Yukon Development Corporation. Justin helped to award winning national charity, and is local elections. He has been part of the team that
handmaking wheelchairs for athletes and people establish a modern day treaty between his indigenous a key figure in tackling knife crime produced the joint BBC, ITV and Sky exit poll for the
with limited mobility. Since the 2000 Games, Draft community and the Canadian government. and ‘County Lines’ gangs. He has last four general elections.
Wheelchairs, the company Dan co-founded, has helped to reform more than 25,000 clients a year.
won 47 Paralympic medals. Dr Danielle Greenberg Dr Sean Wensley
BVSc 1998
Jasmin Paris BVSc 2003
BVSc 2008
Danielle Chan Director at The Liverpool Vets, an An advocate for animal welfare and
Clinical Lecturer at the University of
LLB 2003 independent veterinary practice former president of the British
Edinburgh. In 2019, she broke the
Head of Communications and in Liverpool city centre, voted Vet Veterinary Association. His work has
existing male record by 12 hours to
Engagement at Community of the Year in 2019. been recognised by the World Veterinary Association
become the first woman to win the 268-mile Spine
Integrated Care. After moving from who awarded him their Global Animal Welfare Award
Race along the Pennine Way.
law into communications, Danielle has pioneered Dr Muhammad Khan for Europe.
internal communications and won numerous awards MRes Clinical Sciences 2014,
Steve Peacock
from industry bodies. MBChB 2015
LLB (Hons) 1988
James Yu
Co-founder of the Health Careers BA (Hons) Business Economics 2013
Partner and Regional Office Head
Dr Ebony Escalona Portal to combat the poor level of
at Weightmans law firm in Liverpool.
Co-founder of Wicker Wings,
BSc Veterinary Conservation Medicine widening participation in healthcare. The HCP has blending the Chinese art of wicker
He sits on the Liverpool Law School
2007, BVSc 2009 been described as ‘the Duke of Edinburgh Award… weaving with British leather
Advisory Board and has helped to set up and host
Founder of Vets: Stay, Go or but for the NHS’. craftsmanship to create luxury handbags. Wicker
events for Liverpool Law School alumni.
Diversify, an online support platform Wings has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, The
for vets, which she launched in 2017 to help combat Professor Charles Kingsland Ioan Roberts Times, Vogue and Glamour.
the growing problem of vets leaving the profession. MBChB 1982, MD Obstetrics and BA (Hons) Popular Music 2007, MA
Gynaecology 1994 Music Industry Studies 2011
Justin Ferbey Founder of the Hewitt Fertility Owner and director of 24 Kitchen
You can find out more about all of our 2019 Alumni
MBA 2011 Centre in Liverpool. Charles has Street, an independent music venue Awards winners and how to submit your nomination
Deputy Minister for the Department performed more than 50,000 consultations with in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. The venue has seen for the 2020 awards at: liverpool.ac.uk/alumni/
awards
of Economic Development for the couples and has spent considerable time training the world-renowned artists performing as well as some
Yukon Government and President of next generation of fertility doctors in the UK. of the University’s Chinese students. Photos: Jaclyn Bell © Peter Dibdin, Jasmin Paris © Mick Kenyon
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❱ PETER WRIGHT ℹ MORE: liverpool.ac.uk/alumni/ulvaa
THE
testament to my time at University and all the
opportunities it offered that my time as a vet student
flew by so quickly.
YORKSHIRE
Filling his shoes
Alf Wight – aka James Herriot – was a quiet and
humble man who was always there for me in the
early stages of my career. If I asked for guidance, he
VET
was there with a pearl of wisdom. He always put his
clients and patients above everything else and
considered himself 90% vet and 10% author. I am
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS proud to follow in his footsteps but only profess to
OF HIS FORMER COLLEAGUE be a pale imitation of the great man.
JAMES HERRIOT, ALUMNUS AND I consider myself to be very lucky to have spent
VET PETER WRIGHT (BVSC 1981) virtually my whole career as a country vet in our
small rural community. You are not anonymous – you
IS BRINGING TO LIFE THE feel very much part of the place. In 1995, just before
FASCINATING WORLD OF Alf Wight died when his son Jim was senior partner
A RURAL VET AS THE STAR OF in the practice, we made the decision to move to
CHANNEL 5’S THE YORKSHIRE purpose-built premises. We called the new surgery
Skeldale, after the fictitious name of the practice in
VET. PETER REMINISCES ON HIS
the Herriot books. It was shortly after this time that
TIME AS A STUDENT AND THE I took on the role of senior partner – a role that some
CHARMS THAT DREW HIM BACK 20 years previously would have been beyond my
TO HIS BELOVED NORTH wildest dreams.
YORKSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE In 2014, Channel 5 asked a small TV production
company called Daisybeck Studios to document the
work of a veterinary practice – what would become
I
The Yorkshire Vet. When they approached us at
was born in a very small village in rural North Skeldale, my initial reaction was to say no – being a
Yorkshire surrounded by small family farms. suspicious Yorkshireman I was wary about damaging
When I was in the sixth form at Thirsk School, our thriving practice. But the Managing Director of
the Head of Careers suggested Veterinary Daisybeck, himself a
Science to me; he had taught Jim Wight, son of It is testament to my time Yorkshireman, had an
James Herriot, and he arranged for me to spend at University and all the honest and likeable face,
a day at the practice in Thirsk. I was immediately and promised me he would
opportunities it offered that
smitten and knew this was what I wanted to do. I was not let me down. Daisybeck
totally hooked by the variety of work, the friendliness my time as a vet student flew have brought our work and
and banter – in the small animal surgery as well as by so quickly. characters into people’s
the visits to farms in the beautiful North Yorkshire sitting rooms without
countryside. It was perfect! sensationalising it. The show appeals to everyone:
I look back with great affection and gratitude for from four year olds to people in their nineties, and
my time spent studying at the University of Liverpool. I am proud that it showcases my beloved Thirsk. ●
I was very proud to walk through the doors of the
prestigious Faculty of Veterinary Science in October Join the University of Liverpool Veterinary Alumni
F The Yorkshire Vet was recently awarded Association (ULVAA) to connect with fellow
1976. It was a small course with a true family veterinary graduates and receive the latest news
the Royal Television Society’s award for Best
atmosphere, and little did I realise that the friends Documentary Series in the Yorkshire region and event invitations to your inbox. Update your
I met at that time would be friends to this day. It is details via: ulvaa@liverpool.ac.uk.
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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, AS THE CLIMATE CRISIS
CONTINUES TO ESCALATE,
THE UNIVERSITY OF
LIVERPOOL IS UNDERGOING
A TRANSFORMATION
HABITS
TO ENSURE IT FITS INTO
A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE –
AND EVERYONE HAS
A ROLE TO PLAY
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T
he University of Liverpool’s research Paris Agreement, the possibility of delayed warming
into climate change is world-leading, even if we stop carbon emissions, and how oceans
from investigating the impact of global gain heat during climate change. Ric believes
warming and carbon emissions to universities can be a ‘powerhouse’ for finding solutions
developing pioneering solutions to reduce these to climate change.
effects. Liverpool is home to some of the world’s “Universities are, of course, important in educating
top academics in environmental studies, experts in students, but increasingly we need to be providing
fields such as coasts and marine life, microbes and new solutions and ways forward to reduce our
disease, conservation and extreme weather. But dependence on using carbon. Some of those
when it comes to the climate crisis that we are solutions might be technical, such as developing
currently facing, it is not enough to know: we need
to act. So what is the University of Liverpool doing Environmental concerns are high
to address climate change? on our agenda - we have set up a new
The University’s ‘green agenda’ seeks to build
an institutional culture of sustainability, embedding
sustainability board to monitor and
environmental concerns into the campus, curriculum drive this progress, both in the short
and community. The ‘Masterplan Estate Strategy’ and long term.
for 2026 (see page 10 for more) envisages a
transformation of the University’s estate into a new materials to capture pollutants, more efficient
‘green campus’, including the development of a ways of storing energy in batteries or capturing
new park, investment in sustainable travel options energy from the sun, or reducing the use of more
and a commitment to planting 1,000 trees over the harmful greenhouse gases.” He continued: “The
next six years. University is engaged in many of these challenges,
Ric Williams is a Professor in Ocean Sciences at the but no doubt, collectively, we need to do more.”
University of Liverpool, whose research specialises in In terms of climate research, Professor of Ocean
studying the effect of warming on our ocean systems. Sciences Alessandro Tagliabue has also played a
His current research focuses on how much carbon can leading role in drafting the new Intergovernmental
be emitted if we are to meet the targets set out in the Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on
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the Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, power of activism and that momentum is gathering
including participating in the approval session for further change. “It was a sign that the University
by governments. This report has highlighted the does listen to the students when we all act together.
widespread observed and projected changes Off the back of this success, the Guild is now
occurring to multiple aspects of the ocean, with forming student-led action groups where students
a key focus on the societal challenges and impacts. can come together to brainstorm ideas for activism
He also participated in the recent COP25 climate – how we can persuade the University to act on
meeting in Madrid, where he presented IPCC report topics such as fast fashion, plastic waste, and meat
results during the main plenary. consumption on campus.”
Powering through Waste Not Want Not
A key area of change at the University has been in
There has definitely been a shift in Liverpool students hail from all over the world, so
F The Green
energy sources. The University of Liverpool is host attitudes recently. Many people are going Guild organises items left behind at the end of term are a significant
volunteering
to the North West’s first interdisciplinary centre for on climate protests and it’s being talked opportunities for
source of waste. Leave Liverpool Tidy is combatting
energy research – the Stephenson Institute for this issue by collecting unwanted items such as
about more. The University is introducing students to learn
Renewable Energy. The Institute was recently more about kitchen utensils, clothes and decorative items, which
awarded £11.2m by the Faraday Institution to fund fantastic initiatives and making great sustainable are then distributed to those in need in the local
ways of living
the development of next-generation lithium steps in the right direction. community and other students. In 2018 alone, more
batteries to power electric vehicles. It conducts vital than ten tonnes of items were redistributed through
research into innovative, sustainable energy sources the scheme.
such as solar harvesting, wind and marine energy to all. “Like many people my age, it scares me that Members of our alumni community are also taking
and fusion technology. our window for halting the impacts of climate important steps. Alumnus Arthur Rowland (MEng
With an aim to reduce its carbon footprint, the change is closing so fast,” says Anna. “But it can Engineering with Product Design 2014) is making
University of Liverpool invested £19m in the be difficult for students – or anyone – to know how a huge impact on the local community through the
construction of a Combined Heat and Power Plant they can change their own lifestyle, especially foundation of his Community Interest Company
(CHP). The CHP provides both electricity and gas for when individual changes are undermined by Direct action (CIC), Plastic Tactics. The company aims to empower
University facilities, and captures the excess heat businesses who don’t place the climate over profit.” The potential impact of student-led climate activism and encourage Liverpudlians to use and reuse
generated and distributes it into the University’s The work of the Green Guild includes organising was seen in 2019 when the University of Liverpool plastic responsibly and reduce waste, through
heating system. Compared to energy supplied by volunteering opportunities for students to learn pledged to divest from all fossil fuels by 2022. The activities like litter picking and turning waste into
the National Grid, the University expects savings more about sustainable ways of living, as well as Fossil Free campaign, organised by the Guild and useful items like coasters and key rings.
of 7,000 tonnes of CO2 every year – a 13% reduction helping reduce waste in the local community. student activists, put pressure on the University to It is often said that the years spent at university
in its carbon footprint. In addition, three Solar PV These include vegetable growing workshops; consider the environmental impact of their are some of the most formative in life. Hopefully,
sites have been introduced on campus, each with ‘gleaning’, collecting food from local farms that investment portfolio. the culture of sustainability that the University of
the potential to reduce carbon emissions by up to would otherwise go to waste; workshops for “This decision is an example of environmental Liverpool is building will stay with alumni, inspiring
20 tonnes. making ‘eco-bricks’ out of plastic waste; and even concerns impacting financial decisions, with the them to continue living climate conscious lives, or
beekeeping on the Guild’s roof garden. potential risks to financial returns being outweighed even to help protect the environment through their
The Green Guild In Anna’s experience, there is huge variation by concerns around fossil fuels,” said Nicola Davies, careers. If the climate crisis is going to be effectively
Liverpool’s Guild of Students has a team dedicated amongst students’ attitudes towards climate Director of Finance at the University. “Environmental addressed, sustainability must be at the core of
to sustainability, known as the Green Guild. Anna change – but she is hopeful for the future. “There concerns are high on the University’s agenda – we everything we do, every decision we make; and every
Scott is the Green Guild’s Sustainability Assistant, has definitely been a shift in attitudes recently. have set up a Sustainability Board to monitor and person and every institution must take action. ●
as well as a final year undergraduate studying Many people are going on climate protests and drive progress in this area, both in the short and
Geography. Anna’s mission is to spread the it’s being talked about more. The University is long term.”
message of sustainability to staff and students, introducing fantastic initiatives, and making great Anna at the Green Guild believes the divestment Read more about The Fossil Free campaign at:
liverpoolguild.org/fossilfree
making eco-friendly living easier and more accessible steps in the right direction.” decision has encouraged students to believe in the
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world’s leading sportswear and sports Staying flexible
equipment providers, since its foundation Hilda completed an MBA online with
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ASICS in 1949. the University of Liverpool, graduating
GREATER CHINA AND ALUMNA It has been the responsibility of Liverpool in 2011. The flexibility she was afforded
alumna Hilda Chan to promote this approach by studying online allowed Hilda to
HILDA CHAN (MBA 2011) TALKS across China, since her appointment as balance her education with executive
TACKLING BUSINESS TRADITIONS, Managing Director of ASICS Greater China management responsibilities - a priority
PROMOTING WELLBEING AND THE in 2015. After joining the company in 2014 as of hers at the time.
BENEFITS OF STUDYING ONLINE a Business Strategy Manager, Hilda quickly “The MBA course content was very
rose through the ranks and now leads her varied; I was able to find leadership courses
SOUND
team as it progresses through a ‘2.0 phase’ that I wanted to focus on in particular,” says
of business in the Chinese market. Hilda. “I chose the University of Liverpool
“The transition to the Managing Director because it offers a diverse student pool
role in 2015 was exciting because China, across the globe, which gave me a lot of
MIND,
Hong Kong and Taiwan were in very international insights and a ‘think outside
different business stages,” says Hilda. “The the box’ mindset.”
new role allowed me to rebuild strategies This global outlook is also reflected in the
for each of the different markets in order to course content and professors, which led to
put the ASICS brand on the right track.” “very fruitful discussions”, according to Hilda.
SOUND
Hilda’s proudest moments of her tenure “Studying online required very high
so far include rebuilding ASICS Greater discipline, given the different time zones
China’s overall marketing strategy to grow between professors and student groups.
brand awareness, optimising the company’s The course was tough but fun at the
BODY
e-commerce platform to act as both a same time.”
means of sales and as a branding platform,
and expanding the team in Hong Kong to The diverse student pool
reorient their business model. gave me a lot of international
“Giving back to society through different
corporate social responsibility initiatives,
insights and a ‘think outside
such as our long-term partnership with the the box’ mindset.
I
Samaranch Foundation which is helping to
n the early 2nd century develop the next generation of Chinese Although Hilda has unfortunately
AD, Roman poet soccer, has also been essential to our goal never visited Liverpool, she applies the
Juvenal proposed: of delivering quality of life for today’s lessons learnt through her course across
“You should pray for Chinese consumer, in line with our her work on a daily basis. In her spare
a sound mind in a sound body, founding philosophy.” time, Hilda enjoys exploring China’s
for assuredly, the only road to diverse cultures, spending time with her
a life of peace is that of virtue.” family, and having an active lifestyle –
He was inspired by the Latin swimming and cycling being her activities
maxim anima sana in corpore of choice. In doing so, she maintains a
sano, meaning ‘healthy soul in positive work/life balance and lives by the
a healthy body.’ It is this belief founding philosophy of the company that
– that physical health is she leads. ●
intrinsic to mental and
psychological wellbeing – that
For more information on the University’s
has informed the business postgraduate study programme visit:
philosophy, brand and indeed liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-
acronym of ASICS, one of the taught/
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PASSPORTS CELEBRATING OUR LEGACY
TO POSSIBILITIES SUPPORTERS
W
THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL’S hen the University of Liverpool was founded, it was
NEW PASSPORTS TO POSSIBILITIES thanks to philanthropy, public spirit, jam and sugar.
PROGRAMME WILL TAKE OUR Built in 1892, the original University building which Did you know?
now houses the Victoria Gallery & Museum was funded by the
COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL attending lectures and taking part in field trips and people of Liverpool and local philanthropists. The Jubilee Memorial ● The phrase ‘redbrick
EDUCATION FOR ALL ONE STEP social events. Committee gifted the clock tower as the city’s gift to Queen Victoria university’ was coined
FURTHER... WITH YOUR HELP on her golden jubilee, jam manufacturer, Sir William Hartley, funded by Liverpool’s Professor
The difference of a global experience the clock’s bells, and sugar magnate, Sir Henry Tate, financed the of Spanish, Edgar Allison
T
According to the Higher Education Funding Council building’s entire library block. Peers, inspired by the
he University of Liverpool’s ambition is to for England (HEFCE), students who participate in In the last 10 years, the University has received more than Victoria Building’s red
attract the most talented students from all over study abroad are more likely to graduate with a 2:1 £10,877,800 in legacy gifts that have been vital to supporting bricks? Professor Peers
the world and from all walks of life; that’s what or First Class degree, are more likely to be in further key developments across campus. ● also left a legacy gift of
makes our student body such a rich and thriving education or employment six months after £68,781 to the University
community. We want to attract the graduating and will earn higher for the teaching
best, so we work closely with This was my first time than average salaries. of Spanish.
prospective students from groups There are also the academic and
travelling abroad, so
that are currently under-represented personal benefits to Study Abroad ● The first recorded legacy
at the University to raise aspirations I was both nervous and including improved study to the University was in
and to showcase the opportunities excited... I reflected on techniques, increased self- 1885, with a gift of books
Liverpool has to offer. awareness, confidence and to the College Library
all my incredible new
Our record speaks for itself; self-reliance and inspiration for from Assistant Professor
we’re not only first in the Russell experiences, and the future career or study choices. Clark. In 2010, alumna
Group for the admission of confidence and Janet Gnosspelius (BA
students from areas where entry knowledge of the wider Help us create Passports Architecture 1948) gifted
to University is traditionally low, to Possibilities £2.4 million in her Will to
but we also have the second
world I had gained We successfully launched Passports the Sydney Jones Library.
highest percentage of students along the way. to Possibilities in June 2019 with a
from state schools and colleges. Daniel Platt, final year BSc Computer Science student pilot group of 20 specially selected Free Will writing service* ● A £54,738 legacy gift
However we need to do more. students who travelled to the The University of Liverpool is part of the Bequeathed from former Lady
Our new initiative, Passports to Possibilities, University of Georgia in Atlanta, US. After their Charity Consortium, which provides a free online Will President, Elizabeth
will provide students, regardless of background, experience, the students reported improved levels writing service. Liverpool alumni can take advantage of Gidney (BA Hons English
the opportunity to access summer study abroad, of confidence, independence, communication, their services, which include the option to pay for Language and Literature
something that they may otherwise miss out on due networking and inter-cultural awareness. ● additional legal advice whilst making your Will online. 1938, Diploma in
to financial or social barriers. The programme will If you would like further information about how you can Education 1939) was
equip our students with valuable skills to use in their help to realise the hopes of students through a Liverpool used to support the
study and personal life, as well as enriching them We want to give more students the opportunity to legacy, or about the Bequeathed Will writing service, redevelopment of the
experience a global education, but we need your help.
with a rewarding, global experience. please contact Carolyn Jones, Legacy Officer, via: Guild of Students.
To find out more about this programme and how you
Thanks to a generous legacy donation, students can help to give students access to life-changing
carolyn.jones@liverpool.ac.uk or visit: liverpool.ac.uk/
will have the opportunity to spend a week at partner opportunities, please visit: liverpool.ac.uk/giving/ giving/legacies.
universities in the United States and Malaysia, passports or contact : giving@liverpool.ac.uk.
*Applies to residents of England and Wales
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Class Cilla Grain (née Jones) (LLB 1955) was called methods for purifying viruses that preserved as Chair of the Community Library in Lingfield
NOTES
to the Bar of Gray’s Inn in 1957. She worked their function; these have now been applied which is run by volunteers for residents of the Stephen Jones (BDS 1974) along with his children Abigail
(BA English and Hispanic Studies 2009, MA 2010) and
in legal publishing and the Foreign Office to more than 90 different viruses. An exciting surrounding area. Selina is also still involved
Benjamin (BSc Psychology 2013) completed the Valencia
before marriage to Alan Grain. Cilla recent development is the purification in archaeology on the Thames foreshore,
10K in December 2019 with his middle son, Christian,
Where has life taken combined bringing up four children with a of exosomes from blood plasma. These come rain or shine! completing the full marathon. Stephen’s other son,
lecturing career in further and higher membrane-bound particles shuttle between
your classmates since Nathaniel (BSc Hons Tropical Disease Biology 2006, MSc
education, specialising in General Principles different tissues carrying metabolic messages; 2007) had hoped to run the marathon but was unable to
graduation?
of Law and Business Law. Upon retiring, she the aim is to engineer these exosomes to ❱❱ 1970s secure a place which was a shame as then there would
have been a full house. Stephen was running in aid of the
returned to the classroom to study English deliver molecules to specific diseased cells to
Find more online: Literature, which led to a writing career. render them inactive.
Motor Neurone Disease Association in memory of his late
liverpool.ac.uk/ Her novel, Watershed (2015), concerns a
wife Christine (née Cain) (MBChB 1975), who sadly died of
the disease in 2013.
alumni/class-notes Liverpool family evacuated to mid-Wales in Anthony Hyde (BSc Hons
WW2; the protagonist of Roses for Breakfast Metallurgy 1965, MSc
(2018) is a traumatised WW2 prisoner, who 1987) stayed in education Jenny Parry (BA Hons Electrical Engineering to Ottawa, Canada, for 14 years as a Global
faces mental challenges as a Liverpool teaching Physics in the 1973) worked for a few years in the UK, before Computer Consultant, followed by six years
❱❱ 1940s medical student. UK, Australia, India and moving to California with her husband and in Tokyo, Japan, as a TESOL English teacher
Switzerland. He has been the instigator of two children. She spent 35 years there before and communication skills trainer. He returned
George Mercer JP (Master of Civic Design John Ingham (LLB 1957) has long since and mentor for community service projects in Professor Lynne Hunt (née Hardy) (BA retiring in the UK in 2016. Coming back was to London in 2003 with a Japanese wife and
1948, BA Hons Geography 1950) was forced retired and now spends his leisure hours Ladakh, Peru and Kenya. He is a consultant for Hons Social Science 1970, pictured above, a very interesting experience even though son, and still delivers IT Software and Soft
to complete his BA in two parts, owing to playing golf and watching Liverpool FC risk assessments of educational conferences right) recently met lifelong friend, classmate they visited many times over the years. Jenny Skills training in the UK and worldwide. He
military service in Palestine between 1945-48. at Anfield. worldwide and is presently a supply teacher, and fellow retiree, Professor Marilyn made a pilgrimage back to Liverpool in 2017 has just published his first children’s book,
Fortuitously, this enabled him to meet Joan workshop leader and examiner in Physics (IB). (Lyn) Durward (BA Hons Social Science and thoroughly enjoyed it. Tree Fellas: Olly Oak.
Stopforth (BA 1951) to whom he has been He has climbed and trekked in many of the 1970, pictured above, left), in Coventry. Lyn
happily married since 1953. Following an greater mountain ranges of the world. worked as Research and Policy Officer of Laurence Lee (LLB Hons 1973) never moved Reverend Brenda
illustrious career in town planning leadership the Maternity Alliance. She later served as out of Liverpool and had his own high profile Jacqueline Stober (BSc
in the North West and nationally, while Richard Saxon CBE FRIBA an Investigator with the Commission for criminal practice, representing Jon Venables 1979) received her MA in
simultaneously serving as a JP, George retired (BArch 1965, MCD 1966) Local Administration - the local government in the James Bulger case and regularly Theology and Ministry
in 1997. Joan retired in 1986 following a had a 40-year career ombudsman. She retrained and finished her appearing on TV and radio. Laurence has from Durham in 2019,
successful teaching career. Three daughters with international career teaching English as a foreign language. been a Type 1 diabetic since he was 14 years which she thoroughly enjoyed.
and seven grandchildren keep them busy, as Alan Allison (BEng Civil Engineering 1959) architecture and Lynne taught sociology in universities in the old and has written an upbeat book which he
have interests in photography, foreign travel is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered engineering firm, BDP, peaking as its UK and Australia and won the 2002 Prime aims to have published worldwide entitled
(behind the Iron Curtain in a camper van in the Environmentalist and has worked for the chairman from 1996 to 2002. Since 2005 Minister’s Award for Australian University Diabetes - A Piece of Cake. ❱❱ 1980s
70s!) and fell-walking. Admiralty, Kent County Council Highways, he has been a construction client adviser, Teacher of the Year and the Australian Award
Ministry of Agriculture, National Rivers digital built environment guru and non- for Teaching in the Social Sciences. She Dr Paul Ducksbury (BSc Hons Computer
Authority and Environment Agency. executive director. He was made a CBE concluded her career as Professor and Pro- Science 1980) left Liverpool and headed
❱❱ 1950s in 2001 for services to architecture and Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) at down south (with his Liverpudlian sense
construction, mainly for championing reform the University of Southern Queensland. of humour, sometimes not appreciated!) to
William Cartmell MRCVS (BVSc 1951) was an ❱❱ 1960s of the industry. Richard co-founded and work as a software engineer before doing a
assistant in a veterinary practice in Gloucester led the British Council for Offices and was Dr Ann Ap-Thomas (MBChB 1973, FRCR PhD in numerical optimisation and parallel
(1950-54) then owner principal of a practice Dr John Graham (BSc Hons Biochemistry a vice-president of RIBA. He has published 1979) was consultant Radiologist at Aintree computing. Paul then headed west to work
in Wickham, Hampshire. He started Wickham 1965, PhD 1968) has spent his 50-year five books on Atrium Buildings and Building for 20 years. She is happily married with at GCHQ before settling as a scientist for the
Laboratories Limited in his garden as a research career involved in the purification Information Modelling. Find out more: two children and two grandchildren, and Ministry of Defence in Malvern. He worked
contract research organisation; the company of mammalian cells, subcellular particles www.saxoncbe.com. both children live close by. She had a hip Jon Gilbert (BA Hons Computational and in advanced image processing, image
now employs 135 personnel with a global and viruses. About 25 years ago, he had the replacement in summer 2019 and is now Statistical Science 1974) began his career understanding and AI-based techniques.
clientele in the life science industries. Find out privilege of working with Professor Tony Hart, Selina Springbett (BA Hons Combined rehabilitating to get back on the golf course in the UK as a PE and maths teacher before Paul now lives back up north, having retired
more: www.wickhamlabs.co.uk. here in Liverpool, on the development of Studies 1969) found a new role in retirement for yet more frustrating rounds! becoming an IT Business Analyst. He moved to the mountains of Cumbria.
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