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Introducing:
Professor Joe Elliott Joe was a student at Hild-Bede from 1973-77 where he trained as a teacher. He subsequently taught in mainstream and special schools in Durham and Sunderland prior to M.Sc.training at Newcastle University as an LEA educational psychologist. He also studied for part-time M.A. and PhD degrees at Durham and a B.A. in psychology with the Open University.
Introducing:
He was appointed Professor of Education at Durham University in 2004 after fourteen years at the University of Sunderland where he was latterly Acting Dean of the School of Education and Lifelong Learning. A Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Joe is registered to engage in clinical practice as an educational psychologist by the Health Professions Council and maintains a small caseload in a school in Middlesbrough. He is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and a member of the REF 2014 Education Panel. Joe’s research and teaching interests include dyslexia, achievement motivation, working memory difficulties, SEN, behaviour management, cognitive education, and psychological assessment. His research involves ongoing collaborations with partners in Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia. His latest book, Children in Difficulty 3rd edition will be published by Routledge shortly before Xmas 2011.
L ife begins at 40
Mark Woolmer (Assistant Senior Tutor)
Hailing from the sunny climes of Wales I first came to Durham in 2009 having spent time lecturing at the universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews. I originally trained as an Ancient Historian at Cardiff University, completing my Ph.D. in 2008. My most current research examines the social, economic, and political history of the Levant during the first millennium B.C. and I have recently published a book and a number of articles on the ancient Phoenicians. Having previously worked as a Welfare Officer for St. Andrews and as one of the co-director of Cardiff University’s Dyslexia Centre, I look forward to overseeing the pastoral needs of the students here at Collingwood. Outside of academia I am an avid motorcyclist and devoted Welsh rugby fan.
We begin a year of celebration with a reunion of the classes of 1972, 1973 and 1974 on the weekend of September 14-16 September 2012 . Nancy Radford (nee Ramer), Anne Larvin (nee Torrington) and Andrew McFarlane, all from the class of ’72, have come together with the College to form an organising committee that will do it’s very best to make this the most memorable of alumni reunions. Come on; you know you want to recapture those times – Anne is determined to have a water fight and it would be a shame for that not to happen! Interested? Contact collingwood.alumni@durham.ac.uk Accommodation will be in en-suite rooms at very competitive rates and the food will be fantastic. A weekend in Durham with old friends - what’s not to like!
‘Re-live Re-vive Re-gain Your life 40 years ago.
Collingwood 1972-2012: A Ruby Anniversary.
Collingwood College
Wood Words 2010/2011 page 6
. . . ‘Life Begins at 40. Alumni reunion for the classes of ‘72, ‘73 & ‘74, September 14-16 2012. Contact collingwood.alumni@durham.co.uk for details.’ . . .